wnen Ina Iultuwmg cuuvcreuuuu uuoucu ; Well, boys, how many of you think that this before pure air is improved by that cigar? I like it well enough, said James, whose father smoked. I m used to it. `- I don t think the birds on yonder tree would say so, if they could speak} and you don t look as if you enjoyed it very much, George, said the teacher. ' ' u NI . _'...9....... 'I"A.u-. I'- Tlkhulr I|nnv\'n Lana U16 (eacner. _ _ - . - No, ma am Idon t; Ithmk people have no more right to poison the air than our food or drink. and they shouldn t, if I made the laws. u Pn-Iona, (cl vnn smv. Gnnran W father saws unnx. uuu luuy BUUUIUII I, u 1 Iuauc tux: tuna. lsoison, did you say, George? father says it is. , ' Yes, one of the most deadly. A small quantity has been known to cause immediate l death. A dropor two of the oil placed on the l tongue of a cat will produce convulsions and death in the space of. minute. A little boy in Bangor died from using a pipe to blow soap- bubblee with. He was poisoned by the essen- tial oil of tobacco imbibed from the pipe. nu ,, .| _. _A_- __I__; __..I_ ..-.- -5 _:..l. I..- llitl UH UI Luuuuuv uuulucu uuuu nu; tutu. Then that was what made you s8 sick last winter, boys, when you tried smoking and chewing, said James to the three other boys who seemed interested listeners, though they did not speak. ` "BL- n....-L.... I.-..Jn\pI- :-u-nu:-:nn`|r -ni IHA Ihrnn UILI HUI BPUBBI The teacher looked inquiringly at the three boys and James. `who was very talkative, said When Tom Benton first came here to the academy, he somehow contrived to make us boys think that he was something more than common. Charles, Frank, and Jo there, thought. I suppose that they would try .to be like him; `so they [got some pieces of cigar and tobacco, and took their first lesson. It was 'ust before school, and the teacher rang the el_l for us to go in before long. Alter prayers Frank asked -to go out. The teacher looked at him and then went towards him and said, in a tone of alarm, " Why, what is the matter, Frank`? and you too,.Jqseph and Charles? n'l`hn-have eairl nmhina. hut looked dread- Frank '( and you loo, Jqsepn auu Lmurma '. ' Theboys said nothing. but looked fully; so white and-so sick, and he asked us if we knew what-ailed them. ' 11 nm..... ..... o..I.I l.;m 1.. an`.`. tvnn have II KNOW WI!8l'8l|6(l HIGH]. When we told him, he said, `You have been led to don very foolish thing. boys,_ and lhoughl am sorry to prolong` your sufferings, Ibelievel mustokeep. you from the fresh air till I think you will get the lesson you are ~Ieaming so thoroughly that you wxll not `forget it. ~ - ' . 65 In a mhiln in: Int than no out. and I 20638 V `large! n. `n a while he let themgo out 80935 = they havenever louohad tobacco since. _ 1 rm... n.-.... 5...... 5.-.: ......o:......A vnrv hnmlv at they havenever louonau IODBCOO Since." The three boys had continued vgry busily at work without looking up during James narra- tion, and their teacher turned to them and said, Do you think you ever shall, Charles ! so may mn ain_ I think. as Ben Franklin Bald, U0 y0|'l UIIDK y0II 8V9!` auan, ullizuca s No,1 ma. a.m, I think, as says. you have to pay to dear for your whistle. And what to do you think, Joseph 2 It don t make`Tom` Benton sick, and he says we should. get used to it if we begun using a little at I. time. - - = ' 4` Why should you wish to get used to it? "I don : know, 1 never thought much about it. My father-smokes, and so does a \ great many of themen in the shop when he works, and I had always thought that when I got to be a man or oonrsal should use tobacco, ` `usual should carry a.-cane, or wants silk - st,:or do anything-else that men do)?- 'Thst s whst I plwsys thought, said. `onnlrrf . - . \ ILLIAM SANDERS, 1 ro`vinci:L1 Land sur- vcyor and Dnmglnsmau, rgt house East of the Market, Collier Street, Barrie. _ April 23, 1857. I ` 18 7- --v----~ v ,1 A ,......L .....l Qnuulr Ru-nlnu " lulu ! wuss L ~uIvvn]u uuvuau-' -_._ Frank.-I . 7 . ' _ And I too," said James; "but if it is Vpoi`aon`lhat alters the nutter, pnd I don t want. to-hue anything to do with it. A "I n'ov er anything. to do` with it, Talk with` the Boys. boys. Physicians all over the country declare it to be' destructive to health. It makes people nervous. irritable and uneasy. It destroys their relish for such wholesome food. fruit in its natural state, &o., as our heavenly Father has provided for us and `given us richly to en- joy, and creates a desire for highly seasoned dishes` or stimulating drinks, that leads its users, more than any other class of people, to become drunkards. It makes them disagree- .. able to every lover of cleanliness, both at home and abroad, at last, but not least, it makes its victims such slaves, that when they become conscious that it is injuring them and even en- dangering their lives, they have no power to throw it away. 7 ul lava nnnn vnnna man urmvim: mama- UIIIUVV II IIVIII I . l have seen young men growing prema- turely gray, and trembling in every nerve from mouse of tobacco, and older ones who have been told that they must giveit up or die; and after a few feeble attempts to do so they would acknowledge by their practice that it was too strong for them, and become its slave again, to be led into death by it. Now is it not fool- ish, boys, to form a habit which makes one disagreeable to others, injures the health, costs` every year several dollars, which might do good spent for other purposes, leads men to other sinful and destructive habits, and gives one appetites which he can neither control or overcome. only ust' because we see others do it ?-Zion s I erald. Iluulumvu us -uv -4-.,,..._... ...I-.,. - From the N. Y. 1-Evening Post. , It may be regarded as a curious coincidence that the enforced stamp upon newspapers and l the excise tax upon paper, both of which were imposed in the reign of Queen Anne, the last I. of the Stuarts, have been both abolished in the reign of Queen Victoria, the last of the Guelphs. Both of these taxes were taxes upon know- ledge. The newspaper stamp was nvowedly designed to arrest the increase of popular intel- ligence. The ministers of Queen Anne, alarmed at the number and ability of the daily and weekly journals which had sprung into existence since the revolution of 1688, and yet '1 I '1 r afraid to attempt their suppression by an act of ` open hostility, hit uponthe indirect but equally effectual expedient of a compulsory stamp for every newspaper. This tax first came into operation on the 19th of July, 1712. Its amount at first, was one half penny for papers of half a sheet or less, and one penny for papers which ranged front half a sheet to a whole sheet. [ts immediate effect is thus characteristically de- scribed by Swift: " Do you, he writes to Stella, " know that Grub street is dead and gone last week- No more ghosts or. murders now for love or money. lplied it close the last fortnight, and published at least six papers of my own, beside some of other people s; but now every single half-sheet pays a half-penny to the Queen. The Observator is fallen, then Metlteys are jumbled together withthe Flying l Post, the Examiner (Swift s own) is deadly: sick, the Spectator (Addison s) keeps up, and ' doubles its price--Is know not how long it will hold. `Have you seen the red stamp? The newspapers are marked with it. Methinks the stamping is worth a half-penny. ' c-__:r.9_ __:....:..:...... ...:ok .....nmo In La Q.-ma- aluunlnus nu nu.-u u. ...... r......_,- Swift s misgivings with respect to the Spec- l tator were speedily realized. It perished the fulloyving year," and with it theislateliest cedars in the Lebanonof` literature. The red blight had for a time been successful in destroying all except the foul underczrowths, the obscene creepers and slimy parasites of the once fair and beautiful forest of English journalism. 0"" ' ,. _.__ I.._ll-. :.__ _-......._. Fl"- LIUl.IU|_|lIlI Ivuunn vn J4lIbIIvI- ' ........... -. This tax went on gradually increasing. To~ wards the middle of the century the penalties ofthe stamp were made more stringent, and the prison population largely augmented by the number who incurred them. The news- stamp tax, as well as the excise upon paper, attained to"their maximum of severity in the reign of George IlI.-the inveterate and im- placable foe of English freedom and American independence. Thehistory of the newspaper press during the longreignv oithia small-minded monarch is little else than a history of criminal prosecutions. In 1815 the stamp tax was xed at fourpence, having grown in the course of one hundred and three years to eight fold its original dimensions. In 1836, mainly through the exertions of Sir E. B. Lytton, the stamp was reduced from fourpence to a penny. In. 1855 the compulsory stamp was abolished, the imposition of the remaining stamp being quite. optional on the part of newspaper proprietors, and the governmental service in the shape of postage rendered for it being considered a fair equivalent for the money. The minor excise tax. which originated in Abolition of the English Paper Tax. 0...... 4!... KY V 1.`..nuun Th-we equivalent tor me money. The paper excise tax, originated in .1711. and which Mr. Gladstone, in his famous budget, has doomed to extinction in 1860, had. after many fluctuations, culminated in 1803, when it was xed at three pence per pound on first-class paper, and a penny half- penny per pound on second class. The revenue was injured, manufacturers were ruined, education was impeded, the progress of `the fine arts was arrested, many ourishing hamlets and villages were depopulsted, thou- sands of [men and women were deprived of the means of subsistence, to recruit poor-houses and prisons. I - A Fun: nnvnnrnna nnmnlmntn nnd mcaleulable duly AU Luvvu OHN F. DAVIES, Accountant, Collector, Con- veyanccr ; Insurance, Land & General Agent}, Commissioner in B. R., &c., Bradford. A ....n IR l,Q: )G. ' 14 and prisons. _ `After numerous complaints and incalculable sufferings the nuisance was abated, and equal- ized from three pence to three half-pence on all classes of paper. This reduction took place in 1836, and was immediately followed by an immense improvement in the trade, and, as if to furnish a. conclusive demonstration ot the impolicy of oppressive taxation, the-revenue derived from the three half-penny impost was double that received from the higher exaction. "Iu.......I. ;. :- .....II Im.-mm ihm whnlnvnr martv double mat tecelveu ll'UllI mu mgum mxacuuu. Though it is well known that whatever party might be in power, or whatever the genera! tendency of the commercial policy pursued by the British government, the tax upon paper was doomed to extinction in the course of a year or two at the farthest; yet there can be no doubt that its abolition was accelerated by the treaty of commerce which has this year been concluded between England and France. This measure. though recommended by many immediate benets to British trade, and preg- nant with the germs of more, was in several respects unpleasant to the English people; to some, because it was a virtual renunciation of the principle of absolute freedom of trade-a ' practical recognition of the doctrine of recipro- city in commerce ;.to others, because it seemed oltloulated -to eatablisha sort at moral compli- cit on. the part of England with the foreign po` icy of the French Emperor. 1. mnkerlhinns easv with these obiectors policy OI H19 rrencn JLHIPOIDI . To makethings easy with these objectors` respectively. Mr. Gladstone did not hesitate to saorice the considerable sum of one million sterling annually from the national exchequer, that being the amount of the yearly produce of the paper tax at present. Some say that be- side this adroit retainer from the government to" the anal England, British journalism is . now-a. ourth estate of the realm. tis younger .an_d stronger than the other three put together. `Queen, Lords and Commons all must consult -it-and use: it. -It has become a legitimate ppowaripn tho,StIte, to be propitjatod, not aids!`- pised usurper, to be persecuted and put down. Instead of the pillory and mud-peltings which were the national rewards to Defoe, `and the judicial insults, imprisonments and consca- tions by which the services of a Wilkes, a Cobbett and a Hunt were publicly rewarded, courtly civilities, pressing invitations to the gilded saloons or country seats of nobility, snug sinecures,_haunches of venison, indirect parlia- mentary subsidies, diplomatio appointments, &c., %Lc., are the trials and persecutions of the modern British journalist. A_.___ .I._ .....-.. 2I|....I.l...... ..2..s:.n- .J' ski- uuvuvou u I - - - u n J ........... .. Among the more illustrious victims of this scan of persecution we may mention the name: of Mr. Lowe, Mr. Fonblanque, Mr. Foster and Mr. Michaela, who have been appointed to government offices worth respectively 4,000, 3,000, 2,000 per annum. _ 1'-.. .l.- _L_IZn:.__ .f :1... -.-nn.. 0.... -.-. uvu,vv\I, o-a~,vvu ru. ......-.... How far the abolition of the paper tax may act as a trial and a temptation to the press may be inferred from the following estimates of the annual amount which the extinction of this irnpoet is certain to put in the pocket of the proprietors of the principal London journals. TL- -.....-.. incl :0 -will Kn rnnnlinnia in Surat` k'IUyllUlIlIU vu Iuv rllllvirnnn -. uuuuu .. J ------- w! The paper tax, it will be recollected, is xed auhree hall -pennies on every pound of paper, and ve per cent. extra, amounting to twenty- five percent. of the entire cost of the article, so that of every 100 paid for paper, 25 went to the government. From the most reliable sources A of information we have ascertained that the sums paid per annum by the principal daily and - weekly journals and periodicals for the article of paper, are as follows: Antturtl Guln liy 'lI;hg:l 'l`i[!n1es....l........ an y ' e 0 pl . . . . . ,. The blonnm Star. . . .. `The MoruiIu_,' Atlvcrliser The Daily l\cws.. . . . . . The Muruing Herald. . . The Standard . . . . . ~ . . . The Morning Chonicle. Tlu: Murnmg Post. . . . . Illustrated Iondon New3.50,000- |a!u)'d s News. . . . . . . . . 56.000 News (If the \Vorld. . . . . 58.000 Reynolds . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 60.000 .l.m|dnu Juuma|..-. . .. . . . 40.000 l"IuniIy Ucrulul . . . . . . . . . 26,000 Cll:l.~`(`| s I llustruled Fum- ily Paper. 14,000 Total for only nine dailies and seven week- lies........................................ .,l, - ____..._:.:_____ _______________________ ILLIAM LAWRIE, Licensed Auctioneer for Barrie, and the Townships of West Gv'villim- bury, Tecumseth, Iunisl, and Essa. June 13th, 18:36. ' . -24 The Cornwall Freeholder says that a bull dogartd an eagle had a ght in (field on theSouth Branch, A few miles from Corn- `wall, on Tuesday. A man went to aid tho dog, and between them they killed the l I N . E feathered monster. _which measured nine 1' feet across tls wings. -.a A Railway accident occurred on the Northern Railway on Friday hast,_\\'lIeI| within a mile of the Collingwood Station, which resulted in the killing of a horse, belonging to Mr. Mulholland of this Town, and the throwing off the track of one of the passenger cars. No other damage however waadone, the car running along the ties for about half a mile when it struck a switch, the shock of which threw it into pouition again. The train continued on its way with-' ` out the engineer being aware that one car was off the track, until it came into the station.--0oIlingu'ood Enterpse. As an instance of the necessity of investi- gating cases where relief is asked for, the Rev. Mr. Blunt, at a meeting held in Lon- don receutly, said:~ Not long ago, a woman had taken him in with a piteona story that her husband had not had a day : work for six months. It was true, for he was a night watchman. g 4 AN ARRANGBVIENT ron Couumuo IN Ciwncu. --A correspondent says: 1 once spent a Sun- day at Lyons, on my way to Italy. I attended the French Protestant church. The form of worship is very much like the Presbyterian, and the minister, after preaching for about f- teen minutes, stopped rather abruptly, pro- nounced a word which I took to be ` allez, and sat down. Immediately the whole congrega- ' tion, which had hitherto been extremely quiet and attentive, appeared to be seized with file of coughing, sneezing and expectoration- some blew their noses, some took snuff. By degrees the noises ceased, and after an interval of about ve minutes, the minister resumed his discourse, and nished it without inter- nxption. Lacrunn m Toaom-o.-Rev. Mr. Milburn lectured, we are sorry to say, to a poor house last night. His subject was, " What a blind man saw in England. He described in racy and humorous language the characteristics of John Bull and brother Jonathan. The one was all reserve and repose, a thoughtful, calculating being, not much inclined for com- pany; while the other was a fiery, go ahead person gregarious in his nature. Te difference in the characteristics of the two nations, the lecturer attributed, in a great measure, to climate. Clitnate, he thought, was a very` essential element to be taken into account, when considering the character of a people. In_ this country we often had recourse to hydropathy or the water-cure for the restora- tion of health. In England there was no necessity lorthis. The peopleof that island were continually wrapped up, as it were, in a wet blanket. The wet weather of the old country, he considered, was good for health; it had a balmy, soothing, refreshing effect on the constitution. ` -nu xv ....... . .. .... -- Notso the dry, parohing, variable atmoeo phere of America, which magnetized its peo- ple, and made them old at at an age when the inhabitants of Britain were strong, hale, and blooming. Towards the clone the lecturer re- ferred to English literature-a literature such as was not equalled by any other country in the world; and spoke of the interview: he had had with Thomas Carlyle, whose language and thoughts were mild and soothing as e mo- ther e voice, then rigid as the mountains of his own oountry,a.nd were the admiration of all en- lightened readers. The lecturer in a splendid peroration referred to many public and dementia virtues of our Queen; of the wisdom of her statesrnen--the pillars of the empire--end the ' truth-loving and lie-deteeting people of her realm. The lecturer was frequently interrupt- ed with applause, and at the conclusion he wae greeted with repeated round: from the V audience.-_-Leader. In order to amuse the children on the Sabbath a lady was ngaged recently in reading to them from the Bible, the story of David and Goliath, and coming to that passage in which Goliath so e boastingly and deantly dared the young ntriplin g, n. littlechap, glmost inhia tlrst t.ro_wsern. said, F` Skip t.hat.--sin that--he'a only hlovnog ; I wont etolsnove. ... -" .And $2 50 if not paid [` within six months. \\".EEKLY NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS. (in ..l50.000 70.000 :25 nm _ ,____ _ T H. I._}S3 \7RENCE, Life,Fire and Marine Insur- Q . ance, and House, Land and Town Lot Agent, Convcyancer, Commissioner in B. R., &c., Issuer of Marriage Licenses.-Oice, Huron Street, Col- V lingwood. Oct. 14, 1857'. ' L - - ~ 42 ' " PROVINCIAL T INSURANCE COMPANY.- ` Barrie Agency, George Lane, an 1,-\-A 7 30.000 15.000 12,000 411.000- No. 19. Annual Guln by Abolition of the Paper Tux. 31,500 17.600 -1.500 I'I () I'lC.l0f by A ;olIl u ofl npcr Tux. 12600 14.000 14.000 15.000 10.000 9.500 KL!- (inin to the I`:-nnrio-In! . 166,000 91,500 .`l8.500 m ,mn -V-....._._. -.- __--, RILLIA HOUSE, Orillia. James Quinn, Pro- prietot`. The. above Hotel has ample and suitable accommodation. . . October 22, 1858. T V ` 43 4 __ . , ___.-- Ann :- \/ uuuuuu ....., --..-. :D{ARRlAGE LlCENSES.-- JOI_1N ROSS, of V Sunnldule Station has been oicnallg appointed to issue Marriage Licenses for that D1smct,and. will keep a. supply constantly on hand. ' October 15, 1858.4 ' . . . ' 42 lunauvla u..-., v... ....-- .. v..-- Barrio, 5th March, 1860. TERMS: $2 per. year} -in advance ; Gil): NU1'tl)`r1I 2\hna%nn:eT AVID DOUGAIJS 'Bedstea.d and Chair Mann- factory, opposite the Registry Oice, Barrio. '%Househo1d Furniture of various descriptions constantly on hand, or made to order. Wood A Turning, in all its branches, excuted with neatness and despa'tch.. ` April 14,- 1355. 14 CHRISTOPHER HARRISON, Depositary of the Barrie Branch Bible Society, Dunlop Street. Is published Weekly, in the Town of Barrie, every VWs:mu~:snAY morning,` containing the current news of the day, and all matters pertaining. to the affairs of the County. Price $2 in advance, or $2.50 if not paid within six months from` date of subscription. Anvi-:imsmo-Six lines or under, rstinsertlon, 50c. ; each subsequent one 12;c. Over six lines, - 7c. or 4d. per line, first insertion; ench subse- quent one, 2c. or 1d . Professional ouiusiness Cards $4 a-year; $3 for six, months, if not more than ten lines. Special contracts can be made by the year, or fractions of 0. year. Orders to discontinue Advertisements to `be made in writing. ` , No paper discontinued until all arrenrages are paid, except at the option of `the publisher. Ihuxrme, Booxnmnmeend Rouse done on the premises. The facilities of the Establishment "are more complete than an other North of Toronto, having been care ully tted out in ,2 every particular. A Communications should ' be addressed to the sub- scriber, post-paid. ` ' . R. J. OLIVER. \, n...---_ -,, ' V V . EORGE ROBINSON, Boot and Shoe Maker, Collingwood. All orders in the above line`. manufactured under his own inspection, and war- mnted for neatness and strength. ' 7 ` EANDER S. SAUNDERS, Watch and Clock A M..lzm- Tnmnllnr Rn hand In infnrm tho: in- b`l(bUh|uL 1\ u ununn, ucvc of. Simcoe, Dnnlop Street. Barrie, June 1, 1859. _ , OIIN ELLIS, Lithographer & Engraver, King Street West, Toronto. County Maps, Plans of Lots, Invoices, Arms, Crests, on Plate at Seals, wih Pretsses. Wedding Cards. Ju1y10,1855. A . ' 28 - _ , Fonsn. Ennrnmrs, the remains of which are found abundantly in the upper tertiary strata. of England formed the subject of a. lecture latelyde-, livered in London by Professor Owen. Therfossil Elephants or mastodons found in England are principally distinguished from dthe living species by their dentition, particularly in the ditference in their tusks. The mastodon had two tusks in the lower jaw as.well as in the upper, the teeth were smaller and more numerous, and there was a marked difference in the form of the transverse ridges of enamel. Numerous fossil bones of ele- phants have been discovered in the upper strata of America, but those animals had only one tusk in the lower jaw. The first tusks of the young animal are shed like the milk teeth in front, and. the subsequent ones are produced 'by a. gradual 9...-.....nnn nf the substance of the ivory, which, up: n so, Auuuo _._____.___._..____.?.___ G. IIURD, Land Agent and Stock Broke: . King Street West, Toronto. , _ _.Iily 10, 1855.` - T ` 28 ~-~--~-.. ... .wrnc A .... .....nt (`.n11n:-tnr nnn- JOHIXIIISSIUIIVI` In April 16, I856. the subsequent ones are pruuuueu Dy 5 gruuuru formation 0 _ fromrbeing pulpy, herdens as It grows. Profes- sor Owen mentioned the circumstaneeof an iron bullet having been found embedded in .-the eentret of an e1ephant s tusk, without any mdicetron of how it came there, {I11 have lodged in the pulpy part of the tnskiwhen the animal was young, and that the ivory having fthe substance of the ivory, which, - (1 said" that the ball must M formed-round" it, in the; progress of growth. the, hall had heenpushved-from the root of, the task to R` cenhe. . . . _. , . _ Vanna- L-_' I.4-'._ A Al||QA\aAn .., --.r .. 7 _ 1[lEI)El`IL`I{ O BRIEN, Revenue Inspector, C0. { ..6` Qhnnnn Hnn1nnRI.rnnf..' VOL, IX. naixurus D. DAULVUDLVD, vvuwu auu UIJJUIL Maker, Jewcl1er,&c., begs to inform the in- lmbitants of Barrie and surrounding country that he has opened business in "the above line, and `mists, by strict attention to the wants of his cus- tomers, to give general satisfaction. Melodeons, Flutinoes, &c., repaired. ./ill work Wurranted. Dunlop St., one door west of Mr. Sa.nford s Store. n-_..:.. nu. u......l. uoan |n_M-` L February 22, 1859. ms " _ -I u - hgrielf qn'5 K has been_ t?_=a"??'3. % man con_ap`:::`\::`>1!1s `latly m tha f|'dm . , ' ., dred:-A -Whlch divmcni urn -n-nnlnd.` 0, bun %i3115i11c55 iitettnry. "',3P|cuous lateiy in ' the `lreeaom wuv, divorcee are granted; One lllmdfed ~ :3` `my couples have been un9oup|e!!_ 3}` .`.V!- . An exchange fthinkl I53, W `*'mnodtabea{:egrsmza_; if Q L ` `a 7 V - . I` B. CLARK, Licensed Auctioneer and Com- . mission Merchant, Duulop St.., Barrie. 8 _ _____________________ R. J. OLIVER. Some years ago, when I was a single man and dreaming. (as some single men do) of double bliss yet destined to, arrive, I went to a concert at the Musical Hall in Boston. Music is poetically and pro- verbially the food of love, and in my sentimental state I consumed a good deal of it; not that I had any object in view. Mine was abstract love ; I culti- vated it, I increased my stock, so that I- might havea good deal of the tender passion` on hand, whenever I saw an eligible opportunity of investing it. Well, to return to the concert; it was crowded to excess, and .the rush on leav- ing, to reach cabs and carriages, was very great.- I wore on that memorable `night a blue coat with brass buttons, and attered myself that there were worse looking men in the room. I tell you with, was a girl, with dark eyes and , black hair, who sat with some young . friendsa few forms distant, I hoped she noticed dine and my blue coat with brass buttons. I looked at her : often enough to attract her attention to both; and being, as my friends would _ say, in rather a spooney state, worked myself into a towering passion---of love. But how was I to come at the objectof my admiration, for I was as difdent as devoted, as shy. as vain,,'as anover . candid friendonce said... Hail Columbia, - which concluded the concert, surprised _ `r __-_- ...........A.-pal n nf rnu `Ht-sf `candidly, I admired myself`, and next to d ' myself, the other party.I was struck ` Wlllcn COHCIUUUU IJIU UUHUUI: Iv, Guxtul.-:\A.a. me, as I was unprepared as at my rst glance, to improve the occasion, and the company were shoving out, while I stood mutely gazing after my love at xjst sight. - She and her party eddied awhile _ by the inner door of` the concert room, and were then drawn out into the retit- ing current, and lost to sight. - . T fnllnurn-r'I nninklv after- lest I Sh0U1d lllg current, and 1051. LU 515111.. I followed quickly after, lest lose forever all opportunity of identify- ing my idol; but alas! the lights in the outer corridor were few and far between, sothat no glimpse of my star could I get. I pushed -and. elbowed my way ercely throughitlie crowd, witl1_a-view of getting to the outside door before my fair one s party had emerged and thus gaining once more a. sight of my . aunaahn 0'- V 1 "S. )IOFFA'l`T, Urillia, General Merchant , 1. Licensed Auctioneer, lssvuer of Marriage 1 innn:Dl .91", 6|-Ill-lcuab sweetiug. at tfnnn -` sweetmg. . Hang it ! I muttered impatiently, as I felt a tug at my coat-tail, and was -instantly conscious of "one of my hind buttons having hitched to some 1ady s. dress; my progress was suddenly ar- rested._ How. provoking! -said I, as I was brought to a stand, for `I could not ush on without losing a buttqn or tear- um a dress : how. provoking the mpdetn ush wnznout 1osmg u uuuqu u. yuan,- mg a ; provoking the modern fashions; a `lady nowhas` as many hoops` and tentacles as a sea anemone. It was with some irritation that I stopped ` to undo the button, but `my hurry made the task more `diicult, and `instead of ` 1 1:--- 1 ....I.. `I-imrm-la and more twist- ` task anncuu, uuu wawm, VA unding, 1 only bungled and more twist- ed the loop arqund the button.j` T Please let me try, said the lady . -an __ 1` L.......1.;-J (urn? `fn `business: the loop around me DuI.I.uu._ . try, lady herself, as I bungled over the business; she unglovedv her hand; it was a sweet white hand, so I looked at her _face.V Stars and garters! but it wassa fair one -the black hairand `dark ,ey_esI was in pursuit of.` As she stooped _ over the en- i tangled button, a. slight" blush tinted her . cheek. Oh,` it was deli_c'ious. I hoped she nevet-"would" undo-the loop; andin-. deed"she wouldn t, .for her ngers were . twitching nervously, and my heart was beating audibly. tried to" help `her; ` our`ngers_.met. j ` , _ H 2 121-...-.'ns.Im mv the're;"sim:iteid. a `our ngers men. ` _ _ _ I Please make way there, shouted a gruff voice _behin'_d;,. We were `blocking up the passage; was there ever such an unlucky ?ote for s,uch an entanglmentt . You` indt the peo'ple' fro'1_ng6in_g _ --_-. A ...:_.n nenlama `Ann nP"Hf7cbmy unIuOKyV?I auuu nu tgnauau5nuusvuu_. ._ You index tlge people` from "ing _ out, Anna, exclagmed one of hgr"conj_;- .v . `._, 5 5-.- Another Spring has rolled around, And smiles upon but zone, While Autumn inay with plenty crown Fair climes to us unknown. A And my those little annexes; feet - Their womed path: may tread, \Vh1ch long had lain, almost. forgot, With snow and ice o erspread. The dryoldvhearth cuuxot enchaiu Those little praulers now, '_ As when in piercirig winds and min Had clad in ice the bough. ' g IJIUUUHUU. IIMUU Licenses, .29. February 20, 1860. The liltle blue-birds simple songs, That tell of sunny days, ' . Breathe sweeter tbbughts ihnn poems Ion ', \Vhere lore and genius blaze, ' ' - The babbling brook surpasses fat .Demosthem-,As of yore, And all his sons of modern times, 4 With all their wit and lore. The conquering power of placid rays, Like love that never fails, Has driven Boreas to his home, Where coy Bbrelia plays. The softfning ray, the min and breeze, Have freed Ihe fcucretl owers, ' And now their longLlust grace is eecn In fragrant, verdant bowers. So tmllx and love, in time, shall free. The sable aonsol` luil, ` And iron beans that hold them now Shall be a. willing spoil. Th Bachelor s Button. No bristling steel, or lttering drum, V Or cunnon s.deafening.mar, Or dying wail, or eld of blood, This vicvry has secured. And when their long-lost beauty shines, And hidden wonh appears, These hearts will well repent their crimes, With love-In eyes nnd tears. As sing the sylvan songters now, The now cns_la.ved shall sing, \Vhen cnrlh lncxxefnlx lhqswuy shall how 0! lovc's perennial spring. , $.it crature;f 170% ANSO.\' & MACNAB, General dealers in Dry Goods-, Groceries, Wines and Spirits, Hard- ware, and Crockery. ' Cash paid for all kinds of Prpduce. D. L. SANSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A. MACNAB. L Orillia, 24th Oct., 1359. T _ 4s-1y srnnm. JUSTICE ISTHE GREAT,I COUNTY %OF SIMCOE GENERAL ADVERTISER. panions, with some asperity} plague upon the tiresome loop, break it ; and suiting the action to the word, the speaker leaned forward, caught the sleeve of her beautiful frie_nd s dress in one hand, and my coat-tail in the other; and giving a quick and `decided tug, separated us. Th: nrnurr] horn. nn. and we were sepanueu us. The crowd bore on, and we separated, not-, however, before I gave my star a; look .which I intended to speak volumes. I thought she did not seem conscious of my meaning-our -eyesmet, Iknow that this was the only consolation left; me, for immediately afterwards I lost her and her party to view in the darkness outside. f`l1L_L ._I_LA. `I __-..-..1-- -I..oLn.1 uncv 31-T35 VIUW 111 um utu-anus. _ That night I scarcely closed my eyes, thinking of my bright peculiar star, and what means I.should' employ to nd her out. I knew-little of the city,`which was a large one, and to expect to know the name of my fair one by mere des- cription. was hopeless; there doubtless must be a greatmany `with black hair and dark eyes,` Within bill of mortali- ty as elsewhere. ' Mu lmm an-our rnmm vinlent in the Ky" as 3I8BW.ll.Ul'u ' . My love grew more violent in the I course of the day, but tiredout at length with my search, I returned to thehotel, and took out Army dresscoat from- my portmanteau, to A feed my ame even with the contemplation` of the inanimate button that had detained the black- eyed divinity so long. -"It was with no little delight that I now discovered what. did not before catch my eye--a fragment of the silk loop of her dress still adhered to the button, twisted round the shank. I pressed it `to my lips; it was lilac in color-and stooped to disentangle it from the bit of brass as though it were "a tress of my loved one s hair, when something clinked in my skirt" pocket. Supposed I had left some money there, for in my perturbation and excitement I omitted `to search the coat on taking it off the night before. I thrust my handsinto the pocket. Gracious me! ' VVhat did I behold? what did-I take out? -A gold chain and-bracelet! ' \T_;- _... -'l..J'I...--.. 1...)`:-s.nJ can uuv:I>l-urrnuv uuruu. l11llA`|Iltl5\2Gl$ln 5 You could have brained. me withmy -1ady s fan. ' I saw at a glance how mat- ters stood-`-in the excitement and urry of undoing the loop from my button, the lady had undone thetclasp of her own bracelet, which . had not unnaturally fallen into the coat-skirt with which she was engaged, and, doubtless, on missing ` it, instead of regarding me in a romantic light, she put it down that I was one of the swell mob`, and had purposely en- 'tang`l_ed'myse1f in her drussto rob her of her Jewelry. nova umc` nh nnH-l-mrnir-. nnglnn fn KICK JUVVI7Ilyu , - . Here was an anti-heroic position to nd one s self in; when I wished to be considered the most devoted of knights, to bevremembered only as the most expertof pick-pockets. Was ever an honest lover in such a plight ! And to make it worse I could not see how I was to _ escape rfrom th_is inevitable dilemma. I must go down` to "the grave remembered only in the dear oue s mind as the purloiner of her bracelet. To nd her out was impossible, but a bright idea struck me as my - eyes lighted on a newspaper. lying on. the coffee-room table. I sat down and wrote an adver- tisement in the following words: 1: TI ILA L-uz11v uwvrunon :11-one `n-nf nrIfnI1r'r_ |.1_at:LuUuIa In LIAU LULLUIVIAIS vvvnuu n If the lady wliose dress `got entang- led in a gentlernan s coat button on leav- ing~the concert, last Wednesday, will call,` or send to the Tr'emo`nt'Hotel, she will hear something to her advantage. fl`l..-.....-. I" Hanna`-if on T n-cnvn Hun nrlvni-_ D, ORRISUN & SAMPSON, Barristers, Attor- neys, -Solicitors, &c. O1`mcm--Western As- ssumucc Buildings; Church Street,_Torpnto, C.W. Angus Morrison, D. A. Sampson. _ '1`o_ronto, November, 1859. 45-1y '*:' Will nciu aUuu:I_.|uu5 uu up: uuvuaavuevo There, I thought, as I gave the adver- tisement to the boy, and ve shillings to pay for the insertion in the paper, there, if that will not give me a clue to escape from a very unpleasant dilemma, and: at the same time torknow who my en_chan- tress is, the `fates must indeed be` very unpropitious. ` My plans being thus far adopted, I ordered dinner, and waited patiently, or rather impatiently, the appearance of the newspaper next morning. .It was -brought up `in my room damp from the press, and _ then, I read in all the glory of large type, Vmy -interesting announcement- but mystars! with what an advertise-e mentwas it followed in the very same column. I only wonder that my hair did not stand on end, as I read asfollows : -.(m_.. 1-\..'....... 1).......... 'l'n..'- m. Luu HUI. 3|-a.uu_ Uu Gnu, an .1. scan. u-2' avuvvvo . i I Two Donuns REWARD. - Lost or ` stolen, it the Concert, at the Hall, a. Gold Chain Bracelet. It is thought to have been taken from the Iady s arm by a` pickpocket, of gentlemanly appearance, who wore a blue coat with brasshnttons, ' and kept near the lady leaving the hall. - It A-V117 Ann niuina 3110.11 inwrnnh SIR` uuu ISUFL ucm. I-HG tau, Jvavgus nu. nun.- V Any one giving such information as` ` will lead to the recovery of the bracelet, } or the capture of the thief, (if _ it. was stolen) will receive the above reward, on pplying at No. 7 Cambridge Place. 8 urn 1111:: n hr:-Iiftv h1i1'f11t---tO be 8dVf- I Onapplylug Bl: L19. I \J.alJllJl.l\..|5D .:.auv\_a- M . V Here was 9. pretty pl1ght-.-to be adver- _tisedA in the public papeis as a; pick- pocket, when my only crime was, like .Othello s, that of Loving not wisely, -but too well. >` My determinaiion, however, was Alhaxid, proceeded. to Cambri quickly adopted. Iwent up stairs, put on the identical blue coat, so 'acc_ura.tely described, and taking the faper in my , ge'.Pla'c.e'-`_ 1 i..;.~.u.A at the door. and asked .the V J, Ill`-ADI hand, PIOCBGQEQ. LU uuluuuug b I I I knockedvat the door, and the servant who answered, th_e;name of the `family. Having hegrd it,` I .i_x_zqui1-ed: - Is Miss Raymond? in? T - ' mr....vn .5. n-n1ip. the servant-womlanz `,0: 13 muss `nuyu_lu|.lu. ,u.I . . . eyes, gig; geplnedthe servant-woman,_ ` _ 1 nts her 'I . '?a}uE(. .' B?.'1.}.....s:Z.Z?1 at me as though I .Wh0 8118.11 1 Wants ulu 3, . - The woman stared at me as though I were mad, bl'(1_'t_on my' repeating my re- quest to-hevr she went and delivered my rnnlnlf. "S":-O:`_t'hetev name but, nqt my fair one, bl1_t'her brother. I . .rTht, - said I, handing-_ him the `.brw'e'1.t:s?is,: Miss ,Baym9_n`d 8: propert 5 V .F!!.1;t1i10111iiiiY5 P!'1'V9_1 W931`. F .9. _ Thine F!'*.'W5`."""r"`?"".""r"`?`??':?`?z`.?r`,1` BARBIE, Wg, WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1860. ,BUT s1M1LE PRINCIPLE, ANI) THE WHOLE SECRET OF SUCCESS" IN ALL GOVERNMENT. HF.}\*1i\"1;. HOPKINS, Count.yAuomey, -00. of Simcou; Barrister and Attorney-at-Law, -Solicitor in Chn.nccry, Notary Public, &c.--0(ce 11 Dunlop Street, Barrie. March 3. 1858. 9` - . ft 2 nfit 0118, attered to think my manners are not ungentlernanly, I am `bound in candor to say I am no pickpocket. uvmmn ah-, vnn shall have vour re- say 1, um nu 1111.`-nlxvunuu. Then, sir, you shall have your ward,"said the brother, taking out his purse. -. _ uNn?9T mnlied. for. strange as It pl] IS6 o No, I replied, for, stralge it may appear, though I am no pickpocket, I stole the lady s bracelet. . '1'... urnruvs Innirnr` -nIIr1r1]nt1 9 `111f, 11711011 T 1 SI0lB L116 may 3 Uluucxcu. The man looked puzzled ; but when I told the truth, and pointed to the adver-' tisement in the, same paper, as a. proof I did not want the property, he laughed heartily, and did not wonder in the least at his sister s description of the gentle- manly pickpocket. . (6 Wall kn aide vnn Bar] better walk mamy p1ctp,Ut_:1_scu. Well, he said, you had better walk in and have tea. with`us, and my sister will be able to say whether she can speak to your identity, after which it will be time enough to canvass the pro- priety of sending for a constable. Vnn rnnv I-net assure:-_rl T nnnnnted `the pl'l8Ly U1 EUIJUUIE run a uuuatauus. You may rest assured I accepted ..:the invitation. Need I go further with the story? The lady (to use the words of the advertisement) captured t11e pick- pocket. The bachelor s button no longer adorns my blue coat, and I have framed and glazed, over the replace, the ad~ vertisement in which I am publicly" de- scribed by my own wife as a pickpocket witha gentleman1y address. When I charge her with the libel she always does what she has this moment done, pay the damages for the slander witl1 A any amount of kisses, dechuing,Athough not a pickpockct, I was a thief, and stole her heart and pocketed her bracelet.` ' The Bar of-Soap; or, the Frantic _Washerwoman. . 7_ CHAPTER I. Twas a beanti_fu1 day in the month of September, when the solitary horseman, had he. been riding in that direction, could have seenin a damp valley in the territory of the ferocious Diggers, an ex- tensive encampment of a milingtary company, in the service of, Uncle Sam. The aforesaid magnificent display con- i sisted of half`-a-dozen well-smoked tents, four camp-kettles, and an iron pot, com- manded by one whole ofceb, fty men, and our heroine; the W;1sher\voman. sm A _,__.:(-..I .1--. `L... ....:.1.\...n-- and our ncrome, Lue w_usnr'.r\vUu1u.u. "l`was a beautiful day,`but evidently its beauty was not all appreciated; for the captain was growling over his blue- mass pudding, and did not seem any happier even when quafling his quinine punch. - I-Io shook,his Dutch cook shook, `the men all shook; all nature, in this vicinity, shook; there was a general shaking, but not of hands, nor of fear; they all shook from a very natural con- sequence; they couldn t help it ; for the insidious ague had quietly taken possession of the camp, and grasped the Vitals of every hero. Yes, all except the vitals of our heroine, the washerwoman, for she, being fortunately possessed of more than ordinary durable or insensible Vitals, it would have required the con- centrated strength of an` Illinois and Michigan ague of a hundred horse power to have effected, in the least, our heroine, the washerwoman. The author will now rest and take some refreshments, and defer the labor of describing` our heroine, the washerwoman, to i ' cruprna 11. As it is customary to describe the per- sonal appearance of the hero or shero of a romance, I bow to the custom, (being in the grocery line,) and shall touch up` herewith our heroine, the Washerwo- man. But before I proceedfurther, ladies and gentleman, allow me to illus- trate my_ present position and necessary requirements by an anecdote. In my native village lived a man notorious for his profanity. He could invent oaths as fast .as a. Yankee could notions, and whenever he took a regular out and out swearing t, he wassure to draw a crowd, who listened in amazementto his extraordinary facility. On one oc- casion, in carting a load of sand - to the village, the tail-board of his -cart had fallen out, and he did not discover it `un- til he arrived at his destination, by which time the greater portion of his load was lost. A crowd followed him, anxious to hear what new style of swearing he would adopt.' He gazed for a moment on the long trail ofsand behind him, wiped his brow, looked at the crowd, exclaimed: Gentlemen, I c_an t nd words suitable for theoccasion. Now that is the xol` your unfortunate author. However, `` our heroine, the Washerwo- man,- has a peculiar style of beauty, such as it is. ' Her head is as round and as hard :as a cannon-ball, which is_ cer- tainlyindicativeyof rmness; her hair bearsa crirson -tinge, suggesting a` ery disposition; her nose is `exceedingly small and pinched, and aline` running` each side, ofthe base of said nose. to the corners ofher mouth leaves an immense - p,rairi_e,_ where the moustachois of the other-..s,ex_n.suall'y grow`. Her teeth" are the -`size of "grave-stones, her chin, cuts; a ..prec_i itate ._retreat' under_` her. .throat;. She asartnsithatiwouldiset me -..u ..aa'3 -rst-class..pn gi,l.ist ;i life: shoillder t : 1 ~,:!.` the-mid11e~:,,1ieii:`Ba9k-; : :she-stands 91541Y-0311.19f81`45l3hd.ii!1 `ibrnieia -tlief qf`s"-`&5's:ff meal ` s,1v:vJit11" as .ttin`s`iti,.<`1.run ,ihiTdd1 5-= ` ;'Siich.;iq:_,e;:th9 .}5i?ih?%it=al.,.fatut`.f air 1 tlie aiithor;ih8}a , .__ .-\'1"1`0.\' 3: ARDAGH, Bu.rrist.ers and Solicitors, ~(3ouvey:mcers, Notaries Public,_&_c.--James l u.tton, \\ illiu.m D. Ardagh. Barrie, Feb. 26, 1858.. '5 L AVVbod, s ma`ke`, . .tWO9-13.1 Ia"ha1fP11l1d8 t0 th.b0i- .D0n t bothe.t;n}e, at" the] grocery % BY 4o'n'mumous, M.D., xsq. round the corner and.` examine for your- self; As it is essential to this history you should know the quality onlygand not-expect the author to use more soap thaniis necessay to slide to ' CHAPTER IV. 'I'\_ A'I,.', - of his face. vnnruns IV! We will return_ togcamp. By this time` ourheroine was performing on an 1 Irish piano the celebratedusudz polka. M She had just proceeded to hang one of ` the sheets of music on a line, when, horrors! what did she behold ! A war- i like digger ! Why do herpotato-cheeks grow ushed ! Does she see danger ! Yes, danger! danger !-to her vartue!- She seizes a bar of soap and a frying- pa_n, and rushes to extinguish forever the murthering villain. For further ac- count of the villain aforesaid see ' CHAPTER V. V The murthering villain was one of the millingtary, who had just taken 9. dose of quinine to exercise the muscles He wasin the act of grin- ning and shaking a. woodchuck off a limb opposite our heroine s tent. . ` 0 . I {Tho 1-pat iq inn horrible. nnd' ` IIIIIU UPPUSIIU Ullf .|.lC1U1llU Lbuln (The rest is too horrible, and` much too long.) ` cnurna vi. He ed, she pursued; he reached the top of the mountain, she was there also; with one brave dash she broke the han- dle of her best frying-pan on the nose of the vil-lain, and was proceeding to cu_t his throat with the bar of soap, when by "the combined `efforts ofethe ague and himself, he shook the balance of himself o`, and leaped to the valley below. The bar of soap followed him, shot by the experienced hand of our heroine, and broke his neck back of the villain s ears, besides removing a large lot of real es- tate from the same locality, that had accumulated for years. Our heroine re- turned to camp in safety. Ten` percus- sion caps were red in her honor, besides receiving a large order for leather- winged bats, otherwise called clougliiilits. It was the afternoon before examination in a country school, . A half dozen boys, who had volunteered their services to procure ever- greens and spruce-boughs to decorate the school-room, were in the yard trimming the boughs and turning the evergreens for the use of the girls, who, assisted by their tencherhwere fastening them to the walls within. -`D.-nnnntlx: n hnv_ waarinrr the air ofa would- mslemng lnem lo we wuus wuum. V `Presently a boy, wearing the air ofa would- be-genlleman, came swaggeriug up to the fence. His left hand was thrust into lhe bosom of his close jacket, while between the fore ngers of his right hand was'a- cigar, which he had just. taken fromhis `lips to accosl the boys. V I-In Imzl nvhlnnllu nnnmapdnrl in mnlrino him- tue uoys. He had evidently succeeded in making him- self think that he was almost a man, and might possibly have made the same impres- sion on the others, had not the teacher just then come to the door for a fresh supply of the trim- ming. On seeing her, Tom Benton--tlie boy with the cigar---who knew her opinions on the tobacco question, dropped the hand which held the cigar behind him and went down the" street with a. much less majestic tread than before, when the following conversation ensued : H i\7nll hnv: hnur mnnv nr" vnn lhinl: that ', -V .\i.'ifoI.T, Agent for the CANADA LANDED CREDIT COMPANY. Apply at the (mice of .\Iessrs. Holt, Sons 85 C0,, Bill Brokers and Gen- eral Commission Agents, in the building formerly ' occupied by the Iiauk of Toronto, Dunlop Street, 45 Barrie, C.W. E On the ground oor. _' Nov. 8, 1858. V .