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-as,`/-.-~~.-.-.n.~\-x-x.~v~.x\.\.xw.s~x._..-V-V- - 4 . - V . _ - _ - II puhlished.Weekly, in the Town of Barrle,everyrl \Veomcsnn' morning, containing the current news of the day, and all matters pertaining to A the a.`;tirs of the County. Price $1 in mlvunce, or $2.00 if not paid at the timelof subscrip- tion . - ' ' V ADVEl`.'l`lSlNG-Six lines or under, rstinsertion .16 per line, first insertion; each subsequen one 4c. Professiouztl or Business Car-dsA $4 per year; $3 for six months, if not more than ten lines. Specie`. contracts can be made by the ' year, or parts of :1 year. Orders to discontinue Advetftisemeuts to be made in writing. No puper d:'scoutiuued until all urreurngcs are paid, except at the option of tliepzililislier. V PIIINTING, BOOKBXNDl.\'G..nd Rur.i.\'o done on. the premises. The facilities of the Establishment are more complete than any other North of 5_0c; each subsequent one l`ltt.~,'t)veisix liues,\ "Toronto, having been carefully tted out in every particular. Communications should `be addressed to the Pub- " lisher, post-paid. . ' D. CIKEW, .. . v 1 `nun DrvnnuuI.`n_ Ct}-Cl, W-IULU vuuly u. uuuu lU`ll,I . gradn_a I-liy the daysishortened and `peo- ple began to shiver and grumble that the winter . was coming on fast, and we should soon hzive Christmas here ; as` if _ the winter is not a very pleasant time, with its cosy resides and ,gathered friends; , But then there are some people who will find fault, even when they have got what they like. ' ,_,_I-,,._-,J ___,..`__ AI, A'..__ ---v..D-- vv ---- ----4 ~.---- Bessie welcomed eagerly the time when Maggie wouldbe coming back to I. her again. She began to feel very lonely in the long, quiet evenings. "It would be pleasant to have her friend here talking to her brightly, makingthe room musical with her songs. And the time soon came that Bessie had so much _ longed for. Maggie returned--the old lieuutill V-Maggie with short golden curls` circling round her head, and tender, soft eyes and sweet lips. And Williani followed her as. early as he could you maybe sure. VHe came covered with l1onours-the honours he had won at Oxforchnnd no one could have been prouder tl1an_Bcssie-unless it were her friend. There is very little more to tell. Bessie gave her4Ch'ristmas party, according to the programme, and Stanley Newcome came, `saw, and was conquered. He ung himselfou his` knees before Mag- gie iu the conservatory, (leclfared that she was*more beuutifulsthnu ev'er,:1ud: tried 1 gprgigage her and himself. that he `hail been . a model of co ntE1ncy. Maggie laughed outright, and William joined in from _the other cud of the con-l servatory, where he had remained C0114` ce_alecl.`_ Caught on his knees, and that too,hy one u;'ho'm he had formerly` clesiguated `nu insolent rival, Stanley _ Newciome pretended to. have `adopted this lowly-.posturein order to search for i something underneath the ower stands. But when he saw by. William Gardiner s . faceof saucy delightthat he had over- heard the wlioleconversation, and un- derstood the motive of his humble atti- tude, Stanleyi rose, completely" cou-- quered' and crest fallen,` and darted trom -the conservatory. i ' mug- .,-__. 3--- cu,___`1_5__ Nr_._._.,_. 1 r. The next day; Stanley. Newcome left England fora continental tour, on his re- turn, three months later who should he meet on the, quay at Do.ver_ns he came from the boat but Maggie a beautiful and bewitching figure, as she lcant on her proud husban.d s arm. 7 She `had been married that morning (ag he uerwarcls learnt, at Hanover ' Square, to [the Rev. William Gardiner, M. A.,'Re_ctor of'l`ooke-cuAm-Marsharn, in Ke'nt.= - ' run a n --u -up an . ('i`hievliving (Gardiner has brought for his son is in the plyeasantest `part of this delightful county; and the V yonng'co1'iploe are to,Settle down in their pretty home at the beginning of June, after they have seen everything on the continent they most care to see,jand have become to- be _sut_ciently accustom- t.'_omed to their new happiness to be ren- sonuble society for their wealthy neigh- bours and thoughtful benefactoi-s to "the poor. . j ' i Aperiow on - S'fePHEN s Fuknrrumz.-,- The furniture and effects of the house in which James Sephens residedat the time of his arrest were disposed of by piiblic; auction on ,',1Thtlrsd;1y,,g\t Mr..Bennett s sale-rooms, .Ormozid` quaiy,` Dublin, and fully justifiedthetstatement `made re`~ specting their style and magnicence. , ' Hoes Isirus W1:s'r.--The advance in the price of hogs, and the improvement in receipts, will lead to results that will soon begin to tell favourably upon col- lections. The latter have for some weeks been nlisatisfactory, owing-to the fact tlmtthe money usually disbursed previous toithis time is still chiey at the`commercinlcentres. Consequently, mon-ey has been scarce in the interior, ` and country , merchants are behind in their settlements with the cities.` It; is `estimated that the total number of hogs packed_in_'the west `t`h_n_s Afalnis;-inside of A '6Q0,UQO while gt this plate last year the 0001a.gainStthif-:ess<!!i ' de 11 the 1'?` A|f'ge1y;[ihcre .I9n.; e'n1a.._ 4. - -A, reip*9.-.`IPw9f:at lbs! '!1m1!I?iJ ;....-. ...=..:.;.4.. "ma :1 L . `nt .;..s.`M"a. ]CV\)"C|L`Il;&fullF:\?eLCl_ GI i'1s;;.;%n9'!!ts; Va?! 4* turnjm the. exchigfi ` Il.":.u!_~. .-)"...'44`-'-/1")...->A`4 ~ EMT" Ill LIIU I:2u;IIuu_,` . 5'!'**f"="????`F*_<"9`?: '1':-nims: $1 per year} j in advance`; " bi ` Lz4':"'2.g'.III2f,j iward,-*6 1; l \v01.1liery'h ovv njany girls tell` their mdtlfer jeve`r"ythin'g' ;`not those young lad dies 'vho,."going to and from school, smile, now, and exchange notes and M cartes tie visitefwi_th' young men` who are perfectstrangers to t_h_em. ?'Imag1ne ;a,ekr_1ot_o_f young men irnaking fun of you ` and your `tpieturesg speaking. in .3. way that would makeyour cheeks burn -with shame could you hear it; `All this, most credulous and rou'1anti_you`ng' ladies, _ they `W111 do, although they gaze at your l'r,esh~youn'g faces admirably, and send -bouquets. lNo matter what other girls `do; don t you do it. School girls, ir- tatious may end very disastrously, as many a foolish, wretched young girl- can tell you._ Your yearning: for some one to love you, isa great need of every woma`n a heart. But there is a time for everything; Don t let the bloom and freshness of your heart be brushed o in silly irtatious. Render yourself truly intelligent. 'And above all, tell your mother everything. ` Fun in your dic- tionarywoultd -sometimes be indiscre- tion in hers. It will do you no harm to look and see. Never be ashamed to tell _her,`who should be your best friend . and condant, of all you think and feel. It is so very sad that so many young girls ` will tell everypersont before `mother r y l I i sell`---Fanny Fem, that which it is mostrimpurtant she, should know. It is very sad indifferentl persons should know more about her` own fair young daughter than she her- . U . .,- ., - .. l Intense excitement has been" occa- it eioned in County Down, by a .tragical 117 incident which occured at the place It called Lower Rath, in that_county,a {1 few days ago. On Tuesday (week,) a youn'g.l'armer named Patrick Gorman,i Vt who tills about six acres of ground at 0 Lower Ratli, wasarrested on acharge 0* V of having murdered his wife to whom he 0 had been married on the previous Satur-l 1` (day. The maiden nameol the unfortu- ._ inate bride was Mary Martin. - She was 7 the daughter of'a man in the same sta- tion oflife as Gorman,`and had never Y` seen him until, on the_ 19th of last 0 month, he entered her parents house as 9 her suitor, introduced by her uncle, 1 John Murphy. Another young man .had been previously courting her, but i her parents would not allow her to mary t him ; and though she at first refused toe 11 ; accept Gorman, they over-ruled her ob-l t l jections, and marriage took place on San! ltnrday, the 25tl1.i1lt. Such Marriages (la convenance, following equally hasty wooing, are not unfrequent among the peasantry cfthis country", with whom, as a-n eminent. delineator of Irish char- acter observes, awell-stocked pig.-SW often weighs down the balance of affec-= tion and a few cocks and h;ens are of - more account tha_n the dovesiof Venus-e I The_vbride accompanied her"hu_sband to his home ;`hut on Monday evening she was missing. It is stated that the 2: i newly-married` couple had quarrelledtg l 1 l: l l l I I u I I - during the day. On that-evening, her 2 father came to the house withsome new I clothes forihe.r,,when German and his - mother toldlliimitlmt they believed shei 1 had gonerliome. V Her father, who knew ; this to be untrue, bust into tears andleft : tliehonse. It was a wild, tempestuous r night,` and `her relatives, who were naturally alarmed ' for her `safety, proceeded to search the country for her, ` About nine o'clock, her uncle camel to Got-man s lhnusegandr. asked himg, 'to7join in the Search ;'but be .positi-l `vely, refused, and seemed utterly in- dttfcrent about her fate. Her uncle retiitned at a "late `honrjnext morning, andfbund German still in bed. ` He again .refnsed to join in the search `for-`his wife, _ and_Mnrph,y. provoked by his heartless-! e ness,'drag9ed him out of bed, and ac-' cused himof` having mltrdered. her. ,-"In! _ the course of `the day,-she wasvfoltnd ly-l ingdead in_ a`gulle_t or water channel at _ ' the end of a eld near `he'rfhusband"s . house`, with herface ie`mbead`d `in the 3 sand. On_bein`g shown '1he*_corp`s`e-" oft ," :l1is\jvife, -G61-jiian dis_`pla`yejd, the?-`sanie E callousness wliiclrbad-ma'fked his`-con`-' 3| diictall througlxit 1 An inqnest was held is _next day;'and-finfouldlprpbalily have ! re- " ' 'sul-ted'vin`Gorniajn s c`on_rniital bnt:for `the `_arri.val~ of a? .tiiol_lih9,w5beggar-'wom:':n,- mpletely alteredthe; ,'*Sli' deposed that _orr';_ ` i ec-3med"9.aki U *3, `Shocking Tradgedy inIre1and. i _,ThefWgsh1ngton cones ondentogthe 10 alegtoti.-.C0urier. aer `esc.ribing i,`hVe-' gs-,'.\Ly};i.!hV,ia,1_tended tl1b[$ning'ofI belong to a D'emoracy f ..r9..`IV sn..nwI?ar9ue- f I am, the?- " I = E295Ii`whxh5.own's cad-[ ' Your Moths: 0ufNeTw York.-exchanges give us full particulars of the recent murder committ- ed in Williamsburg, on New Years .moruing.. .It appears. that a party of men armed with ries and revolvers, promenaded up and down the city all night,occasion'ally ring a volley, and defying the police to interfere. About `three o clock they visited the lager beer saloon kept by I-Iugo.Weicher and called for drink. Drink was supplied, and alter being partaken of the party ' of iutfians `demanded more, and also re- .quired the unfortunate saloon keeperto present them v_vithNew Year s presents. 1 Weichner "said he could not afford to do this, or give them anything more to : drink unless `theypaid for it. They 1 1 1 then became turbulant and the reatening, Weichner in the meantime pursuinga conciliatory course and ad\rising them to go home. The rufans then left the store and forming line'on the pavement they commenced to load and re in- dependently. Having kept this up for a few minutes, they departed and the "unfortunate Weichuer followed them to the door, saying in a bland manner. Gut nacht, in the German language good night. Three blank shots were then red at him, and he concluded that i it would be best to close the saloon and stepped again to the door for that pur- pose, when one of the party discharged a `rie at him the ball taking effect in the right breast and coming out in the left. side,s|1ntterinr_: his arm, and becoming imbeded in the casing of the door. The 1 murdered man' staggered into the rear : room of the saloon exclaiming. Oh, i father, 1 m_shot, and instantly expired. 'A ....II...-. rxmtlnr nu-no.1 no in `Jun! 1Lll.llCl', 1 lll_IlU|, uuu Iualauuy C.\|7IlC\lo A police oicer named De la Hunt, . was attracted to the place by the report ' of re-arms, and after noticing what had occurred,notied Captain Mullin. That . ofcial dispatched Sergeants Forrestand. _ ` Maddox \vilh several officers, to pursue and capture the murderers at all liuz:-i`r'd'.` This order was promptly obeyed, arid five men who were engaged in the out- rage were speedily arrested. They are all Germans. The deceased was only `.24 years ot_ agevand was a native of Baden.` `i Tm: Bamsrx LION.---The New ,York `N Express says ` Alabama claims may 5 now he considered out of court: ` This `: leaves the State Department in the posi- "; -tlon of having made a. peremptory-cle- r? mand,only to have it as peremptorily reftised. An astnter statesman than .1, Mr. Seward, we cannot help-thinkittg, 7;` would have preferred to keep his hill of ?` damages in..reserve for u while.--His ".l preci_pitan'cy had the effect to impress the ?'l.En glish*min_d with the idea that having ;t '.put`down`the rebellion, we were calcu- iljlating our: show of strength to compel .-;..>acquiess;enc,e`,V_in demands tliatj never .1 l;:would7'bo", grifrifed `inf tlfe;-host our weakness; A The.;-'Bti.1.ls.li Lion is a stub_- istmipresetvaiqroatilre. and wmetimea _. re,.9s. 59.891 butt of. biin by '}hum.r - '.:,i*"fz;ezend iug"xo iilvliior his whims, .. ;_idi-i'ii1g:g_t(>,;niegnaces..or fwort; wtxitg-f`%rs`eII1in=r onvorwnities V F. DAVIES, ' ACCOUNTANT,GOLLECTOR,CONVEYANCER; JNSURJNCE. LND s; GENIERAL,/1GENT,; COMMISSIONER IN 1:.1:.. a;c., ~ BRADFORD, l....:\ In Inga `| l The custom of juininghands in mn- }.t'rimony is said to be taken} from the practice gf pngilists shaking hands befor F they begin to fignt. ` - How do you and your` `friends feel now ! said an exultant politician in one of our provincial {burghs to a rather ir- ritable member oi the defeated party. I suppose, said the latter, we feelljust as Lazarous did when he was licked by dogs. . ` ` an army surgeon we find the following -I rememberone (lav, in making in hospital rounds, a patient jttst. arrive , presented me an amputated torearm_,and in doing so could scarcelyfrefrain from a ' l)roadlaugh:tl1e titter was constantly on his face. ` VVhat is the matter '1- ` TAIHNG 11' CO0LLY+ln the notes of i this does not strike me as a subject of i laughter. ` It is not doctor ;but excuse me-I lost: my arm in such 9. funny way, l that I still laugh whenever I look at it. Our first sergeant wanted shaving, and m _rot'me to attend him, as Item a corporal iWe;went together in front of his tent ; I I had lathered him, took him by the . nose, and was just applying the razor, a ca'nno n.hall came, and that was the last I saw of his head and my arm. "Excuse. me, doctor, tor` laughing so, butlI never I saw such 9. thing before. The Boston Journal says :--VVhile thel Canadiangovernment is in :1 state of ferment over the rupture of` party com- _ ; hination, the active business men of the { province are doing their best to keep 1 the commercial interests of. the conna i try from utter decadence. a Mr. Cupreol. "the father of the Canadian railway sys- l tern, has undertaken the active Presi- ydency of the great enterprise for connect- I mg Lakes Huron and Ontario by a ship l Canal in the narrow poi-tier`; `of the pen- , insnla between Toronto an` the Holland. `Landing-, on Lake Simone; The `project is one of` the greatest magnitude. Our :. own North west is immediately `interest- ; ed in -it, as is ulso:tl1e- great `gra_in ports 4 on the south shore on Ontario. The ; company-have the certain prospects of a i large grant of Crown Mining Lands, 9 they meant to work steadily and perse-V I vgringlyfor the accomplishment of then I . . 1 . . _.' . 4- ....- no - as a .7 `The-6p`i;qi Ezgirass with re-` lzgagd ' 0 this 'r"' iuiailfisj nndpumedxy 1 ` Law1essne_ss' in the States- AN ATROCIOUS MURDER. Douon .f-`-Take one pinfof milk, cu't idtdil op_e-"fourth of a. of butter four eggs well beaten ; one, pound an a iiulfv ox bgown sugar. smi the sugar intc'i._{he_. qggs; gratehalf I. nutmeg',a.dd thqiimd of 1; lemon gated: in. Mix these a ! togetliq` well; thick-. en this into a g `soft l;1'tt_l' with sifted out: beal this well,` t,lieu`_a'd 3 wine glass half-full of good bfwers yfollto When uite light, haV7;{g;i dy some boil- ing lat , and drop in the d6fl gh' nutqg` Fry. :1 nice, light brown, Png,ti_1'em into. a collander while but to drain ;' than Ii sugar over them. ~ -- -- mo. _ _': uJ..'.s ..t u6aI \I'Cl IIIVIIII ' ConN4MI:.st. Mun-'INs..--Thr'6 (filth of `corn-meal, one half cup oil sifted wheat` our, three eggs well beaten, two ltijfgdy spoonful: of butter, and one teaspoon pl of soda dissolved in one pint of butter`-.,' milk, am! a little salt. Beat these wellf together, pour into rings, and bake a nice brown in the oven, Ulvvvu Ill bnnv vvvuu Rn CAKI:.--Three cups of rye-meal 1' three of corn-meal, a little salt, one small, tenspounful of soda dissolved in a cup of, milk, a teaspoonlnl of grated nutmeg and ground cinnamon,mixed ; then ad _ as much milk as will make a thin batter) bake on the girdle. Serve hot. lLL'ulL1J1.'n.u uuxuu Uvuuuuu VA. ....-..,_ ENGLAND, L.VM., . DUNLOP S'l`REE'[`, B;\RIlII}. Coroner for th County cf Simcoe. October 2nd 1860. _ 1 lA.\ D usxrmixasxear. -4 Po'rA'ro Czuuzs.-Boil four potatoes. skin and peel them, mash smoothly,and, beat in a spoonful of good, sweet lard if then pour in one pint of new milk ; stir` this well ; add a very little snlt,Imd as much our as will make it the consis- tency ofmuins--this is to drop from then spoon ; then add two large spoonful: of yeast. Set it to rise. Bake in ring! if! the oven. Serve hot. Cons CAKES.--TWO pounds of sifted meal ;p0ltr on this one pint of sour mill, or cream gcnt up aspounful of good butter; beat three e gs, and stir in a little a'lt, with qnb ens Oonlul of soda dissolved in a little mi. This must .l'1eV'rery liglitly be2i1'erf', tll e pour into tins',`ancF bake qriicl'(l'y.' Q . .' .' Mn |n.---v u - . V - . -v -1 . . . . _.J . BUTT!-IRMILK Mu:-`nNs.-Slir into one_ quart of buttermilk one _teaspQouful of soda, and into one quaft fjluuf one teas-poonful of cream of tartar ; add them, and bgat them well Iogelh_r, and pom in to the muirl rings, and hate on` n ir;VA'1,- Kan)`: lunh A young lady: Said to her been, 11; she`. held a pot of _}_ro1. wager i_u her `Hand,-' Promise to marry m"_e of 13.11: ..sknId' you} "Throw the watet`,_}i'eA replied, I had` rather be scalded once,` than every day of my life. .' .l.~.. PU_U`I I_ll BU IIIU nlluulu agifd1e. Servehot; ~.--. : A facetious Writefsalys .`-"-" I Hive an objection to `had had. But I do no! qbject to five ` thats' togetgf,` ivanted For instance,` 1 tell you tlih't; `that tho; % .that that man introduces, 15 super` uous. o~ -jv~ `I. _ Th'ht'tl! has w}ougl;t sac}? ravages in England that Parisian butch-5 ers are ow shpplying John Bull with` his becf,Ach'a'.'per than he caii buyit of his own tradesrriff. At a public dinner in Ediulmrgli, iroi-'_ fesser Blacke told the following story :-- "A boy ata Prespyterian examination` was asked,` What is the meaning of re-_ generation ! ` Oh, to be born again. he" replied. ` Quite right, Tommy; you f6_' a very good boy. Would you not like to be born again `l Tommy gave _no re- _ ply, but on being pressed for an answefg` at last said. ` No. ` Why, Tommy 1 ? 7 Tommy replied,` For fear I rnight_bo born a lassie, Roars or laughter; Fru<:H'rruI. Accznzwr on rm: New Yonx CENTRAL I{.ut.w.AY.-A terrible: accident occurred on the New York Central railway on saturdhy, of which the Rochester Express furnishes the fol- lowing account :--`~ The Cincinnatti ex press train left this station at 1:05 this morning, with three ordinary passeni ger coaches, two sleeping cgrs, and eta? press and baggage cars. This tralrt meets the through freight west, at Port Byron,nt 2:44 am. Reaching that eta-` tion; the latter was standing onthe ml!!! track, taking wood and water at the lower `water-house. As the express ran upon the hrnnchgthe switch bar broke; which threw the hind tender of the lo-I comotive otf the rails, and disconnected it from the train, which continued on upon the main track,at the rate ottwena ty-`ve or thirty miles an hour. As the 1 passenger couches ew pust the Iocolno-' V tive and tender,orte of the passengers put his head out ofthe window and w struck by the tender which` was on t '0' srdetrack,and the top of his skull was` -taken off instantly, causing his lmme-'. `diute death. Thegconches crashed forward mto_the _locomotrv'e of the `westward `hound. freight train, `crushing the smr/is-j . `stack, and doing __other injnriesto the ._.engine._ The _siidden' cheek of the momentum of - the train,` threw the .co'aehes one ttpottq; other, e .-breaking M -them up In -a-l`earfulmn`nner.; A`bnke- rm },.,HenryK'~-'1-`ueIter," `~\n"r'gs`l'~ut;I nding at it`, and` when `the ci-`zish `came, ha_ e`t!`htwen`v ma: "tt\;o`Nc'p'r`s'_snd _ ' ` 9 splinter" _w'ns` ed and t%h2!3t`= Oice--Cburch Street. next door in thebld Cour 7 ` " - ` House, 'l`oVrou`t_o. _ _ " x. G. ousnoit. n.x`ixxdnun.. > .0. u x1cuA:1.. ` February," 1862. 1 T _ 1 _ mid #00 if not in advance. O. E. CAMERON, 1\1.7.\V"1Tc7:*1-iA1."L}Ks; Mc j~M_ICHAVEL_,; ' % .BARRISTE`R-S. A. L1 llUuI:I:I, un-Ia-uu \/uu CHARLOTTE smam`, 1}',{i;."1{if1':.' Nov. 15,1864. . 4 Oman: C5r;Vt;a.x;io['VBu'|.ldin'g- L"6ciet:y,.Westem_ Lasumnge Bnildings,0hurch St Torontoa: '1 Jam..1ee;. -_ .v A . - ~ -~ a$a'an1$r}:}zL, .ar'1;5i'3'iiA rE1'?s4,.As`o'I.zc1i*t;i2s,' : Onto:-[~Wete'rnAssnrnnc_e B_ui1d_ings, .Chu'.ch' `i -``j'`* Street,ToronVt'o,`0.Wv.` 5 E "' -3.` A_';... If'.._'.':.`;;'; " '1-|~'-r~`a."_;..-.'; .' VOL. Augg:,aM'9rr`:;6n_A -..~-., '- _-V, ;-; 1`6:pn.to. ozt.u.m.er:ias9.' 3. x`. Barrie, Jan. 1, _186?.. 'AND AGENT, Accuunmni, In-nu Eslnto Anne. 1 tioneer, [)irision Court and Genera! Agent; 1... . v\r nrn-an zvnnv."r.V-n 1; \ {nun No. 4.o:`.1T:T1i;\iTc: STP..EE'If 'wE_s1`, V . l`0RUN'l`(). -1-ly ,.vuw... \l ..- -. - Barrie, July 3, 186i. Y,Wl::*_`_?*:l~` 53.15` , . -\a.rvv-vvsvurv--o , . s e;,;~-% , I{ARRISTEREAND` ATTORNEY-`AT-LAW; J8..0.L.1.01.T'.TOR;!NlCFAN`EfX.; 77 . Conveyancer,vL'omm2ssianer m 13.1%., 42:-.~; www A``. *r`?`4?~?F?91?=:%3">;W3' M .lJ.l.|m April 16, I856. l-`. HVIBLY ROBINSON; ------------------ , _._.._._......__......._...__. CIIRI S'1`OPH.E R I-IA [ :[?I*SON, EI`IEEN s ARMsm5'i`i:if t `Mowsowsamrsoif `- ' , . D Annlnrnnnn nnvmnnnvvsvrn nnvinvnl. ` ~ DR. AR [`l~IUR ARDAGI-I, MEMBER ROYAL COLLEGE-OF SURGEONS, ...._.__._._._...__._.-. _. -_.:'.'. _.______ -BlI5'i1lB55 iDircrtar1_1. .\\\.`- ~/\` I\.*~4x'\.`xry s \1\'\l\J\/\J"r\'\J\r ..\\--\a..v\.` vwx-~ BARRIE. ____A-___A_____,,_,_ v somcxrons Ix cnmcmxv, _ _ Notaries Public, Conveya'2z cer.9, BARRIE, Co. _s1.\1C,01:,`0.w. _ ..._ Anr\AI1II ILLIAM PYPER, ' - Accountaiit, 4N6;ta1V';r/ _ 'E'EE:'I'ET*Hb'iE'L",' SIDNEY M. SANFORD, ROBINSON & McBR.l'DE_,- BARRISTERS, ao'..A _ Church Street, Toronto. ` -_E.QUN'r 3; `BOYS, om>os1"ra, fax GLOBE oncx, DEPOSKTORY OF THE BARBIE B3KNb{H[}T BIBLE sucmv] Ts1m1)-i`or.D- :t_jJ__Ig.`I LL If-A . _ ronoNTdT -)iR1).A<': 11, Attorneys, A- . haw" y JOHN A. ARDAGH, B-IVA. __ 912-. 03_A1mu:,C. W. w. ac Joan x Imon. ' ur. uv, Pvnnlsm-tn. 7 ma. 0. ARDM}H._ Smrsq ` 1 T. Supported betxveen Bessie-and her brother-in-law, Maggie was led up to her own room. Bessie insisted upon rte- maining with her friendthat night,und it was well she udid,.;for~_ towards .dawu Muggie became__quitedelirous, and tos- sed about on the bed, .talki.ug wildlyo-, Bessie culled 't'he~'man-servant, and . sent him after the doctor. Then she went and opened thecurxains, and the light, falling on Maggie sli1cc, found it mar- red by deeprcrimson spots. There was no doubt about it now. Maggie had the smallpox.. The doctor confirmed this verdict directly he arrived, and more- over prouounced it, of such a virulent kind, that he had but f'uint.hopes of his A...l \Uilli-urn nnn1.. KING, uuu nu uuu um. mun.-..u,..`.... ... ..... patlemis recoverv. And WIl|mm,com- ing down cheeffully to breakfast, w;14sA met. by this sad news. BesIsie s face was very grave and sad, but she didnot give mm urnlllll, as long as she could, i grave sad, was pronounced. out of lain but she t.llO'n0I give way. She woul_d,as long could, help Maggie by renmininglrm. ' But why describe the gaunt struggle w1th.l)eath? l\`laggie.wrestled hard in- deed but she won the day at last. She ger and fairly on the way to_ recovery. The looking- gluss had been kept shrouded for more than a week now, Bessie fearing 5tlmt the first instinct ofa heuuty would be to task for it sight of her own fuce. But-' _Mag.rgiediduotl1ing of the kind. She seemed toenjoy the lllXlll'l0llS languor ofconvalescence`, with.-ut` any thought beyond ; `and in the `meantime the teuclvr-liearted little Bessie -sulfered for her most sincerely. It must be :1 great hlow wlienslie met herself`, as it were once more, nud found such :1 terrible al- teration) nthe golden hair cut short `to her head, the violet eyes dimhnd hlear- ed," the cheeks seamed with crimson scars, and the soft outline of the profile quitevdestro_ve(l. 'ltlwns-impossible that any young girl should meet this change with equanimity. But Bessie" did not know her friend yet. .-The first day I\lu_;gie was allowed to sit up she asked playfully to he al_lov\ved to V assure herself of herown ugliness. Bessie ltesitatedi, and the tears rose in her eyes. `You silly little thing! said Maggie, pouting up her lips to he kissed. y ` Do you think I mind-about tliut? Hand: me the glass this moment. ' Bessie tendered it with sltaltiug n-V ' I l gers. \VeH, I am :1 poor battered creature, said Maggie, philosophically_.3. `-1 look I as ifI hojd gnne through terrible vicissit- ` Mtndes. I wonder if Mrs. Newcome would think me :1 charming young per"- son now '1 nu I I,,I ._._,I _!....I....1 n `:II`n Qnn SUI] llU\V '! She laughed, and sighed a little too and continued" her steady wxminulion. . o .n.r_- .-___ ............ .l.-nn.H'nHu nut nf. ge rs. \\7. snnpe 1)ess1e.' ,_ . - No it is 1hehest_ part of you, said Bes- i sie, keeping her face averted to hide her ` tears. I,,_,,__ _____ ....'.Iu "6 `1ut1I1,f unnh _ ARDAGI-I &- Barristers & uuu (;ou1|[)ucu ucr ausauy \3.\:tL|u|IIlAIuvuo ,` `My nose seems dreadfully out of shape Bessie. 1\Y.. :. :. l`\n `nnaf mrt nf` vnn. smd Bes- s. ~ . `.lt always was-'-only it_hadn t such! dismlvanlages to contend with `in other` quarters as it has now, said Maggie. Well, my poor beauty is gone irrevo- I cuhly, aluck-u-d'a_v! but I dare say Ish-all | be quite as happy without it. I shun ! have so many uttercrs, but I shall lizive [as`nmny 'iends._ I.snppose you wcm_ t ` be fulse to me, Bessie, because "I am .so ..l..I... 3 uv nun. plain.` 1 Qlun | mm.' T , I She spoke gully. but as Bessie sonpe-d_ and kissed her ugrain, w<.~tting`her cheek with her tears,`Mag_zie gave l1le_r'a`gen-; ue push, and turned her face from the light. She was a brave "woman, _ but. she had had such :1. loss as all woman feel. Bessie stole mvay and. left her alone for a few sccohds, and when she returned she found Muggiejeuding the Bible, with a gentle face and eulm hro\v._ rm.-. .........:..... n,;....:..' .....-.m'.|r.:.1 u: DIUIU, \Vl|.ll I1 EUUI-IC IRLZC uuu Uuuu Iuuu 0' That. evening Bessie` consulted the doctor privately. and returned to Mag- gie s room with the jcyftil news that he believed it almcist certain that, after a time, she would entirely recover her beauty. Maggie received the infOrma- l tion `with great tranquility, but present- ly turned and nslced Bessie V v'e'ry,earucsl- Iy, `Will you do me a great` favour 2 C A I-nn1':`nvnt` `P unn inifn i\11nI"l':n ,i I)", ' `I III y\_J|I lU [HG Q1 BIUHL IKLVUUI I A |1un dredifbyo_u- l`1ke,V Maggie," ` she replied. . 'l`|u.-m nlnacm Ann ? cnnnlr nf nnrlmnnhz EIIC IC`H|VlIO ! Then please don t speak ofimy beauty `V as likely to be restored. Say how_ `ill-.' tered I am, and do not holdhout any`hop_e of a change. I have a mind loise who" are really my friends, or rather lovers. 12;-min Ilxnnnl llnn avnnu-1'rnnn1 n unin- ulc IULIIIJ nu) IIILLAUQ, \_u nu.-.uun gvyyuau ! Bessie thought the experiment a pain- ` ful one, but she let Maggie have her ` way, and from that time she .me.nded I lruptdly. Atter, five. weeks illness she `came down stairs again`, and'sat hit}. the 4 darkened room, .with her poorscarred: face turne | from the fuintjh`gh_t., Wil- t lium had begged .to be allowed. tn. come in, and` l\v1aggieh;;d so rea_di1yeo_nsente d, ` that.Bessie. had, up exc'.use'.. for 'deny_i.ug ; hisrequeste. j She led him Ltozthe door, `- gu;vehin1 an 'innit;_l1'tt'U`.|beli' 'Of jdjrece ` tiuns. how he must "1;e1m'e gc; t:s;Ii_t3I: tee _ex cite the -imfalid,-'tl1en=rto]d~ (hfiin-_ again 1 in` the ` pleusantest terms ,1 bf. .!'ll,,`greet ji A " change in." Mu_ggIe s.=: \look`,-a1i'3f4diarted E ;>`i`u' tenrsr-'-13*illy;*;,tender4 hearted ,.. .v -v :. -J /. .>L~- '5;:_a_-, .u,~. `. I-n:n5,_;.. .-'_._-- -_`.-..l.. gr. DPSSICS William came eagerly tp lIeJrhn.i}:asf ;Muggi'el1eld out her. alyeiider waited; hand, l{eepiug.his byes ox'1`- th e' `ooi`;` ' (`Hall 9 cl-ursmirl `an-nlinu -h:1n,n .t' un|I : llullu, I\CC.Il|l`a' IIIB FJCO UM LIIU llUUIg_ I . `Well, Lsheisaid, 'sm1lhmg,:`wou?t you `lookmt me? A ~ ' = 111. _..:......I .I.:.. An... 11..." ...-"I `II. -...ll:.`.`.',!.A...'o. Barristers and Attorneys,~ SOLICITORS IN CIMNCERY, CONVEY- .,2NcERs, &c., H2Annn.`._ C. W . 1 eyes the, and l6o tke'dvt-. l1eI1`ste;1_di1y', ' L ` ' ' " V.m urn 7 `,7 I I. he_r`.steuquy'. T _ _ u , `_ ..`Y,ou- ure.jnl1ered, _, he. ,sai_d,5.wilh a . cabana; thg1t;plensed `her {at more -than". I.lDyf'._a_.ttety could hja`v_'`___1o;`1i7..` `But ` you _do not regret-the.:loss ofyomj ;bea'uty,, dgn"tL Ihuyf'yq;tr=ie1ids, wi`l!:s!-yd}? 't|:e ` oxa,r'n_ple.?__ , , , CK!!! pit: 0' h `Then V they": `had. 5:71 - lohwgl ; fie`a;s!a_n"t . talli . `tdgether.-`. nr:d;Bessi'es .',rirepi.`nz.;in: inn: h'our infer with" `very `fd "`6j1'p` 'IbiIVn8`- " Maggie ` Matsden. mi COUNTY op meg ADVERTISER. JUSTICE 1S 1`HE%GREAT~. BUT SIMPLE" PRINCIPLE. AND,'f1`HE .'WHOLE SECRET _OF.SUC'CESS IN `ALL GOVERNMENT. t_l.1o blind drawn up,and ..noLhin:g"but- '9. muslin curtain between Maggie and the full" summer light. - ' -' '11 - nun -ahn-n rnnnnfnd n'7l1'inI fnr H107! Lw. Lourf. lU_ll sumuiur ugun. - . - , `Is your retum meanyns a'h_int for me to go}? inquired William, rising with evident reluctance. V . . :1 ...~. ..l'.mrI T nnncf ulnar` trni`.hI`-'rn- evlueuu. Iuluutuuuu. ` .`1 am, afraid AI. must, plead _guilty, .`.-'re- plied Bess_ie_. `Maggie has lggggn _1a.ll;ing quite enough`. . T 11 l:7?..-5" ' `Why, I have only been here ten min- utes, said William, in perfect gqod faith- ` T ' .\T,... .........-. I;|t\"`\\I`Z o.vuJ,Ivnn rn:n'r|fL.c , 0 mun- . . , `You mean Toe hour and~_ten minutes, `said Bessie, laughing outright.`.`I_n)ust have t|1u_tbli'n1d down again; your eyes are too weak yet. tdbear alILt_he_ sun- shine. ` ' - ' .__..!_` _2L..L_.1 `...O'-1..n :i:A run} vnn:cf nne.' . , . . lVI'aggie,'-sighed, bu_t'gshehidi_d not resist. Then William drew t'l ie_ green Persians, pressed `Maggie's hand withu tenderness that made her smile and `blush A a_t'_the "same tiine-',` and w`as`"jdespoticall"yTdis. missed by Bessie, Maggie looking very much as it" she should have liked to `reverse the deeree ijfshe dared. A The next day Stanley -Newcome called who saw him `coming up the gravel path, begged herfriend to have him mistake. - Bessie yielded to Maggie'f`s plersuasions, although she did not like . these experiments-, believing that they secpientlystanley was brought nnex-'v peclly into his divimty s'presence; and what u diviuily now, with her scarred _l'-uceyancl red eyelids,` all inexorahly (lis- played as she advanced to tneet him, with unlodd little smile on her lips! Stanley kept retreating, his mouth wide open;ai1'expressio11 of ludicrous dismay on his face. They reached the door, Stanley hacking, Maggie pursuing, and St:mley s agony of disappointmeiit at her appeuran.ee,and cowardly fear of infection, drove him nearly-desparate. He made a stand ' at last, waving her away- But` i\']_aggie pretended not to understand hi~m,and still held out her . an _1_.__ ) ....!.I Oo....1..u, Ar:I1aI1 n9n n to inquire aer-Miss hlarsden." Maggie, ' ushered into the drawing. room, as if hy ` `gave 1.-aggieynnnecessarv pain. Con- . I ` Madam, Vsaid Stanley, driven into :1 lcomer literally and metapysicully, (`I lam astonishedat your want of ;.feeling and good tasle, I really am. I wish yuu _ betlerlheallh and more manners. Tu ipursue :1 f'ello_w in this way-- Hie zliurnitv mum nlace to fear. He 1 llll. pursue Z1 leIlu_w Ill LUIS yvuy His dignity gave place "rasped a't'tl`xe door-handle, wren'clxed it_ o . I open, and d1sappe:ued.- - i\ lnnnn Inna-hnrl Kn lung and 10lld]V. I auu (llS`J.['p('3lllt!u.' l- Maggie laughed so long and loudly, i_that Bessie `fancied she rhadgon-e into hysterics, and came rushing in to gigve_`l1er.stIVccor. But when she heard -Muggie s account of the ail -ai`r, she laughed too, and greatly dw_el_t upon the tithe. when she should be alzle to present. p Maggie to him in rene\ve_d i;eauty,and exult over his dismay. This" little we'- manly triumph gave Bessie quite. a low . of pleasant `anticipation. Shetsett ed it all in her own mind.- Maggie was able toitravel, but at the end of November 'she was to return to Bessi-e. s house to spend hertwentv-rst birthday and the Christmas holidays. 'l`.hen - Bessie was to give a party, at \'vliich,- of course" Sanley Newcome was to be present, and ` Maggie, in the full blaze of her recover- ed'beautyp,_was to have acertain Victory. "over her craveu-harted admirer.- V ` . 1-. ,1 _..'__........-.. T .....u.-.- 'nInI' rrur lnnlrc over ner craveu-nurwu uumucn. `And s11ppQsiq_gI never `get; my looks back again ! said _Muggije,' when this % plan was` detailed to her." i T 'Nmn urn. mngrdestrov `the nro2ram- ` lurceu lU um]; um nu-rJx_:x,-.. A week later, and Maggie wentito Briglnomwhere her guardian and his wife were staying. But before she left, William managed to gain some sort of h romise form her which really made `the thought of'.lhei`r Christmas meeting very` bright and pleasant. "William returned ldeparture, arid` Bessie s hdnse seemed quiet alter this -f-al m'ost'd_u1l ._` Shewent ' ofleuffo see Mrs. Ilayiive, who was nowa .c'.hildless widuw, her daughter to Oxford 11 `day or two after"5Maggie"s , haying diiedfwhilstb Bessie had_so -m_u'ch~ trou'hl'e in her Owii h_ou`e" that `h`,awa`s`_j not a'ble-to'f,giv'e.,herl tl1a't;'ca,r,ee she` ebfulld ` have wished. Here. she heard Maggie s legoodness` extolled with tmtir'ing_eu- iu_r')'._ l ' 2 .cu_- .._'.`~.`I Lab` I've ll`/T1111!`-|A_, (fn plan was ut:uuu:u nu ma. ` I`hen we must destroy `the program- me and lenvel1is_puhishmen_t to chance, replied Bessie. `But there is no fear of what you say. ' - T _ . -r u t. 1;; -___ 9 ;_.'.I \VII'.L..n-1;. o l H; nnnrc BINGHAM begs to inform the tra.\'elling'l . community that he hn.s`l:xken that favorite old Stand, the Queen s Arms`,"wl1ici'1 is being tted up and renoval.ed._in the most thoromzli `manner, nndvcan assure hisfpntrons tlmt his whole (-nde'a- vors will `be made to place the establishnwnt fore- mostin point of comfort and accommodmion. V l'1...__!.. I'..Iu 9 1011` '| .. ,-_.. -.._, . ` ` I don't knowfpsaid Nlziggie ;` it seems to me impossible that this poor scarred face should ever have anything to recom- mend_ it again . ` `Don t.ta1knonsense`! -Von knowrbet- ter,` said'Bess`.e impatiently ; and" Maggie to escape the charge of _a'ectu.tion was i forced to drop the stilject. A .......l. Lam. and I\/Tna-(yin went to 11:15)-. I ` - ` T `She used, said Mrs. Mayne, `to :come every `morning at six o clock and `read to Mary whilst. Ilidied mp the place before starting to work. And my ~ poor-`girl used to look for her, ma am you Awonldn"t believe. When miss wasv tuk'e'n h'erseT_f, _Mi),ry',fretted so that 3 theddctor said she `spoilt _ullhis_ medi- E cines,, and, that she ,wou-1,d;-die`; Bit ,it `i seemed so_ dretidflll, as; she? was always teilirj 6f'fm;forher? to" have `given the :- con1p_'afint tp~. qst!(:311'_"f!i;` _hQiill__iflll} ! ~ young lady. `andzmay .,be.+ l`.aken~.;a1L hr; - s'louks'-_awu'y.-,- even .-?if.1`t'~41_idn i;: kill her. .: l `But;'Mrs;` "~Ma'yI1 a,"'.'I;a_id *B.essie,'_a:nxi-'i .at,.-....w..;.1.;..'...m.. ;msi am-.'r{aiid=_i`. ' ' Il!ly9.'AMi;_::M,?!`$~,idid. n}9t.'I'sb P00! Marv;rmpmgztigax;bfot:`sh.dii:d1 Mnrylor some txme Delore sue uluuvs . . `Lor bless: you, ma am: said Mrs..=' Muyne,_`sh`e was `here "u greading to' my - ..pQ_or' gm two full, hom_'__t_l1e :v_a`ry ;thorVn_- `ing she was. to9k_. il1.fheVrse|I.~ She used` 1o;t_!ay she.Acouldn t: -get- away:of [day-.. tiuie9s. 8_d _ghfe; got;gipfjeaqrly i9f :mnrnings;,` i..w_.as`7"geh'a,r`nlIy 11: 'li`Iore.?.)siX%'?. O c1odkfz' ` ~. ,1] .-` 12.3:-3: .11 may}. o'clock; ;.~_ :1 . .' ~'.- .. : `Mfg; M -.Muy e;? `s[aid;Bessie very seris. hlisl'y,~ 3` on ,`:"'H"O,li_l('l>" not *">have*-. V gllqwed 2 Mimi ufl!ig!.tu:fef`!Iil|f; `Hing BA RRIE, 70. W, JANUT(RY 110, I866. afrpro.ved`ofit`, `a y61I.knfTw', and sent a nurse on purpose that~':`i't might be avoided. _ v T - "i"`&i"d an Icou1d,'ixia:am,*rep1ia. `the poor widow,` but miss gid was her. duty, and wouldn t be.:.stoppe_c_l anyhow. Nobody was mre `sdgryi than I was. wher_1;tl1e1._y9:l,wLr lady V fo_nk._,_ill...._1_. I am sum`: felt that if she` ed`it""vir'o1iId be as much trouble as losing two daughters instead of one. ` . ' Bessie said nonmorey. She felt that it Wonld.have=vbeen difficult for Mrs. Mayne-to have resisted Maggie's will, however sincerely she. might have urged the poiht. Only she wrote and scolded A Maggie throughly for her deceptior1,and declared `that on her next` visit she should have,-here bedroom locked r upon her inexorably everyyniglnt, ;1t._,w'hich threat Maggie laughed and immediadi- ately wrote back a saucy reply. ...nA.ml.l 17 Han Jo": 11-ylnrfnnarl nnr` hen- l)c NT"uttl)cr1t fbnante