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~ * block, : Mis of the Veterinary Institute, . of a First Prize Essay on Shoeing. 'on Lilly street, opposite Cossitt's Factory. " DESIGNS, PLANS, DETAILS, ESTI | MATES el) | i G 3 O. { ve VOL. XXI, NO. 6.} ONTARIO OBSERVE AND GENERAL ADVERTISER EE I PORT PERRY, PROVINCE OF ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JAN. 17, 1878. | WHOLE NO, 1050 Forth Ontorig Obaeruer.| WW « Jamey onmost, one (SER EEE A : rally that having bought a publ generally, into the Vinage of Prince 18 PUBLISHED AT PORT PERRY, ONT., Ribert, EVERY THURSDAY MORNING, M. SPENCE, Coxraagtos, Burs, &c. fom his sincere In TE ate be- inform the 1 he will in future give his whole sian io bee 1, Cor pet SHA Haring tn whicn io erro lied est notice and in the best and most durable fi nd th ord Ses Ben, and first-class workmanship, SPENCE. Prince Albert, Aprils, 1876. yAusic. a NGTON, Teacher of Music, or HARE 'Also dealer in Musical In- struments. Residence,on Union Avenue. 18S 8. 8. HARRINGTON, Teacher of Misc. 'Applications by Post or in person solicited. Residence, on Union Avenue, Port Perry. BY BAIRD & PARSONS. TERMS. --$1 per'annum, if paid in ad- vance ; if not $1.50 will be charged. No subscription taken for less than six months; and no paper discontinued until all arrears are paid. RATES OF ADVERTISING. For each line, first insertion .... veee $0 08 Subsequent insertions, per line . 002 Cards, under 6 lines, per annum ...... 5 00 Letters containing money, when ad- dressed to this Office, pre-paid and regester- ed, will be at our risk Advertisements measured by Nonpareil, and charged according to the space they oc- cupy. Advertisements received for publ without specific instructions, willbe inserted antil forbid and charged accordingly. No advertisement will be taken out untilpaid fore A liberal discount allowed to Merchants and others who advertise by the year or Business Cards. Blicati half-yéar. i BEF These terms will in all cases be strictly .« e-vd to Job Department. Pamphlets, Hand Bills, Posters, Pro- grammes, Bill Heads, Blank Forms, Receipt Books, Checks, Books, Circulars, Business Cards, Ball Cards, &c., of every style and LIOENSED AUCTIONEER. , ETURNING my sincere thanks to my 1 \ numerous friends and patrons for their liberal patronage bestowed ypon me as Fhotels. THE WALKER HOUSE PORT PERRY THE Subscriber having leased the above hotel, it will be his endeavor to conduct it in every particular so as to merit the approbation and patronage of the pyblie. THE WALKER HOUSE hether for extent or quality of accommo- dations is equalled by few Hofels in the Province and surpassed by none ont of the best cities, Commercial Travelers, the Traveling Public, Farmers and others doing business in the Village i general public will nd in THE WALKER HOUSE all that can be required in the matter of and moderation in charges. The Charges are No Higher at the 'Walker House than at any other Hotel in Town. The House is fitted up' throughout in FIRST CLASS STYLE. The Tables and Bar supphed with the choice ot the market apd the utmost atten-- tion paid to the convenience gnd comfort of ALL GUESTS. Auctioneer during the past eight years, I would now beg to offer my services to all who may have Farm Stock, Implements, or other property to sell by Auction anywhere in North Ontario, the fownship of Mariposa or Cartwright. | My long and extensive practice as Auc- | tioneer has enabled me to judge the value of | Farm Stock with an accuracy second to none in the County, and this is of import- = -- | ance as if the Auctioneer is not a good NEDY, Physicians, | judge of the value of Stock he may soon jose far more than his fee/in any sale. Bill stamps always on hand. - Sale Bills arranged and notes supplied free of charge. Days of Sale may be arranged at the Opsenver Office, where a Sale Register will be kept. color, executed promptly and at lower rates than any other establishment in the County. p@y™ Parties from a distance getting hand bills, &c. printed can have them done to take home with them, H. PARSONS. J. BAIRD Professional Cavs. De = == RS. JONES & K Surgeons, &c., &C., Port Perry. ory :--Second door west of the Presby- B! terian Church, R. JONES, M D., Jor ALEX. KENNEDY, M. D, Joroner. MCPS. . WARE, Coronor for the County of £ . eae "Physician, Surgeon and Ac- Terms Liberal, W.M. W, coucheur, Port Perry, Sept. 4, 1877. Office, opposite the town hall. Port Perry. E. MAJOR, | - [CENSED AUCTIONEER. All parties wishing his services can call at the "Observer" Office, Port Perry, and arrange for days of Sales. Glen Major, Oct. 10, 1876. mare H. SANGSTER, M. D., Physician, Sur- J. geon and Aceoucheur, Coroner for the County of Ontario PORT PERRY. Office over Nott's Furniture Store, corner of wueen and Perry Streets. Office hours from a. m. to 12 m. Residence, the dwelling recently occupjed ¥ Mrs, Geo, Paxton. RS. McGILL & &e., &e, Office Oshawa, FRANCIS RAF, M.D. WM. GORDON, Licensed Auctioneer, Valuator, &e. Sy JR the "Pownship of Brock, Uxbridge, , King sty | J Geott, Thorah, Bama, Mara, Mariposa and Eldon, Partics entrusting their Sales to me WM. WGILL, MD. ML F. MOBRIBEN, M.D, MLR. C. 8, Guy's may rely on the utmost attention being given . FLA BN, M.D, M. Rt. ,Giiy's [may rely . ; Mospital, London, England. Fhe liye R. | to their interests. y Aospik ul, London, England Sar BORON, Sunderland, Brock. Oshawa, BE. FAREWELL, LL. B, County Crown #J . Attorney for Ontario, Barrister, Attorney, Mlieitor, and Notary Public. Office lately oc- pled by 8. I1, Cochrane, Esq., Brock street, Whitby. YMAN TL. ENGLISH LL.B, Solicitor in | J Chancery, Attorney, Conveyancer, &e. Oshawa. )yMce--Simecoe street, opposite the Post Office T, H. WALSHE, ICENSED Auctioneer for the Township 4 of Brock, Thorah, Mara & Rama in North Ontario ; Mariposa, etc., in the County of Victoria. Residence--Cannington, Brock. Orders left at this office, or at his residence will be punctually attended to. Debts col- lected in Cannington, or otherwise, and prompt remittances made. Remember-- WALSHE, the North Ontario Auction- eer. YOUN! . torney-a y ot Insolvency, Notary Publie, &e. Ofice--MeMiilan's Block, Brock street, Whitby, LL. B., Barrister, At- in C yy JAMES W. BEALL. OWNSHIP CLERK, { TOWNSHIP OF EAST WHITBY. Conveyancing and General Insuiance Agent, Office in the Town Hall. from 9 a. m. till 5 p. m. Fhe Clerk will be home for township business on Mondays and Saturdays. "JAMES W. BEALL. Tp. Clerk. A YAMERON & MACGDONNELL, Barristers and Attorneys at Law, Solicitors County Council, Ontario. Oflices : Court House. Whitby. HH. J. MACDONNELL, Business hours M. C, CAMERON, D, A y at Law, and Solicitor : N 2 Mie in the Royal Arcade, Port Perry. ST Columbus, March 28, 1877. W. Maurice Cochrane, TTORNEY-AT-LAW, Solicitor in Chan- A cery Notary Public, &e., &e. Office hours punctually from 9 a.m. to 5 p,m. Money to Loan at 8 per cent, on all kinds of good security. Office, Bigelow's Royal Arcade, PORT PERRY. W. BURNHAM, Clerk of the Third Divi- J. sion Court. Office in Bigelow's Block, Port Perry. Office hours from 10a m, to3 p. m. T. C. FORMAN, INSPECTOR of WEIGHTS § MEASURES For the County of Ontario. Port Perry, Nov 1, 1875. 45:tf © J. A. MURRAY, ATE Patterson & Fonton, Surgeon Dentist, Office over {Corrigan & Camp- iell's Store, (Port ery. All work New Marriage Act. done in the very pep atest and best style and warranted to give| port Perry, July 1st, 1874. satisfaction. -- Port Perry, March 28, 1877. 0. N. VARS, L. D. 8. TH inserted on all the latest prose lcs of the art, and as cheap as the cheap- ee the best. ni. filled with Gold and Silver. Teeth extracted without pain by producing local angsth- sin. Dentical Rooms--in Cowan's new over Atkinson's Drug Store, King ptreet, Oshawa, @HAS. THORN, V 8, ENRY CHARLES having been re- ppointed Marriage License Agent-- (after sixteen years duty) continues to fur- nish Licenses as heretofore--at Port Perry. R. RICHARDSON, Re-appointed Issuer of Marriage Licenses. Under the New Act. Office, lot 10, in the Gold Medalist for the on on Horse Practice. Author Gradu- Chicago, IIL. best 'examinati 1st con, Brock. Brock, Aug. 5,1874. 33 ---_-- T C. FORMAN, bi ISSUER OF ated Sept. 16, 1867 "Dr. Thora begs to announce that he has taken up his residence at Port Perry, and is to treat all cases entrusted to | = J . . hia caren "the most skillful apd scientific] Marriage Licenses. manner. All orders left atthe Medical HaH| = 5,0 door west of the Walker House of Mr Allison, will receive prompt attention. | p 4 Perry. $@~ The Veterinary Stables may be found J OHN CHRISTIE, TOWNSHSP OLERK, ssuer of Yartings Licenses--Conveyancer, om! Port Perry, Oct. 28, 1873. An abundance of comfortable Stable and Shed accommodation, and attentive hostiers. W. B. McGAW. Port Perry, April 20, 1876. por PERRY HOUSE, PORT PERRY. JAS. V. THOMPSON, - PROPRIETOR. The above House is now most comfort- ably furnished, and Guests are cared for in the Home Style. Good Liquors and Cigars, also, first class Stabling and good Ostlers.-- Additions have been made which maker this the largest and best House iu this section of country. Fare $1.00 per Day. Jaros HOUSE, PORT PERRY, The Subscpiber having leased this comfort. able and convenient Hotel, will spare neither | 1 labor nor expense in providing for the com. fort and convenience of guests. "The Tables will always be supplied with the best to be had in the market. Only choice Liquors and Cigars at the Bar. Any quantity of firstclass Stable and Shed accommodation properly attended to by careful Ostlers. CHAS. HOLT. Port Perry, March 8, 1876 F LVERE HOUSE, MANCHESTER. Jy GEO. HOUCK. Having leased the above excellent Hotel it will be my endeavor to conduct it in eyery particular so as to merit the appro- bation and patronage of the public. Manchester, Oct. 8, 1875. NTARIO HOSTEL, WHITBY, T. MASON, - - PROPRIETOR. Pie public well cared for, and all Guests will please feel at home. Whitby, Nov, 9th, 18 4) Q Corner of Cameron and Laidlaw Sts. CANNINGTON, Ox. D. CAMPBELL, . This Hotel is now furnished in the best style, and offers every accommodation to travelers §&¥ First class Sample Rooms. Livery attached. Cannington, Oct, 20, 1875. 4 A FELO-ANERIOAN HOTEL, . UEENS HOTEL PROPRIETOR © PRINCE ALBERT. W. H. PARK, - - - PROPRIETOR. Having purchased the above pleasantly situated Hotel, 1 have thoroughly repaired and renovated the entire premises even to the Sheds. The Hotel has been furnished in First-Class Style and Stocked with the best Liquors and Cigars! Strict atteption paid to the comfort of guests, The table and bar well supplied. W. H. PARK. Prince Albert, June 12, 1875. JA FUSTRONG HOUSE, (LATE ALBION) WHITBY, ONTARIO. E. ARMSTRONG, PROPRIETOR. The Only First Class House in Town. ENSON HOUSE, late Jewett House, Kent Street, Lindeay. Board, $1.50 per . E. BENSON, Proprietor. ROL EXCHANGE HOTEL, WILLIAMSBURG, CARTWRIGHT. E. BRYANS, The Subscriber having in this pleasant and co! and renovating remises. The Bar supplied with a superior cl of Liquors and the best brands of Cigars. The choice of the a Er Sora Fasellont ve le! Sabling E, BRYANS. Williamsburg, Dec. 6, 1875, ree QUEEN'S HOTEL, WHITBY, ONT, McCANN & TAYLOR, PropristoRs. Every accommodation for the traveling public. Cedar Rails & Posts For Sale or to Rent. Soe m---- For Buildings, at alow figure } DWELLING HOUSE and goa half an acre of land in th 11 orders addressed to me, Port Perry | £ pot Office, will receive immediate attention, | Village of Manchester. ; : NB. [am prepared to erect Buildings of Apply to Ay size or kind MRS. HENRY LYLE. | Park | { Acres, one of the best locations for a corafort- . | November 21, 1866. | and Churches, MUNEY TO LOAN | MORTCACES WANTED. THE Suhscribers haye a ® sums of mon- ey placed in their hands for investment on Improved Farms, Village Properties, and other Securities in this and adjoining Counties at the lowest current rates of interest. As we have funds on hand at all times Borrowers eandep nd on getting their money with the ieast possible delay. WANTED TO PURCHASE, : Any number of Mortgages for which the high- est figures will be allowed. Wearealso appraisers for tha Canada Per- manent Building Society, the cheapest and largest Monetary Institution in Canada. Paid up Capital $1,500,000. Instalments re-payable in from 2 to 20 years, Lands Bought and Sold. Several good farms for sale. = Agents for several first class Fire In surance (Com panies. Collections made and a general agency busi- ness transacted. 2% DEBENTURES BOUGHT.-%%t JOHN & DAVID J. ADAMS, General Agents, Office In Mr. Ross' Ontario Buildings, Port, Perry. Port Perry, Oct. 11, 1872, To the Editor of the OpsERVER. Sir--Enclosed 13 a short poem which I have been requested to send you for publi- cation, if you think it worthy of a place in your excellent paper, Iam, &c, A CoxsTaNT READER AND SUBSCRIBER, Pitching Sheaves of Wheat. In the dismal days when mud reigns supreme And no pleasures of the eye to redeem, Neither smiling nature to greet ; My thoughts unrebuked to the past do stray, To atharming scene I witnessed one day ; A damse] pitching sheaves of wheat. How an artist or a poet would admire This picture, so faultlessly entire, For in a soft back ground retreat, An expanse of pellucid water lay, And fringing willows bowed so adoringly To the pitching or the sheaves ot wheat, Unsconciously I paused in rapture to gaze, For seldom indeed does nature portray A scene in itself so complete ; "I'he foreground enhanced by the golden grain, While the centrepiece fresh beauty attain, In tossing up the sheaves of wheat, With the bloom of youth and health on her face, Aud figure which any drawing-room would face, With actions so agile and neat, The fair one with innocent modest glee, From all false prudery happily free. Kept tossing up the sheaves of wheat, JAMESLUND, MONEY, LAND & INSURANCE BROKER, (ONVEYANCER, Commissioner for taking Aflidavits in Court of Queen's Bench, &c. MONEY TO LOAN In any manner to suit borrowers, Mortgages Bought, Accounts, s, &e., Collected and prompt remittances made, The social con that often restrain, Aad by which the fair sex cannot attain To nature's design and entreat, These, with their burdensome dignity fled, Revealed a pertect nature hallowed By the maid tossing sheaves of wheat, The stronger sex unheld from glee and sport To healthy pastime unrestrained resort Without being thought indiscreet ; While maidens cf ed by decrees of fashion Seldom enjoy pleasant relaxation By tossing aronnd sheaves of wheat, No doubt many belles would at once proclaim A reproach on that damsel's very fair name, And would with dignity repeat The party borrowing money gan get it without commission, at Eight per cent, und is allowed to fix his own time for ment of interest once a year 1 permit repay part or all of the prineiy without prior notice to the Compan binding themselves in the mortgage such sum, whether large or small, and it as a direct reduction of principal, im ately cancelling the interest on the sum paic xtra charge is exacted on such repay- . Loans made from 2 to 20 years on or good productive town and village they ses where the title is perfect, will sand Dollar more than and loans up to five thousand to exceed twenty dollars, As I t 1s Agent and Valuator for both Companics there ean possibly be no publi- city in the transaction. If the title is perfect the money will be Bald here in two weeks after making applica- tion, ten dollars, dollars not Rrc Parrish's Block, Cor, Brock Bascom . streets, Uxbridge. Uxbridge, May 17, 1877, The undersigned has any amount of Money to lend 'upon Farm and.Town Property, at Unusually Low Rates of Interest! | Loans can be repaid in any manner to suit the borrower. ! Also several Improved Farms, and Wild | Lands for sale, cheap. Investments made in Municipal Deben- tures, Bank and other marketable Stocks, Apply to JAMES HOLDEN, Official Assignee, Broker, &e, Orrice--Over the Dominion Bank, McMil- lan's Block, Brock st., Whitby. Whitby, April 10, 1873, NOTICE TO FARMERS & OTHERS MONEY TO LOAN. HE undersigned would say to the owners of Real Estate, that he has in his hands a laage amount "of private funds which he is prepared to invest for periods to suit borrow- ers--intérest at eight per cent. Expedition and most reasonable terms assured. 8. H, CHRISTIAN. Manchester, October 17, 1877, MONEY (Private Funds) "T'o Loan on good Farms, at 8 per cent in- terest, LYMAN ENGLISH, Barrister, &o., Oshawa » PORT PERRY LIVERY STABLES, £ > C. Z1E, JHE Subscriber having now fully equipped his new and extensive Livery Stabl>s with a supply of superior Horses and Carriiges, is pared to h 1 LIVERY RICS On Moderate Terms. C. MCKENZIE. EN PROPRIETOR. Port Perry, Aug. 6, 1878 THE ONTARIO Head Office, Whitby, This Company is now fully organized and is pre] and their contents, country School Hogses Those wishing to insure and --- Ahe Snbgcriber offers for Sale that fine 'on Union Avenue, containing 7 able residence auywhere to be found. Terms Easy, For particulars apply to JAMES EMANEY, Ab Perry, Feb 8, 1877, Manchester, June 20, 1877, J Port Perry, Nov. 27 18177. FE CHEAP . OD. Ax chitects, & C. NL &c. AND: Ge0D thereby support a Home Insurance Company Y GRIST, P. AND 3 The undersigned has a very large quan~ | have OW an opportunity of doing so, either ENRYIQRIST, Dat on ity of ehaice Cedar Rails and Posts for Sale | by applying to the Head Office, or to any of DravenTyax, Ottawa, WHITBY Se on iis. place lot 12, in the 7th con. | the local Agents of the Company. Our rates fCransacts business with the Patent Office : MARBLE WORKS Le I he ave | will be found as low as those of any respon- ond other deparimepts of a s STEAM : * | 1aid close by the Gravel Road there is no |aible ona) Insurmuce ompany in Geanda, Registra : -- 3 the Royal Hote! or and Designs -pecursd. Dranings, J&R. WOLFENDEN, Cony baulipg them away. Sm Bah Bt, Whitty TF e Royal Ho Specifications, an: : Documents neces HOLESALE and Re ers ip | DAVID DEACON. ' C. NOURSE, Beeretary. - to secure Patents of Ipvention, p 3 Pic3 FER ' ay robo the modal of the Invention. Ww Bi ud 4 orien Ee fa Gastright, Decl), lo17, " W, #. BROWNE, General Agent. W. OUDLIPP, Anourscs, &9. Also, gent Sion ot mr. FOR SALE The VICTORIA faving had considerable practical ex. JO! MOTT, | 4 DESIRABLE PLOT OF LANDON | MUTUAL jporionce. in. France lh Dale Blake gy, AEE, S171 | Fire #msnran 2nd Conde, and holding Certificates fom thy, July 29, 1874. UNION AVEN UE, of Canada, 'Hor Majesty's P ivy Council in Butch | HEAD OFFICE,....... HAMILTON. Construction, T am prepared to furnis PORT PERRY. = HIS is decidedly onc of the best companies' in the Dominion, and parties having perty to insure will do well to consider the many advantages of insuring with this Company, T. H. WALSHE, Agent, Cannington, Out, Farmers' Mutual Insurance Co'y to accept risks on Farm Buildings | That such a gross breach of customs laws Cannot be condoned, even in such a cause As pitching up sheaves of wheat. But whether socicty is too capricious, Or our fair superiors too ambitious 'I'ne demands of fashion to meet, Had you seen the damsel you would confess There is no cosmetic of such success As tossing up sheaves of wheat, Popping the Question. The present subject is one of great interest and delicacy, but we sus- pect that no rules can be laid down for putting the momentous question which does not admit of an infinate number of exceptions. We [dy vot believe in 'the Shepherd's saw," 'He never lovel who loved not at first sight.'-- Noither do we agreo with Mrs. Mal- aprop that it is best to begin with a little aversion. A small substratum of esteem, however, is necessary to build up a very pretty matrimonial structure, and the only trouble con- sists in laying the first stone. We have done with the fashion counten anced by Sir. Charles Grandison, of going down upon one knee and giving expression to a flood of am- atoral aloguevce, compounded of admiration and profuse promises. We know a person who held a diplomatic appointment in Persia, ut on going to England on matri. monial thoughts intent, he had the misfortune to be invited to stay at the house of a country geutleman who had six daughters of a mar. riaguble age, all ambitious of bis good opinion ! Poor wretch ; what a time he had of it! The girls were unsophisticated, as far as systematic manceuvring went; and, therefore they made their advances in rather an awkward, demonstrative fashion. They had no idea of the finesse which the London damsel is taught to practic, Mary, the eldest, acted as a sort of pioneer or trumpeter of the rest; then came the attack by the { grenadier company, personified by tall Amelia; Lucy charged fiercely after the manner of a batalion itsclf; Cordelia assumed the the light in- fantry operation ; Jano assailed him as a hody of heavy cavalry (she was rather a bouncing specimen of hu- manity) ; and Jane who wasa sort of literary lady, discharge grape and canister at him from all the artillery at her command. She was in fact, the daughter on whom the chief duties devolved, and her seduc- tive powers were aidied by a well furnished ¢ larder. She studied] Percy's tastes, and regaled him with all the appetizidg condiments in her arsenal. At Iast ho fell a victim to Cordelia. She was rather pretty, and very good-natured, and in the most artless manner imaginable vol- unteered to show bim all the pretty places in the neighborhood. Io was given to the dangerous habit of saying pretty things and paying | pretty compliments, which country girls are apt to accept as bits of truth and sincere avowals. One day, while walking in the \ {wood with Hafiz on the brain he ce Compuny said something very daring and in poetry, too! Poor Cordelia immed. iately exclaimed do you mean all you say ?' Here was a poser! If he bad frankly said, 'No, he would have confessed himselt a mere male &irt and weuld have been denounced by the whole family. If he had re- Cannington, Sept. 26, 1870, plied in jthe aflirmative he would have been fixed for life, unless he was prepared tg dare the anathemas of a Sargeant Buzfnz. So the wretch sought shelter in an ambigunity--a subterfuge; he replied can you doubt me ?" It was not Cordelia's policy to doubt him. She took him at his word and merely murmured, 'What will dear mamma say? I know she will bo delighted as she admires you so much.' Our friend may have been a good diplomist in Persia byt his diplomacy failed him now. He wasin for it. IIe had proposed, he had popped and marr: inge was his doom. He went to the matrimonial gallows witha firm step, and®we saw him turned off. -- We had a jolly breakfast; but as we bade him good-bye on the departure of the 'happy pair' ona honeymoon tour, he qietly said to us, 'I say, old fellow, it's all very well to be abiguous as an ambassador or secre- tary of lpegation when dealing with the minister of a foreign power, but you must be very straightforward with a girl or you'll get hooked.'-- However, Percy had no ground for ultimate regret, for Cordelia made a good wife and they now Lave a large family. SE An Edinburgh Minister on Dancing. At a Free Gardeners' meeting held in the Waverley Hall, on Friday evening, the Rev. Alexander Web- ster, of St. David's, Edinburgh, was present and delivered an address.-- He said be was one of those who had a great respect for the intelligent, honest working man. He made it a principle to lift his hat to the ser- vant girl as well as the mistress, es- pecially if she was young and good- looking. (Laughter) Te hoped there was nothing heretical in that remark. (Renewed langhter.) It was not that he had less respect for | women advanced in years, but it must be confessed that the element of youth, especially in women, was very attractive. When one saw a fine woman who was about the age of forty, one could hardly keep wishing he conld do as when he went to the bank with a $40 note-- change the article into two twenties. (Great laughter.) They had met that evening for social recreation, and that was highly commendable. Dancing, which was to form a part of the evening's entertainment, was right and good, provided always 1t wus kept within proper bounds.-- (Applause.) He was not one of them who considered dancing a damning sin, and it was all nonsense to say that people must of necessity be going to the devil if they indulge in that pastime. (Applanse.) lle bad danced himself at her majesty's gathering at Deeside, but he was now too heavy for the exerciso-- (laughter)-- and besides, members of Presbytery were expected never to lift their feet too high or too quickly, butto move through the world with becomming gravity and solemnity. (Laughtor.) He was not sure but it would be a useful] thing for members of Presbytery to indulge in tripping what was called the light fantastic toe. (Loud laughter.) Some of them who had large stipends, and consequently heavy corporations. might not be able to exhibit all the beauties of motion--(laughter)--but it might be a much better exercise for them: than snarling at each other as they sometimes did in Presbytery meet- ings. It mightalso be able to make them preach more hnmanly, and develop in ministers that brotherly | love which they preached about so much, but with all, both priest and people found so difficult to practise. | (Applanse.) Tet them just imagine their respected friends G. Gilfillan] and Dr. Peddie, or their more mod- est friend Mr. Macaulay and Prof. Robertson Smith or Fergus Fer-. all' guson and his awtagonists, dancing to the strain of some Pres- bytery flute or fiddle. laughter.) He thought that the perspiration produced by such re- creation would purge some of them of their bad humor, ard make them of a more tolerant state of mind.-- (Laughter.) As one remedy for our Scottish bigotry be would sug- gest more innocent recreation both for the clergy and the people.-- [Hear, bear.], Let them remember that what they had the ministers must havd also. He would set the Presbyterians to dance occasionally. | [Laughter]. Ho did not mean in a literal scnse exactly, but he would set them to dance either literally or metaphorically,iand their differences would very soon be danced out of thom. "The leaves are falling, falling, and the trees are catching cold,' is the way the lat- est effort on Fall poetry begins, (Great The Last Redout. The raad to wealth is 'across lots,' where a man can avoid all the toll gates.-- Whitehall Times. And keep out of the buy-ways, Day before yesterday a man in New York died sa suddenly that the body was almost cold before tha distractel and griet-stricken rela: tives found the will. A melting sermon being préached in a country church, all except one man, who, being asked why he did nét weep with the rest, 'Oh!' said he, 'T helong ta another church.) There may be no such word ag fail in the bright levington of youth but when a young man, wandering homeat 1 a.m., triés to put out a street lamp by stepping on it with his feet, he very soon learns there are some things that even youth can't do. A man down in Bradtord, Penne sylvania cured himself of the dyspepsia by chasing a chromo. agent over a mountain nine miles high. Wo look to sce this remedy more generally adopted. The only trouble with it is that there may not be piough mountains to go Kacelyevo's slope still felt. The cannon's bolts and the rifles pelt, For ga last redoubt up the bill remained, By the Russ yet held, by the Turk not gained, Mehemet Ali stroked his beard ; His lips were clenched and his look was weird ; Round him were ranks of his raggd folk, There faces blackened with blood and smoke. "Clear me the Muscevite cnt!" he cried, Then the name of "Allah" echoed wide, And the fezzes were waved and the bayonets lowered, And on to the last redoubt they poured. One tell and a second quickly stopped The gap he left when he reeled and dropped; The second--a third straight filled his place; The third--and a fourth kept up the race. Many a fez in the mud was crushed, Many a throat that cheered was hushed, Many a heart that sought the crest Found Allah's arms and a houria's breast. Over their corpses the living sprang, And the ridge with their musket rattle rang, Till the men that lined the last redoubt Could see their faces and hear their shout, Tu the redoubt a fair form towered, That cheered yp the brave and chid the coward ; Brandishing blade with gallant air, His head erect gnd his bosom bare. "Fly | they are on us!' his men implored i But he waved them 'on with his waving sword, «It cannot be held; 'tis no shame to go I" But he stood with his face set hard to the foe around. Then clung they about him and tugged, gn: > s > ad knelt, acd, pnd When a girl gets mad and rises He drew a pistgl from out his belt, And fired it blank at the first that set Foot on the edge of the parapet. {from a tellow's knee,' says an ex. change. 'but, thinks better of it and goes back again, that's what they call arelapse.'" And here we hgve been working for dear life to keep off a relapse under the impression that it was some way related to cholera morbus. Over the first one toppled ; but on Clambered the rest till their bayonets shone As harridly fled his men dismayed Not a bayonets length from the length of his bade, «Yield I" But aloft his steel he flashed, And down on their steel it ringing clashed ; Then back he reeled with a bladeless hilt, His honor was full but his life-blood spflt. 'What station do you call this ?' said a man as be crawled out of the debris af a railroad smash-up. 'De- vastation,' replied the conductor. A Wiltshire dame the mother of & large family was once asked the number of ber children. 'La, me,' she replied roaking herself to and fro. 'I've got fourteen, mostly boys and girls. No great catch after sll--Irate They liited him up from the dabbled ground ; | His limbs were shapely, and soft, and round, | No down on his lip, on his cheek no shade-- | "Bismillah 1" they cried, "tis an infidel maid 1" | Mchemet Ali came and saw The riddled breast and tender jaw, | "Make hera bier of your arms," he paid, | "And daintily bury this dainty dead ! Make her a grave where she stood and fell, 'Gainst the jackal's scratch and the yul- | ture's smell, Did the Muscovite men like their maidens + Jon, ai : a4 Squire : 'Ii, you sir! you're fishing n their lines we had scarcely supped to-|: Iver TON | night. in my river. I demand what yon | have caught' Fisherman: 'All right gov'nor. I have caught cold, and I'm catching the rbeumatics and you are jolly melcome to 'em both." A contemporay advises his young lady readers to make hay while the leap-ycar shines. Does he want them to [rake in grass widows ? Girl to butcher--How much is that big turkey a pound?' Dealer-- "I'wenty-five cents a pound.' 'Gifl---= 'Give me about balf a pound.' What js" the difference between good news and a newly married couple? There's no difference -- One is happy tidings and the others' are happy tied "uns, too.' A Nashville man answered 3 Chicago advertisement, ' How to' win at Poker." and received for his his two dollars the following: 'Hold four aces, or don't poke.' Soa deeper trench 'mong the trenches | there Was dug for the form as brave as fair ; And none till the judgment trump and shout, Shall drive her out of the Last Redoubt. An Incredulous Indian. Thore is a good story floating in army circles, which illustrates the Indians' inability to take in the | common marvels of civilzation. Twenty years ago, when few In- | djans had travelled in the States, Lieutenant (now general) P. was gent to treat with a troublesomg tribe. Ie took with him as inter- | preter Black Beaver, a Delaware | chief of renown, who had been to Washington. Beaver was semi- civilized, owned a farm, and was much respected by Indians and white men. The Indians having adjusted their difficulties in council with the offi- cer, he was anxious to make them understand the power of whites, and the consequent folly of the Indians in making war upon them. 'Beaver,' he said, to the Deleware chief, 'you have traveled, tell them about steamboats.' Beaver had seen steamboats, and gave a glowing description. As he concludod, a murmur ran through the Council. 'What do they say, Beaver ?' ask- ed the officer. 'He say he don't b'lieve that lie, replied the interpreter. 'Tell them ubout railroads, then.' Beaver had traveled on railroads, and, therefore, graphically describ ed the 'smoke-wagons.' again a mur- mur greeted the orator, 'What do they say now, Beaver? He say he don't D'lieve that lie neither. The officer being perplexed to find something that the Indians would believe, at last said,-- "Toll him shout the telegraph.' I don't know what that is,' an- wored Beaver. J The officer explained that by] means ol a small wire he could stand in the council lodge and talk to the Great Father at Washington, Beaver listened attentively with a grave face, but made no attempt to translate. 'Why don't you tell thom? said) the officer, impatiently. ,'Cause,' said Beaver, nodding his bead with emphatic slowness, 'cause I don't believe that big lie myself.' E-- A young may sent sixty cents' to' afirm in Michigan who advertised a' receipt to prevent bad dreams. He received a slip of paper on which' was written : Don't go to sleep." A farmer was asked why he did not take the newspaper. 'Because,' said he 'my father, when he died bad a good many newspapers, and I bave not read them through yet.' It's somewhat Loo early in the scasop-- not yet quite cold enoughgladics, to rem nd the good husband, after he's vicely onscon- ced in bed, that he's forgotten to wind" up' the clock, twin off the water, lock the 'hack gate, take in the front door mat and set the howl of buckwheat batter on the kitchen hearth. gt Since the doctors have raised the howl that the bits of wash leather and India rub- er used in the manufacture of mince, ies are unwhalesome, if not absolutely os Bs us the mince pie industry has been almost" Ye- volutionised, using pastebogrd and basswood veneering Instead of the objectionable fin, gredients. The upper crust is still made of Abestos' roofing paper, same as last. year. One of the old blue balls of Connecticut said :--'No one shall run on the h day, except reverently.! Imagine a men just out of church pursuing a flying bat rev- erently before a high wind, and in £58 pres- ence of an interested congregation, * At the picture gallery : Lady (with acate alogue)--"No. 53, 'Eve tempted.' ** Qeutle- | apne) ) man (desirous to know the painters . age fiwho by ? Lady (shocked at his ignogagee; --'Why--Dby the devil of course." a ; (Whisper Youll be Mite Lave, is the title of a new song. It is supposed that the old folks remained up with their daugh- tor when' the author went {0 sos hi id, 4nd she dida't et an opportunity to speak right ou. dr anigreed 10 A gentleman having given a goosd | 46 his | servant Patrick, as a Cg prene Did you steal the complainants coat?'| meeting him a short time alter asked the magistrate of a seedy individual he liked the goose. 'Och, y'r b who was arianged before him. T decline to it was & fine bled. I never seo &' go0sti oi gratify the morbid curiosity of the public n't think of BRC by answering that question,' responded the | seedy individual with a scornful glance at the reporters, A clergyman who lives on the sea-shore says he prefers calm Sundays, because he _is opposed to Sabbath breakers. 3 ER SE