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i | - Victoria. Rasidence--Cannington, Broek. Or- + tario Anctioneer. reali ES Ar _ re] 4 N OF RY ~------ pals 'VOL. XI, No.193 - he Hntaria Phserler, 'PILITICAL, ABRICULTURAL FAMILY NEWSPAPER, 18 PUBLISHED AT THE VICTORIA BLOCK, PRINCE ALBERT, COUNTY OF ONTARIO, EVERY THURSDAY MORNING BAIRD & PARSONS, um, if paid within six lime, $2.00. Nosub- and no paper PERMS:--81.50 per a wontha; if not paid within ontaken for less than six mon tinued untilallarrears are paid. \'F* Letters conmining money. when addressed to 1his/Qfco, pre-paid and registered, will be at our risk. RATES OF ADVERTISING. For each line, first insertion - - - $0.08 Sabsequent insertions, per line - - - 0.02 Ciirds, under 6 lines, per annum - . 5.00 vertisements measured in Nonpureil and charged tothes aceupy. ements received for publication, withoutspe- (ons, will be inserted until forbid, and ged accordingly. Nvadveitisement will be ken out until paid for. Aliberal discountallowed 10 Merchants and others whuadvertise hy the year or half-year, Any Special*Notiee, the object of which istopromote the pecuniaty benefit of any mdividunl or compaiy. 10 Its eonsidereduan advertisement, und charged aceord- ingly. yc TE 5 C¥ These (ebm vill. in alicases, be strictly ud- hered to. x + constantly increasing importance of the North i sthe publication ofthe OBSERVER and condemning Vin forwarding val interests of th Wty; ind in the amount nd general news 1. will be unsurpassed by any local paper published im Canada, JOB DEPARTMENT. Pamphlets, (Mand Gills, Posters, Programmes, Bil wk Forms, Receipt Books, Cheek Books. Business Cards. Ball Cards, &e , &e., of v rink color, executed prompuly. and at lower atest at any other lishment tn this coumy. Parties (rom a disinee geting hand bills, &e. printed cay have them done (0 take home with them, J. BAIRD, | H. PARSONS Business Divectory, Drs. Jones & Jones, PHYSICIANS, SURGEONS, &C., VY OULD respectfully advise the public that they have formed a partnership for the practice of their profession. All calls received at their respective places of residegee will be promptly attended to. .. W. JONES, M.D., R. JONES, M.D., Coroner, Co. Ontario, | Late residence of Dr. Prince Albert. Qakley,~Port Perry. DR. WARE, {Royer for the County of Ontario, _J Physician, Surgeon and Accoucheur, Prince Albert F, H. BRATHWAITE, M. D, C. M,, { RADUATE of the University of McGill A College, Montreal, Phy an, Surgeon and Accoucheur, Prince Albert. Office and Resi- dence--the house lately oceupied by Dr. Agnew. " M. YOUMANS, M.D. Physician, Surgeon and Accoucheur, PORT P ERRY Drs. McGILL & RAE, HYSICIANS, Surgeons, &c., &c. Residences, King street, Oshawa. WM. M'GILL, M. D, FRANCIS RAR. M, B. : ! JOHN BILLINGS, ARRISTER, Auoiney at Law, Solicitor in Chancery, Notary Public, Conveyancer, <&c., Prince Albert. Office over T.C. Formau's Store. . 'COCHRANE & COCHRANE, ARRISTERS, Attorneys, &ec. Prince Albert office--opposite the Town Hall; Port Perxy office--over Mr. Bigelow's Store. Office and ' NORMAN F. PATERSON, (Late of Miller & Paterson, 'l'oronto ) TTORNEY-at-Law, Solicitor in Chancery, Conveyancer, &c., Beaverton. Oilice in the building ocewpied by Dr. Wilson, Simcoe-st. P, A, HURD, TTORNEY at Law, Solicitor in Chan- 0 ie Gonveyanees Notary Public, &c., Lindsay Be CAMERON & MACLONELL, FIARRISTERS and Attorneys at Law, 1) Solicitors County Council Ontario. Offices: Court House. a. C. CAMERON, | " ANDREW F. McPHERSON, BARRISToR, and Attornay-at-Law, Solici- tor in Chancery, &e. OFFICE--Dundas strect, 3 doors west ot the Post Office. Whitby, July 4, 1866. R. J: WILSON, ARRISTER, Attorney at Law, Solicitor in Chancery, &c., Office in the Victoria 3uilding, Brock-st., WKitby. LYMAN ENGLISH, L. L. B,, f SoLIcTeR m Chancery. Attorney, +.) Conveyancer, &e., Oshawa. Offi imcoe street, opposite the post officg. : C. N, VARS, RACTICAL Dantist, Oshawa, C. W. Dental Rooms directly opposite the post 5 Tice--entranee Simeve street, third door north of the Ontario Bank. JOHN CHRISTIE, OWNSHIP Clerk for Reach, Convey- ancer, Commissioner of the Court of Queen's Beneh, &e. Business carefully attended 40. Office--Manchester. ia THOS. H. WALSHE. 'yf ICENSED Auctioneer for the Town- _4 ships of Broek, Thorah, Mara & Rama in North Ontario; Mariposa, etc., in the County of H. J. MACDONELL. -ders left at this office, or at his residence will be punctually attended to, Debts collected in Can- 'nington, or otherwise, and prompt remittances made. 'R>member-- WALS E, the North On- Ontario Hotel, BROCK-ST., WHITBY. "| DUNDAS STREET WHITEY, C, W,, J. D. Cottingham, SER DENTIST, FER tracted without pain, at his office. J.D. C. is prepared to execute all operations connected with his profession with neatness and dispatch. Call and examine his specimens. Single l'eeth inserted--parts of sets, or whole sets--Cheap, and warranted. UNDERSTAND. ~--Attention to the Teeth preserves the health. Without teeth in good order it is impossible to masticate food for the body and consequently there cannot be good hcalth, Ifyou have decayed teeth, get them filled. If you have any gut gel them replaced by new ones. Prices low, and all work warranted. If the work is not satisfavtorily done, the money will be refunded. Office hours from 8 a. m. to 5 p.m. Borelia, Jan. 15, 1867. 2-1y English Pink Dental Rubber; New and beautiful Vulcanite Base for Arti- ficial Teeth! C. D. WAID, SURGEON-DENTIST, PAain=St, Wrbrivge. LL Dental operations performed with the utmost skill and care,warranted to give sat- isfaction or no charge, and at prices which defy competition. and I. D. Rereresces.--Rev. Dr. Short, A. Griggs, Port Hope: Rev. J. T. Burns, Whitby : Jos. Gould, Esq., and J. Bolster, M. B., Uxbridge PROPRIETOR. AVING purchased the above hotel, and has forni: the Bar with the choicest liquors and cigars. attention paid to guests.-- Stage: m Whitby call daily. Careful in attendance, 8 . 8B. PLANK,.. "COTTAGE HOTEL, GREENBANK, HE subscriber wishes to inform the traveling public that he has taken the above hotel, on le Las fitted and furnished throughout, and where the best accommodation, with careful attention, can always be found.-- Good stabling, enclosed yards, and attentive Ostlers. - on R. A. MURTA, Proprietor. Greenbank, Fel'y 13,1866. G-1y Jewett's Hotel, KENT STREET, LINDSAY. Good stable and shed attached, and an attentive ostler always in attendance. Free Omnibus to and from the Cars and Boats. RuYAL HOTEL, WHITBY, C. W, rE largest and most commodious Hote! in 'own. A special conveyance to the Rail- way Station. Stages depart. from the Royal Hotel daily to all places north. Attentive host- lers al 8 in attendance. JACOB BRYAN, Propriclor. DAFOE HOUSE UTICA 00D accommodations. Careful attention to the requirements of travelers and guests. The bar supplied with the best wines, liquors and cigars Good stabling. : * J. DAFOE, Proprietor. THE ROBSON HOUSE! LATE SCRIPTURE'S HOTEL, GEORGE ROBSON, « - - PROPRIEIOR. HE Subscriber begs to announce that he has * leased the building formerly known as Scrip- ture's Hotel, for a term of years, and that he has renovated and re-furnished the building through- out. The premises are pleasantly situated, op- posite the Post Office, in the centre of the tow The Railway Omnibus calls at the Hotel, an the Stages for Uxbridge and Beaverton leave the door every morning. \ 3 Careful Ostlers always in attendance. GEO. ROBSON Brooklin House. C. VICKERY, - =~ ProPRIETOR. EGS most respectfully to inform the inhabi- tants of the County of Ontario, that he has leased the above premises lately occupied by Sandy Perrie. which he has newly furnished and renovated, and he is prepared to accommo- date the travelling public. The bar stocked with the choicest liquors and cigars, and an at- tentive -ostler always in attendance. Marriage Licenses, (BY AUTHORITY.) SSUED at Port Perry. = Office the Scveoc HENRY CHARLES. oa 23 1867. rg VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE. TE undersigned will sell the N. E. part of Lot 22, in the 9th +! concession of the Township of Reach, County of Ontario, contain- ing G4 acres, all cleared and moder- ately well fenced. Improvements--Frame Barn, Log House, Well, &c. Roads good and markets convenient, being situated on the west side of Lake Scugog and about 3 miles from Port Perry. Terms $1800. . Atleast $800 down and the balance in annual instalments to suit the pur chaser, ith interest at T per cent. | Apply . JOHN CHAMBERS, I'toprietor, Walk Co. Bruce, Ont. or JOSEPH GOULD, (Tenant) on the Farm. Walkerton, Nov 28,1867. + Co 4T N.B. The farm is now rented at $120 per nnum. It would be difficult to invest $1800 to House. C. DAWES, ~ - =~ Pxzorrieron Mutual Insurance Company repared to accept risks on Farm Buildings B O Rr BE L I A, C. W and er contents, country School Houses and Bya New Process, Teeth can be Ex- support a Home Insurance Company have now 3 THE ONTARIO FARMERS" ms Company is now fully organized and is Churches. Those wishing to insure and thereby an opportunity of doing so either by applying to the Head Office, or to any of the local Agents of the Company, Our rates will be found as| low as those of any responsibleMutual Insurance Company in Canada. Head Office--The old Registry Office Build- ings, Brock Street, Whitby. L. FAIRBANKS, Jr. 2%1y Secretary Licensed Auctioneer. He Subscriber, holding a' Licence for the Couaty of Ontario, and the Township of Mariposa, would beg to state to Farmers and others, requiring XH services, that whatever business § entrusted to his care ly and carefully af J, Terms, Days of Observer Office, Pr be prompt- Borelia, March, 27th, 1367 Brandon Brothers Manufactuwers & BISCUITS Bea &C. Confectioneries, CANNINGTON, ¢. Ww. A 14-1 MONEY, (PRIVATE FUNDS] Canninglon, April 17. 1867. To loan on good Farms, at 8 percent eres 8 LYMAN ENGNSH, Barristy, &c., Nover, her 21, 1866. \ 46 er me \ wens z 2D J J} HOUSE PAINTING. HE su prepared ¥andortie IHouse Painting in all its branc: strict attention to busi charges he hopes to that patronage which ha stowed upon lim ia the past, \ WILLIAM JAMIESON. Prince August 1, 1867, 1 3 fiber 1s PRINCE ALBERT, house, Sign, Caria ang Ornamental PAINTER EGS to return thanks to the public for pit I favors, and would beg to state that he 1 opened a Shop nearly opposite the * Pring Albert Carriage Factory," where he will be al to execute all work of the art in the best style. Prince Albert, Nov 18 Volunteers ordered t¢ -the Frontier | AND J. BULLEN HAS REMOVED From his Old Stand to one door South of the Red White & Blue. All Garments made Latest Styles and a Fit war- ranted. 1% Spring, and Summer Fashions just re- ceived. J. BULLEN. 12 Prince Albert, March 28,1866 J.C. PILKEY, Licensed Juctioneer FOR THE County of Ontario J. C. PILKEY, Epsom P. O. J. HEAL'S Celebrated Itch Ointment HE subscriber keeps constantly a large quan- Tey or his Celebrated Tteh Ointment. A cure warranted. Price 25 cents a box. J. HEAL. Tailor Pince Albert,Dec. 5, 1866. NOTICE! s hereby given that the first sitting of the I Court of Revision to revise the Assessment Roll for the Township of Scugog, 3 For the year 1808, will sit at MR. I FINLEY'S HALL, $CUGOG, N : 0 SATURDAY, THE 23rd DAY OF MAY, At ope o'clock p.m., of which all persons inter- al better advantage. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in all kinds of Biscuits, | Oshawa." . : Sherifi's Sale of Lands. County of Ontario, ¢ ( N To Wit : | all the right, title and in mentioned defendants = 20 | Court of theCounty of Ontario, to be The East half of Lot No. Thirty-five Second Concession of the Township of Scott, containing about Sixty Acres, Sheriffs Office, Whitby, 6th Fel)' MONEY ! in the ' ested are herehy required to take notice and. MAIL CONTRACT. EALED TENDERS, addressed to the Post. BY master General, and marked * Tender for Mail Service? will be received nt OTTAWA, until 12 o'clock, noon ON FRIDAY, THE 29th MAY, For the conveyanee of ler Majesty's Mails, six times per week, each way, Between Beaverton & Oshawa, On aud from the 1st July next. The Conveyance to be made in a wagon, sleigh, or e of this Mail to by t Perry, Borel, "ny . Raglan, and The computed distance between Beaverton and Oshawa is forty-seven miles. The nute of travel 10 ot less than five miles per hour including stoppages for all purposes, Departure 10 be as Yostinmster Genenal The days and hours of Ar follows, sulject 1g, a right ¢ to alter the same, should he 0:--t0 leave Beaverton daily, » 6a. m, and to anive al Osiawa by 4 po 0 leave res moderate. | Oshawa as soon as possible afier the arrival of the worn mg rail from Toronto and 10 arrive at Beaverton 10 hours afterwards, The tinue in Postmaster agreement at any tim vious 10 the four years--should e interest, in lus opinion re- quire it--upon giv he ¢ wittactor three months pre- vious notice of as intention. All expenses on this route for wils, ferries, "&e., mus be defrayed by the contnctor. 2 under to state the price usked per annum, in th, and 10 be accompanivd hy Wf" satisfactorily cuted, will 'con- lars for the due perfoncance of the Service, ter aud Ginaranieg may be ob- Beaverton. Manilla, Prince the office of the criber, J DEWE, Post Office Inspector. Post Office Inspector's Office, ¢ Toronto, Apil, 20,1508. § Printed forms of ined at the Post Off Allert und Oshawa, or 17-6w SATURDAY, the 3 Sixth day of June A D. 1858, at 12 o'clock noon, will Le sold by Pub- lic Auction, at my office in the Court House in the Town of Whitby in t of Ontario, undermentioned lu and tener by me wi and by vi its of Fieri Facias issu viz: WELLINGTON MAYBEE, Plaintiff, vs. ROBERT BRADFORD, Defendart, e in the THOMAS BOLSTER, Piainiifl, v8. ALEXANDER MUSTARD, Defendant, The East half of Lot number Sixteen in the Seventh concession of the Township of Scott, THOMAS BOLSTER, Plaintiff, ' v3. JAMES CONWAY, Defendant, The West part of Lot number One in the Thir- teenth concession of Reach containing about 75 acres. NELSON G. REYNOLDS, Sheriff, C. O Per R. H. TomLINs0N. 1868. 6-0m First published February 13 186 HE undersigned is prepared to loan, in sums to suit the convenience of the borrower, ANY AMOUNT OF MONEY, (Private Funds,) | On good Mortgage Security, ata very. ow Rate of Intcrest. Te has several Lots of IPROVED AND WILD LANDS FOR BALE ON EASY TERMS. ply nt the well known Cheap Store of Mdis. R. & J. Campbell, Manchester, to JOHN HODSON, Vavruaror, &c. lester, Feb. 4 186R. 5-3m ACKIE'S HOTEL, (LATE BRODIE'S,) Waiton Street, Port Hope. Wu. MACKIE, Proprietor. -- ntre Hotel, SAINTFIELD, D. CAMPBELL, Proprietor. Wi. DECKER, \ Sh 4 » WAITCHMAKER ! RAWELER, &C., | Prine Albert, Ont. OUL beg to announce to the Pblicy that he hj just recelved a splendid Stock of Gold § Silver Watches; Clos, Jewelry, &c., -3m | govern themselfes accordingly. 'Which he 'I1 Sell as cheap as the chapest. "JOHN FOY, 7 All kis of Watches, Clocks, and Jew- Township Clerk. | €lry; neatly naired and warranted. Scugog, April 22, 1868. 16-td Prince Albt, April 30, 1867, 17 PRINCE ALBERT, COUNTY OF ONTARIO, C. W., THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1868, ¢ PARTING. Take back your letters and lock of hair. Treasured till now ; *tie yonr own request; Not mine, believe me, twill be to beur The pang of obeying your behest. It seems to me that in the days gone by, We both of us vowed that eur hearts were oue ; Whatever may happen, I told no lie. So your wish is mine, and past undone. " Forgive you?" Nay, what have I to for- give Knowing your mind, my mind is known, This thing won't kill me, and you will hve, And another, I fancy, will live alone. You gave me » dram of happiness, Aud you have the right to bid me wake 12% though you rouse me to lonliness, I owe you thanks for the sweet dream's sake. Oh, child! Had I seen you dead at my feet, My life would have been one lasting moan Losing the other heart that beat, In heaven-made unison with my own. But how!--You have spared me teinible dread. Of seeing my dearer self pass by, Ard be you living or be you dead ; As a friend and only friend, care I. I love you truely, and still believe Your love for me,was as mine for you ; I feel no Anger, nor do I gneve That love was as iransient as 'twas true, Th nk not that, though we twain must part, Your happiness pans itself from mine ; "Tha troe that you five up an houest heart, iB Yet in all good wishes *tis ever thine, w And know for the last time, let me warn Those who will fling true hearts away, Sooner or later meet with »corn, From the very thiog 'they have made their play The easier thing for man to hear, Whenever his dreams of love have fled, [s to send back letters and locks of hair, Glad that his love is false, -- not dead. -------- GOOD GIRLS. There are many things peculiar to that class of women known as goo girls, a ¥ some bordering slightiy upon the myste- rious, No far as their name goes in its m= dication of girlishness, nt means very hittle; for they may be anywhere from sixteen to forty yeas old, and still be called girla-- with only that never absent adjective prefix, 2ood, which so qualifies the appelation as to set them apart fiom all other xomen, as a class by themselves of very uncartain age. Still this 1s a matter of the smallest conse- quence to them, and 10 those who have ought to do with them, because there 1s that about them, then acts, looks, words, dress and general appearance, which scorns de- ception al the very moment it is deceiving you most flagrantly. > So, "nobody ever knows how old a good girl 1s, in the inatter, aud yery few ever feel even the curiosity. This similarity of doubt regarding age, however, should never be allowed to con- found good girls, with that other entirely distinet class, known as old maids. The Jatter differ from the former, asa class, in almost every essential particular. Old maids may nnqaestionably be. nay, often are good girls; but good girls cannot be, and never are, old maids in the generic sense. They comprise in their ranks repre- sentatives frem all classes, all ages, all con- ditions, and although a large majority of them are unmarried, it 18 by no means un- | common to find among them wives and | mothers, who, besides discharging all their | manilold domestic duties faithfully, sull | find time to distinguish themselves among their single sisters for those acts ol goodness which fairly entitle them toa fair rank in | the sisterhood. By all means, Place awa | Dames, then, and all honor, for three wor- thy luminanes, who are large-hearted, strong-handed, cloar-headed enough to beautify wedlock, and at the same time en- oble their own sex, as a sex. Why good girls for the most part lead a life of single blessedness, has never been and, we fear, will never be explained. I 1s one of those special problems whicn grow more intricate with the lapse of time, and defy. progressive enlightenment with even more subtility than they once did stu- pid ignorance. With a thousand good qualities to one that 1s bad ; with a modest rrace of manner, speech and action ; with faces beautiful with the radient glow of tharnity, love, peace, long-suffering and good will to all, if not with that perfection oi feature and delicacy of complexion which 20 to make pretty creatures, so courted, ad- mired and flattered ; with eyes that are al- ways oamly,spiritually,luminous and tender, alert and watchful in time of danger, sweet- ly pitying when beat upon suffering, sym- patheue with joy, but never lurid wih on- holy passion, or glittering with unwomanly temper ; which forme the tell of health, strength, endurance, but are still nobly de- veloped and without the faintest hint of masculinity ; with hands soft, white, warm and supple, gentle in their touch as the fall of a snow flake, bul strong and tenacions where strengih is needed ; with feel that traad the ground firmly and lightly at once, that can step uoislessly 10 the presence of suffering or death, and wmtill seem tireless, never counting the many milesMhey traverse in useful, friendly or benevolent quest, with affections true, loyal, tender and stiong; with hearts large and grand, full of all no- ble emotions, [nll ofa great yearning love for humanity ; with souls pure as the breath of angels, white as the untrodden snow-- with all this and more, there is a strange something in good girls that makes them seem undesirable as wives to a great mass of men. As sisters, as confidants, as help- ers, as nurses, in every other capacity they are invaluable--but they will not do lor life partnership. After the assertion is made, it seems in- cor prehensible, until we remember the in- tense selfishness of men, andiheir stereotype ideas connected with family duties. Young Brown wants a wite to be exceedingly do- mestic in all her tastes. She must require no companionship but his own ; and all the long day she must devote herself to every ssible preparation for his reception when he returns from his business at night.-- Slippers, study-gown and easy chair, mus! be ready belore the fire, her deft fingers | thought that if their sweetness does not go must unbutton hie overcoat and hang away his hat, and then smoot his tangled hair and knit brow with gentle caresses; her rosy lips must kiss the perplexities of the day into a charmed forgettulness ; and after sup- per her voice must be ever so musical as "| ehe wades through the stupid Congressional debates and heavy editorials of the ponde- rous daily,while the aforeszid Brown smokes iis Havannuh or meerschaum, and dreams himself into a state of prolound peace, lull- | by the sweet tones. In short Brown's wife must be a househol | angel, whose li be devoted to his comtort and happiness. Young Jones on the other hand, while he wants his wife to be wholly devoted to him requires a very different kind of devotion.-- His wite 1s to be a pretty little pet, whose sole duty it will be to keep herself bewitch- ing all the ime. She shall have servants without number ; her tiny hands must never do any harder work than piano-playing ; he will get his own shippers aud light his own pipe and read his own paper, only she must not be out of his sight a moment, but be realy always to spring -upen his knee at a nod, and twine her pliant hutle arms around his neck. Herishining hair must always be in reach of his caressing fingers, her sweet mouth always made up in a tempting puck- er for his ardent kisses. He don't gare what she does yn his absence, if 1t is nothing that will spoil her hand, or weary her, or injure her complexion ; but he will be very Jealous of her and scold her terribly if she ever finds it tiresome 10 be simply a good- natured, fascinating hte pet. Young Robinson, the club man and socie- ly man, curls lus waxed moustache into a antic ideas of his friends. His wife is to be a distinguished belle of society,a devoted 10 fashion, a woman of the worid,in the largest sense of the term. She shall dress with ex- quisite taste and richness, and her jewels shall be regal. She shall shine resplend- #nily ut bails and parties ; be sought after as an indespensible, in her sex; give the costliest and most magnificent lentertain- ments, and, in fact, lead the ton, and have a host of satelites revolving around her and following in her train--among which he will be one of the most insignificant. He wont mind that--bless you, no! He wil] play billiards and dink champagne at the club, aud ogle the other pretty women at the opera, while she makes mnumerable con- quests elsewhere, But none of these good fellows ever think of making good girls their wives; those fair and gentle Samaritans who are alwavs going about to deeds of kindness, To bed and in the chamber of death "does nat onour to them. Why should 1, indeed 7 scenes that such girls are found always-- which makes them what they are, shine with a radience like that of the soft eun= shine which chases away the 'storm clouds and makes the world a lairy land. It most be one of the happy dispeasa- tions of a benelicient Providence that good girls are thus leit to work ont their beautiful destinies alone ; and as such, it would be ungrateful indeed for us to find fault with a condition which seems so strangely abnoi- mal. Rather, since all of ue 1m a thousand ways, are bebolden to them for kinduess which none other could bestow so well, let us accept their fate with the same gracious- ness that they themselves do, happy in the to render married hfe more what it should be, 1t 18 never wasted on the desert. - 0 -- P, T. BARNUM ON THE WITNESS NTAND, The case of Cook vs. Bapnam has occu- pied the coort for the last ten days. Mr. George Cook, proprietorof the Yellow Mills, sues P. T. Barnum for encroaching on his mill pond, by laying the foundation of an ice-house on the shore, and, as it is alleged extending a portion of the foundation be- yond high-water mark. Mr. Cook's wii- ness, Mr. Beckwith, the surveyor, testified that the amount of water thus displaced would have turied the water-wheels of the mill for about three minutes, and Mr. Bar- num's witness, Mr. Mead, the surveyor, stated that it would not have turned the wheels quite three quarters of a minute. Mr. Barnum's defence was, first, that the land on which the ice-house war built was the property of lis wife ¢ Charity? and there- fore, Mr. Cook had sued the wrong person ; svcond, that the public bad the same nght to it for the purpose of navigation, &e., that they had to any portion of the Biidgeport harbor, Mr. Barnum testified as to the ownership of the land by his wife, and underwent a sharp cross-examaination from the opposing counsel, Mr. Sturges in the course of which the following dialogue occurred : Counsel-- Mr. Barnum, are you sure that the prcperty was uot bought by your own money Barnum--1I had no money at that time ; .my wife had all there was in the family ; I was a subject of ¢ chanty.' Judge ~ (smiling) -- Charity suffereth long. Mr. Baroum-- Without churity [ was no- thing in those days of Jerome clocks. "Counsel-- Mr. Barnum, you are worth a million of dollars? hear it. Counsel--are you not worth it ? Me. Barnum-- You so inform me, Sir. =z alf? Mr. Barnum-- Better yet. _-- very superb sneer as he listens to the rom- | [WHOLE No. 5639 Mr. Barnum--(Taking a pencil and a large sheet of law papers)--1 certainly have not the slightest objection (commences ing to make figures rapidly,) but it will in- volve some little delay 10 the Court. shall be obliged to figure up my profits on the ¢ What 1s it," then the Gorilla, the Mer- maid, and enter into preity nice calovlations regarding the net proceeds of the Wooly Horse. I shall also be compelled to re- write out a catologue of the Museénm, and in the course of aboot five days we shall probably begin 10 get some faint gleams of light on the subject. The court informed the witne:s that the answer might be waived. Now. BY REV. NEWMAN HALL. Now ! A short word ; a shoner thing.-- Soon uttered ; soon gone. Now ! A gram of sand on a boundless plain. A tiny nipple on a neasureless ocean ! Over that ocean we are sailing, but the only part of it we possees is that vn which. our vessel at this moment floats. From the stern we look backwarks and watch the ship's wake in the waters ; but how short a distance it reaches, and how soon every trace disappears! We sew ale some landmarks farther off, and then the horizen closes the view ; but beyond, that ocean sull rolls far, far away. Memory contemplates the few years of ourndividual life ; history: shows us a dim outline of mountains ; science tells us that further back out of sight, stretches that vast sea; reason assures that, like space, it hath no boundary ; but ll we possess of 1t is repre= sented by tts small word--Now! The past, for action, is ours no longer. The fu- ture may never become present, and is not ours until 1t does. The ouly RE of ime we can use 18 this very moment, + Now. But the multitudes waste whatzitivy ac- tually possess in vain regrets for what they once had, or vain intentions respecting what is not yet their's. + Alas!' says one. ¢ 1 have thrown away the choicest oppor- tunities, and the best puit of my life is lost! 0, if those years might return, how different- ly would I now act !" Those yews cannot return. But you have the present moment ! Why add what you cas improve to the hea) of lost oppottuniaes which are now far beyond your reach ? A passenger comes bustling into the rail- way depot. He is just too late, Tor the engine has sonnded its whistle, and the cars search for life companions 10 hospitals, in | busihess 10 transact mission schools, 1. charitable institutions, | consequences among the poor and outcast, by the sick | and at 1s there that all those rare qualities | * Mr. Barnum-- (gravely) I am glad tof Counsel-- You are worth a million and-a- » are ghding rapidly out of sight. He looks after them in despair. He had importunt Rufvous may be the * f delay. He 'sits down on ng lis head upon his hands, kis trunk, lem | and absorbed in vain regrets, gazes vacant wour to then | ly forward. Yet it is in such places and amid such | the platform, just about 10 start for the same But seo! another train is ut destination, Other passengers have ar- rived, and are eagerly erowding in. The bell nngs. Again the whistle sounds ; again the engine bears away, ils heavy freight 5 and starting up, our frend again bewails an opportunity lost! 0, sit not down again despondingly ! There 1s yet another chance. Throw not this away, tuo, = but at once take your seat in tue third tram | which now is prepaiing to follow the other two, But should we ever look regretfully after the past 2 Certainly but for this porpose, that we may be stirred up to improve the present. Let us think about past sins we may repent now Let us mediate on former failures that we may wateh und pray against similar dangers now. But let ux be 80 foolish as 10 lose what yet remains wile poring over what is gone forever. Roiseth eo, self aproaching, desponding siiner I Ty guilt bas been great, but thou canst not lessen it by merely regretting it. Bong nt now to Christ, that he may pardon n! You cannot atone for the past, but you my im- prove the present. Olen in by gone yeas you might have sought God 11 an faccepted ume,' and have rejoiced in a ¢ day of sal- vation." Great is your guilt aud great your folly in having "Jost such opportunities, Yes, think of this, anid be ashamed. Think of this and mourn, But so think of it as uot to add to that guilt and folly. So think ol 1tas to act at once on the Divive word, ¢ Behold, Now is the accepted time ; be- hold, Now is the day of Salvation.' ------ a ---- A --e. An old lady, whose sou was about to pro- ceed to the Black Sea, nmong her paiting admonitions gave him suict anjuictions no to bathe in that sea, for she did not want him to come back a ¢ nigger." Any paper can publish the appointments after the coming in of a new administration, but what paper in the world is large enough to publish half the disappointments. Josh Billings says if a man 1s going to make a business of serving the Lout he likes to see him do it when he measures onions, as well as when he hollers halielu~ yar. ¢ 1 expect,' said a young physician, on his way 10 Jumaicd, on hearing "exagge at- ed ramours of the cholera, "10 witness a great many death- bed scenes this summer.? + Doubtless," replied a friend, «if you get much practice.' ¢ Now then, sir,' roared an angry altorny ata dull witness, «will you tell the jury which is the oldest--you or your brother ¢ He is the oldest now, but if I live three yoars longer, we shiall both be of the same age. A boy once wsked of his father who it was that lived uext door io him, and when lie head the name, inquired If he were a fool. ¢No my Ittle friend, he is not fool bat a very sensible man 3 but why did you ask the gues- tion ?* «Because, replied the boy ¢ mother sfud the other day that you were next oor Council--Is not this true ? Mr. Barnum--1I shall tell you ifthe court so directs, Judge-- What is the objectof the injury ? Couoeel--1I wish 10 know how he has made $1,500,000 within a few years ? Mr. Barnum --1 am nét aware that [ am obliged 10 give the gentleman lessons ia the art of money gelting. Counsel (to the Judge.)--Shall not the witness answer my questions? about 1it If he has no objection 10 telling you how he has made money he may do so. Judge--Mr. Barnum may do as he Tikes] boss 10 a fool, und I wanted to know who lived next dour to you. The Oxford Demacrat tells of a surprise party in Albany where a young man, as his contribution 10 the entertainment, gases thirty or forty of the compuny the measles. A man had a receipe put up by anapaih ecary. and after he had gone the el covered that he had given him a twenty-five cent bit in 'payment, 7 witha | five gent bit. He informed the' AN mind,' said hey ¢ if the five Sen bills good there iu ail 8 profit of three