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A LARCE LOT OF BOOTS AND SHOES CONSISTING OF Men's Wear of all Classes; Ladies', Misses' and Children's, of all Classes and Sizes, To be Sold at a Reduction of 20 Per Cent. IN ORDEC TO MAKE ROOM FOR SPRING STOCK. A share of public pattonagh "iighal . PRUDHOM. ROOM PAPER, ROOM PAPER, ROOM PAPER. RESPECTFULLY TO INFORM HIS toe ae réceived, direct from- England, the First Instal- HE SUBSCRIBER BEGS Patrons and the Public generally, ment of his Spring Stock of Paper Hanging, e would call s; special attention.' The reat superiority of English Paper To whith of Canadian manufacture is uni ly acknow. " Thebrillinier and firmness of the colors and the extra width of the rolls combine to estab- lish their preminence over all others. The subscriber being the only Importer of this class of Goods in Oshawa, is confident thats no other House can offer Greater Induedmois, either as regards QUALITY OR PRIGE. HE HA ALSO ON HAND A WELL ASSORTED STOCK OF Books, Stationer, FANCY GOODS, and Tops ted sole t for the Little Wanzer Sewing Machine, he can Da Eom on better terns than any other desler in the county. Remember the stand, directly opposite Hindes' Hotel Oshawa. Oshawe, Apr Having JAMES F. WILLOX To all who require to furnish their Dwellings | - | he may preach Jesus. | Boetry. THE MYSTERY. BY FLORENCE HAYWARD. {on1GINAL, My heart is filled with strange unrest - 1 know not why: The riddle of this life, half guessed, Wearies my brain, and care opprissed 1 sadly sigh. The sunbeams glitter through the treea In gleams of gold, And soft the perfiime laden -broeze Tells where the merry birds and bees Their revels hold. | All Nature, In these bright June days, | Seem joyous, glad! | While 1, who ponder o'er the maze i And tangle of life's dreary ways, Alone am sad. Of all the strange, weird things that be, Strangest is life; Oh, If T might but find the key, Unlock this vague, sad mystery, And end the strife, I know this world is very fair, Lovely and bright, The breath of flowers fills the air, The wild birds sing, as If no care Their lives could blight. And li ing to their happi My heart grows calm, And, like an angel's mute caress, The soft breeze comes my brow to bless With Heaven's balm. I eannot solve the mystery Of Life and Fate, But ah, a sweet voice calls to me: ** Ah, child, why wilt thou troubled be? Have faith and walt.' SUNNYSIDE, June 11th, 1872, Selections. | THE REV. DB. WILLOUGHBY, HIS w INE. BY MARY SPRING WALKER. CHAPTER XTV-LcoNnixvED, | eout ont. And the whito-headod minister,--the | | good, wise, temperate old man, whoknows | sense on't afore," he said. how to use his liberty, " not as an ocea- sion to the flesh," but drinks his choice | wine as one of the meats " which God hath created, and which is not to be re- | fused, but received with thanikagiving, what of him? ~ He lingered a few days at the fashion- | able watering-place, commanding, by his | well-earned reputation, and his dignified | and unimpeachable habits and deportment, { the respect and veneration of old and | young, and then departed, leaving an honoured name behind him. And going back to his work with his heart full of love to the souls of his fellow-men, and a de- termination to toil in his Master's vine- yard till the close of the day, he is fulfil- ling amid the infirmities of old age the arduous duties of his profession. There is no lack of selisacriticing effort. ~The lamp in his studyburns late into the night. His printed words of consolation, coming from one who has known what it was to sorrow, " but not as those without hope," havedbrought peace and comfort to many a bereaved parent's heart. He gives liberally of his large income for the spread of the Gospel. He search- es out the poor of his congregat He if there was ever a feller that looked aout for number one, 'twas father Jacob. I allers thought he was 'cute, but neow I think he was cuter'n ever." '" Why, what discovery have you made about him, Dan?!" said Grace, who, pass ing through the kitchen, stopped to hear this speech. ~Dan was seated at the kitchen table, ar "A'rayed in his Sunday suit, his hair as smooth as bear's oil and 'brushing could make 1t. He looked up with a queer smile on his Yankee face. " Wal, yer see, Miss Grace, it was allers a puzkle to me how Jacob came it so easy over the old gentleman when he passed himself off for Esaw; for it seems as though a man must be a born nateral if he couldn't tell the woolly side of a sheep from a man's skin, if he was ever so hairy. But this "ere passage lets in daylight; for yer see, Miss Grace, he fetched the old man wine "long of his soup, *an' then he pulled the wool over his eyeseasy! Neow, that stands tew reason, don't. it! I'm on- common moderate myself in the use of speerits; but time an' time agin, arter takin' a horn or two, my fingers has been all thumbs, with no more feelin' in. eend on "em than so much cotton wool. I say for't, "twas too plaguy hard on Esau, warn't it, Miss Grace! Wal, the Bible's a wonder- ful book. Seems as though folks could prove most anything they was a mind to, Why, I've jest been a-runnin' over in my mind the names of them that drinked more'n was good for "em, --what yer pa would call ' abusin' the good gift.' If there ain't a lot on' em--Noah, an' Lot, an' Elijah, an' Benhadad, an' Nadab, an' Hil, an' Uriah, an' Nabal, an' Nebuch- . an' Belsh , an' Herod, an' i t know heow many more; an' that ain't countin' the moderate drinkers like David, an' Solomon, an' Nehemiah, an' sich like. I tell yer, Miss Grace, the Bible's a- wonderful book." '" Have you just found it out, Dan?" "I never seemed to have sich a realizin "In fact, I've | been considerable tossed up an' deown in my mind 'beout it by spells, there wero so | many cur'us things I couldn't see inter; but T overheerd a conversation t'other day between yer pa an' Deacon Riley's son, that had a very settlin' effect on my mind! Yer pa has a way of puttin'. things, Miss Grace, that there can't nobody get reound, an' he's made me love this 'ere Bible more'n | ever expected tew, that's so." "I am very glad to hear it, Dan." *" Yer see, Miss Grace, comin' hum from | Works Rocktown t'other day, yer pa an'I got ketched in a shower, an' I turned up agin the south meetin'-'us, to wait in the horse- sheds till 'twas over. And pretty soon Deacon Riley's son and another chap driv in an' they went ter talkin' Bible temper- ance 'long with yer pa. I didn't take much notice long at fust; but arter a spell I tuk ter listenin'. Sez yer pa, sez ho, ' There's no sich thing as teetotalism as a rule of dooty in the Bible," sezhe. *' Wine is spoke of as a blessin' an' a symbol of marcy; an' they used. it for sacrifice, an gin it to the guests at the passover, an the Lord' . supper, an' the weddin' feast.' . Yo, sir,' sez young Riley; * but the Bible it tew, don't it! an' calls it a has caused many a widow's heart to sing for joy. No weather is 50 inclement as to 4 bn f keep him from the bedside of a sick parish- ioner. He visits the prisoner in his cell, the pauper in the workhouse, the dissolute and abandoned in their haunts of vice, that We cannot doubt his singleness of motive, his steadfast, ar- dent piety, and if God's promises mean anything, his rewaid is sure. But, oh, that stumbling brother! What if the temptation presented in hospitality and friendship, as a flattering tribute of- fered by age to youthful talent, bring sin, upon that precious soul for whom Christ died! If the contents of that glass, red and sparkling, and fragrant, cause the half- reformed man to grievously fall again, who caused him to stumble! He would have fallen, you say, without another's in- strumentality. Yes, for the horid greed was strong upon him. 'It must needs be that offences come, but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh." "In that he did it ignorantly, he shall obtain mercy." That good man would have cut off his right hand sooner than have knowingly injured his young brother, for he is tdnder of the feelings, and watch- ful of the interestsof his fellow-Christians, and zealous for the church of God with a godly jealousy. But he believes his moderate use of wine to be right. Infallibly safe himself, he offered it to his neighbor, whom he sup- posed also to be strong. A great ship tempts a small vessel into deep and dangerous waters; and while the one, with her massive hulk and'iron- ribbed sides, defies the elements, and floats ma- jestically in mid ocean, making safe har- bour at last, the weaker vessel loses her bearings, is driven hither and thither, and her anchor lost, her masts gone by the board, she drifts onward, a dreary wreck, until with one awful plunge she goes down. Oh, the desclated firesides! oh, the blight- ed hopes! oh, the bleeding, broken hearts that lost vessel leaves behind! "It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor anything whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak." CHAPTER XV. ' THE BIBLE WINE QUESTION. "It was the song of the drunk dq" and sorrow, and wretchedness, and ruin) | is symbol of wrath, an' sez kings nor priests musn't drink it. Neow, what does that mean!' sez he. 'Is the Bible a-contra- dictin' itself! Is the same thing good an' bad, a symbol of wrath an' a symbol of Py marcy?" 'Not at dll," sez your pa. "Them good vittles you ate for yer dinner,' sez he, 'would make a man awful sick, if he ate too much on 'em; an I've heern tell of folks killin' themselves drinkin' tew much cold water. It's use, an' not abuse, Mr. Riley,' sez yer pa; 'that's the Bible doc- trine. Now, look over yer Bible,' sez he, 'an' see heow many times the word rich used to praise, an' heow many times to blame. Some of the best men in the Bible sez, "" Woe to them that are rich." There's jest as much sense,' sez the Doc- tor, sez he, 'in my takin' a veow of pov. erty, as there is in my bein' a teetotaler; 'cause' if I don't use riches I shan't abuse 'em, that's sartin." (I don't begin to give all his big words, Mi | Grace, only jest the sense on 'em.) fi 'What did Riley say r Grace inquired. "Oh, he talked nuff' on his side. Yer pa's reasonin' didn'fiseem ter hev no effect on him at all. He hung onter kis own way o' thinkin; why, he tried prove to yer pa that fhe wine the Bible praises ain't the wing! that makes drunk, and the doctor fhme down on him' with so much Greek an *Hebrow, it made his hair stand right up dn eend." A few evenings after this conversation, as Dr. Willoughby was returning from his weekly lecture, he found Dan measuring his length upon the ground near the front gate. His feet were braced against the hitching-post, and his head reclined easily in a mud-puddle. His stone bottle lay at his side. The minister helped him torise, and guided his stumbling steps to - the house, " Th-thank yer, Doctor," said Dan, at the kitchen door, *' I-I'll do the s-same fer yeou s-some night." He received the severe reprimand the Doctor gave him -the next morning very humbly, expressed the deepest p h and, begging not to be sent away, prom- ised earnestly to do better; but when Dr. Willoughby made it one condition of his , that he should keep away from Briggy's as X) , Dan trated i " Why, Doctor," said he, 'I've ben deown there time an' time ag'in, to «Wal neow, if it ain' the curuaist thing," said Dan Taylor, looking up from his Bible one Sabbath evening; 'I've read that story of Jacob an' Esau more'n twenty | times, an' there's one thing I never noticed about it afore to-night. It beats all tew, for 1 allers paid peticelar attention to what Jacob done, bein's as he's a great favorite of mine. Seoms though he was easier to pattern arter than some of the rest of 'em in the Bible; for, sn T used to tell mother, tion with Briggs. I've reely been a-laborin' for his soul. as though 'I wanted ter see him bro in. Iknow I'd oughter get religion my- self, Doctor. | I'm sinnin' ag'in great light an' privilege; but I dew feel a consarn for the welfare o' Zion. And it's my opinion that Briggs would be a bright an' a shinin' light, ef he cud be made ter see his dooty plain afore him. He's oncommon exer- cised in his mind; but yer see there's been this "ere stumblin' block in his path. He con' | | , | & resident of your village. was afeard, it he aot veligioh = an' jined the | Nobody was afraid oti it. Nobody enforced church, 'twould interfere with his bizness. ¢ It'll help it. right respectable,' sez I, 'an' ministersan' church-members are upholdin' it." 'Is that sol" sez Brigs. 'Wal, itis, sez I; an' then [I told him what I heerd you say, Doctor, t'ether day, right to condemn liquor-sallers, good snd respectable men, |a-doin' their dooty in the station it pl d Provid 'how we hadn't no | it. 'It won't do no such thing, Briggs , sez 1. Rum-sellin's gittin' to be | ture set us "Well, as I said, Mr. Richmond's lec- thinking; but the week after,something occurred in my own family that made me terribly in earnest. There was a church festival held in our town hall and under that hall was a drinking saloon, --a bad place, one of the worst in town. My. Thayer, the map's son who kept that place énticed my two boys, -- 'mere child- ren, Sund 1- scholars, the oldest to call "em, an' a-worshippin' God an' per- formin' the dooties of a Christian, as sar- tinly as yeou dew when yeour a-preachin' the Gospel."--'Did Dr. Willoughby say that?" sez Briggs. 'Them's his very words,' sez I.- 'Then I'll go an' hear him preach next Sunday,' sez Briggs, 'for he's the right kind of a parson for me. Why,' sez Briggs, sez he, 'I don't see nothin' to hinder a minister with sich principles from takin' his grog with the rest on us"-- 'That's #0," sez 1, { an', Briggs, yeou talk: "bout its interferin' with yer bizness ter git religion; let me tell you somethin' that happened over here in Rocktown a spell ago. The chap that plays the organ in the South Church keeps a drinkin' saloon for the factory hands, --jest like yourn, Briggs. Some o' the chtrch-members got riled up 'beout it,--one in peticelar,-- 'caus' the rum-seller told him, 'he'd sell his son as much liquor as he'd pay for, in spite of him or any other man.' Wal, they called a meeting', and drawed up a set o' resolutions ter turn him eont of his place; but the church voted em down by a thunderin' big majority; an' this ere's the present state 0' things in Rocktown,-- the minister preaches at one eend..o" the church, an' the rum-seller praises at t'other." CHAPTER XVI. Gop BLESS OUR MINISTER. ** He was enthusiastic too, Now, whether they were false or true, Or goed or bad, must be referred To the fixed meaning of the word, If to be warm and wisely zealous Be what is meant, then plainly tell us, Did not the state of things require . The ardour of this heavenly fire?" A few days after Mr. Thayer's return | from Saratoga, he was' tfnsacting some business in one of the city banks, when he heard the word |' Grantley" uttered by a strangerstanding near, and stepping round to the cashier's desk, he inquired the gen. tleman's name. "That is Mr. James Otis," 'of the firm of (tis & Co he replied, ., Grantley Iron We do business for him, and he is in the cily every week or two. the heavy men of the coufily, sir." "" Will you introduce me, Mr. Pearce!" " With the greptest pleasure. Mr. Otis, the Rev. Mr. Thayer of the Wilmot Street Church." When the gentlemen had shaken hands and exchanged a few commonplace civili- ties, the minister said: -- "Mr. Otis, I have solicited the pleasure of your acquaintance, that I might make enquiries concerning a friend of mine,now I refer to the One of Rev. Mr. Richmond," "" God bless him!" said Mr. Otis, warm- ly. The answor was unexpected, and Mr. Thayer's face expressed surptise. " He is my pastor, sir," said Mr. Otis; then in a lower tone, "I owe a very hap- h in my feeli under God, to Mr. Richmond. I united with the church last Sabbath, Mr. Thayer." "Indeed T am most happy to hear it. Is there much religious interest in my friend's congregation!" £Oh, sir the whole town is moved. There was never such a work of grace in any place before." He spoke with the enthusiasm of a'young convert in the warmth of his first love. 'Sit down and tell me about it," said the minister. "/ You are welcome as one that bringeth good tidings from a far country." They went back to a retired part of the room, where they could converse with more freedom. NS "I saw my friond," said Mr. Thayer, "in last December. He was then in diffi- culty; his church shaken to its foundation, in consequence of strong ground he took on the temperance question.-- I have felt curicus to know how the strug- gle would end, I thought I should see him in the ¢ity, or that I would run out on r | the train some| day, or write to him. But multiplied duties and a tedious con- finement by sickness have prevented me. How did the church come out of the con- flict?" "You know Mr. Richmond gave us a very practical temperance lecture!" "You" "Well, it opened the eyes of some of us to the true state of things in our midst. 1, for one, had been careless and indiffer- ent on the subject. 1 knew we had a good many dram-shops and drinking saloons in Grantley village; that our hands in the foundry were a hard set. I used to be an- noyed at their dranken quarrels, and 'laying off * so frequently for a spree; but it never ocourred to -me that any of the responsibility of the thing rested with u 'Y "1 was opposed to the prohibitory la It seemed ty me it was nonsense to at- tempt to make liquor-selling a crime, and punishable accordingly, when spirits are a commodity, recognized as such bythe laws of every nation; and, besides being used for drinking purposes, valuable as a medi- cine and for many scientific and mechan- ical purposes. You see; I took the ground that so long as liguor is used, it must and will be sold, and what the law has a right to take cognizance of its abuse, and, like t | many good temperance men I advocated a stringent licence law, instead of a prohibit. ory statute. | And, I must confess, I felt a'little wicked triumph after the ultea- | temperance men carried the day, and their Maine Law had been on the statute book a year or so, to find that there was more drunkenness 'and unrestrained liquor-sell- ing in our place under the new law than the old. Forit-was just a dead letter. not seventeen years old,--into that vile place and made them both drunk. "1 went to the minister the next morn- ing. 'Mr. Richmond,' said I, 'if there's any efficient way of putting down this evil in our midst, let's set about it. If your prohibitory law will do it," said I, 'though I voted against it, and was president of the largest Anti-Maine lignor-law meeting in -- County, I am ready for one to enforee it. These dens must be broken up somehow,' said I. I'll stand by you, Mr. Richmond, with my money and my influence; only go ahead!" " You should have seen h s eyes sparkle. Ithought he would shake my hand off. (Our minister is a Samson in body, you know, as in strength of will.) Well we worked like Trojans. We looked up every temperance man in the community, and organized for actions and we were so still about it, that the blow fell on the rum- sellers like a bolt from heaven. We clean- ed them out handsomely, sir. We shut up nine grog-shops, and drove some of their proprietors out of town." vival?" "1 am coming to it," hereplied. "The two are so connected, that I could not well tell the last part of the story without the first. Well, you know how much per- " And what has this to do with the rel, Grateful tears filled the father'seyes as hespoks, © hy (fades "Teil me-about yourself, Mr. Otis." prrsonal interest in religions matters. [ hired a seat and attended church g X) ly half-a-day; but that wis all. 3 kept away from the meetings at first. I was shy of Mr. Richmond too; but we had so much temperance business ou hand, that I could not avoid him altogether. But he said not'a word to me on the subject of religion, till one morning he came into my office, his face all aglow, and shook my hand till it ached. * What is it! said I, for T'knew he had good news to tell. -- ¢ Has Bart Tyler signed the pledge! or Dea- con Risley promised togiveuphis cider? Hy 'shook his head. ' Your two boys, Mr: Otis. ' What of them?" said I, quick enough. -- 'They were at the inquiry meting last night," said he. ' They are both indulging hope. Mr. Otis, will you lot them begin a Christian life alone?" Hs touched we just where I live, sir. If I desire any- thing in this world, it is to sce those boys grow up good Christian men. TI had Christian parents. I had lived under the sound of the Gospel all my life; but I ne- glected to seek the Saviour when Iwas young--was Gospel-hardened, you may say; but those boys,-- well, you can imagine what he said to me. He persuaded me to seck religion for my children's sake. I prayed in my family that very night; but I could not pray again for a week, only to ery to God for Well. He wv: merciful, sir; and last Sabbath 1 took my two boys by the hand, and we promisad, in the presence of angels and men, to de- vote the rest of our lives t> God's service. And, sir, it was the happiest day of my life." The 'iron man' broke down hore, and Mr. Thayer pressed his hand in silence. "You don't wonder that I said'God bless him," said Mr. Otis. "Why, I thank God every day of my life that He sént us such a minister." "Aud what of his opposers!" said Mr. Thayer. " They haveu't a word to say, sir; they don't dare to peep. This ingathering makes the church so strong; that their op- position would not be worth minding. -- Why;sir, we are a church by ourselves; and if they make us any trouble, and sn- noy onr minister, we'll go off in a body, and build him a church, where he can h t to his heart's content. sonal feeling against Mr. Richmond that lecture excited. Some of his church members fell away; in fact, those that stood by him were of the poorer class. -- He hadn't a single man of wealth and in- fluence on his side. I must say, before 1 capoused his cause I respected him for his 3 and bald of | God bless him" said the "iron man' agsin. "" We are going to stand by our minister," : TO BE CONTINUED. A BUSINESS LAW. The following brief recapitulation of (4 They were bound to get rid of him. Dea- cons, rumsellers, and, worse than al! the rest, a pack of chattering women, who talked themselves hoarse with pious cant about sowing dissensions among brethren, etc. They sent two or three committces to wait on him, and he heard all they had to say, and bowed them politely out, and paid not the slightest attention to their request." : "Do you mean to say," inquired Mr. Thayer, "that his people requested him to resign his charge, and he refused?" 'Certainly. They told him so many had withdrawn their subscriptions that they could not give him a support. 'Give me what you please,' said he. 'I can live on as little as any man in Grantley. 1 have a work todo here. When it is done I will go; not before.--' We'll call a coun- cil,' said they, 'and make you go.'-- it," said Mr. Richmond. 'Bee if you can "Try 4 * business law is worth a careful preserva- tion, as it contains the essence of a large amount of legal! verbiage: : + It is not legally necessary to say en a note "for value received." ? A note made Sunday is void. A contract made with a minor is void. * A contract made with a lunatic is void. A note obtained by traud, or from a person in a state of intoxication, cannot bo collected. If a note is lost or atolen, it nach rélease the maker; he must pay it; if the consideration for which it was given and the amount fan be proved. . An endorser of a note is exempt from liability if mot served with notice of dis- honor within twenty-four hours of its non- payment. 'Notes bear interest only when sostaled. Principals are r ible for the-aots of their agents. Each individual in a parang ia is ro- get a il of ministers in this ty todismiss a man for preaching temperance.' For, you see, they could not bring a single ,€harge against him. He preached splen- jdid sermons, He was the most faithful pastor we'ever had. | His Band of Hope made his Sunday sehool so attractive, that the lecture room was too small to hold it. And the trouble in the church made so much talk, that people not in the habit of going to meeting came to hear the 'teeto- tal parson,' as they called him, out of cur- iosity . "The r 11 formed a 1 g H 4 him, and threatened to take his life. 7 Juve but one life to give," said our minis- 'and I could not give it in a better ' He was perfectly good-natured, cause. never lost his temper; but was as immov- able as the granite hill. He always had a keen answer to give them. One day when he went to the polls to deposit his vote, one of his church members said to him, '1 am very sorry to see you here, Mr. Richmond.' * Why!" he inquired. *Be- catise," said the other, with a long face, 'Christ said His kingdom was not of this world." 'Ah? said our minister, 'have only a right to vote, then, who be- long ta the kingdom of Satan?" "Well, all this time he was work- ing g the operatives in the foundry, the 'iron men' as we call them. * T told you what a hard set they were, drinking and godless. I don't know how he got hold of them. They hated him at first. They used to curse and swear when they saw him coming. But one and another of them he picked out of the gutter--literally, Mr. Thayer--and made men of them. He's geined a marvellous power over them.-- They twit each other about it, and 'declare it's no use to fight against the parson. If he singles a man out, he may just as well give in first as last, for he'll get 110 peace of his life till he signs the pledge. With these reformed drunkards, he formed the nucleus of a'total adstinence society, and called it the 'Tron'Club.' I wish I had time to tell you the good that 'Iron Club' has lished, and is plishing; but I shall keep you here all day with my story, "Much of what I have told you happen- ed before we struck the blow that broke up so many of our dram-shops. For months before this the preaching on the Sabbath had been listened to with marked attention, and the evening meetings were largely attended and very solemn. Mr. Richmond was aged to hope for a revival; but there were no conversions, and the work did not progress till the Sabbath evening after we struck that blow, and then the blessing came down upon us like a flood. Tt seemed as if the Spirit of God was waiting till those evil spirits were cast out, and the house 'swept and garn- ished.' There have been over a hundred hopeful conversions, sir, in Grantley vil- lage, --three of our leading business men are among the converts, heads of families, gray-headed men and women, my isd boys, Mr. Thayer." re ---- ponsible for the whole amgunt of the debts of the firm. ' Ignorance of the law excuses po ane, It is a fraud to conceal a fraud. ' The law compels nc one to do impossi- bilities. An agreement without coasider- ation is void. Signatures made with a lead pencil are good in law. A receipt for mouey is notalwags eon- clusive. The acts of one partner bind all the others, : i -- + -- A Vinauo. --An extraordinary » scene oc- cuired on Wednesday, in the Fourth Court Martial, durimg thetrial of » woman Agustine Chiffon. During thie fighting in Paris this fury was segs. in thestrecis, her hands steeped in bl and boasting that she had killed two soldiers. On i entry of tie troops she was taken prisoner and placedagainst the wall'to beshot, but un her saying that she had tended the the troops spared her life. On the trial an officer who was charged with herder fence pleaded that ber mind was deranged. 'I am not madshe exclaimed; snd protested against the words. T have suffered too touch in prison, and destand to be put w death! But your tara will come also; the men of Versailles wers too great cowards to kill me, but all be shot like dogs! Vive la "At , these words, the public' oo hot a and the guard had to intervenefar het and without her bonnet or shawl, had been torn from her in the The Court eventually condemned her | twenty years Hard Isbor. . woman i ught to the Court, and on sentence read, she again burst ions sou "The cowards, they do mot dare! Bah! I am 35, and in good for something. But it is only a mat- ter to laugh at! a a change of government, and 1 shall be out at once, and_that will not be fong. Vive la Commune!". : r Tu Guelph Herald contains the fallow. ing particulars of a most wanton vitrage which was committed in Pilkton on Sstur- day evening :--'It appesrs that some four or five men with masks on, drove a flock of sheep into the garden of Mr. Daniel Cornish. He hearing the sheep in the garden came down to drive them ont, when he was seized, beaten, and a liberal coat of tar applied. His wife, hearing his cries, came out and was treated in.» similar manner, Three young men John Anger, Moses Anger and John Cann were identified by Mr. and Mrs. Cornish, and were arrested. The magistrates will hear the case to-day. Thos. Cornish, s bfuther 'of Daniel Cornish's is said to have ! present looking on. A Onicaco court recently condemned s small boy to three years' for alin twenty. "five cents from his moth- * Well, sir, upto this time I had mo twenty years I shall be only 56, and still -3