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Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), August 16, 1877, p. 1

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^r* KfT fty tmm$ ^ y*'*^:**- JS-- t-f ^ 1 XlgJL4Ui 5 < ; i ,-.i / {( < ^ ' : I r.y. -.\ ' -? % 'p k*v*$- T~* filniB* HI' >" " " Whole No. Xlii ACTON, ONT., THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, {ipl.OO per nnnniu in AtfviiKff, /?j.>;i.v?:sn CMWS. HURRAH! HURRAH! \V IT it 11. LOWRY. H..IUH. O. T\ N. tsr.l.:nto-of :Tr\ut>- Mom'^r ot v'.>:lo^o of Pliy\u'l;in> 'rjivMis. i>:nVe aiU HosMoiio-- \croN, In tin' BEST PHOTOGRAPHS ' -^r^aapi^a-Kv-ll. LIU hi HI:. af.'-*.. -- MOttROHV lhysi. Tho batarie leketserasli.'- Gallery- J-'ii." 'L>:\:;.t?i .'/F<ui,<li and Ih'.'liiiiu- r.v in Tone, '7ifj; i*a?jm..' '( mh'/mv.! J. T)o:.V.l.^-l njrsaini K-May*. from '.>;>. in K?sHo:i .:i!s.Hr.uhlatt1o: V .!:. -Oo'.wiUniion L.^-Wei. I:\vs tx: ^"HE>lBBSOX, Convor- ?r. Ac!, ialso ActMil Cmad.l t.>l "A^s.lM^OO 'Co. Df >v|s, Mortss'Kt'S, .l' propir<>d noa'.lv. iTom-uly oorrootty ni oa "r*a.'>!> tile lornn. Monoy. to l^\ii OTV. M.'Ttgni:? sfcudiy. Ol!lce COPYING & ENHAKGING D. MVTHESON, Attorney. >m fiifjre: i- - .-* ' f^ew Cdr |Ha>T Oil lis. etc. |tc Lead: and Starch, I. Cigars, :hes, etc ipaii and 110 cents mty. BEOS. LtherJ '";. >: ITS. In all its branolies, in tho host stylo of the r.rt, tlono m\ tho shortest notiee and at-roasonablo rates. .; , '3' I ai?iil ,8p\tu^ id'stock .-of Mouldings and Picture frames kept on hantt and m.iiio to order. jt. "call 13 Eiilicitod and. you will he convinced that thij is the place to get " photographs. T- ff. WOPiEB, | -Yours rcsnectfnllv. - ' [ I'. \Y. HILL, Provinci^.Land SurY_eyor and _ -4cton, Pec, s. istp. .__________^ ^ ^Cisil^EHgiiiear, Guelpli. . . |. ; "Order*l>y'maU promptly tlei>Jeii to. J. f trftts. Georsetown a:-i-a\r. "Solictior in Chancery; t;. .oace Cornef ttt \n and Church VVSi.nLAI1Hi.lWi Barrister, ' > .Mtornev-al-Law S.aidlor tu ion.-lo Kmi .lirMti-iUltoiv, Alain slreeU -Tile 2 uoa Offlc* will b.' nmlerthe manace- "Iiitn.'lltr.:Cimpb?!l. anJ Mr. Unlel- rill attend r trie "Milton Office*' "^ Fri*!^1 o'^acb Weft. __________^ H rpBAVELEKS Life and Accident INSURANCE COMPANY Or Hartford, Conn. Paiil-np Cash Capita?...... fGM.OOO C**h.A*seis..........'..;... ^,054,000 Surplus' for protection of I Polieii-h-Mers.......... 1,170,855 Dtp^it with Domixion Gov- erxiacat____........'-., ' 140,000 BSKYL. DRAKE, n$l**NCE ASEVT. crtLPH, lltmxltat tbe -Hereaniil* tni Valerloo. -i!)b>iBe*seatr=steJ to his care will t>* >,t.j,fHr ttndf(S la Offic-ol i>>y' jtaoC^^ra. iitwlpn. order^ by mall tixts*'it to O-u^ipa or IVna PosiOiIScp ,:UrfCTivepromP:atten^n. pRAKE : PVTEXTS Vor iafTEXTIOXS i~Cn'id^n-;Cmselsi.-uo*nn<iEurove. i. --------- rl^s tur-nwxl *r uiiarse...Senil! -. . _; Nr#atei^^io"^ .Ar--oc.vinop<a-.i The Travelers is a STOCK COM- " It&. PA.N.I and writes Life Policies upon X!iinlcxi E^ctseer. So.uaior of Pa ti Low Kate all-cash plan. No un- t.tjud Draush'sman. certain promises of impossible -'divi- ; ~ ' " w-iv' Idends," but a reduction of the pre- %V? ILL!AM WATIL1>S, jmium at the outset; equivalent to a **' - r*rtlBec |'"dividend" in advance. The Trav- lej-3 writes Life and Accident Poli cies combined as cheap as most The thu rARTi.Nu aunt. othinR in tho * " ! events. Tho -iceberg was fully a parting niilo in length, nnd P8-yt;t wo cob'ld '. npt sop the imcl of it. Eucli mo- ere a something hour " Will chill the.warmest heart, , , . Yet kindred, comrades, lovers, friendd, ; wentaeeined au ago of ngony, and Are fated all to part ; j wo were, constantly crasHiig against Hut t'lii'H I've Ht-eii- and many ft' panj? i tho burg, null at every coIliHion. it Uosprotocdit on-iiiy iniml . llfseemed to mo that the ship"would go to iiioce.s. The one who ocs is happier Than tlut.se he leaves huhiud to the bridcirroom'a The bride goes homo With douhttni* and with tears, Vtut' does not hope her rainhow s^treail . Ai-niss Irj clniuly fcnrSi! " xVlas ! the utothcr whoTonmiiiB, , What comfort can bhe tind, Hut-this the one ia happier Then the one sue leaves behind. Have you a friend, a vomrado. dear, An oM and valeted frienit? Be sure your time of sweet iimoouwo At length will have an end ! And when you part Oh, take it not unkind. If he who goes is happier Than you lie leaves behind. God.wills it so, and so it is ; The pilgrims on tho way, Thoujjh.weAk. and. worn,, moro. cheerful are Than all the rest who stay. And when at last, poor man Btibilueil, Lies down to death resigned, May he not still be happier far Than those he leaVca bohind ! AFOUL OF AN ICEBERC lumer Sir Flag* UrtKH By Royai Appointment.) , S^5lneJ pricnte and confidential | ..... ,-. . ,. . oj u ,h eos: uaze. uienwllMmm. companies write life policies. It is CKuiy liaUon. . M ES S. CARTEK. tho largest Accidenv InsuranceCom- pany in tbe worUl, having written 436,000 policies and. paid in actual cash benefits to '-'accident fjolicy Tearker*rnai!c. Drawlac tadlKnrk, holders alone over $2,565 000. Ah urefi rtreet,"*cum. j accident policy costs but a trifle. No Get ' a policy and sbar* in the general bkupfit. . C. F. EUSSELL, District Agent, S3 Aileaide^tr*et East, Toronto. VTILSON 1RWIS, Special Agent. " You bad better go below, air," Baid the man at the wheel. "It's a. raw, bud day," and you are not ued to this 'ero weather." " I am well protected against it," I replied. " I couldn't stay below how. If we have to encounter any icebergs, 1 hid rather be up hei." He looked at mo a moment, and thentnuttered with a grim! smile : " It matters little where you are, if we do meet any." : lie b*rl .scarcely,', spbke'n,' when the lookuutVvoice' rang out, shurp- ly and\(itart,ingly ; ""' '"' . " Tee ! ice ! dead ahead !" At the same instant, we saw a huge object loorninfr up in the gloom^^areel}'-two fHtlioniB' length ahf?ad of us. The wheel turned \ low, and they " Foiward.tliero !" slioutui] tho captain to tho lookout in tho byw. " Ay, ay, sir !" " What do you see ahnad V : .Wu held our bveuth nH wc.wniteil for tho amwor. It camo slowly 1 and mournfully, and smote,painful ly upon'our hearts. ' ' .'" Nothing but ico, sir." ' Again wo went cruahinc into tho berg, nnd ugain tho. shii) quivered as with a violent spasm; Sinco the first collision, I hud not moved from my pluco near the wheel.. " Hjw long can wo stand this V I asked, of tho old steerman. " God knowB," said he. "I am only surprised that we are living now." " Starboard your wheel !" cried the lookout, suddenly. " Theresa crack fn the ice, and wo aro going into it." Tho vessel's head swung around from the berg, and we moved slow ly by an immense aperture in tbe" glittering mass. Heie was another diinger, Stppose we/ should, bo drawn, or should run into one of these flaws. . No human power could s*ve us then, for we could never extricate the , ship from such a position. '* Forward, there !" shouted the captain, again. " Av, ay; sir." : " What do you Bee ahead 1" . Oh, Iiow'our hearts ached as we listened to tho answer ! " Nothing but ico. sir!" He had hardly spoken, when .a tremendous stream of water burst from the 7ceberg' and swept down upon the'<$ecka, Tho tuon .could scarcely stand against it. There wub a rush.of passongere from be- swarmed out on of rio tiso to uh at: nil j our ; hull feach there .beforg we; do;"- j-The- %va bprfc and oruHhed in several.: German paid- the .30 cents, gave a* places, but fortunately no holes hud I minute,description of' the: missing been made in it by the ico. -The (property, and^the i boy ,,departed: immense strength of'this-p'ortioh I taking the sutcliel into another.car. of the steamer hud tilone saved the I,On ; reaching :Greenbush the, boy entire vessel from destruotiori, bn't . etucned.,Tt|ith tho bag, and placing tho strain on it had boon o great I if., in, ,tiio(,Germaji!a. bands, said, that a 'danjjpf'oiiB'-leuk'-hiid heen ' jlijnoJB.Uio . first" Butchel I vyor haw come ,by .telegraph.!' ' Ab,' replied the' German,. ' dqt. de.legrufi*. i, v.un. 'great;-'dinj;s j ...here' ,dak.e sprung.' This' we endetivoiud-'to; 8t6p, but with only partial BncceRH, and during the remainder of- tho voyage, tho pum'ps were kept going;', ajiodcn/. quurtcrj;.nieia poy;'....'And: coiiatantly. Tho scene on the deck jl)c:.did. f;,,; ;,,;!<! was tearful to behold. the bulwarks had been kuooked Chnr OLITER LOZlEtt.PIaslerer, ^.^'.m. i (at. E.vry <le-cr.ipM.in of rtllri.ng,B.= ^ lioilSil-ca*4"1^ tl.>ne on 11- Ta*"'. r'l-oia^le terns', an j salisfac- tics \ c t o x - f l ore n i l l s. K4E. MCKLIN', Pmprielors. Tlsr|a.f-Feeil itwsr> na hnr.il, w.linle- Oil - C.'fU or all tin-is of tSr .in. Rass rip iSlX HOI St. Acton. np>= no "-fir >;. T.'Rai-way Slal.i.o. Ei&41 im?aee.j;araatjaii'n /r tbf trar>l- Li=tlUE-~TOS. CAMWEi.1.. t*x!orr. Acton, i-ior.TM* DOHlil'0.1-hotel. It er: . .\p:i--, "r-.,-' "b;* U'fc-!'U lit :> i iirs'.-'-iii-.s HTle ^i:'.: -ic f.:r-.'.::r... Ci>:i-.mercial T.-aT-'le.-s -i itir.duo'xl wcoiumgloli."" as! cimrno Ji,;ii Sample ttoomK, special x I .r,:ia:i p^i i to til" :i:ii> .*' i ti -- tr.i-.--^ Uit? j^Tiic. BlrwippJi!.1. *i I u. vi/e - b(rC Li^-irra^-l Ci^Trs. titxJi H-:iSSSf ecu w H. HEHSTKiiET, L?ci'ftSffd"'Aucti6iieer ...... -^.tl'r,-;--^ i':'J.;i:f. i'" t'^-v-'viiJ-.vJi'y a rxox' '"""" ' - _ LIVERY & SALE STABLE i . PiftiiCoaniiesonVelliugliriand'ITM- toa. -UrJers 1-a at l:ie Ki:r.r. I"::i:~s 03^. Afton. or at rav rnrtrtenef, In | Tio^ic^roxl. wii^hepromptj^/- <u:e:,def' l'>.' f-: ftactwal l-.-iBqokbiideE, I. J. P. ALLAN* :T:ik^p pleasure." in annonnela^ tottie .TiuhUe ^enerall^-^bat he is prepare<l to | . furnish i . ': ' ,-' T ' " ' rirat-slasSiSorsea- aai Carriages At Reasonable Kates. 1 All - Descriptions ^lifeatly Executed. I His Rigs-anit Horses nre.tlie bf;=l that :- . - cat) b"haii,'andIie1S iletermtned not lo Oi BinaiDtT be si-.rpa.si.p-l tij an;.- City (Stable.: *^. i Acton JuJT.lstil^i). *... N makers WBST AcKftutl'Boehs of all Kind* Madt to '".". ""', ~6rd7r. / B?rtii^i>rmiBtl^^ttericted-tp. ; "! ! BicDEEJy St. George's.Sqnare, GuepK- DAY SH.0WS. THE LARGEST. STOCK OF ".:' like lightning, and the vessel swung suddenly round. ~ " ZMy Got! !"' I cried, seizing the old man's arm. " Are you mad t" He .threw me off, fiercely, and held, the wheel down with almost superhuman strength. Another instant, .we went craslring into the mountain of ice, striking it with oiir h'roudtide. The. ship quivered violently, and groaned liko a human being in mortal agony. The tall masts and yards, Which were of iron, snapped as though they ha<l been reeds, and heavy masses of ice caiiio crushing-dovn upon the deck. It was a moment of fearful horror. Wu. liaJ escaped destruction foriho timt>, but how lung could it bust? We had scarcely struck before tho captain was at the wheel. " That was well done, Ben," he s-tid hoarsely, to the old'steersman.. -"- If we- hud' struck her bow fore-' most, we'd have gotie ilri^tifat.orice. Keep her. fcteudy, just as she js. alid. we'll try. to forge ahead "'lowly/ With Goil's help, we may'clear the berg yet." He disappeared in ithe cliribtiori of the engine-room. It was a feju fill situation. We were Ij'iiy; heavily ngaiiisCUie-ber^,: nertLer'eiM of whLth could bo teeh; through the log.. Tho dense iuhsk: .towcit-d above us its fur as we could' see, and I am s;i;4 I do not exag-' gcra.te-_w.hen..I..estimate its height at five hundred: feet,. The.first col lision had injured us'greatly.; The hull of the ship,-though made; of deck, thinking that the vessel was T.Orders left -at the Free Pue.8 OfEe* Trill receive prompt attention. Efer eh'owii in Gnelplt,"f ll: ,-,J^e undersigned bees leave .to .**^ine"peoriie-6f 'Aeltia and inh ^nafn^'neigr^ftiooif ttfajte Jbis Procared a' magnificent BEAlBE. *lff0tjaodorato terms. . y4ef, Cc#i, Buria" Robtt, ^ItiotfB of Funeral Furnish-! _Jgkeptuij.Bcl^Laiiatupph^d , ft T ,wJi llw inoTteBt-nbttceT--------i *^.*mwed.ii.'... v", ,..... i Aeto; ' "'JOHN gPEtGftT'r ,n> Ptb. 10, 1877. , - ' Iff f, mr and, O ho .s^oi- .:: ::- .-.... and prices* lower than ever. CHldren's '- Carriages To be Bold off cheap, at Day's New Bookstore :. if&fylrjpgMileTtW.pid-Btatid. .<> < in Ouelptl, April 21,18T7-. .- - PHINTIXCofallliinds iron, was bent in in several place's, and the bulwarks on the port side were almost entirely destroyed. The masttj were gone, and, together with the heavy yards: and rigging, which w'ere.o^.iron.and" ?riifyjhung- over on the ice; a'n'd every' niomint dragged jiff-huge, block., pf jt,^w jiicli fejl .^ojujtiiej ^eck j^t-^eAfehi'gg cr8shes.^'Had we struck fuirly onj the'boyrs; jnfita"o^deKru!t-iptf must: have 'beeri'our 'tloom ; anil as'it' was,; only the immense strength of our iron hull saved us. The incidents which occurred af [ ter the collision' did not occupy mpre?than three-quarters of an hour, 'but-'they; seeined'theri like a life- timp. .Vy 6rd% are" not strong enough to depict tnet-C Tbey_- occurried: in; :rriir.n less tinie than I am const.m-' ing in describing them. .' . V. . The passengers crowded: on .deck: at the shock, bufc]wero driven into the saloon and steerage-by the cap tain, So '-great' .was" their) terror,1 thfc- they, robeyed without hefiitHt-i ing. - As the vessel moved slowly' ahead, the inafiseB of 'ice/ caUgfrtr by; ;(,he twr.eet .oHie riggiiig, fell t^ter; '-Bnih.e,-ldk.v.--.!i ; . - ',.' :,-- -. v.-..:: ! - '" They'll crush ia the :decka :if| they are nbt shopped." cfie'd the old! sterBn.an.. * 'f,M% *he3 "f.^! .dfiRB.iJiwfty,' tftat, :rubbish,'";. ,b| shouted.': ;;: i Desperate as was the Hindertak-j iog,,several rr^Q; witbaxe^sprangj al0ft,'R-jd Boon-tbeireoergetic Wowej sinking. " Drive them back !" yelled the captain. " The hatches and doors must he closed, or the ship will be filled with water in an instjiht." There was a desperate struggle, but the passengers were 6nally forced down below, and the doors and hatches secured. Still the water rushed down upon the decks from the dizzy heights of the ice. Tho vessel rolled and rocked vio lently, and at every stiain her/hull creaked alarmingly. The men were completely drenched, and could scarcely keep their footing. I had not left uiy poHt by old Ben, and was wet through to the skin; but'I could not inovo. I was pow erless to stir. ; "This cai-'t.lus. imich longer," said old 'Ben, its .he'held the wheel hard down. "This' heavy fall of water;"and'this constant ^tbTimpii-g agaiiiHt tho iod will knock:hor'U) piece., in a few minutes, if,mho is livpn.'.'-;;:' " ".', ,',: . v 'The fog'how seemed'to be_grow- intr litihter, and I could ste.-iiiore of tho . iceberg. As_ far us -my eves could see in -any- 'direction;, there '.was up thing iJu't .Uip.clear,: cry.sUl "surface,"with its, huge "fissures anil jagged pinnacles. Every "minute the ship would- crash against the fearful mass, and I felt that old Ben.'-was right. We conld not stand it" niiicb longer. ' The rush of w.itor noW'lessened; and noon ooag-; ed entirely,'but.the'faH of blockB of: ico recommenced. The captain Ipried out): '"-~; ' :" Forward there !" ' "Ay,ay,'8ifi" . ,- " What do you see ahead ."; . ...Thej-e. was., go. answer., ,M deep silencsiteigoed along $he,.decl-. for a minuteiior two, but,.then ..the.-.time Sseemed , greater: to . u.s> Then; the reply came clearly andjslowly :...,.. ,.:-V There's cleai- 'water a, hundred futhoms ahead, sir, and the. fog is lifting." .' , '...'. v :' , Not a. man stirred, or spoke. Th? vessel moved slowly and painfully forward. Another, moment, and we saw. the ,end; b.f. the wrribie mountain -of ice, T?hree niinutes more, and our stern was. clear of it, and we were running in ppen water, ;and the sky, was brightening, S^ill not a .sound ',was,, heard tintfll tlje away by the collision and the fall ing' ice blocks; and: forecastle, fancy wood und iron work, "and. al most everything of the. kind bad betin destroyed, und'-there we lay a wrfack. No one would have recog nized the proud Bteamer that-had sailed so gracefully out. of port a few weks"before. 'We were ter ribly clippled, but through the mercy of Heaven we were not helpless. Neither the engine, the screw nor the rudder had been injured, and bb we had on board an unusually largo supply of coal, we felt-confident that-we-could reach lAverpool if we had rttYOr- able weather, though wo should be severul WBeks behind- our 'tegular, time. All hop* of a speedy- voy age wap ended now. ' We were glad enough to get to England on any terms. . ' Strange to. Bay, during the col lision und the scenes that followed, not a human being was lost or in jured. This waB alL the inoiii wonderful from the fact that the deck was full o( men at the time, and the masses of ice were fulling the whole length of tbb ship. To the coolness of the captain and the Old steersman we felt that wo owed our safety, and when the danger was fairly over, the ' passengers held a meeting, and drew np' a set of resolutions -thanking them for thoir gallant conduct. A great change came over the passenger*. They ' becahle more serious than they bad been before the accident. Religious services were held daily on 'board, aitd were attended 'by -every one on ship, except those on : duty, and never have I witnessed more interesting meetings than I saw and partici pated in there. Old Ben' confessed to rhe that the aiecident had "converted" him, and that after so 'signal and great a in inifu3tntioii' of God's mercy, he could hold aloof no longer. It compelled him to be a Christian,' In due time we reached Liver pool. Out- soi'ry appearance, as we steamed into the harbor, attract- great attention, and the story of our trials-was listened to'with won der and interest. ei'tty'and prc-Vptly,erscnted-nt'the .^^ tbe-'/masS of Tdbbish-from thosbip. ^Tbe Vessel fecbyeredherj PHEE PRSS8 OFFICE, ; eauilibi-ium, ;an'd inqved ; forward; more freely. '[:'!...;(j ;;;," , :. j -We coidd f'do^nothing but. forge! ahead slowly, and await the tutn of St the Ft ^e, Mill sxrecz. captain's,-YOice ;brpke the stillness, , t;'! jLebiiapray." . '. .-; , ...Involu'litavily-'we all fell on our kneesi and.thG:.ca^tHin..m.!e)1'ne8t, trembling .'tones, gay e.thanks to ,th,e God.of fcteav.en for pop deJivera'noe from: qui- great;.danger^..^Ves,,. we w.ereifrep feorn..thjs dnger, ang.'.w half ani; bQur,,the|-.f9fe bad,;,entirely ^Uappesr^.',,,Tbena8,fb suncani,e outr wo. co.u*4 see,ouF.ijqe,ber^j!8,.fe1vf astern, fhjsbing an^.gllt.terin^ iimraense bg, apdr.we-, h^ampTe .ewHMJtOlbejifthanlqfu.l.ihfl^, it. h,ad Jettlt. 6Q.ligb*l5ri'^b.,;ua.,.111: v> ,;/. , i <W* ihad^JW^redjj'eflrfulljr fron) tnftw., Lfcha^ ^e ;digep waa.pa'sse^^weic^ujd, afqrd to; !ertwn.-/.tt)e1 qttefy. Woi9RT damages. Our masts werejSftcpair pletely deBtroyed that they were A Comitry Oriile;:-!'i Afew days ago- u young' man With'bis'bride ctinie to 'Ghica'go on tlitir weilrliiig jonnley und lo'ciited itf "the" " Ic : was apparent at first 'sight that: they were unused to city ways, but the bride was so rudient with the fresh bloom that-,country1' Hfe.-fchd air alohe-ckn gi.vSB.Hhat iiie ^i-opth; was envied by a'H'tiie y^ouiigC-nte'h who inako.'thiit hofel'Tlieir ubifting-jdace. The nioniihg" '.afier'their arrival tbe chambermaid visited the y'oung couple's room at the unquestionably early hour of eight o'clock;" A 'cbuiein' answered "h'er-k^pek; riin"H, ' Guess;wb oil"entering the 'room", shtf-fbtrnd"!* >*>** R' the bed'mnde up,'and the room iii ihe! neatest ki'u'd of ordyr.' : The chaoiberiiiaid was iastohished to ^rrd all her work anticipated', and proposed to:sweep the. room' while: the voting couple were in the ditj- ing'rpom; "Why,' -rt^lBher ariswef,, ' w<> had breakfast 'two hburs- ago'.' During the stay of -the -couple the chambermaid had rib work to do in their rootn'." The reyelatiOiji lo the servant ' that a"wohiair'iri ft hotel couladosbmettiing for herself was a strange one, 'and wafe dOly re ported. The 'young; menCtook ! a deeper. interest* iii' the"little lady whb knew ho>piiiil' was "tiot ift-aid tc:!do' tip' her:':ot^'robai;"isnd ^He exiimple becoming- coritagions, in fected the' otnerMafliey'in' the hbtel, mii'cir"to' tbes' salatffaotlon 'of"tHe i:. : j.'; l\ "'1 .-.l Xelly piytU's, Coprtship. Nelly Blyl-h gives the following ttcconnL;ofiliflr&o.iirtshfp.wir^h Wil lie Elshander: ,Wil]ie\wa8.fproiuan - to Mr. Blossom, p' Cloverlea, my father's nearest neebor,. whon I was aughteen, The -first time I saw biro-was i' the kirk, an' I jthocht, as I still think, that there wasna a prettier man i', the bail congrega tion. My help was aftenfrequir't at Cloverlea whiles ootn<j whiles in; I shortly had. an opportunity o! adniiriu' his character as |weel as hU personal, Attractions, He was; pane o' tho lazy, 'ubbers wha^ dinpa care whether. the; wark's wrought or itherwise, U they get t,he time. 5een. He was aye busy him.elr, an' of ijoorae the luy^ ;b^hoove4,..tp be the san)e. J3ut forby, that be was active, he was aye in. good humor. ; He tauld us, mony lively stories, whilk wera baith. peosibie an' funny, an' sang auld Scotch sangs "i'| the braid auld Scotch tongue." In abort, he was a. most agreeable lad, an' the laDgerl kent him I thought the uiair o' him, I should, baa said' afere that i' the bringin'., up. ..p! their family.- my parents had ta'en pains to instruct thiu in a'| that was likely to before use to them in after, life, Sae tho lassies o' us were a'! learned dress makin* fttfer gettin' a.' the book, learnin', ay, an' mair than they were weel able to gie us. ; Weel, I had been busy makin' frocks to my britber's. lassies, an' hadnu seen Willie for a week, when the eyen- in' the dresses were finished my mither said 7 was as white as; a clout, and suggested that I should gaug oot a while. , I had nag; ob jection to. tnak' to onything,; sao takin' ub tbe buik Igaed awa' dopn the loanin' wi' the intention o' shearin' a sackfu' o' girsa . to the key.,- It was a maist lovely eyeninf; u'thing was-. fresh" s,n'; bonnie, an' the bjrdies wvreihaudiu' .quite, a concert anio' the trees* I began to shear ,my girso;; an' my heart.he.in' us licht as those o'. the birds, T shortly joined >ii> ,tbeir miisio. ly- singiu' 'My Nanniea AwaV The last ;ioteS]0' tire sangieiljad hardly passed, my lips whun. u. vpie^i close uside tue Says, n' Bravo,, N^rll.;'; %u': look in' upj;l.*a.wt NVillie Elshander jpokin',. nhin^ a, , buss,;..;:' My; lad,' qiioth I, 'jif;I hadagrip o' you I'll sori you "for Jisienin'jt'j my timmer- tuned -yoice,':. ^jDeed.'j iquoth he, 'I've bpei greatly deligk'ed ,wj' itr; but are , sou-! well -ouough, Nell-1 Ye're.uijcp wh.i,te,-'.' j '.-Perfectly sae,' quoth: Jj. . . | ' Hoo's. . yoursel'(' ' Brawly,". qupth he, seatia' hiiusel' .an' begiruuu- a friendly . crack, ;whilk laslit for some itime,. whan Mfver a..few imiuutes silence Willie eaysj.-? Hor0j';yow.la4, .JSelly V .- X djuua:'k*|i,-b' liaejiu'...ane>! ,qotb j. i^Uoo'Siygur- lass f, X. jWad;. like, to Jken wbu ..she ia,i some ;,paragou o' nae :dooi.' 'Jiight,'; quoth--he. a -eheJis '('. : -'J^lay.Ua^itf's Naticy. Bljassojiij jur, Jeuui cutt, ;or Maggie - Gray,:.,youc-i aia^ neobers/ 'Better than opy. o' .thenij- suy^ no' sayih' gnid-niohM' ' I'rii-coinni'i "oofc'to :closa the hen-hovise door,' quoth'I; but forby the fastenin", p' the door, there was.a sliakin' o' the hands, a preshin' -o'-'lips', an', if whisperin' o' words,- an' Willie gaed up the loanin' I heard him singin* the words : " A wa'.'yo haughty nobles M'ha' deeih -* . There's a joy shall never enter your; ." ,. lofty, home or ha' ; But " {he purest joya are tasted ^tlie fairest'charms are"Seen; iWhen'th'o ploitghrhan meets ;his:7assu< : j-.!u'oath.the gloamin' atar at e'en." , 'An' that nicht! the gloamin' rtar didna shine on twa happier-^beirrs thHii Willie' ElsliuDdei; an': Nelly1 Blyfh. ' Newspapers. WHAT :IT' COSTS -TO E8TAT3LISH -kJIRSf-CLASS: NEWSPAPEa ITEMS '. ' FOB'ALt TO HEAD. ' -Fveryorie professing to have any acquaintance With affairs now reads his niorning newspaperi :whtch I is Bdnght fof- 88 eagerly in country :tbwns: and1 villages as jri larger centres'1 of population, in: these times a. Well; established newspaper generally represents the Work of .'a very considerable portion of a life tirae^ the'inVestment of a large amount of capital, tie expenditure of a ceaseless amount of toil. The papers that' have grown up with a community, whose names have be come " household words" among* them, are those- which axe gener ally in. most reqiest, if they are conducted in acoordsneo with the neceesitie* of tbiimes, and do not lag behind in the evr pressing race Sometimes a brilliant coup sends a journal to the front in a, coiripara-i tively short' time. But not' o ften. The old. favorites hare possession of the field, end are thus able to put lorth any exertion that may be needed to meet new demands, to overcome advancing competition or hastility. -. One;great cause of:tfce^ failure of country newspapers, is "tbe'.tardi-. ness and neglect on the pare of the subscribers': in payings the smalt price askedtfor-it; thus obmpeliing the publisher to borrow.;money' to :carry on his business; and>pay high Tate* of interest or keepeontinuaHy getting :-Now that publishers aro; obliged by: law Co: pay postage.-i in, advance orr^all papers sent from their -office-, the only way to conduct tbe business iproperly. and fairly would : be t(| demand joaytn-flrfvaTKV'froiii every to get us one dollar. There is a Vimit beyond which patience 'is not al virt.uo, and the only*way to deal- fairly with some men js to give them ' a' gentle reminder of their- indeb'tednes's'.through,the Cleik of, the "Division Court; ' and 'when they have paid the extra' rates for not'paying in advance,' and tlio Court fees besides, they will under stand, more fully how Ipiiblishers sometimes collect the debts- due them. " Whom, the shoe fits," Ac. , ets.,:and .*' a .wor&. to. thb wlso ia ^unicienfc.'.'.'; '":!'!.! r ,. Cost of the Strike.! - The riota.{ a Chicago Lara over, and it is well that they are jerrled so. soon. It- will' be still better if the leading rioters,.are dealt with so severely as to prevent a repeti tion . during the, present genera tion.. The experiment | was" too costly -to^ie soon repeated,; One can scarceiyfoot up ttfe cost yet ; but w_e.lbo|t"&t a fow'figures | which ,wiH* enable us to form some faint idea pf the extent to. which a. com munity ia affected by riot] inde pendently of -pillage or tbe destruc tion of human' life.": i '_ The Valuei'of the.live stock, grain, and "other produce; kept but of Chicago by the strike fipprojtunatea 2,300,000.j'The low pf trade to our dealers- i^i dry goods, groceries,, boots and > shoes,' clothing, J drugs, and other wholesale goods, iis not far from $3,CJ00,O0O mora';- and our varied manufacturing industries would have turned out 81,750,000 worth of products daring the time they bare been kept in forced idle ness by the mob. '%[_ ' ... Here is a {total, in round num bers, of $7,000,000. Ten per cent oftbisvould be ?700,000,| Lwhicir is rather an underestimate of the wagfls to workers and the j profits to capitalists who would! j' hare bandied the property. Adding the cost of calling out tbe military and tbe^spec'al police, with tbetaiueof -property that, was owned in Chicago but burned ia Pittsburg, and ,w% have a total of not less than $1,- 2150,000, or. an average of $2.50 per head of the entire population of the pity. ;.Jt" would be scarcely fair to count the. v/hole of this as net loss, though, eyen here, we -Lave com pensating disadvantages. Most of the produce will probably find its ;woy here within the next week or two, but ther result wQl not un likely lie an unsettling of questions that will be severelyjelt by some holders. Some of-i"the; retarded trade in roeichindise_wihl undcubt- subscriber; and seild to paper until it Arus first .paid'ifor. .The. man t edly b.e added to thenornial volumo chambermaids. A Carptet Dae by Telesraplir ""' Thet,Tr6y : "N6ftKSrti 'gudghViii the : i^esponsible '--'nLrratiir'.-of' tliit '.->' anecdote: , . . . . "."r"bri'Friday a Gei'ttiaft, sbrhewhat Vntoxica^d,'1>fcoaVaf!d,!the'r;B!ndfi6n ft!!v^r train'a't'-Jftind'irndbk'fo^-tlie , ;H corner ______ ____( j kfih soon in In'e'irmVc?MoBhetis:' "Oh awaking' he'VUeged \MM* leTB Tiis baggage at'Kiftdeftdcllratfa'askea a'ce ftiB, satcher-In '.'tie the depot master to forward it oV, 'telegraph to rGrenbusb." it'w'm Willie.' lQu,-:qHQth,:I,..' I dinua ken -wha 't ca.n,iie.,unless: it's; the sooter's widow or auld Bell Smith.' ! Oh, ye!re n tormentin' lassie/ quoth, be, ' but ;my sweetheart's name ia Nelly:Blytb; daeyouken her}' I .-.. :..-: u My tpngu6 ,bad-. been - waggin' prewy freely Afoi-e,v,but^as.sailor Jaok said ito.. his,;opponfentj; that Jaeld in-my jft-wWokle.- .WUlifidrew me in abbot j to i him* but to; tell what was! sai"di for: - the -. neist: half-. Louriwad be a jfiolation. o! >Ba6rcd {hings., Whanif'W'J/rtjsa.ifraaijour -seat, Willie an' ,mo; i weraJjpurjLd to love, safiihe ahoalder't-mytgirsej; sayin!' be J*ad;iae soma fun wi' my. mither jtben.iwelgaed-.iama. j;!r.:i:o; . At the.end ol.the house ird met jnyiqiithen.:! :,; -\J'. , \r.:u..'C. .ii.ji Mrs. Blyth/. .were.: Willie'si zst words. fiOur/Wi|luB|(laddie,' quoth shel.is this ybu'-pKthebirall.,ViDeed.is'tj answered bBjiSNell anil nte.iba'e been;:Courtih'., I; hope ye;:winna cast/onyicstUmbling-1 ijocka ;in; our way:'. f.ffhat'sj.a.fguidMlokd youj bae,'!qaaih my mither,-: evaaivriiyr *.JL .'griid .'IdadjVi'aays .thb-.rogue Jaughin', j bupte. ye .i.winria hdrt'er Nell and me to._-coortJi^i; h.;; !.;J My.mither.'nev.Bridreaajt'ihat jtfl wB;telling the;tr'nth;s a-joka^ saa slui jiisir^aid,:' TRq, aa^'.ianV jojincd i-igiellao^lu:. It iwaaitonuolcioob whan Willie aaid gdid-nioiUb toiaiy fathfrTWd-ffiitlieTir ^-Gwid;nioht, Wini^:MiTKey i'aitn i' 'Tikfcte ye back' iir-'u!* l"-lh"*"^*"'-,i*"'i*"^1 ' Nelry"; b'Ackf.agaihi; "-^WW 'bk-cW**' see' xr-i^Ha^eig^ ab^tn'aVvslie"S year^ or perhapRtwD'or three years, -with-; 'out paying' any thing: for it, and then arks or expects the publisher 'to-accept the'same price for. it asf though he bad-paid in. advance, is making n imjust request,: iand ~is not doing-as be rould others aliould. doUo him. -He is theTecipienfr-^of a loan without interest-, and 'every: dollar thus laying in the hands of subscribers is netting-a clear., loss to the; publisher'of from' 15-to 20 percent, per year. If delinquents, would only tako the treuble to think of these facts, it would por- baps:cauee tbem-t-o" act -more con sistently and pay-their just!debtB moro'pTomptly.; Judging from onr Owii - caso; we believe . that; every hewspaper could t>e; made pi ore in- fcerostihg and valuable to-.its- pat TOns/;and, we- feei snre,-!wo\ild::be, tf ifa patrons would-only pay. up and assistwith the: needful in 'the gatheiing. of importiint1 news'and payirig- fori expert- and; competent WritersTrtppn-its. dtafij ;~,:; There are no more enterprising and persevering men in the: world than newspaper-publishers,'- an<T few.'sb-.^badlyi.Tewarded- for- their .efforts and labors to please, instruct ahd-improve-the "people: .iThere is not a newspaper in the Hand -that pretends to aiiy fair tlsgreer of*d- ^edtability'and:: enter prise but is worth' ten':times-;thelaruoiint: of- its subscription to' its; read era: during the ytr if they bitt receive it and *ead it,fi'ie'm*rits^-i>i-:-; ; cfFake 'a'to.ay-'tlfe rtewapapersl from Xho town's and:village*; of C.nada, knd- one-iralf-of- them would sink into to tat obscurity, excepting to a | <&* vi& ithftliame^iatenlocalities; anjdwiBre.it not for the newspaper "niany ^>f them woaid ;npt yet' have come into < notice at all, t and buai liesa wjourd Wot bo' oneit'ventietb of ^hat it is'-to'day- iri them. '.And wbat' Wcmld be the condition of the pePpW :thH>tighont;- the -country geWerallyii^-We Vill not,attemi>t to descrlbe'the stiate of society with- dnt-tiywspapefs^; *th'picture-would not'be a pleasant, one, nor the con dition1 shb^n a desirable ona!. ^'Vtt"how:'lPthv-dome persons ,are to pay for their newspapars at all. Weickn'coiint'tiriono'ur books the naWefl^htffidrw8 whb owe us onp, twfflftuf tliree^bartr snbscriptions ^ thvVety "aoney^we eed iso much to carry on' our'-pttblipatiori, and which" justly belotigs to us; y-et daf s"tfhd .teWlils- and; even years ^b^*tid'^0' efibrt is ever 'made of Uhe immodiate future; Xiutrno small proportign of it i* lost beyond ^ ectill. The.same may be said of the lost industry, which-is nearly so, huipb.but of pocket both ito the ;employer and the employed. Pare it as: we .will; ,we can scarcely ^esti mate; tho net loss at lest than two dollars ' while many of the strikers, who aimed to better their condition, will find their in dividual losses to: foot up ' much uioi-e than the average. : .We'.'.might' moralize on this-rr showing that Che strike docs not pay the striker; and _lbst it isi a prini.e agtiiiist;iiinoeent people but -we-forbear. ' A single fact is woijih a'shiptoa'd cf argument, and the"; f;ict of a million.dollars lossy em'-: pliasizeiLby broken heads, empty stomachs, and demoralized, ward robes, will probably; plead power fully against! a repetition of the late attempt; which would be the height Of folly, if it were not cv\m\- VLiC\. Cliica<J6 Tribune. ' The high toned tramp. Yester day a gentleman residing in a neat, modest "cottage in the suburbs, . caught a tramp prowling about? his back yard, evidently trying to steal something. ' Why dou'tybu come to the front door if you want any thing V" indignantly roared tbjg.. piopri'etor." * That's what I. was I< oking fbr,[ was tlie impiilent re,- p|y.., 'Didn't you see it on the tlier side of the house J*, .retorted e gehtlemah-T 'How was I to: l^now that was the front door'} No silver door-plate, no telephone, no- statuary, no servant to take your hat and cane. Tell your boss there is a gentleman out here who"' tb waiting for his breakfast,- When the gentleman got back" with- his shot-gun tbe ttttrup' -was. iiot there anymore,; > \;. HI \-.'- "?*ii'a' i'..::!*ii.- iS; f=-:jfei--RfSir fc:^l- s'vtef\m I>mr1,' mm f I Mil -^ 0MSA w . -A very doubtful age -Sans-nge. Shopkeejier's science - wo man glories in her hair. Bntter glories iri.bpth.- ),. , \ . The-hiarij who keeps cool is"hap pier than tHe man who keeps sc^opi, ;ttiis weather. .:"-.- 'i.: - " 'f: ' ,Gien,eral Sevewyeaiitca would bp ith\ man to ibriiiff tbe RuEstttnS tip tO:the,ac.r*t^h.-,:, \-.._ .;.,:, A com pie nptoVD, who have :even children, named one of thua T^eophilaR, which is theophil i .'name in thy family. *!** * -. *^ W^ * H 1 . tfff-Wttittefe^fr. Ts.-

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