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.\'I 1)Rs 1'....:.'l The subsoriber has re-tted hp this Hotel` -and made it the pleasantest and most commo- vlioua House of,c|l1 of any country hotel in the Province. Good Meals, and Good Beds may be relied on. &so,.the Purestof Liquors and Cigars. Oommodious Snbling and attdntive Hoatler. v 47-ly. } METROPOLITAN HQTEE,` Lale"`Faslu'on Saloouz ll)1l0J Sh-..V[_ E-_ . Charles Cl.arlnoI3,; Propi-ietoxI.T. MEALS AT ALL Es. oyscrmzs IN. . ALL STYLES DURING run: SEASON. T The Bar is wm tockedwith the best of Wines, Liquors aggl Cigars.` " 50-ly Office, Police` Court. .j:-j--------- _ 15 ._W?fK. V.`?. iiarante,oAil;C~ }e$g:s2.6yea`a;gi_.hea,irrequiralg _ -; , . -v1-vuwvrn-`NH un \lt\|U{` ' ,. i / ---~ ' p-3" """'".__.... I f r n:=?`nnm11m- uuJ usceu wxtnout deduction . Security. Prompt payment, and Iiberality in ' adjuscment_ of its losses are the prominent features at this wealthy company. ` _ ` Fire and Life Policies issued with vm-v mm-.1 Luuuurcu Ul LX113 weauuy Policies issued with vry l/iheral conditions. ' HEAD OFFICE, CANADA BRANCH V V . Momuiaam. G. F. c. SMITH-, Aht Fm` nnmin:nn , ucuuu nutty Millions of Dollar-3.; Claims by Chicago Fire, estimsted at nearly 7 83,000,000, are being liquidated as fast as adjusted without deduction. ' Spout-hv Prnmnt n.u........s -...a v:L-;_u._ 2,. T1r1vmu>ooL. LONDON AND GLOBE INSURANCE coumznr. - > Available Assets, $27,000,000. Losses paid in course ot"l`hi1-ty-ve years, exceed Forty, Millions of Do1Iars.g by Chicago Fire. entimm-a at ......1.. lllallllllli IIUUIIIB 1|)!` [)0l](!I'( Travellers. GOOD STABLING AND SEEDS. Free Buss to and from all Trains. h D A D A n'r1"n~r USEPH ROGERS, 7 , ' . [late Clerk in County Registry Oico] Conveyance:-, Commissioner in Queen s Bench, Auctioneer, Appraiser and Commission Agent. for the sale of Houses, Lands, `Farm Szock, Household Furniture, Goods, Wares,`&c. Also for the collection ofRents, Notes and Accounts, z'Gash advsnccs made on goods left for Sale. 01mcn-Pomc: Coum, Bsnzn. II. ,g'L\, , \I.` LL11 I.,\.\4I\AL.LJ\JJ.LI.lJ \.IJv. D .\Ic(l:ll Uui\'cr.s'it_v .\iontre;Ll. .VIe1n~ r loyal (`ullcge <.f .\`urgc-ulus, E11g1a.m1' 1`.)er ()u?'L-_-gs l hy. Ont. lr::~'Im:\ I-1-h1H;u1knf (',`ommerce Build- over .".l_-ss1'.'~4. .\':mr1crs .l<-wellcry Store, wo dm'.=s \'\"cst of `the B-zxrrie Hotel, en .L v.......'.. 10.1.; u unmr UUNSTABLE,` Otce Police Court. Barrie. ,oM1Nm:1o`T;, Jos.noGi;;XbvEnT|snMENTs I -`-/~/\f\.\/V~I\I\f\/\I\(\I~'\q.\.\r-a\a\4\/v\.\4\ Q A ._ vi` TERMS: {OYAL STANDARD HOTEL, [`UROPEA.N.-E()TEL. :r..n; A- -.. K [osmpa nah: |...1, :. OS; ROGERS , oarmr uoxsunnm, County of Sinio, Itce -- run `In `Cr , ` " of nngideacriptionaxu thtls`mos t_ 3 V rensona e emu, nu wit V . ' `fulllmennf ` ztri` g,n11a *a.i2s ;sana3i: ;% run-mp `J1! Lute oflhe ` _ _ _,`.~- /In prejaared to dndertake tho\ nnttinn in` nf - ---_. -.. vu 'r2\ nf nnn 1111--.... NK L2-.. _,. Ax- _ I n. ul0lIll_l. - Late of the Vnctona Hotel, Barrie. J, 3. eo`:iif,\ I8 Drafmv-mi in v|`nt1'AInGn1rn cl... Vol. XXV. MARKET SQUARE, . uu onurn-, Chief Agent. for Dominion. _ J OSEPH ROGERS, ice` 0nmr_ A'......o u..-..:.. 5: $1 per year 1n advance; ` uuuu IIU ll'lUl'l puttlng m" of \. \..,,-,.-V,.m~ V cc.-\1:,THY, W13 8} BEPLER BARRIS. - TERS, .-xmmeys. 5011C1to_rs, `sic, Bame Ont. _ `_ 'AltoIx.\IcCaI-tIi.\'a Q.C. W1ll1a1nBoys, LL,B, ` zmcis E. I . 1"3I l"r' Francis Rye. - , -v`\'\T('\\7 .-._, .A..LV . .LA.\'.l.JJ1J. (Lat Ocean.) r;na\Jl\II, A 5 VIII IIIIII " Bxchnnge,7_' Cookslown. _-_-: l.l'U1ll 11.11 .1. FLIIDS. D. FARAGHER, `pr-nnrintn `H Agent, Barrie. \ .l.l..IH.I.\I, Proprietor. '\r\'VtVnvv\r\'\r 1|HOS. MOORE, BRI C.KLAYER,' - Stone Mason and Plaste fer, All work done cheaply, promptly, and s atisfnction gum. mxlteed. Residence-Just `oelow Dymc-nt s M111, Elizabeth Street, Barri e, _ 10.1y q .--_ -.- . .-...-- yo , dry. 17-y ` M. MACEY, BU ILDER, CON- TRACTOR, Plastc rer, `hf All Work done on the shortest notice and m able terms. Satisfaction gum-ante V > dress-Bayeld Street, He 81' the Barrie _.j..__. _ reason- V 1 uvxtun unuu, ' U Carpenter, Builder, 81.0. ' Begs to announce to the public thathe bu completed his . R 1` Ta`. A M D n m 17` D '-`*1-l$"1 I-\JVVI`1.[\. and Machinery for the manufacture of DOORS. SASHES. BIJNI )8. MOULDING, &c' M15 is P1`P31'9d t0 P91! these article sat the - lowest 3 rice. Ill IIIHITI III] HITII III nnnnnlnnnna. ainlllllI|l\u'luI|InlI|l|InlIuO'|-" __.....-. r1'11'I"\1 T\~Tf`I'I I 7111'.` A t`1I'1`l.1`l') l`\`!1V 31' uuunuua uuu V1 ura 0! ED] Kind recei ed sud ` _ V advanced upon. ' - Uonnlomous Pnnnsrs Fox was S'rosuxo oy Goons SA LES KW` AT.T. 'I`t rune u n u 1:: 0 A L A up Goods consignedo his care * of to the best: __o3ib1e.ac Tt'\Il\ ,"l! nu. lowest ri PLAININGOF E1li ;._l i)'ESGlPTl0N.| Lqvsuvxfu DA. VVLLVG Dressed,ant1 Tongued and Grooved every description, alwmya on Ide to order. Barrie. July. _.._._. V v:-- -u-voOV II Q Announces the opening of the above est nblinha ment,?nnd!ao1icits the public patronage. Goods. Furniture and Warns of any kind recei xcd sud advanced anon. V--...w:.4J.Lv1t1\1'4IVD (Y ' Keep nlwajgs on hand a large supp'1y can and other COFI-`INS V-with and Plates, `and the hamlsomes in the County. Funerals. fun good st_'v1es.,'m the shortest notice 1easm`.a.l)le terms. ' D..y._...., 1`- -.v__y-.. niransi .41.: all`: iMonnow's Amman Mint Amn ' CDMMISSIUN % RUUMS, NEXT` DOOR 'm 'l|Tl4`. MADVDM nnv-nu. In returning thanks to the people of Barrie and surrounding country, for their liberal patronage since locating in this town, would call the attention of- the public to the fact that he is daily producing some of the Fiiimsr RESULTS IN THE AM` or PIIOTOURAPHY that can be desired. (Princlpav operat- ing done by J. ST]-]PliE_Ns). Every one is speaking of. the Fine Results and Cor- rectness of the Work. OLD, FADED and IN- FERIOR PICTURES, whether ' on Glass, Paper or Daguerreotype [Plzgtes, Co ied,' Re- duced or Enlarged to any size. aving at great expense employed an Artist of high re- p_uta.ti'oii foi:IPrinting and Retouching, (former- ly for many years at Notman & Ewins To- ronto,) he is determined to let nothing` but First class VVork to go out of his Gallery. N,B.-Splen(li(l Views of the Town of Barrie always on hand. A large selection of Beautiful Pictures on exhibition in the Gallej,-y, where the public are cordially invited tq . . . . 00111" and bring their friends, and examine the work: ' .TnnN' 'lLi1~.-ans... E w.z.L1\_r.-.J.l..lJA..l.'.l-.I..I:JlVb5 . \...mu ..unu uulls. B.u'rn:i.n STRm-".'r, , _. if .{___ 45-ly. ivEsL1`s"i _-_-__ ._::.:.__.__---'.' `\. `I, ,......____ :-2' _ Mns. sniairng. moons, (`.A]1TN"l7 I"Al .\ Y. TV`l\n n .--.-- ___ MOBB.0W'S may M AND COMMISSION ROOMS. h-ti-1: 1 _ second Hand _l`urnlturo,. _ . Stoves,- ` " cllor V" " slelglu, `_f W8lm`I. , 3-` . " llarneI5AsIngle]A, FOR _ s'_4LI-J _C I .'1:AP *1`Q1>. c_AsH,. ~ T A I_lI!'nou [l)cu,b4leJV % scs1is>it F 4, %0%HN; iM';-9%'TLB"9 W '5 '01r1rtc1c-Mulcrnter-fg {-21-eet, nearly the Roman Catholic Church, Barrio. .-Bu`!-ink Dan "IA;-1. Io-H raW~sm;:; lo`. ,:e`c8l-l.P' - V Mv}:W;`h#;:`49?. 17' j .5..!Y`-`}_'.fr;,`j,,g1;,a9.. A*}v*?" % J"*`_.u.1I19-"j `1 EO.~ ASHTON AI 1 (J Appiaiaer, ma 'v *."TIm5ER~ .i px`ompt1y_utt_a'nded`to =-_ .~!`'- ' 411 0'59" try. Mchimes mm`. q,.n_e1thr town or coun- `u|' A. I, . ,=A- .-d`sioandutiafp.ctibngua'r- sawing Maw ~43`?-* for -*.1ebMed;$mnr ,3'i.i'r.~..'Jaz ;.;~47l!-_- V soxcellent <._ -- ---vri IIIIIII II CABINEPMAKERS & UNDERTAKI-IRS Keen nlwnw nn I......: .. 1..-..- -._____"l, . ---.....v-.a . v'uu1|.`u.LI1 l-IIU vi_-IMPERIAL, (or: Lormox, Examxn.) ~ 3 6 1 L 1 t QUEEN 3 5 3 0 I I ' LAN CASHIRE, ` ` ` ` `PROVINCIAL . (on CA1\'ADA,) ISOLATED RISK, % CANADA LIVESTOCK, "insures Horses and Cattle against D1,-ath by Fire, Disease,-or Accident. _ 7 V muuumuus raunsrs FOR STORING Goon SALES AT ALL TIMES, Enoda cnnaio-nndn his man; mm l. _ ;g___-_ ALEX. MORROW, -LwI3Nsm>- .AIIc1r1oNEm:.+ L".'""..'u. ........................................... ..; ---- .. -. [ERR HEINRICH, TEACHER 0 113...... T4`.-nah: Tnuunll rvnn nn flu -' .`. A tI()'l`I() N(E l.:R.. ` Bu-,rie,Nov.`z4tr 18'14._ A _ Luau uauuuuc U! mrcn, ':g;1-Vie, Dec." 16th., 1874. .::*- 1NsURN IEORGE BALLT I` r `Xfx. - nmnnows9 .u)_v'rs. - v~s;~.\.-vx.-.An4\..s.\.-\.ss.ss~.-vs x.-\,~.vv~~.-sa.-.5-...u.... .-..__._....... Mr. J oh-1-1__1VIorrow. mnncaa the omanina n! n... .5--- --. ..\_\ i[omm::ms.` sCB.0L'I.--E-AWING Red . am? 'l`nn'onnd am! nu-m.....a `pr V PRINTED F`-ND P'UB1Jsha:1'; mm TyunsnAYuvn`N1ra, 5`.-n Tnwn n! D. ...n _. LVIQIV-Ii. MIORROW; n\a--__, JUSTICE IS THE GREAT, BUT sxmrm Pnxncxrnn, BUILDERS. .3; Pusnugn vuuu. LU `runs MAH.KE'J Comma STBBETLBABBIIE. Lue UEHI _Q3lD1e.aqvan1_a,~e. Join?`-w. MORI ;o w A Ixnnnnmn A ....-.. ..-_ . . ~- ----------~ -.uu worm. _ JOHN STEPHENS, posite McCarthy`; Nay Block. I Agent foi-T 1 -. -._-.._ AN!) , OOUNTY S1-MCQE GENERAL ADVER'I.`ISER. 24 -w. Muru LOW, | Auctioneer. A pp:-ais'er, &c. ' ,','_. . .-n MAS LOWE, Butcher and Poulterer, S toinform the public tbathe has taken he will carry on the abovebulinesu. . s.Deaember 11th. 1867 60 No. 5, in the Market House, `Barrie. md largef I)-f.;\1ner_i IOFFINS Shrouds, hamlsomest Heznse I-`unemlsa. fm-..:=1....1 ;.. . Apply to """_" *1 LIIIIJIJ. I will b 5 digpoggd ib1e.dVan1 Lap`. JV Mnnr .n rn { thefoeivipg ~` nun-_- . coxfulns ! ' - 6-tf I Bmxmz. _ _.____,__...___._. ._.._ nnununlxu.-.w nezuse t!s. furnished m notxce and most T A. Monnow. PPOnite d,a.nd .5er,| Ovearcoats . . . . . . . . . . . 00 Pea Jackets. ; . . . . . . . ,$3 50 Tweed Suits of Cloths. . .$6 00 White Blankets, per _pair.$2 50 Grebe Sets O0 ; MARRIN B :R._0g;ERs. Yibnncmnrnsnn-mrnrn an-ma! vvarx. as ** ** **'-*` '-*" "7 Cgqsisting Cjf NEW Teas. Seasons '75 and `T6. at prices hitherto unknown in this County. lea. tha_t 1s` usually sold a}; Que Dollar for Sixty Cents. TH IS IS GENUINE. Fruits of " all kmtls, SUGARS, b\RUPS, .l`OBACCOS, SOA] `S, and full lines of everything renuisite for :1. f`lru't.-111545: CPDPBF ..v hnnhmcm. Country Merchants, Hotel Keepe;:J:;, Large Buyers, and Grangers treated at Toronto, Wholesale Priqeav. AC'all Solicited. Barrie, -U. ALSO A SPLENDID STOCK OF : ' ee7~@GI:ooEn1Es%Ju ;u_:_n}1vmoRF um ll0L|DAYSes- REMEMBER THE P:"2A-CE:-- West End of the Neya Brig]: `Bloc/cf North Side Dunlap Stret, lung reqummg venermary mun. me Pow Jets, Healing Oil. 'c., will be ry efhcacious, and are sold by J. P. ugggist, &c.,B9.rrie. Orders promptly in. Jtc-`ll(llC'lL'(' ."\ l:1v, V VHL. -I . 31.11,` Kn` rm-'.'..|. 1"._ lC.\1\' I .\'.\', Silver ,\lx-.'.;Lli.~.t 'l'->1~x-mm; l'ni\ --------.__:0: R`1_l@nmm ?aIh. IF1rc:@ I_. w. 1m@ 3:n@@(O)rmIly., N0 TROUBLE To t-3_H-OW G:80DS.-EIVE US A CALL. ,v __ ,_ ___7.j uv exit! Beg to announce tqfzheir manyfriends and the general public, that they lxave entered into a co-partnershxp m the above line, and have just opened out a. complete stock of A 'n.__1_- ,1 my n 't- - [gnaw nnvj nouns sibif. 'G'ent s Fm'm'shings,.` _, `W _, _____,`_ __. -.._, .....,. .. ......, ....u ...u; Juyu uycuuu uuu u. uuulpleie stocx OI Staple` and Fancy Dry Goods, ' ' Dress G'0o`ds,. Shawls, Jllantles, V * R ea dy-Made - Clothing, 'I"f_-,;9, TN ' 7' Ba`.rrie,_Ontario,%`Thursday, January 6 1876. h`Hetrusts'hy strict -attention to the wants of his `customers, and a, determination tn always place before the best value the Markets U617? fWm'-$71: 10 W3 .cwe `a generous and hearty sup',"0W`f7'0 m an 0'2" p7'eciajive public. I-'-B AVVLEY: ex: DEVLIN. 5m%R :.a1m~s 5 Ur` nx-1m;u.5 ANU ua [xuna hing requining Veterinary Skill. Hie Dnzv barn, Fhmlintr Oil, &n..wiH be AND `LARGELY ADDED TO IT EXTENSIVE PUR- ' CHASES `FROM THE Begs to z'ntz'mate to the zhhabiicmts of Ba1'n'_ and suwozargding Country that he has permanently located z'n`;Brm'ie in the store formerly occupied by I `Q nu-Ii .11-A-up , November 1 46`GENTS 6N THE |:voLLAR A. N. c+1iAHAm. '-TI-IE EN'I'IRE- Annmxnm rm smms sm M@mam Emtmmms &@L0L, J OFTORONITG. DRY GOUDS STOCK Dio$t nicf of to in ~i!_}n1iIe"lltotel. CALL` AND INSPECT. .\' +145-x`1"1` .2 FJ.A\l.-'{,1.\ .~:, 71>'i{'f. `n`i .\ \'\' xv-m...n.: ml .\......n.`.hnuu-u WHOLESALE BANKRUPT mm CA. N, .l..lII...L.V .lJ..I.l) \J .1. .LJ.. Yywunwnoslsnncn aaunc zncnioazuna -1 '.T...HAv1NG PURQHASED. .A'11`:w-;;,. v, 0 1 Lu.) 1 -1, LUDAUMUB, DUAI `B, anu Illll requisite for :1. rsbclusa Grocery business. T un- , 1875. 1~Iamherm q'ered in BARBIE l.'1JI\:LVl\JLVo ,: 'y." me: begs to inform the iunmnmnts on and vicinity, that his office is at P. 0. , SonL'\ Simcoe, and the.` he is ared to promptly attend to all 2 nw m`un. AND (`.A'I"I`T.E V -:The Pnbiic can depend upon` 2, mp mg wnonn sncnm: or succnss IN ALL GOVERNMENT._ _MAMMom HOUSE,] I---u-n-, 202 WA'I'$O ng an immense Stock of Goods on hand, bought :2 1 unusual low price, we wnuld call the attention of our customers to the remarkable cheap rates we are now selling than, such as AJFGHNVJ` WATSON. Mink Sets. . ... . . . . . . . $10 00 Ladies Seal Jackets. . . . .581 50 Sha7lSoooouooooo oaoooo$1 Men's Stoga Boots. . . . . . .82 00 I Ladi-es Balmoral Boots. .$l 00 EAIIIRIE. RFCQ K0 prunlpuy 8.II.I1(l 10 all S OF HORSES AND CATTLE |..:.... ........:.-in V.u..-in...-u Q1.-:11 Flin FRA WLEY 9% DE VLIN. 4-6-ly msxde; Tha.t`ouly 2: door, `a. slender door, Should keep from the rich the thoughts of ` the noor. ..u_y eyes xruzu we warmm arm the hghtl s)uuu1uK(:8pIl`On1`l5l1C men the thoughts or poor. When she sleeps warm on her down bed And all but me from the streets have ed, I curl myself on the Ste) outside, And dream of a. time w en no door shall hide, 9 The poor in their grief from the rich in their bride. ~.L.uu puur xu men` gnel; xrom me men in them __ pride. But I wake and return to my home-the street, And my only friends--the wind and the sleet. Ah Maud, I only Wish he would i come and tell you, sighed Guy, "`furI f feel quite sure that he meant this place I to be mine, and he was not the man to neglect so important a matter as making a will. I am suretthere is one, for one day, when I asked him who ` my father and mother were, he told me I'shou1d know at his death; but, till then, (lite tlltad sworn I should never know; an t are was no word of ex- plantation in his letters or papers. Have you ever searched that room thoroughly to see if there is any secret cupboard or drawer? I lave fancied sometimes that he may ave concealed` his will. It is so very, very hard to have to leave you for years and years, till I can make money enough to take you for my wife; and to know nothing ofmy parents and family is so gelling and mortifying! 1.1} in all nnaaru and vrnnhln ...~.A ,, ,.-,_ ......u. .v .\.\.-u No love, no home, no re, no'bed, But misery, want, amleold instead ; Out in the street in the biting frost. With my heavy hair wetly and wildly tosl: ; With my feet on the cold unloving stones, And the wind of Heaven freezing my l)0llIS : Out in the darkness, hid from the light, While she sits warm by the red lirelight. Oh, that only a. door should hide My eyes from the warmth and the light ` inside ; I scarcely `lgeurw I nea3Tl- m T0031. entering once more by the sit- ting-room window, but with no though; of ghosts this time, and slowly and silently passing up the staircase and _\lottg the moon4lit picture gallery. ] locjked my tioor, lighted my. candle, with ,:- dull instinctive movement, and inging { my bat and cloak sat down on the side Of lh (Jed. too stunned, rebelled even to cry. too utterly v.` V Again and again 1. `P53t9d $110 Words. He is gone, he is gone. for years if not for ever, but they {lled t0 309- vey any impression to my 333115: and I remember wondering to myself I"hYh| I was going mad, when I found that` I was watching with real interest the struggles cl 9. y to release itself from the wax of my candle on which it had foolishly settled. Let the world-worn, hard man or woman laugh as they will at love. troubles and the follies of youth, there is nothing like them- when the heart in its warmth and sea- , shes; is torn and wrung by the in- t ity of its woe, when every feeling is at its strongest, and life looks such it . weary, weary length. Truly has Hood written- Of all deep sorrow; of true hearts, The crowning anguish sure is this-- When love from love in silence parts ` With.one long, lingering kiu.- , -,- I-A _.--L _-__.._, ....... vnnv nub-uu, She with her dainty shoes tapping the oor, I with my bare feet livid and sore ; She with a love:-_ to hang on each tone, I with no father, no mother-alone; She softly tended, and loved. kept Warm. She kindly guarded, and shielded from harm: I by mysel , in the sleet-cove:- d street, Hungry, and rugged from head to feet. `Y1 - xuuull no out suluus uuu luul Luyrug; `-ltis all nursery, and trouble, and sorrow," lburst forth, while my lips quivered; and all because this wretch- ed will can t be found. indeed I would gladly see Cousin Anthony s ghost, and speak to 1!, if it would save us this parting and misery. H'I`|\uf la nll nnnnnnun l'\l'ano-HA In u IIIIJ I-llllllllla QIIJ IIIIQUIJQ That is all nonsense, Maudie, re- turned Guy, sadly. Ghosts are. no- , thing but old women s fables; but I do , wish you would hunt tlmt room well , over to see if there be any secret hid- . ing-place. Loo`; in that great deep cupboard where he kept all those old Indian stuffs and bre mats and t:ays, and a lot of other humbugs. I do not leave the. Cliords till late tc-morrnv evening; so that, if you do find any- thing, you would have time to let me know. But I think that idea is about as wild as your ghost; and we may as well make up our minds to part bravely, and to wait patiently. It is a very black cloud, but the sun is still shining behind it, and will come out at last. 1 must go now, my darling. I null nnl cnnnlt nf tho ncn-lino` \1'l1inln .She at the window, It in the street. Shivering wi h cold in the wind-driven sleet ; She with the" ife,-and the wfamtlx, and the light. V ` mm; mm meme,-ant! the wfamth, an light, J , I inthe darkness, outaide, with the run ... . 1 [uugu 5|) LIUW, Lu] ualuu-5. I will not speak of the parting which followed. Even now, looking back through so many years, I can recall all too vividly the wild agony of mind in which Iremmed to the house, after leaving the only being in the wide world who threw any sunshine on my life. It was indeed one of those part- lugs- 0...I. ._ ....-..,. IVILIL-urw suns, nu5n.u5 aw... ., Happy are those into whose lot such : crowning anguish" never comes ! ` [1 Curran IIL, AND LAST. - I do not know how long I sat there, ` bewildered end stupied with grief, ' but-I think it must have been for more than an hour, for my candle had burnt * quite low, and the moon had gone over _theAhouee,.when I- was startled byi low ` ml, at the door. . _- ct\:'.'ho ie there!" -I asked qmokly, mtga! mg 1100:. n , ' cv"h0 I! there! I q lckly, < naggg xelieved tqhear yrs. ardy 1 mpg, in 3 lowivonoe, I'.s on! me, . Miss Manet. lam com? l0 806 F30" -` ll "ht." . V u'a'|a.....rlI ipnun and gmimr to t door. COUSIN ANTHONYB WILL. how can I he otherwns are_o.ur1gnI.' , Slos:ly I rose, and gems to t 't. . P?Bh,'1'm all right. Hardy. V bitterly, quite wool! and V6 happy. Lita looks so bnghh 9 _ `L 0` J0) : ulJ....|.- -I...-cl. `K? V nun` Lip] Oh: _ Hus4h,l_msh. MI woman. kindly. I '.`2;`i{ :.', at tganitaglingin 1 -5 in` the lighof the A 6` ha hmiin and INIDE AND OUTSIDE. Such as press ; life `ram om; ygr_t'z~g' hearts. . . , ;""-L. .j.-_r-fT_ .xox .2 L_+..\NQX. ATTORNJ mw, SuIiL`1~"'5 1_ Chancery, Em. '():cc above Post Office '1 l`1`;l- ' me Hg-Ill`-,_0l mu v r. be and` night ; No. 1. Whole No. 1249. She turned away, and I closed the door, but not to sit smuned as before ; The spell was broken, and inging myself on my bed, I for some time i cried as if my heart would break and i then rose, lighted the o'l~er candle, and proceeded slowly! undress. Just :'.'S-I was about to geriuto bed, Guy's Request came to my memory, and taking up my candl-a,oI; proceeded to `make a careful investigation of the room. p.-, r u. . luv `.51. Cerefuliy l searched the great ward- robe, the heavy writing-table with its many drawers, the toilet table, almost as cumbersome an article, but in vain; no private drawers, no secret spring rewarded my palm. I sounded the window seats and walls with equal want of success, and then approached the great closet of which Guy had spoken. My heartbeat fast as I stood before it and heard the clock in the hall strike twelve, for ifwas drop and gloomy, full of Indian stuffs and curio- sities, among which was a drinking- cup formed of a skull, some hideous Indian gods, and other equally discern- tting sights for a nervous imaginative girl in the dead ofgight, "What nnncmnenl" I m..u,....,l On ..... Sun In sun ucuu Ul upgnl, "What nonsense!" I muttered to my- self, angerly; v:l1nta horrible onward I am ! I wonder what Guy would say if he saw me trembling here, and per- haps I may nd the will and prevent his leaving me at all. I would see Cousin Anthony's ghost for that, now that it has come to the point." Careless nfthp hnrch .......o:..,. -3 .1... uuuu in nu: UUIHU |U U10 POIUC." Careless of the harsh grating of the key in the lock, and the unearthly squeak of the little-used hinges, l ung open the door, and entered the cupboard. What a dark, deep, mys- terious-lcoking place it was! Great heaps of heavy stuffs with tarnished gold thread and faded crimson and blue, Worked in grotesque flowers and gures on the coarse brown ground, funny carved wooden boxes, and broken ivory ones, an eleph:int s tnsk, the head and antlers of-a great Barah Sing or Cashmere stag, resting against the wall,rmusty books, the grinning six- armed gods, and ikthe s'lver~n1ouu'ed dcalli s head; there they all were, just as I had seen them many times when Guy had brought me, a trembling girl, ` to pe.-p at all "Cousin Anthony's curio- sities. petient. There are far greater troubles than yours in this world. You're both too young to be so d_ownhenrted'. He'll - make a U 1-tune, and come back for you; * only pluck up spirit, and don t fret It s one more hep} iness taken from my life also, but Ihave passed the time when any earthly grief can make me grieve. Likely enoughlshall never see him again, for I m old and p etty well worn out; but life is long for the likes of yon.- Go tovbed, miss, and pray for Slmllglh to be brave and patient. ru- ~uvu..:o '-faking no notice of the great, dull thumps of my heart, I proceeded with my investigation, moving the stall". feeling the wall.,and opening the boxes, but in vain. Onue I nearly screamed` aloud, when a great bre screen, or fan, tumbled suddenly on my head; but I pei-served in my search, and gave itup reluctantly at last, leeling that all hope of ever nding this mysterious will was at an end. uT.. J; ..____L A I r 11 111 - Sada gmdgiivy form; bnt all was silent will "us an an Gull. "Is it nowhere to be found? Was it really never made? Oh, Cousin An- thony, come back only for five minu- tes, and tell me where it is l" I cried, half-aloud; I will not shrink from you if you will only tell me tint Guy is your hair-!hat you have not left him utterly penuiless, and allowed us to love each other only to be parted now. Can you not speak one word to me, to spare us all this misery? I paused, half-expecting, in my olish excitement, lo hear a voice or as ;1,e,g,av5'_1.nd I vaturnel to my C \ room, rolocked 1'9. ..5}- 'd'd and creeping into beJ,r4"aOf; ,i?'1ByE eYf ` to sleep. Fnrn Inna Hrnn fnvr .3vnoA'fhu morn \` - 1.)[1l.I.J4L'J.I., V J] L JQJLU L 332 o NAIIY Surgeon, and Gm yaluate of (intario \-'ct;e1'ina1y Col- lugt-. (mice and Stnblczs one door East nf the Connncrciznl Hotel, 1).,. R`! In BU DlUU'IO Fornlong time my dreams were confused and bewi dering. I was in Guy s arms, and Bertram Compton was dragging me away from him; then Iwas standing on a sea-snore, and _Guy, in a tiny boat, was tossing on the great boisterous waves, that threat- ened each moment to engulf him, while my step-mother, waving a great parchmentwillin herhand,was taunting us, and laughing as the distance be- mean us grew each moment wider; and again and again I started up from my pillow with a struggling cry of terror, only `to drop asleep once more, and dream `fresh horrors. 111'` _.:II .....o ..... o- ..|........ ......i.. '7 I nab! nnu ulcuul. ucau uuuulu. I will not go to sleep again," I said to myself, as I lay trembling with the iudescrieble horror that one experi- ences on awakening from a nightmare. If I stay awake perhaps Cousin An- thony wi'1 appear to me and tell me ` where the will is." Q- I I.....O -Inch anus-.. -.l.I- n-nun Gray` WHUIU IIIIU Will 13. 1 S01 kept my eyes wide open, xed, I as far as I could tell in the pale gray light that the lright night east through I ma blinds, on. the mysterious cupboard I doorfrom which I felt sure he would I ' emerge. I felt quite proud of myself, o( my anxiety to see a. ghost; and my xed determination to address it,l , who had till now shrunk from the ', very thought. Ipictured the triumph . with whiohl should produce the will, 1 and dispatch a message to Guy to tell 1- him that he was owner of Compton v Tracey, and note homeless, penniless wanderer; the forbearance and kind r condesoeosion I would show my step- ; mother, when we changed places, and 1 _..o . |.../ mu. miatmn of this arnnd ,I.n\-Q uv-uv V `Suddenly I became aware that I was l watching a pale shadowy blue gure that stood in front of the cupboard 4 door! Igrew cold all over, and my heart but violently as I strove in vain . to tune on 'ont1lne; tall and thin it was, but always moving so as to elude my I endeavour to detect 1:: form; now I bending forwexd,_un1 waving..e_long- 3 thin am, now riung to my wry topic! 1 the doc: and slowly mono; Its-heed ln0UlBI', Wll'Ju W3 Uuuugcu yxuvva, uuu }I, notshp: was misuess of thus grand FD . `u A -- .1 .1 And 32 00 if not paid in advance. `cut lulu-Auu e I was sent with the children and gove-rness'(wl1o had only arrived the ' lay before, poor thing! and moaned and wept as if it were her own house, and all her worldly possesstons in the H 1mea,) to the gnrdener s cottage across the yard, and sat in the window-sill, watching the great red tongues that were darting out of two windows, and lhv black forms hurrying to and fro. All the village was by this time aroused, and on the spot; and, under Mrs. Compton s directions (for even my father obeyed her in the confusion of the moment,) the flames were at length got under, after having cont- pletely destroyed my room, the mys terious cupboard, and an empty room adJo1ning. A thick black smoke took the place of the ery tongues. and rolled heavily forth through the windows. the shouts and cries were over, and men were only busy in pour- ing buckets ot' water on the smoulder- ing embers, to prevent a second out- burst. rnl ,,, r -I I` me, causing me to gasp for breath. . I lay still, watching that`, terrible, vague, blneish form, and its strange weird contortions, and heard the clock strike two witha mingled sense of relief and terror. Suddenly I bright light shot up from its feet. Brighier, brighter it grew, red and glurin , and, starting up in bed, I knew t e truth, and shrieked aloud, Fire! F l The wild cry echoed t . fgh me still house again and again as I ed along the passage, rousing the starled inmates, who ocked towards me in (ery stage of undress; and in three minutes the stillness of night was ex- -zhznged for shouts and cries, the roar- ing and crackling of the ames, and the hosrse call for Water !" 1u.. ..o.... .......r.-_ --__- .I. I I ..1u uvllluu unll IVA VVB|UI I My step-mother was the leader-and mthorlty, quiet and selbposscssed iirectmg and encouraging the men, and displaying a courage and presence of mind that raised her for ever in my estimation. .,,-.u .. ....- \J\J.LLI'4|," v 14.L4.'J_1.ul..L\4_1.Lv.n. .2011, Graduate Ontario Veterinary 150, Fire and Life Insurance Agent. , West Side of Mary Street, close ; s (irocery, Barrie. _ 45-ly uulo-o Then, for the i-st time, it occurred i.o me that I had been the origin ofiill this mischief, and my heart sank, for I could not throw offthelile long pleasure of grinding poverty, and I {alt as if this destzuctiono! my failie. s property wan-. next door to ruin. hi my search loi the will 1 must have draped a spark lroni my candle, which, falling on tlw ilry lndian maltings and stuffs, had quickly caught fire; and the blue, shadowy form which my excited inm- gination had determined was C(JllSln Anthony's ghost, was nothing more nor less than the blue smoke atealing under the door and ascending towards the ceiling. Dnnr nan If cnnrnnrl an if-nu 0-nuklnn -.:....._._-.:&....' backwards and forwards; and though I could see` no white, I fancied Idelectcd the; ~ and rustle of parchment, ` f :_._.- - : held the will. Was it cumin ` n oriy s ghost? My heart beat so-violently that I could hear rt ;-and a cold dew gathered on my brow. In vain I strove to speak; my parched lips refused to obey, and u rmribla sense of suooatron came over causing I hm grin I-uatnhinn nu... e.....:LI.- UCI|Iu5~ Poor me! 1t seemed as ifmy troubles were never to end. _Shuuld I ever hear the end of this? -v'ould not every little wash, every lutle indulgence he stopped by the reply that my father could not afford it after that re? \l".- L---` -_..|- ..._.I _,., A . uulllu IIUI vnuunu AI. all-U1 IIIBF IIICZ ;\Iy heart sunk, and great tears gathered in my eyes, while a weary, beaten-down feeling came over me, and :1 half wish that 1 had;slept on, uncun scious of the dreadful death that was stealing towards me, and thus escaped my many woes. QnrlrInnIu[cn1n a full nnrn nnnrnnnh my ` Suddenly Isaw a bull gure approach- ing the cottage with a qulet, deliberate step which lknew only too well, and utterly forgetful of the strange appear- ance I had in a thick dark pcttioou? and scarlet opera cl9aLmLe_r__my night- dress, and :33 Kurt oating wiT3Ty'tre-r x_._1ys dt1lders, I rushed towards him, V `exclairning Guy ! oh Guy, take me M away; lcannot stay here. I an! the - house on re looking for the will, and I they will be so angry. Oh, take me away with you ! HM`: nnrun HIGH: Jnvllnn Ln rnn':.J luau y VV U03- HVVIIJ Wnlu ,vu a My poor little darling, he repiied, clasping me close to him, you cannot wnntto go more thanl wish to tako you, but it is utterly impossible. I have not enough to` support myself, for less .1 wife. I had a_ notion that you had had something to do with thin. Poor child, it was my fault for telling" you to look for this foolish will; Never fear, Maud. they will not be angry. On the contrary your father and mother are congratulating themselves that the. old rooms are burnt, and can now be. made us good as the rest of the house- Cousin Anthoav preferred them as they were. But I must not stny,`my own. It is just four o olock, and Arthur Clifford has already gone home; only I stayed to see that you were safe. n. 1 us iiefore 1 could svpeak my fzgultiher, in his dressing-gown, . V approached us, looking somewhat excited. Chlnu 7 In: nvnInlnnA Lu:--.Il.. ur IUUBIHE OUIIIUVVIIIIE VAUIICCIO Guy, he exclaimed, hurriedly, [ have been looking for you. One of tho men have just found an iron reprool- box, in the wall of the old cupboard, where it must have been hidden, and. it has your name on the 113. Will you some and open` it. I have put j: in the library, and I am anxious that you should open it at once." (`Thu Inll rlnul T 1...]! --..-__....I_ 3|IU|ll|l UPUII IL Cb uuuc. The W3: Guy!" I halt-screamed; it is Cousin Anthony's will. on ix 3, found at last! '1: `L1 ....!. .._.. .:I.. 4.911 n , u- 1 9 Hush, you aily child, replied my father, shatply;g6 in-doors to your mother's room, and get some clothes on. I think they nvml moat of.your dresses. You ought to be ashamed tolot Guy see you such a gure as th1s." lI___._ I . _I__ I j__.-,- H. '1v;_;,s']-\'.\`1{[ b`1 .. `I`.:....,..,1..' \- I.,:..)'- Iz.` - 1\` |rII I3: Guy looked down with\dsmile at my orilnsoning face, and said, m7sdI fLr out, "Wall, Maud, under the ciroum` atanoe I am not so very much slloqpd, but some of the men mny ,ba; V ;g:_un alongmnd put I dress on,f an Pthexz 1! come to us in the libm.'y.. 1 ...... -...u at` can-....L..u ......a 5,.-. " wm IU U3 Ill IMF lIUlIl' n 1% 1 tan away at full spud, and ham tiedly putting on virhI ldlheI I could . ~ - 3 lI'I-...n-unnncu `D. -_ \ . ' Nearly Opposite the We! 5 ngton Hotel, Front Street, 2' pal-nM'n not be excelled North of` Toronto. a.l.te""afs ,gAo_od "and fashionable a suit 0 lothes, and as good `t as any one-_ else, [do not care `where they come ftqm. "7 ` . A-- ...J r--f-- -- -v---- 7.-- .. . \1v i;* ;'*??';B5~> n. wl-mum, CO LT ES, VE'1`E_1{'1NARY . n.....1....+n n..+...~:n Vn+m-:mu-x.v `vi I. L.G. 5.uCAI{1`Hl has removed his 'lmr2f_` to his new residence on the West side I Io}lnSuee1,':mxnedir.te15 opposite Mr. Geo. ul.'s[lauiug and s..sbf:1Ctcry. Dr. Met`-., has vacancy for msmdent. 44-71 DR. l\1xi`)().\ [{EY,Gl{Al)UATE OF \ \ I -.__ 5VE.TERINARY _ sURG1:oN,j ., THORNTON. 1 ..- 1.-.: on :.-.6`...-.~. (kn i3utcl)criug. ii! "ij Jf5f5'5io11. -. ` ,.\-_-.\\\\- ` [A.:*L'I:?:ii7;\x:iTbjf; L, R. c. R Phuuininn Sn:-annn_ kn L n EZVV D FILIIHUIIVLUIAIQV &_ an~ison s Brick Block, Dunlap done. . `45-if mu surveyors. Ar mus, c E and .-\LLI'l`Q)N.4 I`. nnunun 'Pu-uranu `R J_/K EATING, AT.TORNEY-AT- ggsghcitor-in-Chancery, and Con- 01Eces-Water Street, Penemn-_ may to Lend. 13-y LAr.LY,ATroRNn:1%7.*rJ1;Aw .in 4. Chancery, Conveyancer, c. - ' I;]l.|lo, \I-lllu 1 LILQIKJIIILV ce. THORNTON. 49-ly I:A\VE, EL7E(j 1`VRIC(1AN`&_ arri.=nn s: Ry-it-'.c Rlnnk. Dnnlnn uonsox, bi-in Ehgieers, `mud Surveyors. Archicts, &c. F`. and .ll.I.I'I`d|\'_ .W l (:'radua.te, l'oronLu Urversity. M_.:mt;or College Physicians and Surgeons, nt.-Uic.:--Uver \`\'<-lls Bras . Drug Store, x_p01llo Barrie Hotel, llutel, Dnnlop street. 38 BA1LE x',W\*z1 T E R I- \' A I`\ \' ..... an Inn? l`.'.rn_ nu-I" '-- nuvru In t'n9T'"1 Barrie. -n17 D V--. -.A.\\\\` .\\= xx ~. \~.~.\\\\\ :i1\:D.,~C.ItI., PHYSICIAN, (`.99. 'l`rzmw1~m1. 49-]v D on approved tre:.-Lo1dhe- t moderate In`.erest.--Ap- ac STRATHY, Solicitors, 2-66 !B>i`Ul f$1Iid1". T In I}-.--.x1 `l'Ista.te at nlmlcmto . . \\. ....u,....., LJLJ. .\l1!'g-,n11`:4 anal .\C(::lnC}1C11I`S. `, Hut. .1". l.. .\'lCSBIT1`, l.`\'.\`,M.U.,M.C.l .S., . . I . 0'. 1.. )ROF. A.` KOERbBER,A lrrron ox Tim (Him kturu, !~ .;m s::~ee1:,: Barrie, Ont. lover same day as dul- 45)-Iy 141-L\".\`u.`( & 1. -.\'.\`u.\`, .. lI......Z Knit...` .'., LRAT .7IY`,` ` itors id! -:( RA'l`?TY,'r`3!.I:`r_isters nud -A`t- i 'g}:01_1'an5:ery, Notaries :3, B2: _;-Oo Simona. nnt. Adjusted, Entered Up, xts Made Out. Copied, and other simi- 1 with due accuracy lespatch. , Barristers, Attorneys-n.t- 'n Chancery, &c.-Oice-- rie. Successors to the late 1, Boys,& Stewart. :1 m r----- General Agent, s`I`., BARBIE, U.\'T. igfanlnf R,EII)ENCE:--_C`o1'ner of Oweri and Yora1ey_St1 -cetsn (near, Public School.) . an` :,4`T`:;~i`}R)I can commence with 1st of Nov- _-,rem_\_e`r.'_~ -$10 per term at Profeaeor Koerber s' ` M ``{'i3.Ixce, and $12 1qtBnpil s Residence. `- ' Gt _oatiqu- can 1);.-Ii1_zI'.de at `Prof. -K6_agrbr s.j `ca. L M_esara_. `L. S.'&. 0-. 14. Spndgroj `I "Ivy abate: o. Rho eIoueEiE; otes, Book Accounts, &c., ` ln-_-_-I - _.cmF1Qn--ov .~` {I l .-1:111:13 luau. CLIFFORD Taaxsox, (1 r.`.,_p T. E H BLACKSTOCK. Q. HAUa1;frox LI-JNNOX. '.\ \\. ];l`4_V 1` \ !.\, .\'olic1tur.s, l5_:u'ri(`. gygnnpery, Notaries $9/On Simcoe, Ont. '- 1!. H. smiuav. _, . ATTORNEYS-AT Chimm-.-u , r~.......... RD 1 HDMSQN, _C,E.,P.L.S. __l` ])k K. .1. '/4l'.`v1.\lERMAN,'DENTlST, Barrie, Untauio. Graduate of the Philadelphia suuul Culleg.`,a'.3D of the Itoyal College of auto] Surgeons. UFl?lCli -Opposite Barrie olol. 50-1y -wwarc. G. W. Lomn-. i'."I' Sr. Dun ~17)-ly ru :3 .1 0'11]. ' `y, Convey ce, Owen- Cluucx, 19-ly. nuwx, 2323 1y 454%` V ~ _`.'.`.`-".J..`..4`~`-0` U.-. u., u. .9`. x. o P. 5., K., Physician, Surgeon, arc. Penetmxguishene. Out. 31- Ix: .. ..uH{h`: Uu.v; u1.;_'u.uu.:..c: .u .lL\J J. 14.11, J} U J.` JJUJ. h"I`RE1:`.'I`, EAST. b Edward Shanacy, P_rop1-letoAr. I u1'e\Vines, Liquors, and Cigars. Good and ample stabling an and attentive hostler. The best of Board and Lodging. Livery-Horses and vehicles for hire (in reasollable terms. S-1y T H E TQUE`E._`bL `:IO TEL. A. \V. BVR0W$T_-_ - -'l'5a~opn_'lct'or.. Elnlcllent accmnulodzztion for the travellixlg public. Bar :u1dL:u'dcr wcll supplied with the best. "hood stzibling and attentive hostlers. Luggagebf Guests conveyed free to and from all trains. [Nun Jn.-um uIvt\n` at XI....'l...L _L 1-\ ,, I , , L The Dominion has been retted and renovat- ed, and now affords both comfort ma SI`B.Ci'JU5? mess. Couvenientsample Rooms fur Commer- cinl Travellers. Bar and Larder `well stocked. Good Stabling and Sheds, and attentive bostlcr. Baurio Nov. 19, 1874. . .47-ly. (`10)I MERCIA L HOTEL, DUNLOP I u'IhuL"IV 1.` A `um `THE MANSION HOUSE, l|'AD!7`IT'l` QATTQDD L1 lal'E|.lllS. Few doors west of Market-st., Dunlop-st. l5a.r1'ie, July 21st. 1875. 29-ly The Mansion House is 9. three etc ry brick building. It affords spsciousness, convenience and comfort. The proprietor is well known up 0. hotel keeper to nearly all in this county, and his experience will be 9. gnhrantea no to the merits of The Mansion under his 2upo.-inI.end- ance. ' ' . ' This House will be kc t on the 1u`urope,'m principle. Meals at hours. Oysters in every s'ty!e, and everything usually kept in a Iirst-class house. - -2-ly nuuuxn. I. aquntwj, amnxn, - - - - - - - - onmmo. D. FARAGHER. Proprietor. Hm-FnnTn ax nnm.| ,,~ ` uuMMIa*.\*lUN HUUMS, Opposite T. D. McC'onlrcy`s Res:r.'ence,Bar'.1'e. - NEXT` DOOR TO THE MARKET HOIFSE n. G. BIGELOW, - ' Prop:-letoni This House has been thoroughly rcnova.ted and fmnishccl in limt-class Style, and abrds the best a.u-comxnudaticn for Tru.vel1e1'a. Table and Bar supplied-with the best articles. `.3-UIJUI) (7()NIVIF`.Rl'! AI. rennvu T ' EH06: xiamplc nobms for Commercial Travellers CLARKSON HOUSE, BARRI4E: ' JOSHUA_CLAR.KS_ON, Proprieto Corner of Mulcaster and Dvmlovp Stree.s, and opposite the `Adva.uce - otce, Pattie. This nnmmndinna mztnhliahmnnt ha. a huge Hahn L...uu.- auu Lnu au1I1J1IUll'\Vll4H um: nest nrmcles. niruoou m.\x.vmnc:.u. Roomsf Stage to Gilford twice daily, lliston and Roxa- monl once. 49-l_v OPPOSIIB me 'A(1V8.!1Ce olnce, "EPW10- This commodious establishment has just been opened, and having been built especially forthe purpose of a. first-class hotel, ie tted up as such, and will compare favourably with any house oi the kind North of Toronto. Commer- clal travellers, private families on casual visit; and the public generally will nd that the pro- prietor knows how to provide for their especial requirements. The best of stabllug attached, Jcttended to by obliging and experienced host- _ler,s. Stages leave this house daily on the ar- rival of the up trains. Bar well supplied with ' the best of liquors and cigars. . 33-` PA1NsWIoKB,'. John 11. Johns. Proprietor, _ Hotel. Barrie. RFYAL HOTEL,` ALLANDALE. R. S. GVILPIN, -[ - Proprietor. Pure Wines and Liquor. Excellent accom- modation for travellers. ' 17-ly UNION HOTEL, COOKSTOWN. .__.j. J. T. GLASS!-`min, Proprietor. EH11 11131;` 1.\.1.\,1J., ,.L.uc.LuLx4uu, \.u.~ Piano Forte. Lessons ` gxven on the no, Melodeon. Or an, &c. For particulars terms, apply at 4. S. & C. L. SANDERS,` nuin `