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EASTWOOD, M. D., RADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY N_of Toronto, st present' at Black's Hotel, Oshawa. ; 12 J. FERGUSON, ICENTIATEorDENTAL SURGERY. Office he G BAe fire ore the Grocery of . Simpson . All operations preformed in a Residence in the same building. manner. Veterinary Surgery and Drug Store, ENRY'S BLOCK, KING STREET, Oshawa. Horse and Cattie Medicines of a superior quality. All drugs warranted pure. A careful Dispenser always on he premises. Pro- pO G. FITZMAURICE, late of Her josty s 7th Dragoon Guards and Horse Artil- ery. : Aly P--t-- FAREWELL & McGEER, ARRISTE RS, ATTORNEYS, SO- ublic, Oshawa, os Yer noes and Rae and meoe Streets. 3 MONEY to Lend. Mortgages bought and J. E. FAREWELL. @ R. MoGze. §. NH. COCHRANE, L.L. B., 13ARRISTE ATTORNEY-at-LAW, Solicitor in Chancery, Notary Public, &e.-- Clice In Bigelow's New Bail Dundas st., Whitby. ge sn 12 JONN MeGILL, ICENCED AUCTIONEER, OSHA- wa. All 'orders left at this Office will be romptly attended to. 12 P. R. HOOVER, Issuer of Marriage Licenses WHITEVALE. OSHAWA LIVERY STABLE, H. THOMAS, PROPRIETOR. -- of w York and Liverpool, R Gibbs Bros., F. W. Glen, Esq., ks, Esq. 8 y DOMINION BANK! WHITBY GENCY. J. H. M CLELLAN,Aent B. SHERIN & Ce., THOLESALE MANUFACTURERS of HOOP SKIRTs. Best New York Ma- terial used. The trade su h Factory -- King Street, East, Bowmanville. 3 PD. HOLLIDAY, ROOKLIN,: ONT.;- AGENT FOR the Isolated Risk Fire Insurance Company of Canada, Toronto, a purely Canadian Institu- tion. Also, for Queen's and dhcp on Compan- fos, capital £2, nt and Ap uilding and Savings Society, Toronto, for loans of money at low rates of interest. 18-1y DR. CARSON'S . MEDICINES. The Greatest Public Benefit of the Age ND FOR WHICH, NOTICE THE Test:monials, (a few of them enclosed in wrapper around each bottle,) with a numerous ist of respec.able persons' names, who testify to the superior qualities of his various Compounds, vis :-- Lung Syrup, Constipation Bitters, Liver Compound, Cough Drops, Worm Bpecifio, we Pain Reliever, The a olies oan be obtained at all Drug Stores. ol SPRING STYLES fn great profusion at the Dominion Outfitting STORE. Latest Styles in Hats and Caps. Latest Styles in Neckties & Collars. Latest Styles in Whiteol"C&d Shirts A LARGE STOCK OF Men's Under-Clothing VERY CHEAP. A large and attractive stock of Men'sd Boys' Ready-made- CLOTHING. MUBRELLAS, CARPET-BAGS, : SATCHELS CRICKET and ; LACROSSE BELTS, CHEAP at HODDER'S, G; HODDER, @WOne door North of McLean's Cheap Grocery Store, Simcoe Street, Oshawa. ApS IRL. © » > ~ Oufavio Refor mex, OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1872. EE -- NO. 3. 5 somewhere. Husband likes good dinners, Down goes the iron, meat is set ------ 4 all the goods t to call at once, the, special line Oshawa, March 24, 1872. average of former prices. "TEMPLE OF FASHION! STOCKS COMPLETE! NOTWITHSTANDING the extraordinary advance in all classes of Fabrics, my Goods were bought Early, and on such Reasonable Terms as to secure, beyond a doubt, to the Patrons of the Temple of Fashion, hey: may require this season at an Our friends are solicited and obtain for themselves some q 8 now offering, in \ S. TREWIN, NEW SPRING GOODS! 5 We are Now Prepared to Show a Very Large and Beautiful Assortment of Seasonable Goods. - BEACK AND COLORED SILKS, BLACK LUSTRES, FANCY | DRESS GOODS, . KID GLOVES, CORSETS, ETC. Corner King and Simcoe Streets, Oshawa. 1.87 2, NEW SPRING GOODS! p Dress Goods, Prints, CLOVER, TIMOTHY, CRO Oshawa, March 23, 1872. Cottons, Poplins, All Kinds of Produce taken in Exchange. HE SUBSCRIBER BEGS TO ANNOUNCE TO THE INHABITANTS OF | nan, Oshawa and surrounding country that he has received, and is still receiving, a aell assorted stock of Spring Goods, at the usual Low PRICES. Coatings, » Tweed Ss, &LC. | '0 be done about the house. Clothing Made to Order on Short Notice ! The Usual Supply of Groceries, Crockery, Horses, Wagons, and Anything else You can Think Of | | Zoetrp. | san . A ------------ KING GROG. | King Grog was a monarch of mighty power; | He dwelt in a golden city; | He made men valiant every hour, And fools he made of the witty. | And the old and the young came unto bis throne, And bowed them all to the ground; | Then he claimed them every one for his own, And they gathered his throne around. | | With tears of red shame in their once fair eyes, | @With their fingers closed in despair, | They passed along to the " bridge of sighs," | To pass to they knew not where, The broken in spirit, ruined in purse, | Came to the throne of King Grog; And they took his blessing which meant a curse, But away in joy they would jog. | And King Grog from his throne ho laughed Ly | laugh, | And said, " Bring your sorrows to me," | Here's'a bumper fair, of its nectar quaff, From your sorrows you shall soon be free. Still homage they paid to the ruthless King, Who hastened them on to the grave ; | At night they would songs to his homage sing, At noon they would shriek and rave, | But the King sat still on bis gloemy throne, Adding each day to his store; Not caring a jot for the sigh or moan Of those who cried ** Give us more." Selections. | | - SPECIAL NOTICE --To all who require to furnish their Dwellings | THE REV. DR. WILLOUGHBY, anew, or replenish the old Carpets, Damasks, Curtains, Oil Cloths, Mats, Rugs, &c., we offer such goods much below: their present value. AND | HIS WINE. BY MARY SPRING WALKER. ] COAPTER 1V. DAN TAYLOR, * A 'down-east' Yankee, lank and long, 8 'Cute' of hand, and 'glib' of tongue." | "Doctor," said Mrs. Willoughby one | | day, ¢' you must have another talk with | | Dan. He is gettinginto bad habits again. ' He leaves his work every forenoon to go | ! down to Briggs' saloon for a dram. You really must attend to it, Doctor, immedi- ately. Your last talk kept him steady for | an' gin me his orders as though I didn't | said he, "it's a comfort to think I aint a long time." { his particular pride delight, the miin- | ister owned a few acres of cultivated land, and a wood-lot a mile out of the village. | Through the spring and - summer months Dan was busy on the farm, and in winter | there was wood to be drawn and prepared | for family use, the horse, and cow, and | pigs to be cared for, and various odd jobs It was also | one of his duties to drive the Doctor-- whose eyesight was beginning to fail him | in the night--to his evening meetings in | the outer districts of the town; and as he ! had lived in the family several years, | proving himself to be honest, faithful,and Willoughby don't believe in ministers | ing or evening. slick ax grease, an' jest as limp an' limber as an injur rubber stove-pipe! ' How did yer dew'tl' sez I. He squinted at me kinder droll-like, an' sez he, " Dan Taylor for workin' a farm, Pat Merrit for puttin' up stove-pipes and the Riverend Dr. Wil- loughby for preachin' the Gespel.' . "But I was a-going ter tell yer 'bou that ceow. Don't you buy her, Doctor. -- 'What,' sez I to Swansey,. 'yor haint got the face,' eez I, 'tew ask a hundred an' fifteen dollars for that are heifer calf?' soz I. ' Heifer calf!' sez he, bilin' mad, 'she's a three-year-old ceow, pure Alder- ney breed, and gives thirteen quorts o' milk a day." 'I don't ker nothin' about yer Alderney breed,' sez I; 'I ken tell a good ceow when I see her, an' this ere stinted, half-starved beast aint wuth her keepin'. Thirteen quorts o' milk a day! sez I; 'she aint got milk enough in her bag this miiiit to make gruel for a sick grasshopper. I warn't raised on a dairy {farm up in Vermont for nothin',' sez 1. | | Wal. that's the 'pinion [ come "bout I was kinder lifted right up, an' felt good | all over; but there, Doctor, there can't { nobody listen ter yeour preachin' without bein' tetched--." " Dan," said Dr. Willoughby, gravely, "you disturbed the solemnity of that | meeting very much by improper conduct, | which, if you had been yourself, you would not have been guilty of." "Me disturb the meetin'!" he exclaini- ed. " Oh, Doctor what did I do?" " What did you do? In the first place, you set all the young people tittering by sitting down on a chair, which, if you had had your eyes about you, you would have seen was broken, and so saved yourself an awkward tumble; and when you were down, you lay, sprawled out on the floor like a great frog, for full a minute, before you had sense enough to pick yourself up. | And you sang through your nose horribly, | sir, and wheezed and sighed all the even- | | ing like a pair of cracked bellows." "Wal, meow, Doctor, how was I to | know the dumbed old cheer hadn't got but: | thom jints didn't slip inter each other as | in Brighton deestrict, it seems as though [ loughby with his wife and daughter were | cating breakfast,--" if yo plaze, ma'am, there's a b'y stuck in the windy. An' if ye don't Believe it," she added, observing the incredulous looks of hor listeners, "ye may jist hear him howlin ves." Sounds of distress, apparently proceed- ng from a very small voice, 'at this mo- ment making their way through the open door, seemed to verify the truth of Katie's statement; and Mrs. Willoughby and Grace hastened to the kitchen, where a strange sight presented itself. A square of glass had for some days been broken from one of the small, old-fashioned win- dows, Katie resisting Dan's attempt to re- place it with entreaties to "lave her a brathing-hole," and through this aperture. protruded a bullet:shaped head, covered with a shock of fiery-red hair, standing up in all directions from a freckled face, with a pair of wide blue eyes that were rolling from side to side in An extremity of terror, and an open mouth, from which issued a dismal wailing. "Mercy on us, what is the childabouti" | Swansey's Alderney ceow. I shant charge | three legs! What dew they want tew leave | said Mrs. Willoughby. 'Boy, stop ery- you nothin' fort, Doctor." "TI did not send for you about the cow, | Dan, though I am glad you looked at her, | but--."" \ ' Wal, now, Doctor, I ax yer pardon for | interruptin' of yer, but while 1 am a-talk- | sich a thing sittin' up agin the wall for? | An' I tell yeu, it hurts a man o' my heft | to come down caswack in a sittin' posture | { on the floor I'd like to have some © | | them gals that snickered so at me try it once. An' as for singin' through my nose, ing directly, and take your head from the window." He obeyed her first command; and, in his attempt to further do her bidding, twisted his head frantically from side to side, his face growing frightfully red, | in' jest let me tell yer a neat thing the | Doctor, yer know I hev a tech o' the cat- and his eyes nearly starting from their | bay horse done t'other day." Pride in his bay horse was Willoughby's | weakness, a1 he could not deny himself | the gratification of hearing the story. | "The day all them thinisters was here | to dinner," said Dan, "there was a slim | feller, with long har,--he's settled over to | Barton. 1 don't remember his name,-- | yowknow who I mean, Doctor?" "The Rev. Mr. Rowley!" said Dr. Wil- loughby. | "Yes; Rowley or Rowdy, or some sich name. Wal, that man kep' up a great fuss over his hoss all day; kep' a-hangin' round the barn, an' peekin inter the stable, | understand nfy bizness. Wal, when I was Dan Taylor was Dr. Willoughby's hired hitchin' up for him to start away, I look- | leetle too much aboard, when he was full Besides a op poe, which was | ed the crittur over, to see what thar was | of another kind o' speerit. | so toppin' 'bout him. There's a hoss for | yer," sez Mr, Rowdd." '" Rowley, Dan, Rowley." 'Wal, Rowley or Rowdy; it don't make no odds. 'There's a horse for yer,' sez he; ¢ good colour, fine eye, head up; what dew yer think of him?" 'Fair,' sez I.-- Then I fetched out Charley. I was only waitin' for the company to go, "fore I went down the Barton Road to)fetch up that pareel o' books the stags left for ye.-- ' What dew yer think o' him? sez I. 'Oh, he looks like a good family hoss,' sez he; 'no fancy 'bout him.' * No,' sez I, 'Dr. | arrh, an' I allers was phthisky. But yer | see I was so oncommon overcome that | night, I didn't hardly know what I ny | about. I ax yer pardon humbly, Doctor, for disturbin' the meetin'." | "Don't try to put me off with any such | | nonsense, Dan. | you know it." Dan lifted both hands, and screwed his | face into an expression of injured inno- | cence that was very ludicrous | - "Neow that cuts me right to the heart," he said. 'There aint nothin' so hard to | bear as to be accused wrongfully." Then, | putting on a sanctimonious air, " Wal," | the fust man folks has thought had got a | For when | ) : those good men's tongues was a-running "Iso glib in the day o' Pentecost, peovle | standing round thought they was drunk. | By the way, Doctor, aint that a good pint | | to make agin the teetotalers'--for, saz | Peter, sez he, 'these are not drunken, as | ye suppose, seein's it's but the third hour | of the day,' as much as 'téw say, if 'twas | later, like as not they would be; an' yer | | see that's good common sense; for unless | a feller's a regelar sot, he ain't a-goin' to | git high afore nine o'clock inthe mornin'." {| *" Daniel, IT am afraid it makes very | little difference to you whether it's morn- You had been drinking | obliging, he had gradually become quite keepin' fancy horses." I was kinder riled, | whiskey, sir, that night, for .I smelt your | an important personage in the establish- | uent. { But Dan bad one serious fault : he loved | whiskey, and he would drink it. Not to | excess, for his Yankee prudence and Dr. | Willoughby's counsels and reprimands | kept him within bounds; but his stone | bottle was snugly stowed away in the hay: J. W. FOWKE. mow, or under the corn-crib ; and about WN, MARROWFAT AND COMMON PEAS AND I'ARLEY FOR SEED. ® Sewing Machines in the vi Agents for the sale of our needs to be seen to be IN ORDEC TO Sraniod. 0 Dy Grover & Bek to Wy Satisfactory reasons given for selling. A LARCE LOT OF BOOTS AND SHOES A share of public patronage solicited. ; : : L. PRUDHOM. hines, in said Territery. Such agents ights and privil of the trade, as though appointed by us. = - ined for the Company, CERTIFICATE OF AGENCY. HIS certifies that Mr. LOUIS PRUDHOM is our duly T authorized Agent, for the sale'of Abbot's Patent Lock Stitch and Silent ...,. A Family Sewing Machines. -.This further certifies that Mr. L. Prudhom has the exclusive right of selling our This Htthne e of Oshawa, and that he is also authorized tu ap int have all the J. J. COLLINS, St. Catharines, Ont. 23 without stand and or ufacturing CONSISTING OF MAKE ROOM FOR SPRING STOCK. The above Machine is one of the best Family Machines in the market, and only Agents $30 with stand. Machine for sale cheap. Warranted 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. Patrons and the Public ment of his and firmness o porter of this class ig Pouse can offer UBSCRIBER BE E § lish their preminence over Ockaws, Apsil 196k, 1871. ROOM PAPER, ROOM PAPER, ROOM PAPER. GS MOST RESPECTFULLY TO INFORM HIS y, that he has received, direct from England, the First Instal- The Spring Stogk of Paper Hanging, i special attention. Teo which Te oyu ed, manufacture is universally acknowledged. ve f the colors and the extra width of the rolls combine to estab- all others. The subscriber being the only superiority of English Paper The rilliancy of Goods in Oshawa, is confident that no other Greater Inducements, either as QUALITY OR PRICE. HE HA ALSO ON HAND A WELL ASSORTED STOCK OF Books, Stationery, FANCY GOODS, and Tops! agent for the Little Wanzer Sewing Machine, he can supply them on better terms than any other dealer in the county. Remember the stand, directly opposite Hindes' Hotel ©. JAMES ¥. WILLOX i A via Sang | eleven o'clock in the forenoon, Dan was | sure to come to the well for a drink of water. His stay at the well was short, | his visit to the barn or the corn-crib long- er, and he generally returned to his work | with a beaming face. But latterly a small | restaurant and drinking-saloon at the | corner of the street, a few foods from Dr. | Willoughby's door, where before the mid- | dle of the day half-a-dozen loafers were | sure to be lounging, offered stronger at- | tractions to Dan than his secret indul- | gence; hence Mrs. Willouguby's request. " You really must attend to it immedi- '" People are be- ginning to talk, and wonder you allow it | to go on." / | ""Send Dan to the stndy when he has had his dinner," said the minister. Now, when Mrs. Willoughby delivered the. message, Dan understood perfectly what was coming, for it was by no means the first time he had been summoned to | the presence of the Doctor - to receive a lecture upon temperance, but he answered with great alacrity:-- '" Wants to see me, does he, for some- thin' peticular? Wal, I'll slick up a leetle, and go right up there." He went to the kitchen glass, pulled up his shirt-collar, tied his cotton handker- chief, and brushed his long side-locks till they were plastered tight to his lank cheeks, then with a bold step ushered him- self into his master's presence. The min- ister pushed back his chair from his desk, and deliberately laid aside his glasses. "Bit down, Daniel," said he; '"'I want a little conversation with you." Dan dropped his hat on the floor, and deposited himself carefully on the edge of a chair. "Yes, sir," said he. " Miss Willough- by, she jest told me, and says I to Katie, 'I'll bet my old jack-knife," sez I, 'the Doctor wants to consult with me 'bout that ceow he's so farce to buy over to Swansey's." Wal, yesterday, you know, I was a-haulin wood,--when you kin spare five minutes, Doctor, jest step out an' look at that are stick o' hickory. It's good timber and no mistake,--wall, I found I had an o' daylight to spar, an' I left my team in White's shed, an' footed it over to Swansey's, for, sez I, 'I may as well have a look at the crittur myself, or as like as not the Doctoll get shaved,' sez I; folks do like to cheat ministers, an' they know a sight more 'bout sermons than they do 'bout ceows. No offence, Doctor. Every man to his trade, you know.' Don't you remember how you and I worked over that stove-pipe in Miss Willoughby's chaim- ber, and couldn't make the jints fit noheow an' you blistered yer hands, an' got sut in yer eyes, an' I rammed my head agin the chimbly, trying to find the pesky hole an' arter a spell both on us gin eout, an' I went déown ter the tin shop, an' up comes a smart little Trish feller. ~ Orackey! if | | ye see; but I never said another word "bout the hoss. Thinks 1, if a man that pretends to know anything 'bout a hoss can't see that animal's good pints, I aint the chap to let on "bout 'em. Why, sir, for depth of chest, clean head, sharp ears, and strong quarters, that feller's beast couldn't hold a candle to our Charley. -- But as I told yer, I never said another word about the hoss, an' he driv' off up town, an' I finished hitchin' up Charley to the light waggon, an' started down the road. I driv' along kinder leisurely, and fust T knew there come clatterin' past that Rowdy." "Dan," said Pr. Willoughby, "if you cannot call the/gentleman by his right name, you need not tell your story." '" Why, hev I, got wrong agin? Well, I allers did misremember names. pardin, Doctor; Ill call him parsdn arter this, then I'll bg sure an' git it right, though I say for't}, he didn't look much like a parson that #ime, with his long hair a flyin' an' his cont-tails a-streamin' eont behind. ¢ That's Jer game, is it? sez I. -- Charley didn't "per tew like it nuther,but begun to step a legtlo high. TI kep' him easy till we got algng to that clean stretch o' road between here an' White's.-- ' Neow, Charley,' sez I, 'let him put his fancy article alongside o' the doctor's family hoss." Doctor, I'd gin my Sunday suit if yeu'd seen that race. I allers told yer Charley was a trotter. I never see a hoss yit shaped as he'is,--~large behind, wide stifles, an' muscles creepin' clear down mast to the hock jint,--that warn't a good "roadster; but come to see him along side of a trained runner, I'm free to own tha Row--the parson's beast done well,--I believed in him more'n ever.-- me the trainin' of him for six months, I'll put him on the course next September, an' if he don't dew his mile in 2.30, my name sint Dan Taylor.) "Wal, they kep' alongside of each other a spell, then the bay gave his head a little:toss, as much as ter say, 'Come, we've had enough o' this,' an' pht out those legs o' his'n, and went by as éasy as you'd cutwalk a three-year-old child. T looked 'back (I knew it was saucy, Doctor, but I couldn't help it noways), an' put my thumb up side o' my nose." tensely; (ind if Dan's object in telling it was to soften his asperity, and incline him to look favourably upon his servant's offences, he was eminently successful. ** But Miss Willoughby said yeou had somethin' peticulur to say tew me, Doc tor," said Dan with a demure face. ' Yes, Dan, I want a little serious con- versatian 'with you." *" Wal, now, that's curus--ain't it, Doc- or! I've ben thinkin' for some time I'd ought ter:git religion an' jine the. church. ' Fore my old mother died, she was allers talkin' pious to me. Sez she, " Danyel, yeu are a-havin' blessed privileges,' sez she, ¢ a-livin' rite under the droppin's of the sanctuary; yeu won't never hev sich an- other chance agin, mebbe,' sez she; an' I think so myself, Doctor; only yer know a feller's allers a-stavin it off. = But my ly. The last timejyon held a meetin' over Lax your (T'11 tell yo what, Doctor, if yeou'll give Dr. Willoughby enjoyed the story in- | | breath." | "Doctor, I don't deny I tuk a couple 0' | | large spunfuls or so, jest afore we started, | | to keep ecut the cold. It was an awful | blusterin' night, yer know, an' -arter I'd | hitched up, an' was a-waitin' for yeu, Miss Willeyby, she come out with a tumbler, an' she got a leetle hot water, an', thinks I, she's fixin' up somethin' for the Doctor, to keep his insides warm; and I coaxed Katie to get me a teacup, and some brown sugar, an' I had a leetle whisky I keep in the house for colicy spells I'm subject tew, an' I made a little warm sling, and it done me a sight 0' good. Neow, that's the livin' truth, as sure as I'm a sinner, an' I'm free to confess there couldn't be noth- { ing surer. Wal, neow, Doctor, jest ans- wer me one question. * Don't you think | speerits is a blessin'?" | "They are a blessing that is terribly abused by some people, Daniel." = "I say for't, Doctor, if you ain't up | and gin the very answer Deacon Selew gin | to Obadiah Biddle when he was 'pinted by | the the church to deal with the old man. You see, Obadiah was a good, . consistent Christian, but he would get slewed "bout every other day in the week. So they "pinted Deacon Selew, to go an' hav' a talk with him. Wal, he went over one morn- in', an' found the old man dozin' afore the kitchen fire. 'Take a dram, deacon,' sez he, when he'd got roused up. ¢ Wal, yes,' sez the deacon, 'I don't ker if I do. I] aint agin a dram when a body wants it.'-- | 'Deacon Selew," says Brother Biddle, while they was a-sippin', ' don't you think speerits is a blessin't" (An', doctor, if you didn't gin the deacon's answer jest neow eenermost word for word, my name aint Dan Taylor.) 'Speerits is a blessin',' sez the deacon, sez he, 'that some on us abuses.' 'Wal, neow, deacon,' sez Broth- er Biddle, ' who dew you think abuses the blessin'?' ' Brother,' sez Deacon Selew, as solemn as the grave, 'folks talk,--don't yeu thinkysometimes, Brother Biddle, you drink tew munch?' ' Wal, it's hard to say, deacon; sometimes I've thought I was a- drinkin' too much, an' then agin 1 warn't sure. What is man? A poor worrum of the dust. So I left it to the Lord to say whether I was a-goin' too far in speerits. I put the whole 'sponsibility onter Hin. I prayed, ef I was a-drinkin' too much, for Him to take away my appetite for speerits. I've prayed that prayer three times, an' He hain't done it. So now, Deacon Selew, I'm much obleeged to yeu, but ye see I've | cleafed myself of the "sponsibility--." | Here Katie rushed into the room.-- | ¢ Shure an' there's a big hog in the door- | yard," she cried, "rootin' up all the scrubbery." Dan was off like a shot, and for that time escaped his lecture. CHAPTER V. TEMPERANCE versus ABSTINENCE. " There are moments in our lives, when such As will not help to lift us, strike us down! When the green bough just bends so near our clutch, 'When the light rope so easily was thrown, That they are murderers that beheld us drown." Mgrs. NORTON. "If you plaze, ma'am," 8aid Katie O'- Reilly, putting her head in at the door of You were half tipsy, and | | i this read. the reom one morning where Dr. Wil- sockets. 'If you plage, ma'am," inter- posed Katie, 'the b'y's head is stuck, and the two feet of him standin' on me wash-bench,- outside the windy; and it's meself has had him by the heels tryin' to pull him out from behind "fore ivir I call ed to ye." 'Dear, dear," said Mrs. Willoughby, | what an uncomfortable position! There, don't cry, boy; and keep perfectly still, or you'll choke yourself to death. Doctor, how are we to get him out!" "Where a head went in," said the minister, gravely, " it is bul reasonable to conclude it can go out." ¢ She's made it bigger, she has, a-bum- pin' of it agin the side of the winder," said the sufferer, breaking out into fresh wail- ing at the recital of his wrongs. " An' sure, ma'am," said Katie, "I jist cuffed the ears of him for blockin' me windy wid his sassy face, an' me paceably bakin' me cakes by the fire; and that is all | the knockin' he's had from me, ma'am, let alone 2 scrape or two, mabbe, whin I had holt of the heels of him outside: an' it's not me will thry agin, if ye stay there howlin' till next Michaelmas, ye ongrate- 'ful baste!" "Oh, stop, Katie; and, Doctor, don't stand there twirling your napkin, but con- trive some way to get him out. 1am sure his head grows bigger every minnte. Oh hers comes dan; he will.help. See here, Dan, --this unfortunate child has put his head through the broken pane,and that cruel Kate has bumped it so, that he can't get it back again, and it is continually increas- | ing in size; and I don't see but you will have to cut away the window, though how ever you are to do it without cutting him, I.don't know." At this terrible possibility the boy's wailing recommenced. [to BE coxmiNUED.] a SST A WORD TO HUSBANDS. Husbands! this article is for you especi- ally. i'm sick and tired of humdrum ar- ticles for your wives' eyes, lectures to the poor things about their shut parlors and | musty guest chambers, and think it quite time your ears were tinged a little.' Now it's no matter whether I have a husband ornot. I'm sure I shall not tell yon any- thing about it. Suffice it to say, if I am s0 happy as to call one master he will read 1f I owe no such king fely obedience, it detracts not from the truth or value of this little sermon; but of this fact be assured, I have never shirk- ed life's burden by a divorce, nor adver- tised my superior claims to the presidency --two merits of womanly existence I can- not lay claim to. : But of this thing I am morally certain, there's blame among the husbands or why s0 many jaded wives and careworn daugh- ters? The fact is, you are not enough mindful of the little stones that have to be stepped over every day in your wife's path- way. Fact is, you have forgotten your "courting days." One great secret lies there. Perhaps you are s laboring man--work- ing in a gang of 'wenty men or more-- building mayhap. (I'll make the case as common as possible.) * Working hard and patiently, toiling for the wife and little ones, and doing much for them, more than can bo assured ; bnt think a niwment you are working in God's sweet sunlight, pure, bracing air to expand your lungs | and invigorate your system ; jolly men around, a song from one, a joke from an- other, a refreshing little arg t from old chests and boxes for children's gar- ments. That item of interruption dis posed of, the dinner must be set upon the table. We won't count the number of in- terruptions from baby and ° Minnie, nor the tax upon imagination for stories for their diversion. " Mothers expect such things and ought to learn just how." John comes--fine man this John, but hale and hearty ; never had a; sick day; doesn't know what a pain 'feels like ; but remembers one time he cut his finger, and 80 does hiswife. (The amount of fuss deemed necessary by him to commemor- ate the occasion, fixes a date for her.)-- 80 John sitsdown ; he ishungry. "Every- thing tastes good. Mary is a capital cook, and economical too, but what is the use of tollig her so! Women mustn't expect praise for everything they do, besides it gives them bad ideas. They get expect- ing, and bother the labor such acknow- lo; ad Mary, wit soJohn goes whistling off, and Mary, with stomach too tired to + demand food, resumes the same hackney- ed round of dish-washing, knife-cleaning, sweeping, etc., while John takes his *' nooning" mid new scenes and gets fairly rested for the afternoon's labor and begins again about the same time Mary resumes her ironing, which by dint of extra exer- tion she succeeds in finishing, then pre- pares the supper, and with a fearful head- ache she hooks the dress that John once awaits his coming. Supper over, the endless dish-washing, children washed and settled in bed and baby crooning in lap, the little frocks'are. cut and sewed upon till late at night. -- John lights his cigar, elevates his feet up- on a chair, or the mantle, and reads aloud --1 No, sir. He used to doso when he was courting, but he can't do it now. He didn't use to smoke in her presence, and "how can a fellow smoke and read I" Or mayhap he tells her it is lonely, and goes. out to spend the evening somewhere else, and wonders " why Mary can't go out just avshe used to, or as other women do-- umph! 'Bquire Dawson's wife is always ready to go." (Sub ross), 'Squire D's wife keeps five servants, and his income more than double John's earnings. But he secretly congratulates himself for his patience and is glad he 'didn't speak cross to Mary." ! 80 am I, but I am sorry you didn't spes pleasantly; that is, I am sorry you didn't say some "foolish things." She hadn't forgotten how attentive you were as a lover, how you delighted to read to her, how you hung upon her and doted on her smiles. Has she changed to yon, John? Not a particle, but her cares Have in- creased. She has only the same two hands, and is nurse, housemaid, seamstress, cook --and for what! An increase of salary ! No, just your name, her board aiid clothes, and if you were lover John, = instead of a husband John, the pay would be adequate. When your work incréases so does your from your employers, and it is not the same old treadmill round, either, and that too is a great consideration. If you pause to think éan you wonder 'that the parlor is kept darkened, when more than every moment is needed to tidy the kitch- on and attend to the family needs? Do you marvel that her hair is not curled as it used to be? that she doesn't 'embroider but one pair of slippers a year for you ! that she fades? that her voice has lost its joyous ring ! Don'tfeel above acknowledging her man- ifold wifely attentions. If the bread is good, the room tidy, and the children prettily dressed, house neatly arranged and kitchen matters economically man- aged, don't be ashamed to say 0 ; not to some neighbor, friend, or relative, but right to Mary. It is something to conceal her home some little bit to brighten her up occassionally. Your salary wont allow it! A flower doesn't cost you much that blossoms on your way home. Sacrifice - your three cigars even one day, and she can have a new collar or a bit of bright ribbon ; two days, and a new book can be hers. But it is useless to enumerate; there are countless ways door stands open, walk right in and set 'to work performing these nameless little pleasures. = - Now I have not taken an overdrawn tare; it is a fair sample of woman's round of duty, and & common one, .and let me add with due reverence to your majesty, if one half the care, the nameless interrup- tions and pack-horse burdens were im- a: another, a bit of information from one, a dash of wit from that one, passing men, women and carriages to rest the eye upon, and a thousand aud one other little diver- sities of mind that cheer and rest the working man. And Mary, what of her? Oh, after she prepared your early break- fast she tidied the dinning room and be- gan to prepare the children's breakfast ; baby awoke and she ran to still him, but he was fretful and half-sick, so she car- ried him around till the children's meal was ready. Then came down the little rosy-cheeked sunbeams. 3 Charlie must be dressed --there goes a | button! never mind, mamma's needle is ready. Nellie's straps are broken and Jessie's pinafore "doesn't pull round good ;" snap goes a string !. Mamma hush- es the baby and restores string and strap ; boots are buttoned and laced, faces wash- ed and combed, books looked up, multi- plication table listened to, Jessie's "piece" rehearsed to save the dishonor of distort- ed words, Nellie's geography lesson *' pick- ed out," and three year old Minnie quiet- od with broken dishes and dolls till the ever submitted to such burdens, f that they are imposing similar ones, nor | putting forth so much as a finger to re- | lieve. Read and consider.--The House- | hold, ~ Insects oN Prants.--To exterminate | the insects, mix one ounce of earbonate of | ammonis with a gallon of water, and with this fluid water the plants. : coined since they commenced operations | (some seventy years,) the large amount of | eight hundred million dollars, about one- | fifth of the whole metalic currency of the | world, of which amount $60,000,000 have | been derived from their own mines ; we | are not without mines, but while we feel that they will not produce so much gold, we have the pleasure of knowing there isa. sovereign remedy in the * Canadian Pain. Destroyer" for sudden colds, rh i neuralgia, tooth-ache, &c. Sold by medicine dealers, at 25 ets. per bottle. ] i ad - - SHOT Co if a a = said he liked, about a weary body and a -- A ------ nA 2 0 = A= 1 Bi WP pay. If your work is done well yon know - | if your wife is a gem of a housewife. Bring posed upon you, you would soon be a fit date for the lunatic asylum, while | your more favorable brethren would look | upon you in abject wonder that you had | Ta ES 3 Bd EES S525 7 ow TE EN E-E I OER 3 Tue Mints of the United States have