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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton New Era, 1874-08-06, Page 1• Vol X. :-Terns:411.50 per Annum THE (Minton littu 4 /4, reillantED EVRRY TITJIISDAt itORNING, At the office, Data° Street, nearly opposite the Post Office, Olinton, Out. •Tgrim8.„,..41,5i) in advance, air itpahl two months from time of aulyaeribing ; .or 32 the‘end. of tho year, ; ' • ,• A viesurisismt Inemilt4* First inaertion, 8 cents per litre. subsequent ,nsertione, 2 emits ver line'eaoh time. COSTRAO4B4rE.9., One 'Kamm, one year,. n " half " ._444414444404•14 40.0(E 3moatlia, . 20.00 Ralf " one year, ..... ,,,; , 000 " " half 20.00 • " 3 months, 12.06 One,fourth, one year, ........ 20.00 half ,44 • • .. als• 12•00„ " " 3 months; 8.00 One-eighth, one-year, ..... ,....'12.00 half- " " 3 mouths, ; • , 5.00 One•twelfilx, one year, • ' 8.00. 4 half 5.00 " 3 months; 3,00 Business Cerd8,3 lir* and ander, ; year, 4.00 Advertisemouts of Strayed, ;lost, Found, dre., not exeeeding 10 lines,, firia month, $11 after first 'Dearth; 50 cents each math, Advertisements Of Farms allfl, .14111 Estate for sale, not exceeding 19 lines, 'first' month; 81; not exceeding 15 linea, first month,- 31:50 each subsequent month, tia and 75 cents. • AdirertilelniffitirWithelIt imitatedirections will be ilieeriedtill forbid,v and charged AC= eordingly.. -• • Advertisements mea8nrc'd by a scaleof 'solid Nonpareil, . . E. JIOLMES •Ss SQX. Royal'Canadian Bank. . CAPITAL, $2,000,ow. • CLINTON AGENCY., Interest from Four to Five per cent allowed on Deposita. 1,01'1011; Agent. Clinton, Oct. 20, 1873. ..J iL. €i�1W,E CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST, Mr. J. McGarvats• Rore, Where he keep on hand a good selec- tion of general drugs. • Also an assortnlifnt of Lazarus & Morrie-Gilt:brat:0d• : Perfected SpeCtacles,- Which he is selling off at *COST PRICESt 7•Es Clinton, Oct. 22, 1873: Mat .1004,' „rte.A1'PRIOTON.•"*01P1011 AND BHWENOE— Thi Bouse lately wow. ay Mr.OEMS IPS*, op" ;melte the Weals:en 0100•41, Batlenln11741treeto Clinton. MINN Nov. 1, 1878. 847 Armors sta*Anr, ra, o. GRADUATE er nom u Unimak, Montreal.; Midas% Surgeon11114 Affeoneheur. Residenee-411414011slurfo, January 4,1871. Pe DB (lonflly_of Huron. Itesidenosand ;Mai -Corner of ERVE,Thystalin, Surgeon, eta., c`oroner or Albert and Mill Streets, Clinton. . • Owlet 001.11109- B. S74NBUR1, GRADUATE ON THE MEDICAL Deportment of Victoria Unlversitr,'Tiitonto, for. snarly of the Hoopitals and Dielpensaries, NOW TQT14 Coroner tor the dounty of Huron, 11,..xio1an, Ont. 4;117 224 1874g • . • NT MUNE% M. PHYSIOIAN,, SURGRONe AC- a„govouxoa, Gredeate of the Medical Depertment Viifteria 'University ; ferinerlY of the Respite's of New Perk and London, Eng.; *felted else the Hosettalo bi porbf, Edinburgh and Olasfjow. Residenea-13rfuseneld, • .January 18, 1874. • • 1-3y • nit.WORTHINGTON, -PHYSICIAN, auueuori,. Accougheur, LiCeutiate of the College of Physioiana and Sergeons of Lowe)/ Congas, and.ProvinciolLicenti. ate and Coroner for the Clonnty'bl Raton. Onlec-,-The ' heeding lately mumpledhyblr. Morellos, •414011 OtrePt,, Iteiddenee next to Central School. . • - . Clinton, Zen, 10;1871. • - 27.1y. ' , . • . • ' fetti , arboe • - ---,--- • 11)210YAL CANADIAN HOTEL,. (LATE 1tANOE'14,) XI+ '011nten, Out., Samuel Pike, Proprietor. The abOve Hotel Is now .thoreaghly 'renovated and furnished throughout,,and affords good accommodation for travel- lers. Piret.elsos liquors and cigars in the bar. Large «tabling and attentive hostlers. • , •, 18, ' flo DIAL ILOTEL;CLINTONC-THOS. P0TTS, Pao. Alb Mumma. The abowillotel 110)4a:due in good style and Afford( every accommodation for the convenifnme and comfort of travellers"andtbe public generally, The bar I s einppitedTvith good Wined, Liquors•and elude° Cigidia- (Mod etabling and attentive hostiors. clinton, May 7,1874. , •' • • ,• •. P11IN0E OF WALES /101744W; MoCUTOREON Proprietor., The Howes having been nowl,r fitted np the aubseriber con Olathe best adoommodationto travel tem. •The Dar supplied 'with first-class 'Liquors. Good teblitig attached. The etago leavee the House everyday vr Niogham. • - . • • ' - .ClintinipLniff49;1870. 28 • A WOMAN'S ANSWElt TO -A MAN'S ' Po 40 km* 7ou b11,0 elita ter the costliest -- Ever wide brthe hand &Pre? A voaina ireas„ aria iwornaias life -q• A114 a Wonien'e wonderful love' Do 791411nOW yon hove ked.for this prieeleol thing ' a calla origat oak !in. ikey Dinasoding what othir•saini died taltin, :11/1t1; th.e reeklella die1,14,ef a boy i You have written ray lesson of duty out - Min -8k, yen have questlotedme ; New stoma ift the bar de VOIDER'S 1104 • %Mit rensticat •• • To "OW YOIT D11404 11)411$11WSit* lkoSi ICSOP 000101 ind. (ibittsba 4404) ; require your heart to he true 101 aoa's atm, 'Ad inue is beim 70OP SOUL , • Yen require a 'conk for your. mutton andbeef require* far greater thing; - • A newel -nes you're wanting for socks endlor Shirts, •X 104 !Ora aria one a king. • A king kr tlacheantlful realm ciuia toms. Adaman timothy Malta God Shaillook npon afille did on the first, ' And say "1tie raa (Mod." •' • • 1 Mu fair and young, hilt the rose will fade • Prom my oft, young cheek one day•-'''• • Will you love fiao tlfen, 'mid the Idling loaves. A5,70101(1 'mong the Memel; a zuyl. . • - heart a1 omen so efavng an deer I am bow9u ray tai ite tior A loving woman finde heivien or hell Oa the day 'oho Is ;nada' a bride. ,7 require all thingstindisti gued and.true, •• Ali things theta man should be r • . If you give this all, I "would stake'sny life To be all you demond of ;no. ti you cannot 'be this*, a lonudiese and cook Yon can hire, find little -to -pay ; - But gf, woman's heart fuld airOinan'a lila Are not tobe woa,tbat . . -441 .4" MUIR RATTENBURY ROUSE -I. RATTENBURY, 1. Jr., Proprietor. -One door south of the Post 01110e, Victoria • Street, Clinton. The littings and furnishings fil this house are all new, and everything is provided to meet the ',fishes and wants of the travelling publio.and he feele confident, from long experienoe,f-of being ablo. to make comfortable' all who natty fever him with their company. Good Stabling arid attentive healers. . Clinton, .luno 2, 1874. , . • . torellrIntiono qtitbo. . . , MONEY TO LEND, IN LARGE on sa.terar, exult 431 AlOrt gape Bought: •Co' BIDOXITs • SOPL let -1870;" - r - • 10-tf • lifONEY TO LEND, IN LARGE Old SHALL SUMS, JIM. on good mortgagesecurity, ott moderate rates of Int:rest. HALE. - • ' • Clinton, Angola iffh, 1889, • • 7.1f 1;TORNSEDAUCTIONEER •• ,for the Vii/ageof•Clinton. Sales pyoulPt17 attended to on reasoneble terms.- , • Clinton, Illereh 04, 1874, 22 HAS OPE-NED .O.uT., Clinton Marble Works, • HURON STREET. • . MONUMENTS, HEADSTONES, And work" of all kinds in in'oiricari-and Foreign Noble, • designed and executed in the•best style, 11111 at reaeon- • able prices. • • Mantles of Varldtlii. cOlorect Marble Slip.; plied on Snort tHIANITE MONUMENTS AND HEADSTONES IMPOATED TO ORDER. • - ta"• A can respectfully wanted. W. at 4100PER, jTlbi- Oi1uton, Jan. 14;1874. 12t Vestal Canada Permanent: Bllilthll 11140 - - sAvi NG:SD aCIErt. LOANS MONEY - - ON TIM - Senile:Hy of Farm Property, •• Ar • T,;--1211 140473E0ST 1:LA.T3:13S von PERIODS 'confine From Two to Twenty Yeare. For farther particulsre Biel to CHAS. 1UDOUT.' WALTER S. LEE, See. and areas., Toroao, • CLINTON. • 12 ezr-frzeoikaialeet • • !,=-.-941.141294 an, • eltittitaA • • '....0erst;tyi and' ...gr:41editoterzi a=g2ote4 04, attoz, Te0ekri:1,000, ocle c4eveAreen4 0,000 atik,,e414 #Y,,,t9e20,6•iii5.-b—ajtovve„i&a. • • jot&ted agoteed ed iMc "IA 1 (end' e fre, cone. eenotrem, acCOEsAtp ninortasi arta aiaiest • ty, aeficad. A 4�ti;$0A 404;06,00.4,MINg citAs. mouovv, 'Adak AT CLINT(1 Vagiti UM, ji*:418-11:Ctia•Wlb°14,-. 0 ,NTZWENSgo Tzoarsat,,_ -ount, of ...upon, is prepared attend to Rails7JOID- of FIEDI Stock.and Real•Estete at 'rea- sonable rates.° ' „ ' , • • • 18,187t . r1HARLE8•11AMILTON, BLYTII, =EMBED AUC- • TIonuen'to'r the County of Huron. ' Sales of Farm Stook, Deal Estate; etc., attended to at reasonable . rates. ' - 411104 Iffax 6,U4 - ' S3IALCOMSON,- BARRISTER, ATTORNEY -AT- N, LAN. Solicitor in chancery, and Conveyancer, Mee -Market Square'. stoney To limo off BEAT,' Enna. • •.Clinton, April a1874. •. _ nay )3IDDLECOHBE, 111T R ON ST., 5-0 • oPPolliDL lite Commercial Hotel, begs respectfully to intern( Ids friends and tIze„public generally, gmt he keeps °meant y On handwiArp and well asiorted stook of *Clocks, Mateliee and YewoRery, which he will soli at mo- derate prices. I:Invalid:to 61 every description promptly executed at namable ratite. • 1.--Theee1ebratesIllnasen WatMikaptennetently Web:Mk, • • '•• ' -Clinton, Ear. 1.1th, len. Sli-ly me" •••••—.. ..g11••• TEET112XTRAOTED WITHOUT PAIN. C. CARDIVRIOUT, nals., surgeon- Den - list, extracts Teeth. without Pall by the 'use of the mummy:Jac • manor Over the ',Meson,' Storeafriftford.. - ' • AtteMence in Seaforth, at Sherif; Traci,. the first Tne14471114wedneeday or each mouth; in Clinton, at the Cohn;Mmiel IOW, on the following Thursday and Friday. Tbe rem•ifojer 58b.ttIuimin his Stratford office. t s - et ;Attendance. Pardee requiring new *air dayroaacaca to Whit at. Seaforth and Clinton, on the Over 64,000 patieuto have ad testit 04tracted by the use of the GO% at Dr. Coultalra °Dicey, New York. Stratford, Feb. 4th, 1870. ' Ion tort-oot.- age ,,MANTON COUNTY' High School is Open to' Pupils •of .both sexes, frta All parte of -the County, and Province, ou equal Iitrras. Tnotrinthin le given in all the higher hdlielferf Oorarnersiol, English, and. Llemical. Educetleeron the Frotteh ond riermen languages. Sttidents are 910 pared for the•Univerillise, thi•loarned pronouns, and mercentile pursuits.; -Spatial itroaion ie pia; to 'the studies reqtnelte for Common School Teachers. Tuition Feee, 42 per quarterly term. Students from a distance eft) obtenl board In the yillagemiottztv..1.-.01. trate ratee. The Pa:royal common ....nonday,19th Aug., • 1872. Part lorpinpation 40; Pa gime orespplication (Personal', orThr iettor)./4 1.197 111110111171 the Dolud,of Trustees, viz: Mews. IL Hole, It. co s; Al S. Fisher. .1. Reeve, M.D., Rev. Pk Mcoansig, 'and .1yorthington, Ii 11. -,-or to the Mood Master, lilr..Ten;as larrahtia, e, • . $4,000 to Lend. OooOD MORTOAGE ilEOURITY: TN. SUMS TO • met Porimera. Palate rands. costs moderate. Mortgeges purchased, • is HALi. Clinton, larch 24,1274; •• 22-8ras • • Marriage Licenses VISITED Vi Attie:mill' AT TRH ollsiDENOR .L. bf the late Mr. Thwaitet tionnei Muer et Idarritge 'Lleeill/ifilleron Street, by Ilist Louisa Von Egmend. canton, Mark 11, 1874. 20.8m. Canada Company Lands.. A LIST OP LANDS IN HURON FOR SALE Bi XI. the Canade Company may be seen at the office et the undersigned. . lif aunt. canton, a'an. 17, 1871, ' ",• GEO. B. HARRIS tts CO, 14.AN1:30 OPPICZ; LONDON, ONTARIO, . Purehisere obtained tor fume and other reel mist.; IV Apaii by letter Or personally. •". CLINTON bODGE, O. 80, t. 0 0:- P. • MIA; LODGE HOLDS ITS MEETINGS EVERY A. TUESDAY evening, at Eight (Meek, in Du unit known as Coro's HMI, Huron Street. Visiting brethren cordially invited. MIAs, GRABS/OR, Seeretarv. varaotriiratrustryv." •- • as -a 1VIONE'i moNEJ: IIAVE Y molar To nnnr. IN meet ort 'morgue tcrariviro-natiot, interest p5ya81e-yaar174 charges iroisoue „And term; easy ; I also buy Mortgages enditiveetnioney.-Tefliettlirernede known. on application et my office, in the Merkel el:unix:a A. Mara Attorney.at•LaW. Clinton, Get. 20, 101 binton, Oe L1OELlo. 710 arms tomato la their Ralf, nearly opposifolinox'f nom, Huron Street, on th( second Mender of +Won MOntb, at hall -pest Sever o'cleek p.nr. 1re visiuni ritecuin eta eotalally In roma. TOL etroaxit, • secratiry. 1-11 ^ kirmararrotrItt naciAltn To Dalton, MAN - 1. of taking up /end, he* 10 conic, nacos, lira, lent118 reeelpt Of 25 natl. s, 1. Anntatal, • ecotans, Maori, U. 0. Courtships ifethlings. • BY CHRISTY CRAYON* • The arrests of •Cupid fly thick and fast in Ireland; and tla heart of Pet Seems to be especially Vulnerable.. Ac- cording to a pepular,baliad, an Irishman "Loire's all that is lovely-. • • Lovee all that: he can arid it is, therefore, not. wonderful Mita the love god. persuades se many ofthe "sons of the sod," somewhat toci'' early in . their -Mid -career, to :find. their way:te„-the-Iltar.'* 4a14141n.' MAU: young Men, in the land of the 'shillelagh and the shamrock :Marry bef6rikthey are out of their "teeas;'yind•Wheri they are'. not at all* in a position' to einomenee housekeeping. • - 1,Solou want to he married?' said. tie IVO'. WM— to Peter Kinsella: c• ,Deed And _thet's.i get jt1k. our' river- ence, • , 't What age are you, .Peter Just eighteen past- sir CLINTON, CqsiT.A.RIO, tIGUST 6, 1874. HOLMES tlz SON Proprietors, - a for her daughter, Mrs. M.eS enlerged upon the ,bigh prices given for young cattle, and gave a glowing account Of the sums realized yearly by this part of her operatieus alone. When: they reached the house decanters and glasses were on the table in tbe room, and the widow with her own, hands, prepared for Mr. Verdant a rousing glass of punch. In a (dont time he was induced to drink another to 1 my daughter's health and good husband to het*: NOS_ MACS, bluslied,• Of • count', and ma's &heat to leave the room.; ,slie Was, however, re. strained by het mother; who Held, 4 Doa't • he so backward, dear.' 'O11, manna% She's the best girl in the country, air ; a treasure to her mother, and it will be well for the man that gets her: By this time, tlie liquor, that mute of tto moat ill, was telling on Mr 'Verdant', and golclea visions were passing before hieleyes. • _ -The widow left the room -4 just to see that' all's right in the cow house.' Taking advantage of the opportunity, Mr. 'Verdant lead:siege to Bridget's heart, and won from her a consent , to their in,arriage. ' ... • • When the widow returned 'she Was rejoiced to hear the good news, and af- fceionately kissed her daughter. ;inn' 'eStsh4p,teit'ini dbei:t8haed erk:a83"6 to°C Inn v°i'dOtt.:;sebit:atPl? 'And when lathe job to be finished f asked the ardentlover. - 'Oh, there's nts get. ' Just let it be whenever the young man likes,' put in the wily widow, In ;wroth the 'marriage wail celebrated,' and,•after wsumptuous repatt, at „Fair - View, the happy pair, accompanied by their friends --all on the 'Irish jaunting car '-drove to a pretty resort about six mileidistant. In the village inn OW pleasant hours • were spent. Art the shades of evening were gathering tire bride and bridegroom bade the party. good -by, and drove te.Apriagvale, that - future home, • Mr, Verdant's (house warming' ares a grand affair.--11-irfritutlirtdi-believfid that he would receive. it. isqgctortune -wittrlifir eXpeged great things, They were notdisappoint; ed. Gallons af jameson's best work or- .dered, and goodies,_Leere provided for -the ladies.- A fiddler and a piperwere en- gaged, and in an barn dancing was the order of the rtightr--Iiideed the c house-warming' at Springvale, Jiko Gliourke's wedding, "Will Wet he forgot .g.-toteris toe young, Peter,' Sure 'every' day growing older, your rivet -epee, and it's never too soon to do right.' • - How much are you able to earn fr. Nat as much as I would like, .sir— only 10s. a Week -but I hope things will mend.'„, : • ' Why, man, you couldn't keep iiskaae on 10s. a week.' ' • 4We11, sir, Kitty le:Winn' to trii? , Further expostulation was useless, SO in duel dine the. williog Iiitty be - • Mrs, Kinsella. In a feta years the:Tweet- prattle of - children's voices was heard in Peteets cottage', After the labors of the day, as he he sitliefore Ms turf fire with a --ehild on each knee, and had his darling Kitty sewing by his side, he used to say be was '718 happy tie a king.' If those who have the notion --that ',when Poverty tomes in et the, door 'Love -flies out at the _window; would pay a yisit to the sone and daughtere gf 1:rele,94, they would find how false 'the saying just quoted. True, the toiler is badly paid • but he hiss contentment -a price - leafs boon ; and he generally enjoysgood health-mother inestimable blessing, And 'yet' it would Wife VIM • better if Deter had waited a little longer 'before he took open himself matrimonial. re- sponsibilities. The Irish are, however, marrying rate, andno' matteg.- hew poor they my Le they iike tg liave home af, their oWli. According to custom, Peter had O. give it home warming -that is, holed ta treat his • relatichis and neighbors 'to teci, arid whiskey-punoli, The' Servieea of a fiddler were secured, and, with song and dance, the hour's glided swiftly by. Peter sang his favorite song, Did you 'ever' heat tell of Kate Kearney? Mrs. K. was pressed to sing, but alio said she was all throughother,' afids under the circumstances was excused. 'Thetight's entertainment:Post something, and Mr, Kinsella Wits a Very poor man ; but the custom of the country must be observed*. Therais a good sled a what'llas been teinuad fortune hunting' in Ir6land ; of e.ourse there are myriads who • ' Marry for love ' And work for affler ;” Dy thosewho were thera Or those who -were A. rootlet& partios followed, for .,Mr. and Mrs. Vey ant had a blteY tline �f it reapondinglo the. invitatiotia ' Of ;then who eajoyoa their .hospitality at tis i house-warming! At length Mr. V. had time to think of praetical affairs, and he deemed it prudent- to Sisit bis mansfisaan-laW. ,Roanting alctod horse, he was aeon at Fairview, -where -he iras-• cordially 're- ceivednncl hoepilably Mitettained. Af- ter sense conversation. On gencral matters „ :, • I Hr. 'V, timidly geld i 4 Yon will not think it odd, Mrs, Mac; Sweeny, it 1 menton • tile matter; Or Bridget's fortane: 4 • ' 'Oh, deur,.not'at all • Bridget will just have £50 (250), and I am afraid'I ink i muSt you to take t in installments,' Mr. Verdant was speechless. He'had 'married in haste,' and now he must re- pent 'at leastire. At. lenght he gave strong expression to his bitter disar riet.nent, but Mrs, MacSweeny out bis eloquence' short by .cooly adding. ;I'm thinklag ' now of getting married myself, and, of course, I must mind ' No. , I. ---- •• --7--,-----L--,-- i Whether the I itiStalineritielvdetrerty ItirlY P414 T. eaWnot sat ; bet few per eons were found shedding tears over Met Yerclant'a failure,t.f.l tad a "foriune.1 - Bythe way, it is not the first time in Ireland that oboth-cews and sheep Live been borrowed with the object .of mak- ing favorable impressions ; and, it is also custotuary to borrow ctipa, silver, 'tea- pots, 'etc., to give all appearance of re- spectability to the tea -table when, enter. taming young men who are known to be in search of a wife. . Parenthetically, I may add that cow!, sheep are often bor- rowed by 'struggling farmers* itt order. to make a.:good. show -give, an, air of prosperity to the place when the land, agent is expected to visit their faring.. These fortune-hunters sometimes 'arivelird bargains. Farm is weighed against farm,shouse against house, cow against cow.. . A man lathe South of Imam, court- ed the fair girl, and at length Batik° to her father ou the subject of, ,inamage. 'What fortune, Will you give her I' asked Mr. Tom Skinflint.. - . but there also, are it considerable num- ' She'll have the farm at the mill, it ber who like to get the ' sillerl'aiithinit hers° six cows, and .e100 ($500) to working,set their hearts upon marrying a- furnish a house,' replied the father, „ wealthy wife. They keep this object 'That's not enough,' said-Toin. constantly before them, and when they. • 'Well, no a tenpenny more' will I hear that a young lady at Ballyinac. give.' reurPhy will likely haieb. 'large fortune,' Tom BEM that he had a Arm gentle - off they Start With the object Of gotting rtes. to &al with, and, after thinking introduced to the favored fair one. over the mattervaie said Sometimes .these fortune-hunters are "I'll take her it,you throw the litter greatly disappointed;—Ono - man had of pigatifte the bargain,' prowled through three or four counties The ten grunters were premised to itt searoh of it wealthy wife. lie was Tom and the matter was settled. informed that 'Widow MacSweeny's In the North of Ireland a young man &Utter Would have it 'stookingfull of Was -accepted as the future buShaad of sovereigns,"andlie.lot Latible in becont. an industrious girl in humble life. In ing acquainted with sweeCliiiiiriliCeS: ii'likiisireliii6invitlf lurtfitther hirksketh Tie was invited to Fairview, iihd was 'How much will you be ublc to give eordially received by the widow, who her f . talked abont'benk books, railway shortie,' 'The small farm at the erosi-roada, and stook, in such a way that he inners- 120 ($100), a little furniture, and it Sot - ed he hadialast accomplished his object. of china.' Already the "fortune seemed in his peas. 'Could you nob give more f ession. On his second 'irisit he, was tak- 'No, have had a good deal or catalog, en round the farm, and hie attention Andrei not as Well Was I was. Ydn're WAS particularly milted to the large num- getting it good wife, however,- and that, her of cows and sheep in the meadows. is better that lands or money.' .. Now, as it faithful historian,. ttnust I.e. '1 know 2h0'it a good gni, and /II take cord the fact that the ate* In the field, het ; but (glancirtg around the kitchen), with the exeeption of three cows and I would like that big pot.' • , two sheep, had been borrowed foom ob. The big pot was thrown in, and in it liging neighors, who were IM*10118 to few weeks the marriage was celebrated. moist the widow iir seeming.* husbana In iteland'the " go-between' playa an inWertant Part in matrimonial Waite. Sometimea he is a mutual friend at other times it 'rendering dealer ia ladies' cloth- ing or jewel -y; and I have - known the tels to be filled by a female medicant. The 'go-between' conveys niesetigets or °ernes „love -lettere. Indeed, ministers acialetielee try their hands at match- making, and I have known mune of the matches made in this way turn out very In the. rural district s maralageekare regarded with much- interest, and if the parties newly wedded are popular, bonito blaze from every. eminence, and there are other marks of **icing. -The people tura out in, law numbers to maniteat *ir ward Reel*, and it is customsitylor either the bridegroom or the bride's fattier to commiesion the own. er.of,the nearest publte house to supply refrOslakente to these law have HOW the fires and cheered so luatily.. In respectable, well-to-do society,' the broakfaet is a grand affair; the bride's mike is cut overher head, and the toast of 'the happy -pair' is -duly honored - among -the teetotalersin purd sparkling, water. Then the newly -married pair get ready for .their trip, and, as they, make their appearance in the hall, they are asifeled right and left with a allover of old shoes, and slippers. It is consider- ed lucky to throw an old shoe after a person ,who ji Starting 441:114 important journey. After the usual affecting leave- taking, they enter the carriage and away they go to spend -their honeymoon. ' Marriage -in Ireland is regarded as a 'sacred, Heavemappointed rite rand the - beautiful island is dotted over with hap- py homes, basking in the sunshine of pure, God-given love! Long may Ire- land' be celebrated for,* valor of her sone ,and the virtue of her -daughters ! 41 841, OW Englleb Land and English reasants, •Mr. George M. Towle, inn paper on "English Land. and English Peasants," gives it striking view of the inequalities of wealth andphysicalcomfort which grow ,ontof the Twesint system of hand- ed property in Great Britain The enorinoue wealth cf the Very few may be_judged..11Y-sertent.exaMplestattal- facts, ;which are here given on: credible testimony, - Them are thirty -thousand great .English landowners, who together derive A landarevenue of somapixty mil- lions of pounds sterling, There, are ccnsid rably more than ti million pea - Bents who Lave hitherto. been totally dependent for bare existence on the lords ft1ie'soi17.• One "quertet-orSe4t1ttatl-is flyraied by eight.amailemen, of whom the chiefs are the Dukes of Hamilton, Buccleuch and Suthorlaild, the Marasie ofBute awl ;the Earl of -lareaccalbane. The 41104 emiety ef.East apaseix, en;,. braciag mord than eight hundred is almost exclusively the •property of the 1Dirke'of Richmondiand. the Baron trf Ledbafi.eld. -So extensive is the prciper- V of the young Marquis of Bute *hese. lasagne ar.fully three hundred thousand pounds it year, that not long ego his, agent spent neatly two millions in re- pairing his magnificent manor and estate of Crichton Mount Stuart, the Marquis' I-004Na near gardiff. Mr. alright mare instanced the case of a nobleman with an income ""of one hundred ' and tWatity.thollsend panda, who annually spent forty thousand, ind laid down the reinaloing eighty thonsaa4 in urcflin4- ing" his property, by buyigg up every parcel of 'ground continuous to his estate which he could inane° the shiners to sell. This was one example of thapreg- nant fiat that the land has lor.g been in Pr00888-0t theeticl of feWea porisesSorsi, thus ever widitiing the gap between rioh and poor, This .tendency has been encouraged and pro- tected by the still enforced laws of pra. mogeniturer Tq-be- goret4holaworpri tenorgiiienliuttiorefte, semi ()lit noorwriostparnidds;nalyyo inopeirtia: tetiate ; and but veiy few large land- owners do die intestate, Nine out of ten, however, do as a fact leave the bulk of their real estate by, will to the eldest ton, to maintain the dignity and pres- tige of the family, The law of entail is ler more serious in its results, as tying up land and perpetuating vast and an- ciont estates beyond peradventure. Simply stated, the present English law of entail enables the owners of landed property to cleviite it for the term of it life in living, and for twenty.orte years after; Will this entail oan only be cut oft by the erpourrentconeent of two parties -the existing rfeenPatlt and the heir. If therefore, Lord. Hardhunter has h son of two years old, and that son lives to be eighty, Lord- IL may, by an .. -entail, easily cut the estate absolu- tely ptio.ff Einem th 'works othe rfc res- tricting Ian otv ed a eeunt uke of Newcastle, ha his for- tune, anti it greate of that of his duchess, went into bankruptcy lead - (letdown with debts, one alone of Which amounted to eighty thousand pounds. But the creditors could not touch bis entailed estates ;.itrici so this noble bank- rupt still finds himself in possession of one of the most enviable properties in the kingdom. - Pelson, • At a recent meeting of the Paris Scientific Acachanyt-M. IL Sainte Claire Deville, it distinguished chemist, offor- ed to containing about fifteen pounds •osmium the most deadly poison known. In it -short explanation, M. Davao said that twenty pounds* Of the chemical would bo sufficient to poison the entrie popula- tion Of the world. 000 thousandth part of it grain or oottio acid, sot i tree ift it volatile of air of it hundred cubicyards, would possess each it deadly influence that all,the 1101.710113 iespiring this air could bo nearly killed. Oareie add is so milelt thri more dangerous that 110 counter p_.0.444,...„*.oleori la known figallifit iL Whell is it lades cheek not a cheek When it's it little pale (pail.) A Wonderful Rat.. At the corner of Tohoupitottlao and Gravier streets on Friday evening was given it reinitiliable,intoreeting, and mg *low -Wing perfermanee,'..which was witnessed by it numerou;:coacourse of envious spectators. The performer was A (1111 grown rodent, and his appara- tus was farnishea by it telegraph' wire which at the point indicated crosses over *a etteet from the root' of Barnett Jr Co's liquor dere to the roof of the store directly opposite,. It appears that thie gay and festive rat has. during the past week made frequent evening ex- cursions aorotia that Wire, to the 'Aid, cation of the denizens in that _quarter, so that for the peat few evenings it bee been the regular thing for a onriella public to wet* for him at about eve p. m. each day -that hour, curiously enough, haying been daily selected by his ratship . for his mid-air journey. Trilll to the call, he came forward yes. totality, as related, aqaEtcoomplitihe4 the hazardous task iri. such clever etyle as Would havi.prat to the xhinsh the beat -efforts of the champion- of -two-legged wire-walkere, and was applruded by the beholdere-Vigorously and enthusi- astically. Ile appeared first to view off the roof of,the Mesita. Bassett's store, where near the edge of the telegraph wire runs alceig an upright at a elms - tion of about a foot. " Mr. Rat Opened, the ceremonies by leapingfrom the roof t-o-ilro-wire;.which Ito cluthoect wiUt his fore pawa,:and„ttpon whuda thereafter, by it very skilfut display of his gymai- tic powcrs, he swung himself until he stood upon it on all fours.: ,Remain-,, ing_thus standing for a few Seconds, as if to take a. careful survey of the danger- oliCroad. before hire, he started upon his journey, and at' a moderately rapid gait 110 'ekipped Along the Slender wire as deftly almost as if he . were on terra firma. • Ile never invaYed.td-the. right Or left, lyut maintained it perfectly ereet Pdet?nsicteic.anit'atileeati;eviitydellacni4d exapetlarielinnee,CQtnhfit; rillifltS of careful training and expels, ience, Reaching- about . midway -the distance he' -instant, and look- •taae„ot..upturii;' hether he didn't COS,' or whether o keep an appoint,' again in a trice; and at an increased pace traversed the re- maeinds.ok er joaflisisonav jorirncixi *too:01r reaching chf mserilio,: wsellelicilrie4Ltraerl.84Stcipeel4ulatie 2:-.-Afianirs--mwaaats- kfirbia...inaillge their fancifill imagine, fiiiirto their heart's content ;touching :the probable purpose of this rat in tints no cOritTlikuta regultiF ovenlng j our- neys.across the wire,but also inyetura- ingf-for it is clear that he '.ao-oo return, since he always. starts on his trip ,.from ,asanyrriora:-..eaVara421Zearrs s., 0, — • • Inilaimee of Food. An. 'excellent,hint is given in the fel: lowing Item Dr. TIafl relittea the 0.184, of ii.man who was cured of his bilious- ness by going without his supper and, drinking freely. of lernonaJe. Every MOrning; saya the doctor, .this patient arose 'with 'a'wonderful -sense of rest and refreshment, and feeling mis thoil,;11 blood had been liter ally washed, cleat . ed4.ancl pooled by the -lemonade and. filet. His theory is that •food oan be used as A remedy for many diseases sue- cessfully. As an eirrunple, he ores spitting of blood by the tile of salt; epi- lepsy, by wateratelmiT-kidney arfec- tlean, lit_...,,eelery; poison, by olive or 'meet oil; erysipelas, ty pounded cran- berries applied to the .-part afibeted ; hydrophobia, by onions, eto. So the to keep -in, good heiilth is really to know,what ,to kat, - .14 '41-orY like th 110 Wita Ment, The "Unloaded" Pistol Again. Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Margaret W. Smith, accompanied by 'her son Sherasari.W.. Smith, left her residence for the purpose of visiting her brother, it Mr, Watson, at 1129 Washington street. It appears that Mr. 'Watson lied recently begun business , at the 'abort place, and afteiiiiispeoting 'various arficies in the atore the attention of the lady was called by her brother. to a new sewing -made. She procured it piece of cloth, and -soon was besily engaged in operating the machine, paying but lit - tie attention to her son. In a money drawer under the counter was it loaded. pistol, and the 'Eta soon found the wee- pon and 'began amusing hininielf/by at. tempting to discharge it. Mit mother. once or twice- ordered him toreturn the pistol l°. the place from whence he took it, but the toy paid no heral to her request, and approaching her in it play- ful manner pointed it at her head and snapped a Cap' into an unloaded °ham- ben.- The child, who is only nine years old, then said, Why, it ain't:loaded; niother," and again took aim, and this timp exploded it loaded chamber, the hall entering the poor women's left breast and penetrating her heart. The then dying woman lookedatther-n1111, and after pronouncing, the sentence, 44-'i did not think Wit plat& was- loaded," fell to the floor and expired. The an- guish of the boy on realizing that his disobedience had deprived him of his dearest friend on earth can better be , . iniagined than described. throw •himaelf on the body of his olotherv. now cold in death, and. putting bis arms aroundlier neck kissenhetrand-in fray tie tones called Upon her to look ttp and • speak to her own boy," a fend epithet which, iris said; she usually applied to the little fellow. The body of Mrs. Smith was removed to herlate residence, where she leaves it husband and another child, a girl about five years old. The heartrending mantas of the lad it ea it largo number of people who in the vicinity at, that time to thti pia 4114 not it few wept team of sorrow for the Sudden death of Mrs. Smith.-. -.1Io. ion, Post. An American paper announces !slits as "Our Young relka for Snip" •-•• 'Achlevements for Weireith d Some of the achiereMents depending on the incentive of %apt.% were in pee& times very odd; and journalists always looked out for such narrative; in time when etatiety had not yet begun to move On, literally aro figuratively, at railroad epee& In the early part °Oho :reign of George111, two gentlernen Weide an eccentric wager at a ceffee.house, noir Temple Bar-. One of them undertook to jump into writer seven feet deep, with all his usual clothing on, and undress completely. He did1.1-it, and if we pia - titre. to oumelves the, twisting and wriggling involved in ouch MI operation, floating the whole of the time we must admit it to be ad-dilficult time, as it Was ludicrous. A butcher, on a Oft1111, 8u1111110e0 evening, undertook,for it wa- ger, to cross the Thames in his wooden tray. In this exploit, using his hands as paddles, he' made the passage safely from Somerset Stairs to the Surrey aide, providing himself with, a cork -jacket in case of aecident. The chroniclers took care to record that 4' seventy boat loads of spectators were present ; and bets to the aggregate amount of more than, 1,000 guineas depended on the event." Bichard Jenkins, it merchant of York, wagered a lame 'sum that he would -pave 100 square yardirsaith stones in nine hours. He. accomplished it; but we are left in the dark aa.to what kind of paving it wae , and in what Way the wori was -perfOrnred. A gentleman undertook, for a wager, that he wrath' stand for it whole day .on London Bridge, with a trey full of good sterling sovereigns, and would fail to And motto - mere for them at *penny it piece. The report is that herivim the wager, alt the pawns by believing that he was Merely trying to cheat them with brass imita- tions.--,puring la visit paid byone of the royal dukes to it victorious ship -of - War iit Spithoad, it sailor got upon the very top of this mainraast, (the truck), and stood there upon his head, waving .his hat round and round on one feet., Itis to he hoped that displayof antipo- dean. loyalty was duly ' appreciated. Heidegger, Master of ;,the aliewels ..to Gedrol'IX; wai considered to be: the ugliest man hi" England. A wager was loid that it competitor for this doubtful honor could be found: An old woman from St. Giles was brought forward, and the umpire,' with "Heideggees- Own approval, was about to award the palm te her; but Heidegger, in 'response to a suggestion, put on the ca woman's bon- net, .tac. render._ the__conditiont..more. ,oqual; the .edditional ugliniss-wao-so- indeaoribsible, that .the, viotory Was awarded to him„. Long before the days of steamboats, it gentleman wagered a thousand guineas that he would make boat nmae twenty-five' miles.Dn hour. Ho otoomplishea, win pi very singular Way, and, at 4h oonsiderAle outlay in Money and, angentuty. He -caused a circular canal to be dug; 100 feet in di- ameter and nine feet wide, and flied with water; .A.horizontaL.,pole, equal in leogth- to the radius of the circle, was pivoted at one end to -a strong post In the middle, and fastened at the other end to .a hoot ; a horse -trotted-in-4r smallee-airelerstaa -point nearer te the 'Not f.hatt to the boat, dragging the pole round ; and the leverage thus singularly obtained sufficed to give „a velocity of twenty-five Miles an hour .to the outer end of the polo, and conaecitiently Lo the boat. A baronet and a clergyman lmiid a wager as to the time when the first EMPeror Napoleon would die; but a court of law set aside this bet as on the ground that it gave one of the Darties an intereit in the speedy death of a man much exposed to hazard. We have only space,left to n3tice4hally the -wager concerning Sir John Throe*, mortetta_estket clothes, on which it thousand guinea -4 -depended?' At ' 5 o'clock on a June morning, in 18/1, two .Soutlr Down • sheep were `shorn ; the wool*wia washed, carded, slabbed, roved) spun and woven; the cloth was secured, fulled, tented, raked, sheared, dyed and dressed; and at 6.80 the same evening, the wool which had clad the sheep in the morning WAS worn , as it divas auk by Sir Sohn alt) his own dimmer-table,-Citam6er's Journal. • A. Stuffed Dog. Worcester boy Was engaged in noc- turnal cherry stealing, it short time ago and was observed by the owner of the fruit, who unnoticed by the 'young rob- ber, placed it large stuffed dog al, *the foot of the tree, and retired to Watch the result of his strategy.. The boy de- scending observed the dog, and then the fun commeneed. He . whiStled, coaxed, threatened, unavailingly, the animal never moving, and finally the' youth, accepting the inevitable, settled, down to posing the night in the tree. After sonny -hours had passed, wearily enough to the lad, morning dawned, and thceproprietor of the tree, coming from the house, asked him how he came to be in the trga, to which the boy an- sWered that hiistok it to Balm himself rom-the-dogrwho-had chasedlim quite distance. It isn't healthy fora smal- ler bay to say "stuffed dog" to *61 youth now. .. Presumption, . - Ire who takes his boys to the beer shop, and trustalhet they will grow up sober, putt; his 'coffee pot on the fire, and expecte it to look as bright as new ' tin. lilen: cannot be .in their tonne when Um hrelv Nrit4 bad IA* and ex- pect goodbeep, or eat A WiOkeil example and 'token' upon raising it respectable family, Yoh' may ,hope and hope till your heart grain oleic; bat *hen you send your boy up the chimney, bell °owe down him& for all your hoping. Teach a child to lie and then hope he will grow op 11071081; better put it wasp in a tar barrel and thea wait till be makes you honey, _As to the next Worla;itait O'great pity that Men do .not takea little more eare when they talk °Ht. . If a Man dieri drunk, somebody or other is Imre to say, "1 hope he has gone to heaven." It is all very well to wish it, but to hope it is anether thing. Afen turn•theie faces to hell and Irepe to Apt to heaven; why don't they walk, _ into the horse -pond and hope to. be dry? Hope's of heaven are solemn things, and should be tried by the Word of Clod. A man might aik'Well hopeosirour Lord says, to gather . grapes of thane or figs of thistles, as to look for it litiPpy here: after at the end of a bad lite. Theo is only °wreck tor, build hopes on, and that is not Peter, as the, Pope says, neither is it sacraments, but the merits of the i;oid Jeans. Thergaohn 21oagh,_ man -rods, and he is not afraid,' for this is it 4=i/footing, which „neither life•nor / • tleat, can shako; but I must not tura .• preacher, so please remember that pre, sumption. is it ladder whfoli will br ak, • the mounter's_neck,.end don't try iI asyou lore your soul.-4purneon's 441 an-_. . • ', two: That Young Hen Have Done: 41. .........,..; Arthur Pierson, in thedissdoiatiori ifonthly,7 says.: ."Before ;the age of thirty, Virgil stood at the head of the Latin poets, Luther led the hosts of, the' ..Refermation,, and Newtoq,qeeppied:the iii front rank among discoverers,- Before twenty,eight years lied_ passed, 4grodo.,t.„.........i. tus recited his nine hooka of bleary, at the Olympie games, and Hannibal brought * Spain' into (subjection to the arms of Carthage, -At twenty-five; De- mosthenes was the golden mouth' of iie of geTivits era with, ugle•of the li .trodt, the_ 5.,-atrOlftt,ila. ititiff 1, Alt- the .stooa ataho. lfecid rS, and Ioirathan ' Edwards and 'George Whitefield were princes among. the preachers.,- -At -.- twenty-two, AlexaMder had-T.:Overturned -- thaPersian;•.D_napite rayllalisepolliene, )....0a Washington were, • ceorpplished Gener- als. Platci,was, atf ,twenty.; the.intirnate friend and tpeer of ,Bocrates, and called Aristotle at the Asia seventeen, 44 the -mind of his school," • great arithmetician at. the age of six- teen. and. IMOOn was no °idea When lie laid the basis of his firdnetive.philaso. phy and began to revolutionise the thought of the world! The list might bo swelled to hundreds%and thousands: •Let these suffice' to illustrate the state- ment that, in all departments of art and study, genius and talent, ipventi9a and discovery, youtyrot energt.and*n- •terprise have berm 'crowned with the laurels of immortality I" . A Schoolboy's Iden t4ea of Hogs. Greece, and Cicero. the .silver :ton Rome. Raphael, at the. game summoned by d'ulitts Iiih iroxaertal cartionalhe 'VotioArALan4. SW04 paths•-ef.ther shining sears% of undiscoVere same age Shakespear of all dramatic writ sibs Pleasant Occupation: „What can be pleasantei than tint life of a. Missouri farmer? ,Alt claylighL he, gets up and examines the holes around arfahilfir fer- cut -worms; then --he- smashm eaddingrooth larvie with it hoe handle until breakfaat. The forewarn is devoted to watering the potato bugs with it solution of Paris .green, and after dinner all hands tntu out to pour boil. ing water on the chintz Imo in the corn atir wheat fields. In the evening -a favorite' occupation is smudging peach tretA to discourage the tumuli°, and after it season of family devotion askthe thriue of the night -flying talon). tera,'*all,the folks retire Aria eleep sound - •••••••••••••I A hoe' is a hif rig, hut a little pig ain't a Arhog.-: here are three kinds nr--hogsa-aWbita hogs, black kilo and two -legged hogs. The contrariest hog is " the black tog, and the -maxnestnt hogs - it the „two.legged hog. It you want to drive e7hog, you must drive them the , centraty way.' *Hes is like women in that respect, ytiti 43412 drive 'em betted' by coaxing. I4 other ways hogs afate ain't like women, except, daddy says, they are never satisfied and rdways grunting. Women wear ear -rings in theie"-ears, but hogs 'wear 'ern in. their . nose. , Daddy flays that's so they malt nose it... Hogs is very used. A hog's head holds water, and his tail makes; a nice whistle; a hog bas ten legs, two fore -legs, that's eight, and two hind legs ' that's ten. Polka call 'era hams. Dad- dy likea hamibest ; Ile; says he has had the cold Shoulder lie often lie's tired -of , it. Some hogs is t fat and some isn't. I gooll hog always has a curly tail. . Daddy toys We morelor.ornanient.th anything else -like the Esq. in a name; DaddY'S hog was fat once hut he ain't now. Daddylad to tie Anot in his tail to keep him from:crawling through the boards of pen. • A New Steam Engine. ' Mr. A.lexataer Miller, an intelligent Scotch machinist, who has obtained many patents both in America and Eng. . land for Various improvements in, rae.- chanism, has at his rade, 98 Murray street, it Y., the model of it now style . 'Of etectin engine, which he believeswill be found much more effective and satis- factory than the one at present in, use. The object of tbia new engine will be to product rotary motion without exhkus. tion or ,diminution. of preasuro while he„erigine is, ik,Operation, no Matter what the nature of ilia force applied: - T110-airitasipat difference ;between -the----- ttruetute of the present ongineanit Mi'. Miller's is that in the-preaent-engine only one • Cylinder and one piston are employed, iivi4Oreee irt the new' en- gine there wiil6o two cylinders and two piston*, each toting on .04 lever, yo working in lettatony with the othee. The inventor, or this ingeniolis pieea of ' mechanism is confident of ultimate sue- ofia equally gonfident that the ad-- - option of the style of steam' ;sag' ine ivar bring abbot it Moat important revolution ly till Attroni, reddens the earn; anti the in the art Of tinvigtitrt. grasshoppers tinkle agaitiat the panes and earairanithemitttlytiAbeatof., On. "The great Allier:can, Obituary pro. other day. • . voker," is the lattst for kernerte. ' - 1