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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
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(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. ' , . •
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fetti , arboe
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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
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A WOMAN'S ANSWElt TO -A MAN'S
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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. . •
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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
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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.
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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. •
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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
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- 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
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!,=-.-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" •••••—..
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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
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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. ,
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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. '
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