The Huron News-Record, 1884-02-27, Page 4Yinvo.
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MIND TlEILMORAPIIY.
TWO Owlets% instances' or Pres
egOtiotetits-A Dream ,
Patittliett.
•
While the (1iaputea betweeit
ing Bishop anti the proprietor of
Truth -the singular power of one iii
the matter of "thought reading,"
sled she immovable acepticiani of the
other' -have been attracting a cer,
tato ainount of public interest, it
may not he out of place to mmition
two instances, of presentirnente-or,
to use perhaps a better word, mind
telegraphy --the accuracy and bona
tides of which can be vouched
for.
The vrife of the writer has ft, POu.
'ein, a laily of extremely nervoim and
excitable nature, who 'name years
ago was staying with her husband
for the season in apartments near
Hyde Park, The landlady was a
middle iiged woman, apparently a
widow; at any rate, she dressed in
black, and no one who could in any
Way be regarded as a landlord wee
e • visible:- Indeed, excepttliwiltiaban&
•f.f. my Wife's el:nide and a lad •who
did odd jobs about the Nouse., there
Was not one of the male sex upon
the premises.
For weeks uo untoward ipcident.
of any kind happened; the -season
progressed merrily, and my wife's
relatives, Whom I will call Mr. and
lfrs, W—e-- (I believe thezwere
on their honeymoon or, .at all
events, in the early end enthusiastic
stage' of matrimony), enjoyed the
round of Loudon gayeties without
stint.
.
One: evening', however, Mrs.
was dressieg tp g� to tlie
opera: She wag (dime in:the chatre.
• her -her hushand having; with the
• superior celerity that pertains•to the
rnanculine toilet; completed hi attire.
and descended to the drawing room
- wilen, to ese her own words,
strange seissation of terror came over
- me, . For seine moments I .ceuld
:uot deft tie the feeling; by, degree/lit
• appeared to assume' shape. end .bore
• centration. .1.ruslied to the door
. lied opening it celled leedly down
-the stairs for my hueband. He
came up in &twin; . • .
Ifrese' I cried, as 1 re-entered
the hed.rootil 'Upon seeing hen ap-
proach, 4bot the door; qietc, quielt!'
•."Wity .My deer 1 What ithe
matter.?"... was'his very,, • nature]
• question. • •
• .
"Bolt the door; seasillaCit is fast,"
1, rejoined, almost fainting with the
weight of dread at iny "There
.i a merlrean in the linage." •.
"Of couree ,Alfred .ridiculed 'my.
fears, aneribing diens to hysteria,
over.fatieue, and all -the other sourc-
-cis from which • T 'nth aware a good
many feminine whims take their
origin -at all:events, in .the'esthea7
tion of the starneesex. But although
Sbotbed by my hukband's ,Oresni,n on .1,
wae.not to he ridiculed out of., the
intense and.. vivid conseineSeess
which . seemedto posaess :me, that
there, wag in Very truth.. • Innatie
114;netif 11 .the , roof ' 'as .iny-
"We went to the opera and xe-
termed in' clue iiOurite. .No tragedy
occurred, nor Wag there any episode
of an untieual nature. But the.
. • next moriling I Iii:mrd the' tab drive
• to the door,•and saw that it Was en•
• tered by a aentleman .whom I .had
..ueverateen before. .1 asked one of
the demestics who the gentleman
• Was; and Wen learned that, our
•• landlady was, ilot. a widow, but that
her huatemil was in asyluie
Froisi tine t� • time; during lueid
. intervals, he was permittedto re-
turn home for e brief visit of 0, day
duration; and he bad paid
aucli -yisit during the previous
eftereoon !" •
• ' Years..afterward,' the same Lady,
Mr,. W (noW widow),
residing:in a suburb of. .Liverpool,
.ply wife happe.neit to beatayingacthe
fie* I an about to merstion tinder
same roof. It .wasan autumn.
• morning, and .the friniile:and guests
were.' at. breakfast, when Mrs,
1•V -- feinted a dream elle had
lied •during the night. •Briefly it
waif that Miss a young,
lady nei;;Iibor, On the eve ofbea'sg
iniihrt,jiasi met...with a terrible
contreteinpa. She -had . quarreled
- with her brother, who'being exits..,.
.peratol harlot.] control, so. 'far for -
et. himself es tp_seri keh r
whichgreatly'. disfigured
. Within half an hour the tiervent.
crone . over from •house of
T—• s with e' message: "Will.
Como over to
e4 MiHS at once 11is
T —. had a bad aceident." ,
111y • wife' s consin• at once'went
over to the house, eridfound things.
• in n terrible confusion. It we's the.
morning of the weddieg, 'an+ the
party was timed to leave the hoose
.041nost immediately. • Bet i lie whole,
itinsile %Yogic a state .01 excitement;
none Were attired for i Iie cereteonV;
1 he bride herself. wai sitting • in a
their, sabbinghyateriaally; while a'
eeyere. bruise on lex Mee 'sorrel at
enee to bring to •11Irs.
mind 'the episode '�f 'Whteli the. bad
dreamed. It soon teanseired that e'
quarrel had taken place- between the
brother mid sister' --who were for.
eienero, a nd perlitilell'clied the !weer
.of restraint which the call/holed'
Britoil its seppostel to posseas-ie
Wiiich the young lady sustained the
•ittiurv. to her face, Iler allegation
was tlitst her brother bad -struelt
btu his version Waft Oat tillg
bad' fallen -Against' this phinitidy.
piece,
At- all oven ta„ Mrs. to
PAM Was etrangely fulfilled. 'TO
enteplete the story, however,
tnent'on flea 'the brith41 ftic0
?OAS fl IICOLiSIy "made up," aud IL
rionble veil menoeuvred with Audi
alegtokIty that the wedding ter( mony
.01 t hougii delayed, *nll. onm p I eted
„end Vie loving ?air joined in one-
:e•ttjanlitelq Outsider .bejpg Otid whit,
the wiaer as to the coutretenipa Of
the mornittg.
Tam no believer in every canal
instance of vielone and presenti-
ments rtcorded from time to time;
but it has always Klemm] to me that
the two authentic cam( I have giveu
above indicate that there may be
often it emomunicatiou • between
minds more enhtle and tuyeterious
than ie ordinarily evpposed.
- • f, ^
He CQUIdn't Live With Ile.
A gawky boy and a "gangling"
girl were married by an Arkansaw
wegistrate the other day, and short-
ly afterward the boy reappeired
and said "Squire, ginnue back
thein license." "I have sent them
to the county clerk's oflice where
they- properly belong," the justice
seplied. "l'ue mighty sorry, fur
want rem haek." "W hat's the mat
ter l"'Why, I don't intend to he
with that gal. I never eee Bich a
creetur, ledge, You tee, her daddy
give her a cow, an' this mornist
when I went to milk the blamed
thing, she kicked me heels Over
head. 1 wouldn'ter minded this,
but my wife stood there an' laughed
fit to kill heiself. I thought I was
goin'ter settle down in a life of love
au' lasses aim' all that, kiut the kick
o! that cow opened my eyes. Tile
county clerk ken keep the pepera if
he wants to, but I wish you'd tell
him the next time yer see him that
I'll be dad blethed if I'm goin'ter
live with that girl."
Sass Or Soss.
The other day a Biatmarck gentle-
man was coming up from Standieg:
Reekeint-sts.ippedite-see a man •who -
lives near the Carmen B411 River,
Ie response to his Atnock ai• the
door he hoard a,s. alien, sharp 'Coble
in and -upon entering ' fouucl
sharp -faced angular woman sitting
in the room under an epee scuttle-
,
hole leading into the loft above,
with a aliotLgun on her. keees.
• 'Is the gentlemen of the house her
lie asked,
'Via, sir, be air.'
_ .
'Can 1800 him a moinent
No, ; you cain't see a hide nor
hair of 'im 1' • ' .
• 'Why can't I; Madam ? 1 would
like to Speak to him on buainess.'
" 'If you Was •tiyin' and Jim war
the only doctor in'....Dakdty,..you.
couldn't sot an eye on . him till be
gives' in an' talks decent. At din-
iser awhile ago he told me' to pole
in the apple soss an' It -toll -him it
Wasn't Ross, hut sas$ and he .said he
keowed better;it WWI 8089i an' to. I
tot'. him that lie tuk a notion
that %little apple sems'd feel Soothin'
tehis stmnack to say se, an' he said
bed have' SiOSSI or.die. Then 1 toP
bisn I'd defend tie.t aiina . with. life;
an'. made a break ..fer•thesticip :gun,
au'he made a break through the
ecuttle inter- the loft.. '.• When his
senses come to him' eull. lie •giv•ee: in
that sass i seen he kin .ctim down',
but if he initkes a break afore that,
off goes the top of hitt bead., Thar
;sets the sass, Stranger• fin's -tbar's
Jim the 'left, ati' tleit'a;•the
way the' 'matter stands jiat new, ea!
reckonyou'd better • idostiy.alpeg
an' net get Mixed .inter the row V..'
gentleman moved away be
heardher voice 'saying • '
. .
• 'Jim, wren you gittired. b' yer
du rn fool i n ', an' Weep this •sses j es'
squeal oat!' : • .
, And se gruff' 'voice from the dark -
Scipio gerret responded ;..
!Sciss'!' •
• Talmage on Ohl Paths,
• .
• 'Look at the sOendoes of .charaat:.
ers which orthodoxy -builds -TWIn.,
had the mightiest huinan intellect
the world ever sale I Paul. Lit-tle
in physical :ateture, but, head and
"shoulders above all the 'intellectual
giants : of the ages. -• Orthodoe from
scalp to heel 1 Who was the might-
• iest eoet, the world has ever iseen ?
John Milton, who saw mo.re With,
out .eyea etban anybody ever SOW
eyea.• • Orthodox from scalp kJ
heel! 'Who was the greatest' refer-
mer.the ,World ever saw ? Martie
Luther, se acknowledged hjnidel
and athiest, as well' as ,the Christian.
Orthodox . from scalp to heel!. In
Music Hall, Beaten,. the talented
Theerlore Poker •stocai for many
years betttlieg orthodoxy; and giving
it, as many suliposed; its death blow.
On the, same street, and: liot far
from being oeposite, stood Perk -et.
Cougregational church, commonly
col I od by i ts • en e i eh liqlllite
corner."Theodore Parkin- died and
liistiliurch died with. him; It was
nttempted to keep tip the 'Organize-
tioU, but, if still in existence, it is so
small that it is hardly visible to the
naked • eye.! But Park-st, Ohurch,
or thell fire corner:6 stands still, its
pulpit thusaletincatre-ifiageifiebilt
truths' of Me hodoxy just JUL, though
Theodore. •Pfteker•-bad never lived,
You laave noticed that most of those
who
settee:wilt A Pik OE TeE nmr.11.
finish their ministry in a piilille ball,
and When they •are done their
nudienceware dishaeded. All that
Boston, Or Brooklyn, or New York,
or the earth ever received that is
worth having came through tlie wide
aqueduct (if orthodoxy, fromthe
throne of God. ,
. Behold the cettitinies of ortho-
doxy 1 Where do you come trent
believer in the Bible,
. Answer: "rwas cleecencled from
the ye' feet parentage of Paradise,
jut° whose nostrils Jehovah breath
ed the breath of life. I am ason of
ofl ." • •
IIaltaiitt half .13ibleman where
do you come from 9
Answer : It is all uncertain. In
my tineental line there weal, orange
outang, end further back there was
a potty wog;, and still fut titer back
there Was It ttolp010, and it toOk
mil ietis of years for me to be eyelet-
. -
Hil10 'man'
ere you going when Yon leave this
"Well, that la ell uncertain. I
oppivol "1: shall peso out into the
great To Ile, and through the. great
Somewhere, and.gradtially otr 1:0* the
great1Am/where, arriving finally in,
the great *worhero,"
thonght thetwatt when ye*
probably Weald fetth up.
:
Not Respectable.
AP -,7
The ‘following convoreation be -
tweets two ladies at the .A.uetin opera
house wee overheard by an elderly
gentleman who gave it away.
"Alm Pluutbottle called on me
the other day. and I don't know
whether or not 1 ehould return her
What art, of people are they,
anyhow,"
haven't had anything/ to my
to the Plurithot deo for several years,
bit before that I was quite hale -tate
with them, and , I must say they
were never very proper rople, and
I never knew a respeetable person
to associate with thee)."
O'Connor's tittie Accident
.•••
The heartiest laugh that has been
heard in the Termite Police Court
for a long time was enjoyed a few
days ago when Daniel OVennor, a
fresh arrival, was errainged for
•dru likeness. •
"Were you drunk," asked bis
Worship.
`I was. sor."
"Row did that happen V"
Well, sor, 1 dunno, sor, but' ye
see, sor, we had a little increase. in
dthe family, an' dthat's how -400c7
curred, if 'yell excuse me, sor.
"You can go, but don't let it
happen again."
"I won't sor."
That Easy Chair. ,
A few evenings ago a furniture
delivery ,wagon was driven up in
_front of a prominent mares tesidence
-add-the ala-iverEleletirg -a-Lane so --
celled easy chair frdm it to the front
door, rang the all. The. mistress
of the premises •happening'neae, Op-
ened the 'door,
Are you Mrs.
9" asked
the man.
"I am," she responded.
here's an easy,' chair for
-"An easy.chatr ? Why, I neyer
ordered it front enyones"-
'No, hut your liusband.clid.”
• "He did 7 • What! I never told
• him to get one 1 There must be
some+nistaketalbotit it, What 'did.
• he ally "
`lli 1 9n1.941tittc,d_hilti tell the
boss that he ofteegbeliorne piety
• late' ate] that you alwayareot'ep for
him without sleepin' any, and you:
had. no easy chair, anti he thought
mebbe if you lia&a right soft, eau
ono like this you'd go to Fddep in it,
and he could slip uleStairs and crawl.
in bed Without, wakin' you."
• "Ale Oath Isis .sciierne, in it ?
Well, you jaiii takethat chair .rfelit
6 •
hack • again, rind when ,he comes
'home - to -night, . if US to- morrow:
morning, VII be there as usual,. on
. my seine old chair, .and .teach
him how to injure my character be-
• fate the public. .•Ansi- he aalle that
en easy chair!' The .old fob! 1 "If
.11e. had gene to Diehl', the tiirsiitere•
man on Yictorie street,tand got one
of.hie.easy chairs', I don't know but
I might havrs telsen it in." Then
iheslaieneel the door; •
•
Sympathetic Judge..
. A SykrionseAispatuli.eilys:-;,Th !ink
.,Hafner wore:a bandage. around Ins
head a Mottled •green bla'ek
patch surrounded his right 'tare, esid.
his'. •faCe. was :scretelnal, out, .and
bruised in •many • places, When be
stood before.' Imi,ge..111ullielland to
.answer a ,charge cf drtnikentiess.arid.
breach of the peace. . Beside. •him
stood ti frairyotnig woman Who said
that she Was Ilia wife. Nextto her.
stood a :short men With gray' hair.
lie is her father.' The., aestimeety•
'waii that 1-Jefifer went. home drunk,
took the baby from his wife's .itrine.
• put it inthe:ors:idle, and then . choir •
'ed. Jas.:Wife mad keooked her dowri-
itt
the corner.. Them her father • in-
terferred .eint pun jtileri .'Hafieer so
that Dr. 'D., M.-. Totman 'Wfia called
•,tb dress the wounds after , he was
rem saVeti.. to jail. •• ,.
'Shake hands with' me, old man,.
shake liende.with sant the.
Justice to flafn.er's.
"If 1 had a son -in -1w who: would'
beat and abnse' U1Y cleughter,'"I'd
thrash him. I glory in your spunk,.
old nine, anti 1 hope your strength
May be spared 'niftily years to :stand
by your.datighter, and thrall every
one of your sons-in-law if they de;
servo it. - 4• . •
A• Pretty lionninfe.
Those few guests of Hurst'S 'Bro.
tel;.St, Lonis, who happenedto be
in the parlera few days ago, Wheo
a brown eyed, brown haired, neatly
dreseed young lady, holding the arm
ad* a stalwart and handseme young
men, ,walked•in, dreamed that
. .
the ecointootcp'aee• event that was
about,to bappf-n.uove, elf Tf61-Freftr,ft -
romance as V0r. gre'cerl thst pagefsof
fiction. , .The lat13; was lifiss
Hill, of Dumfries. Scotland; and the
gentlemen was Mr, Robert Irwin,
of Merrelltowe, Ark. In a few.
minutes after the couple mitered the
room the words were spoken that
milted them for the journey elf life.
The wedding wana very quiet one
only two or three intimate friends
of the youtig people being present,
Solna year's. ago Mr,- Irwin came to
this country, leaving behied . hint a
promise and a faithful heart which
he expected some time to claim.
Reverses had come to theyoung
netn's family and he found himself
compelled to work Ida way thraugh
the world. ,The lady's .fatlier, efter
Aida misfortune, drew off from the
young man, and finally forbade the
mat riage, as be lied other plans for
his datialitee, • Prospects for rising
in the world were gloomy in the old
country, and thee lover determined
to 'seek his fortnne in A merice.
The lady wag faithful to him, find
pi embed that when he had nimle
home flit her she wnuld share it
wisb him, A determination to sine
etal and hard work soon told in,the
nawuthWeat. A mutual friend -
Wee tomieg to thin touetrv, attd
she aseented to eacompany Mm to
the city, where her lever met, her.
The wedding Was the reeult, end Int •
happy a peg. as ever plighted troth
started for Merrplltown, where ?dr.
Irwin his started a properone litiRi•
.neaff. This bs the t.tory ttild by a
piltibnlell who wifneneed tite Core.
morty and who vonehtse foe ite
treth.
Most Dellnato
"MIDI you say Jimeon wee a .firet
clams selesnlan end a gentleman?"
aak-
od the hoes, of a merchant traveller,
relative to a new man who had prole
• veil quite the contrary.
"No sir, I did not, was the emphat.
le reply.
"Well, I do not wish to impugn
your veracity, but I am willing to
make an affidavit that you told me
you could eay be was an excellent
man in every respect."
"That's what 1 say, sir."
"Why did you deny it, then?"
ai didn't deny ib.'
"I say you did,"
"I beg your pardon; I said 1 cola
say he was a first class salesman and
a, getitleman, but I didn't say ee, nor
would 1, unless 1 wanted to tell a lie,
and, sir, a newspaper man never lies;
that is, hardly ever." ,
"Ols ah --indeed?" stammered the
boss. "I should heve been more par.
t tiler, and, sir, you should have been
more tleanite.1
A Raffled Inquirer.
There neatles among the MIN in
that delightfully uncertain portion
• of our glorious common wealth
• known as "The Hollow" a smell but
ambitious little city, which we will
all, for purposes of convenience
and dissimulation, Southtown.
There is no railroad to Southtown,
and stage routes are of tedious
• length. Coneequently few travellers
visit the city, save those who have
business ef some inipOrtarice.
One evening, however, there
climbed out of the stage at the door
ottlie principal hotel a inutile attar.
edprserrwho carried tt-steell 140
• bag. He entered the offise, •Wrote.a
very commeeplace name iiz the ,register, and desired to bie ehoss'tn to his
room. •
Whp was bel
That was whet every loafer in the
office asked, and before- the new
comer heti sat down in the quiet of
his room above; tWeirty-five persoiss
in the room below knew bia name -
if it were his name. 1'
What-Was'Ilis husineaft
He seemed sociable enough, but
somehow IiiS talk was ell general;
he would eay nothing personal.
Thum matters went on for several
days, anti all the city became curious.
., ;At lengththe mayor,„aman. of
great; Suavity' and•lieldeesS, eogaged
to brave theDouglas in -bis hall, end
ask .him-efew questidee itt amobth
but pOinted:Anglo Saxon.--
hed, not yet inet the .myeter-
ious stranger, .and so he dropped in
accidentally, and was 'in trodueed.
kb e Opened fire at 'once's •
"Ever in Suutlitown.before?"
: "No.". •
"Goleg further, I presuniel"
-I3ut whether he presumed correct.
is, or the stranger apparently . did
not feel' bound to say, so lie west
'anent:
. "Ho* Much loriger will we itave
you with use gneeied the- maser,
leaving presuMptiong and retdrning
to in t.eKI:OgittiOntl. '• • . .•
• ."About. three weeks." .
• .The .cre.wiul leened forward . as
onemen. " : ••
• . "
"Alt, indeed ! ,AreYon trayelling
for pleasure?" •
"Pardon me,'bub mey 1 ask; not
for idle Curiosity, hut .for • certain
reasons, whet business ' you repro
sten t?" . •
•
• A visible tlirill rantltrougli the
small assembly_ that wa-i • a point
blank shot: •. Wheld he dodgel.:, •
"Yoe are the mayor, I 'belit3ye9"
said the etraeger. •• •
"Yea." • ,
"Then I -06A ,mind telling you;
(ri fact I suppOie you. -ought to
' -
•
"Yes?" . • . •
"Well, . -T 'sidle a sew 6qnsrit-
' ion), "and.got away with it all right:
but, like a fool I went beck after
the dam; and they caught 'the. I
, was tried and found guilty, a.ntl .the
judge .,gave me My choice .•-• six
months, in jail; or three -Weeka,iss
Snuthtown.; arid, • like . another, con-
•demned took Sontlatniin."
• • . • •
COM'. Days.
Ib i a bit of coincidence that the
coinet upon 'Which Napoleon's sol;
diem gazedseventy years ago, When
they were .rnalc.ing 'that dreadful
march from MOscoer, which resulted
in the death from cold and' exposure
Of 400,00.0 Men;ahould be accOmpan-
iecl on its reapoeararto with slitter
cold spell. of weather. When it
swept ant of eight the world witness;
ed an, unusually severe whiter. 'The
incident, as well as the cold snap Of
this wieter, recalls other severe .svin
ters. In"Oefober,•703, tied February,
le:I,' the 'denizens-- :,er the' 'OttY Of
moequ tiFttntl-miriteettratailtsdinteft;&'
ed by a cold epell' of weather, arid:
the, tWo.• sea! at COnstantinople' were
frozen over for twenty digs. • In
1063 thceyhaines frozee • over
for fifteen weeks, In 1407 the add
was so intense in 'England that all
small birds perished, and in •I33 the
iarge fowl of the air were driven by
the terrific) cold into the -towns and
cities of Clernistey. • • -
• In 1548 the whiter was so neyere
in rlanders that the Wine distributed
was cut With bat:Chet&
The year 162.8 was leafed fee eeld
*wither in &gland.. Theusamis of
forest and elisde freest weee split by
the frost, birds and etock perished, a
line of iitagea ran on the Thames for
several week, and shops, vvero built
on the ice le tho. middle of Lite
Thrones. •
44;11 1801 the wolves, were ririvsm by
the cold into Vienna, where they At-
tacked seen and tattle en the strsets.
In 1810 quicksilver froze in the
thermometer bulbs nt, Micow. 0
of the most reniarkaide changes of,
letlipOrattIre was witAsed tit IThrif.
:1.11(1 it.lineterstintli, neer linielon
in 1807. The therniemeter Wadi. 3*
below eeect 00 the 4th of ;Niamey,
andis.Rity-two boars later it had
leaped to 55' Above aero. -
With respect to A meriea, tinote
the remarkelde cOld tipelIe were as
foliewa Ti 1820. end ttenin it
1821, New Yorlt barber svAA ,froseet
OVOI` SO Chat tailtaft 1.7V eta t'oti aerrV
the lee to Staten Island. the Sr
WATTS &CO.
-CLINTON, ONT., DEALERS IN-
cfc IVIe,410341xleoei
besoriptione Oarefally aiaAccurately ,Oonipouncled,
ima .Ordere Anewered with ,Care and Deepatch.
The Put, our .Stockof Maticino .Complete,, Warranted'
mut of Ow Bat Quatie#
Toilet Soaps, rerfumery, Shoulder Dracee, +Trusses, Sponges, and all
kindtt of Druggists' Sundries usually kept in a First -Class Drug Store.
Newly and Elegantly Furnished throughout. Electric
Bells, Heated with Hot Air, Large and well -lighted
Sample Rooms, Bath Room, Large and Elegant Parlors,
Everything for the Comfort of the Travelling Public.
First class Stabling and ad Boom; also first-class
Stock Yard in connection„
• OUR BAR is supplietrwith the Choicest Selection of
Liquors, Cigirs, and all kinds of Refreshments.
)32THouse situated directly opposite Post Offiee.
GORGE 1WoCULLAOH,
Proprietor, Clinton, Ont.
547 ti
JOB PRINTING--Nen,t, Cheap, Stylish and
Attractive, at THE NEWS-RLCOR1D Printing House,
of Indiana saw weather cold enough
to congeal the mercury in 1855.
The winter of 1861 was made mem-
°rattle by cold Weather. On the
130 and 26th days of January many
deaths occurred frem • the intense
cold, and the residents of Mobile.eaW
the thermaineter, sine tn 7prd),
'..A.laiabiar of Celd'airegeS would be
itnpertect without a mention of the
terribee stoim that swept ovar this •
cduetry- in 1863, which bas One into
FARM .IIIPLEIENTS'
history as the cold New Year's. A
drayinan was frozen to death in .
einnati while driving along' a street;
a man climbing a.fence in Minoeso-
ca ficize 19 death 'and toppled over
into the -snow, wliile the loss of bie
man and,anitnal lives in other 114ts.
of the States and Canada was im-
mense.
BLYTH SAW Ka
GOSMAN & DODDS
Arc now prepared to do all kinds of workiln their
line, flaving put in a grain crusher, we are able
to do chopping at any time lend on shortest
notice. _ _
5,15).51411-15,,DOD.D13,-
.3tyth, Ont.
. The Old Van Thanked Thum;
-The other night five young men
•
softly entered, ancl;in the ohltly night
seated theniselves on the verands:h
••, 0
:of the premises of a well t'do tarnier
,fiving.nd a thousand miles from the
villige of Blyth, and who ls the fortu-
nate parent of sev.pitl lovely dsugh-
'tors. The five yoling. mere seen be -
gen to sing, while a gMtar,and a ban -
Jo added their Sugary notes to the
general sweetness. , Ae the Song was
finished a sash went up and a mascu
line voice called out: •
"SPlendici ! % Beautiful 9 Gentle
men; please repent • :
The baiel on the verandah ems only
to happy to accommodate and "Only a
'Pans35 , Blossom" went floating over
• the night breeze. .
• l'En t ra'neinp ! tradcing 1" ex.
elairned the: man at . the. window,
"Geetlemen, 1 dont-want to 'put you
Lo . trouble1 but if you would bnly
'sing that over once morel" •
-.The song dragged a little this time,
:and the Ottevoice seemed:to hi'ive
awallow.ed a troche down -tlie 'wreng
:pipe; but it ended- at Jest, and the
old mati called out : • .
• -"That's what I call singing, that is!
.aentlemery, I'm hog, but ifl-bould
•••
prevail upon you to render that de-.
lightful pee fn. once more, it would be
a kindiaise 'could neveriforget
There was a (teal of growling in um:
clertones, but. the • leader:gave: the
key, • and for the fourth: time the
'neighborhood was filled- withdread.
fulls', faded pm*, blossoms% 'When
thetast note died away the 'old men
clapped his harids'antl 'exclaimed 4
"Better and better!' You lieve ray
heartfelt. then ks The old 'woman is
deaf, my darters are in Clieton, and
the hieed.gal .quit yesterday,- . or .I'd
have2ein all stick their heads out to,
thenle you in p.erson.' doodenigist,
gentlemen -good -night; and if you
see fit to come to Morrow evening,
111 bavethe oldavoinan sit Up with a'
bed (milt wrapped -around her!" ;
• Fakhionable Piety.
• Secoe,-A church in Winnipeg-
Rectosin reading 'tteska nexten. in
Aisle directing the people' to seats;
very 'etyligh congregation. Enter
stranger looking itir seat.
Rectoe- Dearly beloved brethren
the scriptures moveth ue at all times.
-and in sundry places to--; •
Sexton --(To strange looking „for
seat)-2-Ii1, there! what are yoUabnut?
• Stranger -I sun looking for a seat.
Rector-To,acknowledge our mani
fold sins and--: .
Sexten -GO back,. sir! The pews •
are rill reeted and snood.
itectorl-With a :humble, lowly, •
Penitent, and eentritelreart= _
' 86c1on-My Orderit are tO ipep:
aisleefeit-iefar
Stranger- Can't 1? .
Rector -Humbly acknowledge our
sins before God- • .
Sexton (angrily) -No sir, you can't;
you lus:ye no business.
Rector -To render thanks for the
_great benefits we have received at
ills heeds— "
. Stranger -4 merely• wished to—.
• Rector-A.ecompany me t� the
throne of the Heavenly Grace, say.
ing—
SextoM-Now, sir, ,go back; or—
plintee suddenly-- air, aed Mrs.
Shoddy, Mr, and Mrs: Moneybags,
Mr. -and Mrs, O'EverybodY. Sexton'
roabes off tied obSeeuioaely shows
them to thole pews,)
itector,-For ofsuch is the Kingdom
•of Retiree, '
. Stranger retires and bents up A
less fashionable temple.
Pions Points.
Widovv Van Cott, the nett tohneeo
crusederess, says: "No Christian can
Afford to -nee tobssreri." 'Poll/moo le
awfully high; that's a roxit,.
that Mrs, Van Cott will use her in -
fluorite to have the tit* redneed, °
A exellange snag it hale four year
old listened attentively to a Sattiltilit•
vim) preacher last Sunday, end then
whisperedi "elfronnut,italost ten MI-
derstan' ant, Iit'a a dond one."
An exehanges says that Neal) was
s first plusher en reeerd.
piteliectthe,eek wit sin andwithou
LAItelE ASSORTMENT
ROOT & STRAW CUTTINO BONES •
COB,N SliLLERS,
And all Iniplements 'used on it *Win.
ae.Good asalie .Best,- and as Cheap
as the Cheapest, at .
J. B. WEIR'S
•, IMPLEMENT WAREROOMS,
CLINTON. ONTARIO
-1.N'• V I rt,-•
LINTON
Carriage AWorks.
H. OANTELOR PROPRIETO R,
MANTIII OTURrat
BUGGIES, CUTTERS, WAGONS SLEIGHSAC.
LUMBER AND SHINGLES .talien ge. ghlo nte a .call -and. 11.
.witi give you prices that ,cannot be beeteii ia the-0mq, eise)". Repairing ane
liorseshoctun.done with despatch.
11. CANTELO:N,
FURNITURE
CEO DIEHL & SON3, I
TICTORIA-ST., ,
!!! ea , fet
AYER'S PILLS.
4. nolo preporttem of the disease which (awls
human severing result from itenuteetaela of tav
etwasaa, towels, ttna tiver. Aver* oxruattrio
• X'Ar..fdi Pit direetly npftli thelle erg/tall, all are
watch they are * sere, sum Ptowet, end Phitusinti
Li
her threfirrirdeY 4"rmailfpufies144 So euro
lenuerloutlitheng deili.uoxibetIspc treclon,
indigestion. Arsporsits, nosenteue, .0 • „,,
tr:mtle'dy". 4%14049:to:Ai i°v:l'eserol'oilimethli:i7.11,4:4: Qber
unsiumileseutiatu. Laly:ttettiaeusus titentaxviviilari4 werwaect:sat, vsyleaow:
1ltabiy11e :ed lcil rt°1:l:P.
aaok1eXareitpetradeaerteeeteit4:iweoo:1y,nd:emToototeetr9tou
wO r if :::: :: eat: 9:Plini :914 G yfiVel laill; ye lboningvw7:1110: jubilielitefrlenetiaynd:ra ea
my 6:07tecroo:upfroan: non.helaidLacweheb:::te4astovore
pilferer from, headache and Your Pludii are the
44°sInesPt41.111" is lleirliatTelvheqr flo0u0Piti .4grriti avvp'l'esivaC I three
onlv tbing I could,. look' to for relief, One dose
wtootx otocesigiewaNnkvoi,iirLi et.nrkirozaolfsel,va.ard:pu:aysndreos;
stance* il."rialnk"raleisnur884:1e.de. Ituit4tinle.1:2:45:P4V1 'ya"O:outijiltuZul bui:lny.°I itativ5 8 2,1e11; 4 st es vi1 en:
suit. We constantly keep them oxi hand at our
reliable family medicine. X'
luFontonvev,uatIlittielnp :I: .fatl iii :on:calm:opt! iseiva4maizieta,:salfree:1:48-4
eYarolviIbiJ. T,1141ss.,
le:i4'tj":31l882.
TheRbtAcll.IfAfl,074,WAtinifran:t:lta,a.o:;i0:sone3,8sthtyoi
Ibme;titheeerusabc:0;obereast:sinen:;:itnilucPgean:v;lizelaltc°;,: jud$11Witi:liaTsch:!uoi a
spite of the use of medicines of various kinds.
hare entirely corrected the costive habit, and
4 44 : Agve"Ys tE7a0 ::: YhaiAni nTdPI :A: I tyv erCiti unneik:i XI ::::: rne:Ort rl. leaseantic:bi rt.rh. 0. og: to anr I:
tles ot the bowels, stimulate the appetite sad
action give tone and vigOr te the l'fbele nhYsical
'ecan°wY:
rem...time BY
Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell Mass
field by all Druggists.
YOUNG,
OLD, AND
MIDDLE'
Alt sxperienettizergrful
Ayer's $arsap,arilla,,
Ohneren with Sore 'EyesSore Ears,
AGED, or any scrofulous or syphilitic taint,
maybe made healthy and strong by its use, •
Sold by all Druggists; $1, six bottles for $6.
^
NDERTAK1NO
WAaPER t WAL• L
•
PAPER.
The time for'llouse-Gleaningis near, All wanting
Hall Parlor, Dining -,Room; Bed:-
Roo/1p., 'Papers,
.win end the
Best and Latest. 'Pattern§
CUMTWL,
FRIEZiS, CO:-..1.1110ES AND PiiS, FillAS, &C.
la- The Bazaar Fashion Books for MS are out and °an had for nothing.
Oall and see the rapers and get a Beek • •
BIPTLER'$. „
GODER1CH.
obettpor than any one on top of the Earth
7..4144Mr
a4'•;
thElEAR'S
.7012111 POWDERS'
Aro pleasant to t•th,o. Contain their dads
ur oti e. Xs A. wife, *nib: and efrectua3
of wozeueT in Children or Adult*
CARTERS
ITTLE
!VTR
Pius,
Sick Detoleche and relieve .all We troubles Inel.
d :.t to a 'bilious mote of the system, sae Ai Dia.
Nausea, Drowsiness, Distress after eating.
31,51it lite Side, 4c. While their most Nayarit.
able Snenntid lais been fillOWIL 1415 turing •
IT4tvinutaTtibeiehel,13.5 ectobii,isrLtioprn'til...iitit,lec,Ii.i.ilvi;egr Pa !Lilt, are
,1 g
th,s annoying complaint, white they els° cam et
511 dlitorilers of tile sioneeeti, stimulate -1 he liver
and r..gulate the bowels. Even if tin y only atard
•••
A e•1•to they 554' tst houlinostprinelvNa to those wh•
butt' r frotn‘this dint resning conspht'nt; but foi m
ely their go ninet,s doe** net end here, and those
v'm 0540(1 15!) tem
y w:il flitti these little I ills vein..
e•• i eo tunny wayki that they will lot he Noma%
.J 5. WILtilIt hem. Data:ter nil sick head
. .
!..1P,cleitu,vcf 141 1,41 v Errs thatlierc I 4 Win* wet
&leoeut •boaet.. Our pills'eure whne
-ti•ro 03 not. '-• . • • • -• •• •• • •
,vri-r."0. Little Lir,,r are yeti, eronll
, to I. its. Citc er two pills in.o.c a dose.. •
•...y rieiiy vvt:ett.ble end i.1.! 1,o4 er,ao•er: .
Si their Ken I IC g [1, Inn., I' nit n 9'. • -
.• 100'n; .1n 4i1.1.V1.341 eeniSi AV. C., i' 0. hind
stat by msg.,. •
f.d.r..DICI2Titi
• .i4esvit Orki.011 y •
•
sieWsnissawes
• • •
Thegeme Was 'called on account. of
the rain. •
A little 6 year old. WitiVes.i at cpurt
proved ber right to be sworn by say-
ing that she • went "regularly to
church and Sunday School, raid once
to -a allure!) fair." •
it was a Boston clergyman who re-
tlY impressively remarked that
"men thought' all othera mortal but
themserves," and' he added With con.
sideralle solemnity, that "they fre-
quently looked in.the newspaper for
the record of the deaths of friends
'and acquaintances, but never °nee
,thought of looking in the papers for -
the announeenteet of their •oWis dec-.
ease.
A party of Baptlat clergymen were
bltrefishing Off illartha's Vineyard the
other day. A question arose as to
whether a certain specimen Was really.
bluefish.. "We call 'em baptists,'
said a netive fisherman. ":Tbeliaptist
elergyman rather eagerly naked why
"ditse they spite sp soon arier theytre,
-taken'out or the water,",
A priest visited: ty coachman who
was a•eridusly ill, Ile:.said to the
cbaChniee,-,
11:calit, of gal ng• tmehosell4a-s:4!*titifet
say that I have," Said.the -aoacinnan
in a feeble voice "but I haae
a great many persons there."-
..
household WordS,
Let• us, by all means, have our
• "household worths" and let therm be
lovingeenes. If seine of them gain
special sonee front special Origin,
fled, being meaningleai to a stran.
ger tat% for that very reason carry
11101-0 11API-tab and tender signifi-
canoe to the.eare that litioW.ind•re•
)11010, fib Much the better. ' Words
.of love incite hive atl really na love
prompte words of love. And -the
more love of man and of God in the
home ,the .bettert and tliere ought
always to he most of the one whet%
is most of the Other. to not afraid
of oyerdoing love end trust. In
feet, as to the latter, One might al -
mot with eafetv
Dotter trust aml lie deceived,'
Ansi weep that trust sind'that (locate-
ing,
Than doubt 'Mid Heart, that if believed
. Had blest (mess life with true believing.
Attliert Saila&
Tee bar Sseve bi the world for ruts,
Iltuisea, Sores, 1.11ce1e, 81t Rheum,
Fever Sores, Tetter, ChapPed
taillhltins, Venison(' all skin trop..
fleas, nnil pOgitlVeir Otiree Nice, or no
psymapered. It le' guaranteed to elves
prereeteinglarActle or money refunded.
Pried 213 bo:it. Pent SAW AY
Hotel and Domestic Sizcs;.Grerat•Saving; in Labor and Fuel.
)3'8A liake
9
IRON AIIII;114111EGARE
17201\17..
Clinton, 1eq; 13; 1883.
HEELER & WILS.
"IDOIVIMSrilIC 7
S gie Mae hate
Look for New, Advertisement
ID a Few. Weeks.
--INTON
MUSIC
. .
5
Rev. Father Wilds'
EXPERIENCE.
The itov. Wilds; well-known city
• missionary in Now Eorlt, and brothel. o(the
tato eminent Oltidge Wi1d, of thelliassachuo
7tts S‘,11718)riteIn; levwriltomazsmf,otyllloact;Iosr2:
AYE & (lo., Genm
tleen •
Last whiter R twa.s troubled with a most ittieetn.
fortttble itehlug humor littoeting.more especially
1.!ly limbs, which Willed so intelerahly.at
mei !dimwit so 1 n tenselYt that I could scarcely bear
any clothing ever them, I waselse a sufferer
Iran it severe.catarrh and. catarrhal .eongiv z.nly
• appetiteAvas poor, nod nut system a good (lent run
down, 1(noWing the value of A VIM'S SARSAra,
14114A
,, by observation of many other etnieS, and
from persenal use informer years, t began taking.
it fOr the Shore -named disorders. my Appetite
itymroveni almost from tlio first flaw. Alto. it
.short thne tho fever and iteltingwere allayed, f9ld
11114tois of t tsm
theaetsappes red. Air
catarrh and cough were' elso eared 53 the sumo
means, and my 'general Itealtligreotly:linproved;
until it Is now exeo1iette4 fool a hundred nor
.eent stronger, rind I attribute these results. to tlio
. use oLtlic SAUS,vPAnod.A, which 1 reeonnnend •
with all coldish:rico as the host Mood niedicino
ever devised, 5 took- it in small , doses Hiroo
tlineS a day, and used, in alb less than two-botties,
place mese filets at Xonr service, hoping them
• publication may do good, •,
yours respectfuily, . z.r.
T•ne above histon6e is tut one of etersani cons
*.stantlycomingto our notice, which prove dile per,
feet iltio.pt_ability OX A VETO) SAUSA.DARr.a.A. tn.
.11 ifZ5 of Ali distithick arkilii4frotalamordorliri:•"'•-
%potai.foui,Eslood;-/mibtoveationeit.vitaittt„-'-'
Apeeg Sarsa.parilia.,
cleanses,. enriolves, and strengtiithis the blood; '
etimalates the action of tho Stomach and lutviols.
4in5 thereby enables the systeni to resist and over.
eotne the attaelts 01 an Sernfit4Ons Discifk%
1185,5 Of the ,/in, Rheumatism, Catarrh, Genera? ,
IranIdfitilaiialtiili8°rdilY:stlilpoor
tr
COriiledbOcat1dilCfaofbosystn.
Pritt.Attlib.31Y
Dr. 3, O. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mese,
sold by all Druggtits; Klee SI, sOb bottles•for 5.
• AYER.'S
CATHARTIC
PILLS
-7 Dept, Purgative Medicine—
awe Censtipation; Indigestion, Deadrtelic, and
all Disorders.
Sold tsvetywhere. Ahva.31 rellableo
• . .
WILL CURE
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