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Wingham Times, 1890-05-16, Page 6`• A • Brit 110felt tGw 0tr ld have been better, heavy walking boots, a gossamer n ,11� hood hebaou•a goad"liefurmer.tt waterproof, aud a kttatted .1'a;u amElint$ But Peter is a kina•hetirted rnaa, Sllantar cap and went out into the And loves her too we store The snow was falling g • 1* RIDAX, MAY le, 1800, Kitt? Key 'Tens the Editor ab‘tit Wing loam an4 her Z riends, Nowt editor, if you'll just. bit down, . ,And, lend to me your ear, Twill tell you of many things That took plane ere you came here. I want to let you Icuow, Peter Fisher is Wiugbam's oldest pioneer; Audit is over thirty years ago, Ince he my friend carne here; • And of bar history, he tee could give, Full many a bit aud scrap, For he war, here when isle was born, apd he ,cursed her in his lap. He `ave her lumber fur her home, Aud yarn to knit her hose, Aud hour ux feed this little one, Aud cigar to make her clothes. z dud. least w heatheu she should grow 1{e built a church, thee, large, „'..to educate and ohristiauize His darlinglittle charge. But now her children there doth go To learu to read and write, :And oft they say some naughty words, That end up in a fight. Bat things are very different now Than they were at the.begtuniug, 'When clothes d her father callee d ler �� is ugham. Be then was a strong, active mag, And no need to use a cane, Anel defended well his little Charge, With all his might aud main;. Be helped to keep wild animals back, As he guarded web his care, And none lie left to pleat;e the child, But Robert Orr's Black Bear, 'Which is a noble specimen of its kind, With whom a child oau play ; And none at•all will he molest But those wlio will not pay. Winghamhas learued to love hint well, And for her he doth kindly care, And may he long be spared to her Wingham's true friend, "The Bear." It pleated good Peter very much, When Wingham learued to walk, • Aut he fairI.y jumped for toy When she first began to talk. 'The first word she said was Tritan The seeoud was Advance; • And now she prattles all the day, Bound to have her say and way Scarce giving sister towns a chalice. For elder sisters she has had : • Teeswater, Zetland, Luckuow aud Blythe `, But Zetland was a delicate child, And while in infancy she died. 'k'eeswater. Luckuow and Blyth, At first, to grow strong bid fair, But now they've all got e,ome disease,,,. And are under the doctors' care. Bluevale was her only brother, To make lumber was his mission, But he, too, uow is very weak,. Aud iu a dying condition. 'Years have pissed and • this child has grown up .Both tall and fat and fair, Aud usher father wee growing old, She sought another's care. Two lovers theu sought her fair hand, Bach vowing they'd• prove true, But the oue who was her choice, Witsktubert Mclndoo. • Two hundred dollars he said he'd give, To buy her trinkets small, And as a bridal gift she'd hale A lovely new Town Hall. Our good Mayor's face now is all aglow, For isle is in the meow called honey, Bue I hope he won't neglect his spouse, But hand her o'er that money; • And. may he ever kindly care for Ler, And heed her every call, And place quickly 'on her breast That lovely, new •Town Hall.' A lovely ornament may it be, Corn,no�dioas, staunch and souud, 'Wham Wiugham's grand -children can see, Whoa we are all beueath the grounds 'vu,s;haur may always love. And her love may he share, ;3at may she never forget, Her clinluool's friend, "The Bear." iiay "'The Anchor" ever hang high Aud cueer through many a care, And inay -That Frog" long sit on his log, But he tnust not croak at ',The Bear." There iva.s a time wh:iu rater aud rYi ng'� harm also, • •, Lived a little further down, t'pere "It iwdy aid" bays,6ft did go. Aud it:hey colied that place, "Mab Towu ," But` for what those bad boys bail, Good Peter then thought uadght, Bub fur his charge he kindly prayed, Aud for her he stoutly fought, ' But sail reverses to Peter came, O'er winch his heart and pocket bled, For he ,vas crushed by tl.iod and facie, And with Windham to "howdy Hill" be fled To Lind a place to re'at his soles and illead And no nue, I'm sure, the joke euloya, • But It rml y 1lill's" bad, n.t,u,ttty beys. Bun then, 50 more his ear will grate, Toe ua•t t that ouce•played ou Josephine bti'06t. 'For there, iu a pond covered with green scum. Rana out tha voice of many a frog, t, Crying alxud, more rami. more ruin. Asia 1.1 Memoriam, e,ie tate there on a ter. Anti where it bits t ofttbd stand, And tented theixi uuisy frogs oar Wing. Valli band .,$ut even to thein to 61lila bee oome, 1' .r they are rellladed by burusud drum,' Acd (rota. Wiuulr.iul'& buys ,i0 sereuhde Where (merit a. "Frog BandBaud" loudly played, And lseepilig their :delve the soum, Cried aloud, more ruin, more rum, .i9.ud in the course, of tiros, the ruin did 'GVhnh sande iVictims. tl her mesh to blamer ' A loon heavily, And be will yet do for her all lie eau, , Aud pray for her all the same. attd a cold wind was. blowing, too, and. she had to walk pretty fast to keep 0LI warm Then she not lost among the STS hills and the winding paths, and the 'DAY.0 snow of lies►let, t and she was glad to a L. tisk gU dance from tale first country as l,Llznrls�'u Cn.rr- icer youth slta ntet. .13y the tithe site gut —.— .er warm aha Yonne., beautiful, autl rich, an aokltowleclged belle in the Roust society, and .petted and spoiled by her parents, Miss ltt.ssiter, in the+ face of these advantages, chose to consider rite world tt blanl: anti herself hopelessly wretched. The spoiled daughter of Fashion was sulferitig the tirst sharp exprienoe of her life, and it was from a cause that spares neither peusant or princess. Miss Rossiter was ridiculously, abject y, and hopelessly iu love with a muatt wilt) scarcely condescended to notice her existence. She had wanag• nothing in tho world is so satisfactory to an active rniud ss Ravius~ found tt vocation.. Ilow tired she used to be when .rhe cane home in the Bite evenings; but how thoroughly she enjoyed the long walk in the keen winter air ; and bow delightful Auut Julia's six o'clock tea; with honnemed biscuit, frizzled eggs, quince pr'eser'ee, and SYot•ttt flew ut it lc, home a :cis, she was t y Awfully indigestible, we would call ros fer ni brisk wa'KinK. W'4Theu bed- this at home ! laughed .H1c�li ,selindin Y ,' and a her late to ie Ceti. tint"'Doors she was ►t.ry sleepy, p p ' ut 1 w ten sten closed'j er eyes such sound find it doesn't disagree with me aon l p aud. dreamless slumber Dame to refresh tiers, « gat dt di11t rents Bard wr her as had not visited leer tired eyes. aud long walks morning and eveuiu in many weeks. make, and what au appetite it Miss Rossiter slept late the next give you. ,corning, and Aunt Julia wouid not Aud-whs t gr' �nuntr fora a sc000l, allow the hired girl to wake her ; and 'ma am 1 at d n tter when site did Bowe down Iter aunt parse that M -s la tusentence as a punish - seemed a little out of sorts, though a 1 a she. brightened up at the sight of ]ter Weeds en13 h� ed i nto m oltsas,nna the wt x to neYe' iiestioutid Miss Rus eter had loo since Discover Yee, site admittEd,'tvben q , e € little upset, Nell. You see ed that stile had forgotten all abodt her grand passion. Were Itis. eyes blue or black 2 And this love 1 she thought. I would have died for that man a few weeks ago, if he had asked me. What folly it all is 1 There's no such tiring as love, or I'm incapahre of the feeling, Ali me ! 1 m sorry, tclo, for there'ssomething divine about it, if it ouly would continue ; but the fault must be in me, I suppose; and then the loveliest pink color slowly flushed Miss Itossiter's paleface, and out of tine clear evening air a of pairdeep,dark eyes, like purple pansies, Seemed to glow aud burn and gaze into hers. From the first Helen Rossiter had (eeided that Mr. Iiirkrnan bore no re• seri:11)1mo to the portrait. she l:iad constructed in 1'er mind baleen segiug hint, and she lead decided at the time that he was not a particularly haul• some man. Bet the oftener she saw' that flue head with its broad white brow and eyes that glowed with the steady light of a deep,' tranquil, but impassioned soul, the more she felt like distrusting her own judgement; and the thought would come to her very often that the schoolmaster was a very handsolne man—in his way. How he dressed alie eras never quite sure, for *then she wtte in his company she never thought of it, and when she triol' to think about it atterward', she could not remember. If it was homespun then, • homespun must be a parti' ularly. becoming style •of cloth for a gentlkran, and no man was ever more saitably dressed than George; Kirkman. Air to the poetry, Helen Rossiter knew by, heart every line of it that she lead ever seen and she was net slow in deciding on its merits• It was as much • superior to the sttiif that usually Masquerades tinder the name of poetry as the , writer vt'as superior to -any, other man tbjg and strong; I have offered hitt iu the World. work twenty times,neveriess healw'ays Ana he is superior to arty whom T altbws laziness to get the better of hint ever have ntet—superior to them all and he will make an excuse to beg.. hie bread from door to door, though be might easily earn it himself by work if ho liked. We are now trying to make ltim feel that he can work. If he rises the strerngth which i$ 1n: b'is ed fairly well to conceal her uufor- + aaelter It is— tunate passion ; but, with the niorbicl t•!te teacher --the girls t r has had to give up. She's been ailing • but sensibility of a girl itt that . state o mind, she imagined that her secret was guessed and laughed at by all her itequaiutancr ,; and she was not yet ciente desperate enough to feel indifler- eutto ridicule. Rallying the little remnant of pride alid self.respect left to het•, Miss '1'E'oisiter determined to put an end to her own bitter humiliation ; and so it happened one morning that, iu. stead of appearing in her usual place at breakfast, her maid presented a letter for her. Mrs. Robeiter, only moderately stirs prised, react the letter slowly, while sipping her coffee; and theu she pass- ed it over to Mr. R:issitet, who read it u trifle impatiently, tossed it across tite table, and chipped his egg with unnecessary vehemence. ' • :Perfectly ridiculous ! he said, and just at the begiuuing of the season, too—but it's just like Hlelen'skolnantic nonsense. I don't call. it nonsense, dear, said Mrs. Rossiter, placidly T•he child has not been well for some titre, and I've been uneasy about her. If she leas taken a fancy to spend the winter with Julia, I daresay tt will do her good. And if she Hires of it, why, ever since s'lle opened in Uctoher, she hated to give np. It's such a loss for our girls, for most of thein eau only attend in winter•, you know, and now they'll have no teaching for, the whole Beason. And we're keen two er proud of our school, too ; p teachers, a gentleman for athxd that s s and a lady for the girls, unusual. But the district is large, and there's such a lot of scholars. What a pity, said Jiiss Rossitor, sympathetically,ou ller aunt's account, and then with a sndden exolaination But they must have a teacher, Aunt Julia ! They shall—if they'll only have her. Ob, I wonder if I could— [ wonder if the trustees only would engage me 1 Ri,gage you, Ilelen Rossiter, as tlie. .district teacher 2 No, na; auntie, but mi, Nelly L n - dor.' They must, and they shall, and I'tn going to apply for the situation to day. And she did apply for .the situation; and she rot it ; and the next day she was iu the schoolroom, feeling as if she was in a dream. but determined to fulful her duties somehow. It was a long walk to the school - admit the 1 house—tt�ueb too long to she can come home again. new school ma'am tooting .home to Iu e c moantaun Helus • in the u w scho, or dinner, as the oountry lacy rettcltie her aunt's house, . iu the 1eo le called it; and therefore Aunt icturee • ue valley of ., where it l p Dodi meal for 1pay in summer time like a pretty birds J ulia had put up a g y nest inclosed by the surrounding hills her uieee in a regular oldfashioned cud ev+n now in the first snow-stor.tii lunch basket, while t',1iss Rossiter of the season there was something laughed till the tears sparkled in . Iter very attractive' in its. appearance to fine eyes, and declared she had never the town -bred girl, whose only expels. had such a perfeectly lovely time in her ience of the country was a fashion- life 1 able watering.place in July and Well, dear, �i hope you'll • like it as well after you've tried it, said Aunt Augury. .,, Julia a little dubiously. Teaching's Why, lainy e&es? dear child !—can nighty trying on the nerves. 1 served I believe ,ny ayes 2 exclaimed Auut ni Lime set it whin I was a girl. Julie. I hope 'riothing is the matter, Yo t've never seen ln> liiwanan, hewn What in the world brinks you stere at ton 1 He's the '','ntletnan teacher. tiros ne is a the year 2 Ido hope e's uite intellet;- no Dnp is sick. You'll like hire... q No one but rue, Auiit Jule. ; and I teal, and writes poetry, I've testi ram only flick of the city. and all its told. artificial' nonsense, said Miss Rossiter, Miss Ij.otr,siter took the lunclix- half bitterly, halt laughingly, while basket her aunt was holding out to her she shook off the shimmering snow. and repressed as Well as she codld the flakes from her wrap. shudder that went over Iter at the But let me te'l you now • at oncd, prospect of intel lectual companion- and dots't forget it, I'in not the rich ship with the district selrool piaster Miss Rossiter while Torn' here, I fit who wrote poetry,—for the ee walked utierY simply your ni'e'ce, Nelly Landor, conte paper, presumably. As. co pay you a visit. It will he easy to briskly over the frozen road—tire keep my disguise, as•I havenever keen scow of yesterda aaloreadyswell broken liere before, and not a soul ion the by the country 'o�ft g ,lace over seen me. I've brought only herself with mental •• portraits of her l Due littlo modest trout;,. Wliiclt. is fellow -laborer in the finl'd, of ltttow- "otniug by ex r'ess by and by,, and ledge, , e urrivPd at het clas- there's nothing in it that ,night not By t,te time sh be worn by a seamstress, Jn fact, tint tion she hd'd become so fitkniliar the seatnstress who made them for the with the lanky yonngmanehis oust ry regarded theta with ,evident contempt, . hotiespttn, with war y p allid and thought' no doubt, I was gritting sfiin, and hair• very to n withat e ob coif up a trousseau for icy maid. sial it plastered d llnw nine 1 laughed Aunt Jttlia. bergentnt in front, conjurNd ups her Just like >i story, dear, and I do- love otvn imagination, t 9 a bit of rdmance. But you do look ed with surprise w bend an educe rather eaked and pale,Nelly; and I'ni stranger came forwar r al glad you've comae. .Put sure thea ed himself as Mr. Kirkman, 141tsg e R Not a hit like, niurmtiied chaulP a3f� aii: will do ya'u good. Aud for the first roiipie of days Rossiter to her ttff,io ifr aloed d Bud ,fi4.leh Was glad too. 11 was a change then her fel c w.self i while the novelty reinaitted it . in giving her such information and iud its s med a charming one., But at the instructions regarding her du l e- for ee curl of oho first week i4liss Rossiter would Pnable Chain to fttlflll t ie sighed and begun to fear it was going Helen hoed boldly aeknowleedgeo at ice to be rnonotci inu9, •once that ehe was an entir But 1 wofr't g„ back, she declared and that this was her' first flit t temnt pt cit t to Herself It was only the worship selrool tear,Iring, Foo f that all the world paid to hon • that aay std felt nervous and dispirited carried ride away. iow that i no lint she sdbn found out that shit knew logger see hiur or Hear' the witchery ennugh, and to spare, so far as ro ratty he' of his enchantitng voice, t can pass edneatiolydl part of phe ra idly whole irours without once thinking of hiur. I've almost forgotten what he against, was It din;,; anxiously over ltt►r. .,, You aro knit 1 Oh, George 1 And then tt'ars and blushes swept away mice Bosaiter'e 1►aughtiuess and cool composure, You nave risked your life for me I flow could you do it! Oh, George 1 --clear George --why did you do it? 1ty darling, it is only a ttrokett arnt- k. and to hetar you say dear George in that tone and with that look I would have been broken ell to pieces, 141. darling --toy Nelly ! And now tite gentleman-teaol• Aunt Julia said, had togive i too and it sally seetued as if to was against the district school ►s.winter.. taut Miss Bosslter said no,, and sinee the season was se nearly over 'anyway, the school should not be closed; for_ she would teach boot boys and girls till Mr. Kirktrran's arnt was better, and he could come back and resunse` Itis place. Which tie did very soon with .Itie arm in a sling, anti looking very .pale ; and on meeting Miss Rossiter he seemed to grow even paler and tinaccoutttat'ly shy. But Helen laughed, uterrily, and whispered at the first opportunity You are not angry with me,George? A.nd tt was too mean of Aunt Julia to tell, anyway. It's p penal offence getting goods under false • pretences, said George. And peopu' 1vill srty I have sold my heart, Nelly. They can't say you've sold it cheap, anyway, for. I'm awfully rich, utas the gay answer. But, indeed, dear, can't heli being an heiress, and yod must forgive,nte. Couldn't your hither leave the money to somebody else ? He might endow a hotue for worn- out teachers, I suppose; and • eveii'i then we would finally get the benefit of it. But, after all, dearest, whap matter who bas the money 7 Am I not worth loving for myself alone 2 That you are, My darling,despite all • the money in the world; anti for: your- self alone t take you. Dutorr Curs for Lazt'tdc During a Morning walk a npe'r- chant who was detained by business its Amsterdam, Game to a group of tu�en who were standing round a well, intd which a strongly built man hati ' just - been let down, ' A pipe, whose. mouth was at the tup of the well. lead been ' opened and astreani ofiwater from is was flowing down into the well and beginning gradually to• fill it, The fellow below lead quite enongh to do if he did not waut to be drowned, to keep the water out by ntedtis of a pump 44 which was at the bottom of the well. The merchant pitying the titan, asked)r, for an explanation of whai seemed e, heartless;oke. Sir, replied the old ti}ori stattbing near, that than is lieal- she declared aloud, in the solitudo of leer walk homeward. Oiirb, at least, Twill say that much to toy, own heart ; for though I don`t love hint, I can at least appreciate his worth. Love ihm4 Ali 1 if I only dared ! 1 _could 1 I artns he will be saved, if he lets thend could 1 Oh, what am I shying? 1e. liana idle be will be drowned. But love with two men in: the course of six months ! Impossible ! Ib would be too contemptible. And a tow the pink'Spots upon her cheeks grew scarlet, ilnd despite the fact that she despised bersclf for it a strange delightful joy thrilled . Miss Rossiter at the remembrance of ter• yttade a Titsaoaery. tain glahces she had received front the Au nutter patrolling through Bast eyes of her feilow-teacher; and Grand Circus Park at midnight the though leer own coldnesty 'had frozen other nlgtlt found a man sitting under otiose locks, though l erllaughty Dom• a tree, and he promptly inquired; posure had rebuked the words that WLittt are you doing hero ? almost trembled on his lips, and died Tasting a rest, wail the answer. unspoken, Helen sinew that George Will you move on or I'll take .yott Tirkrisan loved her; and would sortie iri, , tithe say so, despite all her coldness. •on can't do it. Slower and slower her steps had grown What's that 2 in a reverie, the pleasure of which had you can't do tt ! 1r4tay a Land on mrd molds everything else forgotten all rind I'll paralyze you I r unheeded the warning bell that clang• The officer grttbbrd liim, stood biter ed afar in the clear, cold sit and , up, cracked his hector in the six, slant► ; onward, nearer siid rtearr'r eaoio flue med him down and i'ti,od hire up again. pulftn; monster, scattering smoke and and said t ;;rime and fiery sparks iri its wake, Now will you done along As in a dream Haled heard her natlle Oh, certainly. Wise the mild reply. , called, a choking, Maddened cry bras I thonght you wtis going to paralyao iri her ears and tis She looked tip the me. great fiery eye of tore dowit eltpress . 3o di'd L Felt brave a, a fiord seemed blazutg ern Ler •ince, until you took bold of pie, and my Two strung artns encircled her aticl urtttttige caput like ti flilsh. t y, I noose dragged liar back ; an al,+onizecl voice be what they call a bluffer t whispered : Yon aree. Nelly 1 Nelly 1Y— rt,y cwt► I tny.. right bast with riiy rotith 1 darling1—Thank Go& tido too late I loots, continued the old Dutehniau, as he went to the edge of the well, the feilow finds out tb t. lie ltas got tdius oleo; in an hour we bhail let hive out with better resolutions for the future. Suebi was the case, and the effectual. Christian at Work. exactly. and t1i'.n eivbrything was darkness ancl Well, tee curious. I've often limit. wont; tittd to tier surprtse s p silence: err+d to fila, rand I°ve spared liig meat come• r ion asTdiu, aevoloped a natural talc'ilt lu titer air 'VVe er� robe tt lossitNr i'eturnod to is ti,x y ' 4 ravel of imparting knowledge; At tiro eiid cottsoiotlyiieas than t sit vris fur riot of Da i of their,ioot�z, eirid ail tiro auric Aro cry 1 one a frogs ruin, snore ruin, I mics like. I 'Cpulclsnot say fin, t d of thef%rt;t weak the srlllt,Ltra tinatii• si lit' loser head wits ni ,orted ort 1Vl r. avail only a dutt'er of a �tll Ilii, ready rd Mad l'uter is very happy nOW, if1 his eyCA 'were black or .blur, Anil y - Klrk$l aYr $ left •arrlt whilw 1118 i`l+ hC• Akin' but Dna thine remit lies in . r• „Was linilf rota about that 'mutt tirousl:y agreed that the. had ev g ' i . , pl g• give is ,wet ,tbody bt t whet ad one a eu stews ca nuns "� An': .+lr►tt p,,tfit►t ri'itwrx ui s choice ,,'Vet 1,o. What loolii lha had suets a satrsfl etc y to ac.11e bung limp bestuu him and and itis (race, • ten cit. 's 'fel, g titan( iii 1 Low fi•str tient, waggon rt±l *tic ry1•tymehstd,felld,Story.. 1 1�1it,a I,ai,dor; and ley the satt,a tittle Mile t?d airy id elf li.eutl tlli; :.w1fid' :•,,14,44 i liti li„uKll i!d 11briii,lii t i %%,pa'uu 'i sit :lilt thi ll'i111r$ pu1, lid it pllilr iii NAM I,tl� ttd�' iii, din.,4d�Hrl4 11ta l Ix<. tip. --di; ttdl 1 kepi rtr+ljdl?, TEMPERA e0$01/Vrau. p t d e,o race luta condition of its ever be so in world, The bo but the woman and she detern state of tate get tolluw. An Bnglislt year, 1,365 pf tremens iu Fi year, twenty -i hydrophobia. of the twenty- ihousauds of di kept alive hill But the rum sellers who tau were not lint were au tot law in their d The brethre praying sister Gocl's provitl could uuderst the line of (*o the salotfn8 oat . were 'in the h voting than in. The influe in 1u:che,as el' elation that stainers prtvi that country, and itnpoverii veru to Ohri Ie 1880 ther 1668 occasion t1o0 professr there were occasional dr aud within increase is sl counterweigi nissiunaries. frum lieenst government 'liquors in 1 8 .011 It is state cent of all e 1eran0P pie, party vows. The Y's ( rnembershi girls” of rnigi cd in their Past year. The Juvt ed over 2 that there a 1,_ 000 pledge More tt honest but mer, while audience that he h But, he habit to s Only a bit woman Only a bit to stag Only a bit comm lie true to your n 'Only a bit known It led your dwell Onlo a bit duty 1 To stretch say, i Cpl a bit yiteart The?,ngel /some Dead obi Hopes Only a bit sides Only a hit band • Which eai wise f Only a bil God's Its Street. Mee There ,awomau aptit carrying who coli trative lance. head of the cleat of the persona, lislirnen 'ryas prh `ler teal