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the poke stet! Ida Olde+ t at the ner ye ekep her, Anewite.
flr alantin', and on riebeg to lie Annie had bean sennaing glee *
Iced forgot *' about the pig, etteggerite statue•, made to realize what dela
away !tonna and leaving the peke lying strange affair newt, till Sandy ads
, lg>li' whore he had paid it dean. dressed this reliaark' to her, hut iMMe.
Akre Ile wee richt roan the turn o' diattily, it was male yr' her woman's
the road a Lousy hews► o' .a tiukher wi' want o' reason took possession of her,
a bairn onher back, came ftp, an she and wig eliamt'; grief and reg' site no
espieitt" the poke,wasua long in, asoer turned upon: Taaulnie,
tenting what its contents consisted Eh, ye auld villin 1 ye gray-haired
of, vageliond 1 that. I sud live to see this
Aashe stood a meeuit thinking on day 1 Had ye nae thouoltt for your
her gud fortin et bricht idea flashed wee►_daein' family, for appearingly ye
tltrougliher brain ---not only naioht had nane for me ? Ye can` gang and
she m dr a sltullin' or twa, ail the pig bring the readier here, too, for no
which shit had made up her mind to rotator meentt will I stay in „your
steal:, but she micht also git rid o• a hoose. Eli, the couduck o' ye—ye—
bad 1 argaiu in the shape n' the bairn. ye.—blackguard I Thinkshame ou ye I
Nae sooner wasthe idea there than And bursting into tears Annie ilea ben
it was acted upon. and in less time the room to seek oot her claes.
than it takes to tell it the chant a was : Hoe Sandy Todd managed to keep'
etleoted, the jaud widkiu' at wi' in the laugh I diuna ken --for the
Tammie's pig in her oxter, an maisit comical jsicht ye ever saw a'
leavie her bairn safely tied up in your days was. Tammie at that meenit.
Tammie's poke. The appearance 0' the bairn in piece
1t wad hae been a difficult job to 0' the pig had sobered him in an in-
read the riddle that simply enough stent, and the question boo the bairn
wroebt oot had no a spectator been got there, taking -the haill•thing-fore
present iu the shape of the district granted tone o' Annie, and the bobby
policeman, Sandy Todd had been fairly dung he wits free Lim a the-
a seeing but an unseen witness o' the .gither,
baill affair, an' kennie`' whaur lie He stood a meenit seratchin' an
would be able to lay his hands on the clawin' at his held wi' the moist per-
litximer when he wanted ber,he allooed holt look of utter bewilderment that
trer to gang in the meantime, and re. ever was seen on human countenance.
solved to await Tanlmio's'roturn, an+ Wi' a gasp he Sauk into a chair,vainly
enjoy the consternation o' the latter trying to get bis his to .utter the.
w hen lie came to disccver the 'strange thoughts that ;flitted through Lis brain
rne'amorphoses that had iaken place wi' liohtnin' speed.
inside his poke.
sold last night, said be,
&trail• ot gttine';
tn't worth nothing to Other
at's the use ot livin' ?"
sir wtaat 1 acid to my wife, said I,•
care'm ksrtuwe, the uxi>i'rable sinner,
angor it beater would starve than
give
cent toward buying a dinner."
You our minister's prince, he is,.
ut1 oouldu't quite determine,
hint hearct hint ti-givin' it right and
r=` Mitt who was•hit by his sermon.
•t # course there eoulun't be no mistake
When he talked al tong -winded prayin,
ll!'ar Peters and J Wausau, they bot and
scowled
At every word be was sayin'.:
And the minister he went on, to say,
"There's various kinds of °heads',
And religion as good for every day
As it isto bring to meetin'.
I don't think much of the man that gives
The loud amen at preaohln',.
And spend his time the followtn' week
in °heatin' and o'er-reaohin'."
I guess that dose was bitter enough
.k or a num like *ones to swallow,
But 1 noticed that he didn't open his.
mouth •
But once after that to holler. •
"'Hurrah," said I, "tor the minister"—
Of course I said it quiet--
• 4 fJive us some more of this open talk,
It's very refreshin' diet."
The' minister hit 'em every time,
And when bespoke of fashion,
And riggin'a out, in bows and things,
.tis woman's ruliti'' passion,,
And cumin' to ohuroh to see the styles,
I couldn't help a-winkin'
And a nudging my wife, and says I
"That's you,"
Anal guess it sot her a-thinkin'.
Says I to myself, "That sermon's pat,
But man's a queer creation, 2
And I'm; much afraid that most o%. the
folks
Won't take the application."
Now, if he bad said a word about.
My personal mode of sinnin',
I'd have gone to work to right myself,
And not sat there a-grinnin'.
'just then the minister, said he,
"And now I've come to the fellers
Who've lost this shower by usin' their
friends
As a sort o' moral. umbrellas ;
Go home," says. he, "and findyourfaults,
Instead of huntin' your brothers',
Go home," says he, "and wear the coats
You tried to fit for others."
My wife she nudged, and Brown he
winked,
And there were lots o' smilin', .
And lots: o' looking at our pew, -
It sot my blood a-bilin;T
Say's I to myself,:'ti u utinister
Is gettin' a little bitter,
I'll to 1 When the meetin's out,th
t kind of a eritter."
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HUIVMOItOtrS READING,
A PIG ix A Pone
1 think I anee felt ye that besides
• "keeping a horse an' a coo Tammie
Wallace also keepit a pig, and ane o'
the greatest predicaments that ewer
Muir body was in was the resultof
ethic game to buy a young ane to re-
place rote he had turned into !tams.
Hayle' naething particulat tine dee
-Ste day, and hearing there was young.
gol*for sale at Winnyliill, awa Tam-
'znfe set out for a grice, and for the
purchase of which Annie, wins was
pursebearer, had entrusted him wi'
fifteen shutting.
Termitic, arrived et Winnybi'.l tn.
brew time, rind after getting his pick
was Rune marching; home as prood as
^ 5rinch, wi' a graund Ane ap his back,
in a poke, an three shullin's in his
pooch, the price o'. the pigg being
Nro, yen no by ony moans to tak'
11 foe granted that Tatilrniewas 'druck.
en. bet ye niattn;tnalte some allonanee
for hint teeing; grptly elated at .being
ttl:,te to secure the'pick o! the litter for
three shill -ins less' than Annie had
,stihsowd hirp'r art'. when this is dune
t'' -l1 oto' be euriirised to learn that
''-;•tel,••u he dame to Luckie Tatnson'a, an
all auld crony standing at the
he suggested that they adjourn
err ,t glass Ae glees, hooever didn't
fete thein, an it wnena till Tam-
three shutting had disappeared
he emerged,` and agiin started on
reed hone,
le rttagg Bred nti vronderfu' eon, bur,ating.. Yen 're a lad, Tatnn,ie 1 Dy'd no n4e that it's as like ye as life.
ring the d'rink het had *Wallowed 1 tht.cht ye stud ye'd boaht a pig? A Look at that node 1 Ye fetid the grice
frantic °effnrta o'' the pig to gaee` pig 1 an, ye'rt' no frichtit 1 A had a short nose l It's like it had
,.• brit Wit, et l,.ngtlr compelled men eerie to yr ur time 0' life to ban been tiled fog": haudin' snuff for forty
Ali, bless tie at. This beats a' the
Afore Tammie had gone very far it affairs ever t heard tell. u'! That bairn
was a pig no hauf •an nor syne, au' noo
that pig'sa bairn 1 There's witchcraft
or some joakry.pawary in't. This
cows Ned. \'hat the deevilare ye
.staundtn' there nicherin'ut.ye jackass?
What d'ye seetto lunch ' at 1 There's
nae fun in't. f ye had ony sense ye
wad tak' that bairn awe' ..to the pair.
house.
'The puled ose ? Tell 'thein you
brcht a pig' F' it turned into a bairn
on the road 1 °.'hat's your misfortun',
nay man, andr'ye'll hae to stink to your
bargain.
I tell you it was a pig I bricht, an'.
:•
no a bairn.. a •
\\ eel, tali' it back to Whinnyhill,
an' tell theta that.,
But it *us a pigs .when • 1 got it an'
they a' saw it. Michty me 1=•-hoo
cud,1 tak' 'back a bairn ? They wad
think 1 had gees daft.
It'll may he be a pig : againby the
time ye get back. It rnaun be the
ebeenge: o' the air or something that
dune.it, Y didna gie the griee ony
drink.
Gee awe' e blethering sedyit ! Tak
the bairn oot o' that, and see if ye can
mak' a case o't.
Danny, laminas; no sae fast, my
man 1 Hoo can I mak'' a case o' that 1
Dy'e gie the bairn in charge for hoose.
breakiu' into your poke and eating
your pig or what ? Na, na, the bairn's
yours, an'to a' appearance ye mann
keep it.
Miue 1 Me keep it 1 • What d'ye
mean ?
.listhat I say.. To a' appearance
it's yours, and mair than that you
have it in the meantime, an' posses.
sloe's nine Pints c' the law,ye ken.
Besides, if 1 tak' the bairn, r'u► afraid
you'll.
hae to come toe art' ataun your
trial for kidlrappin' 1 That means five
rear penal, at the very least,
Possession 1 To the deevil wi' you
an' your possession baith 1 Caere ams 1:
wi' a bairn imposed upon me, an' ye
tell me 1'11 hae to bring up some ither.
body's bairn, or get five years in the
niek 1 fluid Geordie 1 Dy'e ca that
justice 1 it's onbearable 1 Dy'e want
Inc to commit suicide on yet
a truck him that something was awant-
ing,but owing to the State o' befuddles
cent be was its it was twa or three
meeuutes afore he cud mind what it
wss, When he returned to whaur lie
had' rested he felt relieved to see the
poke still there, alt' •;eeehng • that the
pig was noo to a' appearance soond
asleep, he gently swung it on his back
an' again proceeded ou his road harm,,,
followed at some distance by Sandy.
Ott arriving at Sandybraes Tammie
was pleased to aee that: Annie had the
tea ready, and feeling huugry, Its laid
the poke loon on the floor,drew his
chair owre to the table and prepared
to take his tea attire putting grumpy
into its cruive.
Neth 1 he rirnarked to Anniii, the
wise devil four ht sair the first hauf o'
the road and fair knocks me up: a' the-
gither ; but it's worn itself oot., as
weel as me, for it's been as quare as a
pussy ever since 1 laid it door to take
a rest. It mann, be sleeping.
As be finiaalledspeakiig in stappit.
the bobby,with the remark that it was
it fine day.,•
Ay, said Tammie, it's a graund day.
I've
jist been owre to Winn;hiil for
a grice, and mac, I've got beauty. I
got the pick. It,has:a fine short nose
and cockit up legs, and a curly tail,
and it's a graund kind.
Ay, man, said Sandy, hardly able to
keep in'the laugh, 1Vhaur is it ? Is't
in the cruive 1 Ceva' and let's see
it.
• No, no, it's in the ptke yet
wait a meenit and I'll sane let ye aee
it. It's a topper.
Scarcely had Tammie put his Intuit
on the poke when a moist uncommon
skirl, to come free a pig, was heard,
but the strangeness of the cry vies set
doon as being due to the ntufilin' Boon'
o' the poke, and little attention Vatt.
pee ea till's. Taitiulie proceeding to
lowse the string.and taking the poke
by the bottom corners to shake the
contents on thetheartrug.
Shut the door an no let tt :not, and
watch, Annie, it dune run ablow the
dresser, said Tammie. .N`oo, yell see
as fine a pig as ever was in a poke—
eh-=els—govt' l -- w:w-stint's Watt as Ye forget,• T,irnmas,that the bairn's
the bairn fell aor. %t i' anit.ht•r skirl, apppesranee is agzainst ye,.
It's a mighty queer Brice, said the Its appe at►ce 1 What do you
boblty, haudin' his sidea to keep from mean 7 +
!,gra Sa'
Inge 1' etutatftp likithIleekt4•
Llito ire ? Drs • tie set
amine 1 That I'm its—ills—its--anti.
.An' what for tie Did ye never
hear o' .thelike o' Chet afore 7 1 ean.
na help tellin'yc to your face,Tamn,as,.
itlooks unco like it. Ye canna ask ne
to believe ye put a pig in the poke an'
took oat a bairn. 1 think if 1 had
been in your ,boon I wad hae :made
up a better story than that. It'swe're
faun+tolied. We wad need some Keit doted,
111.0 0411
lyssa Sint
if he Ila
time.
ant(
1'ly bem mar pa --a 1
id exaetly as he was to
onal groan, were all that
betrayed ',is reset feelings. 'These
only gave tui ntlded zest to Sally'a.
pl'astlre, and revenge crept slyly into
the eatalogne or etnotioas: already
wi't. 'The only trouble was, Jon was so
Ye big blue deevil I Watt yH tell me exceedingly do'i!e that in 4 surprise
iugly short time the popcorn, orna.
menta, cenrtles,' cornucopias and the
lighter presents had beers pro natty
placed amid the branches, and the
heavier articlesdisposed aboat the
base,
That all ? sighed Jt'e,.
Oh, no, cried Sally, cheerfully.
There are two presents missing. ,
Which 1 asked Joe with little inter,
est
Why, yours to me, and mine to you,
to be sure,
What—have you got a present for
me 1 asked Joe with surprise.
Oh, never mind, said Sally ;,1 won't
embarrass you by giving it to you if'
you haven't one for me.
It won't embarrass me in, the
least.
Well, it ought to. There,, don't
worry,I was only joking--see,1 haven't
any after all.
Yes, youhave, said Joe, who was
just beginning to wake up a little r
you've got one for me upstairs.
` Haven't !
Have
Not if I've got one for von 1
Ii oneatly
Now I know you have. Gave your-
self away that time ?
Mean 1
Go up and get it, like a good girl.,
I think you're horrid.
Well, please. •
Will you have your present for me
on the tree when I come down ?
Yes. Cross my heart.
On the tree
On the tree.
Remember e er you ve promised, ar►d. Joe
was left alone.
He sat down on the box that sup-
ported the tree,took from his pocket
a small but• ratter heavy package,.
placed it begide him and continued to
thiuk,
' You see Joe has been thinking for
to my face I'M tellies ye a street O'
lees,
I'm no tellin' ye onytbing altoot• it.
It's. you that's tellin' us a gey queer
story, and we just refuse to believe it.mammaYe mamma think we're daft attliegith •
er. VVe hae some nu,nption,elthou,h
ye dinna appear to credit be wi' very
•uauckle. As faur ae 1 can l4 a the
thing's as plain. as two peas, As I
said afore, I canna interfere unless 1
tak' ye up for kiduappin',nud if I Woo
ye to stay an' you (liana bring up the
bairn I'll hae to lift ye for child deser,
tion.
Guidsake 1' This is awfce. Was ever'
mortal sae sairafliokit 1 There's deal's
work in this 1
Was ye sober when ye put the pig
in.
Sober 1 I liana tastit fir three
trend*. nd*. It was on account of gestin'
sic a brave pig that I forgot. mysel' an'
took a dram.
An hoo dy'e,account for your braw
pig bein'a dirty brat of a bairn noo.
Gnid kens, for I diens. I canna
see through't, but as ahair'as death,be's
o't wha likes, it's no mine. And
Tammie, tinkin' into a °Lair, put en
sae comical an expression that Sandy
cud haudin naelonger,butgaed through
the hoose haudin' his belt, anti warilyan' lauchiu' till he ;irocbt on a fit of
hoastin' that nearly did for him.
This fairly roosed` Tammie ''the•
gither. He seized the poker, an' 1
verily believe he wad hae felled Sandy
if the latter hadna telt him he wad
explain the haill affair.
Annie was brocht to the 'loose an,,
had a nid bee
g rty !such at it, but Tani•
rmie.didna see whaur the fun cane in
at a'.
In feek, it was. hardly fair o' Sandy
to cairry the tiring un sae faur, as I
believe the auld body hurt hinted`owre. the held o't sae sair was tae puttin'
'ttboot.
He declared,atonyrate, that he was- some time, for several months, in fact
na richt for a Iang while efter it, an' nearly two years and more he thought
I'm inclined to believe him. --Scottish-
A merican. •
ABeau ef1859.
When grandpa went a.wooing,
He wore a satin vest,
• A trail of running roses
Embroidered on his breast.
The pattern of his trbuaere,
His linen, white and fine,
Were all the latest fashion
.In eighteen twenty-nine.
Grandpa was a fine-looking young fellow,
then, so the old ladies aay,and lieia a tine-
looking old gentleman now. Por the past
score of years be has been a firm believer
in the merits of 1)r, Pierce's Golden Medi-
cal Discovery. "It renewed my youth,"
be frequently says. it is the only blood
purifier and liver invigorater guaranteed
to benefit or cure; or money promptly re-
funded. It cures liver disease,dyspepsia,
scrofulous sores,4 skin eruptions, and all
dice seas of the blood, Por lingering conchs
the less able he seemed to be to make
up his mind. The 'difficulty was, he
was thinking about Sally ; and he,
was trying to find out whether he lov.
ed her or not. .
He had es yet arrived at no settled
conclusion. Sometimes he was sure
he loved her very. much ; and other
times be saw clearly that it was alla
mistake, and that he loved some One
else a great deal better—himself nsual-
ay,
Then he used to thinit if she would
only give hien some sign of caring for
hien it would make tgverything much
easier, But lie knew° that she Wasn't
the girl to give her affections where
and consumption (which is lung -scrofula they had not been sought, tend he had
in its early stages) it is an uuparallel-
hitherto carefully abstained from coin'-
• witting himself.
ed remedy.
UP A. TREE. The icor opened and tliere. she
A family Christmas tree is an ;00. Stood • -a pretty picture, surely, but
rasion of varing emotions,among did he really- •
which inay be mentioned Joy, ''nvy, Suddenly she started, and turned
Pleasure, Jealousy, Fun,Grief,tlatred, pale. Her eyes searching, quickly
Love. There may also be different over the tree told ler that nothing
varieties of these emotions. Por in. had been placed during her ` absence,
stance, Love may exist as unrequited, but there was Joe—Joel,sitting clone
doubting. rj among the branches 1
Sally Leigh, old Lira, Gunter`° It was only for an instant, then the
grand niece, always superintended the blood railed hack to her face as she
dressing and decking of the Gilmer taw—oh, the shame if it 1—how
I''amily Christmas tree, and this year meanly her feedings bad tet her imp
°lie bad selected for her sole assistant aginatiou play lien ftsi ae.
Joe Hallet, who was old man Gunter's C Atte you 1 stslnwl,t,w her r ca, rt slid
first cousin, third removed. not have the ptay'fat 1.4; site; meant (e,
She had selected him heoausa elm give iti
loved hint ; she knew be didn't care a Joe lacked ftp, rbit.rk,>d °rel rather,
pale. • H.•r greeting tinter+ h!rc a dash
Cif ids cold water en' tr:l, of Lis long
the like u' sleet n beliefs lgagua ' + trap for her, and was toirihly bored by
I warn years. Then look at th'o,ugs 1 OO,:kit the whole business, *the twit a keen
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MP RANCE C
UOtieuuT,ia DV vas
+lprttiatr,
Osnode does not dlluW a ligt
ler ur seloon•kt'eper to hued w.
viva! ntliur,
The education clepartnient u
Australia has issued a 'Teo!
Pledge Bek for use iu tbesult
fn connection with sue
Wierien's Tempt+rause Astiooie
Ternptrrance !louse for Won
h* en'established..
Oxford University (Euglai
denied, the adruisaiiou of WOUII
medical department. 'by a
aeveuty-tains to seventy live.
It seen* that in Eugiend,
as in America, the brewers c':
saloons, Of the 2400 lieenet
in Liverr•ool, all except 200 t
hands of brewers..
The Woman's Tribune bead
if the liquor traffic could be
there would he almost ti
agalnta WoMen, smolt as are
reported. One who has keg
says utast le the last two 3
thousand and einehu►ldred
died of brutal treataiiept i
by husbands while under t,hr
uf' licluer If cholera keel
many in the same time, wh
would have gone up for
measure$.
Mr J M Pu rnmeitt, edit,
'temperanc) Caterer (Loud
private letter, says; I re
Uuiou Signal regit,ariy au
With .interest, end as .f el
years in the Western ,S
know something of the .W
nympethies go out toward
are engaged itt whit 1 c
thinking as the greatest mi
the rescue of the perishing
lifting of the fallen envie
the early Christian church
ft is said that Govern
New York, recently prtrda
cotta'iet from Sing Prism
marled since 1878, upon et
he should totally abstain
for five yearn, Arad that if
the condition, let shall
prison to serve out his liit,
Poor fellow L Baton hitt
his inferno -machinery , t
convict back to his cu;
ance people should closi
ehops and then there wi
life sentences to serve.
A.merican women, writ
cion correspondent of ti
:certainly go had at tenh l
and advocacy in a way.v
iag, of in this country..
in part dee to the more i
of the sex as to public
but it is also undoubted.
ser superior org<anir
Woman's Christian Tette
is is great power in tl
then` system of work, e
deee many eul,jects it
part of temperancewoe
understood, is for read)
as well as effort. They
walk of life, and are
church and Snr day schc
os Well as in Prohibiti:o
Cider.
Is it right to snake
'eight to drink Cider ? 1
lire asked us. Certain]
make cider, if the aide
vinegar. The ddnkini
right here : It soon
ala;ohol than lager beet
than came of the light
this, the alcohol seems
bined with injurious 1.
it operates with nt
effect, It is often snit
drunk" is the worst k.
and it is, We have
on cider who abentt
stupid than any man
Goitre in the Sams del'
geese o's liquor. lu
fasts we do net Witte
believes it wrong to
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