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II a.. tax wit* Wks an angel. And, tontine -
b t a � a nuts ; +ni tlats wAsenided wan. adding fuel to
64 Haiti., she really does look sort of
'angelic—so soft and tender and girlish.
•A; .;% tzt 1;Z:1. Total like her, Hannah Aum.
..s* Like her, the um creature I said
Mrs Pippo. Smiling at a married
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Atter Mrs Pippo had had her tea she
went upstairs to ask the time and see
her new temmsut. She was a pretty
young woman, and very civil, indeed,
to Mrs Pippo; brit that lady had foruc-
£d icer opinions. and they were not to
be changed.
ps;aa Before next eveuing Mra Caw and
Ar -.1, .�` 11 ]r atata d:r•It mud fear. ; Mrs Daw and Mrs Maw, her three
;ZaTM erewieate ss. mans rase to Leer.'
1z rs eat ieez most intimate neighbors, had heard
that MrPippo had let the second floor,
Tee eneet, Scars t'hetIna at deal el uiglat.;
ar bee that mete were pure ,and ;u Mrs Pips al sure, Fithoui refer-
tt4 . , once of any kind, to a person whose
sine ea. , rs that rase like ineeuse from 1 husband us awwy, and that Mrs Pippo
tt e s felt dreadfully ut rent about it.
aseeen.r.ge.rCiaretta male it Clean and
After this Mrs Caw, ?lies Daw and
°`' ' ' st f Mrs Maw watched the little ladywith
These mea pct R, .1
ens Heyes as give passed g by their
The harpy ¢'irt"a.'� =8 3�"ZS'8$ };iall£t;kl au cur ,
yenta, doaras and gave leer forbiddinglances
Wean dreams In l less of self ar:a =ere of ;l when they amt ,her in market or in
church.
Mrs Montague !they used to say,
after they had heard her name. Mrs
Montagne? Any one might know that
nobody ever had :such a name as that
out of a novel or a play. People are
named Smith and Brown, Jones and
Robinson in real. life. As for the
captain, we'd.Mike to see him ; that's
-all.
Ana so, without any reason what-
ever, the neighborhood decided that
they had their doubts of Mra /Hone
tagae.
One fine morning Mrs Pippo, having
listened for some time at Mre Monta-
gue s keyhole the evening before, might
base been seen flying from Mrs Caw's
to Mrs Maw's and from thence to Mrs
Daws. She had a story to tell at
last.
To :think of it, she said, with many
shakes of the head, and many nods
:and winks, and uplifting of her hands.
I had my doubts all along, but proof
has corse at last. There was a man
in Mrs Montagne's parlor last night.
How he got in I don't know, but she
called him dear, and coaxed him to
take more sugar ; and I heard her ask
him if be loved her; and as sure as
you Iive, I heard her kiss him ! And
after that there wasn't a sound, and 1
went to bed with the door key under
my pillow ; so no one went out that
night,
Frightful to have such goings on in
the house, the ladies all agreed ; and
terrible that Mr Pippo would not, be-
lieve it.
She has that sort of way with her
that blinds the men, said Mrs Pippo ;
but out she shall go, as soon as 1 can
prove what I am sure of.
, Mrs Maw, Mrs Caw and Mrs Daw
approved of the resolution, and watch-
ed for proof of the evil conduct of
Mrs Montague.
In a week Mrs Maw had seen a
man's' shadow on the blinds of the
back window of a second floor. Mrs
Caw had proof that Mra Montague's
laundresswashed masculine garments
every week .; and Mrs Daw had beard
that there was once a lady living in
street who was short, and had
light hair and blue eyes, and of whom
her neighbors had no opinion what-
ever, and couldn't help thinking it
must have been Mrs Montague. Yet
all the while Mr. Pippo stuck tip for
his tenant, on the score that the cap-
tain was a good fellow, had paid three
months' rent in advance, and had
begged him to see that his wife,who
had no friends in the city, was safe
during his absence.
It was the first Monday in the
month. Mrs Pippo had to attend a
business meeting of the society to
which he belonged, and Mrs Caw, Mrs
Maw and Mrs Daw, deserted by their
spouses for the same reason, were
spending an Hour with Mrs Pippo. She
had just made a comfortable cup of ten
and got out some cake,when Mrs Caw,
sitting near the register, lifted her
finger and began to beckon.
The ladies understood and approach-
ed. All were silent ; and down ' the
aperture came plainly the voice of Mrs
Montague.
Oh, Dick ! what would I do with-
out you 1 she said, tenderly. Kiss
MO.
Ohl ejaculated Airs Pippo, in dumb
show. Ah 1 said Mrs Maw, in the
same way.
You love me dearly, don't you? said
Mrs Montague above.
I love you dearly, said some one else,
Dearly, dearly, I love you dearly.
Is it eaten ? asked Airs Daw, in an
awful whisper. I never heard such a
voice.
Hush ! said Mra Pippo.
Oh, what a love you are I said Mrs
Montague overhead.
ee sew zeta e::r argeleneexel;
ane et- i. a 1 iet, r ere r,C rfeYn. erste,
Veste '3 t nseekea Lr *made
enset
?,a cart 11 tl,st;
-„1 ;: ea a ute'er strain,
See= apeestea t text by grief sena
The chill ke lath se trsapil Bed, 5o
sweet,
We:eh eat like Mew at the Xessterie :feet.
Tbeseare net lestl
The kis33y plans eevieesl,lor ethers' geld,
So seeeene tnesse3, se kale nneeretaoa;
T - rni e't eteabeat lire that strew to win
Setae waneerer from the esseeinl ways ,of
en,
These are notlost
Not tinge -0 kora, for in tby city bright
Qnr Eyes easel este the past by 'clearest;.
bent ;
Ana enenens long bialnen from one .gaze
below
Then wilt reveal area we shall aarely know
They were not lost»
'TEE LADY UPSTAIRS.
BY MA= TZET.m 3tjaa.xr
Vint st ^a, eight to get Irene in, said
rs P.pp., ns she teak the :arm fir
Pippo offered ler as site z7ascended
from the ,tura et the depot. Ifs
ata -eerie as pitch. Hew providential
,that 1 teak ray wntereate 1 It pours
er„tis nn dtvs. $014, filpin•aina, 'what a
tiiemet l j r nee It ib as been l
B,.:t 1.ere ys..n are, 'safe and sound,
..ea Iree e, Pypu, lig* WM.'S of
sesfi.i clieptdsitt en. Ifs all right,
ilanzab Ann ; neati 're got here. Bow's
y:.5pr ?
paid Han0a'h Ann.
And Ei fT- is -1 2W
Shea miserable, too, said Mrs Pippo.
And her laneband and the children ?
asked Ur Pippo,
Poor brother --in-law has got a
church -yard cough, said Mrs Pippo,
and the children are potting something
spotty. I hope it's the measles; but
if it's small pox, why, I shall have it
and you'll take it from me, and that
will be the end of us, and Mrs Pippo
groaned,
Well, 1'll wait until I'm sure, said
Mr Pippo. I don't care about borrow-
ing trouble. 1'in well, anyhow, and so
ere you.
Ah, Healthy people arop off first,
said the desponding Mrs Pippo. Well,
how is all at homel
I'm sorry to say the cat has eaten
the canary bird, said Mr Pippo.
That canary was the iddl of my
eoul, said Mrs Pippo. Ah, I had an
owful presentiment that something had
happened.
But I have good news to counter-
balance that, said Mr Pippo. The
gray eat has six kittens—three gray
and three black. 1 left them in the
yellow satin chair in the front parlor,
where I found 'ern, to let you see bow
cunning they look. And I've let the
second floor at twenty-eight dollars a
month, and they've rnoved in and are
all to rights. There, do acknowledge
that you're pleased at that, Hannah
Ann. -
The idea of their moving in while I
was away, said Hannah Ann, You
know how it amusoa me to see popple
move in. Now I shall never know
what we've got, or anything.
Well, you see, I had to do it, Han-
nah Ann. said Mr Pippo. Tho gentle-
man is a sea captain, and 1•ad to sail
oa Mocclay,and I had to let them move
in Satur,tay.
He wanted to see she was all safe
and settled before be went. That was
hat natural. Everything came new
from the stores, and an upholsterer
put new carpets down. When I came
home to tea they wore alt to rights.
She's alone now. Very pretty woman.
Such a winning smile !
Oh, she's that sort, of a creature, is
sbo 1 asked Mrs Pippo.
What sort, Hannah Ann ? asked
Mr Pippo.
That kind with a winning smile,
aid Mrs Pippo. Alone 1 Ali ! I've
o doubt. Nicely you've been taken
:a, Mr Pippo.
Oh, paha! The captain is a splen-
did fellow. Itegular up and down. What a Loveou tire, repeated the
f0 r en:�ea'•tut bin,, A,nd he said othersyeaker. ',therm lciesea Were beard,
then there was silence.
Naw you have heard it, ladies, said
Urs Pippo, retreating from file regia- -
ter. I can't ever get my husband to -
listen. What shall I do?
I'it tell you, said Mrs Maw. Let's
go up stairs, and go in without knock-
ing, and find out who he is. Then you
can act.
Yes, said Mrs Daw.
Thait's the thing to do, said Mrs
Caw, and Mrs Pippo, trembling with
excitement led the way softly upstairs.
The door was not even looked, Mrs
Pippo opened it softly. A student's
lamp shed ai soft light over the pretty
room, and near the register sat Mrs
Montague. On her knee perched a big
green parrot, and as she rose it jumped -
down and walked towards them with
its head one side in an alarming man-
ner.
Very glad to see you, ladies, she
said. Take scats. it is very kind of
you to come and cheer me up. I am
so lonesome now the .captain is away.
I must make him take me with him
next voyage, This is all my family,
Dicky, speak to the ladies. Say, How
do you do ?
How do you do 1 said the parrot, in
the fiendish voice of its kind.
It is very intelligent, said Mrs Mon-
tague, Calls me by name and declares
its love for me. Do you love me,
Dicky ?
W hat a love you are ! croaked the
parrot.
There, you hear, said Mrs Monta-
gue, laughing.
What an intelligent creature ! said
Mrs Caw.
Astonishing ! said Mrs Maw.
Wonderful ! said Mrs Daw.
Quite too sweet for anything I said
Mrs Caw.
You see we came to ask if you would
not come down and have a cup of tea
with us. All our husbands are away.
Yes, we are alt widows this evening,
said Mrs Daw, linking her arm in that
of Mrs Montague's, and we were say-
ing how lonesome you must be.
Then they all went down stairs to-
gether, and Mrs Montague never
guessed what it was that these good
neighbors really had been saying about
her, or what a scandal the parrot had
given rise to.
• Itegularity of Habit.
One of the most difficult of all
minor habits to acquire, says an able
writer, is that of regularity. /11 ranks
with that of order. The -natural in•
elination of most persons is to defer
until the last possible moment, or to
put it off to another time, where that
can possibly be done. Yet habits of
regularity contribute largely to the
ease and comfort of life. A person
can multiply his efficiency by it. We
know persons who have a multitude
of duties, and who perform a vast deal
of work daily, who set apart certain
hours for given duties, and are there
at the moment and attend rigidly to
what is in hand. This done, and
other engagements are met, each in
order, and a vast deal accomplished,
not by strained exertion, but by regu-
larity, The mind can be so trained
to this that at certain hours in the day
it will turn to a particular line of
duty, and at other hours to other and
different labors. The very diversity
is restful, when attended to in regular
order. But let these run together,
and the duties mixed, and what before
was easy is now annoying and oppres•
sive, and the exact difference between
many is at this point. There are
those who confuse and rush, and at,
tempt to do several things at once and
accomplish little, while another will
quietly proceed from one duty to
another, and easily accomplish a vast
amount of work. The difference is
not in the capacity of the two, but in
the regular methods of the one, as
compared with the irregular and con-
fused habits of the other,
The Floasure of Editing.
Editing a paper, says a provincial
editor, is a pleasant thing. If it con-
tains too muchpolitical natter, people
won't have it ; if it contains too little
they won't have it. If the typo is too
large, it doesn't contain enough read-
ing matter ; if the type is too small
they can't read it. If telegraphic re-
ports are published, some folks say
they are nothing but hashes up; if
they are omitted, they say there is
a want of enterprise. If wo put in a
few jokes, folks say we are nothing
but a rattle -head ; if we omit jokes,
they say wo are an old fossil. If we
publish original matter, they condemn
us for not giving them soleetiona ;
if we publish selections, folk, say we
are lazy for notgiving them what they
have not read in some other paper.
if we give a loan complimentary
notices we aro censured for being par.
tial ; if we do not, all hands say we
are a groat 'nor. If we insert an
article which pleasesthe ladies, men
become jealous ; if we do not cater to
their wishes, the paper 18 not fit to be
in their houses. If we attend church,
they say it is only for effect ; if we do
not they denounce us as deceitful and
desperately wicked.. If we speak well of
any act, folks say we dare not do other-
wise ; if we censure, they call us a
traitor. If we remain in our oftice and
attend to business, folks say we are
too proud to mingle with other fel-
lows; if we go out a bit, they say we
had better stay at home and get on
with our work. If we do not pay our
bills promptly, folks say we are not to
be trusted ; if we do pay promptly,
they say we stole the money, --Ex-
change.
He Had Travelled.
A young than with a great deal of
hat and a small amount of grip•sack
came into the Third street depot on a
train the other day, and walking
through to the hack stand he said to
the driver of the vehicle :
I want to go to the Wayne Hotel.
"`fes, sir,
The ord.riance gives you 50 cents.
It does.
Here's your money. I've travelled
a bit, I have, and I know what's
what. Don't try any gum games on
me.
No, sir—get right in.
The stranger entered the hank, the
driver drove across the street and got
down apd opened the door, and as
the stranger saw bow he had fooled
himselfhe looked as flat as chalk, and
muttered :
Yes—I see just across the street.
I've travelled, 1 have, but I guess 1
was on the wrong train.—Detroit Free
Press.
Oho Owned The Earth.
She held up her hand for the con-
ductor to stop the car, but he was in
no burry about it, and waited until it
reached the crossing.
Didn't I signal you to stop the car
back there ? she demanded.
You did, madam.
Then why didn't yon stop it 1
Against orders, ma'am. We stop
only at crossings.
Who gives these orders ?
The manager.
' Is the manager on this car?
No Ina'ma. .
And 1 can't see him ?
Not unless you go to the office.
Very weli. I withdraw my patron-
age from this line. Just inform the
manager of this fact, will you 1 and
suggest that he call and apologize.
The car can now proceed.
And the car, strange to relate, did
proceed.—Detroit Free Press.
HOW FORTUNES GROW.
A Little Lesson In Arithmetic With an
Application.
Many readers have probably never
seen the illustrated story of - the rich
butmiserly country gentlemau who
was constantly annoying his hard
working blacksmith about his high
charges for shoeing his horse. One
day the pestered farrier, as he was
about setting a shoe, looked up and
said :—Well 'Squire, if you will pay
me one cent for the first nail, and
double the amount for each succeed-
ing nail, 1 will be satisfied. Go
ahead, said the 'Squire, and the fol.
lowing is the result :—
No, of Nails.
1 01
2 02
3 04
4 08
5 1'6
6 32
7 64
8 1 28
9 2 66
105 12
11 4
12 2010 482
13 40 96
14 81
15 163 8492
16 327 68
17 ..
18 1,655310 7362
19 2,621 44
20,,....... 5,242 88
21 ......... 10,485 76
41,942 04
22282e,42,081 52
. 83,886 08
25 107,772 16
26 835,554 32
27 671,088 64
28 1,342,177 28
29,., 6.11.6 2,284;858 56
5,868,709 12
10,737,418 24
30 21,464,826 48
Total $42,949,771 95
Tho application of this little object
lesson to the marvelous increase of
private fortunes in this country is
80.......................
31.......................V
very auggestive, when we - giber
that on the basis of the legal r 's oo
interest fortunes double up once in
eight years, and in the cites of the
great Crcesuses, who are bolstered up
by franchises, monopolies, trusts,
stock waterings, etc., they double up
much oftener.
Morris.
The township Council met pursuant
to adjournment, on August vth, 1889;
members all present ; the Reeve in the
chair, Tho minutes of last meeting
passed. Accounts were paid as fol.
lows : George Hanna, digin; a .ditch,
$2.50 ; J Galaspio, gravelling opposite
lots 1 and 2, con 4, $50.16; C YicOrae,
inspecting gravelling, $6; P Ryan,
gravelling on south boundary, $22.50;
R McLeod, gravelling and culvert,
$60 ; J Wilkinson, gravelling between
lots 5 and 6, con 8, $25 ; Ament Bros
lumber, $3,75 ; A Lindsay, gravelling
on south boundary, $23,70; B Lundy,
gravelling on south boundary, $12.80 ;
B• Burrs, inspecting gravelling on east
boundary, $4.50 ; R Burns, inspecting
gravelling on 7th line, $2.50 ; A At-
wood, gravelling on east boundary,
$45 ; A.McMichael, graveling on east
boundary, 889.60; Geo B Redmond,
graveling on 7th line, $45.60; Win
Denbo, graveling on 5th Jino, $39 ; T
Sheridan, inspecting graveling on 5th
line and work on Sunshine bridge,
$2.88; Misses Exford, charity, $15 ;
Watson & Cummer, printing, $2 ; Jno
Hays, keeping insane indigent, $15 ;
P Kelly, putting in culvert, $3 ; W H
Kerr, printing voters' lists and insert-
ing notice of posting same, $3(1'; for
gravel—J Watson, $18 97; R Bloom•
field, $5; 0 Wheeler, $2.85 ; R Blair,
$1.57 ; J Ritchie,$10.82 ; A K Robert-
son, $3.75 ; J Glbsnn, $4.50 ; W Hop-
per, $1; George Peacock, $5.60 ; D
Herrington, $5.25 ; J Evans, $1 ; T
Strachan, 900 ; Mrs Lynn, $4.15 ; 11
Jackson, $6.10 ; W H Skelton, $1 20;
J M Martin, 88.68 ; J Fowler, $2.10 ;
R England, $7.69 A Scholdice, 66c ;
J Redick, 72c ; John McArter, $5.
Moved by S Caldhick, seconded by G
Kirkby, that E Irving be allowed
$22.50 for digging ditch opp )site part
of lots 11 and 12, on 2nd con line, to
be not less than three feet deep and
six feet wide on top, and to be com-
pleted to the satisfaction of Mr James
Proctor, who is i o inspect the work—
Carried. Moved by Jas Proctor, se-
conded by Geo Kirkby, that the follow-
ing rates be levied for the current
year,namely,County Rate 1 8-10 mills
in the dollar, Township Rate, 1 mill
and Special Railway Rate, 1 mill—
Carried, Bylaws Nos 5 and 6 were
duly. read and passed, The Council
then adjourned to meet again on the.
30th of September next.
W. CLARK, Clerk.
MotAer.
Lord Macaulay pays the following
beautiful tribute to his mother:
Children, look in those eyes; listen
to that dear voice ; notiee the feeling
of just a single touch that is bestowed
on you by that hated ! Make much of
it while yet you have the most precious
of all God's gifts, a loving mother.
.Read the unfathomable love of those
eyes, the kind of anxiety that' touch
and look, however slight your pain.
In after life you may have friends, but
never will you have again the inex-
pressible love and gentle way shed
upon you that none other but a mother
bestows, Often do I sigh in the strug-
gles with the hard, uncaring world,for
the sweet, deep security I felt when of
an evening, nestling in her bosom, I
listened to some quiet tale suitable to
my age, read in her untiring voice.
Never can I forget her sweet glances
cast upon me when I appeared asleep,
never her kiss of peace at night. Years
have passed away singe we laid her t.y
my father in the old church -yard, yet
still her voice whispers from the grave
and her eyes watch over me as I visit
spots long since hallowed to the mem-
ory of my mother.
A Boy Who Became 1"am otts.
A boy, only six 'years old, was sail-
ing with his father down the Danube.
All day long they have been sailing
past crumbling ruins, frowning castles,
cloisters hid away tun (nig crags, towering
cliffs, quiet villages nestled in sunny
valleys, and here and there a deep
gorge that opened back from the
gliding river, its hollow distance blue
with fathomless shadow, and its lone-
liness and stillness stirring the boy's
heart like some dim and vast cathe-
dral, They stopped at night at a
cloister, and the father -took little
Wolfgang into the chapel to see the
organ. It was the first large organ
ho had ever seen ; and his face lit
up with delight, and every motion and
attitude of his figure expressed a
wondering reverence.
Father, said the boy, let me play 4.
Well pleased, the father complied.