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IRA LEWIS.
BtRRISTP•R. SOLICITOR, Ile, Weed -
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June 1448, 2vn25
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VOLUME V.
I TWELVE AND SIX FTNC*
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GODF•RICII, COUNTY OF HURON, (C. W.) THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1S61:.
THOMAS NiCHOI.Li,
BROKER AND GENERAL AGENT.
Agent for Osetario Marine4• Fin In-
surance Co.
NOTARY PUBLIC, ACCOUNTANT
AND C31NVEYAN(;ER.
COMMISSIONER IN Q. L ae,
INSURANCE affected on Iloasu, Sbip.
• peg and Goode..
All kr.d. of Deeds correctly down, and
Book. and Ai -coati sdju.esd.
Office over the Treasury, Goderich.
July 112, 11162, ,6.211
DANIEL 11Ob1E LI'ZARS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, and Conveyan-
cer, Solicitor to Cbancerv, kc. lies his
office as formerly i. Stratford.
Stratford, 2nd Jan. 11150. Renee
t } r DANIEL GORDON.
.i rAlt1NFTMAK ER, Three dn^n East
`office, the Canada Company's West -
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sheet. Gederich. 9vn00
karat 97th, 1849. i
JOHN J. E. LINTON,
NOTARY PIUBLIC, Commiesiooer Q.B.,
•` and Conveyancer, Stratford.
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ILLIAM REED,
IiOU8I AND SIGN PAINTER, ke.
all !dg►tbe.oe-street, Godericb,
October 26, 1849. 2,x118
HURON HOTEL,
BY JAMES GENTLES, Godwrieb•-
Attentive Hostler. elwS7e oband.
I ; ode r teh, Sept. 19, 11150. v3-630
$TRACIIAN AND BROTHER.
Daaree.er eel Agonies at Law, tfe,.
G^DRalea C. W.
"OHN RTHACIIAN Bsnuter snot Atter-
ay at Law, Notary Public and Cuecey-
aweft.
A'[NLEX.DER WOOD STRACHAN,
l Annresy at Law, Solicitor to Chao.
eery, Conveyancer.
Gedetklielith November, 1131.
MISS E. SIIARMAN,
(From eldesierhester, Eaglard. )
MILLINER AND DRESS MAKER.
Wits? 8rienm Gemmel',
(2 doors East of the Casella C. Office.)
whbttE she intends to carry no the
save bnaisess. Dramas made in the
very latent fashion..
Juee 3111, 1853. v5o2e 501
J. DENISON,
CIVIL ENGINEER, doe.
CODERICH, C. W.
Aug. 26th, 1852. ,6o31
WILLIAM IiO DGIN S,
A1RCIIITF.CFB CIVIL ENGINEER
Ofce 27, nuncios Street,
LOA'DOX, C. W.
Ansel 164h, 1833. v5s30
A. NASMYTH.
FASLIiONABLE TAILOR, one door
West of W. E. Grace's Store, West
Street Goderich.
Feb. 19, 1853. • v5-64
He's a steeo(er, let him di.:
Duni, with Nude, daub make W ski►;
Let him in bio calla 14
Scarcely conned over with ear lb.
Ye. who know the stranger. hent!
Ya, albs tsar Ilse atra.(er's God 1
Ye will set • nobler part,
While be pause 'with the rod.
'81 id be multlrede alone!
Kon. ye sot ibe stranger" voice -
Hath no echo of rte own;
Earth to bin to empty space.
Treat him kindly :-gentle words
Come Iib angel forme to greet ham.
0' what blies the thought afords.-
lgome are happy .u!1 to meet him.
1f he find a home of love;
11 he hoes thee softly •peak,
Angela whispers from above
Seem upoo his ear to break.
Then his plastic spirit 'priers
Upward in to ('orli.ue aim;
Spreads the U.eue of its wing.;
Revels in the Lght of hum.
,HORACE NORTON,
l.N.rket seeder, Gederirh,
AGENT for the Provincial Meisel sad
General Insurance Office, Tornhto,-
Abe Agent for the St. Lawrence County
Mutual, Ogdensburg, New York. Local
Agent for Samuel Mention's Old Rochester
Nursery. July 1850. 24
P, octrLw
Fee sees Mom NMAL
THE HURON TRACT.
Time's not remo•e when indrens wild,
And savage baa-te. alone did roam
The forest -aisles, where Cniture'. child
Late year. hath form'd his soiling borne
to the Huron Tract.
Of magic change the reetles• hand
Hatb wrought, and ati4 is buoy, here:
W here rant tress of snit did stand
Now cheerful homr.teads oft appear
1s the Huron Tract.
Arcadian cabins meet the eye .
Asd wun¢laad.upemngs much adore,
Where arburary column. tis
Of all their leafy glories thorn
In the Huron Traet-
The woodman's axe doth loudly ring,
And btl�h end bright the log -fire" burn,
In "lot.' where honest toil doth sing
01 plenty u he just reiutn
lar the Huron Tract.
No cupboard bare, fhe hungry mot's.,
But plenty ever crowns the board;
Our almoner -free nature -cocks
Our humea'tr;: overflows the hoard
' o the Huron Tract -
Where once was tangled underwood
Now see!tng emerald meadows spread;
Where once the fruitless waste has stood
Broad Gelds of grain abundance shed
1e the Huron Tract.
WANTED.
rilWO good BOOT sad SHOE Makers,
1 who will find constant employment
and good wage', bye applying at the Shop
e the subscriber, Weal -street, Goderich. j
BUSTARD GREEN. I
Sept. 9th, 1851.
W Ills 11®JNJIL lilt® li 1Ca11.t9
WEST STREET, CODERICH,
(Near the Marta[ Seeare,)
BY MESSRS. JOHN ik ROBT. DONOGH.
it 001) Accommodations fur Travellers, and
• an ateeo,iv. Hostlerat alt times, to take
charge of Testes.
G.derieb, I)ee. 6, 1850. 43-tf
AGRICULTURE.
ECONOMIC HARVESTING.
Tae very general 'Mewl. that the ex-
perimentaltrials of raping machines have
created in the nubile mind, has bought
forth numerous statement in new•"apers
of the cxpeoce of harvesting in t efferent
districts by different naeli ode, Among
others, we bate in the "Seotish' a letter
from a Fdebire farmer, atatieg hie reason
for allowing Bele. reap.g Enact:use to fall
into douse on farm. We have not the
paperbeside us bot can recollect teat bei
estimates the expense of reaping with the
machine at 6s. per acre ; but. as thu was
only the standing corn on his farm, he had
to shear :hs heavier psrt of it et a much
higher figure. Utterly. however, he has
had his corn est with the scythe, by as
Aberdecoshire enolractor, at a lower aver-
age, the contractors objecting to cat tbe
heavy wnhnet the light part of the cusp.
The A'.rdeenshire scythe has long al-
lowed to be a moat efficient instrument, es-
pecially in the bands of as Aberdeensire
man, sed, from the letter we base mes-
'tooed above,it would appear still to he
coesiderel • more economical iostruntent
than Bella reaping machine as the latter
does at take up the I .aged heavy ernp
nesrty so well.. The average price of rea-
ping our oat crop. in this pert of the coun-
try cannot be stated higher than 5e 61 .
per acre, aol, we believe had we the in•
clmatioo to collect statistics on the 'ob-
ject, Ss. would be nearer the real price.
So far as we have yet seen of the success
of the machioee, no real advaet•ge can
therefore be gained to, this part of the
country, either in cheapening the labo-ir,
or in bringing the ripened crops speedily
lototbe stack.
in other part of Scotland is the same
amount of labour performed by the same
buds as ia Aberdeen and Banffshire, sed
that arises in a great m ,from the man
Der in wbicb harvest hands are fed• In many
parts of the south of Scotland, the shear-
ers aro put upon a,wiserable allowance of
bread and beer, of very inferior quality,
and whether they bare animal spirit to wok
or not, they must do only what they are
able• in this district, on the contrary,
they have an abundance of gond well pre-
pared outri•ions food allowed them. No
weight or measure 1v seer resorted to,
evert one being allowed to take what na-
ture demands. The beer is also bottled
and brought to the field in dnnktng condi-
t,oe,or spino or water fare allowed instead.
The effects .f such judicious dietary are
best dlsatratsl by a simple statement nl
the amount of work that is performed per
day by nue aid women so fed• Twenty
acres is ,'',lowed as an average gaudily
fur Use scythe in an ordinary season. Ex•
copilots arise from the crop corning for-
ward to 1 t all at ones in white ease
Lime is sot generally allowed for see scythe
to do so emelt.' If, oe the other hoed, one
io liquid crystal of the !dreams
The fismy tribes, abuad's% !port,
And wild fowl, too, *bra plumage gleams
Upoo the wave, there muck resort
I. the Huron Tract.
'Heath leafy arches of the weed,
Where rdourbreatbing flowrets ns,
The aotler'd herds all seek their food,
Ana hasten seek them to surprise •
In the Huron Tract, -
The glow of health paint Beauty's cheek
Beneath our bright and glorious eky,
Where colour, to my heart, doth •peak
I Of the sparkling sapphire of ber eye
In the Huron Treet-
Tbe Thistle, Rnee and Shamrrek hers
Have offseu in Inxnnant life,
Where beams with loyalty sincere
Waterer best -In calm or strife
1s the Huron Tract -
WASHINGTON
Farmers' Mutual Insurance Co.,
CAPITAL $1,000,000.
EZRA HOPKINS, Hamilton, Agent for
the Coati*" of Waterloo and Huron.
August 27, 1850. 8.15
MR. JOHN MACARA.
BARRISTER, 8oliettor in Chancery,
Attorney -at -Law, Coeveyaocer, lee,
Ilte. OSr.: Ontario Beild(nre, Kisg-8t.
opposite the Gore Bask. and the Bak of
British North Americo. HArILToa, 4 10
Ma. T. N. MOLESWORTII,
ail VII. ENGINEER and Provincial Land
111/ Surveyor, Godertcb.
April 80, 1851. v4o11
DR. HYNDMAN,
QUICK'S TAVERN, Loodon Reed.
fir May 1861. ves12
JAMES WOODS,
AUCTIONEER, is prepared to attend
Pablie Males in any part of the United
Counties. en moderate terms.
Stratford, May 1850. 54-114
Her., not the least of social gems
That stud the fertile happy laod.
Whole pow'r the tide of Igo ranee stems,
Behold the lowly .cheolshooes stand
In the Hanel Tract!
Here, too, the heavenspointing epee
The traveller's eye will frequent greet,
From temples where religious choir
To God forth breathes an off'ong !west
Io the !twee Tract -
Where Maitland'* silver waters meet
Lake H.iro.'s bright sed broad expanse,
Crowning a southern hawk -its sati-
ate embryo city fees!, the glance
le the Hume Tract -
NUMBER XLII.
is celled the H.11 Vein, in ilea lake suprrto,
country. Certei■ e,resgl•lane.., ,e rciIy
brought to light by rte discovery, laicals
Ibat a was worked long before the dueu•
ery e( America by C -.lumbo•. Te. nebnees
.1 the muse mar be imagine' from, uhw fact
that Mr M.nbledsnm, the manger, .e
causing It to be esplorsd,Il.d ■ notes of rep
per, which wet, had 2,8OJ lemeo s, restored
(dorm the surface of the v.un. There u
certainly meek mystery cosueeted with
the.s ancient traces of umn•ng operation..
discovered from, toms to Lime, in toe copper
rog ton of Lake Superior.
£itcraturc.
HALLOW EVE.
THE THREE DAMSELS.
' Come hither, my beautiful Jean, and my
fairy Lilies,' said the venerable Countess
of Moray to her laughing grand dauebters
-� come hither, my children and spend
your Halloween with me. It is true that
I have not prepared the charms of the night,
nor am 1 ready to join you in the incanta-
tions of the season, but I have a tale that
may suit it well; and you will not like it the
less because the gray hairs tells you with
ber own lips tbe story of ber day, when Ler
locks were as bright as the berry, and her
eyes as beaming assyour own.'
r Tbat, in truth, shall we not, noble
granddam; said the sparkling Lilies; but,
yet I would have the charms of Halloween.
Ab, little canst thou dream how dear this
night is to the eapectiog maiden! Let us
perform the rites of the even, ait4
row, granddare, thy tale shall find
attentive liatners.'
' Ah, true Scots!' said the Countess, 'thus
clinging to tbe wonderful and aeekin; to
peep into eternity; but try not the charm,
my children, of you love me. Alas! I think
not of it without tears and sorrow un+poke n
01 uotil now; for the fate of aflend, near
to my early youth, gushes into my bosom.
Sit, my children • and my story will
repay you for this loss of your time; me
it will also please to speak of tbe thine gone
by; and if I can convince you of the folly
of these superstitions, I shall have more
than gained my purpose. Will yuu my
children listen!'
' What is there we can refuse you, noble
graaddam i' said the lovely Jean, burying
her locks amidst the snowy curls of the
venerable Countess. Speak on, then; you
have made us listeners already, and hark !
wmd, and rata, and snow -a goodly night
for the tale. Tell on, dear granddam; the
fire is bright, the lamp is clear, and we are
seated gravely: our thoughts composed to
attention; now for thy wondrous tale !'
the secood sister, removed the rosea, placed
a lily bough in its stead. sad thee with
a beating heart and wandering eye,
repeated the charm. Again the silence
was broken, as the gunk bee steady stamp
of a warrior's orae struck upon the ear, and
the shade of a noble chevalier disaoouutiag
from his photon steed advanced slowly,
very slowly, towards the lily; his face was
beautiful bet sod; and they saw a tear fall
upon the Bower as he pressed it to bis lips,
sad deposited it gently in his bosom. Ile
10ohadfadedlike a dream when the beautiful
Agee* advanced to perionn ber part in the
witcheries of the night. She trembkd,but she
wotekl not recede, and faintly repeated the
clot% hung ber'white handkerchief oe the
branches of a distant tree. This time
there was no sound, but a dread and solemn
silence ushered la ber unexpected fate. -
From the wood came a long and sable pro -
erasion of horse and foot following a cof-
fin, and was steadily borne towards them,
many were the ghastly attendants support-
ing the pall, and many, ,were the shadowy
mourners who followed. Agnes watched
with breathless attention the march of the
phantom dead: they advanced slowly and
steadily till they came under the tree where
her white offering fluttered lightly in the
air; it was seen suspended a moment above
them, then dropped amidst the cavalcade,
and Agnes beheld the pale fingers of .the
chief mourner clutch at the offering as it
fell.
' Day., weeks, months, passed away, and
still found Agnes drooping over ber blight-
ed bopes, and expecting the death of winch
the omens of the forest had assured her;
but still she died not, and was every suc-
ceeding month astouisled that she yet lived.
She now began to doubt the truth of tbe
omen, more especially as the highlander had
not married her sister, who was betrothed
to, and about to become the wife of a fa-
vorite of the king, who had earnestly sou;ht
her hand ; and as was soon told her by a
noble lover, and of ber eo.ereigs'a blood,
•she listened to with pleasure. Welter was
Dow her all, and the omen of the forest was
forgotten. •
The marriage of Catharine was ap-
pointed to take place at a country residence
of her affianced husband, and Agnes, with
ber betrothed, was invited to be present. -
Marian, too, was there, and no happiness
could hare been more complete than that
of the bridal party; but a dark night set
upon this brilliant morning; ere they could
reach the church which was to be the scene
of their union,' the Iligblandets had des-
cended in force from tbeir mountains, and
assailed tbe unarmed guests. ''The Garne-
rons have core!' cried the shrieking maid-
ens, and flew in Jt U directions from their
sight. T ridegroom (ell.in the conflict;
and l ride, as she rushed to the side of
dying husband, was clasped in the arms
of the insolent chief, and borne away to his
bridal bed in the Highlands. Marian es-
caped in the tumult, and Walter preserved
his adored by the effect of his desperate
valor, cutting with bis sword a passage
through his foes, and encouraging the arm-
ed men who came to their assistance to
drive the invaders from. their bold. They
were successful; and silence, though accom-
panied with sorrow, again reigned in the
balls of the young and hapless bride-
groom.
' But the greatest evil resulting from this
cruel inroad, was the sad effect it had upon
the mind of Agnes. !ler belief in the
omens of the forest agile returned; her con-
fidence in her prospects was shaken; end
with the same feeling which bids the giddy
wretch throw himself at once from the pre-
cipice over which be fear* he shall tall, she
determined to Basten the destiny which she
now firmly believed to await her, Con-
vinced, by the fate of her sister; of the cer-
tain fulpimeet of her own, she resolved to
spare her anguish of beholding her expire;
and for this purpose soddenly broke off all
commeoieation with him, and refused to ad-
mit him into Der presence. Walter's hope
still struggled with his despair; he made
some earnest appeals to ber tcsdernea, ber
reason, her gratitude. Agnes was deaf to
all, she believed herself destined to fall se
early victim to death, and that tint bride-
groom would snatch ber frnm an nrtMy
ore even at the altar's foot. Walter,
(wart -broken, retired from his home, and
Joining 1..e cavalier army of the kang,sought
in the tumult of • military lite, for-
getfulness of tbe wetted calmer days had
given. le the intervals of his .mats 10 his
arian berate' interested in bis
ie saw hen frequently, spoke to
nes, soothed In au fenuAt be bet
to -mor -
us most
some taught her hapless heehaw/ the drier-
e.ce between herself and the gestic Agues.
Seth a enure could have but Doe termin-
ation; stretched at length on that sick bed
which was to be her last, see scot to desire
PETER BUCHANAN. TAILOR.
NEXT door to 11. B. O'Connor's Store.,
4' West Street, Goderich. Clothes med.
sed repair+/, as cretin( dere on te. abor-
tjet [settee, and most liberal arms.
December Ird, 1851. ven42
W. & R. SIMPSON,
(LATE HOPE, RIRRELL kCo.,)
Ge'i;OCU S, Wise Marebuts, Fruit. r,
sad Oilmen, No. 17 Dnidu Street,
Leedne, C. W.
February OM i818.
ROWLAND WILIAAMB,
keemeeea e, le prepared to "need Sales in
my part of the Vaned Costa's, on the
sat likes! term.. Apply at the Puss
Penal Cart aka, er at his bees, out
Soca, Golsrieb
and other property win be
resay.41e WI either by presto et pow.
gala
,j I b. 1112. v4a47.
TOS?tt 1fl0 of every darnptiss. weal
a segpau�ly meant et tb.. eco.
Illbstse Bt+
bis riposte' •lowly
Not knee eN.cythe often does much more; but,
ee
Teviewesu, it weather Persia
_hole is nftin toe stack yard, end
covered by theca sod raps Lie tour week•
ud often somewhat .caner.
As exeeetregly good rliustration of theme
•
( cts scoured under our owe notice this
loosed by. Jammu Lumsden
N field succeed' not ier,
nen needs the mesal sight
um, oar futsre tree sed great, oaks is the lett
For earrpl gives the present bright
A happy climax doth await
The Huron Tract.
W. R. BENNETT.
Godencle Nov. 8th, 1855.
Pres the Christie,' Clunks".Clunks".THE STRANGER.
1115 t. - a.
He's estranger, Mate[ h- im eooly;
se
Be en Iceberg es the a;
Where k • little hark a lowly,
Wander. oe its basely way.
Hies a 'emerge, ahonld he sigh.
Ken Kethy brow, sad kewe him back.
Pill thy tongue will permbewy,
Till be writhes epos the reekthereHe's a stranger, what to there
1f hoo looks dark and wail
Pep him t}y is apathy;-
See the aloes, sot the esu.
tie's a 'integer, from her eye
Scalding tears are falai feet
Hide thy fare; as they Mall y
armyWhe. hie army to past.
He. a reneger, wooed and erseh him i
Meows, seen.., sad east bis Met,
m
Tree hie kelpies.; for thou cree
Treed him dew% aa[ rates the shoot!
He's a wronger, barb yn.r •new.;ou
Dip them re yew peeesd bowl.
Whom ye.es his rv
swami tee.
Qeseeb here pe thee. t• bee Mewl.
B:s a stranger..►..Id yea bear
Wore( is has ebeeelees bele,
TNft ek et same le.pent *Mi
W raja is shadows of *be tomb.
basset, es lbs twist" c(A•.ctry, the p•u
o,
rty f and
Nr Lemscer
hes two Una in b'e
q toe -the farms of Saloreek
and the
seen eesEnnuis of Auchry. en
M him M
s erep
y acres.,
.rido►.4 o se
f 1.bet fano the ewellstreegta
sad es on se
M loos twitter. Tbeerop war as excei
I..t es. ' a good deal of It rue lodged,
sad woe set es rpsaday takes op sa the
stadia" grata, yet some hide of .levee
aerie, bowleg a lath lyre„ r.p p�; lost
sod
tau re thee were to the work sunt
scythes is ase deb sled
weal 4.r. The wheel of Mr. Lemedes'•
trop wa/ te tM b.reystd 1. "tames days
from the e'aMscomeet of the cutting .
As sears !myths for ons day, or part nI
a day, was all the extra a..i.uaee they
bad dunes the whota harvest.
�lWed is very "Ort
The totting was fieorI sot ►eve bas
time, botf inhse carr. ng t.0 d
aecompinhed se soon vadat the sweeter,
mode of etscktea. Mr• [Amodio builds
all buserop •p• frames of menses or
tweet, fest high, ,a the form of a hay .r
bees stack, with .uf8cest room for air to
pees alt ig the colon, sad se eat lead hie
earn n safety u7 dry day shoe it is Mer,
Is late Weenies. h. bar a Brest adnate(e
sad tka year, •Itbeegb very arty, meth
pee des. to rutty geed
ye by tage he Inez erpe.er ieche w *quotas
er
►hat bee hese nested ay r Ierr.af
ual storms -Bre
•
Tem Ce*re.Miro or Lass 8ar*a.oa..-•
ai Id w•ppa sates of esu..resr, roe -
sees W wooly hese /wavered es Irbil
eez
palate the Imelleerfr
Mlfe .sa. 11 i sod 1
M se
a NNe the pieta el Hwlt, Lewrpwl, .std
IIr1.4i1 re •• mNal� eaMassee
a pm-
poljfa7. r tB1
w there port.. thereby Mae sate
s.essataew frets Hie ore is the won
Moa., sed all mwraawlaw phefe, rap.d
cheap, sed efweseel. Ay es* at all eoe-
Mraset with a.sassee muel feel she trait
,sporiasee of •ecb se uoder.aka(, to fee
weeraeg tee peedaee of Aeaevisi. B.es•le,
the !Bast ad West latae, Ye. from lever -
peel sod Sestet old Hull, to the opened*
Maoris. of (Jsrsaal sed Ifot(aed ; eeJ re.
.errs, ibe produce of the B.1tic, pie Hull,
te Liverpool, ad Bristol." 11e proceeded
to show, that by the esubtts►meet of
monon( and "valet "mail steam carnage•
the ishad comma°leattene wu.114 he
greatly improw'C, and the postal 000vq•
aie* matenall• aided by tee rapidity .f
trams[ and %L• da.isetlo0 of coat,
the attendance of her yo.ugesft anter. After prop000d'0g bis theory, Mr. Gray
Agues obeyed the mandate, but Duly arri- mama Alter
propwly advocated iia r. Gra•l
•ed in time to meet the funeral procession pparcauos. leu natteJ Brussel, amt, hear •
which conducted the hapless arta an , a.( t►sir am proposal toe coaetruct a ca nal.
early grave. 'Hie widower instantly recog-
nised, from a distance, his young heart's
love, and rapidly flew to meet her, and as
she shed tears of unfeigned ton -ow for his
lose, be took the white hankercbief which
she held and tenderly dried them away. lk
at that moment, how deeply Agnes sighed ;
-She beheld in this scene the fulfilment of
the omen, and wept to think she bad thus
' It was on this very eve, many years
since, my children, begat[ the noble lady
to her auditors, ' that three lovely daughters
of a noble house assembled together in a
dreary wood to try the charms of the night,
which, if successful, were to give to their
earnest sight the phantom form of the lover
who was after to become their husbend.-
Their powerful curiosity had stifled their
fear (for they were as timid as beautiful) on
their setting out on this expedition; but, on
finding themselves alone in the dark and
melan, holy wood, some touches of coward-
ice and compunction assailed them together,
and they determined by a somewhat holy
beginning, to santify the purpose which had
brought them hither. They were too young
to laugh at this mock compact between
God and the devil, and, therefore, wiles
Catharine the eldest sister, began, in an au-
dible voice, to recite the prayer against
witchcraft, the others joined in it most de-
voutly. Now, then, fortified against evil
their courage rose with every additional
sentence; and when the soft voice of y oeng
Agnes, the loveliest and youngest of the
three, steadily responded tbe Amen,' they
were es courageous as necessary, and no
longer fearful of the power of the evil use.
I know not, my children, all the forms used
upon this occasion ; but Catharine after re-
peating certain words in a formal voice; ad-
vanced before ber sisters, and quietly placed
upon the ground her offering to the shade
she bad invoked, as by this conduct towards
it age was to judge of her future prospects.
It was a beautiful rose tree she had chosen,
anti the flowers were full and many; nod the
sisters were eootemplating from a little dis-
taste, the rwhness of their hue, when they
were startled by tbe clashing of arms, and
the loud outcries of men m fierce coeten-
tioo, breaking upon the Malawi of the night.
tor a moment they hesitated whether to
ly or remain concealed, wben their doubts
were removed by the approach of a stern
and sate!; Highland chief, Who brandish-
ieg his broad sword, swept os towards the
rois'tr•ee as if be would annihilate from the
earth its frail ane fragile beauty. Sudden-
ly lee palmed --his arse was so tenger amis-
ed to destroy -the weapon drooped gently
down beside the tree, aid they taw his blue
eye look mildly aid kindly on the Bowers,
as, Woliwg doves to gather them he faded
from their sight ie the action. (*ather's,
was by en meas ,irpleaeed with her Pe-
ttier; .std the yparanee of ber handsome
ljndegreere gave o.erwgs to tire other two
to ►.Mita the tourists e1 theirs. Marie*.
Imo ■rge4 the super., a I vantage,' of a r.d -
way. From Belgium be proeeded to
Meneheeter, and lead hie echenre before the
eapitalisis of thtl city ; but the men who
paaeed their Ines among the marvels of
machinery, and owed thlir fart ono• to twain
could nut apprsciaie the pro). et. They
howled grauoes'y, cru, with a emtie
seine sr hat akin to pity. dura seed him as an
incorrigible vieleeary• 11e peutiuuei Lord
wasted some of the best years of ber life $,daeou►b, givlug reason' fui the adoptio•
and trifled with her loser's happiness and of his plan, which he thought remold be at-
tractive to tae salremaii. Double or tre-
ble :he amount of lase., he s.id, then
levied upoo hurries or curiae!+ might he
received from the transport of vehicles and
their c.otents on a *loners' iron railxay,'
while the coat to inJ.viJual would be cue.
mdera►ly diutioisbed. He aubrequeutly
sads application to the Guasroment ttaa
Bard of Agncllture, and the Lord Mayor
and Corporation of Loodua, for their ate-
ae ,.Iiece ; as to 11137, Mr. Home pre -
meted • petition from him to the Hada
of Comiruov. The only result of thee*
•ed other efforts was, that many thoog3t
him a knave, ar.d other-, who were ehari=
table tucluned, pronounced bite a eiaopletoa.
Ta appropriatbd the idea of Mr• Maaautlep
they "were fools then as they are fouls wow
fools who Laughed al 1be commie y fops
who thought they evinced their wisdom by
donb:iog what they could sgt.adents.A'*
Still Vietnam Gray persevered; his miss
was absorbed In the aniIeipatioa of thtegter.
and beneficial change$ which bee eoleesema
wouldproduce. He talked of .n-.1 s
fortunes realised, of coached eseihilat.4 e1'
ens great general erotism of iron reeds --
and he was laughed at, bet eel 'teethed
down. 11e continued 10 all, to [almonds=
Ina and to fill the pages of maeasines, till
tbe public mind was ".eaeired aod.worrifd,'
sod doubt!ua ant a Jik�► <!risb�r4 • f1 } : lMfR
ways were eewbtii8.d tlf 1'y 1•sospt�)7�•1 ii
tby mi(ht b freed D.0 hi. saepil�a 4R
impeetse,ti*a.
A few years pseud away', Uhl the Med
supposed to be burn of a dleorderly meow
shun became a great reality, eqd 'Peeled
Gray found ba reward only in himself. le
rememberaoce of hii indefatigable and pro. •
'reeled efforts and the invaluable bleeainge
which they had materially tended to sun-'
for ort society: an attempt wan asbsegtaee•' •
tly made to give him soles pseon,ary so-
knowiedgentent of national gtatitsdo, bat
it was uneuccee.ful• Few 'even in melees
times have served their genereatow more
effectually, and yet retested ao tittle com-
pensation in the way of Remelts it .dole,
meet, as Tnorea. Gray. 4•11e died steeped
to the lips in poverty r....644, kin Xmas.
by F. S ?rations -
mtamemelesemmillmas-
IMPORTANT iNVENTLON7.
Particulars have be•,n published from the
last Sydney paper of a sew propeller
wbizh has been tried on a steamer in, fiat
port with great sucrose, It is a eult•Ut..e
for the wutea'y screw propeller, and 160*-
strueted on age principle of the. Weapon
called the "botuareng," used by she oniivee
to k 11 game. The experiment w air made
rade, locomotive st eam•enrincs add the
with a .crew steamer called the Keera, roil
the speed attaint d. although the iostnimeet .
supercedrng of horsepower, engrossed his, war luso., sec, uw og to its being temporary
d.7 fixed on a boat net e,p,atrected fur it, wail
mediation+. -'Ht Mas his thought by s
it wee his dream by ought tie talked of greater than lied bwlore been se000.pltabeil
it until his (need vote) him an intolerable is thole .aur•, • mewrcd d.staaps baveay
bean performed at 11ed.e rate u( twelve knots
an !tour against rather alron1 bead titled
and aide. Tbo strokes of the piston ger:
at Doe time 62 per m+note, while the Sof -
lub .crevi had very rarely w••rk'd top to 50.
One imp••rtant fact in connect.ue w th UN
investton a that it ereat.e lilal.dte trammel.
in ,he water, and wr old coseegd.atty he eaa
well adapted 1.4 ca,.al boats as for unser
atsamera A vest number of prreoo. ai-
eembled to esu the tri I, and at its car.lu•
sena Sir Thomas Mitchell r.,,•arknd
her owu. ' Ab, silly delusion! (she tsctatm-
ed in bitterness of beart,) of went haat thou
not bereaved me!' After the period of
mourning had expiredisbe gave her hand to
%%'alter, rued endeavoured in making ea
days tranquil, to forget the felicity she bad
lost.'
' But they wadded, granJdam dear,' said
the beautiful Lilies,laugfung; ' what more
would the people have hadf -' Youth, and
its lore, and its hopes, and all its bright and
gracions feeling; said the venerable Coun-
tess [Jerry had all fled with time,aod nothing
but their remembrance remained with Ag-
nes and her Walter which made their lot
more bitter. Ile was, at their wedlock
past even minhood's prime; she was so
longer young; and though they were not
wretched yet they were not happy; sad it
was only in their descendants they looked
for felicity. Agnes has found it truly, but
for Walter
Grasddam, is it your tale you tell, and
your Grandsire's. 1 am certain by the
teas which roll down your face,' replied
Lilian. ' Aht I will wait H 's own
good time for a husband, and try these
charms no more. kiss tee, noble G rode
dam: your Lilies will never forget the tale
of Halloween.' The bright maiden threw
herself into the arms of bpd venerable ances-
tress, and at that moment it was scarcely
possible to decide which was the nobler ob-
ject. the darse 1 in Phe glory of her briniant
youth, or tbe Countess in the calmness of
majestic age•
POOR THOMAS uRAY. THE INVEN-
TOR OF RAILROADS•
A thoughtful man once 'toiled ens of
those tramways in the Borth of England,
which connect the mouth of a colliery with
a wharf at which coats were shipped ; and
after watching the passing trains for some
time, he turned to the engineer of the line,
and said •' Why are not these tramroads
laid dawn all over England, so as to super.
cede our common roads, and steam -pivot.
employed to convey go yds slung them,
•u as to supersede horsepower t" The
engineer looked etthe q•tutinner out of
tae corner of his eye, and, said"Jas[ propo.0
that to the nation, air, and ase what you
will get by it ! Why, sir, you will be
worried to death fur your pages." The
conver.atin on ibis topic terminated ; bot
Thomas Gray, the thoughtful man, d:d not
allow the theme to escape him. Train
hare• Ile wr to of it It t the reviewers
deemed bun mart'." Tha 'vital of coaches
and canals watt, in his est imatioa unwo t .y
the age- Ilio far reaching an'iapttioo
.hawdowed forth ate path entice others
have since trodden, whoa they nava reali-
zed profits, achieved fame, and by means 01
which an inestimable boon has bees con.
(erred on the nation and the world, •
family,
welfare:
him of A
compassion, and gratifwd his 'risk her
admiration. lie bad no thought f any
other; and tlrnngh he had loved net Mariam
yet she became his trusted friend, his cos-
panine, and, finally, his wife. • It was her
will net his; sod «hal woman ever faded ie
heir determination over the mind of rams!
1 hey wedded, sed were wretched. The
heart of Walter eel sot hew ietereat'eLaset
the emir of Marian was one emelt as to
begsa'e its delicate profereere. Sir be -
Aim ;ealeon, irritable Med perteree, red
In 1850 Mr Gray p ibti. t J a w irk, ie "This day's excor-ion (mime{ se me that IMO
which he propounded a "general true weapon of the simple •boriginenr of A.N•
railroad. or steam c nveyance, to super trra bas led to the deurmiwatine, ,esth.s
evils the eecen.ty of hots in all pu',hc soot eaNr, of thewill 1t eo1efound bra aer'o4•0,• w
.such alone it p asabIs. um, t
veb•cle•, rod be mant.ine.l ata "vast mu- .en..„petne.pM•, to attar• ilea areal;
p.nonty over all the present pitiful one water by the power of storm."
thods of conveyanee by turn pike road",
cans'', and e000long [raster." -w great
was tn• merit of this work, that de•prs
the opposition wbicb atleaed tiny ieeeva-
1,.m on the c aeb,ag system, it ultimately
passedthru•igb live aIonone. Tn. author
deelar.d, concerning those who refuard to
fernier bar echese; • Eyce have they, but
.bey pee mot ; they here eerie hot they
hear not ;' white, m f,o11 a•eurane• of the
elumats footsie of his pr-ject, he inecribed
the following couplets se the plate which
all.etrated but ,•,lame :-
',No ,peed web •hit, ea. sante[ he..e
c compare.
A. day __bmoeer,te
No weight like flit., canal or
Seer Calif. Sueeeeeo.-Tile E•igiesertl
Capt, Canhr•IJ and Judge B irt, com,.leted
their sumps for the lueatiun .it to 1 w irk
last wceLand reunited to Detrol , where
the plane of ;he survey will 8. made at
for the vee of the tinieral atser.acoet
and the State In aeeord,nee wok the pr..
talons of the Act her the eo,gtrwuos
eof
the eaeal. The ground has ,been fused
giuleso favorable tor ,he easy �a0 .pa.Jyr
construction of this work all erpeeIed.
to remelt( remelt( the preemie me nt es
of the shores above sod bele,. the r.ptd•',
lord the ,etsrr.eel,ete gnw.•I, Y
h.5e Asea e„rtraJed, wb:e► wi
1.-gtrilateral,.
as perste. prap*alag
reit tantalise ,n l,e coattail"). to
here • peruwcr e.,lerataedl.;whoa
of the ;wh
this will commerce •very • ►1
vocal ro etas
sw.l.le the
_}}� eubj-ct. tonal e, renal .e thel�loeg-
fu this 'at soros of commerce runt tb.tj litote e. els sfa.dr bel.we s will she „tumid
par. !!!!!' ' thirty Peet I [ban . mile: the .homes[
To re•Jers, thiel) Yee" ago. snore o(M,. lies would Le eu..uloreb'$ wee. Tbe Gray's.ug;aeuona were d.whtie•. surpris. Met mato is cowwr,teevd ai nor.nar the
Aqui proposing 111.1 h e plats shoold gre.t'et *deemegee. (.r stu,ilw the addiUow
al efii .s w,wN M ►eta tr+Am,, sad alai)
•• Anil attempted betw.me the loose N not in ilial less,'! delay Iba rmk, ibe loerevt
Maseseeter .s L..erponl. he thud deertb' rwte wnvld carry th. ciaal" al th. IV
to
s IM aaee.fkal result. Tb. eosvystesee, ,aTepid,.nebcolied osier
• a sMr B/00 moo. says seat -only in the tres•p'wt of goads "'""'""e^ eI n reef a, t!"," tus..,war...1
bought by serehaau at tom vanon• mar- a weld beerier* protectoral freer the ewe. if
bola, sad the "despatch a forwarding be se ...rim.,. n1 ice suss .wap *,,,so is Myr./
.a packages to the onlpera, Meese[ fail to i tee dwee..UI seem. 11 dm %mooawe if
shor".11 t+�M1.
stlik• the merchant and rrraewhatetw lad� '•'rtsR+1. ..
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