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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Signal, 1881-07-22, Page 6tl 6 THE HURON SIGNAL, FEfDAY, JMTLY 22, 1881. She Poet's Corner. Me ..a for bread e.d he ale's as • mime - 1 listened, )e ken, tae the minister, As be spek'tee the corgregstion, Au' 1 Hoche his vole() was sae sin'ster Ar be dwelt on their hopeless station; Aa' ea he gied us his granuu•r rules An' large words on the °cession, I really believed he thocht we were rules When he taeh'd ids wi' his oration. e His prayer was sae long, it wan na hi ben wrang It • glorious song o' salvation Had been sung by the choir, wi' hearts a' afire At the thocht o' his lung emanation, But when he was quit, au' the eternon was p11, His style was a dire aberration, An' the "ifs" an' the "huts," an' itber dry cuts Were the gist o' his whole incantation. There was no word o' Christ havin' e'er made • tryst We the shutter under condemnation, An' never s word in the sermon was heard 0' the Sac iuur's great abnegation, ('at -airy s cross in his mind was dross, An' he viewed not the desolation O' the world, at the eight o' its blackest night, When HE saved it tto'ruination. An' 1 thocht to mysel', as 1 pondered well On his pet plan o' reformation, 'That the blind lead the blind, the noo, as we find They did in the old Jewish nation. Sae gie us God's Truth. an' dinner, forsooth. W i' theology an' education Hide the FATHER and SON and SPIRIT. 1s ONE, Fruth the soul that is seeking salvation. D. Mee. The rashes teases Toter. :Got any buys:" the marshal said To • lady from over the Ithine . .lad the lady shook her flaxen bead And civilly answered, 'Ni*. '. Got any girls'" the oiarshai said To the lady from over the Rhine: And again the lady shook her head And civilly and%ered, "Nine..!" -HUT 80l11e are dead ." the marshal sa.d 'ro the lady from o, er the Ithinr: And again she shook her flaxen bead olid civilly answered, `Nine ' "Husband, of course?" tae marshal said '1'o the lady from over the Rhine: And again she shook her flaxen head And civilly answered, "Nine "' "The deuce you have'" the marshal said 'ro the lady from over the Rhine: .1 nd again she shook her flaxen head And civilly answered "Nine'" "Now..what do you mean by shaking your head And always answering "Nine' "Ich kaon keln Englisch!" civilly said The lady from over the Rhine. waits= la Parva. A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy. A little wind will kindle a great fire. A little of everything is little enough. A little wit will serve a fortunate man. A little body often harbors a great soul. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. A lame traveller should get out be- times. A little neglect may breed great mis- chief. A little of everything is nothing in the main. A lie has no legs, but a scandal has wings. e A liar isnot believed when he speaks the truth. A little time will be enough to hatch great mischief. A little debt makes ;e debtor, but a great one an enemy. A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two different things. A little stream may quench thirst as well as a great river. A little house well tilled, a little land well tilled, and a little wife well willed are gre.a riches. Repudiating Nationality. one of the appealers at the Albany Legislature, referring to the attempted ..ssassinatiotl of the President, fervently thanked God that there was not a single drop of ameritau blood in 'the veins of the murderer. This is much more easily said than proved. The question would arise as to what "American blood" really is, if, indeed, that of the aboriginal red pian is not alone entitled to the appel- lation. However homogeneous the American people may become there can be no question whatever as to their very heterogeneous origin. It is the boast of the Republic that it Invites, welcomes and absorbs the people "1 every nation under beacon and in the Bourse of a gen- eration at least converts them into full blooded Americans. Because Guiteau has a French naive And origin is no reason why he should mot class as an American, particularly when not only is he himself to the manor horn bet his father and grandfather before him, the __-;Y having far three generatiu,na at least been residents of the United States. We don't Supp t ae that if any of the des- s:entiante 1.1 Lafayette still survive in the United States that they would he repudi ate,: an foreigners, simply because their rer:••wned ance.tor. ••1 whom the Ameri can people ars ro proud. was a French - mar.. The attempt to repudiate Guitesu es a native horn American and to palm him off es A Freneh f anadian. is a weak- ness of which, in view of the facts of Cie case, the American people should not he guilty. - [Whit Travellers and d+'urista should always be prodded with 1,)r. Fowler's Extract . 1 Will Strew berry, the hoot retnedy in the world for miring suffering hronght on from eating unripe fir eotur fruits, bad milk. impure water, [lump of water and climate. The great remedy for all sum tnet• complaints A GIRL'S PROMISE. "And yuu propose to stand by what you say, sir 1" "Exactly, Georg.." Then silence fell between the two men for the space of a few moments. It was the uld, old story—the useless petition of poverty-stricken youth asking of wealthy old age the hand of beauty. George Santley had laved pretty Esther Dana from his childhood up, and Esther had returned his love in full measure, but when the deoisivu moment came, and he asked rich old fanner John for his daughter, then he was told that he was too poor to be aspiring. After staring fur a while in dumb de- spair at the hard -featured farmer where he sat in his great chair beside the sunny window, George plucked up sufficient courage to ask: "And is my poverty the only objection you have to owning nie for a sen -in-law, air t" "That's about the Long and short of it, my boy," wee the prompt response; "I had to make a nest before 1 caught my bird, and I dont quite see why usher men should not do the same "Quite right, sir said tee poen liar. hightailing a little, bus ems 1 ask ►w wealthy 1 trust be before I can propsnse for Rather r Farmer John stroked his .:but. wish a "1 dual neo the IM of it, lather dear," theutselves, when they saw how aide is she said. and sad the session looked, they explain - "Don't you, its 1" with a sty wink ; I ed. "do yuu think the/ old place is tit for the The minister's wife, though an exoell- weddiug of the richest girl in May eat woman, who loved everybody, a.d villa ?" supe tally her husband, did a.t love rats. "My wedding, father'?" Esther gaga- But the house having been vacant fee ed. a time, the rats had taken possessive. "Certainly, why not/ I've always Wheu Witty went to their chamber, thought ilr. Bell was sweet 00 yuu, and hugs cadent ran under the bed. The to -day he asked um for you. I could wife screamed. The husband caught up not be better pleased to—" a stick and missed the rat. Tins lady "Father ! Hush, I ca t marry Dr. screamed again --haw could she help it? Bell." 1t was an excitiug scene. and roust have e" Why nut ?" f looked funny to the neighbors who were "Because 1 can never lova him !" watching through the curtained window "Oh, that's all right ! In the mean They laughed heartily when it was all time, Iii have the carpenters round in over and the rat was dead; and the morning and have them throw out they could not help laughing when they a bay wiadew in the sitting -room." thought about it. And with a jovial laugh the old nun The suasion was in a fix. They were sauntered down the steps and away duwu on Mrs. S ---for making fools through the sunshine. of them. They asked her: Up in her chamber that night Esther "Why didn't you go over to the min - stood at the window and raised • pale, ister's and nuke sure about the matter tear wet face to the twinkling stars. before you reported it?" "I will die first," she murmured res., And she retorted: lutely. •'for I have promised George that "Why didn't you go and enquire luta I would be true to him, and I will not it before you called a meetingr bewails that promisee." Brecht and early upon the following ..,rusnd she appeared at breakfast, and, though her father eyed her keenly, be serer mtstrue ed the conflict she had Sass wearing through the dead wastes of *meet mule pisytrag shwa hie woman, Oho previous sight beaten features. an.. drawing trues hi With a shudder of horror, Esther pocket an env el••p. whseh cant.wltd aI carpenters the rpenters begin work at the 91UU Lull, the prove d r..te tract aillA estttng-room window, and while her had been sold that day. he displayed the hither stood in (roan of the house plan - map mote. ming rase alterations with the architect, • y..0 can diose ISO baud♦ wars wee Md up to her room to stitte her [Dis- like that, 1 II part with my de eiha r. , ery by reading George's last letter the "A11 night , sir geod- bye •' ttwe.ti.tb time. Where. are yoo iniac?" Scarcely had she concluded „the per - '•West tsssi of the fins page when a rap came "t:..d bless v..u. titood-bye upon the d•o.•r, and upon opening it And se they pierced: and r• lig►Ib dill )mer encountered the maid -of -all - the .Id man think ..f has harsh treatment work. that listening to the drone of the honey- bees to the toes tree ' •uuide the window, he fell asleep ins the sunshine, his aro resting upon the window-sii1, the en- "Plemie, Miss Esther," the girl said, extending something in her hand, "the carpenters just found this when they tore away the mopboard under the sit- relope containing the 9100 bill in his ting -room window." Esther took the object, mattered' a wild cry, and darted down the stairs. "Father, father, look '" she screamed. "George is innocent With a puzzled air the farmer took the dirty envelope, and with trembling fingers extracted a mildewed note for $100. "Slipped out of my 'fingers and into the peaky crack !" he gasped. "By Jove, what wouldn't I give if that poor boy was here now ! I'd give you to him without one cent for the wrong I've done him !" In his bewilderment the old fellow did not notice the stir beside him, and when he raised his eyes at last, lo, there stood George Santley with Esther tightly clasped in his anus ! • "Your wish is granted, sir," the young man said; "the boy is here, but not poor. There are the bills you wanted to see before I could claim Esther." But farmer John pushed the proffered wallet aside and faltered brokenly: "Say no more about it, George; take her; she's young, and may Heaven for- give me, and bless both ' See here, Mr. What's-yer-name, I want you to get through with these improvements an double-quick time, for there's going to be a wedding here next week !" hand. Meanwhile George had hurried to the trystiiig place, down at the stile in the meadow, and told Esther his sad story. When she heard that he was going so far away from her the girl bunt into tears. "Esther, Esther, darling, don't cry," George faltered. "Can't you be true to me till I come again ?" "I can and I will !" was the passionate reply. "Promise it, dear ?" "George, I promise it on my life !" The shades of the summer evening were closing in as George Santley stood at the door of the cottage which had been his home, and held his mother in his arms. Scarcely were the laat farewells spoken when the garden gate clanged and the constable of the village strode up the path. "George," the man said regretfully "I must arrest.you." Mrs. Santley uttered a low cry, but the young man laughed. "Is this some joke, Mr. Hardy 1" he cried; "arrest me—for what?" "For theft." "Theft of what ?" "Of a $100 bank note. "Frons whom ?" "Farmer Dana." "Merciful heaven : I—" *. ; The story was all over town. Everybody "Mr. Dana gays that you were the i was talking about it. It was t..o bad, only person who knew he had the note in his )i'ussession, and that after you 1►ad they said. is What was too had. Why, called upon him he fell asleep: when h I the new minister had been heating his awoke note was gone." I wife. Was. it possible! Yes, there "Whytheshould he accuse me �" the 1 could be no doubt of it. Mrs. 8---, who lives nett door, heard a shriek about ten o'clock last night— a woman's shriek—from a chamber in the parson- age. She looked across, and through .t Minister Beating his Wife. young tuaiz cried indignantly. "Because an hour after you left the farm you purchased a ticket for Nevada with a $100 bill. the curtain she could sea that a Ulan and "But tht. money was mine." woman were running about the room in "Ah, but Mr. Dana has identified the. he great excitement. He was tieurishing a bill as his I'm afraid, George. you stick and striking with it. The blows must come to the lock-up with me until could he l.lalnly heard. And as he struck she screamed. Mrs S— ---- could hardy sleep that night, she was sea excited by what she had seen. She was up early next morning. She hurried through her breakfast, aid So he went weer with a heavy heart, then started out. To see the }coon minis to seek his fortune, knowing that out of all his lifelong friendir Esther and his mother alone deemed hits pinions of the galling charge against' Tei glome wad honor. A year went round, and 1 was already the spring time o.1 another, and Esther there was creat excitement * Rallvil]e prayed .lay and night for the welfare and SUMPS/ ..f her absent lover The o4hdeers of the church discussed the matter with heavy hearts. Such die - The only happy missies of her 14. erwd'eful conduct could not he endured. were when she sat with the widow flint- something must tea done: But whetl ley and talked of (:worse. Call on the niinister and enquire into oh, how happy the poor hoy might the matter? Oh, no; that would not be bare been could he hare heard these two dignifie.l and ntbcul. Resided, there los iitg women talk o1 him and have can be no denht shout it. Did not Mrs. known the depth of their trusting affec- 8—...--eae the beating with her nem tion eyes? So thee called a meeting of the Returning one afterno.an from the cot. session. and ufl t* finned the minister and tags, Esther met her father upon the his wife--- he to answer a charge ..1 nn verandah. ministerial conduct, and she to tevtify in yon can have an examination." Like a man he faced the disgrace, and west tool and dignified until he was dis- missed ea the following day, the evidence against hist not being considered serious enough to condemn him. ter's wife and comfort her? Not a bit of it. She went to i12der A --'s found the family at the tah•le, and told the newt. Then she footed ow to Elder iniad Dawns C 's, and eve, half k. ha not time to es11 ..n 11.1011 hearts it from the other half, and before noon "Esther, the old man said, "i wart the case to 'peak to you. f hare decided to over- They came greatly pn771ed and sir haul the old horse, furnish it rap a hit, prised. The ease was gra, sly etatwi M and lay in s stork •af new furniture the senior elder when the culpnt and E.tl.e• glanervi up .n eurpnat witness buret inti is laugh. Cheekinp AFTER THE FIRE. JOHN STORY The Tinsmith Is,tlll to the front. 1 have pleasure to state that despite the luoenventenoe I was put to In my businees by the recent sere its sty premises, that I am new in full bleat attain. prepared to give the barysine to Oederiuh its 4lseaapSs ■pas the Queen** WR. The first attempt upon the Queue's life was made June 10, 1840, by Edward Oxford, a lad of 17. He fired two shuts deliberately, but missed. His was mush the same kind of a character as Gun/ma's. He was half-crazy with a longing for notoriety. He was pronounced inseam by a jury, and sentenced to be confioo4 in a lunatic asylum during Her Maje.tyi pleasure. John Francis, son of a els chiniat in Drury lane, tired at the Vines a May 30, 1842, from the very spot euro Oxford had stood. He was but • few feet from the carriage, which fortan was driving at a rapid pace, and nussj his aim. He was condemned to death - but hu sentence was commuted to i., prisonment for life. The very dayy a[tma this mitigation of punishment beta.e known, a hunchback boy named Bean made another attempt on the Queeu's life. He presented • pistol at her car- riage, but was not permitted to fire it. The pistol was loaded with powder, paper tightly rammed down, and some scraps of a clay pipe. Bean was i.- pri oned eighteen months. An Irish bricklayer named Hamilton fired a pistol loaded only with powder at Her Massey May 19, 1849, on Constitution Hill— where two previous attempts had been made. His sentence was seven years' transportation. Robert Pate, a cash- iered lieutenant of hussars, struck Her Majesty in the face with a stick May 27, 1850. His sentence was also seven years' transportation. Arthur O'Connor a boy of 17, presented an unloaded pistol at the Queen Feb. 29, 1872. Hie was whipped and imprisoned for a year. The modified law, which authorises whipping to he prescribed in the dis- cretion of the Judge, is thought. to have had the effect of disootuging attempts upon the Queen's life. A Stowage Dlsrlar.re. A professional gentleman of Belleville visited Kingston on Dominion Day, and whilst there called at the office of Dr. Sullivan, who related the following .inci- dent : A man came into the offices short time since and stated that a part of one of his ribs was broken and that it was hurting him. An examination was made the scalpel brought into requisition, and a piece of glass one and one half inches long, a quarter of an inch wide and one eighth of an inch thick brought to light. How it cause there was thus explained. The visitor, some Years previous, figured in a row and was thrown through a win- dow. A numner of pieces of broken glass were tsken from his person by a physician who attended to his injuries at that time, hut the piece extracted by Dr. Sullivan remained unnoticed and oc- eaaioned no trouble until as narrated shove. A young girl' about fifteen years of age named Violet Wilkins was drowned at Owen Sound. ors Jnly llth, while bath- ing in the tiver- Whilet William Donnelly was sitting in a waggon on the Clandelo,ye-road, near Lnean, un Saturday, he was startl- by the rep.:rt et a nfte,and a bullet pass- ing within s few inches of his breast. It eppesn that a yours man had fired at a squirrel 10 an apple tree. The bullet missed the souirlel and carne near kill- ing Donnelly. The remedy that has had the int tst tc+- markable success In the cure ofdiarrh.ea, dysentery, cholera morbus, and, indeed, every kind of sumrnercomplaint, brought on by eating improper food. such as raw vegetables, unripe •err sour fruits, bad milk. impure water, etc.. — the remedy that is the meet pleasant. rapid. reliable, and effectual, is Dr. Fewler'a Extrsct of R'ild Stawb.erry it is the finest reme- dy for suntmer punipleints known. For tale by all dealers. "Mss' fay it a the nicest thing i ever used err eh. lee•th and hreeth," says every-nne /melee tried "Tr AAraaT,- the new toilet gess, diet • 5 cent semi le. • A1.. :n . it t .s 11:0! 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I carry a to stock of Flour, 4e1s, Port Oflera1 Provisions MY MOTTO IR "Fair Dealing and Moderate Prices." ( oal�0il alsokold. See my Stock and get my prices. tfliGoods delivered to any part of the D. Ferguson. Daniel Gordon, Cillei-Mau and Ililtierger. Oldest House in the tounty, and Largest Stock this side of London / PARLOR SLtrss, BLD -ROOM Surras, SIDE -BOARDS, EAAY CHAIR:, I.)CNlL1,IET.'., ETC. Cash Any.re *111 And it to their advantage to see my stock if they need a good article at close price. D. GORDON, ?Brat Ytrret, near Poill (tike., /,o>r?prirh. 1I N TA.IL Carriage Works! having leased the .shop of Mr. P. Balt e,clue is nnw engaged ;s s Ilea s � tr hi CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, WAGGONS, etc. Give me a call, and i will give you pnces that cannot be neaten [n th county. REPAZRINCF 8z JOBBING I-.)t�NE KINTAIIr CARRIAGE WORKS, B. POINTER GET YOUR AUCTION SALE BILLS PRIRTED at the Aloe 4 THE HURON SiGNAL. NArth Street. God.nch