HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Signal, 1881-08-26, Page 64,
THE HURON SIGN AL, 1 " 1 DA Y AUGUST, 26, IBM.
She Poet's tornsr.
eilaagew aeee.D.tts,
';'s Is beautiful spot, the green oyptress is
growing V
mat is the tall toonuateat sculptured i• pride.
is the tells) below, Moteadlasr is Aowlag.
And the landscape is gay to the heart that 1.
light.
(ta the elm and the willows tits lloasteare
aiag►ag.
And high is the air sous the lark is his glee;
Hound the sepulchres lutes aad row are
springier,
Delightful to many, bet mowratal to tae.
In this ,edema rethe cold ashes w lying
Young.
1
Of those that wdew lovely, and loving and
-end o'er them pale friendship is palatally
sorbing.
While the wild warbling blackbird ichaatlar,
Ida wag.
fere the brow of the hill the proud monument
The statue of Knox la its glory is seen
On gigantic pedestal. to the world declaring
How triumphant o'er error the champion has
been.
Near at hand, is a septal lyre pale as • lily.
With statue adorned, and a wreath on its
head.
Looking down with serenity o'er the sweet
N alley,
Proclaiming McOavin, the Protestant dead.
Poor Atkinson's urn in its hallowed seclusion
Tells weeping, the poet shall never return:
His dust is entombed in the waves of the
or. -ant
And poesy sighs at the tennanUess urn.
Here Motherwell sleeps in his arbour of flow -
,
And o'er him the song of the nava L beard
Pale genius comes in it. contemplative hearts.
And walks at the rose-colored tomb of the
,ant.
The green laurels of poesy Eouriab forever, „
Wild winter will howl. and soft summer will
bloom;
Hut the dust of the bard will reanlmuenever,
No eprirg can awaken the sleep of the tomb
In a sweet hallowed spot where the rivulet's,
flowing,
A sepulchre slumbers in mournful repass,
To the sad wandering few an asylum 'bestow.
ing
The home of the homeless, the balm of his
woes.
i Rased on a bridge, where a cascade was
purling.
1 hearse was advancing, and mourners be.
Lind.
Pale orphan. were sighing, the blackbird
carolling.
And the slow -tolling bell gave its knell to the
wind.
Deep down. in the grave, and in sorrowful
splendour
The cuttln was laid by the attendants in gloom,
tyhile the tatberless children did mournfully
Ponder
Wi:h tars on theirparent and sob at his tomb.
The earth was replaced, and the kinsman de'
parted,
The sod woe laid o'er him, with lilies and
bloom.
A n et itaph penned by Ids wife, broken-hearted.
Now praises his virtues, and hallows his tomb.
tvhen solemn we sigh among tombstones
and roses.
And muse on the folly of robing in pride.
We meekly contemplate where beaatyreposes
The image of death, and religion our guide.
In the sunshine of summer, where beauty and
fashion
Parade in` this mournfully beautiful shade.
The eouI that alone is divested of fashion
Can the: ce.;may tote to contemplate tbedead.
"r ren wander with me o'er this sweet hollowed
mountain
Among statues and monuments. arbours and
flowers. '.
%lea'„.az.: un the bridge and the murmuring
feuutain,
• \n,1 the .,e:emu cathedral, proclaiming the
ho:tr't.
r.•e the glorious vision above and around us.
The .Wits of palace, busy and gay.
brit g:..tont and glory puzzles and Confounds
us
knd we steal with bewilderment pensive
an-ar.
BOPPING THE QUESTION.
sonic t ortur.. Pretedrats In Making Pet -
petals.
r'hatnher's Journal,
Sir Arthur Helps believed that never
since the world began did two lovers
make lave in exactly the same way as
any other two lovers. Whether he was
right is equally beyond proof or dis-
proof. Certainly no question has been
put in "'.ac] it variety of ways as the
In dllent'u ane :t Ulan can ask or a wo-
man answer: how it is put depends upon
time. place, circumstances, and the tem-
perament of the individual!' concern-
ed.
A MARRIAGE WITH A uCNSRAL )tOTTYL
A I.uriois marriage proposal was made
by a reverend bachelor who entered the
matrimonial state en his death -bed. He
called his house -keeper, and when she
entered the room he made her sit down;
and, after telling her how anxious and
sorrowful he had been because he had
no money to leave her, he continued:
"of course you are aware that there
L a minister's widows' fund, so thatif_
the husband dies his wife will have an
annuity during her life. Now; implies- I
ing
upli ,s-
ing you marry rete, altho I ata almost at
death's door, you will be amply provid-
ed for in the future. Will you consent
W this r
"darter, dear, you must be doting
What would people my ?"
"I was never more swims in my Id.,
Maty: and 1 RBI sure people will my we
have both acted wisely in this matter.
Take till the evening to think over it,
and bring are your answer."
In the evening Mary told Aim she
would take him. So, ten days after
they were married, and three days later
theg.'ud old num died; hut the widow
still enjoyed her shire of the widow's
frond
IMI MAIMED ■RR NUM
A bit, good-natured doctor was des.
perately in love with, and had been
twice refused by a fair haired worm n.
After the last refusal he told her that if
she ever changed her mind to let him
know, as his love for her unehanxe-
able, and he would be pro to be her
husband. Some menthe later he was
driving home Mins seeing a patient
when he saw his lady love riding in his'
ditectiort. Supposing she would merely
bow an pass on, ss she had often done
before, he did not pull up his hot•res.
But the moment Miss Dixon' ams up to
hint also reigned her horses, stopped, and
called out:
"Won't you stay, Dr. Hill 7"
He raised his hat and replied:
"I shall be happy to do so," tl.ea
waiting for her to speak.
"Dr. Hill, I have been closely watch-
ing you lately, and seeing nothing but
goodness and noblemtnddness in your
character, and believing you will make
an excellent husband, I am willing to
marry you."
NO OSJICTIOlra,
Mr. Smith, coming all the way fano
Australia on the lookout for a wife, maw
a young inoverness on board a Glasgow
steamer, whom, iron her kindness and
attention to some children under her
charge, he fancied would suit him. So
he went and introduced himself, and
taking a seat beside her he said:
"I am fifty years of age; have an in-
come of a thousand a year; ata a total
abstainer from intoxicating drink; have
a good house near Melbourne, and all 1
want is a good wife to complete my pus•
.esaiona Would you mind taking
me r
"I have no objections:"
And a few weeks later they were mai e
one.
swam AND LUDICROUS PROPOSALS.
When Lord Strangeford sat down to
Criticise a book of travels by Miss Beau-
fort, he little dreamed that before long
he would write to the young authoress:
"I was thinking the other day about
that communication from the Emperor
Akbar to the King of Portugal, which
e,ntained a request . for copies of the
holy book of the Christians, and in
which the following sentenbe occurs:
'In the world of humanity, which 's
the mirror and retiestioas of the world
of God, there is nothing equal to love or
c impartible to human affection.' For
many years I have felt and known this,
tho' I never said it till to -day to any
one. When you next write, please give
me the possessive pronoun of the first
penman."
Surely never was a declaration made
in quainter fashion, saving perhaps, by
the Scotch beadle, who led the manse
housemaid to the churohyard, and point-
ing with his finger stammered:
"My folk is there, Mary; wad ye like
to lie there 1" Or the lugubriously hu-
morous Irish lover, who took his girl to
seg the family vault, and then and there
aa'ied her if she would like to lay her
bones beside his bones.
Louise de Savoie popped the question
to Bourbon, but had to take "No," for
an answer, the copstable courtly declar-
ing that the disparity of years between
them, and his own feeling rendered the
union impossible.
wobg'e FIND A WAY.
Cleverly cornered was the western elan
waose girl told him she was a mind
reader; whereupon he naturally inquired
i' she could read what was in his mind.
eliciting for reply.
"Oh, yes : You have it in your mind
tit ask me to be your wife; but you are
just a little scared at the idea."
It is plain the notion did not scare
her any more than it did the Galloway
girl, who, when Jock, coming into the
kitchen while she was preparing break-
ifas'., said:
"I think I'll marry ye, Jean :" An-
swered:
"I would be inuckle obleeged to ye if
ye would :•" and so concluded the bar-
gain: not even stipulating like another
ready lassy on accepting as sudden an
offer.
"But ye maun gie me my dues o'
courtin' for a' that, Jamie,"
The right of courtship is one of which
no woman ought to allow herself to le
defrauded.
PROPOSING BY POOIY.
Little as faint heartedness in a lover
may be to the liking of a fair lady, it is
sufficiently flattering to be condoned;
but where any Caleb in search of a wife
chooses to sue by delegate, he assuredly
deserves to fail ignominiously. Lore is
Jiut-tis be wee by as attorney, mid- oftett-
times the attorney has thrown his client
ovetlstanl and carried off the prize him-
self, as happened when William Grimn
went courting in his brothers behalf.
Hooker escaped that risk by leaving
every thing even the selection of the
lady, to Mrs. Churchman, who fosmd
him a wife and achieved a son-in-law
herself at the same time. Proposing by
proxy is the rule, not the exception, in
Greenland. Time was when the Omen -
lenders won their wives by capture; bat
since their coswersion by Danish mis-
sionaries they have become the tamest of
womera. Now a candidate fot the holy
state gees to a missionary, end tells him
he wants a wife.
A vAwDLr PROPOtAL
Dumb darlsratintrs are lin vogue too
..rr"..«.., s.,
11/111.41.. the fosse of South Afriss. Yr.
Anthony Trollupe tolls um that when a
young Boer goer iii yield of a wife he
puts oft his beet clothes, atele a fentther
in his cap, provide. Ill tu}e.f With a 1■.t-
tle of su,af , lulus cull . 1..n.1.e .t 1..3,
WHO if Irwil.le-- t.wnu.t• hts bus.tr-sides
to the hours, 1.4,14i414 the y••..l 4 aolaau
he would\ Ito, o', twigs the rems .en the
gate, du,Yuuits and enters. His smart
gear, Lis feather, and his under be -peak
his errautL '1'.. make tle pout ..ear,
w
hoever, he offers the�canile to the
daughter of the house. I she take} it,
it is lighted; the mother sticks a pin in
the candle to altuw how Long the young
people war stay together without ister-
ruptioi, aid she and everybody el -t• re-
tire. Mr. Trollope +aye a little salt is
aowetiuler put in by unuebody to wake
the wick bum slowly, but when the
flame 1•eitvitea the 1 111 mamma trill Vt. 111,
the ••freeing" Is n"rr, slid a "lay "r two
nfterw..rd., the µns are mtare elle.
TH1: TEXAS WAY.
They manage these things ditlerettly
in Texas. This is how a fond onulde
calve to an uiiderstand 1ng, accerdiug t..
one who pretends ti, know. He x115 011
One side of the room in a big white rock-
ing chair, she on the other aide, in a
little white eek reeking chair. A long-
eared deer hound is by his side, a basket
of sewing by hers. Both the young
people rock incessantly. He sighs
heavily, and hooks out the west win'low
at a myrtle tree; she sighs lightly and
gazes out of the east window at the tur-
nip patch. At last lie remarks:
This is mighty good weather i..r art -
tun picking."
"Tis that," the lady res finds "if we
had any to pick." 'I he rocking attain.
UM.
"�'� 11165 y,ur d.r,•'a name 1" asked
alts.
"C..uny Another s gh-bruken still-
neem.
"\Vl,;it's I:e good for."
"What's who g.sd fur?" says he, ab-
stractedly.
•'Your dog, Cuony."
"For ketchinsg 'possums ?"
"ileuce for half an hour.
"He looks like a deer hound 7"
"Who looks like a deer hound 1"
.. C..nny...
"He is, but he's sort o' bellowed, an'
gettin' .dd and slow, an' he ain't no'-
eount on a cold trail."
Iia the next ten minutes that ensues
she takes two stitches in her quilt, a
gorgeous affair made after the pattern
called Rose of Sharon.
"Your ma raising many chickens ?"
"Forty odd." •
Then more rocking, and somehow the
big rocking chair and the little rocking
chir are jammed side by side and rock-
ing is impossible.
".Making quilts," he observes.
"Yes,"- she replies, brightening up,
for she is great on gull's.. "I've just
finished a gorgeous Eagle of Brazil, a
Setting Sin and. a Nation's Pride.
Have you ever saw the Yellow Ruse of
the Prairie ?"
More silence. Then he says:
"Do you lore cabbage?'e
"I do that."
Presently his hand is accidentally
placed on hers, of which she does not
seen[ to be at all aware. Then he sud-
denly says:
"I've a great mind to bite you.'
"Why would you bite me?'
'Kase you won't have inc.'
'Kase you ain't axed roe."
"Well, now, I ax you."
"Then, now I has you."
C.00ny dreams lie hears a sound of
kissing, and the next' day the young
man goes after a marriage license.
I.nvkaa'v e'aledonlnn t oeiCl,.
The annual games of this fan lanced
Society, take place on ''i ednesdnv, 14th
September, and from present' indications
promise to equal, if not excel!, any pre-
vious meeting c f the Society. The rew
grounds of the Society, to be called the
"Caledonian Park,' are being fitted up
to suit the requirements 1.1 the games,
and when conlpletel will 1* second to
no grounds in the country for the pur-
pose. Favorable arrangements are be-
ing made with the G. W. Railway, end
no doubt a large crowd will be present
at the inauguration of Caledonian Park,
Lucknow, on the 14th pr ox. In addi-
tion to the general prize list which foots
up about $1,000, a number of handsome
special prizes will be given. The f'.mi.
merrial Trmrlhr newepiper presents a
handsome silver cup. to be eocnpeeed for
in a foot race by cemmerciel travellers.
amateurs. Tho Hon. 1t. M. Wells, M.
P. P., offers a valuable silver cup to the
winning side of the tug of war, and in
addition P2 in money to each man on
the winning side. Mr. Adam Brown,
of Iylamtlton, gives a handsome silver
medal for quoiting. Mr. Ian. McKen-
zie, of Hamilton, a silver brooch for hast
Gaelic song. Masors. Marshall & Oouin-
ock, of London, present a number of
specially imported Tam O'Rhanter bon-
nets, and Messrs. Maef e, Lind & Co, a
mink muff for the ladies' archery nen-
petition. Besides the silver cup men-
tioned above as given by the (tm,wt reief
Traveller newspaper, the commercial
travellers themselves contribute the
handsome seas of $IAO to the gnosia
Ifeleas/ea and Neagtees releases.
Tod ie Editor e( the Evasgeltoal Cburuhmas:
Daae tits,— Is it lot true that many
people who would like to obtain a sum-
mer vacation, hesitate to go to eertais
places for foar that they may nut be able
t . fie five these religious privileges to
whic'i they have beta accustomed? Some
hsaltn resorts are so far from a ohur:h
that itttepding visitors fear it they vert
them, they easy not, for weeks
or fee months, be able to worship
Oud in public. On eteanib.n►ts, in h., -
MIS, and other places, we s.wtetiue s
find clorgynipn and laymen, who, them-
selves invalids, yet find it a pleasure to
minister to their fellows, and "cwt of
the abundance of the bean" to steak .4
Jesus and His coo& Such thautthts as
these have been sultgested by myaaj.wre
in this bracing., pleasant. yet. at ?mem,
little known health resort. Your adver-
tising
dyrrtieing columns, I sae, draw atlrntieea to
it.
On Sunday week we had Divine ser
vice in the drawing-rx,w of this hotelIt was conducted by the Ree. Mr. 'hg. -
lar, of Warrlevillr, and Rev. Mr. Eng- !
lish, of Kirktan. The full morning set -
vice of our Church, with chants and
hymns, was heartily joined in by all,
?Hiss Marmion, of Pert Hope, being the �
pianist,. The Rev. Mr. Stewart, of
Clinton, a Presbyterian minister, than
gave us a capital sermon upon the "Pen-
itent Thief." Since then we have had
public prayers everymorning. Last
Sunday the tint -muted of the three gen-
tlemen, being alone, took the service
himself.
Are there not many, of our commun-
ion especially, who, in their holi-
days, could speak or sing for their Mas-
ter! Doubtless there are some who,
from ill -health, could not undertake
any public work, and who might
say, "1 kept silence, yea, even from
good words, but it was pain and grief to
me." Let these remember that at such
seasons there are many opportunities for
quiet, unobtrusive witness -bearing to in-
dividuaL; let us not forget our Lori
and the wotuan of Samaria.
Yours sincerely,
A WORN-OUT WORKSL
The Point Farm (Goderichl, Aug. 4
For calling a neighbour a "lantern-
jawed cockroach," a Rhode Island man
was sued as a libeller. The jury found
him "Not guilty on lantern-jawed, hut
way off on cockroach, and we find dam-
ages in the sum of three cents."
There is no better family ntedieine
than Canon's Stomach and Constipation
Bitters. They are taken alike by both old
and young. They invigorate the system.
They should invariably beamed instead
of thoee little well-known nauseous pur-
gatives called pills. In large 8 oz. bot-
tles at 50 cents. Geo. Rhynas, special
agent for Goderich.
LEMON SQUEEZERS. CARD
BOARD, BRISTOL BOARD,
SCRAP PICTURES,
CAMP STOOLS,
CANVASS,
1 AT
G. C. ROBERTSON'S.
F'axmers Atter-a tical i
Darted teener, Wire contracted for in any quantity at very lowest prices.
I SELL EITHER 2 OR 4 BARBED FENCE WIRE.
17'9
Wire sad barb galvanized after being tweeted which cannot steles
Use Barbed Wire for Fences.
NO SNOW DRIFTS—NO WEEDS—NO WASTE UNOS.
For sale Ly
G. H. PARSONS,
CHEAP HARDWARE. OODERICH.
=ON'T FORGET
THAT
E. DOWNINGS.
is the place for
FIRST CLASS BOOTS AND SHOES.
aar-Boots and Shoes repaired and made to order.
Bardsrk Mona mitten
Cures all diseases of the blond, liver and
kidneys,' femalet .andbuildnupchsold SPECIAL BARGAINS
general' debility, and byilila up the en-
tire system when broken down by dis-
ease.
Mbt's in n Nasse?
The virtue of most of the patent me-
dicines with which the market is flooded
lies in the name. hut the virtues .,f Bur-
dock Blood Bitters lie in the fact that
they cleanse the blo.ai of impurities, and
cure dyspepsia, biliousness mid indiges-
tion. Price :'1. trial i -tt!c 10 cents.
Ililioaslle1s. In li�estin;l, 1'onstipa-
tiom—all forms . f Dvstepaia yiehl at
once to a few dos.-, of L 1..1, the new
cotupound from Brazil. A 10 cent sam-
ple proves it.
Jlust .;,y' it : ,.- t.:.•a,; thing I ever
used f. r the teeth nail breath,- nays
evety,.n•-• 11,1V111( t1ir.1 • 'TF.AFEI:ky.'' the
new t.,ilet leu.. flet 1 :. C.!r,t etni le.
`ICK
ILLI?+TRAT1.1) FLOE it 1:1 IDE
For 1''1 i. an F.:.•t i:.: 13 of I.:1 fuzes. One
Colored 1'low'cr Pla•c. woi 0117 Illiestrations,
with Deseriptuons of rho• best Flowers and
Vegetables, and 111re0 ions for crowing. Only
10 cents. in F:r,gqli•h fir Oen:Ian. 1f you after.
wards order seeds 0041t4.1 the 11 conte
5lek'. +red• are the `".t in the world The
Floral Guide w•111 tell how to get and grow
them.
Nlek'• Flower and Segetable Garden. 175
Doges. fi colored Dimes.: l7 En:ravings. For
511 cents in paper covets: $1,0n in elegant cloth.
In German or English,
Nark's IllassrstM Nsathly Wagatlar-32
Pagrs. a colored Plate in every number and
many tine Fingrat ins.. }'rice 11.2.7 a year;
Five Copies for $.5.1101 specimen Numbers
sent for 10 cents: 3 trial copies for 25 cents.
Address. JAMEY WICK, Rochester, N. Y
1769.
Record of the LYMAN Barb
FIRST PRlai i AH'AItDEI► THI
"LY OMAN"
Four -Barb Wire Fencing
at
MONTREAL. QU E.
HAMILTON, ONT.
CINCINNATI. OHIO. -EXHIBiTIONa.
SYR AWES& N. Y.
DtVEN1'ORT, IOWA.
POR
]LZ CELLUCIIad SUPERIORITY
Over all Competitors
Tie Cheapest & Bat Few
IS Twa
WORLD.
Adopted and in ore on 11 Railway Laes la
the C. S. and (aseda. See that our {rode
mark. "LYMAN HARR." IS stencllted oa each
reel. Rye so Orngis. Send for priers and
eternises to R. W. MrKg',znt. Oode•tieh.
DOMINION RARR tryRR F•NCB'
p17754m lir, ."free*
R=m cfir, SNRT_
•
are offering some Special Bargains in •; l,'=IM
Dress Goods, Prints, Skirtings, Denims. Ducks, Table
Linens, White and Grey Cottons,
PRINTS_ -Fast Colors. from Sc. per yard up.
BLBCg C88I31lIERMS. -special Make, without e7.ccption the best make
in town.
COTTON S IRTING-8---Extra Value. from t2}e, up.
TWIG mpg_ -Fine Selection in English, Scotch and Cauadian. Sults made to order in
F trst Class Style for 510. 512. this. 1ldand 51.4. Ali cloth bought cut out free of charge.
REID & SNEYD, Manchester House, Goderich.
4
Merchant Tailoring!
HUGH DUNLOP,
The Faahio able Tailor, is now in a position to execute W orders he may be favored with, in
THE LATEST SPRING AND SUMMER STYLES.
ON HAND, A CHOICE ASSORTMENT OF
ttCtllend nes oEEDS, WORSTEDS, ETC.
Hugh Dunlop, Fashionable Tailor, West -St., Godard,
OLOBI TOBACCO 00.,
hymen'. View , s t tt't\Diog 0,
The crowning %iory of mss or women is
beautiful wean to want. TM, seabe eh
mined by using tinLtLgag, wh b
ptosed *.cell to he the B]H8T 1111.41LINt
micarrORBR in the market.
Mertes • healthy growth of the balr, readers
poet and milky. strengthens iia mots, aaA pt .
rents its falling out and acts with rapadtty
AES1ORING GREY NAIR
TO ITS NATURAL COLOR.
Td amoebas. Pram
.uMMiler. tig any Sold al
Preece Nota • beetle.by Iff y
For Sale byl J. W IL RON. Drygtat,
AGENTS Wwt"'c,oee'tI Pay. Lg.t
tro Capital retinae*. Jaime bet cit-
'resl. Qlot'ltste,