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1 Ter RINSMAN, Surgeon leentist,
# . tiese. who eas Veen in Exeterover4 yrs:lie 'obi:lion
and ali the time. Office and residence,next doorto
9 ' ;6, Et1crett's Harness Sliop, Main -street, gra wife
,also is always on hand to attend lady patients.-:-.
' Hia work iii guaranteed inferior to none, and su-
perior to that of meat others. Terms raore liberal
than any other in this county; upper set? ---very ',:iest
—815.00. Fillimis warrantedtive years. To prevent
being misdirected:take care to enquire for the Old
Established Dental Ofliee.
0Eltres
te,
0 WAN M. D Phyeician
enriprou, &c. Offeee—neeti doer tO
•.719r94 131819.31,100ti Eteter, 1491denee—st
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91teetere4n of MOMue V019
/$111.91419rE
M»e1t9r, Ont.
9 eatetter twee eetthete 1Oleen
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l'hy 1 e400000/a3are. Office
Ominio a lie doer north
f !ail ' 81,10P, a- 'Exeter, Re•
, g w, aeottete
4,eQ pate Y eterlaCellege, Member Col -
1 9' 111(91013tria 8arg.001/0„ W. Lavin°, 111, R
tt1itt5, Unbrerisity Trinity College, Member C01-
3'49 hysigians and Surgeons: 00.tf,
jtLANG:L13,111 1)L.It
,f2tradnete of Trinity ,flcillegO, Mem;
belt (HIM) C011ege Of PhYsicians and, SurrOna 01
Otitario.. filtme, Math St. MOM
faUlso proprietor of the Drug store, and, 009.
*tautly. keepf1•04 banda large took of pure drugs
Paten tfiledichms, and 11Y0 31 uffa•
Junal8 1874.
ettiver Seed tor sate.
,
T ELLIS,
;te •
Surgeon Dentist,
•
•staa toasted permaneutlyiu Exeter. Office
son New Block. •
W111. SWEET,
'VETERINARY SURGEON, EXoter, Ont, "Calls
prompffy attended to, ()Mae and residence—
oppesitg John's. Tin Shop.
LEGAL.
'ffDING et) HARDING," Barris
.a tem, ttorneys, Solicitors, Commissioners
B. H., dm
KIV—FIUTTON'S BLOCH, Water Street, St,
IMP E. HAIMITSG. E. W. HARDING
ltfi ESSRS. ;ONES & McDOUGALL,
Barristers, Attorneys -at -law, Solicitors in
Vliancery. Conveyancers, Commissioners in o.B,
atta Notariee Public, St. Mary's .
Block, W,aterSt., St. Mary
,e) tit. 1-1
W MoDIARMID, B.A.,
1141t1ItISTEIte NOTARY, CONVEYANER,
&c.,
LIICA.N, ONT.
flHARLES BROWN, ISSUER ok
Marriage Licenses, under the new Act, Credi-
ton, Ont. 24-ly
OF
w Act
by 46-tf
and,
TF
eer,
y'e 01 to.
pril,
4 Imre,
gm This
waled.
11,1ftenrsci
refittils-
s of tutted
pi..eroi)b-
„.g
,, 25
-MEET,
7Proprie-
the ber '
ta of t .44
or corn-
ttentive
tf
,ETER
, Propriety:. Thi
s now completed, and
ftrat-furniture. 'The
hoicest of Cigars at tic
pable of accommodation 35
t Stables and an attentive hos-
(54-1y.)
V‘v
ERN'S HOTEL, LUCAN. W
BOWEY, Proprietor. This first-clati hotel
I ag lately changed hands (from W. E. Will :ns to
W. Bowey), and is titted with new furi Wire
Shroughout. Free 'bus to and. from the station
Office /or the new line of 'busses to London. The
bar is replete with the choicest Lquors and frog -
rant Havanas. Four commercial sample room.
Good stabling and attentive hostlers. 32-tv
DUBLrN, HOUSE. : CORNER OF
,
Frank and William Streets, Lumen. The
aboveRotelium been rented by Mr. Isaac White,
and thoroughly refitted for the comfort of the
traveling public. , Goed liquors and cigars at the
bar. Attentive hostler always in. attendance.
. • IsAAC WHITE, Prop.
Ludan,April 15,1875 85-6m.
MISCELLANEOUS
WANTED.—A Dwelling -House to
VY rent. One convenient to Stanley & Jer--
Inyn's store preferable. Apply to
T.D. STANLEY, Exeter.
-WIN CHET, SEA.
'Harry Brown, cm Winchelsea, informs his friends
tbat he can suyply them with all raanner of reap-
ing, mowing and threshing machine repairs. lie
Is always ready to meet his friends, and do his
best for them by supplying' them vdth wood or
iron work. • HARRY BROWN
ittlett./IHOOD.—HOW LOST, HOW
.17J-RESTORED.—just published, a new addi-
tion of Dr. Culverwell's Celebrated Essay on the
radicaleure (without medicinal of Spermatorrhcea
or Seminal Weekness, Involuntary Seminal
LORSOR, Inipptency, Mental and Physical Incapa-
city, litmediments to Marriage, et:. • also, Con-
sumption, Epilepsy and Fits, in duced'br
eltilgence or sexual extravagance, &c., Price o1.
siealedenVelope only 8 cents. The celebrated
) • author, in his ailnlirable Essay, clearly demon-
' strafes; from a thirty years'. suceessful practice,
thatthe misruling consequences of self-abuse 31) ay
be radically cured li7jih011t the dangerous uSe of in-
ternal medicine or tile adplicaticn tif the knife,
pointing out a mode of mire at once simple, cer-
tain and effisctual, 'by zneans of which everysuf-
ferer 110matter what his condition may be,may
cure 'hiMself cheaply, privately, and. radically.
This lecture should be in the hands of every youth
and everyman in tue lancL Sent under seal, in a
plain ereVelope, to " May address, :post-paid, on re-
ceipt of si 4 cents or two post stamps. Address the
publishers E. 1313,1I GAN & sox-, 41/ Ann St.
NOW York. Post Office Box 4586.
BEWARE OF COUNTERFEITS.
• For the protection of the public of British
North America, 1 deem 88,niy duty to state
that my PHIS and Ointment are neither
manufactured nor sold in any part Of the United
Staten, Each, pot • and box bears the
.71ritiah, Goedratneat Stanzpovjth the words, 'Bono
-
way's Pills and Ointment,m
Londo'etigraved there -
4.r. On thelabol la the addreas, 531 Oxford street,
ondon. This notice bad become necessary, in
coneequence of yile and spurious imitations of
Hollotvay'S and Ointnicint "
itt78 Maiden Lane
ties styling them -
and Co.," with an
made thus—
vendors can Ob-
it Very low price,
being fabricated,i
NO* York, by par
solvett a Holloway
ilesumed trade
II n prl h elided
• tain this trash at
andsodeceive you : ..., . y g ,
liciato for ray igenhinelleiltiway's Pills and Oint.
ineritl*hich are manufrietured Ooly at 538 Oiford
street, Lohdon. Tenons who may be deceived
Please cominufeate With me.ManY respetit'blearnis
in the Brifieb l'relineesiVho obtain my medicines
direct front " laere,, b *tee very. Properly Suggested
' that i ahonldi , for the, benefit. of 'themselves and
• the nubile, ineert their names in the papers, that
it may be kzkiirli thiltinedielnes eau be had gene
Inc from them. The tom:mine is a iist,of the tin))
alluded U.; ,itifd 1 particularly i eeornmend those
*he &sire+ lie iitet my medicines to dimly to soma
of .tlie hotelier' nained:—Mestrs. Avery, tirown &
Co., Halite:X.. It 8; Mossrs,, Versyth & co., N. 8.
Memoir, T 11 r & FIC616, St John, 1.7 13; Mr.' 1'
Das' Brikay,i,Clitirlotte TOWn, P Et' Messrs, Lahti -
ley se co., vietoele, tette, grisars. Mgere & Co.,Vie.
foriaig ce,ehetnaitettratel, Cheerer'. N 13 i Meg ,r13.
Man& .11',1'Cl'_ ,..i , Boo:treed) 118s,47 Winer & Co• ."
enititlitone mr.11 j Itellei Toronto; Mr. A Chip.,
intiri filitith,, SC ,7011ti, N 13; Mr./oho, Bend, Coder -
far Miiiiir.Elliot& CO., 'toren 6 MV, Oltaloner,
13tJehiL N Pq Weer GI' IfiliMngtorl'ilros.., St John
11,E 7 Mr It Pr1d4197 Windiierf Mrs'Oryori, Mordou,
' X 8;14r,Olserge Hank! Jr., 'needsiciaon, et 13; Mr
.11'1111101111011; '11iti'llIki 'Grace,, 1:I 1,' . Mr J Ai
Montreal., , The M Mines are Sold at the lowest
Villfry,Wse r ekt:roiet B1, Messrs, W &' P Ye :lee
, Wholesale 'ride 11 ' See, in comutifics of, hot less
Shatter moo lie.418,0 68., 6., '226,, tue.i 84.,,, pc? dozeri
C
1,1094111 99reite Of Ointment,'for which re-,
", ail ttange til t Cr Sent 11) ear, nee.
' THOMAS HOLLOWAY'
,.
-rottot To TRESPASSERS ON
.T14.0 CANADA COMPANY'S LANDS,
tterebr eanuon.sif pentene fewest' curette 61
betaetingtfrehek fre4i 'the l�dds .;If the Canada
cletaptaist. at 1 AM ,MithOrietal te",wesetitite 41
400,440 *1th '64"*"IelfPratenirii4i
Agent GAO. Co,
• 8841.
NO $0TITH HURON, SOUT
TE1....11fIDDLESEN:.04,ZETTE...
VOL. 3) NO. 370—WHE OLNO. 140.
•
EXETER ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1876.
O. VANDUSEN and 00,
I(EIn
LL" constantly on and the iar
gest '
Best A.SsertMent of 1'd
PURE DRUGS,
CHEMICALS
DYE-STUF:frS
Patent Medicines!
HORSE & CATTLE
•MEDICINES,
r.et-seetteitieseate
Toone Nall, Hair,and Cloth
RUSH.ES
PkliFUMERY,TOILET-SaAPS
&C.
STATIONERY!
School Books, Toy Books,
BlankoBooks, Megazines,
A lbuinsFanity Goods
Pencil Sia es, Lead Pen-
cils, &a. ,
--esee
•
OLEAge ,t LAZARUS, MORRIS,
0 Co.'s Le_euraied Perfeoted Spectacles an
Eye -glasses.
, •
Prescriptions and Recipes quickly and aeon-
rately dispensed. Remem,ber the Place—Di.
redly opposite the "Central Hotel," Main-st.,
Exete.t. C. VANDUEN & Co.
Exeter, January 7. 1874. 71 -yl.
LOOK
TO YOUR OWN
IN TERE ST .
AND P URCH &SE Tam
BEST ORGAN
ON TELE
CONTINENT.
•SE ri THE
Silver Tongue
AND ALSO THE
Clough & Warren
AT
Senior's Photograph Gallery
,
MAIN STREET, EXETIIR
$1,O PER Al\TITUM
Dominion
Laboratory
vvv,VTV,..
incamrs
ODITIO P OWDER
PERRY'S'
Heave Remedy
PERRY'S
COUGH AND EPIZOOTIC CURE
Perry's Cattle Feeder
Those preparations are the most reliable
in use.
• GEORGE THEXTON, Manager.
PROPERTY.
10E SALE
A.: Two outtersnearly now. see DRIACIORE
VCR SALE.--e-Two corner Lott' oppo-
ae site Dr. Hindman's. Apply* to JOHN P
MAIM:ULU Exeter,
NTALUABLE PROPERTY FB
V sale.—The undersigned offers his substan-
tial brick dwelling -house for sale, situated
mile north of Inimvine. The purchaser can have
whatever q mntity of land he may want, not ex-
ceeding 5 ogres with house. Terms easy. For
further particuhry enquire of Tuomas ANDRKW,
EliinvUlo P• 0. 31-tf
VOR SALE.—The subscriber offers
for sale a house and staple, aad one acre of
land, nue-balf mile south of the ViltLge of Exeter,
and would exchange a light wagon—nearly new—
for a buggy. For particulars for the house and
land apply to ANDREW WALKER, Centralia -
Centralia, Jan 22, 1876. 23-81
VARM FOR SALE.—ONE HUN-
DRED acres of wild land, being lot 4 in the
138h con of Colchester; in the County of Essex
well timbered. with marketable timber. To be
sold on easy terms, or exchanged for suitable
town property. For further particulars apply to
JOHN COUCH. in James Fanson's cottage.
MIAMI FOR SALE.—The undersign-
ed offers his farm composing lot 1, con. 6,
Usborne, 7 miles from the rising village ofExoter.
Good two story brick house, good barns and she is
good orchard bearing, and a plentiful supply of
never -failing water. The farm is in a good state
of cultivation. The farm r.onta,bas100acres of good
land, 80 acres cleared. For terms apply to
92-3m THO.DfAS Jaccerms, Elimville P.O.
'FARM FOR* SALE.—THE SUB -
scriber offers for sale the N,W. 4 of lot 3
000.3, Usborne, containing 50 acres of excellent
Laud, 40 acres cleated,, balnnce well timbered, a
dwelling house, barn and stable c,,i the premises,
also a good young ortmard of graft truit and a no
ver -failing spring. Distant from Exeter four
miles. For further particulars applyto J. DEMP-
SEY, proprieror, Exeter P.O. 73-tf.
PROPERTY FOR SALE.—Two lots on Main
street, containing one-fifth acre each;
goodframe cottage, containing six rooms; good
well and pump, and stable on the premises.—
, The above is eligibly situated for business, as
PRANK 11,WEITLOcit, the lots are leith front lots, and convenient to
,.the street leading to the station. For particu-
lars/apply to J. WHITE, TIMES Office, Exeter.
SOLE AGENT
NEW
Machine Shop in Sbaforth
J'AV1NG fitted up the premises formerly
occupied by Gray & Scott, we are pre-
pared to contract for ,
BOILERS AND • ENGINES
Flouring, Grist and Saw Mills, Sh ingle, Head-
ing, Stave old Hoop Machinery -
Blacksmith work aridgenoral repair prompt-
ly attended to.
Shafting, Pulleys, Grate Bar and other castings
Brass and Trim Fittings, Pipe, &c. supplied.
Fonndry Manufacturing company,
ROBERT RUNCIMA.N.
Manage C
Near Mansion Honse,
seaforth,Feb, 5,1876. 25
THE ONTARIO
Savings and Investment
• SOCIE1 Y
F
Debentures and Mortgages Purchased
Pariies r(qttiring Money can obtain ad
vanee8 promptly CM approved (:rtty If arm
Property,
On application at Thole eine°
WILLIAM E. 13UL1JEN,
. Manager.
'London Jan Jtb, tete. ' 22.2m ,
'
P HOTOGR'PH S
REDUCED.
1 50 PEE, nozEtsT
C. SENIOR.
REDITON PLANING MILL.
Sash, door had hewing mill feetory—one
milepast et Oreaitere A large stook of good
thy seasoned: lumber ott hand. Ordote prompt.
ly attandea. to. Galt end See OUr Ilea' tanning
rnilLelEN BY WALL & Co,
Orteliton, Mardi 1e, 1876. teatt
1'110 BUILDEItS.—Waitted a tioatte
ele 1)(1116 iibeeftteti,tieas
evite telt eett(ebientietty 1,*etat10'e by abbliebtion
fe,r(>XX 1)Z14/Sitoff,FIcia., b,)1.cfrange Hotel, fiat.
flea Ptittlefiten 4414 wip Selo at their tioWit
oest, A.ctSe*iserlivill not he hoto und, ribeept:thii
krieet or '011y tehilek'if netilf)Prf)Ved,4,, .Teridata
*Ili be reeeteener le the 4848 of nextinoetle.
,13aS8�Ir • 24*8
LUMBER.
J. WILLIS,
HOL E SALE AND RETAIL
DPaler in Lumber
SHINOLES, LATH AND CEDAR POSTS.FLOOR-
ING AND SIDING—DRESSED AND UN.
DRESSED.
4,
An extensive Stock on hand. The Lumber', for
Quality or price, cannot be beat. A good assort-
ment always on hand, cheap for Cash.
Ward East side Main Street, between Gidly and
Victoria Streets.
110-1v)
B RICK STORE & DWELLING -
also
Frame Cottage
and stable
TO BE SOLD
either ldone or two lots.
WM. GRIGGi,
Ataln-sr., Exeter.
ramily and Pocket Bibles,
Hy ran Books, Prayer Books
nnday School Requisites
tee. ,,tiitionery of all descriptiong
y`i •
Albums, Concertinas
Work BOteli iVritingne
ske
0,L. NO. 924
• Niglat of meet
ing—Firiit Friday in ev-
ery month, over Stan-
ley & jerrnyn's fl tore,
Dretios now block, Main
at. Visiting Brethier
cordially invited te at
, tend.
OATEN
JOHN 'WHITE,
• '7641y. inn:rota
. , ,
REA't INIAT C1.11iIENT$.TO JUE
t30 or 40 Village lots
wth frbiltrige to Xtriell Road, for sale at
EnNS ALL.
Alretiay'attliisplit:en the are abotit to ho ereeted„--
o number Of buildings; Those is ;also it *good
GRAIN ItlfA.IIKET SPA�LtHIr
gpiondid opening kr Blacksmith, Jollier art
Carpenter. SliCeintikerf and ell other brrieelres,
of Trade. The Station is nambered Second ir
• point of fastness on
IL stS4 13 R,
• I
For further partiodate, apply 16 '
G„
tiodgerville.
HOPE% Luau is a11ININC4 TEL
'Tie true that time may swiftly pOSS
And yews as qUiOlity fly;
And every hope that springs to birth
May withers fade and die;
Andi \ oh,
May
ayin'tiist
ito,r:ot
darlit11001kueess5et—dreams
But in the chambers of my soul
Hope's light is shining yet.
Thinti was not love that could be cooled ,
By words or looks of scorn:
Ch no, 1,1 was as pure and deep
As if of angels born!
Thine was that love which sorrow's storms
Nor 310e1 fate could sever;
It burns on brightly—end it will
Keep burning on forever,
To think the faithless would indeed
netiastieg doubte hieh '
Would throw a dark susdieious shade
O'er angels in the Sky
But oh, within mytrusting heart
No doubts there are as yet:
.The lights of faith and hope are still
Within its portals set.
A BRAVE BOY.
A TRUE: Q TONY.
• —
A little white farm house stands all
alone ou one of the Berkshire Hills in
Massachusetts. It is built upon the
edge of the wood, so that the barn and
all the fields are ou the other side of the
road in front of the house. Here lived
farmer Scott. his wife, their pretty
little daughter Hattie, and Ben, their
son, who was twelve years of age, and a
very handsome boy in spite of freckles,
sunburn, and never ending scratches on
his face and bands; for his eyes shone
large and bright. with an honeet, fear-
less look, and' his well shaped. mouth
disclosed teeth so. ‘Vhite and even that.
it was quite delightful to see himlaugh.
Ben wore neither socks nor shoes in
summer, and except on Sunday, with
regard to his clothes, he was a perfect
ragamuffin. His father was a hard -
fisted farmer, who meant that Ben
should earn his own hying, and kad no
intention of wasting good clothes upon
him every day until he could earn
enough to pay for them. SoBen droee
the oxen, crying, "Whoa!haw, there !"
for hours together, and he • went after
the cows and helped. to milk them. He
caught the old gray horse when he chose
to kiok up his heels and race 'wildly
around the field, preferring to eat clo-
ver to plowing up theten acre tot. And
Ben helped to bind up the thistly wheat
and get in the hay, and the harvesting.
of the corn and oats, and worked as
hard as anybody on threshing , days.
lnd in the winter, he went to school,
and °hopped woed in the mornings and
late afternoons, and helped to kill the
pigs—which last was such horrible
work that the supper oftielicious tender
loins hardly paid for it; and all this he
did so cheerfully and steadily that at
last his father admitted that he had
emend a suit of "store clothes," while
his mother and Hattie, who loved him
dearly had thought so for a long time.
So one happy day early in October,
Ben arrayed himself in his well worn,
home-made Sunday clothes, which had
been pieced down the leg more than
once. They were to become an every
day suit as soon as the "store clothes"
were finished, and he was going this
afternoon through the woods to the
village, four miles away, to be measur-
ed by the tailor, to whom his father
had given him an order.
But look here, mother, said Ben, I
ought to have new boots, too, oughtn't
1? My Sunday boots are going to split
very soon.
Yes my lad and here's the money to
buy them, and she took down the old
cracked tea-pot in which she kept her
own erivate egg and butter miiney,and
took three dollars 'ant ofit. Mind Ben,
she said, to buy a stout, doubled -soled
pair witu plenty of squeak in 'em; and
here are ten cents besides for pea -nuts,
and sure you are back by sun down.
Ben thanked his mother, giving her
a hearty kiss, and started off barefoot-
edand as happy as a bird in the spring.
He went whisilieg through the woods,
stopping sometimes to eatnk ecker-ber-
ries or ;hew birdh bark. He chased a
little chipmunk up into a tree, and
carefully avoided stepping upon a big
spider because sad Miss Luoindy Tur
key said if you killed one it was sure to
bring rain. Be took out his jack-enife
and cut dowu 'a sapling, and carved his
A
name on the ide of it, and, at' last he
arrived at th village four miles away,
• Ben soon (molted the tailor's ' shop.
He found hi with his back to the door,
sitting on minter crosedegged like
a Turk, stite ling on a coat and keeping
•time with needlto such a funny old
song that the bo crouched down 011 the
door step to lira' le, - The last line of
every verse was . °Fated zed brawled
out in a long, sfow way, and theit the
needle gave solemn flourishes in the
ait, only to geffester at the next verse.
This is the swig :
In good old c Oily Come,
When we live( Under the king, ,
Throe roimish chat fell into mishaps
Because they cot Id not sing—
Bocattee--thoy—dourd.. net—sing 1
t711:1:entihihrtl heeNt7avs,:aasmlitili" .
Tim other he wail a *MAY
A •
And three great4•;jit
And—three—great-- ' frie-Ltogetherl
Tthe Miller heAole wile t,
The wearite sue e yarn,
And theih tle tailor he Stole broadoloth,
To,Keen the three roves warno,
e.t-lieee-,the--thred---nognes--warmi
And the IreaVer vat hilegin WS Igalit
! And tii, eltorti/ clapped 11le Olttit on the tailor,
With the brodeleth under his anal
With—the—breadeloth—taider—his,..ar ref
• Cind the' tailor in maid,* art extra
flolititili !risked the Scissors off the
het. ee, an map ng down to get
e ;nth dj i t,
Vielh, Ile eapied Bon with his lamb
Oyer hie moutlebursting with laughter.
"Hallo 1" he cried, who'd a thought of
seeiog you my fine Soott. Come iinand
tell ell you lotome Itott"'s your pretty
sister ? '
The tailor was dreadully in lovo with
Hattie, so there was a deal 0 talking
to do before Bon's measure was taken.
I'll make yeti a tip top fintlen, bo said;
you'll cut a greater dash than Old Dea-
con Button, for whom 1 atn just fin-
islung tine coat, which speech ceused
the by to shako his • curly head and
laugh, for Deacon Button was a gaud.
father, end had a bald J'ead as white
and smooth as a hillierd ball.
' After Ben had been measured, and
had promised tie take the tailor's kind
regards to his sieter, he went to the
store and got his boots.
Of course you enow that a viltage
store is a sort of omnimn gatherum,
where •calicoes and codfish, mackerel
and muelins, bots, butter, blackening
sugar, silk, soap, pea -nuts, pails, tea:
tea -cups and everything else is,
or
ought to be for bale- Here the ode,rle
fAft,led 13'h with a far/lode-Pr&fleet's'
that almost screamed, they squeaked
so loud, and advised him to wear them
, home, so's to limber 'em, he said, which
I seemed to be such capitel advice that
after buying the peanuts Ben or rather
his boots screamed out of the store,like
a pair of hoarse, quarrelling old katy-
dids.
Now all this buying and measuring,
and talking hadtakeu a great deal of
time, and ie was late in the afternoon
when he entered the wood for his four
mile walk home. He knew every step
of the way, besides which there Was a
narrow footpath - which went through
from one end' to the other, and the
boy would not have minded ite
growing dark so rapidly if he had not
promised his mother that he walla be
home by sundown.. So the good little
fellow hurried on and on, while the sun
sank lotv behind the grand Berkshire
hills, and in a little while more bade
...that part ofthe viorld good -night. Out-
side the world it was still light, for
gold and crimson clouds were floating
across tbe sky, but before long Ben
could pot see the end of his note, and
soon'all sorts of queer sounds came to
keep company with the quarrelling old
katy-dids in his boots. The coons
scuttled past iuto the thiekets ; the
bats whizzed to and fro, and a great
goggle-eyed owl sat in thefork of a tree
and cried "tu whit I to woo !"at Ben as
he jeurried along. But never a bit did
he care for any of them. They were
all old acquantances, and he just kept
his hands in his pockets, and walked as
fast as he cohld„whistling, "We'll rally
round the flg boys !" to cheat' nim on
his way.
At last thronelt along vista in the
trees Ben caught a gleam of light. He
gave' a glad hurra, for .he knew that it
was a candle which his kind moeher
had lighted for him and placed in the
window of the form house. Almost
home he joyfully' stunted, when he
stepped on something soft, yielding tend'
'wiggling. A strangled hiss—a sharp,
'quick, angry rattle. The boy's face
iturned to an ashen white, and his
heart almost stopped boating. He
stood perfectly still, not daring to
nfove len the rattlesnake—for it was
one of those terrible reptiles—should
instantly bite' him to death. He knew
by the suffocated sound of the eliss that
his foot was ou the snake's head, round
which its body was tightly coiled. He
tried to cry out, but his .voice was gone
—and his mouth parched. Horne so
uear ; the light in the window gleamed
a welcome, and his mother he knew,
waiting for hiin with a nice supper,
while he stood there so 'helpless'in this
dreadful peril. If he could only have
seen 1 but it was pitchy dark. Only
God could save him . and, folding to-
gether his trembling hauds, he simply
said; "0 God, held me, help me ! Show
me what to do." .
As if instantanswerst i this prayer,
his only way of escete forint almost
certain death came lite& a voice to him,
and he acted at oncepoll its counsel.
planted it firmly cies to the first, and
1
Drawing his other fo up carefully, he
now both were holding down the snake
which had never ceased to sound its
fearful rattles, and now retiouleled them.
Taking out his jack-knife,and 'steadying
himself by feeling for and grasping
tightly a tight twig, Ben leaned over.
It was so utterly dark that he could` on-
ly hop,o that the snake's head was not
free.enough to make adart at his hand.
He could see nothiug whatever, and he
knew net where to begin. Clasping
Ins knife firmly he cut down and around
his feet, through and through, round
and round, until the rattles faltered,
grew fainter and then ceased. Great
drops of perspiration foil from his breitV,
and when it was oveie and he felt that
his enemy was yanquisqed and clead,he
couia scarcely raise himself upright, for
he' wad so sick and dizzy. The knife
dropped frem his hand, and a great sob
broke from his breast. But with ft vio-
lent effort he darted forward, and in .
five minutes more he was at the edge
of the bind': and in elm house. and the
next instant he had ills me 1 irneeV up'
on his mother's neck in a paseion of
tears. ' .
Why Ben, she exclaimed, torrIbly
frightened, what bas happened ?
• I'm ashamed to cry, I just ant, &tic.'
tile boy, strugglitig with his sobs, and
at las,t laughing apd crying together—
but wileu a fello* etepe on a ritttle-
snake inethe clerks aud hes got to kill it
or be kild, I tetli you' it's no joke.
Oh. oh ! screitmed his Mother, hugs
ging Lint tigeei, are your sure it did not
bite you ,
tekbie, ho answered ; thanlie to
You inothett for, iny new' b
altVed
me,
But, whY
earlier. ,
OA) beauel
long talking
his kind regar(
Well, said E
ul you'nOt come home
„
tiro tailor kept rite tici'
Mit .11attio1 and hi sent
3 to her..
!retie, 1 never Could hear
him and now , hue him l but come
J3
, 1„: y
Ben Mid eat yon '!( i supper.
s
What a fine su mer he had 10 be euro
for several extra oodies wore added on
account Of the rattlesnake adeentave,
and hie Mother w8t1,80 proud of him,
his father too thought he did hot know
hoe/ to show it,
Tho not morning the 'Wilde family
w,ent,nito the woods to see the dead
roptile •, There it lay ettt tour' times
with Bon's knife, which he heel dropped
resting upon its ugly head, ; It had
nineteen rattle8, which indicated 'that
it was quite old, as the rattles increase
with the Years.
You naay ba sure that if my friend
Bea lives to grow up and have children
and grandchildren he will tell then
this story many times and you may be
equally sare that the rattlesnake will
never tell it once to anybody.
Combat of' two Ravens with a
PDX.
The Giant's Causeway says the
Derry (Ireland) Standard, a few days
since was the scene of a eombat of the
• most extraordinary nature. Some
cerron had been deposited on the roads
near the sea, and a fox, evilently with
the intention of making a nieal off one
or two ravens, which had been attract
ed to the spot by the putrid meat, curl-
ed himself up appqrently asleep, *close
to the carrion. • The ravens, however
regarded 'hint with suspicion for some
time, and. finding that Reynead was
not likely to shee oft', and probably un-
able longer to withstand the effects of
what to them was no doubt a grateful
and seductive aroma, theyby their
threatenIng attitude, left little doubt ip
the minds. of the numerous spectators
that they intended to bring matters to
an issue. The tworavens eventualy ad-
vanced, and oneof them took his stead
at Ileynard's head, and the other at
his tail. The latter led the •attacic by
assaulting Reynard's brush, the other
ineinediately afterwards following' suit
by a powerlul tap on the head. Rey-
nard feigoed,indiffeeence to these po-
lite attentions during a few rounds,
trusting no doubt, that his persecutors
would become eralioldened andindis-
(net, and, at the same time place, them-
• selves within his reach. Indiscretion,
however, is not a prominent charaester-
ietic of the comes faneily, and, after a
few more applicatiens alternately on
the head and tail, the position became
uncomfortable, and the fox begau to
show fight; but the ravens followed up
the assanit, 'first snapping at Oue end
and then at the other. It is stated
that the warfare was carried on for
more than two hours in this way, and,
on the whole, the belanee was against
the fox, which, in the words of our 0011 -
temporary, Was much draggled and
'Weakened, but became more reckless
as the fight waxed hotter. At this
juncture they had worked or fought up
to the edge of the rock on which the
carrion had been deposited. The ra-
ven at the enemy's', tail again tickled
and,a,fter doing ee, the Ontoetostiles,
head gavehim a fearful punch, von
which the fox turned upon hint in great
fury. Tho oue at his tail again per-
formed, and, during the passage of the
fox after the other revel', gave him a
s .und outward thud, acceteratiug h's
speed so much that he lost his balance
and nembled headlong, Into the water,
amid. the plaudits of the spectators and
the exulting croak of the ravens."
-41 4
THE CASH SYSTEM.
—
A family living on. Frarklin street,
numbering seven or eight persons, are.
nearly all hard drinkers, and all of them
patronize one saloon. A clay or two
ago the saloon -keeper found that the
father was owing him four or .five dol-
lars, and he determined to shut clown
on the credit syetem. When the toper
next called in he was informed of the
change of base. , He received the news
cooly, asking:
"Don't all my family driulc here ?"
" They do," was the answer.
"And don't all my family seemio
love me ?"
"They do?"
" Well," said the old man, "I'llego
home and. say o my wife: "Betsy, I
am going to stop drinking whiskey and
stela a bank -book. Chip in with mei'
" She'll chip, because she loves me.
Then I'll eity Jim: " Jim if you mnst
drink, and if the other boys must drink,
ehip in and buy your whiskey by the
barrel, for it's a huedrecl per cent.
cheaper." They'll chip, for they'll do
as I say. ' Then the next thing you'll
chip ont of here tho sheriff will chip
your things for here,
and you'll be a
(shopped up chip."
"You delft owe me anything," re-
plied the saloolnkeepet, drawing his.
pencil across the account. "Now,
then, what'll you have ?"
LOOK OUT, YOUNG MEN.
--
When it is said of a young man Ho
drinks,' and it can be proven, what
store wants him for a clerk ? What
church WW1 Gs him for a member? Who
will trnst him ? 'What dying men will
appoint him his executot ? Ho may
have been forty years iu building rt
reputation—it gess down, Lettere of
recommendation, the backing of bush
ness firms, a brillinett aneestry cannot
save him. The world shies off. Why?
It is whiepered all through the cetninu-
nity, 1,11p thinks, he drinlote When 4
yeang man loses hls reputetion for
eobriety, he might Its well be et the
bottom of the see. Theeo aro young
men hero who hese their gold
nata0 AS their only oapital. 'Your
father has Attuned on out in
city lifeno could only ,givo you
eduriation. lie stetted you, how
ever, 'MAO: ehristien infirtences, Yon
have conic to the city, You ato •110,W
achieving your own fortune mule', God,
by yonr OWA right artn.. Now look
oet,yertng mah, that there is no doubt
of vett itobrtety. 1)o got creeto any
enepicion be geing in mid oat offliq 801
es8abliehment5 or by an y °due tif veer
,
breath, et' by Any glare of your eyes, or
by any unnatural ilnsh of your ;Irebeek,
Yoe cannot afford to ao if, you goe'd
name is your only corital, aud wheh`
that i3 blitstoi with tho leputolion of
toMug strong drink all 18 gene.
SAYE THE BABY.
A men and his wife and little girl
started to go to church last night, aod
got caught tu the raiu. It wain't much
of a night for weather, the old man re -
ma iced, only he wished all the plaguey
preachers m ore in perditiou. , Why,
pa! eaid the littl (laughter ten years of
age. How can you tell: so, John, be-
fore Pet? remonstrated the wife, who
wonld have gone to preaching theough
it flood. Any preacher, °Atte eued the
old man, who got mad at this attempt
to restrain his right of private judg-
ment, who would thiuk of calling his
flock out a night like this, ought to
have a millstone bung about his neck,
and Now, John, don't. Pitimi,
you do as mamma says. Villet'e the
head of this household ? If there
should be three drowned corpes-es to-
night, Matilda, I'll hold your parson re-
sponstble on the other side ot Jordan I
said John fiercely. Hush end that ain't
good grammar, said Matilda, feeling
hurt at the irreverent condition of the
functionary's mind. They were on their
way down on Clay street, at Kearney,
making their way to Montgomery, to
catch a car. The crossing was bad,
and John picked up the mies to carry
her over. This he successfully exeaut-
ed, but during the passage she let her
doll fall, and away it went in the merg-
ing current of the gutter. 0 dear bo -
by' e gone ! Baby's drowned I cried
the child in great disteess. Confouriel
the doll! What did you bring it out
for on such a bad night? demanded
the parent, intendiug this as a keen
sareasm ou Matilda. Baby's baptized
by this time, he said in the same
spirit. But the child cried out again
that baby was in the water, and made
such an ado thanthe attention of a foot
passenger was ettracted. • .11e was a
good man, also on his way to church
may be, and an idea got into his pate
that an infant bad got iato the water
and was being carried down. Without
waiting to en euire, he yelled oat I'll
get it ! and bolted dime Clay street ory-
ing out, save the b.tby! stumbling
over a box and nearly breaking his
shin. He lost his hat before Ile got
to Montgomery street, ana it was car-
ried Into the street and run over by, a
car. But he rescued the baby just as
it was about to be sucked itao a sewer,
and took a look at it. The language
he used the next instant raises a doubt
as to his being a church man. . Bless
me 1 it's only a doll baby ! said he.
Yes sheand we could have told yon so if
you luau'. bean in snail a hurry,looking
at the water rat with contempt. I'm
sure we are very much obliged to you
sir. said Matilda. trying to make amend s
for John's rudeness. You're weleome
nteeam, said' the rescuerk who had:
waded in and got his hat,' and was'
stuffing his pocket handkerchief into
the crown to stop a leak where a wheel
had cut away the hurricane deck;
quite welcome. I thought your baby
was afloat, which is the reason I went.
Yeti sir, and oe're a thousand times
oblieed 3ust the same, said Matilda.
If it had been a brat you'd a caught it,
which is one satisfaction. ain't it?
said the exasperating John. Good
night, sir; rather moist for us church
people. Looks like rain. Yes, its
dame, said the mau, starting back up
Clay street to look for his unibrella,
which he dropped when he started on
the chase, and which some hoodlum
stole and marched off with imitediate.
ly.-7San Francisco Alta.
-A Singular ease.
We recently beard a remarkable and
touching story of a little boy, the sop
of a gentleman in an adjoining county.
His age is twelve or thirteen. He 18
an interesting lad. One day during
the pest weinter, he failed to rise in the
morning as"early asausnal. At length
his father wei:t'intost4 room iyhere
ue lay, and asked him he did not
get op? • He said it seemed dark yet,
and he was waiting for daylight. H'
father returned, Cut as the boy did no
make his appeerauce for sometime he
:wain returned, and said,a second time.
"T'My son, why don't you get up ?" tie
replied—" fether, 19 It daylight?"
Yps, long." " Then father," replied
the little fellow, "1 am blind." And
so it was, His sight was gone.
In it short thne his father took him
to Nashville, to get the benefit of the
medical prefession there. but none of
them could do anything for him, and
happily made no experiments °ileitis
eyes. Some ladies in 81 family of his
ether's acquaintance, sought to cheer
him in his affliction, and one night pro-
posed to take him to the opera that he
might hear the musio and singing.
the :lours° of the perforrnance,
all at °ace he leaped • up and threw his
arms around around his father's noel
and sore imed with ecstney, " Oh 1
father I evl see." sight had in-
stantly returned. Abel since tine' he
hue metineti it iu full vigor, except
that wider excitetnent there is some-
times a teensient diamese of vision.
The ease i8 of remarka.blo and singu-
lar charactete—Sohe /tern Paper.
Selecttsig Meat.
Dr. Letheby gators the following ad-
vico in the selection of meat: Good
meahlate the following characters :
1 It is neithoe pale pink color nor
of it deep purple tittle for the former is
it sign of dieense, ahd tho' latter inii
cetes that the animal hes uot hoe
811teghtered, but has died with, the
blood in it, or has 8offere4 froth acute
fever. '
has ft marbled appearance
feone the rentificatmee of little V0i1i5 of
fat atriong the muscles. •
O. 18 should be firm and elatitio' to
the tench, and eltould searcely meieten
the fingere—bed merit being wet and
soden and flabbe, with, the fat' looking
like jol y 01 NtOt 011,1'011lliefito,
4, It shoeld have little or bo odor,
teed the odor shonla not bo disagree,.
ablef tor dieeiteed meet lifte it sickly,
eadeverotte emelt, and emootimes 18
emelt ot pliyeic. This is very diecov-
erable 'when the tneat 18 chopped up
Sene*.ted with wa
6, It 04041s1 not shriok paueh
ovItige:.1?1,1410:iiteldetl ,deootxt.11: ttIttiari. etul tact oil:1i retteto:r77(4,1*.tiy,,
When dried at a tempertere 01421
t.ltett.6ti'le(e(I
neila:100ii
tltn
itose pnalottrto) Ptch t;111,11:14
per eeett, ite Weigh Wherette bate
r11041 /Y111 often, hese tele Muolt tte 80 etee
eelik•IL B911°,91N Wvi rlettete—A queer
ihacetolt41(ede I:1141th' alCUEit:l13'Ii1)04tit..
tiersMany a harder 01,181ewer for *
irstynut
the ' C
le
or
a1) Chapel fo1eD
le13:1 ther It)injr iLe s tjuothe II; At
worth, in his tenth manna. report of
goodefli
Pt1°)°11:ebl 11lb:iv:gel:jug here,twsittol.I:wof enpluottifdatelb). en l'ahlr:Ys.
man bad saved e ;guinea for the express
pui pose of sinfelly baying what he
celled having a week's fuddle.. lie be -
gen on Monday, spending three shill-
ings per day for seven deys ; oe ,the
.
morniug of the eighth day he was
burnlue, with thirst, but his money was
gone. He went to the back door of the
beer -shop where he had spent every
farthing ()ibis guinea to beg a plot on
treat." The landlady Wafi mopping
the passage, he stood looking at her,
with his °reeked lipe, parched lips,
antlitloodshot eyes eepectieg her to ask
him‘to take just a drop, but ,she did
not, and he itelted her to 'trust 'hirn
for only one pmt. With ati4 it-oVignant
look she replied—' Trust thee !' Set a
step ia this house, and I will dash this'
mos in thy face.' The poor men hung
down his head in shame. He Was
loaning againet the pump, and, after a
little study began to talk to it. 'Well,
Pump,' he Raid 1 have not spent a.
guinea with thee, wilt thou trust me te.
drop ?' He lifted up the handle, put
-
his burning mouth to the spout, and -
drank. This done he again said to the-
pump—"Thank thee Pump and now,
hoar me, Pump. By God's help I will
not enter a publie-house again for the
next seven years, and Pump, thou art
my witness. The bergain was kept,
and this man itftorwards became a re-
spectablemanufacturer, and often sait
it we s a grand thing for him that the.
lendlady threatened to dash the mop
in his face. Are there not many pour
fellows who would do Nell to stop treat -
int; at the BAR and try a bargain with
the PUMP ?
SHINING CHRISTIANS.
seasseas
• A greet many Christians are trying
to shine in ,the world. Society, bush
ness, end public life attract many who
make it their aim to succeed: But are
we told that the man of wealth or the
statesman will shine hereafter ? Where
are the great men of the world .who
once shown above their fellows ?—
Gone, aud their light fades with them.
But look at the holy men of God—Eli-
jell or Daniel Taeir influence is felt,
to -day as it was when they tivecl. Akita
ham was not a great poet or a great
statesman, but a ' man of faith. Very
few men ean shine in the world. it iit
only a small number in a century who
rise &hove their fellows. But in the -
kingdom of God there is not a man,
woman, or child bot can become_ res-
plendant. The weakest can engage in
this work. • Look at that poor drunken
Bedford tinker, John .1lueyan. He
wterelted for God. • The world never can
forget his- iufluence. Men try to get
towns named after them. and leave
large sums of money to do it Fifty
years later you cannot tell whether the
town was named biter a man or a
mountain. And another man may
come alcng and get the name changed
to his on. Look at the poor W0110,11
with the alabaeter box of ointment, or
the woman who threw in the two
m tes, and her heart went with it.
They shine now, and will for eat eter-
nity. So let us all be wise,'and see if
we can't each win one 800i to Christ.
If. ,ivery Christian person leads uue
soul to Christ this year, what it harvest
there will be 1 Suppose all lead one
soul to Christ every year, think what
we could do in fifty years. "As a etreitin
runs down a mountain and it gathers
water in its course until it becomes a
great Ohio River, with its commerce
and great cities; so it seems to me ,is
the conversion of one soul to Christ.
It may be like starting one soul for
eternity. Paul's influence lives upon
the world to -day. He had. one Aim
that prison chains could not change.
Where now are Alexander and Creme
who node the whele world tremble velth
tie ir armies? Little Pani made it
tr( mhle without at raiel.—D. L. Moody.
"IF YOU PLEASE"
,
When the (lake, of Wellington was
sick time last tliinelte took was it cup
of tea On his servant, 'landing it to
him in a sauce? and askigg hint if /le
would like it, the duke replied"Yes if
you please." These were his lite‘t words.
How much kindness and cotarteey, are
expressed by them ! He who 'lied
commanded great arrnies, and was lona
accustomed to the tone of authority,
did not look over the courtesies of lite.
Ali! how many boys do ! What a rutle
tone of commend they often nee to their
mothers 1 They order so., This is
ill-bred ; shows to say tho least, a
want of thought. In all your home
talk rem -wither if yon pleitse. To
-
wait upon or serve yon, believe that
" if yoe piens() " vi11 make yott bet-
ter serve(l than all the cross or order-
ing wottls in the whole dictionary.
1.)o nof forget the three—" if you
please."
Tint Fenn It0t,t1n.--Ve1y often the
neglect to use a roller just at the rigat
time involves re re than tile cost of
makiug one. A. rolior can be cheaply
constructed by' a farmer with a little
aid from the blacksmith; and if Care.
fully hotted when hot in use should
last for years, It is better to bevel
some not very heavy wood for tile toll,
so as toget safficieut size to make it
turn easily without being teolietevy to
manage. The frame should be made
light but steong, and the tongue made
of the toughest kind of wood, ne this
is the point where the breakage is
tito8t likely fo °cent.
Tn,. planting of fruit oe ntith '
earmg
Opole crounds of litnited extent 18 to
Co comtnentled. A fruit te,e0 by caro-
ful pruning can bo made it very orna-
mental objeet. • It is surpriettig whet
graee etul beauty can bo linmirtod to
the top of an apple, eherry or 'Atm
tree, by mie who itulicioasly looks •af-
ter his trees, NO 81104 alkwed to
grow which is not ireeileth Not•hear.
ing trees hely bo uiie4 instead of fruit
trees. if desired, lint it (Irma Alta**
tlutt either fruit or nuts shonld ba ra.
quired, 11,8 well its