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halyidete,s gate,
deal. i,
li titer atc11
Ai t barely sti'langtdl to speak, ;
nut she heard his low and plaintive vuiae,
end
tottlripg forth, she led him in
Aro, iter ecottage dry and warm,
Andithen Sher fed the homeless cum
By the hearth -fire's cheerful glow ;
,And 'when Ills welcome meal was done
She heard his tale of woe.
"I valued not myohildhood's !some,
That sbotW. have been dear to me;
Just five -and -twenty years ago
I ran away to sea.
"I left my widowed mother alone,
I heeded not her prayer,
And a bitter curse has followed me—
Followed me.everywhere.
"Ou the battle -field in distant lauds,
Ou many a stormy sea,
I wrought out days of penitence
And years of penalty,
1 3.
"But still that eursp'it followed me;
Anil when the fever clatne,
It kilted my Pride and snapped my strength,
And left me blind aux labile,
A roasted life! Ab ; who can know.
Save him whose life has been
Like mine for five-aud-twenty years
What those three short words mean?
"It followed me long, this bitter curse,
It follows me ruthlessly ;
'Tivillfollowme till on my mother's grave '
I lay me down to die."
Silent she'd watched the sightless ftteo
Till this much he hod told,
The while down her wrinkled -cheeks
The hurrying tear drops rolled.
Then suddenly about his neck
Her withered aims she wound.
"My p)`ttyer is tinswerecl new," she cried
"My long -lost boy is found 1
"Now let thy past bo all forgot,
Let the bitter atu'se depart :
Thou bast reached a haven of peace ani ast,
Iu thy loving mother's heart."
WIT AND HUMOR.
" Oar butcher," sail an • old laky,
"never has env venison in this slip.
but he always has plenty of star
meat."
A little boy, sentenced to be wbipp;d,
said; " Very well ; go alleed. Af' I
n,ek is to take chloroform before jou
•p
threw a -it
gentleman's lap, xvi,,
cried out; " There's a
A recent news item fr
coat collar," " Does iil ?" snarled the
•euatoner ; " the. have the coat
bullar moved clow
'` A gentleman )lamed, Brown, w14t
had been le the habit of toasting a"
oortain lady on festive Occasions, having
ceased to do eu, was wilted the reason.
her for yearswithout tusking, her
Brown, aptse4,t'$i3`.,0 017E0 10.• `:
Illy clear,'Said' a rich anc'1"dofiiig
old man to a sharp young lady whom•
he wanted, to marry, "I hone you'll
not make a fool of me." "Oh, no 1"
she exclaimed, "1 shall want you to
keep right on just as you are now, and
it witl he impossible to make a fool of
you." He did'ut`uotice her etnpliasis,
but loved on, not wisely, but .too well..
A. young man objected tothegirl
that his rich old uncle wished him' to
marry, " You rnnstu't be • so .partie t.
lar," said the a laspereted uncle. "I
tell you she's well enough." " So she
is,, uuele," . responded the nephew,.
" and you know. you've always taught
me to leave well enough alone."
• During the late war there, were ,t o
volunteers laying beneath their blank-
ets, looking lip at the stars in a Vir-
ginia sky. Said one of theta : " What
made yon go into the army, Tom v
" Well," replied Tom "1 had. no wife,
and I loved war., What u.,.a., r,,.n so
into the army Jack ?" " VToll," he
replied, " I had a wife, and I loved
peace so I went to the'tvar."
In a dnsl, in Kentucky. the ' second§.
loaded the guns with soaft soap. • The
man whom won the first shot, fired, and
dropped behind a log. His antagonist
walked up to Firs, and putting the
ateeetrt of his gus, neer the cowa.rda
heal, pulled the trigger. The victim,
feeling the soap as he put bi:l band to
his heart, exolalnlecl piteously : " Oh,
my poor brains i" my poor brains'?"
He never heard the last of that.
her no more."
ANECDOTE OF BEN.. FRANK[II .
The joke of' the,,thine. is old, and I
havelseen it in print ere new ; hot until
recently I know not: On 13en. Fran ;lin
was its author. In 1723 or '24, let)
Pra'tklin •was new in Pliiladelrhie. he
found employment at his trade -"i'
nrinter---with a nen of the •name of 1
Reimer. Mr, Reimer .was a ee11-1
;meaning man, bet' given tri be visirnary
nd unstable, ani very apt to leavethe
inor affairs of ie bueuuess at Those
de. Lspecislly in thematter of
i oof.readrng n' lie careless ; and
lit thingsu'him to worriment r ver
udder' start of a horseec'tr 'hi eter's dereliotio*t, sought to cor-
li 'vee standing, into a mt him in this respect. He urged
'uponta-!;-tQ1Poon hila the necessity of accnrncv. in
err--' oder . a 1 departments of his profession.
the seat .of There could be no such thing as being
war in Asia, ani:d ; " Th f) snow around ton careful,
1{;tzernun ie three feet :deep, and the . "Pooh, pooh 1" cried Reimer, "I
I eeeians, aro out in great nuhnbers never mn,ke great miepkes. Little
sltrying—Turks." typographical errors, now and then,
" U.an you steer the mainmast down • are expected."
the forecastle stairs ?" asked a sea " But," said Franklin, What von
captain of a sailor who was seeking a tuay be pleased toterns a very slight
situation. "Yee, sir, if you'll stand typographical error might make a most
ridiculous expnsure."
" Oh, .never fear."
Not very long after that, Frnnlclin
thought he would give his lnas'er a
practinal demonstration. A primer,
then recently published in New Eng-
land, was being reprinted in the office.
A paraphrase. in verso, of the fifteenth
chapter of Corinthians bud been set
up, and in looking, ever the form before
he struck off s proof-rbeet for his`
master to. read, he found the following
ter'se :
" When the last trumpet soeu.leth,
We stall not all clic;
Ant wc, shall all be alianged
In the twinkling of au eye."
bei•aw and coil it up," was the reply.
A'f p, 1,vrxd'inet a dog by a string,
Inn uged up to the ticket- office wind()w
of a railroad station aud asked : "Musa
I—aw—twice a ticket tor a puppy ?"
" No ; ynn cantravel as an ordinary
passenger," said the ticket -seller.
The young clerk, who, inetas,d of
writing 1;10,000, as he should have
done, wrote $,000, might have pre-
vented his mistake by a little fourth
ought.
yl miter," said a little five-year ottl,
heave yon heard that TJnele John got
shot yesterday ?" " Why, ne 1 ' Dear
ul' 1 How diol he got shot ?" " Oh, he .
bought 'em." Under the impulse of the moment
" Yes, I know," said a seedy genius. I he took a bodkin and pulled out the
"ttltet Wolsey told Cromwell to fling letter c, andspaced one the line.. Then'
away ambition, ani! that Cromwell cul' he alt teff ttie proof, carried 'it into
fling itaway, and 1 wish I knew where
he Sung it, so.1 could pick, it up."
"Does your wife play whist:?" asked
one gentletnttn of another, at a party.
Mr. Reiner, and went home to his
Clipper. '4Vhethel',l+rnnklin thought of
the matter ;Lenin or not I do not !moo; ;
but when the primer was publishad •
" No ; but she plays a strung !!wool at there vitas a verve in it reading like
bilis :
Palter,'' answered the grantleruan, taiX-'
nificnntly.rubbing the .black of his Ileac'. "When tho last trumpet eouudath,
We shall not all die;
" In this crape against my client for But we shalt, all bo hangers
stealing t► pair of pante, • I move for a In the tvenikling of au eye."
nonsuit," said a lawyer. " ((n what
ground?'" asked the judge. " On the
prened thlat a whole wait can't be matte
oat of a pair 'of pants," replied the
lawyer.
" Is your, maeter'at. home ?" asked n
gentleman of 'a seivnant: tl No, sir-"
" When will be be,in ?" ri Can't env
sir, he be sends me down to rtaF
bb's out, f can never . be .aura . when
he'Il,be,ready to have me say he'b_in."
It ill reported . that the tbetaiorrleter
we:nit downa to 42 degree below zero,
file :other night, alt Ftiirfi:eitl,. Me.
+'vei'ybody' likes " a flair field rani n o
f Ivor," bait we .think no one woticl like
suelr a'Ftlirfuld aethuat.
ee 1it►ve yon'r hair eel, sir ?" et:aid rti
harbor to a cna,i he bad fest shaved,
No," growled the men. " Vr'rv.
1 e'," •t,i hrl 1.114. Ir"'i1^rt' "e'r'r" .'-t t
u
Shortly afterward Mr. Reimer teas
seen tearing away among his old proof
reheats; to see if the..trick bad not been
ulayed after the proof haci•,been ,read .;.
blit he found the error at the staet,anci
was forced to i,•lrnit that 110 had c,tre-
lesely uvosloniied it,
eirr.-LO V til,
At: a Sabbth-school "
itooneert" in
one of the prettiest towns in .Western
New York,;ta portion of the exercise
consisted in 'en.cb Hcllolar :repenting tt
verse of soriptrll0 iu . which .shonld be
the word lave.
When it o,alne to the turn. of mile J.,
a beautiful young lady of eighteen, u,iul
I.-41 the market," sire was neon -Tared
with `itrtanswer ; but before ,the exer-
oiae ware concluded Phe fell)Irked to
'''Yr tencher tih tt elle hka found the
t`.,.,... .t .,it',..
Tali! TIMUS
a
•
Toy a tt Q e" ' eat. tone ftc;,r and
tlta ydek me ,kiftitly 4,1104,e. find
scene,„ girl that 1
CHARLIE ROSS AGAIN.
Dr, Mary Walker comes to the front
tivitilt'rtete West, r"brue-version"-oaf tile!'
Charlie Ross stoeyalt1 She. says, dila,
sitllau,',t o tdisippeadd, she hasten' Floc
Itew kftrdzite, aud, gage them cot only
Condolence, but also mol;ey and• her
personal efforts to fathom theanyetery.
She lived in the family for some time,
Shh staniblett across a' bit of informa-
tion 11=M li led her to. believe,that all
Was not right ; and she finally. dieoov-
ered'Ihat Uhurles' 'father had put the
little ey out to board with a family
who if re in the oouep:iracy. ' She says
she dil,uot expose the fraud because it
took
whore t
that ..3
n1011e
lu'b:it.
it many months to ,find outr
o boy was kept. She claims
H has made a large sttnl of
let of the sympathies of thelid that he has offe edit pay
ll u'1comely if elle' •would keep her
:ant ai tg Herself: The boy would.
lSCtnVeledi long ago, and, d, att-
;ements were at.once made
liltl found at St. Albans,
i o,wn that she would!
it
Sal
e lose so he h
the teras, has lleen
lost secluded, 51te i ays that: withitr
a
thee weeks she1 ! seen and spoken
',
bl c k i,
will the ohild ° anti tu,*. `1,.,. 1s ,.a-
g.utinted with hi entire 11i3ttlrv. Siuct
the apposed abcl alien.' She will pub-
lish±a book in .sty
bele been(
di;a, aarrlal
ti have ,the.
T(J., but it was
yr or three t4'eeks •oon-
taiilug a couplet. history. of what ,lila
calls the greatest:, luaS over perpetrated
upoi the American, people. A goud.
man' Wild; people have given credeaace to
Dr. Iary'a story, while ethers;bel; it
is atlirexgei device for raising the %vied'
in a #brthoolniug literary effort. ,
GRAY'S
S Y R U
o
1,Every ono iters heard
of the wcudot•ful effects
of the Spruces and the
Picea iu cases of Lung
IDisease. • The. Bev. Mr.
Nurray in his book..on
Gibe 1.ttirotiiah.
oks, lata
P pnettsucit relates • tit,
ccs(, of a. ccnsumpttr,:
young man' wad t tt
cared byattire° u,ra tilt.
etLntpinij alit Itnlon t n?
lanes. In Fr.alice the
pnysiciaus r e is u l a 1 1 c
.10m1. thei ocnsomptttt:
patients to the pine
woods, tan 1.m•tor teem
to drink a tea nutde
'loin the spruce tops
Guar's arnvi' i`, a
seine -title ' combination
of the guns which' ex-
udes from tho Red
spruce tree. In this
preparation the tum
never ser ieat'.os, and 01
its anti-Hpttrtu0die .ex-
pecto'n.ut, t o. ie alai
balsamic properties era
preservo.t.
140s (loughs,- a,oict',..
Hoar guess, T h r o a t
Aff0c sous dc., it trete
like t charm,
ED
SP UCc
quM1
,
Trade Mirk Registered.
PRICE t5 CE\TS.
AT Tl>ll
stand ,rd Sars ,
FACTO
oar Ella,
I Y,
is constantly kept on hand, al
material. 1 leering ]lard end
age Sze., sold cheat,. Planing JIi,
promptly attendee
iuds of bnildiue
ft, Siding:Mt:e d
lag and Turning
to..
BUILDINGS CONTRACTED FOR,
aud satisfaction guaranteed. As wo have of
hand a largo a oak of ,try lumber, we feet sure on
satisfying those who may give us a call.
R.,Ss,131105. & TAYLOR
NEW BUTCHER SHOP
r ilhe undersigned wouldi'tforzn the inhabi-
tants ofExeter and .vieiuity that he has
OPENED A. NEW BUTCHEIt SHOP
l,le400r south of hieBlacxsmitbshnp andliopse
tiloss,neliberal patronage that has beau .ew
corded to hili iirthe
BAAOUS1nIMII AND WAGON .lirARll(A
line willbeextendcdtoitipi in his new branch of
euainess, Ris Meativagr.n will cal/ at the resi-
dents of the vullagethreetimosoaalweekend
MEAT
w11 Innds'kept conetai)ti3 on hand at hie
butcher short. -
't.eksntithing and we.gou.alakingearried oat
ere ustl&h in al) its llrui,tic,t
R. DAVIS.
rirsEE GREAT OAT1'SE' OF HUMAN 'R.CS-
" Elia'. t
And Published, in a: sealed Envelope.
r " •?rice Hilt newts.
A.lecture on the Nature, Treatiritent,and Radi-
cal cure of Se,nlnat'Weaaue s, or Cpert ator-hoe,
induced by Self -Abase, Involuntary_ Emissions,
Impotency, Nervous I?obility, and Impediments
to marriage. getioraliY; Consulnptien Epilepsy,
'me,Fits • tllencel ani Tl''hyys Wal Tnearacity, Rs.—
13Y R0131,RT J. CULVER,WIILL, 81. D., author of
the•"Qrcen.Book," dc.
The -.mid renowned author iu his admirable
Lecture, ulonrly proV.cs lram•his own experience
that the awful consequences of S"if-Abuse may be
etreotually rernaved ,without medicine, aud with
outdauge:oussurgica1 oporatlaus,bwugics,inetru-
atants, rings, or cordials; pointing out a made of
cur_e at once' certain andeifscttutl, by which every
gpfitarer, no matter, what his condition may be.
miry euro hlirreel f ahem ply, prf vtttely weld radically.
;„This LoAture will prove, ta- boon to thousands
anti, .thousand's,•
i ea t, studio' scot, in a plain envelepo,,to a'n'y alt=
dress, on receipt of sIs cents, or two postage
stamps.
dres;'.
Tues ottx,wwwr,r, 511;proAL CO.
41 Ann st. New York.Jt. 0. ge7e 4036
NEW :MACHINE SHOJu.,,
L l wit its .ing .
Wishes to•inlorm the public that be ia''botter
prepared turt)1,aii ,01 !thiols et
Sewing'Machines, Wal kli s
Clocks, `Guns, (te., than allyl
ctth.er ,person in the colt ut as
his,:eharges are mo 1erate, and
he guarantees to give Satisfac-
ti:;1•
f
•
8)
r
E 01,AD PI
At all tt = , Slid l 'artionlarly at a ,vJ \%\tj t' ',. xssuit ersakly dsr7Iit s# am
t ' ons
scarce, It is iu the interest of every ' ,Fee to itiro ) Y+' a where.ho own e,etthetttrti _ ' in wants'
attlte1owest rate. Y •u calling your attention to my present stock, Ido so with er-er'y eonfid,
endo; it being fu ireearefuliy noisome andtlselected than that of any previous seeson,
In, the Dr°y" U-oods ..y
m e
Evely.tlepartmeint is repl'e'te writ the most seasonable and fashiovitei fa ^ins,' marked" et
prices which should ontnu and the attention of the vert' oio,test buyers. II3k1 ORDEllE,1.
ULOPIIIN.l.*stilt-hag-tk1 .nw, IVES at>i•tehead .•,
t In Vlillinery ,. -
Uudorthe motjsgeinentof ;tf s M0%061'011, we eau suit the most st' t
g est fa, alit t15. nor slots of
'Cxro.e,Ies; Boots and Silo s, Canadian', English and Alxmericaab
. S'llei'f and Heavy Hardware
mne of te,alnrgest and best a/sorted in the Comity: Intending put ebasore Will comm!' their
bestluteresta by ex:t itting 10", stook before going elsewhere. , .
JAI'IES ?ICYCA
C cS;: ii; .GIDLTiF2.
J. Tnclertfl'c().r niid 11-'a:il'xl Gt]ta:•o l rtza:tt. :k -04,e.,J\
` OuLD: SAY TO
)u
lohmsi:t io do o f 1.'
h 1: :1 rem
the mail tf,tRtlil`etl 'ilte s
detder who buys, to sell. .
tlgnin pro. ,t.
Aeaa'Snrtly '
those who intend
have it pro• •t. We ;mains
to give the purobasors 'blue
benefit, lvlticl ctannet tail
to la;eot the
,views
of t
le
,llaers Oit ax,els\9
.are Zeas than
t .owe s r'• '
mupu'nreurers comes! ept-
ly ivu oav sell bottlwr.
T I O L'T T
$ °'-' IS -*y, 'Y eenspeeialattentret
toOur Ultito•1• tthini;dgq
ept, ',,,
n,eatt whit]' i,: more cozily!:
!']cite tl)att'p yet,{10 it t' rlaye'
dolt.,! cveltt1 new tiesigrts
1 of MO 'Nest bort-tioflitte..
••:.;•
; `' + i n*^rt . S,.'.t .fi caskets shraoclF,tnd every
`k 45;,r,4,-. liners requisite tit the
..t-,4'\11 . ,t , .U lost ut,t ergot•, Oipa , noli-
- , hearse it; prot,ettleni by
1. r
'competent t ndues t
J• 2 t n be
- e 1
eoa Jll t0 nor. Q i l tet
U
.... - lien PineCd
to is` of' tin t 0.,`) ero , Soclt,Wti!os.
THIS•
GREAT" ,LNGLISH FO I)
A. ranks' above all others in the market as a,Fatteuer anti Lip over lithe condition
e`tl + o of Stuck,
O 1 0 IT INCREASES THE QUANTITY OFM1LKAT EAC MIL1 11"i 20 Peret.
and. inprot es the gnality. ' Calves will thrive 'stn nue-the d less mist, while the
;..,:k id fate at which liotses, Cattle, Sheep, and Edge is.11 put on !tech
under its use, is marvellous.
f
,71
1,7 1 NEARLY. ALL THE PRIZE TAKING STOcK AT THE PROVINCIAL EX -
El) iHIB/TION FED ON
ili fkakill T.HO:IRT.E Y'S FOOD.
No Farmer Should ,' do Withoiit it.
Put up in boxes at 50e., $1,po, $3.00 $ 5.Q), $]:O.00.
Hindle •ab 'ra or M"'.q Exeter
f
NEW MANTLLS,
TRIMMED HATS,
MINK FURS.
BUFFALO ROBES,
BLANKETS,
show this weer a " ..
1
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AT VERY LC W PRICES.
--n:0--
STOCK W N''LL ASSORTED
They sell: atClose prices for cash or on short time only. All
accounts due and mailed on 1st Jantary, 1st April, 1st July,
and 1st October.
INTEREST CHARGED ON ALL UNPAID AFTER THESE DATES,
121.11.MTO 33.0,3,
Eaorett's Bloc!:, opposite Barnwell itc Pieliard's, Exeter
AS
SAMWELL ''53,c PICKA.RD'S
BL .CK CASHMERES New .make:a,
COLOREI) CASHMERES New shades,
FRENCH TWILL DRY GOODS
Choice goods.
TE EK
'MILLINERY & MANTLES. ,.
'he; choicest' goods ever shoRn by.
. lis.
CLOTHING MADE TO. O DT.{.r ;
by ilret-class workmen, and a fit guaranteed.• Also a fine
tSs'Urttnent of .
11E4" VLADE
k•.: 'Ai
;ONS'J'AN'.C,L 2 ON HANE).
'Er iN 'NEW PATTERNS.
i t Jst-cl ttssort,na*,t` of New (irdberlot n11 hemi, Iu-
1 s ublou invited, ,tgiilombor ,the niece.
All VLa'I;,'fJ':
& PIC 1.{. D.
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