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tatted to
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LFather of
throbbing
born son,
This sp
to get. in
weak that
eld, and
troubled
.conetant
bouring
among us,
, peas, pota
' bag more
him my o
acres and
his fair de
matt; bu
position,
'but put i
sowed an
worked d
ianfit for u
late, and
proved a
loss more
previous
deep inter
a sort of to
would not
Jenny a
hoeing an
our pert
aeed by b
In. Aug
were dis
were no lo
ontie more
meaty ha
paid off b
all hope o
was at an
Improved
than to th
The poi
had oollec
Our Wiute
brought a
Governor'
ation of s
Though p
fioulties 481
portant
a gift sone
the sone
were sun
Once m
to go and
should n
other.
, Heartil
night for
George Ar
vette/era.
From B
me tb mak
of our cm
farming i
and the o
of snow lth
cable for s
he sent in
myself an
For sev
world ent
ad coarse
weather.
was, and
led with g
did not li
in gay sce
dressed pe
world; 1
and pleas
votaries;
obscurity.
My de
friend, in
up to help
and to ase
journey.
I sumac
chattels
old friend
coiner, be
when Chri
left upon
it Wet neo
CHAPTE
Never a
the first vi
more imp
watohed,
flakes that
them to tb
" W int
It will ne
eldeet bo
Christmais
that ever
the sun4
a little lake
like a mir
of pine w
1, too,
wao temp
as early a
But I kept
expecting
tion that
morrow.
But the
and man
mild, op
night of t
Melons et
of Our log
of the gel
like e lion
enow-flak
Which the
the floor
gourd ta
"Oh,
as we lea
broken et
woods to.
, bleed co
,r,, ; /7`.7 • •
'.• 0,U1 • •
11.0 UGR1N 0' IT t IN TH E: BUSH ''
. _ . . .
dear Emilia' "414'14111g a 1114el'eske ets:1
'other good taiteri ' ter the ohildeen. Het
lik:Pille:110ZS*;tevdetVot*whfientkgbogrfei dpdieteorvbeorrotuhgehO, baotu Igeheo,
o'clock in. the morning. , Winter bad now
set in fairla. The children were glaa to
,
huddle together in the bottom of the sleigh,
the buffalo skins and blaulitei;fiell
but irev eldest boy, who Mot turned0 five
years Old , Was, entillante°4-with all he heard
end saw,.janci continued to otand up and wive
around :him ., to a in the fo est, which 'be
had neverquittedvh f th r f e town
lt 8 that h 8 sightoId° 0 d no
was exuo 1 a -nova Y . a e a a
words wherewith to expreos his astnonisla•
meat. , ,
"Are the houses .0ome to eee one an.
th " k "How'
Q er 1 he as ed. did they all meet
here?" .
• - The question" greatly amused ' his uncle,
Who to jilt genie p-aint, to ' explain the differ'.
enoe between town and country. During
the day, we got rid of old Jenny and he
bennets, whom we found a very refractory
travelling companion; as wilful and far
More difficult. te manage than a young child,
Fortunetely„ we overtook the eleighe with
the furnitureeand Mr. S— tranefetred
,Tenny to the care Of one of the drivers an
arrangement that roved .ver eatisfactor
,- . ,,P y Ya
to all parties. . ,
Wehad been mast fortunate in. .. obtaining
comfortable lodgings for. the night. The
evening had caused in 130 intensely cold that
although we were only two mules from
C Addle Mama& by
.
tfdi gal Ill mysklet4 4shhter' she saaflagee
tahe he:SO;(549%T Maiellent housekeeper ehe
:ace'kejelrogiv've irtgen/vdine ei'd ofi'reGeilPeloahnVve ulifiltrthlr' k er°.'14 ogheeWtotilut.ohi
the '
their Parento Open the subject when once
they have taken the' ootion into their hada,
Beet 'Us llatUrAl Mr. S—'--/ It 113 Patiltta I
w ej:rd brother Lookedfltvl l, le0O13wa hei ueziryo tytowu nit rgaes,
the arm, handsome- young woman, as ehe
placed upon the table hot water, whiskey,
end A huge plate of plum -cake, which did
not hick a companion, stored with finest
aPPlee whieh the orchard oould produce, '
The young girl looked deem and bluehed.
" Oh Ilia how it i
, . .e, Woodruff 1 You
will goon lose your daurrhter. I weeder
thee u have kept h 1 B t'
.em . . her so (mg. a who
are these young ladies ?" he cootinned„, AB
three gide very demurely entered the room.
"The two youneest ore my darters, 14
my last wife, who, I fear, mean soon to
follow Mae bad example of their sister. The
other /ady," said the old man, .with * revel'.
'ended air, "i8 a parritrular friend of my old-
est darter's." • ' '
My -brother- laughed olily, and the old
melee (Meek took a deetier glow eti he stoop'
ed forward to mix the pundit. a , '
"Yon a'd th t t 1 .
1 a hese two young -ado%
Woodruff, were by your last Wife. PreY
how mang•wives have you had, r .`
• "Only. three. It is impossible, they SaY
in my country, to have .too .much of a good
thing.' , , . .
" So I suppose you think," said , my bro-
titer, fuming first at ,tha old man and then
' towar s Miss Smith: "Throe wives 1 you
have been a fortunate an, Woodruff, to
m
survive them
, " Ay, .have I not Mr. 3—,- ? but ti)
. . t • • .
tell you the truth, I Mimi been both lucky
andunlucky in the wife way," and then he
told a thehistory of his several ventures in
matrimony, with which I shall not trouble
my readere.
e When he had concluded, the weather was
somewhat milder, the sleigh was ordered
7
to the door, Ina we proceeded on our, jour•
•ney, resting.for the•mght at a small village
about twenty miles fromS—, ' rejoicing
that the long distance, which separated Us
from the husband and father,, was diminish-
ed to a few miles, and that, with .the. Mem-
.1.1v of Providence, twca should meetaon the
morrow* - • - • .
By. noon We reached thedistant town., and
weremet at the inn by him whom one and
all so ardently longed to Eee. He coaduct-
ed us to a pretty, neat cottage, which he had
Prepared for our reception, and where we
found old Jenny already arrivad. With
great pride the old woman conduzited mealive
over the pretnises, and showed me the fun*.
tare "the masther " had bought; espeoially
recommending to 'say notice a Ain& tea -ser-
vice, which she considerea the most wonder -at
ful acquiaition of the 'whole. .
" Och. 1 who would have thought, a year
agoemiabress, dear, that we should be liv-
ing in a Mansion like this, and acting off .
real ohaney ? It is but yestherday that We
vvere hoeing pratiee in the field."
" Yes, Jenny, God hes been very good to
as and I hope that we shall never learn to
' •
regard wit in arena t e many eue a
h " diff h, b fit
which we have reoeieed ab his hands." .
Reader! it is not my intention to trouble
yeti with the -sequel of our history, 'I have
given you a faithful picture of alike in the
backwoods•of Canada, and I leave you to
draw from it your own conclusions. To the
industrious. working .man it , presents
many advantages; to the poor gentleman.
none t The former works hard, pats .up with
coarse, scanty fare, and submits, with a
grace, to hardships that would kill a domes-
independent.mated ammed at home. Thus he becom es
inasmuch as the land that be
as o earefinds m 111. e common mas-
h ' I d bi the . '
retries of life ; bob it seldom, if ever, in re -
Mote sibuations, accomplishes more than
thitk
(THE END.)
liLUALTH '
.
.
NEW CroNi3,
---
-__
A Ifyglenio lieresey, ,
A fetv Yeata ago there. were so many in
Stances of extrenie age reported from racer;
taut .dietnot In Eogleend; bilat ra mediesi
l00000nttinitelivtliejostyhei o. n owTtexhiceiOnevitihetasiihgeea,orzetrt.rtsio,bwaa:te:aratrattoano atubi
e
e et the state of aliens they found, and
their etatemeat a feote Beelogt luoredible•
The place was a little Away menufacturing
oettiement, ourrounded ay marshes and
stagnant. Writer, withoot drainage or the
common sanitary' acceosoties of civilization
. .
Both air arta drinking water were as bad as
they could be, and It'appeared impossible
that any resident could long retain health
or 11114 . -
—No"; these are facts that eM hygienislan
ignore, and that medical science must ere
long explain. Ferber it may yet appear
that all our physiological notions. are felseln
founded, and in practice induce, more di-
mese than they prevent. - Aboolutely pule
air may be found to be as labels* eafrer gas,
and perfectly pure water Worse than walla
key. ' . • . ,
The order of nature is one of perfect adap-
, ,
tenon. And may be in her etionoulat man 8
organization still requhee a certain proper-
tion of impuritiee, and that to abruptlya al.
ter his mode of living, even to imPreve it,
would be like putting. a salt.water ash into
a mountain brook. Were there ocientigo
m saying, "Sae
suppose the ' "8
btine,dlith7seenialt "gihs6a8113,hpaeral poison and is kill-
us off. We must get into fresh' water
as fast as We o ' d • 11
an ." An were a pollywog
to turn physiologist he 'would say to his
associates,7g W
Why, this is a stagnant, stink-
in 13 Puddle. To save our health we mutt
skip for Saratoga." - ' '
Nature has undoubtedly adapted the sur-
,roundings of Man to his conditions, and it is
to be presumed that he is not yeti enough
angelizecl for perfectly pure food, air and
Water. Were. it possible for him to procure
these in his present state of physical imper-
feetion, they would probably clause him to
become an angel prematurely. '
Some Healthful Hints.
The common praotice of raising fainting
petal* to a aitting or upright position fa
often sufficient to destroy ehe Bea& Of afe
which remain% ,
Many parents seem to think .that sameness
in food is identical with simplicity, and pride
themselves on the virtue of a course of action
whioh is nothing1 than
ea. an murderous.
Let no one torture himself .with the
thought that he could have been twice as
goode man as he is if' he had risen. ever 3'
daylight. The habit would kill
morning .,
half of nem less than five years. ,
It is generally known in a vague way that
old Men lose A little in height. Quetelet,
who studied the matter cloddy, calculated
that the shortening began at fifty, and that
if a Man lived till he was ninety he would
be an inoh and a half shorteiethan he was in
his
s prime.
Long hours of work are often as little to
the employer's interest as they are to those
employed. No one an do as good work .at
the end ot the day as at the beginning, and
the more the working heart are prolonged
the greater will be th.e deterioration of the
work, and as the time for reouperation must
inevitably be. shortened the deterioration
very probably become continuous.
a
eating when tired, and engaging in active
mental or physical eieroise immediately
ttwof the most
after a hearby meal, are o e com-
____es si ainst dietetic -rectrtude in our
a".'" "`" .
modern oxvilizetion. An old medical writer
tells that a hundred years ago it was the
custom among the merchants of Edinburgh
Iwo take two hours' "nooning'' for dinner
in the middle of the day, during which time
the shops were closed, and all business sus-
pended.
_
The 'Trial of Two Great War Enal:
Two recent foreign publications one
nt and the other cif an eviction' , d
etoveba eeoreeti pA too meet nneemea,
elation we have concerning the name
iwiaiaAtehlin hi enittzauhwai tytktol rojli iotsohkzei pon7axort: agrc;leeyeaerutypiytil irt.yrj
aelyroah district*, on the west side ofd
tehieh provided a fair -Mead the nee
known as the Maxim gun, and a f
weapon:it proved to be. Sulymah is a
ish ,protectorate adjecent to Sierra I
d lar'outside
an some war a e natives re
threatened t k Th 4 1' h
, an .e. tec . e ng a
Mender Sent agelast this party, tati10E
could not have. been small, eleven i
policemen and one British offiber, 4
with them ir Maxim gun.- They ' halt
front of a native stookscle, and soot
hostile savages, the "War By" al
are called in the country, march d o
, e 1
the attaalt, and the gun was set to We
The effect was. magical. - The asset
turned and fled, but in that sheet mow
131 of them were laid on the ground
When it is remembered .that savage '
t • 1 f t-
never operabe in very a oee °erne ex
awful effectivenese of this machine guo
be understood.' •
The other publicetion followa upon t
periment performal in New Yak 1
with Cepa Zelinski's dynamite gay,
results of that experiment have lee
D '1 N L - '
to y News, of ondon to the MOO
opinion thol "et this ra'te the 100-tei
may soon become the Brown Bees a '
ordnance,7' • :
. ,
Such appear e to be the nature of the
,
weapons, that during the last few year'
bean peacefully prepared for the next.
international scrimmage. What a peer
• -
Ttnmisugg BY Holing,
a XXIII,-A CHANGE IN Olmt
' EgosrgoTS.
'
my illness, a hind. neighbouri wile
ay frequently coma to See me, but
'ht me Many notiriehing ' things
,or, own fon. handat taa4 a mpat
.y tmeond datoehter, who, liaely and.
-
DOUM net , be induced , to remain.
' li. chamber The noise she
Le tic •
Etly retatded my , recovery, and
--- took he 'home with her, WI
means of obtaining for me the
rat. During that winter and
:he ensuing summer, I only re..
maimed visits from my little girl,
i eetablished with her new frienclo,
on their 'house as her 'home. . '
novel of my sister rendered my
. from my husband doubly lonely
ne. Somethues the desire to see
rse with him would preis eo pain-
y heart that [would get Up in the
ee a lighteand sit down end write
; letter, and tell him all that was
Ind; and when I had thus ma
zny spirit, the letter was corn.
the flames, and, after fervently
ug him' to the, oare of the Great
mankind, I Would lay down -my
bead on my pillow beside our first-
and sleep troaquilly.ing
in 1 was not a little puzzled how
the crops. I still continued oo
I vvas quite unable to assist M the
my mead old jenny was tamely
vithiefiraned feet, which required
are. At this juncture, a neigh.
ettler, who had recently ,00rne
, .
offered to pub in my Magi:crop of
toes' and Date, in all. 'mit' oarimria•
halt eight mores, if I wouldlend
ten to log- up a large fallow of ten
put in his own (Mope. Trusting to
ding, I consented to this arrange.
b he took advantage of my iselated
.nd not only logged -up his fallow,
i all his ,spring orops hefore .he
acre of mine. The oxen were
nen so low that they,were almost
se, and my orops were put in so
vith earth little care, that they all
allure. 1 should have felt this
ieverely had it happened An any
'ear ; but I had ceased to feel that
est in the eatairri of the farm; froai
onoioti„ in my own nand that it
long reoutia nay Mame. • '
nd 1 did our beat in the way of
I weeding; but no industry . on
ould repair the iujury done to. • the
Line owed oixt-of season. ' '
let most of , the militia regiments
,anded. My husband's services
nger ri gutted at B—, and he
returned to help 'co gather in our
vest. Many of the old debts were
r his hardsaved pay; and though
! continuing in the militia. service
end, our condition . was so ,much
that we looked less to the dark
e sunny aide of the landscape.
tato crop was gathered in, and I
ted,my 'store of dandelion -roots for
. supply ,of coffee, when one -day
letter to my husband from the
i secretary, offering him the situ-
V distriett
Rosa & 00., TogogTo.:1
" But toonorrow," said my eldest boy, lift.
ing ,,iip hie altiy,head from my lap.under
"It
will be fin° tcaawrrewt 1°4 we Shell Pee
deer: Pape altaia•L • , .. .
In ebis' hope' he ley dowo Me hie little' bed
upon the floor, and was Non bat asleep, Per-
haps. dreaming of that eagerly -anticipated
x
JeUrney, and of meeting his L beloved father.
Slee wawa stran e . to • m eyes.Th
P ' • . g. r y e
tempest raged rip furiously, without that I
was fearful• the would be caned II the
,, . . 4 „ .
bow,. or that the chimney would take bre.
The' eight was far advanced when old Jenny
an.micl mrelf retired. tobed. • .
..? eoyteeveottde were peopheteci ; .that'eves
theth-c1111t 11;g1111 1 eVer wait
8rt ha h 111 181118d.' 11784d-111
a ree dearone tv_ ic _ ha loved in
f all the hardships Ode we had en-
dtred since we pitched our tent in the back-
woods.I th. la• th 1 f three
e • t ;wee 9., ir . P eeit a royd,
" eye, Noe sonool of alga resolve ao . ener•
getio action in which we had learned to meet
OalnolY, and • suecessfully to battle With
th le ee .N eel e l . withoub
° 1 ''' of i e' or i leave et wi out
mo.ny regrethal tears, to mingle once- more
with a world to whose usage, during 'my
long solitude, Ihadbeatne Lamm* a stranger,
and to whose praise or blame I fele Alike in-
different. , , ' ' •
When the day dawned, the whole forest
scenery ay g veering in a mantle o az•
1 li ' ' 'f d
zling. white; . tile sun shone brightly, • the
havens were intensel blue, but . the oold
we - Y .
1 If food s so severe that every ate e a oo a
to be thawed before we auldget out break,
f st Th bl 11 t that - ed
duringa 1 thee very an 9.1.,, • °ever. .88
nignb were sten nom our mem
breath, , " I hope the sleighs won't come to-
d v " r cried "we sheald be frozen on the
longa- ' aA----,
journey. - • '
, ' . . . , . •
About noon two sleighs turned into our
clearing. Old Jenny ran =earning into the
room, " The mother has sent for us at lasti
The sleighs are come' 1 Fine large - sleighs;
and illigant teams of horsea 1 Och, end it's a
cotvld ,clay for the wee things to lave the
a •
bush." ' •
The snow had been a week in advance of
us at Be—, and my husband had sent up
the teams to remove us. The children itimP•
ed about, and laughed aloud for joy. Old
Jenny did not know whether to laugh or
cry, but she *Labelle helping me to pack up
teuaks and bedding as fast Boom- cold hands
would permit.
La the -Midi* of the confusion, -my brother
arrived; like a good genius, to our assietanoe,
-
declaring his determination to take us down
to B—a- himself in his large lumber..
, was affected
it that the child lay Balk and pale •in my
arms,. and, :when spoken to, seemed scarcely
conscious of our presence. P
My brother jumped. from the front seat,all."
d , ••
an came round to look at her, "That•
child is ill with the cold; we must step
somewhere to warm her, or she will leardly
hold out till we to the inn C
get at .
We' were just entering the little village of
• - .
in the vioinaty of the court -house
and we stopped at a pretty green cottage, and
asked permission to wane the 'obildren. A
stout, middle aged woman ohne to the sleigh,
and in the kindest manner requeated Us to
&lithe. ' • • • ...
" 1 think' I know that voice,' I said.
"Surely It 'cannot be Mrs. sa----, Who
kept the hotel 0 ?"
The Tail of a Mastiff.
I was the owner of a mastiff abo
large as a yearling calf; but 0110 day he
the Way of all dogs, and I employed a
deemita to set him up in good ahape.. '
this wOrk was being done the tramps
to put in an appearance. While '' jack
living aot one of the fraternity got keit
yard. He had not been dead two dia
fine we had callers. HHow they caug
I don't pretend to•say; but that was th
it worked, . .
. .
When the dog come home he loolo
natural as life. Bystanding hien on the
beside a rose bash any one looking ovt
gate would have swim that " Jack '
.
and ready to tackle an intruder.
ing the first day as many as five tramp
ed at the gate,took a look, shoole them 1
and passed on, and three more were e
. I •
off next °venom. Soon after dinner x
apidated pair, fresh from a long tramp ,
ed, and as the first laid hi.s hand on the
the second exclaimed :
" No go, Bill -there's dog 1"
"Stuffed 1" replied the first, as he n
the gate. .
f I 7
flow d ye knew V' .
"Ry the turn Of his tail. ' Ever gee
• ' ' '• • '
dog like that with bas tail carried to the
Course'hebstuffed." ,
I gave the men a quarter Wale and
went oub to look at th.e big clogs in the i
borhood. Every 0110 carried his tail t
righb. Indeed, niee-dags oub of ten a(
that ragged. and penniless. old tramp 1
closer oaserver thanthe taxidermal* wh
mid° a life study of posing .speciatei
was so bit be, Wilt* I stored the dog i
garret and fed every tramp who ' cam
the next tame monthe.
once ----- at
"Mrs. Moodie, yon are welooine," said the
excellent w.oraan, bestowing upon me a moat
friendly embrace ; " yowand 'your children.
I am heartily glad to see you again after so
many years. God bless you all
Nothing could. exceed the kindness and
hospitality of this generous ,wOraan ; she
would not hear of our leaving her that night;
and, direeting my brother to put • up his
horses in her stable, she made up an excellent
fire in a large bedroom, and 'helped me to
Undress the little ones who . were already
asleep, and to warm and feed the rest before
putting them to bed. ' '
This meeting gave me real pleasure. In
their station of life, I seldom have /mind a
more worthy couple thanth' A ' d
is menoan an
• -' • • -
hie wife • and, having witnessed so many of
their' tiet's of kindness both ,to ourselves and
others I entertained' for them '
' em a sincere
reap t end ff tio . .
eo a ec n, and truly rejoiced that
Providence had ono' e more led me to the
shelter of their roof.
Mr. S but I found little
sleigh. This was indeed joyful news. In
less than - three hours he -despatched the
hired sleighs with their loads, and we all
stood together in the empty house, -striving
to warm, our hands over the embers of the
expiring fire:
' Kw* bead and desolate evary object ap-
Peered 1, The tim,all windows, half , blocked
• ' f
up With snow, warmly allowed. a glimpse o
the declining sun to cheer us with his serene
aspeob. In spite of the • cold, several kind
friende had waded through the deep snow to
say, "God bless you 1 -Good-bye ;" .while a
g roup of silent Indians stood together, gaz.
ing upon our proceedings with an earnestness
which ishow,ed that, they .were not nninter-
ested In the scene. As we passed out to thepoor
sleigh,- they pressed forward, and Silently
held out their hands, whilethe squaws kissed
me: and ' the little ones with tearful. eyes.
They had been true friends to no in our dire
necessity, their
and I returned the' mutefare-
well from my very heart.
• Mr. 3— sprang.into the sleigh. One
of our party veas missing. "Jenny 1" shout-
ed my brother, at the top of his voice, "ib
is too .cold to keep Your mistress and the
little 'children waiting,"
" Och, enure thin, it is I thamin'T"t am co
retrinted the. old body, as ahe issued from
the,house. • .
Shouts ef laughter .greeted her appear-
ance. The figure she cut upon that memor-
able day I shell never forget. My brother
dropped the rola upon the horses' neck, and.
fairly roared. Jenny was about to corn.
mance heajourney to the front in three hats.
Was it to protect her from, the cold? Oh,
no; ; Jenny was not afraid of the cold! She
could have eaten her breakfast on the north
she of an iceberg, and always dispensed
with shoes, during the most severe of oure.
Canadian winters. It was to protect these
precious articles from irtjury.and
Many painful and conflicting emotions
agitated my mind, but found no utterance in
words, as we 'entered the forest path, and I
looked my last upon that humble home
consecrated by the memory of a thousand
sorrows. Every object had become endear'.
ed to me during my long exile from civilized
life. I loved the lonely lake, with its mag-
nificent belt' of dark pines sighing in the
breeze; the oedarawamp, the summer home
of my dark Indian friends a my . own dear
little garden, . with its rugged snake -fence
which I had helped Jenny to place with my
own hands, and whion.1 had., assisted the
faithful woman in cUltivating for the lad
three peen, ,where I had so otten braved the
tormenting muequitoes, black -flies, and ha
tense beat, to, proeide.vegetables for the use
of the family. Even the cows that had
'
given a breakfast for the lad time to my
children, were now regaded with mournful
affection. A poor labourer stood in the
doorway of the deserted house, nokling my
noble water -doge Rover, in a string, The
, ,
. . r e
poor fellow eve a 'ppm bark as my e esMany
.. g 3 . .-J .
fah upon hrm. , • , •
" japes J—, take oare.of my dog."
"Never fear, ma'am, he shell bide with
me as long at he lives."
"He and the other Indians feel grieved
f or our departure," I thougbt. Love is , a
• • -
soma in this world that We ought) to, prize
it, however lowly the aura' from.whence it
&we. •
' We accomplished oily twelve miles of our
.
journey that night. The reed lay through
the bush,' and along the battks of the grand,
rushing, foaming (Ameba river, the wildest
and meet beautiful of forest streams. We
slept at the house ot kind friends, and -early
hi the, morning., reetuned our journey, bub
• ' t
Minus one of our petty,,otte old favorite oat,
Peppermint, had naade her escape from the
beeket in w'hich she 'bed, NO confined, and
had scaunPered off, to the groat grief of the
'
Ohildren.a
'
• As we paned Mee. 11------7-ds house, we
ogled for dear Addle, Mr. n— brought
her in his arms to thegate, well wrapped up
in a large fee dape and a warm woollen
shawl. ' . ' . '
"You are robbing me of my dear little
girl," he said, "Met. 11,...--:-..-- is .0.bgelat ;
the told me not to part with hail you Should
call ; but I *meld net -detain het without
youteonsent, Eove that you have Seen her,
allow me to keep her for 4 few months
longer."
Addle. was. in the sleigh. X put rey arra
about her. 1 hat 1 had 'my ehildOgatti. and
I secretly rejoiced in the possession of Iny
onoL I einceeely theoked hira for Ilia kind-
nos, and Mkt 8---,-,-- drove on. .0 from
At 1/1r. We I mind a pateei
was absent,
Mary -the Oweet chili who used AO listen
with such delight. to Moodie's flute --grown
up into's .beautiful girl; e.nd the baba that
was, a fine child Ofeightold. Th
years e
next inorning.ameso intensely cold that m
brother would not resume the journey wadiwill
past ten 'o'clock, and even then it wes a
hazerdous experiment. .
We had not proceeded bine miles beforeh
the horses were covered with:. icicles. Oat
hair was frozen as white es old Timeti solitary
forelock; and our eyelids stiff, and every
licab aching •with cold. * ° ,
"This will, never do," said my , Weather
'turning to me, "the children will freeze. 1
never telt the cold mere severe than this."
we a op said , we are
"Where ca t . ?" 'd I "
from C d I
heriff of the . .'
'needy unacquainted with the dip
id reeponsibilitiee of such an irn.
ice, my husbaild looked upon ib as
from heaven to remove us from
ws and. poverty with which we
Landed in the woods. :
we he bade us faiewell ; but it was
make ready a home for us, that we
) more be ,separated from each
r did I return thanks to God that
. .n
all his mercies' to us; attd -Sir
tbur Was'. not forgotten in those
my husband wrote to
a
'1'0 Stop Nose Bleedine.
A correspondent of the "$cientifia.A
oan" says,: "The .best'remedy for bh
at the nose, as given by Gleason in one
lectures, is a taproot; motion of the ja
if in the act of mastificetion. In the c
a. child, a wad of paper should be pie
its mouth, and the child instruoMd to
it hard. It is the motion ,of the jaw
stops the.flow of blood. This 'remedy
.
very simple that many will feel main
v '
laugh at it. But it has never been Imo
fail, even in very severe cues." .
'
, - A YOUNG GIRL'S CHIME&
miles -- , an can see no pros-
peob of the weather beeeming milder."
"Yes,I b h 't
yes ; know, y.c e very mtensi y
•As
of the cold, that a. change is at hand. We
seldom have more than three very severe
d i d this • the third.- At -ll
. aystrunn. ng, an . Is is. e .. t
evea a, um much Farmer , at night 111 this.
country Seam during _ the day; the wind
°
knowrope, and the froat la morelpearable.
a worthy. fanner who Ives about a
mule a -head; he will ghat us house -room for
a few hours; and we will resume our jour-
ney in the evening. The moon is at zull ;
d it '11 b ' ' t the -
an 1 will a easier o wrap e children up,
and keep them warm when they are asleep.
Shoal we stop at 'Old 'Woodruff's?" •
: ii With arm h 17 M teeth y eart . . , L y tee were
chattering with the cold, and , the children
.were crying over their whin fingers at the
g.break
bottom of the slei h
g •
. , .
A few minutes ride brought us to a large
farm -house, ourrounded by • conantodious
.aheds and barna. A fine orchard epposite,
and a yard well stocked with fat cattle and
sheep, sleek geese, and plethorio-looking
swine, gave Promise of a land of abundance
and comfthith
or. My brother ran no the house
to 808 if the owner was at home, and present.
Iv returned acoonananied bv the staunch
• . ' . . - •
Canadian yeoman and his daughter, who
lhld idh
gave us a truly hearty wecome, anassste
th
n removing e cildren rom the eleigh to
i h
i f
the ceerful fire,' which made all. bright and
h
0110 within. • . .
• Y
(Jur hoet•was a shrewd, humorous -looking
Yorkshireman. His ref, weather-beaten
fame 'and tall athletio figure, 'bent as it was
' ' , 1-' ,
with hard labour, gave indications of great
personal strength; and a certain knowing
twinkle in his eM8,11) 010ar grey eyes, which
, • . . • .. .
healbeen acquired by long dealing with the
world, with a quiet, sarcastic mile that
lurked round the corners of his large mouth,
gave you the. Idea of a man who (maid not
easily be deceived by 'his fellows; one Whe,
though no tegue hireself, Was quick in. de-
. , ,
Mahal.; the roguery of others. ,His manners
were frank and 04; and he was fetch a
hapitable entertainer that you felt at ,home.
with him. in a minute.
teWell, how, are you, Mr. S— ?" cried
the farmer, shaking my Webber heartily by
the hand. ". Toilingin the buah still eh ?"
o '
atist in the same place."
"And the wife and, ohildren ?"
. - .
a ,geeet-,
y Some half-dozen have been
added to the flak some yeti were our way."
a So much the better -so much the better.
The more the merrier, Mr. 8—a- ; child-
ren are Hobert in this country."
•now not eow that may. be ; I find It ' -
i I I k
bard to clothe and feed inine."
"Wale till they grow up ; they Will be
brave helve te.y.ou then. The price of Lebo*
a -the peke of labour, Mr. 8-..L— is the
,
clatructrou of the farmer:" ' ,
• "11 does not seem to trouble you Much,
WOodrtiffi'' Said my brother, glancing round
the well.fordshed apartment. , ,
a lay eon and 8—.. do it all" etied the-
nian. . ‘, Of' oeurrie the girls help in busy.
times) and take care of the dairy, end we
hire occasionally; • but arnell ae the Mini is
which is expended in during seat:
time and hurts% It fad; it,wages 1 tall tell, you,"
"You are manied again, Woodruff?'"
"No, Airy" aid the fernier; with a peculiar
Yet' oI" tithiell somea t° h1)13t
taraile ; .."alnittiP.t,tsuch e
he propy f n (Went. "That
• Children's Ulothing.
was remarked in a previous article,
. . •
much care should be .exercuied tooncerning
the foot clothing -of the little ones. Child-
ren's shoes when purchased, if ,not already
sufficiently loose, should have. the buttons
set forward until the finger oan be easily
inserted the entire length between the shoe
earl stocking. Nature has provided the
ankle withsufficient suppore in ordinary
wi ,.
cases, and a tightly laced or buttoned shoe
not only does not 'aid nature ill supporting
kl b • t t 11 ' akens the m al s
the an n, u ae UR y we us e
and impedes the circulation, the same as
does S tight ligature around any other pOr•
•
Mon of the body: '
, High heels on ohildren's sboes should
never be tolerated, end indeed, raised heels
of say hight are objectionable and wholly.
avoidable, since shoes with spring heels oan
he obtained in children'sand ' misses's sizes,
of nearly all dealere.
Another essential qualification of health-
clothing is cquable warmthfor all , portions
of the ;body. Although mueh has been
written on this subject, and the number of
sensible mothers whe give this.matter atten•
tion is far greater then formerly, neverthe-
lees there are still many thousands of little
ones who might be saved from early death
were they warmly • and equably clad.
. Ashes been often said, the material beat
fitted as a first °Gearing for the body, is
some fabric of wool, which should be worn
throughout the year, being of lighter or
hemmer material, in actiordo.nce with the de.
gree of external cold. •
• mothers provide their little ones
wx some form o ann. n er-gar en a
with f f fi dual m tb
and then consider. that because the proper
kind id rnaterialahes been supplied, the child
. ' h 1 hi '11 1 th a Th f t th t a g r
is ea t u .y c o e . e ao a a -
-mat in of flannel, is no proof that it meete
. , , • 0. '
the just -quoted requirement of he lthful
a • t 1 • -e • t
mos. n per raps the major' y o oases,
these- t are vest d drawers which
garmen s e ve antening-out
overlap each other about the central portion
of the body, making 'a double thicknese of
covering over that region which masa needo
' b it lata th "tal ragtime and
rt, ecause eon ins e vi . , , , a
• thus Much liable to Suffer ' from cold ;
18 'I usI' b d wh' h eta the
whi a the me is and arms, ic n
warmest coverbig 'ataxia 'of heat farthest
away from the bodily source, have but the
. , - • * ' •
one Unarms% emd that often so abridged pa
eiagth as o reao , u i e e ow e
I ' t h b t latl b '1 th '
lbowit aad,knees, leaving a inace betweeh
e . , .
f th hiclai h es only
it and the tops o ci to i s o a y
d b th - t k' - ' haat a of • td nary
cover° y e s oe mg, ve i i o i .
. . • , , •
menu° or cesnmere,. is but little warmer
theu cotton, although it answers to theism°
of Wookso.-[Gobro Elgermif.
'
.
Sh Sh t If r L v 's mother and Then
e Shooto e , it er , , .
Kites wersebt.
n7E7211,3.1(3., Feb. 20--.Alove- crazed girl,
16 years of age, and a Colt's reeolver fig--
ured in an awful tregedy here the other day.-
The The girl was Flora Rohr, one of the pret-
tiest and mat inMlligent girls in the town.
She.was attending sehool.
Living next to the Roar neadance was
at f 'I f R J Johnson.•M'll John
awl Y 0 • J. Milar . a
son, one of the sono, is a youtig man. et 2v
is very napular with the young people,
f both sexe They tell in love with eaoh
° —8. -. 8
other and became. engaged. Mrs. Johnson,
the mother of the bo soon heard of the
y' ,
engagement and at once took ma mires to
it off. She gave her son a sound
lecturing, but the young than did not fell
' vi
in readily with his mother's views. He in-
slated that be wanted the girl. Then Mrs.
'
Johnson turned her attention to the , girl.
She berated her and charged her with tak-
ing ,her son's affection from his. mother.
The :girl's only answer. was tears. Mrs.
h ered her son nob visit the
Jonson ordered t t
girl, but he would not obey, and the mother
blamed the idler his disobedience .
g . • . ' - .
The gires.life was rendered nameable. no
-
lThe iht thl
these quarrels. e other nge avers
met eaneetinely, but eonaebody who °beery.
ld
.ed them repored the Meeting to Mrs. John.
t
t 10
son. The latter tent ,for Miss Rohr a h
o'clock the next morning. The girl put her
I
father's revolver in her pocket. What took ,
plea betwee 1 the girl and the matron will
' `' , .
never be known.
The neighbors heard two pistol shots, and
on entering the room found Flora stretched
.
on the carpet dead; with a bullet in her
head. Mrs. Johnson lay Wounded on the
other Slat of thereon, a, bullet heving pas-
ad through her bodrfrom the •back. Th
, °
wound is pronounced mortal.
The tragedy caused a great sensation end
the home was soon surrounded by , hundreds
of people. .
,
e what haste I could ill disposing
?a household furniture, stak, and
arilements ; and to prepare znyeelf
lideen to join him on the first fall
et would melee the roads praeti•
leighitsg, To faeilitetta this o.bjeot,
i a box of clothing, to make up for
I the children. '
ni years I had lived out. of the
rely ; my person had been render.
oy hard work and exposure to the
naked double the age I really
ay -hair was already thickly sprink.
my. 1 clang to rny'politode. I
to be dragged from iticemingle
les, in a busy town, and with gaily
,
°plea I was no longer fit for the
lad lost all eolith for the pursuits
.res which are so .essential to its
I was contented to live 'and die in
. • ' , - . . • • .
r Etnilia rejoiced, like a true
my olutnged prospects, and came
me to out clothes for the children,
et .me in preparing' them for the,
•
aed in selling off our geode and
nob better than I 'expected, ' My
, Mr. W—, Who was a new
aixte the principal purohaser, and
ammo arrived Iliad not one article
ner hands save the bedding, which
*say to take with ase -
. .
Not $o Mnoh to he Pitied.
"See the poor trees ". said a poetic, ni
• - ' •
gml to the young man with whom au
welkin-.
g "They look so lonely' and az
lees ee nan-
a g there with no covering •
ever out in. the bitter oold.'••
a 011; well, it doesn't make se. mach i
enoe now, eyen if they tio fee1it " -
"Why not 7' ,
"They will be re -leaved in spring."
That friendshi was broken u 1 •
P. , p
Bound Shoulders. '
A stooping figure and a halting
accompanied by the unavoidable wee
ot lungs Moidental to a narrow chest
be entirely cured by the very okapi'
easily performed exercise of raiaing
self upon the toes•leisurely in a perpend
several , times daily. , To take this , a
properly one must teke %perfect poi
with the heels together and the toes
angle of 45' degrea. Then drop the
lifelessly by the sides animating and r
the claest to its full capacity musoulart
chin well drawn m and the crov
the head feeling, as our proteasor ut
pub it, as ,if attached to a string ausp,
from the ailing above. Slowly raise
the ba1t 0 0 feat tepee°, s pc
11 'fb both teeth te t
height, .th by ok • r - ing all the mute
ere e cis
the lems and body; 'came , again ith
da a' 'eh ti ' h
sten mg porn ron, wi on swaying t e
backward Out of the .perfecv line. I
- • ,
the same exercise, first on one foot, ti
,
t e other, t is won er u w a a s
hI ' d fl ht• t
• t this ' li
power is exercise ea
round ohouldereend erooked back, eu
will be surpriaed to note how imon the
begin to alleW the effeot of such expi
a - 1 t ' .
• eve opmen .
R XXIV.-Anizu To THE W000s.
•
id eager British children look for,
L -
olets and prinereses of opriog with
tience than nay baby boys and girls
tea after clay, for the fitat 'mow-
were to lain' the ,road to Convey
,eir absent father. .
m never means to come tale' year.
ea snow again?" . exclaimed my
r, turning - from the window .on
-day, with, the most rueful aspect
greeted the broad, gay beams of
Le was like a spring day. The
in front of the windoW ,glitteted
or'of silver, set in its dark frame
,0da . .
vas wearying for ,the snow; and
ed to think that it did net came
; MOM, in outer' to disappoint ue,
; this to myself, and comforted the
child with the offerepeated miler-
t would certainly enow upon •the
morrow came and imaged away,
1 other Morrows, and the same
n weather prevailed. The last
ie old year Was 'neherod in with
rnit3 or vvindandenow ; the rattail
cabin, shook beneath the virdence
e which fiwept up from the lake
roaring for his prey, . driving the
s through every open orevice,. of
re Were eet a feW) Ana PoWderlog
letil it rivalled in 'whiteness the
het a clteadful night I" we. dried,
Idled, 'shivering, atotind the old
ore, "4. TLetsoit abroad in the
* Olt would be frozen, ' 'Moak' arid
tld nob king stand this atittitig
. se
Canada's Chief Inhabitants i
: . h P d la'
hila elr re,
Olive Logan says in t e t,
," Tiniesa. The follovving converse ion took
place recently between myself and one o f
. .
the most popular cap -Mane of the Free&
line a-- , , ' ,
a • , . ' .
i I like American, bub they have
`Ielha-n- : . ' •
h au absurd ram ot the gteatuess of their
8" ,•
Why, e n e ta es are no
ern'ellY• th II it d S t t
oo lute as France. ,
, -, . , . h
Passenger -Indeed 1 Have ou seen mire
- - . Y
of the United States? ,
' Captain -Oh • yet I've been West,
' - et ' ,
Paeseegee-now far?
F 11 That li i" h
OaptainToEiagara „ a a. , .e a es
Ike comae . The Ma is Canada which is
- cl Ya ' 1 if la °
inha,bite pro:nips, ly ,by reno peoplea '
-------atioe"-41att-tatt*--- ,
• An owl's head s attached to two • thin
i
blades, which when inserted In a book close
With a spring upon the leaf iiitehded tell he
marked.
Mr. Parnell itt again, reported to be thin
Alta pe104,04 0 his ota mysteriouti oomplaint
has spinsmortea its prance. fle preeerveg
the swot of hia 'London residence as este.,
fully Its 0 his life depended on lb, and.
ohatigee from One place to enother ,iXo Oen OA
he nabeen " iodate
g d," ' '
Wanted to Borrow HorsashOes.
In the pioneee ciaye of NeW Ham
tee, _ aa..„.. ___e Iambi
'maw" ° c'rnaulu-ulaPpn War
•
t ' • e ere ir
known, mid mos arnoTes of tie ar
In 1768 there were hi the town di
a . . ,
her ton but. three horses, three greet
an wo m n eac own
cl t e h ed a pair of be
It iit said that the first 'person who
shoes upon his horse gave great &Irene
. .. , . . .
neighbor, Vibe was about to go on e jot
.
by refusing to lend his laorgeshoes to b.
• .
n the mammon. , ,
• ee , - I ,
To Conn Hx000trons,-Proo re a g am of
water mat pour a little of ,' itaeloten the
patient's throat. .While IA 114 drinkingthe
whe ater should peas a finger on the, °rifle°
of cull ear, ty thie method you open the
Was, and in five Seconds the thieg le clone.
Should you by any obatioo meet With an oh-
stinate ease, you May vest itesutedetatte the
e
. throat and ears were ubt cleSed at One aim
the same tine; either alio Witter „Wes swat.
, lowed Were the ears Wets' th,,,,Oro.,U8hIS"
etopped or the Water was not tuini„orsint to
iill ithe threat. , Another preeaution is to:
keep the Ain IVO itP•
,,._;_aeateteee,,,,,a_eseeee_aetae
Whitt Re Died Of.
virp. Itayseoel-So yew* Wfigie
deed. , I tvOndet What he died of.
Alonzo Itayseed Yvon oolloge)-I 1
wee polimemey phtlileire
Mrs. It -Dand o'Coshen i and rue
In' all the eine the fello* had the den
den.
ev isktOOVC, up UM or , n ob
1 h a . th - IA
WLiupeg,
es.
of an
eerve
*forndous
havoc
the
frica,
arm
earful
Brit -
sone,
ently
cone-
gh iti
ative
!zing
d
the
they
t to
king,
ilants
meat
dead.
ibes
, the
will
e ex -
arbor
The
the
tablet
gun
heavy
new
have
great
pea1
tit as
went
taxi-
lehe
began
' was
e the
a be.
ht on
way
d as
grass
✓ the
was
Dar-
halt-
eads„
cared
ail-
aerie -
gate,
ned
a big
bit?
then
eigh-
the
, and.
as a
bad
s.
n the
e for
ed.
eding
of his
ws, as
880 of
ed in
chew
that
is so
ed to
wn to
hided
was
fort -
what
iffer•
gate,
knees
may
and
one's
kali*
eroise
Mona
at an
arm
aising
, the
n of
ed to
ncled
upon
stable
les of
tothe
body
epea
en on
sigh -
upon
d one
lungs
sive
shire
11 1211.
re.
Sart-
00515,
Ote.
had
o to a
they,
need
ga ia