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TIM OLD TIN DINNER•IDORN.
When the blossom's on the tater an' the
tassel's on the corn,
An' the riponin' tomaytesses' blushin'
dike the morn,
When the polo.bean's young an' tender,
An' the ingon an' the boot
An' the cowcumbor au' cabbage's 'bout
big enough to eat
When the yaller-log spring chicken's tried
in butter "to a turn,
An' corn pond's hot an' buttermilk's jest
emptied from the ohurn—
Oh, it's then I love the music of the toot.
in' dinner.horn,
When the
som'8 on on corn.
tatter an' the
tasWhen the soorohin' sun o' summer pante
down on a teller's back,
An' hien n•workiug fit to kill a -piling up
the stack;
With the dusty sweat a•pourin' down his
face into his eyes,
An' the thresher keeps a•buzzing like a
pantry full of flies;
When he feels about as holler ao the ever-
laotin' sky,
Then he gib; a sense o' gonenoss nothin'
else can satisfy
Liko the appetizin' music of the tootin'
dinner.horn,
When the blossom's on the tater an' the
tassel's on the corn.
Milk an' honey, ham an' eggs, and bis-
cuits trot an' light,
Buckwheat cakes an' tree merlassos 's a
mighty luscious sight;
An' roast spur' rib an' sweet patators
baked with sassidge-meat,
But buttermilk an' wain' sass is mighty
hard to boat,
An' when a feller's empty from his bnz-
zom to his boots
Ther's a sight o' linllylooyer in the satin -
Mots
Of the wimin`en-follw a-blowin' on the old
tin dinner born,
When the blossom's on the tater an' the
tassel's on the corn.
AN OLD METHODIST'S TESTIMONY
Praise the Lord my Christian friends,
That I am with you still,
Though standing like au old log house
Upon a wast side hill.
The music has gone out you know,
The timbers have decayed,
But sunshine on 'ems just as warm
As when the first was laid.
Almost a hundred years have passed
Since I was born, and then
'Twas only fifteen further on
And I was born again.
I've seen the forest melt away,
Nice houses have been reared,
The world has quite outstripped the
I'mvary much Matted. [church,
The used tell a Methodist
As far as eye oould Bean
No gewgaws on n woman then
No dickey on a man.
But now our congregations aro
So much by fashion led,
They look just like a rainbow
Wrecked upon a posey bed.
The oirauit riders of thorn days
Were not so fine and grand,
They took degrees a•baulin' logs
And oleariu' up the land ;
But when one of 'em need to preach
I tell you we would smell
The fragrant flowers of heaven
And the stifling smoke of hell.
'We had an "amen corner" too
Besides the pulpit stairs,
And while he raised his sermon bents
We lifted with our prayers.
We threw in many loud "Thank God 1"
And weren't obliged to go
To give the Lord the glory
To a elase-room down below.
The old grand (partly meetin's was
To all the brethren dear,
Just.like lour green oasis in
The desert of the year. •
The people flocked for miles around,
My wife would take a snore,
And after supper they would pray
And sleep upon the floor.
I know the world's a rnovin' on,
As Galileo said :
For now I rent a cushioned pew
To hear an essay read,
But when through stained-glass windows
The sun throws blue and gold,
I cannot help a thinkin' how
The glory shone of old.
They call me "an old fossil"
And a "relic of the past,"
A. "fogy" and a "croaker" too,
But this won't always last.
I tread a trembling isthmus where
Two seas of glory roll,
And soon the past and future bliss
Will swallow up my soul.
And when I reach fair Canaan
The Lord will doubtless see
That mansions in the city will
Not do for snob as me.
So he Will let me go among
Old.fashioned saints, I think,
Andpraiee liim'neath the tree of life,
Upon the river's brink.
evereentereereseemeeeszeweemesereessera
over the spot, which is sometimes
visible for sixty or seventy miles.
Clroeuland, more than 1,400 miles
long, is probably the largest island
in the world. Some geographers
think it is a cluster of islands frozen
together.
The largest and most prodnativo
plain in the United States is the
Mississippi valley, containing nearly
two.thirds of the territory of the
United Statoe. It is one of the most
fertile tracts in the world, and is
supposed to be capable of sustaining
a population of ovor 500,000,000.
Mammoth Cave, the largest in the
world, near Green River, Kentucky,
has been explored ten miles. About
twenty rooms have been discovered,
and here are found subterranean
streams, waterfalls and pits of un-
known depth. Several of the rooms
are of great extent, and have re-
ceived appropriate names, The
haunted chamber is two miles long
and twenty feet high and ten feet
wide. The roof is supported by
beautifel pillars.
OFT
QUOTED PHRASES.
Their Origin Traced Back to good Old
Days of Yore.
Some of the commonest sayings
we hear every clay havobeen hand•
ed down to ue, from father to son,
for more than a thousand years ;
e,nd even long before these proverbs
are thought to have been in use
among our English forefathers in
their old homeland, in north Germ•
any, before they conquered and sot-
tled the island they afterward call.
ed England. Many of them aro
common to the whole Aryan race,
As King Alfrod, who lived in the
ninth century, was a good end wisp
man, our ancestors in the middle
ages attributed to him many of
these wise sayings, and there is a
tradition that this proverbial phil-
osophy was delivered by him to his
Witanagemot, or old English par-
liament.
AFTER Tali FIFTEENTH CENTURY.
As wo reach the sixteenth con
fury many proverbs appear for the
first time. Tyndale, the translator
of the Bible, -aye that "if the por-
ride is burnt, or when a thing
speedeth not well, we say : 'The
bishop hath put his foot in the pot.' "
This is partly revived in our day :
Put his foot in it,
Lyle's "Euphues" :
As lyke as one pease ie to an •
other.
Faiuth hart neither winneth oas-
tell nor lady.
Trueser'e "Five Hundredth
Pointee of Good Husbandrie" :
Christmas comes but once a year.
Who gooth a -borrowing gostb a -
sorrowing.
"Haywood Proverbs," published
in 1546 :
No man ought to look a given
porse in the mouth.
Two heads are better than one.
Beggars should be no choosers.
Rome was not built in one day.
New broom swepth oleene.
No fire without some smoke.
Leaps out of the frying pan into
the fyre.
I know on which side my bread
is buttered.
When I give you an inch you
take an ell.
She looketh as butter will not
melt in her mouth.
A penny for your thought.
You can not see the wood for the
trees.
The gray mare is the better
horse.
You might have gone further and
fared worse.
Hit the nail on the head.
"Rule the roost" is a corruption
of "rule the roast," a genuine Eng-
lish proverb. 11 is found in Gas-
coigne's "Steel Glas" (1576), . but
its appearance in literature is sev-
eral centuries earlier.
Forsooth, good sir, the lawyer
leapetli in •
Nay, rather teepee both over
hedge and ditch,
And rules the roost, but few men
rule by right.
The literature of the seventeenth
century abounds in our every day
proverbs.
"Abbott's Amount of his Trials"
(1627) :
A fool and his money is soon
parted.
Mobbe's translation of "Life of
Guzman" (1628) •
Make the best of a bad bargain.
As merry as the day is long.
Dead as a herring.
"Wyoherloy's ' comedies" (1659-
71);
0 '* r: damn with faintpraises.—
Plain Dealer.
Dreatlis go by oontrariee.
Forewarned is forearmed, -Tho
Gentleman Dancing Master.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Walls have ears—Love in a
Wood.
Plain se a pike staffe,
Fetch them over the coals: –
Merry Drollery.
Oengrovo's Plays (1698.1700)
o Cut a diamond with adiamond,
s Cld Bachelor.
A Leeson In Geography.
There are 700 species of birds in
South America, of which nearly 800
are peculiar. The turkey and the
mocking bird belong to the latter
class.
.About the year 1000 A. D. Amer -
Ica appears to have been discovered
by some people from Iceland, under
Lief, son of Erie, who bad discover-
ed Greenland.. They made settle -
menta upon the coast, but soon left
the country, and nothing was goner,
ally known of their adventuree.
Tho Falls of Niagara,. which are
partly in New York, form the most
stupendous cataract in the world.
They are divided by Goat Island in-
to two divisions. The American side
is about 1,000 feet wide, and the
Canadian 2,000, and both plunge
over rooks to a depth of 162 foot.
The shook causes tho earth to
tremble for a considerable distance
around, and a aloud of vapor Oleos
1 HE BR USSELS POST
°hip of the old block.—Love for Otxniutifui Newt�t.
Love.
turn my wife to grass. --
Way of the World.
Tins is perhaps the origin of our
grass widow.
Butler's "IIudibras" (1678; :
ring the oltnngce.
Jeremy Collier's "Short View of
Beglielr Stage" (1698) ; -
* * * come off with flying colors.
As long as there is life there is
hope.
Old Chocolate's Chat.
A dent in de dough ull show in
do loaf,
Do man dab kin steer de boat
needn't row.
Ef yo' go 'oross.lots yo' or gotto
climb fences.
A oat Bate suffin', but de rate or
laikly to set mo'.
Ef yo' got a lazy nabob, wuck
wenebbph yo' fin' he am idle.
De good diannab dat yo' doan't
hab to pay fo' yo' enjoy do mos'.
De Riga or good w'sn de hen lays
um an' of day spite hit a'n't do bon's
fault.
Aftah yo'er beau der an' seen bit
all yo' or ap' toe wondab ev'r.t drew
do crowd.
WHAT' T1IIIY ARE 19OR'rli.
E. B. Cox° is worth $10,000,000.
Jay Gould is worth $75,000,000.
J. G. Fair le worth $75,000,000.
A. J.Drexel is worth $20,000,000.
J. L. Biitir is worth $40,000,000.
P. T.Barnum is worth $5,000,0000
D. W. Bishop is worth $15,000,-
000.
W. D. Sloan is worth $18,000,000
R. Bonner is worth $0,000,000.
J. P. Jones is worth $15,000,000.
8. Dillon is worth $15,000,000.
J. W. Mackey is worth $80,000,.
000.
P. Armour is worth $25,000,000.
M. Field is worth $15,000,000.
Levi P. Morton is worth $10,-
000,000.
R. A. Alger is worth $5,000,000.
Claus Sprockles is worth $20,-
000,000.
Senator Gorman is worth $6,000,-
000.
J. Molllillen is worth ,$10,000,000
Leland Stanford is worth $40,-
000,000.
0. P. Huntington is worth $40,•
000,000.
A. Carnegie is worth $40,000,000.
Ex•Senator Palmer is worth $6,•
000,000.1
J. Wanamalter is worth $15,000,-
000.
George S. Crocker is worth $12,•
000,000.
John D. Rookleller is worth $60,-
000,000.
The Astor family is worth $200,-
000,000. •
The Vanderbilt family is worth
$280,000,000.
•
Loudon ehorthanders have formed
an association.
donator Hanford has returned
from the North west.
Orangeville petitions to be made
a part of customs entry.
A 'German baron' has done up a
Montreal hotolU-osper, and is in jail.
A. four.year.olddaughter of Saml.
Quigley, of °shnwe, was drowned in
a well Tuesday,
Mr. Maesue, Oonservaiive, was
elected in Richelieu County, Que., by
a majority of 294.
W. B. Macdougall, son of Sion.
Wm. Macdougall, is reported to be
dying at Spokane Falls, W. T.
While handling a revolver Daniel
Boyle, a Cornwall boy, accidentally
shot himself through the heart.
The 0. P. R. Detroit extension
has been completed from London to
Chatham, and 25 cars of apples ar-
rived iu London over it,
F. N. Laylor, of Ingersoll, has
secured the contract for liglitiug the
town of Stratliroy with electric aro
lights at 25 cents per light per
night.
The Federal nuthoribies have de-
cided upon demolishing two hun-
dred feet of that portion of Dufferin
Terrace, Quebec, which is construct-
ed on the detached part of the cliff.
Speaking at Queen's University in
Kingeton the other evening, the
Bishop of Ontario congratulated that
Untvereity that it bad not boeu
gobbled up by "that voracious mob
in Toronto,"
A. 0. Burgess, who had a contract
with the Canadian Pacific Railway
for the restaurant service and news
department on the entire line, which
wns given into other hands last
Bummer, has sued the company for
$25,000 damages.
With a radius of two milds from
Beachvillo and in the village itself
there are 10 persons whose united
ago is 885 years, average a8e 85e ;
5, united age 448, average, 89 3 5 ;
8, united age 227, average 92} ; 21,
united ago 1,687, average 80# ; 1
whose lige is 108 and over.
The mortuary returns for Sep-
tember show a ratio of 1.17 per
1,000 population in Toronto. Ham.
ikon 1s the same. London 1.86,
and Kingston 1.15. Quebec bas
the worst record for the month, viz.,
8.47 ; then comes Hull, 8.80. The
Montreal figures are 2.84. Galt
stands at the very low figure of .68,
and St. Thomas .75. Other Ontario
pities are Ottawa 2.00, Brantford
1.87, Belleville 1.86, Guelph 1.14,
Woodstock 1.03, Brookville, 1.97,
and Petorboro' 1.74.
SHALL LEAKS.
In cooking ;meats the water is
thrown opt without: removing the
grease, or the gzeaee from the drip-
ping pan is thrown away.
Scraps of neat are thrown away.
Cold potatoes are,left;to our and
spoil.
Dried fruits are not looked after
and become wormy.
Vinegar'at d sauce are left stand-
ing in .tine. .
Apples are left to decay for want
of sorting over.
The tea canister and coffee box
are left open.
Bones of meat and the carcass of
turkey are thrown away when they
could be used in making good soups.
Sugar, tea, coffee and rice are care-
lessly spilled in handling. ,
Soap is left to dissolve and waste
in water.
Dish towels are used for dish
cloths, napkins for dish towels, and
towels for holders.
Brooms and mops are not hung up.
Morecoal;is.burned than neoessary
by not closing dampers when the fire
is not used.
Lights are left burning when not
in use.
Tin dishes arenot properly clean-
ed and dried.
Good new broom° aro used to
scrub kitchen floors.
Silver spoons are used in scraping
kettles.
Mustard is left to spoil in the cruse.
Vinegar is left to stand until the
tin vessel becomes corroded and
spoiled.
Pioklos become spoiled by, the leak-
ing out or evaporation of vinegar.
Pork epoile for want of salt, and
beef bocaus° the brine needs scald-
ing.
Cheese is allowed to mould or to
be nibbled by mice.
Woodenware is unsealded and left
to warp and crack.
Those may seam small,leaks, but
in the aggregate the loss is cow
eidorable.
The Hamilton Polios Commis-
sioners Friday ordered that Con-
stable Dawkins, who shot James
Douglas, bo prosecuted in the or-
dinary way for manslaughter,
txoueit•ul News.
NOTICE TO THE .PUBLIC.
Tho Undersigned desire to intimate to the Public that they
formed a co -partnership, under the Firm name of
Turnbull $4 Ballantyne,
have
and are now conducting the Stove and Tinware Business formerly
owned by HAYCROI'T ez TURNBULL.
Our aim Will be to please those favoring us with their
patronage.
C'IV 1-+1 US A CALL
and ascertain our Prices.
TURNBULL 4 B.1LLI.NTYNE.
Jos, BALLANTYNP..
JAS. TURNBULL.
ETHEL
The undersigned having completed the change from the stone to
the celebrated Hungarian System of Grinding, has now the Mill in
First -Class Running Order
and will be glad to see all his old customers and as many new
ones as possible.
Theltalian Governmenthas order-
ed fifty million cartridges to be made
with smokeless powder.
Southern Minnesota is reported to
be suffering from drought. Thous
ands of farmers are hauling water
for miles for their families and
cattle.
Forty thousand men and women
throughout the United States and
Canada believe that on or before
Oot. 26, 1889, the world will have
come to au end ; that the nations of
the earth will have been blended in-
to one people, epeaking one tongue,
and that over all for 1,000 years
one spiritual ruler will hold sway.
They believe] that, if it does not
happen before that day, the sun on
the morning of October 26 will re-
main stationary on the horizon and
on its upper and visible aro will
appear, reaching back into an illim-
itable vista, an angelic host, and in
the midst of the host "a woman,
clothed with the sun and the moon
under her feet, and upon her head a
crown of twelve stars. Then the
seven trumpets are to be sounded
by the seven angels, and the "third
woe," as predicted in the book of
Revelations, will have begun its ful-
filment ()outran to alt precedent,
the second advontiste, both of the
United States and England, have
not sot a specific day for the end of
time, bio they are mutually agreedit
that the most careful calculations
prove beyond the possibility of
error that the hour will not go be-
yond the date named. Milleriem,
or as itis called now, second ad•
ventism, has its strongest foothold
in New England. It has more 'be-
lievers in the State of' Massachusetts
that in any other of the Eastern
States, and in Boston there is
weekly publication devoted to the
promulgation of the doctrine. There
iB no regular place of worship in
the oily of New York, and the be•
Revere, even in a city of 2,000,000
people, are few and tar between. In
Philadelphia there are two small
congregations, In the upper part
of this State, and on the Penneyl.
vania border line, there aro several
thousand believers. Tho 'Western
States, especially Minnesota, fur-
nish the next largest number of bo•
Rovers. They may be grouped in'
this wise ;---Now England, 12,000 ;
Middle States 6,000 ' Western
`flour and Feed Always c and.
Highest Price paid for any quantity of Good Grain.
WM. MILNE.
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'W'e have much pleasure in announcing
that our Stock is now Complete
in all Departments.
LINEN LiEPARTMENT.
Linen dice tabling, Brown Holland
" • damask tabling, Toweling, plain and striped,
Bleached damask tabling, Russian crash,
Saffarine and white tabling, Damask towels,
Colored damask covers, . Turkish "
Cream red borders Cotton "
Bleached Butcher's linen,
Table napkins, Stripe Hessian,
Special Lines in Towels, Tablings, &e.
DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT.
In this line we make a specialty. Black and colored Union
Cashmeres, Black and colored all wool Cashmeres, Plain and Fancy
dress stuffs, Mantle cloths and ulsterings, Curl cloths and sealettes,
Opera twills, Satin soleils, Plain. and Fancy Meltons, Winceys,
Black Silks, Black Satins, Silk Velvets.
FLANNELS AND UNDERCLOTHING.
10 pieces all wool Gray Flannel at 18io., worth 25c.
5 it „ 25 " 30
5 i, if .. 27 " 85
5 " Military Flannel, 85 " 45
5 " all wool Factory Flannel, 80 40
20 dozen O.K. Shirts and Drawers, 75 90
10 " Men's heavy ribbed all wool, 50 65
MEN'S TOP SHIRTS. BOYS' UNDERCLOTHING. MEN'S
CARDIGAN JACKETS.
50 pieces of all wool Dress Sages at 18c., worth 25e.
1p " Plush, all shades, 40 " 60
20 " Melton cloth, 8 " 12,;
10 " „ 12 i,15
WE EXTEND TO YOU
showing our Goods.
a Cordial Invitation to favor us with
a Call as wo take great pleasure in
Canada, 5,060 , Sdorth-west, 2,000 ; FERGUSON lir NADDIDAY,
Managers,