The Brussels Post, 1887-5-6, Page 3MA.v 6, 1887.
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THE BRUSSELS POST
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A LAW AGIN IT.
Our ahuroh bas got rt bran' naw roan,
The Baptie' preaaher oan't cowenearhire
And Sunda' being bright and warrn,
I thought I d like to go and hear him ;
But i# I know'd'twits fashion day,Wlatera
Toxtake th women
y mind in sermon td like ime
I'd stay a home anti road the Seripi/ere.
l'm old and I'm old fashioned, but
I notice quick what isn't decent,
And I say women rot like geese,
In aping every style that's recent.
They combtheir hair straight up behind,
And put in arras for to pin it,
And frig and bang it down in front ;
There ought to be a law agin it.
They buy the highest hats thorn is,
And make 'em higher yet with trimmin',
And feathers frizzlin' out, until
They look like Injuns more than women
And bustles l land, I saw ono girl
Who couldn't sit straight up it minute,
I say it's awful—and I say
There ought to be a law. Agin it.
Twan't so when I was young—why then
Tho girls at church was worth a scala' ;
They didn't dress till folks forgot
To praise the author of their bein' ;
Our gowns was neat, with buttons up
And down, .in modest rows to trim 'em ;
I mind Aunt Polly Jones declared '
There ought to be a law agin 'em.
But she was queer ; I recollect
The bunt that I got one summer
Had lace and roses on the side,
And so it like to overcome her.
For when she saw that bunch o' lace
With artificial roses in it,
She just rolled up her eyes and said :
"There ought to be a law Agin it."
Good Cousin Phoebe stops and smiles,
Her thought bas taken new direction,
The context'twixt the then and now
Calle up her peat recollection.
She quite forgets the modern style,
That makes the modern woman sinner,
For clothed with youthful grace again,
Her worn out garments oomeand winher.
EXCELSIOR.
He was known to all as a brave young
• man,
But as he paused for a moment to seen
The scones that lay 'round him his heart
stood still
And his wbdle frame shook with a death-
like ohill.
For the glen whose wealth of mosses and
ferns
Had lured him into its crooks and turns
Was a cunning trap when the rising tide
Had closed up the way to the beach out-
side.
And he looked about him in wild despair
For the swelling waters had hemmed
him there,
And above bis head for a hundred feet
Stretched the whitened rooks like a
winding shoot.
If be could but climb to yon rook's crest,
Which never the foot of man had press.
ed !
He would try 1 And ho nerved himself to
save
His life from the clutch of the Doming
wave.
Up slowly and painfully, inch by inch,
He steadfastly climbed, and be did net
flinch
When the cruel rooks tore his finger nails
And he marked his progress with crim-
son trails.
Hurrah for the youth 1 His peril is past 1
All panting and breathless, but safe at
last ;
He pulls himself up to the crest, and
there
His palid lips murnier a grateful prayer.
But was he the first among living men
To climb up the side of that rooky glen ?
No ? Just above him he read with a
shiver :
Take Simpson'e Pills for a torpid
Liver t
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THE CHRISTIAN AND HIS ECHO.
True faith, producing love to God and
man,
Say, Soho, is not this the Gospel plan ?
The Gospel plan.
Must I my faith and love to Jesne show'
By doing good to all, both friend and
foe ?
Both friend and foe.
1301 if a brother hates and treats me 51,
Moet I return him good, and love him
still ?
Love hind still.
If he my failings watches to reveal,
Must 1 his faults ae carefully conceal 1
As carefully conceal.
But if my name and ohmmeter he blast,
And cruel malice, too, a long time last ;
And if 11 sorrow and affliction know,
730 loves to add unto my cop of woe ;
In this uncommon, this peculiar ease,
Sweet Echo, say, must I still dove and
bless ?
Still love and blase.
Whatever usage ill 1 may receive,
Must I be patiept still, and still forgive?
Be patient still, and still forgive.
Why, Eoho, how is this ? thou'rt sure a
dove 1
Thy voice shall teach mo nothing else
but love 1
Nothing else but love.
Amon 1 with all my heart, then be it so ;
'Tie all delightful, just, and good, I
know ;
And now to practice 1'11 threotly go.
Directly io.
Things being so, whoever inc reject,
My grahiohs God m0 surely will protect,'
Surely will protoet.
Bsneeforth 1'11 roll on him my every
care,
And thou both friend and foo embrace
in prayer.
Embrace in prayer,
But after all those dnties 1 have done,
Must 1, in point of merit, them disown,
And trust for heaven through Jesus'
blood clone ?
Through Jesus' blood alone,
Belie, enough 1 thy counsels to mine ear,
Are sweeter than, to flowers the dew
drop tear ;
Thy wise inotruetive lemons please are
well ;
I'll go and practise them. Farewell,
farewell.
Practise them, Farewell, fare-
well.
A!i'1'o WEAI'IIER.
The weather resembles the poor,
inasmuch as it is always with us.
Even hero in 13ruesols, we have
some weather right along without a
break or a spill, though at times it
certainly looks as if the cordwood at
the manufactory had run out.
The chief use of weather is to form
n topic for conversation. I have
',pundit very useful occasionally and
sometimes in this conneotion.
Weather consists mainly of et
mosphere and when retailed in
wholesale quantities is known as
climate. Every country owns • a
climate of its own, but the reigning
Sovereign has no hand in running
the bureau.
Every individual, be he rich,
poor, or a journalist, gets his full
share of weather delivered out to
him daily, freight charges paid.
Hay stacks and other farm imple-
ments often get too much of a suf.
flcienoy.
When the 8010 shines with en-
thusiasm and fervor, the mercury
runs its Grecian nose up to 120 de.
green and the common every day
mac feels like a walking bath, then
will meet you the is•it•hot enough•
for -you fiend, and bis fool brother
will venture the original remark,
"ICS a warm day." During such
weather it is beet to quarrel with
your wife or best girl and all ,your
friend's. By this means n coolness
will spring up between you. 1f you
are a single man, freeze on to the
lase you love and thus ameliorate
your condition. •
On the other paw, when the win-
ter wind becomes chilly, and you
find that the man is out of town
from whom you expected to borrow
money to meet that note, wo have
what is called a "cold day." It is
on a morning like this when you are
reminded that you forget to satiety
the hunger of the base burning
stove.
Heathen mythology credits the
sun with originating the saying,
"r11 make it hot for you."
Dry weather is supposed to be
found in Scott Act counties only,
but opportunities for throat irriga-
tion are too numerous to allow the
indictment to stand.
"Under the weather" is a term
applied to persona who are indis-
posed, but it is only when the last
check on the bank of life has been
gashed and there is no balance re-
maining that a man can betruly
saidtobe "under the weather."
The epithet "weatherwise" is
hurled at hoary -headed old liars who
hang around barroom stoves and
remark immediately the first drope
of n shower' make their debittp- that
"it looks like rain." These men.
occasionally venture to predict the
weather for the coming day but
their predictions are of the same
order RS the almanac propheoios—
mere guess work.
You may talk of the signs of the weather,
Of the coming days you may sing,
But sitting down on a red-hot stove
Is a sign of an early Spring.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS,
If salt is sprinkled around the
edges of a carpet when on the floor
it will keep away moths.
A. piece of pointed whalebone or
pine wood is nice to clean out tor.
neve, Waelf your: windows with
sponge and polieh with tissue
paper.
Clean lamp chimneys by holding
them over the spout of a teakettle
frill of boiling water, then wipe with
a clean cloth. it will make them
beautifully clear.
his said if feather beds and pil-
lows be left out in a drenching rain
every Spring, and afterwards ex-
posed to the sun and air on every
side until dry, they will be much
freshened and lightened.
Keep out flowers fresh for ea!reral
days by filling a vase with clean
sand, to which le added a liberal
supply of powdered charcoal. Em.
bed the sterns of the bouquet inthis
and water occasionally.
In heart disease special treatment
should be avoided as much as pos-
sible. General toning up of the
system, oheerfulness and avoidance
of strong excitement of every kind
are the surest of all remedies.
Never put milk, fat or any oily
substance into the oar for the relief
of pain, for they Boon become rancid
and loud to incite inflammation.
Simpie warm water will anewer the
purpose better than anything else.
Silver becoming Meek may be
avoided by keeping that which is
not often used in canton flannel
bags, with small bags about the
size of a thimble, filled with bits of
gumcsmphor packed in around the
articles.
For mildew, pour a quart of boil•
ing water on un ounce of chloride
of lime. When it is dissolved add
three quarte of cold water, Into
this put the garment and let it soak
twelve hours. If not very bad the
spots will come out in lees time.
Femme of toilet soap that have
become too small for convenient
handling may be utilized by making
a small flannel bag, leaving the top
open, and into this putting the
pieces of soap as they accumulate.
When it is full sew over the top and
you have a nice accessory for your
bath tub.
A. nice way to freshen old-fashion-
ed silk, making it look like new
surab, is to sponge it carefully with
etrong coffee. While damp, lay it,
wrong side up, on an ironing board
and place paper over it, then press
with a warm iron, Be surd the
coffee is perfectly settled until clear
before using. This is also good to
freshen black laoo, cashmere, rib-
bon and alpaca.
Rubber rings, such as are used
on fruit pans, often become bard
and brittle. They can be restored
by letting them lie in water in which
you have put a little ammonia.
Mix in this proportion : One part
ammonia and two parte water.
Sometimes they do not need to lie
iu this more than five minutes, but
frequently a.balf-hour is needed to
restore their elasticity.
General New,e.
A murder which attracted wide-
spread interest two years ago has
just had a strange denouement. At
the time mentioned a lady at Babli•
comb, England, was murdered and
robbed and her servant, a man
named Lee, was arrested for the
crime. He was found guilty and
sentenced to be hanged. He was
three times subjected to the ordeal
of hengiug, and three times the rope
broke, defeating the efforts of the
hangman to execute the sentence.
The officials abandoned the attempt
and reported the facts to the Home
Office. Lee's eentonoe wait quietly
commuted to penal servitude for
life. A short time ago a fellow -ser-
vant of Lee confessed on her death-
bed that she was the guilty party,
and that Lee was innocent of any
connection with the tragedy. The
Government has now ordered Lee's
release, and will compensate him'
for the injustice done him.
Canadian New's.
York County and Toronto are to
be separated for shrievalty pur-
p0e0e.
William Duoheenay, an acrobat,
intends walking on a tight rope
over Montmorenel Fall, during the
time of the Queen's• jubilee at Que-
bec.
W. R. Thompson, the well-known
amateur runner of Montreal, has
commenced training and intends
competing for the all-round ama•
tour championship in the fall.
Edward }Ionian writes from Bos-
ton that he is in the bust possible
health, and is rowing well. He is
probably 80 seconds better than he
was last year. Gaudaur is s,iso
getting into grand form. Mr. St.
John thinks that he is good enough
to win the championship of the
.world.
A Fredericton gentleman a short
time ago left a note of $2,500 in
the Maritime Bank, as collateral for
overdrawn looney, which he paid a
few days afterwards, but neglected
to take away the note. The bank
having failed, and the note having
been withdrawn to another bask,
he was called upon to pay the full
amount last week.
At the Ottawa Central Experi-
mental Farm large packages of fruit
and ornamental trees, vines and
plants for the Forestry Department
are arriving daily.; A consignment
of 500 varieties of trees are DOW on
the way. from Prance. A. large
package of apply tr9ee from Russia.
reached the farm. on Saturday, and
the other shipments are now on the
way. The Drop to be grown this
year will include various varieties
of wheat, barley, oats, ail well as
potatoes and other roots, The seed
testing department is in full blast.
Imperial Kip.
T11ER11 IS NO LEATIIEIl S0 GOOD.
t±=' We have Three Thousand Pairs of
Boots in stook.
Wewill make a Reduction on Every
Pair.
We Sell Cheaper
than anyone else, quality oonsiderod.
The Great Boot ck ,Shoe House,
Adam Good.
'87. FLAX '87.
J. do J. Livingston have for the Farm-
ers in the vicinity of Brussels and Blyth
who intend raising Flax during the dim-
ing Season, 2,000 Bushels of the best im-
ported
HOLLAND OR DUTCH SEED,
which they are prepared to deliver at
their mills in Brussels and Blyth, to
Farmers in Qnantitier to snit. To ensure
a good crop, the Best Seed is absolutely
required. Order Early.
For Flax grown from the above seed the
Highest Market Price will bo paid if of
good growth, and harvested in proper
aeaeon.
J. tic J. LI'VINGSTON,
36 Proprietors.
PAINTING- !
GEo. PHIPPEN,
PAINTER,
BRUSSELS, ONTARIO,
I6 PREPAuno 00 DO ALL RINDS Or
Painting, Graining,
Glazing, Kalsomining,
Papier Hanging, tic.
All work done Promptly and
at Reasonable Rates.
SATISFACTION
GUARANTEED
in every instance.
GEO. PHIPPEN.
CLEARING SALE OF
YARNS
—FOR -
30 D A.YS 30
Christmas and New Year's', Bar
gains at the Brussels
Woolen Mill.
I have the finest anclj largest
stook of Fine Yarns ever seen in
Brussels. I will sell the best
worsted yarns, which have
NO EQUAL,
at 6 cts. per oz., and an extra
fine quality of cashmere wools at
8 cis. per ounce for the next 80
days, commencing Friday, Dec.
24th, for Cash Only.
Now is the Time
to secure your bargains, come
early and have your choice in
Black, Brown, Navy Blue, Royal
Blue, Light Blue, Garnet, Card-
inal, Claret, Scarlet, Dark Green,
Bronze, Light Green, Yellow,
Orange, and a host of other col-
ors. too numerous to mention.
But come and see for yourself
and bo convinced that you have
struck the Biggest I3itlgains of
the season.
Come no, Coxae alit
GEO, HOWE,
3
NATIONAL ROLLER 14ILLS.
Brussels,
Ontario,
CHANGE OF PROPRIETORS.
Having leased the well known and splendidly equipped Bolter
Flouring MillfromMessrs, Wm. Vanstone c4, Sons for a term of
years, wo desire to intimate to the farmers of Huron Co. and the
public generally, that we are prepared to turn out the best brands of
Flour, look after the Gristing Trade, supply any quantity of Bran,
Chopped stuff, &c„ and buy any quantity of Wheat.
The mill is recognized as one of the best in the County and our
long experience in this business gives us oonfidence in saying we
guarantee satisfaction.
Flour and Feed Always on Hand.
Gristing and Chopping promptly attended to.
A CALL SOLICITED.
Stewart & Loy/kJ;
PROPRIETORS.
FAST HU BCN
arriag orks
J.AMB BT? Y.BRs,
--SIANUPACTUIIEf Ot—
CARRIAGES, DEMOCRATS, EXPRESS WAGONS,
BUGGIES, WAGONS, ETO., ETC., ETC.
All made of the Best Material and finished in a '4W'orkmanlike
manner.
Repairing and Painting promptly attended to.
Parties intending to buy should Call before
purchasing.
RErEIuuNCEs.—Marsden Smith, B. Laing, Jas. Outt and Wm. Mc-
Kelvey, Grey Township ; W. Cameron, W. Little, G. Brewar and D.
Breckenridge, Morris Township ; T. Town and W. Blashill, Brus-
sels ; Rev. E. A. Fear, Woodham, and T. Wright, Tnrnberry.
'REMEMBER THE STAND—SOUTH OF BRIDGE.
JAMES BUYERS.
Grist and Flour Mills !
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. Chopping done.
Flour and Feed Always on Hand.
Highest Price paid for any quantity of Good Grain.
WM. MILNE .
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