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The Brussels Post, 1887-5-6, Page 3MA.v 6, 1887. Intralinereeininalnanniingett THE BRUSSELS POST VfJ'.Ci'l"12, 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 • 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 . 9ISI+ OflUQ zIV K5. --R a omo+ egg a. glgittoola L. - O. ileo , a ��5 ,d ' Iii Kee ro g t:J .6' ra A J s � B, Ea; cie or 'ay�11 CR >~ a,' l0 0 0 t ` ti rp rel q, r g,