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THE MOUNTAIN ROAD.
Only a glimpse of mountain road
That followed where a river flowed ;
Only a glimpse—thou on we passed,
Skirting the forest dim and vast.
1 closed my eyes. On rushed the train
Into the dark, then out again,
Startling the song -birds as a flow
The wild ravines and gorges through.
130, heeding not the dangerous way
O'erhung by cheer cliffs, rough and gray,
1 only saw, as in a dream,
The road beside the mountain stream,
No smoke curled upward in the air,
No meadow lands stretched broad and
Huttowering poaldsrose far and high, [fair
Piercing the clear, untroubled sky.
Yet down the fellow, winding road
That followed, whore the river flowed,
I saw a long prooession pass
As shadows over bending grass.
The young, the old, the sad, the gay,
Whose feet had worn that narrow way,
Since first within the narrow glade
Some Indian lover wooed his maid ;
Or silent crept from tree to tree—
Spirit of stealthy vengenoe, he I [brake
Or breathless crouched while through the
Tho wild deer stole hie thirst to slake ;
Tho barefoot school -boy rushing out
An eager, crowding boisterous roma ;
The loaded wains that one by one
Drag slowly home at set of sun ;
Young lovers straying handl in hand
Within a fair enchanted laud;
And many a bride:with lingering fest ;
And many a matron calm and sweet,
And many an old man bent with pain,
And many o solemn funeral train
And sometimes rod against the sky,
An army's banner waving high 1
All mysteries of life and death
To whioh the spirit answereth,
Are thine, 0 lovely mountain mad,
That followed where the river flowed.
A NOT UNCOMMON DEACON.
Old Billy 13. was a pious man
And heaven was his goal,
For, being a very saving man,
Of course he'd save his soul.
But oven in this he used to say,
One can't too careful be,
And he sang with fervor unassumed,
I'm glad salvation's free.
But the 'moans of grace,' he had to own,
Required good, hard-earned gold;
And he took ten pews, as well became,
Tho richest of the fold.
" fide's a noble man," the preacher cried,
"Our Christian Brother 13.
And Billy smiled, as he sub -let nine.
And got is own pew free.
In olass-meeting next old Billy told
How heaven had gracious been—
iasr Yes, even back in the dark days when
He was a man of sin.
" I's buildiu' a barn an my river farm—
All I then had, he said ;
" I'd run out o' boards an' woe feedin'
On nothin' but corn bread. [hands
" t tell ye, brethren, that I felt blue,
Short of timber and cash.
And thought I'd die whoa the banks thou
And flooded all my mash. [bust
But the Lord was muruifnl to me
And sant right through the rift
The tido had made in the river banks
A lumber raft adrift.
Plenty of boards were there for the barn,
And on top was a cheese
And bar'l of pork as sound and sweet
As any one ever sees.
Then I had bread and meat for the man,
And they worked with a will,
While I thanked God who'd been good to
And Inc'dein' instill. [me,
A shrill -voiced sister cried, "Bless the
The whole class Dried Amen 1 [Lord 1"
But a keen -eyed .man looked at Billy 13.
In a thoughtful way and then
Asked: Brother 13. did you ever heard
Who lost that raft and load 2
And Billy wiped his oyes and said,
Brethcrin, I never knowd 1
SWEEPING A IIOOIL.
In sweeping a room a few simple
rules are all that aro needed.
Let all ornaments, small toilet
articles, and the like be placed on
tho bed, and that entirely covered
with a sheet. It is well to have
sweeping euvors of unbleached cot-
ton sheeting, large enoughto drape
each piece of furniture as cannot
conveniently bo removed from the
room.
All chairs, ottomans, light tables,
eta, should bo dusted and set in the
hall or an adjoining room. Loop
up curtains and draperies so that
they will clear the floor. Have rugs
or mats removed first, and shaken
in the open air.
Shut the doors and raise the
windoiva, unless the weather should
be exceptionally cold. In that case
the airing may be 'deferred until
the sweeping is finished.
Sweep from one side of the room,
leaving a space into which to push
the furniture, as that opposes the
progress of the broom. Leave
nothing unmoved that can be moved.
and soe that no corner is allowed
to harbor duet or fluff.
Drive the duet into the middle of
the roam, gather into a dustpan,
and bestow at once into the fire.
Let the dust settle thoroughly bo -
fore "setting to tights" is begun.
THE BBRUSSELS POST
Wipe off door panels and other
woodwork first. A, square yard of
cbeeee•elotb neatly hemmed makes
the beet duster. It is soft and easily
washed, and has the added merit of
cheapness,
Rub windows and mirrors, brush
off picture frames, and wash marble
mantels or slabs.
Replace the rugs, uncover the
furniture, dust it carefully, and re•
store the ornaments to their places,
first observiug whether they tire
clean, Last, bring in the furniture
from outside.
In rooms whioh are matted in.
stead of carpeted, it is well after
sweeping to go over the floor with a
cloth moistened in salt water. It
removes dust that has escaped the
broom, and gives gloss and freshness
to the matting.
It should also be borne in mind
that in sweeping it is always the
part of prudence to closely investi-
gate corners and crevices with a
whisk brush. Surprisingly large
gleamings of dirt will generally be
found oven in a room that by the
casual observer would bepronouncod
entirely clean.
The lavontur's Work in Agriculture.
Tho conditions of the welfare of
oountriee have undergone very great
changes during the last fifty years.
Up to a comparatively regent period,
it was almost an axiom of political
economy that the farmers were the
producers of the true wealth of a
region. They worked a mine that
was inexbaustable if proper treat-
ment was awarded it. If the soil
became spout, it was interpreted as
a sign of faulty agriculture. Prop
only treated the same land could be
used, year in and year out, and
would yield a constant return for
labor expended and capital invested.
The coal miner works out a deposit
of coal and abandons the region, af•
ter cumbering many acres with
heaps of oulm.• The metallurgist
builds his furnace near the souroe
of supplies, to be abandoned when
these fail. But the farmer, by hie
permanence of loeation, and by his
improving, instead of exhausting
the land, seemed the founder of a
country's prosperity. It is true
that, in some instances, particular-
ly whore subjected to a heavy drain
upon ite mineral constituents by
successive crepe of cereals or tobac-
co, land became exhausted, Mod-
ern science, with improved systems
of fertilizing and prescription of roe
tation of crops, endeavored, with
much suooess, to overcome this
trouble.
The agriculturist was thus ad
vanced in his efforts by the chemist,
and took a step forward toward a
more scientific treatment of his ma-
terials. Coincident with, or a little
in advance of, this epoch, the me-
chanical inventor appeared on the
soono, and invented maoninery
whioh enabled horses to do the work
of mea. From the reaping hook
to the cradle was an important
step. It multiplied greatly the lab-
or of man. From the cradle to the
reaper, from the pitchfork to the
unloading machinery, from hand
labor to the self -binder, from the
flail to the threshing -machine, were
still greater ones, as they did away
with directly applied human labor.
These inventions mark a revolution
iu farming.
The farmer or his laborers today
do not do one-hundredth part the
actual work. Steam or horse driv.
•en machinery are the agents. The
farm is converted into a factory.
Grain is sowed and fertilizers are
distributed by machines. Improved
cultivators are used in treating
growing crops. After harvesting
by power, threshing machines aro
substituted for the old time flails.
The farming of fifty years ago is
becominga-lost art.,
To a great extent, the farmer is
deposed from bis position as the
principle producer of a region's
wealth. This honor must be shared
by others. The chemist bas lead
his part in the change, but the in-
ventor stands above all in this. To
him the new condition is principally
due. As the result of his work, the
United States maintain numerous
factories devoted entirely to the
production of agricultural machin-
ery. Every oily and village have
stores devoted to their sale. The
farm directs the operations of the
machinery when completed, just
as the engineer of a steamer Super-
intends the running of the engine.
It would be as truthful or logical to
call the marine engineerethe devel-
oper of commerce as to claim for the
farmer the title of solo prodnoor.
In his work he has partnere. With-
out the groat agricultural imple-
moat works, he could do nothing.
They, as wellas he, are agents in
production. The inventor who di•
reels and plans the factorise' work
is alae a partner, and is an actual
prodnoor. He may not make two
bladoe of grass grow whore formerly
there Has only one, but he has
changed another ratio for the better.
He has made the aotual labor of
man far more oflicient than before.
The soil may produce no more, but
the labor of than tilling it is many
times more productive.
AN UNCONVENTIONAL PITT.
Unconventional, inched, as a pet,
is the common rat, yet no animal
occupying this posititon is more in-
teresting and playful. He has oft-
en been kept; indeed, Frank Beek -
laud avers that for twenty years he
had never been without a tame rat.
It is unnecessary to say that ho ie
au intelligent boast, he amply
proves himself so when at liberty,
but it is perhaps not so well known
that he is scrupulously neat in his
person, performing his toilette fro•
quently and in the manner of the
cat, licking and brushing his fur
till it shines, especially doing so
after eating. When well supplied
with food, he is a dainty, fastidious
feeder, having his choice as well as
anybody, and eating like a squirrel
—eating up and holding the morsel
in its delicate fore paws.
The rat liae great curiosity, and
it must be allowed that he is oaces-
ioeally troublesome ; but what pet
is not ? He is fond •
of invostigat•
ing the contents of boxes and bas-
kets, of tables and oupboards, and
appropriating to his own use what.
over strikes las fancy. Sugar is
his greatest Treat, and he readily
learns to tip over the sugar bowl to
get it. While he has a decided lik-
ing for sweets, he does not disdain
other nine things, such as rich cake,
puddings, and even strong drink—as
ale.
Ho is as frolicsome as a kitten,
and learns to play hide-and•seek
with children, and greatly enjoys
music also. One that Mr. Buck.
laud had, always ran and scrambled
up on a piano player, and listened
in eager silence as long as the mus-
ic lasted.
Bats learn to obey a command
and to execute many droll tricks ;
in fact, as is true of nearly all pats,
having secured his confidence, you
can teach him to do almost any-
thing you desire. He is affection-
ate and licks the hand like a dog.
In confinement the rah is a very
cleanly creature. His bedding
should be frees every day, and the
cage frequently washed. Fine
straw and sawdust are best for bedd-
_ta Two of a kind are always more
entertaining than one to a person
who is interested in their habits,
for they frolic together and exhibit
many traits with each other that
they would never display with hum-
an beings alone. So the rats, when
there are two or more together, are
extremely playful, rolling over and
over like young puppies, squealing,
and pretending to bite each other,
in o droll fashion of their own.
The albino or white rah is often
preferred as a pat, but in reality he
is neither so pretty nor so wise as
the brown or gray one, and his red
eyes aro to some people unpleasant
to look on.
The Japanese rat, black and
white in color, is lively and inter-
esting. It has black eyes, and is a
most frieky pet. Many tales are
told of his knowingness and viv-
acity, and like his native relate nes,
he will thrive upon any food on our
tables,
KITTY'S FIRST SCHOOL UAY.
Little Kitty Clover started up in
bed just as the sun eamo peeping in
the window. A very sweet little
Kitty she was, ante her blue eyes
and her dimples, for the angel had
kissed Kitty Clover three times.
Tho old olook on the stairs was
ticking away for dear life. But to-
day it was not saying tic, tic, do ;
indeed, ndeed, the old clock had a new
tune this morning : "Kitty is five
years old 1 Kitty is going to
eohool 1" over and over again.
The little girl jumped out of bed
and had her shoes and stockings
on before Atint Dinah came in.
"Why 1" said Aunt Dinah : "but
my chile is a smart chile. If she
Tarn to road fast as she put on dem
shoes and stookings she'll make
smart work in de school room."
"I guess I will, aunty," said Kit•
ty, "for I intend to try."
Kitty's mamma had to pretty
satchel all ready, and Kitty planed
her brand-new primer in it, and off
she started, out the back gate and
down the lane. As she passed the
barnyard elle heard the hens eaok'
ling, loudly, "Kitty is going to
school 1 Kitty is going to school 1"
Down at the end of the lanewae
a large bush of hawthorn. A. little
bird sat on one of the boughs, sing.
ing sweetly, "Good morning, lilt.
ty l Are you the little girl that is
going to school ?"
A squirrel ran along the fence
and perched himself on ono of the
posts.
"Olt 1 what a little girl this is to
be going to school," he chirruped.
The teacher was very much
pleased to nee Kitty Clover and she
naked one of the larger girls if Kit-
ty was coming to school all the
time,
"Ne'm ; just till she Bete tired."
"Does people aver get tired Qom-
ing to school ?" asked Kitty ; and
they all laughed.
She said a long lesson in her
primer, read the line of "two times
ewe," and did a "sum." But she
could not help thinking of the
squirrel and the bird, the chickens
and the old clock on the stair.
By and by she rose very quietly
and took up her hat and her satchel,
she walked up to the teacher and
said in a pitched little voice, "Good
eveuing, Miss Diary 1 I guess 1
have to go home now."
The scholars all laughed again,
and one girl called out over her
eo ra h
g 'Does people ever got tired com-
ing to school ?"
But she was a any bad girl, and
so Kitty Clover didn't mind her.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS,
Sett .and water cleans willow
furniture.
For diarrheas use boiled milk and
castor oil, also brandy and raw
eggs.
Butter and lard should be kept in
earthen or stone ware, and kept in
a cool. place.
Charcoal ground to powder will
be found to be a very good thing for
polishing knives.
A. bonnet and trimming may be
worna much longer time if the dust
be brushed well off after walking.
Claret stains should, while wet,
have dry salt spread upon them,
and afterwards dipped into boiling
water.
New tins should be set over the
fire with boiling water in them for
several hours before food is put,into
them.
A little borax added to the water
in whioh scarlet napkine and red -
bordered towels aro washed will
prevent them from fading.
Plaster busts maybe cleaned by
dipping them into thick liquid cold
starch—clear starch mixed with
cold water—and brushing them dry.
A piece of zinc planed on the live
coals in a hot stove will effectually
elean out a stovepipe, the vapors
produced carrying off the soot by
chemical decomposition.
To test jelly drop a little into cold
water or on a cold plate, stirring it
for a few seconds. If it coagulates
it is done. The beat jelly only re-
quires five minutes boiling.
In ironing, have a piece of sand-
paper, such as carpenters use, lying
on the table handy, it removes the
stickiness of starch from the iron
perfeelly with only a rub or two
across it.
Tea stains are very diffioult to get
out if neglected. They should bo
soaked in milk or warm water as
soon AB possible, and then soaped
and rubbed oat. The next washing
will efface them wholly.
Salt is preservative in its nature,
If too much of it is used in 000king
food, it wars against the juices of
the stomach, and thus retards di.
gestion, and will in tune derange
the digestive organa. It is best to
use it in small quantities.
To take creases out of drawing
paper or engravings, lay the paper
or engraving face downward on a
sheet of smooth mislead white paper,
cover i1 with another sheet of the
acme very slightly damp, and iron
with a moderately warm flatiron.
The Montreal Grand Jury found
true bills against Masers. Vanases
and Lesard, of Le Monde, for libel-
ling Premier Mercier.
The Liberals of Westmoreland,
N. B., despite the rumored resig-
nation of Joeiah Wood, M. P., are
determined to insist upon a full
exposure in the Courts of the me•
shads by whioh the conetituenoy
was carried for the Ooesorvatives,
According to an Associated Press
dispatch from Montreal, the Cana-
dian Pacific people claim that the•
delay in forwarding the Red Diver
Valley rails is dais to their non•de-
livery at Montreal. The rails, it is
said, were consigned to one of the
Montreal banks.
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Carriage Works
JA.MJ-+—+S BI Y'QRS,
--MANUFACTURER Or--
OARRIAGES, DEMOCIRATS, EXPRESS WAGONS,
BUGGIES, WA&ONS, ETC„ ETC., ETC,
All made of the Bost Material and finished in a Workmanlike
manner.
Repairing and, Painting�%pr'oinptiy ctttencled to.
Parties intending to buy should Call before)
purchasing.
RnrmmExcris.—Marsden Smith, B. Laing, Jas. Cult and Wm. Mc-
Kelvey, Grey' Township W. Cameron, W. Little, G. Brewar and D.
Breckenridge, MMorris'Tcwnship ; T. Town and W. Blashill, Brus-
sels ; Rev E. A. Fear, Woodham, and T. Wright, Turnberry.
REMEMBER THE STAND—SOUTII OF BRIDGE.
JAMES BUYERS.
HAVING OPENED OUT AN
Egg • Emporium, in Grant's Block, Brussels,
Next Door i.o the Post Office,
I am prepared to Pay CASH for any quantity ofjEggs.
BRING ALONG ALL YOU HA VE
and Remember the Stand.
actor 7' g{Ta.r 1 o 2
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 bo glad to see all his old customers and as many new ones
as possible. Chopping done.
Flog and Feed Always on IaiLL
Highest Price paid for any quantity of Good Grain.
WM. MILNE .