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.ilige3 to y u, Mrs. Neck, but Lean
tae tea w'th nvself at hone."
Polite S overtoi,ians, as I have said,
'never .speal out what they soon let one.
.another kn w that they thought `Sister
Batty gave- herself must absurd airs,
for an ugl old maid next door to a
pauper.
The yea rolled on, and even Master
'Giles was 1 -most entit ely dripped by
his Stover on friends. A. silly old
roan. livin .on a plain old sist-r, with
nothing bu the workhouse to look for-
ward to at er death, and scarce a pen-
ny to bless hemselves.with during her
•lite—an of than who kept no servant,
and couldin t even ask a caller to take
a1_glass of ine that, was the light in
which the p osperoas lawyers, &e., re-
garded the r old-spertsuran. It was
absurd to s'uppose that they _eve, e to
_ keep on asl,
.because, yea
"eaeugh to_ru
%perky, and L
good .dinner.,
astifted the to
,ing bine to their houses
rs ago, he :had been •foo
a through a nice little pr
ad given them many
Mr. Neck, when he -ob
wn ci erkAip, nod request
edhis own tither net to speak to hili
when -they met: in •'Stoverton Higl
Street,• -the paternal Neck being a shoes
a
- uakc.r so 1� was not likely that be
o e
was going to Ikeep up the acquaaintanc
of that '•pe iailess_ old idiot, as h
called poor Mitete,: Giles. (1 shoul
have explained that it i., _only the lathe
of Stovettron1 wile use language to ' dis-
u.gh ) .
Master Giles was quite
unconscious . ,f his old friend-;' neglect.
He would tai e: his walks abroad, milil
,lag blarn.11y a every one—especially at
the grinning hild, en ,who dogged liis
-steps. Bert •
cornesudde
cronies, and
•or cut him d
cry. Sister
corfert him,
.at for. her p
-lavished 'on li
with much re
herself to hats
to look upon
-and, instead
often turned"
not gratify a
temper was re
play—he put
It was tha
day, and 11:
'from his afte
smiabl e tem p
and tell that
Betty '1" he sai
and mighty tc
1
U
a.
e
•
e
d
a
guise . their th
Sometimes
t o,her times he would
lyupon his ancient'
hen they shook him off,
ad, he would go home and
etty did all she could o
but she only got snapped
ins. T ie de vo ion s'_e
r brother . did .ot meet
urn.- She ht sacrificed
so long th, he had -come
er self s �ritice as a duty,
f beim grateful fer
b it,
sulky _because she could
1 his whits. His good
eived for out-of-door dis-
t on with his topboots.
day . before- Christmas
ter Giles had returned
-noon walk.. in a very un -
r. "Why did you go
ax -man that I was poor,.
1, crossly." He's too high
`speak.to me now. I'm
nobcdy now NI ith anybody. ' They -were
;glad enough to be -friends with me once.
Forty and more I've had to dinner
.at Ghristmas time at Long Roothings,
-have'( I, Betty'? But nohody asks me
-out now. I shall have to dine all alone -
with you, Betty,."to-morrow—and noth-
iag out of the common for dinner—no
wine or a nything.: I wish you would-
not go talking to people,°Betty, and J
wish you'd dress more respectable.
Then people would't think that I was
se poor."
. Sister Betty • was puzzling over iter.
io'useaeeping books, anxiously calculat-
ing how much she` could spare to give
.her selfish brother a little Christmas
treat. Never mind, Oliver," she said,
soothingly. " You shall have a plum- e
pudding to -morrow, and we'll stay up 1
to night to see old Christmas in, as we 1
used to do at the farm; and we'll have e
•a bottle of elderberry wine. I'll go and
get the things directly after tea.'' Y
The proniis`d treat was not much of n
a treat, - but still it was -a treat, an.
Master Giles rubbed his hands, an
gave a childis`r chuckle of anticipatio,.
Before tea was over, _however, an in
vitation came for Master Giles to: eat
his Christmas dialler at;.the Stovall on
vete ary surgeon's .'My of.l women
-end the little ones are in the country,
And I should be moped to death to sit
-and feed by ;myself," said Mr.. Fieam.
You'll be better than nobody to: talk
to, bid fellow. You used to know a
bit about a hors once upon a time."
Poor Master Giles • was- delighted
with Mr, Flearn's uncomplimentary irr-
'vitation. The promising - plumb-pud-
iding at home was contemptuously kick-
ed, so to speak, into the 'middle of next
week. But when his sister goingeout
.after tea, he anxiously called after her,
" Doir't forget the elderberry :wine,
Betty." She was not likely to forget
it, as it was tha'only item of Christmas
-cheer chat she was going to buy. . As
Olivers was to dine out on theperi ow,
Sister betty had determined to make
her Christmas dinner off any old' cold
aacrap.-r she could find in the- tiny larder.
Masuer Giles had been ill that quarter,
and Sisser Betty was' dreading the doct-
or's bill.
She brought%a little saucepan up in-
t i the parlour, 'and warmed the wine
y ,d made seam toast at the parlour -fire:
ii t aster Giles roasted ,his krises over it,
4a ad soaked bis toast, and sipped - his
wine, with great cormplacency; now and
then speaking out his +childish antici-
pations of the far richer dainties he
was to enjoy on the tnoarow. So the
pair sat until the church clock :struck
twelve, and__ the church bells rang out
am-
•
gave
their joyous greetiug of Christmas
through the moonlight frosty air.
" A merry Christmas and a happy
New Year, Oliver," Basel Sinter Betty
You'd better -,go to. bed now, or you'll
be tired to -morrow. I've put the warns
Rate r bottle in your bed."
'leen Sister betty raked out the fire,
and closed the shutters, and fastened
the frontcloor. When she Caine in
from the paa..ie e to tfiake sure that the
(tfi 11 t'" h t d f
re was a . sae, s e Soo .,r' a
minute ear two watching the dying coals.
Sister Betty was by, no sneer's Senti-
mental, but slue could not help feeling;
vaguely that there was some likeness
between the raked out fireplace and her
life.
She . trudged up stairs and said her
prayers, and get into bed much as usu-
al ; but she got out again to draw up
the blind, that she might see than yi-llow
noon arid the fleecy clouds in the clear
cold sky. Ugly, middle-aged unsenti=
mental old maid as she was, herthoughts
went buck to a far-off Christmas night
waren she bad stood with her mother in
Long Roothiug:i garden, hooding her
Le id in her another's gown, and dreamily
caierning what her finite lie, was to
be, as she looked ul, at the yellow
rtioon a r!(i fleecy clouda. NOt one of
her dale ams had .ronie true, and yet be-
fore the bells Finished their pearl for the°
night, Sister betty was slee;rring, with �a
child's tranquil simle on her grim mcntlr
and wrinkled cheeks. It was the;
triumph; of -Renwcia.tion the jubilant
bells «-as ` tial ,bi•aatit.g=" It is more;
blessed to give than to receive," was
the ebulyden o' their' chime. In :her'
poor little prosaic way Sister Better was
c
a faithful though unconscious. disciple
, �
of that creed; and Christmas peace came
1
down upon her curtariuless stump bead
stead'; Christmas dreams made her
sleep soundly in s!ri to of scanty blankets
and washed-out, threadbare; patch -work
quilfi,.
brit„ up dangerous members in the
coinniui lity He maintained that the
most dangerous of all animals was a
two -legged animal, that had got a brain
in his head, and lands e n his areas, and
was capable of ra tl amount of mischief
te. the community ,,hat no mere brute
creature ever did or could do.
Drink in Moderation.
A Scotch parson once preached a
long sermon against dram -drinking, a
vice very prevalent in his.parish, and
from which, reports says, be was not
himself whoily exem j.t. " Whatever
ye do, le ethrei,," said he, ' do it m
moderation, and, aboon a' be .nr..derate
in d.aarn-drinking. When ye eget up,
indeed, ye may tak' n dram, and anitl1er
F. berore breakfast, and perhaps
�,nither after ; but cls ria be always
drain•drinkiirg. if ye are out in the
morning, ye niay jut t brace yoursei'
anitlre r dram. and perhaps tak',. anither
al, re luncheon, ancl.:;ome I fear, tak'
ane after, which i5 no sae very blame-
able ; but dinna be aalwaiys dr•.am—
dram—dramnring away. Naebody can
scruple for ane j ust. afore dinner ; and
when the dessert is bronght in, iced
after its tal'en a\va' and per•liaaps ane, or
it n ay be twa, in the course of the after-
tnoon, just to keep you fraao drowsying
and snoozling ; but diniva be always
d l•aa nr—dram —tl ram.ming. A fore tea,
and after tea, and between tea and
Sapper, and i,efore. aand i.fter. supper, ie
no more than rig.tt ar d garde ; but Jet
are caution ye .br•euhren, no to lie always
level-- clranrming. Just when ye start
for bed, and. when ye're ready to .on
1,
nto 't, and perhaps when ye wake in
the night, to tak' a drani or twa is no
more than a Christian may lawfully .do;
hut, brethren let me caution yogi not to
drink more than. I've mentioned, or.
rna,ybe'-ye may pass the bounds o'
moderation.
Dr. Guthrie on Education.
At the opening of a new ragged an
industrial schoorfor Leith, last niontb
the Rev. Ur. Guthrie made some re
marks as to the nece' ity for adopting
1. g
a compulsory system of education. He
said he had looked at some of the
speeches made by metubers of Parlia-
ment, and it would seen that men ap-
peared to think that they had made a
grand discovery in this year of grace
1869—that the thing the country re-
quired was a compulsory system of
education. Tliat it always' had. and al-
ways would require such It system, he
believed as firmly as anything. But
who discovered that The men of the
present century � Oh, no, somebody
would say, they learnt it from Prussian.
It was cfrtaiuly maintained in that
country, and it was that which gave
her the victory when., she measured
swords with Austria., and dr-cve her
like chaff before the whirlwind. But
it was not Pruesla that discovered the
desirability and necessity of such ., a
system. It was nat only discovered
but in,itated 300 years ` ago by --the
greatest ot•,paatriots, the wi.�est of' states-
men, the lrruvest of Witnesses, and the
noblest oft Christians—John Knox —
(Applause.) `l he ' great man laid it
down " that no reran \whatsoever his
state he slr�ail be.lierinitted of his own
.',liantaasr- to bring up his children, but
ie shall be compelled to give them an
ducation of learning and virtue."
uch was elle principle laid down 3t)0
ears ago by John Kwoxq sand it was
et his fault that it was not carried
d out.
heard a good deal about Eng
land's glory, and the su never setting
upon England's cloinii ions, that the
Queen of .England sway,. her sceptre
over all parts of the world, the might
of England, the wealth of England,
and alt that sort of tiling. He would
say nothing in disparagement of: it,'
only he thought they might say Great
Britain, gnu trake the poor Scotch in
wish them, when they were praising
themselves in`this manner. But there
was another side to the question. It
was an undoubted fact that there were
:b
1,200,000 children tween the age's of
5l-ated 13 years, within the bou.,ds of
England and Wales, who were growing
up like wild. beasts .without any edu-
cation whatever. Tnat was the . shame
of England whatever nriglit be its glory.
Unless everything was done to prevent
children growing up criminals, -it was
not the fault of these unhappily situated
children -if they became members of the
criminal community. The best among
them would find if their children` were
placed in similar cir•(.umstances that
they would ti'arn out equal lee bade The
only party which would feel the com-
pulsory -II -system was': the class` that was
able and not willing to. pay. It was
intolerable that a man who earned 25s.
a'week and spent it in drink . should
throw the expense of educating his -
children on the community. If the
law allowed a man's wages to be taken
for the purpose or supporting an illegiti-
mate child, much *ore ought it to al-
low a man's wages to be taken for the
purpose of educating his own family.
(Applause.) Ne man hada right to
0
Horrible Fate of Two Men
Yesterday morning between 7 and
8 o'clock a distressing accident occurred
at the pork packing establishment of
0. W. Thomas & Co., No. 553 East
Main street, which resulted in the
`death of one man and aangerous if not
fatal injuries to another.
In the "trying -room" of the estab-
lishment there is a large vat three or
four feet deep, six or eight feet wide,
and about ten feet long, in which the
refuse water and oil is drawn from the
tanks after the lard has been , lrawn off
for the pu.pose of being skimmed.
Two of the tanks of boiling water and
oil had been emptied into the vat, and
another was about being emptied, when
the foreman called to Edward Welsh
and Dennis Quinlan, skimmers," who
were standing near the edge of the vat
to get out the way. This they at-
tempted to do ; but the floor being
greasy and slippery, Welsh, who is
quite an'oid 'pian, missed bis footing
end fell into the vat. Quinlan im-
mediately rushed to his rescue and
sei..ed him by the shoulder, but Walsh,
frantic with pain, seized Quinlan by
the legs and dragged him headforetaost
into the coiling cauldron Mr. Graves
and Mr. Franklin. employee of the es-
taar,lislnment, hearing the shrieks of
suffering extracted them from the vat
aa, soon as possible and before life was
extinct. Both were boir'•.ly scalded.
Quinlan was entirely submerged, and
when his clothing was removed nearly
every particle of Skin came with it.
The men were removed to another part
of the building, Drs. Knapp and Shad-
burn summoned, and everything done
that could be to a'leviaate their suffer-
ings, after wliicn Quinlan was removed
-(olds residence on .Hancock, between
threckinridge and Laambton, and Walsh
to his home on Maitre, between Preston t
and Jackson. Quinlan lingered in
great agony until five o'clock last even-
ing, when death carne to his - relief.
Walsh ova 1 lying in a critical condition
last night, and as he inhaled the steam,
his recovery is considered doubtful..
Louisville Journal_
REMEMBER!
SANTA CLAUSE'S HEADQUARTERS
IS AT
I�fl.
R.COUNTER S
JEWELRY AND
FANO v COODS STORE,
Where he has on band one of the- largest
stocks of CHRISTMAS PRESENTS c`NTS and
New `Year's Gifts ever brought into this
County, consisting in part of Toys, Fancy
Goods, and Jewelry, suitable for old and
Ypung, rich and poor, reale and &male, all
to be cold at the lowest price for cash
(.-Remember' the Stand, Opposite Car-
miehaael's Empire Block, Seaforth.
>`'I. ►t•. UO U1V TER.
N. B.—The patent Self -fastening Skate
for sale, _
Seaforth, Dec. 17th, 1869. 53.ly
HRISTMAS IS COMING,
AND
Killoran d Ryan
Aro offering
GREAT BARGAINS
TO
CASH BUYERS t
SEA FORT -i
FUR i.TU.F WAitERCOrti
RO BE_l , ' u e r
Importer and mi n.aaaeture;r of all kind e
tiOUSEHOLD Pr RNITUR,. c,
Such as
SOFAS,.
IN THE LOUNGES.
CENTRE TABLES;,
a , M,'a:'.'` P .SSE
0 0 E R Y .� 1 E DINING & BREAKFAST t AilLES,
BLREAtlS,
TRADE. CH Air'.. , 2,11(1.
1;DS7'L3,�,
In %react Variety.
Mr. R. has give, cog 'dance in. offering hist
goods to'. the pubiic, as . they are Tniat e of
Coed Seasoned Lniit n.r, and by First -Class
Workmen.
The Stock is very large, and
MUST BE SOLD
To hake room for further purchases.
It comprises the following staple articles,: -
200 half -chests Fine Young Hyson Toa.
t00 Loxes New Raisins, -
50 barrels New Currents,
to hhds. Bright Cuba Sugar,
100 barrels Yellow Refined Sugar,
200 barrels No. 1 Labrador Herrings,
200 half -barrels Lake Huron Herrings,
50 do White Fish, •fall catch,
51) do Trout, <,
100 barrels Superior Windsor Whiskey,
50 barrels Old Rye and. Malt do
Also a large and well selected stock of
GENERAL GROCERIES I
T410 numerous to mention.
WGive them a call and see for yourselves.
KILLORAN & RYAN.
eeaforth, Dec. 9tb, 1869. 102-3m.
N
FALL GOODSI
J.Bonthrontt Son's
CONSISTING OF
Ready -Made Clothing,
:
BOOTS & SHOES,
CANADIAN & ENGLISH TWEEDS,
Fl,nnels,
Winceys,
Fancy Dress Goods,
Breakfast Shawls
Clouds and Hoods,
t) Prints,
Carey Cottons, (cheap)
Also a choice lot of
GR OOERlEs1
Always kept on hand.
J. Donthron St Sons,
CO FF f @ FA ADTOODER
On the Shortest Notice.
WOOD TURN N a
Done with Neatness and ?Je patala
Warerooms
TWO DOORS SOUTH SHARP'S HOTEL
Main Street.
Seaforth. Jan. 6th. '1 S69.
ST RAW OU : TER.
The subscriber desrres to -intimate to - the
public that he is sole agent in Seaforth for
the sale of
MAXWELL, h; WHITELAW' S
Cele&rated
STRAW CUTTER
MORSE AND HAHO POW=ER,
Also for Massey's improved
Grain "Crusher.
A STOOK KEPT CONATANTLy ON AICD-
OLIVER C. WILSON.
Market Square-
Seaforth.
squareSeaforth, NM 19th. 1869. 192-tf
EATTER
EXCHANGE. BP,( .ER
And d deal
er '
Inu
?? re
DRUGS, CHEMICALS .S & CYE - ST'DFFS.
The Drug Department is under the special,
care of an experienced Chemist, ._
it. M. PEARSOi
January 21st, 1569. -13.
tar
{re
M T'.
HOS.
BELL has naw on hand the
O largest stock in Seaforth, of every des-
cr iption of Furniture, from the commonest to
the finest, and all at the lowest prices. Qual-
ity
uara;ltof materialeed. employed, and workmanship
.
-CT]TD SET -KI 'G
In all its departments, attended to in a sat s
factory manner. A Hearse for hire.
T, BELL.
PATENT .SPRING I'$ATTRAS-
Kept constantly on hand, and fitted to any
bedstead. This article is the best and cheap-
est made, as attested to by all who have ne-
ed it. Warranted to give satisfaction.
M` -Remember the plane,
0 P°0 S
K 1DD- t'c. M'M i LK I h 'S.
Seaforth, Aug, 5, 1869. 87-tf
LIVERY STABLE.
TAMES ROSS desires to inform the pub -
O !J he that he has opened a New Livery
pposite Ilickson s Old Stand. Stable in connection with his hotel, where
parties can be accommodated with brat -class
horses and vehicles, as reasonable prices.
► Seaforth, Oct„ 15, 1869. 974/
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Seaforth, Dec. I. ,i2-tf
Ther
more t
spirit y
{' Chris
book
counted
through
-whet el,a,
tobewY
and hod
Ardent,
Read at
gnnial sag
impulse
charity.
Ci ,isti.a
3#3 fl anent' :g
sweeter
aagicaal
Ino rn ins
-?Ustle of
the hail s
?in, and
smi .ten yt
Vision of
C artarnetl',
merry me
:merry -las
kindness
Jookir .il
fail rea lit
us contras',
and reeog
.striving, a
,heman bet
hresisle.
the mom
:' { hr-:istn;
should fin
2ffeetionat
an inevtal
and areata
raped of 1,
expressed
admirably
diesses. gill
°
cultivated,
well as the
it satisfies
taste, So
spiration, 1
is always an
and entirels
universal el
seems the pe
idem and
areafsew
the worad,
ince and ford
bad always l
sand these
3 iterA,rtur e
. f1t n tic if 0
The Life t
George
of the .vese7
Brigbani'
several weal,
dent, of th
lead two wi,
Lira, and tai
the ipxurie
Oaf the Ein
from the ti
afford them
gaged most
"was not v
recond >r ife.
Lake Citi
had no cert
deWl out IA
often the epi
articles on
Cannon's wr
tithing otfic
obliged to
i n v islrlt
sometlnies s
colla obttigajta
of her child
hunger at by
to obtain as
few patinas
walk with
snow and sb
mad the.
scanty shot;
comfortless,;
without a
inane. Th
often feel
„of ringb me
;the _tempie,,
-from the titI
ling to apprc
ithe rations°
Athate. r1
-crushed and?
err . wd., she >
arvthin ; a,>
plied, and 1
nothing left
sof .plural wi
sent upon a
one iir:,tanc-
have, and
Luke City..
;a Hiram
taping notel
Ideceut parti
3irig ruiea�, w
ale :to our
When yot
to hold yam'
lame pave