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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1870-06-03, Page 1_S. 1870 mminulimmummemiims d grkt red at nsf as he e b his sed the most ord, or a cry, was a case of mace. HiS fOr- from the by.. &tripe,. "as the epen, his: agony as expected he it; but no I he ilvavery worthy stripe being ad- . unloosed and n a smile of re- doubt the cer- as the happiest assed into the palet and be stumbling at ▪ - ify their customers hat they have re - PC Above W. - rlian Ware on hand a. large GROCERIES and Y.FLOUR, and all '<change fr Groce- a, is will be &livered tiaaforth, Harpur ; t .a & . a,„ or Flour Irliest value. ARSON & CO 52-1y. MEROOMS rSON r of 0.11- kind.s of TAB -FRS, MA.TTRASSES,• TABLES, Great Varity. 'gee fla offering his !made of Good . Viist-CIas-s Work - R. 67-tf. +miter, ER OF THE L.IROTs1. - ming, 111 Seaforth. e County. s WA. nee ;if not so paid subscription taken months. tATES. rt&; subsequent se vertisements me er- No adverti. Dollar. - $60 00 - 300 - 2000 300 20.O - 12 00 20 00- - 12:00 8 00 - 12 00 8 OCt. • 500 eel& directicsas, charged. award - 11941. VIM. F. PATON, "Freedom in Trade—Liberty in Religion -.-Equality in Civil Rights". :EDITOR & PUBLISHER. VOL. 3, NO. 26, • BUSINESS CARDS. f MEDICAL. ID TRACY, M. D., Coroner for the County of Iti.Huron• Office and Reaidence—On door Jii. • East of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Seaforth, Dec. 14th, 1868. __ . 534y , TT L. VERCOE, M. D. C. M.; Physician, -Sur- • ron etc., Office and Residence, , corner la 9 of Mir et and High Street, immediately in rear of Kidd. & IvIcMulkm's Store. Seaforth, Feb. 4th, 1870. 53-1y. • DR.W. .It. SMITH, Physician, Surgeon, etc. If Office,—Opposite Veal's Grocery. Resi- dence—Main-street, North. . Seaforth, ,Dec. 14, 1863. 534y , . T CAMPBELL, M. D. C. M., (Graduate of W- O „ Gill University, Montreal) Physician, Sur- geon, etc., Seaforth; -Office and Residence—Old Post Office -Building-, up stairs, where he will be found by night or day when at home. ' Seaforth, July 15th, 1869. 84431 LEGAL. PF. WALKER, Attorney -at -Law and So- „ licitor-in-Chancery, Conveyancer, Notary Public, &c. Office of the Clerk of the Peace, Court House, Goclerich, Ont. . N.. --Money to lend. at 8 per cent on Farm •E i Land . - 1 Goderich, Jaai'y. 28. 1870. 112-1y. _ 1,y/CAUGIIEY & HOLMSTEAD, Barristers, _VI.. Attorneys at Law,- Solicitors in Chancery and Insolvency, Notaries Public and Conveyanc- ers. •Solicitors for the R., C. Bank, Seaforth, Agents for the Canada Life Assurance Co. N'.• B.-830,000 to lend at 8 per cent. Farms, Houses and Lots for sale. Seaforth, Dec. 14th, 1.868 53-tf. BENSON & MEYER, Barristers'ancl Attorney at Law, Solicitors in Clia.ncery and Insolv- ency, Con-veyancers, Notaries Public, etc. Of- fices,—Seaforth and. Wroxeter. Agents for the Trust and. Loan. Co. of Upper Canada, and the Colonial Securities Co. of London, England. - Money at 8 per cent; no commission, charged. TAS. H. BENSON, H. w. 0. MEYER • Seaforth, Dec. 10th -1868. •-,• 53-ly DENTAL G. W.. HARRIS L. D. S. Arti- asia . ficial 'Dentures inserted with all the Gam& latest improvements. The greatest , care taken fur the preservation of decayed and tender teeth. Teeth extracted without pain. Rooms over Collier's Store. • Seaforth. Dec. 14, 1898. • • ly. HOTELS.. MMER01AL HOTEL, Ainleyvill , Ja,mes C0 Laird, proprietor, affords first-class accom- modation for the travelling _public. - The larder and bar are always supplied with the best the , markets afford. Excellent stabling in connection ; .A inleyville, April 23, 1869, 70-tf. t KNOX'S HOTEL (LATE SHARP'S) The nn- dersigned begs to thank the public for the liberal patronage awarded to him rn times past ] in the hotel business, ancl also to inform- them that he has again resumed business in the above 1 stand, where he wili be happy to have a call ] from old. friends, and many new ones. -• •- THOMAS KNOX. _ Seaforth, May 5, 1870.126-tf. .• JR. ROSS, Proprietor New • Dorainion Hotel, . begs to inform the people of Seaforth and the travelling community generally, that he keeps first -Glass accommodation in every thing required by travellers'. A good stable and willing hostler always on hand, Regular Boarders will receive every necessary attention.• •Seaforth i Feb. 8th, 1869, 63-1y. s. € f t 1 a I v o I if c .rt v 0 NA d P tl :y, ti h: ts w IA al rn fo hi Ed] yE UI in ca bt fig hacc, ci p.vc, thj ala of BRITISH EXCHANGE HOTEL, GoDERICH, 0,a -r. , J. CALLAwAY,, PROPRIETOR; J. S. WILLTAIrs; (late of American Hotel, Warsaw, N. Y.) Manaaer. This hotel has recently been new ly furnished, and refitted throughout, midis now one of the most cnrafortable and commodious irr the Province. Good Sample Rooms for Commer- cial Travellers. Terms liberal. Goderich, April 14, 1870. 123-tf. 1 MISCELLANEOUS 1 SHARP'S LIVERY STABLE, MAIN TS.' SEAFoRPti. First Class -Horses and Carriages always on hand at reasonable terms. 1. R .L. SHARP, Proprietor. Seaforth, May -.5th, 1870. 3.--tf--- SMAILL & CROOKE, Architects, etc. Plans( . . and Specifications drawn correctly, 0arpen-4 -,er's, Plasterer's, and Mason's work, measured ind valued. Office—Over J. C. Detlor & Co.'s ttore, Court -House Square, Goderich. Goderich, Apri123, 1869. 79-iy, & W. AfelIIIILItIPS, Provincial Land Sur- , Veyors, Civil Enbineers, etc. All manner If Conveyancing done with neatness and dispatch, `. McPhillips, Commissioner in B. R. Office— 4 -ext door south of Sharp's Hotel, Seaforth. •wl Seaforth, Dec:14, 1868. - 53.1.y , - . TS. PORTER, Seaforth, Ont., dealer in hides, . sheap skins, furs and wool. Liberal advance- lents made on consignments. Money to lend. asurance agent Debts collected, - Highest rice paid for green backs.—Office east sidk of fain Street, one door north Johnson BrOs'. rardware Store. 122-tf. 3HA.ZLEHURST, Licensed Auctioneer fo _ the n,, .,..-r IT- ...-- r -f _ _i _ ••1 . Particular attention paid to the sale of Bankrupt Stock. Farm Stock Sales attended on Liberal Terms. Goods Appraised, Mortgages Foreclosed, Landlord's Warrants Executed. Also, Bailiff First Division Court for, Huron. Poderich, June 9th, 1869. • 76. tf, SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1870. WHOLE NO. 130. • BI4L'AND JOE. BY 0. W. HOLMES. Come, dear old comrade, you and I Will steal an hour from cla,ys gone by— The shining days when life was new, And all was. bright with morning dew— The lusty days of long ago, When you were Bill and I was Joe. Your name may flaunt a titled. trail, Proud as a cockerel's rainbow tail; And mine. as brief appendix wear As Tam O'Shanter's luckless mare; To -day, eld friend, remember still That I ata Joe and you are Bill. You've won the great world's envied prize, And grand you. look in people's eyes, • With 110 N, and L. L. D., • In big brave letters, fair to see -,– Your fist, old fellow! off they go • How are you, Bill? How_ are you, Joe? You've worn the judge's ermi4ed robe; • You've taught your name to half the globe; • You've sung mankind a deathless strain; You've made the dead past .live again ; - The world may call you what it will, But you and I are Joe and Bill. The chaffing young folks stare and say, See those old buffers, bent and gray,— They talk like fellow's in their teens! Mad, poor old boys! That's whit it means," And. shake their heads; they little know The throbbing hearts ofBill and Joe. How Bill forgets his hour of pride, While Joe sits smiling at his side; How Joe, in spite of tAme's disguise, Finds the old schoolmate in his eyes;— Those calm, stern eyes that melt and fill As Joe looks fondly up at Bill. Ah, • pensive scholar, what is faine T A fitfultongue of leaping flame; A giddy- whirlwind's fickle gust, That lift's a pinch of mortal dust; A few swift years, and who can show Which dust was Bill and which was Joe? The weary idol takes his stand, Holds out his bruised and aching hand, While gaping thousands come and go,-- How-vain..it seems, this empty show !— Till all at once his pulses thrill ;— 'This poor old Joe's "God bless you, Bill !" 'And shall we breathe in happier spheres The names that pleased our mortal ears, . In some sweet lull of harp and song For earth -born spirits nonetoo long, Just whispering of the world below Where this was Bill, and that was 'Joe? No matter • while our hothe is hero No souncliigname is half so dear; When fades at length our lingering day, Who cares what pompous tombstones say? Read on the hearts that love us still, Hie jacet Joe. Hic jacet Bill. And then, as if somebody whispered to there came the thought of Walter Sterne's -c fortable bank account, so very large for a -yo man with his salary and expenses. "I hope hope not," said Abel, "I w der what Belle thinks of him? Anyhow I m warn.her." • And so, after dinner that evening, Abel ca his daughter into the library and unfolded terrific 'budget of news. So absorbed was he t he hardly noticed Belle's sudden change of co when he dimly hinted his -suspicions. "But, father, are you certain May you be mistakenr - "No, not about the deficit." But who could have taken the money." "Any two of them could, if they worked to ther, or maybe one of them could hav'done it al him, om- ung on- ust lled his hat lor not ge- one al- k old. till ny- rd ce ne nd to ed. ut d. er- ffi- ked rY- ol- n u - To as- dy ng ad Ps Ile nd a- a ly in THREE FINE YOUNG MEN proud !young man was Abel Leonard—proud f his house and everything in it; proud. of his legant and accomplished, daughter; proud of his ong established and profitable business. Abel Leonard had. been heard to boast that he had1,':' iis concern the three finest young men in the city. here was his own son Charley ;he was certainly fine young ra' an, and his father was more than a Little proud. of him. Then there was Evan Jones, the heaci book- eeper. Certainly Evan Jones was a fine young. an. Thirdly, a sort of head clerk and general mana- er, who° raade himself felt everywhere, and of %thorn even his employer was half inclined to tan.d in awe ; there was Walter Sterne, with an xpression of self-containecl firmness • about his 11, solid looking lips that forbade one denying hat Walter Sterne was a very fine young man. Walter had many peculiar ways of _Ms own. e owned the very respectable house he lived in, ndneve4heless he was accustomed to make the act known, that he supported his mother, who as also his housekeeper, an excuse for all sorts f unnecessary economies, though not only Abel eonard, but his fellow -clerks; were well aware at Walter's bank •account had been steadily mbing upward from the hoar, ten years ago, at he had entered the establishment; and yet alter Sterne was a welcome visitor at the -house his employer, for not only could he converse in ost modem languages, but he could be entertain glai. many ways, and his knowledge of music as by no means contemptible. - Three very fine young men were these, un- ubtedly Abel Leonard was justified ha lieing 'oud of them; but the time had come, in the na- ral course of human events, when the old gen- eman must necessarily be puzzled. For forty ars he had no partner in business, and for half at time he had accustomed himself to look upon s daughter Belle as a girl; but now two impor- nt facts'were -slowly dawning upon him. • One as that he, must speedily assign the charge of his siness to younger and more active management, d the other was that two of his very fme young en were -rivalling each other in well -directed ef- rts to establish .even a nearer connection with self than that of partner in business. Abel Leonard had always pretended to keep a arp eye after his books and. balances, but of late ars this had been little more than a pretense, til, now tbathe seriouslycontemplated a change his arrangements, he once more made a practi- 1 reality of his formal examinations. No one t himself knew this, however, for AbelLeonard s not a talkative man. Perhaps the old gentleman was not as quick at res as he had once been and there were some counts that puzzled hip; sadly. At all events went .over them again and again. Still he call - no one to his assistance, though, as Charley s cashier, Evan Jones head book-keeper, and as Walter Sterne's duty to go over things af- them, he could have very easily had every - g explained. • To be sure, Walter had been ent for two orthree days, just before theworst he puzzle came. • That night Abel Leonard nt home with a clouded brove, and a good deal less of pride than usual in his heavy step. "There can be no doubt of it—no doubt of it whatever; there's a deficit of three thousand dol- lars in the cash account, and it was well covered- • up, too; false entries and false footings, and what not • but they could not deceive old Abel. I wonder how long the thing has been going on?" They have chances every now and then, but W ter has the most." •„ Belle could say little more, but t the whole • seemed impossible. "Walter will be back to -night,” said the gentleman, "and I will say nothing about it he has had a look at the books." • Oh, dear !" said Belle. "It's too bad, a how." , The next day Abel Leonard sent down wo that -he was ill, and did not make his appearan • • on that or the day following, so that the three 11yOUng men had it all their own way. The seco evening Walter Sterne cline up to the house make one of his frequent calls. He was receiv as usual • made a good report of the busines ; b he seemed to have something heavy on his min ' What it was he did not mention in his brief int view with his employer, nor did the latter, mu • ed up in his somewhat theatrical fiarmels, ma any allusion to his. own portentious diseove After the talk with the old gentleman there f lowed a very interesting call in the parlor, a never before had Belle Leonard seemed so subd ecl in her manner or so sweetly engaging. - such an extent did her manner an.d the half-ple ing expression of her face work upon the alrea pretty well fornied determination of her you friend, that the secret, which for a long time Ji been only -half a secret, forced its way to his li in a rush of earnest and eloquent avowal. Be bowed her face upon her hands for.a moment,a .then raised it, pale as marble, but as firm. "Mr. Sterne must give me time for consider tion.- If he will call again to-m'orrow evening will give him his answer." Walter's fellow -clerk was destined to receive very similar reply to a very similar question, on • that Evan was put off somewhat indefinitely. • Still later that same evening, two very fm young men were walking down Broadway, arm arm, when one said to the other : 1 "Evan, I can't go to the old gentleman for more money just now; have you any over ?" "Not a cent. You know how unlucky we've been of late." "Can't you raise soine ?" "Don't think. I can. You know I've done a geed deal for you already." • Yes; but that will be all right when you marry Belle." Yes , • but you must help me." "Why don't you propose?" . "1 did that very thing to -nigh -t" "You don't say so ! What luck ?" "Good I should think; only she has put me off for a week." "Oh, that's nothing. You couldn't have ex- pected an answer off -hand." "Not from so proud a girl as Belle Leonard. Still you can help me." . • "I will. Don't be afraid; I'm not anxious for Walter Sterne as a brother-in-law, I can assure " Ha, ha! don't worry yourseh about that." • . And so they separated ; but the next morning, no sooner did Evan. Jones reach the store, than Walter called him aside for a private consulta- tion. w atever was its nature, even the countenance of WalterSternewas unable to conceal an expres- sion of astonishment and consternation. • "But why did you not tell me at once?" he asked. "I knew your cast-iron ways, and I was afraid you •would tell the old gentleman, and that wouldn't do, you know." • • "Tell him? NO, never! We must keep him ignorant at any cost." "But how will we do it ?" • "0.h, leave that to me. I'll go over the books again at once, - There won't be the 'slightest dan- ger." ••_ Walter Sterne was unusually busy with his ac- counts that day, and in the -afternoon, late, Abel Leonard came down in a carriage. He tumbled the books over as usual, but had little to say, and he really looked sick when he started for home. , The ride was not a long one, but it seemed to have shaken all the pride out of the little fat mer- chant, As he entered the hall he was met by Belle. ; " Father •?" "The very worst, Belle !" "How do you mean ?" • "The footings and entries all corrected, and the - cash is all straight again." "But how is that the worst?" "The corrections are all in Walter Sterne's own hand. He has been alarmed- in some way, and has put the money back to save himself." 014 -father, isn't it terrible . "Indeed itis, Belle. And I lov.ed that young man almost like a son. I'd have trusted him with all I was worth." • • And to tell the truth, both father and daughter were thoroughlymiserable. Belle especially- look- ed forward with a nervous horror to the fast ap- proaching hour for Walter's call. • At last the expected feet were on the door -step, and never had he looked so near the beau ideal of a 'fine young man" in the eyes that, already - swollen with tears, looked out at him through the curtains. There was even a look of pride and elation on Walter's face as he entered the parlor, but his countenance fell as he cast his eyes on the face that came forward to meet him. • • "Miss Leonard !" - "Mr. Sterne—" - And for a few moments neither of them could say more, and. Walter's heart beat almost audible. Their embarrassment was, to say the Nast chang- ed in in its nature by the sudden appearance Of Abel Leonard. • "Walter Sterne I will save Belle the trouble of giving you her answer. Does not your own conscience tell you what it ought to be?" "My conscience? I cannot comprehend. you." "Then• I will say that I have examedthe books! Yes, you may well turn pale, for I saw them be- fore you made the eorrections. I may also add that I have exerted an unwilling confession from Mr. Jones—not that he has done wrong in any - thing, but his desire to shield you. It will not be necessary for you to come to the office to -mor-: row, Walter Sterne." While the old • gentleman had been speaking, Walter had been thinking with lightning speed., and he now replied, in a deep and firm, though husky voice: "Abel Leonard, I see into what a snare I have fallen; but I see also that I cannot at once lift myself out of it. I will only say now that I have • been utterly honest with you, and more than -ho- nest. There is not one stain on my conscience." And so saying, Walter strode out of the room, and out of the house, leaving a deeper impression behind him than he was aware of. As for Belle, she threw herself upc,n a sofa in the back parlor, and all but•sobbed herself to sleep. Perhaps an hour, perhaps more, passed by, when Belle was awakened by manly voices, con- versing near her in low tones, in the darkness. "No _you can't, Charley, - that was the very mo- ney I let you have. I told him you helped your- self to it, and he made it -good to straighten the books and clear you. It was only by bad luck that the old gentleman pryed it out, and it's too late to help it. He'll forgive Walter in a day or so. Then, you know, it fixes the other thing. • Thus far „Charley had said. very little that Belle could hear, but now his voice was raised a little. - • "Evan Jones, I never did a mean thing in my life. Do you think I'll shield myself or you eith- er, at the expense of a man that -would do so gen-- °roils a thing as that? No, not by—" "Hurrah for -you, Charley !" almost screamed Belle, as she sprang from the sofa and threw her arms around- his neck—very narrowly missing the mistake of hugging the wrong man. "I knew that Walter Sterne watrnot dishonest! Go this instant and bring him back. Never mind how late it is. I'll go and tell father right away.". • By the time she ceased speaking, there came a loud bang froai the front door, as it shut behind the retreating form of Evan Jones. - Charley went, as he was bid.den; and if Abel Leonard never again boasted -of his • "three fine young men," he had, after years much •to say about "my son-in-law, Mr. Sterne, sir." Funeral Rites m Greenland. There are some very curious funeral rites in Greenland, where, on its becoming evident to the friends and relations of an Escpaimaux that, eith- er from sickness or old age, he is in a very bad way, a•solemn conclave is assembled anda long consultation held, in which it is debated, pro and con, whether the sick man can recover ; should it be decided against him, the fact is announced by a deputation as a fact in which the sick man is bound to a,cquiese. No extravagant demon- stration of grief accompanies this avowal, for it seems to be regarded by all parties as an inevi- table law of nature that the man must die, and. they therefore accept it philosophically. Soon after the decision is made to. the patient he is borne to the door of his snow -hut by his friends, a bow and arrow placed in Ins his hands, and • with such strength as is left to him he shoots, and as the arrow leaves the bow -string he se-hrs Ins connexion with the thingof this life—for on the spot on which the arrow fails the grave of the living man (officially regarded as dead) is at once made; and sown up in his " irayak, " with his Weapons beside him, he is deposited therein with- out further loss of time.—The last scene in the °life of an Esquimaux would make a fine picture; the cluster of snow -huts standing like pigmies amidst the huge masses of blue black ice ; around the clear piercing air, illuminated only by the waving meshes of theaurora borealis, in the force ground the group of fur -clad figures clustering round, supporting the fainting form. of one whom they are instructing in his last voluntary act, which severs his ties to this earth forever. Paper --Its Material and Uses. — From the best authorities it would appear that cotton was the first material ulied in the manufac- ture of paper, after papyrus, The exact date is not known, but it is pretty well authenticated that. paper from this material was made and used in. the eleventh century. The Chinese, since the decadence of the papyrus manufacture inAlexan- clria, Egyptonay be considered the grertest man- ufacturers and users of paper. With them paper occupies a place of iinportance not equalled by any other one substance in use by us. They em- ploy it for clothing, building, decorations, toys, and a hundred other necessities. They utilize linen rags,. the hmer bark of trees, the fibres of cane and bamboo, and for "rice paper " the stems of a wild leguminous plant. - • The soles of boots, umbrellas, hats, garments resembling in texture, and durability woven fabrics, kitchen and tlible utensils, boxes, bowl ,s &c., this ingenious people fashion from paper. Even their pocket handker- chiefs are made of it, and some speeimens of their paper are scarcely inferior in toughness and elas- ticity to the best textile fabrics. We have scarce- ly reached their aptness in the quality of the pa- per, an .d are far behind them in adapting the ma- terial to our every day needs. We make paper. water pipes, paper row boats, paper hats and bon- nets, paper collars, cuffs, and shirt fronts. We use it for twine to tie up paper packages. I* is doubtful if any other material is susceptible of a greater diversity of uses ; yet we seem to lack the means of producing it cheaply enough to su- persede other and more costly Substances. • It is • hardly to be believed that knowledg,e of tire man- ufacture, the various processes to admit it to ma- nifold uses, is lacking, but rather the difficulty of procuring the niaterial from which it is made •prevents us frorn making a more extended use of it. For some years paper "stock has been very dear. Rags has advanced in price, as cotton went up. W-ood fibres and straw have been tested with a view of keeping down the continually increasing price of rags, and furnishing a cheaper and equal- ly valuable material. Yet these, especially the latter, are not new attempts. So long ago as 1756 the Germans •used straw, and. in 1776 a book was printed in France, the paper of which was made of linden or basswood. In 1800 good. white paper was made in England from straw and wood. It is certain that neither straw nor wood have yet been found equal to cotton and linen as a material for the production.. of paper. -410at to. A Safe Ivvestment.--Pat was helping Mr. Blank to get a safe into his office, and being ac- quainted with the article, asked what it was for. "To prevent Papers ancl other articles which are -placed in it from being burnt in case of fire," said Mr. B. "An shure, fl nothing iver burn that is put in that thing. "No." "Well, then your honor, you'd better be after getting into the same thing when ye die," VAR IETIES. " Will you take lunch ?" is now rendered, in • Boston, "Will you surround some nourishment?" Cause of Weakness —A milkman accounted for the weakness of his milk by saying that the cows •, got caught in. the rain. The Clank of the Chain.—"I like to read epi- grams against us women,"' said Mrs. Clever. "When a culprit clanks his • chains you know they •are on him" The Cleveland Herald thinks the maniage service should be changedlo read—Who -dares take thiswonian ? and the groom shall answer— : I dare.' An Anierican paper says, "You might as well attempt to shampoo the head of 'an -elephant with thimbleful ef soapsuds, as to attempt to do business and ignore.printer's ink." . Taking it Literally.—Empleyer to New Clerk t "Well, Suffies, have you posted the ledger' New Clerk : Yeth thir, i've pothed the ledger; but lor, thfr, it -wath too big for trte letter -both, and I had to take it inthicle the Poth-Offith. Something Like a Downfall.—A traveller who has crossed the Atlantic tells a story of a storm when the rain poured down in such terrible, ter- rible torrents that the ocean rose ten inches. "There's no mistake," said he ; "besides the Cap- tain kept a niark onthe side �f the vessel." In a recent d.ual between two American law- yers, on of them had. shot away- the _skirt of the other's coat. His second, observing the truth of his aim, declared. that, had his friend been en- gaged with a client, he would veryaprobably have bit his pocket. Life in Tropical Africa. --The daily life of a "black fellow" has been very graphieally- d.eseri- bed. in a few words. lie gets a large melon, cuts it in two, and scoops out the inside, one half he hi puts on s head, he sits on. the other half, and eats the middle. --- Keeping up the Character —Lord F. marrieda Ins cook. On the bridal day it rained tremen dously—the coachman awl his attendant sprites were wet through, "Ah," said a wag, "all quite • in character—there's always dripping wherever she goes." • " I am afraid. you don't like when they cry, ' said a matron. to a gentleman, as she tried to sooth the darling in her arms. "Oh, yes," said he, "I like thern best when • they cry, because I've always observed that then they are invari: ably carried out of the room." Dr. Johnson, when in indigent circumstanc,es, was offered a rectory if he would enter into or- ders ; but, sensible of the asperity of histemper, he declined it saying, "I have not the requisitesfor the office, and. I cannot in conscience shear the flock which.I am unable to love." A Compromise.—At- our barber's, yesterday morning, there was an old chap With a head as a billiard ball. "I say now barber," snarled. he, "part hair evenly."—There isn't inuch left to part," said the man of lather --"You 'have al- ways said that, and yet you have finished. by parting it somehow, and I dare say you can now,"—"No use to try sir; but I'll tell you what I'll do, ni make a line with s piece of red chalk." A Sharp Clergyman. —There was once a dif- ficulty amongst the simpers of Dr. Samuel West's church, New Bedford, U. S, and it was reported. hat the choir would not sing a note on the next Sunday. The Doctor commenced that morn- ng's worship by giving out Watt's hymn. "Come we who love the Lord," After reading it thro" e looked up,yery enaphatically at the their, and aid, "You will begin at the second verse `Let those refuse tO sing Who lever knew our God. —They sung that hymn. Too Much Light —When Daniel Webster and his brother Ezekiel were together, they had fre- uent literary disputes; and on one oecassion, af- ar they had retired to bed, they entered 'into a qua,bble about a certain passage in one of their choolbooks, and having risen to examine the au- horities in their possession, they set the bed- lothes on fire, and nearly burnt their father's - welling. On being questioned next morning in egard to the accident Daniel remarked that 'they were in -pursuit of light," but got more han they wanted. As a well-knowu American divine was walking o a Church in which he was to preach, he got m- o a conversation with an .old. coloured man, who sured him that he had rejoiced in a Christain ope for upwards of fifty years. "Are you going church ?" he asked. It was the only chureli the village. "No sah ; I neber go to church," "you never •go to church," exclaimed. the as- nished minister, " and yet you have been a hristian these fAty years V'—"No. sah ; 1 neber o to hear them young ministers prac-tize. I'm a reacher myself." • An Irish Letter.—"Thidget; darling, come a. 088 to Ameriky to rae then, it's myself is do- g a nate business here with a son of Father alone's—sure it's with his brother I mane. He eeps a whiskey store here and I does the waiten. e tould me the other morning that he had no oney, and. I tould. him I would take part of the hock every Saturday as wages; but says he,— ure Pat, if I pay you that way, I will soon ve no shtock at all left, and you will have it .' Says I to him, says I, 'Sure you can work r me then, alaima, and earn it back agin, and. we can keep it up, aud be masther, month in d month out, and wages will come aisy to both 11 q. -0 as to li in to cr •in st ,s ha, all fo SO an of Arne eau Courtesy.. A writer in the Ottawa Citizen testifies : "Be- ing at Ogdensburg= the siumner of 1864, I had occasion tovisitan American gunboat, -Wien re- fitting at thl.t port, and destined. for use on the Upper Lakes, - She was a very the vessel; speed 17 knots an hour, armament two Parrot guns— one a 120 pounder, and an 84, and two, if not four Dahlreu caaTonades. She had just come round from Boston, and had passed without a question, through the whole line of our $t. Lawrence can- als, and the officers, a, very hospitable set of gen- tlemen, expert° crede, were loud in their praise of the courtesy and. aid they had received. This, too at a time when belligerency, openly and avowedly, existed, we gave the Northerners the use of our canals as we gave them the use of our harbors. On what pretext, therefore, can they exclude Canadians for the use of the Ste. Marie Canal, when not even one speck of war ex ists to justify the exclusion."