HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1871-01-27, Page 1JANUARY 20,
SPECIAL; NOTICES,
--exertion, either of body or mind,
de debility and disease. The usual
- is to take some stimulant, the er-
which is the same as giving a tired
he whip instead of oats_ The true.
to fortify the system with a per.-
.., tonic like the Peruvian, Syrup (a,
de of iron), which gives strength
or to the whole system.
91KR Caen or BRONCHITIS CURIED.,
peratiided to try Fellows' Come"
yrots of Hypophosphites for Bron -
front which, I had suffered much_
uted only three bottles, and my
la now hotter than it ha a been for
there is a general demand for it
f parts_ , Yours respectfully,
' W. J. Nilson.
water, N,S., 2c1 March, 1869.
s $1 50 a bottle ; 6 for $7 50. Solt
thecaries and by F. Condit & CO.,
ale agents, Montreal.
kN'S WAFERS, (The great public
r, ) have now been in use over
years, hence it cannot be said
,ey are on trial. They have beers
ehly tried, and pronounced (en the
rcty of those whose liveand health
sve preserved) to be a ems, herm-
it eminently salutary preparation,
taken in season will invariably
Ids, coughs, sore throat, and al/
aat affection's.One fair trial will
m the most skeptical.
by every druggist and most of the
able stores throughout the Pro-
rtt 25 centsper box.
OP -a
;Is
=it
ce4
PIM
Woo,
DAY SCHOOL.
WILLIAM MOONEY, fotmerle-
o, Sizar in Trinity Coliege, Dublin,
graduated Associate in Arts, in the
trnietersity, Ireland, will open a
in an apartment of Mr. Carmi-
• new building, OR Mo N DAY, 23rd
tt, 1871, where he will undertake
iranniaate to a limited number of
rs, a knowledge of the varioue sub -
'which constitute the basis of a.
-
and thoreagh knewIedge. -
Mooneywas for some years, head
in (sae of the 'Royal endowed
e in Ireland, and should this, ex-
sacceed, he would -spare no
s or expense in establishMg a su-
Academy in Seaforth, where ache
-
...aid be prepared to enter the lint -
7e will be an Evening Class formed
same time.
orth, Jan. 13, 1871. 162-3t
r,VING HURON..
3: ,N THE 3rd CONCESSION,
InITTIarn.rire
Better. -kno,n-n- as the
IMAM TittOMPOIR FARM
:ed for sate, it is admitted by all
ow this Lon, that for crops and
t has no- swperior in the county_
Address,. r
sea:forth.
Nov. 3, 1870. 152 -
THE
on spottort
THE
iPaper of the County of Ilurow.
IS ITTLIsHED
FRIDAY MORN ING-
tY SEAR) RTH.
TERMS.
0 per immense ire advance, if not-
; $2-00 will be charged. No sub
taken for a shorter period than
meths;
DVERTISING RATES.
TRANSIENT_
nes -first insertion, 8 eta ; subses.
usertioni, 2 as, each time. Ad-
-silents measured by a male of solid
No advertisement taken for
One Dollar.
CONTRACT RATES
lumn foe One Year, - $60 00
" Six Months, - 3500
" Three n
One Year,
Six Months,
s' Three n -
One -Year,
44 Six Monthe
Threee _
- •
20 00
35 00
20 00
12 00
20 00
12 00
8 00
44' One Year, - - 12 00
Six Months- - 800
" Three " - - - 5 00
ertisements, without specifio three -
will be inserted till forbid, and
accordingly.
MeLEAN BROTHERS,'
ntennSilt. Publishers_
• -XeLEAltr.
_--zsec.v.,Accualue=raereemsests.
MACLEAN BROTHERS,
t t
Freedom tn
racle--Liberty in
Religion Etacsliby in Cimil Right".
EDITORS & PUBLISHERS.
VOL 4, NO 8.
'SEAFOliTII, FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1871.
WHOLE NO. 144.
BUSINESS CARDS.
MEDICAL.
RTRACY, M. At Coroner for the
„ County of Huron. Office -and Re-,
oidence—One dieerEast of the Methodist'
Epitcopal Church. .
Seaforth, Dec. 14th; 1868. 53-ly
.C. MOORE, M. D., C. M. ( raduate
It. of McGill Universitte M ntreal,)
:Physician, Surgeon, &c. Office and resi-
,dence Zurich, Ont.:
Znrich, Sept. 7th, 1870. 144
T AMES STEWART, 3,11, D., C. M.,
„ Graduate of McGill University,
Monteeal, PhysiCian, Surgeon, &c. Office
and residence—Brueefield,
Brucefield, Jan. 13, 1871.
DR.
W. R. SMITH, Physician, Sur-
geon, etc e Office, ---Opposite .Scott
_Robertson's _Resi lence — Main -street,
North.
Seaforth, Dec. 14, 1863. 53-ly
TT L. VERCOE, M. D. C. M., Physi-
Ft, dam Surgeon, etc. - Office and Re-
nidence, corner of Market and, High
Street, immediately in rear of Kidd's
eStore.
Seaforth, Feb. 4.th, 1876. 53-1y.
TAIL' CAMPBELL, Coroner for the
..County. Office andsresiden' ce, over
.Corby's, corner store, Main street, Sea -
'forth. Office day, Saturday. 159
LEGAL
WALKER, Attorney -at -Law
• and - Solicitor -in -Chancery, Con-
veyancer, Notary Public, &c. Office of
the ,Clerk of the Peace, Court House, •
Goclerich, Ont.
1N.B.—Money to lend_ at 8 per cent on
Farm Lands.
Goderich, J.an'y. 28. 1870. T 112-1y.
/CAUGHEY. , & HOLMSTEAD,
iVI Barristers, Attorneys at Law, Sol-
icitors in Chancery and Insolvency, No-
taries Piiblic and Conveyancers. Solici-
tors for the 110. Bank, Seaforth, Agents
:for the Canada Life Assurance Co.
MIN. B.—$30,000 to lend at 8 per cent.
Farms, Houses and Lots for sale.
Seaforth, Dec. 14th, 1868. 53-tf.
EENSON & MEYER, Barristers and
Attotneyat Law, SOlicitors in Chan -
eery and Insolvency, Conveyancers, No-
-sties Public, etc. Oftices,—Seaforth and
Wroxeter. Agents- for the Trust and
Loan Co. of Upper Canada, and the Col-
onial Securities Co: of London. England.
Money at 8 per cent ; no commaision,
-charged.
JAS. H. BENSON, H. W. C. MEYER,
Seaforth, Dec. 10th 1868. 53-ly
DENTAL.
G . W.. HARRIS, L. D. S.
Arti ficial Don turefs,in8erted
with all the latest improve -
orients. 'The greatest care taken fur the
preservation of decayed. and tendenteeth •
Teeth extracted witlioat pain. Rooms
over McDougall's Store.
Seaforth. Dec. 14, 1868. ly.
116;fELS.
Oett E TICE AL HOTEL, Ainteyville,
kn James Laird, proprietor, affords
first-class accommodation for the travel-
ling public. The larder and bar are. al-
ways supplied with the best the markes
to afford. Excellent stabling in, connec-
tion.
A ialeyville, April 23, 1869, 70 -tr.
4Xt8 HOTEL (LATE SHARP'S)
1.),-. iindersigbed begs to thank the
. fn th. liberal patrontee awarded
to him in times past in the hotel besineen
and also to infant' thera- that lie has acsaltie
resu Med' busiASSF-All the above st5nd,
where he will ImIappy, to have a 'all
f tom old friends, and many.new ones.
THOMAS KNOX.
Seaforth„ May 5, 1870. - 126-tte
RITISH EXCHANGE HOTEL, (od-
1) (mien, One., J. Cat-Lew:AM, PROP
ETolt: ; J. S. WILLIAms, (late of Anieri
cao Hotel, Warsaw, -N. Y.) Manager.
'This, hotel has recently been newly fur-
niehed, .and matted, threughout, and is
nownee of tie mat comfertable ananosn-
e modious ProVieete Good . Sample.
Romus for-Commensial Travellets.
- Terms liberal_
0-oderiele Aped 14, 1870. 123-tf.
_
MI SCELLANEOUS
D t AZLE III-II:tit Licensed Auction -
De. cer for the County of Huron. Gode
eriele Qat- Pastieular attention paid. to
the sale of naikrupt Stock. Farm
Stork tales attended on Liberal Terms.
( 'mode Appraised, *Mortgages Forecloeed,
Landlord's NV:u-rants Executed. Also,
it Division COurt for Huron.
(neletiele dime 9th. 1869 76.tf
A PS4LM OF
()nerd ne.bY journey
Wher no resting-p1ac
Lurel by visions of re
That iit-fading Mock
Savio r may Thy nit
Unto me
_ As the shadow cool Ian,
Of a r ck in desert he
ARIlsiZSS.
gi far
8 are,
se
y }woes.
seiace be
sWeet
t.
Shelte of the shelterhiss,
Cover Fhou rny Wear' est ;
With Thypece, a te4 nrost fair,
Screen me, from thit earthly glare,
And Thy consolation a, ed
On niy head,
Sweeter than the btlm of sleep
When 'the eyes forget o weep. 1
OUGHINC !TIN THE BUSH;
Otti
IF IN_CfLNADA.
BY MRS. MOODIE.
CHAPTER V.
. _
OL R TSETTLEmENT, ND THEBORROW-
ING mean t.
had kienty Of apples and I gla y ac-
cepted di r offer, and Mr . Betty 14e de -
pa ted, lated with the ccees of, er ex-
pedition I found to m cost, th t•once
adi ittecl into the ho s , there sas no
ke ping ier away. She borrowed every
th ng tliat she could th nit of,, without
cn e dreaming of restitu ion. I tried all
w ys of affronting her, ut without suc-
ce s. inter came, an she was still at
be . old pranks. Whenver I saw her
co Mg down the lane, I used involunta-
mil to e. " Bettyl ye ! Betty Eye!
Fe e upon Betty Fye I he Lord deliver
from Betty Fye ?" he last time I
s honored.With a visit froni this worth-
y, she meant to favor inle With a very -
la ge or er upon my gods and chattles.
Wel , Mrs. Fye, w lit do youwant
to day ?'
"So inny things that I scarce know
yr] ereto begin. Ah, ev-I'iat a thing 'tis
to be poor ! First, I want' you to lend
m ten potiiitls of flour to make_ some
, •
jo akes."
" I thought they were made of Indian
meal?"
`Yes, yes when you've' got the meal.
I'm out f it, and this is a new fixine of
my own invention. Leed inc the frour,
woman, and 1111 bring -on one of the
cakes to taste."
r1ihis as said very co xi, gly.
" Oh, pray, don't °able yourself.
What nEjct ?" I was an ous to see how
far her impud.ence woul go. and deter -
m aed td affront her if ostible.
"1 W nt you to lend i e to gown, and a
pair of s ockings. I hav to go to Oswego
to see ra husband's Sist rs, andard. like
to look ec4t."
Fye, I never Ie'd my. clothes to
a One. If I lend thci to, you, I should
nover wear them again.
"So irluch the better or rne," (With a
owinggrin). " I gu 8 if you won't
id me the gown, you ill let me haye
e black slack to cioil a .4uff petticoat
and some su-
m back as soon
9
le
SO
a
as
uarte of a ound of
;
aiid I will bring t
I cam '
" I w nder when tha will' be. , You
o e me so many things hat it will cost
v umor than you imag ne to repay me."
" Since 3rou're not ing to mention
W at's past, I can't owe ou much: But
I will i4 You off the to and the sugar,
if „ ou will leod. -me a e dollar bill."
Ti is wa4 toi heti& for y atienee long-
er to en tire, aiicl 1 ansa ered sharply,
"-Mrs Fye, it surprie s me that such
pr • ud people as you 24 nericans should
co desc net to the mea es of borrowing
in M th se - hom yoti a eist to despise.
13 Sides, as 3011 never re ay us , for what.
y a irtl11 to borrow, : look upon it as
a .ysLerit.of .robbery. . If sp angers unfor-
tu atelyl settle arnoflg einetheir gOOd *a-
tu e is fjaxed to se pl: Your demedtio
V.' nts, tea ruinous e p nso, besides the
mrtific, tibn .of finding' that the.y have
b en (lCCICiVCd &id :tate d out of their
-pr pert ; . f you would come honestly
tis inc :arid say, ' I Want ; th se things, 1
a too i oor to buy th •m myself, and
w mid b . ob. iged to. you tol give them to
In , 1 . I sl ould then ackatiwledge you as a
co mon, beggar, and tre tt You according-
ly ; giv or not give no i; salted my con-
y nienc . But in the e ay in which you
.o tails t lese artinles fr ra nee, yon . are
sl tted. e -en a debt. of gr titucle ; for you,
W ..11 kn w that the -nia y things which
yc to ha e borrosVed fro I me will , be a
di ht owing to the day otju.lennent.".
• S po -e- they are," 'cat th Betty, not in
ti e -leas abashed at Mylecture on, hon-
es y, " yeti know Welt t the 'Scripture
1 sath, ' t is more blees I to give than to
. re eiven" 1
; ".Ay, there is aa4 ails er to that in the
! 8 me book, which dot btles you may
1 lu ve herd. 'said I dis listed with. her
! 11,,pecri y " `,Theevioke I borroweth, rind
1 pz yeth ot again..'"
! Nevei skall 1 forg ttl e furinus passion
in tO Nvb ell this too ant .1 in tation -threw
i m , lune ineipled sapplic‘ lit. She lifted
; up her mice and cu -e n e, using scone
1 0 the bier oaths tenip ra ii discarded for
. _ ,
•
ennsainice ta,ke. And s she left me, and
& W. MePli LLI PS, Previnciel 1 t
k..1-• Land Surveyors, Civil Eneineers, I e
etc. All manner of .Conveyancing done zed hear
V ith neatness and dispatch. G. MePhil- • o btu
lips, Commissioner in B. R. Office— ; t y's go
Next door south of Sharp's Hotel, Sea- ;1i d seal
loath. . d r befo
lever
Wiles
e Ifiet
, 1
Seaforth, Den 14, 1868.; 53-ly g, or
- — - w rse ti
& CROOKE, Architects, ete. f m yo
Plans and Specifications drawn cor- tinces.-
sectly. Carpenter's, Plasterer's, and Ma • i g eith n an oven, or
seta's work, measured ,ind valued. Office 1 hieh a that peridd w
)s Cr J. -C. Detlor & Co.'s store, Court- comn on at theyi are
House Square, Goderiele d d Myself with a Taro( .bilkeekettle as a
Goderich, April 23, 1869. .79_ hstitt te: -In tbi ettle we always
,
'Joked upo I her face -again.
I remove( to our own house,
yy_ of which, an 1 itstormer own -
give by and b', We had a bony;
ed, ruffianly. A; len can squatter,
"left his cOuo rt- for his coun-
d,"ifor an o pc') ite neighbor. 1
Cely time to pu My house in or-
-e his family co; nienced borrow -
stealing &Om me. It is even
an stealing, th things procured
being obtain I lob false pre -
adding lying ti theft. Not ham
cooking -stove,
re ot chain or
los •, I had prori-
cooked hot cake
ing that to the
frozen bread.
the habit of sen
whenever she N‘r
she had a large
every day, and
a great nuisance
told the impudent lad so„ who
generally sent for it and asked
what they did t bakertheir bread be
I came.
- "I guess we h
pan; but now
of your'n, moth
I told him th
tle this time; b
his mother have
for breakfast, pref rr-
trouble of thawing the M
his an's wife was in
ng over for ray kettle
nted to bake, which, as
amity happened nearly
found her importunity
. 8.8
im
ore
,
d to eat . cakes in the
e can borrow this kettle
r can fix bread."
he could have the ket-
t I Must decline letting
it in uture, for I w4nt-
ed it for the sam pu se. . •
The next day pasSid over. .The night
was intensely cold, and I did not rise; so
early as usual in the motninge My item
vaot was away at a quilting bee, and we
were still in bed, when I heard the latch
of the kitchen -door lifted up, and a step
prossed the floor. T jumped. out of bed,
and began to dress as fast as; I wind,
when Philander called.„out, in his well-
known nasal twang,
" Missus ! I'm come for the kettle.
I (through the partition): "Yon e n't
have it this morning. We cannot get
our breakfast without .it." -.
Philander : "Nor more can the old o-
men to hum," and, snatching up the et-
tle, which had been left to warm on the
hearth, he rushed out of the house. f.
When James 4ame home for his br ak-
faSt, I sent hun acroSs to demand the
kettle, and the d me very Coolly told im
that when she h d done with it I in ght
have it, but she defied .him to take it out
of her house with her broad in it.
One word more about this lad, Phi an -
der, before we piart with him. Witl oat
the least intimation that his comp ny
would be agreea le, or even tolerated he
favored" us with it at all hours of the ay,
opening the sloo t and walking in and out
whenever he felt inclined. I had gt en
him many broad hints that his -pres nce
was not require3l, but he paid not the
slightestIttenti n to what I said. ne•
mordmg,he rear hed in with his hat on, ,
and threw himself down in the rock ng -
chair, jut as I was going to dress my
baby.
'Philander,
child • I cannot
want to attend to
o it with you h
Will you oblige ,me by going into
kitchen?" .
No answer. He seldom spoke du
these visits, hut wandered about
room, turning o er our books and pap
looking at and handling every th
Nay„ I have eveii known him to tak
lid off from the jot on the fire, toexa
its contents. i
I repeated my request.
Philander :- " 'Well, I guess Is, sh 'n't
hurt the young lin. ou centiress h r."
• 1: "But not 'th you here."
Philander : "Why ot?nWe neve
any thing that We are ashamed' of."
1: "So it seems. But I want to swleep
the room—you had better Ent out of the
,dust." -
I I took the Itroom from the coiner, nd
began te sweep still env visitor did not
stir. The dust ose in clouds ; he tub-
bed his eyes, anI moved a little nearer
to the door. A othet sweep, and, tci es-
cape its inflictio s, he Mounted the thins -
hold. I had hii now at a fair advantage
and fairly swept him out, and shut the
door in his faced .
Philander (looking throngh the window):
" Well, I guess ou did me then; but
'tis denced hard to outwit a Yankee."
This freed me from his company, and
he, too, never r peated his visit, sb I
found by ekp' eri rice, that once smartly
rebuked, they d d not like to try their
strength with y u a second time. 101.e -a
a sufficient time had elapsed for the dry-
ing of my twen y bushels of apple, I
sent a Cornish lad, in our employt to
Betty Fye's, to "quire if they were
dy, and when I, hould send the cart ;for
them. Dan re urned with a yellbwl,
smoke -dried. st ug Of pieces. dangling
from his arm. ihinkieg that thesee ere
a specimen of t e whole, I inquired. when
we were to sent the btarel for the re
" Lord, ma'a 1, thie is all there be.
Impossible ! All but of tw-enty bush-
els of apPles ?"
"Yes," said he b y, with a g in.
"The old witch told. me that this as
all that was left of yoi r share; that wI en
they were fixed noug, she put them un-
der her bed for atety, and the mice lad
the children bac mate them. all up but
this string."
This ended v dealings with B tty
Fye. .
1 had another incomigible borrowe in
the person of o d B tty B d This
Betty was unlik the rest of my Yankee
borrowers ; she was handsome in her per-
son, and. remarkably eivil,, and she asked
for the loan, of everything in such a frank,
pleasant manner, that for some Jame I
hardly knew how to refuse her. After I
hanl been a loser to a considera,bleextent,
and declined lending- her any more, she
refrained from coming to the house her-
self, but sent itt her name the most bkaii-
tifut boy in the voila ; it perfect cheituie,
with regular fea ures, blue, smiling
rosy eh inks, an 1 lovely curling au urn
hair, who said, n the softest tones i and-
ioable, that mai imy had sent him, 'fli
her complimenti to the EngliCh lady to
ask the loan of a little sugar or tea. I
could easily have refused the mother, but
I could not find it Maly laeart to say nat.
to her sweet hue. ; .
There was minetlfing original about
Betty 11 , :u 4'1 I naust give a slight
sketch of her.
She lived. in , lone shantyin the woods
'whieli had be n erecteci by lumberers
sonic years befo e, and which was desti-
tute of a single ere of clearing ; yet Bet-
ty had plenty 1 potatoes, without the
trouble of plan ing, Or the expense . of
buying ; she neter kept a cow, yet she
scilcl butter ancl milk ; but she had a fash-
ion, and it prov d a convenient one to
her, of ins.king, ett of the cattle of her
the
re.
the
ing
the
rs,
a
me
do
21
neighbors. If our cows strayed from
their paistnres, they ,were always found.
near Betl's shanty, for the regularly
supplied t ern' with salt, which formed a
5..4
sort of bond of union between them ; and
in return fpr these little attentions, they
suffered tliiemseives to be milked before
they returhed to their respective owners.
Her mode bf obtaining eggs an-af fowls was
-,
on the sane econoracal plan,. and we all.
looked upon Betty as a sort of freebooter
liviog upoi the property of others- -She
had had- hree husbands, and he with
whom she ow lived was not her hus-
band, alth ugh the father of the splendid
child whoSe beauty so won upon my wo-
man's heatt. Her first husband was still
living, (a thing by no means uncommon
among perSons of her class. in Canada,)
and though they had quarrelled and part-
ed years ago, he occasionally visited his
wife to see hen eldest daughter, Betty the
younger, ho was his child. She was now
a fine girl f sixteen, as beautiful as her
little brotltier. Betty's second hubsand
had been killed in one of our fields by a
tree falling upon him while ploughing un-
der it. He was buried upon the spot,
part of the blackened stump forming his
monument. In truth, Betty's character
Was none Of the best, and many of the
respectable farmers' wives regarded her
with a jealous eye.
"1 am So jealous of that nasty Betty
B—," s,$d the wife of an Irish captain
in the arny, and our near neighbor, to
me, one dT as we were sitting at work
together. he was, a West Indian, -and
a negro b he mother's side, but an un-
copimon fi -looking murao, ver e pas-
sien,ate, faic1 very watchfid over the con-
duct of ie (husband. "Are you not
- afraid o 1 tting Captain Moodie go pear
her sha t
"No, in
as to be je
Betty, bu
her dangh
mischievo
913
'
Led; and if I were so foolish,
lous, it would not be of old
pf the beautiful young Betty,
en" Perhaps this was rather
s ore my part, for the poor
dark lady went off in a frantic fit of jeal-
ousy, but his time it was not of old
Betty. .
Anothei _American squatter was always
Sending or r to borrow a small tooth-
)]
comb, wnic she called. a vermin destroy- -
er ; and oa e the same person asked the
Ilan of a tolwel, as a fried had come from
tie States to visit her,and the only One
8 had, had been made into a best "pins
child.: she likewise begged a
looking -glass, as she wanted
new capeto see if it were fix-
ind, This woman Must have
or of neatness when compared
y neighbors..
I was roused up from my
oan et a pair of "steelyards
purpose, think you, gentle
weigh a new-born infant,
was performed by tying the
ing thing up iii a shawl, and
it to one of the hooks. The
fine boy, and weighed ten
atly to the delight of the
er. One of the drollest in-
orrowIng I have ever heard
e by,a friend. A maid -ser -
her mistress to go out on a
fternoon, as she was going to
, ot her friends, and wanted
he drawing -room. It would
4y"et
: forin tht ee
o trn en
ed teller
been a 1111
with her
One nig
bed for th
For what
reader?
The proce
poor squal
suspetidin
child was'
pounds,'
Yankee f
stances of
of was tol
vant oske
particular
have a pa
the loan o
be endless to enumerate our losses m this
Way; but ortunately forms, the arrival
,of an Wel' h family in our immediate vi-
cinity dre off the attention of, 0111*
neighbors ijn that direction, and left us
time to recclver a little from their perse-
cutions. .
em of borrrowing is not whol-
to the poor and ignorant; it
ery class of society. ' If a par
-
n any of the small villages, a
round from house to house,
the plates and dishes, knives
, tea -spoons and candlesticks,,
sentable, for the use of the
y stay at the hotel, I took ' all
ray trunk. and hung it etch
in my chamber, in order to
creases it had re,!eived from
g. Returning from a walk
oon, I found a note upon nay
le, inviting us to spend. the
b a clergyman's family in the
village : and as it was nearly time to
dress, I went to the peg to take down my
gown. Was it a dream ?—the gown was
gone. I re -opened the trunk, to see if I
had repleeed it ; I searched every corner
of the rob& , but all in. vain, no where
could 1 &mover the thing I sought.
What hadfsbenome of it ? The question
was a deli ate one, which I did not like
to put to ¶ie younetlaelies of the truly
respectabl lestablisEment ; still, the loss
was great, and at that moment very in-
convemen el While I• was deliberating
on what conrse to pursue, Miss 5----- en-
tered the ifoom.
"1 gues you missed your dress," she
said, with t smile.
"Do yo i know where it is ?"
" Oh, -ire. Miss L , the dress-
maker, ca e in just after you left She
is a very i ticular friend of mine,. and I
showed h your dress. She admired it
above all_ t Lugs, and borrowed it, to get
the patte for Miss R—'s Wedding
mdroersrso.,
. 'w,ihe promised to return it to-
.
"Prov -ing! I wanted. it to -night.
Who ever heard of borrowing 6, person's
dress witl aut tbe leave of the cswner?
Truly, this is a free -and easy country!"
One verI severe winter night, a neigh
bor borro ed of • me a blanket- -it was
one of ,my best—for the use of a stranger
1 who was passing the night at her house.
I I could n t well refuse s but at the time,
1 the wor1ci pressed me sore, and I could :
i ill spare it. Two years elapsed. and I ,
! saw no more of my blanket; at length 1 ,
! sent a nofe to the lady, requesting it to
I be returned. I got a very short answer '
; back, and. the blanket, alas ! worn thread- ,
‘ bare , • -t1H„ borrower stating that he had !
1 sent the article, but really she did. not
know what to do without it, as she want- !
; ed it to cover the c.hildren's bed. She '
certainly forgot that T. too, had children .
I I I
This sys
ly confine
pervades
ty is give
boy is sen
to collect
and fork
that are
compaley.
During
'dress out
upon a pe
remove th
close pack'
in, the aft
dressing -t
evening w
I I
e.
who wanted covering as well as her Own,
But I bane said so much of the ill renults
ot others' borrowing, that will - lose
this sketch by relating my own e eri-
ence in this way.
After removing to the bush, iiany
misfortunes befell nap which deptiv d us
of OW income, and reduced us to 'great
poverty. In fact, we were strangers.
and the knowing ones took us in ; and
for many years we stroggled with hard-
ships which wOuld have broken stouter
hearts than ours, had not our trust been
placed in the Almighty, who among all
our troubles never wholly deserted us.
While my husband Was absent oo the
frontier during the rebellion, my young-
est boy fell sick, and re{auired my utnaost
care, both by night and day. To attend
to him properlte a candle burning dii ring
the night wasinecessary. The last can-
dle was burnt out;'I had. no money for
another, and no fat from which I oould
make one. I hated borrowing; but, for
the dear child's sake, I I overcame my
scruples, and succeeded in procuring a
candle from a good neighbor, but with
strict injunctions (for ittwas her last) that
I must return it if I aid not require it
during the night.
I went home quite grateful with my
prize. It was a clear moonlight night—
the dear boy was better, so I told. old.
Jenny, my Irish servant, to go to bel, as
I would lie down in my clothes by the
child, and if he were worse I woult get
up and light the candle. It happened
that a pane of glass was broken otit of
the window-frafne, and I had supplied its
place b fitting in a shingle; my friend
Emily 5 had a large Torn -cat, :who,
when his mistress Was absent, often paid
me a predatory or borrowing visit ,11 and
Tom had a practice of pushing MI this
wooden pane, in order to pursue his1 law -
Jess depredations. I had forgotten all
this, spa never dreaming that Tom Nirould
appropriate such light food, I left -the
candle lying in the middle of the table,
just under the window.
Between sleeping fin d waking, I heard
the pane gently pushed in. The thought
instantly truck me that it was Tom, and
that, for lack of something better, he
might steal my precious candle. .
I spraeg up from the bed, just in time
to see him dart through the broken win-
dow, dragging the long white cand af-
ter him. I flew to the door, and ursu-
ed hirn half over the field, but all fo
no
purpose. I can tee him now, an , saw
him then, scampering away for deap life
with his prize trailing behind. him com-
ing like a silver tail in the bright hght of
the moon.
Ah! never did I feel more acutel the
truth of the proverb, " Those that g9 a-
borrpwing go a -sorrowing," than 1 did
that night. My poor boy awoke ill and
feverish, and I had no light to assist him;
or even to look into his sweet face, to see
hove far I dared hope that the light of
day would find him better.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Canada.
Hon. Walter McCrea, the newly ap-
pointed Judge Of Algoma, will not leave
for Sault St. Marie till May.
—Rev. Mr. Patterson, chaplain of the
forces of Manitoba, has arranged a course
of lectures for the winter months.
-- Dr. Schmidt, of Montreal, is named
sole executor to the estate in the will of
the late Mrs. McGee, widow of the late
Hon. T. D. McGee.
--- Wolves are so numerous in the eoun-
try to the east of the Levres River, that
they are driving the deer in great num-
bers to the Ottawa River.
--- The saw and. grist mills on the 6th
Line of Moore. known as McLanen's.
were totally destroyed by fire, on the
morning of Thursday,. 19.th inst.
—The salary of Rev. J. K. Smith, of
Knox's Church, Galt, ;has been raised
from $1,400 to $2,000, without solici-
tation.
f"---Ma Blanchard, bandmaster o the
Grand Trunk Band at Brantford abb t a
year ago, died, in Hamilton, on the ]0th
inst., of consumption.
--- Two important caucuses of th lOn-
tario Reform Party were held in Thron-
to. last -week. The prospects of the
coming campaign 'were 'talked over and
froin the accounts received --especially
from the west—most eheering seiCcipa-
tions were indulged in.
—The temperance convention hich
net in Toronto, last week, passed a reso-
lution recommending that a stringent •
law regarding the salo of intoxic,ating
liquors should be ponsed, and that a
regulary authorized offieial should he ap-
pointed to see that its provisions are car-
ried. out
. ,
— The Most Worshipful the Grand
Master of Canada has granted a ditpen-
satioe to open a Lodge ;of A. F. and A.
M. icalled the "Winnipeg Lodge," itt
Winnipeg. It is now at -work, a sutable
room having been obtained, and eery -
thing promises that it will...shoe* be
one of the most flourishing lodges nnder
the Grand Lodge of Canada.
— The St. Thomas Journal says I vork
nada
ints;
'ood-
from
also
eters
Con -
fifty
ma.s,
also
i‘
has been commenced on the
Southern Railway at a number of p.
that continets for buinting all the
en, bridges along the entire lin-e,
Fort Erie to ATnherstburg, havel
been let. At Waterford the contr
have a large force of men at work.
tracts for the supply: of ties for;
miles of the road west of St. Th
and of the St. Clair branch, hare
been made.
— Mr. Henry Jaffray, of the Gat Re-
porter, a private in No. 2 Compan , On-
tario Battalion, returned home on Wed-
nesday evening from Fort Garry, He
was seventeen days in making the whole
journey, twelve of whech were °coupled
in crossing the Plains, a distance of over
six hundred miles.He left the Canadian
soldiers in excellent health and epirits. -
—A large meeting was held in Kings-
ton, last -week, to consider the projected
railway from that town to Pembroke.
Members of the delegation from Pem-
broke showed the advantages of the line
and thought the Government should aid
them by a land grant, in addition to
whatever money they would receive in
commonwith other lines, and that Kinga.
ton ought to grant them anbonus of at
,
least $2,000 per mile.
— On Saturday last, two boys n tons of
Mr. Dingle, Dundanwere amusing them-
selves with stuffing cntton batting and
etunpowder into a match -box, which they
mgnited -with a live, coal, when one of
them, named John, eleven years of age,
thought he would expedite matters by
blowing on the ceal, when the powder
exploded and burned his face in a shock-
ing Manner, almost destroyina the eight
of one eye. .,
—Theliamilton Times says a good deal
of the !scheme as to railway aid is grad-
ually leaking out—at least whatthereis
of it. Sandfieidproposes to give aid,
ranging from $2,000 to $6,000—the lat-
ter only to be given when a line renal
completely through wild lands, the lesser
sum to railways which run through set-
tled co-untry. In no case will the grant
be paid until the line is in full work-
ing order. Railway authorities say
that such assistance will be of no value
to railways, unless they have a goa,
backbone to start upon.
— A colored man named. John Baker,
who attained his 105th year on the 25th
of December last, died at Cornwall, last
week. He came to that town as a slave
to the late Colonel Grey, in 1'792, having
seen service in the revolutionary war.
Subsequently, he served throughout the
war of 1812. He was wounded at Lun-
dy's Lane, and had drawn a pension for
fifty-seven years.
England.
Sir Roderick Murchison has been ill,
but is recoverino
0-
- The Judge -Advocate Generalship
has been given to Mr. Davison, mem-
ber for Durha;m.
— Mr. Shaw-Lefevre has been appoint-
ed Secretary of State for the Home De -
pertinent. -
—The death is announced of Mt.
Philip Hardwick, R. A. He was born
M London in 1792.
—Lord Hatham who died lately, was
interred in a vault which he erected -
some time ago at a cost of 30,0001.
Ivan Sergheievtich Turgenef, the
distinguished Bussiannerelist, is at pres-
ent _making a tour in England.
— It is denied that Professor Fawcett
and other University men have found-
ed a " Republican Club" at Cambridge.
— Another terrible explosion occurred.
in a colliery, near Newcastle, in Stafford-
shire, on Jan. 12. Twenty persons were.
killed or injured.
— The Globe, a Conservative organ,
says Mr. Bright was perhaps the greatest
'class orator that England, if not Europe,
has ever seen.
— The -annual 5s. tax -was paid om
1,140,727 dogs in Great Britain m the
financial year 1869-70. In Ireland, the
tax is but 2s., and about half , a million
dogs are on the register.
-- It is reported that, in the event of
Archbishop Tait's resignation, which is
expected, on account of the state of '
his health, Bishop Jacobson, of Chester,
will be mede Primate of All England,
—A white marble monument, in mem-
ory of Mrs. Susannah Wesley, the moth-
er of the founder ef 'Wesleyan Method-
ism, has just been erected by subscrip-
tion in the yard_ adjoining the chapel be-
longing to that community in the City
Road, London.
°,:eaht, 1y Reriew,
' Scotland.
- The Duke of Sutherland has conferred
upon Helmsdale the inestimable boon of
a free water supply.
— Roman coins of the first and second
centuries and a pieoe of reindeer's horn
have been found . in a " brough" now be
ing explored in Scapa, Orkney.
— net,. A. Mackenzie, of Broadford.
Skye, is collecting: 'money to build: a
church in the parish of Strath, which
contains a population of 3,000 mostly
poor fishermen. .
— The Life and Letters of Hugh Mins
er, edited by Mr. Peter Bayne, may 'be
expectea tonbe published in a few days
by the Messia. Strahan. We underetand
that the proof -sheets have just left the
editor's hands with his final corrections.
The work will form two volumes and
will make 900 to 1.000 pages.
1 . The Committee of the Total Absti-
nence Society, Inverness, who have
eharge of, the Band of Hopp, gave a
Christmas dinner to the poor children in
town. About 1,200 children partook of
en excellent dinner in the Music Hall,
iind shared among them the gifts of a
Magnificent Christmas tree. t.
: — The Bishop of Carlisle, in a recen
pastoral letter to his clergy, recommends
that M view of the possible disestab-
lishment of the English Church, they
should accustom themselves to a course
of action which such an eventuality
would. render necessary..
—Mr. -Usher, Secretary of the Sir Wal-
ter Scott Centenary Committee, has le-
aned a circular, inviting the lordial co-
operation of the various public bodies
, throughout Scotland in the celebratioe
11e
871c.
_entenary setvices, on Auguet
,
Rev. Dr. Girthrie, in a letter to the
1)ii
advocates the principle ni
settling international disputes by arbi-
. trate:en. He adds, n I wish the King of
Prussia, who had a fair opportunity, had
einrait.iated and Maugurated that blessed