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THE LEGEND OF POTATO CREEK,.
(CLINTON CO ('NTY, INIXIAS A. )
A ilitory of the Perez- and Ac.
J.‘74ES mAtTEICE TITOMPsoN.
•
Big yellhw hut:ern-es a -ere wheel-
ing •aeout in the drowet 8tituiner air,
hoveting about the moist little
ssuel lairs of Potato Creek. shady
dell, wateped iu the hot lull of
Aeguet, sent up ttie spirea and
eemes 01- the' walnut zeel poplar
tiees, clearly defined aud 'sheeny,
Iii5slerneath the foreet roof
, .71
th't 11;t7.103A W roe() busnee had
wrung- themselves into dusky netts.
The late violets bloomed, nese and
there, side hy side with thote wax-
like yollaw blOssOnis, called by the
• eount y fol " I.utter a n d eggs. "
'Through tLi dell Pot (to Creek
meandered -fantastically, WaS11ed
latre the roots of a, few knar
sycamoves, ui.cl murmuring a• meng
g-reac heape of diatriatitive bowldt
It wa$ not a. strikingly pictuteeque
Or romantic place; but much after
the usual, type of ragged little hol-
lows.
Pe reit ed or the topmost tangle
the dry, tough roots of an old,
turned tree sat lit -Oe &tee Turp
sixteen that very- August day, pret
nay - beautiful, her school life
ended, her womanhood just beg
ning to clothe her faee and form
fascinating mystery. Froin 1
high seat she gazed down iato t.
transparent water of Potato Otee
and smiled at the funny gantl.;ols
the little fish. A sketch book ai
case of pencils lay beside her.
" Whoa! ho! wonow can't y
Look yere now, ji4t face rouad ti
way, blast ver, oie hide na fo
glad, Oi
L uot.kilil
• little hely as she
rile Ulan Ste04
I'm ev r se glad
m,'" nannured che
saw the .1.xe fdl.
for Solt*.
TH
E
va,a
." Shakinhlike fo tv, Zech," he dd.
'ed, ]ookingJugutn.iously at his big
brother, thet, ch tuging counten; nce
aed arinnieg lel adly, be contit tied
ieSS
„gazing and g gang m nue as6010
ment g then, somewhat ecoverit
he ge-sehied lie. 'axe, and flitted
jug it high over .iiie heed, clip(' ia a
voice that, shrill arid eitu ked, tang.
petehtetly- through the..W als --
"I said „I'd. kill lin .e tlett ere,. !
gargliug oil didn't eure, 'in and Ile)
! I
dermal ef I don't, too,"
e O. f-il',. pleaSe, plea. e, _pleasc.
doe't," exclaimed •the girl.
he's -
I. " irlain't no use beggin ,
.'cialtit but to eat up e nai , n' f(Ukier.
an'ller ald the likeS, and his Iola
Cid tittle -o• gits- wesses elery, da
'Au' .1. spent mere'''. he's WO 'tit tryi
to .caredine tied don't evvey hot
. letigh at me 'eauSe I've 0 t such
deviled old slum tituX Of a •hOsS, al
-it dust toy pictet (if I'll •Stand i
led so noW ye've heave thy tin 1101,11.."
"Bet, sir, 1'1 1 take Iiiin'olf yot
hands—may I ? Say-, .griv him
me, please.''
" An' what in thum er goo
would he do yot , I'd like o km- a
-of thinh" - 1
'cause: you see 1 eicault Nvoi k for n
SI -1- " Bet ye it, (1)kW ye can't g
over to Squire
.! what seed
sh- `31. ti "
" Ne, and I don't keer a cuss
•
Idon't. bather me, was the peta ant
.epl y.
" Ye 8 .you do ton! 'Twas pun
iistle-00d IJOSS. That 'ere gal 'o
taya over ther: iS llaVill'' i) lnall
VaS11 'illl and -dotter 'int 1" Sen my
, viulted 'and into ed up hie paut as
no i le s -,oke;
" Do save Sammyg is that se,
widow, holdite up
w Oit airth c nue
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XPOSTTOR.
•
t 1 1 the ague season was mr, she
erely. said :
"I have already stayed one, day !
t o long," and Cie Squire -(2041 not !
derstand the riddle. .
Rose went out to the city and
ti ;Ade her debut in society. The
Winter was a festive, 0110, al (1. 1*(1.-
St:OW(1 in Several brilliant wed ling,
prominent among them that of Rohe
Tu pi it to a h.-eutneky banker,
which union Nkrai e01181111.1111llkal in
)1ay,
.10n the very day of the we Id
et- . now17" cried the
y. lierehaeds. ' H
n' : .ehe iy- the hots -1"
ly.• " rManilny ef
a let 1 hi 'joy this
id l'il be awful 'hie
t, poor Zach, makit
- 1-1; it Smell's's
Ir lit always went.
t� " The gal said
her the hoss to k
d ' he slid, aliying b
, 7 f ot, which. other
i
o- have lauded Linn
ile "Never mint , give him to: m
in, ,,I.1.1 take care of iim." -
ty, "Well, I'd as soon -you'd have 'i
•ist as not if 'twant that I'Ve wore t
in- kilt 'iiii, and-tle fact is , 've ha
in sieli a pesky &vied time with hin
ter that it ofts eldinder hard •that 1
he s li 0 uldn't lave ithe eatisfaction o
k, buatin' his head fur- it." .
of " But You'll let me have •him,
Id that's a good maat,"-- •
" I'll admit it 1 -'d be orfOl oiler"),
L _ .
e l in me to refuSe the request lof sich a
tia poortY gal as yoti, but it 'tli be par-
,
ol- jury 6ga1, patjuryt clog on if ''twould-
n't. ...[ swore -I'd kill 'int." I
Just then the peculiarities of the
man's character were -written on his
'face. His nose . denoted pt gnacity,
his lips sensuality, his eye ignor-
ance and refugh kindness, 1 is Ghia
firmness, and (his_ complex on the
ague. I am not sure that because
a man has had 'the ague for seven
years without a fortnight's respite
it should thus be enumerate( among
his characteristics, but the irath is,
chills and fever will aiffeat one's
'character Most radically. I deal
with facts. •
•
While the man stood 1 ith his
-axe poised in air, Rose was gigging_
n ne,rvonsly at the: knot in the halter-
s rein; and ere he was awate of her
f intent, she had untied it lid was
r leading the poor horse -away. .-
t " Well now, that 'ere's coo! Gal,
t yer a brick. • Take 'in along for all
1 I keer ; take 'im along !"
- He put down his axe, plaeed his
s hands to his _sides and see,- as he
spoke, a big wrinkling. swile that
,
covered the whole of his s iallow,
v skinny face. .1 -le wiped it s ,face
ou 'n Sam '11 3ist
me ager in p :tee
aged to ye !" clied
g the floor (lei -tee
ougue would go,1
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as how Zaeh gin
frever all. s,"
ik1y from Za Ade
wiee would wo ilcl
"u the. (loot yet
"Look a iere now, Zach,
e, 3 et try the li es 'o that in,
Ilroemstickin
tYt y You mough
o insides !" anc
cl s iow flourished
1. h •
•
11 give you sich
)tinevee did git.
jured the -cl
e spoke, the wi
oom.
But. for fea of respass on fan) ly
f p-ivacy, I ust desist. • How it
h
1,
tppened tha Zi ch got to
. to go n
o -er 60 Squir Martin's is unknoN4
t me, but T am 1d to believe that
h s first visit vas e, compulsory ote,
Ids mother To -cing him to return
ti e book and ,encal-case to the pro-
ach became wor &dully intere t-
i
p r owner. e his as it m y,
Z
'e in the irog ess of former
patient's conva esc nee; for, stvan e
• to say, thepo r h rse began alai i st
inimediately t get well, and in ts o
m nths was s un , glossy and ft t.
Nr was he .ai ill -looking amine 1.
Om the contrar w ten Rose 'sat n
his back ands rok a his mane, 1 e
arched his n ck and pawed ti e
ground like a t iorough-bred.
quire Mart n was a good ma
•and seeing ho'. Zach seemed to e
Jq Rose's comi any, he one clay too
th r girl aside a id said to er :
• . 'Rese, I'll t 11 you w1at 1 thin .
H re 's poor deli Jones who s
the chillsef r six or seven year.:,
stant, and o medicine can cute
in'I) -now—w• o, I say .• •
The voice was , a man't Rose
looked round and instantly saw the -
speaker, who, a few rods further
down the creek, stood holding in
ene hand the halter -rein of alorlorn-
looking horse, and in the other a
heavy wood -man's axe.
"Wo -up, now! I hate like der -
nation to slatherate ye, but I said
ef ye didn't_ git well by this 'ere Aa -
gust the fifteenth, I'd knock yer on
the head, and shore 'Dough here -ye
are with the fistleo wus'n ever ; 'so
• now start' still till I do it to ye right
at ween the eyes-!"
By this time Rose had come -to
-understand the situation, which i
truth Was about this: the horse wa
sadly diseased 'with that scoarge o
th equine race, scrofulous shoulde
or fistula, and because it could no
get well the -man was on the poin
killing it by knocking it on the heat
with on axe.
Of all durab things a horse wa
Rose's favorite.
Wo -up yer, I say ! Ding it
aiat ye gat no sense it air? HON
d'y 'apettame to hit yer blamed ole
tead when ye keep it- a!goin' that
vav ?"
• `rite fell° W had tied the halter
rein round the body of a stuall tree,
itIld Wilt; 11 OW pieparilig'-te deal the
horse with the axe a blew between
the eves,
" (), air, Stop, don't !" cried the
• girl, 11,T sweet,- tremulous voice
breaking into silvery echo-ft?ag-
waits in every nook in the little
The man looked in every direc-
tion, aed, :acing no one, let, fall the
.axe by his side. The birds, taking
advantage of the silenee, lifted a
t witterii tg chorus through the dense,
dark tops of the trees. The slimmest
hi oath el air languidly caressed the
leavea ei-• the ...-060
111a.111Illy'S no
how," he muttered, "should like to
knaw who 't wus though."
:Amid a moment, aS if at-
ti'lltively listening, then again rai'a-
ins- his axe, he coutieued :
" ..Afttet 'a been a jay bird squeak-
ed. Wo-erp yore, now, I'm not
eoitt' to fool all day, so hold still
with ye."
with his sleeve. •
• "Illicit, DO end to it," he i natet-
ed, admiringly -gazing after he re -
is
- ceding girl. lAreuder who s
f
• was a critical itiorneut for tile
loan, miserable herse .; fur it lower-
< -(i liehl quite still.
r
UZI 110 it X(' WZV) stezuhly aoised in tir.
1.0tlOtfls lake woue a stoey look ef ;
deterittintaion. -11Te vas,
11 ttIl.t and bcny, with a
c•)7.111r.cnir.loc- to green,-
sil;:kett, pale lilue • eyes., si.111.-
i,u1.1„..fl ti 1111,1111.axy boat (1, and. u!
regular, lutif docaVed fectit:
thoiwit his body _and limit, were
ale...el:hen to the laet di.sita. Of et-
.
a :tut lion, still the hie,- cords ahout
ids11 k t1Rl %%-rists stood cite: taut,
tege-eeting great steeres_211.'m
t 1, ( intleed, yott must
! dorth. please dou't lot hint !
. set ine/ . estatteine (1()\ 11 int
i
iirrt-11, hose flea to the epot
e !st itereeif, lat»? and tremliling,
tZit't hocis :tint the would -tie
exe (..(e.
The- ,n.1 fell ("row tee luau's
oyes bet -utile exztedy
•t• u' ututell j:Lw dr.)rpt.(1 ,
Luz Ida 10.111111
t • sa„ •
open to lh as tun-
gapiena• eap-n-ity, and lih up 011 :
t-,
tit . dead spirt", of a walnut tree qi
)-al-ne key began to heat a long
Purty, gercho !" •
• , The wild birds sang a frit mplud
hynna tlie breeze ifresliened ill the
•whole woods rust-lled, and tit ,litle
stream babbled louder auto] g the
bowlders.
1
• .41esweetest; gal in -Ind an 11 y
Alld she's took my Ole hose Na tether
.or no: A right funny twee edin',
or t-itr naine'S not Zach Jones; yah,
[w !"
'14io lideghed lond and long.
Weals laughed, toa, and still th
freshened. I 4,
gi t and the lime had seick-
ly disappeared behind the haz e and
popaw busbes. Zach _June
aloue With his reflections.
"'Vender's -where* slie set, right
up on' that ole- clay root. Sh was
a tiehia' teckon." Another den -r-
ill -a; chuckle.
ha
co
'enL Now, then, Ill bet that f
you'll take a li tle interest to amus
the boy he'll .et well. What h
waits is to forg t the ague -and tale
ligl t exercise. So Rose, the nex
tin elle comes o er, I'll let him hay
a 11 rse and sad ile, 4n6 you mast g
rid nee with bin "
6
ose • was a kind-hearted, inno
cent -minded bit of a thing,- so Oa
it was .not a lv ed matter for tin
Squire to get li r t1 consent to hi.
propbsition. I •hal not attempt tt
g a ese what her fa tiler and rn othe
wot id have sait to all this, forthet,
were- rieh foll s, Lfu,ld resided it
Incianapolis ; b it Paso had come tc
her eountry un ;le'sto spend thc
Sommer, and she felt bound to fol
low hiS advice. and rely implicitly
on 1 ia judgment So, while 13,2se',
her. e. •was . convaleecing, she .and
Zae I had. many: a gallop together,
incainted on the Sq tire's best-I:Mgt
the _ buds- did
11
will() At sueli times slow
The setgi • • .4
7 Q,uietly1 August
hiked by, :and
Sepetriber hung its :yellow betimes
on the corn, and said: farewell with
sitda that, had
winter. The tit
home Was • at 11
wonderful chimp hitd taken • place
in fie health • and spirits .2f Zach
' Janes The eon,ii.rd deParted, the
'eallowness had gone fromhis skin, a
g flesh had gathered on 11 is- cheek, and
in Itis eves a cheerful light. •He bad
was
Ile went to the spot and clamber-
ed up among the roots. Theme lay
case. Ito took up the 1)001 anti
cut ioualy turned its leaves, hie eyes
runrdng admiringly over the fl Wert '!
aiicl iallt1SCapeS. He had nev r be-
.
fort: Si 011 ft drawitig.
" Putty its the gal, armed,', he :
!ed.(' to himself. " AVell, she tuck:
. t
lay hoes, alt'I 1-;'110S0 WS fail' 'at 1
ihoilld take theSii leetle
cracks of liethe .11:owsonieve, .1 1'111
pocket. 'em anyhow." "
•
1
The agreemed
tnent seelogiet 1-atel t:
NZI t 80, Wit. a TilitIVO ghtuce
over his s.lioulder, he creature 1 the
tielcs into the cape:does side p )tbot 11
u. he- pants. • 8
Now, then, T must go hm
oe tind
hive Inv din! fever, hale,
a'peet. I'll alias letve Jew." ('
iftel he lat the shade Of tile
2r
dell -tell 11.1d a hot s
Witlk ft.! e
tt hie elover field before he !reapited
the lea Louse where he lived with
Ids widoeded -mother. In 0, 41:ort
the girl's sketchbook and.
in it a :made of
•for Rose to go
And:, ilaleanwhile a
11, gran n quite - and • his hair
and beard looked almost glosay. Ne
more quinine !
irlie et -ening p -e.cetling the young
iere tlepartnre for the city was a
lite cue, andeilatead of eitling. iis
istial, Kite end Zach tool:: 11 stsoll in
he orchard. r_1115 apples, were riee
iicl rtiatly to le gatIv-red into the
" cave," :Ind their mellow frteesince
ayored the \,u1 0211 !.111- so dtlieitte-
v !hitt Zatell sait. it N11101 SWeeter
lein an O\flfull Of StIg31* cakes.
'When the yolingO'olks returned
.0111 their . walke the \va8
tanding on the door-al:cp.
nick eye detecto 1 sgeneth jug wron Li;
1 t110 1ile0S 01 the .z11)1)10a11ing
0111,1,11:
(
al
NV;
fat -too. The Innae ver.v
lazily inn' innocently his I
ee. nrown eyes the - while he
iTtal at the skirt of the girFe dress.
NVitat 110As Zatli , sick,
!, lie .1.--n id v.
" know.. guess I i» in fcu a
• SintIke, _ its t rei in a TINT,
done ou the
' roof cooed (init.-cull
'
•
A hot flush, in,- 1li0 midst of :I
in-hastly indigo, 6-n. (etch ciiek
().f ipettker. Rose's was
nit herrn-mail, -while • bel-
t y sloW.
,„ ,„
Miss l'utpin. reseived the, lonew
1) sa a nEeE: Come oot to Sec
' ev ii if you woa't stay but a day t. a
,...,..r
oir,rif you're a Christian girl. Z
,f (;nes is slomrly dying with consumpt.i
1 an 1.1tat sayS 1.10' i; .$ 'gnsomething ( n
i mind' he wantS to- tell you. fits! N
, th ta, when he once tells you he elm
i ha ipy, The • poor fellow is inOn8tr
I ha [ od, and 1 think you ought. to c(n
or loving uncle,
" JARED Maim's,
Something in Attie •homely letter
' A owl the young girl vet y_ deeply,
eo deeply . that on the second day
. af er her marriage she prevailed on
.he - hitsbrind to take her to- Stillire
11
M 1, was n•ei-ny
-l1 sundown whet,. the
yo ing wife, accompanied [iv the
tdg dre, entered the room of the dy-
ing man. He lay od a- low lLed,
near an open window, gazing 1-Wist-
- y -Out into the blue distance thaa
ailed the sky of illay, Birds were
Ying in all the ttees around the
hot se,. and a cool breath of violet
see ted air rippled through the Wine
do . The Widow Jones, worn oet
with Watchiug, sat sleetieg in her
ra e arui-chair. • Sammy had gone
,
aft r the cow a gift from ithe Squire.
•he visitors entered !softly, but
Za h heard them, and feebly tut ned
his beat]. , He ..put out • a bloodless
hand and clasped •the little, warm
fingers: of Rose, ladling her into a
seat beside his couch. .A wau smile
flitted across his face.
eame little Rose you us o to
ar us,"• he said in a low, faltering
voice, that had in it an infinity of
-tenderness. His unnaturally bright
eyes ran swiftly over her face and
form, then closed as if to fasten the
vision Within, that itmight follow
him into eternity. "The same little
Rose you use to wus," he repeated,
"only now you're picked off'n the
vine, ati' nobody can touch ye 'col:A-
in' the owner," • - : r.
A few moments of utter silence
SEP
.,=„atatra,..aasts-
a
1
came in like a gust of oisy wind.
" 0, mammy, 0 ash. 1's got
&thing to tell ye, an' II het ye •can't
guess what 't is !" he dried, breath
lessiy.
" 0, Samnniy, honey, 0, dear !"
groaned the widow.
" !" said the squlire solemnly
" Well, 1 kat wanted I'm to guess,"
replied Salinity, '‘fori it's awful
carhis, dog ef 'taint."
ti -s -s -s-11 !"
• " The • iistle-o is btatke out on
iag Ole hoss again Lell times as
ing weas as ever !" •
Ar_d darkness stole athwart the
118- earth but the inerrow'sSun drove, it
Worth
ZA, & CARTER
Weuld desire to call attention to their
greatly improved
•
• THRESHER & SEPARATOR
• , 0 I
a Wit V. ;NV V' eV NN'e Vey • (11(1 .11 V
itch 2 11
on, ;sill). or any Sea5011 cliu� front the
his heart: of little 1r .t the --41iittioN1- that
ags Was the memory of the meil who
diu ° died in that, cilbin.
tets
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SPECIAL, NO*111Q.ES.
llryan'e Wafers alio gregt pulilie re-
iintily.) have now been ia ttuover twenty
years, hence, it cannot be siid that they
are mi trial. They have thoiough-
ly tried, and pronounced toil the an thor-
ity of those whose lives and health they
have pi eserved) to be a sine, harmless
and eminently salutary, preParation, and
if taken in season will imtariably cure
• coughs, colds, :sore • thrOat, and all
broaclual affections. One fair trial will
all medicine dealers, at 25 cents per
ic;onxia.-inee the most skeptical. Sold by
08-0
MisSionaries and others sojourning in•
foreign lands should not failto take with
them a good. supply of J ollilsouls Ano-
dyne Liniment.- It is the most reliable
Medicine for all purposes there is in the
Contagibus diseases, such as horse ail,
&alder, &c., may be prevented be the
Iuse Sheridan's Cavalry Condition
Powders. Persons travelling with
horses should ta,ke note of this.
.134.3- Wonderful is the rapidity and ease
with which garments are made up by the
Osborn Lock Stitch Sewing IVIaehine.
Caution to purchasers ai the Perm;ian
Syrup, (a, protected solution 1 of the pro-
toxide of iron.) Beware of being deceiv-
ed by any of the preparations of Peruv-
ian Bark; or Bark and iron, 1 NV may
be offered to you. Every
genuine has Peruvian Syrup (no meruinv°:
ian Bark) blown in the glass
the bottle before purchasing. !
followed, during which -faintly, fa
out in the field behind the house
was heardthe childish voice of Saill
my, sieging an old hymn, two lines o
which were heard most distinctly by
, During the year, ending Feb. 1st, 1870,
Mr. Fellows paid nearly eleven thous-
and dollars for advertising in the DOUAI).-
ion alone. Ile is doubtless the ni6st
extensive advertiser in the British
Provinces.
RAILWAY TIME TABLE.
Trains leave the Seaforth station is
follows :—
GOING EAST.
r Toronto Express. Buffalo Express. -Mixed.
• 7.52 A. .m. 10.60 A. at. 1.35 P. ar.
GOING WEST. •
Mixed. Express. • Mail..
f • 1.35 r. m. 2.35 P. tr. 8.50 P. M.
those in, the house.
Ah, yes—
• • -•
"This• world's a wilderness of woe, ,
This worit'llit ain't my home," Sesiorth!
chimed in the sick man. Then, by
an evidently fearful effort, he fix,ed
• -his eyes firmly on those of the youeg
•
•
Which is able to compete WW1 any other
• Machine in
aanada.
Among its many advantages, we call at-
tention to the following—the way the
•Cylinder is constrneted—it requires less
• power and is capable of
TRRESHINC MORE AND CLEANER
THAN ANY ;OTHER.
• The great complaint among Threshers
always was, that they could thresh more
than they could clean, our improve.d drum.
does a,way with all these complaints; it
is so construated as to regulate the wind.
to keep the riddles from choking. without
blowing any grain over. We have also)
improved our Mills to prevent the grain.
going ever with the straw.
We would invite Farmers and Thresh-
ers, generally, to give us a call, and ex-
amine ur stock before purchasing else-
-where we can sell as cheap as any other
Establishment,
None b t the best material 'used, and the
• v ry best workmen employed.
• The lachines we sold last year enable
us to s, y that they gave better satisfac-
tion th n any other ever sold in this
PI T'S HORSE POWER!
county.
•
-opt on hand at all times.
We would also desire to direct the
attention of farmers to our
SAWING MACHINES!
Which are capable of sawing from forty'
to fifty cords of wood. per day.
Superior Gang Ploughs,, •Straw Cutters,
Cultivators, Scuillers. Wooden and Iron-.
beam Ploughs, Scrapers, Kettles, &eel
a.Ali of which we warrant to give satisfac-
Divisions Courts ----1871. wtion, and will be sold as,cheap as at •'any
Division Courts will be helil as follows :
...june 27 Bayfiehl
1\ roxeler • -7uly Clinton
other ietablishment in the Province;
me 6 REPAMING AND CASTING!
• oca.
0ct,24 OE E,VERY DEseRITTION',
---Nliv-21 Done on the shortest notiee and most
Nov. 23
ov.,25 reasoaable term.
Oct. 4
July 27 Gotlerieh j
Exeter. — . .. . .. July 29 Winghtun
B. Yr 4 1• A ' • c).
Dubgunnon —.Aug. 2 S‘eaforth .
Clanton Aug. 5 •11.xeter
thslerieh•.... ..Au,,tt. 14 Dungannon .
Amleyville .... Sept. 213 lleytiehl ..
Senforth Sept. 28 Clinton. —
Exeter Sept. 30 (lo'clerieh Dee.
1 hingiontott .... ()et. 3
avereoroner.sritozwon; , nnipla....____75.14_._
NV 0 in 1.971.1 Ilere was a tiler tyr, iint' of
the tanatiAl sort, t martyr,
nevertheless, pitiable if not heroic.
The wind lowered its voice. s
"Roae, little Rose, I've got just a
word or two tO say to you, priva.to
:'like,",-ZuOli said, glancing uneasily
tit th‘
• The young . woman trembled.
dAleinory was at work.
" Spire, -go oat. will ye 7"
• The side rean's request was
P"°° Obeyed, and Rose sat droops
jug aloae -beside the bed, while the
widow snored 'away. Zach 119w
• more nervously Clasped • the youag
bara spot of faint
mehine glimmered- on 'the pillow
-
- by the nian's head.
• "It's, been on my mind ever smee
ANre parted, Itase. E 1 ort to 'a .aid it
en, lett I --choked and cogilthi't ;
it kin say it now, • and I
0 paused a, moment, and Itose
oked pitifally au him. "Yes 1
ill say it now, so I I
ish, I do wish I'd 'a killed that 'ar
rned old iistle-oecl hest ; I do by
l_ »j
Whew. after a few minutes. the
rune eaute in, the a view still
-ptt the sweet still rippled
rough the room, init Bose held a
ad hand. • Zech was at rest.
anent or so of jittinful silence fol-
ved. .-•eat-tire placed, his hand
tile hright hair of ltose, and gira-
down mournfully int!) tile Pinch-
, face or the (lead. now
fully calm 1(101(1 fade is !
Th8 stiteed, groaned, and
01:e.• Foe t moment she bent her
es inquiringly on the. young
then she clasped her in
;.*:11.11.'"... 1)(111V anife.t.
\-en. are the • 11.0se, Alio little '
se, been no▪ oin" on so inuelli
awful n -lad von
110. --ort t 11) hem' 'lint.
k about you VI 11011 he got fleety.
32
time Lie chill set in, and it w ts
dstritil oife. nie . teetl1 clattt rred, '
and his bony franie shook and! rat-
tled like a• bundle of dry sticlts 111 a
stiong Afiei it had slaileel )1)(1.••
him thus for nearly an 'tour' his heal t,
a1)c:
hrothdr Sammy,,
a. lad of ten rays'
a!atuiing. came in with a sji-t4 of I was aid,
leittermillt, brought from a neligh- ing ham
. I and Wlic
"inv. 'ore's yer'leit,ernt11- 1 ias' ,wi;shea
4: ; I
tail he, Petting the jug on the Illeor. while loi
cOuld nOt hear what ;
as the two pufted, shak.-
s down there inethe yard,
n lie tOl Rose • that he
he could have staved a :
ger, just on Zaeh'e ttccount,
k. 28.
....Nov. 29
—Dee. 1,
143-ly--- • - •ZAPPE & CAIZTER.
LOT, R
FLO
p3.-sv,aa.1-k-ii.a.),,i,t ,i,blloct, iparreiii:atailo'l(11..s fniine'eltlh'ienleoni-
.
gd . i mg harv,st.
1.THO 1SON & WILLIAMS
•While ti anking their patrons for the lib-
•eral enecuragement accorded them in the
i -
, past, wo 11(1 curdially invite the at -ten-
, of Farm ,).-ti to their choice assorunent of
! Harvesting Machines for 1871. Our
0 /40 Contbined ...1,raehi,in,
CHEERING PROSPECTS
FOR AN
ABY N -D ANT IIARVEST
1
I The, p •esent favorable Spring weather
•
te, 111
ITaTlit1111:01
'A- A' h lry the _Ales SCOBIE,
Ii:v:f:?;rieptu.:‘,1 to iumish
pnrehanoil snit tlitwout:111:-refittoil the
FAMTIA' FLOU
SeCond to NONE IN SEAPO
• - Ana that. will
. Compare. favorablY with any n the Do-
.
Iison went A 1 to o isasea
Dealers mitt nsk for ALARSDALL'S .10.tatembek
111.1l131 IALL'S
.• W. SCOTT ROBERTSON,
WHITES].
• SIMON POWELL '
CAVANAthf,
• Wan l'HO.NISON, En -manila, -110,
Or at 'NV. AI'lls.
()Tilers hit with. W. S. 110BEET! ON ltill
aliensle.1
• Pt.rt to- .
Exellange Wheat for Flour,
et, see e eatitt -test seaetity, sae sa ti-
elti Liza \1111 11 1 ti 1 (11 1011
W. .AIARST1 ALL.
The if
IMPORTA
TO
IIOUSEKEEPE
NT
Q
• 000D FLO R!
—() () —0, 1..,or'
:h. Zitcl.ty, dear!: ), 110')$
mail, 0
t • Er, !--!!.f
_VP A 1.f...TI
W. A. SHEARG5N St GO.,
„era i.t the
• 'SEIFOIN,I I a.riiiLs!.
Lr.tui•ce 111.a1;1:4- tiring ilte
-11 Y (1. 1)21,N7/71 I- FLO [7,"
lit t1.-
: with Johnson's linproved e, has
g,iven complete satisfaction! for the past
uwo years, and. is now ()tiered to the
pu w th the strongest guarantee for
thrrabi1it' and perfect -work.
[The a ?pi ga, •eh Jr., ji.fmr,-,/,
'NV lii eh. h. Is' gained f or -itself a world-wide
rept-anti( n again offered as the most
durable, manly and bestworking- Mower
tkhneo eing istru a the 1), t lani
, inn:. entirely of iron and steel,
and. with it we defy competition. We
•
also offer the
Ju i. on's_ Sel. R Jlfi
• Pea per,
- which to f k first and second lirizes at 1)ro-
, vincial Exhibition. 1.570. This reaper is
aeltiantk lged to be superior to -any •other
patter) noW 1160, as it cnt perfectly.
takes up 411'401 (»r taii0eil grain better
than any oiler rake o): Teel Mat:nine, Mill
ellts eten1111y well from either side the
field w -he wind is strong irom any di-
rection, cm be raised or 10wered whot in
• inotion,a3 d. is very durable. •
iwvite inopccriim onr machines.
:001 med inaminnturing_ pnr-
vhmers b !fore giving ofders
guar uttt-e iit eVery
eitine, or o sale.
•• TER.MS EASY.
The agsiteltundista. ei Perth and ;10 -
et hot 1);!iieN.r/ Ito
so blind • 0 tlivir oW11 iirteTe..I.4 as to
eiVe their' 01'elcitit to shops in )1'e. than
00 miles east, -Man there are ;irst-elns•s
wink,i in tin:ir ntidst, Landing ,lare!t-ly
11.111Milhetop:3t.in).-„,,:i,iLi:fe_ the
all ion F1-1: 11;4., •;•••,( nd. in your ordera
(at]. with eta- teeenta.as in
yeti will eet. a p. Fleet ma -
nn tin.; Nttliti• tennis your
( /or pi-inciii.lats linsiaess
and
r 'kinds (if implements con-
; N II I 7 LT,
inds of ILL \VIIIZIK:
i 11
:"
„ , 1 {..;• .• = „,,,
. Yes, (10:1(1," echoed titc de hate. es.. ; Les . A. ''"'"` 2 "••1
.1 ('. neighbor.
F41111).*0. The" wortie \vete lieax-y ita _Nee 'riga,- ege. a --feast-, ate:et see-, ;eel pia,
.,- s s
, ;,;,1 t.: •
(attIft -s ;urn'.
Across the li ei d- of votieg green eeiu thaadse. •
staAnitilN',}t(10111
,
at zstn w:tves iiid, Farincrs desiring to exchange their Whea.t
In unnurrog aud sigh • ing, while the • e;TEA
• for Flour, at the imp, •
lust of blossoms wheeled and rose ' et. ,t„
, a 0-e• 11] (dl t'a 4.. tin:i: ,171:' 11.--: ..r 013“). (,!. 'pr( an 1 3 tAY.
- 1., 1.,, Anil all 1
inci fell in the ittst eat lays of tile it::::ted i
ar- .11 , eatest, in irittitt1:12.te te.:esJ.I.ding _% iy_,,, .,
gOillf4 SUil. A big yellow bueterliV t-111''''`11' e'l'i'''ir "1":"L etet701-''a soeat at wiLLI catqs,
litted through the room. W. .A. SHEAR S.0 1\"1 4: Co. i.
Just then Sannny entered. Ho . ii).1.1,1, .).1 1 TC) 1 ELI,
1 lsq-ch j. • untariot
•
-SEPT. 29., I
.
foathrr,s
• --Thera is_ a. am
co-vc ring 11,7i
PhilaikAphia
physie;a11,-.; elergy
due). witli 11ete-the
—
tree *13 lilt t 411 feet
--- An i1linoiseb
• bodily •sit mike ob
---- tiRev.
• 0D t a1-1.11415Ola Of ti
ailed reeently in t(b
t'a horse •thig
near Kane is City i
tritei •at esi in. and h
• A t 9aliadian
quite.
it slim of 111M
-I.
• ()ne ocean •t
counted • sixteen itte
vovage eteross the Al
• Dollingte
a
years old, is
Be eschews tobatai
rises at fome and
Hie library
Imes eeeupies the
- Alother Wine:
Maine aged one lin
yearS, claimed ;
Igethadiat in the
the world.
— Milwanket:!:
'run over five difere
in a ano:ith. The
bat ee,71-11tik man,
—Mark Twain I
:house in Hartford,
and giving
also plachased ten
washstand. He alt
three times -per wee
tieniara -will be for*
.complished Jenkins.
GAIET)
The largest thins;
bonnets at the preser,
priee,
--A veteran. "1/41Sras
IA0'11.8 to a crowd of
timed having been
" That's nati
a little fellow; "ni$
been engaged eleven!
—A young ntiob3
his girl, with w:?.o,l.
ing pet petually, iren
was nothing. She sa
admit that, but shei
_she *as nrxt-to noth
th,11 Bilhugs
whietlere 11PO gettirt
• seveuty-live •Yeara
plenty., lett t]ie. desiia
to hold oilie has tuk •11
ont of -ibis honest
• 11111718C11141t72.
— At the dinner
sociation not long si
ing -toast •WAS ativial
the president of thee:
O'ltalrt.rty, an' mayi
the eltielten that IS
graVe,"
--- "John you
sovereign of the inni
er day, pia yon
ytr honor,
-where did yon pass
tween Iwo pennies,:
yer boner."
— A student JO131
vitatien. a party Alibi
After dinner, he boa
that oa
aaid, " You have tail
-what yun ean do ; Tie
y011 C31111013 t1t)." 11
" 1oinnot
-- "-Why, Mr.Jh
• 3r011.-th tO a. little perl,
•company witii •
hal!
•lnen„ " I • protest yol
small I did not see
" Very -likely," rep6
man," r‘-_1 am like a
six copper 'pennies, i.
eeived, but worth
them."
As:maxi Wat
AT IT- A InaSter o/
white linen of 0
ployees •igisb throng!
from Neal) -tbd weta.1
hazy Meek;
to a homily • on.
often. Lis shirt was w
a ilionth," Was the •
reenire two Flirts a,
sarks in aft week
Li."\tlii Dratril
-•0 ilibm
Dr. BtafIrao Arnow!,
Ante her of our me
-as paid to sohns t!.s"
. when" we hail tteawe
llt.sidt'ilotit •
fiil Vai 'ivy far !Au -WV
NcW" ."1-f k.( )noor
i10111 -e our attentioi
a red building, four
itallich alight 111tVe jt
V ',Mt for til( t Si/At 1
We le:IMO' aftertwa
Shak-r est-OA:shun
40s will lie awarC th:
are a 1,..tga1i0.1' peell
from inveriege, aad,
family tit -a tixee-it the
•
sister, jr_ Hepwin
given a rather _favor;
them in his" Neva -A
sorry to say that the
Jed to or of them