The Huron Expositor, 1871-12-22, Page 2UPON CHRISTMAS EVE.
.And I've found that out that it
isn't money, nor a well -furnished
house, nor clothes that makes a man
happy, bat the possession of a good
wife; and it took me ten yeais to
find it out. It took me ten selfiale
years—years that I had been spend-
ing in thinking more about myself
than anybody else, you know. And
all that while I'd got so used to it
that I never took any notice of the
patience and forbearance and tender-
ness that was always being shown
to me. It's all right, thinks I, and
it's me that's- master, and I've a
right to be served. And that's the
with top many of us: we get
matried, and are precious proud
- taking the wife out for a bit, but
then come the domestic duties, and
mostly a few children, when it's
bard work to make both ends meet,
and so the pear wife gets lower and
lower and lower, till she's a reg;ilar
slave, while the husband looks on,
and never stretches out a hand to
save her a bit of trouble,
- Well, - that's. measuring other
people's corn by your awn. bushel,
and that's right ---that's just what it
is: that's my bushel, and allo win
for it being a bit baucerea and knoc
ed about, it's surprising what a coa
rect measure it i_land if -ever 1 u
that old measure to tasy atioth
man's corn, and I find as it don't t
• for it, I always feel as if I shoal
• like to shatte I -Jett fellow's hand o
for I know he's a teump and a nrs.
worth knowing.
Now, I'm going to tell you how
found it. all out, and in finding it a
out as Isall it, let me tell you
mean principally -what a fool 1 ha
. been for ten long years. I needn
tell you when. it was, end Jane ther
don't care to be too nice abont th
day—very well, we'll say you d
but never mind now—only it wa
Christmas -eve, and I come hom
from work with my hands inn
pockets, and a week's wages titer
too, and when I mounted the stai
and went into our shabby room
there was the wife down in the lo
rocking -chair, with two of the lital
ones in her lap, and though he
bead was partly turned away
could see she wag crying, and an
other time I Should have flown a
her about it, for I don't mind say
lag ts 1 was a regular brute to he
• —not hitting. or anything of the
. sort, you know, but sending har
words sueh as- she's told me since hi
harder than blows. But I conldn'
fly at, her then on account ef
strange chap as was there. Shabby
snuffy -looking little fellow, with flu
in his hair and pits in his chin
-where he couldn't shave iu to, so
that, what with his -face not being
over well washed, and his old black
clothes.- looking greasy, he didn'
seem the sort of visitor as you'c
-care •aaout having in your place
because, though I came home dirty
with my trade, I always set thet
cloa-n as clean dirt, and don't mind
it.
" Well, what's for you ?" I says,
precious gruff.
"Two pun fifteen and ninepence,
with costs," he,sa.ys, bringing out a
- paper; and then you might have
• knocked me dawn with it, for I
knew it was for rent. There'd been
a bother about it several times, and
no \yonder, and as I'd promised
again and again,.andenever kept my
word, as 1 should have done, why
this was come on me, and there
was a man in possession.
There was only one thing to be
dote, and of course that I does at
once; goes over the way to the land-
lord, and when I got into his room
began to bluster a let.
it deal too bad,"..I say.
" Have you brought the money,
my man ?" he says. '
"No, I ain't," I says, " and I
think " .
"ow, look here 'Roberts,' he
says, quite quietly, and holding up
his finger, " You're not the, suit of
,
tenant I • want. You're no credit
to the place. If you had been a
• decent fellow, struggling against the
world, and you owed me twice as
much, and I eaw you meant to pay,
why • l'cl never •have put in the
bailiffs, but when 1 see a mau going
on as you do, why T say if you've
money to waste you can pay your .
relit. Sorry_ for your wile, but if
you can't p. -at the nIoney now, there's
the door. I'm not goieg to lee an-
noved in 111V cwn plaee."
He wasn't a. big man, but he took
me down twenty psgs in a minute
in his cool, easy way, and before; I
Ln •
k,w whei't! I was I'd backed out,
and was going aeross the •street,
-when 1 recollects the man sitting
there at home, and of a Christmas -
eve too, and I slowly went baek
and sent in ft message to landlord,
and directly after 1 stood before
him again, and after no end to a
• hard- fight he consented to let a•
pound stop on, and send the man off
if Pd pay down one pound fifteen
'and ninepence.
, Well, I thought a minute, and I
hesitated, and thought again, and t
then recollected the dirty, snuffy t
1
fellow -there, and that settled me, so t
that I paid down the money, took I
my receipt, and a note to the man,'
and directly. after I was standing in
my own place, With that chap gone,
and only threepenc left of myesix-
and-thirty shillings for a Christmas
dinner ; and now i came upon me
hot and strong •wh it was that I
stood there like that; and as I saw
it ail SO plain, I s t my. teeth and
brought My fist do w n upon the table.
in a way as made the carkaestick
jump, and sent the hildren trembl-
ing up ti their motl er. •.
"it's because no ody ever said to
me, 'Sam itoberts what'll you take
to eat 7' " And then I banged my
fist on the table at. ain, and began
%venting up and down the room.
. Nobody spoke to me, but the wife
got the children off quietly to bed,
and at last, when I as still striding
up and down, T felt her hand on my
shoulder, and she whispered quite
low like— , e c
" Don't mind it, ear."
"Bat I Alo," I said quite fierce
and loud, and the floor thing stole
away from I110 _again, and though I
didn't look at her, I
able to keep the t
that I'd been the car
I took no rioeice.t
-new she wasn't
ars baek, aud
se agaiii.
len though, for
.
g something was, woik . nte nie, and
k- at last I told her to go •to b4d, and
r- she did. while I sat Iefore tlite bit of
se I tire in theroom and thought it over.
er Now don't laugh at m when I
io tell you that I believe in belis, ibut
d .1 can't help it if yo dp, for they
ff, always •seetit to sp ak toe me like
e music does,- and if ti ei•e's ever any-
thing will apt on m it's the sound
I of a peal of bells. I was bitter cold
11 that night, and yet didn't feel it se
the wind •how -led al, ag the street,.
d and I could DOW an then hear the
't great flakes of su(..) v coMe softly
e patting at the windo\ and then the
e sashes wourd shake, and the winn
o, ramble in the chimm y, whiie every
s now and then came the- sound of
e the bells, not bright. aid joyful, hut
y sad and sobbing and mournful. I
e Knew it was a mealy, reputing time
rs with every. one elee. • I could not
, attend tb that, for I was gradually
w getting to see one thi g that I kept
a
on fighting.against, Fuld that was,
what a fool I had been.
Fight againit I id, but it wee
no use, for es the st eet got more
quiet, and the, wind ,unk, the 'bells
iang out clearer tint clearer, and
seemed to keep telli g me of it.
Now.' knew of it y the three-
pence in my pocket; ow it was by
shabby. floor; then the ; heggzfrly
furniture and the r iserable fire ;
and though 1 didn't er ss the room I
had it in my mind's e e, and there
it all %-sae written plin enoughin
my wife's face.
And yet I would 't own to it,
though the bells seem;d to be epeak-
Mg to me, and rang ot t plainetjand
plainer all my waste and careless-
ness, tili all at -once they stopped
for a minute; when o e big bell be-
gan to toll slowly, "boom, boom,
boom ;"and that did ii, for the next
moment I gave a wii4 sort of cry,
and was down on m knees with
wy hands over my fac4, and the big_
tears, hot and boiling bursting out
from between my 'fing rs. But the
tetus might blind, th y could not
hide that, though ever; oneseemed
like hot lead. They ceuld not hide.
what I then sa7, for the bell still
-went onenow swept away in the.
distance, now coming nearer at3&
nearer, till it frllea th room, and
made the very place Seem to tremble
and quiver, as did eV ry nerve in
my body. •
N the tears could iot hidethat
scene ats the tolling bpi brought up,
ana there j could see the snow upon
the greund, and, two n ourners, fol-
lowing a little coffin through the
streets of.a country towi, with their
-footmarks left back in tie pathway,
as thorigh even they wte initrks of
the funeral And thentoo was the
the . church, and the grey `bailed
el ergy men meeting us 'at the gate,
ancl me hard, bitter, and Fsullen,
seeing it all unmoved, and ilstenintt
to the words as camenow Sto my
ears borne upon the bells. There,
too, was the ;little grave,- and the
earth, too, .black, just as :though
.everything was in mourning for the
little flower as -the bitter'winter had.
nipped. Yee, there it all was, with
the poor wife sinking -down at last
upon her knees beside the open
grave, and letting a few of a mother's
tears fail silently upou. the little'
plain, white coftea, and ine--hard, aoo
THE HU1ON gxpo§rToR,
And then, without thinking of
the bitt r night, or our poverty, or
what w should do for Christmas
dinner, ve sat there together wrap-
ped up' in one idea, and that was
that the •e was a. change come' over
me, for somehow I filt quite dif-
erent min ; and, though no. word
we seemed to underatand
her, and that was qiiite
or us.
once I turns to the wife,
Lys,"I don't know whai's
er Me, lass ; feelings have
betferof me ; I'm almost
And then we both start -
r it seemed hot, and Close,
was spck
one ano
enough
Ad a,
and I s
dome o
got the
choking.
ed up, f
and heal, y in the room.
Wb it's fire somewhere," I
says, anc then 1 turned all over hot
and treuibling, and the wet Stood
upon my forehead, for I thought the
place bel w was on fire. and We on
-the seco d floor with three c'Uldren.
I ran o the window' and oPened
,it, and just then there was the rat-
tle of a ioliceman going, and titst
one voic and then another 'shout-
ing, "F". !". while directly after
there %%e s a tremendous -noise as
shook th house from top tobottom,
and mad the plaster off the ceiling
come rattling down on on our heads,
while th
• blown o
other cra
was the j
window.,,lass upon- the pavement ,
and then Came screaming and crying
sounds of peeple ruaiiing
ig at doers, shouting eries
tnd a hundred people out -
ung " Fire !"
minute 1 stood with mv
-hands to my head, as though it ,was
all a dream. I felt lost, and could
.not tell what to do, but the: next
Moment I
my arms
shop -front seetned te be
L. Then there came an-
hing explosion, and that
ngling noise and falling of
• 0u1. the
and kicki
foieheln,
iide ahrie
For a
was pulled up by ropes, a d before
any one could stay me, I tr ed to get
up.
But the escape men w before
me,. and tip and up he 1 hnt, till
there came a. fierce burst of flame
and smoke right upon him and beat
hire back, so that he cr pt down
again, till he reached wh re I was
coming up, and then I- got past him
and past the flames where t ie escape
was quite on fire, and th n up to
the- window where my wife stood
clutching the child, and lea ed haif-
fuintiiig from the window.
It was a hard matter to reach to
them, but I got one Apt tpon the
sill, dashed -out a panelof glass to
get a hold of the .sash' for n y hand,
)1..
and then began to wonde • how I
could save them, when I het rd a cry
from below and a regulai yell of
shriekas the light escape ladder -
was burned throc,10 and fell to the
gi•ound, so that it was only by an
effort 1 saved my self from falling;
but I •iept inside the MOM . with a t
horrid seushtion upoa me, for I felt 1
that OUr last hour was come, and a
fright d one it was.
The wife just turned her horrified
face upon me once, and then fainted,
while could see hut little of what s
t
the rising flame mid smoke, .and as .0
was gong on below, on account of 8
Da; 22 1871.
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to the heat it was awful—so still
that I was glad to hold out
beads of them with me, for
smok e
door.
I knew that in a feW minutes we
must 1>.. but to death, and how
awful thoe thoughts were that came
upon IT e is more -than I can describe,
and e in spite of all there seemed
calm s even when I heard a
•ackli b;liind me, and saw
icker; ght playing throbgh the
m oke behind as the flains were
Tepin into the room.
Just then I heard a shouting be-
ar d some one to the left cried •
me. 1 looked -up and found th
ere t vo men at the third -fl
indo% of the next house, and.
them shouted:—
" Pu her down. and try• all(' ca
is," aidithen he began swinein
rope. towards me till I got hold of it;
aad without waiting for instr lotions
made -it fast round the .wile's waist,
helped her out of the window, aro
held oi until they had the rope
tight, a d shouted to me, When I
lett go, and saw her go clear of the
flame a d smoke with such a fearful
swing t 1 felt sure they would
let ge, -td I shrunk back, for I dar-
ed not I ok.
Befor a minute was overt heard
them sh ut again, and then I looked
out tre i()ling, and caught at the
rope aga n two (a -three tiines be-
fore I coald get it, for it was a 11110
matter get it swung far enough.
But I 1 ad it at last, and pulled in
as much as they could spare, so as to
tie it ro ind the little child some
-
Where a out the middle, when they
saw me lake a sign, for I could not
shout, vas that choked, and then
they hen ed in while I kept hold too,
so as to keep the little thing from
swinging down so fearfully.
a long rope, andeventwhen
the little one safe there
the ! Nat- so. -e -"It is among th
the most savage and debased tribes Only tha
the condition and comfort of the hors
have been neglected," but we believ
.there are many in civilized countries wh
are guilty of the same neglect, and with
out the excuse of the former ; here a
ina,y avail themselves of the ul.
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thing else itherto known to improv
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C to the coarsest overcoat or upper leather.
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RE E YEA RS.
came- rolling through - the
ci
had two of the children in fl
; and, shouting to the s,
wife, "Sip on a ,few: things !" 1 ci
tete open the -door and darted down
the stair through the heat and lo
smoke to the first -floor, where- the to
rush of. aine and smoke elitiost
drove me ack ; but I knew it was w
for life, ai d I dashed down the aest. of
of the wee •along the passage, and •
then fell s aggeriag down. with my th
load upon the pavement.
Theyh
thent, lilac
cati o ar
- The Osborn Outfit is complete and
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• half the price hitherto charged for ma-
- chilies doing a like range of work, the
c manufacturers bein:4- determined to place
f it within the reach of every family in
t the country.
- A Thi FEPO E rupeITAE will con-
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d us up, though, in a mo-
tened, scorched, half-suffo-
d smartung ; and then,
:tiler casting one_look up at oui win-
dow, where the wife stood with one
Iittle one ii her arms, 1 ran towards
the blazing' passage, but a policeman
any twc men had hoid of me in a
ru omen t.
" Hold back, man'?" said one
'em • " madness to try it."
death," says another.
you _don't !et go !" I
ling as furious as a -wild
g held back. "Let go;
they'll be burnt to death
ave them ;" and then I
fought wit em to get. away, but
they were too strong for me ; and,
more coming to help, I could do
nothing."
" Pray, let me go," I cried atlast,
quite pitifully, for I could hear
shrieks for help from up above, and
felt that some one would think I
had taken care of myself and Wi-
lier to perish'; and then, what with
the shrieks and the thoughts, I felt
almost mad. and strove and plunged.
so, that I got free and dashed attthe
door where the flames came pouring
out.
I believe
ed in, but a
bertai
"Yes,
roared, fee
beast at-- bei
I tell you
if I doa't .
of
hat I should have rush -
that moment there Was.
another loud explosion, and I.seern-
ed to be lifted off my feet, and
thrown back into the road, .where',I
Jay. quite helpless.and half stunned
for a few moments. But -I son
came to agliin, -just as they were
going to carily tee through the crowd,- ,
and begging of them not to take nie •
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ie
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• It was
they ha
was euouah left for me to fasten it
%Ivith a 1 alf hitch round my lwaiSt
and clim emit and hang by win-
dow -sill illthey were ready, far the
room wa burning,' and. the flames
Came ove • me, quite scorch -log my
hands, so that in another -few min-
utes I mt st have dropped. But the
rope tigh coed, and I left .go,
Oro igh the air right clear of
the etno e and flame; and then
felt ni yse ftbiegged up and- at the
eiindow, but 1 did .not see or hear
anything more for sonle little time.
a shocking fire, *certainly,
hen people are -at, the
they find:outhow neigh -
se around could. be, for
them as took ns in ;I and.
f• being so frightened and
fter two or iliree hours'
id not feel so had but we
on the things that lwere
nd I can't help thinking
.1 SHEARSON- V, CO.'S OLD ST ‘ND
• "West Side, :11dt-street,
SEAFORTH, Ont. 1
away, 1, got hem to. let me stop, for.
the men wanted to see _what was go-
ing on; for now the flames were
mounting up higher and higher, and
rushing out -f the fi rst-floor windows,
- while that o le uuder where tit, poor
•wife stood heieking- for help was
glowing wit light, and I knew the
fire .woold bySt out there directly.
The gunpowder canisters in th
shop as they exploded had all helpet
to inake the ire burn more rapidly
and before ti e first engine came, th
place was bi zing furiously, -•while.
instead of trying anything tc say
her who stood at the window, pee
I ple did nothing but shriek ant
rsci.eain and wring their hands. I
n saw, unless something weS done
t was
but it's
Worst tha
borly th
found
in spite
ecorched,
sleep we
could put
lent. us, t
that we
1 soul
'side
beei
e that
we
-1 as iusf
RAILWAY TIME TABLE.
'frains leave the Seaforth station as
follows :—
GOING WEST.
Express. ixerl. Mail.
2.37 P. m. 1.40 P. M. 8.40 P. M.
GOING EAST.
•Express. Mixed. Mail.
10-50 A. sr. 1;10 r. se 8.00 A. M.
JUST RECEIVED,
AT
THOMAS LEE'S,
• A. CHOICE STOCK OF
FRESH FAMILY CROCERIES,
• Comprising
TEAS, SUGARS,
COFFEES, RICE,
CURRA.NTS, RAISINS,
SOAP, TOBACCOS,
Etc., Etc.,
All of which ho can afford to sell as cheap as a.ny
in the town.
TEAS FROM 50 cents TO
And warranted to give satisfaction to all.
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No.1 Flour and Feed,
Of every description constantly on hand. And
PROVISIONS
Of all kinds to be had at the lowest possible rates.
Simpson's Spice, the best Condition Powder for
Farm Stock in use.. Farmers, try it.
The highest price given for Farm Produce of all
kinds.
Remember theplace,
'maid have given k
ewhere else for our escape be
8 in our bedroom,. if it, had not.
for o iabarnaelf hair.
nd in spite of all lass and ate,
was a pleasaat Christma. ,day
span t, where every body riled
they ould tiot make enoti 1) Of
ands the sante time, ter
a feel in my heart that s
ed ae if th y could not make en ti!t1
of us ; an( , at ehe same time, liber
• was a feeli ig in my heart. that 'Seem
ed to che e• me and make me look
hopefully to the- future. For the
clothes an 1 furniture that we had
lost were none to be so proud of—
rather diflcrent to what we now
have mum. us, and when I tell the
wife so, I get a pleasant smile; fot
she says t eir's light belii 1 every
cloud.
bittereand Cold. -
"Boom, boom, boom"—hew it ail
came back, and hew. I see it all now.
How plain it all was that I had been
a fool and my ow, enetnyeend 'a le
to blame every ,one but myself for
wy ill success ; and at last matter-
ing " pardon, ,pardon," I held up my
hands, and then. started t� my feet,
for the bells .had stepped, and my
hands were taken by some one there
in the dark, so that I trembled ; till
heard my name whiapere0, and
thistime I did not turn from the ,of-
fered comfort.
Just then out rang the bells again,
night, cheerful, and merry ; and,
hough I listened attentively, and
vied to make them go with my
houghtS, they 'seemed now -quite to
lave left use to uiysell.
the fire would get the better of us,
• in.spi e of all I could think of,
there seemet no *ay to save her
who stood crying there for the -help
we could not gisve-7nothing but:for
her tie j u ) out. I ran about
-through the crowd here and there,
calling to the people to save her, and
for the time quite mad and frantie
that 1 could ot get at her, when all
at once titer was a loud shout and
cheer, and a peopl0. gave- way; *as
along at full s ieed came the tall fire -
escape.
I ran to he;p drag it along, and
.nts they had it lean -
e bet it .was
I groaned again, for
• brought to raise our
n dash them down ;
oment the fly ladder
THOMAS LEE.
STOVES;/ -TINWARE AND
COAL OIL.
e -seens. WHITNEY has just -received a large stock
-' " of Cooking, Parlor and llov Stoves, of the best '
which she can sell in, ,cheap as any
manufacture,
i trnde.
e T )(NW/UM, Of every detorription,
kept constantly on hand and made to order.
in a few mom
ing beneath tl
too short, ant
it seemed onl
hopes, and th
hut the next
-
—
BREA KFAs- --EPPS S Oc0.1---41 EATEFUL
AND CoM Ft#tT 'ENG By a thorough
knowledge of the natural laws which
govern the operations of digestion and
trition, and by a careful application
of well selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has pro-
vided our b jeakfast-tables with a delj-
cately flavor d beverage which may ave
us many do tors' &nice
Gazette.-- Made simply with boiling 'a -
ter or milk. Each packet is la,belle
Also, Stove Pipes, Eave' Trougbing, etc,
Custom -work promptly attended to, and outside
work will rem ive every attention.
COAL OIL..
A large stock of the very best Coal Oil kept con-
stantly on hand, and will be sold wholehale and
illitirMember the place, Carmichael's Block, Main
street, Seaforth.
Parties indebted by note or. book account are re-
tinested to set de inno tely.
Rags, wool -pickings, old iron, brass, copper, e'e
taken in exchange for goods. 197
HOUSE & LOT FOR SALE
IN SEAFORTII.
pOn Sale, Cheap, a Frame Cottage_ and a Lot
and a half, on the corner of Janis and Market
streets, immediately facing the Market souare.
' ouse conttuns two rooms and two bed -rooms,
with hall and srunnier kitchen. There is also a
splendid well Of water on the premises. For terms
tie., apply to the undersigned.
JOHN DAtCEY,
207
tiettfortli.
64- Agents wanted everywhere. Splen-
did inducements to make money.
./‘.pply to
CUELPH SEWINC MACHINE CO.,
GUELPH, CANADA.
W. N. WATSON, Agent,
180-ly SEAFORTII.
Warranted b the Makers.
THE RUSSEL WATCH
For Durability, Quality, Finish and.
Neatness,
CANNOT BE EQUALED. .
A new stock of the above Watches just
received.
• A COMPLETE STOCK OP
FINE GOLD AND SILVER
JEWEL11Y
ALWAYS ON RAND.
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry of every-
descriptiOn repaired with neatness and
despatch, and warranted to give satis-
faction.
$5,000 worth of Old Gold and Silver
wanted, for which the highest price it;
cash or trade, will be paid.
M. R. COUNTER,
179 Main street, Seaforth.
WM. N. WATSON
ALWAYS HAS ON HAND THE
BEST
SEWING MAOHIrtes
•
IN THE MARKET,
Either for Family use, or for Manufa,c-
turing purposes. Both single -threaded -
and • double -threaded, ami loeit-stitch
Machines can be su lied
Perfect sa.tistaction guaranteed, and.
. ,
instructions given to purchasers gratis.
WM. N. WATSON
Can also insure property agaimt Fire and
Marine Disaster, and Life and Limb
against death and accident, with the
hest Companies, being Agent for .
The Liverpool and London and. Globe,
(English.)
The Provincial of Canada, (Canada.)
The Gore _District Mutual, (Village and
Farm.)
The Niagara District Mutual, (Village
and Farm.
The Travelers of Hartford, (Life and.
Accident)
LOSSeSiiibergligil djusted and
Pi.omptly Settied.
MONEY TO LEND
At moderate rates of interest. No eorn-
mission, and expenses moderate.
IORTGAGES • bought on equitable
terms. 1160
NOTIPE.
TABORERS wanting -worl: for a few
Aweeks will find employment on the
GOVERNMENT DRAINS, ,
In Crey% VAGES, :31 2$ per day.
-Enquire of toe foreman. on- this work,
or apply to the agent at the office, 3 as,
1 T. Blain.
G. BLAIN., Contractor.
Grey, May 12, 18, L .
180 -ti .
DEC. 99,
The Rev. Robe
is Ready, the 131
A man that
membered—A one-
norioiteleern
other honses.
Lo well it
say "gentlemen
axe -called " meal -ea
A ,Schenectad,
",Annt;
had copper -toed teet
— Osw-go hr
sleep in li.nrch, an
deacon who took
by ria4rking,
all right ; I work on
Louisvilh
tliat the anti-polyg-t
lake City is simpli
'cunningly devised
ham uoung' 1»- j
inbthelt
_Alady who
After hearing a char
her pocket picked atj
.ng -church,. On ni
covery sM aid "ft
not End the way tol
the ,devil did."
--An diange
as
Illuerngler7irittlly .
State which neat
• ment • ,came from 1,1
• hand reading, a not
prowling around in a
" 'Alin" said a Ji
In -Other, " do men wzi
what are
ite.d Intlell
• "1by
arecon1:11ere
• getting
• 'oT'
lm
• pu—blicisteoe be Cidkl
• pobe of punishing the 1
ers of the railways,
that •nitro-glycerine
secoud trunkfe nd
• tile trunk is no
will remedy the
— The iollowing
advertisement was wo
change paper: "Lo
lady's watch with a wl
two ivory young Ia.
a mahogany- gentler
case, and a small !Ion
a young lady with
inci taile-.1'
"ist iron sink:i
the legeri.d aartfok
seribed ;on his (inter v
who (hie) ;said: it dida
•inquiry of an inebriati
to the plumber .afoM
it over three or four ti
a yell of delight wh
he saw the point.
Who
man 9;
1 -11133 not a, fatalt-fini
I have not yet attain(
Ansi iny neighbors, an
ery Iike.ly to attain
-one ; but -I do objecf
milking, rot :because t
it right, brit because it
man's place to be runt
e0Ws. Wonien who at
household duties rigla
time to attend to eowsa
if tney have riot the tit
them they should not
will not do as well wlp
two or three persons
them as theeewill to lir
and I hold if tht wome
parson to feed .the cow;
• doubt, _will admit, acid
one to milk {them.;
.901.11e !MD. 14 M.,
man is too dirty to in
didn't much wonder rS
husband. Dila is a re-,
to raise dirty boys.
know that they can
and they will sot)!
it, for I know itoin
sad experience sonretii
the cow lending Inc hel
ing the milking, all ()rev
had on my Siinday
no fun in milking
right1 avonid lary to
man, remember the
" A Inan's work is fron.
But a woman's work
—wee --
Robert 131.1rris 1.
liolwrt 111,11JS
man idiom is.the greatel
the Season. k)n
:admit the plyi-iiinty
tranilwrting -the :'4cotti
German verse, 1)utCorr,5
the lays of the eweet
licotch I iightzinds, and
into such • harmony wi
motintain dialect; as to-
-workl that there must
harmony bet .treen the
•-NU iSS poetes sound like!
Robert Burns
heights, and the tians.rat
poetic relation hs
tongues that has a dettv
There seems to be ani
tween the dialects that
sympathy, not 014
ton, but also in thoughl
it were in •A'-ain to at
Robert Burns into
dialect, because the vi
are Germanic in thei
.LSYcrilmer'v