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FRED'. TROYER'S LITTLE IRON -CLAD,
RY J. T. TR owenTn tf �eE.
Did i't I ever tell you the story ? Ie it
possible ? Draw up your chair: Stick of
wood Harry. Smoke
Toil ve heard of my uncle. Popworth,'
thougha Why, yes ! Vents e seen hikn ;
—theeminently respectable elderly gen-
tlemn who cane .one day last summer
just is you were going; book under his
3rou remember i weed on his hat ;
ile ,.on bland countenance ; tall,
individual in very seedy black:
hini my tale begins - for if Iliad
arm,
dry s
lank
Witl
neve indulged in an. uncle Popworth I
shou d never have sported au Irton,Clad.
Q lite right, sir ; his arrival teas a sur-
pris to me. To know how great a sur-
pris , yeti must understand why I left ►iyin t
city friends, j)iisuiess, au€l settled clown f > `th
ins quiet village. It was chiefly, sir, persons. whom an ungr a teff;
Gape the fascinations. of that worthy and tramples upon, ;whc
gentleman that I bought this p ace, disaster follows fast and
took ref e here with iii wife and 'In his younger day. , h
ones. here we had respite, respite over I don't know ,how i
nepenthe enthe from our ;inemorie of parishes'; but secret eppmi!
1 l opworth ; here we used t sit everywhere, poisoning
in the evening and talk of the mind against,. him, and. d
grateful and. tranquil emotion lentlessly from plaeejt'o p':
} e speak of awful things endur relapsed into agencies! an
that are no more. To us the h a icing list of them, each
i iman happiness was . raising to his ever -
and strawberries, in a retired n
i od where ' uncles were ,unkn
,i sir, when`that Phantom, that
,1 that Fate, keened before my
I day, of you had said, `` Trover
!ye sixpence for this neat little
ours;" I should have said, " Dc
the tri•flipg proviso that you `alhould expected, suppressed a
she -would go down and
received.hiin with a i os
verily believe that More
hypocrisy proceeds from
nature than from tooili 'l
tiler- .patiently to his expla:na'"ons. ,;
lighted you would have been to drive
over and fetch me !"
If yen were not alreadyout of hearing
you may have oticed that made o re-
ply to this a eating sjpeec . T e old
gentleman has grown q Liteleaf o . late
years, ` an °inti mity which was• o Ce a
source of nn ld missile to his f r ends,
to whom he w s constantly • ppeali ig for
their opinions, which fey were o l.ged5
to shout 1n his ear. t ow, :-happily,
the world has about as cl responding
to.him, and h has aim st ceased t c ex-
pect responses from th •w ld. e just
catches your eye, mill, nen he, ays,
" Don't you think say,' sir fror, V hat
nod 1
sating
of a d
eonste
.prof
egotis
any bo
grace
he ha
and
didn'
blessi
he, a
His e
elate,
is your opinion, sir ?" an a
does your bus Hess.
The hackman' paid, my
companied me to the he use;
5is woes
those w
catalogue of
lie. is one o
to e
ald
and
littl
and
Unc
dow
wit1
peo'l
day
of
con.
bort
But
pig€
tha
giv
of
'vi
alt
, as
in
ight
Ben flat failure,
igh- prise', the si
wn.
am-
ision
roving
ar illy
infoldin
e way
LID (ffr i
11 world lj
time
Vows.
was
niiy di;
.y pursue
the tai
iving hi
.atc;e. T
iwent tl
thrmina
Currin
e ac
_ the
For
ding
sties
ciful
ter.
tiled
erent
him`
chial
re -
ten he
rough
Mng
sur-,
ple old aou1 never, su}spett-
ing, to this day, who his a greats, tire
less, terrible enemy is i
I got him into the lib a y, 'anti went
visit— r visi:
bore up under
old have been
igh, and said
eet him1. She
itable siin.ile (1
of the world's
o much good
,) and listened
1
u
, I'll to talk over his unexpe•
box tation—with Dolly. S
ne 1" it more chedrfully than c
my uncle in the bargain.
e matter with h1II1? What_'i deed
invest human flesh With a�uuc+ ter-
ror. ---what but this ? he was—b=e i —let
me hriek it in your ear—a bore—a bore!
of e most malignant type-, an in
abs• . terrible, unmitigated: bore'!.
e book under his arm. was a v
of is own sermons—nine huudre,
n +E#tynine octavo pages, 0 Heave
w a.'att enough for him to preach a
pr < ch those appalling discourse
th
'e
de
ha
co
�F 4
ex'
lume
and
! It
d re-.
, but
n the ruthless hair must go.. and, print
r. When I consider what booksellers
orthy men, no doubt, many of 'them,
rving well of their kind—he must
e talked nearly into a state of syn -
a before ever he found one to give
Se in a moment of 'weakness, .ot utter
auction and despair, and eonsent to
blish him ; and when T reflect what
iribers of inoffensive . persons, in the
iet walks of life, have been made to
er the infliction of that Bore's{ Own
c k, I pause, I stand aghast at t o in_
tability of Divine Providence. a lad of a rather u ely f
ID ou't think me profane, „Ind clon'p for a while we were taki g s
+ ent imagine 1 underrate the function great uncle's deaf ese
he preacher. There's nothing better. subject in his prese ce,
a good sermon—one that put new ant. expedient : "'trot 1
into you.: But what of a -sermon cornfield, ihtroduc hi
pu
se
Bt
sc
m
of
th
lit
th
S•e
" You will observe that I have beoug ht
my- bag,"says he,, " fo
wouldn't let me off for
though I mtistpositively
in two weeks at the
brought my volume, too,
tenmplating a new edition
contemplating a new e
that a pretext for lugging
'I knell you
a day ole two,
eave in a week,
gest. T have
for I ani con-
" (he is always
'tion, Making
the book; about
with him,) I" and I wa t to enjoy the
advantages of your And l+rederick's crib-
Orale
eve
cisnm ; I. an icipate
able, old-time talks
Frederick !'I'
We had invited Some
to come' Ln and eat a
cream with 'us that
q ueetio1i arose, wi
with the old gentle.
after,
at
ran ?
t takes life out of you ? instea
itual fountain, a spiritual spong
al- orbs your powers of body, and
so tjtliat the longer you listen th
y a are impoverished ? A mere}
good., comfort=
the old' book,
village : riends
rawberries and
noon ; and the
hould be done
Harry, who'is
Hing in
of his
ss th
roposecl a pleas -
'm out into th.
to the : scare •
that," s� ys he,
itor's fa e, wli
doubt t in
arming oy h
d as he ss deaf
.spos d of Iver
i lig pious Iva
other lay figure
ncy, col
vant4ge
to disc
m
of a ' crow, and:Jet him t lk l
thatgrinning iii) into the l
sond, grinned dqWn at hini,
more what -a ' R nderfuy
poor was ! If 11 were a bl
se bon isn't so bade you will f nd, if he might have be
y ij. are the right ki=nd of a 1 earei, that ! comfortably'. in som,
it will suggest something better.tl an it- —the scarecrow, or
it of
your
some
who
c
se ; a good hen will lay to a '
ea. hen. Bat the discourse of
m ®.isterial vampire, fastening b
m '.tico 1= process upon the heave
halife of his own though not
on:• has that—sucks and sucks and
an he is exhausted while" the pr
is efreshed. So it happens that
bo bore ;is never ,weary of -hi
bo ng he .thrives upon it ; w
se s to begiving, he is mys°te
ta' ria in—he ns drinking your bio
keit, you say nobody is obliged t
a - • emote._ 0 my unsophisticated f
if man will put his tho:ughts—
eta i ds, if thoughts are lacking—be
co vers, spread his banquet and,r
fn 'ly invite Public, Taste • to part
it, Public taste being free to d
• th n your observation is sound. If an
au
Or quietly buries himself 1`n his
s,, yery g cot sic j.ae ; pe e : o
ashes !
The tinte4h aVe
t, -when the brains were opt, the man
clic
1 there an encs; hut now they rise agar
Macbeth observes, with some •
might have
of hisimmc
the• suggest
will see.
sub
an
served; o ei,
rtal mer elo
ion bor f �
0
every While we were coli:
-treks; up our scattering ii'e of
ober clef the old 'talker's hear
your ish minister called, old
own for whom we have a' gr
ile he aspect. Of !bourse, we
ously
e r earl
iend
r his
to
age un, in
res. As :it
it lat
oln,
vas
Y0
eras
ulting�-keeping
smallarms tut
Y
guns --our par
octor Wortleby
at liking and re
lad to intro(uc
TH
U R.ON
EXP SITOR..
AUGUST 15, 1873.
myself on y adr
ieate matte , whe
nation !—P i wor h
els --followe i; suit
couldn't t? . in
y but him el bei g
at our tabs , e b-iu
n't notice' m no '
lige Docto'4 low
reach hi and t
g gong o Or a s'de
I said, p toted 'n
3s shut, hi, ;hand: s
his elbows o1 the b
Bowe 1, he took ca e t a
abou 'd with us f orb ce ! )
I'kn w theres w -e os o
hope VVortleby * uld d
didn t know hi •: , an. H
feel hat he had t e s ok
pull d away ni n 111
lifte up his 1. fid na a
Doe or raised hi v ice, in
I su pose, of making 1 nem
his 1 sty compet to f
had wo blessiu s: r nn 11,
you table, in k pr. se
gue ts, you can a er ,1n
tou ding, how il]'ngl 1
1 fe t that both Li toi
reg y to tumble o er, ea
lex of suppre se etas
had recourse to y hand
my" tears. At e ggtle
yiel led; to• fate, le
hire
qn, 1 contest,
and the old sev
dead away in tiiuiiph.
t last' (as t ere mu
eve ything un er the sun
ca. e to a close ; ° a d a• :� ou
site ice ensued, du },rng wh
dur t look at an t dr, :it
an • jelly-like +ontlitio I I
gla ce at him, a + d lnotic
ed p and aroun ith
fax ion at havi+g pert,
slut in a beco"a g" m
V1 kr ill
ei
it Management
-conceive m
rot to speak
The -reverend
pdsibility of
invited to say
g present ;---
to the Deotor,
earnest voice
he4, with one
of the tabs
ore the' othe
pr d over ' is
nazi , his he `d
ace shoul d.
11s hill starte
pp `:g it, anc
esi :t. Bat
e{ see ecl
e ! ar, !and
A '; Pghwo
V' ice,l the
tl e vain ho
se f heard
yo : have ne
Y o
nc
agi
udifrous it was !
and' Gregg ivere
ch
otioi
leer ll
poq
w
auled off,
i.tJi-two
+1
im to Uncle Popworth., foe they nnc.•
ace to face ; and of course 'Uncle Pop
worth fastened at once Upon the brother
cleragyman. Being my 'guests \Vprtleby
could do no less than li ten to' P0_ pworth,
ween who is my Uncle, He istened' with• i
spect- tercet and sympathy fbr .tl,►e„first hal
ke of hour ; sand then contig ed li;itening fo
e,eline, another half-hour, a f ten• his interest ' an '
x11u
sympathy were ex
tempting to go, he
bo 1. 1 t 1 ' et t with it in his hand
hi, Then he stood half ; tin our oil his poor, 0
�h h n, old gouty feet,"despe at ly edging *toward th
h �con�fl the .door. .1 at
et, ` ,,, "Ah, ertainly,'' says -'e, With a fon
as onfte- . weary smile, repeat .sly encs avoring to an
Si( ai of syntax, exeusable in -a per on of break the spell th t boun .iim. ” I tvV
hie circumstances. Now, suppose hey— shall be most happy' tell hear the conclu- ed
. or he—tine man whose brains are out— 1sioti of your miner ' -at s me future . Cat
go l about with his ;coffin under h"s arra time ( even mime er caro lie out ofe
li . my worthy untie? and supp se 1e politenessr) abut jiestfiow--t"m a
e
to
e
h
Id
e,
er
position- at
of : inyi
:ie how s-
r•
a alt appep-
s-; whit I
hief to hide
[• Wortle
oni the c
n-
or repents ;
gunship thib-
oiiietid'
my un
ent of aw
oh nio
in my �v
ventured
t
un •onscious of h
he track. '
and much
dkerchiefs s
erect himself
is prayer h
his will give
of man we
't risk maks
I+ e, ts, by att
withers, to
you about
ing to that.
uffice it to s
TAW !—five
eke hints • w
s driving
elves almost
apes alone
off
eye
ha
flat
in
kin
won
as
sta
tell
COD
L
he
to
kic
ou
11
ate+
goin
t the
teld
ydu sc
i, ad on
g niyse
mpting
I reme
y ittle
a
to
ale
Eul
an
ak
a
d that he to k-
it • it of sa is-,
rm d a. soleinn
nn
a
s al
ti
and passed me the, slate with a hopefu
can you dos?" I asked. 11
" T copy the manuscripts,
nom the one langxage to other
perfect exactitude, I arrang
s, 1 make the catalogues, I a
be any secretary." And h
as if he saw . in my. eyes a vas
tate' of a talogues, manuscripts, librar
, and h atherlancl at the end of it.
" _Clow would you like to be .comp ,nio
a ' iterary man ?" I inquired, l
sxitiile.
'' What
an:Tared,
tt�: nelate f
wi h some
th • lhbrari
e m able tc
i ked up
�e
t
Ile nodded expressive y, and wrote
should; that life overall. But I spea
cl hear not."
o Matter," I replied. " You
hav to sit and appear to listen
>cca tonally.
You shall be the gentleman ?"
ked, w th a bright; pleased look. -:
I expla
as an
roily, t�
g quite
Jacob
reheat
I nodd
pe.rfec{ly harmless ; but he can; on
e kept quiet by having somebody
lk and 'teed to. He will talk and re
you. a must not know you are{ de
e is ver . deaf himself., and will iiUt e
ect yo : o reply." And, for a.. Pers
Nishing light and easy eauployment,
r..cotn:m nd the situation.
He wrote at once, i " How much y
ay?"
`i` Ones dollar a day, and board you,"
t eplied.
He of the nose nodded eagerly at th
nc wrote, " Also you make to be wa
a
1i
r, blissf
oor brot
with. ne
0 or th
er.
ist
gee
pathno doubt
etic touches
me • {idea of.. the
ur rands, and 1
f as, great a bore
a +`'story of his
nbe i I set out to
fro' Clad. I'm
e
y, he :: taic
++ ortal ee
en the
urs frie
to dist act
for protect ng
pr+met and vig•ous eli inn.
a h ppy chance elped ieoto
thi awful probl en of d=stint
i lore than on e 1 had
vi' acinus sugges ion of
on. could only ave be
'vo Id' sit comp. • eclly i
wl n spoken to I was
su 11 automaton, to bear
boring !with w 'ch w
Wl en gone da,' ther
m n into the g rden,
ref gee.
e ; Was a hort, • war•
lo. king, diminu ive, .sti,u , ,
fel owl+, -=-little fi ,ure m° stl
he natty fac little ace
w ich as by o mean lit
hu +a i vegeta le. (to my
ey: ) running marvelous y `t.
or an. The first thing I ;3
in up at the sonnet of f eta
sai nose coming towa d 111
sw e'tcorn tassels. N, se
breic cast. the bearer esp
eel though his limen ha . an
sa 1 owness,dand his elo r +•
a
Crashed, second hand a pe'
Without a word he was
bo vs solemnly; and pus s
(I light he wEis lays g fix
he rt) the familiar, u eh %
of its class—the fold d tor
•, ready to fa.1 to
in short,'jthe r s
tit cate of eharac' e
w (which gave his n
beak. of a bird o1 r
++ e) he handed t
that it as da e
igued b tide u
o ' hysicians tl
to who bo e i
hat Jaclb
1$ name—t
I
he _staid—
s ; .refusing
ala est became
ds f' om- us. and
n; his mis-
+im from a
tion : when
a solution 01
recalled Harry's
he eealecrow—if
i ii vented that
a chair and nod
wishing for some
the .brunt of' the
were afiiictec
came a lithe
heti: I had takeff
hy, foreigii-
ther comical
head, little
costly nose
e—a sort
iorticulttir
;seed in tha
°w, on loo,
,eps, was t
, among t
a iecicledl
cta{bly 1r -es
nsy olesoi
hinly, mac
anee.
sup tom
his pock
haul on h
ori weapo
, yellow p
ices Fes, you ope
eeta°)le beggar
\ 'nth ano the r
se he aspect of
y m king a .pick
ie document. 1
in h1ilwaukee ,
or of that cit}
re..' lergymen and- a
nit •c testimony to t1
Me iz 1=1 think the
e b7 arer, any way-
an�l, considering the
ng, being: mastE
stet ' I'hen, at1- pe
tot his hat, and sant it
nal an hour longer. 1 ce'
: uplcin reading to you, out of that
,- sa •oophagus, passages, w-hich,
• opinion, prove that he is not 81
.strangdr, snub him ; if a casual ac
ta ice, met in an evil hour. there is st 1
tont may be sacrificed (you ten ember
th's story of -Coleridge, ) mid
clutch of the fatal•fiagers.
our own 'kindred, Etald very
e, adding the claim of misfort
other claims upon you-s---pac
_ship's wooden figare-head through ell the tient ; hut that Woutd. have been too i
ui , and downs of tfie voyage of li e, and t alma to hope from the sublime endur-
rt, an ' aaee of.atrartyrt if eter thefe Wets one P.
would tone and :the Gteggs arrive, he i craftily I is
sea -spited !his opportunity, and slipped off, 'IP
First Linton wa Secured a and you 8
ehovild have •seen him roll bis- mute, ape
pealiag: otitis, ae ht settled helplessly
down itteder :the in li tiont Soddenly he
made a dash. , " I a ignorant of these
matters.,' said he, t` but Gregg under-
standsphena ; ,Gregg will talk with you."
But Gtkegg took reftge behind the la,dies.
The ladies, receiving a hint from poor
distressed Dolly, seettered. But no arti-
fice availed. . against the dreadfpl. man.
Piazza, parlor, gaeden—he tweed every-
where and Was stre to seize a edam.'
' At . last tea was readte and we all
went in_ 'Die Lintons and Geftga are
people of th.e world, whe would' hardly
haye cared to wait ifor a blessing ,O'n such
lovely heaps of strawbeiTies and mugs of
cream as they saw . before them -; but,
there being two *clergymen, at the table,
the -ceremony was evidientlY expeeted.
nsists .",One Dior a
dad° arms my ncle Pop
tirth, fot the fiftieth
byi in despair, sat
.a. Polly and I, whO ad all the whie
been belevolentlY, wishing Woirtlel y
would goc, and trying to hqp him o f,
ti
mow sellisnly hoped he Would, remain a d
share tour entertain lei t ---an il. our ITmile
ally, r ant iv,
It
Litt
the
of
ta
th
th
tee
haid
11
O1
al
e
1
f
1
•t, prodigy,of learn
unablettetasp
rmore, that he w
ied of cholera n
ne feeling the need of a et p of
asive, Weseritelly wished that he might con- 4-
ale Wet My -uncle, whom there
ling rid of ; what the deuce
ndthiae else -to be dope, unless,. in-
haethrottled the 'aid gentleman ;
vhich case I am confident that ene
air modem model juries. would have
ur
oe
NV
of
1
este avorse to extreme ineaeores. SO I
.cli4 the next best thing—cm-welted_ my
fie, and retired to this village.
Then consider the shock eto my feel-
e'a• when I leaked up that datehral Saw
'enemy of our peace stalking linto our
e Paradise -with his book umder his
and his carpet bag his 'hand
with his sermons and his efairts,
1', that is to say forever, if we everild ,
ed by any desperate measures siliart
neiting the house down ?
of
to
dr
ic
reel
" ..Nly (leer nephew, said he, 'striding :
pa remember, smilisea his eteraally : Atushe agreeably filled with the fragrata,
,e far as I could make o
brew, German, lit•enc
fard ane With eager eteps. as you pare •We, were placidly „seated ; there was a
se
: leathery smile, " Nephew Freder. ; 'of ; the delicioue fruit ; even my uncle , 0,beerful ifiThrimetilm t
k in one and bag in ttether, `it I am: i lite t(ilk 'at that suggestive alloment : municate with . me
!" and he held out. both hands to me, t Itopworth, from. fling habit, turned off
( tried to hide awa3r from your old thing. I, knew WO well Any rielativetk
_mech. fro him already—ta think Of de- ttIngue, writing quick
iced ! One would almost think you when I did Mitat j
fie le ! for t've been three days hanting long-windedness al his devatimeb, As at stoed the test ; he
y upa, .And how is Dolly ? a ho ought everything else (I Wonder if Hea,ven it- feia
Ore* and Hebrew, aa
to 1 e glad to see me, after all the trouble self isn't -leered by Suchefellows 1) I that I didn't -A
Ps E. had in finding_yon ! And, Ne' phew suffered, 1 had seeri my guests suffer, too
I had minted intellig,ently,
have—thank you ! I should have been thee over us ; • so I coolly passed hike. by , fetx.lielnedfsr,op Fat!terland
fo ,the hackman ? far I don't happen to
sto ping last night .at a pnblic house fn I _Doctor. ' , . I 1 1 wrote : " You wi
sa41. this if yoa had only known 1. wae and gave an expressive nod to !the elt1
th next villaae for 1 knew how de.. Wortle zy beaten ' and I was congratus
-
rs
rep
einee
tin
f
1
t
11
a
w' 1
an
net to hitn that the gentlema
nfortunate connection 'of m
oro we could not regard as b
right mind. •
n his iLr
ed, addiiitg on the slate,---"
iy t hit into the house and gave hi
ean shirt, and complete instr
to act.
tavity with which he eeteied
situation was astonishing, e
ern to taste the slightest flee or
in it at all. It was a aim
f business ; he saw it o
id Fatherland..
saying in great glee : r`
ie his defense ; the old thr
ay bang away at •him • he
-en ' And that suggested
iolse ho
pOn th
f3'r, jok
1 ter
Mean
o Doll
eafaes
ee er
1.
sary supplies. The little Iron -Clad fol-
lowed in his wake. At table, the old gentle -
'wan resumed the ccount of his dealings
with parish numb r three, and got on as
far as nogoti. %ion with number four ; oc-
-roast-beef ve y fa
vho
nne
Ike
proper intervals, with his
half-waY to hie mouth, and
t as if my r.incle heel been
ielding` aesent to his last re-
' mature consideration, no
gentleman thought. '
the thing wore off after a
len we ex,perienced the solid
f having in Iron-Clad'in the
ufacturers of dietetic articles,,yatiratplieviee.
vas very mach
business for plea,sure
but never permitted,
0 'It aa : titeticholni sr, .tt ri. yi) !if, ti i, 0,e,rtail it. iol naciiiiigt :labs:ay:11 actia)eerol lietr mi lanit gt icaartio.ditote:fin:denatv:t :ebbe:lir:0i tsneaetpleilleon iiii.ndr at, sue rill at er jeciirtuot iv ii I riottlitr;er. ; riis'aoyi inat as8aa.
-I' ING DISEAI3ES, attended with. low vitality,
use of alcohohe stimulants, preparations contain.
lteihlrliaxitar:oerPerlh6 orelc)pnlihitlide7and Calisaya is a Chemical
Food that suppliee the waste of the brain una
mnscle, invigorates mind and body, and imparts
au 'elasticity of spirits that gives new zest to life.
cob Me
ed in
himself
paused
Si100I1 /0
nodded ---tu
speakin ,—
marks ate
doubt the oh
The tin o
while, and t
aclvauttletes
house. Af
day--rny lit
ed. his feria
ly. Bat in
day he ega
tvore al, as
choly t 'tat a
ing he as
with aa air
d
for
TIME 1011 DID.
wItTibh have withstood the impartial judgment
ere are 1 P ons 0 mechanic
le man of husiness perform -
ons promptly and assiduous- tilt) 'people for any great length of time. One °
he afeernoon of the Second th0Re iS DI( MAS' ELECTRIC Om, purely a prepe°e,
ation oi eix of some of thebest one that a)Iseertlicaie!ntw!of
ect of languor and melari-- le)94.11siozniftenPe°k8:31oew88inthgalitirintiteedsittuilniels13n(Zia fe' r-rn
armed me. The next morn -
to change perceptibly. He
ed of
iale, ;dna went to his work
f sorrowful resignation. ;erteartaleripuogreecedaieafintl
different eanibinations. Thus in the preparatiort
never result from the nse of any one of them, or in
is t ' kin of Fatherland," said of this oil a chemical change takes place, for '
a compound which could not by any possibilitv I
the sympathizing oily ; while Harry's
made from any other combination or proportion
less rehried bat niore sprightly' comment of the smile ingredients, or any other ingredients
was, that the nose had about played out. and entirely different from anything ever betel*
. Indeed. it had • 1 t ed to wave • made, one which produces the mostastonishing rel.
n and I feared flea
I most valuable s
would be imposse le to fill. Accordingly
wrote on a slip of paper, which I sent
. in to hina—
" You. have done well, and I raise your
salary to' aciollar and a quarter a day.
1 Your influence over our unfortunate ret*
lative is soothing and beneficial. Go on
as you have begu n, —continue in _well -do-
ing, and merit the lasting gratitude of an.
afflicted feMily."
c- That seemed. to cheer him a little—to
wind him up as HArry said, and set the.
pendulum
riot long be
spirits ret
le tendency ti
ly . noon there
I was in
shriek of r
little Jew c
d.
swinging again. Bat it _was
ore the listleseness and low
shirk his duty ; and before
came a crash.
the garden, when I heard a
ns ge arid. dtepait, and saw the
is ming toward. me witle frantic. p
•
e -
moneys and my shirt, and I go !" says
he.
stood in perfect astonishneent at
hearing the dumb speak ; while hie tbrew
his arms wildly above his head, eclainzt-
ing
not teaf ! He is one terreeble men ! He will
moneys and- my shirt—I leefe him, I
th des dieux ! de devils !" he shtteked
lf, mixing up severed of hie lengeages at
cd once, in hie violent mental agitation.-
ce " Jacob genzel !" said I, solemnly, " I
little thought I was having to do with
an imposter !"
more den punish!" was his reply. Now
aults, and having a wider range of apnbeation
than any medicine ever before discovered, • It ter+
piently loses nothing by evaporation. Wherev4
tains no alcohol or other voreile liq -'de
applied yon get the benefit of every drop; Whereati
with other preparations nearly all the alcoholis
lolst in that way, and you get only the small quail.
tity of oils whieh they may contain.
And NORTHROP & LYMAN, Newcastle, Ont ,
Sole Agents for the Dominion.
Nom—Electric—Selected and Eleetrized.
Sold in Seaforth by E. Hickson & Co. and 1
L
elate we ave palled him by ever sine .
Then he was ready for action, I to )k
i inteaw, and ran him in to dra he
orth's fire --in other words, o -
d him to my uncle in the li y.
e meeting of my tall, lank relati d
this. country." ,.1 yelled in e
W s ear. He of the diminut
stupendoua nose bowed w
erect, M the big chair I pla
tip : here were fresh veoods a
pasture now to that ancient shephe
As for *yself, I was well-nigh strang
by a co gh which just then seized
an actor, and the comedy of t
erview was overpowering.
lu
cling
ol
pe fact
stilffanc
for ;hi
liohted
nt
ra
fir
st in
As
a feed
in plac
for her
criuel
says sh
of lau
aee raveled myself," the old gen
lave preached, I have published
rhap you have heard of my liter
ntur ' —.and over went the ltigetol
the ttle• man, who took it, turned.
u !" ays my uncle, rubbing his hu
e atific tion to have . an intelligent
mpa
; it
d la
From that the lohl interminable story I
ttole ite start and flowed on, the faithful 1
st
1 The ehildren came In for their share of
the fur ; and for the first time in our
lives we took pleasure in the old gentle-
man's narration of his varied experi-
ences.
Wit other remarks of a like ge
in consequence o which affliction, 'nature ; while there they sat, the
Is recent cou.ver ion, he was :now .—my uncle on one side, long, la
u to return to
(t
of li s br tine' ;—the upshot of
ich w s that go d Christians' and,
Ible so ls etere NV here were ear
in In piohs un
's,fum ling in in
of
e
d.
ed
as I reeign de Position. I ask for de moneys
Just then my uncle came lip, amazed
or at his new friend's 'sudden. Irevolt and
ho was behind it, gave my a ne flight, and anxious to finish up- with hie -
pinch, that answere 1, supp se, seventh parish. 1
of a scream, as a eafety-va ve vill hear no more „of your six, of
hysterical' emotions. " 0 ou -your seven,—I know not hew many par-
an—you miserable' humbu !" ish !" screamed the furious little Jew,.
; and went off into convulsi turning'on him.
iter. The door was open, nd " .What means all this ?" ;aid my be-
wildered uncle. -
see.ancl hear everything.
le-
ne
ry
me
he
ng
nk And, having olitained his moneys aud
ky iis shirt, he went. That ia the last I
to ver saw of my little Iron -Clad. I re -
a nember him with gratitude, for he did
nd ne good. service, and he had bat one fault,.
lamely, that he was not iron -clad !
As fer my uncle, fer the first time in
is life., I think, he said neVer a word,
ut stalked inte the lame. Dolly soon
'ame running out to ask what 'was the
is Parpet bag ! I called. Andrew, and.
rdered hirate be in 'readiness with the
uedy to take the old ge-ntleman over to
he ailroad.
le resently appeared, bearieg hie book
nd is baggage.
ephew Frederick !" said he,- " after
this reatznent, can you ask me •am
faalt that the fello* proved an imposter.
I emploYed him with the best ietentions,
" Nephew Frederick," said. he, " thia
shall never—NEVER" (as if he had been
pronouncing my doom)—" accept of yoar
are travgling h'm ?" says " I tell you vat means it all 1" the vin-
dictive ,little- impaster, tiptoeing up to
im, yelled at his cheek. "I make not
ell my affairs in your country ;' I 4ould
our companion, for if a man hear, yeti
•11 him_ teed soon vid your book and
our ten, twenty parish I hear ! you
d Jew, and, fur -
a native of Crer-
o this country in
ers, bo th of who m
St. Louis in One
11
hizing brother to open one's m nd
espezially refreshing to me, for,
y say without egotisni, my life
ors have act been appreciated."
Harry
Litilerla,n(1, where
life to the on-
est -
cob
pocket for lit
asiest way of get-
s and your can
yet possibly not
ill held the dwell, ent), ." would be
1 g ad. of any employment which may. hel
to pay his- way;" T1 e idea of finclin
knowledge and
had nia.stered- five la ta ages yet coulc
not speak or underst• ud, a word of an
one of thena—struck ne
thing, I wanted, the. n
for iny uncle ?
on 'a small slate he la d. ltaken from passages-fr
pocket. 'With anoth r bow (as if belied - preached t
to. wipe it aut with hi
nie the slate, on Whic
hand half a dozen lin
as rather pleas
yet, after a mo
mak.in, the targe
aid
ial
wo,
laying his case before a grave jury of ne,
Whorls 110 wee bound. to convince, if ime ;
would allow ; my little Jew facing I im,
. upright in his' chair, stiff,. impertu ba- ;
ble, devoted to business, honorably e hospPlalities again !"
ing his meney, the nose in the air, im- tie did, however, accept some money
movable, except when it played duly. up which I offered him, and likewise a seat
and down at fitting intervals : in which . in th
edifying employment left them, land with
went about my business, a cheerier Man. he mi
Ah, what a relief it was to feel my- ease
self free fozi!a season from the. attacks -of come
the enemy -t -to knew that my plucky lit- VST
tie Iron -Clad was engaging him ! In an since.
h ir paseed through the hall again, from
ard the loud blatant voice still dis- to inf
coursing .(itl had got as far as the difficul-
ties with the second parish), ahd saw the
unithiching meal organ, perform its
graeeful seetsaw of assent. Au hour
later it area the same, eicept that the
speaker had arrived. et the persecutions
whieh dra .e him fr in -parish number
ner:the scOe had changed a little, for Ye
now the 51c1. geuttenian, pounding the Iron -
table for Pulpit,- Was readitig aloud. ture
m a powerful farewell sermon . - once
his ungrateful parishioners. I can
sorry I could. not give my man His
e his handkerchief at the al -
ods, for the nose can hardly
sympathetic feature (unless
blow it), and these nods were
, Greek,—each, be -coining ether too mechanieal, except
it, conveying the when the old gentleman switched. off on
at he could coni- the -argumentative track, as he frequent -
buggy. I watched hit departure
oy and terror,—for at any moment
ht relent and stay ; nor was at care and prom
EBILITY, Loss or MANHOOD, etc., supplying the
eans of self cure. Written by one who cured him-
nt free of charge. Sufferers are invited to adhrees
repaying postage) the author, NATHANIEL
AYFAIR, box 16t8, B
ung men and others who anffer from Mavens
Wished as a warning and for the he2n8e9fi.t:
The coni-voderonoikdeiorraid:alaNayia.. is :IA: igitelon-fot slivwda,n t e a .
5 TO $20 orkieg
ople, of either sex, young or oldonake more
worrfor us in their spare mements, or Millie
me, than at anything else. Particulars free.
ddress G. STIN SON & Co., Portland, Maine. 2134
I M. LEET, Solicitor, Winghem, has been rip-
" • pointed Agbiit or the Colonial Securities Com-
p ny of England, be is also Agent for several pie.
• te Capitalists of Toronto, who loan Money at '
✓ ry reasonable rates. Interest payable yeariy
harges moderate.
Wingham, Dec. 15, 1871. 218
torneys at Law, Solicitors in Chancery and
. olicitors for the 4.. C. Bank, Seaforth. Agents or
the Canada Life Aisurance Company,
58
ouses and Lets for sale.
'UT; R. SQUIBB., Barrister, Attorney fn Ohs c -
he Post Office. i
71 Goderieh. Brasselin ',7,,!
ENSON &. MEYER, Barrister& and Attorn ye
• at Law, Solicitors in Chancery and Insolve y,
rth and Wroxeter. $23,000 of Private Funds to
vest at once, at Eight per cent. Interest, pays, le
early. 5
It. KING, Seaforth, (late of CarronbroOk,)
Coroner for the County of Perth. 0.fficte—
ain-st. Residence—Commercial Hotel. Callit at
R. KING'S office will be at,tended to day or
II. CAMPBELL has removed to th.e house
'Main -street, near the Station, one door sonth
f Ross' Hotel, and opposite kleCallum's HOtel,
ately ocaupied by Mr. Frank Meyer, where heWill
1
e found Sti USUAL
TAMES‘STEWART, M. D, C. M., Graduate of
" McGill, University, Montreal, Physician, Stir-
geon, etc. Office and Reeidence—Brucefield.
1-11-• geon, dd. Office and Reahlence, corner of
Market and High streets, next to the Planing r11.
CAMPI3JilLL, V. S., formerly of Co ell
• I.3niverF!ity,•Ithaca,N. Y., and Graduate of On-
tario etermary College. Residence -- Cooke't3
Temperance House, Va.rna. Will be at Brucelield
every Monday afternoon from 2 till 5 o'clock.
VETERINARY SURGEON -.--D. MeNAUG-HT,
v V. S., begs to announce to the inha.bitants of
Seatorth mad surrounding country that he lbas
been awarded the diploma of the Ontario Veterin-
ary College,'"and is now prepared to treat dis ses
of Horsesand Cattle and all domestic animals. , Ha
has opened an office in connection 'with his hiAne-
shooing shop, where he will be found ready tet at-
tend to calls. Diseases of the feet specially ar-
tended to. Residence, office and shop in the rear
lole
a:luau Iedieines , kept constantly on hand.
Charges asonable.
T . CHURCHILL, Veterinary Surgeon,' (Mem-
-a- • ber of the Ontario Veterinary College,) begs -
to intimate that he has returned to the praetiee of
his profession in Seaforth, and may at all times be
chnsulted on the diseases of Horses, Cattle &c.
Veterinary medicine); constantly on hand, AB
calle promptly attended to. Office,. at Mansion
House, Seaforth. 278
Ontario. Plete work, West
styles, neatly executed. All ;sur-
gical operations performed With
ptitude. Fees as low BB cattb ob-
ere. Office hours from 8 A. MI( to5
iding leacle alone. P. ea Rooms over Mr. A. G. McDougall's Storer
have never seen the old gentleman - —
But last,Winter =I received a letter
•
wm.nae that he had been appomted
chaplein in a prison, and to ask tor a loan.
of motley to buy a suit of clothes. I sent
him fil ty dollars and my coegrattilattons.
I coneider eminently qualified to fill
can't i'be beat ; and what are the rogues
tuelielottto? prison for, but to suffer punish-
, it would be a joke if illy little
lad should end hie career of impos-
that public institution, and sit
ere under my excellent uncle ! But
t -wish him any such misfortune.
issiot to us was one of mercy. The
place has becn Paradise again, ever since
his v
ng and. was goiu
nose), he h.anded
I found in a neat
s in as many dill -
I was very
a hint to u
fecting pee
be called
indeed you
n 'that particular
English, French,
then tried me
d 'T. as freely cont.
hci the test.
iodded. and cone
to the Englis4
nd I mach need
h employment ?I'
much oblige 'for
capable to do,"
FUL
ly did. y What think you of that ?" he kno ledge of the natural laws which
would pause. in his reading to ingeire. goveen the operations of digestion and
Isn't that logic ? isn't that unenswer- nutrition, and by a careful application of
able ?" responding to which appeals the
not.)ody ceuld have done better than Mr.
my seriousI, my devoted, my lovely little blee
whic
" Dinner !" I shouted over my uncle's
dickey. It was almost the only word.
that had the magic in` it to rouse him
from the feast of reason which his otya
converaation was to him. It was always
easy to head him toward the dining-
room—to steer him into port for neces. ed b
ne prOpertiee of well -selected cum-,
may save memanY heavy doctors'
bills."—Cipit Service Gazette._ Made
simp y with Boiling Water or Milk.
Eae packet is labelled—James _Errs &
Co. iHoutteopathic Chemists, London."
, kNUFACTURE OF COCOA.--" We will
nowl tve an account of the process adopt -
Messrs. James Epps & Co., man.
•
Knox. begs to state to his old friends land
and the travelling public, that he has leased the
formerly known as the DOWNEY HOUSE,1 and
hopeti to receive a continuance of the patrOsge
. so liberally bestowed upon. him during his Melly
years in the hotel business, Every eoinforti end
convenience will be provided for travidlers. The
choicest Liquors and Cigars only kept in the Bar.
A careful and reliable hostler always in attendance.
THOMAS KNOX, Proprietor.
291
• tTh.?0OroYuAgLhlyHib.i:LEvLat,:eatinfoartnh4ewOlyntario. SIMON
-1-u POWELL, Proprietor. The subscriber has
accommodation for tra.N\l'ei'qlluPeorris:s.laiTen
epj :1 ileeCrtly. wd jiii.tyh; NiltoherCe I jwv eTi neC3i1:ms°t,
stabling attached. The stage leaves this House -
PRINCE OF WALES HOTEL, Clinton, Ont.,.
tdoere . i33.10.1.1:. rli..28r. sjihstleulshirspass. ,
fornisbet the -
above house, so that it now affords good. Recall, TOO -
the delicacies in season. Oysters in season.
,aud cigars in the bar. The table is aupplied'with
Large stabling and an attentive hostler in con-
nection.
91 A. SHARP'S LIVERY AND SALE STABLES.
• Office—At Murray's Hotel, Seaforth. Good
Horses and first-class Conveyanct% alwaye on imud.
PELL'S LIVERY STABLES, SEAFORTIlj Ont.
Good Horses and Comfortable Vehicles, 10/2413
011 haild. Favorable Arrangements made 0,/ith
Commercial Travellers. All orders left at Ktsox's
HOTEL, Will be promptly attended to.
OFFICE AND STABLES :—Thira door Norm OL.
Knox's Hotel, Main Street.
22.1 THOMAS BELL, Prolnie0r*
AUGUST 15, 711
four-year-old little ',boy- recent -
complained that hdbl so 00 rt saeptNiehaai ekhctae:de:
th:oett, hr, nitun°taofsn Ysw. A! -elionearlk' st :hs nssolne'lailldihiYeddo ooledeorre.al 111:1 74'1' 1.1:aTri
he school -mate, c-4 wouldn't it be
crew:hipily°1,1-ifTz isbl3tu -Pit" me 7C -4:04s 4osatt e°itel -leae: I, 33'
3thea,bv:eslYad tiadwYell:ethella:t1'1°'°114: dti n PI y b tYh' r eh v
batel:h"—Lecitkitl;'.0eri:4:f bile on being
at 14,St admitted that the water was
frozen. .
her hopeful son as she
to him of Pocahontas
Pocahontas was '-
id the lad, whose thoughts were t
pon the mare that lately trotted a
half mile in 1:0q, " She was a. fast
A. little three-year-old girl,
who did not want to kiss the family
gobd-night, but was obliged to do it
through the performanfe conscien-
tiously, and as she, kissed the IsA
one she heaved a sigh Orrelief and
man sou,-ght to an oy a boy
whom he ft:fund at -wo
roadside, and finally a4m
his father and mother *er
the boy replied " hey
other to,
e history
now who 7
to which ! i
1
patents of a son who ltlidAVS how to 1 t
practice- the . wise preCept of King 1
Solomon, by answering a fool accord-
ing—tAo bsicshfcoollybo."y havi,ng 'to write a
composition on " Pina," produced
the following, " Pins are pointed '
Vail ruseful. They have saved the j
lives of a great many men, women. I
and children—in fact )o whole fa-
milies." " flow so asked the puzzl-
ed teacher. " Why, by n't swallow-
ing—thDeamu,i,e'lrewpleiebdstethreisbojt. cik,.„ (miy
It. bright boy born in New' ampshire.
The Boston Globe has hdard of an-
other—a youth residing in Dover,
who refused 'to take a pill. His
„crafty mother thereupon secretly
ts
and gaveit to him. Pr ently she
_asked, " Tom, have yotit eaten the
pear," He 'said, " Yes', mother, all
but the seed.'
1.1] -
—An experienced hus and in La-
fayette sent two switches home to
his wife, from which she was to
make a Selection, but before doing i4
he changed the tags, pUtting the 1
$25 on the $10 switch, Alia vice ver -
herself and lady friends, the choice
fell on the one labeled $ 5, and she
decided t6 keep it, notwithatanding
her husband's plaintive protest that 1
he could not afford to pay out more ,
than $10 for such an article.
—Harper's /I eekly tells two 'ludo.- A
istic jocularities. The first is of.Sir ,
Moses Montefiore. When riegotiat- ,
ing a. loan on the Bourse, on which i
he was very " keck" a small knot of i
capitalists approached him. ." Oh, i
dear," says. one. ' " he is going to I
swallow us all." " No, rov dear I
sir," said Sir Moses, with a caustic '
smile), "m.y religion forbids me that?'
The second, is of a -German-Jew, who
storin. On hearing an unusually
loud clap, he laid down his knife and
A Country Swe Abroad.
stat re ad ni snt ?TO' sulei no- bf r ot4nperdincsitpraalh ghero -
tele early on last evening, Iaid a big
black valise, which had perhaps
made quite a smart appearance in
its youth, carefully beside himpaunbd*1
with A hand unaccatomed to
hueppwrn itthinegrlegeisratwe:.ed NY'
ertion, the name of Lorenzo Smith
ith great ex-
" Will you have %me some
per, Mr. Smith 1" asked the icierk.
thf‘rWusatille, ngLItigeumeassni'ilot",';Irreetilfronledks
aant dhotmhaeeps u teLpuaghgoat bit oLgryttebr,
carpet -bag forti supper, reckon."
The del -it smiled aikd. the country,'
ri'w care Sahnot 1 '11. 1 it so etcrheVi rnotomffrPeetitt:
)nril 1"ge et8' :ben atisetawt lchhea et etdhh leiantegeilr aat .11
151e he drew forth lorge sthi:k
haled bard, nunier-A pieces of ck*
chicken, several enormous dou„
nuts and half a dozen hard-boiW
ggs. Re Vn,S about to absorb t
the rules for gueaS tacked '11)°
tem, when his eye caught sight c
'lleagre repast into :his starvin'
ataehinoxeid:o .r;tri dilii,ecilic:e.eigaleostii'totunpacit:nirlealibtstatihoi
,,..113:,e°1:11a37c.ulagte‘ tju'Irinibneg bilht
11102 in an insta.nt 114 had removg