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Evety Virednesday llicorning
oJA,
AT 'vim oveme,
(Onario Street Winton 'Ont
cs,e5 ie./ponce; eR f !not so.faid,
I'lloproprietoraefTkM40DERWITICKW$,
4taring purchased the business and plant
TM!, HUMAN Beeman, will .in futuro!
uubIih the amalgamated papers in CLinton, •
'tinder the tile'ef "Tux Button Nnws,•
itiy,Ccato." • • .
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•Clinton -is the most prosperous town in,
. .
. 167eStern Ontario,. is the seat °Considerable
• snanufa.ctaring, and the, centre of the lined
segrieultUral entire* in °uteri°, • .
The conibined cireidation of TiNews
oicOun exceeds that of anypaper pub- :
yis1ii1 in the Comity of Berea. It 'Is,
llierefore; CasurpasSeil as an advertising -
%tedium. • • • •.. • •
401•Itates of aavertising, liberal Sad
• •ifuraislied on epplicatien. •
,ag"FartiermakiMe, •ontracis for a. epode
ee 'fled time,.. who discontintettheir advertise-
' ments before.tlitecxpiry erthe'.isaine;
•be charged. 'fall' rates.
• Alvortirrements, willient histruetions, 55
.ste space and time, •Will.be left to the...judg-
.. unerit of the comp.ositeisin the display, Au..
Orted natil fosbidtlen, .nleasured by a:
-Seale ofseta ttonpereil .(12;.'.liues to the
:Inch), and charged 10 centaalihaifer first
..insertion 'and 4 cents a• line' far net' Stab. -
araqttent iosertiou. Ordure to discoutinua
-alls•ortisements must be in writing: • • •
fia• Notices .*Set. as, anAn'1$(..144,1,-TrYM,
'.(ineesmed 1)37 a aale:!Of solid 3eeparie1e.12
'lines to the, inelt),..ellargod at the . rate of
10 •contea lino oac1iinsorti'n. '
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J03 -WORK
lrave .otio Of the beat appointed Job
'Otliees west of Toraata..• Our facilities in
,
crucified." Tide I take to be the mis-
sion of eveor:lbw:it ruiuiste,r,
and thoSe who eparb front tide. are
*limply prosbitdt
ing theO
ir tte and
desecrating the pnlpit. 4.4 U CO UtAlii0U .
I may jrast say that if the. ministers
referred to. do Il keep iu their proper
place the laity will °output them to.
Political parsous are not in deinanil
at present to any alarming . eztont.
Ile public arte of the opimon that
boll ininistere and laymen should
attend to the Divine maxim "render
unto Ciesar- the things whieh are
Oaesier'e aud uuto God. the things(
that are Gods'. LektIte motto over
every public hell plo.tfortn; and pule
pit be, "no dabbling to polities by
ambitiods.elergyineu.”
,
Yours Ste,
'.1.`usipeasalee.
• BAD COMPANY.
La thflpntario Assembly in 18710
lion. Edward 11.1a1e, speaking of
the murder Of Scott by Riel, said :
—"Sri., we have learned'in Ganada
• to value the lives of. our people.
Wct rOoopize the truth of the poet'
• .
Words :-- •
,The king may make a belted knight,
' A marquis, duke atid a' that;
But an holiest nean's aboon his might,
Gehl faith he entuna fa' that.'.;
"stud as the bb.md of..eno of our
sonS.has been spilled; it is our duty,
it is lour privil4e, it:1S our right' to
express our sorrow and indignation
at tIMt event. * Let this
country: write' his (Scott's) epitaph
In the recordof her -Asseinbly,'and
eipress it people's seriow for his un-.
timely death, and 402)4.'8 direr/ire-
..
sole that hi$ decithehallbe avenged."
• This is the same Mr. 131allie who in
this dep'artment'enablems to do all kinds'
T)onainhisr 1RSA el -sea.; e'a• public
:platfornis in ()Mario "With Mr..
waft, and' at' the lowest possible rates.
,Orders by mail promptly attended to. Laurier, of Quebee;•. Who in e Inecli-
fied feint re-echoes. his traitorous
statements '. that the law should net
le enforded against Mel bat:tense he
was a French Cenadian. And, t
of the Saskatehewen et the time of
hail "he, Laurier, boon on tho banks
the rebelliot, he woUld. have steed
•The News -Record'
.
'DecemberClinton• Ont
, 1882. •
The Hurordltews-Reeord
eitnesalai, 491eceniber 29
• iLETTERS' Ta2THEEWTO-i?.
L.ir,,,„fsh it Ca Z. hatnetlil t57elst0Qct thitt 108 (O
11 flr lead vottree.lve$1.hspotteiblelor the' 02ititiolut
• expresnal1y oodes:pondott$:- .1%D. ICIVWS19',..,
CLERICA I.r COEACTOK cr•
. .
'• :Editor Neni$-Itecord: ..:-<, • - ' :„4-7 '
. Otan. :S Liz, -It is an .akicon .thit• in
.all civilized ., -countries ••• niankind
•should enjoy Civil and religious libel% .
ty--that every man should be freee.te
•:•tejoy andexercise' the • privAqges-, of
. ,c -i tizenship untrainteelled either by
rilitical deniagOgues or plaice' .je•st„.,
•,rate ----that in giving his vote for nruni..:
,-eiVal,-PrOVinoin;1..o,r Dneitiion, repre-
es mitatives no 'undne'influenee: should
lei broughtte bear -that bis. own
.• • priVe.te: judgment . elioncl bo :dee
a:ionitor audethat be shopld. be per-
mitted to enjoy this' to 'its' fuildst ex :!
- dont. Bet this is net Univ the: ease;
• and what thepublic obj.let: to is the.
, ... -aggressive. attit te le of :s 0 nie -iii i 6ie tees.
. toWard the:electors at present, To
their ortpadity 61 'spirituel .advisers ot
;the menesere of their. :churches.. they
. .• .liave also •assinned the elual position
. ef dictating and .directing in secular
auatters • of as4uniingeis aasrerogative'
tile righl to. compel their • Members
at..ud all others who listento them to
vote at the bicemilig elections ' as
:they (the ministers) shall direct.
Vins j •suitfcal assumption Ofarbit;
eery povver is taken- in tlie , alleged,
,Interests of anorttlitY. • Tian pulpits
ti re again prostituted 'and turned Mt°
platforins.:where In ,tilfestos 'are read,'
seal hearers asked to pledge, them-
' I, Ives nOt to vote for any map Unless
.. li i is a prohibitionist (by the way
.' Vic* . repudiate • ''.‘oirobibition witl;
compbusation," "epatistiatit n'' i th( ir
allOtt0), : k mail -„Mitylie a libertine iii
ate first water ,OV lie tnay be .ali in
ii tel if he wisli, but all that is requir-
le • *•• •
.cd is that he be a proh ile tide lid, and
the Sigueritstaud good to support tiro
. •o Ai orAl'oharadtOr requirett, uo,eni-
•Tarrasing questions asked. Ii• this is
.....
n it libortydOgenerating in to , licenti..
r•'•.:... i.costioSs than T do not Ituo`w.,what i$.
.. ''clierital suprtiintil4,t.': ' has- .1i.l.wa.yis •
Leen a favorite dowiia in the Catltelle.
. • cnurell. ' .Sruite of. the 'followers' et
John' Wasly (1reette the ininisteri)s
• are following . In this ,' .auti.pro-
testant track, and Since the ninon of.
the different bodies these Ministers
.
are simply , lecomitig intel-re,ble.
'Vile of , the articles to winub these
ministers sebseri be at their ordination
is "shot they have received e div.itie
call to preach the GoSpeli'' and they
must furthee add:. that they hese
beeri`aeaviegly converted,' Bear in
eeind., •kind reader; there is nothing
Lore about dabbling hi politica. By
, v• hat authority, then .I ask, do thoso
pion when orttained, placed, and in
• 1...ceipt of at handsome sal yry pre.
Smut! 50 dictate to the laity how they -
'shall vote Oti geeelar eatters.• When
Wore they invested with' the "divine'
nlaribute of infallibility ? Whitteright
hive they outlet Sabbath to bore their
hearers . with timeworn temparanao
platitudes instead .of Gospel truth t
When the apostla , 1),1 (O cootrastoti
1
eliouider tO shoulder . with'
Riel'slauded patriotism consisted in
his deMand for. a certain euni "to bo
Paid to him iii,eashe When he Vepul.d
.
leave the,country." LIis pattiotistu
net's. an ..-enedeavdr: to blackmail th
Vernm ent of the day; if a deeire
to -rob the public treasury constitutes
• ,
*patriotism; then: Blak`O' and MOW110
may 'wel•I eleeine Mr. Laurier
t� 'their yearning bosoms. „
Take as an illustration the follow -
cases front 'the"Public accounts of
, . •
*Ontario, 1881.-2: . There ,Was paid
of the people's ineney to '
11Ote E.• Blake (I nchitling• •
4600 for one days,Werk).
. . ... . . 6P18:.44
iniIis;Irving (fornierly
miember for liamilttin- 9,904. 80
Mr. fledging • • 4,853 42.
• M. C. 'Cameron,- ICI. P., of ••
Huron (roger ageinst
•'Government- sebsides, • -
and et North- • .•
• Vest documents • • .2,948 00
J. D Edgar, M. 'P., . for .
West ' •On mien,. (Globe
director, heir to Provin-
:• cia) Treesury, Congratu-
lator of Riel in ,(hanibly
wit : ' "Welcome
to our colleague," aside,
' :."and the cash.') • ... 16,674 00
Hero take a few moments to "re-
gain firenth. •
•
J. D.. Edgar, (the ,same),
who "Comes up ietein
, smiling'? and, this iiine
liens in the enormous .
suni of . .. ,6,000 00:
For a trip to British COI. •
timbie (in:1874-5 ; See
. 1)cnuicion publictee-
count)which nearly
drove ihe Columbiana
out of goniederation.
• Alai 1 EdgareoMes high.
Q. , :Bess, Minister o(
• Edecati,n Mir!'
' of Nelson ki'd.; (sahool .
..boalt publishers •cldef
ponstrollers of the Globe
, . ..... . ... ... • 6,10017
B ri t ton , Kingston,
general touter add (1e-
ka teel candidate... -....e ;es:1,230 .00.
,Ifon. David Milis, M. P' •
elminpilen purist lawyer,
. statesman and editor of
the London Advertiser
1882 -In the yeet" of Oli-
' ver's reign David, (not •
the psalmist, but the
purist), boeilled ot the
people's 3,410 00
Ditto, in 1884 (Ali, David)4;100 00
Ditto, in 1885, balance of .•
boodle, for discovering
three different sets of
boundaries for
'Ontario I Ontario!
l'he purists' hand is on thy
pose,
Ontario I Ontario I '
• 300 00
Grand total for David . 8,010 00
:
NATiONAt, ,P11,1.4 are the favOrlte
• Goderieb Township
Miss Tile Plummer is at present
°
visitina her sister M. 8.1.. Scott,
of the .iiaron road.
A Xmalt tree`‘will be held ateZion
church ThUreney 23rd.
11Yr. john Clex will May icon.
limit the Reeveship again, again:4
Kr. Elliott,
Council met at Rolinesville Dear.
13th 1886, pursuant to adjourn -
moat. Members all present. Min-
utes of last meeting read and passed.
By-law No. 5 read and passed, The
reeve as chairman of the board of
health handed in hiwannual report
port
was read to council and ap-
proved. of, The several members of
the board stated regarding the con-
dition ofithe:prenuses of their re;
spective school houses, that they
were in a satisfactory condition;
that no cotnplaiuts' had been made
by any person iu the township save
in the rtin•°ard. to the slaughter hous-
es, near Clinton, Those the reeve
attended to aud they aro now in a
proper state. Moved by. 'John
Beacom, Seed. by Edward Acheson,
that the ruembers of the board of
health lite paid two dellars each for
services.—carried. Moved by'John
Beacom, Seed. by Ed. A.cheson; that
,the reeve is autlioriked to make ar-
rangements with Robt. Hanley to
have it'. wire 1.010 erected On side
line.—carried The • following ac-
counts weie paid :—Jas. Thompson,
310. rods wire fence. at 20 cents
per rod $.62; Hugh blinston, 265
yards gravel $21.20 ;• Robert John-
ston 206 yards 'gravel $16.48 ; G.
N. Davis; Goderich, for 6 • ballot
boxes $1.75 eack; James Ithrip,
Godelich, tati ry for alert. $5,20;
15aiid Litidsay, 98 yards gravel,J$7..
84 ; Walton Dodsworth, 38 rods
wit.e 'fence, $7,;60.„; (lerk. one years
postage,. $10.18 ;Thoulas i
66 yerds.. -gravel, 85;41; Mrs. E.
SParling, 29 rede .wire fence $5.80`;
John McClelland, 40 Yard's:' !gravel,
$3.20, ' The . Members :of council
were paid for their services as such,
as follows :—Iteeve, $24. ; • Deptity
Reeve, $18--:ubsent• balance.' John
'111COlelland, $24, Jas. 11. EIhiott,
$24, Ed,. Acheson, $24. clerks
Salary, $l10. A. Knox, -use of hall;
$50. ATreaattr.er's salary, $75. ' Colz.
lector; $75. Treasurer, for extra'
deities, '$10. Iteeire, attending 'at
,Goderieb two days - On 011M:silt") aP-
peal ease, $4 'POle,i5tOr,..fiar, extra
duties ;postage and statiopei y, $7,-
50. Council adjourned- to meet,
4gnifiper Statute:. . • -
•-• j;6ig P4'riox, dixrtg,
• DYNAMITE. •
. AANAT.TEXtor TO AS,$A$SINA.TE.SIII. JOHN
• •itli.ODOXALD:AND 001IPAN1oNS• . .,. ..
' 'Toronto` World
' TN Atzbilii',,evtlif et the 174ronto
... .. .
statiOn: ,iton..Sir--j-O.Iiii '111aCddiialdl'i,
°arr. the Jeri:Mice; t ante . in on. tile
• .10 ii0ll. train JU ie 'Grand Trunk.
1,railway ..from the! oat. • 1ie boarded
,the platfa.rli • pasSed iii, greeted Sir
lehn„. then. through . to the. other
end, ;where he porter,:'S.: :Milton
:DoWdail,. •was to be found, And
'straigth Way. proceedfalqo• interview
that gentleMan in regard to the . ace
'cident to the jamaicit *early Sunday
. ..
Morning coming Out of Thamesville
.- . . .
station, ou the Groat Western rail-
/
way.
Mr. Dowdall's 'firm opiniOn is that
"the accident'!eefeSuirthiy ingra('
in
was not caused by a board. protrud°-
ing irorn 4,...,..passiug train, but by
an exiilosion, atvp, most
°tidy 'planned 'ortd' at that.. it wA
about.4 O'cloek.in the morning that
n
it happened, :every oii in the car
was asleep Init Mr. Dowdall, and he
'sive be heard two distinct exploe-
ions. The window of the door, the
eild window alongside. of it, and the'
,first aide windoW..--the one aroulid.
corner --were all blown out and
the.: fragments seattered' aboni: the
car. The glass. wris.,of • thick plat'e,
liesidea thig the fr4nowork of the
'door, of .bhc-heaviest hardwood, Was
badly damaged: It was n-ot,,a shook,
but a noise, and it .was such that t
awakened every onb in the'car. ,J.
J. Curran, M. P., of gm:Areal, was
.sleeping on the sofa nearest the door
and he is sure it was an • explosion.
Sir John affirms that be heard a
distinct explosion. So does his
secretary, Mr. Pope. .A..n exemina-
tion of the ear convinced ,the TVorki
that it was no accident, anti the re-
porter felt inclined to accept Mr.
Dowdall's version of at malicious ex.
plosion. Some one either had a
'bomb planted on the track or threw
ione at the passing car and timed it
well. 'the flight sustained by the
inmates of the car was such that one
of them said he frankly belinvedide
hour. had come. Although none of
the ministers Would say What had
been clone to ascei.tain the ..truth it
is believed that, two special offieers
his teething With that of others he1 purgeeive and atm -batons medicine ; in the Dominion service have been
.t..itchtimcd:' "out wo preach ehrisb they are and thorau8h. •I•detailed to re.,ort 011 the matter.
"
ASEDAR AND 1-10"C
•(0clioat.1
°MET Jean, w it
your cedar and
bay;
Oh, the scent of-
ee:•ye the woods is
• pea'• sweet,
P1[ ton you a litt ot
a story
' As you sit on the rug at my feet; • °
bawith the wreaths you are•tvvining,
Of tie beautiful running pine, •,.......•
And II1 tell you a bit of a story,
story of Auld Lang Syne.
Sit hero, if yesplease, tny darling,
In the hearth-fire?s middy glow; •
Yes, I like the gleam of the holly,
limey° with the mistletoe; •
Oh, why de you drop your eyes, dear?
"And why aro your fingers cold/
• Is it only the chill of the 'night, love,
And theaweep of the wind from the weld%
'Tis the blessed Christinas eve, Jean,'
And a yoking, heart should be gay, •
When the world is clasping hands, dear,
7 And all in the dawn of day •
The angels will come with singing;
• And the vaulted.skieMill ring •
Once mere to.the heayouly musks
Thatirects the Infaut King,
But you've had a quarrel with Robin -
Bend le lyer, golden head- '
I was half -way down the stairs, child, •
• And X heard the words you said:
•"11eneeforvvard, we meet at str4insgexst" •
•Think of ig Robin and you, •
Who have given eack other troth -plight
To be ever fond. and tree. • -
=Think of it, Joan, rny dading;
• Here it Is Christmas EIVp,
And Robin is somewhere fretting,
• And here you are, left totrieve;
Though hiding- the heart -ache proudly, '
• And w6aring a reeolute face;
• We woniim have learneirthat art, d'eae,
'Tis at part of our womauly gram
• This isn't any bit of e, Story; •
•. 'And Fax helping you not at an; • •
Trardon Me, Jeanie, daiing,'
'If this help I'm giving Is Mall:
But I had a •lovet once,' dear,
And I sent him far away;
And of all the tears I've shed, dear,
The bjtteioxt fell that day.
-11‘lvas the eve of theblessed Christmas
ManY a year ago; • •
•
• I hear the chime: of the bells,
Coming across the' snow;
And T ice any Jasper's look, dear,:
Asle praiSed my cheeks' soft glow,
And kisseciMe twice and thiice, dear,'
Under the mistletoe. .
Oh, dearly I loved rny-Juslier, • •
, And dearly' he had loved ine;
Perimpi that was why we quarreled;
. Pim th7s .1s the'my;itery:
That feat where WeJove inost truly ,
'..' We are quick. with our words Of 'fiamet,
And Uwe that, is lit by anger . .• ,
' Burns with.the liercestllame.•
My old cheek blushes, Jennie, •
• When 1 think hew slight a' thing, '
Gaie Me the less of Ja.siier'
. And a life-long. suffering.
'Twas Fanny, ply easin, banged It,
, A little coquette:11.kt; Fen; . * •,
lint %was touch and go with me, then,
. .
And Jasper was only,a mau.
c4r,;44.?
' see ee
.• e<
re'•••• -•"'.7e
.4C-.7pAr
• ,
• • :a
• se, up It,lazecl csiii sudden,
. 'Then' coldly turned away,
And flirted with Martin*Selderi;
, • And. baaa,t a wail," tO say,.. ,
Tholigh my own true hive was pleading,
• With all his heart iu his eyes; •
/ltd 1 vvouldn't hi 1 'hint good-uight, deer,
• Though I sew his pa, nee serprlse.
Ile was then on "wnitifig orders," .
• They mane on Christmas Day,„
Au 1 the first I knew its thet jaapor
• Was gotta for a yehr, luta away;
Away to the tropic seas, Jean,' •?:.•
. I have never see him more
Since'lle turned mut lefa ine sittnding
Atuto father's door;
•
•
Did lie Marry? Yes, delete, darling,
• • A sweoter wonvia than I;
Ib wasn't Panay itayinon,l,
And love ints passed ine by;
But make ep youi• quaiTel with Robb
• No wedge should have its way -
Its way of evil anti sorrow- •„
• Darling, on Christmas Day. ”
The beautiful cedar ani holly,
Oh, •flie seent of the woo& is sweet.,
Awl sweet is the *moo before nui,
And the &laity form at iny foot. ,
Don't, borrow a grievance, honey,
• Don't buy ror, yourasif 4 Pailly
At, EA,Ply r(1-thOrr()IV:4 my &exit,
k;endi:or your Rtfoin itgaiu.
r.mai•
Then the sound of the Christmas camels,. „I •
Who the little ehildren slug,
Wilt land you, my love, of the seraphs,
And their pi else of the. Infaut Xing.
• Then the star that guided the strangers
To -the place where the ChristeChlid tay,
WiA shine in serenest beauty
er }cur, happy way.
• litaneartess E Sartestata.
IS''xw roam, Dec,
A CIIRISA`MAS MESgAGE.
,
pool:141
Tknevr years ago the person •who tells the
iollowing story. The facts were conveyed to
hy letter, with the request that X should
uurt thein Idreadable shape and publish them
after I heaya of the narrator's death,. 'I bays
complied with the request to the best of my
nean%la Margaret Latham. My more
intimate friends usetkqe..,sportively call me
"Dee" 4or reasons which will shortly appear.
For the last ten years I..r.have resided n a for
away South Ameaah city &hong a people
whose custom s are very different front ray:
4WD,
• Christmas is here also at season Of festivity:
• But it is all very. different from the New
England Christmas of 'my childhood. As
this season drawrsnear I feel iirt irresistible
yearning to send to my own cokintey some-
• thing which May posspily remind certaiu
friends T. left of my exislenee. T. thought I
had shut them from me ferever; X find I can-
not.• rear after year in this strange land as
this season drews neer, have I felt 04e same
impulse. It is as if. then I would migrate to
My northern nom°, like at bird of:passage.
The feeling has with me grown' stronger and
Stronger. • AS I cannot come .witli.my body I
send my though.ta-my-'story-which I. hope
and pray may meet mimeold friend's eye.
•1 ddire to tell a woman's story -my own -a
story. involving faults, •follicis and inconsisten-
• eies, some real, some apparentoind involving
also what I think .t° be same merit and good
quality;' for I hold that self -depreciation is
•.its great& fault -as an over -appreciation, . In«
deed, wheneVer I hear a person persistently
"run.down" himSelf, it seems 41),..ir1e 85 11 ,
it was nocompaeied by an. underlying mq.
poesibly of which he is unconscious,
•,.to extort from his.listener more, praise. than
he really deserves.'
• I was born and bred.'in tho hard, narrew,
• rigid life .of a family "in straitened cireilin-
stances," in a New England' village, I had
'When a girl two dominant desires: one wet
',.to get away froni.my people, the other to be -
tomo at physician.. The,leve eg healing Was
'inbred in. Me -I mean 'to heal as I think' only.
▪ vromftu can heal -and to'heal principally
''. I doe% say this .= a man hater -'quite the
relip-o.tiet70n.• ,
,. state it it. only xis's my. peculitirlis
ti
Ono of nay besetting sins, and . which in-
jured My prospectain life, was an irresistible
tendency to "cut UP," w.nd generally at. the
• Very. time . and in the very place Where; of
all others, I should have acted decorously.
Bo sure if there was a wrOng,.thing to do itt.
company or in any public assemblage, it
seemed to me Ms if a 'very ,imp of 'mischief
kept at my ear, whispering, urging, tempting
..me 50 00 it, until at last I' could resist the in-
clination no longerand dIdit •
• '
. When twits fifteen I told Pay parents I
*anted to he a doctor.Women physicians.
:w.Orelittle heard ofin those days. MY'family,
scorned thcridectand threatened „tor send me,
to bed for an indafinite peried.if ever I Men-
, subject again. So T
thought and intent la secret. It grew
.strouger and strenger. • One :day! roadie a
newspaper, of a woman who had coranienced
medical :precticein a weatern, town' She •
Was thrfirst female physician„of Whore I had
0Ver. heard., :It "gave a..renewed• Strength to
my detertaination. •' '
'Atthoage hfibiteen I contineaced.keeping
.the books of a village merchant .on •the
meagre salary graeionsly .allowed a girl fo1.
peaorming a man's Work. I workedfor him
five years and , saved .albousand dollars.
With this 'I Went to BoitAM, applied at a cer-
tain noted .college and stated any desire to
the prMeipril; • of_ eair.i._ing, on .8 . Course:
of• '• medical • study, Ile ' told. me .that
X cold manage to'"pull through" on a tiiou-
samtdoI1ars,lait, that it would be hardwork,•r,
involving -itiuch • deprivation, 'and relatiVth
hardship..On fifteen inindreci dollars he,said
I cenld got ,throogh • properlyonel advised
me strougly. against., ;making .further effort
finless I. land that slim. •
•
I Went from the college,andat thellest re-
tired snot in which. I fouud myself, loaned:
against xewall and cried for half an•hour. I
terinintited my' cry witita laugh, went back
to ;zny dative .village,,kept the merchant's
• books for two years and 'a half :longer, re- •
ttyned to Boiton with the necessary.' fifteen
;hundred dollars; andconinienced my niedietal
0:1s: indeed, 'of good •
iattent and res011ition IejabessilaiS:lity••••inadi
can pranks; and be a soder, solemir' end •de,-
. nture young Woman.
.1 made in. Boston' 'one Very. dear Rome&
• acimairitance-the loveliest, most gentle,
most, considerate nature 1 ever 'met. She
• seernedto accept 'My' odd make-up, though,
• possibly,•she did not understand it; liut,; for
that matter, neitheP did I then, nor do 1 now
The years that I spent in the Orating of
• money to pay for my ochicatiou•and those oe.
e npled in attailling that education were yeara
• of Mose,' cheese paring living, 1' de
priv,ed myselt. of Many thihge my nature
craved:. ,1 'dressed very plainly,: and fed my-
self meagrely, I was, oaligeri to deny nay-
'ad'i amustittillti*and/ recreation. 1 'eyed
dress, rich and expensive dross. , I apprecl-
tiled and Craved food much above the
qualitY of twenty -cent meals In crammed
restaurants. 1 was prissiouetely fond of the
'drama, 1 enjoyed all the elegancies and
luxuries of life. Wanting alt.. those and as
I now believe needing them, my' life was a
.iontinuelstatvatien. I tried to comfort my-
self by the belief thaLin all this noceesary
denial and in pressieg forward wo twaclrtthil
one airneny waleh*doteg
right Selig:
Was 11 iswer1 WI now I see lab and its• .
• •qt-Pr"..'zirozfti'4'^
necessities: Not Tree, all the cui•reat senti-
ment of ow time endases when
the end to be attained by it is a creditable
one. But it seems often to forget that this
rigid and long -continued repressioii. and
starvatiou bf tastes and appetites may begst
peculiar evil results, which, may lessen much
<if the good attained.
, As now I see in my ca;e, I longed for ten
years to dress as I saw other women dras. 1
longed for cladicer food, cosey apartment,s,
and the gratification of malty tastes. i louked
back with loathiug On' my bard, narrow,
pinched and relatively squalid lire. I made
certain friends, some of them: wead.hY. As my
situation becanie known to thee), their
sylnpathies were enlisted lu my behalf. Oilers
of Money folloWed, I Molt it; More; I took
it inmost greedibk I elutelva 15 asthe starr.
big 'man might cluteh at some eitoice viand
given • hixn which he feArecl the others,
st.arvieg, might snitch from• hem. 1 saw
'n it 4 road rnoro ..pleasaut leadhie, Ont
g the barren, high-walledmonotonOus lane
af Poverty, trod by.so many weary feet that
Ilmost every flower that tries to spring up
mherebt is trampled dm= in its duet. I took
it as one starved may take any gift, thinking
at W4S ti.10 laSt eVeri to be receiVed. I became
zove•ous. I hoarded away these gifts: While
would not beg for mere directly, I did ;se in,
direetly. 1 infemd Any eramped ineans ancl '
situation, instead of s ating• them openly-, •
Though -having then- Money enough to sup-
ply She needs of the hour ,more in actordance
with my testes awl desires, I did not so
gratify them. I coutinued still to dress
plainly and live poorly, I did so because I
zould, net bear to pert with my treasure. I'
gout half my Sind insf certain hank vault and
• ;eft it there amid a package of soiled bank
Mine! mineh-of With:del would
uot: tonela oue to make my life ancrstmound.
:age more edeeseat1 trecled on my veriat-'
tality anclvivacity to Make and keep friends.
was willing, te go atnolig them ,yvith my
tnonth ever wide Oen .t0 reeeive whatever. •
• wee dropped in it, aild*:to-attraot their. gifts •
•Ict my powers of pleasiug. '
• I found whcm 1laaU sailIeiPni means that I
• hail not thioi courage to spend Wan for.What
• 1 had so earnestly wanted, • •The saVing,
cost-to-a'-poney. habit of years clung
Anything beyoircl my:Old plane cif expense
frightened me. I was cnreed with a mania
• fer cherMate,as, „ If I purchte;ed a good article
of 'any. sOrt, and paid for it a good price,
Wouldbo :pained for days at the. thought of
• partint.r wi.h. so; Much mousy. So Money
brocight me no relief---otily the More distress, .
Thereaaim was, 1 had triclinic' AnYself .• to
Miserliness; and coma , net. escape My mind •
tau that point -was diseasoct... Had.. a millioa • •
ben *teed hi nik posseskion I sh mid have
felt the. sante. Lithought 1 shonial itavo
• oo,richer. • • • , • .
'.;Besides; I'd had that villainous maxim,
"Save when .you're young, ;that you may
spend when yoare old," and too Worn out 'to
get any pleasure out cif your spending, drilled ,
and clriumued into my eArg from My earliest
• childhood, until I had cedie- to thiuk every
cent expended :over and above witat..Wes,7*
• nocessary.to keep li1e. in hae's body Sen$:.
'sin, if not a whole oue. • •• ".. .
Isabel and I planned a trip to England
together. • I wished for a course •of study '
at ouvot the great Loudon hospitals. • We,
!haunted the trip and set a time ' for our dis-
Bail/hen I came io think the.matfer over
. . . ' .
by myself it prosented itself ni a very due?ent li.chk. I felt:that for this` girl to •accOrn-
•panY me worficlbefor,both Of ;is ainisfortnno;.. '
that I should be over loading inn,. into troixbie•
• s • •
through my whiins• and hutuoi's, and that •
her -gentle and sensitive patine was not able".
to efulure.the strain that would be put upon
tt tlu'ough my iCoslihle acts. I 'feasod, also,
knowing thou hotter my own erratic tem- .
peranient and leve of Change, 'that tho,,time,
might cotne when I should tug at any clitiinr•
however dear. So 'firmly did I believe that.
such weeld be the case, runi so averse Was I.-.
te.,thasitting of "this Opinion t� Isabel,' that
'Of I wont to taiglatil alone and withont grv-
ing.her any explanation whatever. It•cost
nip a sutcession Of Crying spoils, aud X pre- • •
suine did her also.
I:attalied im a groat London..heapita for a
yeer-rather a hard er.lierience for a woman,
ias p, woman in such a ituation is regarded,
• by the English medical studeq. • Eilglishinen
Make ample am Pads for. 10,i7ing One Woman
rule them--nominally-,for they seem to red
'all the rest with a brirbaric ••
•
X returned to Alum:Ica a qualified physi-
cian.' 1 had gained inyend and Paid dearly' • '
fzir it. The strain had laei3n toe ranch. • I
• Was, at the start, splendidly ecitiippeil as tO
physieal-vigor, but it had been ,exhausted.in
the conteSteof years. My health broke dosvn.
I was ready to Onirrioncs. life, but now 111 &s •
corner stone Mid foundation. to build • upon-, .
healthives' wanting., I had expended all
,t my reserve strenath inforMaig, myself te ac-
cept remit dross Mid sarrennliagi which did
violenee•to my natilL a itt grieVlog any higher . •
self by stoophig•tos•obtainticaiti in. the Way_ ,
-4 hare stated; in fox giag the reelcless side of
my nature to the front as a sort Of irOted-
tivo armor, for as I faigan to realize that it • • 1
,wa.s a Part of my nabird, 'X made 15 00 double
.duty. 1 would work „ngselt-, -terce myself.
• into that mcsal when I•really felt far more
like crying, when I so Imaged for it frienaKk•
whose bosom I Could throw myself and tell .
•hor all about myssifizielt her what I have
tried to tell here -If I had.dared, But these
truths then I dared not OW11 to Myself. •
The few frienas-1 hed in Doston-•sonte of
whom had ghainme Meaus-,-anay remember'
how suddenly T disappeared; how Teed them
Without a word or line of thanki or remene•
brtoice. That thoy should deem ms ungratee
ell I do not Wondeeee But.,1 left them In the
way I did beettuk T:dared not reveal myself
to titers.. I •toted not as 1 have done here. '
Nor could I thank them for their kiudneas Itt
any assumed Inecbanical fashion. I felt that
I had played apart for at sordid niotive.
loathed Myself for sodoihg. So between the• .
•two1 vveht oir Pt silence.
This is laity Christmas Message -the one
Christmett tole:m.1 ean offer. What I wan. it
to impress mien it.: readers Is that sordidness
never results in good, Giving1 not hoarding,
•brine.; bac% a, rem weir '*Tlenk of tles