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Wednesday, May 15th. 1889
HOW ELECTIONS WERE
\VON IN GOOD OLD
TIMES.
THEOKAMPOUND ewers AND '1'b
DUKE OF NEWCASTLE.
The election proceedings in the
.old "pocket" boroughs of Coleman
have furnished material for many
au interesting story. .Oue of these
is related in the eurreut issue of
eassel l's-1Vorhli j Ative,au,•e, nudes
the title of •"Thu Cornish Voter,"
which- wo have pleasure in repro-
doting:= -
could make the must advautageeus
terms.
Some days before the election the
Jliutbtorial candidate had au inspira-
tion. He wrote a letter and scut it
to Lord Newcastle.
This nobleman and Minister,
besides being "oaten up with zeal
for the )louse of Hanover," was re-
markable amongthis contemporaries
for his reckless profusion in pro-
mises. It is said that he particular-
ly prided himself on being able to
read with the naked eye the wants
of the various persons who attended
his levees before they had
time to utter a syllable. The duke
read his candidate's letter ; cousider-
ed ; found that it was necessary to
hold the borough of Grampouud ;
cursed ; packed up his things, and
determined to iuterview John
Pascoe in persou.
Ho did so. For one whole day
John Pascoe hob bobbed with a
duke, and before evening emptied
more piut pots than next day ho
could well coeut. He was reminded,
however, to go to the poll ;and with-
in a few hours it was kuowu that
the Ministerial cause had won 0
zealot and the Grampound election.
The duke left early next morning,
but not before ho had seen Johu
again ; poured forth acknowledge-
ments and prowises ; called him
itis dearest(aud, perhaps, his oldest)
friend ; swore that he would con-
sider himself for over in his friend's
debt; that he would serve hits by
night and day, and wanted to
know if John could suggest a wish
that needed fulfilment.
John suggested more beer.
It was brought., aur) the duke
passed hint to uaute a further de-
sire.
John would have liked 0 per-
manent casting vote; but this seens-
ed impracticable. So he scratched
his head, thanked the duke foe his
kindness, and said that he would
like William, his sou -in-law, 'to
have the post of supervisor of Ex-
cise in those parts if his grace world
say a good word to the Commiss-
ioner.
"Certaiuly. Do I, understand
the poet is vacant?",
John admitted that it was "not
exactly vacant." But the present
supervisor was old and infirm, and
not likely to live much longer.
"Then you wish the reversion 1''
John intimated that he wanted
"nowt o' the sort, but jest the super-
Visoi•ship.
"Ah, that is what 1 mean. My
dear friend, why ask fur such u
trifling entploymeiit 7 Your relative
shall have it the moment it is vac-
ant."
John admitted that this woultl
'lake li ni the friendof the Govern -
wont, for life, 'but doubted astutely.
"How he 1to snake sere ? For [
reckons . in. Lunnon ''fes another
matter wl' you gloat yolks. Down
hero 'fes glasses all round an' hall
fellow—fled tnet; but up there ef a
car. want: to look at a king she
must have her eyes about."
"The very instant the man dies,"
said the fringe Minister, "You roust
set out host haste for London ;
drive straight to my house. by night
or by day, sleeping or waking, dead
or alive—pound at my door ; I will
leave word with my potter to shun
you upstairs at once, and the post
shall be disposed of as you wish—I
promise you."
The duke drove away, never
thinking to see John Pascoe again
—at least, not until the next contest
ed election. But John, possibly
from having less to think about;
was more mindful. A few months
-afterwards the supervisor died, and
the Cornish voter, relying ou his
grace's word, promptly started for
London by the mail—and arriving
lata at night at the metropolis,
drove straight to the duke's house at
the corner of Greet Queen -street,
Lincoln's Ino Fields, and ascend-
ing the steps, knocked Loudly at the
door.
Duriug one memurable election,
loug before the first heforin Bill
was passed,, the borough of Grain
pound, in. Cornwall, was in a t'er-
tnent. This magnificent COUetitU-
ency numbered thirteen voters, all
told ; it was extremely doubtful
whether the Ministerial or the Op-
position. candidate would ho elected.
In fact, as the time drew near, it
began to bo evident that the voice
of one John Pascoe would form
quite ars appreciable traction iu
what Mr. Carlyle sal le the "national
palaver." Fdr,ithe side issue of a
decayed right of pasturage having
been started by some astete \Vhig
in competition with the atlaiss of
the nation at large, six coustitUents
ranged themselves uu either side,
and John, who simply couldn't un-
derstand the pasturage questior,
thoug it had been explained to
him a dozen times at great length
by each of the dozen voters, found
himself at the end of it in the
possession of no convictions and an
enviable casting vote.
Johu—or Jan, as he preferred
to be called (for like most great
men he was modest)—was nut
puffed up unduly with this proud
possession. Indirectly he found it
of the greatest use as a passport to
free beer. Ile drank every day at
the expense of each voter 01111 both
the candidates with frank inipar-
tiality, and listened to their argu-
ments with attention, merely draw-
ing his sloeves across his mouth
when the pint mug was drained ; or
(if the speaker were too deeply oc-
cupied with his logic) turni11 it
upsidedown and drumming with it
abstractedly on the table. Nay,
More, whereas the twelve fallow.
constituentscould not fount hint
together, 118 well front the dangers
of an ovet-healed discussion as from
a local prejudice against sitting
down thirteen at table, the two
opposing factions feasto11 hien 013
altorna!e d iys and carried hint
home on altercate nights. In short,
not a day passed without Jan's be-
ing the wicket e8 a political de-
monstration.
On the whole he liked the life,
and said so with pleasing frankness.
Naturally, however, Itis enjoyment,
of the pessina hour was tenlpcted
with 80 tn0 eunsiderttio11 that all
things have au end. The flay was
drawing near whet he would have
to decide cit the gentleman to re-
present him in I'artianle„t ; and
meanwhile, if the truth most be
told, when lie seemed to be list"i)•
iug to his advisees, he was really
cuu-ii'dering with which linty he
"God bless 'uxl fur a proper the wagon. There
gen'lem'n 1 John Pascoe nodded at her recovery.
the porter triumphantly. "Never
tell me that groat folks don't keep
their word !" •
The porter led the way, and John
followed, sol
"Any time, night or day, asleep
or awake, dead or alive"—that's busi-
ness! Bless 'uu ter a tlq friend,
I say. But I kuawforsile wadn'
desayve ale. Et goes to my heart
to wake 'on, too; for precious little
sleep ho gets, I warrant..”
His grace's door was opened and
John was ushered in.
"Hullo !" cried the duke, start-
ing up, rubbing his eyes, and scar-
cely awake from dreading of the
King of Spain. "Hullo ! Is he
dead 1"
"Iss, my lord, dead as nails," said
John ; and thought to himself,
"Why,. I do believe he's been a-
dreamiP' of lite. Ile kuawed the
at once."
"\Vheu di.' Ise dus 1''
"Day afore yesti t•ly, at half atter
two exactly be the tutu H clock."
"That • day berme yesterday ! You
have cone all thus' way since the
day before yesterday 1" ctied the
Minister, wondei NI at the possibili-
ty of hearing news from Madrid iu
so short a sh•leo of time.
Jubbut smiled, and opined that "It
were smartish work."
"ilow .1:.1 he clic 1"
"Potverfu1 hard, my lord ;
powerful hard. You see, three
weeks mune come J[ichelnnts-day
he tuk to lies bed, and they kept 'uu
goiu' 'pun milk an' a power o' doc-
tor's stuff, au' stuck a blister round"
by the back u' his eau•; but 'twarn't
no use,lan' he's a gone, au' I hopes
you'll lot any sotein-law, \Villiam,
succeed hint. 'cud he's :t eteady
suing titan,' 1i'illiam, aul'—'
"Succeed itiml; elucceed the
King of Spain ! \fill yuu drunk, or
mad, or ate 1 dreaming 1 Where
are the despate:.es1"
1'h't duke leaped up in bed, tore
aside the curtaiu totem more clearly,
and ineteall of th . courier 110 ex-
ported, beheld John Pascoe, bow-
ing, hat in hand, and smiling aiway
with the exttemest good humour.
There was a pause as tate situation
dawned upon the Minister. At
first he cursed very heartily and
profusely ; but as the absuolite of
the circumstances overcame his
cheerio, he lay hack in the bed and
hail to give way to his laughter.
John, though entirely puzzled,
laughed front sympathy ; and next
day went back to Gran'pound with
the appointment in his pocket.
Now it so happened that on this
particularatight the Duke of New-
castle had boeu sitting up, anxiously
expecting despatches from Madrid.
Fur at the very time when Grail -
pound was lamenting its late
supervisor of Excise, Europe was
hourly expecting the death of the
King of Spain ; and it was of the
utmost importance that the British
Minister should hear the intelli-
gence ns soon as possible after his
JIajesty's decease. Shortly after
midnight, however, the duke grew
very sleepy, and finally retired to
bed, leavin 1 solid orders with his
porter to sit, up, as ho was hourly
expecting a messenger of the greatest
importance. "When he comes,"
said the duke, "show hint up to my
root' at once—do you hear?—at
once."
The duke went off to hod ; the
porter settled himself comfortably
in his chair. 'l.'he dike was already
asleep and dreaming, the }sorter
nodding drowsily, when a stout ash
stick rattled at the flout door, and
continued vigorously until the
porter threw buck the bolts. On
tho threshold stood .Tohn Pd4Coc.
"Es the 1)ook o' Nowcas'ln in-
side
"\-es," answered the portal, "and
in bed ; but he left special orders.
that 'whenever yuu Came you should
gu up to him directly."
A KANSAS CYCLONE.
TER'LIBLF LI'SS UP •1.1F'3 UCCASIONEL)
TIIEREJIY.
Hutchison, KALI., May •8.—The
windstorm which h.ts been raging
over Kaunas' (Or the past three (1 tys
and nights culminated nl a destruc-
tive cyclone in the eastern part of
Stafford County, JIouday eight.
The district visited was sparsely
settled, or the loss of life and pro-
perty would have been terrible.
There is scarcely a vestige of farm
improvement remaining, The cas-
ualties so fair as know, are :—•\Vin.
Crawford, killed outright; Win.
Bolt, fatally injured; Oliver Ileaid
hunt so that he cannot, recover;
Jason Beard, internally injured
and will die; A. F. Guinip, inter-
nally injured; Mrs. Guinip and
babe, the Mother internally injured
and the babe's thigh broken and
otherwise hirt;Jlr. Liu<lsav,serious-
ly hurt; a little girl of George
1)evost, fatally injured; S. S. Craw-
ford, fatally injured; \Iss. J. Love,
seriuusly injured; Peter Scarlet, leg
broken; Mrs. John 1iartlett,
shoulder blade brukcu atnd other
injuries, will die; \Vit. JlcVey,
internally injured, cannot recover;
Joseph Perris. injured about the
head will die.
The path of tho storm lay through
Stafford county, extended from the
southeast to the northeast, slightly
east of the centre of the county.
The first building struck was the
fariti house of E. Slade, six miles
south of Stafford. The house was
swept away, and hardly a splinter
of it left. The family wascousider-
ahlybruised, bit none have died.
The next building to succumb
was the house of A. Gni nu ip, a
short (Betimes northeast of 81.atle's.
]loth the home) and barn are gone.
Mrs. A. Potter, had her house and
stable blown 'way. beta the. I'auuily
escaped. The next hultsu in the
path of the cyclone was that; of Mrs.
Lindsay, who lived with her two
stepchildren. \hist and William
Blue. The house tris turn to pieces
and Mrs. Lindsay so injured that
she can scarcely recover. George
1)ene's house was demolished and
his little girl fatally injured. S. 8.
Crat1•ford's residence was blown
away and hie son William was kilied.
i dl C. Couk'e large cattle shells
is no hope of
DI R. AND MRS. IIOWSEIt.
LY MRS. BOWSER.
'What did those two colored women
want 1' inquired Mir. Bowser as he
came up the other evening just as
the individuals were passing out.
''They called to see when I would
be ready fur them.'
'1-1 ow ready V
'it is spring you know.'
,Well, what has spring, you
know gut to 110 with two colored
wuutetl 1'
'I have to wash a few windows
and take up a carpet or two.'
')louse cleaning,'
'No, Hut exactly, but :hen—'
'See here, Mrs. Iluwser, this thing
has gut to step right here 1 :1e -
cause, sutue 200 years ago, sonto old
cranky housekeeper in New Eng-
land felt oblige') to rill and tear
lull upset the house for two or
three a eeke in May all you woman
of today feel obliged to keep up
the custom.'
'But every Ludy cleaus house
111Ut•e U: less.'
'Ctiti't help that. I'm not going
to have everything topsy-turvy
around here for the next three
weeks. That will be the result if
you put two women to work. They
will 511!11 out the job as long as
possible.'
'It wuti't take a week.'
'A week ! It shouldn't take one
day ! I eau go at it and do all the
cleaning necessary' in one hunt. !
I didn't say anything further until
alter supper. Unfortunately fur
me tine of 1110 wetit:•it returned to
ask about a mattes she had kw -
gotten, and Mr. Bowser saw her and
said
'Are you one of the w'uule„ who
are going to house clean here 1'
'Yes, silt.'
'Excuse me, but I don't believe
it. if there's any cleaning to be
done I'll do it myself. You need-
n't put iu an appearatiee hero to-
mo) row nor any other day.'
'An' you's gwino ter clean house?'
she asked in surprise.
'I ant. 1. know it does not be-
long to a•netu's estate, but I have a
young and inexperienced •wife who
is easily •imposed on, and I ant
going to prove to her that this
house -clean; ug is all a ;'rand.'
'Mr. Bowser,' I said as he re-
turned to the sitting -room, didn't
you have au experience last spring?'
'Yes ma'am i experienced this
house from top to bottom in -just
two hours, and it•.still remains the
cleave t house in Detroit. I have
nothing in particular to do to-
morrow and 1 shall take hold.'
' I—I catl't help you any.'
'When I want . yo0 valuable
assistance 1 will ask fur it ma'am.
As I 'tun feeling in good spirits this
evening, I )night as well begin on
that coal stove. I'll wrestle it out
in the back hall, ready for the baro
in the morning.
1 went up stairs just as he pulled
off his coat and spit un his hands.
I knew just what a must. he'd stake
and didn't want to bo there to see.
In a few minutes I heard the clatter
of the stove, as it bounced around
on the !lour, and three minutes
later there was a wild 3-011 fur help.
I rau down just as the girl gut in
from the kitchei.• Mir. dowser was
lying on his hack on the floor, and
the stove on him. lie w'i18 almost
black in the face as he gasped :
Take hint oft'—take the blamed
thing off of the.
'I'lro girl and I succeeded in lift-
ing it high enough for him to roll
out, and he sat up and groaned and
swore and threatened dire things.
'I was afraid it would be too
much fur you,' 1 said as I offered
hint a wet towel.
'Oh ! you were ! l[ow kind of
von 1 You are disappointed be-
cause the iuferual thing didn't
knock the life out of fine?'
I went upstairs'and he rested a
while. ')'hen I heard hila 'loving
the furniture about, and try and by
he came up to say :
'I want some salt to put on the
carpet before 1 sweep.'
'Ihit the carpet must come up
Mr. Bowser. It's been down two
yoau•s.'
all nonsense ? Mother
ncvnr 111100 a carpet until it was
%ruin out. Where's the salt.'
'But the curtains must come
down, the woodwork be ruhheal
with a damp cloth, the windows
washed, and—'
'And the roof of the house raised
ten feet, of course. One would
thing: we'll had smallpox in the
Mouse. I'll get the 8101) ladder and
take the curtains down. l'erliaps
I'll take the carpet ftp to morrow,
dead from his s 1. got the cay%
phor and the girl 11 ng vater in his
face, and byand-byn� a
d y gasped 'and
opened his eyes and faintly asked :
'Is this Heaven 1'
'No, Mr, Bowser,' I gently re
plied, 'this is only sluing house
cleaning.'
'What has happened 1' he 0011)u-
ued as he rose np.
'You had a fall."
'And while I wits unconscious
you tools: advantage of my (otrditiou
to take a $5 bill t't•orn my wallet!'
'I never thought of suck a
thing 1'
'Well I eau tell later ou. I had
a sensation as of someone feeling iu
my pockets. I'll have that curtain
down if it takes a
'Won't you please give up yoiir
Quixotic idea, Mr. Bowser 1 Nu
man can clean—'
'Can't, eh 1 Well 1'11 show you
to the contrary. Quixotic idea 1
I'll show you and old Quit, ton,
that I eau Igo more houseci'oauing
in an '.tour than yuu can in a week.
Get out of tire way while— !'
Hs was iu his slippers and he
picked up a big tack, and that
ended him. Ile was half scared to
death for fear et lock-jaw, and he
insisted en goiug to bed and send-
ing fur •i doctor, The good matt
heard whet I had to say and then
observed :
Mr. Iluw•ser, don't yuu leave
per bedroom for at least a week
to segue. 'That foot must have per-
fect rest.'
And next day I sent for my
colored woieen and began work.
We are nut through yet. Neither
is M1'. Bowser out of his room. He
site, n ith his foot on a chair, and
we have leit his loon) undisturbed.
When I enter with head tied up, a
hig apron on and my fingers red
and bleewliug frn'n tack wounds
and bruises, he cr,usoles wo with :
'S.tch i1 fuss over nothing ! , Why
I hail tour fifths of the work dune
when this unfortunate accident
made ale a cripple for life. You
can see what this house would
come to if [ should be taken away
by death.'
were destroyed, as 0 were J. \V. but its It waste of time.'
Burns'; both lou'! heavily..1. Love's I 'Fin wont down and got the ladder,
house is a thing of the peat and his and 1 hoard hitt whistling as he
wife was blown nifty feet north of worked at ono of the enrtains. His
the 1101180 iu a Wagon tU w•hielt slue 'i wbistte presently cut short off, and
cliulg. It carried her 100 y.u•ds there was a crash and a yell, and 1
further, The spokes 111 tin w'iv'els flew down 10 find Mr. Bowser lying
were blown out or knocked out lis acr0rs that end of the lounge which
lying titnheia. %%lion found Mrs• still remained in the room. His
Loy,. wag clinging to !.Ire tongue of eyes were e1osed and I thought him
04 OM
HIGH JIM:S.
order that reaalted in driving away
a went many people.. It was not
the order which was in fault, blit
ileo tesutr of its execution. All
this time the scene in the upper
room had continued. Disgusted
people, who thought mntlela wore
going too 1.01 had been leaving, and
the eiuwtl was thine' 11 down to
about one thousand men and wo-
men. A'mintier wt. 1'• intoxicated ;
most of the reet were sufficiently-
exhilarated
ufficientlyexhilarated to 'take the surround-
ings cengeniltl to them. Sumo the
10010 imprudent consumers ul' cham-
pagne had become ugly, and there
were several outbreaks its a result.
Two ur three iustauees w•it.nessed by
a reporter iiIi.stt•ated the whole.
SPECIIEN INCII'L w 's.
Oltl' 111 in, of fine tlppe uutce iu
shite of the unutdliu cuuditiuu h0
w :11, picked op a gleet salver
loaded with salad, 11111 1 fting it
above his heal, welt reeling
through the rouse. Ile hell not
goue fir before he stumbled u;;uiust
a young woman null 1110301Iy Ibrew
the oily salad all Over her Noel( and
arms, anti over an e:,quisile pink
silk and lilac gowti.
A young roan Picked up as battle
of champaigio 1111 broke utl' the
neck acres• the bare shuuldet ul' Kia
female companion. Fortunately
stun was 1101 ' nt by the broken gloss,
hut she was drenched by the nice.
A uwu .1111 011 the rlul,t,y flour
ai,d injured his leg su as to necessi-
tate the suunnuuir-'q ul au ambu-
lance. Several 11111r1Utnpia hstti
uucoutttots wine only st,;'ped by
police ilittfrl'eteltee. i'rucicery mot
glassware ,ti'r'e sin'shell with reck-
less illcfill'et01100
The scene in the tint( tutu ten8
nut etlilyitig its the hwtrS event 011.
\\rumen w01•0 /kneeing tht'11•. told
were evert 80.t!e1I iii seem of the
bo..es, who weld evidently, to say
,,the least, all'eea••d by their yisita to
the ,supper room, and nue rare
pretty girl'exciied cummeut 111• her
obvious lack of steadiness, while
her e: 'Ira, was the subject of
considerable iudiguatiuu as he
attuned acruss the fluor at the cou-
elusiuu of a dance with his arm
still around her waist.
'1'hing-1 were getting su bad that.
Inspector Stec., 8, W140 had charge of
the police, h ul t.0 eviler the supper
'room cleared.
•Lt the Centennial ball in the
Metropolitan Opera )louse, last
week, in honor of the inauguration
of Washington as first President of
the United States, there was a high
old tinge,_ according to T/ee New
Yo.•1: Times :
It was bad when several thousand
people surged through the doors in
search of supper and wine ; it 11 -as
•nurse when the thousands began to
crowd around the tables, each loan
frying to get ahead .of the others iu
reaching a place vltero• he could
eater the gauge of. grab. But the
worst did not cone till the majority
had succeeded in capturing food
and wine. A crowded rood its bad
enough, but hero ivas a crowded
roues in which then and wotneu not
only had to hold their own in the
pushing and jostling throng, but•
h<d to holt), or try to hold, a plate
of food and a bottle of wine. The
result was in Many cases, iguomin-
iuus failure. Plates and bottles by
the scorn were knocked from the
hands of those who had secured
the'', the contents spoiling the
clothing of these around, and litter-
ing the floor until it became as
slippery and slushy as a Broadway
pavement after a February thaw.
Not all the char'pagno •>:ent to
waste in this way. Such a con-
dition of alfairs naturally would
have been disheartening but the
rising spirits of the crowd, as evi-
denced by an incessant babble of
voices and much loud laughter,
showed that a great deal of the
wine was ging to its ordinary
destination, and that the driukers
were becoming less concerned as to
their surroundiugs.
This was the condition of the
supper route when the Presidential
party entered and sat at its private
table. It was on an elevated plat
fot•ni, and so tbo distinguished
guests had a perfect 1 iew of the
scramble going on all a1)0Ut them,
With what favor they viewed the
scene can only be dbujectured, hut
the President and his party remain-
ed but a few minutes in the supper
room.
Probably not ons -half •of the
people at the ball entered the sup
per room. Those who captured it
at filet held it to the last. 'Those
who came later to get a little ie..
were satisfied to look in
and turn away. Of those who oc•
copied the boxes the same was true.
When the Presidents 1 party left
for the supper room many of the
box -holders followed the example,
but, not being provided with a psi •
vete table, fenced off front the
crowd, such 115 the Presidential
party hall, they looked in, timed
away,
SUlteetsao AND DISOUSTEn,
and, in most 00808, at once ordered
their carriages. After midnight
every box was empty.
The migration to the supper
room had left the floor clear for
dancing, and from 81101113' before 13
until 1 o'clock the waltzing went
metiily on.
At 1 o'clock, however, came an
HOW TO 'WOO A SCOTCH
Glia..
I know a you ug fellow who was
very sweet ,uu a Scotch spinster.
She was 0 wealthy Scotch. spinster,
but if there is a kind of women
who must be loved economically
atnd fur hetselt' alone it is a acoteh
e11i11Pter. Scotch - spinsters are
warranted to flake good wives all
the time. it is awtully hard to be
untrue 115 a Scotch w•ouiau. She
Makes you su very colufo$table and
.holds yuu to her not su touch by
your heart as by your bank account.:
She doesn't always want new•
bonnets ; sho is rather liable to
object even to your having a new
hat until the old oust is quite worn
out. A Scotch wife can keep her
husband neat and trine, and herself
and her children as well, at 0 small-
er expense than auy tithe's. Site
doesn't want diamond earrings for
her birthday. All you have to do
is to show her your back account
and kiss her and tell her you ono
the balance to her, and she is quite
satisfied. This young fellow did
not understand the Scotch spinster,
and when he thought t'/ please' Iter
he seat her a lovely and expensive
basket of flowers. He went up to
receive her thanks and smiles, and
he was quite knocked over when
she told hien he hadn't0 big enough
salary to waste it buying flowers
for her ur anybody else, and she,
was sorry to see he was 80 extrava-
gant, because otherwise he was "a,.
pleasiu' young man." He lied,
himself back lute her good graces,
by saying he had got the flowers
for nothing and ho 'thought he,
could nut slake butter use of them,.
She smiled gracionsly and said:— .
"Seeiu' they did na cost you any-
thiig, it's a great compliment."
She teas a wu11t,'u after all.
--A group of girls, among when:
wits an Irish woman, let us call 'het'.
Mrs. Erin, were passing away the
noon hour, talking about the differ-
ent position() hold by them, when
Mrs. Erin related her experience
when she lived out in a banker's
family. Tho following dialogue
ensued : Mgrs. Erin—[f I had a
little hit more eddiclttion the gentle•
man would have put me in his office
as clerk. One of the Girls—Did ho
keen single or double entry, Mgrs.
E'•iu 1 Mrs. Erin—Double intry is
it ? Tho divil a double int'y had
he ; ho had all great big fonlding
d u res.
—An actor told a story the other
day having reference to a character-
istic Scotch trait. It was usual, he
said, for his cumpeuy on tour to
leave a town on the "Sunday with
any suitable train between twelve
anti three. But when he asked his
Glaswegian landlady for his bill be-
fore leaving, nod held out the
money ' to her, 'Na, na,' she said,
with a deprecatory uplifting of her
hands '1 canna talc' your money on
the holy Sawbath• .Test put it
igen3 on the 0) ant le•shelf.'