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Wednesday. August 19th. 1891.
SHE SIMPLY WOULDN'T,
She could sing and she could play,
She could dance from night to day,
She could while the hours away,
Su 'tie said ;
She could skate and she could paint,
She could play the patron saint,
But she Couldn't and she wouldn't
Make a bed,
She could walk eight miles a day
And play tennis charmingly,
Flirting in a saucy way,
Little scamp !
She could drive and play base ball,
She could make a stylish all,
But she couldn't and she wouldn't
Clean a lamp.
She could swim and she could row,
She could always haven beau,
And I'm sure we all know
That she was shy.
She could laugh and she could prance,
She could play a game of chance
But she couldn't and she wouldn't
Make a pie.
She csuld etch and write a book,
She could vanquish with a lock :
She could win by hook orit;rook,
I confess ;
She could scold and she could 11,ut,
She could cry and she could pout,
But are couldn't and she wouldn't
Make a dress.
She could talk of church affairs,
But know naught in household cares ;
Still I'm sure that none compares
With sweet Nab ;
Even if she couldn't oaks
Bread and pies and angel cake,
She enraptured and she captured
A rich man
THE PLUCK OF MRS. MUR-
PHY.
Martin Murphy when sober car-
ries the hod in a manner satisfac-
tory to himself and his employers.
Martin Murphy when not sober is
in the habit of getting tangled up
with poliaer_uen, judges and courts
ill fl manner not at ail Satisfactory
to himself or any one else.
Now, Martin had a job over in
Brooklyn that was good. He work-
ed steadily for two weeks and was
paid the ether night, Wheu he
��► lav and indulged in sev-
tVr .•.a m(i ..
oral mixed ales, flavored with black
pepper, it occurred to him that he
bad worked t vo full weeks without
making a break or getting full him-
self. The discovery surprised and
saddened him. He started in to
blot the stain from his record and the
result was that Martin Murphy was
before the police magistrate the
next day.
"You were drunk," said the
judge.
"I was" said Martin, easily and
honestly.
"Well, you will take five days or
$5," said the judge.
"I'll take 'em both, Yer Honor,"
said Martin with a diplomatic wave
of the hand. And so an hour or so
later Martin rode to prison in
solemn state.
About the same time Mrs. Mur-
phy learned what had befallen her
husband. She was face to face with
an emergency and she arose to meet
it. There were two things that she
determined must be done—Martin
must bo got out of jail and his job
must be kept for him. This was
easy enough. She went to a gen-
tleman with a "pull" and he said
Martin should be free before the
next day. That being attended to,
Mrs. Murphy repaired to the
buildings where Martilf had been
working.
('Who be's the boss of this job I
she inquired of a red.ahirted gentle-
man wjro was pushing a hoe langu-
idly through a pile of mortar. The
"boss of the job" was pointed out
and to him Mrs Murphy addressed
herself.
"Ye've a man carrin' the hod fa
ye av the name of Murphy I" sh
said.
"I have," was the reply, "but '• he
-isotdress-teedag:. . " " -, -
r
e
"I know 1►a's pot," said Airs:
11Iurphy, "Blah he'll be here in the
luornin' or I'll know it 1 Where's
his hod I."
"In the building where he left it,"
said the builder. Into the build-
ing lira. Murphy went. When
she came out her skirts were tied
about her in a most peculiar sort of
way, and she had her husband's hod
in the regulation way. The build-
er had walked a little distance
away, and did not notice Mre. Mur-
phy lay her hod down carefully,
load it with brick and shoulder it.
When he did see her she was going
up the ladder as steadily as his
head hod carrier could.
"Hey there I" be shouter, "come
down out of that."
"Wait till I've dumped me hod,"
said Mrs. Murphy, and dump is she
did before she cam, [down.
"See here," he said when she came
down, "this thing won't do."
"What thing 1" inquired Mrs.
Murphy
"You can't carry the hod here."
"I'll carry the hod agin any man
on yer job," retorted Mrs. Murphy
stoutly.
"This is Martin Murphy's hod an'
I'm his wife, au' I'm goiu' to kape
this job fer him. I'll do this work
the day an' I'll hev himself' here
in the inerrant," and with that she
turned away, loaded her ho 1 and
mounted the ladder again. The
builder was puzzled, but helpless,
other workman scarcely knew what
to make of the affair. But resolute
Mrs. Murphy soon put them on re-
cord. When she came down the
ladder a second time she reached
down in a long pocket and drew
out a silver quarter.
"Byes," she said, I'm goin' to pay
my futtin' on this job. Is there a
man among ye that'll go to the store
for me'?"
There was, and he went. When
he returned he handed the can of
foaming ale to Mrs. Murphy. She
raised it to her lips and took a good-
ly draught.
"Now, byes," she said, "fer the
rist av the day I'm kapin Martin
Murphy's job."
And she did. She carried hod
with the other men for the after-
noon and despite her skirts, was
fairly skilful. At six o'clock she
put' her hod away, shook hands with
the other workers—they insisted on
that—and went home. She had
saved Martin's job and half a days
wages. When Martin came home
from jail that night, penitent, she
lugged him off and made him sign
the pledge. Next morning she sent
him back to the job she saved for
him and he is there yet.
Now and then one of his fellow -
work men will remark : ' Ye're a
good man, hut feth, yer wife's a
better wan,"
But Martin merely says : "Be
gorr, I belave you're right," for
Martin is a trutful man.
The best thing about this story is
that it is strictly true except in the
matter of names. The heroine of it
is not inclined to be boastful. She
merely says that "washin' is harder
nor hod carryin'."
And she ought to know,
THE COAT OF OUR SAVIOR.
Thousands of citizens of the
United States are on their way to
Troves to witness the exhibition of
the supposed coat of Jesus of Naza-
reth, which is to occur after Aug, 18.
Previously in the last two weeks
at least eight hundred other Anterie
can citizens have gone abroad for
the sawn purpose. More than one
hundred thousand European citizens
are flocking to Treves to witness
this display.
To those who have not their
atlases before them it may be as
well to mention that Treves is a city
of Rhenish Prussia, the oldealrr
municipality in Germany, and al,
ways famous as a pet of the Roman
Enipire, and afterward as one. of the
Roman Church. If the coat of our
Savior was to be discovered no
better locality could have been
selected.
There is some difference of opin-
ion among accredited authorities as
to whether this coat could still be
in existence, and, inasmuch as at
least a thousand of our good citi.
zeas have gone across the Atlantic
to investigate, perhaps it would
not be improper for this paper to
to assist their through extracts from
the Holy Record.
of ChrJtit's cttatr John says (chapter
six,, verges 23 and 24) : "Now the
coat was without emu, woven from
the top throughout. They said,
therefore, among themselves : Let us
not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose
it shall be."
Hence from St. John's version
comes the belief that the coat, won in
the raffle by a soldier of Augustus,
was carried by him to Treves, and
that it was there discovered. That
Augustus was particularly proud of
Treves at that time, and that he
sent many of his soldiers there, are
established facts.
• The bishop of Trevea says regard•
ing the coat :—Perhapa you will ask
me, illy brethren, whether the vener-
ation of the holy relic which our ca-
thedral possesses be founded on fact,
whether we must acknowledge it to
be the coat without seam which our
Lord Jesus Christ wore on earth. I
think it my pastoral duty to answer
this question to the best of my
knowledge and conscience. When
there is a question about time authen-
ticity of a certain relic in particular,
then everybody is perfectly free to
form his opinion on sound and reas-
onable arguments. A Catholic, who,
wantonly or without grave reasons,
doubts or rejects the authenticity of
a certain relic, way appear arrogant
and irreverent, but he is not for
that to be considered erring in faith.
THE AUTHENTICITY OL' A RELIC,
like any other historical fact is
founded and proved on the testimony
of ma#.l The authenticity of no
relic, be it the most eminent of the
oldest church in Christendom, falls
minder any precept of Catholic faith.
According to a decree of the Coun-
cil of Trent, the Bishops are bound,
before sanctioning the public exhibi-
tion of relics, to hear the opinion of
pious and learned men, and then to
give that decision which shall he
dictated by truth and piety. How
could I venture to think that my
predecessors in the see of St. Eucil-
arius had been wanting in the
necessary care and vigilance for a
cause so eminently important and
holy, that is, in examining the au,
thenticity of such a relic, and that
in spite of the solemn decrees of the
church ; how could I presume to
think that they had kept silence or
connived mit what they knew to be a
fraud 1 Watching over the very
old 'tradition of my Cathedral
Church, and over the reputation and
honor of its pontiffs, I must adhere
to the conviction I have—that these
traditions rest upon truth, that the
Archbishops of Treves neither erred
nor were deceived. Indeed, I would
fear to sin against the Church of
Troves if I discarded as a worthless
thing that relic which our ances-
tors regarded as their moat precious
treasure. I think it my duty, my
dear brethren, without any reserve,
to speak out this, my conviction,
yet without wishing to force it upon
anybody. But in order to satisfy
reasonable inquiries, and to solve
some doubts, I have ordered a care-
ful examination of the holy coat be-
fore it be solemnly exhibited. In
the presence of the Chapter of the
Cathedral and some competent
judges this examination took place
last summer, and lasted several days.
The result was that there was noth-
ing found that contradicted the old
traditions of the Church of Treves.
London Standard : This interest-
ing relic is said to be the veritable
seamless mantle worn by Jesus. In
the year 1810 Napoleon the First
asnented to its being shown publicly
for the secone' but in giving
hie sanction he added that "the
working of miracles" was to be for-
bidden,
The last time it was exhibited
was in 1844, and on that occasion
the mantle was reputed to have per-
formed numerous wonders in restor-
ing sick people to health. The ap-
proaching exhibition will be only
the fourth time it will have been
shown in the past three centuries,
and the event is naturally awaited
with the greatest interest by all good
Catholics in Germany, and far be-
yond the frontiers of this empire.
' - The sub -editor of a Silesian news-
paper has been condemnted to four-
teen days imprisonment on account
of some disrespectful remarks he had
published in reference to the holy
coat at Treves.
St. Matthew, perhaps the coolest
of the recorders of the time, says
(chapter xxvii, verse 35) : "And
they crucified him and parted his
garments, casting lots." Mark says
(chapter xv., verse 24) : "And when
the had crucified him they parted
his garments, casting lots upon them
what every man should take."
Luke says (chapter xxiii., verse 34)
"And they parted his raiment and
cast lots,"
Thus three of the four disciples
who wrote upon subject agree that
the Savior's raiment was cut up into
pieces and gambled for ; but John,
the fourth, differs with all of them,
and it is from his version that conies
the widely prevailiag belief of the
—Wm. McBride. a London drayman,
living on the Proof Line just outside the
city limits, was charged with the larceny
of $23.50 from Mrs. Meston, The pris-
oner pleaded guilty and was let go. Mc-
Bride found the money on Talb rt street,
and supposing Mrs. Meeton had dropped
it, called after her, but she did not ans
wer. Subsequently the lady missed her
purse, and accused McBride of having
it, and he denied all knowledge of the
missing property. He has hitherto borne
a good character. having come from
Wingham about twelve menthe thee.
QUEEN ICTOh}F4.'$ ,PATHER
IN NOVA SCOTIA. -
From laaper's Bazar,
A.zlou' sevens wiles west of the
centre of'Halifax, near the head df
Bedford I,3asiu, is a beautiful spot,
now much used as a picnic groun
which every Iialigonian knows
"the Prince's Lodge." It id part
the estate in old times leased b
Sir John Wentwo. to the Du
of Kent for his royal residence du
log the seven years that Prince,
father of Queen Viotorin, lived i
Nova Scotia. Sir John Wentwort
had his country mansion there, awl
called it, in allusion to Romeo anN
Juliet, "Friar Laurences' Cell."
The Duke enlarged the original
house until it was a tine two -storied
villa, somewhat in the Italian style,
with extensive wings at the north
and south and a great hall and draw-
ing rooms in the centre, Back of
the house were stables for his horses,
end the grounds, though rustic, and
having all the marks that nature had
originally put upon them, contain-
ed many charming surprises. His
Royal Highness, who wan at this
time commander of ail the forces in
North America, had a telegraph
battery on au adjoining hill, by
means of which he could send his
orders to the citadel in town. In
the neighborhood of the Lodge were
artificers of various sorts, so that
the place was like a little feudal
town. Indeed, the Prince himself
used to put his hand to the jack•
plane or drive the cross cut saw,and
and I fancy there was little that
went on that he did not personally
oversee. He was a strict disciplin-
arian, but was very kind and affable
in social life, and especially inter-
ested in young men, fur whom he
often did much. His life had not
been a luxurious one, and he inher-
ited many of the simple tastes of
his father, plain old "Farmer
George," which, on the whole, com-
mended him to Nova Scotians. So-
ciety in Halifax in those days was
very gay, stat it is said that the
Prince, by his moderation in
the use of wine, and by refraining
entirely from cards, had a good in-
fluence over the young men of the
town. To cure intemperance among
his men, it is said he used to make
them turn out at five o'clock in the
morning for drill, which of course,
made late hours away from barracks
impossible. His punishments were
very severe. For one poor soldier
he ordered a thousand lashes on his
bare back, and on the grounds of
the Lodge is shown a cave where
another was confined for two or
three years, until he died. Once or
twice, it ie said men committed sui-
cide from fear of hie punishments.
Prince Edward's friend and compan-
ion during his Nova Scotia life was
a clever French woman, Madame
AlphousineTherese Bernadine Julie
de Montgenet de St. Laurent, Ba-
ronne de Fortisson, whom he first
met in Martinique, and who, when
he married the Queen's mother, re-
tired to a convent. The Halifax
people we're dazzled by the presence
of royalty among them, and when
the Prince's seven-year term hid
expired, it took society a long time
to settle down to its normal condi-
tion. In 1800 the Duke of Kent
began the erection of the present
citidel in -Halifax, first removing
the old insecure fortifications, and
then building the massive walls
that now enclose the fort. A con-
spicuous monument of his Royal
Highness still remaining is the
square wooden clock tower below
the glacis, directly above the mid-
dle of the town.
COLONEL BY MARRIAGE.
IBUl .ANISIV4 DECLINING,
The Eotna,n Cat�ttolie conference at
Wigan, Bog., bas been debating the
causes of the decline of the Catholic
Church In England, which baa been
s.o marked of late as to cause men-.
tion.
—In cutting down a large silver maple
or poplar tree on Wellington street late-
ly, the heart was found to consist of a
stick about the size of a walking etiok,
which, apparently, years ago it, must
have been, as it showed distinct marks
at the small knobs of having been trim
need off with a knife, How the stick
got there is a mystery, hut having by
some means done eo, the tree appears to
have grown round it, taking itcomplete-
ly in, but keeping it dietinet and intact
from the new wood with which it was
P esilivdtheli kni? ptedWritrxigturitt.rrrrtittlx�i�Yt.-yfitdlt 'h'rrrost r. -•
A
rice,
apostacy, and the aversion of young
men to marriage are the leading
causes assigned for this decline.
Against this it is claimed that,
although Romanism is losing, it is
gaining socially in influence, and it
is asserted that the visit to Rome of
prominent people Is again becoming
notable. One instance noted is that
of the Viscount St. Cyres, oldest son
of the Earl of Iddesleigh, who has
openly professed adhesion to the
Roman faith. Other converts include
the Hor,. Horatio Nelson, third son
of Earl Nelson, who has joined. Rev.
Thomas Cato, of Oriel College, Ox --
ford, makes the twelfth minister of
the English clfurch who has gone
over within a short period. Major
General and Mrs. Whin -Yates, Borsil
Lechmere, heir to Sir Henry Lech -
mere, Bart; G. S. Usher, a descend.
ant of the famous Archbishop Usher;
an immensely wealthy Scotch woman,
Miss Stewart, of Ascog Hall, Bute,
etc., and seven managing matrons of
the hospitals, among whom the
change seems to' be epidemic just
now.
Youth'Companion : A traveller
in Texas says that he was riding
along a cattle trail near the New
Mexico line when he met a rather
pompous -looking native of the
region, who introduced himself as
Colonel Biggins, of Devil's River.
"Were you a colonel in the Con-
fererat a army 1" I asked.
"No, sap."
"On the Union side, then I"
"No, sah ; nevah was in no wan.'
"Belong to the Texas Rangers 1"
"No, sah, I do not,"
"Ah, I see. You command one'
of the State militia regiments !"
"No, sah, I don't. Don't know
nothing about soldiering."
"Whore, then did you get the
rank of colonel•1"
"I'se a kunnel by marriage, sah."
"By marriage 1 How's that ;"
"I married the widow of a
kunnel, sah ; Funnel Thompson of,
Waco,+,
--Last week a cow belonging to Mr,
flurnion, of Rlyrh, was seized with a
murderous and suicidal fit, whereby oce
of our citizens almost lost her life. The
cow was being drtyen along Queen Street
to the South Side. When opposite the
Commercial hotel she made an attack up-
on Mrs. (+eorge Ogden. whom she would
have, no doubt, gored to death, bad not
Mr, Walden, the blacksmith, rushed out
and struck the furious beast a heavy
blow on thehe.d. Mrs. Ogden received
slight injuries. The cow then ran to-
wards the Queen Street bridge, plunged
over the bridge and drowned herself.—
-Xin'bMtlei ire Per -Soon, , _ . . a .
HE KNEW SHE WOULD BE
HOPPING MAD
Just as he reached the bottom of
the steps lie put his hand into one of
his trousers pockets and then ejacu-
luted,
' What in thunder I"
Then lie felt in another pocket,
and muttered,
"Well, I'll be hanged?"
He stopped and thought foj' a
moment and then tried Iris vest
pockets. Next he tried those in his
coat.
"Every one's asleep, too," he mute
tered as he paused in front of the
door. "I wonder where 1 could
have left them."
He went through his pockets
again and then sat down on the top
step to think the matter over.
"She'll be hopping mad if I wake
her up," he muttered, "arid no ex-
cuse will go. But what else am I
going to do 1"
He sighed, made a third search of
his pockets, and then got up with a
look of determination on his face
and gave several vicious yanks at
the doorbell.
"0, me ! 0, my ! Woot she he
mad though I" he soliloquized.
And she was.
"0, it's you, is it 1" she exclaim-
ed, when she o erred the door.
What did you walewe up for 1"
"My dear," he said apologetic-
ally, "I couldn't get in."
"Did you try I" she asked.
"Why, no, my Clear," he explain•
ed.
"You see I lost my keys to -day."
"I know it, I found them on the
bureau, and so I left the door un-
locked for you."
Then she marched back to bed,
and he swore that he would never
again take it for granted that any•
thing was locked.
Belgrai'e.
i Troweled mit last w, ek.l
Quite a number from Belgrave
and vicinity took in the S. 0. E.
excursion to Sarnia on Thursday,
they report having a good time, only
they did not see the Big Tunnel.
Mr. J. A. Brownlee Sundayed in
Blyth.
Mr. A. Hingston, of Brussels,
spent Sunday in town.
Miss McDougall of Wingham was
visiting her sister Mrs. W. Cesar on
Sunday.
a
erich spent Sunay a t
Coultes', W'awanosh.
The defective sidewalks around
town have been replaced by new
ones of more substantial appearance.
Mr. F. Poaren, who is engaged in
the teaching profession down east,
has been spending his holidays
under the parental roof.
A heavy rain and wind storm, ac-
companied by thunder and light-
ning passed over here on Sunday
afternoon.
Messrs E. Wrightman and John
Bell have purchased a new threshing
outfit, they have secured the services
of Messrs L. Howson and S. Ferrier
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—Zephemian T. White, of Shel-
by, N. Y., aged 73, and the little
Lulu Bissell, who is now in her 14th.
summer, aro now man and wife.
The girl's parents claim that tha
aged White persuaded the little --
maiden to elope with him, and
driving to a neighboring justice of
the peace induced the latter to per--,.
form the marriage ceremony by
claiming that the girl was over IT
years of age. White was promptly
arrested on the charge of abduction,
but being released on his own recog-
nizance during an adjournment of
proceedings, made good his escape,
and no trace- of him can be found.
His young wife is at her father's
house.
—Messrs. W. G. Murdoch, of
Toronto, and H, W. C. Meyer, of
Wingham, who are looking after
the interests of Henry Garbutt, went
to Ottawa the other day to try to
persuade the Minister of Justice to
refuse the order for the extradition
of Garbutt, the alleged forger. 'After
a long consultation Sir John Thomp-
son took a couple of hours to con-
sider, and when the parties had
again met ho said that as he had
every faith in the Canadian judges
he would not interfere in any way
after the courts had decided that a
good case had been made, cones.-
quently if the habeas corpus pro-
ceedings do not result in his dis-
charge Mr. Garbutt is safe to have
a trip back to time United States. It
all rests on time decision of Justice
Meredith, who will bear the appeal
on Tuesday.
—Mr. J. A. McCarthy,er.,of Stratford,
who attained his 80th birthday Satur-
day, has been on the police force for fifty-
ty•one years, twenty-nine of which he
served on the Stratford force. He was,
born at Newcastle, New South VCafes,
Australia, on Aug. 1st, 1811. At the age
of six years Mr. McCarthy left with the
73rd regiment for the East Indies urs
board the Kangaroo, and in 1819 when:
the regiment visited Randy, Ceylon, he -
accompanied them. After leaving Kandy
Mr. McCarthy's father retired on half
pay, settling in Berwick-upon-Tweed,.
England, where on Dec. 11, 1821, he was
carried off by fever. Mr. McCarthy em-
igrated to Canada, arriving on the 10th
July, 1832. He first settled in North
Earth"pe. In 1840 he moved into what
was then looked upon as the spot where
Stratford would be located in the near
fdtnre. In this year he was appointed
constable for the Huron District. Mr.
McCarthy has been a remarkably healthy
man all his life, Ile's the oldest police-
man in the Dominion and the oldest
white 'British subject born in the anti:
podee.
—A young man named Jas. Handl-
ton, while engaged at his work in the
Union Factory, Wingham, had the mis-
fortune the other day to have a large
splinter run through his hand. The
splinter was about half an inch thick,
and about twelve inches of it went
through his hand.
—The largest sturgeon that the oldesC-
fishermen of the place have 'seen was
caught on the shores of Lake Huron.
near Grand Bend, a short time ago.
taking two .nen to haul it out of the
net into the boat. It weighed over 2C0
pounds and measured over 8 test long..
— It is said that the handsome sum of
$100,000 has been deposited in a Wood
stock bank to the credit of five of the'
heirs of the late Thomas Brown, a form-
er resident of Oxford who died in Aus-
tralia somme�__timre a o,e ellie,fet upgte.
h5h- "mill's Tem"—the vicinity of Innerkip.