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The Brussels Post, 1892-11-25, Page 3Nov. 25, 1592 THE NEGRO FUNEl$11I,. 1 was walking in Savannah, peat a oburolt cleoayod and din, Wlteh there slowly through the window owe a piniative funeral hymn ; And empathy aweltoied, andel, wonder quioltly grow, 'x.111 1 found myoolf eavironed in a little negro pew, Ont at front a oolorod °maple eat in sole. row, nearly wild ; On the altar was a coffin, in the oofln 'Wee a child. I oould piature him when living --curly hail', protruding ) p— I had seen perhaps a thousand on my hurried Southern trip, But no baby ever resbea in the soothing arms of death, That had fanned more flames of sorrow with hie little.fluttering breath And no funeral ever glistened with more sympathy profound Than was in the chain of teardrops that onolasped those mourners round. Bow a sad old coloured puncher at the little wooded dealt— With a manner grandly awkward, with a eonutenan00 grotesque ; With oinlplioiby aid shrewdness on his Ethiopian face ; With the iguotanoe and wisdom of a crushed, undying race, And he paid : "Now don't be woopin' for die pretty bib o' clay— For de little boy who lived hare, he done gone an' run away Ile was doin' very finely, an' he'preciate your love, But his sure Muff Pother want him in ole large house op above. "Now Ile didu't give you'dat baby, by a hundred thousanmile Ho just think yon need some sunshine, an' Ile lend it for a while I An' He let yon keep an' love it, till your hearts was bigger grown ; An' dere silver tears you're :Aladdin's jest do interest on do loan, "Hero yet: older pretty ohilrun don't he matin' it appear Dat yonr love got sort o' 'nop'lized by clic little fellow here ; Don' pilo up too muoh your sorrow on deir little mental shelves, So's to kind e'set 'am wonderiu' if dey're no acoou nt demeelvos. "Jost you think, poor deal] mounabe, oroopin"'long o'er sorrow's way, What a blessed little trio -nim die yere baby's got to -day. Your goad faders nu' good moders orowd de litho fellow round In do angol•teuded garage of ole Dig Plantation Ground. "An' dey ask him 'Wee your feet sore ?' an' take off hie little shoes, An' day wash him, an' dey kiss him, an' dey say 'Now whets de news ?' An' do Lawd done cut his tongue loose ; don de little follow say : 'All our (Nike down in de valley tries to keep do hebbenly way.' "An' his eyes day brightly sparkle at de pretty things he view. Den a tear come, an he whisper, 'Bat I want my pare110 too 1' But ole aug,•1 chief musician toaeh dat boy a little song ; Say, 'If only dey be faithful dey will soon he Damn' 'loug.' "An' 110'11 get an eaclication dat will probably be worth Behead times as 11)11011 as any you could buy for hint 00 earth ; He'll be Ito de Lewd's big eohool house, widout no contempt or fear ; While dare's no end to de bad tinge might have happened to him here. "So, my pooch 'dejected monna0, lot your hearts avid Jesus rest, An' don' go to 01: 01:oisire' dat ar One w'at knows de best 1 Ho have seat us many oomtorto—Ho have right to take away— To do Lawd bo praise an' glory now an' ever—Let us pray." — [Will Carleton. P}Til Y 1' 19111 NOM. Winter no culls. Beep o11y the boot. Neglect never pays. Steady feeding wins. Stint uo grooving oreatur0. Patten "1d sheep on grass. A. soil always shaded will eon1ain plenty of nitrogen. Th,nk.more of reducing cost than of raising pries. Loafing maum•e lying around loose is a n001000 pest. Never- in11.0111Ce inferior blood into your flock or herd. The fertilizer cannot bo too well mixed with the soil. Neither elves nor cows can make milk without water. To ou:need, a farmer trust feel an in. tercet in hie abode, Permanent pastures are best where the soil i,c favorable. An animal should have good digestion And aesimil0tion, Th, twee depeedsiargorly on the pre.. paOfl(ton of the toil. ' A. warn) sizable eaves much food as compered with a Odd Ono, Many are patching on to parchment butter paler and they hold on. flava a big meal bin and keep it full ; plenty of meal ill eight in8ure0 a good Seed. Prepare for the comfort of the nowt in the etol'le and your own comfort and 0000 )1)ie000 also. Tho cow moat be well fed the whole Sear ; she won't thrive an full feed at ono time and half feed at another. A ow may be so well fed from 01111. 11001 1011 that she will aiway0 keep in fine condition, hot it re better n01 to feed the °elven too high. The 01)1100 calving cow turned1 out to grass .in the spring improves in her milli viola grid averages more for the y0a0 than the spring calving cow. . Genre dairyman, 'WNW)gadto is plan. tiful, tarn the heifers arta dry mows on the pasture toe soon rt0 the gnalio starts (and 11 begins stn growth before the glass) so that they will eat ib off, and then when 1110 mincing cows 1410 turned out tho,y won't get 00 numb garlic 10 flavor tho milk. Mutton i0 a convenient moat for the farmer at We time. It 01101111 be the aim' of the breeder to produce those parts in eaclt $animal that will bring the meat money when gnat. hated, Blake convenient racks for feeding fodder. Ie the grain Is gronud et all Wive it ground 11110 11 the beet rookies aro de. sired, Generally a thing is worth all that it will bring, other it is beef, mutton or pork. le ie essential to the gtuorel proepetity of the farmer that he be able to mann. fa06u18 beef at profit. Butter winter a loss number of good stools and winter them well than a larger number of poor animals, The swirl on a hog le a mocked growth of hair on a hog's bank. Some oleins that it is an indication of coarseness. Itis no oaventage to overfeed the calves, You will impair digestion and the results will not be as good as desired. At no time in the life of ten animal is the influence of liberal or 000111 feeding so great as when the animal is young. In preparing hogs for, market it ie well to remember that the largest hogs do not always pay the best 1110131, but rather those that hake the best growth. Three fourths of a bogie entire life should be spent in turning grass into loan 111011.1 and muscle. That will leave plenty of time for starting on milk and finishing on grain. Well Aimed. "Tete prettiest shot I ever saw was made by a woman," said Bir. Lane, of Oehleo0h, Who, to a Yo01h'o Companion writes :—"I was surveying in Coles county, Illinois, in 1848, and stopped for dinner one day at the cabin of a settler named Junlcen. During the preparation of dinner Juuken and I eat in the shade of cabin engaged in conversation. A little tow -headed youngster, lose titan a year old, was playing about the yard. Suddenly we heard the sharp 01110.1-1 of a rattlesnake. Fifty rude away we saw a big follow coiled ready to strike, while, within three feet was the the child. orawliug straight toward it as if charmed. To call the baby away was impossible, and to reach it In Limo to save it was im. possible. Spellbound the father and I watohod the awful scene. An instant more and the °make's head darted for. ward. A sharp report rang out from the cabin door, and the rattler was writhing headless in the grass. The baby was quite unharmed, though frightened a little by the loud noise of the report of the rifle. We found hers. Juuken lviug in a dead faint 001083 the still smokipg gun. It was a splendid shot to hit that snake's reeving head at fifty yards." HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Boat carpets 011 the wrong side first. Beep the cover on the tea moister. Cover apple barrels with newspapers. Beep everything dean aromnd the well. Put half -done boiled potatoes in a steamer till done. Put yen: coffee grounds on your house plants. Bub lamp chimneys with dry salt, Sponge roughened skin with rasewater. Ilse oatmeal instead of soap for toilet purposes. Wash oil cloth with skimmed mills. Keep the door always closed between bedroom and bathroom. IIae hartshorn to bring back colors faded by acids. Camphor is tbo best anti -moth prepar• ation kuown. Pour boiling water thro0gh fruit Mains. Good eggs always have dull looping eh011o. Rub your hands with ealt and lemon juice to remove stains, Boiled vinegar and myrrh are good deodorizete. Equal proportions of alum and resin will keep paste from moulding. Throw chloride of lime in rat holes. Apply hartshorn to the stings of in. emote. Drink cream for a burned month and throat. Miele ice water slowly ; it will then be harmless. .L Itoy's (Cain ton Of retreats. Parents were born to be a great trouble to their offspring. When I was ever so littlo I remember I tried to hang up the 1111100 by my whip lash, and mother took the I,i11en away, boxed my ears 011d w0111 and drowned it herself next day, so she had all the fun herself. Father's worse than mother. ile told me to take care of the pennies and 1110 dollars would tape mare of themselves, so I and Ben Smith formed an auti•ewearing olnb. We had 711 cents in the $rot day, but when we divided and I fetched 87leent0 home, father said it woe a bad business, whipped me and broke up the club. How is a fellow to know when ho is do• mg right ? If I had no parents to hound me round I'd beat George Washington all holler, tor I'd out down every cherry tree in the g0raen, and own it, too. If'1 was an orphltu I know what I'd do. Ron Smith and ale would go to a desolate South Sea island and stir up the goats and monkeys and (hinge, fry toacl.etoolo, eat oranges a spell, then we'd malts a ship and sail around the world. What's the nee of drying np in one place. I told mother ono day, when elm wouldn't give nee ten cent8, that I meant to go a toh01• fug and I hoped a whale would ewa!low me as one did. Jonah, and then she would never see tie again for 1 ain't swim. She said I wouldn't be likely to make each a visit for 1 would turn the whale's stomach mighty quick after I got thele. Wasn't alto bully 7 If I was parents I know what I'd do --I'd keep still and mind my own bnsiuoes and let my ohild• ren have some fun. `:`here's Tom Otitis lives with his aunt and hits a bully time. Ifo pee 0o0dc11u0king on Sundays, hoe 110 best clothes, oravie tinder the canvass of ove•y Meows -tent, earns money ab every theater, sleeps in the stable whoa he lilies and alwaye hoe hie poe1et0 fall of peanuts, Ho says ha wouldn't bo bothered with permits if he 00111c1 have 'em for nothing and ho thinks if I hadn't any 11, wonld be money in my pooled. Them'° toy eentimelhte. One million three hundred thonoaid p0uucls worth of piolc100 and eartee0 are exported fron England to other coon. Mos yearly. Hon. 31110arc1 Blake, Nationnlist al, P. for South Longford, in speaking at the hammed; n1 Liverpool, saidthat the codon of the Liberal party bad mortified the hostility of England of the Irish io Amorioa, as wee shown by the remit Presidential election. arr..iilalte advo. gated the consulting of Justin BloOaotihy by the Government in reference to the hoose Rule 13111. TRH BETTSSRLS POST PASO ti/ NO'EWI, It seems se : eeded, 1aceugrinme 1het whibo•lawufane-trimmed pebulaotns should come into favor with cold weather and mucid)' streets, bob the fact ran01n0 that white skirts 0.00 dooidodly in the as- eendant, and although the blaolc.elik petticoat is still popular, the white one is )made of a length that just pormite tate ruffled odgee to allow below the blank when the skirts are reflood. Importers who have foetid it impossible to clispoee of their large stooks of ombroideeed ilounatngs are g1Owln1 happy over the fad that the wllite/)0111000.1 baa return• od to favor, and will be in0r0 elaborate, elegant and expensive than ever be- fore. Chamois gloves aro liked by many ladies and would bo more popular but for the feet that lu almost every pair a thumb or finger etrotobee and gets on. tireiy out of elope, spoiling the 111 of the glove. If manufacturers will take pains to remedy this defect, the demand for these gloves will decidedly 1110rease. ()Make with plaited backs are assured stylus. A circular nape with rullios over the shoulders is a novelty, These ruffsee are very wide at the top and run to narrow points at the front and beak of Itho waistline. They are suitable for slender figures and tall people. There are more agreeable sights than G tan.0olored shoos and 011000 Dud hose of light tan which suggest the absonee of loose and an iutimito acquaintance with tho dust of the streets. Leather trimming, leather.00vorod buttons, straps, bands and belts are worn ; indeed, loather fn some of its many poesibilitiee seems to be one of the materials of the future. Crepon 000111e 110110 have lost its popu- larity with the lateness of the 0ea000 and novelties in Ru00ian blouses of cra- yon with iinilhg0 of silk or other think material, are among the importations for winter. Trimmings are shown an eloetnon0 variety. Jet, furs, leather, ribbon, 81111 and combinations of two or more of these materials aro shown byimporters. e There are neer cnpes with three or more ;,badultted Dollars or balf.oapes edged with lase, with high Dolor trimmed with laoo teachings. Fancy velvets in plaid crossbars, strip. od and 0mbre effects are much liked for trimmings and combinations. The newest slippers are made of black moire, and are finished with an eiaber. ate garuitnr0 of i,t. Meal lace, point, valenoionnos and the liko aro selling better than for many 301100. Pins, ornaments and buckles of bright - colored rhino -stones are again in de- mand. Very rich white satin brocades are brought out expressly for wedding dress. De. Four or Dix -button gloves of medium heavy kid are in demand for street 1001111. Watered silks in Wools and colors are in moderate demand for immediate us.. Some of the new ribbed velvets are superb and enorn1ou8:y expensive. Buttons are very large and aro m0do of metal, pearl, jet and coolhot. Skirt•trinhmings made of very wido black moire ribbon are popular. Arthur W. Wnellmeas, n 1'remohmen, will begin a 50 -day fast in Cleveland on December 5, ander the auspices of the Western Reserve University itLedical College, c k.,,!.,,,.: r M0 El A 1 Niitu Fi That it is not wise to experiment 'wide cheap compounds purporting to ho bleod.pnrilier0, slut which have no real medicinal valno. To malts eco of any other than the old Stan. llar,l AYER'S S Sarsaparilla—the Su. perm I3'oocl•1)urilicl•—is s;1.liiply to invite loos of torus, stoney and health. If you aro atliiotod with Scrofula, ("nitwit, Rheumatism, Dyspepsia, ] c^oma, Dunning Sores, Tumors, of any other blood disease, be assured that it, Pays to Use AYER'S Sarsaparilla, and AYER'S only. AYER'S Sarsaparilla can al. ways be depended upon. It dons not cry. It 18 always the samo in quality, quantity, and effeot. It le superior in combination, proportion, appearance, and in all that goes to build up the system weakened by disease and pain, It searches out all impuritios in the blood and ex- pels them by the natural ohanneis,'t AYE Sarsap Irina Prevent() by Dr. J. 0. Ayer & Co.,Lowoll lOCoss. rola by all Druggists. Price 51; six bottles, $-e. Cures others,wiii cure you HRST PZE Plioltat C. E. P .1f JL • Was awarded First Prize for • The best and finest col-, lection of Photos_ AT THE BRUSSELS FAIR. Don't mistake the place when you 1011111 First-class work. O. E. PE PERP, Gallery Next the Ain erie Hotel. NERVE N1'111r n331ANuai•n011a worst eases 01 Nervous 1)a' BEANS 111111)',1, est 'Vigor a,:a Pall- ing Manhood; rCAtn1'1•0ins w0Nta0s1Df1 1 pod • Y or or 03 oho, i',, of axnrnaes of youth. 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Ctoohs of the Latest Designs JEWELRY 1 W0nnlxo RINGS, LADIES GEN I1IN0s, 110100011115, EAuslxos, &o. (Also a Pull Line of VIOLINS and Violin Strings, mi., in stuck. dv. 1:: 1SBitrc1' of Marriage. Liceh1SC9. T. Pletcher, - Brussels. 3 Private va Funds to Loam,. C3si,1„ 20,0OO Have been placed in my lltlndp for Investment on real, estate, LOWEST RATE of INTEREST. No Com11t ission, - •liorrowers can have 10alle Com- pleted in Three Days if title satisfactory. W. M. SINCLAIIR, ,Solicitor, Brunets, eLEO D'S System Renovator ---ANL OTn1:11------- TEST +,D IREOIEDIES SPECIFIC AND ANTIDOTE For Impure, Weak end Impoverished Blood, Dyspepsia, Sleeploseneos, Palpate: tion of the Heart, Liver Cwnplaint, Neur- algia, Loss of Memory, Brouehitie, Con- sumption, Gall Stones, Janndice, Bidney end Urinary Diseases, St. Vitae' Bance, Female Irregularities and General De- bility. LABORATORY OODERiefri, O e r 3. l2. McLEOD, Prop. and 31annfacturer, Sold by J. T. PEPPER, Druggist, Brllastis, SALE OF THA.S RH STUCK, Nov is the time to purchase stoop in this bale. 80 HORSES, SHARES Des EACH, Shares not to exceed 3,200 in number. Corneracker, 11.0., five years old, record 2:20, heads the list. Texas Jack, jr., b.o., six yearn old, record 2:271. Dans of four in the 2:30 list. Fanny Walker, a uote,l six-year-old trotting mare ; about 10 A 1 pacing mares and a lot of young Texas Jack pacers, all in Ode sale. This is nota matter of ahoioe but of necessity to pay 0111 an estate. A catalogue diving description and pedi- gree or every horse, etc., in this sale goes with each 0bare. Sale sure to take place whether shares are all acid or not. Agents wanted everywhere to sell shares. If you don't see an agent send direct to the 0ndersigued. Lewis Wigle, Leamiugton, Ont. AN UN yy g, 0.11 y,..t