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The Brussels Post, 1886-6-4, Page 3TILE STBEAM IN THE WOODS. Bright stream that wanders koro and tboro Laughing the whole day long 'Your voieo /Larose the woodland calla Liken returmberec1 song. Hero, as of yore, the beaehoe spread, And grotto and flowers are sweet, Where oft your basting waters ran Acmes my ohildio]t loet. A golden time I I know it not In those far days of 814 •, But left the field and left the stream, To seek for other gold. 011, dear to mo your sunlot wave, And dear the leafy shore, But you have borne upon your tide That which returns no more FARMER SINGLE'S MUD -HOLE MISIHAP. Yon was wunst a buy, I reckon, With your riggin' full o' vim, And a pack o' nusein' fannies Bustin' cl'ar above the brim ; Lookin' out for any frolic, Whoopiu'everything fur fun, Not a keorin' fur no Nolan' Underneath the shinin' sun. Wunst when I was such a shaver, Dad he sent mo off to town Fur toget my Aunt Jerushy, (Otherwise her name was Brown,) Sez Le : "Take the leotlo wagon An' the dapple trottin' mare ; An', case your Aunt should want it, Just put in that wilier chair." So I started bright an' airiy, On It warmish Apert morn, Lanvin' dad an tether fellers In the field a.P isatin' corn. I wa'n't sorry fur to mise it ; Don't suppose Was any needs f Feelin' sorry 'cause I had ter Gin, up pla ntin' punkin seeds. Aunt Jorueh was than' an' wailin' With her bundles an' her wraps ; Can't sec why these pesky wimmen 1}lov ter hev so many traps. 'ba S bed satchels au' valises An' ban' boxes by the score ; An' when I thought all was loaded, Thar' laid half a dozen more. But we iiu'ly got ter humpin' • .Purty well along toward home ; An' nnnt's tongue it Icop' a-rattlin' Like a 'tarnal kittle dram. She could beat the world fur talkin', Tnis same Aunt Jerushy Brown ; She was wound ter go forever ; Seemed she ooulden't be run down. You remember up ter Milloeo, TLot old mud -hole in tho road ? 'Taller was thar',.alIers will be, Now ye see, I ruthor knowed Aunt Jorusb was summat '£raid like ; Still, she gabbled such a streak That I'lowed as how I'd slicer her, Gist to make her tongue run weak. So I started up a-trottin', An' a-Iiokin' of the m001`0, Not a-thinkin' as we hadn't Tied thet plagney wilier chair. Plonk I we struck that orn'ary mudhole Then I board Aunt givo a yet), An' I turned an' seen a sight, sir, 1 bet no words o' !nine can tell. Thar' sot Aunt, a•yellin' fearful, Right in that 'oro mud an' wet ; Fur the chair had tumbled backwards, .An' she'd turned a summerset. Oh 1 but she was jest a piotur' • Waiting patient to be framed, An' a piotur' thet, correctly, Mut nor never could be named. Mad, el'er from her heels to top -knot, Then back down from head to heels ; hnerctn' mud like all creation, Spittle' mud between her squeals ; Mud a-drippin' from her fingers, Sweatin' mud from every pore ; Mud a-ooverin' her completely, Both behind her an' before. Slob another lookin' critter Don't expect yon ever see ; .An' I hardly think you'd keer to— Leastwise thet's the way with''me : Fur instead of its a-tightenin' .Anything about her tongue, 'Tmade it waggle more'n ever, Like 'twits on a pivot hung. An' she jawed 01e dinr' hand runnin, Fur a matter o' four mile ; With her peaky voico a-aquarkin Like a old three-omnored lila. Why, she scolded till we drove up By the gateway thnr' to hum ; An' her 'tarnal gab an' clatter - blade the think my and had come. So it trod, or 3105 disllivered By my old paternal dad, Who matte note ov his diekivery With a limber hickory gad. .An' when Aunt Jorueh was toted Back to town, I wasn't them' ; It was dad hisself, in person, 1114 behind the dapple mare. NEWSPAPER LAWS. 1. A postmaster is required to give notice by letter (returning the paper duets not answer the law) when a sub- scriber does not tak8 his papor out of the office, and state the reaeone for its notboing taken. Any neglect to de so makes the pobtmttslet• responsible to the publisher for payment. 2. If any person orders his paper discontinued, ho must pay all arrear- ages, or the publisher may continuo to send it until payment i8 made, and collect the whole amount whether it Is taken froth the office or not. There can be no legal disoontinuanod until, the payment is made. 3. Any person who takes a papor from the poet -office, whether directed io his name or another, or whether he T has sub1cribed or not, in responsible for the pay, 4. If it subscriber onion his papor to bo stopped at a certain time, and the publisher continues to send, the eabseriber is bound to pay for 1t if 118 talcoe it oat of the post -office. This proceeds upon the ground that a wan most pay for what he uses, 5. The courts have decided that re- fusing to lake newspapers and period• ieale from the poet•offioo or remov- ing and leaving thorn unsalted for, is prfraimaud, facia evidence of intentional Modern Proverbs. In a multitude of councillors there 18.nothiog done. Where's there's a will, there'd a way to break it. Good deeds are never lost, if yon have a good lawyer. Honesty is its own reward ; dis- honesty pays Dash. Always put off until tomorrow auy contemplated meanese. Man proposes, woman accepts if the oollaterale aro good. Marry in haste and escape a breach of promise shit. Pay your debts even if it makes you appear eccentric. Have stability ; a rolling 3310116 gathers no moss. Avoid stability ; a setting hon nev- er gets fat. Canadian. N awe, Brockville is agitating for a oity passenger railway. A "Hallelujah Hitch" took place at the Parte Salvation Army barracks on Wednesday night. West Middlesex teachers have do. 01,lred uaaninsously in favor of the formation of a Teachers' Union. Over a thousand dollars hasbeon subscribed towards the building of a mountain tramway at Hamilton. Maloney, the insane murderer of Dr. Metcalfe, of Kingston, has been removed to the Hamilton Asylum. Serious complaints are made against the character of the f1.P.B. crossings in the vicinity of Kamloops, B.O. Galt has contracted for 25 arc lights of 2,000 candle power from dusk to daylight for 27 cents each per night. Carleton Place complains of the wholesale shooting of singing birds by illegitimate sportsmen ou Queen's Birthday. Victoria, B. O., has carried by a majority of 254 a by-law granting a bonus of $3,500 for works for the re- duction of gold and silver ores. The seven year old son of Rtchard Sanders, of St. Thomas, had his shoulder bons factored playing "crack the whip" at school. During the past two weeks over thirty mechanics and laborers have left Brookville for service Under -oolr- tractors in British Columbia. Fish are reported scarce in the Kin - lees lakes, (wing to the fact that fish traps and nets have bean get in the outlet from the lakes to Mud river. Rev. J. Badger, an Indian of Prince Albert, has been ordained by the Bishop of Saskatchewan, and licensed as missionary to the Indians of Fort La Come. Oshawa complains of the adultera- tions of maple syrup sold at that place. It is even urged that sumo of the fraudulent rollers should be invit- ed to a conference at She police court. Tho Montreal City Council has en. tered a protest against the alleged sacrifice of her intoreets by the Que- bec Legislature at the dictation of the smaller municipalities of the Pro. vinoe. A. little son of Mr. Esssry, of Osh- awa, wandered from home on Monday last and was found on the following day at Columbus, whither ho had walked. The search was kept up for him all night, Mrs. Field, widow of the late T. Craig Field, of Now York Tammany fame, who for some years has resided at St. Andrew's Quo., has just been, married to A. Pilon, advocate of Ste. ScboIastique. A cat belonging to George Brook, of East Whitby, gave birth to a kitten with eight Lege, two mouths, four ears, two tails, and two bodies as far as the waist. Tho freak lived only a few nahnit05 after birth. A'New York Boodle alderman in hiding at Montreal is seeking the gore of the Montreal correspondent of The New York 2•imes, who telegraphed to that journal an interview with him Which did not take place. The Peterborough Times laments as follows :— • Tell rte ye winged winds that round my pathway sigh. Do ye not know some (hap selling whiskey on the ely ? In some lovely silent place, from a cupboard ora trunk, Where a very thirsty soul eau,get glorious- ly drunk? The sighing wind grow silent, and accrued to :no to grieve, And answered me, "Dear 'fellow, oak me renis other eve." HE BRUSSELS POST .BABY fJ 1 RRIAN S John S. Breit,, Itieell,o Inspector for Brant, has roe]gned, The Fermi Advocate of 1 ,et weep 0outeined twelve birth notices A Tradoe and Labor Council has �s been organized at 0•ihetva The proceedings for the extradition of Crntf, +wanted in Montreal, have been,fatile. Torout,' Knights of Labor claim to have 40 busses ruuuing in opposition to tits etroet ears. The ettntraet for the construction 0f tho Smith's Falls—Montreal short hire, have been lot. The 'War Ory describes the sno• mishit operations of the Salvation Army at Preston as "the Devil defeat. ed un his awn ground,,' The Loudon Advertiser's crank friend advocates lata opening instead of early closing, as a remedy for long honre of nervice iu shops: Airs, Barclay Welding of Rich- mond, Mbot,., died suddenly of heart disease at St. Thomas while attend ing her father's funeral. In happy ignorance of civic by laws and in supreme contempt of civilized nethods a party of Siwashes recently camped In true gipoy atylo, and turn. ed their four horses loose on the main treets of Victoria, B. 0. George Lindley while engaged in plonghtug On the farm of Alex. Craw. ord, of South Dorchester, turned up human skeleton. The 00lna1113, were not, more than ten 11101108 below he surface, and were well preserved. A. largo number of Chinese have eft Nanai mo armed with mining tools nd have gond to the Nanaimo river r Lakes. It is supposed than they ave struck Some bench digging near be !read quarters of the . Nanaimo ver. A representative of a Toronto groc- ry and liquor firm is accused of offer. g to Peterborough retailers grocer. s at the very loweet rates, provided quor was purchased, and nlso with greeting to deliver all orders free of Largo. rhe 001110m81st of Oomox, B. 0., suffering from an epidemic of fa- r. Nearly half of the young pe- e have been attacked, and as there no phyeiaian in the district much arm is felt. The disease is repre- nted to be a typo of scarlet fever. The St. Thomas Mercantile Early using Association have received any pledgee of sympathy and sup• rt from all quarters, and especially m the Iadies of the oily, wile have on solicited to do their ehopping thiu reasonable hours. The leader of the Opposition in the anitaba Legislature has given no- s of a resolution declaring it is the ty of the Dominion Government to ko an arrangement with the Can - an Pacific Railway for the aban- ning of the mou0poly clauses. Since the incorporation of Hunts - le, deeds and other documents. ex - ted as being in the village of ntevile, have not been registered, ng to the fact that no registered n of the village has been made ac - ding to the requirements .of the istration Ant. ho township of Oliver, in ;West oma, has been swept by a fierce h fire. • A farmer named Foote all hie buildings, another farmer ed Ramsay had a very narrow os - e, and Rev. Mr. Machin and two nds had a terrible experience in ing through the blinding smoke flames. • E. McAllister, of Durham, es :—I see that potatoes wore sold incerdine for fiftsoen omits per bel. 1 bought them for ten cents bushel, thirty-five bushels for 50 -six bullets to pay for dinner a man and his wife and hely for team,' How is that for the N. a to 0 h rt e in ie li a at is ve pi is al BO 01 m po fro be wi M tic du ma adi do vtl 8011 Hu owl pia Dor Reg T Alg bas 10833 nam cap Erie driv and writ 111 K hue per obi• his ? Oil at a depth of seventy feet has been struck about fear milds from Shegniandah, on. Manitoulin Island, A vein of genuine surface oil was en•' countered at a depth of eighteen feet which spouted olear over the heads of the drillers. A test is now being made and the strongest confidence is felt that the well will prove a paying property. Late British Columbia exchanges state that the strike of workmen on the railway at Farewell was' for $1.75 per day. They have been receiving $1.25 per day and paying $4 a week for board. Itis reported that an ef- fort would be made to induce China• men to lakethe pisco of the strikers, and in that event trouble was•tlntiCl- pabed. There is danger of t'rouble with the Indians at Ifootenay, B. C. The Chief, Isadore, pulled up the stakes' that were driven by enrveyore, and ordered them to quit work. Fie declares that' no more land shrill bo taken' up by' whites in the vicinity. The tribe numbers about 6100, and 11 is urged that in order to protcet immigration into the Upper Kootenay, at least 100 soldiers should bo sent forward, 1 1111t a nice lot of noisy Ca1•- riagos 011 hand that the Public should era, They are W011:natio, nicely finished and will bo Sold at Reasonable Prices, S]J mK H;M arness % Collars ! and everything in the harness line on hand. Also Trunks, Valises, ,Satchels &e., &e. H. DENNIS. rP HE GBI AT THOROUGHFARE TO 1 THE NORTHWEST. The Stt Faiii, -1 inneapelie Manitoba with its 1,500 miles of road. It is the only lino extending through the Park Region of Minnesota, to all principal points in Red River Valley, Northern Minnesota, North- ern o Dakota. o . The Shortest est Zi ant a toZ�` ar a Moorhead, Sault Centro, wnhpotou, Cassel. ton, Breckenridge, and Morrie. Tho Only Line to Grand forks, Grafton, Mayville, Larimore, Devils Lake, Crooks- ton, Portland, Hope, Winnipeg, Hillsboro, Ada, Alexandria, and to DEVILS LAKE AND TURTLE MOUNTAIN DIST'$, in which there is now the largest area of the most desirable vacant Government Lands in the United States. Tho lands of the St. Paul, ittinneapolie dr Manitoba Rail- way 0o. in Minnesota are partioaiarly de- sirable for all classes of farming, are offer. ed at very low prices, and easy terns of payment, and it will be to the advantage of all seeking new homes, to examine them be-. foro purchasing elsewhere, Maps and pamphlets describing the coun- try, giving rates of fare to settlers, oto. mailed FREE to any address, by JAMES B. POWER, Land and Immigration Oomm'r. C. WARREN, General Passenger Agent, St. P. M. & M, R'y, Si. PAUL, Mrrtu a Mfr{{ :alt a La"Ln ;Lt ;pfd EAST HURON amage orks, J..A.M.JS AUX .ERS —MANUFACTURER CARRIAGE S, • DEMOORATS, EXPRESS WAGONS, BUGGIES, WAGONS, ETO., ETC., ETC. All made of the Bes 'Material and finished in a Workman -like manner. Repairing and Painting promptly attended to. Parties intending to buy . should call before purchasing. RnrERnxolns.—Marsden Smith; B. Laing, James Cutt and Wm. Mc- Kelvey, Grey Township ; W. Cameron, W. Little, G. Brewer and D. Breckenridge, Morris Township ; T. Town and W. Blashill, Brussels ; Rey. P. A. fear, ICirkton, and T. Wright, Turnberry Township. REMEMBER THE STAND—SOUTH OP BRIDGE. JAMES BUYERS. ET H E L ~� _ 6T at wiLcriara Tho undersigned, having completed the change from the stone to the Celebrated Hungarian System of Grinding, has now the Mj111 in First-class Running Order, And' will be gladeto see all liis• old customers and as many now ones as possible. Chopping done. 'lour elrtd Peed Al ra ys 0 Highest Price paid for aiiy quantity of Good' Grain. WM. MILNE.