The Brussels Post, 1887-6-17, Page 3Jun: 17, 1887.
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A LITTLE LESSON.
Sonia youthful housekeepers one day
Were getting supper in a way
That- waa delightful, really.
Tbe grass a velvet rpet made
Beneath the glowing map/ms' shade,
No room so aharraing.nearly,
Thou Flossy brought a napkin red,
"Twill make a lovely Moth," she Bahl,
But when she mime to try it,
AIM 1 'twee not quite large enough
To hide the table, slightly rough,
'Twas useless to derq,1.
Then rueful looks of blank dismay
Began to chase the smiles away,
So meagre did they find it,
Till ont spoke sunny little Neil,
"We'll leave it so, 'Es just ea well,
And play we do not mind it."
The joyous smiles returned once more,
Too soon the dainty feast was o'er,
And shadows gathered thioldy ;
A star shone silvery in the west
Warning each merry little guest
To seek the home -fold quickly.
The lesson is at; plain as day ;
A cloud may rise above your way,
The sunshine is behind it. (frown,
When things go wrong and others
Just mit all vain repining down
And play you do not mind it.
MAMMA.
"It's 'Mamma 1' here and 'Mamma
there,
Till I'd like to drop ;
It's 'Mamma 1 Mamma ! all the time,
0' will it never Stop
"It's "Mamma I Mamma I Mamma 1'
till
It would wear out 6. saint 1"
Ah, poor,lired mother 1 Thee I hear
You oft -times make complaint.
But when the quiet night descends,
And every voice is still,
0 does no 7,kgue but haunting fear
Your gentle bosom 1111?
0, does no sudden heart-throb make
You seek the ohildren's beds'
And call Heaven's blessings down upon
Their precious, ourly heed?
Their little hands make mischief and
Their little feet make noise ;
But, 0, what could you do without
These naughty girls and boys?
Ab, think of lonely mothers who
All day in silence sit ;
Across those hearthstones nothing now
But ghostly shadows flit !
Ah, think of those who never hear
The sweet child voices ecu;
Whose empty arms roach out to find
No little OMNI at all 1
MANAGING A MULE.
You Nebuchadnezzar, whoa salt
Whir you tryin' to go Bah ?
1hab yon for to know, sah,
I'se a•holdin' ob the lines.
You better stop dat prancin'
You'ee powerful fond of danoin'
Bat ril bet my yeah's advanoin'
Dat Ull mire you of your shines.
Look heah, mule I Better min' out,
Fue' ting you know you'll lin' out,
How quiok 1.11 wear die line •ont
On your ugly stubborn back.
You needn't try to steal up
An' lif' dat preoions heel up ;
You's got to plow dis UP up;
You lute, sah, for a fee'.
Dar, dat's de way to do it 1
He's comin' right down to it ;
Jes' watch him piowin' t'roo it ;
Die nigger ain't no fool.
Some folks dey would 'a 'beat him ;
Now that would only heat him ;
X know jes' how to treat him •,
You must reason wig a male,
He minds ma like a nigger ;
If he was only bigger
He'd fetch a mighty'figger ;
Re would, I tell you 1 Yes. sah I
See how he keeps a-oliokin`
He's as gentle as a chieken,
And nebber thilis o' kiokin'—
Who, dah I Nebuchadnezzar
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Is dis lamb me, or not use?
Or is ole satin got me
Was dat a cannon shot me ?
Rab I laid heali rnore'n a week ?
Dat mule do kiok amazin' ;
De beast was spil'd in ;
By now I 'sped he's grazin'
On de odder side de oreek.
MAKING GALLS.
(I hope ehe'e out, the tiresome thing 1)
"Mies Jones at home to -day ?"
":No? Pm sorry she's not in ;
Give her myleve, I pray
And here's my card ; and ask her, please,
To 041 and see me soon ;
I'm sorry not to (Ina her in
This lovely afternoon."
(Good luck for once 1) I do declare
There goes the Widow Burr;
I'll just drop up and leave my card
And wash my hands of her;
And here to number "forty-six"
Have moved those queer MoKnights ;
Their pew is right across from ours ;
Their ehilaven look like frights.
But the pastor said I ought to call—
As if I'd time to waste,
Or strength to spend on any -one
Who shows such horrid taste
That's all he knows I P11 gently ring,
I hope they will not hear,
And if they don't I'm very sure
Ety.00nscienee will be clear,
Tisjust my.liteir 1 As true's I live
IVICICnight, how do you do ?'
She's coming to the door I
I meant to mil before
Your lovely children, are they home,
And are they well Lo -day?
It quite refreelnis me to moo
Tour pow aeress the way."
el hope you'll n11"—(I hope she won't,
Dor such a ahabby room
She's not our eet, thene very plain),
"I must bo going soon ;
I've had a very lovely call"
(That loot was all a, lie).
"Mrs. McKnight ; good afternoon,
You little dear, good.by !"
I'd like to shake that horrid child;
I wish he'd not beam born 1
Re crowded up so Mese to Inc
He slept upon my corn 1
I'd like to shako such stupid folks
Why didn't rho MU the nem ?
Such oalls as this would drive me read,
Or kill me with the blues I
Twelve calls I've made, and home at last
Too tired to speak a word
Those hateful women talked so fast
I oould not once be heard
I'd be a fly upon the wall,
anything Or that rawls
Before I'd be a woman,
Forever making calls 1 •
WELSH WISDOM.
Three things of short continu-
ance—a lady's love, a chip fire and
a brook flood.
Three things that ought never to
be from home—the eat, the chim-
ney and the house wife.
Three essentials to a falee story-
teller—a good memory, a bold face
and fools for au audience.
Three things that are as good as
the best—brown bread in famine,
well water in thirst and a gray coat
in cold.
Three things that are seen in a
peacoek—the garb of nn engel, the
walk of a thief and the voice of the
Three thins unwise to boast off
—the flavor of thy ale, the beauty
of thy wife and the contents of tby
purse.
Three warnings from the grave—
Thou knoweet what I was ; thou
met what I am ; 'member what
thou art to be.
The Uses of Lemons.
Lemonade is not only a luxury,
but exceedingly wholesome. it is
a good temperance drink.
The juice of half a lemon in a
glass of water, with sugar, will fre-
quently cure a beadaohe.
If the hands be stained, there is
nothing that will remove the stain
better than a lemon or a lemon and
After the juice has been equeezed
from: the lemon the refuse eon be
used fo,i- bre piirpo4e. , •
-end sugar, mixed
very thick, is useful to relieve coughs
and sore throats. It must be very
acid as well as sweet.
Lemon juice is also a very good
remedy for rheutnatisin end the so-
called.bilieusness of spring. In the
latter case the juice should be taken
before breakfast. The pulp may be
eaten, avoiding every particle of
skin.
Things a Housekeeper Should Know.
.That 'salt should be eaten with
nuts to aid -digestion.
- That milk which stands too long'
makes bitter butter.
That rusty flat -irons should be
rubbed over with beeswax and lard.
That it rests you in sewing to
change you pcsition frequently.
• That a strong hot lemonade taken
at bed time will break up a bad cold,
That tough beef is made lender
by laying a few minutes in vinegar
water.
That a little soda will relieve
sick headache caused by indiges-
tion.
That a Wong cup of coffee will
remove ihe odor of onions from the
breath.
That well ventilated bed -rooms
will prevent morning headache and
lasaitude.
That a cup of hot water drenle be-
fore meals will prevent naueea and
dyepepsia.
That one in 0 faint shoulff.be laki
on the fiat of his beck; then loosen
hie Clothes and let him alone.
That' consumptive night sweats
may be arrested by sponging the
body nightly in salt water.
That a fever patient can be made
cool and cethfortable by frequently.,
sponging off with soda waters.
That to beat eggs quickly, add e
pinoli of salt. Salt cools, and cold
eggs froth rapidly.
That the hair may bo kept from
falling out after a-1(31E120es by a fee-
quent application to the acalp of
page to.
That you oan take out snots
from wash goody by rubbing them
with the yolk of eggs before wash -
lag.
That white spots upon varnished
furniture will disappear if you hold
a hot plate over them.
THE BRUSSELS POST
HOW ,TO HEAD THE CLOUDS.
There can be no doubt that Hos
who observe the elolide can make
pretty ehreted gueeeee as to the
wether for the next twenty-four
hours. Proverb relating to the
donde are very numerous, and w°
give a few of thoee whioh aro ap •
plicable at this time of the year :—
Anvil.shaped clouds are very
ilvillin1e,.
1).to be followed by a gale of
If the sky becomes darker with-
out much rain and divides into two
layere of climb, expect sudden gusts
of wind.
Brassy-oolored clouds in the west
at sunset indicate wind.
If you see (Amide going cross wind
there is a storm in the air.
When on clear days isolated
clouds drive over the zenith from
the rain -wind side, storm and rain
follows within twenty-four hours.
If the clouds be of different
heights, the sky being a grayish or
dirty blue, with hardly any wind
stirring, the wind, however, chang-
ing from west to south, expect
storm.
Black clouds in the north in win-
ter indiceto approaching snow.
If on a fair day in winter a white
bank of clouds arise in the south
expect snow.
Small black olouds drifting from
the southwest is a sign of rain.
If in winter the clouds appear
fleecy, with a very blue sky, expect
cold rain or snow.
It (lion& be dark
spilt milli became) lie Immo it is
nearly altiveter.
o A wtmen will never put anything
in her pooket that she ean hold in
liar month.
'Twill rain, do you hark?
If clouds be bright
'Twill clear to -night.
If a layer of thin clouds drive up
from the northwest and under other
clouds moving more to the eolith,
expect fine weather.
Claude in the east obscuring the
sun indicate fair weatber.
If the sky beyond the clouds io blue,
Be glad; there's a pic-niefor you.
If the clouds at the same height
drive up with' the wind and gradual-
ly become thinner and descend, ex-
pect fine weather.
'Enough blue sky 10 the north-
west to make a Sootehman a jacket
is a sign of approaching clear
weather.
When the clondi hang on the
mountain side after a ram and the
sun filmes on top of the mountains
the storm is over.
LADIES Ok' LINA.
. —
The ladies of Linea are all eyes.
They have the reputation of being,
518 51 class, the moat beautiful in the
world, and meeting them on the
way to mass in the morning or
shopping later iu the 'day one eau
see how they obtained it ; but know-
ing them in their homes the opinion
changes,eand •you conclude, after
calnilefleotion, that they are not so
pretty se theivomen of North Amer-
ica. It is the manta, which they
wear in awl] a coquettiala way, that
gives them their reputation for
beauty, for it conceals every feature
except their bewitching eyes and
lovely olive complexion. No matter
how ugly her mouth or nose is ; no
matter how high her cheek hence or
large her ears; no matter whether
she is as scrawny as a scarecrow or
as bald as a bat, a manta will make
any woman with pretty eyes look
hindsome, and, like charity, it cov-
emultitude of. sins. This. gar -
pleat, Willett is peculiar to Peru and
is worn by ladies of all ages and
soSial positions, from the President's
wife to the letindress who comes
after your linen, is a sort of foster -
sister to the mantilla of Spain. It
is usually of crepe from China, and
costs anywhere from $10 to $500,
according to its quality.
rhe Wledom of Folly.
The porcupine never eticke bis
The minister never says graoo
when he dines alone.
• The girl who marries for money
often gets a fool thrown in.
When a young man is walking
with his girl he forgets all the short
cuts.'
A dog wags Its tail when it ie
pleased ; a. oat shakes hers when
she is vexed.
• The mem who is always in a hurry
leaven a great Many things behind
him.
The boy who gets in the habit of
flaying his prayers in bed semi
gets them altogether. F
Real poverty is never eloquent;
the most plausible beggar is always
the greateet impostor.
-Mutt of the so called poetry of
the present day seems to be written
in a gas metre.
The man who has nothing to lose
and everything to gain ia apt to b.e
a socialist.
The milkman never cries over his
GrearieralNeyo'-ot.
Another extensive strike is ex•
pouted in Memo.
Emperor William is buffering
from neuralgia.
United Ireland counsels patience
on the part of the Irish people.
Herr Stobbe the eminent Ger-
man ',reformer Of law, is dead.
The Vatican authorities granted
$800,000 with which to celebrate the
Pope's Jubilee.
Cambridge University has eon.
tarred an honorary degree upon Sir
Donald Smith, of Montreal.
It is said the French Government
contemplate postponing the Paris
Exhibition which was to have bean
held in 1890.
The now volcano neer Bavispe,
Mexico, has destroyed that town
and caused a panic among the peo-
ple of the district.
The Emperor of Brazil maintains
an Italian opera out of his own
purse, and he has one of the most
complete operatic compaeies in the
world.
The Queen will discard her black
attire at the jubilee ceremony. She
will wear a mile mauve dress, trim-
med with lace, and a purple velvet
train.
Several oases of email pox were
discovered on Tuesday in Chicago
in a house whore en Italian was
found suffering with the disease last
week.
While at West Point Phil Sheri-
dan was arrested and confined three
day in the guard -house for brush-
ing a fly off his nose while on par-
ade.
Dan Rice, the showman, has
married Mrs. Robinson, a rich vrid-
ow of Schulenberg, . Texas. Mr.
Rice is over 78 years old and his
bride is 45.
A clergyman in North Carolina
not only refused to • marry an elop-
ing couple, but arrested the bride
and telegraphed her father that he
held her subject to his orders.
The naval court-martial at New
York has censured the Masters of
the Celtic and Brittanici for negli-
gence in connection with the recent
collision between those two vessele.
The new bridge across the Ohio
at Cincinnati will be 1,500 feet in
length and,104 feet above high wat-
er. The centre span will be 550
feet long, the longest in the coml.
try.
Tho Crown Frisco of Italy ie a
very clever young man. He is only
eighteen years of age, but eau speak
iluently.five or six langaages. ,He
oan talk etrategy with a general or
ecionee with a scientist.
Four hundred thousand dollars
has thus far been subscribed toward
the erection of the Protestant Epie.
copal cathedral in New York. D.
Willis James, John Jacob Astor and
Cornelius Vanderbilt have earth giv-
en $100,000.
George Homer said :—I will row
Wallace ROBB after the Woroester
regatta for $500 elide, the distance
to be ging "miles; with one turn,
and' the race to take plane on neu-
tral waters; . If this is acceptable to
Ross, I will at once place $250 for-
feit up4
Journalism in Texas has its tri-
bulations. The Waco Advance says :
—All subeeribers, it is hoped, will
pay promptly. If there ever was a
concern that needed money, that
concern is the Daily Advance. It
started on nothing, and so far has
been living on what it etarted on.
The Queen's jubilee guests occupy
all the royal and 1051:1y aristocratic
private residences of London. Large
ells are being made upon the lead.
ng hotele. • The Queen will move
he Court to Windsor June 16, and
o Lender' Juno 20., Already °l -
orale reparatiode are tieing made
o illuminate public -buildings. e
It is stated that the Island of
yprize has been ceded absolutely lo
ngland. This cession will be of,
inmenee consequence to the inhab-,
ants of the island, whether it be
f any greet advantage to the Etii.
Ire or not. The island of Cyprus
as transferred to England by a
eoret +treaty, hut the complete so-
nbt eouferred.
etinie parte of wine dittrint of
MOS the church bells are tolled
ben there is likely to be a frost
Vere enough to hurt the vines.
lie inhabitants at once hurry out
their houses and place quantities
tar between the rows of vines.
hen a signal is given to light the
r, and in a few nainates a dense
end of smoke arises which core-
etely protects the vines from the
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IMPLEMENTS.
Having been appointed as
Agent for the Massey Ilanufaoturinff Company
in the place of Mr. Thomas Watson, 1 will at all times have the
Machinery made by the Company on hand, such as
SULKY RAKES, MOWERS, REAPERS,
BINDERS, WILKINSON'S PLOWS, ETC.
Offlee and Storeroom in connection with the East Huron Car-
riage Works, where all Repairs can be had.
YOURS TIIVL31,
extniaxwv.
slonsotormassimmmen.
EAST HURON
Carriage orks
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--UANTIPACITURER OF—
CARRIA GE S -DEMOCRATS, EXPRESS WAGONS,
BUG GIE S, WAGONS, iETC., ETC., ETC.
All made of the Best Material and finished in a Workmanlike
manner.
Repairing and Painting promptly attended to.
Parties intending to buy should Call before
purchasing.
REFBMIIME1.—Maraden Smith, B. Laing, Sas. Hutt and Wm. Mc-
Kelvey, Grey Township; W. Cameron, W. Little, G. Brewar and D.
Breckenridge, Morris Township; T. Town and W. Blashifl, Brus-
sels ; Rey. E. A. Fear, Woodhara, and T. Wright, Turnberry.
REMEMBER THE STAND—SOUTH OF BRIDGE.
JAMES BUYERS.
lEgrECIEL
Grist and Flour Mills
The undersigned having completed the change from the stone to the
Celebrated Hungarian system of Grinding, has now the MilI in
First Class Running Order
and will be glad to see all his old customers and as many new ones
as possible. Chopping done.
Flour and, Feed Always on. IIanL
Highest Price paid for any quantity of Good Grain.
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