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STRAYED CATTLE.
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Incribt r, 1e4 1f, South Boundary
nley. about the let of lase: Jame, 2
--- and 1 stee•r. thee- were all edex-
ittele white on tam of the heifers
the dankawl te'l and a little spot
tae. The', wens all marked be-
e- rieht and above the left ear. -
aide eie each inforinaeinn-- as
std to (heir recovery will be auita.-
warded.
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:on -
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ontoTea Cpriapany
i.r.‘,,,t•nts. A einele trial and coin-
ievith any tele r tI an at the same
s .1 a A. t this.
50.-. Teas will be found equal to nue
nor nen equal to any at 70e to
-er eet_ equal to any. za $1. ; and
FU oft -i u. any, howt-ver high
r1art11. ( Jur Mark feas sell
tt: !Hes ; ntieetl same priees.
-as. faint etee Japau
eat-. a
'reas ;ire sehl for casla at
in
at*ka:,••es.
`1"11E BEST PR( fOF
IR: Teas of the Toronto 'rea ( eaa-
eatiefaction ie the immense
- are II0W doing in them.
t, treed them once, Dow get them
Y BEFORE YOU BUY.
.ww-i where we haet;d agents, pan -
Melted u, len- a small quantity
iirw they like theme • In dietricts
e have no ;teepee, persoes ran
tujis ler !samples of Teas of env
at any iaare, ,anti we will send
v mail, free. We eend 15 lbs. or
, any Railroad Depot in Ontario,
pant, and. collect through the
,es Agyut. Put up in e. pound,
. awl o peund packages.
kess mit orders to the
TORONTO TEA COMPANY,
168 Vonge Street,Toronte.
1 iu Seeforth by
ELLIOTT & ARMSTR( /NG..
tiL, Sept. 6th, 1870. rare
MACLEAN BROTHERS,
” .Freedoin in Trade—Liberty in Religion—Equal ty in Civil Rights".
EDTIOHS & PUBLISHERS.
VOL. 4, NO. 21
SEAPORTHI OtI
DECEMBER 16, 1870.
WHOLE NO. 158.
BUSINESS CARDS.
MEDICAL.
TRACY, M. D.,. Coroner- for the
1-)0„ County of Huron. Office and Re-
s eidence-aOne door Eaat of the Methodist
Episcopal Church'.
Seaford', Dec. -14th, 1868, • 53-ly
1-4 0. MOORE, M: D., C. M. (Graduate
_a, of McGill University, Montreal,)
Physician, Surgeon, &c. Office and reei-
!deuce Zurich, Ont.
Zurieli, Sept 7th, 1870: 1-a4
T AMES STEWART, M. D., C. M.,
-e.) 4, Graduate of McGill University,
Montreal. Physician, Surgeon, &c. Of-
fice and residence Ma. Cons.
Varna, -
TA It. Wr. :R.. SMITH., Physician, Sur-,
LI gem, etc. Office,—Opposite Scott
R obertson's Residence — Main -street,
North.
Seaforth, Dec, 14, 1863. . 53-ly
ean...-___ ......e...—.
TT L. r:EROOE, M. D. C. M., Ph3si-
1-1. clan, Surgeon, etc. Oftee and Re-
sidence, corner of Market and High
Street, immediately in rear of Kidd's
Store. •
Seaforth, Feb. 4th. 1870./ 53-1y.
T CAMPBELL, M. D. C. M. (Grada -
e) „ ate of MeGill University; kontreal)
Physician, Surgeon, etc., Seaforth. : Office
and Residence—Old. Post Office Building,
up stairs, where he will be found by
.night or day when at home.
Seaforth, July 15th, 1869 48-1y.
PrF. WALKER. Attorney -at -Law.
. - and Solicitor -in -Chance y, - Con-
veyance.r, Notary -Public, &nee' Office of
the Clerk of the Peace, Cott House,
Goderich., Ont.
N.B.--.Money to lend at. 8 per cerit on.
Farni. Lands. .
Goclerieh, Jatity! 28. 1870. 1124y.'
▪ 490AUGHEY & HOLMSTEAD,
V1 Banisters, Attorneys at Law, Sol-
icitors in Chancery snd insolvency, No-
taries Public and Conveyancsrs. Solici-
tors for the R.C.Bank, Seaford', Agent,
for the Canada Le Assurance Co.
Y. B.-430,001 »d at 8 percent.
Farms, Flouses an for sale.
Seaforth, Dec. 14t: , 868. 53-tf.
B
ON
. MEYER, Barristers and
Attorneyai Law, Solicitors in Chan-
oery and Insolvency, Conveyancers, No-
aries Public, etc. Officee,—Seaforth and'
Wroxeter. Agents' for the Trust and
Loaa Coe of Upper Canada, and the.,Col-
onial Securities Co. Of London, England.
Money at 8 per cent; no commsision,
charged.
TS. H. 11gIcSati, H. W. C. Iowan,
8eaforth, Dec. 10th 1368.. !, 53-ly
DENTAL.
G. )1:'
r. HARRIS, L. D.S,
Asti ficial Dentures inserted
te with, all the latest improre-
merits. L greatest (sere taken fur the
preservation Of decayed and tender teeth,
Teeth extracted. witheet pain. Iteoras
over McDougall's Store.
Seaforth. Dee. 14, 1868ly.-
.1-10TELS.
il.OMMEROIAL HOTEL, Ainleyville,
k_n James Laird, proprietor, affords
first-class accommodation for the travel-
ling pubic. The larder and bar are al-
ways supplied -with the hest the marke
ts afford.. Excellent stabling in connec-
tion. .
[et inleyville, *April 23, 1869. - 70-tf.
„
ONX1S 110,TEL (LATE SHARP'S)
The undersigned begs to thank the
public for the liberal patronage awarded
to him in times past in the hotel besiness,
and. also to inform them: that he has again
resumed business in the above stand,
where he will be happy to have a call
from old friends., and many new ones.
-THOMAS KNOX.
Seaforth May 5, 1870. e 126-d.
DRITISH EXCHANGE HOTEL, G od-
erich, ONT., (T. OALLAwAY, PnoPni-
zrolt ; S. Wirseinms, (late of Ameri-
can Hotel, Warsaw; N. Y.) Manager.
This hotel has recently been newly fur-
nished, and refitted throughout!, and is
now one of the most comfertable and eoni-
modious in the Province. Good Sample
Rooms for Commercial Travellers.
Terms liberal.
Goderich, April 14, 1870. 123-tf:
MISCELLANEOUS.
D ILA_ZLEH URST, Licensed Auction-
• ear for the County of Huron. God -
tried], Oat- Particular attention paid to
the sale of Bankrupt Steck. Farm
Stock Sales attended on Liberal Terms.
Goods Appraised, Mortgagee Foreclosed;
Landlord's Warrants Executed. Also,
Bailiff lisirst Division•Court for Huron.
Goclerich, June 9th. 1869 76.tf
Or' W. McPHILLIPS, Provincial
„ Land Surveyors, Civil Eneineers,-
etc. All manner of Conveyancing done
with neatneis and dispatch. G. McPhil-
lips, Commissioner in B. R. • Office—
Net door south of Sharp's 1-y)te1, Sea -
forth.
Seaforth, Dec. 14,1868s • - 53-1y.
IT '1N1*
It ii,ver )11yEl to
When fortu
The better bead
And strike' t e
!For lac is
1And th ee
Id not lame t
1Iut yiel I t
Sho
It
n
An
Hay
It n
For
AYS.
ret an growl,
et!
e seem our foe;
pa h ahead
raver blow.
woek,.
hshirk
l
heir doom,
e p. ay,
r he way
ei hate room.
r nd
hat la ttet
ver pays t�
n drudgin 4- ft
he thf sold
s cheapest ou
n hum le
A cosy ot,
tempted' ev n
For gItAt 011
That we It
ot oft cent at
ts
f
ck the health
r gain,
hinks that gold.
•ht With pain,
lot,1
high,
will buy,
ent brings.
ver pays -I a bl nt refrain
Veil woethy at song,
' e and youti ust learI, the-trut
at nothing pa s that's wrOag.
The goo(fL.a id pure
Alonea e s re
To.b g prolonged access,.
While wba is right,
In"Heavn' sight,
Is always sure t bless.
e
1
li
when, he awakes he is perfec ly restored
to health." Such was our, fi st idings ot
Stephen Ayres, the cholete oc or, -who
is universally believed to; hv effected
some woni.erful cures. He obtained. a
Wide celebrity throughout th cdlony.
The day of our arrival in he. port of
Montreal was spent iu pecki g and. pre-
paring for our long journey u ) the coun-
try. At sunset, I went upen deek to en-
joy the refreshing breeze that swept from
the river. The evening wo.s delightful;
ore the Is-,
the beams
all, wafted
heery and
fears of the
avy gloom
ice we left
hold sweet
oy the soft
armonious
the white tents of the soldier
land of St. -Helens glittered i
of the sun, and the }merle -
over the waters, sounded so
inspiring, that it banished. all
cholera, and, with fear, the h
that had clouded my mind si
Quebec. I could once more
converse witinnature, and en
loveliness of the rich and
scene. '
In the morning we were obl ged t0 visit
the city to make the neeessa y arrange:
„
ments ror ourupward journey The day
was intensely hot. A beak f thunder-
clouds lowered heavily above the.. moun-
.
1 tain, and. the close,' dusty s reets were
'eilent, and nearly desertedHere and
there might be seen. a group f aexious-
leoking, _care -worn, sickly emigrants,
seated against a wall amen- heir pack-
ages, and sadly reminating ipon their
future prospects.
The sullen toil of the death -1e11, the ex-
posure of ready-made coffins i the under-
takers' will ows, and the oft -recurring
notice place. ed on the walls, of funerals
furniehed,:A such and such a place, et
cheapest rate and shortest notice, painful-
ly reminded. ins, at every turning of the -
street, that death was everywhere— mr-
haps !lurking iu our very path ; we f1t
'no desire te examine the beauties of the
place. With this ominous feeling per-
vading our minds, public- buildings . pos-
sessed few attractions, and we determin-
ed to:make our stay as short as possible.
Compared with the infected eity; our ship
appeared an ark of safety, and we return-
ed tolit with joy and confidence, too soon
to be' destroyed. We had scarcely re-
entered our cabin, when tidings, were
brought tenue that the cholera had made
its appearance ; a brother of the captain
had been attacked.
It was advisable that we should leave
the vessel immediatelybefore the intel-
ligence could reach the health -officers
A few minutes sufficed to make the pec-
cessary preparations ; and in less t,hau
half -an -hour we found ourselves occupy-
ing ,cenafortable apartments i Gooden-
ough's hotel, and our passag taken in
the stage for the following mo lung.
.
The transition was like a dr am. The
change from the Close, rank sh p, tolarge,
airy, well -furnished rooms an Clean at-
tendants was a luxury we sl ould have
enjoyed had not this dread of the chole-
ra, involved all things around us in gloom
and, apprehension. 'No one spoke upon
the subject ; and yet it was e ident that
it was uppermost in the thou hts of all.
Sevelal emigrants had died of the terri-
ble disease during the week, b neath the
very toof that sheltered us, and !its rav-
ages, we were told, had extended to the
country as fas as Kingston ; jsci that it
was still to be the phantom of u coming
journey, if we were fortunate n ugh to
escape from its headquarters.
At six o'clock the following morning,
we took Dur_places in the coa'ci for La-
chine, and our fears of the plague greatly
diminished as we left the spire i of Mon-
treal in the distance. The journey hem
Montreal westward has been se well des-
cribed by many gifted pens that I shall
say little about it. The banks of .the St.
Lawrence are picturesque and beautiful,
particularly in those spots where there is/
a good view of the American side. T1 6
pincss ; and the splendid orche ds, the
/
neat farm houses looked to me, evl se
eyes had been so long accustemed t the
watery waste, homes of beauty an hap -
trees at that aeason of the year being
loaded with ripening fruit 1 all hues,
were refreshing and delicio
441 My partiality for the ,appl s was re-
garded by a fellow -traveller witt aspecies
of horror. " 'ouch t Mm no , if you
value your life.' very d aught of
fresh air and watereinspired m with re-
newed health au spirits, and I disre-
garded the well- leant advice the gen-
lemail who gave it had. just recovered
from the terrible disease. He was a
middle-aged man, a farmer from the Up-'
per Province, Canadian born. He had
visited Mon,treal on business for the first
tirne. "Nell, sir," he said, in answer
to some questions put to him by my hus-
band respecting the disease, "1 can tell
you what it is, a man smitten with the
cholera stares death -right in the face ;
and the torment he is suffering is so great
that he would gladly die to get rid of it."
" You were fortunate, C--, to es-
cape," said a backwoods settler,, who oc-
cupied the opposite seat ; "many a
younger man has died of it."
"Ay • but I believe I never should
have taken it had it not been for some
things they gave rae for • supper at the
hotel : oysters, they called them, oyst-
ers ; they were alive! I was once per-
suaded by a frienci to eat them, and 1
liked them well enough at the time. But
I declare to you that I felt them crawl-
ing over one another in my stomach all
night. The next morning I was xeized
with the cholera."
" Did you swallowthem whole, C ?"
said the former spokesman who seemed
habout the evil doings of
tbi gh,yobe
olysi ttck1 ed
eer s .
,Tsure.
Iitell you the creatures
were a ive. You put them on your
tongue, and I'll be bound youlr be glad
te let hem slip down as f t as you
can." [ •
"No wonder you had. the cholera,"
eaid.the backwoodsmaa, "you deserved
it for y !our barbarity. If I h da good
ilte Of oysters here, I'd teach you the
ay to at them."' ` -
Our journey during the firs day was
perform d partly by coach, artly by
,
hat
ROUGHING IT N THE BUSH,
LIFE 1 NADA,
BY. M S. MOODIE.
c—
. CHA TER III.
Our Journey up the Country.
Or Montreal Montreal 1
.ati say but1ittle T
cholera was at its height, and the fear
creased the nearer
ores, cast a gloom ov
vented us from expl
rets. That the fe
y ry nearly resembl
read in the anxio
rs and crew. 0
ever befote hint
ny apprehensions
ded to us his co
never quit the ci
cholera! Left it n
y returnto Leith
anada, No esca
infection, whieh i
approached its s
the s
ing i
ing o
OUT
faces
captain, who ha
that
the s
ene, and pr
s infected s
all on boar
irn . might
,of both pass
e entertain
bject, now on
1
,n that he sh ul
alive ' " This cursed
Rusia. found it n
rneets me - again
the third time."
Montreal from he
ing aspect, but it ac
stern sublimity, of
mountain that for s!
the city, the islan
and the junction
the Ottawa, —w
their respective
by a long ripple o
elarker blue tint
constitute the mo
in the landscape.
at that period, di
the opening of all
purify the place
the toestileneei '
thoroughfares -1el.
loaded the air tri
more likely to
comae of the p
which had, in all
creased by these 1
cies afincleanline
told u by the exe
inspect the unloe
frightflel ravages
mean increased o
'' It will be am
said, '1 Hundred.
and if Stephen Ay
ally come among
have been alive a
treal."
1 " And who is S
1`God only k 0
ply. "There
en, and his nan
" But I tho
Stephen ?"
"Ay, so he c
tein that he is 1
and blood coul
clone,—the hand
no one knows
comes. When the
worst, and the he
still with fear, in
nothing to Stop its
angel, or saint, 'e
pearance, in our •
great humility se
drawn, by two lean oxen and a rope ha
ness. Only think of that ! Such a ma
in an old ox -cart, drawn by rope harness i
The thing itself was a miracle. He mad
no parade about what he could do, b
only fixed up a plain pasteboard node
informing the public that he popsessed a
infallible remedy. for the cholera,. an
, I
would engage to elite all who sent f
'' A d w -as he s cc sful 1" ,
1 "S ccessful ! lt eats all belief ; an
his remedy so si pl ! For some da,
we all took him for a, quack, and Weill
have no faith i h' me at all although h
perfo ed some onderful cures upo
poor f lks, wh could not afford to sea
for th doctor e Indian village wa
attac ed by the disease, and he went on
to the , and restored upwards of a hun
dred f the leadi nts to perfect health
They ook,the !old lean oxen out of the
cart, nd drew hi back to in
triem la. Thi ' 'stablished him at once
and i a few days' time he made ta for
tune. The very doctors sent for him
curet em ; and it is t. be hoped that i
a few ays he iwi I hanis. h the choler
from e city.'
"D you know his famoas remed
"D I not ?—Di e not cure me whe
I was t the last g sp ? It is all raw
'from he maple -t ee and he gives hi
'a hot • aught Of 41e -sugar and ley
which throws hien nt a violentperepir.
tion. In about a' h ur the cramps gulp
side ; he falls int quiet sleep; an
I
0
in
BO
ft
IC
011
of
nd
re!
TO
a
pr
se
of
TA
of
es
us
94
river wears a plea -
s the grandeur, t e
Quebec. The fi e
the background
St. Helens in front,
e St. Lawrence a d
run side by aid-,
daries only mark d
hite foam, and t e
the former river,
emarkable featur s
e town itself wa
nd ill -paved ; a
sewers, in order o
stop the ravages f
dered the publ c
t intpassable a
intolerable effluvi
ice than, stay t e
e, the Violence , f
bability, been ie
-neglected receptt
The disinal Sterile s
offices who carne ,iio
of the vessel, of the
the cholera, by n
esire to go on hor
le if you escape,"
migrants die aily
had not provident
not a soul woul I
is moment i Mo
1•
epl en Aires'?" aid!
was the gra re 11
a. nan sent fro hea
"
John, . .
his man was call1
U h mself ; but 't
0 o the earth. ets
iev r do vrhet e he
o d is in it esidb
hc h is, or whe ce
Indera was 4t th
rt of all men St00
o r doctors cou d d )
pr gimes, this men, o
enly made his a
streets He came
tad in an ox -cart, an
AI
•
J.;
!
steam. - It was nine o'clock in the even-
ing when we landed at °Cornwall, and
took coach for Prescott. The country
through which* we passed appeared beau-
tiful in.the clear light of the moon ; but
the air was cold, and slightly sharpened
by frost This seemed strange to Inc in
the early part of September, bue 4 is
very common in Canada. Nine pessen-
gers were closely packed into mu...narrow
vehicle, but dile sides mg of canvas,
and the Open space allo et for windows
unglazed, I shiyered wi h cold, which
amounted to a state of Su erhig when the
day broke, and we appro che'd the little
village ef Matilda. It w s unanimously
voted by- all hands thet e should stop
and breakfast ail.a small h by the road-
side,m and warurselves • efore proceed-
ing to Prescott. I
The people dia the ta ern were not
stirring, and it lwas soine time' before an
old whht heacIec man i4nc osed the door
and showed us het° a roo , redelent with
fumes a tobaccd, and der end! by paper
blinds. I asked him if Ilie would allow
h.
e like o her," said. he
me to -take my i ant into room with roowith a
fire., I
,
' "I guess it was a prOtt considerable
cold night for
"Conan I'll' show you tc the kitchen ;
there's always a fire there. I cheerful-
ly followed, aecompaaieel ly our servant.
Our entrance Iwas unexjeeted, and by
no means agreeable' te -the persons we
found there. A half-cletlepel., red-haired
Irish servant was upon her knees, kind-
ling up the fire, and a long, thin wom-
an, witit a sharp face, and an eye like a
black snake, was just le erging from a
bed in die corner. We s on discovered
this apparition to be the istress of the
house. ,
"The people can't come in here!" she
screamed in a shpl voice, arting daggers
at the pier old man.
" Sure there's a baby, and the two
women Critters are perish d with cold,"
pleaded the good old. nian.
" What's that to me! t hey have -no
business in my kitchen."
"Now, Almira, do hold on. It' e the
coach haft steppeil to brea fast with us ;
and you yr
u know e don't often get the
chance." l
All this time the fair All Ira wee Idres-
sing as fast as she couldna d eyeing her
unwelcome female gue te as we "stood
shivering over tine fire.
' "Breakfast 1" she jiuered, "what
can we give them to eat' They pass our
doors a thousand times [wi bout any one
alighting, and now, when e are oat Of
everything, they mustf s op and Order
breakfast at such an wise onable hour.
How may are there of ou ?" turniiag/
fiercely to me.
1
"Nine," I answered, 1
tinuing to chafe the cold h nds an feet
of the child. !
" Nine ! That bit of beef e ill' be
nothing -cut into steaks for nine(. What's
to be deee, joe ?' (to the ld naan.)
"Eggs and haI.1 , summa f that dried
venison, and pumpkin p. ," responded
the aide-de-camp, thought lly. "I don't
know of any otheir fixings.'
"Bestir yoursey, t bn, a* d lay out the
table, for the OQAC can' 1 stay long,"
cried the virago, seizing a frying -pan
from the wall, a d prepa ng it for the
reception_ of th eggs and h m, "I must
have the fir/t myself. Veople can't
come crowditig h°re, when ',have to fix
breakfast or nine;-parti ularly when
there is good room elsewl ere provided
for the)t accommodation.' I took the
hint, afid retreated to OM arlour, where
I fat d the rest of the pets engers welk-
in to and fro, impatiently awaiting the
advent of the la eakfast. .
To do Alrnira, justice, he prepared
from her scanty materials a very sub-
stantial breakfast in an in redibly short
time, for which 4e charge us a quarter
of a dollar per head.
At Prescott welembark on board a
fine new isteambo t, Willi IV., crowd-
ed with Irish e+grants, roceeding to
Cobourg and Toronto.
While pacine tlhe deck, my husband
, e
was greatly struck by the ppearance of
o middle-aged ma and his wife, who sat
apart from the rejst. and seemed strug-
gling with intens grief, which, in spite
of all their effort at concealment, was
strongly impressel upon t eir feature.
Some timeafter, 1 fell into conversation
with the woman, from evh in I learned
their littIe histo y, The husband was
factor di a Scot h gentle an, of large
landed property, . ho had mployed him.
to visit Canada, ad report the capabili-
ties of the country, prior to his investing
a large sum of mo ey in wil I lands. The
expenses of their} voyage h d been paid,
and everything u to that morning had
prospered with t em. T a ey had been,
blessed with a sp edy pas ge, and were
greatly pleased *th the ountry and
the people ; but of what vail was all
this? Their only son, a fie lad of four-
teen, had died that day of the cholera,
!
and all their hopes' of th future were
-
buried in his grave. . For is sake they
had sought a home in thip f! r land; and
here, at the very outset *f their new
career, the fell disease 'ha* taken him ,
from them forever,—here, here, in such
a crowd, the poor, heart -hr *ken mother
could not even indulge her atural grief!
(aa BalCONTINII • ) ) ' •
°ideally, on -
The Real
asoni
Major James darrison, o
Y., though a small man, h
erful grip of handi Itwas
vice whenever he cheese
strength. It was fine night
0' the inti-masenie excitena
8, that a Silly. "anti" by
Smith came to LeRoy and s
Major, itaying that he had
(the major) couldgive the
mason's grip, and that he h
eighty miles on fent to ob
meeting took place in the b
erillage tarern, where as nsu
seas were congregated, who
-strength of the major's grip
Green
LeRoy, N.
a most pow-
ike a smith's
o exert his
the height
nt of 1836 -7 -
he name of
ught out the
eard thathe,
reel master
come over
ain it. The
r -room of the
1, many per -
knowing the
were on the
look out for fun. Having according to the
custom of those daes, first took a drink,
the major extended his right hand and
slightly grasped that of Smith.
"Are you ready! asked the major."
All ready," replied Smith.
The major steadily looking Smith in
the eye, bean to tighten his grip. Smith
becan e uneasy and began to wince.
Tiehter and tighter grew -the major's
griip, and Smith began to beg to be let
off.
" Why, this is only the entered appren-
tice grip," said the major. " I will now
give you the fellow craft and the Major
gave his hand vice several more turns
waich caused much groaning and many
ludicrous contortioes on thepart of Smith,
who.lustily begged to be let off; said he
was satisfied, and -did not want any more
grips The majoehowever, was inexor-
able, and held on to Smith, all the time
shaking his hand, and every shake caus-
ing a groan, •
"Now," said the major, having come
ija long way to get the real master Ma8OLI's
grip, it would be 'wrong in me to let you
go home without it. There it is," said
the major, "the real mason's grip, and
one you will not soon forget -" at the
sante time exerting to the utmost his
great museular powers, causing the bones
of Smith's hand to crack, and the blood
to start from under his finger nails.—
Smith in the meantime helloing with
pain.
"Go home," said the major, "and tell
all your anti -masonic friends that if any
of them want the master mason's grip to,
come to me, for I flatter myself that I'
ea give it as well as any other man."
Phe major gave one more tarn of he
vi e and then released his victim. The
nekt day, Smith, with his hand d ne qp
in a poultice, staked for home entire y
satisfied with the masonic information he
had so painfully obtained—a 'ger if not
a better man.
Island Cala
ties.
The inhabitants o small and remote
islands are remark le for their attach-
ment to their nat. e soil; and it is, per-
haps, fortunate -that they should have
this feeling, for otherwise their isolation
exposes them/to great disadvantages. We
are not now alluding to such matters as
the alleged deterioration of race produced
by per-pa/teal intermarriage, but rather
to th, hock of actual calamities which
fall more heavily on small insufar com-
munities than on larger countries. Un-
doubtedly the vine disease caused more
sery in Maderia than it would have
done in a French commune; and when
the island ef Rhodes, a. few years ago,
was visitied by an earthquake, the effects
of the calamity were much more severely
felt than they could have been in a con-
tinental region. The following is it very
curious instance LI the sufferings to which
a small self-supportmg island us liable:
Some years ago a shoal of grampuses
visited Pabbay, one of the. Hebrides.—
The natives slaughtered the grampuses
and obtained quantitiestf oil. But pre- '
sently upwards of three thousand ravens
headed by a white field-marshal, assem-
bled to devour the carcasses, and when
they had picked the grampuses' bones
clean they proceeded to feast on the corn.
Guns Were brought into requisition; but
withont effect, and a winter of famine
appeared.. imminent. A famous ,.. bird -
catcher, named Finlay, then endeavoured
to kill them singly, by climbing the rocks
• and catching them while roosted ; hut
these efforts caused no apparent diminu-
tion in their numbers. Suddenly a bright
idee struck him. Instead of killing the
birds, he took six of them alive, plucked
off'll the plinnage except the tail and
wir g feathers and let them go. The rest
imreediately left the Island.
Wonders of Easter Island -
IU the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean,
3,000 miles distant from'the nearest con-
tinent, rises the mysterious Easter Island,
abounding witn the remote antiquity,
which greatly interested and perplexed a
party of savants who recently visited
them. The Island is about forty miles
in circumference, barren, without trees,
destitute of resources, and inhabited by a
few savages who lead the most miserable..
existence imaginable. But upon this nar-
row strip of land, so barren and unpro-
ductive, the astonished eye of the ex-
plorer beholds a forest of gigantic stone
statues'about the origin and remaking of
. which the race dwelling around them
knows absolntely nothing. The smalsest
of these statues measureetweisty feet in
height, while many measure thirty feet,
-and a few attain the incredible dimen-
'sio s of fifty feet. Some repose upon long
phforms constructed in cyclopean man-
ner ; the greater portion of them wear
cro s, about six feet in height, formed
of Volcanic tufa, _which have evidently
been placed -upon these statues after their
erection. The foreheads of these statues
are -etreatirg and the mouths prominent,
whith indications may probably reveal
the race who constructed. them. As re-
gards' the workmanship upon them, it is
ruf4 and clumsy, althou.gh not destitute
of character and expression. The ques-
tionS concerning them, presented for so-
lution, are, what. do they represent!
whose handiwork are they ? and how
came they there? There are no metals
in Easter Island, not even silex, only a)
few hard species of stone are found capa-
ble lof being fashioned into axes, with
whibh, perhaps, those mysterious statues
wh e hewn. The stone. of which they
are bomposed is found neither upon the
island nor any of the surrounding islands ;
their nuco.ber, dimensions and character
forming a strange contraat to the narrow -
nes"( and poverty of the place whereon
they are constructed. How could this
barren island have nourished a race of
men capable of raisiag such monuments ?
Where Is this race? and what country
do they still inhabit; In reply to these
speeulations several scientific mend great
authority hazard the opinion that the is-
land in question Is only one .ef the !sum-
mits of the submerged continent which
geological evidence proves at one time to
- have occupied the whole- of that part of
the Pacific which is now called Polyeesia.
Several also show grounds for believing
that the statues in question present a
Mexican physiognomy, and may have
been thework of one of the kindred races -
of that people. -Several of these monu-
'merits are now on the way to the Biitish
Museum, where, it is hoped, additional
light may be thrown upon them.' i
VARIETIES.
The board of health.—A plain diet.
If a man blows his own trumpet, can
his opinions be sound ? ! e -
A man's name passes around.much More
freely if he has a handle to it. •
Why. is the earth like -3, school black-
board ?—Because the children of men
multiply upon the face of it.
A man who had a scolding wife, being
asked what he did for a living, replied
that he " kept a hot -house,"
A Model Surgical Operation.—To take,
the cheek out of it young man, and the
jaw out ' I a woman. /-e
that the earth is really hollow, we all
1,io
re
A s gacious philosopher has observed ,
liv -upon. a mere crust. 1
A little fellow not well up in natural
/history wants to know -why an el9hant
has two taile ?
A woman that marries a man be use
he is a good match. must not be surprised
if herturne out a lucifer. . 1
k nkin ve raysteries—a hi
ole n the
grou4id exCites \ore -wonder than it star
in the heavens. •
, An affected singer at it Dublin theatre
was told by a wagin the gallery to .‘icomet
out from behind his nose and sing his
song like other people?'
The March of Intellect. —A yowl
at home from boarding school for t
lidays, was asked if she would have
roast beef, . when she replied,
thenk you; gastronomical satiety a
nishes me that I have arrived at the
mate sta.ee of deglutition eonsistent
dietetic integrity !" She was neve
ed if she'd have anything more agai
lady
ho-
Olne
0, I
ulti-
with
ask -
The manner of giving, shows the cha-
racter of the giver more than th
it8e11f
"When -eve;" said Madame de tael,
"1 see Mr. S. I feel the same pi nre
that I receive from looking at a fond
couple, he and his self-love live so hap-
pily together."
It is the infirmity of little minds be
taken with every appearance, and daz-
zled with everything that 'sparkles but
great minds have but little admir ron
because few things appearnew to t em.
"Sar," said an astonished landla y to
a traveller, who had sent his cup for aid
fen the seventh time "yon must be v-ery
fend of -coffee." "Yes na,adiun, I m,
he replied, 'or I should never 1 aye
`drunk so much water to get a little."
Mrs. Partington considers the Ge, an
language itterJy repugnant to En lish
tongues aid ears. She could never ring
herself, shle says, to allude to her oo.d
man as a after being accirst med
all her lifrl to the expression " him," as
regards Mr. P.
A eoroner's jury returned a ve diet
that the deceased came to his death rom
exposure. 'What do you mean by th ate"
asked. a relative of the dead 113311, ' 'ther.
are two bullet holes in his skull." ITbs
coroner replied. with a wave of his na gisi-
terial hand, "Justso, he died from ex-
.
posure to bullets."
A sailor, calling upon a Liverpool gold-
smith, asked him what might be the va-
lee of an ingot of gold as big as his drin,
The shopkeeper beckoned him into a aek
room, and priroed him with -grog. He
then asked to see the ingot. "Oh," said
Sack, "1 hav'n't got it yet, but I'm g ing
to the diggiegs, and should like to k ow
the value, of such a lamp before I st rt."
/ A certain town has an exceedingly on.
siderate man. The other morning he
awoke to lied his house on fire.
deessing himself he ran across the street
ti idly, rung the neighbour's door bell,
a el patiently waited for some one to an-
s4rer the summons After it little "the
an of the house" appeared, and the timid
a.n said, "I do not wieb to -erea.te an
u necesary alarm, but my house i on
e.”
Apropos of public speakers, Dr. •
ar4id that Sir Lytton Bulwer asked. hnn
-Whether he felt his heart beat whe he
was going to speak. "Yes." " oes
your voice frighten your "Yes" 'Do
all. your Ideas forsake you" "Yes."
"Do you wish the floor to open and swal-
low you.?" •'Yes" -'Why, then you'll
naake an orator!' Dr. -2— told of lan-
ning, too, how once, before rising to s eak
in the House of Commons, he bade his
friend feel his pulse, which was throb ing
terrifically. - "I know I shall make one
of my best Speeches." said Canning, 'be -
cease I'm in "such an a-wful funk '
.9. well-known clergyman in the N rth
had been entertaining at dinner aelelulcal
friend from some distance. The ETC bag
was unpropitious,- and the friend 'wa in-
vited,by the minister to remain du *lig
the night, and he accepted the invitation.
They walked together for some time in
the manse garden. At dusk the Minister
IA an
asked the _visitor to step into the ina;e,
while he ould give directions to his
servant to get his friend's convey ed
ready in the morning. As: the straIger
entered the manse the miniater's -wife
took him for her husband in the twili
she raised the pulpit Bible, which chaired -
to be en the lobby table, and bringing th1e,
full weight of it across the stra.t4er's
shoulders, exclaimed emphaticilly, aka
that for asking that ugly wretch to-etay
all night 1"
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