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AB'S ^Patterns rS at ex- ' Ki-'\ ' :' ...5; YIr".li'^liOWRY. M. ., M. >y C. IV- >fc (fradialoof Trlullv CoU*ti 'Mnih,t>t<X4lGeof Physicians T*K. . MORROW. Phvsfc ac <*t BclltfVue Ctflr "" tejjx*. Now York,Hi>iniratiiftto of Virtortii Collece. C.ina.iu. Consultation days Tui>slay :irt>t Friday*, from ;1 :v. m, t'U 4 p. m. Kesutctioo W-efctr liowtr street, ACTON- . ' . JAMES- MATTHEWS. Con- Toyuncer IksuopoV Marrtaco l,lcwisrs, Kwtwartcr, Insurance' Asient, Akimu Jjoaeyvi 1*<V AmrtitMontrviil Telo- jniph fa, C:ort rXuirlh. tnvlslcu Court, Con. la ^. B-, Ac, Avrojc, I.>xt. ; DHEXDERSOJT, Convey- aiieor. *c.. ulso Asent .Canada L,lle -Assurance Co. IVvMs, MoNrptki-s |*f-.lpri?irej neatly, promptly correctly :;*nJ :on-'-reason itile terms. Monov to -.Loan- sin Morijiige.-security. Oilice ' Gnis'Bow Hottse, Aotbri.. .TJOMIXIO'X SARNESS SHOP. ' at-l^ pew- eoodr.- A-1 Gopds, select V * can'. Prints to . i sungV TVecda, tid 73c a yard^- > ( . ^n"RS . *". i > only. |*Nlr GOODS. 'i lATHESOX. Attorney- Uiv, Solicitor in i.*l:anevfy,. *e. OfMej uid Cluircli Street*. 0<orsPtowu. 4 PPLEBE & SIUPsONi^X,..nurrisiers. A!tur.ncys-.-t-l..-iw. So- llciu>rirja Chancery, Conveyancers, ,1c Main Street, tiEOR&i-Towx. \T?=M. LAIDLAW. i&nrrister. II i At-jrlKj--iit-l^ar iSheilfr -111 Oruuieorv, <<^r Otilet s; Hamilton, Id K n"j siretH; Milton, Main street. Tin- MUuui Office wiil-lu> miilei' tin- i)w:i:'.Ri.'->' ment of l>. W. C\iuip!?tl. an.i Mr I,.wl- . Law "R-'lil a:ur:"d at tlie ' MiUoatIli. Oil Fridayb.'cuch 'ofC- The subscriber begs to 'announcb to tho inhabitants o^Aoton and vicinity that hp has commenced tho harness business in tho: " f Old gpst: 6n?ci^Jiiildiiisi ! MfLL STREET^ACTOXi where .ho'-is prepared to turn out work secoud t< none in tho Domin ion, as cheap! as the cheapest, and on tho shortest possiblo .notice. I have on hand.a large and well select ed stock of . Horso Blankots, WTiips/Braslies, ; Kepah-ing promptly attended, to. Gtveiue a call and be convinced. i : ' j. f Acton, Xov. 25} 1S75. I>Mrt?V \ CTCKX BAKERY. IlurraU. H EXRY L. DRAKE, IXSrRAXCE ACtVT, Ajem for the Mo roan.'. Hurrah. CHEAP BREAD. ci xirii, iinif Wiiifrioo. i AJI basloeSstatrnste^t to :ils carf \vll 5jp ! falthnilly BtUrUdetl to,. Onlors hy iaii.il j sollcitetl. J- H.I.H:!AKK | ATEXTS Tor I.VAENTUkSS; ci:t;:'i! > ;-iy a.'...! ,pr.>..i-Tly >r.'j:aA: tri c^n.-tj.:, uif. I'sir.ed >i.>:<^ aint-Uufo'/l'. fur prialoJ :i:^lrur-t1<^n^.T A^i-'icy i^ oj*t r- atiuaJ^li i-wrs. 11H-V"1:." lii.:bl',' - ] .-'..v ' i, I'ana'i:!, ' 'Wec-i^nli'al K'jc:"^t*T", ."^o.iel.or o! i*^ , teliU and l>rs::{;!i ^i:iaii. ' Opprstllpn Is th life of trade,' "Bur.,- liuESoway's Miprr-or ilriad. D. GALCOWAY /JUEAP BREAD FOR THE MILLION B, & B. NICZLIN Beg to annoitnee that they have secured I the services of a " First-Class Baker, and that.their Baking Imsiness is now in full operation, in the premises owneil hy .1/Vs. Hanna,. Bread will ho ilelivereil daily at tho houses in the village and vicinity. Wed diner Cakes, Tea Cakes, , Pastry, Buns, &c, Made in the very best manner, and kept always on hand, good and fresh. Also all kinds of Confectionery, Biscuits, Cheese, &e. - ' The patronage of the' public is res pectfully solicited.. Acton. Feb. 29, B. & K. 1S7G". NfCKLIN. a rELPII ARMORY, AV ILLI4JH WATK1AS, luarr llarrlasf IJrrn^r* <t * ertlfleaM-*, _ \uyItoyaS Ap,*ii-Hm.nt.j " iJjilnes^ p. iviile ULd.e<.l.idt-ijtiaI f5ce at rhe Por*. uaiee, ' '>. uwiliiam, Cu-ly Hatloc. - j- - M rs. s.' CA'ii'ixi:. Traeirer tfS^fir. Drains nad Krenrh, s Crprroli s:re-i-, A*cti:i. Q kLIVKK \AYfAi fi^vr^i .-u-i.l. i:-r:.^i t?if,-:u.-i*. r-'.t.oj:;^1^- u ttoai"i;i:a'-an: e*-:f. Mast<'rrr. lit Bs to anro'iiee to tlie Intuit.Hant- of . Acton and \ IcJiilty that lie has removed his Baking Establishment to the prein^ lses next di<ir to Morrow's drtts slurei, vrheiv be iias bni't iv-tirst-'class ii.ew oven and rf litted t !ie premise* in a lir^t-cl.-.^s ity'e Tor a tiahf-ry ami CoiiTcctionery ItL^lness. and ir> turning o;;t': .. ' Buns, CatcE, Biscuits, J" " . | Pastry, Caaaics, JOHN KIRKHAM, Guusuiitli, Silver-Plater, &c, ' Vislies to Hifcvm Jtlie public that he has removed to Hatjch's Block, ;ilillilv ; need jjii Li'rc-a!-y re- UAL, Q.DS. ri;e>- or-rnantit. dotvn here tho ms test iwyei- fonjins an3 Silk inadine*. Blaj?k r |cjnlrgiciuff fa's' Sinittjam*, cheapesr I izrey nd white ' " i -PjahiB. Wliito -- drills, Broirn 1 , hed direct from, t theUan^Iia11 we are alwy' '. \(jm is bow 11 the fashion* , bn^neti, Fliwors, J kin.Hats, *c _ ' tlie hard ; S Departihept hv lison yet. It if _,' \y \<i the imiiert81!*- -- of cloth* from. kor bom- ~A*:~ fcs, Keady'xnade | ' -' / of beau- h ----- : -r. !-vl"i ' :' i - : w H bargainj, thai , f all in jxmse- t A CTOX FLOIR MI-LL-S.; " ' IN',. Pr- j rr.'.'orV Floar Ml Fn-d.a'-.'iiy- I. :: Side an i r---'.::!. <i:;~ i;;j ;.a i i.'!l"J" .1Iixcd Catrilies nt'.S5<r per 1I. lA.ie. I.:.: ", <r >On*SlS ""HOi'i-f^j; Aetuii. ^_C..^.- .,.< IIV. .-><:. I... 'l . .vi>~ ; pTTi'frT. TH'?-i. UAMttrKl.I , fr;T: tif a V\:\v. " . for "T Wciyi'l". il>- talit n Ill c M-l.iili^e Next' Ti'i>iir to: Tvson's i\( iri i l're;nl in ex- ..r-T-Ii.ur. >H'IOX" = HOTELS Actoil. "" l!>eri .-vsS(.-vc, rnki-rifior.Ttiis Ot:^ ilolet is^liti^I. a.i ia tir-;-e!a^> style-wiiii no-. : v.e-nitiiri!. (.'..mnierc -nil Toiveliers iri-Ihr.dl.i--i C\ comino :i.iioii and ci.uvmr> iioS- .Siitn-ji!" rg:..ini s. Srx'fial jl t^Dti^i pal i.-to^li- v a:i-K o- the Ir'.tvt-i- !in/pi;-di& pjir.^app ie ' 5srlih tj.e.>e.-l Liqusr-^ aud Ij'i^ y >. loo S.alilitjg -ni.d tcnt.ive Hosftt-rs. .' -- w m. hsmstreet; Licensed Auctioneer for the Counties of We'.li'i.feton and MI'sil- ton. ,-Unlers l--:t at the-, Kkee I'.hk^s Koei^roxl, will h*. proiuptl^ atteL.dc-' to. Trins re^onaljle. !-. ; Ur-.ai!, R'.ins and CVlf-s. deii\ ertd every diiy, iresb, around tlie \ dla^c. WEDDING & FANCY CAKES made in order and on liuini, iii the latest styles und at rea.^iinabie enaryes. __ X. B. All eoods are %fa.'raiited pure, as nnitnrg-fcut Hie bttt of mate-rial is ustil. T^fie palro.'La^e of the public is re*p( cl- l-.Liy solicited. Butcher [Shop % ' - '!!-" ' 'l AMMUNITION FOK ALL pK^tcH LOADING AKMS. ' ) , V.ly A Kyiiecl"s Cartridge <*:isp and ("a|^ f-'ir red.-ndlTi' s.llile. It f'-leadt-r.-, li.-.-- ap;>.- >.-. C iji Kj.u-tors, Ciiflerri, aed Cr.'.isor^.. U-ai.i' K^mIs, and at! ariieles neec>s.'l > f r a SpJ risn :in'> on nit. All ii>.Is .of' lt-pal-irf- and . Jobbing vl-eutetl on Lhe suonest ne.ltee al IJucipti,. April i, ISTo. THE FOUNDLINC. i" ^1; r^i^ dp THE BORDERS. Mrs. TJhornton often showed to CbfiBtopher the | rings. which had been jtaken from his mother's firi- gek-s,,witji tlio inscriptions thereon ; and-on Such j occasions Hhe would na{', " Wool do I rotnember, hinny, whon our goodman: catne running into tho house one morning, slink ing as though he had seen an ap- pa ;ition at nndrjighf., nnrt. crying to nit; quite! outio' tn-ath, 'Rise r-rise, Jo my ! hero is tho dead body o' a woman in our stackyanl!' I canna tell yo'-wljat toy feelings were when be said so, I; wishod not to believe liitn. liut had I wakenedj and found jmyself in .ajgruve, I could not have; gotten a 'greater fricht. My heart louijed to ^uy throat, just as if it hid'gotten a sudden jerk wich a pei-s'on's whole might and strength ! I dinna ken how I got my gown throjsvn on^ for my. teeth were chattering in^ nty heitd-t-I shaked like a 'jialoniy -I And when we-did get to |the stackyard, there wan yo, like a dear w lammie, mo lrning owro ' tiici breast o' yer ilciid mother, wi' yer-bitp o' bandies pulling impatiently |at Iyer bonnio bla:k hair, kissing her cold lips, or pulling her by the gown, anil cry ing and tittering words we didna inn erstarijl. i ... ' And,, job, hinny, but your inoi her bald been a wet'l-fuitred wo- ma i in her day ! I never saw her but a cold corpse, and I thought, eve it then] that I hud never looked! upen a bonnier face. She hadjevi dently been a- genteel person,! but win, sore, sore1 dejected. But the had two rings upon her : fingers ; olio o' them wits n ring such as mar ried wotneh wearir-fche other 'was set vri' prejeiotts stones, which those who have seen tltem; say, -nouo but a dttclit'sa in thin cpuntry could Yo nitist exijmine them." rVnd liere Mrs. Tl^ornton was in the habit, uf producing tho rings, which she hud carefully locked away, Wtapped up in twenty folds of paper, and sjecured iin a housewife which folded j together within all. Call and K?e for yourr elves. It AH I Acton, March R,,ISTU. .XJWAV TIROS. 'TTJEXXE4>.Y'S Marble Works, Ojipblite side! front ' Mills &. Uoodfellow's Foun'tlry, r.nd Xear Eramosa Bridge, GuelpiiL Ultl. KIKbS 07 MONUMENTS Tomb Stories, jraiitle Pieces, fcc., made to any steeor design, and. pat np in any^jiart-of the country. . > 'saf.Scotch T3ranite Monu ments imported to order^ P.S. A, Kennedy is a jirac- tical marble cutter. .. txox ovr ia"iiawC :# .Co, ' ** i'. m. XSE'SE MILK. : T%e nnderslgred *ee to thank bis 'enp- toniers fir the liberal -prtrouage received dorine the past sumiher, and would tay that fie Is now prepared ta supply an ad- ditlonal-number of customers wjtb kocxJ," pnre. fresh jnlllc delivered !every jrjnrn- loc, and twicea dav oil Satnrdays. Par- tit^ who Seep'cows will lltd It mneh eieaperand lc-sstroublc toeetmllkdellv- e'ertat Iheir doors, and thry .would do JJelllOfell tbelrcowsaftd buy their mllK. Twenty-one quart tiekefs-lor $1, U paid In advance, or twenty-one pint tickets JorflOcentx. . e. K. AKMSIKO-NU. Aetpn, Nov. IStb, 175.- EORCETOW.V 6 ImpI ement*y7arsrcoms AND FEEp STOEE. \~* ' The tahscribera beg to announce to- tttmera aid othejig,: that they have opened a -warerooi^. on ilin Street, Jgorgetown, oeatt the Bayiseales, where >ey Vfll keep I-yB ia stock the most : 4iKihle kind of J Farming Inipiements. j. -ahw in connectiia, Oiey havc^openeilsa r\ FEED jSTOBB, /- ^whero Trijj ai st/ick jof W, feed and seeds, of Vanons de-' enpbons. - ' . '.A*.-* ,r ; J-C. DBVEREAUX: -fAj. Moore, >fanager. 4 ^freto^n. April jj^KTC. . 42-Zjp ; $^';to $20'22r u, --* at hrtbifi. PLAHING MILLS-J ; and . .-.'.'/1. Pump. Sasli, Door ami Blind Factory. THOMAS EBBAGE, Manufacturer of . 'Wiado'w Sasli,, . Doors^ ". Venetian Blinds iffoiild^igs, " And other Building Requisites Also ilakers of ; IMPROVED 'SJJciiOlT- PX71SPS ' ' i Lumber Planed and Dressed to orde . in the best manner. \. ^"lAll work gtirtranteedi { ' Acton, J.an.,187fl. : - * CTOX LI VERY & SALE STABLE J.^.| ALLAN T.-ike^ p'cnsure In announcing1 to tho public generally tlfut tie Unprepared* to . :- ' ' furnish 'i Pixjst-class" Horses and- Carriages . At Kcnsonable 'Hates. His ItigsaJitl Horses Jrd ;thq .bftBt'that can b<* liafi, nnd he is' determined not to >J! surpasst.-t.l by any City Stable. j Acton July 1st, rST.'j. MEA.T, SHOP. wear. ! Then she would point out to him the initial letters, the C. F. and M. V., and would add, "That has been your iaitlier iindyour mother's" name when, they were sweethciti'ts at least so !our Peter says (apd ho is Seldom Wrong; 'but the little f. t hetween them I canna think what it ^.liihds for., 0 Christopher, my caunie' laditie, it is a pity but that ye would inly endeavor to be a scholar, as ye-are good otherwise, and then ye. might he able to tell what the e:< hieans. .Who kens but it may throw sqnie light upon your parentage ;j for,jif ever ye discover who your parents were, it will be through the instrumentality oUhese rings. Petfir always says that (and, as I say, he is seldom wrong) and therefore'I always keep them lock ed away, lest onything should come owre them t and when they :are out o' the drawer, I never suffer-.them to be out o! my sight." In the ftflness of her heart Mrs. XjT TROLLOPE CUAPHiAN, Practioal Bookbinder, -'"1= ' ^ All Descriptions of Binding Neatly Executed. Account Book* of all :fCimls Made to'- Order. V Ruling Promptly Attended to. BnfDEUV^-St George's SquaJ_e,-Gu^lpl Thornton told thi s story at least four times in; the y3ar, almost!-in the; same words, and always exhibiting the rings, j Her kindly counsels, and the cogent -easons which she urged: to ! Christopher why '.he should beebmea (scholar, at length awoke hisj. slumbering energies. For the first time, he stood dux of The underEignedhas commenced the his class, and once there, he stood like a nail qriveni into, a wall,-which tnight not be removed. ' His teach|er, who was a man of considerablo| knowledge and reading [(though perhapsj:nOt what those Butchering Business / Il|r AOTON, OjyjOb'ito , Allan's .Livery Stable, and will keep constantly on hand Fresh and Salt Meats* Fish, Fowls, and Vegetable^, at all Beasons of the-year. The support of the public is moat respectfully solicited. : CHEAP FOB OASH, the best plan 60 say you all. i- EDWARD MATTHEWS Aoton, March 15, 1876 -38.3m ^aZJJMl?E17 The undersigned keeps always on hand a large quantity of first-class Plas terers' and Builders' Xiine at his kilns, Lot 24, 6th con., Esquesiog, half a inile frOm Limebouso .Station. Price, 12J Scents per bushel at the kiln, or deliver ed anywhere in re*iehr at a reasonable rate. On 40 nusKels of Xime the buyer will save 1 hy buying from, me, JOHN CRAIG, Prop.' Esquesing, May, 1876. . ;49 [tar Ordersj left at the Free FkeSj Office will receive prompt'attention-. S~END l2.TC.jto a. P.- ROWFJLd, & CO., liew Yoelc, for Pamphlet of 100 pages corttfllnlni; lists of J3000 newspapers, imd estimates showing cost of adertlslngr. i -:|. JOB PRINTING of all kinds neatly and promptly executed at the '- V FREE PRESS OFFICE, -. Scxt the Post Offltje'. MIU Street. <t10 a day at home ipld OutUtandIerrrt3 CO, Augusta, Maine. Accrits wanted, tree. TKtHi: & calling themselves learned would call a man oi learning for learned ia a very vague Word, and is as fre quently applied where real ignor ance exists, as to real knowledge) that teacher who had formerly aaid that Christopher! could; not be a Spaniard, because! that ho Lad not solidity enough Within him; now said that he believed; he wtis one, and not a descendant; Of Don Quixote; but, if of anybody, a de scendant of him wlib gave the im mortal Don " a local habitation and a name;" for ho now predicted that Christopher May would be a genius. But,.though tho orphan at length rose to the head !of - his ;clpss, and though he passed from! one class to j another, ho wasBtill the same wild boisterous, and djaring. boy, when they ran shotttingj from the; school, cap in hand,-and waving it over' their heads, liko prisoners relieved from confinement. Ifjthere_was a 'quarrel to decide in j the whole school, the orphan Christopher, was the nmpirei If a weak boy, or a cow ardly boy, was threatened by another Chrifltophcri became his" chdmpion. If a spaiTow's nest was to be robbed, to -achieve which a tottering gable was to be climbed, he tyd thedeed; yea,.or \vheh a fobtball match wds to be plpyed on' Eastern, E'en (or; as.it wak called, Paiicaice! Tuesday), if the orphin oncje gpt| tiie|ball. at his foot no rrian cciuld again touch it. . His birth-day i was jnot known; but hd couldj scarce have completed hi*B thirteenth year when his -best friend I died. Good, kind-hearted Jenny Thornton-^th'an ' whoni a better |woman never breathed was, guthered with the dead; and her last request; to her husband was, that hb would continue to bo the friend 'and protector of the poor orphun, -jind especially that he would take care of the rings which had been found upon his mother's hand. \ Now Peter was so over whelmed -with grief at - the idea of betng parted from her who, for twenty; years, had been dearer, to to him than" his own existence, that" ho could scarce hear her dying wordk' "Tie followed her coffin like a brokeh-hearted~mun ; and he sob bed over her -grave like a wA'aned child on tho lap of its mother. But many months; had not passed when it was evident that theoj-phan Christopher was the onlyi sincere mourner for jenny Thornton. The widower Was still in the prime and strength of his days, being not more than two-and-forty. Ho was a prosjierous man one.who had had a cheap farm and a good one; and'it was believed that Peter was able to- purchase the land which he! rented. Many, indeed, said that the tenant was a better man tbari his mjaster--by a" better man " meaning a richer man; - Fair, maidens, therefore, and widows to hoot, were anxious to obtain tho- vacant hand -of tho wealthy widower. Some said that Peter 'would never forget Jenny; and tlfat ho would rievr marry again, for that'sho had been to him a wifej amongst a thousand : and they spoke of the bitterness of his grief, j " Ay," said Others, "but we.ne'er like to see tho. tears run owre fast down the cheeks of a man. They show that the heart will soonidrown its sorrow. Human nature is very fniil ; and a thing that we thought we woiild love fur ever last year, we find that wo only occasionally remember that we loved it this.,' If there be a real mourner for the loss! of MrsI Thornton, it's the poor for eign orphan laddie. Peter, riot- withstanding all the greeting attbe griive, will get another wife before twelve months go round." They who said so wero in the right. I Poor Jenny had not been in her. grave eleven months and twenty days, when Peter led an other Mrs. Thronton from the altar.; When he had brought her liomo,, he introduced to her the orphan Christopher. . y ' " Now, dear," said he, "hear is a"; laddie- none know whom he be longs to. I found him: one morn ing, when he was a mere infant, screaming on the breast b' his dead mother. Since then I have brought him up* My, late wife was vpry fond o'him and it is my request that ye will be kind io him. Here," added ho, "are two rings which his mother had upon her fiugera when I found her a cold corpse. Poor fellow, if anything ever enable hi-m .to dis'- cover who his parents were, it will be them, though there is but little chance (hat he ever will. How ever, I have been;'as a fatberjto him for more tban^teh years, and 1 trust, love, that ye will act towards forwards, him as a mother. Come Christopher," continued he, " a'nd welcome your new mother." The boy came forward, haDging his head, and bashfully, stretched out his hand towards her; but the new-mode Mrs. Thornton had his mother's jewelled ring in her hand, and she observed him not. He stood with his eyes now bent upon the ground, now upon her, and again upon, his mother's ring, as she turn sd it round and round. ' j" Wei ," said she, addressing ler husband, and still turning it round aa she spoke, "it is, indeed a beau* and once more extended to her.hu? hand. .'! I \ < I- " Well," said isbe;: addressing her husband; aijij pritting forth, two 6f her/fihgera to l(ihn8tpph>r^ " is it jreally /pdssiblp; that you' havo [brought tip this great boy! What a trouble he tnuet have been and exi)oh8e tqo (!' .; ; 1. "Ob:,, you are: quite mistaken," said Petef; ^'Cbristopper never cost ua tj^e smallest trouble. ., I have been jpfpud!of. him and pleased- with him,'since | ever I {took; him- tinder my roof; jand, poor fellow,! as to the expense that he has'cost' was sureirjf being beaten 'the 'mo ment it awoke. Nor was this all' but,' wien friends.. visited her, poor Christopher was cp^ipelled to ;wait at 'tbei'.table,'$, %hicb;!4,had onoe"sa> ' 6y-, the side of Jonny- Thoriiton,' arid whoever'. mi^bt be ithe:ffuest9 t|was firstserved.. She even provoked her, husband; until jbediftea his 'hand and struck the 'orphan ' yioTently-^-forgetting . the proverb, tl)ap"J.hey , should :haye light hands who. strike other peo ples, bairns," the boy looked 'up braidingly in Peter's face as he strujek hini for tlio.first time, though me, if I never had seen his face, I i he Uttered no complaint; but that Cities. Towns and Tillages.'. _ The, following, statement of the . populatioaJand assessment rof vari-^ ons cities, towns and villages'in the Province will be found of interest: ;PiAeE8i.- Porr/LATiON*. 'Torii, Valcz. . wouldna hae been a penny richer to^ day, but very. possibly poorer;' for he has very often amused me wi' his drollery, apd | keepit mo in the house, when, out for hini, I would have been!down at.Pon|eland, or Bdmewhereelsn, getting a glass wi' my neighbors." .jv j Many weeks had hot elapeed ere Christopherdiscovered thkthis pro tector who !was d ;ad had'been -suc ceeded by a living persecutor. .A month had riot passed when he was riot permitted tcj enter .the room where the ;second 'Mrs.;' Thornton isat. Before two went round, he was ordered ito) take his meals with the servants ; itnd he could do nd- thing with which a fault was not found. Hje hajd often, after scrap ing his shoes for five minutes .to gether, to takb th|em off arid exam ine them, before ie durst yentttre into the passage leading to ;the kitchen, which was now the only apartment in the house to which he had access. i Peter Tborntor. saw the! persecu tion which his adapted soti endur ed; arid he; expostulated iwith his better half; itbat him' more kindly, ed him, that1 he those of other stripling-tha.t is she v^ould treat But she answer- might 1 have chil dren enough of Lis own to provide for, without.becoming ; father to IpeopleJ Now, a iri love generally says and does many foolish things which be does no wish to have re called to his recollection "after he has turned thirty ; but the middle- aged man who'is smitten invariably, acts much more fcolishlyj'than the stripling. .1 have smiled to see them combing, up their; few re maining locks to' coyer their! bald" forehead, or carefully pulling away their grey hairs which; appeared about their tempiss, and^alf to ap-. pear young in the ' eyes; of some" widowed or jmatrc nly' divinity. I. do not exactly|'agree with the'poet! who says "Love never strike i but once, that strikes at all!" ;' I . for I think, from iineteei to nve- and-twenty, there fire few riienl (or women either) wh> have "not-felt a Toronto," 71,693' iHftniilton, Ottawa, ^5,414 London,, 18,916 fcuigston, . 13,000 St. Catharines 12,870 it," Whj said pher,-ye you:have mother." peculiar sensation about tH hearts which they took: toibe'lc and felt it.more than once'too, which ultimately would have come, love, but for .particular cumstances whach-broke off the quaintanceship ; aii'j,. before fi arid thirty, we forget that^ she; feeling bad "existed, 'and laugh kfc, or profess to; have no patience with those who are it; victims. ,We should always remember, howev :r, that it is not easy to put an (IrT head upon young shoulders, aid" think of how' we once felt and a :t-, ed ourselves ; and .to.riecollect, alno; how happy, how miserable we were jin those days, Xove is anabus^d jword. Elderly people turn up itheir nostrils when they see; it in print; They will fling it away and cry "stuff!" But,' if they woii Id look back.upon their days of bid, they would treat it with mor respect. But the seaord love\>f; ybur middle-aged men and wotuin -^call it doting, or i call ,'it-by hi y other-name, but do hot call it:love, for that it is not, and cannot le. Man never knows (what love i a, until he has experienced the worh of an affectionate wifi^, who for h is sake would suffer all that the work 's ills can inflict, ' .; Now, Peter Thornton, thouih hot an old man, and ulthongb bis first wife had1 cerfcaiiijy:. been dear unto him, yet he had la doting fond ness for his second Bpbuse, who ob tained an asoendeney over him, and,; to his surprise, left htm no-rlonger master of his own; house. ! and, after the birth of tLe!child,'his care over Christophet^very day; dimin ished. The orphan was. given over to persecution evety one was against.hini-j-ftrid,jfinding that he had now np! one to whom he could, apply'for redress, he lifted' up his own hand in' his.defence. The serving^maidai jwho- ill-treated him aoon found hirri mora than their equal; and to! the nien-ser-' rants when they nsed him ronghly, he shook his hand, threatening he yould soon be a niatch for jth^m. ! The.coldness-whuih; Mrs. Thorn- his' hand which' he' h'ad-) ton had at first manifested,towards to greet her, and he was j him soon relapsed into perfect .hat red.'. Ho^ was' taken from - the' school} and she hourly forced jipon ;il -him the mos'fr menial- offices.- For tiful ring!" . '" I atr glad ye think so," said he; "she had been a bonny woman that wore it." ' j j jShe pltcedfthe ringupon:her fin ger, she i;urned it round again, apd gazed on it with admiration, "I should li ke to wear such a ring," she added. , hinny, and ye may wear Peter; "for the ring is mine twenty times owre, whatever its value may be, considering what I have done for the laddie.'-' _ With nn expression of cotiritejn ance whi :h might be described be tween a sinile and a blush, or,! as the1 people north the Tweed apt express it, with a " smirk," slipped tlie ring upon her finger, paying tiat it -fitted as -well'jas jthough it, had been made fori her, i Piissio l flashed in the eyes of the orphan. His" "new mother "'as iPeter .st/led'her; had done .whjat "Jenny never ventured: td.da He iwitbdrew extended Jturning away sullenly, when !fyis foatef'-fatier Tsaid, "Stop, Ciiristo- Tery look "whispered tq his, heart, " What would Jenny have saidj liad she seen this?" And Peter, repenting of 'what he'5did turned 'away and wept. Yet a sin that is once -committed is less, difficult to commit again,.and remorse becomes as an echo that is sinking faint. Havjng, therefore, .once lifted hhv hand against the 9rphan though he wept fon having done so '-it was not long until the; blows were, repeated without compunction..!, Christopher; /however, was! a strange boy-r-perhaps some wbiild call a provoking one and often, when Mrs. Thornton pursued him from tho house to chastise him, be would hastily climb upon the tops of the houses of the farm-servants, and sitting astride upon them, nod down to her triumphantly, as with threats she shook, her hand in his face; and, smiling, sing- ["Loudon's bonny woods arid braes." But his favorite song, on such,oc casions, was the following, which, if it be not the exact words that he. sang, embodies the sentiraent:' ." Can I forget tho woody braes Where love and innocence foregather j Where aft in early summer days, - I've croon'd a,sang among the heather? Can I forget, my father's hearts r- Their weel-pleased look to see the mirth [ O, a' their barnies round them rinnin' ? 'It was a waefu hour to me, " ' I f rae them and love departed: The tear was in my, mother's ee -My father blest ine-^-broken-hearted : My.auWer brithers took my hand The yqunkers a' ran frae ine greeting! But, waur than..this I couldna stand My faitbfu lassie's fareweel meetin ! 'Can I forget her partin .kiss, : - Her last fond look, and true love token? , .-'- Forget an hour sae dear as this ! the word shall ne'er be spoken 1 Forget !^ thongh the foamin sea, . JHigh hills, and mony a Bweepin river, May lie between their hearth, and mey My heart shall be at hame forever." " Now, when Christopher v/'as pur sued by bis persecutor, and sought refuge on the house-tops, sitting upon them much after thefsfashion ofaitailor, he carolled th8.|oDg wo have just quoted most merrily; Many, indeed, wondered that-he, never haying known; the hearth pf- -either a father or a mother, should hare sung such a song; but it -eas so and.the orphan delighted to sing it.> YetVe often do many things for which we find it difficult to as sign a reason. .There - waa. One anmsiog trait. in tho character of Christopher; and that was, that the more vehemently Mrs. Thorn ton scolded him, .and the more bit ter] her imprecations against him became, so, while he sat as a tailor on the house-top, did his song wax louder and more loud, and bis strain becomomerrier. We have heard 'women talk of being ready to -eat the nails from their- fingers with j vexation, and on'-such occasions MrB. Thornton was so;' But her anger did not amend the .disposi tion of Christopher, though it often drew down upon him the indigna--. tion of her husband. It has already been mentioned that he struck him once; arid, bar ing done. so, be felt no repugnance to do it frequently. For it'is." only the' first time we- "commit ..a' sin that we hare the horror of its commission before lis; j The or phan now becarne , like unto Ishmael; for erery man'si band was against' him, and I might say every woman's too. Now, during'the. lifetime of Jenny, he had had everjr thing his own way, and "whatsoever he said -was. done; some said that he was a spoiled child, and it was at least evident that his humor was never'^hwarted. This caused him to have the more enemies, now; and every menial on the farm of Peter-Thprnton became his perse cutor. It is the common fate of all farorites ^to-day~they are treat-' ed -with abject adulation,.and to morrow, if the stin which shone on them be clouded, no oneS'tbinks him too;low1-to look on.I therh with disdain. l;5 _ Brantford, Goelph, , Belleville, " Stratford, Peterborough, Windsor, St. Thomas, Xindsay, -Woodstock, Ingersoll, St. Mary's, - >Sarnia/ Napanee, Kincardine, Paris, Orahceville, Clifton/ Brampton, Perth, Orillia, ' . Listowel, SPetrblia, Mitchell, Pembroke, Clinton, Walkerton, Mount Forest, Fergus, Waterloo, .' -Pt.Colbome, -Punnville, Elora, Wntford; Brussels, Georgetown, Arthur, Qakville, >ilton. , Acton, '! 9,464 9,017 7,722 6,810- ,6,500 , SJ527 ' 5,203 5,171 , 4,909 4,480 4,032 3,431 -8,000 3,082' 3.000 2,700 2,551 2,545" 2,441 2,400 2,399 2,329 2,294 2.281 ^2,239 2,016 1,819 i^od 1,800 J.598 f;547 1,199 1,325" 1,015 950 900 $47,616,27.3 ; 11,713,470 - 5,145,911 : "5,409,355 3,213,410 ' : .2,103^160 '2,281j260. . zMt.txx) J,160,470 1,772,280 1,358,350 1,069,484 1,002,980 956,091 916^334 --.' 467,325 1,023,369 618,817 J- 1,010,040 472,460 ' ' 667,488^-. ^619,972 - 474,56o ; I,M8,200 497,685! - 353,068 43S,t00 341,759. ^"-" , 305,000' I 332,50i5 '-." ~ 360^60 254,020 , 164,465 < must riot, go away un 8liaken hands with.yc tr- h'purs together he was doomed to And! he turned agfi rock the cradle' of her child, and man." . .. - A man in Yorkshire "awapbied " his horSei for a wife. An old bachelor ae quaintance said he'd Kef.there was some': thing wrong with the-hbrse or his own* er would never have fooled if away in that manner. ^~\ i When air balloons were first discoyerj ed, some one . flippantly dsked Dr; Franklin what was the'use of it./This philosopher anBirered the tjnesthm.by asking another. '.'What is-'the use.^of new. born ioifant ? It may ' becptaeva I - Tlie W*ndermt the Bir-aln.v^V; i One of. the most iaconceirablf^ things in the nature of the brain is; . - that the organ of sensation should ' in itself be insensible. To cut the_ brain gives no- pain, yet in the brain alone resides the power of feeling.pain in any other part of the body. Tf tte-nerve which leads , from it'to the,irijufedpart;be dividr ' i ed, it becomes instantly unconscious of suffering. It-is only; by:eom- mtmication with the. brain "that' any kind'of isensation is produced," j'et the organ itself. ;is_insensible, - = But. theje is a circunistarice more . : woEtlerfnl still. ' -The i brain itself maj ?be removed >Tnny be cut away down the' corpus cctlatuml {without destroying life. The animal Jives, arid ^perfSrms -all its ,-functions', which, are neccessary. to simple vi tality,;'but no longer, has Bniirid-; it carijnot think or fe*^ it irpquires ' that ithe food should; b^rpushed " . into the stomach; oncejtherfe it. is 4, . digested, and the animal win^tbrire- J;. and grow fafc ^e must infer,. '- . thei-efore; from these facts, that the part of the brain, the, conrdlutions, ' is Bimply intended for' the -exercisfe: of the, intellectual faculties pf ex-,_ .> alted kind bestowed -on .man gift of reaiori. ' . .-../i - ' Not so Bad as it was. Taking. Cariada as a 'whoje1, says- the'Globe, we-find that the hcjnenil- - testimony of those Who.haveikiiown . it for a good many' years,.; is rthat there is far less drfihkenriess [than',' there nsed, to be. -TBere is still far. >- too much',*and atjiarticutar times it,, seems to break'out like kn"epjdem-~. ic, . right:4ireciion,"and amorig the rriral' population esijecially. Lbt statistics' say what \they like, it is beyond question that the present^ generav tionof Canadians is, as a whole, more temperate than the,one wjhich - weiit before, ^he daily- use o" in toxicating^ liquors is not' by any' means'so'coramoh among'oar,f trm- eia ; while iit " bees "and rri'.try- riiaking8. .^hich formerly, cpulc not .'.' be h"eld;at all without an; abuniant ; supply- of the cratuf,.drink is often; not'seen/at all, and wh^re"" it is a ' . drunken, nijan. k a rare pxoep ;io.n, .j . instead of |being-as forpierly the.'- general " rulei -^Things.'ffn \ siort^-; might in! this respect.!>& a (Teat.'"' deal better than they are, hut jhey, *re better than they have been and^ are still, in spite of all protests to , the contrary, progressing {n' the' right diiection. The JEWs.-^FrOm ^ajpaperjjiist; ._ ;pnbiishe3, yre learn that the hum-; bar of Jews now existing through-: ont.the world is'supposed toamonnt:" - to:-7,074,898. Of theoieveri-mil-, lioris, 5,226,858 belong to Erirojie, , 591,000 to] Asia, 792,000 to ^frica, .450,000 tcj America, and 15,000 to- the British/CWoriiea. ' / The, Sultan's Wifb. The new i Bui tan of JTurkey_ -was! m'sirried',-v few years jago, to a-heautiful Gi*r-1 cassiap slave, who waspui-ctiased'for S the sum of 12,000. .-Shewas tekeri. ' I ; to Constaqtinople and taught all the : -accom'plisDm^nts that could be ac-. quired in tliat uietropbira.,j When she arrived at a :niarriaigftfeble agel_ , she waslreekoned to be! the; iffost- :/ -beautiful and elegant lady iri'Ttha- .,; Tdrkiah Empire, , Thisl hidy! has-, borne j MeKem-et -." nral children, andis'it said that he;-tias devoteil roiich care and fa'ttentjbn to their education.^^0 is pSdpoV. - toiie a fanatic, but'rather disposeid to be libeiul in his views. - -. 7= : '.'-1' -, "--I m -,- rl r