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:'*T if ' il B6M I:- 1 Tr rates ff LIVING WAS*- lM - '.' i Xtr,'IK tOWRY. m. ., M. J ~0. 1\ -A. Ordinate or Trinity Cutest'. McmlvwW Collie of 1'hysiclAiis -oand surgeons. Mu.i.SrR isw a<tto>w. Ofc R. MORROW, Phy*i- / ci*n. Sunreon, Ae.ol Bllevim CdI- t. Na York,HlsoUradimtp ol Victoria - X^lr*', iTanaJ.i.. Consultation Aliivs-i 5 f TBesdays sinl Fridays, from 9. m', I'll 1 p. nt Residence West Hower"street, ACroX-- -. t-iMES MATTHEWS, Con- t) veyaneerlssuerar Marjrlae'tilConseis jMsimasteir insurance Aceiu, AK<>m Voney to 1-oati. Agnt Montreal Tele- rrapli Co.._C erfc'Kounit l>lv|stcii. Court, *- - ' B.,il-.,--------- ------ Com.'ln vi. AcroNi, Ost. DHEXDERSOX, # ancor, Ac"., also A; t4f -AKsaMnco 'fa. Deeds, Mt>rtKfcis, *e^prerr*d neatly,-promiiuy, correctly and on reason ible .terras. Monev to 1a>u on Marur-ipe security, OKTce (jl&sgow House. Acton. JD. MATDESOX, Attorney- at~uaw. Solicitor in Clatticery, *c. OfB.ee Corner of Main ami Church Streets liforgstowu. I T^OMIMOS HARNESS SHOP. E: K. COOK '--'. Having purchased Uie stock and good, will "of ..the business lately carried on] I by "Mr. j. Vi Dempscy, begs to announce' to the inhabitants of Acton and vicinity that he will continue tho harness busi ness in the same prbntises. Old Post Office Btiildinsr, Mill ? Street. Acton, | where luvis prepared to'furn out work ___________i"ecoit(l to none in the Dominion, being a ! practical workman of eonside'anble ex- ,,V'*tt* ' perience. All work done promptly and '-- u,'",*> as cheap as the cheapest. Ou hand a large and well selected stock of '.'. Btraru, Horr Rlnnkrls Trunks, Whip*. Bruotiea, Combs, *c. ltenairin{! promptly attended to. 7 . Ki K. COOK. "AejEon/Sept. !}G, 1S71>4 PPLEBE & SIMHSOX. /-%-' Barristers. Alturue>s-,t-L;iw, So licitors la Cliaueery, Conveyancers, lc. Maln_JStiv, Ukjkgctownv -^ w Mr LUPiAlV, Barrister. AUoruey-nt-l^aw .. Solictor In CnanceTj^ Ac- octets: Hamilton, li> j Knj-sirvet^ Milton,-Main street. The Jltlion'Jl>Clce wlil bt'iililtrllionuuaso- meut of 1). \V. fampMI, ami Mr j(.-nt- U.V- Kill aitMid at tne "Altltoajjftitv'" H EXRY L. DRAKE, IXSIRA\CE AG CAT, GrElTn, : ARent for the Merx-ant-le and Waterloo. ' AU business entrusted to r.ls care will tie ' ffcUbfclly tttb.-uJ.t-U ics Orders hv mail solicited. " p iH.L.l)R'AKE - PATEXTS-Xor INVENTIONS ex,>eaitioU5-ly and jiruiHTiy secured Tu Cu>ud.i, the lTnitei States and Kitrope. -;iat^ist g^uir^nt^iHl 'or mo cLarve. Send" !' forpriaiel instructions- Agency In iipt-r- i iU.m ua J'tars. HEShf Ut.I-T, j . - Ott-iwa, Canadiij Mee>i*n'.cai En|:ti:eer, Solicitor o.I P^ and .D.~au^h.sman. i AXD SLEIGHS.^ AY ILLIAM liATKIXS, luacr Marria^r Llrrnsr^ ^ Cprtlflcalcs, J By Iloyal Ap;oiiitment.) Bjinrss p:iva:c aid coiilideiuial tiffiee a.', the fot utll."e. lilciiVrliliani, Cou-ty Hailon. : M RS. S. CARTER. 11 Tcacier ofXIti'vlc.^DraTi Ins and Frcncb, ' Cii::rcli street. Act-n. _-' iLIVER LOZIER, Plasterer. ;" j OQt -regar<Jles.af ]- ' ' now . \f- fered of 1 ja^ |ti ^": SOU). [sid tbe*4SV stand. it " J J llj? m is: re.i>o:*-aLIe . A t'TOX FLO US MILLS. B.4E XICKLIST, Proprietors.- FlGcr andiKeed_iii^ays-on l;ind. whole sale and ret;m. Uris.ins: itn-i Clipping lhi:iv-. Ci'5ii*'or all kiu^.sof ^!r .in. - EOSSHX nOl'St. Aelon. ! Cins ;o lh-rij. T. Ilai wry station. Kiceljeut-,t?cc.iiin^ia;i'..n for iuf truvel- llflif pabile. 'TH-jis. CAMirliEUl-, l'roi-r. Si DOaiXIOX JIOTEE, Acton, ne*r lioiel is nturl up in . fir:-c!a.S3i S sijie with ire* inrnitcre. Coinmercial Travellers vrl.l find>oxl accomino lallou us'ic>>xximoiiou4Sum.pienooni!i. sjiecial ^trrntiOJi jea-M tolii** uiialK o ll*e irave!- lins public. Bar Mipp.ie.' wh me lx->t Liqaonaol Cig-.us. v*ooi ftabliug unU U*nUre Hostlers-. > TtrM. HEMSTEtET, Licensed Auctioneer- KoftheCoantiesoXAVelll^gtonand Tlal- lou. orders l^n- at the Kkee Pbess Office, Actor, or at mj residence, in Roct\ro*J. ^U-t>eprdiiipt!y attenden' to. Terms reasonable. ' _ -'(_. X>rBE MILK.. ltie nnderslgned be?s to Ihai.k his ensr- tomers for tlie liberal pnronage received ~Tlorinu tbe-past sumtner; and Wonld say tnat he is now preijanntfc* snppl>'an ad- : ditloaal number ofcastomer.? with <;ood, pore,fresh milk delivered every morn- lnc, and tTee a day on Saturil/tys. Par ties who feeepLccws Will firJtUt muvh .eieaperind less trouble toeeimilkdeliv- "reted at their doors, and they would do ^ well to fell their cows and buy tlielr milk. Twenty-one quart tickets f6rl.ir paid In advance, or lwen!v-one pint tickets lor50cents . P. S, AHMSrRONU.- Actoc, Sot. 10th, ltr.b. Now la the time to leave yout order At J.4 Ryder's Factory for a '; Stylish C'ntter or Serviceable Sleigh. I am making, up a large stock for tho coming i-easoti, from the l>cit material &.il/ ami S?e:&ur Il<indisttinc_-Putf<!rs. ; i._ - " My~present stoek of BUGGIES AND WAGONS > will he seld off very cheap, f Xow is a" good timer to bicuro bari^uns. . Strict attention ivcn-to Scrsc-Eitccine & General Black- j '-. JAMES'Ri'DER. i Acton, Sept. 27, 1S7G. '."-._ Cheni Bread. GALLOWAY BUOS. ARE STILL AHEAD, And wo intend to keep so with our Superior ' Bread, JUitnSy and Calces, Delivered fresh anound tho village and vicinity every day. A good' stock of BREAD, BUNS AND CAKES Always on hand at onr bakery, good, fresh and cheap for cash. NO CREDIT GIVEN, Except to prompt-paying monthly cus tomers, I All kinds of Produce taken in ex change for iroods. Weight for weight given in bread ju exchange for flour. WEDDING & FANCY CAKES Made to order in ; the shortest possible notice, and satisfaction guaranteed. i N.15. All goods are warranted pure aa nothing but the best of material- is used. The patronage of the public is respectfully solicited. " , L'.jfJALU>\VAY BROS. Acton, Aug. JVlSTG. UNDERTAKl'MCi . tFhe undersi^rncii beg^ leave .to inform thjj'people oj Acton aud vicinity that lie ifill furiiish all ' ' ~ Requisites in Undertaking on short notice anil reasonable terms aa can be liid " j Hturst Sttjiplied irlicn 'Desired.' Also'tbat he will Fit up Stores & Offices in the best, style. Show Cases, Book Cases and Dc*ks ma<te to onl,er. . FUliXJTUJlE HEP AWED. Shop on Willow street, near Main st. .P. M. McCAXX. . ' -rlcton, March 20, 187(1 39-Gm :QTEAM - Carriage & Wagon WOIIK.S, -- Main Street, - Acton. ^JllEAP BREAD FOR THE MILLION S. & E. NXCZLIH Reg to announce that they have secured the services of a First-Glass Baker, and that tneir Baking business is now in full operation, in the premises owned by Jfrs. Hanna. Bread will be delivered 'daily at the houses in the village and vicinity. .Weddinsr Gakes, 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, &c. The patronage of the public is res pectfully solicited. ' ,. _u .. , '._ B. & E. ^ICKLIN. i^lcton. Fell. !29, 1S7C G lELPB ARMORY, 1LTOX , !. M PifAHING- MILLS. i. H. MITOHFiLr Manufactureri of Sash, Doors, Blinds, Mould- intts, Door and'Window Frames, Pickets, eta '; . Platting, Scroll Work and Matetixng -. 'iJont to Order,-?-. O" Blinds 39 cent* per foot. H*. , .411 work delivered in jlcton free. Orders left at. Secord Bros, will be promptly attended to. ' - . Milton, June 6, 187G. I- . 50-Jy Jp TROLLOPE C1IAPMAN, Practical Bookbinder* AH" Descriptions of Binding JNeajtly Executed. MICHAEL SPE5GIIT, , General . Blacksmith, Cafriage and Wagon-maker. Best Horae-SJwcrg in the County. Perfect satisfaction guaranteed or no priceieharged. , n person's faults, Pray don't firgot your o'jvu ; Remember, thoso with.homes of filasB, Should floldclm throw>a stone ; If wo have nothing oJ*o to tlo But talk of tjhoao who gin, '.Tig butter wo bommenco atihomo, Aud from 'that poiut begilu Wo have no.rJght to'judge a man Until he's fairly tried ; ' ' Should wo not like his company, We know tljc world .is Wide, - Some may havjo faults aud who havo hot t Tho old ns well as young,. Perhaps wo may- for aught wo know; Havo fifty' to thoir one. ' I'll tell you of a hotter planj And ons that works full well ; I try my own defects'to. cure ' Before of others tell ; tW hW^ti And though I Botnotimos h(>po to Xo- worso tlian some I know, My own sliortcnminga bid jno lot The faults of others go. bo Then lot us all when we conttnenoo ; To slander friend or foe, j Think of the harm one Word may do To thoso who little kuowj; Remember, curscjs, sometimes, liko , Our chickens, riost at home ; Don't speak of others' faults until We have nono of our own. THE POWER OF KINDME8S. my ti> beta dhe m& Gunsmith, Silver-Plater, &c, WisluM to inform the public that he has removed to Joshua; Newland was aw'akoned ono night.by a strange noise in the room occ't^|>ietl by him as a bleeping iipuituient; He urotisod hiinself, eat up hi bod, nnd discovered a muu in the net of ransacking the drawer of n bureau for plunder. " Friend,"jsaid Josliua, " tbia an iinscusohiblo intrusion, mid would bo-justified in huving you punished tor it; but fii-st I ^yish' to talk with yon a little. | Come and bit bj- me vbile. I tisk'iyou.u few questions." : The man vas frightened, but Lis ainuzenient alt such treatment from the gentleninn ho was attempting to rob was beyond expression, His fn-st impulse! poiuted to flight, but the benevolent J countenance ' of" Josliua reassured Jiiui, uu'd hii drew near the bedside and sealed himself; J' I wish ti> ask you,' began the worthy gentleman, " why you en gage ill u pursuit so liiiz<trdous ns this, when the rewards of honest labor -are so remuuerativtj'und so well assured]" :- 'i - " Because^" replied the man, " I can find no honest employment." " Tut, tut] sir ; speak' Urn truth or not at all. There is plenty of woik for those who wish to labor, and every man that is blessed witli health can readily earnj anrhpnest living fof himself and family. Have you. no trade V "I served riiy time with a gun smith, sir, but have not worked as a journeyman for .several years, ex-J cept " " Go on," said Jos.hua, " except whatr ; '}'." ; " "Sou- will think none the better of me for tho explanation." "Perhaps not! bu^ certainly none the worbe. You owe me a little confidence for the breach of decorum in which I have this night detected you, nnd you must tell me the truth. . Tell uie all, and then if I can do you a favor I will." .7 ",r" ' 'en in kipd- ingdrs. fewland 11! t of P" Hatch's Block, Kext door to. Tyson's Butcher Shop AMMUNITION FOB AX.L BREECH LOADING ASMS. Flrst-ClaM Plow* ami Collard'* Patent Iron Uarrows always on hand. A epaO. stock of Carriages and Wagons, Repairing promptly""and prpperly at.'l tended to. "Acton, July IS, 1876. Ely <fc Kynocb's Cartrldye CaReii and" *Cap8: for ro-limdlDe same. Re-londers,. ,'titc-cappers. .Cap* Electors, Curlers, and Creasors, Cleaning Rods, and all articles necessary for a Hportsman's outtlt. All sorts of. Repairing 'and Jobbing executed on the Bhonest notice at ACTON ]' PLANI&G Gtielph, ^pri!27, 18yG. ' aCSRR MILLS ANJ5 - 4-teouni Booh of aUMndt Made to " ; ' . lr&r. A ' $ \____________ ' ,^Hlin Promptly Attended'to. Bt?DiEy Qoelil, '.". .-^"Orders left M: the Fm Peh f*c will receive prompt attention. SES?_5--*oo. P. ROWKhL & COV *bhiSS!^. .^ for Pampnlet of JtBpaee, *5ES!,D^ih11 *T 8000 newspapersTwid '"nMBfsaow Ipg cost oradertmng. Pntnp, Sash, Door, and Blind Factory. " -'- THOMAS EBBAGE, :~. Mantifaeturer'of Winiow Sasi,- j Dobj?sr ; Venetian Blinds Iffouldi^ge,. And other Building Requisites , _, , Aleo Maker of IJfPSOVED STXCTX01T PUMPS "Lumber Planed and Dcegsed to order in tlie best manner. , to say ex- al- VCTON- ' LIVERY & SALE STABLE ; J. P. ALLAN Takes pleasure in announcing to the public generally that he-ts prepared to furnish Fixst-elABt Sorses and Oarrlasres ! At Reasonable Rates. . His Bigs and Horses are the best that can be had, and be Is determined not to be surpassed by any City Btable. Acton July 1st, f876. '. All work guaranteed. Acton, '3 an 1870. j - I - .:-7"' : aUBSCttlBE FOB THE ACTON FREE PRESS, r- - - Only One Dollar a Year; d>c 4.-. <JOl^ per "day at homo PJ UO p<av/ Sumples- worth $1 free. Stinson <t Co., Portland, Maine. d1 O a day at home. AcontR wanted, **>J-'fa Outfit and terms. fx< " JCQ, fttiav at home. Outfit and teu Auffustdj Maiiia. ?ee. IBUE.4 The words were spoki riess, Und the burglar responded!by nerving him jelf for.what he viewed' an jmportanb revelation, - " Well, I was going cept in iienitentiary." j " So you have been there ready 1" " Yes." ; " For burglary V \ " No. sir.'T. "Tell nm all about it, man. What crime did you',com*fait that consigned you to a prison 1" "None whatever, sir." ' "That is| not the truth. It is simply ' impossible 'that you were incarcerated; if you' had not offend- ;ed against the law." ' "I swear that I speak the truth. I was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary for a crime I did not commit, and that I did Inot know hadjbeen committed liy any one till I was arrested for it. 'I was a decent man then > that J am no longer such I do not view aBtny own fault" . " Did an unjust charge-and pun ishment' necessarily make a bad man of you i" ;-,|.... . " I will tfell you the facts in my case/" and llien you can judge more | understandbigly. I had finished my apprenticeship a:cording to' agreement, | and was making ar- rangemente| to go into business on my own acdount.: My means were limited, but-1 had mar aged, to save a few hundred dollars : and the. girl I wast engaged. to: marry, badj the same'amount. We calculated yory closely, and found that econ omical management would enable us to commence business ana house keeping in: humble style' without going!in debt. I engiged a small shop, bought some tools/and had matters arranged for bi siness, when we decided to marry. Wo indulged Wa little tnp to Louisville,-where '^ve stopped | only three days; and re- turn^t-very liappy j ft r we had no ipprSien8i6n of evil, and certainly for us on our arrival in C; We had scarcely reacl when I was arrested for ceny. The stolen goods v|i iu my Shop, but how there I j know not; and before God that it is n mo yet. ; "Tho evidence was a standii!,, but it was twisfeci! torSed into what appcarec chain, titid I was convic I. thoroughly realized it. dollar of our savings. had I hausted , in efforts for r and my [wife was forced her- own support. H friends deserted her^ was the Iwife of a convic^. was often in distress for! saries of life; but the her miseries came whon herself tjio mother of a Luck of f nourishment! a did the fatal work, and days aft^r hor confinemenjt borne to a humbfe grave, little darling cold upon tl that should have, given strength." ; The man bowed his his hands j and the teanj rapidly through his fi his strong frame was con| heavy Bobbings. N were not dry, and several! passed without a word fi<j The would-be burglar at fium'cd : " I served out my full it is but just to aay that! enced better trciltinent irj tiary than I have outside since I left that . instil; few days before recciviuij charge T resolved I.wouf turn to Cincinnati, but into the world where m"j was ' unknown,'] and trade like an honest man. neyed as far as Pittsburg! tained a situation there aj shop at which I uppli> worked but little more tl however, when a man ni din, who was a journeyu shop where I learned came along and applied to| for u job. He ajipeared vj dissipated, and seumed j covering from the effects so his application Was ret he had seen me iu the probably to console hi in ill luck, denounce! me as bird,' at the same time aggerating the offence I declared guilty of. , ' 1 was immediately aud the boss said to me would be doing but the to withhold uiy wages, asj for having imposed upon honest! mam ! He called cally thief,' and hinted sooner I left the city the would .be for my safety. discouraging enough, and knew which way to travel serious thought it occur that my best plan, after be to go back to Cinci a strict, honorable lite down the false char my character. " I arrived here! months ago, and at| onl employment at my tiladej,! driven from every shop i I then attempted to e"pga other pursuit, and -evehi ploy.ment . as a comnioii' but various accidental with former.aequaintarjca ed to disclose the fact tih discharged convict, and I denied'even the most jployment. How I hav4 is amysrery to myself,! fact that I have not|t one good wholesome mei return to Cincinnati, gress, who- was my during, my apprentices!!!], something like a dinnei ago, and since ' then il taBteS 'food. Breaking house is really my firs' crime, as God shall arid starvation alone gi this. I lejoicej that Iinji that I did not ttccoropUslJ: nal .purpose, for now I can lie down And die in] (having told my tale to and a believing h^artj^inj consciouBneBS that, w[ be the verdict of the innocent of positive criwk , you if Joshua, " out now," he "you shall-fast no ldn^i near morning,! so I. -m| dress, and we'll take up for the'future .over an tncinnati. >ed homo irarid Jar re found came X'declare ery to ;circum- and dis- ia perfect cd I bsfore The last been ex- (hpfenco, labor for former use she and she he neces- iiuiux of found l^aby boy. nursing a few: she was fvith the at i breast life and dnly ead ujion trickled; while uised by! 8 eyes ruomonts in either, erigth re gime, and i oxperi- jpeuiten- its wulls ^,ion. A my dis- ut not re- go! away disgrace at my I jout- , and ob- tho first ... :r&Rd a a, week, ied Har- n in the ly trade, the: boss lery much then re el 4f a CT?a til cinnn ti. emir ie ,jpi il ea I wjasli' vha .H -i ;^li Aot-imi|gine what! |was in.store! in him. fast. [You. hud .a pcM your time of life, my frji am sure there jis better! store for you.". Pooir John Mc Mas come lit such.an exhibition erosity^or it disclosed tho human heart'lie bud! fore viitnosBed, and he sberls of joy!; but Joshua w^ij)b ly to.'jyork'to feed arid new subject of his -h was convinced of thej and s^w a promising a spreo, sed. But lop, aiid, foil his * prison tly -4ir iadi been dfed :hn.rged; jthut ;he t thing a penalty |iim as un a ' rae- that the better it This Was I scarcely ; but after to me would and by of life, against iritf me rid 1? ! alio *ui # btit These events happened in the! second" year of the war of the rebel-.i lion, and before breakfast was over,1; MoMasters'. patron suggested to him the finest opportunity to regain the reputation so unjustly niched frojn him could bo found in the service of his country. . He declar ed himself anxious to enlist, and in thfoo or four days subsequent to his attempted burglary he was en rolled as a private in an Ohio regi- mol it. . The real gist of this sketch is in its sequel, and it is more than usu ally interesting for the lesson it j teaches. TJie man w&o was falsely ' accused, unjustly convicted and sub jected to a punishment that threat ened to stamp him with everlasting disgrace, proved to be bnrye and trustworthy when trust Was reposed in him \ and within twenty months from the date of his enlistment-rose through the different grades iri rapid succession to th< i rank of cap tain of a ^company. Afc; the close of tha war lie leturned, with scores of honorable scars aid minus an arm, to attest to his service in the cause of the Union ; but he had es.tablislied a claim su [>erior to that., tlie highest patent 'of nobility can bestow, and lie is respected accord ingly. He is to day a revenue offi-. cer in one the most flot irisning cities of a sister State. Had Joshua Newla ad. raised .an ' alarm on the night of the attempt ed burglary, and banc ed John Mc- Moster over to tlie officers of the' law, he would have added one more to the hordes! of vagal ones that in fest our land; but by course he secured a cruit to the "ranks of ship, for which act he an exceedingly great i(ewai-d 1-0, had and li their The GraWgcrs as ilercharits nsurance ur friends the Grangers hayd tennvention ind have h^rdiri'a^[ess'from thel^6-' all ^e ^VT^S** ^ President, 11 report from the Secre-. tary, and tl e usual amount of: talw and speech -rliakingl more or less' sensible, and! sutiuble to the object by which" they profess jto be bound together.; i But orie-thjpg strikes us tjiey ,will. iceobiplish 'some- good. Uut this notiorilpf going-into -trade'., U a perfect "wiil-ry-thewisp." It was born of "agitators and stump orators on the other tide, and there it ought, to havi' been sViffered to're- main. ;.* - j - .'- : I. ' ]; -.1 11 If the /armers of the 'Westeirn , n i i j ! .... | Slates like to try their hand at sel- TB ^ ^th I*' fc ^e^ne ling grain on commission in Chieu^ - ^hing that f e find an ertW absence , ^ ^ ^ 8}ieediir find, ': a8 hundereds of others' haye "found, as most singular in th is gathering. ] The "Domikijori Crrangjj'r are "Pit-' ;to, is tint very bus-, they p'r jfess to pat- a contrary Valuable re- good citfzen- shull receive What an Old Mild Thinks AboutIu It does make,me Uugh, and I can't help it, to hear n arried peojile pity old' maids, never thinking for one moment bow old maids might pity the married womajn: ' -. sho.. hasnft any bus- she hasnt fy chil- ut four ie sought and was i the city. *e in some ight em- laborer j Encounters s con tin u- I was a have been' nlieriial-' em- Bubsisted it is a taken of since my old ne- erwoman , gave me two days have nqt into, this Attempt at ;e me j me to here, and ni^origi- eeLthat T happiness filling ears tho^ sweet tever may rid, I am J An jitdgd a ied Oh, no 1 Poor soul, bond? Poor dear, dren I ! . . It's so very, very Of course it is, poe-tically j but don't you ever pity a woman for not marrying uulil you are [quite sure what sort of |a man she hasn't mar ried, j . I I've kiripwn a broken engagement or two that really were- Isubjectsof congratulatioln. . ... ;_ . There isn't any other time when a woman feels so like feeling of her shoulder blades to see whether the wings have sprouted as when she has slipped the' wrong man's ring off her finger and feels that she'll never bear the brunt of his hateful temper, or-pqi ui* with his neglect, or grow old before her time, because of his unfaithfulness when she stands free again and ready for the right man to:come along. I suppose a woman never feels quite certain > that the right man won't come all her life. However, , we're talking of old maids and the people who pity them. If yon get ;an adoring husband, ready to cherish, and protect yon while life lasts, you're ceitainly a happy woman ; but how- many do ? One out of fifty, perhapsi. It is a lottery with a few lucky members, and even an old maid doesn't bitterly envy a woman with a mean or quarrelsome, or a neglect ful husbarid-^-a Woman who.is left alone with her cares, a woriian who is a slave, riot a wife or even always that falls to the lot of the bestJovod wife on earth. There is peace and rest in life when one is one's own mistress^ at all events. When I hear worn-out, worried ma titonB.pitying single wo men I often ] feel like JaughiDg.- American Pvpcr. ' , ' of refererici bandry. wbi|eh| onize. One would; imagine "tlhat an asso ciation for the good of the furmrng communityi' when it hefd its annual gathering, would discuSs snch sub jects as would tend to the improve ment of their, own -sj>edial business. "" ' ' ' 'way with other petiple ., Jjumerbmep sometimes have.a gathering, and tbey talk about timber, ^licenses,] bush fires, crown land, over production, and such matters ns belong U> the tirade. Grain merchants sometimes get together and discuss-such mat ters as. inspection, storing, stand ards, forwarding, Tateit of freight, and what nor,-all/being, riiatters of daily importance in their business. But.here we have had the singu lar1'spectacle of a large jgathenug of fanners ( deluding niiny farmers' wives) and ;he one thing: they did Ttot talk abc ut was" faimirig. The subject is Bure.iy not exhausted There nrust be Various, degrees of iiitellige neo and prac ;ical know ledge in su( b a fathering, and one would think tha4.the well instructed and experienced farmers might im- j part a wririile of "two ]to their less fkvored brethren,. Certainly,- farm irig has not arrived at such - a pitch of general excellence amopgst us that 'when agriculturists meet to gether they have not a word, to say about stocklraising, so'?8> manures, rotation of crops, idraiiing, daii-y- farming, exhkiistion o:'} Boils and such like, why even in-England!, which is fifty j years ahtad of us inT fanning,^there has lieeni- immense! improvementiduring th 3 last twenty years, and the ;spirie". if }mpi'6ve;. meht is abroad still, so it js bo'youd all doubt', in Canada ;. ^>ur: farhiers are full of it-j,Taken a^ a class they areas much pent on improvement and progress jits any class of men to be found_ in-ithe jworlji. Put we again repeat i t is an e ssively odd thing that in these, grange gather ings siich practical!sub ects are ta booed, and.that-the wl ole time for discussion is taken up arith things that belong-to i auotlto- 8|>hcre of action altogether.! Ii it because ladies are pr^kerit. that there is so much , gushing ' eenlirr e:nt and so little practitSjl^sense-? It may beso^ yet if we read human ri iture aright, we fancy the fartners' wives and daughters -would be veil pleased enough to hajve a -little talk about practical matters that pome within their own sphere. It 'is said if any man would pros per in business he mjust ask his wife's consent. This is true enough of all business, but it is most par ticularly .true of the wives .-of far in er& What with, the uutter, and of, the eggs, and the cheese, ,and the poultry, and ail tie otl|er work that \ lies immediately round! the bouse, lesponded continued, i(;er.! It is y as well ^ome plans ly break-. show for end, and I fortune in Was over- of gen "phase of never be wept tears.^ vigorous | clothe this for he n)an's truth, of good Tfyi fi'.TIIflTl etm. Rich Without Sfoney. Many a man is rich without money. Thousands. of men with nothing in their pockets, and thou sands without even.a pocket, are rich. A. nran born'with a good, sound constitution, a good stomach, a good heart and good limbs, and a pretty good headpiece is -richi | Good bones are better than gold ; tough muscles than silver j and nerves that flash fire, and carry en ergy to every function, are better than bouses and land. It is better than -landed estate to have the right kind of a father and mother. Good breeds and bad breeds exist among men as really as among hards and horses. Education may".do .much to check jevil tendencies, or to de velops gojpd ones; but it is-a graafe thing- to I inherit the right.propor^ tion of faculties to start on. The man is rich who has a good dis|>osi- tion-^who is naturally hind, pa tient, cheerful, hopeful, and who has a flavor of wit jmd fun iri his composition. .' . "---U----.----"^ ..'---:------- What w the worth >0f worniin.?-^ Poublejou P.iuan. wives aad danghtersbf farmers have a t>usy time of it fix en one Ke'w: Yearns, end'to. another-. One of the most famous chai-acter 3 in a famous ]work ef fietioip a far ner's wife^-, is reported as,"boastanf that every thing about the place Dirght to b6- pong to her, for Bbe,:,madeJ One-half and saved i.tbe other, j There are plenty of connteqiartsi -'in <3anada: Now, why in the nam 3 of common sense, could tbei net liave ."been some reference to lie work of a [farmer's wife in the President's ad- idress 'or | Se cratary'S r< ipbrt ? ArVhy, 'could they not have liad-a diBcns- sion about poultry or biittewnak ing? No (ine"ean possibly pretend that farmers' wives hive nothing- sto learn about bntter-i taking, when our whole product of I Utter; fetches some fOcehts per lb. less :than- it ought to- do solely bee ituse of its in ferior quality. But for anything that appears in these Clrarige.rpro- iceedings, fijtrrneiV wiyss have noth; ing to do but sit in ths parlor and 'costs Hen. in Toronto; infercouise. Tbey havo plenty! of opportsinHies'o^ doing both during winter,, and if Granges set this forth as a practical, object to! be kept iri that in amajority of instances it is a losing game. Trade has its special risks and special chances,.:but -for .' men to have th4 slightest chance of \\. doing-well in it'theymustgive their i- brain,'mind and time wholly to it.%. .-. That is, they miist ceafee'to be any thing else^ tbey. cannot be both farmers and grafn inercbatits.. The only-possible way_ iu which the~ Grange schemes;'cin be carried put is for some~6f their number to give l^j) farming and atferrd entirely to the receiving, storing: and forwarding of grain. But if they ~&o this, in what^_ possible respect iwJulil tij^y-differ from the merchants withi'siom the fkiiniers'deal now ? S:ictrnien must . live, they miiat either have a Salary, a commission, or trade on their own account. It doei(-not hratter one. straw to our argnment, which mode of rerruinerattoii; is, wilbpted, for ie ... will.come to aboufr the. same thing . in the end. Thefarnier aunndi po&- 8ilJ{y reach the consumer tcithoitt the" intervention o/^bme body who^^vdt . a farmer j and ibis person, CAlinira -- whatever you i>lease, is nothifig more or less than a middleman. . Similarly witri insurance. Is it; ; to. be pretended that a great "Farm-" ers' - Insurance: Goropany % can be - -1 managed except by men devoting their whole tine-to it? and-are these mejj to- {;iveu their time for nothing J If a large amount of capi tal is subscribe 1 iome $350,000 wasjattmed in the secretary's report - are those Who subscribe tiffe Capi tal to have no .iuteiert' for :it f Tlf.' ~ an insurance company is organized - and'does any thing . like the exten sive business tne Grangers, d'rean* of,' will riot suitable jbS3s be re- : required, and cari preriifses be liad. "Without paying rent aud taxes-l ', ;i Now if any ffirmer- will quietly -.. sit: down and ada together the it&ma 3f interest on capital, remuneration - j ofiieei-s, rent and taxes on iirfeni- . ises, with other expenses absolutely necessary in carrying oh either this "r- or any other business he will firitl ' tliiat the Grangers company will . baye to,charge tie same rates that i Any other company does; . Othor - ^ompaiiiea do no more than "pay eat- j^rises, arid interest on capital, lay' iug by iu addition, ^ reasonable sum to provide against contingen- ' cies. ; This latter a Grangers^insur-?" aiice coriipiny must do, or it.-vKll : some day stop payment '.. t ' .. ' The truth is theseGrange-schemes- of' trading, and! insuring are,mere folly. -Eahners have nobnsiriess with thpm. There ai-e abuntliujce : of things iri which combinations of; farmers can do; griod, and notably'/ in the improyeriient of farming jt-'.- selfj1 A! farmer sells-"Lis" produeb; for-cash. Many farniers'coukl burf for-cash -too, if: they: wished.. LeV;- them try the differeiice betweea ,-. htuying for cash 'and tie ordinary Vi___ ___Ti -: -.a to say nothing of carink fer the food i 36ng ewsdit sysfcem, ana they Will^ and clothing of tie Ifamiiy, the[;find_ quite as greats Saying as they can possibly effect "in the long ru* by- bu)-irig at-:!a ;gran^fe stoii^.- Monetary Times. - v play the piano. There is an air of unreality Aboiit: thet whole affair ; : with the sole exceptio i of an insann ;desir tOng'o into l^rge trading, and insurance operations, th which far |. mere uie as snreto" g it' their "tin- gers burrtel" as the sun is to shine to inorrow. ... What a isuliHe *nbn- senseitiis for a. prat :tical: man to stray into the realm Of the'-jlogy, quote a learned father >f the elmrcb, babble about "unity it, things essen tial, and charity in al things." In such a connection, am I at such time j such talk- is downrjgh; "bosh.,, It is desirable "no doijibt for farmers, and farmers wives ito* i, to' imprdve their minds and t6 cjiltiyate-sociul Canadian Lise Stock in Ene-' -;."' .':^-'U llheJAveppodf'Daify'iPdsi of the . 12th inst.,'lias jthe foHowings The . Canadian supply of meat is about; to be supplemented'.by large sup plies^ muttQrij and we are: clad tO: hear (that the. first consignin^nt of l569t beep wepeifaiidedyesteifday in _'j :first-(lass order; irom the Steamer Lake Megaatir>J They were ship- -: peE f -oni 'Guelph, .Ontario, .and are , 'of-ex sellent igtialityi 'kre.& from pure' English -stoek, imported "from- Xbis icountry at groat 'estpense.= The flrade for the past few years, from Cana la to the United States Las . averaged' net much lass than half a millic n sheep )>er Vcunum, and upon these it miiBt bo borne in mind a duty of. twenty per, cent is levied - _ i a suiBcient si|toiinttb defray ait bf transport, ^cc,'!to. the Eng- liah .'market. Tlie Dominion steam er > Q lebep "arriyediyesterday witk thirtj-t^glit. !vuluable ihorsesi niiion^st them some very fine J triatelicd teams ,pf carriage> horses and liir.teis. The Braver Line steamer Lake Cliumplaiu arriyedia the : Mersey yestei-day.' from. Mon- hftvirigxiri board thirty-seven!'. ... _ of niie fat cattle,"six horses,? -and five hindred and seventy Cana dian i heep the sheep ore the first ted into this country from Canada, and bavs-^rrived in first- rate condition. ' S ho is- -^ -- A man always feels put out w taken in 1' m