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^ AY IODS. m ch t>*W >dsia |a* *&dr IS X. * Yhm *J*> ^cs/.v/r-s^ CAJwg. . , TIT 3HT. A>M*fe, McRH*>rftColl*g*orihvghclans aB9Bleon^-"Mtt.tSrKICKt .Top ' Mock of M brown*. MackW "J colon- teaaon *<* adies. you I buy Jur' fceatn>sof 1, mink _ * variety, pobe*. *e. . * trade m tins rpartt' I tl; fiW VI and tee "-goods. complete ^y, White, >hs, and Terjr twed upon 1 .E NG CO. lrdlMS of _/ just tii* id jp -to 59 L J" I 5 j cent*; at*. ,25.' l t i, Tew^r loedfrcW^ cents. JED,- DE. R. MORROW* l>h>si ctan. Surgeon, Ac ol K<>lle\iu> Ool- laM.Se* Yort.anotlr-slnitto ol Vfi-torln OMNPi Canada. Cwn<uli!\t|on" (?"- - XnKuy*Kn<i KrivivK. from '>. n k a. Residence \Vo<t Howcr Jcrox ^ IPSfJSii^ t' ** The Acton Free ACTON, ONT., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1876. J^OMIMON IA-1 'N BiKERY* HARNESS SHOP. , tllU ilreel, TIMES MATTHEWS. Cbn* * veymncer tsyuarof .M&rs-iKKetilceusea, ftamsAler, (uvgrance \cut, jlooejrio Ix^un, Agopt Montreal graph C_ C enctcoortn 44Mslrn Joja. la Q. B , .tc^. acm i>\i HENDERSON. Couvev- life Asnra'toe Co. LVeiN, Mnrjcfi a*, jwepared n<* lVjprofniHlj co^rteilj aad *e re>iaib!o term*. Ttrouov . J Tele- Court, E. K. COOK Having purchased the stnik and good will of the business lately tarried on bj Mr .1. F Demp'WN, begs to announce- to the mhtlntnnU of Acton and v icmitj th-it he will continue tho harness busi ness m tho same premises, Old Post Outre Building, Mill Street, Acton, where he is propved to turn out vv ork j aecotnl to none in tho-Dominion, Iwinga lirac^ical TVorkinin of considerable ex iiirn'i v ' pmfu>.e All work done promptly and is cheip is the cheipest- On hand a lirgil and ^vi 11 scleitut htock of Loin OB-1 Morl ie -t^unty Olutow 41ouk. ^eiou. to Othce 1 n irf rv. Horse 'Blnuket*. I >>1 hips, Bnithri, Cotul'K. Trunk <, Jte. T ^I.MiTHESON, IttoJiu-v Mr 9 V-Lrfiw, Sol ci or iu 1 l incerj, Jfe OSBee Cora^raf Main and Church A PPLEB6 & SIHPSOV _^jl Baixiters.(jj.iiornej otiLilr. smi- -ieiuirv Jo Chuicer\, Oomejaneelr-- il4A Sins!, <^i&JEG*Tx.>w> r> 1c TIT"*. HJDI.4W. BarrMer. yy w ,.^.lii>tllewjJ-Uiv bullrninr in _ ..-.. --------- ---------- .t. rv- Snj 81XTHJ1 , MJJ'iixt. Main \!r>i I lillum Offleo irl 1 La uud^r ll-t> inia!jt>- flient of i> W -Cimpbcll. u I >Ir Im'- ojUT wl>l atu-nU at Live iliiioa Oaic*." ja Friday of w'iTrril; I ^ Ropairing prouiptl\ attonded-ro 1 E K COOK. Acton, Stpt 2G, ISTti H EHR1 L. DRAKE. SLEIGHS. INSCK l>rt IGEVT. Ct ELPIL AjTeni for tb* Mercart Ie UUI bosiue*> ek-troiMi-ii luti!^ ca-e ^i KtiihtCUy eIUsmJo: 10- Outers b\ mail UoUeited. H.L.DR\iCi: ITJATEXTS for IXTEXTIO>S -iiiieJiUoasly jnd proi>erl> s^currd *4oCBatlJ,ltel.niU:iiMu:es mdii^rope. jPaSeai ciarante-Kl or 00 charge snd Arpnmff<iln>:ruct'aii-- Ag>nc> til opti- VictenXcar> HEN'tH C1.I-T, Ott-.-wa, Canada, MbJllcal Engire^r, *o.ld.or of P* ilenu'aQd I>raugiii^idun. > Tl^ILLIAM WATiUNS, I [Mwmr Harriase lJeeaM t C erliO-ritci, j Bj Kos'ai \p,omtmen.j B^iae46 pinole ai d coujiUli ai iiOee at U.e PosC OSlce, Wti-Wihiaia, 'barniins /Joa^ty tla ton I = Sow\ u the tnno to leave Jonr order an'"a'Krio. - At J- Bydor^Faotorv for a Stylish fntt^r or Serviceable Slelsh. I Mr -rnaldng op a large stock for tho raining season, from tie best material. Cji7 nuJ &*z uxr Haiul+ohte Cut/eu: My jreaeat stock of SUGGIEB AND WAGONS srjll be sold eff <rery vheap. SCtiw tk ood tune to secure Cheap Brcnd. GALLOWAY BEOS. ARE STILL AHEAD, And we intend to keep so with our Superior Bread, jBuns, and Cakes, Delivered fresh around tho \illago and Mcimtj every daj A good stock of BREAD. BUNS AND CAKES Ahvajs on hand at our bakery, good, fresh aud cheap for cash. NO CREDIT GIVEN, Except to prompt-paying monthly cus tomers All kinds, pf Produce taken in ox- change for Roods. Weight for tight given in bread in exchange for flour. WEDDING & FANCY CAKES Made to order in tho shortest possible notice, and satisfaction guaranteed. K,B All goods arc warranted port as nothing but the best of material is used. The patronage of the public is" respectfully solicited. GAI-1L0WAY BKOS. Acton, Aug 0, 1676. 31 RS. S. CSKTEii- and Frrncti, t.^'K ch sirtet. Act in Strict attention jues to ZoxfiA-s&ceiiiff & Croacaal Blasfe- saiitMnp. o LIYES LOZ*ER, Plasterer, j Action, Sept JAMES HY&XR. iaj<s Usleri" an i Roi j 5tt tanel reison^ble 2od rOa>^atetiJ ;u-c-i>tip<: done *.n i-rm- Ai.arU~lJC- UNDERTAKING. * E^NICKLIV, Propnetorj J'lour ajad teed ai^**i_*> on hand vlinie- Ml UJ reui l-i~"ing an . Chej,j .31^ LUii.. Ciii or a' kiUisc'C'- ^-T K^*X HOtfit. Act<v. Close loth G T f li'WOT &tn. <iii f&xcelieninccommaJa n. 11 for ttit ti \ti dlntpublie; 1H'J~. 1-iMi BELL 1 rvpr. DOIl.\li BttTEL, Aetojx,, Bobert ^grenr, "ro} nevor.Th'- $x* Hotel la ntei up in are_-claj.i tj-le JtriUi ne^ fnrruture. CommercUl TraTelle^s^I^1 tiz.d ko^kI arcommoiaCcj* t and eotsraoJiotL-. Sample Booms, spaclai I ja-tutK>n pal 1 to tii^sfcaui*; oj the tra.ve - ; jhaiTiablic, Barsu'ppie' wjli mq be-'l taquorsaud Cjgar tooi ^ ibucg aid allow t a>es. Book Attentive Ho-tle^- , " 1 , -------------------- . _ b^ule to order. Ta. und.r ic"i d lw^s lea"e to mf.irra tht peopli in Vttoj and iiciu.tj tkntiu; will iurni^h aii Requisites in Tiidertuning on shvrt votiee asd reasonable tnrirs as can be iad JfcaT.t Saj'jihtd tr-ktM Bt*h^L Jso thrt he will Fit up Stores & Offices in the best stjle. ' QI1EAP BREAD FOR THE MILLION B. & E. NICZLIN Beg to announce thit the\ h^ e secured the ber\ices of a First-Class Baker, and that their Baking business is now in full operation, in the premises ow ned by Jtfra. Hanna. Bread will be deh\ ered diiK at the bousea in the village and \ tciuity. Weddinsr Cakes, Tea Cakes, Pastry. Buns, &c, made in the very l>eit manner, and kept -vlwaj s on band, good and fruh Also oil kinds of Confectionery, Biscuits, Cheese, &c Tiie {.itronage of the public is res pectfully solicited. f atu ud Dealt* w M. UE38STJBEJEX, - Licensed Auctaoneer foi the Counties of ellirgton and 'Jitil- *oa. orders l^n a" the 1-pi.e Pitj> lOfllee, Acion, or at mr reMdifnce, in oekwo-xi. will bepiotn-p'Ji acttudej'to. Yerms reasonable t I * - ptRE H1LK. : *ne nndereigsed be?s to tha^k bis cm- iomerefor the liberal prtronage re<j,1i\ed Aaxknz the past '.umin^r, nrd wonjd ^ ii -^bat he is ni>w prtfttred t**snppi\ anad- iditio.ial number of m-uimer^ with gooJ, ^tmufreali mru: -d^iivererl evtj\ tw m- inc, and twice s. 1$. ob *t5tmdv^F P.ir^ tl-WhD ]u^pxfria u>liii_] ll it.ii.h cheaper aDd I"s* cr ju ^'^tosei miiKfJcfH *ered at their dorr-, and Lh<-> wonld do SreliCo^ellthfircoirs-iii 1 bJJ I'l^ltmi ft "Twenjy-one quart t c-e s f r <1 ll P id in advance, or iwe-i.!\-om pirt tickets tott> cents y - ^.iMSIRO>iy. Aqtoti, Kov-.10'h,JLS7j FURX17 CME REPAUtED. "fclup on W illt street, uear Mara st P M McCAXX Aeton. March 20L 1S7G 39 6m OTEAJI Carriage & Wagon Haia 5irt, * Acton. MICIHEIASPEIGHT, General Blacl^smith, Carriage \\ agon maker Bat Jlor.eSliocis in the Coznty, and PLAOTNa MILLS. tr - ^ R. MITCHELL, ilanufacture.r of ' *ash, Donb 3Iinds. MqbW- Jogs* Dooe and window Frames, Pickets, etc. jCoktt to Order, " W Blinds 30 cents per foot. *E 4P wk dehrerti m ^leton freje. , Orders left at Secord Broa, wU l> ytuutpUjr attanded to. I M&on, June 6, lg7$. 50 I7 satisfaction guaranteed or no price charged. Finbtlass novrn and toilarf Patent Iron Oar/ova nllvayn on hand. A gsod stock of Carriages and Wagons. Repairing promptly and properly at iended to. Acton, July 18, I87& ACTON PLANING B. & Actan. Fell 23. 187 G E. >'ICKLI>' G IELPH ARtlORY, JOHN K1RKHAM. Gnnsmlth, Sil>er-Plater, &c, "'.Vish.es to inform tJhe public that he has 1 reaw.fid to 1 Hatch's Block, yeit door to T^boh'* Butcher Shop nEATH>.n I ronmod this morning far away, Among tho golden gorscs gay, That clotho tho moreland lono j A summor Bky -w as oyorhead, But whistling wind nnd leafage rod Showed Autumn's tint and tone. A homely perfumo, fresh nnd sweet, A roso wheno'er my wandering feet From thymo tufts shook the dew ; And through tho bracken'B flaming red Tlic harebell raised its dainty bead, Light, tremulous nnd blue. Afar, ancar, 011 every hand, A purple splendor clo'thod tho land ; Delight took all my breath To see now far tho moorland lay, Before me this September day, Decked \i ith tho bonny heath. I bared my forehead to tho brcezo, And straightway dropped upon my knees Among the purple flowers. My hard} blooms ; that springs aa free Beneath tho w ddest storms that be, As uudcr summer showers, A brown beo ca\ led me my place, Where fern and harebell touched my face, And buzzed abo\o me, around ; But on each heath-btU's purple lip Lay honey dew I longed to sip, And no 1 kept my ground. I did not seek to w rong tho bee, Hut these bright blossoms held for mo The honey of the soul ; Their olden fragrance, full and fino, At lioiiej sweet, as strong as -June, Began to mako mo w hole. I listened every purple bell A message had for me ; and w ell They spiko out, true and clear, And as 1 knelt upon the slope, Ouo whispered "Courage," ono said "Hope," And one bade " Cast out fear." And ono said, low 111 minor key, " Forget the past; 'tis good for thee To check these backward sighs." And ono said, in a firmer tone, "Uo boldl} forward, all is won If thou but grasp the prize " And one breathed softly, "(Jo in peace. True lo\e hath bid thy sorrow cease. And joj comes near at last" I rose, and said, with quickeued breath, "An angel dwells among the heath," And from the moorland passed. AWtTOTTZON 70S Alili BREECH , LOADING AKMS. Ely 4 Kjnoch's Cartridge CaseRjuid Caps or re loading same. He-loaders, Ke-cappers, Cap Ejectors, Curlers, and Creasors, Cleaning Kodfi, and all articles neceisary for a bportenraif soutflt AI? sorts of Kppalring and Jobbing executed on the shortest notice at Guelph, ,4pnl27, 1876. " MILLS I Alflr- J TROJuXOPE CHAPMAN, Jractical Bookbinder. 40 Descriptions r of Binding Neatly Executed. Mclfe. ; -Uif -UuotuU J}qo)j, of all Ktk&s Mtye to ~ .. , Order, >" SoMa^ProjnptlyAttejjdedto. -" tunnrmt. George's Squaw, ekelpli i oC^f" left at the Free JPkess receive prompt attention. S^JiL^5- i,'^- aowBtc i co. T?.i^.Yo.^k> ftr PMn Phlet oflOO paj?e, * newspapers, and fJffljUjJlng lists-of Pomp* Sash, Door and Blind factory. THOMAS EBBAOE, Maoufaotsror f Window Sash, - Doors, j Venetian Blinds Mouldings, And otherBnilding Requisites Also Maker of nrPEOYSD srroTioir ptrups LI VERY & SALE STABLE JT. P. ALLAN -Talus pleasure In announcing to the >ublU generally that he Is prepared to furaisb 7int-olM8 Horses aa& Oarriagoa At Reasonable Rates. His Rigs and Horses ore the best that can b had, and lie is determined not to be surpassed *>y any city Htable. Aoton July 1st, 1875. Lumbar Planed and Dreued to order in the beet manner. D67- All work guaranteed. Acton, Jan187. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE ACTON FREE PRESS, Only One Dollar a Year. $5 tO $20 Samples' worth $1 free, Stihsok 4 Co., Portland, Maine. d!10 ftday ftthomo. Agentswanted q>lZ Outfit and terms free. TKUE <* CO Augusta, Maine. THE JEWELLERS DAUGHTER. " You are too parsiipofiioiia, Henry," finid Mr Delancy to one df Ins clerks, us they were together in the counting house one morning. " Give rue leave to Bay that yon do not dress sufheiently genteel to ap pear as clerk iu a fashionable juwel- leiV" ' Henry's fuce was Biiffused with a deep blush, and in spite of his en deavours, to suppress it, a tear trembled on bis manly cheek. " Did I not know that your B.ilary was8iifficien.tt0 piovide more genteel hubiluuents," continued Mr. Deluncy, " I would increase it." " My ailiiiy is suffieiont amply suflicieat, f.ir," replied Henry, in a toice choaked with emotion, but wttfi that proud independence of feeling which poverty bad not been able to divest bim of. His entployer noticed bis agita tion, and immediately changed the eubject. Mr. Delancy was a man of great wealth and ample benevolence ; he whs a Widower, and had buc one .e hi Id, a. .daughter, who was the pndeofhis declining years. She was not as boautfful as an angel, nor as perfect as Venus, but the goodness, the ninoeenee, the iri- telligenee of her uund, shone in bei countenance ; and you bad but to becorao acquainted with, to a-d mire, to love her. " Such was (Caroline Delancy when Henry first beqamean inmate of her father's house*. No wonder, then, that he feoon worshipped at hershiine no wonder that he soon loved her with a deep and devoted affections f and, reader, had you known him, you would not have wondered that that love was soon returned, for their souls were con genial ; they were cast in virtue's purest mould and although their tongues never gavo utterance to what their hearts felt, yet the languages of their eyes was too plain to be mistaken. Henry was the yery soql of honour, and al though he perceived with pleasure that he was not indifferent to Caro line, be still felt he must conquer the passion that glowed in bis bosow. "i I mfist not endeavour to .win ner young heai V thought be ; " I am penniless, and cannot expect that her father would consent to our union. He has ever treated me with kindness, and C will not be ungrateful." ThiiR be rleasoned ; thus he he roically endeavored to subdue what he considered an ill fated passion. Cm oil no had many suitors, and some were worthy of her ; but she refused all their oveitures with a gentle, yet decisive firmness. Her father wondered at her conduct, yet would not thwart her inclination. He was in the decline oi life, and wished to see her happiness settled ere he quitted the 4tage of existence. It was not long ere he suspected that young Henry was the cause of her indi^erenoe to others; the evident pleasure she took in hear ing him braised, the blush that overspread their cbeeka whenever their e^ es met, all served to con vince the old gentleman, who had not! forgotton that he was once young himself, that they felt moro than a common interest in each I other's welfare. He forbore mak ing any r^maiks upqn the subject, but was not as displeased at the supposition as the penniless Henry wc uld have imagined. Henry bad now been about a yetir in hie employment. Mr. De lancy knew nothing of his family ; but his strict integrity, his irre proachable morula, his pleasing manners, all conspired to make hint esjsem him highly. He was proud of) Henry, and wished him to ap pear in drees, as well as in manners, as respectable as any persons in bis employment. He had often won- dejred at the scantiness of his ward robe; though he dressed with the most scrupulous regard to neatness, bis clothes were almost threadbare. Mr. Delancy did not wish to think that this proceeded from a niggard-', ly disposition; and he determined to broach the subject, and, if possi ble, to ascertain the real cause this he did in the maimer we have before related. I Soon after this conversation took plabe, Mr. Delancy left home on business. As he was returning, and riding through a beautiful little village, he alighted at the door of a cpttage, and requested a drink. The; mistress, with an ease and po liteness that convinced him she bad not'alwoys been a humble cottager, invited him to enter. He accepted the invitation and here a scenoof poverty and neatness presented it self, such as he had never before witnessed. ' The furniture, which consisted of nothing more than was absolutely necessary, was so exqui sitely clean that it gavo charms to poverty, and cast an air of comfort on nil around. A venerable look ing old man, \vho hud not seemed to notice the entrance of Mr. De lancy, sat leaning his head on a staff; his clothes Were? e'ean arid whole, but so patched that you could scarcely have known whidh had tbeen the original piece. "That is I your father, I prp- sume 1" said Mr. Delancy, addt ess ing the mistress of the house. It is, sir." He seems to be quite aged." He is in his eighty-third year, the quiet reply ; " he has sur vived all his children excepting mvself" 1 " I ESS. {9I.W per anaain in Adranee. held in her hand "nbout to leavi us, and going to Pari*!" she added, in a tone which evinced the deepes; interest. ' | | " To be sure. Whit if he is, child V [ j "Nothing, papa " turning away to nide the tears shi could not suppress, "Tell me, Caroline,* said Mil Delanpy, tendeily embracing her, " tell me, do yon not 2c ve Henry j? You know I wish your happiness, my child ; I have ever created you with kindness, and you have nee: until now hid anything! from your father," "Neither will I now,' she replied, hiding her face, in his ; >osom. " I do most sincerely esteeti bim ; but do not for worlds, tell him so, for he has never said it wot returned.}" " I will soon find that out, -and without telling him, tio," replied the father, leaving the i-oom. ' Henry," said he, asl he entered the counting-house, "you expect ts visit the country shortly, do you in about three or be married I would attend thu he married You have once seen better days V questioned Mr. Dp|uncy.' my husband waa wealthy, but false friends ruined him; he endorsed bills to a great amount, which stripped us of near ly ull onr property, and oue misfor tune followed another until we were reduced to complete poverty. My hnsband did not loijg survive his losses, and two of my children Boon followed him." | " Have you any remaining chil dren J" ' " I have one, and he is my only support. My health is so feeble that J cannot do much ; and my father, being blind, needs great at- tentibn My son conceals from my knowledge the amount of his salaiy; but I am convinced that he sends me neatly all, if not the whole of it" " Then he is not at home with you ?" " No, sir; he is a cleik at a jew eller's in Leamington." " Clerk to a jewelleer in JJeam ington ! Pray what's your sons name i l " Henry Wilson." J "Henry Wilson !" reiterated Mr. Delancy ; " why he is my clerk ! I left him at my house not a fortnight since." j | JHere -followed a succession of inquiries which evinced an anxiety that a mother could only feel, to all of which Mr. Delancy replied to ber perfect satisfaction. j " You know our Henry V said the old man, raising his head from his stafE "Well, sir, then yo\t know as worthy a lad as ever lived. Heaven will bless him bless hipi for his goodness to his poor ojd grandfather," he added in 9 tre mulous voice, while the tears ran down bis aged cheeks. I " He] is a worthy fellow, to be snre," Said Mr. Delancy, raising, and placing a well filled purse the hands of the old man not r " Yes, sir four weeks." " If it will not be tod inconve nient," rejoined Mr. Deluncy, " '.[ should like to have you -defer it a week or two longer." '* It will be no inconvenience!, sir; if-it will oblige you, I wiljl wait with pleasure." A" It will most certainly oblige mb; for Caroline is to in about five^weeks, and not miss having you wedding." " Miss Caroline to sir !" said Henry, starting, as if by an electt ic shock ; " Miw Caroling to be married ! Is it p legible V " To be sure it is ? J Jut what ii there wonderful in that Y' "Nothing, sir ; only it is rather sudden, rather unexpected tbat'i all." " It is rather sudden, to be sure," said Mr. Delancy ; but [ am an ol man, and wish to see ber have protector; and as (he man of her choice is well worthy of her, I see) no use in waiting any onger, and am very glad that you san stay to the wedding." " I 'cannot, sir, indeedl I cannot J" replied Henry, forgettiig what he had previously said. " You cannot ?"" re oined Mr, Delancy. " Why, you said you would !" " Yes, siiyiut busiixiss requires my presence in the cou ltry, and I must go." " But you said it woitd put yon to no inconvenience, and that you would wait with pleasure." "Command me in anything else, sir; but in this respect, I cannot oblige you," returned Hinry, rising with rapid se in "He is a worthy fellow, and shall not want friends." | M Noble boy 1" said he, mentally, as he was riding leisurely along, ruminating on his late interview, " noble boy, be shall not want wealth to enable him to distribute happiness. I believe he loves my gill, and 1/ he does,he shall have her and all my property in tne _ " I Filled with this project, and determined, if possible, to ascertain the true story of their hearts, he entered! the breakfast-room the morning after his arrival at home. "SoI Henry is afiont t<i leate us, and go to Paris to try his for tune," \x@ carelessly observe " H^nry about to leave at?' sajid Caroline, dropping the work ape and walking the door strides, Poor fellow ! he had thought his, passion subdued; but when he found that Caroline was 80 soon, so irrevocably to become at other's, the latent spark burst forth into an un- extinguishable flame, aid he found it in vain to endeavor to conceal his emotion. " The old gentlema 1 regarded him with a look of earn afness. " Henry," said he, " tell me frankly do you love my daugh ter V " I will be candid with yon, sir," replied Henry, conscio is that his agpttition had betrayed lim. "Had I such a fortune as she merits as you, sir, have a- right t j expect, I should think myself the happiest of men could I gain her love." " Then she is yours,' cried the delighted old man. "Say not a word about property, nip boy; true worth is better than rici lea. I was only trying yon, Henry, and Caro line will never be man ied to any other than yeurself." For a moment, Henry remained silent; but his looks spo ce volumes. At last " I scorn to deceive you, sir." said he. " 1 am poorer than what you suppose. I have a moth er and a grandfather w 1 o are " I know it, I know it all," re plied Mr. Delancy, interrupting him ; " I know the rea on of your parsimony, as I called it, and I honor" you for it. It wua that which "first put it in ny bead to give you Caroline so siie shall be " Be mercifnl, sir," said Henry, smiling; " I did not wish to wit ness the sacrifice of my own happi ness." "I am merciful," replied the old man ; " and, for that reason, would not wish to put you to the inconvenience of ^staying. Yon said that yon wonld willingly oblige me, but you could net, indeed you could not." " You have once been young," said Henry. tor, PS Back frottt the Centennial, ^ A bashful appearing man stepped into the Enquirer editorial tooui, ^h& other-evening', and edgir/g up 'to the table ofthe managing ejditor. |at in hand, -said, in a hesii way: I " Yon like little items for your paper, I suppose.1' " Certainly," replied ,Mr, Oocker- ill ; " a newspaper, like life, is made Up of little items. What have you to offer V I Well," said the bashful man, *ee' you back " I know it," replied he, laugh _ ing heartily; butii.am afraid that' playing" with hiiT^nd" too many of us old folks forget it. name is Smith, John Smith! However, if you can postpone your Vve just got flome. journey, I suppose we must have a-| j <*Glad to wedding." We have only to add that the friend3 of Henry were sent for, and the nuptials solemnized at the ap pointed time; and that, blessed with the filial love of Henry and Caroline, the old jieopte passed the remainder of their days in peace and happiness. ' ray and Mr. Smith i" said Cog terili; " been g6ne long,1" | - 1 " I have, been," said Mr. Smith, with a tremor of-nridd in his voice^ " to the Centennial, ^and if you want to make a little hotice-i____" " What!" cried Cockerell, spring ing to his feet, " you've been,' tolthe Centennial 1 And yonVegot back 1 Give us your hand; I'm delighted to see yon. Spear, let mej intro duce you to John Smith.] John bos been to the Centennial t' ^Spear shook hands very *armly with Mr. Smith, feud then tan to the aperture communicating wifh^ the reporters' room, and shouted, _ " O'Shaunnessy, come int here, quick ; here's a man diafs been to the Centeunial." j Then O'Shaunnessy bounded in;, followed by' his assistants, all of whom embraced the bewildered Smith warmlyT arid "expressed the gratification it afforded them fo meet a man who bad been to the great Natiotml Exhibition. Word got downstairs, somehow, and Joe McDowell, Bdl Smalf and Uncle Joe Shadenger cime upstairs at a upon the in dividual who had lieen ta fbe Ex- ' position. Jt was too much for the modest man to bear, and, murmur ing something about-snaking an item of his return if they wanted to, he hurried-out just in time to 1 meet on the stairs the foreman and thirty-two compositors,Jall eager to get a. glimpse of the man who had 'e been to the Centennial." Cincin- ati paper. Spelling School. One dark gloomy night in tjie month of December, we chanced to be at " spelling school," not a thousand miles from Georgetown, where our eyes fell on a "fairy form" that immediately set our susceptible heart in a blaze. She was sixteen, or thereabouts, with bright, eyes, red cheeks and cherry lips, while the auburn ringlets clus tered m a wealth of profusion around her beautiful head, and her person, to our ravished imagination, was more perfect in form and out line than the most faultless statue ev<>rhiseled by tbe sculptor's art. As- we gazed, our feelings, which -had never before aspired girlward, were fully aroused, and we deter- ______D_____________ mined to go home with her that tearing rate to gaze upon nigbt-or perish in the attempt. ->=-?. ..... As soon as school was dismissed, and our " lady-love " suitably bon neted and cloaked, we approached to offer our service as contemplated and we then learned an important lesson, viz : The difference between resolving and doing. As we near- ed her we were seized with sl parr tial blindness red, green, bine and yellow lights flashed upon our vis ion, and appeared and disappeared like witches in a phantasmagoria, our knees smote together like Bel- shazzar's when he discovered - the handwriting on the wall, whde our heart thumped with apparently as much force as though it was driv ing tenpenny nails into our ribs. We, in the meantime, managed to mumble over something, which is i perhaps known to the Recording Angel, but certainly is not to us, at the same time poking out onr el bow, as nearly at right angles with our body as our physical confirma tion would admit. The night air blew keenly, which served in some sort to revive mv and as our senses returned, what were our emotions on finding the. cherished object of our first love clinging to our arm with all the tenacity a drowning man is said -to clutch at a straw! Talk of elysiam, or sliding down greased rainbows, or feeding on German flutes, which are Blch " phelinks " in comparison to those mighty ones that swelled onr bosom nigh unto busting off oar waistcoat buttons. Our happiness Was sublime sublimity, sublimely sublimiated, and! every person who has felt the divine throbbing of a fledged love principle, fully under stands the world of bliss couched iu ride the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh; an accident occurred whereby the Bow to Study to Advantage. Any man who is really anxious to study can do so infinitely better by hintselff with the help f books, than be can possibly do by- attend ing any lectures that-may* Be'deliv ered. It is hardly possible for *ny man, unless he _ attends a long course of lectures' which a thou- sand unforeseen accidents may pre vent him from doing to study in that manner*arry subject system\~ atically and consecutively ; and, moreover, inasmuch as the lecturer hasYta address himself to a very large number at once, and of differ ent capacities, Le^must address-him-1 self in such, a manner as to be un derstood by all. But a man who studies and 'reads for himself -can pick out for his reading that class of information which he is most- capable of assimilating and digest ing. I ,-------------- .mi.---------------- The Wrong Station. - The death of one of tbe oldest residents of Brook field recalls an incident ia hir carter, which; tap- pened some fifteen years ago. She was going to Stamford to visit a daughter, and took bet seat' in the cars for the first and only time1 in her life. During the yours, and may Heavei. bless you both 1" Shortly after this conversation, Henry avowed his love to Caroline, solicited her hand, a|nd it is need less to say that he did not solicit in vain. Caroline-won .d have de ferred their union until ;be succeed ing spring, but her fat ler was in exorable. He suppose*; he shqutd have to own one falsehood, he said, Cnd they would willing iy have bim boulder two ; but it w* s too much, ,nd he would not endure it. He ad told Henry she wis,going to e married in' five weeks, and he ihould not forfeit his word. "But, perhaps," added he, ap- iaren|tly recollecting timself, and jtnrning to Henry " perhaps we shall have to defer it, a fter all, for yon have irapoitant buiiness in the country about that tim<." words of the commencement of this sentence. Well, we passed on pleasantly 'towards our Sally's home, talking of " love and^ dove, and- dart and part," until so courageous had we become that we actually proposed " to go in and sit awhile," to which our Dulcinea very graciously as sented. Alas, for 'us, how soon were we to be reminded that the course of true love never did run ismooth." * '" (I Sally had a. brother of some ten jsuinmers, who had accompanied Us along the way, and who was in .wonderful high spirits at the idea if hia Bister** having a bean, and mild walk around a frequently, ggling in the height of his glee, n1 eyeing ns as closely as if our- If aud Sally were the world re- owned Siamese twins, and he was aking his first look. I Bill, by the way, was a -stubbed, buckle-headed bayV whose babili- ent* would'have made the fortune >f any two dealers- in mop-rags. At length we reached tbe bars, nd while we were letting them own, Bill shot past us, and tore >r the house as if pursujed by a thousand bulls of Baslmn. <$Ie flung yen tbe doorwith a bangji and ex claimed at the top of his voice : " Mother 1 *Aother ! Jiija Clark cumin' hum-wit Sal 1" " Is he 1" screamed the car in which she was seated Was thrswn down an embankment and demolished. Crawling out from bepeatb the rfeon'ff she spied a roan who was held down in a sitting -posture by his legs being fastened. The man was from Boston. He was in considerable pain, but he - did not lose sight of the fact -that heiwas from Boston; Iso he said :" fNo, this is a catastrophe" " Ob 1" ejaculated fie old lady, " then I hadn't oughter got off heref* _ 7 This was so evident as'to make a reply unnecessary Banburylletc*. 1 old wo man in reply, " wal, I declare! I didn't think the sapheal knew e: tough 1" Old age appears f4st man soonest. , P to overtake* ' r j and. "'Ml have no time I o ^ead,*" ia a eommoi complaint at long farmer*. It ia true tba$ for a large portion of the year there appears to he bat little tiaut for 1 a continuous oourse , of ria Jing, hut it's a {great mistake to sup pose that nothing can be read.- QttiU as -much Teal good often comes of some idea caught in an odd] moment, and pondered over until!thoroughly digestod, as1 that derived from more continued read ing.] It lightens toil .and quickens ,th& brain to'^hns wojrk out from some alight suggestion a substantial' clear defined conclusion. It is from the habit of readjng and think ing fatherihan from the>time eon- fi nlejd that good is to come. Koaw- lec go is made up of items, which, if wken alone seems insignificant, but jwben put!together form a mine ofnwealthv The, odd moments we am inclined-to squander, or devote to physical rest, if properly inj- , provk), wonld soon run into^bonra1 ' ys ofincarctdable value. t-i '/