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I- I < , *l in OttV Ji IltMudialty Hinir ev-eVi Jo, there- tvhe.-neat- ' li\ TEA : * CO. . * Volume I.#o. 24 ^ J r" ii ,io\\Ta.M K.Ar e v .s, >> i.rli.l lite <>I VYiiutv ColUjji, UemKr ot cidh^i ot IMiv "iuiu\ ]ul ^prgeo.is -^Mlli Ntkjjj, Ai im - W, U >treet,r- ealftrged and v Articles. fce,-r ^ DR. It. MOlUUm. PhysKivu, Mir- ^mi, io , ot BdUevitc. (.Mh.^, >cw ^ ork. a!lo (Jriduatc of \ Ktori-v Caj11c, C^uid-v. v oi "miration dtvs - J\ie*>l . And Wiilijis ftvm 5) a. m till 4 p-ir. Kcsidcuce v st Bow or street, Acton. _ JAMES MATTHEWS. Com .. %-uucr. Issuer of MArna^v laeviisi-. lV-,t- Mastcr -Insurance Virctit, A-jent Money ' to Loan, Agent MouTn.il Tel (.'a., (. lcrk fourth Div Court, Com. m Q li., ic, 1 Actoa. Ont jTOBlRJlXTI\<io| uint rurss on ici:, rx lite TcJhI OlUer, mil Mitel. DHEN I>J n^Ov \ liirtr. Ac , -)Jmj Vjrmt .Cinada Lite Assur ance Co. DeovUt Mortgages, io., pre pared ncath rprcmijitlv ,Cxaxs-vtlynnl on rcAsos-vbkv u rtn<c Mortev to I o-in on - 5fo-t^a^B sec'inty. tyicbe (.ili^gow Ho.ic, Acton, JlXi!lM| LO>E llVORKS, | i.OTON, OST, W. H. STOREY & CO., TjVlioltsnle Manufacturer, or ivirj lien crlptlon aud st; lo of Leather & Cloth Gloves MITTS AND CAflNTLET. i;,V 1V* jB*t f I? ,jr RE, \U-s |D HEX,f P-e x; s-us- fe B\ &. *e Office Cwierof 1' Slreet-s.u*orgiftown. M VTHESOX, Ittorncy- >r In (.1 nicer}, iln i'i I Church ^Dressers bf Plain And Fancy Kid Leathers. , r IMshi-t fo'OOL SKINS. WM HIDLVW liirn-ttr Attor- juy-t I_i, s.ilil_ii'orsn t h-uiun, 4c. TJthcc> rHaaiiBon, 10 Kihij>.tn.<.t. Mikon, ALam s^n.c^ Ihc Millou Oihie inllbe endtr cht iaini,e"xciit ot 1) \V. CiaiplxJJ. an>| Mr I.-uttlaw will atta.il at the "^Jtoit-Offiie*' on 1tiJ.i\ ot en.k week. Agents for Ra^mond1^ Sewing Acton, Juli-j lit, 1STS. U- -t~ HENf \| L. DR4.bE, T\.lIt.iNE ALNT, *rELPn, Ajreni fo*- the Merrint le antl \\ it rloo ^ Al. hoslne^^-t-'n-iTb od io.> Is enre vvi I bf fai.'hfull.v ai'.efiJLci to. O i.or. t>> tk'l eo-^-cHeU, Jl L UR\KL 4TEXTS Tor 1XIENTIONS f*nti-l gtSmAifcc^ii or tit* ri>-r^e Send {o-priulej txistrs*ctian, Ac>ac> in optr- aiion tea-j tur- 111.^ li \ CiY.l-T <- 'LtWj, l in i !-, Vociian Cit J- ^^11 c r, **u cliQT ui I* lent* an J. i"^t tffli ^nnn ^lT ILL I AM ^ 4Tfel.Ni, IiMrr Xarriaxr LlrriiMi A Certiorate*. (v llojsl A;>i>wuitiiit.!it.l B^.siut-s invite in 1 (.oniiduitial. . Uuu, (<lt.uuiU.un, Lf Auso CTO.V ItlKERY The suherrl >erbe(r< lo lliforro the Hi ll ibli.in iof 4kci<niiind TlilDltj thut ho f> pretiari a ta t.upyl> ^irst-cla&j Bread. Bkins, Cakes Biscuits, ejc. Fresti ever^- (3b\ 1|.||\^: JlCHlr**.S J WEPDINQ CAKES 3&ido to onlerl il^.e i: tat V Co-ntj H ilt"> i fcQ, Highest 31 US. S. i XlULli. Trachrr ofSuilr- I>rawJns nnd I reach, \c*on, Jul v in lljp lalr-st \ t ffoSTAQS PREPAID BY1 PUBLISHER V / ACTON, QN^v, THURSDAY, DSCEJMBER 9, 1875. iy all kinds xeiuli'itiit tho Market ijrlco paid for Ma- UOVT DBINK TO->J(.HT. I lott my mother at tlt door, M^ alitor \i\ her nTdo ; * Thiir tlniped"hands and loving looks i Forludu their doubts to hide 11 left and (net ith i_omndoa guy, \\ Ik n tho moon brought out hi r li(dit, Ami mj lo\ mg)notlur wlnsperid tonn., " Don't drink, my hoy, to night "' Ljlirgj^ars h-ue ndlod awaj biiico tlicn, My jetty curls ivro gray ; But oil ' those words are with mo yot And will not jiuss away I Rce my motlicr'a loving f ice, \\ itli goodmsa r.idnnt brn;l|t. And lie.ir the \\on)s rise iu my tars, " Don't-drink, my boy, to-night." M\ mothtr now is resting sweet, In the graveyird on the hill, But niotlur's wunls como back to me .Vml lAmit my memory htdl I've often ]issed tho cun Oh I tbeu my heart was nglit, Bcuiiso I heul the wanting words, "Don t dunk, my boy, to night " I \ e now pissed down the road of life, And soon my race is run, A mother's wirnnifj listened to An lmmortil crowu his won. Ob mothers, w ith y'our blc'tetl smile, Xyook on your boy so Uriglit, And Bay as you alone cay bay, " My boy, doij t drinki to night " These words wall pro\e a'warning when In the thorny paths of hie, The boj is in the tempter s w lies, And yielding in the stnte. These w ortls w ill stop the morning cup, And the rev dry at niglit, ' By w liispcnng back a mother's \ oice, " Uou t drink, my boy, to night." A LIFE'S REG-RET. rcil at their r uhon ib'o churb style and at rlce In Cnsh) JD. CALLOWAY. !l. K*. OLl^RLOZILR. I'hltstrr er, r _ -i.i 1 i> u_ i _- t-e most ruii nibble tir. t_OD gu trailtceil. Ua ill _ ! t ORE A (TJ> TLOt a !m*lls. 1! i. L M< KIIN, I'rvne.. r fxs^ ""nil l"ei.d alwii. s m Jiand, na .t Jc .i*1 1 nta 1 <. .l~"J>f> 11,; C>J 1 Liatl (iwll <m tin j and lor ~il K.luda i l R -e- iIN HlH-'sK. Acton. Close- to tLv<T T iUiiiwav station Kx- ce'ltct a-^ j ji >H:i iffor the t-avell ug IJ*h, Tjiii^ C iMi" liL, Pmrrr :, IOLLAR, .^*i3^ that, the factory oa'uiae to . fhe Trade - CASS. I ai9-(nj |(. eaih arji/diBi f ~ _ Jc \kt and -H get 'ociucp: :bws' DOMlMtr^ H1KL. \itos, Ost 1! >'T v(M\>, Pr j rict^ir n_.i -pew Hotel i i t"c 1 'ujjml-r-t-clas^tyl'-, wjth iv w furn.tjre ( iuh.ercialTra.cl- lers will an I t'o."l ace lnnimlatiOn and coicm'wlion3 sarnp'e IU> ms Spcc,al attentna * paid to the want ot the trai fclhij" p4t)llci^ B.irt jpjdicd wnth the )<ert Liquors anftt r^-tr=. Cood s.tabling and atteiit v c Hetetlcr* . t> o\al exchange iio i eT, JLV Vctou, Out.! Hojt DitMi^ Proji >+niple. Ei*"ms lare'c jind comniodious. for CommerciaiTrav ellera. Good accom modation for Travellers and Guests ~Best brands of Liqnors and Cigars at the Uar. Qood stabling and , attentiv e Hosflets. -' ,' paM for KgRs. jfia-s a fcood sto- 1 "RUSSELL" AND "AMERICAN' '' T!\rM. HE1ISTEIJET, - Ixicensed Auctioneer Yor thfc Count c= of Wellli gton und ITnl- ton UnJeras- 1p t at the tKFK Pni-ft-s Office, Acton, or at mi residence, in Kockwoixl. will ttcpromrtl> atteLidei' to. Term* reai^>n^blfr- " '\ ATII*St>_V, LICENSED AUCTIONEER For the Couty o( iTsltsn. ftiles atterrdad to In any part of ihe County, at reasonable rates. Address: A. DAVIDSON, Camnljellv jlle, P.O TTEaSEDY'S Matble "Works, Opposite bide from JjLvlls & Woodidllow's Founclryi and Xear Eramosa Bridge, Guelplt, A1X KI5BS OF MONUMENTS Tomb Stones, Mantle Pieces, tc , made to any sizeorTlesign, snd put up in any aart of the cbnntry. - W .Scotch Granite Monu ments imported to order. P.S. A. Kedy u a prac tical marble eutter. kURE HiLK. r The undergned Jjega to thank lrlsf ^nstomers- for tne liberal patronage re- *eivei during the past summer, aad would say that be is 1 now prepared toL gply an additional number of custom-If- , ra with good, pura, fresh milk delive'r- ed every morning, and twice a day on Saturdays Parties who keep cows will BuaTjtipucb cheaper andiless troebleto; gtt ^ilk delivered p.t their doors, arid they would do well -to sell their cohb and hay their milk.- "Twenty-one quart nckefe f^ ^ f pald m ^Tajjcg. ^ __tweaty-orB! pmt ticketrfor 50 cents. P 8, AnMSTfiO.VG. Lt&oa, henr, lOtli, 1875. yV\rJk.TCX&L ESS Always on han]. auu from Cugfbn when reo,Ui Guelpli,-Sep^ 27.1!>X5 PLANING L fl He atl ends to repairing ot] himself ' Mr. Hacking, of the FttEJr PnEBS, will felndly carrv watcnes nn i Pnnip, Sash, Door ajiid Blind (Factory. EBBACE AND flije watches /ewelery cited. 1 ! to ^EILLS I itm the youngest of tlireo sis tei-s Murgnrct. Louis, i and Helen, the lust mined being of com-se my self Wo re-iide hi a Miull villa on. the outskirts of the town of Noi ton-jFolgute, ajitl fi oin all appo tr ances aie likely to remain for the rest of our lives pursuing what strangere would suppose was the calm and even tenor of a toloiless existence. Our income, though small, admits of our keeping two domestics, und wlten we piy visits, whicli nt rare iutrevnls we do to some of theexmn- |try families, we jointly subsuibe, and cli n ter a close can i tgp, w Inch en iblcs us to m ike our calls with somotbing hko dignity Not that my two eldei sistei-s ure lacking in that respect, for thev nevci, either sl<*( ping or walking, I bclic-ve, foi- got that out late father was des- cjnledfioui aff ancient and lion- of able family, aud th it tiie niunc of How ud, which we beat, is doivtdTloni a source winch, even thougli it do >s not acknowledge us, is ouis justly, and on the tiee which testifies to our pedigree our relauoiiihip is clearly set fcuth Our late mother could also boast of gentle blood, so that on both sides of the house our connections wete undent >hle I - In ndition to those adv mtages, hatuie hid not been unkind tc> us indeed, in our younget days wo had*our own share off admitatinn, and the thiee Misses How^id had on many occusions been pronounced the best looking gills at the numer ous balls which, cliaperoned by our mother,"we used regularly to at tend. Our admirers were not few, and we weie always engaged for every dance whenever w-e went but there, to all appearance it end-, ed, for after more seasons than I dare to lecord, none of us were married. Plainer girls by far, even penniless ones, in duo time made their appearance, bad an ln- terv u.1 of gay etv, and then announ ced theii engagements, which duly ended in mai rijige ; and they would return ip all the dignity of mati-on- bood to pjfcronize and remind us in. moie ways than one of the wide gulf that separated our unappropri ated selveR from them and 'their & CAMPBELL, Alahufacturers df "Window Sash, Venetian] And other Building Requisites Alio Makers of HCFfiOTSS! SUOXIO^ PITUPS Blinds Mouldings, Luinbdr Planfed and Bres tUoordevr in tbje best mant er? All wort guarantee^. Acton, Julyl.igZa. OTICE. Any petBon ir -person* trfcspasfling on Lot 28, Concession 3, of t' le T*nshfp of Esqucsing, fadjommg thi Village of Acton), jor injuring trees of my kind, or S leaving kates, ujnproperly sh it, or fences partly d&wnj. will be subjec ; to prosecu tion after this date. P. S. AntMSTBOXG. Acton, Aogust 20, IS75- {' position" as mairied women. At first it was not so gal'ing, but by- and^by I began to feel it keenly, and long, ajj every woman does sooner or later, for ties of my own; but my longings weie not to bo gratified, for the one bafcpful reason that no oidiDary man was supposed to be good enough to mate with "a Howard,"-though one degenerate j descendant dared to wibh" it could be otherwise. By degi ees it became known thit we weie bard to please, and though it was tiue enough of Margaret and Louisa, still I felt so differently f'om them on the snbject, that it was rather hard to bo included : but I was " a Howard,-' and so had to pay for my privilege. Margaret was seven jrears my senior, and Louisa five, consequent ly I was accustomed to being con- Isidered quite a child until I had attained the ripe age of twenty-five, when an event happened which, but for my precious pedigree might Have changed the color of my whole existence. " J We had received invitations to a ball given by a certain Lidy Ayl' mer, who always made- a point of asking ud to her entertainments; and though I was beginning to be very weaiy1 of, gayeties to decline was out of ttie question; so, aftei' some deliberation as to attire, ete., an aeceptioa was sent; and -when J the evening arrived, we, aceompxn- * 1 ied by our mother, crushed our selves into a hired caniago, and set nut for Ayltneis Court. Wo woro recMvod as usual, most oordiatly ; and after i\ fow dances wcro over I became conscious of tho presence pf a gontloinan who seemed to regard mo with some interest. Ho was n v ory nice-looking man of about' thii ty, rather fair, and with a small j moustacho slightly inclining to loth Ho was not tall, noithor was lief yeiy short - his figure was good, and ho had asoldiei-liko look about him which I rather admiied. As usual I was well supplied with pn-tners, but when Lidyi Alymev approiched with tho in-) dividual I have just desciibed, and introduced him to me, I was very: glad Iliad a spaie danco still loftj for which he at onco Qngaged mo. I I did pot catch his nuniD whonl Lidy Ajliner biought him up, and wheft my eldest sister innuued who my new acqu.iintaticc was, I could only say ho was Captain Somebody; I fancied Hi uce was the name. " A good naino,' remarked Mar gin ot , " I daresay Jio is a iclative of Lord Uiuce." But I wao doomed to undeccivo, her bhoi tly, for on addressing himl) as C\ptain Btuce lie smiled and| told me that vvas^ not his name, his name being Bebb. I Bebb, I thought what a funny name! However it did not pie- vent I To bo biief after several meet ings, Captain Bebb, whose' name had now transpired in my family, began to pay me maikod attentiau but, although jn my inmost heu,rt 1 liked him, still I was well aw4re that for " a Howaid " to allyllur- hclf w ith a Bebb would bo regard ed ns mi impossibility by my family. His personal appearance w.ts (stigmatized as the most vulgar tlyit had ever been Reen; his hair which was really brown, was always al luded to as carrots ; and ff shnd- dning fit frequently overtook Louisa ns she described the horror she1 had experienced when, on one fit tl occasion, ho h id sh iken hands with hr, Hnd his hot, clammy clasp had utmost given her a fit. Pel haps owing to this, his name degenerated fiom Bebb into 'Blub ber, and several times my mother herself nariowly escaped address mg him ns such, so persistently was he called it behind his back. A dead pig hav nig boon fonnd one morning in tht y I w-as stiongly advised to down and see the likeness, wh j, fiom my partiality for Blubber, my sister felt Mne would bo interesting to me I am ashamed to confess that I had not the moral courage' to te- fuse those uncalled for calumnies, tb(.so incessant cruel taunts were enough foi me, and when I did re ceive a proposal of mairiage fiom dptvin Bebb my answer rjiuy bo imagined I lefused hirii, aud crjed myself to sleep -for many nights afterward. [ But the deed was done, and Cap tain Bebb was not one to ask again, and I heard soon afterwaid that he had left Noi ton-Folgate. I Very little was thought of tho affair in my family, and of the general opinion I am of course un able, to speak The idea that I, "a Howard," bad been asked to become Nelly Bebb, or jNelly Blubber, sometimes elicited would- be witty remarks from my sisters , bijlt by degrees the existence of j Captain Bebb came to be totally forgotten bv eveiy one except my- sejf x Meanwhile we did not grow younger as the yeais rolled quickly ori? and as they went I became more and meie conscious of the en or 1 had made in iejecting a man whom I felt I could have loved and respected simply because he was ridiculed by my -sisters, and bore the unaristocratic name of Bebb. Seven yeaj-s had pissed away still we we " going out to parties," I, unwillingly, but my sisters moie peisistently than ever. But alas! times had changed for us ; partners were no longer plentiful, and we were obliged to be thankful to the few who asked us to dance, or offered to escort us to supper, and I who were, generally speaking, mere < through my poor tght seo and spouk lie did sea, but in- fiplt ho hardly recog- wild hopo Bhot heart that ho ^n to me again, stinctivoly I uizod'me. Seven years 1 iad not nppi ovod mo with a bittta P'ing . I felt that. Ho,bowed and mssed on, with n youijg and pietty girl leaning on lits aim. Oh, tho iiinitiii cation of that svening the weary, despewato longing I had had to hide myself some wh( ie: but there I stood, it faded " wall flower, " youthfully attiied in white tailutiin und blue staiued ubboui, unnoticed, neg lected, and, w hi 11 felt far morc,un- curcd for. Whether ho meant it or not, X could not tell, but ho seemed to bo peiplptually pasting wheie I stood. At last my sisti is consented to go home, und Murgjaret having secured the mm of a weak minded little curate, who ofleied his other to my mother, tho tinee walked across the ball-room, followed by Louisa proud, erect, indignant of the want of appiecialion she had met with |th downcast eyes face. Tho clonk- haven to me, and was comparative ; was embitteied lover the troubles, and a stron, jto shield her Worn danger, that ardund her she is a towi Btiengtji : she possesses thai which makes life's bittjis svfeet; noi can Bhe over have to record whflt I, [tho paojr neglected pld mr.id, do loie, tho history of a life's regret. t " General Invitationi Never take "vCame and Htjo tno as a phrjtso meant in earnest ui hats it is accompanied with a date, f iuch an invitation amounts to notiing at all. If n lady or gentleman de- sne your .company, ho or she lwill i appoint a time fy ' on me when you venient," "Drop mg," " Make (is y>ou have an hour or two to spa by which world |un and myself w and a burning room1 seemed a tho drive homo bliss,|although il by lemarks fiom my sisters on the r,eiipj)eaiiinco,>of Captain, or, as ho Was now, Uolond Bebb, and tho an nouncement that "after all, Nelly might have done worse " Yes; Nelly knew that now, as many]another foolish girl or eldei- ly young lady knows when it is too late , and in my quiet corner a few heavy (cars diopped silently upon my crimson sha-vl, when I lotiiein- bered how I hul allowed myself to be influenced by ridicule to -reject 'what X ftflt suit would have faecui- ed tho jhrtppines:, of my lite. But our|ball-day8 ended at last, for oui mother vied, and after that Margaret and Lsuisa gave up the gay World, and devoted themselves to mother's meetings, Biblo read ings, arid variops other ldudible occupations, to t tion qf .the cur mentioned. W| ho great satisfac- ito I have before e settled down in yond tho daily our little villa, dnd are now tlireo confirmed maidep ladies, without much to make u^ cire foi life, bo- coloiless routine which makes "eujch day twain with the last." Onca a year we go to the dea- *side, und dming oui last visit there I became much ntei ested in some children, who accompanied by their nurse, used to make their appear ance at an eaily hour, every morn ing on) the sands. I was so fond of ther children that I soon made their acquaintance Little Amy was fom, nnd the e:dei gnl about a year older, whilst there was a boy of about two Master Cba>ley,as his nuioe called him. It ncvei oc- cuired tolnie to usk what the sur uamo I was, though they bee ime quite confidential as to their small affairs generally. Papa and miijmma weie m London, bdt they 'weie coming down soon , and at home they h id all sorts of possessions, from ponies and a tiny little basket catnage,, downwards! Would I like to see them I But iwhat was my name if I die come ? ' "butthey call me Nellie at home " " That's my nime," exclaimed the elder child " But what is youi otbefnamo"" "Nellie Howai d,"I replied, much amused at her pei tinaaity. " Mine's Nellie Bebb. My papa is Colonel Bebb, and ' he's got a Victoiy Cioss and lots of medals " " Your papa !" I answered, stag gered at her announcement, which I found to be what I instantly sup posed. I They weie the children of my rejected admirer, Captain Bebb. j / | The little group on the sands had a. strange laschiation to ma after 1 knew it anjd furtively I conveyed my little 511 Is to the children. But our peraenbed month ^was now over, and though the weather was enchanting, our 1 ttlcs W10 thost of IMedes and Persians %o hone w<^ must. So we went ; and nif Iajst glimpse, as boys, whose nursery days seemed like yesterday. Hpwever, rather than return home without having danced at all, I was indeed glad to take a turn with. them. But on one jatticular occasion at a ball in the Assembly rooms, even the boys failed us, and the three Misses Howard were standing together in a inost palpably family group, kvhen the entrance of" a large party gave us Borne hiomentary diversion! 'It was the Aylmers Gourt party Lord and Lady Aylmer, two or three dowagers, a bevy of brjghfc- eyed, pretty'girls, and several'gen tlemen. Amongst the latter who sh'ould I recognize but my, old friend nnd rejected admirer, Cap tain Bebb. ~ He was looking remarkably well happy and handsome. No re sehjbjance to a" pig was -possible now, surely, and for an instant a Nassagaweya .Uoikncii This Council meL pursuant to adjournment ou'Saturuav, Nov. 27 Members all present. The 3l>\e in the chair. The it .mutes of list meJting wero read ar d CQnfitraed .V petition praying for aid in be haljf of Adum Schrjm, who being mdigeut ciicuiiistincos through r your-visiti ."Call can make it cofr in as you a -e pkss- a visit wnehcjvei L'uities bf the ai e social imibi men and women deistiuid that they are not e> pec ted to do the thing requested. W icn people w^sh to be cheaply po ite there is nothing like this kind of Vrtgdeness. The compliment uy small change of society must always be taken at a 1 irge discoun1-.' It is never woi th its |fdC3 or any th ng hko it. Yet it ia| a convenient me dium of exchange, and heavy deJts of gratitude that) ought to be re quited in better coin are often pud with it. People who have more polish than principal use it lavLsl ly j-plain, blunt, honest men sparing ly or not at all. Whoever [makes a friendly visit h a fash|onaliIe hciuBO on Ithe strength of ^itine " Como and see us," will very often find that.tho family ciicle jhe lias dropped into by request is as in- gonial as the Artie circle, and ie will piobably leave it with a chillyj feeling that will prevent hint ficjm vcmttn Lng into the same high lati tude again. But when a "whole- souled man, whom you know to be your friend, giasps you vigorously by tho hand and |ays, " Come and dine with me tonlay rbe sure lo come, we shall expect you," you cip \nke it aa certain tjiat your presencte U'stiongly desiretl. It is pleasant always to make or "receive a -visit from a fiicud, but a hod on the street-is all sufficient from a fash ionable acquaintance. wo nvuu , CIL114 ^'n- i"nu bt'ot'01-', if we diqve to the 1 tation, was of my three little fiienc's a]joyous trio, with Colonel Beb s, a shade stouter than of old, but looking bronzed . and jovial; whilst beside him stood | a bright faced, prstty little wbman, who had accepted: the! happy fate which I, in my sinseless girlhood, had declined. , But it {is over re grets are vain, ant I though mylheart feels young still, '.'. am] fast fading into olda ge. , | My j experienc ss recordtd heie may mbke anofher wise, for out of the depths of my bitter disappoint ment I have written, the abort story 6f my miitaken existence. For though doubtless there are many happy old 1 laidsL woman was How often do We read or hear of one's personal character being at tacked ! and we find ourselves b $ lieying the slander without ever stopping to ihink of the social posi tion and standing,of the slanderer. No matlerhow insignificant the ma a. is who ridicules hil neighbor it wni always he a stain on the party a > tar-ked. TJi^ slandered party ma y be a man of virtue and good stand ing in the community, and his ac cuser a low and unprincipled man; bui public opinion will decide that the1 chatge is a bold one, and is ejHi'ently true. How mean an 1 low it is to speak ill of another ! Often a man's reputation is attack* ed becauBe he has attained a lngi position in society, and become wealthy and influential lamong his fellow beings. Oh, reputation ! yoi are difficult to giin, biro how easily lost, we are throwri ou$ of societ/ into the depths of degradatior, never, perhaps, to raise our heads to the level of odr lost positior How various are the qharacters cf thei people in this ' woild 1 Sams ate' ejer ready tojlenjd a helping hand, I while others wjill dig dee > into the history of Itheir fellow"be- mgB, .vainly endeavoring to |find then vices, so that they Can go foi 11 and proclaim them to the woili hoping to gain favor by it. In vet tigations of such a1 -nature should -commence at home); then |this world, in my humble opinion would be puie and Igood. A man with ever so lit*le judgment land common sense will ever be prepat ed bo conceal his friend's vices,Rnd, instead of expoiing him, will eiu deajvor to raisB him higher, in other's estimations by sjieakmg of his (virtue. If you cannot seak well of your fellow beings, never speiik ill of thnm ; because there h Lno character so mean, low and un principled, as the icharacter of t slanderer. Therefore " Porbear to judge, for we are alnners all." not made to live a ties, family caies,| eities niay be her is lovetL and if sh| centte of; a little to balance tho cull i - single life. Home troubles and anx;- lot; i but if she e feels horself the kiuddom poor. perhaps .but piec ous J-sb^e has"joys jis, lok'ejto smooth. . To keep warm Keep the fui) naces coaled. s A. young fellow offered to bet th 5 principal of a young ladies' semi narjy, who was boasting of the pre * ficienqy of his pupils, that he hadn' t a girl in his school who couhL decline " a husbarld he stupidest boy that over sue - fuly resisted the attempt to pre - pel [the etymology of the word bake r into his intellectual system will dif - play more ingenuity and knowledg of btritelgy in robbing an apph orchatd Uiau the colonel of amiltii regiment i! There is a rising boy in Springl- field, lit Sis fathar said 1" Now, p George, yon may take your clioicj 3 * so with me to vujiit grandjii, tj r ha^e a new velocipede." The ui cliih s|;rtcbed his hfjad, aad an w;(Hfed I" I'll go and sjs^ grand pa_ majco fiim buy the tjelooipedo. -| || |qualitv {81.00 per annuity in Advanie* G. Davis and ** in paijalysis, signed by eigiit otheis, and a petition signed by W. A Young and -hik otheis for aid in behalf of, Mrs Brain, were on motion received and read, j ant on motion duly seconded and -tt car ied. Jt,was oulered that 10 br pud to [Adam Sehram, 86 to Mi,!. Brain, $7 lo Mis Allcck, ?1 ,50 to P Gaingal for shirts,and '"" to A. & D. McLean for assist the great Wolwy that be should rpvei cpme to York, anjl iri-leed, vthen within oiglifc miles of it, he was ai rested by Northumberland at KmgJHenry's o -der, and brought t-^Leicester wheie he died. Also sire is said to have foretoldthi great, fire of London, the exeqution of ChailesI, and many notable'"events -besides, of the Reformation and the icig is of Elizabeth and James. At the age of sevventy-tnree she foretold hei deitlt,^ predicted she died.| and atjthe hour Her name is pppulpr tradttiojn. in Yorkshire (.even to-day, and founded'part upon 9* ancja rendered. Mv] a Menzies moved, seconded by Nonish, for leave to introduce J jy-law for the impiovement of loajls and bndget for the current By-law introduced'and read necessaiy times and passed On motion duly seconded, h. by- was introduced making jtrpvis yea the C 'aw ,ionii for the flection of the Munici pal Council foi 187G, which passed its iieverul readings' 1 1 -Mi. Ea&terbiook moyed, second ed by Dr Winn, that the siim of 2 ibe paid "to J. I)ewar, E,c|., for legal advice Cat ned. I , Mr, Nptrish moved, seconded by Mi. Menzies, that the-sum ot $40 tie lfefunded to Benj iraui Cottiill, Said) amount having been paid, by him for timber on side line between lots 15 and 1G in the 1st con.,LtaiJ timter not having been removed by rjason of a dispute in the loca tion of said line. Carried. , 3Ir. Menzies moved, seconded by Dr. Winn, that the account of S. B. Lister for. prosecution in the the- tradition is- fact. Her fam ous prophecy was said to have been in her ] published life til me, as and again 200 years ajgo; it Vas cer tainly published forty years ago, for we Have seen id in a book' of that time, where Hjsvas said to bo copied jfi oin an ordepbook. Tfcotigh niost of] ;he items are vague enough, some s|i >wed a marked coincidence with remarkable events,\iucb. aa_ the invention of stejam> rai :way lo comotive and tunnels, tlip "tele- giaph, iron cladsi, and the adjnis-, sion of Jews into JParlisnientf (in 1858). Without further ipreface, these aria the beautiful lines : >> Carnage* without horses shall go, And accidents nil fjae worl3 with Around the w orid tho48bt* sh4ll fly " In the twinkbng oftan eye I Waters shall yelt wOniliru.do [ Now ptrange, lit yet t]ey shalf bein/e The VTfjrld upside dojvr-Bhall be And golfi lie fouiid at t ie i>ot of a tree; Thrpugh hills man sbal ride Undar water man shall walk, Shall ride, sliall sleep, shall talk ; In the air men shall be seen t In white, in black, in g -eeh ; r Iron in the water shall i<K.t i As casyfas a woo<l6a bo it God shall be found and shiwn In land that's now not kne wn ; | Fire and -w ater snail wcjnders do : suit JQueen vs. Tremblo, amounting , The worfd to aa end shU|<oma| to $3 bo paid, Cai ried. The Inspector of Taverns pre sented his report which informed the Council that he had visited all the taverns in the Municipality and fbjinil them kent in accordance with the Acts and By-Jaws in rbference to the same. Dr. Winn, moved, seconded -by Mr. Easterbrook, that the sum of $7.93 be paid to John Easterbrook for pastage, stationery and freight,. nd the fuithei sum of $8 for the use rf the town hallj firewood, &c. ] Can ied. ' , j M:. Norrish niaved, seconded by Mr. Easterbrook, that the) follow ing sums be paid to the several par ties named, for sheep killed by dogs, all the claims having been duly] eei fcified, viz: W. ICitching $11 33 for four sheep, W. Eeid $20 for nine sheep, D. Eeid,$11.34 for three sheep, and A. Saunders $& for two sheep. Carried Mr.iEasteibrook moved, second ed by jdr. Menzies, that the sum.of $2 be refunded to Boberfc Holmes for a bitch, and tho farther bum $1 to W1. Little for a dog, being errois in tho Assessment Carried. Dr Winn moved, aeconded by Mr I Nprnsh, that Robert S Hutcieen's time for removing his timber fiom the road allowance between lots 10 and 11 in the fith con. be extended to the 13th day of Dec,1876t Carried -Mr, Menzies moved, seconded by* Mr. Norrish, that the Cleik be in-i instructed to accept the offer of the - agentl of the London and Middle- In eighteen hundred ei^jhtjjr-anti Gems of Thbiignt With a clear eye-itsd. upright heart resist every1 wr jig.* A person who tells ptiu the fault* of ethers intends to tell othets your ' fanks. TCnowledge may increase sin if tlie heart be not edue ifcedas: wel^ *. the-head. r ' To deal frankly, hftnest|r, a4' firmly with all men,turiis put best n. the long run, ' As diylight can; be een throngk ^ very small holes,) o little things will illustrate a person's character. It is (he man; who d etermineatia dignity of the occupy tion, ^jofc tie ; oceupation which mea tares ffie dig nity of jthe man. j 1 It is [only through) wod wd are taught to jeflect; and we gather the honey of worldly wis< lorn not from flowers, but from thorns. ] The world is but^hefastiouleof an immortal life. r Ei ery action of your life touches or some, chord that will vibrate in eternity. We -should give as we would re ceive -- cheerfidlyJ ipiickly. and without hesitation 3 for there is no grace in a benefit 1' -.?-!---.--- fangei-s. If a man has a 1 of any thing it is/ [done as it ought 1 cold suggestions of at the bottom of it. True gloiy consists fn doing what a, sticks;tQ.tie 1 ;h t to be proud 1' 'Sgood action be.'w^thout any" ' int eresfc ltrrkimj Sex LJlutnal Fne Insurance Com- j deserves to be wr^er^, in wijitiag pany to insui e the Township Hall to the amount of "J51,tl00 at 7-5 cents per $10C? Can ied. ' Dr'Wirm, moved,! seconded hy Mr. Noiusb, tliut William Martin be paid the sum pf $60 for furnish ing and fainting the seats for the Township Hhll and putting the base boaid on the outs.de of jsald building Carried. v The Council then adjourned Jons Easteubbook, Clerk. j . ... Mother Shipton's Prophepy. ^ (From tJie )Sprut%/ield HepulilicaiuJ Every now and .then, for these 400 yfears aud more, some one has brought to hght-the prophecy and Kiemo|ry of Mother Shipton. Aa eyents follow event in mechanical progress, her'doggerel verses fall in so pat that they must needs be quotecf. One of the predictions thereof " Fi'e and water shall wonders do " has come to pass time;aliid again, and the 'latent ful- fillment is in the Keely motor. This Mother Sbinton was one that would I have taken high rank, as a medium in ouif day.; in her's^ the fifteenth century, sue was said to have been begotten, Mko the wizard Merlirj, of the phantasm of Apo'do, or some'aerial demon under that guise, 4nd a beautiful-orphan Yoik- shire girl, naped Agatha. -She hud thb weirdj lonely girlhood that the child of shame Js apt to- have, avoided or persecuted by those, who should! have been her mates, she was christened Ursula by the A"b- bot of (Beverly, and grew- up so 0c- cenfcrid and unnaturally shrewd tl'at bry" and (by this traditjiftn, in those siipei8tftitHifrduyg,"grew abojit her bifth, S|he prophesied afi she J grew older, and. even "persons of " consulted hen * She told U what deserres to pe read, and iao > living as to makej the worldi hap^ - pier and, better for ejur livirig in it. Bring back into, thb rij;ht way hinj who has gone astjay. Correct the*errprs of inankBid r wpere too. can, and inspire I them j with a, love of virtue. Restore thle lost sheep V to the fold. The world is I governed by^ three things-" ,and ap peal ance. Wisdom is f or thoughtful pegplej anthorit y for r ougb piopile, ancLapj}earknce;'ot: the great mftaoief an pei tibial poop e who < :an look only/ a( thejDutside. ' 1 " Alway3 avod the company ia which you are wiling to, tell a eoarse jest, because fo: you It is a demoralizing company. 'Groasneaa is never, humorous; profanity U never admirable; and if yourt man ner and speech once Jb sgin to travel out upon that,$dge, altc^eir tiaanuV ness_ai id charms are iii'daagd^. A.J>ving h^art an J it- pleasant counts nance are comm ditie 1 rh^h a man should never -f til to take home with him. Tuny will beti season} his food f and m flea hi 1 pil low. It was a great thing for Hman that his wife land children Couid truly sky of him, ' H never broug^bjt' frojn or anhapj tinflsf acresslnis threshold" ~' ; Tfiej sorest tnftls: anc. the ai -ereat ordeals may be 'borne with >qiu- , niiaitr, and even bej^t a tpbta detenHiatioa to fcriuu ipfaf oy r efe- staule4 thftt at fdle1 <^ri,t felusli ajp- pear ^ss'irmountabi^ &jrrafSsraJl wan pj-greAter; 4n<|M roatneti noes, and is! able, if inspire l| by Aws princijiles, and proAipi eajtf ^e-.ei-. ereise| of hi- bftt\ e ide*vol |^ fa rooul^l them at wdl |j" ^i^l'- s / f :-Ss > I - T-