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7, !.'.- ^E r<G5 E SC ' \K [si "Call Ea-flyj |x&(m., ' [ i "*."['; -=!,. Volume I.Xov-IO j_ ACTON, ONT., THURSDAY, MARCH 3^, 1876. {W.QO per anSn jtrf in Advancer / >">' 'c.uios, \\~", II. LOU'RY, 31, It., "tl. "tT V" >l'v 'i' Tilnlty JS31-.:,- :.^-MltL.SreKH .Vi:iDR. R. 3IOIJK01V. IMiysi- . H- vii.' i"n!> lr^o, N :\lr o: Victoria .Co.lfj:^. C;i:.ii-.' O'lNiiTiil"!! ilnys- Tr.O>v'.a.ys a: a t'-l -:avs, 1,<m '.VI. 111,"!1!! 4 ' ' ' TASiK'^ MATT4JJt:iVS.,-"<Sn- ^-V-vcy:nwr !>s;.: <<: Mrim-x^ l.iwns. ~, l\te.'.pi:i^.'". r.li>-.:r:o:.-,' .\-<-.it, * lit - - Vn::i) lis i.r?s.'., AjjtM i Ml>:i:r a!, 'K':i>- Rf;,-'. I'j. V>C fr' V-\; !',-.,i:ii. i-n !< !>:] I'rarl, ..l',ra.'!?.-.;.B.,.ir.,.wriis,j.i.M.. *- ;vttvr. .t.- . a >'n A'^cii: v'.ti";:i.f-x HARNESS SH Ofe. Tho subscriber begs to announce- tp tliiy inhabit ints <<f Acton and Ivirimty that he has eqinmenceil the 'mriu'ss business in tho ~ A VICTIM TO M&DERN INVENTIONS Sineo quito a child, Hurry Gradi ent hud been noted for his ingeiitl- tity in inventing various lneehunical ,...., ... fluidities.: When not engaged in |C")I(1 Post OflioejBuildin^, i^mvir pursuits, ho was sure to'bo ; j _ puukht' deep in- soini) hydraulic .11 ILL STUyETY At'TOX, i-fseluine.or head over ears in some OtiieL' mechanical .science. His j-vhero ho is prepared! to-turn out iv'oik second to nono.in the .lioiniu- eluiap- as' tho olio.ip^s-t, and D 4>n the shortcut possibKv"notice. I iavo,i'n Ir.ind a, large aid well * elect- r^'tisv-i la +< ,. r -....an.l_ : . -tti^^nT Ho:: rr.b.o."- !.-r:n-;. r: -. ^s ! M> J"J"-l>;-5lATUES'.V.Uttocn<'y- ' 'r'o'iv f-ts'frckot Stro '.axt.aiij Cl'nirru AY "-M.: -f.AtiL.tW, K:srris-t>-F. A:.".;>r'-.4-5L-..'. t. w h. iu-.titf in ( , i." 2C :-.; sk-.--^";-" ':-,...-'. t,':f ^il..r.-;;i' :i.:. r :'U^ Ki i:t- i:r- iao::t VJ ;h W. i?.v.'..'-.' ::. .. .'..! .Vr I.ii4- l4\v M ,]'.- 'U ^'llii'c " .i i : -- IT ' H *" t> TV * "* i\>r rcxs s i .u AS' ^ J^ic^-- a. la ca>..; r-a:-.... - :-;>r i .-.:..-. 4,- Kcrso Blaalreta, Whi^s- Brusios. J Csabst. ^ructai ot'Ci lpj>air'n>g promptly'aUehUed to. lvofmjj a eal! and bo convinced. A'cton,"Not. 2;", :1S73.! i i'TO.X BAIii:itlV I j !. r/'^'W't^* Hcience. , knack of invention was truly won- derfiili^iiipiigli as yet at the. tiuiu I Avrlte ltarry. wajs. twenty:live -. i -litV friend h:til lrad few ojiportuni- J tiesof turning jit to practical ad vantage.' "IJe iifidl \yere both oc- i cupiixl in Konie engineering; works | oil. the' continent, undertaken by an i lTnglis.h firm. Af|errwe had been j tht-ie>oine months llnlry icccivcd ! tUe welcome news! that u', relative j'-luul died, liMving.hiiu u nieo little ! prtipettV and a comfortable home j suiiie .miles out of "Loiidon. ' . " Prior to leaving niti to return to i London for there was much to bo NTS Cut 'IXtKMIO.VS. -% \-1ll:.Ua!" iV.iTii:-\s, . -s X%t j^r H-.r!-;.:-.- l!v-i-j...--i .V < rr::ar:llc Ilurrnli. W.i- BREAD. doiie in. tlie way -of. setting the' lionse'imd projicrty in-order uiy friendsaiii, with" liis 'usual enthu siasm : ..' ' ' ,. my - boy .(my name is ^T:iik .Miklmay), 1 shall expect you. ti) eotneiiud see nio when you:eoine the l.fi- nf t-a-I or lire j back. i here fur I suppose another you are booke.l ;ighteeii months ! or so', and that will jifst give- tne ] time to set niy- liou.se:in. ordei. G^LLOAYlAY *? -. v j.n<3 bring ^yt)uf;4 id. - (:-, '. :' \' "j!je trade of t5 laical Ijitifijiaii; SMd_AmericOt;. gTjsrapt^ed, C^e-ty H I'"--: .1; .vi.:uilii, J0.- ix-- 11>' ani'.o.'.: ce -In the HlltaWraiit-. t,f A-.-.'pA aiitl vlrlii.iiy thai \\o lia^-rieini'Vial " T-t - ]:t-\i t'ltHir to .Morrow's iirahi storr M .- , :(' v. l*.L-ri lie hr.-; bn'i'.t :i t^t-cUissii^'W c,vm i full uj aEP;: ti L> > kt.i '3 1 a-i ort-r. f.satt-ji':- ^: i.-> z i.-. .-... *- - . v > : la-- ":!>-= -:- o!^ ^Jl- - 1 -, -.i -^ ; L i - .. i ^* Una j .".a-.-. .tT. ___;__ '"4j I'TO -N: I'i .*> X -<. ^a*' -1- '. ., -Ti. -- *i : . ^ '*r ' s~ I V, , r . * : K.ALir -t^J ^V ' <j :$ ,u> > It ' : l! !: v'l . " ! Vd -," Jr. \ = '-4I : i KENNEDY 3KO, t?'TriE? '-%'-' :: ITpN'.Vi^.i; oils PTHING :U'- \ "--'i.- :'. - - ^ i-Aort.t-i.: ic- : Jiar p -'---. :-'~. " 11 \: - I -i, ,JIOll. . i.v.turiiiLi' ol.i siteli as have never been svtn li;-fore. *-. Time passed on, and tlie busi- ! neks 1 hadr-nirai.'ed in. was complet- ! anl -3is:uitsr . ' . 1 hadrngaged in. was coinj'let- a;fJ 1 had returned home, I i wi'ittfn.to Harry' oceawioiially,- Ll us-.siiuli as he-lie.trd'I had re- j titWiid be smt me a -piv&siiig iu- vj; ition to come :utd vit.it him. I .. jl gladly exceiite.l the invitation," ] feif 1 -?.ititt:d to s-.-.e my old friend, ' j anil wrote-to him saying I would '- I riili U:;wfi the Bi-Xt da\. and tirrivt- 1 rtbriiBliing thoy'do tliiu-tboy catch ab it to.yoti. (jqrt of trigger, which-in ft " That 18 my iiutomutpa trmoliino. I will explain ___,-.... You seo, nt tho bottom thcro is a reloa^efi u weight Unit rinja'dowiL ,'ainst a ts turn platform -about a foot high ; whoii yoil step on this it gradually des- condH, and as it dons so, stits in motion u train, of wheels and lovers ^you arc, in fact, tho weight, tho motivo power-which puts all in mo tion. All these uvnis with tlio brushes reyblvo, antl brush you till over at once. But the most curi ous and complicated is tho hat brush at tho top ; you perceive Unit they: tiro now Hotnp' distujiico apart, so you can pass between them ; thoy tiro lined with bristles, and aro fix- od on two leverdiko: jaws. ^When the niachhio is set in' motion these j|iws|come toguther, and clasping your lnit between them, revolve va pidly ; and in a few |st:cond8 your Lilt is brush'ed, at tho sanio timo-tis your coat, hut [and .boots. .AVhoii tho platform Teachoa tho ground, tho hat .bruslies sepaniUu^ind you;- step out); theirtko piatfofrn spiingR up and Js ready-foi'tuiotlioi-ciistom- er." ' ': ; "' ': j - j_ ';- ' "It is a cuiiotis contrtyanco. I should liko to see it work," I said. "That 5on shall soon do," nntl ho got on. tho platfonn. All at; once tho brushes began to work vigorously ;. but tlio. hat machine did not come into action, until- tho others had about half done their work 'r it then closed upon his hat, spun round about twenty times, and then Hew apart-, leaving him free to walk out. "There," ho said, "what do you think of that? Jump up and try it." '.' .'.'"" " No,""tlmnk you ; not just now ; some other-.time, perhaps," said I ; uhd tlriiwR the curtains." . " What do you moan 1 Can you wind it up like a clock, and make it play by ineana of a barrel 1" 1 .."- "Nothing of the kind*,.! assure' Aljnost as1 ho had finisliecl speak-VI you," was tho reply. ing ths metal hud becotuo svifficien.t "ly"heiitctl by fiho.now lighjtcd gas to'ucl on' tlio. lever, and tho shut- ) ters. closed and1 tho curtains, drew themselves together as if by magics I .'i'Jjhis is very cleverly managed," saw I. " But iiore is another knob with |tho letter! A on it, j\yhat'i8 that-tar?" .-' 'i- ' *' The A stands for alarm. I have And now, to my great surpriso, a sonata Of Beethoven pealed forth from.tho instrument; tbo keys went! down just'as -though < the' fingers; pressed, them. But no fingers were there. I could not understand it at all, . -. 1. ' " ' At longtli "Harry let mo into the secret, r He had a | musical friend who lived only a few hundred yards one of thorn in clicli room[ but have .' distant, and who hail an organ ex--| ^t Giassware besrqtualitji \ > w ,-t^Ti i..--.la d r:ir.tIU's-a{ C5c |i>cr lb^ i IT cio-j.:.- .W-.--4 sir- .ij:. '-i '.x '.v.-i.-h: iv< n luJ'ri-; la i<-ur. ci'-i'OE.ecr lll't ::!I , Irt-.-iP, . cL:lt'j. t Ct.U-- (:eii*i-rc! f-vcry ar-"u:r.I ILo vil:_.Kt'. .S;k-Ii a hoti.se,-'"HiV boy!.- You've, iit-yi-r seen such a one as it will,fie. 1 'rne-tu to give up engineering for the public, utul-to exercise uiv .tat cuts in that way for, my own liene- fit-and comfoit ; my -house shall be .|.w oven j full of ingeiiions and cuiiotis contri- ^ .j fe]t ^Q ]lt;rvo,re Ulen tff ;i_^st iiiyself to such;an ordeal. " Excuse uie then, for a moment, while I speak to my sister, then I'll go up sUiirs with i'ou." 'II.c had no soonet left uiq, than, as I stood looking.nt the liiaclliue, 1 made upmiv uriiid to trv: it. "No: body was there to laugh at rne.if I jumped out suddeiily, so.I Stepped* in. The Inushes seenied to do their work very well, but I found I must keep in my arms, having" got a knock ^tkiny elbow from sticking it too fur.. But the hat brush oh, horror!- I had forgotten I lfad no Flat on,: and that. I'was a liead^'t-ull- t::i tliau.my friend; the'consequence was, the infernal machine suddenly descended, and seittug me by the head; whirled !round' at ti frightful pii<fe,'till Jf thouglit'no skin would have been left- on my nose. I tri^ to stsop and escitjie it, but I got such blows fiom"behind from the i M'i il rn .-:_ aJ;ce_isoa _a . Ko^trje C'-ari:;..-- u-.' ^* '" t-^r.. "Jr.irr^ ! I ' f. 0_5cp, A'-l'- . or ;k X-TIl^s r..-i_>o:.a-/:-.-.._: - CAKES i:i: s'y. H'id'.-" WISE CI \G &. tFA H CY iinii on h.-ij.a.-iij 'the Iiite.=: .1 r-: UVonable ctiar^t-s;- i.ti- to oycT.-r !-ty!.s lUU'i : I>.' :-riO>:-. Lic&nisd A11.cti32.ser' .'~Fop iii/rf <T:t:n.v of tlnlloa.' Co-jr. a. -if-.vrD- - i-a.ru,- ! '.').. gTZ'LXMiiii:;,--; Marble..Works, (*; I OpT>n:--i ' a'.,:" 1: Mills A: r.:. :-.rA I Sear Eramosa Erif'^e,^ Guc-ipii. - . j El i-rv l & eota? HOUSE, 'T;-',3i? 5f:-:n< (ire, ma'!.;t I and p'..w up c-ouhltv. ' X,o_-r./;r.t'J ] ir.erjts-inip.jrtoii I'.S. A. K.1-L I cicnl marble ;.--M..Tiile I'itct.:,. in* a:'i J" pivrtrof t_m_ ij /;-";..; ioar.- in.er, by ii -j. t^rs rifr-'.tJirpjtVj-^-, 1 ""*[' ... " ' I at a Station abjait two milts fron his house, about G o'clock in- the eveijing. I 'therefore Jiacked a vinftll portmaiileau, and at the-ap- ! po'iti-d. time got .out at the .little : J ro.id.side htution. Harry was there waiting-.for me with.; lis dog-cart; and'soon! wo. were bowlintr along a _friras,'.nt country road:' ." liiooky'. he .cried.'" that. is my hotisii you- see there among the IVees/.iind this ;we are passing, and that ,'one. bi-voiid, and the .'other, are all occupied ."by friend", of mine >ls Avell a.s some others you'ean- 110: .s.i-c i'roiu lit-re^ ,im'd to each of them 1 have la ill a telegraph "wire : so, when I havC' nothing jiaiiiiculur lo: do of'an evening I telegraph, ' Will you come and hav.j a game at whilst 1" or, " I saw Brown iiu town to-.day ; he's coming to shoot Avith you to morrqw." i We now arrived' at the entrance -gate; Harry pulled up, "1'il get .down and open'it," said; I. '- SJt st-'J!," he cried.' '^."he-gate'; opened of its'own. accord.,. 'f Hallo ! That's 'open sesame' witli.ii \ engeanco," I .exclaimed, . -^ - , yr.,. . ,." IIow does it oiien (" Pui-ii?. .SasH,-loor and BIiik\J ^,1yi*.joil.t*you Kea] j have :K.;llfl , .vrjim.-:- "arc '.r:i:T n^3 piirf*. as l-t-t (.ftnitl "ri:d Is .iiM.j. iri: Tin r,.l:y p'l-.roaa;!? of the public is re-Sptctr to!i'i.-:U-d. . - "' j C'aU.anJ S'l-f- for voursclvi-s. A^toi), March ! jiAU.ONVAV BROS. Is7-i. * (TO.'PiLANING MILLS 1 i. AND I. Factory. '- I S" '.::- ' ' ' ] li TDKIZE : -, i :. photogra!phs. J- ' . ~ " ' "Xow is the-Time for Ciie'ap Pictures..-. 'Mami.'iicta'.rcr of WiA&pw Sashj "vfenetiaa Blinds Houldings^ : J Arid otiierB'uildin^KcaHisites 1*-'-' ^ ' -' , A.lEO-\ilakeiJ5 of IV .- phliied across'the-'drive a plate of iroiTiike'ii'sb'ullow gutter; wheh'I' stop, .the. wheels pressing .on this atise it to: sink slightly ; this, acf- , 111^ on - levers and cranks nndtir Ijgrojiudj-. open-a the gate, and a crank hoifls it so, inn il wo jiafes ovfer a sintiliar otio on the other side, which releases it, and the gate falls to," ' '." '.".".' " Well, that's very convenient." "To be sure it is - .saves' me a lodge and a gate-keeper." clothes brushes,"'tliap I was glad to stand upright again. Fortunately the hateful thing soon stopped. X op ened my"eyes and saw Harry looking at uie, convulsed with laughter. I felt ..very, angry as I rushed- out, with one of my favorite long whis kers* brushed across my face, the other over iny ear, while my hair was twisted into a vortex on the top of niy :head. i ' '"It is a hateful machine," I cried,, as i tried to arrange my disheveled locks. ' : ' " Don't j-qu see it was ii'ot regu lated, for your bright ? If you had tried it when I.iisked you, I wojld have urrangecl it: properly." '-' .Well, I've hjid brushing enough i never required them yet, | When either of them is pressed, !a large alarm bell on tlio top of |tho house is sot ringing by electricity, and it continues to ring untiL tho electro power ij'turned off again'. We won't try that as it would, alarm tho whole neighborhood. Btit I have more to show you, ^Iore iB a small recess with a cuijfain in front;. I have had it fitted up as a sliowef bath.: it is self-acting;, in a second or two. after -you enter tho water comes down. You can try it in tho morning, if you like." "Thank you. You. do indeed abound in ingenious contrivances ; you, howover, must have exhaust ed all jn this room at any rate." ' O dear no. /Will you see if there* is any water in the' basin 1" I -went'to look, and remarked that some was just running uj.vay frofmthe tap. " Just so ; in walking to it you trod on a spring-in the floor und set that water running ; now, when you come away you will tread on another and cause it to run a way.'J: I'again! admired the contrivance, when ho said :' "There is one more nnd I think thut is alL See, here by-the bedside are three speaking tubes ; ithis marked number pno communicates, with my bed-room, this, marked two,'with my sister's room, and the third with tho ser vants' room. The Just, two I do not suppose you u-ro likely to have any occasion to life, unless you want Jane to- bring you up an early cup of tea.". -.'.-._-' '..; " Is Jane the pretty housemaid who Opened tho door. . "Yes, you sly dog; yon were not long ib finding that out. But nind, Mny pretty Jane* will -stand no nonsease." " Why, Harry, I should have thought you would have known~me too well to'make such a. remark: you !.__. '".All right, old iellow; I was only joking. But come, you must look pharp and get ready for din ner."! ', After Harry had left, and when. I was ready to go down, I deter-:] mined to'try? tube. No. l.;'I blow the whistle. I ' "Hello !" l-espoiided Harry from thb other side. - i "I am ready to go down when, you aro ; shall you be long T "T a ui ready now,-and will meet j on on the landing." ~]~ . ; ' : As we wei'e going down stairs Harry, told me wo should bo'fourat dinner,'; as his sister had invited Miss* Denbigh, a young lady who lived n|ar. We found the| young ladies in the drawing-room, w.heie I was introduced to Miss Deh|bigh; T could -not help thinking she was actly ljkp this one.j Between.the two a-cable containing a- nunberof wires -Wjas laid, and on drawing out a certain, stop, tho current passed from one to the other, so that when a note-in one organ Was struck, the corresponding uot6 was drawn down by an electro-magnet in the ~other. Thus, ithe piece, Harry had just played had been produced simulta-4 ueously on the other organ, and now the friend was performing on his, and this was repeating it. .Several pieces were pliiyed in this way, Harry, between, times, hold ing conversation with his -friend, and making suggestions by- means j of the telegraph. Whenit began to got late, Miss "Denbiglf'declared she must bo goihg, and Harry walked Ijome with her, leaving ino. to the tender mercies of Miss Gradient. When we were left alone she bsgan asking me if I had seen anything of missionary luboi-s during .my resi dence abroad. I told her I had not.-j She then said she took great inter est iri such matterSjJrtiuSjvas now at work on some frocks for negro children. I was ne.xt asked as to tho moral character; of the' people where I had ' been, slaying. : I thought Harry would never come back, and* made up my mind- that he must bo flirting with Miss"Den bigh, or he., would hasre returned sosner,. for -ho had remarked.that she lived close by. Howqver,. he came at last, and after a Class of grog and a ,pipe of tobacco, we went to bed. Before- lie did so, however,Harry told'riio of o le more of his contrivances; this was to prevent the entrance of bvrjjlars.' ' "Between the kitchen and the front of the 'house," he .explained, " is a pair of swing doors, 01 which aro two brass handles ; ,th,ese are connected with an induction coil, and when I go to "bed.I-tiirn on the battery power by a small winch iri my room. Now, woe betide any one who tries to open: thesu doors, in the night. If ho takes hold of these handle's he receiv.es-a tremeiir dous shaking, and the muscles of his fingers so contract that 'lie" cari- not'bpen his bonds', to release 'him self, bu', must -grin and endure.it tintil I turn off the battery power," " Suppose you didn't heiir him; he'd'"stand there all niglifl" '..' " Oh, but if.any otic.touches this arrangement, u bell immediately rings in my room " I determined I iijinst wako Harry and explain nutters at once.. . I 'caught' up the pipo bl6w the whiS- tie nnd presently got an itiiswer. " Oh, I have made such a mistake," I skid. " X wanted you to come and sleep, hero, but I got hold of. the tubo time goes to-Miss Gra dient's room andiusked her tti c6mo instead ; Hut of cjourso I meant you at the-time.1" Db come-.to nie iifc once or I will try to find my jway to your robiii." _ , :. \ *' - , . The reply only increased nry horror: andconsternatipn ; it was a shrill femalil; voice, not -Miss-Gru-;- dient's, but' evidently Jane, -the She said : hate ye.know-' as l;pran'honest gal,land scorn ye. pretty lidusQinahl's. "You wretch 1 I'd 1 ';,r tin 'honest gal,, i YouHcon'tChd iiiie a-^oinnig near you ;\ and if y6u;come. here vouj. can't get in, for cook's locked the door."'.'-'; :-' : [' M'yvtrear girl, T assure -you," I commenced, trying to explain, but she began speaking from the end of the tube, and cut ;me short, - "I ain't your dear gal;. and its no use your talk 'cause I'm ii-going with niy curlp.ipe master all about in*." ing any longer,, to plug the pipe but I shall tell it in the mom- I again drew- mjys'elf back on the bed ; large drops of cold perspira tion stbdd on my .forehead as I thought of the awful' muddle I had got into. ' Sleep was now not to be expected and I longed for a. glim- ;'mer of light. If those confounded shutters had not been closed there would have been a! little. Than I made up my mind that I would fcel' my way to !;he: windoiv and open the shutters.! . I got out of bed and. felt my way . nlohg the wall. Thfe darknjss and stillness were dreadful. J; uddenly I heard a noise and starte i ; the next in stant I heard the ^yater' running in ,the basin ; I had- trodden "on ths spring in the floor.] -Ihow proceed ed, 'still feeling my-"wiiy along fixe will; I must conie to the window in time. -, " Ah, here it is," I" mut-" tered as I felt the curtains, bito I was mistakeni;- it was the'little bed in the recess.' ^ Again I-moved j on ward, knock ing my shins against thestairs, but, at last I exclaimed,." Here.it is;' these'are the curtjains." It was a: bow-window, and I passed.through to feel for: tlie fastenings of: the shutters; when- ! 'How shall I describe niy^ensations t -lyelled, I screamed, I scaro*ely knew, what I did.-. It was tlio sklj'-acting shower-* for to-day. Lei us go up stairs, for j n7ore "tTt home with' -Harry than .,'Bfst Retouched "'and. Bprnisbed "trbcitogragbs-reduced to $1.00. per - dozen at the .-. Ontario -liTtotojrupli G.^Ueri),Ucton. Call at once and obtain a gtlbd find cheap pipturf/j finished in tjie best Letyle,_ before prices aro'Sgairi ads . vance'd.V j N.B.-V,'e were awarded nil the .first prizes over all competitors at -! tbe late County Kair at Jlilton, Oct. 'j I3th atrd'Mtii;.1875. . ', ' '-- C.^V.HILL. Photo,' ; Acton, Nov. '20, 1875/ - i"2-3m Xf-AEM; FOE SALE. ' On^ liundra-l acres of land,'-well -^.woodisl, being tha1 cast half of r,ofc;.21, in the $(rd Couces-sii^i,' in tlie Towuhliip '.'f.Eeq'ue=iiig. l-'&r particulars aildriss ' - . -THOMAS GARVIN. ;,. Erin.P.O., Orifc., No%". 30, ltifo. _^.VallKS. ': ' '- ' " ^_-; "i^artfeB wanting l^oanl in.a private . Jious-i:-ca:i lic-ar of suclt a'rcoMiinodatioii By applying at th<;-Fi'.i:i: I'lt.ESs oilice. - "^efcJn,--Marcli 1/.1S7C' \ -', H4P36VEB -SUCTIOH'.-' PT7UPS Lunjb&r Planed qnd "Dressed to orde ip the best manner.- '_ "- {Sf Ajl work guiiranteed. _.'. ">*TRE HULK). ' The'undersignei begs to thaiik his customers for the liberal patronage re ceived* during the past summer,', and would Bay that he is .now prepared to - Ll rtiimber of custom- trsiwith g0d, pun , fresh milk deliver ed every iaorning, and twice ^ day on Saturdays.' Partits"who keep cows will fityi.i: much cheap -.i and lei/tronble to get iiiilk"i<teliyere5[l at their doors, and they 'would do well to sell their cows aiul'-buy' their milk.. Twenty-one quart tickets for SI, if*.jpaid" ii. advance, Or twenty-oiis pint fiipketsfor50 cents. P.LS. AE"USTKONG \ Acton, Nov. iOflij 1875. J<>B PRIXTjrxO of all Tcinds iicatly aud pramptlyesecuteijjil-tho FREE PRJDSS OFFICII:," \sext the I*o8 .Ojtrice, iittli J5|rjecl. We now dro\ up to the house, where tho groom was waiting to take the horse, and the housemaid was-holding Open the door, "Do you see,'Mark; they had notice of our coming. When we stopped 4t the gate -the weight o( the dog-oart pressed two electric wires into contact, which, passing under-ground, rang one bsli inthe stable yard and another in the kit chen, so that when wo arrive the servants are all ready to attend upon us." " " - " - We now entered the house, Miss Gradient met us in the hall,,and I was introduced to her by her broth er, , I' should never have supposed her to be Harry's.sister, tov she* waataHiand gaunt; and whether Jt wA the blue spectacles or not I j-cannot say, bnt she struck me as being) frigid and 'severe; not at all the s4>rt;of pei^on you would will ingly: care to oherid.' She, however, bade ime welcome, asking if I had:. a nice journey., etc. ; As I was taking oflf my overcoat^ I exclaimed/;-. " Why, Harry, whaton earth is that mach&eih the corner?" : , It looki'd like a shower-bath a/ttacbed to fhe upright' supports .were a num- juer of-crooked iron aims, and on Xhe end:of each a brush. I'm'anxioiis to look in the glass to tsee if there is any skin: lefc^ on my nose."" '_. " What a jolly large room !" said I, as I entered the npartment pre-, pared for me. .-".' -. "Yes,-this is my poor uncle's room, and-for a year or two before he died he used to use ..it-for a sit ting room as well as bedroom. You see that large recess at the end ; that is where he used to sleep. The bed -is' there still, as it is often' handy; but as the room- |is only used for sleeping purposes now, J have had another and' larger" bed put in as well. 'I'll come'and sleep in the little bed, and keep you com pany, if you;:like; that is, if you are nervous, and jdon't like being alone, as you used to be", "Oh, .but that was. such a wild, uncivilized -place, one Could hover with his sister, and this wjis con firmed later on when he walked home with her wrong tube, ahfl ^Hcd to .your sis^ .. ter.-instead, jirid-a$e ' "OhKwell, ntjver mind?- I'll mt'ke it all right in the morning.' I can't stay any .longer """'. '." .- He was gone,a|nd ihad not.bseni'. able to fully expliin. Should.I dp . so through tli6;pipe" ^No, I'wouii^ not risk that; il -tniglTt gfit hold of . the wrong etie iigiiin;- and oiliy ,-fiiake! maf,|e.rS:Wor&, $ lay poiiderrng for! a long time whajtl should do.-? T - "Was prized .with"ail ardent desin": to 1-- get.".ifh-;i'y.' -I "looked at_my watch, it ivas fp'ir o'clock; why, it would. . toon bo duyliglffcj If; .those con--, foumied shutters Were open I should.. be. able to.see if the day was break.^" . ing. Now, I'had "a light, stir^ly I" mfght open them, but|.as .the gas. was alight,'it prevented -the catch.:' from keeping the*n^ open, and, as I; ! hiiye.Biiid, they closed with ti .spring liowevei-, as I held ..them-' baek;^ ' could ^seiSno signs if diwn, anil at- last I marmged td "prop tlii-m' open with two chairs. VHow could'I get '-'- away. ?-= tlltitwasithe afl'important question and wftlfpttt- Jane'seeing me to. i Suj/jiose I! were trying'to.; slip out, and were to uieet^her oii,. the stairs, in.th-fj dark; sheLwould, probably think I had improper de- |-S>igns, and before'. I could explain^ .."' would rouse the bouse., Decidedly,.-- if I meant to go,^!. must start be- . fore tho servants were' stirring: .1 consulted my Bradshaw and found- that there w-ns an early .train from _ the station wber"2 ; I gdt put ;Iaa^ j.' night. Only last night 1 Could1 it,; be? It seemed an age. Yes^ I would make up my inind.fceLgo.>I . would leave af note Tor Harry; aek- " ing bim to excuse niy! sudden de parture, and begging hiBi,;whatevr - might be alleged against my mdrjdcharacter, to suspend.his judgment' until he had-heard what". I hao!^~to - say, if we would everineet,again. I found in my pocket a! note with 'a blault-half sheet;; thisT toref o&V and writing my letter to Harry, I ' placed it on fhe table an^i prepared^ ^tp start. -I Iliad only a. small port- ' jruunteau, wliich-I could easily carry : to.the station mjself. Soon all was re'idy; I opened the] door "and crept' noiselessly down stairs, carrying my: ,- boots.lin-my band. In ithe! hall I sat down and put. them; on-.:.. Coh- fotind if,"the Xront door: was locked' . and the key tukedi away; I; iaust try some 6f the biask entrances. . I was defermined' tp get put pf the : house if possible.f 1 had not been- ip the kitchen,-but saw. a passage which I haeffrib doubf led in that TiU -Jl ^tr"- balh Lhcid got intd ! andtbe water-, <} OanUonsly ^traversed camed0w|x'ina tofrent-pn.myde- 11Vf?1' th? W1^ daylight was only - voted head. I Edppose my cries \ dimly strugghng through the fan- were deadened . by jthe curtains^ fot - llSllt Qver the door- * ' >.; .'-V. -rr "no one. appeared to: liave heirdi liie, and I emerged dripping froiiir'the bath, I thiin felt ..iny" way to my: portripinteau and got a dvy night'. shift,"which I drew on, "and' was ihen glad to get intp BecJ again. It was hot long before T was warm-; 1: c . .. a gloW.seemed to come over me, but We now went up' to bed, Harry sleep was still put of the question 1 T-. - -r. .: ...n ,i.:.. .i'-----T 1. ^ j .. .,. bidding mo good night at-the room door, but saying if I, wanted any thing I qpuld speak to him through the tube. I was very 6oon in bed, and almost as spdn, asleep and dreaming that I wasin tho train, and that the engine - was shrieking 'madly. I awoke and! found Harry blowing the whistle 'through the tube close to my ear: ! I drew out the whistle and asked what'he wanted.- Only to.;inquire'if you are all; We had a very niceljtUe jdiriner, (right, and-tp say wej -jireakfast at 9 feif what migh,t happen-; but I jam nptnervpua at being alone' in Eitg- land." . . ! ".". All right, old ; fellow; but I have got a great deal to show you here. First of all it is getting dark; I'll light the gas ; that is done by electricity.- -I have got a quantity of batteries down in the cellar, and wires laid all over"thbhouse. Now see. I press thisiivory knob, which brings th& wires:'into contact, and an electro magnet turns the stop cock ;" aud at the same moment a spark passes across the gas jet and ignites it. But that.is not all., You see that bar on the ceiling above the lamp - well, it, is compos ed of two metals,, one.of which ex pands by heat much more than the oilier; this causes it tp bend when and' after the ladies had 'left us Harry explained some mdrehof-his ' [inventions, and showed me his tele graphs by which he cotnftiuriicated with his neighbors. As we were talking one of' the bells rang. "Hello,"' said Harry,.1' that's Pool What does he want, I won- deiT-" -' - ,;j Then followed a series of (clicks. "He wants to know jf I" will' come and have a game of billiards with him to-morrow, I snail say I have a friend staying with me." |" Click, click, ojick."; ,.?'Ha says, ' bripg yoiu friend with you:'- Will ^ou go?" '" I have no objection," I answer ed. "."_ . _"' '. | Click, click, click went the ma chine for ; some . time,, and then Hairy came and sat dewn, saying, " All right; he will expect us-" , After a timewp joined.the ladies in ithe drawing-room, and had some music ajriii singiig, as Mis8 Denbigh haji a jvery fine' voice; s!he and Harry Isang some duets'together, and ap[iieareil so much accustomed to it that they, must haye had a :great deal of practice. In the room was a nice little organ, op! which Harry gave a' very creditable per formance. He explained; to me that it Was blown by water- power. He had fixed a,^horizontal wind-mill on top of his house, which [pumped up the water, aid from th^ height to which it wasl raised be got sufli During all tliis'time I had never got over, the oppression of the in tense darkness. . 1A.11 at once, I thought", u'_ Why.wliat a foot I-am !" I.had-forgpttonrliow easy it was:to light the "gas. I liad only "to press Presently I came to a pair qf foki- - irig doors cavered' with -erimsbri ' -" baize. I pusiied; they ditl not yielrcl; .": but peering more closely, I*saw-:a ^ latch by. which they were secured. : ;1 tried it, but stall'the door w^).uM r not-open. whs atVo.ther handle and I- put down my portmanteau toL try thia,'wheri-,V Ohj Oh ! Ah ! . ' O-Oo-o-o 1 Murder.! Thieves ! :. Fire ! Oh !" and so on forjabout an hourj as it seemed^ to me, : tbbiigh T dpiv't suppose it was a minute. J I was .caught in the thiefitrap thiit Harry, liad epcplained^ to". ie, bjjt - ..a1 oa the ivory knob,> True, there' which I had'fqrgptten. My fingers mighrt be-sbme difficulty in finding I clutched yioknitj'y at the handles. o'clock." I answered rather pettishly, I am. afraid : " I was all right jiist now, for 1 was fast asleep T Good night. Don't wake me up again." It was all very well to say don't w'ike me up again, but I could not go*to sleep, do what; I would. At length after tossing ;and tumbling it, but At any fate I would try. Again" I felt mjr.way along the; wall, and at length:finding thokhob,- I pusiied. it Jiij but no . gas was lighted. ; Instead, ]j heard a. terrifie, noise overhead; .it) was thJe alarni bell, . All the neighborhood would be aroused. Whajt sjiould Itlo f I did not in tlie least know;, how to stop it. I must try and find jny waj' to Harry: Ajs for the pipe,. I could not be at all feure which was number ' one. in tke^a'rk. In'my hurry toj find the door, I-had just upset a table with a .vuriety of (-things upon it, when Harry^ who Well-!" came the, answer, in a rather sleepy tone. .jr. " I can't go {o sleep ; I wish you .i"Nothing,'" I cri^d: ! "Tf Ioould but stop this abprpinable bell!' Xjup stairs ; I'm sorry'to see you so w;as ttying to light the gais,. and would come to iny room, or let me J -.. .,-.-, -i , . -;, go.tb yours; I think; you had bet- \ Pusbed m ;the wrong knob. holds open the shutters, and th,ey iuijnedhitely! close with, a Bpriag, a'a Perhaps "thisjis aiselP-actirig organJ'f ter come-here, .and you can sleep,in the little bed as you proposed."- ' . " II: I proposed iijjthing of the sort, and you knpw it, you base abandoned wretch!, I[shall tell my brother iof your conduct in the^ morningf I 'Oh, horror! I had caught up the wroiig tube, arid had. been speaking to Miss Gradient. What should I do? il tried to, explain, " My dear madam, I assure you-it', was all 'a' mistake; I thought I was. Rpeaking to your brc ther." ; But I got no answer. " MadHm,"' I said, " do you hear mef" : .Stillj.no an swer ; she had evidently, put down the tube, and "would lliepr; nothing more I had to say, 1 j jrufc: in the 1 whistle and dropped niy end of the pipe, and threw myself' bock 04 the bed to think. .-' -1| ;"' e bare idea of nvysaying such- g to -tliat stiff old My; was to contemplate. ..-How could I meet her at break( 1st ? Atliist thougli I was' all" the time most anxious to rush, awriy froin them; but the muscles pf my fingers were [j)e3*pnd my contrcl^aud I was suffer-- ing excinciating iigcny*; frpnl the"""' electric currest, wliich was \db"ra- A tbig thrcugh me fro'mt: heiul: to foot- -; ,.-; .:.-:' f \'!4..-' '*),%. :, At hist the shaki'arj c'aased^and"" with it my cries and shiuta, wliich - Iliad kept' up vigorously all tliie time, and I. almost drppppd uito-ii chair w'hich:-stood ;neayri.' Then I ; heard Harry, who was"; asking h'ow"..; I came here.'r " I' wasgeing away,";': ; I gasped.: -'" I- have been.; nioFt' miserable-all night; but this is the: climax ;-it has almost killed laeV Pray, open "the. doprj and I'll, try.,} and walk.t<ij the "station." -. - N- ~" Nonssnse !" cried Harry, 1 '" -, < There," said Harry,, when, he pushed his' way 'in ;V- I'ye stopped it.: ' But' I must now run dpwji stairs to the 'telegripbs. 1 can hear the bells, ringing ; the/', 'neighbors have heard the alirrri, and aire want- ing.to ask what is the matter;" and away went Hairy, still leaving" me in the dark. When ho'had flent -tbom eaeh a - mes; age, stating that the alarni was all a mistake, lie came Back to -ask hie lipw it hap-.| pened, and lighted-the gas for me. I could uotsle3p,"J said, "and 'wanted tbjget a light; but, unfor tunately, I pressed in the_w*rong knob und set the I elf ringing.";'" ,-s ' it's all- right now/; B'nt-I must go-and get, ijiito' bed; F^e got>carcely anything on, and my'teeth qlre chattering so I cart hardly speak." .. ;-. .' "But, I- say, I want to explain, something to you. VTv^-got intb such-an awful.muc dlej I.vvah'jed tu spe&k to you,jbut ![.igot hold of the bothered, ..but I'll, njakfe it all right.,; ' .,.. ," -: -..' : "INo, I^shalLVneveV ,be happy; here; you mu$t let mef-^ .1 anr very much.-pbliged' to sou fpr vour kind intentions, but what with.bella and ttrbes,-hd; Jcripbs to jmsH.in, and handles toj pull outjand batter ies'and ccils,-abd one tBihg.or efos other, I am almost iliiveii dtjt of iny senses'. Plpase letimegp 01* I Hhall' be too late forithe;'"eai-ly;trHin.!"; . ': " At any i"ate, wait till I--cab cail my man'to put-the ihptise-to the -dogcart anpTI.M'ilt;d live, you to the , . statioa. .!. -'. --,-.'. . " No, no, thank you; good-by, - ,i ^oocl-hy." A'Ajd I hastened-away. . . I looked! back and saw Jane* - opening, the shutters,;then harried-i! ly made mji way down tjie driya.:- *^- I cfiutionsly pushed the ff.ite open ~ '. with j'nly foot, and-casefully avoided . '. toucljing t^io >handle., j WiienrlirgQtr-.' -- on" tlie high road. I- breathed- oipre. rnpre freely, and hastfehfetl on_tQ;tb(j ? v. railway statjion, where it^TBana^Oi V";' tbcatoh thtt early triijm]..: '.-: -r-i-: ,;lv- <ii f. :! - 4:=. ! iJ-i fm- ^ass*-**""