^Ji-J -J h r relry 'S. ?/>&. J- -MlgtSods :odiacs, i s - f;3 caly. >.ow Toronto BS NS. -oods. SE & Co. Ales ;d left. fX be sold re- d Prints PRICE. Tweeds, , low -prices,' t teepmust^*' ['.lings, !EowJ- ^ _ i, and -sSiall nng that w* d first-*?*** examine onf Co., ,f )BO?TOVPN. TING t % Vl* '* **^5 r rtr H. LOWRY, M. B., M., \\ .or.!*. Omduau- of Trinity I" aLw. Mera*w>rolColtn<eorrri>siclan3 Si 8aip"--MmSTRtw AitoN. R. SORROW, Physl- 1 esan. *urew> Ac, oi llollevufe Col- iMnLxew York.ttisoUraduate 0,1 Victoria Coilrtr*. Canada. - Consultation tlttys Tnaaorsand Friday*, from 9 *. m.i'HI 4 p. m. Residence West BoWcr alcest, ACTOS, yanfj to l^n. Ajerit Montreal lolo- craphrlCo- t"ierfc >ourtt t>U-llon Court, 'vr&ia. fe j. K , Jtc. ACTON, O.st. ' Com cy- also Agent Canada D HENDERSON, 0 ancer, *c , also At Uti Assurance Co. Deeds, Mortgage s , *<f_ pre pared neatlv, promptly, correetly aaJ Joq reniMnble tortus. Mone\ to iota on MortCMre security. Office lat)ow House. Acton. JB. MATBTESOX, Attorney- a at-l^aw, SolfcJlor In Chun-eery, Corner of Main and Church Street*, lleorgrtown. APPIEBE & SIMPSON, Barrister*. Atlorn)a-at-I**w, feo- iidtors to Chancery, Conveyancers, &c. jrala street, Uxosatrorx. TT-JI, LAIDLAW. Barrister, IT -Attaruey-at-.L*w Soitcilor Ui C&aneery, Ac Offlws: Hamilton. 1-1 Kng slreef; Milton, Main street, riie JlcHon" Offleer ytlll b<- under the manage ment of 1>- \V. Campbell. an3 Mr Lud- lw Till attend at tne "Miltou Vfllcc" oa Friday ofeacu week. T T^OMIXION Harness shop. E. K. COOK Having purchased the stock and good Will of tho business lately carried on by^Tr. J. F. Dompsey, begs to announce tijrtlie inhabitants of Acton and vicinity tnat lie will continue the harness bum- ness in the same premises, _ Old Post Office BiiUding, Mill 1 Street.. Acton, where he ia'prejiarod to turn out work B*conil to none in the Dominion, bciirg a i practical workman of considerable ex- i periencc. All work done promptly and as cheap as the cheapest On hand a large anil -well selected stock of Barnras, Horse Blankets, Trunks, Whips, Brashes, Comn*, *ew Repairing promptly attended to. I E. K. COOK. Acton, Sept. G, 1S76. Cheap r The Acton Free GALLOWAY BROS. ARE And we STILL intend to ke p so with our Superior Bread, Bilns, a nd Cakes, H ENRY L. DRAKE,, I\slKi>CE AtiEXT, CIELPH. Aceat for ttie Mercantile ami WaU-rtco, All business entrusted to nls care will be Ssltitully -attended to. iolxdted. Orders hy mail H. l. drake: SLEIG-HS. Delivered fresh aronud ho village and vicinity ovetjy day. A good stock of BRBAI>i BUNS A! *D CAKES NO CREDIT X PATENTS for INVENTIONS eXK-llUouid} and pt\H>erly securvd in Canad i, Ihe Uuitei bLales and Kuropo. fajenl eiar.mtetd or no cbarge Send toe imoteJ ia>tnjcuon^ Apu6 in?p*r- aaiaUmeJ^ HEXKV (>},I>T, Uiuva, Canada, Mee^aiveal Enelneer, ho.iel.or oi Pa <*nis and Drai^h muud. 'Vi 'ILL11M WATR1NS, Jssacr Barrtacr Llcra*r Jt. ejrHBeate*. Bj Boyal Appoimmeiil.J 1 Eosmeis p lvale and-eoDndeulial *ateiriis Pot ortlse. uuiiwliium, <"o tj iiaitoru _ i M RS. & JCART^. Tcacker &TSlash, Bnwla; and Frrnrli. Clmrch siret.', Aqtt a o LIVER LOZIER, PJasterer, Ac^on, Oct- Euro UeinpiwD o. Kixswn' g aa I R'liigh-ciatins done t>n she niTis r^aaot-able icriiis, j^ia ^EiiMac. .lion soaranCett A CTOS FLOl R MILLS. K. i E. MCiOIS, Pnipneton, Flour an i"Feed ala ays en ! and, whole sale and re^ait. Grisung and Cb.>ppi;i itailr. C^?b or all kin-sof Gr^in. Now ia' the. tmte to leave your order At J. Ryder's Factory for a Stylish Cotter r SerriceaHe Sleigh. 1 am making up a large stock for the coming season, from the best matenal.- Call cuii! &e vter Hands-inn? Ci///r.~'. Mf present stock of BUGOIES AND WAGONS w dl be sold off very cheap. Now is a good time to secure bargains. Str.ct attent'on given to | Sorsc-shoein? & General Blacfe- Except to prompt-paying montlily cus^ tomcrs. All kinds of Froducjo change for &;oods. Weight for veight gi> cxcliango for flour. WEDDING & FAr^CY Made to order m notice, and satisfaction j ^larauteecL N.B. All gooils are as nothing but the bfifjt of maturial re used. The patronage i respectinlly soliciUd. OALt Acton, Ang. 9, 1S7U. taken in ex- en iu bread in CAKES the :s uortest possiblo ;uarauteed. . warranted pure t of maturml re f thu public is 3WAY BROS /~1UEAP BREAD FOR THE MILLION B. SB E. 2Ti:SLZ2T Beg to announce that t)u*y lm\e secured the ner\ iocs of a First-Class Baker, Acton, Sept C7 JAMES KVDER. 1876. X T>OSSlX; ilOlSL, Acton. JA) Cio^ lotthf O- T. Rj.i 14) Sluuo i. l.icelVtil accotnmodaiU a f<>r tlit tra\ ci lia-put lie. TIIU^. CAM I Bi.I..U, iToj.r. DOSI.MON UOTEL, Acton^ B'Hwn Agnew, ^ropneior.Tljla new Hotel is tited up in flrst-cla^a ' ' *tyle Tim nev fum.uire. Comnsercui^t Trarellers-wl l&d t:ood arcoiumo'J&iion andcommuiioas SjmpteltoomH.^-pecial a \rLt-.on-pai i to th wauti. oi ttn,-*ravel- Unz pnulie, Barsoppile>' with tne be2>t Lienors and Cigar*:, uool S-iblitjg aud sssUre Hostlers. w M. HEMSTREET, Licensed Auctioneer Fortne Counties of Wellington and "Half ton. orders Iwt at the Fb^p Pnto* "Olfiie, Actor, or at mi residence, in K*ekwid. will b^rpromptly atteudei" to. -Terms reasonable. ------------------1----------------------------------------- prRE milk. _ Tfie sndei^igned bees to thank his cus tomers fir the liberal prtronage received daanc tbe pasi bummer, and would bay tnai he is now prepared V* siipply an ad* d^tlonal onmber of ca*toxnJ*s wltn good, pare, frejiii sktltc dV&v^ed -ever) mm- lae^anil twice a~d&7 on Hatnlda> r. Par- tics who keep cows will fjpd it moi'b efaeaper aiidOt*s truutleioeelmliideliv ered at their~3bor. and they would-do well to tell their cows and buy their oiilfc. Twenty-one quart tickets for^l, if paid In advance, or, lwent}-one- pint ticket* for50cents. I...P 8. ABUSTROSti. Acton, i'ov. Mth, li>75. UNDERTAKING. Tin- undersigned legs le-.ve <n inform the people ,>: Aetoii and Mciuitj thaiie will f uruiah all Requisites in rndcrtaktug on short notice and reasonable terms as ^an lie had H'-'if^c S'ljij'Iinl ichvii Dt-iietl. " AL>o that he will Fit up Stores & Offices in the best stj le. .bow A'nsr*, BmL Cases and Desk* made to order , FUBKITUSE HEP AIRED. Shop on Willow street, near Main st, P. M. McCAXls*. ^4cton, March 20, 187G. 39-Gm and that their Baling in full operation, in the by Jfrs. Hanna. Bread w ill be deliver d houses in the village ar VeddiniT Cakes, ILTON M PLANING MILLS. J. R. MITCHELL, Manufacturer of Sash, Doors, Blinds, Mould ings, Door and Window Frames, Picket^ etc. Planing, Scroll Work- and MatcJiinr/ Done to Order. " Blinds 30 cents- per foot. "S* -411 work delivered in ^Icton free. Orders left-at Seeord Bros, will be promptly attended to. Milton, June 6, 187C. 50-ly DTEAM Carriage'& Wagon XVOB.K.S, 2S,ia Street, - Aetoyi.^ 'MICHAEL SiPEIfJOT,- (ieneral Blaeksmita, Carriage and Wagon-maker. Best Horse-Shows in the_ County, Perfect eatiafaetion guaranteed or no price charged. nrsi-CIoss Plows and C^lUrd's Patent Iron Harrows always on nand. " A good stock of Carriages and Wagons. Repairing promptly and properly at tended to. Acton, July 18, 1876. Pastry, Bun i, &c, made in the \ cry best m inner, and kept alwa\s on hand, giKnl a.id fresh Also all kinds of C'oufectioaerj, ButLiuts Chetse, &c, The patronage of the publii pectfullj sdlicittd. -IcMn. Teb '29, B 4 1S7G. Q.FELPIL ARMORY, i^ JOHN KIFiKHAM, Gnnsmitlr, Silver, Plater, &c Wishea=io Inform the ] remoN ei! A CXON! ,'PLANING Hatch's 3 Slock} Bread. OF EARLY DAY8. A gentleman who has lately re turned f roni n visit to Dallas, Texas, tells a Btory which is mther dnirna- tic, and may bo truo. The Btory was told to him by an old hunter, who had become domesticated and was lounging about one | tho Dallas hotels. ill could tell you a good many queer stories, stranger," said tho old iellow, in a conversation with tho St. Louis man, " but I don't know of any that 'ud bo more likely to kind o' strike you than an experi ence of Sam Long's, in Harrison , county, somo years- ago. Texas Always on hand at oil r bakery, good, was a toygh place trien : you kin fresh and cheap for cash. .. .,b. ,,Y *' AHEAD. Ubtt on that! And then business is now premises owned safety, and who, searohinglfor him, had been attraoted to tho f pot by a faint moaning. She aflsiB^d him to reach tho cabin, whicl. ho did would bo saved I Already her with difficulty, and then nu rsed him I smoke stacks showed through the faithfully to recovery. It w is weeka before he was well enough to move about. Scarcely had Long recovc red from his wounds when his cabin was found deserted, and members of the Redtlett band, thinking that he had laily at the d vicmity. tho old fellow told hia story, which can scarcely be as graphic in ptint as in tcao idiom : Years ago Harrison ! county, in Texas, was tho haunt of about as desperate a gnng of ruffians -as ever infested nny district west of the Mississippi. Their number Was so great und their organization so com plete that they Bet the but half-ad ministered law at defiance, carrying on u caivor of daring cinno with impunity, nnd muftingi tho region an undesirable pjace of abode for all honest citizens. Ostensibly hunt ers or trudere, tho desperadoes tnado fatock stealing their chief occupation, never hesitatirg to commit a mur- dtr when necessaiy for their safety or for tho txecution of any of their iiisctHy plans. The! controliug (.pint in this desperate organization, was a giant mimed Dick Reddett,, who, fioui his exceptional ferocity and d.inng, exeicised almost despo tic control over his followers. A special pride of this man was in his extraordinary skill iu the use of the rifleyiio one of the hand being able to compete with him in what was at that time considered the chief accomplishment of a Western man. It was u fa\orito practice with the Tea Cakes, E. NICKL1N. b.ind to congregate ut some one of laudflfd the region. Then ibhc that helias ;o ; Xext door to Tjson'-s AUBnntmoN for UiL BREECH LOADING /SMS. Ely 4 Kynoch's Carl ridge Coses and Caps for re loading mi ne. He-loadera, Ke-capperx. Cup Eject* rs, Cuaors, and Creasors. Cleaning Rods and alt articles necessary for a Sparlsm in's outot All sorts of Repairlig and Jobbing executed on the Bhorces notice ut Guelph, ^lpnl 27, IS Butcher Shop 6*. MILLS ^ AND P TROLLOPE CHAPMAN, Practical Bookbinder. AU Descriptions of Binding Neatly Executed. Pomp, SasbVDoor and Blind Factory. THOMAS EBBAGE, Manufacturer of Amount Boots of all Kind* Made to Order, Baling Promptly^ Attended to. *tKDEEv-!-St. George's Square, Guelpi /v^"0rderB left at the Faii Pees "mce wiU receive prompt attention. Wiado-w SasE, , Poors, Venetian Blinds Mouldings, And other BnllilingRequisites tho few small stores scattered- through the countiy and there en gage an shooting matches, and ,it was on one of these occaaious that S.nn LongT] the hunter already mentioned, chanced to be present. Long was a quiet, modest fellow, who h\"ed with Ins wife> and child in a small cabin in the neighboi- hood, aud who mude hunting his constant occupation. Upon the oc c.ision just lefeired to, when Sam Long chanced to come where the desperadoes weie engaged in one of their sliooting matches, it 'was do uiamled that lie should take, pa tin ' the >-port. The hunter hesitated at iirst, but finally, not wishing to incut tho ill-will of the ruffians, consented. His skill with theiifle was known to be somewhat re- niaikable, and tho desperadoes were not gieatly surprised when ho de feated them all save the captain of the band. This mitn had Inot en gaged, in the sport but whe,n Long had \ anquished all the othei-s, came folward with the assurance of an easy v ictory. The shots wero made, and to the sui prise of everybody, Long gained the day. The rage of the leader knew no bounds at being thus defeated in the presence of his followers, and although, refraining from any violence oil tho spot, ha intimated darkly to the huntet that he would " get even with him." Long paid little attention! to the threat, and soon afterward|retumed to bis cabin. j At just dusk, some days later, Sam Long, having come ih from a long hunt, was lying on the floor of his cabin and playing with'the child, while his wife was1 getting Bupper. The wife, busy with her cooking, asked him to go to an adjacent spring and bring somo Water, a. request which ho piomptly complied with, leaving the gun in the house,a sonip- what unusual course with him. He hud reached the spring and was just stooping down to fill tho pail he carried, when he was borne down from an attack from behind bound securely, and dragged some yards in- -*ir oaa jr.s CTON A CTON j- LlVERY & SALE STABLE j. P. AlilLAN in Takes pleasure public generally that li farnlafc S^Sew^vt- !?," BOWPLt & CO., eootaln7 . J**for Pam-pblet of-WO pages Su&atL.8 i}hta. ot 3000 newspapers, and <^iiatesshowlngcostofadr>lsiDK. Also Maker of Z2SPE07S9 StrCTION SVWVfi Lumber Planed and pressed do order in the best manner, 't&~ All work guaranteed. ActoDj Janv187fi. 1 FlMt-elaas Horses emd. Oarrlaees At Beasqnabl > Rates. His ftigs and Hcttses i re the best that can be had, and be Is d itennlned not to be surpassed by any Olt r "*- - Acton July 1st, 1876. ed only the Captain and four more of the more resolute ot his f )Hower3. These five hunted and made their raids always together, and For some time escaped harm. It chanced ..that among them was the i flan who had endeavored to save Lo lg at the tiruo of the whipping from so severe a torture.v This man one morning ventured- out in the woods without his comrades. Ho was walking along, looking for game, v hen tho brown barrel of a rifle p -ejecting from a bush beside hip cht eked his course. A tall lank man tase from the bush, and tho startled man re' cognized Sam Long the hunter Long raised the rifle then lo wered it " You'te the man who said a good word for mo, an' you may go, bad as you are. I won't t ike your miserable life. Go !" The_ man needed no second invr tation to go. /He hurried to the camp and told his story. Ihe> cap tain and the other thiee men started out in pursuit of Lang, and but | two men accompanied Dick Reddett when he "retnmel! Tho third man bud fallen, she t in the eye, nnd no search of ths under brush teveuled the hunt;r. The next another man was dlled in camp, and again the hunt) ur escap ed. I On the next day the two re maining men fled the country, leaving the fierce Redde ;t alone, The leader of the desperado >es dared not to remain where he v as. He knew ho was the man s.bove all others that Long sought to kill. Concealing himself until light;, he mounted his horse and fle 1 'for tthe' nearest point on the Arkansas river where it would be p< ssible to toko passage on a steambo it. Two days later he reached a so lall land ing in the woods On the banks of, the river, where the steal ler stop ped 'for passengers when tl ere wero any to take. He learned from the occupant of the only cal iu in the neighborhood that tho bo tt would be down in the afternoor, and so, having put up the signal to secure a landing of the boat, he {establish' {$1.00 per annnnvln Advance. > ns a drowning man clings to straws. The boat waa very near. Should she round tho point in time ke The " Cash Down ** System. At a meetihg of newspaper men in Sherbrook last week tho question of payment of .subscriptions in ad vance camoi up as one of primary importance, as well to readers as publishers. Country weeklies in this Province have suffered long, and we might say patiently, from the per nicious systum of extending long credit to t their subscribers in many instances to be eventually cheated out of their just dues. -------- .._--------------- -- One publisher of twenty years, said ' gang of ruffians m tho South-west, ' ttt that meeting that ho M only re- "An that, Btranger," said tbe^oeived seventy-pne cents,-per year old man in the Dal!as'hotelr " is a for bis paper, whHe the subscription true story of the' way Sam Long price was o,ne dollar and fifty cents, showing that bo had lost over fifty bush, when the hunter pressed tho trigger, the sharp report rang out, and Reddett fell dead, shot to the brain through tho left eye. Long slipped away , in the woods, and, when the boat stopped in response to tho signal, they found a dead settled accounts guards." with tho black- flod tho country, boasted < penly of 2 man, but no one else. Harrison what they had done. At he same J county was rid forever of the worst time they became bolder than over in the commission of crime, always hunting or travelling togetier in a company of between twenty and thirty and defying attack from any quarter. One day, as they were en gaged, on a bunt, a'tnemb ir of the band became separated fron i the rest in the chase. Ho was fou: id lying dead, shot in the loft eye. A few days later, ono of the ruffiai s, riding alone, was killed. Again t io bullet was found to have entered the left eyer ant no trace of the sIn;-erconld bo discovered. A week or two passod, and another of the despera does was shot, tho same tei riblo' ac- curacy being exhibited in t shot in the left oye, proving all the shots to be from the same source. ' ?he rob- bora became alarmed, aid kept always together in their ra ds ; but thero was no escaping tie death which seemed alwa}s to be lurking, near them. One after ano her fell, until ten had died, each on 3 pierced, in the eye. The woods_ we re scour ed by the terrified men in i uin. On one occasioh when a me nib iv of the bund was killed, the Bhot 1 ad been heard and once a gaunt figure was seen running through tho woods, but pursuit failed to oveitike him Accustomed to face dunge r as the desjitirudoes were, and possessed as they were of a brutal coun.ge, they trembled before this mysterious danger. It could not be fi ced, and it could not be averted. T io result was that some of the band deserted Professor Protoplasm Hnxly. The eminent English scientist, Professor Huxley, made but a short stay in New York, but his arrival was the cause of a conversation .be tween one of our amateur scientists and a matter of fact friend, that seems to bo worth reporting. The amateur is an enthusiastic admirer of Huxley, and he spoke so extra vagantly about him that the friend finally became curious, and stated : " Who in thunder is Huxley,any- wayr , ' You don't mean to say you have not heard of Professor Hux ley, the great scientist I" " YeR, I do though. Never heard his name before. What has he done V " Why, man, I^uxley made the important discovery about proto plasm." ' " About what?", " Protoplasm." ' " And wha in the dickens is protoplasm V " Now look here, you don't mean to sit there and tell me you don't know what protoplasm is." "That's just it. Nary proto plasm." j "Well, protoplasm is what we may call the life principle." "Anything to do with insurance?" " Oh, 'nonsense ; the life princi ple is nature the starting point of vital action so to speak." " He discovered that, did he J" to the woods. When he recognised I ed bimBelf on the bank ar d waited, his assailants he knew what to ex-J He]1 deemed himself safo enough pect. He had fallen into the Red.- ayjouncing lo the 9 is prepared to dett gang, and the leader was about to "get even." Long was stripped by order o the Captain and bound to a tree. A supplj of hickory switches was obWnecl, when the took one of them up and began the whipping, announcing with an Stable. SUBSCRIBE FC)R THE ACTON FREE PRESS, Onlj One Do $5 t free. $1 IE $20 son <k Co. >dr day at home smples Worth |$1 1 'ortlund, Maine. rt1 O a da vat horrid. tpi^J Outfit and (ei njis free, :> .Augusta, Malni, ir a Year.! Agents wanted. ^ - - IKDE4 oath that no man could beat him or bis men at shooting and stay in the country: "The Bufferings of tho vic- tom were terrible. The flesh was cut? off his back in strips by the blows, and when the leader of the ruffians tad gratified hiBvFftjje,-ther8 of the band continued the (punish ment. Bat one man among ithe number b!k> wed any mercy, and thin! assertion that Long had been |>un-> ished enough were received with derision. Finally the hunter fainted under the pain, and the ruffians, having satisfied their grudge depart-; ed leaving .the object of their spite still bound-to the tree. In this, position he was found by his wife, risen from the ground, a It Jck figUre stood before him, and tl e muzzle iof a rifle peered in bis tee. The 'terrified desperado'thsul no difficulty in recognizing the [man a 9 the one he l|had injured. |With the rifle still! held steadily upon the face of the .startled Reddett, Long hissed: "il'vo got you! You whipped 31 like a nigger, like a dog, I swore I'd kill you befoi e I'd call myself a man again, and I'm goin to ||lo it! I've cleaned out your band, andoiow it's your turn ! t)h, I'veI .got ^ron.! Thank God I've .gatyou.!" "The ruffian in abject fei x pleaded fori his life, grovelling at (the feet of wio .had ieeqme alarmed Sor Ms'the'iuntec. He^iuhg.tc his words " Yes, a few years ago, in Eng land." " And what good is it going to do ?" - ' Good. A good deal of good. It expands the circle of human know ledge, und is valuable in bearing out the theory of evolution. ' It is a noble contribution to science, and it has made Huxley one of the few immortal names, that were not born to die." i ' " So Huxley knaws all about the principle does he V ' " Yes all about it." "Exactly." , " Well, see here now, can he take some of that protoplasm and go to work and make a man or a home or an elephant with it f " Oh, no, he couldn't do that." " Can he take it and make any thing at all of it, even a gnat, a fly, or a bee!" I " I guess not." " Well, then!, he may go to thun der with his protoplasm, I don't be lieve its worth| ten cents a pound, anyhow. "Pears to me these scien tific fellows puis on a big lot of aire about very little. Protoplasm, eh ? Shouldn't wonder if Huxley came over hero to gt up a company to work it. Did you say the mine was in England ?" The scientist gave'up in despair. per cent of his earnings through the dishonesty we can use no' softer term of his subsci ibers. That thero are men who will take a paper and not pay for it if by any means they can avoid it, is but too plain ly shown by this instance, and we think the same experience has ex tended to al/ publishers' in Quebec who have not insisted upon advance payments. As newspaper meo, like everybody else, roust five, it is easy enough to see thajt the " good pay " subscribers do not get so good a paper under sucha system as they would under circumstances which would circum vent this large loss to publish ers through the meanness of a con siderable portion of their subscribers who only take a paper at all~becau<> they can see a possibility of not be ing obliged to pay for it Tbeopin ion unanimously expressed at the- meeting in Sherbrooke was that thr " cash down " payment of subscrip tiens should be adopted by all pub lishers in this Province at an early day. We can see much good-in such a course. From it mutual benefit* would flow, and the weekly press of to-day would scarcely be recognized, so far as ability and " make up'f are concerned, in the same papers-live years hence, should the pel nicious' practice of 'which we, in common with every other journal complain, be abolished. Waterloo (QuebecJ Advert isir. tolhe Most Important Thing: " One of the Btriking characteris tics of successful persons is their faculty-df readily determining the relative importance of different things. There are , many things which itiisidesrrable to do; a few are essential; and there is no mote useful quality of the human mind than that which enables its posses sor at once to.distinguish .which the few essential things are. ' Life is so short and titne-soffleet- ing that itnuqh which one (would As was generally anticipated the elections in Ithe newly admitted State of Colorado on Tuesday re sulted in large Republican ga'ns over the returns of 1874. Near Perth" there is a dense swamp, a mile Wide and four oriiv-e miles long, in which nearly all the 'small boys of the town have at one time or another been lost. The death, is announced' of Mr Sampson, late financial editor ut the London 2V;ns, whose connec tion with Baron Grant'sv projects and subsequent dismissal from the Times' staff created considerable stir in England some time ago. The Monck Reform Press tells about two Indians who. dressed like white men and spoke English fluently, having-gone around buy ing liquor in order to prosecute u number of tavern keepers and ge half the fines. * Brigham Young is > breaking down under his troubles, looks old, and walks feeble-j He has had% to pay 3,600 alimony to Ann Eliza, and a mote of $100,000 in"* the States. To meet these payments he has sold a lot of grape, canister, and Springfield rifles for old iron. In a town in Massachusetts there are three churches, the'minister of each of which rejoices in tho name of Wright. One lives in the uppW/f r wlctLna lPart of the town, one in the lower,*f above half a and the third at the mills ; so the people have doubled them as "Upwright," "Downwrightj" and Gems el Thought. Real happiness is,cheap enough, yet how dearly are we in the habit of paying for its counterfeit. Appearances are often deceitful; hence ^ we should not- determina hastily! on the unfavorable side. They who possess the most know ledge of human nature ftre the least violent! in blamintj its frailties. Love is faith, Ts charity, is gen tleness ; afl truth, all peace, all virj- tue, dwell in this one short word. Ho who wants good sense is un happy in having learning, for lie has thereby more ways of exposing himself. J, Abo]ve all other features which, adorn t,he female character, delica cy stands foremost iu the province of^ood taste. | - Blessed is the hand that prepares a pleasure for fe child, for there is no saying when! and where It may -bloom forth. Nobility and riches are reputed to make wen happy, yet -deseryo not to bo commended, being deriv ed from others. - If ?ou would be pungent, be brief; jfor it is with words as with sunbeams the more they are con densed, tho deeper they burn. tWe should give as wp receive, cheerfully, quickly, and withbut besitutioa, for there is bo -grace in a benefit that sticks" to the fingers. Some people; love others so much . better thita themselves, tfeat itbey are vastly, more concerned about tfceir neighbor's .affail-s Jthan their own. 4 <lne of tbe| %est guardians of a wotiiMflfa -happiness isierliuskand'a 4eve 5 and for her haar, fcer owm affection is one of the surest safe guards, j -- | i The gr^rtesi pleasure of .life is love:; the .greatest treasure is con tentment; the greatest luxury is health j the greatest comfort is- sleep; and the beet medicine is a true friend. The^chief seeret of comfortTlies in not Buffering trifles to vex one, und in prudently cultivating an undergrowth of small pleasures, since very few .gjat ones are let out on long leases. The heart softened by the fire ef - affliction is like the iron -when heat4 ed in the furnace, capable .of leceiving impressions -and being fashioned at with ' -. i i* wish to do must fain be omitted. He is fortunate who perceives at >a glance wist it will do, and vwhat rit, will not do to 'omit. ' This invaluable faculty, if not possessed in a remaikable degree , j naturally, is susceptible of cultiva- from pursuit, und took c o precau tions. Throwing himself on the ground, he slept until, la be in the day, he was awakened by the sound of the boat in tho distance She. would round a point in a mo- . ment or two, and he waitsd expec | tia to a considerable extent. Let tanily. As suddenly as though any one adopf; the ipracUce of re Consumption of Spirits I England, The Inland Revenne returns fot - the first half of the year 1876, show that ip that period duty was paid ,on 14,163,572 gallons-of home-made spirits for cansutuptHm=ae 'oe-verags in the TJiiited i Kingdom. This quantity is more by 159,670 gallons than that of the (corresponding half of the preceding year. England has taken '7,877,713 gallons, Scotland .3,115,723 gallons, Ireland 3,180,- 366'gallons. There is a decrease in- "the quantity in England and ia Scotland, but an increase of .more ihan a quarter oLimllion gallons.in Ireland ; the return for the &n*t half of 1875 sfebwed an increase in England add some decrease in Ire land. The Custom JHouSe retnm of foreign and "colonial spirits im ported and entered for consumption here~in the first half of 1876, shows the quantity as 5,576,516 proof gallons, or 80,278 gallons!niore than- tn the corresponding Jtmii ,of lost year, which had shown an increase million gallons over the first half of 1874. The-inerease o fleeting, every] morning, what muBt necessarily be done during the day, and then begin by doing the most important things first, leaving the others to take their chance of being done or left undone.! In this way attention first to the things of first importance soon ac quires the almost irresistible force of habit, and becomes a rule of life. There is no rule jnoi-e indispensible to success. I Im Brockville tne miBsionors have zireiiared^a dist of habitual drunkards,land tpacticular- ly those who exhibit their bibtilistic license Com- "Millwright.' The members of the "old" Wes! leyan Hetbodiat-Cliureh, of Guelph, with a spirit of enterprise worth} of imitation, have given tho Eloni carpet factory an order for between ( four and five hundred yards of' first classvoarpeting ; with a *iew to .carpeting aveiy inch of flooring in the'-churchj ^ They also ^intend cushioning the seats, and making .other changes towards the beautify-| ing of the nchurch. As an -evidence of the benefit whieh Philadelphia is receiving! from the Centennial, the J'reas- of that,city says.: "The Bales of one of our great-dry-goods houses lust, week ^amounted to very nearly three ihundred thousand dollars. Among the buyers .were forty odd niercha&ta'tf ho had' never hitfa ei-to! purchased a penny's worth of any Philadelphia establishment. Tuesday evening,-3rd, about ^ve^ o'clock while JJIr. ormau.JSan8, a* farmer living three miles eorth of Paris, was proceeding aajhis:.w&yi two miles north of Drumbo to.payi an instalment on a farm he .had purchased in that section, .ha was attacked hy two'men whecame out of the woodsi One seized the in the supply of foreign^colonial, and home made spirits, together, was 700,000 in the first half of tho last year but only 240,000 gallons in the first half of the present year. - This Fashion Items. Waists are still very long, makes men long for them. . > Calico "grows more and more fash ionable fox he'd quilts in country fairs. ~ - Very i*cle false hair is worn. Tow and jute Are cheaper and more convenient. Cream color as a [fashion Is now going,out That lis to say, billibus girls are out of style. r -.Fashionable shirt bosoms remain plain ruffled tickle the female cheek too much. ^ The latest-trimming isfly fringe, an old .stale irenewed. She fly fringes every thing^c-nce a year. Theicheinisette is revised. ItU pleasant; to learn that people are not-so shiftless as they were. _ , Silver pearl gray is the 'latest Jashioriable" color, This is the beautiful shade seen on socks fter three day^s wear. Polonaises are provided with long that is to say, pocket* the radder-of. propensities on the during the dayjime. jpuhlio streets _________ are still j>ercbed on horse's" head" and the other pulled,' *he dress- Mr, Mans-overiand took a sum of 0400 from his pocket. The perpo-' trators were strangers, aftcfuo elue jjiasjret been found. j .Gentlemen's cuffs have the cor ner out off or rounded. A Still more_ common way iaito hate them frayed qr raveled. I