aJS i * * L-w' rSZfkP taft J Si--**" Sfcwr .^KRffe^iSSh l*3?5r" --'--^ .* *.* :--'r --L END "*n.t. prie ^0 ^^ r.rd. -e fOcda,toW [*We "W^t * AM. | of- their it (key ed iw snwa The A Free {$1.00 per aaiinm In AdraMc*. liCSIXKSS CA11D& \\r H. lOWRT. M. B M. ^ J C r -v t*r*diialo or Trlnlt} Collect-, Member ol College of I'll} i.icltis srid SurKCon*. Office and l*<"-ldouce tP"c"'['k -"tteet, M-ton. In the house lately oecuj led by E. LUUo, Eso.. DR. R. MORROW, Ph>si- aau. St'rgeon, Ac, ot K Ui \u Col let.^ N- >>'" '. loUr idtiatp ol Victoria Cries*. 1-iUiaJiv. Con-ultailon di\a Tuf a*y* arK' t"ltaj* from S> i m, till 4 p. :n Residence West Uower btreet, ACTON D HENDERSON". Con>ey. 0 avcer Ac . aNo \ent Canada Ufe A .n ice Co. PoK. Mnrlpfu, As p-epared !Kall\,promt>U\ correctly i>aj ofi resemble terms. Mone\ to ljoau :oa Mortsuste security. Omce GUsSOW Hs>ue Acton. SES ireet, ES een sectr e<* tss ines can not res. rt & CO. 'OCE }_ T D. M4.THESOX, ittornov. tl at-l,-\w, solicitor iu l bancefly, *r Offlcfi Cbr.ier of Main and Churfli "Street*. Georgetown, i rp W. COOPER, " Provincial Land Surveyor and Civil Engineer, Guelph. Orders b\ mall promptly attended to. * PPLEBE Jc SIHPSOV ,-\ 53 it- ytrv. Vtiorae\f- >t-L. iw, Jmv- l.c.to'"- la Chkij^o'i, tViiivejaueers, Ac. Miin * - et, 'E >i.t; etoU >w WH. LtlDLAYV. Barrister. \^ V .rrjev.n Liff -~ lie to- In Caancer;., Jtc 0-5--S K ,mi ton. Iu Kit stre^ , Milt.oi Main **t-\tt. The it Ico3 OSleo w 1 b nnje- tile m in i^e- ciev. of i' "** C tin/i 11. ml Mr L nl- l&vr wl'l a.t"uU at tne "Mtltoa Offici " on i'rUaj of eaoti weet. QUE4P BREAD H^V L. DRlkE, l\<<IBJkArE IfiE-NT. CIEXPH, JL^eQL fs>r tbe Xfert^int If ana Vt^r^rloo \11 b^ -3e^ ent'-^t^d to ai<- care wil 1 be faith.u lj al'eiitej ic Ullice at Din's eootf ore, titei^u oniers t>y mill J-r<:s~:-d '.0 <- - ipto- LXyiu I'ovtOlllci> wi 1 receive p-i-inp ^ittt-uti n ..L liK-VKE. P1TE\T!> for INVENTIONS I Linidi,. fL i w?i ^^ if -n I Ejroto, F^.^n. g "v te <I or no ennrs"1 Vnd fo-.rn i ia- .-ull n- \g up\ in opt.-. vija:eaysAr* HEVK\ dt.M, \Iee*3^ni"i F^' ne-r, so ict.o" of Pi Yi \TILtI4JI WATKISS, I.iccr Harrlajr I.lcen.e * )T<ftincate iiy R ji Hi ^PrO u.jjient.i Bv^lu*^ p .\.ue-a..d ccnSdettlal tiace it .a- Herat <J3ce, iilenwuham, CoJ-tj tt tun, . M Ris. S>. V VSTEK. FOR THE MILLION B. & E. IHCKLIN Bog to announce thatthcj haiosccurod the ser\ ices of a First-C|ass Baker, ailtl that their Baking business is now jn full operation, m tlie premioea owned bi J/rs. Hanua. / i ^Breajl will bo delivered daily at the Jiouses in the \ illigc and \ leitity. Weddinj? Cakes, Tea Cakes, Pastry, BunB, &o., made in the \ er> heat manner, and kept alw a) s ou hand, good and frealu Also all kinds of Coniectionerj, Biscuits, Cheese, &c. The patronage of the public is rei- ^ectfullj solicited. B * E. N'lCKtlX. Jcton Feb 29, 1S76 JAS. MATTHEWS p* ACTOX, CLERK 4TH DIVISION COURT, Coi.N-n of HatTON. Commissioner in Q.' B. Firo Insurance Agent, -Life Insurance Agent, Issuer pf Marriage Licenses. A?cnt Money to Loan or Sorrow. Agent Montreal Telegraph Co.' I Debts Collected, on Commission. And. General Agent, Sec, &c. DUArFOINTMEXI. Dread Disappointment, doat thou ne'er grow weary, Making pleasures bitter, glad joys dreary ! Drooping many spirits by thy chcorlon rajs? For to all thou'st made thyself by thy wanton ways. Free from thy Jiall our hearts are light est, gladdest, But touched by theo they're mourn,- ful, dullest, saddest, ' Now sorrow reigns whore uqt long since as joy, i^ ! And life itself is like a broken toy. Ble&smg rich to curses are converted, Whysh thy cold hand cou(d easy have averted, | Hopes, .fond ambitions, ruthlessly are crushed, | Songs that n ould gladden life by thoe arc hushed. O'er a new victim writhing in his pain Thou standest ready deebly to pieroe agam ; f ^ Experienced not, he's hopeful as of yore VS hen down jou hurl him lower than before. -I Oft weekB and months, sad sometimes e\cn j ears t Are spent for somo great wish, 'mid toils and tears, Just when we think we have it, ifi you creep, i And take our cherished hopes' with one craud Bweep. ^o thou art, but sadness, follow in thy find ft A monarch, tnii pam, | And bitter bhghtinga train, I Pleasures and jojs will ne\er place i In thy dark halls, which sunbeamB ue\ er grace, | Uuelph. i | 31. DECEMBER AND MAY SNOWS, BLOOM. Tcicucr ef Hu>lc, Drawls: andFrrnth, Lrrreh <-tret, Acton. OLIVER LOZIER, Plasterer, j \et in- out- E.;o Je->c-ip Ion of P.as^.-;ng ^u Rough-castius aone on ( the rn *=.. re^so-^^ble l*rm^ anj s-itlsfac- me will be satisfactorily dealt wnth. uon BJiritH'eeil j Otnce at the Post Office, Acton. Parties intrusting their business with A CXOS FLOIK MILLS. B. 4 E. MCKIJK, Proprietors. / Flsur anj f e-cf al ^ aj *> on Land, wliole- la1* and re. it! Griming u s i LhopiJlnj; Daif?. t?su o~ all iutiJi of Cxr >in. POSSIS UOlSt, Acton. IX CIo- to thi Ot T Rai waj bpalion. Eic Uetit35coinmodafit n for tne travel- Uae^KjolIcr THUS. CAMr\BEL,L,'l>ropr. DOMINION HOTEL, Acton, Kojen Vgnew, "roprieior.Thls nef Hotel is titled op in Ilrsl-cluss t.yle Tiltii DC farnlture. Commercial TrsvelleA wi 1 find good accoxomo-JiitloD aaicomn^oJloa- Sample Koonjfc. -special ft tnniion pai i to tk wants olthemnel- Img pj jhc, BarsuppMe' wuh tne best Liquors a id Clgirs. (jooJ 3-abling and aUeati\ e Hostlers. Tr=a, HEMSTBLET, Licensed Auctioneer Fortne Counties of Wellington-ind Hal- ton urd'rt left at the I-bee PKtss OiBce, \cton, or at mj residence. In , RocicwoTd.-wlll be promptly atte'udei' to. to gum Drag or Cross-cut saws. Terms reasonable Lumber, Lath and Shiiigles ^OK, SALE. The undersigned have for sale at their mills in Acton a large quantity of all kinds of PINE AND HEMLOCK LUMBER, fine Shingles and, Lath. Shingles of the best quality for only $1.85 per square. GUMMING MACHINE. We have just introduced" a, new Gumming Machine, and are prepared jyILT3f PLANINQ MILLS. BROWN* & HALL. Acton, Dec. 12, 1876. 24-3m E. of |, etoT_ ^^ & BO'S-, J. B. MITCHELL, Manufacturer of Sash, Doors, Blinds, Mould- ^Ings, Door and TTindow Frames, Pickets, etc Planing, Scroll Work and Matching Done to Order. "Blmds 30 cents per foot-"5, jtll work dehvered in ^cton free. Orders left at Secord Bros, wall be promptly attended to -"filton, June 6, 876. 50-ly ~ J? JROLLOPE,-CIIAPMAN, { Practical Bookbinder. jsiS^g^ All Descriptions of Binding ^fceatlj Executed. ietntnl B&okt of all Kinds Made to 'Order. Ruling Promptly Attended to. Bi!-deby St. George's Square/Guelpi See wilTreeeive prompt1 attention. CO. gE?D 25e. to O. P. ROWELL & rr ,H'" Tort, forParaphlet oriOO page, gtalnlng Hbu of 8000 newspapers,-and agates showing cost of ad elsln. S19l "day at home. Agents wanted en. 0l"fl'and tennB free. TK0E 4 ^>- AuguBta, Maine. $5 tO Jft9.fl per dtty at horn* - ri ail *. V Bamplen worth SI -e. STtxsox & Co., Eortland, Maine. ACTON LIVERY & SALE STABLE J. P. ALLAN Takes'pleasure In announcing to _iba pabllc generally tbat ne Is prepared to furnlBh 7irst-class Horses and. Carriages At Reasonable' Rates. His Rigs and Horses are the bpst that can bp had, and he Is determined- not to be surpassed by anj City Stable Acton Jul} lfct, 1875. ^tea: Oarriage & Wagon - WORKS. Main Street, - Aeton. MICHAEL SPEIGHT, General Blacksmith, Carriage and Wagon-maker. oZ^Jtie&Ll^BBe8t Houe.SJ.oers in the County. Perfect satisfaction guaranteed .or no price charged. Flrst-t'lnsi Flows and Collard's Patent Iran Harrows always on band. A goed stock of Carriages and Wagons. Repairing promptly and- properly at tended to I Acton, July 18, 1876. . T was spending a few weeks with Mrs. Duncan Blaine one of the Lady Directreibts of the Hospital for Incurables , She invited me to accompany her on one of her weekly visiting day s, and gave tne- the pleasant task of cutting the flowers while she prepared a'basket of delicacies for the patients. Our preparations concluded, we stepped into Mrs. Blaine's satin lined coupe, and weie whirled rapidly away to our destination. We went into a room where seve-^ rul ladies were engaged in arrang ing tiny bouquets for distribution. One lady, whose face jras turned away from me, had such white hair that I thought she ruust be quite old. I can ied my flagrant offering to^ her table. To my great surprise, as she turned to thank me, I saw a young, sweet face, the large, bril liant dark eyes forming a strange contrast to her silvered hair. I had no time to question my friend until evening, wLen, seated in her cozy boudoir, I asked about her. Mrs. Blaine smiled. " That young face with a frame of white hair never fails to excite curiosity. If you liket I will tell you her history." I assented: eagerly, and will give you the story in Mrs. Blaine's words. , " Annia Stratton is one of my dearest friends. Her husband was taking a tour through the South for the benefit of his health, and called to see a college-chum whose home was jn "Virginia. " He had suffered from a severe domestic affliction, and had changed from the merry youth of Homer Mason's recollection to a grave, re served man. " But his dark face, with it* expression -of settled sadness pos sessed a peculiar charm for one member of the household Homer's sister Annie, a glowing, sprightly girl of sixteen. " Arnold Stratton was too well read in the phases of human nature not to see the preference which looked from the' dark eyes of the guileless girl as they were raised snily to his face. As he continued his journey he was haunted by their memory, and after a time he returned to the southern homk as a suitor for Annie's hand. " Homer 'Mason was pie with the alliance. He knew thi Stratton family to be one of th best in the country, and he fel tbat Annie's happiness could, bi safely intrusted to Arnold's keeping! from his remembrance of his noble,1 chivalric nature in their old, boyish 1 days of companionship. " It was arranged that they should make a tour through the States in their own carriage for a wedding-trip. On the first'morn ing of their journey earth and sky seemed conspiring Eden. The ten der green of the trees which stretch ed their protecting arms over the rocks, the blue arch above flecked with fleecy .clouds, the merry birds twittering their love-songs around them, all seemed in unison with the lover's happiness. " Occasionally, as Arnold Strat ton looked upon the sweet face of I his girl-wife, a ehadow stoie over bis own, which had been a stranger to it of late. Annie noticed it, and, said playfully. " What am I to 1 "jink, sir I.That you feel ennuye in my society J" ArnoldrfnprieoBelone little hand within his own for an answer. Annie gave a sigh of content as she wished for words. " Do you love me dearly, Ar nold?" "His dark face worked convul sively. " So well that I would die to save you a moment's suffering." Annie nestled closer'to his side. "It seems such a sacrifice to give up your free, untrammeled life and be tied down to a little girl's side all the time. I fear I shall be an ex acting jealous little wife." Arnold answered gayly, and dur ing the rest of their journey kept at bay any appearance of gloom that might cloud his young wife's happiness. It wag in the edge of a June evening when they reached home. Lights were placed at in tervals along the carriage way, and as they wound in and out, an occas ional glimpse of the mansion was seen. Every window was ablaze with light, and when at last they stopped, Aenie alighted, and lean ing upon her husband's arm, pas sed up the broad steps and entered her home. " For a few weeks her life was like idyl. Then her husband was summoned from home by a tele graph, and she was left for the first time with her old colored nurse, Zilpah, who had accompanied her to her Northern home. " One morning Annie was glanc ing o\ er the pages of a favorite monthly when a peal of the bell rung through the house, and in a mjment a servant tapped at the door. " Please, ma'am, a man wishes to see'the muster. I told him he was away, and he said he muBt see the housekeeper begging your par " Good God, Stratton 1" he said, " that marriage cannot stand. That poor ohild's^mothar died a rving maniac, and such will be* her fate aa sure as the sun will rise to morrow !" As I listened to his words, my veins absolutely thrilled with hor ror, but mingled with it was a surging tide of pity for the unfor tunate girl with such an inherit ance to cloud her innocent, young life. Not for an instant did I waver. I said firmly : " No, Doctor, her father gave me the trust, and I shall not evade it. She shall be watched over, cherish ed as tenderly as though she were my sister." Dr. Preston almost crushed my hand in his impulsive grasp. " It is a noble deed, my boy, but I fear the future will bring regret." So it was settled. The violent symptoms which followed her father's death, soon subsided, and her disease took the form of melan choly. Then it changed to a sui cidal mania, I tried to keep her at home, watched over by faithful family servants, but she eluded them several times, and by the merest chanoe was rescued from self - destruction. Then, acting upon the advice of friends, I placed her in Dr. Waj ne's care with in structions that every caprice should be gratified, if it took the whole of my fortune.' She had been an in mate of the asylum about ten years, and for a long time had been im becile, so that she was oblivious of all early associations, not knowing mo from a stranger when I called to see to her welfare. ^^ j " At last I saw you and loved you. Then I realized that my Ufe hud been sacrificed that a selfish old don, ma'am, for calling yon sich a ' man hud taken advantage of his in- name; but I bud to ask you to step to tho door, he's so pressing like." " Annie arose and winding her hair into a massive knot, fastened it quickly, and followed the girl to flie door. The Btranger stood upon the threshold awaiting her approach. He handed her a telegram, saying he was to deliver it in person to Judge Strattqn, or, if I he were ab sent, to Borne person m authority. Annie opened" the note and read. "Sir. I send by express the body of your wife. She died very suddenly, and as Dr. Wayne is away, I have to act without orders. You will find " Annie looked up, " There is some mistake. Tou have brought the message to the wrong address. This is Judge Arnold Stratton's residence, and I am his wife." The man looked perplexed. " I am ifyrry to make trouble, ma'am, but that's the gentleman's name." The rattling of carriage-wheels driven at a rapid pace interrupted him and Arnold Stratten ran up the steps just in time to see his wife's white, horror stricken face, and to catch her in his arms as she fell forward ; apparently lifeless. He turned to the Btranger, and said sternly : " What is the meaning of all this 1" The' man pointed to the letter which had fallen to the ground. He picked it up, and grew white to the lips bh he read : " Brute 1" said he, turning sav agely to the messenger. " You have killed her !" " I am sorry, sir,' was the res pectful answer, " but it's something that can't be delayed, and my orders were positive not to come back without directions." The color came back to An nie's face, and she opened her eyes and looked up piteously into Ar nold's face. " Oh, Arnold ! Say it is not true ! If she was your wife, what am I!" Beads of anguish stood upon the unhappy man's forehead. " Annie, I have sinned against you, but only in not telling you the story of my life before I dared to unite our fates." His voice broke as he looked into the blighted young face so late ly the picture of happy bloom. " Annie, that poor lady who was my wife has been a monument of what a human being can become when deprived of God's most preci ous gift reason. "Her father was my dear old tutor, and on his death-bed he be sought me to marry his only child, a girl of sixteen. Had he told me that her mother died insane, boy as I was, and great (is was his influ ence over me, I should have refus ed. As it was, T consented, and the marriage ceremony was per formed by his bed-side. With in an hour he died. Grief at the loss of her father developed her malady, and from that solemn scene of death, I rode in haste for the good old doctor who had attended her from infancy thinking her wild ravings were the prelude to a brain fever. ~~ flitience over a boy for a youth of eighteen is nothing more, and but I am disti easing. Under the in fluence of my awakened heart I appealed to the legislature to set aside the-marriage. That august body gave me my freedom, consid ering it a justifiable act Under the circumstances. Then I came to lyou and asked yon to be my wife. Now you have the sad story." As Annie listened her set face ; relaxed, and the tears fell silently. "Oh, Arnold, if you had only told me before. It was so sudden, and we were so happy." 1 " Were!" He opened his arms. "iAnnie, come to me!" Siy that you forgive me. Let me feel that soft cheek rest against mine once more. Tell me that you do not despise ?' I He turned very pale and fell heavily forward. Annie sprang to his side. I " Arnold ! I do forgive you with my whole heart. Look up ! Speak to your own Annie." I The dim eyes opened, a smile of cpntent parted the pile lips, and remained he was dead. " Now, dear, you have the story. Do you wonder that hair turned white within weekT The wonder is that her heart did riot break. j Mrs, Blaine laid her hand gently an my head. ' " Child, hearts do not break so easily. God's ways are not like ours. He has his own means of bringing us to our appointed phicea. Annie is one of his chosen children, made perfect through Buffering. It was tome years befoie she recover ed sufficiently to feel an interest iu anything ; but now she is a power fpr good among earth's - sufferers. There seems to be a magic in her voice and look. When she ' enters into rest," her crown will be bright with many jewels." sad her the Pen President Picture of Hayes. A strong, well-built man of mod el size and form, good-looking, healthy, hearty, and cheerful; a full, sandy beard, slightly touched with silver Btreaks, a full face, ruddy and glowing with health ; no crows' feet, no furrows, a well-shaped mouth, good teeth ; two larger, open, blue eyes of kindly expression; a smile o'n his lips; a high, broad, clear forehead; a voice, deeb, strong, and sonorious ; large, shape ly limbs; a full breast, quick but not nervous of movement; moder ately quick but not rapid of speech; a good listener, calm, cool, dispas sionate, anything but radical; never cross, short, or sharp; always affable, kind and candid, with no secrets to whisper, no plots to pro mote, no i tricks to explain; open as the day, firm as a reck, pure as a woman with no bad habits, whether of tobacco, whiskey, or anything else; pure and plain of speech, popular among all classes,, without affection, mock dignity, or the least suspicion of deinagoguery ; wearing the same face to all, speak ing the same language to all, bear ing himself with dignity and modest reserve; regular in bis hours, happy in bis family relations as man can be, strong in the affections of the pe6ple, suoh is General Hayes, the President elect of the United Stater. No man was ever so fortunate. He has not a single personal enemy in. Ohio, a fact true perhaps of? no olher prominent politician in the State. In all his long public car eer as Congressman,-general in the army, Governor three times, there is nothing mysterious to explain, and no charge his ever been made against him ot any kind whatso ever. | ! Ladies, here is something for you. It is about Mrs. President-elect Hayes. More, and, most interest ing of all, it is about her dress. When she became apprised that she was to be mistress of the White House for the next four years, she immediately began to think about what would be the proper thing for her to wear at the inaugural of her husband as President. She decided to take the train from Columbus, her home, and go to Cincinnati, where she could get the styles. She went She-visited the hal ing fashion firm of the city, and there she decided upon her cost umes. A sly reporter crept into the establishment soon after Mrs., Hayes left, and these were the ord ers which he read against her name. Want to hear therh ? Of course t Well then, here ; Inaugural dress. Be of elegant) black silk, cut prin- cesse in Btyle, high in the throat, long sleeves, ]full train. Trimmed with black velvet, blue satin, and Valenciennes I lace; must be rich and elegant, but very plain. Cost, $500. Evening, or reception dress. Be of Quaker! gray, corsage waist, square neck, aemi-sleeve, full train. Trimmed with Valenciennes lace, fringe and flowers. Cost, $300. Morning dress. Be of bine cash mere, handscjmely trimmed with: silk of the same shade, fringe to match, denii-irain, and princess polonaise." I features of the Farmers' Suns' Fran chise Bill, enacted law by tario Assembly : The Farmers' Sons' Franchise Bill. The following" are the Light and Air. There is no use in having con- principal | venient windows; it thry are kept closed, It is no use having large the On-' sheets of glass if they ark allowed I to become, so dirty that the light For the purpot>0 of assessment, . cannot come through them. If a every farmer's son bona fide resident house is to be kept healthy, every on the farm of hiR father or mother, at the time of the miking of the assessment roll, shall be entitled to be, and may be, entered, lated and assessed on such roll, in respect of Such farm^in the mannei folhywing : I looms, woikshops, er other apart-. If the father be living, and either ments which aro in constant use, the father or mother be the owner . the windows should be thrown open room in it should have the windows opened daily, and aljovied to re main open long enough for the atmosphere to be thoroughly changed. In nui series, school of the farm, the sons shall be enter ed and assessed jointly ^wch the father. If the father-be dead and the mother owns the farm, and x widow, the sons may be entered under and assessed as if bona fide occupants or tenants under the mother, within the meaning of the " Election Law of 1868.* - I " Every farmer's son, 21- years of age, residing at the time of election, in the Electoral Division or Riding in which he tenders his vote, and having resided on the farm of his months, the as is not 2, 3 or amount aha.ll be ;noe of not dis- by How to Mix Mostard. Must ard should*-be mixed with water that has been boiled and allowed to cool ; hot water destroys its essential properties, and raw cold water might cause it to forment. Put the mustard in a cup, with a qmall pinch of salt, and mix with it very gradually sufficient boiled water to make it drop from the spoon without being watery. St r and mix well and r*b the lumps well down with the back of a spoon,: as mustard properly mixed should be perfectly free from these. The mustard pot Should not be more than half full, or rather less, if it Will not be used for a day or two, as the mustard is so much better when fresh made. The best way to discourage a bbil is to seek a right Blippery place on the ice pavement, and then, when the boil ain't looking, come down on it flop. There are two times in a man's life when he eagerly scanB a news paper once when he has been in u awful scrape, and again when he is looking for a puff. The taffy party time is coming Youbg men about town are _______ ___,___________ oo. . He was greatly surprised I tyUfg to ingratiate themselves into and excited when he heard my j t^e graces of the farmers, hoping to story. | " .....""" it invitations." To Makej Glossy Shirts. Put a little 'common white wax in your starchj say two ounces to the pound: then if yon use any thin patent starch, bs sure you use it warm, otherwise it will get cold and gritty, and spot your linen, giving it the appearance of being stained with grease. It is different with collar stanch it can be used i quite cold ; however, of that anon. Now, then, abhut polishing shiris ; BtArch the fronts and wristbands as stiff as you ca.n. Always starch twice then starch again, Iron your shirt in the usual way, making the linen nice and firm ;l but without any at tempt at a good finish; don't lift the plaits; your shirt is now ready for polishing, hut you ought to have a board the same size as a common shirtboard made of hard wood and covered with only one ply of plain cotton cloth. Put thiaj board into the breast of your shirts; damp the front very lightly with a wet sponge, then take a polishing iron which is iflat and- bevelled a little at one end polish gent ly with the bevelled pait, tak ing care not to drive the linen up into wave-like blisters; of course^ this requires a little practice, but if you, Are careful and persevere, in a Bhort time you wilt be able to give that enamel-like, finish whieh seems rtgo be so much wanted.----A Rural Home i father or mother for 12 .next prior to the return of sessment roll, provided h< disqualified under Sections 4, of the Election Law of lc-68, ahd is in accordance with theprovisions of the act, rated on the assessment roll for such farm, at an sufficient to qualify a Vote, a voter. Temporary abs four months or under shall ualify. A son entitled to be assessed the provisions of the act, may re quire b,i8 name to be entered as" joint or separate owner, occupant or tenant, and shall be li.tble as owner, occupant or'tenant in re spect to such assessment, and shall have the right tq apply and com plain to the Court of Revision as other voteis, j If there be more than one son on the farm, and the farm is not rated and assessed at an amount snffi cient, if equally dividtd between' them, to give a qualification to vote- to the father and all the sons, where the father is living, of to the sons alone, where the-father is deed, and the mother is a widow, then the right to be assessed and I to vote under this act shall belong!to and be the right only of the father and such of the eldest or elder lof kaid sons to whom the amount at which the farm is rated and. assessed will, when equally divided between them, give the qualification txrvote; pro vided, moreover, that if the amount at which ihe farm is bo rated and assessed is insufficient, if equally divided between the father^ if livi ing, and oue son, to give {bo each a qualification to vote, then the fath er shall be the only person entitled to be assessed and to vote in re spect of such farm. If the assessment for 1877 be completed before thVpassage of this act, any son entitled to vote under it, may apply to the Court' of Re i vision to enter his name with the same effect as if the act badl passed on the 1st of January, 1877J. Every son qualified by the act, shati bane \theJ right to vote at municipal and general elections. The word " father " Bkall 'include "jtep-fataac/' j ----------------------^ i> ^---------------------- Protection against Sloths. We have every , spring many modes offered of protecting furs and woolena against the destructive attacks of the moth -during wurm weather. We have'seen (various preparations sold for this -purpose, with long accounts appended of their being perfect remedies. Red ceder chests and closets aie recom mended and many people cumber their houses with them at consider able expense,-only to find out how greviously they have beei. disap pointed. The best protection we ever tried ha4 been to tie up in close cotton bags all furs and woolens at all convenient to be so treated, after giving them a thorough shakiig and cleansing, and letting tb.em.st ty there until they are again jwaaittd. These bags dm be, hung anywhere out of the way. If there are iio moths in the articles when {tied tip there certainly can none afterward if the All can see that. But when the clothes or articles are too numerous to make thij convenient or desir able, hang up in the wardrobe, affceV & good shaking, and phte* ....." get in \merzcan The most orginal spelling we have ever seen is the following, which is taken from an old boos: ; it beats moden| phonetics f " 80 you be a top Be 80 eat. Pea 80 rat. See oh ! double^ you cow. See you be cap. - Be you double tea butt. See a dou ble ell calL" i bags of cam] ihor all over ti e wai'd- robe, laying a few all over the bot tom. ThenJ about every th weeks take shake them up well, will ever diiturb them,- town Telegrcph _ ' bags are sound. little Probabilities. Increased pn:s sure and dollar umbrellas vill pi-e- vail during the early part-1 of t|ie month, with gentle meat and possibly areas i,of boiled poia- toes, after which the wettlier will be settled, and_so will tin pre si dential question. whenever the ocenpanfe are absent Evens if the weather is wet and stoimy, a few inches at the top should be opened, for a little damp is betier than an atmosphere which has been breathed over and over again. In nurseries special care should be taken to keep tire win dows clean, for- young children, like, young plants, require plenty Qf sunshinei; and for the same reason the rooms occupied by them ought, if possible, to face the south. What we have already said as to the ventilation of living rooms applies with still gttfater force to aleejung apartments. In sitting rooms or workshojia the door is from-time to time opened, so that a slight amount of change of air is Secuied; but a bed-room door is not opened for many consecutive hours, and it is therefore most im- portantthftt air should be admitted to it byjsome othei means, for it is an unhealthy thing for the same atmosphere to be breathlecl_and breathed over again. Either a ventilator should be introduced, in the wall, or a small portion of .the window should be left open at the top. This precaution ought especi ally to be attended to wheie, fr<5ni limited accomodation, several in dividuals are obliged to occupy one room. Another simple means of keeping a bouse healthy is frequent ly to color and wlirte^wasli the walls and ceilings This not only adds brightness and cheei fulness to a dwelling, but leanses the walls, and serves to remove anything which might engender infection, Tn fact cleanliness in everything is one of the main securities against disease. Now is the time to get bcrnare with the printer J Jews are very rarely attacketHgr epidemic, diseases. It- is because they,eat no pork; There will be a total eclipFe of the moon in the year 1999. That's something like eaily intelligence, but may be useful. ~ An exchange gives an account of the great curative powers' of milk ~ weed, or cotton weed; when nsed for liver complaint. The fact may , prove valuable information to some " suffering persons. A 8>rvantof Mr. W. Ross, Barrie, a girl of 14 years' of age, has con fessed to setting fire taj.he premises on -two occasions. She has been returned to the Home in Toronto from which she had been taken by her employer, A Canadian associated press com pany bos been formed in Montreal, for the purpose of obtaining English and European news Tram London, prepared for Canadian pa pel a. On account of the prevalence of the rindei pest in Europe, the Do minion Government have issued an order prohibiting the importation of live stock. The U. S. Govern ment have taken a similar stand. The Anglo American cable com pany have 8nnoaneed a reduction in ocean messages to 25 cents] per4^ word, to commence on the 1st irts^ The name of the place w-here the message originate and the address and signature will be telegraphed free. The Direct cable company has followed eait. A meeting of the > "Reformers of the eitfctoial district of Cardwell was held at Mono Mills, March 2nd, to re organize preparatory to the ' next general election. Alex. Mc- Laohlan, Caledon, was re-elected President, and M. J, Casserty, Adjala; Secretary. An active com mittee | were also- dominated for each township. The meeting was addressed by Mr. Pkttullo, Toronto, and others. ~ In the House of Commons on Monday, in answer to it motion of Hc Young, a return showing the general nature and value of all manufactured ;goods imported'into ouKi the clothes and' Canada in the yeai* 1874, 1*75 up well. No moth and 1876 lespectively, was brought Germdji- Lt|own. From it, it apjiears that the imports were as follows : Total ft-eegood^ 1874, $5,537,325 ; 1875, 6,322,242. and in 1876 $5,0H>,- 388. " Total dutiable goods, 1874, ^19,400,612; 1875, 18.354,164, 3how<jrsfand in 1876, $16,427,870. The statement shows thit the imports from the United States bava.'with- in the last three \eara, fallen off byabout-83,500,000.