Loading...
OCLnew_1878_01_23_Oxford _Tribune_newspaper_issue_OCR_ACCESSIa 9 * * «i^oxrxjr, PU9US^BD BVBRY WEDNBSDAY HARRY ROWLAND, MA4OKIC HAtl. HUIbDlNOS. KAM-r SIDE THAMES STHKET, IKOBRSOLL. QPECIAL attention paid to the publi KJ ertlon *1 Loe*l and Dairy Nev*. It give* a«»>rat T H E OXFORD TRIBUNE, TERMS—ONE DOLLAR A YEAR, IN ADVANCE.A n d C a n a d a D a i r y R e p o r t e r H. ROWL B A D N X D TO , R ANO PROVSIBTOR. •r.rb.p, Adlonb-a Jbiua I, la Mroom. flb« bad Jut ncollactel a miniatare ia a velvM care, which she had apMal o» day—the picture of a oenttemea Ska had onl7 gfaoo^ at ft, whan bre readwr took the care from her an* put it tLinj, The complexton «a w>ra haautiiM4lMa Antonio’s—supposing UM gaatkoamvriM raw' WlM ** ttelr ro'pecUva loeallllta.VOL. V.-NO. 7.INGERSOLL, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 23,1878. Kindas barf Beatrix never r r 6 J * P WHOLE NO. 215 „..4 . : .1 11 rm cirs, OXE DO LLAEA YEAK STRICTLY IN ADVANCE. wriUnj and handed Into the office ot nubllraUen not aU-l. IK. ■HTAll advertitetncnle:handed In before 11 riMtnusten returning paper* will Aa' or affixing ths office atamp of rhetme tho paper I* reitimed.HARRY ROWLAND, pubUxhcr k Proprietor. NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS ^nsiirtss <£nrbs J. MoCAUQHEY, L. L. B., > AR RIST ER and Attorney-at-Law, • ^Solicitor in Chanoory and Insolvency, Notary Ale, M., Ingersoll, Ont. Office—In McGaughey s . - Ingersoll, Jan. 0, 1878. 313 M DONALD A HOLCROFT, BARRISTERS and Attomcys-at-Law, . BuUcRor* In Gumoarr, Notaries I'ulite, ke„ Ac. VRRISTER, A ttorney-at-Law and Holicilor in CbaJicery and Invilvency.Un-.talrs in Walsh's Block, orcr Dart A - WflW at Engikh Fauda for investment on ■ HEGIsZR & EEGIsER ,:1 TTOBNEY^, SOLICITORS. Ac. Money to lo Elgnt per cent. Mortgage* bought and sold m WILL! AM NORRIS BARRIST E R , <tc. office—Second flatport office BuUdttogx, Thame* .trert, In^eraull. •L R. WALKER, PHYSICIAN, Surgeon, &c., Ingersoll. ,0 00— Hsin* Bieck, Thainei xtreet. DR. BOWERS. EHY8ICIAN, Surgeon, &c., Ingersoll. Office — rtrert, » few doom we*i of«e* xtrret. •^W C A US^AND , M. D., M. C. P.S. . ' * ONTARIO, nfOafard. wfllBc Lxl R~i tX-nioor »>r the County Uotel Bulldlojy. Thunca ML, Instoraoll. X ^. HOLLINGSHEAD, SURGEON DENTIST. LIC vc E nt N al T Su I r A ge T on E s, O O n ta th ri e o. R Ro o o y m a * l — C Cl o a l r l k e ge B a o r- f kor’anew blotk. Kins it, opposite the Market CHARLES KENNEDY, QOpGEQN.DENTIST. LICENSED by the Royal College of DaulaJ Stirsory, Ontario.Teepi oxlracUxI without JuJit by the UM nt NIUoux OM, CUL. K doltvd. Kpccfal attention paid to At prettTratlon ot natural teeth.Odo* on— K— l»nr tU,oaet-,. onivxlte the " Daly House.” W. A. SUDWOHTH, SUBGEON DENTIST, QEKCIAL attention given to the pre- IO serration of the natural teeth.KItroos Oxide GM sdminGUrcd for ths painless•xtraetlon of teeth. 173 JAMES BRADY, TICER9ED Auctioneer for Oxford, J E&rfa. MMm-rex and Loadon. Offioa-Maw.IoaVlnwM ■ I ■ -V* k-l—■ m T".1W„ ■».< G711 'iOH* HASKETT. General Commission Merchant, Groin, Butter, ChreM and all Huie nJ Barm Product. .r ri .-S Z!,.; DV, n ™ IIXCERSOLL. D. a MACDONAII), PROVISION AGENT ! , IKOEUBOLL, ONTARIO. Offici, TKames-Street, Chronicle Building. laMHall Uarrh 14 t*TT IVA M. MINKLER & Co.. SAN ERS. *DUYfik«D<138clhi Uncurrent Money ; •30,000 to Xsoan on Fann Trcperty, The Molsons Bank, IKGEftSOLL BRANCH. BUYS aWLS^i Exchange on Eng- IsrtMdliS United Mates raTOw Draft*»u all Allows Interest on Deposits, WaL DKMP8TKR, I i o f f l a i H M ' HUB am oc. T&>t»TO. CA PIT A L ^0 1 ,00 0 ,0 00. . Braxaob. BRANCH Merchants’ Bank of Canada. ''INGERSOLL BRANCH. TRANSACTS A~General Banking Buslnew, Buys and Stells Exchange on the United States and Elm-laud, aud Issues Draft, on all |><rts of Canada. Allows Interest on Special Deposits, which can bo withdraws at any time al the ploa«urc of the Depoeltor.D. MILLER, Manager. INGERSOLL ^rkrt ^ittraturt. InrereoH, Jan. S, 1870.1<» Money to Loan Q N Fann Property, at 8 per cent WILLIAM NORRIS. Office over the Post Office.Ingersoll, Oet, 9,187 l»Mf THE ONTARIO SAVINGS & INVESTMENT SOC'Y' CF LONDON, CANADA. W in, Capital, Besesre Fund, $1,800,WO UO, OJO Are receiving largo monthly remit- to «» of ENGLISH CAPITAL I”- veatment in first-class roortgnges on Real Estate in Straight Loans. In­ terest at EIBHT PER CENT. » »» THE I.VSTAIMEST SYSTEM, W. F. BULLEN, ni-xi J. G. NORSWORTHY’S Fire Insurance Agency ReprM&rrti-g tho following Cvtupatiu; CANADA AGRICULTURAL INS. CO'Y OF MONTREAL. NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, OF MONTItEAL. ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF LIVERPOOL ft LONDON. IMPERIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF LONDON. ENGLAND. . COMMERCIAL UNION INSURANCE CO., OF LONDON, ENGLAND. MANUFACTURERS AND MERCHANT OF HAMILTON, ONT, TRAVELLERS LIFE & ACCIDENT INS. CO OF HARTFORD. Office, AGUE'S BANK, Tliamet tlreelAGEiteOI»JI itch 1.1870. 110 IMPERIAL Fire Insurance Co’u, LONDON, ESTABLISHED ~ - M'pscxim c.n ta....................... r 1803. ,{8JK»,000 Paid up Capital and Reserr» Fund tuvested 8<l,JOO,O0OUncalled Capital,........................................ «,600,000 OomsaorcUl Slaia Zasorod ca EaaltaWo T«m«, LOSSES PROMPTLY SETTLED WITHOCT REFER- ENCE TO LONDON. CJHCA.DA AQKUCT, EXCHANGE BANK BUJU KGS 1W8L FRANCOIS XAVIER ST., (Cor Xetre TTamt.) U L O N T H B A .T ,. OUL BROS., General J. C. NOUSWORTHY, Agent, logeroll Ingersoll, June SO, 1876 County of Oxford. Toran and Sittings of Courts for 1877. Count* Court, without a Jory, Monday', lad April, nd Unn^.v la. County and Surrogate Court Toms. October Term bejlnx kvndxj-, the lit, end end* S*l anlsy, the «h October. rOmnty Jud#*'* Criminal Cobrta u oftoo M may reeuWte.fnKilvent Court**1 not period* u xhUnj* of Ent Dlvlrton Court*. Division Omirt Eittlaga. First at Woodstock,' Fnday,1 th Januan*. Sml Man*, bth Apefl.ISth May. znth SepUmber’ Mh Msreh. Mh Mey, Wth July. ass-.I7th October. D. S. MAOQUEEN, 2 2 lbs. R A I S I N S CHINA TEA HOUSE. Ms S Sh Works.THE NEW F - O Y R E T A U R N ’S A -N T I E G H M T A N O . F AN With Ida deep VRtcbedncM and great deepair. Not by the flowers of Youth, but by the snow* Of ago done. In torturing thought he flew An old man M hla window stood, and turood III" dull eyes to the firmament, where, bright And pure, » million rolling ptaocta burned ; w. 0. SMITHJ Dealer in AMERICAN & FOREIGN l Manufacturer oi Moauatata, Grave Stcacs, Moatlo- Biocos, Table Tops, &o. SCOTCH GRANITE Monuments & Head Stones Imported to Order. HAVING had ecverol years experience 'in the above business in conic of tho lead ing Marble Cutting l^ta’-lishmente in the Country', aud possessing facilities for the pur- chasecf the uncut atone hitherto not possessed by any other establishment of the kind in thia section of thoProriuco, I am prepared to guar­antee satisfaction, either irt price or style of workmanship, to the most fastidious, and ear­ nestly leanest anyone who may have work to do in uiy line to call at the works and com-pare prices and examine tho clwa of work turned ont. I am in a position now to exe­cute some of the finest work, and ask that a fair test and examination shall be mode before leaving your orders elsewhere. OHIO FREE STOXE I For Building Purposes, Furnished and Cut Q Tu Order. CV Rcmombei tho place—Ingersoll Marble AStone Works, West of the Market, Ingersoll. June 20, 1876. 132. That picture ot hit Ute which conadcnoe drew. UN. A woni-out frame— * blighted soul—dark yearsOf agony, remorse, end with tri ng fears 1 Like spectral things, hit bright young days ane heck. Hla Father placed him Seat; Its right-hand track Its left to wilderness waste ami blank, Where snakes, and plagues, and poisonous UMU Which hsj Lwou hla } AIM ! tbs aorpcnU hung Colled round hli heart—tbeir venom ou hhUugue! Sunk in unutterable grief, he cried— "Come back, my vanished youth! Oh, God re- unwisely deferred to bis twenty-fifth birth­day, would make him independent. He staid w month or so at the Water House, shot on Iha moors, read late of nights in ■ tbs sombre library, djned out very often, and saw as little of bis father as was con­sistent with occupation of the same Inuse. After this brief experience of domestic life, ho went off to tho Continent, and remained there, roaming from city to city, for the, next ten years ot his life, bis father living on quietly at tho Water House all the tim», eating and sleeping, and riding bis steady cob, and generally taking earn of himself in an erninontly respectable aud gentleman- like manner. In tho tenth year of bis son’s absence the father died suddenly of apoplexy—a catastrophe which seemed to most people in Little Yafford tho natural closo of a selfish, self-indulgent life. Chris­tian appeared at the Water Reuse in time for the funeral, after travelling day and night for a week. Iio saw his father buried, ho examined his father's papers in ,-Mr. SoratobeH's presence, apd ho perused his father's will, drawn by Scratchell, and leaving everything to " my only son, Christian Harofield." Tho will had boon My mi rn of Ilf* Oh, Father.’ be my guide, And let me only choose iny path once mors !" Hla youth had glided by. swift na the wave Wild lights haahed flickering by: attar wu tailing ; " Like me I" he said, and oh I the thought WM galling ; Aud hot and heart-wrung tears began to gush ; Sleepwalkers crossed his eyes in shape* api«alling ; Hugo windmills lifted up their anas to cyush— Depths of the charnel-house, and glared on him Amid these overboiling bursts of feeling. Rich music, heralding the young year’s birth, Boiled from a distant steeple, like the pealing Of some celestial organs o'er the earth. 8-jfter emoUnne o'er him now came stealing ; “ Itetuni r he cried sgaln. Imploringly, " Oh T* uiy lost yuuth—return, return to me I* And youth returned, and age withdrew its terrors;Still in. ha young, for be had dreamed the whole ;But faithful is the image conscience mirrors, And ahaknlcff sin's iron tratnmela now. Too trutj had he made tills esrth-hls gaol: le wept, and thanked hla God that, with the will, Here, youthful reader, pondtr 1—and If thou, Of thy departed youth—it never will return. M’Intyre St Crotty Are still here, and It you want CHEAP FURNITURECo to them, they are th* only Maiiulaeturci and warrant their Goods. UNDERTAKING DEPARTMENT Will be tninfl complete In all Ita branches Funeral* will bo conducted with maUicM and ill(|ulcb. The rates charted will be ICM than uauaL Coffin*. Cukel. and Shrnudx alwayi on McXNTTRB & CROTTY. F re sh B re a d ! DELIVERED DAILY FROM V a n c e 's B a k e r y , Buns, Biscuits, Cakes C onfectionery ALWAYS IN STOCK. FRED. ROWLAND. PRK PA CK E R. BACON, HANIS, LARD BARRELLED PORK, swEBMtd Singed Wilts Mr o Sides for the English Market. PACSIXS nor*iE->Win»n St., cor. Bsihunt. LONDON ONT. EXHIBITION. T^VERY Saturday, till further notice, Ari ris undersigned will Boutinas bl* axhlbitkm of “m nnrim rti nr i n rm n - AND W R INGER , &c., JOHN W. STONE, A tm Cherry Slrsrt, Inzer*-)•a SC. 1877. Ill G. P. H A L L , AGENT FOR TRE CELEBBATED ESTEYORGANS. IREDDING n C q MAB^6 at C. P. HALL’S, Cox KING & THAMES-Sra Private BeuAenoe. AN OPEN A'ERDICT. BY MISS M. E. BRADDON, Auinon OF "TAKEN AT THE FLOOD," "DEAD MUN'S SHOES,’' "JOSHUA HAGGARD'S DAVOUTKH," " WEAVERS AND CH A ra^n iv. _ m s ITALIAN wtre. That deep shadow of gloom which had fallen upon Cbnstian Harefield’s life seemed to have descended also upou the house bo lived in. The bouse, with its low ceilings, narrow eon-odors, strange in« and outs, odd corners, and black oak pannliug, had doubtless been moro or loss gloomy of aspect for the last two hundred years. But an old-world gloom like this contrasts pleasantly with movement and bustle of glad domestic life—the flashes of sudden color, tbo glow of many hearths, winter's yule-log and summer's wealth of flowers-, the fresh shrill voices of young children^ the hospitalities of even-tide, tbo passing in and out of many figures, varied yet re- current as tbo combinations of a Kaleido­scope. For the last fifty years the Water House had been known to all Little Yafford, and within a radius of twenty miles, M a grave and sober msusion, where high jinks of any kind were u little to be expected M a a re-appearance of white-robed, oak- cro wned Droids in that stony circle on the moor which bad once recked with the blood of human victims. Old Christian Hareficld, tbo father of tbo present owfaer of the estate, bad been dis­ tinguished for various eccentricities, the chief of which was love of money. Ila did not love it too well to waste it upon his fellow-creatures, whom he did not Jove. He was a born man-hater. No youthful disappointments, no Wrong-doing of a familiar friend, no inconstancy of a woman, had soured his temper or changed tbo cur­ rent of lifa life. In his nursery he had regarded outside bumaaity with a cold dis­trust, and had baen selfish in the' transac­ tions of hfa boyhood. At Eton he was known as the most respectable of lads, and was universally detested. There was a legend of bis having given a boy he disliked the scarlatina, deliberately and of malice aforclbougbt; and this was the only thing he bad ever baen known to give away. At the University be took care of himself, made bis rooms the prettiest in his quad, rode good.horses, read diligently, and took bis degree with ease; but he refused all in- vitaliona to wine partita rather than incur the expense of rotmning hospitality, and he was remembered among his coiempor- aries as Stingy Harefield. When the time time for him to marry, ha made no at* tempt to escape that ordeal, M it prerented itself to him in the farm of au alliance with a yeung lady whose father had sn- ricbed himself by commerce, and had re­cently acquired a large traet of land »B- temineua with tho Water House estate. The young lady and the tract of land went in one lot, and Christian married lierwith- out feeling himself guilty of that kind of sentimental folly called " falling in love,*' whieh offended his reason in those inferior animals whom stem necessity obliged him to acknowledge a« his foiiow oreatares. Frose this sliiaaee of tho mercantile classes and tho landed gentry oprang an only child, Christian the second. In bis boy­hood and youth he gave indications of*a nobler and wider nature than bio father’s. menu among big school-.'*Hows and oom* through bin «xaminatiooa wbh flying eolora. and left bahind him a repciaUc i whieh eauaed ofc laisil half a chain Femh- moa to rain IbeiaMlvea in the endeavor to imitate" Alribmctan HarefieW," Umt being •be name which Chrtetten trie lewnd had wonforhuMtef. Iha Water.HooM with a B. ID ode directly after Mrs, Hn re field s death, when .Christian the younger was still at Etou ; and although the father am] son had uot got on particularly well together after­ ward, Christian the elder had not troubled himself to alter his bequest. He was too essentially selfish to leave a shilling away from bis own flesh aud blood. Clnistian had not treated him well, but Christian was in some wise a part of himself'; and although be did uot care much for Chris­tian, there WM nobody else for whom he cared nt all. Christian Harefield, bow lord of the double estates, went back to the Continent, where he was heard of no more for the next five years, nt the end of which time there came a report of Lis marriage with « very handsome Italian girl ; but ns every­body in Little Yafford remarked, “ there had been no advertisement in Iho Timee, which made tho whole thing scorn rather odd nnd irregular.” A year or two later Mr. Harefield was beard of as living near Florence with the lovely Italian wife and a baby ; and nine years after his father's death he onme suddenly home to the Water House, bringing the lovely wife ■and a littlo girl of tbroo years old homo with him. Ho was now a mau of middle nge. very grtivo of aspect, but canrlvous aud not inaccessi­ ble. Again people at Little Yafibrd began to speculate upon a change at the Water House. Il would bn aa it bud been when tbo late Cinislian Harcfield was a child, and old Mr. and Mrs. Hareficld gave hunting breakfasts and dinners, ^tnd the old placo was kept np altogether as it ought to bo, with a great <loal of company in tbo dining room, and plenty of waste and riot in ihe kitchen and servants’ ball.Christian Harefield did not quite realize those hopes which memory bad cooked in tho hearts of the oldest inhabitants of Lit tie Yafford, but Iio was not unsocial. The Water House resumed something of its ancient splendor; there was a large house- bold liberally conducted; a fine slud of horses iu tho old roomy stables. Mr. Hartfield received his neighbors cordially, and gave dinneis enough to satisfy the moat exacting among bis friends.There bad been n great many stories, for the most pari purely tho work of invention, or of that gradual cohesion of casual parti­ cles floating in space by wbiob a scandalous । rumor is sometimes created- Some people bad beard ns a certain fact that tho beauti­ ful Italian bad been a flower girl, and that ' Mr. Hart-field had seen her selling violets ' in tho streets of Florence. Others were equally certain that sbo bod been an opera siuger ; others were assured tbit ballot- i dancing had been hor profession at the । time sho attracted her wealthy lover's at- < tention. Tho moro scandalous hinted । darkly that sho was somebody else’s run­away wife, and that Christian Harefield's i marriage was DO marriage at ail. < Bui by the time when Mr. and Mrs. ' Harefleld had been livinti at the Water 1 House three months, tbaeligbteel allusion to one of these once favorite scandals waa about as groat a solecism aa any one io ‘ Little Yafford could bo guilty of. Tbe an- I cient slanders were sunk in the -Rod Seo * of oblivion. Those who had boon most 1 active iu disseminating th a legends forgot ' all about them ; could not have taxed their ( memory with tho slightest detail ; would * have looked quite puzzled if any under-bred ' intuder in polite society had questioned , them on tho subject, or recalled former as-sertions. There was a dignity about Christian Harcfield, a Subdued elegance about his lovely wife, which made such legends ns Little Yafford bad formerly believed in obviously and distinollv im- poseible. He marry a ballet-girl daoeor, the proudest of inoa I Sho sell penny bunches of violets, tho mist aristocratia of women 1 All the best people of Little Yaf­ford visited the Water House, and swore by Mrs. Harefield. She was not a woman to make her in­fluence widely felt even in that quiet circle. Beauty and elegance were her chief gifts. She was passionately fond of music ; played exquisitely iu a style of her own which was poetic rather than brilliant; sang sweetly, but not with the power of voice or splendor of exeontion sthieb would have justified tho story of her having been a primn donna. She hod grifoefiii tpsnners and distinction of bearing, but the leading spirits of Little Yafford—Mrs. Dulcimer, Lady Jane Gow ry, and an old Mrs. PyoMnt —decided that she had not much mind. “ She can only look lovely, my dear, and courtesy in that foreign way of hero which reminds meofmYycung days, when ladies behaved like ladies, and good manners had not begun to get obsolete," said Lady Jana to her dear Mra. Dricimer. “ She can only look elegant and sit at her piano and suffer us to admire her, just as we should if she were the Venus da Milo iu the LoEvre. I don't think she has much more feeling or passion than that one-armed statue, but aha is quite lovely, and I sup­ pose that ia enough for Mr. Harcfield." Every body agreed that Chrixtiim Hare- field WM devoted to hie wife, and that it was a happy marriage. Bal for this little girl he had evidently no very warm regard. As time want on. and no second baby ap­ peared, the father began to feel himself personally injured by the sex of his only child. Hhe ought to have been a son. Here WM the great Harcfield property in danger of travelling oat of Ute direct line, and belonging to soma spurious Harefield, who should only assume that good old name bv royal letters patent. And it seem­ed to Christian—terge-minded and eoetao- polit&tt as he considered himself—I hat it would be a low to English society if real Harefields should beoome ex tin I io the hud. This ides that his daughter WM a that hit wife loved the child better than en her little girt galled M mueh naif ba had M poetry or beauty in young lives and small round rosy fnooa, and ho could seo nothing to love or admire ia Beatrix, who at this stage of her existence WM small aud sallow —'a little yellow thing, all eyes and month,' as he himsolf described her. It was a con­ stant irritation t« him to see such blind, unreasoning affection squandered upon so unlovely an object. Ho spent one winter and a spring at tho Water House, and then earned his wife away with him to Baden, aud from Badon went to Florence for the winter, leaving Beatrix ia dhargo of a conscientious and elderly governess at Little Yafford. The child was almost heart-broken at tho loss of that loving mother, but no one, except Miss Scales, the governess, knew anything about it, and Miss Scales wrote Mrs. Hare, field cheery letters, telling her that dear little Trix was getting tall and strong, and had just gone into words of two syllables. *Mr. and Mrs. Harefild osme hack to tho Water House and spent tho summer and autumn at home, and gave parties, and made themselves generally agreeable. Thon camo winter and a migration to the South, Beatrix staylug behind with Miss Scales as before- This winter sho went in­ to words of three syllables, and made small excursions into various foreign grammars, taking to Italian nntnraiiy, ns s dock hatohod by a bon takes to the water. Thjs kind of life went on til! Beatrix, was ten, Mr. and Mrs. Hnrefield's sojourn at the Water House growing briefer each year, and by degrees there arose a feeling in Littlo Yaff»rd that Mr. aud Mrs. Harcfield were not quite the happfct couple in the world, and there were more clouds than , sunshine iu tbaj small homo circle. 'These । things make tifamedvos known somehow.i It was hinted that there were Mro. Harefiolil had a distressed look some­ times. Beatrix was not so often found in । the drawing-room with her mother when people called. Good-nafu.od Mrs. Dulci­mer discovered that tbo little girl was al­ ways cooped up in tho school-room, or sent out for dreary walks with her governess, nnd felt herself called upon to interfere and draw Mra. Harofidd'a attention to this neglect of maternal duty; but Mrs. Hare- fluid, mildly graceful as she was at al! rimes, received the remonstrance with a placid dignity which rebuked the good- natured busybody. Thore was trouble of soma kind evident­ ly at tho Water House, but no one in Little Yafford could ever get face to face with tho skeleton. Italian friends of Mra. Haro- field'e appeared upon ths Meno, but Little Yafford was not invited to meet these foreigners, Thon camo autumn, and another migration to warmer lands, anti this timo Miss Scales and Beatrix went with the travellers.' That fa moro as it should be,’ Said Mra. Dulcimer, triumphantly. 'So you see. after all. Olemont, my remonstrance had toms effect.' ' If over I find that any act of interfer- enco with other people's conduct of then- own affairs has a good effect, I will reverse tl»e whole theory of morals which I have for myself in relation to my neighbor,' answered Mr. Dulcimer, with unaccustom­ ed energy. This last jonmoy was fatal. Six weeks after the travellers left tho Water House, Littlo Yafford was startled by the tidings ot Mra. Harefield's death. She had died suddenly nt a little road-side inn among tbo mountains — the loneliest spot of earth she could well have found for life’s closing scone. Sho had gone there alone with her husband on tbeir way from Naples to Reggio, leaving Beatrix and her governess at Naples. Mr. Harefield was distracted, and bad gone off to wander no one knew where, after sending his child and her governrss home to the Water House. Litllo Beatrix appeared there by. and-by, a silent and almost ghoal-like chili1., whose small face looked uuuata- rally white above tbo dense blackness of her frock. • It's absolutely heart-rendering to see a Cbriatiau gentleman's child look so like one's idea of a vampire,' exclaimed oom- piuuiionate Mrs. Dulcimer, aud sbo tried to lure the little girl to the Vicarage with a view to petting aud making her happy; but Miss Scales guarded her pupil ns jeal- onsly an if she had been a griffii in a fairy 1 tils keeping welch and ward over au en­chanted princess. It was the universal opinion in Little ; Yafford—a kind of foregone conclusion— 1 that Mr. HarefielJ would wander for years, i and return to the Water House after a de­cade nr two with long gray hair and a । pilgrim. Ho disappointed every body's ex­ pectations by coming back early in th* spring and taking np his abode permanent- , ly iu the grave old house, which now put , on that mantle of ailonoe and gloom wbiob had never been lifted from it since. . Under Ibis shadow of gloom, encircled by this perpetual silence and monotony, Beatrix bad grown from childhood to wo- । manhood. Yon coaid hrar tho dropping of ths light wood ashes in a distant room as i you stood in the hall'nt tho Water House, i or the chirping of a winter robin in tho ; garden ontaida the windows, or the ticking of the dining-room-clock; but of human । voice or motion there was hardly any tiling to be beard. Tbo kitchens end 1 offices wore remote, and the servants knew the value of good wages and a com- fortabla home too well to lei any tokta of । their existence reach Mr. Harefiuld's ear*. The master of that silent bouse sal iu hit library at the end of Ihe ^w obrridor, and । read, or smoked, or. mused, or wrote in solitude. Sumelimes'hfi took his daily ride or walk, in all weathers, for months at a । stretch ; aVotber times be would remain for several weeks without leaving ths house. Ho received no guests; ba vfaited no one —having taking the trouble, immediately after his return, to let people know the I ba hod come to the Waler House in March of solitude and not sympathy. BcrateheH, lus lawyer and agent, and Mr. Namby, the family doctor, ware the only two men freely admitted to hfa pre­ sence, and of there DO saw as little re pas­sible. He allowed Isabella SwataheH to be with his daughter as much M Beatrix pleased to have her, but he never aat et meals with them or honored them with hfa society. His hoara were different from theirs, and they bad Utes Scales to take care of Item. Wbat could they want more ? last Bunday, and moda one more heroic effort. ' Mr. Harefield, I am not going to ask you to change yonr own habits—’ ‘ That would be wasted labor, msdam/ ‘Or to Mk people to the WaterHo4w ' I would not do my friends so great a wrong.' • But you might at least let Beatrix come to ms. We are very quiet people at tbo Vicarage—Clement absorbed in hfa books, I in my work-basket. There would be no gayety for her; but there would be the change from one house to another; and we lie higher—you must be damp at tho Water House. I know Beatrix has suffer­ed from neuralgia—' * A now fashion among young ladies, like ths shape of their bonnets. I never beard of it when I was young.’ • Oh, it was called toothache tllisn ; but it was just as excruciating. Then you really will let her come,' pursued Mra. Dulcimer, pretending to make sure of bis consent.' Clement Dulcimer is a gentleman I greatly respect, and you are the most amiable of women. I can not sea why 1 should forbid my danghter coming to yon if you like to bo troubled with her. But I most meke it a condition that you do not take her any where else—that she is to come to your bonso and yonrs alone.' ' Most assnredly. I shall consider your wuhre upon that point sacred,’ protested Mr*. Dulcimer, delighted with her sneoess. Sbo called on Beatrix the next day, and carried her off to the Vicarage. The girl had been carefully educated by oonsclent- ions Miss Sonloa, and knew every thing that a girl of her age is supposed to know, except the theory of muris. Sha could have enlightened the vicar about latitude and longitude, and the subjunctive mood in various fangnages. But she had all the deficiencies and peculiarities of a girl whose life had been lonely. She WM proud and shy—w bat the vicar called Farouche—and ft WM a long tim^ before her new friends could set her at ease. But when she did expand, they grew very fond of her, and that now life at ths Vicarags was like tho boginning pf her youth. She had never felt herself young before. Miss Scales's prim affection had been like a band of iron about her Hie. Her father's gloom aud hardness bad weighed upon her like an actual burden. She had waked in tho night Bobbing, roused from seme dim strange dream of an impossible happiness by the recollection that she bad a father who bad never loved hor, who never would love Iler. This hardness of her father’s had gradu­ ally hardened her feelings toward him. Sha bad left off hoping for any cbaugo in him, and with tho cessation of hope oamo a stream of bitterness which overwhelmed every sweet and filial sentiment. As she grew from child to woman, her memnrieaof the past took & new shape. Wefl-ro- membered scenes acted themselves over again before her mental vision under a now and more vivid light. She bggan to MO that there had been unhappiness in her mother’s life, and that bar father had been the cause of it—that the cloud bad always coma from him.Brief episodes of that by-gone life flash­ ed back upon her with a cruel distinctness. Sho remembered herself leaning on hor mother’a shoulder ono evening, as Mrs. Harefield sat at ihe drawing- room piano weaving the sweet tangle of Italian melody abe loved so well. It WM & summer twilight, and tbo windows ware all open, the garden was full of roree, tbo river shining under tho selling sun. Sbo remembered her father's coming iu suddenly and walking up to the piano. He took her by the wrist witn a bard, strong hand that hurt her a Iff tie. ’ Go to yornr governess,' ho said ; 11 want to talk to your mother.’And tbsn, before she could reach ihe door, idle bean! him say,* So yon bare seen Antonio again.' Those words haunted her cariosity now that sbo was growing a woman. Who was Antonio ? She could remember no one in the history of her life to whom that name belongsd. It WM an Italian name—the name of one of tboas Italian friends of bar* mother's who camo and went, iu ihoa memory pictures, like figures in a dream ’ She conld net distinguish ona from the other. They had aU P*la dark faces, like ivory that - Dad been shut from tbs light, and dark gleaming eyes, and hair like the shining wings of the rooks in the tall old elm tops yonder. But aha could not recall any ona of them who had impressed her— a wondering child of seven—more than the rest. Yea, there was one—ilia ono who sang ro beautifully. She could lemembtr silling on her mother’a lap one evening before dinner—ihe room dimly lighted—no one present but her mother and tbs Italian gentleman. She remembered bfa tilting at tho piano and tinging—church music— music that thrilled her, till, in a wrwnf ecstasy, sbe bunt into tears, and her mother soothed her and carried her away, saying so me tiling to the strange gantleman in Italian aa abs went toward the door, and ha got op from the piano and cams to them and stopped on the threshold te bend down and kiss her, aa she bad never been ki-eed before iu all her life. She conld remember Aad he said something in Italian, some­ thing that seemed half sorrow and half Was that Antonio ?Her mother's room had never been opened by any ane but Christian Hare field since bis return to the Water House after that teat fatal janrney. There was something ghostly in the idee ot those three rooms faring the river, those three locked doors in the long oak gultery. Beatrix passed those sealed doors always with a thrill of pain. If her mother had but lived, how different, how different life would hava been for her 1 There would shared iL They would have dung to each other clnecr, loved each otbar more fondly, because of the husband and faiher s un- kiudneas.‘ What would papa matter to '»■« if I had mamma ?’ she ifaomrbt * He would be only a gloomy peraan ooxotog in and ont like the dark brief watch wHeb comes in and oat asioug tho summer days. We should not have minded him. misanthrope in one of Uis solitary walks on the Druda* moor, and ventured-—not wilh- ont Inward fear and trembling—to attack abiae brighter.'Often and often aba solitary life. ‘but I don’t mind tha*. DUHMIM ia good paneled room, with pate Una curtaiu* all Iha world l' Not for worlds cohid she have aaokawcf it -^no» even to Isabel!*, v » wbe* aba convened' aa freely, in a genohl way, M * little girt talks to bar dolt. ' brightened wonderfully. Her rewurr* worn off u she grow socustomad to that feis&dfy bunsebold. She WMsnrapturod with Mr. Dulcimer's library; her Utbofy book* shelves being aa insccesaiHa for her as the Vatican. Here, on tbd’VIcar'is waJMcdccd shelves, she found those Italian po^to her on ouriona ribbed paper- printed aft VaniM two hundred yean ago. Sha gftui many an hoar sitting on a baaaoek in (be ninny bay-window, with * pl* e( thew old Italian books on the Boot btaida leer- wfaia Berkeley, or making exeanioM ivie HM world or science. Here she read the RrutoMMtfer TVMC- wc«, and got her first grand idea ef tbs tini- verso. Hero her yosag mini ooiwad away from the narrow track along whieh Mbs Scales hod co ml o a tod it, and enter* . cd the regions of poetry and delight. And here—in this sunny old rooiD, with iu walls of books and its shabby beterogM- ecns furniture—youhg LOTS tookhMW the band and leu her aoroea ‘he threahnH ot his wonder-world. Here du feat BM* Cyril CulverheuM, and IsuraaJ how fair a thing piety may seem in a bright yoang soul, eagsr to do e«ms good in ita gaaan- tion. Religion hitherto, ,M interprgtedl by Miss Beales, bad appeared to Mr a barf and difficult business, WhfolMfo OM eo«Ul system of punishtHeutojim^iraMKaK in­vented tar the torment of xqudfand. Hat in Cyril's teaebing how differentKW nim - ed I Religion became a sentiment to life or die for; without ft bappinsee and yeafie of mind seemed impossible, ' Your mamma belonged to the old felib, perhaps,' he said, daa day, When were talking af Highwand Low Chureh.Beatrix gave a faint shiver. . L i *. I doji i know,* she answered, aadfar* ^Mamma n’ever talked to me about rebgiofi. I was^too young, perhaps.' Cyril found her curiously ignorant of all that WM most vital in religion, and> He first interest in her arose from this very ignor* anca of hers. He was so eted to set her right, to gat her ont of the narrow Sealw track—Miss Scales being Maealially Low- Church, and scenting Roman encroach- meat in an antham or a snrpliQn. Tbato- torest soon drspened, but ha BonLO»srdly have told wbsn if first grew into love- Per- haps that might never have coma n Bea­ trix's freak young soul had a of gont-oat to meet his unawares, so that •»' ha kaaw himself a lover he found himself beloved. Tho thought was full of rapture, for at this stage of their friendship she seemed to him the most perfect among womew-— ths lovely embodiment of youth and juno. eenee, and nobta yearnings, tmiLteteree, purity—all things fair and holy. Bat Iba consideration that she was Chmtian Hare- field’s heiress dashed his joy. Ha saw himself in nd vance branded, in the right of mon, M tho clerical adventurer who, under the guiKC of religion, had pushed his hwa fortune.Then it was—while ft was still a naw thing hr them to talk ot their mutual lava —that he told Beatrix bar father must ba informed ot their attachment. ]TO BK CONTINWED.] THE END CROWNS ALL CHANGE OF FUtUNA.. • Henry Archibald; do yon ever intend to>nt that shelf Dp in ths e«U*rt or haa • jara all their life ovary lime they go dawtt in that dismal hols, anyhow ?’ Henry leaned back from the breakfast table, He was feeling the beneficial effoeU of a pound of sausage placed whore ft had the best effect, and looking benignly USIHS the dear aggravation of his life, ho ob­ served :—‘ Did you say you wanted a A*tf T ' Yes ; I did, about a hundred times, and you know it. too,* and there was a prewonk ment of wr«)h ia her aceoute. * I thought I put you up a shall only A few yonro ago.’ • Gracicue-powsro, two, that was when Martha »M a baby, aud now abo own ware my shoes,' ‘ Y-a-a-s, and turn round in 'em, too,'‘ Now don’t you dare for to go to aggri. yoke m*. Henry Arohibald,* and oho shook a fateful forefinger forninet him. ' Not * drop o' sleep i» a wink to 0*1 ah*H you? bones seo to-night, till that shelf fa put n». Now you mind thaL• Well, where’s a board,* and Henry bokod vaguely out into tho yard, picking hit teeth.' Here's a board I've been aavin’ ever so long,' and Mro. A. dragged IM* white pine troMaro ont from behind the wavb-hauso, ‘ Ain't got ne nails,’ and Henry turnedv- tba board up on iU edgy and sighted along it critically. ' IU find you nails, you shan’t have ftgt for an excuse to get out of work,' and she disappeared into the garret, white Henty took ihe paper aad oommegeed an atti^a on Iba * Source of the Amasou.' Just a* ba was coming to the conclusion thsi it didn't mean the origin of Mrs. Archibald, that lady appeared.' Here, young man; no going io oloep mi over that old paper now. Got tn work.' ‘ Where's any hatch* I r .. — .... AJidjB__* a. to Peel a and borrowd a saw j»n4gt all tho things in tho ooQar, iausinginotudy all the time and getting in Idgh good humor at Iha prospect of tho ihJf going up rapidly.* Come now, dear, the things an all ready for you.' »Then Henry went down sndloekad deep. Jy interested, when she showed bow aba_ ■ - . A — * — •«*<*.* . r.,1 iVuteM bar lift UM shelf into posftiaa, agd eel down on • vuhtnb with an axhtmalea tiu coolly.Mrs. A. wai itandin* on Str Up-L ox stiwiBing evary mowda to driv* a final nail hatehat em; Henry ehueklad faoUaMy a tex ■M THE OXFORD TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, J878. Kbt ©rfarb ffiribimt, - . WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1S78, 'j e l e c t e d yesterday by tha Xloupty tbe County oi Oxford, , .arra S. G. Burgess, Esq., Reeve of Hast ’ , .' Tax GLOBE dobus an armistje# of & few days in order to frame exensaa for the de- .- - Mau of War nt Digby '' ^oii Sinanlay. ____ Hog- ADAM CROOKS, who bra bean ill . “ttond to his official duties, fa reported better and was able to take bia “^‘iWj’jn lbs togislatufe cn Monday. Tbe estimate* were brought down on Monday, and the budget will be bronght forward - W-d^. ________ ____ ^FEMIMG meeting of Iha new Coun- ; JjnkO b»oily of London, was enlivened by .. irak^nulomted discussion, In which such '■’•Wrinsmi “’Your not man enough,” “Your a ar# reporiol as havingbeea used, nud con*VJorable sensation onaa»d. would bo too hazardous a gnmo to open aBplbex oonntifaeuoy, won toprocure ft seat for a Minister of the Crown, and the Administration bars boon obliged is accept hie resignation M minister of Militia. The day of doom is approaching, and we warn Conservatives tn keep lb air Louse in order for any emergency that may arise. . rtTwxlo*al prejudices " which the aver- • ^‘Jj'drthodox Grit organs say caused tho , defeat.of Mr.,y<ul in Digby will be found .to-CWrt to BD alarming extent throughout rtba Dominion. Set up another pin and see bow soon he will bo bowled down by • .‘.ll^alprejadi.Ms,” -r.vjfa-THE Ontario Logiatature on Monday, M». Mowat, in mitwer to Mr. Bell, said it Wainot tbeiuteutioD of the Government ftS julxoducc a bill this session to amend tho , m uni ci pal law* so as to reduce the number cf’poUing sn’j-diviaons, and make the elec- tion of school trustees simultaneous with i iha ajauicip*!Loftons. THE MONTREAL Wit nest (Grit) is forced io acknowledge Ibal “the Digby election ha* resulted hi a greet triumph for the Op­ position, the majority againrt Mr. Vail be­ ing stated at nearly four hundred. Those opposed to Mr. Vail in Digby were previ- on.sly confident of eaccesa, but sympatbi- Ecn with them in Halifax had not the same ©onfi<Atnco, and the despatches from Jbat point conveyed the impression that Mr. Vail would probably be returned. , * o * It is elated, and seems to be cor­ rect, that Mr. Jones, of Halifax started on Suu day-morning by special train for Ottawa, to bo sworn iu as Minister of Militia, so as to eavo opening another con- stRuency. Ho <will certainly be an abler representative of Nova Scetia in tbe Cabi­ net than that Province has had since tbo formation of the Mackenzie Government. Of what bis chances of success are in Hali­ fax we can judge nothing. If tbo same feeling prevails throughout Nova Scotia as itr Digby, it will not only be serious for the Ministry in tho present juncture, but will almost certainly ensure their defeat al tho next general election.” LOCAL ANO OTHER MATTERS. B#* RabsSribe now fur rite THIBOK* *V Revival services Ar* Wng held at Har- ringtoiL itr A 85,000 church i* to be brilt by the Presbyterian* at Norwich. FF Tbe snow is coming, Look out for a cold and stormy mtap of weather. «**O. E. Cbadwiek* lochirc to-night (Wednesday). Came. KT A butter factory is talked off in the vicinity of Edwardsburg- tar Overataiee only one dollar ■ pair nt tbd Dominion Shoe Store. Sea wlvortisanMiiiL OF Woodstock people are applying for the appointment of an additional night coastable, •** Don't forget the social and concert at the residence of W. T. Crisp, Esrj., this evening. KT Tbe first meeting of the new County Council commenced its sessions at Woodstock yesterday. Kr Subscribers who wish to pay for their subscription* in wood can do so if they will bring it in at once. KF Remember the Barns festival on Friday evening. A g»od time is expected, and wc sliall be glad to see a good attendance. IT a reported that as a reward for advo- jfin g Jbw tariff* in Canada, and thereby Securing the Canadian market to tho J^lisiu manufacturers,*Gaorge and Gor­ don J^rown are io be admit tel to the now Qpjcr of. Knighthood-*-" The Imperial Croyu of India-" It is needless to add that no one bat Begums—female Indian Sovereigns—and woman are admitted to the O/3en . Ona COTZX. is anxious to- know what the Conservative parly has come to " that a bnudful of wire-polling upstarts in Inger­ soll should assume the control of affairs.” It bs* coms to this, that th era arc handfuls of upstart* in every county in the Domin­ ion wbff have such influence that they can carry a great majority of the constiluon- sise tot th. Opposition. If you don’t behave it, look at Digby. Mr, Vail, Minis- tdribf. Militia, received a majority of 372 to Blay at homk By HZFZRENL-K to advertisement it will be-BccD -that the Conservative Booms on Thames street are to bo opened every cren- iug commencing on to-morrow (Thursday) evening. Conservatives abonld make a point of* attending those meetings as busi­ ness of vitaVSmportanco to the success of the parly will require to bo altonded to. The meetings will ba opened to all in sympathy with th. Conservative party and a fall attsu lanes is dosirabh. Tua rooms arc comfortable, well lighted and warmed nod will ba will bs supplied with entertain­ ing rending matter. r > IF Ma. MACKENZIE wished io do any­ thing to ingratiate himself with the people of Canada, or if ho wished in any way to ameliorate tbo feeling of utter disgust and want of sympathy and support which is felt for his Government, ho would at once ask tbo Governor General for permission to dissolve tbo House and go to tho country in order to re-establish that sup­ port which is so rapidly falling off from him and his party. This course is open to him, and British precedent would justify him in taking the step. Wo do not desire that ho should do so, for wo feel that the longer he retains a hell upon tho reins of office his causa is gradually but surely weakening. Every day that he remains in office with lus coterie of incnpablcs, addi­ tional rridrace is given that bo is not fitted for the important position, aud that those around bim only occupy . office for tbo emoluments attochoil thereto, aud for tbo advantages they gain by the position of lining their own pockets out of the public Treasury. The shocks which tho Admin­ istration has received in the into contests arc as indicative of wliat I be result of Hie approaching great struggle at tho next gen­ eral election will ba as if it had already taken place and tljo figures wore before ns. Mr. Mackenzie's Administration went into power four yean ago with an overwhelm­ ing majority, and daring that short period ho bos bad ample time to inaugurate those groat measures of Raform and retrench­ ment which were so boastfully flaunted before tha country, but the result has proved a perfect and ignoble failure. The boosted purity of tho Raform party has tamed out to be a misnamor, and instead of that exalted and high-minded quality which wo wore load to expect that wo should find In tho new Administration, we find it steeped in tho most glariug corrup­ tion. As evidence, wo point to tbo bribery and undue influence which ihoy have used in the elections. The peculations which Jost week. He WM itarted by boy* throwing atones at bim. Another warning, C3~ Revival meetings arc being held in the P. M. Church, Woodrtock, conducted by Mr. J. Beiurett, an English revivalist sr Go to the Bible Reading on Sunday morning, at 9 a. m., in tho Association Hall, conducted by T. K. Cree, of Now York. s>r We arc publishing a capital story just now. New *ub#cribcra can procure back numbers containing the opening chapters. tr Burglar* are working successfully in Loudon. Judge EJJictt'j aili Warren Bock's residences were entered on Sunday night last and considerable booty carried off. There is a kind of match that will not ignite unless you rtrike it on a box made ex­ pressly for it. This will m ike a great raving in pantaloons. *ar There is £|ho advantage in not baring ft side walk leading to your.door. You arc not required to tarn not and sb*vel off snow every (!(•• a little snow falls. 1&' Tho Oxford Coeaty SabbaUi School Con venlion will be held in Woodstock on Mon­ day, Tuesday and Wednesday, the 11th, 12th aud !3lh of February. KF As Mr. Wm. Row wa* hauling Jogs on the farm of Mr. Johnston Walker, in tbe township of North Dorchester, ho hod his ankle crushed between a couple of logs. »'*• " Wlmt a remarkable season ’’ is becom­ ing aa old story now. Wait a wee. Vcnnor’s predictions for the latter part of January and next month aio somotbiug awful to contem­ plate. TSE MVEBBES experienced by the present Administration are thus summarized by our Toronto ^cotom.:—M. Dorion's major­ ity OAB2 in 1874 reduced to 84 in his suc- CMSor'a election. M. Fournier'* seat car- riad by Dr. Blanchett, Opposition, by 255. Hon. D. A. Macdonald's majority of C70 reduced to 171 in tho care of Mr. McNab, hi* soeceMor. Mr. Wm. BOM’ seat carried by Mr. Campbell, Opposition, by 98. Mr. Laird's Mat carried by Mr. Pope, Opposi­ tion, by 88. M. Pelletier's seat carried by M. Roy, Opposition, by Cfi. M. Cauchou’x seat taken by an Independent. M.La- flatnmj waseleetel iu Jireqnes Cartier by acefomalfon in 1874 ; on entering th# Cab­ inet IM WM relurtMd by 29 only- M. Lairier beaten In Drommond and Artha- ba*ca, where in 1874 be had a majority of 288. Bailly, Mr. Vail be 4ten in Digby. And y#tUre-Government has tho confidence of tbe conn try I MA DLAKJ h reported being again ntreaAy in his Beat ia the Ministry.^ We copydha following signifitant paragraph from KU editorial article in the Montreal Slat u? M o nday•* It jx evidently no eecret that th# Hon. Mr. b^k# u once more foellng th* reetraiat of Ouics and longing to ba free from tho <lrudgeri."B ol public servitude. His rwiguatiou bo* been tbi Land* of Ui# Premier fer severs! weeks,.and hi* coUeeguea have seme diffi- cuity iu keeping him by their side. Of com® the public will very naturally be curiam'to know what baa occurred that •W>uld l«*J him one# mor# to seek relire- taeut, hot it 1* probable, unless there ha* Lems some wide di Sarens# on a question of policy, both tai nd hi* colleagues will keep UM BMttN’ <9 tbMBUMlves.” HUB, on have boon resorted to in contracts on pub­ lic works, tho disregard of the principle of letting all public jobs by tender, tho favor­ itism in giving work at exorbitant prices to partizaus, the wholesale violation of the Independence of Parliament Act, and to crown all, the purchass, contrary to law or precedent of a largo quantity of steel rails by the Premier at an enarwon* loss to the country. Those arc only some of tho things which might be enumerated of which tho Reform parly, through its pres, ent Administration, have been guilty. The cardinal principles which they advocated while in opposition have bom thrown to the .four winds of heaven, and they have gone into office with tho solo purpose of preying upon tho public Treasury to the aftermost. This is why It is, that to-day, after the short term that they have held office, that they aro so unpopular, and this h tho reason that they can only count upon a mechanical majority in tho House of Commons. As opportunity offers, seal after scat is taken from them. The handwriting is on tho wall and it doos not require a prophet to read tbo legend, it is written iu the plainest aud most unmistakable characters, and it means that at tha next general election, whether it wines prematurely, or in the duo course of events, by Hie effiaxion of time for wbich tlw present parliament were elected, the party which at present bald tho majority of representative in the House will bo mast Ignomiuoaslv defeated. to put in an appearance at the Rooms over Walley's store to-morrow evening, or any evening thereafter until further notice. Business. xa" An exchange says that Mr. Alexander Wood, of East Zorra, uow in his sevcnly- soveuth year, does all his own work yet, looks after twenty head of cattle and markets Lis own grain. CB" This is the time when the young minis­ ter of persona) attractions goes privately to tbo second-hand store and offers to trade ten pair of worked slippers and a half bushel of pen-wipere for a plug hat and a pair of boots. 03* On Friday the Great Western ferry boats trauaferred from th# Michigan Central and Detroit & Milwaukee depots to their doA in Windsor 820 cars, and sent out from Windsor 21 trains through, each train consisFng of 27 cars. mr Tin old song. "Homo again from a dis­ tant shore,” had its origin in the classic days of Homer. When the poet used to return home laic in the morning from tho colisseum, bis wife remarked:—"Ilomcr-gain from a distant show-ch I” very raubarmaiing1 Jo Mr. Mackenzie's OeviXSUMol. ; Bo COMFLara, so startling, >o crashing, UosipecteJ, so opportune and a,J unlock- " ®d for WM tha news of tho defeat pt Mr. Vail, Minister of Militia, and Member of Digby; Nova BBooootthh,, that Ceoaervatives are to ba for any little exuberance of •luliati&n that may have earaped them feuiog lh«pra rinra day*. Tha dfefora i. ■ crashing Wow to the AdnjiaisIrnBim.and must »venfBsJlxlan fc bringing Mr. Mac ksari* aud the gtgni Reform Party to ao ■ ppraumJran of »• fest that the eeuntry luva toa«Y«it!t Sif them. Mr, Vail wra; y^t/a nxo by a hand soma m»- iw w ha i» datrated by on atoerre Hvjuirtynf *72. Zhu, too, in thafira of t4» mftrt IrOMifol utterance and brsga- doet*^ lb* trading party organs, Som# ©f ihoaa jwtaally went» Ur » to ray that victory woa reonred for tha MisraMalirtu, when waul into Ore field to Mairi Mr. Wnht tba D^o»utoa oimJitate. *<- v.n •_______________... THAMUtSHD. our ora C ,ne;j»ndeat, SIH,—We were favored (?) on taat Friday evening with hearing from the great shining light(7) of North Oxford—Mt. TW Oliver, M. P.—in the School House, in this village. Mr. 0. a splendid explanation (?) of the sote of Usa present ministry. Re explained to tbo atetibctioa of miay of his inseparable and blind admirer# tbe Neebing Hotei porehase and Kamanisliqaia Railway terminus twin Ite which WM swallowed by the insatiate litteiwre with avidity. Tho light ho throw upon tba curtailment of the public ex- penditure and the dismiaaal of Government official to tnsho IOJUI for others of Grittier •tripe was at clow M mod. His attack upon 81.' Juha and how tbe poor follow was obliged to doj.’owl bis resignation for cor re pt acta in oaonewti?uwith the nnsarapultms charges to tho parchss.^ ordinance lands years ago He cerfcuoly' made a hcrt of friends atnong Patrons of Huabandry by tie eatU»ciaiiun of •feboui protection it weald be bettor policy total** the tariff on sugar, particularly in «. BT "Did yoa ever," >*ks a contempory, "watchthe noisalns movements of a pretty girl'i lips M her drna is trodden upon, and 1 marvel nt tho self command which enables her to do the situation justice in so quiet a man- • nert” ' tT C. E. Chadwick, Esq,, will deliver a 1 lecture in the Association Hall, this Wednea- > day evening, 23nl in«t, nt 8 o'clock. Subject , —'’The Drea th of, Life,” Tbe public invited. [ Admission, 10 cents. Noxon, Eeq., in । the chair. AXOTHEB WORTUT EXAMINE.—Th# re- • port ere of lb# Guelph papers have been voted 915 each iu recognition of their ser­ vices in reporting tbo proceedihqs of the Town Council of that town during the year 1877. PAY Ur.—DO pay up your back account* fur job printing, advertising and paper sub­ scriptions, M wo are in want of mouey. The amounts are only smill to each indi­vidual but it i« really a considerable and important sum to us. FIREMAN’S FUNERAL.—Mr. Wm. Greena­ way, a m.-inber of the Hook and Ladder Company died on Monday. He will be buried this afternoon, tbe Fire Brigade held a meeting yesterday evening and de­ cided to join In the oeremoatea, in memory of the deceased, who was highly respected. .BROKE JAIL.—Between Monday Bight •nd yesterday morn fhg a man Danred Ja«. Moray broke Woodstock jail* and left for part* unknown, ta company with two tramps, discharged on Monday night. The charge was one of asaanlt. Ha was last heard of in this town, and is believed to have gone to London. Ths police have not managed to interview him Ilins far. SECURE A BARGAIN.—Tbe subscriberhav- ing decided to go Into the piano and organ busiaees, will sell the whole ef his large •tock of fancy goods, concertinas, and violin* at iwenty-five per eeat. diaoooxit off regular prices, for cash only. C. P. H ALL, Wtleb maker & Jeweler, 208 if Cor. King A Thames Sta^ Ingersoll. SALE OF TOWN PKOFERTT.—Mr. Brady has been instrueiad by the proprietor, Mr. P. Hogan, to offer for sale, by public aue- 1 lion, on the 2nd of February, on the ' Market Square, never* 1 rateable lota on 1 King Hiram and Caruagw street#. A good 1 houM and erebard on lb# property. i A WOETHT ■ EXAMPLE.—Tire Braattord ’ Beard of Aidermen voted the reporter# of ' ibo hen loosd jonroal* *8) cash, "in re cog. 1 niiion of Ibeir faithful reporta of Council 1 proceedings *>rouKhoat tbe pnuani year, • CoffpLDtxrr TO *x IHOBBBOLL LSDT.— In spooking of an Inge real I lady who re- oeutly took put in a musical onterfain- ■ ment iu Hamilton, the Timet of that city •ayat—•* Mia* Elliott, of Ingersoll, played , m ail pieces between the act* in tbe mort brilliant manner. This young lady ie evidently a pnaut ot no mean ability.” ENGLISH CHURCH SOCML.—Bo suro and , goto the social st the reeidenoe of W. T. Crisp, Bsq., Prospect Place, this (Wednes­ day) evening. The Rer. Edward Bland, ' the now Rector of St. Jnmee’, will bo pr«aeut. Tea ot «ix. Conveyance* will । leave B. Y- Ellis’ and Grant'* corner every fiftaon minuJ**# during tbe evening. SDDDEK DEATH AT TILSONDUBO.— On Wednesday morning, last Gggrgo Russel, youngest son of Mr. Jame* Russel, pftbi* place, died of inflammation af the lung*. He had been ill only one week, and waj not considered to ba in adaugcroua condition till Tuesday. Tie ws* a bright, premising youth, and hi* funeral, which took place Thursday afternuou, was attended by a number of his young companion*. -Liberal. PARLOR CONCERT.—A parlor concert, undor Iha auspice* of tlio Ladie* Aid Society of King-st. Methodist Church, will bo held at the residence of Mr. J. W. Wil­son, AlberUBt., on Monday evening, 28tb inst. Iu addition to a very interesting programme of vocal and in strum on tai music, a largo number of Japanese curiosi- tie* will bo exhibited, and several Japanese letter* read. Admission 25 cent*. All arc invited. SEAFORTH CHEF.SS FACTOBT.—At the annual meeting tho following gentlemen were elected Directors:—Robert Govon- Icck, W. J. Shannon, Jamte Scott, Edwgjrd Hickson aud Wm. McMurray. R. Gnvon- lock was appointed President, aud J. Dan- can, Secretory and Treasurer. Tbe audi­ tor’s report was raid, and showed that during the past season 1,037,851 pound* of milk bad been delivered at tbe factory, from which were mad# 103.941 pounds of obccac, which realized $11,223 08. It took 1?.27 oonudsof milk to make apoaud of ahecse. DUTRTCT CONVENTION.—A district ?<W' vention, in connection with tho Y. M. C. A., will be hold in Ingersoll on Sunday and Monday, 27th and 2Slh inatants. T. K. Cree, of Now York, aud G. B. Mea­dows, of Kingston, and a largo number.of delegates from tho surronndiug town* aud village* will be present to take part in tho deliberations of tho convention. Tba first meeting will bo held on Sunday morning, at 9 a. m.. iu tha Asaociatiou Hall, nud also nt 4 p. m. The evening meeting will be hold in tho Town Halt. Further notice of meeting* will be givm in duo time. Every mrotiugof tbe conven­ tion is open to the go acral public. BURNS’ ANNIVERSARY.—We are glad to know that tho admirer* of Scotland'* groat poet will have tbe opportunity of spending n social evening together on Fri­ day evening, 25th iast., in honor of his memory, at tho Music Hall, “ Royal Hotel.” Mr. J, A. Smith will cater to (ho wants and tastes of the gacsts in a stylo which a knowledge of hi* ai-ility warrants us iu saying will be first-class. Recitations ami Bungs arc set down among the attrac­ tion* of tbo evening, and wa sincerely hope there may bo a full tabic. Burn* bag become a household word with all who cherish mnnly nudindepondoutscntimcntB. " Tlie ntilt In but th* guinea itamp A Ui. <j«ld tor a’ lhak“ Hts SIXTIETH WEDDING DAT.—Mr. W. Ytitoh on 1 his young wife settled in Bay­ ham over half a century ago, and to-day there >3 rut a bvppior or more healthy cot pie in the county of Elgin. A few day* ago the sixtieth anniversary of tne wedding day of Mr. Veitch and wife was celebrated nt their farm near Richmond, upon which occasion the neighbor# surprised tbe ancient couple by calling upon them in a body and taking full possession of tho bouse, aud spreading tbe tables with eatables, invited the astonished conplo to partake thereof. Tbo jolly time that was spent on tho occa­ sion and tbo stories told by tbo old man will long be remembered. Mr. Vcitoli is n mao greatly respected by bis neighbors and ha* held several office* of trust iu tbo Muni­ cipality.—Aylmer Paper. “ THE SULLIVAN'S."—The town hall will be occupied OB Monday and Tuesday even­ ings by Dan and Joaio Morri* with their New Mirror of Ireland. The St. Catha­ rines Journal says of tbsm:—"Tbo best show of its CIRM that has ever visited St. Catharine* is Sullivan's Hibcrnicn, which opened in the city hall last night. The paiuting* representing various notable place* in Ireland are very good, but th# real «how is to be seen in Josio aud Morri* Sullivan, whose eccentric songs, dances and comicalities are irresistibly funny, and keep tho audience in good humor from the opening to tbe close. Morri* Sullivan a* 11 Muldoon, the Solid Mau," is immense, and must be Been to be propetly appreci­ated. Wn can cordially recommend this allow as being worthy of patronage to al! who loro fun without vulgarity. Tbo paintings will ba shown again to-night with au entire change of programme by Joaio aud Morris Sullivan." , EXTBAOBIHNABT ELOFXMBXT AT POUT Dovn.—The Independent ray*:—Jobs Ametrong, an oM reiridenterr about 85 yean of ego, h u bad for a boaom com- jianfon during tlio Irai 10 or 18 years, a buxom matron soma 80 year* younger than himielf. Tbia couple bn ye li ved alt there J’eer* in peace and contentment, aud might lave continued to do so during their natural term of life hod railroad* been a thing of the lutare. But they are of the pre*ent, and the powers conferred upon the companies who build them are raeb that they shaw no respect to either person* or property. Tbe building of the H. 4 N. W. Ry. ha* not only taken the properly from him (tbe cnlUvation of wbieh fur nisbed provisions for himself and wife), but it has also becu tha means of robbing bim of bis blooming helpmate. When Mrr. Armstrong saw the land they had enjoyed Joken possession of, and lbeir fruit trCi>3 cut d«Wn, her heart failed her, aud *Lo longed for 4 change, not only of econo, but of husbands. BUo was too young and good-looking to waste her sweetness nny lougor on tbo old man. Sho was led to this daoision through tbe artifice* of a knight of the pick and spade, who had for some time previous been pouring honied worda in tha ear of his charmer, and wbicb culminated on Friday morning Inui by her boldly bidding her old lord and master good-bye. She was going to leave him forever; sb# had found a more con­genial companion in Joe. The old man could do nothing to stop her. Tho tears blinded Lia eyes as bo hold out bis hand and Bail " God bless yon." She marched oat uf tbo mansion in which she had reigned so many years its mistress, with her bundle on her arm, joined her new master who had already gone on ahead. On foot they went np tho bill and were soon out of eight. Tho old man got on tho f.nco to gel a last look nt the woman ho learned to love so well, bat alas sho Inui vanished ; and bo was forced to retreat to his mansion, to mourn tlio loss of his long­loved helpmate. Sacb is life. AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY MEETINGS. SOUTH BIDING OF OXFOKD. Tbo annual meeting of the South Riding of Oxford Agricultural Society WAS held at Mount Elgin, on tho IGth iuat.- Tbe fol­ lowing officers wtfc elected:— President, Dr. A. J. Maaccar. 1st Vice-President, A. L. Wilccx.2nd Vice-President. G. II. Cook,Director*—R. T. Williams, who Iini< Secretory-Treasurer, J. Chambers, II. McLees, C. Jcnvey, J. Park, A. Pa>k, Wm. Dempster, R. Moyer, and Wm. Tripp. Delegate for tbe election of the Agricul­tural Council, Dr. A. J. Masecar. NORTH AXn WEST OXFORD T0WX8MIVS. At a meeting of the members of tlio North and West Oxford Agricultural Society, hold on the 10th iast., at Ingersoll, tho following genllcuion were elected officers for the ensuing year:— President, G. H. Cook. Vics-Preridont, Wm. Dempster. Directors—M. Day. J. T. Jarvis, Henry Golding, Thomas Seldon, Thomas Brown, Jos. Jarvis, Thomas Choato, R. William­son, Orange Clarke.Secretary, C. II. Siawson. Treasurer, Win. Dempster. TOWN COUNCIL. FIRST MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF 1678. MORNING SESSION. The following members of the Council for 1878 were announced as having made the necessary declaration of qualification for office, and took their seats:— MATOS—C. E. Chadwick. REEVE—Thomas Drown. 1ST DEPCTV-REBVE—James Noxon. 2ND DEPUTY-REEVE—John Buchanan. COUNCILLORS—First B ard—D. Choate and G. W. Walley. Second Hard—Peter Stuart. F. Stewart and James Bandou Third IFard—A. Daly, Robert Frezcllo and Dr. Williams. In tbo absence of lbs retiring Mayor, Mr. Thos. Brown, Reeve, introduced Mr. Chadwick, Mayor-elect, to the Council. Th. Mayor, oa taking bis seat, said be fully appreciated tho honor conferred upon him by the electors in electing bim to the honorable posilion of Mayor, and looked to th# gentlemen of the Council for that support and confidence which would suable him with them to carry on tbe duties re­ quired of them for the-benefit of the town. Th» Clerk read the resignation of Mr. Wm. Sutherland, Councillor elect for the First Ward. Air. Buchanan moved, seconded by Mr. Choate, that the resignation of Mr. Suther­ land, as Councillor of First Ward, be ac­ cepted. On motion of Mr. Brown, seconded by Mr. V. Stuart, the following gentlemen were appointed a Committee to strike Standing Committees:—Messrs. Daly, Bu­ chanan, Noxon, Dr. Williams aud the On motion of Mr, Noxon, Mounded by Mr. Choate, the printed rule* adopted for 1874 were adopted for th* government of tho Council for tho present year.On motion of Mr. Daly, secooded by Mr. Walley, th# sum of 8872 ws* ordered to be pl seed-to the credit of tbe Treasurer of School Monies, being balance of requisition for expendilat# of 1877.Mr. Noxon moved, accauded by Mr. Brown, and liceolved,—That the Finance Committee be req'iested to prepare a statement of the costa ordered to be paid by thia Corpora­tion by Jndge Ilnghen in ihn case of the Eteetiun Court on tbe Voters’ List of 1877, and forward tbo earue to tho Attorney- General of Ontario, with such represents, lion* as to tlio itijuslico of said charges as may be deemed proper. On motion of Mr. Noxon, seconded by Mr. Choate, Messrs. Dr. Williams, Brown, Daly, Buchanan and Iha mover, were ap­ pointed a special Committee on railway matters for the year.On motion of Mr. Noxon, seconded by Mr. Brown, tha cotniDtmication from tbe C. V. R. was referred to tho Railway Committee. On motion of Dr. William?, seconded by Mr. P. Stuart, th# mover wan granted leave to bring in a By-law for fba appointment of officers aud fixing salaries, and tho By­ law ordered to bo read a first lime.Tlio By-law was then read a first and second lim# and tho Council went into Cominittco of tbo Whole on tho same. Mr. Buchanan in the chair. Tho blank* in th# By-law were filled as follows:— Trcaturer.—C. C. L. Wilson, salary, $175. Town Clerk.—B. A. Woodcock, aalarv, 38'JO. A»»r»tor.—Wm. McLeod, *n!nry, $200. Co'lcctor.—Jis.Murdvcb,salary, one per cent, of collections. Auditor!.— Jas. Gnlliford, nppi ioted by tlio Council; Wm. Stiff, appointed tiv tlio Mayor, *alnry, $10 each. H ijh School Trustee.—W. H. Eakins.Toton Solicitor.—Thon. Wells. I’ottnd Keeper!.—-Int Ward, C. Grant ; 2nd Ward, D. McKeown ; 3rd Ward, Wm. Douglas. Fence Vicicen.—1st Ward. W. T. Crisp and John Christopher; 2nd Ward. A.Snol- grove and.W. SudwortL; 3rd Ward, A. Shaw and M. Findlay.Chief Engineer of Fire Brigade.—R. G. Bickerton.Ansutant do.—John Lahr.Secretary da.—jM. Gailiford, salarv, 510. On the matter of the Treasurer's salary tTllic’J had formerly been $125, consider­able <lihCUS9fou ensued. Mr. Noxon advocated an iuercos* on the former salary ns there bad been a consider­ able increase in tho work to do it efficient­ly. Iio did not think 9200 would be too high a figuro as he had to givo heavy security.Mr. Brown Ibonglit th it was too great a rise to make at once. He thought tho work could be done for loss.Mr. Daly agreed that tho amount of work and security; required justified the payment of a higher salary, on<] he thought that 9'200 was not too high. Mr. Walley thought plenly of men could be found to do the work for the old salary, and we should not cotntnenee with tbo first appointment to increase the salary. Mr. Noxon—Wo arc now getting anr ac- counts very intricate, and wa must keep them accnrntdy. I have found Mr, Wihor thoroughly competent, nn.l prepared at al] tiines to give us a full and complete state- mart of our account*. Mr. Brown move 1 to make tho anmnnl 9175. seconded by Mr. Clioate, which was carried. Mr. Noxon was willing to accept that amount if we could retain Mr. Wilson.Mr. Daly won'd like men to go and ex­ amine the books, and if they could then coma h?r# and say it was ton mitclt to give $200 for the w*rk ho would like to hear it. On the Auditor's galiiriee, which had been $20 each tbe past yjar, another di*- pnfe ensued. Mr. Daly moved that tho salary bo 910 each. Mr. Waltev sneondud tlio motion, as lie w as on the raving side. competeut tho salary of SUJ was uol loo much. Sonic further discussion ensued, but Mr. Daly's motion carried. Tho other offices were filled witboat dis- frauds.EAST Sawcxi Iteviv*] MrvtaM ar* DSV bdoc IMU TO thii Canada MrttodUt ditwreh; Bmawte SlNwaJ meoiiaga are oltalakiog pl*ea is •w-h of lit* PreebyteiaB cLatrt:e« fo that ratepayers and lb* city, as .iHsaus are thereby kept well postal on city affair*." AjxiBBm srTic«»ns*a,—fames Hiatt while acths Air Jdne depot, TilsonbuTg, tab oat of tbe b*rz*ge-w»gOT breaking his 'right arm-below the elbnw. The limb was wot by »?. fhaeWr. At the rame place. Tua CafiNxvAu—Tho Fancy Droned Skating Carnival which took ptaca at th# Ingcreril Covered Rink, on Wednesday •voning last, was a success. Tbe number of maskers, especially those from a dis­ tance, wa* very large and the amusement wa* enjoyed, not only by tho largo number of ekatar*, but equally so by thow who were in altendMco os spectator*. Tbe baud of the 7th Battalion of London were in ftltemlanee, and tbo music wa* very highly appreciated. We wore tony to see so few of tbe logenoll skaters in costntno but this may be accounted for by tbe fact that it was announced in a local paper, whether with authority or not, that a eoupla of costumer* from London and De­troit would b« io attendano# with a variety of ooslttme* for hire. No *ueh Mreons nut in an appearance and the rwxlt was that many who bad depended upon their com­ ing were diaappointad, and could not appear ia disguise. However, th# affair was a grand display aud the receipt* of tho door keeper showed the attendance to have bren in the neighborhood of 1000 people. We hope KXIU ta have the pleasure of announcing another affair of the same kind. TA.YUY Esas. COXCEST.—Meara. Tandy Bro*., of Kingston, paid our town a visit on Friday night, and were met by a largo aud highly delighted audience. These gentlemen will bear a clowr acquaintance aa vocalieta, for although they bad an cp. preciatiug houst tha last tian they were bore, the audience of Friday nigbt WM none the less enthuetatic, and tbe eneoree were many, to which they responded in the oorteau* and able manner for which they are found. Tlie ladle# of King-st. Me lb- odist Church should have th# praia# of our townspeople for offering such a rich treat. It wa« Boid by many that although eome of the had been sung in lugeraoll of (he progrenMoe were well rendered, and where all did BO Woll eomnaiieon would b« invid»£K». Oat pleating teatare at th# was ootteeaUe, vta: that uniik« Overtired and fiUtd lb* pari •roll— and MM. Phillip., th. WAIHINaTON LETTDL WABIOBOTON. D. c., Jan. IP, 1878, Society at ihoMpitol has iieen very brill tint for tbe part week or ten day#, Tho White Boose has bees thrown open no 1CM Ilian five times—last Satu nifty for a kettle aud dram or fire o’clock tea; Sunday for th# christening of the two yoongest of Hayes children, rad a baby daughter of one of Mrs. Hayea* lady friends, who is now her gneat ; Monday, th* celebration of Mr. and Mrs. Hayes silver wedding; Tuesday for the nsnal New Year's public reception, and Saturday for Mrs. Hayes* first afternoon reception at tbe aea- non. Besides these many of the official fami­ lies ha»e given their fixrt regular receptions, so that all the time since tbe holidays has been apeak in a ceniinumia roand of calling and receiving. There are various accepted customs about these things, mtablisbcd long ago, which api>ear to be inimitable, and wbicb a eryon# depends upon and takes for granted. Monday is the busicut day of any in tlio week, being tho reception <lny at the fam dies of the Supreme Court, those of the Army, Nary, Capitol Hill and the Arsenal ; Tuesday Iho families of Reproaentatives arc " at borne "; Wednesday those al tho Cabinet; TLurwlays Wmig ti, Senatorial dig. nities; Friday is “ resident'* day." and Sat­urday Irtlorgs to the Presidential family. The family of Speaker of the Hons# of Rep­resentatives always receives on the same day with the Cabinet, and these roles arc so in- ftcxilde that visitor* will find ladies “ at home " on no other eave their especial day. When Blaine was Speaker Mr*. Blaine re­ceived on-Werluexloy ; two venra ago when Kerr succecdoil him, her " day at home ” was promptly c'-anged to Tuesday ; and this wiuterit will be Thursday, because her hus­band ia in the Senate. Of the wives of tho Cabinet officer*, Mr*. P. M. General Key is considered the hand- lomcst, Someboly said of Mn. Thompson i ^r H.. _.t __. . .. see an old lady who ba* accepted that hrmor- able title and wears it grand and without discuiBe.” Mr*. John A. txigan is now in Washington. When last here her hair WM jet black—sow it is entirely gray. Congressmen arc still talking of investiga­ tions and of tho title to the Presidency, and ao on, The sentiment? of the mass of people nre expressed in the Language of a feuling New \ork paper, I fancy The country i» sick of such questions. We all want to b- rid of the ‘ great fraud ’ and the • electoral conspiracy.’. We want business legislation, and Timo is flying and Congress ha* done nothing. Silver waits to be rcmonatuwd. th# tariff adjusted, our shipping interest* attend- to, provision made for cast* of inter-State riot, and s.'nie definite scheme of civil service reform put into operation. These arc living issue*—practical objects of statesmanship. But stirring up mvMtigatious into matters finally disposed of by operations of law, is mere pretence of statesmanship. Nothing can be made out of it for either party, a* both will bo aspersed if cither is. Basines, and not investigation ahould be the aim of Con- gress." The past week has been by for the moat disagreeable of th# scaren. a* regard* the weather. First we had a four-inch fall ef snow, which ended in just enough rain to ice the pavement* thoroughly, then two or three days of snappish cold weather, and then one of continuous sleet Ashes ami sawdust arc strewn from one end of the city to the other —our only safeguard against "broken necks and cracked skulls. Ono redeeming feature WM that we gut three day* and night* of line skating, which ia indeed a luxury in thisrrgion-RtCHARP. A NEW BRUNSWICK HDRR3R. mover. The Connell then adjourned to again at seven o'clock p. m. EVENDJO srsstox. Tbe Council mst at seven o’clock. moot AU tbe members elect present, with the Mayor in tlie chair. A letter was read from the Secretary cf the School Board asking for 8872 for balance of school money*. An application WM read from Win. T. James for a billiarl license. Th# following acconnta wore read :— H. J. I/ewls, damage to meat, >13 ; Fer­ ri*, McLean & Co., 81; Jobs Lea, meals, 812,87; H. Rowlaud, printing, 817 ; W. W. Griffey, returning officer, 811; John Buchanan, pipes,81.13 ; R. Vance,00 ots.; W. Henderson, constable, 12.50. A letter wa* read from John Bent in re­ lation io his taxes. A recommendsiion from the Fire Bri- gad# was read for She appointment of R. G. Bickerton, Chief of Brigade; John Laky, Asaiet. do.; Jame* GaUifbrd, Secre­ tary of Brigade. Tho TreMurer'a report np to date ahow- On ruction of Mr. Noxon, the following ctan*a was added to tha By-Liw :— “ That the salaries named to be paid the varions officersun lar this By-law, ahall bo deemed iu lull payuieul for all services per- formed in discharge of tlio duties of their several offices, or as may bo reqnireil of thorn by any of tho Bydawx or resolutions that may be hereafter parsed by this Council." On motion, th# Committee rose and re­ ported tho By law with blank* filled up and addition* made thereto. The By-law war then read and finally passed.Mr. BnclinunnaskcJ under whoso charge tho band iusiruinent* were at the present time. On motion of Mr. Brown, seconded by Mr. Bucluwnn, th# account* and other commatiicfttione laid before tha Council wore referred to the appropriate Committees. On motion of Mr. Noxoa nil orders for printing for the Council were oidercd to bo made through tbe Chairmrn of the Print- iug Committee.On molten of Mr, F. Stewart, seconded by Mr. Daly, the mover wn* granted leave, at tbe next meeting of the Council, to bring in a By-law for tho bettor rogfttation of billiard rooms, bowling alleys anil shooting qallorios, and to amend See. 81 of Bydaw StTYetating thereto. The Council then adjourned to meat again on Tuesday, 29th inst. CHAIBMEN OF COMMITTEES. After adjournment tbe various Standing Committees met and selected their rospec. live Cbairmen n* follows:— Dr. Williams—Chairman of Committee on Finance and Assessment- D. Choate—Chairman of Committee on Street Improvements. F. Stewart—Chairman on Park and Markel Committee. J. Buchanan—Chairman of Fire, Waler and Gas Committee. Dr. Williams—Chairman of Committee on Printing. In Anenrtlaxt a Moncton tavern-kreper nnmed Timothy McCarty left home to go to Prince Edward Island, tin Shediac. He had a considerable snin of money in hi* CooMssion. He was seen in Shediac, in a ou*o kepi by a family named OiKirne, on the night he left home, Lnt there all trace .'f him was lost. Search has hern made for him in all directions, but without suc­cess. A French girl, n.-nied Pelletier, who was hired in the Osborne House, has now made a statement accusing tbo (Kbornes of murdering McCarty. Sho snvs that Mc­ Carty was first stupefied with a powder given him by Mr*. Osborne in a glass of liquor, and that Hurry Osborne then ulrnck him on the head with an exe, kill­ing him. Pelletier assisted in putting a stone, attached to a rap*, rcnnd bi* neck, nod Harry then drove off wjd threw bim in the Scadonc River. Tb« Oiborne* have been Arrested. SL John, N. B-, Jon. 21,—Groat excite­ment prevails in Moncton over tbe Me- Carthy care. The parties arrested'for the murder of McCarthy ate John Osborne, bis wife, daughter #nd son. Tlio preliminary examination nf (ho ac- cusc.l commenced before Justice Wortman in Dunlop’* Hall, th# Court room l>tjng loo smalt for th# crowd* that gathered. Tho girl FoPotier, or Parker, upon whose confession the prisoner* were arrested, swore she took part ia th* proceeding# her- self; sho saw Mr*. O«boni« pnl a drug in McCarthy's liquor ; ho immediately sank back, when Hurry Osborne struck him twica with a hatchet; they then carried him to th* waggon, Mrs. Osborne and her daughter Eliza taking bim by the shoulders, while Harry, her son, took bira by th# legs; Harry Osborne then drove away with tbe body, and when he cn^e back he told bia mother he had put the body in lb# Seadouc river, a mil* above tbo bridge; they attached a large stone to hie neck. Tbo witness wn» ordered into custody on her own evidence, for complicity in the murder, upon application of Osborn#’* Counsel. nonx. CANAtt.-In Wert Ottord. ITih .n.i CASUK ol • *>H. 91. IE RIE U, Becorpts............ Dubureementa. Bahaeo in bond. ■ 84,820 42. l^US 87 .83,113 58 A certificate from Mn Mola»worth, Government ongine«r, of worft don# on (he Credit Valley Railway wa* road on whirii the Company claim that they are entitled to tha proeMd* of tha 810,000 dabautaraa as per agraement. 2%# CouuuiUra appointed to*Irik# stand­ing Couimitese* reported reoomuxudtag the following:On FinaruM.—ti«sm . Noxoa, Daly, Brown, BncbauoD, aud Dr. WiUiam. On SirMt lowrooczBdM**. —- M nin Noxon, Brown, Daly, Choate, Bad P. Stuart. On Park and Mraw. Wollwy, F. Stewart, B*»1<1«H, Frirelta, aud titrate.On Fire, Water and Go. — Mmn. Ba-banan. Daly, Choate, and K. Stuart..On Printinf. — M-nr*. Waltey, Dr. Wdliamo, F. Stewart. Bad<l«i>, sod »• Tho Kinnettle* Poor Hous# is in opera­tion with 27 imitate*. Subscriptions are being circulated for the building of a Presbyterian Church in Mor­ris burg. Mr. Win. Mitchell has purchased Mr. T. Gilbert's farm, Lsusdowue, consisting of 175 acres, for 84,000. Steps are being taken at Brantford for th# opening up of th* raad leading into the township of King. Mr. Wm. Welsh, of Tiverton, ha* sold hi* tuna, &4 IUHM, ta the township of Mor­ ris, to Mr. John Fnuer, for |2,0O0. Mr. Philip Bogart, of Bagart town, tapped soma mapto tress a few days ago, and made OBOIM*#* from th# rap obtataod. Not bad for January. Mr- John McCandless, of CbiBgttawnww. baa Bold hi* farm of 75 oarea, bring part of lot 19, 4ib eon. west, to Mr. Stephen Smith- Cobeurg sot* all tramps that apply for Msistaueeto breaking stone* and U a eon- s^neaM thoee wandering obaraeten gire that town a wide berth when Ibey hear what is hi store for them. Part of lol No. 39, containing thre. acres Wart.«M-. ra t dirfaha. iahtaH. B? TeWunpfi, ria Doxclmon uA. Kunui nowaunti, hrued by the Central Office, Toronto, Jan.^—iOifO, a. m. mODAmUTIEB FOB THE KKtT TtrKtm-WOKJt nouns. Vre«h northerly to westerly winds dar­ ing the day; cteac to ftir aud cold weather. T. Inomn . Datrymntfe fowcfaUM «T Vcrtmi M arta, The snmxal convention of thia ra n'ltium win be held at Jugcntoll on tbe l3ifa. 14th rad dairymeu nod former* generally, Addreraes will las delivered by BoveraJ rminent geatfo. ftttcu'lance is ratidpated. Any parties wiih- certificates by applying at once to the Mere tary, Mr. J. C. Hegter, IngenwO, on preaenta- tion of which to tbe different statiotu on the Grand Trank, Great Western and Port Durer & Lake Jdnroa railway*, they will be entitled, owing to special arrangement# male with these the double journey. It fo dcwrable that partiea wishing to attend should apply to the Secretary at once for certificate*, w u to avoid conftuion and delay. The proceeds of .tbo Huron Rccirtry Of­fice for 1877 aurin tiled to 89.910 50. Amount of rebate to county, 83,1 J5 15. A fifty delhr reward will bo piid to nay man who discovers another man netting fire to a building iu Windsor, nud giving inforu>alk.a of the same. There is much excitement in Fr*lerick- ton over tho Mayoralty election, the late Mayor baring boon defeated by-««Jv three vote*, and a Mr. Gregory elected in bis place. At Samia last week the river wa* ootn- pletely free from ice, and tbe boats nm- uiog *8 usual. Amangst the arrivals wu a vessel from Georgia Bay. Freight* ora raid to be pretty high. A largo number of hands are being des­ patched ta tbo shantu* oa th# Upper Ottawa to make np for lout time through tbe want of snow in December. It is thought tlidt tho cut of timber this year will b# about tii# same aa lost year. John Huffman, druggist, of Berlin, is a victim oi non-ciuiplMinc# with the require­ ments of tho Medical Act. Detertivo W. Smith bad him before Squires I'ctareoa aud Bowman, and be was fined $8. The Unger Farm, Damfrie*. coorinting of 191 acres, hr* been sold by Mr. MOSH Unger to hi* son. Sir. Ben. Unger. Tito seller reserved to himself a life iatcrest in the f^rm. The price may bo put at 8RJJ00. CHEESE FACTORY FOR SALE OR TO RENT. QITUATE in the County of Ken*. O For funt.er | artk I!MS apt^y «!!••• |w«w»ny or to letter to JOSEPH ROBERTS, TOWN HALL, Moniay & Tuesday, CT^HST- 2 8 & SO - TUESDAY AFTERNOON AT 4 O'CLOCK. SULLIVANS Dan and Josie Morris, Wrand F»lry uruuo, ABMTagrnw RESERVED BEATS, 25 OJUITS, ria Conseruatiue Meetings QOXSEnVATIVES are MliM (kJ ASSOCIATION BOOMS. WILL BK Otar NED ON THTrnSDATETENIBra Abd oier; artnlnf nnUtl further anttoe. CBTO. Infwwll,K. sa, iaj*. Dissolution , A- a aufeow^ir. B. KNEEHUW. J O B S aAYTK E t. । ’7 J ®be ©rforb ®nbm«, * W1MIS0AY, JANUARY 2J, 1173. MtKAT WESTERN RAILWAY. •" ' TIME TABUL acsiiEss mors. rtIHE OXFORD TRIBUNE 1 Wo^a^As Dart <<• Underwood's W en the akin' is hot and dry, taka SANFORD'S JAMAICA Gixnaiu Dominion Shoe Store. The entire stock. onda*. 212-13 •< Es® Raisins down again at O’Neill A Co.209 Fresh Sea Firh at Dart & Under­ wood's. 209 CgT Buffalo Robes from ?3 up. at tire Golden Lina. aar Dry, Soft Wood for $4.23 per cord, at the Town Wood Yer L s« For Cheap Stoves of all the in proved pstterws ga to U. A. Tunwr'e, Thames St. ...Ifyou want to get a 6r*t class 4<iewof Fn m i to re you must call st Murrey's Ein I JMirinm, Thames otevot.81 a«*8ecnre the Itargatna that are going nt 'Dcmintan Shoo Store» taforc tin sires me IS?" Jost bought our Fruits since the market dropped. O'Neill & Co. 209 * ..* Oranges and Lemons away down. Also, brands of d g m in town at Dart «<• Under­ wood's. „ 215-U . .Stove Pipe and Stove Furniture at G. A- Tarin-jr1* 'Thamna Slf A tip-top A I Ulster Overcoat G. A. Thompson’s. Coal and Wood Stoves in great variety nt low prices si G. A. Tnniet'i Thames St. tS " Xmas Toya fur tbe million, at Dart At Uadenvood’s.209 W Orerahoea very, very cheap, nt Domin­ ion Shoo Store. 2H-tf JSSTTbe brgekt araortm«nt of Buffalo Bobto over brought to Ingersoll, at the <W den Lion. 1 2* 12 lbs. good Sugar for one dollar, »l v'Neill & Co.'s.509 n r Honey to Loan at Lowest Rates. Apply to J. 0. Hegler. ... Freeh Full of all Linda. Butts, freth •nd salt water, always on brnid at Dart h Umlwwxol ‘j For good, proof HotM Blankets, go to the Golden Lion. (gT The ebeapettt Shirt and Drawers in Town, at G. A. Tbompson'B. w *13. OJO to Laan on Mortgages, ata very low rate of interest, at N. HAYES Eutom fe and Loan OUloo, opposite Market JST FH A Cod Fiih and Haddock, nt Hurt A Underwood's.200 m r The ordered Clothing Depart­ ment, st the Golden, Lion, runs from 15 to 20 Euuda. Genie keep the ball a rolling, Freeh Halibut Yarmouth Bloaters an*. Sikcoe Herring at Dart X- Underwood'a 215tf •W r t. r. c. TORSwoanrr. I ■ OP* Messrs. D art & U n<5 erwood hava at SBpplieJ A want that Ingersoll Lae •' "longMt, in bringing on Fresh Fisli< Cus- t-msau can now bo supplied regularlj^wi'.U- oat Qfl. L »w yoar orders st thoir Store, No. 44, Tiiauios Street.!&9 »s r Insure in the Hartford Fin Insurance Company. Cap­ ital f 3,300,000. Losses paid «2Q,OOO.OOA C. E. Chadwick, agent.210 a r The b«it lot of Fur Capa jmff ra- caivad *t O. A Thompson'a. A mil Fur Cap for 02.50, Only examine to. m Uij. «r Remarkable cures, of sarians long atend- in- diacaaes era made at ths L.ndon Medical andhargieal Tmtltate, at Landau, Ont Can- cer«te» eared be a new ecientifc oaJ effoci-r arrant terrible disease were cured in one 203^4 to* For Fin, Life or Marine Insurance, apply to C. E. Chad- Urick. Office ouer the Post Office. 200 0 A Tanir'a, Thames St, If you want to Borrow Monty on Mortgages, apply to 0. E. Chadwick. Office ouer the Post Office.200 O T CdtoM aoj geo the Buffalo Robe * w ith Harna, at the Golden Lion. J »t arrived — Seventy Fine Saito from two yearn Bp, at G. A TtotBjMKKi'a. IlemarkaUy cheap. Tb#suhaasipdtoa price of Scvib- ' tu r'i U H and of St. NichalM is F«* *4 we p tf and to feoUcriben both M »■ *01 Mnd to aubscribete both AVIM wed the Orford Tsmcwa. NEW PUBLICATIONS. THS MIDWINTER SCRIBNER. Tl e current number of of which 100,000 coptea ere printed, to call ml the "Midwinter Number," sod ia thought by the publiahers to exceed ta Btlracliveneaa the Midsummer Numbora of 1870 and 1877. Among the notable features ia a fail page por- , trait of Lincoln, by Wyatt Eaton, from the last and little-known photograph. This view of Lincoln ia Lera co graved iar the flrat time, by Cole, to *ceoinpany Noah Brooks’s " Per­ sonal Reminiscences of Liwcoln.” A sonnet ' to Liucola, by R H. Stoddard, faces the fron- tiapioce. The 6 rat paper of the number proper is by Charles C. Ward, on " MooSC'llunting," and ia illustrated by Henry Sand ham, by tlm . author and by others. Mrs. Mary Hallock Foote, in tlna number furnishes both draw- • ings and tekt for a pictunaejno paper on - A California Mining Camp.” The landscape nt California is here described as only an artist, who is also a writer, could describe it. In a paper ou " Recent Church Decoration," Clarence Cook writes of thu work by John , IJI Fargc and others. Mr. IA Farge also fur- nishes a largo iliiiatratfon for a tailed by Boy esc n—" Little SigriJ." Tn " The Majal- . ica of Castelli,1’ Signor Castellani describes one of the less-known kinds of ware in liis collection, eome flue specimens of which aru reproduced in the drawings. "The Hum- nnngbird of the California Water-FaLta" is the subject of an enthusisstic paper by John Muir, with illustrations. '‘Thu New Rud- • dor Grange,"’ by F. R. Stockton, will bare- cognixol i>y SeninsfK's readers as a continu­ ation of the sketches of domes lie life on a cxnaMmat which appeared some time ago. This paper ia illustrated by Eytingo. Mr. .Stockton relates a novel way of disposing of tramps. Mitill another illustrated article is Mr. it. If. Ktod.lard’s poem, " A Wedding under the Directory."Among the uailiuctratcd papers arc “ A Sunday in LimcLurgL,'' a utory by Rebecca Harding Daria ; " Following tbo Halcyon to Cana-te," by John Burroughs; "Washing­ ton’s Only Sister," by A. L Bassett (with a letter from Washington, giving his opinion of slavery); " The. College Hank of Distiugnwh- rd Miu,” by Lt F. Tbwiug; " Twenty-sis flours a Itey," the first of several practical papers on subjects of interest tn women, by Mary Blake ; •' The Palmer's Vision," a ehurt poem by Dr. Holland, and poems by Charles T. Daxey, Charlee do Kay and 11. W. Gilder. Tire Beriea by Mira Tmfton and Edward Eg- gleitoii pre continued, and the publiahers au- nonnce, fur new subscribeni, a jMwnpldet con­ taining the previous iiiatalhnenta of “ Roxy " and the two " Rudder Grange " stories here­tofore pobltehcd. lutending ssbseribera may leave tlreir na Des at this office. By special arrangement w< can furnish tho Magazine and the Tn>* nvxRfar the price of tho Magazine alouc, namely, $1. ST. NICHOLAS FOR FEBRUARY Breathes a fresh and hearty roving spirit It carries us to the reefs of the Bahamas, io the tea-lands of China, among the birds of Florida, through perils and mirages in Afri. the tropical wunder-land of a “ Robinson Crusoe " story. The frontispieSo gives a chill whisper of bitter winter weather witliout, but then coino many cherry helps toward making pleasant winter in-doors. There is first a simple homo poem, " The Sliophenl-lioy," by Emily S. Oakcyi and then the coaolnsion of "The Ravena and the Angelr," a story of the mid­ dle ages, written by the author of " Chron ielea of tbo Schonberg-Cotta Family,’' nnd strikingly illustrated by So! Ey tinge.The installment of Miss Ak-ott'a serial, " Under the Lilacs," has two Lively picture by Mary Hallock Foote, and develops fresh vigor and iutercat; Miss Juba E. Sargent of- fan tbo young folks soma " Crumbs from Older Heading, in the shape of a short article giving a few pleasant extracts from the writ­ings of Ralph Waldo Emerson ; Mrs. Mary Treat con tn Lutes a short illustrated paper on " Some Fishing-birds of Florida and ME. Alexander Wainwright explains all about " The Landau Dait-iuau,” of whom a largo portrait is given. '* How Mir William Phin® found the Trea­sure in the Sea," by S. G. W, Benjamin, is a true and exciting story of adveutma in Che successful search for Wrrcksd trensure- ships ; this u one of the specially "roving ” stoiii'F. The others are:—."A Trip to tho Tea Country," by Wm. M. Tiles ton, gi rim; illustrations and a lively narrative of a l«y'a visit to one of the tea-growing districts of China ;ond " Sulitniu : A Ship of the Desert." by Susan C'.xdidge, with a picture, relating the deeds of a gigantic carnal in the saving of its inasteis. Then there to a fresh and htimiirouB iljns- trated story by Mr. Frank 11. Stockton, under the queer title of "Huckleberry;" " The Raid of the Canmchcs," detailing a glorious pillow-fight in a large eeLoo); "Nnu'a Peacc-offeriug," which relates the misodven- turrs of a well-meaning little girl ; and "Sonic In door Games nt Marbles," that will The departments are full and Jirely and at- tnfbtivc, with suggestive tit-bits, and interest­ ing letters from the youngsters tbeniBclvus. ' By a special amuigement with the publish­ers we can furnish " SU Nicholas " clubcd with the TUIUI’XK for the price of the Maga- sine alone, namely, 81 Ixuvoyour names nt tins offiea KAVANAUGH'S JUVENILE SPEAKER, for very little Boy. ...d Girta N«w York : Dick 4 FlU^erald, pub- Uitara. fi.Keraoll: R. A. Woodcock, book-teller. This little work, by Mrs. Iluwcll Kavan­ augh, coutaiiiB short and raailydearned ■peechM and dialogues, expressly adapted for •choc) celebrations, May-Day festivals and other children’s cntertainiaenU. Teachers •nd oth era, who devise and superintend these exhibitions, will find this little work a great help. With very few exceptions the pR-ces are all original, and have stood the tost of actual representation, and they are so numer­ous that selections may lie matte from them that will suit ch iii I run of a'l ages. DICK'S nECITATIONH "AND REAPINGS, No. fl. K<11 HO by Win. JI. Dick. N«» Y«ik:Dlck * FUM- K?hMl£rbU>h*f’' ln?*r*<'111 X Wu'«le^1‘. Thia te » carefully compiled selection of humorous, pathetic, eloquent, pxtriotio and •antimcntal pieces iu poetry and prose, exclu­ sively designed for recitation and reading. In this, the sixth volume, will bo found several pieces for which frequent inquiries have been made, that liars never before appeared in print Thia issue we feel sure will ta received with tho sama fervor which Jias taen accorded iu prodeeetBors. In the summer of 1814, a party of tourists, white visiting tho Alps, climbed, with great diffieulty, to an elevated and suowcovered platem, in order to obtain • tatter view of Swiss scenery, and contrast the beanty end richnes* of midaammer below with the bleak snow in to largo bdi.7 they struck softer snow, which immediately gave way, and nx.n an avalanche was tearing down the mountain side irresisteUe avalanche so the hacking cough with sore throat sad Catarrh, if neglected, speedily develops into that dread deetroyer Consumption. In the early stage*. Dr. Sage's t active by k» PiMmmt FnrgsHre [any who deepened o( life had Da Praxes. Balfa^ y, Y.t with!tug b, that gradualy grewI. AW MM An Ain with A FEARFUL CRIME. A WOMAW ■V fnM to * MtKttvt 1 Amertrny, h » AnH lito ro. while Si. is •re advertised to fl. hOWLAND. ro) Advtow. THE OXFORD TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, -1878. ■ ..................LU. , I IU ..............a I............ NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. CHILD MOKDEMD nr A 11 USB AND AND mtWATUKR AMD BUMED IN TUB WOODS—TRE DODIES DISCOVER- KD DY DOOH. H. C. Secrest was nrrealed in Union 9 county, five miles from Monrov, N. C., test • week, for tbo mnrdor of hie wife nnd step- • child, near Hickory, Catawba county,on 0 March 12, 1877. Tho crime waa a horribly r shocking one, such aa could only ba perpe- Iraled by a fiend. Tho victim of Bwest'i ’ devilish work waa formerly a widow Indy, ■ Mrs. Alice Stevcuaon, with whom bo bad ‘ boon very intimate for twelve mouths pre- ■ vinua to their marriage. The Widow Stevenson was an ntlraclivo woman of 25 j surbmers, bearing a character without I reproach nud tbo mother of a four-yonr-old girl.MAHURD AND MmOEHED. ’ On iho 6th of tart March Secrest, tho t widow and child left idle neighborhood, [ avo*rd]y for western North Carolina. On reaching Hickory tbo Hcv. Mr. Harlecll, L by request of Secrest, married tboQi, and ’ lodgings were engaged in that ptace. At 1 the expiration oi FIX days thu three ■ uL denly disappeared, Secrest returning to ’ Monroe tho following day alone. In answer to inquiilwi respecting the wherc-1 abouta of Mm. Stovensou, he said they had aeparuled at Hickory, and denied having married her. Public suspicion hinted that foul play had been used by Secrest, but no proof was then obtainalla sufficient to im- plicate him. Secrest boars a bad name, and is known to Imvo been gniity of Jnrcercy in a case iu which Nre. StevcusoD refused te testify aminst him, thengh holding evi­ dence sufficient to convict. This, it is sup­ posed, she used ns a coulrolling power and compolkd hitn to m any her, ao as to shelter her from public dsgrace. All in­ quiries made by the relatives of the iniss- nig woman to ascertain her fuio wem un­ availing. Nothing could bo learned, ex­ cept llint sb<> Ln«l been married to Secrest and lodged in Hickory six days *f‘cr. DISCOVEKY OT TUE DODIES. A putty of young men white out hunting near Hickory cn Monday last were attract­ ed to a secluded hollow in the woods by the excited barking and howling of dogs, and repairing to tho spot found they Lad scratched up the carih two and half tert <|nep, exposing tho foot nnd teg of a huiDau body, and on removing ihe earth nntit a trench ibre-o foot deep WHS made tbo 10 lion of a worn, n and child were found, which were nt once identified as tboRe of the missing Mis. Stevenson nnd daughter. The ministir who performed the marriage ceremony tfrtified Hint Iho cl thing and hair w.-ru Iho stnno as those of the missing woman. The child wore copper-tipped shois when Inst seen, and tin? little font of iho mnrdei«d girl woreencnseil.in the same. Mrs. Stephenson's hair was long and abnu- danl—so was the dead woman's. ARTIEST OF SECREST. These evident indications were sufficient- iy coDelimvo to cause the arrest of Secrest, j an.! a warrant wna issued for hia appn-heii- si'in,and served fest Thursday. Tbo death 1 of IRH victim was caused by coninstan on i tfwhcaj from a blunt iiiKtnitncnt,and.fr >m ’ tho appearance uf iho jicntb of Loth mother and child, must have been instantaneous. Secrest is doggedly obstinate, refusing t<> answer any questions concerning the mur­der, but there is not the slightest donit of . bis guilt. • A NEW SUBSCRIBER. u’o got a new enisenbe-r Wednesdny. When wo nnswered his knock nt i)ie door. Iio sidled in, took off bin hnt, nnd asked :— “IB dis de ncivunnper shop?" We toll him it was. "Au' is you de bossfu’einan oh do wuks?” point niso, and ho continued:— ‘‘I fetch in ronio ‘baeca' to-day, nn' I proinisi-d Flmlinopznh—dat's my oldes' chile—I pTnmifod dat boy I'd preacrilwt fm a paper. He kin r<-nd, ho kin, nu’ he's alhira pesterin' do ofe oomnn an' mo fur books mid papers. I a'poso wo or tor enr- ridge do einlo's dispeusily. How J’yo soil yo' papers?" “Ibllur and a half a year." "All do same price?”"YeF." "Let mo obsarve one, ef you please, sab." Wo bnuded him a paper, anil he unfolded it, upside down, scunsing it critically on both Bides. "Looks hlto Jar war a bight of letterin' in dut. I done forgot my spectacles die mornin', on' I can’t prtzactly tell if it’s de —<Io 'M< rican language.” Wo Reared him it was."In de Democratic or Republican branch sail?” "Republican,” "Dat's do kin ob a Lock ■ Ebnhncrznh grndjtirated in, an' I s'poso dis paper 'nd suit him. Dullah 'n' a half n yeah, you say, sab? How muelris dat a month?” “About a bit." "I'so not the man to njin' expense whar de propah eddicatin’ ob my shillun is con- sarned. I hoi' dat il'sebbury pusaim's duly t* cultivate bis ontapringto de 'stent oh his ablcncea. Prescribe do n&tno of ELahneeznh Snow on yo' books. Dnt’n it, Ef yon' nd jns' put a few piclers in Eb's paper it nd' please the ebiihm mightily. Hero's ejx cento, sab. Send da paper 'long, an' if it gibs Bnssofaetion I I! come in an' prescribe fob a full month. Good morniu'l” A TERRIBLE OUTRAGE. OXE OF THE MiSCUEAXTS AEBESTED. Information has Loon, rcocivad at Poter- boro', from ths township of Anstralbor, •Mont seven miles from ApsUy, on the Wellington road, that on the night of the 7lh inst., three men named Thomas Me Evcley, William Hubbs nud Patrick Murphy, from ene of Gilmour & Co.'s shanties, In the neighborhood, entered the dwelling of a Mrs. Jones, her husband be- ing away' in one of the shanties st (ho time, and committed a brutal assault on both her and her little daughter, about fourteen year? of age. McEvatey has been committed to Poterboro' gaol to await Lia trial, but Hubbs and Murphy are still st large. Hubba is from the Township of Seymour, and Murphy from Trenton ; after Iha outrage had become known, there were fears that MoEveley, who had been arrest­ ed, might suffer lynch law from tbo people. Ho, however, escaped, and WM committed by Messrs. Colburns and Anderson. The Whitby 'ChronuiU say* of the Oroa- mea mansisugbter:—Strange tossy, Wood has been in Toronto, and escaped the vigi­ lance of the city constables. The total low by the late destructive fire m Wingbaca to over 420,000. Five hundred dollars reward is offered for the detection of the parties who act fire to Creess'• hotel, Ridgeway. The Rev. Edwin Rose, of the Congregn- ifomil Church, is about retiring from hia ebarge in ListowelL Brooke, Me., Sept 7.1870. neaitn, trouiium wiut humor in my blood, weeknew and debility of the system generally; tHHI. * Rove* year* ago, the nasi Spring. J had a se­vere attest oi Diptheria, which left my linba paralusedand nselwm. sol was unable to walk Yann truly, IMPORTANT FARMERS! XATIOWS can be mils 10 cut any width ot ground sod ofany alMutlron required, M.ny object U> them be- euwe Uisy are In, h«vy. This th ay need not do u I am naw Maitafnet 1 iring harrows suitable ter any Boll. from 10O Ite- in weUdit and in» up to any wclalit they Biay want. 1>>e harrow teeth are all atesl painted, Lit,-tltare aent tree on sppheation. A|cula wanted. UEQ. GJLI4E3, Manufacturer, GaiaiBoqua, uniaHo. «£TiliiSl!.8H301ll) I warrant by tbo application ana D’ojd my Clover Ttiruhcr Atladimcnt. to convert an/ Tl’raJ'Uls Ma­chino In’o Iha lic>l Clover aixl Timothy TuPwLer io li«x No 211. Aylmi A FARM AND HOME OF YOUR OWN. MW IS THE TIME TH SECURE IT. O »ly F iv e d o lla r B FOR AN ACRE ^rtjtr Chore sreklnp now boiaee ever published, Full Infur* COUGH, COLD OR SORE THMAT 11EQUIRE8 IMMEDIATE ATTUiTlM. A continuance for any J ength of time c»iu»w irritation of the tunge, or Soma chronic Throat affection. Hcglcct oftentimes xw- •nita in some Incurable X.ung disease. BROWN'S BRONCHIALTR0CHK8 have proved their efficacy, by a teet of many years, and will almoet invariahly Sve Im m ediate relief. Obtain onlyROWJUS BRONCHIAL TBOCHIS. and A F a v o r ite Winter Resort, Atlas Caiapsn/4’(.teeniei 1 dry and wannj highly iruHtc resort f„r tourlaL The AUM Company's 1 . will conrey y»U to Utt- l.nteie there Isaeholeouf t teaulijul reentry, amid idlhg iUvcn. The climau.* tcotuiueud. d by Ithrslctaus Hrithh built, first-ekj. Iron Euro (SALOON), §50 Am. Gold. MUSS. MO UGA .V- CO , cr Yonge St.. Toronto. ’ PIM. FOR WOOD & CO..} Safety in STOCK Operations. O firtK KEAU7.ED IX 61X DAVS FBOM TIME onjox us i- situiti:. DEC S. HAKGIX and PRIVILEGE — Wv. H U IS n v 1 r* r r r trv rr r vu 1 e SYSTEM OH ASSEKEfl MOFTTS. Full WORK FOR ALL o«n l-tnlJUes. c.Uivaaflne lor GIB Fimldr .(enlarged) Witkly and Muullily. lurnni tn the MoHil, mill Uunmotb t.lirdiiiu* >g ca.mml^driu lo Agent*. Teniu end Outfit tdrcraXM*- H t'KW ,A ugmt*. Jfnlue. 4 re EXTRA rtyuNAXKD cj«n10 rt».,|«3«V|.iid. L, JONES 4 CO. PIANOS £ ©O R A nA V TO ACEYT8. !0“0 Samples worth Y“ « S33U not ftWj W. A. COMPANY, Iknton. CO.WtMPYlOS c-ix ttternra! Try mMOXA. A»k your Druxpil Ur It. Potnlnanp Ms<leTriek» sod NovtltloSc. Read U vuitllu^uu Queen. D«sr. Ulotk Bt. .,”.oncbain,31a»s. t fid 9 "VCkat home. Outfit, worth to. free.C OU C. I>. Pike A Co.. Awruita, Me. nun MARYLAND FA RUB.--Bock and M>P free rt-tju A-ldree* C. K. BUAXAHAX, Att y EaUon. Md. Annua! Convention. DairymeD’s Asso'n of Vestcm Ontario. fpHE Annual Convention of the Dairy-1 IWCfl'a A»*«ei»Uou of Wtttcm Ontario «H1 betatJlu Ik* TOWN HALL, INGERSOLL, ON - Wednesday, Thursday & Friday, ZB’ZEZBZRTT-A.H.-y, 1 8 7 6 . dlieuMh.iM.31M Convention promUeo to IM one of the mo«t inter- wtilns uxl pruStable j»t held. BENJAMIN HOPKINS, Pres. J. C. HEGLER, Secretary.Inrertoll. J»n. IB. I8rs. 214-17 MONEY. 8100,000 TO LOAN. LOW EST BATS OF XNTH&SSX. MORTGAGES BOUGHT. F.irow and other Proj-erty botijM and »olil 00 Com- General Ap»l for the dlcalaUtig ab IM Oiroan TaiacnaReliable »gcuU wanted immediately. H. B. CLARK. 11* lava. THE. SUN ., NEW YORK. 1878. SPECIAL to the LADIES t Premium OH Chi O' XF OXFORD HOUSE H O U S. TO the FRONT Determined to assist HARD TIMES N ew Year’s CLEARING During the next four weeks, the “Oxford House” will submit the Entire Stock of Dry Goods to the People at such reduction in Prices, that cannot fail to effect a speedy clearance. NO BOGUS SALE, SEE THE PRICES & BARGAINS. COMPLETE AND ‘J Well Assorted Remember the place, the F O R OXFORD HOUSEH g ThAmes Street, Ingereoll. la.moll, JU M PS' HEARN & S L B . OXsXMKf axxtKAL aonnr yosnut OM Tint. MACAULAY HAVE PURCHASED A LARGER LOT OF Elegant Premium Oil (Mnoma YJUT AtXXntPrUfT THM “Oxford Trbune.” HAMBURG EMBROIDRIES Much below regular prices, which ihry are offering Coontr. 1 , S I Z E 2 0 x 8 0 . hie Logs end £3<caot Oil Cbroa# ta ■ tfkk HM*. rnUtlun U Uw OrbHuii oil PaJuUrw 6wMure by the celebrated O. C. Than the same class of Goods can be bought elsewhere. HEARN & MACAULAY. Ingersoll. January 23, 1878. V IC T O R IA atteatkm I. “CHOICE BEOT; S I Z E 2 4X 80 . This very Lanta and Beiutiful OO .ChnMB MWeMe a latobcrrf Chaits sod DelleaSa FTwIta LucateDyer- rufad and exqolaffcly paltrud i« the escsSaiStaarm^ 215 H O U S E S W e e n e d k U ly H P^ . p B c . r Ckrk SLWfur the TMKn*fcMte«w DAVID WHITE & CO Arc offering Special Bargains, preparatory to Stocktaking, in the following lines : Dress Good^, '■ 'Furs, Millinery, Mantles, AND ALL KINDS OF WOOL GOODS.Ingersoll, January 16, 1878. 214 SUBSCRIBE AT ONCE I BalUMa Agent* Wtoted BeM f-vlM ni. Eichest C im is m i rail In G u l Thu Work is Pleasant. Easy and Profited-, UuUU (to ttwo who Intend tn wurtl Send fo r Terms to Agents at once and Secure Territory. AHeottusaolc«UoM »aiMt be BMKMMJ U H. B. CLARK. • ■ ^TT'E’"Blnf »»«** •«e? A A£lda noKwodsseaeeftw Une of ebronxnbcZ B titJ T m Italios*. Anata and dealers n .Ja X lQ l hire their WM. nd needi promptly attended Io. If you want to cotnmaasa O- Men’s P la n Overshoes, $1.00. Men’s F an cy Overshoes, $1.00 Men’s Arctic Overshoes, $1. GREATER BARGAINS IN THAN EVER OFFERED IN INGERSOLL. Ingersoll, Jan. 23, 1878. ENGLAND DECLARES WAB AGAINST RUSSIA. The Turks now ready to meet their Foe. THE undersigned take this opportunity of thanking their nttmsrotis customers in Ingersoll and surrounding country for their patronage in the year that is past, and hope for a continuance of the name. And we wou’d say tn tlioeo who may favor us with their patronage that We shall make it a special [x>int to favor them in return by allowing a Cash Duooust on all Good, bought at our Store, on Thames Street. We eall the attention of the people of lugerjoll that we have just got in our employ MR. COWIE who is wul! known M being a firsl- ctesa Cutter, and who can make a gwment fit for a prince. Any one wanting a faahionable garment made would do well to leave their incaauro with MR. OOWXB at the " Golden Fleece," next to Mr. Vanos's, at which, plane you can get Goods cheaper and bettor than any house Ki the Town. Always buy your Goods where they are made, as no one ean tell aa cheap as the Manufacturer 1 a word to the wiaa is sufficient on this subject. We have also opened uot a new branch in our buaineaa in O IL 1STT S ' U A.IDTB 3S’ H O S IE R Y ,All made of the vary beat of yarn and warranted to give Mtufaction. Thaw Good, we sell y.^ Ji1 wholewte prices-every pio« of Hosiery without a ran and got up in perfect atyle. All Goads sold from this date will bo aold for Cash only, u wa ah all not keep any book ae- eounte in fatare. Ladies' Jackets out and made to order. W ATERHOUSE & BRADBURY.Ingeraolt, January 16,1878. 214-17 THE GOLDEN LION. LARGE FALL ARRIVALS OF M and M ilt Ms! The Tailoring D epartm e nt IN FULL BLAST. Order Tour Clothing at the C 3 -O L D H U S T U IO J S F Four Bales of Buffalo Robes Juat received and Opened—PTWM L ^er <v«i\ L00K for further, announcement Goum r u rn . T U »M stm t September 19,1877.G . A. THOMRSOR. for SI .00For J4A0 w* will ATI •eod I™p<,itp.ld. 12choice \JJC £ AlfVUxU sr20 at our rich 13x20 ch roan us or toon than tak seo sjs 1000 Boys & Girlsthe l«t Bovs’ *ud O'.rln' Wiper puNhbiBeaoUful prevents to *nLreril«m end wortS double U>* mousy, for IS Cents In cash or posS- sre Kamps. Sample of fnpar sod psrtlcuJara Addro-s. non*chol<l Siren. Ctoreland, O. f AVU. Goorge uxd. Martha W i Luicola. D oarlaw, < Grant, B. E. Les, Stoat For 2H«<u rents we will send ' ch rot* 01 on etrcU-ben at 5 GuLUSTEIN, CiOela&J.O. COLD.S■ trared fa world. Any ena cu l*»m* * 212 HOW LOST, HOW RESTORD 11 «<tr o>u<e itusie,Th* Cdebrawd author, in ihh edmirakl* Kw*y ttar- r Jm> <a.tr*t«a, (Aim thirty years' i*rowM R**"! b*» slanalrur conMquencm may be tteteMY .cores THE CULVERWELL MKPlQAL OQ. J. F. MORREY. UNDERTAKER, HJUSEHO UHNITUItL LOFFWS, CASKHS, SHRQim, IC'KKrr IN HTOCM J. F W ORMY )'CaIH£bM»‘* Block, IU BS buwt Idtnw over tbs WUWMWM.! B O O K a " MY PET BOOK.* “ MY 0WS BOOK.” •\V U PR IM M ER .’' A J S T D "THE PRATTLER” aeJ r r rr rv iir iu r e i • 1 1 THE OXFORD TRIBUNE-, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1878. NE ^YnTHtiiwitm‘cmiormti. ■m h frgairg g tpnr iti Dinr> lANum 23, t*78. IN MATURE. Chart!, too boh!: A l aiadi Mdlbw doaml vm 'ImAdth. dead wflh.to r, while her young heart bled. Haoetiru/ar FWrwy. EXPERIENCE _W1TH CORN. eAru: Last year I bought three Tsrieties OT Lawson'. Early Yellow Field I planted Wack iu May, on land that WM broken up hair bad been planted with com the yoa> before. /It iwaa plowed, dragged and holed out by hand. From 3 to 31 shovelfuls of hog MWliikK tnmiore that had been drawn out the pjrnywu* fall, were put in the hilt Wire- graiykirgq and the eamaet front H to 2 feet from the ground on long atom*. Two-thirda ears on a italic, a good many car* Teing fresa 12' to 15 inehea long—eight* S ad.i Cultivated and hoed twice; cut up tocond Week in September, when it yield­ ed 75 buahela of shelled corn to the ACTS—no soft corn and almost no nabbiu. O^’T^rovcd Early Yellew Canada Field 1 planted three quarts on land that had been hskcD-B# the Jail before, dragged in the ^no^u the other. Cultivated and 'hoed twice ; planted the second week in May ; 4>owud the taaaels by the 25tb of June ; ear* by gtk of July ; picked a trace ripe 15lh of tfee'iier*— ill of aoandsud ripe. MM Longfellow Yellow Field I planted three amttHltivsfod iho name M the above ; a talks would average ton feet in height. The ear*, a^i^gjquf feet from the ground, grow clone to .the stalk—the hand»omeet ear* of any oral over uw ; eight-rowod ; from eight to ten inches long ; most of it capped over • a good many ear* smaller at the butt than at tho top. Ripened two week* later than Ci- nodK^yieldctf at'the rate of 70buahd* to the as j x BW W iW UP STUMPS. It fou been detnoaatntcd that atumpe can M Mown out of the ground much cheaper thaw-walled out. In an experiment lately trieduke aiunip* were operated on, the firet hdtt^oak. A hole WAS punched under it be- twesntwu projecting root*. Then a eartridga of dynamite about two inehea long, and an jk .djajuelcr, waa inserted in Iha hole, wteUfiHa Wadewith a crowbar; and on being fiMd^Artnmp waiblowu ouL Next, a chtsat- nut afrutnj was ierved in th* »amo way; and it waa blown, aa tiro report aaya, “ te atom*." O^ipr atmnpj which would have eoat a dollar cadb to remove in any ether way, were thrown onkekywarcL A charge waa pat under a rock of about two time Weight, k w*» thrown fman Ite bed and ehattered to piece*. With la£g»r atnmpe were blown 125 feet DjuMnlte waa aleo shown to be a powerful egeut in breaking up rocke, by drilling hole* fa them from ria to twelve inches deep; and di^nring tbem with dynamite, which i> put up inliAdmgdeotoUedmadin, in»hape}ikoacan die, and imperviMw to water- Ona end i» opep- and a hole ia made in the pew- dex-with a stick to iaeert a perctuafan cap an inoliXoiag, foaded half it* length with fulaltn- r«» wfadfo with other appliance*, render* the •upcqUfuJ, uae of this powerful explosive pow- to ba carefully learned, or mat- UGtwighiU “ blown.up" beside* itumpa -AJIUUTlFWLjHOUtE PLANT. cell* lily, root* of which may be pre- ciuwiA atey fieri*!, ie she nt oUrfiuert plant* for hhwe-growing whm properly treated. “ |«nSW H^“Ur d™»ua' on the ‘'Figure* wont lie," says th* poet—whore name hu slipped onr memory. Perhaps not; but sometime* they make most re­ markable statements and stand up to their work in such a shaky manner that our confidence in lh»ir veracity ia greatly shak­ en.A good multiplication table wrestler will pile up column after column of figures to 5rove that th*defeat of bin political caudi- at* this yeaF by 15,000 majority against 8.000 lout ye^ is a gain for bis side of T,0W votes.If such curious ciphering dosn’t create a strong anapicion that figures lie like the annual statementa of a New York life in- suranoe company, it al least leaves an itn- preuion that they are weak ID the limb*— and often ent a pretty figure, figuratively Speaking. £ r ' .The man who ba* &e multi plication table at W« fluga?*’ sud, and can foot tip a col­umn of figures six inches high and two broad M qmok M fawtoould proniwaoa htdl of the name of * Russian general, ia a s*r- Cnt in tli* social cirole—a sort of boa, orre, or—wall, hs'* an adder, anyhow. He is as great a nuisance M th* indefatigable bore who propounds such querrie* asthi*:— ‘‘Suppose your mother's daughter married your grandfatheF* nephew on your uncle'* ■ide, what relation wonl^their children be to your, aunt’s Stepmother?"—or somehow that way. You probably have met such bores.Th* multiplication table man, at the risk of his Hie, will teH yon that 9 multi­ plied 887,420,489 limes by itself, would re­quire 806,608,100; ciphers, and to count it working leu hour* daily, would, take 15 yean and ^0 day*. And then you heave a sigh u mile long and wish all your might that he would go eS somewhere by himself and work out th* problem. If io perf um this arithmetical task required ouly five years and no days, w* don'* suppose one of the adders’hearer* would go to work at the job.Th* inventor of the game of dices was bode by the King 6f India to name his own reward, upon which ha asked to receive the number of grains of wheat that would be pipduced it one grai^ were paid him fin the first square of th* dies*, two for Ilia second, four for the third, eight for the fourth, ond so on doubled up for every square of the sixty-four. Wh«n these amounts were added the *um was found to be 18,440,644,078,700,552,015 of grains, "enough to cover all the continents of the earth with a layer one-lhkd of an inch in thickness.’'The name of the party who counted th* grains is not given, but'it is highly proba­ble he stopped counting at the expiration of the hinety-MVenth y*ai, and wearily ex- claiming, "T'is wheat to be remembered," guessed at the number remaining. His­ tory dosn't eay so, but it must have gone against the grain of the king to fulfil hi* promise. ‘The who)* story, however, sound* like a campaign lie, in ranted by the enemy far some sinister purpose, Light, according to Profereor Somebody, travels 192,000 mile* a second. This is much foster than ths defaulting preside nt of a savings bank travels. He prefers •darkness when ho goes and travels al the 'rate of about thirty miles an hour, but re­grets that be can't make as good lime as light; fi | 1 Another figure twister says if one cent were set ohl at compound interest in the year 1 at four per cent., the first of Janu­ary, 1866, itwonld amount to 1 quintillion, 20'1.458 quadrillions 882 trillions of mil- liens.A cent is a vary small sum and we all might set out that nmounlat compound in­terest for the bontfit of bnr posterity 1,860 years hence. But shine persons persistent­ ly refuse to do anything for posterity limply because posterity bu never done anything for them. The same authority farther declares that if we paid the tax collector the amount above, meu lione4 in silver, be would need 8,008.446.000,000,000,000 wagons for its transportation.When yon ow* that much taxes, there­ fore, yon had belter pay lb* collector in greenbacks or check*, for, to quote the pro­ fessor sfarsaid, "a robbery could be com­ mitted on the hindmost wagon which would uot b»discovored till th* 24,780th genera­ tion of tax collectors."Hene* the tax gleaner, to save his reputa­tion and money, and prevent bring remov­ ed to make room for a mao belonging to the opposite political party, would be com­ pelled to employ a force larger thw the Uuited States army before it was cut down to 10,000 man to please Mr. Dana, of the New York Sun, to travel pJong with the wagon train t<£proteclit froiS tbe depreda­ tions of road agent*—especially if he wai । going in the direction of the Black Hills. ।Tbiseum of money, we are also ififonbod, 1 distributed among die people of Iba earth, , would give each of its 1,000,000.000 of in- 1 habitants about 1,200 trillion* of dollars. , and he or sho could as cry tecond use 82,- i 000,000 for 88,090,000 yeai•’Withoat reach­ ing the Voitom of bis or her puree I Bat .wjio waul* to spend that mqoh money in (hat many year*? Better give sama of it to the poor—though, by the w*y, oome to think ot it, there would be nqpoor j to receive it. Buch a distribution, more­ over, would not make thing* a* plea*ant for us a* al first light appears. If every­ body had an endltsa purse for 88,096,000 { yaara^oboly could be ind otwd to do any work, and we should all be obliged to make 1 our own shirt* and tronsers and thing*. ( The only alternative would be to go with­out doihaa and join Lydia Thompson'* ■ ballot troupe. Let tu remark parenthetic illy, that while writing uf thvee cdosaal *um* of money, we became to Lally, oblivious to the bard, aad fact that our own salary ia under •28,000 a year. Twenty four letter* of the alphabet can be changed 620.448,401,788,230,489.860,000 of time*, all of which change* eonld not be wrilleu by th* population of the whole world i^lJJOO year*. j A party named Eol»r say* «o. How he discovered the remarkable fact ia not slated, W* rather eurndso that Mr. Euler woull feel deeply chained if Iho entire popula­ tion of th* earth were to sei to work lud writ* out all these changes in one-half th* lima ho says it would require to perform th* task, and thus knock over his aatotjnd- 1 ing cckuTstiinsJ Ag*w>a are told tbatlWelv* person* ean ' faterehang* their re«p*ctfvo po«ltf<Jtte 499,- 001,600 time*; but it would take them not 1CM than 1,848 yean to accomplish tbia • numbtr of changes, if they moved one* 1 m BBowmira SHOW. 5 According to the coneepondent o( a Montreal paper, a competitive display of brantiftil womm ie one of Hie novoltioa -proposed for the Faria exposition of next summer. The idea ie eaid to be origFnted at Marid, and Spanieh newapapera are al­ ready urging all wonaon dbririuR to%xMbtt to Bond in their pbotogmphB nt once, in onler that a eommfesion of impartial j<>Ages may select suitable representative* at Spanish beauty. At Paris it i* proposed to offer aixty-one urand prize* ID gild, thirty- one second prizes in silver, one hundred aceessils, and two hundred diplomas < f honorable mention. Each exhibit is to be judged by her profile HS well ns her full aspect; and grace of figure, sweeties* of expression, and dignity of carriage are all to be taken into ecnsideration. To crown all there is to be awarded one supreme prize of Jwnor^ialingujjhkur-il* recipient aa the most beautilul woman in the world, and eoiilliiig her io a triumphant procea- don through th* street* of Parle, sea tod on a golden chariot drawn by tiiteeu Andalu- *lan eteede, end uttenJed by the-«lUy-<rtio next beautiful women on white palfreys. If our memory serves us, there I* upon re­cord only one previous contest of tins char­ acter. We allude to tl>« oompotilive arid, bilian of female beanty held in the neigh­borhood of Mount Ida, and decided in favor of Ventje hy OBO Paris, * shepherd, Jvba bad tba fool's luck to ba at the sMne time tti* solitary Spectator and* sola judge 'Of award. The international complications which resulted from his decision do Dot augur well for the show next summer— provided there will bo such a show, which wc rather doubt.—New York Sun. TuK first thing in’ the bool is the hut. A KSIOHT of the bath—Saturday night. A QUAGS doctor is not a" dock of A man." A GOOD tiling ta put in practiea—A young lawytfr. f ** Cw mirine animals talk ?" Certainly ; seal skin. A DEAF man must go away from homo to hear the newa. How to make & catfish—Leave hor alone in a room with an aquarium. PHILADELPHIA has just hod a cat show. Horn oats don't got any show whatever. 14 WHAT an idle fellow you are Fred I You do nothing P “ Because there’s no time to do anything ! “ ILIFE is ^iwla^up of. sunshine and shadow"— about five sbaddos to one sun­shine.—foth BiUingi. WB a wise’child that know* its own father, and a wise cask of vinegar that knows it’* own mother. MINCE pies cover a muHtude of sins, aa the deacon's wife said when ho brought home the demijohn. THE heart of the Buasian army ought to bent very high, it has been so often re­pulsed. THE old ten-Cent paper eurroncy is fast disappearing. A friend of our* is keirin; a sample a* a memento, and already calls it a dim 9 novel. "CHATTER OAK stoves," soya an odvertiie- ment. Most people would prefer to charter iron ones fur practical purposes. Mita. SMITH, of South Boston,is so stingy that thu'only tlilnga sho is known to giro away are shoos to her neighbor’s chickens. A aExitKMAX had occasion to correct bis daughter aged four, recently After it wa* over and she bad sat a while, sho went fo her mother and inquired, "Don't yon think it would i^papa good to go out doors T' V IC K ’S ILLCNTBATEO MONTHLY 1 many fine Wood Cut tltiuuationf, ind one <fou>an> Puirx. A beniilifu! CARICII AlegAzine, printed on ele- r*iit paper, *nd full of Infonnatlon. in Eiieileb and German. Priee, <1.25 a year; Fire copice. SS.0O.Vlek'i Flewrr and Vegetable. Unrilen, to Addrw, JAMES VICK, Itochriter, K. V. VICK ’S ILLUSTRATED PRICED CATALOGUE Carr portae, stamp. Printed Io Oennan and EngH.h. I Ir.k', fltmwf emA m _..i. F»«F« Ilturtratcd BonMy J/aaaii» fine UloitmUonr, «nd Gitored Plate lu < V IC K’S . FLOWER AND VEGETABLE GARDEN l« the mint beautiful work ot the kind In the world. It contain* nearly 150 p*ge«, hundred* of flue Illuntra- Gone, endSto CAromo Platrr of Flow, txnutlfully man and Engl lab. I'trA'. lUuatrat C«alojui,-S00l,1’,... i . ir V ic k is ' FLOWER AND VEGETABLE SEEDS •nt* ruxTMo XT A MHUOX riurta lx AXMICA. 6u Hlt ‘Ca.‘.?tT u -~.30$,Il''uin l'*,a- ^'r 1 c’nU-IYY. lUurtratrd E^nthlv Ma^atinf taxa, •per eto-en; with alvruit doth ee«er» |l.00.All “X pubUeatioa. are printed in EnjU.h and Ser- Addreaa, JAMES VICK. Roche, Ur. N. Y. O. B. CALDW ELL’S DRUG / BO O K. / STORE REMOVED J o h n M cD o n a ld ’s Bloc k , SOUTH OF D. wurrra I by the magmSecaii bloom. Whst MB y •arojtii.y -will -pleaM notify u by wtal said. Card players who Lavs a ran ef poor ud* may be latereated to know that the mwHMamEi WATER.787/.440,000 different During tbepoati ----- _---- --- — - ... .... U.-t. «... eesijal on iba forty-aeventh quintillion shuffle, if not ■notfr. Thia should »< •ournge Um and k*ep hit fpirita »p.KNOW £ * THB Lowell OparforhuM ■u»t asp-hotfoot A rotmo uratart umlrrtitok to fan]* a widow, and ch* M I*W him anmrtb* ted with a stay* «hev«L. Ha Want off rubbing IMPORTANT LETTER From a Distinguished Physician. Ithln the reach otallpuatid Into banda .ton Item and troatworthy. TM> naw Md hitherto 1 irtbod adopted br Dr. Binford in the prepare brano hr direct .ppllcrtl action u bated on certalt KODtoon DUMB, So. Fa*miraWt,^^.?i«L D" SANflRQ’S RADICAL CURE Ilona u.ually preacrlbed by phyrtclan*.■^s ss ss M s ^a ss«Mnot nobllcly recommend or preeertbetha Radical Cur* i but llnce I reertvad ao, mock rellarbom th* n.a of It mywlf, after a thorough trial of th* mart r.medlea, I her* privately airbed ha ue. and prc.nma 1 nav* tent to your .lore n« towibM on* kackdred oi ear eallaeta for II " UNIVERSAL SATISFACTION. ylilntyit part twelve year* con.tantly, and aofd every Catarrh, hut your. lead, all thereat. If yon. yea c>n ».e thl. letter or any part of It that •‘1ID »w i".n »na retail nrorriiu t?3&S.,eIl,!Sl2Mh.?nh,h0 United St*to» and Cuidu. VOLTAIC FLASTER irsrvwiWrfflW" ELECTRICITY sv.a.1’0 ana roiorstiv. agent u act ejniUled by any element or medicine In the hlrtory ot u>. beeiiH. .T> n, ■aei<«riiai.parkht,ned-.hnbAdv.anipfrfculcltympowlble. titba >hy.lcl*na and .arreona, and ha. re* •nparently dead. 7r an untimely ’Iher human agent, could liar* *oe. be l««dlug cur all re clement id tMs cucdihoua.n BALSAM AND PINE. m un Th,I, r .x m ..:;.(.Ing, «nd rtrcngUen ns nropcrtle. are known io thou- V'fP co“olneil In accordance with lata and Important dUcoverlca In pharmacy, tbelr healing aa* TWO |N ONE. oms.eacli of which perform, lu function and^Snedl? Boni hr ill WboluAl* Ud n*t*ll Dranto. !br«nxb- POTTER, Proprbi“etlocr*. , *Hnodr tCon*n, M.dAMM,. Andt1y wvr-rr.Wno «I DR. WILLIAM GRAY’S SPECIFIC MEDICINE. rbta, Jmpatn^i/, •flBrfor.8«if AbuM, «< IMU nf Memory. Unirelial Lauittnte. Pain in Hu K^lr. Dimnennf VMon, Premature Old Age;and m»nf other dl»ca»e» th»t lead to Inmuity or Cvnevmption and a Premature Orare. all of which a* -“—a J — . — 111 IICMIUC mwe 11KOIItliacnae*. Putiphklfteoby mall. «The 8 peclflc Medicine i> Mild be all Dniygi.t* *t SI per package, or.lx i«ckage« for *5, or will be writ by GHAT n’<’l*y»,’y,u,<lre«.inE WJLLHAW Sold In Ingereoll by J. Ga>Ter, O. B. Caldwell, R KnWAhaw, and by all Prnggl.t* everywhere.Vhi.Uir Wl -11 IWTT nan illH E Subscribers have much pleasure lii <Hr»cUnf rtlenllOh to their l»rd »nd varied S'"* °t SkiU*, Ac., rompririnj the following oj Acme, New YorkClub, Q ! ■ ' ft rr n • Barney & Berry's, Canada Club, IN GREAT VARIERY. .raps, HYSELF BROAD AND NARROWr ,V'J ’UTdJti. HU . Skate Gimlete, ( ) Wrenches, Screws, f&c., RY.fcHblSABBO, C H R I S T M A S , 1877. CHOICE GOODS BOYS A ND GIRLS, DO YOU IAW A PUB OF SKATES? IF TOV »O. MMD TO THE WITNESS OFFICE, MONTREAL, the luuue* and money to the "WlrNERS" OFFICE, DR STANDARD ■ REMEDIES r FOR CHRISTMAS N A T U R A f e ^E L fiM M z CAN BE FOUND AT JOHN M cEW EN & CO.’S OVEB 400 PAIB8 OF THESE SM 8 WEBB GIVEN AWAY priedfA*(Men th* eMntoerf An Inferior aux* lupwiuU reason ol npartor Hr. I cine* lure MUhmdwl MMWUM W Uinery, Nov Fancy tais, M M s IN EVERY DEPAETMENT. A SPLENDID FMUEM. WILL BE SOLD VERY CHEAP. II, cnh*ertprt,iw to the Wn»B** PttUimiton* before Janiurr 7Ui. IS7AA S50 Whcelrf A WIUoo 8ewu>s-<aachln« will be Klteu to the perwn *eo<Hnr <■ >** accead foreert Amount In •nlwcrlptloni to the Wmxie PnbtM*lbnu INSPECTION OF OUR STOCK SOLICITED.ire counted In thia prite eompeUtton. AU Ingersoll, December 12, 1877. JOHN McEWEN di CO S P E C I A L S A L E AT HEARN & MACAULAY'S Mantles Velvet, Mantle Velvets, BLACK SILKS, BLACK SILKS M IN K FUR S, M IN K F U R S. We are ufTering the above Goods at reduced prices this week. HEARN & MACAULAY. Ingersoll, December IQ, 1877 2 jo W M . A. HOAGG, MANUFACTURER OF Hot Air Furnaces, for Coal or Wood ____ _ BL'ITADLE FORdaURCHES, SCHOOL (HOUSES, DWELLINGS, HALLS. CHEESE FACTORIES, 4e luformaUen on applying to the aubacriber at G. A. TURNER'S .HOVE .EMFOPIVM, Tlrmrt Ft,, Jn ngartoll, January 15, ]|M W . A. HOAQO. YOU WILL M M BY BUYING YOUR ■rM=a F U R N IT U R E AT THE ROOMS OF BARKER & SILLS, KING-ST.. JPPOSITE the MARKET Call and b* convinced that BARKER & 8ILLS giv* belter value for the money than any House in IngersollTheir Stock comprise* an immense Slock of Common Furniture, Cheap. Bed Room Suit from 810 to $150. Drawing Room Suits from S10 to $275- Dining Room, Kitchen. Hall. Office and Library Furniture Cheaper and better than can be got tlatwliera. Malireaeee of all dencrl^lons and MANUFACTURED ON THE PREMISES. Chrotnoa, Oil Painting* and Gilt Moulding* alway* in Stock Ordered Work and Repairing promptly,-neatly and cheaply executed. Do not fail to eoe their Stock before purchasing •iaewhere. IngetioII. July II. 1877. BARKER & SILLS, Saner to Clark & Barker. ALWAYS AHEAD IN T e a s , S u g a r s & C offe e s. Now if you want just give us a call. No nething Choice and Fresh in Raisins and Currants. No Damaged Fruit in Stock. As for Price and Quality cannot be surpassed. Almonds, Leman and Giron Peels. Try Cok-braUul Mixed SEEDLESS RAISINS, 16 lbs. for 01.00 Sultan* Rnuin^ »!te. far 11.00. Ow 3 1U TW far *1.00. ia the Best in «e Marknt far tbs wmey. Ue~A n i.■>,. a un. /. O'XEZZZ <£ CO., “ Peoples' Grocery.’ TW iS , SI PER YEAR. IN ADVANCE. Uy Witntf, tilu WUtarw.- RCNnAY-MYIOOI. TEACHEEK. SI cupe* per year to one mldra*............ a.0050 oipie* per year to one addrem........... 11 JO IbOcoplajcryear toonc addrra......., KOO ADDRESS, FOR INSTRUCTIONS^AM PLE COF1ES.&C JOHN DOUGALL k SON, MONTREAL. PATENTS. To Inventors & Manufacturer's ESTABLISHED 1865. GHmore, Smith & Co., AMERICAN & FOREIGN PATENTS. G29 F. St., Washington, D. C. Special atu-ntton given to Interference Co*« before the Patent OlSee, Infringement Suita In the ditfoevni Sond Stamp for PSWBAM of Sixt* FoArt. NovemtKr «. J 817. »0d JULIUS KINGS J KTION SPS(^,t /'w ? w wS«l£ KttHCTKt Ingersoll, Ont, C. P. H A L L , WATCHMAKER & JEWELLER. Inwi'iH. Mareti 15 18TB. IF YOU WANT xoOMy or near, Bloodhound or Spit., Tn «1I any odd thing ; Financial Relief.Stock*. ' Oock«. Than In airtoe M.ntlandeHl Soi4.<lw4» to A ppr •! . A handy V»Sw. AMtuUnCbaBbe, Ch«M, Or are ptane To make knows Your Stofo, H,rt«hy.Dry UoeMw, a S ”- Elcunton*. KuM-Xnacfc*, UvtnHom, Clothe* readv mad. tnerwM. of 'trad*.Cowl, Cok* and Wood. Hcturw, AH kind.of Fu^, Work, on Th*oln y, Artrotocy, Wealth or FeUdtr. World wide FiAUeHi, K»K«.N»«WDrew Sl-lrta, Ortkn. Alsiabty DoU>n, IIOOKK to Rent.at. im «LCwhtotoLmrt, Cwh to te Spent, RwaaaOwn*, Rmd th* advto.’Far beyond )wk«| Written brtvw— ADVERTISE SOON Oxford Tribune. JUST PUBLISHED ! Wagons, Buggy & Cow y o u S A T /m . Golden M ed ical D heavriy Golden Medical Dlxcevenr Golden M edical W x eo u tj It a Cholaoofiit.ar Zlear tHfiiMnt. I ’ Golden M edical Dlxeovery G olden Medical M ie a v e ry Tamora ; Vk»n, «r Old anew i HioUSe. • nagl**'; and Ertlpila <’■ virtue al Ha Factorial lawwtint. Il eura urunchinl, Pana, aw* May. <fTMh.ii: Atg p . p . p . p . D r, P ie r c e s P le a sa n t Purgativ e - P e lle ts . Furelff Vegr.iitblr. Jfo wire r»- • quired them. The “ UlU* OUnt- Ciihutl. or M allwi W Pellet. are ucl for any Uuelh ul Ue rdtebta. Iblablx jntl op tn chren dally me of (wo |'< the b&t rault*. ’ D r. P I E R C E ’S *’’ FAV ORITE । PRESCRIPTION; FA VO R ITE PRES0 RIPTIO lf. n r P I F R n ir ’R ’*” FAVO R ITE t PRESCRIPTION. 1n womca ha* aOorderi ■ fora*e*J«riww°«**h« WiWM'a l»,pcu*ry. L^ibkh Dr. i'ltrtvl* IfiriildmnLulUng FZCU LIdB TO FEMALES;- THE PEOPLE'S MEDICAL SERVANT Dr A V. Kcno h Ou, KJO end ml OuerJOO,000 Copies I rs iC E fr^io. Farm for S alt