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A large varien of new Fancy Type and Borders, 'or Cards. Circulars. A c. kcp fdvnvs (i 'in d. 35u#iur££ ZHmtorg, I)r. JAMES LANG STAFF, Hichmontl Hi ft, December. 1853. 1-tf AND RICHMOND HILL ADVERTISER. THE WORD. JOHN COULTER, i'aiiot* and Clothier V ouge tst., Richmond Hill, i)eeember, 1S5S. I-it GEORGE DOLD, Veterianry argeon Lot :ili, 4th - on., Vuughau. * HORSE & FARRISR” INN. gl5- l-tl .1. verneyT Bool and ^lioe Maker. j iPPOSITE A. LA VV’ts, Yonge street, B.cli- mond Hill. Ladies’ and Gentlemens’ Boots and Shoes, made alter tho latest slyies. iJccember I85d l-3m YONGE STREET HOTEL, AURORA. Good supj>l> of Winks and Liquors alvva\son hand Excellem Accomnio- dulion for Travellers, Fanners, and othors igars of all brands. D. MCLEOD. Proprietor. Aurora, Jnlv 6. Ib58. 5T 6m T. MAC ETii, Jiii’., CARRIAGE, SIGN. â€" ANI) â€" Ornamental Pain ter Richmond Hill, Feb. 17, 1858. t37-lv BLACK HORSE HOTEL LFORMKKI.V KKPT BV WM. KOLI’H,] C’.ORNER of Palace and George sneets, east ,i ot the Market Square, Toronto. Board S>l per day. Good Stabling and attentive Hostlers always in attendance. An omnibus to and from the Railroad Station. THOMAS PALMER. Proprietor. j Toronto, Feb ‘26, 1858. t38-ly ANGLO-AMERICAN HOUSE MARKHAM VILLAGE. j / 1 OOD Accommodations. Wine*, Liquor.' j V_jl and Cigars of the choice.-!, brands. R. MARl't, l‘ ruprielur. J. N. REID, J) II YS1CI AJS A: S U R G E O N i Corner ol Yonge and Cenire Streets, Thornhill. December 1858. 10-1 -tf ROACH’S HOTEL, C'tOllNEK of Front and George s rects, ) 0':e block ea-t of the Market, JOHN ROACH, Piopriecor. JOSEPH KELLER, T) All.IFF Second and rf'lii d DIVISION J) Court. Office, Richmond Hill. December, 1858. 1-if J. R. DEEG1EH, \ PPOINTED CONSTABLE at the fY Assizes lor the Counties of Yoik. On- tario and Sinicoo. Residenceâ€"Coiier ol Wright and \ ouge Streets, near A Wright. Esq’s. Richmond Hill, Dec. 1853. 65-1 -tf P. CROSBY, RY GOODS, GROCERIES, Wines. Liquors, Hardware, iVc. Richmond Hill, Dec. 1858. 1 -if T. J. WHEELER, WATCH & CLOCK MAKER, JEWELLER, &u RICHMOND HILL, Oct. 1.1853. 69-ly THOMAS SEDMAN, FUNERAL FURNISHER, CARRIAGE, Wagjon & Slei^li Maker> Opposite the White Swan Inn. Richmond Hill. Dec. 1858. 1-tf December, 1858. 39-1-tf ROBERT SIVER, Coot :uhI Shoe i\iaker> i D JOINING the Wesleyan Methodist ('impel, Yonge Street, Richmond Hill. \ choice selection of Gentlemens’, Ladies’ mill Childrens’ Root? and Shoes constantly on land, and uiaJe to order on the Shortest No- lice. O' Ail kinds Shoemakers Finding 'or sale. Richmond llii!, Dec 1858. i-tf GLOUCESTER HOTEL, nlKKK All I.I S NOK I H OF TOKONIO, OS VONGK-ST. I'M K above Hotel is fitted up in neat and com ort-ible style. Transient visiio:s aud others w.ll find the accommodations to be that o- the fir>t class, while the charges will be ex- tremely low, O’ Good Stabling and an attentive Hostler. THOMAS COATES, Proprietor. Yonge Street, Dec, 1^58. 62-ly DR. J. W. G R I F F I T H, MARKHAM VILLAGE, C.W. Dec. 2, 1858 52-ly 'larkham, Dec, 1858 NEW 57-1 STORE, Richmond Ilill, /CORNER of Wright & Yonge struts VJ Cheap Groceries and Provisions. Crockery and Glassware cheap for Cat-h. No Credit. * D. HOPKINS. Dee. 3. 185R. 1-tf THORNHILL HOTEL. rpiIE Subscriber begs to inform th< 1 Public that he lias leased the above j premises, and fitted them up in a neat and comfortable style. Boarders and transient visitors will find the accomodations in every way agreeable. The best of Liquors and Cigars carefully selected. Good stabling and attentive hostlers HENRY LEMON, Thoinhiil, ? Prop:ietor. Jail 20, 1858. i ’.38 THE PLOUGH INN. RAYMOND beg* respectfully to inform J_Yt the Inhabitants of RICHMOND HILL and surrounding country, that ho has opened the Hotel formerly known as the WiiitkSwan, The Bar will be replete wi h all kinds of Liquors of the best quality. Good Stabling, Hay and Oats at all times. An attentive Hostler always on call, January 23, 1859. 9-lf CHRISTIAN WURSTER, SADDLE & HARNESS MAKER, \ \ 'OULD inform tbe inhabitants of MaPLk V V Village and surrounding country, that he has opened a Shop in the above line, where be will, by strict attention to all orders, endeavor to merit a share of their support. Repairing; neatly and expediciously attended to. 0^ All Work Warranted. Maple Village, Aug 20. 1858. 63-6rn EDWARD CROWN, HAS always on hand a large and well assorted stock of DRAPERY, GRO- CERIES, BOOTS and SHOES, &c. &c. which will be sold at prices that will defy com- petition. Thornhill. July 30, 1858. 60-ly JAMES McCLURE, INNKEEPER. Licensed Auctioneer for the Comities of York, Ontario anti Simcoe. Corner of Yonge and Bradford streets, Holland Landing. December, 1 858. 25-1-tf JAMES HALL, HAS always on hand a large assortment of BOOTS and SHOES, which will be sold a! prices to meet the times. Richmond Ilill, Dec. 1858. 54-l-ly VV. HODGE & Co. \\ HOLESALE and Retail Copper, Tin \ V and tron Plate Worker, and Furnishing Ironmongers, Parties giving this house a call 'â- â€¢ill find their orders punctually attended to, and tbe lowest pi ices charged. Richmond Hill Dec. 1858. 54-1-lv JOHN HARRINGTON, .In., DEALER ill Dn Goods, Groceries, Win^,-, 1 >iquors, Hardware, Glass, Earthenware, &c. dP Also, Licensed Auctioneer. Richmond Hill, Dec. 1858. 1-tf WELLING TON HO l'EL, NEAR the Railroad Station. Aurora. Careful Hostlers always in attendance. C. CASE, Proprietor. December 1858. 32-1-tf MANSION HOUSE, QHARON. Attentive Hostlers always in O attendance. J. kavanagh, Proprietor. December, 1858. 32-1-tf EDMUND GRAINGER, |)UTC II E It, THORNHILL. Fresh and Pickled Meats, Poultry, Ac., always on hand. Families supplied on tho shortest notice. Thornhill, Dec. 1858. 41 -1 tf WILLIAM HARRISON, Vaddle and Harness Maker? Next door 10 G A, Barnard’s, Richmond Mill. December, 1858. 1-tf HALF-WAY HOUSE, RICHMOND HILL rpliE Subscriber Wgs to inform liis numerous Patrons and the public, that he has removed from the White Swan Hotel to the above Premises, where there will be found excellent ac- commodation for Travellers, am. good Stabling. fcjr Horses and Buggies for Hire. JOSEPH GABY, Proprietor. Richrjond Hill, Oct. 22, I808. 72 7m GREEN BUSH HOTEL, It MILKS NORTH OF TORONTO ON IHE YONGE STREET llOAD. 'HE Proprietor b gs (o inform the public tlial he has puichafed tne above Hotel, and has recently refitted and furnished it throughout in a comfortable style Tile Bar will bo continually supplied wiih uood Liquors and Cigars. Good Stable* attached to Pie premises, with careiul Hostlers to at- tend to travellers wants. THOMAS STEFLE, Proprietor. (formerly of tne Rond Lake Hotel.) Sept. 29, 1858. G9-ly I JAMES JENKINS’, Grocery & Provision Store CLYDE HOTEL, KING STRE T EAST, TO ONTO. GOOD Stabling aud Attentive Hostlers JOHN MILLS, Proprietor. December, 1858. 1-tf N RICHMOND HILL 70 CREDIT GIVEN. Procuco taken in RICHMOND HILL HOTEL. A STAGE runs from ihe above II<-tel to Toronto every morning, starting from the Elgin Mi Is at 7. a.in und returning at 7, p.m. Fare ‘2s. 6d. each wa/. GOOD ACCOMMODAI ION FOR TRAVELLERS. RICHARD NiCIlOLLS, Proprietor. Richmond Hill, Dec, 2, 1858 55-1 jj\| exchange. The above is the oldest established Grocery and Provision Store on the Hill. Dec. 2, 1858. 55.ly F. W. IIOLLISS, MERCHANT TA1LOH. has always on hand a very superior stockof CLOTHS, READY MADE CLOTHING. &c. Gar- ments made t-i measure in the first style. A good tit warranted. Thoinhiil, Dec, 1858. 6tJ- 1-tf J. HACKETT, M.D. Licentiate of the Board of Upper Canada i.ATE RESIDENT MEDICAL OFFICER. KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL. RESIDENCE, MAPLE VILLAGE. Q e«. 33, 1858. 59-l-6m I ST. LAWRENCE HOTEL 142 KING STREET, TORONTO. HE Subscriber begs to inform his friends arid the public generally that he has opened the above Hotel, opposite the St- Lawrence Hall, Toronto. His bar will alwa\s he found replete with all kinds of Liquors of first-rate quality. His Table will also be found rechertte. Good Stables are attached to the premises. W. M. SHORT, Vi tin Any Surgeon. Proprietor. Toronto Sept. 17, 1858. 67-1 y For the Commonwealth AURORA. Ho{v sweet at break of day to walk Along the dew-bespangled lawn ; With nature, God. and self to talk, And breath the balmy air of dawn. Ench scene is fresh, each thing is new As from the mint of nature’s treasure ; All have their being jiu-t ienewt d, By him who views them all with pleasure. Phoebus has left his rosy bed, Above the mist of morn is rising ; His genial beams the land o’er-spread,â€" Creation in those beams rejoicing. The healths roll up blue flakes of smoke, That wanton kiss the morning ether ; Tho swain now leaves his humble cote To yoke in with his ijessty brother. The lowing herds wake u; for day, That ’neath the moon’s pale beams were sleeping, And prone o’er earth’s fair face they stray With conscious gust, all now are feeding. The lark soar’d high above the lea, His matin hymn with joy is sinking ; The ploughman turns ttie glebe with glee, And with his song the dale is ringing. The busy bees have left the hiveâ€" (.’or garden,field and flowers are humming The milkmaid chaun s herd tty blithe, The beetles on tho crock are drumming, The finny tribes ski.n through tbe pond. Their airy prey are quickly li'bl.ling ; The new-born in.-.eot swarms are bound To ply their pinions till the evening. Lone o’er the pi in the student roams. On favourite book or author poreing â€" Some Latin, Greek, or French, or sums For college, school or class preparing. All nature’s now instinct with life, Man, bird and beast thoir task beginning : They ha^te to close it with the fijrht rl hat leaves them while the sun is setting Oh vouth ! like morn’s the life we’ve led Like day. or dream, or passing liver: Too soon it- scenes of mirth a>e fled. And we, from earth, aie gone forever. All youth ! if short â- nnd fl«et be life Improve it now and well and eager; FiTt up with neither sin nor strife, Rut with the love of one another. Let your 2"eat aim and object be To do the work that God hath given ; Though here toil, war, and grief you see, ’I heie’s rest and peace and joy in hea\tn- Richmond Hill, Feb. 7, 1858. h< pen any more? and so saying Tom opened the door and with a mad laugh and a faltering step went out into the black night. I tit t lions. HOW TOM HOWARD BEGAN HIS NEW YEAR. 111. s t; n u a v . Clang, clang, clang, rung the fire belis about two o’clock this morn- ing. There is always something startling in that sound, no matter how often one hears it. The hur- ried strokes pealing out into the si- lent night seem to echo the frantic alarm of women and children rush- ing distractedly to and iro amid the conflagration, and the dead stillness W'hic-ti at that ghostly hour succeeds an alarm, seems fraught w’lth gloom, calamity aud death to the excited imagination of the listener. I did not, however, feel much interested in this Hre. i he alarm did not Jaat long, and as I could make out that the fire was in the Sixth Ward, which is nearly a mile from our dwelling, 1 soon fell into a sound sleep again, and thought no more of the occurrence till tne milkman brought the news that a store in Young Street had been burned.â€" This made me anxious, as 1 havu an interest in that locality, and I was speedily on my way towards the scene of the catastrophe. On reach ing the ground, I perceived witn a feeling of relief that the premises belonged to no one with whom I was a< quainted, and that the fire itself had been comparative!) an in- considerable one. The ground floor was uninjured, except by wa- ter, the two upper flats were scarcely touched, but the first flat was considerably damaged, and, seen from below, presented the scorched and blackened appearance w.ih which wu are all only too fa- miliar. I could see at a glance, how ever, that something more than or- dinary had happened. The loung- ers ii the street stood round in little knots, and their grave looks aud sub- dued tones gave evidence of some- thing more than such a trifling fire could well account lot. Wondering what this could mean, I entered into conversation with a polici man who mounted guard before the broken door. * Not much damage done, I sup- pose (From the Scottish American Journal.) (Concluded, from our last.) ‘ Look, here, Turn,’ said a young man who seemed on terms of inti- macy w’ith him,’ ‘ they won’t let you go, so it’s no use trying ; be- j friends here, or whether it was for saving, is more nor ever I knowed, 4 No. sir, ihe boys got it out purty quick.’ * Anything strange happened ?’ * O, yes, sure there’s a poor fellow lost his life.’ 4 Lost his life! w7as he burned'?’ 4 No, sir, not burned entirely, but it's smothered he was. 4 How did that happen ?’ ‘ Ye see sir,’ said he, evidently re- lieved to get an opportunity to talk, ‘ it was young Mister Howard that lived up here, as nice a jintleman as ever ve seen. lie begun business last spring in this same place, and whether it was because he had no sides, what does it matter though you are late for one night. But I believe it’s the cost you’re think- ing about. That darned Scotch streak is always shining through.â€" Pity your gr mdfather hadn’t been an Irishman.’ * Pshaw ! William, it's not the cost 1 care about, but you know well enough that late hours don’t suit me.’ * The song, the song I’ and again the: glasses jingled and danced im- patiently. There wTas a struggle for a moment, and then Tom’s fine baritone hushed them into silent admiration. Two hours afterwards the voting man might have been seen issuing from tho room and approaching the bar in that condition described by our national poet as “Ower a’ ihe ills o’ life victorious.” 1 Mr. Sicily,’ said he, eyeing that very stout gentleman with a:i aspect of unsteady affection, and cutting his words phonetically short, but any how he lived in one of them front rooms there, all alone himself, and kep the other rooms for a store. This morning, as Mister Doyle an’ mesell was going our rounds, about one o’clock, we seen a mau come out of Jolly’s saloon and cross over to Mister Howard’s dure and begin woriving at the lock. So of course Mister Doyle an’ me crep up upon him soft like, and when we got'dose, who should it be but Mister How- ard himself, quite tight, and not able to open his own dure. So says I, 4 Mister Howard,’ saysl. 1 is it your- self that’s nut so late as this ?’ for ye see he was always frank and hearty, and 1 never seen him out late or the worse o’ l.quor before. ‘ Yis,’ says he, 4 Tim. its me, but sure I’m not meself to-night.’ 4 So I see, Mister Howard,’ says J, 4 an’ its sorry I am to see it too.’ So wrid that I helped him to open the dure, and offered to go up wid him too, but it’s niver a foot would he stir till we promised got purty sute it was smok°, an’ thin we knocked at tho dure till the peo- ple in the flu re above looked out, and we told the man that we was afraid of fire in the flat below him, so he looked round a bit and laughed at us, and said we was only fools for our pains ; whin barely was the words out of his mouth, whin we seen a flickering at one of tiie win- dows. We gave the alarm thin at wonsi, ant it wasn’t many minutes afore the firemen had the dure bruck in and the hose playing. As soon as the dure was opened Mister feuili- van vviut into Mr. Howard's room. The fire hadn't got the length of it then, and there was nothing but smoke in it. He f und Mister How- ard lying on his bed wid all his clothes on, and a bit of the bed- cover over his head, so whin he didn't get no answ’er, he tuk him up in his arms and carried him over to old Jolly’s, whin they saw he was elane dead, and it’s there he’s lying nowâ€"Good be good to himâ€"wait- ing for the inquest.’ Looking across the street, I now observed that old Jollv’s was the centre ol interest round which these little knots of earnest talkers clus- tered. I saw also that the door was thrown wide open, that the people hanging round were passing in and out unquestioned ; and I in- stinctively felt that the object ol iheir visit vvtis to gaze on the dead. Somehow, I have never s ared in that desire which so many people have, to look on the cold clav when the v tal spark has fled. Once or tv\iee my feelings have been doubly shocked when, having been led to expect that death had left nothing but the gentle impress of sleep on some well-known features, I have been induced to witness a hideous mockery of slumber from which my soul revolted, awe-struck and shud- dering. So lhat now 1 prefer to think of those who are gone just as I knew them in life, and not to as- sociate a change so dreadful with my remembrance of them. This time, however, I felt an irresistible desire to see this relic of a man whose fate had been such a sad one,â€"this fellow-creature who had solved the enigma *n such an unti- meous fashion, and awful to think ofâ€"whose soul had reeled drunk into the dread mysteries of Eter- nity. A few steps more, and I s.iood.within old Jolly’s bar-room.â€" There was the marble counter and all the insignia of revelry neatly arranged on the marble ledge be- hind it. Bottles, glasses, plate and pictures, so tastefully grouped that j it looked like some high altar dedi- j cated '.o good fellowship and good | cheer ; and there, behind the screen, j on the sofa in the corner, lies one ' | of the latest if not the last of the I ! worshippers at that shrine.â€"Gently ! and reverently we fold back the j coverlet and stand uncovered before | the King of Terrors. Need we j say it, that the features are familar to us? No difficulty in recogniz- ing them. No drunkenness, no struggling horror. No fearful glimpse into a nspring future has distorted that face which looks still i obier in its last repose, but, calm and placid as an infant sleeping in its mother’s arms, Tom Howard lies dead in a bar-room. Those im- passive outlines tell us nothing : “ As if beckoned by an unseen hand. The man whose laugh is loudest in his cups Rises wiih a wild face, and goes awav From mirth into a shroud without a word.” The following was one of the late Major N oah’s stories : Sn. bring me a good plain din- ner, said a melancholy looking in- dividual to a waller ai one ot oujt principal hotels. ‘ Yes, sir.’ The dinner was brought and de- voured, and the eaier called the landlord aside and thus addressed him : 4 Are vou the landlord?’ 4 Yes.* ' i ou do a good business V 4 Y es,’ fin astonishment.; ‘ \ ou make, prouaoU, ten dollars a day, clear ?’ 4 Yes.’ ‘ Then I am safe. I cannot pay for what 1 ha\e consumed. I have been out of employment about seven months ; but I engaged to work to-morrow. I had been with- out food twenty-four hours when I entered your establishment, i will pay you iu a week.’ 41 cannot pay my bills with such promises,1 blustered the landlord ; and 1 do not keep a poor-house.â€" 1 ou should address the proper tuthorities. Leave me something for security.’ 4 J have nothing.’ 41 will take your coat.’ 4 If I go into the street without that, I will get my death, sueh wea- ther as this.’ ’ You should have thought of that before you came here. 4 Are you serious? Well, I so- lemnly aver that one week from now 1 will pay you.’ 4 I will take the coat.’ The coat was left and a week after redeemed. Seven years after that, a wealthy man entered the political arena and was presented to a caucus as an ap- plicant for Congressional nomina- tion. The piiucipal ot the caucus held his peaceâ€"he heard the his- tory of the applicant, who was a member ol the, church, and one of the most respectable citizens. He was the chairman. The vote was a lie, and he cast a negative, thereby defeating the wealthy applicant,, whom he met an hour afterwards, and to whom he said : 4 You don’t remember me ?’ ‘No.’ ‘ I once ate dinner at your hotel, and although I told you I was fam- ishing, and pledged my word of honor to pay you in a week, you took my coat, and saw me go out into the inclement air at the risk of my life, without it.’ 4 Well, s.r, vvliat then ?’ ‘Not much. You call yourself a ehristian. To-night you were a candidate for nomination, and, but for me you would have been elected to Congress.’ Three years after, the Christian hotel keeper became a bankrupt.â€" The poor dinnerless wretch that wras. is now a high functionary in Albany. 1 know him well. The ways of Providence are indeed wondei ful, and the mutations almost beyond conception or belief. INFLUENCE OF FEMALE SOCIETY. • I've a pr’found ’steem for you, and to let him go up be himself. Mister WILLIAM U. SKENE, MILLWRIGHT, ALToN A, BEGS to intimate that he is now pre- pared to erect MILLS of every description, by contract or otherwise, on reasonable terms. He is also agent for some of the best Foundrys in Canada. All contract jobs warranted from three to six months. From thirteen years’ experience he hopes o give general satisfaction. if you'll consent to poison y’rself with a glass of your own liquor, I’ll shtand it like a brick. No ob- sheksh’ns, eh ? All right. Shoin's in a drink, sheu’lmen I Your health, shen'lmen, and yours in p'tio’lar, Mr. Sholly. You’re a noble spes'- rnen’f-humanity. sir. Your hea i’s a study-f r-an art is', and your legs- ’ro an honor to their species. Any- body here say the contrary, I’ll fight him I Ev’body same pinion, eh ? D shay they are. Take the shange I No I won’t take the sliangeâ€"shange be dâ€"d. Exshuse me, shen’lmenâ€"b:lieve I’m drunk to-night. It’s all right thoughâ€"fust offence, shen’Jmen, but Vll never Doyle an’ me heard him lock the dure, and go up the stair, and thin vve went to the other side of the street and seen a light as though he had struck a match, thin as if he was going from room to room, and at last whin we seen the light go out in the room where he slep, we thought all was right and vvint round on our beat. It was about an hour after that before we got back, and there was souk thing like a thin smoke ourli g out at the tops of the win- dows, but there wai a fog hanging about, owing to the haw, and it was not till about tin minutes or more that I could persuade meself it was anything else but fog. At last we Zero and Thereabouts.â€"For the past two or three weeks we have had some good, old-iashioned cold weather. Men step quicker as they go to tlitir business8, and the ladies hardly venture out at all. Yesterday we stepped aside to allow ladies to pass, but they appeared to be men with shawls on. The cat-skins were out in great abundance. What men will put on next, it is beyond our im- perfect vision to see. In regard to ridi- culous, foolish and absurb fashions, our own dear little Ville may be safely set down as not behind hand, especially upon a cold day. Shawls, cat-skins. buffalo skins, females’ cloaks, and all sorts of womanly all ire, are donned by the men. Look at that clerk across the road Over his shoulders and across his body is thrown in a very graceful (T) manner a shawl, put on as nearly like a woman’s as he can get it, and walk comfortably Hus* fur gloves upon his dainty hands fur wrappers around his neck. See h< \y the delicate creature minces along-, | doubled almost in two by the cold, his slender foot handles shaking like an asnen. : Souse such a man in the river two or three times and shake him up a little and 1 tnen you will make a man of him, as far as body is concerned.â€"Snook*. It is better for you to pass an evening once or twice in a lady’s drawing-room, even though the con- versation is slow, and you know the girl’s song by heart, than in a club, tavern, or tiie pit of a theatre. All amusements of youth to which virtu- ous women are not admitted,, rely on, it, are deleterious in their nature. All men who avoid female society have dull perceptions, and are stu- pid, or have gross tastes, and revolt against what is pure. Your club swaggerer, who are sucking the butts of billaird cues all night, call female society insipid. Poetry is insipid to a yokel; beauty' has no charms for a blind man ; music does not please a poor beast who does not know' one tune from another ; and as a true epicure is hardly ever tired of water sanchy and brown bread and butter, 1 protest I can sit for a whole night talaing to a well-regulated, kindly woman, about ner girl coming out, or her boy at Eton, and like the evening’s entertainment. One of the great benefits a man may derive from woman’s society is, that he is bound to be respectful to them. The habit is of great good to your moral man, depend upon it. Our education makes of us the most emi- nently selfish men in the world.-r= We fight for ourselves, we push for- ourselves, we light our pipes, and sav we won’t go out; we prefer ourselves, and our ease ; and the greatest good that comes lo a man from a woman’s society is, that he has to think of somebody besides himself, somebody to whom he is bound to be constantly attentive and attractive. Prejudice is often the result of such strong associations, that it acts involuntarily, in spite of conviction and resolution. j he first step to- ward its eradication, is the persever- ing habit of presenting it to the mind in its. true colors. No lady will be admitted to the next Woman’s Rights Convention who does not shave and sing bass ; moreover, the officers ore expected to wear a moustacbp