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3AUCTIONEER. _ dealer in Dry Good<, Groceries. ,Willes. Liquors. Hardware. Glns. Earthenware. fine. [[7 Also. Licensed Auctioneer. September. 23. 1857. glG-l)‘ II‘VVO Miles Nnrlh of Richmond UIIL “KEEPER. Licensed Auotioneer for the Counties of York, Onlnrio and Simcoe. Corner of Yonge and Bradford Ilraels. Holland Landing. ,Ndvomber. i26.1857. g25-lf JOHN HARRINGTON, JIL, MPORTER of British and American D . ‘ h r), Pdngozd; ggfcenea, Wines. I..\quors, OHS. Richmond Hill. June. 1837, g,1-wy Carriage, Opposite the While Swan Inn Richmond Hill. Juno 10, 1851. g.] CALEB LUDFORD, Saddle and Harness Maker, THORNHILL. June '20. 18.37 Thornhill. Nov. 16. l857‘ a"; ‘ RY GOODS. GROCERIES. I Wines, Liquors. Hardware. oSLc. Richmond Hi”. June, 18.37. gJ-wy. June. 1857. EALER in Groceries. Wines and Liquors, Thronhi‘ll. C. W. Choice brands ofTeas. Sugars and Coffees on hand, genuine as lmponed. An assortment of Bread, Biscuit and Cakes, constantly on hand. )uTe. 1857 Toronto. June lflth, 1857 L) omce. Richmond Hill. Tune. 1857. DR. JAMES LANGSTAFF, Itichmond IIill. Juué. 18y The S'uhscriber has also opened a Grovery and Provision Store on RICHMOND HILL, which will he (-omlucled by Mr. C. SHEPHERD, f m the firm of the late Thorns & Parsons. > orn'nill. Sept. 25. 1857. gl7-lv LAG. Banner and Ornamental Painter Elizabeth Street, 'l‘oromo,â€"0ver \V. Gnl' filh’s Grocery Store. 0.7 Coats of Arms. and everydescriplion oi Herald Painting. executed \\’ill1despa\cll.audat reasonable charges. June. 1857. ngy. PPOSITE A. LA W’S. Yonge street. Blch‘ moud Hill. Ladies’ and Gentlemans’ Boots and Shoes made after the hues! st} les. August 6, 1857. gSJ-Gm‘ QO] CHAS. POLLOCK, 80] J. VERNEY, Boot and 51100 Maker. MPO RT ER of Evil ile French German and Ameuican. Fancy and Staple Dry Goodx. No. 80. Cll_\‘ Buildings. ng Sued Eusl. opposite St. Jnmes‘ Cathedral. Toronto. C. W HENRY SANDERSON, Veterinary Surgeon, DJOI’NING [he 'Wosleynn Methodist Chlpel, Yongo Street. Richmond Hill. Achnice selection ot'lGenllemens’. Ladles’ Illd Childrens’ Boots and Shoes constantly on Mad. Ind made to order on the Shortest No- lice. lune. 1857 WELLINGTON HO [‘EL, I? All kindl Shoemukors Findings for Rlcbmond Hill, June 13d), 1857, g.lw Toronto. immune»; mircctom. January 14, 1858 Bottled Ale Depot, (.5, YORK STREET. TORONTO, C. W. Barristers, &c., No. 7. WELLINGTON BUILDINGS, KING ST.. TORONTO, \uguat I4. 1857 January 14. 1858 100D Smbling and Allexllévevflost lune. 1857 MESSRS. J. & W. BOYD, LERK THIRD DIVISION COURT [I ARON. Altenlive [losllers attendance. Nov. 5. 1857 ROBERT J. GRIFFITH, AILIFF Second > Court. Office. EAR the Raiiroad Slmion. Aurora Careful Hustlers always in auendunce. March .5, 1858 GEORGE DODD, Veterinary Surgeon. "HORSE 5; FARRIER” IN ROBERT SIVER, Boot and Shoe Maker, ORNER ofFront and George s‘rectg‘ one block east of the Market THOMAS SEDMAN, Corner of Yonge nnd Cebu-o Streets, 7 RICHMOND HILL. HYSICIAN & SURGEOP Corner of Yonge and Centre Streets, Thornhill. JAMES McCLURE, Tailor and Clothicr, A. GALLANOUGH, MANSION HOUSE, JOSEPH KELLER, CLYDE HOTEL, 'KlNG 3mm EAST, 10..quo.K JOHN COULTER, Ii)? ROACH’S HOTEL, JOHN GRIEVE, Lo! 26. 41h Com. Vuughuu jougo SL, Richmqud Hill‘ MAKER, J. N. REID, \Vazgon & Sleigh P. CROSBY, BARNARD, M. MORRISON. Agm J. KAVANAGH. Proprlctnr and Third 1: Richmond Hill JO HN ROA C H. Proprietor. AND JOHN MILLS. C. CASE Proprietor DIVISION g.1 -wy gJ-wy g.1 -wy always in g.3>w_v g.l -W_\' Proprietor g. l-wy. gJ-wy gl-wy g24-1f g llwy. gloâ€"xf 132 for sale luny, 139 AS always on hand a large assortment of BOUTS and SHOES, which w1|| be sold 3! prices to, meet lhe umes. June 2. 1858 Richmond Hill, June I7, 1858 DR. J. W. GRIFFITH. PALACE s'r. (orrosn‘v. nu: oLn GAS wonxs) TORQNrro. Meals 20 cents each. and good accommodn~ ion for Farmers and others. Toronto, June ll. 1858. 53-1)’ June. 1857 WILLIAM HARRISON, Saddle and Harness Maker, ESPLANADE HOTEL, BY G. TURNER, and Picklvd Meals. Poultry. «Sm. always on hand. Families supplied on the shortest noxi'to. Grocery & Provision Store, RICHMOND HILL. \[0 CREDIT GIVEN Produce taken in LV exchange. The above is the oldest «slablbhed Grocery and l’rovisiun Store on the Hill. July ‘2. 1858. 55-1)‘ W. H. MYERS, SADDLE AND HARNESS MAKER, , STAGE runs from \he above Hutel to Toronto evorv morning, Starling from the Elgin Mi la m 7. mm. and returning an 7, [1 m. Fu1925.6d. each wny. Richmond Hi1]. July 2. 1858 BLA CK HORSE HOTEL [FORMERLY KEPT BY “'M. ROLPH.] ORNER of Palace and George sheets, east I of [he Mmket Square, Toronto. Board $1 per day. Good Slnbling and attentive Hustlers always in mlcndance, An omnibus to and “yam the Railroad Slalion. 66, King Street East‘ Toronto. Particular auenlion given (0 the regulation of Childmle Teeth. Crmsullalious Free. and all \Vork ‘Vnrranled. Toronto. June. 1567. l~wy. MWINI} PM BEflPlEfl June. 1857 00D \‘anches.Clocks. Jewelry. Melndeons T Electra Ware. Silver Spoons. and Specta- cles to suit every sight. (I? Watch Clubs in Operation. Wuranlod Clocks from 203 upwards, Toronro, June, 1857, -31 Richmond Hill. June 1558‘ ’i‘hornhill. March 19. 18584 GOOD ACCOMMODATION an TRM’ELLEni RICHARD NICHOLLS. Vol. II. No. 5 'l “’0 DOORS SOUTH OF THE TRIBUNE OFFICE. =ALL VVUKK VVARRANTED Toronto. Feb 96. 1858. RICHMOND HILL HOTEL. Richmond Hill. Feb. X7, 1858. l37-1y EDMUND GRAINGE R, U T C H E R . THORNHIHL. Frekh DAVID ATKINSON, AGENT FOR Darling & Aitchi‘son’s COMBINED TH 0 RN]! IL L. GOOD WORKMEN SENT TO ANY PART 0’? THE COUNTRY. Graines, Gilders, Glaziers, and Paper Hangers; .81] kinds of .5113th Paints Oils, Glass, and Putty. July 23‘ Ornamental Painter MARKHAM VILLAGE, C.W MORPHY BROTHERS WARD W. HODGE 8L C0. JAMES JENKINS’, ' Next door to G. A, Barnard’s, JAMES HALL, T. DHCRE'I‘H, Jnr., House. 1‘] A CH I NE S, Richmond Hill, AINTER LARRIAGE. SIGN. 1857 THOMAS PALMER & Mccwsmxn, Sign and Ornammrtul â€"ANDâ€" FOR Dental SU RG ERY, “7.C.ADAMS DOCTOR IVITH 0R IVITHOUT OFFENC ’ TO FRIENDS 0R FOES, Richmond Hill. gJ-wy. Proprietor. l38-1y Propridor. 55-ly g,1wy 54- l)‘ 52-1)‘ t4! '55-15' CONFESSIONS OF THE CRIMES OF ACANADIAN YOUTH. As a winged ship, in calmest hour, Still moves upon the mighty sea To some deep ocean melody. 1 ‘eel lhy spin! and thy powar. -â€"-Alluntic Monthly. - Gregory McDougal was the son of :1 respectable storekeeper at \Vul- laeebut'gh, who, despising all coun- sel, and taking to evil courses. fol- lowed from bad to worse in a career of crime but too common, we fear in this country and the neighboring Slates. VVorlting his way down to the State oflndiunu. he committed a murder. The Vigilance Committee of Noble County, who styled them- selves the " Regulators." caught this youth, and, after short trial, sentenced him to die! Finding any attempt to escape hopeless. and [mowing full well that he must die, ‘he made the following confession to the Rev. Mr. \Voulcott : Though wintry clouds are in the air And 1he daud leaves unburied lie, Nor open is the violcl’s eye. I see new beauly everywhere. I wnlk beneath the naked trees. \Vha 0 wild streams shiver as the}~ pass. Yet in the sore and :ighing grass I hear u murmur as of bees.â€" The bees that in love’s morning rise From lender eyes and lips to dmiu In ecstacies of blissful pain. The sweets that bloomed in Paradise. There [wines a jny with every care 'Iliut springs within the sacred ground But, oh ! to give what I have found Dolh thrill me with divine despair. Since Lava withm my heart made nest, VVixh the fond trust of brooding bird. I find no all embracing word To say how deeply I am blest. If distant thou dost rise a star Vthsn beams are with my being wrought. And curvesx all my teemng lhuughl “’iLh sweet attractions from afar. MYRTLE FLOWERS érleriinnfi. AND YORK RIDINGS’ GAZETTE. the boys had gone with the one which did. Ithen started to pass out. and the old iady followed me and demanded batk her purse of gold. I stood a second or two, and then handed it back, and said, “here, NHL]. 1 do not C mother, take your want it.” The UILI lady's name was Payne. 1 then \\'L:tl[0ttl and joinetl my companions, and travel- led home on (00‘, a distance of 26 mites. The officer pursued us, and got to my house beforel did. but we managed to keep out of his way. Then I Went to Chemung County, New York. where] fell in company with Sherman Mallett, aml with our wives to Bur Oak. Michigan, and thch met with Wm. Lnlta. Bought a place oppositc, and stayed there sc- vcrul weeks. repairing the place.â€" Mullett hired a horse at a livery sta- ble and drove to Port Mitchell, broke open a store and stole :1 lat of silk goods and kid gloves; he put all into an overcoat mid started For home but lost a piece near the ’l‘amnrztcli, tool: the rest to Lntta’s. ‘ About six weeks after Lattn came and proposed lo John McDougall. Sherman Mallett, and myself, that he would furnish us with some coun~ terfeit money, if we wnuid get some goods. We wont to V’Vatcrford. in ElKhfll‘t County, and broke open a store, and stole dry goods to the amount of some $300. \Ve took them to about three miles vest of Lima. and hid them in the woods.â€" VVe sold a part to Lutta, and a part to Jeremiah Minser {or vounierfeit money made at Perry Randolph’s.‘ The Factory at Fawn River was broken open I think by Chas. Smith and a man :alled lied Headâ€"The goods Were taken to \Vm. Hill's.â€" I went in company witl?Mallet. Wm Ray, and John McDongall, to De- troit, and there passed about $60 In ‘paper on the \Vesttninster Bank, ‘Rhodc Island. Iliad some six or eight hundred dollars of this money. Isold a part of it to Mallet's com- rades in New York. Mallet! and l hired a span of horses at Romeo. hliv'ltigan. and drove them to Che- mung County. N. Y, and sold them to Edward Howard, who lives about five miles from Havana. \Ve then exchanged some of our counterfeit for 20‘s on the Black River Btnk, and came back to Freedom ; Mallett passed two 20's on the way home. I gave mine to Lafta. RICIIDIOND HILL, FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1858. Mallett went, into the Factory at Fawn River, looking for a site. and went all through it. Suspicion rested t on me. W'e went to Perry Rand” olph‘s, and then to Kendallvil'e, where Mallett passed one or two of‘ his 20's \Vhen we were absent mv house was searched, and the ollleers were waiting fur the when 1 return- ed, but l only stayed two hours, and“ then started [or Javkswn. My wife, then, for the first time, became an- quainted will: my true el:‘.r:1eler.- -; Iwent hack to \Vallueelnn'g, (‘am nada, and stole a pair of horsus from Raymund ltuyley, and rode them seventy miles east of London, and tool: them into the I’inery. I stop- ped with a man by the name of Cartwright, and made shingles a few weeks, the horses being secreted. I finally made a sleigh, stole a set of ‘harness, and brought them to Cart- wright’s. I started for Buffalo on Christmas, 1856, and put up at the Grankin House. I sold one of the horses to a merchant, and the other to Lyons,at Black Rock. I then re- turned to Canada, and hired a horse and cutter at Ingersoll, and came to VVallaeeburg. and took my cousin with me. About six miles from 'Wallaeeburg, we stole a pony from u jstable; came to Tecumseth, Michi- gain, and there trailed otl‘the pony for another home. and came to Frer- |clom. Went to Perry Randolph’s, jand let't one horse there. Went to l Bill Hill’s and traded both horses for 1a sorrel mare. IIill knew they were 'stolen. I then started for \Vallace- ‘burg in company with my wife and icousin. We stole a pony below D0- :troit, and Went about twelve miles, ‘ when my cousin stole asorrel mare. ‘I “la sold the pony about ten miles from Port Dover. We took the other two horses to Bnfl'ulo, and sold them., I went from there to Syra- cuse, and worked in the salt works sevqj‘nl weeks. 'l‘hen went to Che- mung County. N. Y. I went in com- pany with Edward Howard to rob a man they call Big Jim. Howard Wurll into the house, Wet a cloth with chloroform, and laid it on his breast, went out and waited a few minutes, and then went in and took $95nnd a gold watch. I took the watch and twenty dollars of the money, and went baelc to Syracuse, and tool: my wife and went. to Rochester, and then went back to Chemung County, and hired out to drive a team for a man by the name of Hutchinson. I went. to his bed in the night, and tool: $125, and a watch. Then Went to Rochester, stayed a few days, and wont back to Chemong. There Imet Malletl, who had just been pardoned out ofprison. We went to Jefferson and broke open a drug store. and took some jewelry. and pooléet knives, and seven or eight dollars in money. We took the goods to'n man by the name ()fleltul', east of Penn Yan. He offered us 860. we wanted $80. He, however, stole some of our gold rings from us. \Ve went from there to Penn Yan.i and took the cars for ’wchester, staying there awhile; finally went back to Baker’s. and broke open his wagon, and stole seventy or eighty dollars’ worth of goods. lVe then went. to Chemung, and stole Joseph Howard‘s horse, and went back to Bulier’s. We next stole a pnirnl‘ mares, sleigh, double harness, and at set of single hnrness. Vt’e traded our sleigh and harness off for :1 Wet- gon to it man by the name of Reed, in Chutnque County. We kept the mares. We broke open a store and stole dry goods to the amount of £200; also it jewellcr’s store, and took two or three hundred dollars’ worth of watches and jewelry. \Vc took our jmvelry to Canada. We hired a horse and buggy of a man by ‘the name of Fish, and drove it to Perry Randolph's and sold it to VVOodford. I next went to Pennsylvania, and hrnke into a grocery store, and got about one hundred dollars’ worth of tea and tobacco. Mnllett hired horses and buggy 0f VVnodl‘ord, and we went down to Ellicottville, where we got in company with a man by the name of Phipps, and we went some seven miles, to a man by the name of Own. and I held the horses while they WUDI into the house.â€" They hurt Olen badly by strtlting‘ him wth a st ck. They got twenty- 1four or twenty-five dollars. We ‘_Sl()ptlutl some two or three months with Reel. 1 then took I y mares ja'ttl hitched them to a wagon, and w; ennn- to 'l‘illin, Ohio, and Mn]. lett sold all to a pump peddler.â€"l then r a nu to Burnham’s losee about ‘my mulhur. I got thirty dot'lars nl {Burnhnm in bogus coin, and $2000 in counterfeit of Bill Hill, on the Southern Bank ofKentuclty,bt'ou;.;ltt from Cincinnntti. I then returned to Chutaqne County, N. Y., and sold some whenl returned. On my return Ibecamc acquaint-l ed with Payne through Burnlmm.â€"-- We went to Wolf Lake, and tookl a pair of horses ofMover’s, and took them to Mr. VVoodford’s in Chataque; County, and sold them to him. \Ve stole another pair of brown mares,l and drove them back and sold them to Burnham. Payne stopped at‘ Perrysbmg and stole another and‘ rode to Burnham’s. I traded al watch with Payne for his horse and twenty dollars. Next Barney VVes- ton, Sol. Stuart, and myselfwcnt tol Springfield, broke into a store, gotl about two hundred dollars worth of dry goods. and sold them to Barney \\'251011 for a wagon, I sold it to Burnhum for my board. Next, ‘Pnyne and I wont to Unlontown in 1July. and got ten or twelve pairs of boots, [W0 pair of long rubber boots, land one pair of men’s gaiters. Payne sold his to Bill Hill, and I sold mine lto Kreamcr. Payne and I next went Omario, and pulled some four or SKETCH YOUR IVORLD EXACTLY AS IT GOES.â€" five hundred pairs of buckskin gloves from McKinley ; sold some to Joe and Bi” Half. A man by the name of John \Vil- son stole Spencer’s horses, and look them about 35 miles North of Cin- cinnatti, and sold them to an old farmer, and then puliei a pair of brown horses, and brought them to my wagon, drove them to Detroib then shipped them to Dunkirk and drove them to Thomas Reed's in Chataquo 00., N. Y. I took a mare. and colt from Burnham‘s to Michi- gan, four miles east of Albion. on the Jackson‘s road, and traded to Mr. Hill for a horse. I traded a horse to E Wâ€" â€". He is with us. I gave him counterfeit money, and he told me he passed it. He was initiated be- fore I saw him. These men are the kini of men that are the cause of so many horses being stolen. Aiso, , I would not be afraid of his exposing me if he know I had stok n a horse. Stealing from the peddler all Romeâ€"myself. Kessler, Hunley, Stout, Harsh, Core, Smitner, hid lle goods under a hay stuck. Myself, Core and Stout went to Springfield, and on our way back Core went into a shoe shop and took two guns, one deer skin and an accordean.-â€"â€"- Core,l think, teal: them north.â€" We then came to McKinzie’s wagon and took the box out. and hid it in the bushes. A few night's after I gave it to Forsyth to peddle out, Forsylh, the magic man. On being questioned he stated that I robbed a man by the name of Alexander McCoy, of a watch, on the ice at VVullziceburg ; soon aftet I tried to get my brother out of jail. I tan up behind him and pulled his Watch. tritium When) he fell dowu on the ice. but‘ was not hurt ; he came to my house next morning for a drink. Upon being questioned in regard to a certain Scotchtnan, robbed in the western part of New York, he suid :~ Mullett and William Roy went to his house, the man was sit-l ting smoking.r his pipe; they asked him for a drink, he got them some water, when Roy knocked him down ; he asked what they wanted, Roy said they must have his money; he said he put it in the bank. They poured Out wheat and flower, and raked it all through in search of the money. alter which they put some live CuttlS in a kettle and Set him on it. but he said it was in the bank.â€" They took an old watch. and left.â€" A man by the name of N. Jones pointed the place out to them by writing them a letter to York State, in Chemung ()0. Jones lives near Georgetown. in Canada. ins APPEARANCE. McDougall, throughout the period of his confinement, up tn the time‘ of communicating to him his awful doom, seemed perfectly careless and hardrnetl ; and. in fact, his hearing and manner was def) iug.-â€"â€"l He made several deeisive remarks about the proceedings (if the Regu- latorsâ€"stated that he was not to be. and could not be frightened. He seemed at times to regard the per- sons about him, anJ all attempts to get confessions from him. with marli- ed contempt. His remarks were often profane as well as insultingâ€" sometimes he would maintain a (log- ged silence to all enquiries made of him. After being informed of the doom that awaited him, he seemed to wake up to :1 new and dilfct‘cxll fueling. The writer of [his witnessed lhc‘ parting interview with his wil‘c and child, a babe of near a year old.â€" His wife had reached him about 7 o’clock, a. m. McDouguH was the first to convey to her [he tidings of his own doom. She was eomp1elely overcome, and in a short time chips- ed into :i swooning state, from which she did not fully awaken until the time had come for his removal lo the place of execution. And 0 ! 1he iheart rcnding scene of those few Imoments which composed tha: part- i. . . ling IIHCI'VIC\V. McDougall was composed, butl weeping freely and lamenting his fate. His wife, in view of her last interview upnn earth with the hus- band of her youth, seemed ineonsol. able. Her ejaculaticms of grief and sorrow were almost unmanning. She begged to go with him. He told her that it would not do. Once or twice he started from the embrace of his wife. remarking that he would have to go. as " they Were waiting for him.” He urged her to train up their child in the way it should go. The babe participatedin the sadnessl ot' the scene; it caught the reflex of grief on the countenances of those al‘mnd it, and cried sorrmvfully.-â€" McDougall, brushing awn-y the’tears, 'hu<hed his babe affectionater and ,fnndly, and bidding an adieu, he {slowly left the room for the carriage, iwhieh awaited him in from of the ‘ H )tel. He was seated with a clergy- ;m In and three or four other gentle- ‘men, and at once driven to the place of execution, followed by a large cavalcade ol horsemen, and others In carriages and on foot. A LESSON TO‘ A SCOLDING MOTHER. A little girl .whu had witnessed the perplexity 01 her mother on a certain occasion when her forti- tude gave way undm‘ severe llial, said : The query was so abrupt and startling that it arrested the mother’s atte.'1'ion almost with a shock. ‘ Why, Lizzie, what makes you ask that question 9’ scold ‘ Why, God is goodâ€"you know you used to call him the “Good Man,” when I was littleâ€"find I scolded ‘ No, child, no.’ ‘Well, I’m glad he don't, for scolding always makes me feel so had, even if it’s me in fault. ] don’t think I could love God much if he suoldcd.’ The mother felt rebuked before her simple child. Never had she heard so forcible a lecture on the evils of scolding. The words of Lizzie sank deep in her heart, and she turned away from the innocent face of her little one to hide the tears that gathered in her eyes. Children are quick observers; and Lizzie, seeing the effect of her words, hastened to enquire. ‘Why did you cry, mother? Was it naughty for me to ask so many questions.” l. ‘ Oh, Lizzie, don’t say that,’ said *thc mother, unable to repress the tears that had bet-n straggling in her eyes. The child wondered what could so affect its parent, but instinctively, feeling it was a case lrequiring sympathy, she reached up and laid her little arms about , her mothers neck, and whispered: ‘Mamma, dear. do I make you cry? Do you love me? ‘0, yes, 1 low you more than I run loll,’ replied the. parent, clasp- l A"! ‘No, love, it wasI all right. I was only thinking how bad I have been to scold so much when my little girl could hear and be troubled by it.’ ‘ 0, no, mamma, you are not too‘ bad. you are a good mamma, only I wish there were not so many bad things to make you fret and talk like you did just now. It makes me feel away from you so far: like I could not come near you as I can when you smile and are kind; and oh, I someIimes fear I shall he put 011‘ so far I never can get back again.’ hould like to know if he ever ‘0, yes, ] love you more man J van lell,’ replied the parent, clasp- ing the child to her bosom. ‘ And I will try never to scold again be- lbre my link! sensitive girl.’ ‘Oh, I am so glad. I can get so near lo you wLen you don’t scold; and you know, mother, I want 10 love you so much.’ This was an efi'cctuai lesson, and he mo her felt the force oflhat pas- sage of Scripture ‘ Out of the mouths of babes have I ordained strength.’ She never scolded again. ‘ Mother, does God ever fret and Byron. \Vholc No. 57. " 1"" " . . _ 'ehild to her bosom. ‘ And y new-r lo scold again be- little sensitive girl.’ [ am so glad. I can get so BY‘ HAZEL GREEN, ESQ. ‘Ha, ha, ha! Shy, Haze, did I ever tell you ’bout a scrape that Sal, here, an’ me got into when we was a courtin,’ afore we was mar- ried 1’ ‘ No, I believe not.’ ‘Ha. ha. ha! Then I must tell vou ’boul it, for it was ’ ‘ Now, Dave, don't get a tellin‘ that old yarn agin ; for it‘s too bad I declare Wis.’ ‘ Hold your latter, Sal. and don’t interrupt meâ€"you know it's true. every word, on it.’ ‘ No I don't know no aich a thing. so I don’t. ' Well, as l’se a goin’ to say, Haze. it was rich. We all lived in old Kentuck then, and a purty wild country it was 100. Old Mr. Thatch, Sal’s dad. was a mighty queer old customer. For when he built his house he dug a hole in the side of a hill for it to set in-â€"-the top of the house and the top of the hill Were just even. Then, you see he didn’t. have to build any chimbly â€"he jest went to work on top of the hill and dug a big hole about five feet nctost, clean down to n level with the floor ; then he came down into the house and dug out a ulfircd bouncin’ big fire place. till it. came to the bottom of the hole, and you see he was ready to fire up. ‘ Now, Dave. do for goodness sakes quit a tullin' lha‘! 1111in I'll be ashamed of myself, so I would.’ ‘ Well, one urful cold night in [he wimer, arter Sal an’ me We’d got things purLy well along ’ ‘ Hold on, Sal, hoid on till I get through. and then it’ll come your time. As I’se a sayiu’. Wc'd got things purty fur alongâ€"that is, I'd popped the question to Sal, an’ we’d both got over’n it ’ ‘Now, Dave I’ ‘And I was u goin’ to ax tho Folks in the mornin’.’ ‘Well, Sal an’ me we was a scl- Liu’ up afore the fireâ€"it was a orâ€" fu) big oneâ€"a suyin’ lovin’ things In one another. and a huggin’ and a kisgiu’ slightly ‘Davc, Dave! ynu know that ain’t so, now, so you do. You know well enough that-.1 wou‘lll'nt begun to let you‘kiss mc afore we was married.’ ‘Asl was a goin’ to sayâ€"we was settin’ up afore the fire cnjnyen oursckves puny well. II, wusa wa’y late in the night ’ a 50! up away late with you or cnny other young man, when I was a gal, to a saved your plagued necks, so I wouldn’t. ‘ Old ’oman,<I want you to quit a imerruptin’ me when I'm a talkin to folks. if you don’t 1"“ tell Haze ’bout that time Bill Towers came -a courtin' you ’ “ Shocking! such a man"! You’d butler try to make folks think we was orful sortsofpeople. I Wouldu’ ‘Slop, nowâ€"â€"nonc of that. If you’ll hush, I will. ‘Il’s abargain. Well, -it was away late in the night. The-old man and old ’oman was in bed a snorin' away like sixty, and Sn] an’ me was enjoyen ourselves purty well afore a rousin' bit; fire. \ ‘ $02 I, ‘ No. Indeed, I’m in cold ‘yarnest, if it was my lust wurds on yarth. I wish I may die if [ don”t ihke ye better’n all the rest of the [gals In the world; yes. bettcr’n anything else. I“ don’t tell ye the E truth, I hope the old Scratch may 1 come and take me away this min- ‘Sez I to her. ‘Sal. you can‘t begin to guess how well 1 likes yc.’ ‘ Scz she to me, “I specs yer a j.)ken’, aint yo 7’ Sczl to her, ‘ All but that. I likes yer better’n my own lil'e. If I’d see ye in a river a drowndin’ I'd jump in an and drown with ye, (smack) so I would.’ ‘ These last words were scarrelry out of my mouth afore kcnhundcr came some orful, skcrup, lremcnjus big loohin thing down the chin'mcy, kerslatler light inter the fire. and commenced a kickln the bhlzin chunks about the mom. and mukin a orful noise. Sal an me. we gin lhe dreadfuICSt scream ever hearn ‘ in aid Kentuck afure, and lit on the bad right on top of the old man and old womon, and that was (he last we knowed {of a minute or two. ‘ When Sal and me, we came to our senses, we lookt up, and (here we seedâ€"Sal’s dad :1 qudin his old blind mare oul’n the house by the lbretop. Poor 01d critter, she’d got to slumblin around, a piukcn the green grass that the warth of me lire had caused to grow around of the ‘ old man’s patent chimbly, and secin’ ‘ as how she couldn't see a sline, the [ first thing she knowed she slipped in, and that’s all on it.’ ‘ Sez she, ‘ Oh, no, Davy, (smack) [would not let ye. But 1 specs yer (smack) a jokin’. me A COURTING'SCRAPE.‘ p