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AFZ‘RE'ELBYV EGS to inform the Famexs in he neighbor- hood of Richmond U|||,thal he has Ieased the above Mills, and has put them in (horough repair, and will be glad to receive a share of the patronage of the public. GfiISTI‘NG AND CHOPPING, WILLIAM COX, Done on the shortest notice. W 11:; [l'l'éfigsit- Vlllarke't price paid for \leat. Richmond Hill, Nov. 14. 1867. BUTCHER. 2nd door north of Barnard’s store. RICHMOND HILL, 7EEPS always on hand the lvest of Beef, Multan, Lamb. Veal, l’ork. Sausages, .xc, and sells at lhu lu\ve'=l prices. The highert marker. pricu given for Cattle. Sheep, Lunhs 510. Richmond IIdl, October 15. 1857. Ly MALLOY’S AXES LEMON’S HOTEL DANIEL HORNER, Jun, THE SUBSCRIBER announces to tho travelhuq community. (ha. he has leas- ed the nbovo Hotel on Richmond Hill, and will duvnte his attention to the cnmfmt and conyenieuce oft use who may favor him with their patronage. The hast Slabhiing and [)rlvlnfi Sin-ed on fangs St. of Wines. Liquux‘sfland Cigars on In: aura. Ml" .. Au Omnibur leave: this Hotel athaIf-pasi seven u.m. daily. (371370. McPIIILLIPS 8L SON Provincial Land Surveyors, Maple Jr M V ‘HE Subscriber begs to inform his friends and tho public generally, (hm. he has opened an HOTEL in the Village of Maple. 4th Con. Vaughan, where he hopes, by atten- tion to the comforts of (he travelling commu- nity. to merita share of their patronage and npport. Good Stabling. &c . DAVID EYER, Jun., Siave 6; Shingle Manufacturer V01. Vlll. N0. 36. Maple. Jan 1866. ESl.l)ENCEâ€"Lot ‘26. 2nd Con. Markham I y ou the lfllgiu Mills Plank Road. A large Stock ol'S'I'AVEs and Sumsu‘s. kept constantly on lmnd,aud sold 111' the lewest Prices [T In“ and examine Slack before purchas- ing elsewhere. « 1"“ n l‘ ,, D:_I.»._.«J Ill” Ladies and Gentlemen, who require a true chart of the feet, can procure one in either French Kid or Calf, by calling and orderng it at T. DOLMAU E’S. Richmond Hill, April 47, 1867. June 1865 'H‘ H E 0 I; E) NOTE L, The 110% of Wines he found at the bar. lion for travallers. in attendance. GEORGE LEMON Richmond Hill. Dec. 4. le‘IA 490-13’ Juue 7,1865- 7 1HR Subscribe; begs to inform the Public (hut he has leased the above Hotel. where he \villkeepcouslamly on hand a good snpplh‘ of" first-Mass Liquors. fine. As this house pomflsses every m-cmnmodaiipn Tn;- val er: can (Iosire. those who wish luslay where Lhoy can find overyuomforlarerespeclfu]13iu- vilud to give him a call. 'l‘hornhill, July 4. 1857 DOLMAGE’S HOTEL, “. Huh l'“"‘ " â€" r . iving Shed on Yonge St. Tha besx Brands Wines. Liquors and Cigars kept constnnt‘y hand. A careful HusLIm‘ aiwnys in amend- GIDEON DOLMAGE. l’rupriator. Richl'nond Hill. Dec. 1865. 28-“ I’m omca Kept on hand. SAWING done promptly ; also Lumber Ton mmad 8.: Groved 3 AL the lowest possible rams. Saw Mill on 10125, ‘2nd Con. Markham. 2; mullaseastuf Richmond H”: by the Plank Road Richmond Hill. June 26,1865. 4-1y Planed Lumber, Flooring, &0. PLANEING TO ORDER, THORNHILL. HEN RY HERON, Proprietor. {OR the Counties of York. Pacl and On- tnrio. Residence: L018, (3th concess.on Markham. l’ost Officeâ€"Unionville. Sales attended on the shortest notice' and on reasonable terms. Orders leftat the " Herald” office for Mr. Carter’s services will be promptly attended to, “_ June 97, )657. J O H N C A RT E R. LICENSED AUCTIONEER RICHMONDVHILL AND YONGE ST. GENERAL ADVERTISER. RICHMOND ‘HILL‘ EGS respaclmlly to inform his customers and the) pubhc that he in preyarud to do Successor lo James Holliday, In anv uanlity. and on short notice . ‘1 UMB E BING- ABRAHAM EYEK LATE VAN NOSTRAND’S, Lot. 20. ‘2ud (‘uceossion Markham S EAFORTII. C. W (LATE RAYMOND’S) PHYSIOLOGY- Ldereesâ€"Richmond Hill. FOR SALE BY RICHARD VA] LES. 3'2- ly Liquors and Cigars will Comfortable accommoda- A careful Hustler always for Toronto l-H' The joyous ways of our youthful days, No more in the land are known; Wlth the rock, and keel, and the spinning- wheel, They are gone, forever gone ! And the maypole guy, has past. away, And the dance upon the green, And the Hogmanuy, and the New Years day, And the joyous Halbween. And the legends old, which then were told, And the fuirv lales of yore; With the minstrel’s lay, ah well a (layl They are heard in the land no more. And the fairs of old, with their joys untold, Which the young heart (loated on; With the puppet shows, and the dancing io’s They are gone, forever gone. We’ve me bairns n00, \vi7 the rosewed hue, That romp in the wood and glen; But. in their place, we hate got a. race Non 0’ weans, but 0’ wee, wee menâ€"- Wha calculate, at nae sma’ rate, And are always taking stock ; For saving (:«LSll, all else is trash To our wunderfu’ wee folk. And what have we got. our sires had not, In our intellectual march, Save vain conceit, and the way to cheat, With our stilfoning and our starch? Oh give to me. the spirit free! With the ringing laugh and roar; And the simple heart, devoid of art, As it was in the days of yore. m'fim'smm, m J'onn‘son- ville some ten years as a merchant when, as I sat one morning quietly rearlingllie paper in my counling house, the following adverxisement mat. my eye :â€"‘One thousand dollars reward will be paid lo any person who can give precise infor- mation as to how the late James Smithscn me! his dealh on b0ur<l the William Curtis, on the night of the 23rd of August 1854. Address J;1C()b Sharper, Esq. 246 Fallon St, New York. The age ah me 1 ()fjnllity, Is numbered with the past; For our new world her lip has curl’d, And we’ve grown good at last. ' You would wonder why thisl would make me turn pale and sick, but it did, and for this reason. 1 ltnew the late James Smithson. I] was his fellow-passenger on board the William Curtis, and l was one ofth persons who last saw him alive. We were coming from Eng- land, I to make my lortune, he to return to his native land; and I had lfell for him an instinctive repug< lnance that I took little pains to con- iceal. He was a big, burly, hully- Jug Yankee. who had made a for- ltune. and was now Spending 11 land boasting of it after the manner tof tlte worst. specimens of his tribe. lHe disliked the as cordially as I ldetested him; and being the only itwo cabin passengers, We neces- li-aril'z rubbed against one another ito an extent almost unbearable. lremembvr one day after dinner we were sining \ogelhcr in sullcy silence over our grog. when a sud» don lurch of the vessel sent the scalding fluid out of my glass all over his dress. MY WIFE” S PRAYERBOOK. Cur-5e you, he exclaimed, you awkward [1101 - what are 3m] doing? Can’tvouhilou! like a man, If you want to vem your spicen, and flat Hirow boiling water over me like a. dangerous idiot? 1 had already begun 10 explain, but 1 was silent for a little after this attack, and than merely said : There was no inlenlion to insult or vent spleen; the occurrence was purely accidenlal. n . I Hang accidents! I've lound ac- cidents happen very convenienlly somelimes ; and you shall pay for this as soon as we’re out of this accursed lub. llyou are a manâ€"- which I doubtâ€"you shall give me a meeting for this, I promlse you : and I’ll try whelher you can handle {he Lnlle as well as you can lhrow glasses, you cowardly Brillsher. I‘ll Throw another â€"-â€" won't you plucky Bantam. ... . n I “1'35 maddened beyond all en- durance. and I rushed at him and struck him full in the face as he stood up. Lament with me, for jollity Is number with the past; For our prim world. her lip has curl’d And we’ve all grown good at last. From Chambers’s Jo urnal. THE AGE OF JOLLITY. lfyouiuse such language to me, BY ALEXANDER My LACHLAN. @iimfimm “timing. “ Let Sou/2d Reason weigh more with RICHMOND HILL, FREDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1868. He tell, and as he rose up, drew out. his revolver and shot at me. I stooped down, and the ball shatter- ed the swing compass in the sky light; in a moment he fired again, and this time grazed me on the shoulder. Iran at him; and the stewmd and the captain having by this time arrived, the plstol was taken from him. Curse youâ€"you shall“ remember this. I'll put a pea into you yet, my chicken, I will, . Iexplainud the circumstances 5 and the captain at once said that Unless We would give our words notlozutempl a renewal of the dispme in any way, he would, put us both in our cabins under lock and key. Alter some linle demur, we agreed l0 this“ ll‘you want to fight, gentlemen, l’ye no objection in liteâ€"very happy 10 see youâ€"bu! not on board my ship, I'H take you on shore in lllc firs1 boat, and underlake to bury either or boxh of you decently, if you fall; but you don’t fight on my ship it 1 know it! 1 “I went to my slateâ€"room, and turned in, and determined that l woutd never again speak to such a brute. In the warning] saw the captain-at bréaktust, and he cau- tioned main afriendly way against Smithson. - Mind what you‘re about; don't give him a chance. He’d think no more of dropping you overboard, or putting a kniie into you, than i do of cutting thisvbread. Don't go to near the rail. and see that there’s A (=- Ask-w- ' Never min ; hé"s siflkm- ‘51, a bit ofrnpe ovr‘r the side, if you go forward; and if you do find yourself a mile away over the quarter some fine night, don’t sav I didn't warn you.â€"Clear away, :Ieward. 1 Never mina ; hé'ws sillkihg per- haps. Clear away. 1 wem on deck; and came down at dinner-lime. We were all seated â€"Ihal is, me chiefoflicer, the cap- tain, and myselfâ€"â€"when we missed S'nilhson. Call Mr. S'nilhson, steward. We mustn’t spoil our dinner wnh his sulks, The steward opened his door, and came back. He’s not there, sir. Not there! \Vliere the devii is he. then '! Has anybody seen him Ilnis n‘mrningT Inquirv was made, and no one knew anything about, him. The man at lhe wheel had seen him go lorward at about eight bells, hul no one had set, eyes on him smce. Where the dexiil can he be? said the captain. He must. be in the ship; unless you took my him the wrong,r way. and put him out ot the way youngster. I can assure you, I never lelt my room umll breakfast time this morn- ing, captain, In a turther search, we failed tol fin-I any traces ofthe missing man except one. A large brass belay-y ing pin was discovered jammed! between the iron that supported the starboard forechains and the vessels side. It must have been thrown overboard, and bv~ one ol those mysterious chances that‘ sometimes oocurJOdgerl itselfthere. It Could not have been put there1 for the man who saw it could not reach it without the assistance of two others. It was brought on deck. taken to the cabin, and ex- amined. Nothing was found on it: it was as clean as it it had never left the rack. Where did it come from? It was soon found to be one of the spare pins round the foremnst rail. The two things looked like loul play. 1 could not deny it. The steward remembered that Mr. Smithson drank a good deal after 1 left the cabin, the night before; and the man at the wheel thought he seemed a little unsteady but he lost sight of him as he went t l'orw ard. The entries were made in the log; and life wenl on its old cdurse except that I was regarded with a suspicion and mistrust that made me envy the victim or suicide who calmly slept in the sea. beneath me. Mr. Smithson ‘hasn’t sat down The voyage ended, the whole story was laid before lhe authori- lies at New York; and, alter a morer iormal examinafion, I was told there was no evidence against me; and as I left the place, Illmade a vow, that 1 would never willineg us than Popular Opinion.” as M 'l‘ufv. sq It is no wonder, lhen, that, knowing all this, I should be slarll- ed to see the advertisemem. It had for me: the horrible fascination ol 1116 Snake. I knew lhal (tut of it would spring misery and Irouble unending, and yet I could nol lake mv eyes of it. The ten years’ interval shrunk up inlo’ a dream lime. and the leeling was as if I had heard that moment the sle- ward’s voice. He's not there sir. It upset inc for lite day. I could do nothing' I tried to \vrileâ€"â€"Io read. \Vhereverl went 0r whal- ever I did.-I [ward the words in my ear: He’s not there, sir. set foot in it again. The nexl day, my presentiments of evil were slronger than ever; I seemed ptessw] upon by a weight under which I could scarcely crawl. {could see nothing but a dull lead- en hue on every object, and hear Ihmugh eve:y sound . He’s nol there, sir. I knew myselfas inno- cent of his death as if I had never svcn him; but 1113! unhappy quar’ rol (feh would again point suspi- cion 10 me, and all lhe digrace and misery of a public trial would fall upon me. 1 had not long to wait the fulfii- mém of my pr0phc1ic feelings, About a fortnight after the (late of [he advertlsemtrnl, I was waited upon by an extremely poli:e person, who said: I have callud 10 sonic this little account of Messrs Wllson Brothers. Will you give me a re- ceipt? I sat a {he desk, wrple Out the receipt, and signed it; he lucked over my shoulder a“ the time.- When’ I had turned the line under my name, and put lhe dot at lhe end; he touched me on lhe,should- errand said: [thought so. 1 arâ€". rest you for the murder of James Smiihson. You kl’lOVV l sh'an‘havewnwcpeaw a” you say. sn don’t say anylhmg How’s business in mese parlsl Illcy're ralher dull in New Yurk. How \v11l you gof Quietly, l supposeâ€"most gentlemen do, but jusl as you please, and he pulled out ()fhls pocket 21 pair 01 hand- cuffs, 2nd opened his coalvm Show [he buttend 0| his revolver. lt's much pleasanler travelling willlout, ll1(ése., Yes, yes; 1'” go quietly enough. 0an 1 want, an hour or two 10 arâ€" range my afl'airs here. I was stunned; lmade no ansâ€" wer. Oli,cerlainl_v; only you musti pay the. excess laneâ€"Uncle Sam: doesn't allow express fares on these occasions. I see 1 can trust jmu ; and mind 1 leave my repulatioxr with you. 1 will call for vou for lhe 5 o’clock (-Xpress. You can settle your alfairs,and look over-your! papers and l'll go and see your town. l Don't furth five o’clock ; and he; left. | The blow had fallen; 1 was hit. All 1110 wealth 1 had collected was 10 go to defend my life; 1 called on it. Awkward, very, for you were a rlsmg man. I am as innocenl Oh, of course, my dear fellow ;‘ everybody is. But l’m Illinking how we’d best administer the es- lalo for you. ll' il gels wind, von‘ll have more dillicnlly in gelling in your lnonev. Wlls‘ll‘slllo amount oulâ€"lwcnly thousand dollars? Abonl lllzllvsay lwenly lwo? W'ell, sell lllem. I‘ll find you a buyer for lllo whole concern lol', sav len lhousand dollars in hard cash. You can leave it willl mo, and I’ll see what. can be (lone for yon. Come back here at four, and l‘ll have llle papers ready. Ten Innusmd’s ranher small for twemymtpvo clear surplus. Well, as you like: name your lowest, and HI see what can be done; only remember, you’ve bul lonr hours lo do it in, and don’t put it to high. Tomorrow morn- ing your surplus will be. as far as your chance of gellifig it is con- cerned, very small indeed. Well, gel thve, ilyou can; if not, ten; and lot me see you in Now York. Right you are: I was going for my recess 10 [hut very pince, and now I’ll combine business and pleasure. Caii at four, mind. 1 went to my lodging house. and nsmnishpd my worthy landladv no: a little bv giving hericliild a rather extravagant present of a neLtklace, my solicilor and told him aboul TERMS $1.00 in Advance and telling her Ihat l was going away for a few days, and wonhi wrile [0 her about my moms. Then I wandered wearily back In the Mike. told the chief clerk that I must leave, and had sold the busi- m‘ss, and would inlroduce the pur- Chaser lhal afternoon ; and then I sat wuh my head upon my hands. and my elbows on my knees) unev- Iy broken. l was, interrupted by a visitor, a big black-whiskcred and bearded fellow. dressed like a l‘iver-pilnL Exuuse me sir, your name's Rvdon. Gilbert Rydon? Yes; what then '! ‘ 1 made so bold, sir, he said, drawing his chair close to mine, to tell you I’ve heard about it. Well, what thch How? ' l was in Lawyer Shephard‘s ()H’icn when you was talking imide and I heard all you said. v'l‘ne carâ€" penters about here use the stufl so green that the jnints gape wide enough to put your finger Vlln'ough in a monlh or so, and I. saw you, and heard all you said. No; I’ve come 10 give van :1 him as to how to lessen your diffi- cullies,1hougl1 Ynu’re going 10 have len llmusand doHars Ibis after noon at four? Yes. Well, 1hen‘ ifl Were you, and he drew his chair close , and put his hand 10 his mouth and 10 my earJ Slupe ! Escape ‘ Yes, 1 would, 1 would escape. My weariness left me. I would escape. l sprang up. and wrung his hand. Good qu! I never llmught of it. ‘ 1; ‘5. ' . llhoughLu-noL by ‘youfi talk-amitllg the lawYEr; but dgwn in: I . oregon3.=y9u’d hex” sai'é“ ' 4; ’F v»; v i’ll give you if fir . 'f ‘ mine tn Minnesota County-é as ; he’ll show you the wan/s ofthe place. ' v t t z .- i 5 l hurried out with him, went to the solicitor’s, and 10lth him. The best thing you can do, said he ; lor though you’re innocent, its hardly worth while running the risk; and, as this good lellow Qays. in Texas you’ll be sale; it will all blow over; and You can begin again. ’ t I went to the office, got my trunk and then to the railway station with my new lrtend. lt was 4.30. and the train started at 4.50. I never struck me. such was my de' 5,. ,‘ / "'t‘exv :ifiifléfti‘fttti airs that, a “hair damfis' on Hellength, and on thesilkness-of its teXtore, and partly on the posi- tion in lile ofits possessor. Self-t vants and peasants generally twists theirs into an entangled t’t'ta‘ss'vul curl-a, till it sotttewhat rCSemblesf é; lawyer's wig; towns-people, on the." contrary, have at great passion tori ptails, which ztlwayb reminds of lets, Sesostris, and all the Other notablllllt’s on the monuments“ (3r ancient Egypt 3 and a few amongst the beau-monde allow their rayen locks to lall over their tloubiouely‘ colored necks in not an ungraceful negliga. l hurried out with him, went to lhe solicitor’s, and loltl, him. The besl thing you can do, said he; lor though you’re innocent, ils hardly wol‘lll while running the risk; and, as this good lellow Qays. in Texas you’ll be sale; it will all blow over; and You can begin again. ’ I went to the office, got my trunk and then to the railway station with my new irtend. it was 4.30. and the train started at 4.50. I never struck me. such was my de light at the idea of escape, to in quire what caused this man to take the interest in me that he evidently did. 1 sat in the waiting room, listening to him as he dilated on the advantages of the course I was taking, and at last he said: "I‘ain’t you know, as if you were bound by any family ties or anything not to 9 Bound not 10 go, My mind was made up in an inslam. 1 put out my hand. and said . Goodbye. I’m much obliged :0 you forlllc interest you’ve shewn in me, but I can’t 30 now. _,, D __, hinders you? Why, it’s darned ['olly now, with your ticket in your hand. and ten miuules clear start. Can’t go! OI), hang it, man, don’t say that. No; 1 can't go. I'll go back 10' the (>[Hce. But in the devil’s name‘ why? Because lam bound not to go. [did not lhink at the lime about it; but I promised 11ml olficcr-lellow 11ml I’d be there at five, and there 1 mean 10 be. Well, I’m ensued, lie-oping tailh will] a police bflicer! It’s never done; I never heard of ii. What, then? Are you come to Neverthpless, HI go back. 1 should not like any man 10 say he had trusted me, and 1 had decelved him \vilquv. N0, 1’” go back. I tell vou, man, its folly, You’ll repenl of it always. Yuu may luse your life for lhis fool’s trick. G0 buck m the station; there are six minutes yet. M rn. VVhatP; No; I'll go 10 the office. The fellow said 10 me : l’H trasl' you ; I Icave my reputation in your hands. I promised to be there at five o’ciock r -. Well, Well, I seen you safe ', ever did see-â€" _ r7 , \ will be lhere; so no more of There’s a good fellow. There, that will do. Come back if you like: I owe you something for your kindness, though why you N01 g0! Why, what on earth - ‘ \Vllolc N0. 499. won't go till I’ve but 01 all the luolsl You see, sir7 I had an Idea I could do this kind of tlung, and I thought I’d try it: but mark me, sir,~you s_han't suffer if long headed Boston can prevent it Have you a basin handy ? I can't get the brown off withoul a wash. shnuld have Shawn it, I can’t tell. ‘ 0h, never mind ; I always like to help a fiellow in distress, if I can. Suddenly mymew friend, While speak- ing, had thrown away his Wig, Whiskers and beard, and stood before me, ‘ the p0- 1100 officer I had'seen in the morning. v He Washed .himaclf clean, and tying his disguise in a bundle, called a, hack- ney, and we went away. To be szh'nuod. I hardly knew whetherto .be vexeud at the trick, or thankful I had not fallen into his thpi' ' ‘ ‘ I tell you What, you slmnt walt am other minute; you‘re Ihe best; fellow; I’ve seen any time this thirty years; ’tuint one man in a million would havé cured a curse for me and my reputation. You have, and you slum’t lose by it... We went back 10 the 0ffice.101ha surprise of my late clerks, and went into the inner room. ~ Five o’clock slruck, and the officer hadn'l come. t i 1 mid you 50, said my new friend- He won’t come Io tune. That 1818: you of}. Here you are; at five, o’clock; your promise holds good Iiil five, and no longer. A, I was sorely tempted, it sounded so- like the right; but I would not forfeit] my self respect. N0; I’ll wait. “The, man left his reputation in my bands,~ and he shall not be deceived. ‘ When he comes I am hole, if I wait till mid- night; and I sat. resolutely dov’vn.” ABYSSINIAN \\'<)MEN.-â€"In their appearance and form the Abvssini- an ladies are certainly not undeser- vingr lhc fume theyhave ever enJoy- ed among their salJow and, dark.- skixmvd neighbours. Ronni and we‘ll-proportioned. they are parlia- ularly favoured \vilh high andbroad forelwads, aq’uiliue nnses, and eyeis which, notwilhs‘mnding lheir un-. pleasing Iarge size and dark bril- liancy, are :50 lcmpered by a sufi, dreamy exprcsflon, Ihat they ra'.h_er enhance Ihan delrucl irmn‘Oriemals consider the perfection of heaulv' Their ieelh are toierabiy while and even, bu) do not come up 10_ those of the negro. Tire Abyssians, how- ever‘ surpass every miner tribe in lhe luxuriant growth of their hair. Black as jet, and sometimes; even as straing and glossv as Ihal oflhe European, ll is-much to be; regret- ted that neither the men nor lhe wo- ‘menshuuld be satisfied wilh,a gin Nature has so iiber‘ally; .besmwéd on‘khemg b t wk» 1 . i V ‘h'téflfi DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT STREETSYILLLâ€" Jan. 25.-â€"A destructive fire broke out about 11:30 this morning, in the extensive Linen Mills of Messrs. G ooderhmn & Worts, of thin \‘illntge, and so rapid was its progress that in three hours from the discovery, of the llmnes nothing remained but a mass of ruins. The nininhnilding was composud of wood, and five stories in height, and the material used therein Hts of such an inflammable nature that it was found impossible to save tiny portion of the machinery, some. of which had lately been imported from England at great expense. A large store house filled with flax and a large quantity of flax stacked outside were also consumed. As the main portion of the wonky. have been closed for two months, it was evidently the Work of an incmuliury. The destruction of the mills is felt as a great lo ‘ill cnlznnity, as they were to be opened in a. few weeks, and gave employment, when in full. operation to nn 1 v1“ 1.“, about, 150 hands. The loss isvestimated at $200,000, which is partially cr‘yered by in- snrance. - Augmentation of Curates. The newspapers inform us that during the past week impor' tant, meetings on behalf of the Curatcs Aug- mentation Fund have been held at Ipswich and at \‘v’inchesler. It is the object of the hit-ates" Augmentation Fund to augment the numbers of curatcs7 or the bodily pro- portions ofevcry individual curate to the the slenderness of whose means they cor- respond ‘3 The more curates, perhaps the ibetter for the neglected classes, if the cum: t tors of souls are thanselves enabled to keep ‘ body and soul together. This condition implies the physical aagmention of many a curate whosedimensions are ridiculously smaller than those ofz'in average motor or dean. A curate ought to be augmented to a certain rotundity, in order that he mav have sufficient weight in the pulplt, and fill it, properly, How to Punish Refractories lâ€"Two dandies were, some time ago, taken before aDu- blin magistrate charged with intending to tight a duel. The justice, who was ashrewd and waggish man, had strong doubts as to l the really pugnacious inclination of either of the professed belligerents; so he dissmiss- ed them upon a promise not to carry the matter, but addedy Gentlemen, I let you ofle this time; but, upon my conscience, if on be brought again before me, I’m blesse if I dont 72ind you both down to fight. They did not offend a second time. The Stanstead Journal says:-â€"The chil- dren of Mr. Hale, of Potton, are five in num- her, and all have six fingers on each hand, and six toes upon each foot. The two youngest are twins, four years of age, and weigh 125 pounds each. and rtyipg