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June 1865 1-” Doors, Sash, Flooring,- THOMAS SEDMAN, Carriage and Waggon Maker“! UNDER TA KER, cfic. , JAMES BOWMAN, Issuer of Marriage Licenses, NEW SERIES. Residenceâ€"Nearly opposite Richmond Hill. ALMIRA MILLS, Markham, Nov. 1, 1865. Janna“ Vaughan, Riugwaod JVFm'ble 'll’orl;s P. WlDEMAN, June 7,1865- MONUMENTS, HEADSTONES 1 Eiccusch (Auctiouccrs. &c. SL0. &10. Ca“ and examine my Stock and Prices be- for purchasing elsewhere, as you will find it to your interest. AND BUILDER, 618 Yonge Street, Toronto. Farmer’s Boot 8; shoe Store JOHN BARRON, BOOTS & SHOES, 38 West Market Square, Toronto [13’ Boots and Shoes made to Measure. of the Best Materials and Workmanship, at the Lowest Remuneratiug Prices. Toronto, Dec, 3, 1867. 490-1! nskev, March 2nd 1865 FOR THE COUNTIES 0F YORK AND PEEL. Vol. IX, N0. 29- 01? Issuer of 17Iarriagc Licenses Manufacturer and Dealer in all kinds of ingwood. Sept, 13,1867 RICHMONDVHILL AND YONGE ST. GENERAL ADVERTISER. HENRY SMELSOR, MANUFACTURER OF ALL KINDS OF FURTHL‘ OUNTY or YORK Out. 10 1867. P. A. SCOTT, N'l‘Y 0F YORK. Mouldings (EC. on the shortest notice at RU. Address, Buttonville. FOR. THE Blind‘f, the Post Office Sheeting, 479 39â€"1 31 A WINTER SONG. Winter IS weary! and winter’s drear! Cousin Annette, do you lhiuk it’s true? There isn’t a month in the long, long year But smgs when I’m summoned away to you ! Though yellowing leaves in the path are sad, And mournfully echo our travelling feet; Still something says to my heart be glad I For love is an ever-green plant, my sweet! ’But It ; .. Remember the mus éltoe kiss, my sweet! Dull Deeember’s a mournfnl theme ! Cousin Annette, do you think it so ? There’s nothing so drear as the dreary l scheme l Of winter’s sorrow and Winter’s snow. l Let fanciful poets indulge in grieF, And every woe tn the world repeat; But love has been at his tricks, the thief 1 And stolen a heart, and regret, my sweet! Berries on holly proclaim ’tis cold I Cousin Annette, I am warmer thus ; A hand and a. waist if my arms enfold, The hand and waist will be cozy pussl For here we can sit and defy the wind, Though panes are rattled with binding sleet, And happily one of us thus may find That winter is best for us both, my sweet! Mistletoe grows on the oak they say I Cousin Annette lâ€"she is fast asleep, But this is a dangerous game to play, For wandering rogues may on tiptoe creep. The mistletoe’s beckoning over her head, My fluttering heart, you must cease to beat; Sleep soft! while over the floor I treadâ€" And wake at the touch of my lips, my sweetl - Winter is bringing the travellers home i Cousin Annette, have I cause to fear Lest one loverl better than I may come To claim the hand is resting here ? The falsest women are fair as you, And lips as pretty have sworn deceit; But on my honour I’d swear you trueâ€"- As true as the rose at your breast, sweet! Winter is long! ay, Winter’s long! Cousin Annette, is it time to go ‘I Perchance the lover and love-sick song May melt for ever with winter‘s snow ? The dearest thoughts in the heart lie deep Through snows of winter and rose-time heat,»f What is fame ? pager. A 3erusu1em has twenty-two thousand in- lmbimnts. An asylum for the insane, at Dartmouth, has now 213 patients. In Ohio, only one farmer in forty takes an agricultural paper. Timothie Trimm, editor of- the Paris Petit Journal, has made $100,000 by mit- ing editorials. The ‘Female Hose Company” is a new suggestion for the Woman’s League. The Muncipal Council of Puslinch last week voted to its Treasurer $148 25 for dIS- count on silver. An Irish editor says he can see no earthly reason why women should not be allowed to become medical men. An editOr in Ilinois gives notice that, “there will be no paper this week,” as his wife is using the scissors. What does a telegraph operator do when he receives the heads 0i important news? Wait for the tails, of course. The ['ownship Council of Ermnosa on the 7th inst., paid on magistrate’s certificates $102 75 to thirteen farmers for sheep killed by dogs. The KenLCounty Council have pronounced the syslem of boarding the prisoners in gaol very satissactory as compared with the for- mer svstem. Mr. Wm. Cunard, and family, left in the R.M.S. Alpha, on the 4th inst., for the Is land of Santa. Cruz, where they intend to spend the winter. The bark Sunnyside has been raised and is now moored alongside of the dock at Malden ; being kept afloat by a steamvpump. The cargo of grain is all wet. Insured in Chicago companies. An old coloured vagrant, named Maria Waters, in London. has served fifty terms of imprisonment, and would have commenced another uu'Monday, but that she promised to leave town. But a. few weeks since I heard a. lady gravely affirm that any one who con- templated marriage now-a-duys with an in~ come of less than two thousand, must be either a. madman or fool. The Americana of St. John, N. 13., Rob- erts owners, abandoned in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, was insured {or only about $2,- 000. Being timber-laden, she is yet doubt- less knocking about as the winds may drive her. London gaol at present contains 72 prison- ers, ofwhom 32 are females. Eighteen of the latter are common vagrants. These are also two lnnatics, one being Emma Snow- don who chopped her son’s head off a short time ago. PARIS, Dec. 16.â€"The following official‘ news from Spain is published here this morningâ€"~the country is entirely tranquil. Addressses prepared by the Government to be forwarded to the Heads of the various Departments in the Provinces, enjoining the necessity for the restoration and preserva- tion of order are consequently Withheld. THE MISTLETOE KISS. MISCELLANEOUS. ammo “ Let Sound Reason wag/L more with us than Popular Opinion.” A six line pufi' in a news RICHMOND HILL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1868. Mr. Auber turned round from the desk at which he had been sining, and drew his little wife to his side. looking down into her blue eyes, the while, very much as a good-natured gigantic Newfoundland dogr might have done. He was not unlike a Newfoundland dog, by the wav. in his entire personnelâ€"bi;r,genial and perhaps a little urflmuth, but nobleâ€" looking. withal. in his colossal size and strength; while Jessie Amber was round and petite, and kitten~ like, with long lashes to her eyes, and fleeting shadows of gold inter- woven in her hair. and damask roses on her check, far fairer than any tropic bloom of the conserva- torv. ‘ Oh, but John, I do need its so much !’ ‘ Need it! Need what 7‘ ‘My goodness gracious, John,’ said Mrs. Auber, holding up both her hands in despair, ‘ have I bee/n. talking to a deaf audnor lliis ia‘st hlteen minutes! I declare, you’re periectly incorrigible 1’ ‘Now then,’ said Mr. Amber, composedly, ‘ what’s all this chat- tering and chirping about? ‘Oh !' said Jolzn, comprehending about as much of the difference if his wife had been talking Him dostanee. ‘That was your fall hat, eh 7’ ‘ ‘ Winter hat !' repeated Mr. Au- ber, vaguely; ‘why, it seems to me. it Isn’t ten days since you had a new one !’ ‘My winter hat, to be sure. I must have it this week.’ ' Ten days, indeed! That’s just a man’s idea oflime. And besides, mm was my 13]] hat.’ ‘To be sure? {And now how ‘Wlet “ , sometmg‘ prettxl’and stylish for winter. 1 “I " enough ?’ ‘ l 'cnuld'nt get anything down! short of twentv, John,’ said‘Mrs. Auber, decidedly. ‘ Twenty dollars! Whewâ€"w-w !’ ‘ But. John.’ said Mrs. Auber, bringing her rosehud face close down to her husband's shaggy whiskers. ‘l’m sure vou like In have your wile look pretty 1’ ‘ Of couree 1 (ln.’ ‘And, atler all. twenty dollars is’nt so very much monev.’ Mr, Auber felt mechanicallv for his pocket-book. ‘ Five dollars,’ said be, feeling very generous. ‘ John 1’ ‘What’s the matter? Isn‘t that * Not in itself, pet; but. vou must consider mat there are manv ()llter expenses to be met; and. after all. my salary is ra1her limited andâ€".’ ‘ You m‘enn film I am extravagant and careless. and spend 100 much moneyâ€"and it's unkind of van. John, when I try so hard to be economical.’ Mr.Auber deliborately opened his pockpt-book, and extracted two rusfling bills. ‘ My dear, I know I can‘t be ex- pected to be much of a judge of women's traps and gewgaws. Here’s the money ; do as as you like with it. only give me a kiss in move vou‘re not entirely disgusted with And vaie did so. adding an ecslatic linle 1mg: entirety over and above 1119 bargain. ' About two hours ahenvrrds Mrs. Auber came into Mada moFerriere’s room with eyes sparkling: and chepeks glowmg from her long walk. ‘ I‘ve concluded to take that bon- net, Madeeâ€"Ihe sih'er gray. with scarlet trimmings.” ‘Ahâ€"lhat one 1’ said Madame Ferriere, a tall, showin dressed personage, of about fortv. ‘ Cor- tainly,ma'amâ€"â€"cerlainly ; but you'll a1!ow me just to show you another that is the sweetest thing. Mary, bring me box 17. There, Mrs. Aubcr!’ And the millmer artisticallv pois- ed the fingers of her left hand on an exquisite little fabrication of snowv velvet, with faint blue plumes sweeping away from it like a sap- phire mist, and blue forget-me-nots JESSIE AUBER’S FOLLY. @ifiwmfmm BY AMY RANDOLPH. " Thirfy<five dollars to you-â€"-Io any one else I should say forty.’ Jessie dropped the strings. ‘I could not possibly afford it Madame.’ 7 ‘ Lovely 1’ eachoed the milliner. ‘ It’s perfect I The very minute I set my eyes upon it, I thought of you,‘ and laid it aside for you. ‘ When is the price of it ?’ asked Jessie, hesitatingly‘ taking one of the broad blue strings between her fingers. ‘Thirly-five dollars isn’t much for such a ha’. as that,’ said Mrs. Gore. ‘ Only Ihink,’ said Mrs. Gore, ‘ a bonnet like this gives a slyiish air to une‘s whole omfit.’ Jessie glanced at 1he little silver gray with its scarlet-flowersâ€"how common-place it looked by the side of its expensive rival ! She won- dered thal she had ever thought it prettyâ€"and then she took another longing survey of the white velvet and blue plumes. ‘ Isn’t it lovely,’ Mrs. Gore !’ she <aid, turning to the lady who was with her. inside, shadowed with expensive white lace. It was a pretty bon- netâ€"one of those piquant indescri- bable aflairs that take woman’s na- ture by storm, and Jessie uttered a little exclamation of admiration. “Nothing at all,’ chimed in Madame Ferriere.’ ‘Did she ?’ asked Jessie, blushing and flattered at having been deem~ edworlhy ofcomment by the august queen 01 fashion, Mrs. Dupont. {It is lovely,’ said Mrs. Amber; vacilialing too evidently, ‘but thirty-five dollars.’ . ‘1 wish I could afford it,’ she said, half aloud, ‘ but then ’ ‘l have only allowed one person 10 see it.’ inlerrupled the wily mili- ner. and that was Mrs. Dupont! The moment she saw it, she said: ‘ The very colours for Mrs. Au- ber.’ ‘Tllai’s not much,, said Mrs Gore. ’1 [old he: I was keeping it for flu, End she sgld sneronly wished ‘ Mr. Auber onlv gave me twenty to spend for this purpose.’ ‘You can save it out oi your housekeeping mone',’ said Mrs. Gore in a wnisper, ' and your husâ€" band need never know.‘ There was a slight tinge of red in Jessie’s cheek at the idea of de- ceiving kind. and faithful John; but the next moment a skill'ul touch of the miliner’s fingers gave the forget-me-nols a new grace. ‘ I’l lake 1t,’ said Jessie, speaking in a sort of guilty haste; but, 1 can’t pay for it immedialely.’ ‘ 0,1hat’s no matter, saidMadame Ferriere smoothly. ‘ With so old a customer as Mrs. Auber we are never in any haste. The old ad- dress ma'am, yes. And] assure you it’s a decided bargain.’ And Jessie Auber left the temp!- ing showrooms with a singular m_isgiving nxingiing with her lrlumph. ‘You’l wear it to Mrs. Evelyn‘s musicals matinee next week. of course,’ said Mrs. Gore. ‘It will he so becoming, and I rather want you to look your best, for Mrs. Du- pont will be there, and she has been lalklng about calling on you.’ Jessie's cheek flushed again. If Mrs. Dupont once recognized her from the lofty heights 01 her aria- tocracy, there would be no more doubts on the score of social 1001- mg. ‘An/cl what shall you wear with it ?’ Went on Mrs. Gore. ‘ Not the old scarlet shawl? it is too sllabby.’ ‘ But I have nnthmg else.’ ‘ Ha, why don’t you have a new one 1 Lespinasse has the sweetest white shawls with cashmere bord- ersâ€"the very thing?’ ‘ I am afraxd they are too expen- sive.’ ‘Not a bitâ€"only twenty-five dollars. Twenty-five dollars; oh, I must not think of it!’ ‘Here we 'are now,’ said Mrs. Gore. ‘ I! won‘t cost anythingjusl to go in and look at them.’ ‘ The woman who hesitates is lost,‘ says the old proverb. Mrs. Jessie Auber was but mortal, so she went in, and ‘looked at” lhe pretty temptations. 5‘1 M Toei‘y. :25 ‘ How much did You say it was?’ asked Mrs. Auber turning to the clerk who had displayed the coveted garment on its lay figure. ‘ Forty dollars} ‘ Forty !‘ echoed Jessie, recoiling. I thought you said twenty-hve.’ ‘ O, nonsense! Never mind what John says. Husbands always try to make their wives believe money is scarce! What do you suppose Mrs. Duponl would think oLyour old scarlet shawl?’ ‘ But I haven’t the money 1’ ‘ VVhaL thenp Lespinassne will waitâ€"I’ll speak to him, and the bill shall be sent in to you.’ w ‘Oh, those were the smaller ones,’ said Mrs. Gore. ‘ But really, Jessie, this is much the cheapest. A long shawl is always so much wider than a squa:e one. It’s the greatest bargain l havc seen, and after all, a nice thing is most economical in lhe long run.’ ‘ But, Mrs, Gore, I ought not-â€"â€"7 ‘Now, Jessie, how absurd !' It matches vour hat beautilully, and you can wear it lorever without its going out of fashion. I tell you Ill speak to Lespinasse l’ ‘Aren’t lhey beautiful ?’ said cool Mrs. Gore, whose income never necesstaled any doubt on the sub- jectof buying anvthing and every- thing that pleased her. ‘Yesâ€"but I had intended to make my old one do this winter. John says ’ Jessie stood an instant looking at the floor, and playing with the ban- dle of her parasol. For these new decorations she would not herself have cared so much, although she had all a woman’s taste for beau- tiful thingsdbut she regarded them as passports to Mrs. Dupont's gra- cious iuvor. She had been in-trov (laced to Mrs. Dupont a day or two previously, and the great lady had smiled benignly upon herâ€"~s-he was to meet Mrs. Dupont at a matinee; and Mrs. Dupont had. actually spoke n herr; wit would So the while shawl. with the cashmere border was sen! home, to Mrs. Auber’s ‘ It will get there long before John comes home,’ thought Jessie, and then she blushed 110th to think that she should wish to conceal any of her actions from the husband who never yet had spoken an unkind word to her. HOW. Her calculations were at fault, however. The first thing she saw on entering the parlor was John-a the second, her cashmere shawl, partially unfolded, and her bonnet in its box. ' ‘I wish you wouldn’t use such expressions. John!’ rl’ve forgotren nollnng,’ said Jessjg, pefitulantly. ‘Hallo! ejaculated honest John. ‘you’ve? been going it pretty strong‘ haven’t you ?' ‘ ' But, my dear,’ I’m afraid you’ve lorgottenâ€"f ‘ Yon don’t m'ean to tell me this bonnet cost‘ only twenty dollars 1’ said Auber, doublfully. ‘ Take care, Johnâ€"you’re crush- ing the plume. Of course it cost twenty dollarsâ€"a man knows nolh ing 01 such things.’ ‘ Well, I am glad you haven't ex ceedetl my limit. for business mal- ters are confoundedly short just now. But where’s the shawl? there surelv must be some mis- lake.’ ‘ There is no mistake,’ said Jes- sie, feeling heme]! turn red and white ahernately. ‘The shawl was 21â€"21 present from Mrs. Gore. ‘Oh, that’s all right,’ said John Auber, evidenliv much relieved in spirit. ‘ Very kind of Mrs. Gore, wasn’t it 1’ How guilty Jessie feltâ€"vet she tried to gloss over her conduct to- wards her husband and convince herseifthat there was no harm in a little judicious deception. ‘John don’t understand all lhese little wants and neocssitius,’ she said mentally, ‘ and 01 course Mrs. Dupont can7t visit a woman who looks shabby in public.’ The day of Mrs. Evelyn’s mati- nee arrivedwa'day of changing cloud and sunshineâ€"and as Jessxe Auber was completing her toilette in trout of her dressng glass. a couple of notes were brought [9 herâ€"bills from the respective es- tablishments of Madame Ferriere and Mr. Lespinasse. There was no comment accompanying the for- TERMS $1.00 IN ADVANCE. Whole No. 544. ‘dowdy To her surprise and moflification, Mrs. Dupont slowly raised her eye-~ glasses to her eyes took a lengthen- ed stare of haughty surprise, and: then dropped them. Jessie Auber‘ felt that she was ‘ cut' as only a fashionable woman can ‘cut’ an; acquaintance; and walked quietly- on to take possession of the first vacant cnrnen The matinee was a success. Mrs.. Evelyn’s rooms were crowded, and‘ the first person Jessie encountered. near the door, was Mrs. Dupont.. Contrary to all her expeclions, the- great lady did‘ not notice her, and: Jessie Ventured on a little nod. Alter this the music might have been all discord, the flowers and people and quivering gaslight (for, after the fashion of such things,. day’s. sunshine was entirely exclud‘ed,) all a fevered dream, for the impression they made on Jessie- Auber. She was thinkingâ€"think» ingâ€"fi’ghting the desperate battle of self-control with herself! Was- it for this she had rushed into blind extravagance, forfeited her own sell esteem, and deceived her has-- band l Ah, poor Jessie ! you are not the only one who has found at life's game that “the sport is not worth the candle !" What was Jessie to do! It was all very weil for Mrs.Dupout to step out into her carriage and drive away, but our Mrs. Auber owned no such appendage. Hacks were‘ not to be had ;- neither omnibuses- norucars‘ wqgld e inthe‘ ht" directinm, » . ithBâ€"r‘ain, .r‘ . VK bf arriving at helxmvn Bum-r- ‘ ruined bonnet, and hopeleikfiuifi streaked shawl! Nevertheless, her Iriais were not yet at an end. As they issued Irom the crowded rooms into the dulL cold glare 0t daylight, it was rain- ing tast and hard " Yet she did look very lovely, with the soft blue plumes over. shadowing her golden hair, and‘ the pure white folds of the shawl drawn round her sloping shoulders, and the consciousness of this lacti imparted a vivid glow to the cheek that had hitherto been 100 pale. Jessie grew pale as she stood thereâ€"but. it was no time foraction now. She hurriedly thrust the notes into her bureau drawer. and went on with the-all engrossing business ofdressmg, with fingers that would tremble, in spite of all her efl‘brts at self-command. Were the apples of Sodom tum-- ing to‘ ashes already within her! lips .9." As she came into her own room, sick at heart, and weary. John came to meet her with a pale, grave face: ‘Jesrsfe,’ he said', in 1he most severe lone he had ever used to- wards her, ‘in looking for my watch kev, this morning, I came across these bills! Oh. Jessie, if. you knew how it hurts me to think that I have been deceived by you; [had rather some one had felled‘ me to the earth." mer, but the latter contained a few words intimating that Lespinasse & Co. Were sorry to appear in haste, but that necessarv payments were to be met, etc., etc. She threw herself into his arms with a hysterical burst of tears. ‘Oh, Joth am so miserable.r so guiltv! And then he forgot everything but that she was his wife, and unhappy I ‘Well, my dear,’ quoth he, some hour or so subsequele with beam- ing face, ‘ I’ll go right down and pay these bills, and hereafter We’ll“ let Mrs. Dupont and her set go their own way‘ and we’ll go ours!" ‘I am so snrrv. John !' ‘ Come‘ my darling ! I am not sorry. for I think my little Wife will be all the wiser ior what has hap- pened to her !’ And Jessie knew that there was entire forgiveness in the kiss he Feft upon her brow. HOW TO BE MISERABLE.â€"â€"'['lrink about yourself; about what you want. what you like, what respect people ought to pay to you. what people think of vou, and then to you nothing will be pure. You will spoil everything you touch; you will make misery for yourself out of eVethhing; you will be as wretched as you choose on earth, or in heaven either. In heaven either, i say. For that proud, greedy selfish sell-seeking spirit would turn heaven into hell. It did turn heaven into lzell, for the great. devil him- self. lt vas by pride, by seeking his own gloryâ€"that he fell from heaven to hell. He. was not con- tent to give up his own will and do God’s will, like the other angels. He would be a master himself, and set up for himselhand rejoice in his own glory ; and so when he wanted to make a private heaven ot his own, he iound he had made a hell. And whyl Because his heart was not pure, clean, honest, simple, unselfish.