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THE Yflfi‘ifi? .0in M l 31') a {agi‘fizié‘rfigflé Every Ffiéay “.V r““‘ ’ "‘7‘" L'VV‘ '“' ' ' (2 J. c at 1‘ Au 9 3}}, “ h6g3 , ouutgbfle for 310g.“ _ gt; .' ~‘ m1 Teflk s ‘ fifouflqugli‘bnys,’must warm? ; 31s $2.. 9. Advertisements wi‘uhout written dirt-Main inserted till forbid, angl chart - ‘chvcorchnuiy. *1; amour: mmmfil 74 m r‘ifrégfilar Customers, musy be paid for Every Ffié av n‘z- . .1 L1) And; dispute/£10013? httb'sici‘ibémé'fifir' Ithe' 'eax-lics’s mails or oth'erfcos'nfeyifll'c‘es; 191%an ‘esircd. THINMORK figment) 'wfliflfi'hE/E‘l fmmd to contain theklflest éfifi‘fififiht important Foreign ‘and‘ deél‘Né‘x‘fh" “3 Markets, and the greatest vai‘é’flilt T6 t iropder it diapmble"fio Ht‘h‘c"3‘afl1 Io ‘ gumc'sia, and a. vamawamily Ne $31M; ‘ . - , 1 - 151 733,13", gngggs ‘1}, Audio‘uééx‘v fox? Hm. Couni Yer): an; .I‘gafl, ‘Collegtol‘pf ‘I'Io'tc: grdé‘pchp one ',}‘x ficmés,“m‘u )4 011%» Book and Job PrintiiMs-tablislzmmt n .3331! ". '"-“"~'â€" .W __-l â€" ' ' _ TERMS: One Deflar 1 mmum 1n afi- Vance, if not paid within 12w months, One Dollar. EllityLCe ‘13 will} bexcharged; No‘fadpét' chfico’miuued untiY'ali arrearages are paid. ; and pqu‘fie‘s {digging 1331K}? QViEhr Three inches, one Advertzsements f0 than one year" 123%.: ion . . .. . . U Each subsequent mser.x<;n...... . 22 indhes to be cgmsidcred. One w] 1H Jr‘if'régfilax? E Whefi handed in f0 Orders for-‘fifiWi'fttfie: ‘uxiflb’i‘nnniimuéd dc 3 . . ( 1011 of -’ i 31“ u .u --. vmg made'l‘arge admtmns to me punt- inp, material, we are better prepared. than ever to do the .neatcst. and most; beamiffl printing of, every dosxiption. . .wmm...u.-a u:‘u;xY_yl-;i+rw Mayan AEU’S‘MQE 45335. addresgl Audimxégx‘v £03 £111). Couniics of York and .I‘cel, Collector of Itotcs, Au- counts, &c.~ Smith char es and gleniy tqdo. Laskay, March 2,}1mofj“. 3 33. E 539337. icensed Amtionum for the County of York. Sales attended to un the $011- es}; notice and at reasonable rates. 1’. 0. ; v. u, . u «an. M v - 7 . L01: 7, 6 " 31.4fMérk‘hIm . P.§0 fiddress, Uniomfi “20'. Sales astemimi {:0 oh the short- shortcst. notice and on reasonable terms. Orders kit at the Herald oflice for Mr. Cur- ter’s service will-bpqmom-pfly abtendad to. June 27, 18157 . . t: ‘yl RICHMOND HILL ;_-RUGx“3T8sz;‘ Curner of Younéc and. 43:11?“ trvfiousmxjtprfg} 311” 311:5“ :T I (i Bfugs,"i‘?tin’i.€; Turfnh 0115, Toilet Scars, Inlcdid ‘ FaucyAr‘oiaIcs',‘D3 u Stuiiis, 1 went M Tu md 1111 other nrliqlg‘aukcgt by druggists danerally. Uur Studio 1;;Edicincs “arm. ed genuine, and of, L A, "'3: quantum Richmond liill, J‘ “Hr-‘31. \‘ k 3 1A \sz :fqunl‘: {Hunt £235; '. n ‘35 I E» Vow method of extraciin" 'tcct‘n \xithout 1 pain, tdei :Etfie‘l’ Bfia’iym'hich atfocts thu teeth 0213'. The tooth and gum surroungling bewmcs inscnaible with the _ U ‘ ex *ngcy, 1fl16§"~fl18‘taotwfiufl;hl220X: - Hula. ... . tr <3< ‘h .1 nu 1mm and \x'lmout eudnai, - ing the life, as; in the use of Chioroform. U . Robinson will he afthé‘foilowirw {1a , V ' . 5 1 prepared to extract mm wxih Ins new apâ€" pn‘qtus. .{xll muce‘ oper‘gyugf glzlmxtiggl-y periormml m a wommamu-ze manner : Aurora, lst, Sal, 139113.312? of curh mmmh Newnml'}:.u'r,.. .. ., ' “ .“ Riclwédfll, 9th and 21th ‘1‘" A “‘ MhAlbert Mahmwbh "' “ Th ox'nhill Maple. . . . Burwick .. Klein}; :1 Nobhiu¢ N i trvu - A “row. Aur‘. ml‘ a u v. n v : Y ' ‘XD’V‘ESTIS; ‘ Also, Currml Dried Hams; -» Ri”"'non(1 Hill C - ' novmchm LN H‘sugwgynr. VU Civil E 1101‘ "'1 3 “a w ‘ ’--“,.: ‘ eww‘. r "c g“ . cm, ; _ .. Orwmdmm state buttrsfic‘csaion, : Lot and t:h:xm~t, r I»; S: '3! havufih‘s (aid M’ai N: Nair GIBsox an! min-u be consulted, ix monuments, "H 1 work. 't'i “ Ofiice at \‘x'u.Lv3}'U‘,£.'jI-t,' Yang-[e ‘7 ' flu Township of '1 u: FARM 311:? T011 N BA R. “WALEX. iSCâ€"OTT, 4‘01 LI. 9] in a kjik M 331mb b m" Boats and shucs best material ang: est‘romunemtifi!‘ I; 1 'oz‘onm‘ . 3. lo yUBLISHER‘AND PROPBIETOR OF .jw-t"' . 7 w ; y 7 ’FFICEeâ€"YOKCE 8'12, Rxcmwfin HILL 1 a icensed Auctionecr for the Counties 01 [ York,_P land Ontario Vliesjdenceâ€" -_-. .-r ‘1'“ x r I 7 S ‘-n any , 1311'» {firms}: .31 mm ANNUfiiN ADVAXCF..§ ealcr r . T Y a 4 a 3&0 .2: as, Buttouvi 1e. rFMD’TdWrW?1??8 Haij A. W“ ‘ 2"}. 3 ' 114.3019” u, L u L ‘lri~.h“ ‘ ‘ ‘ h.u4 \ ' m, 4 9111333, 1 11'..:'SANDERSON 55 S J 2'? ‘ THE flnxknzmw.“ Jill-U 5'3! 4.: 8 31%. I’BU‘PL‘JL" ' Kb 017' . v ""‘Tfili Gél-EEEGAJRJTER, :33, A g: )v 5E ERA LE) 11.5mm U 1;“ I’m} INCH - :4 co f' ‘ d’.§,.Ԥn-1 fie-eh in 11 ,ni- 755 {And the goods traffic no T‘EUSTARD’S Catn'n-h Specific Cures Acute pd. Chmnic cases of Caiarrh, Neural- o~ia €120 ch’éfigld‘sflpughs, Croup,‘Asthma-, cglfyloifificu it ,isualso a good Soothing up. . _ PFUSTARD’S Piils are the best pills ypu ii £01m gut fox. Dyspepsia, Sibk Hchdadief‘ Billin ess, Liver, Kidney Complaints, 8;,0. EiAYV'E you- Rheumatism, VVouna‘ls,‘ Bruises, :Gldfiiu'cs, Cuts, Bumé,’ "Frost Bites, Piles, l’aiuiul V'Swezllugg, White I Swellings,’ find every. concqimble 'wound upoh 'mnn or east 1’ ' '~ ' v- ‘ ’ ‘ ' 1.5.1:; :1}; ve every other Rem his mvaluable.‘ Q L-‘D, . ,the PaiuJVictor is‘Infallibie {or 7,, Arrhocz, Dysentm'y, Flax, Cohe, Cholera. Izior‘ous, Pain and. Cramp in the Stomach and. 3015213, 32.0. -.y Direcmogs with web. botfie andhox.‘ v HEERINARY SURGEON; Gz‘hdhate' of Toronto University College, corner of Yong‘e and » (Jehtre Sta. East, Richmoxid Hill, begs: to announce ta th\ I "73:? that he in now practisingfiyith H. Salkiibkmulx 3-: _:‘.;> no place, Where they may be confining; pjrson- ally or'byfitficr,‘ on all ‘digeases‘of houses, cattle, 3.. All oril‘éyg Train, a iiiS‘éafice'meInptly' 3/69: ‘ 1 “L4. 1 AAA _.._,- M}. u 7‘ “'v .LL.O uLlL-‘CLIOCI‘ fliouuce that he i:- Bump mm, a EiS‘éafice'iwomptly at», tended 1:0,.‘1111'1 lwcdicme sent toany part of the l‘i'oi'inc'c'. ' Horbcs examizied as 130 souidncss, and'also bought {mi sold» on commissxon. . ‘ {{Ichmuml liill, Jana 25, 1872.- 007 \HE .1!“ ‘LSIOR PUMP IS NOW‘ man‘s”. my 1 by Mr. 'Peter‘Phillip's; who has recomnmnced busincss in Richmond Hint in ache old phceflmd who‘ isifi‘v lai’éfa'arcd' to- flll‘ifill order-s promptly. - ‘ ‘ T/sa's ['ump.z'sjiqsiest Worked, Most Durqblg, and Neat”! JUch 'm’ Eh? I)qm;‘nioh. . [t is so construct-mi. x'vi'th the castings of the handle as to 1551110 it all flighththcpefgp prevmting ohihfrjpn frgm pu’tzing janyth ng intuit" " “ ’"‘ ' ' " ' ' 3 OR 3;? :39 913234? I}: , I ' Andif accgptcd, _ v_ ‘1' “VARRANTED TWO YEARS, 01; if they are not preferer to any other .pli'i'n‘y LIL-(y may be_ret'.u‘ned, and the money will be run dud. These pumps are smxithble (on; all depths, fwm a. eastern to a. w'cll’of 150th. They qrg n01; Liable to gel; out of repair, being. dduble-valved,.mid the joints’ are an turned afiaahfi iii censequently thaw 'i3 116 léfikage myejog’uigs, which is invanlably {Lhe'case (thc’pcimmon pump madg by hand. , ‘ Pricez» above .platform, and 40 cents rum: pa: feat MI .nn Also manufslutures 9. pump for cistc ‘11:; and shallow Wells. l‘x'ice, {'56, com ' be for GIS- an; got excqrgling 81661. v", Churnptwgfis {or maternsd'fieafh. "’ “" ’ ‘ ' .1113; done on the shufl .‘hlflrcts, stating depth of well, PETER PHILLli’b, Rivhmond 11111. v t mike. a.er Shred, 'i‘oroniu. Emmi) ' tutti; Moth“); 0:51:30, Eilch- lLi/‘l' L 1'0} \‘. u; \‘m‘ \‘fl eat, ’1' XL}; it 'xt‘uhes, Jewelry, 51-3., U3 Yang: va AA FINE GOLD AER) NLâ€" EA}i3éifi'I'ER,:Attorncy, Solici'tmuin-Chmi . .cu'y, Uonveyancer,‘ 8m. ' ' . __ 1‘ w“ M3 mfact’ilr - EDWARD fibtxYTElK‘ 31.19., ‘ {Hedwig-c, Tormth University,) §)H‘{F}ICIA}F, SURGEON, 81C. g! .- ' 1mm; 'JAMDS ro‘i‘fiLrgfid 33-10“ HUT, CIVIL ENGDULLH, A Change of Businch Vow” ‘ ; __vrx.ber LS, 1531' PATENT HEDIGIN \X' 0A.}: Eammmsmgag .Pih‘vfl’. in 1:: 0 :1: L A M AT 1 UN . I , 19“ y« <f’lj1‘4’i‘i‘xfiv , pug-Aer: ash-us; and um”: ' ’n' purchase of 19. LA“, LA usa’ 'n m' Luzrgcss Muciu‘a tn. “JSHJLxmmuml area“, 15.11 11 REE-ALA, ‘l-L >‘-1\1EYEBS, JR, \‘uyur, 'i'mst-ami Loan bmlmngs, (or- ‘axzsiuxie and i’omnw s‘ux‘e‘vs, To- 719â€"ti (Late (2f Duggan é' flfeycrs,) VES'i‘EL‘ R, 1‘;’l"’i‘0fiih‘Y~A’F»! A niokt'lx CHASELR‘I, Lnxv mm». 3.13., (32¢! H ' :;~~l:{0. 12 York Chambers, $011111- m' 'J‘omnt-o 1 Court Street-s, J. n. SAM'flgfifiQQI, , v v . . , «Ao. 6 Royal insurance Bu- ‘VVVn r h‘. ‘4‘» 11m 110;? 3, my S\’=’J"§. 'u' Em I); mngqu m; mm; 07301149, 1,1871 \‘v'M'. MALLOY, ‘31. J AM. BEGSWBR'ETH, «ivyâ€"yammgnw « would x'u$13ect§u1137 qu- prephred ’to pfiv' i'n t‘his (1 Proprietor, "ngm €011 MLS, If. IVTUSTARD, AND DEAL}; 1‘, IN ‘fll'fl‘ QLU, no; ACE THORS m '4‘. ('1‘):ch J; fun the 33 stock, 118., ‘ 1211 ; me‘ mm her take her place iii 31:12:: i' m, van-jugs that. was'wz’citâ€" ing for berngamhed 1110.010. bald- .‘headad mm) servant stand; but in rixand, mid-may giving her all the , V300“ bTU’I‘y of life at home in her abacuce~ 'x},000,000. and felt sorry, as I returned her good L‘a n .. .1- lore, Riahmcn'l 3: ad Hull. n It Hill {JV-1;; 7:16; 1y 7 4.7.. ti »i THE; NEW YEAR’SBELLS; AT ‘ MIDNIGHT. .. v Knoll of departed years I ‘ ' A . 1 I Th voice is sweet tame ; ‘ I It w'a es‘no sad foreboding-fans," Calls-forth no sympathetic Vears, ' s ' Time's restlgss .cou.rsc,to sees. ‘ . . ' f ‘ . From hallgwed ground . ‘ ‘ A ,1 hearafs’ound; . r1. - «- Diffusing through them; .1. holy calm around -..‘......â€" ,.- â€"-V~ . I To. chideeach doubt away; ' . ‘ And as thy murmur faintly dies ' " Visions uf. .pastrcnjoyment rise, ’ In long and bright array}: A .1 hail the sign. .- Thy love divine ‘ ‘ I \Vill o’er-my future path inI cloudless mercy 'v 'shine. ‘L - 7 ’ mu For the first time in"my lifeâ€"‘iicai'ly seventeen. years and a quarterâ€"~l was alone in tligjvido, Wide world; to be precise. in that‘ébitnf‘it which lies between the Paddi-ngton' stdtion' and Bath. I had all but missed the S:‘::in,' :50 that my uncle had only time 1.; hurry mo in'b’d avfil'SflCli‘flfl carriage wherein a. solitary lady "\vns‘nlfiaudy gated, and to give moi'a‘solemn in- junction to get. Annt Margery to tele- graph when I turned up all right, rbel'um tliO'rainv-dnslipdun'fiy. ' ' The flesh shaH faint, thy heart shall fail But.faircr scenes thy spirit haill .. ' That cannot pass away ; -, Her} grief and pain Thy‘steps detain ; ' ‘ ; There in the image-of the Lordjsbalt thou with Jesus ‘reig‘n. \ ' “ All right 1” Of course I should be all right! I should think, at, when- £09!) and nearly a. quarter, I might be wasted to take care of myself during a three houm’ journey; the more so 22‘s.,my uncle Had pui mo in at one end, and mygumt Vuuld take me out at; the other; As soon as I had {Linux-llng myself and my belonging comfortub'ly'in my corner, 1 took a survey ol"1ny fellow Insaéngei'éfa Lgrini,‘ iron" gray old woman 'in an exasperating bonnet, who was looking, not; daggerswthnt is mucli too v. pointed and brilliant n similoâ€"but rusty nails of folio jaggedâ€" cst description, at, my poor Little lint; aucli an attractive one as- itiwas,‘ too, Will) the mosLPiquunt little wax-wing imaginable brooding ovor it “le] oinâ€" Strctcliod wingé.‘ For my part “I think, when one has a pretty face, it is wicked to spoil it'by a dowdy hat. 1. ,‘ahorflu have attracted much_ more micmlon if i had worn an exasperat- ingoxtlnguisl’icr likq my follow travel- lor, with an aggravating bow airtfio top; and, besxdes, Tom v'gonld not have liked it very Inuoh. 11mm rapidly luming my temper-â€" it Vias‘ftoo provpkin'g. Here was Some! body evidently just as ready 1'0 fifid fault and. take care of me as any body at hou‘le. My only comfont was a hope that she might,th out‘ab the next.stzlti01>,or at. all events some dis- lance fi‘om ’le‘lh. Ah, hull") little I lmew‘wlmt Wm; coming, Or I should lmxfg felt glad to have her glaring twice as grin-115' from “1110‘ opposite SClllu ~ ‘ $ n“ T Twelng alone 2’” “"ch.” , , What, very unuecesmvy qu'estljiOn indeed I UiOUghi-._ j . I __ “‘ Yo‘u‘aire-much too young and too pretty'to be vpermiLted‘tQ do_ $9.“, _ ~iljtioed, i am tired oflhqing 1am euro oi? ‘ I am ulinost Worn out. Beâ€" fiidcs, l have becnvat two garden par- ‘Lios, and have long 1ch the school ;roqm (with dignity)? 1" ' ' u , A. I . _, ‘ . I {merely ,answéred‘tbat myuyouth and preteiuess were “faults” over which I had no conti’ol,,and hinted at tho possibility that time might be ex- peth to cure both, if 09st ‘. lived long enough. She smilad-yesgreally; not a bad smile, either. “ While waiting for that you shOuld have somebod y to take care of you.” “’l‘gkq care of mol’v’ _I,exclaimed, \Vit‘lLaliLtle shudder of'disgust.‘ “I am quitq 011010 to take 'care of myself “ My (loam tlao school-room would be the bog place for you 1017 the next "null dozen yoam ‘1 must leaxgyou at {no uch Elation, but; 1 will tell we gum-d :o luOl; ul't‘ér you.. You will loam in iim'o how good a, 111ng i1 is m be cured fulk~ Una wiLhout her lion would never gel Safely Lln‘qull this world." ’i‘no m1“ :t r. pod ; I helped 1101' to Eullxcr an 1.01' bags and rugs. "’ Goodâ€"bye; my dear; your little fuco has made the day lookibyigaxtci‘ 10 an old Woman; .50 you have my leave to iacop munchangedas long as yuucém,"u21d 5130 actually pulled my check with a. kind ’old”hand» as- she pa+od out. _ _ ' fl , . ,,~. Thou art the v9ic_e of {eve T hou- urt-tho voice of _hope ‘; A sgumlyuhicfiigeema to say- Qh pgisqneffiig ‘ :isfiglgemy vale,‘ The music of £1.13 spheres !. . . A Song of blessings yet to come, Aherald from my future hpme, My soul delighted hears ; By sin deceived, : By nature grieved, _ , am I newer rest than when I first be; Thpugart ‘thc‘ Yoice of life ; lieved From the London Magazinefi} fi'NA. 3191131053) omfigmo,“ CAN" 7 iRIpAY,‘ JANUARY 2, >187; live“ 110d, when thé" e ‘ moved ollt of sight down 13.53 ;country road. I followed. her fancyto a. flowery countryhom ere I felt sure that she lived cosi 'thiold ser- vants, quaint furnituré, dgold pet flow mus I dogs; flats afi‘d bird’s} I should thou" fylioughb‘ that“ o I â€"â€"â€"L ‘ Bu? I foru‘o't; Wéfimhst notin- ticipqte, as v rea [authp'x‘s sayâ€"that mmt'come- in its owfiphfig; I had not even seen Tom, then; ""“ ; The train had stoppegfit the quiet little station and was jugs beginning to move on past the robes and holly- hocks, when the dborsdddenly swung open, and a man jumi ed in. One_ glance satisfied me that “he Would not improve on aoquaintagpe. °Tom has *.told me' since that lie/was- a “cad,” and ifa “ and is as odious, vulgar, red- haii-ed 13er§9;1,w\§ith unwa‘shed hands, coycred w'it’fi 05.5mm: rings, a sky blue 'satin tie, and overpowering odor.- of bad tobaccoâ€"I know the difi’erence quite weli, for Tom never. smokes any but the very best Maxiiiag, and I quite enjoy the smellâ€"then guest decidedly he was rightly designag‘ed. I-saw all this at a sifiglq glance, as one does sometimes, and bent steadily over my book, wishingfihat the hour which would- bring mgito dear aunt Margery was eyer. Presently I was reading something sow‘nmising that I had forgotten exterythin'” beside. The train had lefb‘ the Station far behind, and was going at; fulfiépeed, when suddenly a horrid voi‘ee’close to my ear made the start, and 'ilTlookled up to see the ead’s hideous {face close to mineâ€",sueh & wicked. eating face. V H Take off that vail,ftni55; I’m sure a whiff of fresh air will Edo you good. This czi'friago is awfgllly muggy’im, Lhat wQs the creature‘s very expres- sionâ€"muggy. “Besides, its des lor- ate bad for your oyosZt-o read through that. speekled stuff.” Wimout replying, I bout my head lower cor my book; but the lottors were getting confused, «and my heart. was beating with fright. - “ Poor mug thing. fiDeaf, is she?" and ' her mm: the seat ' opposite and lenmd hows-:5, :o‘thab‘IAmd to shrink into my corner to avoid his touch. Poor little"Um-'Jéoed'édher lion now. hBad fondle estL-‘iaisn, and such shinch as yours are; 100 ‘good to be wasted On that stupf' gbook. Give a fellow?! peep at the' ix‘pn’t you ?” 7 And a‘great re fi.fiaiva(JVz1nced tou ward my vail. 933* I could 'onlyffiiflW’cWiWin iuy‘gJ'mei‘ with a great 0’ i tole‘Qrâ€"â€"-<*né help- less 'ch 0n “‘ .,nc1e,”. knowing the while .how far away he was, and how unconscious of his poor little I’oHy’s trouble. ' ‘ In putting up his hand to 111)" 'ml, the man touched me, and the touch; slight as it was, roused a f‘u‘ry olengcr such as I had never felt before, and} hope) never to feel again ; it; gnve‘me back my voice. ' “ "‘ You shall not .How dare you. You must; not touch moâ€"unclo ‘will kill you!" : ' “ The man laughed at'my puny rage. “Kill me for taking'care of' you! 11‘ he does not wish others to fill his place, he should look after y;0u better, and not let you out alone. You had belter‘ be civil, 0râ€"” . He drew out a large clasp knife as he spoke and began deliberately to open it, looking at me all the While. It was come at last; I should never, never see home again. One flash of thought, which seemed in a second to take in fall my past, with its discon- tents, liaughtiness and great happi- nesswniy‘ aunt’s anguish when she found me lying dead; uncle’s opening of the telegram which would bring the newsâ€"the darkened home, the broken hearty"? hey would surely carry till they‘dicd, the rembernnee of the dreadful fate of their wilful, but oh I 3 their loving darlingâ€"all this occurred so vividly to me that, with a great cry for help to heaven, I fell at, the m'an‘s feet and Egon treated :himgnot “to kill me. , ‘ ‘ “Kill you! I thought it was your uncle who was to kill me. Bless your little heart. I am going to take care of'you. You look pale. Now didn’t you Como ofi‘ in too great a hurry to have time for breakfast? Have a bit of lunoheon”-â€"stooping to take a. black bag from under tho seat. “I always go about provide-1‘ with some-‘ thing good. 'I’m a soft-hearted boy, I am, and never see a fine young wgman suffer, if I can help it. Peck a bit, nowâ€"do; you have a llungr ' look.” Wham; should Iâ€"â€"â€"mus‘n Iâ€"«do? I sat up, and said 2»; aloudin as I could, wholdng buck the Mann-swim I wouid not cry for him: “ I um not hungry; I will not out. Do not aspenk to me any murq. You must notâ€"1 mu :1 indy.” “A may! 1 know that. Bo ybu think i’d U051) good to you, if you were not? 'I know a lady when I see herâ€"Lind Ex hungry lady. Come, peck‘ :1 bit. Don’L be bashful.” .By this time ho had unlocked the bug, and taken from irrâ€"yes, it may appear improbable, but, ohl it is dreadfully trueâ€"a turnipâ€"a grdat unboilod turnipâ€"4). turnip still cov- ered with the soil of the field from which the wretch had taken it. He began to scrape and pure it. while I looked on. ' Was be mad ? I would try to )lease him anddo as he wished, an than perhaps he would not hurt 1116.4 I ’ “Come, , 1':sz it; Lmy' beautyâ€"fa péaéh‘ripe ahd dOW'h’fi as your own cheek. :Peachcs giro deargtoo, this ‘season; but I-giVe no heed m that. If so be as I find a pretty girl to eat‘ 'em. 'I don’t’grudg‘c the money. Come, peckfaway; or_ 'do you want me to feed you? No, you shan’t have it Without» “thank you.’ After all my trouble, that ain’t mannprs,” with‘a significant look at the knife. ' Should goon! be with my aunt now, and atF'thii; thoi-lght‘ I felt the 'tenrs eoming‘ again, but’ opened‘ my eyes widely and bit; my» lip'gs‘ hardâ€"Lame tem'é-mu‘st; nonfall. crush-ed‘the‘r‘i‘li back, and Watching my com- panion till, having pbel‘e'd the tiirnip tolhis satisfaction, he ’éut {off ,a thick slice and htmd'ed3ifi td me. 3 Raw tur- nip. ' And ‘QOIiolled by those fingers. “Thank you,” I said eagerly. I took the turnipâ€"79nd began to eat it â€"-yes. I ate it’ all, evpry mouthful making me fell more “In Another slice was offired,’ I took it and began to eat, but my throat sepmed to be closing,â€"I could"not 'swallmv. “Come, finish. it.‘ Good, isn’t it?- The ladies are always fond of a bit of fruit. Don’t be _.bashful'â€"â€"I’V0 some- thing here for you to wash it down. Nothing xlike a drop 0f brandy to make} itiagree with you,” and lie-laid, his hand on the neck ofa black bottle which stuck out of his pocket. What would become of me ? I had once seen a dreadfulwoman for a few moments gt a homeâ€"4.1 n'éw cook she wasâ€"Who was, oh! so frightful. Nurse told me she had taken brandy‘andrwasi drunk. I had tho'ught her mad; If he had made mo drink it, and if, when fanny him-;:m'y found me, Iâ€"but no, this 1 Would not do; he might kill me first. I went on eating the turnip, and all the while I prayed earnestly for rescue. Was my ppm/er answgred? The train bega‘fl'io: slacken its' speed â€"it stopped; butlthére was no station in sight. I thinkiit was asiding or w‘imelhing of‘» that kind. ‘ At the side of the Carriage where I was sitting, .there wag a steep bank which shut out all hope; on the other ,side were several lines ot'mil; bey‘ond was the open cbunt-‘ry. In an instant my torturer was at my Winde. W it‘n an Oat-h he bommaqded me to be still and Stay where I was. I heard some one pass, and in reply to a. question, 1 suppose, say that we had been shunted to allow a special train “.9 go byâ€"it would pass in three minutes. .I. called, but very faintly, .I and afraid, for no one afimdvmm 4.: $mwd~ turned on me 56' fiercely that I dared not try again. ‘ ‘ ' _ The special train swept by, but I hardly saw litâ€"my eyes, my whole soul, were fastened on the figure ,of a man who, just. then came down ‘the green bank which was at some dist- :mce. I pressed my face to the glass. ‘f‘nich way would he take ? He, stood up for a moment, and then slowly, lazily sauntered towards'me. The glass was up-n-Iny only hope'was that he Would pass close and see me, for I was past calling or moving now‘. 'I- noted every detail of his figure and dress; he was a tall, broad-shouldered gentlemzm,_ dressed in light gray; young, and with 8. long, golden heard 3 even the carnation in his button hole I "observed, and the strength and careless ease of his figure as he lounng along. He stopped to whistle to his dog, and then again strelhul ‘11:, idly twirling his cane. I do no§t know whm k'nd of face was pressed to the glass (2:: my sidee it was a wild and scared 02m, 1 am’ sure; but in another minute ;a gmir of" great mez‘r'ybluo eyes earelessl)’ 9121.1:â€" oed up ill'passinw,a11d were sturziwd into earnestnessfiby the eyes they cm countered ; the whistlg sounded, but, even it did, a strong band was on tho door-handle, the door was Wrench- ed open.‘ tho 1min moved on he \ ’zts beside me. ‘I was safe. 1 don’t know .whnt happened then. l My'deliverersaid that l cried, and held one ofhis hands tight in both of mine; but that I don’t believe. In the first'place, we had never been in- troduced, and in the ' second, two of his fingers are about as much- as my two hands. r-mi contain at once. 1 know, when i «brew calmer, that 1 found him taking care of mo, and that I didn’t dislike it much as one might have expected. , 1 don’t re- member how 1 told him all; I suppose the turnip and knife, which still lay, on the seat helped me a little; but 1 do know that he,told me not to be frightened, for he would not throw the Seoundrel out the Wind'ow,as he deservedâ€"and helooked so fierce and so strong, that 1 could quite imagine it was a huhit of his to throw sooun- drels from windows, and that be rather liked it. W hat he did was to take the creature by ,the collar and force him down on his knees, in spite oi his piteous protestations that “ he i never meant to hurt the ladyâ€"it was lonly a lark; he would nothuve done lit fora ten¢puutnoter not if he had lknownâ€"a” ' ’ “Hold your tongue. Swallow this and think yourself lucky to escape six months on’th‘g treadanill. For the lady’s sake I will not prosecute you, and I’ll not break every bone in your bOdy as _I ghould like to do, as it might annoy her to see i; done. _ But you’ll eat this to the last' moi'sblâ€"mud and 5111.. I should buy it is not the only dirt you will have to swallow in your life. Down with it.” And when the last atom haxi‘disap- peared, by deliverer, with a pérting féhafie, flupg the creature into the cor- ner, Where he lay till the train stop- ped, ' and turned to take. cam of me again. _ I almost shrank from the stern face to which I now raised my eyes, but it softened in a moment, and I lay bad: in g1~cqrner and rested silently and thankfully, While he interposed his broad shoulders between me and the other end (if the carriage, till the trainfi, again stopped, and I .saw Aunt glargeyy’s dear old face on the platâ€" orm. » , I am sure she wondered at the eager- ness _ of my clasp, and at my face, which I feltw’as still White and scared. Inmado a little motion toward’ my de- liveror, but could not speak word. He said .a. few wordSfind gave is card to my aunt, Who‘accepted it and the situation as graciously as she does everything, and looked rather anxi- ous to get me safely to. the carriage and home, and in five minutes we were driving away. ' I “ What did he do for you, darling ?” , “Oh! he was so strong and so good to méâ€"and ho made me out thewhole turnip; aunty._” "‘The'whole turnip. You are illJ P'Q‘lly. Come, We won’t talker think of1t. now.” ‘ * ' And shequictedwe and petted me, evidently thinking that I had- lost my wits, until I was lying on phe sofa. in 1191‘. drawingâ€"room, able to téll her all. Well, that was my firstand last at tempt at taking care of. myself. f never wanted to do so again ‘Tom' takes ‘care of me now; ‘of éOurse you understand that it was he who came to. my deliverance. Aunt wrote to" him that very evening, and my father came downfrom London next morn- ing on‘purpose to thank him; then Tom called, and so and so, the end of my story, or, perhaps ’I should say, the real beginning of it is, that I am‘ now his Wife. “At'first I did think it itjpity that my husband should' be only “Tom,” whom I had always in- ,gende’d tol‘marry, at least three sylla- bleg‘, :1va am merely “Polly ;‘" ’but now I think Tom the meet ehal’lning name in change if; I have; only ono‘thiug m'OroytS tell.- The old lady with the disagreeable banner, is Tom’s aunt. I am writing: this; in her house. which is just What I had fancied it, and she is the deargst and kindest old woman in all England. ‘F Uh‘g‘. I has found' her Lion," she ; I_-don’/tthi_1}k;l am muchlikeIUna‘; but-3 Tom‘ is a' darling; old ‘Lion; with his tawn y beard and splendids‘trength, on Which his Wife loves to slam). I hear him calling Polly from the laWn, where he lies, lazily puffing his cigar under tbs cedar; and, as he can grow], an occasion, if I keep his majesty waigihg too long, I had better go. The diamonds in rock-drills are usu» ally from three-sixteenths to fiveâ€"six-‘ teenths of an inch in diameter, [and are very Scarce and costly. They come frlém Brazil; and are used without being around. ' ' _ Troy workingmen are asking them- selves wheleer’ the long strike in the iron mills has paid. Twelve humfh'cd men wgre out of employment; during the summer and fall, m‘.d,they lost nearly $50,000 a. month in wages. An offer made by the Mayor of Liverpool; who is at the head of a vooy large brewing firm, to supply neargratuitously for the Christmas uh. ofthe inmates of the Liver- 1)00l\.X-~kllouso, has been declined by the \‘(orkllouse Committee. Henry Hag? who throw 2 the eyes 01’ u 1,». Jun JewEll phon bolted with I“- wi’hisd 1'i11gs,-hus been sentcm-n 1?. at t tral Criminal Cburtz, to u m penal servitude with 40 1:131ch: John Henry Yates, formerly rem-:- tary of the Great Eastern Steamship Company, has been sentenced at the Central Criminal Court, London, to Len years’ penal servitude, forhaying forged dividend warrants, and rthere- by defrauded the Company of more than £40,000. Tho foreign'tmde of Great Britain has not been satisfactory to her mer- chants this year so far. That nation sold $32,500,000 less of cotton, linen, silkand woolen fabrics, and had to buy $50,000,000 more of attic es of food in the first nine months of t is year than in the corresponding period last year. During a recent debate in the Victo ria Legislature. a rather good thing was said by one of the members. An 1111: fortunate loyal Liberal, whose educa- tion has been sadly neglected; was read- ing out a document to the house; and vainly endeavoring to decipher an ob- scure letter; turning to his next friend he asked, anxiously, “ is that a hem or a hen ?”v.â€"-." Oh,’-’ replied his fi'iend, “ call it a hen, and move that it lay on the table.” -â€" An English railway company derives a handsome income from the forgetful~ mess of its passengers. At a recent sale of unclaimed property which had accu- mulated during the past 'year, there were sold 11,035 umbrellas, 1,156 sun- dries, and 312 walking sticks, not to mention various articles of clothing. “ Coming, Lion.” Miscellaneous Items. 303* '.\:‘ Mata-'4,er the world, and Would not who threw snuff in Jun chaler and 1“- wi’hisdiamond entcm-n J. at he Cen- ‘6urtz, 19 um yem‘s’ A man Who plays practical;.:jokes upon his wife deserves to be punished, and:Slatterly of Muncy Was punished. His wife has adreadof cata,’ and be- fore retiring at night she alibvays looks carefully under the to see that no stray-puss, andlno man on robbery intent, are concealed there. A few ights ago, after Mr. and Mrs. Slatterfii had retired, slatterly} ‘lwho had been learning ‘ ventriloquism, thought he would amuse himselfpand scare his wife by gently yowling'umd making the sound come from under the bed. Mrs. Slatterly instantly sat up one exclaimed: ~ ’ : I" THE YORK“ HERALD “Oh, nonsense}? granted Sla‘tteylyi and then he made the sound again..« ‘f I tell you, J osiuh,” exclaimed Mrs. S., “ I hear a out under this bed.; I Wish you’d get out and drive it away.” A“ Josiah, I do believe thefe' is a( cat in this room.” ' Z‘Oh, go to sleep, Matildafl’fieaid slattquy. “I- don’t hear anything. There’s no cat about.” Then Josiah,-W5th his month he- neath the covers, uttered a louder screechthgn before. ‘ ' ‘ “Well, if you Won’t'clea'r thatgcat out, you brute, I\Wi11,” said Mrs. Slat- terly. ' ' ‘ ’ So she reached over, picked gup Josiah‘s ’boots, and 'put them on in bed in order toprotect h’cr feéb and ankles: from the infuriated animal. Then she 'took Slat’pei‘l’y cane and stooped down to sweep it around heâ€" neath the bed<..- Just‘as she didljo, Josiah emitted.a fearful yell,’,whi'9h might -come“fro‘m a, cat in the ,last 'rpavroxyfms of hydrophobia. Thisho startled Mrs. Slatterley that she sprang backward, and in so doing she Stile- bled against the baby’s cradle, Which was overturned, and she went ’heagd’ foremost against the tWenty-flv-o dbl- lar loqkin‘g-glass on the bureau, while the cane flew out‘ofher hand'hnd lighted with considerable foi-‘éh‘fén on Slatterly’s head. -.. . . ..i --« The screams ot‘Mrs. Slattm‘ly ed all tme neighborhood ana‘m brought out the department, so'thii'fi “y the time the baby was 1'e‘scued"’fi-mp the wreck and the broken'glaés upftwo. engine‘s" had stréamsi'p dying ‘nponi-the hc‘m‘se, and the front tbéenvburst‘open by the poliéé,‘;."'=nn§l the firemen-were engaged in dragng a wet hose oven the entry car‘p‘én up the front stairs just as Slqttm'ly cymé dowu to éxplain things) "7 d feline ventriloquismmgogn ninety dollars for carpets andvlookgn‘g- 'glasges,‘and a confusion on tho head Which” the people of Muncy beli‘eTVo to this hour that he'rcceived in a pugi- listic encounter with his wife.â€"~â€"Max Adder. ‘ Terms:-â€"0ne Dollar per Annum in Aflmmca The chief check bank has recently- been opened in Pall Mall, but banks all over the country are now placed in connection with it. All you have to do'if you wish to begin business with the check bank ’is to send, for example, £16 and one shilling to the bank; you receive in return a check vbookof ten checks, each of the value of one pound, which you can fill up _and pay away as you may require. Any one will take your cheekâ€"~it is as good as a post office order hid it is much more convenient, safer and cheaper. You have not beenobligedu to ask any one to introduce you-“to the bank; yOur was your introduc- tion; you- are under obligations to no one,;:1n_ll your banking account has cost you only a shilling. ’You can buy a book oi £1 cheeks, or£2 checks or £10 checks, all at the same rate. nEHCll check is stamped, so that it can only be drawn for $1 or £2, or what- ever amount it bears. If your check- book is stolen the thief would proba- bly not know how to Sign it, if he did the bank has a means for detecting the forgery. Already this new sys- tomâ€"«simple, safe, cheap and conve- nientâ€" has won great favor in Eng- ilandr-London Correshondence Daily 1 Graphic. ' hwy Caroline Guest has an annual incan \Vi' $1,500,000 from her coal 'mines' in \‘t'; k " The Baltimore alnz'ette says that oysters ,ure cheaper nuw than ever be- fore since the jolly biVuch'.» were dis- covered. “Have you seen my black-faced antelope ?” inquired Mr. Leoscope, who had a collection of animals, of his friend, Bottlejack. “ N o, I haven’t. Whom did your black-faced .aunt elope with ?” ‘ A miner who had powder in one tin can and oil- in another, and forgot which was which, went into the blacksmith shop at the Dnnbar colliery, Clem-field C0,, Penn, one day last week, to melt the oil. He set the can, containing three pounds of powder, on the blacksmith’s tire and went home, saying that that was the loudest clap of thunder he had over heard. , ‘ At a trial not long since, one of the witnesses, an old lady‘of some eighty years, was closely questioned the cross-examining counsel re- lative to thoclearness ofher eyeâ€"sight. “ Can yOu see me ?” he saidâ€"“Yes, was fll.lS\VOI‘0d.-â€"-“ How well can you see me ’3” persisted the barritteruâ€" “ Well enough,” responded the lady, " to see that you are neitltera negro, an [ndian, nor a gentleman.” .UBLISHED AT THE :pEF‘. Issued \Vo‘ekly on Friday Moming. YONGE ST., RICHMOND HILL. English Check Banks. ALEX. SCOTT, PROPRIETOR. An Expensive Joke, WHOLE NO. 806