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Orders left at the Herald ofiice for Mr. Car- tot's service will be promptly attended to. J um: 27, 1867 Corner of Young and Centre streets East, have constantly on hand a good assortmth of Drugs, Paints, Perfumery, Chemicals, Oils, Toilet Soaps, Medicines, Varnishea, FancyArticles, Dye Stuffs, Patent Medicines md all other articles kept by druggists Itsnmerally. Our Stock of medicines warrant- od genuine, and of the best qualities. Richmond Hill, J an 25, ’72 70â€"3 Rain 63 Caiored Job fi'firk RICHMOND HILL DRUG STORE, A. ROBIESON’S, L. D. 5. Now mothod of extracting teeth without pain, by the use of Ether Sprayfivhicli nifects the teeth only. The tooth and gum lurrouudiug becomes insensible with the cxtemal agency, when the tooth can be ex- tracted with no pain and without endanger- ing the life, as in the use of Chloroform. Dr. Robinson will be at the following places prepared to extract teeth with his new ap- paratus. All office operations in Dentistry performed in a. workmanlike manner : Aurora, lat, 3rd, 16th and 22d of each month Newmarketw. .. 2d ‘ Richmond Hill, 9th and 24th “ “ Ht. Albert ..................... 15th. " " Thornhill.....‘.,‘.‘...i. .....‘23rd “ “ Maple ....... . 325$ “ “ Burwick...” ...28th “' “ Kleinburg ...... ..29th “ ‘ Nobleton....... ...30th “ " \Vines, and Liquors, Thornhill. By yal Letters Patent has been appointed is- suer of Marriage Licenses. paler in Drugs, Medicines, Groceries, o (SUCCESSURS TO \v. w. c0x,) UTCHERS, RICHMOND HILL, HAVE always on hand the best of Beef, Mutton, 11ml), Veal, Pork, Sausages, &:c., and sell at the lowest prices for Cash. Nitrous Aurora. Aurora, A150, Corned and Spiced Beef, Smoked and Dried Hams. * FARMERS BOOT -ND SHOE STORE The highest market price given for Cattle Sheep, Lambs, 820.. Richmond Hill, Oct. 24, '72. 745-13 OHN BARRON, manufacturer and dealer in all kinds of boots and shoes, 38 “(est Market. Squ‘ar‘e, Toronfio. Boots and shoes ma‘ie to measure, of the beat materlal and workmanshiij the lowâ€" at‘gemuncmting prim-w. " ROVINGIAL LA N D SURVEYOR, _ Civil Engineer and Draughtsman. 0rd": by Mm- should state the Concession, Lot and character of Survey, 13‘ a subscriber having the old Field Note: 0 the late I). GIB’SON and other surveyors, which should be wmulteal, in many cases as to original monuments, &G., previous in commencing Omce at VVILLOWDALB, Yong: Street, in the‘Tothhip of You-k. Jan’y 8, 1573 991-66; Torohbo. ' Spptembor 1, 1571 RICHMOND Hm. 01 Haw Yoxmc Markham, July 24, 1868 ,UBLISHER AND PROPBIETOR 0F "ms: 31 up. ANNUM 1x uwnwn [‘o r o n" L O , De c 3. , 13 ‘ 6 7 EALER IN FlNE GOLD AND SIL- I'Wl' ‘Vatchu, szeh‘y, km, 113 Yougo VOL. ’XV. NO 3“ ALEX: SCOTT, W ‘ FRANCIS BUTTON, J}:., " R"Ib‘L\'L} 1': H. SANDERSON 3: SON, “ Tm: You]; Hmum.” AUCTIOHEERS. l‘kl E )1 LG RA 1.41) PET ER S. GIBSON, ESTABLISHMEN’“. April 23, 1870 013% 'H. a; R. PUGSLEY; THO M AS CARR , Oxide Gas always J. SEGSWORTH, PBOPRIE’I‘OIIS 01-“ THE DlivflulS'l‘B. DENTIS'EL‘REY . JOHRT CARTER, mm «a: H I’linlHHED w 'n-‘n . 1”, Ptgk .) 1 f; 1‘ 3 l HATES on hand at 00 3 50 3 00 497 745-1y 1M3}! 755 d 2 L, J .l. H. SAN DERSUN , ' TETERJNA-RY SURGEON, Graduate of V Toronto Universit Collage, corner of Yonga and Centre Stu. Vast. Richmond Hill, begs to announce to the public that he is now practisifig with H. Sandergon, of the same place, where they may be consulted person- ally orby letter, on all diseaae: of horses, catfle, 6w. _ ‘ All. ordux's 'from a. distance promptly at- tended to, and medicine sent to any part of the Province. l Sun's or, Trust and Loan Buildings, cor- ner of A elazde and Toronto streets, To- ADAM H. LIEYERS, JIL, (Late cf Duggan 4‘ Maj/erg) ARRISTER, ATTORNEY~A'i‘-LA\V, SoLchTon IN CHANCERY, ~UOHVEYANCER, Arm, «to. OFFICE ;-N'o. 12 York Chambers, South- east Corner of Toronto and Court Streets, Toronto, Ont. WM. MALLOY, ARRISTER, Attorney, Solicitor-in-Uhnn cery, Convoyancer, to. 'OFFICEâ€"â€"-N o. 6 Royal Inwranco Buildings, Toronto street. Toronto, Dec. 2, 1859. 694 ronto‘ U " UCOUNTAN T, ‘ Book-Keepua', Convey- ancer, and Commission Agent for the sale or purchase of lands, farm stock, &c., also for the collection of rents, notes and ac- counts. Charges Moderate. Quietâ€"Richmond srreet, Richmond Hill. 700~1y Stands permanently above every other Rsm dy paw in use. It is invaluable. XLSO, thu Pain Victor is Infallible for 1’ Diarrhoea, Dysentety, Flux, Colic, Cholera Morbus, Pain and Cramp in the Stomach and Bows-la, 65c. Directions with eaCh bottle and box. Sold by Druggista generally. The Dominion W’orm Candy is the medicine 0 expel worms. Try it. 7007 Horses examined as to nounducu. and also bought and sold on commission. Riehmond Hill, Jan. 25, 1872. 507 and Chronic eases of Cntarrh, Neural- gia,Headache,Col<is,Coughs, Group, Asthmt, Bronchitis, &c., it is alsoa. good Soothing Syrup. 7“, USTARD'S ()a‘tarx'h Specific Cure: Acute i U old iron, rags, &c.,>&c., Richmond flill All order: promptly attended to. DiUS'IARD’S Pills are tha best ills yau _ can get for Dysnepsia, Sick eadacho, Billiousness, Liver, Kidney Complaintl, «to. HAVE you Rheumatism,\Vounds, Bruisel, Old Sores, Cuts, Burns, Frost Bitu, Piles, Painful Swelllngs, \Vliite Swellings, and every conceivable wound upon man or beast ? I know a woman, hardly middle- aged, who has transformed 2!: whole village from an irreligious, inert, lOWâ€" toned place, into an orderly, active, church-going community. There was no ehureh service. She won the children, and then the elders, into her Sunday class, by making itattructive; then added to it a service, in which she read a sermon or an essay. She lent them books, organized a weekly reunion, and gradually but surer [ms drawn them to a larger life. Another woman, born when her fa- ther was eightyâ€"nine years old, and consequentlyinheriting the dcbility of old age, a. life-long sull‘erer, often confined to her bed for months, made herself a power for good through a wide section of country. Her. own life ’ivas by no means agreeable. She lived in a (lull place, amongst uncon- geninl kindred, \ ran cramped by pov- erty, and obliged to deny herself the beautiful things which her poetic na- ture e ‘nved, but- she lived in the lives of others. Women poured into her ear their hidden griefs; men went to her with doubts and knotty questions about religion; children loved to spend their holidays in her room. When the slender thread of" her life parted, there was mourning in all the towns about her home, and “ being dead she yet spenketh.” Not every one can do such work as them two did ; but every one who has enough mind and culture to rebel against dullness, has enough mental force 10 banisn it. Look about and see if then; is not some work near at hand, in which you can find content) and profit, beâ€" fore coming to. town to seek it. Do What you have learned to do, and :Vuid hinderng other»: from doing: the ammo. Adam bud (mo consoizltion when he fell. Fifteen or twenty acquaintances didn’t. stand on the opposite aorner and laugh at his mishap. When the thief can not break in at, the door himself, he finds :1 ChildE and puts him through the little win- dow, and then the big (1001' is speedâ€" ily 0 lone ‘. Thle (10 little sins open the 0001‘ for a great sin.â€"»-Spurgeon. The impulsive clerk who accidentâ€" ally deposited a shovelle of snow down the back of the rural pedestrian, was in the drug store on Saturday evening, negotiating for a, bottle of liniment. January 15, 1873 Manufactured by November 12, 1872‘ F. \VHITLOCK, |HIMNEY SWEEP, AND DEALER 1N (LATE JAMES 8c Fowi,21>.,) RUHITECT, CIVIL ENGINELR, AND FATE?!“ REEIHCEFH l’l-LUL“ .v\31.\.’L‘l()i THE KING OF OILS Good Women D. C. O'BBIEN, Propriator, I ngeuoll H. MUSTARD, 756â€"1y 719-tf 747-tf "’ Win you bear that Edward I”. The young man to whom this was addressed, stood facing another person about his own age, on Whose flushed countenance was an expression of angry defiance. The name of this person was Logan. A third party, also a young man, had asked the question, just given, in a. tone of surprise and regret. Before there was time for a raponse, Logan said sharply, and in a voica of" lit-ingng contempt,â€" “ You are a poor moan coward,‘Ed- ward \Vilson! I repeated the words; and if there is a particle of manhood about youâ€"" “ Iudaed 3” the burgonmster cried, “ Then here's a raven, lad ; Come to my home, and you shall see “’here bread may soon be had." Along the streets to his own home Ho quickly led the boy, And sent him back with food, that filled Thia humble home with joy. The supper ended, littre Dick \Vent to the opan door, Looked 11}? gndfinéd, “ Many than‘n good Lord !" "Chen shut it fast once more ; For, though no bird had entered in, He knew that God on high Had hearkencd to his mother's prayer, And sent their full supply. LogVan paused fox" an instant, but quickly added : “ You will resent the iHSult.” W by did he pause? His words had aroused afeeling in tho breast of Wilson, that instantly betrayed itself in his eyes. The word “ coward," in that instant of time, would have more fittingly applied to James Logan. But, as quickly as the flash leaves the cloud, so quickly faded the indignant light from the eyes of Edward V‘Vilson. What a fierce strug- gle agitated him for the moment! WHICH WAS THE OOWARD? " We have been fast friends, James,” said Wilson, calmly. “ But, even if that; were not so, [ will not strike you.” “ You're afraid.” “ I will not deny it. I have always been afraid to do wrono‘.” “Pall! Cam; and hypocrisy!” said the other, contemptuously. “ But, mother, God may do again What he has done before ; And. an, to let the birds fly in, I will finclose the door.” Then little Dick, in simple faith, Threw open the door full wide, 50 that the radiance of their lamp Fall on the path outside. Ere long the lmrgmnastm‘ passed, And noticing the light, I’nused to inquire why the drum Was open so at night. “ My little Dick has done it, isir,‘7 , The widow smiling said, “ That ravens might fly in, to bring My hungry children bread.” “ You know ine better than that, J ames Logan; and I am sorry that, in your resentment of an imagined wrong, you should so far forget what is just to my character as to charge upon me such mean vices. I reject the implied allegation as false.” ‘Vhen prayer was done, he! eldest child-:â€" A boy of eight years oldâ€"~ Said softly, “ In the Holy Book, Dear mother, we are told How God, with food, by ravens brought, Supplied His prophet'a need." “ Yes,” answered she, “but that. my sun, “'29: long ago, indeed !” There was an honest indignation in the manner of \Vilson, that he did not attempt to repress. Within a to wu of Holland, (.nce, A widow dwelt, ’tis said ; So pour, alas ! her children uskel One night in vain for bread ! But the poor woman loved the Lord And knew that He was good ; So with her little ones around, She prayed to him for food. “ Do you call me a liar?" exclaimed Logan, in uncontrollable passion, drawâ€" ing back his hand, and making a motion as if he wow about to slap the other in the face. The eyes of W'ilson qimiled not, nor was the smallest quiver of a muscle per- ceptible. From some cause the purpose of Logan was not executed. Instead of giving a blow, he assailed his antagonist with words of deeper insult, senking thus to provoke an assault. But Wil~ son was not to be driven from the cita- del iIPwhicli he had entrenched himself. “ if I am a coward, well,” he said. said. “ 1 would rather be a coward, than lay my hand in violence on him whom I had once called friend.” At this moment light girlish laughter and the ringing of merry voices reached the ears of our‘excited young men. and their relation of antagonism at once changed. Logan walked away in the direction from which the voice came, whilo the other two remained where they had been standing. ' ‘7‘ \Vhy didn’t you kinock him down said the companion of Wilson. The latter; whose face was now very sober and very pale, shook his head slowly. He made no other response. The moment Wilson was alone he seated himself on the ground, concealed from the party, whose voices had inter- i-upatl them, by a. large rock, and cover. ing his face with his hands, sat motion- less for several minutes. How much he sugared in ialaat litfilo space 9f tfme W0 BY ’1'. S. ARTHUR THE RAVENS. RICHMOND ELLL, ONTARIO, CANADA, FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1874' ~â€"[Go!dévz Songs gaud w, His flushed and than paling face, his quivering lips and unsteady eyes, left- on the minds of all Who witnessed. the Scene an impression somewhat unfavor- able. Partnking of thg indignant excite- ment of the moment, many of those present looked for the instant punish- ment for his unjustifiable insult. thn, therefore, they saw Wilson turn away without even a defiant answer; and heard the low, sneering uttered word, “ Coward!” from the 'lips of Logan, they felt that there was a oraven spirit about the young yuan. A coward we instinctively despise ; and yet, how slow WC 73““. +°bVef‘eviio'i777*“%$“iԤ;5'}291 moral courage wfiEITe‘nables ahmmi i6 brave unjust judgment, rather than to do what he thinks to be Wrong, above the more brute instinct which, in tha mo- ment- of excitement, forgets all physical consequences. As Edward 'Wilson walked away from his companions he felt that he was regarded as a coward. This was for him a bitter trial, and the more so, because there was one in that little group of startled maidens for whose generous regard he would have sacri- ficed all but honor. It was, perhaps, half an hour after this unpleasant occurrence, that Logan, whose heart still burned with an unfor- giving spirit, encountered Wilson under circumstances that left him free to repeat his insulting language, without disturbing the rest of the party, who were amusing themselves at some (listâ€" ance, and beyond the range of observaâ€" tion. He (lid not succeed in obtaining a personal encounter, as he hail desired. expected nothing lessfthan a. blow from Wilson as his answér to the remark. And to deal a blowhwas his first imâ€" pulse. But he restrained the impulse ,- and it required more courage to,(lo this than to have stricken the insolent young man to the ground. A moment or two W'ilson struggled with himself, and then burned off and mare-head slowly away. The occasion of this} misimderstand- ing is briefly told. Wilson made one of a little pleasure party for a neighborâ€" ing village, that was spending an after- noon in a shady retreat on the banks of a mill stream. There were three or four young men and half a dozen maid. ens; and, as it happens on such occa- sions, some rivalries were excited among the former. These should only have added piquancy to the merry intercourse of all parties, and would have done so, had not the impatient temperament of Logan ca‘n‘ied him a little beyond good feeling and a generous deportment to- wards others. Without due reflection, yet in no sarcastic spirit, Edward ‘Vil- son made a remark on Lemme act of Logan that irritated him ' exceedingly. An angry spot burned; ginstantly on his cheek, and he replied with words of cut- ting insult ; so cutting, that all present expected nothing; lessfithan a. blow from Edward Wilson had been for some time sitting alone with his unhappy thoughts, when he was aroused by sud~ den cries of alarm, the tone of which told his heart too plainly that some irn~ minent danger impended. Springing to his feet he ran in the direction of the cries, and quickly saw the cause of excitement. Recent heavy 1" ins had swollen the mountain stream, the turbid waters of which were sweeping down with great velocitv. Two young girls, who had been amusing themselves at some distance above in a boat that was attached to the shore by it long rope, had, through some accident, got the fastening loose, and were now gliding down, far out in the current, with a fearfully increasing speed, toward the breast of e milldam some hundreds of yards below, from which the water was thundering down aheiglit of over twenty feet. Pale with terror, the poor young creatures were stretching out their hands toward their companions on the shore, and uttering Marti-ending cries for succor. Instant action was necessary, or all would be lost. The position of the young girls hnd been discovered while they were yet some distance above, and there happening to be another boat on the milldam, and that nigh at hand, Logan and two other young men had loosened it from the shore. But. the danger of being carried over the dam, , should any one venture out in this boat, l seemed so inevitable, that none of them dared to encounter the hazard. Now iscreuming'and wringing their hmids, and now urging these men to try and save their companions, stood the young maidens of the party on the shore, when \Vilson dashed through them, and springing into the boat cried out,â€"~ “ Quick, Logan ’ Take an oar or all is lost.” l But, instead of this, Logan stepped ‘ back a pace or two from the boat, while his face grew pale with fear. Not an instant more was lost. At a glance V’Vilson saw that if the girls were saved, it must be by the strength of his own arm. Bmvely he pushed from the shore, end, with giant strength, born of will not attempt to describe The strug- gle with his indignant impulses had been very severe. He was no coward in heart. What was right and humane he was ever ready to do, even at the risk to himself of both physioal ans! mental suffering. Clearly conscious was he of this. Yet the consciousness. did not. and could not protect his feelings~ from the unjust and stinging charge of cowar- dice so angrily brought against him. In spite of his better reason, he’felb hu- miliated ; and there were moments when he half regretted the-forbearance that saved the insolent Logan from pun- ishment. They were but moments of weakness; in the strength of a mainly character he was quickly himself again. The terrorâ€"stricken girls obeyed 'fhe injunction instantly. ' " *- « And now, with a. coolness that was Wonderful underall circumstances, \Vilâ€" son moved the boat several yards away from the nearest shore, until he reachâ€" ed a point where'he knew the water below the dam to be more expanded and free from rocks. Then throwing his body suddenly against the boat, and rtuuthlgas'. uuHI. 1‘0 maq xviflf'fyr q few feet of the dam,he sprang into it and passed over it. A moment or two the light vessel, as ’it shot out into the air, stood poised, and then went plung- ing down. “ Lie down close to the butt/om,” he said, in a. quick, hoarse voice. The fearful plunge was made in safety. The boat struck the seething waters below, and glanced out from the whirlpool, bearing its living freight un- injured. The quickly formed purpose of \Vilâ€" son, in thus springing into the water, had been to drag the boat against; the current. If he were to let the boat go he could easily save himself. But not once did such a thought enter his own heart. “ \Vhich was the coward l” The word reached the cans of Logan, as he gath- ered, with tne rest of the company, around \Vilson and the pale, trembling girls he had so heroically saved. Fair lips asked the question. One maiden had spoken to another, and in a louder voice than she had intended. “ Not Edward \Vilson,” said Logan, as he stepped forward and grasped the hand of him he had so wronged and in- sulted. “Not Edward Wilson! He is the noblest and the bravest 1” A cry of despair reached the young man’s ears as the oars dropped from his grasp into the water. It was evident to the spectators of the fearful scene that he had lost his presence of mind, and that now all was over. Not so, however. In the next moment he had sprung into the water, which near the breast of the darn, was not more than two feet deep. As he did so'ho grasped the other boat, and bracing himself against the rushing current, held it poised a few yards from the point where the foam’crest-ed waters leaped into the whirlpool below. At the same instant his own boat shot like an arrow over the dam. He had gained, however, but a. small advantage. It required his utmost strength to keep the boat he had grasped from dragging him down the fall. VVilson made an effort to reply. But he was for some moments to much ex- cited and exhausted to speak. At last, he said;â€" “ I only (lid what was right. May I ever have courage for that while I live.” Afterward he remarked, when alone with Logan : “ It required a far greater exercise of courage to forbezu‘ when you provoked and insulted me in the presence of those who expected retaliation, than it did to risk my life at the mildam.” There is a moral heroism that few can appreciate. And it will usually be found, that the morally brave man is quickest to lose the sense of personal danger when others are in peril. the moment and for the occasion, from his high, unselfish purlwse, he dashed the boat out into the current, and, bend- ing to the cats, took a diredion at an angle with the other boat, toward the point where the water was sweeping over the dam. At; every stroke the light skifi'fipi‘img forward a dozen feet, and scarcely half a minute elapsed ere Wilson was beside the other boat. Both were now within twenty yards of the fall, and the water was bearing them down with a velocity that a_strong row- er, with every advantage' on his side, could scarcely have contended against successfully. To transfer the frightened girls from one boat to the other, in the few moments of time left era the down- sWpring current would hear their frail vessel to the edge of the dam, and still to retain an advantage, was, for \Vilson, imposaible. To let his own boat go and manage theirs he saw to be equally im- possible. The Average Talk of a Woman. A man of average talkativeness speaks three hours a day, and at the rate of one hundred words a minute ; that is to say enough words to fill about 29 octave pages in moderate print every hour, 600 pages in a. week, and in one year 52 pretty large volâ€" umes. The man who get up these statistics says that if you multiply these numbers by ten, you arrive at about the average talk of a woman. -â€"~Shervcport Times. In a first-class laundry starch is made in the usual manner; to a pail of starch a Whole sperm candle is; used. \Vhen the linen is dry it is dipped into the cold starch and ironâ€" ed in the ordinary way; then it is dampened with a cloth, and the pol- ishing iron p'ressed over it. To this last manipulation the linen is indebt~ ed for the particular laundry gloss Which all so much admire, but which many housekeepers have vainly striv- en to leave upon the wristbands and bosoms of their husband’s shirts. During the continuance of the Par- liament jast; dissolved in England, there were 163 deaths among the members-55 in the House of Com- mons and 168 in the House Of Lords. Ironing Shirt Fronts Mr. Village tells us, in the “_ Connois- seur,” how his pfettyi'country cousin came down stairs to‘ breakfast one morn ing with her ' cap on wrong side Out, whereupon, er mother solemnly chargé ed the heeai‘espfiassie ‘fimtfilo alter _her bfimlqmr p.11 t.pr ch.y=m_f~\$fishe should To come suddenly upon a ooiiple of magpies, to pick up a pin lying with its head towards you, to findâ€"â€"-of course without seekingâ€"â€"a four-leaved clover, or n'bit of old iron,'is matter'for rejoic- ing ; if the iron take the shape of a. rusty nail or an old horseâ€"shoe, the omen is so much the more fortunate. Absent-minded mid céu‘cloés dressers are likely to he often in luck’s Way. To put on any garment'wrong side out,‘ provided we are not neat enouin to spoil the clmrm, is an infallible prognos: tic that [something is about _to happen which will be of great; profit to tli‘e’fl sloven. I ' ‘ ch‘nngé LI’ iuu . "rrae..,~ .3 free; five-nu was arraying himself on emorning of Hastings, some one hinted he would get the worst; of the coming bout, because, in his haste, he had donned his mail shirt hind part before; but the ready- witted and confident- Norman declared it to be a token that he was about to be transformed from a Duke into a King, an interpretion, at any rate, not to be disputed a few hours later. Lemar $11 a." r dgygggigrishe 'sho‘uld ‘ . . Trouble will never coxro near folks whose eye-brows meet. Ladies with overmuch clown, gentlemen with over- much hair upon their arms and hands, carries about with them nature’s own guarantee that they are born to be rich some day, as rich as those happy indi- viduals whose front teeth are set wide apart. Steel belongings, such as keys and knives, get rusty by instinct, spite of all pains to keep them clean and bright, when some kind-hearted soul is laying up riches for their owner’s bene- fit. To find a spider on one’s clothes indicates some money is coming to us. The moral of which, Fuller says, is this : Black cats should be at a premium, Considering a. strange puss of that hue who takes a fancy to establish himself in a, house introduces good fortune With him 3 while a eat of any color, whether an uninvited Visitor or an acknowledg- ed member of the family, ought never to be restrained from sharpening his talons at the expense of the table’s legs, since, when he thus scratches, he scratches for luck. Pat kindly the head of the first lamb of’spring’, if you have the chance ; it will bring prosperity to you and yours ; but avoid the innocent creature if it presents its tail to View. Hail the first hearing of the cuckoo’s voice with itlmnkfulne'ss, if he salutes you upon your right handmthen his greeting is am assurance you will make your way in the worch and attain the highest object of your ambition; and begrudge not a sip of good liquor to the busy, curious, thirsty fly, dropping into your glass, but Welcome the intruder as heartily, if not‘ as poetically, as Oldys did ; he brings good luck to the glass, and the drinker too. “Such who imitate the industry of that contemptible creature may, by God’s blessing, weave themselves into wealth and procure a plentiful estate." Thefippearance of a white Speck upon a finger-nail warns the owner of the finger a gift is on its way ; and the same pleasant notification is made by the itching of the palm of the right. hand ; butjn that case it is best to make as- surance doubly sure, and rub the said palm against wood, then “ it is sure to be good." Odd numbersâ€"barring the ever fatal thirteenâ€"are thought to be lucky. The shrill piping of the household cricket is prophetic of happingss to the hearth it haunts, as surely as the settling of a stork upon a Dutchman's roof-tree bodes pleasant times to the dwellers beneath it. The forlornest of animals, the masterless dog, that follows close upon the heels of a night-walker, and will not be balked of gommnionshipg is a certain luck-bringer. TheEmperor Charlemagne was bur- ied in an imperial mausolem, the corpse seated on a throne arrayed in his robes, and his crown on his head. A thousand years passed away before that tomb was opened; and when once more the light of day entered, the men of the new age found the skeleton seated on the throne, While the ruler still were his crown. Nerve, muscle and vein had decayed, and returned to their elements; but the bones had kept their place while theearth whirL ed through space, and the nations rushed through time, and the crowned form still held its kineg seat. The origin of wearing crowns seems to have come from the custom of wear- ing wreaths of weeds, wild flowers, or leaves of oak, myrtle, laurel, olive, and other trees. Their use was me- ‘mentary, in express honors or pleas- ures suddenly coming to pass. Vioâ€" torious generals, brave soldiers, and reverend priests, received wreaths, varying according to their ceilings and deeds. The perishable nature of the materials, in time, brought the substitution of' gold and silver for vegetable substances. The earliest crowns of these metals appear to be imitations of the leaves they replaced 3 but they become permanent orna- ments, used regularly on great ocea- easions. Lucky Omens Crowns. The graduate of the class, if he be moved to preach, is furnished with a license to exliort, and, having made proof of his gifts, he is furnished with authority to preach, recommended to 1the‘ Annual Conference, and received :on trial .as a traveling preacher. ,4 By these gradations, Chauncey and Norris Hobert entered, the Conierence about forty years ago. By reason of failing health, Norris has been laid aside from time to time from the active duties of the ministry ,- but Chauncey, more for- tunate in the ownership of a tough and wir‘y frame, which defied heat, cold, rain, hungryâ€"«every form of exposure, hardship and fatigueâ€"has hardly known a days respite from toil in that long period. His tall, large-bonedform, set ofl»by auheadjof noble proportions, with a broad highbrow _and comely ’faee,f;lias dgagghiin good- service in his long and arddonsitinefancy. When one thinkg'of it, the life .of a Methodist trav- gum; preacher is not a mode of existâ€" enceto be coveted; by those'swho. seek- ezise and self ggntification. At first Mr. Aslvuryfiehangefi the lei‘rcuits of the preaéhei‘s evenly-thre'el six or tyvel‘ve months, and was offydpinipn that all, following his example, ought to remain Ln w -x+ thtlv’ " ‘2; A $31 pis‘irhnfilt‘zlfimmc " thxéfiltntmf r stockings and other clothing thah might; be presented by their followers. ' Thisi meagre pay was next advanced to $80, then to $100 a year; but no provision was made for a wife. Later she 'was taken into account, and an allowance made her of $100 ; but nothing for a house, for fuel, lights, and tableâ€"expen- ses. In the early settlement of this coun- try, ‘when the population was sparse and the worshippers were obliged to come a long way to church, they did not thank the preacher for sending them off with a short sermon. They had itching ears, which refused to be scratched with a brief homily; and l have not seldom heard discourses from three to fivehours long. The people wanted, if not the worth of their money, at least the worth of their trouble, in quantity as well as quality. In these years I have more than once gone to love-feast at 8 o’clock in the morning; the love-feast was followed by the baptism of infants and those of riper years, and that by a sermon of inimitable proportions ,- then the doors of the church were opened for the admission of new members, and this was followed by the Sacrament of the Holy Communion ; and then the bless- sing of peace was pronounced, at the close of this nine hours’ continual ser- vice, at five o’clock in the afternoon. In those days we only took breakfast and supper. Chauncey formed his style in those days, although his sermons were never swollen to such a vast bulk ; yet, unfortunately, he has never been able ‘ to bring them down within the limits , prescribed by the impatient shortâ€"eared hearers of toâ€"day, who accord the palm of eloquence to the man who preaches from fifteen to thirty minutes. If he could only throw away the first third or half of his discourse, and begin with the fervent interest and animation which generally he acquires only after half or three quarters of an hour, he would be a preacher of inimitable charm and power. As it is few men are so instruct- ivc in the pulpit, with so rare :1 union of intellectual and spiritual excellence in their discourses. The young Hoberts were trained in those manly arts and sciences which are most valued in a new country : labor, courage, self-reliance, fertility of resource, the quick eye and ready hand, and in the homely duties and virtues which make a man’s best estate. They were found by some of the pioneer, Meâ€" thodist preachers, who in their journey- iugs, rarely missed a settlement, or even a. lonely cabin ; and the brothers became members of the church. The class- meeting has been the training-school fer the Methodist pulpit, and so far as mortal agencies go, has contributed more than any other single cause to its efficiency. One of the veterans of the Methodist Church in Illinois has been “done” by a correspondent; of the Chicago Tribune, who furnishes some edifying statements regarding frontier theological training in the olden time. Chauncey Hobart (he writes) was one of the noblest men developed in the old Illinois Confer- ence. His fether removed with his family from Vermont at an early day, while Chauncey and his twin brother Norris were boys, and settled in the Military Tract between the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers, then an almost un- peopled region. I Chauncey Hebert had always had a passion for the frontier, and, like Abra- ham Lincoln, a love for the plain peo- ple. After filling nearly all the princi- pal appointments in this Conference he was transferred to the Rock River, and I remember to have seen him when sta- tioned in the Old Clark Street Church, Chicago, as far back as 1846. Thence he was sent to \Visconsin and thence to Minnesota, where he is still preaching "' in the region beyond.” By his sturdy and intrepid character and his apostolic labors he has won forfhhimself the title of “The Burâ€"Oak Bishop.” Perhaps I might venture to whisper my opinion that the General Conference would have done itself credit by electing him to the Episcopacy years ago; for I hold that no men in the connection is more wor- they or better qualified for the place. A 'Pxoneer Methodist Preacher. In the ehild, happiness dances; in the man, at most, it. only smiles. Mainâ€"0a: Dcllufipcr Am in THE YORK HERALD UBLISHED AT THE OFFICE luuod Waekly on Frido.y Morning; You“ Sn, Rxcnxoxb HILL Aux. Sco'x'r, Pxornn‘ox WHOLE NO.'815.