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' ow method of extracting teeth without N pain, by the use of Ether Spray,which ali'ects the teeth only. The tooth and gum surrounding becomes insensible with the external 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 a1); paratns. All oilicc operations in Dentistry performed in a \Vorkmanlike manner 2 Aurora, lst, 3rd, 16th and 22d of each month Newmarkct.....,... .. 2d “ “ Richmond Hill, 9th and 24th “ ~ “ Mt. Albert ..................... 15th “ “ Thornhill. .m231‘d “ 2‘ Thornhill . M aple ...... Burwick . . . Kleinburg N obleton . Boots and shoes made to measure, of the best matcrlal and workmanship, at the low- cst;1‘en111nel‘at111g pmces. Advertisements without written direction inserted till forbid, and charged accordingly. 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ROVI A L‘IAL L A N 1) SURVEYOR, 1 Civil Engineer and Drzmghtsmau. Orders by letter should state the Concession, Lot and character of Survey, the subscriber having the old Field Notes of the late D. GIBSON and other surveyors, which should be consulted, in many cases as to original monuments, Am, previous to tcoxmnencing work. ' iuensed Auctioneer for the County of _ York. Sn,le attended to on the short- est notice and at reasonable rates. 1’. 0. adglfess, Buttonvillc. Corner of. Young and Centre streets East, have constantly on hand a good assortment nf Drugs, Paints, Perfumery, Chemicals, Ulla, Toilet Snaps, Medicines, Vurnishes, B‘ancyArticles, Dye Stuffs, Patent Medicines md all other articles kept by druggists Imemlly. Our stock of medicines warrant- ,J genuine, and of the best qualities. ' lichmoml Hill, Jan 23, ’72 705 ( Nitrous A urom. A 11mm, Office at \VILlelez, Ymggc Street, in the Township of York. &c., &c. OFFICE ;-â€"Nn. 12 York Chambers, South- east Curnor of Toronto and. Court Streets, Toronto, Ont. ()ne inc-h, one year... . Two inches, one year...... . .. . 'l‘hree 1nches, one year ............... Advertisements for a shorter period BGOK (‘1’; JOB PRINTING ' EALER IN P‘L‘V‘E HOLD AND SIL- , var VVéftc-hes, Jewelry, 303., 113 Yonge Street, Toronto. September 1, 1871. (3-34 No paper discontinued until all arrearages are pain ; and parties refusing papers with- out paying up will be held. accountable for the subscription. Orders for inny of the undurmentiuued des- cripuon of FARMERS’ BOOT AND SHOE STORE 'OHN BARRON, manufacturer and dealer 9 in all kinds of boots and shoes, 38 \Vest M 3rth Sqqmp, Toronfco. RICHMOND HILL DRUG STORE, (ruler in Drugs, Medicines, Groceries, . \Vines, and Liquors, Thornhill. By Royal Twisters Patient has been appointed Is- {mcx‘ of Marriage Licenses. Tm: YORK HERALD will always be found to contain the latest and most important Foreign and Local News and Markets, and the greateg‘a care will be taken to render it acceptable to the man of business, and a valuable Famin Newspaper. TERMS: 0n}: Dbllzir ‘per annum in ad- vance, if not paid within two months, One Dollar and Fifty Cents will be charged. And dispatched to subscribers by the carliést “mils or other conveyances, when so desn‘ed; :1 any 8, 187 Every Friday Morning, THE YORK HERALD Cheap-Book and Job PrintingEstablishmmt. (Late qf Duggcm g!" Aleyerg) I) A U Pd STER, ATTORNEY~ATâ€"LAVV, b‘oLnuTnn 15* (jun 11', CONVEYANCER, .m'onto, Dec ,93-, 1807' Richmond Hill, Oct. 2‘}, January 15, 1873 Markham, July 24, 1868 01“I‘}C1§â€"~Xv()I\GE Sn, RICHMOND HILL ‘UBLISHER AND PROPBIETOR OF 32 $1 PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE ADAM H. MEYE’RS, VOL. XVI. 'NO 6 \V FRANCIS BUTTON, .13., A. ROBIESON’S, L. D. S ALEX. SCOTT, H. TDERSON & SON, ADVERTISING RATES PETER AUCTIQNEEIRS‘. 1‘11 E 11 E] 13.”; L1) Unified Job Work April 28, 1870 ESTABLISHMENT. THO MAS C Oxide Gas always “ TIIE YORK HERALD.” H. <8; R. PUGSLEY, 1’110 PRIE'J‘OHH OF THE BEETR‘SE‘ER" . EHRUG {ii SETS. SF. GS\V O R T H, [S PUBLISHED 5f Letter-Press Print" 26th 28th 29th 30th SON, on hand at PER INCH 615-tf 497 z) The General Transatlantic Company’s decision in regard to the Europe and Amerique disasters has been made known. Capt. Lemarie is not blamed for transferring his passengers irom the Europe to the Greece when he felt that their lives were in danger, but for not staying-by his vessel and trying to save her. Mr. Leroux, the Europe’s chief engineer, is removed simultaneously with Capt. Lemarie. Capt. Roussau, whose crew and passengers, except first oflicer Gray, were safely landed, and whose vessel was subsequently towed into Plymouth by British steamers, to whose owners the Transatlantic Com- pany had to pay $500,000 salvage, is removed, and with him several engin- eers and minor officers, under whose judgment the Amerique was abandoned. The vessel has been repaired and is nearly ready to sail for New York. In the parish church of Fettereaism, a custom existed, and indeed, still linâ€" gers in some parts of the country, of the preeenter, on communion SabbathsY reading out each single line of the psalm, paraphrase, before it was sung by the congregation. On one cummun~ ion Sunday7 the prmentor obsm-"d'ed the noble family of Eglantine approaching. the tables, and likely to be kept out by those who pressed in before them. Being very zealous for their accommo- dation, he called out to an individual whom he considered to be the principal obstacle in clearing the passage, “Come back, Jock, and let in the noble family of Eglantine ;” and then, turning to his psalmâ€"book, he took up his duty, and went on to read the line, “ Nor stand in sinners’ ways.” A very curious and hold robbery was perpetrated on June 28 at San Diego, Cal. McCormick, the Collector of Customs, was summoned at night to the door of his residence, in which he lives alone. A man asked if Sherâ€" ifl' Miller lived there. McCormick stopped forward to point out Miller‘s house, when his visitor drew a knife, and another man closed up behind. They ordered McCormick into the house, Where they tied his hands and feet, and demanded the key of the Custom House safe. He said tl's ‘ was a combination, and that I' not haveitwith him. They the“ 1,,“ a gag in his mouth, and rummrlged among his papers until they found the combination. One of the robbers went to the CustomHouse and opened the safe, taking $2,000 in coin and $1,000 in greenbacks. The robbers were disguised, one with a heavy white cloth over his face, and the other by a false beard and moustache. , C(JOUN TAN T, Book-Keeper, ( , ‘ ancer, and Commission Agent for the sale or purchase of lands, farm stock, &c., also for the collection of rents, notes and acâ€" counts. Charges Moderate. OFFICEâ€"Richmond srreet, Richmond Hill. 700-137 “'M. MALLOY, ARRISTER, Attorney, Solicitor-in-L‘Jmn cery, Conveyancer, &c. OFFICEâ€"N o. 6 Royal Insurance Buildings, Toronto street. Toronto, Dec. 2, 1859. 5534 U old iron, rags, &c.,"&c., '{ichmond Hill All orders promptly attended to. 1 Surveyor, Trust and Loan Buildings, 001‘- ner of Adelaide and Toronto streets, To- ronto. 719-tf v Toronto University College, corrier of Yonge and Centre Sts. East, Richmond Hill, begs to announce to the public that lie is now practising with H. Sandci‘son, _0f the same place, Where they may be consulted personâ€" ally or by letter, on all diseases of horses, cattle, 8w. « Nv‘.-._v_., All-orders from a distance promptly at- tended to, and medicine sent to any part of the Province. ' Horses examined as to soundness, and also bought and sold on commxssxon. Riehmond Hi1], Jan. 25, 1872‘ 507 Landlady (fiercely-- "You must not; occupy that bed with your boots on !” ‘Boarder.â€"â€"“ 0, never mind, they’re only an old pair. The bedâ€" bugs can’t. hurt ’cm. 1’11 risk it, any- how.” Stands permanently above every other Rem (1y now in use. It is invaluable. ,XLSO, the Pain Victor is Infallible for I Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Flox, (‘olie, Cholera. Morbus, Pain and Cramp in the Stomach and Bowels, kc. Directions with each bottle and box. Manufactured by r H. MUS'IlARD, n Sold by Dx‘uggists generally“ The Dominion \Vorm Candy is the medicine 0 expel worms. Try it. TOO-y Billiousnegs, Liver, Kidney Complaints, &0. AVE you Rheumatism,\Vounds, Bruises, 01d Sores, Cuts,. Burns, Frost Bites, Piles, Painful Swelllngs, White Swelling/s, and every conceivable wound upon man or beast '3 USTARD’S Catarrh Specific Cures Acute and Chronic cases of Uatarrh, Neural- gia, Headache, Colds, Coughs, Group, Asthma, Bronchitis, &c., it is alsoa good Soothing Syrup. November 12, 1872‘ _ F. WHITLOCK, IHIMNEY SWEEP, AND DEALER IN (LATE JAMES & FOWLER,) 1fiVCIllTECT, CIVIL ENGINELR, AND J. H. SANDERSON, ETERINABY SURGEON, Graduate of Ocean Monarchs Dethroned. USTARD’S l’ills are the best pills you _» can get 'fqr Dy§qusia, $ick Hgadache, PATENT MEDICINES. PROCLAMATION- THE KING OF OILS D. C. O’BRIEN, s. JAMES, Pro'prietor, Ingersoll 747-tf Her mime was Rachel Deans, and she lived in the northern part of New Hampshire. Her father’s name was Solomon. He owned a little farm mnong the hills, and also owned a wife, whose name was Huldah. Soloman Dean s kept one “hired man." He had a yoke of oxen, four cows, and sundry smaller stock. Huldah, like a dutiful Wife, made butter, sold milk, and cooked and washed from morning until night; and she thought she was fm'tuxmto to have “ such a home.” Sometimes, 3% she stood with her hair combed tightly back and her sleeves rolled up, pounding her great fists ener- getim! [3' into the dough, she would turn to tlll; blue-eyed little maiden by her side, and say, “Rachel, if you get a husband like your father and a. home like mine, I shall be happy g” and the young girl would east "down her eyes, while she would go on to say, “ There’s J orcminh Brown; he’s a likely young man, and he’s got the ‘go’ in him. He already owns a good field of his own, and a couple of as fine steers as there are in the country.” “ Yes, mother, but how long is it beâ€" fore noon?” she would say ; and Mrs. Deans would think her daughter’s mind was not give’h to practical life as it sllould be. She had been readimr Doe- sllould be. She had been reading poe- try lately. Poetry wasn’t good, in hayâ€" mg time, to say the least. Pilgrim’s Progress was romantic enough for {my- body, and Fox’s hook of martyrs was exciting cnonghâ€"tllesc were all she had when she was young; and as for ro- mance, why there Wasn’t any such thing in reality. \thn Solomon told her he needed a wife to take care of his dairy, and thought her the smartest girl in all thozse parts, the best-natured, and with the strangest arms, why they’re wasn’t any ro'nmnce in itCâ€"she didn’t feel a. bit of a thrill, as the girl did in the story Rachel read out of the magazine‘ And Rachel would open her beauti- ful blue eyes and scan her mother’s care-worn face, and wonder if the joys At last, when came the final rest, \Vithout one sigh or morn He said : “ My friends, above my breast Place no imposing stone.” He made his last impression here, ‘vVhilC yet his heart was warm ; J 115;: in the flick closed his career, And death locked up hisform. Herc lies a printerâ€"many a tear 111 snm‘owing eyes shall swell ; For though he handled much Izmvié’r [is life was nonparcil. He married pretty Emma Grey, With many haws and hems ; Thislitfiefijpke he [med to §ay : Time’s roller passed across life’s bed But never 2nked Tom’s wealth ; His troubles bore a. doubleâ€"lead; Still he composedâ€"â€"lximsclf. And so he kept his pages clear, And grew to be a type . Of all that manhood holds most dear ‘vVhen Tom with age was ripe. Copy his virtves, in the land V\'hich gave to him his birth ; When such editions are worked off, We lose the salt of earth. Sweet Emma proved to honest Tmn A true and faithful wife, And freely was admitted to The sanctum of his life. In course of time his honest heart FTwined round a muslin dress, And as the wearer was agreed 'l‘heir fond lips went to press. Vherc duty called him he was found, Still working in his place ; Ho stootlwhile setting up ajob, \Vhich really was the case. H e never swerved an inch from rules, To make his mattcrfat ; But spacsd life’s paragraphs, that fools Might never scoff thercnt. v Tom l‘ypb was a. printer’s lad, Bound in the good old way ; And when he’d served his seven years, The devil was to pay. ' So when his boss had paid him ofl‘, To put himself to p’roq/ He swung his bundle, took his slick, And left his master’s roof. Ii: : ‘ed in an odds and ends ' l '.;'.,;x.1ning "to his trade ; For well he knew that much depends On first impressions made. “ He’d like ten thousand sums THE LANGUAGE OF THE ‘ HEART. N0 art of man can teach us This secret Speech of Love ; Though here its tones may reach us, They echo first above. "Fis heard in gentle praises, 111 pleadings soft and weak : It tells in silent gazes, \Vhat lips could never speak. With strmig electric fleetness, Its holy breathing's start, N 0 speech can match its sweetnessâ€" The language of the heart. ONLY AN OLD STORY. There is a luvc that speaketh, But is not heard aloud ; ,lts sacred language breaketh Not on the busy crowd. ’Tis heard in sacred places Its sorrow to disguise , "I‘is writ in anxious faces And meditative eyes. It ever comes to render Kind thoughts when fond ones part ; Tts tones are sweet and tender, "l‘is the language of the heart. DY MARY MORRISON TOM TYPO. EPITAPH. RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, CANADA, FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1874 A bonnie little milk’maid she was, with her little checked handkerchief tied over her head, as she trippped down the yard, her milk-pail on her arm, and her sweet, clear voice singing one of the old church hymns, which the mocking- birds tried in vain to imitate as they looked down on her from the branches of the elm. But now you know all about Rachel, or enough to think out the rest; for yourselves, I will come to my story. It was the first of the month of July. The mountains had dofl'ed their snowy caps, the far-off hills were but a deeper blue than the sky. The little brooks laughed in the dells, and the waterâ€" falls, no longer bound by wintry chains, rushed down into their dark little pools and foamed over the stones ; the ferns grew up tall and feather-like, and the flowers nodded and blushed as the wind whispered to them in their leafy glens. I had forgottenâ€"there was one time when Venus and Jeremiah had a chance to speak to her. It was in haying time, when extra hands had to be called in. Venus had a little farm and house of his own, and once asked her how she would like to come and live down “ nearer folks.” After tea came the evening meeting; but her father would generally think the distance too far for evening, Which was rather too far in the morning ,' and so Rachel missed the excitement of the village girls of “ singing-schools and night-meetings." So Ezekiel, John and Venus (there was one young man there of that name) did not have a chance very often for a word with the “pretty girl down to Solomon’s,” and little did she trouble her head about them, but was a good, merry little maiden, who made her butter well, and knew how to “try out ” lard and even to milk the clover-fed cow. ‘ It was at the end of a long, hard day’s work in the hot sun, Solomon Deans and his wife and the “help” sat at the supper table in the kitchen, and Rachel was filling the cups, when her mother made such a. startling announcement that she almost dropped the tea-pot. 5‘ Solomon,” his wife said, “ what do you say to havin’ a summer boarder? They’re all full down to Jake’s, an’ Sallie wants me to take one that come yesterday. I told her I would if you was willin’. What, do you say ’1” “Her greatest charm, affla H voice, as full of music as? Mendelssohn’s songs W and when in the little she sang on Sundays, 1? like a bell in the leudin" words ; church 36 clear and her his child’svmsi heaven than pars?) ' courses on original si ’ '7 Rachel would go home from chu ‘ down the little path and get into th wagon and ride home. As soon as she was in her little room she .would lay by her hat with the pink ribbon carefully in the drawer, and change her light dress for a dark calico ; then she would button the little hands round her Wrists, and go down to get supper. Thc old farmer looked at his wife complacently, and said: “You know best, Huldah, you know Ialways leave such things to my women‘ folks. Is it a man or a Woman 1” he added, evi- Rachel went to school t] M: months in winter, and worked at beg: the rest of the time. She grew in . u y and strength every year, like the?" eautiful elm tree which, in a rare aesthi 'c mood, her father had planted beforg he door. She was rather above medium height; her hair was longf‘l'avy and golden~â€"sometimes wound}: and her head like a shining halo, so " i'mes al- lowed-tougo free at the willfthe wind. Her eyes were of that deep-"l 310 which is near the violet, but chaai so often from dark to light that one i it hard to tell the shade. ;' er little rosy lips when they flare cl'jd had an ex’pression of true Vfiaideng . leetness, and when they parted in a riflg ing laugh one could catch glimpses of ' than those of a queen‘s ' ' Only one drawback liad‘, beauty: her hands, though hard and red with consta‘ one would never have th at those, who could 1001’ and watch the blushes W}: went like rOSe-leaves in a? “ Well, Rachel, how goés; hen? Has she got the eggs‘ And how much butter have for market to-day, my girl ‘1’? But that would be all ; anl gry men would sit down ‘ espatch their meal, and talk of the ces for pohatoes, and the prospects: and she would wait on t. 'and deftly, her little feet d the qui viva for. every order. S “ passed onâ€"and the years. Her father would rub hifiii over her golden hair and say And then her father would cohe into supper ; and the “hired man," th his‘ great clayey boots, would come tampâ€" ihg in, and seize the dipperjfor long draught, and then splash thg’lf’éol water over his hands, and rub the,b§welbrisk- ly over his hot, brown Then Rachel would hurry to get'fifblkes on the table, and to pour on ‘ teaâ€"â€" a _” (lone which last operation was 4 away from table. ' and thrills were really only in books, and if the height of felicity the; world had to give her was to be the Tife of Jeremiah Brown ! t ight that one ~ ould find I the shade er little ' (1 had an leetness, ng laugh 'ls purer ‘ belie.â€" . glimpses of a queen‘s ,Wback liad mds, thougl‘x vith consta or ; but blushes me and leaves in church 036 clear and her _' Rachel hand “ Oh, ,no, thank you, sir," she said de- cidedly; if youkvould first go round to the front door, I will take in my pails and come round and open. it. I will speak ,to my mother.” And as she went into the house his eyes followed the fairy little form, and he half sighed to think he could not meet her on equal groundâ€"half sighed to think that she was not the daughter of a New York prince, and that the milk-pail had not been a fancy basket. “ Is this Mr. Dean’s house 1” The new-comer was a young man of perhaps thirty, tall and well-proporâ€" tioned. His eyes were dark-grey; his hair was dark and slightly curling ; his mouth a little too full for beauty, but wellâ€"shaped and'expre‘zssive. So much a. cool lookerâ€"on might see, but remark nothing especially striking in form 01' featureâ€"certainly nothing to malfe lit- tle Rachel blush and stammer so, as if a god had come down to her in the per- son of a man. But there was an ex cuso for herâ€"she had only known the rustic styleof dress and manner so ex- pressed in such as “ Venus”’ “ Shan’t I help you 2” asked the stranger, with the same gallantry which he would have used at a New quk soiree had the article in question been a. scarf ,- and yet, as he spoke, he could hardly help smiling at his own ofl'er. And this was the summer-boarder. His name was Arthur Van Ende‘n. His father’s family dated back to "the old Knickerbockers of New Yorkâ€"one of those Vans which seem to be the open-sesame to her close1y~shut heart. A house in Washington, another in Fifth Avenue, a third :1 country Villa on the Hudson. But Arthur was tired of this. He wanted to go off and weather alone somewhere free from res- traint, free from conventionalities. Not that he cared the less for themâ€"not that he would surrender one iota of that socile ceremony which was his life and his death at the same timeâ€" but a little natural longing for a temâ€" porary rest and variety filled his heart, and in this quiet nook among the hills he felt sure he should find it. “ Rachel,” calls a loud voice from the housel “ bring the milk in.” It was near the close of a long sum- mer’s day. The sun had just set, and the purpling sky was flecked here and there with soft rosy clouds; the birds were singing good night, and the little waterfall in the glen was chiming in with a song of its ownâ€"when Rachel termefrom behind the barn with amilk pail in each hand. Her cheeks were flushed with exercise, and her eyes full of hope and joy. As she came, her clear, sweet voice trilled its merry notes far above the bird-songs. But half way to‘the house, she sat down her pails, and stopped to look at the birds in the trees, and the rosy light just touching the spireâ€"tops of the distant village; and as she looked her merry song ceas- ed, and a half sigh escaped her lips. She had not noticed a step behind her, and started at the sound of a stranger’s voice : Would-be contributor : “ I wish you would tell me something to write about.” Editor: “\Vell ! Right about face.” “Oh, I don't know, child. They don't let much on country fixins any- way, I guess. Go get what you like. They do take notions sometimes.” “ Ferns? \tht do you s’pose he wants his room cluttered up with weeds forâ€"he that has whole observatories of elegant flowers at home 1” “ \Vhy, mother, I think they’re beau- r Do'p’t you really s’pose city folks likes ’em 2” I15k}! you put a. piece of soap on the ’tin basin there; an’ Where on earth be you a going with them air big boobs on T’ “Only just to get a few of them ferns down in the hollow, mother.” So Rachel fluttered about the dreary “ spare room " like a reflection of sun- light from some brighter spot. She paused before the picture of the elderly female bending over the tomb. IS it pretty? she reasoned to herself. Anna. Jones said in the city they had beautiâ€" ful picturesâ€"looked like real sky and clouds and water. I mean to put a brown pitcher of ferns on the matel- piece, zin’ that will cover it up ,' an’ I’ll put up some white for curtains, an’ loop ’em up with red braid ; an’ put some White on the table an’ a white quilt on the bed, an’ it won’t look so-what did Jane say they said ‘?â€"-0h, countrified. “ What made you so long, Rachel 2 ” asked her mo‘ther. “I could a tidied up that little hole in less than no time. gYou ain’t; been a readin’, have you? “Is he coming ‘2” asked Rachel the next morning, as ‘she stood straining the milk into a row of shining pans. “ W [no a coming?” replied her mother. “ W by, the boarder.” _ “I dunno ; I guéss s0. You’d betâ€" b“; fix up the front spare room anyhow. Sweep it well and get down all the cob- webs, and stick some sparrowgrass over the picture of your uncle’s tomb, and we’ll be ready for him anyhow." dently regarding “ it ” as an article of profit or loss. ' ‘17 “ It’sa man. “ Married '1” , “ No, I believe not.” “ Hm.” When Solomon said ‘,hm,” he meant he thought the subject; to need consideration, and so for the‘time the discussion ended.. (TO BE CONTINUED.) The new Post Office in New York city is rapidly approaching completion, and the department will move therein during the latter part of the present year. About 100 workmen are now employed, principally upon the base- ment, first and second floors. In this part ofthe building, every improvement which invention can suggest 'will be utilized. Arrangements are in pro- gress for pneumatic'tubes from all the daily newspaper oflices to t1'16"'pa-per mailing room, by the use of which hard- ly an instant will be wasted in the dis- patching of daily journals.- The base- ment portion of the building has been arranged with special reference to the admission of railway postal cars fromi the tracks of the Broadway under-‘ ground Railway; and when that roadl is built, the mail cars will run directly down‘from Fortyâ€"second street into the Post Office building. The Underground Railway is to pass directly along the Broadway front of the edifice. One of these days, when the Hudson river is tunneled or bridged, the postal cars of all the railways that center in this vi- cinity, such as the New Jersey Central, the Pennsylvania Railway, the Erie, the Delaware and Lackawanna, will all be brought down on the Broadway Underground Railway, directly into the basement of the Post Office. This will greatly facilitate the receipt and dispatchrof the mails. The new Post Office is a magnificent building, impo â€" ing in appearance, and well calculated, by its location and construction, to be the great postal center of the country. The estimated cost of the building is over five millions of dollars. People in Syria, instead of taking off their caps and turbans when they enter the house of a friend, leave their shoes at the door. School‘children never wear their shoes into the schoolâ€"room, and it is very curious to go to the Syrian school-houses and see the piles of shoes at the door. There are new bright red shoes, and old tattered shoes, and. koh-kobs, and black shoes, and sometimes yellow shoes. The kob-kobs are wooden clogs, made to raise the feet out of the mud and water, having a. lit- tle strap over the toe to keep it on the foot. You will often see little boys and girls running down steps and paved streets on these dangerous kobâ€"kobs. It is amusing to watch the boys when they come out of school try to find their shoes. There will be fifty boys, and of course a hundred shoes all mixed to- gether in one pile. When school is out the boys make a rush for the door. Then comes the tug of war. A dozen boys are standing and shuffling on the pile of shoes, looking down, kicking away the other shoes, running their toes into their own,,stu1nhling over the kob-kobs, and then making a dash to get out of the crowd. Of course, quar- .Iels often occur among the noisy imps. That pile of shoes will have to answer for a good many school-boy fights and bruised noses and hard feelings in Syria. You will wonder how they tell their own shoes. So do I. And the boys often wear ofi‘ each other’s shoes by mistake, or on purpose, and then you will see Selim running with one shoe on and one of Ibrahim’s in his hand, shouting and cursing Ibrahim’sfather and grandfather until he gets back his lost property. In fact a mischievous spirit seems to preside over choirs, so that the very same persons whose conduct would be exemplary in pews, and is exemplary in the Sabbath-school, will when they get together inachoir, grieve and disturb the minister and the whole congregation. They seem to think that the saying, “ The priests profane the Sabbath in the temple and are blameless,” applies also to choir and organ lol'ts.â€"â€"N. Y. VVl‘tness. ‘ We haveseeu a minister who, While preaching, had to look down or up, or to one side or the other, but never straight before, him, lest he should be put out by the conduct of his choirâ€"a. choir,'by the way, composed of Some of the most respectable young people of his church Happily for him to shut his eyes While at prayer, or he would have been still worse put out, for even that most sol- emn part of the services failed to secure anything like decorum in the choir. Nothing more common than whis- pering and tatteling, and leaning over to each other to communicate some choice joke, and then each leanâ€" ing overto some neighbor on the other side to retail it: then perhaps, all lay- ing down their heads on the board, or 5covering their faces with their hand- kerchiels, to restrain their laughter. These ‘proceedings are sometimes partly concealed by a curtain, but sometimes they are carried on in full view of the church, and before the very face of the minister, when, perhaps, he is in the most earnest and effective parts of his discourse. Much has been said about the un- seemlinosfs of confining the singing of the praise of God to four persons, or anynumbelfi in an organ loft, but we do. not; think enough attention has been turned to the conduct of many, perhaps most choirs. The New York Post Office. How ' the Choir Behaved. Reversing the Order. We move in quicker time than our ancestors moved ,' and the worst of it'is, that men cannot help this railroad fash- ion of galloping out of life. When such a crowd as now_ peoples” this conâ€" tinent are all running at this headlong speed, you must run with them, or {be borne down andrun over and trampled to death by the mass. In is only‘ by joining in the frantic gallop that you can keep your place and save your bones from being broken. ~I-Iabit becomes so -inveterate that when thrown out of the vortex men cannot rest. Our very’dis- eases partake of this contagious haste: the lingering consumption is growing 1less frequent; the instantaneous apo- ‘plexy and ossification of the heart are taking its place. Even the moralizers on this universal race for the sake of running, hurry along with the rest, and pour out their reflections as they run. It is to be ushered into the “best chamber,” (always a north one) of a cold January night ; to unhook your dress with stiflined digits; to find everything in your trunk (but your night-cap); to creep between polished linen sheets, on to a congealed mattress, and listen to the chattering of your own teeth until daylight. It is to talk at a mark, twelve hours on the stretch ; to eat and drink all sorts of things which disagree with you ; to get up sham fits of enthusiasm at tri- fles 3 to learn to yawn circumspectly behind your finger-tips ; to praise a spoiled child when you feel like wring- ing its neck; to avoid all allusion to topics unsuited to your pro tem latitude; to have somebody forever at your nerâ€" vous elbow trying to make you “ enjoy yourself ;” to laugh when you want to cry ; to be loquacious when you would rather be taciturn ;V to have mind and body in unyielding harness, for linger- ing, consecutive weeks ; and then to inâ€" vite your friends, with a. hypocritical smile, to play the same farce over with you whenever business or pleasure calls them to Frogtown! It is to reach your friend’s house‘ braveLstained, cold and weary, with an unbecoming crook in your bonnet; to be utterly unable to get the frost out of your tongue, or, “ the beam into your eye,” and to have tne felicity of hearing some strange guest remark to your friend, as you say an early good- night: ' “Is it possible that is your friend Miss Grey ’2 ” What is it to go away on a visit? “fall, it is to take leave of the little velvet rocking-chair, which adjusts itâ€" self so nicely to your shoulders and spinal column; to cram, jam, squeeze, and otherwise compress your personal effects into an infinite small compass ; to be shook, jolted, and tossed, by turns, in carriage, railroad car and steamboat; to be deafened with the stentorian lungs of cab-drivers, dray- men and porters; to clutch your bag- gage as if every face you saw was a highwayman ; (or to find yourself trans- ported with rage at finding it transportâ€" ed by steam to Greenland or lape Horn). toilet are hurried through ; the breakâ€" fast is gulped down without being tas- ted ; the newspaper is skimmed with a dim idea of its contents ; the place of business is posted to in landaulet, cab or bus; the day is spent in trying to overtake complicated details of busincSB too extensive for the mind’s grasp5j_it costs a race to be in time fordin'ner, and dinner is curtailed of its fair proâ€" portion oftime for the debate, or the committee, or the opera, or the evenng party, or ‘all of them. Even sleep is got through impatiently, with frequent startings and consultations of the watch. lest the mornings hours be lost. Perhaps the most characteristic peenL iarity of this country, at present, ‘iS'r’tlle unhealthy want of repose. Travelling by railroad is surely typical of the trav- elling hurry with which all the. afi‘ah's l of life are transacted. In business, men are in a hurry to get rich ;.~ théy cannot submit to the tedious procesebf adding one year’s patient and legitimate gains to those of its predecessibr, bat seek by bold, speculative combinations, by anticipations of intelligence'recei‘ved through the ordinary channels, toimake or mar themselves by one bold. stroke. The‘devotees of pleasure seek, as it were, to multiply their personal presence, not only by rattling to a dozen assemblies and receptions of a night, as has been the Worshipful practice of our “larger cities during the gay season. fer some years ,' but by shooting in the Adironâ€" dacks and yachting in the Chesapeake, during the same week, visiting Califor- nia and Canada during some Congress ional recess, and other feats of celerity. The mechanical wheels revolve with ac- cumulated speed to correspond to‘ the hot haste of those who impel them. The long hours of factory and millinerâ€" drudges, the gangs of night and day laborers relieving each other in print- ing offices and coal pitsâ€"all the unre- mitting, eager, “ go-head” pressure ‘of societyâ€"are but so many symptoms of the excitement which impels'men to live in a hurry. It is a paradox only in form to say that we are in such‘a hurry to live that we do not live at all. Life slips through our fingers. unfelt, unenjoyed, in the bustle of preparing to live. A day of business isla day of breathless haste. The duties ‘of the 1THE YORK HEfiKflb fr DUBLISHED AT THE OFFICE’ ‘ Termszâ€"Om Dollar per Annum in Advch The Delights of Visiting. Issued ‘Voekly on Friday M'omin'g.‘ YONGE Sax, RICHMOND KILL. ALEX. Sco'r'r, PBOPRIETOR Living in a Hurry. WHOLE NO. 835