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Toronto, Dec. 2, 1859. 594 CCOUNTANT, Book-Kee'per, COHVQJ' 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. OFFICEâ€"Richmond srreet, Richmond Hill. 700â€" l y All'orders'from a. distance promptly at- tended to, and medicine sent to any part of the Province. 7 Horses examined as to soundness, and also bought and sold on commission. Riehmond Hill, Jan. 25, 1872. 507 A Surveyor, Trust and Loan Buildings, cor- ner of Adelaide and Toronto streets, To- ronto. 719~tf A correspondent of the Hartford Times, who wants to equal the stories of intelligent animals he has read, sends the following: “A lady in East Gran- by obtained of a friend six'goose eggs and set them under a favorite hen. After four weeks’ incubation, under great difficulties, the hen came ofi‘ with one healthy gosling, who caused her much trouble in consequence of his recklessness in getting his feet wet. Still there was great affection mani- fested by both parent and child. But the hen gradually grew ashamed, either of herself or of her strange chicken, (which had outgrown her,) and she sought another nest, in a. retired place, and ” commenced sitting for another brood. The gosling wandered ‘ lonely as a cloud ‘ until she, at last, made her appearance with a fine brood of chicks. The gander, at this time, had obtained considerable size, and labored hard to help support the family of his half bro- thers and sisters. He would spread his wings and breed the chicks and protect them from the rain, and drive off all the other fowls who interfered with his adopted family. He would go out to the field and bring in an ear of corn and shell it off for the chicks 3 and woe to any other biped who attempted to share the meal. At last the industri- ous hen again went to work for another nest, and then the whole charge of the family devolved upon the gander. And he was faithful to his trust. And, to- day, if you will go to East Granby, to the farm-house of Mr. Scales, you can see one of the finest of his species you ever saw, still attached to his mother hen and her family, who, apparently, fully reciprocate the feeling.” One dark night not long ago, a burglar entered a private residence on Broadway. 0n ascending one flight of stairs he observed a light in a chamber, and, while deliberating what was best to do, a large woman suddenly descended upon him, seized him by the throat, pushed him down through the hall, and forced him into the street before he had time to think. “Heroic Repulse ofa Burg- lar by a Woman ” was the way the story was told next day. But when friends called and congratulated her upon her courage, she exclaimed, “ Good gracious, I didn’t know it was a burglar. If ‘I had I should have been frightened to death. I thought ; it was my husband come home drunk ‘and I was determined he shouldn’ stay in the house in that condition.’ lâ€"Lexington (Ky) Gazette. It cost a man in Binghamton twenty dollars to sneeze the other day. He blew a. new set of false teeth out on the sidewalk breaking them to pieces. November 12, 1872‘ Manufactured by (LATE JAMES & FOWLER,) RCHITECT, CIVIL ENGINELR, AND PATENT fl WISHES} l’ltl )(JXA:\MA'1‘1()N- A Heroine by Mistake J. H. SANDERSON, THE KING OF OILS A Great Goose D. C. O’BRIEN, s. JAMES, H. MUSTARD, Proprietor, Ingersoll 747-tf And go to the Battle of Life, my boy, With the peace of the Gospel shod, And before high Heaven do the best you can, For the great reward, for the good of mm, For the Kingdom and Crown of God. There is room for you in the ranks, my boy ‘ And duty tou assigned; Step mm the from, with a cheerful grace, lie quick, or another may take your phu‘e. And you may be left behind. Temptation will wait by tho way. my boy Temptation without and within; And spirits of evil in robes so fair As the holiest. angels in heaven wear, Will lure you to deadly sin. Then gut on the armor of God, my boy, 11 the beautiful days of youth: Put on the helmet, breast-plate and shieldV And the sword that the feeblest arm may wield‘ In the cause of Right and Truth. There is work to be done by the way, my boy. That you never can tread again : Work for the loftieat, lowliest men, W'ork for the plough Mlze, spindle and pen Work for the hands and brain. The Serpent will follow your steps, my boy, 'I‘u lay for your feet a snare ; And Pleasure sits in her fairy howers, With garlands of puppies and lotus flowera‘ Emvx‘cut‘hing her golden hair‘ And the troops march steadily on, my boy, To the army gone before ; You may hear the sound of their falling fem, Going down to the river where the two worlds meeLâ€" , They go to return no more. The gentleman thus addressed had joined the ladies at the church door, and begging permission to walk home with them, looked down at the inde~ pendent little speaker, as he said laugh- ingly: nu forth to the Battle of Life, my hey. Go‘ whiie it is called to-day’; For the years go out, and the years come in, Rugm‘dlcss of those who may lose or win~ of those who may woxk or play. “ Christmas and New Year’s follow so soon after Thanksgiving one wants the few weeks tnat come in between to attend to one’s own orphans,” laughing- ly said Mrs. \Vhyte, at the iast meeting concerning that event, 11 p011 which piece of good doctrine it was finally agreed that the second week in Febru- ary would be about the time best suited to all in which to hold their long-talked of fair. After considerable debate upon the subject in boudoirs and parlors, as well as at Sewing Society and other tables, the ladies of “ St. Philip’s ” finally de- cided to hold their flair for the friendless orphans of that parish some time after the holidays. “ It don’t concern me much when it comes off,” said Veronica. Vallery to her aunt, as she buttoned up her seal- skin jacket and pinned on her vail. “I haven’t any orphans to attend to, and no father nor mother to attend to me. I care for nobody, and nobody cares for me. Good day, Mr. Agnew.” “ \Vhich part of it do you doubt? ” asked Veronica looking up very defiant- 1y. “ I caught your last sentence, Miss Vallery, and. doubt it.” “It; would be rude to answer ‘the last half’ to one upon whom every one seems to look kindly, and it would per- haps be presuming, upon so short an acquaintance, to say ‘the first half,’ so I will merely repeat, in a general sort of way, that I doubt the truth of your remarks. “Auntie, Mr. Agnew is playing Sphinx. He speaks in riddles. I don’t understand him and Tm sure he don’t understand me ;” and she walked on a trifle faster. “ I beg pardon, Miss Vallery; it is no riddleâ€" merely a knowledge I imag- ine I possess of your character; better perhaps than you could have of your- self. “ Pray confine your studies of char- acter to the limits of your profession, Mr. Agnew. Lawyers, I believe, have every opportunity for studying human nature in the police dock and such places. Uuzil Miss Vallery occupies so public a position she objects to being studied.” “ 01), Veronica, What are you talk- ing about ’1” cried Mrs. VVhyte, fearful that her proteges would quarrel in dead earnest now. Some natures when they draw near to one another seem like summer storm- clouds, to be charged one with the posâ€" itive, the other with the negative elec- tricity, and in the meeting of such oppo- site forces there is always a sharp re- port imminent ; and Veronica Vallery and Val Agnew were never half an hour together that there was not some little flash or play of lightning in their words that threatened danger. And yet, somehow, like the summer storm- VERONICA’S VALENTINE. It hurries through a mountain dale, Thrice rich with slope and pine ; It comes as from “ behind the veil;“ It lisps as of the divine. The sunset deepens and dies in the west, Making the heavens so brave; In the east the clouds seek infinite restâ€" Will sleep in the ogeun wave. Over the Alps‘ snowy shoulders The sun trails a mantle of gold; And flecks the brook and its boulders, And lances fashioned by Cold. Tassels of ice hang over the foam And gloss of a crystal stream ; The happy brook is “ going home,’ Beneath the sunset gleam. The Earth, in her spotless garb, Is a maiden that rises from prayer-â€" A rose withouta barb- Even to angels fair. O‘er whom the stars come stealing, And the winter moon will rise, Blessing what has not feelingâ€" Thc lids and the ever-closed eyes. Or call her a spirit of beauty Deprived of material breath Waptefl ip_hcz}ven for dpty, 1‘ 2‘ 51.: J1 ' x n... THE WINTER BROOK. 6i6£1§e37iii {he robe of (with >~oo 09s RICHMOND HLLL, ONTARIO, CANADA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1875. F LIFE. “ch, I do. They’re in love with one another ;” and the volume of smoke that followed the assertion seemed ap- propriate to the cannon-like effect; it had on his hearer. I never saw Val so interested in any girl before, He Wants to talk about her every time he comes into my room and asks all sorts of questions; while she appears to be governed entirely by his opinions and tastes, says he is the most gentlemanly gentleman she ever knew,quotes Bayard’s motto, ‘sanspeur ct sans reproc/w,’ when speaking of him and yet she is too hateful of him for anything. I’m sure I don’t understand iii-H, “ You ’2-â€"â€"1‘idiculous !” and her tone expressed absolute incredulity. Jumping up from the rocking-chair as though she had been shot, she ex- claimed : " Why, James \Vhyte, I never thought; of that? and its the very thing too,” she went on, volubly. .Val will make the very sort of a husband Ver- onica needsâ€"some one to control her as well as her fortune." “ But, remember, I don‘t say it will end in their being husband and wife. Love does not always bring about; that consummation so devoutly to be wished for. They are a precious pair' of con- tral‘ies, and because it. is a good match for both they very likelyyiyll tum just oppositely, andth make poor ones. I shan’t put; a straw in their way, for nor against. Let them manage it- themselves.” charuan‘x clouds Hwy seemed to seek 0m another. The three walked on in silence now until they reached the steps of their hoarding-house; then with some kind, pleasant remark, Mr. Agnew left the ladies in the hall and Went up the long wide stairs to his own room. The la- dies stopped 21 Fur moments in the par- lor. “ Exactly, auntieâ€"Veronica Vallery anal if you only add spinstcr, and well calculatedfib take care. of herself, you will llavo my name and nature com- plete, and no more words about it, if you please.” 3 " “I cannot understand what makes Veronica so rude to Va] Agnew,” said Mrs. \Vhyte that evening after she had repeated the passage of arms that had taken place betwaen them that after- noon; “ and to me, too, for that mat- ter, when I take her to task about it. “ Well, I do,” answered Mr. VVhyte from the depth’s of the long pipe he was smoking. But this little gleam of light on the subject illuminated all Mrs. Whyte’s dreams brilliantly, and she saw in her mind’s eye her beloved but. troublesome niece the wife ofa good man and emiâ€" nent lawyer. The fair was announced for the 14th and the ladies of the committee decided they would have as one of the attrac- tions of the evening, the old timeJIon- ored post-office. “ And, girls,” said Mrs. \Vhyte, who was one of the prime ministers, “ you mmt all set your wits to work, and write the brightest kind of notes. Ver- onica, you used to be apt at verse- making. \Vc’ll have you ‘do’ some poetry.” “ Veronica. Vallery," began her aunt in a tone of reproof. A. The evening of the 14th arrived, and the pretty little hall in which it was hold was a scene of brilliant gayety. Val Agnew lounged in late, and not seeing Miss Vallery among the bevy of pretty girls at the tables, he inquired for her. “ Oh, she’s postmistress,” answered a pretty libtle brunette at his elbow; “ and, by the bye, I think there’s a letâ€" ter for you. Go see.” Mr. Agnew obeyed the command, and presenting himself at the narrow little window of the office, gravely asked for a letter. Veronica blushed a little as she an- swered, “ I think there is one here for you.” Then turning around she perâ€" formed a queer little pantomime. Closâ€" ing her eyes tightly she put her hand on the pile of undirected letters that lay beside her, selietiug one at random looked out of the window and asked the usual question. “ Vflmt name 1" “Valentine Agnew.” Veronica started with the pen in her hand. “Is that your true name, Mr. Ag- new? Some one told me it was Valdiâ€" dimir.” “ No, I am Valentine. I was called for my father’s friend, a. famous sur- geon with that surname, but I preferâ€" red to be doctor of law, instead of doc- tor of medicine. I study character, not physics.” The pen dashed off the name, and the letter was handed to its owner without a word. Then, as Val Agnew walked away,‘ Veronica called in a. hes- itating tone after him, “ Mr. Agnew, if you hear good news will you let; me know ?" “ With pleasure, Miss Vallery. You surprise me with your curiosity ; can any news to me be of any interest to you ? ” “Possibly. I’m a surprising crea- tureâ€"haven’t you found that out yet? Good night.” And echoing her abrupt “good night,” Val Agnew put his letter in his vest pocket and strolled on with the crowd. ' He didn’t think of the little missive Go little verse to him I love, my king, my cavalierâ€" And like a. timid, tender dove, fly to his heart, sans fear. . So swift and sure creep in his breast he shall not feLl the breach, There build your little happy nest of love” pure, sans reproach. So sing your pretty tender lay ; it shall pierce thro‘ and thro’ His inmost heart. and o‘er shall stay there, strong, steadfast and true. Then, when hehears it sweet and clear its import he‘ll divine, And. like a faithful cavalier he‘ll know his Valen- tine. Ah, why did Val Agnew’s face flush and his heart. beat at the simple little lines ‘1 Something in the ring of the words sounded so like a dear voice he knew and loved he dared to hope the Valentine indeed was meant for him. Mrs. W'hyte was interviewed very early next morning, and in this way Val Agnew soon learned who ‘did’ the poetry. Accordingly a few hours later when Miss Vallery’s blue morning dress swept past the little bay window room at the head of the stairs on her way up from breakfast, she w'as interviewed as well, for Mr. Agnew arrested her with« “I want to speak to you. I promis- ed to report if I got; good news. Come in and let me tell you what my letter told me.” Veronica turned a trifle paler than her wont, but obediently entered the cosey little room, where the bright warm sunshine shone down on the pretty tableau vivant. He, tall, dark, and strong, with a steadfast courage in his face. She, slight; and fair and weak with a yielding tenderness in 1101‘s. “Veronica. I got a. )‘alentine,” said he, looking down into her face. " You got it I” O Ah, the start, the tone, and the em- phasized verb were all true tellâ€"tales. " And you meant that I should, did you not, Veronica? Were those sweet words not; written from your heart to mine 'I I love you so dearly. Do not dared to hope in Vvaiul Then Miss Vallery’s trembling hands held themselves out for support, and her head rested on the same spot in his vest that covered her valentine of the evening before. “And you even did not know my name 3" “ No, I thought you were' called Val for Valdimir. I did not know you were my Valentine.” “ And you do care for somebody now.” “ Ah, yes ; and someone‘cares for me.” Mrs. VVhyte says she supposes it went by the rule of contraries. Every body thought they were just suited for each other, and, of course, wouldn’t have one another, and so they proved the exception to the rule. again until he got. home up in room that fight. Taking it then out» of his vest he examined the penmmnship close- ly, “ It’s a bold firm hand, denotes; strength of character and a passionate nature. If she had written the con- tents, too, and to me, I wonder what they would have been like! As it is, I suppose it’s only some girlish non- sense," and with these words Val Agâ€" new opened the envelope, and then un- folded the letter. “ \Vhat is this i” he exclaimed, with astonishment. “ The same hand 3” and he readâ€"â€" “And you did write it to me, dar- ling '2” he said at length. “ I wrote it to him I loved so dear- ly," answered Veronica, looking up inâ€" to her lover’s eyes as she continued, “ If among the many letters beneath my hands,” thought I, when you asked me for one, “ the valentine I have written to him be the one I pick out with my eyes closedâ€"surely fate Wills it that we belong to one another. And of all the letters, to think that should be the one I selected I" But Mr. Agnew said it was her ver- ses that got her “ Veronica’s Valentine.” “ My old friend, Rossiter,” says a writer, “fixed his alarm so that at the fibreâ€"ordained moment the bed- clothcs were all dragged from the bed, and Rossitcr lay there naked and shivering.” “Rossiter found another contriv- ance which worked better. The alar- um clock struck a match, which lit the lamp which boiled the water for Rossiter’s shaving, If Rossiter stayed in bed too long, the water boiled over on his razor, and clean shirt, and prayer book his mother gave him, and Coleridge’s autograph, and his open pocketâ€"book, and all the other precious things he could put in a basin underneath when he went to bed; so he had to get up be101’e that moment came.” Any number of figures you may wish to multiply by 5 will give the same re- sult if divided by 2â€"a much quicker operation ; but you must remember to annexe cipher to the answer, whenever there is no remainder, and when there is a remainder, whatever it may be, an- nex a 5 to the answer. Multiply 464: by 5 and the answer will be 2,320 ; dividing the same number by 2 and you have 232, and, as there is no remainder, you add a cipher. Now take 357, and multiply by 5; there is 1,785. Divide the same number by 2, and you have 178 and a. remainder; you therefore place a 5 at the end of theline, and the result is again 1,785. Singular Mathematical Fact. Early Rising Made Easy. ‘ The Paris gossips call the mar- Lx'izwflMlmfiuliafiLmknsn dauuhe ‘ terof Mr. Maurice Strakosch, and mece ‘of Patti, Marquise De Caux, with M. 3 Earnest Bourdillon, a young and { rising advocate of the Cour d’ Appel, A maiden lady, suspecting her female servant was regaling her beau upon the cold mutton of the larder, called Betty and inquired whether she did not; hear some one speaking with her down stairs. “ Oh, no, ma’am,” replied the girl, “it was me singing a psalm I” “You may amuse yourself, Betty,” replied the maiden, “ with psalms, but let’s have no hims. Betty; 1 have a great objection to hims.” Betty eurtsicd, withdrew, and took the hint. The late Lord Brougham, who at one time was proverbial for his gal- lantry to the fair sex, was pleading in a jury cause before the late Lord , and his client happening to be a female, and defender in the action, of the name of Tiekler, he com- menced his speech in the following homoroue strain: “Tickle, my client, the defendant my lord.” The audi- ence, amazed with the oddity of the speech, were almost drawn into hysteries of laughter, by the judge replying, “Tickle her yourself, Harry, you’re better able to do’t than 1 am.” The Oswego Times tells a good story of a fashionable lady of that village, Whose parents are not pos- sessed of wealth in proportion to her pretentious, who excused herself to a visitor for doing housework thus: “Mother and I do our own housework, because it is so exceed- ingly romantic.” An ancient, but generouehearted female, named Hana-h Goldsmith, down in Jefi'crson county1 wants to give $50 ' toward the erection of a home for snperannuated editors. who never published a lie, and who never charged for old papers to put under carpets. Who is first to apply for room ? THE RELIGION WE WANT.â€"We want a religim; that, bears heavily, not only on the “exceeding sinful- ness of sin,” but on the exceeding rascality of lying and stealingâ€"a religion that banishes small measures from the counter, small baskets from the stall, pebbles lro’m the cotton bags, clay from the pepper, sand from sugmyehicory from coffee, alum from bread, and water from milk- cans. a. splendid match. Alove matoh in the bargain. M. Bourdillon is a handsome ,young fellow of poliehed manners. Mlle. Strakosch is a sweet and winning young lady, who in- herits the musical talents of her par- ents. A very large and fashionable assembly assisted at the nuptial benediction, at the Church of St. Augustin. A man entered a ticket ofiice at a raiiway station recently and asked for a ticket for “Destination.” To pro‘ve that he was not mistaken, he pointed to a notice which read: “Passengers who intend going fur- ther than Toronto are requested to purchase through tickei‘fl to destinaâ€" tion." During the absence of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Daniels, of Lyme, Conn., on Thursday night, their house was burned, taking fire from explosion of a kerosene lamp. Their children, seven in number, the eld- est being 17 years, were obliged to flee half dressed. One boy eight years old reached a neighbor’s house and was found on the doorsteps next morning nearly dead. The others took refuge in a clump of cedars near by, and on Friday Morning, when help arrived, a girl thirteen years of age was frozen dead and another so badly frozen that her life is despaired of. Should a man be hanged when he is insane? N0. Should a con- demned man be watched and chained that he may not commit suicide? Yes. Is a man who attempts to com- mitsuicide insane? Yes. Let’s see; where are we now ?-â€"Louisville Fourier Journal. A strange case of deliberate child murder has come to light in West Cornwall, England. A feW weeks ago Emily Richards, a young woman whose husband emigrated two years, and who has lived in service at Penrhyn, returned to Chasewater, her native place. She carried a bag, lantern, and a living baby. She asked two girls to show her to Faithy pump. They did so, and carried her bundle for which she gave them six- pence. They left her at the pump. An hour afterwards Richards called unexpectedly on her mother. She had then abundle and a lantern, but no child. She remained three days, then disappeared without say- ing where she was going. Mean- while mysterious rumors spreadâ€"a baby’s flannel had been found partly hanging in Faithy pump, which is a deep well withont covering, from which a row of cottages is supplied with drinkihg water. The police had the well searched, andin itwas found the body of a child three months old. It had died from drown- ing. A Coroners jury, after receiv- ing evidence of these facts, returned a :Ierdict of wilful murder agrinst Emily Riehards. Miscellaneous Items. Good old Edward Spencer in his de‘ lightful allegory, “ The Fairie Queen,” tells us of a huge great dragon that had its lair near a cortain city, whence it used to issue and carry 05 the fairest and most lovely maidens, the bravest and most stalwart youths of the land. His enormous size, his dreadful armor, and insatiable thirst for blood made him the terror of the entire region. “His flaggywinges, when forth he did display, Were like two sayles; His huge lonv tnyle, wound up in hundred folds, 01‘ three good flu-longs (lid but little luck: But his most hideous head my tongue to tell Does tremble; for his deep devouring jaws Wyde gaped, like the griesly monlh of hell, ' Through which, into his darke nbysso all ruin fell. And what more wondrous was, in either jawe ’l‘hrce ranckles of yron teeth cnraunged wereâ€" His blazing eyes,1iketwo bright burningshieldes, Did burn with wrath, and sparkled living flyreil” The dreadful monster continued to desolate the whole country till, at the solicitation of Unit, the fair spirit of Truth, the Red-Cross Knight of Holi- ness, 01an in the whole armor of Faith, fought, vanished and slow the monster, and the Whole land had rest. bosom that chieifishmm deadly virus into the heart that trusted in it. At the last, “ It biteth like a serpent and stingeth like an adder.” Our only safety for ourselves and- children is the destruction of this monster and the extermination of its viper brood-â€"the spawn of hell. \Vould that some new Saint Patrick would banish them from the face of the earth. Restriction of the liquor traffic is inef- ficacious. Do men seek merely to re- strain the action of rattlesnakes and cobras de capello 1 Do they not destroy them? Do they pass laws for the reg- ulation of disease? Do they not seek its banishment? Do physicians apply emolient poultices to a gangrenous limb, when nothing but excision can save the patient’s life? And what treatment shall we use toward a. moral gangrene of the most malignant character? Shall we merely attempt (how vainly) to pre- vent its spreading, or shall we cut it out? Shall we seek to modify the per- nicious effects of the rum-traflic, or to extirpate their cause? Shall we try to regulate the trade in the bodies of the souls of men, or to prescribe, abolish and exterminate it? M. Te.er Ew- Now, a huge great dragon is in our land. He lies in wait in all the cities, towns and villages of the realm. Yearly does he carry off thousands of the fair- est and the loveliest, the bravest and the best, the floWer and the pride, the bone and the sinew of our country. This fiery draigon is the Worm of the Still, and from its horrid mouth it pours forth a fiery flood, like the lava stream of sunny Etna’s side, scorching and withering the loveliest flowers, blight- ing and scathing the fairest hopes, de- solating and destroying the brightest prospects. And this fell monster’s thirst for huâ€" man blood is never satiated. Like the yawning grave it crieth evermore, “ Give 1 Give l” It knows how to assume a thousand Protean shapes, in order to beguile its hapless victims. It coils by many a. household hearth. It ‘luiks in many a happy home. It sparkles on many a. festive board. Its fascinating, ruddy gleam flashes in many a social glass. It may not always be combatted in its hideous deformity, like Spencer’s dragon. It is a subtle spirit. t sometimes assumes the form of an an angel of light ; its pleads the inno- cence and harmless of its nature. Un- der the names of cordials, tonics, hitters, etc., it claims the. character of healthâ€" bringer. But sooner or later, however disguised, its innate malignity is dis- covered ; the poison of asps is under its tongue. Like the viper in the fable, 4"vbâ€"«failietllS_j,t_§__envenomed fang in the Let us don the armor of the Red- Cross Knight, and become the chain- pions of the hmvenly Una of Celestial Truth. and cease not from oul‘ efl'orts till the Dragon of Intemperance shall be Slain and our land delivered from his dreadful desolation. How Bar-Room Liquors are Made. There may be seen daily, on Chestnut street, says the Philadelphia Bulletin, a man dressed in faultless apparel, with a great diamond upon his breast, vainly endeavoring to outglitter the magnifi‘ cent solitaire on his finger. In a Ger- man university he learned chemistry, and not even Liebig knows it better. His occupation is the mixing and the adulteration of liquors. Give him a dozen cases of deodorized alcohol, and the next day each of them will repre- sent the name of a genuine wine or a popular spirit. He enters a wholesale drug store, bearing a large basket upon his arm. Five pounds of Iceland 'moss are first weighed out to him. To raw liquor this imparts a degree of smooth- ness and oleaginousness that gives to imitation brandy the glibness of that which is most matured. An astringent called catechu, that would almost close the mouth of a glass inkstand, is next in order. A couple of ounces of strychâ€" nine, next called for, are quickly con‘ veyed to the vest pocket, and a pound of white vitriol is as silently placed in. the bottom of the basket. The oil of eognac, the sulphuric acid, and other articles that give fire and body to the liquid poison are always kept in store. The mixer buys these things in various quarters. They are staples of the art. One day last week the Wind blew at the rate of 140 miles per hour in New Hampshire, but the women went down town to do trading just the same. THE YORK HERALD Termgzrom Dallm‘ per Anmun in Adéa'noe .UBLISHED AT THE OFFICE Issued Weekly on Friday Morning YONGE S12, RICHMOND HILL. ALEX. SCOTT, PROPRIETOR‘ The Great Dragon. II. WHOLE N0. 864. \VITHROVV, I), J)