Summerside Journal -- 1866-12-27 -- Page 1

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COMMERCE, AGRICULTURE, AND NEWS:

Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Thursday, December 27, 1866. _

No. 12.

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Summerside Markets.
Sumurcnsipe, Yee. 27, 1866.

2s 2da 2s 3d

- dsads 6d

- Le 3idals 6d

Oats per bush
Barley per bush
Potatoes per bush - -

‘Yurnips per bush - ---- -- Isa ds ld
Batter per lb by Tub - - - Is als ld
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brig er doz -- - a 10d
aU NAURI Ree ee cee - ddan 4d

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Mutton per lb --
Pork per lb by eare
Geese each
Flour per bbl - - --
Ouatmentl per ewt. + - +
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Straw per ewt. ++ >
Vine Boards
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- 14s a 15s

- 50s a GOs

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--- 108
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Business GQarads,
HANK OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.
Corner of Queen § Water Sts., Charlotietown

Prosident—How. ‘Tnomas H, ITavitann,
Cashier —Winisam Cuxpant, Esquire.
Discount Days—Mondays & Thursdays.

Hours of Business—Fom 10 a.m, tol p.m,
from 2 p.m to 4 p.m,

Grafton St, Queen's Syuare, Charlottetown
President—Crantys Patwen, Esquire,
Cashier—Jamus AnpEnson, Hsquire.

Discount Yays—Mondays, Wednesdays,
and Saturdays.
Jlours of Business—From 10 a.m to 1p m.,
from 2 p.m to 4 pm.
~~ SUMMERSIDE BANK.

Central Street, Summerside, P. E. fsland,
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Cashier—E. L. Lypiann, Esquire
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Notes tur Discount must be in before 11

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from 2 p. m., to 4 p.m.

DR. PRICE,
Physician & Surgeon,
Ovvicr—At the Summunsipe Drug Store,

next door to Bank, Central Street
SUMMERSIDE, ..... 2. Be ISLAND,

October 12, 1865 a

JOHN HOMER, M.D.F.M.M.S.
MEDICAL OFFIC

OVER GREEN & SCHURMAN’S STORE,

WAVER STREET, SUMMERSIDE, P.E.1.

- Medical,

R. MeNEILL, lately of Bellevue Hospital,

New York, would respectfully announce
tu the inhabitants of New London and Vicini-
ty, that he has opened his SURGERY in Mr.
J. M. Lydiard’s House, at Stanley Bridge,
(formerly known as Fife’s Perry) where he
niny be Consulted in the various departments
of his Profession, at all hoursday or night.

Stanley Bridge, New London, }

Oct. 18, 1866, —tt

GEORGE ALLEY,
BARRISTER AND
Attorney-at-Law,

xotary rubric, &,
Telegraph Buildings, Water Street,
Charlotte -- P. E. Island.

own, »

(LOMAS KELLY,
Barrister - at - Law

AND

NOTARY PUBLIC, &.
SUMMERSIDE, - - - + BP. E. ISLAND.
aug. 9, 1866 ly r

lain & Ornamental
HOUSE & SIGN

PALNTRR,

Summerside, .... P. L. Island.

October 12, 18¢

Blanks of all kinds for sale at
the “ Journal” Office.

TENE

at St. Eleanor’s, the Bdsi
conducted by him,

Business GQards,

CARD
WILLIAM BEAIRSTO,
Commission Merchant,

Aluctioneer & General Agent,
m WATER STREET,
-- PLB, Island

Summerside, ---

ComMiIssion Merrcnanr

Auctioneer.

in Flour, Groceries, and
Dry Goods.
Water Street Summerside.
CARVELL BROTHER
AUCTIONEERS,

Commission Merchants,
And General Agents,

BANK BUILDING, QUEEN STREET.
Charlottetown, - - - - - P. KE. Island

WILLIAM DODD,
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And Auctioneer,

QUEEN SQUARE,
CHARLOTTETOWN --- P. 2B. ISLAND

~ THOMAS ILANFORD,
AUCTIONEER

AND

Commission Merchant,
| ST, JOHN, N. BE:

Noy 1, 1865

James Greenough,

FLOUR
Commission Merchant.

No 47 Commercial Street
f Clinton Street - - - - - BOSTON

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Importer and Wholesale Dealer in
British & Soreign Groceries
- 4, North Wharf, :

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JOHN ANDREW MACDONALD,

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Svommerside, ORO e ee Oo we re es we, ed, E. Island.

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As it is his intention to
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adapted for the country trad¢, lie respectfully

solicits a shure of public patronage,
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St. Vleanor's, April 10, 1866,

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LD STATES, &c., will, until further notice,
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to the subseriber,
v, by Book account,
uested to make IM-
Y, to save expenses
Suuumégetde, Noy. 29, 1866,

Atl,

Wueny, from the sacred garden driven,
Man fled before his Maker's wrath,
An Angel left his place in Heaven,
And crossed the wanderer’s sunless path.
"Twas Art! sweet Art! new radiance broke
Where her light foot flew o’er the ground,
And thus with seraph voice she spoke—
“The Curse a blessing shall be found.”

She led him through the trackless wild,
Where noontide sunbeam never blazed;
The thistle shrunk, the harvest smiled,
And Nature gladdened as she gazed.
Earth's thousand tribes of living things,
At Art’s command to him are given;
‘The village grows, the city springs,
And point their spires of faith to Ileayen.

He rends the oak—and bids it ride,
‘To guard the shores its beauty graced;
Ile smites the rock—upheaved in pride,
See towers of strength aud domes of taste.
Earth’s teeming caves their wealth reveal,
Fire bears his banner on the wave,
He bids the mortal poison heal,
And leaps triumphant o’er the grave.

Ife plucks the pearls that stud the deep,
Admiring Beauty's lap to fill;

He breaks the stubborn marble’s sleep,
And mocks his own Creator's skill.

With thoughts that swell his glowing soul,
He bids the ore illume the page,

And proudly scorning Time's control,
Commerces with an unborn age.

In fields of air he writes his name,
And treads the chambers of the sky;
He reads the stars, and grasps the flame
That quivers round the ‘Lhrone on high.
In war renowned, his peace subline,
He moves in greatness and in grace;
Ilis power subduing space and time,
Links realm to realm, and race to race.
CHARLES Sprague.

Soloct Hiterature.

DY MARTIIA ALLEN,

From the rosy West, the whistling wind
in eddying gusts, coquetted with the scarf
like clouds, now driving them together in
feathery masses, anon scattering their
folds, so that the bright stars peeped forth ;
asthe hours wore on to midnight, the
golden moon, cali, unclouded, floated
upwards in the azure sea; momently was
expected the advent of the New Year,
with mirth and feasting was he to be wel-
comed, yet a nameless shadow, 2 gloom
and terrible four hovered oyer the carth.
‘The young mother ceased her lullaby bow-
ing low in reverential wwe to the united
influence, searce breathing as she strained
her ears to Gatch the voices of the spirits
of the night. The lover thought of his
first vow, for he too felt a heaven-born
glow upon his face; 2 passing shade ob-
seured the moonlight; everything was
still; the night wind stayed its wing, and
universally recognized became this un-
known presence,

A man crept down the streets faintly sup-
porting his tottering steps by the aid ol a
stuf that bent beneath his trembling
weight, yet being early troubled it .e»med
long to have driven the glow of health
trom cheeks wan with want and disc
afew grey hairs lay on hollowed temp!
damp dy with the chilliness of the
grave; across his shoulders was strapped
what appeared to be a huge: sack, but a
band of giddy revellers pelted in with bon-
bons, When wondrously ‘twas seen to be
compounded of lite’s joys and ills; as a
tear coursed down the aged face, 1 recog-
nized in the time-worn pilgrim, the ghost
oi ihe fair blooming boy but a year before
we had greetod with prayers and hopeful
weleome, It was the Old Year near its

issolution, about to enter the gulf of
ornity, with seared brain, riven’ heart,
its mighty wrongs, unuttered hopes and
dvead record of broken yows,

Sighing deeply he spoke; ‘* Well do I
remember the first morning of any tife,
though the cold was intense, the glorious
sunshine sparkled and glistened on the
trees, till their long, bare ams were
encrusted with diamond-like crystals; as
iw young victor I listened to the shouts of
rejoicing, and notes of gay musie; love
the benutifier my companion, everywhere
was L reecived with trust td confidence,
the roaring, shrieking winds of winter
were then unheeded; soon came spring.
beautiful spring with dainty breath, giving
life to rivers and streams, long ice-hounc
redolent with gorgeous tints, flowers of
rare fragrance grew beneath her feet;
then, then L sported, dancing amid the
April clouds, peeping from behind the
arch of the rainbow, Lealy Jue, nature's
ftestal month, [strayed in the deep vallies,
reclining hours in luxurious repose on the
velvetty sward, my brow decked with
stury wreaths af the green creeper. 1
stood by the maiden in hor pride of beauty,
and adorned her with perfumed clusters ol
the silver clematis. Alas! this gay, happy
life little fitted me for ons of adversity.

‘Snow and sleet, and storm-darkened
clouds, shrouded th r earth, gloom and
despair met me at every step, all the sons
ot humanity wept for the summer fled.
Dread and disappointment intused gall
into my spirit, the poisonous “essence
spread, I then became a misanthrope ;
I, the once gay, joyous, mirth-loving
Yeur, but old age, wronged old age was
looking on me, promises made ime in my
youth were long ago broken, or forgotten,
the hopes I once cherished were all dead ;
so I visited the keenness of my agony on
whosoever ¢rossed my path, The maiden
with whom I had sat atthe lone twilight
hour, peopling her impussioned solitude
With the precious imaginings of a poetic
fancy, whose lover I had arrayed in id al
beauty, that maiden T again visited in her
desolation, her lover had drank of the
purple wine cup, its mantling light had
hidden the enchantment that soon bound

his soul in thralls love Lad no power to

unloose; yes, there she satin her darkened
chamber, the beautious form bowed in its
first despair, her bliss had shrank and
withered within her grasp, like the tar
famed fruit that grows in mystery and
silence on the Dead Sea's shore, brightiy
tinted to the eye, bitterness and ashes on
the lips.

* Again T stood within the palace home
of the merchant, whose gorgeously ap-
pointed rooms, rich with sculpture and
paintings, the floors covered with the cost-

y woven tapestries of the East; by the
Nght of the alabaster lamp, I saw the man
of pride, crushed in his haughtiness, as he
looked on possessions no longer his, for
the treasure laden yessels from India were
wrecked, their costly freight ‘* deep in the
bosom of the ocean buried.” I stood by
the window of a poor widow as she prayed
for light, the light of day to diwn quickly
that she might once more see the face of
her living child; the clouds disappeared,
the diamond sunshine crept through the
broken window, illuminating the dim,
dust-covered furniture, farther on it crept,
on to the rude bed foot, higher till it reach-
ed and glowed a halo round the pale brow
of the little one resting there, just like the
glory rovnd a pictured saint; but the spirit
had flown to God, the mother was alone
in her sorrow, alone save for the still,
small voice that whispered, ‘those whom
God loveth He chasteneth.’

** More, more have I seen of pain and
trial, but ‘twere vain to relate to you idle,
scoflers, alike incapable of comprehending
my saddened memories, or becoming faith-
ful to the vows once made, change is writ-
ten on the face of all things; my last hour
is hear, my priesthood is ended, life is eb-
bing slowly in my yains, 1 go bearing as
wv souvenier your ingratitude ; time pursues
me, carth swims round, L see the recording
angel ready to receive me, mnid the hush
of nature I descend to the tomb.”

Midnight chimed trom the distant towers,
a shout mighty, inhuman, ascended trom
the vast multitude assembled, while from
the bosom of a dark cloud, reached forth a
gigantic arm embracing the dying, droop-
ing form of the Old Year,

Now crimson lights, alternating wi
columns ot silyer shot up the Northern sky,
the Aurora Borealis’ mayie light, forming
brilliant coruscations, im d towers and
show capped mountains,

ith

rom their midst
sprang a cherub boy, winged, crowned
with myrtle, cheeks rosy with health, blue
hing like the eagle's; triumphant,
rejvicing in new born existence, he glinced
down the glittering moonbeanms ; again the
stars whirled in imazy cir the night
breeze resumed its old familiar strains,
multiplying in a thousand echoes the beils
that now rang cheerily, while the fickle,
inconstant crowd saluted the youthtul
monarch, All hail! the New Year,

“THE MODEL FIGHTER,

‘The little peddler-boy Ji
so well known in our vill is an honest
lad, must have been somewhat acquainted
vith the art of keeping the heart-strings
pure. | will tell you a story or two about
him,and then you can judge tor yourselves ;
for Zenobia would not use the ‘judgement’
of the boys and girls without their leave,
any sooner than she would any other of
their valuable property.

One day Jimmy went to a neighboring
village, to sell some wares, DPins, ueed-
les, tape, cord, buttons, soap, matches,
braid—indeed, Lam not merchant enough
to carry in my brain the long list of avtic-
les which he carried in his basket. Jim-
my’s brains and aris both must have been

miny, who was

‘notion merchant's store 1”

With this varied stock, one day, he step-
ped out of the whistling from a spirit
of peace with allmen, when up eame a
and, *S just for mischief,” as he
the well-laden basket a sudden
knock. Away went all the goods and
chattels, to the four winds, and to the
ground. Now where is the boy to be found
who would not have been at least a little
vexed at this provocation? Jimmy's tem-
per was naturally pretty quick, and his
blood instantly burned at this deliberate
piece of wickedness,

“Look out, old fellow !” said he, on the
spur of the moment, and he almost obeyed
the impulse to strike. “But he recollected
himself, or rather he recollected his duty
to God and to his neighbor, Instantly his
Whole manner changed. A smile took the
place of the angry frown, and he said,
quietly : :

* T don’t believe you meant that.”

“Yes | did, too,” said the tantalizing
boy.

+O, well never mind,” said Jim; “Tl
be your friend, though; 1 guess we won't
quarrel just yet.”

*Halloa! there’s a saint for you!”
bawled out the rude boy at the top ot his
voice.

Jimmy did not wish particulary to have
his ‘* saintliness” thus proclaimed upon the
public streets; but he knew it was better
Christian policy to place a guard at the
door of his mouth. Sv almost: biting his
lips, and lifting his heart in prayer to God,
he stooped to gather up his little stock in
trade. lis spirit was soon tranquil, and
he went on his way.

A gentleman and his wile had noticed,
from a window of their house, across the
street, the whole performa.e, Said he to
the lady, * My dear, call the boy in, and
buy from hin wll the cotton and pins, ete.,
which you will want for the next six
months.” So master Jim was relieved ot
his load ina much more agreeable mode
than before. And, you see, his forbear-
ance had its reward? Use your own judge-
ment, pow, and answer,

Two weeks after, Jimmy had another
trial with the sume boy. ‘The fellow must
have been what is calleda* bully.” That
is the name which suits his charteter, at
any rate, ind so we will adopt it for him,
although rather inelegunt. Worcester’s
big dictionary describes him finely, in giv-
ing a defination of the word: A noisy,
blustering, overbearing fellow, known
more for empty threats and insolence, than
for courage, and disposed to provoke quar-
rels.

Going along through the sane village,
though rather in its outskirts, Bully jump-
ed over a fence, and, without any warning,
gave Jimmy a blow upon the side of the
head, exclaiming:

# Ita, ha, sir! You are the saint what's
afraid to fight!”

Jimmy knew him instantly, and, setting

down his basket, stood back, saying :—

pretty strong, for he carried a regular)

but I had a

“No sir—I'm not alr:
great deal rather not. Still I can do it, 1
tell you beforchand, sir, it’s not my way of
doing. I would much rather ben friend
to you,”

I'm no friend to saints; so take that!”
said Bully, dealing a not very gentle blow.
and this time with his doubled fist

Now Jimmy was no coward, and not
lacking in physical strength, either, So
he just Bully by the collar, and ex-
tending his right foot, tripped up the feet
of his antagonist, laying him low on the
ground, ‘There he held him tight for a
minute or two, Bully was completely in
Jimmy's power, unable to move a Jimb.
IIe screamed out, * Let me go! let me go!”
But Jimmy sat, a monument of victory,
utterly unmoved, He saw that his captive
Was not in a condition for self-government,
so he had no notion yet to let him go.”
Full five minutes he sat there, patient and
self-respectful, his own spirit entirely tran-
quil, and his heart full of loye to the yan-
quished boy. And there he meant to sit
until Bully’s spirit was somewhat subdued,
At last the poor boy begged to be relens-
ed,

**Promise me first,” said Jimmy, ‘that
you will strike no more boys in the
street?”

“Tl promise,” said Bully.

“Mind new—you really mean it, do
you?” said Jim.

«Yes, I'l promise true,” said Bully.

“And T promise to remember that I'm
your friend, and that I don’t want to fight
you.”

* Yes,” said Bully.

So he was allowed to rise; and he went
on his way 2 somewhat wiser fellow than
he was before. Religion does not take
true manly spirit from a boy, It makes
him much more manly, for it helps to curb
his temper, and act with cool deliberation,
“He that ruleth bis spirit, is greater than
he thatruleth a city.

WATERFALLS,

Ifany of our readers imagine that we
are about to give a geog aphical disserta-
tion on the subject of cataracts, we hasten
to disabuse them of the impression. We
purpose to contine ourselyes to waterfalls
par excellence, such as may be seen by
hundreds in our streets on any fair atter-
noon. It is with some degree of fear and
trembling that w ypronch this subject,
fecling that in eviticising the ladies we are
venturing on dangerous, if not wholly for-
hidden ground, But the subject, or sub-
jects, have umed such magnitude as to
force themselves prominently on public
notice, and fairly demand recognition.
To begin with, it must be admitted that
waterhalls have become one of the insti-
tutions of the civilized world; Lut they
ill-deserve the designation which Artemas
Ward applies to_his ‘* wax figgers” that of
“a great moral exhibition.” That they
are to a great extent an artificial produe-
tion is easy to believe, but they cannot be
styled an artistic triumph. To the arti-
ficial Character of these excrescences, the
riled churehyards of Europe and Americ:
bearample testiggny. Untortunate hor:
who haye been deprived of that u 1
aud ornamental appendage, the tail, must
look, too, with a certain degree of ani-
mosity on those-who have been the means
of despoiling them of their natural po:
sions, and torturing them into the unsightly
forms which are so frequently exhibited
on King street. The artistic clement is
not so apparent, Mere bulk by no means
constitut isti ellence, and that i
ture in very many ey
wbnit that, belore fashion became
exhorbitant in her demands as to: magni-
tude in waterfalls, some tolerably graceful
specimens of- the article were oceasionally
to be witnessed, But these have become
things of the past, and now a waterfall
which does not outrage every
elegance, which does not 0 every
line of beauty, would not appease the
most moderate demands of the tyrant
fashion.

Why the name of waterfall has been
viyen to these monstrosities, no one can

imagine. ‘That there is the slightest re-
semblance to nature’s waterfalis, no one
will sus , unless the model adopted for

the fashion is a straw-stack in a shower of
rain. Who would look for the graceful
lines of fulling waters in the objects which
bear the name of waterfalls? Who ever
imagined a Venus or a Juno with sucha
deformity? FPaney a Venus with a water-
fall! During the present generation no
other fashion has so Warred female beauty,
with a single exception, and that was
tabooed about a score of years since, Ot
course, there is a tendency in fashion to
run to extremes, and this is no exception.
Were this fashion contined toa certain
class of women, few would hesitate in de-
nouncing it as essentially and irredeemably
vulgar, But it has too wide a range—too
strong a foothold in society—to allow of
its being characterized in this sweeping’
manner. Some very refined young hwlies
indulge in waterfalls, ergo the waterfall is
not wholly vulgar, however strongly ap-
pearances point to such a conclusion, No
one can suspect ladies who exhibit ** grace)
in every motion” of such a total depravity
of taste, of such deplorable ignorance ot
the principles of beauty as is implied by
admiring the waterfall. The correct ¢x-
planation of the phenomenon must be
sought elsewhere, and doubtless the whole
blame is chargeable to that old offender,
fashion, who has long shown himself
amendable to no wsthetic rules. Charity
would plead that as each young lady is
unable to sve the unsightly monstrosity at
er own back, she tries to fancy that her
Pirovrall is less unbecoming than those
she witnessed on her friends. On no
other supposition can the prevalence of this
unseemly fashion be accounted tor. Ifeach
waterfall-bearer could be convinced that
her own was no less ugly than her neigh-
bor'’s waterfall, the fate of the deformity
would be sealed instantly.

It isa melancholy fact that exch parti-
cular waterfall is like every other—only a
little more so. Let those tair damsels who
have been hugging delusions on this sub-
ject abandoned them at once, and with
them the ungraceful, positively ugly wate
fall. If they hold malice against men for
tulling to admire something which is
wholly incapable of exciting admivatio.,
let them decree some fitting punishment
for the oYence; but let them no longer
distigure themselves in this unnatural

manner, Any old fa-hion may be revived

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to replace this if a new one cannot be de-
vised; and as the nineteenth century fur-
nishes no other example of an equal un-
graceful coifure, the change will be for
the better, There has been but one fash-
ion in vogue within the memory of the
present generation at all rivalling this one
in uglin and that was forgotten nearly
a score of years ago, and there need be no
fears of its resuscitation.—Canadian paper,

Fasmionau.e Live ar Tig ANTIPODES,—
The Melbourne papers just received con-
tain an accowit of a fancy ball given by
the mayor of Melbourne to Sir ir Man-
neuts Sutton, the Governor of Victoria,
Lady Manneurs Sutton, and about 1500
elite ot the city. Some idea of colonial
Wealth and splendour may be formed from
a description of the dresses worn by some
of the ladies. Mrs. Gurner, as Selika,
wore a petticoat of amber cashmere en-
viched with silver lace, a crimson velvet
bodice with a gold circle round the waist,
from which depended diamonds, emeralds
und topazes; over the bodice was a royal
blue satin robe trimmed with deep gold
lace; the headdress was a gold diadem
with a cluster of topazes in the centre,
surmounted by a bird of paradise ; a neck-
lace of jewels was worn to match the cir-
‘let. Mrs. Butters, us The Press, wore a
white satin dress on which was printed the
first pages of the Melbourne newspapers
and periodicals, including that of an illuse
tvated journal with a portrait of the gover-
nor. In her hand she carried a gold mo-
del of a printing press, from ich were
struck off in the room somgefnes trom By-
ron’s ** Lara.” Miss Carter, as the God-
dess of Music, wore over a blue satin dress
an tulle skirt. circled at ghe waist by a band
of amber satin, on whigh were printed bars
of music. ‘The bodieggwas of fluted black
velvet, displaying musical characters. On
her dress hung « gold coronet. A g
number of ladies wore golden and jewelled
diadems. ‘The dresses of the gentlemen
were equally gorgeous and singular,

A SIBERIAN eniiie. cae who
isengaged in the telegrapMe expedition
jn Siberia, relates the following incident
in a letter to a friend;

“JT met with a Korak woman of sbout
twenty-two years of age on the great Tun-
dra, (marked Keran on the mip,) who
drove 2 team of reindeers with a loaded
sledge fifty versts in one day and at night
slept out in the snow, except the clothing
she had worn durivg the day, and in av
temperature 400 below zero, or 750 below
the freezing point! That I saw myself, al-
though even tome it seems incredible now.
{ thoughtit an extraordinary thing to sleep
in a reindeer skin tent out doors in such
weather, and I should have frozen to death
in two hours had Lattempted to sleep with-
out it, but this wonian slept on the snow
every night.”

Tur Onpest Newsrarkn.—The Gazette
de Frauce is the oldest newspaper extant.
It is now in 6th year, and was already
mature before the revolution of 1688, 7

JouN Morrisey aNp nis Sister-—A few
days ago a man named John Morrisey
was a ged before the - Police Court in
go with being drunk, and for abusing

», blind woman, The name, taken
in connection with that of a member
of Congress elect, gave rise to some
amusement which in turn resulted in’ the
discovery that the miserable and badly
abused woman was a sister of John Mor-

iscy, one of the members lately chosen to
Congress trom New York city. Mr.
Morrisey was telegraphed to and informed
of the statement made by the woman.
He returned answer that he bad a. sister,
but had not seen or heard of her for seyen-
J ; but if her statement was true
Morrisey’s correspondent was to pay
250 and draw forthe amount. The
ry investigation was made, the
poor woman’s story found reliable, and
the money was paid over to her.—The
Chicago Post, alter narrating the above
length, say *t Morrisey may be a
: a burglar, a gambl and even
the faithful Democratic Representative of
the Vifth Congressional District of New
York, und yet possess some of the traits
Which distinguish wman froma demon,”—

A Dreapru, Deati.—An_ accident oe-
curred at St. Leonard’s Mill on Saturday
afternoon, whereby one of the workers, x
young woman named Christiana Neil, lost
herlite, While climbing up to the window
to spenk to one of her companions, a shaw!
which she wore on her head was caught
by a horizontal shaft working near the
roof, ‘The poor girl wag drawn up to the
roof, and her hair and scalp were torn off,
together with one of her cars. She was
then flung from the shaft, and fell into a
cistern full of liquid alum almost in aw
boiling state, Dr, Main was soon in at-
tendanee, but little could be dowe for the
girl, who lingered in a dreadiul state,
sensible at intervals, until, nine hotrs
alter the occurrence, death put an end to
her sufferings.—Sco/sman.

An Enrnvusisnc Onserver. — The
editor of the London © Daily Telegraph”
Was impressed with the grandeur of the
incteoric display. Ile remarks that the
meteors ** looked like no earthly fireworks,
but rather resembled silver birds wending
their way one after another to some mys-
terious starherony in the firmament—or if
not birds, then the forehead planets of
angels and archangels, summoned in
splendid cohorts and regiments to vast
service of God, and) hasteuing: with the
lamp of their world lighted to the Divine
rendezvous.” There is nothing equal to
this in any other English journal.

A Weppixe Sermon.—tIn his sermon,
on the marriage of the Princess Dagmar,
the British chaplain at St. Petersourgh
compared many ob the circumstances cons
nected with the history of the newly mar-
ried princess with those inthe life of Ruth,
the gleanor in the fiels of Boaz, The most
difficult point to touch por was the change
of religion, but here aguin he tound simi.
larity Detween the tate of the Danish Prin.
cessand the Moahitess. ‘ And,” says he
“if some shaking of the old disturbing
fears, yet du the new faith, there was ne.
thing Which need’ rob her of the ever-pres
sent grace of that good upon whose bosom
he whom: first she loved had laid down and

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