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Vol. 2.

Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Thursday, January [0, 1867,

No. 14

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Potatoes per bush -- ++ Is dda ls 6d

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Cashier —W itiias CuNDALIy Hsquire.
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from 2 p.m to € pits,
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Select Viterature,

loway Prison.

Arew weeks since I had the pleasure
of meeting at a dinner party the Chaplain
of the City Prison at ILolloway. He sat
near me at table, and after dinner our
conversation turned on the interesting
subject of the treatment of prisoners and
the power of reformation contained in our
prison discipline, As T appeared much
interested in the question, the Rey. gentle.
an askerdine Hdd axer signal edly
have great pleasure in conducting me
over it. Thadh ard much of the exelent
rrangements and diseipline of the Hollo-
Prison, but [ had never seen ii; so!
accepted the invitation with much pleasure,
and a day was fixed for my visit.
as was the satisfaction T antici-
pitted from my visit, it, was small indeed
compared to What [really experienced,
Thedis iplineappearcd admirable ; the pris
eners well clothed, well fed, and also well
worked, ‘Phe whole of the immense build-
ing was in a perteet state of cleanliness,
and every sanitary precaution seemed to
be taken’ to insure the health of the in-
mites,
After we had made the tour of the build-
ing T remained chatting for some time
with the chaplain on subjects connected
with the prisoners.
1 inquired to what class they principally
belonged.
“Our prisoners,” said he, ‘* differ con-
siderably from those of most other prisons
We have very few among them conyiete

generally to thank drink for their inear-
ceration.”

“For what crimes are your prisoners
convieted then?”

“Generally for dishonest actions com-
mitted without violence, A’ great pro-
portion of them are educated.”

iscs Mather than

their boing educated inere
diminishes their crime ?”
“To a certain extent it indisputably
does, L admit; and again, their criminality
is further increased by a large number of
them not being in ne tous circumstan-
ces at the time of their arrest.”

“This very

tion,”

that weakness which is ¢

FO
richer than themselves.
"Do you r

”

an
in

2”

y circumstance:

young fellow that, just
pail of water in his hand?

of one hundred and ty
For the first two ye:

of the directors
dition to his salar
ofa hundred a-year,
up between the two clerks, and the
always together. But the

the office money.

twelve months’ imprisonment.”

as in men?”

bility they would not otherwise

thought of.

door of the ecll.

What though the sky is heavy with clouds,

There are daisies springing along the shores

Hal@hour in a Cell in Hol-

joyed at the offer, which

of brutal crimes, and those we have have | s;

“But do you not consider the fret of

sad,” I said, ‘to find so
much erime among those of decent posi-

“It is indeed, but they fall victims to
mimon toa large
proportion of our respectable English
tty —the love of imitating others

uly mean that that is the
s¢ of much demoralization among those

«Lhe wish to appear richer than’ they
really are is almost as common a cause
with our respectably educated criminals as
drink is with the lower, and does as much
mischief, Did you notice that fair-looking
assed us with a
Ile was clerk
in an insurance company with an income
niy pounds a-year,
s he behaved re-
ably well, but then a young man
ul the office who was nephew to one
and who possessed in ad-
yin independent income
An intimacy sprang
A were
director's
nephew spent much more than the other,
who, aot liking to be hehind his friend,
attempted to vie with him in expenditure,
The result was, he soon got into debt, and
at last was guilty of purloining some ot
He was arrested, tried,
and found guilty, and was sentenced to

“Do you not find,” I inquired, ‘this
unhappy wish to vie with others richer
than themselves quite as strong in women

« Far more so, and their love of display
frequently impels their husbands to com-
init acts Of dishonesty which in all: proba-
have
If you will come with me to

acell alittle farther on, 1 will show you
an example of this.”

The chaplain preceded me to nearly the
end of the corridor, and there opened the

man about fifty
costume of the prison, After « lew intro:
ductory sentences, the chaplain asked hin
how much of his term of imprisonmen
remained unexpired,

** Eleven months,” was the answer,

T inquired what occupation he intendec
following when he left the prison,

cannot return to my old trade as a weaver,
for nobody would employ me,
willingly emigrate to Queensland if

ask assistance,”
‘Is this your first offenee ?” T inquired

him to the value of a farthing.’
“For what erime are you here 2"
“Por robbing my employer, sir.”
“How came you to do that?” I said
“were you in distress?”

foolishly into debt.
my ruin,”
I looked at him with astonishment, for

handicraft workman, and nothing more.

gentility have been your ruin?”
“It's rather a long
it to you if you like
Pray do,” I said; ‘¢if the chaplain
has no other occupation at present.”

was at my ser
meneed his narrative.
father was before me.
at my trade, and I worked) steadily at it,
When about twenty-four years of age 1
married a girl who was also a weaver,
She was quiet, amiable. and industrious,
and made mean excellent wile, We soon
had a family, but as we were in constant
and good work we not only contrived to
keep the wolf from the door, but lived) in
comfort and respectability as well. We
worked for many years for the same fir,
one of the largest in’ England, doing our
work well, and never during the whole
tine wronging our employers tu the value
of an ounce of silk.

“When [was about thirty-five years of
aye the head partner sent forme saying
he wanted to speuk to me on w matter of
great importance, I, of course, presented
myself at the office, and shortly atterwards
was ushered into his room.
toe he suid, ‘we
been much satisfied with you
and now we are going to
The undev-foreman in our reeeiving-room
is going to leave us, al you may have
his appointinent, if you like, Your wages
yiille Avidletttntiyen WyeNig ns veeeck ond
“You may easil

iy believe [was over-
T iminediately
ecepted ; and two d fterwards I en-
rod on my duties. “They were very
ht, and consisted prineipally in ree
rthe work brought home by the weavers,
Amining itto see if it was properly done,
d giving out the bobbins for tresh work.
Times were now v flourishing with us,
and we carned sufficient to. give our ehi
dven an good education, My employers
were perfectly satisfied with me, and J
worked on soberly and honestly.
“ After Thad been seven years under-
foreman, the foreman one day died very
suddenly; and Twas most anxious to
know who was to succeed him, as he hid
been a yery good friend to me, and we
had worked on yery amicably together,
doubts at last terminated ina very
y manner. ‘The head partner
sent for me owe morning, and told me the
firm were so pleased with my steady be-
haviour, that they were determined to
offer me. the situation of foreman, with a
“yy of two hundred a-year, to be paid
». Lwas, naturally, delighted: at
clligenee, As Leonsidered my fortune
Ww oodas made. L thanked the head
of the firm most gratefully for his kind-
ness, and assured him that every effort
should be made on amy part to give hin
tislaction.
«© ¢Of that Pam assured, Mr, C,—,’ he
said (it was the first time he had entled
ine ¢ Mister,’ and [was not a little flat-
tered by it); ‘you ean now enter ol your
duties As soon as you please.’
* Whon, in the evening, [ told my wile
of our good fortune, she was completely
overwhelmed by it, and forsome time could
hardly realize it; but when 1 told her that
the head partner had) called me ‘Mr,

i ’

than Thad been myselt

Mr, C—<2?" she said. “Lo am

the best of them.’ ee
“Pair and. softly, my dear,’ said 1.

talk of that afterwords.’

than formerly, but: far more responsible ;
for L was entrusted with considerable sums
ot money to pity the workmen, 1 had
also an tnder-loreman to
was a sharp, clever fellows and we got on
very well together, Onee w week my
books were audited by the firm, and [was
frequently complimented, not only on my
exnetitude, but also, as Twas a good pen-
man, on the neat manner in which they
were kept.

“Although my income was now two
hundred a-year, it had not increased much
in reality, for it had been sugye sted to me
that, now I was ina situation of trust and
responsibility, it was hardly just that 1
should allow my wite to drudye like a com-
I, without hesitation, sd-

mon weaver,
mitted the justice of the remark, but 1
hardly thought my wife would agree to it:

however, I was deternined to t
f told her when | went home in the even-
ing that L hardly thought it right she could

sition in Jile we were now in, To my

Tay

Although my wife had now given uy
t © loom, she was by no means idle.

self in making the children’s dresses.

It wax occupied by a

‘God knows, sir,” was the reply. ‘1
1 would
could, with my children who are, I am

happy, to say all respectable; but I have
no friends, nor do | know from whom to

“Itis, sir; up to a year of my being
arrested no one can say Lever wronged

“No, sir; at any rate not till IT got
Gentility, sir, has been
he had the appearance of an intelligent

* But in what manner,” [ asked, ‘ enn

tory, but I will tell

The Rey, gentleman told me his time
and the prisoner com-

“Twas brought up a weaver, as my
T was a good hand pi

Cc + she was even more pleased at that
“And why should you not be called
sure
you would make as good a gentleman is
“Let us first teel our feet, and then we will

“My duties now were not more severe

st me, who

her, 80

continue at the loom, considering the po-

t surprise, my wife not only mide no
jection, but positively told me she had
already thought so; anil she had wished
to speak to me on the subject, but did not
like, as she was afraid I should think her

Un-
like most weayers' wives, sle Was an ex-
pert needlowoman, and she occupied her-

‘Troe, she had always done #o before, and
had had time for the loom as well; but} were preparing to leave

7 , Hi : ki ;
rs of age, attired in the now we were in a- more genteel position,

-| the children had to be better dressed, and,
1} ofcourse, a good deal more needlework
tihad to be done: but, as my daughters
were now old enough to help their mother,
' i hide no great increase of expense, alter
all,

** After Thad been a few months in my
new position, my wife one night said to
»}me, ‘Our Jandlord called to-day, and 1
paid him for the quarter. He talks about
I) increasing our rent, He says you have
the house too cheap for some time past,
considering the rate of rents in the neigh-
borhood,’

‘*T shall not pay any more than I do
-|now,’ T replied, ‘and it is a shameful thing

for him to want it, considering how long
Thave been his tenant. I would rather
look for another house than pay a shilling
more than I do at present,” :

; *** Well, dear,’ said my wife, ‘and I
3} think you are right. Besides, there's ¢
other thing strikes me. We are living
here with common weayers, and mixing
with them, which is not quite right) con-
sidering the difference in our position.

'y weinvers,'

struck with the justiee of my
emark, and requested her to look
out for another lodging or house, which
she promised to do,

“The next day when T returned home
T found my wife had busied herself in find-
ing anew dwelling torus. She had set
her mind on one in the Iloxton Road, It
was certainly considerably larger than our
own and much more expensive. We were
tying twenty-five pounds a year, and
this was forty without taxes. — It'was, how-
ever, fav more respectable, my wife said,
than the one we were then living in in
Fleur de Lis Street, and she had hit upon
aplinto make it less expensive than it
appeared at first sight. It was to let off
the first floor to some single gentleman
who was employed in the city in the day
time, so that in point of i
have all the credit for the aranee of
the house and not beatany higher rent
than we then were, oe

lent urangements; the house wi
and iia few weeks we were i possess

very nervous, aud ater fidgeting about for
‘some time, suid,
| **The old gentleman is a very sharp

fellow, my dear, ‘Take care you do not
jlet anything tall that will show that we
| were at one time only weavers, because he
jimagines we are fir higher folk than you
| suppose,’

+L donot wish to talk about family
matters at all, said; *atany rate, you
need not be atraidofme, But what makes
you think they believe we are better off
than we are?’

*Well my dear,’ said my wife, color-
ing slightly, * [don't know how i: ovcurred,
| but they all believe you are to be taken in-
| to the house as a partner,’

* Twas exceedingly angry when T heard
this, and L inquired of my wile from what
ay such itn iudamous falsehood proceed-
ed?

** She replied that she did not know ; but
implored me so strenuously, and at the

And then the girls are growing up, and; ?W)-
they ought to do something better than to |

;On ie,

“But although the rent of the house
would not be more than our old one!
when we had let off the first floor, and the |
appearance we should create would be tiv!
greater, there was the exp eof furnish- |
ing to be en into consideration, This
somewhat crippled us for the moment, but
my Wile said ina short time she would |
mike up the amountby the rentot the |
rooms. |
“We found without diMeulty a tenant
Msulance olfiee. Me Wis a quiet, ULQRLLy
young fellow enough, pa
rent every we
we should be
we had paid for the e: furniture, but)
my wile objected to do so Hill later, as she
had other expenses to meet at the moment,
Zinguired what they might be.
SOC WIIN DN deur, said nay wife, ‘it is
utterly impossible that the girls and J can
dress now in the manner we did in Fleur’
de Lis Street when we were living among)
weay The people about here very

genteel, and I don't like to dress different |
Trom our neighbors. We are now in good

position, and we ought to mike better

ppearance.’

“1 foolishly admitted her arguments,

and we not only put off saving the money

for the furniture, but we got somewhat in-

to debt for the purchase of new clothes as

well. When my had obtained the

new dresses for herself and children they

certainly looked yery well in them, and 1

was, admit, very proud of my fiunily:

but unfortunately, alter the purchase had

been made, we did not save the money we

had expended on the furniture. We con-

tinued to live on quictly enough; but we

spent, Lam sorry to , somewhat more
than our income, though not to such an ex-
tent as to cause us any uneasiness. 7 wats
however obliged to apply to a Joan ofice
for assistance, which 2 had no diliculty in
obtaining; as J contrived to pay up the
interest, the affair gave me very little
trouble,

“ Thaye told you the commencement of
our misfortunes, and will now tell you
how our gentility ended. My wite’s love
of dress increased, and with it our expen-
diture, but our income remained the same,
At last my wife confided to me that the
clerk on the first floor had begun to: show
great attention to Charlotte, our eldest
daughter, and she had every reason to be-
live it would end in an offer, Ilis family,
she said, were very respectable, and it

would be an excellent match ; and she con-
sidered the best thing we could do would |
be to get acquainted with them, 7 told

her we must be careful what we did. 7

had no objection to make the acquaintance

of the young tellow's family; but at the

same time we must be careful not to in-

se our expenditure, as 7 had already

great dificulty in keeping up the payment

of the interest of the money Z had borrow- |
ed from the loan oflice,

| ations,

‘My dear,’

we do now ?*

7 inquired,
+7 do not exactly know.

cut a dish a littl
alter all,’ she said, ‘that if he mar
Charlotte, you will not be at the exp

se

will be no loss te us.’

considerable difficulty.

Charlotte some new thin
intimate with the clerk

s

us immer
houses oc nally
fellow proposed for

tharlotte.

increasing debts, went on tlourishingly.
On one vceasion, we went to a dinner-par-
ty at the house ol the elerk’s geandiuther,
.} an old solivitor, for the purpose of intro-
duciig Charlotte to him. My wilt, as we

) «Everything, with the exeeption of my | wile's

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ordinarily a most sober man,

sane time with so guilty a look on her
countenance, that in ¢ it were mention-
ed L would not contradict it, that I fully
ived it was a piece of boasting of her

1 scolded her severely on the miat-
r. and told her that if it were spoken of,
should certainly contradict it, Fortunate-
ly, nothing on the subject was mentioned
during the evening, and although it was a
source of qua rel b tween me and my wile
for some days allerwards, the alain at lest
dicd away.

** We lind now to invite the old solicitor
and the family to dine with us; but before
the day arcived, 1 foind my wile had got
considenbly into debt in the neighborhood,
and 1 was again obliged to apply to the
loan office for assisti The secretary
told me they would consider my applica-
tion, and let me know the result; and ina
few days the decision came, It was not
at they refused to advance me any

re money, but that when my outstand-
ing bs were dus, they should certainly
press for the full amount.

*Tais news ¢ me] ke a elap of thunder
What ty dod kaew not, or where
to find the money. ‘To add to my sorrow,
six months? rent ing to the house,
and the landlord was pre 8.ng forit. How-
ever, I shut my eyes to the circumstance
for the momeat, resolving Uiat as soon as
the dinner party should be over, 1 would
turn over a new leat, and in on tar
greater economy being practised in tho
house,

_ The day arrived for the dinner-party,
for which my wile had made great prepar-
Betore leaving the house, £ took
the opportunity of r-questing her (o be es
moderate in all this as she could, and was
on the paint of lewing her, when a knock
Was heard at tie door, and a bie\erts man
ony with a distress warrant for the six
pthe* y

ruwerless,

foatly, jaehagt

ba serie ;
I had not twenty

shillings im

My vy ati the house, and it wanted a month before
be eel Ten Uist | nest quarter's salavy would be due. I had
in economising the money! ig alternative but to leave him in posses-

sion; and with a heavy heart 1 proceedyd
to business.
“1 got on ag best I could till the tima

arrived when I was accustomed to tuke my
dinner,

Being to dine at home that day,
{went to a neighboring public house to
get my luneh, As 1 was seated at the tie
pie, the gloomy aspect of my its cane
before me, and my eyes tilled with tears,
Ashamed of say low spirits, and seeing the

neevs of my rousing myself, 1 called
tor ss of spirits and water, although

As I drunk
it my cour revived, and L began to
think in w I could retrivve myself,
But one way presented itself to my mind,
but that was a most rigid retrenchment,
‘This L firmly resolyed on practising, even
against any opposition on the part of ny
wife; but still the disagreeable fact pro-
sented itself to my mind, that a broker's
man was in poss s-ioa, and that same day
we Wire geiug to give an extray
dinney-party. Somet iag must be done,
but what? ‘Bo lnighten up my tho ights, 1
called for another glass of spirits nnd wae
ter. As I drank it the idea came to my
mind that « considerable sum of money was
at that time in my possession, but it was
my employers’. Why could J not dorrow
some without their knowing it? It I could
pay out the broker's man J should redeem
toncertain extentimy credit. ‘To-morrow,
1 argued, 1 will sell of everything and re-
place the amount. “Phe sale ol my furni-
ture would be enough for that, and the
payment of the money I owed to the loan-
office as well. ‘The idea then ovcurred to
me, that my wife might oppose me, but I
silently and solemnly swore t a no per
suasions of hers should induce me to alter
my determination,

**T now returned to the house of busi-
ness. ‘There was a consideradle sum in
the till, of whieh Lkept the key—ohe hun-
dred and fitty ‘oul I took from it,
trembling the while like a leaf, the money
1 required and not a shilling more, and
shorty allerwards, pleading & violent head-
ache f returned home and paid out the
broker, tu the great joy of my wile,

©The dinner passed off in a most satis-
factory manner, although perhaps it ap-
peared more so to me than it really was
irom the quantity of wine T was obiged to

\ said my wife, ‘what non- | drink to drowa the thought of the action [
you talk, ow is it possible we enn | had committed, The next morning l rose
mix with people in a better position of lite | with a severe headache ;
than ourselyes, and spend ne tore than | so over
Jous day, that [left her in bed when f went
* j tered but little ;

T must get} Sunday, aud, then T should have ample
the girl sume new dresses, and we must | time and opportunity to express iny deter.
You know, however, | mination to my wile, for L tally resolved
jes | to sell every stick of furniture that T pos-

sessed ane
of maintaining her; so, in the leng run, it| lodgings nearer to the house ot business,

and my wife was
come with her exertions the previ-

s

However, J argued, it mat-
the next day would be

ters m cheapresly furnished

On the Sunday | told my wile the resolu.

*T gave in to her plan, and [applied at) tion Lhad come to, and at rible scone
the loan ofice for more money, but to my | we had of it.
great annoyance J experienced this time | cruclty and meanes
ILowever, 1 got | might at least have y
the money at last, and my wife bougit) was over, and she would have offered no
; and we got) objection,
family, who ap- of telling her of the desperate action Thad
peared very genteel people, and took to }eommitted, for | would not acknowledge
We visited each other's | to iInysell it w
vd at Bast the young | 1 should hav

She accuse! me of gross
She toll me I
sited Uil the wedding

Many times 1 was on the point

a dishonest one, although
considered it infamous in
another, Charlotte at last came to my
tid, and her tears quite subdued my
courage, As the license for her marriago
had already been obtained, Lat last gave
way; and it was understood between ua,
that as soon as the marringe came ofl,
which was to take place ia afortnight, my

home, appexred | plan would be adopted,

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