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Summerside Journal,
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THURSDAY EVENING,
BY
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Summerside Markets,
Apnin 2, 1868.
Oats per bush - 3s
Barley per bush -------- -- 3s Gd a ds
Potatoes per bush -----+---
Turnips per bush ---------
Butter per lb by âTub ------
Lard per Ib
Tallow per Ib, - -
Eggs per doz -- -
Beef perlb
Mutton per lb -- - -
Pork per lb by carcass
Geese ench + +--+ -- -
Flour per bbl - - -- -- :
Oatmeal per cwt. ------+-----
Hay per âlon ------ - Sdsa des
Straw per cwt. - De
Pine Boards ------------- 10s
Spruce Boards ------------ 4s ahs
Charlottetown Markets,
April 2, 1868.
Beef (small) - - - - 6d a 7d
Do. by quarter bi) - - ddladd
Mutton - . - - dda Gd
Lamb per lb. : . 84da dd
Butter - - - - leda lid
Do. by tub - - - Isa 13d
Cheese - - . : 4a 7d
Tallow - - - - Oda 10d
Lard - - - - Sda dd
Flour 1b. - - - 8da 34d
Oatmeal 100 1b. : : 20 s
Eggs - - - - lida 16d
Potatoes - - + 23 Gda 2s 9d
âTurnips - - - . 13d
Barley - - - - 3s ats
Oats - - - - os
Boards (Hemlock) . â - ds
Spruce - - - - 4s abs
Vine - - : - 7s as
Shingles - - - 2s a lis
Wool - - - - Is als Gd
Hay - - - : 70s a 80s
Straw cwt. - . . s
Tlomespun - - + bs 6d a
Sheepskins - - Ys a 3s
bd a Od
44d
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Buasiness Gards,
PN
BANK OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
Corner of Queen § Water Sts., Charlotietown
President-âIlon. Danie Brenan.
CashierâWinniam Cunpati, Esquire.
Discount DaysâMondays & Thussdays:
Hours of Businessâlom 10 a.m, to P p.m.
from 2 p.m te 4 p.m.
âUNION BANK.
Grofton St., Queen's Square, Chavlotictown
PresidentâCnanies Parier. vequire,
CashierâJamus Anpunsox, Esquire.
Viscount DaysâWednesdays & Saturdays,
Hours of BusinessâFroin 10 a.m to Lp m.,
from 2 panto 4pm,
SUMMERSIDE BANK.
Central Street, Summerside, [P. Bi. Island.
PresidentâHon. Joun R, Ganvinen.
CashierâE. L. Lypiann, Esquire
Discount DaysâTuesdays and Fridays.
Notes for Discount must bein before 11
o'clock on Discount days.
Tours of Businessâ10 a. m., tol p.m.
from 2p. m., to 4 pene
D BERTRAM,
Saddle and Harness Maker,
Water Street . . . . . Summerside.
Calfskin Ib,
Tides 1b,
=
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t
â
Rusiness Gare
âFOUNTAIN HOUSE,â
CENTRAL STREET.
SUMMERSIDE!
pane subscriber most respectfully returns
his thanks to the public who so liberally
patronized him heretofore in the âUnion
House,â and wishes to inform them that he
has again opened up, next duor to his old
stand, a
Boarding House & Bar.
Having plenty of yard room, and excellent
and commodious STABLING, he is prepared
to make all comfortable who may patronize
the ** FOUNTAIN HOUSE,â
DAVID GRADY.
tf
Fountain House,
Summerside, Feb. 27, 1868,
Temperance Hotel,
GRANAILLE STREET,
SUMMERSIDE, P. FE. T.,
JAMES CREZIER, PROPRIETOR.
Permanent and Transient Boarders will find
good accommodation at the aboye Motel.
Good stabling, and a careful Tlostler always
in attendance.
This Hotel willalways be kept open on the
nights in which the Steamer arrives and
ieaves, for the accommodation of travellers.
Summerside, March 12, 1868.â38m
~ ROCKLIN HOUSE,
{Cent Street, Charlottetown,
SIMON D, FRASER, PROPRIETOR,
nsient Boarders will
ye sitisfaction.
Permanent and
find the above louse te
Châtown, June 15, 1867.
Commercial Hotel,
NEW ARRANGEMENT!
COAGH FARE PAID!
ie FUTURE the Coacn Pann of all travel-
lors from the Railway Station and Steam-
boat Landings in this City to the COMMER-
CIAL HOTEL, King Street, who meke their
stay one day or upward, WILL ne PAtp by the
Proprietor.
FARE AT THE HOTEL:
TRANSIENT.
One Day, ---------- $1 00
One Week, -------- 5 00
PERMANENT,
Per Week, ------ $3 25 to gf 0
The HOTEL is situated onthe best business
street in the city, and nearly opporite the
Waverrny. Itis handsomely fltted up and
calculated to accommodate some fifty persons
very couifortably.
D. P, HOW, Proprietor.
St. John, N. B., Nov. 7, 1867 ly
â , or ay
Mountain House Hotel,
King Square, (North Side,)
ST. JOHN, N. B.
The Subseriber having leased the above
Hotel, and refitted tie same, is now prepared
to necommodate âTransient and: Permanent
Jour â 1 trusts by attention to meet a
sliare of public patronage,
} Thavir Iso leased the commodious Stable
Hattached, and secured the services of a
Hostler, who will be in attendance at all
hours, travellers will be sure to: get satistac-
tivn at lowest rates.
JAMES W. THOMSON,
Proprietor.
St. John, N. B., July 4, 1867.âly.
% 5 1 Ty
ORAWFORDâS HOTEL,
No. 9. King Square, St.John, N. B.
Permanent and transient Boarders accom-
modated on reasonable terns.
In conneetion with the above the subscribers
hive opened a
First Class Grocery Store
where they will keep constantly on hand,
Flour, Corn Meal, Provisions, âPea, Sugar,
Molasses, and all articles usually Rept ina
Grocery Store,
J. CRAWEORD & SON,
âly
May 20, 1 oo
âNorth British aut Mercantile
INSURANCE COMPANY.
FIRE AND LIFE.
Established 1809.
TWO MILLIONS,
HEAD OFFICES)
EDINBURGH & LONDON.
G. W. DaBLOIS,
Avent at Charlottetown,
Forms of Application can be had by apply-
ing to Mr. J. Berrian, Journal Ollice, Saum-
merside.
Charlottetown, June 20, 1867.âly :
Co-Partnership Notice.
FEMIL Subserivers have this day entered into
CO-PART {SHIP as BARRISTERS
and ATTORNI AT-LAW, under the
name, style and firm of
ALLEY © DAVIES
OFFICE,âO'HALLORAN'S BUILDING,
Great Groner Street.
CAPITAL: Sterling.
Charlottetown.Oct 18, 1867,
C. L. RICHARDS, â
Importer and Wholesale Dealer in
British & Horeign@roceres.
i, Head North Wharf,
ST. JOHN, NEW BRUNSWICK.
Dee. 6, 1867. ly â
âFIANPORD BROTILERS,
Hanford,
Successors to âThomas
Commission Merchants
And General Agents,
11 NORTH MARKET WHARF,
ful |
Business Gards,
DR. SHAW, â
recently arrived from Old England, has taken
his abode at
PILGRIM'S REST, LOT 10,
where ne can be consulted at all hours.
March 5, 1868.
Di, PLICH,
Physician & Surgeon,
OrricuâAt the SumMersipy: Drug Store,
next door to Bank, Central Street
SUMMERSIDE, P. BE. ISLAND.
October 12, 1865
KITSON CASEY, MD,,
Physician, Surgeon & Accoucheur
formerly Assistant Surgeon in the U. 8.
Navy, offers his protessional services to the
people of Summerside and vicinity. He can
consulted at his office, over the Store of
Green & Schurman, in Summerside,
Juno 13, uf
~ THOMAS KELLY,
Barrister - at - Law
AND
NOTARY PUBLIC, &c.
SUMMERSIDE, - - P.M. ISLAND,
aug. 9, 1866
~ WILLIAM M. ITOWE,
Attorney-at-Law and Notary
Public.
ar. EQLRANOR'S...... AW GTEE Ps;
CARD
WILLIAM BEAIRSTO,
Commission Merchant,
wluctioneer & General Agent,
,
S67.
Isnanp
WATER STREET,
Summerside, P. EF. Tsland,
WILLIAM DODD,
Commission Merchant,
And Auctioneer,
QUE SQUARE,
OMARLOTTR EIS
James Greenough,
FLOUR
Commission Merchant,
No 47 Commercial Street
Comer of Clinton Street -- - - - BOSTON,
OCH, ALLEN,
Commission Merchant,
And Dealer in Provisions, &Âą,
MARKET STREET,
St. John, N. B,
p@âą Gives personal attention to the Sale
and Purchase of every description of Goods,
May , 187. ne
~ CARVELL BROT
AUCTIONEERS,
Commission WNierchants,
And General Agents,
BANK BUILDING, QUEIXN STREET.
Charlottetown, + 2, he Tsland
JABEZ HUDSON,
Authorized Auctioneer,
GENERAL AGENT, &e.,
TRYON, Bobi:
June 27, 1867. 2
'THLOMAS ERIZZEL,
Boot and Shoe Maker,
WATER STREET,
opposite Green & Schurmavâs Store.
Boots and Shoes of a superior quality con-
stantly on hand, and for sale cheap.
Summerside, June 6, 1867 ly
ra
Wy
. âi eee zeae
Boot & Shoe Factory !
TUL subscriber begs leave to direct the
attention of the public to his
BOOT & SHOE SHOP,
NEW GLASGOW BRIDGE,
where he is prepared to do all descriptions of
work in his Hine, at the shortest notice, and
guarantees good material and âperfect fits.â
No slop-work performed here.
Men and womenâs Boots and Shoes kept
ronstantly on hand, and sold cheap for cash
vr approved erodit.
Just step in and leave your mensure,
JAM 1). HOUSTON,
Now Glasvow Bridge, Feb. 27, 1568,
pre "i ra 3 '
Barber Shop !
FEAT subseriber respectfully announces t
i the people of Summerside, and the pul
in general, that he has opened a
rm o2 Pl ! >
BARBER SHOP!
on St. Stephen Street, in the house ining
Messrs. O'Neill & Son's Store, whe he is
prepared to Âą ill work appertaining to his
profession, Best assortinent of
Hair Oils, Hair Restorers, Tooth
Powders, Dyes, de.,
ys on hand on the most reasonable terms,
alwat
te Razors carefully put in order 24
i CHAS. OTTO WINKLER.
Summerside, Jan 80, 1868,
WILLIAM W. WELLNER,
Watchmaker and Jeweller,
[Svecrssor To A, Purcuase]
TATCHES and CLOCKS of all kinds
W carefully repaired, cleaned and regula-
ted. JEWELRY of all kinds neatly and
strongly repaired.
CONSTANTLY ON HAND:
of WATCHES, GOLD and PLATED
Y, whieh will be sold reasonably.
ârade conducted on the no credit
system,
7° Shop lately oceupied by A.Purehnec,
PORBTRY.
IMAGINARY EVILS.
Let to-morrow take cure of to morrow;
Leave things of the future to fate;
Whats the use to anticipate sorrow 7
Lifeâs troubles come never too late!
If to hope over much be an error,
Tis one that the wise have preferred ;
And how often have hearts been in terror
Over evils that never occurred,
Mave faith, and thy faith shall sustain thee ;
Permit not suspicion aud care
With invisible bonds to enchuin thee,
But bear what God gives thee to bear,
by this spirit supported and yladdened,
Be neâer by forebodings deferr'd ;
But think how hearts |
By things that neyer occurrred.
ven sadden'd
Let to-morrow take cure of tomorrow ;
Short and dark as enr hfe may appear,
We may make itâstill durker by sorrow,â
Siill shorter by sorrow and fea
Half our troubles ave half our invention,
And often from blessings conferred
Have we shrunk in the wild apprehension
Of evils that never occurred?
Select Miterature.
ALICH EVANS.
OR, THE MISERâS BEQUEST,
Concluded.
Time passed, and everything went on
asusunl. The rent was punetually paid.
Alice wont one morning to carry the quar-
terly payment to Close. nnd found him
looking very pale and hag
âYou are not well,â said she.
âNo,â replied he, â Ihave been ailing
some time.â
«Can Ido anything for you, sir? Shall
T call a doctor?â
«A doctor? no, child, that would costa
dollar,â svid the miser.
Just then he was seized with a violent
pain, Alice quiekened the fire, and ran
home to get something: for his relief, She
soon came back with hot tea and bread;
she toasted the bread, and made him as
comfortable as possible.
âTil come in to-night, and see how you |
re,â said: she.
âThank you!?
. The word came hard, as if he was not
in the habit of using i
Alice went that night, and every night
alter till the old man was cons ably
better; she felt she had hut done her duty,
and thought of no reward,
Three years passed, and Alice was 1
young lady, with a fiee fair to look upon,
and manners of equal grace. Daring the
three years her mothey: th had been
eradually failing, and required much of
hor time and attention. She supported |
her mother aud herself by doing the wash-
ing that her mother fermerly had done.
She had head regularly from Robert Grey,
âRobert. an hour ago I did not think
I could ever be happy again. If you will
take me, grief-stricken as Lam, 1 will be
yours.â
âT will, my darling; and God grant
that I may be tender and true to my pre-
cious treasure.â
Hearing of Aliceâs approaching mar-
riage, a lady for whom Mrs, Evans hid
sewed, sent Alice a note containing her
good wishes and twenty dollars, which
she urged her to accept, Soon after Alice
called upon Closetist, to pay him the rent
due, and inform him that she would give
up the tenement. To her surprise the
miser refused to take the money, and ask-
ed her, in a kinder tone than was his wont,
what were her plans for the future Blush-
ingly, Alice told him, and begged that he
would take his just due. He could not be
prevailed upon, giving as iw reason that
she nad met wiia great trouble and that
he had not forgotten her kindness to him
when he was ill, Alice thanked him, and
took her departure,
Very quietly she took upon herself the
marriage vows, and Robert Grey carried
her to his distant home with a proud heart,
IIe had succeeded well, and liad risen to
a place of importance in the house which
he entered but a few vears before,
About two years alter their marriage,
talking of things past and gone, Robert
asked his wife what beeame of the old
miser whose shoes she picked up in the
alley one afternoon, â Alice related to him
all she knew, not omitting his list aetand
expressed her wonder at his sudden kind:
ness.
âBut did you not hear the bell ring?â
He went to the door, and returned with
a letter directed to âMrs, Robert Grey,â
in acramped hand, On opening tt Alice
read the following words :-
* You will doubtless be surprised at the
contents of this letter, Before it meets your
gaze the hand that writes if will be cold
in death. You remember âMiser Close-
fist,â as the people called him? Do not
shrink when he tells you that he is your
own uncleâyour motherâs brother, Tbinay
be that you will shrink sand pity more
when I tell you the cause of Lis blighted
lite.
7, Benjamin Clarke, was once as light-
hearted a child as you was when you pick
ed up the old slipper in the alley five yoru
ago. I rose to manhood; they said I ge
promise of a happy, & prosperous future.
L loved, as faithfully and devotedly us
your husband loves you. Tbe object of
my love deceived me, and married onc |
unworthy of her, Smarting under this}
bitter disappointment I left the place in
search of happiness, and after an absence
of many years T returned to find my father
and mother dead, and my only sister mar
ried, to whom I could not ascertain, nor
could anyone tell me of her whereabouts. |
âWhat wonder that I grew hardened
and the wretch you found mie? T became |
at once a crabbed, avaricious man, With)
my years grew my passion for gain, nnd |
thus it was that I ieceived the appellation
of Closefist. which I justly merited,
âWhen T saw your dead mother, some-
â
and he had visited her onee,
One morning Mrs, Ei
Alice was}
1.
rapidly worse, In afew di
obliged to summon a physic
thei that with strict atte
nursing she might recover; and after an
illness of some weeks she was able to. sit
up.
Aliceâs moans had grown very slender
in consequence of the expenses attendant
upon her motheu's sickness, and she found
that she had not the money to meet the
quarterly payment to Closefist. She
thought, as they had always been +o
punciual, that he would excus
onee, and hoped in a tew days to have the
required sum. Before she could obtain it
the miser called and demanded his due.
Alice explained to him the cause of her
delay, and begged fora few days, With
much grumbling he consented to give
them «© week longer, Before the time
had expired Mrs, Evansâ disease took an
alarming form, and Alice was motherless
On the day appointed, Closefist: made
his appearance and asked for the rent, He
had not heard of Aliceâs bereavement.
âO sir,â said Alice, âI wish it was in
my power to pay you; but you must know
how Lam nev situated.â
âDo you mean to «ay that you cannot
pay me to-day ! id he, grufily,
** 7 cannot,
j thing about her {
ns was quife fees | familia, & childish repose [had never no-
ble, and in spite of Alice's efforts she grew | tiecd, that reminded me forcibly of the
He told | I
tion and careful | realized that it was my own sister who
jlay before me.
jmyself to you, but EP did not wish to bur
e them for| draws nigh.
| Lbeg you to aecept it with blessings for
Fyour gentleness and kind acts which
âin
j but with chavity.
«Why not?â
mother! my mother! What will your}
girl's lips.
âWhat is it about your mother?â asked |
Closelist, inn softer tone, |
Alice told him of her great sorrow, and
asked him to go into the room where lay
all thet remained of her tender mother,
Closetist pazed at the rigid: free, and
alter some Hime he started suddenly and
said,â
** Miss
name befor
vans, What was your motherâs
she \ °* married?â
â*Tliza Chirke.â answered Alice,
* Where was she born, child 2â
âIn Lâ," was the answer.
A close observer might have detected
ions of strong emotion in the questionerâs
» but Alice was too deeply absorbed in
to notice it, Closelist turned away
and said, huskily.â
âNo matter about the rent, Tean wait.â
âThank you; Twill do my best to re-
pay you for your kindnes,â replied Aiice,
Anong those who attended the funeral
of Mis. Ey
so much affected, but did not in-
the cause, The feeling displayed
he
quire
they heard these words, spoken to himsel|
in his Joucly hut that night :â
Clarke! my own dear sister!
God forgive me!â
While Alice Evans sat thinking the door
side her.
âO Robert, you are so kind
the young girl.
* Alice
ppray you,â
«int T miss her so," she answered,
âAlice, il you will but accept it, you
| Kindness has met its fall ve
âOh, do you not know why? O my | hardly realize this good fortune.â
}sing all day and the sun ever tails with a
calm vadianes, walks a lady and three
jehildren, They stop before a handsome
|
f their
re struck me as being
playmate of my boyhood. You remember
asked you her name, and by so doing
I left your home resolved
to become a different man, and have tried
to be so, and | ] earnestly that God
may pardon my past wickedness, and per-
mit me to meet your angel mother in the
laud to which I shall soon go,
Several times I felt tempted to disclose
den your happy life. 1 feel that death}
I do not fear to go, and}
praise the Giver of all good that he has
allowed ine to remain longenough to make
a slight reparation for past wrong, âThis
letter will be sent you after my death, |:
with my will, by which you will become |
the possessor of twenty thousand dollars
tered,â that is, he has been permitted to
enter the ground-floor of the temple, lor
| reason well known to masons,
Avroy.âThe lambskin or white leather
apron is the badge of a Mason, sud the
aster upon the
firs it bestowed by the
âVhe apron is
newly initiated Apprentice,
worn by operative masons, to preserve
their garments trom spotor stain. But
We, as speculative masons, use it for «
more noble purpose. By the whiteness of
its color, and the innocence of the animal
from which it is obtained, we are admon-
ished to preserve that blameless purity of
life and conduct which will alone enable
us hereafter to. present. onrselves before
the Grand Master of the Universe, unstain-
ed with sin and unsullied with vice,
Investiture constituted an important part
of the Ancient Mysteries; and as the white
apron is the investiture of masonry, we
find something resembling it in all the pas
gan The Esseniaus clothed thei
candidate with a white robe, reaching to
the ground, and bordered with a fringe of
blue viband, as an emblem of holiness. In
the myster of Greece the garment of
i sv white, because, says
o, White i color most neceptable to
the gods, âThis robe was considered sacred,
and never taken olf by the possessor until
s. In Persia, in the mysteries
of Mithras, the robes of investiture were
the Girdle, on which we depicted the
signs of the Zodiac; the ray the White
Apron; and the Purple âTunic. In the
mysteries of Hindostan, the aspirant wis
presented with a consecrated Sash, con-
sisting of a cord of ning threads, which was
worn trom the left shoulder to the right
side, An apron, composed of the three
masonic coloursâblue, purple and. sears
âletâwas worn by the Jewish priesthvod ;
and the prophets, on all occasions, wheu
about to perform any solemn duty, invest-
ed themselves with a girdle or apron.
Lastly, all the ancient statues of the heathen
gods, which haye been discovered in
Greece, Asia, or America, are decorated
with superb aprons. We hence deduce
the antiquily and honour of this important
part of Precmasonâs vestinents, and sabe
stantiate the correctness oi our claim, that
it is ** more aneient than the Golden Fleece
or Rom n Eagle, and more honorable thin
the Star and Garter,â
The masonic apron is a pure white lamb-
in, from fourteen tosixteen iuches wide,
and from twelve to fourteen deep, with 1
fallabout three to four inches deep; square
at the bottom, without ornament, and
bound iu the symbolie degrees with blue,
andin the Royal Arch with scarlet, In
this country the construction of the apron
is the same in each of the sgmbolic do-
{ which are only distinguished by the
mode in which the apron is worn, But in
Enyliund and Scotland the apron yarigs in
sic of the degiecs.*
VYhe ie. / has a plain apron without
nent.
The Pf. C.+. has an addition of Gwo sky
nee
Dlie rosetts at the bottom,
The M.:. M.+. has an additional rosette
on the fall, and has s
: r y blue lining and
edging, und silver t 3
8.
: ast Masters, in lieu
oft: perpendicular lines on
horizontal ones, like wg, reversed, forming
three sets of two right angle
Ank.âThe ark of the Covenant or of
the Vestimony was a chest originally con-
stiucted by Moses, at God's conimard
vod. xxv. 16), in whieh were kept the
two tables of stone, on which were cu
graved the ten commandments, It con-
Quned, likewise a golden pot, filled) with
nuinna, Aaronâs vod, and the tables of the
covenant. It was at first deposited in the
most sacred place of the tabernacle, and
afterwards plaeed by Solomon inâ the
Sanctum Sanctorum of the Temple, and
Was lost Upon the destruction of that build-
ing by the Chaldeans, The masonic tra.
dition subject of its future history
we exceedingly iuteresting to Royal Arch
Mas
The ark was made of shittim wood,
not be forgotten by me. And whenever
you think of me may it not be with shrink |
aud detestation of my wayward lile. |
Your uncle,
BENJA MEN CLAL
Aliceâs eves filled with tear
ed the Jetter to her husband for perusal,
** Poor old man,â was Robert's comment
Twould that we could have cheered
your loncly lot. Alice, my love, your
fds Donn
wy
5
RE,
We will drop the curtain on this scene,
child do without you!â burst trom the poor | and take a parting look ten years from the |
hevent | : i
st described.
In a beau
monument, aud strew flowers upon the
mive. We will read the inscription,
â Unele Benjamin.â
The mother bends reyerently over the
grave, and places there heroffering, The
childven look towards her with loving eyes
Often you may find the group there, with
innocent offerings to him whose
*eearthly lob was pain and anguish,â
MASONRY.
Tur entered apprentice is the first de-
gree in Masonry, and though it supplies
no historical knowledge, it is replete with
information on theinternal structure of the
ans was the wiser. People won- |
dered to see him there, and marvelled that |
would have been explained to them had |
â| more lasting than mere la
opened softly, and a manly form stood be- |
Robert gently raised her head and saidâ |
you must not weep; do not, Tj
'Order. It is remnrkable, too, for the
~ |
sshe pass-| the Levite
ul eceimetery, where the birds |
overlaid within and without with pure
ad. Tt was about three fect nine inches
ng, two fect three inches wide, and cf
the same extent in dep ft had on the
âide two rings of gold, through which
were placed staves shittinn hy
Which, whe ,it Was Dorie hy
Sond
wood,
ry
lis covering Wis of pure peld,
over Which were placed two figures called
Cherubim, with ox i wings Vho
covering of the
froin hepiar, to
Er plish nx
lid haphive,
iis adopted in Germuny.
ote
A Tlovuss ENTERED BY AN ARMY O1 Rats.
and severely billen,
ro, tt small army of
rats, seemingly met together by conâ ert,
ereated no small sensation in the house. ot
poor womun on Klizabeth street, by oa
very singuku proceeding, âThe woman
yas lying in bed asleep with her wo Lite
ones, When she was aroused hy the screams
ofthe children. Ona ines] 3 hors
rifled tof the bed fai vered with
rats, whil no owas ale
most black with them. Jer children at
her side were screaming wildly, not Woue
through terror, but through pain alse, for
the vermin had seized them by the nose,
ears and el idl
eins lves Âą
faces. OF cout
vi
th inh
beauty of the morality which itinculcates
As an entered apprentice, a lesson of bu
earthly grandeur, is impressed upon th:
mind by symbolic ceremonies, tou import
ant in their character ever to be forgotten
|The beauty and holiness of ehari re de
picted in emblematic modes,
ronger and
we can ox.| supposed that the inva
press, and the neophyte is directed (o lay
el tothe
Lo
}
nis Âą
pose
erred 18 considerc
entered apprentice is allowed to sit in
mility and centempt of worldly riches and |
a corner stone of virtue and purity, upon |
| which he is charged to erect a superstruc-
IY eobued ture val ke 10! ok \ ile to him If
fraternity of whieh hs is hereater to com-
Iâ the weakest | > :
j part of masonry,â and henee, although an thei tia bar
it
Lodge of his degree, he is not permitted have resn
the went
\Âą l
direcho
jing in sever and the wounds oy
j the nose et 1 them were considered su
j serious » Lawlor was Galied ticand
Was tal
the little ones have been well
qured for and are now d e well, lew
HD WES Causodd Try
hat prevailed at the tine,
Ă© drains and other pla-
Wike their homes,
and foreed them to seck
food nud shelter elsewhere. Tadthe ehil
dren been alone they would certainly have
been eaten \ as the rats were avound
lreds and would s] inive
it throats, when d » would
ed ina very few minutes.
the heavy
which, fl
in
i drove
ut
fattack
Une
October 12, 1865. wht + Ww . i teoree (shall have all the comlort Tecan give. Will, to speak or vote on the proceeding ree ©
etacaseseSednipenaatileeneincet ee - . JOHN, N: ay opposite Hon. 1â. Walker's, Great George Honk aM mor can give, i tah « us 1 â coedlings. i
Blanks of all kinds for Sale Chas. U etic scccasdy s Fred.§.1anford. | Street. ae _ {you accept my deep sympathy and deeper) When a candidate is initiated into this) Washington has a population ot 100,000
at Bertramâs Book Store, dan, ay, 1s: Charlottetown, Feb. 6; 180, 1m (fis itor au jtlegree, he is technically said to be + en. | of whom we whites, eee
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JOB PRINTING
of every description, performed with neatness
and despatch, and at moderate rates,
at the Jounnan Oflice,
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Summerside Markets,
Apnin 2, 1868.
Oats per bush - 3s
Barley per bush -------- -- 3s Gd a ds
Potatoes per bush -----+---
Turnips per bush ---------
Butter per lb by âTub ------
Lard per Ib
Tallow per Ib, - -
Eggs per doz -- -
Beef perlb
Mutton per lb -- - -
Pork per lb by carcass
Geese ench + +--+ -- -
Flour per bbl - - -- -- :
Oatmeal per cwt. ------+-----
Hay per âlon ------ - Sdsa des
Straw per cwt. - De
Pine Boards ------------- 10s
Spruce Boards ------------ 4s ahs
Charlottetown Markets,
April 2, 1868.
Beef (small) - - - - 6d a 7d
Do. by quarter bi) - - ddladd
Mutton - . - - dda Gd
Lamb per lb. : . 84da dd
Butter - - - - leda lid
Do. by tub - - - Isa 13d
Cheese - - . : 4a 7d
Tallow - - - - Oda 10d
Lard - - - - Sda dd
Flour 1b. - - - 8da 34d
Oatmeal 100 1b. : : 20 s
Eggs - - - - lida 16d
Potatoes - - + 23 Gda 2s 9d
âTurnips - - - . 13d
Barley - - - - 3s ats
Oats - - - - os
Boards (Hemlock) . â - ds
Spruce - - - - 4s abs
Vine - - : - 7s as
Shingles - - - 2s a lis
Wool - - - - Is als Gd
Hay - - - : 70s a 80s
Straw cwt. - . . s
Tlomespun - - + bs 6d a
Sheepskins - - Ys a 3s
bd a Od
44d
ve fT .
Buasiness Gards,
PN
BANK OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
Corner of Queen § Water Sts., Charlotietown
President-âIlon. Danie Brenan.
CashierâWinniam Cunpati, Esquire.
Discount DaysâMondays & Thussdays:
Hours of Businessâlom 10 a.m, to P p.m.
from 2 p.m te 4 p.m.
âUNION BANK.
Grofton St., Queen's Square, Chavlotictown
PresidentâCnanies Parier. vequire,
CashierâJamus Anpunsox, Esquire.
Viscount DaysâWednesdays & Saturdays,
Hours of BusinessâFroin 10 a.m to Lp m.,
from 2 panto 4pm,
SUMMERSIDE BANK.
Central Street, Summerside, [P. Bi. Island.
PresidentâHon. Joun R, Ganvinen.
CashierâE. L. Lypiann, Esquire
Discount DaysâTuesdays and Fridays.
Notes for Discount must bein before 11
o'clock on Discount days.
Tours of Businessâ10 a. m., tol p.m.
from 2p. m., to 4 pene
D BERTRAM,
Saddle and Harness Maker,
Water Street . . . . . Summerside.
Calfskin Ib,
Tides 1b,
=
t
t
â
Rusiness Gare
âFOUNTAIN HOUSE,â
CENTRAL STREET.
SUMMERSIDE!
pane subscriber most respectfully returns
his thanks to the public who so liberally
patronized him heretofore in the âUnion
House,â and wishes to inform them that he
has again opened up, next duor to his old
stand, a
Boarding House & Bar.
Having plenty of yard room, and excellent
and commodious STABLING, he is prepared
to make all comfortable who may patronize
the ** FOUNTAIN HOUSE,â
DAVID GRADY.
tf
Fountain House,
Summerside, Feb. 27, 1868,
Temperance Hotel,
GRANAILLE STREET,
SUMMERSIDE, P. FE. T.,
JAMES CREZIER, PROPRIETOR.
Permanent and Transient Boarders will find
good accommodation at the aboye Motel.
Good stabling, and a careful Tlostler always
in attendance.
This Hotel willalways be kept open on the
nights in which the Steamer arrives and
ieaves, for the accommodation of travellers.
Summerside, March 12, 1868.â38m
~ ROCKLIN HOUSE,
{Cent Street, Charlottetown,
SIMON D, FRASER, PROPRIETOR,
nsient Boarders will
ye sitisfaction.
Permanent and
find the above louse te
Châtown, June 15, 1867.
Commercial Hotel,
NEW ARRANGEMENT!
COAGH FARE PAID!
ie FUTURE the Coacn Pann of all travel-
lors from the Railway Station and Steam-
boat Landings in this City to the COMMER-
CIAL HOTEL, King Street, who meke their
stay one day or upward, WILL ne PAtp by the
Proprietor.
FARE AT THE HOTEL:
TRANSIENT.
One Day, ---------- $1 00
One Week, -------- 5 00
PERMANENT,
Per Week, ------ $3 25 to gf 0
The HOTEL is situated onthe best business
street in the city, and nearly opporite the
Waverrny. Itis handsomely fltted up and
calculated to accommodate some fifty persons
very couifortably.
D. P, HOW, Proprietor.
St. John, N. B., Nov. 7, 1867 ly
â , or ay
Mountain House Hotel,
King Square, (North Side,)
ST. JOHN, N. B.
The Subseriber having leased the above
Hotel, and refitted tie same, is now prepared
to necommodate âTransient and: Permanent
Jour â 1 trusts by attention to meet a
sliare of public patronage,
} Thavir Iso leased the commodious Stable
Hattached, and secured the services of a
Hostler, who will be in attendance at all
hours, travellers will be sure to: get satistac-
tivn at lowest rates.
JAMES W. THOMSON,
Proprietor.
St. John, N. B., July 4, 1867.âly.
% 5 1 Ty
ORAWFORDâS HOTEL,
No. 9. King Square, St.John, N. B.
Permanent and transient Boarders accom-
modated on reasonable terns.
In conneetion with the above the subscribers
hive opened a
First Class Grocery Store
where they will keep constantly on hand,
Flour, Corn Meal, Provisions, âPea, Sugar,
Molasses, and all articles usually Rept ina
Grocery Store,
J. CRAWEORD & SON,
âly
May 20, 1 oo
âNorth British aut Mercantile
INSURANCE COMPANY.
FIRE AND LIFE.
Established 1809.
TWO MILLIONS,
HEAD OFFICES)
EDINBURGH & LONDON.
G. W. DaBLOIS,
Avent at Charlottetown,
Forms of Application can be had by apply-
ing to Mr. J. Berrian, Journal Ollice, Saum-
merside.
Charlottetown, June 20, 1867.âly :
Co-Partnership Notice.
FEMIL Subserivers have this day entered into
CO-PART {SHIP as BARRISTERS
and ATTORNI AT-LAW, under the
name, style and firm of
ALLEY © DAVIES
OFFICE,âO'HALLORAN'S BUILDING,
Great Groner Street.
CAPITAL: Sterling.
Charlottetown.Oct 18, 1867,
C. L. RICHARDS, â
Importer and Wholesale Dealer in
British & Horeign@roceres.
i, Head North Wharf,
ST. JOHN, NEW BRUNSWICK.
Dee. 6, 1867. ly â
âFIANPORD BROTILERS,
Hanford,
Successors to âThomas
Commission Merchants
And General Agents,
11 NORTH MARKET WHARF,
ful |
Business Gards,
DR. SHAW, â
recently arrived from Old England, has taken
his abode at
PILGRIM'S REST, LOT 10,
where ne can be consulted at all hours.
March 5, 1868.
Di, PLICH,
Physician & Surgeon,
OrricuâAt the SumMersipy: Drug Store,
next door to Bank, Central Street
SUMMERSIDE, P. BE. ISLAND.
October 12, 1865
KITSON CASEY, MD,,
Physician, Surgeon & Accoucheur
formerly Assistant Surgeon in the U. 8.
Navy, offers his protessional services to the
people of Summerside and vicinity. He can
consulted at his office, over the Store of
Green & Schurman, in Summerside,
Juno 13, uf
~ THOMAS KELLY,
Barrister - at - Law
AND
NOTARY PUBLIC, &c.
SUMMERSIDE, - - P.M. ISLAND,
aug. 9, 1866
~ WILLIAM M. ITOWE,
Attorney-at-Law and Notary
Public.
ar. EQLRANOR'S...... AW GTEE Ps;
CARD
WILLIAM BEAIRSTO,
Commission Merchant,
wluctioneer & General Agent,
,
S67.
Isnanp
WATER STREET,
Summerside, P. EF. Tsland,
WILLIAM DODD,
Commission Merchant,
And Auctioneer,
QUE SQUARE,
OMARLOTTR EIS
James Greenough,
FLOUR
Commission Merchant,
No 47 Commercial Street
Comer of Clinton Street -- - - - BOSTON,
OCH, ALLEN,
Commission Merchant,
And Dealer in Provisions, &Âą,
MARKET STREET,
St. John, N. B,
p@âą Gives personal attention to the Sale
and Purchase of every description of Goods,
May , 187. ne
~ CARVELL BROT
AUCTIONEERS,
Commission WNierchants,
And General Agents,
BANK BUILDING, QUEIXN STREET.
Charlottetown, + 2, he Tsland
JABEZ HUDSON,
Authorized Auctioneer,
GENERAL AGENT, &e.,
TRYON, Bobi:
June 27, 1867. 2
'THLOMAS ERIZZEL,
Boot and Shoe Maker,
WATER STREET,
opposite Green & Schurmavâs Store.
Boots and Shoes of a superior quality con-
stantly on hand, and for sale cheap.
Summerside, June 6, 1867 ly
ra
Wy
. âi eee zeae
Boot & Shoe Factory !
TUL subscriber begs leave to direct the
attention of the public to his
BOOT & SHOE SHOP,
NEW GLASGOW BRIDGE,
where he is prepared to do all descriptions of
work in his Hine, at the shortest notice, and
guarantees good material and âperfect fits.â
No slop-work performed here.
Men and womenâs Boots and Shoes kept
ronstantly on hand, and sold cheap for cash
vr approved erodit.
Just step in and leave your mensure,
JAM 1). HOUSTON,
Now Glasvow Bridge, Feb. 27, 1568,
pre "i ra 3 '
Barber Shop !
FEAT subseriber respectfully announces t
i the people of Summerside, and the pul
in general, that he has opened a
rm o2 Pl ! >
BARBER SHOP!
on St. Stephen Street, in the house ining
Messrs. O'Neill & Son's Store, whe he is
prepared to Âą ill work appertaining to his
profession, Best assortinent of
Hair Oils, Hair Restorers, Tooth
Powders, Dyes, de.,
ys on hand on the most reasonable terms,
alwat
te Razors carefully put in order 24
i CHAS. OTTO WINKLER.
Summerside, Jan 80, 1868,
WILLIAM W. WELLNER,
Watchmaker and Jeweller,
[Svecrssor To A, Purcuase]
TATCHES and CLOCKS of all kinds
W carefully repaired, cleaned and regula-
ted. JEWELRY of all kinds neatly and
strongly repaired.
CONSTANTLY ON HAND:
of WATCHES, GOLD and PLATED
Y, whieh will be sold reasonably.
ârade conducted on the no credit
system,
7° Shop lately oceupied by A.Purehnec,
PORBTRY.
IMAGINARY EVILS.
Let to-morrow take cure of to morrow;
Leave things of the future to fate;
Whats the use to anticipate sorrow 7
Lifeâs troubles come never too late!
If to hope over much be an error,
Tis one that the wise have preferred ;
And how often have hearts been in terror
Over evils that never occurred,
Mave faith, and thy faith shall sustain thee ;
Permit not suspicion aud care
With invisible bonds to enchuin thee,
But bear what God gives thee to bear,
by this spirit supported and yladdened,
Be neâer by forebodings deferr'd ;
But think how hearts |
By things that neyer occurrred.
ven sadden'd
Let to-morrow take cure of tomorrow ;
Short and dark as enr hfe may appear,
We may make itâstill durker by sorrow,â
Siill shorter by sorrow and fea
Half our troubles ave half our invention,
And often from blessings conferred
Have we shrunk in the wild apprehension
Of evils that never occurred?
Select Miterature.
ALICH EVANS.
OR, THE MISERâS BEQUEST,
Concluded.
Time passed, and everything went on
asusunl. The rent was punetually paid.
Alice wont one morning to carry the quar-
terly payment to Close. nnd found him
looking very pale and hag
âYou are not well,â said she.
âNo,â replied he, â Ihave been ailing
some time.â
«Can Ido anything for you, sir? Shall
T call a doctor?â
«A doctor? no, child, that would costa
dollar,â svid the miser.
Just then he was seized with a violent
pain, Alice quiekened the fire, and ran
home to get something: for his relief, She
soon came back with hot tea and bread;
she toasted the bread, and made him as
comfortable as possible.
âTil come in to-night, and see how you |
re,â said: she.
âThank you!?
. The word came hard, as if he was not
in the habit of using i
Alice went that night, and every night
alter till the old man was cons ably
better; she felt she had hut done her duty,
and thought of no reward,
Three years passed, and Alice was 1
young lady, with a fiee fair to look upon,
and manners of equal grace. Daring the
three years her mothey: th had been
eradually failing, and required much of
hor time and attention. She supported |
her mother aud herself by doing the wash-
ing that her mother fermerly had done.
She had head regularly from Robert Grey,
âRobert. an hour ago I did not think
I could ever be happy again. If you will
take me, grief-stricken as Lam, 1 will be
yours.â
âT will, my darling; and God grant
that I may be tender and true to my pre-
cious treasure.â
Hearing of Aliceâs approaching mar-
riage, a lady for whom Mrs, Evans hid
sewed, sent Alice a note containing her
good wishes and twenty dollars, which
she urged her to accept, Soon after Alice
called upon Closetist, to pay him the rent
due, and inform him that she would give
up the tenement. To her surprise the
miser refused to take the money, and ask-
ed her, in a kinder tone than was his wont,
what were her plans for the future Blush-
ingly, Alice told him, and begged that he
would take his just due. He could not be
prevailed upon, giving as iw reason that
she nad met wiia great trouble and that
he had not forgotten her kindness to him
when he was ill, Alice thanked him, and
took her departure,
Very quietly she took upon herself the
marriage vows, and Robert Grey carried
her to his distant home with a proud heart,
IIe had succeeded well, and liad risen to
a place of importance in the house which
he entered but a few vears before,
About two years alter their marriage,
talking of things past and gone, Robert
asked his wife what beeame of the old
miser whose shoes she picked up in the
alley one afternoon, â Alice related to him
all she knew, not omitting his list aetand
expressed her wonder at his sudden kind:
ness.
âBut did you not hear the bell ring?â
He went to the door, and returned with
a letter directed to âMrs, Robert Grey,â
in acramped hand, On opening tt Alice
read the following words :-
* You will doubtless be surprised at the
contents of this letter, Before it meets your
gaze the hand that writes if will be cold
in death. You remember âMiser Close-
fist,â as the people called him? Do not
shrink when he tells you that he is your
own uncleâyour motherâs brother, Tbinay
be that you will shrink sand pity more
when I tell you the cause of Lis blighted
lite.
7, Benjamin Clarke, was once as light-
hearted a child as you was when you pick
ed up the old slipper in the alley five yoru
ago. I rose to manhood; they said I ge
promise of a happy, & prosperous future.
L loved, as faithfully and devotedly us
your husband loves you. Tbe object of
my love deceived me, and married onc |
unworthy of her, Smarting under this}
bitter disappointment I left the place in
search of happiness, and after an absence
of many years T returned to find my father
and mother dead, and my only sister mar
ried, to whom I could not ascertain, nor
could anyone tell me of her whereabouts. |
âWhat wonder that I grew hardened
and the wretch you found mie? T became |
at once a crabbed, avaricious man, With)
my years grew my passion for gain, nnd |
thus it was that I ieceived the appellation
of Closefist. which I justly merited,
âWhen T saw your dead mother, some-
â
and he had visited her onee,
One morning Mrs, Ei
Alice was}
1.
rapidly worse, In afew di
obliged to summon a physic
thei that with strict atte
nursing she might recover; and after an
illness of some weeks she was able to. sit
up.
Aliceâs moans had grown very slender
in consequence of the expenses attendant
upon her motheu's sickness, and she found
that she had not the money to meet the
quarterly payment to Closefist. She
thought, as they had always been +o
punciual, that he would excus
onee, and hoped in a tew days to have the
required sum. Before she could obtain it
the miser called and demanded his due.
Alice explained to him the cause of her
delay, and begged fora few days, With
much grumbling he consented to give
them «© week longer, Before the time
had expired Mrs, Evansâ disease took an
alarming form, and Alice was motherless
On the day appointed, Closefist: made
his appearance and asked for the rent, He
had not heard of Aliceâs bereavement.
âO sir,â said Alice, âI wish it was in
my power to pay you; but you must know
how Lam nev situated.â
âDo you mean to «ay that you cannot
pay me to-day ! id he, grufily,
** 7 cannot,
j thing about her {
ns was quife fees | familia, & childish repose [had never no-
ble, and in spite of Alice's efforts she grew | tiecd, that reminded me forcibly of the
He told | I
tion and careful | realized that it was my own sister who
jlay before me.
jmyself to you, but EP did not wish to bur
e them for| draws nigh.
| Lbeg you to aecept it with blessings for
Fyour gentleness and kind acts which
âin
j but with chavity.
«Why not?â
mother! my mother! What will your}
girl's lips.
âWhat is it about your mother?â asked |
Closelist, inn softer tone, |
Alice told him of her great sorrow, and
asked him to go into the room where lay
all thet remained of her tender mother,
Closetist pazed at the rigid: free, and
alter some Hime he started suddenly and
said,â
** Miss
name befor
vans, What was your motherâs
she \ °* married?â
â*Tliza Chirke.â answered Alice,
* Where was she born, child 2â
âIn Lâ," was the answer.
A close observer might have detected
ions of strong emotion in the questionerâs
» but Alice was too deeply absorbed in
to notice it, Closelist turned away
and said, huskily.â
âNo matter about the rent, Tean wait.â
âThank you; Twill do my best to re-
pay you for your kindnes,â replied Aiice,
Anong those who attended the funeral
of Mis. Ey
so much affected, but did not in-
the cause, The feeling displayed
he
quire
they heard these words, spoken to himsel|
in his Joucly hut that night :â
Clarke! my own dear sister!
God forgive me!â
While Alice Evans sat thinking the door
side her.
âO Robert, you are so kind
the young girl.
* Alice
ppray you,â
«int T miss her so," she answered,
âAlice, il you will but accept it, you
| Kindness has met its fall ve
âOh, do you not know why? O my | hardly realize this good fortune.â
}sing all day and the sun ever tails with a
calm vadianes, walks a lady and three
jehildren, They stop before a handsome
|
f their
re struck me as being
playmate of my boyhood. You remember
asked you her name, and by so doing
I left your home resolved
to become a different man, and have tried
to be so, and | ] earnestly that God
may pardon my past wickedness, and per-
mit me to meet your angel mother in the
laud to which I shall soon go,
Several times I felt tempted to disclose
den your happy life. 1 feel that death}
I do not fear to go, and}
praise the Giver of all good that he has
allowed ine to remain longenough to make
a slight reparation for past wrong, âThis
letter will be sent you after my death, |:
with my will, by which you will become |
the possessor of twenty thousand dollars
tered,â that is, he has been permitted to
enter the ground-floor of the temple, lor
| reason well known to masons,
Avroy.âThe lambskin or white leather
apron is the badge of a Mason, sud the
aster upon the
firs it bestowed by the
âVhe apron is
newly initiated Apprentice,
worn by operative masons, to preserve
their garments trom spotor stain. But
We, as speculative masons, use it for «
more noble purpose. By the whiteness of
its color, and the innocence of the animal
from which it is obtained, we are admon-
ished to preserve that blameless purity of
life and conduct which will alone enable
us hereafter to. present. onrselves before
the Grand Master of the Universe, unstain-
ed with sin and unsullied with vice,
Investiture constituted an important part
of the Ancient Mysteries; and as the white
apron is the investiture of masonry, we
find something resembling it in all the pas
gan The Esseniaus clothed thei
candidate with a white robe, reaching to
the ground, and bordered with a fringe of
blue viband, as an emblem of holiness. In
the myster of Greece the garment of
i sv white, because, says
o, White i color most neceptable to
the gods, âThis robe was considered sacred,
and never taken olf by the possessor until
s. In Persia, in the mysteries
of Mithras, the robes of investiture were
the Girdle, on which we depicted the
signs of the Zodiac; the ray the White
Apron; and the Purple âTunic. In the
mysteries of Hindostan, the aspirant wis
presented with a consecrated Sash, con-
sisting of a cord of ning threads, which was
worn trom the left shoulder to the right
side, An apron, composed of the three
masonic coloursâblue, purple and. sears
âletâwas worn by the Jewish priesthvod ;
and the prophets, on all occasions, wheu
about to perform any solemn duty, invest-
ed themselves with a girdle or apron.
Lastly, all the ancient statues of the heathen
gods, which haye been discovered in
Greece, Asia, or America, are decorated
with superb aprons. We hence deduce
the antiquily and honour of this important
part of Precmasonâs vestinents, and sabe
stantiate the correctness oi our claim, that
it is ** more aneient than the Golden Fleece
or Rom n Eagle, and more honorable thin
the Star and Garter,â
The masonic apron is a pure white lamb-
in, from fourteen tosixteen iuches wide,
and from twelve to fourteen deep, with 1
fallabout three to four inches deep; square
at the bottom, without ornament, and
bound iu the symbolie degrees with blue,
andin the Royal Arch with scarlet, In
this country the construction of the apron
is the same in each of the sgmbolic do-
{ which are only distinguished by the
mode in which the apron is worn, But in
Enyliund and Scotland the apron yarigs in
sic of the degiecs.*
VYhe ie. / has a plain apron without
nent.
The Pf. C.+. has an addition of Gwo sky
nee
Dlie rosetts at the bottom,
The M.:. M.+. has an additional rosette
on the fall, and has s
: r y blue lining and
edging, und silver t 3
8.
: ast Masters, in lieu
oft: perpendicular lines on
horizontal ones, like wg, reversed, forming
three sets of two right angle
Ank.âThe ark of the Covenant or of
the Vestimony was a chest originally con-
stiucted by Moses, at God's conimard
vod. xxv. 16), in whieh were kept the
two tables of stone, on which were cu
graved the ten commandments, It con-
Quned, likewise a golden pot, filled) with
nuinna, Aaronâs vod, and the tables of the
covenant. It was at first deposited in the
most sacred place of the tabernacle, and
afterwards plaeed by Solomon inâ the
Sanctum Sanctorum of the Temple, and
Was lost Upon the destruction of that build-
ing by the Chaldeans, The masonic tra.
dition subject of its future history
we exceedingly iuteresting to Royal Arch
Mas
The ark was made of shittim wood,
not be forgotten by me. And whenever
you think of me may it not be with shrink |
aud detestation of my wayward lile. |
Your uncle,
BENJA MEN CLAL
Aliceâs eves filled with tear
ed the Jetter to her husband for perusal,
** Poor old man,â was Robert's comment
Twould that we could have cheered
your loncly lot. Alice, my love, your
fds Donn
wy
5
RE,
We will drop the curtain on this scene,
child do without you!â burst trom the poor | and take a parting look ten years from the |
hevent | : i
st described.
In a beau
monument, aud strew flowers upon the
mive. We will read the inscription,
â Unele Benjamin.â
The mother bends reyerently over the
grave, and places there heroffering, The
childven look towards her with loving eyes
Often you may find the group there, with
innocent offerings to him whose
*eearthly lob was pain and anguish,â
MASONRY.
Tur entered apprentice is the first de-
gree in Masonry, and though it supplies
no historical knowledge, it is replete with
information on theinternal structure of the
ans was the wiser. People won- |
dered to see him there, and marvelled that |
would have been explained to them had |
â| more lasting than mere la
opened softly, and a manly form stood be- |
Robert gently raised her head and saidâ |
you must not weep; do not, Tj
'Order. It is remnrkable, too, for the
~ |
sshe pass-| the Levite
ul eceimetery, where the birds |
overlaid within and without with pure
ad. Tt was about three fect nine inches
ng, two fect three inches wide, and cf
the same extent in dep ft had on the
âide two rings of gold, through which
were placed staves shittinn hy
Which, whe ,it Was Dorie hy
Sond
wood,
ry
lis covering Wis of pure peld,
over Which were placed two figures called
Cherubim, with ox i wings Vho
covering of the
froin hepiar, to
Er plish nx
lid haphive,
iis adopted in Germuny.
ote
A Tlovuss ENTERED BY AN ARMY O1 Rats.
and severely billen,
ro, tt small army of
rats, seemingly met together by conâ ert,
ereated no small sensation in the house. ot
poor womun on Klizabeth street, by oa
very singuku proceeding, âThe woman
yas lying in bed asleep with her wo Lite
ones, When she was aroused hy the screams
ofthe children. Ona ines] 3 hors
rifled tof the bed fai vered with
rats, whil no owas ale
most black with them. Jer children at
her side were screaming wildly, not Woue
through terror, but through pain alse, for
the vermin had seized them by the nose,
ears and el idl
eins lves Âą
faces. OF cout
vi
th inh
beauty of the morality which itinculcates
As an entered apprentice, a lesson of bu
earthly grandeur, is impressed upon th:
mind by symbolic ceremonies, tou import
ant in their character ever to be forgotten
|The beauty and holiness of ehari re de
picted in emblematic modes,
ronger and
we can ox.| supposed that the inva
press, and the neophyte is directed (o lay
el tothe
Lo
}
nis Âą
pose
erred 18 considerc
entered apprentice is allowed to sit in
mility and centempt of worldly riches and |
a corner stone of virtue and purity, upon |
| which he is charged to erect a superstruc-
IY eobued ture val ke 10! ok \ ile to him If
fraternity of whieh hs is hereater to com-
Iâ the weakest | > :
j part of masonry,â and henee, although an thei tia bar
it
Lodge of his degree, he is not permitted have resn
the went
\Âą l
direcho
jing in sever and the wounds oy
j the nose et 1 them were considered su
j serious » Lawlor was Galied ticand
Was tal
the little ones have been well
qured for and are now d e well, lew
HD WES Causodd Try
hat prevailed at the tine,
Ă© drains and other pla-
Wike their homes,
and foreed them to seck
food nud shelter elsewhere. Tadthe ehil
dren been alone they would certainly have
been eaten \ as the rats were avound
lreds and would s] inive
it throats, when d » would
ed ina very few minutes.
the heavy
which, fl
in
i drove
ut
fattack
Une
October 12, 1865. wht + Ww . i teoree (shall have all the comlort Tecan give. Will, to speak or vote on the proceeding ree ©
etacaseseSednipenaatileeneincet ee - . JOHN, N: ay opposite Hon. 1â. Walker's, Great George Honk aM mor can give, i tah « us 1 â coedlings. i
Blanks of all kinds for Sale Chas. U etic scccasdy s Fred.§.1anford. | Street. ae _ {you accept my deep sympathy and deeper) When a candidate is initiated into this) Washington has a population ot 100,000
at Bertramâs Book Store, dan, ay, 1s: Charlottetown, Feb. 6; 180, 1m (fis itor au jtlegree, he is technically said to be + en. | of whom we whites, eee