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Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Thursday, August 19, 1869.

“THE
Sunierside Journal,

18 PRINTED AND PUBLISNED
EVERY THURSDAY EVENING,
BY

JOSEPH BERTRAM,
AT HES GEFICR, CENTRAL STREET.

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at the Journar Office
Almanac for August, 1869.
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Summerside Markets.
Aug. 19, 1869.
Bd a 6d

Beef perlb
Mutton per Ib

Oates per bush 3s
Potatees per bush 10d a Is
Turnips per bush 10d a Is
Butter per Ib 11d a 12d
Lard per lb 9d a 10d
Tallow per Ib. 9d a 10d
Eggs per doz ad a dd
Hides per lb 44d
Mavkerel per doz 23 038
Codfish per qt 188 a 198
Pork per lb by carcass 4d a Gd
Flour per bbl B5e a 40s

Island Flour per cwt 168 to 18s
Oatmeal per cwt.
Hay per Ton
Pine Boards
Spruce Boards

50s a 60s

4s a 5s
Charlottetown Markets.
Ch. Town, Aug. 19, 1869.

Reef per lb 44da 8d
Wution per lb 4d aia
Pork per Ib., by carcass, Bda 8d
llam per |b 7d a 8d
Geese none

Fowls Isa Is Gd

Ducks each 1s 3d a le Gd

Flour per 100 Ibs l7sa 18s
Oatmeal per 100 18s a 198
Buckwheat Flour, per 1b 2d a 24d

18s a 208

Codfish per quintat
Butter per Ib
Do. by the tub,

18d a 19d
le Mila te ad

Che eeu 3d a 6d
Tallow Bd a Ot
Eggs per dozen 8da 9d
Potatoes per bushel 1s 6d a ls a

y “ J
Patt” $s a 3s 3d
llay per ton 608 a 704
Hides pet 1b Ad

4s ads Od
4p ads Gd
Sa Gd ads

Sheepskins each
Bprace Boards per 100 ft.
Hemlock = ** 4

Bus iness Qards,

BANK OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

Corner of Great George & King Streets,
Charlottetown. '
President—Hon. Daniet BrexaN,
Cashier —W ILL CUNDALL, Esquire.
Discount Da heir brah ie ‘ st thy tal
iness—Fom 10 4.m. 1.
laa from 2 p.m to 4 p.m.

UNION BANK.

Grafton St., Queen's Square, Charlottetown
President—Cuan.es PALMER, | Eaquire.
Cashier—James ANDERSON, Esquire.

Discount Days— Wednesdays & Saturdays,

inese—From 10 a.m to ipm,
cea hae ti from 2 p.m to 4pm.

SUMMERSIDE BANK.
Central Street, Summerside, TP. BE. Island

lent——-James L. Houma, Esa
erenier Roe. MvO. SravEent; Eequite.
Discount Days—Tuesdays and Fridays.
Notes for Discount gr be in be:
o'clock on Discount days.
¢—10 a. m., to Lp.m.
Hours of Busines han Arh ah

OCKLIN HOUSE,

KENT STREET, CHARLOTTETOWN,
SIMON D. FRASER, PROPRIETOR,

nent and ‘Transient Toardera will
dct'the shove House to give satisfaction.

4d a5d| All order

Summerside, -

Business Gards,

KERSHAW & EDWARD'S
IMPROVED PATENT
Non-conducting and Vaporising

Fire and Burgler Proof

BABS.

MANUFACTURERS OF
BANK VAULTS, BURGLAR PROOF
VAULT DOURS, IRON VAULt DOORS,
PATENT COMBINATION BANK
LOCKS, DEED BOXES, PATENT JAIL
LOCKS & CELL DOORS, &e. Ke,

_Tnos. FULLLER, Davip Srarr & Sons,
Travelling Agent. Agents, Halifax,
Montreal. Dee 15, '68 y

~ Mr. W. H. POPE

EGS to inform the public that he has re-
sumed the practice of the Law,
Orrice—A few doors below the Bank of
Prince Edward Island
Charlottetown, M

ch 18, 1869,

THOMAS KELLY,
BARRISTER - AT - LAW

AND
NOTARY PUBLIC, &e.
SUMMERSIDE,- - - - P. E. ISLAND
CARD.
R. DODD way again be consult-
ed, at his old residence, in MARGATE,

W LONDON.
April 15, 1869.—

" Dit di PRIO“,:
Physician & Surgeon,

Ovvick—At the Suamensips Drug Srore,
next door to Bank, Central Strect
SUMMERSIDE, .... JP. B. ISLAND.
October 12, 1868.

DR. JARVIS
Has REMOVED his Residence to SUM-
MERSIDE, next door to the Rey. Mr.
Frame’s. on Central Street.
Ife can be consulted at his residence
or at Hunt & Co's Drag Store, at all times.

pro 3m.

DOCTOR FE =
PHYSICIAN, SURGEON & ACOUCHEUR
RESIDENCE AND OFFICE ON
Central Street, Sunmerside

46 |? (Directly opposite the Summerside Bank)

Summerside, may 13, 1869.

i... PURDY'S

NEW
Marble and Freestone
ESTABLISHMENT,
(NEXT DOOR TO BEER AND sons’)
KING SQUARE,

CHARLOTTETOWN, P. E. ISLAND.

3 punctually attended to.

Call and Sce!
Jan 7, "69 Wyo ee ee a

A. W. ANDRES,
Marble Worker,

Point Du Chene, Shediac N. B,

MONUME TOMBS, GRAVE-
STONES, &o., &c.

168.0 178| AMERICAN AND IvALtAN MARBLE CoON-

stanitly on hand.

10s | Can furnish Gravestones and Monuments ata

legs price thin any other establishment in
tle Provinces, and pay a duty besides,

xa Onpens can be left at Berrram’s Book
‘Store and at D, Exman’s, Esq., Summerside,
or sent to

A.W. ANDRES.
Point Du Chene, Jane 1th, 1868. _

WILLIAM BEAIRSTO,

Commission Merchant,

Auctioneer & General Agent,
WATER STREET,

; -P HE. Tsland

~ CARVELL BROTILERS,

AUCTIONEERS,

Commission Merchants,

AND GENERAL AGENTS.
BANK BUILDING, - + QUEEN STREET,

CHARLOTTETOWN, P. B. I,
~ WILLIAM DODD,

Commission Merchant,
And Auctioneer,

QUEEN SQUARE,
OHWARLOTTETO WN - -+ P. 8. ISLAND
HUNT,

GQommission Lerchants

Genxenat AGENTS AND

AUCTIONEERS.

SALRSROOM ,AND OFFICE
Head Queen's Wharf, Summorside, P, EB, I-
(opposite the Store of W. T, Hunt & Co.)
Arik 2, 1800. 1

LANKFORD BROTHERS,

Successors to Thomas Hanford,

Gommission Merghants,

And General Agents,
1] NORTH MANKET WHARF,

SAINT JOHN, N. B.

Fret. 8. Harrorp

Cras. U. Hanrorp,

“JAMES GREBNOUGH,
FLOUR
Commission Merchant,

No 47 Commercial Street
Corner of Clinton Btrcet ------- «BOSTON

Chitown, Jane 15, 1668,

Jany. 1, 180%

— Business Gards,

_E. CAMERON, M. D.,
Phousician, Surgeon,

And Accoucheur,
Office and Residence at N. Woopsipe's, Esq.,
Alberton, P. KE. I.
_ August 4th, 1869. 3m*
GEORGE D. WRIGHT,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN

Choice Family Groceries!

Dunn’s Block.

Oharlottetown, - - P.E- Island.
duly 1, ls6y, tf

AUCTIONEER

AND
LAND BROKER,
Alberton, LP. £, Island
Rererees :

lon. Judge Young—Charlottetown,

Hon, G. W. Llowlan—Alberton,

Mr. Joseph Bertram—Sumierside.
Alberton, May 13, 1869.

REUBEN TUPLIN,

Commission Merchant,

AUCTIONEER,

And General Agent.
Margate. BP. E, Island,

REFERENCES :,

POETRY.
COMETH A BLESSING DOWN.
BY MARY FRANCIS TYLEP.

Not to the man of dollars,
Not to the man of deeds,
Not to the man of cunning,
Not to the mun of creeds;
Not to the one whose passion
Is for the world's renown,
Not in form of fashion
Cometh a blessing down,

Not unto hind’s expansion,
Not to the miser’s chest,
Not to the princely mausion,

Not to the blazoned crest}
Not to the sordid worldling,

Not to the kuavish clown,
Not to the haughty tyrant

Cometh a blessing down

Not to the folly-blinded,
Notto the steeped in shame,
Netto the carnal-minded,
Not to unholy fame ;
Not in neglect of duty,
Not in the monareh's crown,,
Not at the smile of beauty,
Cometh a blessing down,

But to one whose spirit
Yourns for the great and good ;
Unto the one whose storehouse
Yielded the hungry food ;
Unto the one who labore
Feurless ot foe er frown;
Unto the kindly-hearted
Cometh a plessing down,
—Boston Advertiser.

mother’s bed, and felt her arm about his
neck, and felt her kiss uy on his cheek—as
though he again gazed in terror and at-
{right upon the scene which they told him
was death,

And Tom forgot all save that one stream
of light—that one kiss upon the canvass ol
Love and Geod-will, And he asked him-
self,—-**Shall I go back to the poor: house PD
A little while of meditation, and he started
to his feet.

‘Never! never more! There must be
light somewhere, and Ul fivd it it can!

Many along and weary mile tramped
the boy in search of light; and at length
he found it—found itin the cot of a poor
widow whose only son, und only child,
had gone away to sea. Upon the steps of
that cot he had sunk down, weary and
taint and hungered, and the widow had
taken him in and loved and blessed him,

O! bright and blessed hour! The genial
warmth of loye permeated that tamished
soul, and the image of the Redeemer was
reflected as from the turnace of the puritier
ol silver,

The boy realized his ignorance, and
thirsted for knowledge. ‘Pry to be good,
and God will bless you!” Ile forgot not
the words, nor the lips of her who spoke
them,

But this was not all, This was not the
great shock that had broken the crust of
his iron bondage. ‘There were other words
in his memory: ‘ When you are hanged we
shall be rid of you ; for hanged yowll surely
be.” This was the shock—this the blow
that had broken the chain, For the first
time in his life his fierce spirit of antagon-
isin had been turned against the evil geni-
us of his lite; and when once he had
grasped the enemy he would not surren-
der. As Tom grew older,and increased in

Hon. D. Brennan, R. T. UWolman,
Ch. Town. Summerside.
April 22, 1869, pat. pro, Gm

i H. ALLEN,.
Commission !vterchant,

AND DEALER IN
PROVISIONS, W&c.,
MARKET STREET, - ST. JOHN, N. B.

@"™ Gives personal attention to the Sale
and Purchase of every description of Goods.
May 9, 1868.
THOMAS HALL

S NOW PREPARFD, with the assistance

of the STEAM POWER, to furnish any
number of

THREMING MACHINES,
of the most improved kind,

Tron Turning, Wood do.,
Trucks, d&c., d&e.,
manufactured, together with
Allother Work in his branch of trade
Every Machine warranted to do good work,

TILOMAS HALL,
Summerside, May 20, 1869.—tf

Caris,

“DHS GISNUINE
/ NN N
COMMON SENSE
Family Sewing Machine!
FOR
£3 5S. Od,
AT :
HWARVIE'S BOOKSTORE,
Charlottetown, and PRINCE COUNTY
BOOKSTORE, Summerside.
June 4, 1869.

~~ BOOT & SHOE
ESTABLISHMENT.

seas subscriber begs leave to acquaint the

inhabitants of SUMMERSIDE: and the
country generally, that he has commenced
his business of S00t & hoe Male
ingy, in the Shop nxt door to O, OF Neill’s,
near the Wesleyan Church. Ile trusts that
by strict attention to business and good work
to give general satisfaction acd merit a share
of public patronage,

WILLIAM CLARK.
Summerside, April 22, 1869.

FOUNTAIN HOUSE!
North side King Square, (next to Park Hotel)
Sr. Joun, N. B,

JAMES W. THOMPSON, Proprietor.

Nan Proprietor of the above HOTEL takes

this opportunity to return thanks for the
liberal patronage hitherto received, and, mye
respectfully no a we wUM UENCE ty
smc.

This IIOTEL is very pleasantly situated,
and commands a view of King Square, and
other parts of the City.
In Fontitetloti with the Hotel, is GOOD
STABLING, anda caretul Hostler in attend:
ance. Parties coming from, Prince Edward
Island with horses will find this establishment
the most comfortable in the City, and a per-
son always at the Cars on their arrival.
St. Jolin, Sept. 10, 1868. Eee
'
Weaving
New England Self-Acting

BAND LOOM!

IE Subscriber having procured one of
the above LOOMS, is now prepare | to do
Gustom WEAVING of all kinds, Any style
of goods can be done on this Loom, A dozen
different quille can be woven upon the same
warp. Can weave a web six feet ten inches
wide, Cloth double width, and Seamless Bags
The best of work guaranteed. No delay. Call
and see the Loom and specimens of work.
Reduved prices for Weaving.
DANIEL D. CREW,

Near the Drill Shed.

Summerside, July 1869,

NO. 9, KING SQUARE,

P:

now prepared to accommodate Permanent and
‘Transient Boarders on the most reasonable
terms.

ALSO, in connection,» GROCERY STORE,
where every article required for house use
may bo had.

yo

J, CRAWFORD & SON.
ly

Sept. 10, 1868,

‘Select

poor-house !
to-night.

from his step,
his hous
‘Tom Stearling stood a little while and
looked back at the closed door, and then
wandered away—wandered off to a seclud-
ed nook among the bushes by the road-
side, where he sat down and _ reflected,
And this was the picture that unrolled it-
sell to his memory:

Thero wasa dim, hazy distance af clands
wherein were poverty, broken windows,
a tireless hearth, a drunken father suffer-
But nothing stood out in
reliet until he came to his fifth year, and
then appeared upon the sombre canvas
the alms-house of Lowhampton, and the
death-bed of his widowed mother, Thence
—————— lihe middle distance and the foreground
were clear and distinct; but there was no
relief of warm lights or radiant spots.
The dark clouds, looming up in the ex-
treme distance, easta painful shadow
over the whole picture, and not one gleam
of yellow lightappeared, ‘The alms-house
colored everything,
At school he had been laughed
at, and the cold, cruel thing had been
At the age of ten
years he had been sent out to work—had
been given toa shoemaker in the village,
—and here he had hoped the storm otf
shame might end.

‘Tom was smart—almost too smart.
Quick and lithe as a cat; keen and bright
or; tough and strong as whipcord ;
with a substratum of more than ordinary
intelligeneé—he was not one to submit
{amely to the taunts and slurs of the more
The result was,—he was

Ile sought to avenge his
own wrongs, and thus kept himself in hot
No one thought of lifting bim up
from his degraded state, aud speaking
kindly to him; but his elders kicked him
and cuffed him, while he served the same
whom he could handle.
ents of big boys who came home with
bruised faces and tora garments called
Tom Sterling * tho village tormenter
And very soon
him so.

The shoemaker kept the Torment. six
months, and then turned him back into

ing, and ruin.

pauper!

thrown in his

as i

fortunate ones,
often in trouble.

water.

cnuse to those

distal

Giterature,
The Village Torment.

BY SYLVANUS COBB, JR.

“ Get out of this! Back you go to the
Tell the overseer Vil see him
When you are
hanged we shall be rid of you; for hang-
ed you'll surely be!”

And Deacon Grover gave the boy a push
and slammed the door of

Start! Bo off!

nst him.

fuce,

every body

SAINT JOIN, N. B- rling
FEMA subscriber having thoroughly redtted Med bond abe ‘ad single bright spot!
t and enlarged his HOTEL and STORE, is Hark! Was it an angel that touched

his memory, and opened a gleaming nook
in the dark chamber ?
« Tommy !—my ehikd!--O! be a good
boy—tTRY to be good—and God will bless |
uf”
low distant the voice sounded—how | with Simeon ot old—* Lord, now jcttest|—as it embraces Measles, Searleting,
long forgotten—and yet how plainly. thou thy servant depart in peace ; tor mine| Chicken Pox, Swine Pox, and Whooping
was as thongh the words still sounded in

He had been buta

”

came to call

e could subdue him. Bat, merey !
—no sooner bad the well-meaning smith
given the lad one good sound beating
than he found his Torment changed toa
young tiger; and at the end of amonth
he sent him back fiom absolute fear of his
life.

At lorgth, when Tom was thirteen years
old, Deavon’ Grover took him, thinking
with a firm and steady hand to subdue hin.
The first piece of intormation which Tem
received upon entering the Deacon's house
hold was, that he was a hardened wretch,
totally depraved, and without a particle
ot good in his heart; and upon that basis
the work of subdaing was commenced.
When Deacon Grover weeded out the
tares from among the young and tender
vegetables in his garden he was very care-
ful and patient, and worked with the ut-
most solitude, least he should unwittingly
harm those plants which he wished to
nourish; but when he came to the work
ot weeding the tares out trom Tom's
young spirit he banged, and shook, and
beat, never thinking that there might,
perchance, be some delicate tendrils ot
affection there which were worth the sav-
ing.

The good Deacon held the lines for a
year, and then turned the boy from his
iloor, and told him to go back to the alms-
house—turned him forth as we have seen,
telling bim that the world would never be
rid of him until he was hanged.

And this was the picture which Tom
Sterling gazed upon in his lonesome re-

knowledge, he became inspired with the
desire to help and to save just such poor
unfortunate wails as he had been in the
other years. ‘This he communicated to
the clergyman of the village parish, who
gladly gave him assistance. ‘Lom entered
the work, and loved it. Every good deed
he did swelled his heart bigger and big-
ger, and eyery poor unfortunate he sayed
gave him strength, and courage and faith,
se bi ee ~_ee

The Reverend Mr, Sterling was coming
to preach in Lowhampton, and the people
were all eager and anxious, His fame
had reached them, for hardly a newspaper
had come to the town for many months
that had not contained au account of the
great and saving work of that devoted
apostle of salvation,

Saturday evening came, and Mr. Ster-
ling avrived at the door of Deacon Grover,
—ior the good old man had enjoined: it
upon the stage-driver that the Minister
shonld be lett with him, The Deacon had
expected to behold 9 fine-lvubing man,
and he was not disappointed; though the
apostle was younger than he had thought.
But when, in the evening, they sat down
tugether, the old man’s wonder and ad-
miration were aroused, and he could only
acknowledge to himself that in knowledge
and expericuce his guest was & man ol
surpassing stature, And not the shadow
of a thought evossed his mind that this
great and glorious worker of good was the
aforetime Village ‘Torment that he had so
harshly turned trom his door,

It was Sunday—bright, beautiful, and
calm, ‘The mitister stood in the pulpit,
and before him the pews and the aisles
were crowded, His frame shook when he
arose; his lip quivered; and his eyes were
moist. Veople wondered what could affect
him so. But when he came to read to
them the thirteenth chapter of Paul's First
Epistle to the Corinthians, they ceased to
wonder at his emotions, being lost in won-
der at the new beauties and deep lessons
brought to light by his marvellous render-
ing ol the celestial richness of the chapter—
arichness which they had never belore
diseoyered, When he prayed other eyes
were moist besides his own,

At length he read his text: ‘Then shall
he answer them, saying, Verily, [say unto
you, inasmuch as ye did it not to one ot
the ldust of these, ye did it not to me.”
And then he went on to open up to his
hearers one of the noblest departments of
Christian labor, and one that was richest
in its rewards,—the lilting up and the sav-
ing of the unfortunate poor and forsaken,
We may talk and tellus we please about
how much we have loved our Redeemer,
and how much we have honored him,—the
question will surely be forced back upon
ts from the Friend and S«-deereorsmners,

« waae aayve yo done for these my out-

: shouse, Nexta blackse: tt! "1 ogs Ran Vite anv city
HAM ase hy ARES Xt a Dla ee Avho [cast and sullering children,

By and by, with faltering aecent, he told
the simple, touching story of his own life.
Ile had no blame,—only love and good-
will;—but would they not accept the les-
son, and lay it to heart?

At lirst, when they knew who he was, it
was as though a thunderbolt had burst
among them, and they thought. when the
services were ended, that they should
shrink away in shame, and not dare to
meethim. But when he came to the theme
ot Divine love and torgiveness, und show-
ed them his heart, all warm and grateful ;
hand when he potred out upon them his
rich blessing, they felt drawn irresistibly
towards him; so that, when he descended
trom the pulpit, they crowded around him,
eager to respond, from their full hearts, to
his weleome of love and good-will.

Of all that congregation Deacon Grover
alove held back. How could he meet the
man whom he had, as a poor and sorsaken
boy, cast out trom his doors? But Mr.
Sterling at length gained his side, and
took his arm; and on his way home he
said to the old nan:

‘You don't know, Mr. Grover, how
many tines Lt have blessed you im my
heat.”

Blessed me? Blessed ?”

* Yos,—for ‘twas you who first turned
my thonghts in the right direction, [know
you did it roughly, and meant little good
to me at the time; bat God hath wrought
great good from it.”

And thereupon Mr. Sterling told the
story of that hour's meditation by the way-
side.

was low, but earnest and prayertul;

his ear—as though he again stood by his

A Death Kiss.
THE NEEDLE OF A YOUNG MAN'S SWEET-
HEART PIERCES HIS HEART WHILE

KISSING HER LIPS.

From the Nashville (Tenn.) Press.

A young gentleman named Joo White,
a very respectable, industrious, quiet,
good-looking tellow, of about eighteen
years of age, anda resident of German-
town, went to south Nashville Saturday
night to visit his lady love, a Miss Barnes.
He had beer trequently to visit her before
at various times, They were engaged to
be married. He found her in the parlor,
sewing, as a proper young girl should be.
She was anxious to finish the article and
therefore concluded not to throw it aside
when he entered, particularly as he com-
plimented her on her pretty appearance,
with her beautiful face, bending over her
slender fingers as she plied the stitches
with as much grace and rapidity as other
girls display when skimming oyer tho
keys of u nasty piano,

Ie took his seat beside her. They chat-
ted very gayly. After waiting a few
tninutes, which to him seemed hours, he
became impatient, and longed to imprint
a chaste kiss upon her ripe and pouting
lips. With the view of carrying out his
design, he let. his arm circle tee waist
fartively, and as he was drawing her
close to himself, she objected to being
disturbed until her little work was finished ;
but he insisted.—She made a motion to
shove him off, as girls are said to general-
ly. This motion proved fatal to her happi-
ness and to his lite. Ife beeame impet-
uous, and drawing her to him with much
violence, the needle which was caught in
her thimble got between them, the point
toward his heart.

It entered, and as he was about to im-
print a kiss of love upon her lips, his own
became ashy pale, his vigorous grasp re-
laxed, and then the fire of love died out,
as if by a celestial putf, at the moment of
contact. He sickened, fell back apon the
sofa, quite helpless. ‘Vhe young lady was
much alarmed, and ran for assistance,
The family ali ran into the room, and pro-
ceeded to open his shirt collar, thinking
he was in a tainting fit, and that the usual
restoratives would suflice, In undoin,
his vest, it was found that the needle ha
penctrated his side yery deeply, a circam-
stance which the young lady had never
noticed in her fright. The doctor was
sent for. Ile administered what remedies
he could. Partial consciousness was
restored, and the young fellow enabled to
talk. The scene between him and_ his
first, lust love, wis extremely affect-
ing.

She wept like one who feels that ol
happiness-or ts fost, and he scemec
to regret her loss and not his own con-
dition, Ie consoled her by saying that
she would soon get another lover to fill
his place, who would be more worthy of
her than he could hope to be, and who
would make her happy. ‘This but in-
creased her sorrow. She sank dowh upon
the floor beside him and cried aloud. When
he was becoming worse, and the doctor
gave the emphatic opinion that he could
not live, she started suddenly to her feet,
and running into another room, swallow-
eda heavy dose of laudanum, which was
kept there for the use of a young member
of the family that was sick. It was some-
time before she was discovered, and it
was with the utmost dillienlty she was
brought back to consciousness. The first
word she uttered was, **O, where is he?
let me go to him; I will be withhim.” At
the same instant the young gentleman
was resigning his spirit into the hands ot
its Maker in the adjoining room, He died
about 10 o'clock, She is still in a precari-
ous condition, and cyinces symptoms ct
insanity.

AN ILLINOIS FARMER

Joun T, ALEX

k, THE Catrir Kina,

(From the Gennessee (1il.) Republic.)

We frequently see accounts in the papers
of men who are noted for their genius,
talents, and whatever they may have ac-
complished above the average of men

general We sce noticee of miners anit
taurmers in California, in Texas, an other

States, who have done big things; we see
notices of men who dave grown rich in
manaraecuring and real estate speculations
in the Eastand elsewhere. Scarce a paper
that dose not puff somebody for some
wonderful fact in some direction,

We do not recollect to have seen any
notice in the papers of one of the greatest
men the country has produced. We mean
John ‘Ty Alexander, of Morgan county,
Ul., who commenced business for biniselt
with little capital or other advantages
above the average men, He is a plain,
homespun farmer; tall, good looking,
free and easy in manners, without the least
particle of style in words oz acts.

It is rather interesting to watch the

movements of such A man at Springfeld
or Chicago, among the popin jays and
self-constituted leaders of society who are
greatly clevated in their conceit, Mr,
Alexander has been farming in [lInois a
good many years,and has been very succes~
ful, Llis farm now comprises about 30.-
000 acres, mostly under improvement.
‘This is about one township and a half--
about nine miles square—and all good
land. He has now about 6,000 acres ot
growing corn, and trom 1,000 to 2,000
acres ol grass rear'y for the mower,
He is now feeding about 10,000 head of
cattle, and buys and ships East from Ch
cago from 1,000 to 2,000 head of eatile
every week, Hle has risen to this gteat
preminence by his own talent, energy,and
integrity. lis business each and every
year amounts to millions of dollars, and
is entirely legitimate, adding to his own
wealth and tie common wellare of the
State’

Tar Praave In Pvawasu, N. $.—Wo

are informed that the plague which has
been so fatal in Pugwash is fast abating.

When the old man next snoke. his voice | On Sunday last the eighteenth of the re-

cent funerals which have taken place there

“Mr, Sterling, [have never meant to} wended its solemn way through the streets,
do wrong j butt am free to say that never, | In a row of eleven houses fiity-seven per-
until this day, have L tully known our] sons were suffering at onee trom the dis-

Saviour; and | leel that 1 can almost say, | ease—or rather, complication of diseases

it}
jeyes have seon thy salvation [?”

Congh,— Amherst Carette,