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THE

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Summerside Markets.
Sumuenrsipe, June 27, 2867.

on fda: }

Qate per bueli=--------> 2s Gda 2s 10d
py per busll --------- 3s u 3s 6d

UE ee Unk chee aca - 2sn2s 3d

Potatoes per bush -
Turnips per bush
Butter per tb by ‘Tub --
Tard per 1 --- 52
‘Tallow pen ---
Keggs per doz --
Beet perlb ----
Mutton per lb
Pork per lb by
Geese each - - : 10
Flour per bbl - 60s a Gbs
Oatmeal per ewt. - - > - 188 0 203
Hiy por Loni 22s -- GOs a 70s
Straw per ewt. - me THOU
Pine Lovrds - - -- 103 _
Spruce Boards ------------4 4s uu bs

Business Gards.,

NLS
BANK OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
Corner of Queen § Water Sts., Charlottetown

- Isalsdd
-- 10dals
Md a 10d
9d a 10d
Gd a 7d
4d a Gd
dda dd
dda 44d
none

Discount Day —Monda
Hours of Business—Tor
from 2 p.m to 4 p.m,

UNION BANK.

Grafton St., Queen's Square, Charlotietown
President—Cuar.es Pataun, Esquire.
Cashier—James ANvERSON, Esquire.

Discount Days—Mondays, Wednesdays,
and Saturdays.

Hours of Business—Hrom 10 a.m to lpm.

from 2 p.mto 4 pm.

"SUMMERSIDE BANK
Central Street, Summerside, 1’. ). Island.
President—ilon. Jon R. Garpixin,

Lyprarp, Esqui

tshier— 1. L :

Discount Day Muesdays and driday

Notes for Discount must be in before 10
o'clock on Discount days.

Hours of Businuss—10 a. m., tol p.m,

trom 2 p. m., to 4 p.m,

FRANCIS LONGWORTH,

BARRISTER AND AUTORNE Y-AT- LAW
UNF aad Office —PAVILION HOTEL.

(next door to the Hon. Joseph Hensley’s.)

CHARLOTTETOWN - + - PE, Island.
Jan. 17, 1867. ly

THOMAS KELLY,
Barrister - at - Law
AND

WOTARY PUBLIC, &.
SUMMERSIDE, - - - - BP. E. ISLAND.

BARRISTER AND
Atiorne y-at-Law,

Norary PuBLIC, &C,
Teleyraph Buildings, Water Street,
Charlottetown, P. B. Island.

DR. PRICE,
Physician & Surgeon,

Ovvice—At the Summensipy Drug Store,
next door to Bank, Central Street

BUMMERSIDE, .... P. E. ISLAND.
October 12, 1865.

JOHN HOMER, M.0.F.M.M.S.
MEDICAL OFFICE
OVER GREEN & SCHURMAN’S STORE,
WATER STREET, SUMMERSIDE, P.E1
WILLIAM M. HOWE,
Attorney-at-Law
AND NOTARY PUBLIC,
ST ELEANOR’S....:00.00c0008 Py By. ISLAND

Dk. McNEILL,
Physician & Surgeon,

Resipencue—At J. M. Lyptanp, Esquire,
Stanley Bridge.
New Londoh, - - -- P. EVI.
Jan 24, 186 syle ere ly oe
DAVID BERTRAM,
Saddle and Harness Maker,

Water Street . . . . . Summerside.

October 12 1865 Co
JOHN ANDREW MACDONALD,

Importer of Dry Goods,
Hardware, Crockeryware, Groceries,
stoves, I*urniture, &e. Ke.
Summerside, ---+-+---- P, E. Island.

CARD...
WILLIAM BEAIRSTO,
Commission Merchant,

Auctioneer & General Agent,
WATER 8TREET,

Summerstile, -----0-0---00-- P. E, Island.

Business Gards,
C. L. RICHARDS,
Importer and Wholesale Dealer in
British & Horeign Groceries
1, Head North Wharf,

ST. JOUN, - - - NEW BRUNSWICK.
Dec. 6, 1866. ly

J. F. HILL & CO.,

DEALERS IN

Potatoes, Apples, Onions,
Horeign & Domestic Hruits,

Cranberries, Beans, Green & Dried Apples
Stalls 107 and 109.
and Cellar No. 19, Faneuil Hall Market
SOUTH SIDE BOSTON,

James Greenough,
FLOUR

Commission Merchant.
No 47 Commercial Street
Corner of Clinton Street - - - - - BOSTON.

J. H. ALLEN,

Commission Ierchant,
And Dealer in Provisions, Xe.,
MARKET STREET,

St. John, N. B.

b@™ Gives personal attention to the Sale
and Purchase of every description of Goods,
_ May 9, 1867, |
THOMAS ILANIORD,
AUCTIONEER

AND

Commission Merchant,

ST. JOHN, N. Bb.

Noy 1, 1865 .
JOUN 8S. O'NEILL,

it rer rr 5
Gommission Agent,
FOR THE SALE OF
P.E. Island Produce.
«Lester Iouse,‘

No.68 Charlotte St., South Side King Square.
ST. JOHN, NEW BRUNSWICK,
N.B. —Consignments solicited, and all orders

will receive promptattention. [May9.

~ KIRKWOOD, LIVINGSTONE & CO.
Hlour, Produce, Teather,
AND GENERAL
Commission iWerchants,
MONTREAL, Oe By
Vhe most careful attention given to the
execution of orders for Flour, Grain, Seeds,

Provisions. Leather, Lid Coal Oil, and
t : hts secured and

it to Uicir interest to forward their orders for
Plour to us for execution, as an extensive
acquaintance with Western Millers, and as
Agents for some of the most popular Brands
in Canada can with safety assure them
on,

Remittanc nst orders when not other-
ise provided for, may be made with Stirling
change, or Gold Drafts on New York.
Dratts on New York being worth usually ang
to af per cent more thaa on Boston,

Every information as to the state of the
market, present aud prospecdve, given when
required,

- Consignments of Tish, Cod Oil, &c., care-
fully realized, and returns made with the
utinost promptitude, or applied according to
the wish of consignors.

Charges only made for actual disbursements
and Commissions not over those of responsible
tuuses inthe line. Unquestionable referees
given when required,

KIRKWOOD, LIVINGSTONE & CO.

503 St. Paul Strect,
Montreal, C. i.
February 7, 1867.

hirchib:ld McKay.
MONCTON, N. B,
CONTRACTOR AND AGENT FOR THE
CHASE AND SALE OF
Ships Timber. Masts, Plank, House
Frames,
and LUMBER of all dimensions and des-
criptions,
te Orders for early shipment will re-
ceive prompt attention,
b. 14, 1867.

~ GARVELL BROTHERS,
AUCTIONEERS,
Commission Merchants,
And General Agents,
BANK BUILDING, QUEEN STRELT.
Oharlottetown, -« - « = = PB. EF. Island.

Puhk-

Ex. Sin.

Il. J. RICHARDSON,
CoMMISSION MERCHANT

Auctioneer.

Dealer in Flour, Groceries, and
Dry Goods.

Water Street... ... Summerside.

WILLIAM DODD,
Commission Merchant,
And Auctioneer,

QUEEN SQUAKE,
OWARLOTTETOWN--- P. EB. ISK

NOTICE!

LL PERSONS whose accounts have been

rendered during the past month, will

please call and pay or remit amount due, im-
mediately.

JOSEPH BERTRAM.

Business Gards,

CRAWFORD’S HOTEL,
No- 9 King Square, St. John, N-B.

Permanent and transient Boarders accom-
inodated on reasonable terms,

In connection with the above the subscribers
have opened &

First Class Grocery Store

where they will keep constantly on band,
Flour, Corn Meal, Provisions, ‘Vea, Sugar,
Molasses, and all articles usually kept ina
Grocery Store. z ~~
J. CRAWLPORD & SON.
May 30, 1867.—ly

Aocth American dotel,

KENT STREET, CHARLOTTETOWN.
JOUN MURPHY, PROPRIETOR,
Permanent and Transient Boarders will

find good accommodation.

Good Stables in connection with the Horrr,

and a careful Hostler always in attendance.

Clvtown eb. 14, 1867 tf

THOMAS FRIZZEL,
Boot and Shoe Maker,
WATER STREET,
opposite Colin McLennau's Store.

Boots and Shoes of a superior quality con-
stanuly on hand, and for sale cheap.
Summerside, June 6, 1867. ly

DANIEL D, CROW,
Glock & Watch Repairer,
HEAD OF CENTER STREET,

Summerside, - - - Cys el OLIV 6
b@~ All orders punctually attended to.
June 6, 1867, 3m

ROCKLIN HOUSE, |
KENT STREET, CHARLOTTETOWN,

SIMON D. FRASER, PROPRIETOR.

Permanent and ‘Transient Boarders will
find the above House to give satisfaction.
Chitown, June 13, 1867.

K{TSON CASEY, MD.,
PHYSICIAN, SURGEON & ACCOUCHEUR

formerly Assistant Surgeon in the U. 8S.
Navy, offers his professional services to the
people of Summerside and vicinity. He can
be consulted at his office in Summerside,after
the 20th of June, 1867.

June 13, 1867. tf

RB We0ODD WO

Physician and Surgeon,
RESIDENCK?

JAMES M. PIDGEON’S, Esq.,
MARGATE, P.E. I.

June 13, 1567. dun

NORTH BRITISH AND MERGANTILE
INSURNACE COMPANY,
FIRE AND LIFE.

Established 1809.

TWO MILLIONS,
HEAD OFFICES:
LIVERPOOL & LONDON.

G. W. DeBLOIS,
Agent at Charlottetown,

CAPITAL: Sterling.

Terms of Association can be had by apply-
ing to Mr. J. Bertram, Journal Office, Sum-
inerside, ‘

Charlottetown, June 20, 1867.—ly

JAMES L. WEATHERBY,
PAINTER,

Siunide a ee i leuid,
PLAIN, ORNAMENTAL, HOUSE & SIGN
PAINTING, GRAINING, PAPER
HANGING, &e., &e., Ke.

Done in the hitest and mostimproved manner,
ba All orders, both in Lown and Coun-

try promptly attended to.
March 2ist, 1307.
R. M. GIBSON,

Ma bn A bd N 1 x
PAINTER AND GILDER.
aa worked several Seasons under

the instructions of some of the miost
popular Painters in the United States and
British Provinces, wishes to announce to the
public that he has opencda PAINT SHOP,
and commenced in that line of trade, at
SUMMERSIDE, where he is prepared to
execute all kinds of Plain and Ornamental
House and Sign

PAINTING.

Ceilings and Walls painted and decorated in
Oil and Fresco, Graining, Paper hanging
and Glazing done to please the em-
ployer, Ceilings whitened with
neatness and despatch,

p@™~ All orders left at the Commercial
Hotel, Central St., next doreto Bertram’s Book
Store, will receive prompt attention, and be
done at moderate rates.

Summerside, April 11, 1867, Om

A. C. MORRISON,

Late of New Brunswick,
I ESPECTEULLY announces to the in-
3 habitants of Summerside, and the sur-
rounding country,

execule PAINTING,

in almost every style of the Art, viz:
Plain and Ornamental Lettering, Gilding,
Bronzing and Shading, Velvet, Oriental,
Grecian and Crayon, (Black & Color'd)
Painting on Canvas, Penciling and
Etching, &e., &e.. &e.

Carriage Striping and Ornamenting,
Graining in Oil and Distemper, Oak,
Butternut, Walnut, Satin Wood,
Maple, Banyan and Mahogany,

Staining in its various branches.
bea All work done promptly and at very
reasonable rates. Orders left with T. B.
Hawt, will receive careful attention.

that he is prepared tu

Summerside, april 18h, 1867.

Summerside, April 4, 1867, if

Summerside, Prince Edwad Island, Thursday, June

PORTRY.

RAIN.

SPRIN(

LY E. c. K.

T love the Spring rain! S
Its liquid refrain
Is music to me;
Tt sings of new birth
‘To the well-watered earth,
To meadow, hill, valley, and tree.

Rejoice, little seed!
In the time of thy need
It comes to thy heart;
Patters first at its door,
Then descends to the core,
There riches of life to impart.

It quickens, it lives!
Now upward it strives
‘To look ia day’s face ;
When lo! at the view,
It opens anew—
The flower takes the little seed’s place.

I love the Spring rain,
With its liquid refrain!
Soul-musie it seems;
It sings to my brain.
While it patters the pane,
Such singing as one hears in dreams.

Nor singeth alone,
* In sweet Inonotone
It brings life indeed.
I love the Spring rain,
With its liquid refrain,
It quickens the soul's early seed,

Now upward that shoots
From the well-watered roots,
In daylight to bloom.
T love the Spring rain,
With its liquid refrain,
It sings of thouglt’s harvest to come.

It sings of that Power.
Which sendeth the shower
Por nature’s new birth;
T love the Spring rain;
Its liquid refrain
Sings ever, ‘* God loveth the earth!”

Select Hiterature.

THE BEAUTIFUL SUICIDE.
ATALE OF WOMAN'S FOLLY.

[concLusion.]

“Goov Gop! what is all this?” I ex-
cluimed, looking at the priest’ who stood
by Nuare He shook his head si
and answered not, But the old pl
laid his hand upon my arm, saying + Come
away, come away! and L returned to the
carriage, and drove stiaight to the villa,
resolved to wring some information {rem
the servants, [thought L saw it all. J
fancied that they had given the honors of
the church to the cruel, the hard-hearted,
and the vicious, and vefused them to the
innocent. ‘The door of the villa stood
open, as usual, and there were two ser-
vants in the hall; but both van away at
ouce the moment they Tentered,
however, and could he speaking ;
and the next instant there was a step in
the vestibule, 1 thought [knew the sound
ol the footiall; but for an instant could
not see, and I wonder [ did not tall down
dead with the beating of my heart. The
hextimoment, Beatrice herself ran torward,
with her hair talling over her shoulders,
her eyes ned with weeping, but her
arms stretched out toward me. T caught
her in my embrace. 1 pressed her warm-
ly tomy bosom; Tinuriuaured my surprise
and joy, while she sobbed forth, ** Thank
God! ‘Thank God! TL thought even you had
deserted me.” :

Holding her still in my arms, T earried
her toward the saloon, where L had seen
ber lying two days belore; but she whis-
pered, * Not there!

! hot there!” aud T bore
her to the lesser room, But it was long,
very long, before LT could obtain trom her
any distinct account of Whathad happens
ed.

It was all in detached fragments, even
when I did hear it; but Ttound, at length,
that the same sight which had dee
me had, probably, deceived others.
would seem that Narcissa had discovered
the fact of Beatrice having sent a messen-
ger to me, and cither guessed ov found out
the contents of her note. She sought her
out in the saloon, and assailed her with
fierce and angry language, From her
sister's answers, sl wed that her own
criminal intercot with Conway was dis-
covered; and her father coming in at the
moment sene ensued which u
been terrible, but the particulars
[never learned, She boldly avowed her
guilt, however, and the frightlul position
in which she had placed herself.

mxcited almost to freuzy, the Marquis
sought out Couway, and drove him trom
the house, daring him to do his worst, and
receiving back bitter threats and taunts in
retur Ile did not return to the saloon,
and for soe quarter of au hour, ber sister
having lett her also, Beatrice remained
alyne, exhausted and almost overpowered
by the scene that had just passed. At
length, however, her sister came back with
a knife in her hand, and the poor girl kuew
not Whether her purpose was murder or
suicide,

Kew words passed, lor Beatrice sprang
up, shrieking tor help, and attempted to
wrest the knilu from her sister's grasp.
Ilex efforts were vatn, however, Nave
was taller, stronger,

4

endued with the
strength of frenzy; and holding her sister
back with her lett hand, she plunged the
knife into her own bosom, exeiiining,
bitterly:

“Phere! See what you have done! Now
you are satisfied! 7

The struggle, the horror, and the an-
guish was more than the delicate frame of
seatrice could bear, and she fell upon the
Hloor in a deuthslike fainting fit, atter
which she remembered nothing lor nearly
an hour.

Perhaps some remains of sisterly affee-
tion—perhaps uiere habitual impulse—in-
duced Narcissa tu try to cateh her sister as

jshe fell, or to raise her when she
en; but certain itis that she was found by
the servants lying across the inanimate
form of poor Beatrice, with the fatal knife
sul iu herhand. She was yet living when
they found her, and bore her to her cham-
ber; but she only survived a tew minutes,

When or how the Marquis had died, no
one knew. He was tound in his own
chamber, seated in his own arm chair, and
quite dead. ‘There was no wound or mark
of violence upon the body. An empty
vase was found in the room, but without
any proof that it had ever contained poi-
son, thongh Thad very little doubt that
such had been the case.

Such was the dark and terrible tragedy
atthe Villa Spezzia, of which you may hear
the neighboring eprint tell the tale,
terribly magnified and distorted. There
were many paintul things to be done, and
various dilliculties to overcome; but the
good old medico who had accompanied
me from Florence was of infinite service
both to me and Beatrice, Ie soothed and
calmed her even better than [ could do;
for he had more experience of the heart ot
man or wonimn ; and he brought his medi-
cal skill, too, to bear, drawing torth a large
pocket case fullof vials, and administering
what he knew would tranquflize the dear,
unhappy girl. He went, too, to the chiet
magistrate of the place, to make many ar-
raugenients that were necessary, and when
he returned he offered kindly to take the
poor girl to his own house, and place her
under the care of his own wile. No better
plan could be devised, and in the evening
we quitted that dark and melancholy place
and made our w back to Florence,
Karly on the following morning, I flew to
Beattice again; but the fatal experience
of the last few days had shaken her coufi-
dence in all mankind, and she seemed to
doubt even my intention toward her,
These doubts were svon removed, how-
ever; for my Very first ty Was to repre-
sent to her that, lett lone in the world, as
she now was, she must endeavor to over-
come her griet so farasto become my wile
immediately. Wer only answer was, as
she clung round my neck:

+O, do take me away fromm this dreadful
land as soon as my }

For a few days,

al distant relations
visited her frequently, and seemed inclined
to interfere; but when they found that all
the property lett by the Marquis, except
that which went to a mate relation, would
not suflice to pay his debts, their visits fell
away, and Beatrice was lett entirely to her

own discretion, At that time, great difli-
culties existed in Tuuly in regard to the

mi of vw Roman Catholic to a Protes-
tant, and the ouly means of solving then
rapidly was to induce the old physician
and his wile to crosssthe Alps With me into
France, bringing Beatrice along with them,
This was easily accomplished by means
which are generally all-powerful with Ital-
ians; and, two months alter her fathers
and sister's death, Beatrice became mine.
She lived with ine three happy years, and
let me the dear boy you have seen, But
her health had reccived wshock até the villa
Speazia, from which it ney
died in the end of Ne 0 CE
vsad one; bat she showed no
ue vrichat the approach of an
early death, no eager clinging to Tile, no
anxious terror at the view of the world to
come, Instead of perishing by a sister's
hand, as I once thought, or by her own,
as Narcissa had perished, she died with
her babe by her side, with her husband's
arms around her, and with full faith and
hope of a Christian.

WALTER SCOTT.

Scott had done imore for Edinburgh than
all her great men put together, “Burns
has hardly left a trace of Limself in’ the
northern capital. During his residence
there his spirit was soured, and he was
taught to drink whiskey punch—obliga-
tions which he repaid) by addressing

** Edina, Scotia’s darling sea a copy

of his tamest verses. Seott discovered

that the city was benntiful—he sang’ its

praises over the world—and he has put

more coin into the pockets of its inhubi-

tants than if he had established a branch

of manufacture of whieh they had a mon-

opoly. Seott’s novels Were to Edinburgh

what the tobacco trade was to Glasgow

about the close of the last century. Al-

though several Jaborers were before him

in the field of the Border Ballads, he made

fushionable these wonderful stories of

hamorand pathos. As soon as‘: The Lay

of the t Minstrel? appeared, everybody

was raving about Melrose and Moonlight.

{le wrote * The Lady of the Like,” and

the next y a thousand tourists descend-

ed on the ‘Trosachs, watching the sun set-

ting on Loch Latrine, and began to take

lessons on the bagpipe. Me improved the
Highlands as much as Gen. Wade did

when he struck through them his silitary

roads. Where his muse was one year, a

mail-coach and hotel were the next.

Ilis poems are graded down into guide-
books. Never was an author so popular
as Scott, and never was popularity worn
so lightly and gracefully. In his own
heart’ he did not value it: highly, and he
ed more for his plantation in) Abbots-
ford than for his poem and novels, Te
would rather have been praised by Tom
Purdle than by any. eritic. He" tl
great, simple, sincere, warmbearted man,
He never turned aside from his fellows in
gloomy scorn; his lip never curled with
disdain, Ile never ground his teeth save
when in the agonies of toothache. He
liked society, his dogs, his domestics, his
trees, his historical nicknacks. At Abbots-
ford he would write « chapter of a novel
before his guests were out of bed, spend
the y with them, and then, at dinner,
his store of shrewd Scottish anecdotes,
brightened the table more than did) the
champagne. When in Kdinbugh, any one
might see bim in the streets or in the
Parliament House, Ile was loved) by
every body, No one so popular aniong
the southe of Selkirk as the S/irra,
George TV., on his visit to the northern
kingdom, declared that Scott was the man
he most wished to see. THe was the deep-
est, simplest man of his time. Ie sinks
like Ben Cruachan, shoulder after shoulder,
slowly, till its base is twenty miles in girth,
Scothindis Scott-land. Ie has proclaimed
over il the world Scottish virtue; and
has put money into pockets of Scottish
|hotel-keepers, Scottish tailors, Seottish
jboatmen, and the dgivers of the Highland
mails,

Y

TILE WANDS,
isa member of the human
body that is quite indispensable. It is
almost the first member that an infant
notices or tries to use. From the hour ot
birth until we die the hands are rarely
still, save in sleep. Yet, with all this
familiarity with and constant use of them,
we meet people constantly who don't
know whatto do with theit hands, Yo
say nothing of that wicked propensity for
vetting them into other peyple’s pockets
which so many display, resulting in
trouble to their owners, they are often
sources of great embarrassment, We
have seen men whose hands were trained
to prod ss ol strength, or taught to per-
form miracles of cunning in , become
of a sudden at an utter loss what disposal
to make of their manual extremities.
This embarvassnient seems to steal upon
them as soon as they enter any public
assembly. No matter how easy they may
have been betore, as soon as they enter i
room where they are subjected to the ob-
servation of their fellow mortals, particu-
larly if there are persons of an opposite
sex present, their hands become as un-

The hand

familiar to them, apparently, as When their
infant eyes first tock cognizance of the

existence of such appendage ‘They
would appear at greater ease if their arms
were amputated above the elbow.

Lookin at an evening party, for in-
stance; you will see men cndeayoring to
concen the fact that they have any hands
at all, by carrying them thrust deep in
their pockets or Leneath their coat tails.
Endeayoring to appear at ease, they look
as awkward as itis possible to imagine.
Others hook them on the armpits of their
vests by the thumb, as if to hang them up
out of the way. Others devote them ex-
clusively to the work of jingling their
watch chains ov seals; others set them as
braces upon their hips to hold their elbows
akimbo; others use them simply
brushes for moustaches or whiskers;
others will set foran hour at atime, warm-
ing their knee pans with them; others
stand for a like period, firmly collaving
themselves with both hands, We havo
seen men, and woman too, enter & room
with both elbows pressed against the side
at right angles, and thei hands dropping
down in front of them like the foot of a
broken-legged chicken ; and we have scen
others wringing their hands constantly, a8
though suffering the deepest anguish, while
their faces expressed serene happiness and
joy.

Pamiliarity with society, good breeding
and ease of manners ave more readily in-
dicated by the management of the hands
than in any other way; while on the other
hand—or the same hand, just as you
pl —people of but little acquaintance
with society ake it known immediately—
show their hands,” as it were—by their
disposal of those expressive members.
While children are taught dancing and
kindred accomplishments they should: re-
ceive some instructions in the manage-
ment of the hands, A hand department
night be incorporated in our schools with
good results. Lands have idle moments,
and it is said that Satan, who is a remark-
ably industrious person himself, is always
ready to fill in the moments spoken of
with characteristic employments. If those
idle moments were devoted to some sys-
tem of training, whereby people could
render their hands appenda of grace
instead of objects of clumsiness, a good
work would be accomplished and society
benefitted,

SUNDAY IN THE COUNTRY.
Of the almost silent delights of this one
day out of the seven, these who persistent-
ly dwell in the city know little ov nothing,
The Sunday morning aiv s tranquil,
and in summeras redolent, as the poets
all say it was in Eden, You ean hear
mellow bells calling one to mother from
hill-top to hill-top, heir echoes tripping:
across the in ching meadows as lightly

as Uicasy Av Men, women and chil-
dren, are starched up in their very cleanest
and be An open wage iflly set on

the old-fashiou ** thorough-braces,” comes
ts Hear lo a Coupe, chariolee, or barouchs
as you can ordinarily discover

After the country wagons begin to. stir
the dust on the roads, they do not stop to
let it sete again, One tamily party close
behind; a white horse pulling up behind
wred one, anda lean beast chasing alter
apot-bellied one; aloitering line of sturdy
young tellows, honest and dusty, whose
necks and hinds have been taming all
the week iu the hot corn-fields; now two
maidenly young women in bonnets te
nitich theit years,—uow a hobbling old
man whois not able to keep a horse,
turning about wl the while to let the
wagons piss him; girls crowded in onthe
back seats atthe cost of much of the siaren
in their Sunday attire;—these are tho
sights that give a new face, on that day,
tu the landscape.

Almost every country mecting-lLouse
hasa plot of green grass before and around
it; wid, occasionally, a few. trees,—old
elins, ov vigorous growing maple. Con-
monly, too, wv sigupost,—the imagnet for
knots of men betore services open within,
whereon they attentively study the pro-
bate, town, and society's proclamations.

As I look at such matters, nothing
sweeter, or purer, or more delicious to x
simple soul ean be conceived than thu
unatfected singing of a country choir,
Lhere is so little scientific fuss and pro-
fessional palaverabout it, And the melo-
dies come out so full and clear,—a_ ere-
ation each by itself, rising and falling in its
cadences like the steady swell of the sea!
I know few. things, for myself, more true
and hearty, ‘Phere stands the choral row,
male and female, heads erect and mouths
opened wide, letting out souls and yoices
together; the tiddle squeaking w ith excite-
ment to get the lead, aud the hard-work.
ing chorister, with quick eye thrown to
one side and the other, actually singings
down the whole! Astor the melody it
self,—so simple and direct, so plaintive,
stitring. filling the house as with a food
from floor to ceiling, and drifting out
through the open doors and windows into
the echoing street—it is enough to move
the most worldly heart that ever tried to
mint itself into money. One hardly thinks
he eatches such serapbic strains agin,
thongh he gous all the way trom New

Englaud to Rome.

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