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Ww. tn. COTTON, Manager & Editor.
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SATURDAY MORNING. -
eel = SS ——s ——— a ee we teh GE ee a a - pr ' ' ‘ ‘AIRY MYTHOLOGY OF IRELAND, | quite the same after, They ‘have always a NOW (sPENED, Steamer Arrangements, F xcursion Tickets. 02. eee spiritelook, especially it they have listened )
to the fairy music, Tor the fairy mausic is soft, and low, and plaintive, with a fatul charm for mortal ears. _ en. eee One day a gentleman entered & cabin in the county Clare, and saw a young girl of about 20 seated by the fire, chan\ing a mel ancholy song, without settled words or music; On enquiry -he was told that she had onee heard the fairy harp, and those who hear it lose all me of love or hate, and forget all things, and never more have any Other sound in their ears sive the soft music of Ape feir , and whenth spell is broken ,they die.
It is singular that the Irish nati mal airs— plaintive, beautiful, and unu erably pa- thetio—should so perfectly express {the spirit of the CGeol-Sidhe [the fairy- musie,] as it haunts the faney of the people and mingles with all their traditionsof ‘the spirit world, Wild and caprigious 28 the fairy nature, these delicate harmonies
=e NT a = ~— Nov 3—THE sroLeN] BRIDE,
About the year 1670 there was a fine young fellow living at a place called Querin
in the county Clare. He was brave and ng and rich, for he bad his own land, id his own house, and not one to lord it over him.’ He was called the Kern of Querin. And many atime he would go “pout-alone to shoot the wild fowl at night along the lonely strand, and sometimes cross Over northward to the broad east strand, about two miles'away, to find the wild: geese. ;
One cold, frosty: November evening he was watching for them, crouched down be-. bind the ruins of an old hut, when a loud splashing noise attracted his attention. “Lt is the ‘wild geese,”he thought, and raising his gun, waited in deathlike silence: the approach of his victims,
Prince Edward Island STEAMERS.
SUMMER ARRANGEMENT.
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Nova Scotia.
Leave §Charlottctown for Pictou _every MonpDay, Wepnxespay, THurspay, & SATURDAY mornings, at 5 o'clock, con- necling there at 10 a. m., with train for Hatifax. Fare to Walifax, $4.10. Picnic Parties of Twenty and upwards can obtain Return Tlckets at Charlotte- town Office to Picton ‘and back same
KT LONDON HOUSE!
—ka; CASPIAN—
RIBBONS, TUR QUOISES, BLACK LUSTRES, BROWN LUSTRES,
§IT ,ESIAS, DRESS LININGS!!
24—6in
Td BOSTON AND RETURN, STEAMERS CARROLL & WORCESTER,’
Mor 15,00. CA%W/iLt BROS
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MONTREAL & ACADIAN |
STEAMSHIP. LINE.’
Aug:
A. McNEILL,
But presently he saw a dark. m3ss moy-
Z in ¥e S. “ , cee eel M h { day $1.00 each. HASZARD BROS.. Agent ing along the edge of the strand. And he | with their mystic, mournful thm, seem luctéonee! and Commission erchan | knew there were no wild geese near him. | to touch the deepest chords. Te or Returning to Charlottet own. So he'watched and waited. till the black | to fill the surshine with laughter, according
Montreal, Charlottetown, P. E, I,
mass;came closer, and,
no. a QUE LN SCRET. cereeccame fierce an to the moosaaa playerns but, above all
then he distinctly, things, Irish music is the utterance of a
Leave Picton every TuRsDAY, WeDNESDAaY Lserit at aor carrying a bier a0 ; (WAR ATTETOWN, PB. ISLAND Fray and SaruRay. about 2.30 p.m.| Sydney, C. B., & St. John’s, N, F, jon their ‘shoulders, on which Tay a corpse | divine sorrow; not 6 or pi ate, on arrival of evening train from Hali- as vovered with °a white cloth. For a tew| but like that of an exiled spirit, yearning “ fax. “oggren — ee down, apparently to}aad wistful, vague and —s oven a SAT RS all desert »VENETTA -™ rest themselves, and the Kern instantly | seeking the unattainable, ever shadowed, yarmave ae ta tay Yea Wasawtey eh CAPE BRETON. NX VENKILA, Capt. John A. Macmarsters fired; on which the four men ran away|as it were, with memories of some lost e
thon é, allen woderate, rates.
Mary 21, 1877.
shrieking, and the corpse was left alone on the bier. Kern of Querin immediately sprang to the place, aad lifting the clotii trom the face of the corpse beheld by the
good, or some dim foreboding of a coming fate—emotions that seem to find their truest expression in the sweet, sad, linger~ ing wail of the pathetic minor in @ genuine
ave Pictou for Hawkesbury every Mon- pay aud ‘Trurspay; on arrival of morning train-from Halifax, connecting
6, & + VALBITA,” “Capt. Daniel Anderson
Steamer
QUEEN INSURANCE C0.
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Capital -- fws Millins S'si11
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CE : is oO NSURANCE effected on all kink I Buildings, Merchandise, and Produceé Also, on Vessels on the stocks.
Specialjrates for isolated residences., Lesdes settied promptly. |
GRORGE MACLEOD (Union®Bank Agent*for Prince Edward Island June —
SYRUPS
RASPBERRY, STRAWBERRY. GINGERWINFE- LEMON, in .5 and 20 Gatton Kegs,
SUITABLE FOR
TEA PART'EEC.
VEY CHEAP. a CARVELL BROS,
‘Educational Notice.
—
Mr. J. Conningham Doninp
GS to intimate that he intends open-
ing, at his residence, Hillsborough Sgeet, on Monday, September Jrd, a first- Clays
LADIES SCHOOL
for which purpose. his handsome and com- modious . class-rooms, will, whe coms pleted, be particularly well adapted. * ~~
The course of instruction will include, in addition to an English Education, the Freneb, Italian, Spanish, German and Latin latgnages. ° ' , "
Schoo! hours—senior pupils from 9 a. m., to 3 p. m.; janfor pupils from 10 a. m., to 2p. my
While the senior pupils are to be cons sidered Mr. Dunlop's special care, all jun- ‘018 a8 well as seniors will receive instrue~ tion im the Modern Languages from him sione. A limited number of: junior .boys Will also be rece.ved.—Prospectus on ap- blicatéon.
Hillsborough Street, August 16th.
REMEMBER.
Electors of Ch’town, REMEMBER THAT THE DAILY EXAMINER
4s daily on Sale at the Stores of — H, A. HARVIE,
South Side Queen St. T. O'CONNELL,
Lower Queen St. CtHEO. L. CHAPPELL,
North Side Queen St.
trom St. Joux, for Summerside; connect, ti] ys
ONLY DIMGCT. Ui
both ways with-stage and Neptune,” to and: from Syduey and Bras d'Or Lake.
Returning to Pictou same nights, connect- ing with 10 a.m. Train Turspay and Fri- DAY for Halifax.
New Brenswick, Canada and United Siates,
Leaves SuMMERSIDR ‘every day (Sunday sxcepted) on arrival of morning train from Charlottetown,. connecting at Suepimc
snd at St. John with Steamers of INtrRNa- rIONaL Co.. for RORTEa ND md Boston; Also, feave Charlottetown Summerside every Monday morning, about'3’o’clock.
Returping, leaves. SHKRDIAC , every day) (Sundays excepted) on arrival of day train
here, without delay, with train, for: Char- tetown. Also, leaves Summerside. for hartottetown about 6 o'clock. j sidava ti Agents: Atmon & Macrntosn, Halifax ; Noonan & Davigs, Pictou; A Grant & ‘o Mawkesbury~ Hanrrp; Bros., Su John,
F. W. HALES.
every Saturday evening,
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TO BOSTON,
Boru Steamers are titted with new Boil ers, and their Passenger accomodation
arranged for every convenience and cum-
fort, and fitted up in elegant style.
| FREIGHT carried at moderate rates and
as low aS by ary other route.
EGGS in boxes and barrels handled with the greatest care.
SAVING TEME, only one business: day used in reaching Boston, by leaving tere Saturday Morning and catching steamer at Hal fax, and arriving at Boston iMonday morajng. |
LEAVE CHARLO[TETOWN Every Thursday, punctually at 5 p.m. LEAVE BOSTON Iivery' § Saturday,
unctually at noon, CARVELL %ROS.,Agent,
Ch’town, June 7877: —
WARDED the only Medal, given tor
™ COTTON YARNS of Canadian Mann factursa at the
CEN.ENNIAL EXHIBITION.
Nos. 6's to 10's, White, Blue, Red, Orange, and Green.
Warranted full Jength and weight.
Stronger and better than any other Yaru n the market.
Cotton Carpet Warp.
No.312's 4 PLY. IN ALI. Coors.
rks’ Cotton Yarns,
' ;
Warranted fast. WM. PARKS” 4 SON, News Brunswick Cottor§ Mills
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with trains for each of above named places, |.
_[ MIRAMICitL”
YATILL LEAN £ aves nately from PICTOU
Steamers Carll and Wore:
Should sufficient freight ofiee, enn tended to rup’ ateamers At during* (athtalsk Bebe sides, i tween the above mentioned ports, The at tention of importers is directed to the ad- vantages offered. ‘I'he steamers are in all respects first-class, well found, staunch, and well adapted for the a having ex~ cellent passenger accommodation. |.» | Al Batput deliver in good order at. lowest rates, ' For freight or passage apply to
HASZARD BROS., Agents: July 16, 1877—eod tf
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geemanenmenpemnneiiiion a —
URBEC & GULF PORTS
Steamship
4s O45? 2 ate
<A. A CAPT. BAQUER.
4“ SHCRET,” .
-“Cahter arrival of Monday’ Afternoor
SHEDIAC (afver arrival ‘of Tuesday Trait’ from St! John and Halifax) every ‘Tuesday Afternoon: CHARLOTTETOWN, eve
Tuesday, Morning;’ SUMMERSIDE every
Tuesday
Pashebiac; Pere, Gaspe, Father Point, and . al
. Above, Named, Places,
LOW RATES, | QUICK TIME CARVELL ‘BROS, Agents.
Ch’town, June 16, 1877.—mkth
{ ee Price Onty 2 Cents Sune..27,1877-—her1 ,
J. F, McKay,
(NorTH Seer Qurkw Square)
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las just reeeived.a varied assortment of American and Geneva
Watches, Gold and Silver;
Ladies’. «& Gents’ Chains, Gold and Silver; Plain & Fancy Rings, Gold Lockels, PBrooches, Earrings, Studs, sever TZhimbles, etc
AEOOA Olehy70 Watches, Clocks, and *Jewelry skiltully repaired.—Satisfaction guaranteed, and a work, warranted, / Aug. 21—lm
“Apples. & Onions. HOURLY expected, ex “Alhambra,” from Montreal— aia 50 Bois: Apples,
25: *<4 “Onions, {x9 A. MCNEILL, Auctioneer. No, 1% Queen St:
Maich
St. John,NeB. -
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, Aug. 28 —3in :
ompany Mi oer
Urain from Halifax) every Monday Midnight?}
‘Others carried off in their place.
freezing starlight the form of a beautiful young, girl, apparently not dead but ina deep sleep... ., Gently he passed his hand over her face and raised her up, when she opened her eyes and looked around with ‘wiid wonder, but spake never.a word, though he tried to soothe and encourage her. Then, think- ing it was dangerous for them to remain in that place, he raised her from the bier, and taking her hand led her away to his own house. They arrived safely but in silence. And for twelve months did she remain with the Kern, never tasting food or speak~ ing word for all that time, hen the next November Eve came round he resqlved tw visit: the east strand again and watch\from the same place, in the hope of meeting with some adventure that might throw light on the history of the beautiful girl. flis-way lay beside the old ruined*fort called Los no faillange (the Fort of the Mantle), and as he passed. the sound of ‘musicand mirth fell on his’ - He stopped to, catch the words of | ‘the voices, and had not waited long when beard 4 man say in a low whisper—_ “ Where shall we go toxnight to carry oft @ ‘bride ?’
' And a.second voice answered— » « Wherever we go [. will be ours, than we had eo “Yes” said a thitd
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, Ubis, day twelve
; on that night we earried offa rich prize, the fair daughter of O'Connor; but ‘that clown, the Kern of span broke our spell and took her from as. Si little pleasure has, he bad of, his; bride, for she has neither eaten nor drunk ; nor uttered a word singe, she entered his house,” fe cae “3 “And 80 she will rénjain.” said a fourth, ‘until he makes her eat off her father’s ‘tablecloth, which covered her as she la
orniug,entered the youn irl’s room, todkdern the tablecloth, s ee itn the table, laid meat and ‘drin __ thereon, and led her to it. ‘‘ Drink.” ‘he said. “' that speech may come to yéu:” And she drank and ate of the food, and:then’spéech came. Aud she told the Kern her steryhow she’ was to have been niarried to a young lord:
THE DAILY EXAM WER
Is OM SALE
Cree & ; Gi i AT THE STORES OF
Henry A. Harvie, Theoph. L. Chappelle; and T. O'Connell.
guests; hati all assembled; when -she ' felt herself suddenly ill and swooned away, and never knew of what had happened to ker until the Kern had passed his hand over her face,; by which ; she. recovered consci» ousness, but could neither eat nor speak, are a spell was on her and she was help. ess.
Then the Kern prepared a chariot, and carried home the young girl ‘to her father, who was like to die for joy when he beheid her. And the Kern grew mightliy in © Conner’s favour, so that at last he gave him his fair young daughter to wife; ani! she wedded pair lived together happily for many long years after, and no evil befel them, but good followed all the work of their hands.
his story of Kern of Querin still lingers in the faithful, vivid Irish memory, and is often told by the peasants of Clare when they gather round the fire on the awful festival of Samhain, or November eve, when the dead waik, and the spirits of earth and air have power over mortals, whether for good or evil. The evil influence of the fairy glance does not kill, but it throws the object intoa desthvlike trance, in which the real body 18 carried off to some fairy mansion, while alogof wooi, or some ugly, deformed creature is left in its place, clothed with a shadow of the stolen form. Young women remarkable for beauty, young men, and handsome children, are the chief victims of the fairy stroke. The girls are wedded to fairy chiefs, and the young men to fairy queens; and if che mortal children do not turn out well they are sent back, and It is sometimes possible, by the spells of a pow. erful fairy man, to bring back a | ing from Fairy-land, but they a
_|of difficulty with the authorities,
¥ | the, :past week. seventysthree..
‘of her own country, and the wedding }.
slept in one for years, of money in gold, silver and coppers, as well iving be« | as silver plate, was found by the relieving re never | oflicers, who took charge of it,
lrish air. ‘There is a beautiful phrase in ore of the ancient manuscripts descriptive of the wonderful power of Irish music over the sensitive uman organization :— ‘Wounded men were soothed when they heard it, and slept; and woman in travail forgot their pains.” There are many le- gends concerning the subtle charm of the fairy music and dance, when the mortal under their influence seems to move through the air with ** the naked, fleshless feet of the spirit,’’ and is lulled by the ec- stasy of the cadence into forgetfu:ness of all things, and sometimes into the sleep of death, i
~ News ot:the World.
UNITED STATES. At Port Delaware, Pa., Monday, Patrick Garraghan was tormenting Wm.Crane, and not desisting after several warnings, Ciane struck him with a poker, killing him in. stantly.
Sitting Bull, and 1300 warriors, have met south of the British line. it is under. stood he left the British territory because His
is in good condition. If Si Ball is found on this side of the line he will be relentlessly pursued.—N. Y. Paper.®
Details of the railroad accident on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad, at the East Branch of the Four Mile Creek, seven miles from Des Moines, are begin - ning to arrive. The number of killed is estimated all the way from ten to fifty.
All.the train but. sleeping car went dowi into ‘thef stream, The engine is ‘completely out of sight. - OF hs
, Gtoucestex, Mass., Aug, 27.—Duriog
: ‘ \s fi.su : > ars. on the bier, and which is pow thrown. u ag mt i ern ep ar er bea, "2" SHON. trian ne epi ten (Jo ‘hearing, all this the Kern rushed | 1,180 000 pounds of codfish and 105, home, and without waiting even for. the] hatibat; thirty-nine from | "a, with
590,00) pounds of codfish and 15,000 of | halibut; twentysone from mackereling trip from off the shore, bringing in light tares. The report from the Bay of St. Lawrence are very di + ‘Codfish is in fair receipt, but very lots are in market- able order. The weather for curing is un- favourable., Prices are well sustained.
CANADIAN, Mr. Abel Willcock, a well known resis dent of the west end, swallowed a quantity of fly poison in mistake for medicine on Friday night last,and died from its effects shortly after.
Dr. J. Gordon Macgregor, of Halifax, has accepted an appointment to a natural science professorship in Bristol, England,
On Saturday afternoon Wm. Nixon, at the Marsh Bridge, St. John, became over~ heated and drank a good deal of ice water. Towards evening inflammation of the bowels set in, and despite all that medical men could do the young man was a corpse in a few hours,
Comedy of errors that occurred not long ago at a tavern near Lancaster, (nt. Messrs. Stewart and McBean quarrel about their horses and fight. Mr. Stewart's brother in-law, Mr, Helpe, goes to Mr. Stewart's assistance, but, being blin’ fou, bites off Mr, Stewart’s thumb by mistake. In his remorse and desire to do something for his brother-in-law Mr. Helps (who was more of a hindrance) goes out and cuts to pieces the valuable herness on a horse he takes to be Mr. McBean’s property, but that in fac: belongs to Mr. Stewart. Then * Mr. Helps gives it up.
GREAT BRITAIN, Ann Isabella Thompson, a widow in in- dependent means, died a few days ago in London of disease, the consequence of her self-neglect. Tbe rooms in which de. ceased had been living were in the most indescribable state of filth. There was no bed, and it was proved that she bad not A large amount of