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Miiton’s Last Poem
I am old and blind! Men point at me as smitter by God’s frown, Afflicted and deserted by my kind,
Yet [ am not cast down.
| am weak, yet strong ;
Murmur not that I no longer see ;
Poor, old and helpless I the more belong, Father Supreme, to Thee.
O. Merciful One! When men are farthest, then Thou art most near ; When friends pass coldly by, my weakness shun, Thy chariot I hear,
Thy glorious face Is leaning towards me, and its holy light Shines into my lonely dwelling place,
On my bended knee
T recognize Thy php clearly shown ;
My vision Thou hast dimmed, that 1 may see Thyself—Thyself alone.
I have nought to fear ; This darkness the shadow of Thy wing ; Beneath it I am almost sacred, here Can come no evil thing,
Oh! I seem to stand Trembling where foot of mortal never had yet been, Wrapped in the radiance of Thy sinless hand, Which eye hath never seen.
Visions come and go ; Shapes of resplendent beauty round me throng; From angel's I seem to hear the flow
Of loft and holy song.
Itis nothing now, When heaven is opening on my sightless eyes, When airs from Paradise refresh my brow That earth in darkness lies.
In a pure clime My being fills with capture : waves of thought Roll in upon my spirit; strains sublime reak over me unsought.
Give me now my lyre I feel the stirrings of a gift divine; Within my bosom glows unearthly fire Lit by no skill of mine.
What It Costs.
The poor man pays £6.50 per gallon for his whiskey. In other words, he pays two dollars for the whisky and four dollars and a half to a man for handing it over a bar. While it would be better for all to drink, some men wil] have whisky, and my advice co them is this:—Make your wife your bar keeper. Lend two dollars to buy a gallon of whisky for a beginning, and every time you want a drink go to her and pay ten cents for it, By the time you have drank a gallon she will have six dollars anda half, or enough moncy to refund the two dollars bor- rowed of you, to pay for another gallon of liquor, and have a balance of two dollars and a half. She will be able to conduct future operations on her own capital, and when you become an inebriate, unable to support yourself, shunned and despised by respectable people, your wife will have saved enough to keep you until you get ready to filla drunkard’s grave. Buthad you paid all this money to a bar-keeper he would not have given a cent to bury you, or acrust of bread to keep your children from starving.
Few people ever stop to calculate the cost of dram-drinking. At ten cents per drink one drink per day will cost $36.50 per year, two drinks per day will cost $73, three drinks $109.50, and four drinks $146 per year. A man cume to me the other day to pay the ipterest on anote fora $1001 hold against him. Said he, ‘I only receive $600 a year, and and with a family to support 1am not able to pay my debts.’ Ll asked him to take a pencil to make a slight calculation for me, andthen asked how often he drank at a bar. His average was three drinks per day, which by his own calculations amounted to $109.50, or enough to have paid both principal and interest of the note, and have $3.50 left. He was astonished at this discovery, and is now determined to never drink at a bar again. There is power in little things.— A Kentucky Lecturer.
An Unwelcomed Guest.
— ae
A FROG IN A MAN’S STOMACH.
The other day a man employed in the water works near Byron drank out of a spring near by after dark, and thought he swallowed a blade of grass, a piece of moss or something else while drinking, He took no further notice of it at the time. After a day or two, however, he commenced to feel unwell and sick at his stomach, and concluded he would take a glass of brandy in the village and see if it would settle it, thinking probably it was a fit of indigestion. The brandy was no sooner down than the man exper- ienced the most violent ccntortions, and thought he was poisoned. The frog (as such it was) appeared, as qnick.asthe liquor touched him, to have commenced aseries of jumps and somersaults in his stomach. After the most cxcrutiating retchings, vomited a decent-sized frog, which is now perfectly healthy and doing well, and may be seen at Mr. Jonas Fortners hotel, Byron.—London Free Press.
RowkE 1, the little Englishman, who won the walking match in New York and will carry the Astley belt back with him to Eng.
has done a good week’s work for him- self. His share of the receipts will be the snug sum of $21,000, quite a little fortune for ® pedestrian and probably the largest sum ever Won in that way.
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1879.
REGULAR TRADER.
From London to Charlottetown
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PE ISLAND, DIRDUT.
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SPRING TRIP. 1879.
1879.
The Well-known Clipper Barkentine
“Hithel Blanche,’
(NoW ON THE BERTH),
428 Tons Register, Coppered and Classed 9 years Al at Lloyds,
CHARLES COULD, COMMANDER,
Will Sail from London on or about the 5th April.
CARRYING FREIGHT AT THROUGH RATES TO
Pictou. Summersitle and Georgetown.
This vessel was built expressly for the Lon- don trade, being thoroughly fitted out in every respect, with splendid accommodation for Pas- sengers, and offers every inducement to Ship-
rs. om wishing to have their Goods de- livered here early in the season will oblige by forwarding their orders in time, so as not to detain the Vessel.
For Freight or Passage, apply in London to
Joun Prrcarrn & Sons, 16 Great Winchester
Street, E. C.; in Liverpool to Prrcatrn Bros., Brockley Buildings, 51 South Johu Street; or here to the owners, — PEAKE BRG’S & CO. Charlottetown, Feb. 28, 1S79—4w 2aw
1879.
Ocean Steamship Go'y..
GE EDWARD ISLAND. SPRING TRIP.
THE FIRST-CLASS IRON SCREW STEAMSHIP
“ PRINCE EDWARD,”
1,364 Tons Register, Classed 100 Al, which is the highest Class at Lloyds,
ROBERT FRASER, COMMANDER, Will be on the Berth at Glasgow to receive Cargo About the 15th March,
Leaving Glasgow for Liverpool about the 5th April, and will leave
Liverpool: Charlottetown
ON OR ABOUT THE ISTH APRIL,
Carrying freight at through rates from Lon- don, Tittearaiie at Charlottetown, Pictou, Georgetown, Summerside, Souris
and Shediac.
For freight, apply in London to Joun Prr- CATRN & Sons, 16 Great Winchester Street, E. C.; in Glasgow to JAMES Ketso, 134 St. Vin- cent Street; in Liverpool to Prrcarrn Bros., Brockley Buildings, 51 South John Street; in Pictou, N. 8., to Noonan & DAvIEs; or
here to PEAKE Bros. & Ce.,
MANAGERS. Ch’town, Feb. 28, 1879.-—6w 2aw
No. 385 Water St.,
Charlottetown.
Prince Edward Island Branch
—OFrF THE—
NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE FIRE AND LIFE.
INSURANCE 60.
Subscribed Capital, $9,733,332.00
Paid up Capital, - 1,216,666.60 CHIEF OFFICES-—Edinburgh, 64 Princess
‘Street ; London, 61 Threadneedle Street.
Nine-Tenths of the Profits of the Life Assur-
ance Business are divided every Five Years. The Tables of Rates are moderate.
Fire Insurances effected on nearly every
description of Property, at the LowEsr RATES of Premium. corresponding to the nature of
the risk. Lossss settled with promptitude and lber-
ality. G. W. DEBLols,
General Agent. Dec. 14. _
Comfort to Travellers,
oo undersigned will drive parties en route
for CAPE TRAVERSE, on suitable terms, regularly, from this Station. J. W. HUGHES. JOHN HUGHES. County Line Station, Feb. 14, 1879—2m
‘lottetown, in the P
ATI IOI
Hxecuters’ Notice,
of the Estate
NHE undersigned Executors ‘| of Ralph Brecken Peake, late of Char- rovince of Prince Edward Island, merchant, deceased, hereby notify all persons indebted to the said Estate to make immediate payment to them ; and all persons having any claims against the said Estate oo hereby required to render the same to the undersigned, duly attested, within one year from date. ‘ ated this twenty-first day of January A. D.. 9879. A. D., 1879. -DWARD J. HODGSON, GEORGE W. DeBLOIs, THOS. HANDRAHAN,
Executors.
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Jan. 21,1879. rg 3m
Valuable. Freehold
FOR SALE.
HE Charlottetown Cemetery Company are T prepared to sell, on very favorable terms, all that portion of their well-known Farm, beautifully situated on the north side of the Back Royalty Road, and extending from the Malpeque Road to near the Railway track, containing about FIFTY ACRES OF EXCEL- LENT LAND. nd
The premises are all under cultivation, and have thereon a good Dwelling House, large Barn, Stables, and a fine Orchard. A fine Spruce Hedge surrounds a great part of the property. ; : :
Immediate possession will be given.
For further particulars, apply to John Ings or H. J. Cundall, Esq’s.
By order of the Board, ; F. W. HALES, Sce’y.
Ch’town, Feb, 20, 1879—dly oaw
GRAY'S SPECIFIC HED ICINE rrape Mask. The Great TRAE MARK. 4 =>, English Rem-
bgt. Ws , i}. Meg sedy, an unfail i
ing cure forSem- # inal Weakness,
Spermatorr ahe a, Es Impotency, and £o3 alb diseases that ““"-\ \
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quence of self-abuse; as loss of -Memory, Uni- versal Lassitude, Pain in the Back, Dimness of Visioh, Premature Old Age, and many other Diseases that lead to Insanity or Con- sumption. we. Full particulars in our pam- phlet, which we desire to send free by mail to every one. #89. The Specific Medicine is sold by all druggfsts at $1 per package, orsix pack- ages for $5, or will be sent free, by, mail, on receipt of the money, by addressing The Gray Medicine Co., Windsor, Ont., Canada.
s@ Sold in Charlottetown by all Drugists, and by ail wholesale and retail Druggists in the United States and Canada.
January 24, 1879.
CATARRET.
Constitutional Catarrh Remedy CURES CATAREH.
Hear what a Reverend Genileman says of the Constitutional Ren.edy.
T. J. B. Hanprye, Esq., Brockville, Ont. :—~
Dear Srr—It is now two years since your ‘Constitutional Catarrh Remedy’ was intro- duced to me. I have waited this ong to see if the cure would remain permanent before do- ing this, my duty, to you, as at first the happy effects seemed to me to be “‘too good to be true.”
I was afflicted in my head for years before I suspected it to be Catarrh. In reading in your Circular I saw my case described in many par ticulars. The inward ‘‘drop” from the head had become very disagreeable, and a choking sensation often preventing me from lying long, I would feel like smothering and be. compelled to sit up in the bed. My health and spirits were seriously affected. When your agent came to Walkertown in August, 1876, I secured three bottles. Before I had used a quarter of the contents of one bottle I found deeided re- lief, and when I had used two bottles and a third. I quit taking it, feeling quite cured of that ailment, and have not used any since until
of late I have taken some for a cold in my head, | *
A sense of duty to sufferersfrom that loath- some disease, Catarrh, prom me to send you this Certificate, unsolicited, with leave to make what use of it yon may see proper. Yours truly,
W. TINDALL, Methodist Minister.
Port Elgin, Ont., Aug. 24, 1878.
Ask for Littlefield’s Constitutional Catarrh Remedy and take no other.
T. J. B. Harprye, Dominion Agent, Brock- ville, Ont.
For sale by all Druggists at only one Dollar per bottle.
BUY IT. . cs. +. TRY IT.
FLOUR!
2) bbls. “‘GREENHOLM,” 100 bbls. ‘‘ CAMLACHIE,” 100 bbls. ““NORVAL.”
A consignment for sale at a bargain, for
eash. Wright & MacGowan,
Queen s Wharf. February, 8, 1878—taw for 2m
NIGHT SOIL.
EMOVAL OF NIGHT SOIL, from 8 o'clock, p. m., to 6 o'clock, a. m., ata cheaper rate than any man in the city. Citizens, take notice that Gordon has no more right in removing night soil than we have. WiLLIAM BYERS, THOMAS ROBERTSON. Ch’town, March 3, 1879.
HE WEEKLY EXAMINER. — Per-
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ominion, on receipt of One Dollar,
follow as a se- After Taking,
A GREAT RUN
—-TO THE— -
L0UR & TEA STORE!
And it cannot be stopped while they are selling
SUCH EXCELLENT TEA
For 36c., 40c., and 44c. per Ib.
GOOD SUGAR
For 7}c., 8c., S4e., and 9c. per lb.
CHOICH FLOUR
From $5.50 to $6.00 per bbl., and
OTHER GROCERIAS
RIGHT CHEAP. g@ Save your money by buying at
BEER & GOFF'S,
Ch’town, Jan. 17—
“THE BNAMORADO ”
A DRAMA IN V. ACTS,
~- BY-—
HUNTER DUVAR
HE above interesting book is for sale at all the Bookstores, on the Island.
Col. Duvar is happy in having selected for the theme of his drama, cne of the most ro- mantic incidents of a romantic and soldierly time. The scene is laid in Spain, atid all the accessories of grave and gay, love and chivalry, poetry and song, With room for the display of many types of character, —knights and ladies, priests and soldiers, courtiers and peasants, cooks and clowns. Many lyrics in the author’s best style are interspersed in the dialogue, which is, in general, quaint and sparkling.
Price: Paper cover, 50 cents ; in cloth, 75 cents. ;
Summerside, Jan. 25, 1879—
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Dec, 28, 1878,
MIORTCACE SALE,
To be sold, by Public Auction, at the Court House in Summerside, in Prince County, on Tuesday, the Eighteenth day of February next, at the hour of one o'clock, in the afternoon, under a Power of Sale in an Indenture of Mortgaze, dated the fifth day of October, 1878, nade between William Thomas Mill, of the one part, and John Brecken, Frederick De st. Croix Brecken, and Robert Robinson Hodgson, trustees, of the other part, — All that tract, pieceor parcel of land, situ.
, ate on Lot Eighteen, and bounded and described as follows : Commencing ata stake tixed on the shore of Indian River; thence by a line running south twenty degrees west until it meets the boundary line dividing Lots or Townships Numbers eighteen and nineteen; thence running due east on said division line for the distance of thirty-two chains; thence by a line running north twenty degrees east until it reaches Indian River, aforesaid; thence following the course of the River to the place of commencement, making and including tifty- six (56) acres of land be the same, a little more er less, in Prince County, aforesaid.
2. Also, all that other tract, piece or parcel of Land, situate on Lot or Township Twenty- five, in Prince County, aforesaid, and bounded and described as follows, that is to say : Com- mencing at a stake fixed on William Me- Murdy’s eastern boundary line at the south. east corner of Joshua Harding’s Lot; from thence running south for the distance of forty. four chains; thence east eleven chains and fifty links; thence north forty-four chains; thence west eleven chains and fifty links, to the afore- said stake or place of commencement, making and including fifty (50) acres of land, a little more or less, being the southern moiety of one hundred acres of land; and being bounded on the north by the northern moiety thereof, known as Joshua Harding’s lot; on the east by Gay’s land, on the south by Keefe's land, and. on the west by the said William MacMurdy’s land.
3. Also, all that other tract, piece or parcel of land, situate ou Lot or Township Number Nineteen, bounded aud described as follows, that is to say : Commencing at a square stake fixed in the south-west angle of land in the oc- cupation of Peter Gillis; thence running north six degrees and forty-five minutes, east four- teen chains and two links to division line be- tween Lots Nineteen and Eighteen; thence along said line westwardly twenty-six chains and sixty-nine links to the entrance of Barbara Weit River; thence along the course of the said river to the place of beginning, containing twenty-nine acres and forty perches, be the same, a little more or less,
4, All that tract, piece or parcel. of Jand situate on Lot or ‘township Number Eighteen, and bounded and described as follows, that ig to say : Commiencing at a stake set’ on the shore of Richmond Bay in the centre of a road on the line of Lots Eighteen or Nineteen; thence northwardly along said shore such a distance as shall make filteen chains and sixty five links (i5 chains and 65 links) at a right anglefrom said division line; thence north eighty-nine degrees east . or .~paralel with the said division line forty-eight chains and fifteen links (48 chains, 15 links) or to lands the property of the said William Thomas Mill, thence south twenty degrees west to said division line to the stake at the place of commencement, containing seventy - eight acres of land, a little more or less,
5. Also all that otner tract, piece or parcel of land situate on Lot or Township: Number Twenty-five (25), in Prince .county, and bounded and described as follows, thatis to say, commencing ata stake set in the north boundary line of land in possession of the widow Keiff or Lawrence Malone, being the southeast angle of fifty acres of land the prop- erty of William T. Mill, from thence by a line running north twelve chains and fift tits, thence east nine chains and fifty-five links or to the east boundary line of land in possession of William Gay, thence south to: the first mentioned land, thence westwardly along*said land to the stake at the place of .commence- ment, containing eleven and nine-tenths acres, a little more or less.
6, Also All that other tract, piece or pareéel of land situate on Lot or Township Number Nineteen, in Prince County, bounded as fol- lows, that is to say, commencing at . the southeast angle of land in the possession of Neil McDonald, from thence running west along said land twelve chains and twen links (12 chains, 20 links) or to the southwest angle of said land, and from thence two points running two parallel lines south thirty-one (31) chains or to the south boun line of plot G containing thirty-seven and one-half (374, acres of land, be the same a little more or less, together with all buildings and improve ments thereon and appurtenances to the same belonging.
For further particulars apply at theoffice of Messrs. Hodgson & McLeod, Solicitors, Char- lottetown. ‘
Dated the 13th day of January, A. D 18 9.
JOHN BRECKEN, FREDERICK De S71, C, BRECKEN, R. R. HODGSON,
By E. J. HODGSON, their attorney.
Jan. 13—lawts prog ~
The above Sale is hereby postponed till WEDNESDAY, the 2nd day of April next, 1879, then to take place at the hour and place above mentioned. ood
Dated the 17th day of February, A. D.,
1879. JOHN BRECKEN, FRED’K De Sr, C. BRECKEN, R. R. HODGSON, _ By E. J. HODGSON, their Attoruey. Charlottetown, Feb. 18, 1879.
FREEHOLD FARM
7 BE SOLD, .by private contract, that valuable FARM of 50 acres of excellent Land, situate at Graham’s Road, Township No. 20, now in possession of Alneas Brenan. This well-known Farm is eligibly situated im the immediate cicinity of atin Schools and Mills, and is in a good state of cultivation,
For terms and particulars apply at the office of Longworth & Shaw, Solicitors, Ch’town.
F. 8S. LONGWORTH. Ch’town, Dec. 23, 1878—
)MPLOYMENT.—In every village and
i_4 township of P. E. Island not yet ocdu-
pied, ONE ACTIVE, intelligent Lady or Gentle- Ad
man can obtain a most res le and yer} profitable engagement. dress, with f D. DOWNIE & CO.,
Box 1964, Montreal.
particulars,
May 25, 1878—