“The Teacher's Side of the Question.”

Che Daily Examiner

OCTOBER 24,

L834.

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Paper Read by Miss Emma Barr, | Betore the Teacher's Convention, | Ociober 10, 1884. |

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Editorial Notes.

—This interesting item comes by cable trom London, and helps to explain why the times are so out of joint:— PERHAPS no workers are 89 constantly |

“The distress in the shipbuilding trade|remiuded of the responsibility of thcir in the north isincreasing. The trade on work as teachers) Great men tell us that| the Tyne is paralysed. Forty ocean steam-|one eminent cause of their accomplishing | ers are idle at Sunderland. Subscriptions! great work was the impetus to earnest) are being raised for the relief of the work-j|effort given by some faithful teacher in men thrown cut by closing the yards. ‘early days. We have men who claim they : might have done great things had not the on | ‘‘venial current of their souls’ been frezen | la- iby the discouraging words of some hard- | working but impatient teacher. Besides ithese testimonies, and there is nothing |more convincing than testimony, we have

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— Tyndalis latest deliverance evolution does not afferd much conso tion to the supporters of the theory :

‘* [fasked whether science bas a lved, or

in our day 1s likely to solve, the problem of

i hak ce te jour periodicals, edited by some ofthe : jiverse ‘ y hes eae ; : the universe, mass s 7 - i — the | Wisest ip the land, to stimulate us in our } > "Oo. ¢ y s 1e | e , , doubt. Behind, above, and around us, the ‘mighty work; we have our Teachers’ Con-

veal mystery of the universe lies unsolved,| ~~ aia ia o d learn the and. as far as we are coucerned, incapabie | ok a a Pl ay ary ps gap oe of solution. The problem of the connec-|() ” a. on f th 1 i S aeal bak Reabeiailay tel 'sharpeneth iron, so doth the face of a man tion oO 1@ body ana sort , (6 eek. } ale i : . . .. | bis frienc,’—all these we have, and we ) . ¢ r2% } a. > i- | , ’ 6 hash ee = ao pape Lay arte ‘are madeto know by them that he who m i oe ’ nt ; of e: nust seek it in some tion made between science in the state of | wants @ lifeof ease must seek it in ton : cal .“illeden ta the stale of | Other occupation; it does not await him in hypothesis, anc clence i aoe . nn) ad ‘our professi n . an aa . p s st . vpo- | : ; _ eye, 7 - ae . “ hap m ; to | I grant that too much can never be said r 2 o © » ) cc ’ mlvti . “: —_ a eae he vari | ee OUughe ‘on the respousibility of our work, on the i t 2 , Ve nD. . . sail epoe the theory of evomsinn | kmportance of our remembering that we —Ir seems that the City Council have | are constantly exerting an influence cn cur received about $1,500 as the proceeds of | pupils, whether for os r evil, cos mens . T 10 consciously. ave to allow there suits under the Canada Temperance Act | °F Uuconsele Sy. we Rave to aK “ i : the Dominion Alliance. |™ still too much of time-serving lethargy and y b DY 110 4 é 72. | : a “ae nti a ‘ hs le ' oe that want of sympathy with our ,pupils on our he Supreme Vourt bave declare a*) part; too much negligence, disobedience half the amount of each five oegbt| and iuclination to truancy on the children's legally to go to the prosecutor; and the| part; and too great a proneuess on the part Dominion Alliance have applied to the|of parents to criticisin of teachers before City Council for the presecutor’s share. | their anes. — are not somenrnie cb Th. : 1, the last. re golden age has not arrives Che matter was discussed by the Council | te *°8 oo oe Pee meres ae . 1 ssolation that $400 | with us yet at any rate. But what I weuld ast eve 7: 80 PeSso!l ) i " . .. 6 ; eran, . 7 - a Alli : ‘.' tan| like to say as the title of my paper indicates, | should be pai o the Alltance in i}!

THE DAILY

‘somes into harbor with shrouds and tackle

, : is sumething.on the teacher’s side of the | of all demands, was rejected on the cast-| qaestio.—something that I think we might ing vote of the Mayor

His Worship and the five Couucillors |

pupils, and | say it with ali humility, for

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;do to benefit ourselves and indirectly our | himself to become stereotyped, or follow ip

who voted against the resolution, do | although } can boast a good term of service, not. of course, want to hold on to a/it is short compared with those of many . Se,

who are with us te-day. 1 am sure you have heard it remarked that we are to be envied above all the working pecple, because of our short hours. People gener- al'y acknowledge that our work must necessarily be bard, and rather wearing; but then they tell us we have our after- noons and evenings, in which we may do what or as we like. If to teach school mean only to ask questions and receive answers from schcelars,for five hours of five daysin the week, I grant we are | fortunate. But it means infinitely more to (us. What shall be said of the preparing oe a jof lessons, the setting and correcting of An emergency meeting of the City Conn-| ¢ yamination papers, the visiting of absen-

‘ . . Sie an E cil was held last evening, a full board being | toes, the interviews with the parents of

single dollar which does vot rightiuily} belong to the city. But they contend | that the Dominion Alliance is not a cor-| porate body; and that they ought to be} assured that the money when paid will

go into the hands of the rightful owuers.

It is, we believe, not improbable that | the matter will be again brought! forward

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{ have fallen in our ranks, whom God and | nature meant should teach, and who did} teach; who, had they regarded the laws of | of their own being, might still have been |

}amongst us, helping us with their counsel |

and inspiring us with their Zeal. su‘, just here, | may say tha‘ I think we who are younger in t! e work d» not symps- thize as we should with these who have borne ‘‘ the burden and heat of the day.’’ We call some of them narrow-minded, crotchety, and wanting in energy, and blame them for allowing themselves to) become so. What do we know of the many difliculties surmounted by them, of hich we can form no idea? As Carlyle puts 1, in his essay on Barns, ‘‘ Granted the ship

damaged, and the pilot is therefore blame- worthy, for he hag not been all-wise and all- powerful : but to know how blameworthy. tell us first whether his voyage has been round the globe or only to Ramsgate aud the Isle of Dogs.” Let us not judge them; let us see to it that we avoid their errors, and show as good work as they did in pro- portion to our superior advantages. But 1 digress.

Besides, it beimg necessany to health of brain and nerve not to exhaust our mental energy in doing faithfully a day’s work, we must not do so, for we must be students if we would long remain successful teachers We, especialiy those of us whe have graded schco's, and remain long in oe place, teach the same range of subjects to scholers ol about the same intelligence year in and year out. Do we notall know how hard it is to keep up the enthusiasm of the bright carly days of our teache:ship, when it was ail an experiment, and we tried it with such fear and trembling ; when we got ancecote av? illustration which pleased then so well, and which now we donot employ, because of their being worn out with long vse. We know that experience gives us ail a vaniage ground ; each has his own way of governing his school, and of reaching the miods and hearts of his scholars individually. [n that line he may rest, and noother. He must work ; must think ; must be prepared to give new light ov any subject when the pupils are ready for it. He must not allow

cne groove. How varicd were the chjects to which the Great Teavher directed the aitention of his learners in erder to teach ihem some grand truth—the loving parent, the thrifty housekeeper, the tender shep- herd, to teach Gud’s love for the erring, the lily in the field, and the bird in the air, his care over us all. It is impossible, with- ent earnest effort, to be mentally agile— always to have something new on hand, and thus keep our work from being monotunous, and se, mechanical. Then we have to remember that the starderd for liceuse is rising each year, and unless we want, in the course of a few years, to be called

‘*antiquatec,” or ‘* behind the age,” we must study hard the extra re- quiren.ents. But as men and women we wart a likeral education, We

want culture, the object of which we are

present. The matter of vhe demand ot the | 2, linquents, and the many other duties Dowinion Alliance for balf the Scott Act| with which wo are all acquainted? This fines, obtained by the City through the)j, not all. How many teachers there are, prosecution of the Alliance, was brought | especially the younger ones, who never up. After a good deal of discussion, Coun- jforget their work at all? whose chiei cillor Tanton moved the following resolu-| topic of conversation is their school and tien, which was seconded by Councillor | ipo unmanageable scholars in it. They MeRae : never forget it, like the needlewoman of Resolved, That the sum of $4€0 be paidto| Whom Tom Food writes, who ‘‘over the the Dominion Alliance in full of all claims| buttons falls atleep aad sews them on in against this body on account of Scott Act|a dream.” They fail asleep while thinking fines. ‘of their difticuliies, and in their dreams On division the resolution was lost by | are trying to extricate themselves from them.

| They come to the schoolroom in the morn-

jing aud there is no novelty about it to

the casting vote of the Mayor : Yeas—Tanton, Ladner, Horne, Davy,

MeRae them. The pictare of it has never left Nays—Morris, Douse, Kelly, Koughan, | their minds. They have been there all Crabbe. | night in theirdreams. This is not as it

|should be. What is the character of a | day’s work done by an over-anxious teacher of this class / It is marked by a feverish- ness and restlessness rather than by (strength. The scholars readily catch the restless, nervous manner of the teacher, if not his zeal, and the work is not satis- factory to either teacher or scholar, and if

Couneil adjourned.

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The Markets.

Latest advices state that the British grain markets contiuaue to decline, borne down by the weakness on this side and the apathetic attitude of buyers. The only| carried on the teacher must break down whclesome feature in the situation is the| under stress of work. Now, we know that strength in corn at Liverpool, which has | brain work seldom shortens the life of advanced another $d per cental io 54d. him who does it; but brain worry does.

MONTREAL MARKETS. We all, no matter what our temperament, should try for our own sakes to know more

: 1 Montreal, oats sell at i te = o -— }of what it is to be serene, and resvlute, variey, 55 to Go cente; wheat, Sd to ~ ‘and calm, and still, and self possessed.” cents; butter, all the way from l4to 26) phen about these hard-to-be-mansged cents. scholars, known to every teacher, no mat- —-- | ter where he teaches, I do not think we

ee , + should worry so much. Now, I do not mean

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Our Advertisers | by an unmanageable pupil, the active, fun- . loving boy, always ready to make a laugl OT anes . ee ‘ : s ’ 3 y igh fue Examiner Publishing Co. directs|_ no matter at whose expense—nor the attention to its supply of jobbing payers, | tazy, good-natured boy, his own worst

ete., and solicits patronage of those re quir-

; ; ; jenems. W'o does not glory in trying to ing, bill heads, letter heads, ete. re oo

| tury the acusity of the one into right chan-

Norton Bros. are expecting a consign- | Nels! and to urge the other, through his ment of Plaster Paris, to be sold low while | g00d nature, to work, if not for himself, to landing. | please those dearest to him? What ercdit is ' due a teacher for having a good school if all | his pupils are willing to study anything, no | matter how hard, without any impetus from

Wm. Dodd holds a sale of apples to-| him. It is an easy matter to teach a willing morrow at eleven o'clock. student. No: What I mean bya _ hard ;pupil, is a stupid, disobedient one, never (happy only when his will is in collision

One of the most formidable ships of war! witli that of someore else. Ove whom his afloet is the Rodney, launched at Chatham, | parents hand over to you saying : ‘We can

Jas. Coleman advertises Thanksgiving Excursion rates on the Island Railway.

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king.,onm the 8th of the present month. !do nothing with him, but he minet go to Says a contempozary :—*'This new sea-! schoo’—vou take biw.” So we take him.

elild of Iritamnia will sit solidly on the} We think he was badly managed and ve waves with a weight of mine thousand six | will try our “nore excellent way.” So we bundred tons; her engines, of seven thous-| try kindness, the force of severity, try tc and five hnadred horse power, will drive | ‘catch him with guile,” by compariog him the huge mass at fifteen knots per hour;} with others, and all avails nothing. Ap- her artillery will be four breech-loading| parently he isas we found him. Now, I cannon of sixty-three tons, besides six| think we should not worry ourself about smaller pieces and a number of the deadly|a child of this sort. If his parents, machine guns. Her suit of mail is| as likely, are as conscientous as we in the wrought fof compound azmor-plates eigh- ‘matter, who know more about bim and are teen inches thick, where the tougbed roiled | more deeply interested in his welfare, have

to acknowledge their inability to govern or

iron he #18 a laciby of hard steel. The ship

herself is built ef hard steel, with double| reach the i in him, what can we do? screw-propellers, ard has alow armored| New, I think a teacher remembeiing his bre: st-work, or * barbet.e’” cover for her] inission, shonld work long and patiently “veal guns over which muzzels peer} bclore he gives up a child—stouid try each

White the breeches can be depressed into} art, repreve exch dull delay --but their is a 1j

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sali ing. Massive walls of armor| bound beyond which he should not paes. protect the fighting platform from a raking | If achild has made up his mind that he five. and an under-water deck of steel | will not learn, or he cannot do so, let him guards the vitals of the ship,jalore. He will lear, and perhaps not too against dropping shells, while her late; that life is a harder sehool than the ™ s'er-line is belted ta its central parts| one whose teachings herejec'ed, and that ve ponderous plates. OF canvas shelin its battles, only those who obey and wh«

scot see an inch, carrying only a bare|control themselves, are on the winning p | -mast for signals, snd to support the|side. No teacher can afford to allow him-

‘18, whence the Nordenfeldts will be|self to get nervous, teaty, and fidgety, worked I'he Rodney is one of a squad | even if it be in trying to do the work of an iui of five of the same class and armor, | evangelist. We must try tokeep a sound built and tv be bgslt. The others have

mind in a sound body, remembering there ig ho super-numerary list on which to place worn out or disabled teachers. We are ex-

haves equally historic and equally indica- tvs of Britain’s supremacy on the sea. fiey are the Collingwood, the Ho e, the

‘told isto puta mon in relation with the | ideas of all ages and civilizations, not to | contine him to the ideas loca), or of the age in which he lives; and the mind gets the most enlargement from that which is un- familiar to it, remote from its own inherit- ance, tradition, local association. I think that perhaps We are too utilitarian as to the subjects to which we give serious attention. We sometimes refuse a subject for study because we do not expect to teach it. | think it would be a good idea if we would g» out inthe almost boundless fields of knowledge, and take something altogether different in character from Algebra, Gcvometry, or the Classics, valuable as these are for mental training. Then we must rememlLer our physical and practical educa. tron. It is acause for thankfulness that the day is gone in which it was thought that because a man had mind he could have no muscle, and therefore could do nothing that required it,—that because a girl could make a sentence ina foceign language, she mnst be yale and sickly, and not able to make breed. We know now well that men or women, with their God-given faculties well developed, keep their bodies in health if they can, and call no work *‘common or unclean” if, in doing it, they are also doing the duty that ‘ lies nearest to them.”

Perhaps after considering the work we must do, if we would take first rank, no ove will say that our jeisure time is too long, or that each day's work is done at iwo or threeo’clock. There are some who will say, it is easy enough to write that ve ought to be students, but there are so many cal’s on our time: shut out as we are ali winter from the outside world, we have to depend on Gur own rcsuurces for amuse- ments, and the teacher is asked, perhaps more oftener than anyone, to aidin giving it. While we cannot ignore our social duties by any means, we must remember that as it rests largely with us to hasten the day of the larger heart, and kindlier hand, as teachers of the people, we must be broader in our sympathies—-must rise to the full height of intelicetual men and women.

Now, I think, as members of a_ profes sion, we can congratulate ourselves in our uniteduess, our loyalty to each others, and our perfect willingness to bid one another God-speed on our way. Still we need the more kindly sympatny of all outside co- woikers, and we all have need of more patience—noble enduring patience — re- membering who it is that says to us, as_ to our predecessors ir all the ages ‘*Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt see it after mony days,”

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A WORD TO THE WISE.

WE have completed our impor- tations of Jobbing Papers, and are prepared tofurnish Note and Letter Headings, Bill Heads, &c., well printed, cheap aud prompt.

Be in time! Send your orders now to the EXAMINER PUBLISHING CO.,

Water Street, Oct, 24, 1884.

APPLES. APPLES,

ry°O-MORROW, Saturday, 25th inst., at 1] o’el ck, at my Room — &0 Bbls. Annapolis Apples. 20 do American Baldwins. 4 Boxes Valencia Raisins.

WILLIAM DODD,

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CLEARANCE SALE!

NEW FALL G@OéeDs, Regardless of Profits.

Having in view a change in business, we

intend to sell our

STOCK BEFORE CONSISTING IN PART OF

4,200 Yards Suitings & Overcoatings

(ONE OF THE BEST SELECTIONS IN THE PROVINCE.) UNDERCLOTHING {a large variety.) OVER 1000 WHITE AND COLORED SHIRTS.

(AT A SACRIFICE).

ENTIRE Feb Ist.

Flannels and Flannel Shirts, Cardigan Jaclrets, Umbrellas, Waterproof and Fur Coats, Overcoats and Suits, Children’s Jersey Suits, Hats, Fur and Cloth Caps, Sleigh Robes, Gloves and Mitts (all kinds); tilk Handkerchiefs, Mufilers, Collars and Cuffs, and one of the finest selections of NECK- WEAR in the Dominion.

Intending buyers will find that there is no place in P. E. Island where they can get such bargains as we offer for the

coming three months, as a GHNUINE CLEARANCE SALE is intended,

D, A. BRUCE, | Merchant ‘Failor. Charlottetown, Oct. 18, 1884—-3m eod wkly.

L GOODS.

NEW FAL 100 Cases and Bales now open and more to follow,

—_——:10:-—_— J. B. Macdonald has Opened a Great

Portion of his Fall & Winter Stock.

— Oo—— — AN IMMENSE VARIETY OF CLOTHS IN LADIES & GENTLEMEN’S WEAR, LADIES DRESS MATERIAL in all the newest fabrics, VELVETEENS & SILK VELVETS, CASHMERES & FRENCH MERINOES, LADIES MAN'ILES & SHAWLS, FRINGES, GIMPS & MANTLE ORNAMENTS.

CLOTHING DEPARTMENT. 0:0 500 OVERCOATS, 200 REEFING JACKETS,

200 MEN'S SUITS in Worsted and Tweed,

200 doz, SUITS MEN’S UNDER CLOTHING, from 75 cents a suit upwards.

HATS & CAPS IN GREAT VARIETY AT LOW PRICES.

20 bales of COTTON WARP, 150 chests FINE CONGOU TEA.

Inspection Solicited, aud the Lowest Possible Prices far Goods at J. B. MACDONALD’S.

Oh’town, Sept. 18, 1884.—2aw wkly,

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NOTICH. MORE ROOM. MORE GOODS.

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LOWER PRICES !

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4 S my Store has been greatly enlarged, my importations have been greatly A increased, thus enabling me to show a very much better assortment of Goods than usual. ;

Every Department is well filled with Choice NEW GOODS, imported divect from the English Markets, And, as | am bound to sustain my past reputation for selling Cheap Goods, those who patronize me will find my Prices Low,

Quality Good. Assortment Large. CALL AND SEE US,

| L. E. PROWSE, Sign of the Big Hat, 74 Queen Street.

Ch’tewr, Sept. 26. 1984,—eod whly

FANCY 8 ALE. “Bede a Narows Oyster

| ‘AVING sccured the services of Mr (wR members of +t Peter's Charch Sewing | Joserh Carmody, the Subscriber is pre- Society intend holding a Fancy Sale on pared to furnish OYSTERS by the barrel,

a gatlon, quart, pint, stew, raw, fry, and half- BECEMEER NEXT,

shell a specialty. ioTH sey requiring Oysters must leave their : ; : |orders during the forenoon hich further no siven, i= en . of which further notice will be given | Prices :—Forty cents per Imperial quart. M. M. J. HODGSON, P. P. GILLIS — ,

President. Uxion House.

Ch’town, Aug 9—law sat Charlottetown, Sept. 39th, 1584. lm

pected to Bo always ready for action. We

Aneon, the Camptrdown, aud the Benbow. tall know of ni men and women who

fas a Auctioneer. Cu'town, Oct, 24, 1°84,

for the WEEKLY EXAMIN

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1884.

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Anniversary Serviess,

a Anniversary Services of the openin of St, James’ Church will be held 04

Suuday Next, the 26th it s¢,

Rev. Professor Pollock, 1). D., of fa’ fay will preach at iLa.m, Rev EF. Whitwan, of th s city, at 2.30. and Rev, Jams Caruthers, of Pictou, at 6 3) p. w

A collecti n towards liquid: ting the dcbt of he Church will be teken up at each Sunday serv c , and hk wise at the Social,

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A SOCIAL,

In connection with the services, wi'l be held on MONDAY EVENING, the 27th inst., be. ginning at 7 p.m. The evening’s entertain- ment will consist of Music, Acdiceses and Refreshm: nts.

Ch'town, Oct. 24, 1884 -2i

P. £. LSLND RAILWAY

Thanksgiving Excursion,

eo Rol yN R ‘yrn Tick ete at one first. Ciass Tare Wilt Ue bostice iv aoc fo. gil s'aionsonthis Railway by afternoon trai on 5h, and by all trains on 6th November next, good to return up to end on November 10th, 1884,

JAMES COLEMAN,

Supt. tailway Office, Ch’town, Oct, 24, 1884,— eod pat all wkly papers li

TO ARRIVE THIS WEEK:

10 Bbis, PLASTFR PARIS; will be J sold lw while landing. Leave your orders early.

NORTON BROS, Ch’town, Oct. 94—3i

Opened To-Day,

AT THE

LONDON HOUSE,

LADI&s’ CASH MERE GLOVES, CHILDREN’S do do, LADIFS’ BEADED CUFFs, BLA( K OSTRICH FEATHERS, Large Lot of FANCY WINGS, LADIES’ JERSEYS,

APPLES, c&e.

Y Auction, at my new Auction Room,

Upper Queen Street, on Saturday next, Uctober 25th, at 11 o'clock, one carload choice Winter-keeping Apples, in Baldwins, Ribston Pippins, King of Tom; kins, &c. |

—ALSO

Brooms, Axle Grease, Blacking, Matches end other Guvods.

s@ Don’t forget the hour and place.

N. J. CAMPBELI, Auctioneer. Ch'town, Oct, 22—2i

WOTICE. —

DR. BENNET

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IN CHARLOTTETOWN,

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“RANKIN HOUSE,” ON THE 28th AND 29th, Ch’town, Oct. 18, 1884,

City of Charlottetown. TENDERS.

eee TENDERS will be received at KJ the Mayor’s Cffice, until noon of Satur- day, the Ist day of November next, from parties willing to contract to Light the Streets of the City of Charlottetown, for the term of 5 years or more. The Council do not bind thcmselves to ac-

cept the lowest or any Tender.

By order,

A. H. MACPHERSON,

City Clerk.

Ch’town, Oct, 15, 1884—ts,

WANTS, LOST, FOUND, de.

$e a ane e

&S Advetisements under this lading, in space not exceeding three lines, will be inserted fur ten cents per day.

fy°O LET—One of the best stands in town, on Queen Street, nex: door to Steven- sou's inthop. Kcr particulers apply to M. Stcvevson. oct24 3i P LASTERERS WANTED — Journeymen Plasterers wanted. Enquire at this Vifice, cci\2'—2: wklyli pd

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CNOUND. —A shop-door Key. Apply at Tuer Examiner Office oct73

’E O LET—The Cottage situate on Sidney,

street, opposite the Methodist Chureb,

containing seven roou», with stable attached,

and well im yard. ‘Lhe houses are in excel-

lens condition. Apply to the owner, at James Kden's, Pownal st: cet.--iuuwakp Key. {ect Hl

| yt LINE of cUormick’s celebrated

BISCUITS AND CONFECTIONERY,

at RK. K, Brace’s.

\ 7 E will give exclusive sale at and near

Charlottetown, of our Entire VW heat Fleur, to a dealer who wil! push it. Covered by patent. Easily sold. We guarartee 100 ibs. more bread to the barrel than ai y otber

{-epl0 Bm

| flour. —FrankLIn Mi‘ xs Co, 38 Clark Street,

Chicago, 1), aug?

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{EVERAL Ladies and Gentlemen can be very conifortably accommodated at Mis Hayden’s, corner of Great George and

Water Strects, opposite 7 HE I xXaMINER Orrice. (se 25, 4w taw thn, sat pd