2x. ft

A WEEKLY

VOL. XVII. 3

1867. Liverpool House. 1867,

The Subscriber t AS RECKIVED by Stop L. C. Owen

from Liverroot, Lotus trom Lonpoy, aud Empress from GLASGOW, his

Spring Importation

British and Foreign Merchaniize,

COMPRISING A SELECT AND VARIZD ASSURT- MENT OF

STAPLE ann FANCY Dry Goods, Suitable for the Season, among which may be enumerated—

x choice selection of Dress Materials; Ladies’ White and Colored Hats and Bonuets, iu all) the latest styles.

A select assortment of Shawls n ack and Faney Pareiev,

Tissue, Ke Ladies’ Saeques and Paletois., and Mantle Clothe im varieiy, with Praomings of all descriptions: and the usual sesortment ef Cutten, Liven, wowllea aud Silk Staple Goods, at very | wederate Katee The Gentlemen’s Furnishing De- Celuprises & select assortment of THE BEST OWN MADE CLOTHING;

A choice selection of Feit, Cloth and Straw flats and Caps; <tlase, Collare, Neckties, Shirts, &e.. &e. Ladies’, Gents’ and Children’s| BOOTS AND SHOES, in all sizes aud qualities, &c., de. ALSO, Choice Congo TEA, Bright MOLASSES, Brown and Crashed SUGAR, New York SOLE |.EATUER, BUCKET?S at Whulcesle und tail.

|

in Cashmere and Lomiitation Binek Cashmere filled, Balers, Lace, &e

partmen

Tue above Goods having been purchased in| selected the best markets aod |

with great care, i

Are now offered ta the public ut the

very lowest prices jor

Cash | =. Beak. -:)

Charlottetown, Jone 3. 1867. EUROPEAN EXCHANGE, NEW GOODS TO ARRIVE,

Per » Latus,”” from Landon ; * Empress.’ from Glasgow ; -L C Owen,’ Ua

dine,”” and * Helen Malcolm,’

from Liverpool. 3 » BALES and Cases DRY GOODS. J 4 Eales White and Colored Cot ju00 Balts Uleached Navy Canvas, ) Belte Clipper Duck, tor Boat Sails, } 2 Hi in DeRus pers le u 4 Cask+ BRANDY, 6 Casks Seoteh Whiskey, 44 Chests aud half chests rEA, 1é Kegs Ki-carbouate Soda, 6 Carke Washing Soda, 6 els. and Cases CON FECTIONERY 6 Kegs and 5 Cases Coiuiau's Mustard I Keg Cream Tartar, 1 Cask Epeorn SALTS, 1 Case Nutmegs, 3 Bbis. Currants, } dw Ludige, i Bol. ALUM, 1 Bbl. Saltpetre, I de Copy ors, 30 Boxes Raisins, 1 Bag Pepper, 2 Cases Castor OTL. 40 Crates EARTHENWARE. Together Srock ON HAND, will! be weld Louw to the Trade ter Cash or appreced

sredst P W. HYNDMAN.

Ch'tawn. Mav 6. 12467

| i

ton Warp,

with Lange

July 10ch,1867.

Cheap Goods! New Goods! | HEARYZ & SON |

|

the subscriber on the premises. PATRICK McMAHON.

- ‘ . 0 5 AVE just received by Java. direct» de tes ° — ia 4 . o ’ & 0 ~ ) H from ENGLAND, «further eupply of =| Do du _—~Parsnips o 5 vu) NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS! Do do Carrots 03 0 NHE Subscriber would inform the Inhabi- ngrcys Goons, Best three Ceulifuwers v6 0 tants a P. sland that, on the arrival of whieh, owiug tu the decline in Cotton, they will | Best one dozen Kars [ndien Corn 0 6 0} ni a ae i i r a: Bho wall be able to sell this Lmportation cheaper | est Squash e560 the Brig ANN, trom Liverpool, G. , he wi than the Stuck imported this Spring Sect ene denen Tematoes .'s 2 ufler, GOODS :—Cousisting of Grey, White, Striped.| Do do Mangold Wurtzels 0 5 o| Wholesale and Retail, and Painted Cottons, Giaghanms, Grey and White | Best three Cabb ses 0 v0 : : : ) Siseting. striped hedding Cotten, Caion aud | Do “8 Roved ee 0 3 °| var Usth_ 20 B er? . cme oe - _— Line Vic Zileg, Tuweis aad Towelings, Cheese ' Best balf-dezea Kovts of Celery, ®: 6°¢ Noa. 3. 2 3 WHITE LEAD, in 56, 28, & 14 Vieth, ke, &ee j oi Iba. ; DRESS GOODS :—French Merine, Cireassians, | ee Bans. 1 @ 9) Black. Red, & Yellow PAINTS, in 28 & 14 lbs. ; Poplius, Coburgs, Lastres, aud Fancies. Best Box of Huney ele 0} Boiled and raw LINSEED OILS; CLOTHS :-—VPine Clothe, Tweeds, Dues, Silk, | FRUIT. | Chance’s Sinethwick GLASS; Mixed, Russet Cord, &e. Best basket Cuoking Apples 0 7 6 PULPTY, Blick and White, in Bladders 28 aud SUNDRIES :—Heyle aud Straw Trimmings and | 2ad best do du 0 § Of} a 14 Ibs. 3 aks aja Ornaments, in Black. White & Mixed: Vdlves est Eating Apples 07 6|/ CUT NAILS, and CUT SPIKES; Trimmings, &e ; Buattous and Clasp Dewdrops. | 2nd best do 05 0; Diamoud Head DECK SPIKES; : Peathers and Flowers, Corsets. Pravelia and Bid! Best basket Winter keeping Apples 0 7 6) Bara Refined and Common LRON, assorted sizes ; ts. Gents’ Hats, Collars, Ties, Braces, Hand-| 9,4 best do do do © 5 0} Barrela and Kegs COAL TAR; Kerehiefs, de, &< Best sample Green Gages @ 5 | Barrels Black and Bright VARNISHES; :..2 --The above, aloug with Stock en hand, Do do Piums 8 wi Coila HE “wl and WIRE CORDAGE; - be sold. whvlesule and retail, cheap for | Do do Damsons 865 8 | Holts Extra and Navy Boiled CANVAS; aah : na , rs : o = nailed ae 3 s, Bars YELLOW METAL, 3 to 9; leas HEARTZ & SON. . tenons : re YELLOW METAL BUTT BOLTS, 7 «3; a at rece 4 @ OG CLINCH RINGS, Iron and Yeilow Metal: : sacra r tasks GLASS, CHINA, and EARTH- i . r ‘ ‘ 2nd best dv do do 210 6 Crates and CasksG LASS, CUIN A, wi i. N i VW GOO DS ! fest Single-seated Wagon under £25 value 3 0 | ENWARE,—Crates agsurted tor country , | 2c d a do 20 | Use | ey co Dest Family Sisigh 210 b| ANEW MIXYURE for Bottoms of FISHING SPRING & SUMMER 1867 2ud best do 1160 0 BOATS, wuch approved of by English at ’ 9) Best Single Sleigh hle vo fishermen. 2ud beat = do 1 0 0! Parties wanting any of the above articles will Glasgow House. FARM IMPLEMENTS. |da well by calling and haapeetiog. on, - y t, seili iee not to (OLD STAND, formerly occupied by W. W. tiie Bie ae ene 2 6 0 Lown & Co. HEAD of LORD'S WHARF, THE Subscriber begs to acquaint his cus- | osten “Se do ~ 7° oa baie einem fomers, and the public, that he has. by | bo [ron Pioazh 110 0! ARTEMAS LORD. the Undine and L. C Gwen from Liverpool.|p, Wooden Plough 110 | et. 29. 1866. press and County of Pictou from Glasgow. | Po Sett of Harrowe 184t6l———— $$ —— ead Aheona from Leomdon, completed hin} Do Horse Hoe 110 0) SPRING iv PURTATILONS, which cow prit: Do Horse Kake, wheeled 110 0 the usual aseurtiment of Do Threshing Machine 3 0 @O} > . 2ud best du 20 0) Maple and Fancy Dry Goods, | Hest Paoners 110 0 ’ ¢ ar ¥ Do Track Wagon 2 0 0} GROCERIES, &e. &e. Do Bait Mill 1 0 9| ! Do Mussel Mud Digging Machine 6 0 0 Which are now ready for Sule. Do Broad Axe 010 o| ' | DERICE Do Narrow Axe 0 0 Charicttetown ar p laPAGs Best collection of Edged and Pointed Tools 1 10 0 Vv l = SS ——~ | Best Lron Spindle 1 0 0| a LEATHER. uable eros Farm for Best Sid» Sole Leather ’ 69 | 9 ale. Do do Upper do 10 0! fo be sold vy private Contract that | Do (rain Leather = 8 Valuable Freehold Farmw aud Property be | Do Calivkin do 1 0 ¢| ging to Cusnces Disewrtt, Esq., Morrell, | Do Sheepskia with Wool on 0 lv 0) mtaate one mile from St. Peter's Harbor, on the | Do Side dlarness Leathe: 3 a @ werth side of the Bay, comprising two hundred and | Do Sleigh Kobe 1 6 @ Ory -tWoe acres of snperior land about thirty-five (39) | Zad best do 100 res of which are in « very youd state of cultiva BOOTS & SHOBS. - and the remainder covered with a yrowtl | Best pair Men's Knee Boots 1 OF ea Hard cad Soft Wood — this valuable Fura: | 4), do Calf Wellington Boots ow 0! a oe SS oo oa on the Bay of twenty-nine e ' De de Laceing Kuots 0 O| io = : = “iis aud the sume distance ou the North or Seu Biestic:eid ow 0 ‘ : . : ©, where large quantities of sea manure can al- | . ha caeund te. ow + Ubairs In Variety. wn »@ had. as well us abundance of mussle und in | D ~ light do 0 10 0} atl b ‘Re Bay. A Harn and small Farm Mouse ure on |“? t | KIPCHEN, CHAMBER, HALL, DINING the premises, wiso u couvenient Well of water, | HARNESS, D DRAWING ROOM rhe. &e. Best Single Carriage Haruess under £15 AN + on Title guaranteed, with possession when . —_ a ae : . . FURNITURE, jo . A | Best Cart Harness 110 0! Purnisked in Sets or single (very cheap.) - tblication to be made to the owner, at Morrell, Be Pieseh, é 1 0 @! paapuen © San. | Best Ridiag Saddle 1 0 O Attention paid to Repairing all kinds of Fur Charlottetown. 18th 7 Best Leather Valise ow @) niture, especially Turned Work, such as ~ _Peb'y. 1867 ‘ TEXTILE FABRICS IN WOOL. chairs, &c. &e. (cheap,) F eee te Ss Best 10 yds Black Pull dressed Cloth 110 0} Allkinds of Furniture Painting done to order, reehold Ik arm for Sale, 2nd best do = on ; S ei Old Farniture Repainted to vines or y . Best Grey o (dyed) } match. hairs (cane) re-seated. S'tuarep on Lot 65, fronting on i) go «Wool du 1) Bleiietes ee Seuinl ate tid ‘en aie Elliot River, three miles from Charlottetown. | Best Women’s wear, plain, 10 yds. 1 0° Looking Glasses, Piates, 1 &S., ' eue mule from hKocky Puint Ferry, 97 acres of 2ud best ie de de 190! {very reasonable.) “ 40 of which are cleared and in a high state Bust do fancy patterus leo) oF Remember Hickey's Steam Factory, S mugen, the remainder evvered with fence cata’ & & i 1 © ©! coush cdde-of Market Square, (pearly oppusio Pre- saa, 2 Hood growth of hardwood, with goud |) Gg atiessa’s Plaid 1 © 0) yiuce Building, from which ic ann be sou ) 3 “geou the premises. For further particulars on i © 10 a os 1 0 JOHN NEWSON, @

19, 1867.

| Best Entire Horse of aay age or breed

BROOMS, &e., »

do Best Wouan’s Shaw! de

This is true Liberty, when Freeborn Men, having to advise the Public,

AGRICULTURE AND Local Industry. FFXHE COMMISSIONERS appointed

by His Excelleney the Lieutenant Governor in Council to carry into effect the intentions of the Legislature relative to the appropriation of last

| Session for * the encouragement ef Agriculture and Lweal lndustry,’

have ordered a

FAIR and EXHIBITION to be held in CHARLOTTETOWN early in OC TOBER next, atthe new Minirary Daitt Suen

near Goverument [louse — His Excellency the Commander-in- Chief having been pleased to sanc tion the use of that large and commodious Building

for that purpose—at which the following PRIZES

| will be awarded for the encouragement ef Local

Industry and Agricaltaure, viz :— LIVE STOCK—HORSES. £2

Sad best do du 110

Best Entire Cart Horse 210 0 3nd best do 3 4 Best Mare with her Foal 210 0 2ad best do 110 0 Best Filly under 3 years old 2¢e00 2nd best do 2

CATTLE.

Best Bul! under 3 years old i ee 2ud best do 110 06 Best Bull of any age, any breed a:¢ 8 Zad best do do 110 0 Best Cow in Milk ee 2ad best do [mS

| Best Heifer in Calf or Milk, under 3

} years old ae | Ind best do do 110 0 Best Yearling Heifer 20 0

2ud best de 110

Best Fut Cow 110 @O

SHEEP.

Best Ram of any age 3; 4.9 | 2ud best do ee | Best Yearling Kam 20 0

dnd best do a. oo

Best Kam Lamb liv O

2ud best dou } 6 ® | Best Pen of tour Ewes of any age having

reared « lamb this season 2.9.8 | 3ad best du do 2 | Best Pen of four Yearling Ewes 7S

®ud best do do l a @Q | Best Peo of four Bwe Lowbs «6 @ | 2nd best de do ics | Plus,

B-st Boar Pig 110 0 | Zud best do . eo:

lest Breeding Sow lw o

2ud best = do 1 0 o|

Best Pen of three Pigs under 6 months of |

age 110 0 2nd best do do es

Best fot Pig lw »u | 2nd best du 1 0

POULTRY.

dest pair Turkeys, Rooster and Hen 010 OF } Best three “prog Geese 01 UO

Best Barn-duor Kooster ank two Pullets, |

any breed, 010 6}

Best three Ducks 010 0)

Best turee Blaca Spanish vw vv)

GRAIN, | Best three bushels Wheat 110 0;

2ud best du dy s 34 6)

est three busiels two-rowed Barley TW Of 2Zud best d» au du i ae

Best tucee bushels four-:owed Barley : 8 67 Jud best dy do du omy oF

jest three bu hels Uats aS oi

2au best du dy 1 0 | 3rd best du dy 0s |

PEAS & BEANS. } Best one busbel Poas ow 0} | Best one bushel White Beans 010 0} | BUCK WHEAT.

Best three bushels Buccwheat ou @ | 2nd best do do 0 lv 0)

GRASS SEEDS.

Best 2 bushels T ‘nothv seed a t @.6 Best 56 ibs Red Clover " : = Oe Best 28 lus. White Clover . 6 ey

PLAX.

teat turee bushels Flax Sced i 2nd best do do @15 0)

test sample ot Flax in the Straw 085 0} 2ad best do ’ oO ly

test sample of Plax Scutohed 015 0 | Z2ad best du do J GW 0

ROOTS,

Rest Dozen Swede Tursips 010 0 | 2ad beat de do . ) 2 Best Twenty Field Carrots old 0} BUTTER & CIEESE. Best Cheese not iese than 20 ibs weight 1 0 0} 2nd best doe du du 015 0} 3rd best do do do ow Oo | B.st Tub of Butter not lesa than 28 lbs. 1 0 Q| 2ud best du du do 015 0} 3rd best du do do 010 |

HORTICULTURE, |

Best one dozen Onions 0

| |

Qud best Q

tg a8

a oa eS ee cme mama oR Ammen 8

“

CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. MONDAY,

Best pair of Horse Rugs es 2nd best do 015 0 | Best pair of Blankets [@ 2 Best 10 yds. mixed fabric Drugget ye <@ ' 2ud best do do do 015 0 | Best Fancy Shirting 8 G “nd beat do 015 OU Best Hearth Rug ; 2.8 2ud be-t do 015 0 Best Door Mat 0lo 6° Zod best do o § ©

| Best 10 yds. White Flannel 015 0

2nd best do 010 0 My KNIT GOODS,

Best pair of Men’s Drawers 010 0

Do do Under Shirts “old 6

Best three pairs Socks es 6

| 3nd best ado = a

| Best three pairs Stockings 0 §& Best pair Winter Gloves i ee

| Do do Mitts 22) Best collection of Kuit Work ee

MEASURES, &c. Beat Nest of Measures, to contain one bushel, 4 bushel and 1 peck 015 0 Best Pork Barrel 015 0} lad best do 010 0 Best 5 gallon and 10 gallon Keg 010 0

| Best Butter Firkin 010 0

| Zod best do 2 ©

| Best pair of Ash Oars, not exceeding 14

feet 010 0 Best 1 bushel and 4 bushel Potatoe Bask-

ets of Indian mauu'‘acture eo 2.6 Do do of Ozier or other material 0 10 0

FLAX MANUFACTIURE, Beat Sample Grain Sacks 010 0 Best balf dozen Towels v lv 0 Best Table Cloth 010 0 Bes. pair Linen Sheets 910 4 PUTTERY.

| Best Sample of Pottery : 4. &

} Best Sauple of 12 Island made Bricks te | dud best du do do 013 @

! CASTINGS. Best Collection of Metal Castings : 2

} FURNITURE.

Best Set of Drawias Koow Furaiture 4 0 0

Do du Dining Room do 40 0

Do do Bedruvu du S:4 FISH.

' Best barrel Mackerel, [sland catch 7 39 Best 4 de do 110 gy Best Quintal Cuodfish iid ¥ 2ud best do =e

N. B. No Prizes will be awarded to imported | Steck

Other Prizes, besides those above enumerated, | will be viveu at the recowmm-udation of tae Judges,

A PLOUGHING MATCH, in connection with the

JOURNAL OF POLIT

| Exhibition, will also take piace oa the same day,

tur whieh Priges will be giveu,

The Commossioners will endeavour to make ar- rangements witu the P. B fsland Yceam Navigation

, 7 i tion from Prince and King’s Counties.

0 | Company for the conveyance of articles fur Exaivi-

Farther particuiars relative to admission, &c,

hereafter. By order

|

A’ MeNEILL,

Secretary to Buard of Commissioners.

Charlottetowa, Aug. 19, 1867.

Notice of Dissolution.

‘SYNAE Par wership hitherto existing be-

tween Jamys MeLeon and Jonn Curistiay, Puilors, under the style aud tirin of McLEOD & CHRISTIAN, ix dissalved. VUhe undersigued takes upon himself

the late partuership

0} the settlement of anv desiiugs in conuexion with

JAS. McLEOD.

Charlottetuwn, Aug. 14, 1867,

THE above Establishenent will from this date

be condacted aud-r the coutrol and management of |

Mr. ALEXANDER McDONALD, who willhave

the truusactiug or settling of all business in con-

neXion With or belonging to the Firm.

JAS. McLEOD.

Charlottetown. Aug. 14, 1867.

A GUUD LIVING.

[L9y

4 \¥ person wishing to purchase one of = the most valuable and beantifal PARMS with

early applieation to

0 | in twenty miles of Charlottetown, can do so by

NEIL RANKIW. Anctioneer,

or Charlott ‘town April ¥3 1867.

Cotton I bucic.

HENRY WADMAN, Crapand.

AVING been appointed Ageut for the

sale of the celebrated

Russols Mills Cotton Duck,

purchasers.

|the subscriber is prepared to receive orders for egcire country, while bie skill in making ull the diferent Numbers, iu quantifies to suit),

I. C. HALL.

Ch'tewn. Mav 26, 1367.

December 24, 1866.

ee io oni ed

0)

| LITERATURE.

ICS, LITERATURE

may speak free.’’---Euripides.

SEPTEMBER 9, 1867.

WS.

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[ NO. 4

ee - ” - , —_ ce meer 9 - _ - ee Te a — = . | Mr. Magennis will see the impropriety of fusion of meerchaums in different stages of | Sidney Templar glanced carelessly around the

a Ey : _| pressing the matter further, when I repeat color, dreesing-gowne, cigar-boxes, news- | lofty rooms, thinking they would suit his aum-

NOT PARTED. | field.” ; ‘You wont sell it?’ * No, sir.’

‘Then,’ said Magennis, with a fearfu! im- | precation, ‘if you don’t give me the field,

They are not parted, though their feet Have wandered far in different ways: And thongh they never more may meet On Winter eves or Summer days. | Itmatters not though realms divide, ‘Tl find your ‘heirs, execuzors, administra- tors, and assigns’ easier to deal with than | yourself,’

VYhough boundless seas between them roll; For still defying wind and tide, Heart yearns to heart and soul to soul.

of Fooks. They are not parted—orlvsthose | Are parted who no love gnite; want me to fight a duel ?” Their absence breaks not our repose } Who have no share in or delights: | send mine to meet him.’ They may be by our side, {nd still As far from us as pole from pole, jsaid Fooks, * bat I believe, a8 a challenged

Who lack the sympathetic thrill

;and the place of meeting ?’

| *Oh, certainly; nothing can be fairer. es <-> in | Choose what you like, my boy, the sooner ANOTHER AFFAIR OF HONOK. | the better." And the bully rubbed his hands | with delight at the prospect of slaying ano-

[ am reminded, by a recent article in the | ther man. ;

Journal, of the single combats which in former! ‘Then,’ said Mr. Fooks,‘I wish to die- ‘time were wont to detile the green turf of my | pense entirely with seconds, to fight on horse- native island. Of course L need not name) back, and to arrange that each of us can that island: the two simple ideas of * fight- come armed with whatever weapons he may ing’ and ‘green’ will infallibly suggest to | choose. Let the place of meeting be the | wide common between the school-house and the mill; the time twelve o clock to-morrow ; and let him who ie first driven off the field be

declared vanquished.’

Of heart to heart and soul to soul.

‘the least logieal intellect in Great Britain a compound ene representing the locality in- ‘tended. But although the progress of eivili- zation inmy country has through many pain- )ful causes, been woefully retarded, yet there ‘Queer arrangements as ever 1 heard,’ ‘is some comfort in reflecting that the enorm-| said Magennis. ‘Why, my good fellow, ity of duelling may now be classed among the | don’t you know that if I come armed with ‘things that* have been, and are not.’ [ will, | long sword, and mounted on my hunter High- however, for the amusewent of my readers, | flyer, I'll ride you down and spit you like a relate the history of an affair of honour which | lark before you can say Jack Robinson? took place in # district of Munster some | However that’s your look out, and not mine ; SIXty Or #eventy years ugo. so of course I agree to what you propose ; Albeit * wild locality, so far as the natural | aod have the honor to wish you a very good features of the landscape were concerned, yet | Worning.’ ‘the viciwity of Harnogore, as, for the double} He ten walked away, marvelling much reason of concealment and euphony, 1 shall | at the coolness of his antagonist, and think- cail it, was a tolerable peaceable place, | 9g what fun he would have on the morrow. viewed with respect to its inhabitants. | Every one he met was told of the jest, and Barring the occasional beating of a tithe-| invited to witness the combat. Great was proctor, or ducking of a sheriff's officer, the|the consternation caused by the news courtry for miles around the village which | throughout Barnagore. gave it @ mame was singularly free from ‘To think,’ said Mr. Pecrose, one of agrarian outrage. The laod was divided the chief landed proprietors, ‘ that our own | into moderately-sized estates, euch supporting honest Holy Fooks, who would not willingly the hospitable mansion of # country gentle-| offend a worm, is to be slaughtered by this man, with his good natured wife, and|scoundrel ; it musn’t be. I'll go to him, (their handsome rollicking progeny. During | #0d offer to fight him in his stead.’ | long series of years various intermarriayes Accordingly, he repaired to the dwelling bad taken place between the several fami- | of Fooks, and found that gentleman as tran- lies ; so that, wt the time I write of, there was. quilly occupied with big books as when he j scarcely an individual of note in the country | Was visited by Magennis in the morning. 'whe eould pot claim cousinship with each ‘A bad business this, Fooks,’ said Mr. Penrose; ‘a very bad business. Why,

and every one cf his neighbors. One gentle ‘man there was, however, who was wholly | Wan, rather than you should meet Magennie, Lil fivht the rascal myself.’

unconnected with the magnates ef the district. s ‘Thank you, my friend,’ replied Mr.

He was a Mr. Fooks, a rich old bachelor,

(residing in # pretty cottage close to the| Fooks; * I feel most grateful for your kiad- boundary hedge of a large estate which had | ness; but since Mr. Magennis bas chosen to Jaid for some time unuccupied. The dwelling take causeleas offance, { am resolved to give ot Mr. Pooks stood in the midst of a beauti- | tim the meeting desired. Perhaps’ he added, tully-cultivated pleasure ground, and a wil-| smiling, * the result may be better than derness .f sweets, where the emerald turf of , you expect.”

|the lawn was soft, and rich. and smiling, as ‘Ob, my dear Fooks,’ said his friend,

j though it lay in the heartot England's sunny)” don't, I beseech you, build on that. The

/Uampslire. A kind man was Mr. Fooks;| fellow is a regular assassin, and if he had

heloved by the squires with whom he never) bis deserts, would Jong since bave gaived quarreled, when, ip the heat of the chase, | promot:on at the hangman's hands. How-

; following the hounds in full ery afterReyuard, | ever. there will be a score or two of your they trampled his harvest fields. ife was| friends on the ground to see fair play, and

beloved by them, I say, notwithstanding his | have satisfuetion from him for your death.’

unitorm desertion of the dining-room alter With this sume what equivocal piece of the first magnum of elares had gone its/ consolation and hearty shake of the hand, |rounds @ grevious direliction from the rules | Mr. Penyose took Jeave of his friend, who, of good-leilowship, whieh would not have, dering the remainder of the day, stayed been easily pardoned in any one else; buc| Within doors, and declined seeing any visi

/Fooks was a privileged man, and as the| tors. On the following morning, a large

| ledies Were wont to rewark, * 1t was really a | concourse of people. including, indeed, nearly

/comfort to feel sure of having one gentleman every inhabitant of the parish, assembled on steady on his legs in the drawing-room, so|/the common to witness the approuching

| thar one might ventur? to give him a cup of | co ubat. Long and loud were the lamenta-

| coffee without the chance ot having haif of it | Geo of the poorer people, who had experienc- spilled on one’s best satin. ed much kindness from Mr. Fooks, at the

With the yourg people he was an especial | fte which awaited him ; while the deepened | favorite No better partner in *Sir Roger |} tones and darkened Jooke of the gentiemen ,de Coverley,’ or merrier opponent in the | testified their sympathy with him and their jgame of * Matrimony,’ could be found in the abhorrence of his antoganist. Precisely at twelve o'clock Magennis appeared on the field. mounted on a splendid blood horse; a dagger was stack in his belt, and he bran- dished an enormous two-edged sword in hie hand. He cast a seornful glance around, and not seeing his epponent, exclaimed, without addressing any one in particular, ‘I thought the cowardly fool would be afraid to meet me; but if he sneaks away, perhaps one of his friends (wits a sarcastic emphasis) will take his place.’

‘Here he comes himself!’ cried a boy throwing up his hat, and a general cheer announced the approach of Holy Fooks.

He advanced rapidly, mvunted on a Kerry pony of so diminutive a size, that its rider's feet were but little raised above the ground. lle was completely enveloped in an ample crimson dressing gown, which waved and flaunted in the breeze after a singular fashion. In his right hand he bore something which had the appearance of a very long lance ; bat which, having both extremities covered by the extended folds of the dressing-gown, was not as yet clearly visible. With his left hand he ehook the bridle, ard urged his tiny steed towards the spot where stood the astonished Magennis.

Whatever the latter gentleman may have thought of Mr. Fook’s covtame, his nettled horse seemed to have formed his own private opinion on the subject; for no sooner had the gaudy dressing-gown flaunted beneath his eyes, than he started, shied, and began to prance ina manner which caused his rider to exclaim, with an expletive too forcible for transcription. * What's the meaning of this baffuonery ? Come on and meet me like # man,’

‘Alwaye happy to oblige a friend,’ said Mr. Fooke; aud suddenly throwing back the offensive garment, he raised the weapon and

hurleys’ for the boys, and carving ‘ wooden babies for the ladies, secured jor bim a wide- spread popularity among the rising genera- tion. By common conseot he was known in the neighborhood as ‘Lloly Fooks;° aod this epithet was bestowed not in ridicule, but as * sincere acknowledgment of his singularly blamelese and useful life. Perhaps it also |ineant to commemorate a peculiarity in his |character—he wus never known to fight. From the tithe proctor, whom he hospitably eutertained and regularly paid—an uoprece- dented line of conduct, which caused that much endured man to exclaim, * Sure Barna- gore would be a heaven upon earth if every man io it wus like Holy Fooks'—from the tithe- proctor down to the urchins whom he often caught snaring hares or catting sticks in the wood, he never abused or quarreled with any one. Yet Holy Fuoks was no cow- ard; ¢/at the poor widuw at the mill could testify, whose tair-headed boy he saved from drowning by jumping into the mill-pond et the imminent risk vf his life. And when Tom Maloney’s house was barned, whe but Hol Fooks could be found to tread the falling floor; and with one hund clinging to the blackened rafters, with the other to seize in succession three children, and hand them safely to those outside? Mr. Fooks in short, was that, | grieve to say, anomalous charac- ter in Ireland—a brave good man who would nol fight!

‘Lue estate which bounded his had lain, | have said, for sume time unoccupied ; but at length a tevant for it appeared in the person of a professed duelist from Tipperary, who, buving made even that fiery locality too hot to hold him, and possessing as mach money as impudence, resolved to settle at Barna- | gore, and break fresh grounds among its quiet inhubitants. Tom Mageonis, tor such | shook it full in the face of his adversary. was his nume, had not been long settled in| [lt was a long slender pole, having at one his new residence ere he managed to estab-, end a distended bladder containing some lish several ** very pretty quarreis'’ with his| dried peas. A fearfal thing it looked in the neighbors. Lle was an unerring shot, seldom | eyes of Highfver; and so appalling to his failing to kill bis man at any nomber of |ears was the rattling noise it made, that paces, and was as prone to take offence as | despite the furious efforts of his master. he the infamous Fighting Fitzgerald. He chal-| fairly bolted, turned tail, and galloped at lenged one young gentleman for accidently | full speed across the common. Alter him | touching lin with his whip as they were | rode Fooks. shaking bis rattle. and shouting. leaping together across astream while follow-|*Come back, Mr. Magennis! come back! ing the hounds All attempts at reconvilia- | ‘tis u shame for you, man, to be afraid of a tion were rejected by the scornful bully : | dressing-gown and a child's rattle.’ they met; and an hour afterwards a fine lad, But faster and faster flew the affrighted ‘the hope of bus house, wascarried home a lite- horse, bearing bis enraged master beyond ‘lees corpse. the sound of the inextinguishable laughter | The neighboring gentlemen tried to send| which hailed the defeat, and the bloodless |/Magenniy to * Coventry,’* bat it would not} triumph of Holy Fooks. The bully bad not do; be was a man of good family, and c.n- courage to retarn to the country and brave _trived to maintain bis position in society lit-| the merciless ridicale which awaited him. leraily at the poimtof the sword. Every one He disposed of his property and retired to | wished him away, but who was to* bell the) England, where he was compelled to live in cut ?° peace, ae his neighbors soon learned to ap-

It happened that a emall field belonging to preciate him, and snubbed his propensity for \Mr. Pooks lay next the upper corner of fighting. Yet the few persons who continued ) Magenuis’ lawn, to which the Jatter wished | to associate with Mr. Magennis were often to have it annexed; he accordingly wrote | pezzled to account for the transport of rage jletter, couched in a very high and mighty | which possessed him whenever the slightest \atyle, requiring hie pacific neighbor to sell allusion happened to be made in his presence him tbe piece of land in question. A polite to dried peas, Kerry ponies, or crimson jreply in the negative was returned ; and dressing-gowns.

Magennis, boiling with rage at having bie, —_——_<+-20—_-_—_- will opposed, bastened fo seek an interview. THE PRESERVE CLOSET.

* Mr. Fooke, am [ to understand from your | , — letter that you refuse to let me have the| ‘Upon my word, this is about the coolest lawn field ?° | proceeding | ever knew!’

* Certainly, sir; I bave no intention what-| Col. ‘Templar sat in his bachelor sanctum, ever of parting with it.’ where the rays of an Apri! sunshiae shone in

* Bot L tell you 1 wantit, and bave it [ lines of glittering gold among the Neapolitan will.’

| *1L should be sorry,’ said Mr. Fooks ily, ‘to disublige » bor ; but I as & @

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‘violets in the window, and drove the littie delight

‘fume betokened a trovblesome lady corres-_

{you shall give me satisfaction; and maybe |

|that Lam quite determined not to sell the papers, and gorgeous velretslippers—he con-

tracted his brow moodily over u letter whose pink paper and delicate scent of foreign per-

pondent.

‘ * Dear Sipney.’—Yes, I'm always ‘dear’ when Bertha wants a disagreeable commission

_executed—what hypocrites women are, to be sure—‘an eligible house, somewhere, in so:ne

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nice locality, it surely can be no trouble to

A quiet smile passed over the countenance | engage one for us.’ No trouble, quotha!

that’s just a woman's random idea! No

‘Do you mean, Mr. Magennis, that you trouble to rush from pillar to post house-

hunting. Where's the indemnity of bachelor-

‘Certainly; nume your friend, and U’ll| hood, I'd like to know? | might as well be.

& warried man in good earnest, if i'm to be

‘Tam pot much versed in these matters,’ ‘saddled with all the responsibility of the

thing. [won't be imposed upon—l'll write

| party, | huve a right to select the weapons|t) Bertha at once and tell her——

Col. Templar gave his jet black moustache a savage jerk, and pulled hia writing-desk resolutely forward. Then a softer mood seemed to dawn athwart his mind—he hesi- tated, biting the handle of his pen medi- tatively.

* Poor little Bertha—she has alwaye been my pet cousin, and I suppose it is rather in-

convenient for her to come all the way here

to look for a house—and ber husband will be in India till the middle of May, and—well, the upshot of the whole matter is that [ am doomed to victimize myself, and the sooner it’s over the better. Heigho! where's the newspaper? I'll just look over the* To let's’ first, and then I’l] go tu the estate agencies !"’

The sun was peeping from behind the masses of flying clouds, like a shy beauty who alternately smiles and hides her face—the air was full of faint spring odors, even in this brick-and-mortar wilderness, when Col. Sidney ‘Temylar sailed bravely forth, armed and equipped with various references, direc- tions and addresses, to engage in the momen- tous business of house-hunting.

He was not a handsome man—yet you would have turned involuntarily to look after him as he sauotered by attracted by the deep smothered fire of his dark eyes, and the firm outline of his lps. No—Col. Templar was not handsome, but he was what the ladies term ‘interesting.’ Moreover, he carried an empty sleeve where the left arm should have been—an everlasting memorial of the red battle-clouds.

‘It appears cowical enough for me to go house-hunting,’ mused Templur, as be strode ouwards through the dusty streets, * For me, the solitary, homeless recluse of one-vnd- thirty yeare old. Four years ago things appeared diff-rently to me—four years ago | might have dreamed of a home of my own,

its hearth-stone! Ab, me! this is a world of change! A carelese word—a little mis- understanding—and here I am @ crippled old soldier, while Marion is probably making the sunshine of some other man'si:fe. Hold oo—I'm getting maudlin and romantic—eh, Sidney Templar? This will never do, old fellow.’

The colonel gave his heavy black locks a backward toss, as if impatient at his own tolly, and vigorously directed bis attention to the list of eligible residences in hie pocket- book.

‘No 41——street ; here’s the very place. Wants painting badly en the outside, but may present a more promising appearance within. At all events we'll try.’

He rang the bell, and brief skirmishing of servants in the hall, @ faded lady, in dyed silk and hair in crimping pins, appeared.

‘Is this house to let, madam?’ inquired our colonel deferentially.

* Well, yes, it’s to let, but you can’t see it Dow.’ ‘Can’t see it now?’

‘No,’ snarled the lady vindictively. * Hours are between two aod four.’

‘I'm quite sure the fewale in the crimping- pins is an old maid,’ decided the cvlonel, mentally, * and I think she mast have break- lasted o€ broken glass and cambric needles. 1 wonder if the people at No. 171-——street will be any more affable.’

A pretty, biue-eyed woman, in @ torn wrapper, und slippere down at the heel, answered the door-beil.

* Cau I see this house?’ meekly questioned Col. Templar.

‘Could you call again in about an hour ?’ asked the blue-eyed one. * My husband is out, and we've been so troubled with thieves and reepectable-louking agents who carried keys with ‘em, that——’

‘Oh, I beg your pardon, Under the cir- cumstances [ will not intrude,’ said Col. Templar, with a comic elevation of hie eye- brows. ‘Perhaps, however, you will be good enough to observe that 1 leave the door-mat behind me, quite safe.’

The blue-eyed jJady looked after Col. Templar as he strode away, with a puzzied face.

‘It's well I didn’t let him come in,’ was her internal comment, ‘* He looks as if he might be a little crazed.’

While Col. Templar stroked his moustache and pondered dubiously within nimeelf:

*T wonder if J do look like a rogue.’