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Selected Poetry.
| SOURIS’ “BLUE RIBBON” BARD. | Cuan.ortETowN, November 29, 1877
When not specially mentioned as in bona,
our quotations are to be cousidered as duty
FOR THE DAILY EXAMINER.
ee : | paid. The “blue ribbon” bard, in soaring for|_. J fame | EXCHANGE. Should come out more manly and give us Sterling 60 days Bills, 10 per cent. prem *é se +
his name;
| sight He should not appear as a foe in the dark,
U.S. cy. drafts, ‘“ 40 44 perct ds, Like a midnight assassin to shoot at his| gold, 24 percent premium mark; | Drafis on Montreal, St. Johu, and Halifax | He shouid, as a focman, act manly and 4 per cent premium. brave, | Oms Nor use the “blue ribbon”’ his visage to ™ a ax | ‘a it ™ — Kerosene, per gal. (Am.) $0.29 to 0 30 es 0.23 to 0.25
(canadian No.1!)
Nor yet as a wasp should he shoot out his 0.65 to 0.70
sting Pale Seal | 90 wos ties ‘ roi VUC | Nor yet as an ink-flsh his black die e’er| Linseed oil, belie, per Em" \5e fling do raw > j oe i. atail He should not take “yarrow” to throw up| Prices of kerosene are per cask. Reta his gail, prices 5 to 10 cts. per gallon higher.
Nor look through his “blue glass” to staum- | LeaTHER. - 28 to 29¢
ble and full. » co. Sole Leather : 7 ts ° . : . ” %Re lle need not try sea “sand” his chaptlet to| N.,. Sole ot to 26c stitch, Ca ada _ 23 to be And falsely assert th: gid itfwas rich ; _ aa . a l ss a gw as aaa : | MOLAssEs sahil a ( hie bia ue glass, on Waich rharbadoes 46 to |
ne’er wrote—
‘ ; . Crinadad,&c Ah! spiteful the aim for which he does :
~t. Vincent's 4410 45
quote. ‘ the lot of from Witi malignant envy he'd build up his} ‘* Tees of Molasses are by the 10 ote fame | to 10 puncheons. Retail price 5 to 8 cents
By trying to ruin another man’s name. per gallon higher, according to quantity and On merciiess - shark! don’t swallow mej] (Ualily.)
k Gown VINEGAR. ‘or the praise I bestowed on your beautiful tal ie id town, ’ Vinegar, per_gal.. per cask 26 to 34 B cause 1 predicted what yet she may be: Mess Pork 18 to 20 4 flourishing city—the pride of the sea. Prime Beef 14 to 16 —E. P. Forp. Prime Mess 14 00 16
11.0u to 12.00 10.00 co 11. 00 14to 15
C. CG. Bacon, Shoulders tlams
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Miscellanecus News.
OF PRD PGR
Gambetta, rumor states, has just come in} 54! for a legacy of £1,000,000, sterling (25,000,-
50 UUO francs). $1.10 to 1 5k
80 to 9Dc 25 to 27
Bags fine, stove Do Liverpool A current Keutucky item reads: ‘‘A Ger- Turks Island do rard County girl sued an old couple for! gucars. (Duty (pard
$10,000 for slander, and pending the suit t . . . : > 2 ! 0 9: rau Of with and married the defendants Barbadoes, 94 to 94 son.” Eng. Refined, 104 to 114 Vacuum Paa 104 to 19 A most remarkable railway disaster oc- American Crushed 119 to 12 curred on the Eastern Railroad on Wedues- American Granulated 10} to 11 day. <A freight engine, with three empty Coffee Sugar 104 to 101 freight cars, plunged through the open Golden Yellow 10 to 104 dina W of the Portsmouth bridge, going to [Prices of sugar are «y the hogshead. the bottom of the river, where the water 18| Rejail price 1 to 2 cents per ly sigher.]; sixty feet deep. The train men all es- ciped death ! CANDLES Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson, the distin- Moulds per Ib Am to i3e yuished philanthropist and millionare, has Soap per !b } to 74
ween elected President of the New York Tallow, per |b 0.12 to 0.16
Liberal Clab, formerly presided over bY | (Coat any Woon. liorace Greeley. Philadelphia Coal
The Trans-Pacific Cable Company for Wood, hard inying a telegraph from San Francisco to} Frourn anp MEAL. Japan and China, via the Hawaiian Islands,| Qur quotations are f er lots of 10 barrells 1s organized, with Leland Stautord, Presi- | apd upwards.
5.75 to 6 50 84 50 to 5.00
dent. Capi
pital $10,000,000. Patent Process per pul = $8.75 10. 9.00 i5weden has consented to give up to Corn Meal K D $3.75 to 4.00 France her only colony, the Island of St. Superfine 6.75 to 6 90 Barthlemy, one of the Antilles. The island Strong Bakers de 7,00 to 7 30 has already belonged to France, and Swe- Spring Extra do 6.00 to 6°50 dea now tindy it to be to her interest tu Fancy 7.15 to 7.20 cede it at the price of 270,000 francs. Extra Superfine do "7.25 to 7.30
Among thejmasons taken to London to do Superior Extra 7.40 to 7.60
the work the English masons refused to do, except om terms to which the coatraciors re- Juse to agree, were thirtysnine Canadians who the day afler their arrival joined the strikers.
Though the Brazilian famine will hardly
Mar het Prices.
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or Charlottetown, November 20, 1877
eyual the recent one in India, it is never- | -MEAT. e-. iheless formidable enough. Already $600,s} Beef.small pieces] per Ib. 60.06 to 0.14 vU0 have been spent, and there are at least | Beef[per lb. [vy the quarter] 0.05 tc 0.08 400,000 persons dependent upon charity |Ham, per lb. 0.12 to 0.16 The Emperor is unfortunate in finding this} Lamb, per lb 0.05 to 0.10 affliction wailing for him after his long ab- | Lamb per qr. 0 05_to 9.10 seace. Mutton, per lo. 0.05 to 0.10 ee —_—, | ork,(small pieces) per Ib. 0.08 to 0.10 ‘ . Pork, per )b. (by the carcsss) 0.05 to 0.06 Facts and Seraps. Veal, per lb. 0.04 to 0.07 nw ~~ bind POULTRY. “~ Be deafto the quarrelsome, and dumb to] Chickens, per pair 0.80 to 0.50 the inquisitive. Duck-<, (each) 4 o~=* [ 0.16 to 0.25 A solilier spid to his sweethast that he Sg ey aa oi z wouldn't baversack him for the world, Geese each : an ie 0.40 to 0.50 which was a rational remark on his part. Partridges each i 0.15 to 0.25 A barefeoted little boy stepped on a bee,} Turkeys each — peeved an‘ soon after said to his motner; *‘ Ma, I didn't know that bees had = splinters in their SREASTTUTES- tala!” Buckwheat Flour, per lb 0.03 tog0 .04 , a |Fiour, per bbl. 7.00 to 9.00 A yankee editor wishes no bovlily harm to} Flour, per 100 lbs 3.25 to 3.50 his subscribers, but he bopes that some o! oatmeal, per 160 lbs. 3.00 to 3.25
them in arrears will be seized with a remit- FISH.
tent fever.
: ei Codfish, per qti. 3.50 to 5.70
The quaint and! grotesque prevails in| Herring, per bbl. 4.00 to 4.50 jewelry at oan Pins represent ladders, | Mackarel, per dozt 0.60 to 000 slippers, bootjacks, whips, tongs, guitars, ; inte ’ ’ BOARDS.
Hemlock, 100 feet 0.81 to 0.93
A weman not far from here cured her hus-]| Pipe do 1.62 to 2.40 haul of staying out late nights by whisper- | Spruce do 0.80 to 1.00 ing through the keyhole ween he came|Shingles. per M. 1.50 to 1.75 home. °* Is that you, Willie ?” His name MISCELLANEOUS
is doin, and be never goes out \ more. , pee ee Homespun,‘men’s wear per yd, 0.65 to 1 00 s Hlomespun,( women’s do peryd, 0.35 to 0.44 If,’ advertised a philosophical victim.|tomespun Flannel, per yard _ 0.32 to 0.38 ‘the person who took my evercoat was in- | Lard per tb. 0.12 to 0.16 fuenced by the weather, then all is serene :| Pearl Barley, per Ib 0.03 to 0.04
but if he did so from commercial consider-| Potatoes, per bushel 0 20 to 0.25 ations, | am ready to enter into financial ne-}Sheerskins (each) 0.36 to 0.45 goliations for its return,” Straw, per cwt. 0.36 to 0.00. A young lady, conversing With a gentle Apples, per bushel 0 60 to 1.45 man, spoke of having resided in St. Louis: Barley, per bushel 0.80 to 1.00 «* Was St. Louis your native place?” asket Butter (fresh per Ib) f0.24 to 0.26 the gentleman—* Well, yes, part of the Butier.per 1b by the tub 0.18 to 0.20 time, responded the lady. oe acy Ao gr 7 ca oo 1 clasped her tiny hand in mine; I vowed | VRCES®, Ber to 0. to shi: 4 her frem the wind. and from the| lover Seed, per » * 0 00 to 0.04 worid’s cold storms. She set her beauteous Eggs,per do Z. 0.19 10 0.23 eyes on me, and with her little lips said she, eae nspedld per qt. wah capa An ucibrella will do as wel). Sides. per 10. a ab de Bae
0.06 to 0.07
42 to 43c ;
can designs, new to this City, and
Charlottetown Prices Current. (KENT STREET & KING SQUARE
SI AIM
FURATRE WHREROOMS.
The Sabecr'ber has pow on hand a very
—LARGE STOCK OF—
Household Furniture
ot every description, just finished, and at prices cheaper than any now offered the Pablic. | DPRAWING-ROOM SETTS,
‘in a variety of Repps, Terries, Plushes,
Damasks and ‘lair Cloths—all of the
latest abd most approyed styles and patterns. CALL aND SEE.
PARLOR SETTS,
‘jn several styles and qualities, at very low prices. CALL AND Ske.8
BEDROOM. SETTS,
of patterns of English, French, and Ameri
from $18 to $300 per Sett. CALL AND SEE.
Chairs in a Large Assortment,
Just received; Wood Seated, Cane Seated,
. a 4 MISCELLANEOUS. BEDSTEADS, SOFAS fe 3 WASHSTANDS, > > CENTRE TABLES. ef Se TOILET TABLES, " 32 MUSIC STOOLS, S £3 CARD TABLES, e Ze MAKBLE TOPS, -& =< WHATNOTS, a oA LOUNGES, = S SOFAS, is J Earth Closets, Sifters & Fillers MATRESSES— Hair, -\..* Flock, Excelsior, Straw, Fibra.
se Arm, every sort of Kockers and | Easy; and Smoking Chairs at very luw prices. CALL AND SEE.
A Large Assortment of Wall & Uorner Brackets |
ae ee eee
WASHING MACHINES— Spring Mapngkr, Patent Wringer, Spring Roller, Putman Rollers, English Rollers. WINDOW CORNICES— From $2.00 to $6.00, WOOD POLES, BRASS POLES, ‘RINGS & ENDS, . VENETIAN BLINDS, OFFICE TABLES, SCHOOL DESKS, CYLINDER DESKS, SETTING & STANDING DESKS, SIDEBOARDS, CHEFFONIERS, PIER GLASSES, CHEVAL GLASSES, WARDROBES, ESURITOIRS,
French Cupboards and Sprig Beds.
CRIBS & COTS, TRAYS and STANDS,
PIANOS MOVED AT SHORTEST NOTICE.
All the above sold cheap for cash or. ap- proved credit. All gods delivered to any part of the City and Royalty free of charges
FIVE EXCELLENT PIANOS
FOR SALK CHEAPER THAN ANY IN THE CITY.
‘SAVALSUAG “A1pjog voll
Machine Job Work, such as planing, straight and jig sawing, Fretwork of the finest class. Turning of every discription. Oval, Spiral and Elizabethan, on the shorts est notice, in the best designs, and the cheapest inthe city.
CALL AND BUY. MARK BUTCHER.
Ch’town,s Oct. 10.—pat pres 4w
a ee
For Sleigh Builders.
Att YUU WANT TO BUY :—
Steel. Iron. Bolts,
screws, Paint. Runners,|"
Shafts, Trimmings, &c
—AT—
LOW#ES1 PRICES!
iS) —AT— :
BEER, & SONS-
Ohet. 25, 1877.
What agoniles must the poet have endure: | Calfskins,per 1b who, writing of his love, asserted that he « kissed ber under the silent stars,’ and found that the compositor had maJe him de- clare that he kicked ber under the celler stairs.”
ery EE eee
Musical Instruments.
ee
Tray —
Says the Louisville ++ Courier Journal” : Concertinas, Violins. onniry chap went into Warner s yester- a a oe : ** Dew you retail shirts Cuitars Accordeons,
are ?” © No,” replied Warner; “ we make
em alinew.’ And Charley dropped his Etc... Etc., Etc.., _ carpet sack like if it was full of lead, and | AME a a ; es
looke |! at Warner tea minutes before he! LETCHERS MUSIC STORE,
! _s that carpet sack up and walked oui! Oct. 30- 3m eod
With il.
:
TEH MAPS For the Public Schools HAVE ARRIVED, » and are for sale at the SCHCOL BOOK DEBOT.
HARVIE'S BOOKSTO!
VRRaewel ies AY ae
A NEW AND FIRST CLASS COOK STOVE,
WITH ALL THE LATEST IMPROVEMENTS. EVERY STOVE WARRANTED FOR THIRTY DAYS!
Please Call and Examine. ; STMON W. CRABBSE,
“SIGN OF THE Stove,’ Queen Street Ch’town, Oct, 19—lw
J. F McKAY, NORTH SIDE QUEEN SQUARE, CHARLOTTETOWN
WATCHMAKER & JEWELER,
Has just received WALTHAM WATCHES in solid Silver Cases with GUARD and KEY, warranted one year, from $17 upwards.
A NICE ASSORTMENT OF.
Gold and Silver Plain and Fancy Rings, Chains, Lockets, Brooches, Ear Rings, Spectacles. ing Neatly Executed. All Work Warrante
Ch’town, Oct. 19—I1meod
MERCHANTS MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY
OF CAN ADA
a
Capital $1,000,000 with power to increase to $2,000.0C0 HEAD OFFICE: - - - -
MONTREAL.
2 RiSks Taken Daiiy at the Office of CARVELL BROS,
Agents for P. KE. Island Charlottetown, Jur eee
HARVIE’S
LENDING LIBRARY !\ commercial COLLEGE
WILL BE RE-OPENED SHORTLY. \
"1877
eee
THE EVENING CLASS
ILL begin on MONDAY, 15th instant. Those wishing to attend this Class uring the winter will please call and make rrangements, as our accommodation for he winter is limited.
T. B. RE AGH, Peincips C l’town, Oct —3i wkly
PO NOT FORGER
77 QUEEN STREET
—IF YOU REQUIRE—
CHEAP GOODS.
Ladies’ Dress Goods, Ladies’ Hats and Bonnets,
Ladies’ Winter Jacket, Ladies’ Winter Mantles,
Ladies’ Winter Shawls, Ladies’ Paisley Shawls,
Ladies’ Wool Hose, Ladies’ Felt Skirts,
WOOL FRINGES,: BRAIDS, SILK FRINGES,
FEATHERS, *FLOWERS, TIES, COLLARS,
CUFFS, BUTTONS, Etc.:
J. D.MASON & 30
Charlottetown
COAL VASES, — Handsome and Cheap !
onan
BEER & SONS
Persons wishing to sabscribe will please leave their names at
HARVIE’S BOOKSTORE, Queen Square. sct. 27—
en
STEAM COOKING.
MAYO’E STEAM
CULINARY BOILER |
LL the condensed steam is carried back into the boiler-~-preventing unpleasant odors in the kitchen. Meat, Vegetabies, Puddings, &c., may all be cooked at the same time, without mingling the flavors, while each article retains all its strength and aroma, and is more palatable and nu- tritious than when cooked by any other node.
Qn exhibition and for sale at
BEER & GOFF S.
GILLEY'S CREAM YRAST !
IT is warranted to give satisfaction.
IT is dry, and made up in paper packages.
IT makes better bread than hop or brewers
yeast.
IT can be kept without fear of spoiling.
IT is Cheaper than any other yeast.
IT can be always on hand when wanted.
IT will never fail.
IT is for sale at all the principal grocery stores.
HOUSEKEEPERS, Try it.
HOUSEKEEPERS, Try it.
HOUSEKEEPERS, Try it.
Wholesale, in Boxes, at CAKVELL RROS.
Ch’town, Noy.15—4i cod —
Ch’town, Oct. 16—1m twi e aw Oct 25, 1877.
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