>••? VOL. IV. tyRiwrll >*»»• . ', 7 < .« f ■ '" ”'f(> '?•: fhiW ■ MIDDLETOWN, NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DELAWARE, SATURDAY MORNING, DEECMBER 23, 1871. N. ,J Jiilt ll'lLL M'' MO. 51. for rheniiwiiim. TI1K8VJII’TOM:I of Liver (.'omptulnt nre unmnincn nud (mill lit llicildc. Soinr- llmti the |Mtitt is In the shoulder, n ml li iitiiliikcn ............... ...... The slomacli h nfleeied with low of appetite nml sickness, Imuliln general eusllve, sometime* nliernnllng will, lux. The bend II troubled wit i jmIii, nml iltill, heavy sen- i comldercLIe mu of memory, accompanied ulth painful sensations of t,living lift undone wmic- thing which ought to Imre been done. (lOvn coiu,ilnln- ■MnanaJing of weakness, debility and low spirits. Sunieliinn many or the above syniplnms attend the disease. nml at other iiim** very few of them: but the liver li generally the organ tuoil Involved. Cure the liver with DR. SIMMONS’ Liver Regulator, A PREPARATION OK ROOTS AND HERRS, warranted to tic itrirtly vegetable, nod can do no Injury Io nnv one. It tins been 1-30 GOLD LOAN a visit riiovi nr, nuiious, w ---- Il has liven used by hundred*, und known for the Inal thirty-fire year* ns one of llm most n- liable, ellicaclotia and hnrtiiha> pre|Miratlon« ever Offered to the luffiring. If taken regularly and •idea, thore’a two of yoa, Mid (doa’l k«MK which Uwbioh. A I know thmio Mtero dreadful ay "Take a drink, dear,” aald I, “and try Io wake Mary and tend hot for doctor.” «No,”aa}d be, Pi'll bo aH right in morning I'm all right uow. Here's your health. You're a brick. I-*” And over ho foil fast asleep Ob, why do men think 10 much of IU09- cy making? Ia not health better that anything ciao ? Of courao, as he had laid down in hit hat, 1 took that off first. And I managed to di veal him of his coat. But when it cnuio to his hoots—dearest aunt did yofl over toko off n gentleumn's boots? proba­ bly not m jou arc a singlo lady—what a task! How do they over got'em on ? I pulled nud pulled, and shook and wrig* S led, and gnve it up. But it would anti 0 to loava thorn on all night; so I went at It again, and at laat ono eawo off aq suddenly, and over I went on the floor, and into his hat, which I had pnt there for a minute. I could have cried. Anu tho other camo off in the same way, jnet as hard and just as sudden as the last. Tlmn I put a soft blanket over Orljnd^ and sat in my sowing-chair ali night. Ob, how heavily bo breathed. And 1 bad, atf you may (aucy, tho most dreadful fears, lie might have killed himself by his ovor- npplleation to business, for ail that I knew, The perfect ones go first, it is said. Oh, how differently should I have f«l| hail anything happened to my beloved Or- land..). Ho has hot had so exhausting a day since, nnd, I think, sees tho folly of over-work, though, if courts will keen open so lato, wliut can poor lawyers do; I think it very inconsiderate of the judge, 1 wonder if lie has a wife—tho mean old ancient Britons, the Saxnus, the Scandi­ navians, nud tho Germans. For a tong while tho officers of the Church strove hard to restrain tho Christians from tho wild j iimuminenls of their Pagan countrymen. Tite sports nud games and revelries of tho Christmas season worn rigidly but inullcct- uaily proscribed, till finally tho Church began to take possession of nud adapt to its own uses many of the Pugnn crema- nit’s, in Britain tho Christmas festivi­ ties wore largely mollified by old Druidic rites und superstitions, nud afterward by llio customs of tho Sax,ms and Danes. In­ evitably llio original Christmas celebration, in too bough was hung up; the churchesdid n»t lack for holly, bay, or laurel; tho boar's bead, and peacock-pie, and roast- beef, situ plum-pudding, mid tyioco-pii*, and mighty ale wore generously served; the maskers and mummers and dancers had their wuy; tin* game of Snap-Dragon was played; and tho carols wero sung, in spite of “ llifli-slipc lords of Cromwell** making." Even into this Irans-Atlntitio, New-Eng- laud Paradise of tho Puritans, and into the churches they founded here, Christ­ mas Festival lias found its way and receiv- h Prohibited the Piir!,« o or mt! Northern Pacific Railroad Company, Rapid Pragma of the Work. 1 "MIB building of ill,'Northern Pacific Railroad, . (begun July last.) is being pushed forward with great energy from Imili I’ltreinllirs of the line. Seven thousand men are employed In Min­ nesota and on the PaciHv roast. The grade li nearly completed 2nd miles‘westward from hike Superior: trains are running Rio miles of fin­ ished road, and track-laying is progressing to­ wards the eastern border of Pakula, Itirludiiig its pur,lime of the St. Paul A Pacille Road, llic North,in Pacific Company now lias 11.1 miles of completed road, mid by September next ibis will be liii rcnied Io nt least f,ou. A COUP INVESTMENT. Jay Cooke A Co. arc how fc!|i;ig, mid unhesitatingly recommend, as a profitable and piflieily site Investment, the First Mortgage Land (Irmi't Hold limo’s of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. Tli"v have an years io run, Iwiir S hi ami Three-Tenths imt rent, gold interest (inote than H per cent. < »rrr«.c,v., and are secured by firs, and only j {-—J U mortgage, oil Hie entire road and itseqiiipun nl.i, ami nlso, ns fast as tlm roml i< completed, mi by ii ,i„c are exempt frniii I'. S Tax; principal and lour-1 '|'y''r'(,110"' ,,u" '<7,r,Xo',,,|^.iooo’:,l: s'l'o" <»>.! l‘Xt.0,pid,..' I’m,derm, I Rlilzen pons, *11,0 to 5-1,001.; registered, $H,0 to >l„.- ,,,, (j|. ,|((j o|.„Ih . I.A.Mis f ull I US. Nor liern Paelfie' ||v j, lh(, W(1|,v, ,i(r slan ling tho bis|.,»|.H «ml clergy and C0UD XLLL'VT L. Wben they meet with mi obstacle, uwuoi to tin |’„g ,ii | f„r it -o many centuries I'll4 "*ll,e ‘,arb' Churoli fossil* lly Jirohibl- ' "by. ....... i,..f1,ri. .Iiiiiim I, ol H,., l«l nil Chriaiinna frniii following tlio bur- ............... I f."l in'l'i;or Si Anuo-linc In,I b‘'“" ™’"™ ** ....................................... ...... • cliiirclii’M the Christian* *• t asp.lo tho com- hv cLinexT c. noons. ‘Twai the ulglit before Christmas when all through the Iiuiim Not a creature w.ia itirriitg, not rren a mouse: The slocking* were hung by the chimney with rare, In hones that St. Nlcliol.i* noon would be there : The i lni.lrcn were nenlled all rung in lliilr bed*. While visions of siigur-plums ,lamed in their Iliads; And in imiiiii in her kerchief, mid I in my cap, Had jiol rented our braiiia for a long winter's Win n out on llic lawn there rose mil, a duller, I sprang from my I ed to sec w Int tea* the matter: Away to the window 1 Ibw liken Hash, Tore o|ieti the shutters amt threw up the sash. The moon, on the I,least of the new-fallen snow, (lave a lustre of mid-day Io objects below; Whin, what Io my wondering eye* should appear, Hut a miniature uleii'h, mi I eight tiny reindeer, Wiilj a little old driver, so lively ami quick, under tlm influence of the great Pugnn fe«,ivnlH of tlm; same season, and the En­ glish Christinas festival becnino a medley of both Clirirtain and Pagan rites. Solemn services of worship represent id the Imly ■lay ns originally, instituted and observed ; while tho festivities of the limo represent- tin Fathers as an idolatrous and Popish affair, it has set nt uaught their wisdom, and found a home among us—tho " old merry ('hri-tmiis” that hi}* been in the earth no long! For its religious signifienueu we reverently thunk tlm early Church that instituted it; uud, if the Pagans gnve to it smim social and festive nnd nierry-tnak- ml tlii'so Pugnn elements, from hot h tile,, , , , , )|( More rapid thm, eagle. I„» e.mmis they e„„e, J S(1|||!) I(1|(, |))i; ()f E(| ,)y ,|R,! tng elnirneterisliei, so that the holy day is icily. II I. ,»1H» ere li,•«*. I«»l. I * .-"j,.....V.S" ' '..... ! 'li„i. „f rtM. ill. ,l„y !,,•■' "j"1>« ['«• ■1-,"““-'|nrlic, jaundice, e«»llv, iiijk. j ,r" ■ "r1 "Now, Pusher! now, Punier! now, I'rmieei came the freest mid rudest sort of li'di lay | l'"'-ind Io he ns glad nnd jolly and hi I. * w hirinus as is consistent with mortal life, A HOMO FOIl TIIB IVBW YB.lll*S KVR frluea, iitlcclidiH of llic blml drr, enmp dmiiili ry, affe,- i —--------- 'lions nf the kidneys, fever nervousness, rliills, diseases of the skin. Impnrby of the blond, melancholy, or depri s ien of spirit, ( heartburn, rollr, or pains in the Imwels, pub, io i I""ex-I,.mm' for the t’ompi the bend, fever mid ague, dropo, bolls, pnii, in j ’ binds, nt llmirlont ,i i.i,|(|,| j,,.< Tbi? h ii '•'* ' female nf-1 *llf» I" •ciicoll, iniu,..t Icoiiog |.m | n,,r inns ..f the Middle Ages, nml of s mi •what j,,,en l"1 ,l""'n ’‘nl"° J’agnus also. Inter ages also, have disappeared ; iind our | ' ll< ‘I'aDhful, loo, that, liotwith-j back mid limbs, asthma, eryslp. I >«, female factions, and billons discuses generally. Prspured only by J, II. ZHILIN A (’ll,, Drugalfls, Mik oii, (!a. Send for a f’lrrul.tr. I'rice $1: by mall $1.23 For sale I,i CHARLES TATMAN, .hi. Dee. 24—ly. Middletown, ltd. GEO. W. INGRAM & CO. Brokers & Real Estate Agents, UIIHAI) MTItKET Altov# 91 AIK, Middletown, Delaware, TTEND PROMPTLY To TUB fol.l.l.’i’. TION OF MOTES, DRAFTS, BILLS, A tr, &r. XEtMTIATK LOANS, ITRCHASK A SELL STOCKS ON ,‘;i’!'!'.-<|oN, And utter fur ■ • Valuable Real Estate, rant’. sixiiim; ri Ttv i-in-. i*.»..n uf lnii’l* me leipiiiid to • e dr'.iited In i,ir pur- ell.,-e mid iiim,,billon nf the Kir-l Murluige Itomlii nt ibe C inip.my. Tin l iinl ennt of tbe infill i v 'i'd-tiliv mi !b ii mre<. Tliis imii'en-e j dlikllli: I,Hid wii, ,!i e.'.nn l llic | i im'i- I pill ill ibe I m..p ,i,t. ’ ! t'lldl'd debt beli.re it t ilt- I due. Willi I In ir iiii'p’e • ' •■,!»v mid bi :b I'.ilent 'ill’eri-l, llieii i» lilt im > n ,:i. m m i|,r I p uple, iildi Ii I- im i', im ti'.i1 !e m' • i'' A.'.l'o// I.YG7.Y/; l : Till' siiri'C- nt the m W lnsii wll! i-miipel tbe e uly -uri'i. be it I'uiie.l <1 ih ■ ii |>un'i:‘.i M.'ti, Imldei-ii, I'iie-Tweu- I lie. ere now im !i iii.in- iL' inlm N iiibcrn I' • , i i:ie Sec, icTliii iii". ih'ii r .i iziii.- n Ini'ul-i it," • j-nft, in. I pi, tly imii '.’iig tluir y n'y in- ' > me. uriii.ii sii Ttiirus ' slie k« mid . I'lnl- v i" iei • i ’ i ' i u:: ., , ri i- it, i b ,11 e n-'i Im I ' •. I vii le i il'ed .Old . .' • 5 I /,'• / li, i /71.S ,;m i rioiii’hl 3 per it ail. V, Comprising some nt tin' '.’1 •' ■!• the I'elllll '.'.1. Corres|Hindeiiee b, m ,i| i* irni- on it,.. ill ? i r bum! I, II., Il, W! I ; il|i, ri,i.Oil ii. !•: I dm d i ii pi li mi'!' r-i a I la ,|| I 1,1 i’ll' I' , .N 'ribtrii I’a- II I ' II II. Il' I li-Tlin I,, > »e||l e mm ill i^elil i'l.i ' | I|' r.'.ll I I- I,' • iigcnei, iii tfuiii tin Il- i n. I,'.'oil ill ‘ ||.o,l"l| I "t.'.le, Aiill.lp,-i A E! I',i«o l'.i"ilb Refer by perm:»-:oii gentlemen: lion. R.C. Holbbn. Ils, Md. W. R. Ihrplinls. Men,pld Rnilroiid, X. Y. R. Atkinson. Itmikir. II Ih- I ►!. X. Y lion. Rlehnn! S-bill, ff, W.,11 •• Col. Illmilun ion,1.111. Lull!*,iiic. Kr. Oeo. Heir, A'lj. (iemnil, Hdilhinie, Mil (Jeo. W. Knrsiier, “ " 1 J. W. Vttt.di'grlll, Seyferl, Mi Mniiiis A Co Oen. Robert I'ultersnn, R. F. Chatham, mareli 17—tf Mi Pono,tji. Philadelphia, »t I'bil.i Na!. Ibuik. Highly Important D ♦BcovGrv 1 D N„ 0,; „r 1 n‘ ,t '.I'.e nil ? Pi - .'tin JnllN Mcl.EAl! A SUN, a I I'. . . I ,\.' >1,- fur lb1 .iwarv, , ? M.n,.,i an ' i, Wiliii.iu'"ii. 1, - N, (ortli. ago. Loii font in Biitnin, or St Aueii-iine hid 1 And tbii, in n twinkling I be„rd on tbe ion,, preached tin' lio-p.-l to the Kciili.-h men, fl'i. „ iiig m, I puwing nt e.,i li iiulc hoof. the Di nt’!-held lln ir annual festival in A. I di. w in „iv be.d m.d wus turning nr,mud. ,|t(1(|i|. t|f 'J’|,c ■I. Nichubti, inmi' whli a i I iown the eliitiiiiey beiind. ' lie w is drcssml all in fur from til'll, And his e’litlii'S were all laridited with n-'im I nml sonI: \ l.iia Re o' Im - le liad lluug on bi< li.,1 k, bi nd Io 111. i’L. I,y the priests, wittt |,,j!!i to gather the h lllpl;-‘,|l|{‘',rnli',l|< •nT"l ii:’-!'toe |: wy then distrihated : anii,tig the pi'pic, win alii?:,'i houghs of it l i the , utilise's of their dwelling*, a* a pr"j,iti iti'U, of the U' iti• >. during lim win- And lie bh'ki d like ii pediur j"«t "if’ ililig III. p i, 1.: |,.f i|||(| ^|| ,ws Till II::.I,'. Irnw they iwinkl'd 1 bi- ililliplu bow y;)|(K. ,u4l n( J.,,,: tl;|„..li(, IIP 1 lice'n were li'.ero>e., bi« nu 'i'd I ' 1 ;||, In b . le 1:1 • 1, i' a wli -I', , Ac.'! .in 1 llpy .il, llcw. like lb.' down ul .. iliif'lf Itni I Ir-.,1 1 .-Jit, "Mn.:n i':i' XI.1 kiln fdii'i, ire be drme nil! 1 •Ui. 1 - it! a ' ( IIVI I'iU.M.Mi < IIIt 1.1 f.’IAH FKHTIV VI.. CAHIUAMES, in i,i.i. n .1 is c. ex,m,as. CAIililACbS, /iOf7kt ?r,l YS. It. SIMMS, of WilmInch 11, pel. fins ilhnn-j rrnl it plant, ibe cs.-ei„i.i| tin, i.nc „! u Lb |, I in romhiiialion willi niliir rare inxrcdiein*. ■ known only In llic iliiioierir, will pn,|i|i(|i I cituwe the Imir lu grow thick ami tieantiful 111,"n iI has fallen off nml become ilun. In a p,,„i ij u!nirSe;i f I ?, 1,• I-• 1 iv. many ohm where fever has ,I ibe I,,- 1 c ,l! 1 ‘ 11 tl, elltl'll'i II ul t’l ' I’uiitail* ill .Setf Euglilt. l iii,' e linin',' t'l it- u’l-i't'VilIlc' '. *1, that We m iy I, ;i' "ii:ii'lv li 'p" that a* mi ilislnii! ’ day all I’liri.-li iii eliui'elii's will be unilul in e, I, I,rating the biilli nf Him in whom they have life an I unity. Vi'!ii!' i, i- c I'lain ih it tin’exact dale"! nur I,"t I * biilli e.ititi i I"' del"i'iiiiiiei|, it I* 1 i'« it:iiu that th' event "I hi- hirlli Wn* e, L I,rated un rum • 1I1) Irmn a c ry tally p ii"d Tin re me litiees nf it in llie *1 fund an I ibird e. tilitiie*. Chry'"'-- Inin *a\ -: " Thi, day wa,*nf gn at amii|>ii Iy and nf limg-cuiiliiuriiiee, king latin u- mil reii"Wlied i i the Church linm the be­ ginning, far mil wide." The Wv.itciu chiirelii*. fi'im the lirxl, seem In l.ave uh. served the 'J.illi if Ib'ceiuher: mid late in 'It' fmiilli i" nliiry the h rlivul 'ta* lived I In that date by the lii-linp nf |{nme, xine i- ortr as is generally offenil liir sale, Imt h, in •clIon on the scalp nml runts nf tin* hair, llic natnmlcoloricciii*to come wish ibe renewed growth. It cures disease of .'lie In a,I, it is ele­ gantly perfumed, mid is niplcmlhlhairdressing. A fitlf trial will roiivittcc any one of ii* great Qualities. Sold Wholesale nml lletail at FOt'HTII A KINti STS. Wilmington, Pel. For Mie l,y O. II. HARR, Middletow n, Pel. and by deniers in medicines generally, sept 2—3m* BOWERS’ Complete Manure, OF EVERY STYLE AND FINISH, CARRIAGES To Suit Everybody, at ,1. M. cox it BltO.'S im, ‘.bi VIII,'-Jog. '.Ill I ill,' v,:-l th ■ thereon iu the e.lplll'i I'.!.- "hi | I.'V, wer" great eve,,!- iii in,l\ English dm*. Tlr !■: i.d w i- eaicfnlly ,• 1- reed, with which Io light the n xt Phri-liii:,.* lire; :n-I it wn* he­ li ve I that thi- I't'iii I ha I it ma jew t ’ll • ,'e., !j;|,v w’., .ill! I.v ,. | , •• At mi i,light, on l'h',-1- Hit . ,i,:i "f ali < 'ii.'i-ii in p 'it- lieied to fill mi :’i ir kn ■ io ■ veil 1* tlm n\ tl did j.) the Ih'th!' !h :ii B • -utig :i’ ,1:1! •ir htV",; hr 11 II 1,0 th it h I ; the , ,v 1- of evil : th ir at"- 1 !' 1 •<' nt il.i- ho. !,, |.l'i,!.'i I ill .*« r'.i'il I':"!" lie pin vei'f I adnraii :i iiinicgi't' ' I I: ir in F. V ' Il V I' II’!.'!k I ■ l\ - '■ nil. I.ga ill!!'! M •n I m :i '.1.: !i ,;;i : II in! ' 1- , in II111. •- - ibt' ever U !, ! !' "'i: ' .11 I -:i\ b. "iei ib I ii:b i- i,'in 1 ;•:> i' a • I I !l l.igh- bin,'! t'l v.,1... ,i■ hi.i'l Tl Ami be II. I’ll i ln-.lie nil,' ■■ -:.i. tilling-. •• Mm-.:, in. tl," I'ietillC Alia ■I", p 1, >i.i'i",i*. and mighty lint Walter S '"It, m bi- p 1 "in -h ?i- ii- 1 Iii d.t r side el •in", tt.n niii:' l.iisiili 1 < ! 1 t'.i! m, 1-1 ru'ia’ii lu?. p. A l In i-:i t'- ;:iiu:!.. nit m 117 llic penl 111.,11 S llv.tr I M ali'l dio- v. A I.I. ACL A (I Alt). DR H 0. REGISTER, i BM’HT. Mu. GO7 WiilnutStr ft. ary All such tilings. Ip' said. Iii longe to In alln liish poiup and Dugan fcslivnls ll„vy then emne Christmas to ho (Ito mer­ ry mol j"lly 'lay „f manifolil gmid-cheer mid infinite hilarity that it litis been for ages, mid still in groat measure is. the world over? It i* a significant fuel that many of the most popular festive ohservnti ci's of Chri-inia*. especially in the (lid World, me i f heathen urigill Willi n remarkable iiiiiformity, many wiilejj-sepa- rat-d nations eel,>1,rated their most joyous f nival* it lit vviutir-Bo|*iieeseii|,n The Unman Saturnalia occurred nt this season, anil the festival of Saturn was ohnrneter- iiiil by endless lioMitt and tuorrv-making Slaves enjoveun temporary freedom. Bus­ in,os ttud work were suspended. Houses wort, decked with evergreen Games, amusements, and fensling abounded. Sim­ ilar fcaiivela, with similar rejoicings, wero observed at the same season among (bo .V,/ /bo,' Although you lol,1 tue when I invited you to my wedding that 1 d oM Puritan father*, who W:” voung to marry, mid not capnbk'i 1 * ‘ 1 "life - lor :':i- r r..:,'l o] l Puritan lulliers, who ; .’"“"g •» mmi,. u„u uut vii|moiv ■ ■. ......... I "Gt in l!,i ;, pri judieo ngaiiiM ' "f choosing a mate fur lifa properly ; und, J11!l1® Ii:- f.-.-’i.:,l ui'.v we ii.u le li' vo lli.it, if "‘ill* «»uo C'lii-ideratii'ii, I know that you ( W till III. an a : angry with 0 th,, I .tr r iln •wn s: mu !. Ii d i fur lal'er-d ,v th ir hippy xeats liU! I'VC! i ;i ■>! l! ? lo.lii ii. wav’, tli 'V di, win'; :,! mir glad cl ? Sav'i iur nf ill nre !• will. t’F iy ■ ii ill'1 p''111.' "f cur enuiiii v more ;::i I 1,. ,)'e " ii i.i'Iv, In irli1.,', and jnyiiii*- lv. nil eiieli Mieec.-.'-ivi' anniversary, uh- -I'l'vn i-'id c'li'brulc till- am i nt and *ncred I-!!'. til ii' I, I,"ih ii: llivir > in.'tn.iri * )ir -i If*. .......... I. . .'.1,1 alt il,.'. .! .. ! ,l:r ■ 1' ■ : 'I '1,1, (>:i I'bl. -III,.1 win and hi- lie-t a'.' i'm nil 1 •!:li -’1ring. 11 :'•> in ih-ii, 11 -h.i!l i-iftg ■mi 1 n ib -I'.i'l >’11 1'.1.. mi 1 I'.n i.i il ng A firun'r lately die,! i;i ;,i t j'1,1 aid Iii have atlaiu'd hl* linnlri lielh year. 1’ ■•in tthe li.iie el util lie wa* in llie 1 i.j nii'til i f iln f licallll. IL' wa* six feel uin, im li I- (Iti ! ul. , . , , , ALt ABOVT SAllUINBS. may now le d that I was wi*cr than you — thmght lu M'li'i'ting dear Orlando', I- There nro few delicaciea so well knpwq have gai iel .tni '*t:,:i'?ctii,nateand atten- i1?11 *".1'.'Kl,|y Mteomod ns tho sardine, live tin-band, and one who hai neither a I he delicious flavor of the fish when tho fault in r a vice. Heaven.-: What utav *>" fir,t npeneJ, and tho sweetness of. a girl -uir ." who finds lierx df united to a < “'""P supposing a good brand ) ili-ij.it- I per* 'ti, neglectful nf her. ami Prillt ,,le'r c,i#nns upou the memory. It di.-puH'll to .‘eel; the xOeiety of unwnrtliv wil1 be U'-'WS, howover, Io per.-on*, Who diihli, rinolo, ami do : many to he told that auj thing good iu this nr'..*. Iitnl thing-: Thank II..,'.1 n, «l,il m®1®’}: Url.’itidi, :• "•:!' ti ,n. ' nf'rtunately, it was the same last yeat;. T"-'l.tvi‘ iig:.t"e:)i!, liitlul'iv. ami1 Gien ll,e dexirving demon of war took we I,.,v I. n 1.1 ir. id a year. V,'e kep :1W:I.'' fi’heriii n from the villages, and I,",! " now. and I van mak nrellv good aii'1"1 10 ‘•m warc0' that , • I I * I ’................ a - . 1 4* - »l - - - ..I I t-- pie, niilv ih - i;»’ I.t vnbl wiil Ih? daiiip However, i li.iiili that luibt be the oven 0 suit,', .?i,(, I hl ,wa* trying to hi-* me, right be-! ",l ,ln’ ’|m»iit.V. The consequence is more were 1; mtru.li d for thau could bo deiki'ied. Thi* year it is worse. Fctli I I'UHIt USUI HJIS.’I, MV HIV V»v»l •••*- thi''.' 1 put p ppeiiui.it into th? pudding1 li*'1 uf ►’*?» have boot) caught, ( ex'- -mi"-iii'i> : i i f I. ninn fl ivoi ing; hut llieii <'<’pt some very largo ) least of all tlioso that the Freinh manufactures arc ngaitj Ui,.i‘:,i. to carry nut their contracts. Ti.,' !i-hery, say* the b uidon (tfnrtr, is in the back garden. Wo sowed a gnat'I•’«>! «» tliahV set I, but Iiardlv expected so many • ,"'r'1,11 a,onF ll"' •w“»‘ of Fr®nw- , lant* Among the most numerous is one 'l’*° of '•'/ s,""uns are at Duuor- variety with a very larg" leaf, that scratch-!nl,,‘ I unearncau. , - ,„. '•* ling?,.- an'd don't smell very nice 1 of fi° oul s0’nc few mtlc| I f "t’ ill" giil. who didn't like either of us iug into tii" kitchen at all lb'.i■ r.* are coming up beautifully 'I'!, iu li.'i ,'ht. an I s' t vi d a- I >dy-g'|:ird tin- dll' I Ti'di-I iei; tin' I! vat Hi* M'tl, who live* I tl hi- lalln r’s pi"p rlv. i* "II,? him- Ir. I m: I nitie y. at.-u| | 11? lakes I?ng walk- '-very day, cm; 1 ,,d wkh 1,! sp laid, *,and i* an exerlb'iit companion. The in ph w nf the u|d mail i* employed nu the I’k'-'t iT'its'iau railway ; ih nigh lie i- .*ev- , lit) two year* of age. lie is aid.' punelti- ally to p itorm hi- duti' *, which imdul? ih- la'"ui",i* night serviic. He I,a* iw.'iiiy-niii’ • diil'b' ii, si.'ileeti b?)*r.nd liv? girl- I ,!!’. I a 1.1: o; 1' nun ' 1 i I,'ll,' • ! ' ii'e t' "iimi.—ioi it,1- a-ei,: lined .Mr.:’, I I’l,t: V IU ,-' C11W ■file the Chicago IS Oil till* ’Jillt nil. it iat Mr- O b-arv’* mw i'.e II W l* tile . .ill* ■ nf tile great til lll.lt ’..lly had tin mole r, maltT than wli.it was allm 1 wnmii r what it i.-'f Orlando frighten* ft'"l spread out lln ir nets, by the side of Iy talking about weeds; but seed :,l-1 which some eml r„c is thrown U aUiw| ways coni'* tip I in t t|iev ■, I the fish. The nds arc weighted on one I,™,,™...'.? I « l»,k 1,i«, rnJ »u.l liavi-rwl;.i« tlwoihw ... 1,alt "I'd lhe? » vertical pnntim— Ml ,11 ll... -■irl> ..... . V UH,I "5 lli' J ,'« "T b""S I1’!-'1 ''I“’c 10 if ,l„.v ,In,I" h».l,»',d lik. mine Ill"" ,,l». «" ".'"'S 10 „C’“P?, “■? | b„ ......... trial - -l,»,i,„.„l"k» I,in,! ''“P1’1 «■*■-»»»—Wnnw«l* W I"*, .......... .......... .1 bnyer *'"1 »' «,l«. ", ,i„„ , , arry on' ll,e r.«r onlil l«„ "I, 'I""""’1.'"' " »«<**•• ,,1-1,1. lift. „ and ,.rir„ l,r I,., examined »,a«nl.rlmrr ranng In bn, inrli. Tko, .11 ir ,1. . .... I are so d bv theth-usnud. lhecurerctu« wttm *ses until half-past twelve, ami comes . , ........ ,f„ ,lv . xlnklrJ. Ami ll,e n„- 1 l'W‘ l"pe »/ ’»''»"•• »•<• ««• „ ...... k a f?w oysters for the -"l'i il erowd, an I being short of milk, lie " went lor" Mr. O'Leary's cow.an 1 while engag'd in suri'cptitioii-ly nl luiniiig the lad,ail fluid frmn the A., , ,-he hreniue in­ dignant at the di.-liou, st praeiices mid kicked over the lamp lienee llie great oes iu:1 , , ,,„i„klr ll,r linim- nilh rrlngna wnlrr hr-,"«“P, «J """' hr dar, ■ I. I« il „„ .pain. r1"” .?"'• *"»»• “« | |,;,|, Irn ihlrh iphl ll,« nlhrr riphl; I'.•'"I b‘" ""I'I /« «"»• «■•. Inalful. (I,!,mb, had mid inn lhal lur"!’l, 'he 111.I ihclnW,!•«pu, l„„|„,„ I,I,ink hr raid il ... ......... . ™>"''dh'd ™ Ihn llm. Mr and all, wmild ,Irinin him I.... . « h,rh am nflrnrnrJl |.l»rcd I.-ondeil M. . ........ .. ..... .. n bonk, nnd did prnrrnll.r rnntnmmg ono hundred .... .... unl',1 ..nr ,,'rlnrk. After lhal I "»’• >»* w« ™JJ «P"rt' a lilil. anxinua. I ronfr... and ranph. j, •' *« “»l ” g™ g >. a ml,I in „,)■ hrnd .....|,inp .................... fcf J*l nind ni blind. ; for. drnr annl. "I»''" J ........... »„•«»'» J" Ihe «>h he- f'-liviiy, the angel* return?.! into II, av-, ,"ll|l:-'g:'at:„n ( j|()| u(|j!) (|jr||j j |i(ijir(j; Couie: and, if properly prepared, age hnl 111 ( l>n|, driving up the sired and saw it slop' proves them ns it dues good wiuo, But Ai one lime it iva* eu-i, .nary in Eng- "M hat do you come here for'.'" sai l Miss at our door; then 1 thought I should faint, j 'hey arc too salt at first, ago tlooi not land, on Christina* Day, especially at tiie Nippers, "I eaine In re to borrow match- for I was sure that some dreadful accident b®Uv^ *hem—they always remain tough, aliern "Mi service, to sing ear'd* iu llie , e-," he meekly replied •• Mulches I ' had happened Io < Irian,Io. churches, iu-ti'iid ol the usual psalms mid I hai'.* u likely story. Why don’t you 1 ran down Io open the door, nnd Mr. hymn*; mil at llie el.'*? of service llie , make a maleh'! I know what yon come Smith, a friend nf Orlando, who is not, 1 eleih ill a 1 u I mice wi*l,ed all the eon- fur,'' -aid the exasperated old virgin, us confess, very much to my tasto g; 'iti"ii " M- try Chrisliiia.*" mid u ' sl|,'baekid !!.'• bachelor into a corner, (ted-faeed, noisy maii- was jqst support iug " Happy N, w Year." 1 •• Y„ii eome to hug a,?.I Li..* ute niiiHkt to. my iL«r boy up the steps. Many of these carols are exceeding ,l-. -ith ! But you shan’t without you’re j "Oh, what has happened ?" cried I. sweet mid beautiful, mol when sung by the strong,.*t, mid the Lord knows you j "Don't be frightened, Mrs. White,” the flesh voices of children eoon.' In the are!'' Iienrt like echoes front the angel*' song i , Tho sixes of tins are known as half atp| quarter tins. There are two half tins, one weighing eighteen ounces and tho other sixteen ounces gross. The quartet tin usually weighs about seven ounces, but there js n larger quarter tin sometiiuea imported. Whojo tips, find oven larger ones still, arc used io brauoe, but seldom seen boro. As is well knowu, (ho sordino trade U and 11an i>’|p',rtant branch of industry, very largo qnautitiea being consumed il Fnuwq nnd tiio exportation to England and Amer­ ica is truly wonderful. -RUl'h A VT -aid Mr. “with. ' Nothing at nil, only While is n little exhausted. Application tiling Beside* w riting the u„,-i stately of all odes ’ A little bit of a thing, who had just re- 1,1 husiiiefjj will exLaust a tnnt|, nnd I itiees, on the Nativity. John Milt.... the I'uri- |„,,„.d from a parly, wan asked by her thought 1 wou, I'”.? l.n k,. , c.i'.k-' tai, llm, allm,,’-. ill III,. 12,1, Ihml; ..... |„.r |,o« .b» ha,l e»i„yeJ lirlK-lf. "II "A!1 ,r,'8'l ,»J,.,I I ,,f •• l',ra,li.c l«l." lo Iho lir,l I'hriilmai i |- ,|IP Kli.|, •• („|| „( ">~1«' “ ivala I carol; '.... . ,hni I could','l lu- oo hanulor .ill- -V"*-!'• .”’ ” earul: “Hi* plan* nl birth a snlenii, angil tell, To simple slie|il„ ,1* keeping wal.l, by night; They gladly thither haste, ami bv a quire (tl sigindrunetl angels heard tils enrol sang. In li, rm,my. Cliri-tu,:,* Evo is the du ti s festival. Then the Christmas-tree lad, n with gill* and glittering with ed tapers, is unveiled. It is, ns one little ehild ha< expressed it, "Jimis' Liitlnlay paiii/1'" And in our own country the eve pities*, that I couldn't be jio happier with out't was bigger." Homebody wrote to Horace Greeley, And, dourest aunt, ho was so much so that he spoke quito thick, and oould'nt stand up without tottering. Mr. Smith s kind enough to help him up stairs, I he laid upou the bod po prostrated that I II <1 t Iwns li,n” ,'nou8u ,Q ,,0,P u,,n “P ’I’’,”' I ob served un’l j Homebody wrote lo Horace Greeley, I ^4 ,je ,ajj Up()U ,|ie bod f,i prostrated that I rc»'cu W ■ ■ I rays the Lowell Courier, inquiring the ( tl((j ,lt ))C wng pojng t0 die. Then 1 i hot method of preserving farm tools. ;he |nclllvc,vd the French brandy you gave ;'u r pl,il pi,er advised tbe best loaf sugar,' 5 of ricknCtt. I ran to got it, °r “irr f’ ’’tf1’ ‘' Lund f„r pound, and boil ono hour. I " „ I »»“»•1 ’ lull,, 1 1 1 . ....... Young Clem Foote was holding some „f Christinas is very gvnerally devoted to P'^vhes in a store, recently, when a Indy the ehil'lrvii. und 011 Christmas morning their stockings hulgu and overflow with tin* tokens nf good old Santa Claus' mys terious visitations. In tho time of ilia Commonwealth Par­ liament threatened lo suppress and abolish this festival. But it survived all opposi­ tion nnd legislation. Tho Yule-log blaxod each year in hundreds of halls; (ho uittlo- ' asked if they Were Morris Whites. "No, nmm," snid Clem, with booming polito- tiess, " they nro mine.” Tho latest extract from " What I know about Farming s’’—Catch your butterflies lato in August. Select llio deep yellow ones If you would get good, sweet, inlea bio butter. Zfl! IM out. “Have n little brandy and water dear?” I said. Tho very thing. Smith ii oxhagstod, too. Givo some to Smith," laid be. And so I reproached myself far not bar. iug thought of it beforo Mr. Smith was lass to Orlando, think t laved bo waf! UUIK7, P4IIA* V piite fettering In his speech, “tho room U going ardbnd ao felt that I can’t,catch yooroye. And, ho* What bird is that which jjt is abtoltttclj necessary that wo should l»avo at our din* nor table, and yot qood gerer be eookeq ‘ orficnedup? A swallow- lrshman who was asked hit place lied, “ I was barn in Kill- in Kilimauy, and I'm going to Killnioro. To Remove Grain Si Velvet—Plioe a nd hot iron mmi part; it will toko them ont diraoUj, lubioiliog if Mntoly MOM. ‘ —■.-"-T—'• J i K Tbiqniokoitvlgfeeil But I 8®’e * 8} and, undor Providence, I think 1 iav< Ms life, for oh I how bad “Belle,” laid he gono