The Tralee Chronicle and Killarney Echo from Tralee, Kerry, Ireland • Page 4

II THE l'EALEE CliKUiMCLK, FRIDAY EVEN LNG, DE0EMBER 24 1875. BRITANNIA TO '75 AND '76. FAIRS OF fiBCKHSIB bare mercy upon ourselves, take upon our families. Save our honor, which we value more than life. Itistruewe have been without pity (nan me.

xsisiruewe diitb wwi wuhvu, pm; of tenderness into his manner, and glanced slyly towards ten pmk offasiou deiicate as the last tints of even, spoke volumes tothe observing nairstor.Tiis eye lightened and volumes tome ooservinguarrawr, raa oottiu to pay all me pressiu was no use. sorrs stiver even a 1 himXan lura give me tliank't to the mnther.au to toll 7him that iv ever he cam near this village, to call on Pettier CHRISTMAS CAT. 1 liollvcieave, O'Doruey 2 Beaufort 15 Keamsre. MiOtowit Seorlmcrtti. lo niieem 6I)romonirk 20 Ballyduff, B.ll,krforL II Inrbcrt Beenmore, BleoneryUU 13 Kilgobinet Lack e.

ii, Tnilee 28 Killarney fi uswwb, mas, December January February March 8th 22nd th 19th) 2nd 16th; 15th 29th! 13tb 27lb: 1st April May (May Fair) LIST Or TUB SHEIat FAtM. February 1st March 17th April 13th -A May 20th one 29th August 6th September 24th October IRti. November 18th December lsib Those held on days marked have piir fairs on tw previous day. i Fortnightly fairs are bcld in Listowel every alterast Wednesday. A pig fair is held on the dsv Drevtoaa la the cattle fair.

i 17" 4 The Dingle fairs are held on the lust Satnrdav of avers month. 5 Breakfast. Efps'b Cocoa. Grateful and Cosa roRTiNS. By a thorough knowledgeof tbe natural la vaj wnicn govern tne opeiations 01 digestion and untrisnal and by a careful application of tbeajlnepropertres of veils selected cocoa, Mr.

Epps has provided breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which Inay save as many heavy doctors' bills, it is? broths judicious use of such articles of diet that eoosiitoa tion mar be tmnlual'r t' on satil stroatr emneb ta resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of sur maladies are noating around ns ready to attack Kfera ever there is a weak point. We may escape mats a batal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with Eona blood and a properly nourished frame," Civil Smut Gazette. Hollo wat's Pills. The sudden changes, frrtnast fogs, and pervading, dampness sorely impede the thai functions and conduce to ill health.

The remedy or these disasters lies in some pmifying medicine, fk these Pills, which is Competent to grapple with the ait. chief at its source, aud stamp it out without irritating the nerves or weakening the system. Hollowsr's Kits extract from the blood all noxious matters, regulate tbe action of every disordered organ, estimate the Hvtrsnd moneys, snd relax tne bowels. In coring chest era plaints these Pills are remarkably effective, esptciilly wnen oiueii ny rriciion or tne umtm -nt on iu vault. This double treatment will ensure a certain.

steady beneficent progress, and sound health will soon be res established. The Hair. For 40 years Mrs A-iicN's Wou'l Hair Restourr has received the! -mnsiidatiae tnl favour of tbe public, and constilmtsasUp the adorsvsrat ol tent of thousands nf persons who have placed rctaoj in tne preparation ana the assurances of its aervKtmt chsracter. It is an entailing specific to revive. and restore the Original and Natural Colour nf flrvy.

White, or Fadi-d Hair. It strengthens and iavigantes tbe Hair, stops its falling and indaees a healthy snd luxuriant growth. Ao other preparation; eta the same beneficial result. Sold by all Chemists sad fer-l turners only in large bottles, 6s. Depot, MS, liflj uoiuorn.

Monet to Lend. Mr Baer lendt rash privtbli from to on tne narrower nois 01 feed, alone, or on deeds, lenses, life policies, farm stock, altn, Ac. Interest' 5 per cent. lie-payments can be arratgeul to suit the borrower convenience. Ho life inssrucf no office fees, and no delay.

No sureties aeessaryt.lt terett addedtfo advance. Apply personally er by letter, Note Address Henry Boer, 19, London-bridge 1 tiou-approacu ijonuon. Dr. Warner's Lotion is conftilentlv recommskleC as a certain enre ror sore ana snceraten irgs. also remove tbe effects of bites and stinm of iasrul and will be fonnd the best remedy for chilblains.

-braises and sprains it is invaluable. Also, Dr a i kek's Ete Water, fnr weakness of sight and iniunl 1 Ballon of the eyes. Hither of tbe shove of any ebeaisj Throat Irritation. The throat and wiodfipiirf especially liable to inflammation, causing sxarenesiistil drrneas. ticklinsr and irritation, inddring comb tU t'l laniinn Ik Vfiiiv.

It'op 1 1 1 nra iritintiinii nse Blreertasin -5" the form of jujnhea. Glycerine, ia these agrectblreosl fections, being ii. proximity to the elands st tbe men they are ciciU by tbe act of locking, beeasi actively healing. 6d and la boxes (by post 8srl-- Go. Year, and into Time's abyss Your wretched carcass qni-kly fling; Around yon Lethe's waters hiss.

And angry storms yonr requiem sing. Come, Year of Grace that Is to be. For deeds of daring nerve thy frame, From Tory bondage set me free, Aud lift the shadow from my name. My Navy lies beneath the foam. Ml Army's rife with discontent, -My Church is Aiug fast to Uomc, My City's still on swindling bent.

The dying year my realm has curst With dire mishap on sea and land Come, stranger, do yonr best or worst. My future's in yonr baby band. Fun Christmas Almanac. BALBRIGOAN NEW LIFEBOAT Trb National Lifeboat Institution has inat formed a Lifeboat Establishment at Balbriggnn, the whole expense of the same having been met by Mrs. Langworthy, of Manchester, the boat, in accordance with the desire of that, lady, buiug named the Maid of Annan, Tbe new Lifeboat, which was forwarded to its station a few days since, is 30 feet long, 6fc feet wide, and rows 6 oars single-banked.

It bad its harbonr trial in the Regent's Canal ck, I.imehouse, before leaving for its destination, nn which occasion the usual qualities of stability, self' righting, self-ejecting of water, were fullv and satisfactorily tasted. When the boat was capsized by means of a crane tt immediately righted, and in twenty-fivesecondsit was free of tbe water shipped in that The boat is proridi-d with a transporting and launching carriage, which is nlso admirably ndnhted to its purpose, whilo a substantial and commodious honse has been erected fnr their reception. It should be men- I tioned that the. Institution is mnch indebted to H. A.

Hamilton, aud other gentelinen for their kind cooperation iu the organization of this Lifeboat Establish-snout, as well as in tbe management- of the adjacent (Skerries) Lifeboat Station. It may be added that tbe National Lifeboat lnsitntionhas now 252 Lifeboats under its managment, 32 of which are stationed on the coast of Ireland. FAHM WORK FOR DECEMBER. Thongh the present month is one of comparative rett for the land, it should not be allowed to pass nnprofita ably by the farmer. He eh mid never be idle, and though this is not a season for sowing or reaping, be should regard it as a time for preparation for next year's crop ping.

Much of the bind of the country is still being an operation in performing which we are notoriously late. Laud which is still nnploughrd hat lost all the benefit of the late frosts, and frost is a pulverizer far more efficient than a score of grubbers, if the land be only prepared lor its disintegrating action by a deep Autumn or early Winter ploughing. Lea land intended for oats it in many pbices still nnploughed, and this should not be, for if nnploughed till January the roots of the grasses will not have timo to decoy before the crop is sown in March, there will be insufficient covering for the seed corn, and worse than this, when the harrows go on such ill prepared land they will leave it an irregular mass of tangled lumps and half decayed pieces of grass soda, instead of the smooth, level, -well- pulverised surface upon which the eye of tbe true farmer loves 4o dwell. Ploughing, then, should be vigorously prosecuted wherever the land ia dry enough to admit of it; and if tne system oi working to which we recently referred when speaking of the Winter management of horses, be adopted, a good deal of work can be got throngh even in the present short days. Within doors corn may be thrashed and cleaned, tho finest samples being reserved for seed, and the rest being bruised and given to tbe live stock of tbe farm, a method of dispos ing of it which, nt the present prices, would, we think, be found to pay well.

Nation. AMERICAN ITEMS The Rev. James J. Murphy has been appointed editor of the Montreal True Witness. Paul Morphy, the famous chess player, is in a New Oi leans asylum, hopelessly insane.

-Governor luccrsoll, nf Connecticnt, has appointed El Governor James E. English to be U.S. senator from that btate, to succeed O.S. err-y, deceased. Vice-President Wilson -it the fourth vice-president who has died in office, the others having been George Chinton, whndied in 1812, Elbmlgc Garry in 1814.

and William R. King in 1853. General Sherman, ip bis report to the president opon the condition of the United States' army, says tbat it nnmbers 1,540 officers, and 24,081 enlisted men. The Irish American announces the death of Lewit'J. White, member of the Board of Trustees of the Emigrant Society of New York.

In response -to the invitation of Mr. Charles Read, an influential section of American authors, headed by Wm. Cullen Bryant, have offered themselves as members of the Association to rrotect tne Kimite or Antnurs. Colonel RoheH Des Anges, the silk smuggler, wss sentenced in the United states District Court, in New York, nn the 27th ultimo, to two years' imprisonment and a fine of 10,000 dollars, and remain in prison till the flue be paid. The ship Haze, 559 tons, bound from St.

John's, N.B. to Mr. Patrick Flynn, merchant, Danznrvan, wss abandoned at sea, and the crew landed at New York on the 23rd v. lust. The barque was insured.

Tbe government of Quebec hut introduced in the par liament of that province a bill abolishing the office of Minister of Public Instruction, and placing educational affairs under control of a superiutendent. This officer will be assisted by a Catholic board or education, over which he will preside and in which be will have vote. and a Protestant board, over which ha will also preside. bnt in which he cannot vote. The dmth is announced of Senator Orris S.

Ferry, of Connecticut. He fought tbrongh tha war, being promoted toabrigadicr-gen'emlaliip and shortly after its clow was elected to the. 'Cuiced States Sonata for the six years beginning March 4, 186 7. At the end of hia turm he was re-elected, ilia death will decrease the tt-publienu majority in the Senate, as he will be succeed by a democrat. Convinced the weono way.

Old Elwes, the miser. having listened to a very eloqnent discourse on hanty, remarked: That sermon so strongly proves the eces- sity of alms-giving, tbat I've almost a mind to beg! A man' rnshed excitedly into a lawyer office in To v- anda, last week, and said. A man has tied a hoop to ray horse's tail. Can I do anything jbottt 'Yes, go and ontie it fee 5 There wns a rash man in Toledo Who swallowed one day a torpedo. Ami alien it Went nff -The folks heard him, eongh A mile and a half from Toledo.

Blade, Pointed Dr 11 n-iiker being in conversation with the irl of hia lordship naked him for a definition nf wit. replied the doctor. is what a pension given by yonr lorJship to your humble servant would he, a good thing meU On Thomas Woodcock. Here lies the remains of Thomas MoodAe, The most amiable of husbands 'and excellent of men. B.

His real' name was Woodcoci. bnt it wouldn't come iu ibvine. His Widow. Powel's Rheumatic Emehocation for Klieuui-itic Gout, Neuralgia, Sciatica, kc. Its maivellotis Enjc.icy is attested by It II tbe Duke d'Aumale, the late E.rl of- Clarendon, the Eight Hon Frances Conntess Waldegrnve, the Right Hon the Count ess of Radnor, and many other eminent person's, eopies of whose testimonials accompany each bottle.

JBeiug exclusively tor outward nse, its action is direct and speedy. Immediate relief attends its application, and all unpleasantness and fr. quent datiger of internal remedies are avoided. Sold by all chemists. Price Is lid and 2s 9d.

laboratory, 2GG. High Hoi horn, London. Important Notice. Furniture and Carpets 6C0 pierra Brussels, 2s lid. and 3 41d.

30,000 worth of Furniture, Bedsteads and Bedding at a great reduction. Inspect tbe imuienae stocks and compare prices, rs e-cialli members of the ivil Service and Co-operative So cjeties. All goods warranted 'packed and delivered free Win. Waine, Wholesale. Export, and General Furnishing Warehouseman, 131 to J39 Newinglou Butts, Loudon New.rllnstrated priced list gratia.

BUSTEK'S NEKVINE. which may Jbe hid of ary Chemists, Is lid per packet, gives Instant Relief, forms a Stopping, saves the lootb, prevents lcay. and does not Injure, Be, Esq. Medical Testimonials. From J.

Hoon Snrireon. Bridport. Dorsetshire I consider BUNTEli'S NKKVINE a specific for toothache. Very severe cases nndcr my care have fennd instantaneous and permanent relief." From E. Smith, Esq, Snr- peon, Shimton, ar mreneeeter I have tried Ulin-TKU'S NERVINE in many eases or severe toothache and in every instance permnnent relief has been obtained.

Bryant and beg to direct special attention to their New Oval Pocket Vestu Boxes, with Patent Spring Covers, which are entirely free from all Rough Kdgos andSharp Cornera.and admitted by every one to be too Best and Cheapest Pocket llox ever produced. Retailed everywhere at One Pennyt Patentees and sole muoofHe turers, Bryant and May, London E. his face grew bright with isolation as he continued, Well, howsomedeVer, the syiu Utf.ii net. ther here iter there, e. ouly imebow a body can't help bavin ihim kind or feeliu's at times, ana" sure iv I hndn ni uor tlltt beustes, poor erathnra, wn quietly lookin out for the place the boy tmil.l me ov, hlesaina on my cute eyesi at onre 1 seen id a larae white house with a plot of Sowers grntviii Ka this at la nit tt Mllfl Plirllfc riVlV til A llllfir tf Ml till HI I'll.

like ill toth. 1. not aiuuK i tuat i nua seen, una agiu me wan, Between we wind vs. Hallo, my lad sisl to a customer 1 sees roinin np, to make mes.lt all shore, is the tip top mn WelU my dnrlius, he eyed me for a lung timo afore he gev an answer, and Ihiu be gnuued like a monkey, as he answered 1UU I II B11UID IB nj ywnnnnn uu that f' au thin, still grinniu, off he wint, an up 1 goes tne aoorc uouKn 1 'Keo m. rl in II H-1 1 1 llttff 7 a' S.

i' cept a couple havin tall flowers growin out thim, bud thiukin tlmt umvbe thev shut ud earlv there. 1 uus wid the baodle ov me whip an I gives three loud wacks that id rise tbe dead in a moment, un tti in all ov sudaiut bang opens the doore, an out rnns a floury-beaded fellow wid a dhrees as grand as a prince, and silk stockins and goold What's wantin, snr sis he, quite angry and vexed at bein called out, an 1 was for a time in a qonucary as to what I'd say, for to see sich a Ubressed fellow aa that as servant to au iuu bate Dauagher to. a complete stand stilt What's wantin, snr sis bo agin do yon look for me roasther 'To be shure 1 do, sis 1, quite boold, an gettiu off Black Bess, but taktt poor basle at once to the Well, to be shure. he stared at me thin in earnest, an wondherin all the time at how niurtherin grand I wns doin id (bud it must harebeeu the whisky prompted) slings tbe bridle over the neck, and pnstiin by him, goes into the house. Well the graudur ov everything inaide bangs belief.

There was carpets everywhere, that a body id be ashamed to stand on fur fear ov erushin tbe purty flowers all over thim, an mats to wipe the feet on, as purty little articles as ever wor seen, and uo more fit for that nse nor Miss Putty here is (blessins on 1ier soft eyes an rosy cheeks!) to become the wife ov au onld cripple or bocchoch I As 1 waa atandin inside an me powdhered customor standin outside Idbkin one time at mo au another at the baste, whoo I a side doore that was all gilt and painted opens, an out steps a tnll an graud-lookin gentleman wid white hair an a good-bnmoored face, lie my sow) sis I to meself, here's the masthcr himself, and a main rich man he must be, and thin tnrnin rondd, I bows to him an euiuks, for politeness cost uo moncv, an sis I God save you, snr. sis I. Oh thank sis he, bowing stiffly an not nddin kindly, as one might suppose he would from his looks butdivil a bitov that daunted me, fur' what did I care whid I could pay fur whit I'd ordlier 1 sis 1, you're the landlord ov tbe head inn sis 1. 1 Oh, no tbat is yes I 1 am tbe sis he, hesitatiu" at first, and tbin quite quick, givin a wink at the same time at the servint. fail sis 'an ovyo are, you're the sti (Test onle codger ov a landlord I ever met an there's yonr sarviut, if he ia oue, standin there langhin iustend ov bringin the baste to where she'd git mouthful ov bay, an here you are yourself keepin me in yer hall, an a party ball it is 1 must acknowledge, bud atween our selves I'd rather, iv id plases yon, tee the inside ov the tap-room an the outside ov the in the world like spakin np whoosh 1 the altheration this speech made I Beg a thousand pardons, sis he, bowing to The ground, walk this way, sis he, an he opens another doore, thin turnin to thesarvint, Tom, sis he, bring the gentle man's mare round an see her fed.

Step in, snr, an take a sis he, sceuin mo hesitate an no wondher I shud an I'll get tbe bin ov fare in a An wid that in 1 goes, an he bows an sis be'll be back in no time, an laves me to meself. 'Miss Patty I ov all "the wondherfnl grandeur ever 1 heerd ov tbat room contained. On the fluro was a carpet tbe most beautiful thing in tbe way that could be an long blue silk (rani silk) enrtaius hung to every windy, wid raal goold edges, the chairs wor all blue silk and the sofees the same, no different darlin little boxes on all the tables, bud 1 didn't like to stnr fur fear ov tbe carpet, an didn't like to sit down beTeison ov me breeches (Miss l'utty, 1 beg pardon not bein the natett in the world. Jist aa 1 was thinkin what a pity it id be to dhrink tb or portlier off one ov thim ahinin tables, in steps me bould powdhered sarvin', bowiu an Tapin wid a lung slip or paper iu bis band, and not w.ishiu nn ignotamns like him to se roe bothered, down 1 sits quite uucon cerned, while he begins readin ont a lot ov oot-or-t he-way names of Frinch mates an vittials so I stops hiin once au sis 1 sis I'm an Irishman born an bred an I don't like any ov ye makes vp or yer squashes sis briug me a beef i-teak done sit jijt to show htm 1 knew tbe uiner an a mug ov beer, au fur heaven's sake -lav some tbin on the table a Tore you do so, for it id be a burnin tiu to destroy tho polish. That samo anrveot was an impudent chap, for whin ho left tbe room I hard him asplainaa a pikestaff langhin either at me or some one else, but that didn't disennnart me, What's yer mastber's same sis I whiu be enm in agin allher a while, an began layin out the cloth which was as fine as silk, an the.

knife an fork an conple of candlesticks that iv they wor raal silver wor worth a power ov money. It's lis he Jack sis the roasther himself comin in at the same time wid a white apron afore him an a jng in bis hand thin indeed he looked like what be was- Divil snch beer as was in that juf? ever I tasted afore or sence, xnd tbe stake tbat was brought op thin on lovely dishes beat all for tenderness and. sweetness. Mnsba, sis sceiti the masthir eyein the mate as if he'd like to taste id, but maybe, Misther Foather, you'd tit down nn tnk a bite wid me )ou'd be heartily wclcnm I can tell Wid the greatest pleasure in life, snr, sis he, nn much oblececd to you fur Well, we eat an we chatted, an a good ould talker he was, an we finished one dinner or rather supper, fur worn't there two tall jnidles lightin all the time, an thin in the twii.klin ov an eye, tbe things wor removed. an a conple of glasses laid, an tumblers, but sorra dhrop ov dhrink barrin the hot water, 'Tell Emily to brin in the sis onld Foather to the sarvent, an thin a yoniig lady cum through the doore wid a cut decanthnr iu each haud, an laid thim an the thle afore ns.

I h-id been lookin at the tumbler, an bnd it atilVin me hand, an shs walked so like a I never sten ber till she laid the things on tbe table, an thin I looked np, and smash wint the tumbler on the flure, fur.I droophed id will fair surprise. Och. Patty, asthore nachree ov all the bntyfnl emthura ever I laid an eye on she bauged! herhairwasyallow.and glistened like silk, an cnrled all round her rosy cheeks, while her eyes that smiled at my 'surprize wor as blue as the violet whin the mornin jnws is yet on its- laves. Sbe-was dressed aa grand as any an well she becnm the clothes she wore, fnr she looked like a princess every inch ov her. Och, Mies, sis 1, millia A murder, Miaa, darlin! bnd tbe lurk nv yon drnbv tbe tumbler rleane ont ov ine hand fur ov all the lovely cratbnra ever wor born 0b, no matther no sis onld quite kindly my daughter 'ill forgive the loss when id wns caused be her 'Allow me fur forty slappin me pocket I'll pay fur what's bruk, an no one shall ever say that Pether Brieily evershirked off from tettlin the damage done.

Wid that she smiW-d sweeter nor afore, and curtseying Oh, Patty, iv yon conid have seen her curtsey glided like a butyful sperit from the room. Well, thin, onld Foather an I set to, nn we dhrank an talked, an bilked an dhrank, till he and I both began to be very food friends id was over tbe raal whiaky, too; fur I didn't relish any of thim things he called he sich outsof-the-way names in the way ov wine an sich like, an tould him so, an got the-native an maybe I didn't open his eye wid all I contained. Shorllv'afthi I began fri grow an onld Foather tnk the hVlit an bronchi me no stairs, an evrrv step I wint I seen mine new grandenr or other bit! in the room he called the bed ehambcr bent out. all, and made me tell him that hn mast he as rich as a jew to have everything in sich style tbe curtains ov it wor white as milk, an the bed had enrtaius. too, aiqnally firoe afore I white, an id was so high that I was a long could go to sleep fnr fear ov fnllin out.

bnt at last, wondherin at ever) thin, an g-ttin half afeared.ov all I-1 might have to pay, 1 did sleep, an never woke till broad i 1 got npan wint out, an looked abonl me. an peeped into some of the other houses, hut not a sien ov any any one in id gittin np to look out for the customers a body id suppose the morning might brinr. Well, whin I goes back aeain an had my hrenkfaat. which was nv illigant calls fnr the landlo an the biU, aa he wasn't yet out ov bed, the lazy thief! bnd think ov the vrcntct wondher ov all to cum jet the sarvant cum back wid Jack Fosther's compliments, thut th.ere for you. that will make your generosity shine the brighter if you liberate ns.

For a moment she felt touched by the position of persons whom she bad received as guests, and she was ctispo-jeo. to save them from dishonor, Bnt, casting ber eye upon her own almost uncovered figure, and thaw outraged her modesty, she witndrew, ana icio them pass the night in such comfort as tney mtnri ihv might derive fiom the rouleaux of coveted gold by which they were surrounded. The police were sent for in the morning, and the robbers, liberated from their treasure house, were bunded! over to the police-officers of justice, and confined in pnblio prisons. Their trial took place before the high court of Parliament. The proof was aIm.

tttAw wnra tn.i-nA sentenced to Biliibi nuu i be banged in frot of the door of the tower which had been the scene ol their crime. In order tbat no one in future time should Set foot upon the spot that had been thus polluted, a deep well of peculiar construction was eicavated before the tower, and remains there to the pre Sent day. Their execution caused a terrible sen sation in Fan and the year in which it occurred, 1777, designated our annals as the year of the three gibbets-" A Tale of Denys Sbyne Lawlor (Longmans). JACK FOSTER'S INN. I.

AN IRISH SKETCH. BT DBN1S O'DOKOHOS. Peter Brierly ana. most indubitably a great an ex ceeding great man in his own estimation. His ancestors for ages before him had kept np the respectability of.

the noble honse be sprang from, by being hard fighters, hard drinkers, close dealers, and great rtory tellers and now those accomplishments, one and all, were centered in the somewhat insignificant bnt portly person of Pejer. He cultivated the smnll portion of laud he held wito are was np early and down late, and so by his industry and perseverance, was enabled to bold np his head smougst the wealthier portion of the neighbors, who looked on him as their equal, in consequence of big seeming inde pendence. Kow, Peter had one propensity more violent than any other tho pleasure of hearing himself speak ing. He would talk for an hour together and if he could procure a quiet listener, with a full ihuden and a lighted tnrf to ignite it, he would sit nnder a hedge for the length of day, and neglect everything for the indulgence but this was to be pardoned, as for nothing else in the world wide wonld he suffer his mind to be led away from business. Peter had travelled actually travelled and among the persons round hi in who were never perhaps out of their own county, this fact gave his marvellous relations an air of iuterest tbat perhaps if they were merely local, they would not possess.

Amongst the boys and girls Petei's society was anxionsl) sought; and a merry making fit a wrestling match could not go forward unless be were present. And above all others there was one gentle, dove-eyed village girl, named Patty Healy, that he particularly liked to see present on snch occasions, as she never langhed at, but always credited what he said. Keport said that he wasseen so oftcu at ber father's it would be a and, strange to. say, report in this instance told the truth. Palty loved him for the dangers he had pasaed and he loved her that she' believed them.

Having thus introduced the cbarao ters, we shall now take tho liberty of introducing' yon propria jersona to the cabin of Phil Hcaly, Patty's father. The largest apartment, where the chimhly' was, and the white dresser stood against the wall, bad been well swept over, and as it was September, a bright fire blazed at the upper end, tho light of which gave a bright tint to everything round about, and shed a genial and pleasing warmth all through the Konnd this fire were seated five or six individuals engaged in that aperies of crutheening or gossiping which the lriah peasants of both sexes bike equal delight in, and refreshing themselves by a quiet whiff of the pipe or a glass of 'the both of which were liberally provided. 'The man of the Iioum' sat on the right side, and opposite him was Patty, engaged in knitting, while, with bjscyes now and then resting admiringly on ber bonny cheek, and full, thongh graceful form, Peter Brierly rat within a fow feet of her on the same side. Next him was another female, who was Patty's snnt, and acted, in fact, as mother to hrr, aa hers had died while she was very youug. A couple of young men, and of course, colleens, made np the group, who were apparently as contented and happy as possible, and were chatting agreeably together.

A quiet sceno like this always makes os feel that it is not in worldly, smbitioos pursuits and strnggliugs thai true and unalloyed pleasure is found. Cum, said one of the young men who sat near him, give overyer smokin for a bit sn t'll some ov yer advent hurs. 1 dunna when 1 seen you so long re-mairin silent i Don't yon member Che last 1 tonld answered he, in a reproachful tone, an how yon an a bunch of yes st up a laugh at me, becanse Dan the pedlar said there was no sich thing as a black loch in the connthry, but had fishes livin in id, an other things besides What no, Pether, jewel id wasn't at you we langhed that time at all id was at Ean'a attemptin to doubt' yer word," gravely remarked Patty's father, evi dently tor the purpose of drawing him out. 'An added Peter, haven't 1 already tonld yes more wondberful things than ever' happened to any livin man bud myself, not lavin out the great books that some ov them have written, bnt shnre iv 1 had the edui. rashnn, wasn't there the enriousest thing occurred to me, not seven years ago at Cnllen, that id make the people stare iv they only knew I 'Tell ns that, Pether.

do interrupted one of the colleen, in a tf no of entreaty hut Peter "jfur a raisin he had gave her the bothered car. I Do, Mischnr Brierly, iv yon asked the gentle voice of Patty, and bis eara immediately become open and he laid down his pipe, and aith a gracious smile directed to ker, pulled up his breeches, glauced round with an air of triumph and commenced: It was about this month seven years ago, as well ns I can now recollect, whin I was afther bein iu Dublin all tbe ways, sellin some kattle, an had me bran new shnte ov clothes on me back, an me bag ov goold in me aa stiff as the font lord in the land, nn stiffor. Well been ma me. Miss Patty, bud like all persons whin prnsperiu, 1 didn't know well what to do wid mvself wid pride an all that and so wbin I bought ovld Slack got fairly mounted on a second hand saddle into the bargain, sorra purshue tbe bit, bud like a foolish boy as 1 was, I thought meself as great a man as-any iu Ireland. Id was abont five or six in the eveufo as I was jogging on, not wiahin to tire the poor baste, whin I begin tbinkin ov all 1 una nam ov tne oeanty or uuneu so-so as I was a thin a few miles or so ov id, sis 1 to me-self, bedad, Pether, now's yer time or nivir.

sis there's no nse id bavin a horse iv a man doesn't work him, an so what do ye think Iv yon turn his head round that a-way, au spind a night there it i'll only cost a conple ov siiilltn, an better money might be worse spint. Well, sorra taste ov a lie in id, bnd Black Ben, -as iv she knew tbe words i wns spakin at that rainnit. turned round and faced tbe identical road I wasthinkin ot follyin bud aa iv ta show me she did know my manin, she begins atin some hay off a cart that wns goin the same way. Who! Bess darlin, sis we'll both go together, an so I just gev her the rein and let her go an. Think ov thecuteness ov the dumb crathur, never to lave the back ov the cart at all nn whin it stopped at a theebeen honse on tbe rood she stopped too.

Well, thin, as the boy belongin to id was a civil boy an a well spoken, an had a aim I above uoticin the taste ov hay she eat, I axed him in to take a dhrnp, an he eoorse he didn't nttimpt refusing. 1 tbin began diacoorsin him about the place 1 wnr goin if, an axed him bow I'd be able to aphid the night ehapely, an be tould me that tbe best ina the town had was near the middle ov id, wid a grate sign painted over the doore, an a powor bottles in the windy an says he the louder you eill about, and the more yon scm ns't to id the less you'll be axed, for they'll be afeared ov attiroptin to Impose on jou. Well, after that we. parted, an 1 throtted on oue way au he an another. I dare say the cute baste wasn't over an above pitted at lavin the gravely remarked one of the auditors, on whose face an incredulous smile had began to appear.

Now, Phelim, I wondher yen wouldn't have bftter mann. ra nor to interrupt Jfislhtr Brierlr.l (enid the gentle Patty in a tone of displeasure, 'an he becomin so This bwt remark effectually mollified the anger tbat wasliegiiiiiing to riae up within Peter, and smiling ten-dcrlf on her, he rontinned '1 1 Whin I euthered the beginnin of the tnwn (an aa pnrty an chine a lrx.liin town it is as any in the world an tlwt'S bis- Word). I was mrnrln all in kirn win tk. liatencss ov ika hon.es, an the party litlte gurdensafnrc I thim nn the wnndbinean all that growin into tbe little windjs Oeh, I to meself, qnit in a longin way, bnd Id's jou might be as happy'as the day's long here iv you had a aartin nenon wil van a. Peter, when passing this last remark, had thrown on air urteriy, nn he give cead millia failtha an wbiskv galore.

I mounted, the hnt who lu.lr ted, an rode off on me journey. Miss Patty, only think ov who I found out me to rtu9r blld luck to tuej0uns tuicf VP ilflba Unix no other bud Jack Fostber. Karl of Ferrard AXAlillinssH txa t. w. uw arms oTr ta aoorei tu lur a sign, au his grand honse I tuk fur au iun -did Jou ever hear the like ov that Yis.

1 did' said the same sneering young man whoin Patty had to correct for interruption More, 'fur iv 1 dou't mistake 1 heerd the very identical same thing tonld be Bartle the pedlar, as bappenuin to a travellin Jintleman an now that 1 think ov id, yon, Pether. were Peter hemmed and hawed, and grew red and fidactty, erm round at his usual detection, whenever 1 hA mlatji.l 1 occupied was becoming very uneasy to him when Pattv n'f" Be put an to rights, by smiling, and exclaiming 'Weil. weii Well, well, shure it's in, l.nnnAn who id may, id's a quare adventure, au Pettier has tould it very-well. Peter looked gratefully at her for this extricntiou, and re-lit his pipe with renewed self-confidence. The foregoing sketch is fonnded on a fact which actually did occu', as described, to John Foster, Earl of Ferrard, who bad his arms over the door of hit residence of Cullen, which gave it greatly tho arpearance of an inn.

A similar mistake, is stated by tbe biographers Oliver Guldamith; furnished the 'foundation lur the comedy of She Stoops to IT WAS A DREAM. The following ballad is sung only.by-flle. Tietjcns 1 beard the rippling brooklet sing Among the poplar trees, I beard tbe willows whispering Unto the evening breeze. Again I looked on tbe old, old place Again I saw my darling's face Again we wandered by the sti earn It waa a. dream Agaiu I looked on tbe old, old place.

Again I saw my darling's face-It was a dream Again we wandered by the stream It was a dream, it was a dream 1 I saw the wandering streamlets flow Down to the cold gray sea I sanMhe bendiug willow bow In welcome over me, Ag.iin I listened to breczo and bird Agiiu my darling's voice I head We kissed beneath the moon's soft beam-It was a dream Agaiu 1 listened to breeze and bint Again my darling's voice 1 heard It was a dream I We kissed beneath the moon's soft beam-It was a dream, it was a dream I Probooatiox of tub Jubilee. It is announced that the Holy Father, to provide for the greater spiritoa 1 oeucne oi toe laitniui, lias maua known through the Sacred Penitentiary, that there will be accorded to all those Bishops whe ask a prorogation for the acquirement of the Jubilee of the Holy Year iu their respective dio. ceses. This prorogation is determined until Whit Sunday of the comiug year 1876. The Cardiual Archbishop of Naples has asked' tiris prorogation, and has announced it through tbe press.

Courtship is bliss," said an ardent young man. "Yes, and matrimony is blister," snai led au old ba chelor. We desire to mention to iiay lit tie boys that right in the centra of thejiind hoofs of every live mulo there is a lump of gold, which can be easily dug out with a pen-knife. Impertinent dandy (a May I have the houor to accompany you. miss Coil young ladj Certainly but keep behind in your proper place.

I discharged my last footman for No Vvtsios, "no Pat. An attorney said to an Irish, man, Why do vou not pay me that six andaielitnence. Mr Mulroomy Why, faith, becanse I do not owe you that same," Not owe it to me yea, you do it's for the opinion yon had of me." That's a good nn, indeed," n-joiucd Pat, when 1 never had any'opinion ol joa in my inc. A footman learned from his master mnlapropos meant out ot place. Meetiui; a brother footman who bad beenditcharjted, he exclaimed," Ah my dear fellow, i am torry ror jou you are malapropos A Louis County man tamed a nrairie doa- tbat some- body sen.t him uulil the docile creature would eat off his hand.

At least it eat off about three-quarters of bis thumb jcbcnmjr, uuv uvv or coucussion ot tne Dram Deiore it could liuuh tbe band. A country girl coming from the fields, being told by uer poetic-couxin tliatabe look.il aa fresh aa a "aisy kissed by the dew, said, Well, it wasn't any fellow by that uame, but it was Steve Jones that kised roe. 1 tould him that everyone in town would fiud it out." A wee bit of a boy havimt been sl'chtlv chastised bv his mother, sat very quietly in his chair for some minutes attcrwara, no aouut thinking vory profoundly. At hist bespoke ont thus: "Mnzzer, I wish dad would get anuzzer bousekeepe I've got tired o'seeiu on round." A lady had received the following note accoinpauird by a bouquet of flon-eis Dear I send you hi the boy a bucket ol' flours. They is like, my lira for u.

The uite shade iccnes keep dark. The dog fenel meurn I am your slave. Koais red and posis pale, my love for you shall never A Dipunitbd Family. Lord Erskine, going circuit on one occasion, was asked by the landlord of tho hnuBe where be lodged, bow he had slept. He replied, Union is strength a fact of which some of yonr inmates seem to be unaware, for bad they been nnanimous last night they might have pushed mo ont of be! Fleas ex-elaimetl Coniface, affecting great astonishment; 1 was it aware that I had a single ooo in the house." "I dou't believe jou have" re totted bis guest they are all mar ried, and have uncommonly large families." Tims.

Longtellow writes thus: "Beneath ms flows the Rhine, and, like the stream of time, it flows nmid the ri'ius of the past. I shall see myself therein, and know that 1 am old. He wiso iu Like the stream of thy lite runs the stream beneath ns. Down from the distnut Alps, out into the wide world, it hursta away, like a youth fium the house of his fathers. Broad- I breasted and strons.and with'earnest endeavours, like manhood, it makes itaelf a way through these difficult mountaiu passes.

Ami at length, in old age, it falter', its steps are weary and slow; and it sinks into the sand, and through its grave posies into tbe crrat ocean, which is its eternity. Thus shall it be with thee.1' Floating Men are drowned 'ays tlie-iSaatforiaa, by raising their arms above the'waler. tho nnbunyed weight of which depreases the head. Other animals have neither motion nor ability to act in a similar manner, and therefore, swim naturally. When a man falls into the deep water, he will ine to the surface, and will enntiune there if he does not eU-vate his hands.

If he moves isis bands under water, in any way ha pleases, his head will rise so high as to give binr free liberty to breathe anil if he will nsa Ilia as in the act of walking (rather walking np stairs), his shonlders a ill rise above the water to that he may nse exertion with- bis hands, or ep ply them other purposes. These plain directions are recommended to the recollection of those who haxo not leaim-d to swim iu their youth, ns they may be found bijihly advantngeoua in manv oases. The Infidkl Silenced. Dnring the month of Nor a clergyman and au atheist were in one of the night trains belwren Albany and Utica. The nigbt heina cold, the passengers gathered as closely aa possible around tbe stove.

The'athi'i-t i very loquacious, and was soon engaged in a controversy with the minister. In answer to a nn ttion of the latter at to what would be man's condition alter death, the atheist replied, man ia like a Li(f when he dies, that is the end of him. As the mi. i' niiter was abont to reply, a worthy Irishwoman at the end of the car spran-f up. the natural red of her face glowing more intensely with animation, and the light of the hiinp falling directly npnn.

it, and addressing the clergyman in a voice peculiarly startlinS and humorous from ils im-passioned tone and the richness of its brogue, exclaimed, An-ah, not; all ye not let the baste alone? Has he not aaid he was a pig and the more yepnll his i tail, the louder he'll The effect npon this whs the rlergyinalf aiiologited for bis forgetfulneaa. and the atheist was mute for the remainder of, the journey. American Taper. Tns curate's prater. A ricnr long ill, who treasured np wealth.

hia curate each Snnday to pray for hia health; Which ift having dure, a parishioner said, That theenrate ought rather to wish he wererfeaJ. 1'y me troth." says the curate, let credit be giv. 11, 1 ne'er prnj'd forhit death, but 1 have for bis Tis Ch-itmiu Eve; the midnight sir Blows keen and cold tba tree are bare. But every tinj branch can (bow Its little load of drifted auow; On every roof tbat fronts the (kief A deep, soft fleece, all spotless, lies; And iu the stun' faint frosty light The landscape all looks black and wbite. And hrl, from yonder spire, the bell, Whose notes of gladness sick and i 11 As 'midst the wind-gusts eddying down.

Its muticspreads o'er field and town-See, from its windows, all alight. What radiance streams opon the night, And hark, those chimes 'tis Christmas Morn, Tbe good great Day when Christ wss born From but snd hsll come young and ol Some wrapped and muffled from the cold. Some thinly clad snd chill, bnt sure Christ died for all, the rich and poor. And now oneleeling fills the throng Who, wheeled in cushioned ease along. Or warm from walks o'er bill and pass.

Hare come to join the Midnight Mass. The rite is Mass is said. The preacher's words of lore and dreads Hare touched each heart with tender thought Of all the gracious mercies wrought By Him who sent, from realms on high, His Son, for man to lire and dir. That we, this brief existence o'er, Might lice itb Him for Now each one seeks his homeward way-" The nigbt is gone 'tis Christmas Day A day of smiles and kindly Of glowing hearths snd plenteous boards, I And generoos deeds; for every breast Now answers to God's own bebest, And peace, good-will, and lore bold sway O'er all the world on Christmas Day-. -Irish Christmas Animal.

THE IVORY GATE, I sat In her chair one wintry eve, When the work of the day was done, And I dreamily let my fancy weave A web of the days that were gone. I thought of the time when I saw her first In the rectory down by the sea. And I felt tba soft "light of her spirit bunt In radiance over me, I saw ber soothe with Iir gentle hand The sick man's feverish rest I saw bow the children wonld baste to stand Round the mistress they loved the best. And the gifts which she scatter'd among the poor They vera for more precious than gold Help, Sympathy. Love, were the gems of her store Which she mvisb'd on young and old.

So 'twas wall-nigh a sin to have woo'd ber away From the calm of ber village lifo Bnt I heeded not that on the happy day When I first call'd my darling Wife." Then she follow'd me where 'mid the ceaseless din Of the city, my lite was csst; Where for years I bad striven a borne to win For ber wbo wss mine at last. There I found in her presence a joy untold, There I found to her love no end For gentle to soothe snd strong to uphold, ft it i I out vw cwukijut, niiv, auu iiteuu. I had not a burden she hclp'd not to bear. No wound which she did not salve; I had not a joy which she did not share, nnf. fA lialra And each morning my darling wonld bid ma go To my work with a fond farewell, And wonld welcome me back when the sun was low With a sweetness which none ean tell.

Ind 11 tti tin Inner tit thfl flnrrv and flara Of the Pnrnm my work would be. Still I yenm'd for the hour which wonld speed me where My little one waited for me. But the fle waa hot and my oyea were dim, And 1 dozed as I sit in her chair, Ami i tnouirnt or me lutnre so gannt ana grim That should follow a past so fair. I thought of the time wheti no hope should come To my heart, whence all hope was wrench'd I thought of the gloom which should rest on my home, When the light of my life wasquench'd. I thought of the days when the joyous ring Of her laughter no more shnnld rise, Nor the sound of ber trippling footstep bring Delight to my beart and eyes.

close to When Eh? Two soft lips are press'd own. Soft Sogers are twined in my A-nd a sweet voice savs, in a mockiog tone, What, asleep and in my arm chair 1 Edmund Coubtbnat. iBelgravia Christmas Annual. HOW THE NOBLE ROBBERS WERE" Some year Ia used to remark a well of -very singular' construction at the foot of the tower of the Hotel Cessamajer," said Marguerite. Isn't there some strange story about that There is," was Flavian's reply and he proceeded.

At the close of the lap century the house of Arrin, which ianow inhabited by a cabinetmaker, was the residence of Plonteroeo, who was treasurer of the province. He was very -wealthy, and had married a wife of greatbeauty. They entertained magnificently; invitations to their dinners and balls were eagerly sought by all who had any pretensions to such distinction but in no house was gambling carried to a greater pitch, or more money lost in an afternoon. One night, her husband being from home, 'Madame de Planteroso was suddenly aroused from sleep, ly bearing steps iu ber room, and was horrified to see at her bedside three men, masked and armed. One of them said to her in a disguised voice, Give us the key of the treasure I haven't trot she renlipd.

with much self- possession. We will try, and if we do not find it. 'We will put you to the Upon this, in fear and trembling, she produced the key, which was concealed under her pillow, and gave it to the interrogator. After a short absence be returned, saying that be had been' unable to open the lock, and a she, no doubt, understood the secret of spring, she "should ac- txmpany tbem- There tras no avail in refusal, and she nromised to lock the door nrovided tbev vonld allow ber to dress herself. Bnt they mocked at her inconvenient modesty, and dragging ber from her bed, hurried her along shiver- 2-' -1 1 3 -1 CL.

1 1 .1 lUg WHO- CU1U CfcUU DURUIC OUQ UpCUVU I UO UUUr. heaps of gold glittered on the shelves, and, fas blBUHra IfXbU DUO WJ4 UIl BU III UU1 VUIII, IUO Vk. ik im de Flunteroso had recovered her presence of mind, and, seeing ber advantage, instantly closed rflie or and called out to the intruders that they chonlil have ample time to oonnt their coins. Finding themselves it were, in their own snare, they cried out lustily, nd instead of the brutal manner with wbicfitljey had lately teirified her, they uttered the waost pitiable- supplionrinn for deliveramce. mercy, niauanit-.

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