THE STORY-TELLER.

MUTINY ABOAED- The captain going below shortly after wards, came quickly on deck again, and with consternation plainly visible in every feature, whispered to me— “ The revolver is gone—they have stolen it. We shall have more trouble to night. What are we to do now ?” “You are right,” I replied, “we have not done with these rascals yet ; and it seems that they have the power in their own hands now, that mustn’t be. Quick ! get me pens, ink, and paper. ” These were soon brought, and I wrote the following letter : Ship , off the Sow and Pigs Eeef. Send the Pinnance immediately, with a dozen marines, with their arms and ball cartridge. Let the boat’s crew have their side-arms, revolvers, and ammunition ; send mine as well. There is mutiny on board—expect an outbreak every moment. We must take them by surprise, therefore see the oars well muffled. The boat is to approach the ship’s stern, keeping her three roasts in one, so as to be as much out of sight as possible. The officer of the boat is to enforce strict silence on nearing the vessel. Lose no time in carrying out these instructions. Having signed this, and addressed it to “ The Commanding Officer H.M.S. Her ald,” the next consideration was as to the means of sending it; there was the difficulty. Our only chance was a passing boat. We watched anxiously for some time and at length we heard a very merry pleasure party, singing as they pulled back after a day’s sea-fishing. To my shout of “Boat, ahoy !” nothing but the echoing rocks and hills answered. Just as we were losing hope, and the boat was passing away, I gave a louder hail, and I knew that I was heard, for they stopped singing, and the monotonous splash of their oars ceased. Then there came a lazy “ Hul-10-ah !” across the water.

“ Give me a passage on shore,” I sung out at the top of my voice. They seemed for some time to debate whether they should or not, but presently a hail of ‘ ‘All right” was returned, and they pulled in the direction of the ship. As they came alongside I stepped over the gangway into the boat, and was glad to find that the boatman was well known to me’as a.man I could trust. I slipped the letter into his hands, and told him in a whisper to take it with all haste, as there was a mutiny on board, and that that %vas all I wanted.

By this time the crew were leaning over the bulwarks watching us, as well a 3 they could in the uncertain starlight. The old boatman saw at once the posi tion of affairs, and with consumate address said in a bullying tone, “ Oh, it’s you, is it ? I knows you ! I don’t have no navy gentlemen in my boat though ; so I guess you can go back aboard, just as quick as you like ! I won’t give ’ee a passage ashore, so I tell ’ee, Mr. Quarterdeck Jack !”

This was received by the men with roars of laughter, and I pretended to re monstrate with the clever old salt, who only continued, ‘ ‘ There, don’t I tell ’ee it’s no use a-argyfying, for I won’t take ’ee ashore. Mutiny aboard, says you ? why you men-o’-war folks calls everything mutiny, you does , and if there is mutiny aboard, why you’d better stop and see it out. Come now, just get out o’ my boat, for l£won’t take ’ee ashore—my colonial oath I won’t.” Again the crew of the merchantman shouted with delight, and greeted me with derisive laughter as, with apparent reluc tance, I returned, to all appearances baffled. Thinking that those laugh best who laugh the longest, I rejoined my friend on the poop. The ruse hadsuceeded admirably; none of the men for a moment divined my real object in calling the boat alongside, nor suspected that I had so well achieved my purpose. So far the best had been done, but no assistance could reach us under two hours at the least. It was an anxious time. The men were gathered together about the forecastle talking with a savage earnest ness ; they showed no disposition to turn in peacefully, but on the other hand seemed to be only consulting as to their next course of action. Thus a long tedious hour passed away. To keep them quiet for another hour the captain, by my advice, threw them a sop in the shape of some bottles of rum, which they received with ironical cheers. This was a desperate expedient, for although it had the effect of making them for the time more contented, there was no doubt but that in the end the spirit would only make them more potvaliant and mutinous. However, Ave trusted that before then the finance Avould have come to our assistance.

[to be continued.]

The Bight Color. —Jones said it isn’t the color of the hair that troubles him in choosing a helpmate. The color of her money interests him vastly more.

“ What is Nobler than a man wresting his bread from the stubborn soil by the sweat of his brow V asks a philosopher. We don’t recall anything nobler at this moment, but we know what is a great deal more popular—hiring some other fellow to do it, while you sit on the fence and superintend him.

Awful Swindlers.— A market man was mercilessly swindled in the town of B- . His misfortune gave him a very unfavourable opinion of the residents, and he expressed his opinion of them by say ing that if the angel Gabriel stopped at B- there would be no resurrection. Why ? ” asked a listener. “Because the people would swindle him out of his horn before he had time to blow a single toot.”

He’d a Critic at Home. —At an auction sale of miscellaneous goods the auctioneer put up a wolf-skin dressing gown, and invited bids, An old man inspected it cjosely, seemed to think that there was a bargain in it, but .yet he hesitated to bid. ‘ ‘ Don’t you want that ? asked the auction eer. “Yes, kinder,” was the reply. “Then why don’t you bid and take it?” “ Well, I’ve bought heaps o’ things in dry goods and so on,” slowly rejoined the old man, “ and I never yet took home anything that the old woman tlieught was worth the price. If I got that ’e; e robe for a song, she’d grab it up, pull at one end, chaw at the other, and call out 1 Cheated again, mor’en half cotton. ’ That’s the reason I darn’t bid.”

Imitation of the Human Voice.

A very curious piece of mechanism is being exhibited at Paris by its maker, M. Faber, who has produced a speaking machine which imitates the human voice It consists of three parts—the wind producing part, the part which con verts the wind into sound, and the part which articulates. The first is simply a belloAVS, the second is an ivory tube imi tating the larynx, and causing, by Agna tions in length, differences of tone. The articulating system has two parts—one for the vowels, the other for consonants. The former are made by the passage of air through openings of different shapes made in diaphragms placed successively in the current of air by the action of levers made by the fingers. A special cavity, destined to produce nasal sounds, can be put in communication with the former at pleasure, by means of a par ticular lever. The consonants are pro duced by pieces, the action of which is analogous to that of the lips, teeth, and tongue. The rolling of the It is caused by a Avheel. All these imitation organs ai’e put in motion by fourteen keys A'ery ingeniously disposed to produce the necessary sounds Avith varying intensity of action and change of sequence of the parts destined to produce a syllable. Fourteen keys suffice to this end, for by variations of touch the intended sound can be made Aveak or strong at pleasure. As might be expected, the utterance of the machine is very monotonous, and some sounds are much less like nature than others; but most of the Avords spoken are easily understood. They can not, however, be compared Avitli the in flexions of the human voice ; and even if the imitation of the latter, Avhich machin ists have been hammering at for a century past, could be made ever so perfect, it is difficult to see Avhat would be the use of such an imitation.

Singular Discovery.

Early one morning recently a lad en gaged in repairing the drain of the house No. 23, Via dells Stelletta, Home, found a little shiny piece of metal, and put it in his pocket, Avaiting for the chance of showing it to some connoisseur. In the mean\\ r hile, a good deal of the dirt from the drain Avas carted aAvay in the direction of Porta Angelica. The lad had his piece examined by a goldsmith opposite, and he Avas just receiving twenty francs for it, Avhen the head mason and oAvner of the house, who had heard somelioiv of the affrir, came to stop the bargain at the right moment. Search Avas made imme diately on the spot, and 142 gold coins Avere found scattered between the drain and the Avails of the house. Policemen were sent after the carts ; they overtook them just outside Porta Angelica, examined the contents, and found forty-tivo more coins, to the great amazement of the drivers, Avho had no idea they Avere removing gold from such an unexpected mine. The treasure num bers consequently 184 gold coins, of the largest size, perfectly fresh, as if they had just been taken from the mint. The period to which they belong goes from 1450 to 1550 ; the earliest are of Pius 11., the others are of Innocent VIII., Alex ander VI., Julius 11., Leo X. Hadrian VI., Clement VII., and Paul 111. Nearly one-third belongs to Clement VII., a feAV coins to the Viscuuntis Milan and the Wladislaivs of Hungary. I am sure some Avere engraved by artists Avorthy to vie with Dontello or Benvenuto; they are of exquisite beauty. The next day Mon signer Casali, the owner, Avas offered 36,800 francs for the group. Of course he refused. The treasure Avas not concealed carefully in one single spot; the pieces lay scattered in more than 1,000 cubic feet of dirt.

The Grain Yield of Waitaki. —We a few days ago (says the “ Oamaru Mail”) published an official statement showing that 2,181,512 bushels of grain would be produced in this county this season. The total is made up of 765,168 of wheat, 1,233,388 of oats, and 182,956 of barley. To transport the whole of this by rail to a market would require four trains per day of 10 trucks each for a period of 226 days. But as it is likely that the bulk of the oat crop will be stacked in anticipation of an improved market, the amount of grain to be transported to market will only be about half that of the total yield. Even this will give the railway department as much work as it will be able to get through with present appliances. A Brave Mother. —The “ Braid wood Dispatch ” states that one day recently Mrs. George Williams, of Nimbi Eimble, near Corang, left her child, about seven months old, sitting on the floor of the house while she went outside. She was only ab sent for a few minutes ; when she re turned a sight met her eyes which threw her into a state of the utmost consterna tion. Her little girl -was sitting on the spot where she had left her, and round her waist was coiled a large brown snake, the child playing with its tail. The mother thought that she saw the reptile biting the child’s breast; she thereupon pro cured an iron hook, which she fixed in the child’s dress, and lifted her outside the house, the snake meanwhile uncoiling it self. The mother, snatching her up, in her arms, ran up the creek to the spot where some men were at work digging. They immediately examined the child, but could see no marks. The snake was ulti mately killed. The Wool Export to England. —The following figures, given by the “Wool Trade Review,” show the importation of colonial wools (Australian and Cape) into the English ports during the years named: —1834, 16,279 bales ; 1844, 70,90 S ; 1854, 183,881 ; 1864, 371,486 ; 1865, 432,551 ; 1866, 455,812 ; 1867, 541,059 ; 1868, 633,134 ; 1869, 633,959; 1870, 673,314; 1871, 693,201 ; 1872, 661,601 ; 1873, 706,871 ; 1874, 816,189 ; 1875, 873,383 ; 1876, 938,292; 1877, 964,300 ; 1878, 951,550; 1879, 978,420. The importa tion fop 1870 is brought up to Decem ber 17, and shows an increase upon the year just closed of 26,870 bales. So far as prospects are concerned, we have reason to believe that business is tetter already, and that it will now gradually improve. Wools are still at a reasonable figure, sufficiently so, we think, should trade spring up as anticiqated to be remunerative both to the grower and to the manufacturer. Neither do we look for the present to a great alteration in the prices for wool. We look forward for a good supply from all our colonies, as they have not been so much troubled with ' drought this year.

The Changes op Time.—The “Boston Courier ” discovered that Avhen tAvo young men meet they address each other as “ old man, ” and that AA'hen two old felloAvs meet they say “my boy.”

Divorce in France. —M. Alexandre Dumas’s book on divorce is to be published immediately, so as to anticipate the discus sion of the subject in the French Chamber of Deputies. Adopting the form of a re pty to an Abbe, he endeaAmrs to prove by examples that the church, Avhile rejecting the principle of divorce, has admitted it in practice by recognising in numerous, cases the nullity of marriage. Try and See. They had their usual evening quarrel as they sat by the hearth. On one side lay quietly a blinking dog, and on the other a purring cat, and the old Avoman pleaded with her groAvling husband : “ Yust you look at dot gat and tog, tey nefer guarrels und fights like us.” “Yoh,” said the old groAvler, “ I knows dot, but yoh yust tie tern togeder once, und den you see wot.”

THE ASHBURTON HERALD.

[Wednesday, April v



Edmiston, G-undry & Co. TUENIP SEEDS. SALE by the undersigned— Green Top Yellow Aberdeen Purple ~ „ Devonshire Grey Stone Mammoth Purple Top White Stone Stubble Grass and Clover Seeds. White Clover Red ~ Timothy Alsike Lucerne Gorse Italian Rye Cocksfoot Perennial Trefoil &Ci j Ac. , Ac. Building Material. 100,000 FEET OF ASSORTED TIMBER White & Black Pine Black Birch T. and G. Flooring Y.D.L. T. and G. Lining Totara Kauri, Ac., Ac. COALS AND FIREWOOD IN ANY QUANTITY. EDMISTON, GUNDRY, & CO., East Street. Agents for the SOUTH BRITISH FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY. Capital £1,000,000. Risks taken on all kinds of Property, Growing Crops, Grain in Stack, Thresh ing Machines. EDMISTON, GUNDRY, & CO., East Street. FARMS FOR SALE in blocks of 60 to 100 acres. Price from £2 16s. per acre. EDMISTON, GUNDRY, & CO. 106 c East Street.



Business Notices. m ■SJ'-y wmmm M. NEALAS, BOOT AND SHOEMAKER, AND IMPORTER, S CLEARING OUT the whole of his Present Stock at REDUCED PRICES, next to Taylor’s Bakery, where lie has opened with a Large Stock of Boots of every description. Note the address — M . NEALAS, EAST STREET. ASHBURTON. 219 C NEWS AND MAGAZINE AGENCY. STATIONERY AND FANCY GOODS DEPOT. RE-OPENING. HM. JONES begs to inform his . customers and the public generally that he has re-opened part of the premises lately occupied by A. Weston and K. Sando and Co. for the sale of Newspapers, Maga&inse, Stationery, Fancy goods, Toys, &c. English and Colonial papers, Periodicals, &c., by each mail. Licensed to sell Stamps. Lowest prices—Terms cash. Agent for “ Ashburton Guardian,” “ Ashburton Herald,’, “Ashburton Mail,” “Lyttelton Times,” “Canterbury Times,” Daily “Press,” “ Weekly Press,” “Otago Witness,” “ Australasian,” “ Town and County Journal.” Subscribers to “ Canterbury Times” and “ Weekly Press” can obtain their copies at the above Establishment. *l2lc



H. Matson & Co. Km if. TATTERSALL’S. TOMORROW (Thursday), APRIL 8. LARGE AND IMPORTANT SALE OF COUNTRY HORSES. Account G. H. Moore, Esq. A draft of 6} A Mixed Horses, from the Glen mark Station. Account D. H. Potts, Esq. 3-year old Unbroken Colts /V V/ and Fillies, by the celebrated horse Dick. They are well grown, and calculated for hack or carriage purposes. Account W. G. Hall, Esq. Heavy 3-year-old Draught Colts and Fillies, by Campsie, Baronet, and Wellington, a really first-class lot. Account Mr. John O’Neil. IQ Mostly Unbroken, 2 and 3-year /V old Colts and Fillies, by Mar mion, Blueboy, Barbarian, and Young Peer. Also a few first class Draught Colts. Account Mr. James Fisher. "1 Q 3,4, 5, and 6-year-old Draught, _L Cab, and Spring-Cart Horses, all quiet and good workers. Account Mi’. R. Dawber. C* Broken and Unbroken Draught 0 and Light Harness Horses, all young and sound. Account Mr. John Kerr, Tarndale. heavy 2-year-old draught Colts and Fillies by the imported horse Glancer Pair of unbroken Carriage Horses, and two of the best Cross-country Horses in New Zealand. Account Messrs. Morton and Lupton. tf A well-grown Mixed Horses, just OU landed from Wanganui. This lot has been carefully bred and selected by Mr. Martin for the Canterbury markets, and include about an equal num ber of broken and unbroken horses. They comprise heavy, medium, and light draught, carriage, hack, and buggy horses, weight-carrying cobs, ponies, &c.; mostly 3 years, and all sound. 40 Account other owners, head of Mixed Horses. The above sale presents an exceptional opportunity to buyers of securing really first-class stock. Fully two-thirds of the entry are young, sound, heavy horses, sent to hand direct by the breeders, and are for absolute sale.



Terms Liberal. Luncheon provided. Sale at 11 a. m. THURSDAY NEXT, APRIL 8. Ho Reserve. H. MATSON & 00. 6950 Auctioneers. Business Notices. SATURDAY, MARCH 13. ~ OPENING NEW STORE, East Street, Near Bullock, & Co’s. JAMES CLA R K Begs to inform the Public of Ashbur ton and Surrounding Districts that he is commencing business as GENERAL STOREKEEPER, FRUIT ERER, BAKER, &c., And trusts by supplying good quality articles at moderate prices, to share public support. Note the Address— JAMES CLARK, PROSPECT BUILDINGS, East Street, Near Bullock & Co’s., Ashburton. 163 c



LABOR MARKET. 1 EiLSTRY OFFICE FOR MASTERS AND SERVANTS, AT THE ‘ EVENING HERALD ” OFFICE Farmers requiring hands can engage men through the “Evening Herald ” Registry for 1/- each, prepaid. LABORERS REQUIRING SITUA TIONS can engage through the “ Herald ” Registry Office by paying 1/-. SERVANTS REQUIRING SITUA TIONS can get them by applying at the “Herald” Registry Office, and paying !/-• ENGAGEMENTS will be POSTED UP every day at 12 noon and 4 p.m., by numbers given to the applicants, who will learn the address on enquiring. SPECIAL or URGENT WANTS will be inserted in the “ Evening Herald ” in the registry column on payment of Six pence additional iu advance, for each issue. Further Particulars on application at the “EVENING HERALD” REGISTRY OFFICE. SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, EAST ST., ASHBURTON. J^^OTICE —The “ Ashburton Herald’, is a Gazette for all notices under the Debtors and Creditors Arts



Business Notices.



Guns! Guns! Guns! POWDER, SHOT. GAPS.



ORR AND CO JJ-AYE now on hand a very fine assortment of BREECHLOADING DOUBLE AND SINGLE-BARREL GUNS, And as these have been imported direct from the manufacturers, we are prepared to Sell at the most Reasonable Prices— From £2 10s. to £25. ORR AND CO



Auctioneers. R. JOHN LLOYD CRAWLEY. Auctioneer, Stock, Land, and Commission Agent. M 3 Farms, Town and Suburban Sections, for Sale and to Let. J. LLOYD CRAWLEY, AUCTIONEER, Offices, Saunders Buildings, Ashburton. 737 a Business Notices. BREAD!BREAD! Co-operative Bread and Biscuit Factory. Triangle, Wakanui Road, Ashburton. A. THIELE, BEGS to inform the public that he is now in a position to SUPPLY BEST BREAD, 6d. per 41b. loaf, unsur passed. Delivered daily to all parts of the Borough, also, Confectionery, &c. Mixed Biscuits reduced from Is. to Bd. per lb. Wedding Cakes made to Order. 986a-5700 TO FARMERS, LIVERY STABLE KEEPERS, SPORTING MEN, AND OTHERS OWNING HORSES. GEORGE KIDD, Moore Street, BEGS to announce the fact that the PRICE for SHOEING hacks and light draught HORSES is now REDUCED to 7s. per set, and that all horses of this description will be specially attended to by himself. Horses liable to cut are shod on a prin ciple of George Kidd’s own invention, which has proved an effectual cure for brushing. All kinds of blacksmith’s work, and repairs to agricultural machinery of any description done on the shortest notice. GEORGE KIDD, 75c-526g Moore street, Ashburton,. PUBLIC NOTICE. BOOTS! BOOTS! T. CHAMBERS WHILE THANKING the public of Ashburton and surrour ding dis tricts for past favors, begs to infi rn them that he has received, and to arrive, at his place of business, East-street, a WELL-ASSORTED STOCK OF LADIES’, GENTLEMEN’S, AND CHIL DREN’S BOOTS AND SHOES Of all descriptions. T. C. also calls special attentii i to the Measure Department, and incites the gentlemen of Ashburton to inspect the superior class of Sewn Boots and Shoes he is now making. Riding Boots, Shooting Boots, Walking Boots and Shoes, Cricketing Boots and Shoes, and Running Shoes. WORKMANSHIP UNSURPASSED. - A PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED T. CHAMBERS, PROSPECT BUILDINGS, Next to Montgomery’s, East-street.



MEDICINE. ASTRINGENT, a certain cure for Diarrhoea in Children or Adults, Is. 6d. and 2s. 6d a Bottle. CAMBRIDGE’S BLACK CUR RANT COUGH ELIXIR, Is. 6d. and 2s 6d. a Bottle. CAMBRIDGE’S ORANGE QUIN INE TONIC WINE, 2s. 6d. and 4s. 6d. a Bottle. CAMBRIDGE’S EXTRACT OF BARK, CURES SORE, TENDER, and CRACKED NIPPLES. CAMBRIDGE’S ESSENCE of RENNET, 3 Drops will turn a pint of milk into delicious sweet curds, Is. and 2s. Cd. a Bottle. J. M. CAMBRIDGE, Chemist, MEDICAL HALL. N.B.—Teeth carefully Extracted. 2s. 6d. REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF BREAD. EDWARD TAYLOR has reduced the Price of his best Bread to sn. Cash at shop, and if delivered by cart, skh EDWARD TAYLOR, Saunders’ Buildings, 119 c ASHBURTON. Ball programme cards in very neat styles, with Pencils and Ribbons, printed at the Herald Office, East street, near Railway Station. LABOURERS requiring work, can secure first opening by applying early at Herald Registry Office, on pay ment of Is. WANTED KNOWN—That Visiting Cards, plain or mourning, can be obtained printed in various styles, at the “Herald” and “Guardian” offices, near the Rai ■ nr ay Station CHINIQUY’S LECTURES.—Just Ar rived, New Edition H. M. Jones, aring Square.



Business Notices. TIN WALD BOOT AND SHOE SHOP~ BOOTS! BOOTS!! . THE Undersigned begs to draw tlie at tention of the public to his well as sorted stock of .Ladies’, Gents’, and Chil dren’s Boots, which he has just received, and will dispose of CHEAP. Motto— “ Small profits and quick returns.” All kinds of Boots made and repaired on the the shortest possible notice. 382 g C. HAWKINS, Bootmaker. M . McCAL LU M , AND JEWELLER Every description of Jewellery made to order and repaired. Electro-plating and Gilding. Hair plaits and Devices done. Watches and Clocks accurately Repaired. Diamonds and every description of Stones substantially Set. Clocks from 7s. 6d. each. Do., with alarm, los. CASHEL STREET, Next Bank of Australasia, Christ church. 221 c ~ ANSTEE’S DINING ROOMS, TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON. THE Proprietor begs to inform visitors to Ashburton, and the travelling public generally, that the best accommo dation for Boarders in Ashburton is to be had at the above establishment. A LIBERAL TABLE & MODERATE CHARGES. MEALS AT ALL HOURS ... Is. BEDS Is. BOARD & LODGING ... 18s. & 20s. PRIVATE REFRESHMENT ROOMS FOR LADIES. PROPRIETOR, J. G. ANSTEE. 985 a PAPERHANGING WAREHOUSE, TANCRED STREET, Ashburton. J. R. CHAPMAN PAINTER, PAPERHANGER SIGN-WRITER, Etc., Has much pleasure in stating that, owing to the large increase of Business, he is now Importing from the Manufacturers— PAPER HANGINGS, WHITE LEAD LINSEED OIL, WINDOW GLASS, BRUSHWARE, And all the necessaries of the Trade, and is therefore in a position to compete with any house in Canterbury for price and quality. Every description of work in the trade executed under personal superin. tendence. Competent workmen sent io all parts of the country. .



ESTIMATES GIYEN. 251 c T. Bullock. THE undersigned has the following PROPERTIES to LET with a pur chasing clause, or FOR SALE on liberal terms of payment— pCf) ACRES good WHEAT LAND, a ]] ploughed and ready for cross ploughing for wheat ; situated about three miles from the township. on ACRES, near the above ; also good « WHEAT LAND, ploughed once and ready for cross-ploughing. pe A ACRES, partly improved, near Wins low. This will be sold very cheap, and on very liberal terms. TOWN PROPERTIES. T7ALUABLE BUSINESS SITE in Bur * nett Street, being T. S. 177, next the “ Mail” office. PART of T.S. 139, Peter Street. This will be sold cheap, and on liberal terms. TO Railway Employes, Mechanics, and Others. —FOR SALE, cheap, Lot 78, situated on East Town Belt. Terms, £5 cash ; balance by monthly or quarterly payments. T. BULLOCK, FOR SALE, Cheap, Dwelling-house of 7 rooms, situated on the East Belt, near the Parsonage—For particulars apply to T. Bullock. 206 c ASHBURTON COPPER, ZINC, IRON. & TIN PLATE MANUFACTORY. JOSEPH HYDE (Late Foreman at the Malvern Works England, and the Canterbury Works, Christchurch, New Zealand) BEGS to thank his friends of Ashbur ton and surrounding districts for the liberal support accorded him during the past two years, and to intimate that he has opened NEW BUSINESS PRE MISES in Moore street (next Mr. Neate’s chemist shop) where he is prepared to execute every description of Plain and Japanned Tinware, Lamps, Gas Reflec tors, Chimney Tops, Portable. Washing Boilers, Baths, Cheese Yats, etc. LOCKSMITH, BELLHANGER, GAS FIT TER. Artesian Wells, Beer Engines, Pumps, &c. Steam Kettles, Hot Closets, made - on the premises. Estimates given for Spouting. All work done under J. H.’s personal Superintendence, and guaranteed. J. HYDE, Moore Street Ashburton. f D" RAWING PAPER, all sizes, just opened at WEEKS AND DIXON, East street,