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way eligible, and accords with my views 

 exactly. 



As a matter of course, Messrs. Sibthorp 

 desire testimonials as to my capacity and 

 ity, and as you are in a position to 

 speak positively on these points, I have 

 written to ask you whether I may so far 

 trespass on your kindness as to mention 

 your name by way of reference. 



Should you kindly grant this request, 

 I need scarcely assure you that my endea- 

 vour will be to prove both to Messrs. Sib- 

 thorp and yourself that you have not been 

 mistaken in your opinion of me, while I 

 sh;ill ever feel grateful for this further in- 

 of the interest evinced by you in 

 the welfare of 



Your truly obliged, 



WALTER MOTT. 

 I.. 



Mr. GEORGE LEWIS, M.P. 

 Ottawa. 



Clerk. 



29 GROVE ST. , QUEBEC. 

 November 16, 1883. 



MR. ISAAC WATERS. 



SIR, I see by this day's Chronicle that 

 you are in want of a competent clerk, and 

 I respectfully beg to apply for the posi- 

 Owing to the financial difficulties 

 of my late employers, Messrs. Kendrick 

 rts, with whom I was clerk for eight 

 years, I am out of employment. I can 

 refer to either of these gentlemen for a 

 '>nial as to my industry, good con- 

 duct and ability. I may add that I am a 

 total abstainer. 



i favourable reply, 

 I am, 



KrSprctflllly, 



Jons ( 'or. i. INS. 

 Cook. 



, NKW YOKK. 

 March 18, Ih 



A'u.I.I \M H.u 



U>AM, H.i Yin- H<M'll ynr 

 for :i pl:iin Took in tins 

 day's I ivspectfully apply for the 



place. 



I can cook plain joints and do all man- 

 ' plain rooking, as my nnxriit nn- 



uiet Boa well, is will. 

 As Mrs. Bos well is going to Eu- 



rope on the 1st of April, I will be out of 

 place on that day. A line to Mrs. Bos- 

 well will satisfy all inquiries in regard to 

 my character and capacity. 



Respectfully, 



JANE MATTHI: 



Governess. 



BEVERLEY ST., TORONTO, 



July 27, '83. 

 MRS. E. F. JARVIS. 



MADAM, In reply to your advertise- 

 ment in to-day's Mail for a Governess to 

 teach three little girls French, German 

 and English, I hasten to inform you that 

 I am graduate of Pickering College ; that 

 I have resided one year in Paris and five 

 months in Vienna, sojourning in both 

 capitals for the purpose of completing my 

 knowledge of French and German. 



I have been Governess in the family of 

 Mr. George F. Witmore, but owing to the 

 death of my dear little pupil, their only 

 daughter, Ada, I have been thrown out of 

 employment. In addition to my College 

 and Academy testimonials, I beg to refer 

 to Mrs. Witmore, Holly Park, Montreal, 

 and to the Rev. Mr. Brooks, St. Mat- 

 thew's Church. 



Hoping to be favoured by your selec- 

 tion, 



I am, madam, 



Yours respectfully, 

 MIRIAM J. PACKARD. 



A few Lines Accompanying a Gift. 



A WEDDING GIFT. 

 200BLOOR ST., YOI:K\ : 



June 18, 1883. 



Nelly Shuter sends her best love, ami 

 best wishes, to Susie Lorimer, and a little 

 bracelet as a souvenir of an event th;it 

 Nelly trusts will ever prove as happy and 

 auspicious as she wishes it to be. 



Christening Gift. 



Hi vni H"i 

 June IS, 



papa sends little Mamie a coral. to 

 enable her to cut her teeth, luit not tin- 

 ;if|ii;iiiitance of 



JOSKI i I'll \MBBB8. 



