RECENTLY, when temperance was being discussed in the Legislature, Mr. Ford, of Queens, referred to a member of one of the families of the province, recently buried as a pauper by means of his being addicted to strong drink, and called it a temperance lecture in a nutshell. Mr. Pugh, the member for Halifax, rose and said that he was a liquor seller, and he considered his business just as legitimate and respectable as a carriage builder's. This struck Mr. Ford, who is a carriage builder, and so he replied briefly, as follows: "I build carriages, and when I turn out a fine wagon, I feel proud of it, and point to it moving along the street and say: 'That is my work.' I would ask the honorable member for Halifax if he is proud of his work, as he sees it reeling along the street?" To this there was no response. —Alliance Journal, Halifax.