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MAY, APRIL L 1892.
Vim Zaaat ,Tottrnov,
ether joetrpey, oh my level
Qua more, for us to share;
n across the blooming land .
ether we shall fare.
e happy Jaya come back to me
belt tirst we went away;
two, we only,side by side,
bat blessed wedding day.
me 1 how rapid were the whole;
tow swift the radiant hours;
w dear the aby and tender looks;
w sweet the bridal flowers.
atter year we went Again,
tit never more alone;
th little links of obilcjish life
hat bound ue.to our own,
e alio ;iug hands, the baby words,
he losses. and the gain,
e anxious, faithful mother -heart
at solaced every pain.
ore alone, yet dearer far
hap tenderest solitude;
e gathering of that ;look beloved,
e mother with her brood.
cI now I How silent are the lips;
ow still without their smile;
word of [nine, no thought of thine
bat silence shall beguile,
ae close those serious eyes are shut;
he white lids lift no more,
living look of love or peace,
o glances at the sea or shore.
thou not here ? so near, so far,
by face I cannot soe,
re, and yet hidden 'from ay sight—
b God 1 How can it be ?
r long last journey. She and I
wogether, yet apart;
eward and grnveward; she at rest;
wish my breaking heart 1
E I �O !AL VOLUNTE' .CRS
REVIEW, •
an, _Bailie, I'm pled its a' ower ;
held has been in t>r'perfect buzz for
last fot°tnicht aboot this aeview,
m a volunteer, I may mention tee,
in the kitties No that I'm Heel -
ye Gen, but I like the kilts, it's
la bra.w dress and quite different
'the it1i r corps wi' red coats end
k trousers—some 0' then.[ wi' a
inf; brush stuck in the front o.'
hats, and some wi' a sort o' gime
ticking tip.
ooever, that's neither here nor
e: trim' a corporal, ye see, I talc'
t as .touch pride in the refitment
le Carnet 'unreel', and fist greatly
d up tae But, as I was saying,
lid a hard week's drill, hack and
t. up and loon, shoothering
s, dressier; by the left, etc., etc.,
wis. weary. For tee sake -o' the
exit, !weever, I stuck in although
zonally had nae need to ge
trglet'a' as ['Mau effieient,
1 .pass ower oor march tee the
•ay station, and oor hurl through.
•Bees: at last ut Edinburg and as
ere rarchiug doors the Canongate,
body burralied at .us. hurrah
e kitties 1 Here's the forty see-
! some erred, and when we heard
we held up oor beids an' threw
cor togs like one man. On our
saloon, the Cornet got me beside
air' as we :were marching airing
.ere crackling awe',. and be Says ;
an, M. 'hare if ye werena sae
Mt stout, I wid mak' ye at sergeant
tie, richt ttlt'the reel. I'm. obleeged
e, Gomel, 1 r*l,tiedr but we've n'
its d deticiencies—there's naue o'
srfect there's a great lot o' the
l#owlie, sled that's fully weer thaw
stoat. The Cornet }aughedsand
tttred to ask, whaur area we Oen
, says he, Mr. Kaye, %ve „o the
eviow firer, the tae the breweree
t a refreshment ; ye are aware
ran o' the bresvereea ie to be at
spasal.
al, Cornet, 1 remarked, it*e ter'
better than a ginger beer matte•
r, but it wis an awfu' piety ye
put in for a distillery, Beer is
Denali for Chars or'nar regiments,• e
$ a 1-teelau'' regiment we should t
!''= ttkey, $weaver, 1 Ins* a wee o
t a. hotrt'e in my glengarry, and
hardly sway it'+t at your suttee;
if yrs eouhl come into this
N .wnuld .gie yea bit taste at
'h6 Gomel,. Nein' on ft hors
t dak' advantage rr' any uVar,
Man, Bailie, I wis prood. Dod, I
grippit • my gun by the hir'en, and
marched on like the best o' them, Tha
pipes fairly set my Wahl up ; 1 wid
lute kuookit O'Donovan Rosaa,and the
Land League, end a' their tin canals.
tees full o' infernal mullion tae
Jericho, if they had comae in my way.
As the pipes skirled oat and the ,]rums
rattled, particularly the wee yin (1
tbinit: they cal a kettle drum), I wis
for the naeenit like a second Wallace
or Brnee..
Oh for a° hooshisn or a Proosian,
I says to nivel', I wid ding them doon
tae the ither silo o' Portobello wi' yae,
blow o' this' bayonet.
There were twa gay impudent look.
in' lassies marchin' alau ;side o' us,aud
yin, pontic. tae me, says ; Look at
that auld cove! he should be oot barba'
the perathbnlator.
The idea 1 lie httrltu' a peratnbula..
tt,r, and coy, youngest bairn tet; years
and 1 Hooever, I looks at the,Cornel
and says in ts. pleasant, jocular way :
•ll'}fie ye bear what thae, ]tizzies are
sayiu' about ye, Coruel ? But never
mind,ye're in a noble cause and ye can
afford to laugh at then[,
Bit I wacl weary ye, Bailie, wi' a'
the oots and ins o' .the Review. We
]tad a tang stand, and the wee Bottle
in tiiy glengarry wis o' greet service
to rile and my left haun reran—a decent
bricklayer wi' a ,red heid, frae Tobor-
tnory, There were twa or three wantit
tltaru,rides up and eries•out, is (torpor, though Mona, very e0 dishy and ably
would
Wawae the tak$etlafsf u slain
al Bayo here. stood for .the northern terminus of the they were the petite who would as
Here, says F. line, The spot seleote.d for the ceree most benefit from it. Without a
Where ? Buys he,
Snood titan free the left in th
fourth raw ; next the nine wi' the re
heid,aays 1. -
So he comes up an' ehook hands wi
Me. and said he wid ask the Oornel'
permission tee get me oot o' the rank
tae let thc, queen see ate.
Oh, I cries, the Cornet, purr man
Itas'uae mair to dee wi't than you has,
I'm a volunteer, free tart gb and come
as 1 like, and oor I walke; the pipes
struck up, See ,• the Conquering Hero
Ootues,aud I steps. modestly up tae the
Queen, sud she •says --
Really, Mr. ,Kayo,•I'ul proud tae
see you. I've tit'en in the Bailie since
,the beginning sod !Ise them a' bound
coo, unci 1 sften,thooht o' orderin' a
hunnOrwecht or twat o' coal frac you
when I'm doou u.t L'almorai. It is a
prood clay for mei Mr Kaye, and if .it
wisna that a' the seats roon aboot me
are full o' uty graitd•childrsn, I wid ask
ye ap. Hooevere uoo tart 1 have seen
ye, I'm happy.
My honored ];eddy, I says, this is a
great day for oto that's horn o' poor but
honest parent?, and workin` awe' in
an or'nar seta' way in S6ra'bungo 1
Little did I think that I wid ever be
introduced tae oor Queen, and 1 tock
ail' nay glengarry, keepin' the bottle
wt•.el• rowed' up in't, and then strode
mouy was just in 'rear of Beck's bonus from these townships it would
n V
,
e
m
e tannery at the oommenoetnont of the be intpossiW to build it. We mu
d. ;;idly which intersects the big hill ball up aur member at Ottawa i
book of the village. L'rf Bolttaes, ifs app ying for the Government subsidy
and with this and the bounsea w
' president of the board of directors, could hope to second, Winehe
a • opened the proceedings, and called ort - had no fear that such a road
a reeve Hanna n tot the first d d as this would cut nff its trade b
n a ou le so , end
tae be freens wi' me when they saw proodly back tae the ranks and took
the bottle, but it widna go ower r my plume,- I wis ,delighted tae think
them a'. • . of a' the volunteers, the Glasgow
As I stood leanin' ower the neb o' Highlanders were sae highly hounred.
my gun I surveyed the scene, and, The pipes struelc:,up again, end we
Bailie, it wis a gran' yin. In the park wanted on, the observed of a' observers.
were forty thoosan' • brave Scotchmen, 1 Cheer after cheer rent the sky as oor
gathered free a' quarters. frae Stra'•• r'cltteen hundred bare lugs glistened in
bongo in the west tae Peterhead in the the rain that wis comic' door in tor -
east ; free the 'uttermost ends o' the rents by this time, and oor Ooruel said
sooth tan the faucet awa' place in the that, after this, stool or no stool, 1
north --lime, loyal volunteers, some wid be made a sergeant.. preparatory
tae ,being made general o' the hale
regimen t. •
Aifter thr Review wis a' ower, we
marched awa' tee the breweree, and I
being the hero o' the day, I wis pit tip
beside the Oornel on the top o' a cask,
and the rest a' sat roon as. We sat a
euel while --we were a• watt though,.
an' it's no every day ye hae the run o'
satin' biscuits, ithere taken' a srnoke,
but a' auiinated with a praiseworthy
desire to do or di4 in defence o' their
native lan', When the trumpet o'
the regiment sounded, the eight or
,
nine learner then o' that regiment, as
if moved by electricity, grasped their
guns, some by the think en' and some
by the snot. en',at1d a' prepared ta.e do
what wis asked o' them—march tae a •hreweree--and en gettiu' oot, we
Musselburgh or Newhaven, or any, wended oor way tae the station, where
where, tae repel .trip invaders. As we embarked for. Glasgow amid , the
cheers o' the assembled th.ottsau's.
Glasgow was reached safe and soon,and
I for yin, had and have lots o' 'piece
sant memories in spite o.' the rain o'
the great Volunteer. Rei•iew o' 1881,
Shakespeare says—
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do or die.
Gallant six hundred
and sae on.
The kin' 01 heid officers, Binh as
generals and sergeants, flew aboot on
horses wi' feathers'in their hats, and
big swords and spurs ; and every now
and again yin wid touch his bat tae
anither and hand oot a- telegraphic
message, and then wheel uwa' again,
and back and forth and tools aboot ;
and then yin wid stand up in hie. stir -
raps and roar oot fn French; then the
bugler wid try.tae gie us a bit tutee,but
sae fang as I could see, a bugle's nae
great instrument tae play a tune on.
Man, the battle o' Waterloo loutd
lute been naething tarot except, of
course, we had nae rade fechtin'.
On the hoists above Arthurce Seat,
,IAlans RAY»,
Queer world I Queer people i Here
are then and women by thousands suf.
feting from all sorts of diseases, bear.
ing alt manners of pain, spending their
all on physicians and getting no better,
but rather worse, when right at hand
there's a remedy which says it can help
them because it's helped.thonsands like
Went. Another patent -medicine ad,
vertisenent, you say. Yes—but not
of the ordinary 'sort. The medicine is
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery,
and it's different from the ordinary
nostrums in this :--
It does what it claims to do, or it
costs you'ttething
The way is this : You pay your
druggist $1 for a bottle, You read
were congregated the fathers, mothers, " the directions, and you follow them.
sisters, and we brithera o' the volune You get bn r, or you don't, If you
teers. Being debarred by reason o' do, you b another bottle,and perhaps
another, If you don't: get better, yon
get you money back, And the queer
thing ' that so ti alny people are wilt.
ing t
n a
age or set true bein' volunteers them'.
set's, they stilt'did what they could tae
encourage tra , the parasols, the roan.
abbot bats, and .the gay dresses o' the
young ladies—this wis afore the rain
spited them, ye ken --made up a grand
picture. Of course, I looked at the
young women wi' a faitherly e'e, but
I Must aloe thin if 1 heA been a wtuow-
r, there a 'aa twa or three that lewd,
bore and then, have Bane up and
tiered the hand and ]heart a' a brave,
a e
how the old man did handle the nick t Tt ildiug tip smaller outside places
0
Notwitbstandin . the frost in the was to the farms[ s suterest t
g hutld up the towus where his market
ground, he raked up a pile iu great was.
style, and reeve Proudfoot,of Gederieh, Reeve Griffin, of Ashfield, was pro
with real Irish skill, soon , loaded it parer] to .pledge his own services o
behalf of the toad, ittb he fell hat
into the tvheelba'krow,wliich thestalwart �,
until the ro w '
5
t;.
reeve Griffin of Ashfield trundled rite as definitely settled
the extent of the aid likely to be
atlas,- down thceeully with a $2 a day ;ranted by Ashfield was a qn stiou,
stride, amidst tlica hearty cheers of the If the north west part of the township
spectators. An adjourntuentwas Hien could he fairly treated in the scute
bad to the Tern crease Zdall where the taw+[ship would, he was sure, give .
p ,liberally, but if only the lower end
Dr. Holmes opened this part of the was considered be believed only a
programme with a vigorous epeeists sectional bonus cauld be got. Be was,
He pointed out that not alone Gorier liowaver, himself strongly its (aver of
lob, but ell the municipalities inter the road any way,.
t°eraiug to Win �llaiu would reapdacid- Ueputy reeve Bowers for ;Vest
6 Wawauosh, and J. hi. Roberts for
ed benefit}? ;;froth this line, in the Dut:ganuon each spoke strongly in
unproved facilities for shipping their ,faros of the road, sud llelieved it was
products,an3'eotesequ nt• better prices. sure ;o£ ltcarty support tiom the poopte
To the town .it would tneau an.increase ei these seicttons,
of Or lake ttafitc, and the fear.sx- ATr" lahatfy, of Port Albert, keliev.
ed 111r. ( fin a statement was a faiir
pressed by some that a ',road from the and square one. The charter gave
north would gut off our county trade Port ;;Miert the right of a spur, but
was, as he bad always argued, an the road ought to be deviated mare
absurd one. The direct connection theori sin line. a 1 f d t! py couldort net
putget
we would obtain with the towns add this of course they, would be satisfied
villages to the north, and onilpirsitien with a spur• from Dungannon, Frit if
as the county town, 'would increase they did not get what they felt they do -
rather than diminish this trade. He served they could not be blatiled if they
recounted the historyof this scheme dill not eoetribute. to the •support of
the tine,
from its commencement, and emphati-. Short. s-obeuites were then made by
calls' stated that.' the ol;jeet of the MetArs Peter McEwan, the salt mom.,
present directorate was to secure tlic facturer, R S. Williams, on behalf of
building of this line either by the 0 P the Goderieh Barri, of Trade,Council.
lora Nicholson and 4{umbe't•, Fjord=
R or other capable persons. Thi'y and the newspaper' representatives of
expected and would ask municipal town,and Mr Tho H\saey,of Ashfield,
bonuses in aid of the line, hot these all favoring the scheme:, Mr i11eEwen
need not be burdensome to 'any one.
Taking say $20,000 from Oolborue as
a basis for calculation it would mean
not more than $3 to each person Britain, which had now , bee ate our
assessed for $4,000, and no min who beat and ggeatest ' market. N. that
will count up the ,benefits possible market we could send 1 everytlii ' al.
from �ueh a'ratd could say this would most that we produced, and tin ved
facilities for shi meut meant bet r
not be many tithes counterbalanced prices for our produce. ' The estimate'
thereby, cost of a bonus at $3 on sack $4,000
Judge Torus was then outted upon, assessment was as nothing eowpared
He endorsed the statements of Dr, . to the benefice: this line would give
every farmer acid prodnner between
Holmes, and dwelt at length on the here anal - ughsarn. For himself
necessity for this road if the predent be was •prepared to give $1,000 out
cntnpositson of the county ofy Huron of his own business to help this tine
was to be maintained. The people in and lie believed that there were others
tate south Have easy and direct conte who could individually nffird to do as
well in view of the senilis it would.1 o
notion, with the. county town, but to theta, '
this is not so with the northern and ',Tit closed the procredin„s and
gave es one,of the strop
in favor of the line, chat;
connection with the 0 E
direct coinfection on the rou
est argument
;;ave us at
'oar most
to Great
northeastern municipalities, and un-
less an improvement is made for them
a re-formation of the County's' bout;-
daries was sure to come. Very few
people indeed had any adequate idea
of the amount of Ilusiness brought to
Goderiob through its beiug the county
seat. I3ce frankly said the road could
not he built without a • government
subsidy and liberal aid from the muni-
cipalities. The road would he for the
benefit of these locatl municipalities,
and -they should be willing to contri-,
Bute to it.
]reeve Beck was the next speaker
and after defning his own position
towards the road, he asked 'for -the
opinion of the reeves and 'dip repre-
sentative titan present from the var.
ions municipalities, His own towns,
ship of Colborne Would, he believed,
heartily support the road.
Reeve Proudfoet, of Grader;
be siek when the remedy's so he had always advocated a dire
neetien with the northern per e
at hand,
ci said
et t:on�
[nth
e'aunty as being a necessity for Cloches.
THE PIES'P $O3 TUktktE13 ieb This was a feasible pian -.there
were only 23 iniles to build its compare
1' 'dirt tIODtl reit AND WINCii#AM NAIL. ad with 78 miles involved -in a line
WAY—AN xbt�'unasrnNct A.ND Atrszix• from Guelph, and he' believed the
MOUS r1NdlNNttvo oa''fiit tvoltit, former road would bring most benefits
to the town. Ile urged hearty and
Cdattettett:ttar,' unanimous work and the road would
The weather on Tuesday Iasi was be built without any difficulty,'
nriddfe•atged volunteer tar. �.a corporal, about as unpleasant and uttcontforie A letter of regret from the mayor of
winghatla was read, and reeve Hehner
nae leas, min'ye, able as ;;]'arch oottid pryduce, but fully was the» nailed on, He said lin had
At last we got Ilia word tae march, 800 people assetubled at Saltford lit come down ea Itrteigbborly act towards
rind on we marched,' the pipers blawiu' the gusty and drenching ran storm to Goderieh. It had taken Wieghatn
its land ass they could ; the tune yore eiltnass the format turning of the first
VII years of herd work and a greet
psnditarn to get thrr lute
The Campbells ire Coming, ,Aa the seed the Goderiuh anti Witt hash dial of ex
p 8 g extended into that town but It had
girt opposite the queenRailway
with three cheers far the new road,
and a vote of thanks to the directors,
the meeting was closed.
I T RESTS L' about the ost mi ery xnen lof ow we h-
Et day. To sherry it means
Backache, Sore Hands,
ffard Rubbing over a
BACK steaming tub, and bong
hours: This fails to the
lot of those who user poor, cheap, and in-
jurious soaps:
This Soap does avay with Hard Rub.
Bing, Tired f3acksrlkot Steam, and Sore
Hands. It brings asmfort td,niil}ions of
homes, and will de ar to yours if you will
use it,
Remembe, the Nance
eve got they , Ashdehl, Wast Wawanosh paid them well, rend torday there was, rrory
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