The Wingham Times, 1895-03-22, Page 2'M
How Bessie. Braved the Blizzard
IW KATEM. CI.F:1RY.
"The bravest are the tenderest.
The loving are the daring 1"
"Oh, dear!" sighed Bessie, "how
dreary it all looks !"
And indeed the view seen from
the window ofthebig, white, Western
farm -house was anything but cheer-
ful, ° Bare, brown, treeless prairie
all around ; a sullen, wintry sky
overhead, and not a living creature
in sight, except a distant speck of
scarlet down in the "draw"—Baby
Willie at play.
Indoors it was pleasant enough.
Bessie was a brisk and tidy little
housekeeper. When, immediatedly
after dinner, her father brought
round the team, and he and her
mother had driven off to town to do
their regular weekly shopping, or
"trading" as they called it, Bessie
had bustled about at a wonderful
it the beat of drums, the clamour
and clash of swords, the tread of
marching feet
• No, not any of these. Only the
creaking of the titn of the windmill,
which was whirling at au astonish-
ing rate. Only the: noise of the
shaking window -frames. Only the
clatter of milk -pails piled outside the
door.
Slam ! Bang!
Bessie sprang from the rocker.
Erect she stood, dazed, bewildered.
still half asleep. A shutter had been
blown violently against the window.
Had a storm begun while she slept ?
She rushed to the easement, looked
out—rather she strove to look out.
Ten feet beyond the pane she could
see absolutely nothing. The whole
world was white, wild, whirling.
A snow -storm'. gasped Bessie.
But it was no ordinary snow
storm that had blown up. It was
the terrific, the memorable visit of
March 12 1888.
WINGII.AM TIMES; MARCHI 22; 1895,
51 11 f' 1 tl hiver- fi ure in the im octant ceremony
ing pressure of the little limbs as she mutely as a boy, in a new corduroy
cuddled them to her. :suit and a blue silk necktie ; a boy
Olt, for strength to reach horse ! 1 !'ho possesses a fond pride in his
Or would they both freeze, and liesister, and a tremendous apprecia-
down here, and be buried in the tion of wedding -cake.
snow ?
A heavy burden for her slight To Make Pur: IItood
arms, for her freezing htincls, the. There is no medicine Lefore the people
®goal to 1-Tood's Sarsaparilla. t iH the
sturdy baby she carried ; a burden standard spring medicine alas blood
made still heavier by his present purifier and it possesses peculiar merit
semi stupor. She gripped her numb which others try in vain to reach. It
really makes the weak strong. Do not
fingers around him. She bent her neglect to porgy your blood this spring,
head, Beaten, swayed, buffeted, she Take Hood's Sarsaparilla now.
made her way up the hill. She
reached the level. She could not noon's PIALfi become the favorite
go much farther. Her hold of Willie 25c. petr box. every cue who tries them.
was relaxing. Ile was slipping from
her, or so she fancied. The bitter, Gems of Thought.
bitter cold ! her very heart was There is only one person you need ,
paining with it. Her whole slender
unprotected body was racked with
Words of Wisdom.
Be sympathetic, but never prying-
Various facts go to show that a
Iltall'b ago may be as rile as the man
limself is green.
ly curious. 1
to manage and that is yourself.
its agony. He that is careful not to do any
Was that the house? Directly be -
than
than his bare 'duty is doing less
fore her something dark had loomed than his duty.
u She tottered t 't A hay- The two powers which in my
p. . le agalns t .
Suddenly she cried out, such a stack. At its base she sank exhaust- opinion constitute a wise man are
Trifles make perfection and perfec- 1
tion is no trifle.
If the memory of an injury is
cherished it is not forgiven. •
The first duty in life is to learn to
drudge at something.
Tho love of goodness is real and
healthy only when wo do it.
The day in which you give no'
blessing brings you no benediction,
A cheerful friend is like a sunny
day, which sheds its brightness on
all around:
• Ramsey- vs, McLean, a St. Thomas
aw case involving f»`112.50, has been
finally settled by the Queen's Mentis
division. The costs nn'e $1,912.(;0,
The great thing in this world is
not so much where we stand .as in .
what direction we are moving. I
The best woman has always some-
what of a man's strength; the nob-
' lest man a woman's gentleness.
' Vigor is contagious, and whatever
rate. She had washed the dishes, frightened, quivering cry ; makes us think or feel strongly adds
ed. One step farther would be ; those of bearing and forebearing,
and put them in a shining row on Willie ! Baby Willie ! to our power and enlarges our field
• simply a physical impossibilit3 Fashion is the science of appear- ' of action.
the yellow side dresser ; she had Quick as a flash she hung a heavy '1lighter she wrapped Willie in the tutees, and it inspires one with the .
polished the stove, and brought in old shawl of her mother's over her shawl and held him to her. Then , , Convey thy love to a friend as an
water ; she had swot the room, and head and unlatched the kitchen 'desire to seem rather than to be.
p with her back against the haystack, arrow to the mark, to stick there ;
straightened the rocker cushions; door. The furious wind tore it from her head bowed bforward, her faro Piety ought to be lovable, because not as a ball against the wall, to
she had set "sponge for the bread her hold, and dashed it fiercely back hidden, she crouched therein torture, it ought to be virtue adorned, and rebound back to thee.
that was to be worked at night, and against the wall. Vainly she strove :which drifted into drowsiness— there is nothing so lovely as virtue. Experience keeps a dear school,
baked early in the morning; she had to close it behind her. The snow ' drowsiness that was deadly as delis -Why should we refuse the happi- but fools will learn in no other, and
shaken the gray strip of rag carpet. was driving in, swirling over theandusted the clock shelf, and rang- ;floor. She loosened the storm door. sous ! necc this hour gives ns. because some scarce in that • for it is scup we may
ed - the chairs by the wall with I That, the wind dashed into place i
mathematical precision. Then she just after she had ma
"1Vfllie !' other hour might take it away ? give advice but we cannot give con-
do a frantic' That was the first word that site 14fost people succeed, not by doing duet.
1 many things as well as others, but
had washed her face and hands in ' plunge into the storm. , such a said, endeavored to say, when the
Much as worthy friends add to the
the bright tin pan kept for that sur- Oh,
! Bessie had lived on the long, wretched delirium of fever was some one thing better than others. happiness and value in life we must
pose on a backless chair near the 'prairie since she was a baby, and over at last. Where was she? Not
1V are act in cenuris the in the main depend on ourselves and
door, and brushed and braided her had seen the elements in their many out on. the prairie! Not in that awful a .I e` g evrryone is his ,own best friend or
soft, brown hair. She took off her moods and caprices. But she had white whirlwind'! Not at the foot of tribulations which afflict us ; are weworsenemy.
apron of blue -checked gingham, put' never seen nor imagined anything the hay stack ! Surely this was her equally so in counting the sins which
on one of snowy nainsook, hung a like this. From the four quarters of mother's bed. The brilliant patch- drew then upon us . No one can ask honestly or hope-
' s le ner� a gooc c alae ,good habits and fully to be delivered from temptation
clean roller towel on the rack, and the earth the wind seemed blowing, wort 1 k ' th t 'Inc fire A i h ter •
put a kettle of water on the fire. the snow had not the softness one as- of corncobs in the tiny stove smelled an iron industry are impregnable to unless he has himself honestly and
Then she had taken up her one dear sedates with :now. It was a dense, familiar. And the voice was. 'her the assaults of all the ill luck that firmly determined to do the best he 66
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story -book, and sat down to read. enveloping, inpenetrable cloud, filled mother's. She could not dream a fools even dreamed of. can to keep out of it.
It was a tremendously attractive with particles, icy, stinging, sharp voice. A man''± soul may be buried and ' There is nothing nobler in a man
book to the girl who had been • as needle points. The cold was in- ! "Me is well, darling, safe and well.perish under a dungheap, or in a than courage ; and the only way to .
d C ts•ten feet au were Hush ! must not talk •et." be courageous is to be clean -handed. •
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' Box Bat aruns, Henderson Co., 011., Feb.24, VS.
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Dr. R. J. KmenALL Co.
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two Bono Spaying. ' ]lave recommended it to
several c my friends who are � much pleased with
and keep it. Respectfully,
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TO SMOKERS
To meet the wishes of their customars
The Geo. E. Trickett & Son Co,. •Ltd.,
Hamilton, Ont., bave placed upon the±
market
A Combination Plug of
brought up in the tameness an tense. Objet - youb furrow •of the field,,just as easy as
monotony of prairie life; it was all absolutely indistinguishable. Ten ? , When she woke again, Dr. Hen- under a pile,of motley. and hearted, to be able to respect
about great, good and brave woman; Nay, they were mere shapes at rive derson was standing by the bed, and , I ourselves and face our record.
about Florence Nightingale, . and - —at three. ust behind him was Willie's tivee q ° preserve a ft end, three things . i
l 'tire required—to ionor him when It is curious that men are not
,
Joan of Are and Grace Darling and From
the rear of the house a rosy, roguish face. present to praise tiin when absent generally ashamed of any form of
Ida Lewis, and heroines of every narrow wooden sidewalk ran down ` „ r
"You will be better soon now,"anger, wrath or malice ; but of the
time and place. A beautiful book! past the barn, past the paddock, to- : the doctor said, "though it is a and to assist him in his necessities. first step towards a nobler nature—
war
in- s e dire ti raw. wonder you lived, You were un- In the moral world there is noth- the confession of a wrong—they are
! Ithat n fl d Bessie. ' The
But Bessie laid it down with the d th " d "
n
serousness rust sue nag ween c o e
Con conscious when your. father found ashamed.
d' h theh shawl fromherhead. Sheing impossible If we bring a thorough
Just then her father came in He with himself, but he must not attempt "Body Rested; Mind at Ease."
been basking was altogether too lofty She would need it when she found
tril inn, that company in the
s taw was torn ea you on his return from town." will to it. pian can do anything
brilliance of whose deeds she had held it in her .fingers as she ran. '
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and magnanimous for her. ;Willie. But soon she was off the said verylittle' but he stroked to do too much with others. That is what it is when traveling un
the tssttrains ofthe Chicago , thlwaulcee
k
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The tin tag "T & B". is on every
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tenderly the thin hand on the gay — - _
So she went over to the window walk, and flounderingalong through If there is one virtue that should
and leaned her head against the
pane, and thought how hard it was
to. be aheroine in Nebraska. There
was no war here, no plague, not even
any Indians now. And nothing ever
happened. •
And pondering over this had
caused her to give a long'sigh, and
voice her dis4ontent over the dreari-
ness of all creation.
It was no Fonder her life was a
wee bit lonely. The nearest neigh-
bors lived a mile away. Willie was
too young to be company for her.
What did he care about her vague,
delightful dreams—about her hero-
ines? And her parents had decided
she was not strong enough to go to
school that winter. Indeed, were
;;he permitted to do so the girl would
and it a recreation ; merely that.
For she knew quite as much as her
rather inefficient young teacher
could attempt to teach her.
She was a slender, delicately form -
rifts and drifts of blinding snow. calico counterpane.
Where was the barn ? She strain- I "And—and Willie ?"
ed her eyes to make out the familiar ' "He was not inuch the worse,
structure. It was blotted out. All thanks to you. You bad him well
the world was, blotted out. She protected. Come here, Willie."
could feel nothing, see nothing but He lived the little chap on the bed.
snow—nothing. , Where was the She smiled as she felt the clasp of
paddock ? She was answered by the small, strong arms.
running into a barrier. She flung . "Is it—snowing—still?"
out her hands as the shock sent her I The doctor laughed.
reeling. Her palms were cruelly „
lacerated with the barb wire which i Dear child, it is May,"he said.
formed the pasture fence. She , She looked bewildered.
knew now where she stood. About ' "It was an awful blizzard," the
two yards to the left began the de- doctor went on ; "the worst ever
scent of the bluff, in the ravine in known out West. The papers were
whieh she had last seen the child full of it. Many perished. Sonic
she sought. Her shawl wound itself people were very' brave and unsel-
around her body in a manner which fish and saved the lives of others.
impeded her progress, as she stum- Their deeds, at 1(iast those that came
bled on. She could feel she was to public knowledge, were praised
going down the draw; feel, for sight all through the country. Yours was
was useless in such a storm. as grand as any. You are a heroine,
The dear little'lad ! if she could Bessie."
only find him. She imagined him He was a young man, a good -look-
ed girl of sixteen. Her hair, of acrouching down, trembling, sobbing, ing man. "A powerfulsmart doctor,"
crispy silkiness, was parted over her frightened; and growing stark and averred by the Western people,
Ifori'head in old-fashioned style. Her helpless with cold. ' among whom he had elected to
eyes --large, hazel, dreamy, had a' She tried to accelerate her speed— praetice. It had taken the exercise
certain quiet, direct way of regard- , to rush down the incline. She trip- of all his skill to save Bessie Linard's
ing one. Her rather clumsily made ped, fell; but she.was up again in a life, and now he felt correspondingly
gown had a frill of home made second, battling on. • elated.
eroehet at the neck and wrists. i Down at last. Here, in the hol-
How
„ !”
the windmill was creaking ! low between the . prairie slopes, the Oh, no said Bessie very slowly
And how the bare snow -ball blizzard raged less fiercely than and seriously ; I—thought no one
branches in the front yard were above. could be a heroine in Nebraska."
rattling ! and what a brisk tatto the Willie ! she called. i "Gracious!" exclaimed Dr. Hen -
skeleton sunflower by the back door; She could hardly hear her own derson, and he Iooked gravely at the
Was playing on its panels ! • voice. wan, sweet lace on the pillow.
But Baby Willie was enjoying him- ; Willie ! she shrieked. . "Besides," she went on, meeting
self. She could see him running up But the wind swept the word his glance with that quiet, direct,
and down the "draw" dragging his from her lips -and the sound was convincing gaze she had, and with
be cultivated more than another by
himhimwho would skieceed in life, it is
punctuality ; if there is one error that
should be avoidetit is being behir.d
time.
The habit of intellectual suspense
is a most wholesome and valuable
one, especially where the spirit and
actions of another are concerned ;
and nothing tends more effectually
to prevent injust and cruel criticism.
EAT, DRINK, 4.ND BE MERRY.--
That't is all very:well, and no doubt,
in moderation, eating, drinking, and
merriment are very good things.
But can any one of us—even the
best of us—trust ; himself to be in-
variably moderate ? No, indeed !
We are all apt at times to go just
a little beyond the mark, and then
come headaches ftnd regrets. At
such times we canjappreciate a friend
—one who will st nd by as and put
us right ; ,and suer a friend we in-
variably find in.; Holloway's Pins.
They did not fail our fathers at simi-
lar crises, and they do not fail us.
It is no fiction, but a well-known
fact, that Holloivay's Pills are a
certain cure for headaches, bilious-
ness, and all similar troubles.
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little wagon after him. ' soft as a sigh. just a flicker of rose -bloom coming
She turned. away. She sat in the, If she could only see! She put up into her cheeks, "heroines de some -
big wooden rocker. She curled her- her hand and rubbed her eyes. The thing very wonderful, and I- --I only
self up like a comfort loving kitten. i lashes were wet with freezing sleet, did my best !"
And rocking, and thinking, some- ; Iler hair was one stiff, matted mass. • That was two years ago. Bessie take. Sold by all medicine dealers at
how or other, she rocked and thought, Iter feet ached with the sharp, biting is eighteen now, and taller, healthier Zoe a box, 5 boxes .i1.
the may kitchen away. She didn't - cold. She tried to pray. "Dear and prettier than ever. She and her,- " -"'-
live in Nebraska, within five miles ' God, Baby 'Willie! Oh, dear God, mother are busy sewing ; for this Mr. L. I1. Patton, a Hamilton bar -
or the town of Buddle. She was not; ;Baby Willie!!". That was all she year there is to be a wedding in the rister, has rcccivet`t for probate a pc-
-Bessie Linard at all, She was a uttered. old farm -house, VVlten it is ever, culiar will. It is,i that of Margaret',
brave woman in a fra!1 boat, out on' All at once she stumbled over Bessio Linard will not be Bessie Jane Stenabaugh,, a spinster, late of
a stormy 14(:. She was it Izelmeted something ----something scarlet in the Linard any more, but Mrs. Dr, Ancastcr township, and bequeathal
heroine, leading• hosts to- battle. She snow- Eagerly 8110 grasped it. She Henderson. Ifthoy were i'ashionable property valued at $1,G25. The
"MS— ' i dragged it up- to her breast. She people Willie would be pressed into - peculiarity of the will is that it was
What a deafening noise! \Vas it - wrapped, as best her cold hands service as a page. But as they are tnade by :Miss Stenabaugh and was
the clang 0'a coming army ? Was.' could the shawl around it. Dead ? not anything of the sort, 11e will ,written on both sides of -a slate.
Mayor Burgar.
Mr. Geo. H. Burgar, Postmaster and
Mayor of Welland, Ont, says: "Prom
experience in my own family I cannot
speak too highly of Stark's Powders as a
pleasant, immediate and permanent cure
for Eleadaohe, Neuralgia, Biliousness
and Liver troubles. I am also aware of
several severe eases in our own town
and neighborhood which have been
cured by thein after the patients bad
suffered for years. had tried all kinds of
remedies and had been treated by doe-
tors.—Oxo. 1:1, i3tl w. tt.
Two preparations fn each box ; nice to
1
& St. Paul Railway; besides there IS no
chance to "kick," for the accommodations
are up to date, the trains keep moving
right along and get there on time. These
lines thoroughly cover the territory
between Chicago, La Crosse. St. Paul,
Minneapolis, Aberdeen, Mitchell, Sioux
City, Yankton, Council Bluffs, Omaha
and Northern Michigan. All the princi-
pal cities and towns in that territory a' e
reached by the "St. Paul" lines, con-
necting at St, Paul, Oounoil Bluffs and
Omaba with all lines for points in the
far west. Write to A. J. Taylor, Can-
adian Pass'r Agent. 87 York Street, Tor-
onto, Ont., for ono of their now map
time table and a brochure giving a
description of the Compartment Sleep-
ing Cars. Tickets furnished by any
coupon ticket agent in the United States
and Canada. The finest dining oars in
the world are run (in the solid vestibuled,
electric -lighted and steam -heated trains
of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Railway.
The sale of the entire Herd of
Scotch -bred Shorthorns of Thomas
Ballantyne & Sons at Neidpath
Farm. Perth county, Wednesday,
was attended by breeders from all
parts of the Province. 'There were
27 head disposed of, of which 24
were females, some of which had
calves at foot, and three bulls. The
proceeds of the sale ainounted to
about x.),000.
When baby was sl ;k, ire Cave hor C nstoria.
. when She WAS a Ch11Q, she cried for Castor's.
When 611e beaa•Aie Miss, she clung to*Vostoria.
When she had Children, she:nro them Casted•.
octor. What isjood
forcleaning the Scalp and
Hair, !seem to have fried
everylhi g and are in despair
WhyMrs K.the very
best' thitOis PALMo TAR SOAP
itis splendid for Washig
the head itprevents dryness
thus putts an end to Dandruff
and Freshens the hair nicely.
25$ FORA LARGE TABLET
WOOD'S PHOSPHODINin.
The Great Enlilish Remedy:
SCzPackayes Quarantced to
promptly, and permanently
curl alt forms of Nervous
Weokncss,Enissions Sperm-
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Mental Worry, excessive use
Before a�zd d fres. of Tobacco, Opium or Stimu-
lants, which soon lead to/n.4
1nntty, Insanity,
IIaabeen pre6eriboCdonosvumrpyaarand iann thaorulsyagndsveof
cases; is tho only Reliable and ,lloncat Medtoine
known. Askdruggistfor Wood's Phoaphodlnal if
he offers some worthless medicine in plaeo of this.
I inclose price in latter, and wo will send by return
mall. Price, one package, $1; six, 55. One will
please, alar wilt afro. Pamphlets free to any address.
The Wood Company,
Wooindsor, out, Canada,
Sold in wh,gbanl by 0. 8, Williams. Uruftrist.
Thursday morning a particularly
sad event happened to a young 1
daughter of Mr. and iifrs. John 1
ihlrazer, of .Iiingarf, Brace °county.
When Mrs. Frazer got up out of
lied, and before attending to the.
household duties, she carefully
placed the bed clothing over the
little child, which' 'gas only about 0
weeks old. When her work was
done and her husband and his hired
help had gone to Iwork at ('argill's
swamp, she went to the bedroom and
was horrified to find the child dead,
smothered with the bed cloths, it is
thought.
:NE Ff.!' OfU�RIt1G.
SCIATIGA,•RHEUMA•TISM
• •IIEUFKOIA •
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PLASTER.
hest Conch �Syrul,A r'a stS a (l00000d. Coe
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in time. Sold r}y drtl``; Ints.
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(CUND11tT:11) 111 TIC'S
•'' 1i Fr )ti and !i Ntl
Well e41 the nt.'entlon, r,
to 010 Met, that tho Woi
gnce.tdh swots te
et threeiloe'dnek •h'irhp, fortel
rttahlum e, r'.tt irk strew..
00(00".
As t4u F.datot' has kind'
souse. for our work, we stat
send fretum of Interest no a
dnv to an v of our metabot,
If drinking men
effect .th.ttt whisk
stomach, they w0
another drop. _
:h*
If one would for
the saloons- are dol
the pollee court;
case liquor is the e
;fr n
" High. license ”.
:.Uig gun. Plenty
people than and sh
onay " kick " the p
* ;
There will be
• Politics of • this c
fathers and moth
and' waiting for th
boys at night from
*
_Archbishop Sp
"Ono great questi(
be forced into posit
of 'prohibition,
America has becor
liquor traffic, by
politics and corrui
become a menanec
*
�y.
Look ata ma
imaginary lines z
side of the United
lines of latitude; b
which the geograp
ten to put in, and.
Atlantic to the Pa
1. the continent. W
reeling, staggering
ity, 2,500,000 drui
estimate, robbed
• most,except life.
• *
A traveller. sa
from Chicago rete
' and pleased at an
the Pullman ports
and we were in Il
through the coach
loud voice, "Gent
wants beer or 51
must buy it to -nib
ing we'll be in Mi
can't get nothing
but didn't say, "'
• sippi !"
ANew ]
Columbia Count
augurated a new
. perance reform.
Christian Temper
aims io unite in tt
ante all the fot's4 (
It aims at the
saloon, and pledg
. the enforcement c
for the early c
stringent laws lo(
The members are
their own politic
are expected to 0
and by ballot, all
fled with or favo
• any kind of llquo
gard all party ml
ate to the higher
God and serving
On The
It appears tha
It der is incrcasin
an appalling rate
the number of hi
the United State:
)6,792;'That in 18
. 5,906;. in 1800, 4
3,567, ; These fi?
ominous story vv
rest the attenl
people. These t
have a variet3
safe to assume
these causes is ti
bey erages. Pre
are prepared
desperate of Grin
ly extended sal
country and the
of intoxicants \w
and in the Mar
the crime of mu
COnsegttenCe.,
With
yEiew
Dr. A. T; Pie!
he declined to t
twin occasion, rt
in1151•essivv i heli