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FRIDAY, LDAP, SEPT. ,3O, 1898,
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Klondike Missionary NI
i.t'ftt'r frau iter. Jelin Pringle.
(Continued from last week.)
I Left Long Lake (Chees•lina) on
Thursday, 28th July, in charge of a boat
with 1,500 pounds of outfit in it
Curious, is it not, how a thing learnt long
ago fills a niche fn the present. Twenty
six years ago at the Calumet Palle I
learnt under the beat of teachers, Elder
Duncan Carmichael, how to bandie a
paddle. I have never sines handled one
in rapid water, and I confess to a feeling
of nervousness as I looked down the rapids
issuing from the lake. The leading boat
stuck midway, and the "parson's" boat
went on and took the lead, I blessed
Duncan Carmichael, deer old friend,
of re times a score t ee t bat dayand.
the next. e t. m nth at missionary work. 1
0 1 k h Helped
„ y
I Lad remembered. the "trick, and also some mother's sons to hold on to the life.
old days and old faces in Ross and Pon. line, gave some lives a start towards God,
Liao, where I preaohed my first sermon led sense careless to serious thought,
and led in prayer for the first time at a strengthened some for their burdens, re.
family altar. minded many wearied, almost despairing,
We camped on the Melrose river on men that God lived and was their friend,
Thursday evening and there sang our a word for Christ, a verse of an old
hymn, a bright look, or a cheering word.
The minister mostly has his own burdens,
but be must show that he has put them
on "The Friend" or he cannot help others
was exhilarating to me when T got to be very much. I spoke of Christ to hund-
sure of my eye and wrist. The dyer is reds of men from all parts of the earth -
the most beautiful I have ever seen -ser- many, .audio Greece, aAustria,,F Goe-
the Scandinavia, Britain, France,
Italy, Australia, New Zealand, and every
state from Texas to Maine. And it did
not matter where they came from,
whether Protestant or Catholic, or where
I preached or prayed or sang, in a saloon,
under the sentinel pines, by the river
side, in the military camp, among the
navvies, or in a wee tent, 7x7} or 8x10,
Men's eyes spoke of soul banger, and as
well as I could I tried to satisfy it. How
I eucceeded, where I failed, I shall not
Miran until I see not as through a glass
darkly, knowning as also I am known,
My own soul was blessed by my et.
perience of the physical burdens and toil
of men, and by close touch with men,
some better, and some worse, than L
Much, of course, seems to pose and be
forgotten, bnt I think that good words
spoken by me and to me, whioh seemed
to go in at one ear and ont at the other,
will, like the paddle "trick," stay
' ani
help them and me at some ticklishspot
in the river of life. The faces, surround.
Ings, camps, hearts of burden -I shall
never forget the panoramic picture.
Shall I forget the words which fell on
memory's sensitive plate ? Oh, no.
I have been compelled to use the pro-
noun of the first person too much. You
will forgive it, for it was not easy to tell
the story without speaking mach of self.
I have told it in detail because it will
give you a better nuderatanding of the
field and the kind of work it calls for
than any merely general statement. I
wonid thank the many friends who have
sent literature for use in the field. Send
it along, friends ; the long Winter nights
are coming, and •
hearts will breathe a
blessing on you for your gifts to mind
and soul. I would thank specially the
friends in Canada and the United States
who have written letters encouraging and
strengthening me. I shall write every
one of them, but until then I would
have them ]snow that their letters have
been a blessing to me. Tell the Church
that whether this immigration lasts five
years or fifty, she mast not neglect the
work or be niggardly about it. I am not
going to discuss the importance of it.
My letter, hastily wribteu, is proof suf
urgent of the importance of the mission
work which we have undertaken here.
With kind regards and thanks for your
personal sympathy, and that of other
memders of the committee, and for the
backing of the rank and file of the dear
old Churoh,
I am yours sincerely,
Jona Perxcrm.
The Trail.
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take it up. f3<a-en or eight miles of choir
eingiug meant praise and consciousness
of God's nearness, Down. the mountain
I go, still singing, but alone. Down,
down three and a half miles like a tobog-
gan slide, There is a eick nisei at the
bottom, about whom I ask, and tiud him
a little better. Call next morning and
find bus temperature normal, read a ewes
bittio" about. the Great Physician, ask
the Father's help, and then go on. I
leave the seed and God waters. I have
long ceased to donbt that. Tea that
evening et the Sherwood t'anrp-t 1'enu•
aylvauia "Chrietians indeed." No Hum
day travel, blessiug at meals, family ,
worship, Sunday service. lir, Sherwood
' is assistant etate geologist of Pennsylvania.
It is a good thing to stay with men who
allow God a place in their daily life and
I are not ashamed of it. Wednesday night
I reached the Juuctiou near Telegraph,
and stay with Captain Denton, of Hunts-
ville, Muskoka, He is a friend indeed.
I was in no doubt as to my welcome
there. Thnreday evening, Glenora-
home, sweet home, People seemed glad
to see me, and I was glad of it.
Did I enjoy my trip ? Of coarse
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ever span a etter or more ease
evening hymns and bowed together in
prayer -ten of us -and took our rest.
Next day we had a lively time ; for about
ten miles we were hardly out of one
rapid before we were into another. It
pentine throughout its whole length of
fifty ranee to Testae, rapid except for
about twelve miles where it flows slowly,
as placid as a lake at sunset. There are
two fells -one, the outlet of Goose Lake
(Obeey.oley) Ind., and, like the river, the
most beautiful I have ever seen. I
named them Melrose Falls. The other,
ten miles further at the emend portage.
I put my pack on my back on Saturday
morning, and bade goodbye to my boat
Minds, and trudged along twelve miles
to Teelio. I reached Victoria camp at
about 3 p. m., was welcomed by Captain
Borstal!, and put in the guard -room,
wherel was not in clover exactly but in
pine feathers a foot deep on the floor.
Of course I was on parole and went
where I pleased. There were only ten
soldiers there, but they treated me as
well as if they were one hundred, and as
for Captain Burstall, along with the old
Quebec name goes the old Quebeo hospi.
taliby.
Teslin has a population, including
transients, of about 250. It is on an ex.
pension of Tulle River, not on the lake,
which begins about ten miles North. It
is beautiful for situation, rising gradually
from the river, wbich is here about a
quarter of a mile wide. It is like Glen -
ora, a town of disappointed expectations,
There are about forty -live bosses, half of
them at least unfinished and deserted.
I1 gold is found on the Hootalinqua
or its tributaries, it will be important, if
not, not. For this Winter it will be
headquarters for many mining parties.
I preached on Sunday evening m the
"Miner's Exchange," whioh was made
ready for us by Mr. Harris, the proprietor.
We had a good congregation, soldiers,
miners, saloon men, lumbermen and aua
woman, an Australian, one of the most
thougbful and refined women I have
ever met, whose soprano was very
pleasant to listen to amid the harsher
treble and bass of the men. I spoke to
them of the importance of seeking after
God, and how He wee to be found by any
seeker -in Christ. I am to go back again
and will get a hearty welcome. Gleuora,
Telegraph, Teelio, and the camps between
all, are alike in this, that the Gospel is
welcome.
Monday evening I started on the long
200 mile tramp home. Slept with my
boat friends at Second Portage, six miles
out. Spent moab of Tuesday morning
looking for a loot man. Found him. He
is one who was found by Christ long ago.
At night we were only about twenty
miles on our road, Helped pull a horse
out of a bog before going to bed. Stayed
that night with Mr. Brown, of the Deeks Morris Council Meeting.
(Toronto) outfit. He was glad to have us. ._._
He had a sore fit of hmnesiokness and
loneliness on bim, and thanked God we
were with him. We fell asleepafter
singing "Sun of My Soul." Walked
forty.two miles next day to Long Lake.
Started thence Thursday at 2 p. m.,
reached Nahltin, twenty mites distant, at
eight. Stayed with Stewart•Astley out-
fit, of Winnipeg. Off on Friday morning
on the home stretch. Preached to Mac.
kenzie and Mann's men, an Lost Creek,
that evening. Oa Saturday evening
readied Camp Evans, on Cache Creek.
Thera were my old friends, Mise Faith
Fenton, Miss .Payson, Miss Hanna, and
Major Bliss, Surgeon Foster, Captains
Bennett, Thacker, Ogilvie, and Lieunten.
ant Leduo. We were glad to see each
other. Service on Sunday morning.
"Why mon are glad to hear Christ," was
my subject. We all felt a little tender
that morning. For we who had met and
thought together about Christ were next
morning to separate for good and all,
they for the North, I for the South, At
night we hada "sing" around the camp
fire, Miss Fenton leading. A verse of
"God be with you till we meet again,"
and we retire, and in the morning say
good-bye. Ah, goodbye, ft means more
here than it did elsewhere. Themis no
crowd. A line of stragglers on a narrow
trail, no curbstones or walks, or eon•
venbionalitiee. Mile aftermilo-amid the
silences -"Gad be with you," has a mean-
ing. Io can get at you, you want Him,
and He comes. If you want to study the
problem of the eoul, pub a pack on your
bank, take the lonely, silent trail, and you
and God to$ebher will settle personal
problems whioh scorn otherwise impossible
of settlement.
Monday I go along through my own
beautiful DootyDonty Valley. As even.
ing comes 1 feel impelled to Ring. "I to
the hilte" is the first, and then "The
Lord's my shepherd," and then old
hymne, "Abide with ms," "Josue, lover
of my soul." And as Igo I hear from soli.
tary tents the words taken up, and my
htothare wave their hats and sing on and
on until I can hear them no more ; and
Others take it up and tell others until I
roach the Hudson Bay Summit (Emma)again, 7 am nothing of a Binger. But
talk about quartettee and choice i They A Bailor named Hugh &ones of the
are "nab in it" With that praise amid the l;lder•Dempcter Steamship Go. fell Info
everlasting hills, where a Voieo cracked the hold of the Montealm at Montreal and
With preaching and siegin�i dente the pita received snob injuries that he died in a
grime, and strangers of bho Klondike low minutes,
The Council met according to adjourn•
ment,in the Council room, Morris, on
Sept. 19th ; membere all present, the
Reeve in the chair. Minutes of last
meeting read and paned, Moved by
Mr. (lode, seconded by Mr. Kirkby that
Mr. Isbister be instructed to have then;
road at lot 1, con. 5, proteoted by mea
of a drain on South side of roadbed -
Carried. Moved by Mr. Iebieter, second
ed by Mr. Code, that the Reeve be in.
etruoted to attend to letting job of the
drain on oentre aide line at Meanie hill,
-Carried. Moved by Code, seconded by
Cardiff that Mr. Iebister be instructed to
have the job of gravelling on hill at Bel.
grave completed, not exceeding 20 yards.
--Carried. On motion of Cardiff and
Code the following accounts were ordered
to be paid :-Denbow Bros., gravelling
on East Boundary, $38 75 ; P. Ament,
Lumber, $3,50 ; N. & N. Gerry, &le-
gator wrench, $1,00 ; J. D. Mnlllwen, neem
of scraper, $1.00 ; Duff & Stewart, tu•
ber and repairing bridge, $78.17 ; Wm.
Watson, lumber, $2.40 ; R. Maguire, re.
pairing approaob, 75 cents ; 0. Mcllea,
inspecting work, 63.00 ; John Barrett,
tile ditch, 56.00 ; Jas. Kernagban, ditch,
63.60 ; Jae. Smith, repairing oulvert,
68.00 ; W. Taylor, tile drain, 64.00 ; J.
Kirkby, culvert on South Boundary,
$1.00 Jas. Bolger, inspecting work on
East Boundary, $7.00 ; Jae. Hall, dining
ditob, 66.00 ; H. Johnston, ditch, 66,00 ;
Geo. Saunby, gravelling and digging
ditch, 684.02 ; Ira T;tcl,er, damages, 75
mute ; D. Smith, spikes and repairing
bridge, 61.25; for gravel -J. Manning,
$8.60 ; W. Wilson, 63.70 ; Jae. Cass.
more, 6,1.00 ; Geo. Henderson, 64.35 ;
al. Beeman, $0,04 ; 1„ Irvine, $3.60 ,
A. Campbell, $4.05 , Geo. Proctor, 6n
tanto ; Jas, Sherrie, 65.68 ; D. Sectb,
58.41 ; W, Turvey, $5.36 ; B. Wilkinson,
$3.95 ; D. Sommerville, 80 pants ; P.
SOH, $3,781 11. Jackeon,, 67 58 ; A.
Forrest, 64.65 ; J. Leech, 63.26 ; J,
Thnell, 65.50 ; D. Walker, 64.00 ; J.
Barr, $4.90 ; T. C. Rogerson, 64.55 ;
Mrs. Dials, $4.10. On motion of Cardiff,
emended by Kirkby, the Council then
adjourned to meet again on the 17th of
October noxi, W. 0r,nox, Cork,
THE BRUSSELS POST
Presbytery of Maj.tlalld,
ibis Presbytery met at Winthatn o
Sept. 20th, Rev. S. a1, Whaley, &Lode
etur.
Reports from Hastings, Kingston and
Montreal state that very severe storms
wereexperieneed In those localities on
• Saturday and Sunday.
The tender of the Ontario Loan & Ti.e
Alf
1nntee of last meeting were `earl an
adnpted, Eaters' commiesiene ware r
ceivad and the roll made up for the ye
Session records were produced tor ex
d ' benture Company for 570,000 worth of
a- si percent, iold „ Hospital debentures
yea
aeceptrtl,being 570,847,
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• Miss Mabel Alford and George Dun.
can, teachers in the Greeneville, West
,a kl'uptlaml,bnro', Satinet, were acquitted by
n. Judge Snider on a charge of main le pan'
Re Wang Alice Durr nit, a nine•year•otd
aminati"u and attested,
Stan:ling Augmentation C'ommitt
was app,;uted •vnnsisting of Revs, an
Ross. 11 A„ (Convener), 11. 13, Mole
and W. J. West, with their represeuta
tine et I ra. Rev. Mr. Ifh hardson, of
R'yotniog, wm invited to sit as carne•
ponding rnember.
The Presbytery re affirmed its appli•
cation for grants from the Augmenta-
tion fund in behalf of aid.receirir.g con-
gregations.
Sessions ate instructed to Ladd suis.
slouary meetings fu thele respective cep.
gregxtiors.
Rev. ii. W. heed, late of Teeawater
resents ugh r
p d tbrough M . Malcolm, an ap
'meatier) to be received into the ministry
of the Prestyteriae church in Canada.
Theapplication
wsa laid o
o the table till
next meetinU.
y
The Pre bvter, 1
s willhold an ndjoutre
meeting at Whiteehureh on Wednesday
Cot 5th, Jona McNean, Clerk.
Leeknow, Sept. 21st, 1808,
mom LwAy,
ANNUAL IMEIN UXOUASIQNS;
Sept. 29, 30 & Oct. 1.
Brussels to Port Huron or Detroit,
Mich., and return 5 3 50
Cleveland, Ohio 0 00
Saginaw or BayCity Mich t3
50
gi
Grand Rapids, Mich d M h 50
C 7
d a
r Chicago, Ill., or Cincinnati, Ohio., 9 50
St. Paul or Minneapolis, Mien., &
return, all rail, via Chicago 32 50 ;
Or lake to Sault Ste. Marie, thence
rail 34 00
Good ,olog Sept, _eta, 0011, and Cot. 1st,
t 1894, valid to return ri',ut de. t,m.t:su on or
before Monday, Oct. Sth, 1s.-
f Tickets, i'ulhnau beaus and 11 iu forma.
tion from
Loa Celan oty.
J. 0. Lyons procured 29 first prizes a
the Northern Exhibition in Walkerton
Isaac il'lorrieon has taken charge a
the bus business in the village for Airs
McLaren.
The engiue and all other machinery
have been placed in position and are now
in working order, for the Lucknow Ele
vator Company.
Mrs, Armour MoMannus Las left for
South Bend, Indiana, to visit her eon
after wbich she goes to Dakota, wbere she
intends to reside. in future.
J. William Macy has been engaged to
give one or his inimitable evenings in
the Town Hall, Laaknow, on Wednesday
evening, Oat. 5th, being the second night
of the Fall Fair.
The many friends or Mark Douglas,
who was for several years connected with
the telegraph end express offices in Luck -
now, wilt be pleased to learn he has
secured a first-class position in the tele.
graph emus in Hamilton.
The new evaporator of Town & Hol.
brook, in the Caledonian park is a busy
place, and hundreds of bnabels of apples
are being daily dried and evaporated.
Tbey employ about 40 bands, mostly
girls, which together with the new and
improved furnaces and machinery, they
ars enable to use every particle of the
fruit.
J, N. KENDALL, Agent, Brussels,
GEO. HEYD, " Ethel.
c EVERY
GOOD
THING
LS1.vrt■.
Blytb Fair, Oct, 4th and 5th.
Postmaster McKinnon is now nicely
located in Blybh'e new Postodice.
George Bowes is the owner of a New.
foundlaed bitch that gave birth to 13
pups a few days ago.
Trinity ehnreh was tastily deeoresed
for the Harvest Home and the colleotiaos
for the day amounted to $143.
Miss Todd baa returned to town and
will again have charge of the millinery
department at the Mammoth house.
Dr. May, superintendent of Public
Libraries in Ontario, paid an official visit
to Blyth library on Wednesday of last
week.
Andrew ilisCaa, father of Mrs. (Dr.)
Sloan, formerly of Blyth, died at the
residence of Dr. Sloan in Toronto on
Sunday morning of last week.
Mian Charlotte 6eory has returned
bome from London, where she has been
clerking in the store of the T. E. ,'tiara
Co. for the past few weeks.
John Littlrfair has returned home.
He and Jamee Coming intend starting in
the butchering basfcees about the tat of
Ootober. They will occupy the shop
next door to A. Taylor's grocery.
bliss Maud King has returned home
after an absence of a year, spending the
Winter with friends in Detroit and the
Summer Beason at Mackinac Island.
Mies King was accompanied home by ber
sieter.in•law, Mrs. Normen L. King, of
Detroit.
John S. MoiCinnoo, who has been offer-
ed and hae accepted a responsible
positing in the lane wholesale
millinery and mantle establishment of
hie uncle, S. F. kloKinnon, of Toronto.
He will enter upon his new duties Nov.
lat. His removal from Blyth will be a
dletinct loss to the bueinese community
and the young people will be sorry to see
him go.
J. G. Emigb met with a bad accident
on a recent evening. He was out driving
and while passing the residence of Ed.
ward Watson, on Dingley street, ootlided
with anotber rig. He was thrown over
the dashboard, his bead and shoulders
striking the ground and he was badly
shaken ep generally. The rig be collided
with was driven by a woman, who tip.
parently did not know the rules of the
highway, and instead of keeping to the
right in passing another rig turned to the
lett, causing the collision with Mr.
Emig!).
On ratan ant New,..
aril Rankin Townehip G, Radke'e twin
sons, aged three years, were found drown.
ed in a well.
Sir Oliver Mowat attended the Western
Fair at London. and spoke at length in
reply to an address presented him by the
Fair Board.
Mrs. Catharine Woodbine, of Montreal,
committed euioide by swallowing a does
of oarbolio acid during a fit of nervous
prostration.
James McKenna, a G. T. R. fireman,
en route from Monttaal to '.Toronto to
attend the convention of the Brother.
hood of Locomotive Fireman, wag killed
at Morrisburg,
Louis Paille, a carpenter, arrested for
druokenneeein St. Cnnegonde, hanged
himself by tying his handkorahief
around hie nook and then to the wire
screen on the door.
A man named Frank Lefebvre and and
big wife have been arrested at Geniiily,
near Three Rivers, for pestling some of
the ten.doflars hilts etolen from the
Dominion Bault at Napanee.
Dr. A. E, Jamee, Dominion Veterinary
Inspector, has planed five piggeries near
Ottawa under quarantine, as there is
very anoint evidenoe that hogs in all of
them are affected by cholera.
Hon. Cllfforci Sifton and Maier Stith.
Orland, who have been travelling in the
Watt, returned to Ottawa, They ex prase,
ed themselves as being much impressed
by the evidences that were everywhere
present to their vie w of material progress,
COsle an effort and reading my
ads is the price you pay for the Parch•
aging advantage you possess over your
less enlightened neigbbore.
NO GUFF
GOES WITH us.
Honest trading needs no taffv. I do
not talk customers into baying, I do not
Lave to, the goods talk and cnstomare
take the goods on their own sound ladg•
ment.
All Summer Goods
dt and Below Cost. Moet be
cleared out, Fall goods arriving. A full
line of the best Groceries in the market.
Nothing but the finest goods kept.
Agent for Parker's Dye Works.
J. G. Skene.
8111,T' 30. 1.h08
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Our `:&nett as a whole has never been in 811011 a wonderfully ibrwarcl con-
dition at such an early season of the year -We mean, of course, nut regards Fall Goods.
A simple enumeration of receipts include the. following ;-
rrw.a;..coouww.«N14.a-041,....+ ••
▪ bar
14 $91061(
S 's.✓.yt C. �.: r
£ 1 1" -Chic" Downs
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are
easily modeled from Priestley's Black Wool Figured Fabrics ta°°la
because the firmness of the texture and exquisite weave a,
yield ideal draping qualities.
Combined with this is the originality of the designs,
in Black Wool Figures --in Matalasse effects, Armures,
Pebble Cloths and Wool Canvass Cloths, :" d
a'o.d
fV
For the street, for calling or for
the house, Fashion dictates from
across the water as eminently cor-
rect this season
Priestley's
Black Wool
Figured Fabrics
"Priestley" stamped
on the selvedge. Sold by Lending Dry Coeds Ileuses everywhere.
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PRI T LE Y'S DRESS GOODS,
(We are Sole Agents in Brussels.)
-Priestley's Silk and Wool Endora Cloth, Priestley's Serges,
-Priestley's Henriettas and Cashmeres, -Priestley's Solid Cloth,
-Priestley's Wool Figured, -Priestley's Royalette.
m`°'• -'"-ALSO A FULL LINE OF-'-�•�m-
Fllannels, Flannelettes, Cottons, S%airtini's, Towels, Toweling, Table
Linens, Gloves,
Boots & Shoes,
Smit
Hosiery and Corsets.
We have received our Fall linos in Boots, Shoos and Rubbers.
All sizes for Men, Women and Children.
Highest Price for Produce.
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-STALL - 1898.
Miss
Wishes to announce that she has secured the Newest
Effects in Millinery for this season's trade, includ-
ing all the New Shapes in Fancy Straws ;
all the New Shades in Ribbons,
Wings, Plumes, &c,, &c.
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Opening on--'-'
Thursday and Friday,
IN THANKING . . .
my many Customers for past patronage, T again
solicit their favors, feeling confident that x have the
correct Styles for this Season. Miss Armstrong
has been engaged for this season, as Milliner,
MISS RODDICKI
/Sa.IAL.r BLOCK,
BR U&S T LS,
GENUJNE CLEARING SALE
.OF
For
0
a
inety ays.
Come and test the truth of the above statement,
STAPLE DEPARTMENT.
Bost Indigo Prints, full width, regular 12,zc for 91c ; best Eng-
lish Prints, in light grounds, regular 10c for 'Tic ; heaviest Cotton-
acle made, regular 28e for 22c ; best Indigo Shirting, regular 12ie
for 1.0c ; Union Table Linen fine finish, regular 80c for 22ie ;
• 18
inch Pure Linen Towelling, regular 12c for 80.
DRESS GOODS.
We are selling many lines in a great variety of designs and
colors at half their real value.
RIBBONS
In all colors, quarter off in silk and satin.
100 MEN'S SUITS
Regular $7.00 for $4.50. Men's Linen Collars 8 for 20c. Pure
Silk Ties, assorted colors, 2 for 26c. '
Comae with the Crowt&& to •i-_
The Corner
1 Store,