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The Brussels Post, 1893-8-4, Page 3A uG, 4, 1.803 Formed By Nature. The AIgen Cell ht Nutiena1 Berk 0f (intai10 An expedition set out last Tnesdtty morning for the Algongtthn National Park, under the guidons of Chief Bang. er Peter Thompson, formerly of Brussels, and ,fames Dicicnau, one of the Dark Commiseiouore. These gentlemen had along with them six others, and they boost with them tt supply of provisions, carpantera' too's, and lire -arms, They tools train to Iluttavillo, and afterwards made their way along the Mu,kolcn river, entering the park at the northwest corner. A house for the thief ranger was emoted, ne well as smaller log houses for supplying him with his favorite cliet ; the undo): rangers. These huts were here herds of red doer grazed in the open meadows or qusnahed their thirst at the brooks or crystal lakes ; here the inden• trious beavee foiled hie trues and built his dams on every stream ; here the wolf's detested. howl slartlo'l the deur and the bear pushed hie blaok bulk through the nndergrowth in search of ripe nuts or berries. Hero in fact may bo said to have been the centre from which the moose, deer, and other Hili• mals spread out to all seoticno of the province sonth of the Mi Iowa river and LttkeNipissing, the great distance Froin settlement aid the unbroken tenderness affording them a grea'er degree of shel. ter than wee found anywhere else. Of these, deer are still plentiful, but the increasing rigour with which they have of late years been booted in end out of season is fast depleting their num.- hers ; the same Cause lute bid fair to place the moose among the extinct ani• male of Ontario ; while the beaver has been hunted and trapped so mercilessly that now single epeoimens are seen only at long intervals. Wolves and bears aro quite common, and mink, otter, fisher, martin, and muskrat are earner - one, The woods are well stocked with partridge, hat there are few duels, The principal fish found in the Muskoka waters is the trout, alt the fresh -water varieties of which are to be had there in great abundance. In the Petawasva and Madawaska rivers in addition to trout, chub, eat -fish, and pike are found, also eels, the latter varietiea increasing in number as you descend the streams. Fleming and white -fish are plentiful in Great Opeongo, Shirley and McDougal lakes. GENneee 000D. The park comprises within its limits a large part of the watershed which divides the streams flowing into the OE• taws river from those which empty iu. to Georgian bay, and the preservation of the forest upon this elevated tract of land is essential to the maintenance of these important streams iu full flow, The interests of the lumbermen who ao• molly float large quantities of tion. her to market dotvu their waters, of the manufacturer for whose mill wheels Shay supply the motive power, and of the farmer to whom a continuous supply of water in spring, well, and stream is an absolute necessity, alt require that pro. vision be made to keep the hills and high lands of this plateau covered with a heavy forest growth. The district is one which has never been opened for settlement, and which, both from its re- moteness from population and from its containing only smelt and scattered areas of tillable soil, is not one to at. tract even the hardy Canadian back- woodsman, especially when uugranted lands in so many other more accessible and more fertile parts of the province are at his disposal, Its retention in the bands of the Crown will not appreciably lessen the agrieniturtel area of the pro- vince, while if extensive clearings were allowed to be mule, ostensibly for farm. ing purposes, the consequence would be that the district for forest purpoees would be rendered useless, and possessing little 01 no value from an agricultural point of view, it would soon be converted into a dreary and abandoned waste. ANDS TO DE GAINED. It Is contended that the following ends can be attained by the reservation :- 1. The preservation of the streams, lakes and watercourses in the perk, and es. peoially of the head waters of those rivers which have their sources therein, viz :—The South river, flowing northerly into Lake Nipiesing ; the east branch of the north branch and the north branch of the south branch of the Muskoka river, which empties into Georgian bay ; the Madawaska and Pete. wawa rivers, flowing south-easterly into the Ottawa ; the little Nipissing, a branch of the Petawawa ; the Amabte du Pond, flowing northerly into the Matthews, a tributary of the Ottawa ; and several other and smaller stroatns which flow into one or other of these rivers. There is probably not to be found elsewhere within the province a tract of country which in the same lien. iced space gives rise bo so many import- ant streams, and it is a fortunate oir- •oumsbauoe that this tract exists not only in a state praotioelly unimpaired so for as the maintenance of these streams is concerned, but also in a condition which enables it to be set aside as a reserve, Son of the kind proposed at a minimum of expense and trouble. In fact, the re- gion is one of a muitiplicity of creeks and etreams, forming in their progress every here and there diminutive lakes, many of them, surrounded as . they are by the overarching forest, extremely beautiful. 0, The main'tenanoe of the park in a state of nature as far as possible, having regard to existing interests ; and the preservation of native forests therein, tont of their indigenous woods as nearly as practicable, 3. To protect the fish, insectivorous and other birds, game and for•bearing animate therein, and to enoou'age their growth and inoneta°. 4, To provide field for experiments in and praotiee of systematic forestry upon a limited scale. 5, To serve as a sanitarium oe place of health resort. The inhabitants of Otibario have been .often recommended, instead of visiting for the purposes of health or recreation the i'mrious slimmer resorts of other countries, to try a sea- son 10 their own, lend and whether in Northern. Ontario an air oaunot be found more pure and more invigorating than in either Europe or the States. Tide largereseevabion, with its eueeeesiol of hill and valley, lake and river, its vast aurfuaea of level and of rolling ground, motion everywhere protrude. , This its groves of balsas} and cedar, fta for• The spring and autumn rains and the limey snows of winter keep the fettle, Lain heads of tho innpnrtent streams rising here continually replenished, the density of the forest retarding evapora- tion, and the spongy layer of leaves and decaying vegetation which covers the ground tending to maintain nn mine, bit flow 11n tight ut the yeer. a lig:tOil. 137004. A region en wooded ami watered, and so remote from e,viliratiou, oamot but be the home of a vest variety of birde, game, and fur•boaring animals and fish. Ifere not many years ago the hoose, the monarch of Canadian woods, rt'attletl and browsed in large numbers, the leaves and tender branches of the young trees builb by the side of waterways, and ab the customary enbranoes to bhe park, The ranger, suporintendent, and undor rangers will see that the game is pro. tooted, and that poachers are excluded. The only officer yet appointed le the ranger, Itis salary is *GOO per annum. RiotNTLm ESTAnnIe0IED This park was established by an Act at the last session of the Ontario Legis- lature, and it is provided that the park shall be under the control and mimic°. ment of the Department of Crown Lauds and the Lieutenant Governor -in Connell, Lobs eau be leased for the oo,struotion of buildings for ordinary habitation, and such other buildings as may be necessary for the accommodation of visitors or persons resorting to the park as a sanitarium or health or summer resort, Strenuous efforts will be pub forth to protect the natural condition of the park, and the fish and game that there abound. Penalties therefore are provided for illegal hunting, fishing etc. No license for the sale of intoxicating liquors within the park will he issued, and any intoxicating liquor found within the limits of the said parlc, and held for the purpose of sale contrary to the pro- visions of the Liquor Lioeuee Act, may be seized and destroyed by any park ranger, or by any constable or license inspector having authority within the District of Nipiesing aid the Fangos will have all the powers and authority of a license inspector for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of the Liquor License Aot therein, and the provisions of the Park Aot. COMytlssloNEns. The boundaries of the park were fixed in aceordeuce with the report of the Park Commissioners, Alexander Kirk- wood, chairman ; Aubnry White, Archi• bald Mae, James Dickson, and R. W. Phipps. Thomas W. Gibson was seore. tnry for the oommission. Up to the present little hoe been said or written regarding this new cleparabure, and a general sketch of the park will no doubt be of iuteeest to those who delight in the beauties and grandeur of nature. NEED Fon A LAEtt, liiorosb preservation is in almost every civilized oountry one of the moat press- ing and vital of economic questions. It touches the welfare of the people at many points. The experience of older counties has everywhere bow that the wholesale and indiscriminate slaughter of forests brings a host of evils in its train. Wide tracts are converted from fertile plains into arid deserts, springs ane! streeens aro dried up, and the rain- fall, instead of percolating gently through the forest floor and finding its way by easy stages through brook and river to tho lower levels, now descends the valleys in hurrying torrents, carry. ing all before its tempost0ous flood. In some places, where the oounbry is moan• tainous and the soil friable and easily disintegrated, the whole surface, de. prived of its forest covering, is torn up and swept away year after year by these reouerutgfloods, until btto mischief wrought within the memory of man may be oonp,tred in extent to the denuda- tion brought about by geologic forces in long ages of time. The influence of forests upon climate is almost always beneficial, as they tend to promote its humidity and exert a tempering effeot upon injurious winds ; consequently the destruction of a large portion of the forest growth of a country, is generally attended by a deterioration in its olio. ate. 1300NDADIE5 AND 05030. The park is comprised within the dis- trict of Nipiseing, south of the Mattawa river, and lying between the Ottawa river and Georgian bay. It is almost a parallelogram in shape, consisting as it does of four tiers of four townships each, with two townships on the north• tvest corner, its greatest depth being from north to south, The united erea of these townships is 988,186 acres, of which 881,793 acres is land and 106,803 acres is water, or 1,300 square miles of the former, and 166 square miles of the latter. The western boundary of this tract has it mean distance of about nine miles from the eastern boundary of Parry Sound district, while on the east at the northeast angle of the town- ship of Deacon it approaches to within about twelve miles of the Ottawa river, As the course of the river, however, is south•eaeterly, while the boundary ,of the park is almost due north and south, the distance from the confiners of the park to the river rapidly increase 115 the southern limib of the latter is reach. ed. The average length from north to south of the reservation is about 40 miles and its breadth from east to west 86 miles, Deux Itivieres on the Ottawa, some twelve miles distant front its north• ern limit, is the nearest settlement of any importance, the population in the townships lying between the eaeterit boundary and the Ottawa being very sparse. Otherwise, for considerable distances ou all aklee of the park, north, south, east and west, there is almost no settlement at all. This tract forms part of the great forest which once otvsred the whole of Ontario, and which in this part of the province consisted of a variety of thews, including the white tend rod pine, hemlock, tamarack, balsam, cedar, birch, maple, beech, iron. wood, ash, mud basswood, As for the lend sbesif, it is in general of little value for agrioultueal purposes,being, as might be expected from its situation on a watershed, for the greater part rough, broken, and ebony. There are few high bilis, the surface being most- y composed of rocky ridges, alternat- ng with valleys, swamps, and marshes. Pae rough ribs of the Laurentian for. Tract of land contains within its bound, eats of pine and Birdwood, will be mei. tries an immense volume of water he nentty capable, when eertain but by no Jake, river, brook, pond and marsh, means expensiveimprovomcnteare effeot. ad, of affording theoibizep., tired of (dose., THE BRUSSELS POST peeked houses and of crowded streets, tiro means of pestling 51111111105 snrrutttitl by every pleasure wbioh varied scenery nail Word, amid the when repuec 01 a 1,1, trio almost uninhabited by man The idea appears to be web Loauded that pine forests aro of specific value In the mute of lung disease. The old 1to' 111114/8 50/15 patients with uleerteveil lime.; to Libra, where, by breathing the 1,11 snmio emanations of the pines :,,, whioll the country ab7oidcd, buy said to have Heel uftny years f u•.:,1 Lem then' complaints, Thera cn 1 be little do tt t rob that a sojcuiu in the pipe forests of this Nipiesing upland, with its pure air, good water, and aromatic breezes, would be beneltielal to many afflicted with tvealc lungs, 11 is a region which can be retained in its original beauty. In an ordinary country neighborhood the land has been cleared, the portions of forest left, the roads made, for the oouvsnienos and profit of the farrier and the villager ; but thls oan bo arranged with a view to the pietureequo alone. Ina roadeneed neither be straight nor rectangular ; they can wind by the shaft• ed borders of stream', and climb the higher land wherever the beat view of the surrounding country is available. No proprietor elan close his forest against the visitor ; pleasant paths can be tot" struobed to evoty sequestered dell or wood•embowere l lake. At present much of this is covered with groves of sombre pine; mucin with woods of brighter foli- age, in summer of green, in lntamwn rich wibh crimson and gold. Ib will be easy as time goes on, successively bo replant the portions desolated by fire or thinned by the axe, and, with the latitude afford- ed in laying out the means of comme ni- cation, to contrive that every rod shall open out successive vistas of light, shade, and color of land and water, such as no forest in North America can at present equal. 6. To seonre the benefits which the retenbion of a large bleak of forest would confer upon the climate and waterooursee of the surrounding per. tion of the province. This then is Ontario's "forest prime- val," which fins been set apart for the ob- jects above referred to, and time alone will give the answer to the question, "Will those things come to pass ?" A new cigar faolory bas been started at Belleville. A lodge of Sons of Bngland has been instituted at Potrolea. Samuel Kirkland, a weeltbv farmer who lives near Teeswater, died of heart failure early I! ridgy morning, aged 65. Last week James Repel, proprietor of the Welland granite works, bad his leg broken by a monument wbioh he was taking to the cemetery falling on him. Rev. J, C. Stinson, the Horning's Mills preacher, who was suspended for a year by Orangeville Presbytery, has issued a writ agninst James Koxtmble, of Florning's Mills, claiming 810,000 dam. ages for alleged slander and defamation of character. A lamentable 0oourrenae took place in Oaradoc last week at the farm of James $aggnrty. 11 seems that litre. Haggerty left the house and was afterwards sought for, but no trace of her mould bo found. until the searchers entered the barn and were horrified to behold her suspended by to rope, stone dead. lessualeSinaglibas 'EG h10 b\\\\ Grand Trunk O�Pair •EXCURSION Chicago ails Return SINGLE FARE August e1 atuY1, 5, Good to ileturn August 14th. J. N KENOALL, 0. T. B, Agent, Brussels, AT El A ' In n, clangorous emergency, CIIERR: PECTORAL fa prompt to net cod sure to cure, A dn,a t:d;ra en ti: t symptoms ofCrt•upnrhronchitia,1 1,- s further prugrass of those It softens the phlegm, sooths the in- flamed membrane, and 'induces sleep. As a remedy for colds, coughs, loss of voice, la grippe, pneumonia, and even consumption, in its early stooges It3 YER'S Cherry, Pectoral excels all similar preparations. It is endorsed by leading physicians, is agree- able to the taste, does not interfere with digestion, and needs to be taken usually in small doses. "From repented tests in my own family, Ayer's Cherry Pectoral has proved itself a very efficient remedy for colds, coughs, and the various tUe- rders of the throat and lungs."—A. W. Bartlett, Pittsfield, N. H. "Per the last 25 years I have been taking Ayer's Cherry Pectoral tor lung troubles, and an, assured that its use Inas Saved S':5' y Life I have recommended it to hundreds. I find the most effective way of taking this medicine is in small and frequent doses.'—T. al, Matthews, 1'. 11I., Sherman, Ohio. " My wife suffered from a cold ;'nothing helped her but Ayers Cherry Pectoral widen effected a cure."—R. Amer°, Piyntpton. iv. S. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell Mass. Prompt to act, sure to cure sa,o.a®,. BRU 50,000 SELS N MILL W A 1\T'I'S POUNDS OF WOOL FOR CASH Or in Exchange for Goods. ....e.,.mme,�v. sm�e®s0 The Highest lar! et Price wine Allowed, We have a Piave .Assortment of Tweeds, Cottons, Flannels, Cash- meres, Blankets, Sheet- ing, Knitted Goods, Yarns, 8co. All Wool left with us for manufacturing, whether rolls or otherwise, will have our prompt attention. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED, ,44,1 iatt.ii,".a;lv b,.-' L) J Cash h3 Price Paid IN r Ta e AT T i es e 1 J= S Wish to remind the public that they still want lucre Wool and that they have on hand for this season's trade the Biggest Stook of Woolen -©o Ever shown by any other Factory in Ontario, which they will ok. change for wool at prices which will Astonish Everybody. It will pay you to come and see. our Tremendous Stock which is Opened For Inspection., Come and Satisfy yourself before disposing of your Wocl elsewhere. Do not foriet to 880111e for your wife one of oar Tine Wool Soote7i Shirts. 11'NOTICE.—Do not be led away by shoddy peddlars and others travelling through the country. We do not employ any such' men. But come direct to our factory and by Fair Dealing we hope to gain your support and confidence. We Guarantee First-class Work in Roll Carding, Spinning and Manufacturing. P. 8.—Parties from a distance can rely on getting their Boll • Carding back with them the same clay and they will find us ready • to give the most prompt and careful attention to all. �g! PHOTOCRAPHER 5 EL1663:680 Gal! ery Odes' SlalllarU SALES EN ANT D Salesmen are wanted to represent us in the sale of a Choice line of Hardy Canadian Grown Stook. Experience not necessary. We want real workers mold to all such _ we offer a permanent situation at a good income with chance of ad- vancement. As WO now -have over 700 acres under cultivation we can give our salesmen many superior advantages. We also desire to secure a good man in your district to sell the ROTARY SPRAY PMP, For whibh we have the General Agency. This is u;nething new • and indispensable to the farmer or fruit grower. Soil i fair .terms and testimonial cirenlar. STONE & WELLINGTON, Nurserymen, 40-8 TORONTO, - ONTARIO.