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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1888-3-23, Page 3Maxon 23, 1888. ssateweetwass NAN'13 STORY. THE BRUSSELS POST Tetd, 1;1 Trlr. Oltr/,nna.t's UOarXTal., "Tell a story 1" says you. Wait a bit. Lot me see It Was Criamiss. The shops was all bright With holly an' flags, as a gell dressed In raga, Who'd boon Morin' at eight alter sight, Turn'd to creep home away as the oven in' fell grey. An' the lamps was boginnin' to light. Nan, they called her. She'd got a good mother, like mine, Though more pals -like, an' sickly, an' sad ; An' a father, but ho warn'/ as kind as might be To his wife. and the Roll that they had. Be was give to drink, an' sometimes, as I think, It druv 'im' arf crazy an' mad. Well, this Nan hurr,}ed home to the garret she knowod Wonld be fireless en' hitter with cold ; But no mother was there when she climed the steep stair, An' so feelin' quite weary and old, She strayed down just ns far as the Peli- can bar That was sbinin' with green an' with gold. There was plenty of loafers tel-stanilin' outside, An' the public was full to the brim Thou above all the noise comes the sound of a voice As she knowod was belongin' to him : An' she ketches a sight of a face worn an' white, With sad oyes, that long oryin' made dim. it was mother persuading of Dad to coma 'ome "Don't she wish she may get him 1" says one ; "Hullo, mate, hullo 1 'Ero's a bit of a row 1 Close in, au' let's look at aha fun 1" But Nan wriggles before, and gets close the door As the chucked ones come out with a ran. An' the fust was her Dad, rog'lar orful an' mad, An offerin' to mill all the lot ; An' her mother was there, with torn bon - nit an' hair Thnt was loosed from its trim tidy knot. Seems her p ayes made him worse, for ho turned with a aurae • An' struck at her, heavy an' hot 1 Then the people cried "shmne 1" and bo bade 'cm come on, For to tackle the cr• wd he was fain ; Then chi- Nun feels her heart begin thumpiu'' right smart, An' forgittin' her fear m her pain, Rushes in, grabs his knees, au' cries Daddy, ch please, Don't ye go to hit mother again ? "Cor 'tis Crismtsa 1" she cries, an' looks up in his eye-, As be clenched his big fist for a blow ; Th, n- -the lights seemed to whirl and the big world to twirl As a roundabout spina at a show. She was down in the street, 'midst the tramplin' feet, 'An the freeze of the half -melted snow. Ob, to sloop in the cold, to wake up in the warm Of a beautiful lily white bed 1 With a tall gent an grand to be holding your hand. An' a kind lady bathing your head 1 'Tway soot happened to Nan. V/hon to apeak she began, "Is this Heaven?" was the first thing oho said. "An' I've promised to wipe out the stain Of the biaok by -gone years, wi, their hunger and tears, An' 111 strive to with might an' with main I For the pledge I have took, an' sworn hard on the Book, That I'll never touch liquor again 1" • ♦ • • • • Thoro'a the and of the tale, sir. It's long en' I'm tired, Though I wasn't when first I began The adventures to tell „of a poor little Boll Like myself, to a grand gentleman, Hero'o my dell : s.•o her dress ? Laws a me 1 Can't you gu.•as I I'm her—that identical Nan 1 OUR STORY. The fulloei,ig pal het epee were un :•v ;deb y •.i fr •un our ,tory, "Ft orn Jest to Earne..t." They cuter ut atter the suatud column :-- "It hasn't with yen yet " "Our acquaintauou bne been very brief." "And yet I earful to Iuuuw you eu well I would not bane believed it possible in nuc chert day " "I think you aro mistaken. But you rresbytery of Maitland. Tine L'roehytery u, Maitland met sit Lnckuow on Tnc'sdny, nal inst., the Moderator, Rev. George Law, of 1'3elgrave, in the chair. A fair number of members were present. A call from Smith ICioloes con grogation, to Rev. F. A, McLennan, of Duuvegau, Glongal ry. was sus tamed, and the clerk instructed to /seem// he same, with accompany, ing papers, to the clerk of•Glangarry Presbytery. The strpend:prutnised by the congregation to be paid auuu- ally is $800.00, and mums, and glebe. The call is uuanimoue. The Bev Mr. Murray, of Ktnoardiue, iuterim Moderator of Sou,h Kinloss session, was appointed to prosecute the call before tea Gleuguury Pres byte y. The Rey. 1,1r. Brown, of Wruxe ter tendered the reeiguatim,, of hie charge. iMIr. Muir wits appoiutod to cite the oeugregtuielt to appear for their interoe,o at the meeting in May. Commissioners to tete Geu- eeal Assembiy were appoiutod. Air. Roes wee roappoineed Convener of the Preebyte.y'e Bout Mission Couimi,tee. The claims of supple entitled congregations were Ooneid• tired and passed. The remit on true vellum ,expellees of Commiteioners to the G.'ncrul Assembly, which is to the effect that a common fnud for the whole church bo iuetituted, was :lpproved of as a whole Rev. A. McKay and D McKinnon were apuutntud members of Synod's Com dime on bills and overtures. Tee car.• k e uta Mem stud to forward the name of Rev. A. McKenzie, aeoord ing to his own requaet, to the Sec r tory of C .mtuittoe on the dteiri butropore of Probetiouero, end to grant him his ministerial certificate. .A. telegram wan read by the clerk frum the clerk from the clerk of the Presbytery of lemon, elating that the Presbytery had •ustnitled:* call from Goderich to the Rev. J. A Au - deism, of Wlstleclsurub. The Prete bytery a;poi uted the Muderatur, Rev. G. Lit+v, to cies the congrega- ti,lnd of Whsteehurch anal .Nissl Wa- wenoeb, to appear for their interests a an adjourued meeting of the P)esbytery to he held at Wmgbate, on Tuesday, 17tH deny el April, at half past one o'clock p. m, Rev. Principal Graut, of Quoon'e College, Kingston, WAS uomivaled Moderator of the next General Aetaembly. A. map of the Presbytery, pre pared by Mr, 13arris•tn was received. A report on temperance, on the belle of returns of Birk eQaaiOria note teed by Mr. Llarrieuu,. It wise moved by D. G, temente; end. (mounded by A. Sutherland, mall agreed, the/ the Presbytery ]laving heard tine report of the committee on temperance, receive and mutate Uho report, thunk tete eutnmittee, tend • especially the Convener, and express thankfulness to God for the manielest improvement in' temper - 04100 seutitutnt which the report seta forth. The Presbytery also urges upon all its Ministers, elders and members to give their hearty sup port to the Canada Temperance Aol at the forthooming repeal eontelte. The clerk wee iostrnotod to forward the report to the Convener of Synods committee on temperance. • Tho ltov. D. Davidson read the report on the state of religion. The. report weareoeived end adopted and the thanks of the Preebytory given to the Committee, especially tbo Convener. The Rev. M'r. Murray read the report of the Woman's PresbyterialForoignMaseionury So- ciety, in behalf of Miss Annie M. Johnston, of Kineardino, Sooretary of 111e Society. On motion it was Agreed that having heard tilt W. P. M. H. of the Presbytery of Maitland this court oxpresees its great satisfaction with She progress made during the year se shown itt its increase of three auxiliaries and two miesiotl bands, and also an int An' the gentleman smiled at the poor little gel ; "No, my child ; this ain't Heaven," sayshe; "But a place where they cure the sick children wot's poor, And everything'slgratis and free, You've a out on your head, and your leg's broke," he said, "But we'll mend it, as quick as may be 1" An' she slept by -an' -by, and there came such a dream Of an angel iu velvets and fur ; But without any wings, who brought beautiful things, Sweets an' playthin'e an' pittnres to her 1 An' spoke of tholovo as came down from above, In it way wee like inutile to yor 1 Then she lifted her oyes an' most ehriek- ed in surprise For mother was atandin' just hero— Lookin' dose at her Nan with a smile as began As a smile, e.n' left of in a toes. 0, she never bad knowed how the lougin' had grooved To see the dear face till 'twee near 1 An' oho put out her arms, au' they hug- ged there a bit, Was there ever a =cabin' nibro glad ? Then says Nan, "Will you take, for your little golfs sake, Just abet of a message to Dad ? tie's real sorry, I know, that ho hutted mo s0; For it's only in drink that lie's bad 1 "An' I wish be was hero in this beauti- ful place, Whore all trouble an' worrit seems o'er ; Per no more he'd speak rough, or get drank on the stuff That the gin shops sells cheap to tiro poor 1" Then she turns lier head round, au' her 'art giv' a bound ; Drui wen standin' just inside the door 1 An' he draws his sleeve over hie face, an' comae near, An' stoops over the rot where air, lies. Au' he lege front his coat s now dolly ' dressed out in the fatshiotl, with stole' Woo eyes! '•Yeu'll forgive nto, my kid, tor the weong that .f did, her 1 neer riictttat in hurt ye le he Moe. "An' your mother an' 105 we've made lila Aril," sa'g'a ho,, urease of 218 members and $W9 over lest year's report, The Pres- bytery would earnestly hope and pray that the Society, thus reporting, may go on Increasing in members, contributions and spiritually year by year. Mr. Leask read the report of Committee appointed to examine the Draft Book of forme, changes and amendments, were recom• mended. The report was received end eta reeommendatinna adopted, and the clerk instructed to send the same to the Convener of the Com- mittee on the Book of Forme. The Bev. A. Sutherland, Convener of the Committee appointed to con aider the remit on the marriage question, reported and submitted the following motion, seconded by Mr, Benison, The motion Was carried, /bat inasmuch as the West Minister Confession of faith bas been solemnly accepted by every minister and elder of this ohurob, numbering fully 8,000, without re• servation or equivocation BB found- ed on and agreeab e to the word of God, this Presbytery strongly dis• approves of the action of last As sembly in entertaining the proposal to strike out the last sentences of the 4th election of 24th Chapter, of the .aid oonfessloei though no proof has ever been produced to show that it is opt founded on, and agreeable to, the word of God, and roaolve to abide by the confession of faith in ire integrity, should that encesalatate separation from the majority, who ratty by vote in the Assembly parry out the purposes of the remit. The uext':-ordinary meeting of Presbytery'%v`iilbe held at Wingham "n Tuesday. the 8th day of May, at 12:80 p.m. THE MAOEENZIE MATTER. From another source previously received the proceedings in the Mackenzie affair is gone iv to mole elaburately. To set the reverend gentleman right before his former congregation, we publish the fol- lowing : The cued of the Rev. A. Macken- zie, ox punter of South Kinloss, excited auiutated dlscussiou end euguged attention fur up.vards of three houre. Che commit am of in vestigation reported, seating that ad far a -e their researche•i bed gone, they u.umu u,t find auytuiug of 9 eliminating oharucter The alleged dIuniceunesa while in Toronto iu 1886 was found to bo it tieauo of hes. Mr. Moteillivrey of Goderich had been interviewed enueeruiug an alleged statement made by hitt charging. Mr. slaoitenzte with riritnicetlnees. He denied ench state went and said that what ha had averred was that ht•a sndpioions had been aroused by kir. Mackenzie's coteluet while at his bootie, and which he wee told was the re,.ult of inhaling particles of Pane genii while duetiug the petite) plot in the garden. The committee reported, yduGilhvrav adhere' to saying that he (Mackenzie) was apparently und• er the influence of liquor, but ho would;not go to the length of say, ing that it was caused by liquor. The Presbytery considered the report tivhiuh wad adopted. In the disousai.ou which followed, Mr. Murray, of Kine,irdiae, was the principal spe'.ker. Eta uuiteudod that Me. MaeKsnzio wee the ,intim of elauder, and that of a heinous charaotsr. He had iuvestig abed aha 'Putoulo yarn for his ower per, semi satieftictiote ; he had put up at the mono hotel, sate Mackenzio's - eiguature in the register, interview eel the proprietor and clerk, and from them got a detailed account oe:rrospeeding with Mteekenzie'e own version. If Mackenzie had slopped at this hotel, as ho heti, tete, could he have been at St. +Geurgui at the same period, so had Moe ,illeged ? 1'he pastor at St. George rays that if he had been ,/tore ho would nave known it. ntroug language had been used against an nuoffeuding man in thie McGillivray affair. It had been Stated, and the Presbytery had boon loft under the imprecsion, that Me- G'ilhvray had described hitt/ (Mac. kende) as being "beastly drank" last June at communion time. He lead inquired into the matter and frofn a oommunioatiou to Sand, through a trustworthy source, ho ascertained that no ouch ox• pression had been used, and what had given rise to the report occurred about four years ago. t There is something wrong aome*here, be. caueo in this communication in llatid5MoGillivray denies mention- ing liquor at all ; to the eomuiteteo ho states ono thing and too another portion apparently another thing. Most absurd and hurtful rumors were assiduously circulated, and re- ports that ho had boon refused has ministerial certificate had been int sorted in the prose under the cloak of the clerk's signature by some person or pe1S0ne•, and copies tient hundreds of utiles down the country to congtegaticn0 who were inedttat• ing giving bite is call. Some un- fetln egeltcy wan at /reek, and i t wax the height of anjustico to keep the reverend gentleman in snob a grave and embarrassing poattion, making Wm the target of every venomous arrow. The upshot of this was that a committee was appointed on the spot to confer with Mr. Mackenzie and to consider and discuss the evi- dence in hand. After a lapse of about an hour, the committee re ported that from Mr. Mackenzie'nt answers, though somewhat indefi- nite and unsatisfaotory, and from the various statements in hand, it found that no evidence hail been adduced on which to base a charge, and it there ore recommended that his oertifioats be given him, and to pat his name on the probationere' roll. The Presbytery instructed the clerk to act a000rdiugly, and the matter ended here. A wOMAN'a eu1051010 MISSIONARY SOOSETr. A most int rcetiug and pleasant meeting of the Woman's Foreign Missiunory Society of the Presby • tery, was held in St- Andrew's church, Lucknnw, on Tuesday of toruuuu of last week. Mrs. butler - land, the president, opened the meeting with reeding of scripture and prayer. The delegate,' were cordially welcomed by Afro. McKay in a very pleasing and happy ad- dress. Mrs. McKay's address was replied to on behalf of the delegates by Mrs. McGill, of Wingham The report preeeated by the secretary, Mies Johnston, was very en00nrag- iug, shoeing that marked progress had been made in the work of the society duriug the year. Mrs. Graham read the Financial report, which elbowed the amount raieed during the year to be $928, being $278 in advance oI Iaet year. Puree very interesting addresses were read„—the first by the preti dent on mission work ; the second by Mrs. Lewitt on Gonane work ;. and the third by Mrs. Brown, of Wro ,ser, ou methods of making the monthly eating, inter, sting. Mrs. Brown not being able to be present, her redress was read by. M108 Johnston The of ening of the questiut drawer added much to the interest of the meeting The anuNeuinti of the queet.one tuv D:lis. Leask draw nut much thought, tshich was helpful to those eugtugr•d in the work t f the society. Mies Jiihueton :eudered her reeignatlen as seuresary. The society, unwill- ing to lose the service:' of so elliot- a11t itnrl 0!'ll ru,uU5 a secretary, with much reluetanoe accepted the reg iguafton. Officers were appointed fur the seeing year : Mrs. Sather laud was re-elected president ; Mrs. Graham re appointed treasurer and Aire. utoNebh appoiutod secretatre. The meeting was cenoluded with devotional exeroises, Mrs. Dickobn, of Winghatn, lending in prayer.— LuoRilow Sentinel Local Legislature. Iu the Legislature Mr. Commee's bill respecting Port Arthur anti Neobiug, and Mr. Gibson's hill to duelers the effect of certain mort- gages and eouveyauoes made by church wretions of Ohrist'e Church, Hamilton, were read a third time. Debate on Mr. Meredith's motion relating to timber and mifier;sl was continued by H. E. Clerk, and Clancy cult al /stet by air, Fraser. Mr. Creightoet's amendment was loot by 02 to 27. Mr. Freser'a amendment was then put, itud the yam rend nays being demanded, it wag carried by 70 yea: and no nays Dir. Mowat's hill respecting the tneintenance of wives deserted ity /hair husband, was considered in cumanittes and reported. after the maximum allowance which the police magistrate Oars glint to a wife had been reduced to $3 a week. The Attorney General's hill inlet- ing to the euletnuizutteu of marriage was read a second time. The bill makes valid marriagsrr solemnized in the past by it clergyman not a resident of the Proviitoos, and ouacte that in future it shall be ueeessary only that tho officiating clergyman shall be a resident of Canada. The remainder of the evening was permed in Committee of Supply, when rho annual discussion on the Model Fant took place. Dir. Balfour withdrew hitt Homo - stead 'Cxemptions Bill, the session being nearly at an end. Ile intends to introduce n similar bill early next session. It is not likely hat Mr. tGareon's hill providing for local option in tax- ation will become law this year, as the change involved is a radical one. He is determined, however, to have it discussed in the House. Two methods are proposed for settling the quostiou of the quality of milk supplied to butter and cheese factories, One position is, ".heist , upon the milli being supplied pare, and to ensure this, authorize Air agent of the factory to enter upon a patron's premises, milk his cows, compare the milk with that which be supplioe to the factory, and so sseertain whether he is tampering with R." the other pu.»ltiun jet Fix a atunderd of solids ; pay far dd milt/ according to iia ricbnose, end then if the patron (hotted to skim it he loam, and it is hitt own bund nese," The objection to the ers't plea is the dislike or extremely cool or poaaibly wenn reception which ,t fanner would bo likely to give to e etrauger corning to take tamporitry control of ilia cows. The objection to the second plan is that the test iug of milk fur a standard, at all events in cheese factnriee, would be unpredictable. The idea of a dant dard, or absolute tent, is embodied in Mr. Graham's bill ; the other plan, of a relative test by rioted lniil.ing, td the leadlug feature of Mr. Bailantyne'a bill, which is likely to become law this session. The Toll Roads Bill will not be pressed this ession. The bill 116. aided on by the committee will be sent to the Municipal Councils for consideratiou during recess. Mr. O'Connor's bill giving to:vu- ship treasnrera the conduct of tax steles, wire parsed by the lfuuioipel Committee, The right of bonusing mauafac. turo e, hitherto poeeessod by utuui- cipulitie. , virtually received its quietus yesterday, so far, at 1eaet, as lay within the power of the Municipal Committee. Mr. Balt f nlr, who introduced the origuntl btll to deprive municipalities of This privilege of questionable advantage and who when voting for the amend- ment of Mr. Waters, allowing the right to be continued but requiring that two•thirds of the property own• ere should be iu favor of auy bona, daolared that while he favored this condition, he wanted to go furtber, introduced several amendments yesterday, the effect of which will be, if they are sanctioned 'by the Houde, to hedge in the power of buuusing with the following three conditions :-1, That no bonus hall be given by any municipality to any tuduetry which is already r.•preseuted iu the municipality aud .thiels baa not received ane- home. 2 'Tient no bonus ,hall b0 given by guy municipality to an establish. illetet already existing in the Prove tete, 8 Tltat no municipality ,hull be allowed to devote more at au the tenth part of its entire re- ceipts from the municipal taxation so the payment of iuteroet on the deb, uturee homed on e000ttne of encl.) bonnass. Itis expected Chet these ameudmenta will give rico to a rather warm discussion. The report of the Agricultural College es a volume of 108 pages of valuable information. Ir. the cumber of students the college stands third on this Con• anent, but Prof. Mille thinks there should be more. He would prefer to see them come from Outario, and withal the last nine months he has Bent away fifteen or twenty English upplioants, tolling them to go to farmers and learn some of the realities of farming before coming to the college. The number on the lull in 1b87 was 110, of whom 78 are a from Ontario. Thirty -tour uouutios of Ontario are 'represented, tltddh aux heading the het. 1\/r1.AT MARKET, Biala (Street, - Rruasela, ANDREW (11i1RRlf'l, P1t0aftui''O11., Fresh 4Nnn Sait Meats of the batt quality always on hand and de- Itvored to ant part of the village free o1 ohargo. Terme very favorable. (xeneral NOW M. Emperor Freda rick is busy with Affairs of the State. Newt has been received indicating that Stanley's expedition is safe. The French Chamber of Deputies hat voted to remove the duties from wines. Mt'. I3radlaugh's Oaths Bill pass ed it+ second reading in the geese of Commons by 200 to 130, The Cattle Tried, of Denver, hat contracted to supply rue Fromm ,.army with 130,000 beef cattle an, u ually. General Boulanger hue ben re. moved from Ins euwmand on tic. count of his having twice visited Paris without permission. The following queer advertisomen t appeared iu it Now York paper the other day:—"A fool wauted--Will any ono eoueiderlug haulaelf or her ' self a fool please address Narr, poet. office box 8,064, New York?" George Littlewood, the sielebrated English pedestrian, arrived in, New York oti Tlteuday on the .Etratria, He came over for the express pur- pose of challenging George Cart- wright, the pedestrian who won the late contest in Boston. Ete wanks the match to be in New York, eight weeks from signing articles, for $300 t0 $1,000 a aisle. Sarnia has not had any snow for la month. During the first week in April the M. C. R. will begin to build a branch lino from Niagara, Ont., to the Chautauqua grounds. ProfessorJames, analyst, Guelph, ' says aha two samples of. well Nater he analysed recently, /alien front Ileac -tomes in that city, aro totally ' unfit for uta. FAT CATTLE WANTED: For which the highest market price will be paid. I also make it specialty of buying Hides and Skies, Don't forget the place next door to Flatclter's Jewelry Store. A. CURRIE. Money to Loan. Money to Loan on Farm Pro- perty, at LOWEST RATES, PRIVATE AND COMPANY FUNDS W. B, DICKSON, Solicitor, Brussels, Ont. S. PLUM, General Blacksmith, wishes to intimate to the public generally that he does all kinds of Blaokemithing in a Workmanlike Manner. Wagons, Buggies, Sleighs and Cutlera made to Order. Repairing promptly Executed. I make a Specialty of Horse -shoeing. A Call Solicited. r''Itomember the Stand—Nun TUB Bcun.aE. 24 S. Plum. NIONEY TO LOAN. PRITP.,4TE FUNDS.. SaiOatlati of Private Funds have just been placed in my hands for In- vestment AT 7 PER CENT. Borrowers can have their loans complete in threo clays if title is satisfactory. Apply to E. E.WADE. T. FLE •yELi 1, PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER. Thanking the public for past favors and support and wishing still to aeoure your patronage. We are opening oat full lines GOLD & 8ILA'aR ViAl 'SILVER PLATED WARE from established and reliable makers, fully warranted by us. Cloaks of the Latest Designs. aft: ettrELA3ter : Wedding Rings, Ladies Gem Rings, Broaches, Earrings, lee. Also have in stook a full line of Violins and Violin Strings. &c. N. B. -Issuer of Marriage Licenses, T. Fletcher. N IGN OF '.L'HA: I Scotch Colla, -,e. A neev stock of Buffalo Robes, Goat Robes, liters, Blankets, Rugs, Bolls, Whips, &n., just to hand. A splendid -assortment of Trunks, Valises and Satchels in Stock and sold at living prices. 1' !7 ME .�1 WILL t T . 1)033440, Brussels.