HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1885-1-30, Page 3TAN war 130, 1885,
IN '1'3.1111 NIU/IT.
We are sitting nlouo iu tho twilight,
Mono, while the dark slut:lows full,
And tho cool, uight.ho'n°rnphyrs are vamp-
ing
Aud stealing around us and all.
Comas, like the faint, swout videos of lames,
Thu murmuring moat of dui breeze,
While it stoops lusV and kisses Lha blossoms
And whistles its sung 111 131,4 11',4(8,
Nota sound, save the song of the xopllyrs,
Is heard while we listen full lung ;
And wu break nut the silenuo no charming,
But list to 3(0 night -wind's low song.
Up in thio skies the bright stars aro ;hiving,
Thu moon hu,' half yaniehud (away,
And silver clouds are drifting above us
As fair as the dream of it day,
Far away in the diol, distant Westland,
Thom )lashes a faint ileum of gold,
And 0 only adds more to the twenty
')'hat the ]outs of tho dar1;11022 unfold,
Grotuognely Um fantastical phantoms
Are fitting out )miler the trues,
While the loaves cud the hl'aaela.t above
them
Tremble in tiro gust of tam Moose.
Ah 1 say not that darltue^:4 is dreary,
That no charm can hallow the night,
For there's (1ev00 0 midnight iia clluerless
But in it is hidden delight,
MY FIRST ]:':Lilt OF'IIRLL''CI11;1IS.
Ilow dear to my Maar, were my first pair
of bri@ehel'e,
Although now worn out I remember then(
still ;
They'd boon kn Lha house a year or two
Previous,
Aud wore formerly owned by my big brother
1301.
}low my eyes opened while 01 groat expecta-
tion,
When turd that new Moochers for me would
bo made ;
How I felt in my 1111(11 16 strange agitation,
And I laughed whin 1 thought how I look-
ed so erraytid.
They were not cut up in fashion, of that I'll
ammo you ;
They came to the knees, no suspoudcrs
were worn ;
Apatch in talose day's would excite no great
)notice.
If I climbed a fence toy now breechers were
tal'11.
When I first pet Omni on a peculiar s2nsa.
tion
Arose in my bosom that gave mu great joy,
Fur new all the neighbors who want infor-
mation
Cotthl see that no girl I was, but a big buy.
And flu pockets, how large, law drop and
how roomy ;
I had a plasm for (11y marbles, my top cud
my hall.
Faun 1 ono buhin,1 -why 'twos nothing but
pockets:
Thera were three that were large and ono
that was
When 1 s101tied out proudly an audible
titter,
From one of the boys gave 1110 some little
pain ;
When ho said t "Can your mother lualo
pants 1111 no better'."'
1 said naught for uuaw•er, but looked with
disdain.
From those days of cur childhood alas
we've now parted;
Does your liras pair of Moochers 0O'er givo
you a thought
Did they not tit you better, at leaf you did
think so,
Then those from tho tailor that since you
have bought.
But now when yon see that now br000hers
are needed,
A tailor you'll find you must first interview,
And your purchase of pants will perhaps
be impeded,
He's not like your mother, he will not trust
V11)1,
TIIE CANADIAN BIGHLANDER.
Thanks to my sires, I'n, Highland. born,
And trod the moorland and the heather
Since childhood and this soul of mina
First come into the world together,
I've "paidlod" barefoot in rho burn,
Scanned on tho braes to pu' the gowan,
Or clomb the granite eilffs to pluck
The scarlet berries of the rowan.
And what] the winds blow loud and shrill
1'•'e scaled 1110 heavenward summits
hoary,
Of grey lion Nevis or his peers
In ell their solitary glory,—
And with the enraptured oyes of youth
Have seen half 800tland spread hoforo
1110,
And proudly thought with Ilashing oyes
How noble was Lha land that bore me.
Alas I the hand denied rue broad,
Laud of any sires in bygono ages,
Land of Rio Wallace and rho Bruco,
And countless heroes, bards and sages,
It had no place for rue and mine,
No olbow-roost to stand alive in,
Nor rood of kindly mother earth
For honest industry to 311)109 in.
Twos perc011'11 out in wide domains,
By cru011aw's resistless fiat,
So that tho enured herds of [leer
Might roam the wilderness in (111103,
Untroubled by tho loot of man
On mountain side, of sheltering o0rrie,
Lost sport should fall, and flatfish woaitll
Bo disappointed of its quarry,
Tho Lords of mores doomed rho clans
Were aligns st tho bast, or foomon,
And that the grousol tho sleep, Lha hooves
Wore w0rtlt101' (6nnnal8 than yeoman ;
And hold that mot might livo or (lie
Whot'o'or then' into or fanoy lad them,
Bxcoptamoto rho Highland hills
Whoro noblo mothers born and bred them.
In agony of silent tears,
7.`110 partner of my soul besido me,
I crossed the sons 10 find a 1(0n)o
That Scotland cruelly doniod (110,
And found it on Canadian sail,
Where lnnn is man in 1,ffe's brave battle,
And not, ea in (1y 11(01;00 331e1110,
Of 1008 iuullortiutee limn the eatllo,
And lova with standfast faith in Clod,
Strong with the strength 1 gained in oar.
row,
I've looked Lite future in the face,
Nor fear the 1110rd01ips of 0110 Morrow;
Assured that it I (trOvO aright
Good end would follow brava beginning,
Am1;1hntltha broad, if not the gold,
Would never fail me in the winning.
And every day as years roll on.
And touch 1ny brow with 0;11's ihlgur,
1 learn to cherish more end Morn
The land whore lova delights 10 linger,
In thoughts by day, and drousus by night,
Fond nlaluory ruonllo, (00,1 blesses
Its heathery braes, its mountain peaks,
Its stratus and glens and wildernesses.
And 1lopo 1,vi'Os at memory's touoll,
That Scotland, aruthed nod laud -lord
ridden,
May you iludiroom for n11 bar 13018,
Nor treat the humblest as nnbiddot--
Romu for tho bravo, the atluncll, tho true,
As in the days of olden story',
When mum rnatmluod grouse end dre-r,
And lived thele Ryon—their country's
glory.
,.ore.•scmcesssuacx,.evnr...^xs::>ceo
Varna
Tho Nrbtitnlnl Live Stock Journal
puts 1n a good word for the mule ns n
(Inn worker.
Any geranium cuttings that 11111y
now bo stuck will make grand )'louts
by next 8prinl;.
The milking qualities of (1 cow, it
le said, (depend morn upon those of
1ler sire's mother than upon those of
her own mother,
0tacklen's Arnie Salve.
Tho hast salve In rho world for Cuts, Brunson
Soros, 'Ulcers, Salt Rhone, rover gores, Totter
Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, 00i1 all
Skin Eruptions, and positively euros ).'nes, or
no Ilay 00(101104. Itis (3(104 nt00,1 to give per -
foot satisfaction, e0 )honey refunded. Price
62 amts par box, Nor solo by (}. A, Doadman
Have the stables warns enough to
keep the horses comfortable witllont
blankets; they will stand the cold hot-
ter when out of (doors.
It takes a goad deal of 00ru•rneal
to counterbalance the effects of frosty
air codling through numerous Ol'Ovile8
111 the hag pen.
The farmyard without (1 good feed-
ing rack or racks ie not complete.
Hay is worth more to sell than to
waste by careless feeding in the open
yard,
.9 Slat Cling Discovery.
:1I1'. Wm. Johnson, of Buren, Dai:•, writes
that his wife had been t•uablod with unto
Bronchitis far many years, and that nil 1'01110.
tilos tried Suva noporman0nt relief, until Ito
procured r b,itla of 1),, King's Now nisoovory
for Consumption, Coughs and (:olds, which
hada. nnegloal ef(uot, lend produced n pormaa-
ant caro. I1 1s gnartwtoed to Cure all Diseases
of
Throat, [sings, or lironnhiul 'rubor. 'Trial
hottlrs free at it. A. 0eodtu airs Drug Store,
Largo size 81.00.
Economy 81101111 be the watchword
on the farm. Everything, should be
so mauttgo11 and so oared for that
thorn will be no waste or unnecessary
expense.
Cary Smith in tho Town Houle.
stead. says that after trying n001:17
(11i the ''erre mires" for Lice on stock
he has gout) back to the tobacco rem-
edies.
Tho use of commercial fertilizers
'ono recently condemned by a farmers'
meeting in Peunsylvnin on the ground
that rho careless use of phosphates
caused hog oholora.
1 lulu LIlIn lug.
Eluid Lightning is 0110 only aero for Tooth -
mho, Itrndlwho, 1,401201)0 awl Neuralgia. It
does not take it day or nu hour to cure it, but
in loss than a minnto all pain ie Sono. Thouo•
ands 1(11110 Crated its merits within the test
veru', 1'hdd Jdgetteng is also n ('00(000 0nro
for lehoumatiom. 'rho worst pnssiblo 00808
intro Loon porntau0 utly cured in ono amok,
Pried 27 acute at Iiargroav0s' Drug Moro,
No man knows the true value of
his horse until be has won his regard
and self confidence, as it were. The
whip will 11231011 do this. A kind
hand and gentlo voice will a'It film a
magic.
A Kansas farmer who had nine
hcv,d of sheep, put talo money that
ammo to hull from the sale of mutton
and wool into mom sheep. In trine
years he had 1,700 sheep worth 115,
000.
'141 '9'Ina itad(es.
mee•rogar 1'C Parka's Carbolic Coto will
011x0 any moo of Pimples cu 3110 fano or Bough
Skin on Dither hands or faoo and lofty° thous
snit as silk, It will also heal any s0ro when
another preparations fail, Thousands hnvo
tooted it, Askour Web for 2(0(}rog,1' eF
Foo''Ico's Carbolic Corato, cad 14 not bo por-
slndod to tn1,0 anything Oleo 0Ltlmed to bo as
good Ibis but 2Goon Ls per ho.e at Hargroavo a'
;)rug Storo.
The city of Loudau, England, eats.
in one year butcher's meat to the val.
ne of $250 000,000, and consumes iu
n year about 1,400,000 oxen, 1,500,-
000 sheep, 1,800,000 calves, and
2.49,000 swine.
elnn0tan'ev, 11(00. 1084.
Mossrs. Ln1nadon C wileon. Sirs,—ltogard-
In(1 the benefit dot'iyodfrolu the esu 01 your
1lyoorato1 Balsam of kh', I fully oni0rnod
that already stated by poor numerous 0orrO.
spoudent0 from all ports Of rho country. ]lav -
log contracted 11000r0 00113 11000111 111111i0(1 by
a violent Oongh, thnughhav:ug a proiudi00 a•
gahlst "mall Muff," I was Iuduootl by your ag-
ent horn, Mr, Williams,o try 0 bottle, and it
ie unnecessary to add that Iam:e onood repot
imm0dlately. I00usld51' It to bo olio 0f rho
groatost bo0us over invonto d or ofer0d to tho
fn1bhiO,poseossinga11 rho pro(ortl00 0lailn0d
or it in thoaarrost cad aura of tho complaints
epeoifiod. Yours, ,3u.-1)mlonu lbforaron.
The idea ofconstrnetingfeed troughs
out of tin pans suspended by cords
within a few inches of the floor is a
good 01103 as the hens cannot by this
method get into the trough with their
feet, and this eav08 to keep dirt out
of the food.
THE BRUSSELS POST
It1 !marl), all parts of the country
thorn are people who act upon the
theory that young cults and calves,
It 1111 other 031)1( should bl, alloo'ed to
tough it tbroag0 the Brat winter.
The consequence 19, that every tiering,
thousands of barnyards are diogra'n i
by Lha presence] of shaggy, shinny,
loose juiutr'1, !flit. 11u've,l young 11(1•
101(11;4.
An ex01)11(1ot suggestion has boon
101at1e by' Mr. Crawford of Cuyahogo
ii'ulls, U„ who (411130 that the grape
rarely (Mb; when allowed to climb
over trees. "1t m1(3101e not what
kind of trims %shatter they be living
or dead, if they duly have branches
that the tendrals o:t(1 3,031') held of.
Astonisluug crops aro pr0dueetl in
this way, even on viuce that receive
110 care,
('rwelir 9(urdere,!.
In talo Provluo, gift/Mario every year thous.
ands aro being slowly =unbind by taking U0.
soitabh,, untried nostrums (11'0,10(1 cololldalntn
ne (i.erth•nnnss, Iud0'(1l0e, Liver Chnlplatot,
Kidney Trolbloo, oto., who might easily re-
gain lost etronglh and o(mrpy by 0sim Mc-
tiregor'e Homily Cure. '1'o 00nvnmu them that
moll is the 0,18,, wo, will giv, than m free trim!
hattlo at liargroaves' Drag yt.,re, Pri.'o soar 1,
011,131. tion tu0liluoulals from par sous 111 your
Own town,
Cul. 13031g1an,1, tvili) 1)101 111111 10 11g
experience in Franco as Amoriceu
colloid, while at the 3301 man mooting,
at Chicago, WWI asked his opinion of
importing drtln„ ht molts instead of
full-grown hor01,0, He advu i,tted hn-
porting the cults and letting th0111
mature on our )1011 and abundant
food. They stand talc importation
trip better and are more ready accli-
mated.
Ai. writer to tho indium% Farmer
say's 110 .0111'08 bO:IVas In 1(01'808 by
withodding hay 33310 substituting
green food instead. Ile 3110(1 makes
(t ball its largo ire a hulled walnut, of
equal parts of balsam of fir cud co-
baiba, glviug 1110 animals ono of the
balls night and reortneg. It is sug-
gested, also, that the grain bo (lightly
moistened and seasoned with a Ifttlo
salt betoro feodlllg,
"n 2041 TO ieruse.Screpin .
Edward Shepherd, of 11 arrishurg, Ill„says
"lin ting r000iv(d so mush benoat from Elect.
ri o Bitters, 11001(11113 duty to lot suffering hu-
manity know 1t. ilavo had a runtime sero on
adv log for eight years; my doetore told me I
would hnvo to kayo the hello soraped or log
an1puteted. I used, instead, throe bottles of
11cetrlc Blttors and coven boxes Dnchlen'e
Arnica Salve, and my log Is now sound and
well.” Electric 131Eters aro sold at fifty cents
bottle, and Bueiblon's Arnim Salyo at 20 canto
per box by G. A. D oudman
One of the recent English papers
oonttuus rho statement that swine
fever is raging 001110ng the 3,000 to
4,000 hogs feeding in "New Forest"
which is a triangular ,shaped district
in Holnpshire, 111 the river Avon.
Into this forest the hogs me turned to
feed upon the acorns and ether nuts.
7.hie district contains some 04,000
acres, and the hogs in it aro Owl1011
by persons in talo adjoining counties
who have 00/0111011 or''1)a11111tg"right
to this forest from September to De
camber every year. It 11168 }bared
that a groat sprawl of this disease
would occur when the "peonage"
rights expired, allont the last of Nov.
Manuring ill the 8311 ]las mauy ail
vantages over spring (Ini1 summon
manuring, especially if piled oat of
doors, a1 is usually done. illauy of
3110 most valuatilo elements (1f stable
manure at'0 soluble iu water and are
washed out by the rains. If the luau•
tare is upon the licld )hese elements,
arooanght by the soil that 1106110 them
As ordinarily piled, manure fuses
much of its value. .33sheltorr call 1100
be givou it, cart it on to the field soon
after it is made. In the fall and min-
ter there is mole leisure f01' at-
tend1u31 to it. Itis 1103 advisable t)
place 111anur0 upon a hillside wham
the ground is frozen, especially if it
is placed in piles. Such piles hold
too frost and tho drainage from Ili
manure does not settle into the (earth.
METH IN.
No man envies tho ulorits of an.
other who has enough of his own.
Easiest way to make it hot Mum:
Givo the children matches to play
1311t11,
The world forgives with iliflicnity
the foot that one can bo happy with.
out it.
Tho (rout steps aro deserted now.
The season has passed when she
stoops to conquer.
Chinese barbers shave without Moa•
(hor. Our 0111 school.maStel's prac-
ticed tho other way,
The new stage Ides tabes up as
lunch time as an old-fasbionod 'bus
does in going a black,
A. gentleman, looking at ills wittoh
after midnight, cried, "It's tomorrow
Morning; I must bid you good•nigbt.
Well, Willie, bow can you be papa's
boy and mamma's boy too ?—Willio;
Can't a wagon have two horses 2
Aunt, severeiy ; Don't you know
it's wicked to ;hake ugly faros ?-Little
gill, inuocnntly r Was Dod wicked
when 1,0 macre you ?
Inquirer asks :—" Why is it that so
)many dogs have hens 2" To be per-
fectly honest, we think it is beoauss
thorn are so malty fleas, This, how-
ever) ie merely a conjecture,
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GRIST eN. -.D 1.40U .1\41 d,i_.Y.
The undersigned Jlavillg.colnpleted thechlinge from the stone
to the CELEBRATED 11UN(aARIAN SYSTEM OF GRIND•
ING, has now the Mill in
And will be glad to sen 1111 the Old Customers and as lnany
new ones as possible. Chopping clone,
FLOUR AND F:D ALWAYS ON HIND,
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MU. MD Fon IQR�tW ��(,7 19A[ T3TY?1Gg�yt&t'y'�7Wti EAT
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J _-,_..EES BUYERS
MANUFACTUBED Uh'
Buggies, Carriages, Democrats; Wagon's, Exp1'es-s
W0g03339 &C.,
All matte 0f the best material and finished in a wol'1matl-like manus c..
Repairing and Painting Promptly Attended too.
Parties intending to buy should call before
purchasing,
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I1GB•LRlNCl:S.--7larsden Smith, B. Laing, James Cult and W1lliau-. Mc•
Ilelvey, Grey township; Wm. Cameron, Wm. Little, George RreWar, and
David Breckenridge, Morris township; T11o9, Tow mud W, 13itlshill, BMX -
eels ; Rev. E. A. Fear, 1loukton, and T. Wright, Tnrnberry township.
r "Remember the stand—South of the bridge,
OA_S.T-�U�r J S
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NAL ROLLER LL8
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VANSTONE BROS., Proprietor s
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Wo have much pleasure in annonuoing to rho Kibbe tont our Naw Roller
;11111 1s in complete running order and is giving the bust satisfaction.
SHOHTS, MEAL, BRIAN & CHOP CONSTANTLY SLY Oki HAND.
Wo also mulls the following brands ofFLOUR
Patotii, Jersey Lily, Canadian's
Pride and Snow Stair.
Gristing attended to with promptness,
Il• ALL BINDS OF LUMBER CUT TO ORDER,
Berlin M'oundry '1 t:NEAT 34iWiCli 70
EKE HU Y i
MANU1rACI'URERg OF
ENGINES, BOILERS, MILL
MACIEINERY, &o,
Small iil)i'lghl Engine's &
Boilers a specialty.
pros ltl0 buoy pwrtiordarc app t y to
.person & Co,, Berlin.
!3OI.lSWTLI NURSER1Ed.
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labei1 tu'a'oua Art (e_O Aoroe 1180
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ANTElll
9b 6600!,•0 M' 0,119(1 at 4W8319 ore 8kaldt Ba -tuts
gtoa(lyoombrywouintaxod saiarios to n1(
willinRio Work. MYtN AND W0M16.N mai
h46310 pleas ut,
WORK THE YEAR ROUND.
(local 94'on to aro ee bv+ing f roan Sal to 1300 pain
tnontlrt,Glld oxpob15010.
0.bprnsasldnrtb1lb/0v1a, Aderoea
011489311 111 VelatilA bitN60/2 011try.
TORONTO, OMT.
Cutal worth Merit_ `1(11(of money all 1''t/ 0
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i'3IAKE 1M10hin.
1':x; Tarn>aari d (lntni lS 1'o Tun vii f1r
our Circuit's a frim, Act 11(0,–.
1+1I; as AloT Pr)I.1t.IF$1l(CCU,
0 t. Ca therm (0,t'n (,, lo, Canada
UNITYO. LOAN.
P1ti41'V'A'111E: »lC?r4�ttr.
$20,00
04 rativato fvntlr balsa Sunt boon placed i(. 11
1x401-1,4 for In O'2oi.u)tn i at
At 7 Per Cent.
B etyma mu am t3ordr,. 1.14,.0 (t0o,,ItIt
Sou t.Sawv eayeatefttro in 0ai'M'erttrtrp,
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