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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1885-5-1, Page 3sir lyl'n�' i, 1808. '4;1.OtirD. TIIi71 DRILL, 'Present arms I" there they aro Both stretched ont to m0-- •dtrong and sturdy, smooth and white, Fair as ennui can be, •"0 round arms I" on the floor. Picking up his toys. .Breaking all within lila roach, Bnsiet of boys. "Bight wheel I" of his cart; "Loft wheel ! too, is gone; IIorsey's head is broken off, IIorsey's tail is torn, "Quick step ! "Forward march I" Crying, too, be comes ; IIad a battle with the eat— "Scratched off bofo my Tums 1" "Shoulder arils I" here at last, Round my nock they close, Poor little soldier boy Off 10 quarters goes, WIIO AIDES I1IS TIME. Who bides his time, day by day, Faces defeat lull patiently, And lifts a mirthful roundelay, However poor bis fortunes be -- He will not fail in any qualm Of poverty—the paltry dime It will grow golden in his palm, Who bides his time, Who hides his time—he tastes the sweet Of honey in the saltost tear : And though he fares with slowest feet Joy runs to meet hint drawing near The birds aro heralds of his cause, And like a never ending rhyme, Tho roadside blooms in hie applause, Who bides his time. Who bides his time, and fevers not In the hot rano that none achieves. Shall wear cool woathen laurel, wrought With crimson berries in the Loaves, remAnd lie shall reign a goody king, And away hie hand o'er evory clime With peace writ on his signet ring, Who bidoe his time. THE LAD 1MEAN TO MAB1RY. There's many a handsome lad about, That many a girl would fancy ; A jovial knight who could capture quite The heart of Louise or Nancy. A gay companion in social halls, At ease with Tom, Diok or Barry ; But, al, ! they aro blind who think that's the kind Of a ]nd that I mean to merry. There is many a lad that is good and tr ne Who carries a Paco that is homely; There's many a lad with a noble heart, Wh0oe figure is far from comely ; There's many a one who will come to woo, Many a lover I'd parry, Till I find the one that is second to none— The lad that I mean to marry. His eves may be blue, or black or brown, So long as their glance is tender ; And 110 may be either short or tall, Very robust or slender ; For the heigict or depth of a man depends On the soul he may choose to carry, And above them all—like a kingly soul— Is the lad I mean to marry. There's many another maid I know, Who has wed in a foolish fashion, With scarcely a thought, the very Frnex roan (Who cbaneod to declare his passion ; But, oh ! I have never envied them, For neither Torn, Dick nor Harry— Though a great miilionnire—oonld ever compare With the lad I mean to marry. Ah, well-a•day ; the years run away, And there is much wooing and wedding, And eyes that wore bright with the soul's delight. The tears of sorrow are shedding ; But free from the ehaoklee of gold or greed, With a fresh young heart I tarry, Contented lo wait till I meet my fate— The lad that I mean to marry. BEYOND THE CLOUDS. Tell me, ye winged winds, That round our dwelling blow, Do ye not know some spot Whore snookers 110 not go Some quint, pleasant doll, 501110 valley in the West, Where freed from pipes and smoke, A soul 111peace may rest? The loud winds dwindled to a whisper low, And eighod for pity as they answered— "no." Tell mo anon ocean deep, Whose billows oft I son, Know'st thou some island home To which one ser may flee, Safe from tobacco quids, And streams of filthy juice Ejected from men's mouths ; (0, whatextremeabuse 1) (Gears fell in waves, o'er ooena's aged fade, His billows sadly murmured.—"Not a place." Tell mo, bright silver moon, `When on thy mighty round, Thou 100110011 down 011 earth, Bast thou not somewhere found, A spot yet undefiled, By those who use the weed, And where mankind the rules Of neatness truly heed? Behind a cloud the moon withdrew her face; A voice of sadness answered—"Not place." Toll 1110, yo spirits bright, That now aro hovmfug o'er; Must wo endure this curse Forever, evermore 0, blest, beyond this earth, Pure regions of the blast, Can ye not llncl 001110 1111100 Where we, unsmoked may rest? Faith, hope and love host boons to inOrtals given, Waved their bright wings, and whispered "Yes; in 1leaven, " A BATT -FL Fired on from Ambush by 200 Half -Breeds and Indians. I N00MMETA Ili ST OF CASBA T.T041 , 8 Vol rl3l'fl:Eus Kir,nk:D, 8u FAA AB I4IiARNItn. LEEN, i111DDLl:'r000'14 Croel; CALL. Winnipeg, April 24.—A deep has just been received from the announcing the opening light of campaign, Gen, Middleton, wits advance detachment on the right of the Sl0ltat011olvau, ell0ollntere bels fifteen miles south of I3atoo Crossing. Two hundred Indians French half-breeds lay in ambles a ravine and opened a heavy fire our troops. Tho following is a list of the c alties reported at the time of the spatoh, but it is yet incomplete : 90m BATTALION. Killed—Private Ferguson, No. Sergt. Mackin, No. 0. Wounded—Capt. Clark, No (slightly in the arm); Uorp. Cole, 6, (both loge); Corp. Lethbridge, 8 (shot through the breast): Oo Bowden, No. 4 (slightly in the he Pte. Jarvis, No. 8 (slightly wound J. Conniff, (alightly in.tbe neck) P Hertop, No. 6 (loft arm); O. Ke 6 (shot in the groin); Pte. Glov No. 2 (iu the shoulder); Pte. 11 No. thews, o. 6 (in tho arm), Pte. 8 tor, No. 6 (in the log), " A" BATTRRY, Killed—Gunner Dawanilly. Wounded—Cools Ainsworth 110 seen (seriously); Sorgt,•Major 1 wbiuney, and Ptos. Laugrell Asseli Imrio and Taylor, (slightly). "0" SCHOOL OF INFANTRY, None killed. Wounded—Arthur Watson (throw the body, and fatal), L. Corn(through the arm), R. Jones, (shot the jaw', 11. McDonald (shot throu the arm). Tho party of rebels have been su cesefully driven from ambush 111 tl raviue by the hard firing of volu teens. General Middleton had a close ca being shot through the hat. Capt. Wise, his A.D.U., had h horse shot under him. The Tenth Royals came up to 11 relief from the opposite side of tl river, and aro doubtless in a conflic The rebels oat fire to the prair but a heavy rain storm put tho fi out. Tho General at once surroun ed the ravine, and hope is expreese that none of the rebels have escape A later despatch 1111130nn00i1 tui fight began at 9.15 a. m. The rebel advancing from it coulee near th river, opening fire upon the scouts le by Major Boulton. The hatter re turned the fire, when the rebels re mounted and retreated to their cul bush. From ambush they rose eaei time in firing. Gen. Middleton a once deployed troope io skirmiehin order. "A" Battery could not at firs feel the enemy with their guns, s good 30408 their shelter. Eventually however, the battery got into pool tion and rained a raking fire among them. The rebels next made a dash and fought at close quarters, but the left wing forded tho rebels to retire. Tho fight woe Indian style on the part of the rebels, who are always either concealed behind trees or in bluffs, The fire was hot and very ef- fective. Capt, Olark, with the sharp- shooters, first advanced in skirmis- mg order after the scouts signalled danger, and clottely following wore the Toronto School of Infantry, the at ter tatting the right flank. The conflict now became general and ter - Ably severe, The Indians were ex- oeediugly combative, and warwhoop yells could be heard distinctly some distance off, They rallied time and again, keeping up an incessant fire fur folly an hour. Subsequently the fire slackened ou the part of the en- emy, but was again resumed shortly after 110011. It ie doubless part of General Mid- dleton'o plea of campaign to pre. vont the escape of Biel and his half breed follower, to the North-west and effecting a junction with Big Boar and disloyal Oro Indians. Thie ful ly amounts for the tardiness of the troops under Middleton in attacking the rebel stronghold. The wife and child of Smart, who was lulled at Battloford, are nearly heartbroken at the sudden bereavo• moat sustained. Smart was killed while scouting three minae from town. Three bullets entered his body. Hie horse was also wounded, and died the same night. All the iiattleford column under Col, Otter, ]nae, according to latest despatch received, entered Battloford at 8:80 p,m, atoll West the 1 the bank d re- be'8 and h 11) on (1s11- de - 6; 6 No. No. rpl. ad); ed); te. mp, ell, at pa- is. tile• u0, gh es 111 gh c- 10 11- 11, is le 1e t, ie ro da• d , 0 s, e • d 14 0 THE BRZTSSELq 1?UlS7` Sunday, 26.-25 rebels are report- ed killed, Dumont, Blare ((0nt0rlaut being in tate number, it is said, he. pert also says Biel wee in the ravine during the fight, 9 volunteers were lulled and 52 wounded, A well do• oorv'ud root was given the troops y0v- turday and today, omits being de- ployed ill watelnng the 1'06010, A ha1110 i8 r'x1)101.od un llondny and from the 1'ppnara11ce uI things it will be a fierce one, Our troup0 pre pia -- lug their cannon and a dealofy° on. gngoment is counted OD. The report that the rebels defeated General Rliddleton'o men is eenoider- ed sensational. Biel hoe mom 15,00 or 16,00 uncles' Ids command and has withdrawn 5 miles where he is said to be strongly entrenched. Gen. Middleton has not 111011 enough and if Biel outs off his supplies the volun- teers will bo in a bad Gx. Driving a lien. When a woman has a lien to drive into tho coop she takes hold of her hoops with both hands, and shakes them quietly toward the delinquent, and says, "Show there!" Tho lieu takes ono look at the object, to con- vince herself that We a woman, and then stalks majestically into rho coop. A loan goes out of doors and says, "It is singular nobody in this bonne can drive a hen but myself." And, pinking up a stick of wood, hurls it at the offending biped, and observes, "Get in there, you thief." The hen immediately dashes to the opposite and of the yard. The plan straightway dashes after her. She 000108 hack again with her head down, her winge out, and followed by an assortment of stovewood, old fruit cans, and coul•alinitore, with a muoh•puffing and very mad man in the rear. Then she skims up to the stoop, and into the barn, and over a fence or two, and around the house, 11 111.1 bank again to the coop, ail the while talking as only au excited lion can talk, and all the while followed by things convenient for handling, and by a man whose cola is off, and whose hat is on the ground, and whose perspiration and profanity ap- pear to have no limit. By this time the other hens have coupe out to take a hand iu the debate, and help to dodge the missiles ; and then the OMR says every hen on the place shall bo sold in the morning, and puts on his things crud goes down tho street, and tho woman dons her hoopo, and has every one of those hens housed and contented in two minutes, and the only sound heard on the premises is the hammering by the eldest buy as ho mends the broken pickets. THE AI''G DAN ARMY. As there exists at present a prob- ability of a conflict on the sore of Afghanistan, a glance at the strength of the Aruoer's forces may bo of some interest. The latest returns are as follows:— FrRoT AR11Y. lurtry. Oav'ry. guns. Cabul 6,700 2,800 64 Jellalabrtd 1,800 -- 6 Ghazni 1,600 -- 6 Makkit 900 4 Candahar 6,600 8,500 16 Zamindawar100 1,000 — szoome A110. Herat, 4,900 2,100 88 Gurjan 800 800 — Kuban 100 100 Bala-iilurghab 500 800 0 Farrah 1,500 --- THIRD ARMY. Taoht-i-Pul 9,000 8,000 42 Blasar•i•Sheriii' 1,000 -- Balkh 1,500 -- FOURTH ARMY. Saripul Badahohan Knuduz 0,200 1,800 24 Khiftan Varnan Althtoha 13ibirgan Andlcllor 3Iaimeno 200 200 -- 600 2,000 1,000 45,400 16 00 222 The Worid!s Parr Richest Aleft It is estimated that the following aro the incomes in round numbers of the four men who are reputed to he the richest men in the world : Duke of Vanderbilt, Westminster Capital $275,000,000 $80,000,000 Per year 7,600,000 4,000,000 Per 1110111,11 676,000 800,000 Por day 15,000 10,000 Per hour 800 450 Per min. 18 7 Mackay. Rothschild. Capital $275,000,000 $200,000,000 Pet' year 18,750,000 10,000,000 Por mon. 1,000,000 850,000 Pot' day 85,000 25,000 Por ]lour 1,500 1,000 Poo lain, 25 20 3 om...rrrt,. )' use �`!•`�tYil'J irllttJ tJ PRNIN The ileal Millinery Opening of the Season will take place ou inn A` AMU 23, Oak and Following Days, at Wet gam 1:31, EtS' 114. TX ZT _r711 JAS=. It is almost needless to say ole• Stock, as usual, is very complete with All the Leading Novelties. Miss Filer has charge of this department having had many years experience in the Leading Houses in Canada, will bo prepared to Show some ELEGANT PATTERNS HATS & BONNETS. Of course otlioi- Stores do the best they can but to have an idea of the Really First -Class Styles E VERY LADY SHOULD PAY US A VISIT On the above named days. OUR DRESS GOODS DDPARTIDNT 18 WELL WORTHY OF YOUR IXSPECTIO,Y. We hare an Endless Variety to Choose from, in fact 0111' Whole Stock is the LARGEST, CHEAPEST --AND MOST COMPLETE EVER SHOWN IN BRUSSELN. F. C. ROGERS, The Noted cheap crime.