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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1886-6-11, Page 3Juirt 11, 1886. TUE MODERN GIRL. A r Written for Tart PORT. If wishing were having And having were bust, I would long for a home In the far distant west, Where hallos acme Boidow To win with their smiles, And squaws aro the bollen Who will olrarnr with their tepee. For where you will find women, Right there von will meet Deception and folly, Fraud, sham and conceit. There are bangs artificial, And waves that come off And paint, pad and powder And curls that they doff, Patent calves fill their stockings, Their diamonds aro paste, They aro squeezed out of eha'po To make room for a waist. In front they are padded, And bustled behind And trio only thing wanting Is girl, heart and mind. Their shoes they will tell you Are lost number four, • While their feet, I would reckon, Are coven or more. IIer eye -brows are blaokened, Her teeth, eyes and hair Are false, ae her nature, Though over so fair. Ilor brain is so muddled With novels and beaux, She can't even tell you The little she knows. And yet these poor mortals Aro wishing to 'red ; To he loved, coaxed and petted, Caressed, clothed and fed, But, I who bavo studied Some lessons in life, Am determined to have None of snob for my wife. For if when we marry We get nothing more Than a giggling maehino Or society fore, If she's useful for nothing, Save wearing out clothes, Devouring victuals • And taking repose, I will buy me a frame -work, With part of my poli, • And paint, dress and powder And stuff it myself. W. 11. R. A NEW SIGNAL SERVICE. A cyclone in the nursery • Sent Noah's ark a -flying ; It made the dolls turn pale with fear, And almost fall to crying, It rent tho house of jointed blocks From turret to foundation, And pulled poor liover's tail until Be howled in desperation. i he cyclone in the corner stood, (Her other name was Florence), Her face was overcast by clouds, The tears rained down in torrents ; And looking in the door just then, Her teasing brother Truro Inquired with feigned anxiety, "Is this the weather bureau?" "A weather bureau ? What IS that?" She asked and stopped to wonder, "It tells about the storms," he said, "Of. wind, and rain, and thunder. Hurrah 1 I'll get a flag and make This room a signal station ; And you shall show me every day The weather indication." 'What's that?' asked the puzzled child Again the tears had started. "Hold on a minute, you shall see," Said Tru, and off he started. He waved a banner in his hand A minute or two after ; It might have been enchanted, for It turned her tears to laughter. "Thio means no storms to -day," be said "Why, Flo, how did yon know it? Now every time you smile like this, The flag shall fly to show it ; I'll hang it by the picture here— This one of the Madonna ; 'Twill tell you're trying to be good, And trying upon honour. "Though out doors 'tis cold and damp, From wind and rain together, Sweet looks Will change the dreary day To bright and pleasant weather. But if you are naughty girl, And fly into a passion, The flag shall disappear at onto In a very hasty fashion," A great improvement this has wrought In temper and in manner, For in the nursery still I see A pretty blue silk banner. And this I know, that earnestly A little maid 19 trying To be a good, sweet child, and keep Her signal -flag a•flying. Bear Bought Knowledge. This is the side of a strawbor q box, Supposed to hold a quart ; But by looking at the .picture just below, Yon will see why it will fall "short." t• Tito grooeryman will have to ay "beat," A deaf man could coo that we've got 'em In foot aro right on to their little game ; That dotted lino is tho bottom. The Colonial Exla1 Description of Canada's Ag Display', From the "Canadian Gazette," England, May 20. Tho main feature of Caned cultural dleplay lo the Oomt trophy occupying the middle eastern transept of the oentr lery, That it is already one prominent features of the Exhibition meet be realized by any visitor, for round tie base will be found on all dye and at almost all Limos a more or lege nnmeroue collection of inter. oeted eigbtseers, The main body of the trophy re of square formation, each side measnrtng some twenty feet in length, giving' a total oircumfer• once of about ten foot. This main structure is raised to a height of about eight feet from the ground, support - ad at euah corner by an arch. Round these arches, and displayed therefore on every side of the trophy, is the admirable collection of fruits from all parte of Canada, showing in their many tints, varieties, and shapes, to great advantage as against the less brilliant exhibits above And beneath, Grouped holow the fruits near the ground are open bags of wheat, oats, barley, rye, buckwheat, flaxseed, and other classes • of grains, carefully labelled to indicate the grower and locality of growth. And here will be noticed, among Canadians North- Western mettle, excellent barley on• tored as from ”"Three Bulls," of the Blackfoot Indian Reserve. Aseiuiboia. Further on is a good variety of wheat grown by a native gentlemen of the Aseiniboine Indian Reserve, glorying in the title of "Tho Man Aho took the 0081," though to whose coat reference ie made, and, indeed, the whole hie tory of the theft ie left unrecorded. These samples certainly indicate Don• eiderable caro in growth, and are worthy of special attention at the Mode of those who declare tho Indian incapable of any material progress towards civilizatton. The Scotch Crofter settlement,' in the Pipestone district of Assinibota, is also repre- sented to its credit, while on all hands may be seen exhibits of those who, once residents of Groat Britain and Ireland, are now Britons still, but Canadians ac well. Behind and part- ly hidden by these grain samples are framed photographs of Canadian North Western oeonery. Above the rows of fruits, varied grasses, and grains in the straw, aro arranged in perpendicular sheaves, with bright colored festoons of corn, and here and there the glistening steel of some ag- ricultural implement. From each of the four corners of the main tower there rises a minor tower, composed of canned fruits and meats, faded with fine sheaves of wheat and prairie grass, and hung with festoons of Data In the straw, of oeroals generally, and corn of large growth, an nig y a. iuc)mia the of tho ham 00k,'0ypress, yew, oak, cotton - al gal- wood, poplar, maple, wild cherry, + They. are Well made, nicely of the THE BRUSSELS POST 1tx)ll. ; the trophy an indnpoudent.pill+t flaps rleulturni glolititl. tBoundof tits haat) tit 35 arefauanged I ront the polished Hotfoot) and patlele of siuno __ n. f" J•„•-at,!._f ti%r London, two oty. five kinds of l3ritith Coluuibtari woods, e011,'uted under the Haps'rviaion I hate tt 11100 lot of 13ttby Car - a'9 a'gri• of the Director of the Geological Sur- riagte8 on hand that the Public u d' i'o' i"t ()ample. 1' I should see, Around the main body of the trophy, as it converges to the centre, is to be found every class of agricultural ex• hibite from all the Provinces. Tin• nets of butter and lard, cane of con- densed milk, of fruits, and of meats, kegs of Goderich salt, Canadian hams of many grades, casks of Canadian sugars, the far•famod cheeses of the Eastern Provinces, immense jars of apples—among these aro interporeed samples of pressed hay, bags of oat- meal and flour, and other minor pro ducts. The centre of the east and west sides are appropriately occupied with plaster life-size figures. On the one hand tho woodman stands axe in hand, and on the other the buxom diarymaid, thus depicting two allied and leading industries of the Domin- ion. At the foot of the female figure on the west aide rusts an immense bunch of wild pea and wiki vetch, while beneath the woodman some of the luxuriant native hope of ibIani- toba are correspondingly placed. These hope are of groat size, and it is even declared by competent English authorities that in many instances they will be found superior to any European varieties in the market for the purposes of browing. Tho cultiv- ation of the hop plant in the North- West is now limited, but it may be expected to undergo considerable ex- tension when the productive powers of the country in this roped are more fully realized. The head our, nem of the main structure aro deyot• ed to representative specimens of ag- rioultural implement—forke, eoythes, drakes, Blows, spades, hoes, and an ex- cellent "prairie breaker," The steel proJections of those aro highly polish- ed, and in the sunlight, withthe dark maroon cloth of the trophy as a back- ground, ghow off the whole structure In a remarkable way, Behind the implements are arranged hero and there slabs of woods from various farming as opposed to forest districts of the Dominion, mingled barren. icusly• with miscellaneous agrrcultur- pines of several.vurietioe, ash, bass, wool, spruce, birch, fir, cedar, erab• finished and will he 501.1 at apple, willow, alder, and dog wood. Reasonable onopanels are shown sortie richly Prices. colored paintings of wild flowers of the Dominion, Appearing agni0 a• hove the main part of the trophy, the central column is seen to consist of tinned goods, decorated with sheaves of enormous quillreod wallop -grime of Manitoba, This grass is often as much ae eight to nine feet ineight— so tall, indeed, in the North-West as to completely hide in plaited the rivers along the banks of which it attains to the greatest developement. Thus the whole trophy is complete. The design is neat, while, of necoesity, substantial in size and character. A lees elevated structure might, perhaps, ns Home urge, have allowed snob a vista clown the central gallery as is now forbidden by the immense trophy at either end, but it would not pro- bably have permitted of so complete and unique a classification of the ag- ricultural products of the Colony. As to the exhibits, their arrangement hoe been carried out with evident care and judgment, while thedecorations unquestionably show the work of well trained hands and eye. In this re- spect the Executive Commissioner tves fortunate no enlisting the hearty co-operation of Alexander Begg, of the Canadian Paoiiio Railway Com- pany, to whore unstinted credit is duo, not only for adding to the Oau- acaam Court so admirable a represent-. atiou of the agriculture of the Do- minion, but for what is more, having his work so well advanced towards completion by the opening day. CANADIAN FRUITS. As we anticipated .last week, the display of Canadian fresh fruits made in connection with the agricultural trophy is attracting great attention. "Make's one's mouth water," is a sentence to be heard continually from the lips, of visitors, trod not a few seem at first eight sceptical as to the benefit%nature of the bottled samples. Outside the Exhibition the fruit is also giving rise to much surprise and commendation. Some samples were recently eent from the Court to the Horticultural Society's show, and it is gratifying to learn that at the So- ciety's semt•mouthly 'meeting last week ti sitter modal was awarded to the Canadian Commission for its ex- hibit. We have already spoken of some of the possible develcgiments of the export fruit trade of Canada in the near fdture. What is needed to promote this developement is obvious- ly the provision of proper facilities for shipment from the Dominion. Why, for instance, should not Canad- ian oteamehsp companies place al the disposal of the fruit -growers of East- ern Canada similar facilities iu the way of cool storage chambers as may be found on Australian vessels ? Apples, pears, grapes, and ' other fruits of excellent quality and flavor find their way to tbo Australian Fruit Market of the Colonial Exhibition from the far Antipodes, and are at once eagerly bought up at such high prices as eight pence for a small pear. Australia has, of course, a great ad- vantage for British markets in the question of season; but Canada, with its plenteous orchards and close prox- imity to the Mother Land, need not fear free entry into friendly rivalry to supply at least n Bart of the British and European demand. The question is, of course, one for the consideration of the Canadian Government, the fruit -growers of Canada, and the steamship companies. May the pros ent display help forward the movement to a speedy issue. DAIRY PRODUCTS. But while Canada is not as yet so well forward in the supply of her fresh fruits to English markets, she takes the load in choose and dairy products. - In the Duval Restaurant of Messrs. Spiers and fond at the Exhibition may be seen a monster Cheese—Canadian cheddar, weighing no lees than 869 lbs.—being daily served to frequenters of the restaurant. In flavor the choose is excellent, and, geeing that each visitor is made aware of the source of supply, Canada re- ceives to very desirable prominence in public attention. So inuch is this the ease that the refreshment con- tractors have entered into an arrange- ment with the Eastern Dairymen's Association of Ontario and other Can. adian exporters to supply the Exhibi- Lien regularly during the season. Some asks, "What should a sold - al exhibits. E&golly in the Centre of of eo lrse about ? Right about face, SES; THEM. harness i Collars and everything in the harness line I on hand. Also Trunks, Valises, Satchels, &0., &c. H. DENNIS. THE GREAT THOROUGHFARE TO THE NORTHWEST. Tho At, Paul, Minneapolis A Manitoba It A.XLW.1t S , with Its 1,600 miles of road. It is the only line extending through the Park Region of Minnesota, to all principal points in Rod River Valley, Northern hfinnesote, North- ern Dakota. The Shortest Route to Fargo, Moorhead, Sauk Centre, Wahpeton, Cassel, ton, Breckenridge, and Morris. Tho Only Line to Grand Forks, Grafton, Mayvillo, Latimore, Devils Lake, Crooks- ton, Portland, Hope, Winnipeg, Hillsboro, Ada, Alexandria, and to DEVILS LAKE AND TURTLE MOUNTAIN DIST'S, in which there ix now the largest area of the most desirable vacant Government Lands in the United States. The lends of the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Rail. way Co. iu Minnesota are particularly de- sirable for all classes of farming, are offer. ad at vary low prices, and easy terms of payment, and it will be to the advantage of all seeking new homes, to examine them be- fore purchasing elsewhere, Maps and pamphlets describing the coun- try, giving rates of fare to settlers, etc. mailed FREE to any address, by JAMES B. POWER, Land and Immigration Cornm'r. C. H. WARREN, General Passenger Agent, St. P. M. & M. R'y., ST. PAon, MINN. 200 BOXES OF GLASS NOW IN STOOK. ALL RINDS OF Fence Wire 1 Full Up with largest Tools! Paints, Oils and 00107'8. A Large Supply of Machine 011 BUILDERS HARDWARE A SPECIALTY. A. GOOD SECOND BAND Buggy for Sale. B. DERRY. EAST HURON Carriage Forks, JAMES BUYERS --MANUFACTURER OF— DEMOCRATS, EXPRESS WAGONS, • WAGONS, ETO., ETO., .ETC. of the IBes Material and finished in a Workman -like manner Repairing and Painting promptly attended to. CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, made All Parties intending to buy should call before purchasing. Mc- Kelvey, Township ; W.Cameron,en 11W. Little, G. B ewar anid D. Breckenridge, Morris 'Township ; T. Town and W. Blashill, Brussels ; Rev. E. A. Fear, Isiirkton, and T. Wright, Tulnberry Township. REMEMBER THE STAND—SOUTH OF B.RIDGE. JAMES BUYER,. ETH E L QIEVIAIOU'lit ZSR 0 The Undersigned, having completed the change from the stone to the Celebrated Hungarian System of Grinding, has now the Mikl ial First-class Running Order, And will be gladlto soe all hie old customers and as many new ones as possible. Chopping done. Flour and Feed Alvtrays on nand. 0 Highest Price paid for any quantity of Good Grain. WM. M ftNE.