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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1927-10-5, Page 6WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5 1927, Vi t e of it is the outstanding lea teetelte'reteeeee er in Canada. Fathers of maiwootreqv Gonfederaiion 44.1.114•041,110101.1011.1211•21aameKnaurawacr The - of Antoine, in the county of Vi..reheres was the bis place of George E. Cartier in t month of September of the year 181 It Wa.Il claimed for him that he w descended from a nephew of tl famed Breton navigator Who had di eovered the St. Lawrence river tine centuries earlier and who is know to ,v,•ry school child in Canada the great Jacques Cartier. The in mediate ancestors of the subject this little sketch were prospero merchants who held an esteem., place in the opinion of their country men and who educated the yottn man for the legal profession. I 1883 he entered upon the practiet application of his studies in he of Montreal. The year 1$35 markt a period when Louis Papineau an William M LyonMcKenzie were &cid ing upon armed revolt as the onl means left to bring responsible gos ernment to British North Americt George Ettiene Cartier fell urele tie oratical spell of PaWeneeu an was one of those ordered to lee ar th u 4 le . as I 1- o '1 d _tls. Upon the oeering of the par- , 'lament in Toronto in lsse, the question af a new site for a capital was decided. Ottewa woe selected 'the plae,• of meetenr 11e - d Cordant:, with the personal wiehes of the Ceu,e-n. In 1,4;2 the covern- Sir George Etienne Cartier rested for treason in 1837. He hall been warned in time however and had left Montreal and joined the far- ces ander 'Wilfred Nelson which w gathering at St. Dernis. Aft,•r making a stand against the goverr- ment troops he returned secretly and remained in hiding for etille time. Ten years afterwards le', friends induced him to stand for seat in the Union parliament and et was elected. In 1835 he beeamt Provincial Secretary and under th rapid change of government whicl followed for some yearss he helt other important offices includin that of Attorney -General and late heal of the adminietration. On of tint firs': announcements of hi new government was 0 decision to work for a close union of the people of Brill'h North America, Mesers Cartier. Galt and Rose visited Eng- land in the year 1 ertS in the interacts of a federal union. During this vis- it the subject of this little sketch sketch was the guest of (20.i.n toria for three days e \V Ir Cee - Meat 0 1I G. E. Cart!er went down te ' et Over 01111051in1111 to a bill for the esteblishing of a rt:Iltla and compulsory training of the youth of the land. Th.- th e time when tee United States was torn by e:v11 war and such a mea- sure was deemed necessary in the. fnee of the events then taking Place „ in the eeuth. Tht, iraIirrk whieh re - u and the proposal of confeder- , stion have been mentioned in other e eketteee of this seriee. \V' are here coneerned with the part in the move- .) ment taken by Sir G. E. Cartier. To him helonge the credit of swinging ✓ Lower Canada behind the movement. The Roman Catholic Church euppor- ted his efforts end by a great strelte of fate tin, man who had gone down to defeat over at matter of defense in 1862 beeame the firq inieister of defense in the 11f•W Fr•q1r01 Parliarn- ent in I 5a17. He wae 11 leading fig- ure at the Quote.. eenferenee or 11.- 04. He died in linglami it, I 573, due as smite suppose, to the shock of th Par i f sea n HOW GREAT SLAVE LAKE RECEIVED ITS NAME Geographic Board of Canada Ex- plains Origin of Names of Prom- inent Geographical Features. How is it that l.:1 a country like Canada, where slavery has never been an institution, the word "slave" should enter into the names of prom- inent geographical features, such as, Great Slave Lake, Slave River, and Lesser Slave lake? A statement furnished by the Gen - graphic Board of Canada, throws an interesting sidelight on the history of the Northwest and upon Indain cus- toms. Indian plaee-namee, it points out, may refer to physical eharac- teristics of the place, to incidents in the history of the tribe, or to assoc- iations of a tribe with a region. Ex- amples may be seen in Saskatchewan river (swift flowing), Battle river place of numerous battles,) and Ot- tawa river(river 'frequented by the Ottawa tribe). Another point is that Indian tribes generally had two names—the name they gave them- selvee, and the name given them by their enemies—and in many cases the names which have been used by the white man have been "enemy" names. This accounts for the very uncomplimentary names which some Indian tribes bear. The recoed then proceeds to the effect that Great and Lesser Slava lakes and Sieve river were named from a tribe of Indians whichonce dwelt in that region. These Indians called them - "the people dwelling in the shelter of the (Reeky- mountians. In con- tradistinction to other northern In- dians who were caribou eaters and travelled widely in pursuit of game, the Etehareottines were fish eaters and kept to the lakes. When the more warlike Crees went art the warpath against the tribe's on the Peace river they aline from the south in etamee to Lesser Slave lake, and 1,...aving their canoes there, pro- ceeded overland. It is therefore readily te be understood how war tierties of CIP(25, finding the the bike -dwelling Indians «111 not posese their own war -like attributes end ideas, should show their vontempt by bestowing on the lake -dwellers the epithet "awonak" or "slaves." The first white man 1^ eielt Great Sieve lake was Samuel 1-tharne who reached the southeastern portion of the lake in 1772. He did not meet any Slave Indians and the name he applied to the lake was "Athapueeo", mcaing, probably, the lake of the Athapascan Indians. The name is not known to -day, old Indians refere rinb to the lake as "eig lake". It is to Peter Pond that we owe the pre- sent name. On his maps, 1700, we find the names "Iotchinine" another form of Etcharottine, ''Great Slave", and "Slave". Lesser Slave lake is mentioned by Sir Alexander McKenzie who lear- ned of the lake in 1792 from Indian hunter, the latter stating that it was called Slave lake by the Crees after its original inhabitants. The annual loss of timber at pres- ent suffered by Canada's forests through the agencies of fire, insects, and disease is greater than the a- mount annually used for all indus- trial purposes, The direct revenue received by Dominion and Provincial Govern- ments from the forests in the form of rentale, royalties, stumpage rhar- gee, etc., amount to $15,000,000 an- nually. In Europe it has been found that increased .expenditure on mod- ern protective methods has always been followed by a much more than proportionate increase in revenues. Immigration to Canada for the first five months of the present fie. cal year amounted to 011,004. For the mine period a year ago the im- migration was 78,477. THE BRUSSELS POST By ALVASI JORDAN GARTH 1,t,1111 I11,11 11..1. .1, Ow I 1.0,11CCI VITY Sit.t.01 iV:01 ,h11,01 110110r 111,111 ('Ii 1.11- 1111! the other in a latitoectie ,W stay, at, theugh seekers 1,, read hie theuehte or 10 deee•leine leen( gen- i'ral :geearmee er ;leen! (ee,reeeiou hew the W4.1.1,1 11114 11 11 111111 for thoy had not 11101 for lw yettre. 'filen, W118 S11111'11 0011 1101w.,on tie, te. Alden Dale, ',Ittittly but lent ly 110 SS011, S11015044 1 11 11' ,1 11,1011 Mai 1 11.111140r. (411r1:1111•1 Eyre, !lashing ,.ye,I, mobile of lips, restless mid erratte in his elm:entente, suegested the 1110111 broker, eve) on the alert mill under a strain, lb, covertly obeete,.0 the suit- case, momenterily venstruteing a theery ae to its ',rosette,. "tiff on a train, 1 see!" In. remerketi. "Why, yes," replied Alden in his straightforward way. "I'm going home for a week or two." "Wiell I could arrange to do that. Believe I'll try," said Eyre, his under- lying purpose camouflaged, for Alden detected the thin disguise of general- ity. "I'd like to loaf (mound the old burg for a spell. How have the fates dealt with you, Dale?" "Pleasantly," answered Alden. "I was 1111110 0Ni 10 the bar in August and they honored tne with an appointment with the Law Proteerive league, The compensatien is fully a livelihood, but It is useful •11•4,rk and fine legal train- ing, and I have wrilten a book or two, and that has helped out." "Show you something!" bolted out Eyre, and he teak t bunkhook from his 1101101. "That's me!" His were all money values, as he showed the chronicle of hunk hal- /Mete, approximating thirty thousand dollars. "Pennoted the Vasa Grande Realty company, you knew," he said. "Why, 1 read something lately In the newspaper that the company had failed," observed Alden, "WS. 1111 1113 11 snug mei they landed 11 receivee 1101111 011 US," admitted Eyre lightly. "hut we've reorganized. ,Money coming both ways, see? The investors lucre come on with ti pro rata assessment, so we are still gath- ering in the shekels. Got to attend a meeting of this directors," he added, glancing at his wattet end flashing his berilatnontled hand effectively, "so goodby. I any, though, a pretty neat surplus for two yeurs, eh?" Alden went on his way Immersed in thought. There was a strong dist:181e In his mind as he refleeted over what Eyre had just edd 111111. The rasa Grande had been tionomintettel a swin- dle in the 1010110 prints, "Milked dry hy Its exploiters." it WaS declared. "Two years?" The weels comprised a text for some 111111111 11111.11. \\ hen the two young men had left their native village leelt were In love with hlyrtie Robbins. By a 11111401. C0111(.1)1011 110t11 had decided to try their fortunes in the city, and in turn they had visited :doff, strotodromard 1,..ter Robbins and him iinionio,d tiwir feelings to- ward Myrtle. "Well," said Mr, Bobbins, "what you ere after is to get me to ttllow Myrtle to keep up tt rnrri...5,11001111.1140 with you? Plainly—no. You are promising young fellows. and 1 wish you all kinds of leek, and lifyrtle likes you belie but ;he is too young: to think of a bean, in two ye111.11, when you have shown your business mettle. come bark here, So Alden end Eyre had to he (1)11 lent with (11111. and now the two-year ',cri- ed was up and the one thought in the mind of Alden NV111 Myrtle. And Gar- land Eyre attended t10 directors' meet - ng, lrttt, hurrying to its hotel, packed els grip forthwith and reached Virden 3115 train inter than Alden. "In 0 showdown 1 feel pretty sure that old 1(0001115 will favor my fat bank roll," he chirped complacently, end, tieing of the brassy, push -ahead kind, by nightfall of the next day all Virden knew of his diamonds and gaudy attire and bank roll. When that evening he called at the Robbins home It was In a litg hired motorcar, and he spent two hours talking mainly of him- self and his glittering prospects for wealth. He fancied he had Impressed Myrtle greatly, attributing her sub- dued manner to awe and admiEation. If he had been present during the visit of Alden the . following evening, however, Eyre would not have felt so sure of himself. Father and daughter had heard ofshie work in the city, par- ticularly of his writings. The modest young author was duly delighted when he found both Myrtle and her father familiar with the same. Before the week was out, in turn the young men caned upon Mr, Robbins requesting permission to pay their addresses to Myrtle, Alas! for the lofty aspiration of the reorganizer of Casa Grande. The rimming paper announced the issuance of a fraud order against its promoters and a levy on the stockholders against all their bask funds, including Eyre' thirty thousand dollars. The latter found It judicions(th return at once to the city to,untangle his intiolved busi- ness affairs. When Alden Illale called 'upon Mr. nobbles next day the latter viewed him with an approving eye. "Te help you on your way, Dale," said the old man, paternally., "I'll say that Myrtle hae kept your photograph on the wall of her room ever slnee You went away. 1.1 She likes you as well R5 she did your bootee your case ha Won and—S'in agreeable!" 0 The Car Owner's Scrap -Book Illy the Loft iland Monkey Wrench) TO PREVENT DESTRUCTIVE FIRES ABOUT GARAGE.. 'Rag d to wipe I tit' .'110111' and Olh,.p Werkieg parts ehould not be 1 erown cateleesly eeelled 11,0 enrage. Laden with 1,)' 115 end oil they ;11.0 'etltly inflatnable end ef1i0iettey and ineefelnees deplete1 that they be destroyed immediately. WORTH REMF.MBERING appettreitee of the interior of the ,etr can be improved by 0, the pockets in older, overlended container will eattee the Jelled,. or ether materials of which thee '- made to tenr in .811511 /1 1V0V Olaf .1"' placement is the only remedy. It is bettor. to keep only cleaning, cloth, in the door packet miles, 1•• especially to carry heavy tools It may prove less expensive, as well ne more attractive. OVERCHARGED BATTERY An overcharged battery nAlltl'1.• occurs when doing eonelderaule day driving, making few stops 11 11(1 steel, The generator may also he nu t of adjustment and charging the be •. ter)' at an abnormal rate. If not corrected or counterbalanced it will reach a point that will overheat and ruin the battery. To avoid this, whether water has to be added tee frequently to keep the plate. (;d, or if the battery is hot elle,. every drive. WASHING THE CAR The best time to wash a car, et the exterior finish is to be preserved, is immediately eller it has beeom dirty. The proper way is to float th,, mud or dirt off the ..;erfeer• end th best way to do this is by 'teems or a large sponge eopped against the surface eo that the water 114," dawn, and not to turn the hose en under high pressure, which is teem to grind thick particles of send into the finish. Never trach tbe hond while it is hot. Wait until is- has ee-•' ed to the same temperature as the body. When cleaning the ee," eend the stream of writer sree- rear instead of the front to keep moisture from the reeehanism. in drying use a cleaning '0 i»» e'-'•• tile rubbing being done in steal et, 1. lines in pref(•rence to a '1""' 1,.' woe. ion. To keep pace with the evtee' appearances of the hod' the +no nee' upholstery should be giyr.n some co tention. A weekly brushing of the t inside of the to)) and of fee• •••••1•-' stery will work wonders. Betteretill if a vacuum cleaner 15 available, use that. ATTENTION TO SPRINGS AND THEIR EQUIPMENT. Before an inspection is merle of 1p springs it' is necessary to dean eV both sides of the front and roe, ones with a stiff bru.sh se 'het t'e• edges of the leaves will show elento- E,xamine (etch leaf of. both sides to o see that it is unbroken. .Also look t IP,rebound (dips to see tiro: they are in piece and ••• 4 to 110311 131,• leavee 1)103 0' r, eo,• they 11. 101 :11• ,101i111, wiP fe'l aet es a wet en the •.••,I I, Age of leaves will likely Ove,ir that the iTetre bolt i., tittle et ' bolts drawn up as ligtelt• ' the axle cline ar.• 1.•.3 11,e; 1111 be whit 1 :toed eeek.. wteeteli If the le4,,,,urel le ro.1101 1 be los, have it riveted tienly 1el11,•,- th.. lesves ore ret• them over thoroughly with grease. The breakage 3111, •—•'• 1,•af of 0 eprinir is ustetIly re:di:cod at onee, beceuse fir the Key elves. body, or through its 1' 1'!' teem pewee. transmission and h,' 'hut one or 1110/.0 of the eharter may break and the failure ee1,. el, noticed. REGULATING BRAKF' HYDRAULIC TYPE Loss of fluid in the heele-r"- of brakes may result in inefficient braking. This is indicated be see.. movement of the brake pedal befere resistence 10 felt. The loss may be the. result of leakin the system, pedal is not sufficient to interfer with the effkiency of the brake, no attempt to make adjustments need be made. 11', however, free move- ment of the foot pedal necessitates replenishment of fluid in the line, proceed as follows: Will foot pedal in full release position, release the pump handle on the usual instal- lation this is on the supply tank, and is released by turning it counter- clockwiee until it is free to move up and down. Liquor can now be forced into the system by giving the handle a few strokes. Continue wi- th free movement in pedal is taken nut. Depress pump handle and turn clockwise by hand until it is firmly seated, Do not tighten handle with wrench or pliers. It is important, however, that the handle be tight- ened securely eo that no fluid ean be returned to supply tank under braking Pressure. A well -lubricated ;steering gear will cause less fatigue to the driver. Da not drive too elosp to the car ahead. It might be forced to stop very sudth nly. A small d.,gree of misalignment of he front wheels nan result in weer - ng out the front tires in a very host spinet of time. Leaks in the car's tot) demand het- nediate repair. If this job is de - eyed the opening may get. beyond •epair, thus necessitating more ex- ense. When it becomes necessary to rank the engine by hand never pt's lawn on the starting crank, Pull up n it only, otherwise a broken wrist nay result. The Carpet -Bagger vs. The Local Printer Many business men, when considering the cost of any particular job of printing, look only at the small sum they may be able to save at the time on any ord- er. They fail to ask themselves what the carpet -bag- ger leaves with them throughout the year as compared with the local publisher and members of his staff. He also seems to forget that if be and his fellow business men would get more of their printing requirements done in their home town the publisher might be able to employ additional help, which would still further swell the amount of money to be spent in the home town. Always remember I A dollar spent with a firm in a distant town is gone forever so far as its service to the community is concerned. A dollar spent with other firms in the home town stays there and performs many good services in its own community. Got yorir printing requirements from The Post Publishing House, Brussels East H uron Fail 17444 v-aer Th rsday and 'rday th Speeding Contests th .18 TROT OR PACE PURSE $125.00. Hobbles allowed Mile heats 3 in 6 Purses -50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent .30 TROT OR PACE PURSE $100.00 Hobbles allowed Mile heats 3 in 5 Purses -50, 26, 15 and 10 per cent LOCAL TROT OR PACE PURSE $SU.00 Hobbles allowed. Pursep—$24.00; $10.00; $10.00 Committee reserves right to name :tatters M last Race A. C. Backer, Chairman Racing Committee. Baby Contest Judging at 2.30 3abies under 1 year, Women's, Institute offers, let. prize $5.00, 2nd. Price, 52.00, 3rd. 51.00, 4th. $1.00, 5th. $1.00, 3abies over 1 yr. and under 2 yrs., Standard Bank offers, lst. $5.00, 2n:l. *2.00, 3rd. 51.00, 4th. 51.00, tith. 51,00. School Drill Prizes of 50.00, 54.00 and $3.00 arc offered for Best Appearing Seheols, 5 points to be considered will be—Numbers, Marching, Arrangements, Costume and Drill, by Society. Teachers eniA hand to judging Committee a card stating the teacher's 11.01110, 1101110 of school, also the name of the subject intended to be represented, Scheele eligible tocompete in both of above but they will be judged separately. Competition confined to Country Schools. Parade will leave Victoria Palk at 1 pan, sharp on Friday, Oct 7th, and will be headed by the Bond. .All teachers and pupils in the parade ad- mitted free to grounds. Foot Races COUPLE RACE, over 35 years 75 50 25 BOY'S RACE, under 14 years, 100 yards BOY'S I1ACE, under 10 years, 50 yard GIRL'S RACE, under 15 years, 100 yards GIRL'S RACE, under 10 years, 50 yards BEST FANCY DRILL by School Pupils. Not less than 12 nor more than 24 persons in each $5.00 $3.00 $2.00 Pupils and teacheradmitted free to Fair, POTATO RACE ON HORSEBACK—Three. potatoes for each competitor will be played 100 yards from starting point. Competitors surd by horse, mount and ride to first potato, dismount, pick up potato, re- mount end ride back to starting point, dismount and put potato in pail—repeating the operation for each potato. lst, $1.50; 2011, $1.00; 3rd, 50c, No entrance fee. Foot Races at 3 p.m. Friday Special Prizes 'he Society offers prizes of lst. $9.00, 2nd. 06.00 for best 3 horses in any one Township. For best heard of Registered Shorthorns, 1 male and 3 females over 2 years and under 3 yrs., bred and owned by exhibitor, A. L, McDon- ald offers 55.00. 'or best two loaves of Home-made bread, J. L. Kerr will give The Post for a year, and The Post for a year for the best 2 lbs. of Butter. Bread and Butter go to donator. 'or best collection of 6 to 10 Snap Shots, open to pupils of Brussels School, Wilton & Gillespie offer $1.25 as let and 75e, as 2nd prize. For best Collection of Baking, Mrs. Jane Thompson offers goods valued at $2.00. Ms M. McNabb offers 75c, 50c, and 25e, for best writing open to pupils Room II, B. P. S. iiss Flo. Buchanan offers 75c. 50c., and 25c for best paper folding, open to pupils Primary Room 13, P. S. For best herd of Registered Beef Cattle of 5 animals, Bank of Nova Scotia offers 06.00 for 1st. prize and 54.00 second Prize. 'or best Lemon Pie, Pumpkin Pie, half dozen biscuits, half dozen buns, • A. C. Baeker offers 25 pds. Five Roses Flour each. For best 2 loaves White Bread, 2 loaves Brown Bread, half dozen Graham .Tems, light cake, A. C. Baeker offers 25 pds. Purity Flour each. All prize winning baking to become property of donor. For best foal sired by "Knight Music" Dr. T. T. McRae offers 55.00. For best lady driver, Dr. McNaughton offers prize of $3.00. For best four steers over 2 yrs.., under3 yrs., H. O. Walker offers 1st prize 55.00, B. M, MacTavish, 2nd, $8.00, For best heavy horse on grounds F. Brigham offers set new horse shoes. IFor best pair Dressed Chicks, S. F. Davison offers $5.00 worth of wear ever _Aluminum., chicks to become property of Doer Fr best Wren House open to boys under 15 yrs1 of Brussels, Grey or I Morris, Rev, F. Fowler offers lst. 53,00, 2nd. $2.00. For best colts sired by Meaburn 2nd, Henry Bone offers 1st. $5.00, 2nd. $3.00, 3rd. $2.00 For best bird in show, Walter Scott offers $2,00 'or best single driver shown by a lady, Rabt. Yeeguson offers a hat box valued at 58,00 Mount Forest Pipe Band Will supply Music on Friday Afternoon Grand Concert Friday Ev'g For which the highly recommended Ye Old Tyme Village Quartette TORONTO Has been engaged GET A PRIZE LIST D. M. MacTAVISH, JAMES BURGESS, President, Secretary -Treasurer.