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5, 1878,
Currie, Goderich town.
and Matte John W. Rasa
Dug, 2-year-e1d
Linton Ziok, 2-year-ola
(odgins, Winghams
stallican T- Connell,
nsbip- The prices range
POO.
aged fiftelen - years, ana.
tick Gillespie, left hie
Re/more on the 26th ot
, and has. not since be
Any information concern -
it abode will be thankfully
is sorrowing -parents. go
a have gone bathe direction.
Euntes, Reeve of Usboreee
>'rktire horse, Pride of Rue
s. Mason at Fisher, whieh,
travelling in the State of
ing the ponaing season.,
onis 7 yeatS old thisapeing,
sl blank, had stands leet
The samegentleraen are.
t other hose t to the same-
,
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had a harrow escape in
rediaesday of last week, the
g sale. He was sitting on
hing the Ste -Pions as they F
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them thought probably jjr.
vonid appreciate a near ez.
Iii s heels. The head, of
lew out. Mr. Hawkshaw
able back ;somersault, iand.
sceeded as innocently aa jt
kiai had happened.
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ELEVENTH YEAR. 1 -
WHOLE NUMBER, 537.
SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, MARCH
22, 1878.
McLEAN BROS., Publishers• .
$1.50 a Year, in Advance.
A WINTER CAMP IN THE
NORTHWEST.
HOW THE Th:DfANS AND HALF-BREEDS OF
THE NORTHWEST LIVE IN WINTER—
THE INDIAN MODE OF BEGGING—COM-
MuNisM IN alit: WOODS — HALF-
BREED HOSPITALITY-iTTTE MISSIONARY
PRIESTS AND THEIR 'CURIOUS FLOCKS
—A CURIOUS MIXTURE OF PAGANISM
AND ROAWT CATHOLIC TH KOLoGY—
• VDIANS AT HOME.
Wncxn.zo, M.a.mtonA, February 16,1878.
The half-breed traders; in from the•
plains, report a greeter than usual
crowd. of Indian hangers-on attached to
the winter camps, and forming part
and parcel of them. The scarcity of
buffaloes has driven them in from the
open prairie, and they. linger about the
isolated hunting villages in the hope of
supplementing the scanty proceeds of
the ehase by the offal of the camps and
the charities of their more fortunate
brethren. These picturesque vagabonds
constitnte the rags and renmants of the
camp dress, as it were, and vary_ the
jollity and dissipation of their half-breed.
brethren by their more grave and som-
bre demeanor. Most " grave and. rev-
erend seigniore" are they, who stalk
throngh the squalid huts and tepees of
the encampment like green and yellow
apparitions, or melancholy gods of bile
from a dyspeptic's inferno. s .
HALE-BP.EED HOSPITALITY.
Occasionally they join themselvesper-
raanently to the canap,sand their dusky
and aquiline features at length come to
assuro.e a certain degree of individual-
ity; but for the most part they are
sunny7day friends, only seeking the dis-
sipations of the hunting camps when
the stages are well loaded. with hump
and brisket and ribs, and disappearing
when want and scarcity usurp the place
of plenty. For these children of the
-forest and plain well know that the
winter camp is the most perfect socias
list and communistic community in the
world. Its members hold every article
of food in common. A half-breed is
starving, and the rest of the camp want
food. He kills a buffalo, and to the
last it the coveted food is shared by
all. There is but a thin rabbit, a piece
of dried fish, or an old bit of raw -hide
in the hut, and the red or white strang-
er conies and is hungry ; he gets his
share, and is! first served and best at-
tended. If a Child starves in the camp
, you mayknow that in every hut famine
reigns, and gaunt hunger dwells in every
stomach. When the time comes the
Indian shares his last morsel with the
rest ; but so long as the meat of his
half-breed brethren lasts he is content.
to remain, itt a complete state of desti-
tution as regards food. of his own. In
other words, he finds it easier to hunt
buffalo an the hall -breed's stages than
on the bleak plains in mid -winter.
HOW THE INDIAN BEGS.
Conn's:1g in from the rack and tem-
pest, and fluffing the camp stages well
stocked with food, the Indian begins to
starve immediately. At all hours of the
day and. night the me, the squaws and
the children form dOleful processions
to the huts for food.. lAn Indian never
knocks at the door; he simply lifts the
latch, enters edgeways, shakes hands
all roundp the seats himself, without a
word, upon the iloor. You may be at
breakfast, at dinner, or in bed, it doesn't
matter—he will wait. With the pangs
of hunger gnawing at his stomach, and
viewing, no doubt with longing eyes,
the food around, he yet, according to
Indian etiquette, refrains from clam-
ckriag at once for food, but sits and
smokes for a long time without making
the slightest allusion to his ' suffering
conditioe. When, in due course, his
host afters him something to eat, he
mentions the wants of himself and fam-
ily, that he has not eaten for so many
hours, and so forth.. Ho seems exceed-
ingly grateful for the assistance, and
promises to return ha IV. day or two and
repay the-obligation—a prorni e which
he never fulfils.
THE INDIAN IN MS CUPS.
plete advantage of the means of escape
SO liberally -provided for it. Meat, cut
into thin slices, hangs- drying inthe
upper smoke; the inevitable plippy
dogs playing with sticks; the fat, greasy
children pinching the puppy dogs,
drinking on all fours out of a black
kettle or sawing off mouthfuls of naeet
between fingers and lips; the squaws,
old and young, engaged in cooking, or
nursing with a nonchalence which ap-
pals the modest stranger. Such is the,
lodge of the Indian hanger-on ; some,
times a pleasant place etiough to while
away an hour in study of the aboriginal'
character, for the appropriate gestures
and. expressive pantomime with which
an Indian illustrates his speech renders'
it easy to understands One learns withe
out much difficulty to interpret the
long hunting etories with .which thy
while away the evenings in camp. The
scenes described are nearly all acted;
the motions of the game, :the stealthy
approach of the hunter, the taking aim,
the shot, the cry of the animal, or the
noise of its dashing away, and the pur-
suit, are all given as the tale goes on. 1•
sisease HOME COSTUME..
The costume of the Indian when in
the privacy of his own. home is some-
what limited in its nature. Like other
thrifty persons he is given to wearing
his eld clothes. That feathered verte-
bra, which is seen meandering down the
exceedingly straight back of the Indian
in the picture -books is only used upon
state occasions. Ordinarily he wears
leggings reaching a certain way up hie
legs, and a shirt extending a certain.
way down his trunk • leaving a dreary
waste of yellow, mottled skin between
for that Providence which tempers tbe
wind to the shorn lamb to experiment
upon.
MISSIONARY PRIESTS.
By some seeming Incongruity :the
plain -hunter's camp is nearly always thetic charactet. It le pleasant at night
called a Mission—an appellation war- when returning from a long jaunt on
ranted., perhaps, by the invariable press snow shoes or dog -sledge, to reach the
ence there of a, priest, either temperer- crest of the nearest riClge, and sceelying
ily or permanently. This personage is 'below one, the straggling camp, the red
the spiritual guide, philosopher and. glow of the firelight gleaming through
friend of very disreputable flock, and the parchment windows of the huts, the
bright sparks flying upwards amid the
sombre pine tops, and. to feel that how-
ever rude it may be, yet then in all that
scientiously performed'; for • no man vast wilderness there is one place he
can labor moreg disinteresteclly for the. may call home. Nor, is it less pleasant,
good of his fellow than the missionary when,as the night wears onthe long letter
priest. It is a startling contrast to
find in these rude camps men Of refmed
eulture and: the' highest mental excell-
ence devoting themselves to the task
of civilizing the denitens of the forest
and plain --sacrificing all the comforts
and advantates of their better lives to
ter and. cristoms,the visits of his barbar-
ian neighbors,theexciting incidents of
his everyday life all conspire to relieve
the monotony whiels would otherwise
hang over hire like a pall It is true
that ef life other than human there is a
meagre supply; Magpie or screaming
jay sometimes fla,unts its gaudy plum-
age on the. meat stage; in the early
morning a sheep -tailed grouse croaks in
the fir or:spruce trees; and. at dusk,
when every other sound, is hushed, the.
owl hoots its lonely cty. Associating
with the aborigines entirely, one rap-
idly picks up their languege, and in. a
little time can speak it, fluently if not
grammatically. Nothing is easier than
to get a decent smattering of the Indian
languages, although the construction of
'most of them is extremely intricate. The
names of many article e is the explana-
tion of their use or properties, the word
being a combination off a participle and
a noun, the latter nieaeing generally "a
thing." Thus cup is called a drinking -
thing, a gun a shooting -thing, &o. Es-
pecially does this apply to articles in-
troduced by the whitee and not pertain-
itig strictly to savage life. The names
of such artiples invariably express their
•U: and. very frequently the motions
made in using them. This peculiarity
also appears in their preper naanes which
are generally descriptive of some per-
sonal pecnliitaity. But the sign lan-
.gua,ge used by the Indians , is, after all,
the greatest -aid to copversatiore and is
very complete. Their pantominaical
power seems to be perfect. Their are no
two tribes of Indians ,that use exactly
the same oral lanauage, but all are con-
versant with tee seme are
code.
1THE POETIck OF ,WILD LIFE.
Beside human companionship, more-
over, the white resident of the winter
cap has many pleasures of a, more /2S -
his (little
axe of a
is seldom
if conscientiously performed,
ery arduous nature. And.it
that his duties are not cop -
Rev. Geo. Cuthbertson, the. other even-
ing with a little visit, leaving behind
them ever 1KO. The Presbytery clerk is
evidently prosperous.
—Thomas Sullivan and his wife of
Sts Catharines were nearly suffocated
' Sunday night last, by inhaliuo gas
generated. in a coal stove whichrlad
escaped and permeated. the atmosphere
of their sleeping apartment.
—The American Government is send:
ing notices to all Canadians who took
part in the American war, warning
them to put in their claims at
once, in order to receive the award
given to all -members of the 'Federal
army engaged betweenethe years 1861_—
64.
'i—Numbers
-eNumbers of French Canadians are
eraigrating to Montana. The attrac-
tions of that distant Mate are much in-
ferior -to our own, Northwestern terri-
tory, but they are doubtless very bril-
liantly represented by immigration
agents.
is' penned, the familiar book read, while
the log fire burns brightly and. the dogs
sleep quietly stretched before it. Many
a night thus spent is Spread. outin those
pictures which memory weaves in after
life, each pleasure distinct and real,
each privation blended -with softened
. H. M. R.
i
—Dr: Beemer,' of ilryoming, has re-
ceived the appoint4ent of Assistant
Physician at the Asylum for the In-
sane, London. He was very much re-
spected in Wyoming, and -received sev-
eral handsome presets from his friends
te
and admirers in the place.
—A few days a,g( John McAfee, of
Harrow, Essex cou4y, sailed. from Col-
chester dock, Lake Erie, in a large
two -masted sail -boat, loaded with two
tons of. better and several hundred
dozen of eggs, for -Windsor, where he
arrived in safety.
—Petrolia people
over a scandal, in v
Rev. R. N. Cumn
minister, and Mrs. reeman (one of the
congregation) have .been mixed upl A
church committee, !however, report that
the charges are not true.
—The Guelph cattle dealers have es-
tablished a syndicate, with a cash cap-
ital of $100,000. It is proposed to pur-
chase for the European market, be-
tween now and the middle of May,
5,000 heavy cattle.: Some 2,700 head.
have already been bespol&m, principally
in the county of Wellington.
• —Two young men, William and Rob--
ert Morrison, sons Of Widow Morrison,
one and a half miles south of Balaklava,.
in Carrick, were eugaged in felling trees
on the 8tli inst. - While Robert was
felling a tree, a limb flew back and
struck William on the :head, fearfully
shattering his brain. Ho died the Sense
evening. . -
—There are at the present tinae about
180 inmates in the Waterloo poorhouse,
'being the largest number Once its estab-
'shment. A few of the inmates- are
the advancement of &barbarian brother colors. om outside :counties, the expenses at -
whose final elevation to the reeks 1 of • tendant upon whom are paid by the re -
civilized men they can never hope to : Canada. ispective municipalities or by private
see. And yet I have found them eve y- The people of Wellesley village are friends.
1 —One slight recently the residence
have been ex
hich the name
noham, a Ba
led
of
tist
a laolla. r per ton, and, the rail freight will bidder got a good sized. box knocked
cost 648 per car, or say $60 delivered down to him at over V., and on opening
on the Missouri River, equivalent to it found it.contained some wastepaper
about a third of a cent per pound. , and. a one cent bun. Another paid
--eAsspecial train carrying S. Sloan., $3.90 for a large package, end found it
P esident of the Michigan Central Corn- contained. some show hills. Another
pany, aid Moses Taylor, a director of had &package of Some 1,000 hand bills
the same road, passed over the Great of some patent medicine awarded him
esteni Railway on Friday last. The for $1. 15, Another individual was ren-
antual running time from Clifton to dered ha,ppy by a copy of the Canada
Windsor was little less than five hours, statutes of 1875-6 at an expenditure of
which ' is considered. the fastest time 55 cents, and so on.
ever made on the road. The run —A. correspondent of the Hamilton
from Paris to London, including two Tinre$ sianinghiniself.a "Church Goer,"
stoppages, was made in fiftsi-nine min- asks ; "How comes it that there isso
upes. much ;coldness ain ng the Christian
Aylmer, on Thursday night of Churches in. the citSr of Hamilton?
last week, about nine o'clock, as two have been three months in one seat in
yeung men named BO -wen and Close, a certain Church, and I have not spoken
-ssrere talking to one Clark, with a view to my neighbors sitting i1n the next seat.
home, Fa distance of about three miles. their eyes, but always failed. Is
him I have tried many times to catch
t getting a conveyance to take
Clark, who was intoxicated, drew a re-' it their pride, or what is it that makes
vOlver and fired instantly, the ball pene- them so distant? I always thouglit that
tiling Bowen's abdomen. Clark was Christians were a social class of people.
a rested, and has been sent for trial. I do not know a dozen people its that
Fears are entertIthied of Bowen's re- church, and have been going there three
citvery:
where throughout the lone places .of tho
earth, dwelling -in the midst a Wild
savage peoples, whom they attend -with
a strange and paternal devotion. He
applying for incorporation.
—The Wesleyan Itistitute at Dundas
has been closed; ceuse—want of sup-
port.
who sees nothing in it but the self -in- —Quite a large party of men, women
terested labor of a religious enthusiast,
holding beliefs and opini ms differing
from his own, knows nothing of the life
of toil and self-sacrifice these priests
lead. Seeking them in their lonely
huts or squalid lodges, I have ever
and. children left Kincardine for British
.Columbia on the 9th inst.
—Large numbers of yonng grasshop-
pers are reported in the fields and gar-
dens aboult Belleville.
—The prisoner Hargraves, charged
of Mr. John D. M -ore, North Dumfries,
,was burglarized to the extent of $20
and a sewing machine. The scoundrels
also destroyed some beautiful house
plants, cutting tihem off close to the
roots. A threatening letter was found
lying on the floor./
—Mr. R. Math?son, formerly of the
Hamilton Times end Brantford Exposi-
tor, who for six years has occupied the
found the same surroundings, the same with torturing a girl in his employ at position of Bursar of the London Asy-
simple evidences of a faith that seemed London, Out., has been committed for lura for the Inspie, is about to leave
more than human. _
, - that city, having, been called, at an iii
, . . OPEN AIR .DEVOTIONS. i 'trial.
—A purse containing $1,200 is to be- creased salary, to the post of Bursar
Duriue the presence of the priest in ;presented to Mr. 4 . King Dodds 'on and Manager 0 .the - Central Prison,
Toeonto. -
the winter ca:rap . the strictest .observ- 'Monday, for his. -exertions against the
ance of the oetward forma of religion is Dunkin Act. , —On Saturcbty night, 9th inst., a very
exacted.. Oe - Sueday especially the —The yo_ung ladies of Alvineton.have sudden death Occurred on the 5th'. con -
whole camp is 'expected to attend a pledged - themselves that they will not cession of London township, the victim
kied of open-air . mass, kneeling with keep company or associate with anyone being a young ;man named Hartson, son
uncovered ,heads in the snow, or upon who drinks. liquor. of a respected farmer in the neighbor,
the bare plain durins ,its continuance.. —Last Friday a tumor, weighing 29 hood. He hail been in his usual health
Itmustbe said. that °the devotions are, - pounds, was successfully removed at the during the day, but ehortly after retir-
aPParently, heartfelt.- and solemn, the -General Hospital, Toronto, from the ing for the nipt he was .takeu ill and
rattling of beads, the muttering of pay- stomach of a young lady. . s died 'before morning. I ,
era, and the lender- response, albne —On the 10th of: April • a party of --a& number of persons in and around
breaking the stillness. No Christian about .200 persons will leave Ottawa Paisley are gathering into a company,
church in the city presente a more de- by special. train, for Manitoba. They with the intention of forming a settle -
smut . or. chastened. .aspect. - The wild,. are mostly agriculturists , with some ment as a, colony in some Part of the
reckless; swearriog plain -hunter of an means. Saskatchewan. cOuntry, where they ex -
hour before has become a penitent soul,
If there is any liquor about the camp hour
connting his beads with a pathetic
the Indiatais. always. the first to find it
erfulness affecting to behold. The
and the last to leave it . He divines its Pray
sun gleams_ down upon uncovered heads
presence instinctively. • He - brings his
glances into : unprotected eyes,
- marten skins, his fish, or whatever he- aeid
erless to distraet attention.from the
may happen to- have, 'and insista upon POW
mass ; .orsthe frightful cold freezes ;the
:having hiS share ;. aind. it does not an mass,
marrow in the bones, and Yet ithe
swer to dilute it too much for his uso.
It must. be stro.ng enough to be inflam7
Diable., for he- always. tests it by pouring.
a few drops. in the fire. . If - it p.ostesses
the, one property ' from svhich he. has
given it the name of fire -water he is
- satisfied, whatever its flavor or other 0
- Nevertheless, he never .retires at night
- qualities may be. A very little suffices
. without first humbly crossing .himself,
to- epset hire, and when.. intoxicated he
and. eitating a pathetic. glance at the
is the most irrepressible being . a quiet
man can possibly have about him. Hs small cross and rosary hanging on the
well of his hut, with a sort of " them's
chtickles'and hugs his tin pot, exclaim -
g : kt TaXpOY ! tarpoy !" (It is true ! it my sentimeuts".expression, which does
with him- iu lieu of the evening
; is• true!) scarcely able to .believe the .. alltY
delightful. fact. When he begins to Petition- .. s • ;
TUE 'MIXED THEOLOGY OF THE P4A4N
sober up he will sellthe shirt off his .
.om nthsas If I had been attending any
—Friday being the 72nd birthday of hotel or saloon I would have found so -
Mr. Cyrus Sumner, of the township of debility- before now."
Westminster, that gentleman went into —A. boy, 1B years of age, named Wil -
and commencing work at 7 at m., he beet week. in a public school at Scar -
was. arrested one day
Wil -
he wciods to test his skill in chopping, liana Maleohn,
fOur-feet leng,ths and piled. up two cords the Grand Tr
boro, for attempting to wreck a train on
uuk. It appears that on
Scar -
cut t down from the standing timber into
0 i wood before 12 o'clock, making just
've hours work! This is a -wonderful . the 8th inst. Malcolm. took a rail from
a spake fence and placed it across the
fat considering his great age, and one track just where the Nipissing Railway
Which: we doubt can be equalled by intercepts the Grand. Trunk, and also
gentleman many years of two stones, b
health and d. iie weighing over a
many -men of his age. We wish the old rolle
hundred pounds !ail; a snialler one,
s
to obtain a township. About 30
—Mr. George Kyle, of the lOtli con- pect
cession of Blenheim, has sold his farm persons have given in their names to the
of 100 acres to Mr. Robert Hunter, for Provisional Secretary, Mr. James Mur -
66,500. Mr. Kyle purposes removino to doch wlio spent the summer of 1874 in -
Manitoba.
rength to wield the axe. a
—Last Sabbath the members. of the
I ish Catholic Union in Montreal to the
+miber of about 3,000 marched in pro -
c salon in celebration of St. Patrick's
av. None of the Irish national soci-
on' the track as he paid, just to see
what would happen. " Fortunately, the
obstacles were seen' by an engineer on
the Nipissing, andthe train was brought
to a standstill just in time to avoid a
terrible accident. The young scamp
sect for the memory of the late Pope, hsixasnibeonentbsse.nt the Central Prison for
eties took part in the display, out of re -
:was contrary to the expressed wishes of - —A marriage took place at Mono
nd the celebration which teok place
the Catholic clergy. The affair was far
from being so imposing as usual. It
riassed over very quietly, however, end
up to a late hour there -was no appear-
ance of any trouble taking place.
—Before the close of last year, the
Public school teacher at Otterville, iu
Oxford county, suspended one of the
school girls for impertinence, and as
she refused to apolooize the trustees en-
the Northwest. _
—Rev. D. McRae, of St. John, N. B., —The Parkhill Gazette offered a sil-
.
has been nominated by the St. John ver watola to the person who sent them
apresbyterY for the Moderetorship of the the greatest number of local items in
five mouths. Mr. Donald McLachlan,
of East 1Villiams, won the prize, and
Miss Kato O'Donohue, of Lucan, was
awarded a gold chain and locket for her
efforts. The Gazette man must have
struck a mine since he can so liberally
reward. news items.
if -Two gamblers, named Brown and
Smith, were arrested at St. Thomae
the other morning, charged with cheatl
in one R. G. Chambers, a coinmercia
devout worshipper prays steadily ,on. General Assembly, which meets in
`Xlie plain -hunter's devoutness arise § in Hamilton in June.
6, measure from his having to pray; for —Last Sunday afternoon, six of the
all the, rest of the week; for on the' in- most desperate prisoners escaped from-
tervening six days his language is any- the Halifax Penitentiary, after badly.
thiue but that of prayerful petition.. beating the keeper,, and have not yet
been recaptured. ,
—A shower of worms took place at
the Great Western Railway passenger
station LondOn, Sunday morning, the
pla,tform being literary edVere,1 with
"fish bait." traveller, out of some 11,50 at a game o
(dards the previous evening„and after
—James Baker, a -respectable youno
.Anards threatening him with a revolver
man, was assaulted. in Montreal las1
go,mbling took place in the Man
Friday night when coming from a Gose4 Tht'
ion House, Aylinelf,_ and proceeding
pel meedng, by a ruffian : who struck.
are about being taken against the land -
him on the head. with a skull-cracks/re
The Wound. is a severe one. /
—The Wyoming Globe indulges in. a
—Deputy -Sheriff ,McNa,b, of Heinsil:
little blow about the :quilt pieced by
ton, had last week a peach tree in full
Mrs. Rogers, of that place, containing
bloom in his home garden oel Elgin.
.1,750 pieces, and says: "Who can beat
that?"Now a young lady who liveS
not more then a mile from Arkona
other animals which have lived here) ,--The Lutherans iu the village of wishes to say that she is prepared to
keep up the prestige of Arkona, in this
The andisess habitation is seldom in When he dieS he hopes to be earned to of Heidelberg, have just receTved and
matter, as she, is just finishing a niece -
the Camp itself. He generally places the hOSOM of the stouts, yet he feels put in place in thent church two bells,
his loclie of skins or bark a little way that his shade will linger four nights the larger of which weighs over half a work quilt which contains 1,960 pleces.
off in the forest. and keeps a narrow round the place of his death before tak- ton. They cost 6400. Thif dedica- Next.
path beaten to the open space. His ing its flight to the village of the dead. tion ceremonies took place last Sa,b- —Lest Friday afternoon, at Napanee,
He believes in signs and omens to a bath. , John .Sherman, a young man, While
dwelling, inside or out, always presents
the same spectacle. Battered looking great extent, and ties a certain munber —The Great Western Railway have ; tending a straw cutter worked by a
of feathers to his horses tail, or paints agreed to run cheap trains to Haan- horse -power, got his hand between the
dogs of all ages surround the lodge. In
rude emblems on his baek canoe, tit in- ilton between March 20th and 23rd., knives, and before he conld extricate
the law branches of the trees, or upon
a stage, meat, snowshoes, dog sledges, crease their speed. Nevertheless, he both days inclusive, for the conven- ' himself 30 pieces one-half inch in width
etc., lie sate from eau/line ravage. In- Yields imPlieit obedience, to his priest, ience of merchants purchasing spring F . were sliced off his left arm to. within
and obeys, in his volatile way, the tra- stocks. - 1 four inches of his elbow. , His mother,
side, from seven to fifteen persons hov-
er over the firel burning in' the centre, ditions of his church, yet, over all, —Last Friday a boy Darned McPhee, I on hearing him call for assiitance, ran
beneath the open space in the apex of cherishes a dim.efaith in. the shades of who lives 84 Richinond, Nova Scotia, and stopped the machine.
the lodge through which the smoke is shadow -land. was playing with a dynamite d.etisna- —A. gentleman from St. Louis is now
THE INDIAN LANGUAGES. • tor, when it exploded, blowing one of in Toronto, with the object of pnrchas-
popularly supposed to escape. It gen-
erally happens, however, that the smoke Life to the white strange; temptirar- his fingers off, and tearing his left eye ing for a brewing firra in Missouri, 300
tons of ice, which appears to be as short
seems to consider itself under no re- resident in the winter camp becomes out of its socket.
strains whatever in the interior of the a,fter a season pleasant enough. The se --A number of friends from the main a crop in the West as it has been here -
tent, and seldom or never takes co -m- study of Indian and half-breed charac- road, Plympton, surprised their pastor, about. He has been. offered lake ice at
back for another drain of the beloved
poison. Failing to get it, he pours hot The religion of the plain hunter is,
water into the cup, in which the runi however, the Creed of, superstition.
has been, and drinks it to obtain the Roman Catholic in the Main, he adds
to :that church's formulas a shadOwy
slight flavor which still clings to it;
o en g cl. emptying it half a belief In the Great Spirit. He acknow-
street. This is extraordinary early to see
dozen times before being fnlly satisfied ledges a purgatory, yet fondly hopes
that the scent of the distilled molasses that in the next world human shades blossoms, yet there they were pink and
will hunt the shades of buffalo aha the white and beautifuL
has bong ago left it.
THE NOME OF THE HANGER ON.
Road, Halton, on the 20th inst., which
will serve as a proof in the debates on
the influence of whiskey as against love.
In this instance the inoisture" had.
certainly the pacendancy, the happy
groom being in a semi -intoxicated state
during the performance of the marriage
ceremony. When. the _officiating min-
ister Wae taking down SOIDA3 _facts nec-
essary for the registering of the mar:.
besie.ged by his enemies whc were thirst-
ing for Ins blood, It appears that there
are a nuraber of the natives whq are de-
termined to drive Mr. Mackay out of
the island, and. this is the fifth time he
has been surrounded by a, mob. In this
instance he describes his escape as sin-
gularly provideatial, inasmuch as the
British Consul could not protect him. To
his own intrepid. bearing and his influ-
ence over many of the natives to whom
he had given medicine is probably due
his_escape, if, indeed it can in any way
be attributed to human influence. Mr.
Mackay gives us a glimpse of his cour-
ageous character and his faith in a di-
vine power -when appearing before an
angry -mob of a hundred or mere with-
out feeling the Slightest fear, and when
he had absolutely no means of self-pro-
tec—tireferring to tbe cruelty cases, as
practiced in the hair factory, London;
the Watford Guide says: "Jarvis was a
tesid.ent of this place, previous to re-
moving to London. He is a Roman
Catholic, but exeeedingly ig,noeant, and
consequently bigoted, and will. stick at -
nothing to carry out any dogmatic idea
which he thinks is for the furtherance
of the Church. We are informed by
his father-in-law that the same tyran-
nical rule tvas maintained with his wife
who was a Protestant, and ie. order to
save herself from the degradation of
being flogged by him, joined the Church.
'He had a boy from Miss McPherson's
batch of emigrante, whom he beat un-
raersifully fpr going to a Protestant
Church, and was nearly proseeuted for
the same, but consented to let the boy
go back to where he came from. Ile
has found in Hargraves, the foreman of
his establishment, a man according to
his °WI/ heart." Additional cases of
cruelty -are coming to light daily, the
latest being that of a girl epprentice
named Raynor. A few monthe ago this
girl, whose parents then lived. iu Lon-
don, was taken ill, and. compelled to
leave her work for a day, Notstithe
standing that Dr. Mitchell had. furnish-
ed the firm with a certificate that she
was unfit for work, jarvie haa th-e girl
summoned. at the police Court on a
charge of unlawfully leaving em-
ploy. After hearing- the evidence the ,
police magistrate dismissed the case,
with costs against Jarvis, and advised.
the girl to return to her work as soon
as she was able. This she did, but was •
so shamefully ill-treated after this that
her father and mother, in order to free
her from the bondage of the then, re-
solved upon disposing of their furni-
ture and removing to Detroit.
riage, the groom, beconnug impatient
dorsed his action. At the school meet- with the delay, thus expressed himself :
in two new trustees vrere elected. The " If I had known" said he, "that it
Board then resolved to admit the pupil
without requiring au t.pology, and the
teacher immediately closed the school,
and in consequence of his courts) be-
ing unanimously sustained by the rate-
payers, the trustees receded from their
position, and. left him master of the
field.
—A farmer from the neighborhood of
Lucknow, was found. roaming along
Talbot street, London, between one and
two o'clock last -Saturday morning, and
not being able to satisfactorily explain
his peregrinations, be was quartered -at
the Central Station for the balance of
the night. In court next morning he
succeeded in ,olearing up his mysterious
actions (he was drunk and. didn't know
what he was doing), and was. discharg-
ed, notwithstanding the $105 28 found.
on his person.
—Mr. Moses Bowman, of Blooming-
dale, Waterloo county, who recently
sold the old. homestead with a vie* to
retiring from active workavan one even-
ing recently visited by all his children,
sons and daughters from all parts of the
country,who presented him with a beau-
tiful easy chair and a most touching
address. An oyster supperwas then en-
joyed, and a most pleasant evening pass-
ed, ending with the singing of "Home
Sweet Home" by all present. The in-
cident is a beautiful one in every re-
spect.
—So many graves have been robbed.
in the county of Stormont that people
-have taken to burying the remains of
their friends close to their dwellings. A
man recently buried' the bodies ef his
two children under one of the windows
of his house, where they could. be seea
" all the time, to prevent their being ex-
humed. It is time a vigilance com-
mittee was organized to put an end to
this nefarious traffic in cadavers. The
report comes from Osnabruck that a
man was shot the other night while a -.
would have taken ethis long, would
nevershave commented the a—a cere-
111013Y." After thel ceremony the hus-
band of 45 -and tbe laideof 20, or there-
a,bouts, departecron their wedding tout
in a lumber Wagon, the felicitous eroom
being insensible to the jolting of the
• wagoo through the strength of Bacchus.
—Mr. Thos. Sheri* of San Jose, Cal-
ifornia, writing to his brother, Mr. Sam-
uel Sherin, of Lakefield, Peterborough
comity,drews the following very discour-
aging ; and gloomy picture of affairs in
California : "This *yet cbuntry for a
poor Man or any one :else. If I Were
going to advise I -would say 'sta.y away.'
Starvetion is threateeing tens Of thous-
ands to day, altlsough. it is a lovely
'country to look at. The hills and val-
leys are covered with grass or grain
about ten inches high, and the gardens
are full of flowers. , The treefi are put-
ting on their green; the almond trees
in full bloom; and the oranges are ripe.
But aotWithstaaiding ell this,it is a Inis,
erable country. _ You never saw so inany
poor on the road begging for bread to
keep them from starving. Provisions
are plentiful. for cash., although rather
high, but there is no -work." -
—It is proposed to have an asyluna
for the treatment of inebriates in con-
nection with the Toronto General Hos-
pital. A circulbe has just been:address-
ed by 'the directors to the principal'.
clergymei throughout the Province,
calling u on there to assist in the pro-
posed mo- eme t by bringing under the
notice of the di eators any ease in their
respective parishes which would be like-
ly to call for treatment in the institu-
tion. The medical superintendent of
the Hospital, Dr. O'Rielly, has during
the past year, had several patients of
the character referred to, and has sub-
jected. tl4m to his system of treatment
with most satisfactory results. His sus -
tempting to rob a grave of its dead. Gess has determined the directors to
, take steps to make the usefulness of the
—One morning recently, Mr. P. Stauf- Hospital he this connection better
fern resident near the village of Wash- Imovsn, so that parties desirous of so
inoton, Blenheifn townshipmoticed that doing may avail themselves of the privi-
lege.!
—The Dundas Standard says The
father of the woman, giving her mane
as " Mrs. Christie who died at Mrs.
MeManns's in this town last January,
While giving birth to a, still -born child,
relieving the majority of them, one died has been in towumakingenquiries about
when a large quantity of tobacco and her. Her real nerne was not Christie.
antimony was found in its stomach. A She Was,unrnarried, and had been liv-
reward of $100 is offered for the appre- ing Port Elgin; where the father of
hension of the mahmous perpetrator,
and it is to be sinterely hoped he will
be caught.
—The Senate Divorce Committee have
several of his magnificent thoroughbred
cattle exhibited symptoms of alarming
sickness, and he at once sent for Mr.
Powell, V. S., Princeton, who, upon his
arrival discovered that they had been
poisoned. Although he succeeded in
her illegitimate child, a man in good cir-
cumstances, is said to , reside. Her
identity was discovered. by means of a
photograph of a young woman, takenin
met, and heard, evidence in the Hunter Port Hope, and found by Chief Consta-
Relief Bill Hunter is a young farmer be McDonough in " Mrs. Christie's"
of the township of Egremont, county of valiee This photograph -was sent to
Grey. He married in 1874 Catharine the orista.hle in Port Elginwho recog-
McPhee/the daughter of a neighboring nizet'. it, aila in this way the father of
farmer. On his side it was a love the unfortunate and friendless woman
'match, but she married him at the so- Was discovered_ He lives at Elora,. His
licitation of her father and motherdistress may be imagined on learning
They only lived as husband and wife the 89,a fate of his ' daughter, who now
for one week, when she left 'him and 4lies buried in a rough box in a pauper's
went to Toronto, where she now lives grave. Strangely enough another girl
with a former lover named. -Andrew who left Port .Elgin a few weeks, ago to
Tait, by whom -she had two children_ bide her shame is naissing, and it is SUS -
She makes no opposition to the di- t, p ec ted that the ruin of both these wo-.
vorce, and told Hunter that he need, m.en-was effected by the same man.
not go to the explense of getting —.Yr. A. S. McKay, of West Zorra,
one, as she would never trouble him as -received. a, letter from his brother,
ev, G. L. niissionary to For-
•
Perth Items.
Mr. George Bell, Listowel, is the
owner of a fast horse, for whieh be has
already refused. 61,50Q. -
—The new collection of psalms and
hymns is about to be adopted in Knox
Church, Stratford- -
—Mr. John Broatch, of the tovniship
of Elma, has sold his ferns. to Mr. D.
Sears, of the Township of Wallace.
—The Directors of the Elma and
Wallace Agricultural Soeiety have de-
cided to hold their annual -spring show
in Listowel on Friday, 5th April.
—A few days ago wksie Mrs, Little,
of the third line, Wallace, was coming
down stairs she slipped and fell, break-
ing her arm, and otherwise injuring her-
self.
—The Episcopal congregation at Lis-
towel have purchased a lot for a new
site for their church.- They intend
moving their. present church building
upon it.
—A notable feat was performed last
week in Ellice, by Mr. Eaestmie men.
In one day, 10 hours' working time, six
men chopped, sawed into standard
lengths, and skidded 200 pine logs.
—Mr. V.-Kortcher, of Milverton, pur-
poses engaging in- the manufacture of
cheese during the coming SOI1S011. He
has the promise of 700 cows, double the
number during any previous year.
—M ' r. Boeckner, of Brunner, realized
upwards of $1,000from his recent sale
of village lots. The lots contained. 1 -5th
of an acre* each. About 20 lots were
sold.
—James Dickson of Palmerston,
died. on Saturday, 9tinst., at the ad.-
again.
—At a recent sale of unclaimed ex- mosa, foxix days later than the one to
press packages in Guelph, much merri- Prof. McLaren, to which ellusion has
ment was created by the contents of ; been made. It is dated December 21st,
some of the packages. The parcel -was j and describes the mob at Ran-kah, the
held up and. you had to judge for your- ,future capitalof Formosa. Mr. Mackay
self as to the contents. It might be a with his students and helpers, was kept
package of $10 bills or a &package of la- t in an inn at which they had been stay -
bels for aught the bidder knew. One 'ing, for about a week, the place being
vanced age of 112 years, 1 month and
28 daye. The aged gentleman resided,
with his daughter, and for the last six
months has been almost entirely„help-
less-
-Mr. Parker, of Woodstock, who par -
chased wheat at Milverton during last -
winter, has Bola his entire 13tock—about.
4,000 bushels --which ie lying in the
storehouse at the Milverton station, to
Mr. Shields, of Listowel.
—Last Friday while Alfred Dickey
was driving through Listowel, he was
attaCked by four men, who ordered hire
to get out. He refused, and the men
thefeupon pitched him out, and un-
hitching the horse went off with it. Sub-
sequently Dicky swore out an informa-
tion against the men, whose names are
William and Walter Winder, James
Armstrong and George Patterson.
—An 'unfortunate runaway occurred
last week in Listowel. The horses at-
tached to the p1113 which runs between
tne Stratford and Huron station and
the town, became frightened at some ob-
ject and ran away, spilling the passen-
gers out. on the street, all of whom how-
ever escaped without serious injury ex-
cept one lady who had her arna broken
near the shoulder, besides other severe
bruises. She is a -Mrs. Wilmot, and
had come from Woodstotk, and was an
her way to Paisley,
—All orchards should- now- receive
very careful attention. The -early
season has developed intopreraature ae-
tivity a swarm of caterpillars similar to
those that last year created such great
havoc by eating the foliage off thetrees.
Mr. W. A. Higgs, of Downie, collected
a few days ago a peck of caterpillars,
ana surprised. some of his neighbors by
showing his collection. They are fat
and greasy, and would afford a dainty
meal for the interesting Heathen Chi -
nee.
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