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• TWENTY-WOND YEAR.
117401sE IMSEBER 1,104,
SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, FEBR
ARY 8
1889,
"eh ed riliE SALVATION ARMY the_island of Sicily and Italy. 'On the
IN INDIA. .,. shores of Sicily are orange trees
abundance, and small houses all the
INTERESTING LETTERS ERODI A, SOLDIER. way along. Very soon we. come to the
s The following letters, Whieh hive been city of .Messina, with. its large. Orange
—AT THE—
Chap .Cash Store
• °Otto
FFMAN & 00.
Spring Dress Goods, -Prints
s, hirtingsx Denims, Tick -
Corsets, Gloves, Frillings,
O�liars,-Cuffs, etc.,- which will. be
sold very cheap at the Cheap Cash
store
are also offering all .kinds of
'
Winfer Goods at, greatly reduced
pricels at the
- Oh ap Cash
s Store
. •
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ATtpNots -BLOCK,
A F 0 RT H
Perth. Items. - '
'The smallest pony. in Canada is said
to befosened by Mr. jOs. Pequegnat, of
Strattord.
here were only iii births', 4 mar-
riage and 2 deaths registered , with the
clerk of Stratford. for January. •
1 --Some party entered the Central
hotel, Stratford, a few -nights ago and
carried off a new overcoat. -
. - —Vr. 0., Prendergast, proprietor of
itr
the minion hotel, . Dublin, has had a
very sore foot for the past week, caused
from the poisonous lining of an over -
Coleman, of Seaforth, has pur-
1:0
chas a from the Bank of Commerce the
salt lock and saw mill property at
Dublin comprising two frame buildings
and 1;4:tut ten acres of land. -,
r. Freeborn, the present warden
. county of - Perth; is the youngest
-
(with the exception of Mr. 'Thomas
) who has ever filled that chair. -
also said to be the handsomest
man at -the county board.
—tMr. Dancan Stewart, .of Mitchell,
fell ut of a wagon when coining down a
-
hill near that town one evening lately,
caused. by one of the wheels suddenly
dropiping into a rat. He was cut over
shoe. -
kindly handed us. for publication, were
written by Captain Susan B. Copp,
daughter of Mr. Wm. Copp, `of _Sea- •
forth. Miss Copp left here a few months
ago with the contingent of the Salvittion
Armythat went is Missionaries to In. '
dia. Miss Copp writes a very interest-
ing letter, and we shall be glad to hear
from her frequently. We may say,
however, that 'these letters were not
Written With a view to publication, but
they are none the less interesting on that
account. - •
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man
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MEDITERRAnAN SEA; SieMllert
Dominic°, November 24, 188S.
MY DEAR MOTAER.—I thought to -day
I would try and write a. short .descrip-
tion of my journey from Paris this
We were all at the Holiness' • meeting
.held Paris; The hall. was full, and. I
do not suppose there were half a dozen
people present Who could Understand
'English, but one of the French officers
inteepreted for us so that we got along
.nicely. We hact'a good night's. rest and
went to the Holiness -.Meeting . on Sun-
day, forenoon which Was Very nice. We
had dinner at the Lads' Training liome;:
after Which 'we had priyir and then
marched to the station quite a long dis-
tance: Truly it is infidel Paris. As
far as I could see Sunday is kept by
most people as &holiday, although best-
neis Of every kind ' was 'going en the
same as any other day. The market
was full of people buying and selling all
kinds of produce: It was both strange
mid sad. •
We took. the train at three o'clock
in the afternoon. . We had to travel on
Sunday so that We could make = connec:
tion with the boat. - The scenery was
beautiful, ahead of anything I have seen
in England. ' The :lend' was laid , but
nicer and the garden walks • of stone or
brick, looked so clean and nice, and the
towns and villages Ilisplayed so much
• of the skill. of nitsn,- everything looked
altogether different from Canada. We
travelled all night. I -did not sleep
much, and towards mornins I - could see
that we were getting into quite:, nioun-
taieOus part of the country. About four.
o'clock we changed trains and .had some
- at a restaurant.. - As . daylight
comes on we are where the mountains -
are quite high and the Scenery becomes
more:beautiful. Now and then are to
be seen streams flowing down the sides =
of the mountains, white fleecy - clouds
'float below the mountain tops,
whilst in the valleys there is such a mist
that I ean'scarcely discern the trees that
are in them. Every little While We pass
rivers, Lakes Whose waters are a beau-
tiful blue are seen along the Way. To-
wards the afternoon we canie to Some
Mountains, the tops of which were cover-
ed with snow. • We reached the Italian
frontier Shoat four o'clock; where once.
more we went to the Custom -house to
have Our baggage- examined and, take
the train for Genoa. We had not gone
very far before we saw the :ground. al-
most covered -with snow and looking
quite wintry. We,passed through sev-
eral tunnels, one of which is over seven .
rdiles in length -end takes 24 initinterto
go through. A good .psrt of . the way
just here the railwayis laid about half
'Way up the side of the mountain; and
here and there, there are small huts -on
the mountain side, with small gardens,
whilst on the - other side we can look
down hundreds of feet an the townis and
villages beneath. Some places We, pass-
ed were all in riling. The highest, moun;
tain passed was "15,000 feet • in
height. - As We went along the snow
disappeared and vineyards took its
place. Of. course they did ' not look
very nice this being the winter. Very
soon ;darkness conies on and we cannot
see niu-ch more only that we have got
past the mountains and flat land is
reached. - At 11.40 o'clock We reached
Genoa.
After having some hinch we, walked
to the wharf: 1While 'Oink through the
city, which was beautifully lit up, I taw
a statue of Christopher Columbus, Genoa
being his native home. Vire got on
board I a. M., very tired „indeed.
We gbh are going second class in every
reaped; exceptin our food, that is steer-
age fare, and IS much better . than. we
got on the Circassian. Ourt_ cabins are
nice,' and have everything in them that
is needed to make-uscomfortable. After*
a short night's rest We arose as the boat.
moved out of the harbor. '--.The sailing
was beautiful. We:passed several small
islands on Which we could see what ap-
peared'to be towns along theshore. On
the 2Ist °we passed elong the shores -of
Italy, which are quite mountainous. The
shore is dotted with towns-- and Villages..
About 12 o'clock we reached Naples; a
large .city, beautiful indeed,. forming. a
semicircle around the. Bay of
We stopped in. the harbor !until six in
the evening.- The harbor Was all alive
with passengers, getting on and off,
people coining ;insmall boats with grapes,
oranges, figs, lenions, apples and other
kinds of fruit, but to me the. most in-
teresting sight of all was Mount Vesu-
vivus, which hi a short distance from
l'sraples„ out of which the smoke its con-
tinually oozing, sometimes hanging over
the top:-likt a hea.vy.cloud, at others
curling up e the smoke out of a chiin-
/ley on a clesfr "frosty morning. I could
not h'elp but thank God for -permitting
me to lee 801 much. of His .handiwork.
When darkness came on in the evening
we Could see fire on the top,. and at
times - we . could see it blaze up like a
chimney inifire. Around the foot it
people are living, although they know
not the hour, that it may burst; and
they must be destroyed. It reminded
me Of the large number of -people whci
lite close to the mouth of hell, but are
so taken with the world that they
see not their danger. On the 22nd, in
the forenoon, it was showery. .On going.
on deck between seven and eight in the •
morning,. I find that we ' are in the
Straits of Messina, .which are between
•
the te,and the woand had to.be beought
toe'her with aeveral stich,es.-
. Mr. Walter Patterson, a retied
-
Nor h Easthope farmer,. who has resided
in Stratford, for several years, dropped
dead at his house on Tuesday morning
of lastweek. Hes;rt disease is supposed
to have been the, cause, as he has been
suffering from an affection of that organ
for
—
out
and
some time past.
Mr. Jas.. -Dow, of Mitchell, has sold
is blacksmith and carriage business
roperty to" IVir. John Golnitz and
, Mr. David Hughie, both of whom have
sycu:ked in his employ for some time
past. Mr. DoW intends leaving •for
Maiitoba or Dakota in thespring.
,- -
--t-A' n old gentleriaan.WhOse looks -bore
the press of tune, had a rather un-
inia
plea ant experience while crossing over
from one tide of Market street, Strat-
ford? to the other one afternoon lately.
A mug man driving a spirited horse
attaehed to a cutter did not observe the
- old gentleman until his horse was almost
upon him. - Fortunately the shaft of the
cutter ran up the old gentleman's sleeve,
and in this plight he was carried.. several
yards before the horse could be stopped.
Lie was not injured although frightened.
One of the emtiloyees of the Strat-
for gasworks was sent up to the Albion
hot1 in that city Monday night of last
week to take the meter out. He put his
lantern on the vvood -pile and just as he
severed the connection down went the
lantern, and up went the gas. And
there was quite a lively fire in the base-
ment of the hotel for a -time. Smoke
wa;do s and doors, the fire alarm was rung
seen to be issuing- out of the win -
an th brt ade turned out, A stream
:1 • • ,
might be before us, we reconsecrated o
selves to God, determined that where
we mightbime would be - true to G
Ity this time we were Within .sight
Boinbay, one of our lads had a telesc
r•
er
d.
of
pe
warehouse, churches, cathedral . and -which wits kept going from one to he
beautiful fortified -harbor, While right other trying tb- see all that We could.
across from it Ott, .the shore of Italy is When we got quite nearthe shore, the
the town of Riggio. After waiting for captain said they could .not go in until
a few hours we start oil again. The the tide would rise, and iMat would be -
afternoon is beautiful, and as we sit _on after - dinner. W had made up our
the sunny side of the deck it seems like, minds to exercise patience for a Attie
summer, baths is-mt long before a little while longer'when a little boat was seen
wind springs up,1 and one by one We coming with seine Salvationists in it,
have to so to our cabins. I won't say singing with all their. hearts:
what we did all .that eveniig and the
‘.‘ They'll sing -their welcome home to mb.
next day, but -one thing is Sure, all our • - The Angels stand on the heavenly stiand
:To sing me a welcome home.
pleasures were over, except the joy that
'Jesus saved us then as well ae when:all I can scarrlytell you. how I felt. lAs
was going on nicely. • * ; *,- „ ,* they Caine n ar to us my. heart was ull
Your own daughter at seeing so ina,ny „to welcome us and I
• / thought of the time I would be welc in-
. BOMBAY December LIth 18 .•
ed in heaven by those so dear to
. &' ' E ' 9 : - .
. . 11/1 DEAREST MOTH B.— * * i * The boat was soon close to us, and .,, a -
I will go back as far as the 24th 1- of jor Adjutant -Singh, Captains Park and
November to describe. the rest of ithe Jordan, two Cauadian lads, and some
trip.. On arising that morning and look- others coanei on board -Ns bid ns welcgme
ing out of the cabin window I saw that and also to say that we need not Wait
We were near some land. , . I could see for the tide,' but go right away. With
the lights on the shore. :i. I found :on. them, Wevwere very soon in their boat
inquiring that it was ' Candle or and before e reached the -shore we were
Crete Island. There . were ' mountains joined by Commissioner Tucker. 1We
the tops ,of which were ' _white with B00/1 landed.. Alot of officers: with a
snow. Next day (Sunday) we ha.c. -a ,brass band Were waiting on the, shore
-prayer meeting on deck - in the evening, and we all fell into line and marched to
We got into Port Said about eight on the Itleadquextets, a distance of nearly
Monday morhing. As soon as our oat 'two miles.1 . The ground felt a . Attie
stopped some snuffler boats loaded with queer to our feet, and when we wguld
coal came along and dozens of Arabs to have to step on -a- board it was (pate
unload them. I cannot descrilte these warm. It -tvas a hot day and r`evertione
fully, they are very -dark, most of them was provided with an umbrella,. iWe
wore gowns something Eke t.t. might. soon reached Headquarters and, _were
gown, some- were very. short, and sent to the bath room to wash our feet,
tongue cannot describe the rags and hands and faces. .7 Then we were, t4kerk
dirt. We were quite close to the shore, to the dining room* for dinner, - It was
:The town .has about 15,000 inhabitants, is large ' room With • a stone or zellient
but we dould not , See -mu& ef it from floor. There Was no furniture, nil the
where we were. It ii 120 miles, -from room. • Straw niats were laid all around
Jerusalem. - t the - walls and about seventy o us-
. We left there about 4 p. m. and Went 'squatted all around on . the mats, each
one facing the centre of the .room. . At
One end of the room . stood a - couple of
kettles. After singing grace, eachi one
was - served' With a large tin p ate,
with rice nicely boiled, with vegetables,
seasoned with curry. - We all. went to
work with our fingers, using onlyi our
right hand in eating. We_picked it up
with our four fingers and shoved it in
with our thumbs. The Major said we had
never known the real use of our thumbs
nail now. ,I- got through. with. I my
rice ' and curry, and then: we were
each given a couple: of,; Baas,
or Plantains as they - are .called
here, and after this we were served with
what they -'•called India sweetmeats.
They werevery nice, and seemed to be
something beta een candy and cake. I
enjoyed m dinner. ' The Commissioner
took . dinntr with us:- 'After .we i got
through, We had 'singing and prayer.
The' first torus was:
SUSIE CGER donld not 4ceep the tears back 8.1
e.
the people were Europeans. The Com-
missioner speaks 'Hindostani beautifully,
and translated for us. Yesterday morn-
ing we had a • united officers' meeting,
the fifty who came from England some
three months ago, and -who are nearly
all in the training homes in Bombay at
present, and ourselves. If you had
seen us you would not have thought we
were a lot of people thousands of miles
from home, at you might have thought
we had jus
among Chri
Army or o
.in the s
not help
one was
ing a lady and her daughter came to
see us. The -lady is a great friend of the
Army, has lived in Canada part of her
life, and just came, she, said, to give us
a -welcome, ' and wanted to feel that
she was Our mother. I have not seen
Mrs. Tucker yet, she is .not very well,:
to us all. From what the other girls
but she seyshe wants to be a mother
say about her I believe she will be a.
greathelp tnus.
The weather here is beautiful, it is
winter but
and the flo
of doors, t
soon after into- the t Suez Canal. The
water was very still and the selling was
beautiful. We could, only go very slow
for if we went • fast the Moving of the
water washed out the _sides of the:canal
:and that makes it harder te keep in re .
pair. In sailing through the - canal
tetery boat has lights (electric) that
enable • them to . see a great dis- ,
tance away. Early in the evening we,
passed An American Man of War. It
leaked quite homelike to see the stars
and stripes. We were : on the canal all
night. The _first thing. that 1 saw next
morning was a lot of men and boys work-
ing with ' about 30. or 40: camels._
They Were carrying clay in what
looked - to me - like two boxes
fastened together and placed, across
the backs of the wimp's. They
got down on their knees while being
lbaded ; it leaked like 'very hard work:
-We got into Suez, that is a large town
at the end of the canal, aboub halfpast
nine in the *morning. -We 'could not see
much Of it- from the harbor, just a few
buildings and shade trees. The ship
hands were busy loading -. and unloading
goods, while passengers were changing.
We staid until five in the evening, then
we I sailed through a place called the
Bitter Lake into the Red Sea. When
we got into that sea we.. soon felt a
Change in the weather, it. got much '
warmer. I „had to leave. off all my
flannels, stockings and all.. We did not
leave our. shoes off until the. Morning •
that we left the boat. , - I have felt it
hotter in Canada, but this is Very warm
for winter. The ship hands got into
linen suits and awnings. were put up all
over the boat. I can assure you I did
not shiver one bit. On the night of the
, 30th of November we pissed through
the straits of Babelmandez and at seven*
in the morning, we reached . Aden, a
harbor on the coast of Arabia. The
*British have -a fort there. The most
that we could see was the fort, some
large buildings,. and armies mountains
which were very beautiful indeed, being'
- mostly rock ;,sirat:Were there Until 12 a.
m. and although it was Sunday: business
was going on just the same; the , usual
loading and unloading of cargo ' an
changing of passengers, iOme Persian
}Undoes, Arabs and all kindik.s pelt.
feat mixture.. We were quite &curiosity
to them, Our white faces and Indian
costtimes was something. they could not.
understand. We left Aden in the after
no n, ' sailed through the Gulf' of Aden
into the 'Arabian Sea, All through the
Arabian Sea the sailing Was beautiful:
and some cooler than the Red Sea. We .
did not have much chane to held nieet-
Inge on board, but every morning we
girls used to meet in one cabin and have
bible study and prayer together. - Thes
were indeed blessed times to my soul. .
can look back tothat light little cabin
as I a where -I had some 'speciC1 furling the sails and did not understand
• of
ark
.wa
for
Sur
Ar
pia
star was thrown into the basement
the blase squelched. The damage
very slight-.
Mr. Robert Armstrong, of &rat-
, tederwent a'peculiar experience on
day morning of last week. Mrs.
strong has a fine collection of house
ts and Mr. Armstrong rose about 4
o clock and startesi the fires to keep them
froF getting frost-bitten. The fires
rnae Mr. Armstrong threw himself on
a lounge in the sitting room near the
e He hadn't lain there long before
changed his position, and in conse.
ce a needle that was sticking in the
- , of the lounge ran into his right
between two ribs. This happened
t five o'clock and when medical aid
ved the needle, which was about one
ate
he
que
bac
sid
abo
arr
and a half inches long, had nearly dis-
appeared and considerable trouble was
experienced, in extricating the foreign
instrument as the action of the muscles
sent it in farther with every breath. It
is needless to say that Mr. Armstrong
suffered considerable pain,but no serious
resnIts are eicpeoted. The doctors say
that Mr. Armstrong's days would have
been numbered had the needle diteivear:
ed before, assistance arrived.
.c.41
A
Thou art enough for me,
Thou art
Thou pr
Thou art
As it was
thought th
ture, I had
to enable
me, new strength and courage to go for-
ward. Shertly after dinner, we girls
the Women's Training ome
oogley, a village on the out-
ombay. We were then Taken
oom.. Our beds are, a traw
mat, very thin, something like traw
woven together; one small quilt, just
nicely big -enough ' to lie on, an one
small pilkiw. I take my shawl to over
t roll
nd of
I on
y for
used
our-
ested
Sun -
and
t to
could
h an
enough for me., _
Mous, loving, hving Lord,
enough for me. -
ung Over and over +again the
t whatever Might be nty.fu- •
in God one -whb Was erieugh
e to conquer every timeigave
got home. . I was never
tiane, either in the Salvation
of it, who were io united
irit of Christ, I could
ut ' feel at home, every
o kind. Saturday even -
he birds are - flying around
erg are looking beautiful out
e sun is much -more powerful
here than i Canada. 1 have often felt
hotter weather before, but We never go
out of doors .without an -umbrella.
* * * * Today-- I. was washing
in the forenoon. We have to wash with
our hands or by whacking the clothes
against a reugh stone. The mosquitos
are very bacttere. The first two nights
tlit
I was hae hardly slept at all, but new
I can sleep pretty well. My face looks
as if I had the measles, but I will
get used to it bye and bye. We have to
leave the windows open all night it is so
morning. We have quite a large house
warm but It gets quite cool towards
here ; it- ianswers for Home. of Rest,
'Training. Home and Barracks. There are
no large glass windows like you have.
The windows are shutters with a glass
fan lightat the top and every door in
the house i partly shutter. It is almost
like a large simmer' house. Ido not
know whati part we are going to yet, we
will know ln a day or two. At present'
we are here and have started to learn
the IVIirat i language, had our first
lesson to -day. Westarted at thealphabet
like little nes do it school. I will be
_very busy from this until I know all the
languages I can learn. It is evening
now, I have3ust come in- from the open
, air. We have to get a permit every day
from the police to allow us to March,
then they always send some police to
protect us, We : had a good open air, a
. ..
large crowd standing around I could
do nothing but look on and pray that
God would speak through those who
were able to tell them of Jails love.
I suppose you will: -be wondering hew
I like the food and habits of the country
in general.' Well,' have not had a long
experience; but I will tell you all I know
as far as I have tested them. In the
morning e generally have porridge
made et p
a piece of
3110121AN BROS. Publishes..
1,1.50 a Year, In Advance;
'Gallagher were 'called, and, so far as
ascertained, have found no broken
Nines, but there are evidences of internal
injuries. At present he is not expected
to live. boy named Bert Denike was
in the sleigh with McArthur, and tried
to stop the team before they got on the
track, but McArthur - put on the whip
and the boy jumped when about 20 feet
from the track.
all went t
in Chinch
skirts of
to our bed
myself with. In the morning I tu
My -OM up and ,put it on one
the mat, lay the pillOw and sha
top of it, and my bed is . all rea
night. Ifl you Canadian -people
beds like We do, you would save
settee a good deal of work. We
Saturday ikfternOon and all -day on
day. _WEIL have a hall in the hoM
hold.nieetings every night. We
the 'meeting Sunday night, built
not take any part in it, only thr u
interpreter. .. •
On Mon' ay morning we Caned
a private meeting with the
.sioner.. like him very much alr
he has taken a deep interest in
every Watt In the afternoon we
two boatel march around the city.
were 1 in war chariots and •
special time. A War chariot in In
'cart drawfibyapait of bullocks. Th
-are decorated with green bough
'Salvation - Army . flags. 'There
thirteen. Chariots altogether; be
seventy and*eighty officers rode in
and the peats were iiltwed length
the mitt io we sat back' to back,
the pedple on each` side of the et
chance of seeing our faces. We .
ed throuili the native part of the
I only wigh you could have seen
-
more paz*ularly the sights that
The largan:umber of people that
such a terrible state of darkness.
norance ill enough to move a he
stone. One place we passed, the
quite a number of women standin
their chests -• bare; slapping the
and repeating something _all the
they seemed very sod, and vvhen
quired what it ineintJ was told th
were mourners who were paid for
ing for someother person's friend
had died. In many places -the stree
very narrow and smelled so str
eau 'de Cologne and other scents
wOuld almost stifle one. - Many
heathen burn different kinds of*
as incense to their kodq. The sto
not one bit like they are in' O
-There is no glass in the -w'ind
that would make it too warm; th
are just piled up in an open spade
the window should be. I suppos
take -them in at -night. In most
one Will see those who sell the
sittin in the midst of - them
.scarcely any clothes on them at all..
an s had
ofinnis-
lady;
us in
had a
We
ad
is isa
carts
and
were
ween
hem,
ise of
iving
eet a
arch-
city.
us, or
Canada.
Mr. James' Turner, an old and
re-
spected resident and leading • merchant
of Gananequet died on Saturday last at
the ageof 69 years,
--The Shepard & Morse Lumber Com-
pany, at Ault, Quebec, are shipping
quantities to Boston for export to South
American markets. .
—The marriage of Major Cotton; sup-
erintendent of the 'Mounted Police, and
Miss White, daughter of the late Minis-
ter of the Interior, is fixed for the 19th
instant.
—The. Canadian Women's Enfran-
chisment,.Aseociation was organized in
Toronto On Saturday, as the outcome of
a visit and lecture of Rev. Anna Shaw the
previous night. - Dr. Emily Stowe is
president, and,Mrs: Curzon, secretary.
Evely, one of the best known
veterinary surgeons in ,Western Ontario,
died at his residence in StrathroY on
Saturday. morning. He sustained a
paritlyticetroke on Wednesday last, from
which he never rallied.
—The police have a case against a
Montreal saloimkeeper for selling liquor
to a Minor. When: told that the pur- part of the- basement, and stole a scarf
chaser was only 18 he expressed great and spelt- of kid gloves belonging to
surprise, as he has been twice a widower the minister; also a cashmere scarf be -
and is now living with his third wife. ' longing to Mr. 'Gibbs,. director the
—David Porteous, one of the oldest choir, which he received as a Christmas'
and best known Grand Trunk railway present.
engineers, died- at London last Thursday —On Monday of last week as the
morning, aged 64 years. He was hurt Mogul - engine No, 114, in charge of
in an accident several months ago, and ' Driver Spencer, was returning downhill
never was the same -Man afterwards. He at Field, Northwest Territory, after as -
had accumulated considerable property. sisting the east -bound , train up the
, —White frenzied with liquor the other grade, by some mishap got from
evening, Ira Halliday, of London, under the control of Spencer, and jump-
- threatened to smash with an axe the ed the track. Brakeginan Phelan was
coffin in•which his dead child lay. He killed outright, and Chas. Miler, a fire -
also threatened the lives of his wife and mars, had both his legs cut off. Engineer
,sister-in-law, throwing some hot water Spencer and another brakesman tnmped
oyer the latter. He was arrested. and were uninjured.
a meal. We eat it by dipping
read in it ; we have mostly
brown bread, and a little white.' For
dinner wehave rice and curry, but to-
day we had boiled tie, some sour milk
curds and sugar on it; for tea we mostly
have bread and bannas, to -night we had
mashed potatoes and fried fish with some
bread. I did not like the rice and
curry the first couple of meals, but now
I like it well. I have a good appe-
tite and enjoy my meals as well as ever
I did in my life. I found squatting on
the floor tiresome at first, but I am
getting used to it. now. We used to
squat whi
it a little.
have writ
hard whe
e on the boat and got used to
This is the first letter that I
en on my -knee. It was quite
commenced it, but I pray -
man at once hastened to the spot, and
after_ mutual explanations the comfort-
ing fact was revealed that the two sits-
ters were again united—after their long
separation.
—Large catches of herring have been
made in the Bay of Feedy, but as the
weather continues extremely mild- the
fish cannot be marketed owing to the
need of freezing. Reports are contimial-
ly made that American fishing 'vessels
are poaching on the New Brunswick and
Nova Scotia coasts while the cruisers are -
out of commission.
—During 1888, 1,535 vessels of 449,-
234 tons, employing 15,317 inen'ar-
rived in the Port of St John, New
Brunswick, and 555 vessels, of 14,734
tons, manned by 1,357 seamen, arrived.
at the out ports of St. John, making a
total in arrivals of vessels of 2,982 with a -
total tonnage of 145,120 tons, and man-
ned by 15,631 seamen.
—The Rev; Mr. Abbott, of Essex
Centre, was charged by Mrs. Sarah
Markle, of the same place, with going
info the complainant's house one daylast
week, while her husband was Absent,
and attemptieg to kiss her,
much against
the complainant's wishes. The Reverend
gentleman denied the charge, and as the
woman had no other witnesses to support
Ir story, be was given the benefit of the
deubt.
—The ineanest - -man in Canada has
been located in Elora. While the ser-
vices were in progress in the Methodist
church on Sunday evening he entered
the vestry, which is situateclin the rear
—Thomas Williams, a look tender ou —While a number of Mende of Mr.
theWelland canal, residing at Port George Clerk, of Montreal, were keep -
Dalhousie, wasinstantly killed the other ing watch over the remains of his -de-
day at Jordan by • being- struck- on the ceased wife during the night, recently,
h d by a heavy stick of timber- which
lli was assisting to load on a. truck. He
leaves .4 wife and four children.
—In his sermon in St. Andres:es several hours, until the Gas Company
church, Ottawa; on Sabbath last, Prim- attended to the matter. Mr. 'Tobin, ---
eipal Grant, of Queen's College, King- notary, who lives next door, had also to
ston,aised the following_ phrase, which vacate the house with his family.
is Christ'sworth .
Crehinurecir ie:intghe—secTtahrlacnurisethoef
found dead in her bed Sunday inorning.
—Mrs. Isaac Smith, of Sparta, was .
an escape of gas in the house prostrated
some of the persons present, and the
premises had .finally to be vacated for
curse of the world in general is the
partisan." •
gentlemith named S. H. Janes
purchased the southeast corner of King
and Jordan streets* opposite the New
Bank of Commerce. building Toronto,
from .:the Jackes' estate, for $100,000
being $2,000 per foot. This is the lar-
gest price that has ever been. paid for
Toronto property, .
—Reports from the Upper Ottawa
lumber district, -says the Ottawa Jour-
nal, are very favorable for a large out-
put of logs and timber, the heavy frosts
of the last few days having rendered the
ice on the..smaller lakes strong enough
. • .
to allow the passing of teams.
—The value of - the halibut which
wrecked the business reputation of the
Halifax Collector of Customs and re-
quired his resignation was ,only about
$400. The cost of repairs to the Ameri-
can fishing;vessels which caused all the
trouble was 50 -cents. Great results
from small 'beginnings -flow.
—The report of the Royal Commission
ed and believed and I am getting along appointed to inquire into the charges
nicely as you see for yourself. * *. * preferred bytheFreePress and Call news -
The habitis of India are so well suited to papers against the Manitoba Government
the climate that I like them real well, states that no evidence in proof of the
everything seems to comp quite natural
to me. India fits melike a glove. • * *
Be sure and write uite often. I do
charges named in the said commission
'or any of them have been obtained and
that the said charges -have not been
love to get a letter from home. Some- proven. .
times tgo out and look up into the starry —Dates for the voting on the repeal
sky and by faith lobk up to my future of the Scott Ant in the various counties
home. Heaven seems so much nearer to will be named shortly. Returning
me now than ever it did before. As I officers have already been selected as
look into the aky I picture to myself the
time whe I Will meekyou all up there,
and then wonder if you will all . be
there. never forget to pray for each
one of you, individually, that God will
draw thole wholave stetted in the way
nearer totHimself, and those who are
not saved may I soon hear that they are
within th fold. i‘ . -
- God has wonderfully kept me during
hat has pass ince I left
never felt nervous but once,
e I Aces on the water, that
ight I heard the sailors un -
the time
home.
all the ti
was one
tinies place,withGod. ' what it was. I have never felt -real
There were scarcely a. cioien on beard
SAW.
re in
d ig-
rt of
e was
with
selves
time;
I en -
t they
ourn-
'that
were
ng of
hat it
f the
scent,
es are
nada.
lonely, and never once regretted the
that could speak _English, the captain step I have taken.- God was never as
and crew were mostly Italian, a great real to me as He is just now. He seems
many of the laborers were -Iiincloos an so near and I .just feel likes little child
. • •
Mohammedans by religion or creed in His big loving arms, and no matter
Our food•consisted of boiled milk-, coffe . what cross I have I just tell -Him ,all
ands very hard kind of cake; which and leave all the b -den on
-mild hardly be eaten without soaking,am so glad that I know His
for breakfast; soup with . macaroni in * * * *
it and potatoes with fresh beef for din- Sum G. Corp.
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nee and supper. I got along with it
pretty well. I can de without butter —Angas Sandfield Macdonald, said
splendidly now.. The 8th of December to be a son of the late Hon. Sandfield
seemed to be quite an eventful day in' Macdonald, died of inflammation of the
my life. The captain of the ship had • lungs at Portage la Prairie on Sunday,
said We should be in India,. so we werei friendles;iand destitute. He was buried
: I
about it
Him. I
voice.
awake about four o'clock. in the morn -i by St. A drew'S Society Drink -caused
inggnd %ingot up and said .tve
the young maul downfall.
see the sun rise over the water. We —A sietious, if not fatal, railway mai-
bade good-bye to our shoes so we did not dent occurred at Campbellford, Ontario,
have the the trouble of putting them en.I last Friday evening about a quarter past
When we got on deck we -aqui& see int six o'clock. ,Just as the passenger train
the s distance; hills on the shores, of from Belleville was coming off the
India, but we were quite a distance from bridge; Which. is on a curve, a farmer
the shore, and I almost felt like hurry- named Neil McArthur was approach-
ing them up. Very soon it was break- ing a railway crossing about 100 feet
fast time. We took our last hard tack from the bridge. The horses got over
, with joyful hearts, then we had prayer. the track but the sleigh was struck and
MI as
gocids
where
, they
places
goods
with
A.f03r our march we went to head=
quarters for our itipper. In the evening
a Meeting was held as a reception for us.
Somehow I felt sad as I thought * knocked 'to splinters. McArthur was
was the last time we should be together carried about 40 feet on the cowcatcher,
in our little cabin andaot knowing what' We had a good time, a large number of and then dropped. Drs, Vlacoun and
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follows. - Frontenac, Mr. Elijah Joyer,
Colchester,. Mr. L. S. Crowe, Guelph.
Mr. J. O'Connor. Wellington, Mr. H.
Hartops. Peterboro, Mr. Charles Staple-
ton.
—Mr. Dougald Murray, the Ekfrid
farmer who drew' a revolver =John
Campbell on New Year's' Day because
Campbell interfered with -him and
would not allow him to cross his farm
to get to some land which Murray owns,
was tried before two magistrates on
Wednesday last week and fined $10 and
,posts—in all about $15.
—A span of an iron bridge being
built over Bear River, Digby County,
Nova Scotia, by the King Bridge Com-
pany of Ohio for the Government of
Nova Scotia, was caught up by a bliz-
zard which raged in Nova Scotia a
eonple of weeks ago and carried into
this river. The loss will be from $5,000
to $6,000, for the bridge had been com-
pleted only two days before.
John D. Gilbert, living near Essex
Centre; met a horrible death on Satur-
day. He was engaged hauling logs and
had fixed'a log -book on a log and start-
ed the team, when the hook slipped,
striking him in the abdomen, and cutting
him open. Medical aidavas summoned,
-but he died at 2. o'clock, His relatives
live near St, Thomas.
—Some ten years ago a woman named
Lucie Lafrance came from a country dis-
trict to Montreal to earn her living as a
seamstress, About three years later
she was informed by a letter from a
_friend that the only relative, left to her,
a-sistek, had just died. Time rolled on,
and a few dale ago, in the course of a
conversation with her grocer, to whom
she was speaking of her family, he in -
'formed her that a person from the same
,parish and name, and corresponding ex-
actly with the desmiption of the astir
lived next door to her. .The poor wo-
The lady.had not been complaining and
retired in her usital good health the
night before. About four o'clock she
complained to her husband of a severe
headadite, but apparently dropped off to
sleep again. When Mr. Smith again
awoke at daylight + he attempted to
erotism his wife, but found that she was
dead. The deceased was 46 years of
age and had always apparently enjoyed
good health.
—Vallancey E., Fuller, of Hamilton
has made an assignment. The liabili-
ties of his estate amount to nearly $1,-
000,000, assets being estimated at a.
• gure considerably below. Shelton
Fuller of Woodstook,President Bethime,
of the 'Dominion Bank, and J. Bruce, of,
Hamilton, are trustees. Mr..Fuller is a
practising lawyer in Hamilton, but had
a large farm in the county of Went-
worth and was extensively engaged in
the breeding of Jersey -cattle and dairy-
-Prof. Kaufman, of Brockville, *se
well-known and popular musician and
dealer in musical instruments, ovas
hidged in gaol on a charge of forgery.
Kaufman had two stores. For several
years he has carried on an extensive
trade in musiral publications, Instru-
ments and fancy goods, and was looked
upon as an energetic, conscientious and
successful business man. His arrest was
a general surprise. The charges are
preferred against him by two prominent
citizens who are said to be losers to.the
amounts of thirty thousand dollars.
,--Mrs. John P. Deane of Waterford,
died suddenly a day or two `ago -at the
dental office of 1.1.. J. Chambers, in
Waterford, while under the influence of
chloroform. Mrs. Dean' being troubled
with her teeth, decidedto have theta
out, and Mi. Dean called Dr. Rose to
-
administer chloroform. Two teeth and
three roots were extracted, whenalie- -
timed very pale and her heart ceased
to beat. The ordinary means were at
once, made use of to bring her to, but all
to no purpose, AEI the vital :spark' had
fled.
—The horses attached to a Toronto
street -car last Thursday afternoon, took
-fright at a load of stove pipes' and ran
away. When just south of Queen street
swaying of the car caused it to upset
on its incle, and all the passengers,a dozen
in number, perhaps were thrown tum-
bling on each other. Ile windows Alf
the car were completely smashed, bat
beyond the shock received nobody was
seriously injured. The horses after be-
coming-detaehed fromthe car, started
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off again and ran for so n distance be-
fore they were captured
—About one o'clock Sunday morning
the frame dwelling house of a widow
named Mrs. Williscroft, of Paisley, was
completelyis
by fire. Mrs. Willis -
croft, who s about 70 years old, escaped
in her night clothes, with two grown
daughters ; but her grandson, 11 years
old, fainted in getting to the stairs and
became a victim to the llama. His
body was recovered, but it was badly
burned. Lou about $500; no kumrance.
As a very strong wind was bl
towards the village, there was
danger of the ire spreading, i < the
citizens are well satisfied that the water
works had been established, u other-
wise there would have been a disastrous
blaze. .
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