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Wednesday', Jan. gists 1891.
TREED BY A BIG BUCK.
Gainesville (Fla.) correspondence
of the Globe Democrat :—Henry
Williams and Job Tucker returned
from a weeek's hunting through the
lower part of the country yesterday,
and among their spoils wis a hand•
some pair of antlers that adutued
the head of et big doer.
With this crone a tale. While
they had m,tuy adventures atter
after bear and panther, wild turkeys,
and "rich," they think that their
deer story takes the cake.
While hunting at the head of
Newman Lake, iu a wilts, high
hummock where there was very
little underbrush, Jub caught sight
of a deer and wounded her. She
bounded ull' into the woods, and
the two hunters ran after her. Joh
was the more expett runner, and
was soon smite distance ahead of
his companion. Dunning along en
the trail of the deur, as he turned a
corner in the path leading to a
prairie, he almost fan over a huge
buck who was standing uuderuenth
a big oak tree, the wounded deer
lying by its feet. Job coups nut
stop his proses , l,ntl full violently'
against the dens, whichg•ty„ hint a
push with its horns and sent him
off a d„zeu feet on to the ground,
hurling his gun out of his hands.
Not waiting for its antagonist to;
recover br•ealli, the buck whistled
shrilly and hounded forward with
lowered head.
Job was half way up when the
deer caught hint, and with a power -
fel twist of its head sent hits into
the air, his stout loather breocheR
alone protecting him from severe
injuries. As Joh went up his art)
carne in contact with the brauchus
of the .big oak tree, and instinctive•
ly his hand closed on it; and he re-
mained suspended in the air just
above the buck's reach. The latter
was frantic with rage by this time,
and seeing his foe so near began
jumping at him, each time giving
the struggling hunter a big dig
with its sharp horns. Job cried
lustily for help and iu a few
seconds Williams came rushing
down the path, not knowing what
the trouble was. The buck heard
him coming, however, and before
Williams could dodge, as Job warn
ed him to, the buck caught with
him and jammed him into a thicket
of underbrush, the small trees of
which doubtless saved his life.
Leaving him the buck turned
swiftly and began his attacks on
Job again. Williams raised him-
self and, picking up his gun,
hastily fired at the buck but mis-
sed him. Tho buck turned on his
heels and came at him with lightu•
ing velocity, and Williams was up
a tree in a twinkling. The deer
seemed to enjoy the joke by this
time and trotted back and forth,
making frantic efforts to reach each
of them in turn. Job struggled
with all his might to get into tt e
tree, but he was winded from his
long run and could not get on the
limb. The deer gave. another leap
upward at hire and Job was torn
from his hold on the limb and fell
on the back of the deer. Instinct-
ly his hands clutched the buck's
horns, while he tightened his feet
to the deer's body and held ou for
grim death.
To say that the buck was aston-
ished does not half convey the
idea. IIe stood stock still for a
moment, then began jumping and
bucking like a Texas pony, but Job
who was scared to death, held on
desperately. A second laterthe
deer, who seemed paralysed at this
turn of affairs, started off with
desperate speed through the -woods.
Not noticing its way, it crashed
into a big oak stub a short time
later, knocking itself senseless and
throwing its rider a rod away.
William who had seen the turn. of
affairs, hastily descended from his
perch, and running up to the deer,
gave it the death blow with his
knife.
Job was in pretty bad shape,
though not seriously injured. Ilad
it not been for his stout buckskin
pants and heavy clothing he would
have been bored by the deer's
razor -like horns when he tnade the
first attack.
The wounded deer escaped, and
the two hunters were both too tired
to undertake a long hunt after
her.
DAME NATURE IS A GOOD BOOK-
KEEPER.
She don't let ue stay long in her debt
before we settle for what we owe her.
Sho gives a few years' grace at the most,
but the reckoning surely comes. Have
you neglected a Dough or allowed your
blood to grow impure wt bout heeding
the warnings? 13e wise in time, nod vet
the world -famed Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery, wbiuh °urea as well
as promisee. As a blooi-renovator, a
lung -healer, and a pure for scrofulous
taints, it towers abode all others, as
Olympua overtope a mole hill. To
warrant a commodity is to be honorable
and &hove deception, and a guerantoe is
a symbol of honest dealing. You get it
with every bottle of the "Discovery."
By druggists.
Your Choice of Girls.
There's the pretty girl
And the wittty girl,
And the girl that bangs her bair;
The girl that's a flirt,
And the girl that is pert,
And the girl with a baby stare.
There's the dowdy girl,
And the rowdy girl,
Aad the girl that is aiwaes late;
There's the girl of style,
And the girl of wile,
And the girl with the educing gait`
'fbeie'e the tender girl,
Aid the slender girl,
And the girl iela says her prayers;
'lheru', the haughty girl,
And the naughty girl,
Aud the girl that puts on airs.
There's the tolu girl,
And the "fool you" girl,
Aud the girl that beta on rac.ls;
The. e', the caudy girl,
And the handy girl,
And the girl that has two faces.
There'., the well -tared glri,
And the welt -read girl,
And the girl wit h the sense of duty;
Tooter, 1l • faulty girl,
And the -fealty" girl,
And the girl tam. i,as n, beauty.
There aro many others,
Uh, urea and brothers,
Than are ua 111 1 iu this narration;
There are girls and girls,
And they're all of them pearls,
They're the best thing iu creation.
ELLEN'S MISTAKE.
,a
"I love yua, Ellca, devotedly, madly; and
that is my excuse. 0 I, Ellen, is there to
pity iu your heart? have you berm toys ag
with me all this tune, to cast ate off at
last! :,fay 1 11 it, 1 s : r, chal•itill 0.1.1 fa,.lt
hupa tbut you w i11 •.o rolente"
But Ede.' Llai; ,drew back from 11 11 a• if
she feared cuuta11I la 1"u, and her proud
lips eurlod scornfully, as she replied, ''flow
date you talk to one LI that way, Mr. Wal-
laoel )lo.v dare yua speak to duo of love -
to ask tau L., become your wife, rude and
U [cultured as yeti are -a poor Goveru1 nen1
else e, ar:11 .0 w<:tell ur autism standing,
sill 1 J,1 tar 0, tiVH yeti! Leave Idle -go
away ; you nava i,l:,ultc,l 111,3, old limy 1
ne V01'.0 your 1 :AC.• I14ni11!''
fa•: • ,.r•.c 1,i01) us nabs,. Pre.:sing
Lis ese 1 .id ei his tie L he twist backward
g;11-.ee u c tau• to save himself from fell -
111y.
"My God! You caunot moan it, Ellen?"
hu gulped. "Yuu, who have led mo on all
this to ng Summer, giving me every res sou
to supe „e you loved mel Take back yeas
cruel words, 1 pray you -not make lily lifo
a barren waste forevormorel"
"Air. Wallace, you -must be strangely
blind nut to distinguish a meaningless flirt-
ation, which I have carried on with you
as au amusement simply, from something
of a deeper portent,' she replied. "I never
moawt to marl y you; and, what is more, I
cover 8111111,"
"Oh, Eden, how I have mistaken your"
he granhed. "I thought you had a heart;
I fo,ldly hep d'--
"Go!''see luterrupted sc u'ufully; "fur I
will hear no niers."
Ile said nut another word. As in ad:•t ant,
he left the room, passed ulr•ou,;li the hall,
out tutu the street. The lou;;, bright vision
had faded at .ant, like apples .,1 the Dead
See, leaving only dust and a• hes.
.After he was gdno, he wu,l:ut who had
been so proud and add before lint !: ,alt
down beside the w•iudow, and burying ter
face in the soft dem:tsit of the cur 0101 .00110 3,1
as though her heart would break.
"I did love him," murmured slag -"I love
him madly now, Oil, Ferdiu incl, Ferdinand!
How can I give y u up? How can I live
my life through, and not see yo , or meet
you only as a terangerl"
Suddenly her moor changed. ' to sob-
bing caused; and, ri,ine to her fret, -.p ala,
proud sola coli, sw, murmured, "0:1, '.* seat
a fool I sun to give hint it single thuu.11it 1
Poor as poverty; and it is wealth and lux-
ury I crave. He is a plobiaua; I wish to
shine in higher circles. I could not be the
wife of a mere clerk in the Colonial UtHce.'�
That eveuing, wheu Cl.uHarmon, old and
wealthy, called to place his name and for•
tune at his teat, she put her hand iuto his
and said, "Oil, Ralph, this i. the happiest
moment of my life."
And from the joyful look upou her face
no one could think she spells ought but the
truth.
Ten years passed swiftly on. Ferdfuaud
Wallace had long ago left England, and
gone out to Western Africa with some small
Government appointnleut. She had married
Col. Harmon, and gratified her taste for
wealth and show, but she had nut been
happy.
Then Col. Harmon died, and Ellen shed
a few cold, heartless tears above his coffin,
turning away rejoicing that she at last was
free. Peruaps a thought of Ferdioaud Wal-
lace cause to her then, but he was far, away,
she knew not where.
Otte day a letter came from one of her old
schoolmates who lived in Brighton, and it
contained an invitation for her to go and
spend the Winter there.
Arriving at her frieud's soma time near
twilight, she was ushered into the parlor by
the servant, A gall gentleman, who was
talking with her friend, rose up upon her
entrauce.
"Sir Fredinand Wallace, Governor of
Jamaica -Mrs. ilarmon," said tlrs. Minter,
going through the usual iutroduction.
"Thank yeu; I think we've mat bnfoi e,"
the. Governor replied, extending his,1and,
and coldly toucttiig the tips of MIN. FIar-
tnon'a fingers.
"Can it be pus tibial" she murmured.
"How yt,u are altered. I scarcely should
have known you had you not spoken."
"Time changes all," he gravely answered.
uI passed some years in Africa; I rose to
be Governor of Cape Coast Castle; now
they have removed me to the West Indies.
Ton year* ago I eves a poorer man than now
-it might be happier."
A me Iden impulse seized her.
"And you Ore married never she said,
inquiringly.
"Not yet."
Crossing the room, she whispered, "You
know the question that you asked me Duce,
All my whole life the answer has been re-
gretted."
"Ab I then you love met" he exclaimed.
"I loved you all the time. It was my
wretched pride that parted us. 'Tow that
, is gone, there's nothing stands between us,"
was her reply.
Ile dropped the hand she placed in his
as if it had been a coal of fire.
"My love for you died out long years
ago," ho said. "You are no more to me
than any other woman. Our paths must lie
apart.
Se 'lie had thrown her heart at his feet,
as his lied lain at hers ten years before,
only to be rejected. What greater punish-
ment can any woman have to bear?
OUR INDIAN NAMES.
WHAT THEY MEAN AND HOW THEY
HAVE BEEN CORRUPTED.
The Indian Langlutge needfully Con-
strooted- Natural Features Used to In-
dicate the place—Soft, Smooth Sounds
the Result — Ah-Nish-E.Nola-Bah-We-
Ue-E-Gun,
In a letter to The World"B,"811 Carlton -at.,
Toronto, says: Some time ago there appear-
ed in your paperinquiries as to the correct
meaning and pronunciation of a great many
of the Indian names given to the towns. lakes
and rivers in the Northwest and other
parts of Canada: Keewatin, Pembina, Sas-
katchewan being among the number. To
satisfy some of those wishing to become bet-
ter acquainted and more learned in the ab-
original vernacular I shall endeavor to
supply such, and before going to the North-
west begin nearer at home first.
The word Spading (ave.), for instance,
should he, Ish-pah-de-nah and means a high
hill or rising ground-Ish-pah being high;
Ish-pah-me-gudt, it is high; Pe-kwah-
de-nah. it is hilly; Ish-pah-be-kali, a high
rock, etc.
Cbinguacousy (Tp) should be Shing-wauk-
ous-a-ka-a pinery or where young pines
grow. Holland Landingg was culled this by
tb Indians. Shine-wauk being 0 pine tree -
Shing -wank -ons, a small pine tree; the
"Shing-Wauk Home" at The Sault Ste
Marie being called after an old Indian Chief
of that name who formerly lived at that
place.
Etobicolte should bo Wah-do-be-kaung,
a place where many alder trees
grow -Wag -dobe is an alder tree, Wah-
b Ic
do e- e a forest of alder.truea•
and
the termination-ong
or ing-meaning at,
to, in or from such a place -as ne-be, water;
ne-beeug, in the water.
The Credit was called from a trading
place or store being there where Indians
traded and got credit, hence it was called
Mah-ze-nah-e-ga-seise- (se -be being a river,)
)rah-ze-nab-e-gun being a book where their
debts were entered.
Hamilton ou Burlington Bay was called
De-o-nah-sa-de-o-and means a shallow place
with a sandbar and is a Mohawk word.
Toronto is another Mohawk word and
should be De-ou-do-meaning trees fu the
water.
Bolcaygeon sl,ould be 0-bub-ka-je-wun
and menus to narrow place between rocks
e hero the water ('Ines through.
Coboconk should be sink-he-kahuk or
Kah-kith-bo-knhnk, or Pwah-kah-be-kahnk
and 111ea0s falls over a stimuli' rock where j
the water falls straight down null not slop-
ing•
t,cugog should be Pi-y-au.;-wash-hew-gaug
and means a stallew muddy hake.
Penetneguishinie is from Pen -e -tall ng-onek
-which menus nand, ashes, or anything fine
dropping and running down, hence the name
as above. Poeng-gwee is ashes.
Mashquuteh, the old Baldwin estate and
where the new U. ('. College is how being
built, should be 9lahsh-Ito-la, and menus
a meadow or 13. prairie; also )lash-ko-se-lout,
Mah-nahsh-ko-se waun, etc., etc.; the accent,
as in most of these words, being strong on
the last syllable.
Owen Sound is still called by the Indians
Ke-che-'lu-qunhl-mit,. Ke -cut 0 large and
we -c uaid 0 a bay, mud the termination ong,
as already explained, to or at that place.
Mauitowaning on the Manitoulin island
is blah-ne-to-wah-neeng, and means the place
of spirits; 11th-ue-to, being a spirit; Mutcho-
muh-ne-to, being the evil spirit;�Ke-sha-
mah-ne-to, the great spirit. The last sylla-
ble in this word has more the scuud of do
than to.
Chicago 0 an Indian word, too, and means
where skunks are; she-kahg, being a skunk,
and the ong or ougk, being at or to that
place.
The River Mississippi means simply a big
river; see -be being river, me -sal being
large. Hence the Ojibways would say, Mo-
sal-see-beeng, to, or at that river. In the
Cree hist is large and Bibi river; hence the
nacre in Cree Slis•sl-se-he.
Mackinac or Altehilit nackinaCk, is derived
from the Indian word Me-zbe-ka-which in
0-jib-wa is a turtle -and the 0-tab-wah
Indians would say ate-Ice-neng and iu the
Cree-mees-ke-nauk-the 0 -jib -ways would
say for a big turtle -me-she-uo-mah-ke-
naunk-and the people who live at that
place-me-she-ue-unnll-rte-ne-goog; the Indian
tradition being that a very large turtle Was
found there at the time, 1 suppose when the
Indians wore fond of telling those stories
around Lhe camp fires to their children and
others who believed in such -(ah -duh -so-
kaun).
Washago should be Wah-sha-gum-me-
and 111810ts clear water, because wa-slut means
clear -wale -aha -yah is bright, and wall-sa-
yah islight; gutne-me being an affix meaning
water or lake.
Lake of Two Mountains is Po-dn-walin-
dum-Ineog-mealing waters spread out as a
lake.
River Severn is Wai-uant-keche-aung-and
means a river running about in all directions
Kanlinistiquia, at Fort William, should be
Kah-me-uiss-tel-qui-yah (se -be), and means a
river with an island iu it.
Lake St. Clair is \Vah-we-a-yah-to-noug, and
means a round lake, as Wah-we-a-yah, means
round.
Saguenay is a Cree word and 0 sal-ge-ne-
pe, meaning water going out.
Maskiuonge is called no doubt from a fish
of that kind, and which in Ojibway is
mahsh-ke-non-je. Ke-non-jo is a common
pike, and mahsh is largo or strong.
Couchiching is an inlet as at Orillia.
Orillia was called and is now called by the
Indie ns Me-che-kuh-ueeng-which means
narrows dividing two lakes -also is the word
for a fence.
Parry Sound is called by the Indians
\Vah-soh-ko-sing, meaning drift wood all
around the shore.
Muslquash should bo Mush-Itahs, and
means that white stone or quartz.
Matchedasl should be Matche-dushk, and
means a place where there are rushes and
drowned land.
Lake Pottage in Indian is Wash-kah-gah-
meeng, meaning Crooked Lake. Portage is
the French word for a pair of deer's horns.
Lake Sinncoe was called by the Indians ab-
shoou-ne-yongk, which name, as tradition
says, was the name of a dog that continually
went about crying out that name, but was
never seen.
Nassagaweya should be Na-zhe-sal-to-way-
yong, and means a river with tw 1 outlets.
Nipissing menus a small lake-ue-Leen,
being the diminutive ending, as already ex-
plained, at the end meaning to, at, in or
from the lake.
Nottawasaga is Nab-dah-wa-sah-oe, which
means the mouth of the Mohawk River.
Nah-dab-wa, being a Mohawk, and sal -gee,
mouth of a river, and me-sah-sah-ge means
the large mouth of a river.
Shebwt.hnegah is a long bay or, strait.
Shah-wa-yul, a long strait or shore.
Mahgenetewan is nah gah-net-to-waung,
and means a long open channel.
Ceseb Lake is wrong and should bo
elle-sleeb, which moans a tluck,or Duck Lake,
although iu the Creo se-seeb is a duck.
The word inuskeeg, so much used on the
C.P.R., particulafly in the Conmee big suit,
should be ntaush-keep, and simply means a
swamp where trees could grow. Misb-gwuh-
si, being a softer kind or beaver meadow;
mahs-kaik in Cree.
The river spelt on the Government maps
Wanapitae, is wrong, and should be Wah-
nah-be-da-be, and means a row of teeth in a
semi -circular shape.
The river Wisawasa should be We-sah-
gah-mah-seong, meaning rapids or water
running towards a lake or some other water.
Wigwam should be wage-wauni, and is a
lodge, bark or otberwise.
The Sault Ste. Marie is called Pah-wah-
teeg, which means falls or rapids.
Wawanosh is Wa-wa-naush, and means
sailing well. Wa-wa-ne-weir, and nah-sheong,
sailing.
()melee means pigeon; hence Om -me -so -be
-Pigeon River.
Telni,ran ling means deepwater, from timi
or Juni- deep and (•,um -Isle lake or water.
Keewatin is Ke-waydin-tie true pronun-
elation being nearer the d then the t, end,
elmpply means north, both in the •Cree and
Oji.bway languages. Ke-way-de-ne-uodin is
north wind-nodin is wind.
Saskatohewau should be Ke-sts•llah-je-
wun, both in the Ojibway and Cree, and
means a rapid current; Pa-meche-wung be-
ing a current of water; Ke-se-je-wun is a
swift current. Red River was called by the
Indians Mis-ko-se-be-misko being red and
se -be a river.
Assiniboine-se-bo is the Indian 1151110 for
Stoney Sioux River and should be As-se-ne
bwaun, Bwaun being the word for a Sioux
and assill a stone.
Pembina is said to be a corruption of the
Cres word ne-pe-me-nah, which means the
high bush cra berry. In Ojibway they are
called uh-neeb-me-nun. The low bush or
crauberries growing In the swamps are called
mahsh-keeg-me-neeu. Nepjmina got mixed
up and corrupted into its present shape by
Hudson Bay Company employes and coureurs
de bois.
Milwaukee should be Me-ne-wah-kee,
which means good land -Me -no good, and
ah-kee land.
Michigan means a big lake, the word be-
ing contracted-Sah-gah-e-gun being lake,
and Me-sah or Ma-tchaus being large. This
is about the sante in the Cree.
A place called Sheboyga't should be
Shah-bo-e-'•ah-ueeng, and weans where the
water can be used tight through by a boat
orcanoe without making a portage. (o-ne-
gum.)
Thessalon, on the Georgian Bay, should be
Ta-suh-hong, and is derived Prom Ta -sin, a
flat point of laud jutting out into the lake.
Matawan is a Cree word and is Mah-tah-
wnun, and means where a river falls into a
lake or some place below.
Manitoba may mean several things. Mah-
ne-tu is a spirit, and in Ojibway Mah-ne-to-
wah-pun or bun means a place where there
is-om,thing supernatural or Mah-no-to-bi-
sittin h -
od or high -no -to -w h -b -
g
a ail a spirit
t
in a strait, etc., etc.
It would be surprising to see how the
Indian language is so beautifully con-
structed. It has naturally a soft, smooth
sound; the letters F, L, Q. R, V and X not
being in the alphabet at all, neither Ojibway
nor Cree (proper). - With one or two excep-
tions, all the words contained ,' this list are
in the Ojibwav and its kindro,T dialects, the
Algonquin (0-Lush-qwah-gah-t neeg), 0-to-
wah, Po-tut-wah-tab-neo, Me-no-me-ue and a
fete others.
Murderers as c00% arts.
Day after defy we read in the public prints
accounts of the sayings of murderers in their
cells, and these sayings ere full of assurances
that the villains have found salvation and
:8.o prepare 1 to go swiugiig by the neck into
glory. The more brutal tine character of the
crime the gloater the seiritual exaltation
of the criminal as a rule. No muster is a
10 irderer eundennieu to (100th than well-
meaning men and women crowd to his cell,
pray with him and take tho most touching
Interest in his welfare. Ili suIuu cases -not-
ably that of Birchall-they give hint books,
flowers and other creature comforts. Natur-
ally the fellow is flattered and pleased, and
in return for all the sentimentality showered
upon bins speedily nckr.oeledges his con-
version to the pertieul1r form of worship
affected by his visitors. His spit itual guides
wind up by following hint to the scaffold
with a sympathetic solicitude that borders
upon admiration. A few days before the
end he takes up the role of mentor. He
warns and exhorts the decent people about
hint to lead good lives, preparatory to meet-
ing him in Heaven. The American yarn of
the murderer who nodded familiar-
Iy to rho chaplain as the trap fell
with thewords, 'I'll meet you later," is but
a humorous illustration of the comportment
of some of these converts.
'fake the case of Day, the Niagara Falls
murderer, hanged } esterday, for instance.
Duriug the past week Das, has been uncon-
cerned, and being asked the source of his
calmness sweetly exclaimed that the arm of
God was about hint to protect him from all
harm and feta'. Prior to the per-
petration of tee brutal cringe of
which he was convicted he was
a low ignorant blackguard; yesterday he
imagined or pretended to imagine himself
a just man made perfect, and he swmtg off
in the most saintly manner after an edify-
ing moral lecture to us mortals whom he
left behind. His victim was hurled to her
death with all her human imperfections on
her head to rise up in judgment against her;
but lie pretended that he was washed whiter
than snow by the jail chaplain and will go
up higher than she!
Some people complain that the news-
papers speak of incidents of this sort with
undue flippancy. It is certainly difficult to
speak of them with due pntteuce. No proper -
minded person will deny the possibility of a
murderer's salvation; and all Christians will
admit that the criminal should have benefit
of clergy. It is the patronizing airs that the
convict allows himself that provoke sharp
criticism. Whatever right he may have to
the Kingdom of Heaven, he he never so re-
pentant, he has no reason for putting on
style in this world, nor does such bearing
indicate that he has found true salvation,
which is meek, timid and unassuming. Many
honest thou have been puzzled, if not de-
moralized,
o-moralized, by these sermons from murderers'
cells.
Toronto Forty Years Ago.
A citizen has handed us a copy of The
British Colonist, Oct, 7, 1851. a semi-weekly
paper published in Toronto by Hugh Scobie.
Mr. Scobie still survives among us in The
Canadian Almanac, which was originally
founded by him. The Colonist was well
printed and well edited. In the advertise-
ments the first column contains legal cards.
Of the names printed there we only recognize
one known to us of to -day -Mr. J. Boyd, the
retired of red judge county court. All the
rest, Cayley, Cameron, Patton, Strathy,
McLean, Brough, Roaf, Baby, Vankoughnet,
have departed. Dr. Bethune was then in
practice and a member of the medical
faculty of Tr'iuity Iu those clays boys could
be scut to the Cobourg Church Grammar
School (Rev. H. B. Jessopp, M,A) for £10
a term. The mastership of the Streetsville
Grammar School was vacant; tbe salary was
advertised at LIOP with the fees thrown in.
French and English were taught at Pine-
hurst, Toronto, by Monsieur an 1 Madame
Desllutdes. J. R. Armstrong was selling
potash kettles. Of the steamboats, the Cham-
pion (t.n Montreal), Highlander (to Montreal),
Princes.; Royal (to Kingston), the Passport
(still alive•) (to Kingston), the Admiral (to
Rochester)• are all advertisel to leave at cer-
tain hours. Whittemore, Rutherford & Co.
were dealing in groceries, shelf hardware,
tens, su•snrs, etc, Tho news came by "mag-
netic telegraph." Flour ill that day brought
15 shillings for 100 li,s. Wheat was 3s. 0d. a
bushel. Curkeys 4s. and 55. a couple. A. &
5. Nordbeimer were thou, and are still,
iu the piano business. St. Andrew's
Lodge was holding an emergency meet-
ing at the Masonic Hall in Church -street. The
Bostwick lots at the corner of King and
Yonge could I.nve been leased at 610 a font
per year. A Nor h Gwillimbury men was
warning the publics not to trust his wife. The
l'nnsumers' (las Co. held its annual meeting
at 8 dna. Of the hotels, G. C. Horwood kept
the North American, Jaynes Patterson, Pat -
street and Elgie's in Yonge-street, near
Queen; the White Horse Cellar was in To-
ronto -street There were any number of
farms for sale. Castle Frank brewery was
at the head of Jarvis -street; who knows its
site now? Kivas Tully was a practising
architect. The Colonist announces the par-
ticulnrs of the ceremony to be observed in
"breaking ground" at the opening of
the "Ontario, Simcoe & Huron Rail-
road Union Company," now the North-
ern. Ald. Robinson (Hon. John Beverley,
we suppose), was in the City Council and
was busy putting through bylaws. Of the
politicians mentioned in two columns of red
hot political articles James Beaty and
William McDougall alone survive. A per-
usal of Tho Colonist of forty years ago drives
home the fact that our towns and our tou•n-
ebips practically lose their identity in thirty
years. The actual existing ties between the
Toronto of '51 and '90 are of the sletderest
kind.
BITS -OF INFOHMA'f i, ,N.
ODDS AND ENDS GATHERED 0•I' A
STUDENT OF THE CURIOUS -
The Oust of having a "Best. Mai." ut
the Wedding Is of Aucla'I:t Origin --
Mad Anthony \Yayn 's Ilarial 1'Iuoes
-1Vheii Different Natiol,s Eat.
Doubtless the majority of per; el- th etc
that the custom of a bridegroom 1, •18 1 :.-
tended at his marriage by a (rived • 1 r•. L. -
Live, who is popularly Irrme.t his ••i.est
man," is of modern origi , N•-ver:;n•6 ss,
it is of great autiquf,y, 1,., . , bed, pre,r-
ticed by t11 Bary Sax ,•,. . t I)0 - •1 ,ys
marriages were il1Va1.1a ,i. u • rll••.L 1 .at
the house of the groom. The day 1 ..•d-
ing such au iInpureaut event was .y•. tit
in feasting and 1 rupariug for 1 •,.• n.,-
proaching ceremony, all of the 1e•t:l,-
grouul's friends and relatives taking I,,rt
iu the festivities. Next came :ue er • •:'a
company, mounted uu horsebac1 181,1 t .,t••.1
from head to foot. They proceed xl in g • ,tt
stet-, in regular order of family preuu l.11 e,
under the c summand of an iu 1(848111-11 ,11., t
the "forwistaman," or "Comeliest rn ul," to
receive and c.,nduct the brid•, in saute :o
the house of hur future lush cul. '1' e
blushing maiden w 1s attended by her guar-
dian and other orale relatives, led I,y a
stately matron, who bora the 111111 o1
t
b l •w r u and followed •, a ,,., t.
t des o na
Y g Y
array of young dams ,l.s, who were s,l 1
as "bridesmaids." 1t was fro n tut: 0 • .-
molly, therefore, that we 4.1 :bo pr•s ,:.1.1y
derived our custom „f having at •.v • 11 tea
a "best man," the Saxon "furcal sit. tit ,.r' of
ten centuries ago being the prototype of 11at
almost iudispensnble parsonage. Fre•n tits
tame 60u1•Ca also sprang Close is tl n0rt 1.11
female attendants called "bridesmaids.'
BURIED IN TWO PLACES.
Tlo true bur:01 !,Lace of Columba, leis
beau a mooted point fel' many years and tt
would seen, the tllu rutua1ns of (1111 1 i 11-
trious d.scoverer rest in two place. --•n In
Deming() and Genoa. however, the tr:1th
of tots stutemeut ba, never 1.0.91 s
torily proven, but in the cast-' of tho
Gen. %Vey 110, the hero of 5LuuyPeed.-
"Mad Anthony," as hu 11115 p ,piLu:y • .l-
ed -there is not no alightast d,nl,,. • tt
one portion of his b•sly was intern: 1 :1 .1
place where he died and the other 1:1 1.1 • . a-
tive country. Ilia original bu:•iel p 1,1a
WAS Fort Prosquu hlu, upon the si • •,1
which the City of Erie, Pa., ncnvsia"ds; .1)
other locality 11010lel as his last res tag
place is Ra,h,or Cemetery, in Ches'er Co ,
1'a. This curious circumstance was brought
about in the following mauuer: In the y,•ar
1515 the family of this famous lllan was
given permission to remove his dust to 15 id -
nor, but upon opening the grave it was
found that the body was partly petrified,
and consequently very heavy. A medical
friend of the funnily, recognizing the tact
that it would Le a very difficult and ashy
task to transport the remains in that condi-
tion, determined as far as possible to remove
the petrified flush from the bones, and this
was accordingly done. The bones were than
carefully packed up and delivered to -the
son, who was kept in ignorance of the opera-
tion, and 110 conveyed the box coutaiIOog
the precious portions of his father's be dy to
his native country, where it was interred
with appropriate ceremonies. A nlonutee ut
was erected, in 1809 over the grave by the
Pennsylvania Society of the Cincinnati.
What remained of the noted warrior was
reinterred at Fort Presque Isle, and some
years ago was discovered iu the same state
of preservation as when first exhumed, in a
box bearing his name, Another memorial
stone was raised at that place, and thus
was commetnorateel the fact that all 1 hat
was mortal of "Siad Anthony" Wahlle
found a final restiug place in two localities
far apart from each other.
WHEN THE NATIONS EAT.
The number of meals eaten in a day by
the numerous nations of the earth Inas
varied greatly at different times and fn dif-
ferent countries Taken altogether, how-
ever, the customs of tbo present day ,tiller
but slightly from those iu vogue thousands
of years ago.
The Greek usage corresponded very near ly
to the breakfast, luucheou, and dinner, now
in vogue in England. Immediately after
rising the first meal was eaten, followed at
midday by the second, It was not until ,af-
ter sunset that the last and principal repast
was partaken of by all classes.
In Rome, during the reign of the Emper-
or Augustus, the two first named meals
were very simple and hastily takoo, except
e luxurious th 1 xuriou patricians, wwhoin-
dulged in a somewhat elaborate mid-day
repast. The evening meal consisted of
three extousivo c •urses, with a groat vari-
ety iands.
In meof vdiaeval and modern Europe the pre
vatting practice down to the middle 011110
eighteenth century was to have three meals
a day -that partaken of at mid-day, and
not the evening one, being the principal.
In those days all classes rose early, 4 as in.
being the usual hour, and oue hour later
breakfast was eaten. Twelve o'clock was
the established dining hour. Supper, a less
abundant repetition of dinner, followed in
the evening,
In England, down to the days of "Good
Queen Bess," it wag th9 custom to hospita-
bly entertain all strangers and visitors at
any hour of tho day with free fare -bread,
boef and Luer. This was observed at every
table iu the sin I, from that of the free-
bcldor to the itaren's and abbey's. At a
later day the upper classes became more
luxurious in their tastes and habits. As a
consequence the hours for meals were very
much modified and have rerneinod so until
this day. Breakfnst 0 now usually taken
between 9 and 10 a. m., and the present
usago for dinner ainoug the wealthier clo-ses
is from 0 to 8 p. m. A luncheon -a rat her
substantial meal, by tbe way, consisting of
cold game, roast beer and the like -is <tf ton
indulged in between breakfast and dinner.
Tho meal denominated supper in this coun-
try is a comparatively unknown quantity fa
England, that known as tea forming ip
reality a part of dinner.
In France and Italy the usual dinner
hour is 4 or 5 p. m., a custom that has re-
mained unchanged for hundreds of years.
In Germany an early dinner and supper
time prevails to n r. rust extent, 1 o'clock be-
ing the usual lee 0 for dining. Among
court circles, howe•, er, 3 or 4 o'clock is the
fashionable hour,
Thcustom of early meal -taking has al-
ways prevailed among the great majority
of people in this country, and dinner g0u-
erally constitutes the chief repast of tbo
day. The work -a -day people breakfast bo- ^
[ween 5 and 7 o'clock, dine from 12 to 1, and
sup from 6 to 7 in the evening. Among the
wealthier classes, a late breakfast is custom-
ary, followed by a light luncheou at 1 or 2
o'clock, and a 6 o'clock dinner.
It can thus bo seen that among the civil-
ized people of the world there has been but
little °bango in the time for meal -taking
from that adopted by the nations of au-
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