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Wednesday Dec. 16th, 1891.
SECRET SOCILrIEs.
The Piesbytorian Council of Tor-
-onto is composed of gentlemen hold-
- ing office in the various congrega-
tione of that body in the oity.
Last night in the lecture room of
Knox church those gentlemen to
the number of 40 mot to discuss
:that eubject, dear to the heart of
Dr, Parson : Can church members
emn istontly be members of organize -
tions outside of the church 1 Over
their deliberations presided Mr.
Mortimer Clark.
First to wrestle with the subject
was the Eel/. Wm. Burns. He con-
fined his deliverance chiefly to the
societies which aro generally de-
scribed as "benefit orders" and of
them he was by no means laudatory.
Re held- that it was illogical to
claim that organizations which were
avowedly organized with the object
•of yielding to their members pecuy,
aiary return should be termed bene -
i Lent. There was, he said, much
wrangling and internal dissensions
tvithin these bodies. In proof he
instanced the unfortunate interne-
cine disagreements which are, or
were, racking these Orders.
MIL 'CARLYLE DISAGREES.
Following Mr. Burne, and taking
friendly issue with him, came Mr.
Wm. Carlyle, ex -alderman of St.
Andrew's ward. Although there
was a financial side to most of the
` transactions of these bodies, Mr.
Carlyle did not think there was by
any means wanting that aiding fel-
lowship in which they professed to
• believe. Ho knew of a certain
lodge of Oddfellows in the city
which was paying the dues of four
members, who were through poverty
unable to pay up their assessmeuts.
Mr. J. S. Dale thought the secrecy
which was a part of the working of
the organizations was usually of
mall importance. What he had
joined the bodies to which he be•
longed for, was the insurance, and
. he did not expect to get any more
than -he paid for. He considered
his relation to the church of infinite-
ly more importance than his allegi-
ance to the societies.
I1iTFLUENOE ON THELABOUn MARKET.
Archibald . Maemurchy, M. A,,
said be knew little of the societies
but said he had frequently found
that. -the city was so thoroughly
organized by these bodies that it
was almost imposeible to obtain em-
ployment unless the applicant was
a member of one of these organiza-
tions. He thought this was rather
selfishness than benevolence.
Then arose a clean ahavod gentle -
Min who would not give his nacre
to the reporters.
"I'm from the country," etid he,
"and I don't want niy name in any
newspapers." He talked remark-
ably, and to this effect :—
"Masonry is a religion by itself.
Ia Blue Lodge Masonry the
Saviour's name cannot bo mention-
ed. Yet the Masons claim that
they are Christians. They say that
they have an emblem of Christian-
ity, the All seeing, eye hung up in
ih 'r lodge rooms. Perhaps Mason -
a one of those systems which St.
civ denounced. Then, again,
Mations are obliged to abjure the
right of private judgment. There
is a great resemblance in this be-
' tweets;Masonry and the Zoroastrian
atm -worship, the thing which drove
the children of Israel from rho land
of Canaan. It is not a long step
between the highest of these so •
iiietiea and tho Mollie Maguires'
and, the Ku Klux. They all work
far their mutual advancement.
`Canadians are in little better situa-
tion than were the children of
Israel. If all Canadians were Ma -
trona the Lord would have the coun-
try inv'adod b the Fouiane or some
other jiligt,lok and the dominion
aimed `ba cleliopulated."
As ,a Member the M*MQuia
Drder,; lair,. Coorge Ora re arose. in
:eta defence,, Ile vas: ,Bute. itdid
naught but. good, and he must say
that he had never observedin any
lodge the.,wao'tpf piques respect for
religion. Ile felt thathis nsefril•
Rees .aa. a .eheroh tnomber had been
by no tgeane weakened b,' Ms gen
ne,atron
With Aiasgnryt
1)R. PrtreepNS PErelati,
These gentlemen • having said
their say, Rev. Dr. ParJl,4net the in-
augurator of the discussion, read hie
reply. • The queetion, he said, con -
earned only the interests of the
church,-thrqugll .the loyalty of iia
subjects. No assault uponeect'ot
societies„ had been intended,and
therefore the aiecusaion could right-
ly`' be applied to memkers of
churches.' The only effort had
been to bring light to bear on the
question. It was, originally claim-
ed the churches ,dere doing more in
the matter of private and personal
benevolence and helpfulness than
all the secret societies combined.
Theft there was to be considered
tete vast amount of capital, time, in-
fluence and labour, thrown into
these organizations for other pur-
poses than protection and benevol
ence. In Ontario there are 434
lodges of 'Masons, 29 of them in
Toronto. There were in Toronto
400 associations which met under
the oath of secrecy. Large num-
bers of
PROFESSING CHRISTIANS
were in these societies, and in some
lodges, the meetings depended upon
them for support. Tho simple
question was, might not these
Christians throw their whole power,
according to promise, into the moot•
inge and the work of their respeo-
tivo churches and thus break up
the prevailing indifference to vital
religion '
It was not intended that the
pledges of secrecy in regard to tem-
perance and other organizations of
the same kind, were of the same
character as the oaths required in
older associations, but secrecy, even
for a good object, was held to be
detrimental rather than helpful,
After going over some of his
familiar arguments, Dr. Parsons
coucluded thus : "Viewed in this
light, secret societies do not pro-
mote the object of the Christian
church, and are not in harmony
with its principles. They are not
designed either to foster or to
spread the Christian religion.
Their main objeots are social and
selfish, merely applying to those
assooiatod with them for the sake
of benefit. Accordingly, as we are
to instruct and lead others by ex-
ample as well as precept, members
of Christian churches cannot consis-
tently with their confession enter
into these connections or maintain
them.''
_
IRELAND AND TUE IRISH.
DUBLIN, Dec. 7.—Mr. T. D.
Sullivan, M. P, at a political meets
ing at Merton last week, was asked
by ars elector if it was a fact that in
1885, when he was Lord Mayor, of
Dublio, he was present in his official
capacity when the toast of A. M.
the Queen was hissed. Mr. Sallie
van admitted that such was the case,
but times had quite changed since
that, and the mine of the Queen
would not now he received with
hisses in Ireland. Times certainly
do change iu this volatile land of
ours. Fancy the much -hated Bals
four leaving Ireland with the best
wishes and respect of all classes
following him, while Tim Healy is.
afraid to stir out without police
protection, and the houses of Dillon
and other patriots have to be guard-
ed night and day.
IRISH JARVIES WROTH.
Tito Eveningrelegraph has drawn
down the wrath of the Dublin
jarvies by an article which appeared"
in its columns, holding up to r•idi,
rule the hackney horses of the city
and their drivers. Now, it is well
known that there is no place where
you will see better hack horses or
get a smarter drive than in this
same city of Dublin, and the "Larry
Doolins" are naturally highly in-
censed,' and have boycotted the
Telegraph. The turn -out of hack-
ney horses and "cars" at last Dublin
Horse ShuFi' was a splendid one,
and any one who has gone by road
to "Punchestown" knows how a
Dublin car -man can drive,
OLD IRISH FAMILIES.
Mr. MacDermott, who has be.
come quite a hero (in the comic
papers especially) for his horsewhip-
ping of Healy, belongs to one of the
old Irish families. The head of the
tribe is The MacDermott, Q. C.,
who still retrins the ancient title of
Prince of Coolavin, while the Mac•
Dermott-Roe', represents another
branch. Amongat other old Celtic
titles recognized in Ireland are those
of the Knight of Glin (Desmond
Fitzgerald), and the Knight of
Kerry (Sir Maurice Fitzgerald,
equerry to H, R. H. the Duke of
Connaught. The "The's" are re-
presented by the Maovermott•Roo ;
The MacGillycuddy of the Reeks.
The O'Conor Don. The O'Douoghoe
of the Glens, M. P., (a nephew of
the late Dan. O'Connell), The 0'. p
Gorwert-ltiatbgbawuan, (;Flahon))
The Oliainel. or Chief of., 11y
The O'Donovan, who- rejoices inthe
everyday namd: of 11<eiir'y W.inth,
arpo, wliiolt has snot at All a 'Celtic
ging about it :. The O'Grady of Kill,
llaflyowen. The Q'lleine, (or-,
lteijtls,l', Q'Kolly, of Gallaglt.Caetle,
County 0tuiway) is a count of the
holy Empire. There are a good
many Papal counts in Ireland whose
tine arerecognized, and we also
have a Bwediah 4.aron (De Robeck)
who ia.ono of tie most popular then.
in the land, and for a number of
years toaster of that noted pack of
foxhounds, "The Kildaree."
intent to ABROAD,
What a knack Irishmen have of
working themselves into high, places
when they leave this .unfortunate
country 1 There is Captain Shaw,
chief of the London Metropolitan.
Fire. Brigade, who retires after a
long and honorable service. and hes
been made a K. C. B. by her
Majesty. He was at one time an
officer in the Westmeath Rifles, and
was always a great favorite.
THE C. P. R. THE CONNECT-
ING LINK.
The troopship Tyne having on
board the relief crew' for the war
ships Champiou and Pheasant, of
the pacific squadron, arrived at
Halifax, Door. 6th, from Ports-
mouth, Eng., ahead of time. The
Tyne left Portsmouth on the 24th
November. Shortly after leaving
port she encountered strong north-
westerly winds, developing into
very heavy blows at times. On the
28th a howling storm set in. The
wind was dead ahead, and blowing
with hurricane force. The ship on
this day made only four knots an
hour. The werther continued very
bad until December 1. On the 29th
the wind blew at the rate of 50 miles
an hour. The ship, however, rode
through tho gale admirably, the
only damage done being a few
panes of glass smashed in the deck-
house. To a reporter, Commander
Pollard, of the Tyne, said : "I
should prefer the Hilifiax route.
This trip is made principally as an
experiment in the relieving of
crews of ships belonging to the
Pacific squadron. Ii„it terminates
successfully the Imperial Goveru-
meent will adopt the route prefer -
once to the one by way of Panama."
"Have you ever been at Van-
couver 1"
"Yes, I was there last year. I
have also been at Panama, and am
in a position to give a fair opinion
as to the two routes."
"Which route will you recom-
mend to the Government 1"
"I will recommend the route to
Vancouver by way of Ilalifax."
"Then you believe this experi-
mental trip will be a success 1"
"I do. The run across from
Portsmouth to Halifiax occupied
about twelve days. On arrival at
Hslifiax the relief crews are afford-
ed excellent accommodation in the
C. P. R. trains, which for speed
and equipment are second to none
in the world. The trains will only
take about seven days to transport
the men from Halifax to Vancouver,
and ships to be relieved have only
a comparatively short distance 16 go
from Eequimalt to Vancouver."
"You have taken relief crews for
the Pacific squadron in the Tyne
via Panama's"
"Yes, the distance to Panama is
12,000 miles, whereas to Halifax it
is only 2,500 or so. The ships to
be relieved have to sail the long
distance of 3,000 miles faom Esqui-
mau, and 3,000 more returning by
the Panama route. The time is
great as compared with the Halifax
route:' It takes the Tyne 30 days
to go from Portsmouth to Panama,
whereas to Halifax it only takes 12
days. The ships to be relieved by
the Panama route will waste just
25 days, which together with the
60 days occupied on the run from
Portsmouth to Panama and return
makes a total of 85 days. The
Halifax route will only take about
34 days,"
"How about the expenses 1"
"Well they will be about the
same, but the distance and time are
considerable, and will be important
factors when the Government is
coming to a decision, The success
of the trip depends largely upon
the C. P. R. If it does its part of
the business well, there is no doubt
but the Government will decide in
favor of the Halifax route."
—A novel feature in communion
service was inaugurated in the Cleve•
land Scoville avenue Methodist
Episcopal church Sunday. It has
been customary in the Methodist
church to serve comtnunion wine to
all partakers from one cup. Rev.
H. Webb held that is was as much
a vulgarism to do so as to require a
tea party to drink from the same tea
cup, and, on the ground of decency,
good taste and politeness, he
furnished each member who at-
tended the service with a separate
cup. There were seventy-two in all
and the cups would not go round
so some of them had to be washed.
Some of the conservative members
are inclined to grumble- at the de-
artalre from orthodox .
BOW ,�
THEY : N4QY A 4t/IET SVat4tNG. QUI R
A QOM QF CA.RUS, -
?VAiets Xteents .till Want nut fa 604
lsiarrad. Tgw.arde tee. Melee' l?y elms Old
Trnn's x>'npetuon}q Repudiatt:un� o all
A4uttno;ity ere» Iioylq�s,.
"Smith was staking me to -day," wits Mr,
Bowser, ea he laid, do wrt. itis ever►ieg .paper.
"if we wouldn't drop ever some eveeing end
We a four -}sanded game of .euchre with
th.a►n."
Why, I ahould like to go over any even-
ing," replied Alrs. Bowser.
"Ile and hie wife play moat ovary even -
g"
in
`i3Yee?"
"t1f you only knew how to play we might
Piave a game now and then.„
"I bays been told that 'play fairly well,"
sheet e
qui ly replied. -
"Have, oh? I suppose we might have a
game it two, though of coarse. I can play
my cards with my eyes shut. Have you got
a pack around:" • _
"Mr. Boweer, I am perfectly willing to
play, but you must promise me, not to get
- mad if you are beaten." •
"Mad! What are you talking aboutl
The idea of getting mad over a game of
cards!"
"Do you promise?"
"My dear woman, in about ten minutes
from now you will begin to turn red and
white and get so mad that a yoke of oxen
can't hold you. You are the one to make
promises. Get the cards, and if you win
one game out of ten I'll buy you a $20
hat."
"If I win more Hames than yon do—you
won't—you won't Leel put out?" she asked
as they sat down to the table.
"Good lands ! hut what is the woman
talking about ? Mrs. Bowser, I've played
more games of euchre than you've got
hairs on your head, and no one ever knew
me to feel anything but serene: A hus-
band who cant play a game of tarda with
his wife without getting mad had hotter
hang up. Go ahead and deal. The poor -
oat player atwaye has the deal. Hearts is
trumph, eh ? Ah, ha 1 I will proceed to
lead this."
Mr. Bowser had a good hand and scored
IT TICKLED HIM.
a march, and after counting up he leaned
back and laughed and asked :
"Any other little game that you can play
better than this, Mrs. Bowser?"
He dealt and scored another point and
chuckled some more, and when the game
was finished she had scored only one point.
"Beginning to get reel in the face al-
ready—hal ha! ha!" he laughed. "You
have promised not to get mad, though, and
I shall hold you to it."
She had nothing to say, but scored a
march,.on the new game. Mr. Bowser tried
hard to laugh, but three or four minutes
later, when the game was finished and she
clapped her hands and shouted: "Chicago" ;
there wasn't a sign of a smile on his face as
ho replied:
"Do you want to wake up the whole
town? Perhaps you don't know that I gave
you that game just to encourage you. You
looked ready to cry,"
"Please don't give the any more."
"Don't you worry! You doutt get an-
other single point to -night!"
She did, though. She got the first point
on the new game and he began to look very
sober. He brightened up a little when he
scored one, but that was all he got on the
game.
"That's even games, and I'm a Chicago
ahead!" she exclaimed, as she counted,
"Oen, it is, eh? It's a wonder you didn't
get the other game, as well! Swindling and
cheating at cards dont seem to trouble some
people's consciences!"
"But I didn't cheat!"
"Um! Don't try it again, Mrs, Bowser!
Spades is trump, and what do you do?"
"I order you up."
"Order me up, what's that for?"
"Because that's the best I have!"
"You can't do it! You have got to
pass! "
"No, I haven't. If I think I can make a
point I can order you up, of course."
"I doi4; believe its; but rather than have
a great funs over it 111 take it up. What
are you leading the right -bower for?"
"I want to take all the tricks. I can lead
any way I want to, can't I?"
"Oh, well, go ahead and see how you'll
come out!"
She came out by winning the game, while
Mr. Bowser had scored only two points.
"That's a game and a Chicago ahead, Mr.
Bowser! Instead of one game out of ten,
I've won two out of three!"
"Yrs, but how did you win 'em? If
you'd played honestly, you wouldn't have
scored two points on a game ! There's the
trump. What do you do?"
"I order you up, ' said Mrs. Bowser.
"Order me up! You can't do it!"
"Of course I can."
"Not much! No one ever heard of such
s thing!"
"Hoyle says that if you have a strong
hand and think"—
"Hoyle! Hoyle!" he shouted as ha rose
"YOU CAN'T De IT1"
ap and waved his arms around. "Who is
Boyle? Does Hoyle run this family? Is
Hoyle ;playing this game of cards or are ree?''
"But, my clear, Hoyle is authority on
cards."
"'Never! I allow no man to make rules
for mel You either say you'll pass or I don't
play any more."
and be turned it down, .8be teen made the
trtitmp hearts.
"Iterou Cant do it," 1. , Perslated.
, 1a p9 atsted<
"When turn .down diamonds. ;bow eau you
til aka it heaete2"
s,n: t I make it what:I witih?'
" o, ma'am,you can't ---not intitie garnet
If you were playing with sows O a r.
old baby you 5 Might play a baby g me hitt
you've dither get to play a Weight game or
quit!"
"Mr. Bowser, 3lovle saysthat when your
c;Nponsnt
."Ifeyle again ? i tell. you Rovlo lia,s
nothing to de with it 1 There 1 We don't
play any more. I knew how it would end
when we sat :down I"
"Don't be foolish, Mr. Bowser."
"Foolish I Do Iron suppose I'tn going to
sit here and be cheated out of my eye-
teeth ? It's mighty funny that" a woman
can't play an honest game of cards 1"
"I'm afraid, dear, that you don't really
understand the game of euchre," she re-
plied.
"I don't; ell! 1 f, + who was playing euchre
forty years before you were born, don't un-
derstand the game ! That settles it, Aire.
Bowser—settjea it forever! If I should, live
to be ten thousand years old I'd never play
anther game with yea!' I see new why so
many husbands are driven from home—
why so many go to destruction. - It's
because they can't find any comfort at
home!"
"Mr. Bowser, you promised me before we
sat down that"—.-- •
"And who rattled this row? Who set out
to deliberately swindle and cheat? But it's
no use to say more. I ought to have known
better. Every husband ought to know bet-
ter. Smith is an infernal old liar and I'm
going to bed!"
The End of PaIL
An antiquated katydid,
Whose wing' are growing hoarse,
Sits on a tree at noonday,
Quite tilled with grim remorse.
His pale green friends°have Ieft him;
He's stife, he scarce can crawl;
For hi—ho—Jomimy! 'tis the tail end of
Fall.
Heaps of yellow pumpkins
Are lying'gainst the fence,
And leaves are thick on everything—
To sweep 'em isn't sense.
A bluebird's in the neighborhood,
I hear his autumn 'sail;
For iii—ho—Jemimy! 'tis the tail end of
Fa11.
I tneagt to ask Phitena
To marry me in June;
I really thought I'd whoop it NI
Enduring the August moon.
If I don't cut and ask her,
She won't marry me at all;
For hi—ho—Jemimy1 'tis the tail end of
Fall.
4
SMALL BUT SMART.
Apt; Observations and Pat Replies by
Young Folks.
Most of these "funny ones" now following
are from Harper's Young People:
Barclay, who is undergoing severe pun-
ishment because he has been suspected of
letting a kitten loose in the'school-room,
laughs as though he enjoyed it.
Teacher (hanging up the rod)—"Barclay,
why do you laugh?'
Barclay—"I can't help it, Miss Bray ;
you've whipped the wrong boy,"
FINANCIALLY CORRECT.
Teacher (in a New Orleans school) --
"Durand, what does impecunious mean?"
Durand (who has but one name for a half-
dime)—"An impecunious boy is a boy that
has not a picayune to his name.'
SYMPATHY"
"Our baby is awfully nice," remarked
Mabel. "It pulled my hair yesterday, and
then cried because I did."
WONDERFOL.
"Oh, yea," answered Freddy, in reply to
his father's question. "It's perfectly safe
to skate, for the ice is two feet thick and
the water is only twelve inches in the deep-
est part."
TIIE DISCOVERER OF WHALEBONE.
Teacher—"Now, Tommy, tell" me who
first discovered whalebone."
Tommy—"Jonah."
As YOUNG EYES SEE IT. 2
Aunt Jane—"What a disgraceful spec-
tacle those two tipsy men are making of
themselves?"
Robbie—"Yes; a pair of spectacles,
aunty.
A LATE FALL 'ONO
How doth the little busy bee,
Improve each shining hour?
Well at the present moment he
Is looking for a flower.
ON A WHALEBACR.
Smart Small Boy—"Say, mamma, take
me on the 'whaleback.' "
Mother (hard of hearing)—"On a whale's
back! Mercy, no, child! The whale might
go under."
Coming Events Cast Their Shadows 13e -
fore.
—Texas Siftings.
A IT'O nap Tries It.
Husband (sick at home)—"Did you mail
that letter I gave you ?"
Wife (back from hurried shopping tour)
—"No, I forgot it until the last moment."
"It was very important."
"Oh, it's all right. I gave it to a little
boy who promised to give it to another
little boy whose half -uncle lives next door
to a letter -carrier."
That Was Too Much.
Mrs. Gazzam (to Mrs. Scadds)—"I un-
derstand that youe son is engaged to Miss
Fl pp.".
hire. Scadds (indifferently)—"Ah?"
Mr's. Gazzam—"Yes, and he swears he'll
marry her."
Mrs. Scadds (energetically)—"Well, I'll
take measures to stop !lst."
lio Othello.
Desdemona Davis (bursting into tears)--
"It's too bad of him—he knows that I
love him, and yet--"
I' milia Emerson—"Yat what ?"
Desdemona Davis—"He lets me flirt
with anyone I wish to, and doesn't say a
word."
Designating the Position.
Hunker (with a look at a lady in de-
cided deeollete)—"What a football player
she would make!"
est tgorily fts Batu ^ _Spatts :What ould sht+playl"
Paancei. m".-uva 'Fills bis&k
s
;AMt38 FOR BPI',PA,I;I1T,.
Dxperiwelits made by the Ontarla
Agricultural Farm authorities have
led to the following conclueiQns •
1. Thatlambs can be fattened.auc•
eessfully in censid'orable MAW*:
in ono building whet (3ubdividgd
into moderately sized groups.
'2, That average grade lambs VIM
fatten satisfaotorily iu autympl and
winter when fed daily a ration ,co
aiatipg of some -rape for a time,n .
1.30
lbs, grain, 1.01 lbs.' hay, and $.07
lbs, of roote.
3. That averagegrede lambs when;
fed in winter similarly to those in
this experiment will make a gain of
50 lbs. in six monibe, that is to say,
255 ib. per day, or 8 25 lbs. per
month,
4. That with the prices charged
in this experiment, average grads
lambs can be. fettered in winter at
a daily cost of 2.07 cents for food.
5. That autumn shorn lambs are
the moss suitable for springo ship-
ment, as they occupy less space Olt
shipboard, they better resist changes -
of weather and present a more
attractive appearance ill the market.
• 6. That it will pay to ship iambi",
to. Britain at an advance of two -
cents per pound, live weight, over
what can be obtained here, but the
price obtained -in Britain last season
was not quite equal to seven cents
per pound, live weight, in Ontario.
7. That there is room for a largo•
and profitable trade in fat grade
lambs between Canada and Britain,
providing thee are shipped early in.
the season.
Prof. henry of the Wisconsin
Experimental Station thinks that
sheep are more profitable than hogs
in States where corn is not abund—
ant. He says :—
"It coat $2,61 to produce 100
pounds of gain with thb lambs. and
$4.03 to accomplish the same with
pigs. If these figure are correct,
the farmers of this State should feed
sheep, and let the great corn States
take care of the hogs."
Then another American authority
referring to the statement :—
There was never a time when fat
sheep wont begging for a market,
says :
Oh, yes, there was, and will be
again.. In the winter of '72 and '73
it was nearly impossible to sell a
carcase of glutton for more than $2.
and thousands of them sold at 50
cents per head after the pelt waa
taken off. We have purchased
dressed carcasses of GO lbs. each for
$1. What the feeder got for his
work and feed we cannot say, but
probably not more that 60 cents.
If flock owners all turned their at-
tention to producing mutton it
would not take more than two years
to glut the market so completely
that'not a carcass would bring back
the cost of food conserved. The
strength of the market for mutton,
depends largely upon the great ma-
jority of the flocks being kept for
wool -growing, and only a small pro-
portion of them fed for the butcher.
•
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
The singular and various uses of
words in the English language are
seen in the following words and
their meanings :
A Frenchman, while looking at a
number of vessels. exclaimed, "Sea
what a flock of ships!" He was
told that a flock of ships was called
a fleet, but that a fleet of sheep
was called a flock. To assist him in
mastering the intricacies of the
English language, lie rias told that
a fbek of girls was called a bevy,
that a bevy of wolves is called a
pack, but that a pack of cards is
never called a bevy, though a pack
of thieves is called a gang, and a
gang of angels is drilled a host, while
a host of porpoises is termed a shoal.
He was told that a host of oxen is
termed a herd, and a herd of chil-
dren is called a troop, and a troop
of partridges is termed a covey, and
a covey of beauty is called a galaxy,
and a galaxy of ruffians is etlled a
horde, and a horde of rubbish is
called a heap, and a heap of bul-
locks is called a drove, and a drove
of blackguards is called a mob, and
a mob of whales is called a school,
and a school of worshipers is called
a congregation, and a congregation
of engineers is called a corps, and a
corps of robbers is called a band,
and a band of locusts is called a
crowd, and a crowd of gentlefolks is
called the elite. The last word be-
ing French, the scholar understood
it and asked no more.
Had he asked the meaning of
"sleeper" he might have been told
a sleeper is one who sloops. A
sleeper is that in which the sleeper
sleeps. A sleeper is that on which
the sleeper rune while the sleeper
sleeps. Therefore while the sleeper
sleeps in the sleeper, the sleeper
carries the sleeper over the sleeper
under the sleeper until the sleeper
which carries the sleeper over the
sleeper under the sleeper jumps the
sleeper and wakes the sleeper in the
sleeper by striking the sleeper on
the aloeper, and there is no longer
any sleeper in the sleeper on the
sleeper.
—The municipal nominations
were hold throughout Manitoba
Monday of last week.
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