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VOL XVII. -15
Aileen. Oho.
Oh! the day is fair and smiling,
'. l.oVe!y Aileen uh•i ;
Ault tam. 'b t•'< away rte whiling, -
:My own d•trliva t. ue.
LUCKNOW ONTARIO, FRIDAY, APRIL 11, ISMO.
-AWAY TO THE
WEST
Eighth Letter trout fir. John, Melton On
WY trip to the Northwest.
northerlere direction Mr. John Cal
hu►'s. He .had also rote to the
vicinity of Whitewood; few years
before, with slender Ineati ancf a largo
faatliry nnrr L r else e
' 1.'4, adorn tilt Q,riulrre li•ratl
And re•clotht the forest grand ;
Lovely Aileen Dho.
•
The lily -bell, are ringing,
O'er you Aileen I)11 ,
Andihe honeybees are singing,
• '! ,u, ti'.u,liug true.
j�.Theaioy genus its head,
tvo_yolir leit,8y.led.; _
A nd tender w •rt is arb said,
.. O'er you, Aileen. 1)h.,.
'Tis Irani years since we parted,
Lovely Aileen thin; .
g_ _ Bnee von eit,tt�l.lr:o n-hear-teeli-
1.
l Ey own to tt!lrg true.
For beneath the U,vpress shade,
My pretty brute is laid ;
Oh ! the sttit•it home -ward strayed,
.From ►nv Aileen lint.
er
Oh 1 my happy droaws of bliss,
Loot Iv Aileen Dieu ;
Vanished with the parting kiss,
( if u.v dialing tette.
Yon were sweet, you were fair
With your raven braided hair
--Arte ,sold-s,a,.e y, ge•reuly azar,:
Was my Aileen 1)ho.
Oh ! t egraeresgreen may grow,
V' r nu, Aileen Dhn;
. And the ,,ret zeta- unlit may blow,
,for my darling' true.
The forget -rue nuts may twine, .
'1'o adoral the ivy vine;
L0esiendeeu lehu.
P
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N1COD1eMUS.
Masonic Sumter.
7n Thursday last, . tete Distri
Deputy Grartd Master Right Worshi
ful , It. 0. Bruce of Tara, paid r h
official visit co the Free 11lasoms her
who made it the oei rsion of inviting;
number of brethren front the surrouu
ing lo.dgeri, -arnong whom we observe
.Right. Worshipful Bro. Dr. Marty Worshipful Bros. McPherson, B trbe
sti --'4l-il'1. lro w in ane urc o
Of Kincardine, Bro ' Dr. Smyth
• ' tRipley, and Worehip£u1 B.ro.;Watson
h
Listowel. After the cs of theLodg
• the -Brethren and visitors -adj.ourne
to 'Cain's. Hotel where the company sit
down to an excellent repeat of oyster
• prepared • in Mr. -...Cain's best etyle
After having disposed of the oyster
there followed the usual toasts coin
relenting witlethe "Queen andCraft• proposed by . Bro. Days and 'couple
with the i►atlies of .R, W. Bros. Brut
- a11Jnd rtyn__tr4 o veer+ --ably_ .: •
Songs were next.in the order,, -sour
of which -Were finely rendered particu
Italy .chose by Bees. M i I ler and Hayes
Ater singing Auld .L1ng Syne th
•coinpany broke up in the small' hour
of morning, are happy to meet, sorry
to part and h:,ppy to tneet again.
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cessu•re O work of late in con
tion with sendi•ug a considerable "
tic" to. Qu'Appt,I l(- valley country, al
with a tauclt of La Grippe art►.d
of the other nuauerous ills which 11
is' heir to, have preveet d us•for
chile front keeping up our aceluainta
with -the re'acters of tiie `SENTtt.iEL
our journey to the great lone la
We hail looked forward with in
pleasure to our -visit to Whitewo
A •fr•iehsi nfs u.ree-a.lye a t-esewttle-ave
we .had• often roamed through
wood, and hunted chipmunks in d
ere Leckuov had a local habitat
tiled to unlace, or the SENTINEL h
been dreamt of, had estahfished h
self in business In that western ht.
The lights were gleaning through
windows, as leaving the station,
tett eeesertstet--to--w=1r
we had •hien -directed as his place
business. On " entering, he reconiz
u i n.t oat,:e and ext(•uded to tie a heti
w'elkoiile. , The -light sped • on
songs and c.Iaa4ter; end it was -not un
the wee stns,' hours ayout the tw
time 'we took. a walk around to seet
sights. The country appeared to
gently. undulating, .the- soil • ferti-
while thick Mulls of whitewood
poplar timber gave an almost horn
like and pleasing variety.te the vie
A neat looking -stone building a litt
to the south attracted our attend()
end we walked over to. see it. 0
entering we fouled it to be the sehoo
We received a courteous greeting fro
the teacher, a Mr. Morrison,. and ha
our first. opportunity of'se&ireg a Iittl
761 -the educational' system . pursued
the Nor.ilrweit. It is much the sam
s our own. The method of teachin
is perhaps ►pore elastic .than our own
The school books used are general!
the OI►tar•io�series, although a varier
appears to he permitted'. The •attend
sante at Whitewood school was good
the 'pupil's well. dressed -anti • well be-
haved,. the interior of the school neat
and tasteful and on the whole,. hearing
a very favorable comparison with our
schools at home. .The standard of
i is Lile Oiry rio one, but the
salary is very much higher $700; at
A•t'Iri;ewood with au.atterrdauce ranch
about, the -seem as at I lolyroot.l or Kite:
lough. •Tile sal try: is largely paid by
the, governieeut. The grant; we were
informed, 'varying with the standard
of tile. teacher. and not the- attendance
as with us. On r•eturniug from our
fisit to the school, 'eve found our -friend
ready Leith l)ioucho'aud bucich'�ard to
drive tl a us ia:rouurl to see the c�uuntry and
• what could .be -d -one in" it by these who
were wellies to roll up their sleeves
aid to to work. •'I'he'day was glorious.
an(1 the hr•i gat suiishine and pure air
of .the praa<•r•ie was a life-�r•ivieg f',untami
of health atu.l spirits,�het -the buck-
board was sh•4ky and the .broncho as
lazy .,as site A good whip •etu;l the
•strung right aril of the driver were
powerful or•4uiu'nta ill fever of putting
iU his t•b(s•t licks." A' fe•.v. -miles drive
brought its to our first stoppinet place,
at Nllat appeared at first sighs•, to he.;i
clearing- made in • .,hR. woods. 1'f►e
tliulter here -grew very thickly • in
elsees,.toteeeperse(I with, if we clay so
speak .lar_ e fields of open ,. . F (sitz prati•fe.
•receiv.-i1 'a laity ereetiny from at
wiry; active lo)kirlg li tie iron whom
our friend called ,Joe. II,1 hied -1y
•agreed to show us around leis estate,
and ;_ ivu its all" information 'in his
power.. Hit»had senee large stacks of
who it not thrashed and a good deal
u l(
f i au 'r ,
I11
1 „ l (kite. The fen ;las .
:diiler•ent places ,haul snivelling- of a
h•omelikelook.' the Martinng s althoug•rl
'tee Ltrge,. were more nutne.rous tenni
oil an ordinary farm at hold,;. A good,
stock of fare"' animals and intpleintauta
and a g;otirl. top- Iufi,gy,slibwed both
comfort and cot' vc»nieeee+.. It1e give us
a short sketch 'of his 'history, tee., A
Len (ion 'cneknPy, he had come 1
Canada, about six •• „a.rs ,tgo as. poor
a5 at (hunch 1nnn;P, rt the ale• rtiayttle
lits it,,.an(1 it surely sn•aaak4 voinmeein
avor of the North West. that a man •
n(1t•r such unfavorable cireuIuctances
n laet1;(1 with," should Ile•ahle 'it •so
hors a thne to• achieve sueh a pt)sitiof
f independence and prosperity. headed the pvocetgsion, •elle played .ap-
caviug• this place we proceeded in a propriato•airs.•,
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.Miss Bella Ross left for London last
week to resume her situation.
Mr: A Campbell left for Marquette,
•M.ich., after spending; a vacation at his
old home. - °
Mr. Jolm. D:tvidson left for Toronto
' on, M ,;iday to join the ponce .fur.;e.
• Mr.,4,...,Walker,''teeeher in ward
N0. Se.nt his bol' •, '•letts •ttth'• his od
home in Wroxeter :
Mr T. Ross sold his 'famous home,
Darnley Chief for a,largge sura„ to Mr.
Reid, i(i, of Lucknow.• • .
Mr. Jellies Crowston disposed of one
of hie brood r►lares•tt,). Mr, .J- Stitln, -of.
St..fielens. ,
An excellent young hor.e for •sale et
Ii!k itl (:rove h'urrn. This anieral
well trained mind is •c;apel;le of ei'tdtti•iue
h,irrl work, rising 4 years old, strong
N lle ,� and Gas excellent action,
Easter, assert IT Very quiet. Even
the hensfused to. cackle.
Aslifiteld
Tim ,fall wheat in some il
f )a.
CP''1 is
i►eg;inr►ine. to present a nice appearance.
_'rn.e,.(";,uartd'ian_b.tntl ie leteinning *-)
One tip The sprite; Itir(I, ere quite
rlunreroris. It looks as if t,priilg had
Bet i►t for certein.
Some scatted .th plouwh (in E otter
i 1outl•(y , where the sail , was light,
'titrd dry, ^ . p.
Promptly
To the Pili/or of ghee & Vtinel :
'
I %%delet) state th ,t the West N\ a- u
wv;lnnsh ,l!lutual Fire Insurance Corn- t.
parry settled my claim for 1055 by ,fire s
li'omptl•y and very satisfactory to me. 0
VEIL 111CDONAatai.Ar Anberley, Ont. •l,
oun r. Callan, a very intelligent
acid well informed roan, enthusiastic
with regard to the country and ' ittr
capabilities. The day was far Fpeiit
as we once more directed our way to
When. Whitewood itself, alinough a
very -new place, will probedelyin the
near future "be --Otte of importance.
• There are some very good hotels, and
qui e a number of=tradestnen's sirups.
'A large and well *eked store, built
t febrielseatidepresenN •h a r(t ripe er
ance is kept,by a -Frenchman whose
name we have forgotten. We were
surprised at the class of settlers in the
near rte.gl3horllood, Counts :aid Barons
with strane foreign names. Italians,
French; and Huirgarians have chosen,
their abode there1 and colonies of
different nationalities have been
atteltli ,hedei, he=-vfcintty R We leave•
heard', since• Omen, large bet root
sugar factory is allhut to be erected it1
the town at a• cost of 050;000. 'If
this be a fat and should be kept
su,.cessful lee, will 'be a boon to the
country ao fur°s•su;ar goes. .As our
• wes waran• t re
brain was due at erlevert o'clock, .we
prepsred for departure -once rnore, and
bidding adieu to M'r, anti4 Mrs. Nicholl'
Corrigan from whom we• had received
every, Kindness, ' we took our way t,
the station en route for Qu'Appelle
where we arrived at 2.20inerct. morn-
ing. The' hotel where we put up at
was crowded. There sad been horse
races the d,ty before,, and in conbr-
quenee we were unsiblh to{get a bed
and .lied to rough it mit as beset ' we
could until dayligletadid ..appear
'we wete now nearly as far as we i►►=
tended to go, a.,d the day was show
fair day we ramie up dur minds to
stay said,' see 'whet the products .f the
neighborhood were like in a year 'of
great aid prolonged drought, of which
eextw.ill' speak wore particularly in our
Death. of 11iltr. • Wipe I'. Uiscocks.
(Froin the"'tVing;);am, Times);
We are called upon this week .to
b orlicle-the death of 11 r Wil I. P.
Hiscoces, one who was well known to
nt any 'of nor readers. ' He died very
suddenly, om Monday afi,er ltoou lasi;;
in hie 34th year. He had been suffer-
ing from -a cancer for sone: time, and
only a'ishort: tilr►e'ago had uiadergone
an operation at the L melon hospital,
aid appeared to be iruproviug nicely,
•1 so much so that he had. been attending
t to his 'husineSS es usual for the past
week or ten d :ys. But lie ,was . never
wer
Y strop
v
,a
chad been it u
►,
1 f
tr
years"with an affection of the heart,
which w is the irntn •dirite cause of his
death. • I`Ie had been at church. -011
Sunday evening, and reutaiued to the
after meeting, getting to his•" Lorne
between nine and ' teen o'oock. On
\rI:uclay• morning, while dressing, he
wag ieiz(;d with a spesitt and wits
assisted to h' (1. 11ei: recovered
sufliciiently to get, his lsrt•:tkfast, but
about nine o'clock the spasms retatrued'
with greater force, and eorttin,ued Itttt1l
.
he succ•nurbed; -•al;ont 'three • o'ci'cit.
tr
The dece(tse(i had been% a' t•t;lsident or.
the: town for tete past ten years, and j
was,,.the second soft of \Ir. Roltt. ;lis -
cocks,, with. whom ,Ile lived since. the
(tetth of his w•ifo, s oventeen months
ago. Ile leaves one d;tue,;li1er, aged I
about 17 month -4. • 11 e ;teed eetrents
and t,rotht•rs and sister•.. an 1 friends
r :3
have the synlpnrhy of ;h�; en>:ire �e'ore-
'nutaity in their bore lveilleilt. Tire
eeeeasee was a nt�nrhrr of the 1Tet ho- i
dist:church and also j)f ':est (itland lodge 1
4.
No, 119, I.O. O. F.. -who took ehatrge
of the funeral,'' on Wednesday. The
members, of the ..order'.i) torn were
joined by members eft I, (l ,es in
Luckrthw, 2 4) •. rtter; " I•la•u,:iel,, allyl
WHOLE NO. 847.
NEWS OF TUE TOWN.
A Week's ftecord or tete rushing Border
'Town. .
J. Elliott's.
—Weather prophets predict an early
sprit;;, Let her come.
—No. 1 acrd no. 2 shingles for ser
by 111. Corrigan.
—For choice cover and timothy ge
eto J:L. Elliott's. _
=The millinery displays are corn-
ruarldirag the attention of the ladies.
—For jellies and jams and all kinds
,.if'ctiee ed giao5c s g;-, 'to J:-El1rott s.
-Highest price paid for -wheat and
oats at the Lucknow roller wills.-
Geo. Kerr. •
—Miss Jennie Brazier, of Stratfrrd,
spect'a few days - this week visiting
friends in the- village.
—The new Presbyterian church,
. Boslerio .t w ilk—he-opened-vzr-t:he ne-eorz
Sabbath in May. t. • •
—Mrs. James S ,mervil•Ie and Mrs.
Cont 1l •are visiting; friends ih
Duudas and Iiarnilton. ,
=--Hurrah for T. L. Treleaven's
galler and et a dozen of th
n shed cabinets and 'a frame, i only
$ 1.50 for the lot. • • •
--An old m, ti.&l said she wished•she
'was an auctioruser, for then it would
be perfe(ttly proper 'to say, "Make are
a'n offer.,6.- •
Spare the Birds .. .'
Luc.know, April 8
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---Wilson, of Tara, who was charged
•
with passing bad money, jurnp•ad' his
bed and left his bondstnett to• w`b.ack
up $1000.
—All kinds of groceries of the best
qualities kept at •tne reser grocery very
cheap; as we sell forjpsh ateLoro•
only. • Goods' deli vet•ed to any part of
the town.—Geo. Kerr. -
•
—The assessor ''is a. man who pasts
you down at his own valu:,tion, and is
the hilly person you conliplairi of having
too high an opinion of your , actual
worth.. -
—T. L Treleaven has- regain • added'
to his" well' assorted stnr,ir , of el,acj
grounds,- two more beautiful scenes,
which chows good taste 011•'l /4.. T',,
part for nice scenery.
--am P n(I n -t r1•t-1 s• lseetg-pass
the Ontario L�„i5laturP •011 'iriotiorr of
Mr. Gibson, of E let Huron, allowing
school boards that have chosen' muni-
cipal election clay ••s the day :or .school
trustee elections ale-, and also adopted
the ballot system of voting;),, to l;o back
to the old system if tEey so' desire.
—T. L. Treleaven, the photographer
has the grip -for taking photos and will
have until.' the last of this eteiitlr.
Have you seen the S i eery low rates• on
el eh • he is making work for the re -
mender of this nloatig. Cards from
755 cts per ri•eeen upwards ; Cabinets
from per dozen.; all other sizes
accordingly., :All work. gunrantertcl to
ei ve $:3t1'sfa,C, tied. Remember this
O.
Kee r is „noel ung,,i for this ,niout.h.
1i,einern her the stand olipcisite tht+
t.ua•knov. •
. ' fll;'et6'asL •
r. Fdctr
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A. number of little boys and people
that should know better are contrtru-
ally sh•)oting• small birds about the
village, as well. as"gatne T was in the
-bush . yesterday and .saaw_ . salt( „ -
partridge had been shot by saint, ono,
as far as •I could •iudge" daring the .+
forenoon of Eister Muhday, ' as .the s'•
_fear ,viiileeftly'afrshhs-frorn-ths
bird, and one or two of thorn with• l
fresh blood not yet dried. It may be:
`as„ well to remark that if I catch; any
unlicensed persottewithaegu.n, shoo'ting
small birds for n1tshchief and wanionesi
which they cannot possibly make any
use of, myself, Mr. Audersoti and
' ems' +,.FAQ• aGtesett+tted to stop it.
;There is notuse• in killing these birds
through childish. folly. If they were .
used fon' soientitic•• purposes it would
be sa vel different matter. 'Parents
all4Vving their children • to run about
a with lotadod guns are f-zr• more blaine-
elele---merit.. au i lietle boys • as I saw 'he
yesterder..
-
yesterdsy.. This, let it be•relne,uhered,
is no idle threat. Y'Iease give notice
•to boys, 'arid I hope they may guide
themselves accordingly.
Yourr very o'bedient,,.
J. H. GI -ARMEE,
•
Sp+gicia>t Notice Ln Sub'st ririiersi •
the.time of publishing this Pros-- "
pectens wertad• not reoeived from, our
s"al Zanzibar' the reinaining.
mule. s necessary to complete,' •tl
istory of Stanley's •fa►n.,us expel
on for the fescue of Tulin Pasbat-
Tlt,:s will appear in the remlairiing. LiQ- -
.panes of the complete brook, ii 1 ustrneesele
�w�ith nearly 150 of•thri splendid.• new.,
etigraving s, .of• which we give a feta
'sa niel ,s iu- the pages iehrieI.ia'tely.;•
h. `The nearly three years Mr, • S:':,3 6.y..
•
had endured untold hardships,, , bad
escaped da►rs;ers such as were never ex
pet•ienc;:d ey arty other livinu, Uirtu
4.
dor tat een upon the rack.utr ruetntali •
and physical auxiety. T'hereture• one
reaching Zanzibar it was ;alisututely •
necessary that h•e,shuu•ld. rest .u,d•. re-
cuperati;, and• at the same tithe (r0In--
pl•ece the, records• pf• his marvellous •
expedition.. Deastt•itig that our . book
should be complete as well as a'tthetrtie
eve awaited•the tece►pt 0f.tileae nett,er.3
icy ieail, . which of course is tedious,: .
owing .to the . greet clistanee. .Other
euulishers rushed out tl+eir Clteap-
Joilu and old. re -h ilted•alt.1-pt'etegded •'
Stanley books,. with only. as' few, chap-
ters
tt•a•s of diseonneetec; and utterly un-
rt•(iablb stateii csuts about the' :Melina.
relief expe:litio:l, which • hila,- be et
telegraphed to the newspapers;. eseii,'•-
0
out ler these wor:lee /se book;. - T;r(; ,
contain absolutely I1)Lttin� filet is new
01• re iat�•le '.Pith ria( lr ctfEiu I'
'c•• tin ash1•
_ was greeter' and grunter than all 1115
other explorations of �iiftica c'l►ir,iti•etl
and the full history of this wutderfal
•expedition call 30 tomel pnly ill ,tine •
utdui�. 'Thetas what everybody wants
—it is tote heart .lute .1(1,, of the whole
snt,ject. It eehel(1 )t, !hely tet I,ny a
St(tulhy book. at this tele, • ;eel
ii tl►iitg.in it bet elle "tonne: re -told, or
a lets wireliable e;hets•ll(•,-ot adventures
that never cook place !; • sore to ;;et
the true and complete ht,tcry as given
in this great book.
The roads' are - very ; disegreeabie,
but we ,Nolte to See therm getter soon.
Sugar teakine i, all the rata' ,lose'.
?Jr. and \Its. Ar ar, of l�:ie, were
visiting :it lei; brother's, .,Ir. J hii
.1..;ar's.l tely:' •
\Ir. -Jagless : Levie • has left here for
the Nile.
11 r. Thome; _ .'lr• iles - purchased a
fine y' einr� Clyde:elide sta1iinn (•ogling
seer, Diel at the sem of e 1,x00. • '
Miss Flora Thompson •Las linen very
11 for Fannie elide and we tto
hope seg
lel• aLI(,ailt(1 again soon, •
Mr. i. Jarues Alton has let tete .job of
putting( up c house 4u hv, 70 feet.
1; •lf;ast is 'tt,Ilcing ab tit .. tine
Wroxeter, and a procession formed
water ti twit. M sirs •tlohn Lor !tee ,
it•tbert 13rattforj and ,Taut -es - \Prison
which marched to the house on ShtttPr. Wert' .ap'lluinted td see after th3
particulars.
street, 1`roin thence' they marched to
h u 'a n i ,,
t e Methodist t htncl
r, preceding the
hearse, whero the Rev, Johia Scott,. M.
A. the.pastor, preached ilea at hila and
ebgltent discoteree. The prooesaion
was again f.irinecl' and marched to the
Wingham, cemetery, where the inter-
ment took plaice. Bell'; -Factory Band
•
S•tal•eri" ten lore twill be received at
Clerk's office tip til G p. m. on Tuts -
day, April 1.5th, for supplying the
village with hemlock, pi'in, end cedar
1urr11)er• for sidewalks etc. II Iolt-
RiSov, Clerk.
\i r, Stanley's reale- led him t•hroueh •
1 118 of Afrisa th;tt had never been
previously explored, aIi;l Cot.seei'etatly
his new discovet'iP•i are (ts'g►•e•tt t:due.
•
Ile also evico<urltered a irurilber of
m
curion;•a•nct weenie,: trileet nr sawar;i�s.
hitherto unknowlc"''.to the •, wivtlized l
world, and hie cle;rri1 io;li of them
and their singular (-theme'. ttoe:et ht r
with the marayh.lesl,er,(te buries that
he e,as cornpelletl,t,i :i.;ht wirh than,
torte some of the ars ,t ext•iti1 g acid
thrilling chapters t i ttt• next- ever
seen in print. In t,i -t this p •uf -
•t.he hook is a literal- ran+,,'ic' (,f won•'>
(1 rsi Supas.tin. all • t lr ti. 1170n 'e'• ,lica
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