The Huron Signal, 1882-01-06, Page 3Caaadiap Mater arises.
The lean who *sprawl his iudiffer-
saes as to who made the laws of a nation
w king as its songs were not neglected,
or a somewhat secular wutitneat, might
have gone further and said : "Tell me
the character of the sports of a nation
and I will tell you what kind .of people
they will be," for there is a close con-
nection between them. On this coati.
n t, so full of its atenistinal athletic s-
diets
ns, which, unhappily, have become
almost things of the put, them is a lame
f Scl for the genen,us physical duielop-
i of its youth. In this respect Can-
ada has always held a popular place, se.
pond to no other country, so far as their
local application is concerned.
The fine, bracing Canadian climate
largely accounts for this ; and it is, there
fore, not a natter of surprise that the
average Canadian youth should become
interested in his national diversions. Of
course the connection with British insti-
tutions fosters to a certain extent this
spirit of manly independence, but there
are oertain forms of Canadian out -door
recreation which are peculiar to the cli-
mate. Of these lacrosse, snowshoeing,
and toboganning stand pre-eminent. The
advantages they possess are not alone
physical. Either or all of these sports
are decidedly picturesque, and whether
they be borrowed from the Indians or
not is quite s secondary matter.
In regard to lacrosse, sufficient is al-
ready known in New York, and in other
large cities in the United States, to war-
rant the impression that it will ulti-
mately become quite popular. In the vi-
cinity of New York alone there are al-
ready established wine half dozen clubs,
while the National Lacrosse Associat'
of the United States has on its list of
membership some twenty-eight organiza-
tions, which include lacrosse clubs asso-
ciated with Harvard, Yale, and other
colleges. In the United States, how-
ever, lacrosse' can scarcely be regarded as
a winter sport ; but in Canada it is by no
means rare to hear of lacrosse matcheson
the ice, in which the players glide about
on skates with the mixt surprising celer-
ity. Prudence,.coolness, and toad tent -
per are absolute necessities to a skilful
lacrosse player, attributes which night
be advantageously exercised in private
life. To witness a game of lacrosse in
the winter on a smooth surface is one of
the prettiest sights in the world, and
though it way appear dangerous to the
spectator, or novice, it is just sufficiently
risky to give a zest to those engaged in
it.
With reference to snow -shoeing it af-
fords any ainount of enjoyment to both
sexes, and in Canada it is not ccnsidered
infra dig for young ladies to join snow.
shoeing clubs. The costume is simple
and picturesque, and•consists of a t+r•fu.•,
or huge flannel cap, soniething like those
brewers use in the •Mother Country ; a
tunic made out et a blanket, a pair of
knee breeches, thick et(ickinca, moccas-
ins, and the costume is coinplete. There ,
is the military, the Xurwe;giun, the Can-
adian, the Labrada • tori the Indian snow-
shoe, each of which differs in len•rrh ^.n•i
form. The'shape, however, is simply a I
natter of taste, the idea being to cent-
bine strength and lightness. We car. im-
agine no prettier sight than that of a ,
enowshoeing party on a moonlight winter
night ascending the slopes of Mount i
Royal at Montreal. The picturesque!
garb, the club songs, the fresh, hearty
ringing laughter, mingled with the soft,
mnsical flow of women'. voices, stir
the air, and' stake the scene gppeer al-
most as some fancy pantomime in a mys-
terious region. Long winter tramps on
Saturday's from Montreal to Lachine.
and return, a distance of nearly twe*ty
miles, are quite common. The "captain"
of the club leads the way as a kind of
advance guard, while the "whipper in"
stirs up the stragglers and laggards who,
unless used to the exercise, are apt to
get "done up' on the way. Tumbles
into ravines. falling over one's own legs,
as it were quite common accidents,
harmless enough in their way, but add
considerably to the merriment of the
party. Upon the arrival of the patty at
their destination a plain but substantial
meal is quickly disposed of. Then songs
are sung, stories are told which telfof
narrow escapee; and thus the time is
passed until the hour for return arrives.
There is a tradition current among the
older members of the Montreal Snow -
i hoe Club that upon one occasion the
party got ahead of a train, but as subse-
quent investigation showed that the
train was "snowed up" that of itself was
not a very remarkable aeoot8pliahment.
American visitors are always made web
oome by these clubs, and it is quite
amusing to witnese the mistakes of an
inexperienced American trying to sake
his way on snowshoes.
Toboganning is also another popular
amusement in Canada; but although ex-
citing enough it is sometimes dangerous,
and fatal accidents not infrequently w-
ear. The setae uniform, omitting the
snowshoes. is worn. The tobugan may
be described as a long tlat piece of bireh,
strongly secured by crow pieces, and
curved at the end It is from three to
eight feet long, and about eighteen
iMahe@ wide It will accommodate from
three to six people. The fashion is to
'lit "beechvai up" as olasely as possible
with Me arms e( *he gremori to the rear
supporting the ors itt front. However,
to as eaperieuced tobnlptuaist, this is
uaeeessear'y, fur it moires all his skill
to hold on tightly to the raillias at the
sides. which serves as • support. The
last person on the "machine' guides Its
course with his feet, while the use is
front holds on to a pair of improvised
reins, attached • attacked to the front
curve, by which he "lifts" it, as it were,
and prevents the tobugan from getting
beyond his ooatr►L The usual custom
is to descend wine steep hill. A poets,
and it is *tot" Lsugbter and shouting
follow, and away it goes at a tremendous
pace. A hill, say about a mile long, can
be deeoended in this fashion in an in-
credibly abort time. Upon arriving at
the bottom the party drag the tnbtggan
after them to the top, and so the opera-
tion ie repeated. But it is not a mode
of amusement we would recommend to
delicate or nervous persons. However,
as it is considered the "correct thing" to
do; nearly everybody goes toboganning
in Canada in winter. The sensation is
indescribable, bet intensely exciting.
Then there are other sports whieh•e:-
elusively speaking do not come under
the head of "national," as golf and curl-
ing, the details of which most of our
readers are already familiar with. It is
not to be wondered at, therefore, that
the young men of Owed* are a credit to
the Dominion. And it w well known
that such pastimes develop the best ele-
ments of manly nature when reasonably
indulged M. It would be better if simi-
lar sports were more common in the
United States than they are, for the na-
tional winter games of our neighbors are
not by any means to be despised in their
influence upon developing them into
tinnily, honest, and gad citizens. Scot-
tish American.
Meals.
The author of "Rab and his friends,"
in "A Lay Sermon on Health" from the
text in Job ii. and 4th "All that a man
hath will he give for his"life," inculcates
care of the. -
SKIN,
for on its health a great deal depends.
Keep it clean, keep it warm, keep it.dryt
give it air, have a regular scrubbing of
all your body every Saturday night, and
if you can manage it, you should every
morning wash not only your face, but
your throat and breast with cold water,
and rub yourself quite dry with a hard
towel till you glow all over. You should
keep your hair short if you are men. it
saves you a great deal of trouble and
dirt.
THE BRAIN.
Then the inside of your heal—you
know what it inside your head -your
brain, you knew• how useful it is to y'ou;'
the cleverest pair of hands among you
would be of little use without brains:
they would he like a body without a
soul, n watch with the inainspriug bro-
ken. You should .hitt:- regular sleep 1
and plenty of it. Every man should
hav,r at the least ei ht hours in his bed
out of the twenty-four, and le: him
sleep all the titne if ho can; but even if'
be is awake, it is a wrest to his wearied
brain, aa well as to his anus and legs.
Sleep is the f'i'nd of the brai't.
THE
From the brains we go to the lungs --
you know where they are—they' are
what tine butchers call the 1io1.fi; here
they are; they are the groat bellows that
keep the Ere "f life gointt., The great
thing for the lungs is plecty of frevh air,'
and plenty of moat to play in. About
70,000 people die every day in Greet,;
Britain front that disease of the lung'
called consumption, and it is certain
that More than half of these deaths
could be prevented it the lungs had fair
play. Lo you should always try to get
your house.' well ventilated, that means
to let the air be often changed, and free
from impure mixtures; and you should
avoid crowding many into one room,
and be careful to put away all filth, for
filth is not only disgusting to the eye
and the nose, but it is dangerous to the
health. I have seen a great deal of
cholera, and been surrounded by dying
people, who were beyond any help of
doctors, and I have always found that
where the air is bad, the rooms ill ven-
tilated, cleanliness neglected, and drun-
kenness prevailed, there is terrible
scourge, which God sends upon us, was
most temble, arrest rapidly and widely
destructive. Now we come to
THE HEART.
It u the most wonderful little pump
in the world. There is no steam-engine
half so clever at its work, or fro strong.
There it is in . every nne of us, heat,
beatin1,—all day and all night, year
after year, never stopping, like a watch
ticking, only it never needs to be wound
up—God winds it up once fur all. it
depends for its health on the state of
the rest of the body, especially on the
brains and lungs. But all violent pass-
ions, all irregularities of living, datnage
it. Exposure to cold and drink often
brings on disease of the heart. It gives
no warning; you drop down in a mo-
ment Fit) we may say of the bodily as
well as of the mora! organ, "Keep your
heart with ail diligence; for nut nI it ars
the awns. of life."
Tag erOO AM.
We now onme to the renew& Tea
all
know! Ureter. *here it Ike. .k
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THE HURON SIGNAL, FRIDAY. JAN. 6 1882.
speaks for twill. Our friss*, in Zug -
land are retry respectful to their Mow-
whs. They stake a great deal of them.
and we make too little. U en English-
man is ill, all the trudge is in his
stomach; if an Irishman is ill, it is in toe
heart, and he's "kilt entirely:" and if a
Sootchtnan, it is in his "Asea" Now, I
wish 1 saw 80041111141111 and women as nine
and particular about their stomachs, or
rather about what they put into them,
as their friends in,Engtand. Good cook-
ing is the beauty of a dinner. It really
doss a tuaa as much good Apia d be
eats his food with a relish; and with a
little attention it is as easy to cook well
as ill. And let me tell the wives, that
your husbands would like you all the
better, and be less likely to go off to the
public house, if their bit of meat or drop
of bn,th were well cooked. Labouring
men should eat well. They should, if
poesibl.•, have meat —buteAer-meat—
every day. Good broth is a capital dish.
But, above all, keep whisky out of your
stomachs; it really plays the very devil
when it gets in. It makes the brain
mad, it burns the stomach, it turns the
liver into a lump of rottenness, it
nukes a man an idiot and a brute.
By doing without this you will be all
the better able to afford meat, and
plenty of it.
special .it,.
We will give one of the best Singer
awing machines that are made in the
World for 50 subscribers. .Nu better
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surely a guarantee of its being a first
class machine, and especially when it has
such a man as James McDougall, Esq.,
at its head. Our offer is as follows:
For 10 subscribers and $20 we will
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drawers, extension leaf and cover and
full attachments -
For 15 subscribing and $15 we will
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full attachments.
Eor 20 subscribers and $1.2 we will give
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extension leaf and cover and full attach-
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drawers, extension leaf and cover and
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menta
This machine is a genuine Canadian
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The agent . i this unci;:oe, D. Gordian
of(Lderich will pay $5 up to 210. ac-
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ing them the aildrees of parties who will
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From the flit day i put it on, the pain left me.
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nhow is Ekea charm, ami i feel thankful to
my Heavenly Father that my attention wan
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Yours truly.
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AMR 4 SIhION'S TRIAL.
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r shav uwsi�gflail kven
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Beg to return their thanks to the public for
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year. and to state they are prepared to do
°anIBTIINT (31
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