The Brussels Post, 1904-9-29, Page 11•
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Vol. 33. No. 12
BRUSSELS,
ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1904
W, H. KERR, Prop,
New A dv rtisements.
Locale—Fl. R, Brewer.
Local—W, E, Duncan.
alilllnery—MoKinnoa & 00.
Millinery opening—Mies Little.
Be sure before taking—Jae, Fox,
Special for October—Maaay & Co.
Oity Millinery—Robe & Bayoroft,
Millinery opening—Mieeee Habkirk,
Men's walking shoo—L 0, Diehards,
Wmit:onrt.
Bert. Cnmminge is epending a few deye
at home.
Mies Jean Fergnnon in visiting friends
in Beeforth.
Mn.r(Rev.) Baiter epent a few days at
her parental home net week.
Fred. Welsh, of Beaforth, paid a fly-
ing
ying visit to Walton on Wednesday.
A new gang of 0, P. R. workmen nom •
'ms need needing on Jae. Smillie'e farm
on Wednesday.-..
The Ladies' Atd Booiety of the Meth.
odea ohuroh held their regular meeting
at
tbe Parsonage on Thursday:
The Lndiee' Guild of St. George's
ohuroh held their regular meeting at
Robb. Hollend'e on Wedneeday.
True Economy
' in Glasses.
•he'truly economical
calculate the relatioti
sof tho.cost to.tho re=
salt.
Considerinf that our
dlasses hive perfect
sight, they are Indeed
a good Investment.
XI's. T etcher
Rclirntlfic carol
Gradoxrato Cleneic.an
Sloe...SSELSr
The movingthe t da
ofMe ho n char h
t
o
wan conmenced on Wedneedny. . Mr,
Riley in in command.
Lewin McDonald returned to Toronto
on Tue day to resume his studios at the
School of Practical Soisene.
Tbe auction role of honnehoid effects of
Mre. Cnnnminge will take place at 3 p. m.
lenlend of 2 o'clock on Saturday atter•
noon of thin week in Walton,
Viarnieete tor.
N. Oook, of Henrtlli spent Sunday in
the village,
Cheater Smith has taken a position in
N. Robinson's °tors.
Mine Forbes, of Wingham, is the guest
of Mre. A. A. Esty.
T. G. and Mrs, Hemphill are the guests
of relatives in Hensel!.
A week of revival meetings is being
held in the Methodist ohuroh.
The Misses Moffat, of Blyth, visited
with &fine M. Miller last week,
George Allen returned Inst week from
o short visit with relatives at Galt.
A load of membere of the A. F. end A,
114. Lodge spent Friday in Liatowel.
Mrs. Young, of London, visited her
mother, Mrs. Nukes, near here net week.
Tbe Wroxeter Star hoe changed hande,
a Mr. Palmer, of St. Marys, being the
n ew editor.
Mre. N. Foster left for Amheretburg
Int week to attend her mother who is
eeriouely ill,
Mre. T. F. Miller and ?ties J. D. Miller
hove returned from a three mouths' visit
in the Weet.
The annual meeting of the Bible
Society will be hand in the Presbyterian
°burnh at 7 p, m., Sunday, October 9th.
Rev. 0. H. Bnokland, of Listowel,
prenabed the Harvest Thanksgiving
sermon in the Eapicapal ohuroh on Sun•
day afternoon.
0. T. Edwards received word on Mon•
day of the death of his brother, Elmer
Eawarda, of Crandall, Mnnitob•t, atter a
severe illness of typhoid fever.
Agtft Ca t.
Relly Dny aervloe was held in the
Methodist Babbeth School here laet
Benny afternoon.
Next Sunday R. DaoneuSOU will tape
°berg° of the cervico in bbe Presbyterian
oharoh here. Rev. Mr. MoRae is away
for a short holiday which we trust he
willsrjny.
Several from 'hie locality talo of being
exhibitors at Bruesele Fall Fair next
week. Others will atteud the Fair and
hear James Fax and others at the Con-
cert Friday evening.
Lawrence Dobson is bank from en en•
joyable visit of nbont two menthe in Man-
itobe. We are sorry to bear that hie
eon, David Dobson, of Fairfax, a former
resident of ibis locality, is not enjoying
his usual good health but we hope a
o hange for the better will noon 00000•
Mr, Dobson says land has got to be a
great prate in some motions of Manitoba
THE
SSES AKUK
Take this opportunity of announcing
their Display of Fall and Winter Mil-
linery on '
Tuesday &. Get
Wednesday,
whioh will continuo during the clays of Brussels Fair.
.& (Dordial Invitation is extended to the
Ladies of Brussels and vicinity to at
tend and inspect a complete assortment
of Trimmed and Ready-to-wear Hats
at Popular Prices.
The Misses Halokirk.
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term,.
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with th
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it do no•W
cynical j
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MILLINERY
OPENING
Wedno$da: and Thursday'
u • week,.
and fol;ow�Ta., days of �ex� zv
are the dates of nus° Opening of Fall
and Winter Millinery when we will
o.
be pleased to show oar large �e stock f
New Goods to the Ladies. Our stool,
is sure to please.
Give us a Gall and gee the Latest Styles,
MISS LIT T LE.
alao as high as O i
aThey
lira fin orope of wheat, with
a little damage from not,
and will run from 12 to 26 bnnhela per
nore,aonording to theleualily, A good
ahem of the farming id done in a very
ramekin manner bet where there le good
tillage the roenite are generally evident,
Last Sabbath Harvest Home sermons
in the Methodist ohuroh wore preached
by the pastor inetead of Rev. Mr, Mill•
yard, of Lnolruow. Ieetead of the
customary Too•meeting an envelope
tbouk•offering was taken nud over 560,00
were placed noon 1118 ()election pintas, a
very oreditable showing.
T3litevale.
Mra, Joeeph Pugh visited relative at
Clinton lately.
Mime Alioe Duff ie attending London
Normal Bobool,
Frank Scott, of San Oily, Iowa, is
visiting at hie home.
Mint Bargees, of Wingham, vieited
Mre. Daniel Locate recently,
Mre, John Weston had n very 000aoee.
ful rag bee one day recently,
Mien Ethel King, of Wingham, is vista
ing her aunt, Mre, Geo. McDonald.
Mise Maggie MoKee, of Fordwioh, visit•
ed her unole', Geo, MoDonold, thie week,
Geo. Aitaheeoa ham retuned from
Btrothroy where be bite °pent,the Sum•
mer.
James Elliutt hoe returned from a two
months' elate with relatives in the North.
West.
Rev, W. J. and Mrs. Week attended
the Preebytery and Convention at
Wroxeter last week.
Ming Aggie Smillie left last week for
Gneiph where she will take a coon at
the McDonald Letilnte.
Aline Cora Messer hoe returned to
Lietowei UWgh School where ehe will
study for Senior Leaving,
Oharles Contras hon returned from
Listowel where he bas been working for
the Meyer's Milling Company.
Mrs. Andereon and Mine Anderson
have been holidaying for a week with
Mrs. Wm. Linkloier, of Wingham.
, Inrs, Fred. 61oCrnaken, of Bramante,
visited her mother, Mre. John Gardiner.
Mein week. Mre, Gardiner to much ire.
peeved in Wealth.
Rev. Mr. Perrin, of Wroxeter, preached
a preparatory sermon in the Preobyyterian
ohuroh have on Friday. On Sunday
communion was observed.
Quite a number from Mande attend.
'ed a box eoolal at McPherson's eobool
hone an Turnberry last Friday evening
and report having a good time,
Owing to epeoial Aunivereary eervieee
held at the Ebenezer appointment, in
Morrie, there was no earvioe beld in the
Methodist ohuroh here on Sunday last.
One evening last week while A. Mo.'
Ewen was watering hie horse at the hotel
pump, the animal stepped upon Me foot.
The'oora of hie shoe oohed hie middle
toe so badly that it had to be amputated.
The Preebyterian oougregatioo ie bev
lug new abarob sheds built. When they
are o°mpleted, and before they ere put to
their intended use, a Harvest Home will
be held in them. The date hue not yet
been fixed.
„ anmet,Cowu.
lNTre, D. Bokmter ie viciling at the
home of L. Balmier.
, ;Quite. nn enema of Fall wheat bee
•been put in, around aameetown.
Threshing is now the order of the day.
'Grate tures out exceptionally well
%rood here.
Last Bentley evening Robert Shaw
preached at Victoria Ball. Rev. L.
Perrin, of Wroxeter, io announced for
one Sabbath,
Mise Marjorie Btraohan and IGblle Ina
Bryon wilt ooutrlbate piano solos at the
Fall Fair. Ocoee at Braeeele Friday
evening of next week.
W. Leatberetate, of Brasesls, delivered
a cabinet grand piano at John Btraohan's
bonne this week. The piano was manta
factored by Heiutzmn & Co., Toronto,
Hots FI1oat 4LCiOIAL—Jamie and Mre..
Turnball'arrived borate' on Wediieeday
from' nn enjoyable visit to Algoma.
Thayweut by the Great Northwestern
Oo'e steamer "Majestic," from Owen
Sound, the Grip being a doligbifnl one, oral.
ing at Killarney, Little Current, Gore Bay
(of Gamey notoriety) merlon to.Tbeeeaton.
Visits were made with Wm. Elliott,
formerly of Morrie township ; Mrs. Thos,
()arena, of Wells township, slater to
Mr. Turnbull ; Norman Beaton, au old
Mosotho ; W. Donovan, 0 one time
Greyite ; Wm, Beharriell who used 10
live near hero, and numerous others. A
great entre of the oaabtry is remarkably.
rooky•atid nuprodnotive. No wheat is
grown but oats; barley and hey are not
bad Drops to numerous plane although
harvest was late owing to wet weather.
Almost all the farm products go to the
Inmber camps, The population is
scattered oud neighbors, name in some
townships. Lumbering is parried on in
O big ante, tbo out being almost alto•
gether pine, Dyment'e and an Amari•
oou Oo's neonate et'1'heeealon tlo it big
trade, running day arid night and with
bandeatvs piling up lumber from 80
thousand to 100 thouend feet per day.
Tlie mills ere lighted with eleotrie light
for the night shifts. The olntput of the
American mill is shipped to U. S. by
boat, Both mine matte lath and obinglee
its well.and have the latest 000teivnncee
and a0nvenlauoes in handling the loge and
their produces. Thterefnee of these mills
is boned to get rat of it. Sobooner con
carry 100,000 feet of lumber from the
donne, to market. Mr. Beaton looko well
and has a warm spot in hie beart for
Huron County: Me, Donovan owne 240
one Atid has a bank barn 5400 feet, and
lead 126 tone of hay in it thin Binnmer.
He liven near Iron Bridge nd has at good
allowing of deppot on part of hie tarn,
Mr, Dohovan is still on the bachelor's
list for which there is no exon0e. He ie
e nephew of Minoan Taylor and the
Btraohan Bros„ of thin looality. Mr,
Beholden is farming and also anrtteo the
mail twice e. week from Dean Lake, on
the railway, to L'on Bridge. There ie
oome taut of n movement to open up
mining nd the pongees' are god in
Iron Bridge 10001111 winare proepooting
hoe been onrried on. Splendid water
a , mitt
i 'lo •e aro t1 a found wt et of
run a b u
renni R enema but when the Inmber•
ing in pain they will be of Bette oeoiunb.
Day Mille le on the decline. A railway
hat' been surveyed up throngb Wefts
township bat no work done towards oou•
enaction. Mr. and Mrs. Turnbull came
home on the "Germanio" and were will
pleased with their jaunt bat more fully
pommeled than ever to continue their
residence in Ghia garden of 0enade an
compared with the sention they had been
travelling over.
<7rant lrx-Dole.
Boy wanted to learn theblaokemitbing.
Apply to JOHN pbnnEeT,
'abee looality will be well represented
at Brussels Fall Fair next week.
Rev, D, B. 4foEae is away ou a well
earned notion for a few weeks. Next
Sunday It, Dunoanecn will preach.
Joo. MoRae has 1011 for the Pone
oast after an enjoyable holiday here.
We hope prosperity will continue to
shine upon him.
David McNair is home from the Idaho.
HQ will mono hie Medical course in
Toronto as will Thom, MoRae, of this
plane. We wish them well.
Lest Sabbath afternoon Rev. George
Baker, of Bluevale, was the preaoher in
the Methodist ohuroh here. Ills old
time parishioners were glad to see him
back again. Robert MoKay will preach
next Sunday afternoon.
We are sorry to reoord the demise of
Anuie.Ellen, the little deu,ehter of Wm.
and Mre, Petrie, whioh took plane last
Sunday afternoon. She was two months
old. The funeral toolt plane on Tuesday
afternoon, the burial being made at
Braeeele cemetery, Sympathy is express.
ed for the parents in the death of their
baby girl.
'G' rev.
'The lady's oape advertised in last
woek's Poor wag returned on Today.
A meeting will be held shortly it is
said, to talk over the location of the 0,
P. It, etation In Mooerieff.
Time and Mre. Davidson, 12th con.,
are book from their holiday ontiug to the
West, They had en enjoyable time.
Mre, Sperling, of the Northwest, ie
visiting Mrs. Marsden Smith. She was
resident of Brussels some years ago.
James Park, of Parolee, was a visitor
with S. R. Orerar, 9th con. Tbey are
fellow andante at the School of Prootioal
Beene, Toronto. 111r. Park ie taking
Mining, Mr, Orerer returns to Toronto
in a few days to take up ble poet graduate
00000e.
In obatting with Hugh Lamont, who
with Mre. Lamont spent some weeks in
Manitoba, he thinks that while the Weet
may snit the young people that persons
getting up in years are math better in
Ontario. 'ran POST is of the opinion that
hie judgmeut ie correct.
Base DIED.—Teteeday morning of this
weep Etta Mary, the only child of
William and Mary Shiela, lot 20, con. 16,
died of meningitis after a oboe illness,
aged 1 year, 4 months and 18 days. The
funeral took place on Wednesday after.
noon, Rev, D. B. Moles, of 0rnnbrook,
taking charge of the service. Burial took
pine at Brunets eenmetary. The parents
ere deeply sympathieed with in the logs
of their little daughter.
A young lad named Crawford of the
17th Con„ had one of hie lege broken,
in two places the oeber day while return-
ing from school. Along with some other
boyo he was riding 011 A. Mal orlauo'e
wagon when one of hie oomrodea in
play threw Crawford's asp off. The
lad got down to got it and in attempting
to get on the wagon again ought his leg
in the hied wheel with the above results.
He is doing ne well as 0ouid be expected.
1ST )mewl.
Mieeee Rebecca Sherrie tend Frank
MoOrnoken were visiting old friends at
Goderioh daring the peat week.
A meeting of the Building Committee
of the addition to the House of Refuge
was held at Clinton on Wedneeday' of
thio weak. Warden Bowman attended.
Mase Jon Boos, of Brueeele, ie filling
the poet of teach33er at the owutown
public eobool temporarily tie the teener
is off duty through illness, Mies Rose
tenghteuoaeesfully for several years bat
has not been engaged in this avo0ation of
late.
Dr, Rowe, of Philadelpbia, was a
welcome vititor with Morris friends for
a few days. He wee on hie way bank
from the St, Louie Exposition. It ie 14
or 16 yeare eine the Dr. went to the
Quaker oity but be natally renown old
acgcointenues here one a year,
A Marden oorroepondeot epooke as
follows of former Morritite :—"Kenneth
Mo$enzie, of Portage la Prairie, Man.,
eon of K. and Mrs. McKenzie, of this
plane, ie home here visiting hie parents at
peeeent, ''heir many female will hear
with regret that another eon, Donald Mo.
Kenzie, of lilorrieton, a medicos student,
watt brought to the General Hoepitttl,
Guelph, on Saturday enlforiug from
typhoid fever." Don's old friends here
hope he may soon be o, k.
Last Friday aftetnoon the Inneral per•
mon of the late Miss Kate Moaner, who
died of ooneumptlon, at London last
week, was held in the ohuroh of Sunshine,
Rev. Mr, Jones, of Belgrave, preached an
impreeeive and moat suitable diemontse
after whioh interment wee made in the
family plot. Ib in 6 yore sloe the (ether
of deceased passed away and 23 years
ago the mother peeid Nature's debt, The
pelf bearers were Milton MaArler, B. R.
0rerar, James Shama) and Frank
Martin. The object of this notion was
held in high esteem by a lenge oracle of
telativee and Wanda who lament her
demise.
llcxtatirto.--Quintin andMrs.Andereon
and Mies Mary Rolle, 4th line, wore In
Brno Oonnty attending tate marriage ot
Mies Nettie Andaman, a niece of bbe first
mentioned, The 00remony took place on
the 14th iia., at the home of her father,
J¢mee Anderson, Sullivan township, and
wee performed by Rev. Mr. (turtle.
Walter Moir, of the saute township, wee
the boppy groom. There WAS a large
colnpny and the wedding gifts were el a
very fine close, The Rasts were ro
all
Y
entertained and uverY enjoyable obit Limo
waa 01)5011 by all. Mr. Mair atr1 1?rido
welt on a short honeymoon trip daring
whioh they visited rebottvie in th o town.
ship. They 00mme1100 married Into with
many good wisteria for e happy and ono•
oesatal matrimonial voyage.
813ooEe6FuL, — Sunday last Harvest
flume eermo n0 were praaohed at Mena.
010 Churob, Blnevale emit whioh were
of an inspiring ohmmeter. Rev. T. W.
Ooaens wee iu the polpib morning and
afteruooa giving eplendid dieeoureoe
from Haggai, 2-7 in the forenoon and
"I am not ashamed of the Gospel i f
Chrisb, etc.," in the 011000o0n. In the
evening Rev, W. J. West, M. A., Mosby.
terlao minister, of Bluevale, preeobed a
thoughtful00rmou from the text "And
I if I he lifted up, ole." The mirror was
present at this earvioe and took part.
Suitable menthol 051601ione were rendered
by the choir. Monday evening a maeioal
and literary program of a more than
ordinary oharaoter wan given in pine of
the customary tea meeting. A large end
moat orderly nndieooe erns present. Dr.
Rowe, of Philadelphia, ououpied the ohair
and offered a few well °bonen remarks.
The program woe as follows :—Bolos by
Miens Taylor, Baker, Btraohan and
Hingeton end D. Btraohan ; duet, Miens
Sharp; reading, Mies Joeie Burbanan ;
recitation, Min Minnie MoNanghlon ;
addressee by Revile. Metiers. Jones, of
Belgrave ; Weet, of Bluevale ; nod Dr.
Gundy, of Wingham, with a few words
from W, 11. Kerr and the pastor ; an.
theme by Brussels Methodist oharoh
choir. All who took part were warmly
thanked and an enjoyable gathering was
di.miseed after singing the Doxology.
The fioanoial proceeds amounted to
nearly 580 whioh will be app'ied
ou debt on the new obaroh shed.
Those who book part In the program and
a few others were invited to the nom.
medicine residence of L. and Mat. Jewitt
where a nicely prepared Inchon wee
served. A vote of thanks was presented
for this appreciated kindness.
A TRIP TO THE COAST
AND THE PEOPLE MET WIFH.
Doan SIE,—I finished my last letter
when I got to Vancouver and now will
give a little diaoription of that any and
my trip back to Winnipeg.
Vanoonver le the terminus of the 0.
P. R. Until Mee' 1886 thie p1a00 was
covered with dense forest. From then
to Jelly 1887 its growth was moat rapid
but in July of tbet year fire spread from
the forests and swept away every house
bat one. Sloe then it has risen to a
population of about 40,000. The oily
fronts on Bnrrard Wet. It wan in this
Ioleb that the first eteamer—'"the
Beaver"—that ever pronged the Paoifio
ocean was sunk on its first trip. Thea
oity has great oommeroiol advantages
with ite beeutifnl harbor, exteneive
wharves and namerone warehonses. Great
steamers acme bore from all parte of the
world, Here they have naught another
c onntain stream and oonveyed it to the
cit by means pipes laid under the
inlet and they claim to have the best
and cheapest water o,yetem in America.
Stanley Park is the making of one of
the finest parka in the world. It more
about 1600 acres, hie beautiful drives all
around and through it. There is a very
fine menagerie here. I spent a day driv:
ing around Boeing the aigbte and measure
ing the big trees. I need to think what
I heard about these big trees was fish
yarns bat I bave °banged my mind. I
measured one tree, a fir, that waa 47 feet
around, another, a cedar, 32 feet, nud
another (broke off some feet high) that
is larger.than these. Could not measure
this benne one side is one t.ff ' and
hollowed ant so that a rig on be beaked
into it.
This is a great farming land where
there le no timber but it will be a long
time before it will ell be ander °ritive.
tion on a000uot of tbeee big stomp' which
never decay and oan hardly be g it ant.
To give you an idea of the immensity of
these stomps the ashy bought ten armee of
land for a show ground and two parties
took the contract to stump it and Olean
It for three hundred and forty dollars
per more. They worked two months and
stopped ae they could not do it fur that
amount. B. 0. le a floe fruit growing
country and in any apace between the
stumps there are plow and apple trees,
The streets are beautifully studded with
maple trees (the some are one eoft maples)
with immense leaves. I .gathered some
that measure twelve inches.
I °Dead hardly believe I WAS 11000 miles
from home beano I saw 00 many
tamiliar Lane and the game goods that
we handle, made by onr faotorie are
handled here, I saw the Kendall and
Langdale families, Mateo Ball, and John
Hill's eon end daughter.
New Weetmineter is 22 mites up the
Fraeor river. The Provincial asylum
and Penitentiary are here and is the
beodquarters for the salmon canning
industry. Theta are 2 faotorfeo, 11 has
not recovered from the big fire of 1002
wbioh has spoiled tbe look of the town
until it in rebuilt. I did not visit
Viotorle, but Mr. Leokie hos given you
a good diaoription of that oily.
return tri t et
On my p m y fire upping
plane wag Medicine Hat,. population
2,000. It 10 a railway divisional point
with repair shops ; ie the niers of a
magnificent ranching dietriot 3011 10 ten
important oration for the Mounted
Police. The river in navigable for some
distanoo above and 800 miles below to
Lake Winnipeg, 150 miles homeward
we oome to Swift Current another divi-
gionel point, nitnnted on It stream of the
eam8 name. This is a great sheep
ranobing country. In 1008 one 00mpatty
shipped out 16,000 sheep. Oloee to the
town, on the Mlle the government hoe
erentea an observatory dation. From
here on be seen iota of water panda
with myraide of water fowl about them.
A little farther West the Canada Lend
and Ranch Co. had 700 anew ander
irrigation, There are 110,000 nate in
this dietri01 under irrigytion. Speeding
along we arrived at Moose Jew, another
dav'oto
al point and very boy
railwayilwa
y
t,.wmfrom Sw07nd
n
popolnetron118 2,000ire, an ln0orporabellt 0arrd city and
borrowing 5100,000 for improvements,
Here can be eon specimens of the Ores
Iodine lounging around the city. We
are now peering the wheat belt. 'here
were two or toads of No, 1 Northern
oame into Winnipeg yeeta,day trona
Moose Jaw, Here I took a branch line
whioh extends through Estevan to the
boaudary line of Portal and than connects
with the Soo line to St. Paul, le ie on
this line, 82 miles from Moose Jaw we
oome to Weyburn to H, Mooney's. He
hoe greet orope both in wheat and oats.
Wheat will average about 26 bushels to
the sore end oats about 80. He and
Harry have 1} sections all in o blook and
all ohoioe land, They have everything
vary oomfortable. They will have about
16,000 batkels of wheat and 6,000 of oats,
Mr. Mooney works more on the Ontario
plan of farming than the moil, consider-
able mixed farming, He has about 20
horses, Renee is about a week earlier
here than farther East. No rust end no
frost. Mr. Mooney has otraok it rich
here. Going bank to the main line the
first pine is Regina whoee population ie
2700. It is the capital of the N. W. T.,
is a dietribeeiog port, North and South,
The Executive Contrail of tbe N. W. T.
meets here. The Lieutenant Govenor
also lives in Regina. It is tbe head-
quarters of the Royal North West Mount-
ed Polios, numbering 840 men. A branch
line of O. P. R. rens from here to Santa
boonend an to Prince Albert. This
ope00 into a very fertile territory known
es the"Park 0ocntry." Next is Iodiao
Head 84 miles from Moose Jaw. Thee
ie probably the beet wheat growing
comity in the West, has 11 large eleva•
tore. There was more wheat shipped
from this etation !eat year than any
otber station in America, An Expert.
mental Farm is eondnoted here and on
it was threshed 41 /mohair' to the wore
this year. No rant or trot. Thea town
to making rapid growth. Here I met
Albert Gerry and family, Hamilton Bros.,
Robt. Gibson, Wm. Mooney, Geo.
Mooney and G. MoLauahlin. Sinbaluta
is ten muss Beet of Indian Head. W.
Smith and hie sister live here, eon and
daughter ot W. M, Smith, Walton.
Will. oondnote a general store and
another at Saskatoon. It wan here that
the terrible aooldenl moored to the
Governor General's train, five people kill-
ed and strange to say these are the first
passengers killed by 0. P. R. in the West.
On we go to Broadview, another divi
atonal point, and here the time changes
from etaudard to oentral time, one hoar
faster. 100 miles on we °oma to Bren-
don, now in Manitoba, population 6400.
It is the largest grain market in Mani-
toba and has 8 elevators, a number ot
manniautories, fine streets and dwellings
and ie situated on high ground. Here
is another Dominion Experimental Farm
and Provincial asylum, The Arcola
branch runs 125 miles South to Arcola•
80 miles Beet ie Portage la Prairie, On
the Aesiaiboine river. Portage hoe a
population of 4,000. The Portage Plaine
bave always been considered the beet
wheat district in then Provinoelbnt it is
not tbie year. This is the first plane I
heard of any rust•or frost whioh ie very
bad here. I heard one termer say that
be bed 160 mores of wheat be was not
going to oat. I took the 0, P. R. line
from here in etre Hector McNeil, formerly
of Grey towoebip. He has good orope
and is doing well. It is not half the
laborious work to farm here as it is in the
Basle Both Mr. and Mre, McNeil take
life ea they ehonld, enjoying it as they
go along.. I also met Rev. R. Msondere
here where he bad been for about six
months. He looks as though the ooantry
was agreeing with him. Going book to
Portage I met Ken. McKenzie, who had
just reoeived o letter stating that hie
brother was very sick and be was going
East, so we nine on to Winnipeg together.
Lash week I west one through Southern
Manitoba and saw some immense wheat
fields whioh were very badly rusted and
frozen. From Portage la Prairie South
tbrongh'Maoitobe the wbeat seams to be
badly reeled. About a week ago I drove
22 miles to Selkirk along the Indian trail
on the river bank. The forme along here
taping on the river are aboat four chains
wide and tone miles long. This was all
inhabited by the the first settlers and
has the most anofent looking buildings
you ever saw with thatched roofs grown
over with weeds and looks very much like
an ancient village. About) 12 miles down
the river is Lower Fort Gerry, which
meioses about four sores of land by a
ten foot acus wall with look out holes
every 12 feet. Five miles farther down
ie St. Andrew's Rapids where the Gov.
anoint ie epending a lot of money Fah-
ing in looks. Here the tiver rune to an
elbow and tbroagh this they are putting
a canal for the Iooice and doming up tate
river. When thie ie completed the
Mennen will be able to oome up from
Lake Winnipeg through bare and on to
Forgo. This will be a great boom for
W inoipeg.
Oo Labor Day it party of no wool bo
Winnipeg Beach on the lake about 35
miles from Winnipeg, It is a great
Bummer resort bat hoe tory poor
accommodation, so people wishing to
spend any time there have either to
build a oottege, whioh s great manyhave,
or take a tent. A oompany has Martel
to build a loge Stemmer hotel. The
toaodation will be in thin 'Fall and all
will be ready next June, It will 000bain
100 rooms.
I went last night to, hear the great
"Blank .Watch .Band,! whioh was a
grand main' treat and today, 23rd,
Oniony is giving a great reeeplion for
Lord cud Lady Minto. We intend leev.
here next Wednesday for Maekoha and
then on to Bruaeele,
7°urn brnty,
R. L, Lino naItndLR,
Winnipeg, Sept, 20th, 1904.
Hon. John F, Stein, of Halifax, died in
Toronto of heart failure.
Four train kende were killed in a
collision of freight trains at Eastwood,
near Woodetook, Wedneeday morning,
Among the victims was Iingineee Thomas
eran, of Toronto,
t. _ �ii��•s���;rs.�Y
t5C got petty pox p
1a
Qaeotiou t --''Which couplet the 111,Ye
prominent plan to -day, mind or MONO IL 7
Give roaone,J
;1,11111Enrron —I would oast any bit i .1
in animating your enquiry of last week
ae to "Mind or Motile" in favor milts
former. There were Hover more roadt.'n
or otadente in the world ; never ni.:re
0oogreseee, Oonferenoon or Colventiu.,0
hold to advance virions intereoba u"il
never more money expended titan
in building up the montel. Meu of br,;;,,o
are at a premium and the grommet t,e,d
of the world today is the cultivation of
the rabid. The field wee never bruader
and the outlook more hopeful fir you,:g
people of lofty elm and bright iutellects.
Yount truly,
GMAT MATTER,
MR. PoeT.--Maoole 000nple9 the prom-
inent pine today. The prize fightete
can draw bigger crowds than the prewar.
ere, and make more money 113 an hour
then a portion will save in a life time.
Thousands of people will read, wan.
avidity, the detailed account of a ibetiouff
005000ter who would be too buay.tu
peruse the political column or eon the
report of a lecture. The man who watt
ride o wheel the furthest in six day., row
a boat to win, pot the shot the greatest
dietauoe 000cpies a bigger field than the
artist, the 000101nn or the scientist..
Brains are a vonvenient commodity to
have but muscle seems to be king in
present day history. I am,
16 0oNOEe TO TEE POUND.
DEAR Sm.—More peo- ple are acquainted
with Sudivau, Corbett, Fttzsiutmouo,
Hanlan and man of remote than know of
John B. Gough, Rev. Dr. Cowell or
Abraham Lincoln. Ordinarily the
oiroomferenoe of the bleeps is of 11101e
importance than the weight of the brain.
Poeeibly if people praised and valued the
work done by men or women of mind
more and were lees anxious to go into
eoetaoies when the animal side Domes'
more prominently to the front there
would be a great reform wrought and a
etrong, vigorous body would be the
vehiole, or servant of its master—the
mind, Tbinkere—of the.real solid vari•
sty—area smell Drop in this day and tate
pulpit, the preen and the pedagogue brave
a hig contract on hand to ameliorate tbe
existence of tbie state of affairs.
Truly years,
HOPE,
DEAR SIE.—It may not be an easy
matter to eob•divide the mental from the
physical, as the one 15 very essential
to the other, but there is a wide
difference when it comes to the eater
result. of each. Almost invariably the
development of the mind bas an elevating
and ennobling tendency with broadening
visions and desires of helping the brother
man while the =Ideating of the physical
often reoolvee itself to the base if not
brutal. Men of genius stand promiueut-
ly before the world as beaoon lights or as
pathfinders for many and their willing -
nese to serve and eaorifioe are 'often in
evidence. These men and w001511 are the
bulwarks of the Nation. Carapace Glad-
stone or Lord Mo0anloy with Heenan or
Bayern, the two former will never be for-
gotten while the letter are only remem-
bered to their scientific bratalioy, The
trouble ie in this entity and this cannery
that people drift or sleep instead of doing
the many tbinge they are prompted to
do. Yours hopefully,
Foramina.
QUESTION FOR N- EST WEEK.
"Is Looal Option workable fn advono-
ing the Danes of Temperance 7"
WAR IN THE EAST.
The Japanese armies now advancing on
the Anise of KnrOpatkin'n forges are.al-
moet in line with Makden, but so wide is
Oyatna's front that from elm right of
Karoki's edvan0e t0 the extreme .left 61
the advanoe of the Fourth Army in the
valley of the Liao River is a distance of 00
miles. An we bad two examples already
of a Japanese general advance, there ie
sofficient data from whioh to format the
ohief features of thie the greatest of the
campaign. The field telegraph and tele-
phone' lrom Oyomn's headquarters, some
twenty melee dne South of Mukden, keep
him in constant tomb with the hone of
his army now being throat forward to %be
East and West of the Iranian positions.
lie will move hie finking ranee forward
in combination. If Koroki moo up, the
Fourth Army will move ale0, so that
Knropatkio may be kept boy on both
flanks and not be pee in a position to
SERBIA the Japanese advance on either side
by a concentration of his forme upon it.
The centre of Oyama's army will re-
main apparently inert until the flanking
movement is well ander way, nod will
then be brought enddenly into notion in
the hope of destroying the oorps stood
Mukden. There is nothing to show pun.
dnsively, however, .that the Rosins
mean to hold MOkdon, whioh ie poor
fighting ground at the bout, and is all the
poorer beano ot the presence within a
few miles of the oitywalla of the aaared
tombe ot Monabno, Ohioa'a holiest
ground, against the profanation of whittle
the Ohinee officials at Pekin have enter-
ed a preterit.
The eiboation at Port Arthur is prob.
ably becoming Olen! for the Russian.,
who are whistling bravely 10 keep Their
spieled up. They chem to have pat
1,800 Jape out of notion in the night
attack of ten deye ago. They deolare
that there 10 plenty of cool in . Port
Arthur, end that food i0 so plentiful that
they were able in tbelast tight to tall
oompreeeed bean cake, pat n1) fn oiroular
form, down on the advanoing .Japanese,
to the effusion of blood and the bodily
harm of the 'aid Japanese. One
wonders, en .reading that bean caste
story, if Mark . Twain hoe boon long id
the ]Clash