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The Brussels Post, 1902-3-20, Page 4T a ell! a+ .k► Q 1 it it4 U t3 ,F lift, £3Srutaels 'C I URSDAI', MAR. 20, 1902. .A NEWSPLETTER; Rpnotv.pdb JW Uraa s a front ttv t tit r a z el [Oontianed from last week] ROI the roar sergeants who were in the R,A, none Ot tltetn laad seen active sem vine, tboagh strange to say, One of them wags a Hell man, e nephew of Zaoarireh Feareon, who,geve the park of his name to the town, I think that withoat excrete tion all the natives (bullock drivers, Dhoolie bearers, field poet otlioe .afiioiala, eta,) had all seen actual service and many of them had three or .four mettle. The bullock drivers 'who drive the gnus into action and are really under lire all. the time, end pretty often oat up by the wild border tribes, receive a oepper medal, likewise the Beastie `Srallaii, who gees up and down the ranks giving water even during actual fighting and oleo the am bulanoe men. We had three or four Non Come. of the Bengal Lauoara and flue strapping fellows they were. One of them, a high caste Brahman, went out with a British officer to pink up two wounded men under very heavy fire, in one of our late Border wars. The efiicer was severely wounded and he first carried the officer bank mud then went and fetch- ed the other men, According to their paste !ewe if they toaoh an infidel they are polluted and all the reward he got was that he was thrown out of hie caste the worst possible punishment for Breh- man. He got a letter of thanks from the offieere and a recommendation for pro- motion, but that did not bring book what he had lost, as hie own parents dare not recognize him. Captain Oruddae had an Afghan servant, a big strapping fellow about six foot two in beight, and rogue imprinted all over him. When he was stationed up on the border his servant came and asked for three mouths' heli. day. On being asked his reason for go. ing, he amid that he had heard that a oer- tain friend of his, in his village, was be coming to friendly with his wife and he wanted to go and kill him. The leave was granted and be turned up punotual to the hour when his leave was up, Oo being asked if he had managed his little bueioese, an injured expression came over his face and he remarked that he had all that journey for nothing as it was not true, but here a smile came over his face, he had killed him all the same. On our snivel at Hong Kong, the Third Brigade of which we form au unit, had beau stop ped there, but the Beige guns from Africa, for whioh one bullocks are required, had gone North three days before, so we were ordered to follow. We had s couple of days in Hong Kong in which we saw the sights. I think I enjoyed the ride up to the top of the hill, on the rope railway and the beautiful view we had from the top better tbaa anything else. There mre whole streets devoted to the sale of aurae, bit globetr steers have spoiled the market for everything is very dear. The officers belonging to the Third Brigade were very downhearted at being left et Hong Koog' and of course our men were jubilant at getting forward. We hada very pleasant trip ap to Wei Hai Wei, thoagb the Cap tain was rather nervous that we might ran up spinet a typhoon, which are very prevalent at this time of the year, and it would have been very awkward with Dor decks lumbered with bullocks. We were very lucky, for just roar days after our • arrival in W eiHet Wei, a very severe one • ireyeiled up the Coast, and breached o3 towards Japan doing a great deal of damage to the shipping. Qa ear arrival in Port we found the S.S. -Aeration" nth e heti the aeige gone aboard, t -siting there for orders and also tea or three ether troopships. There is a very doe hareer and the English' settlement sod arc ere on the Leland of T,,.,'t Kan Tan. la is the locality of some ref he h=_ariecr fighting in the Chins Jap war sow there are the wrecks of three Cttineee o Me rs iu the harbor, also the ruins of the festa which the Japs knocked to paws. It was here where Me Jap Commander ani his helmsman (the only man an deck, of a torpedo boat, were frozen to death whilst attacking the Chinese endears and the Japanese have written a poem attar the style of Casablanca about it. Admir- al Ting's palace is now the crab, ani the room in which he shot himself when he heard that the Jape had conquered is now the dining room. ELM S. Peacock and Terrible are stationed here and when the outbreak first started the "Terrible" was away and only the small '•Peacock" in port. As this place is absolutely nnse- fended, four or five gans were leaded to a hurry from the "Peacock" in ease the Chinese attacked in fsrce from the main land. A small portion inland alsobelrap to Britain, bat all the Earopeaus live ca the island. There is a tiavai and Mid Lary hospital and a fete Eigilsh re -idents, as this place and Casioo, a tittle farther down the Coast, are the health res:irts €ir all the invalids from Northern China. la Summer and Aetatnu the climate is temperate and there is good boating„ fish ing and era bathing to be had. like,vise a little shooting, bat in Winter it is bitterly oold and the weather is very bad. Dur ing our stay the piste was full of reiugees from Pekin, Tien -tele, eta. On the mainland within walking distsuce, are the Ohinees towns of Mat a and the wet. led city of Wei Hal Wm, which is carrell. Bred rather unsafe, as a short time agi, a deserter web enticed iota the City and died the comfortable death of what they tall °The thousand outs," The 4411 Pnm jaab and the list Bengal, two native ' regiments are encamped on the mainland close to 1Hat-u awaiting orders, and one evening, some miscreant kept the whole camp awake by tiring into it from the hills above. It is believed however to be one of their ova men who had run amuck and disappeared, but tbay never found out. When we arrived we expected to be sent right ou to Taka, but oar appearance seemed to take the autborites by sat -prise, and they did not know what bode with us. i They tient to Gen. Gaselee for instructions and the ,newer came back 'mutilated, end they were not sure whether it was land or send bullocks, and Gaselee took no further notice of es. We lay at anchor for nearly three weeks, and they seemed to have forgotten about, us altogether, till the Captain put in a statement that hie 1 Water supply was refining short, and the means of supplying water from shore were vary limited and not good enough to keep tie going. I Dan afraid we ware a • great white elephant to the Ootnuilesiouer in oharge of the place, One day he was going to land the bullooke ou the Island, till it was found that the water supply would not last, Then he WAS going to have them landed au the mainland and that was vetoed As not being safe, and his last idea wee to send us to Nagasaki far water, whioh would have pleased all of ns, as we a 1 wanted to see Japan, Every day we heard rumors that tomorrow s a t 1 front, a d weulde see onu that we were likely to. Dome to fletioufle With the Ruesiata, whiob foot pleased everyone oat mere; as Russia has not noted io a square manner et all, and Bag. laud had to take the wall two or three times. The climax Dame en the 29th Sept., when every ship in the harbor (cud these were all the Ord Brigade whioh had moved up from Hong Kong) got orders to hold themselves in readiness to sail at four hours uubioe, We heard that we were to take some fort North of Tulsa And make it oar base for the Winter quarters. They were to send up the 4.7 battery from the Autillian tied we expected that some of onr bullooke world be utilized for their transport, and our men were in High spirits at the thought of getting to the front at last. There were two other steamers in port with bullooke as well as ours, the "St. Andrew"and the "Asliruf." You oar imagine our surprise iu the morn• ing, when news came that the ballooks had to go baok to Hong Kong and Winter there, and that the troops and guns had to go on to the front. What they are going to do for transport nobody seemed to know. Our men were very down- hearted indeed about it. Taking it all round we had a very good time at Wei• Hai -Wei. The people asbore were very hospitable and the Chief, who bas just awaited two year's drill as a Lieutenant on the "Revenge" toond a lot of old friends in hospital and on the "Terrible." An old school obum of mine turned up ae Chaplain of Hed S Dido, and I saw a good deal of him. We had a guest night every week, and I am sorry to say io the sum' hours of the morning the guests had to be assisted aehore. Temperance is not a virtue practised by the British officer, especially abroad. Yet very little mercy is shown to the poor unfortunate private ar sailor, who so forgets himself,as to take a drop too much. Oa one occasion the chip's doctor, Lieut. Cruddas and myself went over to the maiulaod sad west through the teal led city of Wei•Hsi Wei, Whilst there we saw the funeral of a wealthy China- man and it was a most interesting eight. First cams a lot of small boys beating drums and gongs to frighten away devils. Then a gorgeous pelaquin on which was spread a kid, then more palacenius con - taming sucking pigs and various other foods. All this for the corpse's refresb mens on his way to the happy hunting ground, Then came a couple of levita- tion dragons, area came the paid moar- ners dressed iu white, who rolled their eyes about and screamed and howled, and flung themselves on the ground, knock ing their beads an the ground with tears streaming, from their eyes, at intervals of less than a miuote, so von may guess the progress of the funeral was very slow. Then came the most hideous music I ever beard. and all the people chanting iu a most mournful manner. Tben came the coffin on a kind of a slate carriage draped io red. Wewere ratherglad when it had passed for we got pus or two very fierce looks, and there was no other Earopeaa3 nearer than four miles. I did not say Toa bat I felt immensely relieved when our backs were turned t0 abs city gate. I think. though they did not say ao, the others felt the same. reur affectionate nephew, Geo D. Coamsrs. S. }Sambasea, Hoag Kong, Oct. 33, 1900. C ontinaed nest week; South Perth Liberals. Tee ancaal meeting of the Staab Perth Lite -re '> was hid at Mitchell on eth inst. -t^ ?resiaset Daie ea the chair, and a enod esteniauoecl delegates from all pens o. the riding. After routine busi- nees the cffiiers of the previous year were rs•e-.ectad by acclamation, as iollowe : —Presf3eat, Prof. Wm. Dale, Blaosbard; Vi- Presti-acs, F. R Hamilton, of Hit - beet. E 3. Dunbar of Slimhell ; Secretary- Treasarer, S. A. Hodge, Aitchell. The meeiine tbroasthoat was a most en- thusiastic one, and showed that the South Perna L berate were bent oa redeeming the riding at the next general election. Confidence was expressed in the Govern. newt, and there was. evidence that ro effort will be spared to elect Valentine Stock Mr Smith Perth. The feliewing reeolatiins were sab. mitted and aasoimoosiy adopted :—'Mov- ers by E. W. Harding, St. Mary's, second. ed by John Sbaefer, South Eesthope, :het Ibis convention of the Liberals of Si.th Perth desires to express its admit• at:an of the meaner in which Hon. Geo. W. R:ss hal directed the management of the panic efaire ail this Province, with 110 vaot end eerie:f tntereets, andits cot . dunei ,3rd ten -e in hint and his able col 1esenee sat the administration of .11 'he depertmeate of oar Prov.nieiai Gover. went, in the development of oar national resonrcee, in the opening tip and sstele- ment of our new territories, and espec. dal y in tbasclendid encovraaement they have Nivea to our great agrioo'.tral rater - eats and it hereby pledgee itself to contin- rad support of the Hin. Geo. W Ross and his Goverment fn their a.imiaiatration of our pablio edeirs, and pledgee tteetf to do all in ice power ie,itimately to herd bim. a supporter for the S nth Riding of Perth in he coming Lelia azure, in the person • at Valentine Stock, the nominee of the Lib -sal party, who veil we ere sore, prove buneelf's emelt to hie constltaenoy and en able and houorable supporter of all fair and henget measures of emeeroment. 11loved by W. Ryao, hlitobsll, and L. W. Turner, Fullerton, that we the Liberate of South Perth in oouventioo assembled, desire to give expreeeioa of our 000fidence in the priaoip'es of Liberalism as exem. piided la the administration of public affairs by our great Prime Minister, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, and his Government. and we hereby pledge nor continued stip. port of the said principles so long as they are adhered to and exemplified so bemire ably oar gifted and bridiani leader and bis Government. Rev, 'Air. Kenner, of blitabell, presented a resolution asking the meeting to favor the holding of the referendum on the date of the moniolpal elections. In speaking to the resolution Mr, Benner said that he bad unbounded confidence in theadneinfs. treblon of Premier`Rose, but be thought it woold not be aeklag to much to 0la1m this fever, !kir. Btee, of Mitchell, and Mt. Harding at St. Mary's spoke be the reeolutlon, pointing out that on previous 000aeious the esinpsraaoe people had asked to have is day on whiob to vote in order to give the issue fair play.. They pointed out that the resolution practically called for a want of oonildenoe vote, and as the ()hair, man looked upon it iu the eeme way, too the reeolntion was ruled Ant of order, Short apssobee were made by ideate, George Goetz HisloN, of I]act Huron cud he candidate, Mr. Stook, after which the meeting ptosed with sheers for the King, Mr, Rose, Sir Wilfrid Leader and Mr. Stook, THE COW THAT PAYS BEST. Tire (petition as to which is the moat profitable cow le one that cannot be de aided in any arbitary manlier. There are so many olrouinetanoesmt,d eon tinges. Vee to be taken into conaideratioa, that,. alter all is avid and written on the Bab jeot, eaoh man moat deolde the question largely an hie own judgement, He will find it ueussssry to oonaider the nature of his farm ; the east el hired help; the suitability of his buitdiog sod implem. ants t the proximity of a good market for hie finished produota, and many other de. toile. The oompartive advantages of beef growing and diarying would probably be the first point considered by a farmer who was just about to wake a start in oattle.raiaivg. Men wbn have had long experience 10 either of these llose, .are not likely to change to the other nue, !e- volving ae it does, (Menges in farm eon. tios, in variety and management of grope, in buildings and equipments, without a good deal of deliberation. That beef produoiug Dau be oarried on with a small. er expeaditore for labor and utensils is •perhapstrue, it certainly does not require the oonstaut attention to bueiuese that diaryiag entails. Next somas the question of breed. It will, I think, be geoereliy conceded by fair minded men that there is no "best" breed. Everything depends on olroum- etaa0ea. A breed that proves highly sat- isfactory in one dietriat, may be found en. tirely uueaited to different environments, Only four breeds of beef cattle, viz:— Shorthorns, Herefords, Oalloways, and Aberdeen.lagne, have attained popular ity in Canada, and only the first mention ed oar be said to be general ty distributed. Tba ottani may equal the Shorthorns for beef production, and even surpass them ander oertaiu conditions, bat the superior milking ggelities of the Short horns, end particularly of tbegradee, bevy given tbetp an nnegealled - popularity among onr farmers, Where feed is pleuti, lul, and theoonptry net tohigh orbroken, they are likely to prove eatistagtory beef• ere, and in addition will produce a -fair amouptof milk, The one with whioh good boils of this breed can be procured l0 u grading t Des is a e n argument - r tr s A t ra fo l k Sp p k is its favor. Breeders of the ether salts are o„mpuratiely few, and. the 4EPu t n. PI for choice is small, when one deairee to salect a bull, In the polder parte of gall• oda, and on the hare paetursa of the. mountainous districts, the Galloways and^ West Highlanders, should prove servioo. able on Oouqt of their bardinses and Activity. Among the diary, the Ayrshireg, Hol- steins, Jerseys, Gueroseye and Frenob Canadians are all bald in 000siderabie esteem. The latter have been almnet un. known ontaide the previews of 4oebeo until the last year or two, but they are now attracting considerable attention. Under Adverse oiranmstanoes, suob as 'scanty pastures, lank of proper winter teed and oars rko., they will probably yield a greater ,percentage of profit than those breeds whish have for generations been accustomed to good food and oath. The Guernseys although highly thought of is the U. 8., bare never gained eaeet. cot foothold in Canada, to enable our farmers to judge their suitability for this oouotry. Both they, and their alone re• labives the Jerseys, are eapaoially adapted for the production of tangy batter or cream for a high priced oily trade, and the majority of Canadian herds of these two bread,, are, I think, used for this purpose. The Ayrehirea and Holeteioe seam to be gaining in popularity among the general dairy tat•nters who support the obeeee factories end creameries, and with the dairy Shorthorns, ars likely to divide the greater part of the dairy field between them. The Holsteins are likely to do better on the level lands, with flash postmark and plenty of winter food, while the Ay rehires ahould. I think, find more favor on rolling or hilly lands, because of their great nativity, Bob,.. while certain well defined differ- enoea-may characterize the various breeds yet it may be well to remember that there is meals greater difference between in- dividual animals of the same breed than between different breeds. A good cow ie a good vow no matter what her breed may be. Therefore let eaob mac select the breed that be ooutsiders beet soiled to hie conditions, and stink to it. Let him buy Dry Shoe • • 0 /$ When you wear a pair of our rubbers you know you have a good thing— because they keep the feet dry and they wear well. We sell only brands that have stood the test. They are made of pure rubber. 'Will fit any shoe. 'Will stand rough usage. We buy the best and sell at money -saving prices. Men's, women's and children's—all kinds, all prices. Those that are dry and those that are both dry and warm. Some prices Men's Fine Rubbers, first quality, sizes See O only, regular $1, reduced to....85o Ladies' Fine Robbere from 25o to 66o Children's Rubbers at 3100 HARNESS DEPARTMENT —Harness, Trento and Satohele at lowest prices. —Repairs in Harness, Collars, Boots and Shoes done promptly. T. C. ]Rzcautnos. {01 ,10(4 REAL ESTATE. iA,Rus FOR SALE—TBE ITN. eats and to rouS easy terms, iu Towaaiiipre of Morrie and Groy, >r 6. gbop7;,braaeeia A $A011xF'IQE IN RBA', B8-. Tia>t ecooe oe wlil buy the MoOau, ggboy Ulook 1n tl,o Village 91 Tirusaela, Tbseo awn nos stores moot ba ogle to alone out bbq 111c0aughey 1 1. to, lutendiug purobaeera should mveetib{,ete at once, Apply to F. a, g00FJi or G.1. 13LAIS, nruseele, 001, 50 AOR PAB 'I FOR SAI ,— : gonclbo acre farm for sale, a. ll cleared, alay loam,110 moak being Wed kteE22 y0tu�dlmid ichn; bank 11,Grey, 40x1fee shod, bog yon cad sloop pen 1845 feet vita hay lett above, Good orchard sad 2 good wells Well fenced with straigbt•rall lancet!. Poseeselon given to suit purchaser, For particulars apply on the promisee. W. A. A1LO1ia'L, Cranbrook 1,, 0, s2-tf or bread to, the best available belle of that breed, and continue to grade up bis bard to a higher degree of exoellenoe year by year. The praotioe followed by some tar. mare of using bulls first of one breed and than of another, is fatal to all plane of build ing up a handsome ovitorm sod profit. able bend of grade cows, sod that is just what most formate require. The average man does not need pgre bred females in tact will do batter with good grades. The breeders of pare bred stook, are, like the poet, born, not made. He must io- bent a love for animals and an aptitude for handling them, otherwise his iovest- meet will prove unprofitable, and all bis. efforts a disappointment. F. W. HODSON, Live Stook Commissioner. o m FODDER CHEESE, The Montreal Produce Merchants' As. aooiation again desires to draw the serious attention of the Canadian Dairymen to the undesirability of maunfaoturing Canada any cheese at all from fodder milk, either at the beginning or the end of the season, believing this to be in the iotereete of all classes, from the farmer to the exporter, connected with the mann taetore of fall grass obeeee. It requires no argument to prove that it onr cheese is to be sold at reninnerative prices dining the season of produetioo, it is essential tbat thers sboold be no large quantity of the previona season's product- ion left over at the commencement of the new season. It meet, therefore, be in the common interest of all concerned, to see that no impediment is placed in the way of the free sale and free ooesamption of existing stooks of cheese during the whole of the period up to the arrival of full grata goods on the market in Canada, even at the cost of tome immediate lose of money. Now, the experience of recent years proves that the average world's production of full grass cheers, which is eold on the English markets, 000siete chiefly of Can• ada, Deiced States and New Zealand makes, besides the Eoglleb home make, and is as large as can be noneumed in one seaeoo at profitable prices. Io advocating this policy,Ib0 Aasooiat- inn does not forget the difficulty abs farmer is faced with in disposing of his stable fed milk. It would be better, -1 necessary, to throw tbie class of milk a- way raeber than manufacture it Fate obeeee ; but such a sacrifice is not necessary. While it seems impossible to manufacture first-class cheese from stable fed milk, it has been proved that by scrap. alone oleanlinees and eoientifto methods, a very fine butter can be made from this milk, for which there is always a good demand from domestic sources, and s oonaiderable demand for export, at gond prises. This A'sooietion, lbs -fore; strongly recommends the lsctorytnen, ss far as possible, to provide rbemrafeea with, alternative machinery fcr melting, both butter and cheese, and whets it 1s. termeele for the farmer to work ap iris fd rm:ek into batter, it is strongly leo =did that he should not it into snaoL Titers is a substantial proar rDt.Lae fa M. feed ing to the stank tbe ski= r, r °fellex tate creamery, ar even ties is: ;n where necessary, in she .mezete muaat enrichment of the soli, hestie.: the cruse abtuiotthie from the emcee Gordon Gra._,;: of Bsaumisableilintr Pram injuries received fes gaa:e 01 Mackey at St. Catharines. John Bourke, s F.i_cuer 'rein Tarth Bay, fell twenty fee at the Central Fri eon and was (tilled. COBER & SONS' CARRIAGE FACTORY, BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, RILE thanking our numerous customers for their liberal patronage while in the Carriage Business at Ethel for the past CO years we would say that we are now in full operation in Brussels Factory, and are well on with our first lot of 110 BUGGIES. A. number of these will be ready in a very few days and we will be able to supply our customers either/wholesale or retail. We are manufacturing Farm Wagons, either common sized wheels orjhalf truck,,with 2,1 or 8 inch tires. We also make Field Boilers, and Wheelbarrows with steel or wooden -wheels. AU kinds of Repairing and Re -painting done Promptly,. Kindly give us a call at the farmer Ronald Fire Engine Works, now the :oh . Co'bor & Sons' Carriaze Factory . The Great Cash Our Grand Our r n Spring: M11er-. WILL BE HELD ON MARCH 26 WEDNESDAY . display and- followng y ° da e,' when we will sl1 y a a as- sortment sortment of all the latest styles in tore. Trimmed Hats & Bonnets. o Our Millinery Department is still under the able management of Mies Morrison, who 15 eu well and tnvorably known to the Ladies of Blyth and surrounding auantry. Much time and thought baa been spent inmooringthe flowed Novelti, s in Styles and Trimminge whioh we are sure will satiety the most oritittel obeetver. A Cordial Invitation is Extended to All. - M. MoBEATH, BLYTH. rfez O ALWAYS THE LOWEST STRICTLY ONE PRICE New Goods for • I Early Spring Selling . Thousands of Dollars worth of Staple Goods passed into stock during the last ten days, all to be sold at Closest Prices to induce Customers to buy early. FACTORY COTTONS, NEW PRINTS, WHITE COTTONS, TICKINGS, SHIRTINGS, TOWELINGS, COTTONADES, TABLE LINENS, BLUE DINEENS, - VICTORIA LAWNS, CHECK MUSLINS. February is a Profitable Month for Buying Staple Dry Goods. J. Ferguson & Co. XXX:r=c►'C,."LJc`c TO THE FARMERS! 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Unequalled on the globe, Your barn or shed door is incomplete without this hanger. Nails and No. 9 Coiled Spring Wire At special prices. Having purchased Nails and Wire at a special price and at special freight rates we can assure you of close prices. Orders for "Beaver" Cement, "Plymouth1l Twine, No, 9 Coiled Spring Wire and Wire Nails will receive our best attention. McKAY & Co.