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The Brussels Post, 1898-12-9, Page 5:lila,, 9, 1895 TR •jY T Et . 1l fleoo gds Broken 0. We start December with the record heels of tea of the beabear's basin ess Y t) Oita 11 a Store )ran ever known, Every month ehowe a largo 5noronae in solos over filo eorreeponding month of lout year, and wo don't intend to let Doaenrbor lag behind I hn other months' record of in0reaso, if abundanno et goods, fair prices and plenty of p +eh will ao0omplfsh the result. Tile month we set tin ball rolling with Seasonable 1 ab e Goods at Special Prices : Super white Wool Blankets, soft finish, with fancy combination colored harden, worth $2.50 for $1.25. Ohildron'e Eiderdown Junkets, in plain and fenny colors, Baleen lined, trimmed with A ugora, at $1,05, $2,50, $2.75 and $3.00. Ladies' heavy warm black Ringwood Gloves, worth 30a, for 25o. Ladies' line Cashmere Gloves, ileece•lined, regulerprioe 80a, fur 25.i, Ladies' bluolc wool Hose, full size, very speoial, 15o. lefou'e heavy ribbed wool Sox, regular 25c, for 20o. Mon's Ono Beaver Overooate, doable brensted, blue and bleak, quilted satin lin. ing, velvet collar, worth 1113.50 for $10. Ladies' Oloth Jeolcetsin plain beaver and niggerhead, opened this week, at $2,05, $3 50, $4.00 and $5.00. Heavy Angola Shirting, doubled and twisted warp, in fancy cheeks and stripes, worth 14o, for 10o. Grey Flannelette Sheeting, 2 yds. wide, extra heavy nod warm, a snap at 20c. This store has grown to greatness by distributing reliable merchandise ab less Luau average prices, and ate] 'coda re d.4 "� if you awc ao VKINN N BLYT 9 LS! mot®® SAWS. -A Cress Cut Saw complete for $2,50. AXES. -Your choice from 50o. to $1.00 ; Rlood'e from OOo. to 85o. ; Wellaudvale Mfg. Co's hand made inlaid steel, Demasuue temper, $100. SEWING MACHINES. -Tho White Sewing Machine was awarded high est honors, the Gold Medal, at the Omube Exposition. We are agents. SILVER SPOONS, --11181 ver Tea Spoons $3.00 per doz., heavier than Rogers' A 1 goods at $5.00 per doze Ladies don't miss this bargain. A G oz. bottle of Sewing Machine Oil for 10c. RAZORS. -Front 75o. to $1,75. Oar Razor the "Perfection" is all that its name implies. Prove this by trying one. CUTLERY. -See our Knives and Forks at $1 25 per doz. Be sure you see our White Handled Tea Knife, hand forged blade, at $3.50 per doz. COW CHAINS. -Two heavy Chains for 85c. LAMP GOODS. -See our $1 Lamers. Sa0giug Lamps from $1.75 to $0.50. Silver White American Oil, 20c. per gallon, SILVERWARE. -Watch for our Christmas Goods. Wood talion in trade. Cash for hides, sheepskins and furs. A M. 'ice a' Groceries Crockery Glassware Fancy China Having bought largely we are offering special values in the above goods. .,,.CHOICE NEW SEASON'S, ,,, Raisins, Currants, Peels, Nuts, Oranges, Lemons A. special line of $12 Dinner Sets for $9. A. beautiful line of Tea and Toilet Sets at reduced prices. The Old Relivable Bakery still leads with the best goods 7tept irta first-class Bakery. Best Manitoba Flour for sale•_ Geo. Thomson. s. A Large and Varied stock of TOYS, DOLLS, GAMES, DISHES, &o., &c., Is being Opened out Dandy Line of I%mi nice . 66 .a=te 0 0 XST101RiE. Special Bargains in Bibles and Photo, Albums. Asa, 99 A Ti'ip Across 1ho Selz. At precisely ltltlf pn.+t five ci aluelc on the evening of ttly :ird a shrill whietlo a000mpanied by it low rumbling mind announced to no the impeach of the train which was to hoar ua Scutllwarcl on our jonruey 0(1 route for Montreal. Leaving hs f 0th we journeyed to Stratford and arrived there in due Brno without anything occurringI n Of any /fore we were joined by another companion and all boarded the feet through trail for '1'orouto. Our petty now noitsisted of three pe'sone, en wh.deem 1 1 1 oxLTad10ntin the course O Of tins narrative t0 charaoboriee with a nam do plume, There was "English Tont,,' a short, fat, round fared .l2nglishrean with every feabnre of the nutp of England on his face clearly defined from Laud's End to the Cheviots, and with a mouth particularly adapted 6o the oonsum. pion of ale, roast hoof, and plum pod• cling, Then there teas "Happy Jack," a long gamut manna' of the genus Immo ane! the Irieli s eoles, whose mouth was not particularly adapted fur auytliing but wide open, however, for everything that came that way, and whose feet wore peculiarly suited to the dancing of an Iriah dog. Iio was truly a woloome ad. dition to our company for lila) manly another of the sante seeni(3d. etq N•• `^ uu r 1.."011 It slog, fallb a song, or occasion permitting give 0001 to hie wit to the disadvantego of the rest. Then third and Last in the party was "Van," and as there is generally a mystery of some kind in connection with all narra- tives we will leave this third person to fill that position. During my desoriptiou of these per. Reneges the train has been speeding along, and we find ourselves just entering the Union station at Toronto. It is 12 o'clock at night and all the oily is wept he darkness and repose, save for the mild light of the moon and the sleepy watch- fulness of the lazy policemen, or the tramping of some benighted creature as he plodslris way along the lonely street. We thick of the friends end relatives sleeping, as it were, but a stone's throw from whore we stand and who are utterly unconscious of our presence. We think of Trio who is entirely unaware of the proximity of Ids sham twin, and are about to enter the station and drop him a pard when the train odioiale signal us and we again swiftly pull out into the darkness of the night. We are soot on the verge of dreamland by the aid of the bunks provided for us, when suddenly I awaken with a start t and patch a glimpse of something flitting past me in the car. Upon examination, d however, we find it is only English Tom, who, by thesuddenness of the stop, had d been despatched to inspect the rear end t of the oar and who at the present time is rubbing his eyes in a desperate endeavor to realize his position. Night gradually wears off and amid b stretches, sighs and yawns wo awaken to s find ourselves whirling along the Lake 1 Shore Road within near eight of Lake a Ontario. How grand. to watoll the s yachts and smile craft plying on the s hike and at the same time to play a nice b quiet game of "oheckers" while being t whirled along at the rate of 00 or 75 e miles an hour. 501 Eventually cve came to Cornwall 0 where, having fifteen minutes wait, we t stroll into the station restaurant. Living comes high at 50 a sandevioh 2" square j but we must Have it ; but when Irish i ftmem had to pay do for a hard boiled egg a was our turn to laugh. "Be japers;' w said he, "50 an egg, OOc a dozen. These eggs must be of a superior quality. Do you lay them yourself ? " THE BRUSSELS POST being a trifle short wore lot down to the required length, time leaking Mtn appear like a gigautiu boot•jaak. !.lie mune was "Paddy" and altogether he would make one uu5ou0oiou0ly think of a mass of boiled potatoes with their jookete on. Then there wee "Bob;' the man who had the confidence game played on hitt to the extent of thirty or forty dotlare, Then there wee "Iced," "Ginger" and many other o ns i uo 500 for their acoentricitiem Among the others I must not fail to men- tion another of the Irish type who worn a long black freak coat, end whom Paddy chrietened "Father Finnigan." The rest of the posuongers were very ordinary end anal) asoml be t any old p and 1 place at any old time. The scenery all along rho fit, l awre fa magnificent beyond description. The undulating coast backed up with a stout wall of mountains covered with shrubs, evergreen, birch and vegetation of many kinds is strikingly romantic, while h and there little French halmelo spring into view as we round a bend in the stream or cleared the obstruction of a wooded cape. At last we arrive at Qno• boo and are filled with awe at the for• midablc and impregnable appearance of the Amerioan Gibraltar. We some the face of the frowning bluff from a hie. toricalstandpoint and b , ala- -F --,• coieeovo'rreolfe's Cove at Lhoofootaof ' - path where Wolfe's foroesascoudod to 1 plains above and with one blow Gran fared Canada from the hands of t French to the Bands of the Englie We also locate in passing by,' the pa down the side of the rooky prempi down whioh Montgomery and his fore demanded in 1775 after a vain endeav to tetra the fort from the Canadian Abort fifty feet from the bottom is wooden slab shoving the exact sp where Montgomery met with his deaf Directly across the river from Quebec Pt. Levis and topping a corrospondin bluff is a large mystic looking shrine wit convent attached and bearing on the to of one of the towers a large golden imag of the Saviour. One more point of interest we will not before passing the signal station a Father Point and that is the Mon morency Palls at the mouth of the Mon moreucy river, These falls are very ear row and very deep. They are imprison ed on either side by moesive boulder and jutting rooks ; helms forming a pie tare of exceeding grandeur. At the foo of these fele is a large hotel whose price nearly compare with those of the statin estauraob at Cornwall, and fully with hose at Niagara. Leading down to illi are 805 steps of stone ; ons step for each ay in the year, We will now pass over • three or feu aye i1 which time we have passed hrough the Straits of Belle Isle and ar airly out to sea, Groat was the confusion one mornin when we heard a seaman call out "A erg ahead." All were on deolc in an in tent and there to starboard, looming up u the distance with its tall spires of io ud its halo of reflected light wee a mss ivs iceberg. Many were the crimped one and explanations launched forth y some of us who had never seen any. king larger than the "icebergs" to be eon in the Spring on the boson, of the aitland. But the novelty soon wore ff after seeing some dozens of them in he next two or three days. One day we were sitting on deck en - eying a Moe sun -bath and listening to an nteresting tale that Paddy was giving us bout a "Say serpent," when we sighted a hale whose .pont we could tlistinotty Tho old oyeteu( of horse care still r0 - 1011111a in Liverpool although they aro lay log a trolley line 00 an experimeut. ',Phe horse Rare have seats witbm and on top, that remind ono of the auoiout tallyho. We now leave the olabtsr of the cobble pavement and take the teenol oars under the Mersey to Birkenhead. After 0pend- 0 m a dayin this thriving a' b ler n it r t w0 return atet it Y to Liverpool b the Although yferry. 5th n', theyI o ihave good rain s at 6 it ams Y in England thou oars aro not to be corm pared to the American style for comfort m'appeareneo. A man has to pay for. everything in England even if ib is only a little, For itas once •-- rot'o t go into a ,z s teflon lavatory, at which inCanada o' the Stator would be free to the public, nae nod you land it works on the "penny in the slot" principle. "Put a penny in the slot and the door will open, 'Tu'pence' if you want towel and soap." We allow ourselves a day in Mambas. Bre ter and another ab Brighton Butch. The blank, smoky appearance of the former and the din of the cotton looms all give evidence bo the industrious character of the Anglo•Saxon. At the latter all is gay and gaudy, for itis the greatest Summer watering plaoo in the world. Flags, gaily painted villas and veritable palaces adorn the shore, while inwei"o "a g ht Mary waomeuro snores of John "Dolle" and wo Mary "heifers," tine The money is sure to .puzzle a person he at first. Thus you can buy small boxes o• of matches on the street et "three for two Ile 'apenos" or you San get a first.olase linen h. shirt for "two and six." But one soon th gots along all right mastering the denoni- ce nations "bob", "tanner" and "quid." es Bob these oddities are not to be wondered or at, as it seems to be a rule in England s, that the person who can drop his h's and a is with the greatest ease is the best mem of ter of the English tongue. Once I got a 11. little girl at St. Paul's Square to kindly is repeat a sentence after mo, which. she did g with the greatest eseurate°, something h ]fie this :-'Qt's not the tromp, tromp, p tromp, that'urts the 'orsee'oofs, but it's e the 'ammer, 'ammer, 'ammer on the'ard 'igbway." e We will now pass over a period of gime t and we find ourselves on board ship 1- homeward bound, having on board Lord 1- Aberdeen's son. The sea is rolling and • tossing us in the midst of a storm for five • days. Off the North of Ireland we pass e a shoal of porpoises which are playfully • jumping from wave to wave se if engaged t in a game of cross tag. These playful el creatores are about five feet long and n have a head shaped somewhat like that of a pig. I must make mention here too s that we bad a light snow storm at sea on July 28th, Justthose who were leaky enough to r escape seasickness enjoyed the journey homeward. Tho siok were lying every e where, the green appearance of their faces and the contortions of the same g member presenting a very ludicrous eight. But I did not laugh for who knew • but I might be the next. A seasick per- son seems lioensed to "indulge" in any e place and at any time. He is at liberty to stand on one deolt and pour forth a • medley of breakfast, dinner and tea on the head of an inoffensive party below. Once a man acquires that vaoant, far- away look, everything goes. The days pass by without much occur- ing of interest, until the saluting of can- non, trumpets and bands announce bo us that we are about to enter the harbor at Montreal. After spending another couple of days in Montreal, visiting the Frenoh theatre at Sohmen Pero, olirnbing the mountains, and visiting Notre Dame Cathedral I re. turned to Toronto on the midnight ex- press much pleased and benefited by my trip ; perfectly content with Canada, honoring, however, with patriotic pride the Union Jack and the British Lion. Being completely done out I dropped asleep as soon 0.8 we got nicely in the coach and woke upsome few hours after- ward, to find English Tom "pulling my leg" and yelling out "Montreal, next station." I reluotantly got up and pull- ed myself together just as we entered the bustle and din of the modern Hoohelaga. Next day being Wednesday English Tom and I took a stroll out and did up the oily. Walking along one of the principal thoroughfares I notioed the sign "Montreal Star" and at once re. membered that an old school mate of mine was working on the staff. I de. teemiued to hunt him u ; so walking in• side I enquired for the Reporters' room and was bold "On the third flat." Pro. ceeding thence I came to a landing from whence radiated three or four doors, so that I was agaiu about to enquire, when, looking through an open doorway, I per. oeived over the shoulders of hie editorial majesty II. A. Speire, very much engross. ed in at artielo for the next edition. Re. eGraining my rapturous joy I cooly and quietly walked in and =meted the dill. gent reporter with "Mello Irish 1 " Here my language fails me. At the best of times my vooabulary is not very exten- sive, but here all words and phrases that I eau recall or invent will not stifdus to describe the meeting. I will merely say that Irish jumped up straight in the air about three feet, threw down his .pen, cansiug a big blot ou hie paper, naught me by the baud, gave ms a powerful shake and at length found words to say, "Well, I declare, Van." He looked mo straight fu the face for exactly seventeen minutes and then wo went arm fn arm for a stroll round town. There was no more work for Irish that clay, He wee anxious 16 know all about me and rho people ab N., and I was just as anxious to know all about him. He would not hoar of me staying anywhere than abide house and having Beau English Tom on board the "Numidiau," end Happy Jack ou the "Crustalia," we proceeded homeward to participate in a jollification with the family. Irish being the Star Police reporter of course had to attend the courts in the morning, 5 aa0otnpanied him. I was nonplussed at first with the gibberings of the French tongue around me but soon pioked up enough phrases bo make my- self understood by both olentente, and succeeded admirably in jollying one Mlle for about five minutes after which I politely told her in her own vernacular that I did not aomprobond heir moaning. We will now time over the two inter. veiling days, It is five o'clock Saturday morning and amid the die. of the eoreeoh• ing whietlo, the swish of the eorow pro, puller and the flourish of trumpets the "Scotsman" glides gently into the middle of the St. Lawronoe. We 1100n melte the aequaiobanee of 30015 of the other passsn• gore ou board, liars too we onoountee another Irishman more typical and morn fornnidable lieu the fleet. To describe his physique I may say that his clothes hung on him like a 80 suit would on an ordinary broom stick ; while hie pants, see rising twenty or thirty feet above the waves. All was excitement among the passengers and soon wo discovered three or four of the huge oreabnres playing in the waters. We only got a full view of a whets onoe and that was on our return, in the mouth of St. Lawrence river, where we got within about thirty feet of one lying on the surface of the water. The whale by the nee of its powerful tail van inove very rapidly. It has three motions. Hence you first see its head which I can only compare to a huge mo- lasses barrel. After the disappoarenoe of its head you see its book, oarved and mounted with a large horny fin. The bank disappears and a prodigious tail cones into view which propels the whale somewhat after the fashion that a screw propels a ship. After experiencing the "Wonders of the Deep" for eleven days we rounded the North coast of Ireland and, with the flow of the tide, floated peacefully into the immense dook•yards of Liverpool. These docks are floating, and rise and fall readily with the flow and ebb. One can have no conception of these without see. ing, I am told that they afford 35 miles of dook room. Here may be foiled ships from almost any port, while the ferries, barges, yaobts and skiffs darting to and fro on the bosom of the Mersey remind one of Venice, that quaint Italian city, built on islands, whose streets are streams of running water, Landing ab the Alexander dock, we teak a bus (paying the driver six pence apiece) and wore safely housed So a com- modious lodging in St. Paul's Square, in the oentre of which stood St. Paul's Cathedral. It is striking indeed to see the colossal pillars, the 111118131,70 sbono arches and spires of this edifice falling a prey to ruin and decay. Not far from ]pare 10 St. George's Hall, a model of Corinbhiau arohibeoture, which is approached from ell sides by flights of stone steps and whose sides are everywhere adorned with magnificent sculpture work, while outside are to be seen statues of the Queen, the Blank Prince, Gladstone, Stanley and other notable personages. This hall is where the elite of Liverpool hold their banquets auc1 aseomblioe. Immediately unease the thoroughfare from St. George's Hall is the Walker Art Gallery on either side of the approach to which is a statue of Raphael and Michael Angelo. This museum 1000 pre. sentod to the city by Walker, the great liquor man, at a cost of thousands of dol- lars, and in lb aro bo be found works from many of the old masters and also some of the prominent modern artists. During our stay, amongst other things, wo took in the city museum, the Shake• eperean and Star theatres, and a museum of wax works, in which are to bo found what is said to bo the remains of Wide. Jarloy's wax works spoken of by Dickens. Bo that as they may they are ueverthe. loss grand beyond 0ouppari0on. They aro so life like that happening to turn around one Brno I noticed "Bob" very geaoiously leaking his obeisance amid profuse apolo. glee to a charming blond for leaving aooi• dentally inbrnded on her titivate corn. patch, A Mr. Bonn was reoeutly awarded $825 for damages cause by a collision with a telephone pole in Wallaoeburg. During the season of navigation 51 bodies have been reoovered from the Da. troit River in the vicinity of Anpbereb. burg, Millinery and Mantles. Special Bargains for the next Month to clear out this Season's stock. Call and get prices and see goods, It will pay you. Irs, E. Rogers. 'EN"(RRLWON J „'suet era„og Wintor Term opens dant 2nd, 19991 ,1 Larger Popular and riogressiee In. SMARM -Note better in Canada. ta'Clrcnlars Free. W. W. ELLIOTT, Principal. TAILORING ! X. G. Richardson Is prepared to do all kinds of work in his line. Good Workmanship and Gooti Fits Guaranteed, LATEST STYLES. Suits made for $4 and upwards. t'Shop in Garfield fIock0 \� ,f. 'SOY!! 2lS.LFJ'1S!-9He""4 7nD $C ,gip By,,�99 01vlr0 ".Tend 104 00'4 purr owl/ eiu•i'vf •,'otl0At eua,tpoof] •s31nee .10 sant.te naafi 4.11154 set '213 00,.5)115 .111135081 0$3 L OUx Mal a8101l14.2131 3a 1 r) ! 1aY ado 1, I[ a s u)t rJ U ` i. 1 !, 3 I e I• cr i ut •l nun up ntoi; at y isnn 0(13.10501b b aO er fe o r u)t5s uuunaoa '05413U11e1a011f.401.(31 I11 111;1--003381 pettedo ari,t, '03 301r e,ffllll1,1 :: a.) 'onbogo a$.ml myopic* X7:51 .t.retet pelves age-, n .m1nTt`it rlCs uo s axul!1 !n1. DUO paned() Cr q 1 Jd lie fief I p .na31a! popes u 501 P -83050.10&I ::,140.14,1013311011.051.0i1.Lijjj tp eq1 asnl 01 'rSTn''4 o al0 5 ;J v uct „sauyy.151y„ 0.Erude3505 fey naal3q051,5; Z. I •saogs $ulmou3 ao . axessanlD /11 Jno. Downing, - Sole Local Agent ass ase.--- e' BRUSSELS P'D�IP WORKS. I wish to inform the people of Brussels and surrounding district that I have par - abased the Pump Business of JAMES BELL and will be found ready to attend to all wants in either neer work or repairs at moderate prices. No better Pump in the market. Order left at my shop or residence or at P. SCOTT'S shop will bo promptly looked after. 1St -Orders taken for the Digging of Wells and Cisterns. Gomer Greek, MILL STREET, - BRUSSELS. SHINGLES British Columbia lied Cedar Sitiigles 5140 -- North Shore Pine and Cedar FOR SALE AT Tan Brussels Planing bills Also Doors and Sash of all Pat terns on hand or made to order at Short Notice, Estimates Farniohed for all kinds of Buildings. Workman. ship and Material Guaranteed. 111.11.111111111, P. AMENT SK:..NE Has got What You Want. Gall and eee his stock of Winter Dress Goods and Trimmings, Ladies', Gents' and Children's Underwear. Best value in town. Hee.dgaartcts for CANNED GOODS Bought before the advance in pri0e9:- Peaches, Tomatoes, Salmon Pineapples, Corn, Sardines Pears, Peas, Herrings Plume, Beane, Haddies Cherries, Pumpkins, Chicken Strawberries, Pickles, Turkey Raspberries, Minoe-meat, Dook Blueberries, Canned Beef, Mushrooms Pigs Feet, Chip Beef McLaren's Cheese r. -New Fruits, New Peels, New Note. -New Spioes of all kinde, tern 0.3 and Coffee a specialty at SKENE'S. Cook's Cotton Root Compound Is suecesefnlly used monthly by over 10,000Ladies. Safe, effectual. Ladies ask your druggist for nook's Cotton Root Com- m/id. Take no other, as all Mixtures, pills and Imitations are dangeous. Prise, No. 1, $aper box; No. 8,10 degrees stronger, 39 per box. No. t or 2, mailed on receipt of prloe and two 0-eenl 'tamps, The Gook Compaay Windsor` Ont. ie�nsible Druggists in Canadamended by all No 1. 1 andaoldlin Brussels by' G. A, DEADMAN, Drug;iet, Bookseller & Optician. FAMOUS '1 Fed Boiler �LVhPO]1ATOP�, The boiler is made of steel, cast iron front, grates, fire box linings and smoke pipe plate, all other partsimade of the best cast steel protected against warping. Flues arranged so that boiling can be done quicker and at much less cost for fuel than the old style furnace. Price only $16.00 Cash. Leave your order at once with GERRY BROS. t? CUTTERS! We have the finest stock ever shown in Brussels. The prices range from $25 to $45. Any style you want. A visit to our show rooms will delight you. SLE/GHS... In Sleighs we have both light and heavy and can suit any- body's wants. BUGGIES AND CARTS.. Some fine Buggies and Carts in stock, both new and second band REPAIRING.. All kinds of Repairing done promptly and in workmanlike manner. In this line we clo re -painting, re -trimming of Cutters or Buggies ; supply Hoods, Lap Itugs, &c. Fve,ything you want in the line of Vehicles at lowest prices. CALL IN AND SEE OLIN srocg. Ewan & Innes.