The Brussels Post, 1893-8-18, Page 3AUG. 18, 1893
THE LITTLE MAID'S AMEN,
.A retitle of robes OA the anthern
to Seared gently away on the air—
The Sabbath morn's service was Oyer,
And briskly I stepped down the elate ;
When Moth 1»h ban Ifshted °other,
Where the tall pulpit stairway one
down,
Asleep °roughed a tender, wee maiden,
With hale like o ahadowy crown.
Quite punted wee I by the viaion,
But gently to wake hie I spoke ;
ViThen, at the first word, the small damsel
With one little gasp, straight awoke.
'What broughb you here fair little angel?'
She answered with voice like a boll :
"I tam, toe I've aot a sick mamma,
And \Mut '00 to please pray her well,"
"Who told you ?" began I—she stopped
me ;
"Don't nobody told me at all ;
. And papa oan't see 108 he'S eryin',
And 'sides, sir, I isn't so smell ;
I've been here before with my Inanint.
We ttunmed when you ringed the big
bell ;
And ev'ry titne Om heard you prayin'
For lots of sink folks to dot well."
Together we knelt on the stairway,
As humbly I asked the Great Power
To give hack health to the inother,
And banish bereavement's dark hour.
I finished the simple petition,
And pulsed for a moment—and then
A sweet little voice at my elbow
.Lisped softly and gently "Amon."
Hand in band we turned our steps home.
ward,
The little maid's tongue knew no real ;
She prattled and mimicked and carolled—
The shadow was gone from her breast ;
And lo when we reached tho fair
dwelling—
The nest of my golden•haired waif—
We fond that the dearly loved mother
Was putt the dread criaie—and sae.
They listened, amazed at my story,
Ana wept o'er their darling's strange
quest,
While the mins of the pale, loving mother
Drew the brave little head to her breast;
With eyes that were hemming and grate.
ful,
They thanked me again and again—
Yet I knew in my heart that the hleeeing
Was won by that gentle "Amen."
Silas At The Fair.
(Ellett Tun 01011i9)
Den SirenaltY,—Won ov the things
that I cant git yust to here is the way
the peepul go a regain and tearin along
the streets ez tho the last bell had jest
ben a ringin fur brelcohnst. On the day
I got here the carpets/volt was ranked out
ov my heed three or four times, and I
was Wean upsot myself it time or so be.
fore Braila]: Javlun and me got to the
plane whine we got on the street oars
tbat was to take ue to kis paesanidge.
No matter which way we turned fokes
knot it pushin along by the drove, and I
was naked fest wun way and thou an•
abhor ontil my bones tilted, mud nay Sun-
day kloze looked ez tho I had ben a
Leonia um rite strata along fur a week.
I tell you what it ie, old woman, they
anent hire me to stay in this town six
muntlas if they was to giv me a house
and lot, fur I feel jest about smuthered
eves, time I go out on the stleet and find
myself crowded to deth.
I dont spoze 1 kin ever git you to bleeve
it, but its ez true ez preeohin that the
crowds wevo seen n, Cideryille et a althea
wudent be a patchin to the fokes to be
thee hero, no matter which way yon look.
You kno what a hundred steers look like?
Well, the crowds here are a hundred
times bigger site than that. Theres
thousand times more peevel here than I
epozed had ever ben born, and the world
meet be rite smart bigger than I thaws 11
was, to mu feed muff to keep um from
starvin to della. If I only had two cents
a head fur the fokes Ive seen already Doe
jest about sure that I mad set down and
whittle all the rest ov my life and yet not
be in any danger at all ov havin to go to
the poor house, even if 1 was to live to be
a hundred years old.
Imo still Bruther Jevlue's houee,
and Mats ez good 09 it weeks board saved
at a tavern. Theyre rite mart crowded
at the passunidge, the, and ez I notise
that the bread is a bein sot furder and
feeder Iran, me evry time 1 go to the
table, rant bleeve Ile stay here more
than anther week before I look around
to see if I cant and me it boerdin house.
The But clay I was at Bruther javlens
the bread wozzent more than a foot from
my plate, but this evenin I had to stand
up to reaoh it with my fork. Besides
me there is it kuzzin ov Sieber Javlun,
by the name of Hicks, who has his wife
and chile with him, and lows to stay a
munth. They hadent heeled frum him
fur nine yeer, ontil last spring he found
out where they was, and take to ritin
them the nicest kind ov it lethal; moat
evry week. Ile finally kunkluded that
he wud kill two birds with wun stone by
kummiu to eee the World's Vara and at
the same time pay Bruther Javluns fates
a visit.
Next to me at the table is a winder by
the name ov Winter, who wears the hyest
back kerne I ever seen in mwomuns head,
and tawks ez tho she had tettea hard
hold which had settled on bee °hist.
She was won ov Bruther Javluns leadiu
members wheu he was on the Brash.
town sirltut, and wrote a pont with
leven verses in it, evry wun ov which
ended with Gabor Inv or abuy, and was
printed in the nezepaper there when he
left. She has her dawter Snowy with
her, and the is it rite britt gal who
goons peens to tie most eery mornin
and nem. Theyvo ben here two weeks,
mad I ha,int ben able to git no kind ov a
hint out ov the widder when she expects
to go bolt. She goes out to the fare evry
day, and rites down a lot ov things about
it in a, big red bilk° at nite. I asked
Brattier Sevin if he lowed guide Lathy
ontil she filled her btike. Ile looked up
terrible skeert and sed he (Bacot lam,
but reckoned not.
The next icapple is two old maids by
the name ov Denis, who ynet to go to
the Beene simieary with Slater Javlun
when oho was s gel. They are Marra
Smoke Hill, and evry time we kum to.
gethee won or tether be sure to, tell ns
about Wen ov the wundeeful tillage that
takes Ono out West. They Item the
next day after I did, tint so Inc neether
Wen ov nna has dropped it hint about
What their Intim is as to When dactyl go
bask. Sister JavItin sod today that she
was it lookin fur two or throe ahem, but
she dident lino jest When they Wed turn
up. Its it good.thing that thither Jay.
len has got to pesticunidge about tax Soleil
ex big se the wun he had at Glanville,
and that his wages be also about four
times ez meta. It must be a good deal
ov kueofort to hirn and hie wife to find
out that they hay got so many Lamb
who like to visit with um,
Sut I must tell you thout how ny I
Rum to bein stnutherea the fest nits I
was here by blowle oat the Los,
never Seen the beet ov their lamps.
They hey um all serewed fast to the well;
and you cant (Larry utn around 'a bit.
Anther Icarus thing sheath um is that
they dont pear to need no wick. I was
dredful bired the nite 1 got here, and
Reber rich my letter to you I didenb
waste no time in hlowin out the lite and
gotta to bed, but altho I was terrible
drowsy it was quite a bit before 1 cud go
to eleep. There was Seal a dredful bad
smell an the room that I was afeerail
mebbe a mb had clied behind the ward-
robe and badent never bed got out. At
last Mao, I dropped to sleep, and begun to
dream that I was it bele choked almost
to debh, and bit peered ez tho seinthin as
big as m tree was a tayin akrose my
Waist.
Jest then there wee a great poundin itt
the door, and I jumped out of bed a
shakin in evry Pet, fur 1 didont kno bet
what the house was on lire and the pump
handle broke. "Open the door quick!"
Brother Javlun yelled, and you better
blow) I dun it, but the next Intuit I
grabbed all my things and was ready to
break fee the middle ov the street.
Tbe preeuber throde open all the win-
ders quicker than I oud boll it, and then
in a manner that peered to me to be a
good deal excited, he asked me if I had
blode out the gas. I told him 1 'leant
blode out within but the lite, and asked
him what alae he expeakted me to do with
it. At that he broke into a hal, anil sed
he mite a hnode that I wudeut kno
nuthin about bow to monniage gas, and
it was his fault that I had ben lowed to
go to bad without bein showed about it.
Ile fardermore sea that blowin out the
gas was about the want thing anybody
cud do, and that it mite not only hav
smothered me to death, but killed eery -
body else in the house.
After waitin quite a epell Inc the air to
bekum safe snuff to strike a match in, he
lit the end ov the pipe agin and showed
me how to inguneer the thing. Its dun
by turnip on a fussit the same ez you
wnd draw vinegar out ov o hart, and it
peers that the gas, which they yuee in-
elbA ov kole oil, ie nuthin more ner less
than a bad smell without no more body
to it than the things you see in it lookin
glass. It keoches fire tho, the minit you
skratch it match, and they say it will
burn Inc weeks without cancan, if you
dont stop it.
I dont kno whet they make it out ov,
but Iva got nay suspishuns that they dont
let anything ded in this town go to waste.
I dont kno what they laav to pay a gallon
far the stuff, ner bow many times a week
they hay to change blas pipes. It must be
mity cheap tho, or nobody wua be fool
anuff to ran sech great make. I wudent
keep a quart ov it in at house ov mine fur
no munny. I bought me a pound ov
candles the next day, and white I stay
bare I dont intend to run any more
resits by hustle anything to do with their
gas. I hay tied man ov my new brown
muslin haukerohntrs over the end ov the
pipe so tire that I dont see bow snuff ov
tbe stuff kin git out to do any hurt.
Out in the streets and in sum ov the
groceries, they hay a lite that makes
thing. look ez bribe ez a lot ov yunguns
at a ploknick. It butte moonlite alt bol.
ler, and anybody but it cross eyed person
cud see 110 plow eorn with it, if the rows
had been planted skate. I inquired ov
wan man about it, but I eakspeekt he
sumhow or ether mistrusted that I was
from the country and sea it wai dun by
leaktricity. It beats all how many
things they try to matte us farnaersbloove
theyve got to dein by leolctrioity. A
boob quint told mo wont that the dock.
tars cud take a fab man and make a lean
pun ov bin, in ten minits, by jest wrap -
pin a wire round him a few times and
then turnin on the lecktrioity, but I
didenh altogether bleeve ib bekoz ha
oudent answer me it word when I asked
him what belcum ov the grease.
Bo I say me rite smart joobus about the
belts Ines a bein made by lecktrioity. I
lino tbeyve got to dein ever so Lanny
queer things with lightnin, but Ire not
quite reddy to bleeve that they kin make
at take the place ov taller in furnishin
lite Inc a town like Shelcawgo, without
jumpin out ov the traces and kiokin down
a bildin avry whipstitob. Menu what
kin find out tho, there dont peer to be no
bad smell about it, and it dont seem to
need mach smiffin. What kind of
miselauff wud be harried loose if it was
to be blade out I dont lino, bat 1 oak.
speokt sumthin awful wed he sure to
feller. hov not yit ben to the fare,
bekoz Ive ben a nein so many big sites
fur nuthin that it looked like foolishness
to go out there and pay it half a dollar.
reckon tho, mebbe Ile take et start be.
fors .1 rite you anther letter.
Ims terrible tired tonight with trampiu
around so watch, and sal bleeve Ile bite
this letter a little short and quit. So
farewell fur this time. No mere at pros.
at. Fr um your huebtin,
Smte GANDiniroOT,
1. 0. 0. F. (RAND LODI3E.
Grand Lodge opened at Niagara Falls
at 0 a. tn. on Friday of last wook, Grand
Master Joliffe presiding, Votes of thanks
to various persons and corporations were
passed. It was resolved not to ohmage
the method of selecting Ramberg of the
Grand Locige. It was resolved to csoom.
mend that the Grand Lodge's representa-
tives in the Sovereign Grand Lodge be
directed to request that the Grand Lodge
be extborized to recognize the servioes of
Bro. Ormiston. of Gananoque, and thab
tho title of Past Grand Master be given
him for the year in which he served as
Grand Mester. It was decided not to
appoint a medial examiner to examine
and pass on all melted papers, tho same
as life insurance companies.
Moved by Rep. Sargent and seconded
by Rep. Bunt, that when this Grand
Lodge adjourns it doss so to meet in the
city of Eitigston in Aug., 1801. Atnend.
events were offered for London and Ham.
ilton, It was almost unanimously de.
oided to meet in Kingston in 1801,
Gloved by tire. Thus WoOdwatt and
seconded by Bro. J. Montego that the
inoolning Gran Master, BrO, Joseph
Oliver, bo an accredited repethentetive to
the gathering in Chimp) in September
in conjunotinh with the pethont Grand
Mator, Bro. Joliffe, no- additiontd ex.
taanse to be inerred by the appointenent.
Carried,
TUE BRUSSELS POST
The installation 11 officers wee pro-
ceeded with As r01,10W0 :—G. his Joe;
Oliver, Toronto; W. H. Hoyle, Oalloinft.
ton, Dep. Grand Mader ; Tbioit. Wood,
.yatt, Brantford, Grand Warden ; J. /3,
King, of Toronto, Grand Seeretery ;
Wm. Beaman, Toronto, Sound Trona
urer. The following brothers were ap.
pointed and installed by Grand Warden
Oliver to the reapeotivo °Owes :—C rand
Marshal, Dr. MoLurge, of Wuociatods ;
Grand Concluder L, Pascoe of Bel ca
elite ; Grand Geordie'', 11, L. Webber,
Elmira ; Grand Herald, 13ro. Patterson,
Waubitualmne ; Grand Chaplain, Rev.
F. W. Armstrong, Trenton ; Junior Past
Grand Muter, Bev. T. W. Joliffe,
This closed the business of the Grand
Lodge for this session,
The Oultamblan Meese Tont —Wise Bust
Milk Producer.
The Department of Agriculture, at the
World's Fair, have &nuanced the de -
Melon in the Columbian cheese test.
This test was one of the most (template,
the most carefully conducted, and most
thorough that has ever been made. The
jetheys, Guernseys, and Shorthorns coin-
peted, each with 25 oows. The result is
as follows :—Milk in fifteen days by
Jersey, 13,200 pounds ; Guernsey, 10,-
938 pounds; Shortlioned,12,180 pounds.
Cheese made in fifteen days, jeesey, 1,-
451 pounds ; Guernsey, 1,130 pounds;
Shorthorned, 1,077 pounds. Wine of
cheese, Jersey, 6193.08 ; Guernsey, 0135.-
02 ; Shorthorn, 4140.14, The award for
the best bred cow was given to the Jemmy.
Out of the cows, Ida 1VIerigold, owned by
0. Sweet, of Buffalo, N. Y., received
the first prize.
WIteiN 4.1.101le Siem.
Han state pays tribute to Bangkok,
A rich man will often bequeath a limb
bo the birds and banal.
Libraries are often kept in tanks to es -
Cape the ant's ravages.
The king is absolute but claims no
absolute rights over the land.
The bodies of the poor are given to the
vultures and wild beast.
Even the cutting of the king's hair is
made the occasion for rejoicing.
The position of women is good, ',al-
though girls can be sold as wives.
The people have great festivals at the
beginning and end of the rainy season.
The negleot of the heir to perform fu-
neral rites renders his clean to the
property invalid.
When a crime is committed the family
and even the neighbors ars held responsi-
ble for the criminal's appearance.
The yearly rainfall at Bangkok on an
average of 10 years is 57 4.10 inches, of
whin 50 58.100 fall from May to October.
Elephants are very numerous in the
South and. East. They are as intelligent
its the India elephant, but usually less
highly trained.
During the web season travelling
through a largo eeation of Siam would
hardly be possible without elephants, of
whin some are kept in every village.
:Struck Gas in Manitoulin.
Manitoulin is exalted by the opening
of a gas well at Little Current. W. 11.
Backe in the Inky owner of the property
on which the web exists. The discovery
eame about in this wet, as told by the
Expositor —
Lamb summer Mr. Becks undertook, to
bore for water on his lot. Digging
ab int eight feet oE soil the men employ-
ed came to the rook and had lo start the
drill. They worhett away steadily until
at the depth of about GO feet when some
gas was noticed. The boring was non-
tinued and a rumbling sound could be
heard, at the same time as escaped
freely at the top. They worked away
until they got to the depth of GO feet and
water was streak. The water came into
the well very rapidly, and in a short
time it was within two fest of the top.
It was thought by everybody that it was
going to hem genuine artesian well. Tbie
state of affairs existed for a short time,
when to their surprise the water went
down until the well was nearly dry.
Since only about two pails of water
could be got a day,
This summer Mr. Becks determined to
sink his well deeper, and after boring
about twelve feet more a tremendous
rumbling was heard. The well was per-
fectly dry, and in order to drill the rook
it wits necessary to pour water .down.
'Upon quitting work Thursday night a
strong smell of gas was noticed and a
light was applied to the mouth of the
web. Immediately there was a tremen.
dons llama.
A pipe was inserted into the hole and
a light applied; the gas continued to
burn with a flame two feet long, This
fire was kept going for two or three
hours, no decrease in the flow being per.
ceptible. Word was sent down, and an
immense concourse of people gathered to
witness the great discovery. The well
woe left open, the float of gas continued
all night, and in the morning when
lighted the flow was as strong as ever.
The supply coming out of the well would
be sufficient bo light a large town. Mr.
Beaks intends sinking the well still far.
thee, and it is expeoted that an increased
quantity of gas will be obtained.
In this region, when any greet depth
is attained, quite a pressure of gas is
found, and if properly handled would
provide fuel and light for a city us large
as Toronto.
LEI! US 411,11/ 1.1113(01.
You ottn't toll by the blossoms which
of the apples will be wortny.
Anything that would be considered
rude at home is oonaidered a bugs joke
at a piomic.
"What thole shall I nee?" said the
laborer bo bis foreman. "Oh, take your
pick," was the easy reply,
Why express surprise that a young
man should get giddy when a pretty girl
violently turns his heed.
Our idea, of a Christian is a Men woo
dooen't !Aug!' when it rains On 0 pia Me
party to which he was not invited.
"What's the name of your new boat ?"
"I named it Bridget aftee the cook, be-
cause it melee such heavy rolls,"
"raiser sings beautifully, they tell mo
Ito can't tell the tenth." "That's right.
He is the most tutieful lyre' iu the
County."
An awful responsibility edge upon
the 111011 who lute deanitely made up his
mind at IDA that it is time for him to
paint his hone.
Upstreet—"Hullo I 'I didn't ltneev
you were a bioyeliat. How long have
yeti been riding ?". 33. Oinner--" 'Bent
two Weeks off and on."
sq was onetime al churn and pub 01
in the box when I Jotondeil to glvajonly a
Uwe," base of coutrilantere negli.
gone, ao to speak."
She—"Idow many times have you been
in love before you met me ?" He—
"Once." She—"And why didn't you
natter' tier 2" 110—"She was married
&tree y.'
"Brim was feeling pretty gay when
he went to the °tub Witt eight. How
did be make out ?" didn't make
001 51 ell, they bad to pub Min out."
Clara—"Why are you so bitter against
him, just beeaufse he proposed and you
reamed him ?" Mande—"The wretch I
Ile said ha would never ask me again."
Anne—Do you know, Mabel, I had
two offers of marriage last week ? Mabel
—My darling Anne 1 1 ma so delighted 1
Theo it is really true that your uncle has
left you all bis money 7
"Were you introduced to the Count
last night, Marie ?" "Yes, we talked
together for an hour," "What did you
tent about ?" "1 haven't the remotest
idea. We spoke French."
They were speaking of superstitious
and Mrs. Dix said, "What is at the sign
ofjto have the family eat howl outside at
night 1" "Of a death in the family if
a good shot," replied Dlr. Dix, emphati•
amity.
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Great efforts to dispose of all classes of Boots and Shoes in
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