The Brussels Post, 1887-7-29, Page 3JULY 29, 1887. ,
THE THERMOMETER EIOXS,
This whole day long I've heard men kink,
Ancl, now that they are through,
By Mercury I I think its time
I hick a little, too.
And, first,'I kiok'gainst being hung
In weather melt as this;
'Tis bad enough to hang, indeed,
But, Mars, to hang and sizzl
At least I hick'gainat being hung
Bight in the hottest place,
With not n handkerohinf to wipe
Dc grecs from oil my face.
And though, to keep my spirits up,
Itis not herd to do,
Perverse es it may seem, perhaps,
I kick against tltnt, too,
BUILDING MONUMENTS.
Through life we build our monuments
Of honor and, perhaps, of fame ;
The little and the great events
Are blooks of glory or of shame,
The modest, humble and obscure,
Living unnoticed and unkn„wn,
May raise a shaft that will endure
Longer than pyramids of stone.
The carveu statue turns to duet,
And marble obelisks decay ;
But deeds of pity, faith and trust
No storms of late can sweep away.
Their baso stands on the rook of right,
Their apex reaches to the skies ;
They glow with the increasing light
Of all the oiroling centuries.
Ourbuilding must be good or bad ;
In words we speak, in deeds we do ;
On sand or granite must be laid
Thu shaft that shows us false or true.
How do we build—what pan we show
For Lours and days and years of toll ?
Is the foundation firm below;
Is it on rock or sandy soil ?
The hand that lifts the fallen up,
That heals a heart or binds a wound,
That gives the needed crust and cup,
Is building upon solid ground.
Is there a block of stainless white
Within the monumental wall,
On which the sculptured skill can write:
"Ho builded well ; so should we all I"
CO.OPERATI:WE PASTRY POETRY.
Fair Phyllis made a pretty cake,
To please her papa's palate;
Her parent put it en a stake,
And used it for a mallet.
--Philadelphia News.
And then she made a big mince pie,
In manner new and novel ;
Her father seized it with a sigh,
And used it for n shovel.
—New York Morning Journal.
And then she stirred a pan of dough,
And made a mese of biscuit ;
And passed them to her sweetheart,
though
He thought ho wouldn't risk it.
—Marblehead Folio.
•
Shetooksomo yeast, some flour and lard,
And, true to duty's call,
She baked them in a lump so hard
It made a good baseball.
—Richmond Baton.
Some cookies next day she deftly made,
All sugared round the edges;;
Her pa, in the wood splitting trade,
Found they made stunning wedges.
—Fall River Advance.
Sweet Phyllis made a loaf next night,
With wonder working skill;
Her papa filled it with dynamite,
And fired !—the loaf's there still.
—St. Paul Herald.
Not yet content that she'd done enough,
Some beefsteak next she fried,
It name from Henderson of course 'twas
tough,
She tackled a piece and—died.
—Henderson Gold Leaf.
Some days before she got the steak
She baked a batch of bread,
Her parents ate n loaf of it,
And both of then aro dead.
THE OLD FIREPLACE.
The blessed old fireplace 1 how Wight it
appearst,
As back to my boyhood I gaze,
O'er the desolate mete of the vanishing
years
From ihegleom of thesolonolatter days;
Its lips are as ruddy, its heart is as warm
To my fancy,to-night, as of yore,
When we pudded around it and smiled
at the storm,
As it showed its white tenth at the door.
I remember the apple that wood aha red
flame
Till the blood bubbled out of its oheek,
And the passionate popcorn that smoth•
ered its shame
Till its heart split apart with a. shriek ;
I remember the Greeks and the Trojans
who fought,
In their shadowy shapes 60 the wall,
And the yarn, in thick tangles, my fingers
held taut,
While my, mother was winding the ball.
I remember the pat that' lay 'Oozy and
curled
By the jamb where tho.flaines. Sicker.
ed high,
And the sparkles—the fireflies of winter
that whirled
Up the flue, as the wind whistled by,;
1 remember the beld.headed, bandy-leg.
gad tongs,
That irownad like a fiend in nay faoo,
Ina Fury of passion, repentiag,tho wrongs
They hall borne in tlas old fireplace.
remember the etpaiv Isom the kettle,
that breathed
As soft as the flight of a soul,
The long handled skillet that epluttered
and Seethed
With the hatter that burdened its
bowl,
X remember the rusty, Identical nail,
Whore the criminal pot -hooks wore
hung ;
The dragon -taped andirons, the old cedar
pail,
The gourd and the peg where it swung.
Bob the fire has died out on the old cabin
hearth,
The wind clatters loud thro' the pane,
And the dwellers—they've flown to the
ends of the earth,
And will gaze on it never again ;
A forget.me-not grows in the mouldering
wall,
The last, as it were, of its rape,
And the shadows of night settle down like
a pall
On the stones of the old fireplace.
NATURAL LA11 UAt1E 01S MAN.
A. few years ago a 'moiety of em-
inent men in Paris discussed the
question : What language would a
child naturally speak if never
taught ? The devout Catholics
were of opinion that tho Hebrew
language would be spoken in these
circumstances.
One scientist was of opinion that
some forth of the Chinese language
would be the natural tongne. Twen-
ty different results were predicted.
At last it was decided to test the
matter, and a committee was ap•
pointed to oarry out the experiment.
Two infants were procured and put
in the charge of a deaf and dumb
woman who lived in the Alps and
made a living by rearing chickens
and tending sheep.
The woman was given etriat in-
junctions to allow no one to speak
to those obildron, and as her cot-
tage was some 'miles distant from
any neighbor, the circumstances
surrounding the experiment were
very favorable.
Years rolled by, and many of the
members of the sooiety had lost
sight of this interesting experiment.
Some members of the committee
died, and there wee great danger of
the results of this wonderful test be-
ing lost t0 the world.
Fortunately two of the members
of the committee kept faithful watch
ou the case and when the children
were six years old brought them,
with their nurse, into a meeting of
the'eavante.' Every member was
on the tiptoe of expeetation as to
the result. Not one word could
either of the children utter ; their
only form of language was a won•
derfully good imitation of the orow•
ing of a 000k, or the cackling of a
hen or the bleating of a sheep The
predictions of soienee were totally
upset by a preotioal experiment.
WHAT IS MAN 1
The average weight of an adult
men is 140 lbs., 6 oz.
The average weight of a skeleton
is about 14 lbs.
The number of bones, 240.
The skeleton measures one inch
lees than the height of the living
person.
The average weight of the brain
of a man ie 81 lbs. ; of a woman 2
Ibe, 11 oz.
The brain of a man exceeds twice
that of any other animal.
Tile average height of en Eng•
Hillman is 5 ft. 9 in. ; of a French-
man 5 f0. 4 in. ; and of a Belgian
5 ft. 61 in..
The average weight of an Eng-
lishman is 150 lbs. ; of a French-
man 186 lbs. ; and of a Belgian 140
lbs.
Tho average number of teeth is
82.
A man breathes about 20 times a
minute, or 1,200 times in an hour.
A man breathes about 18 pints of
air in a minute, or upwards of 7
hogeheacla in a day.
A map gives off 4.08 per cent.
carbonic gas of the air he respires;
respires 10.666 cubic feet ofoarbon-
io acid gas in 24 hours, cooeumes
10.087 cubic feet of oxygen in 24
hours, equal to 125 pubic indica of
common air.
A man annually contributes to
vegetation 124 lbs of oarbon.
The average of the pulse in in •
fancy is 120 per minute ; in man-
hood 80, at 60 years 60. The
pulse of femalos,is more frequently
than that of males.
The weight of the circulating
blood is abont 28 lbs.
The heart beats 75 times in a
minuto ; sonde nearly ton pounds of
blood through the veins and arter-
ies each beat, and makes four boats
while we breathe onoe,
540 lbs., or 1 hogshead 11 pints
of blood pastes through the heart in
1 hour.
12,000 the., or 24 hogsheads 4
gallons, or 10,782i pints pass
through the heart in 24 hours.
1,000 oz. of blood pass through
the kidneys in 1 hour.
THE BRUSSELS POST
174,000,000 holes or cels aro in
the ]Huge, which would pews a eur-
lace 80 times greater than the hu.
man body.
DISGUSTED EVERYBODY.
Whitt, Refers to the ilanlan•flandaur
Race at Pullman on Saturday.
Ilnnll It Awarded the nate by the not.
tree—The ttrn'et(mt of llle Superior.
fly still a Platter of apeculatton—
rhe Contest ronyed la the Dark.
Probably the greatest fizzle of a
boat race ever rowed in the West
wns the ono above mentioned, in
which Ed. 13anlan nominally de-
feated Jacob Gaudaur, It had been
announced that the contest would
be for the championship of America
$1,000 a side, and to each of the
participente a slice of the reoeipte
at the gate. In addition it was ex•
potted that the result would defin-
itely decide whether Hanlon, whom
many people still believed the
world's greatest oarsman, had virtu•
ally closed his career. The rage
settled nothing and was in no par.
finder a success, not even in the
matter of gate receipts. About
1,200 people only were present, in•
stead of the 8,000 or 10,000 expect-
ed. Those who stayed away had
cause to congratulate themselves,
for the whole affair was character-
ized by execrable management, to
say nothing of the suspicion that
the race itself partook of the nature
of a hippodrome. Like the last
contest between the two men, this
race was rowed under peculiar con-
ditions, Their rase on Decoration
Day took place in the midst of e
blinding rain that prevented a (dose
watch being kept. This race they
rowed in the dark, and watching of
any kind was impossible. When
Hanlan finished in front of the
grand stand Gaudaur was a quarter
of a mile away, out in the middle
of the lake. No one on shore could
see him, and rumors of all kinds
were prevalent, some believing that
he had been capsized, while others
thought he had given up and had
been taken aboard the press boat.
Notwithstanding that the water was
particularly rough, though a fresh
northwest breeze was blowing, it
was nearly 8 p.m., and the moon
WS faintly shining before the two
men made their appearance. The
delay was ostensibly due t3 a dis•
agreement between the two oars•
men. Gaudaur claiming that the
articles of agreement guaranteed
him "smooth water." At last
when everyboey was famished and
disgusted, -Referee Alexander Harp-
er, of the Pullman Athletic club,
declared that he would wait no
longer, and Gaudaur must row or
the race would be given to Ha-nlan.
At the outset Gaudaur took the
Lead, and was half a length ahead
as long as the pair could be seen
from the press boat. That was
scarcely more than a third of the
source, for the smoke of the tugs
and the darkness speedily hid them
from view. Both were pulling
thirtyfour strokes to the minute.
They hast turned the stake, and
were nearly half way to theline be-
fore the wretched tub provided as
a press boat, again allowed a eight
of an oarsman. Hanlan was now
eight or ten boat lengths ahead of
Gaudaur, who was astonishingly
wide of course, and kept so, not-
withstanding friendly uhoute from
the reporters. At this juncture
Gaudaur spurted in a way that
showed he could have won if he
choose, but, though finishing on
about equal terms with Hanlan as
near as could be judged, was dis-
qualified by his position and the
race was given to Hanlon. After
the contest: was over,. Mr. St. John,
the backer et Gaudaur, stated that
he had toldCandour., to go out end
lose, therace. ittr. St: John ex-
plained that he did this knowing
the! tl udaur;;oould not afford' to
attempt to wine when the agreement
was^not com'pli'ofi11withand, tlie,irat.
er was. ab.smuoli in favor of'i6nlan.
Mr. St'. Johns said ho. Would` allow
the race awarded. to 13anlan-without
a struggle only that he wished to
satisfythe people by,showing them
something for their money. Han-
lan's time was 20 82 ; dietanoe
three miles.
The official returns show that
0,140 persons were evicted in Ire-
land during the quarter ended Juno
80. Of these 188 were readmitted
as tenants, and 587 as cnretakere.
After having been an engineer, a
preacher, an explorer, a dancing
master, an actor, a bank president
and a newspaper manager,, Willis
Williams was ,bundled off to tho
Iowa poorhouse the other day at the
age of 60. ldo ootildn't stripe his
forte,
Crtrritdbeema News.
Galt decoration day will bo on
the 22nd.
James Crawford, Chief Constable
of Galt, hat tent in his resignation.
Sam Jones will be in Canada
this summer only at Grimsby and
Wesley Parke,
Quinn, toe well known shirt ma.
nufaoterer, Toronto, formerly of
Guelph, is to start a branch store is
Galt,
Paisley council will be ;asked to
submit a by-law to the ratepayers
for 55,000 to construct a water.
works system.
The St. Catharines street railway
will soon be run by electricity, the
cost being about one half that of
horse power.
During last week, fines to the
amount of $700 have been imposed
in South Ontario for violation of
the Scott Act.
During the recent heated spell
workhorses suffered muoh in Ha-
milton. The mortality among
them averaged two horses a day.
Mrs. Morley was found guilty by
the Recorder of Montreal on Friday
for keeping a notorious cat nuis-
ance. She bad over 70 oats in all
in her house.
It is reported that the Great
Northwestern Telegraph Company
is about to construct a line of tele-
graph between Wiarton and Tober-
mory, 00 miles.
The Berlin Council has granted
$200 towards the preliminary sur-
vey of the C. P. R. Junction from
North Dumfries to. Berlin and the
ground is now being gone over.
J. F. Kennedy has leased new
premises in Orangeville, purchased
au entirely new plant, and the
Dnfferin Advertiser will shortly re-
appear iu a handsome new dress.
Mies Annie Salmon, daughter of
Rev. John Salmon, and sister of
Mrs. Kenneth Murray, of West
Zona, has decided to devote her life
to mission work in Central Africa.
She will leave shortly to pursue her
laborious work among the heathen
of. that country.
Dr. Mary Walker is to appear in•
full costume at a New York dime
museum and give lectures on dress
reform and woman's rights. It is
curious that such an astute person
as Mary is can not see that this is
a trick of the dime museum man
to exhibit her as one of the freaks
of modern civilization.
Said a iarbmident•.official of the
G. T. Roo a d'orointo-sips; report.
er on Thursday, —'t11be. company
will be lucky if it escapee with a
loss of $110,000 by the Si. Thomas
accident. It will take $100,000 at
least to Settle up the .injuries olefins,
and the odd $10,000will. cover the
loss of the rolling stock."
The daughter of Dr. Bonds, of
London, lefther home on Wednes-
day afternoon and nothing since
has been heard of her. The young
lady is 18 years of age. Her par-
ents can assign no reason for her
absence, and are in a state. of great
anxiety: The police have :failed to
get any trace of her whereabouts.
It is elated that the entire remov-
al of the Indians. from Oka to Gib•
son townships, Muskoka, is consid•
ered by Indian Department
officials the only practicable. 'solu
tion of the difficulty between the In-
dians and the Seminary. Those of
the Indians who settled in Gibson'
m 1881 are reported to be in a
thriving condition.
Sometwenty,-nine years ago the
wife of John McGinnis, sr., of Wel-
land, lost a fine trainee. gold ring,
and twenty seven years later the
ring was found near McGinnis' now
stable, the ring having been .lost
while Mrs, McGinnis was milking
the pow. The loug•lost ring was
then given to the littlegirl, who
again lost it ; end after the heavy
rain of Sunday last the missing ring
was again seen sparkling in the
garden, and oboe more recovered.
The Galt Reporter Bays ;—G. W.
H. Ball has in his possession a val-
uable relic with historic associations
in the shape of General Broelt'elial,
which, while not worn by the Gen.
eral at the time of his death, was
then on its way out from England,.
and has been twice used on the re-
moval of the remains. The inter.
eating retie of the great General was
presented to Mr. Ball's grandfather.
by. General Brook's aide•de-oitmp,
Barnum's great show enters Can-
ada on rho 27th ofAugust atRouees
Point and Jacques Cartier, His
railway trains are composed of 58
oars and four advertising coaches.
The show will exhibit in Guelph ou
the 10111 of September and take
their departure from Ontario at the
Suspension Bridge on the 20th of
the same month, after exhibiting in
a few of the largest towns and elites
on the line of railway,
PLEMENTS!
Having been appointed as
Agent for the Massey lifannfacturing Company
iii the place of Mr. Thomas Watson, I will at all times have the
Machinery made by the Company on hand, such as
SULKY RAKES, MOWERS, REAPERS,
BINDERS, WILKINSON'S PLOWS, ETC.
Moe and Storeroom in connection with the East Huron Car-
riage Works, where all Repairs can be had.
YOURS
TRumr,
W.m Citall3X1F.717.
FAST HURON
arriage Works
JAMES BUS ERS,
--MANUFACTURER 0r—
OARRIAGES, DEMOCRATS, EXPRESS WAGONS,
BUGGIES, WAGONS, !ETC., ETC., ETC.
All made of the Best Material and finished in a Workmanlike
manner.
Repairing and Painting promptly attended to.
Parties intending to buy should Call before
purchasing.
BLIFERENOEs.—Marsden Smith, B. Laing, Jas. Cott and Wm. Mc-
Kelvey, Grey Township ; W. Cameron, W. Little, G. Brewer and D.
Breckenridge, Morris Township ; T. Town and W. Blashill, Brus-
sels ; Rev .E. A. Fear, Woodham, and T. Wright, Turnberry.
REMEMBER THE STAND—SOUTH OF BRIDGE.
JAMES BUYERS.
=Timm
Grist and Flour Mills !
The undersigned having completed the change from the atone to the
, Celebrated Hungarian system of Grinding, has now the Mill in
First Class Running Order
and will be glad to see all his old customers and as many new ones
as possible. Chopping done.
Flour and Feed Always on Mand.
Highest Pries paid for any quantity of Good Grain.
WM. MILNE.
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