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» -- L19 ' \\ his recognition Even if Lady Macdonald was about to be taken and the result of and 1 suggested 1,4; my giiiiirmim, the into

devoted to each other-he walked in the the eloquent veliemence of his appeal asi prapgr 1° wiiig upon SirJ01m mid inquiie

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_ -'Great men moved upon the stage of tempered, too, and capable of instant dc- Canadlan affairs at the date of confedera_ cision upon all questions great or small tion. Foremost among them was Sir His nature was kindly and generous, but John Alexander Macdonald, the first sometimes arbitrary, an essential weuli Premier of United Canada. When the ness of almost all great men. He had an `llrst Parliament met at Ottawa he was 52 intense appreciation of wit and humor years of age. Of slender build, medium and loved a joke, even at his own ex.

height, smooth-shaven, with curling pense. When younger he perpetrated '

' l°°lIB.llndai>rvmlnen_t nose, he had the many practical jokes upon his friends or he spoke with his hands deep in his? -__-7-~------~__ _..-_

strong, bold, and aspiring face of an his rivals. He walked the streets with a trousers pockets, his head perpetually ln‘ -whom the bravest lpjglit -basl-vt4te~ to in-

A eagle. He was llthe and sinewy, active loose and shuilling step, nodding with a pmotion, with alittle laugh at the end offcounter. ` `

and quick in every movement, quick pleasant smileto any one and every one each sentence that name trlpplngiy to his' Aa iiierk to ii cnmmitgeg appointed in V ' " whose eye he chanced to catch. It niat~‘t0nilU¢’»ll€SlfllUllFlf1`f“lllBllUy f0l‘ H WDM' tlie"eai'ly days of confederation I once

4>_.~'7__,..:,» 1-hi i ` U H . , _fp ,tered not that he did noi personally knowgand then finding the best word possiblefipuiiimaned him 1_0 nimnd mid give evi.

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... / A _ S t . them all or half of them. He knew that, At other times when his Government was dence and ufterwm-(15 took down his

` ”' O everyone knew him and would appreciate indiiiiculty or danger, when a questioni testimony, He was Premier 9( Canada

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plomatically guarded while often fadi- tions. Frequently he only seemed to re-

ply to the quesiions addressed to him. Sometimes he made the questioner be- lieve that he had been answered although

I his reply contained no real answer. When' ` himself addressing the House his manned

wasas variable as his moods. Sometimes

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Wt Y- V > O' ` "'v_` ' O " '""""“" Uf k00P|llF§ SWD- In his BEM ill UW C0111' attend. He said no-tu send the usual

Continued. the late \Vm Schurmnn, one of our A few stalks only-here and there a moms he was qume as c,,_re1ess of his ,,111 -summons’ and this I __ud_..You are

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llc beciinica very prosperous farmer and at mi .iaith bequeathed this valuable i pi-opi»i~iy to his youngest son Harry. This farm did not extend to Richmond Bay, as the burying place of the first set-

iii~r,~in Lot 17 intervened between it and , T

i-lit' Iiiiy.

The ground in use for burials wasenclos- ed by it substantial stone wail and a cross

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ei-oi-[vii in the centre of thc enclosure.

I-`ntliurl’oirier P. P. of Mischouciie had

tliei-ross placed therein the year 1Sl0 or iibouttliat time. The same priest had the remains taken up and placed in Mis:-nnche cemetery many years since, but iliosc who cultivate this field at ‘

ilii»i\rr:.-entilay are strangers to these W

lat-ls. One incidental will relaic in con- nvciion with one of those buried there.

It is as follows:-A young man was F

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found frozen and dead by some of the old l‘rancli and buried in this ground.

llc was recognized afterwards when the T

remains were being moved by his dress, as lic had been buried as he was found, his coat having bright buttons. Tiicsi-\\~arc found with his remains- It was never known who he was.

We will now retrace our steps and iollowiiie road lending to Washington Ciii-r`,-, the last resident on the North St. ]'I|t-:u\ors`s road.

'i`iii- ilrsi. building on iliis road and near A

ilu-ly lJrn_~xwell‘s was a grocery store run ini' »\iit-ii Fra.~er before be became an M.

'i-iicr in his last omitted mention- la

ing, liobcrt, the youngest of the Craswell iii fiimiiy. Ile settled on part of the last A put-i-liiise alittle beyond the Post Oillce. ni

rgest and most respected farmers of _ leaf- tade, and was far from being a dandy in 5;d“-Y’ "I" was “ DW" .and W°|“` There was not left on them one f‘iow'ret his dress. He wrote many letters, trac- lien Howatt eldest .son ofthe before ram ing the words mpmly ,md yeh forming

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cnuoned Ismw Howntt' Nor spears of grain enough for one small every character with a graceful precision.

Later on me writer Wm °°“tin“° this sheaf. His antograpliic letters were specimens of 'lsmry' ` ""`- neatest chirography, u. standing rebuke

She probed her heart for thankfuluess,

Huasar G. Coiurroiv. to nil slovenly writers of illegible mann.

and sought

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In wonder at its sharp and deep set script. As he turned a page, used the

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blotting paper or enclosed the written

HE Sh found the record of that em, og sheet iii its envelope it was his frequent

6 y practise to place the middle of the pen

drought

When people starved and all their work

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holder in his mouth and hold lt thus till

ready to resume writing. Not infrequent-

utside hor cottage door the Rector WHS W* ll- .

pnuged A thought' “the min," rekindled her be_ ly ns he turned to listen to a speaker who

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was behind him or l'a1'i.lier to the rear of

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Thcili slowIY drew his glove across his ' Sheemta “ner impulse sur her heart the Chamber' he would with 5 quick

pa m. I ' motion throw both legs over the arm of

` H” "°"‘i"'°“‘""‘°“"'”' "‘”"‘ ’t"“““°" NW "l'°“ld he' gratitude subdue 'er his chair and so sitnair doubled up mi no

_ . . _ 1 t V _ V Himsa; 1 1 1,1, 1 f d ij Ag; Qlfelp her bear through life her had heard as much as he desired' And

s wo s o oose e r ree om an 1

To this poor widowed creature. Therei Mid harvest emblems in the church was

But ever outward to the graveyard

wood,

hat held beneath its shade all she called

dear.

Her eyes, so full of sorrow and regret,

Were busy shaping speetres, that no tear

Could dim a moment from her slghti

and yet

She listened closely to his full, rioh voice-

That pledged eternal joys for those pre-

pared,

juice-

Siic felt hor burden less, tbni. he had

sliiired;

1'. Nt-xt clinic I.lenjamin Se|iurman`s. Fun though but twice U your the good

li.-nu-neiiiilnirizotract of land, paitof \\'bii-li is now in the hands of Charles

/\inl|~\~\\~ and his son George. Mr. An- I iii-cw (aim: to this Islniid in liii2 rind be-

rinin- one of the most successful farmers I

on this road. Next in order was ii

lii»n_ianiin Rogers, a blacksmith. ii. N. llopc, a fine English gentleman, _

c.i|nnni~xt. Mrs. Hugh Massy of Sum-` nwr,~if|o is one of his daughters. llc also liirinvil largely. llissecond wife, a very csilmnbic lady also resides in Summer-

man went

Among ihe parish poor of old St. John, i

lc made these visits tell, and gently senl A gmt-inns spirit, speeding on and on,

lives.

lt strengthened them that he, of noble

birth.

Slionld come and help them hold the

faith that thrives

But lainely, when 'tis left to self and

earth.

side. This fine property was 'sold alter on most ocmslons when he wok 1,5,

Mr. ilope's death and is now ln ihe hiiniis of Charles Andrew, jr., a flourish- lllu young farmer.

\\’ni. Andrew and family are on an ex-

cellent. farm purchased from the heirs of tlielntell. A. Compton, father of ih0 llriwt-nt Mayor of Sumnierside. The i=Iiii»st son of Wm. Andrew holds the lniianca of the Scliurman lands. Wm. 1\nllrewIsl`an\od for his fine dairy as Wtllins thelaigo number fat hogs taken by hlin tu market.

Isaac llowatt oaine next. On his vacat- l'l1rtliisfa\‘ni\Vm. Campbell settled on llfllizain and after him Mr. Stewart of Milli"-“illc. At the present time Rufus llraswell, eldest gun of i,iio into 'R0bt- Craswell, as well as his son John Craswell‘ an/1 family an mining tiara. 'ram 'liinin are good substantial farms. ’i‘he‘next far|n':`wa.s owned by Wm.

Coates, a highly educated English gentle- min from Suffolk. He was one of our eiriic-at tea hers. The Hon. Samuel nn~an's family wafqfnratiiiniznt by him- linrry 0. Green* in the last survivlnil iiicniber of ihid fliiliily. Edwin Diirby. E~*'|.awcllkeown and muah respected reiiiiientlil Elllinnt Boy also attended. hissoh0Dl.‘..";, 5.- ' ° I

leave,

These are the simple lessons he would

give,

‘Deny yourselves, good people," or, “Per

ceive,

Hovyin a gift your liliankfulness may

live."

That day the good mnn looked perplexed

--at first

Upon her stolid face and sad Stray eyes-

'rnen at the poverty ol »ll. and dursli Not speak advice; \-'Ui' Will. “WM”

God denies

llis creatures what thc! ING. Ol' Seem W

need, '

And places i-hliitles in th¢ $054 °f

wheat,

U9 knoys that in their hearts thero is a

seed,

which nl.-liiml wily. l!'°-_°"i'1'~_ ei Bl'

feet." ~

'Twain' long before her droar inaoilvt

mmdl

g,..i¢msp-ii aiiun-. oia»init the motor

said,

SM aniy knew, poor soul, that be will

kind, i

and that lin- iaith thevgll flylnir. will

not dead

{Bhe looked around her Qnfdln. N913 N15

nd restful peace in which ago might re-i

nto their care, and work enroughened

For lo che wrote, “I thank God for the

rain."

Ecvma FLOYD Fnomicxu,

“LONnoN, Oct. 14.--Among the decora-

tions at a‘ harvest thanksgiving service at

'St. Johns, Blackprool, was a bottle of W water labeled, “ nnnk ood for the H rain," It was the contribution of a u

Womantoopoori-o afford u. gift oi’ fruit, flowers or vegetables.

Montreal, Canada. W

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their mlm’ woman S par assume a dignity worthy of the great hen nolntlniz out just lww her duty lay. V A battle niieii from nat hai- aisufnrs stare, mmm” he was

ould suddenly start into life with a

she stood i - lain But whether writing, or sitting nfpar-

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orlornly mute, nor even lookedvliis way, And She wap 31511 as were her words, yes ently llstless, with his head half wearily v‘ I I ‘ V

` more reclining first on one shoulder and then HUBERT G. C'oMPToN.» ~ Chrnadzlbazetge at Ottawa. 'lhe Glvlw.

. ~ » V t roug ite ttawa correspondent, the

on the other he was always alert to what W 1 ’ 1, 1 id in the 1-10u_q9_ one °f the “dest “nd "mst ’°sp°°t'ed postlthen filled, had three times secret-

“S 9° ng °“ °r e "3 sa . residents of St. Eleanors and a valued . In his most apparently careless 1110011 he writer in The Magazine Guardian. 'Y °"”“‘“°“ *he °“b’f'““”° °f “hes”

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hereby summoned and required to at- tend," Scc. He came, although he had been ill and absent from the House for

some weeks. Without a note_ or scrap of writinghe gave bis testimony, under ex- amlnation by Edward Blake,giving dates, facts and figures concerning the impor- tant transaction which had taken place twenty years before, clearing up a dark inysteryand relieving himself from blame under which he had long wrongfully rest- ed. The incident demonstrated the re-

markable clenrncss and rctcntivcness of his memory.

Later, in the early eiglities,Ihad oc.

casion to put tnasevere test Sir Jolin's

odlolaloourtesy ton. political opponent. ,He was then Minister of the Interior and tholand regulations in The North- vvestwere matters of great general in- terest. They were being frequently champ: e i and theseohanges were invariably sent tx the Toronto Mail to appear in its Saturday’s issue simultaneously with the

changes simultaneously with The Mull.

eady retort or perhaps a bad pun that At such times with dashing eye and ln_ ‘Sir John was naturally angry at eo_seri. ‘mm Stugger “D udvemary or pub the iiated breast tossinghls curling locks mls” leak from his aw" department'

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ouse in a roar at his expense. Yet in his whole frame Mlmdtedwith lmpetuouu ,Just then Ilearned that the regulations

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"swung questions he was nlwuys di' life he seemed a redoubtabie warrior iwgrem be 'mum change ' 8 secm i

means by which previous information hid been got could not be again used. l tlicreforc applied to the bead of the Linds Di-pnrlzinent to obtain the rlesircd

rt-fu:~erl

mc. SirJuiin\vas not then in his dc-

pirliiietil but iii lioiue. When I

for him l was told be was very angry and

iiiquirixd

'l liiiibhettcv not see him. “Will you

give mea niensenger to take ii letter to

‘aim at Stadacona Iliilll" I asked. “l

.vili," he replied , “but do you think Sir

--iohn will answer the letter of The Globe

Joorrespondcni, after all that has occurred? 'I do not." The letter was written, the

messenger took it away nnii the corres-

}»ondcnt\\'nited. lndue time the nies-

s 'ngvr returned. The answer was court-

*-eous as il. was prompt and satisfactory.Its -substance was. “The amended land re-

gulations will not be given to any news- paper ln advance of their publication iii the Oamida Gazette." '

l "§i'r¥i9a.&i1iAo£aACh1i|~loi.tetov\ n man.

would have the new regulations as soon as The Mail. Smliingly I handed over

the letter tothe Land Ufllce oillcinl. He

this beats the il-l," lic said. llc had been long inihe civil service but he did

were in vogue there was a Civil _St-rvie. niirht at wbicli Sir John preside i, having around iilin the Deputy 1\lini.stcr.~i and chief oflicers of i.bc Parliament and llc Pnrtments. Ile spoke of the high stand- ing of the service and the ability and worth of the men about him, for the ap polntment of most ofwhonihc was i‘e.-piiin

sible. Then he turned and addressed i

each u few fitting words of complimei|i_

each person so addressed standing up for the moment. “To you Dr. Wicksteeil who know all the law, and you Dr. Tod ' who have not merely nn American bu;

aist. Several of the men adflrcs.-.. with difficulty repressed their einotim. and one grave oilicinl shed tears. Sui-I

are some ulinipses of the gi-uiitest of ih- Fntliers oi' Coniederai.iun in his ever

day life. He had not only the qnailiilv of greatness in statecraft but that qnaliip of mind and heart which grapples] inin tobim with hoops of steel and mad.

him beloved as much as he was nilinii-iii,

PSETRY MADE

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Having read your explicit iiislriictioiis

on"‘How to Make Farm Poetry" in thi-

Guardian of Saturday, Nov. ilfitii., I thoughtlwould give it a trial. As the ground was frozen bard ii. was diiilcult to

drive stakes, so the nirasurc is a liiilv lunie. The imagination too. is prol_m|il_v faulty, as, having lived on ii farm all ni; life, it required a big stretr-li of imiiginn tion to believe “I am a goes-c_" ’i'|ii-, “Strenuous l.lfe"on the farm, is not ei. conducive to the play nf iiiuiiriiiiii ion, as i.-t the “Simple l.ii'c" in an liiliioi-`.~ .'-_:ini-iiiin.

llcrc is ihe 1’nciry:-

This goose, this goose, ilinft. \\niii to 11,.,

loose,

But would rather stay liciiu- on (lil-

farm.

For if it not into an l'Idiioi`s i-iniir It assuredly would dn some lmriu, So at home it will slay on Lin- snug: liiii.,

farm

Norllsiiio “il(‘i'n_1"`i'iiiis:i;.:iiii, But lie life ii. will give fur iiii- gooil 1,(

nmnkind,

And iiS<1nilisfoi‘ nn TCdiioi`s1ii‘n.

lfaliai (li\i»_<i-:_

I7. S.-This is the kind of poi-Li~y (hm

\\'ill not keep on the farm, i-vi-n \\-in-ii well salted. Could you l<imli_v innk.. place for it in your vi asia' paper lnisiivi.

I htld gained my point. The Globe

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