EXAMINER.

THE DAILY EXAMINER

JUNE 23, 1888.

Horse Breeding.

Some days ago, we took occasion to re- mind the farmers and breeders of this Pro- vince what their duty was in order to keep abreast of the times in breeding trotting and carriage stock. Our remarks were con- fined to the breeding of light harness horses. We now propose to consider whether our farmers can achieve financial success in the breeding of draft horses. For this branch of industry, our people are more favorably situated than they are for the production ’of the former class of horses.

We have in this Province, now, in this class, quite a collection of suitable matrons, and as to sires, we think we can challenge any part of the Dominion. Some of our drait

first honors, whether in Provincial or Do- Such sires as Brown

sires have never failed to secure

minion competitions.

Stout, Barrister, Stockman and Old Clyde have coined money for our farmers ; and much of

the success attained is attributable to the fostering care of our various Governments in placing such excellent sires within the reach of our people. Private enterprise has done a great deal in later years in im- porting this class of stock, and we think the time has now arrived when the industry no longer requires the fostering care of the Government. Success already achieved is sufficient inducement to lead our enterpris- ing breeders to keep up a good supply of sires.

A few years ago, $109 was considered a good price for a fully developed general purpose horse. To attain full development and a marketable age, (say 6 or 7 years old) a large sumof money and much valuable consumed in producing the Now the farmer

time was general purpose horse. has no difficulty in selling his year old draft filly or horse from a good dam for a much larger figure ; and the latter animal does not cust him one-third the amount ex- pended in producing the former. To make this business a success financially, people must exercise the same discretion and care that they are required to use in tilling the farms or carrying on any other

our

business.

The first consideration for the breeder is to secure a good dam. In this, he will have no difficulty, as the get of Barrister, Brown Stout and other good sires are abun- dant, and at fsirly moderate prices. It is

true a good dam cannot be procured for the price of a scrub; but a few year’s breeding will restore the money required for the purchase, with interest. There is no time or labor lost in owning a well-bred matron. She will do the work of the farm betterthan a scrub, and at the same time produce young stock that will sell at remunerative prices. We could name several brood mares in the neighborhood of Charlottetown, that have put a3 much money into the pockets of the owners, as the farms they cultivate.

It isa great temptation to a farmer of limited means to accept a liberal price for his best brood mares. If he, for a moment, only, considers the projective profits of such an animal, no consideration would induce him to part with her. Let our farmers, then, reject good prices, and keep for brood mares the pick of their stock, and they will live long enough to rejoice at their fore- sight.

It requires some means to carry on suc- cessfuly the breeding of trotters, as a good dam is high priced, and the service of a good sire is expensive, while breed- ing draft stock in a small way does not cost as much as raising scrubs, does not in any way interefere with mixed farming, and adds yearly to the coffers of the breeder. When this industry can so easily and cheap- ly be prosecuted it is astonishing how many farmers neglect their own interests in rais- ing mongrels, ata heavy loss, for the market. Let our farmers pay more attention to this matter, use their intelligence in horse

breeding, and we venture to say that mon- grel-bred sires will become things of the past.

In the selection of a draft sire the farmer has great variety from which to make his choice. Let him select the best, the purest breed in his class, and the one, for his ad-

vantages, that has produced the best results. We do not think that any trouble will be encountered in making a selection where so many good sires are available. It is a good rule, however, with intelligent breeders to avoid extreme or violent crosses.

With our excellent soil and cheap pro- duction of food, there is no reason why this Province should not make the breeding of heavy stock a financial success. The young stock will work on the farm, at two years old and they do not require the care, time and attention necessary to the pro- duction of the trotter, and are not so liable to injury. There is no money required in training this stock; and, therefore, no liability to permanent injury in attempts to acquire a fast record. This stock sells readily for good prices without any loss of time or money.

There is one thing the farmer should avoid. Never breed to a mongrel-bred sire —no matter how

individually.

promising he may be

‘THE DAILY EXAMINE

Varia.

On the 23rd of June, 1887—exactly a year ago to-day—I furnisheda series of short articles, and because they treated of various subjects I headed the column “ Varia.” Three times during the last fifty-two weeks I was crowded out, once on Christmas Eve, and twice owing to the pressure on our space during the report of a great trial. I do not claim originality for what I have written, nor to unduly obtrude my own opinions upon any subject; but | am in the habit of making notes of what | have seen, and I thought that some of what I had gathered would be interesting to THE Ex- AMINER’S readers. I have reason to believe that the ‘* Varia” column has proved inter- esting to some, to others | fear I may have given offence. I only hope that the former may outnumber the latter. Some unkind things have been said by unkind men, but I can say with all truthfulness that I have not been in the least put out by them. The kind letters that have been sent to ‘‘ Dear Varia,” and the encouragement I have met with, more than compensate me for any ill- feeling I have had to bear with.

*

General Boulanger has made a speech before the chamber. The speech announced no definite policy beyond a dissolution and the convocation of a constituent assembly, and the result was just what had been an- ticipated. He drew to his side the votes of 186 deputies, gathered from the Royal- ists, Imperialists and the Extreme party. Against him were 377 votes, General Boulanger has made a bubble reputation, say the French papers, and they look upon this defeat as equivalent to the pricking of the bubble. There are many people in France who were afraid that his reputation would be made at the cannon’s mouth. They are now jubilant, and consider that Boulangerism has received its quictus. But it must not be forgotten that when the General gained his seat for the Nord, he did not diminish the majority in the Cham- ber against him. Two things General Boulanger showed when he brought his motion before the Chamber. He is no statesman, for his speech displayed nothing new, nor any remedy for the ills of France beyond a demand for the revision of the Constitution. But at the same time he showed great self-control and coolness. He was surrounded by a howling mcb of depu- ties, who disturbed him every two minutes, of whom he took not the least notice. In his steadfastness he stood in marked con- trast to those, who, from the President down, assailed him. M. Floquet, in reply, put the rival policies} of the Government and General Boulanger clearly before the country. The one is revision by the pre- sent Chamber; the other is revision by a Constituent Assembly. M. Floquet pro- mises nothing beyond what France has already had in abundance, while General Boulanger does at least promise the un- known, and outside of the Chamber it is believed the latter will be the more popular offer of the two.

+? The gloss of the Irish Roman Catholic Bishops on the decree of the Holy Office is pretty much what might have been expect- ed. They are really attached to the Pope, so they submit. The Pope they say has not condemned the National movement. That is quite true. He has not condemn- ed the movement, but only two of the in- struments employed by Nationalists. This is all that it can reasonably desire , that he should do. Englishmen have too often de- nounced the interference of the Pope in politics, when it has been distasteful to them to have any right to invoke it when it happens to make for their interests. What is wanted in Ireland is what the Pope has done—that ends which are only politically inexpedient should be separated from means which are morally wrong. It is further stated that the Bishops have as- sured the Pope that he has been misinform- ed about boycotting and the Plan of Cam- paign, and that they are really political weapons. * * Mr. Lewis Carroll, the author of ‘‘ Alice in Wonderland,” has made a courageous protest. ‘‘I have never seen Mr. Gilbert's clever play ‘ Pinafore’ performed by grown- up actors; as played by children one pas- sage was tome sad beyond words. It oc- curs when the Captain utters the oath, ‘Damn me!’ and forthwith a bevy of sweet innocent girls sing, with bright, happy looks, the chorus: * He said, ** Damn me !” He said, ‘**Damn me!”’ I cannot find words co convey to the reader the pain 1 felt in seeing those dear children taught to utter such words to amuse ears grown cal- lous to their ghastly meaning. Place the two ideas side by side—hell (no matter whether you believe in it or not; millions do) and those pure young lips thus sporting with its horrors—and then find in it what fun you can. How Mr. Gilbert could have stooped to write, or SSir Arthur Sullivan could have prostituted his noble art to set to music such vile trash, it passes my,skill to understand.” +_*

On the 29th of October I gave a short list of the last words of some great men. 1 have increased my collection of dying words since then, and these I now give in the hope that your readers may find them interesting :—

** See how a Christian dies ! ov, see in what peace a Christian can die.” — Addison.

‘**Give the boys a holiday.”— Anaxagoras.

**T pray you all pray for me.”—Beaufort.

**Is not this dying with courage and true greatness.”—M. de Berry.

** While there is life there is will.’"—- Bronte. (He died standing.)

**T must sleep now.” —Byron.

** Remember.”—Charles I. of England.

** Oh, Jesus.’’—Charles V.

** Nurse, nurse, what murder! what blood { Oh ! I have done wrong. God pardon me !”— Charles IX. of France.

**You make me drink. Pray leave me

quiet. I find it affects my head.”—Princess Charlotte.

‘Lord, into Thy hand I commend my spirit.”” Columbus.

**My desire is to make what haste I may to be gone.”’"—Cromwell.

** You may go home, the show is over.” — Demonax (the philosopher.)

**It matters not where I am going, whether the weather be hot or cold.” —Lord Eldon.

‘**] suffer nothing, but feel a sdtt of diffi- culty in living loager.”-—Fontenelle.

** We are all go.ng to heaven, and Vandyke is of the company.”—Gainsborough.

**Whatty, what isthis? It is death, my boy. They have deceived me.”—George IV.

**Mon Dieu, Mon Dieu.”’—Gibbon.

**1 have loved justice and hated iniquity, therefore I die in exile.”—Gregory VII.

** Be serious,” —Grotius,

“God preserve the Empéror.”—Haydn,

- *

‘<T have led a happy life.” —Hazlitt.

‘“Now I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.”—Hobbes.

“If [had strength to hold a pen I would write down how pleasant and easy @ thing it is to die.” —Hunter.

‘If I die, I die unto the Lord. Irving.

** It came : lass” (i. e., the Scotch crown.)—James V. of Scotland.

**T resign my spirit to God, my daughter to my country."—Jefferson. =

«God bless you, my dear.”-——Dr. Johnson.

“* Now it is come.’’—Knox.

‘““T will enter now into the house of the Lord.""—Louis IX. ‘

‘* Why weep ye? Did you think I should live for ever. I thought dying ,had been harder.” —Louis XIV. | io ‘

“A king should die standing.” ~ Louis XVIII.

““Q Allah, be it so! Henceforth amongst the glorious host of Paradise.’’— Mahomet.

‘Farewell my children forever. I go to your father.” —Marie Antoinette.

‘*T am ready.” —Mathews.

‘*T hope my couutry will do me justice.” — Sir John Moore.

‘* Were you at Sedan,” —Napoleon III.

‘‘ There is another and a better country.” — Paliner.

**Q, my country, how I love thee !”"—Pitt.

‘* Friendship itself is but a part of virtue.” — Pope.

‘* Let down the curtain, the farce is over.” —Rabelais.

‘Many things are growing clear and plain to my understanding. "—Schiller.

**God bless you all.”"—Scott.

‘| know that my Redeemer liveth, [ die for the good old cause.” —Sidney.

**Crito, {we owe a cock to A’sculapius.”— Socrates.

‘**T have loved God, my father and liberty.” —Madame Stael.

**T'll be shot if I don’t believe I’m dying.” — Lord Thurlow.

**Can this last long.” land.

**Q God, have mercy upon me and upon this poor nation.” —William of Nassau.

‘* What! do they run already? Then I die happy.” —Wolfe.

Amen.” —

William ITI of Eng-

Bishop Courtney.

THE BISHOP'S LAST DAY UPON THE ISLAND.

To-morrow, His Lordship will ordain Mr. W. A. Frost, of Toronto, tothe Diaconate, in St. Paul’s Church; the Rev. Dr. Hole, Rector of St. Paul’s, Halifax, will be the preacher; others of the clergy will also be present. The service is announced for 10 a. m., in order to allow of His Lordship’s catching the ferry boat at 1.15. At 3p. m., His Lordship will administer the apostolic rite of confirmation at Christ Church, Cherry Valley, and will preach at St. Peter's Church, Ch’town, at Evensong— 7.30 p. m., instead of 7 p. m., as usual.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

Letter_From Mr. Earle.

Srir,—A large music class, which takes up nearly all my time, St. James Choir, and the very little time I have over, which I devote to taxidermy, does not look as ‘** Beaver ” says, that I have more leisure time than I desire. However, I can find time to attend tohim. The Patriot’s ac- count of the service in dispute, not only will some of the members of the choir who are not prejudiced, but even the Rector himself has been heard to say, was consider- ably overdrawn. ‘* Beaver” tells a wicked —when he states that Mr. Ross only taught the boys their notes. I myself can testify that weeks before I left St. Paul’s the boys could sing some nice little pieces well; and, at the entertainment held in St. Paul’s Schoolroom some time ago, the handsome sub. of the Patriot gave the boys and Mr. Ross great praise, and particularly Mr. {oss tor the way the boys acquitted them- selves at the concert. As regards the boys taking part in the services, | could pick up any boy on the street, who has ordinary musical talent, and with a single practice would follow the service through, when we take into consideration that they have not only the Rector who leads, but six or seven good lady singers, who have sung under my instruction the past 15 years, some of them not so long. I know of people inthis city who have children who will sing anything they hear after once or twice heard. I am possessed, also, of some of this kind.

The word ** 5S. Mart-un” occurs six times in ‘*‘ Beaver’s”’ letter, and twice or thrice in the Patriot. As 1 said before, why seek free advertising / I have no desire, nor do I intend, to say or write anything about the organist. A few minutes conversation with him would convince him that he has been puffed up to further a bad cause, and brought to a place where there is already far too many teachers, merely to gratify the petty spite of two or three of the most ‘*miserable specimens of humanity,” who have been picking at me for the past ten years.

There are people in this world who sow the good seed, and others that reap. I ap- pear to be one of the victims in this respect. When we take into consideration that the new Church Hymnal has been learned in its entirety by the congregation and choir, the boys excepted; also that the Book of Psalms | had been working hard upon the past winter, through my work, you must see that I have not been idle. It is no con- trast at all for ** Beaver” to compare a spasmodic attempt with the past twenty years. I have had scores of such ones, and better too —finer music all through the ser- vice, and you know it. I confess the **management’’ might be better, for I would never allow people who could not sing or read music to ‘‘boss” me, neither did I toady to them. I believe, as ‘* Beaver ” states, that people ought to mind their owr business. Had they done this, these letters would not be writ- ten. In conclusion, I would like to see my pupils taken out of the choir, and then, per- haps ‘‘ Beaver” would hide his head with shame. When people are blind with pre- judice, it is hard fur them to remember the past. But there are in dear old St. Paul’s, which I have not one word against, nor its members, (with one or two exceptions), ** dozens ” of people, musical at that, who }willenly laugh at the Patriot man and ‘* Beaver” for their ignorance. Come on.

S. N. Earue.

1 may have anvther word with you.

An Uxpilanation.

Sir,—I might explsin that the largetrout mentioned in Tuesday’s paper was caught with ordinary fishing gear, anda small fresh boy of about 10, dressed in homespun. For” bait, an oblong piece of dry parchmént, or

with alass and will go with a |

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ATURDAY. JUNE 23, 1888.

‘ heavy pliable paper, on which was dimly | visible ‘* Farmer's Bank of Rustico,” while in each corner was a largetigure 1, seeming- ly in a poor state of health. I have tried all | kinds of bait, and can say ‘* without fear of successful contradiction,” that this is the best kind for very large fish, though I got | several basketsfull in the orthodox manner. Imake this explanation so that the ghosts of abnormal trout and dyspeptic mermaids may not dog my footsteps, or disturb my peacefulslumbers; and must emphatically decline a gold medal for veracity, even though the attribute is phenomenal in this ** glorious climate” when the talk runs on fish. Yours, etc., W. A, HawLer. ~——_—-_ — The LIatercolonial Express Co. Sir, —Your editorial remarks yesterday, in answer to the Journal’s criticism on the circumlocution of the Intercolonial Express Co. were evidently based upon information furnished you. Permit me to say that your remarks do not constitute either a full or satisfactory reply to the Journal. It will be readily perceived that ‘ta gentleman from Charlottetown” is not necessarily *‘ a gentleman of Charlottetown.” If I know the case referred to, the facts are these:— The gentleman was a business man who, while in Summerside, sent a bill by express for collection on a party in N. B.; the pro- ceeds were duly returned by express to Summerside, but he had gone on to Char- lottetown. He was notified, in some way, of the arrival of the money package, and endeavored to have it forwarded to him to Charlottetown, but the red tape of the com- pany precluded this and he was obliged to go back to Summerside to receive the money. I do not think the agent here will dispute this statement, nor do I consider it worth while to notice any further points in the in- formation which he furnished you. Puncu,

June 22, 1888.

DIED. At Kingston, April 15th, 1888, Charlie

Brace, aged three years and twelve days, only son of William and Kate Holmes.

A precious one from us is gone, A voice we loved is still,

A place is vacant in our home Which never can be filled.

NOTICE.

ALL Owners of Houses in the City are requested to have good and sufficient Ladders leading to and on the roofs of such Houses on or before the Ist AUGUST NEXT, otherwise they will be dealt with as the law directs. A. N. LARGE,

Chief of Fire Department.

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Household Furniture.

I am instructed by RICHABD SLOGGETT, ESQ., to sell

Bx AUCTION

AT HIS RESIDENCE,

UPPER QUEEN STREET,

Wednesday, July 23,

AT Il O'CLOCK, A. M.:

ALL HIS HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. com prising Drawiaog Room, Dining Room and Bedroom Suites, 1 English Piano, Card Tables, W hatnots, Centre Tables, Cheftloneers, Brackets, Brussels Carpets, Stair Carpets and Rods, Oil Cloth, Rugs, Fire Lrons, Cornices, Curtains, Pic- tures, etc., etc. A.so—! Base Burner, Cook Stove and Kitchen Utensils, etc. G. M. HARRIS,

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Furniture, Carpets, &c,

Bx AUODIOR

AT MY SALESROOM,

On Friday, 29th Inst.,

AT 2 O'CLOCK, P. M.:

Parlor, Dining Room and Bedroom Furniture, Carpets, Sideboard, Pictures, Glassware, Crock- ery, etc., etc,

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G. M. HARRIS, Auctioneer.

WACONS.

B* AUCTION, at my Salesroom, on TUESDAY, 26th inst., at 2 o’clock, p- m. :—4 Single Wagons, 1 Cart.

G. M. HARRIS,

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BELLEVUE COTTAGE, MALPEQUE ROAD.

Opposite St. Dunstan’s College.

THE Proprietor of the above well-known and popular Summer Resort would intimate to Pleasure Seekers andthe public generally that he is now prepared to supply all Picnic orders with SUMMER DRINKS—Birch Beer, Ginger Beer, Lemonade. Raspberry Vinegar, &c., &c.

HORSE SWING and SHOOTING GALLERY. Terms moderate.

FREDERICK W. BEVAN, Proprietor,

A Musical Entertainment

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TUESDAY, JUNE 26th.

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