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“CANADA’S WELCOME”—A MASQUE.

The History of Canada Allegori- cally Represented.

On Monday evening last a Masque

entitled Canada’s Welcome, words by |pe

F. A. Dixon, and music by A. A. Clappe, bandmaster of the Governor General’s Foot Guards, which was cosnpane’ in honor of the Marquis and the Princess Louise, was performed in the Grand Opera House, Ottawa, before an im- mense xsudience. As stated in our Ottawa special of that evening, it was the most successful amateur entertain- ment ever held in the Capital, the ladies «and gentlemen who took part being in the chosen ones from the best circles in the city.

For the information of our readers, we give the text of the masque in full:

The curtain having been raise, there was discovered a sequested glade inthe woods. At the back of the scene a waterfall splashed over moss-covered rocks, and on either side big trees reared their dark trunks from amidst the feathery ferns. A faint light as of dawn, showed the grim form of an Indian Chief, stand- ing in the full war dress of his tribe; and as the curtain rose, voices behind the scene sang to a soft melodious strain the following chorus of invisible spirits, during which the stage gradually grew light.

(Cuorvs or [NvisiPLe SPIRITs.) Spirits of the woods, and the prairie, and the lake, Wake ! wake ! wake ! wake ! For the day begins to break. Wake ! wake ! wake ! wake |}

The sunbeams rise and quiver On each misty lake and river ; And the mountains, cold and gray, In the golden light of day Grow red; in the dawning of the day. Spirits of the woods, and the prairie, and the lake, Wake! wake ! wake! wake ! For the day begins to break. Wake! wake! wake! wake!

Then did the Indian Chief advance and sing| his plaint of farewell to the woods.

(ReciraTivE—INDIAN CHIEF.) The Manitou has spoken ! From the distant

east

Rises the dawn; the dawn that brings us death,

Faint as the morning mist that lingers o’er the lake,

I see great towns supplant the wigwams of ’ our tribes ;

The iron plough drives back the thronging buffalo :

With waving corn the prarie mocks the Indian foot ;

The white man comes—tie red man fades from off the land.

The Manitou has spoken. Woods and Lakes —Farewell !

(Arn. )

O prairie, boundless as the sea, Whose grasses wave in every wind ; O forest, dear in leaf and tree ; Ah, I must leave you all behind ! Is fate so cruel to the free ; Is freedom born to misery ? Farewell! Farewell !

Fair lakes, upon whose gentle swell

My frail canoe has danced her way, Dear hunter’s life I love so well,

Dear woods I track from day to day, Dear mother land—I may not stay ; The Great voice wills it—I obey.

Farewell! Farewell !

Then did one, representing Canada, and robed as an Indian maiden, enter, and sings a simple song.

(Song—Canada.)

By forest, lake, and mountain stream, I wander, free as heaven's own air; I dream my simple maiden dream, And pluck the flowerets here and there.

The summer woods for me grow green ; Forme the maple turns to red ;

The busy beaver owns me queen ; The big moose bows his mighty head.

The great lakes lap my forest throne ; T hear the sound of ocean’s roar,

Whose waves no other mistress own. On eastern and on western shore.

Yet still, a simple maid, I dream ;

And warder free as heaven’s own air ; I see my figure in each stream,

And something tells me it is fair.

Her song being ended, a great noise was heard without, and she fled affrighted. Then entered a number of men, habited as back- woodsmen and trappers, having axes and guns on their shoulders. These sang a song in praise of the life of the pioneer.

(Cnorvus oF BAcKWoopsMEN.)

Stroug and ready, firm and steady, Through the world we'll cut our way, Looking to the bright to-morrow, Who can think ot cares to-day ?

{Soxo. )

With his pack upon his shoulder; and his axe beside his hand,

And a thought for wife fand little ones at home, far away,

Comes the hardy pioneer to the forest, bound to clevr

Home and freedom in the future, through the toils of to-day.

Though the winter frost be cruel, and the winter storms be fierce,

And his life may be bitter, hard and rough, for a year,

Yet the spring time surely comes, boys,

To all who work it comes, boys,

And the Maple Leaf can give him land enough, never fear.

(CHORUS. )

Strong and ready, firm and steady, Through the world we'll cut our way, Looking to the bright to-morrow, Who can think of cares to-day ? {ro BE CONTINUED. ]

Bad habits are the thistles of the heart, and every indulgence of them isa seed from which will come forth a new crop of rank

Executors’ Notice.

a Saar Tstate r E undersigned Executors of the iis fhe: Ralph Brecken Peake, late of Char

lottetown, in the Province of Prince Edward Island, merchant, deceased, hereby notify all rsons indebted to the said Estate to make mimediate payment to them ; and all persons having any claims against the said Estate are hereby required to render the same to the undersigned, duly attested, withim one year

from date. ; Dated this twenty-first day of January,

A. D., 1879

EDWARD J. HODGSON, GEORGE W. DeBLOIs, THOS. HANDRAHAN,

Executors. Jan. 21, 1879.

‘Comfort to Travellers...

VHE undersigned will drive parties en route ‘I for CAPE TRAVERSE, on suitable terms, regularly, from this Station.

J.;.W. HUGHES. JOHN HUGHES.

County Line Station, Feb. 14, 1879—2m ‘

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Dec. 14.

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A DRAMA IN V. ACTS,

—BY4-

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PARLIAMENTARY REPORTS'

CATARRE. Constitutional Catarrh CURES CATARKH.

Hear wat a Reve rend Gentleman says of the Constitutional Ren eddy.

Dear Sir—It is now two years since your “Constitutional Catarrh Remedy” was intro- duced to me. I have waited this a to see if the cure would remain permanent before do- ing this, my duty, to you, as at first the happy effects seemed to me to be ‘‘too good to be

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A sense of duty to sufferers from that loath- some disease, Catarrh, prompts me to send you this Certificate, unsolicited, with leave to make what use of it yon may see proper. Yours truly,

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Ask for Littlefield’s Constitutional Catarrh Remedy and take no other.

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FREEHOLD FARM

MORTCACE SALE.

To.b2 sold, by Public Auction, at the Court House in Summerside, in Prince County, on Tuesday, the Kighteenth day of February next, at the hovr of one o'clock, in the afscraoon, under a Power . of Sale in an Indenture of Mortgage, dated the fifth day of October, 1878, made

tween Wiiliain Thomas Mill, of the one part, and John Brecken, Frederick De St. Croix Brecken, and Robert Robinson Hodgson, trustees, of the other part, — All that tract, piece or parcel of land, situ-

1. ate on Lot Highteen, and bounded and described as follows : Commencing at a stake tixed on the shore of Indian River; thence’ by a line running south twenty degrees west until it meets the boundary line dividing Lots or Townships Numbers eighteen and nineteen; thence running due east on said division line for the distance of thirty-two chains; thence by a line running north twenty degrees east until it reaches ladian River, aforesaid; thence following the course of the River to the place of commencement, making and including fifty- six (56) acres of land be the same, a little more er less, in Prince County, aforesaid, '

2. Also, all that other tract, piece op parcel of Land, situate 6n Lot or Township Twenty- five, in Prince County, aforesaid, and bounded and described as follows, that is to say : Com- mencing at a stake fixed on Wilham Mce- Murdy’s eastern boundary line at the south. east corner of Joshua Harding’s Lot; from thence running south for the distance of forty- four chains; thence east eleven chains and fifty links; thence north forty-four chains; thence west eleven chains and fifty links, to the afore- said stake or place of commencement, makin and including fifty (50) acres of land, a little more or less, being the southern moiety of one hundred acres of land; and being bounded on the north by the northern moiety thereof, known as Joshua Harding’s lot; on the east by ——iay’s land, on the south by Keefe’s land, and on the west by the said William MacMurdy’s land.

3. Also, all that other tract, piece or parcel of land, situate on Lot or Township Number Nineteen, bounded and described as follows, that is to say : Commencing at a square stake fixed in the south-west angle of land in the oc- cupation of Peter Gillis; thence running north six degrees and forty-five minutes, east four- teen chains and two links to division line be- tween Lots Nineteen and Eighteen; thence along said line westwardly twenty-six chains and sixty-nine links to the entrance of Barbara Weit River; thence along the course of the said river to the place of beginning, containing twenty-nine acres and forty perches, be the same, a little more or less. ;

4. All that tract, piece or parcel of land situate on Lot or Township Number Eighteen, and bounded and described as follows, thatois to say : Commencing at a stake set on’ the shore of Richmond Bay in the centre 6f a road on the line of . Lots Eighteen or Nineteen; thence northwardly along said shore sucha distance as shall make fifteen chains and sixt five links (15 chains and 65 links) at a. right angle from said division line; thence north eighty-nine degrees east or _ parallel with the’ said division line forty-eight chains and fifteen links (48 chains, 15 links) or to lands the property of the said Wilham Thomas Mill, thence south twenty degrees west to said division line to the stake at. the place of commencement, containing seventy- eight acres of land, a little more or less.

5. Also all that other tract, piece or parcel of land situate on Lot or Township Number Twenty-five (25), im Prince county, and bounded and described as follows, that is to say, commencing ata stake set in the north boundary line of land in possession of. the widow Keiff or Lawrence Malone, being the southeast angle of fifty acres of land the prop- erty of William T. Mill, from thence by a line running north twelve chains and fifty links, thence east nine ehains and fifty-five links or to the east boundary line of land in possession of William Gay, thence south to the first mentioned land, thence westwardly along said land to the stake at the place of commence: ment, containing eleven and nine-tenths acres, a little more or less,

6. Also all that other tract, piece or parcel of land situate on Lot or Township Number Nineteen, in Prince County, bounded as fol- lows, that is to say, commencing at the southeast angle of land in the possession of Neil McDonald, from thence running, West along said land twelve chains and twenty links (12 chains, 20 links) or to the southwest angle of said land, and from thence two points running two parallel lines south thirty-one (31) chains or to the south boundary line of plot G containing thirty-seven and one-half (374, acres of land, be the same a little more or less, together with all buildings and improve ments thereon and appurtenances to the same belonging.

For further particulars apply at theoffice of Messrs. Hodgson & McLeod, Solicitors, Char: lottetown.

Dated the 13th day of January, A. D 18 9. JOHN BRECKEN,

FREDERICK De Sr. C. BRECKEN, R. R. HODGSON, By E. J. HODGSON, their attorney. Jan. 13—law ts prog

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The above Sale is hereby postponed till WEDNESDAY, the 2nd day of April next, 1879, then to take place at the hour and place above mentioned.

Dated the 17th day of February, A. D.,

1879. JOHN BRECKEN, FRED’K De Sr. C. BRECKEN, R. R. HODGSON,

_ By E. J. HODGSON, their Attoruey.

Charlottetown, Feb. 18, 1879.

FOR SALE.

7 BE SOLD, by private contract, that valuable FARM of 50 acres of excellent Land, rituate at Graham’s Road, Township N 0, 20, now in possession of AZneas Brenan. This well-known Farm is eligibly situated in the immediate cicinity of Churches, Schools and Mills, and is in a good state of cultivation.

For terms and particulars apply at the office of Longworth & Shaw, Solicitors, Ch’town.

F. 8. LONGWORTH. Ch’town, Dec. 23, 1878—

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