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_'LETTERS 1=RoM ISLANDERS IN S. APRICAJ

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i=‘Ro.\t iaiixssr Bow.\'1-iss. 'dusk we were told to retire and we did.P10"'°- W0 0XD00f- $0 U0 01`d01`0d 110010 , P ER } DRIFT leaving the dead and wounded on the soon. Doi1`t let mamma get in the blues.

‘Mmm ‘ ' field. Wheri we got. to a safe distaiicer Love to allr “

Orange Free State.

Dina HAL:-_-I dou`t- erpect I will

have mucl; timeh todawrit; I wrlote , Mammaa etter e y a erour ast

ight and I ho§ she will get it all right. _SmcefFeb.tl§t h léist are Slave been havi mgi- ~ 0-. u .emormngo the liltgzeabout 1_o‘clock we received

mdersdtp leave _Richén;>nd, vghere we were omg garrison uéyx, an go m o join our regiment whi was going to join French s column. We got ready immediately and that morning marched toBelmont, a distance of 14_ miles. In theevening wewent by tram to Gras- pn and were brigaded with _the Gor- dons, Cornwalls and Shropmires, and

where. In the four following days and nights we covered about 64 miles. Sometimes we marched all day and many a poor beggar fell out exhausted md overcome by the sun. We kept

_them on the waggons until we

llomore room, then we had to leave

them behind to find their way back or fwvmrd as best they could or be captur- ed by the Boers. On the 17th we started at 8 p. m., and marched all night and about 6 a. m., on the 18th we arrived at the scene of our first real tight.

We were allowed to sit down fora few

.minutes and drink a cup of coiee and munch a biscuit, then each man was

§enadrinkofrumandwewereready ' the worst the Boers could give us.

The Boers were entrenched all along

the Hodder River. A rope was stretched aaom and by catching hold of it we lu# ourselves from being carried away bythe swift current and got across some way. At some places the water was up to our shoulders and several ibllows lost their footing and got in over the head. I tried to be the iirst Islmider over but Hedley McKinnon got aheadofme andlcamein agood mcond. As soon as all our company were over we went on to support the other companys, who were already at it-. We advanced in extended order- that is seven paces between each man- imtil we came to the brow of a hill over which we had to go and advance down theslope about 1.000 yards before we came to the Boer position. It was going down that slope where we lost most men. .At the brow we lay down to get our breath. It was while lying there that I saw the first man hit. He was a private

moaning and crying for water. We got of all we could, but some who were right up in the Boer trenches we had to leave, for as soon as the Beers would get a sight of us they would let bang. That night the Boers retired down the river to a new position. _.Next day wegather- ed up the remainder of the _wounded and buried. the dead. One_ Highlander we found dead covered with _his kilt, and a girl‘s photo clasped in his hands. Another poor fellow had a pnntedprayer in his hand. I could go on all day tell-

time or paper. Scenes like this do a fel- low alot of good. One thingsure-I will always respect Tommy, Atkins. I could tell of dozens of _cases of personal bravery in our own regiment and out of it that would remind you of the old

volunteers were called for to go and help _ ERN-

get in the wounded. I with six Others _ . ld th B0, iveutcut Although the tight all davf P' fl’ IW1shy°°1§°“ aff; hgw W;

. ' ~ 4 trenc es, you wou wo

“ever Janed ‘3°afu‘;11’1;h3s°f1n°31°;°°un‘[; ever got them out-. There are about,

that field nea y oc e a _ e‘ san , - lb ~ ad for out of me. On all sides, were\ `§35-l’2g§]ft;;2§iSnfn all gggisléggy’ trfing tha dead and wounded. Some, the we Canadians have done enopgh, and wounded were all torn up wit d um- wo,” give us much more nghtmgn

dum and explosive bullets, an were . _ E_

Bnonirsosrizrs, O. F. S.,

March 14, 1900.

Since writing the above We have tin-

ished what they say is one of the most famous marches ever made by a. British army. Not only is it famous for the long distance we covered in a march- often over 20 miles-and for the tight- ing we did. but because all the time we were never on full rations. They W we are to get a special star for it. e already have three bars on our medal I

ing incidents ‘of this kind, but I haven’t and we have been in four scraps. I spa; ‘ ’ “‘ , _

you know al1` about them.

Blelarerumors ofgciug home scom. It

ter, don’t forget to get ma and pa to be at whatever port we come in at, to see the old R. C. R. We are not so many

yarns in the B. O.tP. t _ d k Vaswheii we lRft,butI guess we Ihigle, _ _ _ _los cnet th*

Tusda .- again e more o. syouma ess

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,thgee w<ieti,§§eda. From that until the iup again. gBlocmfonteiu,isav'erypretty < Vlhen av tqnlc

28th the artillery kept shelling, while city, in a valley at the foot of a range ~ _ _ _ » -

we infantry built trenches about their of opjes. All the boys left here are _ Q

position to keep them there. _ On the well. Lorne and Hed. wish _tobe re- V -_

nighthof that t23thB0v;e wegt mto table giembeliedlto all flolks. I gothxseverzil 0 I

trenc neares e rs. urcap ttersaey an assoon as eral-ry, g »» ° Q ° '_

toldustoiixbéyonets andlie_down;‘aud,~_i=nad is open ,weieapect to get more, and ~ » the_Qn]y ffue tOnlC medlC|_n§.

sleep untilhtwoi o’c.lo;>1l:1 igaxt nior_1iz;;:;,1'our C® lwxes,S which tg! ’ d . . d _ d

dth tt en we wo a vance on e now at m ey. ome o e IW' ~ _

£ll3l<1>er pfisitilci. bl shouldt havehbeeén ir; ‘i?ayhGordons"_ ai; albzout. so re energy glvlng an _

therearra , ut wen m . e rout ey avememixe. opaper e . - _ -_ ” with Hedley. wejoineq hands and ad- ,.R0,,_,_R,,,,.R,_,,_,,EL,_,S,,T0,,,S,,oTmR_ and WONT-Ollt 111611 and Wdf_l\¢|1 IHIO mlm

vanced, evervone growling because we DREIFOQTEIN (Sunda momm ` » ` I

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about us. Ei eryone dropped dat on his

in H Co. and was hit in the right arm by a stray bullet, plenty of which were whistling over our heads in fine style. Of the long day we lay out there. some~ times in a rain shower, then under a broiling sun, which soon dried us again. I w`on`t attempt to write much. I thought the folks who spoke of “showers of bullets," etc., were stretching it, but if ever bullets came in showers they did hom those holes the Boers were in among the bushes on the banks of the Hodder. I can hardly realize that so

‘without a scratch. Bullets were

Boland Taylor when he v as hit. He

was shot through the heart and onlv'

liveda few minutes. Whether we we: e

ever intended to take the position tha. use tobacco or rum are the the ones who night or not, I don’t know. Anyway at stand it best. Lorne is well and sends

i ed all along their position, and they be- ' gan to come in and throw down their arms. We had gotten so blamed close that they knew the jig was up. Of

course these are just the bare facts off

the thing. If I were tellmg it there are dozens of other thin to mention. Hed

and I got lost from gsm' Co. and got too far ahead. We were right up on the Boer trenches. I guess that is what scared us, for_ they fired over ns. I was

few were 1 it or how 1 came out myseif afmd Of settmslt perhaps from our Ownt

fellows, and rolled to get out of the way

wiiizzing all about me and striking the and fell over the river bank, a distance sand on all sides. I was quite near poor 0f WOW Six feet- I am 111 the best Of

health, and feel sure that I will soon be

take notice that the fellows who don’t

told you of our advance I did not then

c v . s s p- shires and Canadians. Of course we are _ only a unit of the main column.

the 8th, I went over to the Kopje by which we were camped, and 'found a house, garden and orchard mr the other tside, all deserted. Nearly everything had been taken, but there was still to be found a few potatoes, carrots and-some wheat sheaves in the barn. The house

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being very thick; the inside walls or

safe home to tell you all about it. I ,' partitions and floor being There

was onlyzone s1orey, the roof was flat ar d consisted of long canes laid close to- gether, and the roof covered with

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lr and then it seemed like a wall of fire all * * * In my last letter of the Sth I Thousands some of them yan' w

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soaked it to them. while our rear rank ' fha* W? marched *"‘”@“*>' “H165 *lla* day- I rave derived ffm nf. williams* Pink Pun, ref 1 some mi it

and the Engineers threw up a trench; YQH Wlu ‘£50,583 how our Servwes are in mygmve. My health was broken down, and the least

j and as soon as it was finished we got in- V aPP"?f`1*1t9-d ‘md °“1` arduous Work re' with diniaess, shortness ofbreatli, _and_palpita.lion of the heart my , to it and got ready to give it to them all ?08`111Z@d_ bl' £1 _General ‘30111P€l911l3 f0 lremely pale. I gave the pills a fair trial, and they have restated It

I. dm, I but at daybreak White Hagsappgap Judge of its ments. I also wrote out my household work without experiencing the least fatigue. Dr. Wim'

‘ ` I the rest of the orders so you could see gm' °g gg, 'nk' (ing pak pwplg,”

l what they are like. i

Our brigade, the 19th"-.-is composed ` _ I In m H hidv of the Gordon Cornwall Shro _ ` e em me so 0 I

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feel dull, langmd, and generally nm

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cement. Here and there were re- ce s s in the walls for little shelves &c. The windows were not very large and on acc-otuit of the thickness of the walls seemed peculiar. The barns were similar in roristrtiction. This rlesciiption answers for nearly all the houses here. Some. of cour.=1e..°u~e white outside. others grey and others red. Outside the doors were stands with tlowt-rs, which, however. looked wilted, &c. There was also a

..'_;’_.',° cat and kitten. There was. as usual. a

pcnfl alongside the house. I then went on about two miles further and found a couple of stables and barns and a large quantity of the wrappings of niausei' ca.rtrid_rzes whit;-h_ the Boers had left frozn the previous days fight. I then crossed a dam to a Kaiiir villa,<:e. Here I found great excitement. 'l`l;e Bocrs had taken most of their food the day before and now they saw the -British by the thousand s'.vzu'n1ing along the other side of the river. They were very glad indeed. but were astonished at the multitude of our increasing host. I bought from them some dried corn and some melon slices. latter were quite nice and sweet. The negroes all lived in kraals but were clothed_after one fashion. They had quite a. large garden of corn, melons, etc., and some horses and fowls. The boys purchased a few of the latter which they had killed and cleaned before tak- ing them back. This bu ing things

BORN. _

At Harnpsliire, on the lb‘th inst., to Mr.

the Rev. J. G. I\.lcl‘:o:'. Clarence Evcrcttt ll-lycra, to Surah .lauetDarracl1.

. At Forest Hill, _on February 22nd, 1900. Donald Mtseth, in the 95:11 year of hi; age. He leaves a sorrowing widow and family andza. large circle of relatives and I friends to mourn their loss which is his eternal gain. Although confined to his bed for over three years, he was never known to complain, but patiently waited I the summons to depart and be with Christ which is far better. 'He lived at consistent Christian life and died trusting in the merits of a crucified Saviour. Deceased was born in Apple Cross, Ross-* shire, Scotland. and immigrated to thisl Island in 1837, where he settled on Murray

From here? 'I

HarborRoad t he moved in.

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makes a most favorable impression as .v e tame to a tue Boers must take what they want a German fiat. unmindful of paying for it. It is show the wonderful how Ican manage to talk tor and claimed

these people by means of the little Dutch

I have endeavoured to acquire, but they .l and we got cur

very quickly gather my meaning. Uf ; adne well. The course my knowledge cf German helps! by a mule going

me a lot-. I got back to camp about l § ven by at little o'clock. and found they had shifted it a. l got once more on little. Next day (the 9th) we .ginning to feel packed up and marched 31kept. on wih an miles down the river and stacked arms; short rest, after a while we went down to the bank ; same. The ofthe river. There we found the Gordons E front of us

crossing on a large pontoon raft ( several ponroons big fiat bottonfed lighters. like men. We also could packing cases covered with Aftera while we water-proof). These were hrranged in away ahead and

two parallel rows and had a platform tillery tire. We tug?

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lower down, and finally ours by a sinQe 1 on sent pontoon with a boat- shaped bow nttac - coEee. K-We had ed.. At four yesterday morning we were days battle aroused. We had abreakfast of some lit- Boer: back 5

t1_e soup, and three hard biscuits were to be cut mven to each man. Then our brigade our camp

formed up like this:

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between them and partially on top. A wc had g-me ll or liawser was stretched across the river miles in all This and the raft attached. The Gordons hence called Two would crowd on the platfor :i andthe house and garden raft would be cast off from the shore. so erts is uartered. as to present the long side of the pon- just setiied fora toons at an angle to the stream, -which ordered

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_.Q ___ __ _.___ 0 ,__ had just been put up; the country how _ tolt-ave tn in (ft-~1nck , ` W ' “W 3 Was undulatingl We often passed over have bc»n hrrm_tzht

dried up lakes the bottoms of which were and some \\‘<»\1l1<'~0f\

still moist and the mud fearfully A

sticky. After about twelve miles.

the brigade rested

left, wit 11 occasional

pork.

CHICAGO _ MARKETS.

CIHGAGO. April 2o.+<sp¢¢ia1.>-The fox-

lowing are the closing rates; *W0 01'

April, wheat,65}, corn, 37g, mtg, Qi'

pork.$12.~90. `

May, wheat, 651; corn, 38%: oats, 8

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pork. 8 July ess, tom, ani, ma, :si Milam r_y,\

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