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ALMANAC FOR SEPTEMBER, 1882.
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1. ARTHUR & CO., General Commission Merchants
Particular attention given to the sale of Island produce.
121 Atlantic ‘Avenue & 20 Essex Avenue,
BOSTON, Miss.
May <7, 1882—wkly
Bank of Nova Scotia. ESTABLISHED 1832,
Paid Up Capital . . $1,600,000 Reserve Fund .. . 325,000
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An Agency of this Bank will be opened on Monday next, 19th inst., in the building lately occupied by the Bank of Prince Edward Island, under the mausagement of the under- signed, : :
Deposits will be received on interest, and on current account.
Drafts granted on the various Agencies aud correspondents of the Bank.
Sterli.g and other Exchange bought and sold, and yeueral banking business transacted.
D>. C. CHALMERS, Ch'town, June 17, 1S52—tf Agent.
INSURANCE OPFICE
Queen Insurance Company, OF ENGLAND. CAPITAL, TEN MILLION DOLLARS. City of London Pire Insur- ance Company. CAPITAL, TEN MILLION DOLLARS,
Insurance efiected on all kinds of property at current rates Losses tettled promptly and equitably.
F. KENNEDY, General Agent, Office —South Side, Queen Square. Ch’town, Feb. 3 1S52.
W. C. BISHOP, SHIPPING
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FORWARDING AGENT,
Marine Insurance Broker,
AND
General Commission Agent,
BEDFORD ROW,
P. O. BOX 1
Pr KTICULAR ATTENTION given to the.
Shipment of Lobsters and other Canned Goods, and collection of Custom [Drawbacks the ~- “4
Hutig, Cargoes, and Freighte insured in
first-class offices at most favorable rates,
Consignments of Produce solicited, and prompt returns guaranteed,
Correspondence solicited and answered promptly.
Nov, 14, 1881—lyr
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HALIFAX, N. S.|
CHARLOTTE ETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1882.
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QUEEN SQUARE.
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fF the month of May W. & A. BROWN & CO. opened about
148 CASES DRY GOODS,
trom which they, are still supplying largely to the WHOLE- | SALE and RETAIL TRADE at very close prices.
Every of their Establishment is
BY WEEKLY
Department Kept Replenished
| | STEAMERS | |
£00 Chests of Superior Congeu Tea. IN STOCK AT VERY LOW PRICES.
GRAIN BAGS Dailv
Ciatlottetown, July 26, 1882.
ite A BRUC! MERCHANT TAILOR,
offering Cash Buyers the BEST VALUK that
can be had in the market, in
HH xpected:-
Is now
‘tweed Suits. ‘
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A magnificent range of
GENTS’ FURNISHINGS,
mE ae
AMERICAN WHITE & COLORED SHIRTS |
Collars, Ties, Underclothing, English*and American Hats.
Uur heatymade Clothing is Manufactured on the Premises,
fashionablyweut, well sewed, and having good trimmings,
Wili be sold as Cheap as Imporied.
We invite you to inspect our Goods.
D. A. BRUCE,
72 Queen Street.
“CITY STEAM BAKERY.”
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Charlottetown, May 22. 82.
Tse proprictor of this Establishment, owing to the increased _ demand for his Goods, has added new faeilities to his! Bakery, consisting of the latest and most improved machinery, ete., and is now prepared to supply the trade with
Fard Bread, Plain and Fancy Biscuits, &.,
AT THE SHORTEST NOTICE.
—— 0: 1000 lbs. CHOICH CONFECTIONERY. To arrive per Steamship ‘‘ Miramichi,” from Montreat.
Yess Orders by mail promptly executed.
J. QUIRK,
Prince Street, Charlottetown, P. E. Islaud
May 4,° 1882.
Beautiful Summer Resort.
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THE SEASIDE HOTEL,
(UNDER VICE-REGAL PATRONAGE),
Eiustico Beach, - » PP. BE. island.
20: rE HIS beautifully-situated and well-known establishment wil! be opened trom July ist till September 10th, for the accommodation of Guests and Visitors,
RA 1 ES—$1.75 per day ; $10 per week ; $32 per month.
TO KE ACH THE HOTEL—Coach will leave Charlottetown every Wednesday and | Saturday evenirg, calling fir Guests; returnirg every Thuisday and Mcnday morning, at, 9o'clockh,a m. Also, anangements bave been made with Mr Bagnall to mcet tains oh ' all voints at Hunter River, for pusseng: ts to Seasive, sev o miles,
‘Trains leave Charlotictown for Hunter River at 6 45, 9 20,4, m., and 4.20 p. m.
ts “« Hunter River for Charlottetown, 9%. m., 2.1) and 7 p.m, - «“ Hunter Ri ver to Summerside 7.45, 11.10 a. m., and 5.42 p, m. Addr ess, | \NWaye | JOHN ARWSON & COL, | pe 24,12 CHARLOTTETOWN
Broadcloth, Worsted, Scoich and Canadian}
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WAREHOUSE, TEA! TEA!
REW WEA.
Something we Recommend t
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DUNT Fath TO TRY If,
EVERYONE!
Beer & Goff.
Avgust 14, '82.
TEA PARTY
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Picnic Supplies,
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Raspberry, Lemon and Pine Apple: preps”
Ginger Beer and Givger Ale.
(IN BARRELS AND BOTTLES).
BISCUITS AND CONFECTIONERY, DATES, FIGS, NUTS, &e.
Favorable arrangements made with Tea Party Committees.
Hicuest CasH Price Parp ror Eaas.
BEER & GOFF.
Charlottetown, Jure 22, 1882
SIGN OF THE
. Es) -A ss ££ aS hr ELEPHANT a ed i ae)
(a ee
W. R. Bereham
Has just received a large part of his SPRING and SUMMER. GOODS, consisting of Men’s, Women’s and Children’s Boots, Shoes and Slippers in all the leading styles, Our mot- toe is quick sales and small profits. W. R. BOREHAM,
Grafton Street, North Side Queen Square.
July 5, 1882—3m 2aw
EGGS.
bie 6 DOZEN WANTED THIS j
SEASON, for which we
are prepared to pay
$75, BQ 1 cass.
A splendid chance for Egg Buyers to make money by selling to us. We guarantee to pay highest prices.
i ARTHUR & TOOMBS. May 18, 1882.
STEAMER HEATHER BELLE
TILL leave Orwell Brush Wharf for Char- \\ lottetown every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurscay morning at 7 e’clock, calling at China Point and Halliday’s Wharves; re- turning from Charlottetown to Orwell same evening at 3 o’clock; remaining at Brush Wharf Tuesday and Wednesday nights, and Thursday night returning to Charlottetown, ariiving about 8.30 o’clock, p m., and when tide permits on one of these days the steamer wil] run to Vernon River Bridge.
Will leave “Charlottetown fir Crapand every Friday and Siturday, according to tide, till first November, and not after ; every alternate Friday the steamer will remain et Crapaud Wharf over night.
Fares to Orwelband other wharves— Upper Deck and Cabin, 30 cts; | ower deck, 20 cts,
Fares to —Upper Deck and Cabin, 40 cts., Lower Deek, 20 cts.
JOHN HUGHES, May 11, 1882—pat me pre 3: law Agent
OB PRINTING of every description, executed with Neatness and Despatch, ot EXAMINER J.B JMB, cbr. Water antl Great George S
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CORRES POADENCE.,
We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions or statements of our correspondents.
The Potato Bug.
\ To the Editor of the Examiner.
‘ $ir,—I observe, by two or three Island | papers which have lately reached me, that | the potato bug or Colorado beetle has made ,its appearance on the Island. Having had a few years experience in dealing with the bug, a few directions as tothe best manner to check the ravages of the great potato |pest may be of use to some farmers on the ‘Island who fiue their potato fields attacked. It is somewhat amusing to people who have |had some years experience in dealing with \the bug to read the various absurd: and ‘silly suggestions made by the Press of P. |K. Island for the éxtermination of this |pest. Ope paper has published an extract from an agricultural journal published in the United. States, upon one of the best methods of dealing with tLe army worm when it atta:ks grain, and headed the extract ‘‘ Bard on the Potato Bugs.” It would be an extremely senseless and ex- pensive operationfor a farmer to ditch his potato field, take out a pair of horses at- tached to a roller (as the extract in question suggests) and break down his potato vines and drilis. It has hitherto been the prac- tice of farmers to the directly opposite thing with potatoes, and that is to hill them up either with a hoe ora moulding plough. The method of using’ the roller and ditching is, doubtless a very effective one in dealing with the army worm or when it
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caterpiliar, attacks young grain, as the grain’ bas _ suffici-
ent elasticity when six or eight inches high to return to its upright position after a roller has passed over it, but it is to be hoped, for his own sake, that no farmer will be so foolish as to adopt this plan, as advised by the Press of the Island in dealing with potatoe bugs.
Another plan suggested by some of the papers is to turn in the hens into the potatoe field. This would necessitate the keeping of a great many hens or the cul- tivation of few potatoes, for hens will not devour potatoe bags at first sight ; the taste for them must be acquired, and is vnly acquired by mixing the bugs with grain or other feed and then given to the! fowls. But perhaps the most absurd method which has been suggested by any papers. was the one of ap- pointing Government officials, whose duty it would be to see the potato bugs era- dicated. This perhaps was the suggestion of some cunning politician who is opposed to the Government of the day and wishes to associate its members in some way with the appearance of the bug, or make them responsible for the ravages of the pest. The editor of a newspaper who under- takes to inform the people upon the sub- ject of dealing with insect pests, should surely have sufficient knowledge of the scierce of entomology to be able to distin- guish between a potatoe beetle and the caterpillar, commonly called the army worm. So also should a chronic fault- finder with the actions of a Government give up his fanlt-finding and diligently apply himself to the acquiring and disseminating information that will be of use in mitigating the ravages of a pest. If every man, woman and child were a government agent, the extermination of the potato bug could not be effected. The farmers of Prince Edward Island, have, no doubt, trouble ahead, the best they can hope to do is to check the ravages cf the potato bug. In the Province of Ontario the farmers have had seven or eight years experience with the bag, and during its earlier appearance it wasaterror. Whole fields of potatoes were destroyed before the people under- stood the most effective way of dealing with the pest, but at present the injuries are reduced toa minimum. The use of Paris Green has been proved by experience to be the most effective means for the mitigation of the ravages of the potatoe bug.
The perfect insect is conical in shape, the back is covered with a hard shell which is striped with black and yellow stripes run- ning from the head to the extremity. It burrows in the ground in the fall of the year, and is often found below the frost line by men when excavating. The tirst warm d«ys in the spring bring it from its hiaing place, wheh it crawls slowly about in search of potatoe plants. As the days grow longer, the bugs become more active in their movements to find a place to de- posit their eggs. If any potato plants are above ground, the insects pair, almost every potato plant containing two bugs. The female then begins to lay its eggs, which tt always does on the under side of the leaves. The eggs are bright yellow or orange in color, and are firmly attached or glued to the leaves. At this stage of development a great deal of labor will be saved and destruction of the vines prevented by breaking off the leaves which con- tain the eggs and crushing them or des- troying them by pouring hot water upon them, but they never should be buried or thrown away without first destroying every germ of life. The eggs are not all layed at, one time but may be found with the young bugs in various states of development throughout the summer. For this reason the pest is not entirely got rid of when the first eyes are destroyed. The perfect insects while depositing their eggs do very little injury to the vines, it is the larvae or young bugs while growing which cause the principal destruction by stripping the leaves and even devouring the stalks of the growing potatoes. Bugs have sometimes been known to attack the potatoe under ground when all leaves and stalks have been eaten up. The strength of the vine makes nv diff rence to the young bugs. When bugs get the hard shell upon them they do rauch less injury. The yonng bugs are Giflereut in appearance to the matured ones. They are very small at first, soft and of a dark-brown colour, alwost biack. As
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the colonr of a carrot. It is while they ‘are soft and voraciously devouring the leaves that Paris green should be tsed. ,\The Paris green is applied by :Warious ‘methods, but always dissolvd im water, to the quantity of one tablespoonfyl to a pail of water. There is a patent arrangement used by some which is attached to the back \of the perscn using it, anda rubber tube leading from a large flat can to a bellows. The bellows are grasped with both hands and the water passing throngh © the tube is foreed out by the wind from the bellows upon the potatoe vines. Sometimes a large watering can with ,@ very fine rose is used, but the si t ‘and most effective way is to take a pail ;of water, put in a tablespoonful of Paris green, suspend the pail by a strap thrown over one shoulder, and then take « half worn broom, with part. ef the handle cut off, ora stiff white-wash brush, and sprinkle the preparation upon the vines. {t is only necessary to do this upon the stalks which contain bngs.- In mixing the Paris green care should be taken to have it well stirred, so that every particle mes. dissolved. If this is not done, it will re- main in Jumps like flour when water is poured upon it.
Another plan of mixing the Paris green is to take a barrel of water and put into it a tablespoonful of Paris green for every pail of water, thoroughly stir, and dip out as required. This way is not so good as the simple, one of putting the Paris green in each pail of water, for the ingredient falls to the bot- tom and does not always become mixed with the water. Again, if left for two or three days, as is often the case, when a quantity is mixed at one time, the Paris green loses its strenth.
The proper time to use the Paris green is after the dew has dried upon. the leaves, when the sun is showing clear and bright so as to dry the mixture upon the leaves. It should never be used before a shower, as rain washes off the powder and nothing is accomplished. The poison does kill the bugs till they have eaten « certain
upon the outside of the bug as
who the Paris green
the destructive insects laid out upom the ground, | It will probably be -megesrary to apply the Paris greem in tl ma three or four after -appli- cation, but that will be discovered by care- fully watching the progress of the egy-laying bug, which aay have come from some other quarter, Two or three appli- cations during the season is generally suf- ficient tc prevent much damage to the potatoes. Care should be take not to put too much Paris green upon the potato vines, as itis apt to burn the leaves and turn them yellow. Care should also be taken in handling the poison, so that ani- mals and children may be kept from swal- lowing any portion of it. I have-been told it is not unpalatable, resembling sugar in taste. Animals are also liable to eat potato stalks with the poison upon it if allowed to or by accident get into a potato field. The Paris Green does not ipiure the potato in the ground as some may suppose. Sete people who have a humor of using apy kind of poison such as Paris Green or London Purple pick the bugs from the pofatoe tops or brush them off into a pan and destroy them, but this is a very laborious way, and not always effective, as many bugs escape, and after a few hours are busy destroying other vines which they have crawled upon. If the few directions which 1 have given above are of any use to farmers who have had no experience in dealing with the potato bug, or who have had no reason to study its habits, but now find they have to deal with this destructive insect, then I shall be pleased to have rendered some little assistance to those of my fellow Islanders: who may deem it worth their while to read this letter. I am,
Yours, etc., ISLANDER. Gloucester, Ontario.
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The London Newspaper.
Cognomina or nicknames have from time to time been applied to nearly all the Lon- don newspapers, While The Times was ‘* Jupiter,” The Morning Advertiser was kuown familiarly as ‘‘ the tap-tub,” from its being the organ of the *‘ licensed vie- tuallers,” or tavern and hotel-keepers, and The Morning Post was ‘‘Jeames” or ** Jenkins” in oecult reference to the re- porter of that journal, who was supposed to stand behind the screen at tashionable en- tertainments, put down the names of ar-
riving graudees, and afterwards e of substantial refreshmente wit the upper servants in the housekeeper’s
room. As The Post was supposed to be the ‘organ of the pantry,” so was Punch dubbed the ‘‘organ of the pater frow the frequent appearance in its pages juvenile subjects. The Daily Telegraph called, in jealous spite of its enormous and increasing circulation, “‘the o of the knife-board,” the latter heing tie popbse name for the outside seat on the top of an omnibus. The Standard was at the same time spoken of as ‘“‘Grandmamma,” ‘*Mrs. Harris,” and so on, from its old-fashioned adhesion to Tory principles. It was essentially the organ of the country-house and the Se ithe Country ees county justices, village parsons, i- ally ecalthy rectors and vicars, rpeher ore finite solace in its pages where the divinity of Church and Queen was nei
Standard displayed its
derided nor discussed. Amid sectarian attacks and polite agnostic sneers, the old formulas ‘of the ** Fear God and honor the King” type. Solid, unflinching defender of Tory- isu as it was, it hung in the wake of its | party instead of attempting to lead it, and was altogether snubbed and pooh poohed by the great “‘educator” of his f ’ Lord
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