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ACTS FROM A DIARY
,by Mr. Arthur Mellish at the Front in South Africa#
15 Vivid Description of the Fight at Paardeberg
G company to guard approach
of coluniii, so we drew ourselves
to our feet and marched to some
rising ground about si mile away where
we posted seiiu-ies. At day=break we
marched back to camp. At 5 p, ni. Sat-
urday we left and marched toilsomely 23
miles, arriving near Modder River after
sunrise Sunday morning, with nothing
to cat onthe way. We again tried tr
get some rest, notwithstanding the
booming of guns some distance off. buf
it was not to be. We had a. smal
ration of coffee and a littlc
biscuit which we were not giver
 (continued oil the Eighth Pm-.i
 
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And Many Thrilling’ Incidents.
GUARDIAN is pcriiiitted to make pace. Transport waggons were constant-
trpvins extracts from diary leffefs lygeliting stuck at first, and :we had to
V. by the last iiiail from Mr. Arthur get them clear. The day was very hot,
ri rs-t Caiiadiaii Lontingent. burning*-and aftera while we had to
*of the ti _ .
bereniembered that Lieiitenrint Plfik up soldiers who had fallen out
authough hclling a Commission ahead with sun-stroke, etc. The further
I  5 Provincial A. D. C.. on find-_we went the more numerous the cases
dxfqld not get appointed as an otli- I became. They were Canadians, Gordons
nhtmcontingeiit pliifkilb' ¢‘I\\iSf@d HS a _ and _Shropshires mostly. We would put
_I ,ne many other brave Canadians.
_W BAy|sri.».M. Sorrn AFRICA.
; Tuesday. Feb. 13th. 1900-
' he Orange Free State
 In 1 gn in t _ _
cam ed around !\e\t
m gfmy €Il P d ' h ‘
Gordon Highlan ers, w 0 are
'snake .ills nd
_ them on our waggons where the hospital
imc gl abundantly proved their corps looked after them.
gmghe Held of battle. I am now first rate after the journey
having had a swim in a pond near by.
I We are about 12 miles within the Orange
l State b0\111d8»I'.V. There was a fight here
, or about 3 miles away yesterday when a
number of Boers were killed; some were
Captured, and there are prisoners here
‘ _‘Z th C0rnw° `a _ ~ _
*d°dwm;nud}‘al1seo\maiiay others--horse tmm' T°'m°"`°“` we expect t° b° 1” 3
j#W°5’ ` _ ` `-`.S°¥`8~D- It iS getting dark and I must
“"4 artillery. General McDonald is cIoSe_
dis very popular. I told
.°;‘:;n]:5;mhovv we had driven the
F into the hands of another column at
mum S Itis now said the Boers lost
.kiudmd1,(lX) arc prisoners.
J Aconsn_u.u, Friday, Feb. 16, 1900.
So we are here. Our column captured this
place the day before yesterday and we
marched in today. Early on Wednesday
_ We rmmilltd on duty at Richmond __ morning at 2.30 we arose, had some break-
_ “fhpthc cavalry and horse artillery fast and started off. The country was
'vm mygy. On last Sunday H1811! I | fairly level where we marched, but it had
Q given in charge of a party for the _ been burnt oil' by the Boers to prevent our
in patrol during the night over the _ getting forage for our horses.
“_ ABoer scout had be~n caDf»\"'ed As the day advanced it became intense-
“mme day and we kept a sharp look . ly hot without any wind.
gfor the enemy.
12 o`cIock at night a body of men
.Ulm . '
am” approaching by the sentry.
A great many dropped from -sun~stroke,
chiefly from the Cornwalls. A little after
mid-day we reached \Vaterfall Drift on the
 up and said they were a party Riet River.Here we halted and piled our
' ‘mlgtgrs sent out to relieve us and `a.rms a short distance from the south side
(_ _ I - `
gn were to march in to the camp at _' of the river,a.nd our section took the water
`.,,_ So we returned and found the
bottles of the Company to bring some
npgyéggoing, the inen drinking coffee , water. It was a peculiar looking river-
ngnging hard tack in preparation for
Pig¢¢B¢lmont. \Ve hastily took some
mfmhment. and in a short time the-
“bmmww loaded with our blankets, l
gp kettles, etc., and off we started by 
-mlight. When we reached Lovedale- 
mfygy, we rested till daybreak, ancl_’_
qmpgoeseded to Belmont-. which we had ‘
lcftthne weeks before. We found the
ampehmged and everything bustle and
¢;¢it¢m¢nt,as the regiment was going
riglitio the front with the Gordons and
othm. There was no rest for us. \Ve
kqnxhm one fatigue duty to another
prepi-ing to start which we did at 6
otloekltit evening. I forget to say that
wheiinptili Iwent to Fred. McRae‘s|
tciitwlhduiexcellent breakfast with
Nm--poi-ridge with sugar, etc-quite a
tint. _
Well, to continue. We expected to
mmlitoGmPaii w‘i~.re the battle of
Ediiisfunght, but diiilly we Went ilpl
oiihtm. When we arrived, there ap- _
pemdtnbeareguiar city :of tents. It
Vnofeoursedark, the train going very V
slowly. We piled arms, and supplies were
imiedfornn expedition of three days .
mlimryrations for each man, and one
mtioiiofconccntratad food very small iii
dmpus, capable of keeping us fed for 7 0
lions.
i
At three this morning we were :=.roii.<e'l
mdprepired for the days mirch. Our
Company and “H” Company were the
reukllard, and we .started in the rear of
tlieeolunin. We set out at any easy
f _ _»
BRAIN FOOD.
Tlof Little Benefit Unless lt is
Digested.
N914! tveryoiic will admit that as a
lation we eat too niucli nicat. and to little
\f‘-'Qetables and the grains.
lirbllsiness men, office men and clerks,
Ill in fact everyone engaged in sedentary
‘l’il\l00r occupations, grains milk and
'@\\bles are much more healthful.
051|! men engaged in a severe out door'
llllal laborsan live on a heavy ment diet
lflumtinue in health.
5" Sellers] rule. meat onie a day is suf-
Bliforall classes of men. women and
more like a succession of pools, the water
of a Creamery color and down at the
bottom ofa deep cut which is doubtless
full to the top ofthe banks in a. rainy
season. the stream flowing in araging tor-
rent. I found a good spot and fastening the
lanyard of my knife to the handle of my
canteen I drew up the water in that way.
After we got back we marched across the
drift by ii ford which was quite dry, and
advanced a short distance down the river,
bank where we camped. In the evening a `
thunderstorm came up and I felt some-
what better, but all the boys were pretty
well used tip. In the afternoon _they got
the big naval 4.7 guns down the steep
river-bank, across the ford and up the
other side. In getting them up ropes
were attached to each and about a thou- ‘;
sand men took hold and pulled it up.
There had been fighting all along of an
‘.1niI1i§‘f.‘1'tcnt character. _ 1
Early next morning we were again _,
astir and marched down the right bank of 
the river. A breeze was blowing in our-
fziccs.but it was very hot iiotwitlistanding.
In due time we uri-ivezi at Y\'egdral. our
next carnpii:g'place_ After dinner I had
a good bath in the river which refreshed j
me much, Fred. Bla-Rae coming down
with me. \Viiei1 we came back we found
si. battle going on and went to a hill about
tvfo miles distant and watched it for some
time. It was part of an attempt of the
Boers to re-take Jacobsdzile, but our
horsemen were quite successful. In our
march from the last camp we lost part of
our convoy which was captured by the
Boers. Our Coinpiinywcre marched out
for picket duty during the night. This
morning we were od' again, this time as
guard to the two 4.7 naval guns Al-
though the week was rather trying I was
feeling better and got through the march
to the town first rate. The guns are long
and heavy, are hauled by 3-l oxen and are
on two broad tired iron wheels with
I another pair of wheels att-ached behind on
‘ a. pivot from which a shaft comes back.
The sailors get on each side of this, and by
turning it from side to side steer the gun
like a bicycle going backwards. We
passed over the battlefield of the day be-
fore and I picked up a mauser bullet as a
Q souvenir. We found Jacobsdale full of
l troops We v. ere encamped on a hill and
‘m'“’md S"`al“~"`=f1'“lI f'-ml Vegetables coming down. The men got some loot
'illlldconstitute the \~ii`ik of food eaten
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Shmld b° taken after meals has been changed and we are to get up at
the relaxed ‘llgestlve 0l'8`3l1S» 1 20 to morrow morning and start shortly
lhtmany of the mos* nutritious foods ;§s0ng;ptI3;-1;? an;C;cl;;t¢a11?@g?h;0at;O:i?d
mamcult °f dl§@Sti0¥1 and lb iS Of H0 use sheep they could iind and killed them and Qwln
“mi” bmi" W01`k€!`S YO 061 largely Of had lots of fresh meat. Just now some _
"mud vegetable* Where the diS`@3t'i°n l cavalry have come in with a big drove of 'has been U
t°°"°°k I0 f`~S-qifnilflte them D1`0P€l`lY- captured Boer horses. They say they are
be” to get the mst results selling for a shilling a piece We were to
Glllfood that some simple andharm march at si! this evening but the order / ‘
h ` u I . ha I   __;‘l€t'eral years experience halve proven 3:ft,er. \Ve expect to cut Cronje off who |      
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get water from a drain nearby. Mint is p 0 _ A
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been drinking mint-water all day since , _ _
*.»&l0l~Bant and eiicctive digestive and w bg in full retreat. I have so little time '
uE`e`ily which may be taken daily with of my own that it is hard to gem m°m°”‘ Will be asked sometime for constructing-this bridge. We do not .propose 'Joseph Moran
. g,,hm,,t~re8ultS` _ .i N50” d°“'” 8' “W “mes t° y°“’ but I Wm making tender, our line of BRIDGE WORK is cmlined to Teeth. Modern Dlwld Cimllben
be sDyspepsm T2fh.1°t'S can hardly have ’““°h w “fu y°.“ when I get h.°'?°°‘ D tal Science has devised means by which decayed teeth or _roots may be »N E uma”
°°n°d°D1i!f=Hb U1€<llClI1€, as they d0 W'e are 'ust falling in andlam writing en
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,ad lets are certainlythebestknown  tg; oolnmm We marched on slowly au '  _ ._ _ ___ *~ _ ~ __ _LHA1-_ry Mc if
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g to obyections to the proposed location, delay
aused in the work on the new Bridge. '
y on th food t 'rn ii t teh f th ed   tomb 
weak cjmssns lic?) read; Zi§t;};las ‘gnffnzimetiab 185.3; cigeubil overcomes $519 by BRIDGE ‘JY "h‘°h the 8"P b¢°"°°° "'° °" '“°'° ‘°°'h   ' 
by stimulating the gastric hope so wr-isemore before Ihsve ii chance or roots is bridged over by Artiiicial Teeth, making them past as good m_
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_ *B* 'Y-llN°\f°€0 ` "` _ South  23, 1900. into to you t e many vlntlgol 0 1-. e mann ture. I ours# vel flmifns -Elin". .. .
°"*f"_<: Of Stamrt’_s Dyspepsia Tab- _ Events mae happened 8° ra idlythat jon don_’__; have to loose any time in having it Dat in, and by making it our-*Im - ' '
hs wisfeall ;~¢p‘t;;ci:_\_']¢ 1_3' _ I am_w_gfused as I try to  their tselvs, ive are in s position to fully guarantee it in every way. _
hmm no d H S ea ’ sequence *-‘ * 1; 1;’ tl had gust 81191” All eirork done in a painlessly pleiuant way, and we are the acknow-Wg” wiglgby
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"~°"’¢ lm riatiiml digestivos; oooané tomarchatonce. After some confusion best eoyfvhere. _ _ _ _ v » .i_.Tain__es llchean
the natural secretion of toes- ~ o wa as our own natural teeth would ba. ` Wilham l Wat Rivet
1 Wm Ross
'_ Donald JMcDonalu
_ Katie McRae
-Robert Bownem
_George Hardy
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Collected by Katie Rom:
R K McKenzie, Flat River,
Mrs R K McKenzie
_ Mrs D McKenzie
_ Barbara McKeni ie
Rodie Beaton
J Mrs John McSwsin
` Mrs AT N'ch leon
Finlay cKe11izid °
Alexander Beaton
Malcolm R Beaton
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Sarah Catherine Rtsi ' '
Mrs John McDonald
Mrs Donald J Ross
_ Eben Beaten
_ Annie F Matheson
Angus Beaton »
John A Ross ‘
John Riley
Hector McKenzie
laura. McRae
,Duncan McRae
.Mrs John McRae
~ Tow, tis cs.
Thomas Mallard, Gowan Brac,
Lazarus White
J amos Howlett
Arthur McQuaid
I e 2 60
Cnllected by Alex Corbett, Uevfcher,
Montrom:
Rev A D McDonald
John R Dinnis
Henry Gordon
Bertram Ramsay
David Marchbank
Paulinus Gillis
James Gillis .
Benjamin Bowness
Archibald McMnrdo
John Bowness
John R Donald
Reuben Bowness
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George Gordon
Atlee Hockin
John Hockin
Charles Pridham
Philip Pridham
Mrs James Mclntyre
William Hardy
James Hardy
Daniel Gillis
Robert Hardy
Alex Gillis
Herman Gillis
Arthur Ramsay
A1ex“Corbett
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Collected by Elliot Fraser, Teacher
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Angus 12:12: :.th
Charles McKenzie
Eli R Thompson V
Murdock McLeod _
Benjamin Sickles _
Daniel D Rourke'
Alexander McDonald
Jessie McDonald _
Norman McDonald _
Roderick Fraser
Mary Nicholson
Mrs. Beaton
Jonathan Beaton
Malcolm Nicholson.
William Munro
J olmN McDonald
Daniel Nicholson
Benjamin Davy
Mrs. Hugh Campbell
Elliot Fraser
Total $10 00
er, Braclrley School: I i
Hedley V Bryenton
John F Macmillan
Eli Clements
John T Mellett
Jeremiah Jackson
William Pierce
Ella Prowse
George Younker ‘
Samuel Prowse
John Ban' .
Artemas Bryenton
Mrs Keziah Jackson
Alexander Macmillan
George' Bryenton
Elizabeth Thompson
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Mrs Sarah _Blgienton
Bruce Mac ' an '
. Leonard Bonndy
Total
Jerome Chapman, Ea_st'Baltic
Da vidB§uce .
Eugene ay
Daniel McEachern
Sylvanus McAulay
J as Leet
I David McAulay
Andrew Grady
Austin Grady
Fred Carew
L Mrs Jas Ellsworth _
Geo Robertson
; John McGregor
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' James Keongh .
?Edwa.rd Mossie
Patrick Grady
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Joseph McNeill
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