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'rm i;iiAR“iA\i fnARi.n'i"i‘1~:'r:>W ritiwvw. miivhnit i.si.AND`. MAY; 1900
other part of the world, the first man acnurch of its osu,a'_nd this surprised cotili not ¢uess the
UM T whom I got into conversation with wasa me more than anything for we were The Bed, White and
Canadian, from Ontario, who had been out led to/ believe there were not many at her in surrries and FH *IWW
hers some 12 or 13 years. His name is chiirch people out here; but ldouht if you Three werk~ ago we dared n
llr. Peterson,and ltell you he showed would Bud anv city in Can ada where you inni ” Afier w had
» “"“"""”“‘“`”"“`“““~w me all that waste he seen in the l0wl~ ve as many churches for the population nflbeinner men 'H' deft”
The lirstplase we went towns the Church We next visited what you might oiill a ment Buildings, and thesis a iileasant
Bu,,,,;~o~rfri\. Anvil 3 1909 ~ 8"" Tim* "0" *l“"'° l"‘5°d°" °f “° ‘“ of En land Cathedral, and it is one of the nice little museum. 1 open; g wbql hour sight met mv eves The Free Sisters as e
,d writing ton lil-t week nel reserve. the Hlglllllli B\"8*d"» lb* G” tlnestlittle churches vou would want to in this building and only wished I could piling in and handing up their arise,
J until I gf" ‘UU we my w °'° B"g‘d°°°d lb’ N"‘°‘°"“l* B"8°d’ W see, heautifullv 8nish'ed inside, sonietlllnil PP"-fnil a day, for t» me it was reallv inter l noticed they all seemed to ll1'1'\¥l"U *lr
""'°'f€,,1woiild then hatesoinething with the the Cornvslli, Girdons mn SL Pmp, .¢i,0m¢,witha heaniifol,estlng. Ali the animals of South Africa sleosaw the f'veeideni’s chairs Theta
.ww My desire was gra itled au;iYShopshires all composed the 19 h ,him mum, 300,., b¢“,_;f,,i pipe organ, ; an other pam of ibn wn;-ld were gathered sideofthe building is nicely 3ou»ke¢lJ‘0u0'
srllisw swers netlong here when we heard “|,m,“d m.h,¢“’ 8”" "4 ,¢,;,,¢.1'¢¢,;¢|,,,-, ,im },,,,,,i,-,aa °f bgnig .nd thing like our own, but one thing
M since im writing you the roar ol' cannon and we knew that lu, ,i d _ Tb, ,is ,po , ~,,,,,,,,,,¢ ,mfg ¢,, 4 1 _ mmm, -
h 3 n owe r I _ neec an ots ot other curiositiei- 'll 'ery oenlp
out to tak;hl_3_l_<;ien;:on:iu5 L2: lli;!%__tl:'\l:3:£'§‘;;_':_8g'1€.°;”;_"el:x£ tn connection with it and about six nuns 'thait I will rhane never seeigain The! `h°k 'h"°"°
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Ostontein on i h “ " Next ws visited the Roman Catholic telh me it has taken ‘years to get them °f ill* obtlnliel'
e morning, and ad engaged a large party of Boers to ou~ church’ it is ‘ho ‘ an bumiug’ md ,f ¢¢¢_¢¢|,,, "5 gi,” th, mm gg ,hem ,M-,. what it was he told me it was a stains
,ug for three hours halted and right front. so We moved \0 the ll°iJ you hge, "ar mn Vernon River Church boiilht by Paul Kruger some ya", W.. Kroner, and for once in ti s lite he was
M |,,.,iifaei, wb Ch <;°“"°'°d °f :?°uld°‘;' 1°" "°*"» 5'” °° lm lg'-"‘ you’ve seen one like this, onlv it is not ot in Europe. They even had allths old F' 0'" d'l\\\ 111° "lil °°l~7"-
some ver In it ~ - ' ‘ ~ 
After a rest of s out t ree ery. ai V the M0\\DlPd ID *HWY Thsreinnlnonnonvnngmfi nnnsnnd soon other relics from our Island some They ¢¢ll1tg0f KU vf UNM* I “V
n hour we once more eiariieo _:ooo eoattereg_ tue enemy, who tl-d in the ,en mhml m wnmcuon w th ,t 1'" mg. have ii ¢0ll¢¢-sign of main), ‘.4 15", W,” there might be volumes written
h UPC(
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. our Journey ini- i e av ion of oemfonisin Our men and only gf the chnroh goere here ar~ English the North West medal among them so bmltl "il NNN! Ill ll"
d i .bout 12 oolrck haiing l10l'P¢° 'NN l°° "fed l° f°ll°" 'h°“"- ’° Gburoh people We also visited several you see tnev haves fgiyly mud W]|,,,_u ,,, are in this building, also the
.d|..|gricP0f lb0tlI. ll BUG! mllt-tl lilly 195 lhfm ay as they klnw the' Othqr Hug ghigyghgg. vm] may (Bill 0ffV_0l’yllllllg. Efgg nur m.D|¢]¢.f u°w fill Z‘\"'l"f|8 Ill \¥0\\ld lb
,019 hugliih iiiil n,and as there "0llltl get them later The Bill-ll'l1 Vl°l°"» them Free S'at~ Churches if von like. adorns their tables Next we went to a *l*‘°¢‘9 Uftfell '°¢\'»hU'»
water for iiiau and bear\,W<' l|°"'¢'¢|` ‘"5 5 11°" °“°»ff°lll 09° "W4 Altogether the e are about 12 or 14 restaurant and li-tl a lunch Th girl "9" "1 D°*»°l\IP\°*‘°¢"#*’°'
, would i-top for the night point, for thev lost 400 ki led and wound glmi-ning in the town “ii several Bu who waited on ne, when we sat down ‘U “l=‘“*‘ 5°* P*-*'05 Uilllfkfli
A 1, ni.. .4 misiii nn. i its zoo 1 ’
aint-r__;-_e___:_ia_|_;2 ‘c'_'_¢ve °_'_e__v_;_ md 80° began; 11383888" m:_\_*;¢UL°m schcole-n arly every denominatioi hai started a music box playing, and you h‘l'_:*.'°t_z7l\:£_‘g:i4::x~\l::d to
oftoiiie you meat and vege ah.i- Bobens himself counted 103 dead Bcere
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‘mon ,he move 5 5 gmshed day when we were told we were within
mush about l ifoloclt They seven miles of Bloemfontein Great was
ui we had covered nnlf the di, our eurpris , when we had gone a lt lt
feonrse you will understand we J s'ance, to nnd 'hat French had got int
the adv tnce partv, only the re the ciiy wit i very lit le ieeistance and that
_ _ -_ _ ___ they had alleurrendered in Bloemfmiteiu
Noi long utter we could see the towers on
Government House lo in up in the dis
M N Out rrarch, after that, was an eaey one,
for it wiv commencin to become nite
g fl
i terestizig Everyili ng that caught our
even was new to ur, for it was tne first
Free State ciiv we had seen since we crm#
 0 South Africa and truly it is no dt grace
to anv eounirt, for it would Duzzel von
to lind a ciiv or letween five and eix thou
____ sand inlinb~enr.t that could boast of such
‘ine null ling ani. sucn a prettv site W
were no.. marched r gh: into the city but
  camp d about 800 yarns in rear 'l he ci yi
is siiuaiat in it vailev with big kipjes i..
lrontan.. rear ot it Itell you t at it it
   were the British who held it, it would take
40 000 Beers io get within four miles of it
d D for it is an ideal i-pot for a fortidcatlon
an  Our camp was in such a position
we coell we ihe whole of the city from
“_'”‘ our tents We hal to go to the edge ofthe
ciiv for water but they have laid a water
Mme the Popular pipe right to our lines since we cams-aad
now we can g i lots of beautiful water
III EV¢l'Y H0m¢» Of course we were not long here when
our otlicers went to the city and bought
,---- ug lot-i of sniff to eat, and for the int
time for a whole month we had agooo
°f “BY We mld thousand square meal Col. Otter also sent an oli
rundown, weary and half sick_¢¢|-mm ghec ry U, buy up nom. things
Whoare 110t111 li C0I1fll |for us with the money given him by the
with the work and duties of, people of bana»lo,to buy us extra rations.
lean tell vou ihev were very acceptable
sleeplessness noi-t one sndboww we are notfiiiriog too hadlv for
iienralgia,rheinatism,ily~pep .t, gf
hdney troubles 0Lhe,.,_ 0, my ; Food etufl is v=ry dear, for ygu mutst 1;;
and polsoned commmn of member this was the Free tate en ~
\1"ll'l€l'B Bfld BE D0 PPGVIBIODS GREG IDKD
ueskimgermg from unslghupllne place for about tive months and the
H lbeaqeé’ Boers eitin all the could you can
Compound is thc onlvi "nagmf bowg ,ho-t may store# would bt*
“Sled mefllclne for the P"°5e“° , Prices ran about like this bread ls. to
It purifies and enriches then.. gd pe;-loaf, golden syrup 2s 6d per
up the 'weakened body, cor ,imqpggggi-v¢2 io 3s per tin and verv
gives mental vigor, bright scarce at thai, bntter2 6d to 3s per lb
ann qw.;-et sleep ,condensed milk Ze , meals 3 to 54 i
aredaily prescribing Paines liquor 10s per bottle i B555" 31° 55 P"
m ganada and hun bottle, clears 6! to ls 6d, tobacco
strongly recommended gang: "*c‘;°;__;°'?;’:e ‘§:i°:;’o:l°5" '
Afte; we were here a day the Arn y
of a Couple °t homes of Service Corps took over all the bake sho; s
ymgl’Imp°“é”d lf $3" fW°;';d and tlonr and are now making bread f 1'
ya" mm 5' °’ e The citizens hava to et ia
Pame S Celery Com iilll°det1'r°!oi"t)>am the military autboritigea l 1'
worlds leading and curing nomnd bre,d_ We ue not gllgwaii into
ll' lkee Sick D90P18 Well the town until after 2 o’c1ook and then
only five per cent of the regiment at one
t me and we have to have passes Just
D0 88 W3  It re I must tell you a trick live of the
Island boys played All dav it had been
raining and wa were wet to the ann Just
_T at dark a certain person, whom you know
roi. well. suggested that as al the blankets
,,,,,,,¢ .gd qgmo, and as there were
three in'c’hea of mud all over our camp
good "P5" must' be grounds, that we steal down and get iutoa
Bd ne_i_»itain_honse, the people ‘pg which wie
t h on v Just got soqusin wi an
there spend the night in comfort They
gotto the house and told the plan, and
the people being English, were only too
they spent ine whole night in their wet | I  . '   ge Lgigf W.  °ll'“oUH
Wheels of all k d clo hes writin letters and smoking tor
....iniiii`i'iiiiiimi
an expert Last se
urn out from on
what we can do
glad to let them have a spare roam There
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hnia ham hii-cnii ani __ __ y ` ___ ded‘;_0 *H9 D01" ll" ' 'U red hunk buuqms kind of white stone. E. ,lsltn-l stamps and come, and several Time and space will not permat 0( it
ri ~ ‘ _ ~ _
and
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“S i “led
However alter a few hours we can march from 16 io Zomilea s dav on _ __ _ _y , awful si ir in Charlottetown insigdof
,M had a big breakfast, and half r¢tion= Whole rations at any time _ __'_ _  _ _ _ jail it would put one in mind of
,pw We did not halt until are not too much lmust s y with pride = = e ' f  _f_ It has twoliirge fins towers
abou 8 mp.. of our day E our 1=land Boys e'col the test lke men, '~ _ i   side ot the main door The
ever one of tltltt - ' ` _ gg;
sa
y which adpins it is equal to any of
J we did not bil I menu we We had now ooverid the while of tL nice lioueeg, ii is sornsthing of the aryl;
mr any lepgth of m,,e_ bu; distance except seven mites We actually _ H1’ Jllnrss Patonetelttielco It B080.
mnamber we always halt gn mn ched fi'tv ti ve mi es in three days, and ’ W* °l°‘° "Slim G3V¢fUlll9B¥ B ll!
In ew, hom. Am, d,,,,,,,- we we were glad on the morning cf the fourth °‘A.Tl‘ _ I llllufif-J line llw Stevn h
0
lliwn - lu-llale   Prices.
nuresnasuall
We invite all mothers and other interested
parties, to call and examine our 1600 new suits, for
the boys of Charlottetown. ' -
Herefs o few of the lines we have to show for
Children, Boys and Yoiitlis.
#~¥l‘######l e
building, and all under it are Gab!!!
uid ved a strainer io hiid one o e, you can we se- tome in our own market.
have got eel thgrgd ipiist havei been _ ~ - ~ » » ~ - ~ hav-amarlretthreeiimes a week
t. ,N ,-an eg; r a ot ils his cheere us up
? , pos tlioeienwriinbyourllisnas
About 6 30 we ell lor we knew that there weresomany less e in | mg,
. f as e te egraph o
the veldt and weie 500° fn.; to stop our taking Bloemfontein and ive 3 Z 0 " ’ There ie alsoa serv line City
s were tired out after our day’s *CBB to sleep feeling not too tiaoly The ‘ _ Potice S ation, aOhief of Polio!
wld hu. slept on a clothes :_=;f=__d_°y iweed viihent enrtlvng vniiwel D f . policemen who gentile 9:; meatli
h r U ln
'd ,o W, knsw, also, tha b' g, excegt sofrnelpt the boys fal§ng 3 ' all livcltz the 832503 l
ro' fgr gngthgg Olll lllg UIC 0 I 8 _IOIRIISI OB ' I W 8 611, ll lll
‘:n5“;;‘;;l:,3:.¢ ,ii ,he reg; 'gr could tot ilame than for it, tor no min ' the town ani io a etra er
IL 0
P ad
three 6ns residences in the ci y
mtlsout of *own The principal hotel
called Mironu: Hotel.
All the shops a e two stories
and are not up ti Canadian storegalthongh
there are one or tivo departmental stores
very line indefd. The store thateeema
in the best business is called the Colonial
Supply Bnuee ,tt is run by an English
iiian named Tenedel He employs about
twentv tive hands
There are no sidewalks worth
i_g about, hu! there is a water tap on neaf~
ly every corner The streets are as wide
an our ow... All the houses are set is olf
the sireet,l mein the residences, und have ii
gardens in front of most of them. They
have inc ndescent electric lights on the
street The principal trade of the towti is
in supplying ine surrounding couu ith
whatever they want 'lhere are
factories in the town ofany importance.
The white man does very little labor
except the trsdewinan and
black bore do the most of it.
for their labor tromlo
month and hoard A
30 shillings per dar,
tboutthesame A goodsaaaonot'
lays gets a l t.‘e more. OI course
6hildren’S  S&llcrsSjiliiS
, a
A
with large sailor collar, 7 53, 1.00.'1,25, 1.50 ‘
Extra fine tweed and Serge, 1.75, 2.00, 2.50, 3-00
Brownie Suits, fancy Tweeds, 2.50, 3 50, 4.25
Fancy micldy Suits, washing Serge. 2,00 to 4.25
Also separate pants for boys 25c, 350, 50c, 75c
Boys’ 2 Piece Siiils.
In Serge, well-made, 1.00, 1 , 2.00,
io
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in SS
Gal themselves
The doniors here get £1 for each
wit, and cites iiinss more. There
about ten of them in the town Of
there are three , they get about five
as much as the dentists do at
they are away het ind the times
are two papers irinted in the town as
as I could find int fhev are printed
on t in English and hall in Dutch
Nearly everv culling in life ie
etl here, and the laq prolesaion in
siingly crowned Oi drug stores there are
rite or sixhufiirtihev havseverv thing th ir wi 1 5,
require, and I u 1 nrt ses much opening tor
any one thing in particular, although t
Y!
people out here suv a Canadini
make lots of money Certainlv eve
-1-uns to be well off, that is ‘tie
In Tweeds. nice colors, 1.25, 00, 3.00 continued onthe Last Page.
In Black Worsteds 3.00 4 0 5.25 ‘ 4 4 '
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Also Pants, 35c, 450, 750,, 9l)c
PRISONER RELEASED
- ~ Victim of Kidney
clutches oy
ago this mouth,
Biiys’3 Piect Suits.  .tt
and other Kidney
day he has never been
immediately previous
Good Serge, D B or s B, 2.00, 2.50. 3.00 ‘i’1°3°}.°if...°“§§...‘ih‘3‘.
Good Tweed, “Halifax” 2.75, 3.00 and 3.25 ““I‘h,”‘§,§,,
Good black Worsted, 4.00, 5.00, 6.00. . g§§§§e_b{ $1*
SZSEZE§§,;Zd§r5i?if0%?§303'°“.   
English Worsted,4.50, 5_50,l7.75 ‘ ‘"“‘°“"°"°‘“"“ “W
There iseno place in Charlottecown can show "
such a complete line of Boy’s Clothing, Caps, and
Furnishings as we do, Try ns. ~ ` `
Marine I
Q Burns canoonsma Intro!!! Mew!
un to do them Pmperiy they we;re_too  toclit;et‘l.o1:;i 2.21 _  _  _ i _ 51  -. ~  tallied when loqiitd. Y 6
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y we do nh BYJIDC 0011!; Eplq r
your n In Job and had to do what was against non
- wlihe th il th A
science tell afe . bu t ey id e
trick and arrived in camp in the
mornin; all U K , no one being any the
lu; - mg” Igota pass the saaoal day and
°l°Ret»ir8hop startedto do the town, and,aa in every
mimi
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Bicyeie Doctor
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