-v.-~»a-,--.1 ~.:...~‘_.s:*'; .a.. .___ ~.=~ .ad 4. xréasm .,... .~...¢.._. -....». _sf .- es.. .»_.., ..._.- ~ _.xt- B t G i. _»` ft' ,_ , r" i. tt if 3;, ll s . / ` 'rem cuitnniltiv ri,iiii.o'r'ri~:'rowN. Psixcii mowttnn tsi.ii-tl Bew-:Je ci izzitatiartt _il Y tisnir tuiitisateco.. stirs. I MONTREAL. at ...__in- :`___::-_r w.‘..'i i‘.::..__; :_tt; : »;;;;.. - _ ll1_1l1l - § W ii *mi*-€ - m l ` “ ‘ 3 Firittttat, Wednei-ida_v,_ March 14th, 1900. ° ’ ° ° Bloemfontein is ours;l And here we are encamped 8 miles eouth onthe railway line. We received the i news yesterday when stopping for an tiour’» rest at a pond 4 miles from here. First the rumor of a civil dieaeueion among the peace and war parties of the Boere ran through the brigade. Then it was said the guns we had been hearing in the morning were those of the two bodies of Boera fighting each other; then the au- nouaoemeot came that French was in Bloeinfontein. I can tell you there was a sudden roar and hum of 6,600 voices. The tired and footsore soldiers with haggard weary faces brightened up in a moment, and all was animation and congratulation. It was worth the long days of semi- siarvation and toilsome march and fight to nartieipate in such a scene. Last Sunday, the 11th, we left Drei- fontein_about ten in the morning. The day had become verv warm and consequent- lv the marching was more difhcult. The journey for some days had been over an undulating veldt, but now we went along the ridges ofeome lov--lying kopjes. We passed through some ields of corn with melone growing below, as is usual here. l managed to get a fairly good mel n, although the best ot every- thing had been taken by the mounted men and the Boers who had already passed over the same place. We niarched onto the top of a small hill strewn with shrapnel and shell from the previous day’s fight and at the top found a pond of water and a. ruined house with a white flag on it said to be full of wound- ed Boers. The surface was rough and rocky for the next two or three miles, and then we had a short rest near another house with wounded Boere, which also had a white flag. We could see the women nurses moving in and out but we were not very close to them. We continued marching on in the heat which had become intense, up and down hill. It seemed all np. _The surface, of the ground had now changed, being mot lv covered over with small bunches of grass each of which had a little earth around it, as you often find it in our swamps at houie. This proved vt-rv try- ing on our men as they only could g t good footing by stepping high and look- ing out forthe low places between- not al- ways practicable. The eolesor the bo its became very smooth and slippery which added to the fatigue. Men began io full out in great numbers being unable to keep up. The Canadians were no worse than the other regiments of the brigade in this respect. Personaltv I hung it out till we arrived at our camping plat‘e--ll¢- teen miles-not eolong as some of our previous marches but generally con- ceded to be one of the most trying. We encainped in a kind of cove in tile kopjee, a low ridge making a eemicircle partly around us. The water was not tip /s `-_-_-s ` -.~.»s \~` -_ -_-_-,~,~_~_~_~s~_-_-_-I-,= ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ s - to the C iarlottetown article, being muddy, which we don’t mind ae it ia near y always eo here and nas rather it swett. pleasant taste, but in this ca~e it contain- ed multitudes of small squirming ani- mals ; however, down it goes and wel- come. When we were settled off' we had to go and get wood for the cooks, and t-oou had alot of little bushes gathered smaller than the blueberrv hush, the onli fuel available,and our cooks quickly made ue a welcome half-ration of tea. In the meantims they had put on a ha»f :ation of meat to make us some soup, so by 6.30 wt- had that too. We slept comfortably till 3.30 next morning, and before sunrise had again begun a day’s march. We tramped on till 3 or 4 in the afternoon, over a fairly good country. Every now and than a nerd cf frightened epringhok would gallop wildly across our front, or a rabbit would e_cui'ry past often pursued by a dog belonging to the iordons. Very frequent- ly the men would apture one of the.-a and you may he sure they made a welcome .ids ami. , The march wa- also enlivened oeca- eionally bv mu-ic from the Gordoas’ bag- ptpes. The Highland brigade was_`no very far from us, and we often heard their bsgpipee also. Antntig the iiien there were many invaiices of pluck in the manner in wtiicfi they held out. The boots of a great many were a’mt»»it gone. In some int-iauc~a iney were actually ,;ooe; a- for instance the cs-e or Hull-1 l, ot' Bt, Johu~a cou-in of llli-it H»tti.l-l who visited her aunt, Mrs. Knight, at Sonris. V _ _ 1_ Singers and Speakers During the cold weather singers and speakers almost invariably carry in their grips a bottle of Dr. Chase's Syrup of Lin- eeed and Turpentine as it cure for hoarse- ness, sore throat and throat irritation. standby of Canadian homes. z5c. a large bottle at all dealers. r reason they told methey had worn it there lsince 180| when they foukht back to back, -litre ears a o. He marched in he rockin; feet ful' several days and did not fall out at all. His feet were in a terrib ~ condition. After we were fliiallv encamped and I had rested a li.t'eI took a stroll arcand the piece. About 20 miles from the last -topping camp was a point of concentra- im of the aliree columns, and I tell you what, it was quite exciting. There is a fine large pond, and the General, Lord Roberta and staff, occupied a house on a -mall eminence from the top of which a row of signal men were heliographiug messages in various directions. First 1 met some men of the Dorset Regi- ment who wear their badge on the hack ofl -he helmet. Upon my inquiring the at Alexandria againrt. Napoleon Bona 3 parte. I also saw the Ceylon and Botabavi Horse contingente frrm those placee, and the Baeuto Native Scout.s,also many Hin- doos front one of whom l pur- we fried them on a canteen top and eij ryed them much. We also asked a negro tol in butlie retufed. He t-aid roudl he .liberal dish providing us spoons to eat with. It is not- often 66' ` What Lovely 1' This rem trk is common in “Monsoon” Tea Have tm, If not, get a packet from your you have been `ng, and you wi| mean by .¢gjp°&g i moo cavaow 'rea ‘er-lt us some wheat porridgs he was mek- i, ‘ it P y was a Matt-king Kellie and gave tis each a ' 1.' one meets such a generous native. ll saw some Hindoos afterwards. Une was sitting quite solemn ly a fire; au- other,a little way off, said he would sell us some pancakes at a shilling each, or rather said the other would. On at-king the other he toot: no to ice of me. His coiiipanioii said “He Brahmin, I no ca.-te. He sell me, me sell you.” I suppose the Brahmin would lose-caste to sell directly IU lliea _ ` We were up at the ueual t’me next morning and marched by slow stages about ten miles to the place 1 i-coke ot at ,the b»ginning of the letter. '1`here'wi»s otlicer a prisoner for having arms in chased! a rupee-the ‘;ndian (coin. , ' L ter came across a. ictoria Aue- trdlia) trooper and we had a very pleasant up chat. I-Ie had some pieces of squash and Blu ,fa 6;p;i~;ori`t;r.t'yt;::_»:3i aurhospiti Inge aale o UQQ ! 1 - ALF AS MUGH HIUA All AN! MEIN" P¢\l'O10 Boemnd he left the rifle with the corporal. I looked about the town and wondered at seeing eo many shop signs in Eoglidi, and at hearing the Beers speaking in English no generally. While strolling along a man seeing my hedge suddenly said, “ Wnv, their-’»» a maple leaf; he must he a Cana- dian," and euro enough I was, and a lr. Peterson, of the railway offl sea, came up. He at once invited me to go to his house, which l did and there had another meal of dessicatt-d chicken, etc. Ee had prao -tically been a prisoner while the ar lasted. I send you one of his Boer passes nothing unusual in the march. [hence ; AUP* railway office I mt-_ta loyal Scptcli we marched to Ferrara Siding, o_o the ra.l-(@F€l\l'¢l` 'W0 'll UI SRU- lP\ll¢°. way eight miles from Bloeiiitonteiu. “|l“‘2¢'»ll°"- 5 l Binizitaottriziii Cnr, March I5. Eerei N“°'l! *ll “W "l“'°P‘l 5" ¢l*\\`] we are at last. We marched here froru|*‘0l°| "Wi Of ¢¢\8i-HFS I 88°' lil* Patil!- |-*erfm-,,’ 0," ,,g;,,,e,,, y, ,ug ,he ,-¢,,- 5 ment House and manv of the public build-, guard. I have made 9. visit. to the town, l'l2*'>_3Ud_ Bl'l'¢’lY I h‘°Y_‘l 5 ¢°“1‘¢l\ b¢ll~ entering ,nv the colored qiiarier. 1 p Finding it was an English church I went *MWA la the highest grade of AXIAB GRI; il was tlieiot-ject. of uiuch notice by the lfl- li W8* 5 5_0! _l°"g9 b'lll¢ll|-18- b'lUU'i duskyinhabiiants as I passed al-Jug. 0.1 Q fully finished inside, Wllh l_ 'Pl9Il¢llf|“ the outskirts I purchased ten peaches and !0l18DC¢|- TUG H'l'VlC€ Wh* DMU! U2* 'Oi live pear-, for n:ne ptnce and I can as-:tire f'"1¢’- I f""DD'lS¢ iv 8 foreien countrY lllffé if A you l relished them. As I turned a\B":il!ll’\l=fl13l‘"'l”- The UUUYOE W0’ R0°d>f corner n negro came running down tli- ; H" “DV 465 *B* ‘llttg BS at home to tue' *street ptireiied bv it soldier. 1 at once i l1l"“ We *U*-<‘» Wd l-U ill' “Diff lllffllurf- `capture.i the negro. The seiitries and ii.; The Orange Free State _is raid to bl" htvvt been lgr-atfcrowd catueiip anti I pass-ed on. !F'1Yf“D\l'l2 S N95, S0 porhaps we mayliggm-1,, , ing l found u hotel and had a famous S00!-\ bf lwllte Bgllltl- itlmliliq' ` tl nner. The table wa-i set otit, witn table! AR'rHl`|t J. B. Minus H. I ' napkins and other accessorie~. _I en-; _0 cu TN. pl wlthllhtent fclose the bill of fare. While ntl ‘ 'W A ‘ULD td DAY- fh`:",',",,"‘“";' the hotel an ex tiiicer of the Boers and al Take Lasrative Bmmo Quinine Tablets. agfqr gig corporal and two men of the Matichesters All d1'“88_`l_StS 1“=fl1!1f1,Ih€_ 100118? N1 fill! 01-50- Flofelle came in wrangling about a h{au=er car- £035 L' W' Umves 5*g“‘m|° bine. Oneot the men took tue nil: from Lf' c:;s;'°.;7mg °{“,U°S,°°d,°°dfT"` the Boer and then the corporal told the See °\11' new belly carriages First. ~ 9°” me Y f Y ¢ S55 53 ° Q 3”! soldiers M mn i a d “ke the nscallment have arrived. iiieyre beauties l'¢m¢dy for Collghs Bud C0ldS- If 18 ill! . “ “_ . call ani see them.-John Newson. 17 lw . _ l bswt Heli D his possession. This at once qnieted the caftefs' f°|* . ¢ 'i *_ ____ _ ____ $1"-"'% f' f n xg r/an xy = F71? W Em Gb 3 5'. 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