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Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 24 Jan 1894, p. 6

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A 'SUNLIGHT" PILLAR LABOR SAVINC PUR!FYING CLEANSI NG EXCELLENCE PURITY HAZEL G-ROYE. A Sketch of tise Great 1'ereet Fire of ISSL A E I.NAIHAN STUIIV. tHAPTER. I. T5ZIL NEW cou NTItY. But sec, the fading mauy colored weeds, Shade deepening over ehade, tire ce round Irnbrown; a crowded umbrage, du~k au 0f every hue, -[Thornsen'e Seasons. The clear brillisece ol early September lit the upper vahley of the Ortawa. The intense beatwas ~ver, and tIse keennese aI the stîli air already prophesied the lrost of the corniug night. So apparently thought a tait, powerlnlly.bniit young man who wae following the winding uountry road, for bc hastily put on and buttoriefi close the coat he had carried on bis arm aIl day, and tbec resnming stick and bondIe, contlnued bis walk at a more repid pace ; olsen pausing, lsoweven, te leek at the lovely scene before hlm witb the pleased surprise cf eue te wbom ibe wealtb cf early autumu celoring was a nevelty. Tho son hnng low ever a distant range of buts, whose leet were aI- ready shreuded in purpie shadows, except wbere the sun-ligbî, hreaking through the narrow valîcys, lit up the eveuing ground- mîsîs loto a flood of golden baze. The pestures in the cleared land had been freshenefi by receni reins: and the bar- veet, ess43~ par-tly-gathe ed, slre~wed- bleuies- of yeliow wheat, lighter oats, or bearded d dim shown upstairs te seek the rest he se mnucis needed, that image suit haunted him. There was nethîng necommen about Alîce Barlowe ; enly an effectionate and indus- trions cul, wjth ne educatren but wbsvt the I public sehool 0f the nearesi village sup. plied, ne experience but the lowly round of farm 111e; yer her's was eue nI those faces', Index of a warm heart and a sensible mmd, whicknoste.atnanLaArneanllsonest man a conclusion at whîch Eclward Grey was unlry net long le arniving. CHAPTER 11. AIl is the gsI t cf industry; whate cr E'~alt~ embcllkhes anti ren Sers iii e d 'itthtfnV -[Thornsens Sca-,ena The nexi day brok" dean sud bright. As he looked lrorn bis wjudow the miste et the previeus evening stili shrooded the valley lu the cold dawn, and when the sun rose îbey slowly rolled eway, reveahing eue by eue the beanties ol the scene, until ihe lest snowy wreath floated np the bilîside and disappeare -1, eaviug the clear water to flash ite moruing greeting te the nuclonded sky. Ou co'rnng down he saw i 's heet in the back yard, and atonce appios led te thank .him 1er bis bospiîality. Af ter serne conver- sation on general topice, George Barlowe a~ked hlm il be were net tately frem the old country. "Yes ; work is getting 50 scarce lu Eeg. laud now that I ibonght it besi te corne away whiie I bad enough te bring me. I landrd lu 'sieutreai, but uonld md Ou cm- ployrnect there ; se Feame up te Ottawa te in~±b.ninmbcr mllls2L "Poor chance of tihat, while the water is day te this.---Bct here nonce To'n with the cews, cerne te the bans-yard and take your firsi lesson lu milking, sud alter breakfast we'll begin ai the wheat patch." (TO 155! flO rsvfien i TEAC11INt+OEUL~D3~L~T IX) ~U\l3~i I Machines. Mister, wrll yergive me a penny?" "\Vhat do you want te do with it?~ "Corne aud eee." A reporter was walkiug ieisnreiy aiong Van Boren street, waitrng for a street car te overtake hm. whcn ho was acoested by a boy about 8 years of aae with the abeve. request. Oct of duriosity the penny was given and the iit~le fcllew tolci hOn te fol- low and sce the race, The boy eutered a cigar store. the reporter fellowiug and wen- dering what he m"ant by "the race," Near the door aI the store was a round gia s-covered case in whrch wcre several ernaîl tin herses. The boy dropped the penny je a elot 'n the machine, pulled a lever and the littie tjn herses sped round and round, first eue heing ahead and then another. Before doing se, however he raid te tire storekeeper "l'il take the white herse." For hall a minute, perhaps, the herses sped silently around the track, and when they stopped the boy clapped bis hands witb gice and exclai:ned: 'Thats the first tirne I struek it. Give me a package of cigarettes." The whi~e herse had stopped et the wire nd flasnenur h~iL~ron ~intn&The ! DOGS ON TilE RAOE TRAOK. A CasraIien I~aî1 MasSe *10,055 thit cf Hie Exhibitions by lits Tretiiîrg Sette~'. Hcrzc racing bac long boco an cotablizb~d and popular pastirne, and now dog racing 1' corning te attrant sorne attention. A Canadien lad named Wîllie Ketchum, was the pioncer in this hue nI sport. lu 1887 lie rewedlfistrotting dug- brukewtwhnr~] nees. It was an lrish setter, who nover lefi a trot sud rnade hall-mile heats againsi I ponies. lie wae able te eutspeed alineet every pony that was enrere I agaînst him. lis challenge was against any pony twelve hande or under, or te give any herse twenty seconds, the herse te go a mile aud the dog hall a mile, the herse te draw a quarter of bis own weig5st. The lad made about $10,- 000 wuth hie dog lu this way. Another boy named Charley Kinsler, wbose home is mn Oblo, trained a bolldog ta make splendid urne ou the course, lie was net a scccess, hewever, becs' use on the occasion of bis first race ou a fair grouud the word go bad josi been given when he espied an nufrieudly dog seme distance away, sud he bolted the traek aed overbauled the ebjeet cf his ehase, aud eeuld net ho per- snaded te returu tilt he had wbipped hlm on the spot. Young Kineler gave up teacb- ing bulldogs, and bis next veuture was with a cross between a Newfonndland and hloodhound wbich developed very good speed. Yonug Kinsier, however, had the beet success witb setters, and those that be brolce te harnees were able te go ar q ulte a fast cip. Hss m'de a ton,' cf the oountry fairs -md was everywhere a popsalat- attraction. The business netted hlm baud- Mo other smoking tobacco eems to have supplied th~ 'uiiversal deiiiand fora cooh

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