Durham Region Newspapers banner

Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 13 Feb 1901, p. 7

The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Ce-77= M Littie Liver PRIS. jMuet bear Signature of ces PecmShnile Wrapper Below. Vcsy smafl anRa as easy te 'sk.e as suges. CflyO ný,D-rn d 1 FU D AACII Il CAP T.8T ARLIUHII 8BEAU FANOUS AUSTRALIAN ROBBER DIED IN RESPECTABILITY. For Many Yeari lMe Yhsthe Terrai'oe!the Kjghqvays - lThe Ick Tituî' or' the ColeSles-Re llàklly Obtalneilservicp lEnder An Alla>s. capt. i&axlight Las dead. Wben this nturiaus Australian bushranger of thirty years ago passed away, it wvas undeir an aliaseof respe.tability. Il e occupied a pusition of trust. Capt. Starliglit died ip the service ut the very government which had proiaim- ed him an uoutlaw. ea anuther chap- ter ba$ been deveioped in the lite ut the dashing Capt. Stariight, jimor- talized by Ruit Boldrewood in bis story - Robbery Unuier Arms." Attar t imay be written Finiis, for it is the lest cbepter o u a, merking tbe end ot this femous antipudean criminal. The sudden deatb ut Mai. Patrick Edward Peily, an attache of the Geu- logicel Departoient ut' the Gave rn- must successf ni operations of Star- liglit. H1e roamed the higbroads of that c'oluny, to the teTror and lioss uf peace- fuil citizans traveling from tuwn te tûwn. Mtany of bis muet dairing ex- ploits were accomplisbed alune or ini c-pnywth the equaily notoriou Rutherford. On one occasion Capt. Starlight beld up the mail coach mun- ning from Cuorabarabran to Coolali, wben he robbed ail the passengers, ransiacked the mail bags, and forced the driver ta accumpany him ta the shack of a dealer and trader. H1e used the stage driver as a decoy, urdered himn on and then coolly robbed the trader. Capt. Starlight partîcularly fancied a, goud horse and bylooded cattie. Se of Is horse and cattie robberies were as bold ap the deects uf the border thieves in England a few hundred years ego. On one eccasion wben he pined for a t&ete of uirban life, Star- ligbt colleCt!Ed 100 HEAD) 0F CATTLE, whieh be had stolen frm time ta time VICTORIA HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTIVEs. 66 For GOI's Cake ,,Get lie a P, ta »ie lu." These worde Were Uttered a few weeks eaga by a p-_ur tellow as be lay - Ms bii eath-bed tu a hMel at Grav- e.unurt. A week befoire be had trais. elkud a whole day to reech the Sana- tOrium, but o-n mediuai examination it was 5fcmnd that thediseaso, con-, ann1pi0m~, was tou fer adranced ta admit bhm. 1He triýed, te get 'board in Graiienhurst and tins lly after re.. p!a ted tailures, esecured admission ta o-ne uthLb butets. 1He isüon became woree and the. resident physician ut tha Sanat0zrium wa" oalled in. Wheu it becanle kncwn tbat be badecon- gîunptlien, it was tuund impossible ta get attendants to wait un bim tbr4ough fear cf contagion. The huestier ot the buteA was asked ta belp and on hia refus ai he aws uflered el a day extra , but preterred toi givre Up bis pouitionrather then -expose WJTJI THE SIJEEJITITIOUSI There te much discussion now wheth-1 er man or wumnan us the mure supersti-1 tious, a nd statisticg are being coileet- ed by s'orne would-be accurete indivi- duals to prove une side or the otber. The latest report le that the men are mor'e superstMtons, but it must be un- derstood that this investigation is not conducted -with the strictest uversight, and there may be sorne flaws in it. There le a irowing superstition ln tavor of cutting tbe nails befure breakfast on 1'vonday rnorning, in order tu obtain a present betore the week is out. This may trutbfully be ceiled a populer superstition and woald, seem ta be an easy one. Un- fort unately within the last two months a serions contruversy has been raised as to wh!isl the correct shoolder over which the new moon ebouid ha Sean in order toi brlirg gcod lack. One certain mule, howavar, 's that "to ses the mcon in yuor breast for a month "AMOUR PROOF' RUBBERS G.RG._RBBR With the "Arinour Proof" Brand are the strongest heavy "iDouble uc"rubbers. They wear best because made of purest rubber, and mfore of it than in any other heavy rubber. Extra heavy, real tap soles- pure rubber. They Stand the Wear. j See that the rubbers you boy have the "lArmour Proof" brand Uo the side, like the eut. Sold at ail dealers'. Made by the oldest and best Robber Company in Canada -t The Canadian Rubber Co. TORONTO, MONTRER, WINNIPEC. -ûes t4ï ,,rrflrr,*f ,->,rrl.4. t-- -k

Powered by / Alimenté par VITA Toolkit
Privacy Policy