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2-Orono Weekly Timies, Wednesday, Augu st 14th, 1985 Second ClasMail Registration Nwnber CNW6 PuNse EvAry Wednesd yat the o oec Publieatiool ýMain Street, Oroeq Re orretey. Editor From the other side of the house - It is apparent that sitting on the other side of the House of Commons gives a different p erspective in deci- sion making and this is evident at the present time with the Mulroney Conservatives proceeding with crimînal charges against Richard Price, the former Indian and Northern Affairs Department employee Who has been charged with breach of trust. It is alleged that Price, an ordained minister, had subniitted a secret cabinet document to his former pro- fessor, which document finally ended in the hands of the NDP and ultimately made public. Naturally Price lost his job but -many eyes have been turned with the laying of the criminal charges as the Conservative appear to want to make an example of Prite. Erik Neilson, deputy prime miniter, Who now keeps a low profile, was in opposition in the fore with every leaked document he could p ut his hands on. Then in. opposition the Conservatives'accused the Liberals of intimidation of civil servants and went to the aid of a fired Postal, employee when he acted similar to that of Price. In fact when the Conservatives came to power the Postal employee was rehired. If the charges remain and the government is syc- cessful in the charges Price could face a five year jail terma. How does one determine or even imagine fairness in the two incidents where one was returned to bis job while the other faces criminal charges. The federal government could look rather foolish and certainly not a body administering fairness. Gas Leak (Continued from page 1) change over today, Wednes- day, but the rupture forced the change over on Monday. The gas main supplies gas to the Peterborough and Lindsay areas and this supply could not be cut off. Ail supp ly to the Village of Orono was however- cutoff and not until Wedniesday were ail services re-ignited. The sound of the gas coin- ing from the ruptured main could be heard a couple of blocks away. There was nio danger as to the rupture and no evacua- tion of the area was under- takeni. Traffic was redirected around the break area and for a titre Main Street, Orono was taking the heavy highway traffic. TEMAN 1lrarely go on holiday without thinking of John Bu- chan, Lord Tweedsmuir, our 35th Governor General. -Partly, 1 suppose, that is because his Hannay stories make such good vacation reading. But aise because a couple of his novels begin with the hero, Richard Han- nay, or perhaps Dickson McCunn, going on an unsche- duled holiday. The one l'm thinking of must have involved Hannay, because it began in London, flot Glasgow, with our hero working too hard, smoking too much and generally feel- ing stale. His Harley street doctor advised him gravely to get away for a while, or he wouldn't answer for the consequences. So Hannay pulled some stout boots and serviceable tweeds from his closet, stuffed shaving tackle, a change of socks and a copy of Pilgrimn's Progress into a kit bag, and set out by train to walk in the Scottish Highlands. How wonderful. lt's a holiday 1 have taken mnany times i my imagination, and will Kendial News The Lost Lagoon It is dusk on the Lost Lagoon And we two dreaming tbe dusk away, Beneath the drift of the twilight grey. Beneatb the drowse of an en- ding day, And the curve of a golden moon. It is dusk in the Lost Lagoon, And gone are the depths of haunting blue The grouping gulîs, and the old canoe, The singîng firs, and the dusk and-you And gone is the golden moon. Oh! lure of the Lost Lagoon, 1 dreamn tonight that my pad- dle blurs The purple sbade where the seaweed stirs, I hear the cal of the singing firs In the bush of the golden moon. Pauline Johnson Sunday August 4th was a perfect summrer day. We were pleased to welcomne to our church our new minster and bis wife. Rev. and Mrs. Bryan Youngs-Ransom. He was introduced by Mr. Keîtb Wood who led the call to worship. The choir sang, "There shaîl be sbowers of blessing". The scripture reading was Ecc. 3:1-9. 2 Corinthians 5:17 Matt. 16:24-26. The sermon entitled, "Lord, not again." The minister announced that there would be a vaca- tional Bible School fromt August l9th tilI the end of that week August 23rd held at Newtonville for the cbildren of the charge fromt 9:30 to 11:30. Leaders are needed, come and bring your kiddies tbey will enjoy it. We were pleased to have worsbîpping with us Mr. and Mrs. G. Deionge of Orono and Mrs. Ethelda Williamson of London on Sunday morn- ing. A rabbit located my garden and ate the blossoms off mny late peas. I dampened the pea vines and shook a lot of poison dust on tbemn. Tbis .ould discourage further breakfasts. To the June brides. Use a double boiler. No matter if hubby is late for lunch his soup will still be bot neyer" burned. Make custard, salad dressing Xîd anything made with mnilk and eggs in a dou- ble bolIer and the curd will neyer be toughened. On July 29th 1985 a statue was unveiled to Louis Riel. When I hear the name Riel or read anytbing about the Rebellion I think of Uncle Tom Cooney my grand- mother's youngest brother. He was a lad in the en- trance class wben he carne home from school, early in Marcb, with the news. "The Hendersons are leaving for Saskatchewan on Saturday. Tbey are-loadîng two freight cars witb 8 borses, 4 cows and their furniture. I want to go with tbem? 1 can belp feed and water the livestock on the way." His motter knew that be would go, sooner or later, and she knew the. Henderson's were good peo- pIe. Later be might go witb sommoe wbo was not as good. So she agreed but she said, "I must make you a sleeping bag." She sewed ahmost nigbt and day to fmnisb the sleeping bag as well as preparing food for a week or ten days on the C.P.R. maybe two weeks. They setti- ed in the fertile Qu'Appelle Valley near Lumsden well over a hiundred hears ago. Uncle Tom eventually filed on his own homestead. This cost bim $10.00. It was one Uncle Tom eventually filed on bis own homestead. This cost hlm $10.00, It was one hundred and sixty acres of the very finest land in that fertile sheltered valley. He built himself a sod shack and proceeded to break the land. Word came that the C.P.R. would pass through their town. This was good news and alI tbe famiies gatbered for a community picnic at the school grounds. However rumnours were circulating of discontent among the haif- breeds. Let me explain the term half-breeds. The French camne to Quebec in 1608 and found- ed' a settlement. Down through the years adven- turous young Frenchmren (Courier de bois - runners of the woods) travelled by canoe to the Prairies. Often stopp- ing in Indian villages trading trinkets for furs etc. Sometimes they stayed a year take somne day in fact. You can't read many of John Buchan's books without coming tQ knowv a great-deql about the man himsèlf. He was very conservative in current terms., He had a ',een sense of adventure, Ioved the out-of-doors, was sentime.ucal about his friends, and friendshipand had heros, like T.E. Lawrence, who ,embodied for him the Iost friends of his youth, There was an exhibition here in Ottawa at the Na- tional Archives earlier in the summer, commemorating the 5th anniversary of his appointment in '1935 as Governor General. Buchan may flot have been a great wrîter, or a great scholar, but he paid his dues in both fields. 1 was astonished, therefore, to find in the exhi- bition a letter to him from the Prime Minister of the day, in which Mr. King dared to instruct him in matters liter- ary. The letter appeared to be in reference to a purely ceremonial speech the Governor General was going to make, inaugurating the War Memorial on Confedera- tion Square. King told his Governor General to say "the", flot "this" in one place, and went on to make'other petty and flot so petty changes inlanguage and phraseolo- gy in the draft Buchan had sent himn. The Governor General, being a decent fellow, not the sort to stand on either his iterary or his vice-regal dignity, probably went alongwith him., A number of biographies have been written about John Buchan, but 1 suspect there is also a good book for somneone simply onhis five Caniadian years. sometimes two or more. They- took an Indian girl as their wife, built a shack on the river bank and measured off a long strip of landi as their farm . The railway survey crew cut right across their farms. The river valley made a level road-bed to lay their tracks. They arose under Riel's leadership seized the govern- ment and ruled the Red River Valley for eight months. They locked up anyone op- posed. Thomas Scott who refused to- obey them was particularly troublesomne. Lhey tried him and found him gUMy.-Th-cy placed himn before a firing squad and shot him. This was a great and fatal mistake. Ontario sent out a force under Colonel Wolseley. Wben Riel and bis men saw themn approaching Fort Garry they fled; Riel to United States, the French half breeds to' Saskatchewan to take up new long narrow farms along the South Saskatcewan. Now ten years later the Surveyors corne in to divide the land in- to square sections, one mile by one mile. Now the buffalo are gone and they fear they are going to lose their farms once again. They send word to Riel to return. This time a number of mounted police were shot down at Duck Lake. Eight people living at Frog Lake were massacred. General Middleton- took 3,000 volunteers from Ontario to Saskatchewan. Manitoba sent in 2,000. They were able to capture Batoche. Dumont fled to United states but Riel was captured by Mounted Police Scouts, brougbt to trial and hung November 16, 1885. Now the Mounted. Police needed food at Prince Albert. Flour was unloaded at Qu'Appelle on the C.P.R. Ten farmers witb their teains and wagons loaded on their wagons twenty bags of flour each. One man with a tearn of oxen brought up the rear. When the men travelled nortb they were suddenly descended upon by a number of armed riders. They wanted the bags of flour to feed the rebel army. The farmers unhooked their teains mounted one horse and fled. Uncle Tom was about to do the same when he saw bis neighbour witb bis oxen, flight was im- possible for bis neighbour, so Uncle Tom stayed with him. The balf-breeds took Uncle Tome and bis neigbbour prisoiiers. Tnen Yrey slaughtered the oxen. That night they held a real Pow- wow. Uncle Tome are neigbbour were keptý,- prisoners until Riel's capture. Tbey were well treated always allowed to held tbemselves from the pot first. After il was over Uncle Tom came home to Grafton for a visit. One of the trophies he brought home was a buffalo skin. His mother lined it with a red blaruket. It made a fine buf- falo robe for the cutter. He returned to the Qu'Ap- pelle valley but during the winter died of pneumonia. Perbaps as a result of the hardsbips he bad endured wbile a prisoner. Sympathy is extended to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Stapleton on the deatb of bis brother Mr. Everton Stapleton. Policeman: "How did this accident happen" Dazed mnotorist: "My wife feli asleep in the back seat." Surgeons have launched a nationwide campaign urging swimmers to jump "Feet First the First Time". In fact this rule should apply even if you know the spot; condi- tions may have changed since the last time. A stubbed toe or bruised thigh is far preferable to a broken neck. St. Savîour-s Anglican Church MILL STREET ORONO, ONTARIO REV. ALLAN HALDENBY Rector 987-4745 August 18, 1985 9:45 a.m. Morning Prayer ORONO UNITED ORONO ft PASTORAL CHARGE SIJNDAY, AUGUST 18, 1985 SUMMER SERVICES Newcastle, Kirby and Orono United Church es Orono United Churcb 10:00 a.m. Wednesday August l4th 7:00,p.m. Evening Service Manse Lawn Bring your own lawn chair Wednesday August 2lst 7:00 Corn Roast at Mr. & Mrs. Everett Brown's I ORONO, ONTARIO 85ON-