Daily British Whig (1850), 5 Mar 1915, p. 9

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"YEAR 82 NO. 54 POT of gold at the base of a rainbow--fabulcus fortunes in faraway lands--wealth in every possible shape--has led men and will probably ever kad them to vesture from their hearth stones, to suffer privations, hardships and death, Explorers ever were prompted by Dame Fortune. Scarcely one hundred years have passed since-thes¢ fur-trading, gold-seeking men of iron first struck out from Atlantic to Pacific. . Net thirty years ago the last spike was driven in the Canadian Pacific at Craigellachie, thereby completing an everlasting monument to the men who first tramped over the path now followed Ly steel, A history of the fur- Aradeérs, the gold-seekers, and the merchants is a history of Canada. The rallway follows the trail of the fortune hunters and the cities are trading posts, the lumber and mining camps, the forts and the settle ments grown up. With the linking of the last gaps in the railway the population came thickly. In thirty years the numbers swelled from handfuls to millions and yet only the surface is touched. Millions of as fertile acres as were eyer found wait for the plow of those who will, ' Towards the latter end of the geventeenth century Alexander Malkenzte, for the Northwest Fur Company, was driving his way through the mountains to the Saag Intrepid fartrading explorers with their French-Canadian and Indian o After Mackenzie came David Thompson, and Simon Fraser, sen surmountable obstacles and endured every hardship and privation to accomplish his purpose. Seven years later the Hud to Fort Vancouver. visit momentous indeed. When the Federal Government promised to connect British Columbla with the other provinces by rail Sir Sanford Fleming was sent Of & systematic exploration made easier in many ways by the attempts at exploration previously made, was largely in the nature adaptability relative to railway construction, : roc -- am Vin Horne, Lord Strathcona and thelr associates, had assured the government when they undertook to build the Canadian P : as. driven-at-Craigelachie Tho 5 ating on & certain date, and on November 7, 1885, the last spike w 4 "Umber tBWpS of (hE Pacific Coast. . : \ 1 's Bay Company amalgamated with the Northwest Company under the name of the former and transferred the fo Sir George Simpson '(then Mr.) was sent out to imspect the various Hudson's Bay Company's posts, and to deeply im people at the posts in gengral, he wore a high silk hat. Pipers with their bag-pipes accompanied him to further aid fn establishing the rtoo "acifie.that--they would have tratuy Opes Tal confecting the trading pbsts of the Hudbon's Bay Company with the gold acd 1. Sim Fraser shooting rapids of Wo named for him, 2, Winnipeg, when it was known as Fort' Garry. 8. George Simpson on inspection trip to Hudson's Bay Company osts. ; 4. "The-place-where-the-white-man-mended-his-ox -cart-with-a« Moose Jaw." py 5. 014 Fort George, B, C. : 6. Sir Sanford Fleming, ompanions followed in quick suceession. out by the same energetic "Nor'wester" Fur Company. Thompson crossed the Rockies by t Ki now uded by the Canadian Pacific, and discovered the Columbia River. Simon Fraser reached the waters of the ; Iver in L006. Fraser macching Horse Pacific via the Fraser River in 1806. Fraser encountered almost une. rt. and trading post at Astoria press the factors of the Company' and the setting" and Jn making the occasion of his out to locate the line and his work, although the possibilities of the country and {ts : . _-- = = = =e Saye . , ema PAGES 9 TO I® | ceeded to the place." Unfamiliarity { with the facts led them to give Wire- | boy a victory over Matford Vie. COMMENTS BY ZACCHEUS, WON FIRST HONORS IN THE NEW | FURR SHOW. Who Has Some Interesting Things to " 'Say Of the War. A--Attila, Alaric, Ataulf, Nero, Wil hem, the toughest of the tough. B--Blufi, brigapdage, butchery, bar bary their boast. C--Cherish no illusions ! Matford Vic, A Wire-Haired Fox Ter | rier, Was An Outeast On An Eng- | lish Farm. New York Times. Matford Vie, George W. Quintard's wire-haired fox terrier, whose early | D--"llie-Hards,"" ve are doomed, tradition was anything but indicative | E--England has the coin, the odur- of the supreme honors which she was age, tne fleet, the men, the prestige, to attain, at the Westminister Ken-/ pride and wer to break the bones nel Club Show yesterday afternoon at of all the Teutons, Turks and .thugs Madison Square Garden mounted | living or to come. dogdom's highest pedestal in this F--France, too," is country, when she took the covetec { fame. honor, that of being the "best dog in G--Goliath of crogkedness, swagger | the show. This little terrier, whose ing and villainy soon to be snuffed | first glimpse of life was from the ou | odt and forever. -| security of an English barnyard, from | H--Hon. Dr. Beland, the" first Cana- which she was taken after the PaY- [dian to shed blood for the Empire. ment of a paltry $10, yesterday €ar- | Thousands of others ready to do the ried to victory the kennel of her ow- same. Uur Orange friends a little | ner against the Sompetition, of She hard' to please. { most famous champions of all other I--In New York, bread has uw [Dreeds: Purchased for-almost 10-1 0" ony' and' wast ane thing, she could not be bought to-day | ounces. Andrew 'and John D. will for $10,000. ; | have to chew gum. Probably no owner of dogs ever J--Jews may go back to Palestine. {scored a more notable victory than Centuries of wandering have made did George Quintard yesterday. Not them hug this hope close to. {only did he win the highest award hearts. < | with Matford Vie, but he captured K--Khaki-clad braves eager for | the reserve too with his new impor- fight. tation, Wireboy of Paignton, a hap- | L--Lending their arm to the eause { pening which many assert has never humanity a proud privilege. been matched before'in the history of M--Mansions of the rors and the Westminister Show. Wireboy | Hohenzollern's soon "'to-let." and. Vie were not satisfied with their | N--Need of change of air by present | achievement, however, for a little la- occupants the cause. ter they won the brace special and | "0 "Gren ®t back of latter house | with Raby Dazzler and Holmbury a dandy for "spies." Reve he best team special, A pute | P--Prunes, too. in abundance. ber of minor specials were capture ke Laitade 2 i i oa 5 i by the terriers, and Quintard also ick applicant will havp first | won a "winners," in the class for bu R--Rent reasonable dogs and took several places with his | LR : 1 { pomperanians, to that he ranks prob- = Sauerkront Darrel free, gratis to ably as the largest individual winner Tee in Trot AT alow bind 1 of notable prizes in the show. weeds. bu Few people know of the"early his- | a Jhitse Tou be sspuguated, tory of Vie and that a ten-dollar bill | brother Jos. and: myself shall feave was the supposed limit of her worth behind. : ~ by one owner. It is an interesting | _p' i i hoh: story when that all but outcast is er pea of Imperial hogaty for high crowned as the queen of dogs in this V--Verandd . from " which Bismarck country, Some two years ago a fan- got the boot has leaked over mare cier of cocker spaviels, living near but Jofire will fix that for vou noe, Birmingham went to purchase some yy 'wre "1 $he collar Bah wash dogs. He wal not well versed in from our Kiel wanal squadro ells the terrier breeds, but took a fancy]. "0", 0 etal squadron. -Jelli to this little puppy, which was .run- X-Xcoss in. taxes i { will 'ning around the barnyard of an Eng- | depen: oon go A ened wi . {lish farmer, and thought that it| Alle n Fa et Ye man y would make an interesting playmate ut lige aon 4 hing . corker, for his'grandchildren. He asked what | B ue amar 3 tl of the tre- the farmer would take: for the dag, ,Meudous EE we ling in-house and was answered that £2 would.pur- | Onée Soap k y the greatest humbug chase it. He took it home and was | that ever broke bread, laughed at by each of his two sons, | Y--You think these things over eara- whom he teied-ta give it to, they tell- | fully and let us hear from you before ing him that it was not the kind of a | May Ist. rv Lite dog to appeal to their children. --~ZACCHEUS. The grandfather was discouraged but _he decided to hold the dog, and | one day took it.to a show in which he | Spirit Of the British Troops. was exhibiting his cocker spaniels. A | - A Liverpool SHapTald At hospitals terrier fancier happened to catch | at the front, writing to friends, pays sight of the terrier, which was then | & striking tribute to the spirit of the out of the pupy stage, and he said: | British troops, "The pluck of the "That is a fime dog that you have men," he says, "is wonderful." there.. Why don't you exhibit it, . One who was bleeding inwardly | here?" The owner was skeptical, | opened his eyes and. said, "Well, remarking that he woéuld not have a ' how did we do?" I told him chance against the champions that | of the grand charge his regiment had were entered, but at last he was pre- | made, and he paid 'That's all right, vailed upon to bench Vie. Absolute | then' and died on the spot. consternation seized him when the S dog went through the classes a win- | ned and he realized that he had a | a Suaht ta. i of Yeats we ques. champion. He laughed at his sons} ton weigh! © | who had refused the dog, and refus- | e + ed an offer of $500 for the fox ter-| | rler. Eventually a higher bid was | | made, $1,000, and that bought Mat- {ford Vie. George W. ~Quintard's | agent then set out to purchase the | terrier, and it is said that the cost to 1 | the fancier was about $2,500. On| F594 le "i her first appearance in this country | Vic captured the honors in the fox! { terrier classes at the Boston show a | | year ago and was beaten at the New | | York show by Vickery Fast Freight. | | The only other defeat which has been | | recorded against the dog was at the! | Toy Dog Show, when a tese fer- | rier was placed above Vic &s the best | {dog in the show. The fudge, fow- | | ever, admitted that the placing was | ! governed somewhat by his view that ia fox tergjer was not in reality a toy | | dog. : . i | 'Matford Vie Tuesday was judged | | the best fox terrier, though some of | the--merning--papers--yesterday were { led astray by the fact that Quihtard | the award had been made by the ! judge and Wireboy of Paignton sue-| SW: By "Bud Fisher equal to hee WE A e1 TS Women languid; sleepless and physically get dome fits from the regular use of Scott's Emulsion alter - t body. greates strengthen the Mutt and Jeff 3 "WY, You Pool ~ LA BREAD Boul. 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