Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 12, 1877, Winnipeg, Manitoba Siw Galij Jiw monoay7veb. 12, 1877. The St. Vince vi1 by our Teclo graphic Corrasdo Leneo it will to seen that the president of the Northern Pacific is both willing and anxious to undertake the completion of the St. Vincent Extension of the St. Paul and Pacific a Ahvay. As the inn and outs of this question arc better understood by Minnesota papers than hero in Manitoba the follow ing quotation from the St. Paul Rioneer Recua will Servo to place or. Start s proposition in its proper Light before our readers the Duluth Tribune Speaks of the As lighting with desperation a Bill to Inako the building of the Jira Inerd Bronch possible we have not seen any thing of that kind in the columns of the i to and inasmuch As to have advocated the turning Over of the a Raisun a Branch to the Northern l Aeiline Railroad com Pany if that company will guarantee its construction we Are not Able to understand How this proposition can he regarded As Evi Dence of desperate hostility to the building of that Brunch. This Section of the state has certainly far greater interest in the con traction of the lira nerd Branch and the St. Cloud and St. Vincent Extension than the Breckenridge connection Anil if there is any Way in which their construction can be promoted and facilitated we venture to say that it will receive the Joyful and Earnest support of every St. Paul and Minneapolis Man except those who openly avow that they Are there not As representatives of their constituents but As the attorneys of special interests.1 from Isatus Florri. A Kwh Yak in talk Crook Al whisky a of till i Usk. Christmas Lias come Anil gone the old year with his record of Joys and sorrows has become a thing of the past and the year has come upon us peacefully and silently with his unopened Book and no doubt during those merry times Many of us thought lovingly and tenderly of the Happy times gone by of old friends and old faces which we have not seen for years hut for All this without exception to spent a really plea Sant time and methinks in no part of the Civ izod world were there Many More sociable and enjoyable Little dinner parties than in the capital of the North West. What a wonderful time we had. For Days before the great event the men Cooks were Busy manufacturing Plum emf jollies which were u source of astonishment to themselves friends. What a borrowing and lending of old clothes huge heaps of the above mentioned articles which Hail seen neither the Washerwoman nor the Light of Clay for months were unearthed from under the bed in order that an anxious Friend might find a pair of socks not so badly out at Tho Heel a pair of boots not run Over quite to much or a Limp looking stand up Collar to match his shirt and amongst this Gro Tesque crowd the . Employees shone resplendent they having encased themselves m gorgeous suits from the company s store for Tho occasion and really they did look better than when in their usual dress of Buckskin pants and Skunk skin Caps with the Tail standing on top in imitation of that virulent animal when in Wrath. Great event of Tho morning was a dog sue on Bat the River open to All Comers each train Betti composed of four . Sixteen four sleighs were entered. The race a one mile heat was won by the train of messes. John son and Hall after an exciting struggle in which considerable Money o r that is to say its Roqu Ivilene leather pants Fox skin Caps pipes Jack knives changed hands. Tho second event of Tho Day was u grand shooting match Between the Hoard of works and the mounted police Range Lio and 300 Yards. The at Tho Yards Range was carried of by John a Board of works at Tho a Yards Range by Sergt. Kopsell. Mounted Ponce who scored Twenty out of a possible Twenty which was about As close is he could make it. In Tho evening the Bishop of the Saskatchewan preached in the Telegraph ration to a Large and attentive audience. I he Bishop was on his any from Edmonton to Prince Albert and tarried Here As is his custom to remind us of Tho eternity beyond the grave. So passed the Christmas and the glad now year and now we Are fairly afloat on its billow sailing to where the Waves moan and Murmer on the strand of the unseen Shore. Joel Grant that we May each of us when Tho voyage is done find a glad Welcome and a Safe Anchorage at last Humours of a very grave character Are afloat that Tho illicit manufacture of whisky is being carried on in our midst. We Are sorry to say to have every reason to be Lieve the report and sorry that there should to men amongst us so devoid of character and Honor so utterly ignorant and degraded As to openly violate the Laws of their country and debase and enslave their Fel Low men for the Sake of Gold. Such Fellows As these Are intolerable and a nuisance to any Community and the sooner the str ii hand of the Law lays hold of them punishes them with tote utmost severity and drives them Back into the filthy ranks of their kind in other places the better it will he for Battleford. Their loss will to neither Felt nor regretted save by u few who Are like themselves neither an Honor nor a Benefit to society but stumbling blocks in the Way it is very evident this illicit business cannot Long to carried on without porno startling developments being made and it will be a matter of rejoicing and congratulation when the secret members of this secret exposed and brought to Justice and Weevil be much surprised if men who ought to know better Whoso names find reputation depend on whether their influence is exerted for Tho right 01 the wrong Are not amongst the number. To have no patience with or compassion for these blood devour ing ghouls who Are preying on the very vitals of society and by every Effort in oui Pover we will Endeavor to wage a Success Ful War against these his Breakers and their unhallowed traffic. Neither will the ties of Friendship or Good Fellowship deter is from laying Bare before the Public any Well grounded fact which May fall under our no Tice coupled with the who have forgotten their self respect and Man Hood so far As to become identified with dishonourable and sneaking clique. There Uro men amongst us to Day who with loud mouthed ignorance. Daily disgrace their positions which in truth they Are not Quali a jul to by arguing like school boys or worse like fools How easy it is to evade Tho North West liquor Law or How beneficial to Tho country would to Tho free import use and manufacture of liquor. Lot to toll these men that by so doing they Aro not Only expos ing their bygone training and antecedents but their present deplorable absence of com Mon sense and common education and Tho sooner they cease their meaningless babblings the sooner will they cease to Boob jets of derision and commiseration. 1 am not led to speak thus by a Strong desire to labor for Tho common Good alone but that this blood stained stumbling Block on which thousands of Noble spirits have fallen Down stricken unto death and died in honoured and unrecorded maybe removed out of the Way of the people s Prosperity and Success nor do speak a advisedly but from a dark and bitter Ope Ienco in experience Bour it by Long years of sin suffering and experience purchased at the expense of Posi Tion reputation and name and a lonely Oxile from friends Kindred and Home. It shall now to the great aim and object of our life to wage unceasing Bathe against Tho Whis key traffic and its upholders and if by any word or action of ours we can bring to Light the originators and actors of this disgrace Ful we shall not hesitate to do so promptly irrespective of persons or standing even though at the loss of their transient Friendship which we value Only according to its Worth. And Here let i say to the police that the Law abiding Citi Zens of butt left portion of its inhabitants who View Tho whiskey Trail n As a ban and a bar to a morals and sin Cess and a most fruitful source of misery crime and sin placing entire Confidence and Trust in them As men of Honor and integrity look to them to speedily unearth this uncalled for villainy and we i eel assured that one example will be sufficient for the remainder of the miserable class. You will hear More of this matter anon and we Trust to to Able to state shortly that worthier have bid us a kindly Good Bye and gone to More healthy climes. Do not however look for a report of the presentation of a Gold watch and an address. We shall doubtless miss Thorn greatly but it i.-, unnecessary to say in what Way. Battleford Jan. 4th, 1s77. Paul i Jestal k ant. Some of he things that i do 1 do know that the St. I aul re.-, t a lira it situated three North ;