Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 25, 1878, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba. Dail in Tess May 35. Toni Tom daily edition. The c Axa Diax West. Correspondence the London advertiser. I Ince Albert is by far the largest. Most populous and most prosperous settlement in the in or West territory strictly so called and is beginning to attract considerable attention in the out Side world As a desirable Home for the surplus population of the older pro Vinces of the Dominion. The fact that in a few Short years Prince Albert has in to a population of some 700 or in spite of its being so difficult of Access says a Good Deal in its favor. For the settlement was founded Soine twelve years age from the lust two or three years May be dated its actual bpm winning As a farming Community. Our time the population has largely increased and the spirit of Enterprise been infused into the Community Lii Tiberto unknown. This owe in to Groat measure to the Energy and on Tor prise of Captain Moore who it enor Cost erected a splendid steam grist Saivar a Shingle Mill which is now in so acc soul operation. That one thing has wonderfully changed the aspect of affairs Here. The Farmer has no longer to spend weary Days in waiting on the whims of an old Windmill for his grist nor weary nights with a Little inn Mill Lent from House to House to eke out a scanty morsel. In a word the Black compound which out of Charity used to be called flour now Given place to flour of the finest brands. The old whip saw has Given place to the steam circular and the building of Frame House and tearing up of thatch roofs have followed. In the matter of running implements the change has been equally marked. Last year a Large number of reapers and mowers of the most improved make were brought in from Winnipeg and next summer is Likely to Hue our three Little tread Mills replaced by an improve Thresher. These tread Mills will lie taxed to their utmost to thresh out last year s crop variously at from to m bushels to fore next summer. The yield of last year s crop was abundant wheat in some cases averaging upwards of forty bushels per acre. There ill be at least twice the area under cultivation next summer and a fair season then will give a fair Start to this place. Summer frosts tire the chief dread Here but these have never been More than partial. There Are Many serious drawbacks in settling Here As in most now countries. The Overland route hero from Manitoba which is the Only one yet practicable is Long and wearisome. Tho Winters Are usually severe yet healthy and invigorating. Tho myriads of noxious flies that thirst for animal blood Are to me at least in unpleasant feature of nor West life. Of course from Tho Grasshopper and chinch Bug to Are happily free and by a skillful use of netting the Mosquito and rapacious Bull Fly May be kept at a Safe distance leaving us exposed to the tiny Sand Fly that insinuates itself into Mouth eyes nose and care regardless of age sex or dignity. But we must not magnify these annoy ances As every pot of ointment has its lies and every situation in life its draw backs. Yet taking All in All there is a reasonable Prospect for this place in the near future in a material sense and those who Are out of Home elsewhere and Are willing to work might do worse than come West. They would Hugo have to forego Many comforts and privileges at first but by honest exertion w wild under Ordinary circumstances in a few years attain to comparative Comfort. Only let the right class of people come not the the grasping speculators but As or. Trow m. P., who vhf cd us last sum Mer says in one of his letters an army of industrious honest settlers not to wage War with their fellow men but to fight the Wolf and the Bear that roam undisturbed Over that Beautiful we Don t require clerks Coachmen or continues neither is it desirable to Send out paupers or the me pings of the streets of Largo cities and towns in Britain but agricultural labourers female Domestic for ants and the tenant would take the Liberty of placing another class under the ban and say let no More bachelors come out Here for the present for that class has already become a disproportionate element and needs to be sup planted by the Joys and sanctifies of wedded life and the family Circle. Seriously the present Groat disproportion Between the sexes is in my opinion the great social Bane of this Community. Till Kek fihe. The reintroduction of greek fire into effect of course increased by modern not be an in appropriate if ghastly accompaniment of the new crusade it was during the crusades of the. Middle Ages that this destructive agent came into general notice and the vaguely quaint description of the historian will be remembered he described it As flying through the air about the bigness of a Hogshead. At a recent meeting of the Institute of naval architects a paper was read suggesting that a Jet of crude Petroleum might be thrown upon the deck of an ironclad with excellent results. The Crew would be so scorched and smothered by the smoke As to to forced to retire from the guns when a launch with a spar or other torpedo could approach and deliver the fatal blow. It was calculated that such a Jet could he thrown 300 feet with accuracy apparently much after the fashion in which water is directed from a Hose on a conf laution Only with precisely the contrary intent. Already the necessary apparatus has been designed and it is believed that a single gallon of Petroleum would Render a Hundred Square feet of surface uninhabitable by Man for some Little time. It is alleged that a russian commission which investigated the subject decided just before the opening of the Campaign that liquid Firo could be used against ships with Success. It is not clearly explained however How a barrel of Roek tire is to got As near As our feet to an ironclad with a galling gun or two aboard and a careful watch on the look out. To Teli. Wmk Mouk of of night. Sling a shilling or a sixpence Al the end of a piece of thread by Means of a Loop then resting your Elbow upon a table hold the other end of the thread betwixt your forefinger and thumb observing to lot it pass across Tho Ball of Tho thumb and thus suspend the shilling in an empty Goblet. Observe your hand must to perfectly steady and if you find it difficult to keep it in an immovable posture it is useless to attempt the Experiment. Promising that the shilling is properly suspended you will find that when it has recovered its equilibrium it will for a moment to stationary it will then of its own Accord and without the least Agency from the Pel son holding it assume Tho action of a pendulum vibrating from Side to Side of the Glass and after a few seconds will strike the hour nearest the time of the Day for instance if the time be Twenty five minutes past six it will strike seven and so on of any other hour. It is necessary to observe that Tho thread should lie Over the pulse of Tho thumb and this May in some measure account for the vibration of the shilling but to what cause its striking the precise hour is to to traced remains unexplained for it is no less astonishing than true., that when it has struck the proper number its vibration ceases it acquires to kind of rotary motion and at last becomes stationary As before american Young folks. And he following Aub the names of persons who have made application to the licence commissioners for t hotel and grocer Winnipeg. Licences in the City of hotel. Brouse chm Wick. H. Biihler e. Roberts. Henson dem Tok f. Brown. J. Nevins. J. Haverty. Pagerie a carols. W. J. O Connor. Mccarthy Bowden. Moulton Konn. E. Monchamp., h. Houde c. Prudhomme. S. E. West. A. Gerardla. A. A lulls. H. Wilson. M. Cronn., e. Of Arneld. Fitzgerald a quigly Taylor son. G. Foulds. Mar Kulcy Swanson. Grocer. H. It. Company. H. L. Reynolds. J. K. . A. G. U. Inn Netyne. E. Rad Ger. Mclntyre Mccullock. Flask Lisa Colquhoun. J. Ii. Pearson. W. G. Ronreca chairman licence commissioners. Winnipeg. May met miso Dodd co. Have on hand a. Full and com plete assortment of new Stock in every line of boots shoes ktc., ktc., and Are offering them at very moderate prices. Jux Aid of holy Trinity Church Organ fund in the of Tjart Iho Jse on the steam Power of the according to or. Engol of Berlin Tho aggregate steam motive Power of present in in Tho world is Power employed in stationary engines and horse Power in locomotive engines making a total of horse Power. This Force is maintained without the use of animal food except by the miners who dig the Coal and pro vide the fuel and the Force maintained in the Muscles is to the Force generated by the product labor at ii bout tto 1.000. This steam Power is equal to the working Force of horses and one horse consumes three times As much food As one Man. The steam Power therefore is equivalent to the saving of food for human beings. Again three Power looms attended by one Man pro Duce daily 78 pieces of Cotton fabrics against 4 pieces produced by one hand loom worked by one Man in the year 1800. This of course is but the merest outline of what is accomplished by the use of steam Power and labor caving machinery. Hocek Dixon have been renewed in re to the Temporali ties fund of the presbyterian Church of f Anada in connection with the Church of Scotland by Hev. Robert Dobie of Milton ont who through his attorneys prays that an in Junction do Issue against Rev. Daniel m. Gordon Rev. John Cook Kev. Fohn Jenkins Rev. Gavin Lang sir Hugh Al Lan John l. Morris Robert do Niston. And William Walker who constitute Tho Board of management of the fund on the ground that they have not been legally appointed to tie management and Are Nett disbursing the moneys of the in accordance with the pro ceeding.-, of the act creating the petition which is quite u voluminous one Gors thigh la into the questions raised and its claims supported by the affidavits of Rev. Or. Macpherson of Lancaster out., Rev. Or. Simpson of kit Hine d. Douglas Brymner of Tea Lva and Rev. Gavin , of Montreal Iii Neville granted the. Injunction asked for which was served upon the Board while it was in session yesterday morning in Montreal. Messes. Hickson j. Hunter have Given their Bonds a Security for the costs of the suit which 18 returnable into court on the 4th of next. Wimbledon team sail from Quebec on loth june. Wednesday thursday Friday May 29th, 30th and 31st, an inspection Corby in custom work a specially. Two first class workmen wanted. One must have a knowledge of cutting. Tho ladles of the congregation assisted by Many friends having worked diligently for some months Are Able confidently to assert that this exhibition will f in outstrip any previous Ellbry. They therefore express a ii Hope that everybody will try and pay them visit. So Van reasons Why the Public should not fail to come to this fair fiks , reasonable prices have been fixed on All articles. No Chei iting or fleecing to be carried on acting upon the principle that honesty is the Best , a Largo Stock of children s summer clothes and ladies White jackets neatly and fashionably made suitable to the present season will be on hand. A Quantity of new fancy work some of it never before seen in this province will be found for those desirous 01 beautifying their Homes. , for the Little folks. A fish Pond where prizes to Gladden their hearts May be drawn for 10 cd nah. Also a table specially devoted to children where my be seen dolls dressed in the latest Fashola now in Vogue in doll Dom. , a Bower of Flowers Beautiful Sweet fresh and Blooming. Also a table of photographs and views. Six they meals and refreshments with a Hill of fare to tempi every appetite and wallers who will do their Best to please. Save your cooking at Home and bring All i i family to dinner. Hot lunch from 12 to i each Day. Dinner at i o clock. Tea and supper All the evening. Call and see what s to any Only of cents a meal. Cream and cake at All hours. Ski Vroni v it expected to have a hand smooth. Doors open at 1 2 o clock each Day. Admission in the 10 cts. No charge through the Day. He sure and come my Mollier Iii Luw that husband of mine that Wile of mine Helen s Llabres Ihl will nil be there. And every other body s children 0it views of Winnipeg Manitoba and the North West territories c Ann Dian Pacific Northern Wacille Lake Feu pc Flor etc., go to ;