All articles originally appeared in the Oshawa Vindicator
April 4, 1902
Cheap Excursion to California.
The Wabash Railroad Company will sell round trip tickets to Los Angeles and San Francisco, Cal., at less than the one way first-class rate. Tickets on sale April 19 to 27, good to return any time before June 25, 1902. Choice of routes going and returning. All tickets should read via Detroit and over Wabash, the short and true route from Canada to California. This will be the grandest opportunity ever given the people of this country to visit this land of sunshine and flowers at a low rate.
Full particulars of this excursion from any Railroad Agent, or J.A. Richardsom, District Passenger Agent, north-east corner King and Yonge Sts., Toronto.
Washing Knitted Goods.
Soap should not be rubbed on shawls or other knitted garments, but a good lather should be made of soap and warm – not hot – water, and the articles pressed and squeezed in this till they are clean. They should be well rinsed in several waters of the same temperature as the suds. When the water has been pressed out, as far as possible, let the shawl lie in a heap on a clean cloth to dry. Turn it about occasionally to expedite matters, but do not stretch it by hanging it up. If these instructions be carefully carried out, the shawl ought to be soft and fluffy as when new.
The Job he Preferred.
Just After the Fall of Bloemfontein soldiers were called upon, owning to the scarcity of civilians, to work the railway. The weary men were lying in camp one night after a hard day’s work when a sergeant called out:
“Any if you men want to put your names down as railway porters, drivers, stokers, or for any other appointment connected with the railway?”
The silence was broken only by snores. Then one Tommy slowly raised his head and drowsily muttered:
“Put me down as a sleeper”
Vice-Royalty’s Departure
A dispatch from Ottawa says: – His excellency the Governor-General will attend the coronation of King Edward. Lord Minto has booked hiss passage for England, and will sail on June 7 by steamer Parisian from Montreal. Lady Minto sails from England on April 12 from New York by steamer Minnehaha.
April 11, 1902
Royal Muskoka Hotel.
This new, modern, up-to-date hotel was opened for the reception of guests in 1901. It is situated in the centre of finest summer resort region in America, known as the Muskoka Lakes, within easy reach of the principal points in Canada and the United States. The interior of the hotel is planned to the best advantage for comfort and convenience, special attention being given to ventilation and sanitary arrangements. Its spacious suites, with handsome bathrooms attached, are especially adapted to either large or small families. Cuisine and service are best. Open for guest June 15. For further particulars write M. C. Dickson, District Passenger Agent G.T.R., Toronto
The Pay
Chickens are a trouble and a nuisance, we all admit that; it is a bother to look after a penful of pigs, to roam the fields after young turkeys, to try to keep the calves within bounds; and it is only when we do away with trouble and nuisance and bother for a season that we realize to the full their value. Two or three hundred chickens under foot are apt to try one’s patience, but those same two or three hundred chickens, grown large and plump, adding to the family market output, the egg producing force of farm hens, meet what would otherwise be many vexing items of expense. The turkeys bring their reward from Thanksgiving and Christmas, and, beside bountiful feasts, yield the farmer’s wife ready money which she finds very convenient, and which causes her to forget wearisome journeys to search for stolen nests and to check roving propensities. And so, with the pigs and calves and many other things which may seem a nuisance and bother. They are vital parts of the complex necessities of farm life; part of the cheerful, changing work which is so inviting to every energetic person who loves the country. A farm without chickens or pigs or turkeys or calves or colts would be a poor excuse of a farm indeed, and not less so to the young people than to the farm income.
April 18,1902
Longest in the World. – Tunnel Under St. Lawrence to Cost Several Millions.
A dispatch from Montreal says: – Montreal and the south shore of the St. Lawrence may be connected by a subway within the next couple of years. The application to construct the subway will come before the Railway committee at Ottawa this week. The capital is assured to carry out the project according to the plans which have been sent to Ottawa, and indicate that the tunnel will be the largest in the world. It will begin at the south shore near Longueil, pass under St Helen’s Island, thence into the city to a central point of the East-end, where the central station will be erected. It is estimated that the cost will be between four and six million dollars.
April 25, 1902
Eating Champagne
The ascent of the Weisshorn by young Englishman named Ryan, only eighteen years old, has created a good deal of interest in Switzerland. He was accompanied by three guides. It was so cold at the great height that the champagne they had brought with them froze solid, and they had to eat it instead of drink it.
Want Canadian Cattle – London Butchers Petition to Remove Restrictions
A dispatch from London says: – A meeting of the Butchers’ Association here on Thursday, at which were representatives of the entire retail meat trade of London were present, unanimously petitioned Parliament to remove the existing restrictions on the importation of cattle from Canada and Argentina. The meeting asserted that in view of the reduction in the American meat supply the action they petitioned for was imperative in order to prevent a meat famine during the coronation of the King.
Resolutions similar to those adopted will be presented at a meeting of representatives of the meat trade from 120 cities of the United Kingdom.
In replying to a question in the house of Commons R. W. Hanbury, president of the Board of Agriculture, said the Government had no reason to apprehend a serious meat shortage, and that it could not entertain a proposal to remove the restrictions on cattle imported from Canada.
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