was 1-‘1, 1924

0F PMHIBAL lIEllNllll

06m, WrittenIOn Local Phases or 1899 Provincial Election Campaign Come To g A." Light.

5y R. McLENNAN Madison Wisconsin

he“ m vejnnn visiting homo, L

m, past summer i came lath. r! ion of some interesting and sesz“ historical poems which m“ Algwu in diffs-rent. local m w ms provincial eleL-tion

aiffisfirog 1899. l had often heard .

rnonlaus refer to some of this,

l -l'llllll\'l "literature," but ",'“,§',,'.1y..ss.. it before. The old, W and must] manuscript was ‘I'd m n bureau as the house of “me Mnrgtn-t-t l. Elllflfln was u; closed after the sale Of‘__the

. . ' . the laugh that -_ was “EX was... days by 11°01 y“ ljnd Conservative-s over m: We.“ all of which were out. ln good form by those who were Wed up the hack" as wull as ,. win, were presented as

filwrlter of’ theso lays of "ma; Vernon (and . Vernon er; was thnt well-known painter m, Ctepllils B. Ross, which 5 to show he has beon adapted dabbmg poetical thoughts on e,- ns well as showing the m. ni’ ills handiwork on build- s, To prove it was not through y panllcnl prejudice that Mr. B produced ‘these "lllf/NPY" m, let it be stated he alwuys 5 been n Liheralwlt really was , {or sport, purc- and simple, he t9 these poems.’ f course, no one claims their my value are of great account. ither dot-s atiy one vouch for we accuracy regarding the linings implied. in fact. I119 boot . been rather inconsistent in. py respects .lf one didn know - difference he would be led t0 lleve the Liberal government g lgnonlinously defeated in that ctiou. That. however, was not . case. Tile Liberals were return. n; power, which they held until vmber, 1911. The joys and sad- s upon which the lays of politic- Vcrnon were penned hinged up~ . the fact thatD. P. li-ving( now eased) was defeated in Belfast trict by Angus A. MacLean (now nunisslonur of the Royal North- st Mounted Police). That, how- ér, tlhl not interfere with the ice little office" nor was -i-t proof at “the [lag in my garden will ttvr no itic-re." Nevertheless, in spite of these parent inconsistencies and other lsreprtvsclltutlons, lit cannot but said Mr. Ross niatle a good hit ththe pen back a quarter of d. ntury ago, before typewriters. toniobilcs,‘ tractors. aiirplahto, d the truth serum came into glie. ‘ ' The whoic thlngreads very in- cslingiy to one who was ut that e in "swaddliug clothes." it ally give one u bit of that lone- mc feeling to read of personalit- -. once lilllllllill‘ who now lure gout- rever trout the good old country- de ' '

it is in order to keep ‘green the tlnory oi‘ those who have gone fore, and to renew in the oughts o1‘ those of the community ho still "labor on" recollections of e days when, Vernon's political story was in the making. as we-li - tn show the world Vernon was t without politicians, poets, and morists oi‘ its own in days gone , that it was decided to present ese poems to the rwders of, The arlottl-town Guardian. .0! 30 persons whom it is believ- - Mr. Ross had in mind 21 are w deceased, as follows: Hon. D. Irving, Sir Louis H. Davis, Gal- n MncNuil, Owen Sullivan, muel C. Hayden, Roderick Mac- ill, N. (lay, Hon. Donald Far- harson, lion. Alexander Martin. n. Cyrus Shaw, John R. Eamon. reiuiah Ennian, James T. Endlfilli limos Evans, Archibald, Mac- naid, Duncun Matheso-n, Thotnfl‘! ters, Thomas Enman, William litinticy, Datilc-l F‘. MacDonald. d Rev. Father Doyle. The nine who still are going 1011B urn the following: Thomas Furncss. Robert G. Fuflldls, mes Ross, Hon. Guorge Forbes, lliinni l), Enman, Osbert EDIE!!-

mun. and Cephas B. Ross, nll n1 Vt-“Flwlli Hflyllen Vaniderstine, Ver. pan River, and Hon. Angus A. Mac. can.

Well. now, it is about time to get 23:3 tooth? essential pnn n1 m; e. o0 acre . t]; "L Political Vernonrt" es e “y! o‘

A GRIT'S FAMENT

l W88 lllwllys a ui... as every one knows.

The Grits on me bestowed.

| QWIIBU Rules farm frotn the creek to the .>YlOl‘€~—

But lllu flag in my some“ flutter homers!

a nice little offict-

will

On the 13th oi’ December we an election tl.ti ho.d;

But poor David Purdy was left in the cold.

We held up tl..- banner for eight years or more——

But the flag ln my garden flutterno more!

will

0h! Why are the Tories de'il of a crt-lv

To vote aguiinst Dnvy and Jointer Lou

Who promised us railroads bridges galore?~— -

But the flag in my garden will flutter no more!

such a High

and

There's Cousin Robert, collector of frauds.

Who fought against Tories ‘midst terrible odds! But, Angus MacLean! he's the Boer- And the flag in my garden

flutter no more!

I must say

Willi

The Diitnans have left us and gone to the de'll.

Oh, Robert, my boy! Gaillon Mac- Neil!

if we can't save the ship she'll drift on the shore-

And the flag in my gaardcn flutter no more!

Lo! When the bold Berk arrived at the booth

The Tam place-d before him the bribery oath;

But the Berk shook his head, while the Tam he did roar-

And the flag tin my garden will flutter no more! v

'i‘ht-rc's Cousin Hayden, who fought ike u. “Van,"

To save me my office. which pays my‘ hired man.

He tried to bluff J-lm Ross; but the devil he swore- v

And the flag in. my gurdt-n flutter no more!

will

'l‘here‘s Lemuelof Cambridge, who looked so sedate! -

lio- was sitting back thure like the king of the state.

llut ills wee, petty influence avail- ed ‘not as of ytirc——

And the flag iu my garden will flutter no more!

“There's Roddy of Berra," saith l to Forbes;

Just tip him the wink-Dave will furnish the stuff-

For if we don't use boodie we'll get left as of yoro-

And the flag in my garden flutter no more!

will

I offered the butcher eight dollars, in, recognition of holes he did pave; it would be paid the next Friday morning. Providing be voted for Dave. But what do you think of the scroundel? You can take it all in at a glance: lie went right up and voted for Angus For not being paid in advance.

If my dear li-ttle-flafs taken from

< me, ~

l suppose l can live as before,

if the wind and the tide aren't against me,

And there's plenty ‘round the shore.

marsh-mud

But the flag-pole l placed garden

Will remain till eternity's morn,

To remind passershy l held office,

And in memory of High Jointer Lou.

in my

with a

will I

lilliiil MHS. PEKESKIINPIIilH lliillllllill

But Tanlac Quickly Built Toronto Wo- man Up To Normal.

._.___-

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"Tanlnc was the first and only thing that did me any good. Since taking this grand medicine I eat and sleep like a. child and reel flue. I 11m now enloying the best of lhealth and will always praise Tan- am» . .

Tanlac is for sale by all druggists. Accept no Over 40 M-illion bottles

‘goon substitute. sold,

Tanlac Vegetable - Pills recgm. mended by the manufacturers oi TANILAC.

He first tackled Jerry, and made him quite merry;

B"! Jerry talked solemn and slow:

"W! lust my opinion, from this

isle to the dominion,

The Liberals have got their death blow!’ ;

Says Jerry to John, who was gett- ing quite warm:

‘You'll take my advice, there's no

_ doubt!

lf you meddle with Jlni you'll be struck on the chin,

And Tommy will carry you out!"

He next tackled Archy; but Archy was starchy,

And in cold weather would not run smooth-

"lfl vote against Will my pigs he'll not kill,

And they all will despise me as the Jews."

John returned to town for to see Fiarquharson,

And he threw up his chin and talk- ed like a piatd:

"l have very bad news, forsooth, for to tell.

For while traveling the country i hear our‘ death knell!"

And as sure as you're born. as John continued.

Donald turned up his collar keep his neck warm;

“We're out in the cold, make no riiistizike!

Get pipes, rum, and whisky for a real irlsh wake!"

t0

December, 1899.

"GO Td-DUNCANI"

Now Tom got excited; some said he was drunken.

He was roaring and bawliiig: "You must go to Dunes-n!

He's the god of the Grits; yea, the chief of the clan!

ii’ you don't believe me Just ask Hayden Vanl" .

They got up a petition. and Fen- wick did g0,

To get signers upon it, from the bridge to Glencoc.

They hastened to town; but the

Vandite got, there,

And Thomas and Fenwick

left on the square.

WGTB

Mister Fenwlck got mad, for Tories voted, '-tls true;

But Tom turned and twisted. end merely said. "Moo!"

By persuasion and pressure he at last voted Grit, p

To get into the school; but he's not there yet.

December, 1899.

Donuktilde talks of the bridge. what a

THE cnanmrrnrown GUARDIAN

the refrain.

Till the Tories at Bytown reechoe the strain!

Then hurrah for Belfnstsnd the fight they have won!

Let them know up at Bytown it's - only begun!

There was another procession that very same night,

When the Grits, in their hatred and malice, got tight,

As they stumblt-J home passing arch after arch, While the waters drummed lowly their requiem march.

Flow gently, ye waters; roll gently, yo waves;

Murmur gently -in mercy the death

march to their graves! 4

slowly,

Their short life is o'er. Speak low at the wake. Speak wull of the charity's sake. They tall tried their best their own coffers to fill;

Bllt they now sweetly rest, their rdostt-r is still. Raise up a hugh boulder their low bier,

As a warning tn. others. the Grit party lies here!

party for

and

upon;

January, 1900. » LOUIE'S DREAM

Louie goes farther down south, the old songs to sing;

But he finds lots of Grits whmare not in the swing.

"l can't sing the old songs now. i'll give then something new; Come, boys, help us out, and i'll push thu road right through!"

Now this chief of the hluffers re. turns to the town, _

And is not at all pleased with the trip he had down,

Quoth he to himself: "I'll go and get some sttom!”

He, luycth him down and he dream. eth u dream:

He sees a steel bridge with a herring-bone span,

With a pale horse upon it, reared as he ran.

He awake-s in the morn, and

thinks of his dream-

Quote he: “It is certainly strange!"

who

he

Then he thinks of a king who. did

once dream a dream,

His name was Belshazzar, of old.

Now, Louio, bewlare, there's a balance that's true-

When they come to the polls they

will certainly weigh you!

January, 1900. THE MEMORIAL BRIDGE

"Now, pitch in, my boys, and work as of yore. - We'll have Louie come down the

bridge -to explore. '

He'll tell the Belfosters in guage sublime,

if they don't vote for

. won't come to time!"

lan-

Davy we

Now Louie comes down; with his reverence does dine;

And east of roast. turkey bumpers of wine.

w-itli his cigar. i

And views he great battle both

near and afar. l

l

boon it would be,

Laying stress on the claim that "it all comes from me." "interrupting ydvu, lLou-le," reverence does say,

"i'll help out your men if tho roar

comes this way."

his

"it's n bargain," said Louie, “i'll do as you say,

Although the folks down want the road their way; But i'll give them the bluff, that'll be all right.

So, now then, your reverence, just work with all your might!"

below

and

Lou-lo starts off for Uigg, and arriv. es at the hail,

And gets a great welcome from one and from all.

He starts in to speak, and his rhetoric is free:

"l intend this bridge my memorial to be!"

(NOTE: At this juncture are two stanzas which have been so badly mutilated in the manuscript from which this is copied that it is im- possible to make them out. The concluding stanza, which follows the missing two, is unconnected

Sing louder, ye Scotchlnetn, bear on

The supper being o'er. he smokes ‘

children needlessly with mourned a well-known physician re

that Coc

A

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U4:

losed CarVibration

prestige for Willy's-Knight.

Car owners have desired this lm

was built. The best technical sought it.

Willy's-Knight now impossibllty 0f yesterday the accomplishment of today.

the apex of modern motorcrzift in the closed car.

It has presented a

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with use and develops greater power under

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the performance,

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grinding operation. But

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The L-anchester Bnlancer marks a wide forward stride in automotive

engineering. alike.

titre-Kl 1on1‘

its elitwtivencss has astonished car owners and engineers it is the distinctive development of the year in motor circles.

McLaine Service Station

186 Grafton Strut

Charlottetown, P. E. I.

tcly Eliminates

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FRUIT VS. CANDY FOR KIDS

“People insist, on poisoning their candy,"

well

without the preceding ones.) Resolved: "The pen is mightier than the sword! "Hear! Hear!

cently. "They could Just as give them ripe fruit; the child would be just as well pleased and

No Trick at All.

“And, my young fellow," said the professor to his pupil one morning, "how did you find your- self this morning?" “Well? P6911941 Johnnie, “l just opened my eyes. uJXld there l was."

Work Worn People

Our ship she is sinking terrible shock,

By the news from Belle River she has struck on a rock;

,_ iiinPPy and a hundred times health- er. - "This may seem to be discount-

ing my profession, but no doctor

wants sick children. Where one might be made sick from overeat- ing’ fruit, a thousand will be, made sick from candy, even the best and purest of candy. Fruit is D attractive to the eye. the smell and the taste. A fine red apple, an orange. s peach, a pear. all appeals to the child as much as candy. "Children crave sweets. They need a certain amount of sugar to develop properly. They can't be deprived of it and flourish, but a child can't be held to moderation and artioned properly on candy or sugar as he should be. Fruit supplies the sugar land a child is not likely to overeat enough to harm himself on apples. peaches or

REPLY To ‘MUMBUG.’ - 3 Find Renewed Health by |ml"‘°‘/|"9 Their Blood.

If you tfeel run down. ltfllefl"! that your blood is thin and water)’. that your vitality is IOW- You!‘ 799i are easily chilled. You do liot sleep well and you are tired when you rise in the morning. You find no pleasure in your meals and are list- ‘less and dispirlted ai your Work- You have no energy to enlfly 3'01"" sel-f.

Thousands of men are run down by anxieties of‘ work. Thousands of women are broken down by their household toil. with tired linibe and aching bucks; thousands ct‘ girls are pale, listless and witiiaout at- omnget u ,8 a mam". of ‘Taming traction. it all means th same and a child will cry for fruit as eag-‘thmg-thln “d watery blood’ V“ erly as he does for candy. once “my ""1 d°w“- anaemm’ 9°" ‘m’ taught to eat, and he can be givendletite. palpitating heart, short the fruit where he cannot be given bffifllh- - the candy," lDo not submit to this. Get new

The taste for fruit starts when blood and with it new vitality. the tiny baby is given his first There is no difficulty in doing this. orange juice, and if properly dieted Dr. Williams’ Pnlt Pills build up will continue- Tlie one precaution and enrich the ‘blood. which brings to be token 111w 11w- 11111011111 the with it new health and vitality. d fruit is well ripened and then that The ma“, woman o, 8m fie w“, n "l! emf-K“? I11 "P916 “ml 1°‘ Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills ls never gmfiglfrgil b“7“%?c::£ lgartgg run down. Their friends notice how ‘s: (fungi. bnffhe b6‘. They Wm energetic they are, what a flne up cut down the doctor bills and re an “m” m” “'9 “ma 11°" much economy in the long run. u“? “U” m”:

ou can get these pills through wad“. 59mph any dealer in medicine. or by mall

On a tombstone in Nawlerley- "- 50 @911" l b" "m" Th‘ D"- "jun. Mum Dim] 0| Thin Williams’ Medicine 00., Bnockvlllo. Elton, Aged 10 yur|."_ Dill-

n

a .

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cantlnB

And Donald. our captain, is flung W|1° w" l‘ “Tm” m” ' '4 ~' on the shore- ' 1'11"“

I ' And the flag in my garden About the painter‘: song sublime‘! I‘ in Bud‘ and Leg. nun" no more; Nowlimfgss it penned by moita 6d by Lydia E. Pinlchnnfl

That even Oaiaway could not un- Vegetable Compound ‘

H made Rcmod w", srilf-Yoqn. Quietly, i?’

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Now Davy, my darling, don't, blame us poor Grits -

' For the terrible twist that has got iu the ship.

We used our best horses and avail. able rigs,

Even humbled ourselves to tho scraping of pigs.

ta d? - ders n the _

t asked his opinion. as 0'61 lines‘ I did sweep: You might be_ surprised to know Wm, a "may llttlg grin, he said. that the best thing you flan tislzhfrir "°'°'*°'"- i" m?" 2'.."n,'.°'§.f.'.’.‘.'.'§i.‘a 151533.‘. ‘..".-.... Z

t , It’ h , b t r it was not a Tory W110 ma“ 15° lfigmfiogfiit“. n ‘at: iiligtiilsn e12: affair

t

a norvonl I called, with severe and logo, and with

And now, Mr. Doyle, be cunnlnl; and wary,

For, between. you and l. the winds got contrary.

The sky 'lt looked equally, while Martin did 18W; ' i

And the cyclone that struck us they called Cyrus Show.

, . Now. farewell, companion. yfl ' boodiing crew. Give place to the Tories. the 111811 and the true. if l were n. Tory l would not feél

sore: But the "chink" in my ulwlwt W"! Jingleno more!

December, 1899. Joan's vicrr ' ~

Minter John Enmln come out from the town. _

To visit his friends in the M".

For they had grown cold. Ind worn out of the fold

- 0f political eorrnlrlloll "d "1""

. you over tried. sunlly stops the For a Tory, meaning business, gen- ordinary cough or chest cold in 24 evrall ets there hours. Tastes pleasant, too-chil- 7 3 ' | 0m, dren like it-uu! it is ure 1nd unad- lt w" ‘amped "m! P” r m ’ ' Pour 21/, ounces of gins: in a l6- namely. “Hllmblil- oz. bottls- then nn it in. with plain " “i: 7.23"" '" ‘ °"""’ "'° °“' ::."':.::.l:i.:i"i'..:i;"'i. bassist" Q llg—- u I . | He talked of red Tories, as if they immndosfmiviganiasmga-iadggpltiy. w°"°"° mum’ fl I cup ly-but coating no more than a WW9 "19 "l" °t m? a. "' rug smog] bottle of ready-nude cough m" pmmm w “mm “Til medicine u... t» , , n u s . He talked of Bis fgognnlel, that an]; natal? ‘blunting; Whofltiilgilrl-llg: ltitnolammen in out "i Viva!" 1d"? "bu" "it e n nno inc - 0f "I6 Wld- _ blb_u‘lli the thrust and air M" "m" P": °“ '“'..."‘°“"°" rtma:::.".t'."..:t""’" this: Belmatl c osentmh - hould s" a h "o" ‘MINT: gulch." wh°' WM’ butdzsfifu 11am a {or bronc itls mun hosrlonon an pass ‘roun B u.‘ ’ rnen rend 'M11d_*l'° “n- °'"“°'- “iiilhh .."\'.ui.i1 concentrated drlnklong and IUD; no m: o Norway pine extract. For the Grits are! ‘shin. Ind lie famous for its healing offset on the "°"‘ “ ‘h’ M" mgabzgli-dloatiiyolntmenhéllltarg Ho wit“! o! 11"°°°"'°" "will" "MT... 1;..- uia bZZTL-gel-nt‘ n1- 0 . nun v - f ' did. 9h‘: l>l....“""€.f'r"m'€3?.'6.t ‘“',