, 1875-08-30
Emigration to Cnnndz

10 thu Editor II tia Lsadats Times:
6IM: ] Aona you will rardon mo for sending
you this letter. but my only exciso IL That 1t n,ny
ba tho naeaus OF plefenssng noine " my teiioa-
~orkmen II, England frum conIlug 10 thid coun-
Try to ''bettor thelr condition." al thoy aru told
by the emigratlon nacnts, and, wien they get
Aore, finding out to thclE anr1oS that they have
haen sadly aupol Tue boois And papers clrcu-
lated tn England about this oouuttY aro pack
Of Hes. Winter commences lero In November
Il mean real winter), aud continues TIL the mid
die Of May. Iho Huow WAS on the ground from
. 10 8 ftet deep and tho Ice On LakeH Blmcoe and
C0nchIchlns ~ leet. OH tue 20th Of hlny this
year. You may ulHays reckon on soycn months
Of asnter during Which time thfre Ia no work
for the immigrant. IloFe IL no spring weather;
slmnler oou,eh nl at onco, and Will it every eort
OF vauonlons ly. 30 that fresh immigtanto arc
almost distraotod} their lande and taces belng
c0rerod with marks. juHt lfko person with
and my matas oamo out In tile Scandinavian
more than twelve months ago. aud wo wst d told
that We could atwhss ret &a.D 10 e8 day tue
year round. WoaI, on Landing at Quebec wo
mens agonts, who provided food for afl who
could not purchase 1t, and then wont With us 10
Toronto. wheFo wo arrived nftor two DAYS Jout-
ney by rail, and where We vote housed for the
night in largo barn or she'd and provided
with food. Nsxt day eomo Of us wcnt
by the Northo.n Hallway TO tho froo-erant lanls
u MuHkoka, sud hero our real troubles began.
Tue railway teInInhtes At place called Severn
wooden houses. We then got on q wagon. which
took ia 70 another village, called GrAycnhurst,
and tlence by small Steamboat to lracebrlhge,
tho headquarters OF tho tree grant landS, "hero
.etusu,ng, one: and Al! Saying they would
rather bo transported than reside there. Well,
We thought NO would 60 ahead aud judge for
ouf.clsea eut' sttsr weoks tramp through
cali forest in EugIaud), We were satisfied that
| 1t would not do tor us. The land IL barply GOV.
Grad with few inches OF light soil; in fact, II
thoukl not ba cA;tsi land, for IL IL I'LL rock
P,uc tsees growing wherever thefe ia ohaucs.
Wish to uvavsn some ef those agents In En-
gtsul eere scnt out here for ona twslveu,outh to
chop ood and 1--we In the bush; they would not
to leave dear old ENGLAND. Well, sr, after
tAkitg up land aud oboppiux TIL all out ctsh was
| .eons ~ left Muakoka aud trArupsd tu Iorop.o o.
about lao n,iles, and found as u,sny men there
nearly all Of them aAy,as II tlla4 had tua tnoaus
thev would At once retuu to the old country.
From Toronto We went to 81. Oa!hAf.no's,
Whs1s ths Gove1nmsnt ts making the
a day aud find ourselval, wAtrh waa
| simply working TOT cur food, ~ We
lad to pay duliAr day for board II the hotel.
hu Alter twaiya months In GauaiA Wa arc much
Wtrae than When We landed. Houao.rent IL
luuch hiKhef, plothes are usa1us. and everything,
| ~ p. opoltlou. fetuaas lRipr prices than iu En-
gland. NV advIca II, lBt no .uscianic ooms to
| CSux4a theea ate no lautUtiss haze 10 employ
| tAsul. Lat EugltshMcp ttAy At hume; uhsu thoy
coR,s " tala oountrY shsy full out tLcir nis,
taka too Lta. II you. sir. would Est sons
4 your corErsponarnls 10 y,sit tha imtniaraton
theds at TaIoutJ And other placer, SUI ~ what
II wdttau Oh Lhe buR4ta il. peur4l BY the lnll!-
grants, sud oouYetao wIA .hsin, 1t sOuld astonlsh
| aud Burpziss rou Ind The pubno. Mo QUO 4noas
nor caroa for the AArtlshps that tie poor i9ul.
RtAut goes lhtouga, good many oct tired Of
1fa apHA III fhA tfSS ftnk IN fak6D nf It tR thai
thA Turontu aud Hamilton papeFa report aIluo
dAly n-"Kody oS w unknown man found IN