Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-04-30

Louis Riel, the instigator of the present
rebellion Of the Indians and half-breeds of
Manitoba against the Canadian Government
| is man who has had a remarkable career.
He was born in Manitoba, in 1S44-all that
portion of British America being then un-
der the regime of the Hudson Bay Com
pany. He is of French ancestry, but has
some Indian blood in his veins. He is we'll
educated, bold, and insinuating in his man
ners, in fact just the man to place himself at
the head of the French half breeds when
they resolved to resist the intrusion of the
Canadian people when their government
purchased the territorial rights from the
Hudson Bay Company in 1869. 1t was
thought by many that some of that COM
pany's officials were meters of the revolt,
owing to their discomfort at a new Govern
ment being set up where they had so long
held undisputed sway. However that may
have been, Riel commanded the half-breeds
and took possession of Fort Garry. He es-
tablished a provincial government, seized
all the property at the Fort, the value of
which amounted to hundreds of thousands
of dollars, and when number of loyal civil
ians attempted to resist him, they were
put down and one Of their number was shot.
| When Colonel Wolseley now General Lord
| Wolseley, and the Canadian militia 200,
strong appeared in front Of Fort Garry,
Riel fed and the provincial government
| was dissolved. At that time some conces-
sions were made to the half-breeds of Man
itoba-each of them getting 240 acres OF
land. This was satisfactory to the insur-
rectionsts. The present outbreak is owing
to the fact that the half-breeds of the re-
naming portion of the Northwest were not
similarly treated. What Ricl, now wants
is to get for the other half-breeds what the
insurrection of 1869 got for the people of
Fort Garry. The outbreak of 1885 is charg-
able to the Dominion Government, as
it is claimed that they knew of the trouble
brewing as early as the fall of 1884, but
took no measures to settle the claims of
the Indians.
AN ORANGE GRADER.--There is no
standard orange grader. The grader in use
at Riverside consists of a stand thirty-eight
inches by nine and a half feet in surface di
mensions. 1t is inclined from one end to
the other, the higher end standing thirty
six inches from the ground and the lower
eighteen inches. At the upper end there
is a table inclined somewhat, but not as
much as the rest of the apparatus; dimen-
sions, thirty-eight by thirty-three inches.
Below this there are two series of Stats rum
ming lengthwise, each forty inches long.
These Stats perform the office of Il rid
| die for the oranges in process OF sorting.
The Stats in the upper series are two and
half inches apart. The fruit is first
placed upon the table and allowed to
roll down the incline. The smallest fruit
drops between the Stats of the first series.
The oranges that are too large for the last
Stats ii. e., more than three inches in diam
eter) run off the end of the table. Thus
three grades are accomplished. Beneath
each of the riddles is fastened a burlap, bag
ging to the middle, where there is hole
allowing the oranges to roll into the recep-
tacle provided for them. BY this appliance
the work of grading is accomplished very
quickly and accurately.