The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-30

Britain, than he encounters otherwhere
under the sun.
The native Canadian, especially the
western Canadian. will tell you that the
average English settler is the blank
blankest, no taccountest son-of-a-gun that
ever got west OF Winnipeg
II Is also charitable that men from
England skilled as plasterers, tailors, stone
masons carpenters or plumbers will re-
fuse good jobs In the growing towns and
cities and 60 out into the wheat fields and
try to farm.
Some Of the sayings and doings of these
townbred homesteaders are 700 good to
be lost-almost too good to be true, as the
cowboy said Of his Indian wife.
A young Englishman, ploughing all alone
in his new found field behind a yoke OF
steers: Gee! IL beg yer pahdon-Hi
meant 'aw."
A yourg fellow kept calling q nice old
Presbyterian looking gentleman about the
hotel 'auld ohappy,' when his ohum cor
rooted him.
The young fellow seemed sorry for hav-
Ing been 30 rude, and turning to the gentle
man above referred to said:
"Hi sal, you don't mind me calm ye
odd chappie,' do you, old oook2'
Another English homesteader on another
quarter section was just starting home
with q raw yoke OF steers to dishgure his
Geld, The green CATTLE driven by the
green Brtton, were wont 10 wabble about,
when the farmer called out:
Gee. 'aw Oh, go where We bloody lake
1.-The ole bloomin' 'omestead's got to be
ploughed hanyways"
Another story, which perhaps should be
labelled made in Canada, reads this way:
A sporty sort of English lad was working
for a sheep man. He was a great sprnter.
and at the close OF the first day on the ranch
volunteered to round up the sheep for the
hight.
The long northern twilight dwinded
until the day was dying in the distant west
when, painting and perspiring. the young
Englishman came in for cup OF tea.
u got the sheep and four lambs In all
right he explained to the ranchman,
"but the lambs are bit frisky. III get
the balance Of them after tea
The ranchman strcled out to see for him
eelf He found TIE flock in the corral all
right. along with four jack rabbits, and hal!
adozen other big bunnies resting outside.
l have tried to verify the following rough
look story, but am unable to do 3d. How
ever. all the fellows who have had oppor-
tunity to observe say the most absurd tales
told on the English homesteader are tame
compared to the absurd things the same
settlers do:
This man. English Of course, came to a
steep hill, heavy pitch down and hard
pull up the other side. He had been in
structed TO rough-lock down and block his
wheels going up. Well, when he saw the
hill, he took the rough-lock chain and hob
bled both steers SO that they might not go
down too fast. We are left to giess how
they got down, but when he was ready to
60 up tho other hill ne rough-locked the
rear wheels 30 that there would be no danger
OF the load running back when he rested
the cattle.
1etumbled upon young fellow out at
Gilbert Plains the other day. He had
HON esteaded there when only 10. He
dropped the plough to go to war, and when
peace came to South Africa he returned to
his homestead, which is clear to him this
year.
Now he has 100 acres Of land, worth from
SD to SIS an acre cash. His wheat this
ySdT averaged 20 Dubnelb, DuU DS n6lRD-
bors, both Yankees, got an average OF A
bushels Of wheat on 1T acres. One farmer,
on Portage Plains. pretends to have
threshed 81 bushels to the acre, but have
been unable to verify that story.
Another Englishman who has made good
an English gentleman he would be called
where they distinguish between a man
and a gentleman-sts at the same table
with me. Six years ago they were selling
farm lands not far from Winnipeg for taxes.
This gentleman noticed eighty acres, adj
joining some land he owned, advertised
fot sale and he bid it in-sG 10 for the eighty.
Two years and half the owner had to
redeem his land by paving tho taxes and
10 per cent, but the landlord never came
to claim his own. and in duo corirs, the
enterpisng Englishman got n title to the
eighty acres. He shows the deed, together
with the history of the land He holds
the land STILL but could have sold il for
$40 an acre many n time.
Encouraged by this. he bid in sos town
lots in and about Winnipeg. His total
cash outlay on thcsI lots was SCOOPS balance
In five years, with nothing to lose but the
lots,
He has sold lCO for over SEQ lot. and
tNfn AZ lHdl nHuT' WnNn m ufilOauS ne
will have received in CO. h sol go. =.
The small boys OF this earth are very like
the nations thercof-oNc'pt japan.
First boy fac, against the window,
sobbing softly.
Second boy, coming around the corner:
'Hellow, Jimmie! Who HIT you?"
ANuddar boy"
Bigger nar MP"
Third boy, coming up with his cap pulled
down over his frHcklad fac:
Say, | hit i'm. Sc? Now, what youse
going TO do about it,"
Second boy, sizing him mp -Nothin',
serves i'm right-hit i'm aGn."
Somo children wore PLAYING in the public
park in Vancouver. This rark is simply
tract OF land on a narrow peninsula, q
bit OF typical Pacific coast forest, with
walks AID drives, bears, monkeys and bald
eagles running riNul It's with miniature
lake. whore poke and pelican rlay pcek-a-
boo with siShtsners. and whcr' s'a liors
are corralled and all sorts of strange wild