The Sherbrooke examiner, 16 avril 1897, Supplément 1

Supplement to tbc Erammer SHEKBKOOKE, QUE., FRIDAY, APRIL 16th, 181)7.Base-Ball Meeting.The meeting for completing arrangements of the St.Francis District League was held at the Albion Hotel last Friday at 8 o’clock.The important business was receiving the league deposit and electing to the office made vacant by the unfortunate death of E.A.Parsons.The president, Mr.Ibbotson, referred to the untimely demise of their respected friend who had no long encouraged and was responsib'e to a great extent for the prosperous condition of the East Sherbrooke club at this aeason.Mr.Moore, of Magog, was elected to the office of vice president by a unanimous vote of the club.F.E Ibbotsgn and W.J.Wooh.ey were appointed committee to arrange programme of play for the season.It was decided by vote to have two games Slayed May 24th, National vs.Magog at (agog, East Sherbrooke vs.Waterville at Waterville.Secretary was requested to write to Angus, Beebe Plain, Coaticook, Danville, Sawyerville and North Hatley, asking their intention for the season’s work, and in order to be able to work in their interest.Moved by Mr.Pierce, seconded by Mr.Hawley, that the four teams represented in the league be Magog, East Sherbrooke, Nationals and Waterville.The president called attention to the satisfactory progress that has been made by the several clubs, and considering the season it augured well for a successful year’s work.A meeting was called for the 23rd inst, at the same hour and place, for receiving reports for the date committee, other clubs and new business pertaining to the season’s work.North Hatley.The report of the North Hatley school for the month of March is as follows : GRADE V.Ella Webster, Helen White, Susie Le-Baron, Ray Bean, Herbie Call, Arthur McLachlan, Willard Bean.GRADE IV.Clifford Bean, Bernice Bassett, Guy Kezar, Arthur Sprigings.GRADE III.Katie LeBaron, Charlie Hawse and Villie Bean and Beatrice Bassett equal, John Ramsdell, Vernon Little.GRADE II.Mamie Ramsdell and Walter Edgar, equal, Gladys Call, Inez Webster and Nellie Edgar, equal, Ira Johnson, Abbott LeBaron, Harry Bassett, Lucy Gagnon, Richard Sprigings, Gertie Bean, Fred Brooks.GRADE I—PRIMER.Ida Ramsdell, Josephine Gagnon, Alice LaClaire.PRIMER i.Ralph Bassett, Rita Jackson, Delia Blanchette, Mary Ann Baker, Peter Blanchette and Eddie Little and Christopher LaClaire, Eddie Blanchette, Harold Edgar.Archie Carter, George Brooks.Those not absent during the month were—Ella Webster, Clifford Bean, Guy Kezar, Villie Bean, Charlie Hawse, Ira Johnson, Abbott LeBaron, Josephine Gagnon, Peter Blanchette, Delia Blanchette.“Does Modern College Education Educate in the Broadest and Most Liberal Sense of the Term ?” is one of the most important inquiries that could be set on foot.This discussion, which is to be taken part in by President Gilman of the Johns Hopkins, President Dwight of Yale, President Schurman of Cornell, President Morton of the Stevens Institute, Henry Thurston Peck of Columbia, Bishop Potter and others of the most distinguished men of both the United States and Europe, is begun in the April Cosmopolitan by a radical inquiry into the educational problem along the lines of Herbert Spencer.President Gilman will follow in a direction almost equally searching.Altogether there is promised the frankest possible expression of opinion, and it seems probable that it will be the most thorough comparison ever made of educational methods with the needs of every-day life at the close of the nineteenth century.LEAVE YOUR ORDERS FOR JOB PRINTING AT THIS OFFICE.A Tuftsman’a Trip.During the last two weeks, the writer, Mr.Editor, paid a Hying visit to Worcester, Gardner, Greentield, Springfield, Pittsfield and North Adams.Worcester is the second city in the Stale, Boston of course being first.It is growing too.Its manufactures are something to lie proud of.Its first settlement was in 1073, was named and resettled in 1084 and permanently settled in 1713, incorporated as a town in 1722 and as a city in 1848.It is thus a new city, but has seen wonderful growth, and now the population is nearly a hundred thousand.The valuation is about $80,307,570.50 and area 30 square miles.The elevation of the city hall above tide water is 481 feet.The paved brick and concrete sidewalks both private and public are well kept.It is probaldy not as well laid out as some cities, but the streets are wide generally and handsomely kept.The public buildings, new city hall, libraries, public and private, jails, city hospital, armory, court houses, State Mutual building, lunatic or insane rsylums, Y M.C.A.and Y.W.C.A.buildings, I fraud Castle, etc , etc., are all handsome edifices The public grounds and parks are elegant.On Newton Hills one gets a good view of the city.The educational institutions of the city, too, are good.These are, the Clark University, rtie Worcester Polytechnic Institute College of the Holy Cross and Heath Schools.The churches,Church of Unity, All Saints, First Universalist, Plymouth, Trinity, new “old South,” Piedmont, St.Paul’s, First Unitarian, St.Peter’s are all magnificent structures.Also are there Swedish Churches.There are many Canadian people resident in Worcester, among them Messrs.Blount and Gillson and families, Waterville people.From Worcester toGardner.Gardner is a small town of little importance comparatively.From Gardner to Greenfield via Fitchburg as before.Greenfield of little importance also, compared with rest.From Greentield to Springfield, via B.A M.On entering this the “City of Homes” one is struck with its beauty.Its population is, I believe is in the neighborhood of (10,000.The public buildings in Springfield, city library, art museum, armory, post office, etc., are large and handsome.The manufactures of the city are not to be slighted either and the educational institutions are in marked prominence.The churches, Olivet, State street, Baptist, State street Methodist-Epis., church of Unity, etc., are fine structures.Springfield, will, in way of well kept streets and front yards and modern institutions, compare well with any city of its size on the continent probably.The parks, streets, educational institutions, fire and police depart-n.ents of both Worcester and Springl eld, are up to date.The cemeteries too, present a very fine appearance.What would strike most anyone on entering such a city and look at a register or other descriptive book, would be, I think, the number of Socie ties, brotherhoods or fraternities, as M asons, Oddfellows, Redmen, Knights of Pythias, Knights of Malta, Ancient Ordt r of Foresters, Hibernians, Sons of St.George, Order of Alfredlana, Patriotic Orders of Daughters of Revolution Sons of Revolution, Daughters of Liberty, etc., Knights of Columbus, Royal Arcanum, Knights of Honor, Travellers, Firemen, Workmen, Engineers, and so on endlessly.From Springfield to Pittsfield, via Boston and Albany is a fine ride of about two hours duration.Pittsfield is the centre of a farming district, which is perhaps 75 miles in circuit.Its population at present is between twenty and twenty-five thousand.It is a very young cit ,—date of birth being Jan.1 1831 and by the way this is a city, where evidently the temperance have failed to be successful in their attempts to put a stop to the rum traffic—and have only themselves to blame.This city too has prominent buildings and edifices.Its public grounds are fine, and its walks and drives are picturesque, while the scenery everywhere is elegant.There are Canadians in both Springfield and Pittsfield, In the former city for instance, there are Mr.Chas.Mary son and family and Mrs.Alonzo Hovey and Miss Ida Hovey as well as Mr.Wightham and family and Mrs.Horace LeBaron.In Pittsfield Mr.Henry Hovey and family were Canadians The social clubs, military bands, grand Army of Republic regular army and navy union of U.S.and similar institutions are also prominent in these cities.From Pittsfield to North Adams via the Boston and Albany (along most western part of State of Massachu setts.) North Adams has a population of about 20,000.It is a new city, with prominent bnildings, public and private, but badly laid out.From North Adams to Greenfield via Fitchburg.On this way we pass through the Hoosac Tunnel, four miles and seven-eighths, (save two hundred feet,) one of the greatest of the kind in the world.Then on to Boston via Fitchbure.Thus ended one of our most beautiful trips.C.T.Tufts College, Mass.Sherbrooke Protestant Hospital.The following donations are gratefully acknowledged: 1 pair of towels, 1 sheet, religious papers, Mrs.S.J.lunes, Eaton ; 1 pair of pillow cases, 3 towels.Miss Hattie Adams Eaton ; 1 can of maple syrup, Mrs.T.D.French, Island Brook ; 10 lbs maple sugar, W.A.Warner, Sand Hill ; 5 lbs maple sugar, Mrs.Breadon ; 4 books, W.A.McLeod, Lake Megantic ; religious reading, Mrs.M.Hamilton, Johnville ; old cotton, Mrs.Geo.French, Island Brook ; 1 scrap book prepared by Mrs.Innés’ Sabbath School Class, Eaton, Pearl Lindsay, Edith Chute, Jessie Osgood, Grace Glen, Maud Winslow, Nora LeFebvre, Ethel Rogers ; 1 scrap book prepared by Miss Hattie Adams’ Sabbath School class Eaton, Edith Hodge, Bernice Picard, Mamie McCanna, Edythe McCubbin, Gladys McCubbin, Gladys Chaddock, Orra Nutt, Ina, Eva and Bessie Cobleigh, Mabel Phelps, Edna Phelps.Newfoundland Bait Act.WAR VESSELS SUMIIOKED.Halifax, N.S., April 14.—H.M.S.Pelican, Buzzard and Cordelia have been ordered to leave Bermuda at the end of this week for Newfoundland via Halifax, to aid in the enforcement of the new Newfoundland Bait Act.The Newfoundland press, in general, adopts an exultant tone over the injury the operation of the act is calculated to inflict upon the competition of bounty fed French fishing, with the Newfoundland fishernn n.In the past, the papers state, Newfoundland fishermen have been unable to compete against French fish, and they have been steadily driven out of the European and West India markets by low prices.Several communications have passe I on the subject during the present month bet ween the Imperial Government anti the Colonial Legislature.Mr.Chamberlain, Colonial Secretary, has expressed a fear that the enforcement of the bait act, by which the French are refused herring, would lead to trouble, but he further intimated that if the colonial authorities insisted upon the ait becoming law, the Home Government would hesitate to exercise the power of disallowance.In accordance with these views, it is learned that instructions were cabled tho warships at Bermuda, to hurry their departure for Newfoundland, to assist die local revenue cutters in enforcing the new act.A prominent member of the New foundland Legislature, who was in Hal ifax yesteiday, en route for St.John’s, Newfoundland, said the enforcement of bait act wouldbe the best thingfor Newfoundland that had been accomplished for some years.He explained that it would cause an immense damage to the French interests.The French fleet require tohave their herring bait by the first of May at the latest, but by the operation of the bait act it was forbidden to put a seine in the water before the middle of May A protest had been sent to the Imperial Government by the French Consul, and it isunderstood the St.Pierre authorities have asked the Home Government to send warships from France to protect their interests.The St.John’s man said the St.Pierre fishery was a nursery for seamen for the French navy, and that the British Government would ba glad of a justifiable pretext to hamper the business.The Anjus, of Cape Town, Africa, announced a few days ago that it had received trustworthy information from the capital of the Transvaal that the British have secured Inyack Island, at the entrance of Delagoa Bay, and that a squadron of warships from that port will proceed there to take possession of the island and proclaim it British territory.mO LET TWO NEW DETACHED COT I tage*.ou Porllaml Avenue, with all U>o latest improvements, hot ami cohl water, coal furnaces and tire places, steel clad baths, separate from w.c.These house, have nine rooms and sheds ; are nicely finished, varnished throughout, vcRelable ami coal cellars.Pos session 1st May or sooner if desired , rent moderate.Apply on premises or Xo.It’HIrIi St., THOS.LONG.If 3â 'pO LET That SKI,K CONTAINED HOUSE I on corner of Portland Avenue and Quebec 8ts., eontaininR S rooms, with all modern fin-nrovements, Rood cellar and coal furnace.Possession 1st May.Also that detached House No.tin Eomlon St., now occupied by K.L.Ileau, Esq., contains s room- with all modern iinpruv-ments, stable with 3 stalls and carriage shell.Apply to No.12 High St.THOS.LONG, tf 23 STORE TO IET- QTOKE NO.77 WKLLINGTON STKKKT, at O preseut occupied by James steel as Furniture dealer, con'ainiiiK three Hats ami a Kood cellar.Possession May 1st.Apply to OKO.LONG.Sherbrooke, Feb.llth, 1897.tf 28 FOR SALE MIAT DESIKABLK MODERN HOUSE, No.11 Moore Street, now occupied by Dr.Furwell.Contains 9 rooms, bath room with hot and eold water, water closets, good cellar, furnace, etc., all in good repair.A most com fortable and desirably situated home for a small family.Possession May first or oarllor.May be seen fiom HUH) to 12.0U a.m.daily, tf 23 DAIRY FARM FOR SALS OR TO LLT rpHAT FARM KNOW N AS THE WM.1 McIntosh Farm on tin* road leading from Waterville to Milby.2 miles from Waterville.7 miles from Sherbrooke.Land in a high state of cultivation, cat Ô0 tons of hay last vear.For particulars apply to K.A.LITTLE or T.J.LITTLE, Hatley, Que.2w30 Farm For Sale.The undersigned offers for sale on advantageous terms the John Gr