HomeMy WebLinkAbout2603In a comfortable wigwam to the east of
us, an Indian and hie family have resided
all winter, and by honest toil have these
dusky people supported themselves. Tues-
day they pulled up stakes and started back
for their summer residence on Seugog
Island. Success to the noble redmen—
and women too. The feminine portion of
the wigwam could teach many of their
pale -faced sisters a number of useful lee•
sons in the art of self -adornment.
We have frequently boasted that all the
chicken thieves resided in the front of the
Township, but recent developments
would lead us to the conclusion that our
boast was an idle one. Saturday night
Mr. Williams poultry enclosure at Bal-
sam was entered by parties unknown and
his entire flock taken. Such acts as this
should be followed up and the guiltypar-
ties properly punished. Detective (iib•
son may yet make a discovery in the mat.
ter.
Two Indians ani two squaws were bere
Tuesday. They were selling miscellaneous
wares and seemed happy. It is seldom
that we have occasion to see these people
and our better instincts tell us that we
have in a sense usurped their possessians.
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On Monday at noon a band of gypsies.
consisting of a dozen men and women,
five horses, two houses upon wheels with
stoves within, and seven or eleven dogs,
encamped, fed, stopped, and backed re-
spectively within the peaceful corporation
of our virtuous burg. The boys of the
neighborhood turned out in crowds to in-
spect the gang, but, finding no boys big
enough to fight or quarrel with, their in-
spection was simply a general one. The
cariosity, manifested by boys over the
coming of peddlers, tramps, and gypsies:
takes as back to the time when we, as a
budding youngster, used to chase all seedy
looking strangers and ball them names.
And then how sweet the rememberance of
being brought befosp ." the beak," as it
were, of our kind father, and undergoing
the stern, old-fashioned, regulation spank.
By the bye, although the afore mentioned
punishment was severe, and sufficient,
even now, to bring back to our spine the
delightful tickling sensation, still if this
one land+ no, I beg pardon. I mean.
shingle "—mark where removed, come
of the happiest memories of our youthful
days mould vauish as we meditate alone
the line, we are moved to ask. " If yon
could live the past oyer, would you wish
obliterated the hallowed spank T'
—A band of gypsies camped Monday
on the flats west of the iron bridge for a
few hours. They did not stay long, but
sufficiently so to visit most of our villagers
and bother them in an attempt to sell lace
at three times its proper value. Charity
is a good wide plank in our make up, we
believe, vet we hesitate not in saying that
it is decidedly wrong to extend assistance
un til one is sure that the recipient is
worthy. Some will argue that we should
not hesitate .to become versed on that
point, but if we were to extend charity to
everyone that Fears the semblance of
need, the entire .universe would assume
that garb, and we would ail develop into
a gang of beggars and thieves. In small
,places like Pickering we have very few
familiees_who„ are__reallp.dieing of starva
tion, but there are homes but scantily
prodded with the barenecessitiesof life,
in every village, and these should demand
our,first attention, if we have enough and
to spare. There ate well to do residents
in every, village and town who will put
themselves about to contribute funds that
they are told will go to clothe the
beatben, yet if a poor blit honest man asks
for a dacs work cutting wood or diegmg
garden, he has to do the same at depart
n:Pntal store prices or l:e denied a hear.
4Y.V These facts we would respectfully
c oan,ntnd to th6"attentionAk our readers,
—Of all the tough looking, degraded,
dirty, down -at the -heel looking crowds
that ever drifted into the village on any
previous occasion, the 9"ang that visited
us on Monday afternoon should have no
trouble in obtaining the medal, if per-
chance one were offered. There were
some thirty.five individuals in the party,
mostly females, and children, with just
enough men to lead the bears and do
other light wryrk, the gentler sex being
compelled to bear the burdens, do the
begging and look after the children.
Tliey spoke some kind of a broken French
and were corkers at soliciting alms, and
just as great a success at granting 'bless.
ines
bless-
ines when assistance was extended.
Where "charity" was refused the lang-
uage was rather the reverse. They had
a baboon, four bears and six horses.
Why such people are allowed to land in
our country we are at a loss to know, as
th$y. are neither an ornament or of use,
and of course must be ted, even if thev
are compelled to steal it. For a time we
were fearful lest they turned north on the
Brock road, and attempted to spend the
winterin some of the swamps in the
township, but we now feel relieved as
they have gone west, and state that thay
will proceed to Toronto. Thev camped
Monday evening in Peter Annan's woods
weFt and south of Dunbarton. But their
stay there would be short as the people
of that locality woald not hesitate long
in order;ng them cu.
—A brace of peddlare have been located
in Gor3on's grove this week and from
there carry on their business operations.
Thev are of the Jewish persuasion.
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