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St.  Aindrew^s  College  Review 


Contents 

1.  Editorial.     R.P.S 

2.  Burnside  Rnles.      H.   G.  Smith 

3.  Made  for  Fun.     G.    W.  MarK((y 

4.  In  Memoriam 

5.  Special  Services  at  St.  Andrew's 

6.  The  Outlook  for  Hockey 

7.  Sporting  News 

8.  The  Football  Supper.     D.  W.  Fraser 

9.  A  Tiger  Storv.     George  McKle 

10.  Jack  Brown.     L.  Harris 

11.  Two  Weeks  in  Parry  Sound.     An  Old'Boii 

12.  Cape  Breton  Stories.     Arthur  Lueiun  McCunhj 

13.  My  Adventures  with  Burglars 

14.  Christmas.      P.  R.  Brecken   

15.  A  Story  of  the  Regulars.     Ames 

16.  A  Mix  Up.     Gordon  C.  Harrison 

17.  The  Britisli  Training  Ship.     .T.  N.  Hay 

18.  Junior  Preparatory  Form  Story 

19.  Preparatory  Form  Essay.    Clun-lie  Bath 

20.  Skits 


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R.  P.  Saunders. 

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A.    E.    GOODERHAM 

1    G.  C.  Hunt 


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J    J.  E.  Scott 


Vol..  III. 


TORONTO,  DECEMBER,    1902. 


No.   I, 


As  this  is  the  fifth  number  cl  the 
St.  Andrew's  College  Review  we 
fancv  no  explanation  is  necessary 
regarding  the  benefits  and  advan- 
tages derived  from  the  publication 
of  such  a  paper.  However,  we 
might  repeat  tliat  the  "Review"  is 
still  entirelv  under  the  management 
and  editorship  of  the  boys. 

We  believe  our  readers  will  find 
this  issue  the  most  interesting  and 
attractive  in  every  wav,  that  the 
paper  has  vet  hit  upon  in  its 
search  of  the  ideal.  On  this  ac- 
count we  confidently  expect  that 
our  efforts  will  be  appreciated,  and 
that  all  who  read  the  "Review," 
will  find  it  more  acceptable  than 
ever;  as  its  contents,  we  are  per- 
suaded, are  even  more  diversified 
and  important  than  those  of  its 
predecessors. 

Since  our  last  number  in  June, 
€[uite  a  few  changes  have  taken 
place.  The  college  has  increased 
considerablv   both   in     masters   and 


pupils.  One  of  our  learned  dispen- 
sers of  knowledge,  however,  in  the 
person  of  Mr.  Blanchard, — who  has 
left  us  to  go  to  IMcGill — we  have 
lost.  But  the  staff  has  been  mate- 
rially strengthened  bv  the  addition 
of  Mr.  Grant,  late  of  Upper  Canada 
College,  Mr.  Fleming  of  Nova  Sco- 
tia,  and  Mr.  Taylor,  of  Toronto. 

The  management  of  the  paper 
has  again  offered  two  prizes  for  the 
best  essays,  stories  or  suitable  ar- 
ticles of  anv  description.  The  prize 
essays,  as  usual,  will  appear  in  the 
present  publication. 

The  "Review"  begs  to  congratu- 
late the  school  as  a  whole  and 
each  of  the  football  teams  indivi- 
duallv  on  their  splendid  showing  on 
the  Rugby  field,  this  season.  May 
the  boys  continue  to  do  as  well  in 
all  their  sports,  but  not  to  the  ne- 
glect of  their  class  work,  so  that 
St.  Andrew's  mav  send  forth  into 
the  world  men  morallv,  mentallv 
and  physically  "fit". — "Mens  sana 
in   corpore   sano." — R.P.S. 


ST.  ANDREW'S  COLLEGE  REVIEW. 


The   Bumside   Rules 


The  Canadian  game  of  Rngby,  as 
played  at  present,  has  degenerated 
into  a  contest  in  which  mere  brute 
force  is  the  chief  factor.  That 
there  is  something  radically  wrong 
in  the  rules  governing  the  game 
this  vear  is  shown  by  the  utter 
lack  of  open  plav  in  the  great  ma- 
jority of  gaines.  Continued  buck- 
ing, with  an  occasional  run  around 
the  end,  seems  to  be  the  visual  me- 
thod of  plav  adopted.  When  play- 
ing with  the  wind,  of  course,  the 
half  line  punts  and  the  wings  fol- 
low up  as  quickly  as  possible.  If 
thev  are  fast  enough  they  can  often 
down  their  man  for  a  good  gain, 
otherwise  the  ball  is  simply  return- 
ed. After  many  of  the  scrimmages 
the  ball  is  handled  only  bv  the 
quarter-back,  and  is  completely 
lost  to  the  view  of  the  spectators. 
Then  again  people  have  become 
tired  of  going  to  see  a  game, 
which,  on  the  wing  line,  is  nothing 
better  than  a  slugging  match. 

The  senior  series  of  the  O.R.F.U. 
practically^  passed  out  of  existence, 
for  this  year,  at  any  rate.  It  is  uni- 
versally recognized  bv  all  those 
connected  with  football,  that  some 
radical  changes  must  be  made,  if 
Canadian  rugby  is  to  become  inter- 
esting for  spectators  and  for  plav- 
ers. 

Much  has  been  accomplished  by 
the  Burnside  rules.  In  them  is 
combined  the  best  points  of  both 
the  American  and  British  games, 
coupled  with  some  Canadian  ideas. 
Thev  aim  at  making  the  plav  as 
open    as  possible.     The     scrimmage 


is  altogether  done  awav  with,  the 
snap-back  being  used  in  its  place. 
The  wings  are  forced  to  keep  a  cer- 
tain distance  from  each  other,  thus 
doing  away  with  the  scrapping 
usuallv  prevalent  on  the  wing  line. 
No  man  is  allowed  to  move  while 
the  ball  is  being  put  in  play.  If  a 
side,  having  possession  of  the  ball, 
fails  to  gain  ten  vards  in  three  suc- 
cessive "downs"  the  ball  is  •  given 
to  the  opposing  team.  To  guard 
against  too  much  bucking,  the 
player  receiving  the  ball  from  the 
snap-sack,  must  give  it  to  another 
player  before  passing  the  spot 
where  the  ball  was  put  in  plav. 
The  great  faidt  to  be  found  with 
this  svstem  is  the  immense  amount 
of  work  which  falls  on  the  hall- 
backs.  Practicallv  thev  plav  the 
whole  game.  The  Burnside  rules 
contain  the  right  idea,  but  it  is,  as 
vet,  far  from  being  iullv  developed. 
The  wings  should  be  used  to  great- 
er advantage,  and  the  quarter-back 
should  be  given  something  to  do, 
other  than  the  mere  oa.shing  of  the 
ball. 

The  Universitv  of  Toronto  plav- 
ed  this  game  with  great  success 
against  the  Argonauts  in  the  con- 
test for  the  citv  cham.pionship  this 
vear.  The  Argonauts  were  practi- 
cally helpless  at  the  hands  of  a 
lighter  and  faster  team,  and  thev 
could  do  nothing.  These  rules  will 
doubtless  be  adopted  bv  the  Inter- 
collegiate Union  within  the  next 
two  vears.  The  preparatorv  col- 
leges  will  follow  their  example. 

H.   Cr.   Smith. 


ST.  ANDREW'S  COLLEGE  REVIEW 


FOOTBAI^L    TEAM,    1902 


ST.  ANDREW'S  COLLEGE  REVIEW. 


Made  For  Fun 


Once  when  I  was  staying  at  a 
mission  station  in  Formosa  an  el- 
derly Chinaman  called.  He  re- 
mained for  some  time  and  in  the 
course  of  his  stay  told  us  many 
wonderful  stories.  Among  them 
were  many  concerning  his  early  life 
and  of  the  great  change  which  had 
taken  place  since  then.  Seated  in 
a  comfortable  chair,  and  after 
m.uch  moving  and  shifting  to  find 
the  best  position  he  started,  say- 
ing: 

"As  distinct  as  things  appear  to 
m.e  now  I  remember  well  the  days 
of  my  childhood.  Our  family  lived 
in  a  little  thatched  cottage  built 
at  the  foot  of  a  mountain  not  far 
distant  from  the  homes  of  the 
savages. 

As  we  were  poor  and  far  remov- 
ed from,  the  nearest  school,  my 
education  was  quite  neglected,  and 
instead  of  going  to  school  as  other 
boys  do  I  was  obliged  to  work 
many  hours  a  day.  A  daily  trip 
to  a  neighboring  bush  to  cut  and 
gather  wood  was  my  chief  occupa- 
tion. 

My  frequent  visits  to  the  bush 
soon  made  me  dislike  the  work.  I 
tried  every  effort  to  get  rid  of  it, 
partly  by  persuading  my  father  to 
let  me  do  something  else,  and  part- 
ly by  pretending  to  be  sick,  but  in 
vain.  His  command  was  inflexible 
and  whatever  he  said  must  be 
done. 

Oftentimes  he  would  send  me  as 
himters  send  their  hounds  to  chase 
after  the  game. 

My  game  was  a  load  of  wood 
weighing  over  a  hundred  pounds 
which  I  had  to  cut  into  the  requir- 
ed lengths  and  carrv  home  on  mv 
shoulders  to  show  the  success  of 
the  dav. 

On  one  occasion  when  the  rain 
poured  incessantly  for  hours,  I 
started  for  the  forest  in  the  midst 
of  the  heaviest  shower,  with  an  old 
coat  on  me. 

The  rain   seemed   to  fall  the  hea- 


viest just  at  the  spots  where  I  was 
moving.  Before  long  it  had  pene- 
trated my  so-called  water-proof 
coat  and  began  to  trickle  down  my 
back,   making   me  feel  very  uneasy. 

Being  as  wet  as  the  rain  itself  I 
looked  for  shelter,  and  was  for- 
tunate enough  to  find  a  large  ba- 
nyan tree  standing  near  by.  It 
spread  its  numerous  branches  all 
around,  forming  a  shelter  as  if  a 
thousand  um^brellas  had  been 
sewn  together. 

Attracted  by  the  dry  spot  under- 
neath it,  I  found  myself  seated  on 
its  projecting  roots  before  knowing 
how  I  got  there. 

I  had  been  seated  for  a  while 
when  a  root  close  by  attracted  my 
attention. 

It  had  the  exact  form  of  a  man 
and  so  delighted  was  I  witn  my 
discovery  that  I  went  and  cut  it 
off,  with  a  knife  which  I  had  al- 
ways with  me. 

When  it  was  cut  I  found  that  it 
needed  carving  in  some  parts  to 
make  it  appear  more  natural. 

My  knife  was  as  sharp  as  blades 
of  grass  and  being  accustomed  to 
handling  such  an  article,  it  was 
not  long  before  I  had  carved  it  to 
•look   more   manlike. 

Meanwhile  the  rain  had  ceased  to 
descend  and  quickly  gathering  a 
load  of  wood,  now  wet,  I  started 
for  home. 

On  arriving  at  the  house  I  placed 
my  little  man  on  a  table  along 
with  other  idols,  thinking  that  it 
looked  as  good  as  any  of  them. 

Our  family  saw  me  put  it  there 
and  supposing  it  to  be  an  idol  of 
some  kind  asked  where  I  got  it.  I 
carelessly  answered  that  I  found  it 
in   the  bush. 

After  that  nothing  more  was  said 
about  it.  A  few  days  after  while 
sacrificing  to  the  gods  mine  was 
treated  as  one. 

Of  course  I  had  no  objection  to 
their  doing  so,  as  long  as  a  good 
supper  was  to  be  had  after  the  sa- 
crifice. 


ST.  ANDREW'S  COLLEGE  REVIEW. 


9 


That  went  on  year  after  year  till 
I  grew  up  and  left  home. 

Since  then  I  had  been  converted 
and  baptized. 

I  also  travelled  a  great  deal  and 
once  while  touring  through  a  coun- 
try, I  came  across  a  house  crowd- 
ed with  men,  women  and  children, 
some  carrying  chickens,  some  in- 
cense, others  candles  and  many 
other  articles. 

To  satisfv  mv  curiosity  I  entered 
the    house    and    eiu|ui  what    was 

going  on   within. 

On  being  asked  they  told  me  that 
a  mighty  god  of  money  was  with- 
in and  whoever  was  ambitious  to 
get  rich  would  find  money  coming 
in  like  water,  if  they  would  only 
ask  him  for  it. 

I  tried  to  get  a  glimpse  of  the 
wonderful  idol  but  the  house  was 
too  full  to  permit  me  seeing  far. 


Pushing  through  the  crowd  which 
was  fast  increasing  1  'made  my 
way  toward  the  idol. 

Placed  on  a  table,  there  was  a 
black-looking  idol  not  more  than  a 
foot  high,  which  was  the  cause  of 
such  a  commotion. 

My  fascination  at  its  singularity 
of  construction  drew  me  closer  and 
lo,  I  beheld  within  n  v  erasp  the 
old  root  which  I  had  carved. 

I  took  it  by  the  head  and  with 
rage  threw  it  on  the  ground. 

This  act  surprised  the  crowd  and 
excited  their  anger  to  the  utmost 
degree. 

Some  came  rushing  on  to  strike 
me,  others  called  me  names;  and  in 
the  confusion  I  had  some  difficulty 
in  restoring  them  to  order  by  ex- 
plaining that  it  was  I  who  made 
their  mighty  god  of  money,  fifty 
years  ago." 

G.  W.  MacKay. 


3n  riDemoriani* 

The  Editors  of  the  '^  Review  *^  with  deep  regret 
mark  the  great  loss  which  our  principal  and  his  family- 
have  sustained  in  the  decease  of  Mrs.  J.  K.  MacDonald. 
On  behalf  of  all  the  boys  in  the  College  we  desire  to 
express  most  sincere  sympathy  with  those  who  have 
been  so  sorely  bereaved. 


ST.  ANDREW'S  COLLEGE  REVIEW. 


Special  Services  at  St*  Andrew^s 


For  the  College  year  of  1902-3 
six  special  services  have  been  ar- 
ranged at  the  College.  They  will 
be  conducted  by  the  Principal,  and 
addresses  will  be  given  by  the  fol- 
lowing gentlemen: 

Rev.  Prof.  H.  J.  Cody,  Sunday, 
November   i6th,    1902. 

Rev.  John  Neil,  Sunday,  Decem- 
ber  14th,    1902. 

Rev.  J.  A.  Macdonald,  Sunday, 
Februarv  15th,   1903. 

Rev.  G.  M.  Milligan,  D.D.,  Sim- 
day,   April   20th,   1903. 

Rev.  Prof.  J.  Ballantyne,  Sun- 
day, May  loth,   1903. 

Rev.  W.W.  Weeks,  D.D.,  Sunday, 
June   14th,    1903. 

On  Sunday,  November  T6th,  Rev. 
Prof.  Cody  opened  the  series  of 
services,  addressing  the  boys  in  the 
new  prayer-hall.  About  one  hun- 
dred and  fifty  boys  were  present. 
A  few  College  friends,  mostly  old 
boys,  whom  we  are  always  glad  to 
have  with  us,  honored  us  with 
their   presence. 

Mr.  Cody  is  the  possessor  of  an 
abilitv  found  in  very  few  men.  He 
can  talk  to  bovs  in  such  a  way  as 
to  obtain  their  imdivided  attention 
and  then  they  luiderstand  his  ser- 
mon better.  He  is  an  earnest 
speaker  and  inspires  the  boys' 
minds  with  his  own  thoughts,  say- 
ing everything  that  he  does  in  such 


a  way  that  the  listener  knows  that 
he  is  not  merely  listening  to 
preaching,  but  to  a  man  that  be- 
lieves everything  that  he  says. 

The  text  chosen  for  the  sermon 
was  taken  from  i  Cor.  xvi.  13,  the 
last  clause  of  which  constitutes  our 
College  Motto.  "ANAPIZE20E 
KPATAI0Y:^0E."  Mr.         Cody 

spoke  on  the  word  ANAPEIA,  ex- 
plaining the  many  good  meanings 
that  may  be  taken  from  it  and  con- 
necting the  name  of  our  College 
most  suitably  with  it. 

Starting  from  his  text,  "Quit  ye 
like  men,  be  strong,"  Prof.  Cody 
divided  his  discourse  into  three 
parts: 

First. — Doing,  Having,  Being — 3 
verbs. 

Second.  —  Building,  Racing, 
Fighting. 

Third.— Truth,  Honor,  Purity— 3 
wickets. 

In  the  third  division  of  his  ser- 
mon he  illustrated  his  points  very 
clearlv  bv  telling  Drummond's 
story  of  Baxter's  Second  Innings. 
We  are  very  sorrv  that  we  are  un- 
able to  publish  a  fuller  account  of 
the  sermon,  but  sincerelv  hope  that 
we  may  have  it  in  detail  for  the 
next  number. 

The  hymns  simg  were:  "Onward 
Christian  Soldiers,"  "Rock  of 
Ages,"  "Fight  the  Good  Fight 
With  all  Thv  Might." 


ST.  ANDREWS  COLLEGE  REVIEW. 


The    Outlook    for    Hockey 


Already  "Kugbv"  is  something  of 
the  past.  At  present  we  are  be- 
tween seasons,  as  it  were.  Our  in- 
terests are  all  for  Hockey  and 
for  S.A.C.  boys.  The  cold  weather 
cannot  come  too  soon.  Just  a  word 
as  to  what  might  be  done  now  to 
prepare  for  a  successful  season. 
The  arrangements  of  last  vear  with 
the  Caledonian  rink  were  satisfac- 
tory and  in  fact  practically  the 
only  arrangements  that  can  be 
made,  if  we  are  to  have  a  team  in 
the  junior  series  of  the  O.H.A.  The 
likely  players  should  be  looked  up 
and  started  at  training  as  soon  as 
possible.  For  a  college  team  is 
greatly  handicapped  by  the  Christ- 
mas vacation.  It  is  necessary  if 
we  are  going  to  do  well,  that  the 
boys  should  be  in  shape  for  the 
first  practice,  which  should  be 
mainly  to  bring  out  the  team  play 
not  as  was  the  case  last  year  to 
get  their  wind,  and  to  loosen  out 
the  joints,  which  were  allowed  to 
become  stiff  after  "Riigbv."  This 
is  necessary,  because  the  first 
match  nearly  always  has  to  be 
played  off  by  the  middle  of  vTanua- 
ry  and  again  we  emphasize  the  fact 
that  with  a  week's  practice  it  is 
impossible  to  have  a  team  play 
first  class  hockey,  if  they  are  not 
in  training  to  start  with. 

The  prospects  for     a  good  seven. 


with  several  of  the  old  hockeyists 
still  with  us,  are  bright.  Last 
year's  seconds  are  also  back  in 
force.  According  to  the  ear  to  ear 
talk  around  the  halls,  there  are  a 
number  of  probable  ones  am.ong  the 
new  boys. 

The  rink  at  the  college  should  re- 
ceive everj^  attention.  It  is  here 
where  our  future  players  learn  the 
game  and  the  management  should 
make  every  endeavour  to  have 
things  run  smoothly.  If  this  is 
not  the  case,  there  will  be  a  regular 
old  game  of  shinney  every  afternoon, 
and  the  results  will  be  of  no  value 
to  the  boys  themselves,  or  to  the 
interests  of  school  "Hockey".  Per- 
haps the  following  suggestions 
might  not  be  out  of  place.  That 
a  master  enthused  with  the  game 
might  see  that  "Hockey"  is  played, 
and  that  each  boy  gets  a  good 
practice  at  least  twice  a  week. 
Then  candidates  can  be  more  read- 
ily picked  out  and  allowed  to  prac- 
tice at  the  Caledonian. 

Of  the  three  games  encouraged 
by  the  college  Hockey,  Canada's 
national  winter  game,  is  the  best. 
If  the  bovs  enter  the  game  with 
vim  and  goodwill  this  winter  we 
shall  have  a  good  time  and  be  hap- 
l)y.  We  take  it  that  this  is  the 
aim  of  school  sports. 


Sporting   News 


The  Rugby  season  just  passed  has 
been  a  very  enjoyable  and  success- 
ful one  at  St.  A-ndrew's. 

Everything  in  connection  with 
sports  is  imder  the  control  of  the 
St.  Andrew's  College  Athletic  As- 
sociation with  the  following  offi- 
cers: 

Hon.  Pres. — ]\Ir.  .1.  K.  :\Iacdo- 
nald. 


Pres.— Dr.  Meyer,  Ph.  D. 
I  St  Vice  Pres.— H.  G.  Smith. 
2nd  Vice  Pres.— A.  H.  Follett. 
Treasurer. — F.  A.  Russell. 
Secretary. — A.      E.      Gooderham, 
Jr. 
Ass.  Secy.— J.  E.  Scott. 
Curator. — G.  H.  Wallace. 
Ass.  Curator.- G.  C.  Hunt. 


ST.  ANDREW'S  COLLEGE  REVIEW. 


Committee  of  representatives 
from  each  form.— N.  M.  Keith,  Ju- 
lian Sale,  J.  D.  Cotton,  J.  Doust, 
F.  Macdonald,  Tuckett  Lawrey,  M. 
S.   Gooderham. 

The  above  were  chosen  at  general 
meeting  of  the  whole  school  in  Sep- 
tember last. 

The  record  of  the  Fixst  Team  is 
as  follows: — 

Harbord  Collegiate  won   15   to  o. 

Varsity  III  "     12   "     o 

Wellesley lost      i    "   12 

T.  C.  S won     8   "     3 

McMaster  tie     i    "      i 

Ridley  College  won  9   "     3 

Upper  Canada  lost  24   "      i 

The  Second  Team's  record. 

Harbord  C.  I won     6  to  o 

Pickering      Coll won     7    "  4 

Pickering   return won  42   "   2 

Harbord  Collegiate  vs.  S.  A.  C. 

St.  Andrew's  played  Harbord 
Collegiate  at  Rosedale  on  Oct.  3rd. 
The  Harbord  team  was  fast  and 
light  with  a  strong  back  division. 
S.A.C.  with,  their  heavy  wing  line 
were  continually  breaking  through 
on  their  opponents'  quarter,  thus 
making  it- a  scrimmage  game.  The 
match  being  the  first  of  the  season, 
had  the  desired  effect  in  showing 
that  the  S.A.C.  team  play  was 
weak  and  that  they  were  not  in 
condition,  also  that  there  was  ma- 
terial good  enough,  if  properlv 
handled,  to  bring  honor  to  the 
school  and  perhaps  a  championship. 
Final  score   vS.A.C.    15,   Harbord  o. 

Varsity  III.  vs.  S.  A.  C 

Varsity  campus  on  Saturday,  Oc- 
tober 4th,  was  the  scene  of  a  very 
interesting  game  of  rugby.  The 
teams  Varsity  HI  and  S.A.C.  to 
all  appearances  were  evenly  match- 
ed. Varsity's  strong  point  was 
their  scrimmage,  but  thev  made  no 
pretence  at  team-play  and  their 
costly  fumbles  were  a  feature. 
S.A.C.'s  experience  of  the  previoiis 
match  was  turned  to  good  advan- 
tage. The  back  division  particu- 
larlv  ])laved   a  strong  united  game. 


In  the  first  half  the  outside  wings, 
Doust  and  Nasmith,  by  their  speed 
in  following  up  punts  and  their 
tackling  were  practically  the  means 
of  securing  two  tries  one  of  which 
Captain  Sale  neatly  converted. 
Score  S.A.C.  11,  Varsity  III,  o.  In 
the  second  half  Varsity  by  playing 
a  defensive  game  were  able  to  hold 
S.A.C.  down  to  one  rouge.  Final 
score  S.A.C,  12,  Varsity  III,  o. 
After  this  game  St.  Andrew's  stock 
in  rugby  circles  jumped  fifty  points. 

Wellesleys  vs.  S.  A.  C. 

A  week  later  S.A.C.  met  on  Var- 
sity campus  the  strong  and  well 
balanced  Wellesley  team,  which 
played  a  good  all  roimd  steady 
game. 

They  forced  the  play  right  from 
the  start  securing  two  tries 
against  S.A.C.'s  rouge.  The  fea- 
ture of  this  half  was  a  tackle  made 
by  Wallace,  which  thrilled  the 
hearts  of  St.  Andrew's  supporters. 
Half  time  score  Welleslevs  8,  S.A. 
C.   I. 

In  the  second  half  Isbester  at 
quarter  played  a  sturdv  game  and 
managed  to  hold  the  ball  till  with- 
in a  few  seconds  of  time  when  the 
Wellesleys  by  a  united  team  effort 
secured  another  try.  Final  score 
Wellesleys  12,  S.A.C.  i.  The  loss 
of  this  game  had  its  good  effects 
and  we  are  all  glad  to  hear  that 
the  Wellesleys  landed  the  junior 
citv  championship  and  are  picked 
to  win  the  junior  O.R.F.U. 

T.  C.  S.  vs.  S.  A.  C. 

The  first  annual  match  between 
St.  Andrew's  and  Trinity  College 
School  was  pla3'ed  on  Oct.  15th  at 
Port  Hope. 

T.C.S.  were  ahead  at  half  time, 
but  St.  Andrew's  won  out  bv  a 
score  of  8  to  3.  .  Mr.  Woodworth 
who  iimpired  went  down  on  the 
train  with  the  St.  Andrew's  team. 

The  two  teams  were  evenly  bal- 
lauced  in  weight,  while  T.C.S. 
backs  plaved  together  more.  St. 
Andrew's  wings  followed  up  better, 
thev  broke  through  and  often  spoil- 


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ed  T.C.S.'s  half  back  combination. 
T.C.S.  had  the  advantage  of  weight 
in  scrimmage,  but  S.  A.  C.  had  a 
fast  one  that  made  up  for  it.  Mc- 
Pherson  for  T.C.S.  played  a  good, 
valuable  and  heavy  game,  his  kick- 
ing being  one  of  the  features  of  the 
game.  Scott's  centre  scrimm^age 
work  and  Nasrnith's  and  Doust's 
following  up  is  worthy  of  praise. 

T.C.S.  won  the  toss  and  elected 
to  kick  with  the  wind.  S.A.C. 
made  a  short  kick  off,  th.us  keeping 


On  resuming  play  the  ball  went 
to  Sale,  who  passed  to  Wallace, 
and  he  made  a  good  gain  for 
about  25  yards  from  the  scrimmage 
that  followed,  Sale  kicked  and  the 
S.A.C.  wings  followed  up,  forcing  a 
rouge.  Scott  kicked  the  ball  out 
of  scrimmage  past  their  quarter  to 
McPherson  who  was  tackled  behind 
his  own  goal  line.  On  the  kick  out 
the  ball  went  to  Sale  who  was 
tackled  before  he  could  rtm 
verv  far   with   it.   Froin   the   scrim- 


possession  of  the  ball.  By  a  series 
of  bucks  they  forced  T.C.S.  back  to 
their  25  yd.  line.  A  free  kick  to 
T.C.S.  relieved  the  pressure.  Mc- 
Pherson took  the  kick  and  the  ball 
went  to  S.A.C.  quarter  way.  An- 
other free  kick  resulted  in  a  rouge. 
Sale  kicked  out  and  the  ball  went 
to  McPherson  who  returned  past 
S.A.C.  dead  line.  T.C.S.  added  an- 
other about  five  minutes  before 
half  time.  The  rest  of  the  half 
was  a  series  of  scrimmages.  Score 
stood  3-0  favour  T.C.S. 


mage  that  followed  Cotton  kicked 
passed  the  dead  line  tieing  the 
score.  On  the  kick  out  one  of  the 
T.C.S.  wings  was  ahead  of  the  ball. 
S.A.C.  scrimmaged  at  the  mark 
failing  to  buck  over  for  a  try.  Af- 
ter three  or  four  scrimmages  the 
ball  was  passed  out  to  Cotton  who 
punted  and  Peterson  was  forced  to 
rouge.  The  game  was  now  won 
but  to  finish  up  S.A.C.  scored  a 
try — Nasmith  being  responsible  by 
his  fast  following  up. 
The   teams   and   officers  were: — 


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T.C.S.  3^Back,  Peterson;  halves, 
Kidd,  McPherson,  Holcroft;  quarter 
Pascal  (capt.);  scrimmage,  Chown, 
McKeand,  Berry;  wings,  Davidson, 
Rodgers,  Scott,  Hammond,  Grover 
McCaffrey,    Wilkins. 

S.A.C.  8. — Back,  Isbester;  halves, 
Wallace,  vSale  (Capt.),  Cotton; 
quarter,  Play;  scrimmage,  Harri- 
son,, Scott,  Douglas;  wings.  Smith, 
Willmott,  Doust,  Chesnut,  Russell, 
Hunt,   Nasmith. 

Referee  Mr.  McWilliams,  of  Pe- 
terboro.  Umpire,  Mr.  Frank  D. 
Woodworth,  Toronto. 

McMaster  vs.  S.  A.  C. 

The  team  from  MclMaster,  which 
plaved  in  the  Intercollegiate  Inter- 
mediate series,  met  and  broke  even 
with  the  St.  Andrew's  team  of  the 
Big  Four  at  Rosedale.  The  plav  was 
verv  even.  McMaster  were  much 
heavier  but  St.  Andrew's  played 
snappier  football.  Cotton  played 
a  fine  game  for  St.  Andrew's.  His 
kicking  along  with  Nasmith's  wing 
play  were  the  features. 

In  the  first  half  McMaster  scored 
a  rouge  while  S.A.C.  got  a  dead 
line  in  the  second  half.  St.  An- 
drew's tried  hard  when  aboiit  5 
yards  out  from  McMaster  line  to 
go  over  but  McMaster's  superior 
weight  prevented  it.  When  time 
was  called  the  ball  was  at  St.  An- 
drew's quarter  way  with  the  final 
score  I  to  I.  Darkness  prevented  the 
tie  being  played  off. 

Ridley  vs.  S.  A.  C. 

The  third  annual  match  between 
Ridlev  and  St.  Andrew's  was  play- 
ed on  the  Ridlev  football  field  on 
November  the  first.  St.  Andr.ew's 
were  victorious  by  the  score  of  nine 
to  four. 

The  opposing  teams  lined  up 
about  3.30.  S.A.C.  had  a  heavier 
and  stronger  wing-line,  which 
broke  through  "a  good  deal  oftener 
and  had  twenty-seven  free  kicks 
given  against  them.  S..^.C.  also 
had  a  better  balanced  half  line. 

Kennedy  at  centre  half  was  a 
tower  of  s"^trength.  He  played  nearly 


all  the  game  for  Ridley.  His  punt- 
ing and  the  way  he  placed  it  was 
a  feature  of  the  game. 

The  running  of  Wallace  and  Is- 
bester was  the  most  conspicuous 
work  of  the  S.A.C.  team. 

Ridlev  won  the  toss  and  elected 
to  kick  with  the  wind.  After 
about  five  minutes'  play  S.  A.  C. 
dribbled  and  scored  a  rouge.  The 
ball  was  then  worked  into  S.A.C. 
territory  by  Kennedy's  long  punts. 
After  a  number  of  scrimmages  by 
Hay  and  Sale  bucking  the  line,  and 
an  occasional  run  b}^  Wallace,  S.A. 
C.  worked  the  ball  into  their  op- 
ponents' territory.  A  free  kick  to 
Ridlev  relieved  the  pressure,  an- 
other netted  them  a  safety  touch. 
S.A.C.  backs  found  it  hard  to 
judge  Kennedy's  long  cork-screw 
punts  and  a  rouge  was  added. 
Punting  and  scrimmaging  were  fre- 
quently utilized  before  half  time 
was  called. 

All  through  the  second  half 
S.A.C.  played  a  running  and  buck- 
ing game.  They  had  learned  by  ex- 
perience that  it  was  useless  to 
pimt  to  a  superior  kicker  like  Ken- 
nedv.  The  ball  seldom  left  Ridley 
territorv  in  the  second  half.  Hay 
time  and  again  bucked  the  line, 
forcing  the  Ridleians  back  to  their 
goal  but  the  S.A.C.  wings  would 
get  off  side  and  Ridley  would  be 
awarded  free  kicks.  However  Hay 
finallv  succeeded  in  going  over  and 
Sale  neatly  converted  the  try.  The 
S.A.C.  bovs  added  two  more 
points  on  dead  lines  before  the 
whistle  soimded,  thus  making  the 
final  score  9  to  4  in  favor  of  St. 
Andrew's. 

U.  C.  C.  vs.  S.  A.  C 

After  Upper  Canada  and  St.  An- 
drew's had  each  defeated  Bishop 
Ridlev  and  T.C.S.  a  game,  to  de- 
cide the  championship  of  the  "Big 
Four,"  was  arranged  and  was  play- 
ed on  Friday,  Nov.  7th.  The  day 
was  an  ideal  one  for  Rugbv.  Both 
teams  were  followed  by  a  host  of 
shouting  siipporters,  who  witnessed 
one  of  the  best  exhibitions  of  Rug- 


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by    that    has    been    seen    here    for    a 
long  time. 

U.  C.  C.  won  by  the  superior 
speed  of  its  back  division,  and  its 
wings  were  in  better  condition. 
S.A.C.  appeared  to  be  unable  to 
get  away  quickly  enough  for  a 
run.  The  opposing  wings  were 
well  balanced  in  weight,  but  those 
of  U.  C.  C.  played  a  snappier  game. 

Wallace  at  right  half  was  our 
star.  He  made  some  good  and  va- 
luable runs,  often  pulling  us  out  of 
a  hole.  Hay,  at  quarter,  bucked  for 
substantial  gains,  while  Isbester 
saved  many  points  by  his  work  at 
full  back. 

Morrison  was  U.C.C.'s  most  re- 
liable man,  his  punts  often  saved 
his  teami  trouble.  Stinson,  his  left 
hand  man,  was  watched  too  closely 
to  make  his  running  the  feature  as 
in   the  other  two  college  games. 

Both  scrimmages  played  an  effec- 
tive game  and  were  seldom  penal- 
ized. 

U.C.C.  won  the  toss  and  so  S. 
A.  C.  had  to  defend  the  eastern 
goal.  S.A..C.  made  a  short  kick 
oE  keeping  the  ball  till  they  reach- 
ed U.C.C.'s  25  yd.  line.  Cotton 
punted  into  touch  about  ten  yds. 
out  fromi  U.  C.  C.  goal.  On  the 
throw  in  U.C.C.  got  the  ball.  Mor- 
rison and  Stinson  relieved  by  a 
run  gaining  about  25  yards.  Then 
Morrison  punted  and  S.A.C.  got 
possession  of  the  ball  again.  Hay 
bucked  for  a  gain,  but  the  ball  was 
stolen.  Morrison  punted  and  the 
play  now  was  aboiit  S.A.C.  quarter 
way.  S.A.C.  got  a  free  kick.  Cot- 
ton punted  well  out  of  danger. 
Hay  was  tem^porarily  injured.  Play 
was  then  resumed.  Soon  after 
S.A.C.  got  a  free  kick.  Morrison 
and  Stinson  worked  in  a  rvm  from 
which  the  latter  scored,  after 
about  fifteen  minutes'  play.  From 
the  kick  off  the  ball  went"  to  U.C. 
C.  quarter  way,  but  it  was 
brought  back  to  S.A.C.'s  line  on  a 
series  of  bucks  and  exchange  of 
punts.  Scott  and  Jeff  Smith  were 
temporarily  disabled  on  a  mass 
play.  Another  run  by  the  oppos- 
ing halves  brousrht  the  ball  nearly 
over     S.A.C.     line.      Smith   finally 


bucked  over  for  a  try  which  Da- 
vidson converted.  On  the  kick  ofi 
Hay  made  a  good  run  passing  a 
number  of  U.C.C.  men.  Scrim- 
mages and  exchanges  of  punts  filled 
out  the  rest  of  the  half. 

At  the  start  of  the  second  half 
there  was  much  punting  up  and 
down  the  field  and  the  ball  was 
worked  up  to  S.A.C.  quarter  way. 
Davidson  went  over  for  a  try  after 
a  series  of  scrimmages.  S.A.C. 
tried  a  short  kick  off  and  lost 
ground.  Foster's  long  punt  yield- 
ed a  rouge.  But  U.C.C.  kept  forc- 
ing the  play  and  Davidson  went 
over  for  a  try  which  he  converted 
himself.  On  the  kick  off  the  ball 
went  to  Stinson  who  returned  to 
Wallace.  The  latter  made  a  good 
run.  By  a  series  of  bucks  and 
runs  S.A.C.  carried  the  ball  up  to 
U.C.C.'s  25  yard  line,  but  a  free 
kick  to  U.C.C.  relieved  the  pres- 
sure. The  ball  was  dribbled  over 
S.A.C.  line  and  Isbester  was  forc- 
ed to  rouge. 

The  St.  Andrew's  boys  now  woke 
up  and  forcing  the  play  around 
U.C.C.  quarter  way  Smith  stole 
the  ball  and  from  the  scrim.mage 
that  followed  Wallace  pimted  and 
Fergusson  following  up  fast,  forced 
a  rouge.  This  was  the  only  point 
scored  against  the  U.C.C.  fifteen 
this    season. 

The   teams  were: 

U.C.C.  (24)  Back,  Denison;  halves, 
Foster,  Morrison,  Stinson;  quarter, 
Smith;  scrimmage,  Kennedy,  Filli- 
ter.  Brown;  wings,  Davidson,  Pat- 
tinson,  Boyd,  Clarkson,  Joyce, 
Fleming,   Banta. 

S.A.C.  (I)  Back,  Isbester;  halves, 
P'ergusson,  Cotton,  Wallace;  quarter 
Hay;  scrimmage,  Harrison,  Scott, 
Douglas;  wings.  Smith,  Russell, 
Willmott,  Hunt,  Doust,  Nasmith, 
Thorne. 

Referee,  Dr.  Jack  McCollum. 

Umpire,   S.   P.  Biggs,   Varsity. 

Team  Notes. 

A.  M.  Isbester  (full-back)  played 
quarter  last  year  for  the  second 
team.  All  this  season  he  has  play- 
ed  a  plucky  and  resourceful  game, 


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being  very  cool,  and  at  all  times 
keeping  his  head.  He  catches,  runs 
and  tackles  well,  and  is  a  fair  punt. 

Julian  Sale  (centre  half)  captain- 
ed the  team,  of  which  he  has  now 
been  a  member  for  four  years.  He 
is  especially  good  at  tackling  and 
bucking  the  line,  plays  a  plucky 
game  and  always  works  hard.  As 
captain  he  lacked  aggressiveness. 
In  the  match  against  U.C.C.  he 
was  unfortunately  unable  to  take 
part. 

G.  H.  Wallace  (right  half)  played 
last  year  on  th,e  Seconds.  He  is  a 
fast  and  dashing  runner,  a  good 
punt  and  tackle,  and  a  fair  catch; 
is  occasionally  a  little  inclined  to 
be  selfish.  Against  U.C.C.  he  cap- 
tained the  team  with  judgment  and 
decision. 

J.  D.  Cotton  (left  half)  is  one  of 
the  finds  of  the  season.  He  catch- 
es well  and  is  a  fine  punt;  tackles 
well  and  runs  fairlv,  but  is  often  a 
little  slow  in  starting. 

Thos.  Hay  (quarter)  played  last 
year  on  the  wing  line  for  the  Ken- 
dons  of  Parkdale.  He  bucks  the 
line  admirably  and  is  very  hard  to 
bring  down,  as  he  runs  low.  Pas- 
ses accurately,  but  not  sharply 
enough.  Found  it  hard  to  get  into 
good  condition. 

J.  E.  Scott  (centre  scrim.)  play- 
ed in  the  same  position  last  year. 
He  is  cool,  tricky,  fast  and  hard- 
working, and  held  his  own  in  all 
the  school  games. 

G.  C.  Harrison  (right  scrim.)  fi- 
gured last  year  on  the  wing  line. 
He  has  played  hard  and  used  his 
weight  well,  but  has  suffered  from 
lack   of  carefxd  training. 

A.  M.  Douglas  (left  scrim.)  is  a 
graduate  of  last  year's  third  team. 
He  always  plays  hard  and  says 
nothing,  and  has  set  a  good  exam- 
ple by  his  regidarity  at  practice. 

H.  G.  Smith  (inside  wing)  play- 
ed last  year  on  the  wing  line.  He 
was  especially  noticeable  on  the 
touch  line,  where  his  great  height 
and  reach  gave  him  an  advantage. 
He  also     showed  himself     an   adept 


at  stealing  the  ball,  and  was  an- 
other regular  attendant  at  prac- 
tice. 

F.  A.  Russell  (inside  wing)  played 
last  year  in  the  scrim.  On  the 
wing  line  he  plays  a  hard  and  ag- 
gressive game,  and  his  tackling 
was  a  feature  of  the  season's  play. 
At  the  beginning  of  the  season  he 
was  very  irregular   at  practice. 

J.  C.  Willmott  (middle  wing) 
played  last  year  on  the  wing  line. 
He  has  played  a  hard  steady  all- 
round  game,  and  was  prominent  on 
the  touch  line.  Against  U.C.C.  he 
did  some  excellent  tackling. 

G.  C.  Hunt  (middle  wing)  play- 
ed in  the  same  position  last  year. 
He  usually  held  his  man  and  fol- 
lowed up  well.  Is  a  poor  tackle, 
but  was  prominent  at  getting  the 
ball  in  a  mix-up,  and  against  Rid- 
ley did  some  excellent  work  on  the 
touch  line. 

J.  Doust,  "Dodo,"  (outside  wing) 
played  last  year  on  the  half  line.  He 
is  a  fine  rimner,  but  should  learn  to 
hold  his  man  off  more.  He  follows 
up  well,  and  brings  his  man  down 
hard. 

"Don"  Nasmith  (outside  wing) 
played  wing  last  year  on  the  se- 
cond teain,  which  he  captained.  Is 
excellent  at  holding  liis  man  and  at 
following  up;  tackles  fairly  and  sel- 
dom, if  ever,  misses  a  catch. 

F.  H.  Chesnut  (rover)  played  in 
the  samie  position  last  year.  He 
follows  up  splendidly,  but  tackles 
poorly  and  does  not  always  keep 
his  man  on  side.  At  dropping  on 
the  ball  he  was  prominent. 

E.  L.  Thorne  played  on  the  Se- 
conds the  greater  part  of  the  year, 
but  took  Chesnut's  place  again^  t 
U.  C.  C.  on  account  of  his  superior 
tackling. 

W.  W.  Ferguson  was  called  on  at 
short  notice  to  play  half  again.'-t 
U.C.C.  and  acquitted  himself  with 
credit. 

A.  E.  Gooderham  was  tried  at 
half  during  the  early  part  of  the 
season,  and  played  a  cool  and 
steady  Efame. 


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The  Football  Supper 


The  Football  Supper  was  held  on 
Friday,  November  21st.,  in  the 
College  dining  room.  The  tables 
were  decorated  in  our  new  colors, 
crimson  and  white,  and  everything 
looked  very  pretty.  After  a  good 
supper,  which  put  everyone  in  fine 
spirits,  the  speeches  began;  but  be- 
fore the  speech  making  proper  com- 
menced, the  boys  numbered,  and  it 
was  found  that  forty-one  all  told 
were  present.  Then  some  one 
started  numbering  by  substituting 
the  letters  of  the  alphabet.  This 
scheme  was  a  great  success,  the 
boy  who  shouted  "J"  never  sus- 
pected anything  until  he  heard  the 
laughter.  The  Greek  alphabet  was 
also  commenced  but  got  no  farther 
than  Beta. 

The  first  toast  was  "Our  King" 
who,  as  Dr.  Me^j-er  said,  now  reigns 
over  us,  but  once  slept  over  us. 
The  toast  "Our  Coiuitry"  was  pro- 
posed by  Hay,  who  gave  a  vivid 
description  of  the  natural  wealth 
and  beauty  of  Canada.  The  "Ma- 
ple Leaf  Forever"  was  sung  and 
Mr.  Grant  responded  to  the  toast. 

"Our  School"  was  then  proposed 
by  Smith,  who  gave  a  short  histo- 
ry of  its  life  from,  when  three 
years  ago,  there  were  twenty  bovs, 
imtil  now,  when  there  are  two 
hundred.  Mr.  !\Iacdonald  said  in 
replying,  that  although  the  build- 
ings were  inconvenient  in  many 
ways,  he  believed  that  they  had 
been  responsible  in  a  large  part  for 
the  great  success  of  the  school.  He 
hoped  that  the  friendly  home  s])irit 
which  the  buildings  caused,  and  the 
good  feeling  existing  between  day 
boys  and  boarders,  would  still  con- 
tinue in  the  new  college,  when  it 
comes.  Mr.  Fleming  then  sang  a 
rousing  sea-song,  which  was  heart- 
ily encored. 

"Our  Athletic  Association"  was 
then  proposed  by  Wallace  and  was 
responded  to  by  the  president  of 
the    association.    Dr.    Meyer,      who 


gave  a  short  account  of  the  work 
and  objects  of  the  association.  The 
treasurer,  Russell,  was  now  called 
on  to  give  a  financial  statement. 
After  commenting  on  the  unpaid 
fees,  he  requested  everybody  to  set- 
tle and  to  get  their  neighbors  to 
do  the  same,  as  the  Association 
wants  to  enter  the  hockey  season 
free  from  debt. 

Mr.  Findlay  then  sang  "When 
Samuel  Pickwick  leads  his  own 
Brigade,"  substituting  the  words 
"When  Captain  Julian  leads  his 
own  Brigade."  He  said  that  he 
was  unfamiliar  with  the  song,  and 
reciuested  that  the  audience  kindly 
cheer  as  loudly  as  possible  if  a  mis- 
take were  made.  This  advice  was 
frequently  used  during  the  rest  of 
the  evening. 

The  toast  to  the  First  Team  fol- 
lowed, and  was  proposed  by  Mr. 
Fleming,  who  said  that  the 'First 
Team  were  gentlemen,  whatever 
else  they  might  be.  He  said  that 
he  was  speaking  with  good  cause, 
as  he  had  frequently  come  in  con- 
tact with  them  in  the  practices  of 
the  team.  He  also  said  that  he 
had  been  frequently  carried  into 
touch  with  them.  The  toast  was 
responded  to  by  Sale,  captain  of 
the  First  Team,  who  thanked 
everybody  for  having  supported 
the  team  so  well. 

The  Second  Team  was  then  pro- 
posed by  Mr.  Cooper  who  strongly 
urged  the  boys  to  adopt  the  Burn- 
side  or  similar  rules.  He  said  that 
the  Canadian  game  was  becoming 
too  rough,  and  that  a  succession 
of  scrimmages,  which  the  game 
seems  to  be  composed  of,  are  not 
interesting  either  to  the  spectator 
or  to  the  player.  What  we  need  is 
a  game  where  rimning,  dodging  and 
kicking  are  the  essential  points. 
This  toast  was  responded  to  by 
Follett,  the  Second  Team  captain. 
Doherty  sang  "I'm  off  to  Philadel- 
phv  in   the   Morning,"   and   was  so 


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heartily  encored   that  he  sang-  "Fa- 
ther O'Flyiin." 

The  ladies  were  then  proposed  bv 
Isbester,  who  stated  that  it  was  a 
very  difficult  task  for  such  a  mo- 
dest and  bashful  young  man  as  he 
was.  It  was  responded  to  bv 
Hunt,  who  gave  an  oral  picture  of 
his  model  woman.  He  said  that 
famous  ladies  weren't  honored  now 
as  th«v  should  be,  but  as  evervone 
thought  of  Carrie  Nation  thev 
lausrhed. 


The  chairman  then  announced 
that  it  was  midnight;  so  everyone 
stood  up,  and  joining  hands,  sang 
"Auld  Lang  Syne,"  and  cheers 
were  given  for  Mrs.  Macdonald, 
who  had  been  so  kind  in  helping  to 
prepare  the  supper.  As  the  toasts 
were  drimk  in  nothing  stronger 
than  ginger-ale  nobody,  from  that 
cause  at  least,  had  anv  difficulty  in 
getting  home. 

D.  W.  FR.ASER. 


ST.  ANDRKW'vS  COLLEGE  REVIEW 


19 


A  Tiger  Story 


Far  away  in  the  foot-hills  of  In- 
dia, near  Nawpal,  lies  a  pretty 
little  Indian  village  whose  inhabi- 
tants for  manv  davs  and  nights 
were  terrified  by  a  large  Bengal 
tiger  which  had  killed  two  or  three 
men  and  carried  away  dogs  or 
small  animals  that  attempted  to 
arrest   its   progress. 

A  few  days  after  these  things  had 
happened,  two  European  gentle- 
men, one  an  elderly  man,  were 
passing  the  village,  and,  feeling 
worn  and  tired  with  the  day's  jour- 
ney, decided  to  go  to  the  head 
man  of  the  village,  and  ask  for  a 
night's  lodging.  No  sooner  had 
they  got  to  the  hut  than  they 
were  greeted  with  words:  "Sahib, 
sahib,   sher  hai,"   which  means: 

"Master,  master,  the  tiger  is 
come." 

The  two  gentlemen  heard  the 
story  and  as  one  of  them  was  an 
expert  huntsman,  thev  decided  next 
morning  to  go  into  the  jungle,  kill 
the  tiger  and  so  help  the  village. 

The  elderly  gentleman,  whom  I 
have  mentioned  before,  was  what 
one  might  call  a  snuffer.  He  al- 
ways carried  snuff  about  with  him, 
and  enjoved  it  as  much  as  some 
men  of  this  countrv  enjov  a  smoke. 
Well,  to  go  on  with  my  story,  the 
two  Englishmen  started  next 
morning  with  twentv  native  beat- 
ers, to  kill  Old  Stripes.  The  beat- 
ers surrounded  the  bushes,  while  old 
snuffer,  the  more  experienced  hunt- 
er, went  on  ahead.  Suddenlv  as  he 
was  in  a  dense  part  of  the  wood  he 
saw  Stripes  coming  towards  him. 
A  small  tree  was  beside  him  and 
into  this  he  got  while  the  tiger 
crouched  low  about  ten  feet  away 
with  his  eves  bulging  oiit  of  his 
head. 

Meantime  Snuffer  took  a  long 
steady  snuff  out  of  his  snuff-box 
which  we  told  vou  before  he  always 
carried  with  him.  This  he  said  af- 
terwards was  to  steadv  his  nerve. 
He  raised  his  rifle  and  resting  it  on 


a  limb  he  prepared  to  fire.  Old 
Stripes  saw  the  movement  and 
being  an  old  campaigner  crept 
slightlv  to  the  right,  thus  putting 
his  bodv  out  of  range  of  the  rifle. 

Suddenly  he  heard  the  sound  of 
the  beaters,  and  thinking  it  was  a 
case  of  now  or  never  he  prepared 
to  make  the  spring,  a  spring  that 
only  a  Bengal  tiger  can  make.  It 
is  said  that  if  a  Bengal  tiger  mis- 
ses the  object  at  which  it  springs, 
it  passes  on  leaving  its  victim. 

In  this  case  he  broke  the  branch 
down  upon  which  Snuffer  was  sit- 
ting and  catching  him  by  the  coat, 
pulled  him  to  the  groimd.  Luckily 
for  our  hunter,  as  he  was  falling, 
his  snufi-box,  which  was  in  his 
pocket,  came  tumbling  out  and  as 
a  result  of  this  the  top  came  ofi, 
thus  letting  the  contents  of  the 
whole  bottle  pour  itself  out  upon 
him. 

The  tiger  hearing  some  noise  got 
frightened  but  on  seeing  its  victim 
l^'ing  prostrate  on  the  ground,  he 
returned  to  put  a  few  finishing 
touches  on  him.  When  he  got  near 
him,  it  growled,  something  seemed 
to  annoy  him  verv  much.  It  was 
the  snuff.  He  made  a  grab  at  the 
hunter's  left  arm,  but  the  snuff 
was  too  strong,  and  with  a  terrific 
roar  he  sprang  back  into  the  jun- 
gle, in  utter  disgust.  But  before 
stripes  got  very  far,  crack  went  a 
rifle,  then  another,  and  the  big 
Bengal  tiger  lay  dead,  shot  through 
the  heart  by  snuffer's  friend. 

Snuffer  rose  from  where  he  lav 
feeling  verv  scared,  in  fact  he  was 
scared  to  such  an  extent  that  it  is 
said  his  hair  became  white  two 
davs   after. 

The  people  of  the  village  thanked 
the  two  hunters  verv  much,  load- 
ing them  with  presents  of  all  kinds. 
Snuffer  never  went  tiger  hunting 
again,  but  instead,  he  snuffs  his 
snuff  and  proclaims  to  one  and  all 
that  it  was  the  means  of  saving  hi.s 
life  one  day.  Geo.  McKie. 


ST.  ANDREW'S  COLIvEGE  REVIEW. 

Jack   Brown 


Part  I. 

Jack  Brown  was  a  scientific 
genius.  He  was  a  boy  of  sixteen 
summers  when  he  began  a  series 
of  inventions  to  better  his  father's 
farm.  His  inventions  were  useful 
and  useless,  but  his  father  was 
proud  of  him  and  his  inventions, 
though  Jack  had  used  most  of  the 
horses'  harness,  and  many  apple 
barrels. 

The  first  improvement  on  the 
farm  proved  a  great  success.  Jack 
arranged  a  set  of  eve-troughs  on 
the  house,  and  by  a  series  of  pipes, 
he  ran  all  the  rain-water  into  the 
pig-pen.  The  pigs  were  delighted. 
In  hot  weather  they  always  had  a 
nice  muddy  pen,  and  with  such  sol- 
id comfort  they  soon  grew  verv 
fat,  and  made  excellent  pork  and 
bacon. 

Jack  had  a  dog,  which  he  took 
great  care  of,  and  the  dog  soon 
grew  fat  and  clumsy.  During  the 
summer  months  the  poor  dog  suf- 
fered from  the  heat,  so  Jack 
thought  of  a  scheme,  which  would 
keep  him  cool.  He  made  a  solid 
dam  across  the  creek,  which  was 
behind  the  barn.  From  this  he 
made  a  shute,  and  at  the  bottom, 
where  the  water  rushed  the  fastest, 
he  built  a  good-sized  water-mill. 
To  this  he  attached  a  belt,  and  ran 
it  to  the  dog's  kennel.  Here  he 
fastened  in  a  fan,  and  set  the  mill 
going.  It  worked  beautifullv,  and 
the  dog  slept  well  on  hot  nights. 
Everybody  in  town  came  to  see 
these  two  improvements.  How- 
ever, there  were  no  new  words 
brought  into  the  English  language 
through  Jack's  numerous  inven- 
tions. 

His  next  invention,  the  self-work- 
ing piunp,  was  built  on  the  wind- 
mill plan,  only  it  was  not  worked 
in  the  same  wav.  Instead  of  hav- 
ing it  fixed  so  that  it  would  only 
work  when  the  wind  blew,  you 
could  take  off  the  attachment,   and 


use  the  pump  in  the  ordinary  way. 
It  was  such  a  great  success,  that 
two  other  farmers  had  Jack  make 
them  each  one,  but  one  night 
when  a  steady  breeze  was  blowing. 
Jack  forgot  to  take  off  the  attach- 
ment, and  next  morning  when  he 
awakened,  the  farm-yard  was  no- 
thing but  a  huge  pond,  for  the  well 
was  situated  on  a  high  bit  of 
ground,  and  none  of  the  water  ran 
back.  The  pigs  had  a  better  time 
than  before,  and  the  dog  was  ex- 
ceedingly cool.  The  nearest  farm 
house  had  a  dried-up  duck-pond, 
which  was  now  filled,  and  in  which 
the  ducks  were  enjoying  themselves. 
The  road  was  not  dusty  as  usual. 
The  cellar  was  a  mass  of  floating 
barrels  and  apples.  The  young 
colt  was  up  to  his  knees  in  water, 
and  had  the  cramps.  Mrs.  Brown 
took  in  washing  for  the  next  three 
days  and  did  it  off  of  the  door 
steps.  Jack  gave  a  nice  prize  for 
the  swimming  and  rowing  cham- 
pionship, and  ^Ir.  Brown  used  queer 
words  because  most  of  his  chickens 
were     drowned.  Nellie    Brown, 

Jack's  little  sister,  never  made  so 
manv  mud  pies  in  her  life.  The 
fat  dog  nearlv  tiirned  into  a  fish, 
and  the  flowers  were  well  watered. 
The  Brown's  back  yard  was  a  sec- 
ond Venice,  but  with  all  these  ad- 
vantages, the  Browns  had  to  gi-;t 
their  drinking  water  from  their 
neighbors   for  the  next   two   weeks. 

Part  II. 

Jack  Brown  still  continued  his 
inventions,  not  to  better  his  fath- 
er's farm,  but  to  better  the  world. 

He  was  inventing  a  flving  ma- 
chine, "The  Jack  Brown  the  First," 
as  it  was  to  be  called.  He  kept 
this  all  secret,  and  did  his  work  in 
an  old  room  he  had  fitted  up  in  the 
barn.  His  father  and  mother  did 
not  know  what  he  was  working  at 
imtil  Nellie  Brown  came  in  one 
dav   and     nearly    died  from  eating 


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white  lead.  Nellie  recovered  by 
tlie  aid  of  the  village  doctor,  and 
Jack  never  left  his  room  unlocked 
again. 

One  day  when  Jack  was  heating 
a  spoke  to  use  m  the  rudder  gear, 
he  put  his  head  too  near  the  flame, 
and  his  hair  caught  fire.  He  picked 
up  a  piece  of  paper  in  inistake  for 
a  cloth,  and  wrapped  it  around  his 
head,  and  the  blaze  continued. 
When  he  finally  put  it  out,  his  head 
was  perfectly  bald.  Jack  spent 
the  next  three  of  four  days  in  mix- 
ing chemicals  and  other  things  Lo 
produce  a  good  hair  vigor,  and 
finding  this  useless,  he  continued 
the  work  on  his  first  air-ship.  But 
the  cat  was  not  to  be  daunted.  It 
got  into  Jack's  room  by  an  old  hole, 
which  had  been  covered  with  paper, 
and,  mistaking  soine  whiting  for 
milk,  it  drank  the  bowl  dry.  Then 
it  took  fits,  and  ran  around  the 
room  at  a  very  fast  pace.  The 
poor  cat  in  his  fit  got  mixed  up  in 
the  air-  ship,  and  set  the  battery 
going,  the  wings  flapped,  and  the 
machine  started  and  flapped  about 
the  room,  breaking  Jack's  smaller 
inventions  and  many  window 
panes.  The  Browns  thought  that 
the  world  was  coming  to  an  end, 
or  else  perhaps  their  large  bull  had 
broken  its  halter  and  was  destrov- 
ing    ever3'thing      in  sight.  Mrs. 

Brown  appeared  at  the  door  with 
a  broom-stick,  and  Jack,  Mr. 
Brown  and  Nellie  followed  with 
shot  gun.«,  axes,  barrel-staves,  and 
stove-pokers.  They  advanced  into 
the  yard  cautiously,  and  Mr. 
Brown  not  liking  the  thought  of 
his  barn  being  broken,  let  fly  a 
stove-poker,  but  Mr.  B.  was  no 
shot,  and  the  poker  made  sad  con- 
nections with  a  rooster's  neck. 
Jack  stood  up  to  pour  a  nice  lot  of 
buck  shot  into  the  barn,  when  the 
family  goat  got  in  front  of  the  gun 
and  received  the  full  charge.  The 
goat      was     frantic.  It     danced 

around  the  yard,  broke  the  pum]), 
and  made  the  flower-bed  look  like 
the   pig-pen.  Mrs.    Brown   raised 

the  broom  to  hit  the  goat,  but 
Nellie  was  behind,  and  received  the 


blow  as  Mrs.  Brown  drew  back  the 
broom — the  goat  dropped  down  the 
well. 

After  these  few  unnecessary  en- 
counters, the  Browns  in  a  body 
marched  bravely  into  the  barn.  The 
noise  had  stopped,  and  the  bull 
was  tied  up,  but  on  entering  Jack's 
room,  they  saw  a  fearful  sight.  The 
flying  machine  was  broken  beyond 
repairs  and  the  cat — well  it's  lucky 
cats  have  nine  lives.  This  cat  had 
one  left  after  the  mix-up  with  the 
air-ship.  The  room  was  a  mix- 
ture of  chemicals,  horse-harness, 
torn  canvas,  broken  glass,  and 
cat's  fur.  The  cat  recovered  and 
is   still  living. 

Jack  felt  very  badlv  over  his 
loss,  but  went  on  building  another 
machine.  He  kept  this  very  sec- 
ret, and  planned  his  trial  trip  to 
go  from  the  farm-yard  to  a  small 
lake  near  Aunt  Synthy's  farm. 
Aunt  Synthy  was  a  market  gard- 
ener, and  every  morning  she  went 
to  town  with  fruit  and  vegetables. 

The  machine  was  completed  in  a 
few  days,  and  Jack,  when  the 
family  was  out  got  his  flying 
machine,  "The  -  Jack  Brown  the 
Second,"  in  the  farm-yard.  He 
got  in  position,  started  the  bat- 
ter}-, and  the  machine  was  off  with 
Jack.  It  flew  over  the  town  and 
above  the  small  lake.  Aunt  Syn- 
thy nearly  went  crazy.  She  hitched 
up  her  old  nag  and  went  to  town, 
where  she  aroused  the  whole  com- 
munity, and  in  an  hour  the  whole 
town  was  armed  with  shot-guns, 
pitch-forks,  axes,  horse-whips,  and 
numerous  other  articles. 

Bill  Brierly,  a  fat  young  Irish- 
man, had  no  article  handy  to  pro- 
tect him,  and  thinking  he  was 
needed,  he  took  along  his  bull.  It 
was  the  terror  of  the  town,  and 
they  allowed  Bill  to  lead  them. 
When  they  reached  the  lake,  Jack 
was  spinning  around  in  a  circle, 
and  occasionally  he  would  go  to 
within  ten  feet  of  the  ground. 
When  Jack  saw  the  crude  army,  he 
told  them  as  best  he  could  that  it 
was  no  bird,  but  Jack  Brown.  The 
words  sounded  like  the  shrill  cry  of 


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an  enormous  bird.  Bill  Brierly's 
bull  got  sight  of  the  large  animal, 
which  was  spinning  around  in  the 
air,  and  lost  its  temper.  Bill  was 
strong,  but  the  bull  was  stronger. 
It  broke  loose,  and  there  was  a 
great  panic.  Mrs.  Roolan  and  her 
band  of  noble  sons  fell  back  into 
the  lake.  Jim  Lambe  shot  off  his 
shot-gun,  and  the  charge  found  a 
home  ill  the  bull's  back,  which  so 
terrified  the  animal  that  it  charged 
townsfolk  after  townsfolk,  until 
the  neighboring  trees  and  Aunt 
Synthy's  roof  were  crowded  with 
people.  Mrs.  Brown  was  sitting 
on  a  rotten  limb,  and  it  broke, 
whereupon  she  tumbled  to  the 
ground  more  frightened  than  hurt. 
Uncle  Maner,  Aimt  Synthy's  bro- 
ther, was  pushed  off  the  roof  by 
the  townsfolk,  and  fell  into  the  pig- 
pen. Mary  O'Grady  put  her 
head  out  of  the  window  to  see 
what  the  excitement  was  about, 
but   she   stretched   too  far,   and  fell 


out.  Aunt  Synthy's  horse,  which 
was  still  standing  in  the  yard, 
hitched  up  to  the  cart,  on  seeing 
the  flying  machine,  pricked  up  one 
ear  and  let  the  other  fall,  then 
with  a  frantic  effort  it  made  a 
dash  for  liberty.  Apples,  pump- 
kins, tomatoes,  potatoes  and  manv 
other  vegetables  lined  the  road  for 
half  a  mile.  Aunt  Synthy  faint- 
ed, and  Uncle  Maner,  still  a  mass 
of  mud,  kissed  her  for  the  last 
time,  as  he  thought,  and  when  she 
woke  up,  she  wondered  if  she  had 
sunk  in  a  peat  bog.  The  bull  end- 
ed its  career  by  making  a  mad 
dash  into  the  lake.  Jack,  in  his 
air-ship,  or  flying  machine,  for  it 
was  a  mixture,  was  shot  at  from 
Aunt  Synthy's  roof,  and  a  few 
stray  shots  found  a  resting  place 
in  his  machine.  One  wing  would 
not  work,  which  made  him  spin 
around  at  a  terrific  rate,  then  the 
battery  was  hit,  and  .Tack  fell  into 
the  lake.  L.   Harris. 


Two  Weeks  In  Parry  Sound 


To  make  mv  story  as  interesting 
as  possible,  I  shall  leave  out  all 
unnecessary  details,  and  confine 
m^-self  to  what  mav  be  most  ac- 
ceptable. 

Our  party  of  six,  having  reached 
Trout  Creek  Station,  about  200 
miles  north  of  Toronto,  proceeded 
south-west  by  the  government 
road  to  Golden  Vallev  road,  which 
runs  in  a  north-westerly  direction. 
Having  gone  up  this  to  a  point 
about  29  miles  east  of  Trout 
Creek,  we  struck  into  the  woods 
and  pitched  our  camp.  We  had  no 
guides  or  cooks,  so  we  were  com- 
pelled to  do  all  the  work  ourselves. 
This,  of  course,  was  interesting  for 
the  first  few  davs. 

It  was  late  in  the  evening  when 
we  had  completed  our  arrange- 
ments, and  .after  a  walk  of  thirty 
miles,  we  were  readv  to  turn  in. 


Next  morning,  having  agreed  to 
himt  in  pairs,  we  started  out  in 
different    directions.  My     chum, 

who,  perhaps,  is  known  to  soUlC 
of  St.  Andrew's  bovs,  I  shall  call 
Billy,  for  convenience'  sake.  We 
were  the  onlv  two  from  Toronto, 
and  natiirallv,  wished  to  be  togeth- 
er. It  might  be  as  well  to  confess 
at  this  point,  that  we  were,  to  say 
the  best,  amateur  sportsmen.  Big 
game  was  something  new  to  me, 
and  Billv  had  onlv  been  out  once 
before. 

All  dav  we  plodded  along  in  a 
most  enjovable  drizzle.  We  met 
with  two  deer,  but,  needless  to 
say,  we  didn't  take  them  back  to 
camp  with  us — they  ran  too  fast. 
A  word  of  advice  to  the  voimgster 
who  has  shot  a  few  scjuirrels  and  a 
neighbor's  cat,  would  not  be  out 
of  place.       Let  hiin   stav  with    the 


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cats  for  a  few  more  years  before  he 
tries  deer.  They  run  like  a  blue 
strea'k,  and  it  takes  a  man  with  an 
appreciable  amount  of  experience 
to  bring  one  down.  Near  sun- 
down we  returned  to  the  camp  to 
find  the  others  busily  engaged  in 
cutting  and  roasting  steaks  from  a 
small-sized  deer,  which  one  of  them 
had  shot.  They  had  only  seen 
three  altogether,  and  one  out  of 
three  is  decidedly  good.  If 
my  kind  readers  would  like  to 
know  how  we  felt,  let  them  do 
without  three  successive  meals  and 
walk  in  the  rain  all  day.  After  a 
hearty  meal  of  juicv  venison,  bread 
and  butter  and  tea,  we  turned  in. 

Billy  and  I  spent  the  next  two 
days  loafing  aroimd  the  camp.  Sev- 
eral times  we  took  our  shot-guns 
and  bagged  a  few  partridges  in  the 
clearings,  but  such  tame  sport 
grew  tiresome  and  for  the  next 
week  we  devoted  our  time  exclus- 
ively to  deer  hunting. 

The  rest  of  the  party  we  shall 
leave  to  themselves,  as  they 
wouldn't  put  up  wdth  such  noisy 
characters  as  they  had  reason  to 
believe  Billv  and  I  were.  We  were 
thus  left  prettv  much  to  ourselves, 
and  scared  more  deer  by  the  rack- 
et we  made  than  all  the  rest  shot. 
Nearly  a  week  had  passed  and  Bil- 
ly and  I  had  verv  hard  luck.  Oc- 
casionally, we  would  become  seri- 
ous, and  if  careful  stalking  and 
strategv  counted  for  anvthing,  we 
certainlv  should  have  had  a  car- 
load. 

Our  dav  of  triumph  came,  how- 
ever. On  the  tenth  dav,  we  sight- 
ed, standing  at  the  eds^e  of  a  clear- 
ing, the  largest  stag  we  had  yet 
seen.  He      was    only   a   hundred 

yards  awav,  and  I  could  have 
cried  with  excitement.  Billy,  hav- 
ing the  largest  gun — a  40-60 — fired, 
and  I  prepared  for  a  second  shot. 
He  gave  one  bound  forward  and 
fell.  We  ran  up  prepared  to  shoot 
again,  but  it  was  unnecessary — he 
was   dead.       Fortunatelv  we     were 


within  half  a  mile  of  the  camp,  and 
by  the  aid  of  a  voung  sapling,  we 
got  the  load  there.  (I  ascer- 
tained since  that  it  tipped  the 
scales  at  218   pounds.) 

That  same  afternoon,  I  secured 
my  first  and  only  deer.  It  was 
comparatively  small  though — 
weighing  onlv  123  pounds.  The  ac- 
curacv  of  the  aim  was  not  due  to 
me,  however.  I  aimed  quite  a 
piece  ahead  of  her,  but  the  deer, 
which  was  running  at  full  speed, 
managed  to  get  in  the  way  of  the 
bullet.  It      turned      a    complete 

summersault,  and  expired  a  few  sec- 
onds afterwards.  The  ball,  which 
was  a  38-55,  had  pierced  her  neck 
and  entered  the  head. 

The  next  two  days  were  spent  as 
the  others  had  been,  except  that 
on  the  afternoon  of  the  second  day, 
Billy  and  I  went  fishing  in  a  lake 
near  by.  We  caught  six  bass,  one 
weighing  3^4  pounds,  and  a  small 
pickerel.  As  we  neared  the  camp 
on  returning,  we  saw  a  small  ani- 
mal nosing  around  our  tent.  Billy 
fired  at  him  with  his  revolver,  but 
it  onlv  wounded  him,  and  he  made 
a  vicious  run  at  him,  when  another 
shot  finished  him.  It  proved  to 
be  a  fox,  and  we  had  th,e  skin  on 
exhibition  when  the  others  re- 
turned. 

Next  dav  we  packed  up  and  en- 
gaged a  squatter  to  ta'ke  our  game 
over  to  Trout  Creek,  w^here  we 
took  the  train,  and  after  a  very 
tedious  journey,  reached  home 
well  satisfied  with  the  success  of 
the  trip. 

It  was  mv  first,  but  will  not  be 
my  last.  Two  weeks  in  midsum- 
mer at  a  fashionable  resort  aren't 
to  be  compared  with  a  trip  to 
Muskoka  or  Parry  Sound  during 
the  hunting  season;  and  I  would 
advise  everv  voimg  man  who  has 
the  time  and  taste  for  such  a  trip 
to  take  advantage  of  the  earliest 
opportunity. 

"An    Old  Boy." 


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Cape    Breton   Stories 


Bv  Arthur   lAician    ^McCurdy. 


October   12th,    1902. 

In  one  of  my  trips  in  the  north 
o£  Cape  Breton,  I  became  acquaint- 
ed with  a  certain  man,  Mr.  Mc- 
Evoy,  who  extended  to  me  an  in- 
vitation to  stay  for  a  week  with 
him  and  fish  in  the  river  near  b}". 
So  the  next  Monday  found  me  at 
his  house  in  th,e  midst  of  a  rain- 
storm, with  all  ni}'  bags  and  bag- 
gage. It  continued  to  rain  all 
■  day,  so  the  evening  ■^oassed  in  the 
hoiise  sitting  by  a  large  open  fire, 
listening  to  mv  host's  ^-arns,  which 
were  some  of  the  most  remarkable 
that  I  have  ever  heard.  The  first 
was  entitled:  "Trucking  by  a  New 
Method,"  and  was  told  by  McEvoy 
as  follows: 

"WTien  I  first  came  to  Cape  Bre- 
ton seventy  years  ago  with  my 
father,  the  only  sets  of  harness  in 
this  part  of  the  country  were  made 
of  plaited  straw  for  the  weaker 
parts,  and  raw-hide  traces,  whicli 
we  could  make  ourselves.  Now, 
of  course,  you  know  that  raw-hide 
stretches  a  great  deal,  when  it  gets 
wet.  This  we  proved  to  be  of 
great  advantage,  as  a  new  means 
of  transportation,  ploughing,  etc. 

Well,  one  day  in  the  fall,  wh.en 
the  weather  was  very  changeable, 
my  father  and  I  started  for  the 
town  of  Ingoni'sh,  some  miles 
away. 

We  got  there  in  good  time,  and 
tied  our  horse  to  a  fence,  whUe  we 
went  in  the  little  store  to  transact 
our  business.  But  upon  returning 
to  our  waggon,  we  found  to  our 
dismay  that  some  huufrr}-  cows  had 
come  along  and  eaten  up  all  the 
straw  part  of  the  harness  so  that 
only  the  traces  remained.  How- 
ever, we  borrowed  another  set  of 
harness  of  the  same  make,  loaded 
our  wagon  with  four  or  five  barrels 


of  flour  and  started  home.  All 
went  well  until  we  had  got  to  that 
long  hill  below  the  house,  which  is 
reallv  about  a  mile  long,  and  then 
it  began  to  pour.  So  father  whip- 
ped up  the  old  nag  to  get  home  be- 
fore the  rain  came,  but  the  traces 
had  got  wet  and  were  beginning  to 
stretch.  In  another  minute  the 
shafts  had  dropped  out  of  the 
sockets  and  the  traces  were  still 
stretching! 

Nothing  could  be  done,  so  we  tied 
the  shafts  up,  and  drove  the  horse 
along,  dragging  the  wagon  by  the 
traces  only.  But  as  luck  would 
have  it,  the  rain  had  washed  a  rut 
in  the  road,  and  in  this  the  wagon 
stuck  and  refused  to  move.  We 
drove  the  horse  home  and  by  this 
time  the  traces  had  stretched 
about  half  a  mile  and  the  wagon 
was  still  down  the  hill. 

As  the  flour  was  getting  wet, 
father  grew  quite  angry  and  threw 
the  collar  with  the  end  of  the  trac- 
es over  a  strong  beam  in  the  barn, 
which,  of  course,  made  them  se- 
cure, and  went  in  the  house  to 
read  his  mail. 

He  was  so  interested  in  his  pa- 
per that  he  did  not  notice  that  the 
sun  had  come  out,  and  was  start- 
led bv  a  great  groaning  and 
squeaking  in  the  barn-yard.  When, 
however,  he  reached  the  barn,  his 
joy  knew  no  bounds,  for  the  sun 
had  made  the  traces  shrink  and 
shrink,  imtil  they  had  pulled  the 
wagon  into  the  barn. 

After  this  he  ploughed  by  fasten- 
ing one  end  of  a  piece  of  wet  raw- 
hide to  the  plough  and  tying  the 
other  end  to  a  tree,  so  that  when 
the  leather  dried  it  pulled  the 
plough  through  the  soil  while  he 
could  enjoy  his  pipe  in  the  shade." 


ST.  ANDREW'S  COLLEGE  REVIEW. 

My  Adventures  with  Burglars 


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One  night  I  had  been  out  at  the 
theatre  and  was  quite  late  in  com- 
ing home,  so  that  when  I  got  in 
the  rest  of  the  family  were  in  bed. 
I  locked  the  door  and  was  about 
to  put  out  the  light  when  my  sis- 
ter called  down  asking  me  to 
bring  her  up  a  glass  of  water. 

I  got  a  glass  from  the  dining- 
room  and  walked  over  to  the  pan- 
try door.  I  pushed  the  door 
quite  hard,  but  it  would  not  budge, 
so  I  threw  mv  shoulder  against  it 
and  it  flew^  open,  but  to  my  sur- 
prise was  slammed  in  my  face 
again,  and  from  inside  the  pantry 
came  a  great  clatter.  I  jumped 
back,  not  knowing  what  was  the 
matter,  and  thinking  discretion 
was  the  better  part  of  valor,  I  ran 
into  the  hall  and  called  mv  bro- 
ther. 

He  came  down  in  a  few  minutes, 
and  after  procuring  a  heavy  cane, 
we  made  for  the  scene  of  action, 
"yours  truly"  discreetlv  forming 
the  rear  guard.  "Now,"  said  my 
brother,  "vou  shove  the  door  open 
and  I'll  be  readv  with  the  cane." 
Of  course,  this  necessitated  me  be- 
ing in  front,  so  I  remonstrated 
with  him  urging  the  point  that  if 
the  man    was     there    he    could   g-et 


me  between  the  stick  and  himself, 
but  it  did  not  go. 

Cautiously  I  shoved  the  door 
open  while  Jim  stook  ready  with 
the  stick. 

I  felt  some  resistance  and  I  whis- 
pered, "He's  holding  the  door.," 
but  I  had  no  sooner  spoken  than 
there  was  a  great  clatter,  and  the 
door   swung  open  easily. 

Of  course,  we  did  not  enter  at 
once,  but  lit  a  match.  What  was 
my  surprise  to  see  a  bicycle  lying 
on  the  floor  and  the  window  shut 
and       locked.  We    now      looked 

around  to  try  to  account  for  the 
disappearance  of  our  burglar,  but 
not  finding  any  place  for  him  to 
hide,  we  laid  it  down  to  the  bi- 
cycle, and  I  fixed  it  in  all  sorts  of 
positions  before  it  would  work. 

The  way  it  was  is  as  follows: 
The  door  was  a  swing  door,  and 
the  bicycle  had  been  leaning  so 
that  the  front  wheel  was  resting 
against  the  door.  When  I  pushed 
the  door  it  turned  the  wheel,  and 
then  when  I  relaxed  the  pushing 
the  wheel  swung  around  again,  and 
so  slammed  it.  Of  course,  I  was 
jollied  a  great  deal  about  my 
burglar,  who  turned  out  to  be  a 
bicycle. 


Christmas 


Christmas  day  is  looked  forward 
to,  by  young  and  old,  as  a  festive 
occasion  when  peace  reigns  every- 
where, and  when  all  people  are 
happy.  And  is  this  not  appro- 
priate? For  the  day  is  none  other 
than  that  set  aside  by  the  early 
church,  on  which  all  Christian  na- 
tions should  celebrate  the  day  of 
the  great  gift  to  the  world,  when 
peace  and  good-will  was  brought 
to  all  mankind. 


The  day  was  not  observed  until 
the  second  centurj^  after  the  birth 
of  Christ,  when  it  was  set  apart 
by  the  Latin  Church.  The  date 
was  fixed  for  the  25th  December, 
not  because  that  was  the  real  date 
of  the  Nativity,  for  in  all  probabi- 
lity it  was  not,  but  because  that 
was  the  time  of  the  Solstice,  which 
was  a  season  of  great  festivity 
among  the  Heathen,  and  so  was 
selected  bv  the  church  to  take  the 


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place  of  a  general  worship  of  the 
sun. 

At  this  time,  when  the  sun  turn- 
ed and  began  to  come  back,  the 
German  tribes  kept  up  the  custom 
of  bringing  home  and  burning  what 
they  called  the  Yule-log.  This  per- 
formance was  always  accompanied 
by  great  feastings  and  rejoicings, 
which  led  to  evils,  therefore  Chris- 
tianity -  tried  to  associate  the  re- 
joicings with  the  birth  of  Christ, 
who  is  the  Sun  of  Righteousness. 
The  Christian  Church  also  thought 
to  attract  the  people  and  bring 
them  fromi  these  heathen  practices 
by  this  great  Christian  celebration. 

In  this  way  came  about  the 
origin  of  having  ijii_.;htly  lighted 
and  decorated  Christmas  trees,  and 
following  the  example  set  by  the 
"Wise  Men"  on  the  first  Christmas 
day,  they  began  to  give  each  other 
presents  by  way  of  heightening  the 
joy  and  good-cheer. 

Kven  the  proverbial  old  Santa 
Claus,  for  whom  the  children  are 
always  looking  at  Christinas  time, 
is  of  heathen  origin.  The  charac- 
teristics attributed  to  him  proba- 
bly come  from  the  old  Romish 
Saint  Nicholas,  who  was  so  kind 
to  the  children,  while  his  train  of 
reindeer  come  from  the  fairy  land 
in  the  north,  and  run  right  down 
the  chimney  in  the  same  manner 
in  which  the  witches  were  supposed 
to  ride  down  on  broomsticks. 

To  see  the  manner  in  which 
these  customs  have  come  down  to 
our  own  day,  let  us  watch  the  pro- 
ceedings in  an  old  English  mansion 
on  Christmas  eve,  and  Christmas 
da  v. 

The  house  is  gaily  decorated  with 
evergreens  the  most  conspicuous 
among  these  being  the  holly  and 
the  mistletoe.  This  latter  plant 
dates  from  the  time  of  the  Druids, 
bv  whom  it  was  considered  sacred, 
especially     when   found   growing  on 


the  oak.  The  custom  concerning 
this  shrub  is,  that  any  girl  found 
standing  under  it,  may  be  kissed 
by  the  young  men  in  the  room. 

On  Christmas  eve  after  supper 
the  Yule-log  is  brought  in  and  laid 
on  the  andirons,  and  is  then  light- 
ed with  a  piece  from  the  Yule-log 
of  the  vear  before,  because  if  any 
other  brand  is  used  bad  luck  will 
come  to  the  household  during  the 
ensuing  year.  As  soon  as  the  fire 
is  burning  w'ell,  the  family  ga- 
thers round  it,  and  jokes  go  round, 
and  stories  are  told,  until  the 
grandfather's  clock  standing  in  the 
hallway,  warns  them  that  it  is 
time  to  retire.  Then  the  children 
all  bring  their  stockings  and  hang 
them  beside  the  fireplace  for  good 
old  Santa  Claus  to  come  down  and 
fill  during  the  night. 

The  next  morning  all  the  young 
members  of  the  family  are  astir 
earlv,  and  they  employ  their  time 
before  the  older  folk  get  around,  in 
merrily  emptving  their  stockings, 
and  comparing  notes  regarding 
what  Santa  has  been  good  enough 
to  leave  for  them. 

When  the  breakfast  is  over,  all 
liands  prepare  to  go  to  church  and 
hear  the  choir  sing  their  beautiful 
Christmas  anthems,  and  the  vener- 
able old  preacher  expoimd  to  them 
the  glorious  truths  concerning  the 
birth   of   Christ. 

Thev  then  go  home  for  their 
noon-dav  meal,  and  toward  eve- 
ning the  candles  on  the  gaily  de- 
corated Christmas-tree  are  lighted, 
and  the  presents  are  given  around 
amid  much  laughter  and  merri- 
ment. The  whole  evening  is  thus 
spent  in  feasting  and  festivity  imtil 
the  time  for  retirement  comes, 
when  all  go  to  bed  to  dream  of  the 
pleasures  of  the  dav  that  has  just 
passed. 

1'    R.  Brecken. 


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A  Story  of  the  Regulators 


The  Regulators  were  pioneers  of 
the  early  times  who  forined  them- 
selves into  small  bands  for  the  pur- 
pose of  punishing  criminals.  Thev 
lived  when  the  Mississippi  valley 
was  being  settled  and  their  vigil- 
ance made  them  the  protection  of 
peaceful  settlers  and  the  terror  of 
marauders. 

They  were  rugged,  brave  and  no- 
ble in  character.  They  were  fine 
shots  with  the  long  rifle,  which 
was  used  in  those  days.  It  is  said 
that  most  of  them  could  snuff  a 
candle,  and  that  some  could  drive 
a  nail  straight,  shooting  at  the 
distance  of  one  hundred  vards. 
They  were  of  the  same  hardv, 
courageous  type  as  the  noted 
Daniel  Boone,  and  well  fitted  for 
the  work  they  undertook.  Thev 
had  little  organisation  and  the  dif- 
ferent bands  in  various  sections  of 
the  country  had  but  slight  means 
of  communication. 

When  I  was  out  in  the  Mississippi 
Valley  taking  down  the  natural  his- 
tory of  Kentucky  and  making 
notes  on  the  botany  for  the  United 
States  Government,  I  had  an  ex- 
perience in  which  a  regulator  was 
concerned  and  this  I  will  relate. 

On  a  pleasant  May  day,  as  I 
was  shaping  miy  course  to  the 
ford  of  a  river,  I  met  a  fine  young 
hunter  who  was  going  the  saine  di- 
rection as  I.  He  told  me  of  a 
canoe  which  was  hidden  in  the  for- 
est near  the  ford.     He  promised  to 


discover  it  to  me,  so  that  we  could 
cross  the  stream  together. 

The  next  day  about  noon  we 
came  to  the  ford.  Finding  the  frail 
birch-bark  torn  in  several  places  I 
went  into  the  forest  to  get  mate- 
rials to  repair  the  damage.  When 
I  came  again  into  clear  space,  I 
saw  my  friend  defending  himself 
against  two  half-breeds,  while  a 
young  Iroquois  Indian  lay  near, 
apparently  stunned  by  a  blow  of 
the  rifle  which  the  hunter  swung 
to   defend   him.self. 

It  appeared  to  be  getting  very 
dangerous  for  the  ranger  when  one 
of  the  assailants  made  a  feint,  in 
defending  which  the  hunter  left  the 
other  enemy  an  opportunity  to 
grapple.  In  the  struggle  which 
followed  the  great  strength  of  the 
white  won,  but  I  just  saved  hiin 
from  being  stabbed  b}'  the  other 
renegade,  rimning  to  his  aid  as 
quickly  as  I  might,  for  had  I  shot, 
I  would  have  risked  my  friend's 
life. 

The  hunter  told  me,  when  we 
had  the  savages  bound,  that  he, 
being  a  leader  among  the  Regida- 
tors,  had  incurred  the  enmity  of 
these  villains,  who  attacked  him. 

The  savages  received  the  justice 
they  deserved  for  their  many  atro- 
cities. 

I  have  since  met  the  ranger  fre- 
quently and  we  are  firm  friends. 

Ames. 


A  Mix  Up' 


The  sun  was  setting  in  the  West 
as  a  party  of  sportsmen  from  the 
Hunt  drew  up  in  the  Lee  of  a  dense 
forest  after  a  weary  march  of  sev- 
eral hours,  and,  building  a  fire  at 
the  foot  of  a  small  Hill,  prepared 
to  cook  their  supper. 

They  were  an  exceedingly  queer 
party;      one     was     undouTjtedlv     a 


Fleming,  while  the  broad  accent  of 
another  proclaimed  him  to  be  a 
Scott.  This,  however,  made  no 
difference  in  their  actions  towards 
each  other  and  the  best  of  good 
feeling  prevailed. 

Game  was  plentifid  in  that  neigh- 
borhood so  one  of  the  party  set 
out  with  his  Gunn  and  before  long 


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returned  with  a  large  Swan  which 
he  had  shot  after  a  few  moments' 
walk.  He  had,  he  said,  also  seen 
a  Bruin  and  tried  several  shots  at 
a  Goggin  which  is  a  large,  shaggy 
animal  claiming  kinship  with  the 
bear.  Had  his  Ames  been  more  ac- 
curate, he  would  surely  have  slain 
it. 

These  men  were  the  guests  of  a 
certain.  Lord  Beddow,  a  powerful 
noble,  and  had  taken  the  Wrong 
road  in  the  Hunt,  a  very  Strange 
thing  to  do,  but  nevertheless  the 
truth  and  all  but  one  were  for  push- 
ing on  at  once  and  gaining  shelter. 
This  one  they  left  beside  the  camp 
fire,  drinking  wine  to  Eaton  and 
follow  at  his  leisure. 

They  were  compelled,  however,  to 
turn  back,  recognizing  that  they 
were  hopelesslv  lost.  This  certain- 
ly was  a  Grand  termination  to  a 
good  day's  sport. 

Sighting  a  grove  of  Chestnuts 
they  cut  some  Blackstocks  and 
made  a  kind  of  tent  which  they 
lined  with  Hay  stolen  from  the 
Warden  of  the  estate  and  laid  down 
to  snatch  as  much  repose  as  possi- 
ble. 

The  Scott  however,  who  was  by 
no  means  a  peaceful  sleeper,  rolled 
into  a  Thorne  bvish  and  getting  up 
with  Adam,  or  two  called  loudly 
for  the  Leach,  swear,ing  he  was 
bleeding  to  death.  The  Leach  evi- 
dently thought  so  too  for  he  quiet- 
ly called  over  the  Monk,  who  said 
he  was  a  doomed  man,  as  the 
Knox  he  had  received  had  injured 
him     internallv.      His     wounds     he 


bound  up  with  Cotton  by  the  help 
of  a  Nourse  and  told  him  he  was 
ready  for  confession. 

The  dying  man  raised  himself  and 
told  the  following  story: 

"Thirteen  years  ago,  I  ran  a 
small  Booth  in  my  native  town  of 
Russell  in  the  north  of  Scotland. 
There  one  day  I  murdered  an  old 
Taylor  who  kept  a  shop  near  my 
own  stand.  When  the  crime  was 
discovered  the  people  rang  a  Bell 
in  the  market  place  and  before  long 
a  large  crowd  had  collected  aroimd 
mv  stand,  crying  for  revenge.  One 
of  the  leaders,  the  village  Smith, 
fresh  from  his  hammer  and  anvil, 
was  for  hanging  me  at  once,  and 
such  indeed  would  have  been  my 
fate  had  not  a  Heintzjman  interpos- 
ed saving  'Nay,  Smith,  thou 
shaft  not  kill  him.  It  Isbester  that 
he  should  repent  of  his  deed' — and  so 
thev  at  last  agreed  to  Grant  me 
my  life  on  the  condition  that  I 
would  turn  over  a  new  Page  and 
begin  life  anew." 

The  Monk  heard  him  through  to 
the  end  and  granted  him  absolution 
for  his  sins  saying,  "Concerning 
your  sin,  I  will  not  Telfer  the 
world."  At  this  the  dying  man 
drew  a  paper  from  his  breast  and 
bade  the  Monk  to  Reade  it,  which 
he  did  and  turning  again  to  the 
Scott  he  found  him  Stark  dead. 

When  dav  broke  they  found  the 
Wright  road  again  and  were  soon 
back  at  the  castle,  yet  everyone's 
Hart  was  sad  when  they  thought 
of  the  fate  of  their  companion. 

Gordon  C.  Harrison. 


The    British    Training    Ship 


It  was  some  years  ago  that  the 
idea  entered  my  young  and  inex- 
perienced head  to  become  a  Naval 
Cadet  on  one  of  Britain's  great 
training  ships.  I  had  read  so  much 
of  the  enjoyable  life  led  bv  the  mid- 
shipmen and  oflicers  of  the  British 
fleet  in  the  works  of  our  late  Hentv 
and  like  authors,  that  I,  became 
very    enthusiastic     and    would    not 


listen  to  the  jwise  advice  of  my  fa- 
ther, or  the  gentle  persuasions  of 
my  mother,  who  wished  me  to  re- 
main at  home  with  her.  My  fa- 
ther, however,  seeing  I  was  irrecon- 
cilable, at  last  gave  his  consent, 
and  I  accordingly  enlisted  as  a  full 
fledged  naval  cadet  on  board  the 
Iveagh. 
An    applicant  is     enlisted     as     a 


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naval  cadet  at  the  age  of  about 
twelve  or  thirteen,  and  after  spend- 
ing two  years  in  service  on  a  train- 
ing ship  he  becomes  midship  officer 
on  one  of  our  Men-o'-War.  During 
his  time  of  service  he  is  subjected 
to  a  thorough  course  in  the  rudi- 
ments of  seamanship  and  is  at  all 
times  under  the  most  rigid  disci- 
pline. In  fact,  the  training  ship  is 
a  very  striking  example  of  the  sys- 
tem of  training  adopted  by  Sparta, 
in  the  great  da3-s  of  Greece.  After 
five  years  as  midship  officer  he  be- 
comes a  lieutenant  and  if  industri- 
ous works  his  way  gradually  up- 
wards till  he  becomes  admiral  of 
the  fleet.  The  Britannia  is  the 
principal  training  ship  of  the  Brit- 
ish navy,  but  several  others  of 
much  smaller  capacity  are  used  in 
order  to  supply  suitable  officers  for 
as  large  a  fleet  as  that  which 
guards  the  British  Empire.  A 
great  many  cadets  are  required  as 
not  more  than  50  per  cent,  of 
those  taking  the  naval  cadet 
course  ever  became  midshipmen. 
I  well  remember  my  first  night 
aboard  the  Iveagh.  It  was  full  ten 
o'clock  when  I  and  my  box  were 
hoisted  from  the  Iveagh's  boat  to 
the  deck,  where  the  captain,  one  of 
those  robust  seamen  of  the  old 
school,  whose  very  look  meant  in- 
stant obedience,  received  me,  and, 
after  several  remarks  on  my  per- 
sonal appearance,  dismissed  me  to 
the  care  of  an  old  salt,  whose  best 
days  were  spent  in  the  service  of 
her  late  majesty,  Queen  Victoria. 
It  was  his  dutv  to  look  after  me 
and  a  good  and  true  friend  I  found 
him  always.  He  took  me  aft  where 
four  very  innocent-looking  little 
boys  lay  lost  in  peaceful  slumber, 
but  "Old  Pete,"  soon  had  them 
awake  to  introduce,  "his  latest 
charge."  I  soon  turned  in,  kindlv 
though  somewhat  roughly  assisted 
by  Pete,  who,  after  winking  verv 
slyly,  left  us.  No  sooner  .had  he 
gone  than  the  four  innocent  look- 
ing boys,  increased  by  perhaps  two 
dozen  more  innocents,  fell  upon  me 
and  subjected  me  to  an  initiation, 
the  details  of  which  I  dare  not  re- 
late.    After  that  night  however    we 


became  fast  friends,  sharing  each 
others'  pleasures  and  sorrows  as 
only  boys  can. 

We  were  always  kept  busv  and 
were  sometimes  cruelly  treated, 
but  I  suppose  the  life  we  led  was 
the  best  to  make  true  and  firm  offi- 
cers. We  had  to  spend  four  hours 
each  day  upon  the  bridge,  where  we 
were  instructed  in  the  noble  art  of 
navigation.  We  had  drill  and  gvm- 
nastics  for  the  development  of  our 
bodies,  and  practice  in  the  use  of 
arms.  We  had  practice  in  rigging 
the  ship  every  two  weeks.  We  had 
to  keep  the  ship  clean,  mend  the 
flags  and  sails,  keep  the  ropes  in 
order,  and  do  a  host  of  other 
things,  all  very  necessary  in  the 
making  of  a  perfect  sailor. 

Our  life,  however,  was  not  with- 
out its  pleasures.  When  off  duty 
we  would  sit  around  and  listen 
to  many  tales  of  adventure,  possi- 
ble and  impossible,  all  exciting  and 
wonderful  and  all  received  with  the 
greatest  credulity.  Or  perhaps,  if 
in  the  mood  for  more  active  fun, 
we  woidd  participate  in  a  friendly 
boxing  bout  or  fencing  contest  and 
to  be  the  best  boxer  or  fencer  was 
the  greatest  honor  at  which  we 
aiined;  we  would  practise  target 
shooting  and  all  exercises  common 
to  the  sailor,  such  as: — climbing 
the  halyards,  lowering  the  anchor, 
climbing  up  the  mast,  coiling  and 
knotting  rope,  life  saving  and  a 
great  many  others  all  equally  im- 
portant  and   difficult. 

We  were  never  in  anv  danger  of 
having  our  health  impaired  bv  be- 
ing too  well  fed.  For  breakfast  we 
had  good  old  fashioned  porridge, 
marmalade,  bread,  sea-biscuit  and 
raw  cofEee  as  black  as  ink.  It  is 
very  amusing  to  see  how  a  new  re- 
cruit receives  his  cup  of  cofiee.  He 
will  not  look  at  it  the  first  day, 
the  second  he  begins  to  examine  it 
but  on  the  third  he  drinks  it  as 
though  it  were  the  best  drink  ever 
manufactured;  for  dinner  we  had 
salt  meat,  potatoes  and  some 
other  vegetables  with  pudding  for 
dessert;  for  tea  we  generallv  had 
bread  and  jam  with  tea  and  for 
supper  biscuit  and  beer.     Our  meals 


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were  served  in  the  form  of  rations 
and  on  no  account  were  we  given 
any  more  than  our  allowance. 

The  indomitable  British  Navy  is 
controlled  by  the  graduates  of  the 
training  ship  and  perhaps  this  sys- 
tem may     have     something     to  do 


with  keeping  up  British  superiority 
upon  the  seas.  Let  us  hope  that 
Canada  will  take  as  distinguished 
a  place  on  the  sea  as  she  has  al- 
ready done  upon  the  battle-field. 

T.  N.  Hay. 


Junior  Preparatory  Form  Story. 

Once  upon  a  time  there  was  a 
gun  an  it  went  out  to  war  and  his 
master  had  a  hard  time  he  shot 
at  a  man  and  missed  him  and  when 
he  went  into  camp  at  night  and 
left  his  gun  out  and  it  got  all 
rusty  and  he  could  not  use  it  any 
more  and  he  had  to  get  a  nother 
gun  and  the  other  gun  got  broken 
and  he  went  with  his  arm  in  a 
sling  and  his  Father  said  he  was  a 


brave  lady  and  he  never  went  to 
war  any  more  and  he  went  and  got 
in  bissness  the  end  Gordon  Freser 
Ross  ma 

Preparatory   Form  Essay. 

Once  upon  a  time  It  war  a  tree 
and  a  man  and  a  lady  came  along 
and  said  I  war  a  nice  tree  and 
grew  well  too.  I  thought  I  would 
do  mv  best  for  them. 

Charlie  Bath. 


Skits 


,A  Mix  up  Through  the  Telephone. 

Mr.    Knott.— Hello! 

Mr.  Watt.— Hello! 

Mr.  Knott. — Who  is  speaking? 

Mr.  Watt.— Watt. 

Mr.  Knott. — What  is  your  name? 

Mr.  Watt. — Watt  is  my  name. 

Mr.  Knott. — Yes,  what  is  your 
■name? 

Mr.  Watt. — I  say  my  name  is 
Watt. 

Mr.  Knott. — Oh,  I  beg  your  par- 
don. 

Mr.  Watt. — Is  that  you  Johnson? 

Mr.  Knott.— No,  it's  Knott. 

Mr.  Watt. — What  is  vour  name 
then? 

Mr.  Knott.— It's  Knott. 

Mr.  Watt.— Won't  you  tell  me 
your  name? 

Mr.  Knott. — My  name  is  Frank 
Knott. 

Mr.  Watt.— Oh!  so  it  is  you 
Knott. 

Mr.  Knott. — Will  you  be  over  to- 
night? 

Mr.  Watt.— Certainly  Knott. 

Mr.  Knott  is  still  wondering 
whether  Mr.  Watt  will  visit  him  in 
-the  evening. 


One  of  our  worthy  masters  was 
endeavoring  to  amuse  the  boys  of 
the  main  house  the  other  night 
after  lo  o'clock  with  his  violin.  But 
strange  to  say  the  boys  did  not 
appreciate  his  efforts,  for  imme- 
diately there  proceeded  that  pathe- 
tic wail  of  "Please  go  way  and  let 
me  sleep."  Needless  to  say  the  mu- 
sic ceased. 


The  boys  at  table  No.  3  have 
joined  the  toast  imion  and  do  not 
eat  toast.  They  are  also  thinking 
of  fonning  a  milk  syndicate. 


Among  the  jolly  college  chums 
who  will  not  chase  the  pig  skin  for 
St.  Andrew's  next  year  are: — "F. 
A.  Quiller,"  "Molly  Isbester," 
"Tijrht  Hay,"  "Smvller  Himt," 
"H.  G.  Smitters"  and  "Husky  Wil- 
mott." 


A  master  in  the  main  house  has 
taken  as  his  motto,  "A  soft  an- 
swer turneth  away  wrath"  which 
according  to  the  laws  of  the  Medes 
and  Persians  altereth  not.  (Does 
it,  Doherty?) 


ST.  ANDREW'S  COLLEGE  REVIEW. 


31' 


Ouiller's  clothes  have  a  fine  Rus- 
sel  in  them. 

Smiler  has  a  beautiful  smile  and 
vou  don't  have  to  Hunt  for  it  ei- 
ther. 

Isbester  start  before  Iser  if  you 
want  to  catch  Moll  v. 

Wallace  is  a  perfect  lady-bug  but 
the  Guv  don't  know  it. 

The  fifth  form  has  an  Artistic 
Page  in  its  roll  book. 

Paid  is  always  Brecken  some 
new  record  in  the  mathematics. 

If  Andy  isn't  a  perfect  Riddle, 
no  one  can  understand  him. 

I  know  you  Timo.  Your  the  best 
Thompson  ainong  all  the  Gordons. 

I  got  mine,  Dug,  I  got  m^ine! 

Harold  has  fallen  deeply  in  love 
with  "Janice  Meredith."  She  was 
stolen  awav  from  him  but  Smitter 
won  her  back  again. 

The  bovs  are  much  neater  since 
the  college  procured  the  services  of 
a  Tavlor. 

I  Grant  vou  thirtv  lines. 

Ouiller  has  entirelv  recovered 
from  his  liver  complaint,  since  he 
used   Dr.   Hunt's  inustard   plasters. 


Persons  passing  the  college 
grounds  on  the  Fridav  before  our 
foot-ball  dinner  need  have  no  fear 
of  those  strange  people  whom  they 
saw  talking  apparentlv  to  them- 
selves. Thev  were  onlv  some  very 
nervous  fellows  practising  for  their 
speeches  in  the  evening  and  not 
candidates  for  an  insane  asvlum. 


H.     G.    vSmith. — "Ladies:     AUow^ 
me. — Mv  photograph." 


Historv       Class: — Mortimer     was 
madlv  in  love  with  Isabella. 


Hay  would  be  a  rather  decent 
sort  of  a  chap  if  he  wasn't  Tight 
all  the  time. 


It's  all  up  Hill  work    over    at    the 
third  house. 


Giiv  evidentlv  does  not  intend  to 
be  a  "wall  ass"  the  night  of  our  col- 
leee  dance;  as  he  is  being  taught 
how  to  shake  his  hoofs. 


Pat  and  the  clock: — Wal,  so  it'll 
go  eight  days  without  winding. 
Sure  and  I  wonder  how  long  it'll 
go  if  yer  do  wind  it. 


Having  returned  from  his 
first  visit  to  town,  Pat  was  trying 
to  explain  to  his  wife  about  the 
electric  light  which  he  had  seen 
that  dav  for  the  first  time.  "Shure 
and  thev  didn't  have  no  lights  at 
all,  thev  didn't.  They  just  had  a 
pop  bottle  and  a  red  hot  hair-pin 
inside." 


J.  L.  Fergusson,  Bsq.,  and  his 
love  stories  are  very  m.iich  missed 
up  at  college. 


An  author  has  said  that  the  use- 
of  adversity  is  to  bring  us  out. 
This  is  true,  especially  at  the  knees 
and  elbows. 


"Ah,  parson,  I  wish  I  could  car- 
ry my  gold  with  me,"  said  a  dy- 
ing man.  "It  might  melt,"  was 
the  consolinii-  answer. 


"What  do  you  do  for  a  living?" 
said  a  farmer  to  a  tramp,  who  was 
asking  for  a  meal. 

"I   only  travel,"   said  the   tramp. 

"Are  you  good  at  travelling?" 

"Yes.'"' 

"Well  then,  let's  see  vou  travel." 


Two  sisters,  who  very  much  re- 
sembled one  another,  were  asked 
out  to  dinner. 

The  were  both  married.  The 
husband  of  one  was  dead,  the 
other  husband  was  in  India. 

A  yoimg  lawyer  had  to  take  the 
■w-idoAv  into  dinner.  He  thought 
that  she  was  the  one  whose  hus- 
band was  in  India. 

During  the  course  of  the  meal, 
the  lady  remarked  that  it  was 
very  hot. 

The  lawyer  said,  "Yes,  but  not 
quite  as  hot  as  where  your  hus- 
band has  gone." 

The  look  which  th.e  ladv  gave 
him  will  haunt  that  lawyer  to  the- 
end  of  his  life. 


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Hash!   It  makes  me  so  angry.  So 
angry. 


The  verdict  of  the  coroner's  jury 
over  a  man  who  was  killed  by  a 
falling  icicle.       Died  of  hard  drinks. 


Harrison  was  prohably  the  most 
popular  person  in  the  room,  mo- 
nopolizing three  partners  all  at 
once  at  one  of  our  dancing  classes. 
But  they  happened  to  be  all  dum- 
mies. 


"Shure,  and  where  is  the  en- 
trance out?"  asked  an  Irishman  of 
his  jailor. 


A-  dandy,  accosting  a  rag-man, 
said,  "You  take  all  sorts  of  trum- 
pery in  vour  cart,  dcn't  vou?" 

"Why,   ves,  jump  in." 


It  takes  a  pickpocket  to  disperse 
a   crowd. 


A  lively  little  beauty  at  (jne  of 
our  ladies'  colleges  asked  the  Lady 
Principal  for  permission  to  go  out 
driving  with  a  young  man.  "You 
know  the  rule,"  said  the  principal. 
"Is  he  your  father  or  brother?" 

"No,"  was  the  answer. 

"Then,  are  you  engaged  to  liiin?" 

"I  am  not,  but  I  expect  to  l*e  so 
before  I  return." 

It  is  imnecessary  to  sav  that 
this  answer  won  the  day. 


It  was  a  strange  coincidence  that 
led  the  principal  to  read  the  third 
Psalm  at  Prayers  on  the  first 
morning  of  school.  Two  of  the 
masters  smiled  visiblv  when  the 
first  verse  was  read.