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On Feb. 8th there was an Molson, Greenshields and Rob of Regulars by appointment from B. C. S. vs. High. exciting game on the Minto Rink inson have successfully passed civil life. His command is to be This game was played the between the Sherbrooke High their Xmas exams. with the new provisional Re morning following the game School and B. C. S. 3rd result­ Stanley Willett, Jack Lec giment of Infantry scoring in with Abingdon. The game start­ ing in a victory for the latter by kie, and Hamilton Gault accom Porto Rico. Mr. Patterson is a ed off with a combined rush on a score of 5-1. At half time the panied the 3rd Contingent to native of Montreal; is the eldest the part of High, who succeeded score stood 2-1 in favor of B. C. South Africa, the two latter son of Mr. W J. B. Patterson of in scoring in less than a minute. S., but in the second half the holding Lieutenancies. Baltimore and is the Grandson of B. C. S. then settled down to play was of a better quality, and Jack Carruthers is now in a the late W. J. Patterson for many work and evened the score by a the shooting much more effective brokers office in New York and years the honoured secretary shot from Peck. One more goal on the part of the School, who plays cover point for the N. Y. of the Montreal Board of Trade. scored by High finished the 1st succeeded in scoring three goals A. C. hockey team. The young man is an “Old Boy” of Bishop’s College School, Len half which might have been just­ while Sherbrooke failed to score Bryan Simpson is attending noxville, and was also a student ly termed “Either sides game”. any. On the School side Nelson business college in Montreal. played the most effective game of McGill University, etc. etc. For five minutes after the com­ George Pelton is also at bus and Gilmour's shooting was very mencement of the second half iness college in Montreal. An old boy of B, C. S. Capt. B. C. S. seemed to have gone to noticeable. For Sherbrooke, John E. Leckie, was awarded E. McArthur is attending pieces completely and they al McGuire played a good game but the “distinguished Service Med lectures at Queens College, King lowed four games to be scored on was not well supported. al” at Halifax Jan. 10th. ston. them while in this condition, but Old Bovs and Their Captain Leckie matriculat with the exception of those dis James Johnston holds a po Whereabouts. ed from the school to R. M. C. astrous five minutes, which prac sition in J. R. Brocks establish Eugene Fechet is in a bro ment, Montreal. in ’86 coming sixth in a class tically gave High School the of twenty four. He has been game, they showed themselves kers office in Luzon, Phillipine The following was taken awarded the D. G. 0. for repea worthy opponents and played in Islands. from a Local American News­ ted distinguished conduct while It is with pleasure that we every respect as well as High. paper. with "Strathcona’s Horse”. The teams were chronicle the marriage of Jack B. C. S. High School Ross to Miss Mathews of Toronto, Bray Goal Waugh we wish him every joy. THE MITRE. 118 THE MITRE. 119 select audience by Professor up his mind. He has decided to gether, four in the Senior Series defeated S. H. S. Of the games go to Moose Jaw to become a Burnelly the world-famed Amer £5 E. T. league, five in the Junior in Montreal the first, vs Abing ican lecturer. Professor Bur cow boy. He will leave bis Series, one 3rd team match vs don, was won, the second vs nelly took for his text “What is happy home for the Western Sherbrooke High School And HighSchool lost. So of a total love”. The lecture was extrem­ plains, and the Indian girls, in two matches in Montreal vs of 12 games we have won 4. ely interesting and the audience the middle of March. He is now High School and Abingdon The following is a summary of derived much pleasure and busy preparing for his journey. The Senior games were all lost, the games played by the School knowledge from it about this We wish him luck and hope he two of the Junior series, those very important subject. At times in the Senior and Junior Series won’t loose pounds as he did against Stanstead and College, of the E. T. league with their Professor Burnelly became very while working out there. were won. The 3rd team scores. excited, pulling tufts of hair from SENIOR The editors wish to impress his woolly tresses and pacing the upon the school as a whole that stage with rapid strides. The Friday Jan. 31st B. B. S. vs Magog 9—1 it is their duty, nothing less, to lecture closed about nine o’clock Friday Feb. 14th vs College 9—7 do all in their power by contri­ and the audience dispersed con­ Friday Feb. 19th vs Magog 17—0 butions, hints and suggestions to vinced that “love” was a much Wednesday Feb. 26th vs Lennoxville 20—7 make their part of “The Mitre” deeper and more serious subject JUNIOR a success. It should represent than it had appeared to them be­ Saturday Jan. 25th B. C. S. vs Angus 5—2 the best that is in every part of fore, and that it required a per­ Saturday Feb. 8th B. C. S. vs Stanstead 3—0 the School from the fourth form son like the professor who had Wed. Feb. 12th B. C. S. vs Lennoxville 11—5 to the lowest, and not be merely experienced that most delight­ Saturday Feb. 22nd B. C. S. vs Stanstead 12—2 the work of a few. We may add ful feeling to be able to explain Friday Fell. 28th B. C. S. vs College 23—0 that it is to be clearly under­ its mysteries clearly. We hope March 1st Angus vs B. C. S. (not played) stood that no contributor’s name that the manager of 2a, will be Below we have given ac­ in the afternoon. From the com­ need go beyond the editors un­ able to secure the learned pro­ counts of the g lines in Montreal mencement the game was entire less wished. Some boys are over fessor later on in the season to and the 3rd team match. We ly in the hands of B. C. S., Tel bashful about appearing in print, lecture on their deep and serious feel that accounts of other games ler and Hale taking possession so we hope that they will take subjects. are perhaps among the things of the puck and scoring repeat this statement as a guarantee THE SEASON OF HOCKEY “Better left unsaid”. edly. When the gong sounded that they need not fear any B. C. S. vs. Abingdon. We are now so near the end for half time the score stood 4-0 “chaff ’ from those less dutiful. On Friday morning, the 21 of the term and of Hockey that in favor of B. C. S. In the sec st Feb. the hockey team took its LECTURE it is possible to look at the games ond half Abingdon woke up and annual trip into Montreal to play managed to score twice. Good On the evening of Jan. 30th of this year almost as things of two games with the HighSchool work was done by Peck and room 2a was treated to a very the past. It has not been a sea and Abingdon. They played Chambers on the forward line, interesting and instructive lec son of unclouded success, exactly. the first game against Abingdon and Johnson at cover was all ture, delivered to a large and We have played 12 matches alto 116. THE MITRE THE MITRE 117 School College SCHOOL NOTES. G. Bray Goal E. 1. Read E. Brown Point D. G. Bray On Monday the 20th of Jan­ Marling every success at B. C. S. J. Johnston C. Point S. Kennedy uary the School got a half holi­ W. Chambers Forwards R. A. Cowling day in honor of Mr. LeRay’s hav " ing completed his 25th year as We are sorry to say that R. Peck G. E. Weagant Scougall has left the school for G. Wilkinson J. G. Ward master in the school. It is not " often in this country that a mas good in order to take up a posit A. Teller G. W. Findlay ion in the Union Bank, he had Referee— H. Kennedy. ter sees such a long term of ser­ vice in one school. It shows how already made himself very pop­ It is notoriously to a team’s advantage to play upon its own worthy a man must be to hold ular and we all regret his de ice, and this was shown to be the ease when the College and Stan a position so long and how fond parture, however we trust he will not ruin his health by stead teams met. in Stanstead on the evening of the 19th. Without one can get of this School. Mr. overwork. wishing in the least to detract from the victory of the home team, LeRay must have seen many yet it must be acknowledged that the final score 7—I did not give a changes, having, we believe very exact idea of the relative merits of the teams. The Stanstead We are sorry to say that the taught our present —“Head”— numbers of the school have some combination is certainly a strong one—a fast skating forward line and at one time. We sincerely trust what decreased this term. Nine excellent defence—but we should be much surprised, if on their own that we may one day hear of. as ice they do not defeat any team in the Eastern Townships. hoys have failed to appear and we can hardly see, a celebration After the match we were very heartily entertained by the only two new boys, Buzzell and of his half-century at B. C. S. Cowans, have been added to the Stanstead team and came home the next morning none the worse for list. We are glad to see Peck I our short outing. We have to chronicle an­ in our midst again, after a years The teams were as follows. other change in the school staff since our last issue. Mr. Crowdy absence. He evidently prefers Stanstead College has left us to take up an im school to business. G. Terrill Goal E. S. Read (Capt.) portant position on the staff of C. Phillips Point S. Kennedy Another new boy, Forde of Upper Canada College and has I). Parsons Capt.) C. Point E. Miall Montreal, has arrived just in been replaced by Mr. Marling. A. Flanders Forwards R. A. Cowling time for us to record his arrival. Mr. Marling is an old T. C. S. C. Terrill J. G. Ward Boy, having afterwards graduat Mr. Punnett had an accident R. Flint " G. E. Weagant ed from Trinity College, he early in the term, while skiing E. Terrill " G. W. Findlay occupied a position at Lakefield he strained his knee. This has un Prep. School as master and also fortunately put him “out of the saw service with the Second Con­ game” for the present. But we tingent in South Africa. We hope soon to see him all right extend our heartiest good wish again. es to Mr. Crowdy and wish Mr. Sharkey has at last made THE MITRE 115

114 THE MITRE. of four goals. A delay then occurred and during the interval the college supporters enforced upon their team the fact that they would President—Rev. Dr. Allnatt have to wake up. They then entered into the game with renewed Vice-President—F. W. Carroll, B. A. vigour and it was not long before Cowling scored. So the first half Secretary—J. J. Seaman ended with a score of 4—1 against the college. The second half was Captain—G. W. Findlay really brilliant and the forwards played in great form. Three goals Committee—E. S. Read, F. Plaskett. G. E. Fletcher were scored for College and it looked as if they were going to win, Directors—G. W. Findlay, E. S. Read but suddenly the Magog forwards broke loose, and landed the puck Representative to Union—G. W. Findlay in the net, thus placing them one goal ahead. Only a few minutes It was decided that the Club should dropout of the Quebec. remained to play, but College could not even up, so time was called Rugby Union and enter the Intermediate Series of the Intcrcolleg with the score 5-4 for Magog. iate Rugby Union. The teams lined up as follows;— Saturday, Feb. 8th witnessed the opening of the College hock College Magog ey season in an exhibition match with Stanstead. From the outset E. S. Read (capt) Goal A. Marshall the play was fast and hard, and when the first half ended 8—2 in fa S. Kennedy Point G. Garceau vour of College, their supporters were enthusiastic. The second half E. Miall C. Point F. Garceau was a repetition of the first, in that it was full of exciting incidents, J. G. Ward R. Wing J. McLeod but College were in hard luck and Stanstead succeeded in scoring G. E. Weagant Centre A. Dolphin twice, although the umpire gave them credit for three, and College R. A. Cowling Rover W. Miller netted the puck once. Thus a win was credited to Stanstead and a G. W. Findlay L. Wing S. McKenzie defeat for Bishop’s, which should honestly have been a drawn game. Referee—J. Sangster. After the match the visitors were entertained at Cote’s hotel where a pleasant evening was passed. On Friday evening Feb. 14th at 8 o’clock the College team The teams lined up as follows:— lined up against the School. A great deal of speculation was indulged College Stanstead in as to the relative merits of the two teams, and consequently quite E. S. Read (Capt.) Goal G. Philipps a large number of spectators gathered to witness the contest. The S. Kennedy Point C. Philipps general opinion seemed to be that the College would be victorious, E. Miall C. Point D. Parsons (Capt.) but the School supporters were confident that their fast forwards R. A. Cowling Rover E. Terrill would carry their team on to victory’ Such, however was not to he G. E. Weagant Centre W. Wood the case, and after a hard struggle, the time keeper's whistle blew J. G. Ward R. Wing C. Terrill when the score was 9-7 in favour of College. The match was fast G. W. Findlay L. Wing R. Flint and exciting from beginning to end, each side in turn seeming to Referee—J. Sangster, Sherbrooke. have the advantage in play. Rough work was a minus quantity and The first league match of the season was played on Feb. 11th so the referee had a comparatively easy time. against Magog, which resulted in a score of 5-4 for the visitors. In The teams were as follows; — the first half, the College seemed to be asleep and before they real ized what they were doing, Magog had rolled up the substantial score 108 THE MITRE. THE MITRE 113 arts notes. ATHLETICS. In our absence the new de on the Continent of North Amer­ parture of an electric bell has ica, let us hope that he will ex The annual meeting of the Eastern Townships Hockey Association been introduced into the Arts tend his visit and come to Can was held in the College House, Lennoxville, on Wednesday building which is used for the ada. Speaking about Germans evening, the 4th of December, under the following officers were elect purposes of summoning us to we know their love of funerals ed for the season of 1902:— lectures and awakening us in and speaking about funerals President—G. W. Findlay, Bishop's College. the morning. It can be used on Prince Henry should have been Vice-President—L. D. Abbott, Lennoxville. no other occasion under penalty with us on that memorable Sec. Treasurer—C. G. Hunsworth. B. C. School. of a heavy tine except in case of night on which the historic rites Executive Committee—A Flanders, Stanstead College. a tire. This hell is an admirable of our college in solemnity and C. Wilson: Angus. D. P. Flannery, Magog. awful majesty were performed innovation for the purpose of The Senior league will he composed of clubs from Bishop’s over the body of one who if he getting us to lectures almost at College, Bishop’s College School, Lennoxville and Magog; and the is not dead ought to be dead. Nothing the very hour and it is wonder­ Junior league will consist of Bishop’s College, Bishop’s College School. can exceed the solemn tones ful to see the prompt attendance Lennoxville, Angus and Stanstead College. in contrast to last term. But of the cantor clothed in gorgeous The outlook for the College Senior team this year is fairly it is a sad failure in its effort to vestments, or the plaintive wails bright, and with lots of hard and faithful practice under the watchful awaken us in the morning. No of the faithful, midst the dripping eye of our captain E. S. Read, and coach S. C. Kennedy, we ought to one ever hears it and those who of much caudle grease, the lavish he able to put a team on the ice which will reflect credit upon the before used to get up with the profusion of liquor (aqueous) university. Read in goal is playing the same steady game and bell which the Janitor rung and the Hoods which fell from Kennedy at point is a tower of strength. The position of cover point through the corridors now sleep the eyes of the mourners. All is rather doubtful as get. Ward who held the position so ably last right on. But what are we to through the solitary halls the pro year is being tried on the forward line and Miall,—a new man and say concerning its use in case of cession wended its way and the likely to catch the position—is playing a hard steady game but is lire. Here we are thrown into •‘hypothetical corpse” had just weak in lifting. The forward line will be composed of Cowling, cen a dilemma. Let us suppose a fire reached its last resting place when tre, with Weagant and Findlay at right and left respectively and broke out in the top Hat, the an awful sacrilege occured and in Ward rover. question arises, are we to run road was made by the barbarians Competition for places on the junior team is very keen, and it down three flights of stairs ring who forsooth complained of brok­ will he a difficult task to choose between them. Among those who the bell, and then rush up again en slumbers. Lights were extin are showing up well are Gillis, who has been elected captain for the and put the tire out, or are we to guished lest they should see the season, Plaskett, Fletcher, Sykes, Spencer, Bray, Seaman 11, Hep­ put the lire out first and then mysteries. The unhappy corpse burn and Lancaster. ring the bell? abandoned was left to its fate. The annual meeting of the Bishop’s College Football Club was Prince Henry is at present Alas, perhaps he is now wander held during Michaelmas Term. The following officers were elected for the season of 1902. THE MITRE 107

106 THE MITRE. Mr. E. Everett, who was First D. S:—One is a limited with us during the Michaelmass Monarchy and the other is an were young once ourselves. At the regular meeting of Term, is now at the Philadelphia unlimited anarchy. The hockey team is well sup the Literary Society, which was School of Divinity. held on the celebrated “top flat," Note. Out of regard for his pa ported by the citizens of this one of the members read a very It is reported that Mr. E. R. rents, we do not give the name house. The ‘‘Bird of Paradise" interesting and destructive paper Roy, B. A., is no longer to re of the perpetrator of the above is especially regular in attending on "‘The Ancient Conception of a main in this part of the country, two jokes. both practices and matches. He Hero" The learned member but is to proceed to Cape Cove, A celebrated dancing-bear sets a good example. took for his subject, or perhaps Gaspe. The Bishop was peti has made its appearance in the Let me not be held respon we ought to say, selected as his tioned to let him remain in South Divinity House. Here, at inter sible for these notes. victim, the hero of Virgil’s Durham, but this could not be vals, it performs, to the great de arranged. In this first number of the AEneid. He demonstrated how light of all beholders. Mitre for 1902, we offer the Prin the name AEneas was derived We extend a hearty wel Spurred on by the hope of cipal our very best wishes for from the Greek word onos mean come to the Rev. H. E. Wright, earning a day’s pay, stimulated the New Year. ing an ass, and refuted the argu of Lachine, who is shortly re by the desire of getting up his ments of those critics who denied turning to his old diocese. muscle for hockey, and deter During the Christmas vaca that the name was prophetic, and mined that those at home should tion Mr. R. A. Cowling, B. A., ignored the fact that the owner German Professor:—“Herr Kan think him capable of something had charge of the mission of of the name not only possessed anicht, you will the declensions besides reading and preaching. Scotstown, and Mr. W. T. Wheel all the qualities of that animal, gif of ‘I haf a goldt mine!” “Weary Willie” seized an axe er, B. A., that of East Angus. but also acted like one on most Herr Kansnicht:—‘I haf a goldt and started for the woods. There Both of them report that they occasions, sometimes indeed lit mine he chopped for a short time, and were recipients of the utmost erally so, as when he carried his Thou hast a goldt thine then, just to break the monotony, kindness from the people of father out of Troy; and besides He has a goldt his he cut a good deep gash in his those parishes. he divided his time equally be We haf a goldt ours foot. This necessitated keeping tween bragging about himself, Ye haf a goldt yours The Rev. Professor Wilkin­ quiet for the remainder of the and crying, nor did he know his They haf a goldt theirs!’ son gave the members of the Di vacation, but the quondam in own mother; while he exhibited vinity House another proof of German Professor:—“You right valid is now, we are glad to re himself as a most despicable and the kind thoughtfulness which are! Up head proceed. Vat a port, able to wear both boots and ungrateful scoundrel at Carthage, was always so characteristic of happy time should I haf if all skates. where he appeared in his true him, by sending each one a hand Herr Kansnicht like were!" The Rev. J. B. Pyke has colors. “My only regret,” con somely illuminated New Year’s First Divinity student:—What been paying us all a visit, mak cluded the writer “is, that when card “for auld lang syne”. We is the difference between Great ing the Divinity House his head he and his chums were chucked assure both him and Mrs. Wil Britain and the United States’.’ quarters, and putting the library into the sea. at the beginning of kinson that we appreciate their Second ditto:—Crush me! Liber 1. that they ever got out to good use. remembrance very much. again.” 104 THE MITRE. THE MITRE 105 tionof t he printing office in al ishment by stringency or by at least, when men should speak tle pressure consistently pre clemency? The question is doubt lowing itself to go up in smoke. of the iron hand of justice. A served is more effective than a Printing offices, water supplies, less one that can never be defi­ scientific study of man’s nature single painful, sledge-hammer and fire engines, like corpor nitely settled, for an answer can has disclosed the truth that gen­ whack. ations, have no souls. Mr. Gale only be given that is relative to of Waterville, whose factory was the age, circumstances, intel­ responsible for the printer’s es ligence, and moral consciousness tablishment that shared with it of the individual. It is in refer­ DIVINITY NOTES. a mutual roof, has our most sin­ ence to these varying conditions LET ME NOT. cere sympathy in this his hour that modern justice has shown We believe that as a rule of inflammable grief. We are such a leaning to so-called inde The Brotherhood is indebt­ clergymen prefer not to do much told that Mr. Gale bears his loss terminate sentences, leaving it. ed to the Principal for giving a driving on Sunday. This rule like a stoic, and this leads us to to the discretion of the court to series of addresses on the Fri holds good in the ease of the stu infer that his feelings are more impose any penalty between a days during Lent. These dis dent taking services, and we fire-proof than was his factory. defined minimum and maximum. courses are introductory to, and have, by patient inquiry and Be that as it may, we have to re­ Now such action would indicate explanatory of, the First Epistle much “putting two and two to turn to the solemn fact that that the idea is being adopted of St. Peter, and we need not say gether,” proved it to our own type, press, manuscript, and edi­ that leniency, extended in pro­ that they are both interesting satisfaction by discovering the fice went up in flames, and what portion to the character and dispo­ and instructive. It is a pity that proverbial "exception”. This should have been the last num­ sition of the offender, is likely to more of the students do not take very exceptional young man ber of the Mitre will have to be produce a good effect by working notes upon the important, and, shows a most decided preference the next. We wish to assure upon the higher feelings, and if some of them, difficult points for the longer of the two drives our subscribers and advertisers it may be so put, stirring them up which are so thoroughly discuss­ he has to take every week. He that the fault was not ours, but in opposition to the baser. How ed week by week. fondly imagines that, the outside world is so selfish and unobser must be ascribed to tire, and ever, one fact in human nature, Several members of the Bro­ vant as not to notice him in his what is worse, to lack of water. and especially when the element therhood are taking regular Sun­ eccentricity; he little knows we How the latter could be wanting of fear does not hold more than day duty in the parishes which are engaged in showing him in in a . town that bears a name its due place, is indisputable, to for the time lack a resident cler­ his true And why does teeming with the sounds of tink wit: that great severity in pun gymen. Mr. Geo. E. Weagant colors. he prefer the longer drive? Our ling brooks, gurgling springs, ishment is productive of bitter goes once in three weeks to Nic own opinion is this:—Mr.----- and whirring mill-races is beyond ness, hate, and vengeful feelings. olet; Messrs. W. T. Wheeler and has an eye for the beautiful; he us, yet doubtless the cognomen Clemency on the other hand J. J. Seaman go every week to has also an ear which appreciates Waterville, is a misnomer. adds a touch of humanity even Scotstown and East Angus re good music; therefore we are led to the stern arm of justice, and spectively. Mr. Vibert assists The question often presents produces in the punished a cor the Rev. Mr. Tambs of Water to infer that a pretty organist itself to disciplinarians, whether responding thrill and warmth. ville every second Sunday. has a good deal to do with it. Let the best effect is gained in pun­ The time is passed, in this land us not be too harsh with him; we 102 THE MITRE

body of water to be the channel, which was certainly implied, and the honourable construction to put upon the treaty, the wily Americans claimed that the Canal de Haro was the channel referred too. Great THE MITRE 103 Britain erred by defect, and instead of insisting, as she had a perfect A VOICE FROM CANADA. right to do. that the whole body of water was meant, claimed another Of sundered ties channel. Rosario Strait, which while inferior in some respects was im To the English Pro-Boer. And sacrifice. portant to them as being the only one used by their vesselsat that time. Hush, babbling Pharisee, That far-off lonely grave. The important thing to notice is that the Canal de Haro Scribe, Hypocrite, do we Where sleep the sons we gave. gave the San Juan Island and some smaller ones, valuable for Love, any more Looms in our sight purposes of defence, to the United States, while the Rosario Than yon do. war? By day and night. Strait, gave them to England. After much correspondence the We do not know what more British government, suggested as a compromise the middle Think you that darkling skies The future has in store, channel or Douglas, which would still reserve San Juan, and if they And helpless orphan’s cries What bitterer tears had stuck to this San Juan would now be a British possession, for Do never keep May come with years. the Douglas being the middle channel, and this being the fairest to Our eyes from sleep? both parlies from the view of a disinterested outsider, would have But with set teeth we stand been maintained by arbitration. Have not our blinding tears, To guard our Empire-land, However England came back to her first love, the Rosario, In these late anxious years, To dare and spend and when in 1871 The Emperor William of Germany accepted the Been wrung by pain, Until the end. office of arbitrator he decided in favour of the United States and gave For loved ones slain? his award accordingly on the 21st. of October 1872, This award consummated So, critic, since for you Think you those hearts are steel the injustice of the decision of 1846, and was anything but Our sons are lighting too Who, for the common weal just to our colonies. But the view' has always prevailed, and always Your railing cease Thus lay down all will prevail that the German Emperor, was induced to do this by the And give us—PEACE. At duty’s call? text of the treaty itself, which entailed the sacrifice of territory and FREDERICK GEORGE SCOTT convinced him. that, either the British diplomatist was decidedly in You talk, but do not share Quebec. capable, or, willing to make any sacrifice in order to obtain accept The heavy load we bear ance of the treaty. One truth shines undimmed. Great Britain while she abandoned to the spirit of conciliation, much that was right fully hers, never once put forth an unworthy claim, and those who defend the treaty maintain, that it is much to the honour, of the Peel editorials. Administration, that a dispute which had for years been charged with possibilities of war, which bustled with difficulties and had become a Ob, fickle elements! One disturbance in the minds of a few, stock subject of political agitation in America, should have been so of you by your absence in a and have annihilated one eight far settled as to be forever removed from the category of those dis­ sufficient and available quantity, of the annual existance of one. putes which suggest an appeal to arms. the other by your presence in an Unfortunately (we hope) for our (to be continued.) excessive degree and a misplaced readers, the issue of the February manner, have brought sorrow to Mitre, was squelched in its be the hearts of many, have wrought ginning by the inconsiderate ac 100 THE MITRE THE MITRE 101

two countries could not agree to partition and finally decided to oc “that he would not give one of the barren hills of Scotland for all he cupy the territory in common, the joint-occupation to continue so saw around him . He also pronounced the Columbia worthless, be­ long as it seemed to be to the advantage of both, (or, as one writer cause neither salmon or trout would rise to a certain fly he was us­ claims, for ten years.) when the subject was to be opened again. This ing, when any angler knows that a certain fly is needed at each sea lasted, or was made to last by renewal, till 1845. during the earlier son and to suit different kinds of weather. This depreciation of the part of which period, the great British fur trading companies prepon­ country was continued by Lieutenants Warre and Vavasour, two en derated in Oregon, hut in the later years were driven out by the gineers who passed across the Rocky Mountains to examine the coun American colonists, who, emigrating past the mountains, settled in try, and their unfavourable reports contributed to create the opinion its fertile valleys. In 1843, Polk, the President of the United States, that the country was worthless and not worth dispute. somewhat peremptorily called for a final settlement of the boundary. Prejudiced by such reports as these, the public in England The question was eagerly taken up by the American “Jingo" politi were disposed to accept almost any settlement. The diplomatists of cians with terrible threats of what they would do, and with a large the United States saw that they had only to persevere to obtain all proportion of the Americans, including of course the Irish element, they asked, and they determined to exclude the British from the any President would have been popular beyond measure, who would waters of the Pacific. The British Ministry setting aside the imper­ have forced a war upon England. With just as little reason the same ial view of the question, and the interests of the British Possessions feeling exists today, and it is a fact which can only be regretted and on the continent established the unfortunately situated frontier we not explained, that the popular idea across the line is, that anything now possess, to quiet the blustering aggression of the United States, which is bad for England or Canada is good for the United States. viz. "the forty-ninth degree of latitude, from the Rocky Mountains However the war-like spirits were soothed, and we hear no west to the middle of the channel separating Vancouver's Island from more of them until 1845 when they broke out again with “All Ore the mainland, thence southerly through the middle of the channel gon or none" “Fifty-four forty or fight” a claim that involved the and of Fuca’s Straits to the Pacific”. The free navigation of the Col whole territory. Lord Aberdeen, the Foreign Secretary was now umbia River was secured to England, and she retained Vancouver determined to “settle" the question in any form, and then although Island, which for some time had seemed likely to go to the United the rightful pretensions of Great Britain were fully known at the States. England thus gave up all she had contended for since 1824, Foreign Office, Canada was sacrificed in the same old way. when she first proposed the Columbia River as a basis for division, As early as 1844, Pakenham in his diplomatic correspondence, and for this, Vancouver Island was a paltry compensation. Moreover had urged the necessity of Great Britain adhering to the line of the owing to the careless wording of the treaty, a distinct advantage was Columbia. In order to bring about a settlement, the lion. Captain given to the United States, of which the American diplomatists, who Gordon, brother of Lord Aberdeen, was sent to the Pacific, to obtain seemed to consider “all is fair" in boundary disputes, discreditably information, in command of H. M. S. “America”. On his arrival availed themselves, and the interests of British Columbia were again there he was met by Mr. Finlayson, the head of the Hudson’s Bay sacrificed. The commissioners appointed to determine that portion Company on the Pacific, who accompanied him in whatever examina­ of the boundary which was to run “southerly through the middle of tion he made of the country. Compared with this precious Captain,— the channel” were unable to come to any agreement on the subject, if the stories about him he true,—even Oswald and Ashburton seem for it turned out that besides the great channel thus designated there positively Machiavellian. Finlayson has recorded, how, when he re­ were a number of smaller channels among the islands contained in marked to Gordon, what a fine country it was, the latter answered the great channel. Instead, therefore, of understanding this whole ...... THE MITRE....

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The Ashburton Treaty 1842. (Continued)

In 1818, when the disputed boundary had been long under discussion. an attempt was made to settle it, but without success. In this negotiation, in which Great Britain was represented by Huski son and Addington, who evidently were not to be imposed upon, the