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THE ALPHABET SETTLING DOWN CHAPTER IV THE ALPHABET ON " KKPWat " ..r GRAVE AND LIGHT ^""'^ '"''"^^ ^^^TERS CHAPTER V POLITICS AGAIN-AND HALIFAX GROWINGS CHAPTER VI. N EARING « MECCA ' " CHAPTER VII. JOHN MACDONALD & oq CHAPTER VIII THE INDUSTRIAL EXHisiTlON AND NIAGARA CHAPTER IX A SUNDAY AROUND THE CH.RCHES OF TORONTO . CHAPTER X HOMEWARDS ! .AND THP ta«t w.. ^l> THE LAST WORDS OF THE ALPHABET. 72 PAGE. . 6 . 9 . 16 22 30 :i9 46 55 64 .1 .1 OF -♦♦•-« CHAPTER I. THE DRUMMER. flME was when the Drummer was a protoplrain no doubt, but he has grown out of this evohi- tionary stage, and has become an Institution ; a hve thousand strong one in this year of grace, 1886, in this "fair Canada o? oars." Said Mrs. Partington, " with this trundle of mine, will I moj) up the Atlantic Ocean," but she didn't do it ! Said Mr. Narrovvnoddle Scowler, a jaundiced local jobber of small wares at big ])rices : " this bag- man Innovator is a nuisance and must be put down ; ho is coming from afar to scatter his wares on sacred soil — on my preserves indeed, and he must be put down I" but the bagman continues to A 6 AN ALPHABET OF DRY GOODS MEN. come,— comes from farther afar every day, nnd ever in increasinjr volume ; he is too much for Scowler— Scowler may as well draw into his shell, and cease protesting, he ain't put the bagman down. What the Drummer in hi^ collective capacity accomplishes in a year in this Dominion of Canada, is startling when figured out; he sells over a hun- dred million dollars worth of goods ! travels fully ten millions of miles, and leaves scattered behind him on the road five millions of dollars in expenses ! But for him half the hotels in the country would have to close up- half the freight trains on the tracks cease to run, and a general fall back to "old coach ism " in things c(mimercial set in ; he's one of the pheno- mena of this progressive age— is the Drummer. And yet, apart from the collective, and in his indi- vidual capacity, he is not always happy ; he hankers after the often unattainable ; longs to pile up larger sales with loss labour ; yearns for a frequenter escape from the hurly-burly of the road to the quiet of his home ; it's strange, but true ! there's a positive hunger seizes him often to pack up his traps, and start off at a tangent to make a prolonged acquaint- ance with his family. X. Y. Z., in the middle of a season, was seized with this hunger. X. Y. Z. was a dry goods Drummer, who was°often afflicted with ideas ; sometimes they were too much for him, and sat upon him ; some- times he was too much for tkem, and sat upon them till they wore flattened into shape for use ; and »o, out of this hunger aforesaid came to him day after day THE DRUMMER. and ever cowler — md cease capacity Canada, r a hun- els fully I behind jxpenses ! ry would he tracks aachisrn " le pheno- mer. I his indi- e hankers up larger ter escape liet of his positive iraps, and acquaint- iized with Drummer, imes they m ; some- ipon them Liid «o, out after day one of these ideas and he sat upon it so abstractedly tliat his pipe often went out in the smoking car (ominous si^i of a disturbed mind, or disordered stomach !) — he turned over on it between the sheets on the blessed day of rest, when no early call for " train " foredoomed his train of thought, till every thread of the idea, was flattened out, and further flat- tened to the pliancy of wax thread, and " Shades of the Lotus-Katers," nmrmured he, " I'll carry it through." What then iva,^ X. Y. Z.'s idea ? The " Alphabet of Maritime dry goods men, jour- neying westward," Toronto, the Mecca— that was the idea ! Reasoned he — " the whole is greater than its parts I The man who buys an orange because it is pushed under his nose, would sooner surely take his pick from the o||hard, if he could be got at it easily and cheaply — my point is to pick my men, and then per- suade them to go and pick their oranges— in To- ronto." And so it came about that X. Y. Z., pursuing his idea, shortly after formulated the following : — " AN INVITATION." Summer Excursion to Toronto and Back. Dear Sir, — About the middle of Aiigaat, I shall have the pleasure of accom- panying "to Toronto and back, a party of twenty to twenty-live dry goods customers from the Provinces. 8 AN ALPHABET OF DRY GOODS MEN. A Bpecial Pulln.aa will be ^ngasecl fro„ J^^^^^^^^^ turn), and all railway fares wil he paid • ^^^ ^^^^.^^^^ a\educed expenses will be light on ^^^^^J^M^ J,^ ^^^Xu^^^^^^^^ jSliis will be scale at tbe dining-rooms and hotels we snaii i^ , easy to arrange for such a party. ^ Moncton, We shall run through on a ^ h^'^^y,^"'^'^,^ ^i.^ same even- reaching Montreal Saturday morning and 1 oronto easy to do it in a day. A,Tnntreal (which we can do if pre- Returning f^"'"' •^^^"^VfL sT rawrrnce through the Thou- days. ,, , ., , •„ „,:ii Up bevond doubt satisfac- The business results of the tripj^^iU be b.> on ^^^^^^^^ ^^ tory to all the ^'entlemen who accompany m f,,^ the re- August should be a good t»";^;" ;\te ready thin to unload maindei of the season, ^"^1 '"7 ^^'^^^^^X .^^e time all our fall great bargains in summer 1^"^^%' ^^^JjJ^f.X and orders can be samples will be complete ^^f.^^^y ^^ advanta>a< to buyers ; it placed for later shipment ^^^h excellent advmt^^^ eral stock in the llo.n.n.on "',''"•'' 'f J make up my maximum .,\wr;S';::;aXVM TlllTjCVom Uo^ the su.- ject ; please write to Halifax. T am yours very faithfully. ^ ^ ^ "n CHAPTER II. it THE GATHERING OF THE ALPHABET. Y. Z. was able to close his invitation book, and make up his excursi'^n party, much sooner than he had anticipa^ 1. The idea was new, and took ; the dual combination of profit and pleas- ure running in span through the trip proved irre- sistible in prospective, and but for the exigencies of space the Alphabet might have been overlapped by a goodly number of letters. As it was, the twenty-six berths in the Pullman were duly assigned to a dry goods occupant each, and the Alphabet was com- plete. Of course there were detractors from the scheme ! Croaking is one of the privileges of pant- wearers ; and this new departure for building up business connections was certain to afford croakers honeyed opportunities. Mr. Narrownoddle rose to fever heat, anathematised Canada in general, and Toronto in parfciculai', on his office desk, the floors of his ware- rooms, and in the bosom of his family. The partner of his joys and sorrows wfis sorely distressed ; she misunderstood, in her political ignorance, the import of her lord and master's muttered resolve, and experi- 10 AN ALPHABET OF DRY GOODS MEN. enced the blood-curdling thought of a threatened " divorce," when only " repeal of the Union " was Narrownoddle's determined future proapganda at the polls. And among the brotherhood uf the road were not wanting croakers a few, to X.Y. Z.'s under- taking. Snooks, the eminent tweed drummer for Hubble & Bubble, of Montreal, was scornfully in- flamed (the fact is, Snooks was mad that he had not thought of the scheme first ior his own house), and sniffed all over the ^ Provinces about " decoys," "ducks," "transparent shams," etc ; and, having thus ventilated himself. Snooks proceeded in due order to make his next bad debt ; for Snooks deservedly took the cake for selling more tweeds and making more bad debts than any Drummer on his beat, an acme of dual glory which Hubble sometimes mildly expatiated on, but was promptly shut up for by Bubble, who professed faith in "the law of averages " and " keeping the pot a-boiling." It is a providence for a " Snooks " to have a " Bubble " for a Chief ! How in all things, indeed — if we take note — is " the wind tempered to the shorn lamb ! " Moncton, if translated into common lanoruage and fact, would mean " a place to meet at." It leads to everywhere in the Provinces, and you run against everybody who u coming from any where or going to anywhere, as you push along the thronged railway platform. There ar«^ a ""ood man^ bad tklno"s which make Moncton famous. It can, for instance, smile at Mugby Junction in the possession of an unique >^ THE GATHERING OF THE ALPHABET. 11 refreshment-room !— the New Brunswick Mugby, in this respect, being backablo for millions against any rival ! Where else at meal times can be found as big a tablecloth sprea 1 with as meagre a spread of meats on it ? Nowhere ! at least, it is to be hoped so ! And a man might risk his life on the bet (he often does so without it) that " standing up" at the Moncton refreshment counter, between trains, for a ten-minutes' gorge of baked beans and scalding coffee, ensures the solidest, most enduring, and al- together guaranteed thoroughest lit of d>?pepsia to be obtained anywhere, in the same time,'on the face of the earth. Let the unwary and trusting traveller take note, and beware ! And to cairy way impressions only to be brushed off the memory and boot-uppers after many days, let anyone strike Moncton (as the Alphabet did) after a rainy spell and behold its — mud • its sticky, slimy, sluggy, slushy, slippery, soupy— mud ! It's a revelation to an observer in a Christian and " town improvement rated " land to see this mud. You walk the streets on raised plank sidewalks, high up in the air, feeling as though you were on a parapet along- side a moat, or going round the scaffolding of a sub- merged building; but the mud has no respect for raised platforms — it has no i-espect for anything. It's in the severest sense " fiee trade " mud. Sonfe of tlie oldest inhabitants, if you care to listen, will you the strangest stories of mysterious dis- H tell appearances, in days gone by, of individuals last seen on Moncton streets ; and" you will gather from r I : HI' 12 AN ALPHABET OF DRY GOODS MEN. direction of narrators' thumb ?xp or down " that if there's any doubt of the missing one's immortal assent, there's none whatever as to his mortal descent below there— past dredging depth, in a bottomless grave of nmd." There's some consolation to be got out of every ill, however ; and current rumour has it, " no murderer, forger, too-much-married man, or bank director on a tour for his health, ever visits Moncton." He would be traced for certain down to Patagonia if he did— by the soles of his boots. Some of the Alphabet, in going in the coaches down to the Commercial Hotel for an hour or so's bating before their train started north, had one of those ex- periences which are common in Moncton — common, but always terrifying! And not till some of the big guns of the Intercolonial Railway get killed, perhaps, will the daily risk to life the public at large run be remedied in the respect referred to. Crossing one of the five or six tracks which have to be tra- versed to get from the depot to the town, a horse in the leading coach stumbled, fell, and blocked the way for the two or three coaches following ; just at the moment a train, shunting from the south, was seen tearing up the track, and for sixty breathless seconds there seemed no escape from a dreacked the ing; just oiith, was Dieathless drea - '^'^i", II a garnet, A., B., C, D., E., F., G. W ho . in ? •' cj-ied B. joined him. TIIK " ALPUAnET " SETTLING DOWN, 21 Ipliabet lonce of vo linn- 1 iiojircr ai'kness silonco t soiiiid I? th.it it train s ; that of turio ady, ir- ort ; — a forjjfe piping ^nch — clario- ig as a J ley of ure as not an primo lOr A.I- "T.,froni Cap(! Ureton," answered C, "That ^nore was born and bred amid Atlantic roars, you may bet on 11. lell^'ou what," snnrgested D., with heat, "you v\Mll have to eharge him five ])er cent, extra for his goods X. Y. Z., and divide it up comi)ensat<)rv all round, or we shall mutiny ; by George, we shall." ^ And tlien the gamut watche ^ lose faith in the manhood of Nova Scotians; I say with all my heart, having committed themselves to repeal, lot tliem work for it will all earnestness, and never rest satisfied till they have obtained it in full measure " Whether the orator would have pulled up here will never be known, he was stopped by two circum- stances, the stoppage of the train at Bic, and an inci^ r^priod of intense narty excitement, and keep '■'"^ "'"'-..,.„;, p,„toles IntoVliti-;/"' " "^C our ioll y li le frion.! passed ami dniner over, t an jmr ,p y^ ^^^^ ^ Z. smWenlyened out, a.l.ltej.snig u, % tlic lloor in last chapter. understand— .. Tell you what, man "-'^'i '^^^'°" ' , ,pp,el.-liow „<,i_a„y better after than ^ J^ ^tX Y. Z.. you expect to get repea^ f«V"' what have you to ^'^Y f °"* , ^^^ 7^ ,,,,„ ,,ave plenty " L can see twenty avonnd me, /^., r to say : HI chip in later." ^^_. « No ' no ' " from a chorus ; you ll ^o on .' Weill if you expect n.e to endorse repeal as t • r fr.nrl to dav in Nova Scotia, you will be is understood to day lu thorough a S;^f^^ot:::P^^;;ed™earti.y with the uu.vement as an election ciy. .. i.Quld we not . But why ? " interrogated L., should recover our former autonomy ( POUTKfi AND ITAMPAX GROWI.INGS. 31 after twen?7vea"f „t; ,'/'Tm '""" ''''"' ^""^^^^ Znlo"" r '■' no" « '^^^^^^^ z the best t;i4i;:;;i'z;l;:-..'-^''-' "'-'• "■• ■-'^'^ ^ " And what is tl.e bigger move. cf„ ami?" from _'; Maritime union : and free traJe ! " ;::roll:^'--^'-'-'--""'H-itt,i!:? Edward Isirnd. ' '""'"'' ^^^ *'»'" r""""^" "No!" responded X. Y Z ■ "lint ;f ; .nelnllTe Tee S'. ''^ ^^^^ '-''' ^^ ^^« ^^ reasonable hope New Brunswick island could come to see and JNova Scotia's eyes. ith %' ^i w 32 ^, A,,PnABKT OF DRV OOOOS MEN. " Throw in the Kay <^" „ we\l ! gentlemen, t'°'" ^^ once, but take answer halt a ^'^''''^^^^'^"Z free trade; «ueh a them up m o^j-if ' „ •7'"' ^e is of course, an im- thing as absolute ^'^^^A^'^^J^' be excise duties possTble idea ; there '""^^ ,f ™Xencies of revenue ; Ld many others t^.^'n its "comparative sense but I use the word f'«',' '";' ,^ J„, ^^ Liberals, distinguishing b^^^:«li":„Sable evils to us), have for customs 'l"ti«\^ ""*„,° r^ shibboleth to be and that the Tories pay t hem (.a ^^^^ ^^^ _^ ^^^ set up for worslup "^V ""^'"^-^^ eould ever be a hmii as a maritime nation, we ^j^^ ^: :e.s without *^-^„«°'Xr: daVopen-book facts teachings of history ^»\;-r/^ii/pi.otected country are against the theory of a b^ajiyp ^^^^_ ^^^^^ j^g, becoming a largely «^P°^^'^ . ^^^j.i^e union, development of «=^;P"' ''*^^' "^itl>out it our ship- would be our only ^o-^^^^'^^ ._^„^,^ our fisheries be buildingwouldneversta^tja a ^^^ fully developed, our inin«;/''^ ; ^teel, wooden nati^ral "-r'wan'eve opT" market ; «o^", as to ware, etc. etc., find a" ever °p ^^^^ j^^^j j ^m Nova Scotia g'^f § *^"^,XSl ■ there would be, to afraid she would be euch.^d ^ ^^ ^^^ begin with, such ™»"°t^™\^[, attainment ; I am ---« ^..t^t. irbr«nderstood, from my stand; always Y^^^. foUowing^vep-^. -^.^^s^t single ( )I 11CV3 wvv* ■ount alone just fancy POLITICS AND HALIFAX (JltOWMNCiS. Sf? Quebec, 1 can't ,ut take ; such a , an iin- 36 duties revenue ; ive sense Liberals, Is to us), leth to be ee myself sver be a rade; the book facts ed country yet, large ;ime union, , our ship- tisheries be ip, and our 3el, wooden ; noiu, as to hand, I am ^ould be, to i as to make lent; I am m my stand- and on this )hcations we should face! 8 ! fro.n h\. 1 1 "P1'0«^' f^^'' instance, ^vo imported horn hAighnS, under a ten or fifteen per cent tariff wh.ch we could afford to do assisted by a direc taxation for raising revenue), ami wanted to continue our present trading willi New J3runswick, 1> ice Ward Islaml, etc. etc., we should bo blocked at tl e t go-oft by a hostile'Oh, no! N^ no ! 01, no ! i^t.e Nova Scotia,' from the Dominion ; New Bi'uns- wic. s .lesire, or Prince Edward Island's desire to buy from us on a free interchange bottom would have no weight in the Ottawa scale, could not be expe ted ProZv' '"^rf^r^^^ ^"'^ ^"^-^^'^'^^ ^^ i'^ol^^ted ve , ?nfn' r. T^l^ ^*'^^' -"^^" ^^^k ^^^^'' twenty ye..is into thut old homestead I figured, and found non-rw ' r"^ '"'^S'^^^ ^^^'""^'^ ^^^^' ^^- ^'^^^ naiiow tlie rooms dingy, without the power in our Hands to remodel and renovate the whole; but-rand 1 have come to your last (luestionings)-l don't think weshoudfind Tsew Brunswick or Prince Edward Island dismchned to enter into partnership as a na on will us, if the whole subject of departure tiom Canada were maturely discussed, and carefully prepared data circulated, hy which to educate thi peop e on the economic questions at issue ; it could only he,Mid, hould oiAy be,a work of time ; any hasty movement involving so much to half a million of people IS to be stamped down, come from whom it may, T " ^i't^r^"^ resuming for a moment, there's a point 17.^'!'^!" "^'^^"^ >'^"^ attention to; 1 want you ten 3---when we are returning— to will have seen in business life dr 34 AN ALIMIABKT ()l«^ DRY ClOODS MKN. up west (most of you havo never been in Ontario before), and tell me can'i>'t his office, ' Colonial free interchange invited here I ' Perhaps that will come later on, however, under a changed Administration at Ottawa, Let us hope for it." * " Point Levi ! Point Levi 1 thii-ty minutes for supper," broke in hei^e, and the Alphabets were glad to get out and stretch their legs; they stood for a few minutes entranced, looking across the blue St. Lawrence at Quebec! the setting sun's gorgeous hues were melting into sapphire masses over the Plains of Abraham; but round about the Citadel heights, and over the Dutferin Terrace and Upper Town, burning crimson cloud Hames yet lingered, beautifying to perfectness one of the great panora- mic sights of the world. "Supper, boys, supper!" •|^? jM d here!' under a hope for autes for vere glad )od for a I blue St. 2for, Toronto has increased to IJiO.OOO, against Montreal's lcSO,000 ! ! " " By the close of the century,' observed L., " fol- lowing up such figures, Toronto, in numbers, should be the capital of the Dominion." " And no doubt will be," agi-eed the first speaker ; " and the increase in the city's wealth is more mar- vellous even than in its population. The assessed value of property for the present year is over ninety millions; in 18G1 it was nothing like ten. Now, just try to follow the run of the streets below there ! ! Take Yonge Stieet, up north there ; right in a line with my finger; you notice it extends far as your eyes can follow. Then, take King Street, east and west. There are 1(34 miles of streets under your gaze from our elevation up li-re, 41 miles of which are blocked, paved, and uoulevarded." " How many chuiches — for goodness' sake ! — do you run ?" entiuired little O. " They seem to me to be at every corner." " There are 107, I believe, of all denominations," was the reply. " And mo tly Protestant, of course ? " '* Yes ! ! thank God ! ! " " I see quite a nuinber of railways down by the lake," said L. " How many lines run into Toronto ?" " Ten or eleven. In fact, all the railways of the Province ccatre down there ; and they converge irom I' •-•'J p—iiii; wi. Lite liumparirs. " Well," mused L., " such a city in the centre of a rich agricultural country, and being, in addition, the 60 AN ALPHABET OF DRY GOODS MEN. !iiiil religious, educational, political, literary, and com- mercial centre of the most populous Province of the Federation, such a city should have a ^rand future before it, and" — pausing to turn to X. Y. Z., he added, drily — " I don't vironder now, X. Y. Z., at your feeling s'^ "e in enticing us to your — Mecca ! " "If ocean steamship navigation extended up here, instead of stopping at Monti-eal, there would be no- thing further wanted to complete Toronto's oppor- tunities, it seems to me," hazarded an Alphabet. " Well, that may come, too, in time. There is nothing impossible in engineering in these days ; it is merely a question of money. By the side of the undertaking to make Manchester a seaport, in the Old Country, the deepening and widening of canals to admit ocean steamers to the lake there would be but a small affair ! ! " " What is the building on the island, across the bay yonder ? " enquired 0. "Hanlan's Hotel," answered the manager of the house; "and we may as well go over there this afternoon, for, I suppose, none of you will feel like hard work on your tirst day." "We may as well, at any rate, begin it," came from two or three ; and, with it, the party descended from the roof, and began to explore the warerooms. There were six floors for them to go over, each having two innnense warerooms, separated by a solid wall, running down the centre of the building, four feet in thickness. These walls were pierced in several places by doors provided with fire-proof iron J > ' . Uc;£. JOHN MACDONALD & CO. 51 shutters. The flooring of the departments was of maple throughout, and the window and door frames of white oak, the tout ensemble presenting a hand- some and scrupulous^ clean appearance. Four elevators formed the means of commnnication be- tween the different floors, and these were all the time busily in use, conveying up and down buyers and goods. By the time the Alphabet had explored the house, each had his mind fixed on the department he would begin his selection in, and this was only delayed for a short time from Mr. Macdonald, the chief, joining and making the acquaintance of the party. After that they proccoeded to work, and pencils were busy in memorandum-books all over the house for the next few hours, lunch intervening only for a tem- porary check. In the afternoon, the weather still being glorious, the visit to Hanlan's Island was again suggested by the manager; and the willing Alphabet, satisfied with their first day's work, tiled out for a half -holi- day. The sail across the bay, the viewing of the ex-cham- pion's boats and race trophies, the hundred and one amusing sights, including the countless canvas sum- mer homes of the thousands of citizens who camp out in the hot weather on the island, were duly enjoyed by the party; and they wound up their perambulations at last in front of a rifle tenfr, in the rear of which four targets were set up to score on— by whosoever cared to put up their ten cents and could hit them. i I 1 ' . h 52 AN ALPHABET OF DRY GOODS MEN. "Now, you are accounted a mighty hunter at home," cried W. to D.; "but I challenge you to a match— six shots each, and cigars for the crowd from the loser." "Done! "from D., <'and here goes for the first target on the left." Now, many a successful bead had D. drawn on cariboo or moose, down in Nova Scotia forests, as was well known ; but the Hanlai. Island targets were neither moose or cariboo, and shots one, two, three, up to six, failed to show their whereabouts on the canvas circles. D. was furious, protesting he "had aimed for bull's eyes every time, and must have got them ' " and that " the bell at the back of the bull's eve must be a dumb bell ! " But neither his unconsciously uttered pun or his indignation were of avail with the marker, who declared " the bell was all ricrht but the shooter didn't know how to shoot ! " ° ' Then W., with a confident smile, took his innincrs on the same target, and made three clear misses and with the succeeding three shots struck the third tar- get to the right of the one he was aiming at. "Ventre saint gris!" cried vivacioSs Z., from down the Gasp^ shore. " Vous e'tes tons les deux— what you call duflfers ! Gif me a rifle, mar-kare ! " He took a steady aim a foot below a target— and missed ! H« took another a foot above— and missed ! He took a third dead at the bull's eye— and struck a teni-pule six yards to the right of '(lie tar(rot " Sacre bleu I If I tire straight up— rfrms Z'r//r-- ■J / f M' w^rnmeassimm JOHN MACDONALD & CO. 53 inter at ^ou to a yd from he first awn on 'ests, as its were ), three, 1 on the led for them ! " re must iciously til with 1 right, innings 4es, and ird tar- , from deux — kare ! " t — and [lissed ! struck it. rair — je crois I shall hit her ! " But this experiment failed also, and shots five and six followed suit There was inextinguishable laughter all round- and i)., W., and Z. were mad. r,n^ X^^^I?!" ^}'^^ '^ '^' Alphabets!" hystericed lu -a ml ^^'^"^ making a scientific study of these rifles. They are constructed to shoot round corners in mild weather ! It wants a hicrh wind— sixty-mile pressure to the minute— to bring out their straight qualities. Now, give me a turn, and I'll illustrate. tai^^t^No "^ ^^ ^"''^'^' ^'^^^ ^^^"^^^ precision, at out r ^ ^"^ * ^^"^ ^''"''^ '"' ^'"'"''^ ^''''' ^''^"' ' ^"^ ^""^^ And he struck No. 4 sure, fetching an outside rinff. Now, look out for the next ! I'm getting the bearings. This time I shall cover the outside limof ^o. I which he did, and the bell rang musically be- hind tai^et No 4 After ihis shooting was easy, and he rang the bell throe times out of the remaininor four shots, and laid down the rifle in triumph "^ " Science wins always," he remarked, with the con- fidence born of success. After this D. must have another shot, and he fired wildly at No. 1. The bullet was heard whistling through the canvas tent, and at the same moment a piercing shriek was set up ! D. gasped, and dropped his riHe. panilyzed with dread. ^^ ft s a woman s killed her! It s a voice I " cried little 0. " Vou woman with ten or eleven chii- \'e 54 AN ALPHABET OF DRY GOODS MEN. i n ii dren, D. ' I feel it in my bones ' by tho agony of tliat yell ! You are done for, old boy ! Fly ! fly ! fiy while there is time, or you 11 have the bereaved husband, with the eleven motherless avengers, on your track ! Take a friend's advice. I'll get you a small boat to fetch the mainland with. Then fly ! fly straight to Honolulu or New Guinea ! Don't let the thought of youi- property at home worry you. Thero's nothing small about /W.^., excepting my stature; I'll accept it from you, and welcome ! But fly now ! You are a bachelor, and in another hemisphere may be happy yet. Farewell ! " But there was no occasion for him to fly. The shriek was occasioned by the upsetting of a whirli- gig. This ascertained, pc.ce reigned supreme ; but the shooting was given up. Then they left the island, for dinner hour was approaching, and Rossin House soup, at Exhibition times, waits for no man. On the sail back across the bay business talk was in the ascendant. " How many years has your house been estab- lished ? " enquired L. of one of the staff. " Mr. Macdonald came out from Scotland — quite young, of course — in 1837," was the reply; "and started business for himself in 1840 — thirtv-seven years ago. " Why, it's astonishing ! " exclaimed L. " He ap- peared to me to be in the full vigour of business life!" "That's so; your judgrnent is sound! Our chief believes — vast as the business is to-day — that it is only in its infancy. There is no such thing as dolce far niente in Mr. Macdonald's business life?" ' / M CHAPTER VIII. ■cm: INDUSTRIAL EXIIIBlrroN AND NIAOAItA. i^'^rf "f '-"f""" ^"^ l'"-- t-0 or nhZ I^ P'm' 'l"'«My away, and the Al- phabet thoroughly en pyeil every hour of hra^ter^IieT"^' H"' ^^-^ ?'— * wl,ieh"the cnaiaetenstic ot western city life, and de-snisinfr f= at nM f n^t^ and rehg,ou8 meetings were taken in at night in the order the inclination.s of the mrtv whlt^entf ?' """ ™'""<""^ f""- "Serving with what enthu,s,a»tic earnestness the young men of On- n hlTff '" •'?"*''=^' Kfe.-conven'tionTof Vhe Liberal cubs were being held nightly, and the nues lieT 1 ' -r" ^"^''^ *>""« "'^^"''^^d with theTive." lest iieal ; it was a revelation to the phloemattc emperaments of some of the maritime men to note vaMin. ' "^ P""''^ organization everywhere pre- vailing. ^ ^ I tell you what it is." observed our fr ^wnoiii It will have been seen in these passes ^ gocKicleal^e^Wnta^ I an /I pa^es was a you 1^ A. Y. Z. (they were walking home to the 56 AN ALPH\BET OF DRY GOODS MEN. :ii |i ; I I m Kossiii House from a rallying Liberal meeting they had been present at), " this tireless thoroughness in whatever they are at — politics ! business ! city im- provements ! evangelical and philanthropic work ! strikes me with painful contrast here in Toronto, as against our slower heterogeneity of action down below by the sea ; we want to steal some of Ontario's fire to warm our fingers by for work ; do you know I am beginning to doubt with you, old boy, if Re- peal is what we need most at home ! It may be said (our Grit press urges it as conclusive), it may be said the success of the repeal movement shows our homogeneity of feeling on the subject ! But is such conclusive ? have our people been carried away by the magic of a cry ? have they considered sufficiently what repeal means ? isolation, commercial and po- litical, from the rest of the country, and going back it may be — as you put it coming up the other day — to the old homestead but to find the windows too narrow, the roof too low, the walls too confined to give space to breathe freely in. 1 am beginning to feel that by separation from Ontario at any rate, we should be losing part in a life larger than our own, fuller and more robust than our own, and by the sep- aration losing an incentive to imitate the activities of the life up here ; I wish more of our people came up to take a run through the country as we are do- ing — our farmers, merchants, manufacturers, jour- nalists — one and all rould take some thoughts back to ponder over. What we need down below is more self-dependence, and less looking to the Government ^- Ig they • mess in •nrr -ity ira- "k ' work! V onto, as ) ^ n below v>F io's fire >ffi know I ftf if Re- 11 be said ♦B may be 1 )ws our ♦ ^ is such m way by ^W iciently 1 ind po- 1 ig back ^day— i 3WS too V ' fined to f ning to « •ate, we ir own, >• ;he sep- -tivities 1 e came ■ are do- m ,, jour- m ts back m is more m rnment 9 INDUSTMAL EXHIBITION ANn NIAOARA. 57 IW help Wliother Halifax shall he or .shall not bo tanee than an answer to the question, 'Shall we nmke up our m.nds to throw off grumbling, letCX and old t,n,e ways of doing thfngs, and go in for a competitive race with these western peopTe ?" We are more than half a century ahead in age over 0,t It IS the blindest tolly to expect that repeal will do for us now what we have beeu so lag^rard in doin" for ourselves before we were connecre°d with Cana? ^rnatTn t 7"7 "''"'™' ''"'"''""' ^°' becoming groat in manufactures a generation before Confedei!^ ation was heard of; we had climate, cheap living mmeral wealth easy sea way, all on our sideband yet w tb tir/o -'r^ '"f' '^r" advantages eompared w tb what Ontario ha.s done in the same time? Almost nothing ! No, I for one, X. Y. Z shal preWltr™ fi ""^ ^'"^ ^y '"'"J «'«-«d oi mai prejudices. I, for one of the Alphabet, shall no ionger desire separation from Protestant, workin.' Liberal standard bearing Ontario. On th^ contrary,' J. shall do my httle best to take home some workin- lessons from her to practise down below." It is what I would have expected of your intel- ligence, L and I think you will find man7of our other friends sharing your views; take M.! and C, and D. , many a time have I heard M. railing a.^ainst tZ"ZT""i- ^'"^ ^-T"" °" *''« ^-""nd'that she took nothing from us ; tlmt the I. 0. K. ran only one way, and Ihat down hill to the lower provinces"to 58 AN ALPHABET OF DRY GOODS MEN. load us up with Canadian goods ; yet here is M., on his first visit to the western markets, unloaded — at a good profit, so he tells me — of his fish ; G. and D. are in the same good fortune ; the simple fact is they have taken the right means of reversing our too common trade relations with the Dppcr Provinces, they have come face to face with the dealers up here, shown their goods, found them wanted and sold them. The same thing applies to K., from the Island ; he has made arrangements for contra trade with my own house for some lines of his woollen manufactures ; and these are only instances a few, coming under our i)ersonal observation ; there is no difficulty in the way of our people finding a market up here for anything we can produce suited for it ; Ontario would buy Brazil nuts from us if we could raise them ; but we must approach her as she has approached us, we must throw oft* the vis inerticv and go actively to work, bring forward anything we have to sell, and canvass personally for customers for it ; to sit still and expect trade to come to us is what our maritime men have been long enough at, but that leaf is turned down in trade economies, things don't work in that way in these days. But here we are at our hotel, and there I see are the boys in caucus, little O. evidently holding the floor. What is the vote, 0. ? " " The vote, X. Y. Z., is by acclamation. No more rag viewing for two cnti. o days ; proposed, seconded, a>M'l carried, 'that as business inteiferes with plea- sure, we drop the business for eight and forty, sixty- INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION AND NIAGARA. 59 minute hours ; to-morrow to be given up to the Exhibition, and Saturday— oh ! welcome Saturday ' to— Niagara !" ^ " So be it, 0. Amen ! and good niffht." * * * * ♦ If the Toronto Industrial Exhibition— just as it appealed to the Alphabet— could have been dropped down in the great Colonial show in London, it would have created a sensation, and given a magnificent idea of what Canada is doing. The LondorT exhibit could only— from the limits of space at Canada's command— be a very partial one; but the annual collection in Toronto of agriculture, arts, and manu- factures, is thoTouf/h; and plenty of distributing room at liberty for diplay of the various sections exhibited. Then there is a great charm in the site of the Ex- hibition grounds at Toronto ; Lake Ontario washes th'^h' full breadth, and from across this inland sea on the hottest day comes a delicious cooling breeze ; hundreds of beds of gay flowers adorn the walks through the park, and the buildings on all sides (apart from the central one, which is a crystal palace of beauty) are ornate, and roomy, just adapted for the uses they are put to. " This is really stunning," exclaimed little O., as he threw himself on the green turf of the terrace, and lit a cigar ; " we've done a steady five hours' work at the m-anufactures, and walked I don't know how many miles round the galleries inside ; now, let us have a little interval of music and tobacco ! blessed for the latter be for ever the memory of Sir Walter ! 60 AN ALPHABET OF DRY GOODS MEN. I 'I i . ! I How much greater a l)enofactoi- to mankind was he loa, out hir Walter went a hun. rc.l better and ili, covered tobacco in it ! Now li.dit ur> V v 7 i d.^p dowr. alongside. Yon'vJioVn'idt-tli/tir' often ;,efore. I know, but isn't it positive^ st^ lea™ld t^olda^i^'v" I"'? "^'^ *'"'^ S™"^ " ^ '>''ve '. , '. to-'Jay, A. Y. Z., from exarninino- the wnio gical diagrams of Ontario in the fossil chamber frido there, more vividly than any ordinary Sin /"oiu have demonstrated to me/the secret of Anf- 'pri„"e::"7t' tr-"^- ^r «- -"of^^t"^.? i^::^:^. % tSi'S rfe^Setr^ been untouched by the Llanch Tan d uphl.t^ and^made cultivation unprofitable ,?here not^npo .' round /°''"°''''' Ontario ! the gods have girdled her ^^ fro^' ^^^''^ "--'-■ -^"^o"^ any It "Now we aro in for it" whi^nomrl lUfi^ n • trSbTe ^^^^'-^"« -^'■■"■^eH SeJIlg^e'for tfte f,un, listened to the mns.c, watched the iunumex" INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION AND NIAGARA. Gl able pleasure boats sailing oeioss the bay, followed with their eyes the thousands of holiday-makers moving backwards and forwards among the fiov\ -r beds — and were lazily hap|)y. ***** Niagara ! seen for a thousand times ever a won- derment and delight ! seen for the iirst time almost too awe-inspiring in its grandeur to do aught else but daze the beholder, while deafening with its multitu- dinous roar. The Alphabet had their welcome Saturday, and spent It for all it was worth ; it was one of the most glorious days of summer ; a burning hot sun gleam- ing down from a cloudless sky ; they crossed the lake m an excursion steamer, thoroughly -'njoyinfrthe two or three hours' sail; then, on landing at°Niacrara river, took the train for the Falls, and, as a master of course, first of all dined— that goes without say- ing, for what i)leasure is profitable or possible to any son of Britain on an empty stomach { Then starting off in seven or eight open carriages, they filled up their day with memorable sight-seefnc^' went under the Horseshoe, got photographed in a group at 8aul Davis', drove over to the American side, and wound up with the rapids and whirlpool —a memorable sight-seeing day indeed, never to be forgotten. " Well," said little 0., as the group lounged on the galleries overhanging the rapids, "I am thankful for a rest down between these deliciously cool walls of giant nature's building— so much pleasanter, isi\'t it, (J2 AN ALPHABET OF DRY GOODS MEN. boys Mian tlie dust and ]ieat of the roads ? But if I had tiic altornative offered of a sun-stroko or pulver- ised siuotheration up al.ove tlieie, or the trustiiur myself to those leaping, liissing devil's wateis down below, I should take ihe sunstroke or sniotheration. Did any one ever see such waves gone crazy ? and, to think of any idiot going deliberately into the hideous swirl for money ' " " That's just where it is," said h.~'' for moneu f r Ihe undaunted cooper, C. D. Grahanie; an En^dish- man by birth, lung domiciled in Philadelphiarshot the rapids there in a tub of his own invention—for money ! ! Hear what he says of it ; J was reading it the other day : ® "It was awful hot in there while I was slowly drifting along below the Falls. I thought I'd die but the water cooled me, and didn't wet me very much, for you see 1 was inside the canvas When I got to the whirlpool I took off the cover and could see out, but I was carried along so fast that I put Jt on again in a hurry ; then I got dizzy with rolling over, and pretty sick in my stomach ; in the Devil's Hole rapids I got the most awful shaking up of all • then I was all right till they pulled me out at the' whirlpool. I never want to try it again for fun, but 111 do It again tor money pretty uick." "Money ! that's where it is," went on L. (getting '"J ^i !^ h^?"'"^t^ moralizing attitude) ; " the cooper ot Philadelphia was evidentlya skilled artisan, with a shown the world tka^ by his tub and his" mad ride in it. Why can't CN. ? But if I or pulver- le trusting iters down otlieration. azy ? and, Y into thu " inoney ! ! ) English- Iphia, shot ntion — for reading it 'as slowly It I'd die ; me very When I and could Lt I put it th rolling he Devil's ip of all ; )ut at the r fun, but .. (getting he cooper m, with a he world ^hy can't I INDUSTRIAL EXHIiUTrox AND NIACMRA. (IH he invent something useful? and not that chariot tub of the dcvd only. Say a machin.- windable up every month for paying off monthly bills ; or a charm tor keeping the teeth sound in one's jaws and the hair from dying at the roots, and thus'help'to cheat old age; even a pat(.'nt against lii lompers and bad debts would be welcc^me to th 3 world : but, a tub to shoot Niagara in ! pshaw! bett >r eavo -Jiagaraidone inventive, but useless, cooper ■ ^hr js a" devourer who won't twice let a victim escape her, and then what is the use of your money ? " And with this sermon on Niagara in their ears the party bioke away (they generally did when L was moralizing), and with their ride back to Toronto ended the pleasantest day of their trip. s CHAPTER IX. A SUNDAY AROUND THE CHURCHES OF TORONTO. ^NE of the Alphabet had remarked, it may be remembered, when taking in the first pano- ramic view of Toronto, from the tlat roof of John Macdonald & Co.'s warehouse : " Why it's a CITY oi Churches, there seems to be a church at every corner," and there was not much exaj^'geration in the remark, for Toronto is pre- eminently a City of Churches. The difficulty to a stranger spending Sunday in the city is to choose from the diverse theological bill of fare before him ; when the Maritime party was tliere this was further enhanced by the presence of Sam Jones and Sam Small (the Georgian Revivalists), who were carrying the city by their evangelistic servi'^es ; churches, rinks, any places they spoke in, were crowded morninof, noo.., and niMit, with ea^^er listeners. However, X. Y. Z. had no hesitation as to his choice. " I always think the fatigue of a jotirney up here" — remarked he to some of his friends, — " to be well repaid me in the privilege of hearing one of Mr. THE CHURCHES OF TORONTO. 65 rORONTO. it may be irst pano- at roof of iems to be not much ;o IS pre- 5unday in ogical bill party was resence of svivalists), ^angelistic spoke in, dth eager as to his '■ up here" to be well ne of Mr. Macdonnell's sermons, so I am going to his church this morning." " I have heard something, I forget what," said 0., about the situation of this church. What is it X. Y. Z. ? " " Probably the four ' ations' ; " there are buildings at the four opposite corners, a hundred yards along King street West there, and they have been charac- teristically dubbed .-—salvation, d atio , educa- tion, and legislation." " Yes ! that's it ! Well, I'll join you in the salva- tion corner this morning." Some of the others went in other directions — to the Metropolitan Church, the Rev. Mr. Wyld's, the English Cathedral, and so on, but the larger num- ber accompanied X. Y. Z. to St. Andrew's Church. The service here is always instructive, and quietly beautiful ; the interior of the building is spacious, handsome without being ornate, and comfortable without being luxurious ; the music and singing are perfect, without shewing any straining aftereffect — essentially congregational singing. The Pastor, Mr. Macdonnell, it will b^ remembered, some years ago went through a trying ordeal in Halifax before the Presbyterian Synod.^ It was charged against him that he had leaned in his teachings to the Univer- salist creed, <' of a larger hope than the Westminster Confession of Faith admits of," holding that "punish- ment is a mediatorial work, and founded upou mercy to all, in some way, at some time." Since that day Canon Farrar has, to some extent, committed him- 66 AN ALPHABET OF DRY GOODS MEN. self to the same broad views, and the utterance of them may be said to no longer shock, as they did some years ago, the most rigid orthodoxy ; certain it is, in Mr. Macdonnell's case, his loving liberalism has but enfl eared him the more to his congregation, and increased his popularity as a preacher. He cannot be called an orator ; his discourses con- tain no impassioned flight i; his vocation is essen- tially that of a teacher, and in this capacity he is almost above criticism ; every word he utters seems to be in its right place, and every sentence is replete with practical lucid meaning ; light and clearness indeed may be said to be his best characteristics ; knowing what he wants to say, he says it without obscurity or needless exuberance. On the Sunday X. Y. Z. and his friends v/ere lis- teners, the preacher took for his text two entire chapters of Job, which he read through, and then gave a running commentary on ; it was a most in- teresting study ! Alternately the speaker was one of Job's three comforters ? reproaching him with sins of neglect to the poor, the fatherless, and the widow ; then by a change of position and voice, was Job himself eloquently rebutting the charges so brought, and asserting his self-justification. " I wonder what ob will ha ve to sav to that," whispered little O., at a crisis in the discussion ; and in such wonder indeed the congregation sat tbrousfh- out the whole comiD^ntarv. the intereHt bein^ absorbing and sustained until to the last word was uttered. w \ : THE CHURCHES OF TORONTO. 67 ranee of :hey did certain beraiism •egation, ■ses con- s essen- ty he is rs seems s replete clearness -eristics ; without were iis- entire nd then most in- vvas one rn with and the )ice, was aTges so to that," on; and jbrough- ^ord was In the afternoon most of the Alphabet followed a steady stream of people that was pouring up Yon ere street to the Adelaide street rink, where Sam Jones and Sam Small were holding services ; the buildino- was crowded, and it was with difficulty our party got sitting room. On the platform were many leading ministers from churches of all denominations in Toronto; differences of creed being set aside for tlie nonce' in a general efiort to support the Evangelists in their work. Sam Small was the first to take the platform, and he held the audience for lialf an hour closely following him; there were occasional breaks of genuine, oratory in his discourse, and throughout nothing fell from his lips to give offence to the most fastiuious listeners. When he sat down, his friejid Jones took his place, and with him a different order of things set in ; he had not spoken ten minutes before one felt, " Here is an original Sam— a talker with more than talent, with unmistakable genius in him." The talk seemed to fit the man as the shell does the oyster ; laughter and tears were tailed forth at his w^Ul,— he played upon his audience as' though it were an instrument of which he was perfect master ; it was not preach- ing—but talking ; but such talk ! one might go for a quarter of a century and not hear the like ; to read it in cold print gives no idea of its wor lerful mag- netism ! In print the illustrative stories and anec- dotes told sometimes seem in doubtful taste— even vulgar--and the phraseology used often question- 68 AN ALPHABET OF DRY GOODS MEN. able; but no such rendering would occur to the most critical in listening to the MAN ! What tills the mind in listening to him is the thought : *' Here is a man in deadly earnest ; with quaint conceits and queer excrescences bubbling out of him — spite of himself; the message he has to delwer his whole soul is in, that is clear as the noonday ; but the method of deliveiy is his own — not formed from any pattern or school, or borrowed from books, but born in and coming out of the man himself; with the in- tensity of a life and death issue he vivities and illu- minates everything that ho touches ; his drolleries are but an accident of his nature— straws on the surface of the stream. This is Sam Jones." At night some of the party went to the Methodist Metropolitan Church, the largest church in Toronto, its sitting capacity accommodating three or four thousand people ; the titting up of the interior is elaborate and ornate ; the organ is said to be the largest in the. Dominion, and it is supported by a trained choir of a hundred to hundred and twenty voices. The pastorhaving charge of such a church, as a matter of coui-se, is always a picked man, and to miss visiting the Metropolitan would be a mis- take. With this service ended the Sunday around the churches in Toronto. Said lifhle n fliof Tiio-I^f /'fK/^ Ai,.h^i.oJ.„ .^ .,_ -i_ ing their pipes in X. Y. Z.'s room) : " Tell you what it is, boys, the reality of a personal devil raised by • to tile Hiat till.s : "Hero conceits n — spite is whole but the rem any t)ut born hi the in- ind iilu- Irolleries s on the ethodist Toronto, or four terior is ' be the ed by a twenty church, lan, and e a mis- around 'C a ill UK. )u what lisod by I « ' THE CHU HOMES OF TORONTO. G9 San, Jones, thk afternoon, brought vividly back to my nund an incident that occurred to me some twenty years back, when I thouoht for sure I had seen the objectionable old fellow face to face " . ^^V^l /;« the story, 0.,"~from all sides. Well: I was travellino- in the Old Country on business, had had a hard day's work in Edinburcrh hnished up, and caught the night mail south for' i^ondon ; I was the only passenger in a h'rst-class car- nage, and soon after starting I fell fast asleep in one of the easy arm-chaired soft-cushioned seats You know of course that the railway carriages are d fterent at home to our cars out hire : in a first- class carriage there are but six seats-three on each side— and the guard locks the door upon you before the tram starts Well, how long I slept or how often we stopped without my waking I don't know I was so deadly tired it must have been for some hours, bu when I woke a full moon was shining hrough the open window. It was in summer and a hot night and I had let down the window before star ting. Dazed, and only Jialf awake, I was yet dimly conscious, rather from intuition than eyesi/ht of a something m the middle seat opposite to me I yawned, stretched out, pulled mvself together and -tenebns in Z«^c,— what I saw sent such a shiver down my spine as an upset twenty gallon ice pit'^h- er could not have matched, and I literallv h.h . ,. n.y hair stood upright, while my teeth chattered in my jaws lik(>. a dice-bov rat.tHi.rr " 70 AN ALPHABET OF PRY GOODS MEN. " What was it ? Wliat was it, 0. ? " from all the Alphabet. " Sitting opposite to ine — I told yon tlsa full moon was shining through the window — am! sitting oppo- site to me in the full glare of the moon was .;, mou- strosity in celestial ha' /diments and a pigl lil ; its round globe or' ii head was up above the iirt\v(»rk against the roof of the carriage, and its legs were stretched east to west from door to door and doubled up at that; but th • eyes — Jehosaphat ! they were like blue saucers act in the moon, and staring vacantly down at me. I turned round to jump out of the window — anywhere ! — anywhere ! — although we were running at the rate of sixty miles an hour, when, horror of horrors ! I saw on the seat to the left of me a dwarf monstrosity, the miniature anti- podes of the thing opposite, but without a pigtail. I sai.k back in my seat aghast, frightened to death ! and the blue saucer eyes stared blankly at me with- out a ulink in them, and I could not escape their horrid fascination. I should have had a fit, certain, but luckily just then the speed slackened and in a few minutes * Carlisle, Carlisle,' was shouted from the platform, and the guard unlocked the door. I sprang out quicker than you could cry out Jack Robinson." " I guess you've had a scare, sir,'' said the guard, " (probably noticing the perpendicular of my hair,V' that s v^hauii, tnc 4.1 'o» Ch itncsc Giant, and Chinor, Dwarf; I put them in the carriage while you v\ asleep." 'I t 11 all tlie uU moon iig oppo- 3 a mou- jtiil ; it,s i;i tvvx>rk e<>s wore doubled ley were staring ump out althou^i^h an hour, bt to the ire anti- a, pigtail. ,0 death ! trie with- -pe their ., certain, and ill a ied from door. T )ut Jack THK CHURCHES OF TORONTO. 71 me" T n^everw.'n?'^' ^^^tlemen, and you can believe gooa night, to-morrow, I suppose, will see us with c^rfac^ eastward, our busi^iss done, a'd Home I 16 guard, ly hair,)" img, ^ ^OU V no- \ ; ( , li CHAPTER X. HOMEWARDS ! AND THE LAST WORDS OF THE ALPHABET. jjTLT was with a sense of delight the Alphabet in- Jlf haled the salt air, as the returning train struck ^^ the shores of Bay Chaleur. They had crowded into every waking hour of the twenty-four — for ten or twelve days — the fullest possible measure of busi- ness and pleasure, and had done sight-seeing enough to last for a year ; coining now to the sea again, and lazily watching the white-crested waves breaking al- most under the car wheels — brought into play with them various emotions, the paramount being that they were nearing home ; dwellers down by the sea after an inland trip, yearn longingly after old Ocean, and welcome the sight of it as of the face ival remember each departmen S'°s LsI ^^"l partmen what is going on in the adj ini^gdepar " hr^h:tsVo"t.&^o^?& i-''''""'-^^ one buyer only goes home to the m'irkef« f^L ! rf K*":' fir"^^^ -p f'^ ^^^^^^ — n ijuiice pin to a fane piece of ffros-o-rain sillr Tf • with us i lo^flH ff'^f ^'"^ «?"^^'«««« can and doe^ .K 1 „^! ' u ^' '■f'e''efore, be strange indeed if we Sds" °"' '"P*^""^' ^^^^"^"'^^ '° 0"' choice of pletely ,a?M.d "•/;;. .^ , '''^ "^^ """"■° '°'"- r .X aai,.sn„a Will, the business results of oiii- ti-in cALursL, A. Y. Z., (Ion t leave we out." i^/i*^'; 74 AN ALF'HARKT v»i i^OODS MEN. iti; " Nor ine ! nor me ! nor me !" from a dozen voices at once. " No fear of my forf,^etting any of you," from X. Y. Z. " The journey has been •; .terrupted pleasure to me all through. There has been the most perfect harmony in the party from start to Hn- ish, and 1 liope to take most of you up another sea- son, with ti,dditiong to our number, until all the leading accoiints the house wants to run are strength- ened by a face to face accpiaintance ; there can be no possible d(Mibt every one going up will find it more satisfactory, and profitable, to buy from such a stock as ours for immediate delivery, rather than to order elsewhere from samples six months ahead of the season. " There will be no hitch in the matter of freights ?" suggested N., enquiringly. " Cannot possibly be ; you will find freights on our goods from Toronto will cost you less than if ^ou bought the same goods in M^ntr<^al ; the House will prepay all freights to the terminus of a railivay in any part of the Lowtr Fronnces ; charging- in your accounts your proportion from Montreal only ; this arrangement for prepayment will save you from any altercation with the railway companies, who i^re too much in the habit of overcharging where goods a.e shipped for collection from the cons'^aee, especially so where the nature of such g. h has not been de- clared at time of shipment ; in - . c e, there caAi be no overcharge, because the com act w ill be made for a thi oiigh rate before the packages go on the caro ; 'j a i \f^A. % zen voices HOMKWAUDS. 75 ?l?p^nJV^'"l\''"'nf "'^^" ^^'^ statement that he cost for freights will be lower from Toronto than >ou are now paying- on similar goods from M > HOMEWARDS. ativcs for n't repre- ious way ader how 3 ticketed air, with lieftain ; " ce to the bion ! I'm T and far le, Satan," our place, vreath of the case be ready :er of the rophesy." an for the 'ip a peti- . Govern- n rope to ximum — with the 3y should ) petition 79 signed by every dealer in the Provinces interested in rope; and--depend upon it, Tories would sicrn as quickly as Liberals if it touched their pockets for when It comes to the individual interest, the Tory IS just as anxious to buy cheap as the Liberal •-- such a petition as I suggest— weightily attested— would be sure to receive consideration, and most likely be acted on-try it, X. Y .Z., when the time is i ip(j 101 It. I' Well ! we shall see ; perhaps I will." • A?"*^ o^^^ ^^' ^^ *^^^ meantime," said T., " Repeal m JNova bcotia grows out of the speculative into the practical ; what if it becomes an accomplished fact ? No need then to go to the Federal Government. Liberal or Tory, to ask for fiscal changes; we could make them for ourselves. "And do vou seriously believe for a single moment," said L., with animation. " that such a condition as you suggest will arise ? You have seen it demon- s..r.>i<>d clearly enough, that neither New Brunswick or Pi 1/1 ce Edward Island would cast in their lot with us in a secession strucr^rle ; we should have to play the game alone ; and with what chance of success, I ask ? None !^ absolutely none ! 1 voted for Kepeal-I saw with satisfaction the cry sustained at the polls— I believe it has been a good propaganda tor the Liberal cause ; it set the ball rolling against lory mLsrnle ! it was iiie first slide of the a"valanche under which ^ l.ope and believe will be buried a corrupt and senile Government! and, in helpinrr to bring about this much to be desired consummation 80 AN ALPIIAHET OF DHY GOODS MEN I think Repeal will have done its work, and done it well ! I don't want to see it go further myself, but when the Reformers come into power, I want to see, on the contrary, Nova Scotia going in heart and soul with tliem, to strengthen tlieir hands for honest legislation. Since I have visited Ontario and seen with my own eyes what a noble Province it is, how full of life ! of intelligence ! of love of freedom and Justice ! of law abiding order ! of commercial great- ness ! I should deplore as a calamity the severance of connection from such a country and such a people." "Then " pursued L., only pausing to change the subject, " there is one thing will never impose on me again, and that is the cry that the Upper Province people don't want to buy from us, and only look to see the I. C. R. running forever down hill to load us up with their manufactures ; the cry is false ! and I blame our Grit press for so continually reiterating it for purely party purposes. We have all seen in our experience on this journey, that Toronto dealers are ready to buy from us anything we have to sell suited for their wants ; so far as fish is concerned, there is an immense market open for us if we only have enterprise enough to make use of it ; and so it is with anything else we produce in the Lower Pro- vinces of a distinct character — let us only be as active in pushing trade up west, as the western men have been in pushing trade down east, and this cry that there is no profitable reciprocity in our relations, will soon pass out of hearing— not the shadow of a doubt about it. What do you say, boys ? HOMEWARDS. 81 d done it self, but nt to see, and soul r honest and seen t is, how dom and al great- erance of people." inge the ise on me Province T look to 3 load us 3 ! and I iterating . seen in 3 dealers e to sell ncerned, we only ind so it tv^er Pro- as active len have crv that a.' elations, ow of a There was quite a lively discussion followed L.'s interrogation, but the concensus of opinion was strongly in his favour. "The fact is," said little 0, " we are all returning from this trip, better informed, if not wiser men ! I agree with so much L. has said myself, that I don't care to argue with him ; but I tell you what it is, L., your removing the Repeal ticket from the Provincial Government's platform would about leave them orplianed; what work would they find for their hands to do ? "' " Work ! " echoed L., " Work ! in Nova Scotia ? Why, it's ready to their hands, mountain high ! There is not such a rich province as ours in the union, when we set to work in real earnest in it ; and the Government can shi^'v their patriotism in no way so usefully as in leading the van in this grap- pling with earnest work." " In what direction, for instance ? " " In directing the development of our natural re- sources— our fisheries, mines, forests, and those man- ufactures which seem assigned to us by Providence, in the possession of these very resources. Why! take the bonanza we have even in the matter of gold. I have just been reading that in one year — since January, 18cS5— the labours of eighteen men at a mine has produced over 3,000 ounces of gold, worth say $60,000 ; and there are 4,000 ounces of the precious metal now in sight on the same pro- p(n-ty. It is declared by experts that the estimated area of the gold-bearing rocks in Nova Scotia is AN ALPHABET OF DT^Y GOODS MFN. 3,000 square miles. Just fancy it ! and follow in imagination the boundless wealth we possess, which only requires lionest skill and labour to disembowel from the earth. Them, when we touch on our coal, n-on, and iron ore deposits, we touch on what is practically illimitable; there is no calculating the results which must follow the development of these unworked El Dorados. No work for tlie Govern- ment, you say, apart from this Repeal chimera ? Why, I repeat, there's a mountain high arrears of it Tell me this. Why should all' published accounts of new mining areas come first to our knowledf^e from the United States ? What work is more im- perative on a Government than to investigate un- tiringly and thoroughly the wealth-yielding resources of the country they are governing, to make them known to ^ the world ? We have this anomalous state ot things mm, that almost every venture un- dertaken for the discovery of oil, gold, iron, coal, etc comes from the enterprise of Yankees, and not from' that ot Nova Scotians, who are most interested in the results ; and you know well, if a street railway telephone, telegraph, dry dock, hotel, or any soever public work, becomes a modern necessity in our towns and cities, who undertakes to introduce the innovation. Is it the Nova Scotian ? No never • the Yankee always." ' ' " 'Tis ti'ue, 'tis pity, pity 'tis—'tis true ! " lamented (X ; but you wonki not have the local government undertake these things, L. ? " " 1 would have the local government cease to bo \ >-**!'»«ft#T»*ityiW«/r 1 *»^»«»t-*H'«,~..^*,-F»^--^* HOMFATARDS. 83 dIIow in s, which iinbowel 3ur coal, what is ting the of tliese Govern- hiniera ? ir.s of it. iccoiinta owledge lore iiii- fate un- esources :e tliem omalous ture un- oal, etc., Lot from ested in railway, { soever in our lice the , never ; mented rnnieni se to ho pessinii.stH. I would have them cease proclaiming that secession is the only ])anacea for all our inacti- vities. The first duty of a government is to gather that information for the public good which the indi- vidual cannot obtain ; and to inspire confidence in the future of the country. What, in our own case, would be more ethcacious for good in one direction, than for the Government to engage two or three first-class practical chemists, who had had an expe- rience in iron ores, to explore, analyze, })repare sta- tistics of cost of converting the raw material, etc., into mamifactured product, and thus form a basis of action for thi; cai)italist to follow up till he had in running ordei- new industries — natural ones ? This is one of the directions in which the Government could find work to do, and truly patriotic work at that. Discussing grievances session after session, living ever in the past, and consumed with regrets at possible mistakes of policy in that past, is not go- ing to do us any good ; far from it. Ontario legis- lators don't carry on so. They would never have their $7,0()0,()0() of surplus to show if they did. Oh, no ; far otherwise. "There's common sense," said T. (as L. ceased speaking), '* in much that you have advanced. We must all concede tkat\ but it will in my opinion re- quire a good many first-class funerals in Halifax be- fore capital t^idre wdll be invested in anvthinfy less speculative than six per cent, mortgages, or bank stocks," " But why," contended O., " if Goveniment (as L. 84 AN ALPHABET OF DRY GOODS MEN. I I 5 suggests), by prospecting, anahzing, etc., pointed the way to a good thing, why should not tlie banks Iieli, in developing It ? There's not a bank in Halifax but has surphis funds it can't use to tlie full " "1 here's one bank, and that the leading one in mill; i said L., sardoiiically, "which has so little leaning towards home development, or else larKs taith i.'i any such, as to prefer investing its surplus tunds a couple of thousand miles away, in the West ern States. Possibly, it will receive a shock some fine morning by finding some of its Yank*-e borrow- ers a ittle too smart for its welfare. Su^ii thiui/s have happened before, I believe." "Talking about new industries," said \' Y Z "I have had one lately sketched out by a correspon- dent (a customer down the Gaspe shore), whi(4i seems to be very practical. You must know there are thousands of tons of fish refuse, such as cods' heads obster shells etc, thrown away every season down that shore ; the beaches in fact are lined with such refuse, till the tides sweep it off into the sea My correspondent suggests utilizing all this waste ; hV projects the formation of a company with a maxi- mum capital of $20,000, with which to erect a fac- tory and put in machinery to grind up the fish bones, ana convert them into a fertilizer. It appears this 18^ done to great profit in Norway, where my tnend nas spent one or two winters for the purpose of acquiring practical information on tlie subject. iT.'M ;'''*l^'' ?^"^^''^^ '"^ y^nghm] at m to 112 stg. the ton for the coinpoun 1, which has quali- HOMEWARDS. 85 inted the inks lielp Halifax 1." J one in so little se lufks surplus le West ck some borrow- li things :. Y. z., iTespon- h seems lere are \ heads, n down th such a. My ste ; lie \. niaxi- t a fac- he fish ippears 3re my purpose Uis^jCCt. jei'i to i quali- ties It appears, superior to South Ameiican rniano • and the consumption, would he very large in the West Indies lor cultivating the sugarcane. Alto- gether, It seems a very likely project, the carrying out of which would be a great boon to the shore I hope It will be ^ oated, and prove a success. But— regretfully I say it— in a few minutes now we shall have to yield to the inevitable ; the best of friends must part—we are close upon Moncton. ' "Well," said L.,iisingto his feet, " here's the por- ter bringing us in coffee, and l)efore we part— bear- ing in mmd the hospitalities and attentions we have received on this journey, and the happy time we have had together— I wish to i)ropose a toast, and here it is, g^nt eraen : ' Pimperity, continued and increasing, to the house of John Macdonald <& Co and may every party going up to visit them for business, come aivay as well satisfied ivith their msii as the present one! " u ".^^^'; I J'^^'' •' ^'^^'' ' ^'^^^' •' " f^'om all. " And to that I add cried little O., ^^ here's three times three Jor A. F. Z. And these were the last words of the Alphabet. FINIS I ■ ^^ DUNBAR, MCMASTEK & CO. CIIFORD, IRELAND, AND GREENWICH, D.S., lV|anufactur'ei'^ of Lineq Hiread^, Sewing Threads of all kinds. VERSUS An rrnrt j Gilling Twines, Hem Twines, &c. ^" "S'"' .'/';'■'''' ^'■^■''•E- for MacKay & (.oodjenr Machmes is a,:kno«ledged to be ^ SECOND TO NONE. BOOKBI>DER$«' THREADS S. TD^^VTSO^^, Ayent, 14 COLBORNE ST.. TORONTO. -t-4 : i ' 'i II ill JAMES LEAR, 135, Granville Street, Halifax, N.S., — AND— IN MAGILTON & GO'S BLOCK, ST. JOHN, N.B., AGENT IN MARITIME P R V 1 N CJ E S — FOR— Jotero^jdonald^go., TORONTO. *Spr' PRir:>lTE .'^IDDBESS Fairmount, North-West Avenue, HALIFAX, N.S. CHARLOTTETOWN WOOLLEN MILLS Charlottetown, P.E.I. WE MAKE A SPECIAI/rV OF TWEEDS, HOME-SPUNS, .EinPEES, BI-ANKETING, HTC, ETC. We lurn out Cloths fully eqm] to tlie " Oxford Make,' cind at lower prices. THE TRADE ONLY 8rPPLIEII. Our goods are being extensively used both in the Pro- vinces of Quebec and Ontario, as well as in the Maritime Provinces. THE HIGHEST CASH PRICE PAID FOR WOOL. IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) 1.0 I.I |50 '""^™ Hi M If U£ 21 2.2 2.0 1.8 1.25 1.4 1.6 ^ 6" - ► V <^-if Hiotographic Sdences Corporation ^C^^ ^ m \ c\ \ "C^ 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. M580 (716) 872-4503 ? .<^ ^0 €^ % 5 *^ W. H. Lailey. J. Watson. Ed. BoisseaU' 1 I I III m I ■IB' 'ill: I III t% ill 'a I!R: LAILEY, WATSON & CO., WHOLESALE CLOTHIERS, CO 51 and 53 Front Street West, TORONTO. . B0I8SEAU« 0., lERS, d H Z3 tu ^ ^ Q O S Q LAILEY, WATSON & CO. -Covtwued. 1 N view of the rapid growth of this, the Queen City of tlie Dominion, A and its fast increasing strength commercially in all branches of trade, we would here draw your attention especially to the manutacture of Ready-Made Clothing wholesale. From the moment our Eastern competitors felt the influence of our competition in the VVest, and particularly in the Maritime Provinces, which they have always considered their especial preserves, the cry was raised that we were handicapped in the matter of cheap labour. To some ex- tent m the early history of the trade this was the case. When Mr. Thos. Latley founded the business in 18^4 he had this difficulty to contend with, as the city was much smaller, and the labour supply hmiterl, but when he retired and was succeeded by the present firm of Lailfy, Watsox & Co., in 1885, the marvellous growth of the city ard population, during the half century, combined with labour- savmg improvements, such as Cutting, Button-hole and Pressing Machines, reducing the cost <.f manufacturing to a minimum, had ettectually solved this problem. No city in Canada has the same facilities for fosterin- and im- proving a manufacturing business, having admittedly without ex ception, the most intelligent population of any city in the Dominion speaking one language. They are easily trained and taught any new branch of the business, combining this with the main points to a manufacturer, viz : " Cheapness and Skill." rinding our business increasing and requiring more room we have removed to the large building Nos. 51 and 5.S Front Street West which was built specially for us. and arrancrp^ ;„ ...;,,. .,r „.. ' ,' to expedite the business. We can safely say that there are no finer clotiung flats ,n the Dominion for apace and light. The cut on the opposite page correctly represents the building. iixz t LAILEY, WATSON & CO.— Continued. The basement is used for shipping and receiving goods, also laying out of orders and entering ; the first floor we use for Woollens and Childrens' Clothing ; the second ff)r Men's, Boys' and Youths' Suits and Overcoats ; third ilat being devoted to manufacturing purposes, where the cutting by the latest improved cutting machines is done, also pleating of Children's Suits, button-holeing and pressing. We employ a large staff of hands in this department, cutters, trimmers, etc., etc., besides experts in examining the work when finished and brought in by hands employed outside of the premises. This depart- ment is in charge of one of the best American Designers and Cutters, whose originality, in designs precludes anything but what meets the retjuirements of the trade. Finding a growing demand for better made and finished garments, we are bending our energies to the manufacture of fine clothing, with the abject of placing a better class of goods in the market than has heretofore been shown, enabling man, yputh, boy or child to be well dressed at a moderate i)rice. Our aim is to make such goods as will exclude the low-price trashy custom work out of the market, which in reality does u compare with well cut garments, made by experienced and trained hands of a first-class clothing house, and the appreciation of v)ur efforts have been unexpectedly pleasing. We have our representa- tives on the road with complete range of samples, and bespeak for them a careful look through the goods before placing your orders. ■4 .;; i2 Truly yours, LAILEY, WATSON &. CO. Continued. ing goods, also laying use for Woollens and jrs' and Youths' Suits lufacturing purposes, ling machines is done, ig and pressing. We rit, cutters, trinamers, rk when finished and remises. This depart- •esigners and Cutters, ' but what meets the md finished garments, iure of fine clothing, is in the market than ?uth, boy or child to elude the low-price ' h in reality does n aerienced and trained appreciation of v)ur have our representa- ples, arfl bespeak for lacing your orders. rs. SON &. CO. w m o o o o Q O < 00 t— < a « CO a 05 SI i ■ J I SI SI f JOHN MACDONALD & CO., 1SS7 ESTABLISHED, 1849. 21, 23, 25 d 27 Wellington St. East .^^^ 30, 32, 34 & 36 Front St. East, 1SS7 TORONTO AND MANCHESTER, ENCIAND. O-- ' P I O I O I O I O I O I o~\ oioioioioreioils" I o I A FEW WORDS ABOUT ®uv ^mpoviationsi. J g I O I 3 I O I O I O \~0 9. \ o I o \ loioio I 6~ro' I O t O I STAPLE DEPARTMENT. Never In tHe history of the Dry Goods trade of Canada has such a display of PR I NTS been shown in any house. The stock embraces an endless variety. Some idea of th« extent and variety of the Print Stock may be formed from the fact that the purchaser may make his selection from about 6,000 Patterns chiefly confined to our own hohse. ' GINGHAMS,— Stock large, patterns new, value right. SHIRTINGS,— Sheetings Grey and White Cottons, Ducks, Denims. Tick- ings, Cretonnes, Waist Dinings, etc., the stock is most com- plete, and large offermgs are mad« either by piece or by pack- JOHN MACDONALD Sc CO.~Continuea. LINEN DEPAETMENT. The rapid development of our Linen Trade has compelled us to devote one entire flat of our Ware- house (with the exception of the business officer), to our Linen Goods, a few lines will give some idea of the magnitude oi the assortment :— Towels Tabling-s Napkins - Rough Browns - Canvas Hollands (dressed) Towellings Crash (Russia) striped Hessians Burlaps, Hop Sackings, Etc., etc. 18,000 doz. 700 pes. 3,300 fioz. 1,600 pes. - 600 PCS. 400 PCS. - 5,700 pes. 60 bis. 600 pes. JOHN MACDONALB k CO.-ConHmied. DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT. The purchases for this department represent Plain and Fancy Dress Goods. These have been selected in the best markets of FRANCE, GERMANY AND GREAT BRITAIN, and notwithstanding the unprecedented advance in the class of wool, which enter into the manufacture of Dress Goods, we were by early purchases enabled to secure the bulk of our stock at the lowest point the market had touched in the previous year. Women's and Misses' Hosiery and Gloves. The stock in these goods has been most carefully selected, and represents the best makes in German, British and Canadian goods, and embraces the most complete assortment in women's and Misses' Hosiery {Plo,m and Fashioned). Prices much below those or last year, some lines being absolutely -aflned to Our Own House. Same remarks will apply tf GLOVES Special attention being called lo a very large line of 12, 14 and IG- mch Black and Coloured Silk Gloves. CORSETS. In this line we are showing a very complete assortment in new and popular styles at excellent value. LADIES' HANDKERCHIEFS. A full and complete aswrtment in White and Coloured- JOHN MACDONALP Jk. CO.~~Continned. British Woollens. 1 he piinhafleM for this department have been made with the ut- most care and on the most favourable terms. The steady deve'vo- ment of this department has necessitated larger importfl, and these of mXr * greater range of patterns and a greater variety The prices, despite the enormous advance, will compare favour- ably with prices named at the very lowest point, and it is with the greatest conhdence that the attention of the MERCHANT TAILORING TRADE Is called to this important department and steadily increasing feat- ure m our business. , »c«nii.^ icui, Complete lines of Tailors' Trimmings. Canadian Tweeds. pvnl J«?^ f""^'^ of this department has co npelled us to devote to it exclusively one entire flat of our NEW WAREHOUSE tJS '"*^ ^^- ^*/u-*" ^®' without boasting, one of the most beautiful 1 weed rooms in this country. "caumui The purchases for our Spring Tiade are very large and have been maue with the utmost care and upon the most favourable terms T> .Jl'^ ^*'''S represents the products of the leading mills of the Dominion. Selection can be made from about 800 OF THE VERY BEST DESIGNS mSny Tn^sSef "'""° ^" *^' ""^'' ^^'"' ^^^^"^« ^" P"««' ^^e in LOV/ER THAN LAST SEASON. ' . . i-^--="""--! •'• ••«! uusijuiiici-ji II for nothllll/ l^lsp nm. purposes m this department (as indeed 'in every deSmeSt) J^ keep m the Very First Rank. ueparcment), to ued. JOHN MACJIONALD Sr 00.— Continued. with the ut- jady devel'>p. rtfl, and thene •eater variety ipare favour- t is with the ireasing feat- SILK DEPARTMENT. devote to it )8t beautiful id have been ! terras. nills of the rice, are in ig else, our rtment), to WF. are in a position to offer special advan- tages in Black Orgs Grains to our customers. From the fact that we control three of the most popular lines of the products of I I one of the largest Continental Manufacturers We strongly urge a trial, if it be nothing more than One Sample Piece. Iil i i 1 i 1 !^^ ] j i ; ii JOHN MACDONALD .fe CO.~Contmued. SILK DEPARTMENT. EMBROIDERIES and LACES- It seems unnecessary to say much about Embroideries, as we Ll^Tod.^faZft^'^'''^"^^^^^^^^*^^^^^^^^^^^^ 0-pre- 15,000 PIECES everoffered!^^ "^"^^'^ Patterns, and at prices as low as we have PARASOLS- Our stock is complete, is attractive, and of excellent value MUSLINS- ' aM WHf.*^'"^?^^ of Checks, Nainsooks, Victorias, Book (Black and White) Costume Muslms, Brilliants and Brocades. JERSEYS- A very full range in 40 patterns, Plain and Braided. VELVETEENS- A very complete stock in Blacks and Colors. Gents' Furnishing Department. In establishing this department we feel that we are supplyine our Customers with what many of them have found to be ^^'^'°^ ''"'^ A LONG FELT WANT. denIrto™\'of Sfrnl'-MV^rr"-'^ "« respect be inferior to any aepartment ot its kind m the Dominion ; stronger words we avoid Special attention is called to our line of GENTS' FANCY NECKTIES. . Styles newest and value good. GENTS' SHIRTS and COLLARS. We Rr« most anxious that onr onHf.nTn<>ra °hrsMi'^ f-c' n-l^' i- the value, rit, workmanship and quality ^f'these'goods Ts 'S what they inquire, and such as cannot be surpassed. ^ to accJnVush '''"" '" ''""^ ^^ ''* ""*' '''"'* *^*' ^"^^ ^« *^« determined i IL. mied. JOHN MACDONALD & CO.— Continued. Gents' FurnisJiing Department. oideiiea, aa we iers. Our pre- ovf as we have lent value. s, Book (Black udee. ided. supplying our inferior to any 3rds we avoid. 1 assured that 3 is just what re determined I ■ GENTS' HOSIERY and UNDERWEAR- Large assortment in Cotton, Balbriggan, Merino, White and Colored Cashmeres ; also Top Shirts, Men's and Boys', in all sizes. Umbrellas— Full lines in Gingham, Zenalla, Alpaca and Silk. Rubber O^'^thing— In Ladies', Boys' and Men's. tkavelling bags, satchels, u.o. Railway Travelling Rugs— Full lines in Rubber, Plush and Novelties. Braces— Every possible variety,, the John Bright, Free Tjade, Hunting, Pulley, Shoulder Braces, Etc. , Etc. Haberdashery Department. We call special attention to our line of DRESS BUTTONS. These represent a stock of about 15,00O GroSB, and embrace Pearls, Metals, Jets, Composition, Vegetable Ivory, Silk and Satin, in all the novelties. Please note that patterns in most instances are confined to the house, and are not to be found elsewhere. Coat Cftld. Vest Buttons— 5,000 Gross Vegetable Ivory, Vul- canite, Lasting, Horn and Pearl. In addition, every leading line in Haberdashery, Small Wares and Notions, Berlin "Wools— We are quite f-afe in stating that we carry the largest and most complete stock of Berlin Wools to be found in this country. We show about 70O Bhades, embracing every new colour. Fingering Yarns — Baldwin's makes, the J.M.D. make, now so widely asked for, and Canadian Yarns. Embroidery Silks- -Filloselles, Canvases, Etc., Etc. Fanoy QoodS— Ladies' Satchels, Japanese Fans, Etc. 1 i !' I I : ^1 I iili JOHN MACDONALD & GO.— Continued. Carpet Department. The purchases for this department will show that although the great advance before alluded to has affected most classes of goods in- to the manufacture of which wool enters, our Carpets will compare favourably in price with any goods we have ever shown. The i)atterns are better, the colourings are better, and the variety is greater. 'J'he stock is absolutely a Ne-w Stock Throughout ! ! ! Some idea of the stock may be had from the fact tliat the cus- tomer may make his selection in Brussels, Tapestries, AU- vvools. Hemps and Oil Cloths from a stock of about '• 7,000 PIECES. A new feature this season is the importation of P^astern Ku>'s direct from Constantinople. " RUGS— A large stock of Smyrna, Axmiuster, Velvets and Tapes- tries. DOOR MATS -A very large range in every variety of make. Cocoa and Napier Mattings- In every width and (luality. Furniture Plush— In Silk, Mohair and Worsted, in all the leading shades and at popular prices. Furniture Coverings and ) Curtain Materials. ) « In Raw Silk, Jute, Etc., Etc. Curtain Lace - A full range, from the lowest possible price up to the fanest goods in White and Ecru. A stock of about Q.OCG ir'airs. Burmese Curtains, Madras, Etc. Laco Lam- brequms and Curtain Nets. Piano Covers- Table Covers, in Cloth, Raw Silk, Jute, Moqnettes. Honey-Comb Quilts- Marseilles <^uiltH, in White and Col.iured and in verv great variety. ■' Table Gil-Cloths - Fringes, Stair Rods, Cornice Poles and Trimmings^ i ■MMIi ned. although the s of gooilH ill- will compare The patterns greater. 'J'he that the cus- itries, All- )f about Eastern ItiigH ts and Tapes- ' of make, and (juality. ading shades te, Etc., Etc. ■e up to the bout 9,OCO Lace Lam- )quettps. irid in very , JOHN MA.CDONALD & CO.— Continued. N soliciting from you an early call at our ware- rooms in this, the 38TH YEAR OF OUR BUSINESS EXISTENCE. It is -with the conviction that when you have care- fully looked through our various departments you will conclude that this spring we have surpassed all former efforts While thanking you for the confidence and support you have extended to our house in the past, we hope that the piinciples which we shall ever aim at in conducting our busi- ness -will be the best guarantee that you V7ill be j ustif ied in continuing your confidence to us in the future. We hope to have the pleasure of seeing you early. JOHN MACDONALD & CO., 21, 23, 25 AND 27 WELLINGTON STEEET EAST, 30, 32,34 ANO 36 FRONT STREET EAST, AND MANCHESTER. END. TnRONTfl QinjfSi 'f^ NOTICE. > ■|\iiL 'itiiiiM \fmr* 1 flii 1 ik i 1 IIIhiIi Pii'i I'fllH Pill T Hl'lll^rlfl 1 ll'r ' 1 ] !^3m 4 mmi 1 MlliS' >' i i. liii'iliHil 1 < I'&iJ ^ Sife J iiiiiiiiiiiii.iiiiij « 1 ;iiiiiiiliiiiiii]]HJ TThnminMi ^ The >?/A^A«6e^ wish to put on public re- cord the great satisfaction they have had in their stay at the "Eossin House." Every- thing that could conduce to their comfort and enjoyment ( roomy, handsome bed- rooms, luxurious table, instant attention to wants) has baea throughout their stay, with fullest measure of courtesy and kind- ness, cheerfully done for them, and they one and ail, from A to Z, feel grateful and warmly recommend their friends from the Lower Provinces visiting Toronto to make the Eossin" their temporary home. Signed for the Alphabet^ . - _ XYZ. «ept. «, 1886. -^ i tL-l 1-^ H PI C O c O o o *5 O O 173 FT pi 4d w »— I I — I w o O LJ X Q lU O < z < < QC Ui m Q z < 00 3 o E X D _J iiT h t 1 1 \ ■ (0 UJ THE ROSSIN HOUSE, TORONTO. Immunity from noxious gaases and malaria guaranteed by the niost perfect system of ventilation, traps, and thorough plumbing known to sanitary science. Passenger and Baggage Elevators running day and night. Hot and Cold Baths on each floor. Electric Bells in all rooms. Prices gradual .d according to location of room. Fire Escape Rope in Each Bedroom. PLACES OF INTEREST. Parliament House, Front Street West; Lieut. -Governor's House, King Street West. Custom House, Foot of Young Street. Industria Exhibition Build'gs & Grounds, Lake front, Parkdale Provmcial Lunatic Asylum, Queen Street West. Osgoode Hall, Queen Street West. Queen s Park, Queen Strest West. University Buildings, Queen's Park. in imerica^'"'^'' ^^''' ^^''""^ ^'^^' ^^"^^* ^"^^^^"8 ^^ ^^^ kind Toronto Free Public Library, Church Street. Horticultural Gardens, Gerrard Street, formal School Museum, etc., Gould Street. Sr iV^l^ Cathedral (Episcopal), King Street East St. Michael's Cathedral (R. C. ). Shuti Street Metropolitan Church (Wesleyan), Queen Street East. UaptlSt Churrh, nnrnor -far •'^i° ""'' ''i» A ^f -- < Knox College, Spadma Avenue. Toronto General Hospital Buildings, Gerrard Street. bt. Lawrence Hall and Market, King Street East