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Newspaper
Birtle Observer
Location
Birtle, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 24, 1889
Page
1
In January 1889 the Little Observer notes Manitoba's rapid recovery from adversity due to early clearing, rich soil, and advanced farming machinery. It argues large, cleared fields and modern implements permit high yields with less labor, attracting investors from farmers to bankers and boosting Manitoba’s credit and growth prospects.
In early eastern provinces farmland boys hunted corn fields for sport and danger. They told tales of large bears raiding fields, loaded guns and flints, and excited gatherings by forest fires. A scary bit recounts youngsters fleeing a bear that charged a pine tree during a coon hunt.
The article blends celestial imagery with earthly life, noting how the moon and sun shape light, seasons, weather, and nature. It mentions lunar influence on poets and lovers and describes the sun’s role in moisture, rain, and plant life, while observing Lapland Bunting flocks in winter along ash-leaf maples.
The Birtle district offers over twelve hundred acres per farmer with many farms for sale on favorable terms after railway construction. Abandoned pre emptions and many long held plots exist. Rich timber along the mountains to the north can be moved by river, making settlement appealing along the line of the M and N W railway.
Our Saltcoats correspondent reports J. Reaman lecturing on public matters while the railroad stores ice for trains this summer. The town enjoys strong business in the dull season with no liquor permits and local boys settling to four percent beer. Inspector Stephenson visits to review colony business as February 1 sees a vote on raising 1200 by debentures for school buildings.
The Rev. J. L. Simpson resigns from the Presbyterian church. T W Almack buys and plans to move a large frame house to Binscarth next week. Phizacklea Bros rent the Royal Hotel. J B Cushman departs east. R Cairns succeeds him. The Binscarth Club closes and donates its bookcase and funds to the Sunday school. A Mitchell & Bucknall representative visits Ottawa. A thoroughbred cow valued at 600 dies at the Farm. Lightcap ships nearly a carload of hides from here. The Bachelors at Binscarth Farm House held a Friday dance with over seventy attendees. Bridge work by the N P Railway progresses slowly amid winter delays. The St Paul M & M Railway may buy the Emerson branch from the C P R, with little current traffic and only one Winnipeg to Emerson train weekly.
The Miniota municipality held its first Beulah Hall session with reeve Wm Taylor and councilors present. They appointed W Howard as clerk, Wm D Paynter as treasurer, J Fleming Jr as assessor, and J Taylor as auditor. A revision court was set for June 4 1889 and seed grain disbursement was authorized with conditions. The council adjourned to meet March 14 at Beulah.
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