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Newspaper
Birtle Observer
Location
Birtle, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 06, 1885
Page
2
A spirited English lady hosts a dinner using only Manitoba farm products to showcase local abundance. The article extols self sufficiency, garden variety crops, and the aim to prove that generous, home produced fare is within reach for landowners, while reflecting on provincial growth and railway politics in Manitoba.
On February 23 Sir John Macdonald presented Manitoba papers in the House detailing a proposed arrangement. The Dominion Government offers a 100000 dollar annual subsidy in place of valuable public lands, leaving swamp lands to Manitoba. An eighty cent per head grant on a 150000 population replaces 120000, Manitoba to receive 16000 dollars in boundary dispute costs. If accepted, no further arrears claims will be made up to January. Duties to remain. The disallowance of...
The council met at Fort Elliwe with Reeve in chair. They read last meeting minutes, adopted a resolution, and instructed signatories on petitions to the Local Legislature including tax relief and judicial district reforms. By laws 19 to 24 were read and carried, covering animal control, pound keepers, pathmasters, fence viewers, note renewal, and arrears cancellation. The Eilece Ferry season to be tendered with tolls set, tenders to be opened March 16. A bond for the Billie Perry stall operator was approved. A payment request from Birdle Municipality for bridge repair was referred to the Parks board for report. The meeting adjourned to February 18 after resumed business.
A rustic regional verse invites readers to a curling day on the river in Asessippi Manitoba dated February 24 1885. The poem praises skippers and players though many names and lines are garbled, portraying a lively local clubs gathering with broom and stones and community cheer.
An obituary from Ontario honors Capt John McIntyre, Canadian representative, longtime farmer in Bruce County, skilled rifleman, nature lover, and recent Reeve of Elderslie. Born near Ottawa, he moved to Bruce, earned local respect for integrity and resourcefulness, and enjoyed forestry, fisheries, and scouting wildlife before his death.
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