By J. M. GREEN, Portage la Loche.
_Oh, it's easy for to sit and grouch when letters don't arrive;
Letters you've been waitin' for and letters that you prize;
And you sit and cuss the postman, and you cuss the bloomin' mail,
And maybe you cuss the writer and pile it good and thick,
But have you ever stopped to think of his end of the stick?_
_You can sit in cosy rooms back home, the Post does all the rest.
Perhaps to post a letter you walk a block at best.
And then you sit and wonder why the devil don't he write?
To keep us all awaitin', it's a shame--it isn't right.
And you growl like a grizzly. Sure; you'd make an Indian sick,
Just because you don't know anything of his end of the stick._
_Suppose the nearest mail box was a hundred miles or more.
And no one but yourself to pack the letters to your door;
And suppose there ain't no street cars, no motors, not a road.
Just a team of mangy mongrels to help you pack your load;
And its forty below zero, and your feet both feel like brick,
I wonder what would happen were that your end of the stick?_
_And s'pose the mail man ain't arrived an' spring's set in at last,
And there ain't no snow but just the ice arotten' good and fast;
And you know to miss the mail man means to wait three months or so
Before you read a letter, and you don't want for to go,
But you can't wait any longer and your heart is mighty sick,
I wonder would you grumble, would you grin, or would you stick?_
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| LETHBRIDGE |
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MR. JAMES YOUNG originally hails from Scotland, and comes to us from
the Macleod store to take charge of the dry goods department. Mr. Young
has had wide experience, both in Canada and in the Old Land.
MR. P. K. SANGSTER, of New Westminster, B.C., has joined the Lethbridge
staff as Advertising Manager. Mr. Sangster was with the I. H. Smith
Co., of New Westminster for twelve years, excepting for the period
when he was overseas. Mr. Sangster was one of the fortunate Canadian
exchanged prisoners from Germany. He was picked up on the field in the
Paschendaele affair, having had four inches of bone blown out of one of
his legs. Mr. Sangster was a prisoner in Germany eight months prior to
his exchange.
AFTER four and one-half years with the Lethbridge store, Miss Annie
Hurst was presented with a pair of Hudson's Bay blankets and linen
towels prior to her marriage to Mr. J. Wilsoncroft on January 17th in
St. Mary's Church of England. A reception was held in the evening at
the home of the bride's parents.
MRS. MARS, manager of the ladies' ready-to-wear department, recently
had the pleasure of a visit from her sister, Mrs. Carney and Dr.
Carney, of Great Falls, Montana.
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| NELSON, B.C. |
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THE Nelson "STORE BABY" is leaving very soon. She is supposed to be
going into another branch of work, but there are those who think it is
another style of work altogether. A little bird claims she is a good
cook and excellent housekeeper.
THE HUDSONIA SOCIAL CLUB is continuing its good work of last year.
Several card and dance parties have been held. A big evening open to
the public will have been held by the time this goes to press. Last
year, a similar affair was the hit of the season.
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