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Show MED1CINS HAT S GAitOLN. XI IUM IJk lti Hwtr. fr Pint lftCaJ lUftch C--t7 At hearty lt th fttattoni on th Canadhn I'acilVratlroAd through lfn Itoba Uiere aro litrgo rIa-u Jan over tin Utlon rntrauro containing tine ipcl men of tho virlotii nrnM rabed In tho country On tin wo no when IIutni-rr Mheat or flner ryo or oaU than tl, rlnien h I ablo to Invptct u tiv Jump from th train to Ulta a turn cm tha lUtlon pUtform. rurtlicr wiwt another tort of ethlbl tlon U given at tho flat Ion. It la not iieccwiry through Manltou.! to liavt gnrden alonldo tho railroad triek to conrtnro tho travt Irr of tho remarkable TroductlrtntMuf tli vit Tho great Held of grain along th rood aro rum" clttitPTldenco Ihatho W In a country of a1kuii ling tinrretU. Hut ihen lio traclie th wctrrn AWnlbotn or Al ljerta, vrhero tho country I dryer, titer aro Tery few wheat field to gsro at through tho window, and th Omul lan I'Artlla road ha utarteil a number of nrdm at the rarlotu stations, 'ihe Kfxnlm at MrdMni Hat Ii n j articular-ly articular-ly Mno omiiplo, ami ha been laid nut anl attenlcl with CfpecUl enrf bo rauao all poMrniter tnln top at J1H clno Tint a lialf hour, and paoeenfren bare plenty of time to wander through the ground Jutt across tho track from tho ctattmi. MMIdne Hat contolnii, pertiaiw. W people. It lull a wvokly nrwipaper a neat Utile rhureh. wv.ral gtod (orr and public Lull llngf, and an liu porta tit tatlon of the mounted police, Itlici on the right bank of the Honth H.it-katchowan, H.it-katchowan, Uany tniTtler clliiab the little knoll cotered with grare Milnd tho town to git a view of thoeurtound lug country Tho gram am covered with tone to prevent wild niilWU from digging out tho bodle. Wooileu bead board, on which aro (alntod tho name of tho ihal, ttand over tho grave, moit of which am MinounJed by picket feneva, llolvw the knollfitendi the little v!l hge, with tho iwlft river beyond, w hich 1 tiavlgablo for nearljr 800 tulle from thl point ahiio-t to I.iko Wliinljxg Tur nway oil every nldo Tretch tho I lain, but toward tho nrithwnt are a lino of butt, prrhap 400 fett litgh. whkli vary tho monotony of tho Ian 1 Kfip-iwlth I heir grim, bnro and per ptndlet.lr front, lleyonl tho liter aro Unu where lomo grain I ralnetl, but the chief Industry of thl country b ttock raUIng An ocfuu of grau cover tho prairies, and cattle ranche aro multiplying Tho ouiupany delrr lo I roro tint by mean of Irrigation good crop may bo raIoiL It gant-n at tho ilatlou, therefore, Ii carefully waterod, and It I a Hue a garden ocnnlo t4Hiiany when, eictrton tho lor Iflo coa.tlt-wit, coa.tlt-wit, Cabbflgei, potatoe, Indian corn, .lower In great profusion, and final I tries are wen in n cry HourlUdug rou d It Ion. A number of oj pie tree are growing ery elL Tbe garden I a most pleating tpec taele to tourUU, wearied ifrhas by tho unending jralrlo through which tho train has been imMlng It I not at all unlikely that tome day coroidcraM i IaiuI In this region will Im Irrlgnted by mean of the itrcamathat tlow through It, and the iuecei of tho Mcdtclno Hat garden iwenn tu show that nothing but watirla iitxledto iroduco abundint crops. Now Itrk Hun. |