Show t t M t II M M II I t t II t M M MM I t M M t M M M i GORE DRINKING CANADA t 44 4 t t I tit 44 It 4 t 4 4 t 4 t t 1 I t II 4 t 4 4 I 4 Some news which oozed over oyer the wire from om the Dominion capital yesterday was of a kind to tomake tomake tomake make the American American flesh creep and Johnny get his gun Y We are almost afraid aid that before General Miles can land the boys in blue on the frontier and nd t the e Navy Department mobilize the brigades of naval eelS eel'S no now no noon on shore duty the willbe will tie he down upon us several dozen dozer strong and eager for fOl our our b pd I It was was' in the provincial House of Parliament at Ottawa that o on oh l Thursday a member wanted the Bulwer Clayton treaty and Alaskan boundary correspondence cor cor- e produced The government declining the invitation the member aforesaid proceeded to tor r relieve his injured feelings and in the course of his remarks s cited numerous instances in support o of the contention that Britain was always read ready to sacrifice C Canadian nadian interests Then another statesman statesman statesman states states- man a ro ribbed rock bluenose from Nova Scotia arose and frothed at the mouth He accused the mother country of using the devoted people of our continental hyperborean wastes as door loor mats for forthe forthe forthe the Yankees Yankees Yankees-or or words to that effect Rather than submit he lie shouted he and his famil family would go into the trenches and stay there for two years y ars if need be beto to fight for the rights of Canada Said he If it is necessary to fight the Y Yankees ees we will wih fight within twenty-four twenty hours and after six months we will capture their capital and annex the their heir r country to Canada Now Kow that we know what to expect let us pr prepare prepare pre pre- pare ours ourselves for the worst Is it possible that the little play legislators in the thc loose and rickety colon colony to the north of us Over ever ver heard the explanation tion of the noble and celestial game of Pan Fan Tan given giyen by i a 3 San Francisco Chinaman to an inquisitive inquisitive tive reporter Being asked what chance the player had against the bank Ah Sin replied Allee same one man he flight light nty Maybe he hc enty How can There Ther is only one reason under heaven why we have haye permitted the Canadians to occupy and cavort around ai irl in iii what they term their Dominion a a far too large a a name for so small and skinny a bird That reason reason i-eason is that we do not want their old icebergs icebergs icebergs ice ice- bergs a and d do not need the thc little fringe of arable laud land possess and half cultivate along alongo o our r border r. r But nut if there is to be much more imp impertinence impertinence im im- im- im p pertinence and aggression on their part as sure as the sun is a foot high at noon we will send a company of cowboys over there to round them up and take possession of their ranche |