ORIGIN OF THE "DALAI LAMA."

Mataura Ensign, Issue 1413, 19 November 1904, Page 6

ORIGIN OF THE "DALAI LAMA."

A correspondent -ends the lo'l.i . ny account of fnrininy 1 if■- in .Mnnito'm. written liy a re'ai iV e:—"Tlii- put :>■■ Canada is looking very well just now. There ari) thousands of acres of wheat, barley and oats. hcautif.illv yri'i-ii. standing (wo or three feet high. If it goes on as it is .loinir theie should he a if<««l crop this year, hut. unfortunately, one never knows when a hailstorm may e< me alone- and dash it. all to pieces. Thev suv that the hailstones are as bin-"as ducks - eyes, and are driven at such a rate by the wind that they baric the trees' and break off .piite large branches. These storms only come occasionally, say once in -wen or eight years, but when they do come it is a. pretty serious matter for the farmers, as munv of tlietn are working on borrowed money, and are entirely dependent on the crops for paying the interest and their living. Of course the farmers who l'o in for mixed farm iny are better oIT. Crops can be insured against hail for half the amount of damage done, but the | ><" iniiim is high. I wish you could f»v the wild fruit and berries out hcr--thi-.v are grand. We yet orchids, lilic.-. vcliow daisies, evening primroses, wild roses, and scores of others, wild raspberries and currants, quite as big as those grown in the yurdens at home, and verv fair-sized strawberries. •'There is next to no fruit cultivate! in olanitdbn—no apples, plums, etc. Of course, one hits to take six months winter into ucfount against all Uhese yood things, and, from wlud people say, it is pretty severe. Kveryine wraps himself up in fur coats and caps, and wears two or three liairs of socks, and over these felt shoes or moccasins. The kind of boots we wear at home at almost useless, lis the feet as so apt to yet frozen, j.nst winter wus cxcciitionnlly cold. I'Yun what f can hear, the bush is the warmest place in winter, as much of the cold wind and driving snow is kept off by the trees, and there is plenty of big yaine to be had lor the shooting. .Most people out here are sociable enough, but verv keen on the dollars. They have no use al all for the-lazy man. The principle they