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in the Great West. Our latest news of C. was that he had added to 

 his original homestead of 160 acres by the purchase of another 

 160 acres, and has a team of oxen with which he takes contracts for 

 ploughing, making $3.50 an acre. Considering that he only went 

 West in March last, it is evident that our friend has not been letting 

 the grass grow under his feet. 



B. K. After faithfully fulfilling his apprenticeship and attaining 

 years of discretion, B. was left to make his own arrangements for 

 hiring, and from time to time we had good reports of him, and found 

 that he was increasing his substance, and, better still, maintaining an 

 excellent record. Then we learned that he had gone to the North- 

 West and taken up land. The news has just now reached us that 

 he has been paying visits to old friends, and we have gathered 

 some tidings of our friend B/s welfare and advancement. We 

 hear that soon after he went to the West he took up a grant of 

 1 60 acres of land. It happened to be in a vicinity that was opened 

 up by the building of a new railroad, and B. was able to dispose of 

 his homestead for $8000. He is the owner of two teams of heavy 

 draught-horses, and in the winter he sends these teams to the 

 lumber woods in charge of a responsible man, and by this means 

 they are a source of substantial revenue to him. Altogether, B. is a 

 man of considerable substance, and that at 25 years of age, and as 

 the result entirely of hard work and steady perseverance. 



H. M. is a young man of whom we can say nothing but what is 

 good. He has a record of twelve years in Canada of good work and 

 steady progress. In his last letter he says : " I am getting along 

 fine, enjoy good health, and have a bank account of $600 saved up. 

 At present I am working for Mr. B., and get Si 85 a year." 



P. T. We learn that our friend and silver-medallist P. T. is 

 organist at the Sabbath School, and other circumstances are men- 

 tioned of him that show that he is one that merited a high place on 

 our roll of honour. P. has been nine years in the same locality, and 

 we think that we may say that he has found favour in the eyes of all 

 with whom he has had to do. 



