INTO THE TERRA-NOVA COUNTRY 7 



In future rotten potatoes will not be taken in lieu of monthly subscrip- 

 tions. Cape Spear farmers please note. 



Happiness and woe are ever joined together in this Vale of Tears. 

 With the announcement of his election to the constituency of Dirty Bay 

 comes news of the bankruptcy (for the second time) of our esteemed 

 townsman, Mr. Charles Sculpin. Sculpin has had a chequered career, 

 but now that he has drifted into the harbour of peaceful affluence we 

 trust that he will not forget his many long-suffering creditors. The life 

 of Charles Sculpin may serve as a beacon light to the youth of this 

 island, for, without education or the possession of those advantages 

 which are supposed to conduce to success in life, he has reached a high 

 pinnacle of fame, and now his foot is on the ladder he will not look back. 

 There is some talk of making him Minister of Public Instruction. 



Another example of low thieving from our news column of last night 

 occurs in the pages of the Terra-Nova Express this morning. The 

 incompetent ass who sits in the editorial chair of that dull rag will leap 

 with joy when he learns that the item in question relating to the death of 

 the Czar of Russia was quite untrue, and purposely inserted to expose his 

 infamous pilferings. 



News comes from the Labrador of the safety of the Painter-Glacier 

 expedition which left St. John's on the lOth of this month. After a two 

 days' stay in Battle Harbour, during which time they borrowed several 

 boats and provisions from the missionaries of that place, the gallant 

 explorers are returning in the Virginia Lake, and hope to arrive this 

 evening. Forty-two new lakes, five rivers, and six new mountain ranges 

 were noted and charted, and the members of the expedition speak in 

 high terms of the admirable work achieved by Colonel Painter and Major- 

 General Glacier. Arrangements for a lecture tour in the States are 

 already in progress. 



Miss Clementina Codflakes, who has been visiting friends in town 

 this week, returned to her home at Pushthrough yesterday. 



Despite the universal impressions to the contrary, the editor of this 

 paper is always prepared to accept cash on subscriptions. 



Owing to an unfortunate error, we referred in a recent issue to that 

 admirable vocalist. Miss Birdie St. Hilaire, commonly known as "Sure- 



