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LateA,KISBISTER,M,A„LLB, ii()nokai;y mkmhku. n Y REV, PROFESSOR BRYCE, M, A„ LLB„ COUKKSl'ONUlXa SECKKTAllV. |A paper read bBiors the SnciEty an Xhe BVEning Df 2Bth July, IBB 3, W I N N I P B tJ ; MAXITOHA DAILY KKKK PKKSS. 1883. The Cc Inted I rly visi \t side < Ir. C. } redint |ian mc writ! led tha |he stea tat Poi It the c< |ut|8S. Drt in ti heSeci ►ed fro (annua! Mi f ter tb( I genei Mr. kpy the am Meml [Pape [iHani la rip ' witi Bsion L_ ^eBai »aWn 'here ioId( IBSERYATIONS AT STONY MOUNTAIN. . meeting of the Exectttdve Covncil of I Historical Mjid Soientifle Society wm [id Thursday evening, July 26, Mr. T. C. lArmstronffin the ohalr. It wftH agreed to take steps to liave an mlorotioa of certain districts in the ^t, and c«rt(Un nfembers of the Society ire appoicted inconneotion vrlth history. Itural history, geology. topoRraphv and komology of the diatrictR. The aetftils ire left over for further consideration. The Corresponding Secretary was ap- Inted to loake arrangements for an tly visit to the Indian mound on the It side of the Bed River near Selkirk, Ir. G. N. Bell reported that he had in- red into the feasibility of visiting the |ian mounds on the Bainy < river. He written to Rat Portage and asoer- led that a party could be taken by one Ihe steamers and that men could be got Rat Portage to open the mound; also It tlie cost of the expedition would be |ut 165. Action was deferred on the art in the meantime. tie Secretary reported that he had re- red from the Provincial Government [annual grant of 9260. MBETIMO OF THB SOCIKXY. tier the meeting of the executive coun- b general meeting of the Society was Mr. H. M. Iu)well Mras chosen to kpy the chair. The following, new members jrei* elected:— Dr. Macadan^, Messrs. Wm.' Clarke and lauc Campbell, Dr. lUnklne Dawson, and Messrs. John McPonald, J. Ernest Cyr and T. A. Bemier. Mr. Panton gave a brief synopsis of his observations at Stony Mountula siontothls church. Turning in at I ?"''!( '^^o'B ^oy^ stands a hideous M hindrance to tnifflc on Fleet street ^here formerly stood that entrance I old city over which in the last cen- ff>^ vision of the UUhop of London. We en- tered the churi'h which 1« or* of the few ramaiuing round churcHcH of Bngland. Around you on entrance lie the block atf ne eftlKies of Knight Templars— thoM who had been at the Oru/uulea with legH croMHed. On advancing, further, a custon pointing to the naonkiah ante- «tidentM of the members of the Tern- §|,e is met with— our party wa« Ivido'', one |iart toa portion net off for ladled and the ntemer t^x admitted to the privileged seats. After a pleacant aerviee And an excellent homily from the; master, we then passed into the middle Temple hall, where the benchers dine, and where fledglings of the law must "eat their way to the bar,*' by dining so many times in term. Mr. Ismster, with great gusto, en- tereii Into the traditions of the place, and was a most pleasant cicerone. , We then passed by the ch\iroh and stood before a grave wit^ plain graystone sarcophagus, and on it the simple words, "Here lies Oliver Goldsmith. We dropt a tear at the tomb of the guileless but gifted son of adversity and passed on. Coming out to Fleet Htreet we crossed it and through a few passages came to Bolt Court. For many years Mr. Isbister, in connection with the educational work he had in hand, occupied offices— the very rooms, indeed, where the great Dr. Jofaiiisoit had lived. Indeed it wan in Bolt Court that the bur- ly. English mau-of-leti;ers di'od. Homeward bound, we leftthe.p.irt of London whose every toot was instinct with inemotiea of , dramatists, ooets and liteniif ors, and we i were glad to have had so kindly a guide. This was our tlrst acquaintance, though but preliminary to otiier opportunities of knowing and appreciating the man more fully. Alexander Kennedy labi^tcr was Iwrn in 182^ at Cumberland House, on the Sas- katchewan. On both sides he was of Ori:ney descent, oh hin name indicates. He had also a trace of Indian blood in bis veins. He was thus thoroughly identified with the earlier populbtion of the country, and always retained that strong love for the land of his birth so characteristic of the natives of the Northwest. U is some* what remarkaUe the part taken by the people from the Orkney Islands in the earlier history of the country. They did a lance part of the severe pioneer Avork which mode the Hudson's Bay Company strong. In the year 1776 the Northwest traveter, Alexander Henrv, visited Cum- berland House, which had been built the year before by Heame, and found it garri- soned by men from " the Orkney Islands." The large part of the men belonging to tlie Hudson's Bay people In the country from that time up to the time of Lord Selkirk's colony in 1812 must have belonged to these islands, for when Governor Semple was killed, in 1816, the French song commem- orating the victory speaks of tnree of the settlers having been taken prisoners, and refers to them as " Des Orcanals." There can be no doubt that the people fr.. the Orkneys, who are of Norse aucestr and are ut the ago of sixteen, enU the service of the Hudson's Bay Coiufi as an articled clerk. His lot was castl the far-off Mackensie distriot, and hen gained his acquaintance with the] trade and the company's affairs, so 1 upon the study of law, and in due .J became au English barrister. His jid was upon his native fiountry, and at ^t time the questions aHslng In Kngland (re peculiarly interesting to the youitg d tne ardent. It was a few years after s passing of t)fe Ileform Bill, and ii was ftne Hir to examine into the aflTairs of OLD MONOPOMB8. ii'or the young man of high hopes and a bad sense of Justice not to be a Liberal 1 a Reformer Is unnatural. It Is as men J older and find that the world is not so lily set to rights as they had supposed kt they become Conservative. One can Ite imagine the ardency with which B, who retained even to the last a buoy- ^y and hopefulness as to the triumph 6t le and Just principles, entered on the >k of oringing his fellow-countrymen injoy all the rights of British subjects. I. iKbister related to the writer his ex- lieuce in dealing with some of the >ir8 of a society called the "New Eng: 1 Society," which was supposedto have ;rown Its usefulness. Indicating a Dugb-golng and practical turn of RED RIVER OPENED UP. nth great perseverance In England i on the Red River the case was work- [up by which Representative Institu- Vs were to replace the Hudson's Company Regime. The Hudson's Company's rule, it must be was patriarchal, on the whole ily, but could not have stood the strain I larger population, or a people less lie than the English half- of Red River. Mr. Isblster kntly undertook the task of liberalizing brovernment of Red River, and throw- apen the fertile land of thci North- ; tothe world— a land too good to be ; as the preserve for bears and foxes, tion after p3tition from the people of River was sent to tlie British Gk>vem- by the hands of Mr. Isblster. and Eime known as the champion of pop- Irights for the people of the settle- [. He had acquired a quantity of son's Bay Company stock and so was lied to speak from -a more influential stand point, the excitement culminated th the apppiutmcnt of a Committee by the Imperial Tarliament, the reeults of which are embodied In the Blue Book of IHBI. lU a general sketch such as this. It is unne* cessary to enter ihto a statement of the details of the struggle. 'The Hudson's Bay Company wisely diAoemed the signs of the tiiucH, made excellent terms with the Government, and has k. )w in a whole, hearted and earnest way thrown In its lot with the country, » .id become one of the strongest forcett in Its development. Mr. Isblster Informed the writer that he had long ago made up his quarrels with the Hudson's Bay Company. He looked back with no regrets on the part he had taken, but he recognized in the Hud* son's Bay Company an nonorable and use- fui corporation. Ah a retired oihclal of the Company he had the feeling of attach- ment that is so strong a feature of all its employes. AS AN KDUCATIONI8T. Mr. Isblster had, however, a strong leaning to the cause of education. It was not strange that one. of his ardent and sympathetic mind should be fond of teach- ing. It is surely one of the most honors able and useful of professions. For many years in Bolt Court he labored in connecr tion with an educational institution. lu 1851 he became a Fellow of an organlKatlon since grown to large dimensions, ""The Codlege of Preceptors." I| s object was t« serve as a high cla^s examining board to give certificates of acquaintance with certAln departments of Jcnowledge. In 1881 this board Issued 11,000 certificates. Mr. Isblster was also Dean of this College of Preceptors. He was the author of several text hooks on educational subjects, and up to the end of life had the responsi- bility of editing an educational magazine of some Importance. HIS BOUNTY. The generous nature of Mr. Isbester did not confine itself to sympathy for the people strugglinK for their rights, nor to the efforts of the young to gain, au educa* tion. He gave about the time of the transfer of this Province £100 stg., in American bonds, of which the Inwrest has been used in the shape of prizes to the Public School » of this Irovince, and in 1881 he gave a, handsome subscription to Manitoba College. It Is known that for years he has been considering the propnety of establishing in his native land some useful educational institution. At one time this was thought of as a 'Normal School' and the Univer- sity Act bears traces of an intention to provide for this on the paii; of the framers of the Act. Since that, the University of Manitoba has shown itself to have the "potency" for future good. Mr. Isblster was greatly delighted with the unsectaiian character of the University, so thoroughly uniting ! all ideas in the country. He had a great mmm f^^m^^ttiKMsMi^mm AmSwStet mora «iaulaB OUiH KINS' mi Am m mil0 if tri T i ag f U wmiwmnf > f tin JMighn to 00^ tevritotr it bMomw m imi« plagUiMroiur tMurairtth tho Moid* of ottrMpArtMwotlMr t»]r«t>M))olMtatiM MUOrdMM to «• bT Mhl*fMB*llt««f OM» lUi cObH* tar the aktaM.oC «M1 Vhmp- Bkt A eordUl V6te of thanki to the iMtorair w«a pai— d on motion of llr. J. Boywt Panton. Moimdod by Mr. B. B, W. Good- ridgtt ths moT«r speakUig In hig^j oom- Idim^tan tonou of the praer Mfeflaietlns ipreat oMoIt on the writer. The motion ii^ %dea * printed. reeolatlon that the peper b^ ' Pvef . Bryoe In Mknowledf^nff the ex- pieeeioii inade » lorther latereeUiMt refMS face t^ hie Tiett to Mr. Mrfitef. Al- thotti^ it WM 41 yMore eiilee he had left ttiia ooaatnr, he eonttntwd to take a venr #Mp interaat inall that oooeeriM it. Be waa in reoetpt of the newapiqi^ pubUah' ed here Mid waa contilituily itteeting with peoDio fMm the Novthirvlatb' Bia a^ mother, with whom and hie etater he n^- tnitatoHad,* aiid"hbi|Mif .ifi'ttty eottttt ry ai^U ni, Tho Wo Mwl In tile , pBrai of Lpn 'boto hearta wera'Mit k^. ' Bit I waa a beatfCtftl IfAk and he ^aa a gen kind man tbtfrottghly dai^oted todnty. On motion ^ Mr. Panton aaoonded i Mr. Bdl, it waaMNolvad that Amittateii eemiaeMoB with the: death of th* lata It I^laterMihaiiQraiyihambarof ttMaoda be drawn «p and torwavded bj the e raepoDdlnc aeeratary of tlie aoolAtj to i luwy oc taa-MoeMMO. Thefoliowlnk-ie the minvte ptapartd;. The ffietorieariaa Selentiflo^Beeiety , Manitoba deairea to enreaa Itrhiin* nrediitiMof ^ jatelr departed Honon Mlimber Alexander Kennedy leblater, Am LL.B., Banri«t4tr, of ]U>naoik, Bnglai Bla distinguiihed Mtrrttotw In eennectl. With thaobetting vp of the Ni»rthw« it et«r to blTgrMtftiUy nmembei kalidlaiM,and hial eelf .denying lab the peMrd«d t7 the c if tiMSoeUtjrtol L I minute pm^t^i- Setontiflo SMietv r umnM Itojiighi r depMrted Honon tenmdr latter, 1 of l^ndoh, Bngia n of the NtMrthw«| mtiMj wmembw y.eelf^jrto«>»*» rm ^nMmtmince^ idanhlj^and distli tuoatlim InEsf^li lwwdiMrliJ»implei iduiiblib.iO)iMncti n. Mind. mtmxoMii Mdof m birth ntUfliB. T^tOe Soclt «• >« tb* OMoe o(( c»«#iitattM«lthei wwtiy |PW» »*• "» I Mid weota thsti jiabe«BnJttP«beaa [•totep conveying 4 4 the Society. ■ ., ■ , ^ n > '1(>