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If you come to this store Saturday. you can°
see many BARG AIN.5 in winter. goods that will
more than pay you to buy now i,; This is house-
cleaning time with us, and we're'. anxigus to sell
„every dollar's worth of winter goods, o we. may. -
start next season with a cleanstock. We have
lots of other bargains not advertised here.
40C Worsted 'Rose 25e
Less than 50 pairs heavy Worsted Hose with douh- IORA
le knees, splendid stocking at 40c all size e Saturday... arati
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15c Wrappecelte tie
200 yards finest qualifies Canadian and American
• wrapperette in neat anciaretty patterns sultable,• for
Waists, Wrappers. Drepang.sacques. etc. all new pat-
terns this ieason,•regulrr price 124 and 150, ,Saturday 8c
morning per yard -
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200 yards Navy Blue Print full one yard wdeJn.
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per yard c
four different patterns, regular price 15c Saturday 12
Best Underwear Bargains of the Season
Less than twenty five all wool vests and drawers
including Turnbulle-Natural and Unshrinkable un.
derwear, The flnist, qualities we sell at $1,2a each 75
Saturday
4e and 50r Veiling •19e
4 pieces Black Veiling, Regular price 40
Saturday
15c Shirting Flannelette 10c
pieces only shirting flannelette,
regular price 15c, Saturday
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ani5°°19c
flannel pattern,. 10c
1 Bide Cotton Batting 3 tor 25e
1 bale best Cresent Cotton Batting Special 3 rolls inn
for 411/
5e Towelling 2 yards 5e •
2 pieces roller Towelling' goodquality. regular price 50
5c, at 2 yards for
40c Gloves and Mitts.15c ,
A table full of wool gloves and mitts in almost alt
kinds and colors, some silk lined, a clear up of tbe raga
entire stock at per pair.
A Winter Coats and Furs Less
Than Wholesale Cost \
Your chance now: to buy Winter Coats and..
Furs at less than wholesale cost. We are clearing
out all our Winter Coats and Furs- at remarkably— --
low prices, and t iis will be about the last chance
of th! season to get a fair assortmelitai'ig—mit your
owu price. If you *ant a Coat or a Fur,buY,
one now.
'Spring Goods No;vv
Sale.
We are showing NEW Dress Goods, ,
• 'fins, Prints, Embroideries, Lace, Waists, -
etc -and will be glad to have you call and see them.
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GRAND IR IN4
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• REDUCED
One way, second.class colonist tickets
i will be on bale, commencing Feb. 29th,
i and continuing daily until April 29th.
To the following points.
.Vancouver
Victoria
San Pratitille0 Loa Angolan
Seattle Portland
'raceme , Spokane
San ne,Fieo OILY
Tickets and ,full information mar be
obtained fratn Town Agent. Pur-
ehaseyour tickets at uptown offlge•
and avoil delay at denata ..
F. la, BODOIBNS; Town Agent,
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-I- -START ANY -TIME -
Get your training in the School
? that is qualified to give you best
.3 results.
NEM 111ERICAN BUSINESS COLLEGE,
yoneeana steam St., Toionto.
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T. M. WATSON. Principal. )
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CLINTON EW.l‘I
CLINTON, ONT.. 'FEB. 14, 1008
There is nothing Like -a robuet optim-
ism, even if once in while it may' ber
coxne ludicrous. The London , Free
Press has recently been lending itselft
to an Ottawa .eorreepenclent who
both versatile and possesses; , a most
vivid imagine:age.
•On Mgaday it publiiihed a statement
by this 'CZrrespondent, who, speaking
Of the prospects of the Conservative
party at the next election, says: -Mho
Ounseryative peaty should be returned
with a substantial majority. I predict ,
. we will have 126 members. In eery
province W ft will have gains. In, On-
tario,we count on 132 inemhers ern. the
esta-inclatting-ManitcantaBeitish 'got
umbel. ana the new provinces, 25, and
in Quebec g5.
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Isn't that bracing f�rr you The
'standieg of the.parties after the genet
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al election of '.1909)was as aolloWs:
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" Lib . Con
Maritime Provinces.. i; .. 20
quebee , • 52
Ontario . . ... " . ,
Western Pthoyinces ' 6.
Since then the Liberalize have gained MrsR J McGill, of Chicago, le visit- - the train was running about twenty
mr ot mureeton speitt crews were injured ismiraculous. Geri-
BtatteetVick, and. lost •one in Nova
Death of lir 11W Kelly
The following particulars toneera.
erly of liullett and Blyth, are taken
ing the death of Mr W Kelly, Zona -
from the Bastrop, Louisiana Enter-
prise: -
The announcement of the tragic
death of Mr Kelly was lt great shock
to this comMonity, especially when
Me tragedy was rnade known. On
the 7th• at hi. hotue at Vaughn, La.1
he Was requested to Mt as near Man.
ager and peace, officer ata ball or
entertainment given under the ans..
pices of the best element of that com•
munitY. During the entertainment
one Dan Yorrey 13egan, a disturbance
with one of the other floor ma,nagere,
whereupon Kelly remonstrated with
hill) and in a gentle and corteous mane
•ner inadueel him to leave the building
it the liana- trod iteCompanying-hinr
to the Not of the stairs leading to the
public hall wherein the entertainment
'Wes being had, On 'reaching this
-Peintawithent.- any. -warningi-lesey-
pulled a pistol which he had concealed
on his person, and fired *brae shots in
rapid truccession, ail of them taking
effect in the body of his unsuspecting
victim, and the brave and ,ativalroter
• Kelly fell mortally wounded. Simul-
taneous with the last of these shots
anotheretret rang out from tile crowd
of excited bysetnders and it fouud its
way to the heart of the slayer oniony
killing him instantly. From the effect
of these wounds Mr Kelley died and
was laid to rest in the new 'cemetery
of Bastrop amidst a large concourse
of sofrowingfriends. Thus ended the
UN of one of Morehouse'amost valued
citizens, in the perfortnance of a noble
duty, in the &tense of the peace and
quiet of the corinnunity in- wItiaiiim
lived. Henry Kally combined ialtitte
self such rare qualities of heart and
mind as to make him FL leader among
men and constituted him one of nature's
noblemen in the truest ?sense of the
ernes Those who knewhim best loved
inost. This entire community
nourns sincerely over the de;ath of
this brave man, who died a martyr to
a high sense of duty and a cooseient
iods regard for right.
'Mr Kelly was a member of Mirth
Masonic Lodge, and tlie, Mesohe of
Bastrop attended his funeral, and also ,
,bY resolution expressed their high an-
preciatem of him as a man. Mr R.
Rance, of town, was an inrnate friend
of Mr Kelly, and was just arranging
to pay him a visit, when word was re -
craved. of his death • • •••
&lute Your Bride
There MS printed in The Utiles'
Rome Xournit for February a page of
amusing ineideute at weddings. The
following Wagi taken from that page
and actually occurred in Olinton.
ceremony was perfortned in the on.
tart° Street Methodist parsonage by
the late Rev Mr. Edge, and the article _or
was puhlithed in the New Bra at the ,
was a PeultOi at the +Aim in One of f
the Canadian towna, and they came
from the rural districts of the 041114,1 sea
prOvincea, They wanted to be. mars atIr
ried in thg paisonage and 1 had asked *
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mi Valealbit's
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a few hien a as Witnesses. Th lady
was apparently. about twenty.three
years of age, fairly comely and self.;
possessed, and the prospective grown
was Omit twenty-one, though he look-
ed
inPre—liker treventeete—The acerrar
;pony -went Off without incident, the
volvs:baci, been exchanged and the un-
alterable pronouncemeot_hadabeen.
rontier-There'reinitiliel but that they
should Seal their union with the cus-
tomary. thee. I therefore said in low
tones - intended exclusively for the
couple, "Salute your bride." They at
stared at inc in mingled astonishment Aga
and interrogation. I tried again and,
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stepping toward them, I said in con-
fidential tones, 'Salute your bride."
They evidently grasped my meaning
new, and determined that, if • they 415.
were a little slow at compre-
headingme, theyawould show methey
were quick to obey. They turned their
faces toward each other, backing away
at the. same time with a gracefut bate,
and wetting with' rhythurioal step '
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- ARTISTIC PRODUCTIONS
IN OREAT VARIETY.
Valentine, Post Cards_
_comiCS-AND-NOVELT-lES_
OF VARIOUS KINDS..
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and elastic moVement characteristic
.of the quadtille Forward they came
again before I grasped the situation,
•advancing with the same springy,
dancing movement, and were just
reaching out their arine, to "swing"
eaeh other when I rushed tothe rescue
of tlfe reputation of my home.
Some. Echoesorthe Storm
The situation on the Goderich divi-
sion ef the C., P. R. was bad. Eleven
engines were tie./ up within a few
miles of Walton. Several men were
nearly frozen between Walton end
Blytl3. •
In an endeavor toevaise the blockade
on the Buffalo & Goderich branch of
the Grand Trunk Railway on Friday,
an unfortunate accident occurred te
the snow plow, when within about- a
mile of Goderich.. After the main.line
fromTorento totondon had beenclear-
• ed, One, of the largest plena, with •tvet•
X*************4444-24.- -heavyaMoguiengin ea- -Was-sent to
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44. Godertch, andupon reaching Seaforth
Personal Notes + another Mogul engine was coupled on
sae The outfit just struck the last drift
.44t when the jumped the trae
If those having rolatiVes or,frieoa
÷ virIng•inf tan or ting aawat' great impact scut the plow into the.
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.g011/4 gOlfirgi. 4Aefrallid era- ,
RefallsTESSQ OFIA.NGE; - Mr 'Ios. Members are asked not to forget the
Rattenbury has disposed of of his ilea Poultry Meeting Monday night next.
.uor store to Mr Pew, of London ; Mr Mr. J. Colclough has moved to Kr. &,
house shortie,. Everything which will.
Rattenhary expects to occupy' hie new
; R Baker. .
3106:aryl:Is store, formerly occupied by V
public has been, installed, and the'Grip •
daMugishstoMr oafamBrej101.1•InofB' •,31.41403edMvisniettineri . ,
, •
• men" will soon be staying under the
her oldfriends here. :
roof, of the widely known and genial
add to the cOmfort of the travellieg
proprietor. ltir ktattenbury is one of
tile most popular hotel Keepers in the
prgvince. . ,,, , •
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WOMEN'S.INSTITUTE-The 'regit-
lar meeting of the Women's Institute
Mrs Laycock, of Paris, an aunt of
Mrs James Shepherd, Townsend St.,
died a few days since. •
Mrs Fisher, formerly a Miss Spurg-
eon, of Kincardine,and relative of We
of mr8 Heiner A T Cooper, died last week: .
was held at the home
Andrews on Thursday afternoon, Mrs. 0. J. Wallis received word on
Jan 30th. There was a good atten- Tuesday cif the death of an uncle, Mr.
dance including several visitors who 'Joseph Salkeld, at Stratford.
will in all probability become mern- Mr P Rovecliffe has what is perhaata •
bers. The spertker of the day being int -
avoidably absent, the time was spent out of - thirteen eggs. set he has ten
the first brood of chickens this season,
in discussing vermin' subjects pertain- Buff Leghorn chicks ; who heir airy
ing to the home.' At the cloaca' of the chicks before this, this year •?.
'meeting ,the hostess served refresh -
The regular meeting of Canadian •
anents which wereanueh enjoyed.
Order of Rome Oircle will be held in
L 'GOOD----Sovereign--Bitn hee-Oddfellene.s flall'onMeralarave
ing, Feb 17,at,8 o'clock for the purpose -
notes or bills are goo or one un re
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4. would announce it in the NE lE 4.• air, and the first engine plunged down
fest , cents on the dollar. The fact that the
* an emba,namenta landing fifty
X444440+444+44+4.014.1444/ away in front .of a farmer s house. The 1 Sovereign has handed over its business
to the other banks does not didcount
'• Ken Chowen is home from Detioi second engine struak the plow, turn the value of the bills of the Sovereign
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on .
e'lli.11;37E-ate Scott had gone on a vieit
to Toronto.
at!ly remait Pined Yon the tees, while :the aaariety. People need have no hesita-
third, with the von, remained on the tem in accepting the bills as legal ten-
track.- At the Awe of the accident der.. Any bank will take hem on de-.
mut or change theta tor others. Once
ing Airs F w watth, at present. miles au hour, and t at none of the
two seats in °ataxic), one in New
Sunday with, his brother•ia-faw Mr. 4 was hi
era oa master Fergusocaof Toronto,
charge of the train. and imme-
Brydone. , diately veired,for the auxiliery to corn -
Miss Helen Doherty hag' gone on .a mence wrecking operations. s. •
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visit to the family of Rev Me Manning Two mail trains reached 'Miriam on
..at Peterboro. • . • • Friday afternoon from the east; ' and..
Mrs Wm Lindsay, of Clinton visited had to remain here until midnight,
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Scotia: ' Eut the Ottawa romancer
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thinks the 69 odd • majority. , now held
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by the gcrvernrnent, Will be turned in-
to a Liberal aepresentation of wily 79
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after the next election. ' Any man WhO
T tkrinks the' COntiervatives will held 25
beats in Quebec 'next etecticin, simply
doeszat know what he is talkingabout
Atter-the•Staauiteadeiectionethe other_
Lay; the correszondent of_th_e Totonto„.
World (Which' will hardly' be called
;Libeseal). said : -.lit is plainly evident
that while Sir Wilfrid Laurier lives,
there is • no Chance- whatever, for the
ConsetvatiVes ths Province of Que-
bec." •
The Whale matter absolutely pro-
blemaacal, bat'the indications tor the
Liberal Government haying a stibetan-
inajerity•in the 'wit house; and
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Certainly just as good, AS for the °we.,
sition. To erre e sorting phease, "It
is safe bettingahat Sir Wilfrid
back into power with all the majority
behind him that ie necesserv."; •
$ Church Chimes$
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WILLIS
Despite the inclement weather and
the all but unpassable state of the
-roads,' which it was thought would
necessitate a postponement the an-
niversary services of Willis church
last Sunday were a decided success -in
• 'every way. The Rev Dr Kilpatrick,
Of /Knox College, who ministered from
.1 the pulpit, fulfilled the high expecta-
tions entertained from his reputation.
His sermons at both services were
strong. evangelical and convincing ex-
positions of his texts. The services of
Music, under the guidance of Prof.
Camipbell, were appropriate and - up-
, lifting...Anthems were sungat both
the rispriaing and evening services. In
addittMrs Dowzer sang a solo after
the .:lerition in the morning and
, Mieratire Mc0orv1e Bangle the even-
ing, aapecial offering which is to
be de'igted towards reduction of debt
on tliillurch property was liberal,
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itimounnag to over t500.
A Soda under the auspices , of the
Voting People's Guild was held in the
"Wheel room of the church, Thursday
eVening. A.good program was given,
and refreshinents aver° served ; a good
attendance enjoyed a good evening's
,program.
WESLEY‘ °
It is -expected that the anni4ersary
orv.tbett, will be held on the fith er
4lulch, and that Rev. Dr Briggs, of
Toronto, will preach both morning
and evening.
The Pastor will preach next Sunday
titning eubject; -"The patience Of
*auk" Evening "The Form of Godli-
.1tessavithout the Power. The offering
in Vehalf of the Educational Fund tvill
taken Up.
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ONTARIO STREET
The Educational offering will be tx k-
en next Sabbath. The amerunt asked
for is $50. It is expected this will be
In spite of blockaded roads a large
number partook ot the sacrantent in
the quarterly service last Sabbath.
The basement was filled for the • love
feast and fellowship service. At the
official board meeting • on Tuesday
evening a uuaninious vote of appreci-
ation was passed to RevW E Kerr and
his wife for faithful and efficient ser-
vices rendered during theta term thee
far. By a unanimous, standing vote
Mr Kerr was invited to return as pas-
tor of "Ontario St for a fourth year.
Mr :Kerr accepted the invitation,
thanked the- officials for their loyal
support and unfailing sympathy
through the years and expressed the '
hope that the closing year of his pas-
torate may prove the best. The
church if; reported to be in very-fleur-
ishingacondition. Along , all lines it
was never stronger or more prosper.
aus in its history.
Because of the sto: m and blockade
the "Story of Jean Valgeam" which
was toilette been given by Rey. Dr..
Cleaver, of Metropolitan Church, Ter.
onto, on Monday evening, Feb. 10th.
was postponed to Thursday evening,
Feb 20th. By request, Dr (heaver gave
the story in the Metropolitan; church
last week, this heing the: third time
during bid pastorate of three years. A.
large audience assembled and all pres-
ent Were delighted, /n Exeter, . re-
cently, James St Church was filled to
hear the story. ,It is. expected a very
ipage audience will hear him in Ontat.
lo at Chinch on Thursday, Feb 20 if
the Weather pecare favorable,
Messrs Sykes and taillea expect to
hold nightly meetings nextweek in the
Brethren's ball,Searle'e Block. The
public are Cordially invited.
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given.
Mrs li Parsons of hixeter, the 'former owing to the snow plow being off . the
part of the week. • teaok: Traies have been running re •
'Mr Jamee Sneli; Wee ele3ted :oine7-44- 'flatly -on -both ank
tine' week.
the officals •of ' the Dominion Horse
Ereederar Associationaat Toronto;last ,
eek. •
-111Y-N-Baileafty, wheiat--Onaime _heti
charge ot the Studio of Photography
here, has now chargeof a studio 10
New York:,
Miss Stella Wigginton has returned'
home, after spending two inontha-vier
iting her larger at Lucan Creasing, and
her friend, Miss, Blanche Mellyeen at
Aired, C'reig.
Miss Susie Egan returned to Exeter'
on Monday front Clinton wrier@ she
visitea 'relatives and friends for a few.
days. She was accompanieil by her
brother,. Mr. R. N. Sweet,. wife and
child, who will visit here- for a time.
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Povihuttentory-7-Note .
. Just What along parliamentary 'ca, -
a B. MPtt nh ha
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' shown t� -day wheti he referred to
A bill to amend the Electioes. Act,
has been introduced by Hoe atr
in the -Ontatio Legislature.' -It:is all
right, hut does not go far eeough. At.
present nearly all Voter's Lists' are
revised Omit the Month of Oetober,
certain events which had taken place
in parliament in 1880, between twehty-
seven and twenty eight years ago.
Just across from the•eeteran minister
of customs sat. Hon John Haggart, an
ex -minister, who was in the house at
• that time too. 'George Taylor, the
Conservative whip, is a third member
0,aaameasmainaeatitathaaseueaaeata•Who has been in the House for almost
next list, which generally takes Wade
in July of the following year Should
an election Occur between these dates,
revised list for October is the one
' used.. A great many' changes take
Place in all constituenciee between the
Issue 'of the lists, and many persons'
are disfranchised, because they cannot
' vote in the place they left, nor can
they vote in the, place where they re-
side; their names not being on the list.
Some provision shouldhe made for
giving these people a VOte, In case of
an election' being held.
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The argument that protectioe helps
the workingman doss ntit hold good
in Germany atleast which is one of
the highest protected countries in the
world. In the city otlierlin over 60,-
000 worknien are unemployed, and
there is much suffering.
West tturon Liberals are novv in•bat
tlearrat. for tne coming contests. Robt.
Holmes, the well-known Editor of the
Clinton New Era, who has had M. P.
honors previous to the bat general
election, will try conclusions again
With E N LeWis, the pftsent member,
who resides in Goderich and the need-
le of complies pinta to a victory for
the pen wielder of Clinton. Barrister
Proudfoot will carry the banner for
the Provincial election, and will make
a doughy candidate who will stand a
good chance okiminning. His option-'
ent is not yet named. Some say it
may be Realoseph Elliott of Goderich
others name Jae laitehell; of the God-
srich Star, while not a few pub their
th
hand no e shoulder of David Co.nte.
Ion, of °Anton, and say "You're the
boy." Time will bring the solution.
The seat has been held by Barrister
M G Cameron, of Goderieh, who de-
clined to be nominated. We expect
to see liol :nes and Proudfoet at the
winning Wen in West Rtiron.-Brua•
vela Post.
1 not quite as long a pericid.
Approximately 1,802 miles of the
National Transcontinental Railway
has been located IP etween Moncton
and Winnipeg -and approxiMately four
miles remained to be located. • There
were 8459 miles • of, construction now
under contract, rind it was intended to
let further coetracts tnis year. .
Mr M Y McLean M F, for South
Hutenaarte introduced into the House;
on Monday, and took his seat amid
Warm Liberal peers.
Bad tio Prejudices
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of election of ofileers and the transac.
of other business ,
The American Oultiyator, publihtd
at Beaton, has an interesting and well
written article in its last number front
Mr Joan Joynt, Lucknow, on"Produe-
• tive Farming," for which we will find
space in a later issue. ,
hey reach the banks however, they
On Tuesday; evening, while skating
will no longer see the light of circulae at the rink, Miss Vine •McCourt had
tion. As, they are gathered in the the misfortune to fall on her face, and .
,SuvereignBank bills will be forwarded break her • nose, besides sustaining -
account with the' Dominion govern -
to Ottawa,and credited to the bank's
doctor and her injuries '
other injuries. She was taken' to -a
attended to.
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' • • , • a a.. A recent -lire 10 New liaskeerd gave
LIBRARY BOARD The annual a. test to a system of waterWorks shin-
' meeting was held on Tuesday evening lar to that which the citizens here vot-
'to elect officers and tianseet other ea to install. . The fire department had '
business' in connection with the Streatne of water playlet; on the fire'
'itiechitnies-Iestiauta .Thea-follevriatg4 --threeaminutesaAftera thealarmwas , •
are the.officers for 1908; President, W given. . This is nutking pretty good
Brydone; Secretary, W. H Manning; tinxe ; a syritern like that *mild have
Old Ciintotrian • Treasurer, • m D MeTaggatt. Cam" _conuabaintudYleet ellaringa• '
- mittee-to took -after building,---A---ale-
A Morris boy writingdothe sketches 'Kenzie, Dr Shrew, W liaMeneing. ,thlteeettur intolintacinun,aorn wmilloina(fladyr,eitsema....
ot his early workama es the following
reference to a eouple of Old Clinten,
ians, and also to a mill that ceased to
exist 40 years ego; --After I had helped
to take. in :some of the crops at my
home, I hired with a man who had the
contract of logging„crosswaying and
bridgingthe town line from Blyth to
Wingham .,nrairies --a there was no.
IV'ingham then. This man • built the both reading roomr• anddistributing .1 vertiser, reters. 'to an old Chntomanr
first frame- bridge at Blyth: It was room are overcrowded, and the Board) but who has been In business in Lon- •
made of hewn itbiltments andacrossa
way approaches: There were eight
•or ten .men in the gang,. and when
.we had finisherithie work.; we went to nrendationa have been. •pre,sented.the Ly ill from bloodimisoning is much lim-
a plate near Clinton called Charles- .00uncil accordingly., . •: proved. •Mr Wright, sustained a."
Finance (jommittee, ing, Merck 2nd, his subject to be on ,
Mayor Wittse E M McLean. •flocli
Committee W. Brydone,• W if Man- the line of the Lord's Day. allianseaaaa
work, Mr Hanna is a native of this. r" .
inomingw, EasM$1-0'M9,CLbaelteno.00Thoen ihnocoodmseificsr. countyahaying been born near Olin- • .
me.number of books issued during ton; he is On atdur of this province, in '
the interests of the Lords Day Alli-
ttaenYeitiar1906wa,s• 1T5hje°°11138:amrye is growing marcgrewingi anee:
too large for present premises at times • The followiag frorn the London Ad-
is therefore desirous of securing a
grant from Mr Carnegie,if thepeople
are of a mind to accept it. Rea
den fot.some,-year; -cOndition. of . •
Air T It Wright; Contractor,. of NO get a.
'Princess avenuteWhO•haa been eetiOusr •
--wortiTir-alillir; car -the-laa,yfield ri,eLtt
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ere we remodelled and enlarged the .
saw mill, and repaired the .dam ; the Cioderich Evaporator • cently end contracted blood-peisoning
wake took a very serious form
•spiles used in this work were about 12 . • " The Elgin, Matra Banner, gives' an
feet long, and t• inches thick. They Season Closed Last Week -Employees account of a Masquerade carnival
were sharpened at one edge and bola Address Proprietor and Foreman. there: Mr. W. Webb, of town. • took
lowed out at the other,so that they
fitted into one another like rnatchluni.
bets " •
Mr George Fulton; the contractor,
was a good aeon," and as we never
worked ' after the regular hours,. it
seemed easy for me, as I was accus-
tomed to work from daylight to dark.
seratcham the_legawhile at,avotkave
Atter that- Mr. -Fulton engaged ---tie
build bridges andculverts for a Mr.
'Whitehead. co inected with the Bea
falo and Goderich railway construc-
tion.
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C I Notes
. Principal Murray, - of Owen Sound
0!, Visited the school on Wednesday
of this Week. • '
The regular meeting of. the Cana-.
dian Club -Was held on Thursday. It
was announced that Dr Shaw would
present sasilver medal to the member
of the club making the best fifteen
Mai tspeech.• • " "
Last week the town council adver- The followinprizee are offered for
tised for application for the various competition in 'Form III. One for the
town offices. A parry residin .out of highest aggregate in English and His-
tory given by Mr Ball. modern .lang-
uage masteriaand- 0118 for -the-highest-
aggregate in Mathematica And Science
given by Alb: W-. D. Fair: •
Arrangements are being made to
have a debate between two pupils of
Clinton, and two pupils of Goderich
town wrote to the clerk as mg the
1 nature of. the dutiesto.be-perforrne
by the Claug of police. As is well
known, he has about one hundred
and one things to do, and the clerk
wrote out a complete liet of duties,
which covered a full sheet of *Elea
and sent it to the applicant, receiving
afterwards the following explicit
letter: a- .
"Your letter received inst and in
reply will state distiectly that I haV'e
looked over all the duties carefully
and if your present chief has given
you entire satisfaction and is likely to
apply agate. I sea it willingly and.
without a grudge that he is the man
that•shoeld get it' .
•
Some startling revelations as to the
utyages in Canada of prevetitible dis-
eases Were wade in the House in the
discussion on a motion by Dr. Black
for the establishment of it national
bureau of public health, Dr Blitek esti-
mated that the loss oecasioned to Oen-
Oa every year by typhoid 'fever alone
was five and one hall iniIlin doliars,
and that 27,066' deatlas from 'disease 8e5a4n14 sEaxa/t°13ranhsistetiistl. :aeta;$.a2lt2h;e' 7VV, $12,1; terms thatiking his l'ellow employees
were preventative. Nearly one-half of Gerrie. $244; wreacter. sly; mile._ for their kindly. emieideration, '
the) deaths froth preventile diseases oc. vale, $173; Ashfleld, $282: ilolmes- ,
t Wit h e been it fatal acca
it at RV
The raoderich evaporator closed last first prize for Gents fancy costume,
week after a good season. The proprie- representing a Roman soldier. also for
tor, p F Barn -link, had fifty men, fancy skating, of whith the Banner '•
boysond girls employed since the 15th says :- "The fancy skating of Mr.
of September last, and the wages bill Webb was much admired, and though
for the season has aggregated $3,000.
Mr flamlink haa shipped from Godes
rich and •other points each Month
romallovemberattraJanuaryinclusive-
10, cases of evaporated apples, 1,060
to 1, barrels of waste, and 1,000
111
he. has lost some. of his eupplenesa• -
since his -professional days, yet he can
still do an excellent turn that is de-
serving -of -modem -raise. .0•
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W M SayThe Worrier -Ps Missionary -
Society held their quatterly meeting
barrels of sun-dried apples, m addition on Tuesday evening at the home of
to 5,000 berrels.of green_apples. It will Mrs E, Courtier& Aaarge number of •
thhruesel:teoleyenbthoautdiothge, leiovapbcror4aotoft;e-t_a
SeVei oeing . added to the toll, A
meitibe s and visitors were present,
special feature of thiS Society le the. %-
large number of young ladies whose. •
names are on the roll. In this day of
marra interests it is gratitying ;to note
that „so many find time for missiernitey •
work. We look for nutny more.
has been a hive of Industry um:lathe
fall and early winter months. That
the'relations between Mr Hamlink
and his staff have been of the best,
the following letter which was mailed
'to Mr Hatn-link last week, is . good
evidence-••
Mr D Harolink. Goderich, Big Celebration In 1310derich,
docicirich, Jan 1008.
• DuAn Sifit-Now that, tlse Wark of the season .
ea xt vyroe us sr e
July 13th •will be a great day in •
loaurariP°ravtljaritrideee6fniorl'itehtuedp; zelowylinshettiot
given us and also for the prompt remuneration
the beautiful tewn,
receive. for our services. We feel that You at
all Mines treated tui fairly and' courteOusl ;grid • . .-..........-,--1. • • ,
1
summed.
wish to express the hope that the ventur av The Orangemen of iouth Eared
„„...__ jitioad_ov„Artimity,fgain _offeyu ,, have' decided to celebrate.the Battle of .
wvaibirtahoughlyboteeglaaehtopbepy.agoantridarperoysopuerroueriisyloser: athoedapitrooty-tydorstIrtetowlenla-0-',/,filitOrfort000nAr -
sienea on behalf ef .the employees,-Spil YE°. the Oraneemen of Goderich have the •
employees met tithe home Of Chris Sanderson
T Dtranows, N IiimiCetwold, B Gilmr; _.,
On Thursday evening last a number of the mtoamttearkewetlhleienvehnatnda. inTohnesyt e rp, r uo pp .ots: ,
date, old-time .Orange celebration, its ,
the prettiast ankhealthiest town in
Canada, and will have assistance of
the citizens generally. 'VVith the G T
R and its Convenient in tersectiOns anti, •
the opening of the 0 P R from Guelph
as well as a much improved boat ser-
vice,and the expectation of chartering
have observed that, no matter how meat the tire steel steamer, "Greyhound,"of the
, %manes epee your time. you WerealWAys,ready guara,fitee of a good passengger list by
White Star Line, Irma Detroit, and a
Itianswer.our qu_estionti and assist us in every meter from Grand Bend 4_ W,j1 .re therci
possible Ivey. While_insisting on strict attent• is it dock and fourteen feet of Water.
at all times. Please accept this entail gift as an , t tie.rte shopvalerlytedrreitny thousands of •
ion to buidness you Were cheerful and courteous
have proved, a success financially *he •all is
who was foreman of the evaporator during the
iblearadanParrnted tea behalf lof the
C011egytte Institute, to be given in
Goderieh. Ae yet no date has been 'The address was rgasr byallaW re oe tho
r
set but it is .being looked forward 'rine was presented by Neil MacOallum, The
With much' interest. ' address was as follows:-
, Goderfoh. Jaz 2231dt 1008.
TO Mr Christopher Sanderson. Goderiell.
the completion of the work of
MISS1101111rY fvfogs DEAR 8/a-cht
the season at kr Ratulitik's evaporator. vie tee
e Ploy eos think it an Opporttine time to express
The -anon4 Missionary report of lannadnWentagitbolousmwahnintearmocut Ivo eamaprefigionanano!vovvuer
She Methodist OfierrehpfaCanade, has
just been issued, instead of stating the
ititiount given by each separate ap-
pointment on a circuit, AS he hereto-
fore, the total amount raised on the
circuit, by the chureb, the league, and
She Sunday Scheel is given Only. The
amount by various stations in Huron
are as folloWs: Goderiah North St.
$518; GodetichNictoria St OM: Clin-
ton, Wesley $1448; Clinton, Ontario St.
$446. Seaforth $301; Exeter. James St.•
iteknowledgmentof our aiwrociation, Should it Vifil ort.4 is being arrang"
fan toting lotto be outplayed • by Mr ed, and further announcements will ba
130 again associated With You. Wishing yr a secretary
rnade. The chairman is A M Todd, the
41 O. • johneton, assistAnti, •
another season, We Wattle consider it a pleasure
hary and prosperous Year.. Nlitnf no be alf Lc (7
re he entployeeig-- BUN- 'no. T. WigialVs, N. rne acid treasurer, Thermal It.
sitesceraare, chat. Burrows. he lith of July at Goderich
Mr Manderson was taken greatly by protnises to be One of the roost SUCJOSS-
turprit,e but made a reply in imitable tin' ever held in any city et towp '
curred under the age of five years, an
d 2 2
'444 $ 214 nalgarm'kn',, deVV nt betel r J Preach, Seaforth,
were attributable to the use of impure Nith, $2,70; Benthwer, am;
nal& and food. The evidence et earn -
tary lidifinfin went to show that the
on Theeiea hint, while at work hi Mr
I bum. $53'1. Walton, $100; Loridesbovol B 0,conteda bush near Dublin, A.
$801; BaYllehl, $82; VitYntti $245 Ceti -
200 falling tree strueIhtmon the head,
el
average death rate could be re uee tralia,$139; Rensall, 0227; Kippen,$
by one-third, and the infant Mortality Beigrave , • and itillieted a severe scalp -Wend an
by ene.half0 ' also slightly injured his back. ••
d d
•
Western ootario.1
4•
Mr Wan MeCrae of IleleraVe, hart
been seriously ill, for the last three or
four weeks with 11 peiinful foot,. It
turned to blood poisoning, and to
sieve his life, the limb thad to he MA.
Tmtated just below the knee, last
Friday.