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CLINTON ONTARIO* THURSDAY' SEPTEMBER 24111, 1908
Qur liCiAr serial, "The Ghost of Loehrain Castle," begins in this issue.
That's the question tbat is asked over and over again,
•where there is O. present to be chosen or a bride.
Most people agree that it sheuld mote from re jewellery
dove. because somehow jewellery and presents are always
associated.
If those inierested may knew it, we ceuld relieee them •
of, their uncertainty en a few minutes,•
•Our stock furnishes the hints. It meals in a minute
more appropriate presents than anyone POttld sit at battle
and recall en a whole day.
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So we invite buyers, and we 'Promise to make their
choosing. eaey and-their-ehoieeeeetisfeetory
jarveler and Optician.
elbston
mewls
. INCORPORATED 1809
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Paid -Up Capital a3,900,00. ., Reserve $4.890,000
Total Assets - - • • - $46,300,000
HEAD OFFICE. MONTREAL.
CLINTON BRA.NCII—E. R. DEWA.RT, MANAGliR,
COUNTRY BUSINESS EverY facility &Herded to fainters '
end others•for the transaction of
their banking business. Sales notes will be cashed or taken for
collection. •
Special Attention Paid to Savings Bunk Accounts
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1 The Farmers'.Batik of Canada
Capital $1,000,000 - • -Total Assets $1,$oo 'ono
• 40 Branches Thrmishout,Canada- •
Spadal attention given to farmers' business. •
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• Sale Notes dis•counted or Collected at lovrest cur•rentrates.
•Savings Department. •
Deposits of $1 and upwards received. Interest paid or added to Principal 4times a, pear •
Your money is too valuable to leave la the house where burglars. thieves or fire
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akeit from you or to invest it in risky.speculations or with doubtful institutions
. so often in tho past have robbed men of their hard earned wealth.
•',Drafts and Money .Orders Issued
,). :When sending Enemy to any ,part of Canada or the Voila, remember 'our drafts
and money orders are available here and sold, at the lowest poSsible rates. Our money
• ordons are papable at par at any point in Canada and principallMintsda Ahellitited
States and Great Britain. .
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OR Morro -Courteous Treatment, • No 1144
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Tape
Brucefield and Dashwood Branches .
R. T. DUNLOP,. Manager
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Wboie Nuntber 1543
10.00.0,40•00,
BAPTIST CHURCH.
• Rev. T, W. Charlesvvorth's 'subjects
for neXt Sunday will he:, Morning,
"Still further"; Evening, the leecoid
of the series on the Apostle Paul,
viz e "The great change,"
THE LOCAL MARKET.
Wheat 85c to 87e.
Oats 85c to 870.
.Feas 850.to 80e.
Barley 47c to 51c,
Butter 18c,
F,legs 170.
Live Hogs $6.75.
DEATH OF MRS. MANNING.
Mrs, R, E. Manning passed into
eternal rest :on SUnday night. It ie
but a year or so stz-i-ce She iiihed to
Dungannon -with ker husband who had
been appointed manager ot the 13raneh
of the Bank tot Hamilton established
there; Some mouthe age she bootee
111 and several weeks since returned to
the home of her mother where her
death took place. She is survived by
her husband and one child.. The fun -
eat took place Tuesday afternoon, the
serviees being conducted by Rev. Mr.
Jolliffe. The pallbearers were F. R.,
and H. li. Hodgens, A. T. Coope
F. T, Jackson, R. Holmes and
McMath, •,
THE AUTO 'BROICE DOWN.
THE urvazows SON DEAD.
•On Thursday evening laet Mr, John
MeClusky. :one of the drillers on the
waterwprks well, received a telegram
trent• Petrolie, stating that his little
eon was seriously ill aid a few min-
utes later a. second message came' an
nounelng his death, Mr. McOlusky
left for home by the first train.
A GOOD MAN GONE,
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Bishop Carmichael of Montreal, who
from 1859 to 1868 was rector of St.
Paul'S chureh, Clinton, his first charge,
died, in Montreal Monday morning, He
was a lovable Man and when he Was
transferred from ' this parish to a
larger field the whole community me -
reeved. He paid his last. visit te
Clintoiresomeefonr-years-ago--and-eseits
will be remembered how those who
had knewn him in the bye gone days
gladly tame many miles to hear him
once.more. A 'short sketeh of his
career. appears •on page four of this
issue. .. •
THE CHAMpIONSIVP.
• The most interesting series of game
eg Played on the bowling green •this
season took place last week for the
r, local championship between rinks
J. skipped by .W. • J. Stevenson and J.
• 13. Hoover. Tho series conreisted •
• five •2.1 -end genies; the first two • and
fifth being wen by Mr. StevenSon.
d •The Prize, a handsomeeteophy, Nvi,11 be
er• preeented at At UOMe to beheld' at
n -the residence of Mr. W, Jackion same
es. time next morith, The members of
a the. teatris were as followsj
ta W. Greham • .R. Graham
he J..Rnnter J.:Harland
le W. J, Nedigere • J. Taylor
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se W. J. .Stevenson "J. B. Hoover
d 4714).• (skip) •
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A FIRE LAST NIGHT.
d .
Y The stableon Hurori street which
g. was tented .by Mr. Angus McLeod Was
destroyed, by fire early last p,vening.
a How it originated is nat known • but
e when firei seen the flames were pour:
r ing through' the roof.. There were
e three horses in the stable ; two were
Y reseued but the 'third periehed. The
P animal waS a 'valuable 'one .and •• we
A party of Goderich citizens autee
to Berlin last Sundey.. The ran cas
ward was pleasant enough but wile
they Started homeward. their troubl
began, It was. first one thing an
then another until finally twomil
east of Clinton 'et twe o'clock in t
morning the car broke, down entire'
The autoists were so. weary and di
gusted' that had A junk man happene
along •a deal • Might • easily ha'
been effeeeed, tioWever,: they arouse
a farmer, who was sleeping peaceful',
after a day welt spent, and hitchin
his horses: he drovie three of them
home, the, • fourth putting up in •
Clinton hotel for the .rernainder Of th
riight. The auto was pulled unde
shelter where it remained. Until , th
next afternoon when two• of the part
cattle 'down from GOderielf, fixed it u
and returned• .
"STUNG." s
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• Last week -thewomen of Durham
. were treated te another of those pleas-
ant ;little stieprisesein the form of e
trAtelling fakir, selling household
articles of unliMited eeefulnese.
,Amongle, bis .colleetio •
Were a line .ofejollY
PadkiortiSille' :alid,"itlit` • uhr uce
them.," he lei them go it t.he ridieu-
°lisle low price of 25c per •pair.
Afterwards, one of our fair Sex wane
ered into a local hardware store and
found.the Merehant was readytoload
her down With a car -load or so. of the
settee article at 16c per pair, , Natural-
ly, she felt semething like the fellow.
the .bee lit on, and When we last saw
her she was moping .moUrnfully along
the street mu tliering. "steng" and try-
ing to figure- out he* she could regain
the 9c :ehe 'beet by.. not dealing • at
home. And she was not the only one
that bit on the jelly -tin deal either.--,
Chronicle. - •
underseand that Mr. •McLeod •intended
exhibiting it at one of the Fairs today.
Hay and •harness also wont tip in
smoke.. The delay of the fire eegine get-
ting_to work wag that the section hese
when first let down into the tank stuck
into the deposit. of mud at the bot-
tom, The „Fair Auxiliary rendered
Valu • le•Seryiee,_ as The'btuttt
thForrli'el")*t.1
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TD D E I Iorrish &Crooks crollTER,
Most of Us
'•'economy 'as cheap-
• ness in the original'
cost ; few of us stop
to think that cheap
clothes means some,
thing cleverly hid-
den behind 6, pfesent-
able appearance.
Lion Brand
0140THIN
FOR BOYS
The clothing of ..)har-
acter, style and de-
pendability, is cheap
and good. .
Made from all wool fabrics, with double seat,
double knees, double stitched seams and pockets,
concave shoulders, unbreakable fronts, doUblt elbows.
• Every fashionable idea is represented; and
.,,we know of no better clothing anyWhere.
"A Square Deal for Every Nano"
MORRIS11 & CROOKS
Successors to flodgeas Bros Clothing Store
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.ST "PAUL'S CHURCH.
'There 'were large congregations. ` at
St, Paul's church ;both m. and 0Y -
s• Sunda • les dial' in the
• eventng when •4, niireber ftore at ter
congregations were. proent. The
'preacher Of the day was Mr. John'
Rensford who created a very favor-
able Impression. In the evening he
took for Ids text. Kings 14 chap,
and 21 verse,. and called • a•ttention to
th,e following .points:.That the (mese
ten asked pf the people by the pro,
Phet indicated,'that the power of
choice' was given to every man, and
that singularity, each for himself or
herself, the momentous question of
ohooaing life Of death, must be metle.
HO ;text 'showed the advisability • of
•eiakling the choice, in that to delay
Was fatal, and to attempt.to en:toed
in -life without„eleciding such a ques-
tion was far ;worse then boldle dee d-
ing even for :what -is Wrong. His re-
enarks. were brought to e elose nY•
serN iptual proof that it possitele for
a, man • to delay deciding. se long
as to • piece himself outside': the
boiindaries of: the possibility of re-
form, .
WESLEY ciwncil.
Sunday was- Rally Day fit eitnnee
tion with the S. S. • of Wesley church
And it Might) very well be said' that
it wag a rally day for the whole
-church for there was, 'a good attee-
dance at all •eeeVicep.. Superintendent
Cooper 'presided at the meeting of the
School In the afternoon and wag' as-
sisted .01 the opening exereisee • by
Bev. J, Greene and Mr, H I. Rorke.
The tell egui .01„OlASS'eS WAS: Very, sat-
isfaefory, in some the attendance be-
ing perfect:. ,Master. !John, the •Wen
SOtt ;Cif Mr, ant Mrs. We II, lIellytere
was baptised. • as a member • of the
cradle Miss • 'Reid Sang.'4 solo,
Irma Andrews, and Ftetta, Cook gaVe
duett, Mr. Herbert ebOlt a• euphon-
ium ealo and •the peettor an address,
The church was nicely decorated with
flowers, leaves, to. .The hearty spirit
manifested, the good attendance and
the handsome decorations made la'st
Sunday rnemora,hie among the Bally
BaysIn Wesley chureh:-
• Next :Sunday the !quarterly review
of the A. S, leSspn will take place.
It wilt be TeMperatee Sunday and in
addition to the emphasizing of thiS
work
nn address will be given by
Secretary ,Pleming of the Y. M, 0.
A reading bv Mics Cattle Shipley
d a dutit by the Mitises: Potts. '
and e ehSter;
ONT. ST, OFILIRCH.
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There was a large attendance at the
Epworth Leagueanniversary held in
.this church . on 'Senday. Rey. Dr.
:Cook of lRidgetown wee the speaker
•Of thoeday and all three of his dis-
connees. were 'earnest; and vigorous.
Soule ef those who attended' Said :they;
they' .never heard , him do ' better
which -means that he did very well,
indeed., On Monday evening he Addres•
sed the League and there was a large
turn out of .the ineribers. '
' There wilt be 4 big 'Rally ''ni the
Ont, Si. S. S. nekt•Stuiday, and , the
"old 'peOple,' young people, •big"people
and little people and all who are
now or have been identified with the
school" are invited to attend • and
peneleee,pleaseut-and.eprefstable:-.43.o.
'There will be good mesh) and cheerful
sinAgigilege.•lai, will be given in -Ont. 1.St;
chuich to -night (Thitesday) 'under the
auspiceof the choir. Tea, wfll be
served from 5.13111 to 7. Prograni at
AdmisSioni 10 cts...Go and en-
joy a splendid repast. .Everyone, wele
The
The junior 'League his elected its
officets for the year as' follow :-
President, Miss Margaret Manning-
-1St Vice, 1VEss ,Lultt Howe
•2nd Vice, Miss Edna; Levis '
3rd •Viee, Miss Ethel Bradshaw
4th Vice, Miss Bessie Walker
. Secretate, Harold Kerr
• Assistant, ,Miss Louise Beaton .
Treasurer, Miss Mary Jackson, .
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Plamste, Misses Grace, Welker and
Ethel Bradshaw,
Personals
Dr. Dick Worthington is supplying for
Dr. Michell of Dublin. ••
Mr. Wilbur Manning, Loedoe, was ilt
town Tuesday atbending the funer-
al of the late Mrs,. R. E. Mannieg.
Mr. trite Twitcherl dame up from
• Woodstoek on Tuesday to take views
' of yesterday's political demonstra-
tion. ' •
Miss Dea,trice Greene returned home
last week after a tiro-inoriths' visit
with relatives in the state of Ver-
mont. • •
Mr .• and Mrs. John. Mut'doeli and Mrs,
Walter Murdoch of Lueknow were
the guests on Wednesday, of Mrs.„
(Dr,), Thompson; ,
Mr. 'and 'Mrs, John 1101.1yar returned
• to their home in Bowmanville last
• week after a vieiV:with their son,
Mr. W. It
Sunuaerhill
' Mr. and Mrs; James Miller visited
the Goderich Fair on Wednesday. '
Mr. Charles Tyner eted. 11/Ilse Maud
Tyner visited Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Scott, London township, and also
the Western Fair last week. •
Mr, Thos, Lindsay, !and his Italia
were In London last week. '
Mr. AA WS. John Scarlett visited
at Mr. Geo. Tyner's on Monday.
Additional Summerhill neWs on page
wet.
ITH THE PREMIER GOES THE
PROFESSIONAL DECOHATOH
The inference that will be drawn given • credit for • good 'times. it
from . yesterday's demonstration is it must take the responsebility . for
that 'elle Dominion Government has etagua.tion end depression.
resorted to a campaign of bunting and * *
brass Inusie in order to hide the t.:al •"It in tale for a pilaw."
issues from the peoPle.
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The people learned with surprise that
the Premier of Canada and a Profes-
sional Decorator travel together, er, Gibbing's, A. J, Holloway •and-- R
A party of school children sang na-
tional song e and *sere, W. Harland,
Spaulding, Weir; J. MeCrae, B. J.
etoebeemore-exact, • thatethes-Deeoe-etor
goes a day ahead, hence the ' • lavish
and gaudy display of bueting, •bane
nearns4adndud, epvoilcie:ie..
.sThe pramier and the
Decorator are a new combinatien
Canadian
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AerDowneesonge-4Canada,-;:"--The ercem
selections received greater 'applause
than the speeches.
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Five brass bands were ettgaged far,
tfie day s that if the people misted
convincing eratory they 'heard plenty
The affair WAS extens1 ely boomed, of music, much of it good music, too.
five brass bands we.re engaged, special The ,Wingham band gave a much ap-
traias were run, party fealty and predated, program on postoffioe. seuare
nubile curiosity were appealed to and
yet the attendance, at a generous. es-
timate, did not exceed 5,000 people.
Hllasnany more had been expeeted
as thiS Will be the Premiee's only ap-
in the evening. They put up good
music in Wingliam and they vote.right
on eleetiOn• day,. •
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pearance in this past cif the province of staunch Liberals including Dr
Bayfield sent over aebig carryall full
and the celebration was intended for
Huron Perth and BruceFully Stariburi, MUIC,10011 ROSS, and John
. 4. . • A ,
third of those present! were' Conserve- ' Ferguson ••* , •
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tiveer, The Tay stalwart e of Stone The local- Liberals were indefetige
ley, J•luVett, Teekersolith and Getter -
able in making the preliminary: ar-
*Joh township titined out strong' rangements. Much work devolVed 'upon'
••• them, , particularly on the ehaertnen
waa a, strangely underrionstrative and s'ecretary Dr Shaw and
demonstration. There was sca.rcely a it. liodgenS,respectively, and they
cheer as -the procession passed through me in wee; . •
the streets from the stAtion. to ' the • * * ,
park. The people were respectful but Ono of the banners read: "Five
cool and, their lack 'of enthusiasni Is' More Years of Good Times." 'rills,
Said to -have been a keen. disappoint-, of course, annealed very foreibly .to
Inene to sir Wilfred who bed. been the mechanics . ef Seaferth, ,.Winghem,
led to:expect greater things : • 'Godes:fell and Clinton; scores of whom
• ' ' have been outeof • work or en sleirt
As seen as •the procession passede time for a. considerable. portion of the
the ProPessional Decorator pulled.. past' year No work mane no pay,
down his. bath -tees and, bunting and thin ,time means half pay yet there is
-hurried off to 'Berlin ,wheret. the Pre- rent. Ondeta.kes to pay, coal and groo-
• lc appe,aratie.e leries to, biiy. Do the niechankis o!
Huron wantfive•nmee y,eaee of • the
Quer-y : Who pays, the Desorator 9 present state `of affairs ? '
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Candidates McLean, - I-Ielmes, and The "Five More 'Years .of : Good
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Hisiop
SpOkt: MeLeall talked like a Times' • has a hollow. ring to the'reeche
paitisen, Hislop with exiles and wotking nien of this county
animation and Holmes briefly,. Mr. I who Will sh tly have to face -a hard
M. G. Aemeron in good . term ..to heae. ;-wenteir 'with poor- Prospect. Of. FT-,
'and spoke wet but by thip: terie' •tf-te•ething.'liyeemployment
crowd bad liccomeimpatrcet,.
the Premier and there were 'cries '6i "It is. time
lie
for ehane'e.A.
',Laurier. !"' "Laurier'!" 'until ;1‘1r. , • •
Cameron was ;obliged • to take his. :
In additien to :Chief Wheatley 'and
seat.
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notated as special constable.s for .the
Sir Wilfrid spoke fpr 'about; in hour
day : W. J. Paisley,. C. j. Wallis;
Coveringthe se
- 'ine round asgat hi; :J. Copp, 0: 'Johnson,. O'Donnell,
meetings, at Strathroy and elsewhere.
11 Itoueled,ge and A. MeLeed. . It was
He soared ' someivhat after usu .1 •
' a• •
manner, And charged 'that his OppOn- a Stalwirt force
ents had no polidy. but •that • of slan- - : • :
der. His claim that he has apure Among the newspaper Men .in Lowe
snifio- during the day **P.P. Naylor,, Luck.
governntent caused an. amused
•pass over 'the:crowd which had he eep.'; NeelandS,: Hensel', Kerr, Brue-
mind the aggregation by which, lie is Peis 'Exeter; Von,. , Mr.
and has been' :.surrounded. 'Ste Mil- 'Graham is also a Member Of the press,
:rid: stated that charges . made •
against his officials were always inves-
tigated, ,but his bearers knew that
it: was not beceseary, 10 go out of
Huron fpr evidence %o the contrary'.
• Seegiant, Welsh..the following were a,p4
Goderich Township
A1iddleton..-14ay fen .
.eye,134,vee:notetaegg.t.teteeth,a,te410fie.r The residence of Mrs. Martha Has-
liehnes was eeleeted .by ballot box ter, Greenway, one, „Septembee
was the scene of a very pretty', Wed -
frauds and. that Sit Wilfrid Laurier
stifled the investigation in he House ding when her daughter, Miss Motile,.
of Commons.. was married to Mr. John Middleton
Jr.- 'of 'Gbdertch '-township;- -the
In a Witty •five-minute speech Mr. 1:teir• P•• C-4-• '7'elvte.e cf. Perldiiii,
W. H. Kerr of Brussels' introduced The bride was dressed in a white
Hon.' Geotge Graham, Minister of silk princess diens With the accustoni-
Railways. There are old 'friends and ed btidal veil and carried a shower
brother newspaper men. bouqUet Of whiee roses. She was giv-
Mr. 'Graham's. address Was
the Hayter, and -assisted tby her siSter
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* # * • en away • by her brother; Mt. Will.
mast lengthy and vigorotis of the..• at. Aliss Jennie HaYter And Mr, Fred,
ternoten. e xneele I an able ,defence of Middleton, etrOther of the groom...
the Goveennietit. 'In speaking of the Promptly at eleven thirty, a. m. the
financial situation he dealt with sur- bridal party entered the parlor • to
pluses of bygone year instead of the the strains of MendelssOhn's -:Wedding
present I/meet-Ise deficit and to the re- March payed by Miss Carvie Wilson,
ceipts which have beedott the descend-
ing Seals for months he made Ao re.
ference. He elaimed that the times
were good and the GoVeramenCshould
be given- the credit,. Mr. Graham
should, have known that in this county'ne
alo1•a number • of 'industries are
efos,ed down or running part time and
that during the coming winter'. Mat- on the 9th eon Both °aro well and
dreds-of the men ;of Huron whe are very favorably" known. throughout the
anxious' to do an hottest day's work township' and numerous are the bon -
will be • out of employment. it, gratulatioes t and good wishes that
then, to the Government must be ivill be shoWered upott
Only the immediate relatsves and
Mr. Cooke of Stratford were pres-
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ent. • ,
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After the ceremony lunchwag seev-
ed and the happy couple -.l for a
short trip to Toronto• and Muskoka. ...
'Mr. and Mrs. --Middleton will mako
their home on theAroom's fine farm
ssoldwanaimane;WmfasimisesminimiasiswasselowlmamsswasissassimaSsmasaassmsoarnialwasmii,
SHALL THEIS CONTINUE ? •
Terminals• •Were required for the
GoVernment section Of the Grand
Tiunk Pacifielit Winnipeg. '
Hoary -Kern, hofielkeeper arid Poll -
titian; bought ,the property tor $99,-
200. • •
• The Government then purcha,sed frotril
Ketri, paying him $24800.
The Agnew, stand thus
Pried paid by Government $222,000.
Price paid by Xern ,,,, . . .... 90,200
Profits for Kern . . $122,800
The Laurier Government had 24,801
acres of Indian land for sale.in
Al-
gorna.
PriVale deal the land wits dis-
posed of to A. X. Phillip, formerly
Siftert.'s law Partner ;, B. A. Ile:Isor
and W. P. 'Wilson, politicians in Bran?
don,
Philip, tteesor and. Wilson iold to a
firni of lumbermen for $101,880.
• The figures Stand -time
Price for which the politicians
• sold .. .. . . ... , ......... .... $1.0.1)830
1:.,riee paid by them to the Gov-
ernmene . ... . , ... . . „ ..... 0,017
Profit for Philip, Beesor and
Wilson ..,...„,... ............... .. .. . $91,818
In these two transaetions the pro
fi--
ts were :7
rot' Itern, through selling pro•-
perty to the Government...,..,9122,800
Reesot and Wilton,
through buying property from •
the Government 01,818
Total th two deals $,214,41:3
Shall we "Let I4urier keep up this
kind of work ?"
Shall we "Let Laurier keep up this kindoof work ?"
New Advertisements
most of Us -M. 44
Clothing -10. W. Jacobs --2
New Fall Coats---Tozer's-8
Eyesight --W. R. Counter -3
Barga,ins,Flurnateel Bros. -1.
Opening Display-trliodgens'-g,
Fall Openings-NcOcombe's-K
Miliinery Opoinds,-F,
Auction Sale -Thos, Atelier -4
Tito 'and Brick -Kruse litosc..,75
3-picce Suites -J. II. Ohellew-,2
Hunters' Excursions -G -T.
$600 Wallpapm-W, D. Fair Cr*I.:,--8
Bnyfield
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On Thursday last Mre, John Whid-
doa-lreceived-the sad-newsr-of 'the -death-- —
Or her brother's wife, Mrs. W. ; E.
Ross • of Stratheona, Alta. Mr. and
Mrs. Ross spent Several weeks during
the .suromer:ae gueets, of Mr. 4IldMrs4
Whiddow o
and it is only about e month
"since they returned hoino,' Mrs...Ross
is surviVed by her husband 'arid five
small children, three girls and • two
boys, one a baby, eight months old,
to mourn theit great -loss.
Mr. A; E. Erwin: attended • the
High Court4at Goderich this -week as •
rt. Atkinson of Detroit ie spending
A leNV daYS ; with 'his family 'he the
village.
• Mrs. Oliver Rhynas of Brantford
and • Mre.*Rhynas of Goderieh are tho
guests of the lormer's parents, Mr.
4114 lure, John Ferguson. .
Zey. Hiles and wife are visiting:
friends at Kirkton •Ithia week.. Tho
'former Will spend a few days at Tor- „
On Sunday inornirtg next Mr. Wants -
ley will occupy ;the pulpi0. of tthe Meth-
odise churcll in !the absence of BevHilos
..
'Dr. Metcalf, wife and family of De-
troit arrieedyin the village op Fri-
day kit in. their motor to spend a.
short While: •
. Messrs: Thos. •.eimeron, Jos, Oald-
-well, T, J. Marks, R. McMurray, II.
Darrel), John Tippet •and Mrs. 'IT,
MoKay, Mrspa,cktita,n and 'daughter;
Miss Edith Spaekman, • Misees ' Mary
Whidden .ind lna Fowlie
attended the Fair :at Lcindon . last
Mr. F. . A. Edwards is .visitieg
friend, at Landon. '
Mr U1ia Rosa,- who was here at-
tending the funeral' of his brother;
Forrest TiOsfi., •
left ;for his home at
Buffalo ,ose Saturday. ., •'
,grand •concep will he given
the town Ifaile on the evening. of
•day of' next week"; the second day -of,:
the Pair. It will he . under the. Aus-
pices of the Society and :good talent e
has been secured for the. oecasione
At the Fair on :Friday ol next
week. a Prize. will be given for single
roadster though it . was omitted from
the prite list ' • • '
. .
Holmesville
Mies ,Holmes : • returned home lett
week from his Old Country visit and.
reports having spent a Pleasant time
with her friends, Her • many friends •
here :are pleased' to have her '. back.
again safe and well. Her Bible class
fiendened her a reception an her return
and all spent e pleasant :time ttegeth-
,.•
fts-fer 'a
her son- ',Ind other friends in Chicago. .
last wwle. Mrs. Fred. Draper of Ayl-,
mer. is taking care of the- honse. durins
•her, mothees. absende.. . '
We are glad to hear that the • little
boy .of Mrs. S. T. Walters is better
.after his severe spell of illeess.
Several from around here took in. .
the air at London' last •weelr. •
Mrs. blackeneie and Mrs. Leach- •of
.goderich were, the, guests , of Mr, and
Miss Holmes .feie a few , days last
week. . •
• 111,r. Taylor, wife and. son, Mr. and -
Mrs. Beamsyirs of. Kansas and Mrs.
Broa,droot and, Mrs. Eledat ot Da,yfield
were guests aid' Mr. W. Stanley .and
wife part or Monday and 'Tuesday' ok
last. week. •'
Rev..mr. Snowden was preaching
anniversary sermons in the Goshen
church, Stanley, on Sunday. Bev.:Mre'
Brown of theat• Circuit , took Mr.
Snowden's work;here.
The anniVerSary and tea. meeting
lavoecbtoeebnerpostpoqed u.ntil 18 and 19th
oit
The members of *.C.O. P. are re-
qUeseed to meet on Friday evening at
7 p. in. for a game • of carpet balls
•
font 7 to 8.
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• Twenty-Five'Millions.Los.
Under the. above heading United .
Canada, Ottawa, in its- issue of Sat-
urday last hed theefollowing,reference
.to the meinba for West Huron e
"It IS estimated that $25,000,000
worth of pine and pulp timber was
•destroyed• by hush firm in British
Columbia 'lett namith. .• •
This recalls that last 'seision, Mr.
E. N. Lewis, M.P. for Vitest Huron
who IS by the way negatteled as on
of Ontario's best representatives at
Ottawa, called the attentihri of the
Government, and the country, in an
'admirable speech to this very eptette
lion of our thither reeeittreete
Mr. 'Lewis showed that we., lave
practically the last 'Of 016 World'.0 .
great virgin forests, and he asked
that l„a Cortimittee of the nottso be
appointed to ascertain how hest t, this
national 'asset could be meet
eftec-
tfety proteeted and preserved..
Jealousy •prevented the govtiett.
mot from folloWing Mr, Lewis" lead.",