The Clinton News-Record, 1908-09-24, Page 21*.17111111**,1,0.7,111.•-•,'
inton
28th Year
CLINTON, .ONTARIOt THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24th, 1908
Our new serial, 'The Ghost of Lochrain Castle," begins in this Issue.
Whole Number Is43
at AA it be?
Tbetes ;be question that is Miceli over and over agai*.
where there is e present to he chomp for a bride.
• Most people agree that ft should come from ajewellery
eteee, because somehow jewellery and presents areaways e
associated.
• If those intereeterl only knew it. wecould relieve teem
et their uncertainty Ina few minutes,
Our Oink furnishes the hints, It reveals in a minute'
more appropriate presents then anyone could sit at home
• and recall ip a whole day. .
So we invite buyers. and we premise to make their
choicesatisfactoele
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*water and Optician; Clinjon
simeass
• 1NCOAPORATED 1869•
HE ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
PaldeUp Capital $3,900,000. • Reserve $4:890,000'
Total Aseets • - - e - $46.800,000
HEAD OFEeCE. MONTREAL. ,
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CLINTON BRANCH -E. 11,11
KWARi; MANAGER,
COUNTRY BUSINESS Every facility afforded to farmers
end others for the transaction of
their banking bUsiness. Sales notes will be cashed or taken for
collection. '
Special Attention.- Paid' to Savings Bank Accounts
1111111110Me
The • Farmers' Bank of Canada •
Capital Simoo,000 * • • - Total Assets $1,8omoo
40 Branches Throughout Canada.- ;
Bimetal atthntion given to farmers' business,.
Salo Note is discounted •or Collected at lowest current.rates.
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*Savings ' De,partinient. . •
Deposits of $1 and upwards received. Intereit paid or added to principal times a pear
Your money is too valuable -to leave in. the house. where burirlars. thieves or tire
ma alcUl from you or to investlt in risky•speculations• or with doubtful institutions
.ae--etteiein the past have robbed men of their hard earned wealth. •
. Dratts and Money:Orders issued •
. When sendingniotiey to any, part of , Canada Dr the -world, remember our drafts
and money orders are available hererand sold at the lowest possible.rates. Our money
orders are papable at par at any 'point ill Canada and principal .pointS in the United
States and Qreat Britain.- ' • ' - • ' • •
OUR MOT1`0-601trtegals TFeetment. No Red, Tape.
Brucefield and -Dashwood Branches
R. T. DUNLOP, Manager
BAPT.TeST OHUROH.
• Rev. T. W. Charlesworth's 'subjects
for next Sunday will be :: Morning,
"Still further" ; gvening, the 1owed
of the series on the Apostle Paul,
viz e "The greet 'clump." .
THE LOCAL :1WARKET.
Wheat 85c to '87c.
Oats 3ec to 37c.
,as 800.to 86e,
• Barley 47c to 510:
Better 18c. ,
Eggs 17e,
Live Hogs $0.75,
DEATH OF MRS. -MANNING.
Mrs, R. E. Ma.uning passed b. into
LtiLis
enighte
but a year or so since she moved to
Dungannon with het Intsband who had
been appointed manager of the branch
of the Bank :of Hamilton established
there. 'Some ^Months ago she became
ill and several weeks since returned tO
the honk of her mether where lie
death took place. She is survived b
her husband and one:Child. The hie
oral took place Tueeday afternoon, di
services being conducted by Rev, Mr
Jelliffe.. The pallbearers were F., R
and H. F. Hodgens, ' A. T. Cooper
F, T. Jackson, R. Holmes and J
McMath. •
THE DRILLER'S SON DEAD.
On Thursday evening lase gr. John
MeClusky, one of the drillers oa the
waterworks well, received a telegram
from Petrone, 'stating that his little
son was seriously ill and a. few
utes .later a second message eame an-
nouncing his deeth. Mr. Mcalusky
Jet foe home by the first train.
A GOOD MAN GONE.
Bishop Carmichael ot Montreal, who
from 180 to 1808 was motor of St.
Paul's church, •Clinton, his first charge,
died in Montreal Monday morning, He
was a love:hle man and when lie was
trensfereed from' tine parish to - a
larger field the whole eommuuity. -sor-
rowed. He paid his last eisit4 to,
Clinton some four years, ageand Lt
will be remembered how those who
had known him in the bye gone days
&dip came many miles to hear him
once .more, A Am% sketeh of his
career, appearson page our of this
issue, • , •
Y THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
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el Tbe most interesting series of gam-
, es played on the bowling green this
season took 'place last week for the
local championship between rinks
THE AUTO BROKE DOWN,
A petty of •Goderich.citietens. ktUtOed
to Berlin last Sunday, The run ceerbe.
ward was pleasant enough but when
they startedelneward. their troubles
began. ,It wee first one thing an&
then another until finally two miles
'east of Clinton at two ie'clockelerfhe
morning the ear _broke' down entieele.'
The aeteiste were So Weary and ,dis-
gusted. that had e jot* Man happened'
along a deal . might. easily have
been 'efteeted.- :HoWeveee they aroused
a lam*, who Was sleeping peacefully
aeter• a day well spent, kind hitching.
his horses he drove three of teem
home, the lOurth putting tip
Olintoe hotel forthe remainder of the
night. The auto was •pulled ..under
shelter .where it remained until , the
eext aftereeon when ewe el the party
came 'down from Goderien, fixed it up
and reterned• home. ' •
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Last week the •Women of.Derham
ereM treated to another • Of 'those pleas-
ant little surpriees, in the form of a
travelling fakir,: . selling household'
artielee • 0! / iinliitiled 'eaefulness.
Amongst his .collection 9f 'necessaries
were a line •jelly tins, ,which he Was
"ad'yortighig"., and, ."Is.ils to introduce
thein," he let thein •go .et the ridieu-
iouslY low peke of 25c per pair.
IAherwardS, one of obtr fairsex wan-
dered into a: local leardware More and,
fauna the „inerena:nt was reedy to load
her down with, a car -load or so of the
„same article at 1,6e Per pair. Natural -
le,„ ehe felt something Beep- the fellow
the be lit On, enCeithen we lest 'saw
her she was moping Mournfully along
the street intithering_ "stung" and try-
ing.to figure out how she could yegain
the Oe she lost. he tot dealing at
honk... And she Was not the' only one
that bit. on the 'jelly -tin deal either.--,
Chreniele. •
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ST PAUL'S' bauRcri.
There .were large congregations ' et
S. Paul's churCh. both a. ni, and ,eiv-
ening last- Sutiday, lespeeially in the
evening le en a num et -. ronr,o I
wegregetioes were „present The.
preacher of the day wee Mr. John
Ransfore who . created a very favor-
able i'mpreesion. In the • evetingee he
took- for his text l' Kings 18 Cha.
and 21 verse, and called attention to.
the following , points: That the ques-
tion 'Asked of the people by the' pro-
phet indicated, : that the, power .• of
cboice was 'given to every man, and.
thee singularity, each for beliedf or
hereele. the mementoes queetioh of
chowitig life or death, must be made.
14e next:Showed the advisability of
'taking the choice, in teat to delay
was fatal, and to attempt to proceed
.in life without •deciding such a. clues: -
tion was far vvorse than boldly • dee d-
ing even for what is Wrong: His re-
Marki :were. brought toa Close, he
sciriptual proof that it is pessiWee, fax
a man . be - delay deciding so long
as t9 place himself outside " .the
Imundaties of the possibility of re-
form.
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WESe.EY ClitileCH.
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Simday was- Rally Day in cOnnee-
tion with the S, S. of Wesley church
and it might very well be said that
it was • a rally day for the whole
church for there was 'a good Wee -
dance at all eervicce. Superintendent
Cooper •presided at the meeting of the
school in the afternoon and was tie-
eisted in the opening exerciete by
Rev. 3. Greene and Mr. H. E. Rorke,
The roll eall of Meets wasevere set-
isleetory, in some the attendance' be-
ing perfect. Master tjOilii, the Wee
son !of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. liellyar,
*as baptised as a member ' of the
cradle roll. Miss Reid Sang a sato,
Erma Aildemes and Retta, Cook gave
a duett, Mr. Herbert Cook e euphon-
ium Solo and the pastor an address.
The church was nicely decorated with
flowers', leave, ele. The hearty. spirit,
manifested, the good attendance and
the handsome deeorations made hot
;%tinday memorable among the Rally
Days in Wesley chutele'
Next Sunday 'the fattarlerly review
of the 8, S. leseon will take plaec.
It; will he Temperance Aunday and in
addition to the empliaeizing of thie
wotk an addrese will be given by
Setretary reining Of the Y. M. 0,
'A...a teaditte be 'Mee Cattle Shipley
. and a duet by the tlissea Potts* •
aRvEREB
.1:07NAG7 ifirtjOks
CLOTHING
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Brand
economy as cheap-
ness in the original°
cost.; few of us stop
to think that cheap
clothes means sone -
thing. cleverly hid-
den behind a present-
able appearance,
Lion rand
CLOTIIIN
FOR ' BOYS
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The clothing' of :that•
-
acter, style and, de-
pendability, is cheep
and good.
Made from- all wool fabrics, with double seat,
double knees, double stitched seams and pocket,
concave shoulders, unbreakable fronts, double elbows.
• "Every tashionable idea is represented, and ,
oe know of no better clothing.anywhere.
"A Square Deat, for Every Mn."
.C.ROOKS-
Clothint Store
Mittel/Sart to Hodgeos BrOs.
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skipped by W. J. Steveneon. and 'J.
B: Hoover. The series coesisted • el
five •21 -end games, the first two and
fifth being wen by Mr, Stevenson.
The prize, a handsome teophyr will be
presented at At, Home- to he held at
the residence of Mr, W, Jaelthon some
time next =men. The -members of
the teams were as followe j „ • '
W. Graham. R, Graham
J., Hunter • J. Harland
W. J. Nedigee .1. Taylor . '
W. J. Steveneen 3.13. Hoever •
(skip) '• (Skin) '
A FIRE LAST NIGHT-,
•
The stable, • on Iluron street which
was rented, be Mr. AngusMcLeod was
destroyed by hre.e.arly last evening.
How it originated is. not known but'
when fleet seen the. flemes werp pour-
ing through the roof. There were
three horses in the stable ; two were
reached but the third -perished, ' The
'animal , was a valuable iine and we.
understand .that Mr, McLeod intencled
exhibiting it at one of the Pairs today.
Hay 'and haeness also Went up' in
smoke. The delay Of the AM engine get-
ting to work waA'that the suction hese
when first let down into the tank stud('
into the deposit of Mud at the bot-
tom. The Fait rendered
value,ble service, as usua . The build-
ing .ereee
and .Web
0.NT.• 1;‘. C1-1.
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There wai a large attendance .at, "the
tp*eeth League anniversary held in
this ;church Sunday.. gee,. 'Dr.
Cook of' iRidgetown was the speaker
of the .day and all ehree 'of his. dis.
ceereee were cattiest and Yig00113,
$0pit Of thOS:C who attended said thee
-they never beard him do better
iernt,14iee9hcl.Mcleannsmontdhaayt ieivieodinidg li:Cerya.d'f7011.,
eed the .Leegtie eed: there was a large
tern out of the members.
There will be a big Rally ' in % the
•Ont. St. S. S. next Sunday, and , the
'people, young people, big peoplc
and -little people 'and all who are
now ot have ben. identified with ; the
echbol", are • , invited to attend ind
s • end. a pleasant and Profitable hour.
There will be eoo musio an
sinAgisnogeial w. ill be 'giVe.n. in Ont. „gt:
church to -nigh undee the
auSpices of the choir. Tea ; will be
served from 54.0 to 7. Program at
e.30. Admissiom 10 cts. Go and en-
joy a splendid repast. Emryone wet -
The ender league ba,. elected its
officers for ho year •ias follovve :-
President, Miss Margaret Manning
let Vice, Miss. Lulu Howe .
2nd. Vie, Miss Edna Lavie
3rd 'Vice, Miss Ethel 'Bradshaw
4th Vibe, Mies' Bessie Walker
Secretary', Harold Kerr
Assistant, Miss Louise Beaten
Treasurer, 'Miss Mary Jackson,
Pianists, Misses Graee, Walkeeand
• Ethel Bradshaw,
11111111 THE PREMIER GOES THE
PROFESSIONAL DECONITOO
.The inference thee will be drawn
frozn yesterday's demonstration Ls
that lthe Dominion Governmeneha
resorted to a campaign of bunting and
brass Musk in order to hide the reil
issues from the peeple, .
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The people leaned with surpelse that
the Premier of Canada and a Proles.
eienal epee .oretoreetra.v,eLeogether, or
th be more exact, that the thecoreior
goes a day ahead, beim the '• lavish
and gaudy display ot bunting, ban-
ners and devices. The Premier an the
Decoratorere a new corobinatioe in
Canadian *Mee.
The affair was 'extensively boomed,
five lease betide were engaged, special
trains were ren, party fealty and
public curiosity were aPpeated te. and
yet the attendance, at. a, genereus es-
timaM, did not exceed 5,000. People.
Hall as many more had been 'expected
as this will be the Premier's only ap-
pearance iti this. past of the province
and the celebration was intended for
Huron, Perth ;nid Bruce. Fully a
third of those presdpt were Consetytt-
tives. The Tory
ley, .Hulett, Tucker li-Goder-
ich township turned oet strong.
t A/ \
talwarte Of. Stat.
It 'wars a eteangely utele:monatratiee
demonsteetion, There was • scarcely
cheeieeee the proceseion passed tkrough
the .stieets frorn thb station to ' the
peek. The people were Mspectful but I
cool and their lack 'Of enthusiasm is
said •tce. have been e -keen disappoint -
meet to Sir -.Wilfred who had .been
led to expeet greater things
•
Ai Soon 'as.: the procession 'passed
the Brotlessional . Decorator pulled
down his bannefe aedbunting and
hurried: off to Berlin where the Pre-
mie.r ' Makes • his next apPeaeeree.. ' •
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Ile ri • :Who Pays the De.,oratOr ?
Candidates • McLean, -Holmes,. and
Hislop. spoke. MeLean„talked like a
"hide-botted" partisan, Hislop with,
animation and HOltnrgbriefly, . Mr.
M. 'G. ;Cameron , was, in •goad: term
and sPoke well but this time the
.....eteedeitad .beeinneimpatient tohear
the Premier andthere'were cries of
"Laurier 1." 41 r te, (tatil Mr_
Cameron was ,Obliged to take eis
Seat. • •• ' ' •
' Sit Wilfrid spoke for about an hour,
covering ,•the,sathe •grOutte as at hi$
meetings at Strathroy and elsewhere
He soared eotnewhat, After his usual;
manner:, and charged that his oppoie
WMhad no police- but thatof slan-
derHis claire that he' has a pute
Government,. • caumd an aniesed. smile
to pass over 'efie crowd *hien had in
mind the aggregation by Which he is
and eies been surrounded. Sir Wil -
!rid stated that cherges• made
againat his officials were always heves.
tigaMd; but his bearers knew that
it was not necesiary, to go loitt of
Huron eke evidence to the ,eonttety.
They have not forgotten that Robert
MCRic
given credit tor good tine it
,It mese take the xesponsebility • tor
steguation end depression.
e
J• "It le tithe for a change."
A party of school children sang nee
tonal songs and elesers, W. Harland,
Spaulding, Weir, J. McCrae, B. J,
Je Holloway—and - Re
A, Downs wig "Canada," The voeal
sectione received greater applause
than the epeeches.
•
Five brass beds were engaged for
the day so that if ilk people misLied
convineing oratory they .heardplenty
qf music; Much og it good 'music, top.
The ,Wingheen band gave a much ap-
preciated, program on posteffice, seeare
in the evening, They • put up geed
music en Wingham and -they vote righe
on. election. dayi •
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Bayfield sent wee a "big carryall full
of staunch Liberals including Dr.
Stanbury, Murdoeh Roee, and John
Ferguson,• •
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• The local 'Liberals *ere. -thdefatig-
.
able in making the preliminary ax
eangernente. gueleveork devolved upon
them, •pa,rtieularly on the chairman
and. Setretere Dr Shaw and Mr. Ie.-
, R.- Hodges, respectively, and they
:did in well. ' •
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Onn. of the t: banners read : "Five
• Mort Years Of Good Timee." This,
of course, kepealed eery forcibly to
.the mealienics of Seafortie Wingham,
God -rich awl' Clinton worts fwhonj
hex° been out ol - work or ep Steel;
time foe a eOnsidete,ble portion 'of the
'past year, No wokk mane no pay ;
hell, time means half ,pay. yet there Is
tent and tae.es to pay, coal and eroee
cries. to hey.. Do. Re. mechenes of
Huron want five. Meee'yeare '•the
present state:. of ?
The e"leive elore Years. of . Good
Times' has hollow ring to the revelie
anics and .working men of this County
who Will.,shortly have to facie a 'hard. -
winter with a peer preapece of any-
thing secede employment. •
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(reeds end that Sir •Wilfrid Laurier
stifled the invettigation rn Lhe House
of Commons. . .
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In .a, witty five-minute' speech Mr,
W. H. Kerr of Brussels introduced
Hon. George t Grahamf Minister of
Railways. There are *old friends and
brother' newspaper in -en.
• .
.Mr. Geaham% , address.' wee the
1110s:t eengetiy and vigoeous of the at-
tiernoon. • He made an able :defence of
the Government.' Tn speaking of the
financial 'situation he dealt with see -
pluses' of bygone years insteadvof the
present imMense deficit and to the re-
ceipts which"havo been on the descend-
ing scale faX months he made no re-
ference He
as
claimed that the times
were good and 00.Government should
lie • giventhe credit. Mr. Graham
Person Should have known that in thiS county
Dr. • Dick Worthington is supplying for
Dr. IVIichell of Dublin.
Mr. Wilbur Manning, London, was in
town Tuesday 'attending the funer-
al (it the late Mrs: R. E. Manning.
Mr. trite Twitchell came up from
Woodstock on Tuesday to take views
of yesterday's political demonstra-
.tion. *
Miss Beatrice Cleetne returned home
last week after a two -months' visit
with relatives in the, state 'of Ver-
mont. •
Mr, and IVIrs. joint litn.'doch ^and Mrs:
Walter Murdoch !of Lucknow were
the guests. on Wednesday of Mrs.
(th.)! Thompson.
Mr. and. Mrs, John Beelyat eeturned
to their home in llowmanville last
week after a visit with their son,
Mr. W. IL
Sumaterhill
Mr. and Mrs. James Miller visited
the Goderich Pair on Wednesday.
Mr, Charles Tyner 'and Miss Maud
Tyner visited Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Scott, London township, and ; also
ihe Western Veit last week.
Mr. Thos. Lindsay, and his mother
were in London last week, '
Mr. and Mrs. John Scarlott visited
at Mr. Geo, Tynethi on Monday,
Additional Summerhill news on page
fout,
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alone a number of industries 'are
closed down or running part tin' and
that during the coming winter. hue -
deeds 'of the met ,Of Huron who are
anIcious to do an honest day's work
will be out of employment. If,
then, to the Government must he
It Is lime ler a, change."'
Itt '
addition to. ',Chief 'Wheatley and
Sergeant Welsh the following 'were ape
pointed as special constables for the
day : W. J. ,Palsley, C. J.• Wallis,
J. Copp, 0. 'Johnson., M. ,O'Donnell,
13. Routledge and A. htcheod It wee
a stalwart force.
• *.
Among the newspaper men in town
°duringthe day wQre ; NaYlor,
'pow ; Neelands, Hensall ; Kerr, Brus-
sols White, Eketec. Hon. • Mr.
Graham is also a member of the press.
Goderieh, Township
Middleton -Hayter.
• The residence of Mrs. Martha Hay -
a On ' Se tember • 16th
was the scene. of a very, Pretty wed,
ding when her daughter, Miss Martha,
was married to Mr. John Middleton
Jr. of Goderich ' township, by --the
Rev. F. G. Newton of P,arkhill.
:
The bride was dressed in a whiM
silk princess dress with the accustom-
ed bridal veil • and carried, a Showee
bouquet of white roses: She was giv-
away by, her/brother, Mr. Will.
Ftartcr, and aseieted by her sister,
Miss Jennie Halter, and Mr. Fred.
Middleton, brother Of the geoorn. .
Promptly at eleven thirty a. m. the
•bridal party entered the parlor t�:
the strains cif neendelssohles :Wedding
lelexch Awed by Mise Carrie Wilsen,
Only the immediate .rela,tives and
Mr, E. Cooke. of Stratford were pres-
ent.
,After the eereinony lunch was, serve
•ed and the happy couplei left for a
shcirt trip to TorOnte and Muskoka.
Mr., and Mrs. Middletori willInako
theii!. home on the groom's fine farm
on the ,Ott con. Both' are well and
very favorably .knowit throughout the
township and numerous are the con-
gratulations t and good wishee that
will be showered upon. them,
SHALL THIS CONTINUE ?
Terminals were required, for the
Government- section - of the ---Grand
Trunk ?twill° at Winnipeg.
Henry 'en, a.holielkeeper and poll -
tido, bought .the property for $08,-
200. . •.
The Goverment then purchased feat&
Kern; pkying *tem $Z22,800.
The Agurea stand thus ;-
Pelee paid by Government $222,000
Price paid by Kern ,,,,, .... „.„„ 90,200
Profits for Kern f122,800
The Laurier GovernAlent, had '20,301
ales .of Indian land for saleein Al-
goma.
ily private dent no land was dis-
posed of Ito A. E. Phillip, formerly
E•liftotes law partner D. A. Ilocsor
and W. r, politicians in Mani
don,
Philip, leeser ant Wilson sold to a
trill at lumbermen lot $101;839:- -
The figures stand thus z-
Priee for which the
sold. ...... ............ .... .$1.01;830'
Price paid by thein to the Gov
-
eminent OM/
Profit for Philip, lieesor at
Wilthn .$91,818
In these two transaotions the pro-
fits were
For Kern, through Selling -pro-
perty to the Oovernment......;$122,800
loor Philip, Reesor and Wilson,
through buying property from
the.Ocvernmentpt1,81$
r‘
4vo*
Tete in two (kale e214,413
Shell we "Let Laurier keep up this
work)1
Shall We Let Laurier keep up this kind of Work ?"
Nov Advertisements
Meet of Lise-g. fee C,.. -e„
Clothing -E, W. Jacolise-2
New Fall Ootete-Tozer'se-8,
Eyesighte-W. R. elounteele-4
Bargains--Plutneteel Bros. -el
Opening Display-efledgeriee-e,
Fall Openinge-WevecombeiSe-fe
Opreninge-P. ee Ge -e-4
Auetion Salee-Thos, Archer -05
Tile and Briek-Kruse Broe.,75 '
3 -piece Suitee-J, Ohellew-e2
Hunters' lexcursions-e0,,T.
$600 Wallpaper -4. D. Fair Co.' -.78"
Bftylield
-Giteertetriday -last .edee.-elehee„Whid-
don reeeived the sad news, of the death
or her brother's wife .Mrs, W. ; E.
Ross of Strathcona, •Mr. and
Mrs: Rosa spent several weeks diking
the summer as eueete, of. Mr. and Nfrse
,Whiddon and it,ie only abbut a month
since they; returned home. Mrs. Ross,
is survived by het husband 'mid five
small children, three gerle and ,twe
Wye, one a beby..eiget months old,
to mourn their peat lose.
Mr. E. Erwin . aetended • the:
‘High 'Court Goderieh this week as
e, ;mot.
Atkinson of Detroit ie spending
a feW daYS with his family in the
village. e
Mrs. • Oliver Rhynes of Brantford
and Mrs, Rhynas of Goderich are the
guests of the forrnor's perentee Mr. •
and Mre. John leeegusen. , • • ,
Ffee, Hiles and wife - aro visiting
friends at Kirktori ,thiseekelte , The •
former will spend- e few days at Tor- .
onto. '•. '
On Sunday morning next gr. Wanis- ,
ley will Oceupylthe pulpit of the Meth- -
eediet church ,Ipthe absenee. of Rev.
. : . . . _
Dr. ,IV,Ietcelf, wife and family of D&.
teal arrivee in the :village on Fri-
day. lege •in, their Moto; to speed, a. •
short' while. • . •
eMesers. Thos. Cameron, Joe. bald -
Well, T. J. Marks, R. MeMutray; IL.
Darta,h, John' Tippet and Mrs, 11.•
MoKay; Mrs. Spaeltnian and 'daughkr,
Mies Edith Spackman, Misses Mau
Reid, •Rubie Whiddee and Ina; Powlio
attended tee Fair at London. lase.
week. e • • .• ,
Mr . 10. A. Edwards: it . visiting. •
Erten& at London, •
. Mr. William Ross who wa,s here at-
tending the funeral. of his brother,
'Forrest Ross, • left for his home at
Buffalo On Saturday:.
A. grand' conceit Will be gevexi in.
the town hall on the evening. of 1ri4
•day., -of -ncit-week,1_47ner!sebbliii?..kln:y: ate
ehe Fair, , Will be under the -ails- •
•piceS of thi Society and ..good talent
has been eeured for the occasion.
• At the Fair on .Friday el. next .,
week. a "prize , will be given for single
roadster tholigh it was omitted from
the peiM •
Miss Holmes returned: nem' . lase
week lioin his Old Couetry. visit and
reports eavieg spent a pleasant time
with her friends. Her, , malty friends •
here are deased to have.her back .
again safe and ..well. -Her ,Biele,cless •
eetidereed het aneeeption. on her return
and all spent a pleareint timci togeth-
Mrs. Hulholland IjIItI fOir a visit to
-her-'-emi-etneeethee-fniendeein-Entka
laat week. Mrs... Fred. Deeper of .Ay1-
ineneetaking care of thekbouse dudes
her mOthee's absence. ' • ,
are, glad t�hearthat the -. little
boy of Mrs. S, T, Walters is better
after his scveM even Of Mness, , •
Several from .around here took i
the Fair at London last -ate,ek.
•Mrk.AVIdekenzie arid Mrg. Leach of . •
Gciderich were the gueste of Mr: and.
,Miss Holroes a few days last
week • ' • • .
:1r Taylor, wife and SOO, Mr: and
Mrs, Bearnsyirs of Kansas* and Mrs.
Broadfoot and 'Mrs. Elcoat of Bayileld
were guests 011 Mr, 'W, Stanley and. •
wife parrof Monday .and ,Tuesday. ot
last week.
Rev. ,Mr. .Snowdert was preaching;
anniversary. sermons in the Goshen
church, 'Stanley, on Sunday. Rev. Mrt
Brown of that Circuit ; took Mr.
Snowden's Work ;here.. .
The anniversary and tee meeting
have been postponed Until 18 and 19th
of October. : •
The members* of 0. tit. are te-
quested to meet On Irriday evoing.at
7 p. ni, for a game of carpet balls
froni 7 to .8.
Yorammommaimmi• rair
Twenty -Five Millions Lost.
tTnder the above heading 'United
Canada,. Ottawa, in its issue of Sat-
urdaylakt had tea. following -reference
to the member for West Huron
"it is estimated that $25,000,001)
worth Of pine and Pub timber • wag
destroyed, by bush fires in 1 British
Columbia. last month, •
TM retails that, last 'session, Mr.
E. N. Lewis, M.P. for West Huron
who is by the way regained as one
of Ontario's best representatives at
Ottawa, calledthe attention of the
Goverunient, and .the country, itt an
admirable spec& to- this very quest
tion of our timber reeoureee,
Mr. IeWIS &honed that, We. 1fieVi3
practically the last of tho World'
great virgin forests, and he -mired
that Ist, Committee of the Tious,.1 be
appointed to akertain how hest I, MIS
national 'asset could be Mogi effeC-
tively protected and preserved.
theleeleY Prevented the p;osterfie
Ment front following Mr, Lewis' lad'•
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