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.:CLINTON, ,ONTARIO, THURSDAYt DECEMBER tab, 1909.
Whole Number 1606
e no more acceptable present to your boy on the prairie, or your girl in the city, than a subscription to The News -Record
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. Oug New ,andl3eautiul Line of IlolidarGoods full of Choice
Selections for the Christmas Trade is new ready for the inspectiofl
an4 approval of all,
Useful and Appropriate Gifts for. Little. or. Big, .014 or Young.
Do not fail to see the
'special attractions in-Dlenionds, Watches, Clocks. Celt Glass,
Jewellery, Silverware, Rings, China Etc.
Our dtockis generous in variety.
9#0:Ressenable Prices will delight you.
Store ppeizevenings.
W. YL. Yiellgar
ifelVeter
Clinton
-A WORD IN SEASON.
• If The News -Record pleases you
will you riot receinmend it to your
friends? It's the Word in season,
that counts, and we will appreciate
it..
BAPTIST CHURCH.
Services will be held as usual next
'Sunday, tin, pastor as preacher. In the
morniug he will speak on, "Delight he
doing God's Will." In the 'evening.his.
theme will be, "These Sayings Of
Mine."
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May Be Small at first, but the noticeable feature of
Royal Bank Saving Accounts is that they grow.
We are constantly: opening accounts forma/I sums,
but these usually increase to amounts that are,very
satisfactory to both Depositor and Banker.,
The first deposit acts as a magnet for the •odd_
amounts that are so apt to be wasted. •
MI ROYAL BANK of CANADA
Clinton Branch.
R. E. MANNING, Manager
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1 The MOLSONS BANK I
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[ INCORPORATED '1555;
Capital Paid up ‘ $3,500,000 •' Rest Fund - - $3500,001) -
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Has 73 Branches In Canada
and Agents and Correspondents in all the principal eitiee
in the world. ' '
A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS TRANSACT -ED.
SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT
AT ALL BRANCHES.
Interest allowed at Highest Current Rate.
MR. J. T. CLARK IN ENGLAND.
The Torouto • Star has sent Mr. J.
T. Clark, brother of Miss M. Clark
of The News -Record staff and of Mrs.
J. E, Cantelon of town, to England
to represent. them during the Britisle
election campaign. Mr. • Clark,
through his many years' connection
with the Daily, Star, and formerly(
with Saturday. Night, where he wrote)
over the signature of "Mack," is one
of the most widely known and most
popular newspaper writers in Canada.
Using graceful English and keen pow-
ers of observation, and possessed of
an Original personality which gitres! by Mr. Hugh Ross, who moves short -
to a poultry farm in the suburbs.
a distinctiveuess to all he writes, tlY
1VIr. Clark's daily cables and letters --
EPTIC TANKS REGULATED.
are sure le be eagerly reed by every.,
one who is interested in the almost The board a health has eleditledt
revolutionary campaign new going oa not to permit the building of. septid
in the Mother Land.
UP-TO-DATE, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH.
The C. I. board have purchased The annual Sunday school enter'
three new typewriters for the comm.- tainment and Christmas Tree in eon-
ereial department which is up-to-date nection with St. Paul'a Sunday
in every respect and good work is, school will be held in the town hall
being reported. Miss E. B. V. Fisher, next Tuesday evening. It will consist)
late of Dundas, is the• teacher ta of cantatas, recitations, drills and
charge. musical numbers.
AMONG THOSE MENTIONF.D.
'Among the names mentioned WI
connection with the ;town council; o9
1910 is that of Mr. Arthur Cantelon,'
contractor for the waterworks reser:
voir. He was the arst te Anish and
did his work so well that many cal -
zees now think he would be a good
'man on the committee of the council
which will deal with waterworks next
year.
REAL ESTATE .DEAL.
THE NORTH STAR,.
• The North Star, published at Par.(
rySound by Mr. A. E. Bradwin, for-
merly of the Blyth Standard, has
been added to our list of exchanges.
It is a newsy seven -page paper, with
a good advertising patronage . Thd
News-Reeord wishes Mr, Bradwin and
the North Star success.
RICHELIEU ON FEB. 3RD.
We are pleased te be able to an-
te:tame on Feb. 3rd and 4th Bulwer's
The brick residence on Princess St. historical drama of Richelie,u will be
owned by Mr, Watt Mars of Goderich; presented in the town hall. Mr. How -
township has been bought • by Mr, ant ha § been working faithfully and
Ed. Rathwell, one of the pioneers of we all look forward' with great ex -
the Baylleld Line, The house is a pectation to hearing this, his latest
good one and Of brick, only.ereeted a effort with a local company in placing
few years ago. The purchase price before us e work of this nature.
was $1600. It is at present occupied
HARD CASH FOR DR. MEDD.
WESLEY CHURCH.
Rev'. Dr. Dougall of Goclerich oc-•
cupied the pulpit on Sunday last,
preaching in the interests of the
Educational fund. The Dr. was heard
with pleasure and profit by all.
IThe regular meeting of .the League
on Monday took tne form of a social
evening •when a progranl was carried
out. Miss Hope, Brown recited a
pretty little Christmas poem, and
Miss Cunniiighame gave one of her.
many, • humorous readings. .The fea-
ture of the evening; however„, wad
the debate, the subject. being, "Re-
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solved That Newspapers . do More
Harm Than Good," The affirmative
was ably led by Master Fred. Rum..
ball, assisted be Miss Dell. Miller and
John Centelon. The negative side
was upheld by Wilmer. Wallis, Misses
Retta Cook and Edna Turner, and any audience."
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The Methodist church at Forest, of
which R 191
Rev. Dr.. okt ie 'pastor,' had
a very successful "At Home" on the
evening of Dec. 8th. One of the pleas-
ing features of the evening was the
tanks in the village without the, con-. presentation of an elaborate addrese•
sent of the board. Int the neighbor- and a purse of $75.00 in cash to Rev.
ing town of Wiagham, it is thought Dr. Medd. The officials spoke in the
that the recent scourge of typhoid highest terms of the Dr. and his de -
fever may be traced in a large meas- t voted wife, also of the good work'
tire to these tanks, and the board of done in the church during the'r four
health desire to guard against. a year pastorate, which ends in June
similar outbreak here.--Lucknow Sen. townsman,, J. G. Medd.
tinel.
CHRISTMAS AT WONDERLAND. WILLIS CHURCH.
READY FOR WATER, New Advertisements.
Work On the Waterworks standpipe Coal Stoves for Sale -5
has been slow the past ten days ow- I Gold Rings -A. J. Grigg -5
ing to- the prevailiag high winds, lnit/ Just Another Week -M 4
the eleven "rings" are now in place Gift a Gifts -W. R. Counter -2
and it is expected this week will see 'Xmas Specials -W. T. O'Neil -5
the finish. The standpipe ig eighty. Christmas Gifts -A. J. Grigg -S
feet high. Teacher Wanted -H.. Drelunann-5
One Week More -W. H. Hellyar-4
Fancy Furniture -J. H. Che11ew-7
Answer to Requisition -H. Wiltse-5
To the RatePayere-W. G. Smyth -4
Suggestions -V Twitehell 4 Sons -8
A Xmas Present -W. D. Fair Co. -8
Christmas News -Tozer & Brown -12
Items of Interest-Plunisteel Bros. -4
Neve Christmas Stock -Couch & Co -4
THE LOCAL MARKET.
The Young People's Guild • meeting
The manager of Wonderland has ar- on Monday, night took a father un -
ranged for vaudeville ' shows in the usual form when, after the usual op -
town' hall on Christmas ' Eve and
Christmas Night. On the former ev-
ening the Jones children of London
will furnish part of the prcigram. Of
them the Manager at Petrolia writes:
"The Jones children played for us Miss Bessie Smith and 'Miss Luella
last week and We . are pleased to re:. Walkieshaw were appointed captains,.
port that their act made a great hit' and 'suCh jaw -breakers :of .worde
and We continued them for an addi- they, with their Vallent supporters,
tional three. nights. They will please
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Wheat $1.00 to $L02.
Oats 35e to 38e. •
Peas 85c to 87e.
Barley, 53e to 55e.
Butter 220 to 23e,
Eggs 27c te 30c:
Dried .Apples5.ic to 80.
Live !logs $7.60.
TO -MORROW NIGHT.
A meeting in the interests of Local
Option will be held in the town hall
on Friday evening of this week when
Mr. 0, E. Fleming, editor of the
Owen Sound Sun, and Mr. H. el. Ir-
win, K. C., of Toronto will address
the electors. A program of inusie
and song has also been prepared.
Everybody, welcome.
"J. R." GET LING ANXIi)t.TS.
ening exercises and e duet by Misses.
Edith and Margaret Torrence; and a
piano solo by Miss' F. Pearson, cap-
tains were appointed and sides chos-
en for an old-fashioned spellieg-match.
Ray Cantelon.Many -points werd
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*ell taken end well defended by each OFFICERS sii-EP‘FitLD LODGE: •
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aide, and much interest was =M. The officers of Sheffield Lodge S....
fested in the debate because it 'was 0. E. for the ensuing term are as fol -
taken by the younger members of the lows::
League. The decision . was, happily' ,
for the newspaeer business, given in Pyroe_p
esidernede
tsiJnoth,phnSoesfJudduton..
favor of the negative. • •
After the , program a short time Past President, F. H. Powell.
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was spent in social AntereoUrse, and Chaplain, H. Joyner.
Sec. -Treasurer, T. Jackson Sr.
homemade eandy, .of several varieties
1st Guide, If Rutledge. '
and in lavish 'abundance, was served
Clinton Branch - C. E. Dowding Manager
was, 2nd ,Ghide, W. East.
Inssnsamiineems arid a very pleasant. evening •GuideJWoen Jr
brou ht to a close by the singing op 3rd , .
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cRLEA0TDHyibitiAGDE
• lorrish. 86 Crooks
ORoEHED -
CLOTHING
Men's $22
Suits, Made
to Order for
$18.
During the past four or fiv,e months our
large staff have been working overtime,
turning out Local and Western orders. We
are getting pretty well caught up with the
work now, and are anxious to keep our staff
employed over the holiday season,after which
our western orders commence to come in.
In order to do this, we. at% offering such induce-
ments in Suits, Overcoats and trousers that are
bound to keep our staff busy.
Starting Dec. 3rd, and ending the 31st, we will
MAKE TO YOUR ORDER any $22 Suit for PS.'
This includes black and blue serges, tweeds And
fancy worsteds. Every garment guaranteed to be
made up to the minute.
25 pairs Men's Trousers, regular $6 and A nn
$6.50, made to your measure for "T • k‘f
SEE OUR CORNER WINDOW.
"A Square Deal for Every Man."
MORRISH et CROOKS
1 SUCCE5501% to notions Bros.
Clothing &Ore
met and vanquished, until one by one
like grass before the mower, they
went down. Miss Walkinshaw's side
won, Mrs. 'Jas. 'young being the last
upon the floor. -
The meeting created much interest
and some amusement and was much,
enjoyed by all present. • ..
Miss Watt Presided and Miss Wil-
son gave out the "spellings."
THE 0.0. L CONCERT.,
We are asked to vete on January
3rd, 1910 on what is called' "Local
Option.", Belied ate ir any are ignor-
ant of what is included under that
title, I would ask somebody who.
knows, and I presume there must be
some arnong it nus umerowarm sup-
porters who do know to tell us in
plain, simple language next week in
your paper -exactly what it doeg
mean, so that at least we may cast
an intelligent. vote. -John Ransford.
ROYAL TEMPLARS.
The regular meeting of ...Loyalty
Council R. T. of T. was held on
Tuesday evening at the home of Mr.
Welter Downs and although the
weather, Was unfavorable there was a.
good attendance, • Three candidates
were initiated and one member raised
to the select •degree. After the busi-
ness of the Council had been( concluded
a program consisting of musical sel-
ections, readings, ete. was rendered
which was much 'enjoyed by all pres-
ent ..
CARPET BALL GAMES.
The Choppers beat the Independents
this week at carpet balls, and the
Ancients were three up on the L. 0.
L',.
The standing for the series so far
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W. 0, W.
A. 0. F.
L. 0. L.
Won Lost
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THE CHOPPERS' OFFICERS.
The following are the officers of
Clinton Paine, Woodmen of th.? World,
for the ensuing term :
Counsel Com ander, R. A. Bell. '
Adv. Lieut., Wm. 'Ladd,
• Warden, R. Sweet.
Clerk and Treasurer, T. Cottle,,
Escort; A. McCreary.
Watchman, W. J. Judd.
Sentry, T. R. Watt.
Board of Managers, Dr. Ball, Dr,
Evans, and J. Fair.
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OFFICERS OP MURPHY LODGE..
Themeeting of Murphy Lodge No.
710, L.O.L: held on Tuesday :even.-
Mg was one of the most largely at--
tended in the experience of this lodge.,
Addresses were given by the efficerize
elect and a very pleasant time was)
spent. The 'officers for' the °nailing
term are as follows
". Master, John Hartley.
Deputy, R. J. cliff!. 0.
• Chaplain, Rev. W. a. Dunbar: .
'Ree.-Secretare, Peter ' Cantelon.
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Fin. -Secretary, Thos., Monaghan.
Treasurer, Thos. Beacom.
D. .of C., Fred. Cutler.
Lecturers, F. Haywood and -John •
• Ford. • I
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committee, 'Josh. Cook, David
Steep.; H. E. Baiees, G.-. Doherty,:
• 'Arthur 'McCreary...
Outside Tyler, George Sage.
Inside Tyler', W. Can•telon. •
GETTING READY.
Mr. Frank Hall, the .new secretary
of the Poultry Association is making
a canvas of the business men and so
far has called uponthe following, all
of whom haVe contributed to the
prize list • for the skew to be held
next month : A. J. Grigg, G. W.
Barge, J. E. Hovey, W. S. R. Holm-
es, W. J. Mitchell, N. H. Hellyar, W.
T. O'Neil, Morrish & Crooks, -W. R.
Counter, A. D. Beaton, A. T. Cooper
J'. Ratteribury, S. S. Cooper. S. C.
Rathwell, R. Marshall, Plumsteel
every way. Bros. When Mr. Hall ,.‘orripletes his
I. Guard, W. Slomaa. Alinot everybody took advaritago of,
God Save the King:
The concert. given in the town hall
on Thursday night last by the C. C.
L was a great success in
O• Guard A Slonlan •
The pastor will preacknext Sunday,
canvas it is expected that the prize
the opportunity of hearing 1VIr. Walt -
his interpretation list will be' greater' than ever before.
taking rot his subject in the morning, How THE lerNE HELPED were er Gordon Oreiin . . 1 . .
of Shakespeare's Julius. Caesar. Mr. THE PASTIMERS' DANCE.
"The Faith by Which :We Stand." In - • •
ly . published biography of. Sir Wilfrid; talent, and in the Portrayal of the
to Pape." All are welcome. •
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Among the stories told in the new- Craig is certainly an ,artist of no email
the evening :he will speak on, "Face
Lawson (Smith, Elder), is 1:1,aq :that t man,y characters which he represerited
APPLES FROM COLORADO. f t Sir Andrew Clark Mr: he lied ample scope for his pow.ers,
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Mr. George Sirapson, who in the
seventies was in- the bookstore and
photograph . busiaess in Clinton, but
who left here in 1880, hes been -the
past week: the guest of hie . sister,
• Mrs. W. S. Harland. He was accorne
panied by his wife. • ..
1 Mr. SimpSon owna a ranch ?A forty
acres at Delta, county same name, in
Colorado and thirty acres 'he devotes
to fruit culture. He ,groWs Peaches,
pears, apples and cherries. On one
acre of Bartlett pears he has netted
$1040, and a special box of peaches
he sent to President Taft surprised
even the head of the nation, but Mr.
Simpson devotes still me energy to
apple growing.
i The varieties of apples down there
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'are -.probably not much more numer-
ous than here though one grower has
rather prided himself on having 126
different 'kinds. Mr. Simpson says
that great dare is exercised in the
packing,. the idea being that a' poor'
Iapple takes the place of a good one
for which a higher price can be ob-
tained. • •
I. There iS no haphazard about fruit
growing hi sunny Colorado. Scienti-
fic methods are carried out systerria-
ticallty. tvely,. grower sprays and
does it extensively, somewhat how(
much so may be guessed at from the
fact that Mr. Simpson employs a
$400 gasoline sprayer, a saver of
time and arrnstrength,
; The growers are all members of an
' Association •which .ernploye an exuere
ienced and high -salaried manager
-through whom all sales are made.
The growing, packing and placing of
the stock are thus systematized and
the Very beet results obtained. .
1 Mr. Simpson brought up specimen
of several different varieties which
certainly look well, but he • a ill ad-
mit that they do not p.e.sess that
rich flavor that has made C znallan
aPPles, Particularly those of Ontario,
famous the world over. .
Hig own experienet convinces rain)
that apple growing ean kt made
much more profitable in tide Di ovince
On Friday evening last the Pass -
time Club held one of their popular,
dances at their club room,. Therd
• t were about seventy-five guests preei
Gladstone's physician. It is Saidti and he delighted the large audzenco,
ma en •, incluiling some from out of
that when he recomme• nded: a petiole by his sympathetic treatment of
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to drink wine, the latter • expressed subject. . .
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some surprise, saying he thought Siri Mr. Craig* is not only an interpret-
er of. serious literature, but also tak-
Andrew Clarke was a temperance
doctor, to which' Sir Andre* Clarke es elle lighter parts, as in 4'Saunder
replied : "Oh, wine sometimes doe e 1McGlashan's Courtship,''' which was
help ' you to get through work, for Lfunny indeed, The majority • of his
instance, I have often twenty letters, I -audience, ' however., liked • him better
to answer after dinner, and a Pint of in. the heavier parts. '
' . ' •tig a good time, made the evening
all too caecklY
"Tho Hoop Drill" by a number of ing
champagne is. a great help." "In-
deed," said the patient, i4 does a Collegiate girls, was very pretty, and 'was' keOt .up and dancing?
pint of chamPagne reallyehelleyou to the selections by the orchestra were till midnight. -
answer the twenty letters ?" "No II good, • 'Everyone seems . to enjoy the in -
I've had a pint or champagne, During the evening diplomas and formal little dances given by . thio
AO 1" said Sir. Andrew, ;`but when
ir pi es were presented. , club, from time to time, the one gi•v•
don't tare. a tap %whether I answer
them or not."
FIE. HAD "NO FUNDS.".
town. Messrs. Southgate,. Sinclair,
Hilburn and Kelly. Came up from)
Seaforth for the evening and several
dame 'down from Blyth, including Misa
13ell .and Miss McCeegliey. The or-
chestra was in. fine form, which, corn:
biped with the good floor, and a com-
Pany of young people intend on has -
O A young Englishman named 'Thomas
HandsleY, •who "came out" tWo or
three years ago and has since been
employed by farmers in the adjacen•O this occasion, and by the appreciation
townships, will eat his Christmas shown.
dinner, and New Year's turkey, also'
1.N ALL-ROUND RUN.
in Castle Griffin, Goderieh. It is not,
though, a matter of choice on; the It looks like an all-around
part of Thomas, but may be dun for the council of 1910. •
to, his lack of knowledge . cf the bank- For the Mayoralty, Mayor Wilts°
ing systems! this country. and Councillor- Jacob Taylor will, in
On ° Tuesday he bought a twenty- all probability, have the field to
ai themselves. Mr. Wiltse announced his
dollar suit of clothes iron one
a retirement in The News -Record our merchants for which he gave
cheque on the Royal Bank. The two weeks ago, but since then a
dealer communitatel with the bank very largely signed requisition, has
presented asking him to again
and was informed that Thomas ' had. been
no funds there and knowing that. ha become a candidate and he has con
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intended leaving in the attereoat
England he endeav )e;.id 10 locate him
but not being able to de so
asked Chief Wheatley to take
the matter up. The Chief did
so • and put in an appearance at
the G. T. It. station az the afternooa
train was due. Thorn appeared also
and was placed under arrest. When
taken into custody lie carried a sett-
ee shooter of which he said, ."Why,
I've always carried that," and hel
appeared to be surprised that it was
contrary to Canadian laws.
The C. C. are to be congratulat-
ed upon their enterprise in bringing
to town so able and interesting an
Artist as Mr. Craig, and upon furn-
ishing such a' high-class 'entertain-
ment. They were well repaid for such
enterprise by the number present on
en last week being .no exception .to,
the xule.
ONT, ST. CHURCH.
Bagleld
The evaporator, which leis beeiz •
running for the past three months,
closed down this • week after a. very
successful season.' •
Rey. Mr. Fortner spent a few days
last week at London..
W.. J. W•hiddon • has been spend-
ing the past two weeks at Londbii.•
Mr. William Dixon spent last week
atmr London. Harold
'Pollock has been cone
fined to the house the past two week$
with an attack of cold.
At the recent Meeting. Of L. O. L.
No, 24 the following offieers wel'e. el-
ected for the ensuing term and were
installed by the District Master; Mr,
William Rathwell
DMaster,eputyLorne Robert King.
McMurray.
Chaplain, Rev. Hinde.
• Rec.-Secretary, Geo. E. Greeeslade,
Fin. -Secretary, Edward Elliott,
.Treasurer, John Tippett.
D. of C., Ge.orge Castle.
Lecturer, John Parker.
Committee, Di C. t•:ali.iraith, Rey.,
T. Caudell, A. E. Erwin, Car„
Huston. and •H. Drchmame
In future the meetings of No. 24'
will be held on the first Monday ia.
the monthl instead of on W.ednesdayet
AS heretafore,
• Mr. Charles Dupee rtnd his sister,. •
Miss Eliza Dupee, of Saginaw; Mich
returned home last week for the
Christmas holidays.
Mr. James Rouatt ef Lon IA, spent,
a, few days the past week under the
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parental roof.
Mr. Alex. Ferguson left last, week
to spend a short while in London.
Mr. John Worsen el Uedeiicti, who
has been in the west tho ewe srm-
mer and fall, sp .;:it nclay , in the
The Leag,pe service Monday evening
was well attended. A paper on a
part cif "Pilgrim's ProgfeeN" wag
read by Miss Jennie Trick and a
quartette was well rendered by eine
Leaguers. The , Missionary commit-
tee have charge of next week's meet -
run, we, the juniors Welshing tho most
of the program in the form of a
"Calendar Carnival," which. promises
to be something entirely new.
In the evening the ease was given a
than it apparently is, atta, he says, hearing befote. P. M. Atidrews and the
accuhed pleading guilty, he was
1! ho he were a younger mn,11 he would
rent a number of large orchards fora
ten-year term and first of au put
them in good shape by liberal Prun-,
ing and grafting. Then, employing
Snell modern methods as are used in
Colorado, equally good returns ought
to be secured.
I Our „eitims. who residence dated
ha& to the severities aro leased
with this opportunity of again meet-,
ing Mr. Simpson,.
teneed o giXte Says in the county,
gaol. For having a revolver in hist
possession he was giveli,,thirty days,
rilri concurrently.
His worship -let loose his Celtic,
oquenee whee passing judgnient and
his fatherly admonition monied to
hurt Thomas more then the sentence,)
Sergeant Welsh .plated the young man
under GOVerner Griffin's care yes-
terday afternoon.
Rev. T. W. COsens will preach next
Sunday on the following subjects
11 a. in., "The Golden Pot of Man-
na" ; 7 p. M., "Lessons from the
Life of Peter." •
-The monthly meeting of the W. M.
S. was ae g
sHheld t thparsonae on Tues-
ented to do so. e says he retired village. •
to please himself, but yielded to the
solicitation of his friends to'pleaset
them. Both the Mayor and Councill-
or Taylor are understood to bo
pledged to Local Option.
A number of influential ratepayers
haee asked Mr., "Tom" Jackson to
stand for the Mayoralty, but he hag
deelined, thoUgh willing and glad, in
any capacity whatever, to do what hd
can to advance the town's interests.
A council made up of progressive men
like your "Uncle Tom" would be
able to do things.
For the Reeveship it looks like a
contest between Reeve Gibbings and
Mr. W. G. Smythr the builder of the
macadam on Victoria street, the only
piete of good road in town. Conn-
eillor Ford's name has also ben
mentioned in this cotioection. Years
of service undoubtedly place hint up
in the lino of promotion and he ig
personally popular. •
Lateet-Comicillor Ford told T1t4
NeWs-IteeOrd at 110011 today that/
Reeve Gibbingg wouldn't run an
More arid that he is a Candidate.
day afternoon, when there was a large The young people of Trinity chum
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attendance and the program was one are busy preparing for their Christ -
of special interest. mas Tree entertainment to be held •
LOST HIS ROLL IN DETROIT. in the town hall on the eVening of
the 25th inst. The. program will con -
Humphrey Quinlan, who for sixty- gist of musical nuinbere by the child -
three long years was a resident of ren and young People and a, two hour'
Tnekersmith township, was admitted: play entitled, ''Captured, or the Old'
to the House of Refuge this week.' MbynitdInhe y'orurinugulytiPlein."anI Wwiloimbeen ogfivtehrze'
Ile is eighty years of age, old enough
one would imagine to be exempt from
feminine wiles, and yet a fortnight)
sineo he was hugged by a Detroit girl
OIL the city's most fashionable avenue
and robbed of his pile consisting of date an 'entertainment Will be given
fifty dollars in bills. HuniPhrey took in the town hall under the atspices
of the Methodist church. That ft
Will be firsttlass goes without sere
ing for Mrs. A. Elmore ,
who is oue of the most popular en-
tertainers in the. City' of Ilaniilton,
will take part in ihe program, acc-
ompanied by others.
The nOrninatiOns fOr reeve, council -
lets tied three school trusteeg wilr
take plate in the town hall on Md.
. The Munielpal pot liaanit Star--
church. Reserve the date for this en-
tertainment,
Another good date to be reArVe(ti
is Wednesday, Dec, 29th, for on that
it hard and complained to the police,
but the girl bad disappeared as com-
Nettle as his money and recolleetioet
of his first visit to Detroit in a
quarter of a century is saddened by
the loss of all his worldly wealth'.
, There are ninety itneatts ID. the
Hoes° at preeent, as competed with
ninety-seVen at the same period %St
year, and each one is loOking• fore 27th
Ward to the ChristniaS dinner. j•ted to bell yet.