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T .T1i0.SE. TREY LES B! H.1 D.
(A Poeta, for the, ratriotiio ]?&tnd by M.' Il: IIAIMAn fad tontreai.1,
Your wives flit round aboatt your home;
And give you of their care;
Some of the boys who wentleft wives
' As kind and just as fair.
Your wives have all the joys they;ueed,,
' .Their dresses warm and neat-
How .could you see a soldier'tr wife', ,.
Ill clad .uponthe street?
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You have your little children safe,
• You, watch their happy play,
They laugh and romp about your 'knees Th Till you are glad as 'they.,
efome bop who.wept have children too;
Who, oft their days beguiled;
God loves the children; He'll, to a those
Who help a ,soldier's Child.
You still; possess a mother
To give: her luve.to you,
The boys who w•ent•have Mothers
Who dearly°love thein too. '
Then for the fond old mothers"
'Who Watch, and fret and pray,'
Arise above all selfishness
:: And give your mute to-do •• •
You haveyour father' living,
ra!'
But' e. as• ro ' hi c un
a h tad .1.
• Yet he proclatrr!s how,he would fight ' !
It he were strong Old young.,; .r
The,soldier boys left tethers.
Asnoble and as -true; ,
�... Give, givefor those old grey haired men ."
ho' e. t•heir .sons for W. gave _ t:syou
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And •their" ace others dear to you: •
Whom you ate joyed to tend,
Old folks to wk.om you long,have been
A comforter and friend.
The boys who went lett these ones• too •
• Appealing to your store;
You will not miss all that is asked, •
Sqgive a little more: , ' ' . .
Thus giving and thus Helping
You will be aiding on -•
The struggle that will have no end
Till•victory has bhone. t
- Each' bill you give is as a shell
Shot at the Kaiser's heart;
.Shoot, shoot, and shoot until .that hell •
Is shot -and rent apart..,
Ohl drop those dollar bombs until
'Our fiendish German foes
: 'Are beaten back to the abyss
From which at first they rose,
Give, give your brave assistance
• Until they earth is free --
Upon
ree- Upon. the struggle rests' the fate
Of you its'—W11 as .me. .
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• BRUCE COUNTY NWS'"'''
iftirge quantities of tilpwoocr has
been tatiPp.0 ism So. hint to iiia
Winter: i,. ..
Thofollow i' meet enlistedat
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cardiae; is t'weck:: W'8lter'Van Wyek,
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Albert MeLY
an.Albert
. Thacker;
pawsou C. Sngvyden.
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After being confined to his .room
• ,for a couple. of week$, R. E. Ttdax, M.
P., of.Walkerton, returned -to Ottawa
on Vuesday'of last week.
• The. soldiers •at Paisley are . being
trained by Lieut. 11. Parker,, who first
enlisted•. with the 71st. Battalion. He
now, l.olds a commission with the mach-
' -ins gun' section of the Bruce.
The mouth of the Seugeen river at
Southampton became choked with ice
_recently,. and-theavater became datum•
ed-back.t:a such an' extent that the
electric light plant was partially cub•
.leered, and put out of commission fur
a few days. •
• The seine Kincardine boys who late_
ly enlisted and are training in Strat
-ford and London, were. •ore•• Monday
evening at the Armory, presented with
watches by the Town Council. Mayor
]Hiller addressed •the boys in his usual
happy -planner .. and - the. time -pieces'
were,presented by the members of the
councitand Mr, J, C. ' Cooke. Those
whoreceWed thein were George and;
Frank Morrison, T. Sinclair, 0, .J.
Reed, : Wm.' Reid, Geo. •' Uavis, J,. P•
Andersen,•A.:M. Smith, Jas: A:Stew
art and Fred', Rosa K iueardine
?view.
Mus, Suer -on. Win -Frank Yaeck,
-whoiwas 1Trounht'back from Hamilton.
last week by Chief Ferguson charged
with deserting his wife, appeared he
fore Magistrates Token and McNab on
Friday morning, an& was ordered to
pay his wife $3, per .week, says' the
Walkerton TeleacoPd
Yaeckolaimed
that tae was 'already paying $8 per,
month for the maintainance • of his
children • The bests of court ' m•
ta
the,
ountiu- to $r4wvere assesse i -e kT
,Yaeck,is making $2 to:$2•5.0 a day in
Hamil;ton-factory-working on piece
;work. • - : ,
• NOTE Whtav'T Goon.- Judge Klein
recentlygave-jud ement in an inter
esting promissory notease, known As
the. Hopf; is.. Stroh- case. 1 t . was a
family contN oversv and 'developed 'a.m.
a prowi0°oCy n .ite for. $J', rt,QO made' by
the late Elizabeth Hopf abouta year
before her death in; favor of her dim gh-
ter;,1VMary'Stroh,. wife of-theExecutor..
The other merfitors of the family' of
• Elizabeth. Hopf, olpiwed that as. the
taxtgtrix 'was an ' old lady :41 years
'When she: signed 'the note and there
was •no one present but Mr, and Mrs.
Stroh when she signed it and• io con.
'sideration was given for the note, that
it 'Was obtained by undue iniluence and
without any independent advice and
that the note was'vpii and that the ex
••ecutor had no rightto pay the note.
The Court found the•• note was void
and should•beset aside and •cancelled
and the $1;500 must be . paid back to
the Estate. He also struck off $53
from an open account filed by the • ex-
ecutor against the estate,
Wilton Suomi Pa_x1- A rather pe •
miliar, situation has arisen between the
Mildmay . Fire Departmeett the For-
mosa Fire Insurance Company, and
Mr, Jos. Hes+h, sr., whose .home, just
outside of Mildmay, was .partially dle-
stroyed by fire a few weeks ago The
situation of the case is as follows: TIM.
Hesch property is not included in the
fire limits of the village of Mildmay,_
and has never-contributed-one.'-cent-
towardthe maintainance of our fire.
protection: When thefire broke out,
the fire brigade was summoned, . and
the building was 'saved from certain
destruction, and Mr. ' EIesclr's loos is
$200 to $300 less than it would have
been if' the brigade' had, not condo to his
assistance.' • The Term* 'Insurance
Conipany adjusted the loss, giving Mr.
Hesch a very Satisfactory settlement,
bat does not consider that it has any
•further liability in the matter. . The
question then arises "should Mr. Beach
be charged r.he work of the brigade,
or
e,
or should the town -'be, saddled with
? The fire willst the
thoox anseco
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village about $40,.and i£thiu., .amount,
is not repaid, to the file 'department, a
rule will be made that there will he no
: more protection, extended to buildings
outside the fife limits, no matter what
thy. circumata�nces may • Le.
EETABLI HK=Dft.Z2
THE FIRST STEP
toward independence'is a Savings:
Account . in the Bank of Halnil -'
ton. The first. $1,000 isp the' hard=
est ;to get,: bytpnce 'a start is made
you'll•' be surprised- fix find- how,
quitkiy your savings'acct;n ulate.
i!1 you -begin now, or,wile You
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Capital Authorized $5,00,e0o LUCKNOW BRANCH
- Capital:.Pald•up $3,000,000 ' •` = J,,A• GLENNIE, Manager,
'$tirptus • • • = $3,470,000 :
COLONEL WEIR •
•.• .MAKES APPEAL
Personal Netter, to `Each Eligible•
Man f
:Lieut. -Col. Weir, colnman a of the
160th • Battalion, --has -'made a -personal'
appeal to every eligible young man in
this county to enlist. it is put in sucha
way that no Mari can•disregardit. It reads
as. follows:
A Pu. pbl g .hic nieetin was .els at alk-
W
erton on Dec. 21st last at which a repre-
sefitatiVe body of citizens of this County
_pledged' themselves to `rdo all in their
pelwer" to 'secure the necessary ries to
complete the organization of the Bruce
County. Overseas-. B -n.. The.. bominioii
Government has ordered a- battalion to
be recruited from this county, to which I'
have been appointed Commanding Of-
ficer, a' census of men of military age is
being taken, and •your name has been
handed to' me with those of others, ' as
one who should . enlist. I therefore
write to impress upon you that your ser-
vices are urgently needed by 'your coun-
try,and.I beg of you. to consider _Tour
own position; ask yourself whether, in a
country fighting as ours is for its very
_existnnce,youu are doing •11•youcan for
its safety, and wheth�t1ieeas_ on . yo
have hitherto held valid as"one for not
enlisting, holds good.. at the present
crisis.' •Your fellow citizens of , Bruce
Countyhave named you as . one who
should enlist, and your king has : asked
for your. services. , As one who .should,
will you ,not respond to your• country's
call? _-. •
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aC�Ughs
icki g�.
"Por Hacking Coughs that rob you 4f your seep till your sys-
tem bec mes sorun down thatyou are in grave danger of Pneu-
monia or Consumption, the kind that almost tear ybei to pieces,
that , ke-your--'head ache; your throat -soft and--inflanaed,--take
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Chazbcriai's Cough Remedy;
• ' and heals'the inflamed air passages, stops the. tick,
• It soothes a
• -ling in the throat, and by its tonic cffect enables you to throw
off the clisea e, Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is quite different,.
from the ordinary tough medicine, for it not only soothes but.
that the,effected parta Are i'eetored to a healthy
plan heals, so
condition slid the danger of a future attack is removed. I firmly
'eve'' that' it•ie the best and most reliable preparation ever" pr`o-
. belt
•cluced for coughs and: eo1cl ."•
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CULROSS COUNCIL
Town Hall, Teesiv'ater, Feb. 7, I916.
Council met on the above date. Mein•.
her allpresent except Councillor Case.
The Reeve was in t'he'chaie,
John S. , Armstrong was appointed
Chairman' of Finance pro tem.
The Auditors then presented their
report to the Council Beard. _.
Armstrong=-McPherson—That as. the
Auditors have reported and the. Council
has finally audited the Treasurer's books
and find: that the sum of $1:15 was -placed
in the salaries column where it should„
lia've"been placed the printing and
stationer 'column otherwise we, tied the
accounts apparently correct. We also
find that the sum of $103°77 was collect-
ed: by the fax collector ' on Dec. 31st,
1815,' but was not paid overto the credit
Of the corporation, and we further find
that the sum of $100.00 was paid to the
Treasurer since, leaving --a- balance' still
due the corporation of $5:93, according
to the auditors -report. We find some
errors and otniseions in the Collector's
Roll which
the clsg' will be rectified,`especiall'y'in
x: `Citrt-ied ,
Artnstr_oug=.Donaldson_---Thtl',t. vale_
point Charles Hutton clerk,"Torn"-Ulark"'
treasurer, Anthony ;McDonald assessor,
and Joseph Murray for operating 'the
grader to the -north and Philip•ICeffer to
the south of the township; attheir re -
votive salaries the same as last year,
w•b
and that a by-lae'prepared' and passed
confirming their-appointrtiertt. Carried.
i?xNaNciti
Chas. Button,registration fees, $18.00;
.Peter: O'Malley, error in tact bill, 45c.;
Nixon Melvin, breaking gravel • road,
8 85;Albert Green, breaking gravel road,
9 50; Mrs.Scharr, error in tait,.ltllli 40c;'
Math. Weber, overcharge on electric light
account, 1 00; Thos. McDonald, services
,as auditor, •9 00; Kenneth McKenzie,
services as auditor, g 00; Jos. Murray,
balance on tile. for 1015, 13 60; John
Greenache, balance --of salary as collector,'
40 882; Charles Mitten,' part salary for,
1016, 100 00:
Donaldson--McPherson•=411 a t the
fhfance report as just read • be adopted
and orders issued for payment of+the
accounts. And that are now adjourn to
Meet now on March Gtlior 'at the call'
of the peeve. Carried. '
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'Huron Old Boys' "‘At'liome"
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• The Huron Old Boys of Toronto, had
their,annual-"At Horne" in theassembl
room. of the beautjtul 4?sldfe119ws'. Trail,
Cliege street, on the night of,Feb..4th„
While the attendance was notq uite as
large as on some former occasions, a
goodly number were present, and heart-
ily and thoroughly enjoyed themselves
until a late hour. •
The i'resident, Mr. John Robertson,
occupied the. chair, 'and ina a felicitous
manner extended a welcome to those
present, %id was very happy in ' his ,in-•
troduction of_those wl'iornade.addresses.
On' :the platform we're the ever -smiling.
and energetic Secretary -;-E, Fibody Ma-.
_jor,Beck,_ T; McCilliduddy, R. ;Holmes,..
E. J. B. Duncan and W 'Houston,
The 161st. Huron Battalion•wA repre-
sented in person bg Lt, -Col.
'Major J. W. Shaw and junior Major M.
D. McTaggar t, all of whom gave short
addresses
Alderman MacGregor sang a couple of
patriotic songs and responded to an en-
core. Mr• Houston, as a,Bruce'pioneer,
joined hie congratulations with _those of
the chairman to all presentT. McGilli-
cuddy gave a humorous anecdote.: . Mr.
Floody read letters of regret _ter' of be-
ble to •b -present from -,Sir am
Hughes, Minister of Militia; Sir William
1) Otter, a native of Clinton, and others.
Miss H. Isabel Grahaum, of Seaforth,
read two original 'poetise of her own com-
position; one of which i as 'follows,•en-
titled, "Canada's Behind the C•iuns":.
Fling the tidings 'near and far, • , . -
w-Where•the-feet-of-freemen-are;-• - >--
Send'them.swiftly o'er the sea,`
To the haunts of cruelty;
Bid tlie dove, despoiled, . distressed;
Bind the olive to her breast;
Take this message to the Hun's
' ' Canada's behind the guns, ' -
'Can'ada is proud tri bear
Of the load a lion's share; .
Proud to do and proud to die
For the Empire's ideals high;.
Britain.'s'sons. the whole. wcrld'o'er •
-Will be. -freemen evermore;
Take this message to the Huns-•- •' .
Canada's behind the guns.
Canada.hae wealth in store, _-
She will Iamb_ leare.:wnd-_,nrore,.
So that tyranny, may fall, '
She w`ll'lad! iv •" e'al
:From her dearest she will part,
For the cause that stirs her heart',• ,
Take this message to the Huns--
Canada's behind the guns,
Music was furaished during the even-
.ing by Stewart's orchestra, the leader.a
popularr young- "Hnroniaii, and dancing'
follows the o renditr
on of the literar,
Y,
progrxiit The evening was very pleas-
antly spent by all. It would be impossible;
to name all who were present;•it'is suffi-
cient to 'say that the go therms• wee trWy
re re'e t t ve-Cl i -f .
110WIIM4JUR SAP •
°:OI (OQERhHr.DI.ED,
.frontCapt.
of•Goderieh, has received
ap . Shuttl worth; the following
account of the 'death ,of her husband in
the trenches; -
• Thexa.lor had been feeling: all flight. '
lSini;e his last visit to Mount Noir he
had never 'looked better and he went in.-
e4r€nchea'this-t•amrt in the best of
•spirits; saying that hbelieved we would
come through without a less. :Our,line
was in splendid,shape and with.' the past
good weather and moonlight• nights we
felt quite ,our
la; our position. It was.
about 9;04 owthe of the 17th when
I was relieved 'by the Major'. :Ile had'
been having a good sleep and in,company.
• with Lieut: Kerr, he went for a walk
.down -.the line. It' was, very •quiet; al•.
though when, I'.had come along, a few'r
rinutea. earlier we very nearly had'some
trouble.. A party filling. sandbags• and'
driving stake were snaking considerable
noise and bad attracted machine grin fire.
itnd also a bomb exploded outside the
parapet,,.' throwing dirt and debris over
us. There'was a little excitement•
over-
this; so I isrrlissed the working party.;
•Qn returning to:the dugout I reported
th`s• the . a t n .Afajor; with other details of
mu
y, t d. y.. After the -two had Teff a few
Minutes, ,'I heard, another bomb .explos-
iun,. about, the .same place, then 'sohne-
body running past the dugout, so I'knew
something had happened: When I •got
.to the'spot. I'.saw. the.Major lying on -the •
trench•floot',and a couple of ,'men Work- r
ving over hien; He had lost consciousness
and his right 'leg was • badly torn and
bleeding from small ,shrapnel wound*
• We immediatelysent. for the,doctor, got
water -and brandy, and thestretcherbear=
ers who are trained in first aid, stopped,
the bleeding and tied up the wounds,.
By -this time the Major had recovered •a
little, though he was very. weak and
white. We got hint on a•stretcher and
carried Nine down the trench -a way. •
They say another bomb fell behind u9,
dirt .I did not, hear it, We eased him all
we could, and . the doctor, Captain Geo.
Male, soon appeared, -also Major Nelson, -
adjutant of the 18th. Fortunately it was
night and a. little misty and the. party
struck off 'overland: • The wound itself
was not serious, but the bombs.' shot by
a machine' from some 'distance are filled
with high explosives and explode with
terrible concussion • , This unlucky, •one
Jell within two yards of.t13e, Major, shat-
tering a piece of sheet iro'h•and the floor-
• ing of the trench., He h r;d just been tail)
ing toa sentry,. Pte, Beasley;.who' escap-
ed unhurt. Lieut. Kerr, who had just
gone. -round' a traverse, was'tbrowp down'
an. stunned ' Sratneone •said he saw it
-coming through, the air, but really there.
:is no warning for these things.
At the dressing station the doctor ex=
.amined•the Major, again- and redressed
hie leg. The Colonel saw him then and
itbouglr=th i or was- very -=weak ey-
talked and the Colonel tried to hearten•
him : up.•. - A little while after this the
-motor ambulance came to take him to the
hospital ' and , it "was ' while in • this the
Major sank away. The Battalion or we
in the trenches did not know until, the
next inorning. The men, all honor to
'
them, used to war as' the a
re would:
have'gone over the parapet that morning
to avenge their 'Major. •
Itis nowret
t certain y e 'main that he died
more froth .the shock than from -loss of
blood. He had fourteen small wounds
i • his leg, eg, . al
1 near the. right -knee. The
loss- of blood was small; : -He was a gal=
lent. fellow. Not ' naturally of strong
physique; he 'possessed. a lion heart. in•
forcing himself to perform More than he
should. He. was'an example of what
weak body can accomplish when blessed •
with a strong mind. He died -for King
and country. He, was -crucified on the
iron ,cross of 'Kaiser 'Wilhelm 'IL- and he
gave un. his life for the greatest prin-
ciples which'the blood -of man has bought
since Calvary • God bless him and ,may
his soul rest' in peace.. • •
The 0, Buey' ar are , RO S
PHONig Ge.win Deliver Vent Order • s of sari we Receive Itt
o"MVO a.IOW
Sec�nd JIand
Base Burners:
• which vire ,,are, .offferi2>ti
at very
Reasonable Prices. -
- These .stoves are .fir
good'�
.-�,• � � r air' a d�� r7
(' - •,
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sed # o g�lve. sat><s_.'.
..�`-.: faction. Get,-.ur• ,tris.
Big
�Za
ll �n.•ter ��tts ro
•the next two •
Weeds• Be lure ou
• get a pair while they last.,
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Notice 'to Farriers wanting their Oil Tank
Filled. We have a' car of oil on hand and can fill your
tanks at our stgre and give you ttpe lowest pr'ce• and the
best quality coal'
•q y oilcn the ,lnarltel:.Try, a ?5 gallon.•tatalEAofyoua�.;,oi1 and be convinced. We have; tar. ks.to sell;
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BELL & McLEO
WE AIM TO PLEASE
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THE STORE WH,ERE YOUR MONEY GOES FARTHEST
Kinloss
• --Monday, Feb. 14.
Russell Herrin spent Sunday in Kin-
cardine. '•
-forge Colwell is busy' breaking in
his new driver.
James Elliott lost a very valuable
horse hist tveek, ' • .•
• Allan ICaake spent Sunday with
friends on the 7th:
Pte. Hayes, of Kincardine, spent the
'week end under tha parental roof:'
Mies Helen Malcolm,, of .Kincardine,,
is visiting friends arou1 d our burg.
Ptes, Sturgeon and McDuff;' of 1Cin•
(attaine,.spent Sunday in this vicknity.
Orrie Verde has returned hinie after
spending a Couple of weeks in Wingham.
We are• pleased to report that Peter
Mcb inald and 'family' have proved onto.
tlteil £atni near Kinloss.
Mr. and Mrs, W. It, Blank and Son
Wallats, ofhltlll Lake Saek.r ere renew -
i ala l}; llgi,illtpnQ1 :00444 Ivto
This Chap Was "Smart"
The following is clipped from a Detroit
paper;
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Thomas . Webster :and family, Mrs.
Rachel • Webster and three daughters,
felt highly flattered -by the attentions bf.
Hugo S. Fechheimer,__even:--though:: the.
said attentions were paid over the long
distance telephone. • '
For Fechheimer lived in Detroit and
was quite friendly with Miss Rita Web-
ster, according*, her father, ,but even at
that the Webster family wondered how
Feichheimer could be so extravagant in
his use of the long distance wires be-
tween Detroit and Lucknow; Ont., Where
.the Websters resisted.
It, was shortly after, New Year's •that.
Mr. Webster received an itemized long
distance telephone hill from Fechheimer
for$45: .: -
The whole matter was in 'court •before
Justice RiehterFridayafternoon. i+'eich-
heimerUraff rating ler $1.4154 'tor'sz.-
poises incurred, he said, in caring for a
¥ebster-a-522 3
Lawrence avenue, Detroit.
The $45 item to which Mr. Webster
objected was included' in the bill.
"Fechheimer had no authority from Me
to use the longdistance tele hone. I
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'never dreamed.that;lre would: charge it.
to me," declared •Webster.
"Was :your daughter Rita friendly
with Fecnheiinerl" asked an attorney.
"Yes, she was -toe friendly?" declared
the father-.witb eruphasis Justice ilach
:ter took the case' undo. advisement.
ithe Gives yeti •re+iiing nia,t in'
which you h vo tLagrea$est interesll,
• —the home news, • Ito: -issue will prove a welcome visitor to every
member of the faintly, Ib should heed'. your list of : -iwspape ..and .periodical. , •
a .:eriptionat
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Ladies.' Fine -Shoes
• a.
- We areg'
a � eats here :for
The Blachford• . Shoe Mfg. -
`Co.'s fine shoes for ladies.:.
Their spring models are
beauties. ` We ' would be -..
.pleased to show them to you.
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•We_ have Ladie • •' Fi e
$. n Shoes from
2:50
.up. to 5:O0
Ackert & Rathi've1I
Successors, to . W. J. Joynt
• "A GOOD SHOP FOR ALL THE FAMIL.Y'."
Olivet
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eritlnel'
r.Qo peryear.
,M3sntloy;-Fe;IY: 161:h
Walter and Miss Annie Roulston are
suffering from an attack of measles. '
Mr. and Mrs; Chas. Smith have moved
onto the farm of the' late Thos. Moore.
Mr. Rimer Harding, of Bethel, bad•
charge ofthe services at Olivet `on Sun-
day. ° .
Richard Scott, has been engaged with
Percy Wells, of the 12th: con.; for the
coming year. .
Miss Bella Moore has, returned home
from Wingham where sire has been
upending the past.fetvi:months,
• Mrs. Roy Hildred and little son left
on'Monday for.their home at 'Anglian',
/Sisk., efter"speeding two nient1W with`
her father, Mr, David Walden,
The Young Men's Bible Class Of Olivet
entertained a number .of the Olivet
young ladies to an oyster slipper at the
home of the President of the Class,. Mr.
Walter Walden, on Wednesday evening.
A most enjoyable evening Was spent .by
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