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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News-Record, 1910-12-08, Page 1Pal ,.e Clinton News-Reco No. 1658 4Ist Year CLINTON, ONTARIO,• THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8th, 1910 THE HOME PAPER OUR NE AST STORY BEGAN LAST WEEK, It's a Good One. Don't Miss the Opening Chapter. ur 914 p tau • e Is larger than ever in order 'to .keep pace with increasing trade, See°our window display for sug• gestions. Also our brass goods and newest patterns in Limoges China, Engraving done free. Store open evenings. feweler Yel1qar Clinton i NOMINATIONS ON DEC. 26TH. The last Monday in December is Nomination Dayin towns, villages s and townships except when the last Monday is Christmas and then nom- inations are held on the friday pre- ceding the,lasta Monday. This year Christmas falls on Sunday and Mon- day will be Nomination Day, as usual and • '2nd Of January will be election day. Next year Christmas falls on Monday arra-the preceding Friday will beNomination Day. TOWN COUTNCIL. r i 11110. CANADA A of C BANK 'Ice ROYAL L A INCORPORATED 1869.. Capital Paid Up Reserve and Undivided Profits • Total Assets - $6,2oo,000. $6,9oo(0oO. $95,000,900 HEAD OFFICE, MONTREAL 175 Branches and Correspondents throughout the World. Interest allowed on Saving accounts: . merit accorded to all custo R, E, MANNING, Manager Courteous treat - niers. • . Clinton Branch. 1 On a tie vote the town council xe- fused on Monday night to allow the electors, the people who pay the pip- er, to say.onJan 2nd whether or not they, wanted the $53,000 waterworks system managed by Commission - ens or by the council. The vote ,stood : • Let t11e people decide --Taylor, Cooper, Ribbings, Jackson. Refuse toi let the people decide Beacom, Paisley, Mason, Smyth. :A coanxnunication was read ' from Mr. T. McKenzie intimating that lie had handed hie $4.50 account to the .division court clerk for collection and if ::ettlemient was not made on or be- fore Saturday the sudt wou:'d go on. Tlio account is for the use of trestles with which the highway was barred while the macadam • roadway was be- ing built. The offmciale definitely un- derstood that Mr. McKenzie had loan- ed thein and that consequently there. would be no, charge. The council took the same view and fled Mr. MaKen= zie's • letter, a, polite way of saying that .he may sue or not, just. as he chooses.: : Mr, Angus McLeod asked for • an el- ectric light at the corner. of NortIl and Wellington ,streets. - He Made out a good case and the council would have liked to grant the request but•there are several similar and fear- ing than if they gave it to one the oth- ers wou':d give ' them no* peace, they deckled . to leave, matters as they are at .present. : • - • Tho : council : some Vane ago under- atoodthat the White .Dyke band had. disbanded so asked .,that the instru- ments be turned in to .the town . offi- cials. • To this Mr. John Cooper's re- ply - was read Monday evening. He stated in effect that if the band is dead it is a mighty ,lively corpse. As a matter of fact they had 'merely de- cided to abstain from practice for three months and as that time is near- ly up early.up ho expected•they would be hard at: it again shortly:, Mr. ' Cooper in- timated that -they hada, couple of new cornet "players -in prospect. ' The council , directed thattheir band -in order be held up for: the time.breng. E. Dowding, Manager; Mr. Arthur Cantelon presented an 4 B4NK ���' The MOLSON INCORPORATED' 1855, Capital Paid up - $4,000,000 Rest Fund • $4,400,000 Has 78 Branches in Canada and Agents and Correspondents in all.the principal cities in the world. A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS TRANSACTED. SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT AT ALL BRANCHES. e interest allowed at -Highest Current .Rate. Clinton Branch. - C. 1 THE LOCAL MARKET. Wheat 83e to 850. Oats 30e to 33q. Peas 72e to 75e., Barley 400 to 43c. Butter • 19c to 20e. Eggs 22c to 30e. Live Hogs $6.25. A COMMENDABLE MOVE. A Literary Club, under the direction of the Public Library Board, is bn:ng formed. The organization, which is to be•open to all citizens of the town, is not yet fully complete, but seems amove in the right direction and should receive the •encourageenent and patronage of good citizens, BAPTIST CHURCH. Mr. Hughes, a student of Wood- stock College, will preach on Sun- day'et will w neat. Hiesmorningb subject be, "Possessdonss of a Christian," in the evening, "T/he Question of the Centuries." Mr. Hughes, who on a former visit to Clinton made so good au impression by, his earnest preach- ing, would like especially to' meet the young men at the evening service. WILLIS CHURCH. Rev, Jas, Hamilton of (ioderich oc- cupied the pulpit on Sunday morning, The • evening service was taken by Rev, W. -T. . Pearcy of Londesboro. The Guild held a devotional meeting at the close of the evening service. Mr. Jas. Tucker will give • an address on the topic at next . Mbn- day. evening's meeting of the Guild. onsoutimeraissims •accounii of $80 for extra' work on' the. waterworks reservoir and addressed• -' tlio council in refe Ince to it. One of the items was foe extra....cement. • The .specificationscalled tor• ` a 7 to :' niieture but. the assis- tant engineer ;and Ire ; agreeing . • that.. that «oold not gite sufficient strength • he had made it 51 to .1. Thi; council panted Mr. Cantelon .for the good work, ho had. done and gave him $20 .for ex-. tras which he • • :accepted as good nat-. u'e .y r dl as if it had been -the $80..• There were three tenders for snow. plowing. H. Bill asked fon 35 cents' per hour for one horse, 60 cents for two horses and 80 cents for. three. 1F. Steep's *tender was 80 cents straight and T.. Shipley's 25 ants. The work . was awarded to: the last-mentioned, THE BOYS' ASSOCIATION: The Boys' Association will inset an the Forester's hall, above the 'Pub- lic Library, on Monday evening. All members of the Association and any boy in town who wishes to become a member are invited. Besides. the us- ual business there will be an interest- ing nteresting program of music, speeoh and song. Capt. Tom. Ranee will also he. present to form a drill Blass and will give an interesting talk on Physical culture,• SATURDAY NIGHT'S BLAZE. ALL THE YEAR ROUND. The News -Record seeks comparison on its general excellence, that is on its fiftyetwo issuesin twelve months, not on one in fifty-two. For quality and quantity, of Town, Township and news in general place this issue', or any issue for that matter, alongside any country., weekly in . the Province for we ate quite content to :abide by the result. WESLEY. C'IIt RCH, READYMADE CLOTHING The -Mor ,sh Clothing c. o . - ORDERED. CLOTHING OVERCOAT Sale "4�UAYiITY' yl� shall'noss be. fore- • ed to close out our Overcoats in short order. At the encs of this SALE we want Overcoats nut of our store. There's no rnon- • oy in carrying Overcoats • fronm - one season to the nett. Now is the time with hinter just starting you need an -Overeotit, It'wfll pay any elan or boy well to buy an Overcoat at this SALE, for the coat Will be , good -property for 'several seasons, , b Every (Overcoat. Must GO. EIGHT ONLY Men's bin,: CHAMBERLAIN Over- coats, velvet .collar, good . linings, regular *10,00 and $12.00, SALE' PRICE $8.50 • TEN ONLY Mens dark Tweed Overcoats, good pat- terns, Convertible collar, regular ula T S fl0 .00, SALE PRI FIVE OV' LY MEN'S Tweed Overcoate, Herring- bone weave, good linings, convertible collar, regular $16.50, Sale Price $13.25 Four only men's black Overcoats, Muto collar, 20th Century brand, well tailored, good linings, re- gular $18.i0 for $14,00 Four only men's Over- criats, made from fancy grey Overeoating, ronvei't- il)le collar, good linings. regular $18.00 for seec2ii • Buyers will have the Best Picking. . EarlyBuy g SEE ANNOUNCEMENT PACE 3 fliE MONIS CLOTHING I. Huron's Lar-.�-�est Clothiers Largest . "AEver. Man" Square Deal for y GOOD 'MORNING ! • (food Morning ! The News -Record will be much pleased if you will re- commend of r .rte itto those ybur end c mmY 4n who are not already subscribers. TIIE GREAT Q1 EST1ON. The question now agitating the minds of people in general is not which side will win in the British •el- ections hut the more intimate and im- portant one of what to give for Christmas, • A MEETING OF DENTISTS, Fire broke out in Wonderland on Saturday evening after the perfoem- ance. The brigade was speedily on the scene .and had a lively stream of wat- er ater playing on the blaze in a twink- ling. There' is' no fun in going to a fire in ()Buten nowadays, the exoit- . lnenis is all over before the average citizen can reach the spot. In this case the water Aid more damage than the fire, and it took' -a day or two to get Wonderland into shape again, 25 YI7ARS' .RECTOR. Rev. J Gunne, brother of Rev: C. It. Gunne of town, on Sunday concluded 25 • years' pastorate in the . parish of Wyoming, Cainlaehie and Wanstead. A special . meeting of Lambton rural deanery' was held to celebrate the r•r- e,asion. During Mr. Gunnels' time Wyoming parish hall air l rectors'. were ere'cte'd, and Christ Church, , rant iaclt- ie, and St, John's C'hurcli, Wyoming, restored. He was 'born in 3860, and was barely 23 when, ordained deacon., IIe entered liellmuth College,' London, in. 18.77, and in 1880 passed into. Hun - on CCollege. IIe was appointed in 1883 to Kerwood, 13rooke and _Metcalfe, where he remained'. until invited. to Wyoming -in 1.885.. AT' THE FAT STOCK SIIO• W. •• , Ne't Sunday Rev. W. J. Ford. of Watford, brother. of the pastor and at one. ' time pastor of Ontario 'street church, will• preach educational. ser- mons 'doming and evening. Rev, W. li. Taylor of Varna preach- ed veryacceptably, morning and even- ing on Sunday last. • • The new. piano widll be usedfor the first tihne in the Sunday' school on Christmas Day. ST. PAUL'S CTIURCH.• A missionary- Iebturc in connection with St. Paul's Sunday school was given in the •school house on Monday evening by. Rev.. T..• B. • Howard,' rect- or 'of Christ's church, Forest. • Mr.. Iloward took for his stib jest ' Uganda, and illustrated his talk by .• lantern. .views.' It was most intercsting and instructive and was listened to by , a good audience, a•nuniber of,.,whonr were .young people.:` The ptoceds of the lecture gotowards the Christmas 'tree tuns]. ' YOU-NO.IN ' ALL BUT YEARS. • Oa Thursday evening •fast Mr: S. Davis entertained a few of his many friends. The name -of: the hest sill as sure. our readers . that, it • was an even= trig of much merriment andthat. the gathering did not break up until' , . at least the wee sma'. 'our's. - Mr. Davis • t nn'-them- selves ci loves . 'to see `others ., 'enjoy - selves '•an'd his greatest , pleasure is • in assisting then ...to do se, 'Next: January lie will enter . upon, his• seventy-t.hird'year, but he .has•perfCC-t n. `tc 'n 1 and� ' as aL.tVC as most , lir alth 5 of• a score of years yotingcr.• Ile is young, in all but years,` -The News- Record• wishes its, old friend long con tinued .vigor and, good spirits. • UNDER -CONSIDERATION. RATION • The •cominittee to eehoni has- been delegated the task of choosing a sue censor to Rev. C. R. Gunne 2s, rector Of • St. Paul's church, Messrs. J. Ransford;,W, Jackson, J. 'Hartley and, C. E: Dowding,. '• were in• London on Saturday conferring, with the Bishop in -reference. to. the • matter. The names of several good men are under consideration and the committee are seeking further information before coming to a final decision. •It Mr. Ransford does not attend service in ' St: Paul's next Sunday it will be ine The appointment of slePtities. and poll clerks caused a whole series of mobions'and two tie .votes. Last year Edgar East• acted •as clerk in St. James' .ward and his work was of so. perfect sa nature that the deputy, ask- ed that he be re. -appointed.. That., he was not was owing to what the coun- cil calls the "unwritten law,", that I'is, so far as these appointments go, they should be divided equally be- tween: Grits and Tories. The vote on Jan. 2nd will be taken by : St. James—T. D. Johnston, A. Fisher ; St. John's—J. McMath, II. Alexand- er ; St. fleorge's•-S. x.• Andrews, J. Cunningliame ; St. Andrew's—W. Manning, E. Saville. The deputies will receive $3, clerks $2, and own- ers of booth $3..• ' The report • of Dr. Shaw, medical Yesterday dogs in Ontario .from 1 officer, was as follows : In pre- I Toronto westward were relieved of health elf e , the indignity of having to wear muz- zles,' uz- zles,'and may also be taken to other parts of the Province if their owners so desire.. The order in Council, which has been in lora since • .Feb- ruary last, requ ring the muzzling of all tags itt the rabies -infected dis- trict of Ontario, and prohibiting the shipping of any dog in the proscribed area into• any other part of the Pro- vince, faxed December 7th as the date to which thle restrictions should ' ap; ply. Although there are one or twoi districts still under quarantine o autbr•e.aks of rabies last month, it is now felt that these cases, affecting a very limited area, can he locally dealt • with, and that there tis no fur- ther necessity for making the muzz- ling order applicable. to the whole western penin$tia. In case any fur- ther eases of rabies should develop, prompt action will he taken to have alt dogs in the immediate vicinity of muzzled til u the new out-breakout-bremuzzledriany danger .of further infection is passed. It is now over two years since the rabies epidermic broke out in .the. NIA, para district, and a year agos t were scores of eases in various parts of • western Ontario. Notwithstanding the very drastic action taken' by the Government ten months ago, it is on- ly now that it is Considered safe to doff the muzzles. New Advertisements. Wanted—Toaex's�-5 For Sale—F. Watts --5 5 '. C — a For Sale—'1 att1e Overcoat Sale—Morrish-1 14 Working Days—Irwin's—t Giving Made Easy—Morrish--3 Farm for Sale --Mrs. Woods -5. We Are Ready—Couch & Co. -4 Will Serve Lunch -Mrs. Junor—a Sensible Gifts•=-Ilarlapd Bros. -2 Removal Sale—S. C, Rathwell--& A- Few Snaps—l'lunnsteel Bros.—t3 Shoes for Xmas—Fred. Jackson—g Xmas Is Coming—Cooper & Co. -4 Tho annual meeting of the Dental Association of Huron and Perth was held at the Hotel Normandie yester- day when matters pertaining to the profession 'in general were discussed. The past year's officers were re-elect-. ed. Drs, 'Sale and Hayden of Goder- ich are president and secretary, re- spectively. "A SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION." The following is a copy of a Heyer received. by Mayor Tay'ar from Mr, J. A. Robertson, secretary of the 'n- derwriters'. Association 1 ion ; .C'otnmerit is unnecclasary .:"I am in receipt of your favor of the 2nd inst. and note .your remarks re- garding the fire preventative applian- s ccs cf your Own.., I ,would advise that it is our intention at the earliest pos- sible date to have a re -inspection of your merchantile business. and a new tariff for Clinton will then he Mimed - lately . issued, allowing a' substantial reduction in your rates." OFFICERS Ob .TIII+:.WORKMEN: The officers for. the ensuing year 'of Clinton A.O,U,W. Lodge 'are as fol- lows Master, John Torrance, • Foreman, James Dunford, Guide, Frank Bawden.' Recorder, R. J. ('luff, Financier, Frank Fowler.' 1. Watchman,R. P. F'ithe :. •. O. Watchman, S..Fisher, . Representative to ,Grand Lodge, D. Stevenson, ' Alternative, E. J. VIOL.' Auditors, U. Pitieristcel; 'D. Steven- son, ' WESLFIY CHURCFI' BAZAAR, : .The Ladies' Aid of Wesley.: Chinch R. Fitzsimons & Son made three could scarcely, have chosen. a better entries at the' Fat •Stock ShoW 1'n •day, for their bazaar than Tuesday Guelph : this. . week and Mr. Tlarr y proved 'to be, and .there was a ' good • Fitzsimons went .down with them 011 turnout - • of both .town and ' country Monday. 'lite 'Fair was a'hugc affair,' members. The .Sunday school, room -Si* percent...biggtr than last }'car; 'lookckl quite pretty,' the class rooms and there was nothing shown. but being nicely drtmprd' forming natural what was of ' the very hese quality booths. The apron and.: fancywork and most creditable to .the exhibit- booth was presided over'by Mis.•l'at- ors.. The entries of tlic Messrs, Fitz- tison, Mrs. Jas. Shepherd, llrs. IIell- .simons made it quite clear to: these yar and Mrs, A. T. Cooper. The who were not perviously personally Homemade' candy booth, which was aware of. the_ fact that our citizens; indeed _.a. -very attractive spot for any - are' in ..the 'yetyfront rank in prepay- one afflicted` with a sweet tooth, Was jug l'iv.e stock. for :tht' most particular in charge. of Miss.Id„a Twitchell, as purchasers and that will command at- sister' by several members of the.Juii tention tCberevcr sbown...Thcti award for -='League, who proved theinse:'ees. was fourth Tot year old• heifer. They such Capable saleswomen . at their own reserved. the animalfor thou Christ- ba�aat told a'few weeks. ago. Beside s • etas tiaclr and it•will be 1cturWed to the helpers .named there were many. the from the I''air on Saturday. . Rink Open Tonight, The skating rink will open tonight with the band in attendance.. gr. Ilailes will do his utmost to make the rink more popular than ever, No Cause For Alarm Should the peaceful citizens of our quiet town observea number of strange men, met carrying a guu, parading the streets today and to ntonrow 'do not he alarmed. • .It''' la not an invasion. It is only the Cele-. ton Gun Club's annual shoot , which is in progress.. The armed nen• are sup- posed to be..crack shots• from every known portion- of the globe where shot guns are .in use, lured here by the hope of being able to hit twenty- five , live pigeons, straight, or a like number of flying bits of clay. Some of them will do it, too. Just go' down to the club grounds and watch them, - ferrc'd that he 15 in sonic other parish. "sizing up" the incumbent.. • Thetalk on "•Rome ; The F7ternal Cty, sante will apply to Mr. Dowding, Mr, �. in this church; Dr: Dougall will i1- Jackson or Mr. Hartley. • lustrate his lecture by using a splen- did :double stereopticon and fine col - THE 1I1'ZlT.F:S ARE CFF',, ored plates and the looture is expect,: ed to he more than ordinarily inter- esting. . 'ItI':MEM13ER,. TI/E DATES. The' local poultry men are artier • in preparation for the minuet exhibition of the Theron Poultry Association to he held on Dec, 20th, 21st and 22nd which they have every reason 'to . be- lieve that it will be the largest and most successful ever held in the court- ly. Everyone. within a reneonable radius should come in to see the es- hfhits which will give thein a good iithn, if, they are not already in the business, what variety to choose witch they decide to embark in poultry rais- ing on a noire ettrirsivc scale. The local poultry asscciatiotr is twenty years old, the pioneer fancier:, being Frani( hall, A. 3. Grigg, ,Joltn Harland, Harry Hunt, James How- son, John Rumball, Lack Itennedy and Waltt•r boats. With one Weep - tion eltion they are still on this terrestrial in sphere though Lack and Walter are in other pastures. It is said that those days John Harland was the most enthusiastic of the hunch ; present time though he is not him- self self so active his son is following • ONTARIO S'i'REI:T CHURCH, . On Monday revelling a devotional. meetingcting was held' in .connection-. with the League. •A• very comprehensive paper on the topic was read by "Mr . W. 5. R. Holmes, Mrs. W. Downs rendered a solo.. The young Mcn's Bible Class have. elected their officers as fellows President, b', .Tyndall* . lst Vice, R. Fisher. 2nd Vice, A. Trick. 3rd Vice, 1:. Welsh. • ,Secretary, Vert Gil)bings, Treasurer, • (1. Cornish. • Librarian, A. Livermore, Reporter, II. Pickett . The class• meets every :Sunday, at 2,30, Miss L. Stevens. is teacher and the (-lass; is growing, in i tmbersand interest. All' young . nen ate invited. On Thursday evcnine next ,Dr. Dougall •of Cloderich will give a travel HAPPENINFS IN SOCIETY Mrs: W. J: Tozer•. will not receive on Fr'day nor. again • until after Easter. The Sewing •Club met at the 'home of Miss .Clara, Wiseman on Mendel' ev- ening..• • , Miss •Mrgaret Wiseman had a • few ' girls friends in for a game on Thursday evening. . . • Misses Ida and Laura Wilken enter • - tained a few of their friends. .on Thum- day evening last. ' - Thu A. and C: Club met at the home of Miss Ruby Irwin •on Thursday evening, it being the last meeting be- fore the Kew Year,' ' Bagfield Mr. H. W. Erwin is.'authorized to receive. subscriptions to The Ne'w.s- . Record' and the Daily and Weekly pa pers with which it clubs —Publisher..' •, Mrs. Whiddon and daughters, Mrs. 3. • Jowitt and, Miss Ruby Whiddon, spent Tuesday at the home of Mrs, John Heid of the Front .Road, Stan- ley. is The Methodist chirch' Sunday school purpose holding an . entertainment about the ..,Middle of • January; Par • - ticulars •latet. on: ' ' :Misses. Magla:e Macdonald and Floe. Jb}nS On of Coderreh spent en t5tm day • with the farmer s. 'Parents, Mr. and preparing supper, which was served at. tTrs.. I). Macdonald.... • • six o'clock, ane( waiting ' ttpcn the Mr.. E. F, : Merrier of Zurich '.was tabl'c4. The . supper tables presented 'the gust; of his' brother-in-law, Mr, a_ very etteactite appearance . and Robert Reid,. this' week• many of the nlie'nurnbers of the con- Miss Eliza 1cEvan; who vent the gregation .and other business .people past month at ' Tononto,_ returned dropped in and enjoyed a well -cooked home lacst'week. • and substantial meal. - Mr. and: M.rs. II, Little attended . Tln+ tallies were vgry well pleased the Wedding of their, cousin, Miss.id;z -with the result of their efforts and a Brownlee • at London on Saturday,. nice little stun was realized, front the the 26th and retrained over t4,11 tilon- supper :and sale. day evening. . . St. Andrew's chereh intend holding seating this, the annual report of the Medical :Health ()Macre I am able_ to certify that the town has been excep- tionally free from epidemic of contag- ious"' .disease. Only a slight one of chickenpox the latter part of June which soon disappeared when the school holidays came. There was but one ease of typhoid fever and that or- iginated outside of town. I regret very much to ,report that tite . Public school trustees have seen proper• to relax the regulations that children should be vaccinated before beginning - school. Just across the border in Michigan there is an epidemic of smallpoe' which has interfered 80 Sev- erely with the welfare of the com- munity both from a physical and mat- erial standpoint, as ninety-eight per cent of the eases affected died none of which had been vaccinated. Your Iloard,,of Health secured the Provinc- ial Tuberculosis Exhibit for four days and they hopec a great educational ad- vantage will bear fruit, ,for we know this dread disease was the cameo of 1023 ;deaths in this provinec dunfng last year. I would Suggest that your 1ionorable body would pass a by-law regulating . the inspection of dairies 'nil the milk supply. Also one for the systematic removal of garbage. There were 21 le tha and 41 births during the past year, 0 What. The Fathers" Said About a Waterworks Commission.' B. J. Gibbings:—There may be a' difference of opinion• as to the ath isna-- bility of having a Commission, but how` can we.relfuse to let the .ratepay- e.•rscdecide the matter ? 'i', Mason.—1 have just' conte from Toronto' where I' met a citizen of Bel- leville who said to me, "By all Means don't have a Commission," • T. :Jackson, Jr;—The waterworks costing $53,000 can be better managed by a Commission of three members, having it alone to look after, than by the council with such a variety of subjects to deal with. It isnot for us to refuse the ratepayers the right to vote on it, W., Smythe -el and opppSe(1 to a. Commission. Let the council manage the watt'rworks for another year. A. T. ('ooper—I am not an appli- cant for a place on a. Waterworks Com;tnt.ssion nor would I consent to become a candidate. Both the Dotty-. inion and Provincial Governmentap- point Commissions• A Commission ot the.:e would work ottt the details of waterworks better than this • council can do and as well save the council much 1line. The system is our big- gest affair and is growinf. The schools are not run by tltc council but by Commissions, call them boards if you will, • W. J. Paisley—The opinion of places I have been in is that the council can manage waterworks bettor than can a este t C , Commission. Thr. Commissioners al k, Rapt to become extravagant. his footsteps. Frank /tall, A. 3. Grigg and James Iltrwson have al- ways been standbys of the association and arc encyclopaedia of poultry lore. /lerntlmber the dates, Dee. 20, 21, 32. their Xmas Tree in the town hall on. Wednesday evening, December 28. The officers. and teachers of the Ses. school are busy making preparations. Dr.. Smith, reeve, is.,attending the County jCouncil , at Goder.ich - - this week. have. Mr, and Mrs William Ferguson . 'been spending the past week, iri the village. A large number from the village'. attended the fowl supper at Varna on Monday evening last, roimto ar- rivedAlex, Martin' :of To rived en Monday to spend the winter With his . sister;, Mrs P. Campbell. 11Tr. Ed. Weatan, who has been sailing on the lakes during Inc past• season, arrived. In' the • village • . the .' past week. The Misses Campbell left' on Wed- nesday ofthis week to visit. • friends. at Toronto. Prof, Patterson 'of the Wetster'n *University, London, occupied the pul- pit . of St, Andrew's church on Sun- day last. Rev. Nathaniel Smith of the 'Toronto .1s expected to occupy pulpit next Sunday. Miss Lulu E course in the Detroit Business Coll-, Weston is taking a ege. ' Por the news of Hayfield and the adjoining 'Townships to 'keep informed it 19 necessary to read The News-Ileo- ord. Talking of newspapers of long ago,. Mrs. Murdock Ross has a copy of the; Toronto Globe of 1852, It was pub- lished while the Legislature • was itt session and contains much of interest to historical students and Canadians in general. As a people wo aro per- haps not as well versed in the early history (f o�r native land asp we n rnirC n ought to be and there is no better way in which we can got the desired information than in the perusal of the newspapers of the early days. Mrs.. 'Ross highly prizes this old copy; o e l lnbe. Tho 'News-Ilerord'1; New Story be gait in last issue. It's a god one;, don't miss it, Mayor Taylor.—On business princi- ples I ant in favor of a Commission. What member of this council can, in, addition to his otlur -duties as a member of this body, devote the time necessary Lathe proper management of our trig' sand growing. plant, . Let the taxpayers decide.