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SANDERS to OYER, Prop.
THURSDAY, DEC.. 13th, 1894.
A 1111''.4, FABRICATION..
While several Cabinet •Ministers dur•
s".ng the last fortnight have been en-
gaged, with the assistance of noted
2?onsoryative speakers, in discussing
publicly the tariff and other prominent
topics of the .day, -a Toronto . newspa•
paper has seen fit to give currency to
a mean fabrication; with a view to in•
auriug the Premier hi public estima-
tion. It has been announced that a
general election for . the Dominion
would be held in March,—and that Sir
John Thompson, who is now in Eng-
land was about to desert the field of
Canadian politics awl tale a position
on the Judicial Committee of the Privy
Council, That Sir John is fully qual-
ified for such a high office, none who
are cognizant of the part he:took at the
Behring Sea arbitration will for a mo -
meat doubt. Not to speak of his em-
inent abilities as a lawyer and states
man, which are fully recognized by
?'eading men of both political parties,
the eminent service which he rendered
at Paris has been the occasion of the
imperial government appointing him
a member of the Privy Couueil of
Great Britain—an honor conferred on
no other person except the Right Hon,
Sir John A. McDonald, In fact Sir
John Thompson is the first native-born
Canadian who has been elevated to
that high position by Her Majesty's
goyernment, No sooner, however, did
the bold falsehood uttered by the To-
ronto sheet reach the ears of ,Cabinet
Ministers who were on their tour of
public meetings throughout Western
OEitario,—than Hon. Mr. Haggart, Min.
of Railways, and the Hon, Mr. Patter-
son, Minister of Militia, and the Hon.
'Mackenzie Bawell, acting Premier)
gave the lie direct to the mean fabri-
cation uttered by the Toronto journal
—Mr. Haggart pronouncing it "a
iouudationless canard;" and Mr. Pat
terson saying, "there is not one word
of truth in it." When interviewed by
the Empire's correspondent, the acting
Premier declared that "he knew noth
ing whatever about such a report ex-
cept what he had seen in the newspa-
pers." The apparent intent of such a
fabrication was evidently to weaken,
if possible, the effect of a series of pub -
Tic meetings uow being held by Cabi
net ministers—in which immense en-
thusiasm has been shewn by the vast
erowds of people that assembled in St.
Thomas, Tilsonburg, Niagara, Wiarton
and other prominent centres. It goes
without saying that such dastardly at-
tempts to injure the federal govern-
ment will recoil on the Pleads of the
perpetrators.
Guilty of Housebreaking.
The case of William Bean, a young
McGillivray farmer, who was charged
with breakininto the house of Louis
Mount, another McGillivray farmer,
who lives about two miles going by the
road from the prisoner's father, was
brought up before the County Court
London, on Thursday. The indictment
contained three counts, charging young
Bean with [1] housebreaking and com-
mitting assault to do actual bodily
barm, [2] housebreaking and commit-
ting an
ommit-ting'an assault, and [3] with common
assault.
The first witness was Louis Mount,
and he told a straightforward story.
He said he was a married man and had
two children. On the evening of No-
vember 14 he returned home from a
threshing about 6 o'clock, and after do-
ing his chores and having his supper
he prepared to retire. His wife slept
in one room with a child, and he and
another youngster occupied the other,
He had occasion to go into a closet off
his wife's room for something, and as
be was going his wife met him and
said there was someone in the closet.
Subsequently he and the man clenched
The man was the prisoner in the box
While the two were in the closet Bean
said:—"One of us must die, right here
now." He sent oyer for a constable,
and Bean was arrested. Before his
marriage the witness knew that Bean
was a suitor for his wife's hand, and
that he had frequently come to their
home since, but not within the last two
years when he forbid him coming,
Mrs Mountis a good looking young
woman, with a fine figure and a tend-
ency to flirt, She admitted in the box
that she had been intimate with the
petsoner., but that he had not been in
beef -house for the last two years until
the night in question. She had never
had any unlawful relations with bins.
'Under arias examination she said
eke only had one picture of the prisoner.
lint when Mr. MoDerm.id produced
another, shnwing her and the prisoner
flea very loving position, she said, "Oh
that's nothing 1 have lots of pioturee
•aeasen with married men, but my hue -
land never thought anything of it," '
fi,onstable MoF'adden, who, made the
arrest,, told of the prisoner escaping
atom him while taking him to jail and
aff, subsequently finding him in a
Hay loft coyersd with hay,
The prisoner was put in the box and
dltwn till in his own behalf. Ile admitted
Tattyiug been ail unsuccessful suitor fox
Mrs. Mount's hand, and that daring the
six years .:ince her marriage he had
been on very intimate terms with her, 1
He denied leaving any improper inter
eourse with her, He had paid clandes-
tine visits to her once a week since
July last, teed before that time at in.
tervais of a fortnight. In the summer-
time they met sial had conversations
lasting for four or five hours on the
veraudah of her house, During most
of these occasions the husband was iu
bed asleep, or away from home, Before
leaving on each occasion a date was
fixed for the next meeting. As win -
tor approached, and the verandah got
too cold, Mrs. Mount opened her bed-
room window and admitted hien He
had frequently beau in her bedroom
before for four and five hours at a time
But nothing' had occurred beyond or-
dinary conversation, 'He admitted
having entered through the bedroom
window the night he was caught by
the husband, and saidhe had been
there for over an. hour. Part of the
time he wiis sitting ou the bed. Mrs
Mount had come into the bedroom and
conversed wish him three times during
the hour, When the husband came in
to the house she told him to get is the
clothes closet and she would get him a
chair. lie declined the chair, and sat
on the floor. Mrs. Mount came into
the closet and sat on the floor beside
him talking to him. Whoa the hus
band came into the bedroom he tried
to hide behind the closet door, He de
hied any intention of doing Mr. Mount
any harm, and said he only tried to
defend himself.
He met Mrs. Mount in Ailsa Craig
during the fair in Oetober, and they
had their photographs taken together..
The photograph was produced in court
and showed the prisoner and Mrs.
Mount's head leaning against one
another in a very lovable fashion. On
the 18th of Octobor he met Mrs. Mount
at her door. and she went with him for
a ten mile drive, taking her baby with
her. They did not return until one
o'clock in the morning.
' v
get in
• id endeavored to
Mr. McDelm 5
evidence a letter written by Mrs.
Mount to the prisoner, but was ruled
out by the Judge.
Although the prisouer and all the
witnesses swore the prisoner had his
boots off when discovered in the closet
of Mrs, Mounts bedroom, no explana-
tion was asked of why he had his boots
off. and it will remain a mystery.
The judge charged strongly against
the prisoner, and the jury found him
guilty on the second count.
At the sitting of the court Tuesday
Judge Elliott passed a heavy sentence
of fire years on the prisoner.
Mr. McDermid, of Luea.n, who de-
fended Beau, presented a' petition that
morning on his behalf signed by over
800 residents of McGillivray township.
The eouusel asked that, in view of
Bean's previous excellent character, he
be leniently dealt with. He admitted
entering the house for an unlawful
pnrpose, bet not to commit a felony.
While 1•lr. McDermid was addressing
the judge, Beau wt ept bitterly and fre-
quently used a big bandana hanker -
chief to wipe away his tears.
•'Do you desire to say anything?"
asked the court.
"Only that they swore lies against
me," replied Bean between sobs. And
after a short pause: "I hope that God
will never forgive them."
"Shut up," said Mr, McDern'id, and
Bean obeyed.
Judge Elliott, in addressing Bean,
said he thought the jury had come to a
very wise conclusion, considering the
evidence brought before them, "I can-
not think," said the judge, "that ,you
swore to the truth when you were in
the box. I do not think it possible that
you slid when you said you had been
in Mrs. Mount's company on so many
occasions and no improper intimacy
occurred. If that is so you have added
to your offense the crime of perjury.
If you had been a suitor for the wom-
an's hand and intended to make her
your wife, it was your duty to protect
her name from the scandal such as you
and your conduct brought upon her.
I am satisfied you enttered
the house without intending to
do the wife any harm, but it may have
had the effect of breaking up the home.
and leaving the children without- a
mother, The extreme penalty of the
law for your crime is fourteen years in
the penitentiary. That I do not intend
to inflict upon you when I consider the
petition and the efforts made on your
behalf by your counsel. I have no
faith however in petitions and I believe
that the persons who signed it believed
you had a good reputation. Seeing it
is your first offense I will not- pass what
I call a severe sentence upon you.
But I have a duty to perform in the
interests of society and the conclusion
I have arrived at, is that you shall
spend
FIVE YEARS
in the Provincial Penitentiary at King-
ston."
The severity of the sentence seemed
a surprise to every person. Bean fell
into his seat as if stunned.
PEOPLE ONE READS OF.
lilary Hamilton, an English female friend
of the eighteenth century, married four-
teen of her own sex.
The crown princess of Denmark is a
royal "highness" by nature as well as
by birth—being six feet three inches
tall.
Royalties have, as a body, defective eye-
sight Princess Maud of Wales is the
only royal lady who Wears a . single eye-
glass.
Mrs. Adeline Knapp, who has been for
several years raee-track reporter for the
San Franciseo Call, rides man -fashion, in
Turkish trousers, a cutaway goat, and a
silk hat. She owns a number of flue
horses.
It is well known the empress of Angela
smokes innumerable cigarettes every day',
but she does more then this, In the even-
ing she not only lights a cigar, but she
lights one from the Other, sad, moreover,
they aro strong.
THE WIDOVIIED
Knee I•Inarnor died file sun don't shine 50.
bright,
The stars don't twinkle near so keen at night,
The ohureh bell Sunday mornin' an't the
cheer
It had when she was here,
Sitio Hamner died,
The very chickens misses Planner's care,
And go 'retina with a sorter lonesome air,.
There ain't no kind of joy about the place.
Without her amilin' face,
Since Hamner died.
The Carden tools hang in the apple trees,
The hossweeds are a-kiIlin' off the peas;
`here's no one hereto hoe the tators now.
Er feed the hogs an' cow.
8 Since Hamner died.
I goose, of course, I'd orter be resigned,.
But when I go out in the shed and find
The ax she chopped the wood. with all them
'years,
I wet it with my tears,
Since Haulier died.
By the Deep Sea.
They are watching the foam as it trailed
itself in strange, fantastic shapes along the
yellow sands.
"How wonderful, flow mysterious is the
seal" exclaimed Paul. "How superior in
its majestic naturalness it is to all the
achievements of art. Think, darling, into
what beautiful, harmonious forms yon
bubbling foam, is wrought."
"I am thinking," replied Fantine, oatoh-
lug his enthusiasm, "thinking what lovely
embroidery patterns it would make."
Tribute to Departed Vi'orth.
"That man Ardup," said the man in the
mackintosh, "was as good hearted a fel-
low as ever lived, but he was always in
debt and always hounded by creditors.
Poor fellow! He deserves abetter epitaph
than au unfeeling posterity will engrave
on his tombstone."
"'Well dunned, good and faithful ser,
vent,' " . suggested the man who had his
feet on the table, and a deep silence fell
on the group.
Not Up in Tennis.
Mgrs. Homestead (from the letter)-
Wa-al, I swanny I of Hirim don't wanter
hev us send him two dollars • fer, a tennis
racket, Naow this is goiu' too far
alto --
Mr. Homestead (interrupting)—Send it
along, Mariar. Boys '11 be boys, an' they
might's well go through th' mill fust as
last. (Aside.) Durned of I kin kick on
thet. It use' ter oost me over four dollars,
when I wuz his age, ter gib full on
lager.
Iionlaunt.
He wore a coat of shining mail,
A visor closed and tight;
Like a soldier of crusades
And wars he was benight,
And when with wassail good and pipes
He filled the dusk with light,
The neighbors knew there was a sound
Of revelry by knight,
—J. J. Meehan.
Couldn't Do It.
"The gentleman you see pacing up and
down yonder as if he were mentally de-
ranged is Schmidt, ,the famous accountant"
"What is the matter with him?" "He'
was trying yesterday to uiaravel the compli-
cations of his wife's' housekeeping book,"
Handelszeitung,
3ioo Good a Judge.
Wagstaff—Where's that's famous dog of
yours that was such a good judge of
tramps?
Hopscotch—I was obliged to give him
away. To be frank, when I came home
from the races the other night he bit
me.
Was Qualified.
Tom (during the political debate)—What
do you know about municipal governmeut,,
I'd like to know? Billy ---What do I know?
Hang it all, wasn't I lookout in a Chicago
gambliug-house for two years?—Chicago
Record.
The Taslc Too Great.
"I am strong in my love for you," the
youth protested. Nut when she bade him
open the window in the first class railway
coach in which they were journeying he
fled in despair. —Detroit Tribune.
Consolation.
The Candidate (gloomily)—The majority
of voters against me was enormous. His
Friend (consolingly)—Never mind; just
think what it would have been if every-
body
verybody had voted.—Chicago Record.
Loved—The Money,
An absent-minded Southwark woman
went to bank the other day to have cashed
a check her husband sent her. She in-
dorsed it thus: "Your loving wife, Mary
Miller."—Philadelphia Record.
So Appropriate.
"Mrs. Patter's parrot died last week and
they conducted a: burial service,"
"Who officiated?"
"Mr. Patter. You know the parrot
loved to hear him swear."
Answers the Purpose,
He—Can you remember the names of
Howells' novels?
She—Oh, yes; Aunt Beaconhill makes
me memorize them. But I can't remem-
ber the stories. -Judge.
Large Birds.
"Wa•al." said Farmer Cranberry of New
Jersey as he looked for the first time on the
grated wiudow of a large insane asylum,
"they must have bigger mosquitoes here
than we have at home."
Tho .Modern Method.
"Do you take any interest in the Cor-'
bett-Jackson matter?"
"Yes, indeed; but it looks to me now as
if they might settle it by arbitration."—,
Judge.
Always Good .roan.
"He is wretchedly bad form in, every'
particular."
"Except, my dear, his bank account,"--,
Truth.
Oh, Yes.
When some ministers struggle with a i
sermon a Jimited-round conte:,t is prefer -
1
able to a fight to a finish, -Yonkers Gaz•
fife.
I
EXILED FROM HOME*
It is said that at this time there are
twenty-one ex -sovereigns residing in dif-
ferent parts of Europe, none of them in the
eountries they once ruled,
Pius IX„ the late pontiff, was driven
from Rome during the stormy days of 1848.
Ile fled in. disguise to Gaeta, and remained
there until restored by foreign aid.
Emperor Charles Y. lived hi voluntary
exile during the last years of his life. His
chief occupation in his retirement was de,
vising new viands to tempt his gluttonous
appetite.
A great many of the popeshave been
forced into exile, generally by emeates
among the turbulent Roman populace. A.
few were restored, but moat of them died
in exile.
Marie de Medici, the mother of three
queens, was driven into exile by the in-
fluence and address of Cardinal Richelieu,
She lived in great poverty, often wauting
the necessaries of life.
Jerome Bonaparte remained in exile
from 1815 to the revolution of 1848, when
he was restored to his military rank and
made governor of the Invalicles. He died
in Paris in 1860,
Whole families have sometimes been
exiled at one time. The Stuart family was
twine driven from England, and at differ-
.eut times the Bourbons and the Bonapartes
have been expelled from France.
MUCH IN LITTLE.
Understand your antagonist before you
answer him.—Anon.
Better to go to bed supperless than to
get up in debt.—Spanish Proverb:
The world would be a place of peace if
men were all peacemakers.—Ruskin.
The . more one speaks of himself the
less he likes to hear another talked of.—
Lavater.
What seems to us the merest aooident
springs from the deepest souroe of destiny.
—Schiller.
Content can soothe, where'er by fortune
placed ; . can rear a garden in a desert waste.
—H. K. White.
And yettTkuowouto
of the dark must
grow, sooner or later, whatever is fair, for
the heavens have willed it so.—Anon. -
All men have their frailties; andwho-
ever looks for a friend without imperfec-
tions will never find what he seeks.—
Cyrus.
It is far more important to me to pre-
serve an unblemished conseienoe than to
compass any object however great.—
Chanuing.
It was as if the spirit of life in nature
were but witbolding any too precipitate
revelation of itself, in its slow, wise, ma-
turing work.—W. Pater.
FARM NOTES.
Grasshoppers make good egg food.
As a rule spinach is a very profitable
crop. .
In butter color and flavor have no rela.
tion to each other.
The ashes of the corn cob contain a large
amount of potash.
Overfeeding' is the most fruitful cause of
a failure to lay.
It is said that fowls that lay white eggs
are more prolific than those which lay
dark eggs.
An eight -frame hive for 'bees is now
preferred to the ten -frame hive whieh has
been so long in use.
A great deal of wet land along the banks
of streams and ponds can be used for
growing the basket willow.
.A. solution of silicate of soda is said to
be a perfect preservative of eggs, and does
not injure them in any way.
There is no better grain for poultry any
time of the year than wheat, except when
fattening. Whea ready to fatten corn
should be used.
ODDS AND ENDS.
The habit that merchants have of fixing
prices at $4.99, $3.49, 99 cents, etc., has
called attention to the need of a 9 -cent
piece as a convenience and to save time
lost in waiting for change.
An original certificate of membership in
the Order of Cincinnati, issued to a signer
of the declaration of Independence and
signed by George Washington, was recent-
ly sold at Wilmington, Del., for $32.
A plant in Sumatra called the Raftlesia
Arnoldi is said to bear the largest flower
in the world. Some of the largest are
thirty-six inches in diameter, and the
centralcup will hold six quarts of water.
Most of the so-called marble houses of
the Rome of Augustus were not such in
reality. The plasterer's art bad then reach-
ed a high state of perfection, and gave a
stucco the appearance of the finest marble.
OF GENERAL INTEREST.
In New York city it takes people from
twelve to sixteen seconds to get into and
out of cars. In London it requires thirty
seconds.
In the sixteenth century no lady was
considered in full dress unless she had a
mirror at her breast. It was oval in shaPe,
about four by six inches in size.
The catacombs of Rome contain the re-
mains of about six. million human beings,
and those of Paris about three million..
The latter were formerly stone quarries.
London bridge is nine hundred and
twenty feet long, fifty-six feet wide and
fifty-five feet in height. It has five semi -
elliptical arches, the centre one being one
his%udred and fifty feet,
MISSING LINKS.
The best bricks in the world are made
by the tribes of Central Asia,
New York city has thirty-four thousand
miles of underground wires,
Every Yankee warship has an outfit of
ever one hundred and fifty flags.
In England householders have to pay
a tax on eaeh male servant in their em-
ploy.
Street hands are not permitted in Ger
r many unless they accompany proces+
SbUne..
In . 1850 the foreign -born population
formed 0,68 per cent of the whole; now it
le 14.77.
r (ju.te So. l -
The "hey -day" of life generally comes
when we grow hard of hearing.—Riobe
taond-Dispatch. .
He. Has Confessed.
Joseph Nicholas Faultier, lot 8, .con.
11, McGillivray township, was arraign
ed before Squires J. B. Smyth and Dell
nody on Saturday afternoon on the
charge of attempting to bribe a juror
at the December sessions. John Maw -
son, of I%leGilliyray, was the juror, and
his story at the court the other day
when examined by Mr. Magee, created
a sensation. Mawson lives on lot 20,
con 12, and knew that Hodgins was • to
be tried for breaking into Muir's mill
in. Exeter, Faulder and Hodgins, who
are brothersin-law. "Last Sunday,"
said Mawson in the witness box, "Faul-
tier came to my house and asked me
which way I was going, supposing 1
was on the Hodgins jury, and added
that the Crown did not have evidence
against him (Hodgins)'the size of his
hand.' I told him I could not say un-
til I heard the evidence, Then Paul -
der spoke to me of a man named Kent
making an assignmeut, and owing' him
(Faulder) $14, and said it would be
made all right if I would hang out for
Hodgins. I gave him no encourage-
ment."
• James F. McFadden, a county con-
stable, who assisted in the arrest of
Faulder, was the last witness called.
Ele said that in an Ailsa Craig barber
athop he was talking to Faulder about
the case. The usual warnings were
given the accused, but he said he did
not deny the charge. Faulder further
stated that he did not promise Mawson
any money that (Sunday) night. He
had done it on account of his sister
Jane—Mrs. Hodgins. Faulder blamed
no person but l;imself, He knew he
was doing wrong and that he was lia-
ble to punishment if discovered, Faul•
der made the same remarks to Provin
cial Detective Rogers, and that if any
money was to be paid to Mawson it
would come out of his (Faulder's) own
pocket.
Neither Mawson nor McFadden were
cross examined by prisoner's counsel,
and Faulder was sent for trial, Bail
was readily furnished, two sureties of
$400 each being given.
The detectives who searched Hod -
gin's premises found, besides several
articles of clothing, two large bags,
each containing about 30 pounds tea.
One was secreted in the bay mow, and
the other was found in the driving
shed. The officers believe that the tea
was stolen, and are waiting a claiment,
Cromarty: Mr, Paul Madge, the
windmill King ofUsborne, is this week
completing the erection of a windmill
ou the barn of Messrs. J. & T. Hoggarth.
With this mill the Messrs. Hoggarth
intend to do their grinding, cutting
feed, and pumping water, and by
means of piping, intend also to haye 'a
supply of water inside as well as out.
'Chis will prove a great convenience to
the Messrs. Hoggarth, as they have
been going extensively into stall feed
ing for a number of years.
Tisio did his best work after sixty years
of age. He lost one eye at that time, but
painted with the same correctness until he
became totally blind,
YCi S o
Manufacturers and Dealers in
Grain Crushers, Straw Cutters
Root Pulper—G-Knife
spot cash
10 50 Also general Eoun-
• • dry work. Castings
in iron and brass
to order. ,
1000 cords ofliard,
and soft wood
for sale.
JAS. MURRAY & CO.
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DOUG STOflE,
C. LUTZ. PROP
Fanson's Block Exeter.
Family Receipts
and Prescriptions,
Carefully prepared.
A complete stock of drugs,
patent medicines, Drug-
gists' supplies, perfumes,
toilet soaps, hair brushes,
tooth brushes, combs and
all articles to be found in
a first-class Drug Store.
DR. C. LUTZ, Druggist.
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POWDERS
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nate tee. nota roe
tied t0 Cure eve'ry.'
thinr/,butaimply heaii.
aches, Trp Mont) it
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,regia bort and they a.,,a
1akmlesS.
They ate nota Catairtla
ook'sCottonlloot
COMPOUND
A recen6 discovery by an old
physician. SuoeessTuliv used
monthly by thousands of
Ladies. Is the only perfectly
safe and reliable medicine d10.
covered. Beware of unprincipled druggists who
offer Inferior medicines in plane of this. Ask for
Cook's Cotton Root Compound, take no ea Nei, 1
tuto, or inclose $1 and 0 acute in postage in totter 1;
and we willseud, sealed, by return#nail Fuilsealed
pariioulars in plain envelopoe t ladies only. 2
stumps, Address '1'1►e Coo1a Contpnny,
Windsor, Ont., Glands.
Sold in Exeter by .T. W, Browning, Druggist
W. G, Bissett's r
is Liv�
First Class Horses and Rigs.
SPECIAL RATES WITH
COMMERIAL MEN.
Orders left at BissettBros,'Hardware
Store, will receive prompt attention.
TERMS - REASONABLE
A TRIAL SOLICITED.
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CLOTIIING
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EXETER - ONTARIO
Has now in stock
fALL and NNTfl
G00.6.
IN THE FOLLOWING LINES :
West of England Suitings and Trou
Brings,
Scotch Tweed Suitings and Trouser •
Ings,
French and English Worsted Cloth
A11 made up in the Latest
Style, at best Rates.
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Furniture:
Furniture! 1
Furniture 111
We have moved back to
our old store again and
have the finest stock • of
Parlor, Bedroom and Din-
ingroom Furniture in the
town, at prices .that can-
not be beaten. Elegant
new bamboo goods just
coming in.
See our beautiful new
war erooms, We are
bound to sell if good
goods nicely displayed at
very low prices will do it
S. GIDLEY & SON,
ODD FELLOW'S Block
der
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The undersigned wishes
to inform thegeneral public
that he keeps constantly in
took all kinds of building
material, dressed and un-
dressed gum ber
B. C. Red, Ontario,
High Land. and.
Pine Shingles.. .
Special notice is drawn
to B. C. Red Cedar which
is acknowledged to be the
most durable umber that
grows; especially for 'slung.
les. ,
36 to 40 years. .
It is said by those who
know, that they will last
from 38 to 40 years in any
climate. .
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