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C, L, 14I.e zlz lacLean. .,,Ith his 60
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Donald, F"'a
Allen and Hec 7
43 near 00,01 Oalprel and your local fuel
A of his eldest 1WAI TWA
A�Si ON' &
SON and near tile
Ill brothers,
word frojA %he
Donald. Tile Bo:
w 0 otter, dnd Donald f,Uel�admInf5drAtf)r tor Ontarloo Mr. %
John, Air -Ka
senor, ther and slster� Hall, Toronto, that fAO,
julijov, %"ith their ol" Ant trot"al
settled dt lite Illouth Of Me allotment for Gqderlch
dllceliby one tbousaud tons.
855. It iff* nq%e tQc, go od', as the
Eighteen Mile 111%,*r I� ou to
"If, Rugh took s§1glMd. to_.. Ir is about
Such Splendid Qualities of Ferguboll dad film It ii
bet%%1420 t%
the corner lot lit A l'ouli'lary; 141W What' NW
ro',ld [(fill it["
and YOU41.1 PeRielliber toQ well our ex-
PerifuceS then, Till,,; 'allotment is balp�-
'04 the Mutual
Nell. E.I.1mond fil - understanding made
Ill IKA dait'. il I, I by tho� t7alted ,;qajes pqt!l Comml5slork-
I -io-her Intl Allen
tile- singulil: and our r4nadlau Fuel
In Controller,
Dress Goods and Supt liacl)..ould. Angu., 1 15.0 0104P,016, no use saying that It thel I
ald, "Ild, fast but "-It ""'I' k"I'lls Nlae- dealffri or tile town officials had been
Lellall. tilt. nt.o. 'rhe fore -
As you will find -here are becoming scarcer every day llorth-N%est part More ePergetio 'they could have' got
going Pioneers 'If tl�, more hard -
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of A,,Iltleld s;lokt, Ilw
u. pother tongue-, 04P cOnceril is to see that vve get
&ar to It,..tu as the
Our J(Ull Allotment, attd�all the pressure
apple of their 4*:ie. but III Ile �`Psrllted I 'I
Dress'Silks that Is, posible Is being exerted oir
0 All Wool Serges by tile lliaelli, frmli their �:nAlhsh-speaX!�,
far from tile the coal companies by the Fuel Ad-
ministratur to deliver us our share.
lk, Satin Duchess glad Ing fellow ritizell,
36 inch heavy Pure 81, ..%at I progressive
42 iuchc-s wide, in all leading color! $1.50 Bilk Pailette, for dresses and suits, In black and purpo�e of -011 heginu The cutting of our supply means that
Worth per yao $150, for . .......... navy. Value $2.00. At per yard canathans Tllll� �se ilud lnf;Ala�
",rl ;" Ia%id Cow. We shall have to make up the deficiency
46 inches wide. navy and black French Serge .. .................................. I ................. S1,75 ig)3, such stal%%art it %Ylttx 9oft coal or wood. The amount
Saitings, all Pure wool. beautiful old&be 11111 John Joh",illn Of soft coal required will be fifteen
H-;nl.y Hill. Alllr..\� Francis hundred tq1L
value. WortliIII3.0o. At perysird ... WAWOOO- r NTOOd If It is ust-d as aq equivalent.
Quit i3eter Edv'V,I�s d, It Will be, abiolutely netessary t�at
Yard wide, In aJ1 colors. Beat quality. Navyl such its did not I-lile fr�-ut the Hlgh� le
Ull household burn at least a ton -of
Knitting Yarns black, Mum mauve, greens, bar- 121 lands lit "'votland an,t th-Ter-In, did',not tillft coU or . a Ith 1 amount of wood�
gaudy. 111.75, at per yard ............ IS 050 speak tile (jaelic, fult \\Ill. east in thoir and tit tills end we advise you to place
KNIT—Make your knitting needles click faster lot with a iwovle )A'Ih \Nlluln they Your order now and accept 4elivery of
gen,., a 841all amount of either soft coal or
than evorduring those sammor months. For labored. btiught ilud Ind teiirned
Lansdale Cambric, to lo\e so .%ell, that ill tit,. third
now is t4a tAmo to prepare for the freezing cold 11 Wood, We shall need the hearty co-
eratioll they still r.,ulain till the Oli OI)eratiQn of every citizen with the
of the late tall when two million British and Yard wide White Cotton, good weight and homesteads all(] ill till' comnlunity dealers and your committee in order
Canadian. troops are on the West Front, The entirely free from dressing. Regular where their ancestors settled. that we may avoid an acute situation
% 30c. at per vard ................................. 25e
ROd Gross ask you first of all for SOCKS, There- rhese are but it few 'If the Dames such as we had last winter.
or fallulles \\ho have,
fore K=T. of the heads We are Instructing the dealers that
made the north-west of AShlield they are not to supply the full require -
Linen Towelling part kit Huron
4,!#)y Anger. and the south—Pst ment of haM coal to any one customer
"Kitchener" and We have still Instock 17 to 18 Inches wide old Township oil(- of tilt' f1liest agricu�tural and in supplying hard coal to insist
to are 2 of the best VAOX rodurable fatravlon-
dis sooks. In X r9ftyli. Pure Linen Towelling. heavy weight for districts lit 0ntario. ro ne but the" ter- that the customer take at Least a ton
At per Atiam ....... **tv*�;-450 rollers, etc. Worth 85c, at per yard ...... 25e The fathers haNe I - of soft coal tip a like amount of wood.
'kVII lmrn-; and co
m- Th
tile fields, well st- e dealers. have- on hand ample suP-
fortable homes reinam as all evidence
plies of soft coal and wood. The
of all but universal proNwrity. and an town will have wood for sale about
enduring montiment to tile character, December Ist.
thrift and inanly Independence Of Ahe
Hoping that we may have the co
W. ACHESON & SON men and women v%bo blazed tile Way operation of all citizens, we are,
perous generation,
or the present pl,o� Your Fuel Committee.
.0 But the monuropilts I,( the fathers In J. C. LAITHWAITE, (Reeve).
P this district go fill. atield. Their de- R. C. POSTLETHWAITE,
scendents of novc,RY, And of the In- �Ghiefof Police.)
d acquiro,t hent of their E. R. WIGLE, (Mayor), Chairman.
herited all
now owned by John .2lIfacRae; D�nald mind, left the cro\Nded otoirontnerlt Of Dated 21st of August, 1918.
all(] Rodrick MacKenzie; Peter Mac- their Godly hollws o seck an Oppor-
EARLY DAYS IN ASHFIELD Kenzie with his son Dan. R.; Kenneo unity to better th,,lr material con�.
Gillis; Donald Matheson with his son the tip%% l4nd tic6rd-
e Alex-nder and Rodrick. John McKenzie tilt ion and serve -ACID N MEAT
Angus; Dulican Campboil with his so�s
ilig to thoir natural ano acquired abili-
th ties. N\,t, Illpt Ilion, oovupying h6nor-- UMC
An Account of the Arrival and Settling of witit Ill., sons Donald, 'Murdoch and collinwree and expert
Rodrick., Kenneth MacKay with his able positions I ol jinn
Pioneers of Ashfield Township tradesmen in amnY lit tilt, cities fit the V%
suits .%ugus- Donald, John and Duncan. United States, ill tilt. leading cities In FRUU0 BE MONEYS
In W54, John Cameron with his sons . Ja Ill(, %
R utinii alu,, I, also true, but in
o rick, took up the lite groat North W—t the prairie is
VERSARY OF ASHFIELD PRESBYTERIANS ... 'call all"
1918 IS 70th ANNI home tead now the honte of fits grand
'it \\Ilh tile Splendid Take & g1W of Wtg if yoUr B"k hUrtg
rich and hles
sons Duncan and James; the brothers
Potcher luen And women \Nho lia- gone from or Bladder bothers yow—Drink
"Three Generations Of Standard- Kenzie brothers arrived, Colin, Alex- John, Donald and William tile Cbrisliall 11.-�trlhs (if Ashfield, more Water.
them Laughlin Marliougal With his brothers
Bearers," is tile title of a 45-pago book- tinder, and Roderieh, anti Witt)
tile Archle and John; and Archie Fletcher lilst.,r� ,I, t1w c.-tigregation is
let gotten out for tit(* 70th anniversary John MacKay, These settled on
Presbyterian church, farms now owned by Roderick and and family with [its sons Duncan, John no less inter-hig ti,an the hi�tory of
of the Aslifteld com- Murdoch- MacKenzie anti Duncan and (senior), John (Junior I Andrew and if,,. , It y6U must have your mealtravea7 dw,
the present year inarking tile sct, it,11lent. if -1,.-ckil intOrest, as
pletion of 10 years' history of this Alexander MacKay. Then followed Peter. Fat it, but flush your kidneys with salw
tilt, Iloculim, religious fervor occasionally, says a noted authority who
tion. The book contains a Roderick Maellionald : Duncan Nlac-Len- In I&M, Donald SteA'drt, Donald Mac- if thest� i, tilt, account of the
trongrega
great deal fit historic information as nall With his Sons Malcolm and John; Charles with his son,; flarquhar� An- conununion in fh6 early tells us that most forms uric acid which
to tile setlI4,mcpt of iislilleid and of Finlay (Plpor� MacLennan with his gus, John Frank and Bodrit-k. Then, 1 -1,1 I;i�lod for five days, aimed paralyzes the kidneys in their ef.
the plonecr 11(b of tilt, people apart family; John MacLean with his �ions In IK)7, Kenneth Ross settled oil ill(, la�, in Ashtl, forta to expel it from the blood. rrhey
r,.il,,v\ing tit,- cu,,hmi of the Highland
... of the oongre- Donald, Alexander and Charlie; Kenneth farin now owned by his snii John A. become sluggish and weaken, then you
front (hill 11101110(tidLgol., epty of pull- MacKunzie; Hector MacGregor; John Ross, on the second concession or Hill-- Presbyterians, bt!,,uuu-11L9 N\itli Servicil _suffer with. a dull ralsery ila, the ladney
Iiiition, (Intl we tak" the lit) On Thursday and continuing through region, sharp pains in the back: or sick
lishiug that, portion of tile book deal- Douglas with his family, who settled on: Duncan Maellitic with his sons Friday, laturillp, �W)Ilatlk and Thanks- beadache, dizziness, your stomach sours,
Ing with the arrival and settling of the On the farm now Owned by his still John, Alexander and John Alexander, gi\illg (in ,\IoIl(Iay. The ctans would
pioneers, as follows John; and David Stewart. the father of .,\It these took up land now field by gathQr front fill, and near within a tongue is coated and when the weaher
These pioneers cami, front tile High- D. M. and Charles Stewart. Thesq all their heirs surrounding Miat Is now radius (if thirty i,r forty niffis, and Is bad you have rheum tio, twinges. The
Loc-halsh. � flow these lorine gets cloudy, full of "sediment, the
rally bringing settled on the Lake Rame to the north 111. N ould come to
lands of Scotland, gene 1lard)' sons on rart, occasions tl \ \ channels often get sore land irritated,
sentials for and east of tile MacKenzie's. The in front the Highlands were vvelcomed ..\slllleld froln Nvizirtun to Woodstock,
with. them only the bare es,
alli- by tile earlier pioneers as fRintly aftel obliging pla to seek relief two or three
transportation. More they could not 1814, John Maelliregor arrived, lite 11 to Ile present tit tho great feast 0'- time during the nighL
bring its honest men. But with tile er of James on tile old homestead. family tramped through mvanip 11 nd Christian Io\e and t�oniradeship."
ineclessarles for beginning a new life During the same yeRr Murdoch TOO- slashing anti climbed over fallen trees, To neutrklize these irritating solds, to
cleanse the kidneys and flush off the
they carried unseen more Donald with his fanilly settled at Rib- ever grasping tighter the precious soule itAteresting ,ideligbts on early
In Canada. body"s urinous waste get four Ounces of
precious treasures- the essentials of tall on the farm' noev owned by John buildle committed to their care, e\el histoI;y are. !xi%en in "Notes by the j&d, Salta from &
material and spiritual stability 'and and Murdoch MacLeod. folk -lore does not telk us, but the 'y pharmacy here -,i
Way.- it is recordtd. lot, instance that take a tablespoo in a glaae of
success, namely, sound bottles, well In IF47 thue arrived Kenneth.' Finlay, Imaginlition pictures scenes of joy and .it was not uncommon in the early water lieffbile breakfist for a fevr days
stored minds, unbending wflis, faith In strdight Donald and lanie Donald Mite- rejoicing true to the custorn of Lite age lays for R young couple to walk to
and your Ilidneys will then act fine. Ton
the future of Canada, love for the house Donald, who settled till tile lands now and the occasion of their. meeting in looderiell to be married, and not fall fam�uj. ailits is made from the add df
the New World.
of God. The Book., Baxter's Saint's Res , owned by their sons. out by the way. Afterwards, when grapes and lemon juice, combined with
Boston's Fourfold - State, The Confes- Two years afterwards. In 11849, an- But flow these eary-comerq reached the roads became I", difficult to travel lithia, and has been used for generational
It sense of the other accession to the pettlement took this new land of plenty, may be strange m
ar
sion of Faith, and a hig over, the inipister would meet the - to glualit and stimulate al sh kidneys,
up land on the north boundary of reading to the dwellers of this age of Uq in rints
Divine Mission of the Pr( riage party halt way. on such oc- &I" to nantralise the acids u I,
a� casions the bride and groom would be so it no longer irritate% thus ending
:h a ph y- Astifield and the south of Huron, steamships, railroads, palace cars, mot -
Church in Canada. With su,
steal, mental and spiritual equipment. among Whom were Finlay MaoLen- or cars and airplanes. They came from accompanied by many of the neigh- bladder wellimalis.
they braved the wild, unbroken woods; nan with his sons, John, Donald and Scotland by sitting vessel, often taking bors, making the journey by 'easy Jad Salta in inexpensive; cannot in -
peculiar to Alexander; Andrew MacRae with his ten or twelve wpeks for the ocean
conquered the hardships stages, to and front the place of Mar-, Jure, @Ind makes a deligbtW affertieseezil
Ilrat settlers; blazed a path through Sons Duncan and Donald; ',%Ialcolm voyage, all the while enduring the dis- riage; all the while the sound at music lithii-water drink
the thick forest. and ever following the IlifacRae with his familyi his son, Dun- comforts and necessarily coarse fare and dancing made the woods ring and
gleam, they were led to hope, courage can with his family, and with the of the now forgotten steerage passage log cabins groan with the overflow of ADVERTISE IN THE STAR
i, and tile things unseen. but to the High- family his grandson Duncan Finlay- of seventy years ago. They first land- the spirit of good fellowship and mer -
land mind.,very real, son, Who Is still with us; also Ken- ed at Quebec, thence again by boat to ry-making. Water was not thought
Big Donald ',%IacKen- Montreal, Toronto and Hamilton, and much of in those days. Before a wed -
We gather from the memory of the neth MacKenzie,
passing and present generation that In zie, Alexander Black, Sandy MacKenzie, from Hamilton by waggion—not over ding or some real social gathering,
IM8 Kenneth MacGregor and Donald Big DOUgald Matheson with his son smooth maeadamized roads—to Gode- the gallants 0 F Ashfleld havie been
MacRae came first to the mouth of Donald, the Finlayson brothers, Rod- rich, and from Goderich along the known to Walk to Goderich for hair-
lek, Alexander and Angus; 'Rodrick Waters of Lake Huron Jn a raw boat oil."
what was then known as the Baroness r
(Burnoch) Mackenzie with his Ron lohned and manned by the two first The booklet is profusely illustrated
Creek, and now Kerry Creek, which
ohn: the Maokenzle brothers, Ken- settlers, Donald MacRae and Kenneth
empties Into Lake Huron directly west J With portraits of former and present
of Kintail. The following year they neth. John, Allen and Rodrick. MacGregor,' and after safe passage day notables in the hi§tory of -the
took up land on the lake shore, for Then. in 1854 we recall the following they rested for a time'in one or other church. Among them we notice one of
they were fishermen and loved to be additions : Ddnald Bain MacKenzie of the shanties owned by Duncan '.%Jac- Neil Bain MacKenzie, our venerable
th his sons Rodrick and Alexander; Lennan, Finlay MacLennan or Donald
near the water where fish were plenti- wi townsman. For the frontispiece there
tul and a very.necessary part of the Peter, John and Alexander Murray, and MacLean north of Kintail. But to the Is a good portrait of the present minis -
staff of lite In these early days. Donald William Murray the wheeftight, with weary emigrant the ena was not yet;
ter of Ashfleld, Rev. J. S. Hardie,
Maefte took up the lot oil the Lakelhis sons Peter, Donald and John. he must thid a permanent resting place.
w(Fat-of-Rintall. und-JI(M-OWneli" - -The- foll6wing--4ates are. only ap- Having --fiaund- -such Q piece of land, -he .
largely from must carry his old -country 'chesit, AN
V Rodr1ok AfacKenale, while his com- proximate, as they are AGE OF WEAK NER
which was made of heavy material, 1
Panion. Kenneth MacGregor. settlerd on memory
the farm now possessed by John Mae- In W52, KqAnoth (Sohnan) NfaeKen solid and enduring, sometimes weigh- "No heart for anything" is the Cry
zle with his sons Rodriok and Dougal; Ing 200 pounds. for many miles through of thousands of men and women who
red
V, The same 'year Alexander Johnston Donald MacLellan, iihepherd, with his the unbroken bush, guided only by the might be made well by the new,
secured the farm now owned by M. sons. Alexander, William. John and blaze on the tre". blood Dr, Williams Pink PillS actuall7i
Dattion, and V#rbaps the following year Murdoch; Donald Itlacintyre; George Thus our fathers and mothers were make.
Donald MilloGrigor took UP the town and Donald Ross with his wife; John born o n new lite, a new labor, and a Misery day and m A I th lot of
'9" le
lot, now, a part of tile property of Dan Maefte with his sons Donald, Duncan new tpe. The solid bush challenged hosts of men an n 5%v h o are t --
in 1842 the Wativ. and Alexander, who settled on the farm the metal of which they were made. day the victims of we, nerves. Their
MacDonald ot KintAil. 3N
The handling of an axe, the pioneer's pale. drawn faces and dejected at -
necessary companion, had to be la- titude tell a sad tale, for nervous weak-
boriously learned. The clearing for ness means being tortured by morbid
the first log cabin was an obvious, as thoughts and unaccountable fits of tie -
well as an arduous task, but the con- pressfoo. These sufferers are pain -
tree fully sensitive and easily �a
sciousness of the fact that every gitated bY
felled Improved the hope of a house some. chance remark. Sleeplessness
gy an
built and a farm cleared, lightened the robs them of ener d strength;
for labor of the undautited first settler. their eyes are sunken, their limbs
The building' of a log cabin, for en- tremble, appetite is poor and memory
durance as well as for reasonable com- often falls. This nervoUs exhaustion
fort. -taxed their mechanical skill and Is one of the most serious evils af-
Ingenuity. But all th#se things were fecting men and wonten of to -day.
as nothing when thiti home was flnish- The only way to bring back sound. vig-
vd, for When witti pardonable pride orous health Is to feed the starved
they looked upon the evidence of their nerves which are clamoring for new,
first forest handiwork they said with- rich, red blood. This new, good blood
In thismstilves, It Is good." and even can be had through the use of Dr. Wil -
snowed theft Highland reserve to be Ilams' Pink pills, whielt',tilLet accounts
broken Nvyien they f0their said. "This for the thousands of cures of nervous
hornis and land is all iny own.", for diseases brought about by this Power -
truly they Were not Only religious, but Jul blood builder alad,-pervia restorer.
very human as well.
Through the fair use 4r this medicine
During the year 049 and the 81110- thousands of despondent Peolile We
fteWfig years tO 18U. the settlement been made bright., active &ud stroDg.
was Augment
ted by other Worthy men Dr. Williams" Pink Pil!is an 9014 by'
and women with theft* tanimeel, Rome All tOAlbr`4 In mefficiti�,"6r MACY btJ had
of whom toWn to this day. Many by mail at 50 cents a bOX or 911 bvies Lad
of their deftendlints am oocupyh* for PA fron� The Vr. Wffilalftle Will -
6 0 honor and truth in the ellfte Co., Bratkville, Ont.
d COMMUMty. such as John -------
1118 son Alexander: Nor- MEN MUMCD F" "Ivor
Pat 90ftl6d9tr AOSUS Morrison with
According to ill@ Iflit"t elfillmates Of
Is sot Augft Kenneth and Robert. the authorities in chaftIe'Of the. pro-
DOUS&I Stith0bob and hills son John, duction eampaign in �ft, %14OUS ]pro-
WIL'Cliarks MattAtrj with her son V11ftees lit' Clibilida, alifti-bbidliki allin will
Donald * JArAft MACDoUN (Volthith), be needed for the hlar*�Atlillii MOW11111
%fady Lwdkw Madmitic (111g) Dania British Colombia fttfffa to, t6 8^
Ald NatRentlev WAld Sathetitrido jilbettli froft 6.QW fA I^ Saak&t
IM016, maa"" Aw4, 04 Will 0halks"i
-OF COMMERU
V.L CLINTON, ONTARIO
r6sults from two things..,,
PreparedneSS
Opportunii.y and
Today there are bundreds,ot PosItIOns
every part of the Lountry beggiug fOr tbe right
inan dr woman; positions that com * wand good
.5alari&s and UfteT litilimited opporttluitles for better
thixtgs.1 Today the business world is seeking men
and w6men who are prepared—wbo know—who
have the lidnd of training that is REQU1RED by
.bi� busiulass,
Busiuess trainiug is the I, OFFICER OF
THE "DAY in command of the Battlefield of
Business.
Njowis the finle to insure YOur future success --
to equip yourself with the knowle(lge aud skill
that not only deserves success, but tbat Will at
tain it.
This school of business has contributed im-
ameasurably to the succesS of hundreds of men and
women in this conimunity.'
Wbat we have 'doue for them we will do for
you.
Write for particulars to
B. F� WARD, B.A., M. Acicts., Principal.
M. A. STONE, Com. Specialist, Vice -Principal.
'Phone 208 CLINTON, ONT.
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