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THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1914
EDITORIAL NOTES.
During the past year 402,40 immi-
grants arrived in Canada. This WaS
increase of 50,00a over the previous.
year. Of tin. total, 150,000 carne from
the British Isles. There had been a
materiel inerease in British and con-
tinental immigration, but a falling off
in arrivals from the United States.
EXPERIMENTS WITH FARIVI CROPS.
The members of the Ontario Agrieul-
tural and Ile perimental Union are pleas-
ed to state that for 1914 they are pre -
I pared to distrit ate into every Town- ,
!ship of Oatario muterial of high plant); i
for experiments with Grains, redder
Crops, Roots, Grasses, Clovers and Al-
as follows: -
1 Testing two varieties of oats, 2
2a Testing 0. A, 0., No. ',II Barley
and Eimer, 2.
2h 'reeling two verities of two-rowe(l
Barley, 2.
3 Testing two varieties of Hallees
Barley, 2.
4 Testing two varieties of Sprig
wheat 2,
5 Testing two varieties of 8uek-
wb-at. -
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) it Testing two varieties of Fi,,la Peas,
A return brought dowa in the Com-•,
mons this week be. Hon. Dr. Reid, I -7 T).estintt two varieties of Spring
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Minister of Customs, in answer to .a ; Rve,
queslien pl mel tii the orler paper by "t3 Testing two varieties of Sett, Soja,
Mr. Miehatel. M P., show?, that the "ns.JaPnnese Beans. 2'
tettl v di! e' ell 41) is im..virte j into i (dill. Ide‘sting three varieties a Husking
Canadu item t )le Id.litea States during t Irlen'T'...sting three varieties of Men-
the last ti e•el year woe, ele5,;;;Itreee. ! .'tels, 3.
Beats dor faeling purposes, 2 .
gooee one eae i d7 ea tee I'..ittel States ,I. 1° resting three varieties of Swedish
was :IS!lld'All ',I -di. ; Turnips, 3.
! Di Testing two varieties of Fall
..e.emeleie ta ti eitarges male by tl,„.
imeesee 0 eteltue and Lynch -Stanton as i., --lrrit..e-ting two varieties of Carrots,
to wasteda. teal -!eliture on the Nationel i e
Transedatimeatal R tilway under the ; 15 Testing three varieties of Fodder
venni! r. i .) al.) relay ails to as Ater le
Bertien Ge.. ant Siittee Ceres 3,
Lauriee A 1 mnietretioe, the
I Id Testing three varieties of Millet,
for. 1.•,,,,:r. 41,0 : of eiemeine - . 17 Testing twoaliivarieties of e.lorglium,
e. , a in-
traet pee e 4 1 i Of SUYettill,t U.I.L'Z' the
persent G ;;eereenent li eve ‘!o,no te light,
whiell are e i ,... ae hal as. if net very
=eh were.. them anything referred to Cabbage, 3.
in the elutelitet-Leneh-Staunton report. r 20 Testing three varieties of Clover,
Cens.rvelee e lit trial writer. pem- 21 Testing two varieties of Alfalfa,
phieteets ee k'x metkere ate tieing, the . 2
,n2 Testing four varieties of Grass -
partisan Gut . iteeLyuch-Stitunten re-
port to e elver the impreesien that Can- ";elii Testing three varieties of Field
Beane, 3.
24 TEsting two varieties of Sweet
Corn, 2.
2S Testing two varieties of Potatoes,
`..19 Testing three grain mixtures for
Grain producteon, 3.
30 Testing three grain mixtures for
Fodder production,
Each plea. is to be two rods long by
one rod wide, except No. 2, which is
to be one rod square.
Any person in Ontario may choose
any ONE of the experiments for 1914.
and epply for the same. The material
will be furnished in the c)rder in which
the applleatione are received, while the
supply lasts. It might be well for
each applicant to make a second choice,
for fear the first could not he granted.
Ail material will be furnished entirely
free of charg,e to each applicant, and
the produee will, of course, become the
, property or the person who conducts the
oxPerimeat. Eauli person applying for
an experiment should write bis name
and address very carefully, and should
give the name of the County in which
he lives.
The total n d nei 1 01 ttlese ! 11 Tastine tve varieties of Sugar
2.
Pa Testing Grass, Peas and two
varieties of Vetches, 3.
19 Testing Rape, Kale and Field
acla is stage rine under the enormous
burden of interest eharges en the N. T.
R. contrued eest. Hon. Dr. Reid,
azting Mi. et.. of Railways. told the
House of n nee's, the other day that
ot ,e7 tient:die- expended en
the road e,ien, far. only SILield,e10 has
been raised by leane. The rest has
been meten: of revenue. When rev. -
nue pays for more tean two -third e of
no large -) eationol development werk
of perm:awl,2. Imracter, i t hardly seems
to be a ease of the eeuntry "staggering"
under its finanelal load.
FARMERSATTENTION.
Mr. A. C. Pratt, M. P. P. gave a lect-
ure on the keynote "How to make Farm-
ing pay" to the Ciinton Club last week,
and the a itireS.3 .Vai SO uplete with high-
ly valuab . infermation, that it wee unan-
imously eentrdel. that no grate e bene-
fit C0U:d elven the rural population,
than for it to be repeated. Mr. Pratt
has very kindly consented, and he will
therefore deliver his lecture on "Co-
operatioa" in tate Town Hall, Clinton,
Saturday, Mer.h 21. at 2 13 m. sharp.
There wiel be no charge for admission,
for Mr. Pratt i only teo gild to be of
benefit to his fellow farmers. We have
too long run our farms in an old groove.
too long have we been at the mercy er
the middle -man. Let there be a large
audience to hear Mr. Pratt demonstrate
how the middle man e ta be obviated,
and farming mad - to pay liandseme pro-
fits.
Rnmensen Saturday, alareh 21st, 2
p. m ,-Chinton Town Hall
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Your apportuntty
11.? a very promising propo-
sition were submitted to you
to -morrow, one that required
a little capital, would you
be in a position to accept it,
or would you be forced to
step back and allow some-
one else to grasp your one
chance?
There are few opportuni-
ties for the man with noth-
ing, but at the door of the
man with a bank account
fortune knecks often.
Start an account with thie
bank. One dollar is enough.
Add to it regularly, and yea
will soon build up a sub-
atantial balaace.
C. P. SMITH
Manager, Wingham
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C. A. Z-AXITZ,
Director,
Ontario Agricultural College,
Guelph, alareh 1914.
DOMINION POSTAL STATISTICS
• Interesting statistics respecting the
growth of the postal service are fur-
nished in the annual repert of the Post -
Office Department. Pestoffices increas-
ed by 319. postal note offices by 35,
money order offices. by 2,50, and savings
hank offices by 40. The number of
Imiles of mail carriage has increased by
12,264,302; the estimated increase in the
lettere and postcards is 73,252,e0.), or
ahnost 12 per cent. The expenditure
increased by $1,710,7614, but there was
nevertheless a surplus in the eear, of
1,177,671. The eable traffic by the
Pacific amounted to 572.042 words.
'The report says that the immense
eepu'arity of rural mail deliveriesre-
selted in the establishment of 600 new
routes uport which 22,259 boxes were
erected.
There has been a constant clamouring
for rural mail service from all over
Canada, and up to November last 1,315
routes had been established.
The issue of ostage stamps was
S/14,112,927, or 11., per cent. During the
year letters carried numbered 033,475,-
.1700; postcards, diet/41.0:0; registered
letters, 14,5,S5e01.:e free letters, 21,179,-
et0. The number of poseetimes in op-
eration is 11,17e, an inerease ef 1,te2e in
ten years.
The amount of deposits in the pest -
office savings banks is F41.72e,911,
decrease of $S3 -1,S22 aver last year.
Remittances in money ceders totalled !Tayiioe, has returned home.
$19,296.779 in velae. Deed letters, Mies Lads of Lnekeaw is a visitor
etc., totalled 3,807,1"5, of which 'And
Imre.
contained articles cf value or register- - Miss 122731e ilnthcz'ford bus telnr."-E3
THE DOMINION BANK
eln E0M1,840 U. 054ER MP, PRESIDENT, W. 0. MATYKWS. vmeentesaittre
0. A. BOGERT, General Manager.,
Trugt Funds Should Be Deposited
In a Savings Accoent in The Deminion Bank. Such funds are
safely proteeted, and earn Interest at highest current rates,
When payments are made, particulars of each transaetion may
he noted en the oheque Isseed, wlech in turn becomes a receipt
or voucher -when cancelled by the bank.
WINGHAM BRANCH : A. M. SCULL?, Manager.
Aged Pop1e
somettmes forget that poor teeth and
improper mastication prevent sufficient nourish-
ment from ordinary food and burdens the
digestive organs, but if every man or -woman past
fifty would fully realize the bountiful, sustaining nourish-
ment in Scot's Emulsion they would take it after every meal.
Scott's Emulsion contains the renowned body-building fats of
pure cod liver oil, so medically predigested that it distributes energy,
power and strength all thru the body and simplifies the stomach's work.
To people in declining years we say with unmistakable earnestness
-Scott's Emulsion aill add years to your life and life to your years.
AVOID ALCOHOLIC SUBSTITUTES 13-83
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A GOOD MEDICINE Wednesday of last week, Miss Flor-
FOR LITTLE' ONES. t
ence, danghter of W. J. Soaeh, $rd line,
was united in marriage to Jno. Sellers,
of Moosejaw. The happy couple will
Baby's Own Tablets are an excellent :
remedy tor little ones, u They are a ' make their home in the West where the
gentle laxative which ysweeten the ! groom is engaged at farming.
stomach, regulate the , wele banish I
ipo
conatipatim worms, e ds 0,„:a simple Jno. Richmond, who recently sold his
fevers, and tike t i child happy, ! farm on the Oth line, Morris, to H. Gib -
healthy and strong. ,,p oncerning them i son, left for the West with a carload
Mrs Pierre Tousiguent, Ste, :Sophie de i of settlers' effects. Mrs. Richmond
Levrard,
Baby's Own TQue.._ ablets an excellent rem- writes: "I have found
will visit with her daughter, at Rudyard,
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edy for my little ones and would not ! Mich., for some time before joining her
be without them." The Tablets are , husband on his Western farm.
sold by medicine dealers or by mail at i The farm of Jas. EVans, Ne, Lot 21,
25 cents a box from The Dr, Williams
Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. I Con. S. has been sold to his son, John
1 and Mr. Evans, sr., will take a holiday
1 frorn active operations. Evans Bros.
121T1 1 nracri.
The robins are with us again.
Mr. Frank Coulter has moved onto
Fred- Mowbray farm known as the
John Leggatt farm.
11.1.1"fiVAL1,1
The program contest between the
married ami single members of the
Literary Society, on March 25th prom-
ises to be exciting. Both sides are
making secret preparations. Mayor
Irwin of Wingharn has consented to net
as judge. This will be the final meet-
ing of the Literary Society for the pres-
ent season end the members are put-
ting forth their best efforts to make it
a success. Come early in order to se-
cure a good seat.
have had Thos. Williamson's farm, ,.4
th core, Grey, leased but the proprietor
will resume operating it himself now.
Wm. Evans talks of going West this
Spring.
Mrs- Somerville who had been 111 for
3 weeks with erysipelas died Saturday
morning-, are 7th, Her maiden name kedempasimeas.
was Catharine Cathcart, she being the
4th child of the late David Cathcart,
Base line, Blanshard township, Perth
Co. Out of a family of 9 children, 3
survive, viae -Henry Cathcart, of Lon
don; Mrs. Thos Bobier, of Brandon;
and airs. St. John. of Winnipeg. The
I subject of this notice was married 54
years ago last January to her late hus-
band, by Rev. A. Edwards. They lived
in Blanshard for a time, moved to arc-
ICillo townshi where a few years
DON'T FORGET
W. G. PATTLRSON'S
016 Half -Price INIARGII
Jewellery Sale
Now is the timet o buy your Diamonds,
Pearl Goods, Watches, Clocks, Silverware,
Cut Glass, Leather Goods, Toilet Sets,
Manicure Pieces, Jewellery of all kinds.
1 Look for Cods Marked Half -Price or SPecial Price
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No Goods Given out without Spot Cash
W. G. PATTERSON
T H GREAT WATCH DOCTOR.
p,
were spent, then came to the fifth line
Itf-XTTri of Morris, when Mr. Somerville bought
Only an aceident saved three people the farm of Wm. Hogg. Here they re -
from death from suffoeation here, last sided up to their death. 19 years ago
week. A central office telephone oper- Mr. Somerville passed away after an
ator received a call from Mrs. Mason, illness of 2 years. Robt., a son, died
East Wawanosh, for her mother, Mrs. 22 years ago. The surviving children
Fenwick, but no answer could be ab- are -Mrs. Jno. McKnight, St. Marys;
tained from the Fenwick house, and Mrs. \I'm. McCracken, and David, of
the operator, thinking sotoething must Morris; John, of Blanshard and George,
be amiss, called up tine nearest neigh-
bor, who on investigation found Mrs.
Fenwick. her grandmother, and a man
living in the house uncenselous from
the effect of gas fumes escaping from a
leaky coal stove. A physician was
called, and after some trouble the three
ersons were revived.
sr. teentr.ss
(Intended for last issue)
Mrs. Wm. Wellwoad, of Wingham„
s visiting with her daughter, Mrs. Geo.
Webb.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Martin visited
friends in this lottality last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. James Rammage visit-
ed friends in Whitechurch on Tuesday.
Mrs. Petersen. of Wingheen, spen
Sunday with Mr. and Mr -S.11. J. V.roeds.
Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Toll, and daugh-
ter, Pear!, visited friends in Wingham
on Sunday. I;
Mrs. MeKetrele, of Cargill. is visiting!
ber daaghter, Mrs. &trees. Hyde.
Mrs. J. Stalker, of Ingersoll. who has
been visiting her brother. Mr. Wm.
of Medora, Man. Latter was here to
visit his mother this Winter. Mrs.
Somereille was a wotnars of kindly na-
ture, sympathetic and always ready to
help. She was a true wife and a good
mother. In church relationship she be-
longed to the Methodist body.
As James Ward and his wife, aged
residents of Essex, were on their way
to Irelatid to spend the rest of their ,
days, he disappeared at Montreal end
she, left destitute, was sent hack to
Windsor.
ed.
The net revenne of the department
Was $12,060,176, and tie) expenditure
$10,SS2,604.
Up to the enl of the year 3,0i1 old- 1:).Ytere'st. Wingh3----d Dast Tusdaff•
Iage annuities had been issued. The Miss Do11.8"2 is 11:36W an enerte'n
total amount of the annuities is e,'12,- tient at her settel feinthl en Felday
063, and the revenue reeeived for them night.)
$1.6S9,659. Min Harry Lade. who lead kis Ileg
badle• broken, is repetted to be ding
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timely.
Thee.. PEMV8 had sevete teams draw-
ing lue,dtee to Wingleamone day re-
entle.
to her scliool itt la:tweed.
Mr. Frank Tell has starte.3 the saw-
mill again.
Rev. Mr. McInteek attentled tE:e. Pres -
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nurtssEx,s.
John and Miss Ewan, who have re-
sided on the 16th con„ of Grey town-
ship for years, have moved to town and
have taken a house belonging to W. A.•
Grewar, Mill street, while their new
residence is being built. We welcome
them to Brussels and trust they will en-
joy life here.
Melville church cement shed, which
will be 501c220 feet, will be. built by Jno.
Adams, of Wroxeter. When completed
the estimated cost will be about :3000,
it is said.. Metallic roof will be put on
and job is to be finished by June lst.
Samuel Carter sold the house he re-
cently purchased on 4ames street, from
Ale±. Smith, Brussels, to George Read -
man 7th line, Morris, who will take it
to pieces and remove it to his farm,
The Fire Linait By -Law of town forbade
Mr. Carter moving it to theint tin Which
it was proposed to locate it for a stable.
A. colony of German noblemen and
their followers has purchased a tract of
90,000 acres in Alberta and will farm on
an extensive and expensive scale,
Darham County Temperance Alliance
decided to enter on a campaign for the
Canada temperahce act if the temper-
ance workers of Northumbeland county
will join in the campaign.
CASTOR IA
Vox Wants Ma Children.
Til Ktn thil Ilan Always Bated
13ears tlia
aligneture of
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Immigrants it Cenada last yettrl
numbered inerettet ovee the:.
previaue year of British peeple
numbered 1,70,1:00 of these.
MISS E. p:',/,(USEI
desires to thank the ladies 4/5f Wingham and
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vicinity for their liber' , patronage during
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the past season, ii and nvites them to her
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Spring MOi;ery Opening
ITHURSDAY, MARCH igth 1
and following days
Exclusive designs in Pattern Hats
Nmest Shapes and Colors
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MILLINERY PARLORS
Opposite Field Brother's Shop
JOSEPHINE STREET WINGHAM
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Miss Reynolds
RESPECTFULLY INVITYOU TO THE
Opening of/Millinery
Pattern's/and Parisian
Novelties on
Thursday, March
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vicinitp for their patronage in the past
I wish to thank the -ladies of Wingham
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THURSDAY, MARCH i6th
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