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Prof: Ruse
Prof, Ruse, o
many years tawrghl
til4 `neighborhood
ebotrs and social
IV trail health, to
outning, and
amerous fries
daft evening in
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ofesaoa: and thei.a
to, labors in lrc
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Friends
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Obituary
ttl'e. of Stephen Town
Tlnarsday Dee, 18th ini
Ot the home of hix SQo
estle earee to Exeter
aplaining of le grippe
i? pneumonia causing
wwroa born in England
anra;de when a lad
be settled on the
of 'Gtepbt n where;
n°' Rance ,Uo k ar-
"a Sons and.ono
the homestead'
fey, Sanders of
le of Sten
Iowwr is
in his
3featb-'
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to ' Cern
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We wish our many Friends
.and Customer a very Merry
:Xmas and a Happy New Year
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�i an's?° Hardware
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and Stove S. v Store
~ f l f (ii3OBN a ; , ,
LOC1S-7n Exeter on Wednesday
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Dec, 1 -7th to Mr, `;and -liars, G,, R
PO/lack a San
1v --Stephen S S h
3I�1•.Ll.aand
aY:llec„14th.
to Mr, and Mrs W m. ,Hellin a son.
Ft1.331DLE—fn Usborne on Dec, 18th
to Mr, and ::Sirs, Bert 'Rundle a
daurgrhter,
MA'IiRIE'n
ii
GAT I;l
S + ?—I3'rI QST At; - "Crediton on
'Wednesday Dec, 1,7thi Miss Laura
her of 3'lr, and Mrs
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3;ixast• to Z ?3 r. kw. in° .1Jarnot • G user;
. by ktev; E. Becker '
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DIED
ESTLE—Jrt Exeter; North on bwirs
day DeG, 18thThomas' Nestle a
ed yearee8 months and'9 days.
s IV 'In eboene neeSaturday Dee
0lo'6ns 39
Sr,•Sr `age , d'a�s l �•,s ..•,
SI!eCKMAN-=In'Exeter on Saturday
Dec, (20th- Mary Ann Smith. 'beloved
wife of John Spackman aged 79
years 11'sinonhts and 1Z8,dhys,
Card of f hanks
r desire
Rev. C W. and ..
Mrs,Raker R e .
to express their sincere'!hhanks for,
the many expressions of sympathy
which they received in t4he • loss of
their infant son.
Rev. l.ortson _of. Sarnia occup-
ied
J. " p1,
ied: the pulpit in James Street Meth-
odist church,. last Sabbath_ and
9reached two acceptable sermone..,.
will be a ci'atecl
A gift that Ppre
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our
's tori, f
r t
year a
he •
every da in 5
GeSpelt Text calendars. The calander
eoXktains' a text for every day print -
a, an'- open )iible,. The golden
text'wech'wunday is printed in black
ice " 5 :cents.
11:
Golden Wedding
Last week we ruaae mention of the
double wedding anniversary of Mr,
and 1frs, L. hardy of town and Mr
and Mrs, John 'Drew of Snowflake
Man, On 'Saturday the London Ad-
vertiser contained the follotving in
reference to the ]atter.\�innip-
tg, Dec, 90.—The golden anniversary
of the 'wedding of Aft; and Mrs. John
Drew of Snowflake Men.. was celeb-
rated ht
elebratedat the 'home of their son J:• F.
Drew Winnipeg, today, The ' guests
of honor were presented with golden
rememberances in commemoration of
their'tgolden 'wedding. Mr, Drew was
born in Devonshire En land in 1842
and came 1.o Canada wit a hisparents
in 1848. His parents died of cholera
within 24 hours after reaching Lon-
don Ont., and the family of orphans
was left to battle its way in this
!country among strangers. Mr. Drew
entered, in as an apprentice to a cab-
inet maker in 1860 at Exeter Ont,
and was in 'business as furniture dea-
ler and undertaker on his own 'ac-
count in the same place from 1864
to 1882 lie moved to 111anitoba in
1.882. and has been in that business
and farming in tihat vioinity of.
Snowflake ever since. Mrs. ;Drew
was born at London Ont, March 30,
1 91 and was raised at Exeter, Ont,
John Drew and Miss Martha Ann 131s
sett- were married in Exeter on Dec,
LSth 18133, Eleven children were born
but all died exeept two, J. F. Drew
'Winnipeg and Mrs,. J. M. Stewart of
'lay vide N. D. Mr, and Mrs, John
Drew are 14 and 71 years respective-
ly and are hale and hearty and enjoy
ing life. t i i', '1 C i
Usborne Council
Council tmci: at Township Hall Dec.
15th pursuant to'Statute All the
members were present. The minutes
of the last meeting were;,rend and an-
proved.
ere
As li v
. t were fewsmall items, of :.
t.atc.s uncollected the Collector's time.
for returning the roll ca°as extended'
to January ' 12th 19144an d +l he 'as
lo teontinne the collection of unpaid
taxes. i 1, ',
�cl
A vote of .1.ti; 5..00 was w as votedto the
Agl icultur'a,l. Society. t
ta. large number of accounts were
pat.ttea. 'and. orders issued in payment`
all of ,A,hich will scion tappear in the
Tr.cwsarcx•'s Financial statement.
Couneiladjourned to , meet Dec. "29
after 111:1) tion nreeting. I t
OlilrEYY_'lerk�'
lounge aanrnd
fine fetklian
.:']sissy poppy
nwnstearl
'll the.
can ;Ali
pleasing ranciatia
Bennie D'art* r '; pees
by Reeve S. Motley,
lrnllon, 1Wr. Iloadbeius , Pet
k and Mr. kohl, Gardiner'
program refreshments
d.,;nnd at most rn.loyabie
renitng ~vas, spent, Lir, Ruse carries
eith 'Criss the good„ will of ;ail, who
nope' for hien aper/ ;r rt'eovt'rp to finis
ranted health, :'. r. mid 1114^3, 1110lsv
1nvc lett for their new home in
ianntnden.
Te1fs
no 0:41
Pxcsenntation and: Address—On Fri-
day
day afternoon of last week at tho
close of the term, the Literary Soc-
iety, of the Yfigh School department
held 'a program in connection, with
the closing exercises. r During the
rotrranr an address was read to Mr
W. E. Weideehammer BA., nrineipal
ot the school and lfiss L. Edmonds
teacher of Foram two and the former
was presentedwith, an tectrae read-
ing lamp and the latt,r with at
ananicure set. The --address tents read
by lfiss Madeline Carling and the,
presentations n iede by 3ltiss Beta
110wve and lien Quackenbush. nlr.
Weidenhammer ;and Miss Edmunds
are both held in the highest esteem
by the scholars and the citizens of
Exeter tend the 'best wishes will fol-
low~- them. I3oth recipients were deep-
ly affected rend replied in h very be-
fitting manner. Following was -the
:address 7,—
Exeter.
—Exeter, Ont.. Dec.. 19. 1913.
I:GG li `+'eidi'nhannuer and Miss
Fdrriunds. We the jnaapils of the ,Ere-
ter Continuation school regret very'
much that you. are leaving us. and
rete 'wish to avail ourselves of this
opportunity of manifesting outs love
for you and our high appreciation of
your '.invaluable service rendered
while amongst us. Will you please,
accept this gift as t token of our
esteem • and affection. Our e'reest
desire is that your future, 'ma"y be
crowned with success and ,happiness
and that you may Always ihave the
most pleasant recollections of this
school,in 'which you both have done
such excellent work. Signed on be-
half of. the school
jean wSeidon.
Margaret :Case.
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of Old Resident --On Satur-
l»llth Mrs, John Spackman.
wvi o farars has 'been a resit -
dent of ld. stet. passed o.way ai her
home on i'illlona'Streetit the; age of
79 }'ears 1'l months and 28 days. Tt.t
deceased had been oiling for: some
date and for several weeks she had
1taFtxn quite ]ow, her, demise -being
looked for at ony timer. the .was
horn in the County. of . Elgin near
Thomas, her maid --n name neii
Iary Ann Smltb. In 1854 she was
tnattrrir'd to luer'aowv b.-rcavcd ausband
Ing 18138 with their Family they mov-
ed to IiIxeter, and have been resi-
dents Hera ever since.' Mrs. Snack -
man was well known and teas high-
ly ' esteemed by a wide circle of
friends ,She is survived by her hus-
band .and three sons • viz; Edward .7.
of '.foronto; I,dwvin IT. of Blenheim
enc. Thigh of town : also two sisters
Mrs Gilbert, of Talbot vilte :and Airs.
w°'n1011 Downie of Carstairs. Alta. and.
two brothers John and 11'arren Smith
1 of Talbotville. The funeral was held
on Monday afternoon to the Exeter
cemetery and was private.
1 RICHAI;;D JOIINS. Sr.
One of the last of Usborne"s pion-
eers passed away on 'Saturday Dee,
,20th 1913 in the person of Richard
' Johns Sr.
Deceased was born in the Parish
^ of Langtree, County Devon, England
ni February 1324, and net en early age•
was apprenticed for seven years to -s
shoemaker. his father paying seven
sovereigns or a sovereign every year
for the privilege of learning that
trade.
When tewnty-one years of age., ,he
married Eliza Whitlock and set up
a shop of his own where be continued
at 'his trade until the spring .of 1849
when. 'with. ' his wife and three small
children and a few shillings, hesailed
for Canada on the old ship Delilah.
Captain Tozer in comnna.nd.
The •voyage lasted many weeks but
they finally arrived at Pickering,
where he, set up a shop and made
and mended shoes for his neighbors
and Navvies who werebuilding the
Grand Trunk from• Kingston to Tor-
onto.
They had only been in Pickering a
very , short time .when their second
daughter when playing in the open
fire n got rot her clothes on firs
and was terribly burned leaving her
disfigured for life.
'In the sultnmer of 1849 he, with oth-
ers made their way to the Muton
tract, of 'which they bad heard so
much and took up lot 1"2, con 7 Usbor-
ne Returning to 'Pickering he earn-
ed 8300 to him a la.rnge sum
and in 1850 with his family he came
to'his chosen lot in the virgin forest
of Us'borne, and proceeded to bete out
a. „home and many a tale of hardship
and firivation he tee e^id tell but he suc
c ^uded splendidly.
Ile carried flour 1'-•• n fssery's mill
etc etc. He, trade? ,, pair of boots
for a 80 pound ox Incl- and' carried
the Chide from the Seth, of Elimville
to•'Csrlmes tanuery in `Exeter,
Ile and his ~wife; >vere on their way
from Exeter one summer evening
when, it became ^s•o: d<ark' they could
not lee their' way and were forced to
climb over the wall of a tog house
in the course of erection and spend
the night sitting side -beside, on the
mud' sill, he 111111ont coat or''vest,
while the -tete-yes howled in the sur-
rounding' forest.
Ilia' cheraotermay be best dasc-ril3
-
ed 7y illustrations For: may Tears
swipplied'a number of vil1- ens with
lour and ebiciren feed. ;in., be al-
a
a the 0 b ,�-,^ r
1. 1
Y 1 zap Joe 00
steal rvC)k
ya ds should eat wnw
has zwart G"aras1•.1'i�I
' d;Li j te.rs, flee o P
an, Fhi ?•.t`
da pin
Additional locals on .pages 4 iand 5.
I. ,Armstrong announces that ship
ping day is changed • from Thursday
to Monday after this.
Dropin ana navea looh-.'at our
bon bon bores. If we cannot con-
vince you we have the highest qual-
ity at the lowest price, wet 'miss our
guess -W. J° Statham.
On Friday evening fast the Mem-
bers of the Sunday School and Ep-
worth. League of Main 'Street Meth-
odist church met at the home of Mr,
and 'Mrs, Wm. Ilowey and Presented
Mars, f 1onroe-Casaday with a linen
shower prior to her departure to
Charles City, Iowa. Lunch was scr-
eed and. a, very sociable evening was
spent The Junior League presented
11,Yrs,,`; Casa day with a, couple of china
paces.'
£n the eT,._ of Ezra Ilicnner hotel -
keeper at Grand Bend, up for trial
last Thursday on a charge of perjury
L y
in .ti local option by -late contest' at
Grand ivied; last January. Judge
Doyle after a. careful consideration
threw out t -he case. '.Ile ~agreed with
the ciefencc lawyers Dickson n.nd
1-laverson of r1'oirr 0 i.laa{s tvii ill it i-
an,indict,a,blc .al;fensc' in 'catnnon law
I bribe in lePislative and munieneil.
elections an °k:.xcep11011 is trade 'and
special pro:-isien applies to bribery
in 'vetino• on bs lnws. ,T.he af;
here being 'oi•
a x not ar ,, d t •�:
E i nishrnent by legal:nzo
the•reeovery of a Penchi'
sally apply is such h cis'
for actiha^; under~ i;
elapsed gothingt
c
rare
riesling:
money ;Cron
se
A man of quiet and
titan~ llgf :it:074;AItfGoldenn 'tl—tempof for
years sand passed ov
divide honored and r
who knew him,
,family consisted at sever~ sox.
1xxannd children slat] great axand stlrl*
ren litre is rnaatrn 1155 lossI and rj'h
o£s memory. Owvin, to t'ho stoh'Lay
wva tlter no Tuesday :the number of
‘o Alto Alto paid. their fast tribute of
tc Fspect; to tbs deported by €ollowing.
laity g'oriai mann to their last rent—se
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