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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1910-09-15, Page 5THUS A'Y', SEPTEMBER I6, 1910 THAT/5„ATODIY OVERCOAT till,„SWELL DiusSt MR. SWELL DRESSER :-- IN THE COOL EVENINGS .NOT ONLY WILL ONE OF OYJR TO COME, TONY TOP COATS LOOK WELL HANGING FROM YOUR SHOULDERS, OUT IT WILL KEEP OFF THAT CHILL. THE EARL/ER you BUY YOUR CLOTHES THE LONGER YOU HAVE THE USE or THEM. FADRXC, FIT, FINISH, STYLE, PRICES --- THESE A RE THE FIVE THINGS TO LOOK OUT FOR --ONE FOR EACH FINGER AND YOUR THUMBS. IT IS A DUTY you OWE' YOURSELF TO COME TO OUR STORE AND SEE WHAT GOOD CLOTHES WE CAN SHOW YOU. McGee & Campbell CLOTHIERS ea MEN'S FURNISHERS WINGHAM FAIL FAIR THURSDAY and FRIDAY September 29 & 30, 1910 Friday Afternoon, Sept. 30th SPECIAL, ATTRACTIONS. GREEN RACE. -Mile heats ; best three in five. Open to horses that have never won public money. Competitors must be members of Society. Prizes—$10, $6, $4. FARMERS' HORSE RACE. --Half mile heats; best three in five, Horses • to be attached to four -wheeled rig and to be driven by a farm- er or his son. Competitors to be members of the Society. Prizes—$10, $6, $4. POTATO RACE.—Competitors to stand to horse. Potatoes to be plac- ed 100 yard from the starting point. Mount, ride to first pota- to, dismount and pick up potato, remount, ride back to starting point, dismount and put potato in pail, and so with each potato. Horse any size. Prizes—$3, $2, DANCING COMPE'I'iTION.—Open to boys and girls. No entrance fee: Scotch Reel $5 Sailor's Hornpipe .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. $3 $2 $1 Irish Jig $3 $2 $1 _Highland Fling $3 $2 $1 TUG O1+ WAR. -10 men a side. Prize of $20" 00 to winning side. Between a team captained by Reeve Powell of Turnberry and Reeve Taylor of Morris, and team captained by Reeve Gillespie of East Wawatiosh and Reeve Medd of West Wawatiosh. SCHOOL CHILDREN'S PARADE. --There will be a parade of the pupils of Wingharn Public School and neighboring schools from the Wingham Public School building to the fair grounds, headed by the bands. !Hingham Citizen's Band and Lucknow Pipe Band Will furnish the music during the afternoon. Admission to Grounds 25 cts. Children, 10 cts. Vehicles, 25 cts. Reduced Dates on Railways, - GONG BT—September 30th A. high.olass concert will be given Iii the Opera 1Xouse in the even- ing of niday, September 30th. The following well-known artists Will give the program t --.James Fax and J. 1i. Cameron, the comedians ; Mise Pearl O'Neil, the entertainer, ae welt a mem ars of the Pipee Band. Thte will make one of the best concerto; ever held in Whnghs. . Ad. mission 250 and 85,4 with plan of hall at Mcitibbon'e drug store. WM. MAXWELL H. B. Eyy�y} LLIOT�y�TPRItSIDE y THE WINGHAM ADVANCE How the concrete Fence P.ost Camp The Travelling Agent Tells About Improved Farm Conditions Back Home 4 ‘ NM of the most striking changes amongst the far- mers in the vicinity of my old home," said the tray- eliing agent of a large Canadian firm of agricultural Implement manufacturers, upon his return from avisit tf, his birthplace, in the State of New York, recently, "is the better and more perman- ent character of the buildings and Various farm improvements." "I remember how, years ago, it took my father and all three of us boys one whole day to harvest a, certain field. The present owner of the place says that his young son now does that work in a sin- gle day, and so far as he can see he never even has to mop his brow. "Talking with some of the farm- ers in that section, regarding the methods of the present day. as compared with the past, I find that a very great saving has been effected by the introduction of the use of cement. The price of this article, when I was a boy, was almost prohibitive. In fact, we had hardly ever heard of cement at all, and when we did. It was more as a luxury—an article to mend the dishes in mother's kit- chen --rather than as an article to be used out on the farm. Now- adays, most of the boys have been learning how to use it, and no mat- ter where you go you are sure to see something made of it" "I was particularly struck with a fence which my brother put up on his place, some years ago. lily brother and I, you must know, particularly hated looking,. after fences. We used to prop the posts up mainly by aid of the stones we had picked off the prop- erty. Somehow these stones would get removed, and down would come the fence. ,r Father used to be a little hard on us sometimes we thought. When the other boys were off playing he used to set us at work repairing these fences. As the stones wouldn't hold the posts up, he made us dig holes deep in the ground, and drive the posts down into them. These held fairly well,;.but the trouble was that the posts would rot. That pid not matter so much those days, for posts were cheap. The trouble was that we had to go over the fence and repair It and waste all sorts of time over it, In fact, the fence was the bane of our lives, and must have costa lot to keep In repair. "A good many accidents took place, ane way and another. with those fences, which it seems to me now must have cost father even more than the fences did. I re- memlber one night the horses got tearing around the fields .and bumped Into a part of the fence which had been neglected for some time past, for the reason that we were busy harvesting the hay. There was a field of green grain. The horses got into it and tram- pled all over it; but worse than that they gorged themselves with it, with the result that two of them -died the following day, and the other two were barely pulled through by the aid of a veterinary from the nearest town. "As I way, about to say, mY bro- ther, who lives on part of the old farm, took mo down to the old line fence, just to look at the place where the horses broke through that time. He told me that when he saw cement being used so much he wondered if it wouldn't be a good thing to make fence posts of, so that they would not rot or break, He got into touch with a cement firm, without further de- lay, with the result that they sent him full instructions regarding the making of cement fence posts. "Jack was very proud of his fence, and it struck me, when he showed it to me, that I had nev- er seen anything nicer. It was as straight as a die, and thers wasn't a sign of a break in it from end to end. The posts were all upright, and the wire—it was smooth wire—was as tight and as trim as it used to be on Judge Poster's lawn. Jack asked me how long I thought it was since the fence was built. I told him perhaps a few months—four or five months. 'Well,' said he, 'make it years instead of months and you would be nearer it.' "It was a fact that for half a dozen years that fence had stood there, and that during that time not a break had taken place, and Tack had net spent five minutes looking after it. "I asked my brother if the fence had not been a little costly. "Said he: 'That's the cheapest fence I ever had on my farm. It cost more to begin with than the old kind we used to have so much trouble with when we were boys, but once put up it is there for- ever. Those posts can never rot. The longer they are up> the hard- er and the stronger they become. I made a few little mistakes when I began the work, but they were not serious, and I now know how to provide against them. One of the great advantages of this sort of fence is that it never needs to be repaired. I suppose, in the course of time, the wire will rust out and break, but that will not be the fault of the posts; and as you will remember, it was always the posts that used to give us the worry when we were boys.' "I asked him if the posts never loosened and fell ever to one side in the way that used to make so much work for us in the old days. "Well,' said he, 'they do loos- en sometimes. But do you remem- ber how solid the wooden posts used to be after they had been in the ground a good while and be- fore they began to rot. The long- er they remained there the solid- er they became. That's the way with these posts. I never have to tinker with them, so that they are never disturbed, but are allowed to become imbedded .in the earth. I have sunk them pretty deep, so that the frost will not affect them, and the result is that the fence is always just as you see it now, The strongest man on this farm could hardly move one of those posts. I am .lust now completing the last fence on my farm, and after it is finished the fence problem on this place will be settled forever. No more time will be wasted looking after them, and there will be no danger of the horses breaking in like they did at this spot thirty years ago, or so—as you may re- me2nber "I rem.'embered all right, and as we stood there laughing; we in- stinctively began rubbing the sore spots once more, which father left on us upon that memorable occa- sion.." If you have a job of Printing, whether large or small, call up No, 34, re MAXWELLS:-_ I 1 Big Clearing Sale 1 I 1 IN FULL SWING Do 1 1 o not delay to leave your order for that 1 Suit and Overcoat. Remember the watchword --- 1 "DO IT NOW"1 1 IIDelays are dangerous, for although we have a large Istock we might sell the entire business if the right man should come alon Those who have been inr I t say we should not be long in disposing of our stock at the prices we're quoting. Call and be convinced. 1 I The Making and Trimming Is just the same as at the original prices. Robt..Maxwell - Tailor �i. ftrst•c s las two•sto't~Iey° Tiriclt: xltiuse, cit corner lot, with a good ""r OR SALE barn. The mouse has *fine rooms --four rooms dove etaire, and four bedroon,e and bathroom u -stairs ; heated byfurnace t eleetrle lighted ; hot and cold water up,stafrs And down ; inside closet; fire -place; cemenfloor, in cellar, ROBT. lief AX WE LL. �4*4* #� lwl►* H! s�r�14 .....+440.1140.0 .404444144...40.1444+0+14144144444144... Uundreds Of New Coats The Finest In The Land Are 1 'ow Here Awaiting Your Inspection,. And Our Greatest Pleasure Is Showing Them To You, DON'T WAIT until you are ready to buy before you come here to see the New Styles. You should see them right away. You'll find us just as glad to show them as you are to see them. We know that we are showing this season by far the greatest values and finest assortment of Ifigh.olass Apparel ever shown by this or any other store in Winghatn. We want you to know it. The only way you will know it is to come and see for yourself. We Can Show You Everything In Cor- rect And Stylish Ready-to-wear Apparel For Women. And what is more, we can show you Styles and Values that you will not find elsewhere. Prices Range From $5 to $20 Per Garment • 1 1 E. Isard Go. IMPo1ITEP,S •4004444*4444*4444*444**** ******4*44*****!**+►4440*** **444***4**4**44**44**4*44 WINGHAM 1 A White Robin. The Kincardine Reporter says :— Noticing a couple of old robins making quite aeommotion in the orchard last Friday, Joe Wallace went to see what all the fuss was about. He found the two robins hovering around a young one which had apparently fallen from the nest and were trying to get it back. The young robin was entirely white though bearing all the other characteristics of a young robin. Naturally, he was surprised, but more so when he found that the bird had pink eyes. He has exhibited his find to quite a number in the neighbor- hood. Danger Now Past. The Listowel Standard says :— "Since it first became known that there was a case of smallpox in Lis- towel our citizens were naturally much alarmed that a general out- break of the dread disease might follow. The sad. termination of the one ease by the death of the patient, Dr, Sawdon, increased the alarm to some extent until all danger of con- tracting the disease was past, Fortun- ately that period has been reached without any other case developing, and Listowel's citizens can now breathe freely and congratulate there - selves upon their escape from a threat- ened outbreak. The greatest possible precaution was taken to prevent the disease from spreading, and it is very satisfactory to all concerned that the steps taken have resulted in confining the disease to the one case and that it is now completely eradicated." Ontario Power Ready. Not only does the Ontario hydro- electric scheme promise to be a great boon to the municipalities_of western Ontario by furnishing them with power at half the former cost, but there is already evidence that the working out of the scheme will prove a triumph of engineering skill in the way of long distance transmission of electric power. Last Saturday even- ing a test was made of the line from Niagara Falls to Berlin via Dundas, a distance of 115 miles, The test was exceedingly successful and the power was stepped up to 180,000 volts, which was carried without a hitch. This is regarded as a triumph of engineering. From an engineering point of view it is said that this performance has never been equalled. Everything has been done on a scale so far in advance of previously existing conditions that there were no standards or patterns from which the transformers and other; apparatus could be made, so that special patterns had to be de- signed. FOR AGED PEOPLE. Old Folks Should Be Careful In Their Selection Of Regulative Medicine. We have a safe, dependable and al- together ideal remedy that is partictt- larty adapted to the requirements of aged people and persons of weak cons stitutions who suffer from constipa- tion or other bowel disorders. ''Vire are so certain that it will relieve these complaints and give absolute satisfaa tion io every particular that we oiler it with our personal guarantee that it shall cost the user nothing if it fails to substantiate our claims. This remedy is called iteral' Orderlies. Retail Orderlies have a soothing, healing, strengthening, tonic and regulative action upon the bowels. They remove all irritation, dryness, soreness and weakness. They restore the bowels and associate organs to more vigorous and health activity. They are eaten like Gaudy, may be taken at any time without inconveni- ence, do not cause any griping, satinets, diarrhoea, exeeesive looseness, flatu- lence or other disagreeable effect. Price 25e and 10.'. Sohl only at our store—The Itexall Store, J. W. 1Vie- Klbbon. The feeling of ease which comes with the possession of a bank -book is something not to be despised—no matter what your position or pros- pects. A bank account eliminates worry and care—causes you to feel that you have something to fall back upon in an instance of emergency. One Dollar will start an account. C. P. Hill, Agent - Winghaw 1 JUST A FEW FACTS A:.OIJT OUR STORE We are now'. showing a very at- tractive assortment of New Fall Suitings and Dress Goods, con- taining the correct material for this season. All Wool Diagonal Serges in the popular shades, combining style and durability. Venetians, 54 ins. wide, good weight and staple colors, at only 5oc per yd.—a snap. All Wool Shepherd Plaids, 54 ins. wide. Basket Weaves, Broadcloths, Satin Cloths, Cashmere Plaids, etc,, at prices to suit all. This is to be a good Velvet season, and in an- ticipation of that we have imported direct from England a good range of shades for suits and gowns. We have a nice range of silks in the fashionable Sort -French Pailettes, 40 ins. wide, at $1.75 per yd. A splendid Black Taffetta Noblesse,. at 75c. Silk Elastic Belts, Fancy &kings, Paisley Neck Frills, Bows, Linen Collars and Beautiful Fancy Ribbons in Paisley designs --- the newest thing for Girdles, Trimming, Come in and see our splendid line of new imported Moreen Underskirts. They are generous in width and beautiful in design, well made and will give satisfactory wear, We have them in all staple shades from $r.25 to $3.25 each. T. A. Mills AINQ A