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Vol.,
.8. No. 31
BRUSSELS. ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY
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Abstrnut--Village of Brussels.
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BELGRAVE '
Quarterly Sacramental service for
I3elgrave circuitwhich was to have
been tielcl last .Bunchy,. will be held
next Sunday, Feb, gib, at 0o 30 a. m.
Official Board meeting on Monday,
Feb. rode, at 2 p. in. There will he no
service at Sunshine on account of the
Sacramental service at Helgrave.
CRANBROOK
•'1'he skating in Cranbrook is very
good except tor the snow. Was the
water wet, fake ?
Some of the Cranbrook girls take
return trips to. Brussels. 'Thursday
ight is generally preferred.
Service wee not held in the Methn-
ist church last Sabbath afttirnnon as
he pastor was not able to get here
wing to the badly drifted roads.
B.,Foerster has been using his team
Ind 0110W plow- to good advantage in
:ening up the roads. the,people of
anbrook are very grateful to Mrs
F icrster.
meeting of the Cranbrook Bee
g will be held in the Foresters
here on Wednesday evening next
i'clock to arrange for next season's
All interested are asked to
articularly those who desire
ale are a few not yet taken
Hal
at 7
supel
attend,
shares as
1117.
'Phe roads have not been very good
In :hie locality lately, especially be-
tween here and Brussels, and some of
the girls have got into. the habit of
standing pp in the cutter while travel•
ling.
WALT ON
-Tee Pose gives the news.
Miss Myrtle McLeod, of Toronto, is
-home on a visit.
Sunday's storm rather knocked out
the church services here. •
Miss May Bess, of Sulsgarth, Man.
is renewing old friendships here.
Farmers' 'Institute meeting here
Saturday afternoon and evening of tats
week,
Miss AnnieCampbell and Mr Spence
of Harding, Man., are- herb on a visit
at the former's parental home.
The Eckhardt Concert Co. announc'
ed. to be here Tuesday'. evening 'were
t able to get.to Walton owing to the
form.
Some citizens are not permitting
the drifted state of the roads to step
them from travelling but go by the
snowshoe route,
The C. P. R. has been badly block-
ed by the, storms of the past week and
we can't say even now' when the will.
have a train, .Several engines have
been tied up as well as a passenger
train that arrived last Saturday night
An attempt wee made to drive the
passengers to Blyth but the rig, could
not get through. The snow plow and
hree engines and about 3o snow
hovellers arrived here .Tuesday and
have been hard at: Work . hurt the con-
tinued violence of the storm makes it
next to a hopeless task. . We were
eaten mita almost 'everything by the
large gang of railway employees, the
plow was working between here and
Blyth on 'Vednesclay. Four .cars of
6, 1908
W H. KERR. Prop
live stock have been awaltingshipment
setae Saturday. Pwu ere unloaded.
anti the other two are bei ig fed in cars,
The snow blockade is th cause of de.
lay,
Harry Clark and Miss Mary, dang
ter of lames MOCRIIum, Were united in
marriage on Wedneedtoh evening of
t is week. We hope the ltorminess of
ie day will indicate a happy, tranquil -
life.
J. W Cralgie, of •'1'oroito, is now in
barge of the Standard Batik here. Mr.
Calvert left for l'orouto latjt week, He
has many friends in and 111)001 \'Valtoc
who will be glad to hear ol him doing
well;
✓AME STOW tF'' 'v
Mrs. Alex orrest mew or to Moore
eld on.a visit with Mrs. Alter Roles.
David 13reckeuritlge sr:, has been on'
the sick list but is consider; bly improv
ed.
Owing to the very stormy weather
last Sabbath there was neither Sundae
school nor evening service i,i Victoria
Hall.
'Phe roads were so badly!' blockaded
travel was suspended until led places
were shovelled out. We no no mail
on Monday or Wednesday, ',
An Oyster Supper wit'', be held
on Tuesday i8lb inst.. in Vidtoria Hell
the proceeds to go•to the • 1 -tell funds,
A musical and literary program will
he supplied after the palate' has been
tickled by the large';t and bit bivalves
procurable.. Rev. L. Perrin; will pre-
side as chairman. '
A resident of the tat line,,, went to
visit a neighbor across the ft Icl Satur-
day night but got Invhtiflt ld' in the'
i Itho
storm on the return trip and a uLh
within 4 rode of his own betide contin-
ued his tramp until he landed hack at
the -aforesaid neighbors. A. lantern
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In going Ihrnugh our stock we find we' have too. mu,ny Winter Suits and Overeoiiis,'ron
hand for this time of the year. We are placing on sale on 'FRIDAY, JANUARY 10 U
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Suits
All eines 84 to, 42 These Suits are well made and Trim
wed and good Fitters.
$f12.00 Suits for $9.00
10.0) Suits for 7.50
9.00 Suits for 6175
8.00 Suits for 6;0
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was procured and the pilgrim got safe-
ly home.
swat..
Grey Council Millie held here next
Monday, lush inst.
Ben Gibson is spending a few days
visiting friends at Fordwfch.
Mrs .,Klump has been seriously i1
but We hope she will soon be better.
Miss .McNeil, who had been nursing
/the late Mrs, McInnis, returned to her
Utilise on the 04111 con.
The funeral service of the late Mrs.
'McInnis was conducted by her pastor,
'Rey. 'D B. McRae, assisted by Rev,
)Mr. Henderson, of Ethel.
Farmers' Institute meeting will he
held in the 'Township Hall Friday
afternoon and evening of this week.
'There should be a large attendance,
y John Coates, of this village, intend;
perming in the future. We understand
pe has made arrangements for a farm
len 'f con. the 4thGrey. o ` We wish
Alin: success,
j John Schaner, of South Dakota)/
:.Michael Reymann, of Berlin, Ont, ;
'and Albert Krauter of Waterloo'Co.,
spent a few days with, the latter's broth•
er. Jacob Kreuter, of this village.
Robert Scott,:of Preston, and. John
Scott, of Woodstock, who were here
attending the funeral of their sister,
have returned to their homes Mrs.
McAutly. of. Windsor, who was also
here, returned home 'Thursday.
CARD OF'!'HANKs.— We wish t0 thank
rhe many friends for their various acts
Of kindness shown our departed one
:luring her long-ilh,ess, also for all
their sympathy in our sorrow and
:bereavement. May Geri. bless them all,
ANDREW MACINNIS AND FAMILY.
UNDERTAKING.—Prompt and care-
ftilattention given to all orders for
'Undertaking. Our telephone No. is
28a anti a call will have our im-
mediate response. Our prices are
reasonable and satisfaction always as -
dewed.. Special attention paid to
davitv and arterial embalming _fol
il•liich we,hold diplomas.
LEAP.HERDALE & SON
6011ENS OVEBCQAT
All sizetr84 to 42. We have them in 44:,:47 'arid 50 inch!
lengths. These Chats tire the• products of the tOwndes),
Co., Toronto, and Coppley,Noyes & Handal I, rI milton, `
. and eanuot be equalled for fit or worlinl tuehip in (Jana(Ia.:.
Regular $22 0A Overcoats on Sale at $18 00
" 20 00 ' tt 51 16 00
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1600
15 00,
12 00 -
10 00
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13 00
11 00
9 00
7 50
'Township Council will meet on Mott
Slay, February Loth.
The roads' are getting fairly well
blocked up again after the big storms.
ee There was no service in Roe's
ehurch last Sunday o,wing to the Quer-
ferly Communion being held at Ethel.
Some say the'C. P, R. branch that is
Co run to Listowel from Linwood may
he continuedortb to Wroxeter via Moles -
w
Arch. Hislop, M P. is away to Tor-
onto attending.te his duties in ccnnee
tion with the Legislature iviiich opened
en Wednesday.
Wes. Armstrong, of Peterboro', i
here on a visit at the perental home.
Loth con. He is a soh of James and
Mrs. Armstrong..
Dog tax will be reverted to once
more in this township and the Asses-
sor will take stock of your canines
when he makes his annual rounds this
time.
•A goodly number will attend the
Farmers' Institute meetings at Ethel
on Friday and Walton on Saturday.
Afternoon and evening sessions -at each
place.
Oliver Turnbull is back from the
Agricultural College, Guelph, where
he took C C.r> Short Course in stock
judging, &c. He says there was a
great crowd and an instructive time.
An auction sale is announced be
Robert McCallum, lot 7, con. to, to be
h,Eld on Thursday, 171h inst. Mr. Mc-
Callum has sold lieeitnn so the - sale
will be witlloirt`resei've-. He ,and his
family may lake up residence in Brus-
sels for a while. •
SCHOOL Ritroao'.-Report of S. S.
No. to, Grey, for the month of Janu-
ary, namescin order of .merit:—Sr IV
-Alma -Speiran, Katie Denman, "veli
Speiran, George Evans, Willie Speir•
an, Jr, IV -Marguerite Hutchinson,
Mary Machete Mvrtle Speiran, Wilfriit
:Whitfield, Tattles Doull, John Holten-
beck. Sr, III—Herman: Pickrell, Percy
'Ward, Della Whitfield Jr, III -Hen
:lietta Denman; Hart, Speiran, Maggie
`Love, Gordon Whitfield, Shelley
Vlachat, Freddie Cox leditb Piekrell,
Millie Cox- Sr II—Freddie, Holten,
beck, Earl Rutliveell, Weet BRllentyne
Jt. 1L—Stanlev.Speirao, Grozart Inglis,
I Stand
Face to Face
WITH.
Every .Article Purchased
Every Article Repaired -
MUST STAND TO WBAT AN A 1
GUARANTEE CALLS FOR.
We have 19 Fur. Ooat's left that willbe
cleared out at Cost,'
Come early and get your choice as every article adve -
tised`is a Bargain.
TERMS STRICTLY CASH AT sate' PRICES �I
Clothiers and Furnishers .
Graham Block, Brussels
Optical advice
If your eyed are deficient Calf and we
es. We moneure all defects earefnlly
anti iailentifically, relieving yod of year
trouble and giving you perfect vision.
You eon fully rely on cin' advice. It all'
Deet yon noshing to consult us. Our
prices arta moderato,:
ltd 'ti Stratton
SWEt18Xt AND •OPTICIAN. -
Eric Hutchinson, Glydus Hollenbeck,
Jeuule Ward. Part II—Leslie Lake.
Part I—Jean Love, Selvyn Baker, Col.
well Speiran, Lawrenee Whitfield,
Edward Ward, ROOT, 11'ORREST.;
'!reacher,
SCHooL REPORT —Following is the.
tending of the pupils in 5, S. No. 6,
for January :—Sr, 4th—Willie Jacklin,
George Hutchinson, Garson Jacklin,
elena Mitchell. Jr. 4th —. Gertie
Stephenson, Wesley Brewer, Iuterm.
3rd—Roy Hall, Joseph Jacklin, Eva
Mitchell.Jr.rd—S1'ah Hutchinson,
J 3 1 utchi n,
Luella Jacklin, Sr. and—Wesley Yeo.
Annie Ward, Willie Mitchell, Reuben
Brewer, Jr. mid—George Hall, Bert.
Vodden, George Rose, Lela Vadden..
Sr. Part II— Gertrude Ames. Earl
Lowe, Hazel Rose jr, Part Il—Ber-
nice Flood, Lottie Ward, Russel Yeo,
Mary Rose, Lily Jacklin. Part I--
Stanley
—Stanley Hall, Robert Jaeklin Average
attendance 22. FLORENCE AIMSTRONO,
'leacher.
MORRIS
Township Council will meet on Mon-
dav-xyth.
The C. P. R. had •a genuine old
blockade this week.
The snow storm of the past week
piled some of the roads fence high and
public travel was nearly at a standstill
for several days. _ Some of the schools enjoyed an un•
expected holiday Jest Monday owing to
the inability of teachers to get to their
lob atter being home for Sunday.
An auction sale of farm stock, ins-.
plements &c. is announced for'l'hurs•
day Feb, eotb by Jas. A. Moore, 8th
'line. Sale will be without reserve as
he has leased his farm for a term of
years and proposes to take a trip to
the West, F. S. Scott will be the auc-
tioneer.
Teri POST is pleased to notice 'that
Walter H. Broadtoot, 5th line, :eves
awarded 3rd prize by the Fernier's
Advocate for an essay in "The Horse.
men's Experience Competition."
There were,zo competitors in a11. The
awards were eit5, 810 and 85. - We
congratulate Mr. Broadfoot and hope
btu example will be followed by, many
other young men of the township
The essays are being published in the'
Advocate.
SCHOOL REPORT. --Following is thy
result ot the examinations held in S S,
No, 4, during the month of January
Sr. IV, exam. in Geog•, ,Lit., ,Spell.
Arith., total 400—Martha McCutehgon-
341, Roy Thuell zy5, John Jordan rho.
Sr. III, exam. in'Aritle,Spell., Gram.,.
Geng,, total 35o Willie Thuell ' 286
Harry McCutcheon gq
ID Intl ' Geste., Arith. Spettiofal Gnu
-Harvey McCuteheon 567. Fred,
huell 547. Bessie Jordan 423, Jenny
Scott .64. Joseph Thuell 306. Sr. Pr
II, examined in Writ , Aeith,, Draw
Spell , total Soo—Florence Sdott 138;'+
Part I --Alvin Bedglev (excellt;ul-) -
ISABEt. MCNAB, 'reacher;.
A RigtaiL.S.Inofler..
An old-time Winter has Hit us.
Snow Storms, Blizzardy Winds,
Drifts 6 to to feet deep. =Roads '.
Blocked and Trains away off.
We had been shak- ing bands with
ourself that this was going to beet mild
Winter, as the early part of it was
deligbttul with A 1 sleighing and very
11CCIe snow. 1-•
But --and that little word of' three,
letters spoils many a day dreani—lest
Friday Rev. 141r, •Hicks said. "Leet her
go Gallagher" and away she tverlt. It
snowed as H the supply were unfailing.;
blew as if all' ce polltleinns at Qqltawa
ad their faces turned this wale and
were all talking at dnee, but not the
usual "hot air" but the kind that is
streaited with zero, frozen ears, nipped
noses and cold feet. '-,
Saterday Old Probs, had the job by •
the day, only by way of Variety twisted
the wind around; two or three direc-
tions so as to get part of the snow :back
i"
to where it Wes 00 Tbursda '411us,
does Nature pieseree.,tee balanut, of
power end Thereby keeps up a niltn s
mnsele by compelling the use of the
stow shovel from day to day.
You would have thought Mr, flicks,
being that lie is a preacher, would have
behaved on Sunday but he didn't and
he a result it stormed away all day and
many a "delicate" man used it as an
argument that it was apt realty safe to
venture out to church' on such if day
and stayed at lionie, We were geed to
notice that they had recovered suffic-
iently by Monday to enable them to
get out to business even if the day was
none to propitious. '1'be illness tylts.
not unto death—more properly desig'
uated a light type,
The storm- rather made a mixup in
many things, however. Saturday the
afternoon train from the East did not
arrive. until after 4.. o'eloek and' the
night train got here at 3 a, In, Sunday.
The G 'l. R snow plow witb double
headers„ worked vigorously to ,keep
the Iine,open but had a big contract,
Monday morning's train from Khmer -
cline did u0t make its appearance` here
until the afternoon. The Seaforth
stage got as ear as Waltdu & atitrday
morning and returned owing to the
badly drifted reeds: Wroxeter stage
got through with a bard pull. Neither
of thein went out Monday, People
'who were compelled to travel say2 or
$ miles,an hour Was extra good going,
oil some roads. Brussels hockey. boys
drove to Gerrie Friday evening and
after various visol'ssitudes on the home-
ward -trip, such as upsets, &e., tied tip
for the night at Wroxeter and \'lulre
from 7.3o to It'3o getting back to to15n
Saturday. Russell Browp and. Walter
Williamson, of the pock chasers, drove
home Friday bight, tit least they start,
ed that night. but the early streaks of
day were showing before they arrived
Tat Brussels,They are now op the list
of experts for unhitching and bitching
up in the snow, doing pedestrian stunts
and locating the tniddle of the King's
highway, Around town old Boreae
dritted and whirled the large quantities
of snow ate: lively rate and paths end
roadways eleared by.. the snowplows
were speedily obliterated, The local
delivery vans had many a tussle to get
about and keep right side -up. Busi.
ness was badly knocked out for a few
days. Fortunately the weather was
not as cold as it sometimes is, although
it dipped considerably below zero tor
one or two nights. 'Rev, Mr, Hicks
appears to be intending to keep this
kind of thing on the program several
times during February, us will be not-
iced by his predictions in another col-
umn. Somebody should call him off
and give us crest, One consoling fea-
ture of a stormy, blustery big snowed
'Winter is that a good harvest always
follows it, somebody says. We should
have something to compensate for 4 or
5 eugcessive days' storm several times
a mouth.
A good shower ot rain or a thaw of
several days' duration is required now
before any kind of decent going will
be secured.
It looked on' Tuesday as itpeace had
been proclaimed and Old Probe was in
better humor but it was evtdeutly only
to gather vigdr for a fresh attack as the
Storm King took a fresh grip on bis
pantaloons on Wednesday, and by a
well planned combination with Jack
Frost, put on the fiercest and coldest
program of the Winter. A regular
gale blew from the East and snow was
whirled in a regular blizzard pattern,
putting public travel welt nigh out of
business and ouly those who bad to
showed out. The thermometer dipped
uowa CO the lowest range of the season
and frost put in an appearance indoors
where it had nut hitherto this season.
Much of the work done in clearing
the railways so as to permit of regular
train service was rendered valueless by
the tornadtc storm and the snow plows
will have ais nic in combatting the
results of Wednesday's blow.g
The stage made an attempt to carry
King Edward's mall to Seaforth on
Wednesday morning but 'found it im-
possible to get through and arrived
back to town at to.3o o'clock. The
Wroxeter stage also failed to make its
trip. .-
Miss MacNabb made the trip to her.
school, ai., miles in Morris, Wednesday
but returued with the driller as the
-hope of Canada" *ere not 41a their
places and consequently there.,,wasno
avnck for,tbe,10511a"ctor.
T11e Farmers Institute meetings"are
up against it" this week and are not
abl@'to,citrry out their anticipated pro-
gram even if the speakers dtd arrive.
• Miss Campbell, of Brampton, was the
•Roly one of the trio to putinan ap-
pearance at Fordwioh c3 Monday and
.she did not get there until 5 p, m. on
the first .train'for that day.
Tuesday a load composed of Rev,
Mr. Labg.Ford, S. T. Plum, M. H.
Moore, Joe Hunter, M. el Cardiff and
W. R. Mooney lettp5sssels for the Co.
Orange Lodge at Ingham. It took
,them until 1.45 to re ch'Bluevale where
:ithey had diunef and fed the. team. 1*
hours were occupied in traversing the
4 mile of sideroad from ,Browntown to
the 1st line, - The horses had to be
unhitched and led through drifts Indian
file while the passengers lent a band in
piloting the sleigh througb. The home
trip occupied 4 hours. Owing to the
absence of some of the officers the
meeting was adjourned to Thursday,
13th inst. -
Miss Gertrude Ross drove over to
Seatorth Friday evening to visit and
did not get a train homeward until
Saturday night, The double header
which essayed to make the trip :fpm
Stratford- to Palmerston stuck in a
snow bank after Milverton was' passed
and there they remained With their 40
passengers until midnight Sunday.
Steam was kept tip in one engine by
shovelling snow so that the coaches
were keptwarm and meals were had
at neighboring farm houses and at
iMalVerton, le half mile' distant, at ,the
Company's expense - Soma of the pas
settgerswalked to Milverton on Suhdav
and attended church, One lady and
geutlemau took the train at Milverton
Saturday night, rode out the half toile
to Where the train stuck, remained all
night hoping to colnplete the journey
- but finding theoutlook unfavorable
walked back to their home on Sunday
with their tickets in their pockets. A
snowplow cleared the track Sunday
night and the train reached Palmer..
Ston, Miss Ressarriving home Monday
at boon, Oh-. the firsttrain from the
East, She says it was lots of fun. --
. Thursday, Feb, 6th. Storm still
continues. No trains; No mail ; No
tuthin' but just &Novy, Language
fails us, If the•stornl never ceases,
dear reader, you will know that we, -
like the boy on the burning dealt,
stood at1our Pos'P until the last.
Breathes thereat men whoever sate
. A Winter ppees without, a. thew;
W ho saw It blow and BachrY and storm,
And thought it never:wohld get warm?
It-aueh there lireatho, go ask him how
He thinlra thdt•timo coiapares Withh noW ? -
.'Low the thermometer, high the anew,
P iled. Mp ae.high 116 drifts can blow. .
besplto the, feat that we have saes
It stated that there's neyer bean
Bitch cold as this, pothers this ntari
Call tell Ma things to other can,
Livia through two such ew.ful'dates,
Deubly unkind leave proved the fates,
To foreba teas while here below •
To Vase two Winters iM such snow:, .
.VALENT/NE STOCK, of Pavistock,
-was the unanimous choice bf - the Lib-
eral Convention of South Perth, - for
the Provincial Legislature. llo will
oppose Hon. Nelson Monteith at tlio
next election,. -
ReeevelvreeferatAveeetve
eiaievietareweea,r,rtt
Dr. R, J, 'Whitfield
New York
Eye Specialist
will be at the
American , Hotel
BRUSSELS
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prep. ad ,o properly examineyou
eyes and ac-
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The regular
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All the mem
Minutes of
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Dr, Grab
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Carried.
The. Audit
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of Jae. Jeuee-
soeepted and 15
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J.onary let, 19
published In 1
The noels re
ported es $21
Moved by J
A. Lowey that
for lanai p
Oerr ed.
Inspector Fe
representatives'
Board, asked for
to liquidating Se.
room the rent be
Beard to provide
WEST HURON LI
A. meeting of the West Huron Liberal
Friday, for the pureose of eleetneg
sentativee frum nearly all of the tiiyietons
in the rirlIng Wore preeenti, and the meet.
mg wart meet eutheetattoo. .
M. fee Chtteerou, el. P. P., in a spirited
appear tor nominatiou he regretted his
inatolity to Maud fur eleotion.
Two prominent Liberals of the riding
were eon:mated-6 T. Currie, of East
Wewautiab and Wm. Ptoudioot, (Jo
the titmice of Nir, Prothtfout, and sub
eeguentey, an the motion of Mr, CUM
the (Mount was Made 11011111M010
the pieetieg, among them home
Liberal enudidate trotu Beath Lin
the Legieletere, and Robe Beetle,
Liberal ttabdicate for Went Hume
the House of Oommene.
WHAT WE MAY EXPEO
Thoneends of pitch bC11013 on the big
waYst
The'railWaya tO lose motley la Fe
et an early Mite.
SLUM sheathe tO hetteillet
if the Mime admit:nee tet pile
Tbe ion haryeet nem; at ha
nold weather e greet toe ore
'Mee p,,etefauett to du arils
next Week on twoonnt or St.
Brneeels to ellen in the
feud foal a permanent puti
That a goodly. tmrn
lemport the °mune, Feet
°Mere Will not ermegh up'
That WI, Feltner
the Seattle Light Waal in
shape and then extend the Ina
An Intermediete Font Ball take
dhatinnottettive,. We toili Mate
Cardiff and "Jim" Anderson,