The Brussels Post, 1909-11-18, Page 1VOL. 38 NO, 20
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Committee.
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The Mnr rieff Sunday sc col,im
tond
holding their Christmas Tree enter-
tainment the Wednesday evening be-
fore Cirr(etmas.
Will. Hislop arrives. home from
Muskoka Saturday. A good many of
the old veterans had to take a back
seat from Will., who. brought home
the full compliment any one is allow-
ed to shoot.
Quite a large nnrxiber of the people
wbo left this vicinity for the West
have returned home, including Geo.
McKay, 16th con,, G. W. McKay,
Frank Harrison and others. They all
report an enjoyable trip.
Wroxeter
Jos. Batton left for Toronto on
Monday.
Mrs. Oliver Smith, of Hamilton, is
the guest of friends in the village.
A number from here attended the
Assembly given in Gerrie on Friday
evening.
Miss Mary Miller left for Gleneden
last Tbursdtty to !attend her mother
who is in very poor health.
Wm, Bremner, who has charge of
B. F. Carr's harness shop in Gerrie, is
having two weeks' holidays.
Miss Alice Walker, of Niagara
Falls, is spending a few weekswith
her grandmother, Mrs. John Gibson,
who unfortunately had a severe fall
last week, cutting her head so badly
that several stitches were necessary.
The anniversary services of the
Methodist Church here will be held on
Sunday, Nov. 21st; at 11 a. in. and 7
p. m• Rev. R. Smith Baker, M. A.,
of Teeswater, will have cherge of the
services. Monday evening Lea will
be served in the basement of. the
church from 6 to 8 after which a good.
Concert will be given. Miss Eva M.
• Wheaten,' of Piue River, an honor
graduate' of Ontario Ladies' College
and School of Expression, will render
readings of wit, harrier. and sentiment,
The mole of the evening will be fur-
nished by Mrs. (ikv,)Baker, soloist,
mi andal
s utei n the rod Male
of Toe w end h
quartettes . of Wroxeter, Short
ad-
dresses willalso be givenbyy evs, R.
•' 1 H. Farr and J.
8, Baker, L. Perrin, 1.
Radford.
Ethel
1 Monday.
Council meeting ere asb
The cheese fautory has clsed
successful season. ` Robb. McKinnon is home from'the
West. Ise had a good time. and add-
ed 15 pounds to his weight.
An Englishman, living at D. Milne's
fell off the abutment . of the iron
bridge going over one night in the
dark. One shoulder was injured. He
is at Fergus hospital at present
A meeting will be held in Gibson's
Hall, Ethel, on Saturday evening,
Nov. 27th, for the purpose of organic
ing the Literary and Debating Society
for the eomiug Winter. A full at-
tendance is requested. '
, The Mission Band Thank -offering
will be held next Tuesday evening, at
7.30 o'clock in the Presbyterian
church. An address will be given by
Rev. J. Ferguson, of Belgrave, A
good program will also be provided,
Canadian Order of Foresters will
attend their annual service in the
Presbyterian church at 2,80 Sun-
day 2lstinst. when members are ask-
ed to meet at their Hall at 2 o'clock
sharp. Rev. D. B. McRae will preach.
The brethren are requested to be in
attendance. S. S. Cole is the Chief
Ranger.
Sortooi RErour.-Following is the
report of Ethel public school for the
month of October, based on weekly
examinations. Names in order of
Merit. Senior Department :=Olass
V-Fleda Freeman. Sr. IV -Vera
McCall, Lizzie Thompson, Clifford
Dunbar, Wilfred Eckmier, Lizzie Mc-
Iutosb, Lillie Kitchen. Jr. IV-
Oristle Engler, Olive Cooper, Pearl
Bateman, Edmund McLeod, Noble
McKee, Elwin Dobson, Verde Pollard,
Edith Flood.: Sr. III -Edith Fer-
guson, Grace Eckmier, Stanley
Strachan, George Cole, Wilfred
Thompson, Reggio Hemsworth,
Russell Eckmier. Jr. III -Lucinda
McNeelands, Della'McBee, Pearl Dob-
son, Walter Schaefer, Roy Dunbar,
Bert Vodden. Junior Department-
Sr. II -Stuart MacDonald, Lockhart
Dane, Harold Freeman, Lela Vodden,
Flossie Sanders, Lillian Martin, Stan-
ley Gill. Jr. II -Evelyn McIntosh,
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BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1909
Edith Eulcmier, 'Laura Her erworth,
'Viola Schaefer, Marion 'Thompson,
James Lucas, Lillian Davidson,
Willie Cole, Pt. II-Myr
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Bowes,
Davie McKee, Harold L ove, Pearl
Love, Russell Ktauter, Russell Mc-
Neelatd, George Pollard, Sr, I-
Minnie Martin, Quest Dobson, Cecil
Bateman, Bertha Cole, Archie Mc-
Donald, Marjorie Thompson, Willie
Dane, Berenice. Cole, Florence Mc-
Intosh.. Int. I -Alice
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McCall, Ann30Hemsworth,01fEurd
Ferguson, Harvey Flood
Edwin
Kreuter, Tema Mitchell, Ella Mitchell,
Leslie Pollard,' Minnie Cole, Jr. '-
George McKee, Mae Vodden, Blake
Rowlett, Laura McIntosh, Lily San-
dere, Cuyler Henderson, Ethel Thomp-
son, Willie Woods, Ella 1VJc Neel and
A. H. MAODONALD, Principal.
M. E. Weiss', Assistant,
Jamestown
Mr. and Mrs, Eckmier and. Miss
Verne spent Sunday with Ethel
Mende.
George Mason, of Wingharn, will
take the service. in Victoria Hall on
Sunday evening, Nov. 21st, at 7.30.
At the r•egnliar meeting of the Wom-
en's Institute, for the mouth of No-
vember It paper entitled "The evil of
faultfinding,}' will be given by -.Mrs,
Jno. Cutt, end a talk on "Serving a
dinner" by Miss M. Snell. These will
be no doubt very interesting and a
large audience is requested, The
meeting will be held at the home of
Mrs. J. D. Miller, the President, on
Nov. 26th at 2.50 p. m.
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JAS. S. 'SHAW has been selling off his stock of
oHardware very 'fast and has still many good bar- .�'
i gains to offer.. Here are a few Specials :-
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• -4 onlygood Neokyokes, 2nd growth ash, 80c each. +
-1 dozn Willow Bastcets,14 bus., 40e each. .♦1-
+ -2 only Three-way Pumps, complete with cylinder and piping, at •
two-thirds regular value. ♦
-Half doz. pairs Dunlop Bicycle Tires, complete `� .8,00 per set .;.
outer covers only $3.00 each. ♦
Is -Bolts, any number, assorted, 1411 each,
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--3 only $1.25 Razors at 60c ; 2 only $1.75 Razors at $1.00, •
-4 only large Parlor Lamps at $3.50'each, regular price $5.00. ♦
-Shoe Grease, 5o per box. +
-A big redaction on all Silverware.
-Scissors, all sizes and kinds, at 15% off regnlar prices. t
-1 onlyHayCarrier, with slings, fork and rope all new, carriage
ad blck only,' triple rope style $0.00, hay fork $3.50, sling
'ropes short style $3.00 per set. .
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-,i barrel Cylinder Oil a t 450
per gallon.
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-li barrel Red Engine OH 1 tla per g tLllOtl, ♦
♦ -i keg Separator Oil at 60c per gallon, ♦
-Alabastine 20c packs es for 10c ; 40c packages for 20c,
-All kinds of stove and stove -pipe blacking.
--Try our new American Coal Oil at 25c, per gallon.
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• Highest Price for all kinds of Furs -Bring in your Fox, C0011,
Skunk and l Mrt, Mink. Open season for. Muskrats Dec. 1st'
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the Legislative Asserl'ibly for the prov-
incepre-
sent
be delegated Go a
fnoo of Ontario
sent the petitin, togethr with such
further information as may be obtain-
ed to the Provineial Government and
to show the actual necessity of the
government taking up and performing
the work.
- Grey
Roe's Sabbath School will hold their
Christmas -Tree Entertainment on
Tuesday eveniug, Dec. 21st.
Miss Martha Smith, 7th eon., arriv-
ed home last week after an extended
visit with relatives in Toronto.
A superfluous growth on the thumb
of Oliver turnbull's left hand is
bothering bim. It was occasioned by
the scratchof a nail.
Give the Bible Society Collectors a
friendly reception as they am engaged
iu a grand work in which you ought.
to be greatly interested.
A series of Local Option public.
meetings will be held in Grey town-
ship during the corning month, of
which due announcements will be
mads.
Angus Campbell, 'con. 11, Grey, was,
the first to ship a car load of sugar
beets from Ethel station to the Berlin
Sugar Beet Company. They were a
good crop.
Evangelistic services are in progress
at Roe's church each evening' this
week, barring Saturday, conducted by
the pastor. Miss Julia 'Toombs, of
Toronto, a neice of J. A. Frain, is
assisting, her part being the singing
of the "Old, Old Story."
DIED LAST TmeSDAy.-Peter Stow -
art, Lot 9, Con. 14, passed away on
Tuesday of this week, in his44th year.
lie had not been in good health for
some time. The funeral took place
Thursday afternoon, interment being
made at Brussels cemetery.
APPEAL DISMISSED. -The appeal
case of Marsh vs. Grey Township
came up for hearing at Toronto last
week and was argued by Barristers
V
austoue and P
roudfootr the re-
f n
spective sides. Decision was given in
favor of the township but they will
have to pay their share of the costs.
Reeve Fraser and Deputy Reeve Grant
were in attendance.
Bs -Law GOT Two READINks.-At
last Monday's township Council the
Local Option By -Law was presented
and received a 1st and 2nd reading.
The By -Law will be published next
week and will be voted on at the.
coiling' Municipal Election, January
31.cl, at thetlsual ealling places. Clerk
A. H. McDonald assumed office ou
Monday as successor to the late John
McIntosh.
;Tuesday of this week Jno. B. Smith
a well known resident of the 3rd con.,
for the past 50 years, left for Canning,
Oxford Co., where he purposes making
his home. He tool. a car load of
stook, implements and household
effects with hint for his farm. Mrs.
Smith and children will follow in a
few days. They carry with them the
good wishes of many old friends for
their happiness and prosperity who.
have no hesitancy in recommending
new home neighbors as
the to their
m
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first class people and well worthy
of
the very best treatment they know
how to give.
During the past week Jno. and Mrs.
McKinnon and little daughter have
been visiting at the formers parental
home, 8th eon. The visitors live in
the bustling city of Fort William
which they consider to be well in the
mace for large growth and develop-
ment. Mr. McKinnon will accom-
pany his wife and. babygirl to Mont-
real before returning Westward.
Mrs. McKinuon's home is in the East
where she will visit relatives for a few
months. The many old friends of
"Jack", as he is familiarly called, are
glad to know that he is prospering
and wish hhn the best of success. He
Has a baby he would pot take $6,000
for, even in hard Casio.
COUNCIL }BIISINESSi-A joint -meet-
ing of the Municipal Councils of Elms
and Grey was held at Henfryn ou
Saturday, Nov. 61b, at 2 o'clock p. tri.
for the purpose of considering the im-
provement of a portion of the Mait-
land River. Wm. Fraser, Reeve
of Grey, was appointed Chair-
man and Geo. Loohead, Clerk of
Elms, was appointed clerk of the
meeting, A large number of those
interested were also present and after
considerable discussion and as the
municipalities had no power to make
an assessment for the improvement
of the said. river upon the decision of
the Drainage Referee in the appeal re
Burnett drain, it was agreed that the
parties interested provide es largely
signed petition and that the Reeve 01
each ofthe aforesaid municipalities,.
together with their representatives in
Cranbrook
A Christmas Tree and Entertain-
trial .Sunday
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me 1 in the P es e i
School will be held inyKuox church o
Thursday evening, Dec, 23rd.
S. H. Mitchell (Son of J, 3, Mitchell,
of Wingharn), formerly of 0ranbro0k,
is making his way in the West in the
employ of the Union Bank. He has
been transferred i .- err d from Scott bo Saaka-
toon agency.
Walton
Service in the Methodist church
next Sunday evening at. 7 p. m, At
the close of the service the delegates
of the Epworth League will give their
report of the Convention held at
Londesboro, Nov. 4th and 5th.
The Porter family, who have been
living in the Duff church manse for
some time, will vacate it to make
room for the new parson, Rev, Mr.
Lundy. They will move to the manse
belonging to the American 'Presby-
terian church.
Rev. P. Scott. Ph. B., of Tohna,
North Dakota, Conference Evangelist,
of the Methodist church, will, preach
at Bethel lylethodisb church next Sab-
bath afternoon at 2.30 p. no. also at
7 p. m. and will assist the pastor in
special services during the corning
week every night except Saturday.
SALE Pum Ove. -Tuesday was such
a wet day reducing the attendance at
Mrs. Dora McFadzean's auction sale,
Lot 6, Con. 17, Grey, that it was
thought wise nob to sacrifice such
good stock, implements, &o. Hence
the sale was postponed until next
Monday afternoon, 22nd lust, at 1 p_
m. Sale is unreserved as the proprie-
tress has rented the farm.
The members of the Walton Beef
Ring met at the home of Jno. Bennett
Friday night to wind up for the sea-
son and to settle their accounts with
others, who had consumed a little
over 7 tons of choice beef during the
Sumner. A11 were well:satisfied with
butcher, John Bell. A vote of :thanks
was tendered Mr. Bennett for his
kindness and hospitality and a prom-
ise to gravel his lane in the near
future. Jno. Smillie, John Ewen,
Jen. Bennett and Eli McLaughlin,
with Jas. McFadzean as their Secre-
tary, was appointed a Committee to
look 02 bel preliminai'ies for next sea-
son and all being well, Mr. Bell will be
their butcher once more.
East Huron Liberals
The annual meebiiag of East
Huron Liberals as constituted
for theDominionhouse will be
1 held in the Town Hall, Brussels,
on Thursday, December 16th, at 4
I p. m. Election of officers, re -
Coming the Treasurer's ar's re
ort
and other business .will be trans-
acted.
rane-
a t d. ubl c: meeti will be
ce A. i n
r g
held in the evening a4• 7.30 a
o'clock, at which addresses will 0
be given by local and outside
speakers.
North Flume ren Li ral ill
Liberals w
,- meet in Wingllam on Tuesday,
December '21st.
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five brothers and one sister. The
daughters tare -Mrs. Annie Osborne,
of Algoma ; Mrs, F. Brewer and Mrs.
3, J. Sellars, of Morris ; Lillian, of
Detroit and Ida at home. The sons
are -John, Charles, Martin, Reuben
and William, all of Morris, the latter
at home, A11 were'at his bedside, ex-
cept his eldest daughter Annie and
one brother, Jobe, of Algoma. The
relatives from a distance who attend-
ed the funeral were -Mrs. J. Sullivan.
and George Garniss, sister and brother
of the deceased, J. Sullivan, T. Martin-
gale, C. Coultes and daughter, Lillian,
of Detroit. The pall bearers were the
five sons of the deceased and one
brother, William.
"Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep,
Froin which none other wake to weep
A calm and undisturbed repose.
Unbroken by the last of foes."
Morris
Ed. Nichol and children, 6th line,
were visiting Rima friends.
John Clegg has disposed of a fine
horse bo Listowel buyers at a good
figure.
519,170.50 is the total Tax Collector
Proctor has to account for in his work
in ,Morris_ this year. Not quite as
large an amount as last year but a
large amount to handle just the same.
T. S. and Mrs. Brandon and family
have removed to Win ham for the
Urns being.
Mr. Brand
gon was the
owner of the farm, which he sold re-
cently for 48 years and it is hard to
part with old neighbors.
A. J. Beesley and bride left Blue -
vale station, Saturday 18th. inst., far
Manitawanning, Manitoulin Island,
where the former has secured a situa-
tion. We wish them happiness and
prosperity in their new home.
Last week Mi•. O'Connor and family
moved to Blyth where they purpose
malting their home, for a time at least.
They have beeu residents of this town-
ship for years and carry with them to.
Blyth the good wishes of many old
friends.
On the 8th line there is hardly a
culvert, big or little, where for want
of gravel a person rums the, risk of
breaking a spring or axle if not their
neck. Some of the other lines are not
much better. The pathmasters surely
know of this coutlttion of affairs and
should remedy it at once.
DIED. -There passed away at Sea -
forth on Saturday, A'Vm. Masters, ahr
old resident of the 5111 line, having
occupied by G.
owned the farm. now [ 1
W. Proctor, whichhe disposed to osud
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Masters bad
some 20years ago.l[
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been in failing health for some mouths
and the end was not unexpectt d, he
having reached his 82nd year. His re-
mains were interred from Belgrave G.
T. R. station Monday on the arrival
of the 11..46 train iu McCrae's ceme-
tery, Rev. Mr. Cook having charge of
the service. Deceased is survived by
one daughter in Detroit, another m
Algoma and one in the West, also two
sons in the Nest to mourn his death.
FRA121C G AR..TMS DECEASED. -We
regret to record the demise of a well
respected citizen in the person of
Frank Gemini -who passed peacefully
away Thursday morning, 4ti1 inst. ab
the ripe age of 82 years. In the Fall
1866 he calve to Canada from Grimsby
England, with his parents, who set-
tled nn the 3id ceuoession of Morris,
which was then a vast forest. He
took up a farm for himself on don. 2,
6iod by hard labor made a comfortable
home for himself and family where he
continued to reside tillthis death' In
1856 he married Mary Ann Holloway
from near Windsor. He was a con-
sistent member of the Ebenezer Metho-
distchiuch over 50 years and did his
work faithfully and well. He has
been in failing health for three or four
years but took wore° about a month
ago, With all the aid possible he
again rallied until jest abont a week
before his death, when he took worse,
and knew his end was' hoar. He
bore his afobion patiently, for Ire was
pro hared, and erica without a struggle
in the midst of :relatives and friends.
He leaves to roomer his loss an aged
wife, five slaughters and five sons, also
Belgrave
Miss Elsie Clark is taking a course
in a millinery department in Wing -
ham.
Miss Bella Owens left for her home
in Portage la Prairie after spending
the Summer with her sister.
Mrs. Janes Cunningham continues
in poor health and is not recovering
as fast as her friends would wish.
Mrs. Stewart and daughter, of
Goderieh township, are visiting the
former's parents, A. and Mrs. Halli-
day.
The annual Xmas Tree and Concert
of the Presbyterian Sabbath School
will be held on Xmas eve. A good
program is being provided.
Rev. Mr. Small, of Blyth, occupied
the pulpit in Knox Church Sunday
morning,. Nov. 7th, taking anniver-
sary services
nniver-saryservices at Calvin Church after-
noon and evening.
The Quarterly Board of the Metho-
dist Church met at the Parsonage on
Monday of last week with a full at-
tendance and showed the work of the
circuit prospering under the pastorate
of Rev. Mr. Cook.
At the regular monthly Missionary
meeting of the Methodist Church,
which was held at the Parsonage, a
large bale of clothing was packed for
the Deaconess' Home in Toronto.
The bale consisted of a large supply
of warm, comfortable clothing for
needy ones, also a quantity of fruit
and several barrels of apples.
Blyth
The, new manse will soon be ready
for occupation.
Service next Sunday
in the R. O.
church at 10.30 a. in. and 7.15 p. m.
Torn Lee had some Chinamen visit-
ors to see him during the past week.
Christmas trade is blooming up and
the business -people are getting ready
for it.
The blacksmith business opened up
by F. 13ainton recently, has been dos-
ed and he has gone back to Bervie.
Large quantities of tile are being
hauled from the Blyth manufactory
this season. They turn out a No, 1
article.
A. Hislop, ex -M. P. P., was in Blyth
on Monday. The people were guess-
ing that post office appointment busi-
ness brought him here.
We are sorry to record the death of
Robert Drummond, a former well
known resident~ who passed away at
Toronto where he was also buried.
Between the local and outside
poultry buyers ra everYt
hing
from the
tender Spring pullet to the
tough
old
hen or gobblerhave
been picked up.
The local Rifle shooting match last
week was a decided success. Scores
are not ready for this week but will
be given The Standard in time for
next week.
David Carter our popular agent has
receutly purchased the trotting 'bred
stallion "Wheeling Wilkes" from W.
Hoeg, of Morris. it r. Garter certainly
likes to have the good ones.
Blyth leads a good many larger
places for apple slopping. Two cars
were recently shipped to the West by
Wm. and John Bell. The fruit is
worth a tidy penny when it lands
there.
Another of our young men has gone
from town in the person of Roy Sims
who has taken a position in Lucknow,
Roy is a good base ballist and hockey-
ist of no mean order. We wish him
success.
A. E. Braduvin, formerly of the
Blyth Standard, has purchased the
North Star, Parry Sound, and is now
in possession. His numerous friends
here will wish him success in his new
home.
Henn FAIR -The first of the
Monthly Horse. Fairs for this season
will be held in Blyth on Tuesday,
Nov, 8001. .Local and outside buyers
are expected to be in attendance.
Don't forget the date.
Won. Logan is back from the West
where he represented the well known
and highly praised steam boiler clean-
er patented by Joe Carter, our towns-
man. Mr. Logan bit it all right and
may try the West again,
A tidy basement has been fitted up
at the 0, P, R, to be utilized es . ad-
ditional store room,
Several Blythites will try their hand
at the Trap Shooting Tournament at
andL5th i '1 i
ste.
Brussels on the 24111
We have some good shots here with
who
'110 � or shotshould
either riflegrin
pick up some of the prizes offered.
The probabilities are that a new
Postmaster will be appointed to fill
the vacancy here shortly. It is said
there are or have been a dozen and a
half in the list of applicants and a
goodly number of likely people among
them who would fill tate oblige well,
LooAx, OPTION. -:Desiring regularly
to set some facts and figures before
the electors concerning Local Option
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a solum space on page Ix
STAN-
DARD -h s been engaged by the loeal
committee who will edit it during the
campaign. This is the first week, the
article dealing with Owen Sound ex-
perience. You should read this col-
umn n0 matter how you intend to
vote on January 3rd.
Perth County
For the month of October there
were 180 pupils enrolled at the Listo-
wel High School :-Form, I, 44 ;Form
II, 48 ; Form A., 35 ; Form B., 81 ;
Form IV, 22.
The J. G. Grosch Felt Shoe Com-
pany of Milverton, has been reorgan-
ized with additional outside capital
and will in future be known as the
Grosoh Felt Shoe Co. Limited.
The operation performed on the leg
of Rev. Cross, of Professor's Corners,
did not prove successful. The pastor
is far from tieing better and will be
some months ab least before he will be
able to use the leg as formerly.
Friday uight was a gala one among
the Daughters of Rebekah in their
lodge room Stratford. The occasion
was the initiation of twelve candidates
from St. Marys and the work was put
on in a manner that called for hearty
congratulations.
Richard Hammond, of Winnipeg,
is visiting his sister, Mrs. (Rev.)
Livingston, at theparsonage, Mitchell.
He has invented and patented, both in
Canada and the United States, the
Hammond SelI-Stooker. This will be
a great boon to the Western farmers
as a labor saver and a good money-
maker for the inventor. Mr. Ham-
mond hits been in the West for 29
years.
OUR WINNIPEU LETTER.
W. H. KERR, Proprietor
the entry of a vast deal of outside capi-
tel. At the present time a great deal
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of money is belni,,revolved from Great
Britain and the United .States,
Speak. k.
bag generally, British capital is senout
fort vesuricut and that from the States
is brought
by the investors themselves.
Tips PLOWS FREELY,
'IAE LOw
Immigration figures show that the
tide of men and money flows freely
across theinteruatioual boundary,
'The immigration for w the six months
s
s as 6 8 a
from the Uaned StatL 55 .4 6,
compared with 34,259 for the same
period last year, au increase of 65 per
cent. The immigration via ocean ports
was 64,447, Re compared with 66,218 for
the same period last year, a decrease of
3 per cent,
BIG INCREASE IN CUSTOMS COLLECTIONS,
The customs house receipts for Sep.
telpher were about $o,000,000 id excess
of those of September r9o8. The total
collections amounted to $5,236,736, as
compawith 54,.3 ue
ino8, an red increase of3165920,47263.1SeptembFur ther
first seven months of the fiseal year the
Customs collections exceeded those of
the same period last year by 56,838.614,
Brussels School Board
The regular meeting of the Board held
in Board Ruotn lust Friday evening,
Ross,m
Mebers present, Chairman, T. Farrow,
M. Black, R. Leatherdale and D. C.
Minutes of previous meeting read and
approved.
The Following accounts were passed,
on motion of R. Leatherdale. seconded
by M. Black :-F. Mcersrlten, kali;ti-
mining, 520.00 ; Raymanu & Cameron,
repairs to pump, &o., 53.00 ; R, Heud-
erson, freight and drayage, 51.89 ; Miss
B. McCamus, art supplies Rud express,
52.75 ; Canada School and Furniture
Co., ink wells, 52.00,
Phe question of adding to the School
Library was d1scussed and un motion of
Messrs. Black and Leatherdale the
Principal was instructed to make the
required additions,
me Board then adjourned.
J. H. CAMERON, Secretary.
Without any of the unhealthy indica-
tions of a boom. the remarkable selling
that has chsiacterized the real estate
market of this city for some weeks, COD -
Unties. Inside properties keep on in-
creasing in price, seemingly from day to
day, and some large gains have been
made by local dealers in this class of
property and by fortunate owners who
bought the land which bas recently
changed hands at record prices, at a
time when the cost of Winnipeg hold-
ings was much less than now.
GENERAL GOOD EFFECT
The record price of 53,500 a esot was
touched in the isale of Portage Avenue
frontage last week, and the owner, one
of Winnipeg's prominent business men
wbo is engaged in bakery and restaurant
line, is reported to have cleared no less
than a quarter of a million dollars on his
sale. The large sales that have been
made have had a tonic effect on all
property throughout the city and Fall
sales of land and houses have been re-
markably active. Other lines of busi-
ness are correspondingly brisk and the
splendid Fall weather has permitted
building operations to be prolonged be-
yond the usual time for such work to be
done without added expense.
OCTOBER CLEARINGS BREAK RECORDS
For October the bank clearings a-
mounted to 597,862.863, being 537,000,-
00o above those of October of last year.
The gain is practically a million a day.
Compared with the corresponding
month of last year the gain is 33 per
cent. As showing how exceptional are
this month's returns the following com-
parison of monthly returns is interest-
ing :
ago8
Jan 547.755.463
Feb 37,665,201
1 9
12b 60 9
March 4
r
April ........... 39 .487
4
3
May 44 003,603
June 39,154.282
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec .... ........... 75,601,239
BUILDING FIGURES, TOO
Comparison of the building figures,
shows that the year of 1909 will far out-
strip r9o8 in the matter of new buildings
erected. The figures for the year so far
are over 3,000,000 in excess of these for
the first ten months in IgoS. Oct„ 0908
permits r44 ; 1909, permits ars ; 1908,
buildings, 168 ; agog buildings, 253 ;
cost 1908, 5460,400; Dost 0009, 5511,830.
In the first ten months of 2908 there
were issued 0,421 permits for 0,640
buildings at a cost of $5,183,100. For
the first ten months of this year there
were issued 1,327 permits for 2,742,
coating $8,860.600.
These figures indicate an aggregate
cost of now buildings for the year of ten
or eleven millions, perhaps more than
that, and wide this will not be a record
for Winnipeg, it will coma very near
the high mark set in reo6 of 312,6z5.-
950.
1909
551.729.453
41,211,683
0
49.77,694
54.395,88 3
55.916,690
49,452.797
. 42,119.516 50,701,664
36.938,567 46,796.404
47.478.426 60,827.428
73,794,782 97,862,428
86,o8o,626
Church Chimes
There will be Divine service in the
Catholic church, Brussels, next Sunday
mat inst., at 10.30 a. n1.
Next Sabbath Rev. Mr. Kay, sr., of
Stratford, will supply the pulpa of
Melville Church in the absence oL the
pastor at Paisley, where he is conduct-
ing Evangelistic services.
Rev. '1'. Wesley Cosens, of Clinton, a
former pastor in Brussels, will preach in
the Methodist Church here next Sab-
bath. It will be Connexional Fund day.
Rev. Mr. Powell will preach in Ontario
street church, Clinton, on the same
date.
Sabbath morning last Rev, Mr.
Powell preached on the topic "The
open secret of character," and .in the
evening gave the first of a series of dis-
courses on the Temperance question,
dealing with the duty of the people to
ally themselves with movements cal-
culated to curtail the dire work of the
liquor traffic.
LIZARD POINT RESERVE. -Extract
from Rev. R. Bailey's K e port -'The
moral tone of this reserve is decidedly
low. The sacred laws of marriage are
far from being observed ; gambling is
frequent, I regret to say, among our -
school boys. Liquor drinking Is appal..
Tingly on the inurease. '1'he liquor is
supplied by men whose names among
the Indians do not emit the sweetest'
odor, but because there is good money
in the transaction the white man sells it
to them. It is the greatest enemy of the
Indian, bis family and the church.; ..We
cannot understand how that our govern-
ment will protect the fish and.wild
animals, and yet will not make an effort
to protect the belpless .Indian who" be-
comes so maddened by the drink as to
get beyond control. Lately one df.the
band in a drinking carousal got so
crazed with whiskey that he pounded
his wife sod compelled her to leave her
home in a cold Winter night with the.
thermometer registering 40 0 below and
the result is that she is lying-in the hos-
pital to-day
ospitalto-day with portions of both' feet
amputated and to be a cripple for life.
DUE TO BIC CROPS.
Of conrse, the remarkable business
that is being transacted in many lines
has its base and origin in the splendid
crop rett,rns of the past two years.
Enormous yields of wheat that sells for
almost a dollar a bushel, has lite effect
of pouring out a flood of wealth upon
the country of itself, and also induces
Dr. Edward Allworth died at Kings-
ville.
Reedier was killed bya falling
Mark Bou
N
g
smokestack at Brantford,
Au Italian named Terra was killed on
the M. C. R. near Tilbury.
Russell Franklin made a daring escape
from Whitby jail.
R. L. Borden will spend a week in
Toronto on his return from Halifax.
Terence Scott, colored, was found;,
guilty at Hamilton of keeping a gaming.
house,
A Frenchman named Dagonga was
smothered under a lot of cement in
Port Colborne.
Mrs. Nelson Mills laid the corner-
stone of the new 550,o00 boys' Y. M.
C. A, at Hamilton.
D. W. Hines, President of the Farm
ers' Railway at Prince Albert. Sask,,
bas gone insane.
Archbishop Brechesi has tirged Cath-
olics of Montreal to cease attending the
Academic Theatre,
James Ross has sold 50,000 shares of
his Coal stock to the syndicate which is
arranging the merger with the Steel
Company.
Robert Wilson, G. 'C. R. engineer,
was fired at by some unknown man'
While running his engiue through
Booth's yard at Ottawa.
Frederick Peterson, a colored men,
was stabbed in the head at a dance
Hamilton, and Charles Smith has been
arrested on a charge of committing the
offence.
Two sons of George tlttick, a Russian
Sew, were burned to death at Berrie,
and a third was very seriously bottled.
They were located up in the horise der-
ing their parents' absence and. fire broke
cut,