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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1910-4-14, Page 1VOL. 38 NO, q.z New Advertisements a1 paper -Jae IPox. Palk liaergg,Smith. Jt RH.- . Ma-cnahI in . y forale-13, Gerry. gonia -;W I,1e'ournolren. "a att r � . a r tl e - A. 0. ,mlenu finen . t>•. tineeyEan1:110 , : lJt1o7oPublishing Ba rn a: J"n"0,a Yohatch, hatching -4 ratron . Ulo$ NgtBTatH-buHHsHSanderson � Carr. . Pbie'3n,nn •No2 lied re wills, oo hewn tend, spell Kms. Mrs. sick wed Bev late east ist il;t Rebis Wroxeter -Ii, D, gammon an author•- eseutaLive of the Government an adds ess in the 'Posse,' Hall ay evening April 19th when ealc on the Govvei amen t an - Every one is invitee to at. Reis, of i\filverton, is a few days with his son Con. e are sorry to learn that O. Currie is again on the W. and Mrs. Marshall were own last week attending the f the latter's sister, Niles right. -The funeral of the m, Crawford, of Howlett, s. Wm. Rutledge, of this Tillage, took place to : the Wroxeter cotnetet•y last Thursday afternoon, The 0irctm5tance8 of her death seen particularly sadas site had just re trailed home from nursing her sister,. Miss ID, Montgomery who died a few weeks a o tvlten tauten ill herself and passed away last :Tuesday. A husband and two desighteie eurvtve to whom 01U sympathies are extended in then. bereavement,—At a meeting held. last Wednesday evening in the Town Hall to arrange for celebrating the 1st of July here, the' following officers were elected •—Pres" G. Davidson ; Vice- Pres., ice-Pres , Dr, McKenzie - See„ D. M. Mo- 7.avieh ;'frees., W. J. Mather. Jamestown EITMENaA:t,—A very pleasant event took place at Jamestown, on Wednes- day evening,_ April 6th, when Miss Bertha M, Wright, youngest daugh- ter of Mrs. Jas. Weight, was married at the residence of her brother, W. H. , Wright, to Wesley E. Jermyn, son of Jas. and Mrs. ,Iermyo, formerly of Brownstown. The nuptial knot was tied by Rev. L. Perrin, of Wroxeter. Bessie Wright, niece of the bride, was flower girl. The bride looked very; pretty in her dress of navy bine and cream waist, She was the recipient r �FL�aO/.t0-i•G:�.YFS'a'SrR:'��ti^Lib:d7i 'yEfl�IS�A�6A'9i5A�'Qf'.A� y64�•Y!•^d' �4 Te;�iY.Qi /`'-- /i 5 at#e' Millinery Parlors by ; G b sw..,A mee47-b= k.4�".,bVPSIP seeaA 117-Mg,1��Mepm.ASI l E were delighted with the success of our Opening and we thank the Ladies for their attendance. It's the Originality of Ideas, the Cleverness g Y of Designs and the Beauty of Color Schemes that gives to our Millinery a touch of exclusive- ness and makes it so easy for you to select, And best of al'l our Prices are very Mod- erate. ,Fa'4�L4s� rsL'Pzrial'rfi 3y ' a av e0-AYA ,!a a`7R^X4btyoall'azI a rh64 Betmonte E. l'N M N Millinery yy Parlors leetteeeseesAAateveeteeeerelieseeieseeeeetiatiereel & Co . Waiker,Black Two Large Stocks of Furniture and House Furnishings in One We have just purchased the entire stock of R. Leatherdale & Son at a rate on the $. The firm is well known here and has always kept goods of the best quality. Weare now putting the 2 in 1. This gives us the largest and best assorted stock in the County. In order to reduce our stock to the capacity of one store we offer Special Inducements to. purchasers for the next 3o. days. ManyBar Here are a Few of the ains 9 i Beds Beds trasses rasses hes hes les oards its regular $12 00 now $10.50 „ ii 7 50 650 "r 6 50 " 5 50 5 00 " 4 00 2400 " 2250 900 " i750 750 " 600 tO $2 5 .00 and S I 2.00 t0 [ I.00 from X2.7.00 `� 5 � t I2.00 to 10.00 and 7 to 8.50 7.50 ti 7,5.o to 6.75 and 4,50 to 4,0o .tt II tr IJUM'CARPET CLEANER TO HIRE NDTrRTAKTNG A SPECIALTY. lkerBOill Leatherdale's Old Stand Residence 11 Ree other pries next Week BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL, 4, xgio of mate 005 beatttifIU . and nsefttl. presents among whiob was a gold watch and chain from the grooln. Owittgg to the recent bereavement in he bridoe Jamil' only the immediate relativos were p1 t family to witness the ve cet,'ettaony. - A sumptuous wedding supper was served which was brush etljoyed. Mr, end Mrs. Jermyn have •d Mewl up Choir resedenc4 of I .the 3t conCeesioil ttf Morrie. '.heir many frietds wish diem a very happy and prosperous harried life. Hallett DIED IN E DE YOUTH.—Last Battu?, day Eolith lel. A., eldest daughter of Honey B. and Mrs. Moen, Lot 16, Con. 11, was called away from the earthly home to the House of many mansions, at the early age of 9 years, 6 months and 14 days. Appendicitis was the cantle of death, a medical operation falling to save. her life. Funeral was on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, interment being made at Landesboro' eemetery. The bereaved have the sympathy of the community in the calling away of their blight young daughter. McCallum, 887; Annie Is1!oLaughlin, 837 ;.Alex, McLeod, 917. From Sr, Il: to Jr. III—Gilbert McCallum, 858 ; Eticdie Ryan, 808 GordonWaghorn, 271 ; Mamie Ryan, 208. From Jr, Il to Se. D --Katie Sholdlce, Ella Shol- dice, From Sr, Pt, II to Jr, II --Esme Knight, Laura Knight, Edna Wag - bore, James Waters, From Jr, Pt. Il to Sr. Pt, Its -Katie. McLaughlin, Gladys I3nlgol,0 arn Ryan,BeiMc- Leod, -Leod, Madaleine Ryan, Maurice Ryan, Prone ler. Pt, I to Jr. Pt. Il—Bert, Anderson, Earl Sholdioe, Hattie Bon- ger, Harry Bolger; James Soarer, Lizabell Snorer. From Jr. Pt, I to Sr. Pt. 'I—Nelson McLaughlin, Esther Bolger, Berndetta Ryan, Gertie Miller, Angus McCallum. Class I- 1 Hildtu Harris, Jessie McOullooi, Al-, beet McCulloch, Charlie Mnrray, ',Tillie Murray. M. E. Drum•, Teacher. Ethel; S. S. Cole has the contract for, two brick houses in Atwood, supplying all material and finishing up complete. Percheron Syndicate, of Ethel, sold the stallion ."Claudine to s. Kerr • ,Chas. for $830.00. The horse will be shipped to the West. S. S. (Jole got a splendid golden pheasant this week to take the place of the one he got killed. They 'are beautiful 'birds. Win. Baker, who has been on the sick list for some time, is well on the road to recovery we are pleased to state and we hope he will soon be o. k. The regular meeting of the Wow. - en's Institute will be held at the home of Mrs, O. Bernath on Thursday at 2.30 p. m. April' 21st. Topic "Spray- ing for fruit pests," taken by Mrs. T. Seffer. - The contributions last Sabbath to the Educational Fund on the Ethel circuit exceeded that of last year, which was• more than double that of any previous year. Persons having logs at S. S. Cole's saw mill had better get tient cut next week as he is about through hie own stock and will stop soon as the tnill is going away. .Dome and attend to your logs. Rev. Mr. Elford, of Wallace circuit, took the Educational work on Ethel circuit on Sunday last in the absence of Rev. Mr. Henderson who did similar work on Wallace circuit. Both gen- tlemen brought up the funds in fine shape despite the many removals in both 'fields. • We are pleased to notice that Rev. E. F. Armstrong, B. A.,• B. D., of Charing Cross, formerly a highly esteemed pastor of the Methodist Ohu"rch here, has been invited to Vic- toria street church, Ohatham, for the next term. He will do the work all right. A letter from Olds, Alberta, written by Irwin Raynard on. 'March 31st tam. 1 coun- c t says :—This is e y a large g Y r about half tr out here Farmers me e through seeding. We had a tall of snow on Monday and another on Wednesday but it was all away in about an hour. It is marvellous the amount of building going on in every town, such as houses, stores, &c. I got a job here at carpentering almost as soon as I got off the train. Bluevale Paul & Jewitt shipped a carload of hogs Wednesday. Mrs. Sheriff; of Toronto, is at pres- ent visiting at Robt. lelasgrove's. W. J. and Mrs. Kyle, of Brussels, visited friends in the village on Sun- day.. Russel Andt ews left on Tuesday for Hawtrey where he has secured a poli- tion. Thos. Watt,. of Mio, Mich., spent a few days this week calling on old friends in the village. Jas. 1'obinson, of Whitewater, Man., is in theseparts again buying anoth horse e. carload of t e . Mrs. Jno. Kingwascalled to Kin- cardine sardine one day this week owing to the serious illness of a relative. Wm. Raney is remodeling the house which he recently purchased and will move into it as soon as completed. The annual meeting of the Epworth League was held Monday evening and the following officers elected for the ensuing year r -Hon. Vice Pros., Rev. J. W. Andrews ; Pres., Miss Annie Stewart ; 1st Vice Pres., Neil Robb ; 2nd Vice Pres., Miss A. Hall ;• Srd Vice Pres., Russel Andrews ; 4th Vice Pres., Miss P. Andrews ; Sec„ Jas. Master; Treas., Gordon Hall. The league is in good standing and raised $29.00 for 1VIissions during the year. They are the class ofOanucks who should work to the top. Mrs, Somers will remelt) in Blyth for a while and probably "Mee." eloArter and "Mrs," Anderson will not go Wed either un. 111 the dove -cotes are ready.: If you don't like it in the West boys you will be welcome bark to Blyth. - Moncrieff 1VIrs, D, Harrison, who has been nursing Mrs. Geo, Hadley' duringher illness, has returned to her home in Logan, . belgrave errs. James Dow continues very low and little hopes are entertained for her recovery. The Presbyterian church is un - undergoing repairs. Choir platform is being extended and wben complet- ed will be a much needed improve- ment. Corr.—There passed away last Sab- bath morning Mrs. Jamieson, of Con. 9, East Wawanosh, at an advanced age. Deceased had been one of the pioneers of the neighborhood, coming from Scotland in her youth. She had only been ill a short time. Mr. Jamie- son died a year ago. The . subject of this notice had been a life-long mem- ber of Calvin . Presbyterian church. A grown-up family is left to mourn the loss of a good mother, Rev. Mr. Ferguson conducted the service and remains were interred iu Wingham cemetery. W. 1. KERR, Proprietor The first meeting of the newly S. or- ganized W. M. wee ee held on Wed- nesday at Union church with Mrs, Geo. Wilson, the 'President, presiding. There was a large attendance of the ladies and much interest manifested in the missionary wore they are or- ganized to perform. We wish them every success, DIED IN TORONTO.—The friends of Mu, James McNair, of Toronto, forms erlyof Grey, will sympathise with her in the death of her eldest son, Jamee Leslie, whjch occurred on Sunday evening, from heart failure, after an illuess of five weeks, He was a bright promising boy of seven years. The remains were taken to Cranbrook for interment by the aide of his deceased father. Morris 100 Aowe farm to rent forpssture. Apply on the farm, 5th line, to Mrs. Joseph Clegg, or Brussels P. O. Fall wheat is doing well and seed- ing is well advanced. A good sized addition has been built to the home of James Anderson, 5111 line. • James Michie is able to bearound again after being laid aside with a severe attact of la grippe. Mrs. Barkley, of London, is ot1 an extended visit with relatives in Morris and her son, George in Brussels. Next Sabbath afternoon Rev, Mr, Cooper. of Blyth, will preach at Sun-, shine and Rev, Mr. Oook will take the service at Jackson's Church. Mrs. Wm. Fraliok has not been en- joying very robust 'health during the past Winter but we hope the coming of Spring will prove beneficial. Al the close of the service in Sun- shine on Sunday the Sabbath School was re -organized for the Sommer months with Thos. Pierce as Superin- tendent. We wish the t;chool success. The telephone poles, wire, &c., are being placed on the 8th and 9th lines and the work of 'construction will proceed at once uuder the manage- ment of Brussels, Grey and Morris. Independeut line. Quite a number who did not sign for a phone last Fail say they intend putting one .in this Spring. John and lairs. Jackson and daugh- ter, 8th line, have moved to the West, locating at Wiwa Hills, Sask., where two sons have land. They carry with them the best wishes of many old friends for their highest success, The farm vacated by Mr. Jackson belongss to his brothel., Wm. Jackson, of Blyth, who bas leased it to another brother, George Jackson, who lives across the concession from the property. DIED IN TILE WEST. -Word was re- ceived frons Souris; Manitoba, this week that A. K. Robertson, who was a former resident of the 5th line 20 years ago, died on Taesday of last week in Itis 78th year. Deceased was a member of Court Princess Alexan- dria, 0. 0. F. Brussels, continuing his membership although an absentee. An adult family survive. Deceased was a fine man who will be remember- ed by the older settlers. Blyth We welcome F. and Mrs. Carr to. Blyth as residents. Rev. Mr. Tyler, of Walton, was a visitor in Blyth on Monday. Blyth sporting element should see that the Base Ball team is re -organ- ized right away so that practice could begin at once. Reeve Hill got a slight scorching at his planing mill furnace last week. Often Reeves • tet a "scorching" whether they need it or not. At the funeral service of the late Rev. Mr. Anderson, of Goderich, Rev. Mr. Stnall, of town, gave the address. He was a warm friend of the deceased. Next Sabbath Rev. Mr. Cook, of Belgrave, will occupy the pulpit of the Methodist church here. Rev. Mr. Cooper will preach on Belgrave circuit. A little daughter arrived at the home of our towusmtm K. Lybell which we hope may prove a great blessing i to more than father and mother. An A 1 heavy draught team was sold by Finlay Mclntoshon Tuesday to George Muldoon, of 'Brussels, the price being about $500. The pair went to Winnipeg. Street Inspector Somers has been busy cleaning up 'the streets, cutting. weeds and grass from margin of side- walks and clearing out the runways for surface water. • This week Matt. Maines and assist- ants are busy moving the large' frame barn belonging to the 'Commercial Hotel to a new position where it will be enlarged, refitted and modernized to accommodate the trade. It is an old building having beenbuiltover 50 years ago and its age was well sus- tained by the size and quality of the timber put in the frame. It will take some weeks is. complete the inlet ove- inents contemplated., PRESENTED WITH A GOLD - WATCH. -The members of. St. George's Club assembled in their r•o ons Friday even- ing to enjoy a social bour with the popular Vice -President, Frank Ander- son, who was about to remove 'from town M Heaney, Manitoba, where he has accepted a good position as manager of a mercantile business. Dr. Long addressed ell. Andei son in a felicitous speech expressive of his worth as a citizen, regret at his re- moval and good wishes for his future. Following this J. M. Hamilton pre- sented the guest of the evening with an elegant gold watch as a parting giftfrom St. George's Club. The re- cipient, made a itla hot box, • .stat although mpi very appropriate reply thanking the donors for their mach prized gift and the kind words and wishing Blyth prosperity. M.r.. Auderson took an 'active interest in various sports, societies and the town in geueial. and Blyth parts with him with many re- grets. He was a good business man and should snake his mark in the West. Walton MILLIS EIIY.—Miss E. Tyler will re- ceive orders for millinery at the Par- sonage this Spring. She will be glad to meet the old Customers as well as new ones and bepleased to, supply all in beadtvear. 1e miles North of here three rural delivery mail boxes have been placed. The persons served are ,Jas. Lawson, Morris, and Andrew Hislop and De- puty Reeve McFadzean, of Grey. Other boxes will be added it is said. The distribution is made from Walton postoffiee and the nail deposited by Brussels—Seaforth stage driver Oak- ley. A Goon OHoicE.—We two pleased to hear that J. Boyd Morrison, form- erly of Walton, •new of Napinka, Mon„ has been appointed chief clerk in the department of. education, the appointment to take effect on July let, It has been found necessary to place a ni•tn in chargeof tbe tletail work in connection with the depart- rnent, as Robert Fletcher,deputy minister, states that the work has assumed stick proportions that he ie tenable to attend to it in the manner reqqpired• and at the Same time give sufficient attention to the administra- tive work. It was 'only after careful consideration that Mr, Morrison was selected and the government feel sure that they have secured a man well qualified to fill the position. The reason Mr, Morrison is not taking office before July lst is that the of- fcials do not wish to disturb the work in the Napinka school of which lie is principal. 141r. Morrison is a brother to Mrs. R. H. Ferguson,.Walton. His many old friends here will be glad to hear of his well deserved promotion and will wish him many prosperous years in so important a wells for which he is particularly well adapted. Soa00% Rnrolsr,--The following is the resell; of the promotion examina- tion held in S. S. Not 11, Morris, On March 22nd, 23rd end 24th. Required m pass arks -Fourth class 828, Senior ';Third 863, Junior Third 310, Souior Second 260. Markel obtained were 1 --- Sr. I V--Gertie Meridian, 502,honors); Howard 1301ger, 436. (honors). From Jr, IV to Sr. IV—Ida McLeod, 430 ; Lona Harris, 418. Froin Sr. III to Jr, IV—Della Harris 476 ; Agnes Bishop, Cranbrook Misses Watson and McRae visited Brussels friends last week. A. J. M. Helm has a supply of salt in barrels on hand just now. Harry Noble has been laid up with blood poisoning but is recovering. The pump shop looks quite fla shy these days with the red pumps and wheelbarrows. Edward Denyer, of Milverton, was a visitor with Oraubrook friends for a few days this week. A goodly number were out on Sun- day afternoon to'hear Rev. Mr. Mc- Kenzie, of Wroxeter. His discourse on "Love" was very interesting. Thursday evening of last week a complimentary supper was given at the Stothers' restaurant to Frank Anderson; David Somme and Baxter MoA.rter, who wen leaving for the West. Messrs. Anderson and Me - Aster went to reiwtney, Man, and Mr. Somers 10 Winnipeg. We were sorry to see the boys leave town and wish thein well. The trio were fust friends of the Base Ball team. Mr. Anderson was manager and the other two the almost invincible battery who earned , many a hard e los the team to t y victory. Their merry friends here and elsewhere wish thein the very best success within reach. Mr, Some ars is a tensorial attest of flrsteciass sermon every Spring as they were about to commence their easen S Work, text on, that occasion was from Proverbs 3;b—"In all thy wiiys acknowledge. Dim, and He shall direct thy paths.. The following day lir. Anderson left for Montreal to attend the meeting of: the Doers of French Evangelization, of which he had been a member for Sonic years, A short time before he left` him a beep ' n Goderich it had b n antimakod to that the senate of the Presbyterian Col- lege, Montreal, wished to confer upon bim the degree or Doctor of Divinity, and it was arranged that be should re main in the East until tbe convocation on April 7th when the degree was to be conferred. On Easter Sunday be occupied. Rev.' Dr. Ramsay's pulpit at Ottawa, end'.' last week, while he was visiting Mrs-' Anderson's relatives in the capital city, he was seized with what appeared to be sciatica. which later developed Into a;i case of malignant grippe, ending in blood -poisoning, On Monday tbe steers ling news was received from Ottawa that bis illness had taken a very serious' turn. Mrs, Anderson left at once and reached bim early ou'luesday, at which;' time he was still quite conscious: Death intervened at about 10 .o'clock Wedues day morning. The body arrived from Ottawa on the noon C. P. R. train Thursday, accom- panied by Mrs, Anderson and her sister, Miss Masson, and Rev. J. D. Anderson, s bro- ther. of Beauharnois, Q ne. deceased b ther. The funeral took place Friday' afternoon. A service was held at Knox Church at2.3o o'clock, "Rev. F. H. Las- kin, he Pres- bytery of t kin, of Seaforth, moderator bytery of Huron, being in charge. and be was assisted by Rev, Messrs. Fletch- er, of Thames Road ; Small, of Blyth '; Sewers, of Brneefield ; Mann, of Auburn ; Shaw, of Egmondville, and Dr. McLean, of Goderich. 'Phe ad-" dress was given by Mr. Small, of Blyth. Rev. J. Hamilton, of Goderich, is acting' as moderator to supply the pulpit in the meantime, and a meeting of the Presby- tery will be held shortly to deal with the vacancy. Nearly all the ininisteriai members of the Presbytery were in at- - ten dance. Mr. Anderson leaves, besides his wife,, a family of one daughter and five ;sons. Miss Cbristabel and three sons, Wilbur, Melville and Hugh, are at home; Allis. is a student at . Queen's University, Kingston, and Bruce is on the staff of the Exeter branch of the Bank of Com- merce. Grey Council Pursuant to adjournment the Munici- pal Council ot the Township of Grey met in the Township Hall Ethel on April 4th. All members present. Reeve in chair. Minutes of last meet- ing read and adopted on motion of S. S, Cote and P. A. McArthur. Moved by P. A. McArthur seconded. by S. S. Cole that the Clerk notify the parties interested in the Murray—Lamb Drain, that the Engineer's report on same will be read and considered on Monday. April 25th at 2 p. m. Also the parties interested in the. Hannah Drain Improvement, that the Engineer's re- port will be read at 3 p. m. on the same date. Carried. Moved by Jas. McFadzean, ' seconded by John Cutt, that Mr. Cole attend to the repairing. of the culvert on Mill road between Lots 22 and 23 Con. g. Carried. Moved by Jas. McFadzean, seconded by P. A. McArthur, that the Reeve at- tend to the repairs on the Southern part of the 5th Sideline, Con. 7. Carried. Moved by S. S. Cole, seconded by P. A. McArthur: that By -Law No. 12, ap- pointing John' Roger engineer to report on the petition of Robt. Close, et al, asking for a Municipal drain ; By -Law No. 13, appointing John Roger, an en- gineer in answer to the requisition of 1. M. Knight and Val Foerster re Locking Drain,' also By -Law No. 14 appointing Adan Turnbull, Inspector of Noxious Weeds. be read each a third time and finally passed. Carried, Moved by P. A. McArthur; seconded by S. S. Cole, that tbe Clerk prepare a schedule distributing the surplus in the Bank to the credit of the McLean Drain interested. C arried. parties u the ams g e byas. McFadzean, seconded Mov d J be by P. A McArthur, that the Clerk authorized to set aside sufficient money from the Lamont Drain Bank account to pay -debentures for t911 and to prepare a schedule to distribute the balance among the parties interested. Carried. Moved by Jas. MoFadaean, seconded by John Cutt, that the Clerk be author- ized to set aside sufficient money from the Hanna Drain account to pay de- bentures for tg11. Carried. Moved. by S. S. Cole. seconded by P. A. 1V1eArthiir, that By Law to be kuown as By Law No. 15, of /gm. be prepared, appointing Wm. Dawson Inspector to curry out the provisions of BvLaw No. 6 of 191o, restraining dogs from. running at large, with power to lay complaints before any J. P. against all parties har- boring nnmuzzled dogs and with authori- ty to shoot or destroy all dogs running at large if the owners of such dogs are unknown. Carried. By -Law No. 15, of 1910 was read a first and second times. Moved by P. A. McArthur, seconded by Jas. McFadzean that, By -Law No. 15, be read a third time and finally passed, Carried. Accounts to the amount ot $123,02 were read and orders issued on the Treasurer for same. Council adjourned to meet on April 25th. A. H. MACDONALD, Clerk. 472 ; `Wilfred Clerk, 802. Ftotn Jr. ability,llt areAt'ter is widely known III to Sr. 1II—Howitt Miller, 416 its an expert in the photographic. Art Foster Beoriett, 413 ; Ola1•euoo Bet)- and Mr. Anderson has bad art extetad- nett, 307; Charlie Btilloclr, 305; Bob ed experience rehired the ureter, Grey A few weddings are on the tapis in Grey. Township Council will meet on the 24tH Inst., at Ethel. The Shoe Social at Roe's church is on the program for the 20th inst. A good time is promised. Everybody is actively engaged seed- ing and a.number are well on toward completion, thanks to, early Spring. If you have an interesting item send it to TSIs POST. Our telepbotae'is No. 81. A great deal' can be said on a postal card even. Wm.' Davidson, of Auburn, was visiting at the home of his uncle, Thos. Davidson, 12th cow, fora fete days this week. He was also visiting Walton friends. Robert Davidson has purchased the farm ft•oin his brother, \Vm., on the 18th con. and is now in possession. The latter er has moved to the Davidson Wm adjoining the Botz lalidge, 12111 eon. Albert. Fox, formerly of the 10th eon., who Bits removed from . St. Claude to Winnipeg, says in ienewing for TSE POST :— We are always pleased to get THE POST every week as it is like receiving a letter from hoe Themlong delayed telephone rural system on the 10th Con. begins to shape Into business fortis under the direction of Forbes Bros. and it will not be long before we can hello from Moncrieff to Brussels and the regions beyond. The persons interested in the pro- posed osed now school se'ctioti hi Grey have applied to the 0o. Council for an Arbitration Committeeto deal with the matter sinee the Township Council refused to giant their request. Ap- plication will be dealt with at the Jut Seas l I o ' , the Co. Council, i ncil, 1, ft The Sunday School was re-otganiz- etl at Roe's Ohuech on Tuesday even- ing with R. Carr and his efficient Staff of officers and teachers ail re- elected for another year. The School willte-open a *Reek from Sunday at 0.80 at, ur, sharp. All ate cordially invited. Death of Rev. J. A. Anderson Church Chimes..-:_. J' The well known evangelists, Revds. Crossley & Hunter, opened a series of services in Listowel last Sabbath. '!here will be Divine service in the Catholic Church, Brussels, next Sun- day, April 17th,. at 10.30. Sermon on "The Good Shepherd. -Last Monday evening Rev. E. G. Powell, ot Brussels, gave an illusty ` ' Lecture on '"rhe Life of Christ" Wroxeter lelethodist church. Wingham Districtmeeting will be field in the Methodist Church, Ripley, on May 17th and 18th. A publico * ing will be held on the evening first day. Last Sunday Rev. C. W. McKenzie,'t B, Aof Wroxeter, occupiedied the pulpit it ot x6e Methodist Church here and preached two good sermons. He also addressed the Epworth Leaguers at their meeting. The executive of the Howick town- ship Sabbath School Association net in the office of W. S. MeKercher, Wroxeter, and decided to bold their annual Convention ou the afternoon and •evening of May 23rd in Wroxeter, Rev. H. M, Lang -Ford, rector of Christ Church, Listowel, recently Brussels, has been real ill with r ate ante; of lagrippe but will soon be air right we hope. His congregation is giving hint several weeks' holidays to get fully re- cruited. Contribution envelopes for the Lord's Day Alliance funds will be distributed next Sabbath in Melville and the Meth odist churches. Each subscriber of 25 cents will receive a copy of the Lord's Day Advocate for a year if they place_; their name on the envelope. Thursday evening of this week the annual meeting of the Methodist Sabi bath. School will be held when the an- nual report' will be presented and officers I and teachers elected for the current year. Those interested will join in the tea with the Women's Missionary,. Society in the school room Thursday at 6 p, m. REV. R. MILLYARD FOR PRESIDENT. - The London .Conference of the Mettle- dist church will be held in the city of Chatham this year, opening' on Thurs- day, June and. at a p. tn., Thede, is usually an attendance of upwards of goo, about ball the number being lay- men. One of the early items of business is the election of a President. We would like verymuch to see the choice fall on Rev. Reuben u Millvald , of Gode- rich. He has been40 years in the min- istry, has a splendid record for work done and is one of the first preachers of the London Conference. RSV. Mr, Mill- yard is not an office seeker and is there fore all the more deserving of the honor,:, He would fill the position. wi ekiredt RALLY.—An, Epworth League - consisting of the Leagues of Fordwaob, Gerrie and Wroxeter will be held in the Gerrie Methodist church on Friday,,. April 15th, commencing at 8 p, tt�.' i trig e niers of Some of them t Executive wish to address the Leaguers) on this occasion, The program will consist of t—Devotional exercises, musics. by Gerrie choir and Miss Kate Hetzte-.' wood,; Missions and Mission study h she Epworth League, by W . T. Wingham ; Epworth by Roy Pre ne, 'V For 20 years the pastor of Knox Church, Goderich. Last week's Signal says :—The blow that has fallen upon the congregation of Knox church,. taking from them their roved pastor, is felt by the whole town in the loss of an admirable citizen. Go- ing ,u and out among US for over twenty years, he has left the impress of a life earnestly and wholly devoted to the ser- vice ot his Master and the care of the people whose spiritual welfare was com• 'netted to his charge. As ,pastor of Knox church he was hilly the shepheri ot his people, watching over thein zealously. patiently, untiringly, gather- ing in the younger members of the families, steadily .building up his con- gregation, but counting souls rather. than heads, So sudden and unexpected has been his taking away that his con- gregation can . hardly realize, the full import of the sad event, which bas deep- ly affected the whole community irrespective of religious denomivati0ta, of the embers t o s m Needless a v, the home that has been desolated have th heartfelt sympatJu a1L Mr. Au rich wa e� Suacia tYitl M t. Cate a