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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1910-11-10, Page 1VOL. 39 NO. 19 BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, l9O W. b.r. Proprietor New Advertisements lrure,::D. O, Rg9s. Looal-Geo. 13eicer.: moel-Q. A.. Modulen. Auction Sale -A. - Forstile-,Toto.M ado o Meadows, Morse tr - I Cciincil: 4ta4 E1nd S os -T. 0 condition on Pow rs C. 13irha i h. Going out ofHw1 est IL.bmit'q. Going out ot3nsinea1-J'ri gMilior Gowganda loEs.for aale-P'rank Miller, Bl uevale The anniversary services in Knox church were very successful. Rev. J. S. Duncan, B. D., of'Luoknow, deli- veredtavo excellent; sermons which were much enjoyed. The 'offering amounted to about $125. Monday evening the choir gave an At Home which was very well attended. An excellent program was i,•endered by friends from Brussels, Wingham and Wroxeter. Goderioh G. T.R.. DEPOT BURNED. -Fire total- ly destroyed the handsome brick station of tlie,Geend T!nnk Railway here Sunday at bemoan. The outbreak occuired when no one was on the premises, and the cause is unknown, unless from a crossed electrical circnib as the local power had just been turn- ed an, .. The building was a solid brick structure of modern design, erected about- eight years ago. None of the tickets or, other contents could be scoured"and'with an •iuefective water pressure the Ai men could accomplish veay little. The fall of snow, and direction . of .the wind; undoubtedly. prevented a' more serious conflagra- tiOb bit ong the - surrounding frame buildings. ' The traffic ,lainciled by the. G. T. l't; w;ll receive pt'otnpt attention froth railway, and .suitabletetn- porarysfacilities will be provided with all' immediate movo for substantial perrnaneniquarters. The loss is about, $25,000. ' Crain brook McRae isawayforati9o Rey.`D,-B. a t weeks vacation. Geo. Sperling is so far recovered•as to be sale to sit up half an hour every d Mrs.' B. K. McDonald' spent a few dayslastweek in Bgrussels the neitit of Mts. L R. Cameron. The AnniversarY services of the Methodistchm'ch will be hold on Sob - ba h,;Dec. 4th. A Tea meeting and Lecture will be on the program for following Monday evening. Will, and Miss Rebecca McNair left on Saturday for Moose Jaw where their brother. Archie is ill with fever. Word was received Wednesday that there is hopr fox his recovery and we trust he will soon be convalescent.,;;. F. R oldtz is having his eyes treated in Stratford hospital. Au operation has been periforuted and' so far seems to be successful- We: bope he will soon be folly restored. IVlonerleff Mr. ;llfunn'is kept very busy these days keepbig up with the domatgl for chop. A large amount of, hay has, been 'shipped from McNaught station this. season. ' MA's: Geo. McKaylxaareturnecl from the West. She enjoyed, the trip .vary Much. lure. Thos. DIiver,; of Blatnelrard,• was visiting relatives in this neighbor- hood this week. Jtts:; McPu rgnrt, eon of the late Jo1111 MggcTa a •t is house at present from Weyburn, at sore to repeat 'that 33 rt- We e rya well Speiran is not keeping as well as his many friends would wish. A greet many people attended the auction sale at Jas. shit's, IOth con., 8th line, from this locality 'Tuesday of this week. 'Rev. Mr. Harris gave the people of Moncrieff last Sabbath some facts in connection with Local Option that has set them thinking. Jas. Livingstone is at> resent' visit,. in 'datives andold friends in this neighborhood. rhborhood. ` He is making•,his e home with his daughter, Mrs. Driver. Two threshing ontflts were bard at work closing up the 'season's work last week in Monerieff neighborhood oper- atecl by Messrs. Machan and Evans. Wroxeter spending Scott and Mrs. Black are ! z lend`g a week with friends in London, • G. K. and MTS.. Ball entertained a .S number of"friends"- last "Wedneeday evening Simpson has returned C.D. Sxm n d^from .: Rothsay- where •he has spent the last two weeks. • G. Stewart of the' Bank of Hamil- ton,•visited over., Sunday with friends in .Teeswater. A. Paulin and family have moved to their farm near Mildmay. We wish them prosperity. Mrs. Laidlaw,•of Detroit, was the, guest of her sister, Mrs. A.S. Sander- son, of Howick, Iastweok. • The young ladies' M. M. M. Society, entertained a number:ef the bachelors of the village sat the home of Mrs. Rarry Brawn wast Friday : evening. A series of prayer meetings are be- ing.beld in the Presbyterian church every evening, 'coni,menoiog ,at 8 o'clock. Rev. L. Perrin will conduct the meetings this week. There has been a slight change in the C. P.; R. time table brie this week, the morning train leaving eleven minutes, later, and the afternoon train goiifg East twenty minutes later than before,. ••k•+•4.•+++•4.044.1'•3••.••+•+•+ 1.+•+.4••+,+•444.4'•4•+•+•44 • i. or hoes y • • and • • • Harness • 4. • • a• • a• • • • a• •• a- • a• • • a• • • a• • a• • a• +. • • a• • •a are not ging as fast • as they should • At the ,Following win 'firnoes ■ • $500Shoes reduced to.$400 • • 4 00 Shoes reduced to3 20a• ;.p ♦ a . •. . •' .E.: • All other Shoes correspondingly. reduced in price. 10C.$hOe-Polishes Reduced to5c p • 00 Single Harness 'reduced to 16 00 Single Harness reduced to • 50Galt Saskatchewan Buffalo Robes 16 00 Black Cow Robe's' reduced to •• 12 00 13rown GrisleyBear Robes low:' • Trunks ad Satchels at Reduced Prices •1• • tg ' a • .. �D• ' a♦ : ' • a• • $16 00 14 00 800•• 19 50 • S 00••• • 1�AAs l am closing out mybusiness all parties llde t ed to me are requested to kindly611 acd settle at an early date, •.q. • e. itch ard • Sim la Aaron,T3 Jaclc o • R. 'Wollnier, formerly of l incat' dine, lute takers the ;.pgosition; 01 teller in the Trader's Bank here. Robert and Mrs. Black' left for Ayr on al outlay to attend the funeral of the former s brother, the late John S. Black. Miss Youngg returned to hot home in Hillsbur this weolt after spend ing two months with Tier niece, Mrs. T. 81. Harding, The newly appointed rector, Rev, Mr. Finder, late of Windsor, took charge of the service in the Heiseopal` Church on Sunday afternoon. We bid him welcome and wish him suc- sees. Rev. Me. McMillan, the new pastor of the Melntoslx;ancl Belmore Presby tertian churches, accompanied by hie bride has returned. from Ireland. and spent iVIondaywith Rev. L. and Mrs. Perrin at the manse. Ethel Tun POST gives the news. 1'ownehip Councils met here, last Mon. MissdayOole, of Clinton, visited ;klie Misses Hansuld. The Clark butcher shop opened up this week for business. Miss' Ella Hansuld, of Clinton, was home for Thanksgiving. Miss 'lctellaad, of Stratford Nor- Mal spent Thanksgiving at home. Lloyd Eckinier, of Shipley enjoyed Thanksgiving with friends in Ethel. Misses Annie and Minnie Bateman were holidaying at Goderich acid Ben tallier: Mr. Wheeler was on the sick list last, week but we hope he'will soon ; be all right. Misses Lena and Eva Mitchell were visiting friends at Winglittn and •Turnberry.. i h ofChatham was' rene - 'A,'bm t , w ing old•friendships iu Ethel. He was welcome back. Miss Murray of Shakespere ;was 'a Thanksgiving visitor with her brother, agent, of the G. T. R. Mrs. Christian Eckmier, 'Who 'got her knee cap broke some time ago, will soona ie o. k. again, i ktnier the L Harris c of he . Standard Bank, Shakespeare, spent Thanks- giving at his home in Ethel. The fine farm of Ben. Jackson has been leased by Wm. Woods for a term of 3' years. Mr. Jackson purposes. holding an auction sale of farm stock, &c, in the near future. Sunday afternoon last Mr. Duggan. delivered -a Temperance address in the; Presbyterian church and in •the even - inmate. Martin dealt with a similar themein the Methodist Church. ()barite Kerr is home from. Maple Creek. He brought with him 3 car loads of Western cattle which he will feed during the coming Winter. Mr. Kerr looks as if "batching" 'agreed well with him. Trustees of our Public School are advertising fora Peincipal for 1011 as It is saicl Mr. Avery, who has done good work, will probably go else- where, These frequent changes are not good for the school, Friday, Decernbor 23rd. has been selected as the date for the annual Xmas. entertainment under the auspices of the Methodist Sabbath School. It will be held in the Town- ship Hall. A good program will be presented. WOMEN'S INSTITUTE. -The regular meeting g 'i of the Women's Institute evils meet at the home of Mrs. H. Dobson Thursday, Nov. 17th, at 2.30 p. ni. Topic "Bread and Cake Mak- ing," to be taken by Mrs.' Harvey Dobson and Mrs J. King. alissloNARY - THANK -OFFERING. - Tuesday evening of next week, 15th: inst., the annual Thank -offering of the. Women's Missionary Society will be held in the Presbyterian church; here commencingt 7.30 Amos, of AwO'clock. Rev. Mr'. ood, who is a fine speak- er address and a choice will deliver an c the a musical -program will be rendered. The ladies of the locality are cordially invited to attend. Alva Close, forinexly of Ethel, has been tanning a separator for John blci!7ellie, of t Regna It is a 32x54 inch machine with a Regina. Parr' gaso- line traction engine. He threshed 4034 bushels of oats iu one day of 11a home and moved twice. Alva wants to hear from some one who can beat it. They take I heir cook and sleeping tent with them. Crops are good at Regina. PROPERTY ' auntieEs Samuel Chambers disposed of his tidy little farm of 15 acres to Joshua Cole for the sam of $1500. The former found the management a trifle loo heavy with his increasing years and bas pur- chased the Cook property from Geo,. E. McCall, at $650.00 and will make his home there. Mr.. Cole is a youbg man and a hustler and should do well with lriaurchase. He sold: his house and lot, South of the river,, to W. E. Sanders, whose property adjoirnil it,. For real lively real estate Liatnsact'ions Ethel tops the list. The concert in the Township, Hall, Tliucsilayevening of last week, under the management of Bert Lott, of i lied an enjoyable and Brussels, et pp well rendered program o'vocal and instrumental numbers and literary selection. Talent carne from Brussels except Prof. Duff, a blind young man, Who is,a piano expert. Program was as follows :-Introductoryy remarks by the chairman, J" D. Macdonald ;. piano solo,' (a) Nat cissus (b) March of the Teoubadors, Bert Lott ; solo, selected, F. H. Gilroy ; recitation, Wooing an - der Difficulties, Mrs. F. Durdle ; piano, solo, Vaise de Concert, dhailee Duff, A. 0. G. 0. ; vocal duet, selected, Miss A. and R. A, Pryne ;recitation, The seletcin In Armour, Bert Lott ; piano duets Scotch itxs.George T xOm- s n and h rs, Charlie Dodds , vin a• 1 vocal solo, selected W. M.'Sinclair ; +•ler•r•r•a•h•a•l♦ a 01• ♦ • �• ��♦ as010ta� Live reams ho, ( ) Two w 0roadin Miss Josie Buchanan •piang Larks, Mr. Duff; recitation, Antony's Original Oration over Oaesar, Mr. Lott ;, violin solo Dreaming, if, L. Jackson ; vocal solo, selected, F. H. Gilroy ; piano solo, Troisiame Ballade, Mr, Duff ; national atlthem, my. Duff, accompanist, The Royal Hotel property here bee been putchesed by our real estate dealer, Thos. Vodden, from John Putland, of Wingham. Hotel has been leased to J. Schaefer, the present landlord, and Itfr'. Voddon will ntilizs the stabling as sale and boarding; stables under his charge. Property is in good state of repair. • Morris Will. Ireland, 3rd line, was visiting at Brantford. Miss Carrie Jackson,milliner, was home from Parkhill foThanksgiving. Miss ;Annie Kirkconnell, of Grey, spent Thanksgiving with Miss Gladys McNeil, and other Mende on the 5th line. OARv oar THANKS. -Mrs.' J. H. Bran- don and family: wish to thank their neighbors and friends for their kind- ness and sympathy during their re- cent bereavement. An auction sale of good farm stock, implements, &c., will be held at the farm of Allan Speir, 4th line, Friday afternoon of• next week, 18th inst. Mr. Speir's lease of the ,Miller farm has expired so the sale will be with- out, reserve. F. S. Scott will be the auctioneer. See list page 8. "- SCHOOL REPORT. -The following is the report of S. S. No. 9, Morris, for October. Sr. III. Total 450. Roy Gray, : 306 ;' George McArthur, 216. Jr. 111. Edwin Robins. . Si. IT. Total 500. Lily Jackson, 342. Jr. 1I. Total 500, Gleu Kelly, 319 ;' Eyre Gray, 310. Pt. II. Total 100. Tina Wyatt, 88-1 Cora Skelton,, 80 ; Earl' Watson, 74; Bert Kelly, 61 Pt. 4. Excellent Edna McCall, Mary Short - reed, John Shox•tre`ed. Fair Ross Button. M. E, FEAR, Teacher. SOSOOL REPORT. -Following-- is the repent of S, S. No. 3, Morris for Oct- ober. Class IV. Ernest Michie, John Passmore, Myrtle Wheeler, Janet Contain. Sr. III Gladys McNeil, John Little, Jr. II. Ivan McArter, Andrew Nichol, Elsie Oonnon, Nor- man Speir, Willie Clark. Jr. II. B. Florence Kerney,. Annie Little, John McNeil, Violet McCracken, Russel Marks. Jr. 'IL A. Maggie Clark, Annie Alcock. Sr. Pt. 1. Maggie Hanna, Lily McArter, Mary McNab, Margaret McNeil, Everett Nichol, Clifford Marks. Jr. Pt. I. Wilmer Kerney, Sim Duncan, Florence Nichol, Allan Speir. A. E. MoGowaiv, Teacher. GALLED IIP HER Yo uTB.-The sym- pathy of many friends is extended to Mrs. J. Brandon and family, owing to the death of her daughter, ldaAlba' ta, a bright, young girl of 22 years. The sad event occurred on Friday,' October 28tb, after a few . days' illness from appendicitis, at the home of a sister, Mrs. Simon Forsythe, of Frobisher, Sask., where Isla had been living for some, time. The remains were brought home tor rater meat and were accom- paniedi i oared bytwo brothers,Rc aid W. P wY L. Brandon, The hconducted funeral co n by the Rev. Dr. Rutledge, of Wing - ham, took place on Wednesday, Nov. 2nd to the Brandon cemetery, and was largely attended. Among the floral tributes, was a beautiful wreath of chrysanthemunis•and carnations from the Methodist Church at Frobisher, of which chrwch the deceased was an earnest and devout member. B. 0.) and 3 brothors'(Win., . of Kil- larney, Matt.; and Thos. and James, of Aop;e, Mian.) In church relation - Ship 14Ir. Ramsay was a Presbyterian and was a member of the choir for possibly 20 years. He was a Liberal in polities, and belonged to the. Calx adian Order of ,Foresters, "Ohosen Friends and Oddfellows, The funeral took plane Sunday' afternoon. After it private service at the ionic ;the re- mains were taken to Duff's church where Rev, Mr, Lundy eondt:icted a very appropriate service. Interment was made at Brussels cemetery. Six brothers-in,law viz :-George, tach. and: Thos. Williamson, J. D. McNair, J. D..Hinchley and W. Smalldon, were pallbearers. The sorrowing friends aredeeply sympathised with, in their sudden. bereavement. George and Mrs. Walker, of Clinton,,and 1141, and bits. Reid, of Blast Wawanosb, were among the relatives froma dis- tance who attended the funeral. lamso rev. -Friday evening a fine time was enjoyed, at the Adult Bible Glass Ball etgiven school morn of Duff's hurch here.n Abo t 70 sat down to well ladened tables, the. company including the Elders and wives and Sabbath School teachers,' Toasts were proposed as follows The Icing, responded to by Rev. Mr. Lundy ; Canada, proposed by J. M. Dennison with:reply by W. Knechtel ; The Elders introduced by C. Robert- son to which, A. Turnbull and T. Mc- Call replied briefly ; The 'Class Banta meats were voiced' by Miss Bessie Mc- Donald; The ladies found a champion in A. Johnston. to. which Miss Kate Telfer responded ; The Teacher (Rev. Mr. .Lundy)„was heartily .;toasted. Miss Aggie Telfer sang, 'c0 I Canada," and George Fergnson tiled gave a solo. New officers' of the Class are ;-Presi- dent, Jno. McArthur ; Vice -President, Miss Aggie lelfer ;'Seei'etsry-Treasnr- er, Miss Lena Bennett. The Class meets Sunday morning at. JO o'clock. Walton Our DO. has removed to the North- land. Dr. Frank and Mrs. Neal and son Allan, of Petesboro, are visiting here and are welcome guests. Cleve. and Jno. McDonald and LL 't Lloyd Porter are home from he West for the Winter, looking well. Special'Evangelistic meetings will begm in' the Waltoh Presbyterian church, on Sunday, Nov. 20th. The pastor will be assisted by Evangelist G. W. Woods, of Ottawa. i♦Ir.. Woods is one of the Tyoung young evangel- ists of the Presbyterian Church and is meeting with good success. the meetings will be held for three W at Walton and two weeks at weeks Moncrieff. All welcome. lima' RAMSAY PATS NATURE'S DST. -Thursday evening of lark week, about 6.45 o'clock, the brief but severe illness of Hugh Jones Ramsay, a web known resident of this locality, resulted in his demise, at the early age of 42 years an 3.mouths. He had only been confined to bed for two weeks with typhoid fever followed by inflammation of the kidneys but de- spite all that could be done he sub- cumbed. Deceased was the second son of the late James Ramsay and was born on Con. 17, Grey township and the larger portion of Itis life was n! y spent in this coulmu where he en- joyed jjJoyed the esteem of a wide circle of Frtends. 6 years ago he fell from the roof of the barn on his farm) and iin- jtrred his fent so seriously that he was laid up for a good share of n year. Thinking a change of occupation would help him he bought a livery in Brussels, where he spent 5 years and was afterwards in the same business at Wingham and Kincardine for a year in each town returning to Brus sets last April and to Walton in Aug- ust. Ile 'was making improvements on his farm and lootto% after cattle running upon it. Deceased was Mar- ried 12 years ago to Miss Annie Mc- Dougall, wlro pre,deceased him 3 years later, leaving a little son, George now la years old. In 1904 Mr. Ramsay was united rax marriage to MISS Eliza Williamson, who survives. They belied baby boyears ago, The 4 g Y subject of this notice is also survived, by his mother, .4 sisters (Mrs. John Bennett, alis. A. Soutar and Mrs, 5, D. McNair, all of Grey township ; and Miss MargaretR u say, of Vancouver Grey W. and Mrs. Jackson, of Blyth, were visitors With Chas. and ,Mrs. Mc- Quarrie, 10th con.,, last„Friday. An Auction sale of farm, farm stock, implements, &c, is ennounced'by Mrs - Jesse Bateman, lot 13, con. '0, for Thursday afternoonof next week, 17th inst., at 1 p. m. We are sorry to hear that Ohas. Bezel', Oth 00n., has been `confined to bed at Paw Paw, Mich., where he and Mrs. Rozell are visiting relatives but we trust he will soon be able to get home. The second anniversaryof the mar- riage of 0. H. and. Mrs. night, 10th con., was celebrated Wednesday evening by a happy"' gathering of friends at their home. We wish them many happy returns of the day. News was received this week of the demise of Richard Rands, whose home was in Oregon„ U, .S. Deceased is a brother to Wio.Rands, 12th con., and a former resident of Morris township. Particularearenot to hand, Total taxes to be, collected in Grey township this year amount to $28,909. Collectors are P. J. Bishop, an old timer at the business, and Neil Mc- Taggart c- 1 9 r u' l ed last year. Tri a t who was i rtrat 5 per cent is added after December 14th. SOa00L Rz:roxr.-The following is the report of S. S. No. 8, Grey for the mouths of Sept. and Oot. Pupils were exa mined in all subjects.Jr. IV. Total 825. Kate McDonald, 674 ; Bessie Smith, 589 Millie McFarlane, 476 ; Marion Smith, 389 ; Stuart Grant, 284. Sr. III. Sadie Riley, 834 ; Eliza Bishop, 201. Class II. Total 685. Harold Cardiff, 485 ; Jim McFarlane, 270 ; James Deitner, 128. Part I. Willie McDonald, 349 ;Willie Smith, 192 ; Oharlie Deitner, 121. Number on roll 22. Average 'attend- ance 15. MARY E. DARK, Teacher. ScaooL REPORT. -Following is the report for S. S. No, I, Grey for Aug., Sept., ;Oct. Examined in Arithmetic,. Geography, Spelling, Reading, Writ - in Drawing, Memorization History. Total 700. Honors 525. Pass 420. Sr. IV. *Cora Alcock, 453 *Milton Lowe,34. Jr IV. *Stewart Miller, 190. Sr. Nearva Hollinger, 365 ; ,Willie Alcock, 817; Willie Grant, 209. Jr. ITL *Mervin Miller, 288 , *Willie Somers, 280. Sr. II. Sean Grant, 592 ; Malcolm Engle, 516 ; `"May Armstrong, 392. Jr. TI. Mer- riam Lowe, 428.; *Willie: Engle, 185 ; *Willie Miller, 71. pt. u. Excellent. Cecil' Somers, Jim . Armstrong, Good Clarence Hollinger. Pt. I, Sr. Good Reuben Glassier. . Pt, I. Excellent Bobbie Eagle, Willie Petrie. Good Ernie Cochrane. *Missed one or more examinations. PEARL BARKER, Teacher. PRETTY WanoneG.-On Wednesday November 2nd, the marriage of Miss Margaret Beatrice Dunbar, third daughter of JohnDunbar, + Chert - dale," Grey, to RobertA. oLoan, of Seattle, Washington, U. S., formerly of Carleton Place, Ont.,took place at the house of the bride'sfatrher,Rev, W, Fee, M. A., Dunnville, uncle of the bride officiating. The; bride's father gave her away, the immediate rela txves and intimate friends only being piesenb. Wedding dress was of white silk cosine, the bodice hand embroider. ed with silk and pearls, and the skirt hemmed with the satire. A shower of White roses and lily of the valley was carried and a gold bracelet, thegift of the groom, was also worn. Brides- maid wee Miss Ethel Dunbar, sister of the bride, in cream crepe de sore with Irish lace and pink roses, Allan roto. Lean, of Port Ardour, brother of the weddiu wee nateli wasn•laycd 1 Miss 13 p Y by Mina Dunbar, another the M a noLl t slater of 0 bride, who received from the room a beautiful music toil, rix bricssxa3d teeeiving a Lopez ring, In the even- ing a reception was held to which a - bent fifty of the bride's younger friends -assembled, 'lhefollowitlg clay Mr. and Mrs. McLean left for Toronto, Carleton Place and Ottawa,, the bride travelling in a grey serge snit and grog turban. y 'The will reside in Seattle. Many g sCt e. O'1d wishes will accompany M.r, and Mrs, McLean to their new home, Metals this Jamestownity. Miss Josie Buchanan was visiting in ooinmun Mr. Rail and Miss Lizzie, of Ethel, arevisitors with Geo, and Mrs. Eck- mier. A. number front this section attend- ed the anniversary at 'Bluevale on Monday evening. Mrs. Santee Turnbull, of Kincardine, has t-etruned after .visiting friends in Brussels and vicini y, Mrs. Goodfellow, of Toronto, and Mrs.' William Montgomery, of Wrox- eter, visited their sister, Mrs. Alex. Bryan, this week. Miss Etta McNair, of Chicago, is visiting with Mrs. James Strachan. Miss McNair graduated as nurse at Chicago last year. WOMEN'S laarerurE.•*-The meeting of the Women's Iustitute will be held at the home of Mrs. Samuel' Burke, of this place, Thursday, Nov. 17th, at 2.30 palm shay We hope to have a full attendance Remember about the "button -hole" contest and the roll call.' WELL DOKE.-Congx'atutations- are due J, T. Strachan for a distinctio conferred on him by the University of Toronto. He was chosen Orator of his year by an, unanimous vote to ret present that year at all functional and official events. It is a hard but •honorable position and he deserves credit fox, acquiring such a reputation for a clear and forceful speaker. Talc. LATE week TRE Pos'r made brief reference to the decease of Mr. McTaggart, the well known pioneer; whose remains were laid to rest in Orahbrook ceme- tery -hist Saturday forenoon. He was born in Yarmouth' township, Elgin Oounty and came to Grey along with his brother Donald in 1855, , when the bosh -farm upon whichMr. McTaggart lived anddied was taken up from the Crown, and by industry and thrift was transformedo into well tilled acres. Deceased was married in 1867 to Miss Jane McNair, daughter of the late Neil McNair, and sister to John McNair, 1t04th con. Eleven children were born them of whom nine are living :-Neil, Robert and Duncan, of Grey ; Jas., Alex, and Malcolm, of Saskatchewan ; Mrs. J. A. McKay, of Govan, Sask., Mrs. W. Patterson and Miss Jane A., of Grey. Mr. McTaggart was a loyal member of the Presbyterian Church at Cranbrook since its foundation. He was a Liberalin politics . and was a Director of East Huron Farmers' Institute and also of East Huron Agricultural Society. He had enjoyed splendid health and was only ill 5 days before his death, pneumonia being the cause. The pall- bearers were Neil and Jas. A. McNair, Donald and Geo. McTa gg art, Dun- can u -can Johnston and Wm. Mann Jr. First four are nephews. Mrs. Me- Taggart died 15 years ago. Mr. Mc- Taggart was in his 74th year. He was well known and highly respected. Improvements eats at the Pyne Flour Mill, Brussels Well Deserving of Recognition, The cement work was done by Gordon McDowell end staff and the millwrights in g and carpentering Was hi ehnrge :0 B. Spitzig, of Wallter'trn. Mr:. Pryp sr,; oleo, by the way is to natural inee anis and thoroughly posted in the he nees for years, was'etwees en deo and personally oversaw "ibe'•"vete departments of labor and put in a hard Summer's work in strenuous toil, both early and late; Some idea of what WAS done may be 4lesped from the feet that 400 loads of gravel were utilized besides all the brok- en stone secured from the river bed, $4o sacks of cement were requited to complete the work, In blasting for the wheel pits 36 sticks of dynamite of x� p e 3 pounds act and 3 0 sticks of 3oas nitro- 1Y serine' ware made use of. lay careful htmdllug no one was inured at 1 any stage in the use of the explosives nor in themonths of work. Tho improvement meant the outlay of a large expenditure besides the mill lying idle fora number of weeks while work was in progress. Possibly $3000.00. would not foot the bill, some of the sums e being $400.00 for cement ,14 coo forx40 water wheels ; and l$262.00 to 'wheel- wright, All the labor was' performed by the day and on different occasions there was•a staff of 25 men employed. Messrs. Prue have been here; nearly y 4 years and (rave not only retained the trade of their predecessors but increased it to such an extent that their' staff often has to run long hours to keep ap with the rush. The firm is geptlem only, courteous and byclose,ersonai atter: P tion and guaraoteeing the, best .of sat- isfaction have profited by the large patronage and provided a real live,in- dustry for the town. While the firm has , not asked the Council, as tar, as we are aware, for rebate of taxes or for financial assistance the town could do much worse than recognize their: heavy outlay in some tangible form that would not burden the taxpayers and yet show'' appreciation of the modern and well constructed improvements made by, Messrs. Pryne. Many apprebiative words have been spoken to them by people both in and out of Brussels which no doubt they value highly. The firm in addition to the local and",:. c neighboring trade make o ccs iosoal cata, shipments of finer to outside. markets. `.'s P_3 'They handle Manitoba wheat in, their 7.4 fionring trade. Other im rovements are contemplated by Messrs. e Pryne of which reference vn will be made later. During the past Summer a very busy time was put ia large Force of meq u u by in connettion with the modern im- provements undertaken and completed by Messrs. Pryne, propietors of Brussels well known Flour mill Under the old order 01 affairs . the flume carried the water under the mill Wherethreewater wheels were located that, when new, were rated 5o borse power. These were torn ont along with the old flume and to strengthen found- ation of mill solid cement and stone walls, with 4foot base and taperingeriug to o a Feet were built •uuder the posts and and the runaway for the water was closed up In .aimilar manner, making a very substantial job, in foundational work, The new flume, immediately East ot the mill; is 3o feet long and 54 feet wide, its cement walls being 54 feet high and si. feet thick, with cement bottom. A timber bulk head is 24 long and same height and°width as the flume. Here is located the new wheel pit, 5 feet deep and 24 feet long, blasted out of the solid lime stone. In the pit. have been placed two of the latest improved 5o inch Barber"Purbine water wheels, C capable at Medford, each c pable of developing 62 hp. with so feet head or 83 hp. under t2 foot head which is now posbible, Oue wheel is conneetod with chopper and other to grinding department or may be coupled it desired. a been built A wheel house taxi" feet has b 9 over tbo wheels which are connected to machinery to mill by belts. Good an the above mentioned im- provements are they would be of little use comparatively had the work ceased wbeu they were finished, Messrs. Pryne set out to make the job complete however, so the next point to 'be dealt with was the Westerly end of the mill dam, Which was of timber construction. A cement wall was built 40 feet long, t'2 Tett high, with a base of 4 feet 6 ruches reducing t0 2' feet at the top, so that the dam is le better shape to day than ever. 'The cement will be con- tinued next Sunnier to re lace the t p balance Of the timber iortien It is t expected there willbe sutciini rower to utaize the water wheels tit least 'o months oat of the year, wbith will effect a great saving its fuel expenditure. Church Chimes The snow storm of last Sunday milita- ted against the audiences at the churches.: Rev. Dr. Murray's topic last Sabbath,. evening in Melville church was "John" the Baptist." Melville church Missionary Thank= offering totalled about $;5o.00 with a robotic increase bysums yet to come. T The effort is worthy of commendation. Maitland Presbytery will meet at Me- Intosh church Thursday Nov. i7th at 2 p. m., for the induction of J. S. Mc- Millan and to dispose of a call from Pine River in favour of Rev. C. M. Ruther- ford, of Dunngannon, E. J.Moore, B. A, of Toronto, gave two clear, toreeful and well delivered'. addresses on the 'Temperance question iu Melville church and the -Methodist. church here Inct Sabbath, While anon- thusiast Mr. Moore is not an extremestl and makes a good presentation ot the case. At the Official Board of the Methodist church, Tuesday- evening. Recordieg._.-a Stewart Farrow was requested . to"for ward letters of sympathy and good wish- es to Ferdinand Raddatz and George Sperling, both of Cranbrook, and mem- bers of embersof the Board, who are on the sick list. The former has been operated- '! upon for the removal of a cataract and i the latter. has been ill with fever provement is reported in each case. CONGaaGATIoNAL RALLY. -Next Sab- bath, at the Methodist church, Erusseis, a Congregational Rally' is announced at which it is hoped to have every family connected therewith well represented. children at .A A sermonette to the s a. m. will be followed by a sermon entitled "Our Church Home," by Rev. Dr. Oaten. Interesting exercises at the Sabbath School at 2.3o. Eveniaa ser- vice at 7 o'clock will open with short Song service, lead bythe pastor,aud as- sisted by the choir, after which a dia. course based on the theme, '•'Why Methodism appeals to me" will be de. livered. Monday evening Evangelistic Services will open. Rev. Dr. Oaten' will be assisted by Rev, Mr. Sawyer, of,'" Lucknow ; Rev. Mr. Wren, of Elaiel and Rev. Mr. Hibbert, of Gerrie, a week each, in the order named. Ser. vices open at 7.45 o'clock to which every- body will be welcome. Brussels Council Regular session of village Couucil was held last. Monday eveuiug with Reeve Leckie and Cow 'arillors Jonesand Arnett. Minutes of last meeting read and passed. Following accounts ,were presented and, on motion of Messrs. Jones and Ameut were ordered to be paid R. Oliver, salary, and .....,S6r35 55 R. Harkness, work on streets,.•...,,'4 so Geo. Eerr, gravel 37 do R. Henderson, workon streets,2 ea A delegation from Mill street 'West:,; waited on the Council relative to„the Owing of note lights on that street. Resolution :wasailed that.. 'ides be. asked front Electric Light Co, for incan- descent lights, West of Mitt street, North Turu.bsiry' street, Queen East, South Elizabeth street John b u streta South, aud Turnberry South, on motion of Messrs, Jones mai Anxent. Returns from town stales for month of Ota ober WAS $22,15. Moved by l'. Amens sercuded b VI J G. b11bS that Thos. Lett be pelts $7500 on Princess .� street drain digging arcuunt as soon AS ; , he has the work r fro tote l • y o p t across titin cess street, Cam iecl. Council then adjourbed,-'-