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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1911-4-27, Page 1VOL. 39 O. 43' BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, THURSDAY,' APRIL 27, IgIT W, .H': TK,ERR, Frobtmetoy New Advertisements Locni-Thee. IZioliolls. e'er solo—tinht,.4hou,xon Tonoilor wonte1—le 1 Cines Free platen) QW -l), 0. RoPP. Aaetlen wile—.t. '4. funrltinson, Spring house.eleanbtg—lr'it,'Smith, The business wand—w ingham Bus. College, Elistr,ict flews Janilostown G rdn' n the little son of Robert 0 Hanilto , who has beet) mpoo]v all the Whiten, with Bronchitis, is not',im- rovitig very fast but we hope the Seeingweather will helphien. Il is arbit laddie. e Trowbridge INJURED BT CAR, -Robert Tiffin, the 7 year-old son of Rev. A. 0. Tifilu, of Lambeth, fornserly Of Trowbridge, had a close oulf from being crushed to death Sunday afternoon et 1.80, when • he was hit by a Southbound traetiou car. Although somewhat badly trellis- ' he will recover. The little lad was on his way to Sunday School and had' called at a neighbor's whose hoose stands close to the radial •traaks. Findinghe was late, he ran out and theear on to the track; not noticing which was eight upon . him, The motorman ha.d no chance to stopbut fortunately the car threw the lad to one side and away from the wheels. A physician was hurried out from London by the traction company, but found the injuries were not of a serL- nus nature. - Goderich • At the annual meeting of the Gode- rich Bowling Club following,ofiicers vete elected, Presiilent., . A. Nairn ; vice-presideeqt, F. J3arlow, Mobiles ; secretary, Win. ' Lane; treasurer, Joseph Kidd ;• executive committee, Dr. Bunter, John Rutnball, F. J. But. land. It was not decided at what date althea! tournaniell 1. will he . held. Penn present indications the .camp at Goderich this -year will be nue of the smallest ever held in this district. As far as can be learned the follctwiug are the only forces that will go under canvas, Rural Regiments—Tweety- cii:xth. Twenty-seventh (Latubten). , Thirtieth (Wellington), Thirty-second (Bruce), The ty-third (Huron), turd the Corps of Guides, K Oompany of the Royal Canadian Regiment, -true Becton of the Fifteenth' Field Atit bulanceand No. 1 Company of the C. A. S. 0. It is expected that the Seventeenth liegitrtotlt from Windsor and the Twenty.L'ourth froth .Ohatham will go under canvas for a few days. , Walton Whitt about. Basta Ball ? M. (1'tev,) Forrist and daughter, fortnet•ly of Walton, are living.inTor- onto now. How does your garden grow. ? Some oomplaiu that their neighbor's bene are a great help In raising garden. "sass" Lest wee a lcd a was at La k Me. L e l n a St. Marys writing at the tynitu& examin- ation of probdtionees in the Aletirodist naiades,. We congratulate him on his success. D. Blake has relurpetlafter spending his Easter holidays in Detroit with his brother and sisters. Drs John, Miss Edith and Miss Ellie Blake, Mae Ellie Roland and Miss Dora Staples, who went with hits, have prolonged their stay. Miss Roland and Dr. Blake and 9ietel•s are tOUSil1S. PXu sniNTED WITH GOLD L00IiET.— Bel me leaving Duane) for Wall'ou 'T• H. McKoy, once more C. P. R. agent here, was made the incipient of a gold locket by the townspeople. A banquet was held at the Albion Hotel in his honor. It served him right and we guess be deserved it all, Miss Maud Ferguson ie still incapa- citated from bee former activity by the 'serious injury she received to one of her knees in a fall at the 0. P, R. crossing some time ago. Mr. Ferguson is claiming damages from the 0ontpany and there rutty be legal trouble over it to arrive at a conclusion. [t. has been an unfortunate thing for. Miss Ferguson but the hope she Will noon regain her old time vigor. (1Ht:mow :Bustaaarret OoArsrrrrTEE.— Mt>ndayy,evening a meeting was held at Drift's church to deal with the question of erecting a new edifice. A ltdkiilig Committee is Officered as follows :—Chairman. Jun. Smillie; Vire Chairman, Ino. ShorLreed ; Seeretit y, .lnd. Shannon ; Treasurer, ,Gro., Watt. 1t is proposed to build Ihttnew church on the Grey 'aide tool is'expectt'd it will -be up.to-date in all ttsti,ppoititmeats. Centenl basemen 1, chmeh red brick, dressed with cement blocks 13. C. Shingle roof. Seating en;mei ty will be arranged for 400. A tipsierh Saudayschool room will be ,dded to the fees with folding doors net ween it and the rthneelr. Excava- tion will be teade for proposed base- ment built next Fall... A •Committee of 3 was appointed to have plans and •••••••••••••• ••••••0+0••••F•••••• .-• '.. • • r . [Free• fPattern ✓r • 1 -.n.;.ru,.:..+e.,u.seau,se+su,.v t'3pnasr.0 ,1, -1-k : C^ NTI N U ES • • dI F e. . . • • Y • ✓•e suc- - O • HE'.first.day of the Free Pattern Offer was a s• We gave away a far a num- ' O everyway. W.+ w • cess in Y g j y ■•4. bei' of Patterns, in fact a greater number than we thought ossible. We giveYou another other chsnCe An Saturday ay next, • Ape it 2gt a, and if you haven't had a Pattern just call .' , • .1r •t• w t •f. t, costs you nothin •and r ce' e o e It t ' n y full ran • of Gin hams, Musltns and •:. We have a range Ging hams, with Ja'good range of. Patterns which_are very g suitablefr making u in Free Pattern. While•you are g p being measured for the Pattern ask to see them. A complete book of information on way.• to use Pattern given pie with • the Pattern. 4. Remetnlieii the dale of .+ next, distributicei—Stat- arclay, April 20th. • ..., • • • •. • • 0 6, ht • • • Girl's Dress; This Pattern 16 eyetl 8111118 .4 to 12 years'; No trouble to be encountered with Misses' Dress Sizes 14, 16, 18 18 to 20 rasa - Ladies' Nome Journal Patterns. this Offer. Your MendsMendsaboutaboutnut Tbll Y ur The 13ig Store r / /////.421111151M9' / . e. Ladies' Dress Bust. from 80 to 50 inches. [doss ••t•• 4440•r•+••t••+•a••4•e 1,••3••3••• 4.110•rsa•••I••'t••.14.14•l••a••.e•e4.1•••i•0 estimates prepared. The brick yorc; et'irrg of the two present churches will likely be useti for inside walls. No smallutte estisboiagevidenced aver the new obureh proposal and a; hearty r'sspoese-being root with ill stibserip• tions, - MoncriefF Word has been received from the West that Geo, MeKay, of Albevuathy, kiosk,, has been real poorly but the hopa for Wetly conv8Iesaeuce. -'lite Bethel chute!) has been moved to give room foe the new °tie and work has commenced op the basement. It is said the contractor will push the job sons to permitoftheohuroh open - Mg by •July 1st, They will •have to hustle,. Wt• arc sorry to hear of Lhe.deaath of rem incl friend Alex, MeKay. so well Icemen here, hast Tciesdayat his home at Ethel. Mrs. R. W. Livingstone, of this locality, is deceasedsoldest daughter. Geo. .McKay sr. is a brother 10 the late Me. McKay. Atwood ELMA. Srrwe' ''FAIR..— Wednesday. aftetruueu of last week a large number l 001 the vicinity were. in Atwood at- tending the Spring Fair. The elasees were 1101 well filled but exhibits were of the best, Mild of horseflesh. 'Follow- ing are (swards given byJudge Mc- Kenzie, of Luekuow :—Ntheilea Jas. McKenzie, tCdtalk ton ; Ate:lrenciieve, J. G. Bender, Wallace' ; Prince of eferryfield, Karr Bios. ; H. R. Piido III, of Kitnbill. Andrew Thompson, Trowbridge. • Royal Prince, Kerr Bros. ; 11nyal Mescott,,Dickson Bros., Atwood. - Keeler Fredertek, Fred. Klinefeldt, Atwood ; Sen- tinel Wood, 1Vui. Holman, Newry. Dashwood, Wm. Holman ; Allerby,. Dv. Mol euzie, Monkton. Netherlea, Jas. McKenzie. Dashwood, Wm. Borman. - • Ethel Onassis rent in Ethel. Apply to W. E. A few. willrosy fetctor sugar beets' g Y this 5100111. Cenlentsidewalk buildingshould be rultLtuuecl this year. \Vhitt about at Lawn Bowling or• tt Teo is Club for. Ethel 7 Ethel cheese factory will be ready fur business en Monday, May 8th. 50 cents in advance, gets Tan Po5T to Jan. 1st, 1912. This is a bargain you should out miss. A number fsoiii this localityexpeet to hetet Rev. De. Cleaver in himaster- piece, "Jean Val Jean," at the Metho- dist, church, Brussels, next Monday evening. 3t is ieporteds that Garage Dobson, fo In hl e well known resident, has. e y disposed of his general store business . 1 p tCo.No coin iwiut atIrnret i Oxford c Would be Ifound if Inc -would move back to Ethel. Several in this ideality will talt0 to Mold 111 the Standing Field Crop com- petition being direrLed . by Brussels A t I4 altard Society. Fall wheat is the crop to be judged. A. McKee was one of,the winners two years ago for 5 acres of peas. Township Council will meet here on May 8th, when several Drain By - Laws will be dealt \with at Court of Revision. The township fathers should be adepts at the drain By-law business by tine time this year is over, if practice makes, perfect. NEW CEMMMETERY.—The much talked of establishment of a cemetery for this locality has become an actuality and three acres have been pin chased fromThomas Vodelen, on Lot 21, Con. 7, which have been (surveyed by 0. L. S. Bolton for burial .purposes. Price paid was $275,00. The propert'j' will be fenced and have trees planted in clue 001118e. Provisional Directors in charge of the cemetery consist of A. McKee, 8. S. Cole and A. H. Mac- Donald. Plot is said to possess the nighb.kind ofscil will be easy of access and will obviate the long drives to old established b1111(11 places for those not already owning plots in the latter. Information relative In price and se- lection elm be supplied by the Com- er' ttee. ALEX. AIOKAY ANSWERS THE SUM- MONS —After an .illness of about a week, from plot( and pit en monies Alex. McKay plts5ed tiiwIty front time on Tuesday, raged 73 yetis, 11 menthe and 7 clays. He Mel not been rugged for the past.10 years, being tv snfl'e>'er from 1benulatisni told other pbysici1t1 ailments",' Deceased was horn in fn - t nto o, v ilea 'roteand and mune Ot,f Id e s,b Co,Uutario when'a boy. 45 years t ago be moved to Lot 90, Con. 14 Grey and about 5 years later bnugh1 Lot 29, Con. 15, its the same township upon whirls he lived until his moment to Ethel 5oro years 5)1100, having sell the int l0 1). Nettled. Over 51) ,years ago lir. Macey seas United in nett- riege to Miss alloy Chrystal, of Oxford On, who u'it.h six dnitghteis Ohm. R. \V, Livingstone, Mnncrietf; Alts. holt, hhu'1'is, Pott -Carling, Muskoka 4 Mrs Venetia. Toronto ; Tlts. (4en, IbbKity, Abetment y, Sash, ; Misses, Ellen and Lizzie, of Toronto. Ont, and Pit' lslmeg, Pettis. 1 e.,pectivet) and three Sous (Gro Athtily, Ont. }\lex., Parry Honed ; nail John, Wolfe, Savk.,)'soivire. Geo, tMiKay an old 1(1001nt. of the lobi con., is •a hu 01 Iu'n' Of deceased and h s A ir xPot t s t Atwood, a slslrr, The subject of this notloewas nulnsurcms, thrills Wird is gond manager, 1:1e v as o member the Peesbyterin.0 rhultth and a life o "beer 1 Owing to hisrite tut. ug Lt a, g theme. 118111 he found AIDple time t0 read and was unusually well posted oil the world's doings. Of 11. kttodly told oblig. n honorable 11 i9 Ng Ito t lit : p in his dealings g g he had limey fiieltds who will sympa- thise h the widow and1 then. 'a%vL srn rhes , s r funeral took lane Thnrsctn after- lireu 1 v Owe 0001 to Ot'ankrnok eemt'tery where a (lengthier (Kate) told mon (Willie) were inn' ad, Rev, D, 13, McRae eon neted the service.• Principal Thomson cotumen.oed his ditties in Ethel s01001 last Monday. We wish the teachers and pupils sue" 00'58. Miss Mina Elliott, who wee Irere.for the. Easter holidays, returned. to bet' school last Saturday, 't'eaciring eva detttly agrees well with Miss Elliott. INTIIRAIEDLATE FOOT -RALE,— Pros• pecte lookood for a lively season on Maitland -Park here in Intermediate. Foot 13aU, Nearly'ill of the 1910 tears tyre available so that a strong. com- pany of pig skin (Masers will he inthe eld, , 1're officers are as follows ! lT President, John McDonald ; Secretary - Treasurer, Geo. Kreuter i Manager, Will. Hemsworth. Oaptam is to be chosen later. 'We \wish the team sic- cess and would like to see Ethel eti•p- tmre the silverwarethis season.. Grey Miss Taylor, of Toronto, Is visiting at her uncle's, David Taylors, 16th' con, \V. and Mrs. Davis and Miss Bessie Lncas were welcome visitors with the Whitfield families. ,Diss Lizzie Rinhardson, of Clinton, wasvisiting with her cousins, Robert aricl James Pearson. Next Sunday Mr. Wherry, of Lisio- wet, is expeated to conduct the services in the Methodist churches on Ethel circuit. Vet liable brood snares belonging to Bremner and John Pearson` died last week, entailing a loss of possibly $250'to each owner. Mis, Jesse Bateman and ehilr1 ren have gone to Teeswater locality where the former has a position as assistant housekeepet• where the gond wife is Lu poor health. Misses M. and L. McIntosh left "Tuesday of least week for Milestone, Sask. \Ve wish the young ladies prosperity it) the West. They go to joist their brother, Peter McIntosh, wen is engaged at familia. INJURED BY' A FALL.-LOUis Steiss had the misfortune to be severely hurt one day, while'. engaged in pruning his nrebard. While standing on a limb it suddenly broke .and he fell to the 'ground. He was badly bruised and received a severe injury inward- ly and is under medical treatment. We hope Mr. Steiss will soon be better. CARD OF THANKS.—The: undersigned desite to express theit sineere thanks to the many gond neighbors and friends for helpful ants, kindly deeds and sympathetic words in connection with the illness and subsequent death of tine late Dougald MoTaggar•t, IBth con. It will ever hold a warm place. in our memory. Yours Thankful] y, PiRS. D. PICTAGGART AND FAMILY. BABY man. —We are very sorry to state that Agues Cecil, the baby daughter o f Hugh h laud Elizabeth tt to Stewart, 150) Com, died on Tuesday of this week. She was 28 days o;il and was only all '4 days, btottehal pneumonia was the • ailment. The burial took place Wednesday. We Lender• sympathy to the parents in their loss. Box S'oo1ae.—The box social held at Roe's church Tuesday evening was a very enjoyable affair and netted the Forward ' Movement about $7.00. Program consisted of solo by Mrs. A.. 13t•Own ; duets by Miss Lottie Jackson and Jno. Bryans, and Miss Lizzie Bryans and Miss Jackson ; recitations by Miss Cole, of Ethel,'. and Misses 'Maggie Otter and Mary Johnston. All did well. Chair was acceptably filled by L. Frain. A tine social time was experienced over the boxes. An Auction sale, of farm stock,im- plements, etc. has been announcd by J.111. Hutchinson. Lot 34, Oori 12, for Wednesday of next week. Sale will be without reserve as proprietor is moving to Alberta. F.• S. Scott will be the auctioneer. Farm has been leased to Daniel Machan. We are sorry to lose Mr. Hutchinson and family from this locality. They have resided bete 11 years and have proved' themselves fine people. We wish then) well in the West and hope to see thein back to Grey again. The funeral of Mrs. McAllister took place at Molesworth, near Listowel, She wits a daughter of the late John and Mrs. Bayne, or Laurier. Her husband died fifteen years ago. She is survived by one son Wilfridand tt dautght01 Nellie, and two sisters, Alts. A. F. McIntyre, of Kincardine. and Mrs. Dolt', of Minneapolis, loinfrom brothers. James Bayne, ol'1Cincardilte, John, of Minneapolis aint Prank and Prier Detroit, Mrs. McAllister lived in Itineatdute for a few years before removini to lawman and was very highly esteemed by ninny t iende. The (filters of Rue's \Vouten's Piis• sionery Society are :—President,. MrS. R. Pearson ; Vice Pres,. Nits. L Frain eter-Sec., Aliss Jetiele Hogg r GotSc., hiss LottioJit0lesnn ;'Tress„ Miss Lizzie Bryiaus Systematic Giv- ing Sec., tMi's, .Ins. Ante's. Then e ate 15 iniwitees and Une brannh is called the Satre Wright Society anal no% well known organizer, Mrs. Goedun Wright, of Laudon. Wednesday afternoon the ladies mel 111tH 1101110 of \h•.3. A, ,Bi mvn 1111(1 had as their guests Mpg, Snelling, District Or ani- 1)i',. of Whighan) ; (slid Dols. S. S. Cole, P1 sideu1 id' Ethel. Bt•aitch., Good -tw,t k is figured on.: DESERVED IT ALL.—Before George Wilson and familyremoved to their new home at Wodstock a farewell nal Ly tt•as held at the home and, Union ehnreh presented \ivs. Wilson With a well filled purse in recognition of veltnthle services rendered to the elan da 1. Ii, Balternazi art address expressing tippreeitttion, regret and good wishes and Airy, Dewey Speirau P resented lite gift. .An appropriate reply\rRs made. An eiljoywirle even - ie was spent with Songs, iust.ttt- g mental music, games, serial chat, lunch, rte. Mrs. Wilson WAS also the recipient of ti handsome jewel case from liar Sabbath School clues, Lents Speirin reading tbeadth'esa aecompare lug it and Bub), Herd handing the g ft Mrs. Wil (n brief reply was nicely spoken, General regret was felt at the remove! of Mr, and Mrs. Wilson wed gond hick wished thous and their's 'WheIeyel' their future rues be spent, Cranbrook 11, A. McDonald spent a few days this week in the city, Mrs. McCracken, of Listowel, is visiting her sister, Moe. R Locking, Sacrament will be admrnistererl in the PJetitodist Church next Sabbath al'temicon. Miss L. McKayhas betel successful itt passing her oi' i al JSxratn. Con- gratulations, John Hunter is a very busy malt this Spring having several contracts to look after. Morris Robert Bosnian Sunlayedtab Milvert Sellars, 1st litre. 50 cents in advance gets THE Poem. to January let 1912. Nowa your chance. Miss Eleanor Patterson of Wingbarn spent the Easter holidays at the home of bet grandparents, 1st line. Mrs. John Owens, of Beigrave, visited her daughter Mrs. Henry Slathers, of Blnevale, this week. Adam IsbisLu, • principal of Dor- chester public school, spent Easter holidays at his penman] home, 2nd line. Miss Bessie Bradnock and Mr. Scott, of ForOwich, and Frank Garniss, of Charlton, New Dentate, visited at the home of the latter's sister, Mrs. John T. Bell. John Douglas, eth line, is back to Mori is, after an extended sojourn in the State of Washington where he was railroading.. He will likely spend the Summer here, The Spying freshet brought the carcass of a cow down the Maitland necessitating a burial on the flats on John Barr's farm. A note to Paz PosT from ex -Reeve George Taylor, written at Calgary. April 15th says :—Weather is beauti- ful. Seeding almost completed and people 813' the outlook is splendid for a good crop this season. Mr. and airs. Stevenson, of Seattle, Washington, are renewing old -ac- quaintances on the 1st line. It is 18 yearseiuce they visited hese and dur- ing those years they have travelled a great deal. Mrs. Stevenson formerly lived with her father, Jos. Fells, on Mt 18, 1st line. SCtnoOL aarona.—The following is result of the promotion exams. of S. 8. No. 9, Motets :—To Jr. IV total 725, ease 802, honors543.—Roy ray. b7 9 Geer ge McArthur, 468 Willie Pat•ish. To 6. i. l total 560,s 39S III oke pass 2,80.— Erlwin Robins, 272 To Jr. III total. 600,• pass 800.—Lily Jackson, 413 ; Bes- sie Shiers, 367. To Sr. If total 540. pass 270.—Glen Kelly, 383 Ezra Dear, 380.' M. E. FEAR, Teacher. GCT BOTH DRAIN CONTRACTS. -At Mortis Council last Monday the Wol man Construction Co., of Sandusky, Mich., were awarded the contracts of the -McCall drain at 84,365 and the Murray—Lamb drain at $3537.50. The jobs are to he comtn0nce0 about July let and are to be completed this year. Land dredge will be used to do a good Share of tihe work. The con- tractors figure at 25c per cubic yard t uestimating. 1here'were no appeals ppe el s entered against the McCaughey drain By -Law. 1DIED.—villiam Moffat a frrmer resident of Turnbery, died suddenly at his home in Ralston, Iowa, on Wed- nesday, 13th inst., in his 69th year. The deceased was a brother of the late David Moffat, of Tni'nbetry, and left this section many years ago for Iowa,. He was twice married and survived by his widow and a grown fernily in Iowa and one son, Alex. Moffat, Bluevale road, and one daughter, Mr's. Joseph Robb, lst line of Morris. The remains were brought to his .daughter's hone in Aforris and funeral' took place Sat- ut•day afternoon to Blnevale cemetery. A C;OOD SERVICE.— Last Sabbath. afternoon the service in the Jackson chtu•cln was tinder the auspices of the Women's Missiltnary Society and were specially enjoyable andpp rofitable. .\its. (ileo.) Fear presided end aciudnef ic: suitable t•d the art vices. Avery. su til le .and' eneotwaging 1(0011+ss was given. by Mrs. (Rev.) Oaten, of 131.usseis, Master Albert Payne sting a solo and 1lisses ,leukins a deet, in addition •n t numbers b he choir. P'1 t - t the m t .t t. lust Y vial results of crniteihntion were 510, making it possible for 1,111' branch to pay the tidy stun of , $50.00 to the general Society: A bale of goods valued al $80,00 was also sent to the need -t', The \Vtimell's missionary Society of the Jackson church is to be eotntnonticd for their tical in a worthy elllrie. They hopeto have Airs. Otitcn back again. FATAL ACOIDENT.—Last Friday, Booty Hone, 3rd line, received a tele- gram fame the West apprising -.him of the sad n0ws of tine death oi' 11is son. Clunks E., in Saslcntrhewan, It seems while Charlie was dialing on his land, ine carried a shot gut fns the morose Of killing gophers. Slippine. from his lap, the glut was discharged, the rhnrgoentering his abdomen, end death followed in it few hours. The vetne us are heMg br011 ht hone' for burial by his wife. Dceensecl %vas the eldest ani of henry ,and Lnoy. Brute and WAS born iu Alnr•ris township 24 yens ago last December. Ile went in Saskatchewan 8 veto's ago and took up land anti WAS lining well, being a steady going 1urlttStriots young ratan, Li Febrnaay 1010, be was templed to Miss McOlt,h, of Grey township saki West dive a holiday here they wont. est tO their tiehone and the homestead- ing omeste -ini w0nld have been tnmpleted . c bet. Mr, Bone father c f demote- ed ic urn ed %vent to Toronto Wednesday to meet the bereft wide\', Pelletal 1• ridgy at 2,80p, M. front father's resi. donee, Siot 20, con. 3, Win..a brother of the subject of this notice, lived about 300 miles from where Charlie's flints was and another brother, Robert is in Vanunuver, :The btoeaved will be aecotded the sympathy of . the cant- tuttulty in the suddentealchlg away c>f this litre ynni,g 11)1111. Belgrave TRINIJ.'Y 01301100 VESTttR Mom's NG, —The animal Easter 'Vestry Meeting was held' in Triuity Church, Belgrave, Rev. T. 11. Fail, rector in the ebair•. Minutes of last rneetitig read 'and con- firixiecl. 1'reasui'er gave tt financial statement which was very satisfantory showing receipts to the ateount of $707.80 and expenditures amounting to $582.62 leavtltg a tidy balance of $125.18, R. Pro-'•tr was appointed Minister's 'Werden;R. McOraePeople's Warden ; R, McMurray, 11y. Johnston 0. Midges, Neil AlcOrae and Ohas. Johnston, Sidemen ; John McGill Vestry Olerk; John McGill and W. J. McMurray Auditors ; D. Wheeler, delegate to Synod. We congratulate :Trinity church on the business' inauagelnent and the general success. Wroxeter NEwire NoTEs.—W. Kerr made a business trip to Toronto this week.— Mrs. Start•, of Indian Head, and Miss McMichael, of Qu'Apple,Sask., visited relatives here this week, Tbsy ac- companied the retrains of their father, the late Thos: P1eMichaal, wino was buried here' last week. -A number from here attended the Assembly held in Gorrie on Monday evening and re- port a good time. Alusicwas supplied by the London Harpers,- Editor Watters, of the FordwiIit, Record was in the village on Tuesday.—Andrew Currie and tamily,'of 'Brussels, spent Sunday with W. 0. Ourrier—Miss Bessie Lovell returned to her school near Newmarket nn Saturday after spending the Easter vacation at her home in Ttrrnbercry.—W. J Hall, of 1'ui'nbecry, has tented Mrs. Walker's photograph gallery and twill be ready to do bastness Friday and Saturday of each week.-Aliss Ethel Stutt is the guest of relatives in Bownuulville.— Mee. T. G. Hemphill and Mrs. J. Allan silent several days of last week in 1ot'onto.—Mrs. R. B. Hartle and Mrs. B. Henning were called to Toronto last week to attend theirmother, Mrs. Doubledee, of Hall 'who timet with a serious accident while visiting in the city.—\Vepegretto learn that 141n Harfis is still on the sick list.— Rev. Mr. McMillan, of Belmore, nccepiedthe pulpit in the Presbyterian. church oe Sunday morning. ,At a meeting field on Friday evening it was decided to celebrate Dominion is ' t h village. Following office Da It the t Y g g. v appointed to t than a for the solea \ PP g day's program of sports :—Pres., G. Davidsnsl ; Vice Pres., John Booth Sec., D. M. McTavish; Treas., W. Mather.—Alex. Nluuroe spent several days in Stratford recently. Grey Council Pursuant to adjournment Municipal. Oinnoil of Grey Township met in the Township Hall, Ethel, ou April 20th. Members present. Minutes of previous meeting read and approved, Council, after uecessarydeclarations were made, formed themselves into a Court of Revision to consider appeals against the assessments of the Main anti Shiels Drains. SlcArthur—Fraser. — That there being no appeals entered against the assessments of the Mann Drain the By -late be read a third time and finally passed. Oarl ied. L. McNeil appealed against assess- ment in the Spiels Drain. No taction was taken, but appeal was left over mail next meeting of the Council for further consideration. , The Court of Revision was now clos- ed and general business resumed. • Brown—elcArthnr.—'That the En- gineer's report an the Close Drain be provisionally: adopted. and that By- laws be prepared and served upon the parties interested ; the Court of'Re- vision nn assessments 011 said Drain to be held Monday, May 22110. Carried. Cole—McArtlntr.—That Olerlt be in- structed to advertise for tenders for construction of Shiers and Mann Mains. Tenders to l 0 received u to Dtaa 1s. p noun Morality, May 8111. Carried. (11111'—al Arth;n'.—That Enginee>'s report on Alderson Diain Reprovision. ally adopted, and that By-laws be prep at and served' upon the rties r 1 ed a p 1 pa 'rntenesLed. ; the Court of Revision to 1>eheid 011 May 22o 1. Castled. McArthur Brown and carried that following accounts be paid ;— John McKay, repairing culvert side - rood 6 Cots. 17, $2.00 ; W. J. Hoy, re- pairing culvere gravel road, 52.50; Toho .Brown Serving Betfeitz drain 13y -laws, $2.25 ; P. A. McArlbur, serv- ing Brewer chain By-laws, $225 ; S, S Cole, serving Storey drain 13y -laws, $2.25 ; .11.1111 J . Brown, repah'i tag road sidepuitd 1, 0011, 10, $1.75• Harry South, Grey's share week 111 Wallace bdy., $0.93 ; Alfred Meehan, cement tilt, $5.00 t John Ilvibein, repairing rood Con. 2, $1.00, Fr(1ser—Brown—that' we tadjnin'n to Meet Stolidity, May 8th, Sys Onur't of Revision on 8. enrey, Bt ewer and Ben- tette decline. Carried. • 1i umearD 010111. A. H. P v. > THERR will be two; eclipses' this year both of the sun. The first occurs April 28, end will he total in Canada and Dela ed States from 531) p. m. for an hour: The other fells on Oet. anth but will not be visible in Canada. A Mcalab late 'De ht Sheriff f n v c Cavalier Co North Dakota, has °pe'tt ed a real estate and insurance o qe at , Laa don . He 18 doiu well in the Langdon. g West. The young gentleman is a brt. the to the Misse:. M°Nah, Queen street, 13ruseels, We swish Mr, NeBeb pros• parity, Church Ohlmoa Rev. Mr. Morden, Presbyterian minis- ter at St. Marys, has accepted R ell to Erskine Church, Ottawa, end will ge to his new field early next nfoutlt. It looks *quite a bit as if Rev, Mr, Ford, of (.beton, would be the next President of Louden Conference. 11 meets le Stratford in about foul' weeks. rhe W. A, of St. John's Church have arranged with Rev. T. G. A. Wr'igltt, 13, A,, .of Sarnia, for a series of Lectures to be given May 8th, gtlt, xoth and tali on St, Patrick, King Alfred, Jonah,aod 'l'em erauce, Mr. Wright is a fine laud p g forcible speaker and a master 0f bis j sub ect, lltese lectures should be heard interested nterested in their National and moral welfare, 'Lhe Presbyteries Synod of Hamilton and London convened.iO Kuser Church, Woodstock, Monday afternoon with u• bout 200 minister's end lay delegates present from Hamilton Paris, London, Chatham,Stratford, tratford Huron Maitland and Bruce„ There tvas all official welcome by Mayor Segal. Rev. A, C. Wishart, B, A., was in attendance, 92ND ANNIVERSARY of 00D FSLLOw•' sets,—Next Sabbath evening the mem- bers of Western Star Lodge, No. 549, Brussels, will attend service at Melville church at 7 o'clock, when the anniver- sary sermon to the Order will be preach- ed by the pastor. Brethren are asked to assemble at the I. O. 0. F. Hall at 6.3op. m. soots to be ready to march to: thelace of worship. A cordial invite.. P P tion extended to all slink members. Rev. J. \V, Hibbert, of G01•rie. oc- cupied the pulpit of the Methodist church bere last Seltllath and delivered • two profitable messages. Matthew—a character sketch—showing the good work possible without ostenation, eto., was the subject in the morning and in the evening "Man's Emancipation" was emphasized in a manner not likely to be easily forgotten. The reverend gentle- man isno stranger in Brussels and is al• ways welcoine. " EP,wORTH.LEAGUE ANNIVERSARY.—Next Sabbath will be observed in the Metho- dist church as Epworth League anniver= sary. At the morning service special in- terest will centre around the Junior Leaguers wbo who will contribute 'ari- ous exercises as well as lead the praise service. The pastor will also speak. In the evening the sermon will be address- ed ddressed to the young people of the church, with special music by the choir. Mon- day evening Rev. Dr. Cleaver, of Tor- onto, will give his incomparable, lecture, lean Val Jean, ope ning at 8 o'clock. CAN1)ATEs FOR MINISTRY. — The Methodist ministerial candidates who wrote at St. Marys last week were as follows ; Second year—D. D. Thomson, Whitechurch ; First year—A. W. Brown; PurtLambtou ; J. A. Walker. Bervie ; Robert Dalzell, Scottsville; A. T. F. Butt 1re imYinar —Harold Patk b Il , ; P] F. Swann E. Ruther- ford, Delmer ScottEer A 1. Heywood, Union ; Arthur L. Spracklin. Wheatley ; F. W. . Craik, Newbury; Frederick Manoing, Wallace ; Herbert N. Wooley, London Junction ; R. S, Lacklaud, : Walton Stanley R. Hunt, Scottsville ; S. J. 'P. Fortner, Sttathro . Tupperville circuit, of which Rev. Jas E. Hueter, formerly of this locality is Pastor, has been making a Missionary record not easily excelled. Two years ago they organized the Laymen's For- ward Movement and increased their contributions from $25o to '$65o. This past ear tlte standard was set at $Soo and attained. Tupperville is the first circuit in the London Conference to send out a Missionary at their expense. The representative will be Rev, H, E. Sheridan, Brockville, who B. A.,of o field will be a flus year. alis fi t graduates West China. He visited Tupperville est March and is consequently in personal touch with the generous people of that circuit. Well done Tupperville. The Evangelical Church Conference met at Zurich. Question of Union with the Methodist Church of Canada cues e a dtsciissed and when rule was taken g se a majority of 33, for union. Ten votes were recorded against it aed 43 for it. This means that the negotiations that are on foot shall be continued with a view to effecting an organized union, rine Evangelical' Association, generally known as German Methodist, started in Canada about fifty years ago among the German people, The Conference has to•clay nine thousand members and sixty preachers, incindive locals. The past n thousand'dollrs were rais- year eighteen a ed for missions, forty thousand for preacher's'. salaries, and 'eighty-three -thousand was raised for all purposes. There are 0ue hundred and seven P- ua ized vacieties with a Cntroh prop- ertyerty of four hundred and fifty thousand, 'Otte Conference tormerly was entirely German, but has been •largely Aagliciz• ed, there being only a very few fields of labor where German is employed ex- clesively. A flew cement walk will be put down at A. C. Seeker's new residence. Census CottnrisaloNERs.-'L'he table rates and allowances for the Census Commissioners have been fixed by the Dominiou Government and are as,,fnl- lows t—For correspondence with de -1 partmentat and staff oflicel•s, personal ' studies, iustructious of enerneratot's, ex- 1 amivatioe and correctiou of ehttlnera- tors' reports ancl' accounts and making 1.19 returns for tran%tnission to the Minis- ter of •Agrieeltur'e, according to the it trttetions the. commissioner book of is s n e t w f each census district will 'be entitled to pevmeut at a rate of one ceht per name for each person entnnet•ated in the pop- uh1Ho❑ schedule. roe all other duties sad to cover expenses of travel' and otherwise, and all other charges of office in the oceans districts where ono, core, Oilssiotler is appointed, a speclal allow. Mice Will be given to each eonnmtssinber ofa certain rtain atu0uu t hi addition to 1110 e satee of one cent per seine, 'ride snecial ainnvauce for the, commissioners i nners o the several ridings in Horot and Perth is Sines each The remuneration to the cebsus euunterators bas trot rot bees made public,