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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1904-12-1, Page 1rit Vol. 33. No, 21 BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1., 1904 New Advertisements. Looal—Robt. Shaw. Ooming—T. P. Smith. Lcoal—D. Ewan & Co, Just a few daye—J. G. Jonas. 350 reward—G. A, Deadman. Light Shoes—I. 0. Rioharde. Bylaw No. 230—Twp. of Grey. Selling below ooet—A. MoDonald. Ladies' blouses—McKinnon & Co, Early Xmatt buying—F. R, Smith, Holiday problems solved—Jae, Fox. Millinery bargeine— Mises Habkirk. Jewellery of quality—H. L. Jaokoon. County Coupoil election—F. S. Scott, 3y7.t:Jtrici1r .e)x st I3elr_rave. Leet Sabbath Rev. Mr. Wella, of Ethel, preached in the Methodist church here. Rev, Mr. Jooeeoocopied the pal. pits on Ethel.airooit, Finlay Auderecn, of East Wawanoob, will build a big bank barn next season. He hae the Baud and atom, now ready and will have the timber on the ground this Winter. 1 ail. Eyestrain relieved by glasses r Eyestain rarer comp nles very bad sight. The ',nearly perfect"' eight in Its effort to secure "perfect eight,• usually produces eye. train and suffering. We remove eyestrain by perfecting the sight. wawa i•m tll/� 'Dirs. T. ?Fletcher uciaeasdific axed ,Graduate Optician, BRUSSELS A number from thie locality were at Bruseela on Friday of 'ma week attending n301 Huron Liberal Nomiuetiug Convert. tion. A. Htelop, M. P, P. was the choice, During the past Summer A. Nicholson & Bome, of the Bodmin Lime Works, had a enooesetol eeaeoo burning 18 tiling, or about 12,000 bushels of limo, All wee disposed of, The proprietors have abut down for the Winter but filled up the Milne first eo a0 to be in readineeo for an early eturt next Spring. Ca rot .Itbt•oole. There ie talk of eome probable changes of property in this locality. Jacob Long offers the store recently vacated by by A. McNair to rent, The evangelistic genius • are still fn progress in the Melhodiet church here. Next Sabbath afternoon Rev. Mr, Irwin, of Westminster, will 000upy the pulpit of the Methodist church Oranbrook at the usual hour. There will be same building done again next Summer in this vicinity by oeverel farmere. For may homes and fine barns Grey township i0 coming well to the f root. A redaotion Dale ie being held at A. MoDooald'e store here to retinae the goods owing to hie reoent purobaae of A. MoNair's large °took. Hie advt. may be read in thie issue of THE PORT, A letter from Jacob Schnook, of Hrqueim, Washington Territory, brother to Wm. Schnook, 16th 000. Grey, Au net of Elma, and Otto, of this 100ality, eaye they recently captured an elk that dressed 600 pounds and n bear that sealed 450 pounds. It is 14 yeare einem Mr. Schnook went Weet and THE GOLDEN CLOCK New Goods For Christmas IN SILVERWARE AND LADIES' AND GENTS' WARE. CoMA ;MD SHE PEEN. Repairing a Specialty and Batie- faction Guaranteed. W. F. STRETTON, JEWELER. J. G. JONES, JEWELER limmmi Just a Flews Days Left to dee ide what the Xmas memento will be, and provid- ed Tewelry seems to be the most desired of all, why not let us have the favor of your consideration, if even to get the credit that our stook and prices should be a revelation to you. Should the article of your choice be found here, we will gladly lay it away till you require it. See our New Souvenir Pins. Also some very special Ormolu Gold and Cabinet Clocks. Repairing a Specialty None too Difficult Satisfaction Guaranteed. Choice Stock of ROBES, RUCS &C., &C. • A fine range of Robes, Best in the market, has been opened up consisting of :- -BLACK GALLOWAY—SASKATCHEWAN —GREY GOAT GRIZZLY BEAR and MOUNTAIN BEAR. —Plush and Wool Rugs, a very Choice lot. —In Horse Blankets a largo stock is carried and sold at Close Prices. Trunks and Valises of all kinds: Repairing Promptly Attended to. J. DONALDSON Sign of the Horse's Head 10 years einoe he wag 11ome. He ie time, keeper for a big Lumber 0o, and has 500 acme of land of 111e own, nine vale. The 81 aura farm of Jno. Diemen t, adjoining Bl0evale, has been sold to Wm. Mundill, near Belmore, for $4,600, Mr, Diament now lives in Toronto. F. S. Bnott, Brnasele, put the eale through, Monday morning of this week Mre, John Fortune, of the 10th coo., Torn• berry township, passed away at a good old ego. She had been poorly for some time. The funeral took plane to Wrox- eter oemetery on Wednesday. Je,rnei towoo. There wee a lively ekarrying about with the rather nnexpeoted fall of o*ow this week. Misses Ontt and McKelvey bave oom- pleted their work as Bible Booioty col. lectors on the let line of Grey. Rufus and Lemuel Jaoklin have re- moved from We locality. The former in engaged ail drayman at Galt and the latter has gone to Humilton. We wish them well in their new homes. P. 3, McDonald, contractor and builder, wbo rented his farm not long ago, will probably remove to Brueeele eo as to be more easy of muse. He hae juet comm pleted the new planing mill walla for P. Ament, Brueeele. The dry kiln and other work will be pushed if weather permite. Archie Forrest, of Thessalon, Algoma, arrived here on Saturday last and will likely epend the Winter here. Itis about 20 yeare since Mr. Forrest went North. He does quite a lumber bueinesn, Mise Marion Forrest, who was vieitiO3 in Algoma for about two month', o0me baok with her brother. She enjoyed her visit very much. The fnnerul of the late Alex. Soott took plane from the parental reeidenoe 011 Sooday afternoon and interment was made at the oemetery on the Boundary. The remain° were aoaompanied from the West by hie wife, mother and an old friend in the person of Andrew Lamont, formerly a resident of Grey. Mre. Soott le sinoerely eympathieed with in her bereavement, %V roxe ter. Jae. Paulin hes been on the sink list the lag few weeke. Frank Mitchell and family have re- turned from tbe West. Rev. L. Perrin and Rev. A, MoNab, of Walton, exchanged pulpit', on Sunday last. Miee Stewart, of Brueeele, wag the guest of Mies Jude Roberteon on Sam day. Mrs. N. J. Robinson has returned from Oakville where ehe was attending a brother who was eerionely ill. 39111e0 Smith, of Galt, and Wm. Smith, of Hamilton, attended the funeral of their brother, the late Oliver Smith on Monday. W. NI Robinson is fn London this week, where the Huron Synod meets for the purpose of electing a new Bishop to take .the plane of the late Bishop Baldwin, The Westminster Guild of the Presby- terian obareb intend holding a eooial evening next Friday, when the .Rev. J. J. Haetie, of Belgrave, will give an address on "Evangeline." The remains of Alex. Scott wbose death occurred in Saskatoon last Monday, arrived here last Friday night, and the funeral tools plane on Sunday afternoon from the residence of hie father, Peter Soott, of Tnrnberry. Deceased, wbo wee quite a young man, only in hie 27th year, bad been nick for only a few weeke, and it was thought was recovering nicely after an operation, for an abuse, when a Budden change took plane and he lingered only a few daye. Mnah eympathy is ex preeed for the parents, brother end eietere of the dammed, also hie young wife, formerly Misa Nettie Smith, of this village, to whom he had been married about seven months. OBIT,—The death moaned at eleven o'clock last Friday morning of one of Wroxeter', most respected residents in the person of Oliver Smith. Although Mr. Smith had been ailing for the past two yeare, still hie death, coming as it did after scarcely a weeke'a illoeee, wee a great shook to his relatives and friende. The deoeaeed was a very well known boeineee man, having ran the planing mill here ulnae hie removal from Brae. sale some yeare ago, He leaves a wife, two daugbtero, (Kiss Rode, and Mre. Robert Rae, of Fleming, Aeoa), two eons, (Peter and Orwin), as well ag an aged mother in Brueeele and a large number Ooming I Coming I T. P. SMITH EYE SPECIALIST Graduate of New York, Philadelphia and Toronto Optioal Colleges, will be et Poz's Drug Moro BRUSSELS, ONE DAY ONLY Wednesday, Dec, 14th Call early and avail youreelf of hie valuable 008010ee, EXAMINATION FREJI, Of brothere and eiders, all of whom were present at the foneral, which tools place Monday afternoon to the Wroxeter cemetery, Tho long procession of eurrowing oitfz nil that followed bine in a funeral procession was a sterling tee* mony to his reoord in life. The Rev. J. Roes, of Brueeele, and Rev. L. Perrin, conducted the facetal eervioee. Platt et. Rev. Mr. Jones, of Sulgrave, occupied the palpit of 111e Methodist church here Met Sabbath evening. IIe's an enthnof• natio expounder of the gospel and gave a good discourse. The iron for Campbell's bridge, 2nd con., arrived here last week. Hamilton Bridge Go , has the contract, the super. atrunter° coating $509. The bridge will be placed tbie week, Union Bible Society will be held in the Methodist obareb next Sabbath evening when addressee will be given by Rev. Jno, Rose, B. A., and B. Gerry, of Brossele. Robs, McKay will preeide. Ethel contributed $30 last year. Our well known villager, Township Clerk Molntoeb, ie able to get about once more, after a lay up from three broken ribs. The accident boppened in front of Wm. Love's, 9th oou, Mr. Malotoeb bad gone for a drive with Henry Kaye and the former was holding the horse when two doge got into a mix. up under the buggy which frightened the equine. Mao. was pitched out on the hard road with the above result. After a lively hustle the borne wae caught on the side road. It might easily have been woree. Walton. Graham McIntosh, of Toronto, is a vieitor et the Manse. The Study close held each Monday evening at Dnff'e menu is growing in interest. There are 17 on the roil and the Examination, will be held next May. Rev. L. Perrin, B. A., of Wroxeter, preached in Duff's church last Sabbath and the pastor Rev. Mr. MaoNab, M, A., took the work at Wroxeter. Mr. Perrin', earmone were appreciated. CHunaa RE.00nNINc.—The Melhodiet obareb, after being moved to the village, hae been fitted up for 0000panoy, and will be opened neat Sabbath. Rev, Dr, Manning, of Clinton will reach morn• ing and evening, 10,3 P0 and 7, and in the afternoon at 2.80 a Ohildrele'e meeting will be held, Revde. Manning and MaaNab officiating. Suitable music will be provided for all eervioee. Monday even ing a tea meeting will be held, at whiob a good program of moeio, epee0bee, eto., will be provided. Among the epeekers will he Revile, Manning, Holmes, Conine, and MacNab and W. 11. Kerr. A correspondent from Zion appoint- ment, Fullerton, writiog to the Mitchell Advocate says :—The fowl supper and social at Zion on Monday evening was in every way a grand emcees. Such a epleodid spread se woe served in the ball bythe1 e Zion is veryseldom met eels of o with and the social held i0 the ohnxoh after sapper wae equally as good. One epeoiel texture which should be mentioned wee the singing of Mrs. (Rev.) Baker, of Walton, who, with her haebaod, was present both at the Sunday eerviae and Monday's social. She peanuts an ex- tremely sweet and mellow soprano voice, her high notes being taken with the greatest ease, and in her rendition of Emmet's Cuckoo song, we moot say elle was exoellent and held leer audience spellbound. Such eraalises ae Mre, Baker are few and far between, and should ehe ever be in this neighborhood again we hope to have the pleasure of listening to her well trained birdlike *foe, REBOLBTIONe OD SYMPATHY.—At the Union Sabbath School Convention held here Tuesday of last week, reenlotiooe of sympathy were passed to Rev. I. M. Webb, the past President, and to James Bolger, who was to have read a paper, on Magid in the eohool, at the Convention, but owing to the deoeaee of his wife he was enable to be present. Following is a oopy of the resolution to Rev. Mr. Webb ; DEAR SIn AND BROTHER,—We have been inetrnoted by the Walton Union Sabbath School Aeaooietioo, in Convention assembled, to forward to you an expreeeion of its shore and heart- felt eympathy in the affiiation that bee overtaken you. We are rejoined to learn that some improvement hue token place in your condition gnu your return to London. It is our earneet hope and prayer that He who i8 tbe healer of our dieeaooe may bless every effort put fortb for yonr•reoovery, so that, if it pleases Him, "wbo death all thinge well," and who makes "all thinge to work together for good to them who love God," you may be spared to render Him further eerviae in the minietry of Rio gospel. You were not forgotten when our Oon• vention took plane—a Convenlioo over Midi a year ago, it was expected you would preeide. "Man proposes ; God disposes," Whetber is the active work of eerviae, or in the passive work of suffering, we are Hie eervanto, and our 8e00i00 is well•pleaeing to Him. We desire pereonally to assure you that if it would please the Lord to go restore you that you would be again able to perform, ae in the paet, the functions of your ministry. In the name of the Walton Union Sabbath School Asenoiation, es well as in our 0000 1.18411e0, we are with all eympathy, and with every good wish Very sincerely yonre, ANDREW MAONAn, 11, SMITH BARER, Preeideut. STAR FOOTBALLER BANQaETTED.—On Wednesday 0088108 of lest week, the young men and girls of Walton aeeembled at the reeidenoe of Mre. L. MaDonald, with the purpose of doing honor to Gin. don MoDonald, whose brilliant work white spuria* with the Galt Football 01011 in the U, 8, materially aided that team in lending their viatorieo, When all had gathered, Geo. Ferguson rend the following addreee, W. G. Neal mak. ing the presentation ;— To Gordon McDonald : Duo O0000 ono,—We, the boye df Walton, have assembled (hie evening to evidence our appreolation of the eaten• tion you have drawn to, and the honor you kava conferred aeon oar town by the prominent part you have taken in the repent triumphs' tour of the Galt Football Olub in the United States, In a eerie, or aenxtear Championship gem00, two in St. Louie, and one in Obioage, resulting in every inetenoe in brilliant viotoriee for the Canadian teem. The attention of the sporting world was sttraoted, and it is our prido to point to the particular feat that your mastery of the game wag ananlmoaely atbuted by all the reports of the matches, We are proud that Walton hae produced a player aoltoowledged by experts to be one of the olevereet expouente of the game in Ontario and as a memento of your recent oreditable aobievemeot, we present to you this ring, which we hope you will long live to wear in memory of the Walton boye. Signed on their behalf JOHN W. MORItieON, W M. G. Nate, Geo. E. FRRaueoce. The ring was a beautiful one, gold set with opals. Gordon fittingly thanked the donors and then all proceeded to enjoy themselves in a eooial way. A gorgeous spread, gotten up iu moat elaborate style in which oyetere played a oonepionone part, was partaken of at midnight. After the banquet, F. O. Neal, M. B , in a felioitene epeeeh, pro- posed the health of the guest of the even• ing, whiob was responded to on bib be- half by J. W. Morrieon. Tonne were thou proposed to "The Ladiee" and "The Hostess," by Frank Shannon and W. G. Neal, and reoponded to by Red mond McDonald and John A. Mc Donald, respectively. After a farther tenet of m08i0 and song, the happy gathering broke up, voting Mre. Me. Donald as good an entertainer ail Gor- don was a foot ball player. (�r Jr eV. A new ocean was placed in the home of Alex. McKay, 16th oou. of Erma, last week. Mre. Alex. Stewart, 16th eon., who baa been very ill, ie, we are pleased to say, getting better. Robert and Mre. MoDona'd were vieitor, ab Goderioh and Colborne town- ship last week. Last Sabbath Rev, Mr. Jones, of Bel. grave onnduoted the eervioee fu Union appointment, Rev. Mr. Wells took his work at Belgrave. Wm. and Miss Mary MoBlain, of Tee - coma, Brant Co., are renewing old frie•ldehips in this towoahip. They are son and daughter of Qaiotin MoBlain, former reoidente of Grey. They are wel- come visitors. Will. MaDona'd, who has tp.nt the past Summer touring the U. 3., is baok again. He visited New York, Newark, Bt. Louie, Chicago, &o. This Winter be will buy a ear of horses and take them to the Went next Spring. Jamee and Mrs. Atkioeon and family of Hamilton, were vieitor, during Thanks. givingat Robert McDonald's, 9th non, Mre. At kine n and Mrs. McDonald are o slaters. The vieitor woe a resident of this locality before she married, J. Avery, who left here some fifteen yeare or so ago, was calling on several of his friende on the 16th 000. thio week, who were very pleased to see him Time bone dealt very kindly with him and he is the same genial, good hearted fellow as of yore. On Monday of tiffs week John A. eon of Jno. Sparain 11011 eon., left for Vetoer. iaeo, U. S., where he will take a course in a eohool of Telegraphy, He is a steady going young mac as well es a clever student: and hie many friend', wish him 8000001. Last week Councillor John Grant and family moved from the old homestead, 14111 con., to the Jae. Mitchell farm, 13th con., which he pnrahaeed some months ago. We wish them many oomfortable, proepero0e and happy yeare in their new quarters which will be much more convenient to eohool end town. The new steel 90 toot bridge over the Maitland on the 9th eon„ was completed last week by the Mitchell Bridge Oo., and a fine job was done, R. McDonald finished the grading and tilling in at opproaohee so that traffio was opened on Thursday. Alex, D. Lamont's team was the first one to canes it. Andrew Hielop made a good jib on the cement abut menta. The steel work out $1,598 00 ; the ebutmente $1,436 ; and the approaoh• es $140. S. S. No. 4 of Grey hae decided to hold a public Sohool Examination and Entertainment on the day and night of December 16th. The eohool 10 a 0paoioa0 building and every effort ie to be put forth to aneommodate, as well KB enter. ban, The came is a worthy one, as it is to add.to the already exoelleut library and to purchase a "Canadian Flag." Accommodation for horses also le getter• usaly given by the neighboring !armors, eight'ot whom arelwithin halfa mile of the school. Remember the date, Deoem• her 16111, Jamestown School, Township of Grey. $30,000 BY Law.—In this week's issue of Tan Pon is a Bylaw, provisionally adopted by the township Connell, and to be submitted to the ratepayere on Mnnioipal Elootion day, providing authority to the Council to ieene debentures for $30,000 for the purpose of erecting etoel bridges and cement abut. manta. Debentures will ran 20 yeare and bear interest at the rate of 4%. A spatial rate of $2,207,40 will be noceeoary, annually, to repay loan and provide for the morning intereet. This year 4 bridges were built and the expense of three of them borne by the rate levied tbie Fall, the fourth contrect being let after rate for year was struck and ooet will have to be carried over to next year. There ie little doubt but for eevcral year', to oom0 bridge building will have to be engaged in, several 01 the etluoturee being repaired about as Inuit es they are Worth, With the loan secured other necessary work oou bo attended to as well Dud the Max rate redacted Erma whet it is this year. The electors ehenld read and preserve A Dopy of the Bylaw, dieeues it and thereby be in a post ion to vote intelligently upon the proposal on the 2nd day of January. 0, Bowan, who hail been visiting Mende on the 16th eon , has returned to Ilia home near Mitchell. Preliminary arrangements ere being made by Union °hatch Sabbath School, 12th eon,, to hold their annual entertain. meat. They will have a musical and literary program and Ohrietmae Tree on Thursday evening, 22nd lost, The trustees of S. S. No, 6 have engag- ed the eervioee of Miss Lizzie, daughter of John McArthur, of Bruseela, as teach- er for 1905 at a salary of $290. She is at present attending eohool at Berlin. We wish Miss McArthur names,. Mise McDonald, the present teacher, will be giving up the profession it is said. Last Saturday Hugh and Will., sone of James McKay, formerly of Monarirff, now of Monkton, arrived bome from N. W. T;, where they went laet March. The boye have takeu up bomeeteade and will return t0 the West next Spring. Whether housekeepers will u0oompauy them or not remains to be seen. Walter McKay, another brother, who was West ie also home. (1oox EY,—On Nov, 16,h, Margaret Dodd, relict of the late John Oothlin, passed away on the homestead farm io the fifth conoeesion of Elma, now mum pied by her eon, Richard Ooghlin. She wan in her eighlyeeventb year, and had enjoyed good health up to within a few weeke of her death, when her system yielded to her advanced age, and ehe went peacefully to her reward. The de• oeased wee a daughter of the late Henry Dodd, and was born at Brandon, Ireland, io 1818. She wee married in Gork to the late Jahn Coghlin with whom she came to Canada in 1837, the year of the Maokeozie rebellion. They first settled in Kirtley township in the united counties of Leede and Grenville, where they re aided until 1853, and where several of their children were born. In tbat year the family Dame to the Qneen'e Bneh, Mr. Ooghlin (eking up lots 19 and 20 in the 5th 0000eseion of Elma, where they cleared for themselves a home, exper• ienoiug the triale of the early pioneer daye, and where the deoeaeed bad resided eootinuouely for over fifty yeare. Her bu•band pre deceased her fourteen yeare ago, having reached the advaueed age of 92 yeare. Longevity appears to have been a characteristic of both ,idea of the family, Mre. Oogh'in'e mother having lived nt'I ehe was 107years,and a sister o t died et 92. Of a family of fourteen children, ten ere living, several of them being among the most proeperone farmere of Wallace and Qllma. The eons are Henry and Charles, of Wallace; William, in Manitoba ; Nathaniel, at Atwood ; and John, Richard and George, in Elma. The daughters are Mre. Geo. Grierson, of Elmo; Mre. Edward Oampbell, of Henfryn ; and Mrs. W. Beane, of this township. The funeral took place on Friday afternoon to Elena oemetery, and was largely attended. Rev. J. H, McLeod of the Anglican Church, Elma, conduct ed the funeral service. 10$0 r retie. Statutory Council meeting on Deo. 15th. George Findlater hae returned from hie trip in the N. W. T. Evidently he thinks that the white man's land is the beet, Rev. 0. P. Wells delivered a very inetruotive addreee on the subject of "Education" to the Sunshine congre• gation last Sunday afternoon. The sale of young pante and horses, annouooed to be held at James Bolger'e, 8th line, Friday afternoon of next week, has been cancelled owing to other arm rangemeote being made. School Section No. 5 intends having an entertainment on Deo. 20th, prnoeede to be invested in a library for the intellectual benefit of the scholars. The Idea is all right and should be heartily backed op in the neighborhood. School section No. 3, known as the Miller school, 5th line, will have Mise Minnie L. Kerr, who is teaching at Dungannon, as teacher for next year. Mr.Montgomery, the present teacher, will enter open the study of Medicine it is said. ENTERED INTO REnc.—On Sunday, November 20th, at 4 o'clock in the after, 00011, at the home of Hugh Forsyth, Frobisher, Manitoba, formerly of the 6th line, Morris, Hannah Foraytb, beloved wife of Albert MaOall, a former Morrieite, bade Goodbye to thing', terrestrial and entered into tbe Home celestial. She had been poorly for the past two yeare, the partioalar cause of death wan pleurisy. Deceased was tbe eldest daughter of Hugh Forsyth and wee united in mar. riage too her now bereft partner needy three yeare ago, They had no family. Mre. MWWall was a bright, cheerful, indaetrione woman wbo wee beloved by a large circle of relatives and friende, and her demise will be a source of einoere regret. She wag 28 years, 6 mouths and 20 days old. The funeral took place on Taeeday, 22nd alt., at 1 o'olook, from the home of her father, to the Frobisher oemetery. Mrs. IvloOall went West Inst March. The many old Morrie friende tender their sympathies to the bereaved. IN LOVING MY1EM0ar, The world has lost some of its beauty, Por loved one bee passed away From 11110 troublesome, woarlsome. laud, To the realms of endless day. She was beautiful in every way, Obedient, and hind and fair, Well fitted t0 dwell in the 3119.11810118 Our Saviour hae gone to proparo, 8he has soup to her rest, and her eonfl.lots are o'er, She is done with her Borrows and pain, The trials of life which she patiently bore, Shall never distress her again, 01 was hard to part with dear Hannah. But her Father has called herhotno ; And we'll try to assuage our sadness, For vo more in tele cold world she'll roam. She shall sleep, bat not forever le that lonely foreign grave. B loosed bo the 'Lord that taltetlt Blessed be the Lord that gave. The oirole is broken, ono dear Mae gone, Missed day by day from its acoa0tom0d plum. But cleaned and perfected, saved by grace, Ono more in heaven. lu heevou there'll bo no more patting, No nigbfug, for all will be fair; Nappy thought, wo shall Mow ono another, And with Hannah those manelone may ,bare, W. H. KERB, Prop, The farmers who have got their wood cutting, grinding and straw cutting porn• plated may congratulate them ielve8 so ' far as regards the onowy weather, STOLE HONEY. --Ono night reoontly Rome aweet-toothed brit email wailed indtvideal went to Donald McLean'', farm, 7th line, and helped thermally, 8 a posoibly 25 lbs, of hooey from a hive a, d thereby destroyed the colony of b es.. The honey•aatb8rer8 belong to G A, Deadman, of Brnasele, and he bee tffered a reward of $50 for the unseath,u et the thief. We have heart' of peep a being mean enough to take the oolmera frim) a dead man's eyee but he is n0 meaner than the party who robbed the bee have. It is to he hoped the guilty one will be located and an example made of him. 1110 ONss.—Bpeaking of big potatt:ea Henry Johnston, of "Summerlui.d" Farm, 5111 line, bad Northern Beauty variety some of them meaeur,ng 9 inches long, 24 inches iu circumference; with 40 eyes and weighed 2; pumas, He grew 2 Swede turnips tbat weighed 311 )be. ; 4 others that scaled 524 lba., and 10, pipped out of two laude, that weighed 127 pounds. With hie two daughtere and one eon, 1118 oldest 13 years of age, they put 35 bnnitelo of t0rnipoJoto the wagon, drove to 1118 pit and unloaded in 9 winutee. Talk about bustling that was going iteaa lively rate and a record not amity beaters, People We Talk About. Herb. Cunningham has taken tt position in Stratford. Mise Maggie Stewart was visiting with Wroxeter friende. Mre;B• Gerry and Mrs. S. T. Plum visited in Blyth this week. W. H. Salter is baok from n trip through the Western Staten. Mies Ferguson, of Walton, was visiting Mies Mabel Zimmer for a few days. Mies Anna Hunter has gone to Allan - lord, wbere she will spend eome time. Mies Fannie Thompson is home from Fergus where she bee spent the pant year. Mre. T. Fletcher and Mrs. W, H. Kerr were visitors with Toronto Maude thio week. Mre, John Garter, Mill street, has been quite,poorly bat we hope she will goon be o. k. . has one to Tens. Mrs. Ha a oft er e M r g y water, to visit her daughter, Mrs. D. Fergneon, George Cunningham, V. B., is in town. He hae been employed in Wingham for some montbe. Mies Zelma Gerry, of Blyth, is a vieitor at Oonnoillor Plum's, her male, Tornberry street. Mre. Griffith has not been enjoying her usual good health of late bet we trust she will soon be fully invigorated, D. A. Lowry is working et his trade in Torooto and ,bowing his skill to bustle with the beet of them. Jno, and Mre. Ament, of Millbank, were renewing old friendships in Brueeele during eportionofthe et week, past Mark Buchanan ie home from his visit to the Northerly part of Ontario and has resumed work for P. Ament. H. Dation end family removed to Berlin last Saturday where they purpose making their home. We wish them well. Mies Flo. Baobanan, who was home from Looknow for Thanksgiving Day, was accompanied by Mrs. Findlay, of St. Helene. Mre. D. A. Ferrier, of St. Helens, mite visiting her parents, Thos. and Mre. Lott, and bar crater, Mre, Wm. Miller, of this looality. Mre. H. Meboalf, who had beau visiting her deter, Mrs. J. L. Kerr, for several weeke, left for her home in Toronto, In Tuesday afternoon. The baby eon of Jonas and Mrs Beck. er, John street, bee been seriously ill during the past week but we hope the little one will soon be better, Mre, Arnott, of Ailanford ; Joseph Clark, of Brantford, and Mr. and Mre. Beattie, of Pine River, were guests at Ino. Hunter's, John street. Mre. George Brown, Mies Maggie Brown, Russell mud Jae. Wright, the latter of Dakota, were vieitor, with friende at Clifford tbie week. It is Raid Dr. and Mre. Graham may spend the Winter in Outerio, possibly a part of it in Brussels. They have been in the West during the past Summer. Geo. Marr, son of Joseph Mnrr, of Brussels, is now a news agent on the G. T. R, with headquarters at Stratford. Hie run ie from Oweu Sound to Pott Dover. ('11118011 PRIM EN. Mr, Powell, of Huron College, Loudon, will conduct the eervioee in St, John's ohnxoh Brueeele, next Sunday. Next Sabbath evening Rev. 0. P. Wells, M. A., B. D., of Ethel, will preach in Melville ohuroh, The pastor will be at Ethel eddreseing a Bible Sooiety meeting, Job was the 0ubjeot of Rev. Jno, Rua' 'termor) loot Sabbath morning, a unlit .a- ation of the theme of the previ. n0 Sabbath. In the evening "Whateoevet, thy band findeth to do, do it with illy might"wag the text. Rev, '1'. W. Ooeeuo will preach Rrni- verenry sermons on the Weeleninieter circuit, hie charge before coming Ivo 0. Hie pulpit will be filled by Rev. R. Ful- ton Irwin, Of Weotmineter, an earnest and successful pastor and a good preach- er. The pulpit of the Methodist obur^1f 000 oeoupied last Sabbath by It v. Martin J. Wilson, B, A„ of Pteswe r, wbo gave two excellent dimmers, s rat r out of the beaten path, Hie text in h0 morning was Psalm 119 verse 160 t tai St, John 18 and 37 in the evening. R v. batr. Coeene preached Missionary stem lie at Toeewater on Sabbath. The result of the re wont in Notch. Bimooe gives Leighton Mocertby 41 majority over Major Currie. West Baron Coneervatfve 0011ve11tien was held last Monday at Auburn. Barrieter Dudley Holmes, of Wmghant, Carried the convention 00 the 0oeoerva+ five standard-bearer for West titan,