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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1896-12-25, Page 5Thar rJi; .gDf, Vadrirt Tuok, of Durham, owns visiting rel. Mine baro last week, Mica Nell. Gregory, of Elarrleton, ie vieitintt Mende in and around Gorda, T. 11. McLaughlin wag boon for a few days attending the funeral of a brother• in-law, near Ballantrae. Our young folks have enjoyed the ex.. salient plotting on the pond during the beautiful moonlight evenings. Onr repred0ntative to County Couneil will be B, S. Cook, sure. Who the other luolcy roan will be deponent saith not, The Preebyteriana have secured Rev, 3. B. Mullen, of Fergus, to deliver a leo• tare on New Year's night, entitled "My Rumbles in Great Britain." No admis- Bion fee but a free will offering will be taken Up, Rev, A. McKibbon, B. A„ of Wroxeter, occupied the Metbodieb pulpit on Sob. bath Met and gave two able addreeees. He ie billed to leoture in the eamechurch on Christmas night, eubjeot "Three score years a Queen,' when a tea will be given and a good time expected. RVPealto)1. School closed for Xmae holidays on. Tuesday. Walton 'faotory obsess wae shipped this week. Rev. D. Forrest to enjoying a holiday with relatives in the East. Methodist Sabbath school entertain• moot on New Year's night.. Rev. R. Paul, Brussels, will preach in Duff's church next Sabbath morning rind evening. The interesting paper read by Mies Barrows at the Sabbath School Oonven- tion held here reoently may be found on page 6 of this issue of THE POST. On Wednesday of last week, Wm. T„ infant son of P. Beirnes, died from the effects of scalding occasioned by upsetting a dish of hot water that was on the table. The little fellow was nearly 8 months old. Much ,sympathy is felt for the par- ents. The funeral took place on Tours- dDxso.—After an illness of over a year the messenger Death called away James 0., son of Thos. Dennieon, on Friday of last week, at the early age of 20 years and 9 months. The funeral took plaoe On Monday afternoon, Rev. J. P. West. man oondnottng the services. Interment was made et Brussels cemetery. De. ceased was a line you'hg man and widely respected. , (Consumption wae said to be the baoee of death, Morrie:. Ton POST gives the news. Do you take it 7 Tax Collector Mooney has about 910,- 000 collected oh this year's in -gathering. A. 0. Russell is home for •the holiday season. fie is studying Dentistry in To- ronto. Allan Speir, who bee been seriously ill for weeks, is able to sit up now we aro pleased to hear. . Sae. Duncan ie spending his holidays at home, having completed his term at Goderich Model school. Hugh MoLean has disposed of his hardware business in Belgrave to Bobt. Gallagher of the same place. Adam Halliday had the misfortune to slip and fall on the Ise outside the door- way one day recently, the result being a sprained wrist. • Peter Budge, who moved from this townehip about four years ago to the vicinity of Hamilton, ie visiting friends and acquaintances here. A large number of Morris electors at- tended the Co. Connell nomination last Monday at Brussels and were pleased to see Reeve Mooney elected by aoolamation. John Wigbtman had the miefortnne to cut his foot while rising the axe in the bash on Friday of last week, and Herbert Brinell had the same misfortune on the following day. John White has sold his 50 -acre farm on the 8th con. to Jas. [Graig for $2,500, Mr. White will have a sale of stook and implements on Tuesday of next week and will retire from farming. Jas. E. Hunter, who has been attend- ing Belleville College, is home for the Christmas holidays. He is addressing several meetings while here inoonnection with the Students' Missionary Campaign, The Christmas entertainment held in the Methodist church, Sunshine, on Thursday evening ot last week, was a decided success. Proceeds amounted to nearly $20.00. Reeve Mooney occupied the chair. Frank Kirton and sister, Mies Bella, of Bluevale, were visiting at Wm. Miehie's last week Mr: Kirton wtlh leave shortly for Loring, Parry Sound, where he baa secured a position as teach- er for 1897. Ocmcznr: On Friday evening, Dea. 18th, a oouoert was held in the school house of. S. S. No. 8. Though the night. was very wild and stormy a goodly crowd of peoplefrom .all parte was present. The sobool was tastefully decorated with flowers and' evergreens.. The stage was a novel invention ,and no trouble was spared to make the entertainment a com- plete success. About 8 o'clock S. Paul took the chair and a vary lengthypro- gram was rendered as follows •—oong, "Happy Greeting," by the sobool ; in- strumental, M. Fraser; dialogue, "The Rehearsal," by 7 scholars ; selection by Bluevale Harmonica Band ; recitation, ,Willie Thornton; dialogue and tableau, "What is Xmas," by 5 girls ; song, "No one to welcome me home," Mr. Brown, of Winghant •, natation, "Gifts for all," Allis Paul end. Nettie Yeo • violin music, Messrs. Warwick and Laidlaw ; dialogue, "The dental operation," • song, M. Sel. here ; recitation, Miss doggie Oaidbiok ; selection by Harmonica Band ; song, "The brook;" 5 girls ; recitation, May Thornton ; dialogue, "Trapped" ; comic song, "McDougall's Bieber," snore, "Tho lost child;' Mr. Brown ;-tableau,"Before and after marriage" ; violin tnttaio, Mes- srs. Warwick and Laidlaw ; song, Ida McAllister ,• recitation, Jennie Bowman ; reoitatton, Arletta Farrand ; dialogue, "The empty house" • song, Maud Paul ; song, Robbie Farrand; tableau, ''Xmas time" ; selection by. Hermonioa Band ; recitation, L, MtAllisler ; song, 13, 2 lit - tie girls; dialogue, "Strategy" violin music, Messrs. Warwick and Laidlaw ; comic song and noon, "Don't yon hear the bobolink," Mr, Brown ; dialogue, "Catching the train" • tableau, "Coming thro' the rye." A vote of thanks was then tendered to the young people who. had so willingly taken part in the 'enter. tainment. The oouoert was closed by all joining in singing "God save the Queen," 1.1 k" ITT TT ct t' 0' » re riff. Mian 0. A. Ilallidity having porn letea aro, Cabot, Beatty, Adair told L, Tek, B. If. MoDanald lost a very valuable bar term of toaohing 1n 5. 8, No, 9 will mter took part ; iaetrumental eolections Donee haat week ,from in(lammation• hold the rains in No. G during 1897, and by an orehsetra composed of Messrs, . John P. knight, student from 130110. her ulster, Mies Mary, will perform Beatty and Spence, playing harmonicas, vii'. Onllege to home visiting Mende timilar duties in 8, 8, No, 7,: I+last Il, MoJiay and 0. 35cltmier svlth violins, Wnwartoah. May their efforts be prawn. end ➢lice B, .Spenoa, wito played on the ed with once es anto•harp; it reading by Postmaster H. E. Bnrltholder, who has been a reel. Spence tin i"How Scottie Airfe learned dent of this township far the peat 9 or 10 to ride a bicycle" ; recitations entitled yeare, has luaoed g farm in XeKlllop "The Showman's oourtoliip," and the "Enchanted eltirb," by Mr, holt, which elioted the hearty applauee of lire Audi. eine ; and a dialogue, ending with an Initiation, by members of the Court. The audience dispersed about 11 o'clock, all feeling that the 0. 0. F. had spared neither trouble nor expanse in making the evening an enjoyable one. townelitp and will remove with hie fain. fly to that locality next Spring, We are sorry to lose the Burkholder family but wish them every auaeoes in their new borne. It is rumoured that Oonnelllor Iebieter or Andrew Sloan will oontest the Reeve. ship with Councillor Bowman, Deputy- Reeve Kirkby may be opposed by B. Oaldbiek• Oounoillor Oode will seek re. election and Jas. Bolger has announeed his intention of seeking a seat at the rant" rook. School Wooed on Tuesday to re.opeu Beard, Nomination will take plane next Jan' dth. p Monde at the Towneb Hall. Conrad Raddatz made A business tri Y p to Mosley this week, W. J. Soott, who has performed the tiyillinm Heutber has been laid off work duties of Secretary for the Presbyterian for the past; week with quinsy. S. B., Belgrave, during the past two, Mrs. Siemmon, of Bru.eele, visited years, has resigned, owing to his removal friends in Oranbrook this week. from the village. Mr. Scott will be A. Reymann, of Cranbv'ook, has sold greatly missed both in the S. 8. and 0. his thorough bred Berkshire boar to Thoo. 17. society, of which he was ,an active Bolwan, of Jamestown, for a good sum. member, Chris. Miohte has been an- It ,ys to keep good stook. Oue week's pointed Secretary of the S. S. for 1897, adv..r:(sement in Trte Pon sold it which OEITIIAAY.—A message was received at proves Tuo POST to be -e, good. advertising Belgrave from Vancouver, B, 0., annvey medium, .. .. ing to his people here the sad intelligence David McNair is working in the woods of the death of D.W. Geddes, eon of Wm. on his father's farm, eon. 15, Grey, cut - Geddes, of Morrie. Deoeosed was 41 years ting wood. Joseph Reymann is also busy old and unmarried. He went West in the woods for ;Valentine Fooreter get. about„ 15 years ago and had not been ting out wood and logs. The boys are home since. He was a brother of D. missed on the street but the exercise is Geddes, V. 8„ of Luoknow, and Mrs. A. good for their health. McLean, of Wingham. The body was brought home and the interment took, place at Belgrave on Sunday afternoon under the auspices of the Odd Fellows, of which deceased was a member. There was a very large attendance. 'It ie need- less to say that his aged mother is al. most distracted with grief. A oiroum- stenos that adds sadness is the fact that he was expected home in January to be present at the golden wedding of his parents which wee to have been celebrat- ed on the 13th.. PnnsErjTAmx"ii.—On Weedily of this week the ,closing exercises of Barrie's' school took place. When the lessons were over a competition took place be. tween two sides in a musical and literary program. The program , were as fol- lows ;-Ida Mooney, captain --Recitations by Mary Kernaghan, Jim Innes, Clara Mooney, Minnie Walker, Lizzie Davis, Ida Mooney, Ollie Walker,Everett Walk.' er and Richard Oardiff ; instrumental music by Milton Sharpe and Willie Oloaksy ; essays by ans. Donnelly and Joe Petco. Lulu Davis, captain—Beoi, tabtons by Nelson Msnnders, Horeb Maunders, R. Mooney, ^- Elston Cardiff, Ida Platt, Charlie Barrie, Minnie Moon- ey, Willie Platt and Mabel Nichol ; in- strumental music by Jessie Greenslade and two boys ; reading, Lulu. Davis ; song, "Jingle bells" ; essay, Norah Maunders. The former won by 8 points. During the intermission Mise O. A. Hal liday, whose successful term of 4 years as teaoher, has terminated, treated all the children to confectionery. Before the olcee of the proceedings the teacher was presented with a fine photo. album. The following address was read by Myr- tie Nichol and the presentation made by Mary Kernaeban :— To Mies 0. A. HALLIDAY,—We, the pupils of the 6th line, take this last op- portunity of showing our respect towards you, as yon are about to sever ;your con• neotion with us. Please accept this Album as a email token of the respect we owe to you, and we hope wherever you oast your lot that long life, happiness and prosperity may attend you always. You have -proved -.yourself to be a .faithful teaober and a loving friend while amongst us and you will perry away with you the warmest wishes of your many friends on the 6th line,. We also wish you a Merry $mac and,a Happy New Year. Signed in behalf of the pupils of the 8th line, Mumma Nroaoi, Meng KEIINAtwAN. Miss Halliday made a brief, appropriate reply, expressing her tbanke for the. handsome gift and wished all the pupils sacoess. The new teacher will be J. Hendry, who comes with, first-class re- comtnendations. He succeeds a capital teacher in Miss Halliday. FIthet. John Grant is visiting at Seaforth. School closed on Tuesday of this week. Municipal nominations here next Monday. T. Dobson, of London, is visiting at J. Eakmier's. Alf. Foga!, of Trout Creek, is spend - ins a few weeks under the parental roof. E. Sanders now .caters .to the wants of the pnblio in the shoemaking line of busiaess. The Methodist Christmas Tree and entertainment on Christmas Eve promis- es to be the best of the season. Andrew'Lokmier, of Fullerton,arrived home on Tuesday of this wee;:. It is said he comes'to spend Christmas and also to officiate in a wedding, and it isn't Lou's either. The reading given by Postmaster Spence ab the oyster supper the other night renalledtothe :.minds of many of the audience a sone which wae present- ed on one of our bank streets when our worthy Postmaster attempted to ride a bicycle. His experience and Scottie Airlie'e correspond in many respects. The Presbyterian Sabbath 'schoolhead their annual entertainment in the Town- ship Hall on Tuesday evening. Nota withstanding the unfavorable condition of the weather and the roads, a large orowd assembled to listen to the recita- tions, songs, dialogues, etc,, given by the children. Rev. D. B. McBee acted as chairman and kept the audiauce in good humor by his funny stories, The choir and orohestra also added in no small degree to the evening's entertainment. 0. 0. F.—The oyster and fowl supper served in the Township Hall on Wednes. day evening of last week by the mem- bers of Court Ethel, 0. 0. F., No. 261, was all that could be dbeired. It was not intended from the outset to be the masse of increasing the funds of the Court, (although no abjeations would have been offered had it done so), but rather as an advertieomenb for the,Order, and snob It proved to bo, as at a special meeting, two nights afterwards, 'six con. didates were initiated and several appli- cations were presented. Bre. Wm. Doig, a special organizer of the 0. 0. F., anted as obndrman, and gave a abort ad dress on "Forestry." The program con - elated of vooal music in which the Misses Spence, Mrs, 19. °ober and Mee. L find—, well you pan guess, we will nob tell on John. `l'he 0pper Bros., of Listowel, are about ready with their caw mill at Oraobrook, This will he agreat convenience to the public in this vicinity, WonnmNG.,*4. quiet wedding tools •pisco at 31.? Lysander et„ Detroit, at Joseph Iiayreann'o residence, unole to the bride, on Monday evening, Deo. 714, at 8 o'olook, when Mies Eula Fooreter, second deign• ter of v.1''oeretet', of Oraabrook, was united in marriage to 0. Preobriob, of the Hamburg Independent. A very pleasant evening was spent by a few of their moat intimate friends in the oilyOn the fol• lowing morning the bridal party took their departure to their new home in Now Hamburg, Ontario. They begin the duties of housekeeping with the best alphas of a large circle of friends. The Editor will now be enabled to nee the Editorial "we" in a larger sense than ever. We preeume if the new member of the "Independent" staff don't make "pi" she will be well able to maoufaature pip wbioh is far more desirable to a news- paper man, There has been a discovery of gold. bearing quartz at Stony Mountain, Man. The ratepayers of Guelph will vote on a by-law to raise 920,000 to provide for the city furniebing its own eleotrio light. The Governor-General, Lady Aber- deen, Majorie Gordon and Hon. Arohie Gordon are spending a few days in Win, nipel. 1 Ie a Matter of Dollars and. Cents. Customers as a rule Come or go where they get the best value for their money and aro used the most liberally combin- ed With ombin-ecl.with courtesy and fair dealing. This Fall so far being milcl and open we find that we have too many Beadymade Suits and Overcoats on hand at the present time and have decided. that it will be in our best interests to clear them out cheap. What we wish to announce is that we aro` going to cheerfully do away with profits in this department 'luring the balance' of the sea- son. You may pay more but we think you will not be offered Clothing less than the extremely low prices we have decided to offer you. We can snit young or old. Come one i Come all ! You cannot fail to be pleased. Our stock is complete in all lines of Dry Goods, Grocer- ies, Boots, Shoes, Rubbers, Hats, Caps and Furs. No fancy prices. January Fashion Sheets given Free to Customers. Wishing you all the compliments of the Season and a Happy New Year. frac ` . an. To the People Tributory to the Village of • Brussels ! Owing to several farmers in the Townships of Morris and Grey dealing with us for some time, we thought it well to place certain facts before them for our mutual benefit. We are in a position to offer values not obtainable out- side the cities. We carry a very large stock, and not pur- chasing these goods for the purpose of looking at them, we have marked them at prices that will in a short time leave only the memory of them. In order to give you some idea of our values we will quote some prices just for comparison and would be glad at any time to send samples to any person upon application : Grey Melton Dress Goods, 36 inches wide, 15c per yd Garnet cl cc cc 15c '° Brown " (0 cc 15c Blue cr cc cc 15c cc Very attractive Plaids for Ladies' Waists, 22c cc Ladies' Kid Gloves in Tan, Black & Brown, 50c per pr We have a Tremendous range of- --- Embroidered Handkerchiefs from 10o. up In Readymade Clothing we think on a suit and. Overcoat we can, save you a good day's wage. Our Grocer3r Department Contains a very Select Stock 22 lbs Granulated Sugar for $1 00 26 lbs Coffee °' 1 00 18 lbs Currants 1 00 1,sia A.nd alleother goods at just as good value. B. Importer, Seaforth. P. S.—All letter orders delivered at Queen's Hotel, Brussels, ,it'RFIl OF OIIARGE. Test this Store by its Crowds.. V' DOLLAR t.r TTS And the way to make them count is to Buy where you can get the most for thea.. Hundreds Crowded the Store Saturday 1: Is it not a test of who is doing the business ? The weather fights hard against the selling of heavy goods ;but, we are offering goods at less than ever offered in Brussels before. It's your opportunity now to secure Clothing, Overcoats, Fur Caps, Underwear and Furnishings, AT BANKRUPT PRICES. Holiday Gifts For Men ! No man ever has too many Ties, and perhaps for that reason they are so much bought for Xmas gifts. This week we have opened some of the very newest shapes in Gentlemen's Neckwear, the color's and patterns are nob- by, and what are being large- ly sold in the cities. If you do not care to give a Tie Linen Handkerchiefs, Silk Handkerchiefs, Suspenders,; Umbrellas, lltuflers, Gloves, Make desirable and appro- priate gifts for gentlemen. We carry a choice selec- tion of these goods. CLOSE YOUTt EYES TO QUALITY And the World full of Cheap things °h But with your eyes wide open, the real good things are few and. far between. When we bought this stock of Clothing we looked sharp for quality and workman= ship. If they are right vs on about. the price. If not, 50e. on nothing could not tempt us to buy for we have a reputation at stake. If you buy Clothing here they are right, . no matter how little you pay for them they are right, the very fact that they are from this store stands for an ab- solute guaranty that they are thoroughly dependable. Sweeping Reductions in Hats, Caps, Furs, Underclothing, Mits, Gloves,Furnishing Goods. To know the real values we giving you must come to store. -. Our Trade, of course, For Boys as Well as Men.. We have every wanted size in Clothing of every sort and the chance to pay our prices 18 very much of a novelty to some people, We want to establish our business so that we will get better known and be the better liked, and the momentum of busy trade now will carry us well into the New Year. OHM UXE T.0 That's what the public think of this GREAT' B..NT BU'PT SALE. We hear people exclaim daily that they do not see how it is that we sell so much Cheaper than other stores. The reason is very plain. We have bought this large stock at A LOW RATE ON THE DOLLAR and we can afford to offer you the best Bargains in the town iu Readynaade Clothing, Furs, Gents' Furnishings, Hats and Caps, If you wish to avoid the loss of time and money come early and often to this Sale. You will benefit by doing so. Our stock is large, with special reference to your need and our earnest attention will be at your service if you honor us with a call. HOLMES LO K, BRUSSELS.