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The Brussels Post, 1893-1-13, Page 4New Acivertlsenlents. LoosIs — Dr. Aber, Drugs—J.T. Pepper. Nxonreloue—G. '1'. R. Royal crown Renle:ly. Nt set; :lea 0 A Il.•'dman. Bankrupt Stook -A, A Ro e. Public Retioe—J. D. Warwick, Conch Balm• -0. A. 1oadman. for SOIP-- Ceara., t)„II'+:•u. Local —koe.r Pubbehiug Benne. Panto for Sale—Elljih Bateman. ca C� `iirxissrls `43o5t, .FRI!MY, JAN. 18, 1893. THE Dominion Parliament meets for the despatch of business on the 26th of January. 3'1te Local LegisIituie will not assemble omit Febrnary so 0,8 to al• low the new Parliament building to bs completed and their sessions held there. At the recent Ainnicipar election the township of M,dden, Essex County. voted on the question of abolishing statute labor. Whet, the ballots wore counted there was a majority . 0 70 for the aboli. tion, the vote standing 146 to 70 Be- fore many yea•e all monioipalities will fal: into line on road in e,nd as a result improvements will Ip' made not now dreamed of At Friday's session of East Huron Farmers' Institute J. 0. Mnin'ison gives an add'•ees on "Improve went of public roods... BeiSt HURON REPOR.IIRRB. The annual Conventinn of the Reform Association of East Huron (Dominion and Local) will be held in the Town Hall, Brussels, on Friday, Jannsry 20th, 1893, oommencing at 1 p. m. Election of offi- cers and other bustocss matters will come before the Couveotiou. Dr. Macdonald, M. P., T. Gibson, M P. P , and John Me Millan, M. P., of Son h Huron, are ex- pected to be present and address the meeting. There should be a large at tendauoe from all section. of the Riding. Loran STIMAI$, Gnveruor Gene -al of this Dominion, is making hosts of friends by the visiting tour be is milting through Ontario In addition to seeing the cities and towns he is getting aognai -ted with the people and learning from them the needs of their re peotive localities, d:o. It is a move in the right direction and if this idea were foilow•'d out in the time to come instead of the Governor General .,ting a mere figurehead or an adept at handling s fishingpole the rate- payers of Canrda would see some pros- pect of getting a small return for the large aulouut of mane, expe,,de t ou Rid- eau Hell and ice occupants. Perhaps the people are to blame for not often ten'er,ng invitations to the occupant of thie honorable pooitl"n, 1,ts.t •u .. 4.1 The Onrleru are sh.,wing life again and are organizing fur the ,aeon, Tee Winter's itieethto of 111r earmere, Lieu, u e was he d in the 'Awn Hall col Monday. .1. 11. McDonald ehipned out of town a monoevr t•trkey weighing 21 pounds drew ed, It was sent ne a (Jitriitmee pree+,.t to Cope Squeal', B;•,ntford. S..vloere, bro. her of R. Moore, hard ware merchant, left to.vn last week fur Florida, where he pn' pnees remaining some menthe for the bele-fit of his health. Kn it enamel, Listueee anniversary is to be held ou Stine ,y, Jan. 22,211, when Rev, W. G. W. Fortune, B, A„ of Knox College, Toronto, will occupy the pulpit, and Rev. J. Ross, S. A„ of Brussels, will deliver his noted leotnre, "Bunyan" on Monday evening, 2drd, From word received from Rev. J. A. Morrison, B. A., who was unanimously tendered a (tall to Knox ahuroh in this town, it is ende'etood that the rev. gent'eman has attempted the call, pending the potion of the Presbytery, He will probably be ordained and inducted in the early part of next month. Rev, Mr. Morrison is a graduate of the Preeby. teriao College at "ontreal, and has also take,, a course at the University ofEdin• burgh. Willie Stubbs, eon of John Stubbs, was stabbed in the leg and body by Charles Stewart, son of John Stewart, barber. It ap sore that the lad Stew,rt was at. tempting t„ get on a sleigh on whiob young Stubbs and another lad were riding, and that the two boys on the Weigh tried to prevent him from doing so. Stewart, we 11 dorstttnd, had a just{ knife open in his hand at the time, and Ise Stnbbe put his leg out to prevent biro from getting ou, Stewart struck at him with the kni`.8, catling him slightly in the side and malting a bad out in his leg, the blade penetrating fully an inch into the flesh, Several stitches had to be put in the wound and th•• hoy Sae since bleu laid up, but is getting on nicely, and will probably tie all right again in a few days. It woo fortunate that the out in the in. jured boy's body was not a deep one, ae it was in a dangerous part and might have imperilled Lis life. Tile fact that young Stewart, who 19 It buy of about 12 years of age, isnot altogether a000untable for his notions, being somewhat weak in mind, mitigates to some extent the seriousness of the affair ; but something should be done to restrain hitt from do- ing further barns. C nrric3. This week the Vitiate is taking a holi- day. Major Kahle was defeated in the Reeveohip contest by a majority of 41. Mrs, H. Days, of Luoknow, who has been visiting relatives here for a week or so, returned home on Monday last. J, A. Morten, of, Wingleam, in- ota118d the officer% for the current term of Howick Lodge, No. 84, I, 0. 0. T'„ ou Tuesday evening loot. The dedication of the now FOrestere' hall tock place on Friday of last week. A number of high Court officers were present and also visiting brethren from THE BR enanneetisateatenewasenitursseeetettetesetweemainaretweeminumessiorea 0m'reuueung Uourts, In the evening a anima was given in the Town Hall at whlnit Jas. tax and ;Mem Wetbsrald, of l',n'nnto, and MINN L, Berry, of Luoknow, were the prinoipttl performers, bliss Webherald t un eloouliouiet of consider. able taloa and gave several selections with line etfaoe Omega not the equal of Mies Agnes Knox rat Snr,t Lord B,iley, Miee "Berry. a yonug aepirent to fame, acquitted her- ,;afur .ditably,whit:' "F,x-' .e tun w, tweet to require anything raid iu hie praise. The proeerde. amounted to 3180.75. The hall was crowded to its utmost capacity cud the late °orate had 'to stay Out. The flee building the For. resters have emoted is a ut•edit to them aeon also to the vi lags. The election last week resulted in the return of S. S. Cook, of Fordeith, ea Reeve; let De:.aty, Ferguson ; and Deputy, Graham, Tho vote was aa follows :— REEVE, 1 2 8 4 5 6 Cook 50 86 85 110 60 108-449 Keine.,,,,90 88 120 47 91 21-408 Cook's majority 41 ler, DEPUTY. Ferguson... 103 57 71 72 83 68-899 Southeram.. 82 61 78 76 101 56-890 Mr. Sontherant withdrew in favor of Mr, Fer,.uenn, 2nD DEPIITY. Graham...,, 09 62 70 90 41 58-390 Jacques.... 65 53 77 50 83 50-888 Graham's majority - 7 Couxctr.Lans. Do:g 85 99 110 83 183 93 448 Gregg 81 76 88 39 28 24-335 Johustnn .,. 87 41 18 68 21 40-220 Wallace22 111 23 58 31 83--230 A. Doig At .d Ino. Grego oleo ed, Nunn DEDnCA'rtoN,—The 3010 Metho. dist church fu Gerrie will he opened on Sunday, 22nd Jan. Rev.'Phoe, Kelly, D. D.. of [ hi,adelpeia, will preach at 1(3:30 a. m. and at 7 p. in. and .he Rev. James Livingeto,,, of Listowel, will preach at 3 p m. On 11 •nday night, 23rd inst., Dr. Kelly will deliver a b'ornre in the church subject, "Winning foroee of Manhood,” Dr. Belly is one of America's most eloquent aid popular leetm'el'e and a ,aro treat may be expected. 00 Sunday, Jan. 29th, Rev. S. Selierv, 13. D„ of Wiagham, will preach at 10:80 a. m. At 3 n, m. a mass meeting of the Rabb .111 school scholars will be address d by Rev. W. R. Ri,,oke, L. L. B., of Ou'eu Suuud, who will also preach at 7 p. m. On Monday night, 30th fort., (1 grand tea meeting will be held in the leotnre roo,n of the uhnroh, after whi,h addresses will be de ivered by a number of m10,010r0 and others. 3'i 117'1.100. Agee Annie 119i'lsr,5th line, was visiting at Inspector (tiller's last week. The first meeting of the Township Connell will be held next Monday. Wm, and Robert Russell are here from Detroit on a visit to the parental hone. Juo. Mesut, 3rd line, met with a bud lo -s on Tuesday morning by a fresh milk oow dvine. ltobt, and Andrew Sample, of Brussels, have put up a shanty in R. Armetrong'e satitup, 3rd line, and are now busy cut- ting rod 0, od. On 'Tuesday of last week a wood bee was held ip John Bleep's hash for the Methodist church. Seven men tools a baud in the work. The Teeswate r News says of a former well known school teacher :—We are glad to hear that T A. Reid, formerly priori• pal of our eehen', and who left here two years aao to noeent the princip" (ship of the Fortes'. Model ,eh, ol, hoe beep ep pointed to a similar position in Barrie, at n acing), of 51000 per anonm. Mr. Raid is an 81,011.18st in his profession and well merits the sr cocas which he is ae h It-yi leg, bocian.—A pleas•11t time was put in at the ouial held 01 the reeklenoe of H. L. Barheholder, 415 lie 0, on Thursday . yen - ink rat la t week. After supper had been partnkeu of Rev. J. H Dyke, pastor, took the chair end the program of readies%, recitalione and mimic was greatly enjoy• ed by all. The autograph quilt was there and a000mpsnying it 843.65 for names written therenn. Jo-eph Clegg boeght the quilt for 81.25 when it was nn tiooed off. The purchaser handed it o'er to his gond lady wlln in tarn present, ed it to Mrs. Dyke. Mr, Dyke replied in complimentary terms. The proceeds of the snood was 31L511, making a rota' of 361.40 in all. A vote of 111811103 wits given to the host and hostese for their hospitality. The money will be applied ou improvements to Sunshine church. II1/18ENEAL,-0n Wednesday evening of last Reek the marriage oereniony was performed by Rev. Thos. Da'ideon, 13. A., of W fox• ter, at the commodious real• dent. of License Lapectnr Miller, be. tweet Leonard Brown, of Wroxeter, and Mine Maggie T., e, mond dough er of Eke host, Hiss Aggio Miller, sister of the bride, was the bridesmaid, and Thos. i3rowu, brother to the groom, wits groomsman. There woos about ninety guests in attendanoe w90 greatly er ioyed the hospitality of Mr. and Mrs, irlflh•r. The wedding gifts were numerous, use. fol and costly and bespoke, with no uncertain sound, the popularity of the bride and groom. The evening was taken tip with games, mane and social (Mat while the young people took a turn at "tripping the light fau1a•tia," About 3 a. u1. Tuesday the o ,mpa .y septum ed after wishing happiness and prosperity to Mr. and Mrs. Brown. There ':.a8 only ono opinion expressed viz. that for tip- top enjoyment there's to place like Jno. R. Miller's. The 1y1othodiot chnrob, Brnwntnwn, was r(•openod on Sunday, Jan. 1st, when interesting and inetrnotive ear. mons were preached by Rev. Robert Godfrey, of Stratford, (a former pastor and Rev. S. Seliary, B. D., of Wingharn. Tho servioee throughont were character - hied by the presence) of I:be Road of the church and the ee,,rohillg influence of the Holy Spirit, All the sermons were appropriate for the occasion but the afternoon sermon was especially adapted for a New Year's day discourse. The church was well filled at each 0ervi08 and the collections talon were good, On Monday night, Jan. 2nd, the tea•mesting' was held and. notwithstanding the stormy night and very heavy roads, the church was filled in every part, borne leaving to stand around the d doors. The edibles were provided by the young Mittel of the congregation and the ex• °anent repast With Which the tables were spr,:aJ was snflioient to tempt the most fastidious appetite and reflee18 great CISSELS oredlt on those who did the woek, With - o l t making k•a di 'n tions we ventre t t l l w 1 g art o u o say that the young cooks or title neigh. boyhood tan bold their own in their nrt i with any equal money for many miles round. It wai not only good of its kind ho there was t4111111daiti'e of it. At 7:10 o'0lo9k 1110 pastor mired ou the choir for the 0peuing pies of mesio and Rev. S. Seiler), led in prayer, The their was thou taken by Dr, f+hieholm, of Wh,g- ham, who presided over the interests of the meetin:e with hie .usual grao0 and ability and introduced the various per- formers of the program with a few well 0huseu and highly felicitous remarks, ll:ovds Robt. Godfrey and S. Sellel'y 0(1011 380e an exoollent address inn large- ly along the same lines of thought or on the same lopio, viz,: The 010111001e of ollarauter esooutial to a fouudatiou for a suecessfcl life. They were listened to with profound interest and some times during some specially interesting and impressive pas•agee with almost breath- less attention. We trust the young people will treasure up the sentiments of the preachers and translate them into elements of their own oharacter. Tho oinking by the ohoir of the church was likewise appropriate and pleasing and each seleot,on was admirably rendered. Though laboring under slight difficulty, arising from unforaeee circumstances, they proved them elves equal to the oc• ca -ion and aqui. ted thomoelves to their own credit and the oon„regation's +tacit). faotion. Proceeds of tea and oolleutions of Sabbath were utterly 870. Ao inter. eating item on the peogratn wee the sell- ing of an au'ograpb quilt containing about 400 uame0, the work of the young ladies, who realized over 8100 by selling the privilege of having the name inserted, It was sold to the highest bidder, Rev, d, lellory being auctioneer. Thos. soott was the lucky purchaser. When many whose names it con'ained have gone to their rest it may be a pleasant pastime for the survivors to look over the names contained and reliant on the suenes of the past and the interest many of them took in the 08aseof God in that plasm On Tuesday evening, Jan. 8r4, au informal social was held to diepo6e of the abaud- auoe of provieiuus still remaining. A very ploasnnttime 1098 spent and some more Lunde added to those already in hand. Mesio was turuiebod by the choir and an impromptu program wee pre- sented.. Mr. Elston jr. acted as chair- man. The ahuroh now presents a very neat and commodious appearance inside and when bricked and a porc11 built, (whiob will be done next Bummer) will be one of the beet eouutry churches for miles around. More extensive repairs and improvements have been done than were at first contemplated. The reiliog and walls have been papered, seats and wainscot painted, new pulpit, choir platform. communion railing and a handsome carpet, new windows and an addition of ten feet to the length make it both comfortable and pretty. Se dom do church enterprises begin and end so satisfactorily as this. Every young man and woman seemed nasions to do their share of the cork and nuke the enterprise a success. Hence, it will be no earprise to learn that after spending nearly 6200 on the work the com- mittee find themselves in the delightful poose-aton of more funds than debt and thus meet all their obligations and have POST it surplus 0h 5,220. 1218011 (71.0/1 it le du e a 't 1 Il the rata leu. le but sl niul r ' g G l o m ntlou should b,, mad committee, e e of the t o mate , llrury Beeman, John Perdue sod John Matltors who worked almost incessantly from beginning to end. For Particulars ABOUT THE Settlers'Trains ITt"tiff;, , er AND THE NORT -WEST Send to your noaroat Railroad A1Tont and obtain ;loopy of "Frtzirac sio'"FaMS71 J. ''T. PEPPER, Agent, Brussels. JAN 13, 1893 WIAS BOX ON YO[ Once again we 111230 the pleasure of wishing our marry custom- ers and friends "A. Merry Christmas," and this being the time of year usually selected for giving your friends a pleasant surprise or remembrance in the way of presents, would beg to remind you that we probably leave just the article yon would like for your child, your father, mother, uucle, cousin or your aunt. Some might appreciate a farm, a lino douse or a fancy horse, while others would bo quite equally- pleased with some of our nice Silk, Linen or Lawn Handkerchiefs. Probably one of those Cream Silk Crape Shawls, a pair of gloves, mitts of a lovely dress, 11 none of these things will do, a pair of boots, shoes or slippers, a tie, hat or cap and it may be a set of furs would be just the correct thing. However, we have not the time, nor space, to enumerate the many articles and prices WS can oiler yon, but will try and wait ou You ESPECIALLY amid the rush when you call. and show you some- thing nice and cheap, Wishing you a Prosperous and happy Now Year, I remain, Faithfully Yours, >� LEX. STRACHAN. P. S.—Groceries, fresh, good and none cheaper for same good quality. BE SURE When purchasing Tickets that you read VIA THE GRAND TRUK RIy Popular Route —T0— MANITOBA, BRITISH COL- UMBIA, CALIFOR`1IA, DAKOTA, AND ALL POINTS EAST and WEST. Por Maps, Time Tables and Lowest Fares, apply to J. N. KENDALL, Agent, Brussels, a._ge s Having purchased the Grocery B:;siness of tinO. latIErg=Eit, Consisting of General Groceries, Crockery and Glassware, Canned Goods and everything generally kept in a First-class Grocery, I am prepared to meet the requirements of the public iu a Straightforward Manner. Cask Paid for Eggs. Hi3'hest Price for Batter and Poultry. My Motto is Small Profits and Quick Returns. Hoping to merit a share of your Patronage and Confidence and wishing all a Merry Xmas, I am, Yours, &c., 9.51 REILMIDIrdl We Commence on January 2nd And will continue during the month of January, to sell all lines of goods at actual wholesale cost. We do this to clear out all winter goods before spring goods that are alrea y purchased come in, and we. want to take stock about the first of February. With these tiro objects in view we will offer goods at CE Our Stock was never so Large as at Present. Seethe Reduction in Prices of Dress Goods. Goods worth 10c. for 7c. ; goods worth 15c. for 10e. ; goods worth 17c, for 12c. ; double width goods worth 30c. for 20e. ; goods worth 35c. for 25c. ; double width cashmeres for 20c. ; black cashmeres for 25e. A splendid line of black cashmeres, at prices up to $1.00, to' be sold at ono -quarter off regular prices. A few dress lengths in double width wool goods worth 60e. for 45c. A few pieces of all wool sergos worth 450. for 88c. A few enols of mantlirgs at loss than cost price. Special linos in flannels and flannelettes. All wool grey flannels, plain or twill, for 1.5c.; flannelettes from 71:. up. A big stook of tweeds, shirtings, cottonados, tickings, shirts and drawers at prices that will astonish you. 20 doz. handkerchiefs at 2 for 5c. Overcoats and Beadvwado Suits for men or boys, with the profit right off. Boys' Overcoats from $2,00 up; Mon's Overcoats from $3.75 up ; Men's suits from $4 00 up ; Men's tweed pants for $11,00. A low sets of our best Ladies' Furs yet to sell, if you want a sot cheap call early, A Largs Stool, of f opts and. Shoos 011 End. d4 Felt Boots, Overshoes, Rubbers, Felt Socks, &c. We have our Spring stock bought and want to clear out the present stock before the new comes in. To do that we will sell them at prices that will make them go. A. Full Line of Groceries Always in Stock. We Pay the .if'ZGLG Market Price for Good Butter, Eysgs ctnd Poultry. Don't hiss this chance of buying goods at such low prices. Many of these lines will not last long] and will not be re- placed for the same money so the first to come will get the best chalice. Next to American Hotel.