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The Brussels Post, 1914-11-26, Page 1VOL. 43 .VO, 22 ERZJSSE LS. ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER- ace 1914 G'. Ji. KERR, F'ro/rietar The Metropolitan Bank was on November 14th, 1914, formally amalgamated with The Bank of Nova Scotia The business of the Metropolitan Bank will be conducted as formerly and it will receive the advantages due to the larger and- older estab- lishment.of the Bank of Nova Scotia, which was incorporated in 1832 and has 190 branches distributed throughout Canada, Newfoundland and the West Indies. Paid-up Capital - 3 6,500,000 Reserve Fund - 11,900,000 Total Resources over 90,000,000 We invite every description of banking business, BRUSSELS BRANCH F. H. Gilroy, Manager 179 New Advertisements Loath—Baeker Bros. Glove found—Tan Poem, Recitation books—Jas, Fox. For Anle—W. J. MoCraoken. Auction sate—John Shannon. Basket taken—Central Hotel. Telephone nottoe—The Board. Christmas cords—F. R. Smith, Executor's rale—W. M, Sinclair, Amalgamation—Bonk of Nova Bootie. Poultry wanted—Simcoe Poultry Co. 41 .1Stric eros Molesworth Noah Bowman and family have proved to the T. R. Bennett home- stead, Grey boundary, recently rented from Mr. Bennett. Mr. Bowman also holds the lease on the faun he has been living on, a few lots West on the Boundary. He should have a busy time now. W ingham The infant snit of Mrs. Nulsnit Schaerel was burled in Wiuglian cemetery. Onlyt brae weeks ago Mrs. Schaefer buried her hist and. .A. largo crowd was in the Town Ball Friday night at u Patriotic entertain- ment put on by local talent. The proceeds gn towards helping those in need here in town, including the families of those who, have gone to the ivar, Rumors are afloat that \Vingham is soon to have a new factory. to start" HS soon as arrangements are made. It has recently been discussed by several of the aldermen. If plans are ac0epted and put through, about 80 hands will be started. The 0, P. Ii. train that runs through the village ran of the line at Pringle's Corners, about five utiles from here. No passengers were hurt, but the traffic was tied up for .a short time. The two retie coaches left the truck. W. D. Pringle has just finished an amu#y oder of 1,800 dozen pairs of mitts for the soldiers. They are made connected by a baud to go around the neck, so that the mitt can be pulled of while shooting and hang. Thus no time le lost picking thein up front the ground. Friday afternoon about 3 80 Jas. Lockeidge, an employee of the Pringle Mitt and Glove Works, met with a painful accident by getting the first finger of the right hand caught in a Machine, a was hurried to the hospital cHe. the Dr. was obliged to amputate the finger, The hand was. also badly cut. On Saturday tll'I:ernnno allot bee ae4Idelt t Yas Irr'ftwly averINt the sower excavation here when '111 10119 Groves WWI IllgVICH MO 111(spot, where Chester Hill runt his death. The work was being done in order to get to the Sol lona of he boards and planking, so that. ib colld be seed Ily the inspector of sewers bNYnre the in- gnest tits ween. J.`he ground caved in. eovel'iog 1111 Graves to his noon), ''e net nlee Unthewusholi dnadn it I1 employees without injury 10 hint. Moncrieff Colin and Miss Aiaggie McKay, of Tuckeralnith, spent the week end with. their cousins, Win, and Mrs. Bell. The W. M. S., will hold- their regu- lar monthly meeting' in the church 011 Wednesday, Dec. 2nd. Besides the usual program there will be election of officers for the conning year. Mrs. (Rev.) Lundy, of Walton, organized a Mission Bend at Knox church last week, The officers elected are as fnllows :- President, Anna - Dunlop ; let vice President, Bessie McQuarrie ; 2iid vice President, Pearl llarrison; Secretary, Mae Inglis; Treasurer; Jaynes Machan. Mrs. James Fulton will teach,.,the senior members of the Band and the Presi- dent will have charge of the Junior Members. They will bold their meet- ings on the third Saturday of each month, The 'church is now fully organized in all branches of the work. Listowel Fnti.—This town suffered another bad tire early Tuesday morning. The blaze destroyed tate planing mill, horse stables nide part of the coal sheds of Oliver & Ellis, situated at the corner of Bistnark and George streets, at the rear of the Hibbert chair factory. The alarm was sent in by Robert Bamford about 3 o'clock. When discovered the flames were al- ready bursting through the )mill toot; and the firemen had a hard task con- fining the fire to the sheds. Three streams of water were played on the blazing stenctm'es. The lose is put at $1,500 covered by -insurance. The origin of the the is a mystery. There died in Elma on Friday even- ing, Nov. 20t1i, James Kendall, aged 90 years. The funeral took place from the residence of his tonin -law, Hugh Walker, Lot 11, Con. 1, Elms, Mon- day afternoon' with interment at' Elma Centre cemetery. The deceased was one of Elma's pioneers, having settled on the 4th Con. of Elma one mile from Trowbridge, about 56 years ago. He ons married )wipe and is predeceaeed,hv both wives. One son William, of Ehua, and one daughter, Mrs. Hugh Walker, survive. • wi Jamestown No'e IS YOUR CrIANOE•—Thtn'eday evru air of 'next .week. Dec, 3rd, a Patriotic Concert will be Riven #u Victoria Hall, Jamestown, tinder the auspices of the Women's Institute. An excellent program will be given by.the following well known talent Addresses by Revds,;; Messrs. Mann and Wesley, Jas. Bowman, M. P., A. Hislop and 3. T. Wood ; soloists, Miss Dell, F. H. Gilroy, J. G. Jones, .1. Gibson ;'Blnevale and local talent. Chair will he taken ato'clock. C 8 Ad- miessiorr fee25 cents, children 15 cents. The proceeds of -tire Concert will .be handed over to the Red CrOsa Find. This is a good opportunity fur' the publin to show their patriotism by heartily supporting this entertain- ment. Phe Committee in rharge is Miss Rae Moses, Mrs. J. D. Miller and Miss Elsie Strachan. Tell your neigh- bore eighbore of the Concert and be sure to go and enjoy the evening. DIED AT ALMA.— Mrs. Frank 0. Wright WEs at Alma of Monday at- tending the funeral of her brother, Walter Smith, who died on Saturday.. He was in his 70th year and passed itwn•y after 80 hour's illness, from a stroke of paralysis.. Mr. Smith is sur- vived by his wife, 4 -sone, (Alex. and Ezra, at home and Frank and Ruther- ford, in Melfort, Sask.) and 2 daugh- ters (Mrs. R. Reid, of Sault .Ste, Marie and Mrs. Jas. Bosomworth, of Altna), Deceased resided in that locality for about 40 years and had been an active and useful mail in all that concerned the community for good. , He was a •••••••••••••••••••••••••• ye • • • • • ••••• • • • • ** o * a• so• e. s 1 Live Poultry • Yanted • • • = • We will load a Car of Live Poultry 41 AT THE •• • • • • • • Z • • • • Paying the Following; CASH PRICES : ♦ • it 0 Old Hensper ]b..Ducks 1 e ..... c b.. • 7per•, 9 4, . Chickens e' • • • 9c Geese 9 • Old Roosters 6c s 1 • • Turks ........, c �' 4 • • • • This will be the last loadingin your town this' • • ♦ year, eWe will guarantee service and satisfaction to •you • t the sameas on previous loading. • g been made• • Arrangements have to do away with •• long waiting, • • • i i. • i toe Poultry Co S m • y • • ••e•••••••♦♦•••••••••••♦•• ••••N••••••♦••••♦•4•••♦•• Brussels Depot Dec. 3rd Prpsltyterittb 11) religion and a Liberal I11 politics. There tV(t 00)tV t da k I o r. be f ) C II P al 4Na al Ifuneral 10 6 1 v 'Sleets 1 est frin to the high regard ih wvhieh he Isms held. MI Sntith leaves ttI rniher (Jun. 11. Smith, of Brandon), and four si+tela, ( Ars. ,Trio, R. Snaith, nl' Ih a ds ; Mrs. Alex, Campbell, of ()aylm•d, Mich. ; Mfrs, (Dr.) McKelvey, 1f Il.il 01110 I 111)11 Ili•s, Frank 0, \Vi gltt, of Jamestown), Deoeltsetl WWI I t Otrke township, ) c - ham Oo., told torte the eldest sot of the late lintheeftlyd and Mary Smith, who were leside)ts meal' Belgrave l'or years and bout are but led there, Walton \VAt,Toly BEEP Rums—Tbe animal meeting a the uiencbers of Walton Beef 'Ring was held at the home of Ino, Bennett. Over 01 tons 01' meat had beau handled dining the 32 weeks c:ove'ed in the season, an average of 441 mamas to the carcase. 12 cents per pound were paid nn the balances. Following are the re-elected officers for the turning year :--President, Jno, Smillie-; Secretary, Jas. McFadzeau ; Committee. Jas. Lawson, Jnn, Ben- nett ttud Wim. A. McCall. Ono. R. Bell gave gond satisfaction as butcher. Season opens nn the 1st Friday of next April with good prospects for 1915. Ethel MFLEA NAiY at half price at Geo. M. Mit- chat I's, Ethel. What about a skating rink 7 Grey Township Council will meet here on Thursday, December 10th. •rtheicheese factory closed for this season after asuccessfnl von under the careful management of J. K. Brown. This week 300 boxes of cheese will be shipped front Ethel factory to Imgersoll.. The price received was 15 cents per :pound. INcolarcoT.—The statement made in 'last week's POST, under Ethel heading, relative to the closing up of the Vodden Temperance House and livery is not cornett. Mr. Vodden says everything' is t tinning as usual and will continue to do so. The public will consequently find the 50- conuutdittien as it has been in the past; which will not be unpleasant news to them. Seaforth PIONEER DIES.—George McIntosh, aged 86, and for 78 years a resident of Mclilllop Township, died at his home here Tuesday after an illness extend- ing- over some time. He came to Canada froth Dornoch, Scotland, with his, parents as a boy of 8, Besides his Wife, )Who was a sister of the late G. L. McKay, of For•nlosa, be is survived hy,7 suns and 2 daughters. -,LB ugh, of 'rnronito; Dy. Geoi'ge, of Oattaiangns, N. Y. ; John, of London ; Janes, of H amburg, N. Y. ; Rev. Alex , of Saslcetno' 1 ; Findlay, of Seaforth ; Onleman,.ml1 Weston and Misses Nellie and Alai at home. The funeral takes plarie o11 Thursday to''Maitland Btu.k cemetery, Wroxeter Win. Goldner left for Toronto this week. ' - Tlros. Hemphill hits been on the sic list' durin • tl a mast week. k 1, '. 1 Hugh McLean is spending a few days with his brothel', A. McLean. Miss May Perrin, of Mootefield, was a visitor in the village for several days recently. - - Miss 8pitiks, of' rem dwich, spent Saturday and Sunday at the home of Mis, W. Rutherford,. Rev. Mr. Thompson, of Bluevale, occupied the pulpit in' the Methodist church on Sunday evening. Mrs. Jim. Hamilton left for New York on Tuesday where she will bel the guest of her daughter, , Miss Alice. HeinHUM. Mis. L Lovell has returned to her home in '1.'uenberry after spending two weeks with her daughter, Mrs. W. S.' McKee cher. • • A meeting of rneutbers of the Bowl - ling Club was held in the Council Chamber on Friday evening when the business of the club was wound up for the season: Fifteen Ifteen etuxiitiates wereconfit reed at the Oenflrutntiort service held in the Episcopal church on Sunday after- noon by the Bishop of Huron. . Re preached a splendid sermon to a large congregation taking his text from Matt. 10-41 "He that receiveth a pto{Tet, in the' name of a prophet shall receive et prophet's reward." Lucknow Mts. Pittner received a shot letter Tuesday from her husband, Charles Pinner, who left for England. when the war fiest started, saying that be had one of his hands badly wounded by a bullet. John AlcKinnon, aged 37, Wae ac- cidentally killed by working in a loins tit Seattle, Washington. The retrtains r' nu: . were ( v+ughL home .and the funeral Wee held Tuesday afternoon ft ont the Bonne of his parents,s K. and Mrs. McKintton ofU n on 3, Iliulose to g lances cemetery. dames .l ohnstote, who was so badly bunted about, a week ago by the ex- p� losiol o1 coal oil while kindling a coal fire let dningas well as can be expect- ed. Three of the blood vessels in his Mind burst and for a time things look- ed eer#0ue, buttheflow of biood was soon stopped, Ward ivas recefv r r ed here lnesday of the death of 'Thomas Speers, who died in Reston, Man., on Saturday, The funeral 1 t will leave she residence of his mother, Mts. John Smith, on Friday afternoon for Kinloss eeme- tery. Deceased was in his 88rtl year. The floor in Miss . Mct cans room in the Continuation school, which rias been very shaky for some time be - pante 90 dangerous that Oat'pentere had to rte eeq'to Werk. at 'once to put You Sorry If you do not get your Portrait taken at the Maitland Studio, Brus- sels, this month at Re- duced Prices. See to it now. "TEMPUS FUGIT." G. F. Maitland 10 a new floor, The room is situated above Miss McOharles' room, where the scholars have been alarmed for Some time lest the flooring would fall in. The members of the local fire de- partment will hold their annual ball in the Town Hall on Thursday and the proceeds will go to the local Patriotic fund. The concert recently given by the Firemen yielded 3140, and this has been given to the sante fund. The firemen tecently went out to the farm of Kenneth Oatnetot and packed 160 barrels of apples. Mr. Cameron gave the apples and the Lire -fighters furnished the bai'i'S:s. Oranbrook Don't forget the anniversary ser- vices in Ktiox ehurch here on Sabbath December,Oth, followed by a big Tea meeting on the following Monday evening. I4ev. Mr. Amos, of Atwood, will be the preacher on Sunday, Belgrave Mrs. Jno. Wightman, of Boissevain, Man., is here on a visit to her son. The Trinity church property offered foe sale was bought by Joseph Bran- don for the surn of $40.00, Mrs. W. E. Mercer, 189 Church St., Stratfotl, spent the week end the guest of her friend Mrs. S. Jordan, of Belgrave. Silas Scott and bride are home from a wedding trip and are getting nicely settled on their fat m on the 8th lines of East Wawanosh. Last Monday Bishop Williams held a Confirmation service iv Trinity church. He was assisted by Sector Farr and Ilev. R. L+'. Page, of Brussels. • The Women's Institute had an en- joyable. meeting on Tuesday. They arruirged for it Box Social for the evening of Feiday, December, 4th in the 0, O. F. Ball The organized Bible Class of Knox church' Sabbath School held a fine Banquet Friday night. A hot 'sup- per was served and a good program of musical selections and addresses was given. Losing side in a contest had to arrange the banquet. A pretty wedding took place on Wednesday at high noon at the home of the bride when James McGill and Mies Minnie Nethery were united in matrimony. The happy couple left on the afternoon train, of a wedding tour.. Hearty congratulations are ac- corded. On Friday evening, 27th inst, Rev. A. E. Doane, B. A., B. D., of Monkton will deliver a Lecture, accompanied by Lime Light views, on, a trip through Great Britain and Ireland, Mr. Doane is reported to be quite eingtbent and a pleasant evening is anticipated. Admission adults 15c children 10c. GOOD' PoR BELGR.&VE,— The Petttiotic League shipped tide. week, for Belgian t elief, goods valued at $3(10. Besides this they sent for the same purpose $50 in cash in addition to $25 donated by Trinity church Guild. Another box was also shipped for soldiers consisting of socks, wristlets, scarfs. Balaclava caps, mitts,' cholera belts, handkerchiefs and housewives, valved at $110. PRESENTATIONS. The choir of Minx church, Belgrave; spent a pleas- ant time at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Kirkby, Friday evening. The time was spent in games and music. Main feature of the evening was the pre- senting of three oak rockers to the three ladies who so lately, had left the choir. Address was read by Jas. Mc Callnili and the presentations tnade by Mise Oonites, Miss McLean and Miss Y Hi i Stt to hie replies were made tllida: by Messrs. Michie, MoGill and Scott on behalf of theft, wives, Address was as follows:— TO MRS. M ICJtexE, MRS. SCOTT AND ilJRS. MO1OILL, DEAR FELLOW WOxtltERS.—We, the choir !umbelsof Knox church, Bel - grave, have assembled here with a deep sense of the loss our Choir has slaslatned in the carrying out of your intentions to enter the ranks of the matrini(nlials. We cannot .truly say that this is sudden for .we could not help but see and hear the signs of the approach and yet your weddings have come so oloee.together that it bas been a sudden thinning out of our ranks, We have not forgotten your yea's of faithful service, your prompt- ness and your dillgqetsce in the work of the choir and we intim truly appreciat- ed your valued assistance in our efforts to advance the service of Proles, We believe in a settee you -are loath to leave the work so dear to your heats but as duty calls you to your, nos borne and vont genial hus- bands we will give in that our loss is their great gain, Instead of gnareel- itlg with theta we will congratulate therm on having secured such talented wives who will cheer them when they ate sad. It is to express in some tangible way our appreciation of your valued service that we have met here tonight, We therefore ask you to accept these chairs as it slight token. rn p out. esteem and us tai' 1 't der of tl t 4nJ11e old days in the choir. We all join in you n wishingl0 1'fe I a i arta and continued prosperity and then blessing of our God ILEGE(YED GOVERNMENT APPOINT. tuorr.—We are pleased to know that Clayton Procter, who was successful in passing the Civil Service Exam, last J e, has received air nP P oimt. - nent from the Government in the Department of Naval Service. He left foe Ottawa on Friday morning to assutne his new duties. He is a young mac well deserving of such a position and his Belgrave friends wish hire splendid tauccess,. At the Union Bible Society meeting in the Methodist church last Sabbath eveningg a fine service was enjoyed. ,Rev, Mr. Kilpatrick gave a statistical address and ehotvad that Belgrave was ort the move up. Rev. Mr. Boyle spoke on the importance of the work of translating the Bible into so many languages.. officers elected for cur- rent year are :—President, Rev. Sir. Boyle ; Secretary-Tieasurer, 0. Mc- Clelland ;Executive, H. Hopper and C. Procter', from the Methodist church ;' D. Sproat and A. Taylor from the Presbyterian church and R. Procter and H. Johnson for Anglican church, Morris TELEPHONE NOTTOe. A11 tolls due the Brussels, Morris & Grey Telephone Co. must be settled on or before December 1st, 1914. By order: of the Board. Council met on Monday last, James:Bowman, M. P., was in Ot- tawa during the past week. Miss klazel Nichol was visiting relatives at Atwood and Listowel. ;^r' There was a lively hustle in light, this week owing to the sleigh ng. Mrs 0. Emory, of Newmarket, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Jno. Mooney, 5th line. Quite a number of farmers talk of patronizing Brussels Butter factory this Winter withtheir cream. THIS POST to the close of 1915 for 31.00 to any Canadian address. 50, cents for extra postage per year if sent to the U. S. The North of Morris will be well represented at the Patriotic Concert to be held at Jamestown Thursday evening of next week. Miss Mildred Jewitt, who is teach- ing at Newton, was home for last Sunday visitingher parents, Lewis and Mrs. Jewitt, 2nd Line. A Box Social will be held at the home of Frank MoCutcheon, 6th line, on the evening of Nov. 27th under the auspices of the A. Y. P: A. of St. John's church, Brussels. Last week Thos. Bielby attended a Missionary Conference of Goderich District Methodist churches at Holmesville. He visited with the Rozell family at -Clinton before re- turning. The Williams 100 acre farm, 4th, line of East Wawanosh, has been• leased by Alvin Armstrong, of this township, for a term of years. He is an enterprising young man but surely. be will not go into the farming busi- ness alone. Grey TELEPHONE. NOTICE. —All tolls due the Brussels, Morris & Grey Telephone Co. must be settled on or before December 1st, 1914. By order of the Board. The sleighing stirred up a lively hustle this week. Next ,meeting of Grey township Comicil will be held at Ethel on Thursday, December 10th. The Mystery evening E n tertai timer t in Union church, under the auspices of the Ladies' Aid Society, will be held Friday evening of this week. A fine time is promised. 1 CHRISTMAS TREE LINTERTAINMENT. —0n the evening of Friday, Decem- ber 18th the annual Christmas Tree entertaiutneut will be held in Roe's church, An energetic Committee has the program in hand and and we hear it to be something a little better *than usual and hence should be well worth hearing. Mark down Decem- be 13. MOVED TO THE ROBERTSON 11��a ARM.— We omitted to mention that James Atl'mstion and family, 10th Con., moved recently to the farm they pur- chased from Donald Robertson, just across the road from their other home. We wish them many happy, pros- perous years in its possession. It is repotted that Chester Arustrong,— btt we will not say anything about it Just now for tumors taunot always be relied on. The situation looks i suepicioe though. FUR THE BELGIAN6.—The Wind - thrust (Sask.) Independent speaks as follows of former residents of this township, the former being a resident of the lst Con. years ago and the lady was Miss Loretta Frain, before her marriage :— The home of Oliver and Mrs, McInnes was the scene of.a very enjoyable evening Tuesday, NovemberSrd when a number of the people of Buffalo lo Plains gathered to- gether to pack a bale of clothing to be sent for the Belgian relief. Generous donations of warm 'clothing to the value of $65 was consigned to. the Belgian Consular Agent at Regina. A very interesting, feature was an auction sale during which the auctioneer, R. McInnis, seeurod most ramming prices for the articles do- nated for the sale. Sharp bidding put thread Eton 25c to 55c per spool. A beauty pin . was sold for 3 and resold for 456, Tea aprons, buttons, doilies, etc., sold at corresponding high figures, until all the articles were sold and the total amount realised was $32,25. Donations of cash have since been adder, which brings the amount up to well over $75. onsidering the few families concerned in the move- ment it will be seen that those in. terested gave generously toward the worthy cause. Much credit Is dos Don't Taik Way COME TO THE Family Theatre Open Every Night. Have an Hour's Entertainment o the ladies Every Friday night while they last a Free Sample of Ingram's .. Perfume, for sale by F. R. Smith, will be given away. Mr. and Mis. MgIntee who so kindly opened their home for the social evening as well as all those who help- ed in any way to brie; the work to a successful issue. Howibk Council Council wet in Cook's hotel, Ford- wich to ad'onrnmett. Mem- bers present. Reeve 11) the chair. - "Minutes of last meeting read and on motion of Doig and Spotton were ad- opted. A large number of accounts were passed and ordered to be paid after which Council adjourned to meet in the Township Hall, at Gorrie, on December 16th, Huron County. Sunday was "Men's Day" in Holmes- ville Methodist church. Dwelling houses are scarce in Hen- sall and a few additions to number would find ready occupants. H. and Mrs, Finkbeiner, Orediton, were recently presented with a fine willow rocker by . neighbors and friends: Andrew F. Hess, Zuricb, has receiv- ed the appointment as a commissioner for taking affidavits within the coun- ty of Huron. Miss R. O'Keefe, of the Roman Line Lucas, was kicked by a cow while milking and had her right leg broken below the knee. At a special meeting of Hensall Council the grant of $500 to the Pat- riotic Fund was passed and a By-law will be passed accordingly. The fishermen at Bayfield have had "bad luck at their last fishing grounds. The recent gales have made it nearly . impossible to lift their nets. Philip Hern, Whalen, picked a pear from a tree planted two years ago which measured 11 inches in circum- ference and weighed 15 ounces. 8 members of the Teacher Training class' in. the Methodist S. S. Green way, wrote the first examination nu the Old Testament and all passed with honors. W. Luker has sold his farm in Us - borne to Samuel Hicks who recently bad his barn destroyed by fire. This makes Mr. Hicks the owner of 450 acres of farm land. Fire destroyed the residence of W. Eagleson on the Mile faun, near Morey. John Stokes occupied the 'reuse and lost all his furniture and clothes. The children narrowly escap- ed being burned to death. • At the Exeter Station a oar loaded with flour from Harvey Bros. mill was overturned while shunting. The flour bad to be reloaded into another car. Quite a lot of it was damaged. An auxiliary from London set things right. Jackson Mfg. Co. Ltd. and their Clinton employees had a bee in their factory and made up 80 blankets from overcoating clothe and lined with a good dark shaker flannel for a con- tribution to the Belgian relief fund. Perth County Mitchell woollen mills are now run- ning a night shift, owing to lauge Government orders coming in for the soldiers. Including goods and cash the Bel- gian Relief Fund is estimated to have reached over 325,000 in Perth County. The cash subscriptions in Stratford alone were 37,860,38. The concert held in the town hall on Tuesday evening, under the auspices of the Patriotic Relief As- sociation of Mitchell, was well patronized.- $75 was realized. Wallace Township Council )net in Gowanstown on Monday to consult about the raising of afund for' the poor. of Belgium whose homes have been destroyed in the war. F. Th Tilos, Harrison, formerly of . Sb. Marys and Strathroy, has annosit sd his candidature for the Kingston mayoralty for 1915. He is an Alder- man at present and has been for 5 years. The young lady who was recently found guilty of obtaining goods from a couple of local merchants under false pretences was allowed by Mag- istrate O'Loane, Stratford, ,o go on suspended sentence. The new Salvation Army Citadel, at St. Marys, bas been completed, The building is a substantial one built of concrete cement blocks and well located on the property formerly .used fie a bowling . green by the St. Marys Bowling Cluand presents a very attractive appearance. T I3r'irrsntt St s t 1 t. Marys, is 1 i t tan e P g u't 1000 1 1 s m his fine new two-storey t tw st Xa poultry house.Us( The lower storeywill besuslied with i p ll h incubators with a utpaeity of 3,600 eggs at one hatching auibrooder capacity for 1,200 chick* ens, also a sprouting room The sprout- ing hats, and driveway in the middle to faeili1ate putting in straw and cleaning the building when requited. Dain gtia da night the handsome e • .t st mP house use of Wrn McLaren,near CrnCromarty, was completely gutted by fire. `J'lte fancily had retired for the night and were aroused about 11 o'clock from their slumbers by smoke and by the time they got out nothing could be saved. At the tirue several of the family were ill with the measles and Mrs. McLaren was not well her- self and itis not likely that the chilly night air and storm would do theta any good, JNO, DOW DROPPED DEAD.—Sunday evening Hibbert township came in for a sad shock, when Jno. Dow, a pioneer of the township, aged 05 years died while doing up his chores. Mr. Dow and Itis wife had done the minting, Mee. Dow going to the house while he stayed to complete the even- - iug's work, saying that he woald be in in about half an hour. Failing to come in at that time the family still waited but becoming alarmed at his absence the adopted daughter was sent out to see what was keeping Mr. Dow and in going into the passage way in the stable she was horrified to see his lifeless body. The news of his death soon spread and cast a gloom over the neighborhood. Mr. Dow was very highly respected by s, large circle of friends who regret hie death. In religion he was tt Presbyterian and a member of Roy's church and a Liberal in politics. Besides his wife and adopted daughter, one brother', William Dow, of the same neighbor- hood survives. The funeral took place Wednesday with interment in Roy's cemetery. The family' have the sympathy of everyone in their sudden and great sorrow and loss. Canadian News 'rhe sugar beet crop is turning out very well this year and yields of 12 to i5 toes per acre are not at all unusual iu Comber sectiou, Edward Paul, ot St. Catharines, was fatally injured when a chicken coop' he was hauling on a wagon, over- turned, broke his back. A SAD CASE — T F. McArthur and George Gregg were found Monday afternoon in the letter's 'home, at Clit ford both dead, apparently from in- halation of gas as the stove doors were found open. Mr, Gregg being - an elderly man and in failing health of late, was being looked after by his daughter and son•iu•law, Mrs. and Mr. McArthur, the former beiug absent for e few days On a visit. No stir was noticed around the home and when the neighbors called and could get no response the door was forced in. The ghastly sight which they witnessed was. Mr. and Mrs. McArthur in bed, the former dead and the latter almost be- . youd aid. Upstairs Mr. Gregg was found in his room partly lying on his bed witn the mattress burning. His face and breast were badly blackened from the smoke, while his hands were also burned. Itis quite evident from the position of Mr. Gregg that he bad awakened and being in a dazed con- ditiouattempted to light a lamp. as it was found broken in his room,' and not being able to d-. so he fell on his bed which Was smouldering when found. WATCH OUT POR Hin.—A man going under the name ot Ferguson, bas visited a large number of farmers in Egrement, Proton, Luther and Normanby toWn- ships and purchased a large number of farms in each township. Itis plan at). pears to be to visit the farmers at meal time and after dark, which always in- sures him a good meal and the best bed. Ile offers a good price for the farm, stating that he wants to buy 30o acres in a block if possible for himself and two sons. He makes all arrangements. to meet the parties in Mount Forest, a neighboring town, to have the papers drawn up, naming the lawyer, whom he appears to know very well that does his business. He sometimes gives the farmer a choice of two Or three tames tc select from. One farmer put ; him for the night lit his son's room, and next day the latter missed $5 from his trouser pocket. Another place he took the farmer's best coat and left before the family were up, He is reported to be o under size with heavybrown t u ars moustache speakscar fluently anCis well d o h war, having as he sa s care n theV P two daughters at the front in the ed Cross Society. Farmers who were duped didnotsay anything about it for some time, and in this way be has suc- ceeded in getting away, bet the county constables in Grey and Wellington have now been pretty well notified, and no doubt he will be arrested. Sone think he is a German spy. Farmers should be au the watch for him, especiallyl i Minto t ownshi . where he is now stip. posed to be operating. - Tau Bretz --Following are some hi- keresting statistics relating to the work of the British and 1',reign Bible Society of which the Upper Canada Bible Society is an auxiliary, When the Soolety was fnuuded inr8o4 the Bible was published in gs living languages, Since.)bat time the Sooiety has issued 253,010,000 copies of the scriptures. in 455 languages, Too years ago the Bible. was a sealed book t0 four Out of every five of the earth's inhabitants, Now it open book to four out 01evet s an op y Ave. Last year the Society spent $4,000,000 in translating, printing and circulating the Scriptures. Every missionary organizatiou of the world is e dent tion the British ancr Foreign dela nd pu Bible Society for copies of the Scrip. tures. Tire work of the Society hi Corrado is very eXtensivo.