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The Brussels Post, 1915-1-7, Page 1VOL, 43• NO, 28 .i II v Il11111r, The Metropolitan Bank was en 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 estate 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 $ 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 173 New Advertisements Locnl—.l'. L. Frain. Local—Jas. Nichol, Notice—A. Reyymann, Local—D McKinnon. Puree lost—Ta a P08P. Meet prices—Baeker Bros, For sale --A1/ nn D. Lamont. Ghat of the Leeson—Jae, lt'ox. January sale—G. N. McLaren, Poultry Panacea—y. R. -Smith. ,.Business for sale -Miss A. B. Rosa, i tx±rt sibs McKillop Wm. McGavin,' an old and well known resident of Leadbury locality, keeps very poorly. He is in his 79th year and has been a hearty, rugged man. Maw COUNCIL•—Ooiu'ad Eckert and Robert Archibald having withdrawn the Council for 1915 now ,stands as follows: Reeve, J. M. Govenlock; Councillors—Gentge Horn, F. J. Mc- Quaid, Daniel Regale and John Gov - en lock. First meeting of Connell will be held at. Winthrop on Monday, Jan. 11th, at 11 a. in, M. Murdie in the Township Clerk. Following iterns concern the town- ship finances and are from the finan- cial statement for the past year : Total receipts were $88,928.19, made up in part as follows : Legislative School Grant, 5732.87 ; Municipal school fund, $1,000; Hallett telephone' assessment, $1,408:550 ; taxes, 529,500,- '77. The total expenditure amounted to $38,184,04. The year opened with a balance of $851.00 and closed with a balance of 5744.15 in the treasury. Wtngham DEATH OP MRS. GEO, AMEY.—Mrs. Sarah Amey, widow of George Amey died in the General Hospital, after an illness of about two months. She and her husband and child, Winifred, came' to this country from England about 3 years ago, when Mr. Arney took np formwork and also worked for a time as a section hand on the G. T. R. He became 111 anddied soon after. Mrs. Amey obtained a situ, afion as cookfor the hospital, which she held until about 2 months ago, when she was taken ill. She under- went a slight operation but she never recovered, lancer being the cause of her illness and death, Mrs, Amey had much trouble, losing her husband on October 21, 1912, and her father, in England, on tannery 19, 1913: She also lost all her furnishing, which was consumed by fire in as fri rturs house, where it was ata, est A. F. I3olley, of Sour hSIreel , took the renhailei to his residence, and adopted the little girl for his own, as WA -4 111e imlther's wish. In religion 1li's. Ainey wits a .MIetho- dlab anti the relieve' eervice sveo' con- ducted Sue day afternoon by her pastor, Rev. W..1, Hihhert, who epolg highly of the dead vermeil, The fiu'ai offerin;e i e: id`ed' wreath I, on, the hospital stuff, as pillow from the child, and many others 1'10141 which a lose was picked and placed' in hsr' IlAlld.. 'rhe pallbearers were A. F. Lloyd, F. 13uclianan, R. J. Oantelnn, it, Stone, Uowar'd Finley and -David Heeley, The remaine were -interred in Wing - ham cemetery. Qorrie INSTITUTE.—Thursday, 14th inst.,, in the Methodist church here, nn Ep- worth League and Sabbath -School Inetitnte will be held that should be. attended by a large rally of officers and rrreiubere of theee.two stirriugde- parWueuts of Methodism in the sur- rounding country. Afterrinnn'a pro- gram, opening at 2 o'clock will be as follows :—Song service, led by Rev. G. W. Rivers ; address "The place of the S. S. in modern education," Rev. 'Klr. Faewell, Secretary, 'J.'nra 40 ; "The Epworth League as a sphvtuai force, Is it ?" Rev. W. A. Walden, Forthvich.; music aud offering A. year'e program for the Epworth League," Rev. Mr. Farewell ; ,Our 10 point standard in 13. S. work and where we stand as a District," Rev. R. S. Lackland, Wroxeter ; Social hour and refreshments, Aliening. session will open with a song service ;: address, "Tragedy of youth and the chnrch'a.prevention," Rev. 111r. Fare- well ; Music by chnir and offering ; "The S. S. as a force in the Kingdom's extension," ]lev. J. W. Hibbert, Wingham. The above should mukea roost interesting Institute and the at- tendance should crowd the church. This will be Rev. Mr.:Farewell's .fast visit as he will be moved to the Eastern Conferences next Summer, lie is well worth hearing as he 'is thoroughly pranti'cal in his: plane and addresses, Wroxeter J. R. and Mrs. Wendt were visitors at Mildmay on Friday. Merton Howe, of Dunnville, spent New Year's Day with his father here. Ashton Itloi+risme spent a few days of last week with his sister, MIs. E. Cardiff, of Brussels. Mrs. D. Pope and son, Russ, have re- turned from a few days visit with Wingham friends. Graham Ballantyne returned to Rockwood orYlill'Iondayafter a few hol- idays at his home bete. ' Harry and Mrs. Little, of Toronto, - spenteeveral days recently with the latter's parents, R. and Mrs. Black. 13. and Mrs.' Stafford, of Howick, entertained two loads of young people from the village on Wednesday even- ing. red. Mercer, of Kingston, a former teller in the Royal Bank here, is call- ing no old friends in the village this week, Mrs. D: Stewart, of Tmpberry, gave a very enjoyable party for a large number of young people at her home on Friday evening. • Miss. Maud Ferguson, of Walton, and Miss Cassie Harris, of Toronto, were in town this week to attend the mai riage of the latter''s sister, Alex. and Mrs. Stewart and John D. Stewart, of Windsor, and Miss Aggie Stewart, of Toronto, are visiting their mother•, Mrs. D. Stewart, of Turn- lierry. Mrs. M. Aikenhead, of London, and Colin McNaughton, of Glencoe, visit- ed -their parents, John and Mrs. Mc- Naughton, of - Turnberry, over the holiday. While Win. King, of Tur•uberry, was splitting wood in a shed at his home, she axe caught in a clothes line which resulted in him inflicting a very bad gash in bis foot, which will lay hien up for some time. - A number, from bete will attend the Lea rue and Sabbath School Iustitnte in the Methodist church, Gorrie, on Thursday afternoon and evening of next week. - ••••••••••• Ire ••a••••e.....♦•••••..,,, •e •Pricesof a ♦ • • Meat o• 2 • •C1ip this out for handy reference. •• •• o • • Prices for the Month of January • • • Primase rib roast pee lb • Shoulder cut 1 ,•• Boiling beef .. • Pot roast • Porter horse roast • Flank,.......... 4 Brisket ...,., ..,,. • Corned beef 2 16e Pork • 16 • 10 Breakfast bacon 25. A 13 Lean back .. 28 • 14.15 Spiced rolls - .... 18.20 • ......... 18.19 Lamb 18-20 2 ....... 13 Tongue, according to size, 35-45 . • 11 Hearts, " „ • 36.45 • 15 Headcheese .. - 15 e 40.50 Balogna, largo....,. 16e.ns 2 for 25 • Steak • Chop Steak ''!*'Sausage.. •. g 20 Surniner sausage 35 • . 15 Frankforts - 15 15 Cooked Harry ........, 40 • • Place your order for Gr • Ground Bone 3c• • •Hrghes Highest Cash Price Paid for Hides, s t • z • • B,AEKER BROS.- BRUSSELS • • •.•µ+• for I sun beat the Major every time •. .• siiN•wsi••ei•••NN••� r�•aN�NNN•� +•� BRUSSELS. ONTARIO, . THURSDAY, ,SAN AI r4 (Rev.) LetokIii it ari•ivetl from itinglaud last week where she has spent the hist 5months. ' Snninel Willis and Juhu Barnard, of Landon, vis Led over' New Year's Day sill h the latter's parents here, WEDArNa liJL'Ls, —In the presence of atm'. 80 guesbe1 Miss Milly Harris wag milted Ila marriage to Raymond Leek y,. of I ler'solrel. Sask., on Monday after rioon et 1 u'ulockc•• at the home of. her uudh8r, Mrs,. Geo, learns, Rev. T, Al. Wesley oifi'elatiirg. 'Bride wore her travelling suit of navy blue cloth and o'as LuiassieLed'. After dinner had been served Mr. and Mts. Lecky left on. the 3.80 train midst showers of confetti rid good wishes, foe their hone in Herschel, Sask. Monerief THiSI'osT gives the news. • Ammer' onngiegatinnal meeting of Knox church will be held mn:Thuraday 14th hist., . Tharp was no preaching service at Vlonal rff lust Sabbath afternoon all the drifted condi Lien of the loads for- bade Rev. Mr. Lundy coining. Stewart McQuurrie, who had his left hand iejw'ed by the uuexpected dis- charge of a gnu he was handling, is getting along as well as could be ex- Iectt'd. 1•ir may 1111;V(3 a Sidi 'joint on ris thumb but it might easily have been worse. The annual ,meeting of Silver Oorners cheese factory will be held Saturday afternoon of this week, 9th i001., all p. rn. This busy little in - des! IT Inas had a gond year and realized the excellent average price for their output of 13,81 cents per pound' for 1914. Jas. 0, Boyd, Audi- tor, went over the booke this week. Mas. 1Vi11, McKay . is the efficient Sec'retat y. Wednesday nt last week the annual meeting of Mown -left School Section was held. 1'he school morn was not badly oroivded on that occasion. Luke A. Speiran was chosen 'trustee and Gen. W. McKay will.look after the careLakirig of the school premises at $40.00. The wood contraetwas not let. Faithful work is being done by the teacher, Herbert Toll. Bluevale L. 0. L.—Following aro the officers of Bluevale Orange Lodge for the year 1915•:—W. M., Robert Shaw ; D. M., James Peacock ; Chap., Rev, D. D, Thompson ; Rec.-Sec., -leery Moth- ers ; t+ln.•Soo„ Geo. Thornton; Treas., Ed. Johnston ; D. of 0., Time. Ellis ; Lecturer, Anson Thornton ; 1st Oom.,, Joe Onrtis, EPWORTH LEAGUE AND SABBATH SCHOOL INSTITUTE,—Oil Friday, Janu- ary loth, an Epworth League and Sabbath School Institute will be held in the Methodist church here com- mencing at 2 p, in. Program will be an interesting 0118 as follows :— Song service in charge of Rev. Mr. Thomp- son ; address "The place of the Sale baths School in Modern Education," Rev. F. L. Farewell, S. S. Secretary, Toronto ; "The Epworth League as a spiritual force. Is it, or is its not ?" 13 Cruickshank; Music and °freeing "A year's program for the Epworth League," Rev. Mr. Farewell ; "Our 10 point standard in S. S. and where the stand us a District," Rev. D. Wren ; Social hour and refreshments, Even- ing session will open at 7.15 with a song service, led' by the pastor ; "Tragedy of youth turd the club olr's prOver. tion," Rev. Mr. Farewell; Music by choir and offering ; "The S. S. as a force in the Kingdom's ex- tension," Rev. Mr. Wren. A rally from the neighboring charges and ap- pointments is asked for as the ad- dresses will be practical and .wort. sequently helpful to every Leaguer• and Sabbath Srhnol worker'. Rev. Mr. Farewell is a`strong man in these departments of work and has a mes- sage no one should miss. Keep the date clear. Jamestown Dr, and Mrs. Feild and children of Owen Sound, were here for a holiday visit at the home of Mrs. Edward Bryans. At the Annual meeting of S. S. No. 10, Morris Peter Moffatt was re-elected trustee. W. King gets contract of wood at $2 25, F. Shaw getting cedar at$1 25. Thns. Smith has caretaking for 58600, A new school house will he en ret ed on the old site. Committee in charge is Anson Shaw, Devitt Ramsay, Peter Bioffat t aid'r 1 nate' Chas. Forrest and Joseph Robb. Miss Bessie Moses ha the efficient teacher. Chas, B. Forrest is the Secretar•y- Treasurer, The annual • rn t school meeting of the Bryan's school, East, of here, was held on Wednesday of last week, 13. Pay ii was re -eiloid True1ee and D. Breckenridge was chosen to succeed David Thompson, who had resigned. Hardwood will be supplied by R. Mc- Lenn•tn at $2.18 per cord and. A. Johnston will furnish the kindling, blies Dora Watson is the new teacher, ab a selary of .5500 per annum, She has just completed her !Model School term. We wish her euccese. FROM. SALISBURY PLAIN.—Wailaee, son of Alex, Simpson of Detroit, and' grandson of Andrew Simpson, of this place, writes the following from Sans. bury Plain; Arn well and with I could tie with you for Christmas. Ani having a good time anti apparently nava won the favor of the Major and _Sergeant. The Major takes meto tower with him every tune he goes (as orderly) and then we race house, CVe wri v o out on ia: cross-country y inn after a fox and in jumping a hedge 0111' horses landed ill a ditch and we went; flying. 111y horse broke its neck. The Major told ni0 to go over to another part of the camp and swipe another and told me to :got, a good one when I wire at it. T guess I did UARY 7, %915. 4 now, We ate getting excellent board and have moved out of the tents into wooden huts, a stove in each hut and very comfortable. We will not go to the front until Spring if we go then. lam getting a pass to London for Oheietmas. I am gunner. on No. 1 gun, B. Battery, Royal Canadian Horse artillery. I was one of the 3,000 Oauadlaris selected to pay last respects at Lorci Roberts' funeral and had the honor of firing one of the big guns of the saints, The Bret shot I fh'ed at Volcanic'' was at target on a mountain 1i miles away. The shot landed 15 feet from target and tore 'a hole big enough to bury a Summer cottage. Qoderlch Jae, Buchanan sen., a highly respected:citizen, met with a painful accident at his home Sunday evening.. He was deseehding a: stairway when he tripped and fell headlong, -breaking his thigh. Mr. Buchanan is nearly 80 years old, end it is feared he will not be able to walk again. Ise was taken to the hospital for treatment. President Falconer, of Toronto University, paid the Canadian Club visit Monday. Luncheon was served in the Masonic Temple at noon, about 70 members participating. Rev. Mr. ,Gbtheringham, local .President, -oc- cupied the chair, and called on Prof. Falconer, who gave an address, his subject .being "The Effects of Bis- marck's Policy on the present." A Hearty vote of thanks was tendered Mr. Falconer. In the evening Mr. Falconer addressed a public meeting at the courthouse before a large audience, his subject being"Perverted Patriotism of the German People." Walton Next Tuesday evening the annual meeting of Duff's church will be held. Miss Johnston is still quite poorly, She had a siege of typhoid fever. We hope she will soon be restored. Richard Cunningham was home from London for a short holiday visit. He is in training there Withthesoldier boys who expect to cross the ocean in the course of a few months. New Year's Day Wm, and Mre. Shortreed, of this locality, celebrated the 13th anniversary of their marriage and royally entertained a number of vela fives and friends. We congratu- late them, on the passing years and wish them many happy returns of the clay. Mrs. Shortreed's maiden name was Miss leaflet McFadzean. Geo. W. and Mee. Jackson, and son, Kenneth, are here fnr a visit of a few months from Wiwa Hills, Sask. They had a fair crop last harvest. It is 8 years since Mr. Jackson went West. Mrs. Jackson was Miss Maggie Bar- rows before her marriage, hence ie quite at home as is her husband in this locality. The ratepayers of Union S. S. No. 12, Grey and McKillop, met in the school house on Wednesday of last week. Alex. Souter was elected to succeed D. McKenzie as trustee, the other members of the Board being Jno. Ritchie and Robb. Coutts. Woad supply was let to Noble McCallum at $2,19. Teacher Turvey is doing nicely with the school. The Dresden Times of last week says :—"At the close of the Sabbath evening eer'vice in the Methodist church, the choir repaired in a body to the parsonage, where they repeated their program of Christmas music to the great delight of Mrs. Tiffin, who is a member of the choir and passion- ately fond of music. This great kind- ness was heartily appreciated by all concerned and while Mrs. Tiffin has been and is still very sick the effect of this gracious act was altogether help- ful;" Rev. and Mrs. Tiffin are well re- membered here in connection with the Methodist church pastorate. They are now at Dresden. Mrs. Tiffin's old. friends hese hope she will be speedily restored. Morris Other Morris news on page 4. It is said wedding bells will jingle shortly in Morris township. A. Morrison was visiting his sister, Mrs. Elston Cardiff, 511i line. The schools got back to work on Monday with a straight course now until Easter. • Mrs. Harman Howell, of Lockport, N. Y., is spending the holidays at the home of her mother, Mrs. Agnes Or . 1lsio ,day next the first meeting of • 3015 Township Council will be held. There are no new members on the Board. Dr, W. J. Roe, of Philadelphia, w,is a welcome visitor at the home of his father, 3rd line, over Chrietrnas, The mother was greatly missed. Jno. and Mrs. Jewitt, of Shelbrook, Sask., are here on a visit with rela- tives and friends. I1 is 11 yeltrs since Mr. Jewitt was here before. Everything passed off o. k. at the annual school meeting in S. S. No, 6, Wednesday of last week. J. H. Sel- lers occupied the chair', Walter Yuill was re-elected Trustee. He has been a member for 9 years. $2,50 was the price allowed Thos. Wilson for wood for school. CARD OF THANKS.—We wish to very sincerely thank our many neighbors arid friends for ,b1reir ]rind words and helpful deeds ill connection with the death andiburial of our mother it was highly appreciated we can assure you. Yours gratefully, THE READMA1 FAMILY. SCHOOL MEETING. The annual School meeting in S. S. No. 3, was held on the Statutory date, R. Craig in the chair. Alex, Nichol succeeded Jas. Nichol as Trustee, the other mem- bers of the Boartlbeing Wm. Kerney and ,?amen ()lark, Wood supply will be furnished' by Robt. 0. Craig at $2.05 par cord and Russel Marke takes charge of the caretaking of *reboot $23 25 for the year. L. It, and Mrs. Rollin, of Gorrre locality, were visiting at A. and Mrs. . Wutson s, 5111 line, our Wednesday, The ladies are sisters. S. S. No. 4 elected Robert Smith as Trustee sueeeeditig Robb. Scott. The caretaking of school will be attended to by F. McOuwlreon at $35.00. Will. Smith will furnish the wood, for which he is to reeoive $2.75 per cord, at School Garden work with the 8rd and 4th classes during 1915 which will be' heartily supported by, the Trustees and we hope the whole Section, :This .Cranbrook Nomtee,—;nice notice that nil aortae owing A. Reymann order art, asked to pay same tto hien or on A. RAYaiANN. Orenlsrootc, Wm. Campbell is home from the West visiting his parents here. 0. and Mrs. Alderson spent the New Year's holidays with their daughter's at Avon ton. There be fear of a drop ' in the egg market since Clair Longe pullets have started to break the rtcurd. Rev, Mr. Prudhaim of Durham, will preach in the Methodist church here next Sunday afternoon, He labored in the Japanese mission. field for sev- eral years. MATRIMONIAL.—On December 10th last, in Cooke's church, -Toronto, by Rev. Mr. Harve—Jeliio, Fred: Begg, of Guelph and Mrs. Florence Hunter,, of Oranbi'onk, Ont., were united in marriage. Iqr, and Mrs, Begg left at once on a wedding trip to. Scotland. sailinfion the Allan steamship Hesperian, from St. John's, on Satur- day, Dec, 12th. They will make their headquarters atAberdeen and after visit of a couple of months expect to return and make their home In Ontario. We wish them a happy, prosperous journey through life. O. O. F,—The following are the of- ficers elected in connection with 0our't Woodbine, No. 100, 0. 0. F., Cron - brook, for the current term :-0, R., Jno. MoNab • V. 0. R„ Wm. Ziegler'; R. S., Jas. A. McNair ; F. S. and Treas., Ed. Fulton ; Chaplain, A. Cameron ; S, W., Jno. Gorsalitz ; J. W., Jno. Shiels ; 3. B., Geo, Dunlop; Trustees, Jno. Sine's and A. Cameron. Installation will take place on Friday 8th inst. Court Woodbine has a membership of 75 many of whom sus- tain a live interest in the Order. The regular date of meeting is the last Friday evening of each month. A Goon TIME, — Although the weather on New Year's evening was not any too choice and the roads in- clined to be heavy a very enjoyable time was spent at the social gathering held in the Methodist church, A- fine patriotic program of music was ren- clered by the choir and Rev. Mr. Wren was in fine fettle in his address on Germany. His lecture was instruc- tive, interesting and free from preju- dice, showing many of the estimable qualities possessed by the German folk. The militarist spirit was con- demned. Lunch was served at the close and the reputation of Oranbrook fully sustained. Receipts were nearly $12.00. Grey Oouncil meeting will be held in the Township Hall, Ethel next Monday. This will be the initial meeting for 1915. Miss Mary Patterson, of Harriston locality, was a holiday visitor with old friends 'in Grey township and Brussels. We are pleased to know that Wm. Buttery is able to sit up some since his recent severe attack of sciatica. We hope he will continue to improve. Alex. and Leslie Lamont, who were hnrne for the Christmas vacation, re- turned to Queen's University, Kings- ton last Saturday. They are good students. John B. Smith and daughter, Miss Laura, of Princetown, Ont„ were re- newing old acquaintances in this township, They were former well known residents. The annual meeting of the share- holders of the Molesworth Cheese & Butter Co., Ltd., will be held in the Orange g Hall on Saturday, January 9511, 1915, at 2. p. m. Don't forget the Auction Sale of Farm stock, implements, household furniture, &c„ at W. P. Bray's, Wednesday afternoon of next week, 13th inst. His Lot is 29, Con. 15. Sale will be without reserve as he has Bold his farm. At the annual School meeting held as per Statute, in S. S. No. 8, A. D. Grant was re-elected trustee. Wood contract was let to Will. Lowe at $2.70 per cord. Improvements to school premises were discussed and will be carried out. Thos. Armstrong, the teacher, is doing good work in the school. Oliphant Smith and George Turnbull are, the other two trustees. Sworn, REPORT.—The following is the report of S. S. No. 8, Grey, for the mouths of November and December, Hbnore75% Pass 50% Examined in History, Sppelling, Arith., and Liter. Sr. IV. --Minnie Baryons 70. Exam- ined in Hist., Spell„ Aritli,, Art, Liter., Comp., and Hygiene. Jr. IV. -Flora McLean 83, Mabelle Oar- michael40. Sr, III.—Jho. McTaggart 50. Jr. IIL—Sadie McNair 87, Alex, McNabb 82, Jas. McTaggart 84, Adrian McTaggart 50, Jas. Carmichael 35, Jr. II.—Marjot•y Fulton 79, Jno. Mc- Naught 72, Geo. McNair 71, Vera Mc- Naught 80. Sr, I.— Excellent— Mar- garet McNair, Fergus McTaggart. Jr. I.—' Good— Charlie McNaught,' Annie McTaggart. ALICE J. FORREST, Teacher, SCHOOL GARDEN. .ETC.— School Section No. known as. Fulton's held their annual 8,chool meeting Wednes- day of hast week. Wm. Ziegler was chosen trustee for next term as suc- cessor to Neil' D: McNair. ,$2,60 per cord was Robt. MoTaggart'e bid for the wood supply, which was accepted. Miss Alfie Forrest, the highly esteem- ed teacher, who has a certificate from Agricultural College will take up is one of the ways the young people are going to be encouraged to see de- lights to rural life and we wish No, 8 success in it. A Guelph doctor was called last !Friday night to the home of Mr. and Mee. l8tlacott, on the 11th 0011., to per- form an operation for appendicitis on their little daughter, who is about 9 years of age, The operation was quite successful.. Under the watch- ful care of nurse Brown the little lassie is making slVeddytce- covery, speedy Ethel Andrew Eckmier and wife, of Strat- ford, visited Mende here recently. W. 17. and Mrs. Sanders spent New Year's Day with friends at Listowel, :Rev. L g, and Mrs. McKelvey and Irene spent the holidays in Stratford. L. G. Switzer, of Kelfield, Sask.," is a visitor with old friends in this' locality. Next Monday the first meeting of Grey township Council for 1915 will be held re. Goohe. Addy returned last week from an extended trip to Brantford and other points. Did you read Geo. M. Mitchell's advt on page 5? He is offering many genuine bar.'gaies. The annual meeting of the Presby- terian church here will be held next Tuesday, at 2 o'clock. Ethel Cheese Factory annual meet- ing will be held in the Hall on Satur- dayafternoon, 16th inst. Miss Merle Richmond, of Silver Corners left it last Saturday for Orange- ville where she will teach school. Revival services are being conducted in the Methodist church, They are expected to continue several weeks, Wesley Pollard is rapidly recove Mg from an attack of typhoid- fever He hopes to be soon eating roast bee again. 111r. and Mre. Sharpe, of Ancaster near Hamilton, have been visiting a the home of Mrs. Sharpe's uncle, Jas Boyd, of Silver Corners, for a fe days. The Misses Sanders were visitor over New Years at the home of R. an Mrs. Cunningham, 18th Com, Grey near Walton. The ladies also visit_ at the Methodist Parsonage, Brussel Ethel kept up their reputation for liberal support to the Upper Canada Bible Society by contributing the respectable sum of $19.00 this year. Misses Stella Dunbar and L. Sanders were the young ladies in charge of the subscription list. We are sorry to hear of the death of Mrs. Daniel Eckmier, at Clinton, on Friday of last week. She was a former Ethelite and will be remem- bered as Miss Lizzie Haddock, niece of S. 'Chambers. Mrs. Eckmier had not been very rugged for some years. A faithful member of the Metho- dist church was called to her re- ward when the summons came to Mrs. Eckmier. The many friends of Mr. Eckmier, who is a brother to the Eck- mier brothers here, Mrs. Hansuld and Mrs. Menzies extend sincere sympathy in his bereavement. MAeore—HOPE.— A quiet wedding was solemnized on Christmas Day at the home of Wm. and Mrs. Hope, Midland, Ont., when their only daugh- ter, Miss Vida, was united in marriage to Walter Mason, of Radisson, Sask., formerly of this locality. Rev. J. J. Elliott, of Knox church, officiated. The bride, who was given away by her father, looked graceful in a gown of white silk orepe with lace and seed pears,.and carried a boquet of cream 'roses. Miss Hazel Marshall, of Barrie, played the wedding march, and after the ceremony sang "A Perfect Day." After a dainty dejeuner the bride and groom left for a short trip wear'hrg a suit in mahogany shade and black velvet hat. Mr. and Mrs. Mason will reside at Radisson. May their' joys abound is our worst wish. PATRIOTIC CONCERT.—One of the best entertainments ever given in Ethel was the Patriotic Concert under the auspices of the Women's Institute in Dilworth's Hall, Deo. 30th. Hall was very beautifully and appropriate- ly decorated with Union Jacks, pen- nants and bunting Rev. T. L. Mc- Culloch was asked to be chairman, which office he filled in a very efficient manner and maintained the patriotic spirit of the occasion. Program was well rendered and brought hearty applause, It was as follows Open- ing chorus, "Flag for me" ; chairman's address ; solo, "England's Daughter's" Miss Spence ; dialogue, "Love of a Bonnet" ; trio, "Perfect Day," Misses Menzies ; retitation, "He tried to tell his wife" encore "The Lonesomest House" by Miss Frances Stubbs; violin selection, Breaths .and Mrs. Nimbo, from Kentucky ; solo, "We'll never let the old Flag fall," Mrs Fer- guson dialogue, "Dr. Cure All" ; ladies quartette, "Little Ootton 'Del- lis" ; recitation, "Story of Sir Rupert Lee." Miss Curtis ; duet, Mr. and Mies Speiran ; dialogue, "The fashionable wife" ; solo, "Cantileua," Mrs. J. K. Baeker ; recitation, "Trick for Trick," Miss Frances Stubbs ; mixed quar- tette, "Muffs"; violin selection, E. aud Mrs. Inimbo ; National Anthem. A vote of thanks' was passed to the talent on motion of Miss McDonald and. Mrs. Ferguson. Committee in charge deserve unstinted praise. Proceeds amounting to $71.25, with ra ti p c ca]ly no expense, were handed over to the Red Cross Society. r- : f YV, H, KERR, Prorrietor LOCAL OPTION CONTESTS Local Option. contests were .held Monday in 81 municipalities through- out t C g ou Ontario namely, in 4 toiv:rs, $ villages and 10 townships in straight fight for Local Option and in 9 muni- eipaiities for repeal. In none of the h towns did the temperance part se- cure a victory, Simcoe and Bala los-. ing on a straight vote and Photon and Ridgetown beingheld up bythe three- fifths clause. Four villaes carried the by-law and one township, suns iP, Two villages defeated it and two villages lost on the three-fifths clause. Seven townships are yet to hear from. In all municipalities Local Option' was' sustained. Following are the figures ; DEFEATED Towns— Simcoe ..... .......... Bala Villages— Bradford Hepworth Townships— Corn wall Majority - ,58 6 CARRIED Villages -- Holland Holland Landing - 24 Jarvis . ..., 42 Newbury . :................... 27 West Lorne ...... :_..... ....--70 Townshipsi Harwich , 331 DEFEATED BY THREE-PIPTHS CLAUSE Towne— Ridgetown 90 Picton .89 Villages— Oaaledonia ,....................16 Hagersville 48 Townships— Levant .. ...:15 Rothe 34 REPEAL DEPEATED Towns— Y„{,y t . 'Midland • 898 Newmsr'ket . .............. 258 Thornbury 40 av Villages— Laaltefield .... .....................44 s Shallow Lake d :Tara 42 d Teeswator 40 To Percy STRATF0RD,—Mayor E. B. Barns - dale was elected by 809 majority over C. 17. Mollhargey, the vote being 1,179 to 870. Por water commissioner Geo, L. Money had 807 majority over W. 3, Mooney, Vie Municipal Elections. - STEPHEN,—Reeve, Wm. Elliott, • 675; over W. D. Sanders, 298;deputy, John Love, 455, over Win. Yearly, 406. Councillors — Alex. Neave, 478 ; Thomas 11J awhi n n ey, 461 ; Dave Webb, 410 ; M. Finkebiner, 322 ; G. Keller- man, 820. MORNINGTON, — Reeve, Alex. Beggs (acel,) ' Councillors—D. Hamley, D. Jacobs, W. Shearer and George Miller. HIBBERT.—Reeve, A. A. Coign - holm (acct.) Councillors—J. Morris, L. T. John- ston, J. Kay. T. Mahaffy (acct.) WALLACE.—Reeve, S. E. Smith (aecl,) Councillors—E. Arnold, W. Elliott, J. Grosz and George McKnight. LISTOWEL.—A. W. Featherstone was elected Mayor over Dr. Moore by a majority of 69. J. A. Hacking had a majority of 198 over J. O. Hay for Reeve, but the latter claims the seat by acclamation,' alleging' that his op- ponent was not properly nominated. Councillors cdlora are ; J. M. Campbell,. Harvey Ellis, Fred. Vonzuben, George Melrose, John Watson, R. A. Clime. The bylaw for a board of Education passed by a large majority. WINGHAM.—Dr. A. J. Irwin was elected Mayor for his second term by acclamation. S. Mitchell is the new Reeve. The majority of the aldermen have served in the Council in previous years. r psi` HENSALL.—Thomas Hudson was / elected Reeve in the elections here by a majority of 57 votes. There was 117 ballots Inst in his favor. His opponents were F. W. Snrallacombe, with 69 votes and:J. W. Ortwein, with 25 votes. The following Councillors were elected by acclamation :—George Hudson,Alex. Smith, Wille` a mTrase and Daid Nichol. MITCHELL FOR REEVE.— Marlyn Race North ward 94 91 South ward 95 52 West ward 50 67 Majority for Marlyn, 42 North ward : J. Gollnitz, 85 ; W. F. May, 117, South ward e R. - Thorne, 30 ; W, Honey. 91, West Ward : J. Roger, 62 ; 3, Er Williams, $8. The council for theear 1015 will be they as follows :-Mayor, Wm. Elliott, Reeve, Wm, Martyr). Councillors W. Shillinglaw, 0, Walkout, W. Bal- four, S. A. Hewitt John ohm Davis any F. C. Hord. The Hewitt, is the ronly Councillor. who served at the board last year. PERTH OCUNTY COUNCIL.— Wallace—S. D. Smith, Reeve. Elora— W. Scott, Reeve ; S. Smith, • deputy. M or n i n gg to n —Alex. ' Beggs. North Easthope—John Makins. South Eauthope—Werner Krug, Downie—John A. McKay, Fullarton—Oliver Barris. Blanchard—MCO, Irvine, Logan --Fred. Wood Hibberb—A. A. Colgnhoun, Ellice— Robb, ,Armstrong, Reeve ; Geo. Yundt, deputy. Li o' st tial—J. A. Hacking. Mitchell—W. Mart u, Milverton—Fred, 3lymsnernnan,