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beat to
and Me
Isn't
there some dangers 0f run-
tittf, out of 11(001e stat it iruury
re are stoop,"an the corner for 1irls-
rondn0t`
Tuesday wash�Sv• Valentine's Dav,
faomehew or other Valmtiue Dry
doesn't seem to'amount to as much
its it used to,
Canada's .field crepe last ,year: a
raid to be Korth ono -filth at much
those of the United Stakes, whieh>h
L,vei've times Canada's population
re
is
Ss rs pre aced
ICi�g�.�rx
Mr. and Mrs W. C. Pieeee of ill
second eon, 'o1 Ilayentertained Qa
Wednesday of last Nvee a in honor of
Mr: Jtaeeborn Jolalawi and hi8: bride
A splendid • dinner was; served, then
a aooial hourwens spent in; epecelr-
making and good wishes for ,the
newl3 mautied couple. Mr.. and
Me Johnston have left for their.
neer 110(110 in Washington,
tihc young peopleofSt. Andrew's
are having their English social en
Friday evening, of this week. Lunch
will be served and a good program
VIr.
John 'Smith of ,Zurich'visited
with 1115 son, E pniei'son and ;family
this 0 0elc
The vol, pcople'e Club of St,
ago 12,four biotlyer•s and fear slsa
tele ,Alae' SPI('rive
e 1t9Y. Wfllatarn J, Athlon had not
1 enjoyed good health for a couple of
yeas, and Kist summer ' wont to
. Gi vonherst, returning to the city at'
i Clrnstanae, He had not: taken. his
puipjt since he came .hack, but was'
regarded as somewhat improved in
health of late, and two brothers, who:
' had been visiting hien returned to.
their, homes,
Tho late Mr,' Ashton went to the
St, "Thomas church last July, in place
of Rev, George' T. Watts, who y,'zis
sent to Wellington Street,. London,
He preached only' fl couple of Sun-
days, on account of his health. and
Rev. . P. ve N, Ga n
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has been carry -
,
,'Every marl," says an English
magistrate, `'needs a woman some-
where in tho 'background,"
'Yes, of course, he does. But 1pthis
00 the difficulty is to keep hor there.
s • s •
This winter of 1221''-22, although
passing itself off as a mild one, Yiran,
ages to get in a few pretty cold days
here and there, where they'll do the•
00081, good.
'The new Government is silent but
busy," says The 'Globe. : ltd is .busy
for the most part disinissing "public
officials to drake loom for .the ap-
pointment of party friends.
"Danger . of Conservatives'' getting
into power" says a' headline of an
article discussing provincial ;political
:affairs. One' could imagine a worse
calamity happening 'to ns.
The Ontario Legislature opened on
Tuesday, Lieutenant -Governor. Cock-
-phut: officiating at the
opening -for the. , ,. , ,; first
time: The speech ,from the throne
is described as ,"tame", but something;
niay happen even 'yet.
The " Hanover . Post. suggests that
'the Board of Trade in ,that town
have monthly or quarterly dinners.
Wonder ' if the prospect of a month-
ly dinner would` call the Clinton
Board of Trade 'from its long and
wdreainless',sleep ?,
Edison says"•we nr t.a0011-."be able
to ear the anis :talk m `ase they. walls
:aeross-the floor.;,We- do"n',t want to
-heal them lTp. to••th4:` present the
ants 'seem £ar' - be about the -only
creatures Willing';te g'o„;on keeping
busy ;without 'stopping to talk, crow
"'or cackle aboutit. ”`
The, wife swore' that when her
s n camehome he drank' moon-
_
:9hine and acted like a bear. That's
the 'worst about;•hoine bruin, -'Kin-
.eardine Review.
And 'yet somebody. has been com-
plaining', actually complaining;' about
our Iack of punsters.
When you see twelve inches of silk
clad limb in weather Iike this you
.yonder whether she is,: trying . to
sat:h a husband or nnuenioma.—Ex-
en
h roar our. observation. we should
.say she had almost equal chances,
with the odds in favor of-the:bus
•
Kung - George : has had to' write let-
ters 01 apology to his cousins, • the
Piing and Queen of Spain, because -
.he couldn't arrange to have the'
rooms they will occupy _:while , in
England for Princess Mary's 'wed
:ilius,', redecorated. -We • shouldn't
have done it, 'We'd just have ordered
',Queen Mary to put clean covers on
the dressers and plenty of 'towels on
-the towel -rack and let it go at that.
If the dinner is • cooked to" a turn
they won't notice if there are a few
sep o c on ks the wallpaper.
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Britain has handed back Ireland
`to the Irish, handed .back. Wei-1,1ei
'Wei to China, and is preparing to
hand back Egypt, to the Egyptians.
If anyone wants any section of the,
`well-known British. Empire,• now is
"the thne to apply.—Hamilton Her
:gild.
In other words, it begins to look,
door; it not, as if Mr., Bull is very'.
tired. Should he decide to sit down
alongside Spain • and Portugal and
i-Tolland,-predeceasors in the world
.empire business, is anybody 111 Can-
ada ready 'forthe emergency. Or
will "Mr. Wood from Missouri" be
left a free band? No doubt exists
aeete
e } cr • he would take us. -=Sim-
•o Reformer.
c, c Refo'lile .
,Goderich. ^;•
William Johnston, an aged" rest-'
.dent of Goderich,.' took • a• dose of
:Paris green last.'Friday morning.
miin
g
'He afterwards went into . Brophey's
undertaking, establislnnent, where he
took. violently 'ill. A doctor was
summoned and ,his stomach , was
pumped 'out and he was quickly re,
moved' to the hospital but he died
,the same evening.
• Tucl+ersmith\Townahip
Ioir Si,j H • Wltitmo,e'and
lin, spent'`a few days -the -fore, part
of the Week with friends in Tor•oa-'
MrS. James McClymont of•Kippen
is spending a few days with her
daughter', Mrs. V. _Torryiberry.
Mr ' Cecil 0110 is busily engaged
"i' intohis newhon
ie.
ng ho a.
,Mrs. A. Elcoat has gone to live
with her daughter, Mrs. Corbett of
London, for a time. Mrs. Elcont's
-neighbors will Miss' her from the
,tom nullity.,
cntleslbora,
evening is to
ul t be
t._, R.
c[titr11,unity hall, Loar
'161 evening mead
cill. eebo cards and
-1
d ffell
seri:
.Andreas met at the home of Ml's.
Chesney last week and enjo ed the'
hospitality. Different Canadian
authors and poets were discussed;:.
The evening ended in games and the
company'. were treated to apples and.
candy. About -fifty were present.
l\fr. J. Detweiler, who was a mer-
chant here, for some; years and af-
terwards a farmer, but who moved
to Kitchener: last year, has pur-
chased a farm near that ei'ty, Pay-
ing $14,200.', It is a splendid 'prop-
erty. .W,e hear that his son, ;Elmer,
will reside on 'Hie farm so we`mry
expect wedding bells to be ringing
,shortly.
Mrs. 'John : Sinclair, an esteemed
resident of Tucicersinith, has been
ill" with, pnuentdnia, -but we are
pleased to hear the disease has been
checked and she is , regaining her
health again. '
'
Mr, and Mrs. Robert Taylor of
Forest have been enjoying a plea -
ant visit with, their daughter,,, Mrs.
John: Bell.
Rev, Mr, Lundy has been ,psi-elnt
a series of ' sermons.' on the ten'
eomliiandinents, which • have been
much appreciated, and will, or
should be, helpful •in'teh everyday
life of his people.
'Births
EVANS—In Clinton, .on Feb.•7th, to
Mr: and Mrs Frank',Etians a son.
GREGORY—At Wingharaon:::Peb.'
10th; to Mr. ,;and .Mr•s. C , J: Greg-
ory, a son. -k •:,
LOUTH In ,-Wroxeter,' on Feb. 6ti1,
to:,llI1 and .:Mrs . Nelson Lotitt,�a
son
LAWLOR-At 'Auburn, on Feb:
11th, to Mr. and Mrs ,S; Lawlor,
a daughter,.
Deaths
MOUNTCASTLE In ` 'Clinton, an
Feb, 14th, Eliza, daughter of the
late Sidney H.. Mountcastle,'aged
86 years, 10 months and 20 days,
GLOVER—At :'Fingal, on :Feb.' 9th,'
Fanny Wells Campbell, wife of W.
F. "Glovdr, in her 52nd year.
TOMS—In Bayfield village, on Feb.
14.111, John,Toms, aged;58 years.
IN MEMORIAM '
MoNEIL—In Ioving memory . of
Mrs. Neil McNeil, who _departed.
this' life on Feb. 15th, •1920.
"We- will not forget her, we loved
• her too dearly,
For her memory to facie. front our
lives like a dream, •
Our lips need not speak, for our
hearts mourn sincerely,
Foe grief' 0(1 ten 'dwells where it: sel-
don, is seen,”
Husband. and -family.
Huliett Township
The 'following is the January re-
port of -'t7. S. S, Nor 2 Names are
in order of merit:
lth Class—Lillian .Glees•' Annie
Hunter, Stanley Shobbrook, Bill
Clew.:,'
3rd , Class --Ruth Shoblorook, Anna.
Batchelor" Charity Snell, Frank Dale,
(absent).
2nd Class --Frank Smith, Archie
Dale, ,
Primer—Marion Bayley, Hazel
Vanlilgnrond, Ilarold Tyndall, Mur-
ray Dale.
—J. Lindsay, Teacher.
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GORRIB
Many brother clergy paid the -'last
tribute to the late: Rev. William J.
Ashton, of Grace Methodist Clea ell,
St. Thomas, at the funeral' service
ie. -that ' town on Monday. Aftera
private service at the parsonage, -a
public service was at,
at the church.
ltev. Dr, Henderson, of St. Thomas,
offered the opening prayer, and the
choir sang,' very beautifully, "The
Homeland," lIee. George ,Jewitt, of
Wyoming, ex -president of London
Conference reached a, brief sermon
Lollovred by a foW words from Rey.
J. E.' Holmes,' of Stratford, and
Rev. ,W . J. Smith, and the benedic-
tion was pronounced by Rev. Walter
D. Milison of London`, The services
ir>
were in charge of Rey. J. W;_Hib
bort, of Kingsville, president of, con-
ference,' and wero,participated in al-
so by Rev. 3; A: Agnew, chairnan of
London district, and Rev ;William .
Waldeni eharraha i of St. Thomas dis-
trict, 'A large dumber of members
of Grace Church and other friends
attended. , The body was brought to
Gerrie where burial service took
place on Tuesday,
Born "in Baron county, 52 years
ago, Mr. -Ashton studied 'at Albert
College, Belleville, and Wesleytui
Theological College, Montreal, bei
graduated 5: T. L., and later B.D. "
He 'ravelled the Florence circuit .as
•",youngnlun, was ordained in 1001,.
and served c0ilgrcS'r,ations • at ,Mbr-
eth West Lorne Thanisville Both-
well,
i e a ,
well, : Sarnia (Devine Street) and
London (Wellington gtreet), Ile was
President of London rlistriot i11 1020.
'21, and -would probably have beffie
sres<ett of 'London a lior ncei`
Coe .,the. condition of lus..health, _es, ho.
wag ''(1(11(1111? tl10 Senior ministers ;311{l1
highly,. esteemed by '111S ' brother.
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