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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1917-04-05, Page 4on Fair Day, Thursday, April 5th, "Tike Time to Select Wall Paper for that recut in your houise that needs It so badly Complete �o�]� oma. �� You'll find our S ALL PAPER TRIMMED FREE, And Many are the new "Ready Trinis." Special Values on Small Lots and Ends, G. N. W. n i d C. NL R. Ticket e& Tel ,graph Agent CLINTON .WEITi11R TOURS IN FLORIDA, LOUISIANA., MISSISSIPPI, ETC. The Canadian Pacific Railway offers Frain Camp Barden we - went to met connection is made for Florida, via Cincinattl and Atlanta, Ga„ Jacksonville, Florida, is reached sec- ond,-lmorning after leaving Detroit. The Canadian Pacific -Michigan Cen- tral :Route will be found the ideal lino to Chicago, where direct connec- tion is made for the Southern Stat- es. New Orleans is reached second morning after leaving Toronto. The Dining, Parlor and Sleeping Car sex_ vice between Toronto, Detroit and Chicago is up-to-date in every par- ticular, Connecting lines also oper- ate through sleeping and dining cars, Those contemplating a trip of any nature will receive; full information from any Canadian Pacific Agent or W, B. Howard, District Passenger Agent, Toronto. Sale Register On Snturday,;April 7th, tat 1 p.m., at D. Shanahan's Warerooms, Sea - forth, clearing sale of new and ,second hand wagons and buggies, harness, hay carriers and forks and other farm implements. -D. Shanahan, pro- prietor ; T..13rown, aufitioneer, IF YOU HAVE. ANYTHING TO Sell -It will pale you to advertise same in The News -Record. The cost is small, the results large, MARKED INCREASE A. H. McDONALD, Ethel, Ontario, says "Last Spring t purchased a quant- ity of Homestead Bone Black Ferti- lizer from J. K, .Baker and from the results shown by its use on plots of corn and potatoes, I can confidently recommend its use on a larger scale, This shows the value of ' intensive farming, If every acre available oil an average farm were properly oulti- vated and 1-Iomestead fertilizer used judiciously I am sure the financial returns would show a marked in- crease." BELONGS TO GOOD FARMING. • GEO. SCHROEDER, Dashwood, On- tario, saps : "I used Flomestead Bone Black Fertilizer on oats last spring; leav- ing one drill width without, where you could see the difference of about one foot, 1 recommend it to any farmer who wishes to do better far- ming, as I think there is no better." Write Michigan Carbon. Works, De- trlot, for free book and particulars about their' HIomestead Bone Black Fertilizer, Clutton News -Record A Pretty Wedding is East Wawaaosh The Koine Of &Ir. and Mrs, N Johnston, [ lllorost 1.1'arm, Blast Wn- Wanpsih,, was -the scene of n pretty wedding en they aftbrnoOn et March' 22nd when their youngest daughter, Margaret Beatrice, was united in marriage with Air, James Fran* Gibson, a popular acct prospornun young fanner of Morrie towee'Ihip, Promptly at the hour of four o'clock the bride entered. the Parlor, accompanied by her father, and to the strains of Mendelssohn'n March" played by her cousin,. rides Mary 1'1lliutt, The ceremony was performed by Itev, R. J. Mo0ormiok of Blyth, thb brid- al couple standing under an arch of evergreens and roses, while over all the mallow candle light sped a soft glow. The bridewas charmingly gowned. in slik crepe de ellen, with tulle veil .caught up with Orange bicissoms. During the signing of the register Mrs, Colin p'ingland, another cousin of the bride, sang very sweetly, "Love Me and the World is „Mine," After the wedding feast, which was daintily served bll a number of ilio girl friends of the bride, a toast to the bride and groom wes proposed by the Itev, Mr. McCormick and .re- sponded to, on behalf of the groom, by Mr. Colin Finglancl. The .bride was the recipient of many beautiful gifts, among them being several pieces of leather and oak furniture. The groom's gift to his bride was a cheque and to the pianist he presented .0 pretty pen. dant, Mr, and Mrs. GP.s 10 will reside en the groom's fine farm about a hall mile east of Blyth and their have the best wishes of a large circle of fri- ends for happy and prosperous wedded life. Ct derich. Work has commenced in connec- tion with the old Doty Plant and It is expected that work on contracts will soon have commenced, Lay and night shifts will be employed, Miss Marion E. Birnie of town was married on Monday of last week to Mr. Thos. E. Crauley of Port Albert, Final returns have not been trade at time of writing but the valvas Inc funds for the 1. M. C. A. work at the front has resulted Iu the tun- tribution of over eight hun:ired dol- lars, Dr. Macklin has been laid • up ow- ing to a slight operation, An interesting visitor in Goderieh last week was Rory McKenzie, who visited. his father, Mr. Neil McKen- zie, Mr. McKenzie, or "Donald Mc- Gregor" as he is known on the stage in the - United States, claims to be the largest man alive, he has at .least never seen a bigger one. TIe stands almost eight feet in height and weighs 426 pounds. Itis gigantic size proves to be one of the drawing cards in his show. Mr. Mc- kenzie is a native of Aslrlleld town- ship. 1 -Ie was the youngest of a lar- ge Famine and left home when but a lad. He has travelled extensively, having visited nearly all the count- ries of the world. 1Iis father, whom he had not seen for fourteen years, is ninety-five pears of age but is still. hale and hearth. FIe was de- lighted to 'welcome home his remark- able son, • Wingham. Miss Nora Gracyi of London has been visiting her sister, Mrs, T. C. King. itfrs, Robt. W. Jarvis avid children have gone to Chatham to resides Miss Nellie Bell of- Kincardine has been visiting Miss Margaret Perrie. iiir:.Harold• Buchanan is home from Fsaileyhury, Dr. Ard of Philadelphia was here last' week attending the funeral of his mother, the late Mrs, Albert Hughes, Mr. and Mrs: John Irwin left last week for their home at • Nokomas, Seek., after spending the past couple of months with relatives hereabouts, Mr. J. J. Cunningham has return- ed Prom a business trip through the Southern States.' Blyth Hiss Bissett of • Godcrich visited Blyth friends for a, few days recent- ly. . Mrs. Dodds has been a visitor with her daughter, Mrs. .Wm. Robertson of Wingham, Mr. David Taylor left last week for the west after spending the .winter• at his home here, The remains- of the late Mrs, A, M. Carthew, wife of the manager of the local branch of the Bank of Hamilton, were taken to Owen Sound for interment. Mrs. Carthew leaves besides her husband a family of three little children. She was but thirtp•four years of age, •A fatal accident oceured on the C. P.R. about two miles front here on Monday aftor>ioon, when ,fames Coal - ter, a man about seventy years ot age, was instantly' killed, while walk - big on the track, by the five o'clock passenger train. The body? was bad- ly inangled, CANADIAN NORTHERN Western Canada Needs Thousands of Meu Trot Spring Seeding, Steady om- pldyment, good wages, Low fares in eaffect,fllillt to )rot tickets end information A, T COOPER t Book ;,tote. 0. N, W. tied Canatiiail ' Nattitelei Ticket Agent, First Canadian _' To Win VC • ,. HE first Canadiftn to win the Victoria Cro80 ID this war, Lance -Corp, Fred fisher, Y.C., was formerly a Te - route boy, 3 -le was killed in St, • Killen. on . April 23, l50,1191after die - playing bravery .in actithat .lo worthy to go down in the annals of the war, . The official gazette states that the V.C. was awarded for "most couspi:mousbravery and devotion to duty." Corporal 1'isher was in charge of a maphies gulf on the left flank of the 13th Highlander's, The ollicial statement tells the story as follows] "On April 23, 1915, in the neigh- b.erhoOd of St. Julien, he wont for- ward with a machine gun, of which he was in charge, under heavy tire, and most gallantly assisted in env- ering the retreat of a battery, losing 'four leen of his gun team, Later, after obtaining four more men, he went forward again to the firing line and .was himself tilled while. bringing his machine gun into ac- tfbn under very heavy 'biro in order to cover the advance of supports." According to further details given by his °nicer, .Captain James Ross, who buried the hero after the battle. Corp. fisher kept constantly -in the front line, working his gun against the enemy and doing his utmost to stem the onrusiling'tides of Germans. A0 his lines were forced further and further back he returned again and again to a new place at the post of danger, and carried on until he was killed, Corporal Fisher was only 19 years 'of age when he was killed, He is the son of Mr, and Mrs. W. H. Fisher, Westmount, Montreal, 'who lived in Toronto when Corporal Fisher was a boy. He was a second -year Science student at McGill University, when the war broke out, and he enlisted at once in the 13th Battalion. A large o11 painting in his memory was unveiled at McGill 'University re- cently, and various other tributes to his valor have been paid in Mont- real, He was well-known as a col- lege athlete. The Cross was sent to his mother by the King through the Governor- General, and was accompanied by a letter in His Majesty's own band, expressing his regret that the death of Corporal Fisher had deprived him of the honor of personally confer- ring the decoration. Mrs. Fisher. also prizes signed letters from As- quith, Kitchener, the Prince of Teck, Premier Borden, and Sir Sam Hughes. She wears, the ()rose her- self in memory of her son. Unnecessary. The town council of a small Scotch community met to inspect a site for a new hall. They assembled at a chapel, and as it was a warm day a member suggested that they should leave their coats there, "Some one can stay behind and watch them," suggested another, "What for?" demanded 'a third. "If we are all going out together, what need Is there for any one to watch the clothes?"—Tit-Bits. • 0auidla and Italiain ' Traac, It is announced that the Canadian Bank of Commerce has acquired an interest in the British -Italian Corpor- ation. An agreement was signed in Loudon in March last between the London Cdunty and Westminster on one side, as representing a British fi>jancial group, and the Credito Itai- lane on the other side as represent- ing an Italian financial group, for the constitution of a British com- pany, to be called the British -Italian Corporation, with an authorized cap- ital of £1,000,000 ($4,867,000 at the normal exchange rate), and the constitution also of an Italian com- pany under the style of the Com- pagnia Italo-Britannica, with a capi- tal of 10,000,000 lire ($1,930,000 at the normal exchange rate). The ob- ject of the two companies is the de- velopment'of the economic relations between Great Britain and Italy and the promotion of undertakings In the commercial and industrial field in Italy. The companies will work in close association. They will carry on the kind of financial business con- ducted by Continental banks, and more especially by the banks of Ger- many, for the purpose of fostering trade and assisting 'manufacturers. The organization marks a departure of great importance, 'rhe participa- tion of the Canadian Bank of Coma meree in the undertaking is the weld- ing of a financial link which ulti- mately 'will be of considerable bene- fit to Canadian trade and commerce. —Monetary Times of Canada. s Less Drinking and Smoking. A pronounced decrease in the con- sumption of liquor and tobacco in Canada is indicated by the 1916 an- nual report of the Inland Revenue Department. The amount of spirits consumed per capita decreased to .745 gallons, the lowest figure since the year 1900, the consumption the previousyearhaving been .812 gal- lons,•ariti in 1914 1,061 gallons. Of beer 4,950 gallons per head were drunk .last year, as compared with the previous one. Wine drinking also decreased, .062 gallons per head being consumed .last year as com- pared with .095 the year before: There was a large increase in ex- ports of Canadian spirits, 808,135 proof gallons, as compared with 275,911 gallons in 1915. The de- crease in tobacco consumption wap less pronounced,' 9,329 pounds per capita being smoked, as compared with 3,427' pounds the year previous, Decorated' in Seethe: la/alor John Parks, of Toronto, ac- cording to, a' recent letter, has been' decorated with the fourth crass white eagle by the King of Serbia in re. eognitionnof his services to the Serb - Ian army„ He had already received the. D,S,0. Prom' King George for bravery en the battle field. Captain Parks was badly wounded tit 'Ypres, returned to Prance with the Z6th, and was later promoted to a majority and lett for Durazzo, Albania, whore he aesisted the Serb army's retreat and teorganiaztion, He has Since been in Greece on railway engineer- ing work, His sister, Dr. Margaret Parks, is a nursing sister who hag been acting as anaesthetist at No. 1 1Tenenal hospital through the War: Colorado bee dozens of urioentalna tit uti ?a>l n ep, ... . C RAN l TRUNKSYS EM Plan Your Sumner Va ..ati. n � Q Now .Arrange to Visit some .of the fol-. lowing points, All beauty !pets elo0e to nature,' Muskolca Lakes . Georgian Bay 'reinagami • Algonquin Park Lake of Bays' , • f{awartha Lakes, Full information • and descriptive literature may be seeurna on applica- tion to.:. C. E. Horning, D.P.A, Torapto, Ont. 1. RANS'FORD d SON, Phoilb )i7m SHE ASKED" I OR CANDOR - And Now He Wonders What' Would Have Happened' Had She Got It, A woman with a birthday in sigilt. spoke earnestly to three 'mon.who.were her friends. 'Tomorrow will be another birthday for me," she said, . "I know- the fresh. nese of my youth bas departed, but I should like to know just how old I ap- pear in the eyes of the world. Tell me, my dear friends, if you were look- ing on me for the first time what would be yoilr impressions?" Said the first man glibly: "I have known you for several years, and you appear the same as when X first saw you, Your beauty is undimmed; your charm is undiminished, If I did not know otherwise I should say tomorrow would be your twentieth birthday." Said the second man more slowly: "I, too, have known you for several years, but it seems to me you Kaye been fa- vored by time. Your beauty bas rip- ened and deepened until now you, wbo were once a lovely bud, are a lovelier rose in bloom. I should count tomor- row as the beginning of your twenty- fifth year." "And you?" queried the woman of the third man, who had been regarding her with clear eyed frankness. "Between friends there should always be truth," he replied gravely. "I ac- knowledge your beauty and your charm, and both have been wonderfully pre- served in a semblance of youth.* But you ask for candor, and you shall have it. Looking at you closely, I should not expect you to see thirty -after to- morrow." The woman faced the three men who Were her friends, and her 'eyes were gleaming while her cheeks' pink turn- ed to crimson. She pointed an accus• ing. Inger. You have lied," she said tremulous. ly, "and you also. But X will forgive you both because you lied to please me. But you" -she whirled toward the last speaker -"you are a barbarous egotist. You have wounded me in order to maintain your own reputation for ve• racity. Truth, indeed! Your honesty offends me. We are no longer friends. Go -and quickly!" "Whew!" exclaimed the third man as he strode through the outer darkness. "I wonder what would have happened to me if I had really told her the truth?" -Ella Randall Pearce in Life, Featured in This issue Doings of the Duffs. A humorous story in p1etose tears. The Fashions. Newest ideas in Womeee Weal Farm Crop Queries. Questions answered by Prot, Bonny G. Bell, Housewife's Corner. Tested Recipes and Helpful Hints for the busy Housewife, Serial Story. Your Problems. N.A. Question and -Answer Deperhaent for Women: (7ANAan7r #'It PEAT VAt'aIIATILf, Possibilities of Xreitl. 111dusii'y Ender I'i'esent 4ioniilitloe's. Attention is being *awe to the pessibillty of expallelon of Canadia,nn. Commerce and tpdustvy 40 a result of the war. This may take the form of domestic production of articles fpr a supply of which Canada has been dependent upon foreign sources, or of inoreaeed exports to other coun- tries of products hitherto supplled by Germany. and Austria Among other things this emphasizes the import- ance w)1ic)i development of the latest resources of Canadian peat bogs might readily assume if full edven- tage of the new conditions arleing from the war 'were taken, Sulphate ofummoria, tile,cidief by-product of European peat plants, is a valuable fertilszer worth about $60 per, tom; The world's productionlast year 18 estimated at 1,365,000 tons, worth about $80,000,000, Hays the Journal et the Canadian Peat Society, Manny Canadian peat bogs' aro rieh in nitrogen, and therefore suitable for this industry, andinquiries have already beer: made by British capital - lets with a view to establishing chemical works in Canada, provided that a sufdeient supply of peat can be guaranteed. Apart from the po- tential value of .our peat bogs as a subsidiary source of fuel supply and for production of sulphate of ammo- nia, there are numerous other pro- ducts, such as moss litter, peat dust, alcohol, acetic 'acid, acetone tar, tar 'oils, creosote, etc., which might form the basis of paying industries, giving employment to many people, where now we have only wastelands, Systematic investigations of the peat bogs of Canada with a view to ascertaining their location, extent, depth, character, and suitability for production of fuel and litter has been carried on since 1908.• During the period from 1908 to the close of the season of 1914 there have been lo- cated, delimited, mapped, and inves- tigated as to depth, character, and quantity of peat available for com- mercial exploitation as fuel or litter, twenty-five bogs in Ontario, twelve in Quebec, eight in Nova Scotia, six in Prince Eidward Island, and seven in Manitoba, fifty in all, covering about 140,000 acres altogether and estimated to be capable of yielding about 115,000,000 tons of fuel. Twelve bogs were found to be in part or as a whole adaptable for produc- tion of peat litter, having an esti- mated capacity of production of about 10,500,000 tons, Seven On- tario bogs investigated within con- venient shipping distance of Toronto are estimated to be capable of pro- dueing approximately 26,500,000 tons of fuel. Seven bogs in the Montreal dis- trict could furnish that city with 23,500,000 tons of fuel, Five bogs along the Lower St, Lawrence in Kamouraska and Temi- scoutata counties, convenient to the ,city of Quebec by water, are esti- mated to be capable of supplying 16,250,000 tons of fuel and ' 5,750,- 000 tons of peat litter, Nova Scotia bogs investigated in Yarmouth, SheI- burne, and Lunenburg counties will produce 6,250,000 tons of fuel and 500,000 tons of peat litter. Six bogs investigated in Prince Edward Is- la>id can furnish 1,260,000 tons of fuel and over 1,000,000 tons of lit- ter, In 1913 Canada imported arti- ficial fertilizers to the value of $737,656, showing that there is quite a market in this country for peat by-products. Wit Not Appreciated. Stubbs was feeling his way to the kitchen stove in the dark when he fell over the coal scuttle. "Oh, John," called Mrs. Stubbs sweetly, "I know what you need, You should get what they have on battle- ships." "What's that?" growled Stubbs as be rubbed bis sides, "Why, a range finder." And what Stubbs said about wo- man's wit was plenty. Old Trinity. 01d Trinity, as it is familiarly known, at Wall street and Broadway, in New York, is not so old as churches go. The first Trinity was erected on the site in 1697 and burned in 1770. And the sec- ond became unsafe in 1846, when it was demolished and the present church April 5th, 1917 SENA Ir 0 ' Cif QTIOi A Help In Flnding Veer Searintls at , Night, Without a Compass, An Eng110 OM -VIM of the South Ar' naiesotnanow>ar nwigt oonfnaK0antceson 1o1i4 worked out a system whereby any vile can be right. at Home in the dark with- out compass or other instrument to aid' the aens° of airection. He worked oat the exact movement and direction ot the largest and most easily d1stJn•' •guished lights in the heaven 0o that the least scientific eye can reoogeize, these slave by sight, and the whole dome of tine heavene, becomes: a vast omnass. If tUlero were fire balloons or beacons placed in the hcavenanortb; east, south and west it would be easy for any one togo in these directions by simply fol• lowing the signs, Similarly, if one wished to go, say, a.liana's breadth to. the right or left of the beacous One could easily do so. rbe largest eters in the heavens can be depended upon in the game way, "If you put the frbnt buttons of your cont ou the north star or other dime. tion stars," writes this authority, "your right and Left breasts give you an angle of 45 degrees from the stars and your shoulders a right angle, Also, it is only a matter of a little orae - rico to be able to measure 15 degre#iq. of horizon with your hand, so you can get any number of degrees to the right or left of your direction stars, and aft. er a little practice it becomes second nature to recogonize the points of the compass at sight, and you acquire the same sense of direction as busbmen, Arabs and people who live far away from civilization."- Popular Science Monthly. Fixating For Health. Thousands of years before it was practiced as a religious rite fasting was practiced as a healed measure fa Egypt, India and China. Contempts nary to Cicero was Asclepiades, 8 Greek physician, who strongly advo. cated this idea, and 1,000 years after his day Ibn Sinn, philosopher and medical sage, argued the virtues of temporary abstinence on the ground that it came easier than constant mod: eration. Age and Youth. W. D. Howells said of old age at one of his Sunday afternoons: "Age is niodester than youth. I've often noticed that when I tell a motbet that her daughter is the image of what she was herself at nineteen the mother is delighted, but the daughter iooka startled." Lila to the Navy, "And what do you sailors do?" asWi'y a visitor on one of our battleships.' "Well," responded the jolly tar, "we does what we please until we atb told to do something &se, and then we does that something else pretty darn quick." Busy. "Bliggins says a man ought to attend to his own business." "Yes. But he thinks it's his business to show everybody else how to attend to his busiuesai" - How It Ended. "Ma and pe had a terrible argument last night" "How did it end?" "Ma's going to get a new dress opera. cloak." -Detroit Free Press, Good Worker. "And you say he is an industrious worker? You astonish me. I had form- ed just the opposite opinion of him." "He's the most industrious worker X ever saw. He probably works as many; as a dozen people a clay, or tries tee" - Houston Post, Text From Br'er Williams. I don't want what de rich man's got, kaze I knows mighty well ho ain't gwinter turn it loose, an' I don't want money whet ain't got a blessin' on lib Howsomever, money looks mighty goodl batt. - - on a void mawnin.-Atlanta Constl , THE NEWS -RECORD LEADS FOR TOWN, TOWNSHIP AND COUNTY NEWS. tion. Glass, china and reputation are eas cracked and never well mendgtt S anklln. A Word to Our Subscribers ; The proprietor of The News -Record has been much encouraged by the loyalty of the subscribers, a verygreat number of whom have already renewed their subscriptions. for 1917, and a few for 1918. In doing so many Have ex— pressed their pleasure in reading the paper and have said they would not like to be without it. We are convinced that the great majority of our readers appreciate our efforts to turn out a live, newsy weekly at the old price of one dollar per year, 'T'here are a few, however, who have not yet renewed and some are still id arrears. We would like to have every subscription paid up to the beginning of 1918. We are determined that The News -Record shall keep its place in the front rank in the weekly field, but in order to do so at the old subscription price, we trust have every subscriptionpaid in advance. Now is the time for anyone who is still in arrears to bring in or send in their subscription to Huron County's Leading Local Paper. Dry Goods and Furnishing Cwe & PRONE 78. aReady Millinery and to- Weer Garments Your Easter Outfit Can Be Select- ed to Your Best Advantage from Our Charming Stock • of Spring Suits, Coats, • Dresses and Millinery. With Easter just a few ; :14... ,� _ days away you must select -'-".1, It '' your Easter outfit at once. =` There are features about our Spring Suits that will appeal to every well dressed woman. o� Each a correct and distinctive 1 i style made ot Serges, Gabar- dinesand Silks. \ Choose Your Easter Suit ;t, Early. j i Beautiful Spring Coats. I 11 � Approved models, splen- II di 1y tailored. many showing I! the newest trimming effects, novelty buttons, large collars f and rich linings. Over one.hundred coats , to choose from. Prices from eontivaotei $10 up to $30. Order Your Easter Hat Early. Never before have we been so busy in this depart- ment. Never before have we had such a' gralid dis- play. Our hats are smarty trimmed with Bows, Ro- , settee, Japanese Ornaments and English Berries, Fruits and Flowers. Special for Horse Show Day. Five dozen Ladies' Wash Silk Waists,good quay ity silk, trimmed' in two styles, Sizes 30 to 44. Would be good value at K75, special $t.29 each, Ten dozen Ladies' Cashmere hose,made of good yarn, good black, would be good value at 50e. Special for Show Dav 35e. or 3 iti;lir fnr Ql1 iln Clutton News -Record A Pretty Wedding is East Wawaaosh The Koine Of &Ir. and Mrs, N Johnston, [ lllorost 1.1'arm, Blast Wn- Wanpsih,, was -the scene of n pretty wedding en they aftbrnoOn et March' 22nd when their youngest daughter, Margaret Beatrice, was united in marriage with Air, James Fran* Gibson, a popular acct prospornun young fanner of Morrie towee'Ihip, Promptly at the hour of four o'clock the bride entered. the Parlor, accompanied by her father, and to the strains of Mendelssohn'n March" played by her cousin,. rides Mary 1'1lliutt, The ceremony was performed by Itev, R. J. Mo0ormiok of Blyth, thb brid- al couple standing under an arch of evergreens and roses, while over all the mallow candle light sped a soft glow. The bridewas charmingly gowned. in slik crepe de ellen, with tulle veil .caught up with Orange bicissoms. During the signing of the register Mrs, Colin p'ingland, another cousin of the bride, sang very sweetly, "Love Me and the World is „Mine," After the wedding feast, which was daintily served bll a number of ilio girl friends of the bride, a toast to the bride and groom wes proposed by the Itev, Mr. McCormick and .re- sponded to, on behalf of the groom, by Mr. Colin Finglancl. The .bride was the recipient of many beautiful gifts, among them being several pieces of leather and oak furniture. The groom's gift to his bride was a cheque and to the pianist he presented .0 pretty pen. dant, Mr, and Mrs. GP.s 10 will reside en the groom's fine farm about a hall mile east of Blyth and their have the best wishes of a large circle of fri- ends for happy and prosperous wedded life. Ct derich. Work has commenced in connec- tion with the old Doty Plant and It is expected that work on contracts will soon have commenced, Lay and night shifts will be employed, Miss Marion E. Birnie of town was married on Monday of last week to Mr. Thos. E. Crauley of Port Albert, Final returns have not been trade at time of writing but the valvas Inc funds for the 1. M. C. A. work at the front has resulted Iu the tun- tribution of over eight hun:ired dol- lars, Dr. Macklin has been laid • up ow- ing to a slight operation, An interesting visitor in Goderieh last week was Rory McKenzie, who visited. his father, Mr. Neil McKen- zie, Mr. McKenzie, or "Donald Mc- Gregor" as he is known on the stage in the - United States, claims to be the largest man alive, he has at .least never seen a bigger one. TIe stands almost eight feet in height and weighs 426 pounds. Itis gigantic size proves to be one of the drawing cards in his show. Mr. Mc- kenzie is a native of Aslrlleld town- ship. 1 -Ie was the youngest of a lar- ge Famine and left home when but a lad. He has travelled extensively, having visited nearly all the count- ries of the world. 1Iis father, whom he had not seen for fourteen years, is ninety-five pears of age but is still. hale and hearth. FIe was de- lighted to 'welcome home his remark- able son, • Wingham. Miss Nora Gracyi of London has been visiting her sister, Mrs, T. C. King. itfrs, Robt. W. Jarvis avid children have gone to Chatham to resides Miss Nellie Bell of- Kincardine has been visiting Miss Margaret Perrie. iiir:.Harold• Buchanan is home from Fsaileyhury, Dr. Ard of Philadelphia was here last' week attending the funeral of his mother, the late Mrs, Albert Hughes, Mr. and Mrs: John Irwin left last week for their home at • Nokomas, Seek., after spending the past couple of months with relatives hereabouts, Mr. J. J. Cunningham has return- ed Prom a business trip through the Southern States.' Blyth Hiss Bissett of • Godcrich visited Blyth friends for a, few days recent- ly. . Mrs. Dodds has been a visitor with her daughter, Mrs. .Wm. Robertson of Wingham, Mr. David Taylor left last week for the west after spending the .winter• at his home here, The remains- of the late Mrs, A, M. Carthew, wife of the manager of the local branch of the Bank of Hamilton, were taken to Owen Sound for interment. Mrs. Carthew leaves besides her husband a family of three little children. She was but thirtp•four years of age, •A fatal accident oceured on the C. P.R. about two miles front here on Monday aftor>ioon, when ,fames Coal - ter, a man about seventy years ot age, was instantly' killed, while walk - big on the track, by the five o'clock passenger train. The body? was bad- ly inangled, CANADIAN NORTHERN Western Canada Needs Thousands of Meu Trot Spring Seeding, Steady om- pldyment, good wages, Low fares in eaffect,fllillt to )rot tickets end information A, T COOPER t Book ;,tote. 0. N, W. tied Canatiiail ' Nattitelei Ticket Agent, First Canadian _' To Win VC • ,. HE first Canadiftn to win the Victoria Cro80 ID this war, Lance -Corp, Fred fisher, Y.C., was formerly a Te - route boy, 3 -le was killed in St, • Killen. on . April 23, l50,1191after die - playing bravery .in actithat .lo worthy to go down in the annals of the war, . The official gazette states that the V.C. was awarded for "most couspi:mousbravery and devotion to duty." Corporal 1'isher was in charge of a maphies gulf on the left flank of the 13th Highlander's, The ollicial statement tells the story as follows] "On April 23, 1915, in the neigh- b.erhoOd of St. Julien, he wont for- ward with a machine gun, of which he was in charge, under heavy tire, and most gallantly assisted in env- ering the retreat of a battery, losing 'four leen of his gun team, Later, after obtaining four more men, he went forward again to the firing line and .was himself tilled while. bringing his machine gun into ac- tfbn under very heavy 'biro in order to cover the advance of supports." According to further details given by his °nicer, .Captain James Ross, who buried the hero after the battle. Corp. fisher kept constantly -in the front line, working his gun against the enemy and doing his utmost to stem the onrusiling'tides of Germans. A0 his lines were forced further and further back he returned again and again to a new place at the post of danger, and carried on until he was killed, Corporal Fisher was only 19 years 'of age when he was killed, He is the son of Mr, and Mrs. W. H. Fisher, Westmount, Montreal, 'who lived in Toronto when Corporal Fisher was a boy. He was a second -year Science student at McGill University, when the war broke out, and he enlisted at once in the 13th Battalion. A large o11 painting in his memory was unveiled at McGill 'University re- cently, and various other tributes to his valor have been paid in Mont- real, He was well-known as a col- lege athlete. The Cross was sent to his mother by the King through the Governor- General, and was accompanied by a letter in His Majesty's own band, expressing his regret that the death of Corporal Fisher had deprived him of the honor of personally confer- ring the decoration. Mrs. Fisher. also prizes signed letters from As- quith, Kitchener, the Prince of Teck, Premier Borden, and Sir Sam Hughes. She wears, the ()rose her- self in memory of her son. Unnecessary. The town council of a small Scotch community met to inspect a site for a new hall. They assembled at a chapel, and as it was a warm day a member suggested that they should leave their coats there, "Some one can stay behind and watch them," suggested another, "What for?" demanded 'a third. "If we are all going out together, what need Is there for any one to watch the clothes?"—Tit-Bits. • 0auidla and Italiain ' Traac, It is announced that the Canadian Bank of Commerce has acquired an interest in the British -Italian Corpor- ation. An agreement was signed in Loudon in March last between the London Cdunty and Westminster on one side, as representing a British fi>jancial group, and the Credito Itai- lane on the other side as represent- ing an Italian financial group, for the constitution of a British com- pany, to be called the British -Italian Corporation, with an authorized cap- ital of £1,000,000 ($4,867,000 at the normal exchange rate), and the constitution also of an Italian com- pany under the style of the Com- pagnia Italo-Britannica, with a capi- tal of 10,000,000 lire ($1,930,000 at the normal exchange rate). The ob- ject of the two companies is the de- velopment'of the economic relations between Great Britain and Italy and the promotion of undertakings In the commercial and industrial field in Italy. The companies will work in close association. They will carry on the kind of financial business con- ducted by Continental banks, and more especially by the banks of Ger- many, for the purpose of fostering trade and assisting 'manufacturers. The organization marks a departure of great importance, 'rhe participa- tion of the Canadian Bank of Coma meree in the undertaking is the weld- ing of a financial link which ulti- mately 'will be of considerable bene- fit to Canadian trade and commerce. —Monetary Times of Canada. s Less Drinking and Smoking. A pronounced decrease in the con- sumption of liquor and tobacco in Canada is indicated by the 1916 an- nual report of the Inland Revenue Department. The amount of spirits consumed per capita decreased to .745 gallons, the lowest figure since the year 1900, the consumption the previousyearhaving been .812 gal- lons,•ariti in 1914 1,061 gallons. Of beer 4,950 gallons per head were drunk .last year, as compared with the previous one. Wine drinking also decreased, .062 gallons per head being consumed .last year as com- pared with .095 the year before: There was a large increase in ex- ports of Canadian spirits, 808,135 proof gallons, as compared with 275,911 gallons in 1915. The de- crease in tobacco consumption wap less pronounced,' 9,329 pounds per capita being smoked, as compared with 3,427' pounds the year previous, Decorated' in Seethe: la/alor John Parks, of Toronto, ac- cording to, a' recent letter, has been' decorated with the fourth crass white eagle by the King of Serbia in re. eognitionnof his services to the Serb - Ian army„ He had already received the. D,S,0. Prom' King George for bravery en the battle field. Captain Parks was badly wounded tit 'Ypres, returned to Prance with the Z6th, and was later promoted to a majority and lett for Durazzo, Albania, whore he aesisted the Serb army's retreat and teorganiaztion, He has Since been in Greece on railway engineer- ing work, His sister, Dr. Margaret Parks, is a nursing sister who hag been acting as anaesthetist at No. 1 1Tenenal hospital through the War: Colorado bee dozens of urioentalna tit uti ?a>l n ep, ... . C RAN l TRUNKSYS EM Plan Your Sumner Va ..ati. n � Q Now .Arrange to Visit some .of the fol-. lowing points, All beauty !pets elo0e to nature,' Muskolca Lakes . Georgian Bay 'reinagami • Algonquin Park Lake of Bays' , • f{awartha Lakes, Full information • and descriptive literature may be seeurna on applica- tion to.:. C. E. Horning, D.P.A, Torapto, Ont. 1. RANS'FORD d SON, Phoilb )i7m SHE ASKED" I OR CANDOR - And Now He Wonders What' Would Have Happened' Had She Got It, A woman with a birthday in sigilt. spoke earnestly to three 'mon.who.were her friends. 'Tomorrow will be another birthday for me," she said, . "I know- the fresh. nese of my youth bas departed, but I should like to know just how old I ap- pear in the eyes of the world. Tell me, my dear friends, if you were look- ing on me for the first time what would be yoilr impressions?" Said the first man glibly: "I have known you for several years, and you appear the same as when X first saw you, Your beauty is undimmed; your charm is undiminished, If I did not know otherwise I should say tomorrow would be your twentieth birthday." Said the second man more slowly: "I, too, have known you for several years, but it seems to me you Kaye been fa- vored by time. Your beauty bas rip- ened and deepened until now you, wbo were once a lovely bud, are a lovelier rose in bloom. I should count tomor- row as the beginning of your twenty- fifth year." "And you?" queried the woman of the third man, who had been regarding her with clear eyed frankness. "Between friends there should always be truth," he replied gravely. "I ac- knowledge your beauty and your charm, and both have been wonderfully pre- served in a semblance of youth.* But you ask for candor, and you shall have it. Looking at you closely, I should not expect you to see thirty -after to- morrow." The woman faced the three men who Were her friends, and her 'eyes were gleaming while her cheeks' pink turn- ed to crimson. She pointed an accus• ing. Inger. You have lied," she said tremulous. ly, "and you also. But X will forgive you both because you lied to please me. But you" -she whirled toward the last speaker -"you are a barbarous egotist. You have wounded me in order to maintain your own reputation for ve• racity. Truth, indeed! Your honesty offends me. We are no longer friends. Go -and quickly!" "Whew!" exclaimed the third man as he strode through the outer darkness. "I wonder what would have happened to me if I had really told her the truth?" -Ella Randall Pearce in Life, Featured in This issue Doings of the Duffs. A humorous story in p1etose tears. The Fashions. Newest ideas in Womeee Weal Farm Crop Queries. Questions answered by Prot, Bonny G. Bell, Housewife's Corner. Tested Recipes and Helpful Hints for the busy Housewife, Serial Story. Your Problems. N.A. Question and -Answer Deperhaent for Women: (7ANAan7r #'It PEAT VAt'aIIATILf, Possibilities of Xreitl. 111dusii'y Ender I'i'esent 4ioniilitloe's. Attention is being *awe to the pessibillty of expallelon of Canadia,nn. Commerce and tpdustvy 40 a result of the war. This may take the form of domestic production of articles fpr a supply of which Canada has been dependent upon foreign sources, or of inoreaeed exports to other coun- tries of products hitherto supplled by Germany. and Austria Among other things this emphasizes the import- ance w)1ic)i development of the latest resources of Canadian peat bogs might readily assume if full edven- tage of the new conditions arleing from the war 'were taken, Sulphate ofummoria, tile,cidief by-product of European peat plants, is a valuable fertilszer worth about $60 per, tom; The world's productionlast year 18 estimated at 1,365,000 tons, worth about $80,000,000, Hays the Journal et the Canadian Peat Society, Manny Canadian peat bogs' aro rieh in nitrogen, and therefore suitable for this industry, andinquiries have already beer: made by British capital - lets with a view to establishing chemical works in Canada, provided that a sufdeient supply of peat can be guaranteed. Apart from the po- tential value of .our peat bogs as a subsidiary source of fuel supply and for production of sulphate of ammo- nia, there are numerous other pro- ducts, such as moss litter, peat dust, alcohol, acetic 'acid, acetone tar, tar 'oils, creosote, etc., which might form the basis of paying industries, giving employment to many people, where now we have only wastelands, Systematic investigations of the peat bogs of Canada with a view to ascertaining their location, extent, depth, character, and suitability for production of fuel and litter has been carried on since 1908.• During the period from 1908 to the close of the season of 1914 there have been lo- cated, delimited, mapped, and inves- tigated as to depth, character, and quantity of peat available for com- mercial exploitation as fuel or litter, twenty-five bogs in Ontario, twelve in Quebec, eight in Nova Scotia, six in Prince Eidward Island, and seven in Manitoba, fifty in all, covering about 140,000 acres altogether and estimated to be capable of yielding about 115,000,000 tons of fuel. Twelve bogs were found to be in part or as a whole adaptable for produc- tion of peat litter, having an esti- mated capacity of production of about 10,500,000 tons, Seven On- tario bogs investigated within con- venient shipping distance of Toronto are estimated to be capable of pro- dueing approximately 26,500,000 tons of fuel. Seven bogs in the Montreal dis- trict could furnish that city with 23,500,000 tons of fuel, Five bogs along the Lower St, Lawrence in Kamouraska and Temi- scoutata counties, convenient to the ,city of Quebec by water, are esti- mated to be capable of supplying 16,250,000 tons of fuel and ' 5,750,- 000 tons of peat litter, Nova Scotia bogs investigated in Yarmouth, SheI- burne, and Lunenburg counties will produce 6,250,000 tons of fuel and 500,000 tons of peat litter. Six bogs investigated in Prince Edward Is- la>id can furnish 1,260,000 tons of fuel and over 1,000,000 tons of lit- ter, In 1913 Canada imported arti- ficial fertilizers to the value of $737,656, showing that there is quite a market in this country for peat by-products. Wit Not Appreciated. Stubbs was feeling his way to the kitchen stove in the dark when he fell over the coal scuttle. "Oh, John," called Mrs. Stubbs sweetly, "I know what you need, You should get what they have on battle- ships." "What's that?" growled Stubbs as be rubbed bis sides, "Why, a range finder." And what Stubbs said about wo- man's wit was plenty. Old Trinity. 01d Trinity, as it is familiarly known, at Wall street and Broadway, in New York, is not so old as churches go. The first Trinity was erected on the site in 1697 and burned in 1770. And the sec- ond became unsafe in 1846, when it was demolished and the present church April 5th, 1917 SENA Ir 0 ' Cif QTIOi A Help In Flnding Veer Searintls at , Night, Without a Compass, An Eng110 OM -VIM of the South Ar' naiesotnanow>ar nwigt oonfnaK0antceson 1o1i4 worked out a system whereby any vile can be right. at Home in the dark with- out compass or other instrument to aid' the aens° of airection. He worked oat the exact movement and direction ot the largest and most easily d1stJn•' •guished lights in the heaven 0o that the least scientific eye can reoogeize, these slave by sight, and the whole dome of tine heavene, becomes: a vast omnass. If tUlero were fire balloons or beacons placed in the hcavenanortb; east, south and west it would be easy for any one togo in these directions by simply fol• lowing the signs, Similarly, if one wished to go, say, a.liana's breadth to. the right or left of the beacous One could easily do so. rbe largest eters in the heavens can be depended upon in the game way, "If you put the frbnt buttons of your cont ou the north star or other dime. tion stars," writes this authority, "your right and Left breasts give you an angle of 45 degrees from the stars and your shoulders a right angle, Also, it is only a matter of a little orae - rico to be able to measure 15 degre#iq. of horizon with your hand, so you can get any number of degrees to the right or left of your direction stars, and aft. er a little practice it becomes second nature to recogonize the points of the compass at sight, and you acquire the same sense of direction as busbmen, Arabs and people who live far away from civilization."- Popular Science Monthly. Fixating For Health. Thousands of years before it was practiced as a religious rite fasting was practiced as a healed measure fa Egypt, India and China. Contempts nary to Cicero was Asclepiades, 8 Greek physician, who strongly advo. cated this idea, and 1,000 years after his day Ibn Sinn, philosopher and medical sage, argued the virtues of temporary abstinence on the ground that it came easier than constant mod: eration. Age and Youth. W. D. Howells said of old age at one of his Sunday afternoons: "Age is niodester than youth. I've often noticed that when I tell a motbet that her daughter is the image of what she was herself at nineteen the mother is delighted, but the daughter iooka startled." Lila to the Navy, "And what do you sailors do?" asWi'y a visitor on one of our battleships.' "Well," responded the jolly tar, "we does what we please until we atb told to do something &se, and then we does that something else pretty darn quick." Busy. "Bliggins says a man ought to attend to his own business." "Yes. But he thinks it's his business to show everybody else how to attend to his busiuesai" - How It Ended. "Ma and pe had a terrible argument last night" "How did it end?" "Ma's going to get a new dress opera. cloak." -Detroit Free Press, Good Worker. "And you say he is an industrious worker? You astonish me. I had form- ed just the opposite opinion of him." "He's the most industrious worker X ever saw. He probably works as many; as a dozen people a clay, or tries tee" - Houston Post, Text From Br'er Williams. I don't want what de rich man's got, kaze I knows mighty well ho ain't gwinter turn it loose, an' I don't want money whet ain't got a blessin' on lib Howsomever, money looks mighty goodl batt. - - on a void mawnin.-Atlanta Constl , THE NEWS -RECORD LEADS FOR TOWN, TOWNSHIP AND COUNTY NEWS. tion. Glass, china and reputation are eas cracked and never well mendgtt S anklln. A Word to Our Subscribers ; The proprietor of The News -Record has been much encouraged by the loyalty of the subscribers, a verygreat number of whom have already renewed their subscriptions. for 1917, and a few for 1918. In doing so many Have ex— pressed their pleasure in reading the paper and have said they would not like to be without it. We are convinced that the great majority of our readers appreciate our efforts to turn out a live, newsy weekly at the old price of one dollar per year, 'T'here are a few, however, who have not yet renewed and some are still id arrears. We would like to have every subscription paid up to the beginning of 1918. We are determined that The News -Record shall keep its place in the front rank in the weekly field, but in order to do so at the old subscription price, we trust have every subscriptionpaid in advance. Now is the time for anyone who is still in arrears to bring in or send in their subscription to Huron County's Leading Local Paper.