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CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY 2A•,h, 1917
THE NOME PAPER
IT IS MORE PATRIOTIC to get right down to work and GROW POTATOES, BEANS or WHEAT just now than to lustily
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Scor 'dries and Xe Masses
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9 OOR eyes make backward children. I+;xiraustive ' tests
have proved this, Bad eyesight retards both mental and
physical progress. When supplied with proper glasses,
backward' ehildren have fairly raced ahead. We make a
.---specialty of examining ehildren'& eyes. If any trouble is devel-
oping we will prescribe the proper glasses, If the eyes are nor-
' mal we will gladly tell you so,
We have a large variety of spectacles from which to select
the most satisfactory in gold filled, alumnico or steel, whichev-
er you Prefer. Prices from $2.00 up.
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Oldest Established dewelery Store,in Clinton
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OF CANADA.
Incorporated 1869.
Capital Authorized
Capital Paid-up
Reserve andUndivided Profits
Total Assets
$25,000,000
12,900,000
14,300,000
270,000,000
400 Branches, With world wide connection. Interest allowed
on Savings Deposits. General Banking business transacted.
R, E. MANNING, Manager o Clinton Branch
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INCORPORATED $
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MOLSONSi BANIi
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Capital and Reserve $8,800,000 f
1Q6 Branches in Canada.
Bankin Business Transacted.
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,, Circular Litters of Credit
Bank Money Orders.
Savings Bank Department._
Interest allowed at highest current rate.
C. E. Dowding, Manager, Clinton Branch.
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READY-TO-WEAR
CLOTHING
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Clothing Co.
ORDERED
CLOTHING
Suitings for
Ladies
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EVER in the history of our business have we
sold so many Suitings for ladies as this season.
They are beginning to appreciate the fact that
it pays to buy Men's Suitings instead of the
light weight usually shown for ladies wear,
Wo are showing a large range of Blue,
Black, and Grey Serges. Colors guaranteed,
All goods shrunk free of charge,
Now is the best time to.mak'e your select'
tions; for the prices will go much higher.
111101111S11 110111ING CIL
Agent C. P . ".
Phone f 8 foe Sunday or night 'Galls,
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BOUGHT ANOTHER*HORSE.
Mr. J. J, McCaughey has bought
the standard , bred driving + stallion •
"Tommy Bars," from ' Mr. . Albert
Stevenson, of Goderieh, to replace
tie pie which he lost last week,
LITTLE LOCALS.
Today is May. 23rd, Empire Day,
hoist the flag on every \flag staff; -
Thet Y.L.P.A, fs having al tennis
tournament and tea at Mr. ICTibbings'
on tide afternoon of Victoria Day.
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED.
Mrs. Harriet Middleton of "White
Hall" Goderich township, announces
the engagement of her daughter, Hat-
tie, 'to Mr. George Stewart of God-
erleh, the marriage to take Place
early in June.
W. P. S. NOTES.
The Women's Patriotic Society did
not hold a meeting on Friday last
but will meet an the Council cham-
ber tomorrow afternoon as usual.
Twelve dogars and fifty cents was
realized from the last monthly tea,
held, and five 'dollars and a quarter
from the sale of a plant donated by
a friend.
DEATI-I OF MRS. J, COOPER.
The death occurred on Monday, af-
ter but a shortillness, of Mrs. Job
Cooper of the London Road, Stanley'
township. Tho deceased was seventy-
one years of age and is survived by
her husband and a grown family.
She will be much missed by her ag-
ed husband and an invalid son, to
whom she was devoted. The funeral
took place yesterday afternoon,' in -
torment being made in Clinton cem-
etery,
NEW W.C.T.U. OFFICERS.
At the annual meeting of the local
branch of the W.C.T.U. at the home
of Mrs. H. Plumsteel on Thursday
evening last the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year :
President, NIrs. C. J. Wallis
Vice -Presidents, the wives of the
resident ministers
Secretary, Mrs. A. T. Cooper
Treasurer, Mrs. E. G. Courtice.
Encouraging reports were read by
the heads of the different depart-
ments and the workers were inspired
to fresh endeavor. Mrs. J A. Irwin
has charge of the soap wrapper de-
partment, by the collection of which
money is made to keep a representa-
tive of the Traveller's Aid at sever-
al of the depots in the larger c..•ies.
Wrappers from packages of Surprise
soap are saved and returned to the
company. This Union collected some
twenty dollars worth during the past
year.
ONTARIO ST. CHURCH.
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ltev. Wm. Sterling of Fullerton
preached on Sunday last, the pastor
being absent conducting anniversary
services at Fullerton.
Next Sunday will bo the Sunday
school .anniversar3r, when NIr. Wm.
Gibson of London will preach morn-
ing and evening and will give a
blackboard talk in the afternoon,
The pastor will be present and it is
expected that the services will ho
interesting n
g
and he
s
fur. Th
e
S.S. of-
ficials
fficials are asking for a special of-
fering for the carrying on. of the
work. -
On Monday evening there was a
good attendance at 'League in spite
of the .disagreeable weather. The
Literary department was fn charge
and Mr.S Graham r ham of the G. I.
staff gave a very iuteresting address
on "The Importance of the Literary
and Social ,Work." At the coaclusion
of 'the program light refreshments
were served and a pleasant half hour
spent in social intercourse.
MR. RATTENBURY RETIRING.
Mr. I. Rattenbury, who since the
death of his father in. March of last
year has been managing the Ratten-
bury Ilouse, has decided, owing to
his mother's ill -health, to retire from
the business kid the fancily will live
privately, for a time at least. Mr,
Rattenbury has engaged Mr. McKin-
non of Oakville to take charge of the
hotel for a year and he takes over
the nranagenient about the first 'of
June.
Mr. Rattenbury rias taken the
Walker .cottage on Huron street ani
is having it put into -repair as
quickly ,as possible.
The Rattenbury' Rouse is one of
the best known hostelries lu the
county, perhaps in Western Ontario.
It was established by the grand-
father of the present proprietor, the
late William .Itatteubury, who came
here in 1844 and buying up a quan-
tity of land laid out ;a town anal
opened, a public house, for some
known es "The Itattenburp.
Inn," and the. village -soon-came to
bo called "Rarttenbrlry's Corners,"
It was the late NIr. Rattenbury who
final]31 gave it its' present name of
Clinton, 'Thus for over seventy
years the name of Itattetbury has
been inseperably bound up, with the
life of Clinton, The late Joseph
Rattenbury was for many years the
genial and popular host of this well-
known stopping ngplan and, it
was
virile he wns there that thr., hmrso
was burned on May 18th, 1907• The
Wilding Was immediately rebuilt and
lies 1iroved to be as PolAll11 with
the travelling pubic as the former
house trail boon. It is hoped that
under the ROW management its poli-
101001ty will tontine.
THE LOCAL MARKET.
Wh,711 .,
Barleyeat $1.ld'
Oats 75c
$2
Butter 350 to' 3(ic fj ►
Eggs ,d9c to400
Live Bogs $1.0,50,
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED,
Mr, ,and Mrs. Geoxgo 0, Holland of
Spruce Grove Farm,. Goderieh town-
ship, announce the engagement of
their daughter, Menden, to Mr.
Charles • L. Tyner of Hullett,. The
marriage takes place this month,
SILVER MEDAL CONTEST.
The W. C. T.•U. intend having a
silver iiiedal contest in Wesley ,ohurch
on Thursday evening of next week,
when a number •of the boys and girls
will take part in the singing and
elocutionary' contest: ,
CONFIRMATION AT ST. JOSEPH'S
There will be a confirmation ser-
vice at St. Joseph's church on
Thursday of next week at four
o'clock in the afternoon. The Right
Rev, Bishop Fallon of London will
officiate.
BAPTIST CHURCH.
Pastor Eastman preachod_at both
services on Sunday.
The monthly meeting of the Ladies'
Mission Circle was held on Tuesday
evening, the topic biting : "Every
Christian a Missionary."
ENTERTAIN H. C. OFFICERS,
Maple Leal Lodge will have as
their guests next Thursday evr
ening, the last day of May,
Mr. Robert Elliott of Brantford,
High Secretary, and J. B. Campbell,
High Court organizer, Ohesley, Both
gentlemen will address the local
brethren and. it is hoped a good at-
tendance will be present.
GOOD TIMES AI3EAD, '
It is thus that the Ridgetown Dom-
inion endeavors to encourage those
who have been feeling somewhat dis-
couraged by the backwardness of title
season : -
"The weather so far has not been
favorable for farm or -garden but The
Dominion is full of faith in it. It is
yet early and it better to take our
share dull
t n
h e of •weather now. Prem
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this forward we are looking for sun-
shine broken by needed rains and the
most favored season for, crops in
many years. Be of good cheer."
MARRIED AND AWAY.
The marriage took place on Wed-
nesday,aRternoon of last week at the
home of Mrs, W. H, Jervis of the
London Road oust south of town, of
her daughter, Mabel Blanche, to Mr,
David J. Curry of Goderich,
The ceremony was performed by.
the Itev, J. A. Agnew, pastor of On-
tario street church, and only the im-
mediate relatives of the contracting
parties were present.
Mr, •and Mrs. Curry have taken up
residence in Goderich and the goad
wishes of the bride's many friends
hereabouts follow her to lier new
hone,
H, W. C. ii, SHIPMENT.
The following is a complete list of
supplies sent from the different so-
cieties of this centre to H3l,nan Hall,
London, last week :
Bayfield Paeriotic Society : 29
pairs socks, 1 quilt.
' Stanley
Maple
Leaf : 24 pairs
socks, 7 Llannei shirts.
Unity Club : 17 pairs socks, 1
flannel shirt, 8 sheets, 21 hospital
towels.
Varna Patriotic Society :` 23 pairs.
socks, 2 'flannel shirts, 5 pyjama
suits, 13 sheets, 2 hospital towels,
29 pillow slips.
Bethany Society : 113 pairs socks,
Clinton Patriotic Society : 106
Pairs socks, lh flannel shirts, G
pyjama suits, 28 trench towels.
To boys from home community :
Varna -5 pairs socks ; Y. 8, of 8, E.
of Goderich township -30 pairs socks
and 50.75 worth of gum and tone-
co.
obaeco.
A SEVERE STORM,
The severe storm which passed ev-
er this section on Saturday did 110
particular damage in this vicinity
aside from displacing a few fen es,
eta, put the same mann' be said
of other parts.
In the forenoon a, - small cyclone
struck the town and the dust swirl-
ed in all directions, filling the
streets. This was followed by a
smart shower, It was after five in
the afternoon, however, when 41)0 el-
ectric storm, which seemed to be
pretty general, came on accompanied
by rain and hail.
IWr. E. Johnston of the Goshen
Line, Stanley, had a valuable two-
year-old eolt killed and Mr, John
Stephenson's barn was struck but
not burned.
At Exeter the spire of James
street Methodist church- was struck
and considerable damage done.
01) Osborne township, n'ar Cen-
tralia, Samuel Hicks, a farther, was
struck resile standing in his own
k'
barn and instantly
rlled.
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John Scale a young farmer near
Luoan, was killed on a load of hay.
The 1101100 were also 11111001 mud a
boy who accompanied hint was badly
stunned,
In, Ellin township, Perth County,
a lage steel -frame barlh*was leveled
to the ground,
WILLIS OHUROII,
Rev', 17. T, Savers• of Watford,
formerly pastor of the Brucelleld
Presbyterian church, conducted the
services in this 011urelt on Sunday,
preaching practical 'and impressive
sermons, Itev, J. E. Hogg was • at
Lrreknow . conducting anniversary ser-
V1vices.
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D1?1D A YEAR AGO.
Pte. Norman Levy, son of 'Mr, and
Mrs, James Levi of town, who went
with the 33rd battalion and whose
name appeared • in the casualty list
the end of the week, was wounded in
April of last year but recovering he
returned to the trenohee • where bo
spent many months and was through
the big fight at Vitny Ridge.
IIAS ENLISTED FOR OVERSEAS.
Mr. H. D. Ivlelstrop, who has been
a member of the staff of the local
branch of the Molsons Bank for the
past couple ' of years, last week
handed in his resignation to the
Bank and on Saturday Went to Tor-
onto and signed up with the 67th
battery for overseas. I -Io will re-
main with the Bank a IOW weeks be-
ibre joining his battery,
"GABE"FOR TRANSPORTS.
Mr. GI. M. Elliott is in London
this week, having gone down to en-
list, and if he passes the medical
board, which is . more than likely,
will join the mechanical transports.
What "Gabe" doesn't know about
automobiles would be easier to set
down than to enunerate the points
where his knowledge excels and he'll
make a mighty good 0tan for the
job.
ANOTIIER BIRTHDAY,
This week, yesterday the 23rd, to
be exact, Mr. Chas. Lovett celebrated
his seventy-third birthday. A kindly,
sociable, whole -hearted man, Mr.
Lovett has made many friends both
in Clinton, where he has dived for
the past few years, and in Hullett
which was his home during all his
life previously, and these join in
wishing him "Happy Returns" of his
natal day.
SPRING IS MOVING TIME.
Before the end of the month Mr. R:,
Jennison will take possession..of the
house which he recently purchased
from Mrs. John Emmerton, ho hav-
ing already planted the garden, and
Mrs. Dowdingwill move into the
cottage thus left vacant by Mr. Jen-
nison. The house on King street,
which Mrs. Dowding has been oc-
cupying has been taken by NIr. Un-
man the new superintendent at the
Doherty Pianos,µLmtd,
A UNION SOCIAL.,
On Thursday evening last ,yt pat-
riotic social was held at the , resi-
dence of Mr. R. A. Roberton, Bay-
field Road. (suite a number of the
young people of .Clinton and Stanley
were present, After lunch was serv-
ed Mr. Peter Moffatt was appointed
chairman and a short programme
was rendered, Tickets were sold to
the amount of $0,25 which was
equally divided between Clinton and
Stanley patriotic societies. 'The
young people appreciate
crate vcrY n
uch
the hospitalityof Mr. and Mrs. Reb-
erton.
NOW TILLING THE SOIL.
The Young Ladies' Patriotic Aux-
iliary,.that energetic organization of
young mon whin for over a
year
has been forwarding by every means
in its power Work for the comfort of
the soldiers, has now shown itself
capable of even a wider patriotism.
When the call came for increased
production of food stuff • these
young ladies procured a couple 'of
vacant fields, one on Orange street,
south, and another in the north end
of the town, which they are seeding
to potatoes and beans. Today, in-
stead of spending the holiday in gam-
es or pleasure of any sort as was
the custom in normal times, 'the
girls are busy planting the seed from
which in the autumn they hope to
gather a harvest which will help, ev-
en though in a small way, to feed the
Empire.
DEATH OF A FATHER.,
The death occurred at St. Marys
on Wednesdaylast of Joshua Thomp-
son, father• of Dr. 0, W. Thompson
of town, who had reached the great
age of ninety-three years and six
months, '
The late Mr. Thompson was a na-
tive-born Canadian, staving been
born lir Lennox county. Iic had been
a farmer for the greater .hart of
his long life but for the past twen-
ty Roue: years had. lived retired in
St, Marys. He was an old than and
full of 311ar0 but had retained his
faculties to a marked degree. His
death was due not so much to or -
gamic disease ae, to re wearing out of
the body. Ile had becil a life-long
Methodist.
His widow and a family of four
sons and two daughters' survive
1)r. Thompson . of Clinton ; Dr. It.
A. Thompson, principal of the Col-
legiate I
nstitttte, Hamilton • James
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Thompson, 1 autictoih, lI C. ; George.
Thompson, Regina, ,Mask, ; Mrs. J.
1;, Murray, Toronto, and Mrs, , Her-
bert Pringle, Victoria, 13,C,
'I•be funeral took piece at St,
Marys 010 Friday, Dr, 'f4tompson
and itlr. Jaynes Stevens, went doiyn
to be present at the obseg11ifs,
DO YOU, .WANT THEM 1
'The Production Committee have an
opportunity of ' obtaining two or
three hundred more Bags of potatoes
at tlro same price as' the last if the
Citizens want tion. It will be, nec-
essaryi to let the town cleric know
at once as the committee will :riot
Order unless the potatoes are re-
quired,
FOUR THOUSAND 'MORE 113IEN,
. According to an authority Military
District No, 1, of which Huron
county , forms a part, has already
sent 32,000 soldiers to the front and
in order ,to keep up Its end must
stili furnish 4,000 Wren. 'These men
will be obtained by selective draft,
according to the Militia Act, which
will no doubt bo the means used s to
bring forward the number required.
WESLEY CHUIRCH,
On Sunday the pastor, ,ilev, Dr.
Rutledge, preached at both services.
On Monday evening the League
meeting was in charge of the liter-
ary committee, when an interesting
and enlightening address ryas given
by Miss Rudd on "The Position of
the Neutral Countries of Europe."
Misses . Donna Mulholland and Sadie
Gibbs *sang a duet very nicely.
LIST NOT SU HEAVY.
Among those from this county
whose names have appeared in the
casualty list during the past week
are
K;1led—Pte. G. Ii, McBride, 'Zur-
ich Pte, T. Williams, Seaforth, ant
Pte. Verne ltiurray, Goderich, and
Pte. Fred Richardson, I{ippon.
Wounded—Sergt, Norman Levy,
Clinton ; L. -Corp, Cann, Hensall ;
Pte, Jacob Sproat, Seaforth, and
Pte. G. Ross, Goderich, and Pte. 6'.
Snell, Mullett.
DISTRIBUTE A .LOT OF MONEY.
On account pf the high price of
eggs this? year a very large amount
of money is being distributed through-
out this district, During the first
half of May the Clinton branch of
the Gunn, Langlois , Co., purchased
and shipped 23,100 dozen,- of eggs,
paying out close to g9,000 fotc same,
During 1916 this branch of the firm
paid out over 5100,000 for eggs and
is fast becoming
poultry. Y Poultry
g
ne of the largest and ,most impor-
tant
3 g P
tant branches of agriculture.,
ALMOST A FIRE.
Excitement reigned for a few min-
utes around the garage of Mr. A.
Canteltnt about six o'clock on Tues-
day evening when fumes from some
spilt gasoline around his car and a
lighted match made a small eou-
flagration. The car was run out of
the building and a few pails of wat-
er put out the Wane but Mr. Can-
telon no doubt had an anxious few
minutes as there was no insurance
on either garage or contents. The
alarm was rung in but the fire was
extinguished before the brigade ar-
rived on the scone. --
'PIS NOW BEING DONE.
For years past The News -Record
has advocated 'the better tillage of
waste or partially
tilled lled land inside
the corporation limits. Each succes-
sive spring we have endeavored to
encourage the cultivation of heel(
gardens as well as the beautifying
of front lawns. But never until this
year, when "necessity was laid upon
,
' •k improving covin mat-
the L lof n
us has tt wo p
g
k 1
firers along this lice been taken up
with any uniformity or enthusiasm,
The lessons in thrift which Canadians
will learn during the present time
of stress will be of great use to
thein.
Bagfietd
IReeve iErwin. with other members
ofthe road aud bridge committee,
was Lin a tour of inspection'tbrough
the county this peek,
Rev. A. Macfarlane attended a
Sunday school teachers' convention
at Kippen ,on Monday,
A public meeting was held in the
town hall on Friday evening last
when the following gentlemen ad.
dressed ,the meeting on "Food Pro-
duction" : Rev. J. 13. Snowden anti
Messrs. .3. Mactavish, F. S. Sauv-
age, Seaforth, and Rev. A. Macfar-
lane of Bayfield. The chair was oc-
cupied by Dr. Woods, •
Rev, Moore of 13ensail will admin-
ister the sacrament and take the ser-
vices 111 Trinity church p,t 11 a, m.
on Sunday astrning. next.
Mfrs..;.Speakman and son, iiub'rt
,Spackman, spent a few days the pest
week at London,
Miss amnio Elliott of Be:uniiler
and Miss Maggie Lansing of Auburn
were the guests of the farmer's
aunt, Mrs, John Fraser, over the
week -end.
Rev„ J, 1;. Jones and Mr, Herbert
Johnston have each invested In en
aorto during the past wenn,
The funeral took place to Bayfield
cemetery on Wednesday of the late
,John Howard of Ilay township, who
passed away on Monday. et the ago
Cfyears.
88va
Rev, J. 1. .tortes, who has been
pastae of the Methodist Church here
daring the past ministerial term,
hes received an iltvitetion to the
Varna circuit and hes accepted sub -
Pet to the a 30000i of the statidu-
ing eomrniti.ee, The thing will come
about at the end of June,
Teras "Uncle Tom's,'
Blrthdag
Mr. Thos. Jackson
Mr. T. Jackson on, Tuesday cels,-
brated another birthday;" "Uncle
Tom" has not been just as well dur-
ing the past few months as his
many friends would like to see but
since his return from the,. South he
has been better and more, like his
old cheerful self. Clinton has a true
Weed in this native-born citizen and.
he also has many a true friend . fe
the old toren, who will join . with
The News -Record in wishing him:
"Many Happy Returns,"
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Holresville
The first sale of cheese of the Pol-
mesville Cheeses and Butter Co. was
made by the president, W. I -I. Lobb,
to the McLaren Co,, of Toronto at
233 cents per pound. This is the
highest price ever received in this'
district for cheese, which means that
the patrons will receive $2 per hun-
dred for their milk after paying for:
the expense 'of drawing and maal-
facturing. Two dollars per hundred
for milk means 521a for butter. et
610 for butter fat when selling
cream thus proving that those who;
are patronizing the cheese factory are
obtaining the top price for their
returned to
t. The who that is rt
mill T
Y
the patrons is pasteurised and is
said to make excellent feed, for hop,
and calves. '
Mr. John; E. Walter .of Redlands,
California,is visiting his brother Mr.
S. T. Walter, on Huron Road. John
lives among the orange groves ait.d
he brought a sample of the luscious.
fruit with.,him as ripened on the
trees, the flavour of which far ex -
cells the market commodity as we
get them. He states that the vege-
tation as seen from the train is as
far ahead in this vicinity as through:
the different states he passed, ex-
cepting a few places in the west,
fruit blossoms were seen.
As stated last week the adjourned
meeting of the quarterly board was
held on Monday evening and after
paying all funds in full a nice bal-
ance of nearly forty dollars was,
handed over to the Parsonage trust
board.
Mr..H. J. Trewartha had the mis-
fortune to lose a 'thorough bred
lamb by the , lightning in the storm.
of Saturday evening last. It was
killed within „about ten yards from
the barn.
There was a large attendance at
the Foresters service in the Metho-
dist
dist church on ,Sunday last when,
Rev. A. Sinclair preached an excell-
ent sermon "The Second is like un-
to it" and, using the emblems of the
Order, Liberty, Benevolence and Con.-
cord,
on-cord, he desired every member to
Practice in daily life the principles
as laid down by Christ's teaching
and example, "To love thy neighbor
as thyself" the mens' choir had
r,
charge of the singing.
Stoatlei Township
Mr, Edward Johnson of the Goshen.
Line had the misfortune to lose a
good two-year-old colt on Saturday,
evening. It was killed by 1lghtni13
daring the electric .storm,
We are glad to report that Mr. D.
J. Stephenson, who has been so ser-
iously ill for a length of time with
blood poisoning, is recovering though
slowly,
Mr. and Airs. Root. Stephenson had
a letter from their son, George
Henry, who is at the front, statin„
that lie is well. lie carne through
the rauto:rs battle at Vimy Ridge al-
right. Ile said he met Frank Boyce
and Tom Armstrong, who also were
in the same b,ttlle, but ire thought
Geo. McBride was killed, es be was
missing. Word has been received by
his parents, Mr, and Mrs. McBride of
Zurich, that he was killed,
NIr, John Stephenson's hare was
struck during the electrio storm 01
Saturday evening and was somewhat
damaged.
Sorry to report. that airs. James
Turner of the Parr Line is seriously
i11 at • present. • Her many Meads
hope ,
a p for a speed y t ocovery,
'Beatty 13tos, of Varna have C pur-
chased an International tractor en.
gine for plowing,
Sorry to report that Mr, Kit.
Ward of Varna is on the sick list
at present.
Mr. ,las, Keys is building a rim
red 'brick house this summer.
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