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SEAFORTEC, FRIDAY, Feb. 13th, 1903
Politics, PreSent and Prospective.
A rumor is being kope to the front with
more or less persiatency; to the effect that
at the close of the next session of the Do-
minion Parliament Sir Wilfrid Laurier will
retire frorn the leedership of the Liheral
and will he suecea ded by the Hon. G. W.
Roes, Prated,' p of Ont tido. Of °cane, the
measure of truth in thia melee: ie only
those en the outeide can only dis„use it end
conjecture. Indeed, it ie net inaprobab'e
that it is beine kept so peraistently to the
front with the very object of having it the.
cussed so as to ascertein how anon a move-
ment weuld be taken by the public. Such
things hems frequently urred before.
We believe there is net a man cr wrmen
in all Caned* who -mute]. not deeply regret
the withdrawal. of Sr Laurier {rem
public- life cn account, of ill health end it
will bs the fervent, with of all diet tuch
thing may be av rt d. ea few public men
helve ever gain -d trith a he'd en the esteem.
and affectipne of the people withsut dist'ne-
Von of party; crecd. or race. But aside from
the peraend conideration, his withdrawal
from his present eoeiticn wculd be little
short of a calamity te the Liberal party of
the Demirden and a loss to the whele of
Canada. _While thie we -111d be the case in
the event of the withdrawal of M.r. Laurier,
the tranefer. nee of Mr. Ross from the Pro-
vhicial to the Dominion arena. wculd be at.
moat equ dly disaetrous to the int rests of
the Liberal parby in this Provinee, as there
' ire other person in eight to take hia place
;at the head of the party, and it wou'd alto
be injueieus tot the interest3 of:the Province,
although to a less extene
Providence Eteeme hey° designed that
no man, na matt, r how able or prominent, is
ateohttely necessary in the affaira of anation
or can n -t be replaced with ut clogging the
wheels of progress. This has been prOvEn
many times in history and no d eubt history
would repeat itself this instance, It is
entirely defferent wieh political parties, es
hes been frequently pravc n in this Ceneda
of tune The eclipsing of Hon. George
Brown as, a party leader threw the Reform
party beck at leaaha quertet of a century.
The removal of Sir John Macedoneld elmosb
completely disrupted: the Conservative' party
and so demoralized ib thet it hes not yet ra-
eavered from the ehook. The removal of
Sir Oliver Mowat from the lea& rehip of the
Liberal party in °raid° was:attended:by al-
most disastrous reoetts te the tperty and
they hove no`; even yet recovered sufficsient-
ly from, the change to (inure that a clamp
such as th it }dieted at. vecu'd not prove ab-
aolutely dieastrcus from a party stand point.
If, therefore, any twirl of the political
wheel shcold bring about Eiteli changes as
Elle look !sue for our party bah in this Pt o-
vince and in the Dorninicn.
There is, also, in this connection, another
very important factor to be considered.
Mr. Ross is, pethepe, the beat equipped
man in Canada to be Sir Wilfrielts sueceEsor,
but how wcu'd Mr. Fielding, Mr. 131air,
Mr. Fitzpatrick an i other Dominion politi-
dans high up in the counsels of the party,
leak upon ( melt a movement ? Would. these
men permit the elevation of a Provincial
Premier to t he Liberal leadership 6111 the
Dominion Premiere hip ? Wc uhl they be
under Mr. Roes and occupy a eubortlinate
position. meter hire. became it might be con-
sidered in the intereete of the patty, cr
wc they acclaim their ability te lead the
party and serve the actuary to be at least
equal to hie ? We very retell fear they
would be apt to take the lo.tter course. If
not they would prove rare exceproaa, to
palitical human nature. To be Euro, by natural
succession, Sir Richard Cartwright wculd
follow Sir Wilfrid, a.rd we have no dcebt
hut that any of his colleagues wculd be will-
ing to reeogn'ee Sir Richard's claims to the
Premierehip Bra tO serVe under him as lead-
er. Buet unfortunately for the party- and
the eountry, Sir Richard is net as ycung
he was twenty years ago, and he seems cen-
tent to fill any position where it is thoughb
he can best serve his party and the ccuntrY.
Aside from Mr. Ross, the mosb likely men
f or the Dominion Premier, in the event of
Sir Wilfrid's ratiremcne, would be Hon. Mr.
Fielding. He is in the prime of life ;
has had long pont ical experience and he is
able, and is said to possess many of the
erahip. And all things considered, he
would be the meat likely and available man.
With the r,th•ement of Sir Wilfrid will
come the ,opport ruCty of the Conservatives
If they are in a toeition to take advantage
of it. But thet they will be, we very nuoli
doubt. They se ouh Ir.tve to Fut ther4elves
together a good dee. better I then. i ty are
and there le no suit hie man: in Sigh . The
in the front ranks 0 the pa- -by are, all too
the all round gnalilitat'one ot a Sir Jo n A.
Macdoneld do not a ng up in eve Oen-
tury. The nearest pproeth to him. an-
Letuder. Even tied men, ate Sir Jo Ab-
bott, and Sir Join Ihomproa, a they,
were a long way bel hid. Sir John A- c
donald, are not in v ew. No. matter, I ere -
fora, what ehertges ay teke plaoe ;410, the
political chess leers , the Con.iervatv 's Bre
We have not bee indulgiph in sot men-
tal Euro-It:sings, 'Ih ehentes tie hey hint-
ed at ara among the tobabiliteett of 0; near
future. And they era all the: more i ',ert-
en'', lit view of the f et filet the con 1 trY is
exit- ring upon a ver entioal pc r*od-1 f lite
exist. nee. It will i equ re a clear ilii ad,, a
oessfully an r the El ip of St -to t ht me. h the
many shoals and roe e which hezei it en,all
sides.. The po;wertu pert or.tione en( on -
are being formed, a d all greedy and, ralep-
audit will requ're a trortg hand end,' firm
restehtt'on to keep them at bay, and p • vent
them from robbing the public leurtel and
plundering the pc ple. With e me like
Sir Wilfrid Laurier t the heittio the oen-
with him disabled, *who is there to te e hie
. Putting t Straight.
the nomininatioa of is oolleague,HotegE. J.
Davie, Hoe. Mr, Oka, Oatario Pea'Mid;
put it straight to the temperaecelpeehle
" We gave you Dever Ant, ischitth
would have beet suc eesful had' not eertain,
differences oE opinion amongst the temper-
ance people thernaelv s prevailed. The Act
did not oarry. The reed-. bulk of teMper-
ance men trusted tut nd sppported UP bat
130111e did nob do the fair thieg, and tilted
their best efforts to efeat the Goveratemet
tha,b was patting th •in position ;tee get
what they wanted. hae ie not the way to
play the game. H d they succeed in
that, and defeated the Government, ere
would they have bee . They -oppose ne,
yet did not move to help the tetnpe aecte
081188. If the ternpe ance people doie'b ant
me they can vote me ut of the Gokern
far as we can to (mac such 'awe as -we, ink
best to further public tempetartbe and, ore
ality. We are nob g ing to be revala we-
ary on this or -any other qwistion.
may attempt so mre as to deetroy the
All thet h ss been don for the e tempt nce
the same hona-ty and decieion Iw.th. *etch
we risked our eolitica lives et the laet !ac -
Journalism, Past, Present a
Future: •
dian Prees-Assoolatio in hie opening ad-
dress at the annual m eting of that assncia-
chord in the minds of most newispaper men.
Ile evidently knows h w it is himself. He
" During the year there haVe been sem°
startling changes in j remanent.' We have:
seen old time party Jo rnalists forsake t eir I
idols of wood and aton and seek the 1' ht
that independence giv e. We have se a
error to righteousnees of purpeee and we
have aeen such a corn ingling of journalists
roof -tree that it has c ueed the Soriptitral
teaching of our youth a come to us; for, of
a verity, the lion is lying down with !the
ism. It is well that t e day of I hide -bo nd
partisanship should ass antah, and 'ne
reaeon why it is well ie that the' newepsper
men undertthe new or er of things wilt- Ow
have an opportunity of coming te their o n.
man to some ambition lawyer, doctor pr
store keeper, who ima ined himself to be a
statesman in embryo. It was the duty of
the editor to write up nd bepraise the elm-
bitious one, without ho e of fee !or rewatd,
simply because he edit d the party neWs-
paper.
" If the trains or ability of the eddlor
made his paper a succe 8, it was spoken [of
as being a credit to the party ; but if, by
neglect of hie party or by envircnment, he
paper eickened or died the blaine fell n-
tirely upon th.e editor. , The editor had i to
stand by ' Daly old thin ' in the shape of la
candidate that his party brought out, al Id
many a time and oft midity poor pieoeaj of
stuff were brought o t. Like Kiplin 'a
, Sergeant Wh,ath-His- ante,' the editor h, d
to endeavor to ' make en out of mud,' a d
when the mud men wer -elected he was e-
gence to enable them to hold the constith-
env for the party. If by any means the
mud men attained C sbirietepositions, the
newspaper -man had to proolaitn that the
muct was marble."
Editorial IsTotete
It is stated that the
will meet on March 4th
Bruce have been issued.
take place on Th traday,
former election is render
resignation of Hon. E.
latter by the unseati
courts of Mr. Hugh Cla
ing membera will be can
When leaving CaTial
a few weeks ago, it is a
ward Blake said he, was
up his political affairs th
turn here again soon an
life in Canada once //:07
known, has been a mem
Parliament for several y
conertuency in Ireland,
from this that he has gr
perial politics ard is an
the swim again in Caned
in conneotion.with this 1
Meredith, Chief justice o
plates retiring from the
his old position as leader
it I
ntario Legislate In
The write fer the
' The election is to
J. Davis and the
the 26th inst. T' e
g by the °lecithin
k. Both the retit-
id that ROIL Ea-
oing home to win '
'eater into publi'
er of the Imperi
are, representing a
nd it would seeni
ions to get hag
that Sir Williare
:Ontario, centem-1
Mich and taking
of the Coniterva- repl
World assail they may! he due
that such men are badly needed.
never Was a feeling with more
Blake in the Dominiea Part
Meredith in the Previncial
c.o ld do work for the :people
did very much f r either the
themselves when they were ;in
here before ,
Death h
ture. [Pun -
e Teton 0
And the e
mengeienlbatuarilll
people er
arnopg the membets of ithe Dominion: Bert -
ate, ,bat th re are still home Very . old , me
yeei: oh Tuesday last Hon. R. B. Dickey',
of Amherat Nova Sco'iat is years of age,
and there are several* others who have
Them is a goed deal of; fordo a, d truth iti
the following from the Globe 1 ' The most
opinion by a j urnall of heir ,own
nob the , ordin ry Utterance of an
' independent ' paper, but the i dependent
The comity council at their rec nt session
did a right and proper thing in increasing
the salaily of Mr. William Lens, °Minty
clerk. Mr. Leese ia a most effiei nt, pains-
taking and Obligiog official and' hi remuner-
ation, even at the -*ream; hi; no any too
high. But they should also heve iven hir
French thamanager of the House of Refuge;
the entail is:lore-me of $25 which he asicedl.
It would he diffienit to geb a man who
could fill mr. French's petition as well as he
does and to as, great erica tago : to,
$25 is nothing more thanlet;:feir heeognition
of faithful servicing espeol Ily when hie sal,.
ary for the very ,delioatel. and distasteful
duties he heti toi perform, is not by any
means large. I
Illustrati4o of the absurdity of the - plea
that goed men cat!' nob he got to accept
pOlitione on:the Bench - of: Mehl toiletry on
account cf the ins -efficiency of the salaries,
paid, we need bue point to 'Pt r, nto at the!
present time. The death Of the ate J TT ige
McDougall made al vacancy on th Beneh of
and lawyers to Ottawa, all anxio a to sacri-
even at the tiak, aa some woel make u
believe, pf ending 'their days io a house o
'refuge on semount of the beggarl remuner-
ation attaching to bhe positioa.; he senior
judgeship of the couney of Ycrle is probably,
worth about $6,000 a year. ost men
should he able to keep the sheri at bay
such as that. Bat still the cry, is fcr mere.
As an evidence Of the great' advantages -
to this °pantry likely to accrue from the,
Niagara Fella and laewhete in the country',
and the developme t of the electrecal energy,
whith these ovate powers are; capable of,:
we may state that he pre ent cost of elec-i
Niagara tat the rat of $20 per ho se power,
or for lose than ha f the present asst. This'
i8 8 very. important Raving, and, i inaugur-
ated would completely evoIntionize the
Indeed it will not be manY years until the
entite !manufacturing bitainess of this and
other countries will be worked ' ith elec-
triciby as the motive power. Th s ia, per-
haps!, the solution of the cOal di catty, as
the More leleetricitY1 is used; the les - will be
the neteeseity and demand' for Ici ale Thia
will be a great reliet to the peopl of this
country. ,
. It is stated that the Tempsrano Legisla-
bye Leitgue of TOP to ha ot de -
date in the field at the bye-eleotioe in North
York, where Hon. E. J. Davis nd Mr.
Lennox are the' regalar party ea didates.
ance people hope to gam for their . ause by
latch a moie. Theylwill, in all probability,
- defeat Mr.' -Davis an secure the election of
Mr. !Lennox, who s entirely opposed to
'them, and is the su porter of a leader who
'is eqoally opposed to their cause. And what,
lbetter temperance c ndidate do they writ
'than Mr. Davis. H has. been a total ab -
'stainer and 'an e.dvo ate of temperance, we
were going to say all his life, but at any:rate
since coming to the ears of manhciod, and
yet they are going to take I the veryl course
that will likely result in defeating this good
makee no pretensions to temperance, of has
The oronto ewe, in its ew series, un -
J. S. Willison, ormerly edieor of the Toron-
the public can udge f its Merits, and we
are sure the ;hi h ex ectetiOns entertained
have been mere than ealized. hlechenical-
Its editorial end. news &alining are ; bright
and filled with &fop and readable Matter.
It is in everyirespect' equal to the very beet
It pent in Caestla aiul if it kelepe up its pre -
a nb high atandard it can hafdly fail to suc-
ceed.- Its editorials, also,lhave the right
rihg and albbeugh independent in tone they
are none too independent. If it succeeds in
keeping clear of the cornbinee and monopol-
tea which are :beooming all tee powerful in
ments few city, papers have eh° courage to
withstand, and stands' firmly cn the eide of
the people every time and all the time, it
will soon become a poever ler geed in the
lard. Mr. Willi' on 'is nob only a clever
writer himself and a gocd newspapee man,
hnt he seems to have the faetilty of asSociat-
ing good and ableomen with him. The pub-
lic will watch the course of the News with
keen interest; ,and if it fulfils its Mission
they will be sure to show, hi a Eubstantial
Majesty's Loyal' Opposithoti lin the Ontario
Legislature, hten 'ai high :opinion of the press
of the Province, and unlike I none of our
puplig' men he is net afraid to give to tte
press the ceedi .-; whioh is its crtte lest it May
detract from his' owe hist re. lin his epeech
ati the banquet Of ;the Canadian
thought of the immense influence which
14etts Aseociation ;held .111 Toronto
1 ta week he sniff : d'I When they
cou'd bet exercised by the prees, they ought
all to be thankful and ptoud di the manner
in which that influerme had been exercised.
As an', illustrat!en ef the colfidence with
whieh the prase 18: accepted by the people,
Mr.1Whitney related a personal experience
with an elector in his own Ninety who in
4, to an earneet denial whi0 he gave te
a eel, ten" report, inehtted, tat saw it—in
the' paper.' Mr. Whitney Raid, a far as his
per onalrecolection and °beery eon went,
he new of no public than in Ont rlo, at any
rate who had lees cause tot co plain that
the rase of his native Province had said
thi gs of hint which left a sting b hind tban
he ad, He was profoundly plateful and.
ha y and preud to realize tha t such was
the ase and he esteemed it an hloaor and a
so owledgment which was only clue to the
pri liege to be able to ktliall up and make
pre of the Province."
He
No
say
aro
Le
will
he i
of
be
bac
doll
of t
loos
in
Mr.
a tendon Advertiser says ; " Mr.
eit Lennox has been eenominated in
h York against Hone E. J. bevis and
he will fight to se finish: . Thle chances
a 'hundred to one that it w 11 be Mr.
ox's finish, in which &gent he peblio
o shre, brother. At an ate don't
up your prediction with y r bettom
e comity peer house. It , is ften the
itiond wind -jammer " who r 'kelt in the
voters who hold the beaten° 1 of power
ny constituencies. At tile 1 et election
t. John defeated a verhom oh better
man than himself, and it is ainen 1the prob.
abili Lea that Mr. Lennox may d 1 the same
thing. The opinion of theme who ; ought to
Lan e will be required to put, up t e fight of
his 1 fe, as his recent prooteedinga have not
etre gthened his hold on the oonst tuenoy.
retu n of ,the Reform members for the Three
Nor he, and the required deposits aye been
mad . It is likely, however, tha none of
the etitions will oonie to trial efohe next)
fall nd it would be dangerous to predict)
the licenses that may take pl e in the
poli cal arena bY that time:
place the eession of the Local g6ihalest:ur:et)
will kely be called in a coup e of eeks and
the -gialatnre or for three week after its
tong egal vexation of three Mont will be
on d their Lordahips of t ermine
refr from work during th period
as eligiously as they do on Sun-
day speetally as there is ne re notion in
thei salaries. Ib will, therefor , be Sep -
tem r or October, and perhahs ter before
any re election petitiona wen be ried: In
the antime the members -elect i will take
thei laces in the Legislature. I
the
Me
whe
that a
•
0 protest filed in North Pert againet
mullet. charge. It is he effect
orrupt agreement had be entered
inbo between the Liberal can ida e, on be -
hell of the Ontario Govern nt, and the
Grand runk Railway Comp ny, y which
the Go ernment promieed to pub hlize the
tha th railroad company would use looal
opp si g Mr. Monteith. This is very un -
mad p rely on suspicion, bu it will not
I do y arm to vent±al_e it.
A a plioation was made in To onto last
Mag str te Denison, of Toren o, t impose
S. C se, whodied been convicted b fore him
Ith f December, and whom he 1 t off by
the ow r to impose the pro er p nalty in
thes ca es, why is it that I have n ver been
aeke to do so.in the nurnero s ca es where
cony oti es of the Liquor 14 ense Act are
second, bird or tenth offences." hrdw, if
Judge B ttton or any other ju ge Or justice
knows o iinpositions of this kin being
practiee uPon them, they are oat' ertain-
It se ma to Us that a judge, wh co ives ab
this a rt of thing, is little bet r
law. i
Re rr og ;to the present ey tern of con -
this a st m bp, it is useless tei rail at the
result w thout striking at the eau e. The
Crow o the Legislature must our on the
proce di gs if they are to be Ord d n rel
The re edy that seems to be 0 g ested is
the pr retention ofthe contested e ea ions by'
an in e cadent poeition, like Itha of the
Audit° eneral." This proposed remedy
would, n doube, effectually sto the saw -off
entered would, go to trial and all the details,
rii.
praotis and Would ensure thate ery protest
both el an and unclean, would be rought
OUt tO public, view. But, u leE there
hould e a very rigid sifting of th oases
sults ao lever' I would juetify the ' en mimes
ensive one, acid it -is doubtful if he re-
Judg Mor an, of Toronto, ad pted'a
Peared fore bi a couple of da ago.
nd Edith Squire, and the plead -
he you wenien aye bheir mines a May
berms
fire both respect ellh connected and thie is
lihe first, time they had evet been am: teed of
!i,ny off nee against the law. i'h eonn-
gni for t e girls informed the court th t Mies
Miss Sh rpan quietly intimated th she,
*willingn se to Make her his *i e. Then
too, was a out ti) hecone a bride. Judge
Morgan ahl that marriage offered, raft t,s.i.
nencled a ntence assuring them that i they
t, rm. in riron would be their porth n. '
LOCAL B
o Tuesday
ent to
which pa
and Dune
gdests of
League, o
co intry,
at Inane.
in the Mo
Wedneada
Exeter. •
a very enjoyable skatialg party
evening—Miss Cora Pr o who
d her mother has gone o nuree
f neral of Benjamin I. Hi gine,
reroute, visited at the ho e ef
n of Brantford, have b e the
ensall Methodist church, pai
vi ib to Main Street Meb odis;
eter, last Thursday -week. Wm.
etnrned !last week from the ol
ith several fine heavy dr ugh
Mr. R.Sienuel, the popular eller
sons Bank -here, wits mania oe
of last:week, to Miss Poll aw,
den f Exeter. The ceremony was perform-
ed at the residence of the ide's brother, at
Ridg town. The happy coaple have the
beat ishert Of a hoot of friends.—Mr. R.
Seld n, of Ingersoll, was here last week,
ma,ki g arrangements to move here in the
stain He will work the farm lately own-
ed Mrs. G. Barnwell, on the London
Ito& having purchtesed the same.
clean e has been made in Exeter this week,
whe leby two law Bona have been united.
bury have formed a partnership, and will
cond, at their combined law practise in the
office now occupied by Mr. Stanbury, ever
O'Ne Ps Bank. Mr.,Gladman °sane to Exe-
ter i 1897, from Peterboro, where he form-
erly traotreed law. For about a year he
'was in partnership here with Mr. B. V.
Ellie t, until that) gentleman's death, when
he c ntinned the btjainess alone. He has
won he confidence of a large clientile and
the r Rpect of every member of the corn -
muni: y. Mr. Stenbery has been here near-
ly fat r years, at first as a partner of the
late H. Callus, and later in practise
alon During that eime he has had a re-
mark ble degree of success, especially hp
court, work, and has built up ari excellent,
preen+ se. There is ne doubt these two gen-
tlemen will make a atrong legal team, and
web &peak °for them! the continued oonfid-
enoe f the people of hits section.
GA =RINGS. —Our council met on Mon-
day. Wm. Hill, of lyth, has the contract
of budding Wm. A. lark's new house.—
Mr.,Albert Howletb, th line, leas let the
contr ot of his new kt use to Thomas New-
some of Brussele.— r. Alex. Clark, 5th
line, Mt badly hurt ,n Thursday of lasb
week by falling from:a straw etack. He
Vas tder the care of la doctor for a time,
but 8 able to sit inp this week.—Mr.
Frid evening of last, week and was buried
in B1 th cemetery On Sunday afternoon.
He w s an old settler and came to Norris
from Halton county, near Hamby. Rev.
Mr. °Imes; of - Blyth, officiated.—Mies
Lizzi Wylie, of Turnberry, is visiting on
the 6 h line.—A parlor social was held at
Mr. James- Russel's home on— Tuesday
eveni g—It is said that a 6th line farmer
_will s on wed a 7th line yeung lady, bub
we w ll mention no namesi at present.=
Harr Goeman, 7th line, moved his engine
to Be grave last week.—Bad roads again. .
No es.—Mr. Alex. Clark, 5th line fell
.j:4
from he top of a straw eteck on Thursday
of las week and received a severe eh king
up, b t no serious results ere antieipa ed.—
Mr. a d Mrs. Joseph Stubbs received- a
despa oh on Thursday inferming them of
the e Men death of their youngest son,
Isaac in the State of Washington. No
parti ulara are to hand at present More
than e passed away after three days' illness
with ever. 'We extend to the bereaved
will b held in the Presbyterian church,
Belgrive, under the auspices of the Ladies'
Aid +lets', on Friday, the 13th of Febru-
ary, tne programme consisting of a lecture
by th pastor, Rev. T. F. HaEtie, Object
tt My neighbor's chair and mine." 'Miss
Etta atterson, of Au -Wm, and Mr. D.
McGi 1, of Westfield, will furnish Must°
durin the evening, also the • Calvin and
Knox church choirs. A silver collection
will b taken at the door.—Mr. Wm. Arm -
6th co . cession, west of Brussels, to Meet re.
Cardii & Beat, of Brussels, for the Euen of
$1,500 —Mr. Harry Gorman has seen -tied a
buildi g in Belgrave and moved hie engine
into it, and is prepared to do ohoppin for
the pu lio.—Missl Martin, of Sealed , is
visitin at the horn° of her cousin, °Urinal -
is ape ding a few days at the home of Miles
Proeto , 3rd line. ---Death has again co e to
our rip st and taken away one of cur old
reside ts, in the person of Mary Ann
Currie relict of the late James Mis im-
mins, Pf Sunshine. Deceased has " been
living with her daughter Mrs. Richard
MeCoMmins, of Blyth. She had been well
es usual and on Saturday morning she
rote and dressed herself, but was fertad a
few memento later by her grandaughter,
her spirit having taken its flight. She twas
loved y those who came in contact with
her for her bright, cheerful disposition, and
was a oneistent member of the *Met hedist
church for a great many years. The remains
were o tiveyed te the Sunshine cemetery on
Monde land were interred. beside thoee of
her lat buiband. who pre -deceased her 20
years. elle was 84 yeara of, age.—Master
Bertie oung, who has been suffering from
an atta It of inflammation of the bowels, is
now Ineovering.—Mr. James Davis pur-
poses e ecting a bank barn this season. He
has let he contract oh the stone work to
Clark hag let the contract for his new resi-
dence t Mr. Hill, of Blyth.—Tayfor Broth -
last we k.
1111 NM 111111111 MI • NI EM
wills, mo gages and deeds drawn up. Money loaned
at the lo est rates of interest. 1740-tf
Rome ber our cash sale contiinues until
blankets nd cutter rugs. These will_ be sold at
cost. Se our fleece lined underwear at 89e, print
These are only a few of the maps We have, don't
miss the . John Balfour.
ends at h if price, French flannels at, 89o, wo1r8tb36.820e.
GOOD HORSb4 —Mr. W. C. Sproet ona
usually nows how: keep them so as to
last, wh n in Seaforth, he teal a very snug
six-year old mars to Mr. David Docovan
one of 11 a team, for which he received the
EMU Of $190. He o recently f o'd a pair
of co'ti, 18 end 19 months ohl, to Mr.
George olwell for $210 and the Fir haEer
thinks h got a good bargsdn He 1118 got
a nice p tr of colts at ,any rate One of
these col 3 was from the mere purehesed by
Mr. Don )van. Mr. Sproat has also pur-
chased a very nice filly from Mr. Broidfoct,
of the M 11 RO3d,Tuckeramith, for which he
paid a pi etty long price, although when up
in cond,Von be a seller.
Nomes.—Owing to the anniversary ser-
vices bei g held at Hills Green on Sunday
there w 11 be no service in St. Andrew's
church. Mf. James Mustard hal the mis-
fortune t lose a valuable horse, one of a
matched teem, of which he was justly
proud. oohjaw was the cause .of death —
Mr. Joh McNevin has a number of 'teams
busy gett ng in his Supply of Iogs.—On Sen-
t -day, Rev Mr. Mellott- will preach a special
sermon t young men, on the subject, " An
old man's advice to a young man in a wick-
ed city." Mr. Mallet t always has some-
thingsgoo to say to hit people and on this
occasion ill have sometting of more than
dance ha a narrow esoepe from destruction
by fire on Saturday taste When Stet no-
ticed the re bad gained coneiderable head-
way and it was only by -the hardest kind Of
work on the part of the large crowd that
the house was saved from total destruction.
Fortunately there evie no wind at the time,
or the cons_equences might have been numb
more serioup. There ware howsirer, a good
supply of water and -a large nuneber of Will-
ing worke s, after two hours' hard work,
became th nutsters of the devouring ele-
ment, but not before considerable damage
was done. Mr. and Mee. Ivision are indeed
thankful t all those:who so willingly as -
slated the to save their home.—Mrs. H.
Rioker an Miss Clara Andereon were vieite
ing Mrs. lacer's daughter, Mies M. Rick-
er, in Clin on the past week-e—Mhts
friends • in this vieinitY 'during the past
week.—M . Robert Murray, of Tucker -
smith, wh
SEAFORTH'S LEADING SHOE' STORE.
T ird VVeek of our
CI aririg Sale of
of Winter Footwear.
Our
aaa
4udging from the . business activity permeating this store these days, one
Nirould imagine it were the begimaing of April, instend of the supposedly
lull month of February.
learing Sale of Winter Footwear is the great drawin card, and our
d ill next eek, and are for cash only :
OW PRI ES the magnet. The following prices are go a tor Saturday
Winne 's Felt Slippers, with ,,thick felt eriles, regular price 65; sale pri
Wome 's Felt Slippers, laced over ankle, regular price $1, sale ptice 70
Wome 's Felt Gaiter Boots, eizes 4 to 7, regular price $1,25, sale. price_
Boys' il Tanned Meceasins, waterproof, Edzes 1 to 5, regular price $1.1
Merda wl-Pbauicriled vershoes, sizes 7 to 11, regular price $2 15, 881e pri
Men's tub Proof Robbers, the $2.40 kind for $2, and the $2. 10 kind fo
Men's eau Socks, to wear with rubbers, the 75o line for 50c a pair.
ithatHa e a look at our Bargain Tables when yeu are in.
R.
W SON, Se
Sole agents for the-eelebraied Slater Shoes for Men, and the
modern Empress Shoes for women.
e 40e a pair.
a pain
the a pair.
5, sale price $1.00
farm, Will have an notion sale of his effects
on Th raday. Mr. urry has purchased a
home i Gorrie, whete he purposes moving
in a fe weeks.—We would remind all our
reader of the graud social in the school
room of St. And rewle church, this (Frida.y)
eveniI under the anspices of the Ladiee'
Aid. , he ladies of the congregation are
doing elverything in their power to make it
Keezlei who has latelly returned from China,
e slime a and their Efforts should be sub-
stantia ly rewarded.i—Rev. Murdoch Mc.
will gime an addrees fn St. Andrew's church
on Mo day evening next, and will give a
descrip len of the co dition of the people, of
China nd the great work being done there
throug missionary effort in Christianizing
'the people. Mr. McKenzie is an able and
earnest speaker and hie address will be ; of
the very greateet interest and should be
.heard lip a large aud ence. A silver calk -
tion wi I be taken at the meeting. ,
(Ed. Note.—Our regular correspondent
wee not the writer o nor was he in any way
ed in this c/epartmen hut week reepecting
the oongregational meeting in St. Atidreiv's
THOS FLETCHER, :DECEASED --On Thurs-
day ev ning of test Week, the spirit of Thin.
Fletche , one of our Most prominent and re-
spected business meth took its flight. De-
ceased has been fest fadliug in health for
some menthe, but on the day mentioned he
had been unusally bid' ht and aroued all day
until 5 p. m.,: whe he retired to reat.
Shortly afterhe was ttacked with a weak
ed a jewelry business, in Brussels for t e
sii
spell an gradually s nk until the end came
about 9 o'clock. Mr. Fletcher had condu tl:
which w,as under the ireotion of the Mayo
lc lodgel took place on Sunday afterna n
from the Methodist o unit, Rev. Mr. Case s
officiating. W. H. err also spoke a, few
pall-bea ere were Ales re. John' Leckie, F.
Strube. and A. C rrie. The bereaved
family h ve the symp thy of a large circle
NOTE .-- Grand Trunk Railway agent
Ham hal been moved from Bruseels to Luc -
tent as ell as shortee hours.—The funerl
,t,
now and his place her has been taken by .
Milhous n, of Milvert n. This ia a promo-
tion for r. Ham andvhe will have an aegis -
of John ansuld, a well known resident f
Ethel, seed through here on Monde .
Pneumo a was the :pewee of hie death.
home of her daughter, at Blyth. The r
Our residents were ve y much surprised tins
week to learn of ehe d ath of Mrs. Robeet
Burns, which took pla e on Monday at t e
tnains were brought to Brussels for iete
ment on Wednesday. 1 Mr. Burns died he
over a Year ago.—A other old and we I
known r sident of Bra eels died this wee
in the person of Mrs. Wm. Aldridge, wh
flor
passed aivay at the ho e of her brother, t
Plattsvil e, where she ad been residiog (o
the pest ew months. She was 74 years of
day arra, peg for a m etingeto be addressed
by Goodl Roads Commissioner Campbell,
which wffl be held on March 4th.—Alfre
Baeker Was in Winghapn on Tueaday an
-brought ome the fast pacing horse, " Lau
Cochrane) & Jot nston.d—The ice is being har
dry Boy, ' which he purchased from Messrs
tending the funeral of hos. Fletcher. It ie
vested thlis week, but i not of a very goo
quality. -÷Mr. and Mrs G. A. Powell were
here front Toronto dur ng the past week at,
—James i S. .Shaw errived home ' last
le years &ince they removed from Mussels.
Two rinkh of our ourlere went to Wing, -
Monday from Montana where he has
been sp nding the vise three inonths.--,,,
ham Tnee.day night aed played a game on
Wedaesday, in which they were defeated.
Had they won they wield have gone on te-
Kincardine to play off the finals in thie
district. ;
—A tri le tragedy is reported from Lour-
ier, Mani oba, on the auphin branch, re-
sulting in the death of three members of a '
Freud' family by. the nem° of Mousette.;
The mot er of the children went out toi
wash at a neighboee, and left the. little
ones aehbme to shift for themeelves. It
appeare th:attngKrisy,le Mine ameretprhtieisecIrw, ri eni "nu ss ; giur:b ent dtal Ihu or e.„,
fhtooaprbkittht.:01 tfaobiro,* ainAder the: min ;01 the, 40.7
the food ready ler di -
in question. The troub was that they
did not limit the quantity' of lye,they placed
upon the beans, and wl*n they partook -of
them death resulted ahorUy -after by pander,.
BrUceil
ti
"Motion", said Boni° on
!don' ee upon a time
"is t e life of all toings. Now, we do keep ,
things moving. We kehp Dry Goods -moving
under the impuhe of irre istible prices. It
is a ways lively hora. he New Spring
Goods are beginningto move oer way, mkt
Jackets White Wear, Suiting Clothse, ete.
way. Bargains in rnde wear, Furie630514oth
INIOTES.—Mr. J. Geay, he has been the
Grand irnek agent here for the past two
years, hait been relieved to Denfield, near -
London. Mr: David Ala r, who formerly
was student with Mh. Me fre, at Brueefield,
jamin ifiggins, of North taketin Imre hal*
thin week, visi:ieg friend end renewing ae-
quaintancee.—Wm. I Lam- re, of Hens
was.in town on Monday, ieposing of some
of Ins wares, Willihen is a. good Balmiest. ,
—Rev. Murdoch 11..eKen e, retuined mis-
dress in the Presbyterian church, en Wed-
nesday.—The Sacrament o the Lord'e Sup-
per will be dispensed in the Presbyterian
church, on Sabbath.j The terviees to -day
(Friday) will be conclooted by Dr. Stewart,
of Clinton, and on thie foil wing Monday by
for their home in Edinburgh, North Dakota.
Rev. Mr, Shaw, of i Bpi ndville. Week-
day services at 2 30 0. In. Mrs. John Jam-
ieson, with her little Son, left here Monday
employed •drawing ice frotri the Kippen dam
this week. It is ef -excellent quality.—Mr.
B. R. Higgins was i4 Exeter, on Saturday
last, attending the fitter& -of Mr. Ben. I.
of the delegation ef WerthWest farmers sent
im
Higgins, of that place.— r. Roberts Mo-
Cartney, sr,, has been a pointed by the
Government to go to the old country, as 'one
over to induce emigrants tp eettle in the
Northwest. He is a good Man fer the posi-
tion.—John Aikenheed, of London, visited,
at his home here last I weele—J-ohn Gibson,
who has been ill, ie reeovering.—Mes. Lux -
ford is visiting frieledh in telinton.—A:very
enjoyable party was .held ast week vat the'
home of James Aikenhead.—Seldon Rose le
at present very low, and no hopes are enter -
twined of hie recovery.—A number of our_
villagers attended a' par y, on Tuesday
evening, ab the home of Mee. Mecowan,
Sbanley.—Mr. McCartney baited friende in
Kent county last week.— re. - Simms and
family, of Myth, visited ab their Old home
here.
—Mr. Henry Kok], se., a respected
resident of Berlin for about 40 years, drop-
ped dead on the etreet Tho rsday morning,
from heart failure. .3Te waa about 70 years
—Whilerellovelling ,enoW rem the roof of _
his house on Wednesday, at8VaS Eithorn,
50 years of age, of Alexan ria Bay, near
Brockville, fell down.' Hi wife heard the
noise, and found her busban lying on the
roof and unable to Ppeac. Two doctors
were called, but the stricken man died be-
fore medical aid eouldl arrive, or before be
could be brought down from' the roof.
—Application will be made to the Ontaiio
Legislature for an Act, inoo orating a c:m-
Sebringville to Mitchell, and also from..
ri
pany to construct, equip, rld operate an
electric railway in and thro eli the city of
Stratford, along the Huron Road, through
Stratford along the centre l' e of the town-.
some other convenieutroute to the town of
St. Mere's, and threneli the townships of
Downie and West Zerea, to Embro Station,
village of Embro. :'
in that town. The tOwn h d beet in the
bh y:t hkT.eh fe a ti rnwr ne o°ff t()h ea klev ni Id.' ee r sitne 13p rIrveart e; $ Sb' art k '
habit of keeping their aceounte with the
earoyd
SEA -FORTH.
$15,400 Sock of Dry Coo
Cents' Furnishings
To be put on the mar
welr, all to go on sal
for years, hut all fresh
.in the fegidar way.
Our
Cut tirices -be put
stock movia quickly.
et. Nearly $2,000 worth of new goods arrived the past
. Never before in the history of Seaforth hay them beea
than this. No old goo& that have been m the store
new goods ; $10 will go as far at this sale as $20 would
ig Sale Starts TO -DAY.
on. every piece of goods in the house 0:tat vg[il make the,
HigheSt Prices Paid for Produce.,
E.A.
some months ago disposed of •
CALIII)NO ‘3LOCK,,
c.
OYD
ege
SEAFORTH
Alone
Wednee
stored, $
Manibe
vinee, to
in Franc
—Ann
of Peelic-6
- Was age
trigtott
ongh
utres
built last
operates i
RailwaV
the etart,
of the reel
report th
Oats Per
real rer
EzgiDer
Hay per *4
mace Peel
oleo MO
salt Irettil,
(now Seel
Timothy SI
'perk. Per 11
Tonond
ket cent
grades ill
steady, al
Creamery
tubi
17 to 33:o
The demi
prices aro
for twits„1
for oheese
grow weal
ever, thrift;
Now laid'
Enough su
bate& et'
in dull.
We quote
to ehoice,
to ample
trifle more
TononK
Ina rbrooj
times are
young turli
12 to 34e f
to 14e for
and CO to
TORmilel
en the trS
potatoes ,13
sheaf •etrai
bran in hut
eluded, TO
Little or nt
market it f
Steady at
for beavich
Toneentro
were put n
bought iffirc
Northwest
respective ,;
Border My
continue af
American
131 to VII,:
la quoted ei
A Iota ti
Zio per 703,
per pound
Sold at 67
Mere wore
-at from it t
active at
Amite, $.534
to Sa. The
lettvYl
45 to 45.1
top 'snubs.
S4.25 te$0
44,50 to 1
TOSONTkl
Are worth
export -ere, I
Choice bee
the best e
etteh, are
=odium 131
good bate