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Pries per yard—
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r -wool Fabric,
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Full range
rd -75c, $1, $1 25 ane
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rtment of them
Stripes_ and Can
V of plitia Cream
waists. Prices fr
yard.
.ms and we will help
we had such a stock
every purse. Ber
picking out for yon
as correct. Oome
ne.
oods Company
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d several of the deubls headset
brown off the track. ow
eight were terribly
k fire,- The loca
Britton, and a-
men from Stratford w
flames as beet they
t me freights snd
miracle no one wse 4
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Australia, has hftri
Ls* appeaied to the U
1 for protection, mina
denounees the Free Mamie
g the disturbanms, w '
him from holding wee
ing a four-yeer old
n over by a hmeey ex
rank Carlin, an um
probsbly fatally hi
he girl out of hareals w
ran over„ reasiving set
and fractured ribs.
ti aocidirnt °courted
ear Wiarton, on Sunday
leer, a you're, girl of 18 y
killed. She woe in the
tenbed to loose plem
essol, used aa a base w
crushing out the gfrY
nuue, a ferm head en
iheon's farm, on the 5tb coneter
rkhara townthip,acciden
he gager when d'
turday and the lei
d he was taken to
ere the bullet, was
"rayst 1413d:then
Soo" train, which left
k Saturdey niglite left t°
nearing Spanish Sta
made up of baggage
ng c firet-claes eye
e train was very qUieklY
a large amount of snow
aped serious bajury.
tied, eideet daughter
donald, commanda
• h.- wee inarrinil tie the
son aud heir of Baran
Von in We minter A
moon. Never b.efore
eDlemnized in the Abbill
end.there had been no winime
ce 1899. Ambassadors and
Among the dietinguished
mitred by Hon. R. W.
4 St theona eaya tbat pram
much anxiety in tIa
the safety of inhabit
anitoba from enowsto
red that the reports Lord
rred to were canards. Be
them, The, Geyer -Omelet
eed in Winnipeg and re
_lovely throughout Men Deb
itter received in St. Louhe, WAWA
-Beeiainin Viljoen, formerly ct
toy, announces thee fernier
al Kruger, of the Boer
dying me an exile at
and that Dr. Reitz, state
:rug., fa an exile in H
.suffcrer from nervoue pr
iltu Salo Krugerei mind is
be lives in oeclusion, term
with any one, The lose
seemto have shstter
.'y after nine &block
re broke out in the Gael
whieh left only the
relive'. The fire lead gal -
headway before being d
impoisible to save ie fro
tramline Ifow .it origin*
The mills were uW-
y Mr H. Murton, who
h. The tom on the be
f'rtraix ttunteand dollen
uat on the content',
eleven and twelve tholU
ie pertly covered by Me
theta.: prippeared at t
r Ifemes, in Detroit, OJI
end prcd aced a roll 0
it -6 $63.2. "This is
eaid, "and 1 4M h
if to the Grand True
t er than this, no
The Grand Trunk
etteet SUM ever turned 10
"conecience money.'
money WWI stolen by
o confessed to the p
give up the irpoilet
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WHOLE NUMBER,
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"A siylish bat the fiinishing touch UBNISH
of a gentlemrn's attire,"
THE CORRECT HAT
FOR SPRING,iimik NP I
Compare this hat with any of our competitors'
$2,50 and $3 grades and decide if you will pay the
difference to the other fellow. In all the latest
shapes, shades black, cedar, coffee and tan. Our
name and guarantee goes with every hat. We
want the hat trade of all fashionaWe men and this
low price is our bid for their patronage.
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IN sioFT All the new colors, and all the 11 novelties, Men's hats should
suit their faces as well as their heads. We have that kind.
$1.50 Popular Prices $1.90
OtOtiliolhosiViientlitMArinleeteetentie
4:„HIS SUIT,
No time like the spring. Like the Hies of the field HE must bloom,
and if he would bloom to best advantage a careful selection must be made of
his spring plumage. You cannot make a choice from a stock where the styles
of make up and goods are limited to a few lines. Come whore the variety is
practically unlimited. Come where you will receive the most corteous treat-
ment. Come where you'll find garments with the fine points of tityle and the
general ail around newne-ss which the soul of the progressive man hankers af-
ter every spring time. For the above reasons, come where you'll find val.
nes the equal of which are not found eleewhere in this district.Con3e
where you'll be welcome to look whether you buy or not. Come to thie
progreesive store.
POPULAR PRICES
$5500 $7.50 $10
We Have Your.
Spring Overcoat
Ready to hand 'over, any time you come
for it: And that time should be pretty
near at hand unless you prefer to worry
along with a winter overcoat into the
warm weather,
Our Spring Overcoats show an individe-
alily that raises them away above the aver-
age readymade coats. You can discern the
touches that you tonally associete with
custom work, And yet you'd expect to
pay more for such excellence than, these
prime wouldn't you?
SE1 $10
WERE TAILORS.
Along with our readyznade clothing business, wo have 'a department
which makes clothes to measure. It caters to the whim and will of the man
who wants Custom Made Clothing. No matter in how many styles, or in how
many shades of sizes rPadymade clothing is made, there will alwaye be men
who want clothing made foetheir own figure, according to their own ideas.
—Our tailor shop ie right under our eyes. We see it at work evet y day, and
insist on clothes being made to satisfy you. if we fail to do this,
We don't want your Money.
We may think the clothes fit, we may think they are perfect, but if YOU are
not satisfied, we don't mint yon to' -keep them.
rhe new Spring fabrics are beauttful. Come, see them while our assort-
ment is at ita beat; moderate prices for the best.
eittOkehedt. Ittkekfietitit*********
Greig & Stewart,
Johnson Bros.' Old Stand,
Canadian Pacific Railway.
Settlers' one way exoursione be Manitoba and Canadian Northwest will leave Tor-
onto every Tueeday during March and April. Passengers travelling without stock
ehould take the train leaving Toronto at 1.45. Passesigers travelling with live stock
should take the train leaving Toronto at 9 p. Colonist eleepers will be attached to
each train. Books and maps given OD application.
nwSpecial Excursion Rates to all Peao west pointeduring March and April.
Single fare, $43.05. For fall partioulars, apply to
GREIG & STEWART; Agents
C. P, R. Ticket and Telegraph, and Dominion Express,
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SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, MARCIE 11, 19040
MISIITER GROGAN
On Agriculture, etc.
Av 1 had me t")ife to live over agin
I'd be born a fahmer. Av a mare has
his farm paid for, an well, shtocked,
an a few tousaod dollars in th bank
an wan or twohnortgagee on gloms -
body ilse'e farm we'll say, what more
does he want I Av merge its pur-
ty hard wurk t toimes, but its sil-
doin nicissary te git up befoor four
o'clock in th M main an ye can go to
bed wid th bin .
Now there's all koinds iv farmers.
There's th far or who has businiss
in town about ix days. in th wake
an makes a spicialty is' thistles an
mustard. Thin there's the farmer
who comes to t wn about ivry other
day, but mixes is thistles an must-
ard more plintifully wid grain than
farmer number wan. This is called
mixed farmin. IAnd lastly there's th
farmer who oo es to town jist whin
he has to; th trmer who takes two
or three Agri ultural papers an a
daily; whir kapes .himself posh ted on
all th latest tones lv fertiloizers
an other perfui ery; who cultivates
his moind as well a.s his land, an at -
ands ,th Farmers' Institoot wance in
wboile av th roads isn't too bad
comsitherin.
An spakin iv Farmers' Institoots I
may mintion th fact that me an
Clancy attinded th last wan hild in
th town hall a wake or two axle
Claney is great(ly intheristed in far -
min, an I suppose that's whoy he
bangs round Ji my Dicks so much
on Sathurdays.
They tell me Ithat th crowd at th
afternoon servi es was not so large
as th quality iv ,th intertainmint
wud call for ut there was fully
noine farmers n hand at noight an
th remainder 011 th crowd was made
up of town f lks an their frinds.
Av coorse th w'the; was not as plis-
int as ye'll noti e in th good old In-
dian summer toime, but ye can't ix-
pict dacint ;hither a winther loike
this. - Clancy thinks it was th hoigh
proice of admission that kipt so man-
ny farmers a.ea.y but 1 know • bet-
aken There's ino durthy little fif-
teen cints goin, to froightin a farm-
er away from an intertainmint loike
that av he maos up his moind to
e
spind it all at wance. There must
be some otbe.rraison, an me own
proivate opinion is that th majority
iv th --farmers imagines that they
know about asi much about farmin
as th chaps tlilat runs th Institoot
an that sittles it. Well mebby they
do an mebby they don't.
I had prepared a paper on "Th
cultivation • anl managemint iv th
burdock" but Lb chairman tould me
that th program was alriddy filled
to suffocation., an he wtid be Loomed
though much aginst his will, to lave
it out; an whin I axed him av he
taught that th burdock oud, be sue-
cessfully crossed wid th common
rhubarb plant be partly imeulted me
by axin me what I'd bin drinkin. But
I tuk no no t ice iv that, fur I've
often bin axed th same quietion.
The hall wa tastefully diet/rated
wid a couple of loife seized aromas
iv two foine, nother1y lukin Shrop-
shire cows. " I wonther," says Clan-
av tlaa 's th braid iv cows
that gives th roice, blue milk we've
bin buyin late y V' Clancy do have
some quare oi eas sometimes.
I'm not goin Ito say much about th
programme. "was A wan an in-
therestin from shtart to finish.
Moind ye, its not only th lawyers an
praiehers tha can putt up a good
job iv talk whin niceesary, We have
some farmcrs! in this neighborhood
that ean admonish an audience wid
army iv thim. The musical part iv
th programme was well sustained
by Mies Beckett, of Detroit, an our
own Imperial Quartitt, Miss Beck-
ett wud give Jissy Idoloachlan a hard
push fur first place, an our own Im-
perial Quartitt gave us ---a eouple iv
duets in great ptoile. Take it all to -
together 'trims an 'intertainzeint
worthy iv a bigger audienoe an a
betther hall.
Ail now fur a dash at me (sorry-
spindints.
G. J., Egmondville, iuquoires av
1 know annyting that will cause his
hair to sprout more conspiciously
than it. does at prisint.
About foive, hundred an thurty-
two iv me corryspondints have axed
me tit same muistion an I'm goin .to
,make tbis, anower do fur th whole
lot widout extra change.
From me men ixparienee an that
iv me frinds, I am foorced to say
that I do not. Shortly afther I got
married me h ir began to pull out on
top, an I thri d ivry rimidy known
to man an th druggists but widout
avail. Early oiety, do ye say f Me
frind that jok came over wid Billy
th C-onqueror in 1066 an its hoigh
tonne it bad rise -
But a little baldness now an thin
is all might in its place. As Shakes-
peare says:— 11
"A little b_ iciness now an thin
Is notioed lon timmost iv min."
I'm- getting ailed to moine now, an
I dumio as I'd be widout it. Excipt
fur a small bump or two adjicint to
th organs iv Vineration an Benivol-
ince that I acquoired at th Fall Fair
in Bliinitb some years ago, me head is
noiroly rounded, an it gives nie a
sort iv patriarchal appairance _more-
over. I say ijs all roight, so it im
Its noice an c ol in th summer an in
an occasional ifamily re -union Mary
Ellen can't °lam th same hoult iv it
that she ou in days gone by.
There's a broight soide to ivryting,
av ye only luk at it in.th roight
way. j •
T. T., Melbdurne, Australia, wants
to know th miuse iv th prisint war.
Well, railly, I can't say for sure.
Some says wan' Ling, some another.
Finnerty says! th Japs got mad be -
case th RIISSWIS used foul language
towards thiree An Finnerty's posht-
ed. An ye can't bleu* th Taps whin
ye oome to tink iv it. Now, fur in-
shtance, av al man wur to call me
"a son iv a gin,"- I'd say, " Th same
to ye," or so feting 'pike that; but
av be wur to call me " a sonovitch
iv a gu.novitc " I'd retaliate wid-th
furst ting 1 0, d lay me hands on. A
man can't shtand ivryting, espici-
ally whin yer relations do be some -
'what shtrain d.
J. MeGe Ba field. Th admission to
th Lacrosee oys *eat an unexcell-
ed Minslitral Intertainmint to be,
held some toinee in April will be as
usual or as near that as possible so
far as I know at prisint.
GROGAN.
Rearing IChiekente on the Femme
(Written for The Expositor.)
There is every indication that there
will be a great consumption of poul-
try in Canada this year. The de-
mand for every class shows a strik-
ing incmase during the last few
years. Ter. F. C. Hare, chief of the
Dominion Poultry Division, does not
believe it possible for the farmers to
rear, for at least five years to come,
more utility -type chickens than oan
be sold with profit on the Canadian
Manket alone. Moreetvem commis-
sion merchants in Great Britain can
handea profitably at least $1,000,000
worth of our poultry yearly. Last
year the export of chiekens to Great
Britain was materially reduced on
account of the great demand in Can-
ada. The poultry exports from Can-
ada to Great Britain were only $160,-
518, a small proportion of the On
154,092 imported be the Mother Coun-
try. The greatest value of poultre
was imported from Russia, Belgium
France and the United States. Each
of these countries shipped over $1,-
000,000 worth. It is a short sighted
poliey on the part of our farmers to
neglect this industry, when there is
an unsatisfied demand for poultry;
information with regard to any
branch of the business can be bad
gratis, and the business is a profi-
table one.
It will pay almost every farmer to
improve his flock before the breed-
ing season begins. The old fowls
should be killed. There is greatly
increased profit in breeding from
utility type specimens rather than
trona ()ottoman harnyard stock. It is
prefe,rred to select the eggs for
hatching from a breeding pen of the
best ten or twelve bens and one
cockrel rather than from the larger
number of laying hens on the farm.
As a general rule, the eggs that are
incubated on tbe farm are 00 eggs
from the poorer layers. A utility -
type Plymouth Rook cookrel should
be bought and placed at the head .of
the breeding pen. A great !improve-
ment will be noticed in any flock of
farm fowls by croMing With the
Plymouth Rock,
The eggs for hatching should be
kept in a cool place, 40 to 60 degrees.
The chickens should not be hatobed
later than the middle of June. May
hatched chickens are preferable. It
is quite possible for every fernier to
increase the number of chiokens
reared with little extra labor.
Sitting hens should not be 'allowed
to hatch chickens in any place they
choose about the -farm buildings.
They should be in oe pen set apart
for thie purpose. The net hoxes
S.bould be made without a floor and
placed ermine the sides of the pen.
Two or three shovels of earth should
be thrown into each nest box and a
hollow place scooped out for the
eggs; the earth should be covered
sparingly with straw. A board is re-
quired in front of the nest to confine
the hen at will. This nest will give
outdoor conditions in an iedoor pen..
The sitting hen should be thproughly
dusted with sulphur to kill the ver-
min. All of them should be fed on
whole grain and grit, and watered
at one time. The hens should be
placed on the nests and closed in
when they finish feeding. It is ad-
visable to start several bens to-
gether. The infertile eggs can then
be tested out on the ninoth day and
one Or more of the hens reset.
There is a great low in ferro-rear-
ed chickens, oaused by the mother
hon having her liberty. The hen
wanders through the, wet grass; the
chickens follow her and beoorne °bil-
led and the weaker ones die. This
loss oan be prevented by oonfining
the hens in a brood coop. It is more
satisfactory to have a large brood
000p that will be a shelter during in-
clement weather. A packing box of
three or four feet, well dimension is
none too large. The cover of the
box can be used for the floor. The
box is reversed open end on the
ground, and an opening one foot
high is made across one side of the,
box against the open end. Two one
inch by two inch sleets are nailed
on the two ends of the box at the
ground; the cover or floor is re-
duced in size so that it will slide in
on these cleats. This allows the
floor to be removed for cleaning. The
box should be covered with tar pap -
or to make it water -tight and there
should be a 10x14 inch pane of glass
in the front. This glaze should slide
in cleats for ventilation. In front of
the one foot opening at the ground
there should be a orate 15 inches
high covered with laths, two implies
apart. The hen comes out into the
lath crate to be fed and watered:
the chickens run through the laths.
This form of coop will hou safely
one hen and thirty chickens. The
number of coops is thus red ced. The
hen and chickens should be placed in
a grase field. This will reduce the
mortality due to the chickens being
reared on infected ground [Mound the
farm buildings. A number of cases
have been reported to th0 poultry
.division of chickens and tuekeys dy-
ing because of feeding on grOund pre-
viously infested by diseased fowls,
W. A. Clemons,
Department of Agriculture,
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—Donald R. Calder, ex -Warden of
Oxford county died at his residence
in Ingersoll last week. He had been
in poor health for the past year or
more, but was only confined to his
bed about two weeks. M. Calder
was a native of East NissoUri. He
was prominently associated with
township and county affairs. After
farming for some aa years be moved
into Ingersoll six years ago, ite
served two terms in the lngereoll
town council. Ile leaves e widow,
two sons and one daughter. e
—Mr. E. J.hLoveltioe,'editor of the
St. CatharineJourna,1 and Liberal
nominee for t e House of Conirnons
for Lincoln, was the victim of a
painful and dangerous accident a few
days ago. His barn has been infested
by rats for some time, and he took
a 22 calibre breech -loading rifle to
take a few shots at the rodents. Un-
fortunately be slipped ou MO ice- cov _
1 IVI0LEAN BROS., Palo
1
a Year in Advsintes
Wall Papers.
PAINTING aL.
PAPER HANGING
At Lowest Prices.
Contracts Taken „olio
ALEX. WIA TER,
Picture (reeling a Specialty.
cited ground and.fell in some man --
n r discharging the weepon, the bul-
let of whicir lodged in the flesh of
his arm.
Huron Notes.
—Clinton is to have another but-
cher shop. This will make four in
the town.
—Clinton has three laundries. The
good people of that town should be
able to wear clean linen.
—Mr. R. Miller, of Somerhill, has
rented his fine farm on the Bast
line to Mr. W. J. MoBrien.
—Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lott, who
live near Brussels, celebrated the
60th anniversary of their wedding on
Sunday, February 28th.
—Mr. J. W. Irwin, of Clinton, has
purchased from Mr. A. 3. Holloway,
the house on Huron street, belong -
Lug to the Bower's estate.
—The trustees of the Summerhill
school, Goderich township, have giv-
en Mr. S. S. Cooper, of Clinton, the
contract for the erection o a new
school building.
- —Messrs. Win. Davidson. 4nd Geo.
Peck who have been span ng the
winter in Bayfield and vicieity, re-
turned to their horaes in Dnlkota on
Monday of last week.
—The tiontract for the erection of
the new echoed building at Vkirna has
been awarded to Mr. J. Paterson, of
liensall. Mr. Paterson is, a first-
class man and he will give the Varna
people a good job,
—Oslo afternoon recently a meet-
ing of farmers interested in) the cul-
tivation of the sugar beet Was held
in Brussels. Dr. Shuttleaeorth, of
Berlin, and Simpson Rennie, of To-
ronto, addressed the meeting.
—Mr. Henry MoClinchey, of Stan-
ley, delivered seven pigs, seven
months old, in Clinton, last week,
for which he received $100. Mr. W.
Armstrong,, of the same township,
got $130 !or twelve pigs about the
same age.
—St. Patrick's Day in. Goderich will
be celebrated by a sacred concert
and leeture in $t. Peter's churek in
the evening, Rev. Father Stanley,
of St. Peter's cathedral, London,
will deliver a lecture on Ireland's
patron saint.
—A wood bee was held at James
Sheddens, 4th line of Morris, one
afternoon lately when some 25 hands
attended, About 35 cords of stove -
Wood was cut. In the evening a
party was held. at which a royal
good time was spent by all.
—Miss ,Olive MacDermott, machine
Operator at Messrs. Jackson's fac-
tory, Clinton, unfortunately had a
finger pierced with a needle, which
is causing much pato. It may be
necessary to amputate at the first
joint, the hone having been grazed.
—Mr. Gray, manager of the Stan-
dard Bank, Brussels, bas received
notice of his appointment as mana-
ger of the Stouffville Branch of the
Bann. Ile will be succeeded in Brus-
sels by Mr. A. C. Macfarlane, mana-
ger of the Orono agency.
—Miss Addie Rathwell, daughter of
Mr. B. Rathwell, of Goderich town-
ship, left Clinton on Monday of last
week for Winnipeg, where on her ar-
rival she was married to Mr. John
Mackay, formerly of the 17th eon-
eession, Grey township. The, happy
oouple have taken up their abode in
Elgin, Manitoba.
—At the last meeting of the Hur-
on Presbytery Revds. Messrs. Mc-
Neii, of 31,3aAY.filleladm' iDltaovnideo, of LoofnVdaer4,-
05, and boro, together with the representa-
tive elders of Kippen, Auburn and
Brumfield were appointed as -com-
missioners to the next general as-
sembly to be held in St. John, N. B.,
Ln the month of June.
,
-Mr. D. Cantelon, the Clinton ap-
mle king, 'is shipping a lot of apples
ft° the old country by way of Port -
nand. He has to place a stove in
each car to keep the fruit from
[freezing and as the railway people
will not return any of the stoves
until the freight. blockade is rais-
ed, he expects to have quite a heavy
stock of stoves at the end of the
route if the supply here banes out,
—Mr. James Stevens, of Clinton,
met with an accident on Saturday
evening of last week, welch will con-
fine him to his room for several
weeks. He was bedding one of his
horses when the animal kicked him
on the leg just above the knee,
breaking the hone in two places.
Mr. Stevens was alone at the time
but managed to crawl the forty
yards or so to the house, Hi is pro-
eressing as favorably as could be
expected for a man of his years,
—Mr. Wm, Johnston, of East
Wawanosh, who recently sold his
farm to his brother, had a very
euccessful auction sale of his stock
and effects last week. The whole
sale realized him over $2,500. Five
ealves averaging from nine months
old, sold for $21 a piece, cows went
as high as $47, a pair of ewes real-
ized $18 and a pair of steers was
knocked down at $130, Mr. John-
sie
tionep,reswhenot.purposes engaging in the
cattle buying, will move to Blyth for
t
—A debate recently took place at
Goderich between two students of
the Goderich Collegiate Institute and
two from the Clinton Institute. God -
rich Institute was represented by
Messrs. Bowles and Matheson and
Clinton by Messrs. Charles Mustard
and Kirk Houston. The subject was
" Resolved that Canada should be
Independent," The affirmative was
championed by Clinton 'and the nega-
tive by Goderich, Tbe decision of
the judges was given in favor of the
latter, althongli the report says all
the judne,s "conceded that the palm
in oratory was won by Clinton's re-
presentatives. The leader of the af-
firmative, C. Mustard, received
wann words of commendation from
the judaea and Godprich students for
ins able speech." Mr. Mestard is a
Brucefield boy, being a son of Mr.
Alexander Mustard, of that village.
—There are twelve or thirteen
oases down for trial before Hon. Mr.
Justice Toetzel, at the High Court
sittings for this county at Goderioh
and which opened on Tuesday. The
Goderich Engine and Bicycle Co. fig-
ures in two of them, once as plaintiff
and once as defendant. There is an
action against the Grand Trunk Rail-
way Company, arising out of the ac-
cidental death near Holtnesville last
Summer, and in criminal business
there is the action against Thomas
Sherritt for assault.
—Christina, the tbird daughter of
John and Mary Shortreed, lot 19,
concession 9, Morris, died on Wed-
nesday
evening, March 2nd, eged 36
years and 8 months. She took ill
with pneumonia the Fricley night
previous and despite all that could
be (bane she passed away. It ir the
past twelve or thirteen years Miss
Shortreed was bothered with rheu-
matisrn which continued its incroaeh-
ments as the years went by. She
taught school successfully for a few
years prior to this and was a bright
intelligent laity whose demise will be
sincerely regretted.
•--The annual congregational meet-
ing o f the Willis Presbyterian
church, Clinton, wets -held on Wed-
nesday evening of last week, Mr.
Houston in the chair and Mr. Bry-
done enting as secretery. The at-
tendance was larger than for several
years, and the meeting was in every
way satisfactory. The reports show-
ed that an inoreased interest is be-
ing taken in all branches of the
church's work, and indicated pro-
gress in every way. The ordinary
revenues for the year 1903 were
greater by some $300 than those
for 1902, and. the year was finished
with a balance on the right side,
3. P. Tisdale was elected in pittee
of W. Coats on the board of trus-
tees, and M. MoEwen and A. Innis,
retiring trustees, were re-elected.
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Canada.
—The directors of the Sovereign
Bank have decided to erecti a ten -
story building on St. James'. street,
Montreal . 1
,
—The liquor-lieense holdere of On-
tario have submitted to the Gov-
ernment proposed amendments to
the liquor license law.
—At Belleville Assizes Rev. Mr.
Cragg, of St .01a, was asemesed *25
towards plaintiff's costs, Mr. Sar-
gent having sued him for libel for
oaricuekeinngs. the plaintiff of killing his
—Mr. H. J. Roble, of Calgary, Al-
berta, has written to the mayor of
Toronto offering for sale a pair of
mountain lions. Ile thinks they
would be a greet attraction at
Riverdale Park Zoo,
—A man named Wm. Carlon WAS
fined s45 and costs by the police ma-
gistrate of Brantford for firing sev-
eral shots from a revolver on the
public street about midnight.
—The late Mrs. Monza Wright of
Ottawa, leaves an estate valued at
$100,000. One bequest is of $30,000
to Archbishop Bond, of Montreal, in
trust for the English thumb mis-
sions an the Gatineau.
—Mr., C. H. Whittaker, of Termite,
has been appointed acting_ manager
of the Massey -Harris company at
Winnipeg, for the Northwest, in
place o Kr. 11. H. Agur who has r re-
- Ii Capron, of Ingersoll,
signed on account of ill health.—Mr J.
clan prObably lay claim to having the
earlies4 brood of chickens in Ontar-
io. He had several hatched on Mon-
day, February einli, and despite the
severe weather conditions, they are
thriving nicely.
—The standing �f the parties in
the Deroinion, Senate wben the va-
canciee at present existing are filled
will be 45 Liberals and 36 -Conserva-
tives, Making a Government major-
ity of nine. This does not include
the two senators which are to be
given to the Northwest,
Early Sunday morning fire de-
stroyed the barns of Cornelius Too -
boy, 7th and 8th conceeetons of Bid-
dulph, Nothing was saved, The
oontents comprised seventeen head of
cattle, five horses a number of pigs
and last season's grain and feed and
farm implements.
—Mrs. Hall, of Hamilton, was per-
ca—ti:s. Davidson,
of insuring against loss by tornadoes
hail, drouth, lightning, not resulting
damp, which was on the dining room
ery.
insurance companies. for the purpose
in fire, or any other atmospheric
Little hope is held out for her recov-
burning oil set her clothing on fire,
trodueed into the Legislature a biii
haps fatally burned last week by
table, falling and exploding. The
and her body was badly burned.
to enable farmers to form mutual
—The Attorney -General has wile of of the edi-
tor of the Calgary Albertan, died on
Friday afternoon after a short ill-
ness. She was the eldest daughter of
the late Res'. Dr, Robertson, Super-
intendent of the Presbyterian mis-
sions. Mrs. Robertson, her mother,
arrived from Toronto a few hours
before. her death.
—On the sixth of 'March Teronto
completed her threescore years and
ten as an incorporated city. On that
date in the year 1831 tohe city's ehar-
ter was granted, and on the 27th of
the same month the first inuninieul
eouncil was elected. From a scat-
tered town of 9,234 inhabitants it has
grown to a great and wealthy com-
=ity with nearly 250,000 popela-
tion and bolding front rank with the
cities of the continent.
—Another great trek of Mormons
from Ptah to Southern Alberta, i.:'
about , to take place. Between four
and nye hundred families. exeees-
ins 2,000 persons, will invade Alber-
ta, with their live stock, farm im-
plements, and household effects. The
most ef them will drive across 0011n --
try. The district in which they will
locate is known as Taber, a fertile
tract about twenty miles square, on
' the Crow's Nest Pass Railway. Pret
parations are. now under way to re-
ceive the new comers, who are due to
arrive about the rtaiitile of April. The
Taber district is said to be well fav-
ored with respect to moisture and
clitnatio Oondition* generally.
—Mr. H. J. Finkle, of Woodstock,
has been appointed postmaster at
Woodstock, Mr. Finkle is one of
the oldest barristers of that eiter-
-Dr. Wilson, of St. Thomas, ex -
for East Elgin, has been ap-
pointed to the Dominion Senate, fill-
ing the vacancy caused by the death
of the late Dr. Landerkin.
—Wm. Hill, aged _42, formerly of
Thedford, head cooper with the Lae
can Millin,g Convexly of Lucian, emu-
mitted suicide in his home by taking
a large dose of card:sat acid. At the
time the act was committed the vie -
dm and another young Mall were
preparing supper for themselves..
Mrs. Hill being away from home.
Domestic trouble is supposed to have
been the cause.
—About 11 o'olock Thursday night
of last week fire was disoovered in
the store of P. J. Kelly, merchant
tailor, of Stratford, -The stock is
probably a total loss frora fire and
water, and the building is badly
wreeked. The stock, valued at
$15000, is insured for $0,000 or
$7,000, and the building for $3,000.
Origin of the fire unknown, but sup-
posed to have started in. the tailor
shop.
—Despite the hundreds of thous-
ands of dollars expended in drainage
in the flat country of Essex, the ,
farms of. the entire peninsula are al-
most without .exception under water
and boats and rafts have been in UH'3
for several days. The big, Govern-
ment ditches are totally incapable of
carrying off the water and the farme
ers of Essex will be losers to the ex-
tent of many thousands of dollars by,
e serious setback given spring
Ltrm operations,
—Mr. Alexander R. MeClineghan,
postmaster of Woodstock, is dead.
Ile was 80 years of age and had only,
been ill three days. He was a mem-
ber of the first Canadian Wimbleton
Rifle team in 1871; established the
Woodstock Times about 1854, and re.
=slued editor and proprietor until
18734 when he was appointed post-
master of Woodstock, ile was a
prominent Mason and member of sev-
eral fraternal societiee and a lifee
long member of the churth of Eng-
plaon—sdt-Lesaesptehr. y,a storekeeper
vheinx inth6towndsahnii)
of Austruther, Peterboro eountY,
Was fined for selling liquor 'without
a license. The amount which he bad
to pay was $225, of where] $150 was
fine and. the remainder costs, the
large amount of the latter being ac-
counted for by the fact that six wit-
nesses had to travel sixty miles
to give evidence. One of the wit-
nesses walked the whole sixty miles
through the snow, taking five days
to make the journey.
—Fifty years )ago, according to the
Globe of thin/ time, the people of
Brantford were exerting themselves
to have their town lighted by gas.
What will it be fifty years hence?
—Lightning struck the Parliament
buildings in Toronto on Wednesday
night, following the C. P. R. wirer
haw the west end. Fire was discoe-
ered in the C. I'. It. °Him shortly
after and $500 damage was done bee
fore it was extinguished. The To-
ronto World says fortunately Mr.
Gamey was not, in the building at the
etirra,slet:i'y' night of lasi week, lightning
, h
—During the thunderstorm Wed -
struck a barn on Mr. Charlys Veil -
Verne' fame!, near Cobourg, levelled
the barn to the ground, smashing -
part of it into splinters. A horse
and cow which were in the barn
were knocked down by the falling
structure, which -did not take fire.
The animals were not hurt by the
lightning and both were recovered by
their owner the following morning,
who was not aware that any accident
had happened until be went out to
do his morning's work.
—The mayor of Thorold anti a
member of the Council disagreeing
upon eome matter at a _council meet-
ing, the mayor invited the council-
lor out to the back yard to settle the
dispute. The challenge was prompt-
ly ;tempted and both men left the
-council chamber, When the other
members of the board went to in-
vestigate they found their ehief and
colleague locked in olotte but not in
loving embrace. The lig'ranis
an
wore seperated before any ,,or,e was
shed.
—An azeident ocourred on the 0.
P. it. 100 miles west of Chapham sta-
tion on Friday last. The express
train coming east ran off the traek
and all the cars except the express
and baggage cars rolled over an em-
bankment thirty feet high. The eel-
onist ear took fire and was burned.
Alt hough 11 the cars were filled
with people only one man was killed
and six at liers injured. Several of
the passengers have since arrived in
Toronto. Thc name of the man aim
was killed Was McGowan, but tho,
ie -
port does not say a -hero he beionged.
—Senator Fulfordt, of Brockville,
the Pink Pills for Pale People"
man, who is now enjoying a Euro-
pean tour with hie family, has pur-
e -hinted in New 'York, a steel yaolit,
which in point of eeamenship, work -
mars 411 arid 1 11 X 13 on sn fgis ol f rn.
iSh WA% wil 1 eclipse anything on Can-
adian waters. It is said the cost will
exereel $60,000. This expensive and
luxurious pleasure palace will be
inemeht around to Brockville in the
miring, and 11 take the plae,e, of the
Dorot hy, yacht lately used by
Mr. FulIord and which has been for
t inme the envy of atimi r ers of
this sort of craft.
—The new boaid of Runway Com-
missioners is bring deluged with ail
sorts of e4)topLi.ints, these includine
shorteee of cars, delay in transpor-
tation of goods and many other grie-
iratief,S. oni• pp) lift3 beSeeetivm 1 to
railu ay fla T41 11, df -1 -
&dent cars for him by the 15th ef
March, that he In.iy send a big hp-
OmOfll hify to Ow Vniipd mates,
su-dlv very man who writei
the commission thinks that be alone
has a ,1;/ Va nee, and deeiree to have
it lttended to instanter. There fl TV
now.14ornp 50 applieations berme tilt
board; and these will have to be tak-
en up in their proper order.