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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1904-04-01, Page 4• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .• • • • • • • • • .• a. • • • • • APRIL, 1904 4.• W 11 18 25 • • 12 19 •• • slr • • • ••••••••••••• la 14 20 21 27 •• 28. 4••••;••••1•10 8 15 22 29 • • o•• 9 16 20 30 ••• • NEW ADVERTISEMENTS eir The ileitatabetween the parentheses atter eisoli tie, denotes tie pe of ii3l1 paves on which the vimillesininstwilibi, found Opeeinir-1L Moroni �o.-8 Cleilltea-ribein ineweili--1 D. M. MoBsisth-5 -McKinnon diCo.,--s Annamosionsta-4 Willis& eon -4 ose-esAlte ‘0902-4E§ beiteliesneyei Smiley -8 Coatraciese-A, attar Sele-4. W. Tweddle-5 Wanted -C. ff. A54rew4-8 tioad Time -Ladies' Aid, Klffilea-5 oireenteir-S-W. Baldwin and Co. -8 ow 111.1.-1. G. Metilehiel-5 otteekesper,Weisted---;.r. Stanley -8 , /01$11111-J.MeOcinnell-15 suisper-e-LOrives-8- Hastry-S. 4 ° G. etthelleid=a-liamilton and Kendlike-8 est. AttenViiit-4.1rifiTdwid-and Co. -8 1414114"2".707-- Mueli if they did any mole than Mr. Whitney and his friends would have done under similar circumstaheas• The deception practieed on the peo- ple of the Soo by publcally`assurin there that through the good officesg of the Government the suspended _ works would be immediately atarted and the attempt,toenake this assur- ance doubly sure -by living the fires in the furnaces lighte on the morn- ing of election day onlyto die• out on the day alter the election, was one of the worst featUres in connec- tion with the whol4 business, and - was a picayune trick entirely un- worthy of any person occupying the honorable position of !a Cabinet Min. ister. though • The Star's strieturee respecting the had an proceedings before the Public Ac- efore counts Coixtmittee are, in so far as b we can judge from the reports, en- The ti tirely uncalled for.: We do not ! in discu think it can betruthfullysaid thatan the Government or their supporters ; ates are, in any way, trying to "stifle en- 1113 Pri quiry and discussion."' ,On the con- estima'4 trary, it seems to us that the Oppos- building ition 'on the Public Accounts Com- ete„ree . mittee ' are being allowed tolerably wide latitude. But the difficulty inaces• there is, that the members of the i no appr Opposition are evidently more anxi- though °tie to procure snatches of evidence er . the -Irvin which they can manufaiturq a ta, capi,a1 agaillist the Government,than I Places nrg tem. .T e schools - were deminited by ele)is ,opial influence, The boy* wont t Ye or three miles to these schools cerrying their little wallet of cold tea and bread and butter every d Every Monday morning -we had t6 pay three pence for the week's in tructio.n. For years went down in the mine at 3 o'clock in the oening, and dug coal till 11 a.m. and then went to school in the aft Some years later 1 -attende 'night school and studied i magnet' M. and electricity." Pee Parliaments. 1 . The *Minion legislators, al- . the are to elicit the real facts. of 1 Grand (f(41/009V the case. And, on ,the other side, 1pj su •- ' EAFORTItlettlilkir April 1, 1904. Thei latiaeteekshave not yet succeed - in bottliniefip:the" Itussian fleet titer t.....Axthniaa-They, haveink tellt.Or...fiXo.....Yeelege .ine „the mo th f the harbor with that obeeot itt ew but the Russian vessels are still bin to ,get Out and in. The first land battle has taken place, but! it as, little more than a skirmish. he Russiali forces at -tacked a sitall illage in Corea and peppered it with hot and shell until the 'Japanese, who occupied the place were re-in- orced, when their defence was 'so ffective that they aused the Itus- -au troops to retreat. The loss on ither sidie was not heavy. The Jap - nese hae e thus won first honers n land aii well as, on water. Tak ng t all a.rohnd the Japanese have ad onsiderably the best of the sit a - tion thus fat, e Climax of the Soo' Scan al: 'It is impossible' to speak too trimgly in condemnation of be muse of the Ross Government w th reference to the Sole industries. he first proposal made last fall, top y ithe-arrearage of wages Of the wo - men, to prevent distress on the ve of a severe Winter, while witho t -precedent, was perhaps a defensi le OLIO, but only when kept within te e - limits which were dearly utidersto•d when- the sanction of the House w s given, that it eva.s. to prevent ri•t- ing and bloodshed, and to enable t e Workmen tie provide for the wa •Le of their families, and relieve wh t would otherwise mean severe suffe - ing to the families of the unemplo ed. But what was done? The salar- ies of highly paid officials, com- mencing withthe railway magna e, Cornelius J. Shields, who was dray.- ing $80,000 a year as president of t e concerns, down to the law.yers w o were connected with the suits gainst the company, were paid, a Fregating some $30,000, and the i yestigation now gciing on shows th t these big salaries were extended a d the list padded so as tce make t e ilaims as large as possible. It is ' either unfair nor extravagant o My that these "claims" were paid that the influence of the °Mei is might be turned in the Government's favor in the then impending hype election." , "Now it is proposed by the Go eminent that the Province shou d advance $2,000,000 to help the re- organized industries resume opera- tions. The plea is that this help is absolutely necessary to 5a ve the $40,- 000,000 alteady invested by the com- pany, and enable them to put the business on a safe footing; It is enough to say that a business which could be saved ' only by 'such assis- tance is not a guilt edge investment for the public capital. But the whole business is so suspicious that the Government are doing _their best to stifle enquiry and discussion in *e 1.`ublie Accoun is Commi t tee, and they are heartily seconded in this position by West Huron's representa- tive, who says the Opposition's re- quest is unfa.ir and merely "a f ing expedition." ' -The shame.ful business is an out- rege on the public which should be seemly r esen t ed by every oleo tor, and the Opposition in the Douse will d serve e.quai condemnation if thejy d not exert every effort to preve t t e -further carrying out of this g g raj° and reckless scandal."--Godc ✓ ch Star. We agree with a good deal tha t le Star says. But its criticism is e tirely too sweeping and. its stlriel- t res more severe than tbe facts ju-- t fy. Had the Government confine t emselves to simply paying ill wages of the,working people, conzt e hie, the reasons, their action, al- ough unusual, would have been full - 1 justified, and perhaps commendetl b the whole people. This, it seem s'las-tkeir first intention, and wha O il influenee it was that induce t ern to go further and pay- the hig salaried officials we do not knew.. A any rate in this they did -*rota,. Bp11 tt, it must be said in their.behal at.. at in the event of their securit b ing- ample for the money the Z aranteed, the Province will'not, in any event, be the loser, The a mount will have to be reimburse ot t of the resources of theaeempan of i;i whieh the f;overnment are said it 45tili JeleT, e(" te Q4 1 red, The 0.0 jim ,g OtwerftAirili 1 4-1-_'9, in brip.Zilte bl ietietelieef Pin 4.1 ti be P.140 tiq 1 &.0 me i We f tee e teeka eee awe ieeia e - 1,1A id ifii§ eiti6Ulli .0. (.4 11)' iNv //min otow fey flin eiiiiVe iefeleii esaWet fliV by the §feeto ffitt fide wee Abell, fekirtg advetotags Of eiteurteetetrce Oat came iii theft Way And if, they di not abuee the power they time o tained over the Soo employees t Wee them to vote for the, Govern - In nt . candidate,- and there has not be II any evidence predated so far t ell i that they- did this, their action ea not be considered especially sen- su able and certaiely doei not lay th m open to the very pixie soca- sa lona which the Star makes a.gainet thera. in this respect, we doubt very the GoVerninent supporters are just 1week a as watchful to prevent them "doing. ee s g p this and when evidirnce is brought the mid out that seems damaging to the Gov- 1joutned 'ernment they at once strive to get Tuesday further .evidence explanatory of and ' The that does generally justify the ac- tions , of- the Government which, without this evidence, would look u favorable. This bli done in all c , rts of law -'and thus far, at any r4to supporters on the C nimittee have hot done more than l this and es at times- to close down on the eliciting ",- of evidence which is clearly extraneous. .1a doing all this the Reform raembers'are not doing more than is just to themselves and those they represent on the Coma mittee. As . to the granting of the two 'million dollar guara.n 14uscitating the Soo of course, is a very ceedinie, but the eireu call for it are except enterprises if carried \the extent originally will bel ,of immense ea ue to the Pro- vince. On the other ide, if they are allowed to go down 4nd revert into decay, the loss to theI Province will ,be a very . Serious lone. -In view, therefore, of-. the im4iuise interests to the Province involved, WO would not like tb say 0 should.mot be taken. _ provided for M the bit the Government, andi the properties are not immensely overvalued, we do not see the ,Proviace can lose very much, while on the other hand they stand' to confer a vary great boon uponthe business iatereits tif the Province. Always supOeoeing ehe ,se - entities are as set forth, and the en- terprises pe ye even Moderately suc- cessful, th sibly lose - t posing the not prove s the Govern ty many ti the aro.ount only draw be that the take hold of take as s guarantee a it. .This is 1 ee to aid in re- nterprises,tha t, xcep Hone] pro- msta noes which ional. The Soo on to even Waif contemplated, t the venture If the security is secured by Province can not pos- ny thing and even sup- riterprisea at the Soo do ccessful, at the worst, eat will have a proper - es more valuable than they will be out. The ack in tlrt event will overnmeyt will have to the railwey which. they icurity for the loan or d coMple e and operate bout. the nly way lose can accrue io- the Province -through the transaction. Of couree the Soo wor in shape wi vention and curring the ve would all prefer that s could have been put hout Government inter- ithout t e Province in - risks an responsibilit- sume. But .if it.. does seem d •wisdom to , especially if ecure success. by the bill that the whicli is to be, payable rovincial better les she is a Iced. to a. this can no be done, the act of rudence a -lend a 'helping. ban that help is likely to We- notie proposed loa to guarante five percent. 'With the very much •should be seeurea, he Province is r interest at half yearly. guarantee a •ate than this . • A, Re n arkable Career. "From Coal Pit to onse of Com- mons," is 1 e title of an ieterest- ing article en-- the last Presbyterian by J. 'M. Miller. It is' a sort of historical sketch of the career of Mr. Ralph Smith, M. „ the labor represeetative - from , animo, Brit- ish Columbia, in the Dominion Par - liftmen,. It shows what .a man can do by pluck and pereeverance, com- bined,. of couree, - witb a good share of natural tibility. Mr. Smith is a native of Ne v. -Castle -ore -Tyne, Eng- land. At the ego of eleven years he entered the c al mines in- that place and worked t mining until he was seventeen Y(ars of age. Ile then commenced 1 study fer the Meth- odist ministr and s after four year I •, he graduated and although he nev- er took up t c work of, the ministry he still retai .ed his cdnnection with the Methodet body. Coal mining, engineering and other technical studies engeg d his attention for sev- eral years, until he was. given a good position 'n connection with the coal mining usinese. ' His -health failing him. le left Eriglaiid in 1892 and came to Pritish Colembia, locat- ia ing in he int ing regio in Nanimo. Here he wo ked in t e mines for four years evl en hisheylth was ful- ly restored. e was selected by the mining asso iation of that district for their se retary raid for some time eondue ed negotiations be- tween the o eratives nd the mine i owners ' so a - to ensuie the most amicable reht eons between the two, whereds before for years there had been. cant inuel strife nd . diffieul it y 41)4 fKiell is:, We, , 44 4Thipol,e, ty, In this 1 apacity ie showed his eseo cliYe ahi i(y -and A Pid popWare •IY 4.0404 4) 4)),e l'ee,g.iel4 twee of . 1,4ht goillit014, .1!$ )ti oviii imAx Wet 4 eleeied o dye ilon4nionr-,- ibi,Wilif , oleot i lite Pf, no* orvin Ai Ms, fmti1 h lie iws, vile ftraitie a ylvitlY46 -d *yielde 601 ',woof ftitionge the lalyetti 61,1S..W.§ Of < little Wits nee be karliatheist: He says a his ett Tier days : "My Own tperience is startling. I went downnto the Mine at elev- en years of a e. I worked feurteen hours a day for one shilling. - My father and ta ther had [one room Lo' live in, eat;i,, sleep M. The boys slept in the garret. We had no newspapers. he miner's home nee- er contained a musical, Instrument. We had no pi Mee edueational sys- 1 apparently busy, have not thing pa.rticularly exalting helm during the pask week. e has mostly been taken up in g and passing the estim- in considering -and advanc- ate bills. We notice in the appropriations for ptiblic in various towns, St. ei g one of the fortunate T ere is as yet, however,. p lotion for Seaforth, wi- lco claims are fully strang- are the claims of many la are being favored. The ruak Pacific bill has not yet tted. It is expected next - d it is announced the 1ud- qh be delivered about le of April. Par1iament'ad- 4n Wednesday - until next for the ---Easter holidays. Oterio Legislature has had Thisloceor ed Monday night,when the lux of an all night session. the Housr, sat continuously from four o'croqk Monday afternoon until t, half past eightTues-day morning. Dr. Beattie Nesbitt arid the Govern- ment's small majority were again the cause of 'the trouble. When the House met on Monday, the doctor moved a resolution to the effect that on all railways hereafter aided by the Government the passenger rate shall:not exceed two cents per I mile. The motion was resisted by the Crevernment and the fight\he- . gan. Oveing to some members Wav- ing gone tionse ,on the previous Frie day night' and not having returned in time for the Monday session, lhe Opposition had. a majority of mem- bers in the Legislature, and hence Mr. Nesbitt and the Opposition press- ed for a vote. The only way the Government hdd of staving off a defeat Wa.5 to talk against time un- til their eruant supporters turned up. This theydid and the missingmemberi got to the House Tuesday morning* when the division was tak- en and the motion wasvoted down by the traditional majority of three. The absent .members were Mr. Clark, of Northumberland; Mr. Guibord,of Russell, and Mr. Stock, of South Perth. Mr. • Pettypiece's bill 'fol. the taxation of railways- was to have come up on Monday, but on ac- count of :the trouble alluded to, it oft. The temperance bill ill guaranteeing a loan to ompany, have not yet been dealt with, the former not yet hay fog been introduced,- Tbe house ad- journed for the Easte.r • holidays, from Thursday until Tuesday. The County Cou,ncil 13111 was being con- sidered when the Houk adjourned. It will likely be carried apd the County Councils will be given another year as they new exist and then will only be changed by .a vote of a majority of the pe pie in each municipality in- stead o a vote of the municipal councils 5 the bill of last session pro - Tided. was stay and the the Soo Huron Notes. --Miss !Anna MacDonald, of Gode- rich, haS recently graduated with high honors from Grace hospital, De- troit. She has been offered a posi- tiloi_ine;.paiaossl lsupervisor in a Philadel- ptaLblinton young laellOo while taking a walk up the railway track through Forrester's farm on Sunday fa, last week, had a narrow escape lfrora being run over, by a. train which came down the line un- expectedly. They were passing through the big tut and, as turning. :out pieces are not numerous, they 'had to scamper, as they probably never did before, to reach a place of Safety. 1 1 -On 4he evening of Tuesday, 22nd of Mar h, an interesting ceremony took p ee at the residence of Mr. Joseph 1 Colwell, of Goderich town- ship, whexi his - youngest daugliter, Letty, Was united in marriage to De Cameron Galbraith, son a Mr. John (talbraith, Stanley township, in the I presence of the immediate friends 1 of the contracting parties. Rev. J. Hamilton, , B. A., Goderich, was the, officiating cl ergy in an. -The rate payers of Winghara will vote on a by-law on Tuesday next, autlioriing the town council to raise by way of loan the sum of $10,000 to be re -loaned to Messrs. Walker and Clegg to assist them in extending their furniture upialstering estab- lishment. It is also proposed -to ex- empt the .establishment from taxes for a t 'rm. of years. Wingliam owes t most o its prosperity to manufac- tories t d it has never been niggard- ly in the *ay of giving substantial pecuniary eneouragement. -W. B. ,Wilkinson, of Morris, dis- posed o his 100 acres, south half of lot 12, eneession 5, to Alex. Nichol, 6th line for the sum of $4,000. Alex. McNeil and family, tvh4 are return- ing from Fort William, will take possession. Mrs. McNeil is a daugh- ter of Mr. Nichol's. It is said that Mr. Wilkinsoe will remove to a 150 acre fa m near Ripley-, for which lie paid $80O0.; Mr. Wilkinson is an old resident of Morris 'and the removal of hims lf and family will be great- ly regretted by . a large circle of friends. , -On Monday night of last week, Edwina Maskell, of Colborne, 14e,1 with an accident at the. Colborne 10- 1 el, Go( erigh, which terminated fat ally, askell bad lain down tin the eitt ine reene i °unite 4)3)4614's/ bi'?-t 41 fiRr ,J) inz JAft elene get np en4 Yleiieed Mg AO Mk bakony, We frit ,() 4 tbe royefilieltitt qi0f P ,0 ronner iJigtibt e fel attei ineltIitemi aid §t.ethre,4, Mt*, 110, iii,g on Fge .fiiete Anil Mii,i e.61fie4 n§ lie. eviv of ifilleeThai in= ,ititelPe: fla' '*tie§---feki411 hefty fie9 hoe Maeleeli fete a -kW tiTart elAt 6,141d= few, the yottegeet hbout tout of op. -V -The. il Ingham Advaote of last *eek saye: OrrSatueday last mee of our respected citizens, Mr. gamtiel Youhill, had a very closo call for his life. He was looking atea load of wood, whieh was standing opposite the National hotel, with, a view of, buying it, turning around to pass the rear of the sleigh to go to the side- walk he was confronted with a heavy farmers' team going at Via rate of HURON EX rOSITOjt filly Wild nines an hour, and with- in eight feOt of Mr. Youbille There ; was not time to get out of the dm- 1 ger so he yelled to the driver to ! stop and at the same time etrek the ' off `horse on the nose, at the same I instant the tongue of the eleigh pas- I sed under, Mr. Youhill's le t arm I i which he tightly gripped and the pulling up of the team hoist , d him up in the air and carried him sev- eral feet, It is almost a miracle that Mr. Youhill received no injury, and be has_ no desire for aeother such experience. --Hilary Horton, blacks ith at Dunlop, was returning with i is wife one morning recently from a soci- - al gathering in Goderich1 easing through Saltford his horse an in- to a pitch hole and upset himself and his wife. The cutter rig ited it- self and. the horse started to run' away. Mr, Horton held on to the lines and was dragged SUMO istance before the animel OaMO to stand- still. When Mrs. Horton reached him he was in a stunned c edition, - but he recovered sufficie ily to drive home. Arriving at t e gate he found he was unable to et out cif the cutter and Mrs. Hor on had th rouse a neighbor to ass at her. Some Leeburn friends, who vere re - tinning from Goderich, also assist- ed, and one of them went to town Or a doctor. The doctor found that he had broken his leg in twoplaces. ses °hanged hared% but, on aecount of the badestate orthe roads there were not as many people In, town as there otherwise woul4 have been. -The De- troit Sunday ree Press, of March 20th, °wahine& 1 a beautiful photo of Mr. James. Par ot's twin daughters. Mr. Parrot is old Blyth boy, but 1 has been in Detroit for a } number of, yea s.-7Manager Hol;nes, !of the Wroxet r, Gerrie and Ford- ' wich branches, risited friends in the town on Satur y. -Mr. John Hamil- ton arrived hoiie the first time for a number 'Of w eks, being -unable to make oonnectio s on account of the snow blockade, Mr. J. Nive.ns, who bad his house up for sale at the Com- mercial hotel li.st Saturday, 'did not succeed in effe tine a sale. 1 -The death of a former well, inewn and highly respected old.lad , took place at Fairfield, Steplean town- ie). on Fridaet last ia the person ; Mrs. Jane Parsons, widow of the te Wm. Parsons, at the age of 80 303ars, five months and fifteen days, She had been in failing heal ii isince 15st September from 1he5ef vets of a grain of corn whichha4 passed t rough her wind pipe and • become I d;ged in, one of her lungs, causing ai, irritation which shortly develop- cserious consequencesand gradu- a ly sinking, elle passed te Ilia great beyond. Born at Cornwall, Eland, in the year 1823, she came to Calia.da in the year 1.841, and settled in Dar- lington. From there she removed to the neighborhood of Exeter,about 23 years ago with her husbend who pre- deceased her about twelve years. For the past eew years she: ha S resided with her daughter, Mrs. lIaggith, at . airfield. . • -On Tuesday night Of ' 111S ti-- week, 1 re broke out in Mr. Hall's general $ ore, Dashwood, occupied by Mr. -J. mew, and before assistance arriv- e thd fire had gained ,such headway t at nothing could be 'done- in the may of saving the bundling and in a c mparatively short time theprern- es, together with nearly all the � ntents were, reduced im ashes. A large number of hogs, belonging to Mr. H. Willert, were stored in the building at the time but by the hero- ic efforts of those in attendance, all eeere saved. The office, and contents, 'of Dr. Routledge, an adacent build- jr i 5, were else, consumed. The bucket beigade dtd excellent service in con- fining the blaze to the one building, blit _ the heat did considerahle dam- age in the way of breaking the glass of the windows iii -Mr. Mosser's hotel on . the opposite side of , the street. The fire seems to have originated in the coal oil house at the reOr of the -store but from an unknowri source. The loss is heavy, but is pretty well cOvered by insurance. • -,41* Blyth. Good Stock. -The Mitchell Record-. ee of last week says: On Saturday morning last Mr. Albert Jacobs, of Blyth, arrived at the station with three Shorthorn cattle, which he had purchased at a sale held a month ago at Mazkdale on the Owen Sound branch of the C. P. R. For three weeks there was not a train through oethat line, and Mr. Jacobs with his three cattle were stalled there all that time. On Friday a relief train get through, and he got oue, and got as fee as Mitchell and get -Stalled a- gain, Mr. Jacobs went' on at: noon ar d left his cattle here in care of Mr. John Ingrain, at the expense of e G. T. R. till they could be sent; orl. For the bull he paid the fancy' perm of $930, and sold hitti again- to a man in South America. for $1,000, tot be shipped in June, after he had uSeil him all that time. The animal 'tvas a year and ten inonthi Old, and, Mr. Jacobs has already ma le $50 out ef, his services. Briefs, -The Chinese soc al in the Methodist church basemen, last Fri- day evening was not as well at- tended as it would have been but for • the unfavorable weather, but for all there was a good crowd, who en- joyed themselves. The basement was very nicely decorated ese lanterns and bunting. ors were all dressed to -the Chinese, and most of ing had a quantity of The programme rendered was very good considering that a pumber of those who were to to take lpart were unable to come. -Mr. arid Mrs..A. Carter had a very large crowd 'at their china wedding -on Monday ev- ening, and., the pieces of china they received :were certainly very fine. All those who attended had a most enjoyable, time, dancing being the principle amusement. Stewart, of Belgravc, an ter MeArter, of town, fur music in, their usual s guests departed in the si wishing that their host a may live to enjoy tliei weddinge-Miss Jean H Brussels, visited her b numerous friends from Sa til Monday of this week. -Quite number from here went o t to Au- burn on Sunday to hear Rev. Mr. Young, of Clifford preae the fare- gsby terian ning Rev. esbyterian tried them with their entertainment -.---There was quite a flood in our creek last week ceased by the heavy rains and I ufor i1 the snow melting but i cf ,:i:dtai111): would have been more erios • • vi th Chin- n ewe' 1- represen the cook - lee in it. he Misses Mr. Bax- ished the yle. The all hours, id hostess diamond bkirk, of - other and urday un- well sermon in the. old P church. On. Monday ev D. McLean and the I? choir drove out and he t lie country if the fros come,. As ie was, the gris kp bnt. flown .0,r4 8ateraise, the wa1r jnt RrinzM jib I be fly ebeed.-The OP'444 'PPM*. ;irg rnshing Jjr140i4k-0i)46 ftwjahl' on obi* thitt Whin§ §OHYPO, is,10; Alhl4 MAIO i -=.W PP? vr §ft f t,•117;0I#4,Vt:W611. el the: RoOk lf itellifif p4 AP €/I &J!14 1ac Mf a (40100 °r isi weekse Tle hag fefhietthatioti of tIv.:,—(nres.-Mr. Wm. Drummond, a Sarnia, visited hie parents And Merles from Satueday till Monday. -Mr, T. W. Scott, of the Bank of; Ilamilton here, received word this iveek that his brother, A. Scott, wa41 deadAnd was to he butied at their -some near Londori on Tuesday, so Mie Scott left for there Tuesday neorniog.* Mr. P. Douglass was left in charge. -Tues- day of this week was our fair day, and there were a number of her- o , • 4 • mill had B ssels, < s Briefs. -Lase aturday leornieg be- tween six ani seven o'clock some person or pereans, with no small a- mount of nerve, entered Mrs. James Wilson's house While she and her daughter were, at the barn milkiag, the younger member of the family being in bed, SOM:e small change out of a poeket book was all that ,was missing, while the chairs were plied up against the doors and other ar- ticles of furniture scattered about the room. Who the intruder was re- mains yet to he found out. -W. H. Kerr was in Toronto on Monday of this week arraeging for the tinmeal, farmers' excureion to Guelph. -Mail now arrives in ;Brussels off the night train. It is expected that in the near future this mail will be dis- tributed and the post office opened for delivery at night, otherwise it is of no beaefit to the public. -Mrs. James Shaw hes been under -the doc- tor's care duriege the.past week from a bad. attack of rheumatism. -There was no service in St. John's church last Sabbath, owing to the very poor health of the pester, Rev., Mr. Webb. He is taking a holiday which we hope may prove beneficial. -R. 3'. McCracken is home from Walkerton on enforced holidays, having an at- tack of inflaramatory rheumatism -- Inspector Robb has disposed of his comfortable residence on Turnberry street to James Elliott, of Grey, the price being $2,000. IC is said Mr. Robb will build on his lot on the op- posite eide` of the street this spring. Gorrie. . Briefs. -We have lived unto our settles much more Ilan usual this whiter on account of the severity of the weather. The trains Were block- ed. from the 29th. of February until the 240 of Match. Occisionally mail was driven in, as many as six to ten bags of it at a time. For weeks O. large force of men was engaged on tbe track, the wages being $1.35 a day. -Mr. Austip Doan is spending a holiday under the parental roof in town, He has been braking on the C. P. R. -Miss L. Wilson has return- ed. front her vieit to friends in the east. She resumes management of the millinery 1 department in the Glasgow Housee-The thaw of last week took away about two feet of snow and greatly reduced the bounds of the Maitland. -The wood piles are - smaller than lomat here and fewer_ in number. The high price, $2.75 a cord, is no doubt responsible -for the ehange.-Gorrie auyers shippedhogs on Monday and Tuesday of this week. -Freight is reaehing our village in large quan t i Li just now. -Mr. 3'. Leech is on the sick list. -Mr. Ed- ward, James, w o fell and broke a bone in his leg, is doing as well as could be expeeted.-Mr. Hislop, of Toronto, was the guest of )Mrs, Geo; Horton over. Senday.-M *l Maggie James started 'for Nelson, British Columbia, last week, to visit her sister, Mrs. Morrison. -Mi. T. D. Ed- gar represented' Council No. 409 at I he meeting of the Grand Council of the Chosen Friends, in Toronto, last week. -Coal is being brought from. Wroxeter o our village again. Our 'neighbor supplies us with light and partly, at i least, with heat. - Our new assessor, Mr. Lennard was . e . , in town last w4ek. e • 01111.11111111111111111111111111111110111111T. Chidelhurst For Monitobas-Mr. Thos.- Smale, who lives a short ;distance east of this place, accompanied by his eld- est daughter, lleft on Friday last for Albright, Manitoba-, where they intend 'to spend the summer. t Mr. Smale has two sons farming in that district. Last slimmer he went out there to visit them, and was so much pleased with -the country that he took up a homestead and be goes out again this season to fulfil his homestead conditions end will like- ly spend the summer there. Be has no intention, however, of becoming a permanent resident of the! west as he has too good a farm inillibbert and is too comfortably ;situated here to think of moving:. But he has several sons and be thinks he can give them n better start there with less money than he can do here and no doubt he is right as that is, pre-eminently, a sr.,oung man's coun- try, but older men who have born the burden and heat of the day in Ontario, as Mr. Smale has done, and are comfortably situated here, would be foolish to make the west their r els i deuce. Notes. -Mr. Miles McKinnon, who has been spending the winter with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Mc - Kinn -on, left for his home in Nevada on Tuesday last. -Mr. Wm.. Kinsman had the misfortune to lose a fine steer • one (fray last week.-Sfer.n win- ter is relaxing his grasp and neueh welcomed spring, we, hope, will soon be here. -Mrs. Daniel 13rintnell, who has beeri seriously ill, is slowly re- coveringe-A very pleasant evening was sperit at the home of Mr. Thos. Smale, on Tuesda'se„ prior to their de- parture for Manitoba -Mr. Arthur Rennie, of Slabtown, has engaged with Mr. john Robertsox for the summer -Mr. Aron Child , of De- troit, a one tinle resident of ails place, has been pending, a ipleasaint visi t with friend and relatives bete. -Mr, Edward Rycleman, who )as been engaged .3 firemen on ttie ftjx)r1;71n.)-re.:4nixoltii/-11 : i the' home: of ge gharks bkrimrt. owe efOn'offe* rwt" WhiPhil0 ffifiteiRjr, ojoi for flat po 11Mo fred eyo y#N-r§ ir.v4 re4led irf§. Atm tk'i ti` db6f(114 to Mire frigl ftilcp: A well eoteed reef, Mt Sitrafrif has Tr it liety sliCteSitift4 termer awl is knewn iffy thogo parts. An antlio sele of, his etosO irri-plements va5 held on TueSitiy oI' 1.iqt ueek. The v wnS n 11 it le Unpleasant -owing to rain hal' the sa- 1 endanae was „Yowl, bidding brisk and excellent prices re ilized for mast ar- ticles, cows ranging from $50 to $75 and horses from $75 to "PC The anctioneer's hamfrer was wielded by Mr. James jones, of Mitehell, who is an expert in his.line. Mr. Sinclair 1 - APRIL L 1904 L. SEAFORTH S LEADING SHOE STOE. pring Announcement. ++4144,44444.1,4+444.1+++14.44 We take pleasure in 'announcing to the people of Seafortl and rounding country the fact that our new Spring and Swnr4er a Fine Shoes is now r,Omplete. For the past six weeks we bave busy marking off and putting into stock new shoes for prine, and now we are ready for you—ready with the hest selected stocc of Men, Women's and Children's Fine Shoes that has ever filled ah4 shelves of this up-to-date store. The products of the best American and Oan- geliati fame factories are bere—handsome, comfortable and darab1e foot, wear in all the Jatest styles and shapes, and at prices witl4n reach of every one. A few weeks ago, in our shoe talk, we told yoi something e,bctut the styles to he worn this season. This week our re arks will be confined to the different lines of Fine Shoes we handle. ur- k of in Ladie' s' Fine Sh,oes We are sole agents in Seaforth foe the famous ueen Quality° nhoe. The largest factory in the world devoted to the exoltitive manufacture of women's shove le that of the "Queen Quality." le is the most generally worn women's shoe in America ell the year retied, and the rearman-aTeliinEYosairiladi:-/ITE: OWTelleslitoltS hits! df iLe-athlel smoetyleet, 13m07,15erenpawif ;mores t hoe EMPRESS," Like the Queen Quality, the Empress is made bathe largest factory in Canada making excluAvely-ladies' shoes. All sityles, batten and lace—VIA 12 50 and 13;00 a pair. In lower prioed shoes for women, we *how a gzeat, range at . $1 25, $1.50, $1.75 and 1200 is pair. In Men's Fine Shoes - We pin our faith to the only and original "Slater Shoe," of which we have le 00126I0i for Seafortb, If you Want to experience what shoe e.orniert really meat", - try the "Slater," --all styles and leathers, $3.50 and $5.00 a pair, We alto recommend "The Peerless Shoe," a Goodyear welted shoe in box eau and dongola, at 113.00 a pair. Then we *how a large assortment of lower priced shoes for men at $1.50 to $2.50 s pair. For $2 50 we -can sell you a etrietly ep to - date shoe, and a good wearing 'shoe as well. In the matter of whereto buy or what io buy in khoes, don't take any ebeneee. Come hens where you are certain tliget eatiefaction. 7 Come where hundreds of °there trade, and wouldn't go elsewhere, because yeu gen siviays find here the largest and beet aseortreent. R. WILLIS & SON3 Seaforth Sole agents for the Sister Shoe for men, and the "Qeeen Quante,'" shoe tor wornen. has purchased the residence in Hen - sail, east of the London road, for- merly owned by Mr. Thomas Dayman and has already moved into it. Mr. and Mrs. Sinclair will be -missed from this vicinity but the people of Hen- sall will find them good eitizeris. We hope they may be spared many years to enjoy the fruits of their labors. Mr. Robert Bravaner, who succeeds Mr, Sinclair on tbe feral is from the vicinity of Whitby. We welcome, him to our neiehborhood and wish him every 511006SS. koullarton. Notes. --Mr. and Mrs. M. Campbell entertained about fifty of their friends to a card and dancing par- ty on Tuesday evening of last week. -Miss Ida Weeks visited friends in -Downie last week. -Mr. Ney,; of Carlingford, Sundayed with friends here. --11/1r. F. Vivian, Mitehell, Was the guest of Wallace )3rosvn oyer Sunday. -Mr. and Mrs. Harry Witg- horn, who purposes moving to Celle- donia in a couple of weeks, bey° soid their house and lot bore to R. Kellington for thenicelittle sum of $500. We greatly regrit losing Mr. and Mrs. Waghorn from our midst, but what is our loss will be Caledonia's gain. -„,1 emecert will be held this Friday evening in the town hal, in aid of the Mission Band of the Baptist church. 111•1100110111111101M1111 Exeter. 1 A Good Bull Sold. -Mr. Thomas Russell has sold to Messrs:. Thomas Shapton & Son, of Stephen, near Ex- eter, a very smierior ' fourteen months old Shorthorn bull. This fine young animal was sired by imported Scotehrnan, now stock bull at the Agricultural Farm at Guelph. His dam is Mayflower, by the imported Hampton Prince. Ile is 0110 of Ole best animals that has been sold in this neighborhood for some time and the Messrs. Shapton are to be cOn- gratulated on getting so valuable On addition to their already fine. herd'of 1 Shorthorns. Ile should. not o ly impreere their own herd bet sho lei be a great benefit to Um neigh') r - hood and we trust their enterprise in securing so good an animal will be appreciated and rewarded. Death of Mr. Welsh. -An old and highly respected resident of Exeter, in the person of Mr. William WeiSh, passed from life on Saturday, Mareh 19th, after a linge,ring and tedio illness. Mr. Welsh had reached t e good age of eighty years and three months. He was a native of Devo shire, England, and came Lo Cana in 1851, the year be, was married. They first settled lii London, remain- ing there six years, when they came to Exeter and where they have since resided. Mr. Welsh was a builder and contractor and carried' .on Mitt business very successfully for a gock many years. About eighteen years ago he was afflicted with creeping paralysis and WaS thereby renderr unable to attend to the native d ties or life. During all these yea's he had been an invalid, bccomire more enfeebled as the years wore 4n and during the past few years was confined to the house but bore all his illness with patience and submissiee. His end was peaceful, death comieg over him as a gentle sleep. Ile eves a Member of the Methodist churc His family all of whom are .comfor ably settled in life are, W, :f. Weis of Kansas City; R. J. and j. B. if Kalamozoo; Mrs. W, G. Bissett, Exeter; Mrs. J. Floyd, of Sertforil Mrs. Inkseter, of Paris; Mrs. (1) T. Holloway, Wing -hem, end Mr (Dr.) McDowelL of Listowel, meat f whom were present at the funeral en the Tuesday following his death. Notes. -The' iron 'bridge on the 2 d concession of Usborite was SWei t away by the flood on Friday last. The iron structure was carried a distance of four rods from HS rest- ing place, while the platform was carried forty rods :down stream, - The river presented a ivery pictur- esque appearance Ole inerinning ef this week, the ice, being piled up 0. iurzE heaps,, while the Waters ragM. 4ewn ie. torrente among them. -4J PM .y,r4w in tb4 040' Y .of P;x.P41 .§ lookinz YMI), b7y1og pmiLi 71J10010 ft* Agerero -Rie4ef in kice* livi; eonlbtion, too if i4 iii» top iotifr of - 441ig4t. :0/0 ,..kir iv,. . owe f Helde afe iii eety frail roe/Mimi te ttevelliftg at irteeoef; there fit.in sattiO bate spots while othete OVI•tal PO wider the snow ---Mr.: Stewart, of iTstiorrio, who Iris tett- sPriously 111 for wan.r. 1 ;Me, 1-4 nfiqr recovering. -Mr. Wm. Walker h imrchased the property of Mr, 11. Williams, in the North End, for $25 -Mr. W. It. Elliott has disposend his farm on the 2nd concession 0 Stephen to Mr, Thome Handford, 0 this place for $3,250. It °tint ainS 10 acres and is a ()heap property. -M H. Essery,. of the 5th concession o • Stephen, has sold. his 100 ac farm to Mr. B. Geiser. of near Crediton, Ler $3,400. Mr. ,Essery intends re- moving to Chrystal City, Manitoba, this spring. -We are pleased to learn that Miss May Armstrong, who was so seriously injured in London a short time ago is recovering rapid- ly. She has left the hospitaland if she continues to progress it is hoped she will soon be able to ootree home. -This time last year several farm- ers in this vicinity had their land ready for the seed. -Brock Bros'. auction sale of thoroughbred skulk, ,on their farm near Winchelsea, in Usborne, last week was a suceess. All the animals offered were sold for good prices. 1The sale realized About $4,000. Sodom. Notes. -Mr. John Ford, Jr, w ho has been a resident of Sodom for a ;lum- ber of years, has moved with his family into the house at the cemet- ery, recently vacated by Mr. D. AI - ward. -Mr *Silas Stanlake, sr., hes purchased Mr. Wm. Ching's lune and intends moving onto it shortly. Mr. Ching intends moving to ne Northwest. Mr. Ching and family will be °greatly missed in Mrs Silas Silas Stanlake is visiting in London, the guest of Mrs. Leathorn. -Mr. Joseph McDonald, jr, is very 11 at present with prieumonia.-Mr. Fred Green is _confined to his bed with lumbago. -Our school teacher, Miss Hogg, who has been Me has re- covered sufficiently to r•esurne her duties. - The Freshet. -The centre road, south of this place was rendered very bad and dangerous for travel the lat- ter part of last week. On Fridaythe creek overflowed the road and the Farquhar mail carrier was unable to 'get into town with his rig. ne,how- ever, left his -horse at.a fapet house on the other side of the stream and footed it to the post °Mee here, making his way through the fields. He carried the letters with him but was linable to take the papers so that the subscribers of The Exposi- tor at Staffa, Cromarty and Farqu- har would'not get their pepers Until Monday 1vhen the flood had suffi- ciently subsided to permit a free pas- sage through. On Friday evening, as Mr. :Tames Jones, of Mite/len, the well known auctioneer, Was on bas * way lipme this way from a eale Hibbert, he had a somewhat rough experience. When coming hrough the overflow on the road a tht creek his horse stepped on a piece of ice whieh went down under it and the horse and rig containing Mr. Jones were preeipitated- into the deep writ en, For tunal- ely neither liorse nor dri-ver were injured, further Than receiving a wry unpleasant told bath. They eame on here end get dried out. It Is almost a miracle, however, that both Mr. Jones and the horse eseaped as well as they as the water was very deep and it was just about as dangerous a plase as any man would want to be in, but Mr. Jones kfAlL.3 a level head -and it was due to this and leis Loo_wd.ellmaasnharride.ni that eseaped- ffs...iiir.00!„„assa Welton. Briefs. -Mr. Theodore Holland has,. sold his farm, a mile west of Wale. ton, to M7'. George Jackson of Mor- ris. The farm contains 100 =es of choice lend, but has on. it no out- buildings, they having been burnt s- lew weeks ago. Mr. Jackson has leased the farm to Mr. Marchall, of Morris township. -The Welton saw mill has started the seeson's rut with a competent gang -f work- men. 'They have got in quite a large stock of logh and heading...during the Winter—Miss Maggie Wilson, of Seaforth, isi visiting Walton friends, the guest ef the Misses Sholdiree- Mrs. R. j. Moore and family, of Wine DiPeg, are renewi0g. aequaintances in this vicinity. -The Wawa, Mc- Call, of ,,forris township, list a Ta137 Igo, horse .on - 5atur4a4r of 30c week in a ye--ry eimplp 4114 riu&kr,- m§ manner, Milo flriyiii 1 ow". .t.lie kw, whlich ii44 floo4P4 Tyrig# i Aw . fiPtla 4 hi.' 1Prq4ieli t 14*, by ' hitt y 1 e3erk '4f to, 0 r G Wept 444, ,h4 1116 ley brad-,holtq. Orint,.:Qiqt ' IOW" I ffilf •a fht: litirtp,.., pthoifro other -otf fliff tirlz4 and it PO the wetly', Both hoteee beearne ngled in the barnoss sal deepite MeCall's exertions to xtracate horn - from their perilous position, ott", of th(tre was drowned n about -three feet of water. The lorse waff valuable, young one and at this season of the year the Joss 4 a heavy, e to Mr. Meeall."-Mr. S. Bolger ft on Tuesday of this week with. carload of horses for Manitoba and he Northwest. - publiS and the e4 lents knottti knoev one /that 1 one 4 the year Alan& Mut the n - Oen' they Mr. lia<4 bay oho, Mr, li $t'eers , V th de a .seppiic . was mil 1144. 3 reenat .4.1noug Itartin Potstc_eil Etorilis lo.d pc el la r thy eft -- ti