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NUMBER. 1,978.
2 Pages
SEA "OR. H , ,LAY, NOVEMBER. 10, 19050
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Pur sales
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,NCOATS
WAISTS
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of every
TESTS
tial Values
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Cream, and
wn Effect;
make them
bly Attra.,t
to $3.00
ith
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me things
.procured
lay•spec-
.te,ample,
ar well
e about
iiere,
to
$6. 56.
ails bought to
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Fine TailOring
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Ready-towear
Clothing
Men's Furnishings.
�e who flesjtates
To take advatage of our special in-
ducements in made -to -measure Suits
and Overcoats during the next tiro
weeks
IS
missing a golden opportunity, and
will have
LOST
the chance of a material saving on his Winter, Clothing.
kets in spite of a. shortage ::of 850;
Aleteue Things in General. 0 0,000 bushels of grain in (Russia
for The Expositor.) this year. Worse still, the nations
(Written-
of Europe are all protecting them-
selves to death in order to produce
In the Toronto Globe of a recent
there is anywhat they eat and wear.
.date it is stated,. "If There are • also, hundreds of mil-
" truth in ,the allegation that ,during lions of dollars being spent in irri-
"`the present conjestion the Caned- gation in Alberta, the States, Mex-
" fan- railways are giving a prefer- leo, India, Egypt, and elsewhere,one
encs to American produce in trans- acre of !such land being equal to five
partition, the sooner 'the railway •acres depending on rainfall. Color-
" commission : takes a hexed in the ado is snow the fifth largest agricul--
" matter the .better." It is too true. tura.' producing state, which was n.
Such has been the case to my know- desert 30, years ago. India now
ledge, for the last 45 (years. During grows 250,000,000 bushels of wheat
the early tsixtees t he Grand ,Trunk and is about to spend 50 milliondol-
Railway used to tell shippers, (if the lars more on irrigation. t
road. had to depend wholly on home Argentinahas also to be +consid-
trade' it would not employ their cars ered, last year they exported )100, -
three months in the year, ,and. that 000,000 bushels of wheat, 100,000, -
they were obliged, 'to enter 'into con- cop bushels of corn and X45,000,000
tracts with large American shippers bushels of flax seed. This year since
in order to keep •their rolling stook
employed, and this is what they have
that doing ever. since, only t at it
has gotrygradually worse., Since C.
M. Hayes got control. It has 'been
the case .every year when the Amer-
icans were sure of having a -large
crop, and their crops being (so much
earlier than ours the lame exporters
went -to work and :chartered all the
steam ship. apace from all 'the Atlan-
tic ports until the close of navigat-
ion ; .then they enter into time con-
tracts with their dear countrymen
who, are running both our two rail-
ways and our Country, to fill the
space, This is' what is being done
now and is causing Canadian 'ship-
pers to wait until their icompetitors
are served or until navigation !closes
when they will get .all the accomo-
dation they require at winter Cates.
Export rates have already advanced.
5 cents per 100 pounds, since the low
point.
We are pleased to state that we have now got ; our tailoring department
in the hand-:# of not only a thoroughly competent cutter (using one of the most
improved systems), but a long experience d fitter and a practical up-to-date
tailor. We are now in a positionto turn out the beet gaments ever built in
Seaforth. We make thisstatement without the slightest hesitancy, as we
have thoroughly satisfied ourselves on this point, and we have also had the
gratifying proof of our statement in the sale of similar garments to ,the friends
of our recent customers, and what could be a Poe flattering apprcetal of our
efforts than a customer recommending us - to his
In order to introduce our work in this d
special reductions: for the next two weeks. " AverF
or no sate. We make this offer with every confidence in our ability to turn.
out work saturated with ease, elegance and ecoeomyt if you want something
right up to the minute in expert tutting;'clever tailoring and perfect fit, (et
us take your order for .a black B tisk Melton Overcoat, close fitting velvet
collar, double stitched, - hd handsome tailored and substantially lined.
amily friends 1
�rthient we are making
g
garment to be a perfect fit
Special Price, 21
Other materials in Overcoats and Suits reduced proportionately. Come
andget our prices first, then you may look elsewhere if you wish, but you
will come back.
Did it Ever
Strike You
There are from forty :to fifty mill-
ion bushels of grain} delivered every
fall at ,Lake Huron ;and Georgian
.s. Last fall t here was 15,-
ushels of corn shipped from
fund to Montreal at 4 cents
nts per 100 tpounds,.whereas
s who build the roads with
Bay por
000,000 1
Parry -
and 5 c.
Canadia
their o,rn money had to pay. 14 and
15 cents on pees, barley, oats and
mill.fe d, which has 0compete with
free co n,, 'both at home And in the.
British, market. �ket. N
o wonder er Cham-
berlain is willing to give (us a pre-
ference on wheat, . knowing that ta
bushel of corn is worth as much ae
a bushel of wheat to feed the poor,
and loan always be used as'-a-leyer
to keep down the price of wheat.
The only way to remedy this outrage
is ttb discharge all the high' priced
commissioners, who, are more for
ornament (than use, as they have no
power Ito. enforce their orders.What
is wanted is the re-enactment of the
old law which calls for prompt ser-
vice and no discrimination in rates,
either between individuals or local-
ities, for the same service ;rendered.
If this law was enforced with the--
penalties
hepenalties attached- for its violations,
a few good detectives with the ne-
cessary power, could prevent Ameri-.
Gan or any other grain from being
hauled through this province at low-
er rates than they ete prepared to
carry 'the produce of this country.
The more -..our railways are (allowed
,to .charge the home trade, the more
they oan cut rates on the American
trade to keep their cars fully em-
ployed.,
It is full time we Chad an anti-
dumping act in favor of the farmers
and (ship owners, to prevent such
work being carried on at the expense
of the country. There is far too
much wind used in blowing nip the
country, and the Government is
banking too much on the grain
growing capabilities of the great
North4vest. It is an immense coun-
try when conditions are favorable,
and will grow immense crops but
will never be the granary of the
world. When conditions are unfa-
-vorable, there are sure to be disas-
trous failures. In the spring of
1904, the seed was -scarcely in the
January 100,000,000 bushels of wheatpurchased a cow and calf for
75,000,000 bushels of corn and. 00,000,- the number of yards according tohis lege, ,, at the Flat sale of Short-
or734
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000 bushels of flag. They fully"lex- measurement beinghorns, in Hamilton. They will be
peat to harvest in „Tanuary 1.45,000,- yards more than Ferncombe s. Then added to the College herd. They
000 bushels of wheat, 145,000,000 our solicitor, R. S. days, ;requested.should� te choice stook at that price.
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bushels of corn and- 50,000,000 bush- F. W. Farncombe to come on withorse oic es; it is believed are
els of flax, that is if the locust does an experienced surveyor- and report. operating in and around Portage la
not deviaur the crops. If they don't as evidence, which he did with Keith op rate, Manitoba. animals
prices will not be very high another Cameron, of London Public (Works have 'disappeared Severaloaniy is
year. This country possesses the • Department, who reported the era* have
.country, east between Portage
greatest natural advantages of any ber of yeas at 14,342. In .the mean and Poplar Point. At first it was
country in the world. ft is nearly time public opinion became IS tarouse thought they had merely ,strayed,
some of the >council, together as large as our great ,west, having e� ands e there are indications now which
250,000,000 acres of the richest pas- with our engineer,were eo abused butnt to theft.
toral and agricultural land on this for the condition in which the -A small party of Scotch :gnnni�
continent, where cattle roam out question was supposed to be, that grants, a dozenfof number,
doors the year round and grow'fat ; the council deemed it their duty to who have about .the summer on er,
this gives farmers a chance to work call on another independent engin- who farms, left Toronto erund for
an the farm instead of having to eer, and C. A. Jones, of Petrola, Liverpool last week. They are all
feed stock one ball the year. one of our best engineers, was called mechanics, regard their are
Cern is king, yielding three bush- on, and reported after a very care- ing experience as a sort of joke on
els to one of wheat and as. one bush- ful measurement the number of themselves. One machinist laugh -
wheatof corn, is almost equal to.one of yards to be 4,292. This ease has not them boasted. that he child milk gen
wheat for feeding purposes, Will yet been tried in court, land the con- cows seto'clock and tui n
make Argentina a successful corn- . tractors are not supposed to tender cows and.that he usuallyd-
p ° titor in the markets of the world, on the engineer's estimate 'of yards, g
r .
T r both grain and cattle. Besides which is merely given as a basis on through with his work before it
ir ough time to get up in the morning
a kind Providence has provided 3,000 which the assessment is. made. From and start to work again.
miles of navigable rivers flowing iu these facts those interested can -fosse Carr, the thirteen year
different directions where the larg- judge as to the 'correctness of our old girl, who some months ago stole
est steamers can be loaded direct engineer's estimate, and whether or a baby and perambulator from
for Europe. This is equal to saving not the council are justified .in not Eaton's store, iri Toronto, and hid it
a railway haul of over 2,000 miles settling with the contractor as de- in a revive, and when found it was
from Manitoba and the Territories sired: )IE Clerk.
dead, has been sentenced, ley Justice
to Halifax and St. John, through a M. MURI ,
country where nobody lives, with
the, snow three or four feet deep,the Sale of Shorthorns.
weather being about zero to 45 de- One of the most important sales
glees below 'zero, for the sake of of thoroughbred cattle held in the
'o intime,took ok
place
at
on'est>` some' p
relieving the wheat c � ;} west for
winter and 'obtaining Chamberlp.in's the London fair grounds last week
preference. Wind is is dangerous el- when nearly 50 Shorthorns were of -
cement in more ways than one. It fered from ,the farms of 'Edward C.
is only a few days since it wrecked Attrill, Ridgewood Park, Goderich ;
forty vessels on the way 'to market Captain Tom (Robson, "Ilderton Mr.
with their cargoes. 'It will be well Wm. Doherty, Clinton ; Mr. James
if C. M. Hays and his promoters Crearer, Shakespeare, Perth county
don't wreck both the Government and Mrs. Alex. Marr, Goderich.
and the . country, .before they get Owing to ill, health, Mr. Attrill
through. It is only eleven years ago has found.it necessary to dispose of
after a time of great prosperity, his 'stock, and the bulk of the ani-•
that our neighbor's banks broke by mals sold were Scotoh and Scotch
the thousand and railways were all topped 'Shorthorns contributed by
,,in the hands of receivers; indus- him, the selected drafts from the
tries were all as dead las door nails, other breeders being smaller in num-
and the people were (crying 'for ber. The sale attracted a large
bread. ` number of buyers from all parts of
seems to me there is fa too the West, and good prices were real-
Itmuch. fulsome praise. besto�w�d on ized. Forty-two head were bought
such men as C. M. Bays, Sir tW illiam up, o7 being from Ridgewood Park.
Pages 1 to 8
Tip' on
Wall Decorations
Can be had by visiting our store, Wont'{
cost you anything to look at our soock of
Wall Papers
Anel get ideas on correct styles. Our Full
stook is now oomplete, and comprises &any
new designs and colorings. Also the new
effects, Artistic room nmulding3 to meteh
all papers,
ALEX, WIN _L 1 R,
- SEA1]FOW1']E1.
Picture framing a Specialty,aseesisamea.
--
winter, .and the executive commit-
tee is to -day arranging for financial
aid for the strikers. The amen claim
that in accepting the proposed a-
greement they would be led into a
trap 'whereby only a few of the
strikers would ,be taken back to
work,
Canada.
-Alex. 'Willis, accused of the tm.ur-
der o ;Eliza Lowery, at 'Rodney, in
Elgin ~.county, on April 19th last,zvas
set free by Judge Anglin at the as-
size court at St. Thomas last week.
=-The total sales of butter and
cheese %n the British markets from
the farms of Ontario and Quebecfor
the past year amounted to over $30,-
000,000. That is a nice nest egg tor
the 1 tidies.
-lion. Nelson Monteith and Prof.
Dey, of the Ontario Agricultural Col
That it is a very hard thing to write an adver
tisement that will describe intelligently the
goods one wisk, to sell. It is particularly
hard with furs, such as we have in stock, for
QUALITY is something which must be seen to be
appreciated. The language of a poet and _a
pagreof illustretions would not do justice.to our
Furs, both ladies' `and men's ; that is why we
want you to come to our store and flee what we
have to offer. And tha.t is the aim and object
of this advertisement.
Men's Fur Coats in Coon, Wallaby, Wombat, Calf, Galloway, Marmot,
Dog, etc, any size, and lowest priaes, Men's Fur Caps--Pereian Lamb, Beav-
er, Seal, Otter, Oppossora, all shapes ancrsizes and prices.
Ladies' Fur Coats—Persian Lamb (plain or trimmed), Eucranea Lamb,
Bokaran Lamb -(plain or sable trimmed), Fur Lined Coats (hemster er musl-e-
rat lined).
Small Furs—Caperines, Ruffs, Muffs, Gauntlets, eta., too numerous to
mention, and must be seen in order to appreciate the exceptional values that
1
only this etore is showing.
Prepare for .Winter.
The preparation must be, that part is decided by the weather man and
the calendar. The cost of preparing lies with you-eo determine, If. by enter,
prise and watchfulness you save money, by makinetree of die advantage aril
privileges of this stole, so much the more to your good judgment and man-
agementA
In the Underwear Department
-tWe are particularly strong, in. both men's aud boys', carrying all the leading
and famous brands produced—Turnbull's, Ellis, Stanfield's (light and heavy
weights), Penman's natural wool, Tiger brand, and all the leading lines of
fleece lined and heavy winter cotton goods et prices that will pay you to in
sensitive skins, as they are esoft, clean, non-irritatieg garment,
Hot Stuff for Cold Hands.
of having a crop of 100,000,000 bush- given a preference on British goods
ground before they began blowing
els. Instead of realizing their ee- which he claims has added greatly
pectations, they had a crop of 50,- to tbe prosperity of the (country ; he
also put a surtax on Germany,Brit-
ain's greatest competitor in wotel-
len goods, but who was Onterio's
best customer for fall wheat. X13.
this b'old.- coiintry 75 per cent. of the
peoplel want cheap woollens and all
el more than it was worth, it being the fariners want good plebes for
an ill wind that does eaobody good. wheat. :The reason why our ma t -
This year with a crop of 400,000,- kets hakee been so -much ;under t In .4e
000; how is it although grades have of the gtates is because the Gerraan
been reduced, there is scarcely 'any er than theirs, which is the result
duty is .9 1-2 cents per bushel high -
of tariff tinkering.
JAMES 'PRINGLE, SR.
Stratford, Nov. and, 1905.
se
That Mc Killop Dram.
Dear Expositor, -As I am asked a
stumps, yielding from 25 -to AO bush- number of questions by the ratepay-
els as hard as ever was- grown in ers of McKillop about the Canada
Manitoba; but for the last 20 years Company drath I make the following
statement in answer: P. W. Fern -
it hap -refused to grow on any land, combe our township engineer in his
rich br poor, old or new. Professor report on this dram geve the nura-
grow 850,000,000 bushels but the law ber of yards to be excavated as 4, -
Saunders thinks the west is able to
of supply and demand governs 590. P. Pigeon, who contracted to
dig tiles drain, after com.mencing to
grain grown ibut the profits derived digequit, and refused to cgo on witb
the Work, giving , as his aeason that
Prices. It is not the amount of
from it, that supports Governments there were more yards in 'the drain
and pays pensioners. 1 than the engineer estimated, stet -
During the Russian war wheat sold ing that he belived there were 1,500'
as high as $2.50 per (bushel and dur- ', or 2,000 yards more than (the estim-
ing the American war $2.25 and bar- ; ate: The council, who had consider -
ley from 80 cents 'to $1.40, but , able experien,ce with Mr. Farricorabe
strange, durieg the last ten Tears . as au engineer, refused to (believe
with the exception of 1898, when t this statement and gave Mr. Pigeon
Joseph Leiter eon up the price to ; fo understand that he must finish
$1.80 and when our prices went up the contract, and. Mr. Farncoinbe
from 60 *nits to $1.20, the price has was acquainted with the condiatiola
not averaged over 65 cents, and it ! of affairs and requested by the conn -
would not have been So high if one- ' oil to make another estimate in cae
third of the crop had' not been fed there might be a mistake. This he
to hogs and cattle. Barley has on- did and reported that he had nothing
ly averaged ;40 cents, although there to add or detract from his previous
has been. more legalized robbery per- estimate which he believed to be a'
petuetede in mining, industrial and generous one. The contractor was
other fake &themes, -than ever was again asked to go on with the drain
done before in the history of the but refused, although he afterwatds
country. More money spent in rail- agreed to finish the contract if he
way building and general' improve- were paid for the extra yards, and
menta than was done during the pre- got J. 'Roger, 0. L. S., of Kitchell,
vious 50 years. Besides the navies to measure the /drain and he report -
of all the great pewers of Europe ed about 1,290 yards more elan 17,,
Asia, Afriaa and America have all W. Farncorabe: This report was
been eebuilt and increased, costing made known to the eouncil who still
billions of dollars. We have also refused to relieve Mr. Pigeon of the
been favored with the Chinese trou- contract and proceedings were taken
ble, the Boer war, and 'the Russian to have the contract fulfilled. Some
and Japanese :war, costing aboeft $3,- of the persons interested in the
000,000,000. Still wheat is only drain got J. A. Bell, of St. Thomas,
worth 72 and 73 cents en our mar- to measure and report on the drain
As a reault of the large quentity of Gloves handled annually by this store,
we were enabled to procure a dress glove of mochk leather; good fasteners,
wool lined, and nice brown shade, a glove well worth $1, which we are sell-
ing for 70c speeial price. Thia is just another crowning argument in favor of
buying from a large stock, as it is a reasonable and common business rule
that the largest buyers eet a reduced price. We claim the largest etock
Mitts and Gloves, both elle and heavy, in Huron county.
STEWART BROS.
000,000 bushels of No. Northern
and rejected. Luckily -for them On-
tario and the States baying a° wheat
failure, the Chicago bulls in at-
hanced the price 20 cents (per bush -
No. 1 hard ? Sir Charles Tupper s
prediction was that after 1890, that
countty would grow 640,000,000
bushels of No. 1 hard wheet, yearly.
During the first 25 years when
this part of the Province was new,
Fife wheat was grown amongst the
Successors to Greig & Stewart
Agf-Jighest Prices for Butter and Eggs.
LEAN BROS., Publl8here
$1 a Year in Advance.
copied by Mr. Chas. Wright, for $6es
000. This is a splendid farm. with
gothe
eneyn buildings
a pand is urchasingood e Mee
the money.
Dickson took a look through Mane
itoba and the Territories from
whence he has just returned, and
the fact that he has purchased here
shows that he thinks the old home
is the best yet. Mr. George Dicksen-
will also have a beautiful farm of
one hundred acres, with good. ;build-
ings and all in first class shape. We
have pleasure in congratulating oar,
young friends on their purchases,
and we hope they may :continue to
prosper;
Walton
Look at our display otleggings, south wbulow all
of our OW11 Make, big %7triety anti lowest prices.' W.
D. Willis, sole agent for Dorothy Dodd shoez for lad.
ies a»d frorge A. Slater shoes for men, Seaforth,
Dr. Ovens, ;eye, tar and inose spec-
ialist, Cozn.nae,rcial Holten, Staforth,-
on November 15th. See adv. '
A Lecture. -The people of Walton
and surrounding -country are looking
fbrward with great interest to hear-
ing Rev. James Livingstone, of L013. -
don, deliver hii famous lecture, “ The
Human Voice," in the Methodist
church on Tuesday evening, NOV&la-
ber 14th. Mr, Livingstone is we'll
known as one of the most popular
lectures in Western Ontario. One
who has already heard him, declares,
u I wouldn't have missed that lect-
ure for five dollars." Another says,
e It is really woiaderfnl what he can.
do with tbat voite of his." in wadi -
tem to the lecture, appropriate resist -
cal selections will be given, and,. ley
special request, Mrs. Baker will sing
the " Cuckoo Song."
elle truth about stoves, 31any people JIM been ,,
deceived in beliex•ing that stoves were cheap because
of a low price, when extterience proves them the
most expensive. And then you pay a small priee, it
may be tor a stove handsome in appeamuce, you get
inferior cast iron and steel, and light material teat
will bnrn out in a very short time --and you will be
sure to have trouble. The best is the cheapest. The
wee famous the world over. They are made out of ,
Peninsular Stoves, Ranges and Base'llurnershave be-
MoMa., clion, to seven years in the lasta lifetime. The Peninsular Stoves, Ranges and.
the heaviest and best material to be had and will,
Kfolunugastonult Penitentiary. She was cook perfectly and will ,,av 1 1 • ' a ama
the crime, saying - "I plead. guilty 1 - . * ' '
jury, eguei syh:f nicoantlUedgilteerrsbeyietthoe slvt°oIr'Z'ligat lie. InCl°11aTi-esul'olert'b aen;Seic:nsas'2Zeurriecir-13ave
snire and see these wonderful.
he would tell my father, and. I did t'
. one Extended -Owing to our great clearing sale ,
to killing the baby... My brother said 11
l'ilhot want them to know, rand I hid ' we have decided to extend thr
„s% e baby down there, and evhen 1 , ing whish time we Zill
was dead. I am very sorry for what 1
, s a" NI -1 ee 3)010 1113; iln; eStreineleigf t]aloe an dill' sYtilltl,,ilsii iti) et,;i1.‘olgivi rat al';;Ie-3,111111; IN:isaeitTtl:
1 did." The general inipression is , Termii, cash or produce. J. Weismiller, Ileussall.1 -
'ant 'down to see the 'child the chile.
mean time the child. died from ex- LeOd, Seac forith co
, ndon, vocalist and daneer ; '1:i7118411c-
.temic voealist and dancer ; Mr. Roy
wit t e.view of obtaining a reward ; steThillii e3fiollowing will appear in a eonceri in the Hip.
for its discovery, and that in the .e eise (aloralay evening', November 17th ;,--Miss
thath shhe took the -child. and hid it, I
posure.
'Willis,Seaforll;, nor ; Plper John McDonald late
Constance. ialist, Commercial Hotel, Se,aforth,
Dr. Ovens, eye, ea'r and. nosellIsietie-
on November 15th. See adv. brief reference last weak to the
But They Always Come Home._ death of Mrs. elakolm Fisher, who
The following have retuened from passed peacefully away at her home,
the famous west: Mrieeand Mrs. G. on the Zrd noncessien of Stanley, on.
' Saturday, October 28th, having near-
ly reached the age. of 77 years. The
deceased had been in p oar bealth
for some months, but had been in
bed only a few, weeks. Fier -trouble
Wingharce-Robert Currie, retired
farmer ; Peter Fisher, postmaster ;.
Geo. Mcgenzie, gentleman; Thos.
contractor ; Anson Dulraige, gentle-
man. I
Clinton' -Wm. W. Ferran, gentle-
man ; 'John McGarva, gentleman.
Goderich Town.- John Acheson,
John Kfrernighan, retired.
Goderiab Township.-Cbas. 3. S.
nolly, farmer, Holmesville ; Samuel
Sturdy, farmer, Fiolmesville ; John Ft.
Holmes, farmer, Holmesville.
West Wawanosh-Jcdan M. Rob-
erts, manager, Dungannon; Wm.
Mallough, farmer, Dungannon ; John
McLane farmer, Dungannon: Pat-
rick O'Connor, farmer, St. Augus-
tine Wm. Baillie, farmer, Nile;
ston, farmer, Auburn.
East Wawanosh.-Finlay Anderson,
'farmer, Belgra.ve ; Wesley Pattison,
farmer, Wingjaam; David Scott, far-
mer, Mirnoches Richard Leishman,
farmer, 1Marnoch ; John Taylor, far-
mer, Fordyce.
Colborne. -john A. S. Varcoe,far-
mer, Carlow ; Alex. Robertson; far-
mer, Carlow ; John N. Kernighan,
Stephenson, Mr. B. Riley and sone
John, Mr. Franle'McGregor, Mr. El-
liott Spooner and. Mr. Bruce Medd.
Briefs.-Mr.113ruce DeVer has gone
to Tilsonburg to attend bueiness col-
lege. His uncle resides there. -Some was an affection of the heart. She
of Kinburn's landmarks have depart: was a lady of very kindly and help-
ed this life quite recently. Horses ful ways, a devoted wife and. moth -
as well as human beings give out. er, as well es an obliging neighbor.
-The , meetings in the Methedist She leaves a. vacant place in many
church are -well attended consider- hearts. She was a faithful member,
ing the weather. - Rev. Mr. Birks of St. Andrew's Presbyterian church,
is to be praised for driving out ehe and, left behind her the fragrant -
long distance. His discourses are memory of a devout, sincere and
certaitily- jenee of thought. -Mr. Wra. consistent Christian. The remains
Britton went to Lendon Wednes- were laid. to rest in. -Baird's mine -
day last asidelegate to tbe Epwortia tery. The pail bearers were Messrs.
League convention 'in that city.- D. Grassick, 3. IY1cDiarmel, J. "Tones,
Miss . M. McDonald was visiting H. McDiarmid, R. Morrison and A.
Mc eiurt rie, Besides a host of
friends she leaves behind to tmourn
her death, her aged husband, two
sons, Peter on the homestead, Robt.
in Manitoba, .one -daughter, Mrs. J.
Hood, a brother, Mr. Jehn Gibson,
and two sisters in the United. States.
Bible Society .effeetinge-The ane
field. . of -the British and Foreign Bible bo -
De. Ovens, eye, cue and nose spec- piety was held in the Methodist
on November 15th. See adv.
friends in Staffa during the past
Lost -Supposed to have been lost, off the Bayfield
stage between Ilrueefield and Ilaylield, about. Sep-
tember eth, a parcel containing three inen's rain-
coats., addressed to F. A. Edwards,. 13ayfield. A lib.
erd i•ewani to any person returning the parcel to
Breezes. -Rev. Mr. Baugh, of Kip -
pen, exchanges pulpits with Rev,
Mr, Steadman on Sunday next. The
service here -will be held. tat 11 a. m.
Mr. Baugh will, no doubt, be re-
membered by many as he was once
stationed here. -Mr. Washburn of
Huron College, London, 'preached In
Trinity church Sunday last ahd will
probably for the next ehree Sun-
days. --The - Orangemen celebrated
The Gunpowder Plot on Friday ev-
ening last. An oyster supper -was
held in ehe Orange hall and then all
repaired to the town hall -where
games and dancing.' folkwed.
Londeshoro
Notes. -Rev. Mr, Kilty, of SUM-
prea.ched a very appropri-
ate sermon to the Orangemen or
Monday evening last.-Quiee a num-
ber attended the special services in
Kinburn this week. -Mr. and. Mrs.
Plummer, of Blyth, were guests at
the home of Mrs. Whiteley on Mon-
day last -Miss Rose Riley is hom.e
for her holidays at present. -Mr.
Boyton, of Toronto, was a guest at
.the home of 3. C. Adams a few slays
farmer, leenrailler ; Jas. Gledhill, fhis week. -Mr. and Mrs. McCiaren,
manufacturer, Benrailler ; of Goderich, spent Sunday at the
home of John Lasham.-Miss Walker
visited at the home of Mrs. J. Lyon
on Sunday. -Mr. and Mrs. W. Skel-
ton visited at tbe home of Mr.Brige
lam on Sunday last. -Mr. Tyndall, of
Carlow, called on friends here on
Eriday last.'
Hill, farmer, Benmiller ; Jon. Heth-
erington, farmer, Gederich ; Henry
John Morris, farmer, Goderich.
man, Dungannon ; John Griffin, far-
mer, Kintail,
ullet t. -Jas. Calnpbell, farmer,
Blyth. -John Wilford, gintlerne.n.
-Apparently the strike of the ma-
chinists in the Grand Trunk shops
in Stratford has not been settled
yet. Mr. Mackenzie King, Deputy
Minister of Labor, was in Stratford , ee, See forth,
recently and it was thought he had 1 Otelee, ,Cmlneereiel Hotel's
reached an amicable settlement be- on November 16th. See adv.
tween the parties, A report dated 1 Property Changese--Mr. Thomas
November 3M, says: At a confer- Dickson has sold his fifty acre farm
enee at which representatives were on the 5th concession of McKilloPy
present from outside points, the G. to his cousin and neighbor, Mr. Geo.
T. R. striking machinists decided tilt Dickson, for the sum of )$4,000, and
to accept the term$ of the, proposed be has purchased Mr, Bd. Einchley's
settlement, and the men say they are ' one hundrd acre farm on, the Me -
prepared to tarry on the strike all Killop-Ifullett' town line, 110W 00 -
church' on Monday evening. There
was a fair attendance. Mr. II.
Johnston, president, occupied. the
chair and opened the meeting. Rev.
Mr. Urquhart gave a very interest-
ing address descriptive of the good. ,
work accomplished by the spread-
ing of the gospel throughout the
world by the ineans of the Society.,
The annual. report _was read by Mr.
Henry Ivison, the secretary, and it
showed that a good work had been
done during the year through the
medium of the local society, $32 hav-
ing been raised 'and contributed. AU
tbe former officere were re-elected
fel' the current year.
Thank Offering Services. -The an-
niversary thank offering serviees
will be held in the Methodist oburch
on Sabbath next. Bev. T. A. Stead-
man of -Ilayfield, wilt preaoh in the
'forenoon wad evening at 10 a. m. and
7 p, ra. and will address the young
peoples' ineetbag at 2.30 in the af-
ternoon. On Monday evening there
vill be a fowl sapper after ;which
a programme of addresses axed mutate
will be given.
Notes. -The good people of St. An-
drew's and Hills Green churches have
had a ne\Vi furnace placed in the
manse here to keep -their pastor.
varm and -comfortable during the
cold in winter. -Mr. George Taylor.
vas in Toronto this week eisposing-
of a load of cattle. -There will not
be any service in St. Andrew's,
chureh next Sabbath evening on. ave
°punt of the anniversary serVices
in the lYfethodist chierch.-Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Upshall who hall been.
visiting their danghter, Mrs. James •
Crozier, of Stratford, ha,ve return-.
ed home having enjoyed a pleasant
outing. -On Sunday evening last in
St. Andrew's church, the pastor,
Rev.' Mr, Urquhart, preathed a ser,
mon in comraemoration of the death
of the Iate Mrs. Malcolm Fisher, of
Stanley, a beloved -and useful mem,
bar of the congregation. Be took;
for his text the words: "Blessed
are the dead whieli die in the Lord,
from henceforth; Yes sa.yeth the
Spirit, that they may rest from their, -
labors and their works do tollow
them." The discourse was listened
to by a large eongregation.
Look at our display of leggings, south window, all
of our own make, higvariety and lowest prices. W.
Willis, sole agent tor Dorothy Dodd shoes for lad-
ies and George A. Slater shoeks for men, Seaforth.
19713-1.
Dr. Ovens, eye, ear and mese spec-