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are enab:ed to confine our-
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SEAFoliTif, FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1906.
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BRO8 Pnbli8h
a Year in AdViSnee;
JAPAN IN WAR, TIMES.- The iscilool boys 'shovit it in Tokio af-
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FuRs (We have 'been permitted Ito pub- lanterns, flags and Rune in the pro-
lish the f011owing interesting let- oession to the Imperial Palace arid
AND ter written by a lady Of Brooklyn, to the War Offiee. According to a
1 • N. M., Ito her friend, Mrs. (Dr.) Coop- Japanese paper the Emperor on his
FITIINISri er, of Seaforth.)
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ter a victory is kreported and tarry
INGF3 Visiting- Japan during war times
we (fully expected to axle evidence
everywher tof Mars' supremacy,
I but Ave were disappointed. At Nag-
asaki. twhere koda,ks were forbidden,
ODDS GI
RIlL talkirL
Rev. Mr, Gisehler ana
eed only by a few of the',
d more intimate 11•1er,48'
g couple. Mr. and Mrs.
vIE make their future;
ew Ontario. where it is
their many -friends that
; attend them.
'Mrs. a'. Stinnon has'gvnet
ine for a visit. — Jet4A
d jolux Falconer left
6e1kirk, where they 'cgfk
e summer fishing.—MrSe
If sind family •and maid,
-rived last Friday,and riewl
r handsome summer reSi-f' •
• the doctor had built el*
ink.—Principal Walkereof
:ate, •Lonclon, is expect -
'n Trinity church sie%t
d adminiSter the HOP
gr. Stewart and wife,of
vere the guests of
Brown on Sunday.—The _
A cthshiP foot ball match. -
piece this Friday evenings
.a., the contesting teamg.
kid and Brussels. A. gr+MI - -
loaked for. It !takes'
le fair zrounds. If VIII --
ad game oome.—Charlal -
I; Exeter, was here Toes*. _
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birthday last year Svias greeted with
!Banzai 'equal to that of a volley
fire of a thousand guins.
Owning back Ito Nagasaki one ev-
ening on Car way 'home we had be
great fortune Ito behold the ;city in
Banzai Ihamor, which Was anything
the Mity (being ander martial 'Law, but •uthiet. Me (mountain -islands a-
• andswihere ave witneseed a grand eel-
•[ ebration ef !victory ; at Otsts, Where
I we- saw fifteen hundred Russian
prisoners; and at Tokio and iYoko--
tame, 'where We heard the jingling
of the !bells of (the Gogwai boys as
they tore along with the "extras"
announcing the various stages of
, Togo's great tvictory—only at these
• places isvere we made aWrare that the
country (was drtdeed at war. The
ports were as quiet es sin slays of
-peace. 'Whatever prepaeation AVMS
I made for the sending at. 'of troops
and tsupplies, it was- all done so
e eecretly that )residents of Tokio con-
fessed that they would have iinlOWn on they im1rohed, this procession de-
r nothing of important comings and picting in days gone by and days
goings :butt thro'ugh the "medium of tbat tare—ancient warriors, !priests,
the papers. Red Cross nurses, the army and
• Even Officers Of the war !depart- navy, and hew the navy was cheer-
] meet were !kept in ignoranee of the. ed I Clowns were in great evidence.
,day Of the great Marshal Oyasn's I even !detected a Betsy Bobbitt a.
departure from ITakio, when ale was kimono costume. One and tall th w
, appointed Cenamander-in-Mief of they shouted and to think that ftl4is
the ta.rmy tin Manchuria. The Jap- fllight was the eeventh night of the
, anese cannot for a moment 'under-
stand the pronainenee and demon-
stration, given Ito Russian Generals
• 1when they started for the fr.ont.
Like the Spartans the Japanese
are trained to take things !heroically,
. if mot Stoically. A battle ship not
I heard of tfar a year seas at last re-
portedsunk iby the Russians twelve
mionths before.
IwIn lou.r 'land this state -of tsecrecy
eould be !impossible for a day, to
.say 'nothing of a year. The SUS -
I penes !of knowing the fate of our
loved ones (would be too great, tthe
real tfaets eeioulld have. to be known
at once, but to the Japanese lin time
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of war everything is national; no-
thing is personal. Whatever the
cross the harbor avere lit up te, the
top, tone showing a battle ship,Togo's
viotrory being the incentive: The
harbor, with its dirainntre native
craft and big boats and ships wale
tone stream of lightedlanterns in
long drawn eat chains and lines.
'llhen on share hundreds ',upon bun-
dred.s of people—men, avom.en and
children, carried lighted lanterns
and flags, and shouted until they
must have treached Heaven itself in
their weird, united Banzai 1 It
thrilled me, as .1 heard it, this one.
voiced expresslon, telling of a na-
tion's euecess. On, On and on, and
AmAAAAAAANNAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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Behind every fact lies a reason. • When there are
scores of brands of cicithiug trying to be sold, and one brand
far surpasses all others in volume of sales, there is a ,reason
for it, This One _brand is
Ceillur
Its fame spreads from ocean to mean. Its sales double
those of any other brand of clothing. Ask yourself *why
this is. You can never properly appreciate this fad until
you shall have seen and tried on these garments. Note
carefully its points of superiority to the ordinary ready-to-
weatelothing. The best custom tailors in Canada to -day
frankly acknowledge that 20th Century Brand ready -to"!
wear garments are in fit and finish equal to the finest cus-
tom made, while in price there is a saving of fully 25 per
cent. It is 'always a pleasure to us to show these garments.
May we show you ?
Prices $10, $12 $15, $18
Light Shirtsand _Underwear
Hot days are coming, and soon, too. When you are looking for relief
from the discomfort of sweltering weather and uneuitable wearing apparel, we
have the remedy—maeniticent range of Shirts in all weights and variety of
patterns --hard and soft bosoms, and sizes l21- to 171 --for lean men, long
men, short men and fat mewl and boys of all ages.
25c 50c 75c, $1 $1.50
Light Felt ;lab and Straw Hats,:.
Our hats are all new an made by the moat reputable hat makers iu the
world, such makers as Christ s, of London; Stetson, of New York; Barbisio,
Valenza, and Cooperative Cappellai; best makers in Italy. We have just re-
ceived new shipments of these celebrated hats, and if you've had trouble in
getting what to please you Etats, try us. '
?rice $1 50, $2.00 $2.50, ,$3.00, $3.50
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•WORKING CLOTHES
mocks _
Overalls
_Shirts
Sox
lIats
feheiNSAOSANSIOWAAMANIN,V1All
50c to $1 00
50c to 100
25c to $1 00
10c to 25
10c to 15
Altogether the best stock in Seaforth to choose from, because everything is
absolutely new and fresh, and bought at low prices, and selling
at low prices.
• ivrEfighest price for Butter and Eggs.,
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The GREW 1CLOTHING
East Side Main Street, one- do4 South of the
pominion Bank,
S.E1A.1 FORT'Ert.
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celebration in saocesskn 1 Ti
mast have !exceptional throats a
lungs in Japan.
Ooming along a main Street
told nay frikisha man tla get me It
side (street as IsiO331 as possible,
the mob, an orderly one of tits ki
was gaining !rapidly on us.
course the thuman 'horse landed
in a thor.oniglafare where the
brants were approaching • at wj
ilant, tireless pace, and I was 13
rounded.. My rikisha was placed
the side walk, where I was only
target for lighted lanterns
flags, which were !wafted prom
cuously in any face and On the ba
:of my neck. Expostulations sv
useless. A brilliant scheme s
overnment dues !is best and surely gested utself I tool out my hal
this }faithful, iall confiding people kerchief (and waved it in great g
are being araply repaid for their as ft shouted a' vociferous B
huge saorificee. zai I" was no longer molested,
, Centuried tof self restraint and Jag taken !tor a jolly good fell
Self Icanitrod have7 done their work Needless to say "Banzai" thia
Well. The religion, the teaching—, lasting plaoe in my memory's at
everything :-- had tended towards allowse.
moulding a 'national countenance, The Japanese were Confident "of
lone in Which the vicissitudes of success, and this was one of tI eir
m-
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life go begging for expression. •
A story is told of a mother going
to the etation to greet ter only son,
invalided ome. , As he pressed for-
ward this contpaniorts whispered, " He
is dead 1" Instead of tears and tat-
ter abondonment to ther unspeakable
1,10SS, she arteSsered, "My on tis great-
ly blest 1" The another then went
her rway, as one who defies human
grief, but What her heart felt who
'can know? 's
'The iboys, dike boys of other lands,
delight to (play at war. Visaing the
late (hostilities they divided them-
selves by dot into Japanese and
Russiah forces, and when the latter
WOO there was often da dire :attack,
so (realistic at times that these
youthful !warriors 'have been known
to be SterionSly wounded and even
'killed. I saw quite a 'number of
little chaps of six and neven years
of lage klressed in soldier •uniform
;with swords dangling at their iside.
The fond fathers and mothers, in
kimonos and istilt-like, shoes, m,ade
the little tellows stand out in bold
relief.
illaysical exercise 'comes as second
nature to the Japs. Play grounds
are naimerous, and many an !appar-
atus as at band for the development
of tihe body. The boys are sturdy,
showing their outdoor life to be of
benefit both: tmentally and !physically.
.The Japanese do net coddle themsel-
ves, and that is doubtless the reason
the soldiers stood the Manchurian
Winter so well. Vrom babes they are
made to trough it, and when searcely
-more tthan babes they attend iLbe
wrestling and tfencing schools. It is
a never -to -be -forgotten sight-
see the tittle boys wrestling and
fencing with their splendid instruct-
ors.
I (had the, pleasure of attending the,
Peeress school, and there I 'saw the
(3 tuff that girls are made .of in •Ja-
pan—stuff to be prond of Their
toot !ball land basket !bell was a War
!of the Roses, red ,aead white being
the ;distinguishing 'colors. The girls
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showed great (spirit in :the contests,
A Red. Cross demonstration was
given, and the !bandaging, an expert
told ane, was veriect. Me Lancers
were danced as gracefully las can !be
imagined we foreigners :would per-
form- at a cherry dance. Burt the
future !holds out promises to those
• who wear the !European shoe, thus
lessening the tendency to pigeon-
toeism. This pigeon -toe form is
graceful and pretty• in kimono lead
women, but 'let these of the foreign
dfess :movement beware I Before
leaving the exercises, Which in
their scope and finish tame as a.
marvellous surpirise, I gazed on
royalty, the Imperial Princesses.
They were attended by aged loourti-
ers,who dooked every inch as if they
fully appreciated (the (honor and re-
spensibility in seeing that every
deference be shown His Majesty's.
daughters.
'While at Tokio I had a funny ex-
perience Jat an outdoor evening flow-
er allow. The Japanese and a few
European residents twined out to
see and (many itp buy tihe budding
r os es, azaleas, pet miles, daisies,
sweet (peas, krises, geraniums, baby
maples, baby ipines, baby • reclars,and
many other babies. 'Being a visitor
and }believing lin Rome to do as the
Romans do, .1 (bought :a goodly share
for a friend's garden, and being tall
I !perceived I (was eyed. My esoorts
understanding Japanese furnished
me this translatiton When the eye-
ing turned ito words: My -1 Isn't
she tall. She must be a Russian!"
Eyes and te3r,es and ntore eyes follow-
ed me, wthen a policeman tapped the
biggest offender on the back and
told him Ito be quiet.
mainstays, -as ta -native 'paper
it: "The spirit tof the youths c
ing forward of their own accord
service is admirable. Shoulld
cessity arise the nation will Iresp
with ever !growing aleority.
the war dast as long Dalt may,
shall never want tor soldiers."
'Ilhe !manner in which the nat
stood together as one man and t
striking contrast . an the enem
country Gannet :better prove
saying: "United fwe stand; sdiv
ed twe
The 'Empress was an Xnthueiasitio
worker doing for !the soldiers and
or the 'widows and children of th
who had :fallen at the front. Gi
in the schools 'after finishing th
elass :work far the day put In sonse
!hours on knitting eocks and imaking
caps for the .soldiers. Many h'gh
class women made 'uniforms ree
ing the regulation price up -on
understanding that the prom
should go 1, to the -Soldiers' Pu
Ladies of the diplomatic Circle
European residents kit frokio joi
in with the Japanese seOieties
making Red Cross !caps and. roll
bandages. After a battle the
vivirug mounded (had these eaps,
on their heads, tip that tihe •hosp
oorps knew the living from
dead.. Reaching home the in.vali
wore . white kimonos with a
,cross 100 the left arm, and in t
'white cape they looked for all
world !Eke (French chefs.
I must Inot forget to mention he
little band of 'European and jap n-
ese 'called "The Patch Work So ap
Rook Society." The treading bf this
enterprising children's Monthly m
us or ip t of illustrated prose
poetry cast the reader ten 130n
five tents in our money. The so
book brought in onany a nickle,
two Ihundren e'en, ambeenting to
hundred (diallers, is triot a bad sh
ing for scraps. With this mo
tihe Children ihouight wool and
for the making of socks.; ,they'
we
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aid. aid.
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gaged women toanake naps bead g ey
gave to the sleety wives and !chil-
dren of i
soldiers.-
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Of !course at Bush a time loliste s
impressed with -the apparent ma-
jority of (women and children. _These
brave avemen with Itheir small heip-
ers were 'working in the fields nal
in every loocupation 'where the en
were tneeded ; Vet there was too op
plaint, Into lery of woe. One.11
Japan With 'a feeling of wonder It
a nation so small should be iso Igr
It is just a second grander at
An Japan's recent history of
Little Fish swallowing the •
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`DisiistrousVires. In Michiga
A special despatch: to The
waukee Sentinel, loom Escanaba.,
Mioh., say* "Fleur known `dead; a
spore or more persons missing, dOin-
drede of families homeless, Several
million: (dollars Worth of propeity
burned, our towns ...wiped outand
a Acme's more partly burned, five
counties partly 'devastated and 100
square miles of territory fire -
swept. Mis is the TeS tilt the
northern (Michigan peninsula la. the
forest fire that raged on Friday
nigthrt d.nd, Saturday lutitll it spent
itself.
In this region a thousa'nd small
fires rilai0 been smouldering or
weeks. Nothing was thought 19f
these tires beeo.u.se they were hot
clangenous, but It only needed , a
wind, wthich came Friday, tto fan
theth into a sheet of flame.
By 2 (o'clock the velocity 'was 140
mile's and by 4 o'clock rthe small fires
seemed to 'have united into a large
Banzai 1 Hturah #1 we heard, toe- - Dee tilbat e x tended over a 50- ile
casionally. Soldiers cleaving tor Ithe stretch and swept along with f y.
front are banzied, and right dustily Hundreds of small and prosper (is
do they, 0140011t 'the Banzai in treturni farms thaw Peen' b,u,rned tovley
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all Paper
' We have now wha1 we consider the
Papers ever shown in Seaforth.
If you want your wall -paper at the
right price and your work done neat-
ly and promptly, buy from
most
beautiful line of New Wall
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ALEX. WINTER,
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Picture framing a Specialty.
The Event Season
SEAFORtli RACES
Seventh Annual Race Meeting
of the Seaforth Turf Club will
beheld on
Wednesday and Thursday
JUNE 20 and 21
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_ $2,400 in Purses
CLASSES AND PURSES:
FIRST DAY
2:50 Pace, Stake (closed)
2:10 Pace or 2;15 Trot
2:15 Pace or, 2:10 Trot
SECOND DAY
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2:40 Trot, Stake (closed)
2:23 Pace or 2:10 Trot
2:10 4)ace or Trot
8 500 00
350 00
350 a?
500 00
350 00
850 00
ADMISSION 250 CARRIAGES, 250
R. WILSON, President .
• M. BRODERICK, Secretary.
REDUCED RATES ON RAILWAYS
2006
the occupants driven to the. 'nearest
towns for shelter. Cattle, stock,
houses, barns and their contents
were deft for lithe flames. Farmers
loaded !Wagons Ihurriedly with per-
sOnal effeots and ran before th6
Jame.
The Ring's Plate.
The (contest for the -King's elate,
or " King's ,Guinetas," at the (Wood-
bine races, in Toronto, 'on. Saturday
last, was witnessed by about 60,000 ;
people, including the Governor-
Genexal and the Lieutenant -Grover -
nor of ,Ontario. Tile winner was
Slaughter, a hiorse owned by Mr.
JOseph Seagram, 11. P., af 'Waterloo.
There (were six Contests, the distance
being aernile and a quarter, A
horse, owned ,by Mr. Dyment, of Bar-
rie, ;was tha favorite irs the pools,
Selling at ,big odds, consequently, la
big pot of money was 'lost by the
neasS*.of the talent," while the few
who had nonfideace in and. backed
theSelrana thlorse and the book-
makers, were ,correspotadingly for-
tunate., This 'is the twelfth tirae
that sthe Seagram stables have (won
this trophy. Mr. Ssagrain owned
and raced .the parents of Slaughter,
and had seen them sueceseful in
many a hard Sought battle Af the
turf. He sa-w :an Saturday their
achievements repeated in their san,
raised and watched from the time
he was ta foal, . and prepared teeith
much anxiety and mare for this great
day, when he was to show himself
credit to his blood.
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Goderich District Meeting.
T' he May meeting Of the Methodist
churchei tn the Gtoderich district
was theld tin the Methodist church,
Blyth, on Tuesday and Wednesday- of
last week. The ministers of the ths-
triot were all present, and also the
following. laymen:
R. 'W. McKenzie, J. P. Brown,
North street, Goderiehe G, W. El-
'Vietoria street, Gbderich; Ike
Holmes, A. 03doper, Clinton; g. Me.e
lYlishael, Seaforth; ay. Stanley, .Irel-
ratsville; G: Xing, Blythe; S. Tre-
leaven, Dungannon; N. Graham,
Nile; G. Vothergal, Auburn; 13., Bar-
row, iWaltion ; IG. . Jenkins, Myth;
George10Ooper Mayfield; 4. Reid,
Varna; Jas. denkins, Benmiller.
The !following table shows the
membership on leash. circuit, the a,-
Motmt !raised for connexional funds
and 'Ole total amount raised on eaoh
circuit :—
°melees 'row
Plizetoritt -members Funds Fund
Goderich, North street 414 8792 810857
Clinton Wesley 328 411 2151
387 4357 8302
Ontario street . 397
forth 334 8508
Sea
Holniesville 402 . 4815
• 340
202
NBDliu3inetghannon 375 1493
221 374. - 2397
289 875 2131
146 2360
Senmiller 217
159 215 1078
553 2184
WaltonAubu rn 333
168 139 202$
Londesboro 205 368 1893
Bayfield 187 134 1942
Varna 105 440 1733
80055 84022
The amount of money raised on
the 'district (for Idisskms was, in
1905, $3,243; tin 190.6, $3,633, +or. an
increase of *390.
The !membership' showses gratify-
ing increase 'of 183 on: 'the district.
The number of Sunday school Schol-
ars 'in the district is 3,559.
, *Rev. A. K. Birks, of Seaford], was
elected chairman, to succeed Itev.
Mr. Manning, who is leaving the
district.
Rev. IF. ,Swann was elected a mama'
ber of the Stationing Oommittee,
Rev. j. Robinso:n, alternate.
A motionof the appreciatiOn of
the (manner ba whit& Bev. Mr. Man-
ning, the 'retiring chairman of the
District, had discharged the duties
during the two yaars of his office,
and tregrettin,g this retirement from
the Oonference, was carried by a
st Tantdeiningexreote.
tialat
nal distriet bleating
will beheld in Ontario street ehusch,
Clintort.
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—While boring !for Water on the
farm 'of &Ir. Ed. Nagle, concession 3,
East Niss'ouri, fast week,- Mr. S.
Riddell straok a vein Of tdl ab
depth 'Of 000 feet. Them was , not
.eiefficient fortes IUo (MUSD a oni'a but
the 'oil was there in etwasiderable
quantities Vidd The familiar smell
nnticeeb).0 1-V:1244 naye Fior:
e
ited the fields at Petrolia was
strongly in evidence. It is not
thpught that !petroleum p present
at thiat particular spot in really
•payinA. lquantities, but the find is
valuable tin that it indioates the
" presence 'of in that Potality.
1a tnumber of years.
ThOrobred Cattle in
Saskatchewan.
The firet pure bred stock show in
; Saskatchewan was theld in Regine.
'last week under the auspices of the
1 Saskatchewan Breeders' Association.
I Though not (the 131.10CeS8 hoped for
'the sale was 'by :rip means a failure.
1 The sale Started with eer-eford
bulls, 1,4 tit was at once rapParent
that the lerowd was +mot in favor of
this breed. any (of the animals of-
fered were excellent, indeed the
quality generally was better than
that of the Calgary sale Me pre-
vious rweek but the buyers evere
soarce, and the nine bulls sold- in
almost every ease rwent below ac-
tual :value, and only nine out of 2-1
were sold, the average being $90, .
while 'at Calgary the average was I
$138.90. The explanation is Zonbt-
less an +the fact that Alberta is tftill
A 'range country; and the white
faces are good rustlers, while in .
Saskatchewan it is stock farming
when cattle are raised at all. The ,
Hereford sows anede 'even a worse
showing, only seven out tof 05 [reach- '
ing La sale; the price was "low, the
average being $60. ,
When it came it o Shorthorns there
was a decided improvement in the
bidding-, and the majority of the an-
imals offered brought their value.
The quality on the ewhele was not
as thigh as Calgary. Praztieally all
the Shorthorn balls Offered were
sold, mine thirty-two, in 'all, and 'the
average was c$83.68. T,he highest
price ireaehed +was i$215 for Golden
Duke, who took the sweepstakes for
/the best ball of any age. This, it
-must be noted, is $150 dess than
the price brought by Crimson Gen-
eral, the Calgary sweepstakes win-
ne'r, who sold for $365. -
The Indian department were, 'the
Largest individual buyers, fourteen
bulls being knooked down to them.
The Shorthorn tows made D. fair
record, bringing on the 'holo with-
in a fraction of their value, though
$60.00 of an average seems Jew.
The average tor bulls was 685.67,
for cows $63.26, and the grand. aver-
age $76.46. Though this isAikaiw
compared to the fine.1 ayeragV of
Calgary, of $107.90, tit is $6.87 high-
er than Calgary's average of 1905.
So that Saskatchewan has no tavd.
to feel disoouraged,
Perth Itenas.
— J. X' Hill, the great railway
„king, is a sevand 001.1.3in of Lawyer
Dunbar, ,of Mitchell.
—Atwood 'defeated iLisbowel in the
first game of the Junior W. p. LA..
series, on Monday evening last, by
a (score of two to one.
— Mr. hi; III, W. McRoberts, the
newly fa.ppointed (librarian ef the
city of London, is a former .resie
dent 'of (Mitchell having been prin-
cipal 'of the public school there or
—A new Methodist ohurch•parson-
age is to be ereeted in Mitohell this
summer. Mr. Avery twill eorastruct
the (masonry, Mr. Eiseman the oar-
pentry work, and Mr. Bamford the
pluming :and furnace work.
—Dr. O. S. Andersen': dentist, of
Mitehell, deft Oast week 'for the
West. He had dived in Mitc.hell for
the (past 114 years. on 13 years the
was a teacher in the Methodist Sun-
day school, and was la member, of
the public school board for six
years. His removal will be deeply
regretted thy the community.
—The 'firemen (were called, to ex-
tinguish. a small blaze in the store
'of !Mr. 4T. O'Hare, (painter and. pap-
er hanger, Stratford, last Thurs-
day. The dire was due t'o the rover -
turning of a lamp while the stove
was being kindled. The 'brigade were
etch Oa hand, but luckily their ser-
vioes !were toot required 'is a few
pails of 'water glienclied the blaze.
. —The St. Marys Argus, iri its ex-
tract from eld files, under the
head of When St. Marys was
lege." has the following: "Forty-
five (years ago Canada's great mer-
chant of Ito -day, Mr. Timothy Eaton,
opened a general store in St. Marys.
For a year or two before he CiOn-
&toted a stare at Woodham."
— The big wake of soap for which
Mr. 'Wm.- Stoneman, of Mitchell, of-
fered 1a handsome giold watch to
the party Iguesiing its nearest
weight, was ',weighed by Mayor Dav-
is, on iTu.esday morning, and tile
valuable prize iwas awarded to Mr.
W. H. Hollich, his gusst being 108
pounds 6 Ounces, while the soap
weighed 108 pounds 9 (minces.
-4-Mr. 'John tBrown, ex -31f. P. P., of
Stratford, the genial C. P. R. agent
there, deft Monday afternoon to join
the big exciareitin et C. P. It. 'Agents
generally, on the conrpany's invi-
.tation tho •Quebect tor the purpose of
inspecting the new C. P. R. steam-
ship ampness of Britain. The trip
is sure to be an enjoyable one, the
agents all being guests of the com-
pany.
—Mr. Freeman Falai:ter, of St.
Mary», nvas the victim of a peculiar
accident on Saturday evening. *A
d'Oor in his residence vas blown/Ant
by the twind as the was (pas/ling it,
shattering the glass. Mr. Futicher
was in his stoeking feet at the dime
and (a large pieee. of the glass struck
his leg above the heel and com-
pletely severed the large tendon
tiat - (Controls the action and ton -
fleets the large =melee at tlate, telt,
of the leg with tile heel. Medical aid
was tailed and the (tendon stitched
fogether. It is hoped Mr. Fiuisher
iwilleaffer no permanent disable-
-A Oerilous charge is pending ae
gainst Herbert Milan, of the South
Ward, 311fitchel1. Monday be hired a
horse trete the West end liviery
and drove tin'bO Fullerton, Wthi1e a-
way' be imbibed too freely, and it is
said that the abused the horse most
brutally. 'When the ,animal was re-
turned to his stable, the paor brute
was 'Covered avitb whip welts, and
was not 'able to veoTk for nowise days.
Mr. iW j Woodley was ia Mitoziell
ion -Wednesday, tand, in the interests
triusaiwe Atfsigty., knatptotga-1 wagon Jana fra4ture
1..leno•101-
County (Constable j. S. Ooppia to lay
an information before Belice Magise
trate Raze 'for cruelty bo animals.
He was an eye witness to what zee
culled, and he describes it as brutal
in the extreme.
--The little ison of Dr. C-eramell,
of Stratford, na.rrowly_eseape.d death.
43y- ay -allowing carbelid acid on Mona
day of last week, The ehild man-
aged to (reach a bottle in his father's
cciLfkicloiamianedoutit, nand he not
aYingwio‘alyhitbutrnhe-
ed his fhands with the acid, but tried
to idrink some of it. He soon re-
covered (fr,oni the effects tof th,e
derauge, fboisatrs.lthe burns will likely
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—The Donservtive members of the
Dominion' Senate ihaeie presented
Sir Mackenzie Bowell with a compli-
mentary address accompanied by
testimonial in the shape of a beau.-
tiful ibail elock as a mark of esteem,
affection -and confidence an thim as
a leader la the Conservative Tarty
for nearly half a century.
— While a barn Taising was in.
progress on Nelson Shantz' farm,
one anile east Of Petersburg in Wat-
erDx an Saturday, a piece
of timber- slipped :and fell to the
griound, striking Henry Krueger en
the 'head, killing him instantlk, and
slightly injuring another Man. Mr.
Krueger was about 35 years of age,
and leaves a widow and five dill-
drelli
— nglehart is a new town, being
built at a divisional vela on the
Temiskaining and Northern Ontario
Railway. It is situated in -what is
known as the 'clay .belt, and is ex-
clusively a farming and not a min-
ing 'district. A. sale of town lots •on.
the Government reserve vas held
there the other day. These lots are
66 by 132 feet. One hundred and
twenty-five dots were seld, realiz-
ing $25,000, This looks as if the peo-
pie have confidence in the new
town and. in the -country.
IF. Henderson, barrister, $of Ot-
tawa, has been appointed as the see-
ond drainage referee tor Ontario.
The act was amended during the re-
cent session ef the Legislature, to
permit -the appointment of a seeand
referee, rwho will assist Col. '3. B.
Rankin, of Chatham. The salary
that goes with the appointment Ls
$2,500 a year. That of Col. Rankin
remains at .$3,500. Mr. Henderson
will be permitted to retain. ibis pri-
v:ate practiee, exte'pt as to appearing'
in oases whith would come- =dere the
Drainage Act.
—W. 1. Ramsay, formerly asiis-
tent (police court clerk, of Toronto,
will() event to. ,Bladworth, Sask-atch-
wan, 'three years ago, writes that
be IVOW OW118 480 acres -of -land, of
which 1325 are broken, with 225 acre
in wheat and .100. in -oats and barley.
He tharyested 1,500 bushels iof oats.
last +year. His !house is large and
combortable, and he has stabling ao-
oomm.odation tor 24 horses. Wild.
land Mr. Ramsay sive sells at from
$7 to $12 an acre, and. cultivated.
from- $8 to $13. "It's a rush life
spring, euannaer and fall." concludes
Mr. Ramsay. " We sleep In the win-
ter." - , -
— A terrific explosion tlefek place
at Cobalt, the New Ontario mining
centre, ;on Saturday afternoon. A
large vowdershouse, filled with seven
and a (half .bons of dynamite, near
the ;north end of the town, was
ignited fby a fire, which began in a
She.ck La few yards away. The ex-
plosion wrecked a soore of thouses,
and destroyed nearly every pane of ,
glass in the town. The contents f,o1-
many stores :were brawled from their
shelve.s, and a great deal of value
able (property was destroyed. A num-
ber of people were avert by flying
rooks and falling timber, and others
wei'e out by glass. Many are pros-
trated 'from the nervous shock. No
person was eeriously hurt, as they
were rwarned by the authorities in
time Ito flee;
-•:-One of the no -table olearaeters of
the West, as well as one of the Aande
marks of the past, died on Saturday,.
in It2110 person of Dame Julie iLagi-
modie-re 1Rie1, metilier a Louis Biel,
the leader of the Northwest rebel-
lion. Madame Reit was 86 years of
age, and was bern in St. ,Banifane,
near iWinnipe•g, iaer parents being
the 'first white settlers iof Western
_Canada. She rives married. there 6.4
years ego,' and deer long life was
-sharacterized by unevaveaine faith in
the 'unhappy- son, 'which, even. the
harshest (criticism coald toot assail.
Sorrow over his tragic end in paying
the ;penalty of treason was the only
cloud of her declining years. She
had ken :ehildre,n, land one of her
boasts eves that in all her Jong Ole
she (had never been attended by a
phrsician.
—The exeoutive committee of the
Bait 'Huron Teachers' Assoeiation
met in Clinton last week and decided
that it was too late 1:e arrange Ia.
grogramme Sox a meeting -till after
summer holidays, and that the as.
sociation should meet in Winghara
on the itioo days following Thank -ft.
giving day..
Wit: Quinton, of Usborne,
passed peacefully' away on '31=day,
about twee:o'clock. likris. Quinton
had been in poor health for, sev-
eral iniontbs, suffering from' the ef-
fects of Bright's disease and anae-
mia, She twas able, however, bo be
up arid around and attending to
light 'household duties until a-
bout three weeks ago, when sihe
was Compelled to take her ned, and,
-
notwithstanding all efforts of skile
led physicians and careful nursing,
death elaimed her The deceased's
maiden name was Eliz,abetth. :Carroll,
being la daughter of the late, Robt.
Carroll, of Bithlielphe and her age
was 54 years. She was a good wife
and worther, kind. and tree as she
was intelligent, and her demise has
as a gleona over the whole neigh--
• b'orhood. Besides a sorrow-stricke.nr
husband, she is survived by one flail
and tWo daughters, all of wham will
hav-e the deepest sympathy ;of the
(immunity. The :funeral book place
Dfl arundaY, to the Exeter eenaetery.
—While ea route from Winghaun
bry Thtereday last, with a load of
salt, Conrad Plauatz, ofCorrie, had
the tmisfartune to fall from the
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