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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1907-01-11, Page 4, Y 1907 MIRY, no7 * 4 2 :100010.* 15 22 29 tot.eas F 8 3 4 5 9 10 11 12 18 17 18 19 23 24 26 26 30 31 ... t*,.*. it 0* * 4r4 4•4 '11.11.1111111101,• NEW ADVERTISEMENTE', 4100aulmliMI The -figure between the parenthesis after em h ad, denctes the pie et the paper on which the advertisement is found. Another Week --Stewart Bros. -3 Sound Investments—W. H. Robhison-3 Overloaded—Greig Clothing- Co. -1 Celebration Sale --:-E Masai Co. -13 .k'et Horses --I. V. Fear -5 - Dissc lution—W. County Council—W, Lane -5 For Sale—Jas. MacNarnam-8 Auction Sale—N. Jarrot.--5 Wood Wanted—D. Moore -5 For Sate—Miss Robin8on-5 To Rent—G. S. Durte-5 Girl Wanted—Expositor Office -8 Shawl Found—Win. Pickard. and -Son-8 Poultry Show—a Auction Sale—O. E. Hackney -5 Stovepipe Thimbles --W. B. McLean -5 Caw for Sale—A. A. Watt -8 Watch.Words—.1. S. eolarts--5 Bargaill8—A. A. Watt -6 Clearing- esle—F. A. Edwards -4 AceountsReluly—W. IL Willis -8 Accounts Ready—P. Dill -8 Auction Sale—W, Hearn -5 Card of Thanks—S. Chiff-8 Eye ala-tses—.L. F. Daly -8 Peck and Co. -3 Auction Sale—W. Brydoriel-5 /At (Sun fxpooitor SHAFORTH, FRIDAY, Jan.; 11, .1907. EdetOrial Notes and Comrnnents The Deminion Parliament_, re-as- seinbled on Wednesday but it. will take the reet of this week for mem- bers to. get limbered up for business. -Hon. Senator Cox has resigned the presidency of the Canadian 'Bank of Commerce which he has held for 17 years. 11a suecessor is Mr. Byron E. Walker, late general manager ti,nd air. Alex. Laird, arn3istant 'general manager has been promoted eto the general managerehip. Leeal option by-laws were vote4. on in 109 municipalities in this Pro- vince on efondaY lark and -although returns are still incomplete they are supposed to have carried in- 45. In the eouniy of Huron by-laws were carried in the townships of Stan- ley and thaborne and the village of Hensell and defeated in the town - chips of Tuckers/111th and Grey. 4.1••• MO. .1•11111, Hon. Walter Scott, Prefilter of Mani- toba, who was critically 111 for sev- eral weeks, at his 'home in Regina. from an attack of double pneumonia, is 'reported to be recovering, al- though he is not yet out of danger, on account of_ -"his- reduced condition and week action of the heart. The Premier is a native of the neighbor- ing county of Middlesex, and learn- ed his trade as a printer in Parkhill, and worked at his trade in Regina until he entered politics. He is now the principal proprietos of the Re- gina. leader. Mr. Joseph Beck, "fcirmerly. of God- erich and a one time prominent pol- itician in this couety has been ap- pointed postmaster at the Parliament buildings in Toronto. The poSition is a, good one and Mr. Beek will fill the bill admirably. Mr. Whitney says he ware appointed to this position par- tially on accent- of " the fact that on one occasion .his seat in the Leg- islature, to which he had been el- ected, was stolen from him, and he ,also suffered' financially." Mr. Beek In a political sense, has well earn- ed his appointment and all. other things being iright it ig creditable to Mr. Whitney that he hes so fittingly recognized 'his. services. =min Hon. Dr: Pyne, Minister of Educa- tion, took part in the prkiceedings in connection with the oPening of a new school building in the town of Barrie a few days ago. In his address he ontlined the steps recent- ly 'taken by the Government to in- ereaee the efficiency of the Univers • eity and of the rural schools, the two brane.hes he said requiring most tention. He pointed out that the teacher le the most important part of our educational system,and the only way to eecure the highest efficiency is to pay salaries that will keep the best teachers in the profession. The changes made re- garding the rural schools were in- tended to equalize the burden. If the Government had gone too far and were placing upon the people burden s greater than they could bear they would amend the leg -Lela - tion so as to satisy every citizen cif The Province. He considered the tonsolidated school to be the best solution for the rural school pro- blem, thus insuring modern buildings, complete equipment and -efficient staffs. Dr. Pyne does not think there is enough patriotism taught in our schools. He would like 'to see a, "Union Jack as part of every school's equipment, and thought that • the Government might make a epecial grant to pay a portion of .the. cost. ••—• Col. Clark, having passed the three score and ten trork, has resigned his position as clerk of the Ontario Leg- islature. a positke. he has held for g•reat many and the duties of which he has performed with fi- delity and efficiency, eed 4to the sat- isfaction of all. Mr. A. Sydere, Col. Clark'e assistant, has been ap- pointed his successor. Tres is an appointment which is creditable to the Government who made it. We'clo not know what the new Clerk's poli- tics are ; although he is .supposed not to have any politics in the position to which he has been appointed, and aleo in that which he formerly oc- cupied. But, be that as it may, the appointment le a good one, and he will make a worthy •successor of a worthy predecessor. It was expected by some that this plumb would go to some of Mr. Whitney's faithful sup- porters in the Legislature. .And be- cause th did not some are dieposed• to find fault with him becau•se he passed over his political friends, while others cornmend him for his ndcpdencin el n .e.-- :fight man indepeildently Of patties., .BuL Whitney is, politielan:" enough to _male .treet &11 right. An 00010ttent -clerk to fill tne.'01teee -viteatott .'S.ydere has yet. to I.be eappointed, ',and we -have no doubt Mr; Whitney- Will lake care that a good party Man Is plated In thath-Pesition all right.In thie- wag he. Will get eredit for.. ih-• dependente and at - the • ,same ' time eatisfy his party !Mende. Mr. Whit:. riey knows. What. he rs doing. There La generaliy. method in. his iftdepend- ence. The Conservetivee do not lite Billy McLean. ,He le of them betetiot Often' with them. He cauees them many uneasy moments. _TheYbean-not shake him off and they :must In some Mem- ure ateurne responsibility for 'his re- volutionary Ideas. The Toronto Mail' in a recent issue (gives him -tile fol- lowing Slap. It says; "Mr. Morrison a well knoWn Liberal, has written Mr. .W. F. McLean, asking him 'to come out as `one of the leaders of ,the Liberal party. It is understood that Mr. Maclean Is ser•louely considering whether to do thie or to form a, new party." To be a Liberal leader would,in the estimation of the Mail, be sinhing very low in 'the political , We have heard it suggested • and the suggestien is a good one, that the Municipal Act should be amend- ed SD as to 'afford better facilities for non-resident voters voting at municipal elections. It would be a great convenience to the voter and an advantage to the public if the non-resident voters were allowed to 'vote in the polling sub -division near- est to them on the presentation of a certificate from tile township clerk that "they are t entitled. to vdee in the municipality. It would not effect the general result in whkh sub -div - talon the vote is cast and it would enrere a fuller vote. There are lots of voters who would go a mile or two to vote who would hesitate to travel ten or twelve miles. For in- stance, it a voter in Seaforth had a eote in' the north side of McKillop or the south side of Tuckers/pith, what ie the sense of Sorting' him to 'go all that distance when every pur- pose could be served by going a 'Couple of miles. In the event of stormy weather or bad roads, which very often occurr at the time of.the municipal elections, the existing dif- ficulty is, intezisified. With the mul- tiplicity of amendments that have been made to the Municipal Act it is surprising that such a change as we have suggested has never been thought of. . In connection with the efforts of the Ontario Government and Legisla- ture to raise the standard of teach- ers' salaries, a correspondent ,sug- geets that each rural school, section provide the teacher' with a 'dwelling, jug as a congregation maintains a parsonage for a minister. In this way, lie says, the employment of mar- led men, as teachers, would be fa- cilitated. While a rural community could not pay as high a salary as a city, it could provide the teacher with an equivalent iri the form of a pleaeant and: -permanent home. A good :house, comfortably furnished, with a, garden, would not reqhire a veryheavy investment in the coun- try, while a teacher with . such e house and $400 a year in the country would be as well off as a !teacher with $1,000 a year in the city. Dr. Pyne, the Minister of Education, alsoatates that "'no public man oriernem- ber of Government can afford" to ig- nore the fact that a system of' tech- nical education, embracing manual training- in all its branches, should occupy an important Place in the Curriculum- of .the echolos and inane tutiohe of Onterio." In order to overcome the difficulty of having such training in widely scatteredpub- lic schools, he suggests that coneoli- dated schools might solve ,thephob— lem and hints- that the Government will offer .special inducements for the egtablishment and maintenance of such schools. denee hie Tema! tit Were dotr Wedneedar to -.the unien. cerneterk. Thohe In attenda'nee at the fitherale -from a distance were _Mr.. and W, Deets, Ayton, and Mie. and Ms. Smith, of Londorf.---Mr. John Bell and Mies Annie- •Wilkee;- tvha Well known residentsr - wete -Married '-14- the Rev. Mr. Hartley on Monday ev- ening at the brideht residence be- fore a heW Invited guests; Atter the ceremony the happy couple and gueets sag down to a sumptuoue re- paat It is the intention. of Mr, and Mlle Bell to reside with the bride's pa,relite. On Tuesday evening tile Canadian Foresters, of whom Mr. Bell has .been an active :Member. for a great many years, presentedhim With a beautiful piece of silver ,and an address. - Tnekersmith. Obituary.—Seldom, - If tver, 'has the community been saddened as on Thursday of last week, When the news spread of 'the death ot, Mrs. John MeLellap, at the early age of 89 yeere. 'About ten weeks ago their three youngest children were taken Seriously ill and despite the best medical aesiettance, two of elism, John Burns ten:c1 Mary Grace, pealed away within' a week of eaett other. After eight -weeks ,of careful 'mire- ing, Agnes, tehe West. began to show signs of improvement But the .grief and long, continuous strain of watchfulness told on the mother and falling a' prey to fever she passed away on Tieuesday evening. She leave e 'behind a sorrowing husband end- five children to mourn the loss of ai kind and affectionate mother. The 'funeral on Friday was Uery large, 'testifying to the esteem in WhiCh Mrs. McLellan was held. 'Of a kind-hearted and cheery disposition, She was a gr4eret favorite in the com- munity and 'her memory will long be cheriehed by all who knew her. A precious friend from us is gone, -A Yoke we loved is still, - A place is vacant in our midst, Which time can never fin. The Elections.—The following .is the result of the vote polled at 'the muni- cipal elections in this township on Monday: Councillors—J. A tkinson, 290 ; W. Wallace, 290; Heebeit Crich, 273; Alex.- Buchannen,245 ;• Geo. Dale, 244. The council will be composed as fol- lows: Robert McKay, reeve, and Messrs. Atkinson, Wallace, Crich, and Buchanan, councillors. Mr. Wal- lace • is the 'new menlber. The vote on the by-law, authorizing the coun- cil to borrow $15,000 for the ,erec- tion of permanent bridges was car- ried by. a, majority of 33, those voting for the by-law, 217, and against 184. The local option by-law was defeat- ed by 13 votes. The vote 0 was as follows: For—Division No. 1, 36; No. _2, 83; No. 8, 41; No. 4, 49; No. 5, 54; No. -6, 41. Total -254. A- . gainet—No. 1, 46; No. 2, 57,; No. 8, 16; No. 4, 28; No. 6, 18; No. 6, 27. Total -191. _There was, therefore, a majority of 63 fer the by-law,' but there should have been 267 ,In its favor whereas there were only 264 and consequently fatting 13 short of the -required number. i Death of Mrs. Cluff.—Much surprise and regret was felt on Saturday last ,on learning of the death of Mrs. Samuel Cluff,of the 8th concession of this township. Mrs. Muff has ,been a severe sufferer from rheumae tism for a great many years, but on Sunday and MondayShe was a - •bout the house as usual and seemed quite bright and cheerful, On Tufts ' day she took ill of pneumonia, and her enfeebled conetitution was un- able to -withetaral the strain for de- ; spite the best medical attention and most cereful nursing She. conlinued to grow worse until Saturday when she peacefully passed,: away. Mrs. Cluffh3 maiden name was Jennie May Whitesides, second daughter of Mr. William Whitesides, of Hensall, and foteherly ot Seaforth. She was a resident of Seaforth at the time of her marriage. Deceased was a lady of the' most kind and amiable dis- position and through her rrah,,y years of severe suffering she was never heard 'to complain, but bore it pa- tiently to the end. She was a faith- ful and consistent membee of the Methodist church and although not . able to attend church services for some years She always wore "the Christian emile and was a blessing to those around her.' Betides her sadly bereaved husband she leaves a farrilly of two sons and three daugh- ters who will ever _cherish In kind- ly memory an affectionate mother. The daughters are Violet and Myrtle at home and Mrs'. Robert Robinson, of Varna. The sons are eWilliam, of Toronto, and John at home. The funeral cervices conducted by Rev. Mr. Hart, of Itensall, were oh a very imptessive character and a large concouree of sorrowing friends fol- lowed the eernaine to their last rest- ing place in the Maitlandbank cem- etery. The sincere sympathy of many will be extended to Mr. Cluff and family and also to the aged father and the brothers and sisters of the deceased onacdount of their irreparable loss. Blvth. Elections.—The elections for reeve, ceuncillors and 'school trustees took place on Monday and although it was a wet, miserable day, there was a very good vote ,polled. Some of the candidates worked hard. The contest : for the reeveship was expected to be I close, but instead Dr. Milne had a very large majority, partly caused ' by his larger experience in the council and to his bler organiza- tion. The following 1 the reedit: For reeve, Dr. Milne, 141; John Pot- ter, 100. Councillors—James Hill, 138; J. H. Chellew, 132; W. Johnston, 111; N. B. Gerry, 111; J. McCommine, 100; W. Jackson, 86; John Heffrone 63. The first four named were elect-. ed. For Trustees, James Sims, ,169; 'Dr. Charlesworth, 133; Dr. Long, 97; N. Cummings, 93. The first three were elected. Notes.—Rev. Mr: Mann, of Sturgeon Falls, conducted the prayer meeting In the Presbyterian church .last Fri- day evening and occupied the pulpit morning and evehing on Sunday. Next Sunday Rev, Mr. Cooper, of Port Perry ieto fill the pulpit.—Quite a number from 'here attended the Scot- tish concert in Wingha,m Tuesday evening and 'report it very good,— The young men of the town held a ball in In.duetry hall Monday even- ing and although the weather and roads were not of the best there was a very good attendance. The Lon- don Harpers furnished the music in their usual excellent style.—Quite a number of Waltonites came over on the C. P. R. construction train Sun- day afternoon returning with It at night—Mr. John Brown, of Detroit, was home on Monday to cast his vote. Mr. McTaggart, • whose home is at Exeter, but who is attending the Dental College in Tordnto, spent a few days oh this rwee,k with his bro- ther of the G. T. R. station here.— Messrs. Thuell Bros. of Brussels, were visiting :here on Monday of thie week.—Mr. James Denholm, who has been in the west for the past year. Le at present visiting his par- ents in town.—Mr. Ed. Mason, who has been in the employ of the Bank of Hamilton here for the past four years, Deceived -weed to report in Wingham on Tueeday, so isnow on the bank staff there,—Mr. William Brooke, an old and esteemed resi- dent of our town; passed: away Sun. - day evening. Mr. Brooks was never married but lived with hi-el./Aster, Mrs, James Davis, from whose resl- 10141•11•Imm**144141111.1.11110 Walton .A New Years Weelding.—A quiet, but very pretty wedding took Place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Kirkby, near Walton, on New Years evening when their youngest daugh- ter, .Alice, was united in marriage to Mr. John W. H. Shortreed, a pros- perous young farmer of Morris and onty son of Mr. and Mrs. James Shortreecl of Seaforth. The bride en- tered the 'parlor leaning on the arm of her father, to the strains of Men- delescihn's wedding march played by Miss Carrie Shortreed, sister of the groom. The nuptial knot was tied by Rev. A. McNab, M. A., of Walton. The bride who was unattended look.. ed quite charming in a dainty gown of white silk tissue. After the cer- emony was performed the party re- paired to the dining room where they partook of an ample supper. As a result of the high esteem in which the young couple are held, they re- ceived many costly and well select - 'ed pregents. The best wishes of a large circle of friends accompany them to their new home. Local Items.—Mr. Robert Duncan- son, of Knox College, occupied the pulpit in Duff's church on Sabbath last 18'. the absence of the pastor, Rev-. A. McNab. ,who is away on a business trip to Toronto.—Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Moore, of Souris, Manitoba, are vieiting at Mr. Wm. Telfer's, IrIre.. Moore's parental home.—Mr. and Mrs, Alex. Delg•atty, once well known "residents of , this vicinity, but nOw ef Dauphin, Manitoba, are • on an exthpded visit with Mr. and Mrs. Hugh!' Stewart and other friends. —Me.. Norman and Miss Lizzie French, of lernonville, Ontario, are renew- ing friendships in this vicinity. --A meeting of the 'ratepayers of Walton Union school section No. 11,1 was h dar�zthi Week to de - tide the probability pf moving, the schOol One as a new Milk, ele to. built 'tine chinieg anza Hebbeet. - Annual Meeting.—The annual meet- ing Of the Thakenemith, McK1110)), and 'Hibbert Threshing SYndicate was held In Separate school No. 1, on. Felday, December 29, for the pure pot* of receiving the various reports, and electing officers. The secretary's report showed the finances of the. company to be in a sounh' and pros- perous tonclitioe, The balance eheet show's artiet profit, for the season, of nearlY six hundred dollars. The former beard -or directors and the president were an re-elected for en-, Suing Year, the only change being. made in the office of eecretary-treae- urer. Mr. John Roach, secretary for 1906, resigned, and was succeeded by Joseph Atki-rison, of this tovenship. Holiday Festivities.—The eocial tide has been at high water mark here during the past week, and the joy- ous spirit -of the festive season la everywhere manifest. Mr. Edward Maladay gave a very enjoyable New Year's party at his home. A large number of frIends assembled, a;nd the first night a 1907, espied the' graceful movements a the merry dancers and the enlivening strains of music. On. Wednesday evening Mr. and Mrs. John Daltcin extended the hospitality of their home to a large number of friends frOrn. Ashfield, Mc- Killop and Hibbert. Many circum- stances combined to -make the occas - Edon a very enjoyable one and one that will be long and happily ;remem- bered. The excellent' mueic furnished by the St. Columban orchestra en- livened the spirits of the guests and dancing was indulged in thro'ughout the night. SOngs and gameat cards were the other -amusements - which varied the hours of a most enjoyable night arid all enjoyed themselves to the fullest degree. 1111mIllaillirlarlimill. MON L,aIe1et Breezee.—Mr. Henry Torrance of 'Clifford h' auctioneer and stock buyer, was In -this vicinity the other day, buying hog i at $6.50 per cwt. This le ten cents more than Toronto prices.—Mrs. George Scott, of Galt, who was here for a week, visiting her father and mother, returned to her home last Wednesday. — Peter Dichert was. re-elected trustee at th annual meeting of the school board. —Three of the members of Mr. Cha. 'Wright's family, afflicted with f, v- er recently, are now on the mend — Mies Edna: Bushfield, of our burg, Ieft for Minto on Wednesday, where she will take charge of a school at $450 a: year. Miss Bushfield attend- ed Mount • Forest Model school, and was successful at the final examin- a,tion.—Mies' Trench, of Wroxeter, is in • charge of our-echool here,—Ifiss Maggie Bust/field, milliner, is _at home, bolidaying for a mot-Al.—Mr. Thos. Inglis, of Howick, is prepar- ing to build a manimoth barn 'next summer. Mr. Price, of Clifford, will do the frarning.—Mr. Wright, of Bar- rie, brother 01 James and Charles Wright, of thie vicinity, visited here during the holidays.—Mr. Wm. Clegg purposes removing to his farm, near Drew station, in- the course of a week. —The sleighing is completely done here, and moving with wagons is not nearly se nice a way.—Arrangements are already being made for the In- stitute meeting, to be 'held here.— Mark G. Nay invited some Of his friende to a party' last Wednesday- ev- ening. AIM= Items.—Miss Blandhe Latham and Miss Nellie Brinsmea,d, of Toronto. have returned home after spending the Christmas holidays at the home of Mr: James Lawrence.—Phe peo- ple of this vicinity are beginning to ne,alize that the sleighing is gone once more.—Miss Pearl Lawrende and her brother, Mat. have returned hrre from Peneteng where they were at- tending their brother's wedding, "Matthew officiating- as .groornarnan. The -Election.—The election in Mc- Killop on Monday Wit caused a good deal of interest among the people, and despite the wetday there was a good vote polled, athounting to 662. The result was something of a- sure peke), as only :the reeve and one member of lash year's council was returned. The following is • the vote 'cast; For Reeve—John M. bov- enlock, 119, 100, 100, 92.'total, 411. John Govenlock, 35, 63, 23, 80; tot- al, 141; majority, 270. Councillore— A. Ross 287, John McDowell 270, Jas. Cowan 251, J. V. Ryan 227, Beuer- mann 217, M. Rowland 215, F. J. McQuaid 183, T. Broom 65. The council for the present yeer will be composed as follows: John M. Gov- enlock, Reeve. James McDowell, A. Roes, James Cowan and J. V. Ryan, Councillore, the Reeve and Mr. Mc- Dowell being the only members of last year's council re-elected. /1611•11M04.4 Zurich The Electione.—There was quite a spirited contest for the municipal relere of'Hay. The weather was very wet and disagreeable, but this did not seem to dampen the zeal of' the several candidates and their friends. The is the vote cast: For Reeve—Peter Lamont, 468; Wendel Smith. 196, majority for Lamont, 268. Councillors —Louis Kalbfleisch, 327; Robert McArthur, 8011 J. K. Goetz, 296; Joh,n Geiger, 286; Charles Greb, 213; Jamee Green, 209; Wm. Cald- well, 188. The council will. there- fore, be composed of P. Lamont, reeve; Messrs. Kalbfleisch, McAr- thur, Goetz and Geiger, councillors. Messrs. Wm. G. Hess, Wm. O'Brien and Edward Appel were elected Po - ]Ice Trustees for the -Village of Zurich. Notes.—A few days ago, as Dr. Wil- son was driving along the Hensel' road, his horse slipped and broke its leg.—Miss Freda Hess, of this vil- lage, and: Miss Ethel Capling, of 131a•ke, who passed their Model 'school examinations are -now eligible to teach if they were old enough but . ot ha,ving'reached the magical age Of sweet eighteen they will have to lIe of until they do.—Mrs. N. M. Holtzman and daughter of Mildmay; Mrs. John Voelker, of Pigeon, Mich- igan; Eli Geiger, North Dakota; Hy- Echler, Jr.. Elkton, Michigan; Mr. end Mrs. Meno "Surarus, Cavalier, in North Dakota; Mr. r -4 Mrs. John Faust and daughtce el Mr. Chas. Brown, of Kalmar:aisle Michigan, were among the holiday visitors to friends in town and vicinitie—Idiss Ida Well, has gone to visit £r!." -ds in Saginaw, Michigan.—Mr, C. Erhler, of Pigeon. Michigan, a former resi- dent of Hay township, died at his home in Michigan last weele—Rev. Mr. Giechler commenced a' series of special meetings in the Evangelical 'Church on the 14th concestion on Tueeday evening.—Mr. and Mre. J. ebrated their silver W ding New Year's . evening, ;IV' having a plea:Sant party of f!riendo, Who spent mot enjoYable tlrne. It was the wish of all that the Worthy touple may_ -00 permitted' to celebrate MO golfthe wedding,—A etriet wedding was celebrated" at the home of Mr. Mar- lin Nunn, Breneen line, on Wednes- day of last week, "ifiheri their daugh- biltis Edna, was united in mar- riage 're:A Mr. Daniel Oswald, soh of Mr. Chris. Oswald'. We' extend best wishes to the young couple.—Mr.GeO. Sehoellig, who left for Detroit some weeks' age, 'recently undeewent an operation at a hospital in that city, A Stone, mea'suring 4 1e2 iffellefil in circumference was reinoVed from ills bladder. Notwithstanding lais age of ,72 year, 'he withstood the operation admirably, and hie friends here will be pleased to leen' that he expects to leave the hospital in a short time. Mils Green. Good Horses.—Mr. John Turner, of this place, sold to Mr. Anderson, of Forest, this week, a team of -four year old ' geldings, weighing 3,500 pounds. They are bey in color with white faces and are perfectly match- ed and were the will -nem of the Bank of Conlmerce silver medal at Bayfield 'show 'this fall. The sale was made through Messrs. • Archibald & Cud - more, of Seaforth, and are said by cempetent judges to be 'lane of the finest teams ever 'delivered' in that town. One was Sired by Sir Wal- ter a;nd the other by Pride of Glee - nick. The price paid was in the neighborhood of $700.—Mr. George Coleman, also of this place, sold this week he Mr. I. Merrier, di Zurich, three heavy fraught colts, aged two, three' and four years old, for which he received the handsome sum of nearly $700. "WroxAter Briefs.—Mrs. R. Gibsen and Mr. Wm. Gibson' -returned last week from Paewegan, Sasketcheware The latter will spend the winter months here with hie brother, Mr. T. A. Gibson.—At -the municipal election heed here on Monday the follo-wing were elected: Reeve, R. B. Harris; council, R. Black, J. N. Allan,- W. M. Robinson and A. H. Ree. -11r. Harry Braun spent several days of last week in Toronto.—Mrs. R. Black le the guest of friends in London,— ,Nisses Nellie Black and Edith liar- Vrie returned to Wingham this week whererthey will resume their studies. —Mr. W. M. Robinson spenta few days 01 this week in Toronto —Mise Jessie McTavish has 'returned from a vita to Wingriam.—Mr. Wm. I, John - soh visited at his home here over Suriday.--Mr. and hire, Harry Stew- art, of Bruseels, called on friends here last Friday. S uramerbelt Netes.—Mr. D. Barr has returned home from visiting his brother In Clinton.—Mr. J. W. Hill was in Brucefield on business mie day thie, week.—Mrs. Noble Lovett and family of, Ca.rnduff, are visiting at the home of Mrs. G. A. Tyner.—Mr. and Mrs, John Scarlett visited friends in Clinton and Summerhill last Satur- day and Sunday.—Mies L. Carter spent New .Yeare at her home in Alma.—A quiet hut very pretty wedding was celebrated at the home of Mrs. J.Rap- eon, on the 9th concession of FT,u1- Jett, on Christmas evening, when her sister, Mies Rose Wright, became the bride of Mr. J. H. Watkins, one of Goderich 'township's most prosperous farmere. The ceremony was perform-. ed by the Rev. Mr. Kerney, in the preeence of a few of the most Inti- mate friends, the bride being given away by her brother-in-law, Mr. J. Rapson. The presents were 'numerous and costly, showing the esteem: in which the young couple were held. They have eettled dowe to the stern evalitles of life on the groom's- farm, on the Base line.—Quite a number from around here attended the big supper Int Londesboro on hew Year's night. esavfield. We are busy preparing for our annual stock clear- ing sale. Better values than ever before offered will be given. F. A, EDWARDS, Bayfield. 2039.1 Breezes.—Miss Richards, of Ancas- ter, Is the guest of her uncle, Mr. James Danaldson.—Mr. and 'Mrs. James Donaldson, of the Soo, are vis- iting here.—The business at James Thomson's steam flour mill, we are pleased td say-, is steadily increasing. The quality of flour "Probatum Pur- ity," is proving satisfactory as is al- so 'the chopping and the farmers in thie section are realizing the great benefit and convenience of having a mill here.—The dance given by the young bachelors, on New 'Year's night, was II suceess. Another is to be gi-v- en Friday evening, January Ilth; all welcome,—A number: of the young people of Trinity church are prepar- ing -he 'hold an entertainment in the early part of Februaiy,—Since the opening of the Sterling Bank - 'here, now ender the nianagement of Mr. Wm. geatty, business has stead- ily increased. The people of the rile lage and surrounding country find it a great con vPri 4en -0. This branch is open each Morida3r.' Wednesday and Friday, from 10 a. ne, 'to 3 D. m. -- Percy •Piggart left rovont17 for co- balt that great mining° Smith spent New Years at Barrie. onr2.2,11r.. Varnn." The Stanley Election,—There was no election for reeve in Stanley. Mr, Isaac Erratt, who was norninat, d, ! having withdrawn, and Mr. Jamce McDermid was re-elected by acclama- tion. The vote for the councillors was as follows: W. Glenn, 245; W. J. Stinson, 243; Geo. Douglas, 223, Geo. Beattie, 210; John Gibson, Ir. There, voted for the local option by-law 288 and against it lea It was, therefore, . caeried, having received the requisite 'three fifths vote in its, favor. There are three licessed hotels in Stanley. at Varna, Blake and Kippen. Local Option..—A rousing meeting was held: in the interests of local option in the Presbyterian church last Friday evening. In addition to the resident ministers. Mr. W. H. Johnston, of the 2nd concession., and Rev, D. Urquhart, of Kimien, gave splendid and stirring vote moving ad- I dresses. The Zurich quartette aoly rendered a number of approapriate se- PURE 13RUGS lections. Rev. Mr. Da,videon presided in his usual genial and free iran- I SEAFOR WS LEACH E TORE manna of Partners SENOMMIIIIIIINIMMNIMEMNI4^ SEAFORTII, DEO. 31st, 1906 Notice is hereby given that the partnership heretofore existing betwee Robert Willis and. Walter G. Willis, doing business under the firm name R. Willie & Son, has this day been diesolved by mutual cement. All accounts due the late firm are payable to Walter a_Willis °mar to R. Willie& Son) who is authorized to give receipts for same. (Signed) RODER t WILLIS W AUER G. WILLIS. Witness—James Beattie. Ue- In connection with the above announcement, I beg to notify the public that have purchased the stock of the late firm of R. 'Willis if& Son, and in- tend carrying on the business in future. By striet attention to the wants of my customers, by giving everybody a square deal, by sustaining the reputa- tion of the stone for honest values and dependable goods, I hope to retain all the old customers, and add many new ones as time passes. Repairing and Custom Work will be given special attention as usual. 111111.1111110111111111111111111111111111111—'---' . WALTER Q. .*114.1% Sole agent in Seafortb. for the "Empress and Queen Quality shoes for w onion, and the " Slater EMU 41 Walk -over shoes for men. by-law has been carried' in Stanley by 40 votes more than the required number. z 1 Beechwood (Continued finin page h.) Notes.—Municipal elections are over and some changes have taken place. Some good men are turned dteen. Bet the elected are likely to maket good men also. A. large vote was polled —Mies Flossie Holland left on Wednesday to resume her studies at the tirsuline Academy, Chatham, Loridesboro. Notete—A new gasoline machine le this week being put into the Metho- dist church, to improve the lighte..-- Miss Jessie McLaughlin,- a Goriie, visited at the home ot Mrs. Young thie -week.—Mleses E. Mains and E. Lyon have returned to their stud- ies' at Business College..—Mise L.Brig- "ham eeterned to Alma College, lifter spending her vaeatIon at her hbme here.—Mr. Willie Bell visited De- troit friends for, a couple of Weeks. —Mr. Howard Brundson is this week in Teeswater, erecting windmills.— Mr. Thomas Sa,rapson is around again, but will be able to do no work for a couple of montha. Winthrop A Sad' Errand.—Mr. and Mrs. James Wake, a highly respected young cou- ple, of this place, not long out front England and in •the employ of Mie Robert Scarlett, drove to Seaforth an Friday •limit to de some ehopping and spent the day with. friends in Egmoedville, taking 'with them their four month& old baby. On afrkeing at their friends- house they unwrap- ped the child and to , their horror found the little one ibreathing lt lag', A doctor was eent los, but could do Teething to save the young life ea it was too late. Much. sym- pathy la extended the parents this their sudden bereavement. The little girl was hurled in Eginondvills. cemetery on !Saturday afternoon, the Rev. Mr. Shaw; officiating. — _ Stephen. The Ebectione.—There was the usu- al hard fight In- this township on Monday last._ The old champions for the Reeveship, Messrs. Willert and Sweltzer, fought their battle once more and this time Me. Willert came out on top. Last year Mri Sweitzer held the coveted prize. Stephen is one of thae fortunate eminicipalitles that has a depfty reeve under the new act and Mr. Jacob reellerrnan, the ;well -khown meithant of Dash- wood, has been selected for that po- sition. The council for this year will be composed of Henry Wince, reeve ; Jacob Kellerman, deputy reeve and W. D. Sanders, Stephen Webb and Fred Wuerth, councillors. The vote polled wee as follows: Fore Reeve—WIllert, 48R; Sweitzer, 445. majority for Willert, 39. For Deputy Reeve—Kellerman, 49.; Anderson, 402, majority for Kellerman, H. Council- lors—Wuerth, 461; Saunders, 294; Webb, 365 Finkbeiner, 241; Year - 270; Preezcator, 261. „ this time, the deficiency is compara- tively small. The coupon system is doing splendid service and when those who are a little behind note the deft- ieney the amount' required will soon be on hand. 4r.- Jas. Stanley was r8. - elected as treasurer, James Hinchley as secretary and Mr, Wm. Mantosn. caretaker. The topic on Tuesday ev- ening was taken by W. Jewittt The pastor also gave a short address on thesubjectfor the evening, which was full of interest and instruction. .2. 111101•41111111=1111111441111MIONIIII Bruoefield. 13.R. HIGGINS. Brucefield, Fire and Life Near - awe andReaj Estate Agent; Conveyancing, Money to loan. private or company funds at lowest rates of inforest. „ 2034.t COW FOR SALE.—A .young grade Upham ooar due to calve iranOary 20th. Apply to Alex. Watt, Mill Road, or address Brimfield p, 0, 9,0430.2 Looamvss.—B. R. Higgins disposed of a two year old roadster gelding to Mr, Thomas Stinson, of Bayfield. -Tom will be able to make things hum around that popular resort midsum- mer.-- William McIntosh and wife, with Mrs. MciEwsn. a sister, from Manitoba, are visiting .at D. Mein- tosh's and other friends in the vicin- ity. James 'Grassi& delmred a, air of horses here this week.—B. iggine was ina Goderich on TUeSday: -- Mr. Prime, our station agent WAS advised by telegraph of the deat o a nephew in a railway accident near Washington., D. C. - Noms.—A greathnany friends froni Matiltoba, and. the Northwest are vis- iting in this locality. Aenong others, leire are glad to see Mr. and Mrs, Wm. McIntosh, of Portage La. Prate* Wee Mr. and Mrs._ James Ross, who- are visiting it the home of Mr,. James ROSSf sr., south of the village. Ms. James Thompson, sr., has also return- ed from visiting relatives about Moose Jaw.—The little daughter of Mr. B. Aikenhead is quite ill at the home of her grandparents, Mr, and Mrs. John Cameron, 4th concenion,. Stanley. We hope fair a speedy receve Mrs. Andrew Beattie and son spent New Years with Mrs. , Scott and other friends in Sea h and Eginondville. Miss ma B lie spent New Years with Mr. and Mrs. James Swan. Both ladies returned to their homes in Westminster. — The flue sleighing we had is all gone and roads are in a bad state. -- Glad local option carried 'so -welt in the fine township of Stanley.—Mr. Jas. Swan and family have got moved into their fine new residence. It is very coin; plete.and comfortable. James. does nothing by halvs. We them health to enjoy at.—Rev.. E. EL Saw- - 1 ers emit -tied. to the manse with ht. grippe. We h he may SOO* reCOV-; er.—Rev. Mr.Davidson, of Varna, occupied Mr. Sewers' pulpit On Sab- bath and preached two good sermons. —Miss Belle Beattie, of Watford, who has been the guests of' friends in Brucefield, has returned to her home. —R. Murdock is laid up with la grippe, also Mr. B. R. Higgins. We hope soon to see them at their usual posts, —Mr. John Gibson. of Stanley, con- tinues quite poorly.—Miss McCallum has returned home from Clinton.— The little son of Leri McConnell. t his hands badly scalded by falling in- to a tub of hot wateribReis mending nicely under Dr, Roger's care. Mr, D. McTavish continues. ill at the home of his sister in Fiensall.—Dr. A. Mur- dock has returned to Rainy River to resume his practice there, after spend- ing a week's holidays at his home here. The doctor looks as if the west agrees with, him.—The annual meet - mg of the South Huron Agricultural Society will be held here on Wednes- day aftheroon next, and the meeting of the Farmers" Institute on 'Friday next, afternoon and evening. Constance, • NOTES. -- Mrs. Jewitt and Misses Helen and Mitilhry returned home from their visit to Mrs. Jewitt's par- ents, in Lambton county, last Thurs- day.—Mrs. Wm. Britton and Clifford have. returned home after spending an enjoyable holiday in Lambton county.—Miss Jean Love has returned to her position in A. Clark's store. — Mrs. B B.. Stephenson spent Christ- mas and New Years with her parents in Gorrie.—Mr. Somerville has restnn- ed Ms duties as teacher and the cheery sornid of the school bell and merry lilugh and chatter of the school child- ren are again beard.—Mr. "Win. Clark has bad quite a serious attack of pleur- isy, We hope that he will very soon regain his usnal good health. — Mrs. Wm. Clark has gone to Al omit for an extLrided visit to her sister.— Miss lilvelfn Ciarke will take charge of_the primary clees in the 814,bl:with Scnool durnag her mother's absence. We are always pleased when our young people take an active part in church work—R. W. Jewitt attended the opening of' the new, school at Cromarty. Mr, iewitt was teacher of the Cromarty school before cprning to Constance.—The trustee board of the Constance Meth.odist church held its annual business n2eeting on Tues- day night. The several committees gave satisfactory reports, and, while there has not been quite as much mo- ney collected as there was lett year at Your Savings Am....-. are Safe When &voided i Western Bank of Canada Interest paid or compou ed twice a year. OWE NO MAN ANYTHING 13orrow Your Requirements from us and pay cash, FRANK MCCONNELL, Itana,g DUBLIN ERANOIL rixEnzatNEs ner. The large a.udience went harm • exithused for local optionBOOKS STATIONERY , Through- out the townehip of Stanley, meet- 1 ings 'have been held. the agitation • kept up by the workers, literature shattered and copies n± The 'Peloneer circulated, so that w1,-1. eleefloa day , came on Monday, ioeal option I vote stood as follows, 280 for and 121 agalnet the measure. The polling sub -division at Deird's school. de- serves tne banner, in recording 62 • vote e for and 9 Against., So Al -nit the PARGY GOODS EX. WILSON_ FIRST DOOR NORTH OF 1.'ICKAR1YS E. FORTH, * * NJARTO.