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FORTY -EIGHTH YEAR
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S. FiAORTII, FRIDAY MAY 8, 1914
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Greig ClothingCornpai
"Greig" Clothing
Order?
• Yes, we make suits and spring
overcoats -to order. In fact, this
is an important and a growing
part of our great business. We
appreciate the fact that men who
have their clothes made to order,
do ,so because they want their
clothes made as THEY order, and
made to fit THEIR individual
figures. One reason for the big
increase in Or special order de-
partment is that WE CARRY .
OUT ORDERS. Of course we,
are always ,glad to suggest and
advise. But , we do not obtrude
Our opinions nor overside your
wishes. May we have the pleas.
ure of mair-i-n-g-- your clothes this
season ,?
Suits $1S $20 $22 $25 $30
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Spring Overcoats...$1.8 to 525
Trousers...$4.56 $6 58 $10,
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IRAINcOATS_
There iS notime when a Raincoat is more needed than in
Spring , and summer. time, for the reason this garment, is
not only a taincoat but a general utility coat Rain o sun-
shine, mud or dust, you have a dressy over -garment, lwhich
protects!and preserves and saves your sAits and sa4s the
ladies dresses, from the damaging effect of exposure to the
weathe4 Now these coats for. men and_ for women and for
boys an,:# for girls we show in great variety.
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Prices! for
Prices for
Prices for
Prices for
Boys..e.••••••••
Girlatir••-*IPOO•Ot•
54.85 to $15.00
$4.50 £$i2.00
$2.98 to 55.00
54.25 to $6.50
Some argai
• Coats
and
Suits
for Women
We are showing for the. net ten
days a great of Suits and
Coats speciany priced for quick
selling.
Bnutiful Suits in Grey, Tan
BItie, Blue Stripe, and
Brown. •
Prices—$8, '510 $12
And Coats of unusl
beauty— the very latest in
design—new colored cloths
Prices$8.50, $10 $12
Mese Coats are
Bargaims
choosing gives y
ter picking
• FROM ,OHTARICO'S CAPITAL
Toronto, May , 5, sal 914.
The Ontario Legislature •cloge4 bus,
, nd music
tinese here Wieetiesclity and the formal Nextefall or tbereabotits tbe ecclesi-
held, there being aninteresting pro -
Prorogation. proceedings were held on astical provinee of Ontatio, will have • grararne of addresses ?e
FridayIn. cornparlson with the 'fuss new metropolitan: The Meet Reverend At tbe Friday ees4ion Miss Ada
end feathers at the °periling, the closIntrc Charles Hamilton, Da, no.L., arch_ Burritt taught a %wield, lesson in
.was tame indeed. ,One pleasant feature
was the' presence of Lr James "Wititeeet.
He arrived: an'hisroffice at the Parliam-
ent Buildings. a few minutes 'before
the time or the opening of' the pro-
ceedings and came teethe Chamber and
teak ISO old seat tor ft few minutes
etfter tbe Lieutenant Governor had
einished. his address. This le the first
i time Sit James, has occupied Ms seat
this eeS$1011. He in jetted by his ifrieeds
to look 'well, But Adhere ene no doubt
that his eetent severe illness has given.
him a bed shaking up, and he as not
the doughty Sir Jarnes a two years
ago. He has been considerately ree
duced flesh and looks many years
-older than he did the last tinge. he
appeared in the Legislative 'chamber.
He was warmly welcomed by Many
present, but he dkl not remain Wen
le the chamber,
The pa.st sessiori, althougb: only cone
tiaelns about ten weeks, was th ie most -church of, Canada, a hard worker. a mond ,Beigrave ; abets ,L. 3. Clark
lively a this parliamentary term. The etrang.biehop and a Vaal beloved St Iieleba, Miss M. A, Ellis, Hensall.
Lieutenant Governor gave ilitenssent to throughout the church. He wan tor- • The -re -pert cit the Resolution Com-
145- bibs that had been passed•der- rnerly bieghop of Niagal.a.
,
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..DicLEAN BROS. Publisher
Es
WOO a Teter in suavatast
teneent,
• available with regard to all thee mat-
ters by the holding of this conventioh
in Toronto.
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Playground, „Home School and . Gym- effective laet 4Tharada..y -night. A-
li et ten-tbirty all the bare were
41aSaillorn.reabdidly lasboosk4.7..e.ssle „Ile 'Bancroft,
. A cased and the lights extingaished,
A well attended evening eneeting -was 1 here wee !no disorder .A. large gean-
t• tY of liquor was shipped back to dif-
if rent brewerice by hotel keepers who
b d bo further use for it. The hoten
were also closed the same
Spelling with Second lass, 'illustrating eil enllnyeteh w .
her plan ot teaching tale short and Ring The ceremony of laying ithe found -
vowels and how certaih consonants fol- ation 'stone of the new Melvilaa church
low certain' sounds and cembinatains, B ussels, is Monday, Mae 25th In ad-
tbus a 'follows long vowel sounds and di 1.011 to. the coming of Rev. Dr. Mac-
ar as lake, like, dark, etc.; consonants • tale, et Toronto, the local M. Ind and
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are doebled atter abort vowels as Soli. M. P. P's are invited as will as the
Miss, etc.; when soft g -'' follows a ne bboring ei.ergy. Following the after.",
short vowel sound d is inserted, as Ito n program, supper will be served
ridge, badge, etc.; letters eboule be an le the evening a eablic satherine
doubted when there is •only one sound * 1 be held' lel the Town Hall.
betweeai a lebort vowleacand lee as rattle, Since the closing of the how bare
middle, ;similarly before ow as enellow, lin Winghani, the National Hotel * bas
billow, and a great many other rales, be n labelled closed, and the hoarders
thus making the study ofespelling eas- ha e gone to othertquirters. Mr. Doyle,
ter than it ceetially is. 1 th proprietor, will leave in d'bout five
The following officers' were -ekoted da
for the cerrent year; Preeidente . Geo. eh
alawean, Exeter; viceepreeident Wed an
M. A. Bailey', Dengantione pecretarY- an
knee:serer, W. H. .jobeetten, Kiippene
Councillors; George' Sparks, Exeter, ;
George S. Howard, Zurich, R. R. Red -
of
bishop of. Ottawa and eresent metro-
politan, is desirous jet ilying Ms
ditties. Some etreekerftek he sent in his
eesignation to the hoteseve aishees. He
is getting on in eta -re and feels that
the work coald be better performed by
a 7o:el:Igoe and more vigorouil men. At
a meeting of Ontariabiebeab in Toronto
feW, dap ago Archbishop Hamilton
withdrew his resignationt eta tbe groand
that eetirement at tide thne would
catuse emele inconvenience fri•the aamin-
istration ot the office *riding the sit --
ting ot the general etynod'an theaut-
It is expected that giiiha.pl Thorn-:
loe •Algorhayea.st the text *seer bishop,
will succeed as metropolitan.
Arebbishop Hamilton remains of the
earnieer only to make. things easier in
the diaceee ered wiil'intire as soon as
tbe difficulties now in the way are ob••
via,ted. The arclibisbop is one of the
mast 'striking ifigeree -in the Anglican
mittee recommended the following reso
ling the session. The most important ' lutions, which were adopted unalihnous-
ot these were the bill providing for
The Teachers Parliament.
Compensation to Workmen; and•tbe Re -
1Y:
1--e That the opinion of this Asso-
dietribution BM. This .lel . no doubt, The thirty-sixth 'eamtial •gonaention dation the Department of reidueation
tbe last time Sir 7eln will'ere- ce.d the • ;West Huron Teachers' essona..., asked: either to allow beaches to use
side at a fenction a this kind,. as tied).- was held in Capdericie• last week, &hoe' and Home,ortto prepare it series
of helps to be isseed to the teachers
esromaeppottrainetrLant .11nrIeWlyasaottneendaledthtine mtlelt..1181raucteoerfuy el antid
at least" monthly. -
term
it° is°f flicikeely7Irlaneodth
will be made before the close of this Association. There Were one hundred 2—Viiat this Association regtegst• the
seasan. It is -Brad that tate te and fourteen teachers Present the /frit -Dominion GoCermnent to prohibit the
Osler, M.P. for one of the Toronto ,day,.- The chair was ocattpled by the manufacture, pale and importation of
cdnstiteencie,s, and a multi -millionaire President, Mr. Fred Iteejs ere Dungan- cigarettes or cigarette material, t and
de that cite, as the refesal of the non, and devotional exercktes•Were con- that ae copy', of, this eesolution be sent
office and if he declines it it in be dneted by Inspector iTom. ; to the members of the county.
given to Mr. Brock, another ot Toron- The President took tfdr •the sebject 8-1'hat the Department' ehould statj.
to's millianairete The new Lieutenant og his °Pelting addrerse, The Teatimes a' alinpler and more definite course for
Governor will cupy the ne•W minion Failures. Mr Ross advocated tbat tee- the Art coarse iethe public school and
dollar residence which the Govern- cliers should teach their pupils to authorize suitable books conteining
snent are erecting for thle official. control themselves'. He d ehould - train graded eitercises for the drawing and
the necessity et Panbtuality, regelar•
them for citizenehipt imkrese on them brush work.
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Next SaturelaY is designed for a
gathering in Qaeeres Park twfach is in-
tended 'by its promoters to strike 'tee-
ror into the heart ot the British. Gov-
-ernment: There is to be a meeting of;
Unionist oldies to protest against the
forcing of home rale upon Ulster. This
gathering will be attended' by prominent
men in the public life of ()ataxia who
will Speak to theclubs, and the tenction
• promises to a•really interesting one.
There is in Ontario, as most people
lotow, a large and. very stron.g. Orange
Protestant element .and t'he twelfth of
July celebrations are realfeyents. Every
little „corner ,of. Ontario bee its Orange
hall and its 'local lodge. The cite oth
Toronto is the active center of the
Orange body and the Ulster situation,
has been watched with morel than or-.
dinary Internet and concern .be the peo-
ple at Toronto,. Tbe Ora,ngemaa are,
and always have, been, well organized.
Tbe Unionist elute have drawn their
Membership largely from, the Orange
order ane hence arie strong. vigorous
organizations, perfectly well able . to
epeak their mind: without reserve. There
Sire a inumbertott tbeen clubs/ in Toronto,
The demonittration which they are
planning is in tbe -hands at an execu-
tive committee, whose chairman is Fred
Dane, a eery prominent Orangeman
and antil recently a. member of the
Temiskaaning and Northern Railway
board. Tbe clubs will meet in the east
end west ends oiS the city and marchto
a junction point at Queen street and
University avenue, proceeding tbence to
Queen's Park, where the mass meeting
will be bele under the windows of the
paovincial parliament buildings.
aleep-`
_Early
u bet=
SPRING Sin
o see the newest creations in shirt col° and combinatioils wil
belp you td appreciate the arrival of th 111.,y• spring selason
Your desire to get away from the old and into the somethin
new can be easily efreoted by a selection from our swell new
summer shirt.
Pries collar to . match 1
•with_ or without qffi
DC $1 I 50 0 S
T
Highest Prices for Butter and E
Greig Clothin
The Big Corner Store
SEAFORTH
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Tbe ConServative members of the leg-
islature beve given' another expression
,of. the high regard in which they bold
tbe provincial prime minister. A aro-
pcieal was made some weeks ago /or a
bonus to be voted pi; tee prime min -
Liner' connectian with . his recent se-
vere illness. Sir James hard of it and
equelched it. The Conservative mem-
ears then got together axle, made up a
purse of $2,000 which theY have pre-
sented to the prime minister as an evi-
dence of affection and sympathy. Done
ttt tbis way, Sir James had to accept
the ,gitti which he did, gratefully.
Not content with this, -the Conserva-
tive members turned their benevolent
attention to' the minister of, !education
Dr. Pyne, who accompanied the premier
bis trip toethe saint' in search
af beaith and remained with him day
end night during' the twbote his dan-
gerous illness in New York. The mem-
bers seized Dr. Pyne the ether day
marched him to the .smoking -room of
tbe paidiament buildings and there pre -
tee t� him an address of apprecia-
b. n and e silver tea'. article. The ad-
dress was e long one; with this pare -
green° as •the keynote: "W.laren the last
ope was all but abandoned, your .per-
eonal and professional services,•
etowee with unwearying zeal:and con-
otent attention, 'Leeched. the hearts of
the people and called "forth lanbo 'need
admiration as an inspiring exam le of
moral. worth, and of, plighted dut su-
perbly performed."
Nav.
Huron Notes.
ity sy,elem, promptness -end therm -4h -
bless, to respect the aged, be econom-
-dLast Friday Allan, the tosio year
real, etc. To save himself from fillare old' Con ot Mr. and Mrs. jamee A.
tbe teacher therefore eliould be eon- McCracken, of the fourth line of Mor-
ris, tell at the door and broke his
aight arm.
one • hundred acre farbi of Wil-
lows 'arrow et. the 'third line of Mor-
ris, has been purchased by Mr. John
p,'Ilz:90o0E.• the same line, for the sant
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James B. Reel-101dg of the Bret
Exchange Hotel Goderich, •hes put -
chased the license, fixtures,' fur:it:he
Ln. and good -will of the Kine Ed-
-ward Hotel, Guelph.
• —The. yoang man who Claes the local
work for the Goderich Signal ln last
week% issae says : The West Huron
teachers' convention in session 'hare is
responsible for so many prette Yonne'
"ecbool zna'arms" being in tower.
• —Kies Irene Claim, of Morris, who
has been attending the Normal Beanie
allamilton, has beea. suecessful in
passing her examination. She is now
at the Ontario Agricultural College,
Guelph„being instructed in agriculture.
Clark and A. la orrance. The paper --Mr. Fred Fowler, of and con -
advocated the use df, the oral method cession of Stanley, has now in dainty-
watb ibitatittboerd tsionirnary ,end re.' ity and in tbe process ot taming a
production by purdle. Pupils' note -books young porcupine which he recently cap -
must be carefully supervised. 'Reviews etered in his bush. These enimatls are
now somewhat rare and are not very
'safe for pets. •
—At a recent meeting of Wingham
Oramee Lodge, Rev. E. H..Croly was
presented with a complimenaary ad-
dress and a handsome Morris chair in
recognition of his ,sexvIces as a mem-
ber of the elodge and on the eve of
Current events should' be taken regular,
ly and lessons drawn therefrom. his leaving Wingham.
necteil with church activities, a,nd all
public interests for tbe elevation of the
conemenity. He samild be methodical, he
;should keep his petals 'busy and ehould
give -them his sincerest love He should
also be -careful to influence. the home
life of the community. The addnene
was full of inspiration for tbe teachers
Pred3enti • • I.' ;
Inspector Torn introducid the subject,
Class Discipliae and Reading witlaCiass.
He emphasized. very strangler that the
pupils sbould stand properly during the
reeding leston, and exbibit ane
etiergy during the recitation. He com-
mended the Speller as .very aseful
book in teadhing reading and pronane
elation, The papils should enunciate
their words clearly and distinctly.
The datceseion was collate -Jed by
bles,srs. Roes and.MacKay.' •
Miss Lilian J. Clarke, of $t. Helens,
read an -interesting paper on History
for Third Class, prepared Misses
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A three-day convention of the inter-
mint:trial Conference on City tPlailnle3'
is to be held in Toronto, openidg an
May 25th. The conference is six 'eears
old end! the Toronto convention will be
tbe first to be held in Canada. Retiree
sentatives of, tbe Dominion and pro -eine
641 governments, as well as. represen-
tatives of municipal bodies and of the
commission on conservation, will be
present and will participete in tbe work
C! the. conference.
Three hendred delegate will be pres-
• ent and elaborate preparations are be-
ing made fer, tbe enteetalnirent. The
convention will be opened by H.R.H.
tbe Duke af Connau,eht, and the 'dere-
:gates ' will be tendered a. luncheon by
the cite, another tee the harbor commie-
sion. and another by, the pie:wince. A.
trip around, the harbor and_an autorno-
bile ride around the city are on .the
programme and, lastly, there be! a
grime banquet tendered by the commis -
Sion ore conservation. The object of the,
conference is to promotei not only the
beauty of cities and towns; but econo-
mical administration, good bosiness
Management teed • rrieasures ot - eublic.
'health. Methods of town and cite tralase
portal= will also come up for dis-
cesseion. The best expert advice, will be
ebould be taken from different stand-
points than those taken in the lessons.
Tbis may be done by treeing eve -trite
ba.ckwartle, reviewing by dates, recall-.
ing tbe story by maps or pictures.
History , should be closely. correlated
with ether eabjetts... The leseon. often
,ferniebes a subjett for composition.
who is one of
The discussion was conthried by Howick's best -horsemen, sold a very
• —Mr. le Galbraith;
Messrs. Hoggarth, Johnston, Reward, fine dark brown mare weighing. eighe
Mr. J. P. Hame, B. A.,, Principal of teen bundred pounds to St. Marie
Ross and Inspector Tom.
Brothers, of Clifford, for • the eam of
the Goderich Colivered an address on Bird Lite. He 4-350. Thbe• is eapposed to be one of
llegiateInstitute, de
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ebthe finest animals of her kind ever
owed that birds are related to rep-
reefed in Howick.
tilee, thus proving evoletion in animal
Tbeanil
life. He explained that when birds bd.- GoderichDistialtricdt,iswtrlicnt heldbmeeeting In
f tthee
igen to, fly some modifications of that
reptile had to be mede as the, bones North Street Church, GOderich, on
were made li,glit yet strong, alas the Thursdasy and Friday, May 21st. and
birds have light hollowbones, the head 22nd, Ministerial session on Th ursdan,
bad to be made light and the lower laymen
p. in. The annual session, when the
part of the body heavy, etc. ale erged laymen are to be present, at 7.30 p.m ,
protect their birds.- Th_ureday. .
Mrs.Wm. Campbell, e respected pio-
tit& .teacher g to teach their paPiLs to .
Prof. McCready, of the Ontario. Ag- neer of the town.ship of Hay, pass.4
ricalltural College, , : egeoace eloquent-, ecl a*". at ber home in that town-
s jibe On Tuesday of last week. '.She
l
had reached the unueual age of 8S y on Huron County' Rural Preblem.
He showed that thepopuletion county has decreased about._ ; „COO in Her maiden name was Helen
i ot this {beam
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the last twentyefive years e' 6,311 Brown. She had resided in Hay for
1911
1901 tiEat Huron has ararn ll . sover half a. century and her triend-
'fifteen per cent. 'their homes _
ship was valued lay all who enjoyed it
lost of .
in these ten years ,and Old Ornate() Mr. Racbael rr. Hingstone ene of the
. Count- pioneer settlers of Huron., died at ble
lost 97;124 in the eame time
lag the people in thS saburbs ot the bieerne in Brussels, .on Monday last. In
births over deaths and the immigrants bail' contracted a eevere cold, which
early Tart of the week deceased
large cities, the Attire], incae,ase of "e 1
bound for 'theio rural portions gook. developea into pneumonia and re -
to Ontaref the community, we find that Old it4 i ne at el.,/ i n death. Mr. Hingston was '13
or age
Ontario lies lost over 400,000 in her " . Be is survived be his
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ation (from 1901 till 1911 . The wife, three saw and two daughters
rural popiil.
—Oa Saturda.y afternoon, WA J. Mitch -
problem at every country to -day is to S
keep a standard people in the "country. ell and -C. ennin were blrivine la op -
By a standard people is meant sale of, pogite directions, In Wingharn, lir, Sen-
By
worintelligience, of moral and re- nin's horse shied and the wheels of
rage th.. Prof . McCready b., bis wagon locked with those of ' Mr
ligi.
torward with hopefulness to a ltoohne Mitchell's. A ;spoke was broken. Mr.
hen the reraleepulation ;will increase 3YrPear •
itchell sammoned Ur. Serrnin to art-
wrather than decrease To bring . in coma While the case was go-
this
they
about we must tdoebnd an tbe teachers ,
rural population. must be converted.
They „must come to the p
C tbe land. In order to et -wooed, the
:alter was laid over ;until Wednesda•Y.
pater of 'the Evangelical church at
oina where
g on Mr. &rutin fainted and the
Rev. A. !4 Nash, who had been
Will want agricalture taught in .Benmiller for the past 'three years, left
their schools. When this is done it far his new appdintment at Ilespeler,
neat fences, well kept buildings, lawns .. y
Ben -
will transform the rural. school, mak-
ing it Vie local beauty'. spot, with .
and 'flower bedi; a, small local eipleirie •
mental farm; the social and eductaione
dress Was listened to with a. great of WII-t-h '
al centre of the section, etc. The aen t ----- • 3 . .
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deal ot pleasure. ,--1-10 recommenbed Waterloo county, last week. The Ben -
excellent gentleman from the comrr:an-
miller people are sorry to lose Ole
h . ts Enid has donetigood service.
rt He bas.' won Ms WaYi into mane
awv, in his seeenta-s a ., rief tea*
ear _ .
dd D Henderson a -peon resident
I /` urch near Winghane passed
eer
Rural Life in Canada bY MaDougall as dal. + ixth ear. Mon-
a book eiery teacher should read. afternoon, af erbern•o
in Clarke
• Prof. 'McCready also teak 'up the sub • Mr. Henderson; watet H an was
townsbip, !near Por Hope d
Janet of
ject of School Games and pleaded for tor nearly fine Years a !es
more attention,. to this Matter, especial- Wilitchurch and vicinity. He. wasatfotr
le' in the rural schools. He thought +years Sunday sehool, superenten kin ,
the teacher could have *the greatest and was for tbirty-two years an e er
influence over big pupils bY taking pert at the Presbyttrian church, for over
ars edema -Ian and Treasul r
in their games. To help the children twenty years "Ye
to play he would ,adviee a teeter, first, a Wbitchurch Creamery Coe d
se a god game, and oaxpep for , the 1. -.-The . „
' licenses in Wingham ceased to
ant tir.);
in. the school ground; second, a double a number of! years am °adios
awing, and in -the third place, a giant- Executive CoMmittee af. the twri one
stride. He strongly recommended base- Order a Foresters. His`wife, .!) 8
bail wita .e. soft ball, played outside, and One daughter survive. . _
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his occupation. Ile had been in poor
health for some time (prior ta death,
which was not altogether unexpected. •
Of a genial and pleasant disposttion,
be was well liked. The funeral was
in clia.rge of the afieneall Lodge of Odd
Fellows, of which the deceased wee
a member. He wasein his tbirty-sixth:
year and leaves a widow and syeater
family to inoern his loss.
—Mr. Alexander Denorame, of Drys-
dale, grazideire of five living- genera-
tions, has been remelted from the spbere
of life% activities, and passed to tte
eat beyond on Monday of last week.
r. Denomme was born ie. Joliette
eounty, tbe provinee or Quebec, and
came to Hay township at the age ef
'sixteen years. He was 78 years old.
At tbe age of twenty-one he married
:Mies Phoebe Laporte, with whom he
raised a family of thirteen children.
'Eight the family are still living in
Drysdale vicinity. Ills pioneer even-
s for Arthur, where. he has puree timis lave been rewarded be the ac -
d another hotel. .The Exchange cemulation of much of this world's
Dinsley bouses are about to close wealth. The deceased was a Catholic
the other two, the Queen's and gild a Liberal. His wife Predeceased
Br newick, will remain as temperance him- .
bo • s. . —One -of the largest and best ear -
What threatened for •a time to be capbasas black 33ouccrad granite mam-
a ry serious fire started in Clinton. enmente has been erected in Dungazeg
on Friday night from an all heater non cemetery to tbe inernory of the
left in the barber shop of AL Crich. late' Thomas Minnie. of that place.
The blaze was making progress In the This' rnounment has a bottom base,
tra bLiiding . when it was noticed, .•,five4 :feet seven lecbes, by aboat
and it was feared that the fire woeld foer Ifeet wide, with a sub -base, ,four
ma its way into the fi.rniture store feet. nine Indies, by three feet; both:
adj lining, Hard work on the part of bases are f' e ,axed. There is also a.
cbec ed the, flames. The loss is filly . in deep rats d letters with carved car -
f.
the local department, however,. soon - third base .ith the family name eat
cove ed by iesarance. rders on base; The die with inscripe '
— mong the many articles destroyed tion bas fear carved -columns In each
by t e fire in Goderich last wet,„ and eteozeasr eptieeeth.eo.f dwieo,;ka. dvilfeicaleatp saintl
perb pe one of the ticiest inteinetine of
reit was an old ashioned phaeton ?reaththisv,eiiteh athned iebtasterariansisied% eaefintemd
wine was eased bet Lord Dufrerin
wbe he Visited Goderich stoat forty dwrraepeatdb. arnO.n this cap its a large
1: ..
yea ago. It was of pecallar build,
with an elevated seat for the coach. —Another of the old and highly. es -
man, and was, gaite a novelty. Mr. G. teemed residents of Huron, passed a -
H. ereen, the proprietor of the co 'way an Saturday, April 25, in ,.., the
Oerie tlly Shop, owned thee old carriage person of Alice Forsyth, relict of the
and had kept it as a relic; of by- late Richard: Armstrong, in her 72nd
gone
eJ 'orlees:Btnaei:srsc;ws ef the twelfth cone for enly a short time with pneilinonee
Year. The deceased lady bad been ill
dies'. n of McKilime near Leadbary Mrs Armstrong resided ten(a member of
has old , his 120 acre farm to Hen- years on the farm with her hueband
ry B oadbagen, who will get poseesslon and family, ln Wirgbam, where lier e
next Febraaiy. The price paid was busba-nd was engaged in market-gate:len_
$1,050 It ,is a fine farm and !bag ing. On the death of' ilfr; Armstrong
been tbe possession of Mr. Barriewe some seven or eight years ago, Mrs.- -
for f rtY-three yeare. Mr. Barrkews Armstrong went to Turnberry and
came o el Killop aboat 'fifty yearelago mule her horne with her son, Mr. W.
and e aid his goqd wife are Well H. Armstrong. The deceased lady Wes.
entitl d to a holiday: from active lab- (bele in veber high esteem by many
-
or. • " friends, and her death will be deeply
—Tbe fo lowing have 'been elected eegretteet. Tbreee eons and ,teur Omagh -
office fof tbe Current year for the ters surviie.
Elm -or h League ot tilde Belgratee Meth-
odist harcn; Honorary president, Rev.
I. W. Kilpatrick; president, Clayton
Procte ' first vice t Mrs. W.. 3. Proc-
ter; .cond vice, Miss Edna Scandr'ett;
thirt1 ice, 'Miss Edith Procter; Perth
lice, le. J. Procter; recor-ding secree
itaertayr,y: ex, mlissPrometaeyr ; Hcoeprrpeesrpon; ding sec -
treasurer,
Miss C rrie Stonehouse; oreanist Mrs..
(Dr.) 5 ewart; assistant organist, Miss
Baden Hopper.
. Brussels Lawn Terntie Club has
been o ganized: for the seaSen witla the
follow'. officers; Honorary president,
John eckie; president, A. G. altiDer-
matt; ice -president, Miss Pearl Bat -
ker ; Se retary-treasurer, V. Ross r roan -
aging c =Mee, A. G. McDermott, R,
M. Sin lair and James' Fox; refresh'
mat cerrunitiee, Mats Isabel Strachan,
Lovise clair and Minerva Jones;
earetek r, Staart Fox. New pleyers
joining be club are to be charged one
dollar 1 • r igentletnen end fifty cents for
—At te an.naal meeting of the An-
derson lesion Band, ileld in the, school
room, i Blyth, on Friday, the follow.
ing offi ers were elected :.Saperintend-
ent, Mrs M. Young; bonorary president,
Mrs. Be der; president, Annie Maine;
vice-pres dein, Miss M. Hillrecord-
ing 'seer tare,* Miss Verde Asgaith ;
corresba ding eecretary, Miss A. Con
cloegh ; treasurer, Kiss Ena Jewett;
pianist, s Ena Jewett; song lead-
er, Mrs. King; delegate to convention
at Seafo tb, Mies Verde .Aseeitle The
receipts for tbe year were $33.50.
—The est fifty acres of wbat was
known tbe Jackson farm on the
third co cession ef Grey has been
parebase by Alexander McDanald,
wbose 1 rrn is on the same line. Lor-
enzo Fr in has bought thirty acres af
tbe sam farm, which adjoins his one
hendred acres on the west, so both
will 'no nave fine properties. reastin
Reynard Who sold the property, re-
trains t enty acres for besh andpas-
ture an- with his 100 acres further
eaet veil still have plenty of work.
It is ov fifty-five years since the
Jacksoni arin was taken up by a man
named erbertson. ,
s —Ur. Gerald ICidd, ;who recently es-
tablished a vchicken faxen near Gode-
rich, reports a splendid hatch from his
several incabators which have been lre
operation for several weeks past. At
Presght he has over one thousand
White Leg horn chickens out ef the
shell and the. chicks seem to be in a
thriving and healthy condition. They
are kept in separate pens aboet tme
hundred in each pen, with a hover or
"mother" in each. These artificial
bens are kept. warm bY means of a
coal oil lamp and tbe little ler& take
kindly to their foster mothers. It Is
the intention of Mr. Kidd to increase
his stock until he has secured -about
three thousand laying hens when he
will go' in for egg producing exciting
ively,
—Mrs. James Wilson, an old and.
highly respected resident. of Bruise's,
died suddenly on Wednesday nigbt at
last week. She had been extra well on
Wednesday and retired to bed at 7,80
and was reading abook for some time.
At e45 she called her daughter sand
complained of shortness of breath and
Intim-nee that she had received the call.
A physician was telephoned for but on
arrival deceased was nearly puiselesa
and passed peacefully Away. Mrs. Wil-
son was in her 77tb.. year andwag
one of the kindest and rnost sunshiny
women. You. Mild meet witb. Everybody
had a good word for her. She is sur-
vived = by one son, Fred, of Toronto,
and tour daughters, Kra. Falconer, or
Chicago; are. la McDonald, Jamestown;
Miss Inman and Miss Myrtle. Mr. Wag
on died some years ago. Mrs. Wilsoa
had recounted during the day men a
tbe sudden departures of members of
her family and it would appear as if
Elbe had a tiremonition of What was
coming.
—A la e combined pinch and shears
weigbing 24 tons and costine between
five and six, thousand dollaes arrived
by Gran` Trexik early last week for
the Arne WW1 Road. Maebine Company,
in God e ch. It was matle in Berlin,
Germany and perbaps is the only, in-
strament of its kind in. this part of
tbe prov ce. The drill is capable of
caenne ' ,,ons one and threentearter
inches le diameter and one and one-
half inchte in sone plates. It is cal-
culated to cut through a solid bar of
iron two by seven inches or three by
tbree in hes at one stroke or will
shear • p tes of teel one, and • three-,
eigitths ches thick. f
—Mr. . M. Roberts, an old resident
arid pro inentausinese man ot Dun-
gannon, fed bn Friday last after an
illness oi several weeks.. IIe was 76
years a age. He was for many years
secretary treagarer a the West Wa-
wa -limn ire Insurance Company and
was one <It the original promoters of
the company. Ile was alzo engaged in
tbe mer antile business, but of bete
years h been ramie*: a private! bank.
:
In 1890 Roberta ran as .tbe Coneeee
Calve c didate for the Legislatuale in
West HL.. on, but n-aiseuesuccessful. He
was a. :« besinese nian and en-
joyed th confidence and 'esteem of
alte peo•pl with whom he had been so
inthaatel connected for many' years.
—"The email Observer maloeSrthe fol-
lowing ference to Me. James W.
White, Ito died in Enter last week.
The dem, -d prior to coming to nen-
sall, NO re he lived for about a year.
resided or some considerable time in
Zurich, here he soldtimplements Some
years a o he lost an. arm, which was
quite a handicap in connection .with -
—Dr. J. al Turnbull, formerly a
Goderich, writing from ,Victoria, Brit -
1013 Columbia, en . .April 22nd saYse
We have had a splendid three *writhe
stay here and have enjoyed almost eve
ery day of it, as it has been a very
pleasant change frorn the cold of See-
katcbew,n. 'Victoria. may well be proud.
at its climate, its hernes and its boele-
vares and streets. General besiness
seems to be rather low, althoughi there
Ile a, loteor Government work ,going on
at the Outer Wharf, and at Eseubrialt,
and .0. few homes being aunt. Taere
already seems to be enough homes for
the population, for about every third
house is "To Let The only buelness.
block a any importance Ander way at
present is tbe store being bailt by the
Hudson 13ay Ccrnpartyy, winch °cell -
pies an entire block end will cost 4600,-
00k Their permit calls for an eight
storey building, although they only in-
tend btalding doer stories at ezesert,
and when it is completed they will
have ifiee and .a half acres of floor
epee.
—1-lle tEtoner JudgeeDale and Mrs.
Doyle, who had been spending the
winter in the SoutberndEtates ,returned.
to their home in Goderich last week.
In conversation with the Signal Judo
Doyle stated tbat be and Mrs.
Doyle had intended to spend the win-
ter in. Richmond, 'Virginia, bat after
arribbeg there a. snow storm fell, which
was something very unusual. They dee
cided to go on to Savannah, Georgia,
where the Jidge and Ws. Doyle spent
a couple et months. "It eeemed
strange," said. His Honor to tbe re-
porter, "that shortly after arriving'
there that a, snow storm ilieeld fall,
which had been unheard of for twene
tY Years. Fria trees were 'badly dam -
„aged and raven at the time we left
men were still -cleaning, tip the effects
of the storm.” After leaving Sauna
nab they came to Washington and
from there to Buffalo and home to
Godericb. He looks tbe picture of
betetb end many friends will be glad
to ace 'the Judge nand Mrs. Doyle borne
ngain. -5 A