The Huron Expositor, 1915-02-12, Page 1915
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FORTY-NINTH 'MAR
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GREW CLOTHING
EAFORTII, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 191$
PROM NTAR/O'S CAPITAL
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of Colossal
TN -response to scores of letters and telephone calls request-
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n g that we continue this sensit i'o n a 1
sale, ,permitting those :who were unable to take advantage
during the ten days, we have decided to extend sale days for
one week longer thereby giving all within. reach4the oppor-
tunity,.desired. The vast throngs of people who have visited
our store during this sale have carried messages and exhib-
ed their 'purchases to neighbors who .now want to share in
the good 1uck—be1ig convinced of the genuineness and
magnitude of this
Unparalleled Sale
For 'the remaining days of sale_our absolute determination to
make a complete clearance of all ;winter merchandise forces
prices lower.. .Look at these examples of bargains: •
25 ,Overceats for men, regular price $10 to $42 $5 49
25 Overcoats for men,regular price $12.5o to $45 QA
sale .• •••••• 07
is Children's 'Overcoats, regular 3.00 to 4.00,
Sale •
$1.79
45 pairs Men's Wool Pants, regular $2.o�, sale
price... _.... 98
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la- pair heavyweight .overalls, with or without bib
regular $1 oa, sale
90 pairs Boys' Wool Tweed Knickers, lined through-
out, regular price 65c to 85c, sale price...
25 Boys' Odd Coats worth 3.00 to 4.00 sale
price... ...... _ • • • ...
$ 1 e4
39
roo Boys' Suits, sizes 26 to 33,
price 3.75 to 5.00,.sale price•
recrular, selling
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$2.68
Too pairs Men's Trousers, fine grey stripes reg- si 4
ular price 2.50 to 3.00, sale price... • ••• •
75 pairs Boys' Fleeced Lined Underwear,
sizes, regular 4vc; sale pricd.............
all 21
Too pairs Men's Wool Ribbed, Heavy Underwear,
regular Leo, sale price.. 41 •
125 pairs men's Heavy Wool So; regular 25c, sa!e
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Too pairs Men's Union Sox, regular price 200, sale
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150 Men",s Working Shirts, regular 50c to 65c, sale
... . . • • • • •••.
75 Men's Coat Sweaters, regular $1,5o to $2.00,
Saleprice........... .. • . . .
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.59
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.29
.98
IvLadies' Winter Coats, regular $ro to $ 12 sale s3 89
price......................... ••••••• ..... • • •i• •••• •
ro Ladies' Fur Muffs, regular $7.00 to $9.5o
sale .. . .............. fadok
And hundreds of other
Stupenduous Bargains
Gre ig Clothing Co'
SEAFORTH
00111.4•11•14•MIS
• T Onto, rl,
Ontario ie to erect a statute •o the
memory 'of Sir James. Whitney. The
province ev ever ready to do honor
to Premier itney while he Uve1 and
is 'eager no to pay this, tribute to
him for th work that he 1id. !The
Matter has only had tentative con-
sideration fr the government a . yet,
but the. protect will undoubtedl be
carried( out d .a momument w rthy
ofthe late emier's memory er cted
atseine Ceiitt al point. •
it is not un kely that the momuijnent
will stand Queen's Park, neat to
the earliamen buildings, amid sc nee
vehicle Sir J es Whitney ,knew so 'well
and dn'tothich he was tier many y ELM
so Laminar a figure. The park le el -
ready studded with moneuhents to 4en
whe have play d big parts in the lipub-
lif
etloi.fl .1
of, On rio, and without_ he
figure of %Sir . es, Whitney* it is eit
that the -groat caul& hardly be c
• !Another little any of aliens ,of
htatio,nality will take up land: Jh
tis Iprovince, ot willingly or enth
siastieally, but part of the Inter
Prnt system en pped but ,between t e
arovincial and. f devil governments.
second area co sisting of 2,000 aer s
of !bush and in the uneurveyed terr
tory northwest of Port Arthur an
Fort VflUIam h been set apart b
the aliens. The nd are :north ;of th
township a co es. Some weeks ag
the •erillitary aut orities established
camp sof stliens in ethe township e
Upsilon, bat sinse then the registra
tion 'Of Germans and Austrians ha
gone Merrily on and the need, for ea
second camp has develoPed.
'Under the 'arra gement between the
province and the dominion the lands
will be cleared for these aliens for eet-
tlernent and, will en he disposed of by
the crown, to bo a fide settlers. un
this aveey eCentario ete its lands blear-
ed fwithout most • A the tdorninion Au-
thorities are, ,able .put the fattens out
of harm's way d at some useful
work. Hundreds o Germans andrAus-
Wens whose regiztration atatements
are not eeatisfactor or who anight be-
come a charge u in the couhtry are
at -work in the ea pe.t of Northern 10n-
terio and of the adjoining prole -Ince
of -Quebecet
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'The (Ontario gover
the trelief of •d,estit
northern parts of t
settlers leave expert
Ing during the preee
the loas, of their ma
Until -their farms bec
ductive and eustain
wholly ,dependent in
sales- of pulpwood cu
The financial ,d,epr
pulp companies which
these settlers, and ver.
been •avallable. In t
supplies are riot too
ire few and far be
is easily overtaxed,
settlers have severel
credit at the stores a
in g actual ' hunger, w
time they possess la
Pulrwttotl.
The --government, ' am
commission in charge
irig & Northern Ont
taking overethis pulp
settlers on advance P
cord. This payment st
pulpwood, as a loan,
upon the wood itself. ,
ed to clearge iateres
the Teanftek,aming &
•railway dollen:fission evi
toward finding a mar
wood; When sales a
inount against the *woo
the coteanission and t
ed over to the settler.
In order to protect
through the Ideteriorat
wood after- it is deity
tier, the commission
Ing machines at vario
wood is delivered alo
The pulpwood will le
cents a cord, which
value to the settler a
time 'prevent deterioll
standing for a conside
time. -at is not the int
these adv-ances to all
care will be taken to deal only with
such (settlers as are without other
means of getting throngh the -winter.
The system promises totwork well and
to be of Teal ,benefit top the erten who
.are chopping Imams .and. farms out of
the Northern Onbario wilderness. From
points west of ,Uno ,Park there are eet-
tiers 'already on the w y to the rail-
way1, with 30;000 cords of pulpwood.
* •
ent is coming to
te settlers in the.
e ,province. These
ed greet suffer -
t winter owing to
ketl. for 'pulpwood.
me generally pro -
g they. are almost
winter upon the
,from _their lands.
Ion has' hit the
usually buy rota-
-little money has
e north country
plentiful, stores
ween and credit
many 'cathes ,the
strained their
d. have been fac-
ile at the same •
ge qua„ntities ot
Ing through its
f the Verniskam-
rite railera,y, is
ood from *needy
yments of $2 a
ds against the
cured tby ,a Olen
t, is 'hot intend-
, Furthermore,
orthern Ontario
use its efforts
et for the pulp -
e made the .ae
is deducted ely
e lealance turn -
itself from loss
on of the pulp -
red. by the ,set -
111 toss -
s points where
g the. railwae-.
rossed at 45
ill enhance its
d at the same
ation throu gh
a,ble .length of
ntion to make
applicants, but
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Sir Aden 03eck is tag* °teethe •war-
path with his big scheme of ' hydro-
electric radial raelwaysi for Ontario,
only that now he isn't stopping .at the
e is 'going 'to
la's all over
In is to be
ation of the
ley railway,
to Lake Erie
to be the ex-
wed.in other
nd in other
to put the
te (and confer
g to quick
ortetion and
e is. proJect-
burg, passing
towns. r
'panties have
trical power
nd estimates
up the radial
here are 124.
owns, a gloz-
ds -of trade,
building of
destined to
boundaries df ;Ontario; it
have hydro-elettrical ra
the doininion. A begin
made with the .eiecteifi
London and Port Stet
which runs train Landon
at Port Stanley. This ,is
ainple which is to be foil
parts of the province
provinces of Canada. gt
city 'of London on ,the
other advantages belong
and cheap means of trane
communication. -Another
ed from London to Tilso
through Aylmer and nthe
No fewer than .22a mun
aaplied to the hydro -el
comlnission for surveys
since ,the commission took
proposition. de this ,list
townships,, 43 villages, (12 ,
en cities and thirteen boa
besides one county. The
the 'proposed radials- is
serve the. double purpose of giving
cheap power as well ,as Oleap trans-
portation, the con.structionl of the (rail-
ways giving • the various districts trav-
ersed, a tra,nsfnission system from
which power oart easily be prrled onto
the farms. .
One of the tdefficulties
of 'speedy realization of
Is •the question of obtai
support. The dorninion gove
sidizes steam railways on
lislied basis. This is by
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•.
Ln the way
his scheme
Ing federal
n.ment sub-
-well-estab-
tatute. Re- ,
fertners have from time to time insisted
that the systemis vicious and, that
proinoters have financed' railways on
• fed ral subsidies without the sacrifice
of their own capital. The .systetn, how-
ever, is there, and, Sir Adam/Beck and
those who are acting. with him think
that the doininion ehoteld he just ,ae
generous to hydro -electric radial rail -
Ways as to sten railways. ,
Sane dime ago Sir Adam organized.
and 'headed a Monster deputation which
descended upon the federal government
and urged_ that electric rsdlways be
subsidized. The government gave ear
to •the request, but gave no 'subsidies,
promising the usual ceniideration. Sube
Bequently it WILLS reported !that the fed-
eral authorities were so impressed With
the scheine that ,they intended depart-
ing tram the old ,principal whereby only.
steam (railways were selbsidized. Then
the .war tame a,nde all public expendi-
tures were whittled down to the last
notch. The deihinion government' not
only has %offered no subsidies, but has
never in so many words revealed the
alleged intention to loosen.
As a .result of a meeting heldthe
other day in j../ on d 9 n , at 'which ;Sir
Adam •Beck again toeetold the advent- .
ages which the hydro -radials would
,bring, another deputation is to go down
to 'Ottawa to repeat the old request.
Jut what will happen to thisedeputar
tient is uncertain. The 'dominionegovern-
ment is not 'handing' out subsidies even
to steam roads he these lean days, and
may not feel 'disposed to Admit a new
and sottnewhat expensiee principle.
The Right Sentiment -
Mr. Weichel, who. represents North
Waterloo in the .Dominion Parliament,
and who moved' the motion for tne-
teceptiop of the speech Izone the -Throne
In Parliament on Monday in his speech,
Is reported to hawk -said: "We 'of Get -
wan origha, dente ourselves fortunate
to live -ender the (Union ilack. (We feel
keenly our position, but we efeel just
as keenly that Britain's cause is Alla,
and that there cell he ao faltering in
removing forever the 'curee of mili-
tary autocracy which hiss:held Europe
In thraldoin for , years. We are not
aeked, to forget the land of our fore-
fathers. We are proud of German sci-
ence and art and literature and nee-
didne, "put we are not proud of the
violation of the neutrality of Belgium;
ive evre not proud �f' the burning of
Louvain; we are not proud of .the dee-
truction of Rheitns.- German art and
science and 'literature is- one thing,
Prussian militarism is another.
Mr. Weichel tpaid tribute to the (ser-
vice of !general Botha in South A,frica,
find said German-Cina.diane were hear-
tily preParedeto elb their lull patriotic
art tof the . triumph of juetice and
ritish arihs. We are sure that Mr.
eichel only- voices the sentiments of
e ery German Canadian whether native
b rn or %naturalized.
Huron Notes,
—A log eWas etroughV into the Ford -
w ch mill last week which measured
.1O0 feet.
At a iPatriotic dance held. ein Brus-
ise s on Wednesday evening of last
w ek the 'sun) of 442 was realized and
a14 in attendance spent an enjoya,ble
ev ning. •
Mrs, Tcibias Guenter, of Dashe
w4od, slipped on the ice and in the
fall Iseverly gut the back of her head
and otherwise received a bad shaking
up requiting medical attention.
The ladles of the congregation of
th4 Methodist Church, in Constance,
ba'e packed, and shipped a bale lef
sh rts, socks, bandages, etc., to the
RerJ Cross headquarters.
A hen belonging to -Mr. Francis
Hi 1, of ,Win,glearn, presented him with
a batch of bran new chickens on Satur-
day last. Illeven chickens were hate -h-
ied out of a setting of (fifteen eggs.
The 'Women's Institute of St. Hel-
e , which has a membership of 32, are
ily engaged, making articles for the
sol iers. They have" thus far sent away
11 shlrts, 132 pairs of socks and, other
art cies. •
The Winghale town council recent-
ly awarded the •zum of $1,200 to the
wi ow 'of Chester Hill, who lost his life
last Vali by a sewer caving in on top
of hem. etre. IHill was deft with a. fain-
ily of three sfnall children, ,
—Mrs. G. tPollock has sold 'her farm
neat Drysdale, ,to Mr., Philip Denornme
for the sum of $6,600. Posseseion will
be given on erpril 1st. Mr. ',Denomme
will have one of the finest farms on
the Sauble Line.
—Mrs. -4. el. C,-arter, of Walton, fell
on (the ice as she was about to step
into the cutter and struck the Saute of
her lead ra tsevere blow rendering her
unconscious for a tiene,%She is ;recover-
ing, -
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—Th-.. Brussels Monthly horse fair
held on 'Thureday of last week was
largely attended and a good deal of
business was done, although in many
cases the views of the buyers and sell-
ers as 'to price were irreconcilable.
—Mr. 'Napes S. Scott, a, well-known
breeder of Shorthorn cattle in East
Wawa,nosh, has fecently purchased
froin Mr. 'James has.
of (the 6th line
of Morris, the young bull, Red Conquer-
or, twelve months old and will place
him 'at the head of his herd.
—Rev. 'Dr, W. L. Routledge, pa,stor
of the Methodist Church, Clinton, has
been granted a • two months' leave of
absence and will leave for Baltimore
foe medical treatment. He has -had Lin-
ternat trouble for years. Rev. E. G.
Potveli twill supply in this .absence.
—Miss ,Lily Bewley, daughter of IMr.
Richard Bewley, /of the /th concession
of a'vforris, was married on the 18th ult..
at Moiase Jaw, to William Ross of
that town. Mr. and Mrs. Ross intend
making their future home- at Esteven,
Sask.
•e -Mr. James Ford, one of the pioneer
residents of Turnberry, died at his
Nine tin that 'township on Tuesday of
JaSt week. Mr. 'Ford was 80 years nf
age. He was a native of Devonshire,
England, and came to Canada when
quite young.'
—Mrs. Wm. Clark and Miss Laura,
of Waskeda,, Manitoba, have been re-
newing old friendships in Morris. It
Is seven years since they wept West..
Mrs. Clark is the widow of the late
Wm. Clarke_ who was TownshipdClerk
of Morris, for years -and died at Bel -
grave..
• —Archie Close, 'son of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Close of Grey Township, near
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JP'
Ethel, has enlisted with ta machine
battery for -overseas service and is now
In Montreal training. Re has spent the
past ten or neore years in Northern
Ontario, laterly with the Doine . mine
Company at Cobalt.
about thirty. of their friends assent-
-The Jackson. Manufacturing Com- bled at their tome to enjoya social
party, of Clinton, has received a con- evening. They were presented with a
tract for 6,000 pairs of military trous- eaMplirnenta,ry address and a purse .of
gold. Mr. and iltrs. Ellis were married
in ILuthrirn, eland, and came to Can-
ada in 1871. They located in Brussels
In 1873, and. .have resided there ever
since. 'They had a family of ten, five
of whole are living. While Mrs. Ellis
Is nor h•aving very robust health,. her
partner has stianin been off work and
now in his Mat year, is a ver Y tbearty,
industrious and reliable man. Many old
friends who were .not at the celebra-
tion wish\the fine old .Couple :the best
of everything going..'
—The Methodist Charch at Gorrle
and. Orange ,Hillehas burned the ,mort-
gage on their beautiful parsonage, and
all the church property on the charge
is now free from !debt Celebrating the
event, the congregation gathered and
the pastor, Rev. G. W. Rivers, 'Mee-
t:duce& a eplendid Program of anthems,
'solos,/ quartette, Violin selections and
readings. Toward the conclusfon o rhE,
program, the presidents of Gorrie and
Orange Hall Ladies' Aids, Mrs. E.
Sperling and Mrs. W. IG. Strteng, as-
sisted the pastor in burning theanort-
gage. The Gorrie parsonage was built
about seven years ago, during the pest -
orate of Rev. 41. W. McTavish, and is
a fine, red -brick house, presenting
beautiful appearance both _within and
without. • •
—Richard. Ryee, a pioneer resident of
Voderich Township, died at the home
of ,his daughter, 'Mrs. John- Hancock,
in Pickford,, Michigan, on the 1.8th of
January. The deceased was 90 year
of ittgeBe wa,s born die 'England, and
calm to Canada with his,parents, when
he was nine years of age, they settling
in Coderieh Township on the farm now
awned by ilktr. Thoinas Jetildne 'on the
ere, whose certificate had expired, 4275;
uron Road. His wife was Sarah Rape
Miss Corbett's,•4260 and Miss Callan&
son of the Base Line, who died in
er's, 4275,
--bit. C. A. tiorrliton, aoh of Me. 1874. TheY had( fourteen children, 12
John Morrison, of East •Wawknosh, of dV110111 are an the early; days
'09801.1at the erection a gog
who has been in the einplthe oy Of -the dee
euilerings, -was „much sought for as a
-Whitechurch
the (pastour Creamery Comppo-
any toe
ea,pable cornerinan. Being a;good 011U--
tyears, haS ta,ken the
sition lof %head buttermaker In the fac-
tory a Bowes Co. Toronto. Mr; 'Mor-
rison, [although only a young man, has
had considerable experience in his line
of business, and has proven -himself
very efficient, having taken a course in
the Ontario Aigrieulturtil College,
Guelph.
—A fruit -packing deinonstration meet-
ing will be held February Itth and
19th at X). V. Hainlink's packing -house,
Goderich. Mr. laanedink, manager of the
_Huron Fruit Grower's dessoolattote has
arranged with Itir. P. J. Cary, Gov-
ernment fruit packing instructor and.
demonstrator, and Mr. Flack, chief
fruit inspector of the Western Pro-
vinces, te- give e two -days' 'eourse on
fruit growing and. packing; also a talk
on packages and packing that the
Western Provinces require.
—Rev. E. Ia. fPowell, .of Clinton, tem-
perance organizer for the -County ad-
dressed five different meetings in God-
erich, Sunday before last. At 10 a.m.
he addressed the Men's Sunday Club 1 and McKelvey, of Cranbrook and Ethel.
respectively. Rev. Mr. Lundy presided_
at r
at North street -Methodist church; as chairman and everybody did most
11 he preached in Victoria, street ' excellently. The proceeds of the Sun -
church, at 3 p.in. he spoke 0, the
t day offering and the .tea meeting a-
er- mounted to '$16&
.
ool
t --!Knox Church, Ged.ericle has closed
another very successful year, under tho
a
pastorate of Rev. Mr. ROBS. ACCOrdillg,
to the session report the number of
fainilies recorded is 402. The member-
ship in full communion totals 822. Dur-
ing the year 80 naw _memleers have been
received. -51 by profession of faith and
29 !by certificate, The sacrament of
baptism has been administered to 29
persons. The number pf marriages .sol-
emnized was 17. Every department of
the congregation's work has been -well
sustained. The Sabbath school has an
enrollment of 504, with an .average at-
tendance of el.5. The holm department
numbers 360. Mr. J. Elgin Tom and
his staff of forty-three offIcers and
teachers were heartily coiemended for
their valued services; and the religious
education of the young was regarded
as one of the most vital ,factors in
the life ad prosperity of the church.
The L'adies" Aid paid the last '$200 tdue
on the mortgage end the church is now
free froah debt. The receipts for cur-
rent expenses for the year totalled
$4,475.67e*1he amount contributed for
all purposes was neatly $7,500. A. small
credit balance remains on every account.
Rev. Mr. Ross has entered upon the
fifth year of this ministry. Dr. Strang
has served continuously as secretary
otherwise the electric light department
would have been about even.
'—Mr. 'a.ndt. edins. Wm. Ellis, of tErus-
sels, celebrated their golden wedding
on Tuesday evening of last week, when
era and will supply thern,toethe Cave
dian Government as -soon as- they can
be manufactured. It will mean that
the Isbaff will work tnight and day ifor
several weeks to complete the order.
'—Mr. George Bay, a native of CM -
ten, 4and ia Isom of 'the late Oa Bay, a
that "town, for many yearsCounty En-
gineer, died ,at his home in Hartford:
Connecticult, last week. The remains
were taken to Clinton, for interment,
the funeral taking place from the home
of his sister.•iiiss Bay. The deceased
was unmarried,.
—Messrs. 0. lOaetwright, .0anney,
F. Brown and F. .Prest left 'Lomita -
bolo, last week for London, where they
went into training for the 3rd Cana-
dian contingent. The Methodist Sunday
echool presented each with a _pocket
edition of /the Bible and the Women's
institute :provided each With" a com-
plete outfit of field comforte:
—As no trains Were running on Tues-
day of last week between Lucknow
and Oarriston in order to attend the
13onereit at the latter place. the Luck-
nowcurlers; and, 'pipers' band drove
all the way from Lucknow' to Harris -
tope a distance of forty miles. They are
made ef the kind, of stuff that will not
'be 'deterred by trifles. t
—Mr. John, Cunningham, of- Melton,
has resigned' his position as Secretary
of the Public School Board tdal that
town after serving continuouely since
1881. tThe palariee paid the teachers trt
that 'Year were as follows: Mr. Hal -
loch, Principal, 4800; Mr. -Taylor's 550,4
kiss 'McCullough's,. $325; Miss Fergu-
son's, 4300; Miss Field's, 4300; . Miss
Foxton'e, who was replacing Miss Rog -
eldest, heiveas ever ready -to ;entertain
in the -evenings, those who wrought
so hard at the bees in those pioneer
days and the /songs of genial Dick Aye
were :always in demand. In 1180, Mr.
Rye /*Moved, Ito- Pickford, Sikh..
! —Despite. the stormy weather and
bad roads the anniversary services in
connection with Knox /Church, 7 men-
erief, Grey Township, on Sunday; Janu-
ary 'dist, ''and the tea meeting on the,
following Monday evening were Wefl
attended and were quite eucceeeful.
The Sundey services were tonducted
by 'Rev. D. Wren, ,pastor of the Metho-
dist:Church, Brussels. The tea bn M4311 -
clay evening was given under the au-
spices of the Ladies' Aid. The prcigrain
was taken 'part in by ILobbQuartette
N •
HOltnesvilie; -Mad McLean, of ' Hibbert,
H.IcNaeghtlecin the West; 'and the
ch in musical numbers; Miss Ade
Mc ne, of twood, and Miss Lily
Harrison,. Moncrief, readings; arid ad-
dresses by Raids. Messrs. McCulloch
tAtelult Bible class at North st
church; at 4 'o'clock the whole se]
listened. to the same speaker; an
7 o'clock he conducted the evening
vice at North street. . 1 ,
—Shareholders In the Kirkton Rural
Telephone CoMpany accompanied at the
annual (meeting in Kirkton, that the
system is giving poor satisfaction to
many patron. Some farmers stated
that they had rung Central as many
as (fifteen times ta night, calling for -a
doctor ot veterinary. Others complained
about the extra charge for the use
of the 'phone Sundays. But nothing
definite in the way of improvement
was eromised, by the hoard of .manag-
ers, Milo were rR-elected.
—According to a .report issued by
the Agriculture Department at Ottawa,
Huron has: the 'second largest number
of horses of any countrirr (the Pro-
,vince, with 384228; it has the largest
number of -poultry, the second largest
hay acreage flta the third largest 'hat.
acreage. tt as 30,151, milah cows and
88,339 (other cattle, 15,138 sheep, 70,-
37a Ipigs. It had, 141,723 acres under
hay, 30,955 under fall wheat, 80,053
under barley and 136,407 under oats,
but only 7,419 under peas. It had 17,836
acres under silage corn.
—During the storm at nomon ,Tues-
day of last week, the hoese:of Mr.
Harry Freeman, -of the 2nd coftession for the past -forty-four years. Mr.
of Hullett, was observed to be ;in), nee David Stoddart has been church officer
which is suppOsed to have originated
frain 'the ,ehinmey. When the fire Was for the peat thirty-three years. Mr.
and Mrs.,Alex. Stratton have prepared
discovered it had ,gained too great the communion table on every occasion
headway to save the building or the, for the :past thirty years. The number
contents of the upper story. Mr.., Free- of deaths in the congregation during
the past year was the largest in the
eighty years' history of the church.
namely, 37.
man, who has been lying dangerously
111 for some weeks, was removed to
the stable and some of the furniture,
etc., was saved. Mr. Fre man is now
at the hobeetof his ison, Robert, where
he is receiving every care and atten-
tion.
—W. Pr. Elliott. e well-known farmer
Canada t,
--Between four and five millionlfeet
of tgae( a day Ss the estimated output
of Goderich Township, about four miles of a, ;well that has been <struck In the
from Clinton, died very suddenly Fri- village of 'Delaware, a few miles from
day morning of some apparently London. 'This is considered sufficient
strange form of suffocation or strengu- to supply the entire city of London.
lotion shortly after Dr. Shaw had been —A well-known and highly respected
called, in. The doctor, who arrived early W-aterloo reeident, in the person of
In the 'morning, foetid Mr. Elliott Jane Tilt, relict of the late Isaac Bech-
breathing with difficulty, and summon- tel, passed away last Friday evening
e d another physician for consultation, after a brief illness, death teeing caus-
surgical treatment apparently being re- ed lay heart trouble. Deceased came to
quired, but the sufferer soon expired, Waterloo 43 years ago.
He had not been - ill until Thursday, —Vernon Etherington, the little son
when he complained of some trouble of Roy Etherington, of Hamilton, bas
with his breathing. was about 50 the unique idistinctio reof possessing
years of tage.
—The Council _of the
ham, are having a spe
of the town accounts
to the fLegislatere for a special act to great-grandmothers and a grandmoth-
consolidate their deletetThe following er.
is a, statereent of the Mandel require-
ments of the town: Six theuttandi thtec
hundred and eixteen dot1ara and twen-e
ty-six cent% wauld be
ficit in general accoun
ficit In 'waterworks se
cover cost of water
year, ends 41251.15 to ;re
note. Off tlee latter a
taken from light a.ccou
ago and applied on g
six grand-rnothers. On t 6 mother's side
town ,,of :Wing- there ls a, great-great-grand:Mother,
ial audit made greategrandmother and grandmother.
nd are applying Onthe father's -side there are two
—A Most remarkable runaway' took
place at Guelph, ,when ,a horse -belong.-
Ins to Mr. W. .3. Thurston, 'of that
equiredtfor de- city, ran, a distance of fourteen miles.
; $100, for de- The horse was attached to a cutter,
ount; $2880 to and started on Woolwich Street It teak
ains laid Jast 'i to the apx. „tracks, on the Guelph
ire on electric and Goderich line and he Its run went
eum had been over two thrldgese one of item 54 feet
t some years high. When capturedthe horee did not
neral account, ehow a scratch, nor wes the cutter
MeLEAN iseteees. .ruotietters
$1.00 'e -P Th,r ixi Advance
srnashe die any way.
—Ontario is presenting another con-
tribution of foodstuffs to alleviate the
sufferings of the Belgians. This time
it takes the form os six carloads of
beans, and these have already been
bought and will leave Canada on the
February beat from Halifax. They\will
be distibuted by the Belgian Relief As-
sociation in the same eV/ay as the shin-
ment of evaporated apples sent some
weeks fago. , •-•
--The usual sinall army' of leungre-
men heed more offered them at the
Tonga Street Misslon Sunday morn-
ing. in Toronto, than the tuetomary
' t
beef sandwiches and coffee. They were
offered a chance to enliet in the therd
contingent of the Canadianoverseas
forces and 1e0 ,of the '440 present de, -
elated they !were ready to enlist. The
willing men were looked over by, of-
ficers present, and a number were plck-!-
ecr( out as good material for 'soldiers:
—The tannual report of the:Post/mete
e -General, tabled in the tetwelnone,.
shows that Auxins- the last fiscal yeses, =
the number of rural mail delivery rout-
es In Canada increased by 940, or near-
ly fifty ,per cent. The surplus of the
ueoartment for the year was $134,157e _
The total nuMber of lettere tarried
wee 673,145,000, and, of postcards,' 64,-
493,000. Dead lettere handled reached .
the totai of 2,467,721, or about one in '
every two hundred of the total num-
t er of letters mailed, _
—The medical faculty of queen's* Unt.'i
Versity, AKingao.4, has arranged for
the sending of thirty dressers to *serve
In (the !Duchess of Connaught Hospital
at Clivedsn, Eng. Forty students :have
volunteered, 25 from the senior year
and -15 from the third year. Only 80
are required, and the preference will
be given to the final year 'students.
The medieal faculty !decided to glee
the fin,al year students who are chosen
their degree without examination and
also to give to ,the third- year. 13-tuients
elected their yea's Week tedthoht-el-
:ia'n-111Jaamtlijens7 -Blet:k, reeve: of114 ramose,:
Township, Wellington County, died
suddenly in S. Joseph's- jtospital, is
finelph, on Salurdiay tri Re had
teen brought there earlier In the .40 -
to undergo an operation. -Reeve Slack
was one of the best known'tangthighiy
'respected men in the IvIcinitY of Rock-
wood and.Aad lived there .;all his life.,
itsi. X,Illifir incidient In connection with
last
ab, - who was Teen tAl -ara61101311
his ideativ is :the fact thit 'Merles Mc-
Nyear also died while Office, Reeve
Black attended, all the meetinge of
Wellington County Council at Guelph,
the wOek preceding Is 'death. '
. --Reports frofte theeGovernment's ex-
perimental farm it Monteith, _forty
miles from %Cochrane, are to the effect
that peas .an 'oats grown there have
proved most .satisfactory. Oata* aver-
aged. 172 'bushels teethe acre,. and .peas
Yielded 85 bushels. A,•feature of the
pea orop wias'ethat it was entirely free -
of ;the wea-vilt which causes se Maple
trouble in the -alaii---,oectroiis- 'Or -W6 -
Province. The !Depetternt of Agricul-
ture is naturally very well pleased. at
the allowing, as it Is one more evi-
dence of the richness of the soil In
Northern Ontario. -. -•
-• —Five hundred :a.large cases, the -
greatest shipment of -comforts since the
outbreak of the ware left the Toronto
headquarters of the Canadian - Red
Cross Society one day last week, for
Halifax, 'enroute to Landon, 'Where
they will be distributed .to the Cana-
dian hospitals ,in England. and sent to
the men In the trenches. VW -0 weeks
ago OA !cases were shipped,, and- 42
cases are on the way from the Alberta'
:branch. When these have .been sent
Canada will have contributed nearly
1,000 eases. the It. E. F. aialton, llaran-
ager (of the shipping department, says
that goods of all kinds are arriving
In greater quantities than ever before -
tut adds that there never was a Wee
when they were se badly !needed. -.-
• —Charles A. Massey, Of Walther
Road, Toronto, was shot and 'killed by
his servant giric on ailolnday -evening as
he was ,entering his: residence. Two
shots were fired, the first One not
baking effect, but the second shot
struck ;the victiantin the :breast and he
expired in a few minutes. The girl
came from England about two years
ago -and has been with tethe Maseey
household ever -dnce. There was no per.
son in ;the house at the time but Mr.,
Massey's fourteen -year-old son, M.rs.
Massey left on, Saturday for Hartford,
Conn. The dece,a,se&WAS, a egrandsontof
the late H.'eAelMaesey, ,the founder tof
the. •Massey -Harris Company and was
34 years ofage. .1Ie was prominent In
sporting circles.
—Mr. Thomas Collins, a somewhat re-
markable personage and the oldest man
In the CountyofMiddlesex, died at MS
hoine in, Biddelph Township, near the
village of .Clandeboye on Thursday of
last Week. Be was aged 100 .years and
3 ;months. An exceptionally severe at-
tack cif la grippe was the real cause
of death. Previous to .this attack Mr.
Collins -was in good health. arxceptiene
ally well and strong .for one of his
many years, he could read, write and
tarry on any buelness he had to at;
well as -when ,ia robust middle tage.
Every faculty was alert; mentally and
physically he was tit. Be came to Cave
ada and settled at Clandeboyecseventy
years ego, from Kent, England. tie
bad
never left the homestead he ,re-
ceived as an incoming Aetna.. Mr. CAI -
line, was a total abstainer and did net
use tobacco in any forrneek ttleort thee
ego, when a .large family'reunion. was
held tat his home, he played. ;the organ
at the gathering. Be never tear ed to
i
play a musical instrument until but a
few years ago, but so tenectously did be
hold to canything he began that with-
in a short time after commencing to
learn music he could play, and very
well. When hydro came to Luctuarabsut
three weeks ago Mr. Collins pressed
the button that turned the electricity
on. (When. he first came (to Clandeboye
tallow candles, home-made, were the
only naeans of lighting a dwelling. 'Mon
caime -7ell, and last , of an ;electricity.
The ;house be ilvedaireewae hewntrone
the forest. Trees were felled, shaped
into ttmber,. and the home constructed:
by Ids own hands. Also his barns. ,
Much of the furniture Is (Teal :_intinge, -`•
for he made, it himself,, and always
contented.
contented It was more ,.comfortable and
stronger than !what topld it.t- bought.
He Nqas a Methodist ana alLia7cral. fie
Is survived, by ten chlidreh,
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