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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1915-03-26, Page 1LRCH 19ti,, ashions *ow you, 40•1011s _mood Aibit arel reh 26 arch 27 exhibition ?portunity new tyles e sure to , -4 ' ;/- P- 10- k , Highest in Style, Rar-- -reatest in r Yourself )ress Goods re Coatings, Silks .,yinj now or later; show iiou these splerb- now will be ample 1 ONL PRICE VISH vicFaul Cto men, 4 , - fi Lj OR4 Y -NINTH YEAR WHOLE NUMBER 3,467 SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1915 GFEIG 3. CLOTHING New Clothes for Boys Now is the season to' *fit up" the boys with the new season's regalia. Every boy expects and has a right to expect new togs with the opening- of spring-, Ourlarge department for 'equipping boys is certainly very complete just now. New suits for all ages, 4 to 16 years. New knickers, sizes 22 tO 35. New hats for all sized heads. New stockings, sizes614 to To. New shirts, sizes tsi to 14. New - caps, all sizes. Suit prices $2.50 to $7.50 Knickers, price 50c to $1.50 Hat prices 50c to $1.25 Stockings 20c to 53c—Caps 25c o $1—Shirts. 50c to 1$1 Men's New Easter Ties All the very newest - styles in club stripes and large polka dots Prices 25c to 75c FROM ONTARIO'S,SA.PITALSI. 1 ' 1 Toronto, Marchtt23rd., 1915. (According to a 'statement made by the Minister of A.gelculture recently, the Department proposes to, further protect the owners of sheep against loss from dogs. In the, Agriculture Comittee of .the Legislature, where the matter VMS being considered, Hon. air. Duff characterized as an outrage thc. fact that when a farmer's sheep is killed the can only recover two-thirds of -ails loss from the municipality. The Minieter announced his intention of bringing an legislation that would. en- able- the farmer to recover from the fund made up of dog taxes full 'value at 'any ;sheep destroyed., . -; in.f , • ili is is • . Sir William Mackenzie, the well- known railway magnate, has now a baby grand -daughter. A cable: was re- ceived at Sir -William's Toronto office, a -few days ago, and forwarded to him in Winoipeg, announcing the fact that the Countess de Less*, formerly Miss Grace 'Mackenzie, has presented Count Jacques with a daughter. Count Jac- ques stopped ' dropping _bombs on the enemy -long enough to cable the news to Sir William 'Mackenzie There ale also two boys, but the third eliild was bora in Paris. Count de Lesseps is serv- ing with the French aviation • corps in the 'same machine with .his brother, Count Paul de Lesseps. For some time the two were aiding in the protection of Paris from the German aeriat craft. Since then their headquarters has been at Le Bourget, seven miles northeast ,of ,Paris. In a letter received. in To- ronto, the count sayfehe and his broth- erd doall the damage taey can by drop- ping bombs on the enemy. The letter a.lso intimates that -Paris has nothing more to fear from German, aircraft and for this reason his corps is engaged in attacking, sorties with -headquarters at Le Bourget. , * . Mr. George Wilson, Toronto manager _ Of the Union Bank, has evolved a novel scherne for providing tobacco and cig- arettes for Canadian and Britsh troops att 'the front. It is to obtain subscrip- e cents and up from anik. -For each quer- ption a parcel con - cents worth of to- tes and bearing the riber, will be sent to some soldier. Large cardboard notices, containing space or signatures,have been :pint out to every branch of the bank in Canada, and for a month the money has been pouring in. Fifteen hundred dollars already had been real- ized, which will Itring a Iparcel of per- sonal cheer to just four °thousand. men. Naturally the Canadian troops will be looked after first, but if the sub- scriptions continue as they have begun, many others a1sc will benefit. , Each parcel co tains a quarter pound of emoking mix tire, fifty cigarettes, and a box of matches. The bank has undertaken to' purchase these, and sea to their delivery which will be made direct. THE Best Dressers in . this town -'-need no pointers about this shop and the sort of clothes we foster. If you are not one of these best dressers, lit us give you one pointer ---drop in and look at models and fabrics for spring. It's a pointer that'll direct you right in quality, economy and clothes saiisfaction. tions of twenty -f customers of the , ter dealer ,subscr taining pixty-five bacco and cigare name of the aubs * • 0 On looking aroend for new sources of revenue to replenish the sadly depleted Provincial treasury, the Provincial trea- surer has decided to tighten up the collections under the Succession Duties Act, and has, accordingly, introduced. an amendment to that effect into the I Legislature. The new taxes are design - I ed chiefly to reath the more -moderate- sized estates and the parts of estates: 1 going to collateral heirs and strangers. The new legislation provides that in- stead of estates going to direct heirs being exempt from succession duty if under 150,000, the tax will be collected on ail estates of $25,000 or more. The taxon euch estates, ranging from $25,- 000 to $75,000, Will be 1 1-2 per cent. In addition to that, at the present time - estates going to collateral heirs er straagers are exempt unless the estate exceeds $10,000. This legislation will make the tax payable on all estates of such description of over $5,000, with a. Six per cent. ;duty on all estates be- tween $5,000 and $10,000, and over that ten per cent. The Treasurer announced that provision has been made to give exemption from taxation to the testates of all soldiers wao give their lives while upon active service. No person will like- ly object very etrongly to this form of taxation. It ts not likely to affect newspaper men very much any way, although these propesed amendments are drawing the lines pretty close. A ten thousand dollar- estate would not yield a very large income to a family and in many instances the mother and small children would have to be sup - parted from it. It ;would, therefore; be wrung -to tax such 'an,estate and the Provincial Treasurer will not be able to provide for much, new revenue from Suc- cession duties. The man who in a short lifetime succeeds in amassing a fortune of from half a million to several mil- lions of dollars, it is only right that his estate should be liberally tolled for the benefit of the -State, as no men can lay up fortunes of these dimensions, unless they have directly or indirectly received ispecial favors from the state and even after the toll is subtracted there is ample left for dependents. But with estates ranging from five to ten or even twenty thousand dollars there is not much margin, to work on. MoLBAN W10 Publifilmr $1.00 Yatiw in Advance devote their whole tim to the work have to pay the additional tax they will era.1 counties each. • - s . —Mr. end airsi Richard :Mitchell left , :Jeri: atvricees_ipdernestiollenat7Gistoorwe;11A. iWex.,. 2:-.. W. Sloan, of Blyth. simply deduct the amount from the The Gevernment has diot purpose - at profits Or premiums to which their the present time ta ra - license fees last week for their home at Keifield, '. Kercher, Wroxeter; Sas. Kirkton, Blue - policy -holders are entitled so that in in any way; Thatimatteo as 1 Sask., after a pleasant visit with rel- - vale ; John A. Bryans, Ford' J., da. atives and friendsein prey and Morris the and the tax will fall on and will 'left to the new commisaon to the ex- Townsbips. air. °Mitchell still retains have to be borne by the common man tent that it will be vest ' with author - his fine 100 acres on the 3.1th conces- on the street as is the case with all ity to etudy local conditgans and rec•orn- t such taxes. It is Mot the corporation mend proper license feesrito the Govern- skYa 'a Gin. —While chopping in the bush last that suffers but the individual. If the .,ment. The commission a. -f live members week Peter Lamont, 8th concession of people could. only be more firmly im- or more—the exact muer has yet to be determined—will hare their head - pressed with this fact, there would be quarters in Toronto. If. order that it fewer taxes required to keep the wheels of the Government sufficiently lubri- will be a truly representative body the catedi . . 0 • * r• commissioners *will be chosen from elif- , ferent parts of the province, and the Another judgment given -out at Gs- tribunal Will go' fromsplaceito place to godde Hata, recently, as of a good deal bear applications or settle disputes. In of interest • to , the public and, goes order to strengthen She hands of -the to show how exceedingly careful muni- new commission the Government has cipal officere should be in the mainten- decided to increase the fines for infrac- ance of their iiigaiways. This was an tions of the, License 'Act. For the first action by Robinson Little, and Co., dry offence the fine will ibe a minimum of goods merchants of London, to recover $300 instead. of $100, with the maximum damages from the Township of Dere- the same at $500, and for the second ham for the loss .of cloth samples, offence a maximum of four Inoriths in when. a Icar, in which was seafed one jail instead of sixty days. of the company's travellers tvith a num- - ber df trunks upset at the tenth con- cession of the defendant's bighway,. on January in, 1914: The samples were _rendered useless and the Plaintiffs. al- leged that the accitient happened through the negligence of the town- ship le not leaving the road in proper repair. This was denied by, the alefend-' ants who stated, 'hat the plaintiff had i—Breweters Limited, operating a contributed to the accident through ne- chain of 5, 10i, 15 And. V5 cent stores in triumphs. If these'Insurance Companies and will be made resp sible for se -v- Alaska. Dr. Sloan is a eon of afro A. is now composed as follows: johnjack. Canada —a A. Macdonell, Director of Coloni- zation, for Ontario, in a statement as to what had heed done In placing out - of -work men on farms, says that since November 400 had been located and only eight complaints had been receiv- ed about them. alma Chief Justice- Falconbridge, be- fore whom the case was tried, decided that the read was too narrow in cer- tain places and was consequently not ia ia tstate of reasonable safety for public travel and gave judgment to the plaintiff for $1,025.28, the amount claim- ed whfch, of course 'carries, costs. win.m.mg.dalmm.irott Consolidated Schools IA. largely attended meeting of the ratepayers. of the Walton and adjoining sections was held on Friday afternoon and evening in the A. 0. U. W. Ball, Walton, to listen to addresses by Mr. S. A. McCready, Director of Agricultur- al Education for Oatario and Inspector Field on educational advancement and "Consolidated Schools. Both speakers dwelt on the fact that education in the rural sections of this province is stationary and that advance can only come through the consolidation of schooLs. The majority of aupils leave the rural school before they have dom- pleted the Fourth Book Course; in most schools the attendance is too small to bring out the %est in teachers and pupils; the distances and weather con- ditions make regular attendance im- possible. When schools are consolidat- ed, pupils are transported to and. .froth school in- covered vans, making it pos- sible for children to attend regularly and punctually in all kinds of weather; it makes it -possible for classes to be graded BA in town schools, so that pupils, are kept constantly employed under the 'supervision of a teacher specially fitted for that grade. With such a school an education suited- to the locality can be provided and it makes possible the aural high school; in this way pupils are able to receive a high ;school education and still be with their parents at an age when it Is desirable that they should 'not yet leave home. The advantage. of games, large playgrounds, better equipment, and greater permanency of teachers' service come from Consolidated Schools. There would be economy in the number of teachers employed and in the cost of fuel and caretaking. On the other hand, the cost of transporting' the child- dren to and from school would ete heavy and would doubtless somewhat exceed. the economies. At the same time It was pointed,out that the additional services rendered would far outweigh any eitra cost. Walton is ideally situated for such a school; it is in the midst of a rich argrcultural district, a shipping point, a centre for rural mail routes and a church centre; the 'attendance in most of the surrounding schools is small dnd in many eases the distances excessive; to such pupils the advantages of Con- solidated Schools can hardly be over- estimated. In the evening Mr. 'McCready illus- trated the working of Consolidated Schools in the United States and adani- toba, with lantern slides. Others who stoke on the subject were A. Hislop, Rev. Mr. Lundy and Rev. Mr. Page. The large gathering at both meetings is a :proof of the interest of the pub- lic in the question and the feeling was undoubtedly favorable. Suit Prices $8,$10,$12 to $18 Cr Highest Prices for Butter and Eggs Greig Clothing Co' SEAFOR.TH Western Ontario, with headquarters at London, have made an assignment for the benefit of credifors. The liabilities, it is stated, ;wilt amount to over $100,- 000. —Wm. Barnhardt, who was proprie- tor of the Western( Hotel, in -pelt, for overthirty years, died at Ms home in that city at the age of 87 years. Re has been a sufferer from paralysis foa several years. Besides ‘the hotel he owned four farms in the vicinity Of Galt. ' —The fertilizing plant in connection with the large meat packing establish- ment of Gunn's' Limited, in Toronto, was Completely destroyed by fire Sat- urday morning. The loss is stated at $40,4)00 and is covered by insurance. The fire is supposed to have been e aus- ed by -spontaneous combustion.. —The -Public School Board of the city of Berlin, Ont., at,. a meeting beld last week, decided by a vote of five to three to adopt the report of a special committee, .oae of the recommendations being the elimination Of the teaching ,of the German language from the school curriculum. The chairman .did( not vote but he expressed himself in favor of the report. Another trustee who was absent also expre ed himself in „favor of the repcirt. —Over eight ttoswa4 soldiers, oilcan than half of w Dm, ar4 in training for active service, accompanied by all the senior cadet &sips, furnished the great- est military spectacle which has ever been -witnessed in Toronto, when the entire garrison of the city, including the members of the second and third, expeditionary forces paraded through the etreelts of the, city on •Saturday af- ternoon, headed by the Minister of Mil• itia, Major-General the Hon. Sam Hughes. The parade attracted an im- mense throng of espectators, seemingly almost every person in the city who could, do so taking the opportunity to witness what- is gener Ily believed to be the farewell appears; e on parade of the members of -the aecond contingent. The Ontario G vernment or the Fin- ance Department have just scored an important victory in the courts., As is known the Life Insurance Companies of Ontario, demurred to saying the special tax recently levied on them by the Gov- ernment. They held. that the Provincial Government has not the constitutional povser to collect such a tax. Accord- ingly a test case was prepared. to be submitted to the courts. The Govern- ment entered suit to recover from the Canadian Life Insurance Compana the $25,000 claimed to be due as such tax. The case was argued before Mr. Justice Middleton last Week and he gave his decision that the tax is- within the power of the province', to levy and col- lect and sustaining the contention of the Government. The sum, involved will 1 hundred thousand It is likely, ahe case and may go to the he lawyers. To the Sion sees its way the best of them will last week Mor California, where- they th Ades will make does not matter- a be retained and rnadeflart Of the new will pend a eouple a months before hich Ride ultimately, administration, These inspectors their 8U1' =to their home ta pnenee, amount to sever dollars every year will be appealed Privy Council as fat pickingsi for public, however, 1 very (great deal , The New Liquor Law The foilotving is a summary of the bill amending the Liquor License law which was introduced into the Legisla- ture by Hon. dull.. Hannah on Tuesday last. This summary is taken from the report in The Toronto Mail: The Government's proposals comprise the establishment of a Provincial Com- mission of five or more members with full control over the license system of the province, with power to refuse any license CT to revoke any license issued, but limited in issuing licenses to the present number in existence hi any mu- nicipality. Closing of all shops through- out the province at 7 o'clock in the ev- ening, and of both shops and hotels on Labor Day. Prohibition of eale to ool- diers in uniform either over the bar or in the shops. The increasing of the pen- alties for infractions of the Liquor Li- cense Act. These ere the outstanding features of the ,Ontielo Government's temperance proposals.- Local commis- sions will be wiped out, local inspec- tors will give place to a more limited number of experienced men, made re- sponsible for districts, and the whole question of the number of licenses to be issued, and the hiours of sale will be entirely within ethe dissection. of the central corrimission. According to the plans of the Gov- ernment, the change will not be imme- diate. The present administration will be continued until after the licenses for the coming license year are issued, and as soon thereafter as the right men can be secured—the local boards will ,relinquish their duties. The lo- cal inspectors will probably be continu- ed for a longer period, perhaps six or eight months, and then as the commln- Miller, Bluevale. Four of the members are sone of the former members of the - , Board for many years, and all of whom are now deceased. President Jaeltson hes .been nine years on the Board and seeyed one year as Vice -President, sue - Grey, was injured by his companion's ceeding the late Edward Bryaris. 1 axe who was working nearer him than —Five Godericb men had a MAI - he figured. The wound was in the back ling experience Thursday of last ;week. striking the backbone. Mr. Lamont is mit of danger and will make a 'speedy recovery we hope. --Mrs. Young, of Moosomin, and Mrs. P. D. McKinnon, of Winnipeg, 'who were called to. Brussels, four months ago tin account of the serious illness of their sister, Mrs. 3. Leckie, left for their respeAlve homes on Tuesday Taking -advantage of the ice being clear th of e mouth of the harbor, they went out at rowboat and set nets for perch, allowlng their boat to drift southward: ,On oming back to their nets they found that the ice from the - north had drifted into the mouth of the harbor and cut off their return. After several attempts they managed of last week. They, will visit their sis- to effect a landing on the northwest , ters, airs. Thompson and Mrs. MeEwen, . breakwater, wbege their predicament 1 at Thessalcm, en route. . —Col. affeEwen and Captain Tamlitre V. S., visited ,Goderich on Monday and bought twelve horses /or ,military pur- poses. A large 'number, of farmers were on hand, and over, seventy horses were shown. Besides what horses were bought for the army, about fifteen horses changed hands. The officers paid froin $145 to $175s. They left 'for Lock- noav the same night. 's —The 'Provincial Inspectolrof Callegi- ate Institutes after a recent visit to the poderich Institute in his report to the Board points out a number of defects in the general accommodation_ of the School building- and suggested that, instead of any further repairing of the present building, a new school building be erected. The Board, while giving due weight to the inspector's suggestiomi recognizes the impossibility of securing funds for the erection of a new buildizig at the present juncture. David Nicol, one of the early ,settlers- of Rullett Township, died. at his Jame in Blyth, bat week. Be was la years of age. Ra was born in Toron. tick, and when sixteen years old came with his parents to dot 20, concession 14, Hullett, where he resided until three and a half years ago, when he Biala his farm and retired to Blyth. (BIS wid- ovw, o , two- sons andlfour daughters sue ive.- jolly party of neighbors and ,old frieods numbering over 100 asseinbled at he home a mr. and airs. Malcolm Fraser, And concession of Grey, toten- joy la ;social evening with them be- fore they removed to Brussels. Advant- age' was taken of ;the cacasion to pre- sent to and !Mrs. Fraser an oak rocker and a fine couch and abracelet to their daughter, Elia. —Mrs. T. Carbert andlarnily haivintg sdid their farm on the 6th coacession of Efullett, to Mr. J. IL Quigley; of Detroit, have removed to Clinton, whereneodforwardevehtsihtoasbareredentszthese a� they .0/111 in future reside. Mr. Robert eahagewribeeny look Is Anderstarmon, Wilford' was serer foarniani yearon hasn theasmual spring shows, A fact whieh bert borne out by the suceesa of aast year's gaged yrith a farmer or the East side of the township. Yir. T. A. -Tighe will have charge of the farm for,?r. Quigley, who ovill continue to reside in Detroit, for a time. —The home of air. Levi Snyder, Col- borne Township, was the scene of -da - happy wedding on Wednesday last when their only daughter, Mabel Stella; Was united in marriage tefair. Fletcher Fisher, eon of Mr. „Amos Fisher, Rev J. Rutherford, of Benmiller, perform- ed the ceremony, after which luncheon was partaken of and the rest of the evening ;spent in games. The happy couple left on a honeymoon trip for Toronto and ether points. —Two men named Thyne and 'Rout- ledge, residents of the township of Mor- ris, were arrested in Brussels, by a Walkerton constable and taken to Wal- kerton to answer to the charge of steal- ing a eet of harness frorni.A. Solomon, hotel keeper in Eramosa. These two men hired a rig from. Anderson Bros., of Brussels, and after a couple of days' driving, landed home with: an ex- tra ;set of harness, which was *located at Thyne's house. The magletrate ict them riff On suspended sentence on their making full restitution and paying all Oasts. Embibing too freely of Bruce whiskey was the root of the trouble. • -On Saturday the 13th inst., Elsie Thomson, the youngest daughter of.Mr, and airs. John Linklater of the Lake Share Road, Colborne, was married to 'Mr. J. L Hunter, of the same town- ship. The cerernomy was performed at the parental home of the bride, by Rev. 3. iHamilton, of Goderich. The bride was unattended. Situ Kate Hunter played the wedding march. Only thc immediate friends of each party were present. After a dainty wedding lun- cheon the bride and groom left for a short honeymoon to eastern points, a- mid showers of confetti and "Ace. They commence housekeeping in Dunlop, near Goderich. • —On March -15th Rachel Spence, relict of the late James Laird, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ivie Camp - ball, 3rd concession of Grey Township, aged 78 years; 2 months and 6 days. She was born near Glasgow, Scotland, and came- to Canada early in life. .A- bout 58 years ago she WAS married to her late •husband, who died ten years ago at Ethel. airs. Laird was ill about eight weeks. She was a eister to the late Postmaster Spence, of Ethel, and was a true wife, kind mother and first ciase neighbor. The Laird home was East of Ethel, the farm being eold. a- bout 14 years ago. She is survived by two sons and three daughters. —Word was received_ last week of the death of Mary Ann Heard, relict of the late Edward ,Elliott, who died at La Pas, Manitoba, on March 5th, at the age of sixty years. The deceased was the eldest daughter of Mr. Thomas Heard, of Bayfield, and was married to Mr. Edward Elliott of that village, for- ty years ago. A few years after their marriage they left for. SeeleyisaBay, Ont., where she resided up to three years ago, when she left for Ise. Pas. Rer husband pre -deceased tier fifteen years. She is survived by one son, Dr. Elliott, with whom she has made her home, reaso her father, Mr. -Thonlas Bea!'-ifirrd.. John Jackson, of Barriston, has been appointed President of the Howl& Mutual Fire Insurance Com- pany in succession to the late John Miller. Mr. Jackson was formerly Vice• President. Mr. a_ W. Edgar, oi yap made Vice -President, Tits Board Huron Notes —,Kr. T. Jackson, Sr., of Clinton, had the misfortune to fall one day last week and fracture three of Ms ribs. —Miss 'Maggie Mallough left Gode- rich, last week, for Macklin, Sask., where she intends to spend the summer. —Judge Doyle left Goderich last week for Washington., D. C., and will holiday in the south for the next ahree or four months. [James Nethery, of Belgrave, who is over eig,hty years of age, is suf- fering from an attack af blood poison- ing. —Mr. C. Schrag, of the Bronson Line, Stanley, recently purchased a high- grade thoroughbred Holstein bull from the herd of Holtby, Port Credit, noted breeder of Holsteins. —Mr. and 'Mrs. George Jackson, who have been visiting in. and around Wal- ton, for the past few months left this week for their home ett "dlwa. Hill, Saskatchewan.. Mr. Jackson took a car of horses with him. —Last week Alex. Gardiner, of Wal- ton, left for Cluny, Alberta, where he is interested in large farming opera- tions. Mrs. Gardiner will also take a trip Westward when the 'weather gets warmer. 1 —While driving from her home oa the B. Line of Carrick, into Belmore. on Tuesday evening of last week, lira John Darling was euddenly overcome with heart failure and died almost in- stantly. —Mr. Harvey McGowan, who was visiting friends in Morris, and Mr. Jas. Botz, who was visiting in Grey, both left for their homes in Kilfield, Sask., last tweek and each took a car load of horses with them. —The pews for the new Melville Church, Brussels, -arrived from Dundas, Ona, and have been placed in position. 3. D. Pennington, a former old timer in Brussels, is at the head of the Com- pany who supplied the 'seats.. —Rev. Mr. Prudham, of Durham, wili preach anniversary sermons in connec- tion with the Women's Missionary So- ciety of Brussels Methodist Church, on Sunday next, the 28th. Rev. Mr., Prud- ham spent seven years as a missionary In Japan. —The !suns of $80 was collected. ay the Goderich magistrate in fines during the ,past week for infractions of the liquor license law. One offender paid $40 ta.nd cast for a second offence. Bow comes it that a second offender escaped With only $407 —Tuesday of last week Percy Diap- er left Brussels for his home in Itt. don, England. He saw service in ' ie South African war and was wounded twice but seems quite ready to enlist again it? stand by the Empire in the present struggle. -, John and Mrs. Skim, -who have was -seen from the shore. Captata L. Forrest and Boddie McDonald went out in -the lifeboat, but the ice had no*, closed in sfothickly that it seem- ed for a time , impossible to break through, and if: was not until nearly midnight that a passage was forced and Ithe marooned men were eafely brought to the dock. — Etenskil The Great Snring Show id Entire Steck Harness Horses (S. Cattle at liensall Wednesday Next. Be sure and Cente. Dr. Hardie, dentist, each Tuesday and Fridr‘v it Henson, each Wednesday and Thursday in ZuriOh. „High close work. Phone No. 5. Henault. 2454 -ti 4Tailey Farm."—A drarna wili be pre- sented by local talent under the ans. pices of the Town Hall Amusement _Committeefor the purchase of fixtures In the Town Sal, Nensall, on /Wednes- day, March Ku^ g 8 ckitn. Admission, 15 and 25 cents. A. Pleasant Evening. The Senior Bible Class of Henson Methodist Church spent an enjoyable evening at the home el Mr. and Mrs. William Laramie res centtly, the occasion being the twen- tieth anniversary of their wedding. Mr. and Mrs. Lannnie were made the recip- le,nts --otf a set of china, as a mark of the members' esteem, following which a couple of hours of enjoyment were spent. Lunch was served, by the ladies before the- close of the evening. • A Correction.—A paragrapn respect. Ing the South Huron Agricultural So- ciety Sprang Show, to be it131,d in He sail, on Wednesday. next., March Sist, appeared la the Eiensall ObserVer, last week, to which t among a great num.; ber of.,4:other citizens beg to make ob- jection. The writer says that there is no interest in this years' fair being taken by the c.itizens'Tw as a nen- sall resident of many ydars standing, oin assure your redders that there been visiting friends in Blyth, Clhaton d other parts Miring the winter, left fair and the handsome list of epeeist prizes donated by our citizens for this fair on Wednesday next. Eel:Mali is far too progressive a town tnebeto see the advantage which this annual event brings to itt. eakdi only is ;It a splendid advertis-ment to have one of the beat .spring shozws in the county held her; but every merchant as vrell knows the added business which this fair brings to them, and We piedit that this years' 'fair will be in, every way even a great- er success than the former ,one. .A. Resident. Briets.—Elensall items intended for last weeek see page 8.—The ladies of 1 !Revell met in the, town hall on Tues- day afternoon, for the purpose of pack- ing the bale for the soldiers. A very fine collection of articles were on exhib- Wen, all useful -and needful things. There were 101 shirts, 108 pairs of socks, handkerchiefs, mufflers and over $125 in money to be,spent Or the Pat - triads Fund. After the -packing of ithe bale a light lunch was :served and. a social time spent.—Mr. alej13. Dent, p Sudbury, is visiting his , sister, Mrs. Sutherland —Mrs 0. A. ".alcDonell. ia spending this week with he fatber, ; Dr. Hutton, of Foreet. Miss Gertie Petty le home from Stratford Bospi- ta,-1, where f3he recently graduated as a nurse —Mrs T 3 Berry gave p, ehower at her home last Saturda evening for Miss Maii4 Petty. — alleS Helen Swan has returned from Gode. rich, where elle was imneing a ease is 4 the hospital there.—While we cannot begin to 'particularize in the matter of the work and gifts that the ladies a Hensall and vicinity have contribute& for ahe Patriotic Funds, Red Crass and Belgium Relief Funds, yet we are 'tempted to make allusion to one item ef work and giving combined, and we do ao for the reason that fli the -columns of The Expositor there recently appear - an item owing how many pairs- of socks some worthy elderly lady had knit, and which we think as some 16 or 18 pairs, -which Was certainly very creditable indeed, but Mrs.-I:Weer,. a quite eldefly lady of Hansa% his al- ready knit with her own hands onar thirty pairs and is still engaged in the I good work.—The Many relatives ani friends of Mr. George Joynt of this vil- Lege will regret to. lear.a of his present quite serious illness, but at date al writing we were pleased to learn that 4 lie wax resting better than he had foie some days and we trust he 11t soon experience a decided change for the better.—Mrs. Wm. Wm. Richardsoii made a.E, sale of her household 'goods and furn- iture last week and we believe intends living with her many sons and daugh-1 ters fOr a time at kast. She Intel:0454 going West to visit her sons there... - Mrs. George Trott recently joined heri husband here and Mr. Trott is haYing:. rooms prepared fol.' them at the rear en hisphoto' gallery Ls Petty's block-. Mr. Thomas Laing has sold clic cetta-gai property formerly Owned -and occupied by his late mother, Airs. Jane Lain' to gr. ,Tames W. Boathron, -who no doubt some time in the not - ture rebuild for himself a fine ling es Mr. Bonthron Jiltw to have sr erything right tip -to -date, and thesit ation right across from the Post 101 is me of the test in the village . - Mien kings will this spring the largest shipraent Over them, which speaks' well for tIlil fitable and ever-increasing industri. Our Town Council have pureh - fine flag .for the hail:, WW:a - flying in the bresses;