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On,Sale
Cotton,
ool Dress
ect to us
England
tion includes fab -
Fie 'world's great-
brics that are hi
and for Spring
er wear.
lis with that
ft finish, ma.
-itith soft vel-
th French and
voilesand all
ler popular
required t o -
the season's,
able frocks.
& Silk Goods
and Shimmery
Weaves
ie Moire,Drap'nouveau
Petrogad, Crepe Fan-
Drap Achilles, silk
, pongee Habutai, crepe
Tussah, silk and wet o
, crepe Imperial, Mirabell and
ether new effects. 50c to $2.
eirith Chic, new
zRY
Street Etats
Dress- Hats
Untrimmed
shapes
&great variety
bi trimmed hats
at popular prices
from 82 to $7,50
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Ladles
Coats -
I display of the seasan's newa.
in a wonderful wealth of c01-
1: an ample range of styles. The
materials and effects enable'
articular lady to find just what
at whatever price she wishes
e and style find delightful ex -
our display. While French
is are everywhere evident,eacir
>_ thoroughly American in treat
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that only the most desirable
found here. Coale and try on
e you wish—we are sure that
ad one that -will just suit you.
,her shipment of
Coats this week._
New Coat
$7.50 to $30.00
?New Suits
-$12.50 to 830.00'
ouches distinguish these earl'
tt will not be found in later da -
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Special Day for Boys
Saturday, April 2
ON
the above date we have arranged a
Special Display of all Wearing Apparel
for .Boys, ,and our stock so placed that the
boys' wear- will be given special attention.
This is the season when all boys need fresh
rigging out for the Spring and Summer
months, 'and we invite all buyers of boys'
.clothing to visit our store on this, the occas-
sion of our SPECIAL DAY FOR (BOYS.
'Special Suits for )small boys — Buster Brown, Oliver
Twist blouse, price..... ............$2.50 $3.00 to $4.00,
Special Suits for boys from 7 to 10 years of age, plain D.
B., Norfolk, Bulgarian and fancy, pleats. Price.... .
, 52.75 $3:50 54.50 to 55.50
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Special Suits for boys ro to 16 years of ag-e,fancy Norfolk,
double breasted,plain or belted—$3.75 $4.75 to $7.50
Special Spring' Reefer for boys 5 to to years, navy blue,
tan or red. Price.,.... . • •••• 52.75 to $5.50
Specid Plain Anicker for boys 4 to 8 years, tweed-. and
navy. Price
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50c to 75c
Special Bloomer _Knickers for ages 7 to 14 years in blue,
grey and brown. Price..-................... 65c 85c to $1.25
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SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1915
FROM ONTARIO'S CAPITAL
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Toronto, April 20th, 1915.
Rev. Dr. Patterson has returned as
pastor of Cook's Presbyterian Church
In this city ahd was formally inducted
by the Toronto Presbytery one evening
last week. Pr; Pattersontwas the past-
or of this church in former years. He 're-
signed the pastorate fourteen , years
ago. Ille carried on evangelistic work
for several years in ;many or the largo
American cities after leaving Toronto.
Ultimately he received, a call no a large
congregation in Belfast, Ireland, and of
which he has been pastor for several
years. Some months ago 'the Pastorate
of Cook's became vacant and the con-
gregation, returning to their earlier
love, extended a unanimous call to him
to return. This call ,was accepted and
Dr.- Patterson is once more its pastor.
He is ;a man of great pulpit ability,
_panch eaanestnese and an enthusiastic
Worker in every good cause. He will
be welcomed back to Toronto, not only
by the congregation to which he is to
minister, bet by many ,itizens. How-
ever, he will find that fourteen years
have worked a great change in the city
in many ways. It has nearly doubled
its size and population since he left it
and •many vvisci were to the front then,
not only in the city, but in his cbn-
gregation, have been called to their
Fathers. It remains to be seen, there-
fore, haw the experiment of bringing
him back again. will ,work out: —
II a li •
Another Presbyterian -congregation in
this city that has struck luck is that
of Morningside Cb.ureh, Swansea, a su-
burb of Toronto. The late John Gem-
mell, a, once well-known architect of
this city, left in his will a legacy of
$22,000 for this congaegaition to be u3 -
ed , to assist in the erection
of a new church building - die also left
a 'fine lot for he congregation on
which to build the church. ;The late
William _Rennie, the well known ..seed
man, also 1rf t '$5,000 to the same icon-
gregation or a like purpose. ,Tbe new
church is to be,proceedpd with during
the cording summer.
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Though the Provincial highway leg-
islation of the past isession made pro-
vision for larger greets in connection
with county road construction .and
maintenance, there is reason toibelieve
Lt may not be considered advisable to
make these operative thisiseasen. This,
together with other portionof the act,
comes into force by proclamation, but,
with prevailing conditions, idis said
to be questionable whether the Gov-
ernment will do anything t� promote
construction on an extensive basis in
the way of keying immediate payments
of ancrea,sed ' grants. Arratngemente
which had been previously made for
road -building win, however, be ,nnef-
fected, and will be .carried though this
spring. i
a , ,
,
Special Jersey Sweaters for ages 4 to 12 years in tan red,
blue and grey. Price ....50c 75c to 5.1.25
Special Hats for ages 4 to 14 years, felt and fancy serge
and tweed. Price.. 50c 75c to 51.00
Special Stockings for ages 5 to 8 years at 20c 25c 35c
Special Overalls for ages from 5 to 16 in blue or black'
Price ...:.50c to 7Pc
Special Shirts forages 8 to 14 years, fine dress shirts and
everday work shirts, Price...................... ...50c to 75c
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Special Raincoats for ages to to 16 years in black or
fawn. Price....... •..,....$2.50 to $4.75
A.:. golden opportunity for mother to make a
satisfactory selection for the boys without
worry. Early morning shopping is prefer-
able to evening. Don't fail to take advant-
age of: this special service day
For the Boys
irr Highest Prices for Butter and Eggs
Greig C1othini Coy.
SEAFOR.Til
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ledge on thetsubject. 411 this 'paints to
the Progress of an agricultural revival,
but the biggest factor hi the movement
is the farmers' apportunity to get two
dollars where he got lonly one before,
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Wounded Canadian soldiers at the
base hospitals in France are to eat
the juicy fruit aaf ;the Ontario orchard.
The provincial government is shipping
to England, to be .forwarded to the
various base hotpitals, boxes of the fin-
est northern spice that can be obtained
in Ontario, fotithe"use of convalescent
soldiers. Already a first consignment of
100- boxes have (gone .forward, and oth-
ers will follow. Itis not an idea of
the local authorities, but of the pro-
vincial agent in London, Richard Reed.
The apples will not cost the government
very much, but will .do the soldiers
just as much good as if the cost was
high.
To those soldiers who hail from On-
tario cites, it `will he a real treat, be-
cause the best of the Ontario apdles
seldom find ;their way into the Ontario
cities. Hitherta, it has ,been necessary
for the Ontario eity man to go to Eng-
land ..to ,get the best Ontario apples.
That was the( rule until the war start-
ed, When the export apple businese aud-
denly vanished, and the .department of
trade and' commerce had. to organize
a ins campaigneta ,find a home, market
In Ontario for apples produced in On-
tario, and. ,similarly, in other provinces.
That happened on the /top of ta Ig
crap, and there was a prospect of heavy
waste through inability to market the
fruit. . • • i •
A campaign was started to gather up
a lot on the Apples to distribute among
the needy, both here and in England,
and mech 'good was accomplished in
this way. rhe result has been to bring
the Ontario apple, so to speak, into its
own. Ontario people have dfscovered
that there is such A thing. as an On-
tario apple, that it is, good to eat, that
doctors recommend it4andsthat infants
ary for ttairhus avben it, was proposed
to 'said local fruit do the wounded
soldiers, the apple aks immediately and
unanimously selected.
'bis gift is in ,additIon to those pre-
viously announced. There will be oth-
ers. The provincial war tax will provide
the government with means .of adding
to the contributions already made,
which amount in round figures to $750,-
000. They include flour for the people
of England, dried; apples, beans and
other provisions, alid a generous con-
tribution toward -Belgian relief. The
war fax il1, pay ..fter all 'this and leave
In the treasury $1,250,000 beeidee. Thc
moneyessiiill not be available until the
municiPalities have ,inade their Ranee -
tions and turned the provincial Share
over fo- the. treasurer, but the govern-
ment has .taken mensuers to °vet:tome
this 'difficulty by bdrrowing dip to the
whole amount which, it is estimated,
will be realized, frpm the, taxes. .
• • • •
The name of Patrick ,Burns has been
familiar for many years not only to
Toronto people but to ,anany throughout
the Province of Ontario. Any person
who has been in the habit of visiting
Toronto, even casually, can scarcely
have missed ;to alotice the name% of P.
Burns painted on numerous ,coal carts
and waggons visible any week day in
many parts of the, city, Mr. Patrick
Burns, the owner of this name and Of
these carts and waggons Is- no more,
He :died at his, home, Front Street, and
where he had resided continuously for
over fifty years, on Thursday of last
week. Mr. Burns was a. victim of pneu-
monia and had 'been 111 only about a
week. The residence in which he had
lived so long and; in which disd was
at the time of its construction noted
as' one of the handsomest homes an the
city and has lung been a landmark of
note, being a memorial of a fashionable
district of past slays.
The deceased was a native, of County
Fermanaugh, Ireland, andi came to To-
ronto when seventeen years of age.
Be entered into the wood business, and
in the, early days was a large buyer
of wood along, the line of the old. Grey
and Bruce and. Credit Valley Railways.
Opening a coal and wood- business in
Toronto, In 1856, 'Mr. .Burns was one
of the pioneer fuel merchants of the
,city. Under his able dnanagement the
operations of the business extended un -
ail it reached its present large propor-
tions. Although 78 years old at athe
time of his death, Mr. Burns gave his
business his entire attention, and am to
a week preceding his ,death, was in
constant attendance at his affice.- Mr.
Burns was a prominent member ,pf the
Catholic Church and a zealous member
of St. Maryis Church. Ile also gave two
daughters to the Church, ;Sister Francis
and Sister Joachim, of .Loretto Convent,,
who survive him.
* • *
The backsto-the-land notion 4 catch-
ing. an. There isn't exactly a stampede,
but there are signs ahat tanning mat
yet become fashionable in Ontario. For
several years past wealthy persons have
been buying farm lands ,alang the lake
east and west of Toronto, and estab-
lishing the Canadian equivalent to a
country seat. It has been a luxury, ,or
had been up to a year or ho ago, when
things began looking up. Now it is a
money-maker. A man ,who has the walls
of . his town house papered with use-
less railway securities can gc/ out to
his farm and lived a life of comfort and
undisturbed serenity. In fact, there is
so much prosperity on ,the farm in On-
tario now that there is sufficient lure
without any 'organized movement for
the "re -population Of our rural
tricts," The agrarian has the horse
laugh Upon the dweller in cities.
During the last fortnight the depart -
anent of colonization has been able to
put mare than 200 men upon farms In
the pravince taking' them tfrom cities
and towns. ihe farmers have work for
all the able-bodied single, men who pf-
fer, and such men are offering, because
there's money in it. .The other day a
paper was read before the Ontario Edu-
cational Association, in which .farm-
ing was described as a science, and
not merely arm and leg work. The idea
was to commend the teaching of agri-
culture asa dignified profession, re-
quiring a big ,braits as :well' as a strong
bank and to encourage teachers to in-
terest thensselves In the tsclience of agri-
culture in order do impart )3o1ne knovi-
The form which further assistance
will take has nrit,yet been ;decided, but
the government 'will have the money
when the time comes. It will have mare
than money. It will have potatoes. The
department of agriculture has a 'scheme
for the growing of tubers by .the
school children of the province as a
war crop. Two hundreds and forty-five
rural school fairs are .being organized
as part of this scheme, and it is es-
timated that 45,000 school children will
take part in the campaign. Present in-
dications are that the .potato war crop
will amount to at least 45,000 Ibushels,
and perhaps to 50,000. The intention
Is ito 'sell ;the ;crop and turn the pro-
ceeds over to one ,of the various patrio-
tic movement's.:
•
North Perth Licenses
,
The Mirth Perth license ,commission-
ers in sessicin at Stratford, this week,
granted licenses for this aiding, as fol-
lows:
Stratford -Queen's, T. D. Pinkney;
Commercial, J. J. Hagarty ; Royal, Geo
Deihl; Mansion, J. fl. Killer; City, J.
J. lieppler ; Empire, Mrs. Margaret Wil-
son; Windsor, T. I. Gillespie; 'Arling-
ton,. James Moir ; American, T. F.Meri-
han. Shops -Walsh Bros. and T. F.
Quirk.
Listowel -Grand Central, Ri S. pain;
Arlington, A. Roos; Station, A. By -
ernes. Shop -Aaron Bigler. Jos. ,Boeh-
seer of the Queen's, was given a three
months' extension in which to improve
conditions.
Wallace-'H'enry Otto, Gowanstown.
North Easthapen- Edward ,Dahmer,
Amulree '• John McKenzie, Gadshill. -
Milvertan-Ce F. Ritter, Grand ,Cen-
tral; C. F. Pauli, Queen's.
Ellice -P. J. Hisbon, Sebringville; Ro-
bert Hunter, Brunner; Mrs. Wingefel-
der, Rostock; Mrs. Sophia Harloff,
Wartburg.
Mornington-Mrs. Mulcahy, Millbank;
MreneGeis Newton.
TIM is the laet time that licenses will
be issued by the local commissioners
as hereafter that duty will devolve on
the. Provincial ,Board which has just
been appointed.
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Stiff Battles
The official report from British head-
quarters in France, and written on the
19th, gives the following authentic par-
ticulars of a very severe but important
engagement which tank place this week
between the British and German troops:
The improvement in the (weather since
the last 'report resulted. In an increase
In the activity of 'both our own and
the enemy's air service. Advantage in
the • exchanges has been with us. In
the Ypres tdistrict four hostile aero-
planes have been brought down in the
last three days; two by us and two by
the French. Yesterday one of ouraair-
men drove Off three „hostile aeroplanes,
completing eubsequently the reconnals:-
sance on which he :was engaged.
On the, evening of (April 17th we ex-
ploded .a mine under Hill -60 an the
Ypres-Comines railway, to the west of
Zwartlene. Thai immediately was fol-
lowed by. an attack Which gained pos-
session of the whole of the enemy's
trenches on the hill. The enemy suf-
fered heavily from the explosion, and
we took two officers and 15 pen pris-
oners. In %spite of a heavy bombard -
=lent which caused many casualties. The
trenches captured were put lh a state
of defence d,uring the night.
The enemy renewed the bombardment
-
towards morning and followed this at
8.30 tam. with a determined *counter-
attack. This attack was pressed home,
and stiff band -to -hand fighting ensued.
Our infantry, fighting with ,great
gal-
[antry and determination, and well sup-
ported by artillery, drove off the ene-
my with complete success. Our losses
were heavy, but the Germans suffered
still more severely, particularly from
our machine guns, which caught them
In close prderdin ,the open.. Throughout
the 17th the enemy repeatedly renew-
ed,his attacks, making desperate efforts
to, regain his position„, which was of
great importance. At one time they ,sidc-
ceeded in gaining a footing on the
southern slopes of the hill, but they
were promptly driven back again. At
nightfall the whole hill ,vas in our
hands and the ground gained had. been
consolidated. This morning the enemy'e
attacks ceased, but they continued to
bombard the hill. In the latter fighting
two more officers and thirty men were
captured, making a total of four of-
ficers and fortytfive men.
Collegiateinstitute Results
The f011owing are some of the results
for the Easter examinations at the Sea -
forth Collegiate Institute. The number
opposite each name represents the aver-
age number ofcanarks enade out of 100.
Those who have made .75 or more have
obtained honors. In order to obtain the
total number of marks required for a
pass the average must be 60or more.
Forty per cent. of the marks given for
any ,subject must be .obtained for a
pass on that suaject. Fuller reports are
being sent Out And parents are asked
to _exatnine these reports carefully and
to them with Christmas
FORM II
Pupils in this class have written on
alit the :subjects required for the Lower
Schol Departmental examinations and
also for the promotion no the Middle
Schoen ;
K. MeLean, honors, 75; W. Ament 74,
K. Burrows 73, M. ptewart 71, M. Szn11-
11e)01 M. nfcClinchy -69, A.. Murphy 67,
M. Edmunds 67, D. -Wilson 67, B. Byrne
66, H. Hays 114, /H. (Godkia 64, G. Ross
04, 1. fH111 •63,• B. -Argo 163, X. McMann
62, 0. Rankin 6Z, G. Shillinglaw 'i&2, A.
Chapman 62, M. (Nolan ,z60, W. ,Nigh 60,
G. Chapman 59, W. a3e1.1:55, la Beattie
59, R. Reid 58, F..,Faulkner 68, E.
Chesney 57, J. Melady 67, N. Stimore
56, A. Knechtel 56, el. Genet 55, M.
Scarlett 54,I:p.m:uDo: vs.e11 53, D. Mc-
Cormick 61, W. McaTay (49.
Pupils in this class have already
been promoted to „the tMiddle School and
have been examined on the nine sub-
jects :required for the. Lower Sehool
Departmental examinations.
L,. Griffiths, h'enors, 17; J. Kerr 72,
A. Carbert 68; (Ad _Troyer 167, y. Graves
61, J. Matson
FORM
Normal Entrance and Junior Matricu-
lation.
II. Carswell, honors, 87; E. Freeman,
honors, 75.; M. Edge '74, A. Archibald
'13, A. Fisher '72; M. Snell 72; ,A. Crich
71, 3. Chesney :68, E. Turnbull da M.
Larkin 67, C. Malone 67, E. (Haan 66,
B. Larkin 65, A. .McDonald 64, II. Hin-
chley 64, M. Walsh ,63, F. Naylor 63,
W. Cleary 61, B. Ross ,60, E. Rivers
60, E. .McMichael 59, A. MacKay 57,
M. Turnbull 67, C. ;Scott 56, .A,. Hays
55, C, Ivison 54, ;B. Little {,§4, I. Geiger
63, R. Keys 51„R. Laird 48, P. Weir 46
The reports for the other depart-
ments of the ,Institute__ will likely be
given next week.
set foot on. ".My last thoughts will be
for you. Good-bye tilinternity my sweet
darling mother. -Otto Kingister."
. Huron Notes
farm from his brother Alex., on thc
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-Win. Perrie has bought the 100 -acre
14th concession of Grey, better known
as the Coates farm.,.
- Mr. and. Mrs. Lorne . Addle have
leased their farm on the 13th conces-
sion of Grey, to Mr. Blincoe, of At-
wood, and have removed to Stratford,
where they will in _future reside.
- Thirty-two names were added to
Monday after the holidays. The total
the Clinton public school roll on the
attendance is T1OW 362, „which is a high
water mark.
George'e Church, Goclerich, held, an
,
-At the annual High Tea in St.
Thursday 'evening of last ,week all for-
mer records were 'broken. The proceeds
ainounting to about $200, will be used
tin improving the lighting. of the church,
-A maple syrup and pancake social
Is a new and novel inovation in the
public entertainment line. A very suc-
cessful social of this tnature was .held
under the auspices of the Ladies' _Aid
of the Ethel Methodist Church this
week.
-During the fiscal year 11914-15 Godee
rich Customs office and outposts collect-
ed $101,984,20, a decrease of $2,069.57
from la.st year. Goderich collections alone
wee $45,750.35, an increase of $11,607.t
17 over last year.
-The many friends of Mr. Ed. L. rnent Company's sate haf thoroughbred
pleased to learn' he is improving ann
beenlaitiel stock held lin London, Ontario, the
Crescent, a yearling heifer bred by Mr.
uTpriebanderlw
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tepwhietnh 17;.-Chlobasatica,will highest priced animal sold was Diamond
Ilenry Smith, of Hay, near Exeter, nd
purchased by Mr. John Radcliffe, of
Usborne, for $220. Mr. Radcliffe alsa
purchased Vanity 20th for $150. Mr.
R. D. Hunter, of Usbornei Purchased
Vanity 21st for 4155. Mr. Wm. McAllis-
ter of _Bay, purchased Gipsy Queen for
$1136 and Mr. 0. Striker, of Stephen,
near Crediton purchased Queen Rosa-
lind for 4120. The purchasing of these
fine animals by Huron stockbreeders
show that they have a proper apprecia-
tion of the. situation.
-The ladle's of Pine River, Aehfield
Townsbip have had several sewing
meetings at which they have made a
nice lot,ofarticles for the Red Crow..
,They ahave had two ten -cent teas at
which they made $13.54. Artieies made
are as follows: Twenty-sevets dozen
fact cloths, 5 1-2 dozen largeddreseinge,
.16 1-2 ;dozen compresses, le a-mania:bee-
sings, 08 surgical towels, 24 dozen
sponges, 11 stupes, 4 dozen 2 1-2 Inch
bandages, 3 dozen 2 bleb bandage ht 1
dozen 4 inch bandages, 1 dozen 2 filch
bandages, 10 Splint bandages, 10 mixed.
bandages,. 46 compresses, 1445 mouth
Wipes, 4 dozen Sponges, 6 many tail-
ed bandages, 29 hanakeroblefs, 5 night- 1
shirts, S pairs socks, -6 arra slings 2
pneurnopla 'jackets, 2 dozen stupesi;ad i
3 stupe covers.4
-Atthe annual meeting of the
Gode-
rlch Lawn Bowling ,Club held. In the
County. Clerk's Office on Friday eVen-
ins of last week; the riew affleerir
were elected for the coming season
Treasurer L. Dougherty presented. a e
statement sbowing receipts of 4394A
and payments $372.02, with a balance
$22.44. The officers for 11915 aee: 'lion.
President, R. S. Williams; Preeident,
H. F. Edwards; C. 341. Eurabeta Viee,s
President ; L. E. Dougherty, Trea;surerat
W. Lane, Secretary. Mama. Nairn,
Hunt aiad Griffith were appointed to i
act with the officers as an executive 1
committee, and Mr. Humber an ground 1
manager.. The, membership fee was fix-
ed at $5. Measrs. iTigert, Yates and '
Rumball were appointed honorary Meth- _
bers.
solemnized at the home of Mrs, t s ---A -very pretty house I/hailing was
Baptist, Wingham, when her aides
daughter, Miss Mabel Dowse, was unit-
ed in wedlock to Yin Arthur Edgar of
Cuiross. The ceremony was perform-
ed by the Rev. II. W. Feibbert in lite :
presence of onty the dromediate relatives
of the family, The bride entered the
parlor leaning on the arm, of her bra&
er, Howard, to the strains of Viendese
ashen wedding march played by MIss
Gertrude Stutt of Teeswater, and sto
under an arch beautifully decoratet -
for the occasion. She was unattended _
and was becomingly dressed in -royale
blue satin, trimmed with point laee and J
...wore a boquet of rotes and maiden halt
-ferns; she ale& wore the groom's glEt=
a sunburst of pearls.. A dainty dinner
was served, after which the happy tense
pie left amid. ehowers .of confetti for a i
short trip,
Letteri From German Soldiers
The London, England, Times publish-
es translatione of two letters which
were tied around stones and thrown
into the trenches of the second British
corps on the `night of Appil 12 and 13
by Germans. One letter ;Tads: "Dear
Honored Comrades :-"As this war has
been going on for about nine months
and whole villages with their inhabit-,
ants have been devestated, it is novr
time to put`Na_ stop to It. We are all
tired of this sahltge life, andeyou must
be too. (Our dear WiYES and children a-
wait and long for our return, andyours
must do the same. Hoping that we may
do sorrie good by ihis..We remain.; with
friendly greetings.
tMoLRAN BROS. Publishers
$1-00 a Yetroo In Advance
beets, carrots, onions, etc. I never had
a better garden. Recently ;prepared a
new lawn under and inear a very large
spreading oak, and .the grass is up
beautifully. A patch of alfalfanI sowed
In February is now aeady to cut."
-Last week Mr. J. E. Whitely, sr
,Goderich Township, sold the old home-
etead, lot 15, concession 7, to Mr. John
Swartz, who iives on -the opposite side
of 'the road. This farm had been in the
Whitely family since 1832, wnen it was -
first settled by the grandfather of the
now retiring proprietor. who 'gives it
up now cany owing to ill health. It is
one of the prettiest and best located .
farms in the township, and the new
owner is to be congratulated on his
new purchase.
-Mr. _Blitzstein, one of Lucknow's
Jewish storekeepers, lost his entire
stock of dry goods by fire early Mon-
day morning of last week. Blitzstein is
a heavy loser by the fire, as he had in
about 41,600 stock. There WaS no in-
suiance, and the goods were so. corn-
pletely destroyed that those saved are
not valued_ above $20 or dd5. The stock
constituted nearlY all of his possessions
and it is understood there was about ,
$600 unpaid. The fire is one ,tif the few
irdstery fired at Lucknow. As there
had been no fire in the building, oa
-account of mild weather, since the ere-
vious Thursday it is difficult to ex-
plain its origin on any other ground
than incencliariem.
-At the Western Ontario Consign-
that he was In ..Exeter, on Friday, that
being the first time in five months.
--Mr. John Sheriff, first conceselon,
Kinioas, and a brother of Mr. Dave
Sheriff, of Lucknow, suffered a paraly-
tic stroke Tuesday morning, ,and. Is in a
very serious condition. The stroke came
pn somewhat slowly while he was about
tbe morning cbores at the barn.
-Miss Addie Grant, .daughter Df
and 'Mael. John Grant of the 42th con-
cession of Grey, has recently passed
her examination at the Normal School
at Hanelltcm, and Is now a thoroughly
qualified and well equipped „school
teacher.
-Mr. Everett 0. 'Walker, am of Mr.
and Mrs. S.. Walker, pf the Ath conces-
sion of Morris, was married at Bran-
don, Manitoba, on the, ard inst., to Miss
Ella Francis, daughter of ;Mrand lilies,
John Bate, of Brandon. lir. and Mrs.
Walker will reside in Regina.
-Sunday afternoon before last the
house and barn on the farm of Joseph
Shaw, 3rd lineof 'Morris, were streek
tly the sharp lightning and damagec.
to the extent of 'about *25 or ay. Had
it not been for the lightning rods there
appears to be little.doubf.but ttbe build-
ings would havefallen a prey to the
flames.
- -Mrs. Margaret Jane Whiting„a oric
time resident of Brussels, (died at Bran-
don, Manitoba, recently, after a brief
illness. Mrs. Whiting and her husband
were among the pioneers of Brussels,
having resided there in ;the early 50s.
Her busband predeceased her 39 years
ago. She was a resident of Brandon
for 14 syears. MTS. Whiting ,was the
mother of 13 children, -7 of whom are
still living.
-The followingeofficers were elected
In connection with the _Clinton Bowling
Club for this year at a „meeting in that
town on Friday evening of last week:
lion. President, D. A -Forrester; Presi-
dent, W. Jackson; atice-President Dr.
Shaw; Secretary, Fs T. Jackson; Trea-
surer, J. E. Hovey; Auditor, D. le Mac-
pherson; Ground Committee, W. Grant,
J. Hunter, J. Watt. .
-The Lucknow Sentinel last week
says: James Forster, of Weet Wawa -
nosh, was :the ,winner of a.twenty-dol-
ler gold watch at the Seaforth Horse
Show on ,the 13th -this being the fired
prize agricultural team. This win was
_ail the more creditable, seeing that
there was .stiff competitton; one com-
peting team having wee first at sev-
eral spring shows this season.
-One day last week the three years
ol , son of attr. and airs. Edward Cur -
Der, Sanford, was found missing dur-
ing his play out .doors, and on search
being made the littlefellow was found
in a poethole into wbich he had fallen
head Best, and so far overcome with
the -mud and this position that it re-
quired nearly an hour to restore him
to eonsciousn.ess. It was certainly a
very narrow escape from a saddeath.
highty respected resident of Wing -
ham, passed away on Monday of last
week in the person of Mary A. Carr,
relict of the late Alfred Cody, in her
sixtieth year. Mrs. Cody was a
daughter of the late Jahn Carr,sysho
was for some yearsengaged in the
flour milling •iniziness in.Wingba.m, and
she had resided there for many years
ane was highly esteemed. She was a
member of the Methodist Church. She
is survived by two daughters and one
son.
-During the thunder storm of Sun-
day of last week, the barn of Mr.
Thomas Adams, of the _Ws concession
of Ilullett, was struck by lightning.
Mr. and Mrs. Adams were in Clinton at
the time but their nearest neighbor,
Mr. Scales, noticed the fire and hurry-
ing to the scene succeeded in extin-
guishing it. Three young calves and. a
number of hens were killed and the
building was considerably damagedbut
the wonder is that it was not com-
pletely destroyed.
-Miss Eva Lamontddaughter of afis.
and Mrs. Allan Lamont, of Brussels,
was married on Wednesday of hest
week to Mr. Samuel Jaen of near Tees -
water. The ceremony dook place at the
Presbyterian Manse. The bride :was un-
attended and was neatly .attired in her
travelling suit of navy blue serge with
white silk blouse with ,trimmnings of
lace and pearls. Mr. And afss. Belioleft
on the evening train for their new
home, carrying with them the hearty
good wishes of many ariends. t
-In a letter recently received from
Mr. Thomas Hall, forenany Yftr13 pub-
lisher of The Wingham 'Advance but
wbo, for the past ,two years ;hae been
residing in Pasadena, California, be
says: "My potatoes the firsia crop of
1916) are upeandhoed; barieey is ;ready
to cut; the orang'e,crop neatii all har-
vested; almonds, apricots add _peaches
past the bloom tand make a good show
of fruit. We have heert using for near-
ly two months from our own garden,
turnips, lettuce like beads of caabage,
"THE GERMAN SAPPING PARTY."
The other letter reads :-Bear French
and English Comrades :-It is just a-
bout time you 'stopped all this, for we
think you will soon have had enotigh
of! your war. Our losses are ,great, and
yours must be three times as pig. Ev-
ery day it gets finer, and attwould be
better if we could be at home with
our wives and ,children, av.hci are wait-
ing every day for us, as yours are
waiting for youeLet us have peace on
earth before the cherry blossoms come
out, but the sooner the better. 'Or do
you want to go on sitting forever in
"these trenches? tWlth friendly greet-
ings.
"THE GERMANS."
A Pathetic Letter
The following letter was found on
the body of a young Bavarian soldier,
who was taken (prisoner and died in a
French -hospital. The letter was found
by a member of the Canadian Army
Medical Corps who had it translated.
It teas its own sad tale. It was for-
warded to the dead ,German's mother:
It ruits as latlows : .
"Dear Mother. -For three months .we
have been in the battle. Heavens what
it has ail been. The greatness f the
Fatheriand and the glory of our Kaiser
seem after ail small things, and neither
united Germany nor our Emperor can
need all this bloodshed. I cannot tell
yog what a picture, of ,bed passes cease-
lessly before my eyes. I seem to be div-
ing into a red dream and among ftames.
Of what useato le will have been my
studies and my hopes to make you hap-
py in your oId age, dying miserably here
for some mysterious cause. Thousands
of us wild die for this cause, goad and
faithful comrades of mine who, like
myself, asked only do 41e in peace and
at work. I have seen heti in the hail
of lead (and iron. It is 110 longer pas -
slue to win this :war, and every day
Lessens our etrength. I cannot' send this
setter in the ordinary .way for it tells
the truth and I ehouid be severely pun-
tshed if it were .read by otir chiefs. It
will be sent to ,you I hepe by .the maa
who picks me up If a. die on the soi:
of France, Which I wisti 1 had never
-The ladles of 'Brussels and vicinity
are doing a good work ,in connection
with the Women's Institute in aid Os
the Red .Cross and war relief. Mats.1
Tait, the Secretary, gives Ilse fellawinsai
statement of the work done thus
Women's Institute Funds,' $28; ,Patrie-
tic concert, $62; Young People's cone
tribution, $42; General Subscraptionsel
3163; Collection at Eadies" hunt, $02e,
Eadies' Sunday School for Belgian Or-
phans, 350, total, P67. This sum is
ac-
counted for as follows :-Casb on ba
$53; cesh donation to Bed Cross, $4.02,
goods donated to Red Cross, value $4144
total, 3658. The Red Cross supplies
trade and shipped. up- to the Present
time included the following articles :--7-
Idorty bed attests, 52 pillows, 60 pillove
cases, 104- 'pairs sacks, 108 day shirts*
55 surgical shirte, 18 suits pyjaniata
536 handkerchiefs, 1900 yards' rolled
bandages and a large quantity of drega
sings.
—One of the oldest residents of -Clia-1
ton, passed away last aveek in theperid
son of Mrs. Edward tafoor-e, who tuai
at her home there after a COTIthIGLItte
reesidence of 35 years. The deceased
lady, whose maiden name was Rebec.ea.-
Den.nison was born of Irish parentage,
at North Gore, near Ottawa, and earns t
up here with her husband, and malt
fanally over -thirty years ago. Mrs.
*ore was a woman of great strength
-
of character, and rare industry. Shei
reared a family of nine c)ildren, aTh
of whom survive. In Abe early days
she spun and wove the cloth for then.,
clothing and endeavored to bad' into'
them haltdts of thrift, Industry and in-'
testity. She was a Method* in relig-
ion, ha -ring united with the churr
wben a mere citild and during
Afe-time keeping .up her eonnec
it. Par the past eight years s
been an invaad, for four or five
a great sufferer and requiring c
-08,1* and attention. Por ,ter
summons was a happy Mesas.