The Huron Expositor, 1916-07-14, Page 1LILY 7,
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PINIMONIWINOpriffialliefftentigname
SEAFORTII, FRIIjAY, JULY 14, 1916
,EIG CLOTHJING C0frIPAN
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Din't go around swelteri
heat withlieavy burdens
Trousers
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on Skloppers
uo Ribbons lc to 15e
ry 2c and 5c a yard
tioodness knows they
iember how glad you were
me ? Buy rompers for them
II the week, and a couple of
This is what they will cost
ow they are worth more.
lawn and colored dresses o
girls of 4 to 14 years.
$1.00 upwards
ty white lawn and nainsook
tare yoke styles. Prettily
es 30c u -wards
want for every -day use—
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other icloth
warm! weat
bluets and
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grey
'12 to $1
of Genuine Merit
hardly necessary nowa-
a:52s to argue with .a • woman
,s to the value of a good cop -
et to produce a kood figure.
e have the right kind of
set for you.
D. and A, corsets
P. C, corsets
13, and A. corsets
Prices 2::
to $4
shades
weather Under -
you like ?
ite sure to find it here in nice fit -
prices considering the careful
are made and the excellent mater -
es in stock and complete prirc
wear starting as iow as rzic
step through all the popu
nderweart the best procure'
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of Beautiful Whitewea
'n town or down town.
lavish
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light an airy
In two-pielce 50c
In combina0on $1.00!
Light Sox 2oc to 50c
Sport hirts
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With soft rolling collars in different collars
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GreatBargapi
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BOYS SUI
Bor. Suits in the ne est
style::; of garments that
make -:1-2 the old re!iable
untear, 'le. Sizes 24. lt4 28
Sizes 29 to 35 .
Od Bloomers
Children' Cotton Ro.rOp rs
5 c to 756
Bo s Overalls
Highest Prices Or Butt
The Greig C101
SE A_ FO RTIT
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Crop Prospe sts
A ispee1al press `bullet n issued his
week by the Census I._ d Steals ice
Whet. gives the folio ng report no
the en of field 'e ops .n C -n-
act it • end Of Jane Th: re rt
shotes that the prubpe+ts for g. aln
crops are ,excellent thrtightsettLe
what, butt the craps 'Dein_ 'a,hn a -•(` n
days . hater than last, ye : r much vi11
,de.i}en" upon. ,the freed tram c . ris-
e
Maritime Provirie+es.-I Prizes d.
weed Island the wea.th- r cox: di i. ns
have beer anosf favorable for all cr+ ps.
Spring. work was coripi.•e .e,dt fully wo
weeks ,ahe1:1 of last:: ye : r ; belief . tui
ries fell pccasiorhally All he
grain c thse ,were study.', Roots . lid
potjatce s came on well. In some � t-
trle'Gs. hay is light, in thers hest y
It will be an:average c +p. Nova ' co-
tta, Ken,( ville,-Jane has been an ex-
cepti taJ1y fine :grawin _ month, 'ol-
lowing an ,Ld el month for ge;,t'ng
cross In; All farm crop .are too'ing
bet 1r than usual. Amh rat, - $ An
unsettled. June, making seeding v ry
difficult. A large pence stage of ail
grin was sosin early ;In une and as
gcrmirest.ed well; ;roots .and potatoes
hair - yet' to be, planted. Weath•er..too-
co'Ld, ,and wet for ,goad: growth, .ar-
ley:.suffering. most. .Nae . •Brunsw ek.
Fr;dricton, - ;With thi teen , r. my
,days in June the prec pftatfon as
mounted to Isla inches; 1 w lyingc ape
haeo been damaged and weeds are
smothering the root crop Grose = mf
grain aro .generally a• ye the a er-
ago. The potato°acreag. is equa to
last year, and thet early planting is
good.. A` large acreage o . turnips. t.d
buekwhe,at has Into yet been sloe+ d.
One ral have av-
-oned the 'growth of greas 'and p os -
peas are excellent for • good ay
cr4•p. Low lying Wide ave-suff•red
from .too much raJn., Pat pe bias, e + na-
veeturc, - [Whe,att, oats and ba ley
look, exceedingly ,well; potatoes are
very goad ; ;if rains keep on crops as
be injured; in low ha,n',s almost im-
possible to get wee+dtn.; lane. Ri•
maxuI4,-A11 crops ,have magnifi ent
app€,ar.ance, esay low la + have : ef-
fere:vl fromi rains. Ste. nne De La.
licea,theie-Jane has • isen r ny
and cool; 'seeding late and difficult
grain and 'fodder corn rather +oor
on undrained Land.; h. Y crop n ver
gaivc greater promise ; ;told. roots .are
ng good atart; pas 'urage ab d -
ant 'end fruits very p "sing. Cap
R use -Relies nealry .e ery day; ;. as -
tures are ,g-ood a,n,d ha' crop wI , be
he,a.vy. Owing to too ach precl+fta-
tkn only three-four_th,s.of theteal
ar a wars isawn, to gra ; potatoes
d ern do not' look ell; all oot
cr s have germinated `. well. aTo .Ln -
Ln 'u,e, Labeller -Hoy•.:' a, ,very fine
ap ,arance ; grains some hat back • and
b t promising, potatoes ' finee for s":sx-
and pastures rnagn ficent. Cie c, a
L•. , Tort ue-The, ,appear • e of ce , eels
Ls +orally methane except high la . ds;
n good, pot,ateas go d, peas ery
good. The, frequent.eel St have cp. d
m y weeds, tin hoed pr he and ave
f . d lands ' lnie ufffcie o tip dra' lied.
L nnoxville, Sherbrooke Seeding has
leen retarded greatly, :specially +rn
d hoed crops; hayln two •Weeks
later ; grain craps ve y back ^ rel
-c+rn three .weeks late .than ulnae.
A bray, Chateauguay a rain has the
a+pearance of .a bumpe " crop; corn
,d Inge well; potatoes n • t very _ + od ;
o her roots looking w: 1. ,
O,. to rLo--About one -t r rd loess
was ,sewn. than an. pre tom year
dltion It : le uneven, ! epotte
,. dly affed:t•ea by rarin. FA great Ideal
roti ripen ,and will be cut for
e.en feud. Corn this lye:ar +occ pies
t more. than two- •ds • of last
xir'e. area. In some • s• no crop
,ais gK illi ,at �a1i an,d, tbA• land us.
rs.unrner• falltowe l.• + e za.y c ' pu Is
, bilt •fine. weather s requir`;d for
vin,g it, Potatoes tar + In had..: hape
roGts ,ars late.
Man tob •--Brandon Abundant' rain,"
ye laden during :4ter part of
Tke crop ILs ve y well rooted
there ds a strong h ':- thy growth ;
c pt for latent pr„ _'sects ani ex-
"lent. Morden-Weaet r fine ,and
arm wlt'h sufficient rainfell, At
p e sent everything too lik®;a,. b unt-
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l crop.
Saskatchewan --Indian 1Head -- Gen-
e •ally ,speaking, grain props th tigh-
t thla district >a,ree .. �,a . Wteyb n -
.All grain crops are looking well,
fath plenty' of moist el andgr ng
st, hay .good.. GulILa r -Wheat iron
,ten to ,eighteen inches high; =no in
s of blade owing to o much rain.
Ja,w--Condltio t the ,pri> c1pal
f t ld crops very satis ` tory. 'a
heia,t nearly ;shat b stage;
hod stand on gro . , not hurt
igh winds; oats and i� =r1€ y eh(
raped growth; plenty + a masher
good krowing weather
corn eo ung on well.
growth of ,all
thot blade; early
Moat reedy 'to head;
Moisture. Prelate ---All
w4atts in . this. district
it is tat ideal or
'1to 13 . fnchers ` high
tid'e,
flaxto6.C ,and ,everything
their bumper crop i `,#1Ls
ajdvilae-Crops In int e conc
'lenty of moisture; •. eat .two
high. Roathern-Much ;pain anxi'
growth halal' pains, ; ay watt p
g articularly goods an h ea s an :
ley soave on late isprmn plowing.
frost -the only ,pr yentiou c
ig harvest, Scott -W ,rather eo
nettle,; precipitat1+ heavier
s usual; for Jane. S n4 of all
u u1 ua y th. Part sawn w
Shot blade. Labor = • ace and
,.,naive. Farmers < + •i g _reg
mfrt twine tsupplykw
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,eiehteerr, int
Eive. Weather war
owing rain Thwrisdla
k c.a,tion of +a heavy
late but lin to .nays
dvanod as +last yo,tro
All field. ops In
n excellent eolith n
barley = mote rye e
ter than they ave
part sof the entry ,
flag c gni,
weather.Albe in : Meiclne
tops e -uneven;
heading; the late seavn wheat o -
Ing well with the idelaie weather the
oat crops are all late, sown; but ow-
eZ
ing very quicklyi The potato c opts
very promising. indeed; flax as iweil
up. he -meet's -Sufficient moiStare here,
some wheat/ healdieg out, Mr. J,., P.
Irwin, Assistant Sapexviso-r of this-
pereente.ge of crope in Southern! Al-
berta stubbled in haffered consider-
ably for lack of rean recently, but
..he mine of :the past f nv days
have brought them- on, in good shape
again. Many tdiatricte 'suffered ftom
early hligh winds, but aains of 1 last
4w,c.ek in, May ,and, later ,relleved a tea.
tlion. Hoed crops loek well; all hay
crops are iexcellent. Lettibridge-Gen-
it
a good even. stand all • ever i the
ground; lots of moisture ,to insuie a
an• d. warm dans. Geeln growing very
test; wheat 22 Inches high; indica-
ains
good
get
letti
eeks
Crops looking well; beneficial
have fallen the laat :two daye;
er-op Ichked hoe If 'it do -es not
frosted. Pioche!. Creek -- Rene
rains have !fallen the last two w
and the eonditien of the grain and,
hay crops is excellent. ‘Hoed crops and
later cereals have germinated -event)!
•-All gra craps are looking teen ;
pects bright for bumper crop. renly
of rain d ring June: LanombreeeCool
weather u etli early June , de
growth, but promoted root dcv
ment. Wheat .30 inches high.
month hes been cool, with over
and a half Inches precipitation,
diatrtrutedii One week was
warm. Highest temeera.ture 88.
ditions have been excellent for
doing wel4 Isea.son three weeks' lat-
er thah latt year; clover for hilage
clover r.eadr, to cut Cut Norms have
cauaed considerable damage to root
crops 'and h,,arden truck, Surannerland-
Irrigated land; eery poor teeing to the
en this wdekt and will help 'tang!
hued .and Cereal crops, Victoria Jane
-ii
Rain during last few tdaya of ontn
has Improved the prospect far spring
sown ceretaise forage crop and • orch-
Big Tdberal Victory in North Ilerth
Mr. F. Nirellingtoe Hay, Salb-eral,
Elected by a Majorlyt ..of 627
lop-
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two
well
The Provincial Bye-eleetion held. In
the vacancy ca,atzed; by ,the resigna-
tion of tag ,sittinh member, leir. Tor-
rance, wh.ol resigned to accept a Gov-
erment easition in htratford, was
carrkd In an overwhelming manner
by the Liberal candidate, Mr. F. Wel-
thre majos,ilty of onlyi two years ago
of 1,117. hes contest rivalled; trat of
Peel, the Ontario Government making
• elesperate effort to save itself from
the defeat that it felt would be Meted
out to it. The Prima Ministerh C,abl-
net alinistere and members of 1. the
Legislature joined in the deaence,
but from /the Alas ofethe Consereatiee
veretion. the Government ! 'Was
docirned, and the vote shows hecline
of conlideece in the Administration'
From a Conservative elstrorighold
since the fa.,11 of the Ross administra-
tion in 1905, North Perth has hwung
into line With Peel, o Dundee la.nd
Hamilton West, and hies sent another
sapporter to Toronto to uphontu Mr .
Rowell in bje struggle for the : ses.
Monday% verdict wee a. remarkable
tribute to Leader ,Rowell axed' the
splendid work of his followera Not
in many ',a daY has Stratford witness-
ed such a, demoneftrattiod, as" followed
the receipt of the. verdict. Entlautal-
aam in the ranks of the Talberais,
which ran liagb from the outset. knew
no bounds Monday' night, and the city
was giveri over to great "crowhe, who
paraded aleOult.
rliest
very
by
ing
land
potatoes and
pie CreOk
wheatein
heat 1 and
oets 8 to 10
lng
rict,
feet
eank
pture
Ear -
I and
thaa
kinds
t In
rding
oats
night. Every
will be far
r. Greasy Lake
his distri t ore
Whe.at, oats,
as settl , Corn by 200, was counterupon by Conserve -
at need warm ties to lie greatly reduced, Ort the
''' I contrary, Hay inere.ased the majority
- The wheat to 2 19. the Largest since before 1908.
ow *le t le In Ltatetwel, the homes of he new
The campaign, .tliough only Of two
weeks' duration, attracted provincial -
wide attention by .reeehere eif the de-
termined, effort made by Coneereatives
to retain the ae.at. Only Satarday,
the riding would return the Ciovern-
ment candidate. Hearst himself, all
lave. twO of his cabinethhalf a dozen
them'bers of the Provinciel, arid, ha
many frora ihe Federal House, Par-
ticipated tho oampaign in behalf
of Mahina. Electors were told that
a, vote( tfor Hay, Was fa. -vo4a for the
liquor interests and hoe bilingealism.
Over the head of the German voter
wee held el. stick that a vote fols Hay,
would brehel Min aff) disloyal, while
the Liberals were accused of trying
to incIte the German voter against
en. the, lie in t3odayte votiing. Rather
than in German settlements, Hay's
galne were' in English-spe,a.king, Elms
and, in the Irish sections of Ellice,
wialeh gave him a maJorith of 227,
Kihhore, a new poll, where the popue
lation Is almhat entirely Irish Catho-
lic, gave gay- MaJorital of 87.
[While lo 1914 Treane had a me -
the riding haat been 250 Soaserva-
e. Thia; has been, turned into a
victory of!nearly 050 forithe Liberals
Stratford gave Mr., Flay 106, the large
est Liberal majority here in the rnetns
Dry of the old eampaigners. John.
larOWn, fifteen, or ;sixteen years ago
rein ap mee hendred In the city,
while Dr. Rankin badelseventeen, bat
they were both Stratford men. Tor-
rano-, in 1908 haeli 237 oykr Hay. In
ail save t*co cif the townships did Hay
Istram all previous traditione.
North Easthope, in which Mr. M.ak-
"0 LY M. PDT;
The Largest and Most Uo to
Date Restaurant in Seaforth
Meals and Lunches sold; at
all hours.
Meal tickets sold
Home -Made Pies
Horne Made Candies
Mixed Taffies 2 pounds for 25c
Peanut Taffy per pound.. 15c
Cocoanut taffy per pound 20C
Fruit taffy per pound 20C 1
French mixture per pOund i.2oc
Chocolates, per pound.,..3oc td 6oc
Fancy Boxes, from ioc to $3
Try our Ice cream to take hoine.
Quart •• 35dI
You will get value for your moneyt
at
OLYMPIA
RESTAURANT
No.rt. door to
Cardno Bros.
MiliCEINNEW
[member, Hay heed g14 majority 0 51.
'This is a Conservative; nest add 'usu-
ally gave Torrance; 90 to 100•Liberals
only counted on fifbeen ,or :went,* for
Hay. In 1908 *Hay had; eleven 'over
the majority of 65 Mornington 'gave
Hay 80, while Milverton. which ' has
stood by Torrence, turned i's affec-
tloos to Hay to the extent of 39.
Eima and ;WeJlace both gave majori-
ham 98, si. slight inereiceee.
Recruiting in Canada
In round numbers the e• voluntary
spirit has brought out some • three
hundred and fifty theuaand Ca.nedian
soldiers. The eagle fipirit, whetted by
recent <vIctocries. of the ,Allkis ton the
western front, will proba,byl 'bring
out fifty thousand more before the
Sighting part of the war ifs oyereFoir
hundred. thousand men Is five ' per
cent. of the total population. of .Carie
Ada, about nine per cent. of ' the
total mitia popaaltion between the ages
of sixteen and firty-five - ail this
without registration, cOmpubion or
other arbitrary aids to enlistment.
and miles Away. It is las good a
showing as that of Australia, which
has received a great deal of praise in
the newspapers. t,
Moreover, bearing in mind the fact
that perhaps seventh per cent. of the
fiest contingent were 13eitish born
quite ,a,s good as that Made bpi the
English speaking provinces of Caneda.
The British bora t.aprang t.) the
eolors, It waa their mother- calling,
England has a history of many wars
behind her, She has taught her sons
that war $1,s still a factor in human.
broaght up to believe thae war is
never very far away. Tbere Is no
knOwing when the foreign policy of
Great Britain may need e defending.
The man born In England feels that
tasted that he may have to bear his
shaxe In a calamity that is always
imminent, Such is the ateneephereand
training of the Englishman hoen '‘at
home." This explaine why the Brit -
fish born the world round simply turn -
bled over themselves, to rally round
the old Vag.
Native. learn Canadlar,3, Fzeneh. and
English, have- been broaght hp on an-
other plan. They have been taaght
tha war is foolish, .a relic Of sav-
agery, a hang -over from the Middle
agee with which this continent is
not consierned. It comes as a shock
to them, that ail the people in the
world are hot ea reasonable, not aa
esiv,aneed in pacific ideas as . they
are. It takea siome educating tell make
them understand ,thtat aa 1011g as
Vcivilizesi," Europe as eifort pl. com-
mon .eenee, land len.g on laws made in
Gernahety, the woeld Is "Wale to be
jolted Oat of alkaw by some throws
took th. the age pf 'Attila" Bat when
the average young Canadian once re-
egizes that he feels it his datg to
do ?something to abate the nuisance
Wad make' this a better, safer world
for hes children and his chileirtsn's
children after him, This explains why
the native berm. Csanadlana were as
plow at the start as they were eager
afterWrairdS to Spin the colors. It tank
a little time to diapel their emiabh
Once. convinced, Canadians • of an
races each creeds showed, a; cheerfel
Willingness to do their daty, Quebet
no less than the Test- It is not
'the purpose Of this artiele to go
into figures, but anY honest analyser
of statistics will not hesitate to ad-
Init that Quebec recruiting pro rata
is asi good as most .and better then
some. It shawls op quite as well. foe
inataeha as that of the Maritime
provinces whose loyalty bas not bean
irillstigneel even by the Torentolthle-ws.
The Toronto News by the w y, le
hair
bound, to make the .worse appe th?
better reason, because It a bi-
lingual agitation to fotneet. If Mr.
Lavergne, the two leftehend ispouhai.
of the Borden Goverment, co.ld only
be spiked ,.recralting would still have
greater eaccesa In Quebec, Mr. Blons
dee too, a lhatianalist go/leave of
Filmier Borden, whose opinioe is, or
wets that the Union Jack, woald leek
hcliter if it had a few hples shot in
It, coald help some by sitterltig ever
Mid anion a few kind words in Qae-
hen on behalf of the Allied caiss. But
Whitton wforrn13.171M5 in Toronto,
wh.:re there are no Natialailst votes
to los:. Incidentally, the Borden Gov
,ernment was basy enough closing up
an Ontario editor who objeeted to
ftuther recruiting, but it lets Mr.
quite freely.
Owing to its morganatic marriage
with Mr. Bourassa and his rim
group of treae.on mongers, the Borden
Government has not been able to do
all it might have done in thatbec to
fact, the encoar.aging has been left
largely to Sir Wilfrid Leerier, whose
loyel and patriotic record has no
eome-backs to la When the history
of this war COME S to he written. the
noble. part Sir Wilfrid Laurier took
In exhorting his fellovit countrymen
will get full credit.
Meanwhile, the Barden GoV.irinnens
has pat a serious primp in recruiting
by Its careless treatment of ,disabied
soldiers. The establishment of tonva'
lesc.ent homes ds a federal matter, so
most people 'would think, butithe Do-
minton Government has shifted. the
reaponsibility to the provinces, there-
by creating the impression, that the
Militia. Department h -as no use for
sha,ttered heroes, Onoe dt gets fall It
car oat of them It Amps them like a.
prkasion is Increased by the slowness
which sarviying dependents of , dead
soldiers experience in the settlement
of th-eir estates and the re.d tape
pensions to disabled soldiers and to
the. fernlike of aced sothiers. This
&lay la in marked coner.ast to the
eyed with which the profiteers heap
up their Ill-gotten gains. So speedy
indeed were they that ,when Commis-
esioner Thomas came over here last
two ntilLion dollars, accarnuIated in-
side.. a. twelve stealth, „which the prO-
fiteers dicleht have the nerve to di-
vide me top of ;what they ..had made
already. It now 1,goes back itO the
British War Office. bat it only goes
isnow how glatteel the Profiteers
Mast hoe, been to Steep a melon like
that hanging iolind because " they
weren't hungry enough to gut into it,
Speaking, of pensions; by the way,
is it worth wbile r-emembernig that
out twtntpeight million dollars to
three rallw,ays, inside Of three days,
spent one whole clay. debatine whether
a y.,ar an pensions to the men who
had bled and died ear us in Flanders
Meanwhile considerable aid ahd com-
Dort le being ,aecordect to people like
Mr. Lionel Curtis , of the Round
Table, who tells this country that
In return for a place In the councile
Df the Empire, Canada will be al-
lowed ttot tonly to pay her own share
of the ,arnmunition shot ,off during
the war plus the pecuniary ebligatiens
she has Incurred helping Great Britain
bat, also? whatever share of England's
war debt ;she choose, to take on, As
oompenaatloos for these added har-
dens Canada ,wIll be allowed, to give.
ep as rnuch of her Home Rule as
may be necessary. This eeherne is
favored by such a distinguished a-
postle of the Borden Government as
the Capadian correspondent af thi
Load.on Times., who has, as usual,
one tar for Canada, and both eyes on
Lord Northcliffe.
IL F. Gaelsby.
.Huron Rotes
-The farmers 1n Wingharn district,
are busy with their large crops of
bear. It is !many Yie.ars since there.
h,as IY:en such a ham crop as is the
ease t year. Prospects of the other
Resse, ase old and Nell known resident
of Brawls, eclebra,,ted ,Ahis 90th
9birthday. He Is hale and 4eartY
and friends.;
-A highly t:,steemed resident %-• Of
BrueaSIS, has passed away In the
,person kyir Harrin, proprietor of
the' Shunrock Creamery, Brussels. Be
was in, his 5ith rex and had been in
dfclining 'health for years, A wife.
-AkSrsrS. CAtiltelon and W, El-
liott, of Clinton, have secured the con-
tract for the erection of .the nevi
'dry kiln al the Doherty Plano Co.The
size of the betiding will be• 25 by 40.
land the contract price Is ki,500, It
is taken from the pattern of the
ICiran,d• Veneer and Dry Kiln
PlanA
the: preent editor, E Elliott. of
the Win:ha= Times, took possession
of that paper, Mr. Elliott has proved
ha--:rdhaskol-,age MchisiCellzrelesfdtenegoe Wt1411erg;
to Mr. Talbot, of London, 'vile phe-
herth haid been the McKenzie Juane
for over forty years, and Is one of
the beht propertlea tome,
-Fire brolte, oat In the Maia street
church Sheds, Exeter, earlh on Sun-
day Meriting, July 2nd, About two 13'
clock flames were &Wavered In the
rear of the shede and. before the
aternewhich itscouldbuiatbeot toes:Ida:Int, eadthe note:o_clhe
place INAS in flames, The new shed,
fire iand thus prevented. the flames
ifrom re,aching the church. Luckily no
vehiclee were In thp piled, at the time,
8th, of. .Alexander De -vide -on, of Gode-
rich, at the age of 69 years, he*
months and nine days. Mr, Davidson
was a native, of Methlec, Aberdeen,
boY of thirteen years, In 1847. Der-
ekreer in Godericb be had won many
frienela and the respect of all, who
deeply sympathize with nig widow, His
da:ight‘,r, Annie; and safe Sttrb,
h-Jamee smith, one of the oldest
in Toronto, whera he had gone to
=dello an operation., He went to
Clinton sixty years ago and !engaged
built twos blocks of stems and several
realdertees, end Although he had teen
out of business for a number df
ntars, he always took an active in -
tercet in municip.al affairs and ser-
ved 04_, councillor for aeieral yeare.
Es waft in his 30th year and the last
of alatully of ekyen, ,and la survived
by hig wife ,and one daughher. at home.
In. polities he was a. Liberal.
Clinton, en Friday,. June 30th, cele-
br,ateed. the 50th anniversary of their
wedding at the home of their daegia-
ter. Mrs, J.arrees McGill, of the lieech
a _sae -seine England, wher. they
stent the first two years of their
enarried ,tife, coining leo Canada
two years later. After a shcht stay
in Clinton, they moyed to thtir farm
on the ninth concession of hiellezt,
occepled by their eon Wthisen.
Thee chibileen ,and grand -children* cf.
the old coeple presented. ,!...nd Mrs.
Stevens With a. parse of gold.
cession of Turnherry. received a very
peinfu3 InSury to his knee one day
last weekt While out of his buggh
opening tb.e gate his _horse dashed op.
to rht4 barn and. air. Breee. in an
-ffert to stop It, fell heavily on his
knee displacing the cah, His father -
and harritclly drove to a neighbors
for. help. when returnlngt the bore e
again ran away end the cid gentleman
was thrown out of the buhaty sue -
tattling a eraclurc of a ,C011/31e Of Ain,
and :a. badly bruised feot as well as
seNTre .s -halting
-Ily the death of Donald McCorylet
Clinton losr.s one of its eldest and
moat highly respected citizens. He
wee In his 76th year, 'and his sadaeo
death was caused by apoplexy. He
eves born east of Toronto and moved
to Clinton about 45 yoars ago, en-
gaging there In the fanning mill
basIness. For the laet few hears ne
has been local represeetta.Sive of the ,
Canada Life Insurance Company-. e
wielow. was the only daaghter of. thee,
late W. Harland, one of the pioneer
merchants of Clinton. He wee a coos-
sisbent member of Willis Presbyterian
Charch .and a prominent Liberal in
-Mr. George M. Robertsin, of veer
Zetland, East Wawanosh, had the
rrisfortane to lose his barn and
most of the. contents by fire one morn-
ing recently. The cease of the fire
a mystery as Mr. Robertson sras
oat in die fields ,when he notified the
blaze. Mrs. Rob-EIS:son beard whate
she thoaght was *Lear roming to tte
hoest but On looking Chit f the win-
dtiw was horrifleel *to ece the barn
in flames. Kr. Roberbson tecceeded
getting ()et the live stock which wee
ou,t In the barn at the time. It 17/9.
Insured for three thousand;
. The. barn which is burned. was
the one iat the hoaso on the old Bin-
-A very pretty wedding ,was solem-
nizg.d at ‘‘Cloverdale Farm," the home
town, on the evening of June. 28th.
when their youngest da.ughter, Miss:
to Anson. Rattan, a prosperous young
farmer of Hewick. The marriage
ceremony w,aa performed:by Corporal
Wesley, of the 161et Huron Battalion,
S;nith, ut:leel of the groom, who made
a Pretty little flower ,e girl. The
groom'e gift to the beide was a. geld
wrist watch, to thh flower girl. a.
gold neeklet and to the organist a CAt
glass vase. After a pleasant evenleg
had been spent Mr. and Mrs. Alit -
tap kft ,amid the hest wishes of treir
friends for their fature home n_hr
Callum
-e-The Grand Tr _ink freIgh. t sdlerh
Art*: at Stroteord, which had been
beenein, progress for oveek, is over,
mathen.deraeon. obtaining what theyy
-Five caSeas of infantile paralysis,
the dread. !disease 2.numg children,
which hat already reached each large
proportions\ in New York, are ander
sob:inr6laocungeattalonalte.nin, Mtoonit:jotrealal.te Etvheerychicairdre eihn
geed ate. po.vant the etdisease trouts
-After an illness exten4ii lig ever a
year, there paased away one of Har-
Ixraon of Dr A. Harvey. The
doctor had always .talv.n active. i.)1-
t...rest In preneating the welfare of the
town, and Ills poor haire, lost a goed
wants with an unselfish hand. Ing
ing home turned turtle and plunged
pinned, under the car, and it wee Ohne
thne. before they were Irelealed. Medi-
cal aisaistanoe was called and It wa.a
found that Joeeph Jeffriee, left area
was broken near the ehoulder, and
thet the other four omupante were
badly brulsed land ecratebed. Toe,
damage to the autornObile wee alight
-One of aim.. -0,3 County', leading
Men diediron Sunday en the person Of
'llethosh, lixa). registrar of the
gia Court, iaisd, ark of the County'
Ceara after an of several
trOoithse He WA born /2 3,,,ear ago
a 'resident off yhere he was
tiayor for four terms Tin cahe politieat
ulisne.:Ini7i:parr7:rtpEsitiagpnialidayinse8LUIT:01"r3x:coeitanb°zud%fo;:tallesp:SemaeelcIpxgTe
polnste-d to the position he held
the time rif his Aeat:h4,.
ell-redS9Youent I'Lgondonhe elibtenteLinttild "for -
the eighth, the 153rd, Wellingtorsh, be-
ing heisktup there pending an inveatie
getioss beta the heath et the- corps.
The departure of tile troopS . ware
effected, notwithstanding abort notice
on the headquarters staff aad upon
the corps officers, Notwithetandin0
the fact that those who left were
cosnnamtive istrangero to London,
see them Off. London's cazp ta,E,
11,000 men ito 'tale wore tun 4,04.
Twelve special Bitneen*ST trains Wert
troops, whik other trawl wet% *0
rlized In aza.ung the luggage.
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