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A very heavy stock of ttie above goods on our hands
at the present time forces us to special effcrt to turn
into cash every garment if possible betore the loth Of
January. Our stock is one of the largest in Western
Ontario and this sale will be an unusual oppprtunity
for fur garment buyers. Every set—(muffier and neck
piece) in our store is included in this sale—and we
have a decidedly lot of rich and beautiful turs. BeloR
we list a few but if you don't see in the list, the article
you're looking for come to onr stor.e and look over the
display.
Rich Red Fox sets
Black Flx sets
Cross Fox sets
Black Wolfe sets
Natural Cray Wolfe sets
Alaska Sable sets
Columbia Sable ski;
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Racoon sets
Persian Lamb sets
Mink sets
Mink Marmot sets
White Russian Fox sets
Black China Wolf sets
Seal sets
Japan Coon s ts
White Thibet sets
Natural Oppossum sets
Rabbit (grey and white) sets
Blue Opossum sets
All the above sets range in price
from ( to $15 and up to 865
With a
Twenty p.c discount off
Men's Fur Coats
While there has been a sharper advance in all fur coats
prices, mostly all our coats were bougnt at old prices,
this means a great advantage to the man who buys
his coat from our stock and we have to offer :
Coon coats
China l'teaver coats
L lack Dog coats
,i/lobat coats
Mach Galloway coats
Fur- lined coats
Fur collared coats
Sheep lined and beav-
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SEAYORTII
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1916
AG OF BRUSSELS
Geographieally h*.1 village is locat-
ed between he ToWnehips of 1Grey
. and Morr s, a portion of each being
included in its , present municipal
, bounds. i on the line of the Sea -
forth and W lkerton gravel road, be-
ing 16 miles orth of the former place
mid 32 miles! south of the latter It
is a station on the South Extension of
the Welling*, Grey and Bruce divi-
sion of the Great Western Railway,
distant, feone Kincardine, the nearest
port, 39 miles; from Harristone the
Junction ef ehe main line, 27 iniles
and from' TOronto, (nearest all -rail,
via Guelph) 115 miles. By -the nearest
travelled oa `the distance to Goder-
ich the count towe, is st fraction over
1 of the place is a favor -
thirty rail
The loc
able one,
the Maitla
nificent ea
than at t
the magni
`a rich Vir
the "man es
Yorkshire England, co
with his ar nts, John
ley, when bu eight ye
erboro', and the !To
s.
tio
,i
ei. g on the tsouth branch of
and nowhere more so
e sPot which first tempted
inley the pioneer of the vil-
lees .it as his future home;
cent water -power and gen-
e ie surroundings inchiding
in Soil giving him faith in
1,- destiny" of his choice.
s a native of
ing to Canada
and Anne Ain-
rs of age, and
Port Hope; at
Thwn of Pet -
ships of Ful-
lerton and Logan, in Perth County,
he spent the intervening years toll
1852. Du 'me this last named year
he explot d Ss rions parts of the then
new Coun y of- Huron, and chose the
and died, ni whieh is o* within the
-as his : f tine residence. He effect -
shanty, 'a d returned home, corning
back next sp ing to burn oft his clear-
ing and p an some po atoes, etc, for
future wa e Again returning to his
home in og n, he induced a number
of his old ei label's to accompany him
to his ne 1
he came hi
moved in a
Morris side
thirty farhili
lesser or
ed upon s
were the ' on
within what is the; pres nt village.
seleeted location/Which
rid occupied the 1st of Nov
Thomas Halliday had
d occupied a . lot on the
of the road a few days pre -
had net yet got his shan-
During that faP nearly
s came in and settled at
eater distances, but all
the earl dan was look -
the Sallie
inlay an
y ones f
Mr. Halliday
r a long time
In 1855
ter the
place had
ising settle
off what is
ter of the
Jog it aft
which ap
its incor
name of
This latte
year 1872, a
proclamatio
which set i
panty be
of Decem
provision
beginning
first meetlin
was held o
John Lecki
lantyne a
ald Stew
James
affairs of
The full ,li
ficials for
John Leeki
son, John,
Moore; Ole
o less than two years af-
fi s, actual occupation, the
a Sumed the air of a prom -
lent, and Mr. Ainley laid
now- the south-east qu-r-
e !himself, Ainleyville, by
e gtion it was known until
o tion, though the °Metal
h post office was "Dingle."
4:r
nder the eneral Act, the
of the Lt. Governor
rig the date of the 24th
r .of that pyear, and i its
ming into force at the
f the ensuing year. The
cf the Manicipal Council
he 20th of January,1873:
Reeve; and J. C. Hal -
in Gerry, Thomas Bal -
Charles Wright, Council -
e rst Clerk appointed was
✓ and the first Collector,
o 1 Subsequent to 1873, the
e Village have been con -
sided over by John Lec-
who ine1877 occupied the
1 ir in the County Council.
s of the Council and of -
1 79 is as follows: Reeve,
e; Councillors, P. Thomp-
Smith, F. C. Rogers, Pat.
lc Finlay S. Scott; Treas-
urer, Thema Kelly; Assessor, Donald
Stewart;
itors, Do
Constable
English; C
Thompeo
The s
kept pace
is more th
other iota
whose adv
ceptionally
whole plac
egance, So
the strar g
sion, an i
h eightened
miller acss
its people.
But this
not been a
verses. 0
the mai*
of the vEll
fore the fi
enterpriee
asters bY
have given
village f
envy and
The nu b
without
and best)
lector, slemes Knox; Aud-
i Scott, Anson Dulmage;
ef of Fire Brigde, Peter
ment that Brussels has
ith the spirit of the times
rx substantiated by its pr !e-
n as com ared to that of
ies and
ion. The
toed as
cere an
The Huron Expositor
wishes all its readers
a Happy New Year.
gdd to the general effect, making
clial blinding& anywhere to be found.
As al sample of :architecture of a fine
order, we also 'have the "Tecumseh
Houee," whose qualities as 'a hotel are
fully up to its appearance as build-
ing. t
We have referred to some branches of
mantifacture here as being of a char-
acter to give the place a verge- wide
eputation, We allude to the Brussels
ire Engine and Agricultural Works,
latel
offer
in co
rem
HiSees
an
. located here -under the owne
of J. D. Ronaid, late of Chatham,
The village having decided to
a bonus of $20,000 to Mr Ronald
s here, he accepted the o er, and
ved into the newly erec prem -
in January of the prese t year.
ad been largely engage in the
ers arid
imple-
ompany
d Hys-
mence
engines
do so
mbered
rom the
ousands
er and
inspect
niverse
e. The
sed by
her old
lop and
They
nufact-
pattern
e then
ot only
nada, but throughout th world
riefest reference to th se cele-.
the corner of two of th
pal Streets, near both reilwa
and river, thesi consist of
building of three distinct par
al or maan
of three
pattern r
machinery
and w -
contains i
(in whic
er of
ee, fouadry and boiler
engine-rocin is in the en of the the proprietors deserves_ The Post iS
d wing. The engine sepplying a live local paper, spicily edited, welli
notive power is forty ho se -pow-
' Mr. Rotald's owe mak and is politics. '
printed, ably inanagaed and Reform in
It should not 'be forgoten that thei
e compourd double -actin upright
pattern — a beauty in every part,
and mail facilities. The latter is dail
village has the most ample tdegrap
end runs without a hitch, a click, or
over the Wellington, Grey and Bruce
a jar of any lied. These works send
engines to all parts of the Dominion. Railway, east and west, and by stage
north and south. There are two tele -I
'They have a very handsome 'one now
being coenpleted for the town of New- graph offices and American express 4.4
castle, N.B. Their prices range from fice; and the best Canadian, Amsirica
0 to $4,500 for engine lone, in- and British Insurance and Loan Com
ng suctioni-hose. The d fference panies are represented by local agents
the si.e nd power of the ma- The various societies of a fraterna
, which ha a number of patented character also find a wide field for
aeture-
s for man
another g
success.
the "Cente
am wo
ation of
With
hat
admi
of agricultur
years. In
ntleman nem
e first to co
of steam fire
t any rate, t
will be rem
was the won
undreds of t
who assembled luring 1876 t
the treasure offerings of a
.at the City of !Brotherly Lo
municipalities
been of a sim-
uildings are ex -
rule, and the
ir 'of modern el-
hich imparts to
ression which is but
deepened by a more fa-
mtance with the place and
stage of progression has
ieved without serious re -
two or three 'several oc-
in almost as few years,
rt of the business portion
e has melted to ashes be-
e -fiend and the spirit and
hich have met these dis-
esh and grea.ter efforts,
Brussels a place among the
the province which many
y may possess with pride.
extent and character of
s houses are matter of re-
drniration; its hotels are
eption among the finest
are, ma y of thein, m dels of elegance
are of e erecter a id extent which
(partic ael in some lines) give the
place a me e than provincial or ester
provemente
with iti
Among: th best of the businese blocks
are the Grehsm, Holmes, Little Bros.,
Fletcher nd Ancient Blocks. The
Queen's o 1 is one of the finest build-
ings we h ve ever seen in a place of
correspond ng size. The main facade
shows c ief front and two projects
bandsome za, of equal height with
the main .17) ilding, which is three stors
les and, b sement; the centre being
topped by lofiy and highly ornmental
cupola h se iren top is Protected by a
hofsinthdseo
the
t ime
Ron
Were
-tee
f s
own of Paris, Ont. Ano
specialte ef Messrs. Hy
Id was their separator
the first in Canada to In
he celebrated "Vibrator"
parator, which has sin
into such gerieral use,
the
brat
ed o
Cent
shop
stori
100
he
nd
hop
finer
The
seco
art on the an
om. One win
containing ir
-working -sho
on room, bla
is an uprig
E wish you
one anti all
a very happy and
prosperous New
We wish also to thank you
for the biggest and best yeses
business we have ever had,
due largely, we believe, to
your keen appreciation of the
exceptionally good value of
" Jewelry of Quality" and the
ampearance and wide variety
of such goods constantly kept
in stock,
Again thankieg yeti •
F. S. Savauge
Successor to
Issuer of Marriage Licenses
Phones 194 and 10
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411
Es
Ma
401
Ma
111"1/ illiChiliiiiCii(11\1411(11WM114.11 CI 6,,
appearance on the 10th of July, h:73,
.151.3 in many otlier similar cases,the en -
effective hook and ladder company;
and all things considered, very few
villagers can boast of so good a ts
tem of fire protection as Brussels,
while but few have anything to com-
pare with it in point of efficiency
To revert again to the village as a
corporation. We might state that its
present indebtedness is $31,:i00, e -elus-
ive of a few trifling floating debts:
$20,000 of the above was incurre I by
giving that amout of debentures to
Mr. Ronald as an inducement to 1 cal e
engine works here; $5,000 was raised
by debentures to purchase fire appera,
tus; $2,200 were spent in street im-
provements; $1,000 is still owing for
the addition to the public school.
which by the way, is, as an education-
al institution, a credit to the piece—
employing five teachers of whom John
Shaw, BA is head master. In ad'di-
tion tci the above, $3,028 is still due the,
townships of Grey :end Morris, the 1 times happens that parcels to soldiers
are a long time reaching their death-
proporticn set apart for assumption by
nation, and the senders are apt to te-ik
-Brussels as its share of the railway
debt of those townships. The original
mount settled to be paid by Br issels
was $2,050 to Grey, and $2,375 to Mor -
The assets of the village mry be
etated at $14,000; including fire appar-
atus, $5,000; Town Hall and gro 'Yds,
$4,000; and School and grounds, esti-
mated $5,000. The town hal' was
chiefly built by the village's share of
the Municipal Loan Fund Surplus,
which amounted (including interest)
to $3,166, The budding is a handsome
wooden structure one,containing public
hall, lock-up with two cells, clerk's of-
fice fire hall, band room, butchers'
stalls etc, The Corporation own a
further sum of $250 which should be
aded to its iassets. in the instru nts
of the village band. They also own a
=large public park, which was or-
iginally donated by Mr. Ainley for a
market square and which in the cour e
of time will be.come a valuable ad-
junct to the attributes of the village,
and a pleasant retreat from the city
cares, noise and turmoil.
{A cLEAN BROS, Publishers
$1.50 a Year in Advance
G. Vanderburg.
CLINTON—Mayor, Dr.C.W. Thomp-
son, (acclamation.) Reeve, James
Ford, J. P. Shepherd. Councillors—A.
A. Clarkson, J. Miller, 13. Landford, T.
Hawkins, W, J. Paisley. H. Wiltee,
Fitzsimmons, W. J. Nelider, I. Ratt et -
bury. School Trustees—W. Watt,
D. MeEwen, McBrine, T. Cottle.
Public Utility COMM issioner—S. J.
Andrews. The hydro bylaw and alsa
water werks bylaw will be voted on.
FROM THE FRONT. ..
The following letter received front
the front by Mrs. D. B. McLean, of
Hensall, acknowledgement of a Red
Cross parcel sent overseas, speaks for
itself, but it also conveys a mes,sage of
appreciation for the work others asie
doing in the great cause. It some -
MUNICIPAL NOMINATION'S
SEAFORTH — For Mayor, Harry
Stewart, Robert McMillan. Reeve—J.
A. Stewart, Jas. Watson. Councillors'
V.S., James Gillespie; Robt
T. Stephens, Jacob -Weber.. Only J.A
Stewart for Reeye, and Wm. Goldierg,
(3. P. Cardno, John Grieve, Robt.
terprise was established under see_ Intosli, aid Thomas Stephens. council-
stetion
single iuos difficulties which caused it to Ian- lors qualified so that it will be neces-
* h f time. but the ene y pres_ sary to hold another nomination and
. The
le, con-
paint-
erverance and arility,. of the McGill- election for Mayor and one Council -
cuddy Brothers, the original as well as Ion .
' EXETER --The old council has he n
returned by acclamation, as follow •
Reeve, B. W. F. Beavers; councillo 9,
son o' Mr M Murdie clerk of
Louis Day; school trustees, R. et. McICillop, He says
Creech, S. Martin, Frank -Wood and H. • France, December 1st, 1916
Ilueston. The hydro and' waterworks De-ar Father,—Just a few ilnes this
by-law win be voted on on New Years time to say everything is mk. and we
Day. are enjoying a quiet time agaia. 1
STEPHEN—The old council h ‘s could not write you last week but will
peen re-eleeted by aclarnation, as fol- try and get another letter away to
reach you before Christmas day, The
lows: Reeve, W. Elliott; deputy reese,
J. Love; councillors/ A. Neil, D. Webb Expositor of October 15th and 29th
and Thomas Mawhinney. just reached me yesterday and were
: MORRIS—The old council has been enjoyed very much. I might say 1
re-elected by acclamation: Reeve, W. received a leter from "Peck." He
J. Shortreed; councillors, Elston, Laid- wanted to know when I could get a
law, Johnston and Fraser. pass to see him; also that he and Ray
GR,EY—The old council was re -el- were going to London to see therisights.
ected by acclamation. Bruce Waugh wrote me also, he has
HULLET .—The old council was re- been in England all the time, bee wants
turned by acclamation: Reeve, Matt. to get over as soon as possib.e. 1
Armstrong; councillors, James Wett, also saw Freddie Larkin and Russell
Charles Howson, Wm. Miller and T Scott on the road both came throug,h
fine. As we were coming alone' -the
WROXETER—The old council was road with the guns I noticed a 4 officer
re-elected: Reeve,: Con. Reis; council-
. or rather two of them riding towards
us. 1 thought I recognized the mug
of one of -them and so sung out in my
best tenor, "Hello Bill,". The other
fellow seemed shocked that such a se --
lute should come from a mud besisat-
tered, dirty -faced and much be -whisk-
ered gunner riding on the trail of the
gun. However Bill came through. voi n
'Hello, Charlie," and William Murdie ,
passed on his way with a broad grin
on his face, while yours truly spit a
little tobacco juice on the road t•na
philosophized on the strangeness of
things in general. At any rate, I aid
not notice any Somme mud on their
tunics, but they may experience that
the presentyroprietors,gradualy work
n iwsntrekv ed the paper into good running shape
ground -
above
ksmith-
t steam
acture),
- room.
and established it upon a solid busi-
ess basis. On July 1st 1877, they
moved into the new office built for
themselves speciallly for the purpose
and the business and circulation have
since then attained to large propor-
tions and haste been followed by flat -1
tering resuts, though no better than!
clud
is i
ehin
and highly val ed peints peeuhar to Work. There is a Masonic Ledge, viz.
itself, one of ich is the description St. Johns No. 284, G.R.C.; an En4. lors, Davidson, Pope, Leckie, Douglas,
lors go in by acclamation at Hensall:
Thomas Hudson, George Hudson, John
Coulter and W. fe Pfaff. A contest
for reeve between Alexander Smith
who has served as councillor for a
number of years, and George C. Petty
who has served in the past for a num-
ber of years as both reeve and coun-
cillor promises to be a spirited one
GdDERICIL—The fight f muni-
cipal honors has now simmered down
to two chairs, mayor and deputy -reeve,
others will go in by acclamation, and
Clark, John Storey, R. H. Cutt and J.
D. Wilson, the remaining ones nomi-
nated on Friday night dropping out
cf the rurming for higher honors. Ths,
yorality contest promises to be a
ot one between former Councillors E.
lt, Wigle and B. C. Cummings, Mayor
R. IVIcLean dropping out A. J. Past -
ridge is left to contest C. Laithwaite
for the deputy reeveship.
TURNBERRY.—The following Ire
the nominations for the Township of
Turnberry; For Reeve, John Mulv y,
T. K. Powell, Arthur Wheeler; f
Councillors, J. Moffat, J. Scott, J.
McBurney, William Adair, Willi
Bolt, T. Finnen,
USBORNE—Reeve, F. A. Ellerirrg-
ton, Thomas Brock. Councillors—W.
Coates, Arthur Mitchell, John Dunean,
William Hanna, 'Thomas Washburn,
John T. Morgan. Messrs. F. A. Eller-
ington, T. Washburn and J.T Morgan
resingned leaving the Council for 1917
elected by acclamation.
that their work has been in vain, TillZ
is not the ease, however, and as the
writer of the letter says: Better late
than never:
France, Dee 3, 1914
. Dear Madam,—I am writing a few
lines to let the lady know that I re-
ceived the socks which had the note
inside, some of the articles are a iong
time getting here, nearly a year by
the date of your note, but better late
than never. Dear Madam, you can
hardy belive the great comfort it
gives the boys over here to know that
the WOlTiCTI at home are doing all this
work, bat the boys know that their
heart is in the right place.. I came
oversee.; with the 54th Battalion. from
British Colembia and was in England
four months and then left with the
Field Bakery for France and have
been in France since last March. It
is a pity that this war would not come
to a close, it is causing so much sor-
row in the world I have had -five
brothers here in Franee, one killed and
two wounded. They are in the Eng-
lish army. I guess this is ail I tan,
say. Again thanking you for the socii.s
which are very good. Goodbye, with
iny best regard.; and a bright New
Yours sincerely,
Pte. Fred Wissenden,
FROM CHARLIE SILLS.
The following letter is *con Gunner
Charlie Sills, son of Mr. G. A. Sills,
of Seaforth, who is with the :43rd
Batterse and has been at the front
since last July. The officer he speaks
of is a former University class mate,
vary from 275 o 350, actording to the,
Flh the same viz, "Western Star " No. 144
a Court of the I.O. Fores'tere, vize
Alexandria," No. 24; a Lodge of
eize of the mac ine, and are of seam- •
less copper. :ull head of steam is e
guaranteed fro* cold water in six min- 0.Y.B., No. 59; and L.O.L., No, 774
titea. Though Ekteam fire -engines com- The Orange Society own their ON%
prise the specialty of these works, an hall and other real estate whose esti
extenseive business is done in cast- mated value is about $1,000 The,Odd
inge for agricultural implements, not- fellows have a beautiful furnished hal
in the Graham block, and the Mason
iceably reapers, mowers, etc. The cost
of the buildings, plants, etc., was over had one which was a credit to the local
$30 000 The Works will employ from craft previeus to the fire of Agril last
fo y to fifty hands when properly se
tled in business. Though only a short
timii in operatipn, they employ nearly
the smaller /limber already. Every
part of the enenes is turned out from
thel raw meter al on the spot, except
gade, withl fire steamer complete, ha
the suction ho e which are obtained
from Cleveland; the' boiler domes, pro- ing a 51/2 'inch pump and num inc
cured from P erson, N.J., the head- cylinder nraehine, and cost $5,000. Th
lanips and hand -lanterns, obtaine.d
e villagers are justly proud of their Fir
New York. and the copper bon- Brigade, of which Peter Thompso
putat
are
airy
ion and its public un -
of a class in keeping
other attributes and
of its inhabitants.
which destroyed the Fishley lock
which it was situated. and all thei
effects. BY this ccidesnt the Isidg
lost nearly $600 worth of new furni
ture.
The village has an efficient lire bri
er-
the
ubes are of the best English menu- one of the ,"City Fathers" is chie .
re. The establishment is under The fire eoinpany is commanded by
management of Mr. James Ronald, Capt. P. Scott, with William Lawsoli
other of the proprietor. I
, as First Lieutenant. %There is a very
he other tnanufactures' comprise
•
two steam and water grist an Q
311111S, one of which (Va.nstone's) is
very extensive ,and complete, one cus-
torn foundry, one water and ene steam
Isaw-mills, a steam planing mill, steam
1 an ed
Icarding-mill, furniture factory, six
;blaelcsinith andi 10 carriage shops, two
Help
:millinery and !dress maldng
set factory, the style and qualiiy
eputation and enviable
the people of the vii-
unding country, in the
!meats; ands la$, but not ueest, cor-
lwhese "make -
mot a wide
e wants
lageeand Burr
N.va of the vaeious lines of trade, are
Operators, 'land Sewers
su plied by six general stores, live
gr ceries, two hardware, four tin and and Pressers.
wo confectionery stores.
ral butchers and b We have at present 35 employees
op; also two lavv offices i
anti require 5o more.
three doctors and one dentist. Two
travellers, while the hotels themselves
are accorn. modated by one large liquor
stgThree village has no less than six
'eh irches: two Methodist (Clana.da and
co alien, and one Roman Catholic.
itterateure have resort to the lite -
More
Girls tA
Hel
re, two dru
an shoe, and
There are sev
and a barber
Hightst Wages Paid
Good Wages while learning.
We don't want a bonus of $2,500, jest
HELP, HELP, HELP.
(We have the Taylor -Anderson Build -
Fred Robinson
1 j big Leased.)
p per, This i more than . ueually. ahle
re resentative of the press was estahe
oa railiq,the architecture li bed here sciine haLf dozen! years ago
in
tan& being broken at thte first ism! df the paper makini its
McKILLOP.—The old council Was
re-elected by acclamation, as folloits:
Reeve, J. M. Govenlock; - councillors,
Quaid, Daniel Regele,
MITCHELL—Mayor, W. Elliott, le
Hord and J. Davis. Councillors, E.
Porterfield, G. K. Mathison, J. Davis,
oses, W 3. Greenwood, W. Elliott,
School Trustees—North Ward, W. F.
May, John Gallrdtz; south ward, 3. E.
Williams, W. A. Stewart, J. Rogers;
west ward, W. Honey, James Brooks
and R. Thorne; Commissioner, John
BRUSSELS --Reeve, J. Leckie, S, T.
Plum. Councillors, D. Walker ,
Bryans, R., Cardiff, W. J. McCracken,
S. Wilton, School Trustees—M Black,
J. Cunningham, Pr Stewart (acclama-
tion.)
W. H. Lobb, McClure. Councillors,
Do you think Paris green siould
stunt the growth in the lice farnitel
know its worth against potato Dogs,
and as these pests belong to the
genus bug and are also strongly a-
gainst race suicidi, please ship a keg,
At all events, get the best preventat:ve
you can and send along some as sows
as possible.
I wish you would send me a
postal order for $25 or Z, and then Li
a month until I write again, as I fincl
the army pay of a franc a day not
buy toothpicks. with which to dean
your teeth after a heavy meal r f bully
beef. Sorry to hear of the casu Ries
from home. You can rest assured the
boys gave a good account of the '-
selves and brought more glory to the
Canadian name, which means some-
thing to be proud of. As I said, rn
write again in a few days and so witlt
the best of love to all at home, end if
my next leter does not reach yo
tirne, I wish all at home a very merry
Christmas and a happy New Year.
—On Satudray, December lath, MiSt.
Isaac Cowan passed away at her home
Blyth after an illness extending ov-
er two weeks. The _deceased, whose
maiden name was Snrah Agnes Jack.
son, was born in East Wawa -nosh ix
the year 1865, and at the age of four-
teen was bereft of her mother and the
entire duties of the honsehold fell te
her care and were executed most cred-
itable until the younger members of
the family were of en age to care for
now lsereavei husband 22 years agO
on Cliristmi.s Day. She watt a rem-
sistent member of the Presbyteria*
church, and 1 -,as very seldom absent
from any of fhe services on Sabbath -
Besides her ere eft husband, she tem*
behind five children to mourn the 1090
of a kind and loving Ire her, Jo
Edgar, in England, with the 161st Bat.,
talion, and Stawart, _George and Jaw*
at home, also three brothers and