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are not at any' time
values, 4nd that is
Fig business.
:eached great effi-
rr
weL expect to
re endOvoring in
t good Atalue offer -
Bing short of our
to alwa s get good
len and girls
les anywhere -we
Fere hereabouts our
during this month.
you simply read
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mereasing price o
ut you may not 0
EaviskStore has
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tug in mid -winter
Then come to the
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covering. We
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well, feel well, t.
Much care must
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select underwear
right now you
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a to help make
insist on geting a
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SEAYORTII, FRIDAY, JI,NNIJARY 12, 1.91
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BAYFIELD IN 187$,.
.• This place, Which has been but a
sh rt time an independent municipal-
ity and is i fact the youngest of the
'whole which make up the Coun-
ty of Hni-on„ has yet d'Iocel habit. -
tion and name" nearly a generation
previous to the existence of what are
now among the largest and most prose
perous 'centres of trade within the
gonads of the old "Huron Tract."
Both the local habitation and the name
were given it by a celebrated English
engineer named hayfield, whose pro-
fessional services the Baron de Folk
enlisted to .come to Canada and se-
lect a place in the territory of the
Canada Company whereon to found
and build a town. The arrangements
were made between the. baron and the
chief offieers of the Canada pany
as early, as 1828, and during the ensu-
ing year Mr. hayfield •came .. Can-
ada, arid after exploring the large
tract of country then owned by that
ring of land monopolists, selected the
site of the village which has ever since
borne his name as a place offeting
advantages which, if properly fostered
might one day fulfil the antici ations
of the Originators of the project by
becornin a great centre of trade and
corinnerce. And if these great expec-
tations }ave fallen short of consum-
mation, it is only eso much the worse
for the place, without distracting from -
the professional professional ability or perception
of the gentleman making the selection.;
for none can deny that in general loca-
tion and surroundings hayfield. pos-
sessed greater advantages than many
s than
things.
Iborn in the settlement, and ii.obably
also the first in the township.
The nreseiit village does Pot COl1tflifl
iagron
nua
esidett
it is situated on the east stiecoarBceraybof:
ail the land ddsigned for it by th
though it i still a village of "
'cent dista,nces," so to speak -
ink 1767 acres of land and a
tion of 580, including 178
• rteriayels -Geographivally
Lake Huron, at the mouth of ti
field river, and on beth sides, of the
samdi being ',partly in the smithweet
corner, of the Township of *Teri&
but chiefly in the mirth -west earner
of the township of Stanley; dis nce to
the south from Goderich, the county
town, 12 miles, and, from Br cefield
and Clinton, the nearest railw y sta-
tions, each ten moiles• The t rri tory
comprised within its limits is s escrib-
ed in the Act of Cor,Poration $ "the
parcels and 1 ts of land ene/ose with-
in the boun 's hereinafter mention-
ed, that is Commenein et the
north-westea- of.the Bayne detown
plot, in th o ship of Ste ley, in
the count Huron; thence esterly
along the eld Wirer to the eastern
limit of L -Noi 14, Range A; thence
south al the concession o the
southern,10 it of Lot No. 8, Rage G.;
thence w along, the side -r ad, to
the likeshfire, to the place of 1 begin -
ming; anddalso the ,ifouth, haives
Lots 1, 2, 4, and 4, and the sit st half
of Lot'5, in the Bayfield cence a of
the Township of Godericli in thoun-
tYTQhfeilLtireliliala." tion .bY 1ayfie1d
was .then incorporated was a pecial.
Act of Parlianierit, known as the 29th
Vict., cape lire assented to januiary 10,
1876. The population was at th t time
upon, sufficient to incorporate under the Gen -
0 horn eral Act, lit the other course was a-
d. • stg. dopted to aye a year's time. Since
ide of then. if We .are to take the a sesor's
tream enumeration, above givea, as e en ap-
h• h proodmately correct „there has been a
derable . falling off in t e pop-
-as well as the "town", received the consi
f Bas-
now, much. more important place
it can ever, in the nature of
hope to be.
The location being. decided
Baron de Foile purchased in 18
the Canada Company, at 3s,
per acre, 15,000 acres on eac
the mouth a the beauWul
here emptying into Lake Hare
name eayfield. Thislnd ur
veyed into a town plot in -183 , but The first municipal electio s held
nothing was *done in the way a nn- resulted in the return of the fo lowing
provement till 1833, - when a small gentlemen to the Council: Ree e, W.
clearing was made on the south side Wellington Conner; Councillor
of ethe river, and a • small log home Esson, John Keys, J. C. Mento
built upon "the point" and oecupied drew Rutledge; and the followi
by one Riley, who kept a boarding- •cials were appointed by tha
house for the Baron' a men who were : Clerk John A. Rutledge; Tr
- I a
employed in getting out timb antes o pe etc.,
and making general preparations for Wood, Collector, John Wilaori; Con-
the•building of the town. E. C. , ray- , stable Robert Baxter. 1 •
lori one of the first settlers a ei earli- I 3.0/1111 X$eYt was elected to the Reeve -
est merchants of ,Goderich, was the ' ship f°08-77, sin" which time W. W.
l
Canadian agent of thebaron, who him.' Connor ies filled -the vosition.
self 'came out to see how his 'town"! 1879 -Reeve, W. W. Connor Cotut-
was getting along; and we find- that cillors, .4.nolrew Rutledge, Paul Cleave,
upon the Baron's death in 1836 the Henry Howard, Robert Milker Clerk
•
g.
Jam es
; Aucl-
deriek
11.
prove-
onneil
he Or -
ems to
ne,
as it
etively
ry, it
centre
re six
, John
-h, An -
g ofd -
body:
asurer,
derick
timber which had been got out for aulIsij in- eir
piers; storehouses, eta, was lying a- %TbeinPallf'
bout the river bank rotting, while.the fitors,
only house yet in the place up to 1835 I WOod; •
was Riley's previously I i mentioned,I,, . The vii
and. that of John Morgan,. Who ltapt:n• -nlents '
*had stef, irate 'for.Ale,;-Bat-on- 9,4-'.. Irti*it .
Irg It-itre4ir ilitithAt
Bf rs-8s:---A the " tiaidf Of th'e4tei n
Treasmien
sseseor,iI3, Higgm
Wainwright,! Fr
ble, Jolla Fergus
e has no pubLe
'Menthe ng, The
their' to
-
death, contracts had been let to one
William Gray, a natal contradtor on.
Aublic works, for the erection of var-
jams public improvements as above at
Bayfield; but though his death delay-
ed the epterprise, yet the mills were
erected some time, subsquently bY'Wm.
Allen of Guelph, under direction of the
stoung Baron, the first dam across the
river having been built already by
Gray. These mills are the same now in
operation here, though they have been
it various time added to and Unprov-
ed.
• In the spring of 1835 two more log
buildings were erected by George Mor-
ris and John Boyle -those of Riley graph office, and daily mail by stag e
and Morgan being the only one up to off Seaforth. There are four liceneed
that time -and during the summer and three temperance hotels, an Or-
ange hall, and Barker's hall for the
use of:public meetings, etc.
The assessed valuation of property
is small, the most so a any munici-
pality in the county, being only 389,-
438 for real and $5,219 for personal
property, or a total of $94,657.
The liabilities are however trifling,
if indeed there are any at all. The
sum of $301 was originally set off as
its share of the Township Iff Stanley
railway debt, and the last of the school
debenture debt (incurred ntome years
since in enlarging the public school)
was liquidated last year.
a s
uncertain 'Step; ket, surronnde
is by a very 'fine. and coMpa
thiekly settled section .of oun
still retains its position a the
of quite a local trade. There
general stores in the plaee,
and stove store, two harness
tailor, two boot and shoe, two
three wagon, and three lbla
important chartea. ineWestern Ontario
and was freq-ien ly chairman of his
district, and in 1 91 was president pf
the London Conf rence. In his labors
Mrs. Clement wa a worthy helpmate
being well ecuip ed by nature and
training for the part which slm fulfill-
ed with ability and dignity. Three
!tons and one daughter survive.
A LETTER, FROM ENGLAND.
West Min ;Ear, Eye and Nose
Hospital, Folkestone, Kent, Eng.,
,
Dec. 2.3rd, 1916.
Mr. and Mrs. Goldhawk, * '
Seaforth, Ontario, 1
To The Dear On s At Honte,- .
received y ur ast letter today, and
Nra.S so glad to
to know that yo are all well, It is
very dreary h re the hospital when i
I am undergo ng n operation for ad-
noids. I came n o the 12th of Decem-
ber, and do not xpect to be out be-
fore the last of- emery, but do not
change my addre s. I was so sick that
I did not know it was any birthday on
the 16th, of Dee ber till taa days af-
r
terwards. 1 h ve ot received the par-
cels yet; soul es other people get
them, and th n 1 course they Dever
reach me. I 1 I t you know if I -get
them. It ce ial is an awful witielf
1 could tell you w at I have seen sines
i
1 went to th ho pital it would make
you sick. Th.e -axe very hot after the
city of Lond ne ir raids take place
quite often. ey
our powerf
through the
0-------- _5-_
coming year as follows: Honorary
Presidents, Mrs. F. H. Largin, Sea -
forth, and Mrs. W, E Kelly, Goderich;
President, Mrs. E. McL. Smith, Hen -
sail; lst Vice -President, Mrs, James
Hamilton. Goderichilnd Vice -President
Mrs S. Poppleetone, -Blyth; ;lrd Vine -
President. Mrs. McDermid, Goderich;
4th Vice -President, Mrs. S. F. Sharpe,
Exeter; Secretary, Miss H. I, Graham,
Seaforth; Treasurer, Mrs J. Greig,
Seaforth; Secretary of Literature Miss
Lillie Fergueon, Goderich; Mission
Band Secretary, Mrs. L. T. DeLacey,
Seaforth, Horne Helpers, Secretary,
Mrs. C.. Monteith, Kippen: Pres e awl
ibrary Secretary, Mrs. W. E. Kelly,
Goderich. •
EA '
Publisher
$1.50 a Year in Advance
eIodgins, eeerele. -tree .eirer, .? ae-
emend, an(' Mr. t. A. Real wae ee.
pointed prefident fdr.
Coates, set ?I tray et renS3-ie,r.
'matters were int:reseal. ineluding the
appointment of a r writhing officer for
„he town of tnoierieh, mai it was de-
• led to ask the yeiliefre :minorities
o have this dene, wiine to the fact
eeveral apelScaii ma for e dint --
mein: had rawn •1,•ee was
no local person with autheen y to deal
with them.
-Mr. John T. Meceu e of Mor-
rie has purchased from eme. Michael
Kelley, ere the fifty acre f: rin adjoin-
ir'. own ferns. Thee a new make
very desiragle property 23 Mr. Mc-
Caughey now owns 300 acres of good
ear from you and I SIR FREDERICK BORDEN DEAD.. land,
lcir
worry mothe ,. I
You some de
pup-
Sir‘Frederick Borden, cousin of Pre-- - -The following Huron County recent's- paesed the Model Scheol
mier Sir_ Robert Borden, Minister of - .
examinations at Clinton and have been.
Militia in the Laurier Govex-ament, granted eertificatcs:-Willa. R. E. Cox,
lied at his home in Canning, Nova Goderich; Edith M. McMichael, Sea.
Scotia, on Saturday last in his 70th
year. - forth; Helen A. Redeems-, Clinton:
Clementine E. Williams, Goderich; M.
Sir Frederick had been confined to Yuill, Goderich; Edna J. Wasman,
his bed only a few days. He suffered Clinton.
a stroke of paralysis a few days ago, -A serious accident occurred last
and sank rapidly. He was in Halifax Thursday afternoon at Buchanan's
two • weeks ago, and appeared to be planing mill, Goderieh. Mr. Samuel
as keenly interested in public affairs Potter, of Colborne township, was
as ever. The funeral took place./ at leaving the yards with some lumber
Canning on Tuesday afternoon. De- when wheel of his wagon caught on
ceased leaves surviving him his wife the gate -post and he was thrown out
and two daughters -Maud, wife of on his head. For se' days ho was
Leslie Macoun, of Ottawa, and Eliza- in a very critical condition, but he is
now improving. rapinly.
-The death took place on December
22nd; of Cyril Mason at his .hoine on
the B Line, near Grand Bend. The de-
ceased had been ill fer the past three
years from lung trouble. leaves to
mourn his loss his wife and three email
children, besides his aged mother, six
brothers and one sister. The remains
were laid to rest in Graad Bend cem-
tery. •
-His Honor Judge Dickson has giv-
en judgement in the action of Davis
vs, Murray et al., heard at the Decem.
ber County Court: ia which Mr. T. M.
Davie sued for ?he lois of a livery
Horse. The action as against Rohn
C. King is dismissed with costs, and
judgment is entered in favor of the
plaintiff;1 Claude Murray for $125 and
-t!At three o'clock on Wednesday
'afternoon, December 27th, at the
the- Methodist parsonage, Londesboro,
always realized that the office was a - ' • •
1 d momination, and ix- • • • • • - David Witham hoieees, was married to
tes in several marts of .4.c.„17,41Lan. s position, and actedi accord., Miss Amanda Watson, eldest •laughter
rn st important
• work As466.ay. His handsome pretence and of David Watson, of HulIett. The
wa done at St Cathar- immaculate attire made him an out- .
happy couple left on the four pan.
standing figure in all Court and Par- train for Lonclem, adiere they will
18 2 and 1907, after
_red from the ministry liamentary functions. .•• spend their honeymoon. Mr. and
• He was born in Conwallue Nova es -
airs. Bowes will take up their resi-
Vence in Hullett.
-A genet weilding was solemnized.
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Augnetine 'So:antlers, on the 13th con-
ession of Hulled, at six o'clock on.
Wednesday evening, December 27th, •
when their only daughter, Agnes Lou-
ise Maud, was marrieu to William
Auetin. The happY cou.Ple' wilt- take
their residence on their farm to
e touth of Bititte The- beet W'she host of friend accompany tb
Young couple as they journoy down
the stream of life,
-Messrs. S. MeVittie, S. A, Pople-
etone, A,W. Robinson, John Wey-
mouth, Thos. Wallace and Thomas
Moon, of Blyth Lodge, I.O.O.F., per-
formed the ceremony of installation
of the new officers of Brue,sele lodge
on Thursday last. On Thuredae night
of this week they visited Viingiainn,
and the next week, Dungannon i Tees
water and Wroxeter .he same ea-
Pa-eitThe annual meeting' of Morris
District L.O.L. was hale in the Orange
hall, Blyth, 'I ne:elay inter/mon, with
a fair attemeinee, the fel, enhig officers
were elected for the year:
Bert Bra.dbrrn, Londe:el) we; Chaplain,
Rev. W. B. Heel:ins, /lee. Sec,,
Mel. Bradburn, 130r:re ve ; Financial
Sec. Murray Johnston, Beigrarei,. treas.
F. Haggitt, Blythe D. of C., Beuee,
Londeshoro; ist Led., John iiI1cLarty
Auburp; 2nd Lect John Wightman,
helgra.ve.
-Mrs. Desjardine died at he bora.
hi Grand Bend on December 22ad, She
had given birth to a child a few darn
previous and lingered between life and
death for four days. The little ohe•lied
on Saturday so both were buried Sun-
day. She was a kind and loving wife
and neighbor. She was a me ber of
sband,
:eaves
atm,
in -
beth, wife of Dr. Gordon Hewitt, also
to destroy it, •but
earchlight patrolof Ottawa,
gets them. Do not Sir Frederick became Minister of
hope to be back to Militia on the formation of the
your loving son, Laurier Cabinet in 1896, and his
work received its first great test
WILL. in 1899 and 1900, when his com-
• mendable energy resulted in the
IA.M WYE SMITH mobilizing and despatching of the
Canadian contingents to South Africa.
in Wye Smith, re- This work was considered of great
nal Minister and a
the late M. Y.
met importance and assistance to the Im-
nerial Government at that tin e.
rn ninety years ago Many valuable lessons were learrel
and, Oied at Burford during that period which were used
uneral services were in the further iinprovement of the de-
n Tuesday, and the
lace at Newmarket pertinent during the succeeding yeare.
It was really the product of -his work
i that became the nucleus of . the greet'.
nith came to Amer
•
nt along with his organization which has grown Un in
Canada since August 4th, 1914.
-family made their
- years in New York Although a Surgeon -General, the
coining to Canada,
• late Sir Frederick was not -prone to
khaki or red -coated ceremonials. He
DEATH OF
The Rev.
tired Congreeati
brother -in -lav a
Lean, who w s b
at Jedburgh, cot
on Saturday. he
interment took
honeldwaesatZr: I. d
caThwehleaute
ah in
parents, and the
home for se era
State,. afterw rd
in 1837. He wa
Congregation
cupied pastor
Ontario. His
Iiinsesa minister
between
which he ret
and carne to
• The late Mr
by inclinatio
it as a purs
he edited t
The Sunday
IL
res •e oron
. Sthith was a jdurnalist Scotia, on May 14th, 1847, across the
t- but did not follow storied valley of the Evangeline
it.' At various times country from Grand Pre, where his
cousin, Sir Robert Borden was born.
e wen Sound Times,
ch 1 Dial, d Th A few miles beyond is the mouth of
the Gaspereau River, where the un -
Canadian Indepe d
al years he e ite
Congenatio
?entre- as
and published The
' fortunate Acadians took ship when
A expelled from the country in 1755.
Year Book.'
- .10;11'- MeLLII rty Britigli Settletg Of `the region,
1.4.r4,-,:, The Borden. family were among ethe
fugitive poems, which- were -lifibie. eonaing thet‘ iniin aftefthe.--expulaten
quently collected in sefverac small
volumes. His poems were character- of ‘the French.
Young Borden was educated at
ized by literary merit , and in King's College Uni iersity, Wind -
some of them he wrote very success-
ne tin fully in the Scottish &Wet He .was sor, Nova Scotia, and Harvard
interpreting Medical School, B :store obtaining.
three especially e ective in
1
bhiet, >ettlement lifein pioneer Ontario, one linhei. degreeHeof enDeeoeesteforulloyf practised Icsmith of his poems, "The Second Concession his profession at Canning, where he
shops;one (water) gristinit an flour- of Deer," beistg A classie of its kind. was also agent for th.e Halifax Bank-
ing mill, a savemilImlaning land ,shingle Fifteen year ago he published the ing Company, He served as medical
inills, two cooperages, a eider Mill, and New Testament translated into braid officer during the Fenian. Raid He
a brewery. There are four 1 chutches-- Scots, and the translation was, in was created a K,C.M.G. by the late
Methodist, Episcopal Methedisti, Eris- spite of the difficulty of the task, a
King Edward at His Majesty's Conan-
copalian, Presbyterian -Ion& school very successful achievement. Mrc.i
atoll and a ICnight of Grace at I' a
witle/three teachers, Montreal Tele- Smith was al Liberal in politics, an
an ardent, Persistent, and active pro-
Order of St. John of Jerusalem the
hibitionist
same year.. He first entered Parlia-
He was knolven very well by a large mm
ene as Liberal ember for King's,
Nona Scotia, 1874 until 3882.
circle of acquaintances and was
esteemed as a good friend and ac-
In 1907 he attended the Imperial
tive sympatler With every good
Conference in London, Eng.; the Im-
cause. For a eve years past the in- P
erial Defence Conference in 1909,
firmities accempanying advancing and the Imperial Celonial Ci eference
years had kept him out of the public
view.
W. W. O'Connor builta log house on
a lot which he had taken tip the pre-
vious autumn. During this summer,
also, -the timber on the market square
and Main street were chopped down
and logged off by the Baron's men.
Up to this season there was no clear-
ing towards the tortle. short of God-
erich; towards the south to "Brews-
ter's" now Grand Bend; and toward
the east, to the London Road.
During the summer of 1837, Atkin-
son and- Hodgins, coritractors, of Lon-
don, had a number of men employed
in clearing and levelling the streets,
etc ; John Morgan had some fifteen or
twenty employed at various duties,
on account of Taylor, the Baron's
agent; and a surveyor named Smith
( der Mr. McDonald, chief engineer
fo the Canada' Company) had a sur-
ve ng party laying off lots, etc.; so
th t altogether there were about sev-
enty-five men in the settlement. But
thew were (mostly only "transients" as
whlen the call was made for military
service in the Rebellion, only fifteen
able-bodied men • were found in the
"s ttlement", including W. W. Con -
no , D. H. Ritchie, John Morgan,
Ri ey, George Morris, John Boulton,
Ge rge Mathieson, John Carrutheee,
Ro ert Russell, Christopher Johnsto.a,
Hefriry Hacke, William Boulton, and
an tiler (name forgotten) from Bay-
field ; and John McNaughton and Thos.
Wells, who had settled further east,
at Bannockburn. Thes.e were in the
ceMpany of Capt. Lizars of Goderich,
(Liuet. Biscoby,) and were stationed
during the winter of 1837-1838 at the
earners where Clinton now stands. Dr.
Dunlop was colonel of the regiment,
Th road between here and what is
i
no ' Brucefield, on he London Road,
ha been chopped, bu not cleared, the
logs lying as they fell •
The first school teacher in this set-
tle ent and indeed in the whole Town-
sh p of Stanley, was Edward Temple -
to , whose father was a very early set-
tler on the Farm Road, He taught in a
log building erected near the river
bank as early as 1836. It was built
of cedar logs and is yet standing -
be ng used as a private residence by
H nry McGann,havingbeen improvel
b recent repairs. Tile Baron gave
village lots for school purposes.
the villagers erected the :building, respected citizens passed away on
he RevaeltIr. Cooper, (Episcopal), Thursday of last week, in t e person of
wa e the `firstperson to hold lAmanda Ellen Freeman, 'dew of the
rei
ligiout services n the aettlement, late Rev. Benjamin Cleme t, Mr. and
He used to visit monthly, and always 1 Mrt. Clement went to Goderich, ten
years ago, upon Mr. Cie ent's retire-
ment from the active worl4 of the min-
istry, and Mr. Clement died two and a
half years ago. The late ;Rev. Benja-
min Clement had a long active and
honored career hi the rif
Ahnost the only thing about hay-
field which merits a descriptien is its
harbour; and why the Dorainion. Gove
emir -tent were ever possessed to waste
_50,000 of the people's Money on
buffing a harbour which ihas not yet
been used, and never (practically
speaking) will be used, is difficult to
understand. Work was commenced up-
on it in 1875, and completed during
1878. In addition to what the Govern-
ment sunk then, tne-Townsiip of Stan-
ley was induced to squander $10,000
of its Municipal Lean FundiSurplus on
the same object -an act which we ven-
ture to say 99 out of every 100 of the
ratepayers of that municipality now
deeply regret.
There have been a number of
schemes agitated' at varions times to
give hayfield railway eommunica,-
tion, but they have failed, as they will
continue to de, from the fact that no
possible general results ceuld be de-
rived from the necesary expenditure,
and the village itself is and will be too
weak to shoulder vet a tithe of what
it would necessarily cost to place a
public work within it reach which
would bene'f t itself alone.' Neverthe-
less, hayfield possesses attributes
which none can deny it -those of a
pleasant, quiet, healthy, little Country
town, enjoying all the benefits which
may be reaped from a rich and fertile
country surreunding it and a good
class of citizens inhabiting it; and as
such it cannot but continue to flourish
though the hopes of it ev e becoming year has already raised *144.75 which
a eornr ercial centre of an importance speaks well for the energy and em -
are extremely infinitesima thusiasm of lie Members. The enve-
.
-410- lop system a opt d two years no still
weOne of Goderich's est highly eerntgirneugeast.iot13
iven an opportunity
ii every woman in the
in the Women's Mis-
ne Auxiliary discov-
g deficit in the year's
at the eleventh hour. so
called for a whirlwind
the women of the
he response to the
ery generous, $91 being
da. s. The Society looks
fuUy to the work of the
HURON1PRESBYTERIAL.
in 1911. He was a member of the
Imperial. Council, of Defence and
President ex -officio of . the Militia
Council of Canada. He held the long -
service decoration, and had been pre-
HuronTheannual IPresbyterialbusnesss 0 em, eeteyt i nv,gruo f heldthe
Alexandra and to the pre !ent King
sented to King Edward and Queen
in Willis church,Clinton,ion Tuesday, and Queen. He presented to the Do -
January 9, morning and evemng ser- minion Rifle Association a chellenge
vices being held, at which there was cup and medallion valued at $o00 as
an attendance ,of forty officers present. a memorial of his son, Liteet. Harold
The year 1916 has been a banner tothrop. who was killed in action in
year in the history of the society and
one of unprecedented liberality and s -
South Africa in 1900.
ir Frederick was a prominent
progressthe contributions being great- Freemason. In 1873 he married
er than in any previous year in ex- lied Julia M. Clark, of Canning, N.S.,
istence. Not*itlantianding the 'cons- IA° died in 1880. In 1884 he MICE -
tent and ever , increasing demands ried the sister of his late wife, Miss
which the wan makes upon time, en- Bessie B. Clank. She is a director of
crgy and money, the women of the dif-
ferent congregations have risen nobly the Y. W. C. A., Ottawa, and was p
to the the occasion and proved their loyal- Fent with her husband in Westminster
Abbey at the Coronation of King Ed -
to the King of Kings as well as to the ward and Queen Alexandra, and of the
cause of the Emke. present Xing and Queen She was
The Presbyteriff. now comprises i resent with her husband at a special
22 auxiliaries, o circles, and one assoc audience with His Holiness the Pop.e
iated society -tall a total Membership
of 718, contributing - $8,740.43 and 9 in 1909. The late Sir Frederick Bor-
den was a cousin of Sir Robert Lor -
mission bandn with a membership of
405, contributing $318, making a total den, Premier of Caaada, and it is in-
teresting that ones of the first piditical
contriblution of $4,062,51, an increase speeches made by the present premier
over last yearof$791.80. Sixteen life
n added during the was on a Liberal platform in support of
the then Mr. Frederick Borden.
es of The Messenger
Seventeen bales of
members have b
year and 676 Op
subscribed fo
comfortable clotling have been ship-
ped to Moose illdoluntain Indian School
at Ethelbert. In
ports of the rio
-elating and brea.
tion, earnestriees
the part of the
jority of the Me
attended and na
shown throu ho
received a be est of $20 from the will
of the late rs. Carnie, • one of their
eldest members. The Marion Oliver
Circle whihh !was only organized this
most cases the re -
us societies arenstim-
he a spirit of devo-
and, willingness on
members. The ma-
tings have been well
h interest has been
t Blake Auxiliary
preached in the house of Mr. Connor.
The present English and Methodist
churches were the first built --both the
sable season, -but not for some years
la r than the above.
Boulton's son John, '5 5-5 living
to have her s
sionary work
ered an alari
contributions
the treasur
campaign a
congregatio
eppeal was
raised in two
'forward ho
uuu istry of the ; coming year.,
Petioiea, was the first white child Methodist church. He occupied many I The officets were elected for the
18
lar
=
HURON NOTES.
-Mr. Church, an inmate of the
House of Refuge, Clinten, formerly of
Stanley township, passed away the ot-
-her daY and was buried on Tuesday of
last week.
-At the annual school meeting of
School Section No. 4, Morris, the ques-
tion of building a new school was dis-
cussed and on motion it was decided
to proceed with the work. itis ex-
pected it will be a brick stricture with
cement basement, The old building
will likely be sold as it ntands,
-The death took place on Tuesday
last at the County House of Refuge,
in Clinton, of Mr. - Conrad Dabus, a
former resident of the Babylon Line,
Hey. The deceased had been in prior
health for some time. The remains
were taken to Zurich and the funeral
took place on Thursday, from the home than a year, nee enitten
of Me. C. Weber, interment taking bealth, she had taken an eetive
place in the Lutheran cemetery. Red Cross and church work,
-A meeting of the Executive Com- born in Whitby anti came to F
rnittee of the Goderich braneh of the when a child. She was mar
Huron War Auxiliary, was held in the
Court House on Thursdayevening,
December 2811, The treasurer's re-
port showed a balance on hand Of V42.-
08. The resignation of Rev. M Foth-
erh2gliani, prinrident, and Ma. P. IL
-On h Line Saint church. She
to mourn her demise her h
father, several brothers and -
who have the sympathy of th
munity.
-Mr. George Peacock, a hi
teemed farmer living a mile an
fromiJa.mestown, is in a serion
tion at his hone as the resul
elight stroke of paralysis sufllered a
few days ago while driving. When
stricken his horse wandered from the
road and Mr. ,Peaeock fell out on to
the ground. His heagi struck a stone
and he was rendered unconsci(.,,us. Re
was found by Thenfae Stone, a neigh-
bor. He is eiglify t ears of age. Mr*.
Peacock a fe ,.. leontlie ago also suffer-
ed a paralyeic stroke. Her e or nclition.
is precarious.
-A very pretty wedding teok place
et the home of tee bride's parents
and Mrs. John Gold(' ash, on D cerabee
27th, at high noini a am Ihe: eldest
daughter, Mabel Ma', was, united
in marriage to LOtlif; 0 die Milk; of
Clinton. The cereamny • ias p =donn-
ed by Rev,R. MeCorinicheMala, of the
Methodist church, Myth. After the
• erernony, the guests -.9 the nember of
about forty sat down to a s..niptuous
dinner. The many gifie to tiie bride
included a handsome •ic- of f;4z front
ihe groom. The %en h•ing pa ty left
on the four o'clock /ran for la short
noneymoen.
-The death teed- 'la"e rfeeintly at
Anderson, of Mare ;len (feidt, wife
of James Murrray. e; Kirtkoia The
deceased was in her 135111. y--'ir, and
had been in failing health t• a more
.ir poor
art in
e was
allarton
ied 44
years ago and remfted at Anderson
since. Interment v;'as made ii Kirk -
-
ton cemetery, Rev. Dr. Fiether of-
ficiating. Besides leer husbaid, four
daughters survive, among then being
Mr ee Walter Hazelwood, of