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UJilt farm ExPositor.
SEAFORTH, Friday, August 3, 1911
THE WAR 'SITUATION.
There is little to record from the
seat of war this week. Following the
great push of a week ago, there has
been comparative quiet on the West-
ern front. All the objectives sought
by the British and French in the first
attack have been consolidated and are
strongly held. The Germans have
.made repeated and desperate effarts
to recapture these positions, but these
atteMpte have failed in every case
and their failure has brought them
only great loAea. General Haig's
latest report states that there is noth-
ing to record from the seat of wai;
which. most probably means that -the
British' are iptizre layatematically a-
bout /their work,in preparation for' an-
other drive. When and where the
next blow will be struck only those
in authority- know; but there is no
doubt that the wretehedly wet Weath-
er on this front has delayed opera-
tions considerably. During the past
, two days weitther conditions have im-
proved and aerial activity has been
renewed. Without the aid of airmen,
.for h.rtillery observations and re-
deoomination. the onb'ireeord- -
ed, - dirision Of the day this Was de-
feated by 84' tie 24, -six -Frenclt Con-
servative Senators voting for 'the ae
mendment and two Liberals Against
it.. •
Senator' Beaubien later proposed
e reinsertion of the °Aging'
ity students' exemption -slid -Meader.a
:Warm speech in favor Oftauch. ction
.His amendment, however, was de-
clared lost on division.
connoitering, little fighting is now at-
tempted, although. a heavy artillery
fire has been steadily maintained and
and as soon as the British are ready
and the weather permits, there will.
he another push. 'This mode of fight-
ing is slow, but it is steady and sure
and above all it is saving on the men,
" The Caaadians who did not take
part in the big offensive last week
are again in action. During the ,
past few days they have made consid-
erable gains around Lens. the great
coal city in Frei -ice, which has been
under German domination for so
long. Our troops are now within a
mile of the centre of the city and the
fighting is becoming severe. A mile
ordinarily,is not a great distance, but
it is a very long way to go in this
war. The Germans have turned
Lens i-ntoa veritable arsenal and
have no intention of giving up the
city, without a bitter struggle, but
slowly and surely the Canadians are
closing in. It will be a long, hard
fight, but when victory comes,which
we are confident it will do, the Can-
adians will have struck a great blow
for the cause of the Allies because
with the loss of the Lens region Ger-
many and her allies will be deprived
• of their main_ coal supply.
That Germany is beginning to feel
the pinch in her finances is shown by
the confirmed statement from Wash-
ington that she demanded a loan in
gold fre.na Switzeland in return for
coal. Gorma-ny is in sad need of gold
to carry on her trade with those neu-
trals whom she can reach, as Ger-
man pa$1er is no longer deemed ade-
quate security and the German mark
is depreciating on the money market
almost to the vanishing point. At the
present time Switzerland is dependent
on Germany for her coal, but it, is
confidently believed that when the
Allies have cleared the Germans out
of Lens and the milling districts in
France, he will be able to come
to Switzerland's relief. At any rate
• Sveitzerland is resisting the German
demand and if it is pressed with
force as Germany threatens to do, it
is stated that that country is in far
better shape than Holland or the
other small neutrals, to meet any mil-
itary aggression from Germany. .
! • —The new ,swichboard for Blyth
1 Rurl Telephone System has arrived
I and will be placed in the course of. a
t few days.
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SIR RICHARD MeltRIDE =DEAD.
Sir Richard McBride _died int Pon -
don at six o'clock Monday morning.
Death is said to have been doe to
Bright's disease, from swhichtthe foe -
mer Premier had been Suffering' for
several years. Lady McBride and
family are at present in England, Sir
Richard and family were on the eve
of sailing. It has not yet been de-
cided whether the burial will be in.
England or British Columbia.
With the passing' of Sir Richard
McBride Canada has lost one of its
outstanding political figures. What-
ever may be said of his statesman-
ship, his worst political enemy utast
colacede his greatness as a public
man. He combined the 'genial And
approachable democrat with dignity
of bearing; he possessed that vital
asset of the successful politician
personality. As such he was the
subjeCt of a glowing popularity which
extended beyond the bounds of hie own
Province and even captivated the hero
worshippers of the old land.
This was the more remarkable be-
cause of his youth, for he was a
young man of thirty three when he
was elected Premier of British Co-
lumbia. His handsome face , sur-
mounted by a shock Of wavy white
hair commanded attention, and his
net -arid gifts of convincing oratory
carried him into general favor. - He
won' within a brief space of years a
place in polities for which many men
-have served a long and tedious ap-
prenticeship. This easy fame'may be
regarded by some as a source of his
weakness and the immaturity of
some of his judgments. •
Being a formidable lighter it was
not to be wondered at that he roused
the fighting spirit ,in others: • His
viitues were set in the limelight by
his friends, and his enemies did not
spare the searchlights of his failings.
P4pularity had its price and. he paid
for # in good measure. He died ire
the dld land in the metropolis where
he had so often been lionized as one
of the benders of the Empire.
Borne in New Westminster, B. C.
December '15th; 1870, Sir 'Richard
MeBride, K.C.M.G. was thus not
nly a nativeof Canada,
the West. His parents were both
Irish; his father, A. H. McBride, was
a native of Ulster and his mother,
Mary (Il Arcy) McBride, hailed from•
Limerick, Ireland. His parentage
being on the one side Protestant and
the other side Catholic, gave to him
breadth of sympathies. He was edu-
cated at the public and high schools
of his native city, completing his
taining at ,Dalhousie University,
Halifax, N.S'taking the degree of
Bachelor of Laws.
He was admitted- to the Bar of
British Columbia at New Westmins-
ter in. 1892 and became K. G. in
1905. In 1896 •he unsuccessfully con-
tested' New Westminster in the Do -
Minion general election. He Was 're-
turnd as member of British Columbia
Legislature for Dewdney riding at
the -general election of 1898. In 1900
he entered the Provincial Cabinet (B.
C.) as Minister of Mines, but owing
to a difference on a matter of policy
he resigned from the Government the
following year. In 1902 he :was
chosen leader of the Opposition in -khe
Legislature and became Premier on
June 1, 1903. He was returned to
power at the general elections in 1907
1909 and 1912. Wee was senior
member for the city' of Victoria,
and also held the Portfolio of Min-
ister of Mines. In politics he was
a Consevative; Sir Richard McBride
was married in September, 1896, to
Margaret McGillivray, the union be-
ing blessed with five daughters. • Sir
Richard attended the Coronation of
King Gearge and Queen Mary. He
was created a K.C.M.G. in the
birthday honors in 1912, and was
with the insignia by H.R:H.,
the Duke of Connaught, Governor-
General, at Victoria, B. C. in Octo-
ber, 1912. Sir Richard introduced
party lines in Provincial politics
when he became Premier in 1903, and
became head of the first Liberal:Con-
servative Government of that Pro -
IllodeltterMeht-addition to iteSietieFiing-
• the neceosary qualifications, has had
•.eaperienee in Similar' positions in
Ganatioeue and Port .Arthur. i :The
hoard had a large number 'of aPpli-
ratite to-A.1000e from. '
e-Ofilejal word was' received' .in
Winghani on Monday afternoon that
.Pte..-Ilebert Fallis had been killed #i,
.action in France. Pte, :Falba was a
•
soh of Mrs James Paths of Cakses'.
k
'and was one of the first to join the
Wingham Company of the -161# Bat-
talion and- after going tit England
Was in one of the'first drafts to go to
France. '
—The Goderich Signal of last week
says: Mr. Andrew "Porter has been
making some calculations as to sav-
ings 'that may :be effected by food
economy. He figures out that two
. meatless days aeweek will save S120
head of cattle in.! the county of Hur-
on alone. It is when one looks at -
these things in the aggregate that he
realizes, what can, be clone by syste-
matic, nation-wide effort.
—Out of the sum of money that
was realized through the garden. par-
ty by the Young Ladies' Patriotic
Society of Goderich township $25 was
donated to French hospitals and $75
to the Canadian Field Commission at
Shorncliffe, England, to be used by
them for our Canadian boys in -
France from whom they are conitant-
ly receiving requests for all sorts of
'supplies. • ,
—Word was received from Ottawa
last week that an appropriation of
$55,000 had been made for the work
at Goderich harbor returned in co -
neetion with the shipbuilding project,
2Mayor Munnings ts particularly
'pleased, as he considers that the mak-
ing of this appropriation amply just-
ifies the action of the town ceuncil in
'sending deputations to Ottawa to
'urge the iniportance of the work in
question. It is not known just when
the work is to be started.
•r —Mr. J. Henry Christie, one of
Wingham's most progressive - mer-
chants, has purchased a Ford car
from Mr. A. M. Crawford, and will
•2.n. future use it in the delivery of
-his- groceries. He believes in keep-
ing ebreast with the times and found
the 'horse and .wagon system unsat-
isfactory. The new delivery is cov-
iherttxig.
ed
eriwitha black eoveringiwi, th white
—Mrs. Reynolds, Goderich's blind,
but indomnitable Ynitter, recently re
`teived a complimentary and. appreci-
ative letter from the head office ofthe
Canadian Red .Cross Society in To-
ronto. Since February 1, 1915, to
Augut 1, 1917. Mrs. Reynolds has
knitted 520 pairs socks, all of which
have been knitted by her for the sol-
diers.
She knits regularly every
week four pairs of aocks a wonderful
, showing -for a blind woman in her
82nd year. e .
—County Clerk- Lane. has received
word that the by-law recentlypass-
ed by the county council for a county
road system . under the Provineial
Highway Improvement Act has . re-
ceived the approval of the Lieuteriant
Governor in Coiuncil, under date of
July 13th. bf all moneys expend-
ed by the county on road and bridge
work done on- the designated roads
since the date xnentioned theGovern-
ment will retturn a percentage as set
forth in the'. Act.
—The south end of Josephine St.,
Wingham, is getting more like New
York every day. The Spotton Busi-
ness College which has moved from
the 'MacDonald block to the Meyer
block has erected a Monster electric
sign in front of its new premises . The
sign was installed by a London :firm.
It has almost three hundred electric
bulbs and the lights are flashed on
and off every few minutes: This is
the largesf electric sign in this part
of Western Ontario.
—There passed away in Howick
township, near Fordwich, on Thurs-
day, July 26th, Mary Tindall; wife
of Mr. George Totten, in her 60th
year. Mrs. Totten had been in poor
health for about a year. She was a
lady held in high esteem by a lake
circle of friends. She is survived by
her husband, four sons and four
daughters. Mrs. Totten is a sister
of Messrs. R. J. and Samuel Tindal
f , Turnberry. The funeral took
place to the Fordwich cemetery on
Tueday afternoon.
—A probable drowning fatality was
preYented on Thursday afternoon by
Bert McDonald, in charge of the Gay-
ernment foghorn at Goderich. Miss
Edith Murney, daughter of Mr. W.
T. Murney, in company with.a num-
ber of other, young ladies, was in
swimming between the piers. Miss
Murney had swam from the south
pier to the north pier, and was mid-
way back when. she became exhaust-
ed- a MacDonald, _who was standing
-nearby, noticed her plight, jumped
in with his clothes on and soon
• brought the young lady to th lock,
where she quickly recovered. She is
none the worse for her -experience.
—One of the worst storms in years
passed over the northern section of
Colborne township and into Ashfield,
going in a northeasterly direction to-
. wards Lucknow, about four o'clock on
Sunday afternoon. It came across
Lake Huron about nine miles above
Goderich. A wind, almost cyclonic
in its action, accompanded by hail and
rain, laid low everything in its wide
path, sheds, silos and fences being
swept before it. The worst damage
was done in the neighborhood of
Sheppardton, whepe- splendid fields of
oats, barley and corn were laid flat.
The hail storm, while lasting only
about ten minutes, was vere heavy,
the hail being about the size of pig-
eon's eggs. A severe lightning storm
accompanied it but no serious dam-
age is reported as yet.
Vince
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HURON NOTES
—George Leese a stepson of Allen
1 Faliek, of Wingham broke his arm
while cranking an auto. He will be
laid up for some time to Come.
•d
SENATE PASSES CONSCRIPTION
After nine amendments to the mo-
tion for te third reading of the Mili-
tary Service Bill had been presented
and in turn been declared defeated,
that measure was passed. by the Sen-
ate without a division. Wednesday
night. Had it not been amended in
cetahe respects in the Upper Cham-
ber, it -would now be ready to receive
the Governor-General .s assent and so
become law. As it is however, the bill
mast be returned -to the commons.
where the changes rhade by the Sen-
ators will be discussed and concurred
in before the Measure becomes law
and is put in force. Only one of
these amendments is of importance.
It provides that no prosecution for
any violation of *he Act of the reg-
ulations shall take place without the
cense:a or the Minister of Justice.-
This amendnaent„ inserted at the in-
stance °le -the 'Government itself. is
regarded as - a providing means for
preyeartmg hasty and ill-considered
proseentions.
• The main discussion hinged eseente
idly on, the question of the advisabil-
ity- az- specifecally exempting divinity
students. This exemption had been
inserted in the Commons and after-
wards eliminated. Senator Landry
proposed an 'ainendment that "cler-
gy" within the meaning of the Act L
- —Mr. L. Kennedy ofth0 e verIan
Wingharn, has received the
agency for the Chevrolet Motor Car
Go., of • Oshawa, for Wingham and
district for the sale of their cars.
—Mr. Dan McCormick, Wingharn,
lost a very valuable horse by sun-
stroke on Friday last. Thernorse
did about twenty minutes after the
veterinary arrived. '
—Major N.T. Sinclair, of Wie -
.ham, who went to England last a 11
with the 161st Huron Battalion has
gone to France with the full rank of
,Major in the Imperial forces. Major
Sinclair was recognized as one of the
ablest officers who went from Canada
to take the Imperial Army courses.
—On Sunday last the death took
place in Usborne of the little son of
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Buswell at the
lige of five months and , seventeen
days. The little one had never been
a healthy Child 'and death came grad-
ually. The funeral took place from
the family residence, on Sunday to
Exeter cemetery.
—The position- of Commercial tea-
cher on the Clinton Collegiate Insti-
tute staff made,vacant by the resig-
nation of Miss Ruby Kitty, has been.
filled by the appointment of Mise
Pearl S. Morgan of Geogetovni High
School. Miss Morgan is a Commer-
cial specialist and has had success-
ful experience as a teacher, of Com-
mercial subjects and Junior Englith.
—Miss B. W. Ritter of' Toronto,
who takes the position of substitute
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1L1SBORNE
Announcement.—Mr. and Mrs.
John McQueen of Usborne, announce
the engagement of their daughter,
-Mary Ethel, to Mr. P. E. Bartlett,
of Thamesford, Ont., the marriage to
take place on August 15th.
MANLEY
Notes.—What might have been a
serious accident last Saturday, while
Mr. P. Eckert and family wire go-
ing home from town with e car,
their companion asked him to stop
for a few minutes to call at the home
of Mr. C. Eckert, and when they
were about tit start for home they'
had broken the wheel dropping off.
found that the axle of their ear
Ri-they been Obit at speed 1 trseeraszedaiirdaalulltilrsc;iJoat
tettere.8111-4"7:Ainrshalehereeittite' been sieriand°111,6 1,,aotromite wereef itrvisiters., .Thoni.at mtheauparenduritl,
weather was ideate The crop was et the week. many years ago Mr. litz.
very geed onet r
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CHISELEURST,
, From „Franz.* 0.—Dear 1 Ityek-
enantt"I yottethese fief Brice to
Apt .you know that X am this soldier
snit° received_ the lovelY socks You
lie vase*, geeilnate, of The Expositor
'Office, Seaforth, and like all other
boys from that office is pushintehie
way along in the land of the Stars
and. Stripes. --In the absence a4lbe"
pastor Eby. Mr. Jones, Mr, Wm.
Robertson, of • the Goethe!' line, took
sent to France, and r thank you very te service in the Methodist church.
heartily indeed; It is very encour-
aging to know that the people in Can-
ada are at all times thinking of the
boys out here, amidst this terrible
struggle, doing their little bit. I am
from British Columbia (New West-
minster) and have been in Prance
since last November so you will see
I have had my share of it but we
hope it will be all over shortly and
we will get babk to the dear• ones
we left behind. The weather bore has visited with friends in Howick,Turn-
been lovely for the past two months beery and Wingham during the
week. T."-esy motored up and erjoy-
ed their outing very mucli.—Misses
Bertha and Carrie -McKenzie of To-
ronto visited with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. A. McKenzie, during the
week.—Mr. George Sutherland, the
ever obliging postmaster at Hensel],
wasa visitor in otir village during
the week.—Mr. Henry Shaefer, the
old veteran proprietor of the Ocean
House, is one p f the first to make
drainage improvements in our village.
Although our old friend is nearing
the four score mark he can still han-
dle the pick and shovel as briskly as
rmany men half his age. Mr. Shaefer
believes it is better to wear out than
to rust out. The councils of the three
townships are providing the large tile
for the drain..
last Sunday, delivering a good *ser-
mon. Mr. Robernson is a student
for the Methodist ministry and is a
clever young mein with bright pros-
pects before hira.—Much sympathy
is expressed for Mr. R. B. McLean,
who continues quite ill. The hope of
his many friends is that he will soon
be on a fair way to recovery.—Mr.
and Mrs. John C. Xenia, with his
brother Wilfrid and sister Margaret
and it is a great help to us , when
there is no mud -to wade through.
Well Mrs. Ryekrnan I must close now
and I thank yoii once more for your
kindness. With kindest regards, Pte.
Robert Finlay." •
Notes.—John Chantb.ers had the
misfortune to lose his valuable. Per-
cheron horse. This is a serious loss
to Mr. Chambers, happening as it did,
in the season.—In the appeal recent-
ly made for help 'towards the French
Red Cross, the Chiselhurst Clecle do-
nated the sum of $52.—The ladies
packed and shipped 13 boxes to the
boys at the front.
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BLYTH
Notes.—Mr. F. Metcalf, who has
been engaged for the past few- years
as Dominion fruit inspector of ap-
ples, left this week for Saskatchewan,
where he will spend the next few
months attending to his official du-
ties. Last year he leoked after this
section of Ontario, but on account of
the scarcity Qs.apples- in this section
this year, his services were not re-
quired here . —Mr . . A. Thomas
has purchased the residence of Mr.
T. Coombs on Dinsley street' paying
in the nighborhood of $2200.—The
autoists of town, _With some of the
other citizens, have improved the
roads greatly in this section by turn-
ing out with rakes and picks and re-
moving the stones. This makes a
great improvement to travel .—A un-
ion service was held in Trinity church
on the third anniversary of the great
war, on Saturday when interces-
sory services were held, ,at which the
three local ministers took part. A
collection was taken for the French
Red Cross.—Mr. H. A. Thomas, C.
P. R. agent here, takes a great de-
light in his flower garden aa the de-
pot. Besides it has been a means of
revenue for him, as nearly every year
'he has received some of the prize
money awarded by the company.—
The crops in this part look fine. Oats
and barley are up to the tops of the
fences, and the roots and beans are
also looking well. In some sections
where the potatoes have not been at-
tended to the blight has struck them.
CROMARTY
Improvements .—Mr. J. W. Wright
of the 10th concession has been mak-
ing 'scene extensive improvements on
his fine farm- -HO reeently raised a
large bank barri100x50 feet and had
arge banking bed last week. There
a good attendance. of neigheors
and friends and 'much good work ac-
complished. In the e-vening Mr
SMART STYLES
IN MEN'S SHoEs
limn, who buys his shoes Here may rest assurW. that ,
he is taking no xis* and we will state in brief what yea may
expect, Sir, if we shoe you. You may expect durable and Styli&
shoes for we show all the latest and best models c Et the Best makers
of Men's Shoes. You may expect prfeet fitting and comfortable
shoesifor we see to it that every pair we sell fits correctly. , You
niay erpeet to buy shoes here at as a low price as anybody can sell
you shoes of equal quality.
Our most popular shoe for young men this season is our
Mahogany Calf laced boot made on the English last with Neolin soles
and rubber heels and priced at .. ....... .$6.50 to $7
, Same styles with leather soles and heels at — ......-...$7.00
For those who prefer a black shoe, we have the 'Gunmetal calf
shoes made on the English last,- all high grade sloes at pee
pair . $5-50,, $6 and $0.50
With Neolin Soles and rubber heels at - • . -$6.50
In medium priced shoes we show a splendid asdsrtment in gene
metal calf and Dongcda Kid leathers at ......$3.50, $4, $4.50 and *5
But what can, you know about our splendid values
until you see the excellent shoes we are showing?
Will you come in for a look? That's the best way.
Store closes every Wednesday afternoon at 12.30 during August
, HENSALL
New Car. Owners.—The following
parties purchased Ford Touring ears
from Cooke Bros., during the past
two weeks: William Hoggarth, Chia-
elhurst; James McBride,. Zurich; B.
Edwards, Hensall; T.A.MeKay,
ip-
pen; J. Eckstein, Zurich; lilugh Mc-
Ewen, Hensel. The following have
purchased McLaughlin ears: E. Din-
nin, Hensall; A. Case, Sewell; J.
Weido, Zurich. Mr. J. A. Robins,
of Goderich and Mr, Robert Reid, of
Varna, purchased Studebaker Tour-
ing ears. /
Detained at Border:—The follow-
ing despatch from, a Bloomsbeirg,
Pennsylvania paper gives an accoimt
of the very unpleasant experiences
which little Miss Ida Bolton, a pupil
of school section No. 10, Usborne,
and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gor-
don Ieolton, of that township; had to
undergo when she )attempted to cross
the border at Buffalo on a visit to
her aunt in Pennsylvania: "Detain-
ed from four o'clock in the morning
until after nine o'clock- in the even-
ing at Buffalo during which time she
was closely interrogated as to her
family, friends, home and destination,
Miss Ida Bolton, who left London,
Ontario, Canada, Thursday morning
arrived in Bloomsburg, on .Saturday
afternoon. That the officials .are tak-
ing every precaution to prevent
spies from 'carrying information a-
cross the line was shown. in the case
of Miss Bolton. The girl is but 13
years of age and the fact that she
was travelling alone, subjected- her to
a more rigid examination than is giv-
en others. She was taken from the
ti ain at Buffalo and her baggage ex-
amined and then closely examined. A.
letter which had been written by Mrs,
A. H. Hummel, of West Main St.,
Wright entertained the young -oeople with whom she is now visiting, was
to a danceewhen all enjoyed a most taken and a copy of it made for fut-
pleasant. evening'S.ehtertainment. ure reference. It was after she
Notes.—Miss Sadie Mahafry, of had been in. the headquarters more
Clintov, visited relatives and friends than sixteen hours that she was al -
'in this vkinity during the past week. lowed to proceed. She arrived in
—Mrs. D. Park and. inece, Mrs ,Mar- Bloomsburg Saturday and will spend
tin, spent the past week with rela- some time with her auto, Mrs. Hum-
tives in St. Marys .—Mrs. Tufford men "
hasreturned heme after three week's
visit in Paris and Toronto.—Mr. and On Saturday evening last a very large
Mrs. John Gillespie, sr., of White- number a.ssembled at our railway
station, headed by our brass band,
to welcome one of our returned sold-
iers, in the person. of Pte. -Wesley
Moore, but it turned out he was un-
able to get through, and all were
disappointed. However on our Civic
Holiday he came along on the morn-
ing train, when he was not expected,
quietly stealing a march on his
friends. It turned out quite oppor-
-tune, however for being our Civic
Holiday, all the village and country-
side had 'arranged. to take in the an-
nual Sabbath School Picnic at Bell's
grove, a little over a mile west of
our village, so Mr. J. W. Ortwein,
who was one of the leading spirits in
getting up the picnic. and looking af-
ter the arrangements, went over to
the home of Wesley's mother, Mrs.
James H. Mpore, Mr. Moore having
passed away since Wesley enlisted,
and took him to the grove in his
auto,where the picnic was being held,
and the band, getting wise to what
was going on, turned out in full
force to give our loyal soldier a gen-
uine serenade, and after Reeve Petty
called on the large assemblage pres-
ent, he called on High Constable Al-
bert Whitesides, to bring forward,not
a prisoner, but a returned hero sold-
ier, and in a few well chosen words
he expressed the pleasure it afford-
ed him to welcome Wesley Moore
back on furlough from France,where
he had been in the thick of the fight
for nearly two years, of how proud
Hensall felt that he was One of our
• boys who had enlisted in. the W ,
where he was at the time war broke
out, and the honor he had done for
us. He then called on Rev. Mr.
Knight and Rev. Mr. Moore to give
addresses'which they did, emphasiz-
ing the pleasure that all felt on the
occasion to have our returned soldier
at the picnic, and after ably speaking
at some length, and which we have
not the space to report, the band
gave some splendid selections which
were much. enjoyed. It is needless
to say that Wesley much enjoyed the
kindly reception given him, and in a
few words so expreseed himself, be-
ing a man of more action than words
and very modest withal. It will be
interesting to know that Pte. Moore
enlisted at Moose Jaw, Sask., in. the
8th Battalion, on Sept. Mee 1.914, and
went overseas on Feb. 15th, 1915,
and was in France for nearly two
years, and was in the battles of Fee -
tuber% Second. Battle 'of Ypres, Giv-
wily, Sanctuary Wood, and the
SereMes-and it is needless to- say he
has had very many smiting and won-
-derfel experiencee, but like many of
our fine soldiers, he has very little
Reception To Returned Soldiers
church visited their friends here last
week.—Mrs. J. Weitzman of Nia-
gara, Falls, N.Y. who has been visit-
ing a couple of weeks in this vicinity
has returned home.—Mr. and Mrs.
Leslie Johnston, with their little dau-
ghter motored from Wallaceburg and
made a short:visit with Mrs. Johns-
ton of this village the fore part of
last week.—Miss Lizzie Hamilton, of
Ottawa, is a visitor among- her rela-
tives here .—Mrs . (Rev.) R. G. Mc-
Kay of Alvinston, is spending a few
weeks with her parents, Mr. and
M James Scott. Mr. McKay will
con net services in the churrh here
next S abbath . —Rev . R. A. and
Mrs. Cranston with their two child-
ren, spent a few days in the vicinity
renewing old --acquaintances .—Last
Saturday afternoon, the home of Mr.
Will Houghton was the scene of a
happy event, being the marriage of
Mr. Houghton's mother, Mrs. Annie
Leeming Houghton, to Mr. Pyle, of
Parkhill. Rev, R. G. McKay, of
Alvinstone performed the ceremony
in the presence of only the immedi-
ate relatives of the bride. Mr. and
Mrs .PyIe left for their home in Paik-
hill, on Monday and the good wishes
of their many friends accompany
them on their journey threugh life.
—A severe electrical storra accona-
panied by wind and ramn. passed over
this district on the afternoon of
August 1st. Oats were badly flat-
tened and many fields will have to be
cut one way. During the storm light-
ning struck the handsome brick resi-
dence of Mr. 'Tames Scott. The ped-
ament was somewhat shattered and
some minor damage done, but for-
tunately no one was hurt.—Haying
is almost over and the few who were
fortunate enough to get fall wheat
sown, now have it cut. The crop is
reported to be good. — Raspberries
are very plentiful throughout this
district and the berry pickers invar-
iably returning home with well-filled
pails .—The root crop promises to be
an abundant one.
'
Notes.—Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Mc-
Millan of Hullett during the week
were visiting at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. R: B. McLean.
Many friends of Mr. McMillan
be pleased to leave that he is doink
splendidly after hie recent operation.
—Barley cutting ts now the order.of
the day. The crop is an Greenest one.
One of the heaviest hay *rope for
many years is now safely housed.
With the herlei and fall wheat cut
the funnies werhave a few day*'
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isCS.0444:ti • e • er • e> • 0 • 0 • 0 • • se o. as o.eCitse•Oeitte
to say about himself. His mother and
many friends are delighted to have
him here for a few weeks on furlough
before returning to the front and. de-
lighted to see him lohking so well af-
ter nearly three years active service.
Brfeis.—The root, fruit and grain
crops are all looking very promising
in this section and the bean crop that
for a while suffered from so much
rain has,. with the fine warm and
dry weather of the past few weeks,
picked up wonderfully.—Mr. - Owen
Geiger, our enterprising flax king,
has a large force of Indians at work
on the large acreage that he has in
different parts of this section, also in
Blyth, where he has flax interests and
in addition to . the large number of
Indian workers that arrived here a
few days ago from Muncey and other
Indian reserves, he e.xpects as many
inore very shortly so that a large
fore evil b at work pullng flax. —
Rev. Dr. Fletcher of Thames Road,
who is moderator of Carmel Church
Session during the vacancy is expect-
ed -to preach here on Sunday the 12th
and will no doubt have information to
give the congregation regarding the
call lately given to Rev. Mr. McCon-
nel of Toronto.—Mrs. , Alex. Thomp-
son of. Toronto spent this week with
her sister, Mrs. James Spark e and
intends visiting relatives in the
neighbohood of Bayfield and Egmond-
ville.—Mrs. E. R. Verrailyea, of To-
ronto, and Mrs. Vincent Wood and
son of Santa -Barbara, California, are
visiting here at the home of their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Dins-
dale.—Mrs. W. Miller and little
grand -daughter have returned to
Dowaglac, Mich., after an extended
I visit with Mrs. J. Scott, Mrs. Mill -
1 er's sister.—Mrs. George Joynt and
Miss Flossie Foss were in Toronto,
attending the meeting of the Grand.
Lodge of the I.O.O.F. as repre-
sentatives of Capena Lodge of the
Rebekah Order of Oddfeltows.—Mr.
and Mrs. J.D. Dick, of Oakville, and
two sons motored here this week to
spend a few days- with their many
relatives and friends.—Mr. and Mrs.
Meese, of Detroit, spent a week's hol-
idays with Mr. asd Mrs. David Ger-
matte, Mrs. Masse's parents.—Miss
Carrie Macarthur of London, spent a
week's holidays with her uncle and
aunt, Mr. and Mrs. H. Arnold. —
It has been decided at a meeting ot
the Ladies' Patriotic Society to re-
peat the drama "The New Minister"
which took so well me Friday, August
17th in the town hall, and we are sure
;many that were unable to attend
when it was given -here, will be glad.
of this opportunity, while many will
be pleased to hear it again, for some
plays or dramas like "Uncle Tom's
Cabin," never grow old.—Mr. Ken-
neth Pope and Miss Lydia Pope, of
London, visited their mother here,
during the past week.—Mr. W. E.
Tarrott and wife of Brigden, have
been visiting their relatives Mr. and
Mrs. H. M. Love of this vilLage.—,
Miss Flossie Bontbron is spending a
few weeks, in Barrie -with her sister,
Mrs. J. McMartin.—Our villagers
heard this week with very deep re-
T
gret of the death. of Pte. Strang of
near Hensall, who enlisted with the
Mist BaLIAlion and went oveiseas
last summer. We believe Pte.Sizang
lostlis life in one of the recent great
battles and very much sympathY
felt for his bereaved parents, as he
was an exceptionalyi fine young man
of about eighteen years, who bravely
enlisted for his King and COMAE", and
was eager to do so even e,arlier thab
he did, but remained on the fez= to
assist with the work as long as he
could before enlisting.—Miss Mae-
gie Murray, profesional nurse of New
York, and formerly of this village,
spent a day or so last week with Mrs.
Sutherlaind.. Tlie relatives and
friends of Mr, and Mrs. Robert Mae -
Arthur will be pleased to learn that
they have received word from their
son, Sydney, from overesas, who Wag
reported so seriously wounded in ac-
tion that hie life Was despaired of,
that he was now improving front
a very serious operation in the head
from shrapnel and trust that he nell
continue rapidly to ;reprove. — The
Misses Petrie, of Sault Ste. Marie, are
visiting Mrs. R. Morrison and Miss
Morrison of this villages—Our Civic
Holiday on Monday last was well ob-
served, all places of business and
nearly all our villagers as well as the
country side were at the Union pic-
nic held at Bell's grove. The weather
was alt that could be desired and ev-
evryone was in good holiday epirits
aid eveything went merrily as a mar-
riege bell. A ninnber of races and
spOrts filled up the afternoon and
were much enjoyed and' keenly con-
tested, and we regret that we have
not space at our disposal to give the
list of prize winners as it would be
interesting. The proceeds of the
booth for patriotic purpose's 'after -
payment of all expenses amounted to
over $56. The different committees
spared no pains to make the picnic'
the great success it was in every re-
spect.—The Sterling Bitenk are this
week putting in a line up-to-date
bank front in the premises that they
ted
mreenna;efrrowMr. Fgoesed inandrke
puttingthe weitin
and it will make a fine appearance
when completed.—Mr. Wiuiain Doe --
gall left here this week to attend the
Grand Lodge of Oddfellows iitt ses-
sion in Toronto, going as repreeenta-
tive of Henreid. Lodge. --- We are
pleased to see Mr. Robert Paterson,
London Road able to go around
again after a most severe attack of
rheumatism.—Mr. Robert Traquair
was visited. by an auto load of his
relatives from Ailsa Craig on Sunday
afternoon last. We are pleased to
report that Mr. Traquair is now im-
provig nicely, although somewhat
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recent examinations, everyone writ-
thofhLondonorsonTRanedv.a
who is teaching from home, had
form-
erly of Hessall, were in the vilhtge
this • week renewing acquaintances
and their friends were pleased to
meet them again. They, 'motored
here.
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