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NEW ADYER OEMENTS
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Ready --Stewart Broe.-3 '
Pekes Down—Greig Clothing Co.
15 Days—F. S., SaVatge-1
Benefit Show—Princlesa-1 -
Useful Gifts—W. G, Willis -4
Tom Marks Coming -5
McKillop Council -5
Tamworths for Sa1e4
Suggestions—J. Ma4tavish-8
Stationery—Thompsen's-8
Mystery Seria1—Strand-8
Cost of Living—Spr v t and Sproat -8
For Salo J. It. Sct4 8
Accounts Ready--Spnoat and Sproat.8
Ivan xpiagitur
Seaforth, Friday, rieir. 7,th, 1917.
SOUTH litqRON
THE DOMINION', waEctiONs
Mr. Thomas McMi an, the Liberal
Candidate for South -Heron. will ad-
dress the electors al the following
1 ,
places:
SEAFORTH-eD cember 7th
„
Sir Allan Ayleswortb, and others will
, give addrre*ies.
natETERt—Monday, Dec. 10th
G. ,S. Gibbons of L ,ndon will speak
at tilts m eting. -
et
HENSAI,L—Dec iniber lith
M. G. Cameron rif Gad rich will also
give an a44r ss.
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Each of the abovj neetings will
commence at eight oklek.
Mr. 'Werner or his e resentative is
respectfully invited tj ttend.
A special invitatioe s extended to
the ladies to be prese :
GOD SAVE T KING
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THE WAR srlip
On the Cambria fridiin
ten. Byng has had tek
Menduous fighting toi'l'hold the great
gains made by his tisisops and the
tanks last week. In 'net the danger
of a German success'.6 not yet over,
but the fighting of thattitish against,
very superior forces his been such as
the Germans ebave ne te4 had to coa-
tend wi'th. Now rein isr ements both
of men.and material wee on. hand, an.d
it is confidently believ N that the Ger-
man move to retake ii„their positions
has been met and ii'edeated. That
Byng's advance was a iremendous vic-
tory is shown by the sper-hurnan ef-
fdrts ef the enemy to etake the pos-
idons ‘.ehich to them '1;ie absolutely
t
necessary. Their offeetsive was start-
ed on Friday morning defter e gas;at,L
tack of unprecedente. everity. The
Germans firmly' believid- ei that the gas
had opened the way eent their men
over the top in closel formatien, in
wave after‘waye. The British, how-
ever, were very much t alive and raet
the; advance with sur,..4i a withering
fire from artillery, triknine gun and
rifle, that the Germane!' imply melted
away, and although %othing. human
could stand before siia ramp of lead,
men were sent to fill i he gaps, until
the field became a sh mbles and the
enemy had to desist e r a time. A,
seeomi attempt was neide within two
day, but met with tit i better result.
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;he steting- t at rievar be-
ha- f here been so ,,;leat a slaugh-
ter. te ie tree that ,!Ot some point
nemy eueeeeded gni driving the
Britiee, back, but the' llri turn- were
immediately driven eel by counter-
' lneiation compell-
,e the Ir ti to callret halt on Mon-
tia'Y • not inore than ieeeyards had been
czained by them at any Voint and that
fer at only- one. The I ghting, how-
ever, /F. not yet over, ,iis the Germans
are said to be gatheree, new batta- 4
lions for a third arid ideal smashing
blow. Live- are ef ne object to the
German: higher cement nd , it is their
ioet position:5 ehey went but if the
British could hold theee ibefore, while
greatly outnumbered, leave that they
• are in receipt' of arnoge reinforce-
ments (..f men and gun% there is very
little prospect of a Getman success.
On the Italian frodt the Allied
chances of stopping tile Austro -Ger-
man invasion are impAing every day
and there is now practie lly no chance
ii
*that Venice will fail irt
s the enemy's
hands, although the city lad previous-
ly been stripped_ of itta 'principal art
treasures as a measuret cif precaution.
At other points on thidifi.ont the Ital-
ins have effeetually cheekedthe ene-
my rush, although the* are 'evidences.
that the Germans, anctiltiletriiins are
, gathering togethee hug) forces of men
and guns behind thein .i.nes for an-
other etedge hammer Mw. The Ital-
ians are now, however etrongly rein-
forced by the Allies, andnn much bet-
ter shape every way tee withstand the
assault. The collossat;-loeses sustain-
ed by the Germans ci the western
front will make the 'idrawing of
her troops, or a portio*'o them, frons
the Italian front an hitt rative ne-
cessity and the Austriate without the
German stiffening are- nlo match for
the Italians. t !
President Wilson, - ot 1 the United
,
States, in an address Ve !Congress on
Tuesday, gave a definite !statement to
-the world, of Araerica':17 ar aims and
of the basis upon whi '' ipeace would
be considered by the f e ublie, and
urgeStates and _Austria- r nay. It is
Iatioof a
urged a- immediate la « n
state of war betwe 1 he United
expected that the Sen.* will pass the
resolution declaring vetie on 'Friday
without any opposition. Nearly a mil-
lion Austrians in the .ttnited States
will be effected. by a 44eiiaration of
war. .
_England fuaisheil‘ het' a-
, ,
i
TION
in the west
o some tre-
gainat Germany in ),Lfricti, this week,
and by its successful conclusion Ger-
many Iles lost herliet 601011Y• —
Of the Russian situtien very little
is alitkarati'VelY known and that little
gives mo encouragement to the Allies
or their cause on the Eaptern front.
It is stated that the eidstifig Govern-
ment which is pro-Geemapentirely,
is conducting active negotiations with
the enemy for peace ternis and that
armistices at several points have al-
ready been slimed.
VICTORY LOAN $400,000,000
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H011. Thomas White. Minister of Fi-
nnce, in a statement issued Saturday
night thanking the Canadian people
for their splendid efforts in connection
with the Victory Loan, makes the pre-
diction that, With all returns in, the
subscribers will aggregate $400a
000,000 and the number of subscribe
ers willnumber approximately 500,-
000. •
Sir Thornas says: "The overwhelming success of the Victory Loan. is a
great national triumph for the Cana-
dian people. While it will be a week
or more before final returns come to
hand, we should not be surpris!ed if
the aggregaW of cash subcriptions
would amount to $350,0 go,o09, or
more, from four hundred and fifty to
even five hundred thousand subserib-.
ers. The result_can only be regarded
as- a stupenduous achiedement for
Canadian patriotism and for the high
efficiency ana zealous enthusiasm of
the Victory Loan committees and
workers throughout the Dominimt
which Called it into play in this great,
and vitally importarit national under-
taking. I do not think that any of us
adequately realize the magnitude of
the result which has been accom-
plished. Before the war the largest
loan ever issued by the Doininion of
Canada in London, the great money
market of the world, WI as six million
pounds, or thirty enillin dollars I re-
call that in 1911, when a Dominion
guaranteed issue of seven million
pounds Or thirty-five million dollars,
was offered in London, soniething
like a temporary panic was caused i
Governmental securities. Yet, now we
have Canada itself, which was a bor-
rowing country before the war, sib -
scribing ten times the amount of that
loan out of accumulated savings. .
this Victory Loan Canada has cer-
tainly 'gone over the top.' Having:
regard to population and the number
of our subscribers, it would appear
that. this loan has been the most
popular and successful launched by
any of he since the outbreak
of the am with the possible excep-
tion of he second American Liberty
loan. Oh the average, one in every
three or, fOur families throughout
Canada have subscriberd for Victory
Loan bonds.
HURON NOTES.
—Mr. Forest -Carter, of Auburn,
had the merertune to ditch his thresh-
ing engin last week, the accident re-
sulting front the breaking of • the
steering chain.
. —A party of wounded and invalided
soldiers have arrived in Canada this
week. Five Hjuron .county boys are
in the party asj follows: E. Clark, G.
Crochfield, C. . , Mew, F. B. Riley,
Goderich; R. C. Bentley, Blyth; S:
R. Smart, Seal rth..
—Jamesi Gar, iner, of Kirkton, nes'
received afficia word that his son,
Private Edwarc Gardiner, *ho enlist-
ed in Winnipqg had been killed in
action. This is their secorid son, Pte.
Earl Gardiner having been killed in
action a few onths ago. a
—The pupil of School Section No.
4, Morris, tau ht by Miss I. McNabb,
contributed th splendid sum of $17.50
for the relief of Belgian children, the.
same being p id over to W. II. Kerr,
of the Brusse s Post, to be forwarded
to the Gener. 1 Treasurer of the fund
at Toronto.
Meelinehr, of Auburn,
aci news on Tuesday that
—Mrs. Jo
received the
his son, Pte. Wesley McClinchy, was
pissing and was supposed to have
beenkilled in France. Pte. me-
Clinchy enli ted in the 161st Battalion
and was ta ten in the first, draft to
France last December, and had been
in the tre ches - since that time.
—While a tendingthe Borden 1meet-
ing., in St. Marys on Fricley after-
npon •last, 7everal idsborfie 'farmers
lest-euite side h t jl) t.i at sums of money.
One farmeras lAm..)orted to have lost
one hundred dollars another forty-
five and another fifty_ It is pre-
suined that it was the work of pick-
pockets- -
----The fine alerm was sounded in
Blyth about a quarter to -five on Sun-
day afrneenn of last week, when it
became' known that the --- Commercial
House vas on fire. The fire had, start-
ed in m
the 'baseent and had made
some hiatlway in the wall when notic-
ed. A few buckets of water, soon had
it extinguished .and it was unnecessary
to use the town fire 'system. ,
—A fdrmer resident .of Walton died
in Cass City, Michigan, on November
21st, in the , person of John A., Cas-
ter. He underwent a serious opera-
tion, but wae unable to Tally from it.
Mrs. Castotowas formerly Miss Mar-
garet A. Kirkby, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. George Kirkby, well known resi-
dents of the eighth line of Morris,
township, whosurvives with two sons
and a daughter.
—The annal eetiog of t
emhe Huron
Old Boys' Association, of Toronto, will
be held at the Royal, Cafe, 14 King
street, east, I on Friday evening, .De-
cember iith, at eight 'o'clock, for the
'election of ,Officers and transaction of
general. business. Ladies from Huron
may become- member0 of the Associa-
tion and Will be eligible .for election
to any of ethe offices: Luncheon will
be served 'it eight o'clock.
—Mr. William.Blake, of Goderich,
who ' has been suffering, for some
months with a cancerous -affection of
the right leg, had the limb amputated
knee abov
operation king place in Toronto. Mr.
Blake's m riv friends are very sorry
to learn of his affliction, but trust
that the operation may have the hap-
py result- of his complete restoration
to health. •
—The new addition te the Winghate.
General Hospital is now almost com-
pleted. The hospital board has. gone
to a large expense in proediling ac-
commodation for patients and com-
fortable quarters for nurses in train-
ing. A public reception was held on
Thursday afternoon and evening, Nov-
ember 29th, when the graduation class
was Presented with their diplomas and
medals. V , -
—Miss .IDorothy , Rattenbury, of
Clinton, ' accompanied Mrs. C. C
Rance to, Toronto on Monday, and af-
ter visitingthere for - a short, time
will go on to Petsirliore iiii
mke her ho'010- With her .. .thele Miee.
:•RiitenliarY is the youngest .. ember of
a family whichfor , , • . rs of
a century itas been iden ed *tit
the life Of Clinton and their departare,
from the toWn is a Matter for regtet,'
—A quiet,wedding was Solemnized
at the Methodist parsonage', in Blyth;
on Wednesday evening, November 21,
when Miss Pettit Fawcett, eldest
daughtee of Mrs, Fred Fawcett, was
united in marriage to Mr. John Milton
Lowe, a Prosperous young farmer of
the 9th concession of Grey township.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
R. J. M;Cormink. The young, coil*
will tak up their residence on the
groom's jfartn.
Anniversary• services were held in
Erskine church; Dungannon; on Sab-
bath last. The: morning end evening
services were largely attended and. the
pastor, Rev. M. P. Craig, delivered
two Vet* impressive and forceful so -
mem. The choir • rendered valuable
asaistancd in -songs of praise, helping
to make the services most interesting
and instructive. The offeringe of the
day amounted to $85. On litanday
evening an excellent entertainment
was given in the Agricultural, Hall,. by
Wingham talent
—Another Goderich home is sadden-
ed this week ,bY the news from the:
war front; Mrs. D. Bell, of that toWn,
receiving the sad news that her third
on, Pte. Wilfrid Ben. who Was gass-
ed on the 17th, had died in the hospi-
tal two days later. The young man
was just 2$1 years old. -Ile enlisted
in the 161st Battalion on January 10,
1916, went overseas in October of the
same year, and was taken in. the se-
cond draft to France, being transferr-
ed to the 7th Machine Gun l Section.
He had been nine months at the front.
Pte. Bell Was one of a family, all of
whose men folks are in uniform.::
—After an illness of several Weeks
during which she was ' at Alexandra
Hospital, Goderich, Mrs, R. Radcliffe
Passed away on Monday of last week,
She was born in Fort Erie. Ont., being
the youngest daugther of the late'
Col. John Warren. In 1858 She mar-
ried Mr. Richard Radcliffe, new of
Toronto. She was the grand daugh-
ter of Mr. William Staunton, assist-
ant commissary general of ,Upper
Canada. She came to Goderich , to
reside in 1866 and was therefore one
•of the oldest residents. She leaves,
Miss Curzon, of Goderich township,
besides her husband, a grandd tighter,
and two 'sisters, Mrs. Jones, of To-
ronto, and Mrs. Graham, of Perth.
—A decided gloom was cast over
the village of Wroxeter, on Friday,
when it became known that the su-
preme sacrifice had been *made on
November 6th, by Pte. Colin Mc-
Naughton, of Turnberry township.
He was a general favorite with all,
taking an active part in sports and
church work, having been a mernber
of the Presbyterian church. He spent
a year in the Royal Bank, afterwards
_being transferred to Glencoe where
he enlisted with the 168th Oxford
County Battalion, going overseas a
year ago. A brother, ° Sergt. James
, Meleraughton, has been at thefront
l for two Years-
-The marriage took place at the
hone of the bride's parents,Queen's
Ave., London, on Saturday af, ernoon
last, of Gladys, eldest daughter of Mr.
W. N. Manning, formerly of Clinton,
Lc Captain E. B. Nelles, adjutant of
the 1st Depot Battalion, who was in-
valided home about a year ago. The
bride was charmingly gowned in white
satin draped in tulle; with icing court
train, wore the conventional wedding
Veil and carried a shower bouquet of
white and sweetheart roses. . The
couple were unattended except by the
little twin sisters of the bride, Misses
Elenor and Marion, who were daintly
-arrayed in white and carried Coionial
„bouquets of violets. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. Mr. Peever,
and was witnessed by members of the
two families and a few latimate
friends from London, Toronto,IBuffalo
and Clinton.
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VARNA.
Notes .e --Mrs. Tiirner realized a
'-'kood sale. We understand the family
intend moving to W:allaceburg in the
near future. They will be mucjh miss-
ed by their many friends in this vicin-
itee—The anniversary service S of the
.1Vretheelist church will be held on
Sunda y, December 9th, when -Rev.
Mr.. Agnew, of Clinton, will oceupy
Me pulpit. On Monday evening fol-
lowing, an entertainment will be held
by Rev. Mr. . Knght and Mrs. Knight
of Hensall. A good Lima is expected.—
Quite a number from here attended
the annual fowl sunTyx in Chiselhurst
last Tuesday evening and all report a
good time.—The Patriotic Bazaar held
on November 23; was a grand Success.
The ladies feel amply rewarded for
all their trouble and wish to convey
their thanks to all who. so generously
helped. them. The proceeds arnounted
to nearly -$188, which includes the
proceeds fromthe social on Monday
evening.
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CROM A RTY.
Farm. Sold.—Mr, Alex. Campbell
has dispoted of his farrn• here to Mr.
James How, , a neighbor, for $11,000.
The farm. contains 150 acres, and is
an excellent one, withegond buildings
and fine stenethomse, and Mrd How is
to be 'congratulated on securing such
a fine property at so reasonable a fig-
ure. Possession w1l be given in March
next, when Mr. 'Campbell and family
will move to Seaforth, where he has
purchased a hancleome residence, and
where they will reside in future.
Death of a Pioneer...T.-James Hog-
garth, one of the oldeet, best kiineen
and most highly respected residents
of this section -fared away , at , his
home near here n Monday morning
last, after having' attained the good
age of 85 yeart. Although ;the de-
ceased had a stroke about six years
ago, he enjoyed comparatively good
health until he met with a serious
accident about two months ago, when
he • fell, fracturing his hip, the shock
proving too much for one of his years,
and he gradually sank Huntil the end•
came on Monday. Mr. Heggarth
was born i'n England, 'but came to
Canada, when young, man, coming
direct to Cromarty district, where he
was a 'resident for nearly sixty years,
and until his death, undergoing all the
dangers and privations nf pioneer life,
but with the matchless .courage poss-
essed by. our early. pioneers, he lived
to see the wilderness turned into the
earden of Canada that it is ito-day.
Mrs. Hoggarth predeceased him 16
years, but he is survived by a faxriily
of four sons, William. of Tuckeremith,
James, of Hensall-, Henry, of Hibbert,
DECEMSER Z 017
and Joeph, Safoi?th
to; Woof Mary, and n A
ter, Mita Dither, both
sided with him. The
were heldfrom the ho
and the mains' were
the CroniartY cemete,
ed. to ,tlie eat& by a
Of neighbors and Men`
to pay sliest tribute
deceased. '
wdaugh-
&nigh-
om re-
nd' service
ursday
rest in
einfollow-
tge cencourstt
8.'44to attended'
rettuect to the
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1 BRUCEPIIM
NOte3.4—MiS5 JOSBiel (13.4 11 has
returned from visiting relatives in
Grand Rapids, Michigan. —Th, Red
Cross sent away the following for
November: 157 pairs of socks, 46
trench gaps, 27 suits of pyjamas, 4
pillows, 6 pillow euses .--Ptes. Dun-
can Aikenhead and Jo . McKenzie, of
Stanley, who were, av•undcd1 Wane
time ago , have both ret i ed to the
Itrenches,—Pte. AlChapman,
'brother of Arthur n, of Stan-
ley, who went froth ,A d, has re -
j
cently been injured. C -1 Bur-
ges forieerly of Stanle as o been
wounded and is in a epi .—The
bazaar held in the eh h Thursday
last proved very suec ' s 1, the sum
of ' $80,.. being realized for the funds
of the Kelly circ1e14— i s Rathwell,
of Toronto, was the an st of Mrs.
Rattenbury last weekeeed he anniver-
sary services of the Fresbyterian
church, will be held 4 Su nd4- next.
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Rev. A. Graham, . B. A., of
Chalmers' Church,! London, d a re-
turned chaplain front. France will take
charge of both services. .0n Monday
he will give a lecture on his,exper-
iences M France. The ,Clinton 'Colleg-
iate quartette will sing. Mrs. Madden
will give readings during the evening
and a pleasant time is expec —
. .
Messrs. Taylor, Elcoat and McGregor
left this week with fat icattle r the
Toronto Fat Stock Show.—Re Mr.
Strang, of Saskatchewan, spok n the
Presbyterian church! on ' Sundayeven-
ing on his work as superintendent
of missions in Saskatchewan. 1 He
gave a splendid address and is not a-
fraid to give his opinions On theireat
work in the west.—Master Geo. imp -
son, of Grimsby, is visiting rela0vet
in our village. . .
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WOMEN.
' Notes.—In conneciion.irith 4e ser -
les ofaddresses on "Choosing One's
Life Work," Dr. Moir will speac in
St; -Andrew's church OA Friday evening
ott "Medicine as at .Pr4ession." Alil are
welconie.—Mr. James MeClym n * of
the village his week visited with!his
father, Mr. Thomas McClymo t in
London. All will be Pleased to learn
that Mr. McClymodt, who is nearing,
the four score mark. is still ha e nd
hearty.—Mrs . David Workman, ho
recently isold her farni on the 2nd of
nickersinith, has moved , to her new
home in Heneall. Her many friends
are sorry to lose Mrs. Workman nd
family from these parts, but what .11
be our loss will be HetisalPs gin,
the good people of our sister vill
will find Mrs. .Workman the best 'of
eitizens.—Notivithstanding the very
that he i8 well satisfied with t e re-
turn
unfavorable weather and other diffi-
culties many farmersThad to contend
with in saving their :bean crop, Ir.
Walter Fairbairn, who is anion he
successful fanners ef Stanley, r po ts
good success,' Mr. Fairbairn hid 14
acres of beans, and they average Ian
$100 an acre. Mr. Fairbairn owed
'his beans early and had them ha vest-
ed before the. wetseason came n, so
turn and not finding much faul With
the weather.—The Methodist Sa both
School workers will hold their ihrist-
mas tree entertainment on Th s ay
evening, December 20th. pt. An re s
will hold theirs en Monday ev ni g,
December 24th. Both- Schools ar pat-
ing forth every effort to make these
entertainments a success.—The maiy
friends of Mr. George McKay, If the
village, vifl be plesed to learn t at he
is able to be around again after is 7 -
cent illness.
: seememae.
DUBLIN
Death of Mr. Jolih 1VIurph .---On
Saturday morning ladt, the An el of
Death made a visitation! to our -coin-
nrunity and took frchri:us a well knolivri
and highly esteemed' ef.sielent in the
person of !Mrs. John Murphy. Death
with its silern and immutable d cre s,
severs old !ties and tears assund.r old
friendships, and truly iin this ccse
was therel for his many friends and
relatives a friendsl4.i6 of, rare c arac-
ter, thus !broken. IMi... !Murphi had
'suffered from the infirmities which
usually ac -orripany age, but other se
had enjoy d good he,a.ith Until thL c'
day previous ,to his death. 0 tl at
clay he contracted a cold which ub e-
quently developed intolpneumon a. o
alarming symptonis appeared, ho c-
ever- unti, Friday .iught, wh n . e
1
it
disease rea.ched 'ari 'favorable, crisis,
and on Saturday Tri !riling, aftLr re-
ceiving the consolati:ti of th last
rites of the church, heresigned this
fg leetnand. transitory . life. eceas-
ed was born in the county of Carlow,
Ireland, 72 years ago,, and emi rated
with his Parents'to Canada, in 1847,
settling iri the township of Hibbert.
4-1ere he labored vriti.' his father in
subduing the unbroien ! and solitary
:.
wilderness and extee i nCed the Itrials,
he came to man's estate,, he dete ined
and vieeseltudes of * n6er life. When
to fulfill his own deOn , and iaving
felt the lure of the g td n '.vest,1 sailed
for Calrfornia, in th spring o 1869.
While there he engis , d in lum e:nning
n.d
amining.aatendr,rpeu the i
sed
to aada
four year
on which, is, sons n reside. Three
years ago' he and Mrs Murphy ,re-
tired from farming arid .came to Dub-.
lin to reside. DeceE.ied was man
of great rectitude ofbaracter nd. of
keen and cultivated intieUectual facul-
ties, which :remaind mimpired to
the last. Of a strong! d,forceful per-
sonality, n active 1 d', independent
mind, his was a char which ever
left its impression, b thosewhom
he met. As an Iris, , he eld a
warm ,an abiding- p ce in hisi heart
for his native land;as L beret in poll -
ties he w s proud of i party rind its
achievements. aa a citizen he was
deeply interested in all that ma e for
progre and civilize lien, He i sur-
vived by his widow Snd two sons,
Thomas and John F., his only • augh-
ter, the late Mrs. j. J. Roach hav-
ing prede eased him three yea . The
funeral whiclL was 1 eg ty att nded,
and was representatil. o all, se tions
of the co inanity, tock
da:y to SV. Patrick's Ich place M
, on ubiorn-,
where High Mass was sung b' Rev.
Father Noonan for the repose, of his
,soul, and the impressive liter ey for
the dead recited over is re ((tins.
as
ge
The reputing were then conveyed to
St. Columban cemetery, 4n4 were con-
signed to their last resting place in
the family plet.,
HENSALL •
Wanted to Rent -100 or 150 Wed
of good land with good buildings.ou.
Lor a tem of two or five years. Ad-
dress Box 292, Hensall, Ont.- 2698x3
From France.—The followiag,letter
is from Pte. Arthpir Prker, son of Mr.
Enoch Parker, of near here. There
are three brothers ofithis fs,milyever-
seas. He says d France, Nov. 3rd,
1917. My Dear Sister,—Wei, Muriel
Just a few lines t4 -day, as Ilave just
come out of the hospital aed Iainfeel-
ing fine. I will soon be going back
to tackle Fritz again. 1 I haven't
heard about any of the test of the
boys. I wrote to. Gordon but got no
answer yet. We were in ,big battle
and I must say that, 1 never like to
shoot anybody, but it had to be done.
It may seem cruel„ butlisten'the
Germans put up a, white flag to sur-
render to 'us and when we got near
them, they epened fire on us. Now
you know we are up to their game, so
we just let them have it hot and
heavy, We shot them and bombed
them and I don't know what we didn't
do.. They are treacherous—not like
human .beings at all. I am anxious
tla hear from some of the boys,
wille write more when I get back a-
gate Love to .a11.--eArthur Parker.
The Late Mrs. Mawen.—Relative
to our brief reference in a former is-
sue of the death of one of our pioneer
residents in the person of the Mrs.
John McEwen, the following particu.-
lets will no doubt prove interesting to
the many relatives and friends.) The
deceased had attained the good old age
of 79 years and was a native of Perth-
shire, Scotland, coming to this country
when only ten years of age, with her
late parents, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Mc-
Innis, in the year 1848. On her mar-
riage, she and her husband, Mr. John
McEwen, who still survive s her, took
up their residence on the fine 150 acre
farm, just west of our village, where
she continued to reside until her death
nd is survived altogether with her
husband by two sons, Duncan., Domi-
nion Land Surveyor of Edmonton,
Alta.. and John, on the' homestead
farm; and six -daughters, Miss Chris-
tina, professional nurse, of New York
City. Maty, teacher at Ottawa; Mrs.
Clara Beach, of Regina, Sask., Miss
Nellie and Miss Flora'teachers, at
Vancdever, and Miss Catherine, at
home, while one daughter, Mrs. A. G.
Rose, of Ottawa, predeceased her
some twelve years ago. The deceased
was of a quiet retiring nature, bright
intellect and of a kindly sociable dis-
. position, but who felt a greatplace in
life, wes in the home where she was
truly loved and appreciated. The re-,
mains were interred * the Hensall
Union emnetery, the funeral service
at the home being conducted by, her
pastor -el The Rev. Mr. McConnell, of
Carmel church and the family have ,
the sympathy of the comentmity.
he Unionist Meeting.—The Union-
ist 'meeting held in our town hall 6n
Tuesday evening last to discuss the
issues and questions of the day, Was
largely attended, the hall being well
filled, and most splendid order char-
acterized the meeting, and all the
speakers had a good hearing. The
first to address the Meeting was a
Mrs. Stewart, of Toronto, represent-
ing the Women's Win -the -War Lea-
gue. and she made a special appeal to
the ladies, of whom there was a good
attendance, to Support Union Govern -
meat, as she felt that was most im-
portant for the welfare of the soldiers
and spoke at coneiderable length on
the issues before the voters in quite
an interesting nianner. She was fol-
lowed by Mr. Jonathan J. Merrier,
the Unionist candidate, who gave a
very nice address regarding the issues
before the country and his views con-
nected with the same, and his great
desire to win the war and his strong
faith in Union Government. He had
to speak briefly as he had another
meeting at Brucefield that evening to
attend and imade an appeal to the vot-
ers to support him and the. Union
Government on the 17th of this month.
Mr, J. M. Godfrey and Mr. H.Eilber,
M.P.P., of South Huron, being unable
to' be present, as advertised, their
places were taken by Mr. McArthur,
an. en-Aldermlan of Toronto, and
Lieut. Hischel, of Toronto, a returned
soldier. who both gave able and stir-
ring -addresses on the issues before
the electors and both made verY
strong appeals on behalf Of the Union.
Government, emphasizing- the need of
speedly reinforcements, and that in
their opinion, Conscription was the
best and only method. The meeting
was then closed by a short addrees
from Alexander McKenzie, of
Kippen. who, as an old time Liberal,
made a strong appeal for the support
of the Union Government, as the best,
in his judgment, to meet the present
requirements. Mr. Henry Horton,
president of the Conservative Associ-
ation, occupied the chair, discharging
his duties in a very able manner. bThe
ineetin&: was opened and closed by the
singing of the National Anthem.
Why We Did It.—The following
letter was received from Bomber Fred
Simmons: "Some time ago when our
Brigade was resting the Sergeants
had a dinner. There were visions of
succulent lemon pies, stories of beer,
and sounds of high jollification. And
if the men of stripes could have a din-
ner why not the men of deeds? We
also, lance jack i and simple °soldiers,
have appetites, and occasionally are
we thirsty. Why not buy a barrel
of beer, get Rahjohn and Rollo to do
their darndest, with the aid of Freddie
Clark and others,. invite the general'
and others of our friends? And have
a dinner ourselves? We couldn't see
any reason .against it and so we did
it. On, the evening of September 30,
all was ready. There was a spread fit
to turn. green, with envy every cold -
foot in Canada. The men of deeds
had outdone themselves, with thanks
to Charlie Stanford. There were salads
a yard across and six inches deep,
compounded with Mayonnise Of the
fruits and vegetables of fertile
France. Bread as daintly mit as ever
for Milady's afternoon tea -tablet cof-
fee to melt the heart of an Arabian
chieftain; lemon piesthat we'll nev-
er forget; and beer !from, Old Eng-
land—beer of the kind of which you
can drink a dozen glasses and be a
better soldier after each. A few of
the men of stripes Were invited on
compassionate grounds, but it was. the
evening, of the men of deeds. The
general called in and, told us that a-
mong the Brigades we were "The
Brigade." While the Brigade Major
said he had conie arnong us with a°
;
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ht•istmas
ifs
At all times, but particularly in war limes the utiby of each gift
should be crefully. considered. The trend of the time4 demands care
in the spending of money and the careful selection of gfth. In Making,
your Christmas Selections, don't overlook • the fact tat' there's no-
thing that will make a more useful, more sensible or m re atiairopriate
gift for any iriomber of the family, than a selection from our attra.citive
line of Holliday Foitwer.
A FEW CHRISTMAS SUGGESTIONS
STREET SHOES — DRESS SHOES — COMFORT SHOES
SCHOOL SHOES — HOCKEY SHOES -- MOCCASSINS-
HOUSE SLIPPERS — FELT SLIPPERS — DRESS SLIPPERS
BEDROOM SLIPPERS.— OVERSHOES RUBBERS
OVER-GArrelltS — LEGGINGS — RUBBER BOOTS
This store inay be appropriately termed "The Store With The Stock."
We stand ready to furnish you with the most sensible and rnost
practical ChristhiAs Giftd that you can think of —GOOD FOOTWEAR.
A large and cardfully seleeted stock, prompt service and reasonable
prices, is what you may expect when doing your Christmas shopping
at this store.
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heavy heart feeling we might better
have spent our pennies on trench •
atoves or something more dttrable than
an evening's entertainment, but the
bright. Joyous atmosphere of the oc-
casion had changed his mind. Music
continued until midnight, and was the
Seeond feature of one of the gayest
evenings yet spent by .dre men of the
'9th Canadian Infantry Brigade Sub -
Staff. The following is the bill of
fare at a supper which Bomber Fred
Simerions attended: Supper,,, Held
Somewhere in France, September 30,
1917—Menu—Soup, Cream of tomato;
entree, boiled sugar-cered ham and
cabbage; joint, roast. sirloin of beef;
Russian Salad, mashed potatoes, green
peas; sweets, lemon pie, raspberry
pie:. Savoury cauliflower au gra.ton;
coffee. A concert with the following
programme followed: Overture -L -52n4
Canadian Battalion Band. Drink, Pte.
Miller; violin! solo—Pte. Dawson; se-
lected— Pte.. One "A Broken Doll --
Pte. Price; Selection 52nd Canadian
Battalion Betide "Knock the Hell out
of Kelly," Miller; ThOri—Pte. 'Price;
French Finance -,e -Pte, Orr; violin solo
te. Dawson; Selected, Rabjohn;
—God Save the King.
Briefs.—With the snow fall that
has stopped outside work with the
farmers.. Our grain buyers and pro-
oltic-..znerehants generally find trade
much more brisk and good. prices are
being paid.—Mr. James Hagan has
sold his neat dwelling property a the
west end of our villge, to Mr. Frank
Bean„ who takes possession the end
of the week and Mr. Hagan will invest
in oth'er real estate here. --Mr. and
Mrs. John Pepper and little son, of
Deloraine, Man.. are spending a few
week with Mrs. and. Mrs. Thos.Pepper,
Mr. Pepper's parents, and other rel-
atives in this vicinity.—The Dominion
list of voters for the village -of Hen -
sal. is -eudiv out and shows nearly 2a0
voters out of which numberthere are
,fifty women entitled to the franchise,
'being related. 'to soldiers in serviee
overseas —Mr John' Carol of London,
formerlY of this village, was here this
week .visitng frien,ds.—Wes. Fee was
in London and Torontea the first part
of this week—Mr. Fred Mann, ton-
sorial artist, of the film, of Manns :and
,Farquhar, had the misfortune, While
taimomease
gofoitnhgeidrows:opthtoe stepsininut:esobamesewm:061
to trip on one of the top steps and in
addition to receiving a fall, the hese"'
cellar door fell on his am 'between
the wrist and elbow, inflicting a deep
cut which required seireu.stitches to
close it up. The accident, is 'a very
unfortunate one :to 'Frederairit was his
right hand 'or ann, �iil preveat
him for Some time from -engaging in
his duties—The anpual Christmas en-
tertainment of the . Methodist Sunday
school will be held on Friday evening,
December 21st, and for which a firer
programme is being - prepared.—The
sacrament of the Lord's Supper will
be observed in Carmel church on Sun-
day morning, December 9a at 'Which
service some forty odd new .members
by certificate and profession of faith
'will be received and added to the s4 -
ready larger membership, The prepan-
atory service on 'Wednesday evening
last, -was conductediby Rev. Mr l Mdt-
Leod, recently of Owen Sound; an&
aow the new ntinister or rector of St.
Paul's church. "tenets% avho delierereel
an excellent and 'appropriate diet.
course.—Mis. Agnes Ross has retinue
ed from visiting relatives in Michigaujr
—Mr. and MiS. Lorne McTaggart
Who were here visiting their relatives
returned to the west a day or so ague!
—A public meeting Will be held
town hall on Tuesday evening, Deel
eember llth, to diScuss the electidal
,questions of the day., and will be ad- ;
dressed by Mr. Thomas. McMillan,
the'Reform Candidate for South Bur-
en, Mr. M. G. Cameron, K. C., end
ethers, The meeting will commenae at
eight o'clock and an invitation it ex-
tended., to all and the ladies
in particular.—Miss Flown° Bonthrou
recently visited friends in London,—
With the near approaelt of Christmas
our stores are already beginning to
take on the holiday season appearance
with the good' things Iran Santa
Claus.—Miss Bertha Webb 'has re-
turned from Stiatiuw where she
aptireer,irteagrmetoro report
etwithdatehereefuewribeetr.
ing. that Mr. George ,HOlskirdle, who
recently moved into _oar vilisig.e, is-
very seriously ill, also that Mrs. ,Alex
Ingram of the township of Hay
qP
uite oorly.
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Have You Ordered
Your Suit
If not, this will interest you.
We have one of the finest assortments of Serges,
Tweeds and Fancy Worsteds you could wish to
see—dozens, of patterns in greys, browns and
mixtures, 'also • fine- blues with guaranteed dyes.
You have a choice of a variety of\ materials at
different prices,and you get the same 'attention
and care at any price.
While here, look over our fine new stock of SUM
-
mer Shirts, Sox, Ties, Underwear, etc. We're sure
we can please you.
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The High -Class Tailors, &don't
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the re
are eaer of
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Riley, which
,was.very
vier monthiN
keld this week
adiMisa. Hoirrte
- ileum „after sp
Miss Barr.—
received word
been woimded
of his injuries
eT. Riley. of
itiin Tuesday
funeral.—Miss
spent the pas
ituest of Mrd.
Ethel, returne
Miss L. Youn
Regine, to res
after New
who spent the
Toronto friend
—Mr. Fred JO
'Ulm Loltdot
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thwnshiP ball 4
ber.
Red,Cross
zoeial held. in
Si No. 9, McKi
November 28,
lir. McGee of
Program and h
ougbly enjored
,c eeds of the el
Rensiikable-!
from an Inger
with interest .
Red Cross wee
of the sketch
friend of Mrs
Roxboro:
Since .,the
many antique
Oing to hght
world," and. ma
-.accorded the
tion Itt tbesi
.shared avdth.tJ
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ten sneak-, but
only alwolnan'
tion, have• *Din
understood
If we. here
that a woman
500 pairs of s
diers, we wou
amount of pa
time required
passing though
today.
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plished„but th
-which this has
standing. The
Miss Wide
since the
has knit five
of socks .for
to this isiethe f
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lOat' per bus
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ran, tier ton
Shorid, per t
Flour -per 100,
Butted, per lb.
Eggs. eer do
Hogs, -e'er c
Potatme, per
p
. adieu teil
foreign hand
$7.
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storage 4
laid,- car A
solids -44
fresh Mad
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38 to Sge;
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twins, a lion
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