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APRIL 19, 1918
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SIETY-SECOND TEAR.
WHOLE NUMBER 2628
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Greig Clothing Co'y
"Second to /one"
Waist made
til you have
able display
.st sourees of the feiresnost
ave been drawn on -tier our
nd we know you will ifind it
•just to inspect the many new
ell see here.
er the changes of fashion,
shirtwaiSt stays. It is the
fashion that every woman
the wonderful assortment in
1 fabrics we have enables
d just what you like best.
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Lace and embroidery trim -
beautiful and becoming.
$1.50 to $5.00
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Opular colors and styles,
Y made $2.75 to $7.50
Pepartment
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uid be hard to find.
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leir soft color tones
-htfui choosing, and
emly selection.
in Trimmed Hats,
rrom
visit
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Suit and the Hat
Question
Presses for immediate attention.
Spring -time above all other seasons
creates the desire for new and fresh
apparel. Naturally the t individual
nand reviews the situatidn--"Where
to. get the best service" for Spring
Clothing, etc.; '"Where have1 always
got satisfaction" and "Where shell
expect to find the goods of quality
desireci" In this connection we look
for and get all our former customers
and every day and in addition every
week brings us a substantial rnimberr
. of new customers. The excellence of.
our garments and the very reasonable_
prices are the main factors which go
to increase oumalready large business.
OUR,.
S15, S201 $25
SUITS are the best clothing
vaiue offered, to -day, -
Our 52, 53 and 54 HATS
are very choice.
Boys Suits
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Poys nowadays are most particular about the suit. We
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favor
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Buy an eight -foot step ladder for the
$1.65
price of a six.foot one.
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We have also a few three -burner oil
stoves with oven complete, regular price
$27 sale price
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Positively the last opportunitrto secure
stoves at this price.
The Big Haraware Store
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NURSING SISTER IN ENGLAND.
AND FRANCE.
' Granville Can. Special Hospital,
Buiton, Derby, Feb. 7., 1918
My dear sistem-eYour letter has
been in my pad waiting for some time
to be answered, but really I seem to
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have so little time these past few days.
I have just come off night duty af-
ter six weeks of turning night into
'day, and haie two days leave which I
thought at first I would spend in Car-
diff, Wales, which is just about four
hours' journey from here, but which
afterwards I decided to spend right in.
Buxton'and vicinity e and so save my
money for mv leave the end of this
month. Part of one day 3. spent mot-
oring to "Haddon Hall", which is the
old home of Dorothy Vernon' about
whom, th story was written, if you
remember. It was built in the 12th
or 13th century and has some wonder-
ful tapestries in it, dating back to
that time, Perhaps I had better start
at the beginning. We, four sisters, -
started from bete about 10 aim., in a
nice liraousinefrom the garage, think-
ing when we get oat of town we would
have the top put down and enjoy the
air. but we fo d when welled gone a
little way that it was just warm and
ozy enough With the top up, and as
the whole front and m.ost of both sid%
ere. glass we ould see quite as well
if we had it . all opened up. •We
ld Taddington, which
e
mit through. Tele a. quaint old Eng-
ish village caad only one row of hounes down each
ide of the onla long street, and the
ouses just look d as though they had
ome otit of t an old fashioned •
tory book. .1'; . sure some of them
ere a thousan years old. Then we
me to Taddington Dale'the.most,
,eautiful valley surroundeil by greak
rowning 'hills and stone walls along
l
i
th sides of e perfectly smooth
ad, and along one side of ;the road
n the babbliest gurgliest river, call -
the Wye, while from the .other the
lis rose sheer, rcept in a few places
ere quaint el farm houses, with
t retched roofs nestled at the foot of
t em. From thie dale we ascended to
hk her Iand, but still the *little brook
f ilowed us, eiecasionally sprawling
o t and occupying quite a space.. it
. 71" st be beautiful,when the sun shines
o it. We passed through another lit-
tl village with the most old fash-
io ed well in the village square and
b ide it a, school, with all the funny
lit, le English children, in their queer
cl thes out pla.yi4g. Of course, we
p sed several old, churches that must
h e been built centuries ago, and the
Ves clustering oround. There seems
e millions of these old ,churches in
country. Thi we cone to Bakee
1, passing an '
setlabilldo.ckArni,oust"i:'
days when- ev
gr
to
.th
Id hotel, called the
with' the old time
front, there since
ryone rode instead
oming in auto
°biles. We stopped
f t
In; akewell and asked permission of
.i ,
lhe agent to go th °ough Haddon Hall,
an I explained 14 him that though
we knew the p1aee was closed to the
pub ic, we thbught maybe they would
let us go through; an we were Can-
adi ns ,and did not want to return to
Canada without _ s ing this famous
oldl place. We g t permission. If
yo taffy these En, rlish peope 'up_ a bit
anc tip, them, they will do most any-
thing for you.. We went on to the hall,
nth h was about three miles from
Bakewell, through a beautiful coun-
try ,h great rolling lend, gradually ris-
ingtto hills and woods, in the midst of
whi, h rose the towers of Dorothy Ver-
non. home. Afitem we got into the
groiIds, we crossed a bridge over. the
Wy, and stopped et the lodgekeep-
er's teottage, a very quaint old place,
witle a garden filled with evergreens,
or hex, perhaps for' all I know, trim-
med to reptesent.peacocks, and other
bird s and anierials. The lodgekeeper's
da hter took us use to the hall, open-
ing ihe great iron studded door with a
eon 'emus old key. The stone flags in
fron1 of the doorway and in places a-
cros the court which we entered, were
worn down six or eight inches with
the eonstant tramping erf feet centur-
ies ago. The day was dark, and crows
flew low eyer the battlemented tow -
es, giving the pace an eyre look. On
our night extended little offices or
roonis scarcely largethan cupboards,
and -What they were used for I cannot
imane. At the corner, as we walked
wl
alongi, was a_hege iron gate, which led
do ltwo or three steps to the Chapel,
as oid as old as old; the wood was
weathembeaten Gif weed indoors can be
weatlierbeaten), and gray and, shiny
with the constant rubbing of peoples
passing to and fro. , I could just im-
agine gentlemen. _ hi ruffles, satin
breec es ,and tall silk hats, and wo-
men seith lace mittees, tiny parasols,
and ienum.erable frills on skirt and
bodice, mincing it on their funny old
fashrd shoes to iisten to some
stra e priest or clergyman perched
in hie' pulpit quite ten or twelve feet
above' their heads, in the queerest lit-
tle net, which one reaChed by way of
narrotv vvinding steps, (If he was a
fat priest I feel sorry foe him). There
was a , large wine cup sort of a font,
and a leOge casket in ooe corner where
the vestinents, etc., were kept. , From
the Chanel we crossed the court to the
banqueting hall, which we reached by
ascending two or three long steps
which extend.ed the whole length of the
court, making a sort of' tower and
highest court, -if you know what I
mean. In the banquetting hall, ex-
tendin from the door three quarters
of thelength of the room, was an old
table end numing, cros wise at the fall
end of' the room was another tOble on
a platform, raised about six inches
above the rest of the room. This was
where the lords ate "above the salt."
On one side was a hoge fireplace in
which 'I could stand upright, looking
straiglit up I could see the sky. Just
inside the door, was 4 cuff made of
skin, nailed up on the wall about the
height of my head. , In the olden
times, when a guest refused to drink
as much mine as his host thought he
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RIDAYI APRIL 26, 1918
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1918
A Good Year to Build
BUILDING MATERIAL IS MUCH CHEAPER TO -DAY TO THE
'FOOD PRODUCER THAN ilT WAS IN 1916 ,
NOW IS THE TIME, TO BUILD WITH WOOD; -
We have an intnense stock of Lumer in Hemlock, Spruce,White Pine
and Georgia Pimp.
Material for Hay Racks, Gravel Boxes and Farm Gates.
British Columbia Red Cedar Shingles- XXXXX and XXX
Houseeleaning thrie will reveal the need of Beaver Board and Fibre
Board for renewing old disfigured walls and Partitions.
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ALSO
will cause a great demand for our % inch clear, smooth, RED OAK
FLOORING. A. polished oak floor is the cheapest, and by far the meet
beautiful floor coVering obtainable.
Call and see samples, and let us figure on your requirements.
1N Miff& Sons
LUMBER AND COAL YARDS
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should. his wrist was strapped into
cuff and the wine .poured down his
sleeve! What a steimal, courteous Way
M' treating a genet: On the othen side
March, so I will have some exciting
things to tell •• you, no doubt, in my
next letter. I am geing to Aylesbury
to visit the Siniths from the 20th til
of the doosiwaY wasia great iron bound the 23rd, and III spend the 18th and
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chest where they kept their "corn." I 19th • with little Wherrey in London
thought it was it, strong box for their and Orpington, and incidentally get
nlate or tlieir gold; Running around
two sides of the room was the min-
strels' gallery. We went from the
banquet hell up a flight of stairs to
the :tapestry' r00111, a sort of state
;drawing reom, and on the way up the
steps we Passed a solid wooden gate,
which made us cueious till our guide
told us it was to keep the dogs from
ftora the banquetting ball
vthg mine The tapeetties
erful raId things, in Places
and ragged, hut in colors
k all in this mem
very old. In one .
spinet, and an old
flir. The solid oak
eels 010er quite
'perfect preserve-
' the ballsroonni
which was Ione and -quite narrow,
more like la wide :corridor except that
it had seven bay windows on one side
of it with noats, of arms of the Vernon
and Manners family in stained glees.
In this roir was an old spinet and a
harpsicho d, also a statute of a very
homely severe looking dame, who was
Doxotny's daughter-in-law. The walls
were ipan lled in carved oak, 'with a
peacock the Manner's crest) and a
boar'head (the Vernon crest) hold-
ing a prominent position. Here three
stens lede ld
p 'm a small ante room. frcrm
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whence s ps led to a beautiful o
garden. t Was from the ball room,
through this . ante room and garden
that Dor thy -ran the night she escap-
ed1 with On Manners.
In the nte room wasD'orer-thy's old
cradle, a bed where Queen Elizabeth
slept when She isited Haddon Hall,
and I straightened my hat and tucked
in my hair in a mirror in which Queen
Elizabeth looked in bygone days. 'There
Were may other curiosities, and old
relics but these were the most inter-
esting. !
The grden was beautiful or would
be in sulinmer. It was mostly pine
trees surjrounded by a high stone wall
and step at one side leading up to a
wooden lope, and on the other side
to another garden and lawn, perhaps
it would be called a terrace. 1 pick-
ed some ittle yellow flowers and some
f
snowdro
down w
if I ca
couelei
If I am
summerl when the three terraces and
the wools beyond. will be green and
beautiful with flowers. It is a per-
fect dreem of a place outside, though
of courseJ dark and dismal inside with
very little furniture and stone floors
a the rooms. No one has
re now for many years, of
but the place is very pictures -
standing in any of the rooms,
imagined it peopled with these
getting u
to the dra
were won
moth eate
blended by age .tti ibeautiful tones.
S'ome, m act, I thl
were Flemish; an
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corner was an old.
curiously eareed el
floor made of sqo
a foot square Iv
time. Ne we,
myself some new clothes. Of course,
will wear stritctly uniform which is
cheapest and know when I.bave the
right thing on. Mess dress for state
occasions or for dinner and my silk
service dress for other occasions.
When I was there before they had
lovely things to eat, considering other
people were on rations. They had fowl
and fresh • eggs, vegetables hot -house
grapes and other fruit, all 'from their
own place at Fowey. I'm not strong
on English 'cookery -too much season-
ing and. pie paste too greasy. • Oh,
yes, their butter and lard and pork
also come from their farm. I think
now though that they eannot use ex-
cept se much of what they produce,
and must aell the rest, or the govern-
ment sells it for them -no food boge
in Sngland, if John Bull knows it
I wish I had a mufti hat inenlelf•
have not seen one thing in this coun-
try yet that I etimuld wear. These
English hats are all freaks'.
The fudge was so good that several,
times the other girls have asked when
I expected another box a that wonder-
ful fudge -with the marshmallows in
between (eh! what!)
It is now ten minutes to seven and
soon my relief will be coming on.
I have a wonderful ward now, with
fifty beds in it, and in each bed a per-
fect cherub of a boy. Most of them
with only one arm or one leg. The
boys with one leg all call one another
"Shorty' or "Peggy" and they have
hopping. races down the centre of. the
ward-peor dear lads. 1. wish you
could walk hi now and see them, chat-
ting together sitting on one another's
beds, playing the victrola and making
raffia baskets. They make eome pret-
ty ones. It has been raining here fior
a week, Sueli weather never saw,
but when the sun does shine, this
country is, beautiful.
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France; February 26, 1918
My Dearest Mother: -Your poor
all -Canadian daughter is in this con-
fusing French town, and such a time
as She is having.
To think that I had only spent one
night mud part of two days at Mansion
s from the foot of the steps House when I was hustled off at a
press them 'enclose a . a good time, wild was looking forward
few hours' notice. I was having such
mh Dorothy Vernon ran, and I
to having ia better one when a wire
here I am ..g.oing back in the reached me, telling me one,
report that
night (Sunday) at the Thaekery Hotel
where Sister Hey wouln. meet nee witli
my luggage' and the two of us were
to proceed to France 1st 7.35 the fole-
lowing morning. Poor Sister' -Hay
missed her train, had to travel all
in man,
lived t
course.
que, an
one can
interestng characters from old books
one reans.
I else want tei visit Chatsworth,
which ie the beautiful home of the
Duke of Devonshire, and is not far a-
way. /t is mudh more modern and is,
I belieee, used for a hospital or con-
valesce t home met now.
I go one of those wet blanket let-
ters f om. Canada to -day. It is one
long :much about poverty from be-
ginnin. to end. It says something
about 'Don't you notice the difference
in tabl manners between refined Eng- i
lish slople and Canadians?" I sup- k
pose i means to i er that I m.ust
ri
have und it hard to conduct myself
prope ly at table, which I didn't at
all, fo .when all is said and done, we
never ate with our knives at home.
or 'no sily' ate our soup, or grabbed
off e: (It other's plates, and when. the
essent als are all ground into one, the
other ttle things are easily picked up.
I saw the Lord Mayor. again ,in the
movie the other day, going to some
state affair, but I don't suppose that
pietur went to Canada. You will al-
ways ow him because on. such oc-
casion he wears that funny plumed
ht and 'cow -chain" around his neck.
You know I gni going to London
again, a week from to -morrow, Feb-
ruary 18th, to stay till -the 3rd of
night and arrived at the hotel in Lon-
-don with a very dilapidated cab, load-
ed with my luggage or part of it. She
left fully one quarter .of my things
at Buxton, as wel as her own at 4.30
a.m., played out, and I had then to get
up and go with her to the station, and
see abbut getting our stuff labeled and
put on the train. We breakfasted
in the station, got a very nice com-
partment, and proceeded to Folke-
stone. You see the reason we had to
go directly to the train with the lug-
gage was because we had a convey-
ance, and itwe let it out of our sight
we would never get another one, as no
taxis or cabs -ate to he found generally
before eight in the morning. The
Englishman: surely does not believe
in early rising. If you would believe
it, at seyien o'clock in London, one
rarely meets soul on the streets
God forbid' that I should have to
cross that Wretched English Channel
until the impressions made on this
teie have been entirely wiped from
my memory. I wasn't sick, I mean
not to the extent of feeding the fishes,
but wretched vely meagerly express-
es the feelings that possessed me, es-
pecially in the region of my stomach
-awful. Colonels, majors, privates
and a scattering. of civilians were all
horribly ill. I set for what seemed
helms without moving a muscle of inY
body, except to those up and down
with the heaving of the boat. The
wind was high and whistled- and roar-
ed around the funnels of the boat. I
. IIMINIMPagiaNIIMMNINIINENOM
GRAND BENEFIT
DANCE
CARDNOS OPERA HALL •
THURSDAY EVE'G, MAY 2nd, 1918
in- aid of
THE CITIZENS BAND
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Music by
-THE LONDON HARPERS -
(Four pieces) -
Dancing commences at half -past eight
During intermission -Vocal and
Instrumental Music -Scotch and
Irish Dancing
Put your name on your luneh box.
Gentlemen $1.50 -Gallery & Stage 25e
Tickets may be had from any of
the Band boys or the Secretary
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1 Everybody Welcome
MeLBAil 111101‘ Pablisimil
$1.50 a Year ix Advaila*
the sitting room the walls are all
pannelled in exquisite walnut (looks
like Circassian). We enter the house
through a large iron der or gate, lead-
ing into a paved court. yard. It was
dark when got that far, So will
have to g� down stairs before I can
tell you More.
HURON COUNTY RED CROSS
The following7tRhge.Treasurer's Re-
port of the Huron Red Cross and
Worrien's County Association for the
months' of Deeember, January and
February:
Seaforth Red Cross, $4031,38; W
ton Red Cross Union, $1173.12; God-
ericb Red Cross, $1158.77; Seaford'
War Auxiliary, $1042.18; Ashfield
Soldiers' Aid, $705.13; Clinton Wem-
en's Patriotic Society, $651.63; Clinton
Girls' Auxiliary, $621.71; Soldiers'
Aid, Exeter, $579.29; Viringliain Red
Cross $550.80; Hensel' Red Cross,
e505.87; Blyth Red Cross Circle,
$409.41; Crediton Red Cross, $390.40;
Varna Patriotic Society $375.76; Cen-
tralia Patriotic League, $366.40; Col-
borne Red Cross, $354.71; Goderich
Township Patriotic Society, *346.11;
Y. L. of S. E. of G. T. $326.06;
Benmiller Red,Cross, $308,869; Holmes-
ville Society, $283.14; Bayfield Red
Cross, 068.76; Leyburn Red. Cross,
$232n0; 'Brussels Red. Cross $217A0;
.S. E. No, 10, Wawanosh: e207.25;
Stanley Male Leaf, $192A0; Summer -
didn't feel like the "lucky one" for thill ty,Soeli;t0y.6,-1;$1.8D2tinOg0;annWoenstbvtreld. LSo-
awhile, I =can tell you.
I wish I could fell von all the 1 $172.50; Turners Church, $168.50;
strange things I have seen in this
place -strange little Frenchchildren
with flopping shoes, no tops at all;
sailers with the prettiest blue tams
with -scarlet tassels'and, a white band
of braid over the top and the name,
of their boat on the hand in gold let-
ters, blue sailor suite with pale blue
large collars, and white braid on At,
generally three rows.. They are so
picturesque:,
This afternoon i,went all by myself
shopping and such a time as I had.
To -morrow morning I go to my hose
pital-No. 7 Canadian Stationary -Hos-
pital will be my. addresevand of course
B .E . F., France I cannot tell you
where it is and if I did you would not
know. Anyway we are not allowed
to tell. • Mrs., Hay is going to a differ-
ent piece'se at last we are 'parted.
She left to -day but I am not to leitve
till to -morrow. This hotel is inSt
horribly dirty, but they say that is
quite to be expected in France, so we
must put up with. it The French
soldier's uniform is bea,uniful and. the
effieers are quite the fineit appearing
lot of men I have ever seen. Tie -day
1 sawa number of German prisoners
Parching past. There was a dog howl-
ing iet the next room and now I hear
a eift meowing. It must be a men-
agerie. There 'goes' the dog again.
I'm in the "lounge" though I should
neseribe it as a restaurant kited of a
place, with dozens of small tables and
a small -red-hot stove in the centre. I
have been rather cold- all day, but I
am gettinen warmer now: Every one
here is haying tea and I'M thirsty,
so I think I'll have wine. There is
the •mest wonderful looking man sit-
ting in the hall, handsome, big, with
wonderful (lark eyes (French; I sup-
pose), and a long cloak on. with. a
smaller one on top. I wonder if he is
an ordinary soldier. He 'i sitting hi
the centre of the hall like a king, tak-
ing up a great deal more room than
he is entitled to, Pm sure. A little
French girl is sellingpapers around
the room and all the officers are jolly-
ing her. Here's my tea -goodness it
has been cooked, 1 can tell by: the
taste. French coffee is worse. I wish
I could tell you what it costs us here
for meals. Our breakfast was $1.10,
for two fried eggs, a cup of coffee
and a little brown bread; and our din-
ner $1.60 for fish,' potatoes (about
one teaspoonful) broad and tea. Isn't
that terrible. Of course, we have to
pay for them as we have to have
something to eat. Four of us are
paying five dollars for one room to-
geth_e_r, th no heat and very little
light and plenty of dirt. Dirt, by the
way, seems to he the only cheap or
pentiful thing in Framen. This ter-
rible cup of tea, will probably cost mo
twenty cents. Nevertheless I =Taira-
inn- experience every day and would
not be missing this for o. farm. I
cannot see though, how the boys with-
out money saved up or some private
means can afford to take a holiday.
In comes a nice American officer, es-
corted by a fine looking FrencInnan.
The Americans surely do look nifty.
I almost want to go up and speak to
them, but dare not, especially in this
place.
The man I admired itt the hall a few
minutes ago is a Portuguese officer.
I knew he was something strange and
wonderful.
ni A. D. Sutherland, Secy.
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Now the maid is bringing in blank-
ets, pillows and stretchers, so evident-
ly some one is going to sleep here to-
night. This hotel must be overcrowd-
ed. The other girls have come in so
I guess I had better get ready to go
upstairs. We went to get to bed early
as we- are verneeweary and the ()thee
girls have to betiap at six o'clock. We
do, not have to leave till the middle -of
the Morning. Miss Houston and I are
going together. Goodbye.
Goderich Itebekahs LO.O.F., $154.54;
Alluneek Chapter, 1.0 .D .E, Godes
ieh, $1.43.50;• D.A.M.I.D,K Club,
$136.85; Elnisville Sunshine Circle,
028.16; Unity CIO, $121.34; Farqu-
har Red Cross, $112.60; Bethany Sm.
dety,, $111.34; Saltford Red Cross,
$101.86; Londeshoto Red Cross. $100:
Thanies Road lied Cross, $93.15;
Burns' Chtutch Ladies' Aid, $91.25;
Dashwood Red Cross, $83.40; Mon-
crieff Red Cross, $79.16; W. 1., Exe-
ter, *52.50; Taylor's Corner Patriotic
Society, $44.75; General Brough
Chapter D. E. -Goderiehi $38; 13lyth
Girls War AuXiliary, $28445;•Rietai1
W. I., $7.31; Maple Leief Chapter,
I.O.D. E., Goderieh, $7.00e Total
$17,637.31. -Guerra E. Brown, Treas.
HURON NOTES.
-Pte. Frank Westlake, the yeUngn
--1st, Of the five Wentlialte boys, of
Wroxeter, who went ;overseas with. the
161st Battaineet, has been wounded in
the thigh.
-Capt. Rev. Thurlow Fraser, D.D.,
Owms. Sound, will conduct anniversary
services m Melville church on June
16th, and 17th. Ile Will speak on
MondaY eereninin on...tWith the Calmat.
tans at the &mem." Be wee a chap-
lain for over a year and a half.
-The Clinton News -Record a last
-week says: "Five farm traetais
-which arrived Monday were brought
up town under their own steam in the
evening, making quite ,a Showing..
These machines proved 'quite an at-
traction to the farmers on. Horse Show
Day, Miessrs. Murphy 'end Bowles
demonstrating.. their workings to all
iswho•were interested,
-At Melville manse, Brussels on
Wednesday of last week, Rev. -
Mann'spoke the magic words that
madeThomas Kirconnell, 16th conceii-
shin and Miss Bertha Blair, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. RobertBlasr, of Dins-
more, Sask., husband and 'wife. The
young couple will leave for this west
this week, visiting in Toronto, Win-
nipeg, Regina and Moose Jaw and will
take up housekeeping in Lethbridge
where Mr. Kirkconnell has a position
of locomotive engineer with the C.P.
R. The groom is a son of XolmKirk-
connell, 16th concession of Grey.
-A Much esteemed resident of Ash-
field departed this life on Saturday
last, when Mr. William 3. KilIough,
of the 4thi concession, passed away
in his 72nd year. The.decesaed was
a native of Adolphustown; Oat!, and
spent most -of his early years m the
neighborhood of Holland Larding,
York County. Coming to Heir=
County nearly forty years ago, be
farmed for twenty years near Brus-
sels, then for four years at Westfield,
coming to Ashfield fourteen year ago.
He leaves a widow and two sons: Jos-
eph, on the hbinestea.cl, and William
A,, in the West,
-It is astonishing what thrift and
good management can accomplish, M.
Alex. Ross, of lot 30, concession
Melnillop, is well known in this com-
munity and furnishes an example of
-what we eay. Last year he had 24
loads of grain from twevle /acres of
crop, giying him ten hours -threshhw
and on'six, acres of hey cut about Idh
tons per acre, the balance of farm Is Jr
grass. He has -fed 21 head of cattle,
10 sheep and 2 horses and. wUl have
plenty to see them to the great with'
several hundred bushels of grain tO
the good. It is not. -always acreage
that counts as much as good seed arel
tillage.
-The old honer shop near the town
standpipe in Goderieh, was burned to
the ground early • on Monday after-
noon of last week. The fire was the
resrilt of an unfortunate mishap. It
appears that Councillor C. M.
Bobert-
son. was planning to cultivate the va-
cant lot adjoining the shop and as a
preliminary set fire to the grass. The
blaze got beyond his control ma
caught on the old frame building
which made excellent material for a
lively- conflagation. The alarm. was
sent in, but it was some little tune
before horses could be secured for the
fire -wagon, and before the water was
turned on the building was doomed.,
Met P.. J. MaeEwen, who had the place
rented, lost a wood splitting machine
, -
a hay -press, a pair of bobsleighs mid
other articles; a nwiiber of other
things wbich had been stored in the
bending were taken out in time. Mr..
A. S. °Chrystal owned the building,
and had $450 inswance. Mr. Mac.
Ewen had no insurance.
Thursday, Feb. 27
Bon jour Mad.4m, ou fist Nati ehaud
pear laverce matin? I mean this to
be "where is the hot water for bath-
ing this morning," and she seems to
comprehend be. My landladir must be
very bright. I am noweat my hospi-
tal, but being a little short of room
Miss Houston and I, are billeted out
with a French -woman, who has a they
shop near the hospital. We are in a
nice sized roons, witle a fire place, in
which is the tiniest of stoves a man-
tle with a dock and several large, or
nate vases, and the most beautiful old
walnut bed and bedside table, also a
centre table and dresser, Down -stairs