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A man who' owned several
'hundred horses that ranged there had
justdied .° 'His horses were sold by
Ins administrator. As ,their range
Was around ue we bought' some of
the mares, They were not Bo Well
bred as we wished, but we had to
make our dollars count Previous
to that time WE. had no idea how
much all rounceticeasednese _ could,
be found in a horse. ICicking, strik-
ing and hiting, seemed asraueli a
part of their nature as eating grass..
For a few yearei we used grade stal-
Bonet with .a predominance , of Shire
or Clyde blood in them enixed with
Morgan or Henry blood. -
Their offspring, °although improv-
ed in conformation and size, had just
the swim ,dispesitioxi as the danis.
Braes got very low and we quit
breeding fer two years or so, letting
the mares run. the range without any
'attention whatever. When horses
began to pick up again a neighbor
named' Wallace remarked, "Seems to
me it would pay you to raise some
more colts from those mares." We
said We ,were thinking so ourselves,
if we could get a good horse at a
right price. He said he knew_ where
he believed we could buy one of the
best horses in the country, "but he is
a Percheron.." The man , who had
him was getting the use of him just'
for keeping him, the (timer, Phil' Cox
living about 50 miles front there' and
having the sire and. brothers ofthis
horse unsaleable on his hands. Some
time before this we cametpretty near
buying a registered Clyde for ;500
but the horse *died just before we
had the purchase conisummated. We
bought this seven-year-old Percher -
�a stallion for $200 cash. As we
were both English we'hitd never had
anything- to do with a Pereheron be -
Yore, we would have preferred this
horse to have been either a registered
Clyde or Shire. The sire and dam
of this horse..cost Cox $3,000 and
freight from Kansas. We kept this
horse ten years and at 17 years old
sold him to M. Gaffney, who owned
sine of the best grade -Shires in the
country, and for more money than.
we: paid for that ---,horse 10 years be-
fore ,
The Colts; sired from this horse
from those wild mares , showed a
tractability,' intelligence, docility and
broke in se easily compared with our
previous experienee, that we were
simprised at the contrast' It had
been the rule fcsr the eoltP to squeal,
when: we branded them. There
was only one colt, to the beet -of my
recollection, of the first crop of colts.
from that horse that squealed. Our
band of horses had the reputation 'of
being the meanest in the country and
we had a ; hard „time selIing , surelus
stock-. Thiel.horse was the -means'
of giving our band the name of hav-
ing sonie of the best handling, tinting
stock in the country.
sWith the 'exception of the imported
Germaincoech 'stallion, we have used
nothing but registered Percheron
stallions since. We found that the
prominent characteristics in that
horse, that we had never known of
before, were natural to Mhe breed.
We used to "break" the colts and it
sure was a long and exciting time.
Now: we ga out and "hitch up" the
colts. . -We were quite willing to
forego the circus with all its thrills
:and excitement. We hive seen the
evolution of what our neighbors say
is one of the beet bunches of .horses
in Alberta, from one of the meanest
bands of bronchoe incident to the
west thirty year ago. The Percheron
did the job.
If we compam the United States
and Canada as to the preference
given to the different breeds of cat-
tle, sheep and hogs numerically, we
will find the ration to be almost ex-
actly the same in both countries. But
when we come to the draft horses
of the two countries it is eery dif-
fetent. That the Clyde is numeri-
cally far above the Percheron in
Canada We believe all , will concede;
while in the United States the Pexe
cheron has such predominance, thah
if you eliminate the Belgian, which
stands a very poor second in muribers
but is much more akin to the Per-
cheron in build and tempeeement
than to either of the „British breeds.
we may say • that all the other_
breeds combieed "hardly have a' look
And we never heard there. Was.
any climatic or other reason, given
Why this should be so.' What is the
reason? I would answer by asking.
what would become of the „Clyde if
all Scotch_man were to leave North
America. Now, in taking up this
question of the predominant breeds
in the two countries, and endeavoring
to explain some things I am afraid
I may "get in bad" with the Scotch.
(MR mail asitor
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SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, May 10, 1918
Tag WAR SITUATION
The resumption of the German of-
fensive on the western front is *till
held -up. The failure of the previous
four desperate attempts to reaeh the
sea or Pais ha-ve apparently lett the
enemy fares in a very disorganized
. condition, ivhich will take considerable
,
time to. untangle and straighten, out.
We am be 'assured,- however, thet pre-
phrations for the next German attack
have been going ahead e eadily during
the present lulh and at mune points
may even be complete. Although the
next phase:in their desperate gamble
is overeluedtwhen the storm breaks a-
gain it may possibly affect the greater
part of the Western front During
the haterval the Allies- have not been
idle by ad, means._ They have been
steadily incireasing the diffi,culties of
the enemy's advance on the Somme,
white the continued wet weather in
• Flanders which has prevailed for some
into bog
:turned the wet, marshy land
, .;
4 a bog E!pd. has most seriously af-
fected the (lemma operations, as it is
impossible to move their heavy artil-
lery hi many placee. These are only
delays howerer, beceuse, the resump-
tion (I« the 4errnan drive is an assur-
.
ance. Having gone so far she cannot
stop, not:onlY because of the perilous
Position her hrinies would be in if she
did try to returrie her trench warfare
on the present ground„ but} because
• now is the pnly time he will ever
• haveter meeting the Allies on an equal
, footing of Wen and material. Even
now her charices of breaking through
are not very bright. In every .on of
' the four attempts', she has made to
separate the 'French and British, she
has failed, and in every attempt -her
losses have. been colossal although
she has not yet reached her limit In
her new offensive about to begiti she
can have no more power behind her
blows than was there on March 215t.
Having failed at the top of her
strength, it is quite reasonable to be
live her fifth attempt will also be a
failure, providing of course the Brit-
ish and French remain as strong num-
erically as they ,have been This last
point is a question. that has been cas-
ing a great deal of disoussion of lath
It is well known, however, that the
Allies have held up fear previous Gere
Plan attempts, with relatively few men
and the amploymeet of few reserves.
What has become of the Allied re-
serve ar what disposition. will be made
of them, wa, .in the outer circle, will
have toideave for time to reveal. We
know that the Allies have won so far
against tremendous odds and we trust
that in the coming offensive her armies
will give an. equally good account of I
themselves . It is now or never with I
Germany. Every day counts. If she
cannot break through now, she nevet1
will, because every day American help
is coining nearer.
It is a trying time, nevertheless, and
the casualty lists show only too plain-
ly tile price the Allies have had to pay.
British casualties reported clueing the
' week ending Tuesday reports a total
of 38.691. Of this number 6,555 offi-
cers- and men were killed or died of
wounds and 32,136 wee wounded•/ or
reported missing. The casualties
were , divided as followis: Killed .pr
died of wounds: Officerit 499e men, 6,-
056. Wounded or miseing: 'Officers,
1859; men, 30,277. British casualties
reported during April, starting with
low figures in the first week, began
to mount rapidly thereafter, eo that
the total for the month reached 52,-
475. Figures for casualties reported
for separate weeks have not been
made available with anything like uni-
formly during- the war but ot appears
probable that those reported during
the current week are the heaviest hi
any sitiedm week of the fighting. In
the days of the Somme battle of 1916,
however the losses reported in August
averaged 30,000 per week and an av-
erage of more than 2.5,000 has been
reached ,in eeveral other months.
We have but, Oe consolationfor
these losses and that is that ,those of
Germany, whose man -power, is limit-
ed. have been infinitely greater.
WHEN AND WilY1 CHANGED TO
TRE PERCHERONBREED
(By George F. Sttook.e)
The writer grew to menhood on -a
farm in Env:hind, and was raised to
consider the Shire and Clyde the
=lir draft horses of any merit. My
father had a little white horse that
was the scrub of the farm. The
hired men said he was a French
horse. Settled in Washington some
:i1) years ago when it was considered
a pretty dry country to try and grow
wheat in. With another young
Englishman, took uo homesteads in
what was an open range stock coun-
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horses, then they were geided-ibr a
kind Providenee. : Anytime Iron -
Great Britain kinOWS there is a greet
difference in -the ay horses are
.worked in • Englah 0, Scotland_ a
Canada. 1.Yoe are • `supposed
never trot a draft h rse in Eziglan
i
There itairtrip, Or e is delayed,
des to toter:and'
t is a ion
would not trot his, aria or horse
even -if he did not get home thitil
midnight.' The ho ses are 'Istrgely-
worked- single or tan' -m on the land
and almost entirely hat *ay when
hitched t� wagons or carts',
man usually handles two horses that
way on a. wagon dri or packer. But
if .another horse is -seeded for a
heavy drill, packer r wagon, .a boy
or man is ,put to le d it, and every
additional horse oft n has an addi-
tional boy put to le d it. The writer
figures he has led ho ses hundred& of
Miles when pulling ultivators, hay
rakes, drills, wagon
teamster is supposed
job he dims. I neve
a packer or roller (a
more in England than in North
America), but have seen rocks
placed on . packers for more weight,
and the teamster always walking. He
would not think of riding, andttf he
did the chances are he would lose his
Rob. Naturally, the horses would not
be encouraged to g t around very
fast. Fine greet, bi horses, almost
worshipped by the te 'rasters.
I have been back o England and
spent some months n farms there
three different times since I left and
there is very little ifference in the
way of working hor es since I first
left there. The ho set were sup-
posed to leave the st bles at 7.30 for
the field. At 10.30 hey stopped for
half an hoer to eat bundle of hay.
They unhitched o e and had an
hour in the stable fo dinner: Went
to field and work d til 5 p.m.., put-
oting about 6 ours of actual
work in the field I some parts of
the country the •tea s feed in the
field and after go ng out in the
rimming do not. quit. until. the day's
work is done, which aries from 2.30.
to 3.30 according to t e time they go
out. I am telling this just to show
that the British cleat has been raised
for and -works under conditions that
If followed, out in amnia by any
rnan who is hiring s ueli help to
cultivate his lafid, would, by doing the
same, quickly bankrupt him, even if he
had a good bankroll to start with.
My father Paid good ages, fine shil-
lings per week and b ard, or a-odollar
and a quarter. Late of young men
were working for 84 and 96 cents per
week and beard.
The Alberta grain raiser in no 1
times, pays more than double the
Wages -paid in Engle d, and ifthe is
,a renter. in a well. ie tltd up district
he pays just as high rept as m
England. He has h 1 andfrostto
contend with. does no grow as much
per acre as in Engla d, and sells all
his producte aniseed. h If or less than
the farmer of Great ritain does. If
farmer. is going th make it" farm-
ing in Canada he 'ea not afford to
hire meri to *eh o horses and
they haye., to. get in more than six
and a half hours on the land, and
they have to *travel at -a diffrant
gait to what the her es on the land
in Great Britain gen ally do.
figure to mit: .hor es on the land
in the field, and Mem times nine or
ten on three bottomplows. By so
doing I can pay doub e the, English
wages, and niii7 manual labor costs me
for same amount of bor less than
half of what it would i England. And
the Percheron is a hors that has been
developed to work und r these condi-
tions better, I consider; than any other
breed.
Our worthy preside t of the Unit-
ed Farmers, of Alberta has for hitt
leading motto„ "co -6 eration," and
you 'will find more 'co- peration in a
.Percheron team than 'ri either the
leading. English breed. They have
never been taught m ch ea -opera-
tion. They .are too 'set" in their
ways.
We know there ha been thous-
ands upon thousands a artillery and
transport horses pure sased in the
States by the British overnment for
use in this !terrible ar, and we
believe Canadian horse en have been
kind of sore at the an horities that
they have been rather discriminated
'against in favor of th Americans.
Never heard a good re son, but may-
be we 'did net have t e goods did
not have enough of he Percher=
charaeteristica-in our h rses. FroM
the eulogistic article ppearing in
the various English fa papers, the
Americans seem to ha e filled the'
-bill all right. If I as to write
officers are
Life of Lon-
pers, about
Pehe' heron
I an who was
of the Per -
as bank of
yhow, I can
texts for a
dozen discourses on he different
,merits of the Percheron horse., We
Itnow that the British Horse Pur-
chasing Commission a ter combing
Great Britain for all th,t were suit-
able and could be sp red, turned
their attention to .the m rkets , of the
world and purchased undreds of
thousands from the Stet e. All these
horses from -the differe t countries,
handled' by the British ' ave had to
work, or you may call it compete,
in the most gruelling contest the
world ever saw, and Nvh eh certainly
never wants staged ga 1. The
eederet - Gazette of hi/ago gave
cuttings taken fronv t Country
Life of Londom of pcto tei 13th and
20, sent to . that Engli h paper by
English officers in the held: One
officer writes, "the myst ry- is how,
o many of
tiani
an others,
h ytsviqPutype.
t these lat-
e out of the
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MAY 19; 1918
an getting the Same rePuits. The lege the line to every one they bought on
willbe out of protiortohni for One tiling. this side of the line. I am afraid that
This offiCermeidtes: 441;Y: olititarison would pat my horse loyalty pretty
the. British:le he nondescript outfit' tame , especially when the British
One hultaUdee out ettd4ze9sd In our officers with them hid the war 'zone
own erlierience. tatIet about 1896 ; write in Country Life these words,
When horses ' were drift match Joyerem "The Yank has beaten them all," and
than now, we ',eoldttgt, good Tookitig "the outstanding success of the war."'
I never heard a man. yet say he did
not like, working Percherons, or saw a
man as far as I know of. that ever
.gave up Percherons for either of the
British , breeds. Registered Percher -
one are selling higher in Canada to-
day than any other breed. There are
better Percherons. Wag brought into
Canada all the time-. In the past there
have not been -nearly ,as many -high
class Percherons brought in as Clydes
but the 'Percheron Society and -Canada
should appreciate the improved horses
we are getting each Year., -
The points that I have brought up
are points that the onlooker at the
0 showring may never have put to him,'
Certainly V do not want to say that
the points passed upon in the show
ring are immaterial. They have
been the mainstay of keeping all the
breeds ;up to and -- improving the
standard. But after all it le, the
performance out of the ring that
has placed the Percheron where he
is, numbers all counted in every
country, the most popular draft
horse in the world. I am no expert
on points znyself. I was converted
by one horse from • the faith of my
•fathers, and my experience e and ob-
servation has confirmed me in my
opinion that did well when I
changed. I am raising a few reg-
istered Percherons, but have mine
for sale at present. Have a good
many grades, but as I am increasing
my acreage in grain considerably,
have none for sale this year. I have
seen the evolution. of a model draft
horse from a very low • grade one
in something over 25 years, I feel
we a deht to the Percheron and
take pleasure in recommending. a
breed always 'appreciated more by
acquaintance.
three-year old colt 0 $90.00. • We
had stock seal* Weighed 1294 -
pounds. A few. day; fter his dam;
a broncho that was ever broken,
was in the corral,' and we weighed
her. She weighed Suet around 750
retihtlt, and was 'weft iabout $15.
The colt.was sired by the first Pert
cheron,we ever owned, „tout rich in
the Brilliant blood oth•his' sire's and
proably has been wort millions of
dam's side, a strain ell blood which
dollars, and the cause of the elimina-
tion- of more/ devilment from the
equine race than any Other.
Then this wiiterhgoee on: "The
and 'earth A mystery ds how America came
o walk at every
implement used have so 'Many available. The e
' saw a seat on fourth
hdinyaearyr othf thing wiasr,itikhainterliena can
still simply there, and-- he quality is
what those loral Britis
So I want to say from the bottom of ,putting in the Country
my heart the Scot& are all right, don and other stock p
though I believe they are off on the the American "ligh
draft horse for Canada.
draft"• anyone but a
Now, I have asked what would be- posted on the characte
come of the Clyde if. the Scotchinen cheron would , say it
*ere to leave North America. Can the craziest band. A
ale& ask what would become of the ' take their word and .get
Shire were all the Englishmen to
leave. And` what would 'btcome of
the Percheron if alt the Frenchmen
were to leave North America ? We
believe it would make a treinendous
difference to the Clyde and Shire but
all the Frenchmen could leave and
it would make no difference whatever.
The breeds of cattle, sheep .anill hogs
that have been brought from Great
Britain do riot need the backing of an
Eng-lishrnan or Scotchman to maintain
their supremacy in any eountry. The
Percheron with them have an inherent
value that _will maintain its standing
wherever they are thoroughly tested
out. .
A breeder of Clydesdales wile lived
near Calgary, a good mate who was
often judge at our local fairs, when,
asked by me one day if he could tell
me why, it was the Percheron had. America came to have
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such a predominance in the U.S., re- thent. He is a distin
pried, "The Americans do not know Some may be better t
anything about banes." Compare and some may be -Kehler
the horses in the major part of the than the vast majority, b
United States to -day with the horses ter are as if they had co
that were found in ,hhose same dis- same mould."
Mitts 50 years ago. I do not think He vtas puztied but
any one r connected with the present bringing out a preininen
day breeds would went to claim that istic of teercheron stallio
their breed had any blood relation them to a running ma
whaever with the -nondescript horses them to a small •trerscho
of 50 years ago, Was there ever the other draft bee: ts a
any country that has seen such an
improvement in its horse stock in the
same -length- of time, as where the
European draft breeds have been
used, of which breeds the Pereheron
has been used far abOve others? If
those men who were engineering this
imprownent knew nothing about
was here
character -
03. Breed.
, or breed
or any of
d yoa will
get a wed mro po eti on ell a ni mat In
a Mixed bunch yeu can breed an 1800
pound stallion to an 1800 ound mare
nd you will
ion., "as if
f the same
a small
and figure
or an 800 pound broncho
have the right conforma
they had both come out
mould." You cannot bree
mare to a Shire or. -Clyde
as good as ever." He is evidently
n,ot posted, on the reseurcea of the
United States for furnishing horses
He also seems unaware that the
:United States has a very large 'mem-
ber of. hdrses which have not been
drawn upon,. horses just the same
in-
every- respect, but/ which. no One
would call "light" draft. Again he
says "training the Arican light
draft is the least difficult 'of all the
details to be ;observed. Rare -. in-
deed is the anima' la confirmed
shirked or jibbet ( that is, balker).
Vice is found in infrequent instances.
He is willing, active!. and in instant
command; placidity iiif temper, ver-
satility . and extraordinary activity
for his size. The Shire has suc-
cumbed whilst the half breed Per-
cherons have been resisting mud,
wind, ram, gruelling- herd work and
pneumonia." ' Now I take it that the
officer figured. -.the Percher= excelled -
in the points he mentidned, over. all .
other breeds: And most 'of the points
mentioned help bear out y contention
that the Percheron has thee char-
acteristics which are wanted in mak-
ing up 'big teams tied i making the
big theme easy to handl I believe a
few years ago the great packer Mor-
ris of Chicago wanted :to rig up a
six: horse team and " had , to send
across to' Scotland fii fill it out, if
the Clydes had ail "come out of the
sines mould" he would not have been,
compelled. to do it i, 1
'Moist our start io horses iva'i with
a bunch that &Mesh had all the
brohcho disposition . in them, we
-have picred up some inuch - better
bed mares, bet verv few. Some of
the best.we had soon ter. we 'start-
traite thatewe ..t4W fr ; a' are English -
Is
ed ir were some weir'. red -u'
in.ah whu was selling out ins horses
th go into pure bred Shorthorns.
'I hey were large gentle mares, but
no two wouid match in gaits. We
always bred them to Percheron stal-
lion and got real ,good colts, No
man with •Clyee mar need hold
back about breeding -them to a Per-
cheron Stallion. : He Will get some
Clyde 'colte ot the tmeh eie.1 he ever
erot. both, ' ire conferniatien and lein-
perament Never knewh ef a vicious
Percheron stallion; • ith .
enough ofMe hdr.t4hY thellatillimveher's' seen
knowe what their ettl posdtion was.
An • the same ;temp-. hment . in a
Petchercon stallicoli 'that will- elimin-
ate the bad traits. out' of a broncho,
Will prove valuable j in making a
horse that does not have those bad
traits,. more intelligent, willirig, ver-
satile and' of general utility, as the
English officer menet, is as pertain-
ing to the "American light draft
in the war zone." in -proportion to
their numbers- you *id lind many
more Percheron bred , horses working"
in big teams in Canadatoday. There
is more or less vice goes with about
all the horses that ate largely native
to North America. -Whilst the Clyde
holds the position as it does in Canada
today numerically, it is not because
it is driving the Percheron out. The
fact is the Percheron has gained
all. the time proportionately. The
men who settled Canada mainly at
first came from the British Isles.
and brought their draft breeds with
them, and there was a time when
the predominance of .the Clyde and.
Shire - was much greater than now,
That is the reason our Donrnion ex-
perhnental farms and agricultural
always, have Clydes, if pure bred
schools do alinost invariably, if not
horses are a part of the plant.
1
We have he admit . the Clyde has
obtained a prestige in Canada be -
in the past, Until th past few years.-
cauee there has be;p, no competitor
Only within the last few years have
our largest - fair s I had Percheron
judges, and the itinnerobs smaller
fairs throughout thelprovinces invari-
ably have Shire or Clyde men - for
judges. In our axperience we have
had no kick coming,' except one year,
when a Scotehman not long across
the water, helped ;in the judging,
and he sure showed hh had no use
for the Percheron. ` He may have
been conscientious, ;but he sure was
not the man to judge a mixed breed
bunch of exhibits. • Give us a Shire
or a Clyde man if you wish, but let
him be acclimated first. The Per-
cheron has to win ;in Canada on his
merit. If the Shite and Clyde have
lost out in the United States it is
not because he hadma backers. The
Britisher is the Most loyal to his
draft breed probable,. of . any horse-
men. The Americen has impartially
searched the ; world oeer-• for his
taken ell his cattle; sheep and hog
i
livestock, and with the. exception of
the exclusive woo breeds of sheep,
and one breed of dairy cattle, has
breede !from Great Brithin, a fact of
which e Britisher May well be proud.
And if he has gene • elsewhere for
his draft horses ,, efeeld it not be
good business far; everyone not cone
versant with the draft breed to ' test
it out and see if possibly the Amerit
can may not have found something
better? I
There are Englislienen arid Scotchnien
in North Amerime or perhaps I ought
to shy in the/United States,. selling-
Clydes and Shires to -day as a business
proposition, who l'stick right to the
breeds of their native land, although
being good horsemen they could make
more money. sell* Percherons. i The
British Horse Commission sure treat-
ed Canedahough evh.e.nit came to buy-
ing horses for the .Britiah 'artillery
and transport, by taking .proleably a
-hundred horses on; the other side of
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BRUCEFIELD.
Notes. -Rem Mr. McIntbeh preached
a special serrn.on 'to the members of
the Oddfello-ws Lodge on Sunday ev-
eninh lest. • A large inimber from a
distance attended the serviees.—On
Sunday morning there will be a spec-
ial sent ce for the Sabbath School. It
will be it spring ,time
Nichols nof North Bruce is the guest
of her ister, Mrs. MeIn.tosh, at the
manse. She recently returned .from
Winnipeg, where she spent the win-
ter with relatives.—Mrs. James Mc-
Queen end Miss M. A. McEwen left
this Wek to attend the Missionaty -
convention held in Toronto.—Mrs.
o'Whiternen of Toronto, is visiting her
sister,. rat Maddem—Mrs. Hoener's:
brother, Pte. H. Vollick, was recently
killed iii action at the front. Her
many -f iends here join in sympathy
ler heri—Many young men are new
being c3illed up for military service.
The pr blem is how the farm work
will accomplished.
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„aEXETER
Deatl of Two Old Residents.—Mr:
Jolla WelsI, one of the earlyeinhabih
tants of this section passed away on
Sunday lest,- following a . few days
illness of pneumenia. The deceased
was ag d 76 years and 9 menthe. He
was bprfn in Devonshire, England, and
when a baby of ten months w
brough to Canada with his paean
settlin on the 2nd concesion of. U
borne. Here they..cleared a email tra
of land and erected a log house.
was inj this building that the late
James lPickard first started trading in
this community. At that time -there
was n thing but a „trail through the
woods. Later Mr. Pickard move( hie
store oods to Exeter. Mr. Welsh was
raised jon this farm ahd afterwards
came i to possession. He wammarri-
ed to jEli2abeth Fanson who prede-
ceased' trim in 1891. Twenty-five
years hgo, he was again married to
Mrs. mina Long, who still survives
hint At that finite he moved to -Exe-
ter to live and /has been a resident
here ver since: Three children'one
son a id two daughters by theflist.
union also survive: Richard, Mrs. W;
D. Sa iders and Mrs, Thomas Jones,
of To -n. Mrs. John Snell; of Exe-
ter, a sister and the only surviving
inemb r of the family. The deceased
was a Methodist in religion and a Con -
servo, ive in politics. The funeral
whic was privat, was held on Tues-
day fterneon, interment.being made
in th Exeter cemetery.
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built --not merely made—to fit 'the feet and give long satsfathmj,
Best qualify duck uppers and rubber soles.
Made in all white—all black—all ten—white with
blacksolesand tan with black soles. Inexpensive too.
FLEET FOOT Outing Shoes for Men are made in laced style in sizes
8 to 11 at these prices—All blaek, ;1.75; all white with white
rubber,sosles $2.00; tan with Nadel scole.s, ;1.75; tan -with red rub-
ber soled and solid heels, ;24.50; white with black soles, $1.50.
FLEET FOOT Outing Shoes for woraen are made in laced style in
sizes 3 to 7 at these prices; All white with white soles, ;1.75;
all white with solid heels, $2; all white, high cut with solid heels;
FLEET FOOT Outing Shoes for .Boys and Girls make ideal footwear
for school weer ia the hot weather. All black, ;1.25 and $1.40:
tan with red sol e% $1,40. and 41.75; all white, ;1.45; childrendi
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Annul Excursion
rloderisch to Dei;rott-aud Return
STEAMER GREYHOUND LEAVES GODERICH
TUESDAY, JUNE 11th at 10.00 a.m. R T.
RETURNING LEAVES DETROIT
. THURSDAY, JUNE 13th; 1:00 P.m. (Detroit Time)
$2.00 ROUND TRIP $1.50 ONE WAY
The Only Boat Trip from Goderich to _
Deroit this Season.
, No passports required for maks of military age on this trite
Siinply sign your rime for the Imtnighation Officer who will be on duty
on board steamer at thne of departure.
Canadians ,eoming to _Detroit for a teciperarystay are TflOt re.
wired to- pay a head tax ar make a deposit 'United States Inmiigra-
tion officers will hie on the steamer to pass excursionists.
BAND AOONLIGHT`
out of Goderich
!MONDAY EVENING,. JUNE loth,' at 8 ham.
Mask and Dancing in Greyhound Ball 100nr,
2630--
Dats
Brarto.Per-
Shorts"
Floury
Peas, Pfir
11
Potatoes
ifogs, per
Butter, pe
Eggs "B6r
Toronto
raided,
raan or
• P
TOtertt%
Lebie10a64, 380.
40c to 450--
-'selsichenst, 2$
Toronto,
choice 4 to
47c; fredy.
Ida
Eggs— ow
to 45m
Cheese—Ne
23sYse to 2414
20 to 263f...c.
Maple Sir
$1.4.50; htsPer
pedal live-ga
gallon kegs, 1
pound box, Pt
¶foono, Pi
ern,.
2, do., $1.173,6
at Fort WW"
toba Oats—
Corn-'-Nos•
4 yellow, lain.
No, 2 white 88
$8e, aecordin
Wheat—No.
in store, Mei
$8,70; secordit
Malting. 31.54
outside.. Baal
Ing to freights
-cording to frl
—Warolualltr;,
'Ontario Flour-
Terento; 10.65
ment. Millfeec
freights, bags
horta, Per ton
316 to $17; mil
Straw -!--Car" 101
Toronto.
LIVE I
Buffalo, May
prime steers. V
416 to.$1.6.50: I
Hags. $13.50 to
$6.50 to $12; I/
feeders 7.50 to
5 to 3145. C
to $15. li
eavy. 419.10 1
318.50: Pigs,
to 16.25; stags
—BeeeiPta, 8.4
to 117.15; fevi
$15.50; wethe
413,50; mixed
'Montreal. M
stock yards th
able increase
the west end
sheep and lambs
the C.P.R. yar
sillier ,and luta
The Markets
the West -end ir
up. Priees'i thv
good demand:
,-Nailing were in
were stronger
choice selectslel
cars. 'At the 0.
for local cons
Br= There wai
Portanee there.
Quotations:
clod, $12 to $1
choke cows $11.
to $10.75; medin
er buns 411
ns $9.00 to
tailk-ted -
0ster--selects.-
19450 to 120,
Union Stock
1th over fo
he pens, the lam
inee, buyers at
tested the feeling
ins considerably 1
ey would have,
e drovers put 1
Ital. and for a 1
nes settled 4
htairted before 1
vales were kept
ole iu the Ad
hoice steers of
dence, but loft
hed in from V
quality was vi
tchem, which i
ound valum bet
ook for butchers,
ike looking for ,
YAtack. The Pi
lls were also 1r
:4 best quality *
along the cows, a
to 310.50. 0
arnest, them'llers and the tri
1) mkt's. •i
Handlers of ist
lightly better oP
tea. and several 1
t from $10 to ,
;seders at high A
terket for milks
ntbt Offerini4, ens
ach, commoumna
Best vealawrc'
nt $14,75't,
igher Weal,'but
et a strfinge
ore plentiful ti
emend. The hes
e lambs to $21
A very small Ws
d of, Naga alai
arket, and for
rice of $20,75 1
r some time it,
ronto yards to
osing Price for
rket . andi thit,
Fred BoWntree
Bringers at 3iLO '
0. Zeagm
50 lbs., $13:25; '
. 312.50; 24; 2
11; 23, 1055 the,
.10: 3, 790 lbs..
1626 ibs..
0 lbs., $6; 1, 2
eeders---11, 490 iii
00 lbs., $11.1e: 1
1; 1, 700 lbs.. I
Dunn and Levi
., $13.60; 1. 99
.25; 13, 290 ,
4.50; 19, 890 lb,
; 14, 1100 lb., 3
0, 923 lb., $13,65,
52 lbs., *13; 22;
050 lbs., 311./5; '
. 510.50; 4, 11.4
11.60; 5, 1156 Th:
, 3. 1080 lbe.
Its -1. 1415 lbe'. ,
350 lbs., $11.,61
.. $11.50 ,sc,,alvee
CP. 317
317,5K
lee and Whale
., 315; 14. 1160
440; 13, 930 Da
28 Oliss. 315-50
3, 1306 The.. -
20 ibs.. 310.40; 1
1040 lbs., 312.71
$11.75; 3. 120
50; 1.- eh) lbs., 1
1090 lbs.. $12,
lbs.. $12.50. •1
rbett. IUD an
vi steers $15 tO
4.50 to 314.75;
,_;,, rod butchers,
'en s 13 to $1.31
to $12.75; chic
ves. 311.25 to $
$11; torn -mon
d euttem, 6.50
1 sie to 312.2
5; bologna
and watered.
e Ouotationa
314.50 to
0 to $14; good-
tebers' cattle. ch
412 to $12.2l
1'85; do,. coat*
Ds* choice, 311.21
'hal
to -ell: dc
0.25: dorough
er,s w., thole.'ce
0.50 to CO,4111: d;
•kers. 39.50 'to 1
and cutter
'Sboioe, eaci
tirE4
each,
, light' awl
S20-50: eatv
0; hos, fed
ars, V
— here nassed away at St. Joseph's.
Hospital, London, on Sunday night,
last bout ten o'clock, the oldest na-
tive orn resident • of Exeter, in the
person' of Mr. Robert Sanders,' at the
age of 75 years, 11 months and 12
days The deceased had enjoyed his
usual health until about six Weeks ago,
when he was taken down while at
Grard Bend. He was cared for there
at tile home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Gill,
sr., for three weeks and was then re-
inov d to St.Jcseph's Hospital, where
he gradually sank until the end came,
the (cause' of death being hronchials
and heart trouble. Mr. Sanders was
a seri of the late William Sanders,
first postmaster of Exeter, and breth-
er df the late Samuel Sanders, tele -
operator. Them...deceased was
of the best known. sports in the
Dominion of Canada, 'aid for are all-
round shot both at the trap and in
the woods, he had few equals. - His
-gu was his whole delight. He also
too a great deal of pleasurer out, of
fishing and his luck an the b3nks of
the _many trout streams thr ughout
thi and other Canadian provinces is
probably not been equalled by any
one person in these parts. Deceased -
travelled a great deal in his life, and
besides visiting nearly every state in
the union many times, and on varied
oc asions, as well as ,all parts of Can-
ed particularly the Great West. he
twice crossed the Atlantic, and if he
had lived had made up his mind to
visit Old England attain. He was, a
men of remarkable tact and adroitness
antd had succeeded in accumulating
coesiderable, of this world's goods.
Mt. Sanders is the last of a family
Of six sons and one daughter, but he
is I survived by a large .number of
nephews and nieces. He as never
in riled. His ~remains were brought
here from London on Monday Morning
and the funeral which was private,
took place from the home of his hew,nep-
Mr. C. H. Sanders, Main Street,
on Tuesday to the Exeter cemetery,
'R, v. A. A. Trumper officiating,.
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Parties will get a reduction of 5 cents per tree by coming to the
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By farmers chibbing together we will deliver at the reduced rate,
= to one man's farm 360 trees on over.
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