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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1918-05-17, Page 106.2. .2•••Memaa.**•••.... MAY 101 918 osoweemeniesommommeoesisseasemasoia- parcels orclered xpensive veil to have with toring and general outing :or. Prices ..12%e -to 25e Hose with deep lisle garter rhite and colorsThe time Prices 35c to 85e pf Neckwear S HAVE !TAKEN MANY RACEFUL LINES TO SUITS RE TOILE, CHIFFON, SILK FD SOFT WASH SATIN. Neckwear from 25e to $2.50 are prettily trimnxed with lace tire styles at each 75c to $2.50 pique. A much favored New sd suits at per. set, 75e to $1.50. w American net effects. Lace ars of Organdy and Georgette rs and cuffs are decidedly popu- - flat style effect at each, $1.75 )est results )VES ARE INCLUDED iiSS. ACCESSORIES , Always a Perfect Fit Duality igh as $2-50 a hair throughout. This makes them Lad white, per pair $1.50. Esse make", two domes, colon, lack, black with -white points, ;s, sizes 5% to 7%, at per pair two domes, colors black, grey, c points, sizes 5% to 8, at per le finger tips, tWO doraes, colors sagne, brown, black and white sizes Wis to 8%, at per pair te Gloves. Just the very thiiir sizes in stook -.at per pair 85e. -pry Showing o 'nd A. Corsets 4000 THE BEST DRESSED WO - ROAD. . e they add grace and beauty e noble something—STYLB-- UYLE with COMFORT. 50c to $5.00 J --SECOND- YEAR.} WHOLE NUMBER 2631 SEAFORT4; FRIDAY, IVIAY 17, 1918 _ MMUS BROI. fiabSsiera 11.50 a Yarn Advance sooc******************************* • Greig Clothing Co'y "Second to None" Cool Weather Top Coats This rain or shine top doat is a real necessary garment, and no man Should be without one - They're tic)t high prided and the 'service they perform ma kes them really cheap. Protec- tion against the chang- es of weather condit- ions and an all: round dressy Spring- & Sum- mer coat. We: have these in many different patterns and, colors— Belted or otherwise as FAR ERS •AT ;OTTAWA., &1111011111111111111ERMIIWIMIRIMIllE1111110111111111111111111111111111111111111111M1111111u . . . , Fiye thousand farmers- from On - teem Quebec nd New Brunswick, the largest dePu tion in the history of Ottawa, plead d in vain with the Gov- ernment and Parliameet on Tuesday for a relaxed_ n of the rigid new tary service egulations so as to 'ex- empt the fo earoducers, or at least to grant them leave of absence till af- ter the- hal-net. The reply of the Prime' Mims er was courteous but firm. The ver ent, he i declared, realized their diffi ulties, but the stern task which t ,overnment ' had un- dertaken of' eeping their pledge to the men at th front to provide the ne- cessary reinf reemente roust be ful- filled. -There could be no. relaxation of the, law. •e only thing that was promised was that where there were special cases oflhardShip they should be brought o the attention of the Minister of M* itia. The ' °uteri delegation crowded the Russell Thea re from floor to roof. .Aisles and alleries were jammed. At the same idrnei farmers of Quebec met in the Francais Theatre. There they Were ac mpanied by Hon. J. A. Oaroni Minis er of Agriculture for Quebec, and 4 members of the Que- hec Legislati e Assembly. Amid greet. enthusiasen, the On- ' men re ffirmed their support of s the United . armers of Ontario, J. Thornton, of Durhain County, urged that there should be no inflamma- tory speeche . It was ' 11.30 when members of e Govermeent ;readied the theatre. There were present: Sir Robert oielen, Major-General you desire. s Mewburri, Ho'. T. A. Crerar, Hon. Hugh ',Guthri and Hon. N. W. Row- . ell. They took their seats on the islatform wit out applause from the Ifelegates.• The spokes Manning Doh P ned the pro he resolution i yihreimmeMi he p i, f the :Cabine "osWt 6erict°i7ne cal rhtraggile for e liberties 0 la, n'`R. eeodp esentri d desireto .ae efOre you pinion regar he further P "This is a daily becomin decisive victo allied forces, froni a world being so, th each . of the never 1 by t minimize the tion is pre -e "Siace th Canadians h part; but we At ' the best small sector i , "Canada is producing co of thie ion business of f eminently C since the ou fact has bee ed •by you, culture of was which your instructed_ t engagecl to in greater doing they selves as dir tack as tho trenches. our Government forti- fied this coininand by publishing the 'Agricult al War Book' and launching , y ur Patriotism and Production 4ampaign in January, 1915; directl after the outbreak. of th e war, in 4which your Minister of Agricultureeclares: " 'The ' Ca dian farmer earnest- ly bending 11 his energies to in- crease the ood supply for the Britisher at home, and rthe British soldier at1 e front is, doing his share in this gigantic struggle.' "To still fu ther strengthen this conviction 1 the minds of your- selves and •he farmers of Canada, in the folio ng year, in March, 1916, youl is ued a second 'Agricul- tural War Book'—'Production and Thrift'—In jwhich your Minister of Agriculture, after expressing the thanks of yo r Government for the inoble efforts, says: 'Gain or no gain, the course - before the farmers ' of Canada is a clear as it was last year; they ust produce abundant- ly, in order i to meet the -demands that may be ade.' - "Following this second appeal; in the next year, the year 1917, when Ezell the grim nature le that lay before with debacle in full view, be to God, the great tion become our ally, reading man knew it ossible for that nation her strength and place upon the battle line --be- g of 1919, it was then of every wide-awake German's last chance .• • Spring a9.' Summer of that was when she er supreme effort. his knowledge in plain view, your Govainment enacted the M . S. A . , an your Cabine 'some new m noble. spirit mending sen high nationa appeal to he Canadian electorate, on the one hand, and direa the en- forcement ,f the M. S. A. on the other. Un er its provisions and true to your record since the com- mencement f the war, exemption . certificates were granted to practi- mmmnmillgmimNIIIMMMNIIIINNIMIIININIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIr I cally every bona fide young single duce - and the absence of which, such reinforcements as will enable t s • Ki) • $12 $15 $26 • a Spring and. Summer Hats The Choicest Styles by \y - all the Best Makers Felts, all colors.. : .... to $5M0 Straws, all shaVes ... . . . to $2.75, Panarnas..... ...... . ..... .;,$3.00 to $6.00 .1.11•11•• ;1- reior lothlug • SE AFORTEE ,..›.<,404-0.0.0.0.0*•0404***46.404^•4000,04100.4>-0,046(>• 4111.111111.1111111111111.111.111111111.1MMI 1.65 Special 24 special - Friday and SE urday Buy an eight -foot step ladder for the price of a six-foot one. •$1:65 Reg. $2,65 sale price • * n 'of .the delegation, rtyrof Mahon, Ont., op- eedings by presenting which had .been adopted g before the arrival of isters and the members , and which was in part: before you, at this moment of the deadly the preservation of th world. g the agriculturists' ducers of Canada, we roach you • and place our well -considered ding Canada's part in osecution of this war." 'world war' and it, is • g more evident; that if y is to come to the it must be directed point of view. That responsible heads of allied nations should eir clirectiion seek tc • pat Whieh their nee iinently fitted to 'do. outbreak of this war ve taken a' brilliant are few in numbers. we can only hold • a the battle line: pre-eminently a food- ntry. In the course -drawn struggle the od production is pre- nada's portion. Ever break of the war, this strikingly emphasiz- Sir Robert, and The • our Cabinet, that agri- the first industry in Government specially ose whose energies it redouble their efforts roduction, and in so ould be placing them- tly in the line of 'at- gh employed in the We have also a few three -burner oil stoves with oven complete regular price $27, sale price 24000 everybody r of the strug, the Russian and, thanks American n when every would be im to raebolize it effectively fore the Spri on the lips citizens the was in the 1918. Tha would make "With all - Positively the last opportunity to secure stoves at this price. The 931g Haraware Store dge • Seafort *nip 101.1 MN, ION • 11110 woe inn • NMI Owe mol EMI 'COMIC OPERA 1 0 smi mem! whim se•si wows mon • E. ass of Limerick Town 11 fii =0A COMIC 'OPERA PRESENTED BY THE GODERICII OPERA E = COMPANY, WITH A CAST OF 35 PEOPLE IN CARDNQ'S OPERA • •HOUSE, SEAFORTII, ON MIN sem mina IMO Tuesday, May 21st, 1918 Under the auspices of the WOMEN'S WAR AUXILIARY ceive to be our first duty." It was suggested, he said, that farm- ers be exempted altogether. If the Government should do this, what could they say to shipbuilders and miners and other men engaged in just as es- sential occupations. Even this might arise by which the Government would feel jestified in puting every man in the audience of military age under arms. The Government, said Sir Robert, was giving the most serious consider- ation to the. closing of non-essential industries. He referred to the order - in -Council forbidding idleness and the new registration as steps lin the prop- er organization of industry throughout the country. Unskilled labor, he rea- lized, was of little value on thesfarrnsi E But he thought that labor from the =, cities and towmsraight be Of Some as- sistance. = Loud shouts of disapproval from the, audience and cries of 'Na." greeted' this statement by the P:rirne Minister. But Sir Robert -insisted that whet he said was right. • The then read a tel- egram from the United Farmers of Alberta, which stated that that organ- ization. realized that the Government would not. have passed the order -in - Council calling up the young men had the e situation not • been extremely This is ,the first. opportnnitysin,years the Seaforth public has had of E E hearing an opera in their own. town. No one shoudd miss this treat. = 1•1•11 VIM 1M. OBIS NMI pow • ALL PROCEEDS FOR PATRIOTIC PURPOSES ADMISSION 35c - „ - Reserved Seats, 50c. Plan opena Aberhart's Drug Store. on *•1•0 SIM VIM 11EIR =Y. MOM MO. 11.1.10 • ,• . = S A T D A Y, MAY 18th: AT TWELVE O'CLOCK NOON. = 1 then, Sir, you called to a new body of men— n—who, through their of patriotism and cam- e for public duty and ' honor, proceeded to OEM MEN 5111111111111M11111110111111111111111BIBMMIIMIMMUMMMIMBIMMIME111111-11 gravd. The Albera farmers endorsed 34 years of your aten people, your awn, loyal Canadianrcitizens-e-exemp- tion certificates as Aolemn and sacred to them ,and these should be as solemn and eaered to You, as that for the sanctity iot eyshieh the peo- ples of the. allieditettiteoes. are pour- ing out their life -blood- sin the battle fields of France andsEslimiders. "You also appointed H. B. Thom- son, chairman Of :OW Canada Food Board, who 'declares ithat 'Great Bri- tain is on shorter rations than at any time 'in the lastit one hundred years.- The.- situation is not orgy grave, but its .possibilities are terns" fying. A ler& meadure of responsi- bility for providing. food for Europe falls upon Canada, -Every available force in the cities est be utilized. Men in ' noh-essen 1 - industries at the present time 'simply deStroio ers - of rations. the men who should be on the -f Or who should be relieving men• o are needed on the farm. The C ada Food Board appeals.* Get out o the rut, de not. proached the subject It has been, be a destroyer of ations while our said by gentlemen speaking for On - food supplies' are Se dan.gerously low. eario, ithat very greet difficulty, very stock farms, will paralyze productive effort, and We exhort your Govern.- ment .to. stay its hand in these pro- ceedings by instructing the military authorities to still grant continuous - leave of absence to all the bond -fide Young farmers. "In order to allay the existing irris tation and restore the confidence of the farmers in your Government we mirk hinnble request a careful con- sideration_ and an early reply.". '111E PREMIER'S REPLY. , • In making his reply Sir Robert ,Bor- • den among other things said: "You have given us your view of what is desirable in the national in- • terest. I do not understand that the farmers whom I see before me here 'to -day, or any other farmers in the -cOfintry desire to be regarded as a class to whom special consideration should be given as individuals apart, from the national interest. That is not the spirit in which you have ap-e and _starvation is e threatening the allies. • "Following thesh appeals from your officers,- Sir Riobert Borden, ac- coiding to press- reports, again de- clared: The campaign for the - in- creased production, of food supplies now e launched. -,1201**.tanada,. Food: Board is of the most vital import- ance to the- allied cause- The crisis is grave and urgent beyond all pos- sibility of e.xaggetation.' "That, sir, is a brief outline of the extreme gravity of the allied food situation, as expressed by the Pree mier and his leading appointees. "Followitig this the expected.' present German offensive is launched on the 22nd day of March and on the 10th ,of April, eighteen days after its Commencement, Lord Rhondda, the British Food controlelr, cables to great inequality will be 'occasioned and are being oceasioned on that province and in other provinces by the Oder, in -Council which was passed on April 20 after, but not until later, it had been affirmed by:the House of Com- mons and Senate 'of Canada. I desire that you will bear that in mind. - "I •realize that a Military Service Aet or order -in -Council (such as a'ias- passed _on April 20) must produce hardship and' inequality., But the diffi- culty which my colleagues and I have to face is that in a world welter a war such as this it is impossible for any nation. to participate without hard- ship, without inequality, and, more than that, without great bereavement and sorrow,. Do you imagine that any man who stands within the ranks of the Government of Canada to -day would find it in his heart to, impose Canada: 'In these .stormy days it is .any unnecessary hardship or mequal- -inspiring -Co learn that Canada is ity an any man in Canada, I hope at tackling the food problem with re- least emu will acquit us of/'hat. It, was a hard thing three years and doubeld energy. • The terrific' pres sure on our military front make§ it more ago to'askthe splendid youth of all the more imperative that thode Canada to go overseas to fight in the behind the lines should strain every greatest cause which humanity had nerve to defeat the enemy's avowed' ever taken up before. It was a stili object of destroying the British Ern- more serious and a sterirr duty to say pire. Germany hoped 'first to starve to the people of Canada that the time had now come when we could not fulfil our 'whole duty to humanity and the world, and more than that, greater than that, to ourselves, unless compul- . the Old Country by the eubmanne campaign, and then to smash her land forces. She has failed to starve us and Will fail to smash us, but we cannot achieve victory without food. sm. military service were adopted in 'There was never a time when it was this country. It was a still sterner more needed. The Canadian farmer duty, when, on April 20, after dis- , and the Canadian fann hand . now cussing the matter, in Parliamentewe have the opportunity to make an passed that .. order-in-Couneil tio effective' reply to the .enemy's press which reference has been made, and ent onslaughts by bending their un- which empowers the Government to divided energids to the increased abolish exemptions in certain ages pro uc ion of those food supplies for d t' in any class called out. "You have spoken of what was . - said by meMbere of the GOvernment last Autumn when the people' of this eountry. were called upon to elect a new Parliament.' I want to tell you that that -was spoken in the natienal interest, as we understood it at that, time. And I .want to' tell you lase that that' order-in-Counail was liaSS;- ed on April 20 in the national inter.: -est as we understood it, at that time. "Do you realize that on March 21st last, a battle ibegan beyon'd the seas in which your friends and relatives no doubt participated; that that 'bat- tle, intermittent from day to day, is sill going on, that it may not end for months and that there are those among them, some of the' .highest authority who believe that it will • be decisive of the issues of the war. .Do you realize something more? Do you realize that if that line. breaks, whether in the sector that the Cana- dians bold (and_ they will never go heels from it if their flanks are held firm), if it breaks in the sector, which the Canadians hold or in any others section, the production which you can effect in this • Province or in any other Province df Canada may not be of much avail for the allied cause. In know that of which I am speaking when. I tell you that if the Channel •ports should be • reached through the breaking of that line, it would be, to say the least, problematical whether any of that • Production of which you speak could be made of service to the allied nations overseas or to our men who are holding that line.- regard it as the supreme dutiy of the Geverri- ment to see to it that these mese,— some of whom have been fighting for three years—are sustained by which we depend to such vital 'ex- tent on your great Dominion.' "This message was cabled to Can- ada on April 10, 1918—and yet, sir, between the two issues of the weekly agricultural press of t Canada and with no opportunity far , public ex- pression, you,, • Sir - Robert., lead the members of your ,'cabinet, have -broken the sacred Covenants granted by your officers snider your instructions and accepted in good faith by every young farmer between • 20 and 22 years of age. "The members of your Cabinet tell us that an entire change in the situation at the front has • taken place. We have put before yoti the testimony of Lord Rhondda and we know of nothing that has transpired in the few days between the time of the receipt of his message by the Canada Food Board and the pas- • sage of this order -in -Council by your Government which minimizes in the slightest degree the extreme urgency for Canada's DNA productive effort. "At this crisis we have a duty to perform. As practical farmers we understood. the present critical situ- ation on the farms of Canada as no other class can, and ie is our plain duty to place the true condition be- fore your Government, and having done so, come what may, our duty is done and we leave the' responsi- bility with you. -"Therefore, as farmers and loyal Canadian scitizens, we here hy enter our most solemn protest a.gainst the great breach of faith by the, break- ing of these sacred covenants and taking from our farms the very labor which will enable us to * pro - the action of the Government Sir Robert asked the farmers present to co-operate with the Government and hold up its hands. The situation was a difficult one, and every- Canadian i wife. Gentlemen,. I have had that couple. Among remetabtances sent was a huge bunch of fifty roses from the Parliamentare Press Gallery. An illuminative incident showhig the personal hold Sir -Wilfrid has on the hearts of his OW/1 people took place Monday. Sir Wilfrid and Lady Laurier, as is their regular eustom, attended morning Mass at the Church of the Sacred Heart. At the conclusion of the services sr proeeseion of little girls, clad in white, imarched up to where they were sitting and pre- sented them, - on behalf of the Ro- man Catholic echooleehildren of Ot- tawa, with a basket of fifty American Beauty roses. The organist played. the Wedding March, and the emigre= gation stood while Sir Wilfrid and Lady Lourier passed out down the aisle. The finest tribute of all, perhaps, was the tears that glistened in hun- dreds of eyes, and the quiet and heartfelt benedictiens that greeted them as they passed. • Part of the day Sir Wilfrid epent with Lady Laurier at their residence receiving their callers, For the rest of the day he was at his post in the Coranions. . . - Sir Wilfrid's reply to the members of the Press Gallery, who waltd on him this afternoon to tender • their ,felieitations, was apt: "Among the greatest blessings of life," he de - dared, "is the blesing a a good must try to do his' duty. No matter what hardships we were called upon to - suffer they were nothing to what the men overseas were suffering- . In the aftereon the delegates ma at the aiiena, when it was decided to send a delegation. of two to speak to the mernberS in the Commons cham- ber in the evening. - In' day S- gone past Sir Wilfrid Laur- ier adjoerned the House to accommo- date a delegation of western farmers bent on lower tariffs. On the present Occasion the delegation of five thous- and were informed that they might' have the chamber to themselves be- tween tie hours of 7 and 8, when all . the mei hers were at dinner. They did not aCC pt this invitation. They came to the c mrnons in all their numbers and pa ed the area in front of the doors, mighty multitude, but orderly in the extreme. Mr. Veins, M.P., for Lothlainiere, it was Who was delegated by the far- mers t request that the two delegates ri be -pe itted entry to, the 'chamber for .the sp ce' of half an hour. His re- quest lams fruitless. The president , of the United Farmers came out and` •informed the men that they could not enter the doors and had better dis- verse, 1 In the meantime the legisla- tors disciessed. national eurreney, im- perial ]federation and a number- of other interesting topics, Within the chamber. There was e, murmur among the crowd, but no demonstration. The big crowd waited, thinking that at least Some members of the Govern- ment -would come out, and deliver the message of refusal and give the reas- ons therefore.' But no xnember of the Government came; even the rural On- tario back bench,ers •on the Govern- ment side remained within the closed (and for the farmers barred) doors of the Commons chamber. They had no- thing to say to the men who elected them. They had said all they had to • say when they voted down the Molloy amendment. Such as -were able to get into the upper galleries, whose accommoda- tion' was pitifully inadequate to hold even the one-hundredth part of , the delegates, crowded in, and listened from -above without voice, to the var- ietY of discussion going on below. The -others gradually dispersed and betook themselves again to the arena, where • there was no legislator to bear. •- ------se--- • SIR WILFRID'S GOLDEN. WEDDING. ,Irrespective—OLal differences of op- inion on public questions, mentbers of Parliament„the citizens of Ottawa and a host of friends throughout Canada showered -good wishes and felieitatienS Tuesday 'on Sir Wilfrid Laurier. and his "Prime Minister" for fifty ietirs, Lady Laurier. Their golden wedding anniversary was happily eaarked by a shower of flowers, by letters and tele- , grams of congratulations from all Parts of Canada, and by the pres&rta- .,tinn on behalf _of Sir Wilfrid's follow- -ers in Cominons and Senate of a very beautiful golden salver, Suitably en- • gr-Iiltvewts a striking tribute to the per- sonal esteem and affection in which the "Old Chief" and his helpmate for half a century are held -both by poli- • tieal friends and by opponents. Mem.- .bers of. the 'Unionist side of the Ouse including several of the Cab - et ilinisters, made it a point to g eet Sir Wilfrid in the Commons and shake hands and WiSh him and his partner in life ?any more ears of happiness. So was the nthriber of those who desired to send flowers that on Monday afternoon florists had to work for the greater portion of the day Wing countless orders, and on Teus- day a stream of carriages burdened evith roses carried the eity's tributes Of affection to the home of the veteran • statesman. It was Sir Wilfrid's ,desire that the day should be celebrated quietly, but his followers, determined • to mark the day in some etting manner, that morning he'd delivered at his resie dence a twenty-five-hundred,dollar p• ieceofEgoxeldeirehlactres. from the Gov- , • eminent liaise were among -the first to call at Sir Wilfrid.' residence to offer felicitations, and all day long a stream of automobiles and carriages brought people prominent in all walks of life, who desired to offer congratulations to the distinguished • farmer between the ages of 20 and • more particularly on Ontario • live them to hold the line. That I con- blessing. for these fifty years. My wife has been a help to me, an in- spiration and a -comfort, a good sol- dier. 'alike in prosperity and adver- sity, probably greater in the latter thb.yi in the former. Thdose Of you who „are not married, get married, and I -wish you all the •joy which every one of ray fifty years of manied. life lied brought ito me." • • In conclusion he said: "We all haire our ditty to perform. We may, not all think alike, but let us do that dirty as each of us conceives it to be right." Sir Wilfrid Wes mairied on May 13, 1868; .-ttiwZoe Lafontaine, at Montreal. MEN7OF 19 YEARS TO REPORT. •"The Proclamation was published in. Ottawa, on Thursday last, callingeup for military service men of, 19 years of age who are umnarried or widowers without children. The, men are re- quired to 'register on or before diane lsts They won't be ealled. 'to active Service before july 1st.- . To sa'v'e time in getting out special forms the method of registration will differ from that adopted when the first -class was esileld •out on October' 13th last. Then a, man in the class t,alled out filled e of two formde -.Either ''he repotted ;for service or he claimed sexeraption. 1..1. the present case, • nowever, the Mail is required mereil :to. forward by registe2P1 post to the Registier under the Military Ser "..c' Aet, his riame fasl, the date of his birth, his place of residence and his usual post-offiee address. When: the actual call to the colors comes -.the men sumriumed ill be nctifieci by registered Post report fox duty. • . HURON NOTES • —Great activity has been seen a- round the Goderich harbor: since navi- gation opened a week and a half ago, as over one minion bushels of grain have been delivered. —Mr. J. A. Morton, Winghara's faithful police magistrate, has been appointed to act in that cewacity for the villages of Wroxeter, Baehisels and Myth and the townships of Howick, Morris, Turnberry. —Two cars of cedar piles and an empty car on the C, P. R. tritekS a- cross the river at Goderieh were des- troyed by fire late Thursday after- noon. The blaze is ,suppft* eto have been eausQ by.a passing 4gme, and as there is no fire -quenching 4fparatus it was still smouldering next Taming. The loss is in the neighborlmod of $4,000. —The little four year old daughter - •of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Newell, Lowar Wingham, fell into the rived on Satur- day afternoon and,wae rescued by Mr. A Law who heroically jairmed into the river and with difficulty SViara a- cross to wehre the -child was and res- ued her. The little girl was vii.tb her mother and in some way lost her bal- ance and fell eft the heed gates into the race. • .The current was so strong that it was wjtb, difficulty that Mr. Lay reached the shore with his little burden. —On Wednesday afternoon of 'last week, while sawing wood .at the farm of Mr. Robert Hastie, near Wroxoter, Mr. Delbert Clegg, son of Mr. Richard Clegg, met with a very...serious. awl - dent It asmears in stepping over the driving belt the lace of his legging was caught and he , was thrown to the!grounds Had the belt not broken. he would have been abnost instantly kilted. AA it was his leg was 'wrench- ed end sonie of the cordsevered. He is Still in a- critical conditiom and will not be able to be moved home for some weeks. —A fine od lady i passed away last Monday morning at eight otelockii fli the person of Elizabeth. Nelson, relict of the late John Askin, a former resi- dent of the 14th concession of Grey township. She died at the home of her -son-in-law, John Steiss, lot 11, concession 9, where she had been mak- • ing ,her home for the past year. De- ceased was born. in Halton Co., nearly 86 years ago, and was =Tried 55 years ago. She • and her • husband came to Grey township 42 years ago, to the homestead oeinteds.by Mr. Ask- inis father, and now owned by Nelson. Askin, and where Mr. Askin died a- bout eighteen years ago. Mrs. Askin lived in Brussels for twelve years, af- ter leaving the farm.