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one of thcse. You
have a Choice of colors
in Brownf Grey, Blue,
Fancy Stripes & Fawn.
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of May off go the .top
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• SEAVORTII, F4IDAY, MAY 24, 1918
M ST REPORT "WHEN NINETEEN
YEARS OF AGE.
-Aki the recent rociamation calling
out Ithe youths of 19 was indefiriite in
plaeiesand failed to cover a Miraber
of Points referred to in the order -in -
Co 61 of AprilOth, the Provincial -
Re istrar has jus paid,a visit to the =
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Ot wit/ offidels and anouncements --
-car now be Mad covering the feae
tures which were left open to doubt
by the proclamati ra One of the Chief =
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whsch was dated iay 4th, the ruling -
of the Military $ -rvice Council being
that as men reaeI the age of .19 they
met rein—I-he re istered letter to the
Registrar, within 0 days of their 19th
birthday, ,and thek will be included in
the 'draft with th others. they are
givee the assurance however, that
they; will not be c lied out until July.
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or includes the oaths of 19, and , •
those who have at anted the age of 20
since October 13, last, has been fixed
as April 20th, wh'ch was the date of
the order-in-CourIciL This means
that ,any`Man of he above ages who
was Married prio to April 20th, or
who was a wide er without children,
is exempted fro
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the present draft,
while, any man of the same ages who
marred subsequen to April 20th will
be ineluded in the draft. As the pro-
clamation was de eyed some days in
the hands of the Ottawa officials, it is
pointed out that he youths who be-
came 19 between April 20 and May
17th, the date th porclamation was
issued, will have until June lst, to
register.
The status oflinen who have been
ovexseas as far s England without
reaching antr of he fighting _fronts,
has also been more clearly de-
termined. In this connection the
Order -in -Connell df April' 20 gave a
new definition of the term "theatre grains or commercial chick feedchap who was kind enough to loan
of war", in relat on to the liability Third Feed—Rolled, oats. • me his writing pad is kicking like a
of men under th Military Service Fourth feed—Dry bread crumbs steer and has given me a sermon on
Act. The old - efinition, prior to tened with mill& . war economy and insists that I should
April 20th, stated that any man who Fifth Lfeed—Finely ' racked mixed weite on both sides of the paper. Well
had been beyon the three-mile grains, . , I . I had better let you know -who 1 am so
limit would be cepted from the In, adclitiop to the ove, give the the *following is my address: "87014
operations of the M .S.A. The new chicks a little gree food,i such as Sgt. H. Price, Trench Mortar Group, 2
definition of the tre of war, under,- grass, lettuce, sprou oats, etc. De Canadian Division, France, or where -
the order-in-Cou • cil, is that the not have the inoiste bread sloPPY ever they choose to send ue. In con -
theatre of war does not include but in a crumbly s * and during elusion I must thank you for your
Great Britain or the high seas, le thic period let the c Its on to fresh kindness in thinlink Of us over here
other words, th Caandian soldier soil or grass every da if poissibleand belieye, me the boys will not for -
who has been as far as Great Bri- During the hatchi ..season the get the lades of Canada.- Believe me,
tan, or on . the igli seas without poultry house and rticularly the 'mv deae nurse, to be yours sincerely,
reachipg any of he fighting fronts, nest should be kept 1 clean. Clean , ,
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"Price
der the M. S.A. his applies to mew should be accessible tit the sitters and P S-
. —Please.excuse the poetic brain
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will not in futur be exenipted un- water and a sqpplY Of whole grain . .
of all ages. For the benefit of all a dust bath should lit, provided. also. :wave.
-those who have heady been over- If more than one.hatah is being taken i...
seas and beck, t new definition off, elean out and di*Weet the nest THE EW MEMBER FOR NORTH
of threatre of war does not begome after eieli hatch and4ttt in neer sod I - HURON
' lettoactive past ,4inJ 20e i Tina Ilse 4*d Vale lit4-t- 1911114tAbeelien ierith.iLm..T. Casa. iefiVtingallIthf,le NW iir.
terpretation of th s is that any man) insect powder before 'Patting her ina tomatically elected to the seat 'iit-tite'
who was OUitSi e the three-mile the nest again a day or two before • Ontario Legislature irtade vacant by
limit prior to A ril 20 is *exempted leaving the nests with the chickens.. the resignation of A. H. Musgrove,
from further se ce in Canada eat It is a good -filen to put into the dust at a convention of North Huron Con-
der the operation of the ea. se A., bath a little dry sulphur or ground servatives held in Wingham on Fri -
but that any ma 'who did not get tobacco. day afternoon. Mr. Musgrove resign -
beyond the thrtenile lint until Be sure also that the house is free ed to take the position of postmaster
later than April 0th, and who may from mites, These little pests get at Winghain.
later be returnEd to Canada re- into the cracks iand corners of the The following. officers were elected
mains under the 1. S. A. and may banding and at ;eight, as the hens are for the coming year: 1st Vice Pres7
be called «-' at ny time and used
resting, thee coime out of their hiding ident„Mrs. Walker, Gerrie; 2nd Vice -
in any capacity f r which hiphysi-
place, get on the hen's body and it President, Dr. . Armstrong, Gorrie;
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cal condition makes him liable,. does not take very many of thent. to Secretary, Mrs. Harvey, Blyth; Trees -
Another pointhich has caused
make a hen so uneasy that she cannot urer, J. W:,McKiblitni, ex -mayor of -
the officials some, concern was to sit. In some casesi the mites become Wingham.
know if the 19 -ear -old class was so troublesome that they actually The candidates nominated were W.
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to be sent to the Medical Boards for worry the hens to death. Holmes, Wingham; Matt. Lockhart,
examination first, or if they were toClean out the house and thoroughly Auburn; Peter, Scott, Wawanosh; Dr.
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be ordered to report first. As the
sweep, not forgetting the windows. Edmunds, Wingham; John ,Toynt,
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proclamation did not give any deft_ 'walls and ceiling. When this is all- LucknoW; Dr, Case, Dungannon, and
nit % instructions in this respect, the
Military- Service euncil has deter-
mined that men 1n the 19 year old
class 'cannot get •medical examina-
tion until they ar called upon to re-
port for service, unless they volun-
teer before June st. Up to June 1,
the men of 19 tea y volunteer in the
regular manner, but after June 1,
they will not be permitted to vol-
unter without fir t obtaining clear-
ance papers from the Registrar's of-
fice, in order that the Registrar may
kern proper tra k of thein. This
does not mean th t they will not be
permitted to vol teer freely, right
up to the time hey receive their
notice to report for service, but it
means that after Jane 1st there will
be this, extra. step they will have to
take in the process of volunteering.
The question o the "only re-
maining son" h s also been more
clearly defined Iby orders which
reached * military headquarters on
Tuesday from Otawa. A message
from the office Of the Adjutant-
Generel states that if all. a ,mants
brothers are over' as but onee and
that one was mar ed prior to August
4th, 1914, has d child or children,
of his own, and i living lapart from
the parental hom , he is not to be
considered as bel nging to the same
family. In view Fof this, the only
son who remains lunder the parental
roof, and whose rothers come un-
der the above conditions, has the
right ) to ask for leave of absence
after he has reported for service.
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MeLBAN BROS. Peisin
$1.50 a Year in Attttamee
POSTPONED
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- Owing to the unavoidable absence of the principal actor of th.e Goderich
Opera Corapany, the) Comic Opera
"LASS OF LIMERICK TOWN"
has been Postponed to
Tuesday May 28th. 1918
MIEN
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UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE WOMEN'SWAR AUXILIARY
- ADMISSION 350 - RESERVED SEATS 50c
Plan of Hall at Aberhart's ffaugpore
Er: STAY FOR TE DANCE AFTER PLAY—GODERICH ORCHESTRA
= ADMISSION ,09e - - Everyone Welcome o'
The idate of inar
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days after hatching. They -may then
be given some bread
been very slightly ta
milk, this may be se
cook spoils t14 dinner he won't smile.
mbs that have Well I belong to the trenc mortars and
istened with in another hour or so (10 p.m.) we
ered on clean are going to give FAtz his supper of
sand or chick grit brooded by a 'iron rations. We are, like the good
hen she will see that..no food is al- nurses of Canada as far as generosi-
lowed to he around, but if in a brood- ty is concerned and anytime that we
er, ;that part % cif the food that the (not the nurses) have too much, we
chicke do not pick up in a few min- ungrudgingly send it over to our MOSt
utes should be removed, as nothing in undesirable neighbors and they in turn
feeding causes so Mach trouble as get struck with the sante feeling
leaving food of thatnature armed
until it is sour. -
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The following dal* ration of five
feeds given, about tvloehours and a
.half apart• arid continued from the
time. the chicks are two or three days
out of the shell until ten or twelve
days of age may be altered or adopt-
ed to suit conditions:
First—Dry bread erumbs slightly
moistened with Mak.
Second Feed—Finely cra,eked mixed
and often return the compliment. I
suppoie it is customary tO mention
that the weather is 4tre bons; in fact
this is the best winterd that. I have
seen since I came Out and that is so
long ago that I have almost forgotten
the date. Anyway this is any third
winter, all through being struck pa-
trotic, Say do you ever read the Fam-
ily Herald where correspondents des-
cribe themselves, Well I guess that
won't say anything more, as the
MAKE EVERY HICKEN COUNT.
The aim this ye r should be to make
everything count. Make every hen
lay her best; niakel every chick mature
early enough and hereby inake every
pound of feed giv the maximum re-
turn.
Hatch early. 1ake every effort to
get your chicks ut this spring be-
fore the first of j e. As a rule the
heavier breeds hat hed later than that
date are not sati factory. At least
ninety per cent, ofl the pullets in Can-
adaewere not 1aing daring November
and December of 1he 'past winter, be-
cause they Were etched too late.
When the chick are removed to
their brooding qurters there should
be seine coarse and or fine grit scat-
tered where they elin have free access
to it. They sh9uLI be lefteq.ntil they
show positive sgis of hunger, which
would be between lhe second and third
swept demi, use a g.ardep hose or a
stiff brush andhot water. See that
everything in the cracks and crevices
is washed out,- this is done al-
low the house io dry for af while and
if everything then appears to be clean
use .a good disinfectant and be sure
that the solution is forced by the
spray or brush right into the cracks
and crevices. If the mites are bad, use
*boiling hot water followed by coal oil
and a liquid lice killer or lice .paint.
Be sure that this goes into the cracks
and crevices and when you have gone
over your house thoroughly, according
to the above treatment, hi. all proba-
bility the mites will be exterminated,
but it is advisable in the course of
three or four days again to inspect
for the mites and perhaps to repeat
the dose once more.
FROM THE TRENCHES
The following letter has been receiv-
ed by a McKillop Red Cross worker,
from a soldier in France who received
a pair of socks in which she had en-
closed a note asking if they were sat-
isfactory:
Hotel de Cellar, Somewhere in
France April 20, 1918.
Many thanks for the socks. They
will keep ray tootsy wootsies from
stubbing agains the rocks. You say
you will be glatie!to-ihear from the
wearer, but not half as glad as the
writer will be to write to the sender,
who is a charming nurse. You see
in my heart is a soft spot for the ladies
who are back home a -doing their bit,
where we all soon hope to be returning
to, and thentheir hands we will grip.
I am not even second. cousin to the
poet laureate as I wear my hair just
as Ione as the finest clippers will make
it, and I guess that is the reason :this
job was not offered to me, but I should
worry as long as I have a good pair
of socks to wear. You see my wants
are little here below, and the chief one
is to get back to the bouth of the St.
Lawrence and then believe tee, I will
paddle my .own canoe out west, from
whence I came. It is awfully diflia
cult to write anyone that you have
not written to before and I scarcely
know what to say,. but I can tell you
that the cool .is preparing the din-
ner for to -morrow and by the way he
is puffing and blowing it looks as
though our work was cut out to eat it,
but you know the old. song, "Pack all
your troubles in your old kit bag arid
smile"; well take it from me., -if the •
George Spotter"; Wingham. Each can-
didate spoke for ten Minutes.
The field narrored down to Scott,
Spotton and Case. Scott -was voted out
of the running and Spottan and Case
were tied. Dr. Edonunds; president,
voted Case, who was thereby elected.
In accordance with the war -time
agreement between • the Government
and' '
Opposition there will be no oppo-
sition, and Dr. Case will be elected by
acclamation. '
METHOD OF WEANING LITTLE
PIGS.
Weaning time is the most critical
period of the hog's life. The ap-
proved practice is to wean at about
six weeks. Teach the litter to eat
3 weeks before weaningiusing a crib or
creep which excludes the sow, or a sep-
arate pen. 'Feed, in a trough, ptee
ferably, middlings with skim -milk.
With middlings at present =obtain-
able, finelv ground sifted oats is best.
Feed only small quantities at first and
avoid baying decomposed or stale food
left 'over. After -weaning, add shorts
gradually un to equalfparts and from
the secorid to the third month add
barley or corn as one-third the total
meal ration. First and last, avoid ov-
Old Times Teia and
Progressive Euchre
At the Rosidence of ,
Mr. and Mrs.A.D.Sutherland
BENEFIT—RED CROSS
WEDNESDAY 29th
mAy... ...
Tea Served from 3 to 7 p.m.
Attendants in old fashioned costumes.
IN THE EVENING
Progressive Euchre, commencing at 8 p.m.
Vocal and instrumental mask both afteriron
and evening.
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SILVER COLLECTION.
Everybody Nielcame
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er-feeding with its consequent train
of evils.
Within the last year at the Central
Exeprionental Farm, experimeet and
subsequent practice has indicated a
system where's- weaning is simpli-
-Red and the bad results of careless
feedine practipally eliminated. Ina
stead of "hand -weaning" ei freeding
the weaning pigs milk and meal in a
trough, a small self -feeder is substi-
tuted in the creep, skim-militt being
fed in a separate trough. Finely
ground oats and shorts, and later
ground 'elevator screenings with . a
small portion of ground corn, if avail-
able, are placed in the feeder, Thus,
the little pig feeds himself when and
as much as he sees fit, is able to elim-
inate from the meal eaten, much fib-
rous material which he must consume
willy-nilly where fed a slop, and in-
cidentally accustoms himself gradually
to skim -milk. Except in eases of ear -
1, litters, the little pigs are given ac-
cess to outdoor runs at all times from
two to three weeks of age. Excellent
growth is "shown, the pigs developing
clean, long and thrifty, with 110 evi-
dence of thickness pudginess or lack
of energy. Absohitely,no evidence of
-indigestion or scouring -has been seen,
and in one instance where a dozen
litters were so fed at a central feeder
the percentage of "culls" -was remark-
ably low. When finally removed from
the sow, ei -- so weaned, particularly
where their are to be self -fed subse-
quently, give minimum eviden&e of
the cheek in growth, usually incident-
] al to weaning in a greater or lesser
degree. In short, while the exeprien-
ced hog -man can hand wean his pigs
with maximum results, the farmer
lacking experience or depending upon
ever thanging attendants, is likely to
run into d• cultes. The method iffides-
cribed be des ,reducing labor appar-
ently rem es the danger of irregular
and over -feeding. Both method and
results might be described as auto -
matin i
In the f'oregoinganethod, skim -milk
Plays an important part. Where this
or other milk product is unobtainable,•
experimental evidence would show
that good ehts may be raised by fol-
lowing this method and supplying
tankage, blood -meat fish meal or some
similar animal product he a separate
corepartment of the 'feeder, not milted
with the regular Meal. Pigs, so fed,
have shown- onlv- slightly, inferior-
onality to skim -milk Rite, but the cost
to produce would seem to be consider-
ably increased.
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CANADA
—After several- atterapts by- the
Woodstock Board of Trade to secure I
mail delivery. for Woodstock, the Gov-,
erninent has at last acceded to the
uestr and AugiifiefittoneWas. rieSeive.ci
oa sMonday that delVeri would be
started in a very short time. From
information received. there will be
three deliveries a day, with a force of
about nine carriers.
—In sending Earl DuSomme to jail
for twelve months for encouraging his
wife to commit bigamy, Magstrate
Kingsford in the Toronto race Court
on Monday said the husband was worse
than the wife, who was committed to
the jail feria for six months. After a
family quarrel DuSoname pressed the
pants of the other man so that he
might look smart on the occasion of
his marriage to Mrs. DuSomme.
- --On Sunday afternoon three wom-
en prisoners of Toronto Jail managed
to steal the acting matron's keys and
after breaking one lock and opening
other doors which led them into the
jail yard, 'made their escape by climb-
ing a fifteen foot wall by Means of a
iadder, two tables and a. stool. One,
-Martha Berryman, was apprehended
'at the home of,a blend in Weston, but
the other two Frances Fletcher and
Mabel Somerville are still at large.
—Arnold Wilcock, of Stratford, met
with a peinfu accident in the G. T.
R. shops in that city, Tuesday morn-
ing, when he had his left hand badly
crushed. He was working :on a boiler
and the accident occurred when a boy,
who was working with him, struck hhn
a heavy blow -With a sledge at a rivet
a ainst it The head of
immediately 'lye a block that Wikox
was holding
the rivet detlected the blow and the.
sledge landed on the back of Mr. Wil-
coxss left hard, breaking the hand
open.
—Sergt. W. A. Knox, Pte. A. Hol-
brooke and S If-Sergt, Al- V. Jesson,
returned isokl` rs, are dead at Wintd-
peg, after drinking wood alcohol as a
beverage. Holbrooke was proprietor
of a, bath house on Main street, and in
the course .of a friendly drinking
bout the thfee men apparently drank
from a' bottle of crude alcohol used for
external applications. Knox came
from Kelliher, Sask., and lived in
Winnipeg after being invalided home
from the frout. Holbrooke leaves a
wife and seven children, includirtg a
son on active !Service. Jesson leaves
a wife and child.
—William Smith, aged 19, of Sarnia,
employed by the Perfection, Stove Co.,
was painfully injured on Monday,
while working on a press. Eight fin-
gers were severed just below the raid-
dle joints.- The cause i unknown.
The machine was eqUippell with the
latest safety guards. The man's
thumbs were left intact. The safety
first man employed by the company,
examined the machine just after the
accident, and reported it o.k. iSonie
time ago Smith had part of one finger
severed on the seine kind of a ma-
chine.
Harold Nurse, a veterinary surgeon,
who recently came from near Milver-
ton, to practice with Dr. Tennent, and
Richard AtIdiason of Lucan, were bad-
ly hurt when their automobile ran off
the edge of a culyert and turned turtle
on the fourth concession of Biddulph
on Tuesday aftetnoon. Both nien are
in a critical condition from internal
injuries. Dr. Nurse's eonditionr is
described as serious. Seven of his
ribs were fractured, five -at the back
and two on the breast His head is
also severely injuked. He was con-
siderably bruised and also badly shak-
en up. The accident oeuxeed about
five miles north of Lucan. Some tat
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tie were being driven along the road
ahead of the machine. The motorists
tooted arid centinued without reducing
their speed, tlinking the tattle would
turn to the side of the road, Nurse and
Atkinson were forced to pull sharply
however, and in doing so went over
the edge of a eulvert which they
had not noticed. Nurse is about 26
years of age.
—W. S. Dingman, vice-chairmaa of
the Ontario License Board and far-
merly of Stratford, is laid up at his
home with a pair of badly damaged
knees as the result of a little adven-
ture with a street car while en route
to the Parliament buildings. Mr.
Dingman has a few grey hairs and
weighs about two hundred pounds, but
neither fact held him back when a
motorman of the Toronto Railway
Company neglected to step the ear at
the right crossing. Mr. Dingman got
off anyway, and in connecting with
the pavement was rather badly hurt.
It will be a day or two before he is
able to return to his office.
—William H. Soiners, formerly wir-
ing inspector for Chatham, and dis-
triet, and more recentli employed in
the maintenance department by the
Hydro Eiectrie *Power Commission,
was electrocuted early Taesday after -
non at the Kent Station on the Cein-
etery Road when ,26,000 volts of elec-
tricity 'arching fiern a switch on the
high voltage system passed through
his body. For over an heur following
the accident. Drs. Rutherford, Hall and
Oliver,resorted tOc methods of resus-
citation, but vrithout result. -Tie late
Mr. Somers, \WIG was about' 50 . years
of age, went to Chatham irem Petro -
lea shortly after the local hydro was
installed, being apointed wiring in-
spector. Later he secured employment
-with the. Ontario Commisaion. He is
survived by his wife and seven child-
ren, who reside in Chatham. .
a—Another demonstration Of the fatt
that Guelph is one of the leading
centres, for livestockbneeding was
given on Tuesday whelkbreeders and
farmers from all parts of Ontario and
many parts of the United States came
to Guelph to attend the Watt -Gard -
house sale. This, sale was easily- the
most important One ever held -there,
andathe Winter Fair buildings were
'crowded during its progreis. Farmer's
in autos 'canoe from far and near, and
great interest was manifested. There
were 61 head in the catalogue, nearly
all of them heifers, Ala splendid inices
were obtained. The highest price paid
was $2,275 for a aevn year Old eoW
eard cell. The prieel#44 paid by Oast
'treicrier 'Bros., of Cradrto*'Oirt, Ae
A. Arinstroag of Fergutte paid $1,750
for a four numtlis old bull, Bainford
Mark, Vol. 19.. This calf is consid-
ered one Of the best ever offered in
Ontario, and was greatly admired. The
4otal amount of the sale was $47,250,
which was fully up to expfttations.
The average price pair for the heifers
was $740, and for the bulls $1,258.
thousand boys betweea 15
and nineteen years of age are to be
recruited' ,this strainer to harvest
the, flax crop in Ontatio. The two
day conference at the Parliament
Buildings between representativea
of the *Canadian Flax Growers' Ae-
sociatione and Dr. R. W. Riddell,
superinteedent of the Trades and
Labor branch, resulted in an ar-
rangement by which big camps are
to be established at central points.
Dr. Riddell will undertake to secure
the. lioys and to provide the tents
neeessary Male the Sae IZTOlter-S
will provide the cookng equipment,
etc. The area of land devoted to
flax in the province this year is
double that of last year and treble
that of 1914. Mest of it is in West-
ern Ontario, and the fax growers.
expect to get the balk of their help
from Toronto and the larger centres
to the London,
Woodstock, Guelph. The boys will .
be paid a minimum wage that will
give even the slowest flax -puller a
fair return for his labor, while the
boy who becomes expert and works
bird will be able to make big
wages. Payment will be made upon*
an acreage basis.
litURON'NOTES
—A hearty invitation was rece f;ld
from Dawn Iffills Official Bof.ird ask-
ing Rev. F. W. Craik, of Walton, to
become their pastor for the coming '
term, at a salary of $1000. The rev-
erend gentleman has accepted; sub-
ject to. the action of the Stationing '
Comanittee. Walton Circuit will be
loathe to let him go as they hoped to
retain him for the fourth year, r
—Material is on the ground now to
complete the basement of the Metho-
dist church, Ethel. When finished it
will ,make one of the most up-to-date
church properties in any village in the
country. .
—At a special sitting of the Us -
borne Colncil on Saturday last, Mr,
Henry Strang, who has been auditor
for some years, was appointed Clerk
for the balance of 191S, to take the
place of the late Francis Morley.
—Last Saturday, while II. Eilbir,
M. P. P., of Crediton, was • engaged
in doing some work at hie home, the
ladder which he was using, fell, throw-
ing him heavily to, the ground., Re is. -
confmed to the house and obliged to
use crutches to move around,
—The death took place at his home
on Monday, May 6th, of a respeeted
resident of Dashwood, in the person
of Fred Gossman, at the age a 87
years, one month and fifteen days .Th
deceased had been ill. but a few days..
Born in ViTurteinburg, Germany, he
ame to Canada when a young inanef
sixteen. The late Mr. Gossman eon --
ducted a store business for twenty
years, and up to the time of his death
was always a hard working man.
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