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porters to keep his name out of the 1 ert 'found his desk piled high • with I and is so frankly aiiti-public owner-"
papers. Nor does Hon. Bob 4 have - to telegrams' of `a
�,�. �.,, hall t.,.,r a keep �,... "welcome"
'appreciation from clergy chap that his reputation does not auf-
men all over Canada. Naturally he for when he goes off on fishing trips
, experienced feelings of virtuous ela- with Ikon, . D Reid.
i tion and felt grateful to the lieuten-
ant who had suggested legislation that der, the silent man of mygtery. '`Is
brought such a spontaneous outburst James so consistently keeping his
of approval. What he did not know mouth shut to cover his astuteness or,
*as .that Hon, Mr. R6well had stage- to, save his reputation? Hon. James
managed the whole proceeding -that came down from the West with a
the wires were sent at his suggestion=great' reputation for political sagacity.
By little things like this, attached to But, then, so did Hon. Robert Rogers.
a deferential manner, Mr. Rowell has In fact, each respected the other with
gained and largely held the ear of his exceedingly great respect. But does
chief. So largely that there must be the recent history of Hon. Robert
moments when Hon. Arthur wonders -justify his reputation? ,Does it not
if he was not wasting his energies rather'suggest that a man may be
when he worked so hard to bring about boss of an election gang in Manitoba
the union Sir Robert and the others and yet never fire the political heath -
longed for. For Hon. Arthur . sacri-. er at Ottawa ? The records show that
ficed not a little of his popularity Hoar. Robert made an honest minister
with the old Tories, when at the be -of Public Works and that he had the
hest of his chief, he helped fill tae courage so many politicians lack. Rut
front benches with his old-time en- that's all..His last claim to political
emies. 'When he first came in from astuteness vanished when he firet had
the Prairies under the wing.of Hon. himself whitewashed by a commission
Bob Rogers, young Arthur was the and then played into the enemy's.
infant prodigy of the House, His hands by resigning. Either of these
argument was strongly partisan and mistakes was enough to kill him. '.
the old hidebound Tories would gather Hon. James Calder may, be profiting
in the House when he spoke and cheer by his old rival's mistakes. And then
his every sentence. He began to again he may not. He hides 'his
looms up as the Tory loader of the mouth behind a drooping moustache
future and whether he wanted to break and his thoughts behind half-closed
from the, Rogers' leading strings or eyes. When. he halved up the apples
the older man recognized a dangerous under the Interior Department tree
rival for the Western leadership in with Hon, Arthur Meighen, he took
young Arthur can only be surmised. the fruit and left Hon. Arthur the
What can be' told with certainty is sticks and stones. It has been pro -
that whenever a nasty deal had to phesized of him that, when the Union
be defended on the floor of the House, Government goes on the rocks and
the young' Solicitor -General get the breaks up, he will be found on the
lob. From champion of the extreme largest and best:provisioned life raft,
Tories he became the champion, hair- And perhaps it is better to let it go
splitter and when he turned in as at that.
assistant Union Maker to Sir Robert` Then, last of the four look care -
Borden, while Bob Rogers stood out fully at Hen. Arthur Sifton. He is
as the leader of those utterly opposed small and bald and has eyes that
to Union he moved yet further away sometimes make you shiver. Even
from those who were loudest in his when he laughs at a joke, and he
praises. does laugh at all the visible nes and
So, as Hon. Newton is busy watch- some that are not visible aseiwell, you.
ing Hon, Arthur, and Hon. Arthur is somehow feel that the sunshine in his
busy watching Hon. Newton and _ face does not come from a warm heart.
neither has -any following worth men- It is this iciness that makes people
tioning in the House, they can safely describe him as having a "poker face"
be dismissed when figuring futures. when ` really he has nothing of the
Both are clever lawyers but Pattie- kind: He just can't help laughing at
ment is full of ` clever lawyers. In the troubles of others. The Right Hon.
fact there is a growing belief that Chas. Murphy said so many things a -
there are too many of them there for bout • Hon. N. W. Rowell he really
the country's good. , - tried to conceal his. merriment. But
But there is a little group of men he couldn't. His smile widened into
who sit over to the right of Sir Rdb= a _grin. Then he swept the press gal-
ert to whom the eyes of visitors in- lery with a half wink and proceeded
variably wander and about whom more to enjoy himself in quiet laughter. But
questions are asked than about all the: everybody admits his ability while the
rest of the Cabinet combined. They rumor to the- effect that he is lazy
are: Hons. Sifton, Carvell, Calder lacks confirmation. When he was
and Crerar: Strange as it may ape Acting Minister of Justice during Hon
pear, they are all Liberal -Unionists C� J. Doherty's absence last winter
which suggests that the future of - he cleared up all the accumulated bus -
Union Government has slipped from iness on the genial old Irishman's
Sir Robert to the Liberal -Unionists. desk the first morning and we' sit
As I write Sir Robert Borden has not ting calmly smoking one of his long
yet fulfilled his promise to give the black cigars when the press boys call -
Liberals a. "fifty-fifty" representation ed on hint at noon. But is it
in his Cabinet. But the fact remains his remarkable ability to make up his
that when you look at that Cabinet it mind that gives him time to consume
appears to be full of Liberals. It so many -cigars. When he was on the
evidently feels that way . too. Just bench in Alberta he is said to have
before the last sessi of Parliament never left his seat without delivering
a Conservative member of -the Govern- judgment. Moreover, it was the kind
nient was asked: - of judgment that higher courts did
"When are you going to give the not alter. Nor did he lack courage.
full fifty-fifty to the Liberalst'?" One section of his province had. been
"Those
hell!" he exploded. troubled with horse thieves for years,
Those Liberals are always there and They were classy thieves, too, be -
some of our fellows are always away. longing to the best families and car -
They're in the majority at every meet- rying a fine line of politioel pull.
ing now of. the Council." When one of them was caught - it
And the general contour of his lan- " could be arranged, to have judgment
guage ,was not fruther evidence of -reserved till the political pull could
that peace and, good will on which get in its work. Then along came
unions are alleged to thrive. And of Mr. Justice Sifton; When the evi-
the Liberals who look so numerous deuce was all in, he.did not hesitate.
the four mentioned are the ones the He simply said: "Seven years," And
students of political form are watch- the man was in the pen before he re-
ing. Perhaps it would be better to covered from his astonishment. It
deal with them by - the process of hardly necessary to add that horse
elimination, stealing was one of the fashionable
Of the four it seems safe to predict lads that rapidly disppeared Min that
that Mr. Crerar will disappear first,- neighborhood.., When those families
He is an honest farmer, head of the got a chance later they voted jigainst
Grain Growers' Company, one of the Anthea Sifton. But not- so hard nor
strongest and most influential trusts so often as the rest of the commun-
in€the country. But he isnot a poli- ity did for hinl. He has never been
tician and not adaptable 'enough to a popular Premier of Alberta, but the
ever become one. He. tried hard to Westerners admired his courage and
learn. • He sat in the House, leaning ability. As : I said before, keep an
forward with, aazids clasped and mouth eye on him.
open, drinking in every word. But, As if to prove the theory that Cabi-
as the session advanced, interest ap- net Ministers are accidents . th man
peered to give place ,te a mild dis- who grew on the House ie most
gust. As he wandered past the press during the session was the
room one night he was evidently ex- greatest accident of then ail
pressijig himself frankly `to his com- - Hon. A. K. Maclean. He wasn't
panion and these words came clearly meant to be in the Union Government
to us, "This is the damndest place for at all, Premier Murray was the 'Lib-
passiti�i the buck I ever got,into." And eral selected from Sir Robert Borden's
a day or two later, when the: House native province. But, .when Mr. Mur-
v'as wrestling with one of Sir George ray got back home after the fornaali-
Foster's weighty problems re the tics had been completed, he found the
weighing of eggs or the measuring of old party spirit too strong. To lout
cordwood or something, and a mild it baldly, he backed 'up and Hon. A.
attempt was nude to shove some of 'K. Maclean stepped into the vacancy
the responsibility over on his should- and proceeded to work his way to
ers, he bucked absolutely. "I did not respect and popularitye Everybody
ask for the legilsation," he declared likes "A . K." even if he did criticise
and he appeared to enjoy_ tae laugh budgets in a rather weepy voice when
that told he had found his own soul he was financial critic of the Opposi-
again for the moxient. It looks like tion. But they didn't expect very
a good guess that Mr. Crerar will soon much of him. Consequently when he
be where he belongs. -on the farm. came- through with the 'best budget
What will become of Hon. Frank speech heard in years and explained
Carvell is_ another question. In his Hon. j. D. Reid's railway muddles so
old fighting days when, as the exe- that at times they were almost intel-
cutioner of the Opposition, he hung eligible the Unionists, or some of theril
the scalps of Fleminj, Moline and anyway, were pleased as well as sur -
Hughes at his belt, he looked the most prised.
formidable_ figure to the left of Mr.. Hon. C. J. Doherty, around whose
Speaker. Now he's in the transition devoted head the storms of the ses-
neri od and he hardly seems tc know sion howled ' harmlessly, is the most
himself whether he's a good Grit or lovable old gentlemen in the lot. He
a half -blown Bordenite. Neither- does may be, and probably is, totally un -
friend or foe know just ho -w to place fitted to enforce a Military Service
trim. To be sure he still professes Act but he can explain a knotty point
Liberalism. When, as a member of in any bill so that even the lawyers
the Cabinet. he was forced to vote are mystified. What more could you
with his leader on the Yukon elec- ask of a Minister of Justice? And he
tion case he did it but with no very can close his arguments with a smile
good grace. And next day in the cor- that carries sunshine even to the
riclor when a friend congratulated hearts of the Opposition,
him on casting his first Tory vote Sir Thomas White, who was absent
he declared in a loud tone of voice: during the entire session through al -
"That's the first d -d vote I ever leged illness, should fit securely into
was ashamed of casting. But he did any Union scheme, because, though
it again when Sir Wilfrid forded a nominally a Conservative, he was so
vote on the Alien Franchise Act recently a Liberal that he can hardly
though but a few weeks before he have forgotten all the teachings of
had expressed a hope that he would his earlier life. He was once fancied
not much `longer have to apologize for for Premier but leeks personal nag -
that represenhensible piece of legis- netism. It begins to look as if it
lotion. "Honest, Fearless, Fighting lowing to get very far in the near -
Frank." as his admirers of other days lowing to get very far in the neat
loved Uncoil hien, is learning to "love, future and Sir Thomas' personal fol -
honor 'old obey." He is first and al- lowing is rather a negligible quantity,
ways a politician. He makes the Tor- As for the others they're more num-
ies nervous and the Grits suspicious. Brous than notable. Hon. J. D. Reid
He is 'a pottier in New Brunswick is the chore bow. In.those ten dis-
where he owns the Government as tracting days when Sir Robert Bor-
Hon. Janes Calder owns the Gov- den was choosing his first Cabinet
erament in Saskatchewan. He'll have the rush of great nen to the Borden
to be reckoned within the final anal- residence was appalling. Hon. Dr.
Ssis-but how or when or where is one Reid is said to have come early and
of. the rmy' teries that make. politics so waited patiently. In fact, it is said
interesting as a study. `Meanwhile he took a' chair in the Borden kitchen
he owns the electric fight dant in his and sat down. Men came and went
native townofWoodstock. is a direc- in a steady stream but, every time
tor of the Nova Scotia Telephone Co. Sir Robert sought refuge in the kit -
sign from being worn off his door-
mat. And yet it is only a few sho
months since these two etatesmen
7 found the spotlight hardly big enough
14 to take in their entire persons.
'4 I Ruh down the list. of diseardcd or
resigned Ministets of the last ten
years >and note how they have 'all
shrunk and then _you understand
the attitude of the old press gallery
denizen who remarked: 'Those Min-
isters have nothing on us. We have
to have some ability to hold our
jobs. They're only accidents." And
if thoee Ministers could hear the run-
ning fire of comment on their daily
walk and conversation by those who
konw them best and follow their ac-
tions most closely it is a good guess
that they would contract either a
greater coeitempt for the gallery or a
smaller idea of their own importance.
With these few words let me intro-
duce Sir Robert Borden, the man who
made Union -Gov,ernment possible..
That his present cabinet is union in
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Farm for Sale -J. J. Merner-5
'Everyday Bargains -W. J. Finnigan -8
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tgo Warm Expositor tion. To date it has stuck together.
anything but name is an open cpies-
But how could it do otherwise when
it is propped up on north, south and
west, by the crisis in Europe and on
the seat by Sir Wilfrid Laurier ? If
the props should break, Union Gov-
ernment would exit with all possible
despatch. Even as it is the rumb-
Hogs that come from the Council
Chamber taken with echoes from
various parts of the country give ey-
ery promise that the next session of
the House will be lively and that the
Ginger Group will not furnish all the
excitemeht Sir Robert Borden will
be the last man to find this out.
Probably no man in Canada is so
thoroughly immune to public senti-
ment. If you wander into Ottawa on
a hot day in summer-and,:it can get
hot in Ottawa when it tries and ask
if there is a cool spot anywhere in
the city, the answer is almost eure
to be: "Yes, up in Borden's office."
For you could hardly call the Premier
genial. Heladmits also that he does
not read the newspapers, except such
selected passages as his isecretaries
clip for his perusal. It is safe to
assume that 'those selections are not
such as will hurt his self-eateem. Nor
are his intimates, if any, of the kind
to communicate to him much of what
the masses are thinking. A thrifty
person himself -he is the richest Pre-
mier that Canada ever knew -he
rather prefers the company of rnen
who make, and know; the value of
money. For instance, you would
hardly look to Sir George Perley as
an interpreter of •the public mind.
Sir Robert is not a politician.- That
may be the reason .some people-- have
concluded that he is a statesman. He
had a sort of genius for doing the
right thing at the wrong time or vice
versa. Neither is he an orator. He
can make almost. any subject uninter-
esting. Moreover, he mumbles
words, always appears to have a
clove or something in his inouth and
punctuates his orations with so many
extracts from printed docum.ents that
"Borden readings" have.become a by,
word _in the .House. But there are
occasions, far separated though they
be, when he appears to shed his books,
his clove and the marcelle wave in
his hair and stand forth an orator
and a statesman, When he announced
his conscription policy his oration was
-so eloquent and courageous that his
followers were enthusiastic. The real
Borden, for whom they had vainly
searched for years, had at last appear-
ed. But the enthusiasm walled when,
apparently forgetting th'e ,boys at the
front for whom he had put forward
such a pathetic plea, he spent almost
his entire summer - looking for this
Union Government we now have. The
next time he showed to advantage was
almost a year later when he repelled
the farmer invasion of the capibal last
May. That time he did not 'aro se
the same admiration. His follow rs
could not help wondering where they
would be next day.
But the Premier's pursuit of Union
Government marked him as perSever-
ing and determined, you say. Well,
perhaps. It is well, however, 10 re-
member that one or two others want-
ed Union Go-vernment just as much
as did Sir Robert. One of these was
Sir Clifford Sifton. Another was Sir
Joseph Flavelle. Both are hi the hab-
it of getting what they go after. Each
has a certain • amount of determina-
tion. With one of them prodding lion
each side Sir Robert Borden wo Id
have been a much stronger man than
he is had he turned either to the
right or to the left.
But yen probably ask, if Sir Robert
is not a strong man and is neither a
politicion nor orator, how did he ar-
rive? And it may be that, if a Cabi-
net Minister is an accident, a Prerniet
Robert was born in Nova Scotia and
is consequently a statesman as nato
'orally as a Kentuckian is a colonel.
Boya down that way are said to be
divided in their ambitions. Some
want to be premiers, others to be
brakesmen on the IntercolonialA Sir
Robert's family have already filled
several pages of the country's pay roll
and he followed the family inclina-
tion, paving the way by studying law.
He is still a higk-class constitutional
lawyer. Of course, he came to Parlia-
ment in the natural course of events.
When disaster overtook the Conserva-
tive party, his_t fine appearance, his
nice wavy hair; his natural dignity and
his knowledge of constitutional law
made him leader. He tried to escape
once or twice and failed. Then his
opponents adopted reciprocity and
SEAFORTH, Friday, Sept. 13th, 1918
.THE WAR SITUATION
The Allied advance in the west still
continues, although continuous heavy
wind and rain storms during the past
week have made progress very diffi-
cult. Added to weather conditions the
latest reportO from the battlefields
of the Somme indicate the enemy's
determination to offer .desperate resis-
tance to the Allied advance on the
Hindenburg Line. Nevertheless, the
Fench and British troops continue
to press forward, capturing material
and priooners.daily. Already the Hin-
denburg line has been badly cracked
for not only have the British overrun
the north part but the French are
hammering away further south. It is
at this latter point that the enemy's
resistance has become notably strong-
er, for any approach to the city of
Leon in this section would mean a
serious defeat for the Germans, as
Laon is the centre of a strategic rail-
road system running right and left
towards the German front, and the
greater part of the enemy's supplies
for Chemin-des-daines passes through
Lam, Moreover, the capture of Leon'
would enable the French to take the,
the heights at Chemin-desdames, and
even now they are threatened, Ger-,
man heas-y artillery which /iv -a s drawn
away during the Allied offensive is
again in position ang.g, iS materially,
helping their troops `t6 increase the
resistance. Gen. Ludendorff is ap-
parently trying to reorganize his..
broken divisions and make a determin-'
ed stand on the Hindenburg line, but
. there is little chance of his succeed-
ing, because the Allies are now too
strong for him and will soon mate
short Work of his elaborate defensive
workss- Recent and new methods' of
wire cutting, of attack by tanks and
of artillery fire,have made the defence
of trenches and fortkied lines much
less secure than they were a year ago.
, In fact, it is a reecgatized fact now,
that any defensive line can be broken,
and the splendid, work done by the
small tanks in the recent Allied offen-
Siere has been an excellent illustration
of this. Afore than ever before in this
war, it is now army against army and
generalship againat geenralship and in
this kind of warfare -both the Allied
troops and General Foch have proved
themselves more than a match for
the German army and the German
general staff.
The whole German campaign of ola
has been a failure. They have lost
the initiative, there losses have been
quite out of proportion to the losses
of the Allies, and they have drawn
almost to the lirnit on their reserves.
Thus while the Allies can look for-
ward from now on to a centinuous
and steady increase in reserves, the,
Germano intiet reorganize their shat-
tered units. fill up their reaerves with
boys and untrained Inert and keep on
to the end in their hepeless attempts
to inatch tite Allies.
One pretty sure indication that the
“terrenn pewee is waning- is the recent
!nest. e.-terione eutraanes to resent show
increased nrnniess ateainet German
xellitary tyranny whenever the mili-
tary star ef the Allies is in the as-
cendent, but never before have they
taken such important steps ae-einst
the enemy as now.
A "CLOSE-UP" OF U.NION
GOVERNMENT
There are three kinds of gr tat men;
those who haveheen born grea,.., those
who have achieved• greatness and
those who have become cabinet min-
isters. It will be generally admitted
that :.he Unif)/1 Government is largely
composed of cabinet -ministers.
Travelling in a private ear with
tho cabinet niinister can roll
into his native .c tll.liz„o and create an
so:newittt n.Lin to that
"eles.t up' and day bv nav this
nereonage dwirtdles to tt plain pee, I made him Premier. Ever since it has
seen and in mane eases to a very been reported more than once that he
orumary person. The disadvantage
a press I.:riflery man labors under is
that he sees thts Union, Government
etwery day and "close up." Se, if this
appriaal lacks enthusiasm, you will
bear with me.
ft might alao be well to explain
right at the - start that the press
P7allery belongs. not to the heivens
ni-Jove, the earth beneath nor the wat-
ers under the earth. It _jusSt sits there
=and watches the precession rnove by.
• never achieves greatness, yet `min-
trles with it daily; it mingles with
westita yet n,,s-ar snares in it. It eves
a common everyday member of P r -
'lament, calleti to the Cabinet, ss
etc) like a toy baitorn. it sees the h do
(,ther-; heav the kr.oe and burn he
r.IE-s Iniit:e Sir San! fleir,es anti Hon.
aniform and .the enet.ini train
i-te doesn't have to Jodge re -
meant to retire. But he didn't. In
the words of an old Conservative
wheel -horse now in the Senate, "He
likes the position: and he likes the
honor." Conscription, ably assisted
by Sir Clifford Sifton and Joseph Fla-
velle, finished -the job.
If you leave it to Sir Robert to name
the most distinguished members of
his Cabinet he will probably say Hon.
Neytton Wesley Rowell and Hon. Ar-
thur Meighen. He has been -known
to say as much. But the majority
of his followers don't believe him.
Neither do the Opposition nor the dis-
interested spectators in the galleries.
If you want to go still fruther, -neith-
er does Hon. Newton think it of Hon.
Arthur nor Hon. Arthur of Hon. New-
ton. Mr. Meighen was teacher's ,pet
before the days of Union..Then
came Mr. Rowell and put his nose
out of joint. The latter may not be
popular in the House, as a matter of
fact is very much otherwise, but he
knows how to be nice to the Premier
-and to get his own way too. 4For
t instance. after the prohibition order -
in -council was promulgated, Sir-Rob-
chen, there was the Doctor waiting
for him, prepared to com ort him
and do him good. Such patience and
constancy had to be rewarded, rt
was. And Hon. J. D. Reid has been
waiting on his Premier ever since v‘I'lth
splendid results from a personal
standpoint.
Hon. C. C. Ballantyne probably
a good business man'. But when did
businese find a place in poli ;ics? He
may learn the game if he asts long
enough but the chanees a 3 against
his lasting. He looked stro ger early
in the sessioni than he does low.
General Mewburn sol er rather -
than a politician. AW of is earlier
speeches proved that. -More ver, his
colleagues look on him As a , mporary
convenience and are givingt him the
kind of work that dnes not tend to
increase his popularity:1 He may last
the war out.
Hon. Thos. Crothers headed all the
lists of those who • were to Ite retired
before Union Government teas born
or thought of. The activi of W.
P. O'Connor in regard to acon and
one or two other foods prol need his
official life. Now O'Connor, is go
Hon. Martin Burrill too will, soon
back in his Okanagan peaeh gr
while Hon. Frank Cochrane sits
ently wondering Whether Sir Willi
Mackenzie has' enough influence
keep him from becoming head of
Government railway system As
Hon. Hugh Guthrie he never` fully
rived; and the House is tiring of
George Foster's oratory.
There you have the Union Gove
merit. You'll probably ad -nit th
it is rather a motley gathering. Wh
is going to become of it, and whe
Well, that is, another -or rather t
ther stories. -Munro in Maelean's.
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KIPPEN
'Highland Band of Lohdon, and Seafo
Citizens Band will provide music On Frid
September 20th, at Ses.forth Fall !Fair.
For Sdle-Two good knock -about; steel tir
buggies in good repair; also a goed lum
wagon in Al weed condition. Apply to W
Mellie, Kippen, agent for the Magnet Crea
Wanted -A quantity of first claie wag
tongues, white aeb. Good money plaid for t
right article. All lines of wood week repa
ing for buggies and wagons guarahteed. No
is a good time to bring in the sleighs for.r
Pairing so as to have them. when ? the win
Notes. -A' bun and honey social, u
der the auspices of the Sabbath Scho
Children of St. Andrew's church,. lei
be held this, , Friday, evening, fr
6 to 8 o'cloele Everybody is we
her daughter, of London, were gues
the past week at the home elf Mr. a
Mrs. Robert Elgie.-Mr. and Mr
Albert Anderson of Marlette, Mich
were visiting the fore patt of th
week, with Mr. Anderson's mothe
Mrs. John Anderson, of our village
also with his two brotherS, .Messr
Anderson left this locality' some 2
years ago, and on corning I hack, h
finds many changes. -Mr. nd Mr
L. Walper, and son, of S skate°
Sask., are here among thel Ontari
friends; Mrs. Walper visit ng wit
her mother, Mrs. Andrew Bell, s
Mrs. Walper's _health has mt. bee
of the best for some time paste s
they came to Ontario with he nop
that the change may have th,e desire
improvement. Her many friemis her
hope that her expectations may 1
realised. --,Mr. Moffatt of the grai
store house reports that duriag hi
' thirty years, he never received s
much grain at this season Of th
year as he has this year, he having
taken in over 2000 btishels of grain i
one day last week. ---Large r umber
-of loaded autos with sightseeas ar
passing through here on their eway to
London during- the week--Mri. Frank
Upshall, who was taking in the To
ronto fair is also visiting with ifriends
in Brampton, and Mrs. Ups:hall is
Visiting- with her two sisters at Pet-
erborough. It is not often that Mr
and Mrs. Upshall .ake an outiug and
when they do their, old friends wish
for them a good time. -Dr. Mary
Johnton of our village, has ta Ken a
position in the Hamilton Hospi Al. As
Miss Johnston has received 44 the
necessary credentials for a Medical
doctor, she is a clever young - lady
and will climb high in her chosen. pro-
fession. -No services will be held in
St. Andews' 'church on Sabbath, ow-
ing to the anniversary servi es at
Hills Green, as -many of the eople
of ahis part, purpose joining wi h the
Hills Green congregation, to he r the
Rev. James Foote, the newly i duct-
ed pastor of Coven church, Exeter.
-These are busy. days witl your core
respondent, so this week f rbids him
giving some of his sights ..ri Detroit,
and as the columns of The; Expositor
will be taken up for some weeks with
fall; fair prize lists, he has .deemed it
wise to lay aside his pencil for h. few
weeks, when he again will tell of the
wonders hp saw in ihe great city. -
Mrs. Alex. McKenzie of the village,
is paying a visit with her two daugh-
ters at Toronto. -Mr. and Mrs. Hugh
MeMurtrie, were ip Essex, the fore
I.
part of the week, -visiting wit old
time neighbors, MT. and Mrs. We ater
Sabbath last, conducted services" in
Main street church, Exeter, and at
Bethany. Mr. Johnston is not only a
good public school teacher, but also
to have to n,a, ake mention of ani old
lady, who spent some seventy years
of her life among the peoble of I,Cip-
pen, but who is nbw a resident of
Hensall. We refer to Mrs. George
Thompson, who, at time of wriOng,
is very ill. Mrs. Thompson is an aged
lady and it is only the wearing out
of a much and highly esteemed old
lady, who has done her part nobly, all
through life. Mrs. Thompson's nuiny
friends still hope for her tecove
with -a gang of men, movin.g out he
engine at -the chopping mill. He in-
tends putting the same in theoaiold
-woollen mills at Seaforth, as lee is
fixing up the mill for a flax mill:a--
The • bean harvest is now on and the
crop- is a fair one.. -Miss Margatet
Mallis, who was taking in the Toronto
Exhibition, and also visiting frieuds
there, has returned 'home. She :says
she enjoyed her visit immensely, and
comes back refreshed, and is again
down to hard work with her scholars
at No. 3 school, Tuckersinith.-In-
specter Tom,' of Goderich, who was
going his rounds in this loeality the
past week, was the guest of Mr: and
Mrg: W. H. Johnston, while in t e
village. -Mr. and Mrs. David Kilp t-
rick are on a visiting trip to the we t
among fuiends. Mr. Kilpatrick is ac-
compained by his sister, Mrs. John
Logan and son of Tuga.ske. Their
pleasant trip and safe return.--MrS:
Samuel Thompson of the 3rd coriceS-
all rashions
Fine Footwear
We are ready for the Fall Season with the best things in Footwear
for Men, Women, Boys and Girls and Children. No effort has been
spared to make Our Stock a representative stock , in every
respect Selected with great care, you will see here the products of
the best makers of Fine Footwear. You will see here Shoe Styles ex-
actly as shown in the exchisive City stores with this difference lower
prices.
We never ask inflated prices for our shoes -we buy for cash and
sell at close prices at all times. Our shoes have made for us a host
of Satisfied Customers who will gladly testify to their goodness.
There's just one thing we would like to have you do -stop in some
day and spend ten minutes looking at the New Fall Footwear.
SEAFORTH ,FALL • FAIR,
With additional attractions ,and increased accomodation, the Seto -
forth Fair will attract a larger -than -ever crowd this year. When in
0, town, leave your wraps and parcels in oor charge. Should you wish
4. to eelect your Fall Shoes, we will be glad tfii serve you.
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TELEPHONE II OPPOSITE COMMERCIAL HOTEL
sion of Hay, is spending a lengthy
visit with her daughter, Mrs. James
▪ Moodie, of Brucefield. Mrs. ThOmP-
son is among the fortunate ones, as
she has two homes, end when she is
tired of one can change to the other.
. -One of the largest shipments of
hay, that has „been shipped from our
sration for many years, is now being
loaded by Messrs. Cudinare and Har-
vey. This big shipment goes to Ohio.
,k -Messrs. Cudmore and Harvey are
hustlers in the • hay line. -Messrs.
Robert Dinsdale and William McDon-
ald, who are fortunate to own cars,
have not been overlooking their many
friends during the past week, who are
less fortunate. These gentlemen have
been sh,owing their kindness by taking
a few of their friends to the LotoloitO1
fair, for which ail feel thankful for
their kindness. -Mr. and Mrs. Cleve ;
Cochrane, was south of London visit-
ing friends the fore part of the week.
-W are pleased to note that Mt.
John McMurtrie, who recently met. -
with a bad accident, is now able tei
'be- about again, although it will be
some time, we fear, before he ,
gain gets into the harness to work. -
Mrs. Clyhetta and Mrs. Constable, of
Toronto, were visitors at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Jarrett, during the h
week. -James Dallas of Tuckersmith,
sold over 400 bushels of wheat in our •
village. for which he got $800. Mr.,
Dallas and his son, Pte. Russell Dallas,
are good farmers.
THE WATERLOO Auto Sales
BOY
Thp Three -Plow Tractor for Ontario.
The Tractor that Makes Good.
The Tractor that h* stood the Testi
The Tractor that iitguaranteed Under
All Conditions.
Write for Free Catalogue, Prices and
any information Wanted.
Garage
Is now located in ita new promises,
formerly Turnbull attd MeIntosles
Livery Barn, Main street, Seafortit. A
'complete line of
AUTO REPAIRS
& ACCESSORIES
We have secured Mr. eanderson, of
Toronto who is an expert in Electrieal
and all 'auto repair. work.
All 'Work Giaaranteed.
Wholesale and eetail repairing and
machine work.
Stewart McIntosh
MANAGER
Separators - all sizes from 24 inch
Cylinder upwards. A few rebuilt
machines at very reasonable prices.
ROBERT BELL
ENGINE & THRESHER COMPANY,
SEAFORTH.
Selling Agents for Ontario.
Highlands of Ontario
The Home of the Red Deer and Moose
OPEN SEASONS 1
DEER -November 1st to Noveniber
15th, inclusive.
MOOSE -November 1st to November
15th, inclusive.
In some of the Northern Districti of
Ontario including Timagami and the
territory north and south of the Can-
adian Government Railway from the
Quebec to Manitoba Boundary oPen,
season for Moose is from October 1st
to November 30th, inclusive.
Write for oopy of "Playgrounds --
the_ Haunts of Fish and Game", giving
game laws,fi hunting regulations, etc.,
to C. E. Horning, District Passenger
Agent, Union Station, Toronto Ont.
W. Somerville Town Agent
e Opened
The Seafortn Fruit
Store re -opened in
the Post Office block
on Thursday with a
full line of
Fresh Fruit
MARIA PHILIPS
Opposite the Commercial Hotel.
AT YOUR,SERVICE
B. R. ITIOGINS
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BOK 127, CLINTON Phone los
(formerly of Brucefield)
-Agent for -
The Huron & Erie Mortgage
Corporation and the Canada -
Trust Company".
Commissioner la. of J., Cowrer-
maces. Fire and Tornado Insurenee,
Notary Public.
Wednesday each week at Brucedeld
ave You Ordered
Your Suit
If not, this will interest you.
We have one of the. fittest assortments of Serges,
Tweeds and Fancy Worsteds you could wish to
see -dozens of patterns in' greys, browns and
mixtures ; also fine blues with guaranteed dyes.
You have a choice of a variety of materials at
differeneprices, and you get the same :attention
and care at any price.
And While here, look over our --fine new stock o
Shirts, Sox, Ties, Underwear, etc. We're sure
we can please you.
0. Bright & Son.
The High -Class Tailors, Seaforth
-BEAN MARKET
Toronto, Sept. Vette-Beans
9rene, per bushel $6.50 to $7.50. Foreign
picked. bushel $6.75 to $7.
POULTRY MARKEr
Toronto. Sept. 10. -Live 'Weight--1ien
The 22 to 25e; hens, 4 lbs., and over 27 1
spring chickens 33c to 35o; roosters 1.6
eloekliegs, 25c, ducks, 15c, turkeys, 250
Dressed poultry---Heas, lour pounds
ate; hens 4 lbs., and over 28c to 80e;
chickens. 40e to 45c: roosters, 23e
duckling's, 40c to 45c; ducks. 30e-; turke.
Toronto, Sept 10. -Cheese, new larg
to 24c. twins, 234,04' to 2414; del large
us 26e; twins 2-6e to 261/ec.
Eggs -No. 1. candled 48e to 49C-;
152 ta 54c; cartone, 54 to 55c.e
flutter--Cre:atnery solids, 45e; <10. fresb
46 to 47e; Choice claire` Prints, 414 to 42
dinarY dairy prints 38c to 40c; baker
to 38e; oleomargarine, ebest grade) 32c
ver dozen; 12 oz. 13.50 to $4 per dozen
cads and dark comb 12.50 to /2.15;
25c ie 260.
gallon tins 12.10 per gallon.- Maple
per pound, 24 to 25e.
GRAIN MAItK.ET
Toronto, Sept. 10. -Manitoba Wheat-
Vorthern 12.204; No. 2 Northern, $2.
in store at Fort William, not inducting
"Manitoba 0a.ts, per- bushel -No. 2
"787eic in store at Fort William. Arn
4 leilbw, 'kiln dried, nominal. Ontario
--No. 2 winter. new crop, 56 to elk,
artio Wheat -No. 2 winter, per ear let,
'No. 3 Spring, 92.22, basis in store at
treale-Peas-No. 2, nominal. -Barley,
tag, .per bushel 11.03 to $1.05, new
'Buckwheat - Nominal: Rye - Nom
according to freights niitside. Ttleinitoba
-War_ oauitly, old eroP: 111,25. To
'Ontario Flour -Winter, in new bags,
shipment. war quality, 10.85; Toronto del
,ery_ Millfeed-Car lots -Delivered Mote
freights. bags included: bran per tbil 13
-shorts per ton 141.40. Hay --No. 1 per
118 to 119; mixed, 116 to $17;
'Toronto. Straw -Car lots, per ton, $8.
18.50, track Toronto.
LIVE STOCK MARKETS
Buffalo, September 10th.-Cattle-Rec
190 ears: market 25c higher; prime h
native steers, $17 to $17.75; best Shill
steers, 316 to $11; reedimn shipPing s
-316 to $17: medium shipping steers, U4.51
316.50; plain and coarse $13 to 114
lbs.. $15 to S16; light native yearlings, e
113 to $14: Canadian& steers and hei
111 to $12; best native yearlings 950 te,
quality, $13 to $14: best handy steers 11
steers and heifers. mixed, $10.50 to SU
?Western heifers 110.50 to ;11.50; Cana
heavy cows. 110.50 to $12; butchering •
butchering bulls, $8.50 to $9,50; cablj
36.5e to $7.50; best feeding steem, 900
11300 Iles., $10 te $il; medium feeders $8
3150. Hogs --Receipts, 50 cars; market
ower: heavy, $20.75 to $20.90; yorkers,
'Sheep and ambees- Receipts 15 tan ; mar
to $12.SO. Calves-Receiets. 1500; mar
slow, tops. $20 to $20.e0; fair to good,
east pf the Beeson. and while it had its
- -fault of late in eoreprising too few eh
- killera. buyers had an - active response
the commission vten's calls, and before
noon hour the pens began to take on
-empty look. In the afbereoon the -acti
'was still apparent, arid ae pretty good
km wa.e made before the elose. There v.
no 16c cattle, the best price recorded .du
the day being 115.50 for one load of h
steers. Other loads, small lots and sing
easised in from $14 to 1.15. In -every sec
so far as cattle were eoneerned. the
was active and steady at last week's dos
-deers would not have bad an adverse
on the trade. which generaly was a '
more active than it had been for liltilk_W
'COWS and bulls were also in kooa demand
lam values. with ehoice grades the best s
qii, thought canners and cutters and in
tween butcher COWS did not lack perches
qut. • 'These compriiied for the most part be
quality cattle, which weighed from 750 to
Pounds and cost from. $9 'to $11, which.pri
-were on a level with last week. Milkers
springers were steady. with the offering
Lambe and sheep were firm and in
the eheicest lambs selling at 1711c a pou
:lesaivteseveawelms wateeritedysteady to strong. the
lewt cashing' in at $17.75. Common to g
No change was recorded in the hog siti
earloatle.. with 4e00 cattle, 651 CRIVCS.
boTgisl_enna:rinGioninh:ffeperiz wlaarns h,ras.ade me
fedBeanr:IKi:Lctei f:era. Harris Abattoir) Imgh '
hoge, $10.50 fed and watered.
Quinn and Ilisey sold: Butchere 1, 830
3$15:.560;::1,1,10924001bsibs.,„$8:71;,11,09:801bei.bs, 74560:-;
Sparkhail and Armstrong sold: Butchers--
1,v4Ilater.00ei.6, 830 lbs.. $11.30; 22. 900 Ibs., 11.
419081.00501;13441:,:, li9;1013;171.,..10$1.77209; 01,1 hiabli.,2;01 801 be..25.,E; uns$21.9 ;$
C. Zeagman and Cons sold: Butchers --
SIM ;mill. Wh110801e37$1s4°.17d51; 131u8t4.alearge $1131.1
: ::::23.1,• .1042800, 1ms12...3$5:04., 9s2t0c0, Skle2n..5_825;,17,4091,0i, 1$081.; 21
:,3.1176400,. 1$1011.2;5 ;211., 8100020.$91.1,815.: 17101:
Dunn and Levack sold: Butchem-16. 90
Ssilil.;50isin; 5bs, .99104,v2$1:5013:":4.. 1040, $10,85e
steers $15. to $15.50; choice butchers, $12.5
13t3:1•Siunel$21:6.°bu; tc8:ehcicdersken.
/heavy steera $15.50 tb $16; good heavy stee
Corbett Hall anC.Coughlin quoted: Cho'
logn'to Sal0b.5uOns; bsuTte.2h5ertolibt:81'1115.se°2751t°.:ile.Sb7a150ii5ic::°:1;9w,e°15251m12;145,75°
butchera. $9 to 19.15; choice heavy bulls, 31
19.1:otot_ewetils.77,5,s5;01.9gto.o;d:2f.ss:„ c$09mm.50ontoce$1.05;e4
3e(.13.,s13)97r.oi5n,gos; lambs 317,50 to 117.75; ehele
calvee 117 to 117,75; medium taivee. We-.
MeDortald and Halligan s,old o5 loads, 7
4112/ :13 t* 1284., 81105-°:$.5510;:2.25391:2;158'61:7,°91.9;0$.50142,1:4:551°7:12100°29.: w787:41i