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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1919-05-16, Page 1!,404110.0mar; t ,4resolimesi , 0-, V eS INee 1.41.V ts r it re Now. 1 F doors our daily ti have brought een made. A being with it all, we have ntinued. We rs and make Cottons ter ss Goods s Demand it materials for Jut to see th a we are abIe t eason starts. ad fancy silks season awaits )velties and the silky finish rree will (-rive 11.75 a yd., A orgette crepe o, to 275 a vd. 'plendid quality ssaline (wide [vaists 1.50 a yd. 7ade silk vary - to 4.O() a yd. Suitings-65c 4.50 a - r • ported Goods several pop - 1.00 to• 4.50. =ra special vat - c. .55.5 . PC to ons Sheet, 200 per. s (365,7 g pin - in the year, ops, will not white-. 3c, will not white IOC. on tape, te 30c- a yd. good clear d 10e each. 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Prices $20.00, $25.00 to $36.00 Boys' Bloomer Suits, Waist Lines , S10.0� to $20.00 New Spring Shirts • • • = wupoTornhke. tofol,idoo.vvia large 'portion of this • ng . clipping from -the Lennon Livestock Journal, of January 24th, 1919, reporting on the. sales of Ainerican-bred -army horses of the heavy artillery type and Percheron bred gives some indication. of the de- mand there is at present for this class of horse and the, financial estimate put upon the Percheron by the British = people. == "At Tattersall's on Monday, the 5 second sale of army horses took piece = some fine prices being realized. In - all 102 horses of the American heavy - draft variety were disposed of. These = 102 animals fetched 9,977 guineas, SEAFO TI, FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1919 ;m4I whine of Belgium, and is proba,bly al- so tree of •Germany and Austria. To , offset all this lost, in horse - stocks of the Eetopean countries, when peace is declared there will be, it is estimeted, at least 500,000 horses froni the British army available for work insome of these countries, and it is also estimated that there will be at i least 750,000 from the French Army. • Of course a great majority of these = will be of the lighter types and of =Ilittle service for draft purposes. =1- In view of the great scarcity gr feed E. ' I prevailing in the European countries ='• and the unsettled condition indiistri- = ally, I do not believe that we can. ex- = pect any very active demand from the 3, foreign markets for some months to = _come. When it is remembered, how- rst ever, filet all public work of every E -ort§including the repair and buildingof roads and all other improvements au = of eithee public or private nature, that ha F.; did net directly relate to the conduct = of the war, has been at a standstill = for over our years, it can seedily be = seen by ,the most casual observer in both England and France, that there = will be'a tremenduous amount el work = to be done in the next year or two, = and that draft horses will be called f -the light -weight stuff will be pro-' 11111.11111111.111111111111111...I ueed to supply all the demand- for cohunis class he commm on and grade ares of the est and best stallione are used on t try.of when only the big - KEEPING THEM GASSED Sir Edward . Kemp is speeding a - Creel; the ocean to. tell Parliament all he knows about, Argyle House a:Dict one himdred and nineteen millionollars, " °ethers for whickt as the Auditor G neral'a report states, "have not ben received." ir Edward will create a welcome di ersion far the Goveinment has a- t run out of subjts to, stave off that dread spectre 'Which isat the b k Of everybody's inindeeto wit; the ta iff. Sir Edward will tell about the 't of Argyle House accounts 'which been going on for the .last year audit which the late Auditor Ge ral, Mr. Fraser, 'Confessed wi ered him, but an audit of s an something at least for Sit wad to hang a story on, - With reasonable success. Sir w d ought to be able to use a`w or wo explaining the Canadian o sea Military adminiittation. gen rat line of defence Will probe E ($50,483) roughly £100 • eacb, the top tet price was paid for a grey gelding 8 = years old, that sold for 210 guineas ($11,062 . 60). The Shirehamnten Re- = monnt Depot - sent 25 hOrses, which ost y all the new patterns for Shirts are the. ; E-.7 wide stripes with collars to 'match .or not as you desire. . E NIM IMINt • MOM am, Prices $1.00 $1.50, $2.00 to $30.00 MM. MI SEW ONO MN( IMF Mai •••• RN. ;mom. 8111.• MOM IN•mr Ann 11=4 Greig (10-thimg. -CO MEN • 0 MN mm I averaged £102 14s each. Top price a- imeng the horses from the Ormskirk Depot was 145 guineas for a black gelding; from Ramsey Depot, a brown eight year old gelding made 190 guin- eas; and among the Swaytbling horses tWo geldings, one grey and One black, c sold for 170_ guirieas each. The 192 4 norses . sold on tWo special days at Tattersall's made about :t20,000, con- - = tlitderably more than the Government - Paid for them in America. At the previous day's sale of Anier- = isan-bred horses in Tattersaine 90 ead' made the' Ida figure of $9,807, lying an at -drake` for each horse of 08 les. 4d.t($549.48). TOP 'Price -Was- = 2p0 guineas ($1,265) for a grey stx y ar old gelding. A gray mare, seven y rs old made 210 guineas 01,062.60) e stock offered was Percheron bred,' As I had gone to England primarily tc deliver a consigrnnent of twenty - 14o Percheron ma.res and a stallion, p rchased: from. _George Lane of Cal- gery, Alberta, by, the Messrs. Parker ofj England for breeding purposes, I was greatly interested in finding a reeson for the great demand in Eng- land for pure-bred Percherons. • I fond that the scouree of this interest wact in the horsemen of England that ha been drawn into the war Depart- ment to assist in the Remount Service in 1charge of the horse supply. It appears that all the Ametican,horsee for l the British Army were shipped' direetly to England where they were disttibeted among several Large de- pots,,t� recover from 'their trip across the •cea.te and to, be put into condition for active service. In these depots there were also kept the horses drawn. from the British Isles. The men in cher e of these depots, were the most expe enced and successful horsemen in G eat Britain, tthey were in close conn unication with and had personal obse ation of the performance of the horses at the front and had ever op - port ity to study the types that ere givin most service in the army. With- out e eeptiors I found these men stron ly in favor of the American Percheron-bred "Yank,"- as this horse is t ed. The hardiness docility, constitution and -* activity of horses made them favorites here. After learning this it Eimmunimimminulimmiumummimmummdmymmimmumnimmumniti PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE OF THE DRAFT HORSE The rather sudden and unexpiected closing of the E-uropean 'War has ibrought many economic problems tha are of tremendous importance to al our peopleMd. especially to th6se tha are engaged in agricultural produc tion. We have suddenly emerged from a period in which. there has been an enormous demand for all kinds o products, and consequently, abnorm ally high prices, into a period of re adjustment and reconstructicm, wher it is impossible to, estimate what th immediate future is going to have in store for us. Of this tauch, however we can be certain, there will be a greatly lessened demand for many of our products and consequently reach lower prices on these products. It is important, therefore, that we should.. study the whole situation carefully an decide upon the production of these things for which, there is most likely to be active demand, and also. of those things that we can produce to. the greatest advantage in competition with other countries. It is evident from our past ex- perience that the Western provinces of Canada can produce a superior type of draft -horse at lower cost than almost any other section of the agricultural world. Having had. occasion during the last few months te study at first hand the draft horse situation in Great Britain and France, it may be of interest to state briefly the conditions as I found them in these countries at the time of the closing of the war. It will be reemibered that the outbreak of hes- tilities in August, 1914, found Great Britain in a totally unprepared condi- the/ to prosecute a great war, and this was particularly true with regard General of the British Remount ser- vice. Ii conversation with Major-Gen- arat Sir_ William. Birkbeck, Director - General of the British Rtrnount Ser- vice, who had charge of the entire steelY of horses for the. British army, he informed me that in the first days of August, 1914, there was a demand by the British army for 135,000 horees „ to he furnished evithin'fourteen days. To. secure these within that time which they did, it was necessary to com- mandeer the best horses of the desir- td trpes, wherever they could be found In Great Britain. This large draft, coming so suddenly in the midst of tremendous actIvity in all forms of ransportation, left only a very in- euip.cient number of draft animale in Britain and these included all the old, the unsound, the nondescript Working shelt. When the Kitchener Expedi- tionary Forces were equipped, -some- what later in the war, they required an additio-nal 700,000 horses that had to he drawn from every available. source, including Great Britain, Amer- ica pain, Aus-craha and South Amer- ica. ThiS was a tremendous draft up-, on the working stock of the world, when it is remembered that France and the other Allied nations were al- so purchasing hundreds of thousands ef horse from e same co-untries. In addition to the enormous draft tif the working' stock of Great Britain the War Department found it nee- essary to rigidly force some string- eet regulations reg rding the feeding of gram and forage, to all the horses in Great Britain.. hay of any kind 4. could be fed and only'!" the smallest quantities of -grain and other concen- trated feed. The result of these two t_ factors working together, has been that where formerly the draft horses on the streets of the large Cities and f on the farms of Great Britain were the pride of her people, I found at work in the cities and 'bite on many of e the farms, the most *retched, poor, old decrepit horses that I have ever seen. any -where. ; , In France the horse Situation was even worse, with the exception that the horses in France were in better . flesh, 'which may be attributed to the fact that the French draft horses, and particularlytthe Percherons, have been developed in one of the best grass' and grazing countries in the, world. These ihorsea have the ability to thrive and ' do a maximum amount a work on 1rations consisting la,rgelY of grass and forage, whereas their cousins of the 'equine race, the draft horses of Great Britain, have been neveloped and are reared largely on grairt and concent- rated rations. This difference in the , breeds of draft horses of France, as compared with those of the British Isks also accounts in a large Measure, I believe, for the 'diminution in. size and weight of the Clydesdale as rear- ed in Western Canada under onr graz- ing. conditions, whereas .the horses of the Percheron breed find a congenial home here and grow to a ,size and with substance astgreat or even great- er than do their brothers in France. France, it would appear,' had been practically stripped of, all her avail- able Work stock. as well as of her a- vailable men, when the great_ clicie wes about to be started in May and Jene of 1918. The American Army was coming by hundreds of thousands, but they amid not bring their equip- ment in suffieient quantity arapidly enough and they were especially short of heavy artillery horses. The French Government agreed te furnish the American army 60,000 artillery homes and made a draft at the same time of 65,000 additional horses for their own army and these had auto be furnish- ed within six weeks. The prices paid were high, in some cases up to $1,000 and as feed was very scarce and high priced and the demand urgent, the Pereheron breeders of France made very. little protest when every avail- able stallion and every available dry mare over four years of age was tak- en by the army. As all export trade tr. Percherons from France had prac- tise -11'Y . ceased since the war started, France had an unusually large • nem- ber of pure bred draft horses under feur years of age, and even with the large drafts of mature breeding an - serials from. the pure-bred studs the total number, of pure-brell Percherons is not much below normal, though 7110st of them are of immature age Ia addition. to all this depletion in the working horses of Great Britain and France, a very considerable area b of France that Was run over and de- . a =gated by the Germans has no horses th at all; and the same is true af the stron these every was n ,t surprising to learn that these, pra,ctic'ill horsemen -soldiers that had before the war " been 'farmers and breeder in Great Britain were the men mist a tively interested in the breed- ing of it was British mduacreeds France Ithrough the French Govern- ment These mares and stallions were distrib*d by the British Board of Agriculture to some of the most _prom- inent beeeders in ,England. for the purpose 1 of establishing _foundation studs. i Some f these British officers, in the Remount Service, had been sent to Canada aid the"United States as mem- bers of the Purchasing Board and were *very favorably impressed with the superior ype and quality of the Per- cherons t t were being bred in West- ern Cana They were so thorough- ly conviiiced that these-. Percherons were superior to anything to be found in France, that they made the above mentioned purchase of mares from Mr, Lane in t ' province of Alberta, Can- ada,iness in reeding 'stock from this r and tarted the first export bus - country tc1, the British Isles% ercherons in their country, and hrough their influence that the Board of Agriculture was o make importation of fifty nd twelve stallions from Let me say briefly in closing, that the future demand for draft horses will be very largely- for those of the othet. by.a toll o heavy draft type. 'Every effort should ., ment, make the rmer, in return for be made to produce only horses that freer markets, paw' a greater share of will 'weigh from 1,700 to 2,000 pounds the national taxea than he has done at ma u e narrow, ght-chest- in the past ed, shallow -ribbed, light-thighed, long .& This is one gospel. Another gospel pasterned, prancing, nervous, light. is that the tariff Is a bully and a rob - weight draft horses will not be in de- ber, and that it neer will behate until mend in foreign countries, nor will he Parliament takes 4 by "the throat and be of much service in his 'home cotins shakes the life out of it. Once upon a try. B only to big, strong, deep- time, Da Michael Park contended that odied, draft stallions with quality the tariff was the great original drag-. nd despis and discourage the use of Lon that St, George overthrew and for Le grade nd of the ligh.t and medium! which he receive d the Cobden medal, weight s ions. More than enough l Now, though as Strong a free trader ti he Heart of umanit " The Osnly be. ana 'an ay orts Ed- Ed- Cardno's Opera Hal MmMOIMmaNaa eek Vele F be that things 'cost a, lot of money because they had to be clone in a hurry; but when that tale has ben told over arid over againn what next? The* is still a big gaps between the cedar paper. and Premier Borden's re- turn ,with the five cents iop the dollar whichiis to becloud every lather issue. Sir Robert and his distinguished but infe or associates (as !Foxy Quiller would say) will no doubt stay to the bitterend/ for the great. pritilege l whic has been accorded us of sign- ing o the dotted line. As tin, Ger- mans! are not expected to Make up their end o Berde sail f they Patis. like d the fit The about ,the tenth of June; and that 'means 1 mid July before Painiament breaks sooner which . now in might discus has bee has the Mr,Ni strung Mrt inds to eat the leek Amtil the ,IVItty, it follows that Premier ' and his little band will not r home before that time, if e to justify their long visit to In other words they will look mphools if they are. not in at *sh. robins' return as I guess i is up. The only way to _end it is to jettison a numner of bills. are doing geed just ,the way of using up time that be dangerously **played An, g .the tariff. The railroad bill' ri a. serviceable 06 bankruptcy and so can Ides divorce bill be, if it is .et judiciously. r , clele's divorce hill, by the way is an artful tirile-Wagterr.'t140 y has any idea that it will. go thro h, be- cause it Carries the germs Of defeat on the face of it No dive -tee bill whith assets tiL, force divorce "..tourt,s; one Quebec a chance of -success. in the Canadian Parliament. The influendes against ,st are too strong: 'But a divorce bill which should ask divorce courts fo chance . ways p reforme have never tackled the Mat- ter along l that line. Let Quebec act, according to the dictates of her con- science, at and if sn her have never seeij to Mr. Niel was his p question, t on the sat divorce as Brunswick list the support of the House where- as a bill tol, impose it on .Quebec also would meee with strenuous opposition. The corselet:ion is inevitable that Mr: Nickle's bill is a time -water, a straw it had served its ePurpose of delaying man Pee es be knocked down after the day of evratA—namely the tariff debate. 1 It's a long time till the 'end of May and I really don't know what the House is going to no when the order paper is cleared. . Knighthood has been a good procrastinator, so has the novi- tiate at Geelph and. the railway bill, and several Others that I could men- tion; but an iend comes to all things. Some day or other Parliament must get round to the tariff, Meanwhile all eyes strain ! eastward to Premier Borden. "Sister Anne, Sister Anne, is there anybody coming?" There is somebody coming, of course, sometime, but not yet. Millen the ouse runs out of airy irrelevances talk about, I would. suggest a se 'es ofacademictopics such as "Resolite that Sir Sam Hughes is a - greater general. than Napoleon Bonaparte," "Why is Mr. Rowell and, if so, how?" and others which will readily occur .to the ingenious minds that frame the daily menu for the House of Commons. Ontario would haste a fair success; and what has al - led me is whst the divorce d let On.tario do likewise, wants • divorce ' courts let hem on her, own merits. It is to • have occurred either de or to Mr. Northrup, who ecessor on this burning t a bill to place Ontario e footing with regard to , British. Colturibla or Ne* or Nava Scotia, would en - The one thing that must be avoided is a head on cenision with tne tariff before Premier Bc•rden. gets back with the trophies of his diplomacy—if any. If he hes trophies so much the better —if -he hasn't then so much the worse far the tariff: Moderate philosophers —and there are ',some in Parliament— say that the ttiriff is the victim of two groups of extremists; one group that would keel) it as high- as the tower of Babel, the other group that would leave miler a furrow in - the ground where the tariff wall was be- fore -t -in other wards the Eastern man- ufacturers and tie Western farmers. Our moderate. f ends are inclined to and look for tthe middle course -which say "a curse a:1:th your houses!" is to reduce the 'ff, and somehow or Ids capital invests • riday, May 30 - Afternoon and Evening' Auspices Seaforth Branch Sol- diers Aid Commission I SEE POSTERS I immomommommmommempe as ever, he seems to chastise the tar= iff more in sorrow than in anger and says as little about it as can be help- ed. Other doughty champions from the We,st complain mildly that the tariff should not be a Political ques- tion—as, if it could ever be anything else—while others again treat it as a 'sort of interdicted religion. ---something too awful to be talked about. These valiant gentleanen have not gone back on their free trade convic- tions.. Not at all. They are simply content to let the matter lie until the -time comes to give battle. 'They still believe that there is a high tariff and that it is -worth fighting. Not so Colonel John Currie, who 'makes barbed wire or bails or, some other Such useful article. As a man- ufeCterer, Colonel John argues that practically speaking there is no tariff apall—or if there is., it is • se small as .to be hardly worth mentioning. 1. had •the...nlea,seise, .ef. /leering Colonel Currie speak'for An hourtduring which time, slice by sliCes he carved the tar- iff- down from the Globe's extreme hypothesis of forty-two percent. down to his own modest eompetatioe elf fifteen. He did it, as 1 recollect, by subtracting the tariff on raw materiaes imported from ether countries. If the Colonel had spoken another half hour the poor manufacturer would have had no proctection at ' all—weuld indeed have been paying the consumer to buy his goods. • In short Colonel Currie and his friends handle the tariff as you would one of those colleptible opera hats. When you see it fire itis fully ex- , tended and proudly worn on the top tut of the head, When " you see it next it is as flat as a pancake and modestly the hidden under the Wearer's arra. The the quickness of the hand may deceive the dee eye with regard to opera hats but the land covering, is there -lest _the same and / cannot be denied.. Ga My own opinion is that. statesmen who say there- is no tariff are talking through their opera hats, but the question cannot be fully discussed un- til Premier Borden comes borne. 'H. F. G. *MOM= { UM_ asjIRCITearta PAtleascealdfahera ing freight train with passenger coach position, her optimism of mind and attached now leaves Goderich at a hearle theseare virtues which will re - regular hour, 7.45 aon., giving a dose main green inutgheuhether jar artsofher ,eie ellirield leaving there at 8.30 for London, De- - cormection at Clinton with the train ren, and !throughout 4:4 firienee s oi train for Wingham leaves Clinton at 11.11 a.m. The new service cutout . She leave a family of six, troit and other southern points, The three s and three daughters. two hours wait at Clinton for trains leaving fer north or south, and is an improvement that will be much ap- preciated by travellers. —Word has been received in Clin- ton last week of the death, which teak place suddenly at the home of his father in Listowel an Sunday, of Leon- ard Fair. The deceased was very well known in Clinton, having been for a time on the staff /of the Royal Bank re. While there he was married to Miss 'Labelle O'Neil, youngest.daugh- ter of Mr. arid Mrs. Frank O'Neil, now of 1Vloosejaw, and niece of Mr, W. T. O'Neil of Clinton. For some monthsMr. Fair had been in falling health but it was not known that he was worse and his death castle as a shock. The funeral took !place on Thursday in Listowel. —Dr. J. A. Macdonald, late editor of the 'Toronto Globe, who was for several days a visitor in Clinton, and his brother-in-law, Dr. Gandier, had a narrow escape from what might have been a natty accident, a few, days age. They had been out an Colborne and were returning to town y way o Forster's bridge. In com- ing up the Goderich township hill, which happened to be sandy, the auto skidded to the outer edge, the quick application of the brakes only prevent,- ng it going over the bank. It was the sudden stop that threw Dr. Macdonald Against the Wind shield, breaking it and inflicting -a nasty gash on his fore- head. —A serious accident occurred on the hill leading from Saltford to Goderich Friday afternoon, when MTS. Carpen- ter, of Wawanosh township, was bad- lyhurt. Her horse took fright at a G. T. R. engine passing under the bridge at the top of the hill and ran away. Mrs. Carpenter was thrown from the rig into the wire fence, her head being caught between two wires and her body felt over the top of the fence. Thus she hung by the neck and hut for the timely arrival of Pt J. McEwan and a friendshe would have been strangled to death. One of her ears. is entirely severed. Doctors!. were immediately summoned and she was reneived to Dr. Emmerson's office when medical attention eras given her. She is restingesicely. —The' Exeter Times of last week says: On Wednesday of last week Eif- tdr having finietied the Work of turn- ing, out, The Times. and tbas staff, had all lift, the editor was on. his may home via the beck door route when he. hap to turn round looking up at one of the windows the second storey he observed the ow sill in flames. The fire gade was hurriedly summoned, 'With the assistance of a hand fire extinguisher the flames were got under control until the firemen,arrived. The flames again broke out and the water was turned on. The fire occurred just at six o'clock and it was necessary to stop the six o'clock bell to sound the fire alarm, A large crowd of citizens were soon on the scene. We are very fortunate to be able to info you that rigs are no worse. —Friday evening last, a number of Exeter fans met and organized for coming. baseball season. It was ided to forfn a league in the town the following teams have enter - clerks, bankers and the high school. mes will be played on a regular schedule and some good sport will be put on. A team to represent tile town will be picked from the league. Preparations are being made to put the -diamond in shape. A canvas is being made for help along financial lines. The following executive was appointed; Hon. pres. W. J. Russel, HURON NOTES —Ethel cheese factory has got to work, commencing last Monday. Geo A. Hart is the new proprietor. --Mr. J. E. Hainwell was appointed township clerk of Stanley at the meeting of the council on Monday, to 'Succeed the late R. J. Richardson. Mr. Harnwell served in the capacity of clerk of the township for several years prior to leaving for -the west •and • he thoroughly understands the work. —At the annual meeting of the Ladies Aid of the Blyth methodist church, herd last week, the following officers were elected, fee the ensuing term; president, Mr. G. Chambers; lst vice pres., Mrs. W. Johnston; secretary Mrs. J. Garniss; treasurer, Mrs. John Mills; chaplains, Mrs. G. King, Mrs. 13. Taylor; auditors, Mrs R Wjghtman Mrs, J. Colelough; pianist, Mrs Mc- Cormick; assiittant pianist, Mrs. L H. Brown _A deputation consisting of Messrs. G. Porter, W. H. Robertson and Capt. Sturdy waited upon the council- on Monday suggestilag that Goderich township co-operate with the town of Goderich in erecting a soldiers' mem- orial The deputation received a kind- ly hearing from the townsnip fathers but no immediate action was taken. It is said that smile of the members favor co-operation with Clinton. 'in this matter. At least the idea seems to be that Clinton is the natural centre forthe greater part of the township. =Miss Skimings, of Goderich, "the poetess of Lake • Huron," celebrated her eigthieth birthday on Friday last. Several of her friends called on her to extend felicitations and she receiv- ed messages of congratulation and kindly gifts in honor of the occasion. There is under consideration a pro- posal to mark the attaining of the four score mark by our distinguished townswoman by the hoisting of a con- cert or a public entertainment of some sort in the near future. This would, afford the townspeople a desired op- portunity el doing houor tO one who has for many year helped to keep Goderich • before theworld .. —An iinproved service far pae- sengers from Goderich for paints north and south of Clinton has been put ht effect hyethe G., T. R. The morit- THE IORRANCE SHORTHORN SALE persion sale of Dual Pur - thorns, the property of jos. & Son, held at .their farm, n 5, McKillop, on Wednes- a success, many buyers be- t from middle and western sides a large crowd froin - Jet and county. The entire h was in exceptionally good disposed of at good prices, uyers in evertecase got full their money. I3eatrice 6th e sale at $370. She went to f Weldwood Farm, London. Theltwe ty-six _ head of pure breds - totalled 5,410, while the nine head of c ttle brought $1,115. The oneelrs were C. W. Robinson, or r aid T. Brown, Seaforth. The wingj is a list of the animalssold - th nae and address of the ase • The di Pose Sho inortance Conn/seal day, was ing. Pres Ontario, .the di - herd, w shit*, w but the value fo topped t the bid gr aue Exe fon with pure Bru Sco Bulls e, J Ini McKinley, Zurich.* 88 „ ignet, R Scarlett, Sea - h. • 150 Boy, B, Williams, Exeter. 175 Big Bezel N. Snyder, Waterloos 102 Scottie . Spariiiig, Gorrie. 250 Roan iIIBruce, J. H. Campbell, Sea - f rth 87 Females , Beatrice 15th, Wm. Beattie. Sea - f 'nth 0200 Bea ce 5th, J. McKinley, Zurich 315 Bea ce, 17th, J. Smith, Walton 115 Bea- 8th, D. Papple, Seater* -355 Bea tice leth, J. Daley, Seafortli 75 trt Jas. A. Hay, Seaforth• 181 Bea ce 7th, W. Harvest,-Kippen 260 Bea rice 6th, Weldwood Farm, 370 St:er, J. W. Devereux; Seaforth 95 Bea ce 12th, J. Grassiels, K:ippen 150 Bea rice 20th, Weldwood Farm 130. Bea 'ne.16th. J. Grassick, Kippen 170 Beatrice flth, J. Lane, Seaferth 145 Beatrice MIL W. Harvey, Kippen. 305 it -18th$ John Ferguson wine 90 Be-tt 14th, Weldwood Farm 300- Lil Ronmex Forrest. forth 300 Lil 1of Romney 8th, H. $13arling, - rine, • 145 Lil of Itoinney4igth; J. Greeenek PPell _ Lit . of Romney ;tie_ Harry �tt Caledonia sio Steer, J.W. Devereux, Seaforth, 05. .Liletof Romney llth, Wm. Arthur , Marys 27. 11 - TUCKERSMITH Read Beattie Bros.. "Listen Ad n page & The Late Mrs. Dobie.—Th.e death- - occurred at her home in Tuckersmith on Wedhesday, May 7th., of Mary Me- di4ecellilated*fw,a saa Mdra.ugWhinte.r Dc/b. tit' Tate Mr, Andrew McLellan, a highly re- spected pioneer of Hibbert • Mrs. Dane, had been a sufferer from goitre for several years, but was as well as usual until six *reeks ago when she contracted pleuro pneumonia front which she never recovered. She was married about twenty years ago and leaves a husband and only son. The funeral took place from her late resi- dence, lot n, concession 5, Tuckersmith, on Friday, May 9th, to the Maitland - bank cemetery. eterY. AnotherPioneer Gone. --Another one of the noble band of pioneers of this township has gone to his reward in the person of James McFarlane, who departed this life on Friday, the 2nd instant, at thee residence of his W. 5. Cole, B. W. F. Beavers, C. LL , nephew the Messrs. Wood; at the sid- Wilson, G, SeIdon; pies. W. J. Hearnan, 1st vice-pres., TeX Thomp- son, 2nd., vice-pres., F. Boyle, see - treas.:, C. E. Stock; coeunittee, high. school, C. Ford, L. Beavers; clerks, H. C. Biters, W Harnets; bankers, A. A.:Ingrain, H. G. Hazeltine, —A fine time was spent at the honie J A. and Mrs. McNeil, 3rd. concession, Grey, on a recentevening when fifty neighbors and friends as- sembled to welcome horine the two sons of the host and hostess, Ptes. Elmer and Hugh, from overseas duty. The boys enlisted two years ago_ at Moose - jaw, Saskatchewan. Elmer did his part in the.trenches m France and al- though in the thick f the fight came through untouched. 1 He had not a few close calls. Thigh spent a goodly share of his time as demonstrator in Wales and got back home last Dee. Ehner has just returned. The soldiers will reraain at home, the family .hav- ing moved back to Grey from the West- A fine time was enjoyed at the reception. There. were games, rriusic, social enat and a good supper. We welcome the boys home and hope many a year will elapse before they are called upon to bear arms from a military standpoint ; —Annie McLean, beloved wife of the late &hit Strachan; Grey township, passed away in the early hours of Sabbath morning, May 4th, 1919. The end came quite suddenly, after a severe attack of pneunionia, which quickly reduced her strength and en- durance. The, late Meg. Strachan was born in Argyleskire, Scotland, where the name and history of the McLean family, had been known and honored for more than a century.. Her father, together with manse etliet Scottish .families, emigrated to Can- ada when she was frftetin years of age, and settled in Elgin County, which was their home in the new land. For some years deceased resided with her brother the late Dr. A. McLean of Blyth, after which she calm with her husband to the township of Greys, County of Huron, where She Heed until her death. Mrs. &Tether' was a gentle, devoted thristian --Wife and mother whose influence theoughout the community will not soon be forgotten. Her Vick' sympathy, her loving &a- - vanced age of ninety years. Mr. McFarlane was born near Thornhill, Perthshire, Scotland, in the year 1829, andemigrated to this country with his parents when a young man. He came from a neighborhood in Scotland where a numberoffamilies had come here some years previously, among them being the Patersons, Doigs, Bells, Stewarts, Murdochs, and other fam- ilies, and he was a splendid specimen of those hardy, rugged Scotchmen, who have done so much to develop and improve both Canada and the United States. Mr. McFarlane learned gordent ing in his native land and after com- ing to this -country worked for severe/ years at butehering. His parents af- • ter re 'maining at Hamilton for some, time moved west and settled on lot 11, concession 3. This part of Tuck- ersmith at that time was an almost unbroken forest, but by ire:hefty and perseverance they soon changed the face of nature to a; pleasant and happy home. After some time, the subject Of this sketch also came here _ and purchased a farm and for ninny years lived there but during the de -- dining years of his life heshas lived with his niece and nephews, who show- ). ed him every kindness and considera- tio. He vtas the last of a family of six, the other members being Dun- can, John, Janet; (Mrs. W. Wood), Ann (Mrs. J. Wnod), and Jean, (Mrs. Dun- can McLean). His parents, John Mc- Farlane and Elizabeth Murdoch Mc- Farlane, lived to a good old age and were honored pioneers of this neigh- borhood. Mr. Jaraes McFarlane was a man of far more than average strength and activity ted in the iseely -days at the barn raising and bees, he was always amongst the f - He was well read and inform- . on the publics Issues of the da*- and took an active interest in the sanie. He svas of a vitry social nature and "Jimmie as helves known by friends was very popular With On whe, had the pleasure of his Sequa: In pol- itics he was a steam George Brown and Kenzie type. He did and lived to the great age of four and ten years, and passed to the great beyond after a WO spent Iffe of activity iuid usetuines.