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The Huron Expositor, 1919-05-30, Page 1s' a' mentsj s, with favor., inex ma- dur- nay be h light .1P1 bolors. 0 each rt towirig ve can theNII les in 4 -Teets. terials piM iped .ce 50c rds. good The both )e rds se :eabIe houtt ; long tyles lawn ar t tie be GU -00r- Cana - bent d to, cure. PTY'THIRD YEAR WHOLE NUMBER 2685 ' 'SEAPORTS, FRIDAY, ' MAY 30, 1919 - • enutuummuummminfinumnsnitmummomniumuffmnimmummimull1 our men made this delay a temporary egat taw WM. 01•• 1.100 - Mono looMit MOO MOW, Nogg MOW Omar "Nom al••• NOM. MO. alma SEIM OMNI oon. •••1, so* ONO, Moo im• Sant ampto AIM WOW MOD MOW Moor IWO MOM NOY SIM MOO .4* MOW mow Oa. MO. O.or MOM MM. MIRO tom MOM !Ma SEM Mao SUM IMO Nit Mem •••• NO* An. 11•OgO NONE • •••••• . Ana oar ano• omoo =OW aanor •••••• OEN, ONO!. MEW MM. vem, , - .- one. Grei.g Clothing Co'y - . . _ ts ner, advantageously located on a Imoll ilt.' Up to this time our losses were but - ahght. A lone German machine gun- = giving him a clean sweep over the " Second t� None " , . ground over which we were to advance 5-1 and aided by a snipe e of unusual, ac - 4 curacy kept us in check for a short s period and caused a slight loss before . the nest was crushed and the two tak- en prisoners, but not until one was n a wounded seriously and the other # 1 slightly. From this time our progress was 5 more rapid, In the, course of the aft - r4o....towooWtottoow.osottty,w, Rain or Shine Top • Coats He e is the most attractive design ot Spring Top Coat that has ever been put on the market. " the young mein are taking to these coats like ducks to water. Combining as they do style," service and durability, top coat and rain- coat, two in one and less in price than the ordinary spring weight overcoat. We have • these ;n all the new shades and very attractive cloth pat- terns. Colors for Men—Tan Mouse Grey, Mixed Grey, Mottled Grey and, Brown Checks, Dark Grey. Price 9.00, Y2.00 to 20.00. Colors for Women— Sand, Covert, Palm Beach, -Dark Silver Grey. Price 10.00, 1500, to 20.00 • Extra Snap in Boys' Suits afro NI* AMR ANN VON -Greig Clothing Co E. • SEAFORTIL. Sizes 26 to 32-6 50 to io.00 Sizes 33 to 35-10.00 to .18„oo erno.onas advance .we captured a prob- e, a able 50 or 60 prisoners. , To -Ward • ing, and after aiding in the cap- . ture of Very, we overtook the major E. and, upon his instigation camped one s kilometer west of pinonvilleawhere - we remained until early the morning of the 27th, when a heavy enemy bar - age forced us to fall back e distance of Probable one tnad .e half kilometers. ( September 27th.—Rejoined balance •of battalion, battalion and companies ret alike re -organizing, and as a full com- pany took our correct position with the battaliOn. gOur company and battalion advanced • aPssible kalometer and a • half from Very, but continued shell fire caused our falling back a clietance of one- quarter kilometer in company with •= battalion to the Ecles Fontaine valley, = Here we again re -organized our ,corn- = pan.y. At 1 o'clock, we swung to the g- left one-half kilometer, and in sup- port of third battalion advanced up = a hill whereupon we met another rain El" of machine gun fire participated in = the taking of proaably 40 pris- E eneas. Continued our advance with = forced caution, and reached—high- way and again found earselves direct - •s ly on the line and facing a fierce rain = i machine gun and fie fire within at 800 yards range. A firing attitude was = taken; after 15 minutest rapid fire, we• E. temporarily checked the enemy's fire E: and advanced to a poiet of probably one-half kilometer — of — highway, = where our advancement was again E hampered by the fierce resistance of F.- enemy machine gun -fire, aided about = 4, o'clock, by a well-aiined artillery = fire. About this time fi-e U. S. tanks E participated in our attack. Two re- treated almoet immediately, one was C put out of commission by the enemy, and the other two made a fruitless at- tack. At 5.30 s'hell-fire became so terrific we were forced to fall back = -one kilometer, where we remained un- til ordered back to Very for re -organi- zation. E . September 28th.—In company with battalien and major, recovered position of previous evening swung to the right - Troneil farm where we met a fierce • . • resistance by machine gup. fire • capt, welocin command_ of H Company,,oni ,our -left., received -inalere diredtihe e retreat and under -cover of darkness we fell back to Ecles Fontaine valley. September 29th.—Co-working with second battalion,' in support of first a -t= DIARY OF A SEAFORTH BOY WITH THE 13.5. ARMY AT FIGHT IN ARGONNE WOOD The Daily Missoulian, of Missoula, Montana, ,of May 18th, gives the fol - _liming story of the great fight of the Amerman troops at Argonne Weoa, written by a former Seaforth boy, Sergt. V. C. Kelly. Sergt. Kelly, whe is the second seas of Mrs. R Kelly, of this town, learned his trade of printer in Seaforth, later moving to the States where for several year he has been linotype operator on the Daily Missiula.n. This is the story: Out of the hell of the Argonne for- esteafter days of the bitterest fighting of the European. -War, came the ninety- first division triumphant. They faced the Hun at his best, which is the worst and they were the victors: They drove him back, back behind the pre- sumably impregnable Hindenburg line, hack in confusion, to ultimate defeat, which spelled the collapse of the impe- rial German government. So the -ninety-first, the boys of the plains and mountains, wone their niche in fame's temple. They paid for it, too, and with blood and. thirst, and.the agony of torn flesh, but they wins, and that -was the great thing for ,which so many of them made the supreme sac- rifice. They are the boys of the west. those boys of the wild west division, and never did they sully their battle - flag. They carried the whoopint cry of the wide and shallow stream to the forests of France and of Belgium, and those who- heard it there recalled the stories of Indian raids, of roaring stampedes of cattle, of the free life of the plain, of the stalking hunts of the niountai ns. Now they have come back many of them, to us again. Others there are who never will return. They sleep, let us hope, not entirely' in unmarked graves, amid the scenes now quiet, after four long terrible years. They sleep amidst the scenes that saw the glory of their division, the honor to the ethers: who survived and always carried on. They can tell us tales if they will— but manse of them will not. They have the modesty a home -loving youth, and • they would never tell a soul a word of war, rather than to be set down as men who boasted_ doubtful achievements. Think, for instance, of Earl Hughes, the dispatch bearer. :This Missoula boy won the Belgian croix de guerre, but he never told whys not even to his own mother. And they all feel as he does. But among the boys who have come back to us, there is one who is in a singular position.. Acting Top Sergeant Vincent C. Kelly returned to Missoula recently from about nine months' over- seas service with the 363rd regiment of the ninety-first. Kelly's company was G of the 2d battalion, and it was that - company which saw the hottest after- noon of any company of the division. Kelly does not ask you to take his word for it. By.: his positicio, he has the proof. For he was the company's historian, appointed by his command- ing officer, to record the events in sehieh his comPane took Part from t tblaei 7, He has brought home with his courtesy, the Missoulian is per- mitted to publish it. There is nothing flowery in its word - mg. It was written in the cold terms of the nulitaity and under most unfa- vorable circumstances. Kelly wrote it in an hour 'and a half, as he lay on 0 his stomach in the Argonne forest. His • desk was the back of a trenea shovel. When he wrote it, he was violently ill / of dysentery, a malady which afflicted Many of the boars -wise were there with him. Surely never was a, historical document evritten under less favorable •I circumstances. Tet it was written. . And here it is, printed in the form in which it was submitted to the .com- i /mending officer., It goes from him to the regimental headquarters, then to • divisional headcpaarteeis and finally to the war department as the official his- tory of Company 0. of the 363rd: Wednesdays •Saptember 25e 1918. Company G. Verdon to the Argonne Forest Front. In 'third line trenches, commanded by Captain James C. Even - den, aided by first, Lieutenant James A. Vincent and scond Lieutenante James M. W. Manning and J. J. Diestel. • Ordered to prepare for immediate • action five o'clock. Wednesday even- ing my command remetned in readiness, departed at 7.45 p. In. for Mount Desalh.eaux, encountering heavy shell fire within the home Artdved at Oigaierie Butte, 11 o'clock p.m.; she fire Continued fiercely en route. Twelve o'clock our command swung to the right, arriving et Mount Deselheaux at 1.30 amt., the morning of the 26th day of September. Tdok our posi- tions in departure troches and re- mained until 5.30, and, per orders, went over the top at that hour. Through a heavy fog a probably 500 yards of open_ country 4was traversed before entering the dense forests of the enemy. During this time we en- countered no difficulties, outside of numerous barbed wire dontanglements. In the forest, Company F. cominand- eel by Captain Potter in lead, 'became separated from its command, with our command doing likewiee,1 After no lit- tle difficulty our bearines were again l'oce-Oel Ttn. ci.:;!-7.: :4:-.0,1 ri7:::...-.--. at -T -highway. Nowevers t !-ii oir.11--,2171 / as ;a whole was still 'hri•ded and re- mained so until the f owing morn - mg. The company divide as a whole, continued (its Waste !With Captain James C. Eyenden mid. Lieutenant Diestel in ccanmand of a part; First Lieutenant James A. V' cent with an- other part of the whol and second Lieutenant James M. . Manning, with the fourth platoon in full strength. Our course brought us to our first direct encounter with the enemy at 11 o'clock a.m. This was in the na- ture of a heavy bombardinent upon ,our men from an airplane, by means of a machine gun. • The mei retaliat- ed with a hot volley of rifiea fire. From this time on we, were thrown against the enemy machine un fire, whieh, at intervals, hampered our progress, but 'daring rushes egttinst a copy of this histoxy and through Wednesday, September 25, 191. to Oa... these machine gun nests by *art of • • battalion, we again recovered position of the night previous after heavy re- sistance from shell an -d machine gun fire. Later swung, to the left in sup- port of the thirty-fifth division, caus- • ing our company once more to be on the firing line and under heavy shell fire we were 'ordered to dig in and hold. . September a0th.—Continued to hold • wider terrific shell -fire. At seven o'- clock by order of commanding officer, we swung to the right and remained for the night in bush three kilometers northwest of Ecles Fontaine. October 1st.—Stood fast under a constant heavy artillery fire with several losses. October and.—Continued shell fire throughout the day. At seven o'clock were ordered back to Ecles Fontaine valley and, in the morning, received our first hot meal. October 3rd.—Remained in rest and and reserve. In the evening we were telieved by the 32nd division and order- ed. back to the Woods de Cheppe as corps -reserves. October 4th, 5th and 6th.—Continu- ed as corps -reserves. October 7th.—Relieved as corps -re- serves and proceeded. to march to Villers 40 miles away, for rest and training. And so ends the history of this eventful time. But it would not be proper to Mose this account without some reference to the men, well known in western Montana, Who were with him then. • Captain Evenden has rela- tives at Potomac and his wife is at the present time, living in Coeur d'Alene. Lieutenant Vincent is a Cal- ifornian. Lieutenant Manning is a Great Falls boy, and works aranch his parents living in that city. Lieutenant • Dietsel is a travelin,g salesman who lives in Butte. - Kelly speaks interestingly of these men, especially of Lieutenant Manning and Vincent. Of the former he says: "He was the most beloved officer in the regiment. He was very brave throughout and he remained beloved of all the men until our segregation and demobilization. He will long be re- membered by the men. Lieutenants Dietsel and Manning were promoted from second to first lieutenancy for bravery. "Lieutenant Vincent was a slave driver," says Kelly, "and he worked his men very hard, but he was one of the bravest men I have ever known. Ile was wounded in action there, but he remained. in the battle until he was wounded again and then he left, the field only under • coders a the com- manding officer. By bis heroism and gallantry he wa.s later made a captain and was awarded the distinguished service cross. He is now in California but one of his legs in buried in France. One of the indicatiorts of how hot the fight was is the experience of five American tanks w'hieh joined in the action that "hottest efternoon" which was September 27th. "These tanks," said Kelly, "were of no use at all. One of thean immediately was put out of actioe by the German fire, and the other fo to turn and retreat. afternoon, fuld finall were compelled - was a fierce' our men were ; "The Heart •of Humanity" with orchestra accompaniment -6 pieces Positively the greatest picture in the world ••and it is Canadian Coming to Seaforth one day only CarOno's Opera Hall Friday, May 30th Afternoon -2.00 1:43." Evening 8,00 p.m. Auspice? Soldiers' Aid Commission, AdmissionAfterstbon, Children 25c, Adults 35c. ven' 50e, 75c and SI 00 ,open at Aberharts compelled to give ground, before the terrific barrage of the Germania for about a quarter mile. Captain Even - den, at a highway captured shortly be- fore, tried in vain to stop therm but they did not stop for some little dis- tance, until they finally wete reorgan- ized and advanced. again. This time they weren't riven back." The first suffered by the men 'dur- ing these days of hottest fighting woe terrific. They had filled their eanteens at the start, but other war was scarce and they were compelled to save every, drop they could. Finally, they came t� a small stream, running through territory which the Germans had held 'for our years. They wanted to drink, - but the officers forbade it, believing that the stream might be poisined. However, Kelly declares, M realized that he must have water, and awaiting an Opportunity when the officers were not looking, he filled his canteen with the water from the stream...After a ! time, there were a number of canteens filled and, needless to say, some were officers' canteens. What these boys -went against is a matter of record. Pitted against them during these days were the crack Prussian guards, the greatest fighting organization of Germany. They were in trenches which they had held for four years, forming the supposedly un- breakable Hindenburg line, and the quality of their courage Kelly de- scribe:a "They were fighters. They stuck every time, until their last shell was: fired before they quit. I never saw a German; soldier chained to a gun. never' saw a German woman in the I fight, and I went th -seigh the first, secone third and fail back lines of trenches. Isawtonly .one concrete dug- out. The German dugouts I saw were not elaborate." of the 210 men who went in with the company originally, 86 came out. The rest either had been killed, or had died, sar were in hospitals. From the Argonne the men went into Belgium and were in the drive of the Lys - Scheldt. They Were in Belgium and in actual combat with the enemy, having captured the city of Audenarde, but a day or two before and liberating thou - ands of civilians in so doing, when news of the armistice came. PASTURE SUPPLEMENTS FOR • DAIRY COWS The season is now at hand when the farmer should consider how he is going to supplementehe pasture for his claire ems during the coining dry season for we have no guarantee that the present rainy weather' will con- tinue. Furthermore, it is a well known fact that cows which are allowed to go down it their milk flow for lack of supplementary feeding at the right time,. are hard to get back to their maximum production again and sub- sequent feeding does not give as high a return. The farmer who has on hand a surplus of corn silage which he can carry over for mid -summer feeding has the problem well solved for there is no. better or more economical feed to- be had. Unfortunately; owing • to the poor crop and poor harvesting weather lest year, very few will find, themselves -with a surplus of ensilage, but this misfortune should not defer them, from preparing. for an equal if not grater acreage of corn this year so as to have a surplus for next.. Of the annual crops which can be grown and cut and fed green thus taking the place, of ,ensilage, probably a mixture of peas 1 part arel oats 1% parts, sown at the rate of 2ta bushels per acre is one of the best. • This could be improved by the addition of vetchze's if the seed were obtainable and not too expensive. A. email piece of land, near *he barn should be used, a strip being sown as early as possible and another some three weeks later so that fresh green feed may be com- ing on at all times. Red clover sown at the rate of ten pounds per acre with th.e above would give early green oninufnummumumimumminimit: feed for the following year. A good crop to be sown two or three weeks after the second seeaing of oats is common mallet. This is a hot weather crop and would be ready to feed off ;when the oats were finishett. A strip of early forage corn would then c'ome in nicely -and carry the cows over on to the afthrgrass, late corn and stable feeding. • If desired the above scheme can be extended by sowing fall rye where the first crop of oats WaS taken off. This would pro,tride the very earliest form of green feed for the next spring, .ishich in turn would be followed by the previously mentioned clover, peas and oats, corn, etc., the corn being sown where the rye was taken eff thus developing a system of double cropping in regular rotation. It would of course be necessary to manure such a field quite frequently. In some cases such a system of - soiling- crops would entail too much labor in which case probably an annual pasture crop would serve the desired purpose. Such a crop can be grown by sowing three bushels per acre of a mixture of equal parts of oats, barley, and wheat. This should be sown as early as possible and should be pastured when it reaches six inches in height. If a sufficient acreage is available the cows ,can be allowed to pasture upon this -constantly but if only a small field is available then the cows should. only be allowed on for an hole or two every morning. and even- ing'', They should be kept off alto- getier when the field is very wet The grain should not be allowed to get so far advanced as to head' out other- wise all bottorn growth will ease. SHOULD BE APPLICABLE TO CANADA The following article by Dr, Clax- ton, Commissioner of Education in. the United States which appeared in a prominent educational magazine re- cently is goad reading, and should be digested by every Canadian parent: Doubling the salaries of teachers within the next five years, and then adding fifty, per cent, before another • ten *ears . have passed, so that the minimum average salary km teachers will be 41,500. This is the program urged by Dr. P. P. Claxton, United States Commissioner ,of Education, Dr, Claxton says: - "It is only by very large increases in pay of teachers. that we may hope toimprove our schools appreciably. Smell increases of five, ten or twenty per cent. will not avail, for they will not be sufficient to hold in the schools men and women of superior ability. Teachers are now paid less for their work than any other class of workers aid the increase in their Pay in the - last feveyearehas 1304-0.n noWitse:ni keeping With tilt' inert:Me of living. While the cost of' living his increased approgimately eighty per cent; food eighty-five per cent:; clothing one hundred and six per cent.; drugs. one hundred. and three per cent.; fuel fifty-three per cent., and house furnishings - seventy-five per cent., the salaries of teachers have in.. • creased only about twelve per cent. The purchasing power of the salary of the teaeher in our public sdhooi is therefore only about sixty-three per cent. of what it 'was four years ago. Many of the better teachers are leaving the schools and tlieir places are taken by men and women of less native ability, less education,. and 'culture and less training and ex- perience. Many of the places are not filled at all, as an inivitable result the character of the schools is being lowered Just at a time when it ought to be raised to, a much higher standard. Students now entering the Normal Schools to prepare for -teaching are not of as good quality as they were formerly which means that the stand- ards of the school must continue to fall. In some Normal Schools thee en- rolment is far less than in foriner years. The only remedy is larger peer for teacher. If school boards legi- E slatoirk, and the county and city coun- = Stay for the Dance Li as would immediately announce the after the show = policy of doubling the average salary . - '' = and of adding not less than -fifty per E The Heart of Humanity ..i. -of teachers within the next five years EI . E. E. I cent. more within the ten years fol- - al lowing the expiration of this period = Cardno's Opera Hall — Friday evening May 30th = so that at the end of ten years the = average salary of public school teach- = – Reeves Orchestra, = bout one and a half times larger than n= they receive at present—and then take = steps for carrying out this policy, = • Etrnhuerebychg rt donce.would be accomplished Gentlemen -50c .. • . 0... = A. D. Sutherland - - Secretary ..... = Such a policy and such it prospect E . = would attract to the schools more men toni111111111MIIIMIMMI111111111111111111110. and -women of superior ability and . would hold them working contendedly e• and therefore, profitably, for the child- fitilliiM111111111111111111111111111111111111111112.4 ren and the Public welfare. •E. 5 To those who are not acquainted Farmers! = with past conditions and who have giv- F. en the matter no intelligent thought, E the increase recommended may` seem E.: Attentioil E large isstutsti:t"facmt eiatnisanroatn. g- eltolvozild- = ers would be not less than $1,500—a- (6 pieces) Dancing 11 to o'clock - 1 aries from $1,000 to $3,000. No persoir who is fit -to take the time and money and opportunity of the children of this great democratic republie for the purpose of fitting •.••• NON Yes• •Iga 001.1 PIO/ SONO mool SNP •som• NON. Nam woo he Farmer's Club wil = .1••• E-".. hold a meeting in the Sep- = .rte School Hall, Sea- ft = forth, on Wednesday even- IL: E, ing June 4th,rat 8 o'clock. :4 A fine attendance of mem- 5, bers as well as Ron -mem- :71' bers is desired as business of• importance importance will come .before this meeting. A If - F.:. fine musical programme g is being arranged for. .2 Come a,nd bring the ladies P. with you. = NIB PIM JOIN NAM • G. D. C. Harp, Pres. -2 Rimsel Dorrance, Sec. E ANS them for life for making a living and for virtuous citizenship should be ask- ed tO work for less than $1,000 a year m any State. No one who is un- worthy of this minimum salary is fitted to -do this work and no such person. should be permitted to waste the tiine and money of the children and to fritter away their opportunity for edireation. It is not for the sake of teachers that this poliey is advocated. Schools are not maintained for the 'benefit of the teachers. If men and women of ability are not mining to teach for the pay offered them, they can quit and do something else for a ling, as himdreds of thousands of the best do. It is for the sake of the schools the children and the properity Of the people and the strength and Safety of . the nation that the policy is aclvocat- FISIIIIMUMMIIIIIIMMIMIIIHHIHRIIHE ed." MeLIAN BROS. Publisher* WO a Year in Advance ,;w1sWWNIn•WWw0sINEWwtola HOW FARM INDUSTRY HAS CHANGED The annual report of the Bureau of industries for 1884 affords inter- esting evidence of the. progrese of the Ontario township in 35 years, There were, in 1884, 445 organized townships and, in 1918, 551. The townships population was, in 1 4, 1,117,880 and in 1918. 995,228. There were, in 1884, 10, 736,000 acres of cleared • land and in 1918 about freer million more. The increase was largely in the old counties, in Bruce, 200,000 acres; Kent 200,00, Oxford, 75,000, Huron 150,000, Ontario, 1,00,- 000, and so on. In these thirty-five years, athough the cleared area in- creased by four million acres, the cultivated area increased onia,. by 1 ' two and a half million acres, that it, from 7,439,719to 9,898,468 acres The assessed area. a the organized 1 townships is now 25 million aces of which 39 per centis cultivated, including in the cultivated area hay 1 and, clover land but not pasture., 1 The nature of Ontario farm indus- try has clearly changed. The area in wheat has decreased by three quarters of a million acres. The areas sown to peas and barley have also decreased materially. The in- creases have been in oats, 1,200,000 acres, corn, 523,000 acres, mixed grains, 485,000 acres, and hay and clover nearly 1,300,000 acres. If is to be assumed that the rest of the increase of clearingis in pasture and it is clear that animal industry has become the main business of the Ontario farmers. HURON NOTES —Joseph Hamilton, who sold his tuns recently has gone West on a trso for a few -months. }ie will visit relate -es at the coast. Mrs. Bandit ni and child., en did not tr,O. —By the slamming of the frost door of,ej, T. Ross' grocery, Brussels, the large glass in the door came to grief on Tuesday. It cost S8 to re- place it. The pane wa,(32x86. , —Mr. John Braund, of Exeter, re- cently had the misfortune to have a couple of ribs fractured while. work- ing at the Ross Taylor factory. He was struck by a board and thrown to the ground. —Mr. Robert Penhale„ of Bayfield, had the misfortune to lose his Clyde etallion. The horse and his inarager were stopping at -Breimer's Hotel at Grand Bend on -Monday night. In the morning when the stable was opened, it was found that the' animal had brok- en through the floor and was dead, —At a trustee -meeting of Main teed, Methedist church, Exeter, on .Monday evening it was &tided em- anhitotislynto ebaseeere The church has had a most prosperous year 1. every department of service, under the blessing of God. The thumb anniversary will be in October meat, —An invitation has been extended by the Holinesville Methodistcircuit to. the Rev. J.. W. Johnston, of Ethel, to become their. pastor at the close of this conference year. He has accept- ed subject to the approval of the sta- tioning committee of the London Methodist Conference, Which meets in Goderich in June, —An old relic is in possessien of A. F. Erebury, third line of Brussels, in the shape of a metal pot for culin- ary purposes. It belonged to his mother's family in the old land and is known to be over two hundred and fifty,years old. Originally there were three small legs under it but time and use have shortened them considerably. The vessel holds about twelve quarts and is still in use. —During the, continuance of the TimrsdaY •afternoon weekly holiday, May, June, July and August, Brussels postoffice close at 12.30 o'clock. This is an instruction front the Poste office Inspector following, a request in petition form a few weeks ago. Outer door of the office will be left open so that mail fr-om lock boxes may be se- cured during the afternoon belt wicket will close promptly at hone dated and remain so until following morning at eight o'clock. A happy event took place at the Methodist parsonage, Windom on, Wednesday, May 1th, when Earl bias e Bentley and Miss Eller,. May GIOnsher, both of Blyth, were mined in wed- lock. The ceremony was performed by Rev, E. F. Armstrong. The bride is a sister of MTS. Edgar Pattison of that town. Mr and Mrs. Bentleywill have the beet wishes of a large circle of friends. —Mr.' Edmund Crawford. has dis- posed of his fifty acre farm, east half of lot 25, on the 8th coneegsion, a Hullett,. to his neighbor, Mr. Charles Weymouth, $3,000 being the purchase .price. Mr. Weymouth does not get posseesion 'until March next. Mr. Crawford, who is a native id the township, has resided on this fans for about twenty years. As it aajohas Mr. Weymouth's own farm it will be very convenient for him either to work or pasture. • —Dr. Hunter, Medical Health Officer of Goderich, reports the following re- sults of an examination of samples of milk from the dairies supplying Gode- rich, the figures given epresenting percentage of batter fat: J. Beattie, 3.95; Johnston Bros., 3.25; James Mc- Manus, 3.4, As regards George Bis - set's all error occurred in the examin- ation, but it had proceeded suliziently far to show a percentage of butter fat above that rewired by th.e town by- law, which is three per cent, —A creiet wedding`, took place at the mane, Londeshoro, on Wednesday of last week, when Miss Jean Knox Mair, eldest daughter of Mrs and Mrs. T. K. Mair, of Eullett, was ited in marriage with Mr, William R. McDonald; of Themaes.ford, Rey. 1. Abery efLem.a. ting. Owing to the ill- ness of the bride's Mother the vieddin was very quiet only 1=110(10e atives being present. Mr. and McDonald left for their new amid the good *Isbell of a It friends.