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Men's and Women's
Raincoats
and Motoring Coats
For the Next Ten Days.
Every Raincoat in our Store will be offered in this
great Sacrifice Sale. We are overstocked and must
turn every garment into cash.
Men's Tweed finish Coats, in Grey and Brown mix-
tures
$7.50 to $15.00
Women's Tweed finish in rich colorings .. $7 to $12.50
Women's Poplin -$5.00 to $9.00
These are all beautiful Coats, rainproof and' ideal
coats for driving or motoring.
SUMMER FURNISHINGS
Light, cool Underwear f .... $1.00 to $1.75
Bathing Suits • $1.00 to $7.00
Outing Trousers ' $2.50 to $8.00
The Greig Clothing C
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10 days only for cash.
Ready Roofing
3 -ply B. Asphalt Roofing,
2 -ply B. Asphalt Roofing,
2 -ply Leatheroid Roofing,
1 -ply 'Leatheroid Roofing,
per roll
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Reg. Special
$5.75 $5.25
$4.00 $3.50
$4.00 $3.50
$3.75 $3.25
3,000 Square Ft,
Beaver Board, per square .foot
3 -Burner Perfection oil stoves
4 -Burner Perfection oil stoves
Simmons' Famous Blue En-
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Oil stove ovens, New Perfection
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31.00 $27.00
$40.00 $35.00
$34.00 $29.00
59.25 $.8.50
Sole agent for Frost Fence, Martin
Senour 100 per cent. Pure Paint,
Gold Medal Twine
The Big Hardware
H. EDGE
MAKE CANADA A NATION
To the Editor of The Expositor:
-Sir,--At the next general election.
we shall have to choose a course for
the futtirei 'That choice involves to our press by the propaganda of
both eitternal relations and the means their adversaries. The raid;. -
by which we expect to pay our way. • ever, led to the South_ Afrlean War
No more vital matters have ever de- which mattered , QJ ormously to 118.
pended on the result of any election. That war did what Jamieson failed
The more the voter informs himself to do and what the ;mining interests
and casts. aside prejudices,the more were adverse, to doing. It wiped out
likely he is to help in arriving at a
sound and workable policy.
External circumstances and the
play upon them of interests remote
from ours have hitherto decided our
destiny without our knowledge. ''he
American Civil War, South Afri an
War and the World War are cases in
point.
Most wars are made possible by
some underlying condition so import-
ant that hostile interests prefer to
stake everything rather than make
concessions to opponents.
The Southern States exported cot-
ton ,and were not neinufaeturiug.
The •North was largely manufactur-
ing and cheap freight carriers were
not yet known. Cotton was the ex-
portable cash crop that paid interest
on debt and put the whole Union in
funds in Europe for most purposes.
The South could live with free
trade to Europe. It had- a choice
between that and free trade within
the Union. The North had no such
choice. With its yast system of un-
obstructed internal trade, there was
no future before the North compar-
able with that promised" by the Union.
This promise time made good and
incidentally showed that the South
would have clone better not to have
elected for secession. At the time,
however, the South thought it could
se 'ate without disadvantage and
the North knew it could not let the
South go. Except for this under
lying - circumstance, the war could
not have happened, . and the passions,
politics, • literature, eloquence' and -
military glory of that epoch are best
understood when it is borne in mind.
It was the Civil War and the way
it ended that brought about Confed-
eration. The end found France with
an army in Mexico trying to set up
an Empire under the auspices of
Napoleon III., and Great Britain had
one in Canada. There • were in
American minds grievances • against
both. The French in Mexico were a
menace and a violation -of the Munroe
Doctrine. Against the En'glisli were
claims for ships sunk' by the Alabama
and for enormous indirect damages
for interference with trade. General
Grant was at the head of 980,000 well
equipped and victorious soldiers.
Napoleon III. withdrew from Mexico
and Great Britain` largely withdrew
from Canada her troops and stores,
retaining the naval stations.
Some disposal hadto be made of
Canada. She was exposed to be the
_scene of battle if the Alabama claims
were not settled and theindirect
claims amounted to a sum impossible
to pay except as tribute to con-
queror. ,
It was believed at Washington that
Great Britain would withdraw all
troops and stores and arrange for a.
plebiscite throughout Canada as to
union with the States. Sir- Edward
Thornton, the British Ambassador,
was the scource of the belief. The
plebiscite and the union would be a
payment in full of the Albama
claims.
Meantime Canada was Federated
and was to undertake hor own de-
fence.
An alternative plan was based on
General Grant's humanity and com-
mon sense. It involved throwing
overboard the indirect claims • and
payment of the -direct only. The
indirect damages were ruled out of
court at the Geneva Arbitration by
the adroit and' friendly action of the
American representative. Canada
remained in a state of suspended ani-
mation . politically until her future
wa§ decided as it then was by the
liberty of action which President
Grant allowed to the representative
of the United States on the Arbitra-
tion Commission at Geneva in 18'72.
Not contemplating any foreign
wars and recognizing both ,the power
and the good will of the United
States, Sir John Macdonald did not at
any time spend upon troops or arma-
ment more than a nominal sum.- His
emphatic refusal of men or money to
the Soudan Campaign and Cart-
wright's saying "Canada owes noth-
ing to Great Britain except a good
deal of christian _ forgiveness„" can
best be understood in the light of
what had happened. Canada's exist-
ence and her being the battlefield in
a quarrel not of her making both
hung in the balance and were decided
by the action of others. She had no
decisive word as to her destiny.
The Boer War arose out of a pri-
vate and money making ambition.
Going north from Cape Town along
the high land's which stretch to the
Soudan were Cape Colony, the Boer
Republics and Rhodesia, the latter
being a private speculation with a
charter, stock and bonds and the
temptations and difficulties incident
to that kind of an enterprise. The
Boer Republics were the seat of great
mining companies _ that wished for
forced native labor in the mines.
The Rhodesian Company would be
benefitted or at all events better
advertised by being on a trunk line
railway. Hence the Cape to Cairo
cry and the Jamieson Raid. The
mining interests and the Rhodesian
Company fell out just as the raid
started because the former wished
to- preserve and dominate ,,the Boer
Republics and thus make their own
labor conditions a thing they were
not likely to be able to do if the Re-
publics became Colonies.
These intrigues and the interests
SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, JULY 9,1920.
irositors
behind them were wholly remote
from Canada and we were' ig orant
of them except through highly
colored abuse of the Boers and. their
Governments- furnished gratuitously
with which our press wrung the t Dr. Grieve, M. Armstrong, D. Cant -
country's soul with horrible mem- 1 elon, W. R. Elliott, J. Douglas and
ories of the Indian Mutiny was signed others.
in Cape Town a month beforehand, A. Neeb D. Webb, W. Elston, G.
the date being left blank so that Dr. Young, E. Merner, N, W. Trewartha,
Jamieson could fill it in - to corre- M, Elliott, T. J. Richardson, W. J.
apond with the starting of the raid. Miller, T. Wallis, J. Hackett and
No oil fields or gold mine in any others.
country have ever produced two bil- Although the Treasurer pulled like
lion of dollars in five years or sup- a hero he felt that he was not suf-
ported half a million of troops. If 1icently supported by Cantelon, Laporte
the people who can do these things and Tipling, and the opposing team
headed by Reeve Neeb won in two
straight, but not till ` they had been
held in a dead lock for some minutes.
After enjoying a splendid supper
provided by the ladies, all left for
home feeling they had spent a most
enjoyable day, and all were unanim-
ous in the wish, that it be made an
annual event, which it, no doubt, will.
the Boer Republics. -It did not pro- are too simple to suspect false news,
duce a Cape to Cairo Railway noro' too inert to wish to understand
foreign events and at the same time
susceptible to flattery and social in-
fluences, they may expect to be ex-
ploited. Most Canadians say "never
again", but to be safe, we need
abroad but
different from a
desk in the office of a British Am-
bassador, we need to get our informa-
tion at the source and to weigh it our-
selves, knowing how it was come by.
Any political party can afford to
make "entire and direct control of
our Foreign Affairs" a plank in its
platform. All candidates should- be
made to pledge themselves to it. -
C. S. CAMPBELL.
forcel labor for the mines. As is
often the ' case, the conquerors
stepped into the troubleeiof the con-
quered and could not find any new
solution. Kruger_ beaten and dead
had his judgment ?vindicated by
events. The Dutch majority had to
be recognized as - predominant.. No
forcel labor was available for the
mines. The railway, after twenty
years, is yet to come. From begin-
ning to end of this war, Canada's part
was to furnish troops,` not to consider
the policy that 'led to it nor the
duct of it nor the final solution.
The world war is recent. In- the
diplomacy that led up to it, Canada
had no part. . Without full details it
is known that the situation was
brought about in which if Russia
went to war, France had to g� in. If
France went in, England had to go
in, and. so had Canada., Of military
and political conditions in Russia we
knew nothing. Sir Edward Grey
admits he did not know of the agree-
ment between France and Russia,
bat only what passed between France
and Great Britain. Canada did not
even know that, but France and Rus=
sia knew both ends. The action of
the Russian War Office in disobey-
ing the Czar's order to stop mobiliz-
ing precipitated the German declara-
tion of war. The moral responsibil-
ity is not here the question. The
point is that fdr years it layein the
power of anyone who could gain the
ear of the Russian autocrat to dispose
of Canada's future and the lives of
thousands of her citizens.
Sir John Macdonald, ' as is well
known, *sired to call Canada a
Kingdom, not a Dominion. It, was
not a mere fancy as to names. He
foresaw many risks and would have
made provision against : them. As a
Kingdom, Canada would have ranked
with other Kingdoms. It would
have conducted its own foreign
affairs. Its subjects would not have
been Canadians in Canada and Brit-
ish subjects outside,' but Canadian
subjects within or without. Last
but not leasta no one b serving her
could have beers' in doubt that ;hie sole
duty was to herr, It would not have
been possible as it is now for an able
and conscientious public servant,to
feel that it is his duty to place he
Bedford, P. Q., May 30th, 1920.
.4010.
COUNTY COUNCIL AT PLAY
A very filie time was spent on Fri-
day last at Jewitt's Grove, Bayfield,
by the County Councillors of Huron
County, County Officials, their fam-
ilies, some ex -Wardens and . other
former members. The occasion was
the first annual picnic of the County
'Council, and the success of the event
will Surely guarantee a picnic becom-
ing a recognized event on the year's
calendar of county council activities.
7t would have been' impossible to
select a finer day for the event and
everyone seemed to enjoy the day
to the full.
Ex-Wiarriens Cantelon, Govenlock
and Elliott were present and entered
into the day's events heartily. Un-
fortunately, several members of the
present council were unable to be on
hand, including Reeve Curt, of Blyth,
Deputy Reeve Clark, of Goderieh,
both of whom were absent through
illness. Reeve Moffatt, Turnberry,
Reeve Beavers, of Exeter, Reeve Plum
of Brussels, and Reeve Doig, of .
Lowick.
The first big event of the afternoon
was the baseball game. County Treas-
urer William Lane umpired and did
the work so well that some of the
big leagues will, no doubt, want his
serviees soon, and the score. was a
tie, 9-9, so everyone should be satis-
fied. It was a very genial 'game, and
the same battery. worked for both
sides. Alf. Erwin in the box and
Harold Weston at the receiving end.
The game was between sides cap-
tained by J. Douglas, Reeve of
Empire first and Canada second. Wroxeter, and M. Elliott, Reeve of
No words are strong enough to im- Stanley, and the respective teams and
press upon the voter the importancethe runs scored up to each player
of making up his mind as to our were as follows:
status as a nation and being,,repre- .T Douglas 2, T. Wallis 1, J.• E.
sented by someone who thinks as he
does. The situation created by the
Peace Treaty is an artificial one, giv-
ing weight to some factors, ignoring
others. France insisting on her posi-
tion in Europe with a diminished
population and relying partly on
negro troops may not receive the
sympathy she did as the victim of
1870. The seventy-five millions of-
German-speaking
fGerman-speaking people even if split
up over several states are still the
most' important commercial 'group on
the continent. For centuries they
held back the Slav from Europe. Now
large Slav states have been created
in Central Europe, whose racial
affiliations are with Russia. The
heading off of German enterprise
from the west and from over sea
must result in a change of the role
hitherto played by the Germans and
Ford 1, A. Mitchell 2, W. H. Lobb 1,
J. M. Govenlock 0, D. M. McTavish 0,
Harold Weston 0, N. W. Trewartha 1,
M. Elliott 2, E. Merner 0, H. Spot -
ton 1, Dr. Grieve 0, Warden Petty 1,
W. R. Elliott 0, William Elston 0,
John McNabb 2, M: Armstrong 1, W.
J. Miller 0.
County Clerk Holman was the offi-
cial scorer, for the ball genie and, in
fact, kept the ball rolling all after-
noon, calling out the various events
and persuading the hesitating ones to
enter. There -was one spot in the
programme, however, where he found
things taken out of his hands sudden-
ly. It was just after the ball game
when Mr. Holman was busy 'rounding
up the teams for a tug-of-war. Mrs.
Holman had been brought up to shake
hands with some of the county coun-
cillors and suddenly Mr. Holman and
they may cultivate these new Slav his bride found themselves addressed
States and Russia as well 1 by Reeve Laporte, of Hay Township,
We can only see dimly what is 1 and at the conclusion of the -address
emerging from the _Peace Treaty and Reeve Tipling, of Wingham, presented
only the high spots through the fog, 1 Mr. and Mrs. Holman with a pair of
but enough to see a very unstable
and doubtful future.
We have in the Cairo to Calabar
Railway project the same alliterative
jingle and the same possibilities for
trouble as went with the Cape to
Cairo cry. Here - are independent
states on the route just as were .the
Boer Republics. The only difference
this time is that it is oil and not gold
mines.
The Poles are making the first use
of their liberty in conquering coun-
tries two hundred miles beyond the
limits of Polish -speaking lands. As
their country was a battle ground
twice overrun, they must get the
sinews of war from one or other of
the great powers who so recently
pledged us to peace.
The French show their disregard
for the League by enforcing their
own views of the Treaty with their
own troops, and of public opinion by
using negro troops. They show us
what future they look for by intro-
ducing conscription in their negro
colonies.
•A turn of the wheel and we may be
off again to prop up ?the watered
stock of Land or Oil Companies in
Persia to save the Poles from their
own folly or to put down French Mili-
tarism in Central Africa. A. little
social recognition among prominent
and pliable people, a little suppres-
sion of truth and expansion of false-
hood in the news, the bait of large
gains spread before profiteers and a
slight imperialistic bias at Ottawa
would be enough. A timed outburst
in a subsidized press appealing to our
compassion showing us moral
obliquity' in the intended enemy and
lauding the fighting capacity of our
young men would fire the mine.
We should never forget that the
appeal pretended to -have been made
from Johannesburg to save the
women and children there, an appeal
HALF YEAR'S MARKETING OF
LIVESTOCK
Marketings of Canadian farm stock
at the six main stockyards of the
Dominion for the half year ending
June 30th, as specially compiled by
the ' Industrial and Development
Council of Canadian Meat Packers,
Toronto, show the number of head
handled at all these yards in the
period to have exceeded 864,000. The
total was made up as follows: -
Cattle - 283,765
Calves - 135,387
Sheep - 91,957
Hogs - _354,784
The receipts of livestock at the Mun-
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separate yards were as follows: Clifford B oa n 1 g ,
Cattle Calves Sheep Hage Freddie obtained Bogee. Following junior are pupils the
Toronto �' 145,530 ;48,523 28,336173,846
Montreal E.End 17,138 83,7154 9,059 22,478
Montreal
JMcLean Bros., Publishers
$1,50 a Year In Advance
ative Stothers in connection with
chances for a winter claps.'
—The 77 nem gun allotted, to.
Goderich by the War Trophies Com-
mittoe at Ottawa arrived last week
and formed an interesting feature of
the Dominion Day parade. It is a
fie_i gun captured from the Germans
and bearing the date of 1917, pre-
sumably the year it was made. It is,
in good condition, showing only a few
market of battle. The barrel is about
nine feet long and takes a projectile
about 31‘ inches in. diameter. At.
present the gun is at the town hall
and there is some discussion as to
where it should be placed prernanent-
iy—at the Harbor -Park, on the.
Square, in Victoria, Park, or at one -
of the street intersections.
TUCKERSMITII
Our eye specialist will be here on July
15th and 16th. Beattie Bros., Seaforth.
School Reports—The following is
the report of School Section No. 3,.
Tuckersmith, for prorreatibn exams,
and for the month of June: Promot-
ed from Jr. IV to Sr. IV—Carniart
Haugh (Honors). Pass ---Names
order of merit—Gordon Elliott, Jean
Fotheringharre Bessie Broadfoot, Pro-
moted from Jr. III to Sr.
Chapman (Honors) 591 marks, Mae
Simpson (honors) 563 marks. Pass—
Ina Scott 530, Wilson McCartney 452..
Promoted in May (on the term's work)
beautiful leather chairs, in which they
were asked to seat themselves. Mr.
Holman responded in a very neat ad-
dress, expressing the appreciation of
Mrs. Holman and himself for the kind
expressions in the address and for
the beautiful gift. "For He's a Jolly
Good° Fellow," of course, followed, as
Mr. Holman concluded. The address
presented to Mr. and Mrs. Holman
was as follows:
Goderich,
June 15th, 1920.
Point st. Charles 15,179
Winnipeg 46,031
Calgary* * 45,469
Edmonton 14,423
42,354 9,802
4,884 6,887
3,290 35,714
1,611 2,159
32,767
84,442
28,866
11,390
HURON NOTES
Monday purchaseA a fine team of
chestnut horses with silver tail and
mane for the House of Refuge, Clin-
ton. They are indeed a fine specimen
of horses, weighing around 1,90
pounds each, and the price realized
by Mr, Joseph Bowlancl, of Usborne,
for them, is a handsome figure.
—One of the most inccessful events
of the season was the garden party
held in the Wroxeter park last Wed-
nesday evening, under the auspices
of the Women's Institute. Wingham
Band was in attendance and an in-
teresting football match took place
between Salem and- Fordwich teams,
the ecore being 1-1. The net pro-
ceeds, which go towards the erection
of a skating rink, amounted to $200.
—Ament Bros. are now drawing
gravel for Me foundation of an addi-
tion to their sawmill at Brussels,
which will be utilized in manufactur-
nig their season's flax crop. They
have a nice crop oh the Dougald Mc
Donald farm, 7th line Morris, which
will soon be eeady for pulling when
employment will be offered a large
number of hands.
—A very pleasant event took place
at St. Boniface R. C. church on Tues-
day forenoon, when Miss 'Martina,
'Goshen Line, sohth, was united in mar-
riage to Edmund J. Denomie, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Maxime Denomie, of Blake.
The Rev. Father Stroeder in witness
of a number of friends, perfermecl the
ceremony, and the best wishes through
life are extended by a large circle of
friends.
The fine home of James Fox, drug-
gist, Brussels, has been purchased by
Walter A. Lowry, who gets possession
in the fall. Mr. Fox and farnily may
remove to Tioronto or some other
point, locating another drug stoee, The
business in Brussels will be retained
however and will be under charge of
Mr. Fox and Stewart, alternately, the
later being now a fully fledged
practitioner. People -of Brussels and
locality will be very sorry to see the
Fox family remove as they will be
greatly missed especially in Melville -
church, where tthey have been active
woekers. It is twenty years since Mr.
and Mrs. Fox moved to Brussels from
Wroxeter, buying out J. T. Pepper,
now of Woodstock.
—A quiet wedding took place at
the home of Robert and Mrs. Thom-
son, "Riverside Farm," Brussels,
Tuesday, June 29th, at high noon,
when their sister, Margaret Stewart
MacLauchlin, was united in marriage
to Ambrose R. Zapfe, eof St. Cath-
arines. The ceremony was conducted
by Rev. A. J. Mann, B.A. The bride,
who was given away by her brother,
R. J. MacLeuchlin, wore her travel-
ling suit of navy blue poiret twill,
with tailored taffetta hat and etone
martin fur and a corsage bouquet of
sweetheart roses. The wedding march
was- played "by her sister, Mrs. Thom-
son, After luncheon Mr. and. Mrs.
Zapfe left for a trip up the Great
Lakes. On their return they -will re-
side in St. Catharines where Mr.
Zapfe is manager of 'the East end
branch of the Royal Bank of Canada.
—At the annual meeting of the
council of Agriculture for East
Huron, held in Brussels on Friday,
with President Amos Smith in the
chair, the reports were presented by
Secretary -Treasurer McArthur and
adopted. Owing to the cancellation of
several of the public meetings last
winter the membership and finances
are not as good as usual. eWhether
the organization should be carried on
or not was discussed owing to the
laxity of the farming community in
supporting it. It was finally decided
to re-elect the staff of the past year
and watch results. The Secretary
was instructed to write Hon. Mr.
Doherty, Minister of Agriculture for
the Province, as to a visit and also
County Clerk of Huron County.
Dear Sir:—We, the members of the
County Councir of Huron, 'desire to
extend to yourself and Mrs. Holman
our sincere congratulations and
heartiest best wishes for a long and
happy married life.
In our intercourse with you we
have always found you to be affable
and courteous in your demeanor and
active' and zealous in discharging the
duties of ybur office.
When your countri called you did
not hesitate to offer your sons to fight
and die, if need be, in the cause of
truth and liberty.
We would therefore ask you to
accept this slight token of our esteem
not for its intrinsic value, but merely
as a mark of our esteem of you as a
man and as an officer of the Banner
County of the Province of Ontario.
Signed on behalf of the County_
Council of the County of Huron—G.
C. Petty, Warden, Amos Tipling, John
Laporte, Joseph Hacicett, M. Arm -
This pleasant feature being over
the programme of sports was resum-
ed. The tug-of-war was between sides
captained by John McNabb, Reeve of
Grey', and Alex. Neeb, Reeve of
Stephen, and the teams they picked
were as follows:
marks for the raonth of juxie:Sr. II—Helen
Davidson '123, Emma Broadfoot 113.,
Harold Armstrong 106, Ella Papple
>98, Alice Munroe 86, John Fothering-
ham 78, Wilson Broadfoot 75, Clar-
ence Armstrong 65. Jr. II—Gordon
Papple 41, Ruth *Cartwrikht 40, Beth
Cartwright 32, FIora Souter 38. Class•
56, Mildrel Taylor 54, Marion Chap-
man 52.—M. Mellis, Teacher.
About Potatoes.—Mr. John Murray
showed The Expositor a few days ago
a small bag of seed potatoes which
he was sending to Manitoba to be
planted. This seed was planted at
his farm'on May 29th last and was
dug out of the side' of the hills on
July 5th. Mr. Murray says that as.
soon as the shoot from theepotatoes
planted have taken root, the original
seed is of no further use and tan be
taken up _and replanted to secure a
second crop. Some years ago he re-
ceived some seed from the late John
Thompson, of McKillop, which he
planted' five times and from which. he
received four crops, the last being kill-
ed by frost. With potatoes at e5 a
bushel, this, is something well worth
knowing and at any rate We would
like to hear how the crop in Manitoba.
turns out.
Our eye specialist will' be here on July
15th and 16tb. Beattie Bros., Seafprth.
Notes.—There lately passe'd away
in Tuckersmith at the home of her
son-in-la.w, MT. James Allen, Mrs.
David Bell, in her eightieth year. She
was a woman beloved, by all who
knew her. She leaves a good husband
and family of five, one son in the
West, Rev. William Bell, Stratford
Presbytery; Mrs. Allen, with whom
she lately resided; McKenzie,
and Miss Jennie Bell,'"of Winnipeg.
She was one of the oldest members
of the Presbyterian church in our
village. Owing to the absence of Rev,
Egmondville, took charge of the
funeral service. The pallbearers were
six of the Elders of the church. to
which she belonged, William Elcoat,
James Gemmel', C. Haugh, H. Aiken -
head and James McQueen. The inter-
ment took place at Baird's cemetery.
—Miss McMillan, of Perth, is the
guest of Mrs. A. Broadfoot.—Dr.
Davis, of Manitoulin Islandawas last
week the guest of his CO1191311 MrS.
Wheeler.—Miss McCully, who has
been 111, is now able to be about
again. Her many friends are grid
for her recovery after so serious •
an illness.
CONSTANCE
Notes.—The garden. party held on
the 30th of June was a grand suecess
every way and those who were 110t
there missed the treat of the season.
The Brunswick Trio kept the crowd
in laughter and was considered by
all as entertainers of the very best.
The proceeds of the evening amounted
to $213.—The school sections 1, 2,
in the grove of Mr. Thomas McMichael
on Friday, July 2nd, which was
largely attended by the section, and
a good afternoon was spent in football
matches between sections one and
three, which was a tie, also the
married men 'against the singles of
section one, which resulted in 2 to fe
in favor of the Benedict& Also laces
of all kinds and tug-of-war between
sectione- one and three, ISTurnber 1 be-
ing the winner. We think it would
be nice to make this an annual
affair that the people might get to-
gether and get better acquainted and
give the children a good time.—Mrs.
Hotharn and MTS. Jeffery, of Staffa,
spent Sunday with friends here.—
Mr. John Hinchley, of Stratford ,was
calling on old friends last weela--
Mrs. Joseph. Riley is able to be around
again.—Mr. and MTS. 11. L. McDonald
and family, of St. Thomas and Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. MeDonald a;id family.,
of Staffa, were guests last week at
the horse of Mr. and Mrs, Ernest
is visiting at the keine of kis son, --
The Adams family had a very en-
correepond with County Represent- joyable Diellle to Bayfield last wee