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Home My WebLink AboutClinton New Era, 1894-03-30, Page 1It: 4 a year in advanee# ILO Subscription pr ce of the NawElee. aia.d it:ie cxceptiorial value at eo lowaprice, Subseeibers Will greatly oblige us by prompt renewals, elletieraisarmitiaesimeaseaseeseemet BMW= HULMBS, 131ditQr If you select your Se INC SUIT now, you will have a much better asso meat to choose from, an it cane, ` barnacle up when a are ;not as busy as we 11 be in a month or rfo, Cash and One Price Th N kat! JO: 11 CLINTON An Adventuredated in good Dictiona Words. Being easily exsuscitated, and an amni- oolist fond of inesoatiug fish and brogglin , with an ineluctable d sire for the amalition of care, I took a pmt and descended the river in a enithy gal . The water being emooth, I felt I could venture with incol- . amity, as I was familiar with the obun- o one river. Having broggled without result I rowed i Weekly OF INTERESTING NEW From all parts of the County—by and lively Correspondent St. Helens. " N was -the .—Miss McRoberts, of London, guest of the Misses Todd. Miss Mary Curran has • returned home from Detroit. Miss Buchanan was visiting friends at Whitechurch. Mr Duncan ,McDo aid, of Galt, spent a few days with' friends in this vicinity. Miss Lockhart has retured home freur New tonville, Mr John McCrostie left last week for Forrest where he purposes ,learningthe drug business. Mr Mid- colm Weatherson, of Michigan, is at present visiting friedds in this loeatity. The contract h"as'been let for the build ing of the town hall and preparations are being made for the same. Mr D. McDpppiinagd hadointhe ehwhile ave hie foot badly cut, but we hiipe soon to se him About again. Those attending tl Goderich Nigh school from our vicinity are spending their Easter vacatnum- ber from on here atttendedethe Presbyte- rial meeting of the W. F. M. S. held in Wingham on Tuesday of last week. Rev. R. S. G. Anderson gave a lecture lately on "Hardy Christianity in Bri- tian illustrated- with magic lantern views of person and places of historic renown. 4oderich. CarRca -,-p$e Epworth League of North S r Meth idiet church, under the direction, of .Miss'ieorgi a Martin, gave song -filtrated' . g'l est Fri da even- ing; solosf.� b Misses y' Minnie .yy �. a .A cheson and Pridham, a `duet by Mr Calbeck and Miss Graham, .• with a reading'by Mise Nellie Henke; there wa atteridanre ande service° able and interesting! The se North St. church were high] ing on Easter„ Sabbath; Mr preached on "the Resurre Christ" in the morning, and urrection of the dead"in the in connection with the evening whl helch wasexcellent choir, under the ship of S. P. Hall, rendered a tertaining song service, con for Easterantheolos and Sabb Sabbath ices; Acheson and Pridham fully su tlieir enviable reputation as singers; the congregati~oii",:wa delighted with the -service Next ath the S. S. annivets of the St. MethRd}st S. S. will" he held, E. E. Scgt'e,"'df P$ rkdale, Toron- ill preach the anniversary ser- ; the children of the S. S. will sh an entertainment on Monday ing, consisting of%recitations, sing- Krutergardeti; etereises, &c.; the under D. R. Colbeck as superin- nt, is in a very flourishing con- 'l) Ide-awake~-Spanley EXAMINATION,---aThe °mem' nation of S.S. No. I, Stanley, Wasiield on Thurs- day, March 22nd. The teacher, Mr George Baird, was assisted by Messrs R, Rose, T. A. Lachlin, D. McGregor and iss J. Mustard. There was a 1,g" umber of visitors, considering .he c emoncy,of the weather. The. scbgi a acquitted themselve i s iia s n a a fa etre manner. • . oT s. -•Miss .., Isabella McFarlane paid a visit during,Eastet; to her par vents and friends, Mr 'Frank Scott is at ggresent under the maternal roof. Mr M. McEwen and daughter visited friend g Maggie � �a�d acquaintances in Kent during the,holiday,sgason . hi - led. upon to record the death o£vve aonee of Huron's earliest pioneers, over 80 years a resident of the township of Stanley, Mr John McNaughton, who died on Wednesday, March- 21st, at his resi- dence, Glendevon b'rarm, township of Stanley, and was buried on Good Fri- day.s , the,ns were interred service ebeing conducted by the Rev. Mr Kerrie. The laige„ assembly of relatives and friends,who were present at the funer- al testify' to the high esteem in which he w,s,s,held by all who knew him. Deceased was born in Perthshire, Scotland, in the year 1815, at the ;age of 17, with his., parents, brothers and sister, he em ` I ri L g ted to this country; tr arrtyip att..F:lamilton in the summer of 1� aeRe was twenty one weeks from the,te a of.ieavingGreenocI until,;he s a good 1 ing 'Aet • *Si:but wee, delayed eat prices it .0 i by' keen/Mess>wed > death,'of ver. a then.movedto;London,e y interes- whre he resided for a few years, mov- Howell ing"i: m London, he located on the ction of Bayfield road. " In politics, in which the "Res- he always took an active part, be was evening; a staunch Conservative. He service, warm and ardent supporterwas la e old house, established church ocotland.yhAfter leader- the union of the Presbyyterian churches most en- he joined tlreEpiscopaiians, A widow, sisting of three sons and five daughters are left suitable to mourn the loss of a loving husband Misses and a kind and affectionate father. stained A memorial service was held on Sun- solosist day evening, March 25th, in the Eng - s more lash church, Varna, to which Mr Mc- Naughton was attached; many of his friends were present, the preacher preached from, 1st Cor, xv, 54 °Death, is swallowed up in victory." --The church was appropriately draped in black. o'vrr,d an ey,Ilt, Jnter-Jag meriltyra�° quid I than - --.die, when 1 saw a haekee. Wishingt4, cap- ' Sabb }hire hiraa decided :to circumnavigate and Nor t Rev. to, w mons furni even ing, S. tende di tion ake him unaware. -Landing, I derned myself where I could see the haekee dera- cinating grass. He discovered me and skngged behind a tree, occasionally pro- truding his noll. • SeizWhen rthe neb appeared waited ofeagned° e him. The hackee, which is pedimanous, tried to climb the bole. He seemed sheepish, and I assuspected ischeeks of some Beamed ampullaceousialij caught him by the tail and he skirled. Though be was a rack I held on with . dour, and tried finally'tq aowle him. The hackee looked soyned and tried to Boyle. I belabored • him; and he eloped, making vigorous oppugnation and evidently longing for divagation. Then a pirogue approached and an agri- cultor landed. This distracted the hacker), and I Bowled him, but dropped him because he ecratohed so. I vowed to exungulate him when caught. Borrowing a fazzolet, I tried to yend it Oyer the haceee's head ave a meting of 00, ceation. The agriouIfor aided. He was not attractive, seeming crapulous and not unlike had a dinnerpail,owhichB looked aalpha/midst- edif he been. battering it while pegging. Bat with stringa stick and some tried to make the hck a bins n. he made a This who seiz- ed the causedc adjutor s hathe hllux. Thus exasperat- ed, the agritultor captured the hackee without any migniardise; but he gloated over the bite, and his rage was not gnatiefi until the hackee was a lioh. Carrying it fb .the punt, I sank into a queachy spot, which delayed me until the gale obnubilated the sky. While removing the pelage, I found the lick somewhat olid, because the swinker had feagned the hackee, and so I yended the Lich away, went to market, and sapped upon a spitohoock and a hot bisk. Goderich asTownsRIL—yyhip. Messrs GeOOD o ge Cooke and am WltJweek ohn- ston, • of the Bayfield line, cut two cords of wood in twenty minutes. This is very good work for two lads that pretend they,khow nothing about sawing, but profesai,M, a1s may think it a mere trifle, but we • ant the record broken. SALE.—As M. S. McLean, of the 3rd con., has sold both his farms and in- tends giving up house -keeping. He intends having an auction sale of all his effects, on Tuesday, April 8rd, at 12 o'clock. As Mr McLean has a lot of stock there will be a large crowd present, which holds its meting tin the school house on the 15th con., will have a spelling match at its next meeting, this weeas the list.k's Mt Will am ConnellERA to e yhas sold his farm to Tho only child of Mis r Albert Wise has been suffering for the past few weeks with t is now improsving oftion the Ed Wisehas �upar- chased a new windmill from Mr Geo. Levis, it was erected by T. Wigging ton, and gives good satisfaction. Mr ing Joseph hiiswebrother of Bens. Mrs Peter did up with an in jer con., knee ° s able been be around again. - .. Morris NOTES,»_-John Welford of Blyth, preached' .at--Sunshineeelte'telh nd afterrnoon, the pastern being at Blyth. East Wawanosh NOTES,—Thomas Black had d a very wood _bee 0nFridedMiss Clara Coultes left on Wednesday for a month's 'visit among friends in Guelph and Halton. The snow storm of Sunday and Monday put a stop to the plowing and the farmers are now taking Toll, sr., have moved ionandl into the house on Geo. Henry's place, lately occupied by John Mason, who has moved onto the old Hunter farm owned by James Armour. Eippen SOCIAL.—The social given at the house of Mr W. Cudmore, on Friday evening last, was very largely attend- ed, and was a complete success, espe- cially from the "social" point of view. Mr Cudmore's home is not as large as a • palace, but his heart is as big and generous as can be, and both he and Mrs Cudmore made every one of the large company so cordially welcome, that it wail a pleasureito be there. The evening Was a very enjoyable one to all, and spent in social enjoyment. Proceeds over $20, --A. considerable ploughing has been done this spring in this neighborhood, but the snow on Monday changed the order' of the day, and the e�yheeakdforhe summr,werainbrought out for use. The entertainment in the hall was not lcyytaccount of the ncenenyof he weon a- ther. Mr W. M. Doig, teacher of Walton, and Miss T. Monteith, teacher of osertheir hlidaat their homes Tuekersmi re W. McDougall, jr., 'died Veiwy Suddenly on Tuesday of last week; her remains were interred in Brucefleld cemetery. Belgrave NOTES.—Mr Haslam and family have taken lage, Mr Haslam pintendsbworkingihiss rl farm on the 4th eon. Morris. Mr M. Hughes preached at k ech n a undylast in absence v J. H. Dyke. Rev. W. J. Brandon, of OrEaster with was home s motherland spending E. Wawanosh. Wiugham THE CANNON ARRIVED. --Some time ago the Minister of Militia, Hon. J. C. Patterson, was visiting in Win ham and promised to send a couple of can- non up to adorn the park. The cannon arrived on Monday, arida special meet - in of the council was held to consider what should be done with it. When it was learned that there was a freight bill of $34 due on the cannon, there was consternation on the faces of the members, and after a pet- ty animated discussion the council re- fused to pay it. The Mayor then tele- graphed the Minister of Militia, stating the action of the council. 'Whether -money..willebe . raised_by private.. sub- scription or raised at all remains to it seen. McHillop A SERIOUS CHARGE.—Mr Joseph Stenzel, of the 14th con., of McKillop, was arrested on Thursday by constable Duhaving, on the preof rvious Tuesday morn in , outraged ed ` his Martha, aged 12 years,I duringd the ab- sence of her mother, the y and the other members g al on Friday astHe wto stand Stenzelhis lisfor the a well to-do farmed er, and h s hitherto born an excellent reputation. The affair has created quite a sensa- tion in this neighborhood, and we 'hope he may be able to prove his innocence. Tuckersmith. SCHOOL REPORT.—Standing ot pu- oflexami at oos4and mere to for the month of March:—Sr. IV—A. F. Johns, 221; C, Crich, 207. Sr. III—Ella Johns, 298; Mary O'Brien,y214; Arthur WiltseElsie Fowler, 136; P. Nott, 62. Layton, III—Har- old Har- old Fowler, 305; Horace Wiltse, 234; Mary Layton, 169. Sr, II --Walter LMary, nCrich, Laurence art I I d II- Brien, 258; Fred. Wiltse, 236--HATTIE DoDD, Teacher. NOTES, --Miss E. Turner, of town, is spendin Easter holidays with her brother here. Mr N. Crich spent his holidays at Wingham. The agricul- turists here appear to be behind the tinies; we have seen no sowing done in this vicinity this season as our farmers come fer to ait utnallsright.mSeed a gen- erally appears to be hard to buy this spring: barley and blue peas are the greatest in demand. Drawing -TRIM -and lum- ber now appears to be the order of the day. A 'number of the young people, of the West End, took advantage of the sleighing on Tuesday evening and took a, drive- to Egmondville, where they took possession of a farm house, spending a very pleasant evening, Brucelleid: CONCERT. — The famous Canadian Jubilee Singers will give a concert in the on Mondayhodisty evening April 2nd,Bcommenc- ing at 8 o'clock; admission 15c and 25c. While making a five year tour of Britain recent! they appeared before the Prince of Wales and Royal family. They have also a line orchestra. Mullett A GOOD UNDERTAKING•—Elsewhere in this issue will be found a bylaw re- latingpto the Kinburn Swamp Dkltin, the work that ris of great importanceons of which s to a certain section of I3ullett township. The estimated cost of the work is not derived excessive, he wll much enefits that mre than compensate therefor. It is to-belioped that no difficulties or objections will rerin€rse that pr proceeded might as quicklevent the y as poork s- sible NOTES. --Mrs Isaac Lawrence is vis- iting friends in London township.A PROs Mr Jas. M. Elsiy is spendingSabbath of withlfriends in Comber d a wee baptized fon were receive -the--nhurehv trial. This i py and prog ROhneilvallle. freer entertger ainment in the hall here on Thursday night. A number of speak- ers with recitations, vocal and instru- mental music interspered. ' pie oPRTH oLEAat7E—The young peo- an of Methodist church formed Epworth L ague on night after the prayer me elected F. O. Elford pres ranged for the election of ing officers at the next w meeting. DEBATE.—.The debate cant day night as -advertised;° speakers on the negative fa in. ail. appearance, they from the and' Varna year In advance, $1,.00 When hat eo paid lime rearsARY.--The . . sary services of the 5 "q' anniver- sary last Sabbath 1Methonda church, avid Monday, were quite successfeil. Although the wea- ther and roads on Sallba.th Were not very favorable, the attendance was en_ Wednesday 'ter sting ' and ofitable,s in e •y is- eting. They courses, morning and evening,g' die" i ident and ar- j Rev John Har Q# the; the remain- instructive and itrllp ess eve" and er$ei eekly prayer heard with much delight by his many Me off old friends, On Itccotintof the blizzard Mon- which began on Sunday night' and eon- One Of the t! ue it dt through oe h mQ $t 0 Q i! M In g n g to put ! feared that the Mond ng many picked one be a failure, brlp the ib y me sting mould up, off,, T. .Con face an d thesides lined andup, J. f (rapt) E. Jervis H. Lowery; neg., A. Jervis (rapt.), Jellolrlies and F. Elford. The speaking -was pretty lively, and some of the speeches. showed considerable thought. The judges gave their de- cision in favor othe negative. Next Monday night the. ofection ot quart- erly dues and token's will be given. EASTER. --The Easter holidays pass- ed of very quietly here. Mr R. Finch andieliss Mary Cook, of Clinton, anent linty in the village. Mrs .E . Q. nur ice, of Clinton, .was in the village on Friday.: Mrs .Pear and children at- tended a social at Mr Cudmore's, Kip -. pen, Friday evening. J. T. Hold worth, of ±L. ysville, was home. Two resentations took _place in. the church, Friday' •evening, W. McRoberts in-' tended going home, but only got as far as Clinton when his heart failed himDavidson, ot f Stratford, speed in nd Easter With her sister-in-law at the parsonage. GIVE EI IT To THEM.—There considerable dissatisfation haamong some at the way the stealing of the robes has been hushed up. One of the men, who lost a robe, went to,�, for pthe thid ngs,on in and they ween and had been over and the fire oas ffer) oll ffence uld not be so bad, but when the same thing was done not long ago it is about time something was done. Is connections gnections whieth m. a hpcenseblto do Ilies as heo likesowith other people's property. Not a few would like to see them publicly expos- ed, and should it ever occur again here they will be shoved in spite of family. WEDDING, ,Before the NEW ERA reaches the majority of its subscribers an interesting and happy event will have transpired, whereby "two hearts are made to beat as one" and two lives will be united in hymen's, bonds for a11. the time. Cards are out for the marriage of Mr Ralph Wale, of West- p„rt,Dak., (formerly of this neighbor-. hood) to Miss Carrie Murch, second. daughter of Mr Wm. Murch, to take place Thursday evening, March 29th. Rev, Mr Fear will perform the cere- mony, and the bride will be supported bLancaster,her eof Mitch whilelwilllass Charles the groom. The bride is a popular and amiable le young y lady g and d Y bot carry to their new home in Dakota, the good will and good wishes of a large circle of warns friends, PRESENTATIONS, --.Last Friday even.- ing the choir had an unusually inter- esting practice in the basement of the church. At the close of a short pra- tice Messrs E. Jervis and W. Lohb, members of the choir, stepped for- ward, while the former read the fol- lowing address and the latter made the presentation to one of their mem- bers, Mr E. C. Potter, who will remove to Porter's Hill next week. After the ad- dress Mr Potter replied, thanking them and expressing himself as being greatly pleased with their present, and that he would associations and always frndshipremember made in their midst, To MR .C. prior' to among us a number of yoyour departure ehave mother° to express our sorrow at your con- templated removal from our midst We have yyouoyed and we hope you haand en with us. You with been a good citizen and an earnest worker in church and choir, and we have recognized ba- you discharge of your true es in connection (with all our church services, and in your daily life. In our social means of grace we shall miss you, your estimable wife and family. In view Of our departure allow us to present you with you and yours. Hoping Hop ntoken anraying that t Go d's s richest blessing may rest upon,you and yours may all your eforttsl insyyour nehwthomo is the earnest wish of your Jfolmesvllle friends. Signed, Lewis PROCTOR, OEo. ACHESON, WM, PIOKARD. e completeefore - ly Mr E tornent Acheson tooktheplatform and said he had a few words to say if they Would listen, and asking Ree. ICfr 'Fear to read a short note which be handed him. The note was an address to Miss Pickard, organist, and will speak for itself.- After the presentation itableply on behalf C. of his daugh- ter, after which a nugmber of the mem- bers of the ressed their sympathy with the work ation p of the recipients, in both church and choir, then all r'epa'ired to their several homes feeling satisfied that the evening bad not been spent in Bain. To mi PRMISS IEND.—y e a few of friends, have met this eveningyour many some tangible way our appreciation tO express e valuable sevices yyou have rnpheMeth- organa tist uand choiirloader You haveydooneyour work well and we have admired yon' in it; you helped you Ihard performance perform and You God has have led us not only in the service of so,h have tryst you- have led us in song nearer t iGovd.. Allow us Itb present you with this gold watch as a slight token of our indebtedness to yon, and we shall ever pray that your useful life may be long spared to be a blessing to all around you. Signed, WM Sm NL usoN,1 stewards. WestifeIfl. I REssIVE OnrnoH. -- Last ternoon Rev. W; Baugh r infants and nine adults, dints full connection with and stook-;Fotlr-erfi•ee in -on s a large, enthusiastic hap- ressive church, an Harrow, e1Mrs Wm McCool, of the 8th_con.,.�has_ -piiiireecori.01:0,;";11-Fgritlk `natitaining 4870 • tie, •. less, as the heavy fallpf 'makingre quite good sleighiiig made it the more favorable for the many :Who desired to attend. The church ,was well filled with a large and ha y~a�j}dience. The 'literary and musicalpprogfeen, provided by the members of the school, was, a interesting yggand weli executed by alldn ho one,, and was took part. The gory elo uent and ap- propriate address of the Rev J. Hart on "Success in Life," was highly ap- preciated by the audience. Mr Arthur Stephenson, the popular Superinten- dent of the school, presided as chair- man, with very great acceptance. The collections Oce Sabbath and Monday were liberal, and the Sabbath school enters on another year's work under very promisingand encouraging cir- cumstances. Brussels. NOTES.—Thos. Kew, ofWhitechurch, spent good Friday in town, Miss Elsie Felton, of Tavistock, was visiting her sister, Mrs R. G. Wilson, for several days this week. 0. E. Turnbull and wife, of Guelph, spent Easter with friends in town, Mrs, Geo. Good, of Seaforth, is visiting in town this week. 11. A. Stewart, of the Standard bank, spent Easter holidays in Toronto. Rus- sel Climle, of Portage la Prairie, and Chas. Climie, of Listowel, were visit- ing their sister, Mrs R. Ross, there ap- pears to be some special attraction rn Brussels for Charlie. Mrs Sheppard speaks in the town hall here on Thurs- day and Fridathis vveek. The ladies of Ste vebings John's church held a very successful box social at the resi- dence of Mr W. Bryans, on Tuesday evening. Thos. A. McLauchlan, teach- er at Brucefield, was home for Easter holidays. Miss M. Smith returned to her millinery situation at Blyth this week. PUBLIC SCHOOL'TsaeHERs,—Princi- pal Cameron is holidaying in Lucknow, Miss Beaden atLinwood, Miss Downey at Listower and other places, and Miss Cooper. at "Home sweet Horne", C Lin- ton. ANOTHER who h s beenrunningna hardware bus- iness in Fordwich for sortie time past has removed his stock to this town, where he intends carrying on business. As he is a practical business man he is sure to succeed, Mr Hunter is well and favorably known in this locality, and we hope he will receive a literal °share of patronage. BLYTH Chiao, CUSTOM has out n the store Ng est door of late o Andersoloth can have itmade tipes in first-class their own style at reasonable prices. Satisfaction guaranteed. NoTEe. —Rev. J. H. Dyke preached morning and evening in Blyth on Sun- day last and at Jackson's church in the afternoon; the pastor, Rev. Geo. Bug_ gin, being at Tara. Mrs Doherty, of Grimsby, formerly of Blyth, visited old friends here last week. Mr H. Buie, who is not in very good health, returned for arest f r om Mrs. Howson andonMissSMc Kinnon were Mc- Kinnon last weeks 3. A. Turof Mes D.ner, of London, spent:Sunday with friends here. • Mrs Davis, of Ripley, was a guest in town on Friday hast, Mr. Wm, Richmond returned otl Saturday from a business trip East. Miss Mc- Lean, who is attending London Colleg- iate, ret rned on Friday evening for the holid amiss Campbell, teacher, is spending the holidays with friends in Seaforth, Miss Duncan, teacher, is spending the holidays in Bayfield. The Rev, D. MacViear and Mrs Mac - Vicar, Dromore, were guest at the manse last week;Mr MacVicar filled the pulpit of St. Andrews church very acceptably on Sunday last. J. A. Tay- lor, B.A., of the Pickering college, re- turned for the holidays on Thursday night. Miss Mullen, of Belfast, is the Jnest of Miss McKinnon at present, ames Emigh left for Toronto an Fri- day to take aposition in a_mill in that city. Mr lien Texas, who Ste was callledyhome througainsvilleh the death of his mother, spent Sunday with friends, he returned to Texas on Monday. Owing to the illness of the pastor, Rev. Mr Iii ly, Mr Sherwood, of Huron College, London, officiated in Trinity church on Sunday morning. Effie Elaine Hext, was greeted with a very fair house in Industry hall on Thursday evening last; some of her numbers were thoroughly appreciated, and her posing in Greek costume was particularly good; she was assisted by local talent, and we believe the affair wdians jubilee !singers, who were hess. The eren so recently, are again billed for Satur- day evening, under the auspices of the Metalso lsing in thatodist hurch Sunday evenh; we believe they - ing, when a silver collection will be taken up. Miss Miller, who has been the guest of Miss Moffat for a few weeks, returned to Wroxeter on Fri- day last. Good Friday was generally inobserved as a srvice was held Trinity church in theeven ng. Miss Smith has returned and taken up her old position as milliner at McKinnon & Co a. Mr Allen took possession of the business purchased from Mr McBride, on Tuesday. Geo, McElroy of Wood- atmkt s vent Easter with his friend Loltdesbbrp, CHUII'CII,-^MTs Ashley was unable to tench ber claire in Sabbath Schoollor take her work et Marnock l04 Olinda"' owing to a severe hoarseness, whicn. she contracted and which seems to be. quite common at present in this neigh. borli od. Some of the friends of one fernier pastor, Rev. W. W, L eclii paid him a visit a few days ago, ane�l} as Usual were pitably entertaaiinjed rete # ed and 1i4s- ... e • ea rel the columns iteiu has ap p runs of your papetlof late, intimating the necessity oft e erection of a new Methodist ohuec here on account ot'the increasein the , -c9-nregation. -whoever your corre. spondent may be,`he or she must be thinking of the congregation as it was some years ago or else they seldom' or never attend church. No doubt there ta much need of new, church, not be- Cryuse of the increased congregation, as the one which we have is quite. capable of accommodating all who are in the habit of attending, . except on very very rare occasions, bot because of the age and inadaptibility of the present structure. NOTES. --Stephen Grey started for his home in Texas on Monde morn- ing. Mr McFayden and MissMeLaugh- lin, teachers of S. S, No. 8, visited their homes at 1' brought a spasan en horses James Point, in the colnty of Essex, on Tues- day; this is like. shipping coal to New- castle. The meetings in the Metho- dist church are being continued this week. The building committee for the new church has not been organized. The council and some of the residents of the v' itt a e have @ bad arrange a meeting n to 1; about draining, but did not come to an agreement, but there is to be another ernec ayebnyhtlwehope everyr r in vil-lage will attend and join heartily in the scheme to put in two good drains from the corner one north to the creek and one east to the creek also; ip would, be a great improvement and not cost any one much if each does .what is right. Miss A. McQuarrie, of Blyth, was visiting in Londesboro over East- er. Quite a lot of eggs are being ship- ped by train from here, but the price has declined very rapidly, Mr James Roberton is pruning a great many orchards in this vicinity. R. Adams contemplates keeping a line of hard- ware in stock. VESTRY Mumioerhill The annual vestry meeting was held in the church on Monday evening and the financial standing was found satisfactory. Messrs G. M. Kitty and W. M. Lowery were re-elected church wardens, and Messrs Jacae5 Miller ale' IL Watkins were chosen as sidemen. NOTES.—Mr Watkinehas moved into: _ _ Mr C. Beacom's house in the village. Holy Communion was held on Easter PRESENTATIONe O ell evening last • week the choir of the Methodist church he and went to the parsonage in a body Swann,thepresented with a finephotographeof the choir, beautifully framed, as a token of ' the good will and feeling existing be- tween pastor and choir. MATRIMONIAL. —A pleasaxet event took place at the residence of Mr D. Bell, of the township of Hay, on Wed- nesday, the Wed - them arr marriage of e his daughter. Ellen, tog Mr John McAllister, of the Parr line. The interesting ceremony was per- formed by Rev. J. S. Henderson, of Hensel', in the presence of a large 'number of friends. The happy couple have the congratulations of hosts of friends for their future happiness and prosperity. They will reside on the old homestead, Parr line. CHURCH.—On Monday evening last Miss B. Ellis gave an eil'�ellent report of the proceeding of the convention of Methodist Young People held in Lon- don last week; Miss Ellis seemed to cave caught e enthusiasm of the onvention and transmitted m ra smittedconsider- able to her hearers, The Methodists of Hensel' have decided to erect a brick church, with stone basement, during the and 11. Cudmore have secures the rcon tracts for the carpenter and mason inwork which pthey now ectively; The frame been a psolublic hall, wto Mr Jas. h ch washto uh ne needed e used as in the village, NoTEs.—Mr John McAllister r� has moved in tohis ha dsomearsidennce, y whichs he erected on Richmond St. during"the re- turned summer. C. Klausen nedhomean Fridaylast from To- ronto, where he had been as a repre- sentative to the Supreme Council of the Horde Circle. Mr and Mrs • Rertn-eee . • spent Eiister with Rev. Dr. Cook, of Ripley, but formerlyof Hensall; Mr and Mrs Rennie also visited Flarriston before returning home. Miss M. Latim- er visited the parental roof in Seaforth during the Easter vacation. Miss Simpson, fermerly teacher in the 2nd division of our Public school, was re- newingduinEaster.e1aMr. es in the J. T. Wren,litthe populor principal Public hwttendingthe Ontario Teachers Convention in Toronto, as the delegate of the South Huron Teach- ers association. Services appropriate for Easter were held in the several churches on Sabbath 14st. Mr dames Coxworth, of the Centennial hotel, has purchased the Methodist church, and will shortly move it onto the ground at one tedthe rink; heeme cuwill ruse it asya hall, thus filling a long felt want in this village. Miss Carlisle, of Seaforth, is opening nut a fancy goods store in the building adjoining the barber shop, and which has formerly been used as a restaurant, Mr John Hefferman, of the London road, away n Monthe age ofp75 assede years; bis oriel wereart in- tered in the Irishtown cemetery (near Seaforth) on Wednesday. Over 2,000 has alreadyb ' e awards even subscrib d t teres s the new Methodist church, Rev, M„ pmt h and d liter_ -,left Swamrh rd wife-Tuvrviaitin'g theaf Shift -- r -t •-- °ri I+'xiaaig"gryrlln Beeeh'vilie. ! Rev, J Swanni at he J A Brownlee in , . of London was ' C fawn on MondayM W parsonage. r rs m. Colwil is via ting friends in Centralia,