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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1894-12-26, Page 1I ' litXtOrrit.t6Q par Annuny 1,25 In Advance. c. I11I RPNND.IINT IN ALL THINGS—NLO'TliAL IN NOrIUNQ O .XVII CL:TNTO N . HURON COUNTY, ONT, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1894 A. tt1• TODD. Editor rind Owner 01) OIIEER, For this special season of the year the CLIN- TON LIQUOR STORE is Well stocked with the �;. CHQICEST Wines & Liquors We Ixlve in stock a grand range of oo;is, ineludin,g Imported Wines, ren hies and Whistles, and Righ. lags. Don:Retie Goods, the best ands of Irish, English and Canadian Ale and Stout. Ostoiclq LIQUEURS -Green Chartruese, aschino, Benedictine, Green Pep - int, &c. TINE - CHAMPAIGNE—Order for Xinas and New Year's now. J. W. RITER, -TiplE , CLINTON LIQUOR STORE. Town Topics. $1 in advance' pays for THE NEWS- RECORD—great value. Messy. VIDEAN AND WATSON, Of tbe circular city, spent last Sunday in the Hub of Huron. ,, �ANTELON BRos, shipped about 2,500 espf butter to eastern markets last ek. , yt iQK.—Butchers Scruton and Ford both'. laid up with a severe attack la'grip. p Come the news boy, is calling on patrons with his annexal Xmas @ting• . regret to learn that two of Rev. xsl'ig'a children are down with -..etrolia. 9E. CLARE, better known as'. le . of Toronto Saturday Night, Mrs. Clark and son are holidaying ng;friends and relatives in town. T cure A SITUATION.—A competent lemau of Morris desires a situation 'k -keeper. For particulars apply iis,oimice, 4fii Golffe) i o. "flifc concert it,' ul'.e .church school room this y). evening, at which the n of presents will take place, ell worth going to. n trrrs R, of Goderich, sent a imely message of sympathy to Lady Thompson on. .behalf of the county ',town, and the message was duly `acknowledged. PRESENTATION.—On his departure from Mount Forest Mr. Geo. Theobald Was presented by the Modelites with a kindly Worded address and handsome white silver -mounted travelling com- parison, �..• MR. B. TI;OMLINsoN, who has been at the Ontario Veterinary College for a few weeks, hasgraduated and has " returned a full-fledged Veterinary Sur - .aeon, His shingle has been placed be - ore the breeze at his residence on I attcnbury Street and his card will be found in another column. .THERE was quite a commotion in the •town hall on Friday evening. Master Loi' 1e C. Todd, who had been ill all day;. took part in the drill and a few ,r :Minutes after fainted and fell from a chair, striking his head with consider- able force on the floor. In consequence he was in a dazed condition for several hours and is yet confined to his room. Town Topics. NOMINATIONS. —.Municipal nominal - tions will take place on Monday next: We hope our citizens will take a more active.interest in these matters than ill the past. See to it that none hut pro- perly qualified and competent nomi- nees will seek the. suffrages of the people or be elected to guide the desti- nies of the town. A. O. F.—At the regular half yearly meeting of Court Prosperity, Ancient Foresters, Clinton, the principal busi- ness being election of officers for the incoming half year, resulting in the following :—P.C.R., J. D. Kilty ; Chief Ranger, John Derry; Sub -Chief Ranger, F. Evans ; Treas., Chas. Overbury ; Secretary, Endowment agent and cor- respondent to Ancient Forester, F. W. Watts ; S. Woodward, J. Dunford ; J. Woodward, Wm. .Cooper ; S. Beadle, J. Slower. ; 3. Beadle, W. Slo- man ; Trustees, John Derry, F. Evans, W. Brown ; Auditors, Chas. E. Hale, H. R. Cole, Jas. Dunford ; Lodge Surgeon, Bro. Dr. Freeborn. The Court has held its own in the face of scarcity of work and money and. increased its membership. This Court meets first and third Wednesdays of month in Canada Foresters' hall. :A GREAT SUCCESS.—St. Paul's . sun - day school entertainment in the town hall last Friday evening was a success in every respect. The entertainment was certainly one of the bestevergiverlG in Clinton and reflects credit on its pro- moters and those who took part in it. Mrs. Fairlie, Misses Cree. Johnston and Kate Taylor deserve, special mention. -Each of those who took part in the pro- gram mer ited so much praises that we • refrain from mentioning rumens. Parts vie and two consisted of :—Chorus, " Santa Claus is coining," by the school; rkeitatiou, "Santa Claus' Coming," Ethel ide'rrna krevitation, "Two Little P's," Ida.Mtfr lty;;scarf drill, 12 girls ; recitation, "sy's Christmas," Mary Bentley; tableaux, "Night and Morn- ing "; recitation, "In Santa Claus Land," Edith Robson - march fent class ; recitation, " Cat and song. g Duel," Norma Bentley ; recitation, Rock of Ages," Eva Reynolds : snow shovel song, kindergarten, eight little boys ; cantata, " Land of Nod," in twp acts; march of characters; God sale the: ween.- -The-receipts-were about133. Ebenezer. Mr. Walter Gibson, Bloomington, is engaged with Gordon Young, of Col- borne, for the summer months. Mr. Fred. Corey, of the Nile, spent Sunday last visiting at Mr. Wm. Robertson's. Miss Lizzie Smith is at present work- ing at her sister's, Mrs. W. Oliver. A. P. Sheppard, of tbe Nile, occupied the pulpit in this church last Sabbath. The many friends of Miss Sarah Bruce will be pleased to learn that she is recovering. Our tailor, T. Clarke, of Auburn, made a tour through this neighbor- hood on his wheel on Tuesday last. The roads being rough and frozen he seemed to make poor headway. Mr. Ben. Hamilton, who is giving up this school, No. 2, intends holding an examination on Friday next. We must congratulate Benson for the way be has conducted his school, and .we sincerely hope that he may prosper in the future, R. McKenzie, of Bloomington, wears a broad smile now as his first heir happens to be a bouncing girl. Suc- cess to the young pater and mater.— FIDELITER. Goderich. Subeorihers indebted? to Tun Naws-Recoan ran pay their subscriptions to Ma. H. W, BALL, who is authorized to receive the came and grant receipts. Mr. W. R. Robertson returned from a long visit to British Columbia last Wednesday. Mr. Lindsey Elwood has returned to Goderich for a holiday. Miss Marion Shepherd is home from St. Hildas' College. Mr. Percy Sheppard, of Toronto, is spending his Christmas holidays at the the family residence, Waterloo street. Miss Parson, who was in attendance at the Toronto Normal the past term, has returned home. Miss Strang, of the school of Peda- gogy, Toronto, returned home last week. Miss Bertha Rusk, who attended the Ottawa Normal school the past term, arrived home last week. Miss Elwood, of St. Hildas' College, is spending the vacation at the family residence. Captain Ed. Campaign arrived home last week, and will remain in town for the winter. Mr. Allan Seager, of Trinity Uni- versity, is at home for the Christmas vacation. The result, of the recent exam. at Trinity shows that there were three graduates from Goderich thereat, namely, Miss Elwood,who in the second year's course, taes 1st position in Italian, 1st in German, 1st in ;Trench, 1st in History and Literature. Miss M. Shepherd in tbe first year takes 1st class honors in modern langu- ages, 1st class position in Divinity, 8rd in Latin, 8rd in Mathematics, let in French, 2nd in German, 3rd in Italian. Mr. Seager takes 4 lirats,1 second and 2 thirds in the seven subjects compris- ing the Divinity exam. Goderich. Wednesday and Thi rsday were big days for the horn brigade, as on both days marriages occurred. Mr. Ed. Logan, of Milwaukee, Perm- erly of Goderich, is revisitingthe old scenes. Mr, R. is the guest oMr. Jas. Robinson, Miss Franks, of the central school, is spending the Xmas vacation with re- latives near Toronto. 32 of the 33 candidates who wrote at the model class examination passed seccessrully. Mr. Chas. Yates, of Chicago, is,on a holiday visit to his relatives in Goderich end vicinity. Postmaster Campbell and .assistants have had a pretty busy week, the nuniber of parcels and letters handled being immense. Our butchers' show of Christmas meats andoultry was the finest we have seen for many years. Perhaps the lots price of wheat has had some- thing to do with the extra quality of our holiday supplies. Mr. Hooper, of the Collegiate staff, left town on Friday, on a holiday trip. Mr. Ed. Garrow, of Toronto, is spending Christmas in Goderich. Mr. A. J. Moore, B.A., is visiting in Bowmanville and Toronto. Installation of officers of Maitland Lodge No. 83, A.F. and A.M., on St. phn's Day, next Thursday. ''tliere will he a meeting of Goderich Council No. 157, C, 0, C.F., next Satur- day evefiing. At noon on Saturday the fire bell sounded and soon the hose wagon was ,et the Albion hotel, from which build- ig.smoke was issuing from the roof in several places. Two branches were Spon playing on the eastern wing and in a few minutes they were stopped, the source of the smoke having been discerned. The fire originated from the kitchen range, piercingthe studs which ;,burning upwards carried all the smoke the roof. The damage , by fire was of much, hut by water was consider - hie, the extent being roughly essimat- ed between three and four hundred !dollars. Before the blaze wasout some one to save it put a box on the roof through the window but the owner slushing noto the.room. gave it a push and down it fell With. a. crash, and as might be expected, a smash. Mr. Albert Robertson, who has been teaching at Ayr, is home for the holi- days. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Holmes of Acton are visiting at the residence of Mr. Jas. Robinson, Victoria Street. Miss Craigie returned from Ashfield on Friday, her school having closed on that day. Conductor and Mrs. Crawford are spending Christmas in Hamilton. Mr. F. E. Coombe, of Kincardine, was in Goderich the past week. Mr. F. Elliott of Exeter was in the circular town last week. Mr. and Mrs. Tighe and children are spending the holidays with relatives in Haysville. Mr. E. McCorvie, of Lucknow; was visiting in Goderich last Weduesday. Miss Williams, of the Orillia. High school, is spending the Christmas vaca- tion at the parental residence, Druggist J. E. Davis takes his turkey with his parents in Wingham. Mr. Ben Gibbons, of Detroit, it the guest of his uncle, Sheriff Gibbons. Mr. Alex. McVicar, of Toronto, is at the family residence for the holidays. Capt. A. M. Shepherd returned to town for the winter, the past week. Millions of young fish have crowded the harbor the past few days. Mr. Jas. Clark was in Buffalo the past week. St. George's Sunday school Christmas tree and entertainment will be in the Grand Opera House on Monday, the 8th prox. His Honor Judge Toms held courts last week and concluded the hearing of appeals re the voters list of South Huron, Miss Lee, of Bishop Strachan Colleges, is spending the holiday term at the pa- rental residence. Mr. H. M. Sinclair, of Brussels, was in the county town on Wednesday. Mr. Gen. H. Nairn, of Detroit, is spending hristmas with relatives in town. ;'- On Thursday at the family residence West street, Miss Maggie Walton and Mr. Armour were united in marriage by the rector of St.George's, Rev. Mark Turnbull. At the conclusion of the ceremony the party partook of the ousts:wary, --wedding breakfast, and then Left on the 4 p.'m. train for Det troit and other American cities. The organ factory, where Mr. Armour is employed, was quite a scene as the party passed along East street to the train, and the cheering of comrades and the tooting of the whistle was a hearty send off to Mr. and Mrs. Arnrout', The Canadian Order of Rome Circle held their annual meeting last week, when the following officers were elect- ed for 1895:—Leader, J. H. Worsell; vice -leader, J. A. Walker ; Sen., Mrs. Campbell • Treas., D. Calbick ; Fin.- Sen., G. M. Cox; Chap., Mrs. Stoddart ; M., D. Stoddar t Jr.; W., W. Pennington; G., P. Wylie ; S., M. Carl ; auditors, J. Oraigie and D. Stoddart; trustees, J. Oraigie, M. Carl and 0, M. Cox. On Wednesday Miss Dockstetader nd Mr. James W. Simmons, of Bel- lo, were united in wedlock's bonds, 017. Joseph Edge performing the cere- ony. The marriage took 'place at the silence of Jeseph 'White y, Esq., the presence of a very Ia1r_. t number Nominations will take place next a Monday evening in the town hall. fal Quite to number of Clinton Odd- R fellows visited their Goderich brethren m on Thursday evening and witnessed re the conferring of the third on 9 candi- in slates, a pretty good. evenings work. of Daring the evening the visiting breth- weii were !belted to a ight sniper, and ad a good tirne.gone 'a ly. las friends of the family. Mr. Percy Waitont „of Loi .0 on, was resent at the marriage of is sister t Waldadey. • Goderich. Miss Charles, B. A., left town on' Friday for St. Catherines and Toronto for the holidays. Mrs. Stara: is spending Christmas with friends in Toronto, Mr. Phil Horton has,returned from London for the holiday:€' Inspector of Inland Revenue, A. Cavan, of Stratford, was in Goderich on Thursday. Mr. Chas. Smith, who was seriously ill in London, England, is now itnprov- ng, his mother Mrs. R. B. Smith .hav- ing received a cablegram to that effect. Mr. and Mrth John Beacom were in town on Wednesday. Mr. Chas, Garrow is home for•the Christmas vacation. The Collegiate Institute and Public Schools closed on Friday, and will re- open on Monday, 7th January, 1895. At a special meeting of the Public School Board last week tenders for cordwood were accepted as follows : Thos. Ginn 25 cords at $2.70, John A. Walters 25 at $2,75, W. Fowler 25 at, tthg last mentioned price. --Victoria Opera House was well filled on the occasion of the Band Concert last week. There was an excellent programme, Mr. McLeod, of Seafortb, being the only outsider. Each of the numbers was encored, Mr. McLeod having to repeat several times. The following shows the numbers present- ed : —Part I—Comic song, Mr. McLeod; piano solo, Miss Breigel ; solo, Mr. Bel- cher ; dance, Mr. McLeod ; song, Mr. 3. Thomson ; recitation, Miss Winnie Ball ; solo, Miss Wilkinson. Part II— Hornpipe, Mr. McLeod'; piano solo, Miss. Breigel ; song, Miss Wilkinson ; violin solo, Miss Acheson ; song, Mr: Belcher; rest a ion, Miss W. Ball; song, Mr.McL God Save the Queen. HE ELECTORS OF GODER1CH. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,— I beg Ieave to inform you that I am before you for Mayor of our town for the year 1895, trusting I have done nothing to forfeit your confidence. I again very respectfully ask your vote and support for 1895, and now thank you very sincerely for your kindness hitherto. When you are tired of me I will gracefully 'bow to your decision, but am not ready to relire at the order of a small selfish clique. I am, ladies and gentlemen, your obedient servant. JOHN BUTLER. Varna._ K. O. T. M.—At the regular meeting of Varna Victory Tent, No. 49, held on the 6th inst., there was a fine attend- ance and after all matters of impor- tance had been transacted the officers for the current year were elected: Sir Knights William Sinclair, Com- mander; Lancelot Beatty, Lieutenant Commander ; John H. McConnell, Re- cord Keeper ; Robert Jas. Beatty, Finance Keeper ; William L. Forrest, Chaplain ; William Beatty, Sargeant ; M. A. V. Armstrong, Physician ; Thos. Sanderson, Master at Arms ; John For- est, sr., 1st M. A Guards ; John Forest, V‘.7„ 2nd M. of Guards ; Thos. Ward and n1. Johnstone,, Sentinels ; John G. Kennard, Picket. The installation was left over until next regular meet- ing. There was a vote taken on form- ing a Great Catnp for Ontario. It car- ried unanimously for calling a conven- tion for the organization of a Great Camp. Egmlondville. On Monday of last week a most mel- ancholy accident occurred in Tucker - smith, a short distance south' of Egmondville, which caused the death of Mr. Wm. J. Chesney, youngest son of the late Hugh M. Chesney. Mr. Chesney took down a gun which he had borrowed from his brother, a sin- gle barrelled muzzle loader, to clean it, and when stepping into the woodshed for thatpurpose his wife asked him to he very careful and called in the children, who were playing around the door. A moment afterwords an explosion was heard and Mr. Chesney was found lying dead. There was no cap on the nipple, nor any sign of one when the gun was picked up, but the charge in some way or other exploded with the above result. Mr. Chesney was but a young roan, being only 28 years of age, which renders the melancholy affair all the more sad. He leaves a widow and three children to mourn his untimely death, which has cast a gloom over the entire community, as he was a great favorittlwith all who knew hini. The funeral took place on Wednesday, to the Egmondville cemetery, ,and was very largely attended. The services were conducted under Mason icauspices, he being a highly respected member of Britannia Lodge, the members of which attended the funeral in a body. Goderich Township. The following is the report for S.S. No.9, Goderich township, for the month of December, based on regularity of at- tendance, good conduct and general progress: -5th class, Fanny Jervis, 106; John Emerson, 101 ; Nettie Jervis, 85. 4th class, Bertha Switzer, 92; Arthur Currie, 75; Howard Miller, 66. Sr. 3rd class, Willie Cole, 96 ; Earnest Call, 93; Russel Carrie, 90..1. 3rd class, Mabel Jervis, 118; Priscilla Cook, 117 ; Bertha •Graham, 116. Sr. 2nd class, Harry Stee� pe, 101; Robbie Stirling 98; Aphrew Steepe, 95. Intermediate second class, Mabel Alexander, 78. Jr, second class, Alma Jennings, 63; David Elliott, 47. Sr. part II. cuss, Lorne Cantelon, 102. Jr. part II. class, Victor Miller, 87 : Frank Cole, 73; May Cooper, 64. Part I. class. Emma Cooper, 77, Number of days taught in school in 189'4, 211. The average attendance for the several months were as follows: -....fan., 80; Feb., 82; March, 341 April, 83; May, 33; June, 81; Aug. 86 ;, Sept., 85; Oct., 33;Nay.,132; Iec., 81. Yearly ri;verager nonny $0,—X,S.litEtA,Eri1GLnxi, tetxeher. WHOLE -NO. 841 Morris. Will Smillie, who has been laid up for several weeks with pneumonia, is now completely recovered. Mrs, Robt. Shaw has been confined to the house for some time with an attack of erysipelas. We understand that she is now recovering nicely. Wm. Geddes, 3rd'line, has disposed of his farm to Jos. Miller for a,considera- tion of $4,900. Who says that land has fallen in price ? M. Black, teacher in S. S. No. 3, had an examination on Thursday afternoon of last week. At the close presents were given to the pupils from a Xmas tree. Jas. Ross, teacher in S. S. No. 6 for the past three years, left on Saturday for Barrie, the home of his parents. He intends to attend the Normal school in Toronto after the holidays. A few days ago as Thos. Warwick, jr., of the 3rd line, was cutting wood in the bush the axe slipped and coming in contact with his toes almost severed three of them from one of his feet. Seven stitches repaired damages and he is now going around as well as could be expected." The township council have instructed their solicitor to collect the amount due them hy the County on brides as awarded by the Courts. Reeve Mooney is a fighter and deserves to he re-elected for 1895 as no doubt he will be. , During the past year Morris expend- ed on roads and bridges $2,468; on charity $291; on salaries $708; on in- cidentals $286; printing $52; on schools $2,952; interest and drainage $326. The natal receipts were $15,302. As nomination day draws near council matters are freely talked over wherever two or three are met to- gether. The probabilities are that the reeve and council will be re -instated by acclamation while a fight will be held between deputy -reeve Kirkby and ex - councillor Proctor for the deputy- reeveship. They are both good men and have had long experience at the council board. Unllett- Theamination in connection with S.S. No. 5; wasbeld on Tuesday the 18th inst. The exaiuination commenced at ten o'clock, 'Messrs. McRoberts, of Holnnesville and G. M. Kilty, of Sum- merhill, assisted the teacher, Mr. Lowery, in puttiug the ,little folks through their facings. The pupils were. ready with their answers every time, in grammar, geography or any other subject and the reading and spelling was veru praiseworthy. At noon we all had dinner together in the school house, the pupils acting as waiters. The ladies of the section are to be con- gratulated on the success of their part of the day's proceedings. After this a .splendid programme of singing, dia- logues and recitations was given by the pupils, with one of the /upls as chairman. He filled the chair very nicely. The programme showed great ability on the part of the pupils and careful training 011 the part of the teacher. After this prizes were given to the pupils in order of merit and then speeches were made by the visiting teachers and the trustees, all of whom spoke in glowing terms of the progress and standing of the school. There was an exceedingly large turnout of visitors showing the growing interest in edu- cation in this section since Mr. Lowery became teacher here. We congratulate Mr. Lowery on the success of his ex- amination in every particular. A very successful examination was held in 8. S. No. 2 on Thursday of last week. The school room was tastefully decorated for the occasion, which gave evidence that a master hand had been at work. From 10 to 12 there was a perfect rush of parents and friends from this and other sections, the town of Clinton was also largely represented until every available space. was liter- ally crammed. Mr. Murch, the teach- er, possesses the rare faculty of so arranging the examination as to make it entertaining as well as instructive and he is to be congratulated on his success in this respect. The music, recitations and other exetcises, all of which were exceedingly well rendered, were interspersed among the subjects in which the various classes were drill- ed, and which proved to a demonstra- tion that Mr. S1urch is a careful and painstaking tearc:her. At noon the crowd witnessed, and partook of one of the grandest outspreads of provis- ions that ever graced any entertain- ment of the kind. The ladies of the section certainly gave evidence that they were efficiently educated in the culinary department, and too much praise cannot he accorded to them for the interest manifested by them in this respect. At the close of the examina- tion the secretary -treasurer, Mr. B. Churchill, who always takes a deep interest in educational matters, was called to the chair and in a telling speech spoke in the highest terms of the standing of the school and intimat- ed that he had attended many exam- inations, but the present one surpassed them all. Others, in a concise way, made similar remarks. Mr. Murch, who has taught this school for fl ve years, ranks among the heat teachers to be found anywhere and the trustees display their good judgment in retain- ing his services. 31 in advance pays for THE NEws- R'ECORD—great value: One of the most, original comments on the great national bereavement Canada has experienced comes from Mr. Semlin, leader of the Oppisition in British Columbia. Speaking from his tlace ;in the Legislature, he said that he Ilvtfs of great then all remind him that One eaa» Matte his life sublime, and after his decease leave behind hienfoot. riOtti'ail the owlet a Uwe. 4SEND TO -DAY. Ladles and Gentlemen, be dive to your own inter est. There has recently been discovered, and is now tor sale by the underetgned, a truly wonderful "Hair Grower" and "Complexion 'Whitening." This "Hair Grower" will actually grow hair on a bald head in six weeks. A gentleman who baa no hoard can have a thrifty growth in six weeks by the use of this wonderful "Hair Grower." It will also prevent the hair from lalling, Br the nee of this remedy boys raise an excrlleut mountaohe in six weeks. Ladies 11 you -want a enrpretng bead of hair,. have It im- mediately by the tine of this "Hair Brower,"I also sell a "Complexion Whitening" that will in ane mouth's tan be mimle. We e never knew a lady orgenylemauou an Wear and white (10 the �6o ue two bottlee of tbi. Whitening for they all nay that be- fore they finished the second bottle they were as wbite an Whitening, they Poe akin wouid wwill forever retain its ish to be. After the ucolor se of this It r is 50 cent, per bottle, ami the "Face Wbltenlne" 80 oenti per bottle. Either of these remedies will be pent by mail. po.tage pttd, to any sd,aress on receipt of price. Addrese all orders to R. RYAN, 350 GilmourSt., Ottawa, Ont. P. 5.—We take P. O. Stamps same as cosh, bnt pert tine ordering by mail will confer a favor by girding 11 worth, an it will require thio amount of the solution to aeeo-uplieh either purpose ; tbon It will Rave us the rush of P. O. stamps, Beigave. Mr. W. J. Russell, of Duluth, Min., is horne for the winter. Mr. J. Porterfield, of Omaha, Neb., is spending the holiday season at his old home. The Christmas tree and entertain- ment under the auspices of Trinity church Sunday school, which was held in the Foresters' hall on Thursday night, was a grand success. Though ther e was no sleighing the weather was all that could be desired in other re- spects and a large crowd was in attend- ance. The programme was something excellent and the tree was adorned with many beautiful and'costly pre- sents. Proceeds amounted to over $40. Mr. J. M. Henderson attended the funeral of his uncle, the late W. Hen- derson, 1st con., Morris, on Friday.. Mr. E. Livingston has taken the con- tract of supplying a large quantity of barrel heading to the oil refineries in London. There will probably be, an exodus of our toutl and beauty o the ball in Blyth on Friday evening, as a number of invitations have been received in town. . Mr. Thomas Scandrett's auction sate of farm stock and implements on Thui s - day was well attended and good figures realized. Mr: C. Hamilton, of Blyth, was the auctioneer, A Christmas tree entertainment under the auspices of the Methodist Sunday school will beheld in the For- esters' hall on Christmas night. AicKillop. At time of writing the indications are that there is ging to be a green Christmas. . Bell Brothers have -finished a con- tract of cutting cordwood for Mr. J. J. Irvine. They are thorough masters of this manly branch of industry. Mr. Henry .Bennawies is preparing to build a large addition to his barn the coming season. Sunday school entertainments' are numerous,. There is one announced for the evening of January 1st at Walton church, and another the fol- lowing evening at Bethel. Refresh- ments will be served,followed by apro- gramme of readings, recitations, sing` lug, etc. The perpetrators of a vile and ob- scene act committed on- the premises of one of our quiet and unassuming farmers have been discovered. It ap- pears to be quite an easy task for some to 'sink to the level of ruffians. Some of our' students are back from Clinton model school. They cbmplain of the work being hard. Miss 'Katie Kenny, the amiable young teacher at No. 8, retires, her certificate having expired, Considerable grief is manifested on account.ef our Premier and areataCon- servative Leader. But While a real host in Canada are bowed in sorrow, what shall be :said of these bigoted, fanatical protestants who treated this great and good man unkindly. They may well hang their beads in shame. Tncicersinith. The Epworth League at Turner's - church have elected the following offs - cera for the next half year :—Hon. President, Rev. W. Smyth ; Pres., Mr. F. W. Crich ; 1st Vice Pres., Miss Fanny Townsend; 2nd Vice Pres., Mr. N. Crich; Sec. Treas., Ira W. Johns. Ml. Joseph White has retired from farming and taken up his residence in Clinton. Mrs. F. Lias; who has beenon the sick list, is again able to be around. The trustees of Turner's church have given the contract of painting the in- terior of the church to Mr. John Crich,. of Seaforth; it will he done after Christmas. Messrs. Mullett & Jack- son, of Seaforth, have 'also put in u furnace which will add much tothe com- ftirt of the congregation and Mt'. James Watters is doing the. repairing in the' carpenter line. They will have a model church when these are all com- pleted and to give the public a chance to see it they intend to have a church opening in the course of a couple of months. Mr. Wilmot Lloyd, of Newmarket as spending Xmas with his another here. • The annual meeting of S. S. No 4 takes place to -clay. School closed on the 21st and will re- open nn" the 8rd day of January, Christmas tree was held in Turn- er churclt en Christmas eve. tune l 'Rumor reports chill we will e a couple of wedtfifigs il'l our'Initlat: : week*, . hal th'