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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1896-02-14, Page 4Veb uary 141 Sell Violins, Sal 'Good Violins, MOM ;:qol f Qo4 Violins + e r - 'mpg ' ?Qila b, Of eoderich• Jc now forming a class here, and two d bkr a good time to 'pur4hase an M. i:ltra entt when you have a goAd.' r'opportuliity tolearn to play it pro, erl , poly. ' y Remeu bei us for Booke, Strings and pittings. WO, J. EMERSON, CLINTON, fic�v asvertioaunaoto Now(G}ooda—piiroy & Wiseman New Store—Plamsteel & Oibbings Truth-Molfinnon & Clo Eussling--Jackson & Jackson P hits—liodgons Bros clothing—Hodgens Bros Wide open—A. J. Holloway Violins—G, F. Emerson Pedlars—Alien & Wilson Bankrupt Stook—Opposite Mason House nderolothing—Jackson Bros A Window -W. D. Fair Co Bemediaiblll' -11. Adams Bargains—Taylor & Sone wall Paper --copper & Co O. P. R.—A, T Cooper $3;200 wanted—W. Brydone Boarders—Mrs W. Coats F'or Sale. -John Boeeier House to Let—Mrs T. Cooper Bull fdr gale—A. Elooat .The California Business 02 last week was hard on our stook of tickets, but we still haves few left, and we will be pleased to place a few with intending settlers to Manitoba Or the Northwest. Special C.P.R. Colonist Trains will be run every Tuesday dur- ing Maros and April, and speolal no- oommodation is offered. Call or write A.T.Cooper, Agent, Clinton For honest information and facts con- cerning the finest equipped railroad in Canada. Q!hnton. Jui tha FRIDAY,, FEB. 14, 1896. The Price of Wheat. "The assertion of government papers 'that ' the Liberal policy of free trade woulddecrease the value of every bush- el of wheat grown in Canada,' is abso- lutely untrue. The price of wheat is governed by the price in Liverpool, and a duty of 50c. a bushel would not, under general circumstances, add one cent to the price paid for wheat here." • The above appeared in the New Era of last week. It sounds very pretty, very plausible, but as usual it is like most statements that are made by fad- dists of the Laurier -Cartwright school, saddly lacking in truthfulness. The statement of our esteme3 town cotem. is theory. What are the facts? Satur- day's Globe quoted May wheat for Fri- day in Chicago at 66} as the highest figure. In Toronto the same paper THE REMEDIAL BILL. quotes the price at 80 cents, a differ- ence of 131c. in favor of the Canadian Tho following is a synopsis of the rem - (senate Of late our cotem. has been ediel bill introduced in the House Tuesday very fond of proposing brain twisters afternoon. It covered 40 pages and consist- very puzzles for its readers. We have ed of 112 clauses. It provides that the ;;one to give him. Explain the differ- Government of Manitoba shall appoint enc. o. 'prices as given above with his nine, Roman Catholics to constitute the sown statement. The prize we offer for Separate rlohooi Board of Education and if a, correct solution is the News Record the 14iiinitobe Government fails to make for one year to the most rabid Grit in Finch appointment then the Ottawa Govern - Clinton. ment shall make it. This board is to oon- It is because the truth is so apparent ,tr�ol and manage the Separate Schools, pp select the text -books, examine and license and the theory so sound that our co- the teachers and generally to mindaot the tem. is so anxious to mislead its read- ment Schools. The Manitoba Govern - era. Last week wheat wasquoted in went shall appoint one of the board as superintendent of the Separate the newspapers between Goderich and : Hghoolg;. bat if the Manitoba f(rov- °rliment refiieee ' to do 'so 'tile' r hoard shall appoint one of its own members. A Bohol district re,to be formecl.pponl. pet- ition from five heads of faMilied; having at ]east ten Roman Catholic children of sohool age living not over three miles from the school. In portions of the Province not organized into municipalities theBoard of Education shall have authority to form school districts, and the trustees are em- powered to levy and collect taxes therein. It is deolared to be the duty of a Council of a municipality to levy on the property of Roman Catholics and to collect the tax for the support of the eohoole and pay over to the trustees of each so}iool district the proper proportion of the Loney. If any Municipal Connell refuses or neglects to oollect these taxes for the support of Sep. arate Schools then the Board of Education shall itself levy and collect the tax. If this school tax remains nrpaid for more than one year, the land upon which it has been levied shall be liable to be sold for taxes, the proceeds to be forthwith handed over to the school trustees. The trustees are given the power to sell the land. Corporations situated where there are both Public and Separate Schools shall be &seemed for the eohool district of the majority only, but out ofsuch aseesemont the Municipal Council shall apportion the money between the two eceoole. Public property, oharohes and grounds, educational or charitable institu- tions, and lands allotted to half-breed child - Yen or heads of families ander eighteen years, not disposed of by them, are exempt from taxation. Additional Local News. minion" Cloven/meat veeat •promieed;was a, reinid.iel, bill, laid Once they hadii'sst d( it their duty to the minerlty had been c i a p 1 h c Fi e iv l d . � l• a rif rc iYi nt.. au be. lefttotheminorityv �, n� Manitoba refacing to acce1 teits bO that. for the uo t live: or hili years, ;iia said the case PA liable to he going from fine court to another. In refining to the bill the Ottawa Journal .tabes a similar; view of the ease. It .Saye;—It eeerinu. pretty .cer- tain that there is no provision in the r eisure for enforcing it, '1` e. Domin- ion Parliament will ibe asked to make. the bill the law of the land; that is all, If Manitoba should then disreggard the law the app eal will go to the courts again. So even if the billaeaes. in Parliament " this country is likely to have opine peeve of prod and corn about it yet. E. E. Sheppard writes that ""Tupper is making himself ridiculous. Worst of all, he is making the Conservative party ridiculous. Instead of being a tower of strength he le a source of weakness. It is proposed in the Elgin County Council that 'the wardenahip shall go to eacmunicipality in turn, Th plan wouldbe /better than running It on political lines every year, as it ie done now, but it would take 25 years to go around the municipalities of Huron. Opening of the Legislature. The Loom! Legislature was opened .on Tuesday. A summary of the speech from the throne is as follows: -..Regret is express- ed et the death of Prince Henry of Batten - burg; congratulation is expressed that the peaceful relations between Great Britain and United States are likely to 'be main- tained. The Lieut -Governor Is pleased to observe that notwithstanding the depres- sion from 'which the farmers are suffering, they exhibit a growing interest and en- thusiasm in every department of egrionl- tare. The numbers attending the meet- ings during the past year for the discussion of agricultural matters has greatly increas- ed, and all the aesooiations Bided by the Legislature, which speoially depend for success upon the support of the farming classes are in a flourishing oondition. It is encouraging to know that many of the methods initated in this Province for the improvement of agriculture have been adopted by the governments of other provin- ces of the Dominion. The now dairy schools established in Eastern and West- ern Ontario have greatly,improved the equipment of the province for dairy in- etruotion. Experiments in fruit growing hnd orobard spraying have been success- fully conducted during the past year and promise good results for the future.. Re- ferenoe is made to the mining and lumber- ing industries, and among the bills to be trodaced is one reducing the number of County .Counoillore. The public accounts for the year just closed show that the total expenditure of the Province was kept well within the ap- propriation, and that the actual receipts were considerably in excess of the esti- mates. The estimates for the current year have been prepared with a due regard to economy and to the necessities of the public service. The adoption of the ad- dress was moved by Mr M. Y. McLean, of Seaforth, in an able speech. Stratford at 75c. per bushel, the same s it was in Detroit, Toledo, &,c., but it would not have served the News Rec- cord's purpose to quote those places, although they are 200 miles west of this, but they must compare Chicago with Toronto, which is near 700 miles west of the latter place. If Clinton's quotations are 6c lower than Toronto and only 130 miles west, how much lower might we'expect Chicago's quo- tations to be when it is five times that distance? There is another good rea- son why the Toronto quotations should he higher than other places at present, and that is because it is required for local consumption, and freight on rail- roads is always higher in winter. The price of *heat in Liverpool isonly90c. and for exportation higher prices can- not be paid in this country at present. As only from 40c to 45c per bushel is being paid for wheat in Mnitoba, of a better quality than what is grown in Ontario or that received in Chicago, our cotem. could have more honestly compared the prices in those two places than as -it did, as that city is more than half the distance from the sea to Win- nipeg, but Toronto is not more than half the distance between Chicago and the sea. As we have good reason to know that our cotem. was privately chuckling within its narrow circle that it had gtven us A power, which could not be answered in support of our contention, we may say that the above was in type and intended for last week, but was crowded out. to letter on this subject, supporting our reed - tion, came to bend just as we go to press this wee{' We are sorry the letter and article could not appear together, but the letter has to stand over until next week.—ED.NEw ERA.] - The Remedial Bill. Tie Dominion Government seems deterinined to pass the Remedial Bill, but that is `likely all it willdo. Aside altogether from the claimof the min- ority and the provisions of the hill, comes Up a question of its enforce' nrdnt, If Manitoba refuses to recd nine it, which is more than likely, ilia. gingby the past attitude of its gov- ernnient, the Dominion Government WO no power for its enforcement, and this seems to be the opinion at Ottawa. A'prominent Oonservzi,ttve Bald 1t; was designed ui`ely tb tide biter the elect- Pon Cattronrite -John Joy and family Iona. All that the bill wag ntendedl to" left on siond:ty last for Ontario, California, riot sh',uhcl, it. pass ,the flour#' w ' ,'tri, where they will reeds In future. They assei'e the'ptinglti o ot+repaint+ srh0old *ore ticket through by 'W,.bakraon, town foiry the province of Manifo� . , 12 the- ;agent G. "S',1t., who accompanies thein to Grenhatiiy .Gla eroteent world ntit %C` . ioitdol;,,to asstheiir _ a e throu ' the fe lt:►,tllei :' as nolikeliioiud, h 'r :'gust nae . , e e, t ler.. ,. < � !l' , 'era f a drr> �y �+dr thea talfih In ohil�,gr they, *'and, that �..wohld. Vie i;'he: ;era df Ott,by ,Tl, Vit.. Oral*, travelling passenger the-tltgtter aft fitr :M8; the, F'edereil:- O'tltf« iirl«n , ifho; Went with' t11owail Wilt POrb'. erretnieruit was co ncerbed,° Alil the ,�, H n, ROYAL. TEYl'Lina.—It has been decided to hold an open lodge on Thursday exenirg, Feb 20. A good program may be expected a number from outside takingpart. Don't make any engagements for that evening. CHORAL Sdaiii'i:lt—Tile officers of the Choral Society have made arrange- ments with Mr Rutherman McDonald, of Sinclair, to take charge of the cbor- ous work, and all interested. In music should avail themselves of this chance. No rehearsal this week. The Goderich Signal kindly gays:—At the annual meeting of the Canadian Press As iodation held lest week Robert Holmes, editor of the Clinton New ERA, was eleotei second vice-president of the Association. This pots him in the line of anccessioti for President, and is a well-deserved tribute to an able and useful member of the Aseooi- ation. (1141 N 'fkll(i"eb ' The annual c n uOptional > Meeting Williu.ahutta late :held• on tile everting al: Veto, • 'The regular meeting of the W. Q. T V. will he held at the hoe of Mrs, Hoover, On Thursday afternoon, the Mtn inst. Rev.Stepleen Rend, of Seaforth, will preach ed icatfoniU eerwone in the On- tario St church, morning and evening next Sunday. , r Rev. IL Irvine, of Goderich, Wae preaching in Granton on Sunday, and his pulpit was sepplied by Mr James Young,, of Clinton. Rev Dr Jeffers, at one time editor of the Qbriettan Guardian, died at Belle- ville thie week. Ile was the father-in- law of Rev Itis Graham, at one time stationed in town. Mr Houston; of the Collegiate, con- ducted service at the House of Refuge last Sunday, in place of. Rev. A. Stew- art. Qapt. Ottaway, of the Army, Is to conduct service next Sunday. The,date of the County S,S. Associa- tion meeting has been fixed for March 11th and 12th at Hensall. Rev. Mr Rae, of Acton, and Mr Day, Provincial Secretary, will be among the speakers. Five believers were baptised at the Baptist church last Sunday evening. The subject at the Baptist church next Sunday morning is "Faith and Works" and "Lazarus and the rich man" is the evening topic. Rey. J. W. Holmes and R. Holmes give missionary addresses on Henmil- ]er circuit next Sunday, (weather per- mitting) the pulpit of Rattenbury St. church to be supplied by Rev. Mr Pentland, late of Michigan. The annual meeting of the Clinton Branch Bible Society will be held in the Baptist church this Friday even- ing. Addresses will be delivered by Revs. J. W. Holmes, E. J. Harris, and A. Stewart. Music will be furnished by the church choir. Missionary services in connection with St Paul's church, will be held on Sunday, when Rev. W. Lowe, Rector of St Pauls church, Wingham, will preach appropriate sermons morning and evening. Offertory in aid of miss- ions. Rev. Mr Parke will go to Wing - ham. Communion services in connection with Willis Presbyterian church were held on Sunday last; the preparatory services were conducted by Rev. J. _Hamilton, of Leeburn. The Sunday evening service here was conducted b Rev Mr Hamilton, of Londesboro, Mr Stewart preaching for Mr Hamilton. The meeting of the Ontario St. Ep- worth League, on Monday night was -a profitable tut: wall as a pleasant one. Owing to the storm, a good many were kept away. The devotional topic— '"Hearing and doing" was taken by 'Miss Ida Tebbutt. The question draw- er proved very profitable. A good number of questions were put in, and the answers of which would tend to an increase of spirituality, if applied; the questions were answered by Rev. W. J. Ford. The devotional topic for next night is Loyalty to Christ to be <taken by Mr A. J. Cooper. the second part will be the social department un- der direction of Mrs B. J. Gibbings.— The temperance meeting to be taken by Mr C. Bezzo, is a week from Mon- day. Something"ood is expected. Theparty referred to in the following paragraph from the Vanderbilt, Mich., News, is a son of Mr Henry Stevens:— "The Home (Gathering, at the M. E. parsonage Wednesday evening, Jan. 22nd, resuitedin a very pleasant and enjoyableoccasion: It seethed to keep Bro. and sister Stevens busy to find seating:capacity for their host of more than eighty. Ltrerybody for once seem- ed to throw aside the busy cares of life, and went in for a lolly good time. Shortly before the midnight hour, the gathering took leave of their host and hostess, carrying with them many pleasant memories not soon to be for- gotten, and cherishing the more inti mate acquaintanceshipandstronger ties of ; friendship existing between themselves and their worthy pastor and his wife, Bro. and sister L. H. Stevens." The local corps of the Salvation Army are having a very special time on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, Feb. 15th, 16th and 17th. Treasurer Mason, of Wingham, is coming for Saturday night and Sunday; this very popular gentleman is well known for hie musical abilities and is bringing his musical instruments with him. On Monday a tea and jubilee are the special events. The Scotch D. O. En- sign Ogilvie is coming from Stratford, also Capt. Harper, the sweet singer of Seafortb, with her guitar, and one of the corps former officers, Capt. Secord; local officers and soldiers from the sur- rounding corps are expected as well. Tea will be served from 6.80 to 7.30; jubilee 8 p.m. Proceeds are to meet the debt in connection with corps here. Capt. Ottaway and Lieut. Clark, the officers in charge, extend a cordial in- vitation to all. Items of Interest NOT EEACTLY LOCAL, BUT MAY BE REGARDED As SUCH. ALWAYSQlvlt NoTiCit—Our subscrib- ers will confer a favor if they will let us know if they do not receive their copy of the NEw ERA regularly every week. Every Thursday night of every week of ev'ery month of every year, without exception, this paper has been mailed, but notwithstanding great cat e on our part we are occasionally in re- ceipt of complaints regarding its non- delivery. This offiice is not to blame, and unless subscribers notify us promp- tly, errors cannot be traced and rectifi- ed. Town subscribers will also confer a favor by letting us know of any ir- regularity in delivering. Posmr, CHANGES:—The Canadian Official Postal Guide for January con- tains the following instructions with regard to the addresses of letters in- tended for any part of theUnitedStates:" Postmasters will do well to impress upon the public that the address of a letter intended for the United States is not compiete unless the words "Unit- ed States or :tt least the initial letters EJ'. S.—""orni� part thereof. A great many pnstofilces •fin the TJ, S. bear .names which it]so belong to postofl"lces in Canada, and a simple indication by an abbreviation such as Me. O., Pe., etc,, of the State in which the plaee is situated,, may not, if there is no men- tlnll of te County' suffice to prevent lettnfe being:sent ara-C fiadlan office of,the safnit tattle 6.6 thea one iii mato Staten tat whi(cll the letter is intended. ERA 1 we0t1 s VOIngs We Ve ::y muni regret th eartu :nt tlue. cast o Al>'e, �aatee wkue�� cr�utlrred, C u a �a O � e • © � t n b e w ail d �e y . silt � kr decd. a� fornierl , a teacher in the : Public school sere, and seine cibered. as Mies Minnie Vol+i.rndyt one of the Debt 'teachers for young children the rat!) had; oth er 'than her bus, and, a ave no family. The Rouse of Refuge experienced its second death on t3aturday morning, in the decease of Robt. Gardner, formerly of Stephen; he was jocularly known as fold hundred,", and was nearly 102 years old; he has been ailing almost all the time he was in the house,the di - ret cause of death being attriuted to age and diabetes. The body was taken to Centralia for interment. Mr Chas Morrow, of Spiritwood, North Dakota, died at St. Luke's Hoe- pital, St. Paul, on Jan. 27. Four daye before his death he had a surgical ope- ration performed, to remove a stone from the gall bladder, and his death re- sulted from hemmorhage. Mr Mor- row will be remembered here as a former resident of Clinton, who held for' some time the position of Inspector of Weights and Mea;9ares, and was for a number of yeare reeve of Hullett. About 15 years ago he removed to Dak- ota, where he has been residing since. He was a member of the M. E. church, a good chrietiau man, who was univer- sally respected by all who knew him. The family of Mr John Tedford suf- fered a sad affliction and bereavement on Friday last, by the death of Willie, the eldest son; aged 23 years. Deceas- ed was a promising young man, who a few years ago learned the dry goods business at the Palace. He enbse- ckuently went to Chicago, and for a time filled a responsible position in the establishment of Marshall Field & Uo. Contracting a c.,ld which necessitated leisure, he came home, but it had tak- en too firm a hold on him to be cured by the kindest and best of treatment, and he rapidly sank. It is hard to lose a bright young man just as he is enter- ing man's estate, but Mr and Mrs Ted- ford have the consolation of knowing that their son has entered into that "rest which remaineth for the people of God." A very large number attend- ed the funeral on Sunday, Mrs Margaret Lobb, relict of the late m. Lobb, of Holmeeville, died at the home of her sister, in Sunshine, on Tuesday, aged 68. Deceased had been a resident of the county for nearly 40 years. Born in Tyrone, Ireland, she came to Canada when only 2 years of age, living for sodle time in the county of Hastings. Coming to Huron she lived for a time at Belgrave,subseqquent- ly taking up her residence at Holnaes- ville, with her late husband, where she lived for a number of years. Her hue - band pre -deceased her by about eight years. She bad been a member of the Methodist Church for 30 years,and her life was in complete harmony with its teachings. The remains were interred in Clinton cemetery on Tuesday. De- ceased leaves no family of her own,but her step-children'are Mrs A. Halstead, of Manitoba; Mrs Geo. Holland, Gode- rich township; Wm. J. Lobb, of Ro- land, Man.; and James Lobb, of Galt. Death may be robbed of its terrors, butit always has the same pathetic sadness, no matter how well prepared the individual may be for it. This ap- plies very truly to the departure of Mr Edward Turner, who passed to his re- ward on Sunday morning, in his 70th year. He has been suffering with heart trouble for several years, but only during the last few weeks did his illness become serious, and defy the ef- forts of medical skill. He knew well that his end was approaching, and years of unflagging devotion and con- fidence in the world's redeemer en- abled him to say "Thy will be done." Born in Kent, Eng., he emigrated to Canada in 1832;'he remained in Guelph for one year, when he moved to the Huron tract, settling on a farm in Tuckeremlth; this was all bush—as was the entire western country at that time—but with characteristic pioneer determination, he set to work to hew out for himself a home. More than 50 years ago he, with others in that neighborhood, were instrumental in starting what is known as Turner's appointment, of the Methodist church, and his house was always open to ev- ery representative of the man of Naz- areth. A man of strong religious con- victions and devotion, combined with more than average ability and intelli- gence, he was appointed class leader in connection with the church and sup- erintendent of the Sabbath School, positions he held for over 40 years—a record that is much to his credit. Politically a Libet•al—yet always cnar- itable enough that others should have their own views. Twice married, he leaves a family by the firet wife of one daughter—Mrs Amos Fisher; Colborne, and two sons, Cyrus of Carberry, Man., and Horace, of 1 eloraine. His second wife and six children also sur- vive him—Albert and George, of Tuckersmitb, and four daughters at home. About three years ago he moved to town, being in every respect a most exemplary citizen. His word was his bond; his life was beyond re- proach, and the intense suffering of his last illness were borne withoutmur- mur or complaint. The remains were interred in the burial ground having his own name, in Tuckersmith. LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES To the Editor of the New Era : DEAR Srs,—It is too often the case that the citizens of a town think that if they elect a council to look after their interests, that is all they have to do, but they forget that it is their duty to aesist their public men to carry out the by-laws, eto., and if passible prevent the town from liability to damages; and if the Inepeotor should re- mind them that they are neglecting their duty, or making themselves and the town liable for damages, when a few minutes' work would prevent it, they should act on the advice end take the precaution. There are many ways in which the town and in- dividuals may become liable. For instance, not cleaning the snow off the sidewalk, or cleaninggit in an improper way and making the walk dangerous; or allowing loose briclrs._ ' or ice to remain on the °awes of buildings, to the danger of pedestrians, end in verione other ways. Jusi see what heavy damages heve been sustained against two citizens end the town, iu Mitchell. Some one had moved *10 x 12 building,or t'he'street, .to- get•,<her with some building tdatoriel, ei11d am accident ensued`whioh, oalixed:lhe death of ab individual; isatin:, a Stitt Which oo,ts,tlte town. nearly.°$4,OOO.' Th'Omince town had an Opting*. shoat pox low, rbwt. we ,whit to guava against asnit of i<n .i l 'Tour., tirV G3. til rralz Patroii `' chat? it Tia s anuli 'rueetirnj of Huirom 09901. Asdoci, tion P4troilq-of Iudtuitry+ arra.. held in the town hall, Clinton, on Tinier day Feb. 4th, when ..lint ever'.gubt. animate, clatlan in the county Waal. represented, there :being' !pwarde of fp present, They report of the See.- Treas. ebowed the standingof the or-. der to be in a good count condition throughout the county, Uotwithstand- ' inpr the few aeeocidtions. who ,hate for a t nue ,(eased working. The cancer were in eneb a state that for the first time in the history of Fatroillem in Huron county the delegates from the subordinate associations were paid their expenses for attendance at county meeting, at the same time leaving a balance in the treasury. ` One of the chief ' discussions of the day was the Haycock motion, by which the doors of Patronism are proposed to be opened to other professions be- sides that of the farming and working classed. The motion was handled without gloves, which shows that the moment the Patron organization ceases to be a Farmers' association, that moment many of ite warmest sup- porters_will withdraw from the order. Many other questions concerning the vital interests of the order were dis- cussed very warmly and ably by those present, The following officers were duly elected for the current year:—C. Pres., John Govenlock, Seaforth; V. Pres., B. S. Phillips; Hensall; Sec.-Treas., W. S. Lawrence, Clinton; Auditors, R. Common, Seaforth, and J. W. Yeo, Holmesville; Sent:, W. Grieve, Sea - forth; Rep. to G. As., R. Common, Seaforth. The next meeting of the County As- sociation takes place In Clinton. The following motion was then passed:— Moved byB. S. Phillips, of Hi neall, seconded by P. 'Holt, of Grand Bend and resolved that the thad s of this County Association be tendered to the Clinton council for the free use of the ball ani that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to said council by the Secretary. After the passing of the usual vote of thanks to retiring offi- cers the meeting adjourned. Rev. R. Millyard, St. Thomas, has been invited to Colborne St. Methodist church, London. Rev. J. G. Scott, Galt, has been invited to Norfolk St. Guelph. Rev. Dr. Williams, we understand, has been invited to Lietowell. Rev. Jos. Cook, of Granton, has been invited to Wallao.burg. Clinton Y. P. Local Union Topics at the several Young People's Society meetings being held during the week:— BaptistY. P. U. Monday evening at 8 p. m Meeting for Feb. 17th will be conducted by the pastor. Rattenbury St. Methodist E. L. of C. E., Mon- day evening, Feb. 17th, at 8 p. m. Topic, What is a Christian? Mr Jos. Holmes. Rattenbury St. Methodist Girl's Junior E. L. of C. E., Friday evening from 7 to 8. Topic for rob. 14th, Life of Christ up to 12 years. Leader, Mise Oliver Helyar. Rattenbury St. Methodist Boy's Junior E. L. of C. E., Monday evening. Feb. 17th, from 7 to 7.45. This will bo a missionary evening. Ontario Street Methodist E. L. of C. E., Mon- day evening at 8 o'olook. Topic for Feb. 17th, Loyalty to Christ, Luke, 10, 25-37. Leader, Mr A. J. Cooper. A social meeting will follow. , Ontario et. Methodist Junior E. L. of C..E. Friday evening at 7 o'clock. Topic for Feb. - 14th, The life of Ruth. To be led by Carrie Shipillis ley and Fannie Presbyterian Shipley. E. Society, Sunday evening at 8,06. Topic for Fob. 16th. Loyalty to our Church, Ps. 34, 1-12. (A review of the history of your own denomination suggested.) Catechism ones. 72. Loader Mies J. Wilson. Londesboro Methodist E. L. of 0. E. Monday evening at 8 o'clock, Topic for Feb. 17th, Worldly excuses, Leader, Miss Webb. Turner's Methodist E. L. of C. E. Sunday evening at 8 o'clock. Topic for Feb -16th, Christ as a teacher. Leader, Miss E. MOVete. $125 By a Special arrangement we are able • to offer the NEW ERA and Weokly Globe to the end of 1898 to New Sub- scribers, for the sum of 81.25. Remember this means only to the end of the current year. Wide Open For Business We have got in our stock and are now ready to do business. (bur practical experience enables us to guarantee perfect fitting gar- ments in the very latest styles. Our stock of goods has been pur- chased for cash, and our prices will be figured on this basis. You want Clothing We want to make it. We shall be pleased to receive your order and promise satisfaction. 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