HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1907-08-22, Page 1VOL. XXI.
flUTUN SESSION
Opens Sep', 3rd in all depnrt-
ntentsof the CENTRAL BUSi.
NESS COLLEGE Yonge and
Gerrard Sts., Toronto. Our
catalogue explains our super-
iority In equipment, staff,
methods and results. You are
invited to write for it if inter-
ested In the kind of schoolwork
which brings hest auroras. Ad-
dress W. H, Shaw, Principal.
5o cents
worth of
Paris Green
Has often saved fifty dollars worth
of potatoes,
But if you've ever raised potatoes,
you know more about the wiadom
of Paris Greening them than we
clan tell you.
The only object we have in refer•
ring to the subject at all—le to
caution you to make sure that you
get it fresh.
We think we know just about all
there Is to ]snow about Paris
Green, and ask you to put your
trust In what we have for sate
3;; here now,
Better get supplied the next time
you are in town.
40 cents a pound,
WHITE CITY DRUG STORE
Dr. W. J. MILNE
Fall Term
OPENS SEPT. 2nd
This management during the past
year trained over two hundred
young ladies a n d gentle.
m e n a 8200 steno grap h-
ers, book- keepers and
telegraphers, and placed thein in
excellent situations in leading Conn-
dian and American cities,
Individual I nate n c t ion,
Write for catalogue.
WINCHAM
BUSINESS 'COLLEGE
George Spotton, Principal
BLYTH, ONTARIO, THURSDA1yAUGUST 22, 1907.
Westfield.
Miss Lizzie Hoover, of Brussels, vis-
ited at Mr. iMcLarty'e,
Mrs. McPherson, of Woodstock, was
visiting tier cousin, Mrs. W, H. Camp-
bell,
Miss Alberta Graham, of Stratford,
is the guest of Misses Susie and Mary
Dunbar,
Miss Annie Ainsley, of Comber, is
visiting her cousins, Ihnrna and Belva
Campbell,
Frank Walsh, who has suffered a
severe attack of appendicitis, is slight-
ly improved,
Mrs. \Urn. Taylor and Mrs. W,
Bowles, of Guelph, are viliting their
sister, Mrs. T. H. Taylor,
Miss Susie Dunbar entertained her
young lady friends to a birthday party
on Wednesday evening,
Don't forget the Harold Jarvis con•
cert on Aug, 27th, as it promises to be
one of the grandest concerts ever given
in Westfield,
Miss Clark, who spent her vacation
at her home in St, Helens, has again
taken charge of her school hese, Will
Finglend, of Auburn, has also taken
charge of the 6th line school,
Mrs. Simpson, of Brantford, who
spent the last month with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Wtn, Stackhouse, has retun-
ed home. She was accompanied by her
grand -daughter, Miss Ada Stackhouse,
Rev. A. E. Jones, who spent a
couple of weeks at Grand Bend, is ex-
pected to take charge of the pulpit on
Sunday. Mr, Dainard, of Hamilton,
supplied the pulpit during his absence.
Wingham.
The local dealers have advanced the
price of milk to six cents pe quart,
Dr. Wm. Agnew, of Dayton, Ohio,
is spending a week with his parents in
Lower Wingham,
Misses Lizzie and Annie Gilchrist
are spending their holidays with
!lends in London, Chatham and De-
troit,
J. W. Bone was laid up for a few
days in Wingham hospital with pneu-
nonia, but we are glad to report trim
again behind the counter,
Dr. E. S. Coultes, of Philadelphia,
las been spending a few week" at the
"rental home, Bluevale. He and
Mrs. Coultes purpose returning in a
ow days,
Misses Eva and Della Gi'acey are en-
oying a two weeks' lake trip. They
eft lest week for Cleveland, where
hey joined their uncle who is captain
f large boat.
A, M. Crawford and Wm, Leppnrd
were away last week on an auto tour
o Windsor, Essex and other points,
'hey arrived in Essex )about half en
lour after the terrible explosion in that
own on Saturday,
J. A, Morton was representative
rom Minerva Encampment of this
own ; T. J. Elliott represented Iiin-
ardine Encampment and J. F. Groves
llarkdale Encampment,; S, A, Ma-
uire and Elmer Moore were repre-
entatives from Maitland Lodge ; Mrs.
W. Dodd and Miss Eh'a Dodd re -
resented the local Rebekah Lodge at
is Grand Lodge I. 0. 0, F. at Orillia
st week,
For quality and quantity ask your
dealer for the new big plugs of "Bobs"
"Stag" ' and "Currency" chewing
tobaccoes.
Big Clothing Sale
We are bound to
clear out all Sum-
mer Goods re-
gardless of cost.
In Shirts we have about .^.o
dozen left, all patterns and
sizes, These are odd lines
where the range has been
broken and we are going to
clear then) out for less than
Anything bought at reduced rates not returnable,
Men's Fanny Cambric Shirts, cuffs attached or separate, mostly all sizes from 141.2 to
161.2, Shirts tbai were 81.25, now 90o.
Regular $1 Shirts now Ole and 75e,
Regular 75e Shirts, now 50'.
Two special lines, ono with two collars same as shirts separate, the other braces to
match ehtrts, These lines were $1 and 75c, we aro now Belling for SSe,
Summer Negligee Shirts, with reversible Dollar attached, that we sold from 75e to
l $1.50. We are Belling now from 50o to 81.
°Duet take a look in our north window and see bargains for yourself.
ust such bargains se these on all summer goods, White Vests 75o to $2.
ummer Underwear, 500 a suit to $1.25.
n'e and Boys' Belts, Hats Caps, Ties, Sox and Shoes. We are eoing to clear out to
mite room for Fal Goods. A b•irgain for everybody. Remember we keep
the largest and best range of Clothing and Gents Furnishings In town.
S.H.
cola Mitr tiao#i£ffci
ultort:filter o
As we have not placed
your name on our list to the
Publishers' Collecting Ag-
ency, we wish to state that
Lifter Sept. 1st, 1007, we will
hove to do so if the sub-
scriptions are not paid up.
You will save expenses by
calling in and settling at
our office, even if it is only a
dollar. One dollar scattered
over a hundred people means
one hundred dollars that we
should have.
Js edl,y call and help the
Editor run a good live news-
paper by keeping your own
paper pnid in advance,
sM
Belgrave.
John McCsllutn left on Tuesday
morning for Saskatoon where one of
his sons is residing.
The school opened on Monday of this
week, The building is a fine one and it
credit to the community.
The contractors are at work on the
construction of an iron bridge just
south of Belgrave, on the gravel road
at John Campbell's.
Rev, Coburn, of Toronto, the blind
preacher, lectured in the Methodist
church, Belgrave, on Thursday even-
ing. The subject was "From child-
hood to manhood without sight,"
Mrs. T. J. Brydges is recovering
nicely from her long illness The
nurse, Miss King, who attended her
for 10 weeks, has gone. It is the hope
of her many friends that she will soon
be quite strong again and in her usual
health,
Clinton.
The first reading of the Waterworks
By-law was read at lest council meet-
ing. The voting willl likely take place
in January,
Bert Bean was ;n to.n on a few
days vacation. He is at present man-
ager of the job departtnent of the St,
Thomas Times,
Chas. McKinnon has been offered a
position in the Edmonton Collegiate
Institate which he is likely to accept. J
He is offered $300 in advance of Itis R
prosertlsalary. J
Geo, Stewart, proprietor of the Waw
D
erly House suddenly left for parts um .1
known on Tuesday eight of last week
leaving sundry unsettled accounts and
creditors from whom he is said to have
borrowed money. Mr. Heater, of Ber• A
lin, holds a mortgage on the contents, J
and until he arrives the place is in J
charge of Constable Phelan, of Gode- D
ricMrh, J
Mrs. Brown, of Wingham, who has
been in the House of Refuge for some
time died on Saturday. Thomas Stur-
geon, of Hensall, died on Monday. In
both cases the remains were sent to the
friends for interment, There are sever-
al other inmates who, in the natural
order of events, will pass away before
long ; one is said to be 106 years of
age, There are other who are as abso.
lutely helpless as infants, having to be
fed, washed and otherwise cared for.
John Johnston, who has been en-
gaged in the harness -making business
h ire for the past 19 years, has sold out
and will take life somewhat easier for
a time. He has applied himself very
closely to business all these years and
the steady application is beginning to
tell on him, hence his desire for a resr.
Wo are pleased to know that he does
not contemplate leaving Clinton,
/dwell.
Zurich iaten celebrating Labor
Day and have cha3eenged Hensel! to a
tug-of•war, ,
D. Urquhart is'figdt'ing on putting
in machinery in contiebtion with his
oatmeal mill to manufactures lit pats.
The Odd Fellows are put"ii g to now
Plate glass front in the ham ;•s shop
which will add very touch to its ap-
pearatme turd convenience, '
Arbe't Whiteside, chief of our detec-
tive staff, is an authority on flax pull-
ing. He st tes that his own record of
three-quarters of an acre in nine hours
has vet to 1, infringed upon.
Three rinks of St. Marys bowlers
came to Hensel] `Thursday morning
and played a friendly game with three
rinks of our bowlers resulting in a vic-
tory for the latter by 18 shots, Tho
visitors then drove to Exeter.
We are pleased to learn that Duncan
McEwan, son of Abs,xalcEwan, who
was engine driver on the Crows Nest
Pass section C. P. R. and whose leg
was s0 badly crushed by his eleine as
to require amputation just below the
knee, has made to good recovery and is
expected home in the near future.
Norris Council.
The Council met according to ad-
journment on August 5th ; members
all present, the Reeve in the chair.
Minutes of last meeting were read and
adopted,
Accounts were ordered to be paid as
follows :—
Wm, Thud!. repairs to grader,,. $8 80
Wm, Thuell, work with grader., 10 00
Sawyer & Massey, shell for ce-
ment moulds 5 75
Jas. Bird, gravelling 82 35
Jas, Bolger, inspecting on east
boundary 7 50
R. E. McKenzie, use of timber„ 2 00
McKinnon Bros,, gravelling on
south boundary 71 88
W, A. Logan, inspecting,,,,,,,, 6 00
J. Curring, gravel 15 60
D. Soerville, gravel , 8 110
Wm, Cochrane, work on grater, 1 00
MI
J. Snaith, gravel 6 80
Duff & Stewart, work and meter-
Wtn. Taylor, gravelling 20199 10
•••••••00
M. Kelly, material and work on
bridgem,,.. 11 00
M. Felly, plank and work on El-
lison drain 31 00
W. H. Kerr, printing Cole drain
by-laws . . 25 00
W. H. Herr, part printing con-
tract 20 00
Smith, grayel 3 81,
Aper, gravel , 6 52
. Johnston, gravel 5 80
Breckenridge, grayel 8 ri0
.
as. Peacock, gravel 9 24
\V. Taylor, gravel ..... • 1 08
Wm, Hoy, gravel 18
Wm, Corbett, drawing gravel,., 6 00
lex, Cloakey, gravel 8 45
ohn McLean, use of scraper..., 75
ohn Salter, use of scraper 75
, Irvine, gravel... „ ... ...... 7 08
as. Cruickshank, gravel , 7 80
W. J. Henderson, use of scraper 50
, McCulloch, drawing tile and
putting in culvert 11 75
S Walker, utidorbrushing and
repairing culverts 17 00
R. J. Nesbit, drawing gravel,,,, 8 00
C. Rouse, shovelling gravel 4 00
J. Scott, shovelling gravel 2 00
A. Smith, shovelling gravel 2 00
Geo Taylor, gravel 2 45
Robt, Craig, gravel 3 85
J. H. VatiCamp, gravel 4 56
East Wawanosl, work with the
grader 6 00
S. Jordan, filling Clegg's bridge, 21 00
Taylor & VanNorutan, material
and work on bridge (21'25
Ches. Garinies, tile cr'ossing,,,,, 7 76
G. T. R. Co„ freight on moulds, 1 12
Jas. Crbicksbank, making tile,,, 84 10
J. Young, cement 7 85
3, Latimer, digging ditch 3 00
J. Peacock, drawing tile and
gravel ,,,, 2 50
'Vm,'I'horuton, moving cement
moulds,,,,,,,, 3 00
Wm Riley, putting in two cul-
verts.... ,,,, 5 75
A Shaw, gravel 2 00
Thos. Russell, gravel and•work8 00
Wm Cook, team work on grader 11 00
P Kelly, gravel and damage..., 6 28
W. 11.'Knox, gravel and damage 9 72
It. McMprray, gravel and grav-
elling', 53 07
Jas. Bolger, lumber and work1 41,
C. Pollard, gravel and work 7 70
A. Pollird, gravel..,, ..... 13 85
D. Richardson, shovelling grayel 1 2e
Geo, Jagkson, gravel,,..,,,,.... 3 07
Jas, Farquharson, gravel 4 88
R, Youlil, gravelling on west
boundary 05 50
It. Crelg, gravel on west bona•
dary 7 84
R. You'll, work on grader 10 00
R, Youill, gravelling on 9i 1 line, 29 70
R. Brown, inspecting gravel..,, 95
John Hopper, cleaning roadway, 14 50
H. Hopper, repairing culvert,.., 1 00
Joseph Miller, tile drain 4 50
C. Gam iss, assistance on drain7 25
D. H. Campbell, work on bridge 3 00
The Court .of iRevision en the Cole
brain By-law ting"opened and the by-
law was tread, ' but -00 80 appeals were
entered it Was limited by Mt'. Shaw and
seconded hy,11'1r. Campbell, that rho
Court of Revision he closed and that
the by-law as )bow read the third :time
be filially passed, -Carried,
Afore Northwest Excursions.
C. P. It. Meets Rash of Homeeeekors.
The homeseeke's' excursions run to
Winnipeg and the North-West pro-
vinces by the Canadian Pacific are al-
most too well known to need description,
Thousands of Ontario people have paid
a visit to rho golden )vest this summer,
away from house for sixty days if need
be, at a cost ridiculously low in con
petition with the wealth of experience
gained. Round-trip tickets are still on
sale from all Ontario stations, rates
ranging from 832 to Winnipeg to 042 50
to Edmonton. The next excursion
leaves Toronto, Tuesday, August 27,
after that the dates are Sept. 10 and 24,
October 8 and 22. The October ex-
cursions are a new departure this year,
end promise to be successful, the sup-
ply of people "going west" being seem-
ingly inexhaustible, Tourist sleeping
cars aro roti on each excursion, berths
In which can be reserved at small ad-
ditional cost. 'These cars afford every
travelling comfort, appreciated especi-
ally by ladies and children, Berths
must be secured early through local
C. P. 11, agent, who will he glad to
rnlsh pamphlets and full information
garding these excursions.
GIANT TRIPLETS "Currency," "Bolls"
and ''Stag" chewing tobaccoes, in big
plugs, Quality always the sante.
GIDLEyrfue
ES la Y T H
The Court 0l Revision on the Ewan
Drain By -haw was then opened, but as
no appeals were entered it was moved.
by ,Nr. Taylor and seconded by Mr.
McCutcheon,that the Court of Revi-
sion be closed and the by-law as now
read the third time be finally passed.—
Carried.
Moved by Mr. Campbell, seconded.
by Mr. Taylor, that the Reeve and
Treasurer he instrnc'ed to borrow $1000
to meet current expenses.—Carried.
The Council then adjourned to meet
00 Sept, 211d at 10 o'clock a, In,
W Clark, Clerk,
HARVEST HELP WANTED WEST
O. P. R. [Iona $12 Excursion to
wlnnlpeg.
Upwards of 20,000 mon are wanted in
Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta
to assist in harvesting, and to meet the
demand to some extent the Canadian
Pacific has arranged to ruin lett/ fate
farm laborers' excursion. Len vine.
dates are Aug. 27, 80 and Sopt, 4, Ad-
vertisement in another column gives
territory and further particulars. From
all Ontario station one.wa,y tickets will
be sold to Winnipeg at 812. Alen are!
engaged at Winnipeg wi