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Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. Cots
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PAcis FOUR STANDARDOcrOJEn Icrli, 1907,
!1je gtatt arb.
J. L. KERR, PUBLISHER,
;'rHUItsDAY, OClP, 10, 1007
People We Know
Aliss Johnson, of Buffalo, is the
gneitt of Miss I'atlny Mason,
Mrs ,las. llcMurchie woo ,e visitor
in Toronto for a few days last week.
Miss Bentley arrived home from a
delightful visit out west last week.
bir. and Mrs. C. A. Bowe were
visitors with friends in Brussels Last
week. • '
Miss Olive Mooney, milliner at
Lotdesboro, was a visitor over Sun•
day at the home of Mr. Jas. Gibson.
Mr. W. 11. Kerr, and Mr. 13. Gerry,
of Brussels,, were in Blyth Attending
the S. S. convention, Mr. Kerr being
the retiring president.
\1'e are pleased to hear that Mr,
Ed. Wilford is doing as well as could
be expected in the hospital at To.
fume, but it will be some time, be-
fore he leaves it,
Miss Pearl Chellew, of London,
now occupies the position of steno.
gt'apher with the firm of Beatty,
Fusken ;& Chadwick, lawyers and
solicitors, Toronto.
Ou Tuesday of this week Mr. Jas.
licMarciie, C. P. R. ticket agent,
ticketed Air. Alex. McKellar, to
liinscarth, Manitoba, and return and
Mr. John Lown to Arcola, Sask.,
and return.
This week Mt', James Leach is
moving his household furniture to
Goderich where he has been em-
ployed for some bine. The many
many friends of Mr. and Mrs, Leach
will be sorry tu see then) leave town,
but will all juin in wishing them
ti any and happy prosperous years
in the county town.
Mr. and Mrs, Martin Richmond,
of HItiniilton, were in town last
week, and while here Mr, Richmond
.received a telegram from the Saw-
yer -Massey Co,, with whom ho is
engaged, that one of their customers,
Mr. Andrew Beattie, of Markdale,
who has been running one of his
Universal threshing machines, had
it burned together with the barn
while machine was at work, caused
by spark from engine. Mr. Rich
mond was very sorry to hear this
news, but ori the evening of' the
stone day he received a 'phone from
the company saying that Mr. Beat.
Lie had come down. and purchased
another Universal, the last they had
on hand ; he would have no other
kind and said there would be no
use taking anything- else into that
section now. Mr. Richmond also
visited Mr. Sltut'treed, of Walton,
who is also using one of Itis Univer-
sals. and was much pleased to find
that they have been running steady
for two months and have more than
a month's: work spoken ahead, while
ethelt machines are standing idle.
The many friends of lir. Richmond
will be pleased to hear of his sue -
9089.
Huron County S. S. and C. E.
Convention,
The 35th Annual Convention of'
the Iluron County Sabbath School
Association was held in the Metho-
dist church, Blyth, on Tuesday
afternoon and evening of this week,
IV. II. Kerr, of Brussels, President,
in the chair. There was a good
attendance and tui excellent pro-
gram. Afternoon sesslott opened at
1.30, Rev. S. Anderson, Pastor, con.
ducting devotional exercises.
After it few words front the Presi-
dent he called upon Rev. 11. W,
Merrill, 13, A., of 7'or,•nto, to 0.'nduct
a Conf'er'ence on Sabbath School
Werk. The reverend gentlenuut,
who is General Supertuteedent of
the Sunday School Board of the
Baptist Convention of Ontario, 1s
specially qualified for this work end
;titer distributing a question leaflet
containing 50 queries, occupied
about an hour in solving the many
knotty problems often present, d to
the toiler in this hnportent dept:a't
ment tit ebur^.h work.
Rev. J. C. Reid, 13. A , 13. 0., of
Nile, gave 1,11 interesting and in
siructive and instructive it'.id,ess to
the children on the "Spider,"
which he drew Hinny practical les -
sone of value to both young ttnd old,
The closing address was given by
11t:;Harmon, formerly Miss Irwin
i Cliotoe, %'bo %kith her hntiltnni is
1,•t.geged in mission work in lin,
island of Ceylon. Her topic was
Ceylon—the .Island and Its People"
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and abounded in infortuhtlon,r` The
audience wits sorry when Mrs. Rut -
nam resented her seat.
A choir of girls gave a geed
chores.
After announcements by Rev, J.
L. Small. 13. A., who acted as Secre-
tary in the absence of James hilt•
ellell, cf Goderich, this interesting
session was concluded with the dox•
oiogy and benediction.
The church was neatly decorated
with mottoes, flowers, etc.
The evening session opened at
7.30 with a song service, IRev. J. L.
Small taking charge of the dews
tional exercises.
A notice of motion was given to
the effect that the S. S. and C. E.
Associations of the Co, be amalga•
mated under one set of officers, the
matters to be discussed at IYednes-
day's forenoon 90881011.
11Ite choir sang a very cheery
number,
Rev. Mr. Glassford, of Guelph,
was the first "speaker ttnd gave a
very suggestive and encouraging
address, taking the Rod of Moses as
his topic, It was listened to with
profit.
Rev. Mr, Merrill's topic was "The
Sunday School, Teacher," He la
thoroughly practical. and set out
clearly the relationship of the teach.
er to the school and the clefts, Rev,
Mr. Merrill is well worth hearing,
The meeting was concluded by
the hymn, "I want to he a worker
for the Lord,". Itev. AL'. Allan, of
Wingham, pronouncing the beim-
dietion.
MUNI) DAY.
The 14th session of the Christian
Endeavor Convention opening on
Wednesday morning was rich in
good things, The devotional hour,
led by ltey, H. E. Allen, of Wing -
ham, was a season of refreshing,
the addresses stimulating, and the
whole spirit of the meeting was ex•
ceedingly helpful and wholesotue.
An admirable address was given
by Mr. Merrill on "The Relation of
our Young People's Societies to S. S.
Wofit." 791is was followed by an
equally inspiring address by Rey.
G. N, Hazen, of Goderich, on "Chris.
Han Citizenship."
The last half hour of the session
was devoted to business.
A change in the constitution was
unanimously adopted by the con•
vention, namely :—Thot the two
associations be amalgetttated to be
known as the Huron County Sunday
School and Young People's Aseoeia.
ROBERT ti. OARNISs
BLUEV.1Ll'v -- -- ONTARIO
Auctioneer for Huron Co.
Tm'rns reasonable. Sales arranged for
at Tae S'1'sNnAnn once, Biyth,
Brussels
Monument
Works
We buy by the carload direct front the
queries.
Get our prices. We employ no agents.
WiLSON & HUNTER
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BLYTH, ()NT,
tion ; that there be the one set of
officers consisting of a president,
four vice presidents, a secretary and
a treasurer ; and that the 'ingrain
be intermixed with subjects relating
to Sabbath School and Youtig Peupie's
work.
The afternoon session opened with
the devotional exercises led by bir.
Destow, of Nile, after which A. Cul-
lens, Y. Al. C. A. secretary of New
Jersey, gave an hour's talk on
Young Men's Work which was very
interesting to the audience. The
second address was on the Temper.
twee Question given by A. T. Coop.
er, of Clinton, who dealt with this
great question with got ti arguments.
The evening session commenced
with a song service after which
the devotional part was conducted
by Rev, W. H, Hartley, of Blyth.
The report of the Nominating Com
mittee 1505 read and passed upon.
It was 88 follows :—President, Rev.
W. E. Herr, Clinton ; Vice Presi-
dents, Rev. H. Edgar Allen, Wing.
ham ; Rev, D. Urquhart, 13. A., Kip.
pen ; Miss Alberta Carr, Blyth ;
Charles Girvan, Nile ; Secretary,
Miss Stevens, Clinton ; Treasure),
Miss Murray, Hensel! Mrs, Rut -
nam gave her second delightful ad•
dress on "Various Phases of Chris=
thin Work in Ceylon," and the Mos.
Ing address was "The Church and
Social Problems" by Rev. A, C.
Wishart, 13. A,, of Brussels. 'rite
choir of St. Andrew's church had
charge of the musical part It was
decided that the next annual con•
veutlon be field i9 Hensel'
Brussels Fall Fair A Success.
The Brussels Fall Fair held last
Thursday and Friday was a success
notwithstanding the wet weather on
Thursday afternoon and evening,
The total receipts will amount to
nearly 51000.
The interior department was filled
with a fine array of exhibits and the
show of ltor8es, cattle, sheep, hogs
and poultry were excellent. The
speeding events went as follows :—
Green race -1, George E. Bender• -
8o11, Seaforth ; 2, A. 1t, Currie, Bruit.
sels ; 3, P. Scott, Brussels,
2.50 event -1 Archibald & Cud -
more, Seaforth ; 2, John Galbraith,
Brussels ; d, Archibald & Cudmore,
Seaferth.
There was also a colt race takers
by Ernest Ruzell, Miller Bros,, and
P. Scott,
There was some lively skirmish.
ing in the foot races and the winners
are as follows:—Half mile --Stanley
Ford, Glen Armstrong, William
Jaeklin, 100 yards --Jack Leckie,
Russell Currie, Harry Mooney, Irvine
Ferguson, 50 yards—Leslie Lowry,
'Wilfrid Lott, George Colvin. Willie
Harris. Girls, 100 yds.—Florence
Lowry, Ida Rands, Edith Toole.
Gh'is, 50 yards --Stella Gerry, Katie
Finn, Florence Lowry, Winnie Long,
Obstacle race --Glen Armstrong,
Stanley Ford, Theo. Scarlet, Russell
Alderson.
The Ninetyfirst Highland Regi-
ment Band, of Hum Iton, discoursed
music during the day, and Master
Flett Duncan gave several Highland
dances. Theday's proceedings
wound up with a big concert in the
town hall given by the Band assisted
by Mester Duncan and Miss Stares,
soprano.
The attendance at the fair ran up
into the thousands, and the directors
are well pleased with the results.
Londeebero.
bliss Mooney spent Sunday with
Blyth friends.
Miss Rase Riley, tiff London, is
home for her holidays.
Mrs. John Lasham is visiting Lon•
don friends this week,
Several front here tisk In the
Brussels fair ,n Prides I:,yt
D •n't forget the fowl snppe.r to hs
held itt the Methodist church un the
evening of Thanksgtvi,g 'Day. A
good program is also being prepared
After a protracted illness Mrs,
Frame's Brown passed sway or
%Wednesday 111 rning in her 77,)
year. The funeral wits held on
Friday when the remains were le
revved in the Lnndeshoro cemetery,
She len res it httsl'a id and grown-ni.
family to mourn her loss,
Tun Toronto Star ssve ;--Th "0
tttrin Education Department has rte.
sided to grant '530 to the teacher 1
1(115111'1)1 or village seam t qunlif,
lug tit the Ontario Agricnitnrs1 Col
lege as s tt'nclier in elementary air
ribulture and horticulture, and tench
ing' these. subjects ill hie ..t' iI,'•
schnnl Thi' dr;pnrtntsrtt 091,5
tit.., tb r si'sdliegs and •.rh.'r f
ry equipment Will he supplied such
rural boards as desire them,
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Our facilities are complete for the
prompt production of' general Print-
ing
rinting and Binding. We do all grades of
work and solicit the business of firms
or individuals desiring 'something
better than the ordinary" at simply a
consistent pride for the character of
work we turn out. The following is a
list of some of the lines we print :
Letter Heads
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Siatemet
Mote Ileads
Bill Heads
Envelopes --all sizes
Wedding Invitations
At Horne Cards
Calling Cards
Business Cards
Shipping Tags
Programs
Posters
Pamphlets
Tickets
Memorial Cards
Sale Bills
Circulars
Catalogues, Etc.
We carry a full line of papers, enve-
lopes, cards and all the necessary ma-
terial to turn out the above list.
Colored. Work a Specialty'
The only way to start
a Savings Account Is to
start it. Good Inten-
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Interest --neither doe&
idle money.
The Bank of Hamilton pays interest at high.
est current rate, compounded quarterly.
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