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(.LTNTON.. U EaON COUNTY ONT.,'THURSDAY',-JANUARY J�N;UARY 26, 1$99, ,.
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dQVERNMENT HOLDING OFF
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. W. J. MITCHELL, Editor and Frop
WHOLE NO. 1,O 1 '
the- HURON
Duke of Cambridge Blend
oftlyk inert: Highland ]Balt
' -.Whisky 15 years old,
J. Brown & Co,.
London and Glasgow.
THE•
CI,,INTQN '
LIQUOR STORE
Lack Ka.:..:�
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SALE
QUALITY I. PRIG
are working' for us. For
the next ten days we will offer
aline of Quart:Jus at 15 cbnts
that are well worth '25 cents:
• We bough
t a-
large quantity Of.
them at a price that enables us
to
sell for 15 '
�the
cents best Jug
-that has . ever been. offered for
that money, �
the . can be seen
...
in our north window..
• Have you tried our . Happy'
pPY
Home Soap,if-not et.'quar-
ter's
. g a 9l
ter s wot'hl.he 'next time you
,t
s.
..--�. .le • TM - try r_ r
it
Just think '8 Scent bars: for
25 cents
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e,e a eees a Shlpareats.
you will no doubt be on the..
lookout for bargains, and we
would like. to direct. your atten-
tion to a feye that we,..;y!il"1 offer.
11E. • W iN iP[iaN,l.C' 1.9l.i :
yon can have some 10c Papers
at 6c. per.roll, with Borders and
Ceilings to match.; •
ZKtie &ovals.
Oantelon and Wallis • shipPed two The license.cominis43o.tiier. for South
carloads of hogs on Thursday. W.
Doherty & Co. shipped a carload of or-
gans to Liverpool on Monday, 8.11.
Smith consigned two carload. of sheep
to Boston on Tuesday; '
An Accident: '
Mrs. John Govett met with. a:seve :e
accident on Sunday. night while return
ing home from 'church., falling upon
the slippery Alberb'etreet sidewalk and
fracturing the thigh bone. The break
was a bad' one and will: coniine Mrs:
Gavett to the house. for, many a weary
week. • •
A Cdt la Salaries. .
_ By an advertisement on page four it
will be Been that Mayor Shaw is asking
11 Lia I tin CM? •
a ADCt�`
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iyou can have a line regularly
sold. at 75c four 55c..
RT W®011A
you can have Saxonies and
to other fingering yarns 5c per oz.,
regularly sold aft• 12c and •15c.
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The dozen-`Crokinole Boards'
which we nave left will .be sold
at 65c 'each They are good value
at:$1:
e
f"5
� DOCCIKr
at 3c and 5e, worth lOc and 15c.
lis l(yl L(
Special clearing on Fan-
') cy Chinaware .and . Novelties.
S.ecial . assortments at •5c; 10c,
UP-TO-DATE CASH GROCERY.
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Cash paid for Butter and Eggs and
• - -cried Apples. Phone 23.. •
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Money Orders and 0. P R. Tele
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graph; Optical Department,uli
der competent management.
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Our stock of goods for .Ordered
Clothingg is complete in all lines.
• Wemalte a spec It o
p �r,
sent ie a nice Tie.•..: We .
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have them in handsome S 1 t
A suitable Christmas re p any f'.
Zs_
boxes, just the. thin to
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give to a friend or to -buy
Y
for ourself.
GALL IN At D. SEE ; -•
OUR GOODS:.
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a-tx
ranging in price from. $16 to $24.
is the name of one of 'the best
wearing cloths to be had. We
• ' have them at $18 a suit, and you
may he sure to get the worth, of
your money if you bay one• of
these. We sell -
' READY-MADE OVERCOATS,
PANTS AND OVERALLS. ' ••
aD o dila'+'1 a°'
11LINTON, if i . OLINTON.-"'
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.:, , low An Inuiitation. To Our Store
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Ever - week. There's reason why you
• \ J should pthe invitation,
r ,,� ,� acceptton, good-
�y eason.• Money will be saved you.
l'tThe opportunities are inany with a,
, good and staple' stock priced lower
*than usually found for• the value you
receive. Wo were so well Tensed.
with last . rp
s Saturda s business we have
to ided to continue sellin a y . p lees as tluoted llcst week shift"end of this month, We wont ask you to help pa for some.'
s:,.in,it„Sdy els., will receive.
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more eons to keep posted on, what We do in clothing. We
are it decidedly interestingfolr those who do, Give us
a call 0 will save yon money, '
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'VICTORI'A ,BLOC(
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'Huron are :-David: Po *glas Wilson,
Peter Douglas, Henry Loyle..
A convention of Prohibitionists will
be held in: Goderich on Saturday, 1Feb-
r miry 4th.
Ia grippe still cont#hues
•
away andmany citizens ere still suffer,
'ing from the effects of it.
Mr. Norman. Kennedy, has . given .up
• hie position at the. Hotel .Clarendon
and ;may return'to the organ .factory.
Mr.. Thos. Mason bought a fine. horse
from . Mr.. 'Dominick ~' Reynold'e} 'on
Tuesday, paying a good 'figure: ` .
• Miss Maggie-Washipgton 'addressed
the senior Leaguers of Rattenbury
street Meth odistolierch-Monday even-
ing oil "Proportionate Giving."
for applications for constable,. 'watch- - The meeting. `o
man,'cemetery caretaker, assessor, fire church Monday evening was led by
engineer, assistant and stoker. • The
salaries and duties are defined. .It will
easily he seen that a .decided . change
is•to be made in the present system:.•
MIMI vets,_•, -" '
• Dr. Ball. assisted' by.17r. Hamilton of
Goderich, on Tnesciey of last week per -
for reed a.difficult operation "on a•horse
belonging to a Mr. :Paley of near Dun-
lop.. They; removed. _a large abscess
which had formed upon. thebowel, and
did.it so Successfully• that the ';Noise 'is•
about fit for wbrk again.
5200 ter the Beptlst ChUroli:. .
Mr. TY.: -11. • Prior; �ti-easurer of "the
B.iptist church, received a cheque for,
$200 the other day from_• the executors
of the estate•of the late Mrs. Jane Qui,
- ro is't�n i
v -liav- n be made -i -1a
4 rll-
p g`' . en n er-w
for the : payment. • The . $200 was
promp'tly'appliea-to• the reduction of
the indebtedness on: the church, :which,
is now' aornrnhrativelytrifling amount.
S. Army Notes. ..• •
'' The .farewell . of•Captain Huntington"
arid Lieutenant Payton ,has been' post
poned until. February 5th: . ,l`1ext. Sun-
day -they will hold three special cervi:.
ces, in the afternoon .thy commission-
ing of local officers. .Last Sunday's
services, the .officers. inform . us,. were.
something out of the 'ordinary and ' a
means' of: inspiration and' blessing to.
many..
Ohosei.Prleaeis' Officers. •
The- officers ` of Clinton ., Lodge:'Ner
115, Oanadian•Order•of Chosen Friends
for the current term are as fellows :--=
Chief Cpiinsellor, 0. J. Stewart ; Pact
chief, Dr, Blackall Vice Chief, David
Cook, Jr: ; Secretary.Treasurere, Mi-
lian( Weir ;•. Recorder, W. S. Law-
rence ; . Marshall, Dr. Ball ; Prelate,
Jams Ross ;; .Warden, Donald 'Mac-
donald '; Sentry, William : Miller-;-
Guard ook ; e r
,�,:W. C,.R p esentatjve
to Grand Lodge, Dr: Blackall. •
.The .Vets Meet.
The Huron Veterinary Association
held .its annual, meeting at the ; Rat'-
tenburyHouse on Monday, when' the
following officers were duly elected :-
W. Shillinglaw, Mitchell, Preaident ;.
J. Hamilton, Goderich,Vice-President;
J. Wilson; Wingham;'Secretary ; I. L.
Blackall, Treasurer. 0: McOreggor,
Constance, presented a'fine specimen
Yof strangulation Of the bowels, .wjaich
elicited quite a .discu3sion. J. Hatnil-
toii gave the history of a case of inter-
tinal tumors in horse. J. Wilson also.
gave a paper on uterine trouble., which
called for. an .interesting discussion,.
The next meeting is to be held in July
in'•Cltnton, •
an'deavorers Socia!ileedlalr
The Christian Endeavorers of Willis.
church held a social last Friday night.'
The Endeavorera, of. Knox chu
Goderich, were invited for the o
cion, 'but 'Owing to bad roads i
liable to dove, but about ten to
r i b " train, The even
hers r y.
'al ntercou
Was, spent in soca e r
good program cons[
There was a p gr s
of i -•.organ selection, Mr. 'Yellow]
cot du tt
• reading, Mr. dames Scott e qii, , � r
es.Ho sbu ancl Taylor ; reading, w a y
Wilson; solo, Mr. M. Dowser; orgy
,
Son WithouCDVor
lectid�n entitled g .
Mr: Robertson.; organ•,'selection,
Yellowleee. At the close of the
gram, refreshments were Berved, a
which the meeting was brought
close.. Mr. Duncan McTavish acted
ehntrmati.
rch,
,ca -
were
WM.
evening
se,
r
consisting
Hes ;
Mies
Miss
naso
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Mr.
pro,
tier
tog
as
Eagle sodritnexe zle Wedding.
A quiet and pretty vredding' took
place at the reeidenco of M. ' Alex.
Mackenzie of Huron street yesterday
afternoon when his eldest daughter,
Margaret was united in the holy bonds
of matrimony to Mr. Wilson Eagleson,
aprospsrolia tradesman of Aberdeen,
South • Dakota. The ceremony Wail
performed by Rev.. Alex. Stewatt in
the presence of but the immediate
_ M contracting parties,
friends of the
The brtdeenraid w Miss Kate' Mac-
dougall of Stanley, whlld the groom
was supported by his brother, Mr. E.
Eagleson. _ The happy couple • left by:
the evening train for the north`"and
will visitfrlende for at' fortnight be.
heir' Western leaving: for t n hdtne. The
numerous friendo of Mr. and Mrs. W.
'Eagleten are •extending congratulaa
riots and good.wishes.
•
• k
'holden:nod patron* of the I11oines'ille
He1mesrtiiie,
..A.t: the' annual meeting af the "share.
'Cheese: and Butter Co. on Saturday
part the amount of 9. cents per 1,000
lbs; milk 'furnished by each patron and
stockholder will be paid, so' that all ins
Wrested will do well to -attend.
Mr. and Mrs. Clatworthy of , 'Clinton
spent Sunday with friends here.---
Mr. N. W. Trewartha spent •a few
days with friends in Bervie.— Misses
13.'Gtreene acid A. 'Yee and Mc. Stanley
have been Niel up.with the la grippe,
but are recovering.—Mr and Mrs.
W, Elford of Goderich are spending•.
few days in the •village. ---Epworth
League,meets Monday •evening. , It fs
a literary evening'with an, anonymous
-programme: Tl is sr mniktlii "n ,.
Elie. 11 PoultryShow!• I Langshar.. because they are hardy, can ,
r sista the cold and are the best layers ,
wt
the season when eggs are Meetvalu•.
able, • - •
This Year's Show . Better Than Last A
•More Exhibitors and A Greater.
Number -of Birds, A Great Dis-
play of :Poultry From All. Parts of
the County. •' . '
•• The third .annual .exhibition. of the
Huron Poultry Association; in progress
in•the town ball this. -week, is • '.'the
t best yet;" the :number' of exhibitors
and birds being larger than at any of
the previous shows: There are several
reasons for this .satisfactory shite of
.affairs. "•The geographical' position of
the Rub bas had somewhat to els with
.:lt,hut to.,the..:ehergy and hard- -work of
President Carter Vice -President Grigg
Seeretary Swallow and several other
-local members '.the credit. is largely
owing. • The citizens'of Clinton, too, re-
sponded nobly, as the long list of speci-
al prizes amply testifies.
,•. It was largely flue, ,we understand, .
to the untiring exertions of . Dr., Scott
of Seaforth and Mr. William Garter of
Constance that the Huron �:Poulti i As -
etiolation • was re -organized in 1897..
They, incorninen'With other poultry'
fanciers, felt :that they were' hardly
,getting justice at the fall fairs, not at
all' that fair 'play, was lacking,. but
:owing; to 'the' .invariable --practice of.
selecting any Torn, Dick or Harry to
judge the poultry, The ;matter was
talked up and the faneiers'gottogether
at Seaforth and organized with 'Dr.
Scott as: president and Mr. W: I{artry.
ea-secretan -b`
400 tole woe' s ' " Geary
at
y �e hozv
the first exhibition, which. was con
sidered a, good send-off, The Associ-
ation is itineraiit4,,and•Th 180ffmoved to
Goderich, where iiin, increased number
of birds ' [vas obtain,. Mr. MCD; Allan'
was president andMe. James • Mitchell •
secretary. The third exhibition is now
-'being.helddin Clinton. and is the '.hest
of the three. It required hard work
.on the- part of the local, directorate,
_btttLthey were ealiel:_ to,:#:'.7 •
Tbe.present Association is bnt'the
revival -Of -one which was. organized in
Seaforth about twelve, years ago, '.but
which. was -short_ . ',lived. +, Its ' de.
cease was ewing.to not, being able to
make both ends meet, the list of prizes
being too extravagant..' Seaforth was .
,even tben.a great poultry town, among.
the fanciers being Dr, Scott, 0. O.. Wil-:
son, O.• A:etzel. and Alex. Charlesworth.
At G.oderich James 'Munro and W.
Kirkbride were. then the leading fan-
ciers..
an-
ciers.:.... t.. . 0 •
Mr. J. B: %turnbali is one of.ou. n at
en.thusiastic�fancieys, but cold out his,
stock :shortlybefere the . [tow, so..had
no -envies, 'something un�sua't for T.
B.
Myister Fred.::,Forrester is a good
judge of the ,breeds for a thirteen -year -
fore preferred
Hea hereto re r d
o' •bo.hs
1d
y
P
White Rooks, but has lately been add-
ing Andalusians, '. His Rocks won
nearly every prize they were entered
for. " •
• Mr. William Wallace of 'LondesbOro,'
'is a snecessfihl ••• exhibitor.. At the
Petrolia.show he won 13 -prizes with
as•,manyentries. He is showing here
Leghorns,`. Red, paps; :Barred • Rocks
ancl-La gshans. He�rather prefers•the
Red Cap's, as he believes they are the
most prolific layers. A two-year.old
h of this•breed bail 28 eggs in the .31.
days of last.Mar. .The Red Caps are
also a fairly good table fowl.: Mr.
Wallace also has on exhibition Rouen
ducks and a big Bronze turkey which
won first prize at the Ontario Poultry
Show last winter.
M. James Idowson is exhibiting
White and .Srown Legborns and le ad-
dition to other prizes "Will compete for
TWO NEws-RncoRn's special, He has
a select` stock. •''' ' 1 ' ' • J
his faith •to
Mr. Thos.. Kearns iiia i
the Wyandottes a :Indian Games.
r `mu h
he'latte he Odin' � a ve c
x a �e
better table fowl than their long legs
mightindicate, d e o d
han ar o la �ers
g g ,
y ,
too. •
Mr. S. Lawrence. is showing Barred
Rocks and Silver LaceWyandottes,
v d
1
but intends in future to aonflne himself
to'the Wyandottes, as be believes they
. stand confinement better, and ate con-
sequently a more useful fowl for the
townsman who keeps a few forhis own
use and has •sonhewhatlimitedquarters.
• tltr. Lawrence' bas raised plump Light
Brahnias ; his best trio weighed thirty-
five pounds. x
Mr. George Swallow decidedlyfavors
the Golden Wyandottes and eonflnee
himself to that breed. Ee has ten line
birds on exhibition, some of ,thein
prize winners at Toronto andGodertoh.
= Mr. Swallow's preference . is • founded.
on the good looks and usefulness of
the 'Wyandotte. It develops' quickly
and IS a good table fowl ; •tt ts'likewise
a prollttc layer but hat a persistent sets
ter t in short, the Golden • Wyandotte
is a geod business hen.
Mr. Lack Kefnedy has4 great fund
of chicken lore and to never lit' a loss
'•fc►r the proper word in describing the
.fine pointe of the different breeds. He
'rather prefers the big breeds and is
, showing several very fine Light Dreli-
r r7raer one welghe thlrteaa bounds.
Mrs i ennedy has a • preference far
t' the 0* E. of 'Willie .All are cordially invited to attend. -
A number of our young people spent
Tuesday evening with Mr: and•Mrs. R.
- Mies Wilson and Miss. M. •Caritpbell
took 'the topic '!Student's Prayer."..
The members of the. W. O: W..lodge
had degree and installation work Mon-
. day
on..day night and afterwards a feast of
oysters at Witt'.s restaurant.
• Mra W. Wheatley haef bought'that,
;1 acre lot on -Huron street; next Mr. $,,.
Wilson's. Price; $350. He is 5 now
Wilding an ice house thereon,
Matthew Sherman of Blyth .was ad
mitted to the House of Refuge on . Fri-
day` -He, adds another to the goodly
number of hostle.'s who are inmates at
the House. -
Miss Par a :of the Collegiate staff
wasoff dutyall last Reek, owing to an
attack'of 1a grippe, but was able,' to re-.
,surae charge of: her department on;.
Tne Good,Templars held a very good
meeting last Friday evening,. ' Mr,
Hoare entertaining the.members with
his excellent Regina. A good attend-
;ansa is requestedat the nett meeting
as business of importance•is to be dis-
cussed '
• Mr. Rout. Welsh moved last. Tburs=
day into the res'dence.on. Huron street
he has rented feem'Mr. Thos. Jackson
Sr..;.while-;Mrs :Murphy -moved -this-
week into the house she recently pur-
chased fion. Mr. Welsh; who will,
buildor,buy in the: spring, '
There was no service in • St. Paul's
Church on Sunday owing to the hector,
being laid up with the prevailing in
flnenza. •He Wasable to be out again
'yesterday. Mrs. -Parke and Mise Ship;
'ley have alsobeen upon .the sick list,
the former fora number of days. They
are now'eon valescing.
;;Lettdbrtry.• •
'Donaid„,Calder and • Miss
',Alice
Acheson took each other for better or,
forwre"
o s on to 20t i s `_
e h n t 'Ooh 'rititu••
g
latiops,----Mr John. Betts, of whore.
mention P.'vas,made iii last'week's News-
Rnooiw,, died on Thursday last. • The
funeral took place ow Saturday and
was well attended, notwithstanding
the stormy weather:=—•Miss• Glass,
whose parents reside in this town-
ship, went to. Manitoba' some time
since where ' a brother and sister
live, She . there Contracted: a I. cold
wh1ch developed into consumption and
death relieved her suffering.;, The re-
mains were brought home, arriving on';
Moeda ;and oh Tuesday the ;,f uneral
ttieigiaceto Brussels *enletery. • The
bereaved parents have our deep Flynn.
pathy.---The. little daughter
Dodds, aged elevenyears; diedoz Sun-
dayevening, the 22nd inst., • with ap-
pendicitis and inflammation.. She suf-
fered for about a week. Mrs. Dodds
has the sympathy of the ,community.
Herbusbaad died about two years ago.
—A large number 'of friends anfd
neighbors of McKillop Met the funeiral
of Mrs, Finlayson of : lensall :Olt la -
foal and accompanied it ta' Mai, and
13ank cemetery. The rnatde na i4''of
diseased was Maggie Bo d, d}n' tor
of Boyd. 6
died
d. w e
Y h
last: July. She Wtsa member
a'
Ir
in
cess
Alice L. T. .Blues cf ; Wtititlirop,
who extend their sincere -sympathy cere -s
n ympathyr, to
Mr. Finlayson in his sad bereavement.
Mra; Finlayson was only a• young
woman, her age being 28 years and 8
Odionths.`
Blake.
Glover threshing is now the order of
the day', and Molars. Thirsk, Johnston
and Manson are making the dust fly,
Miss Dona Holtz noir sports a dandy:
gold. watch, the gift'of an intimate
friend. -
Mr, Thos. Johnston of Drysdale was
the guest of Mr. A. Thotiipton last
Sunday evening. We understand that
Tom intends to start up on the* farm
which he has rented in the near future',
Just go right ahead, Torn, you are do
log, well,
Miss Maggie Allan gat been in Min-
ton for the past week.
Miss' Emma Thompson tient Sunday
under the parental roof.
Mr. James Delgaty is doing a rush.
Ing business id the book-sellingllnes
Mfrs' Sara Manson, our village assns.
tent operator, spent Sunday;at home,
Messrs. 1?. Kdighof'fer and A. Mason
have rented the lower Hat of Mr Beoh-,
let's factory for the purpose of oponing
a skating rink.
Johneon prior to .their departure to
Innerkip, All report having spent a
pleasa$t evening.••
Goderich *owlishly. ` -
Mr: W. S. Lawrence of the 16th con.
had a call from bit nephew Herb who
cameto say good-bye as he leaves Tor-
onto. today for Nyassaland, South
Africa, where he, with'another young
man, .a native of Sweden;'will take up
mission work in that country. After
reaching the mouth .bf •'the Zambesi
[river they have still about 2000 miles to
travel .upthe river... They expect to:
spend abouttwo months en. the road,
County Councillor Connolly: and
-- scare rooks - :Elliott-•an-d_J-r
Yeo attended the annualmeeting of
the McKillop Mutual Fire Insurance
*company held in Seaforth last Friday. •
'Me.Oonnolly'was elected_ a director
:for this township.
Mr. andMrs: J. H. Worsell of God
erich were -guests of Mr. Robert Rich-
ardson last week. .
On Friday evening last the members
of. Dole's church choir, together With,
the pastor, Rev.-B..Shaw_and wife and
other invited guests assembled at the
home of • Mr. .Wm:•'Perdue., During
the early, part of the evening the com-
pany engaged in games,' Mosta, .etc:;
after Which all Sat .down to an excel=
Tent supper, • the oystersbeing a very
'important' part. Games, music, eta,.
were again 'resumed, after : which all re-.'
turned home feeling assured that the
host and hostess had. not only satisfied
the wants of the' inner man with eye -
torsi. Oranges; etc., but. had also given
each an evening full of enjoyment.'.
Miss Rosa Tebbutt is.vieiting at Mr.
Alf, Tebbutt'e.
,_ inspector Tom paid one of his semi
. S No. 2
on Thurs-
nnua • to S .
a lvisits
day. afternoon oflast.
Fuller of the Mill road, whet. has been
weeks,
the past feww
-seriously• �'ll for ,
i
is we,are pleased to 'learn, on the fair.
road to recovery...-.-: The Misses Hale
of - Goderich were the guests of the
kisses Lamphry last week, ---Mrs. F:
Beattie is renewing, acquaintances . in
the neighborhood of her old home,
Taylor's corners,• --'-The farmers took
advantage of the sleighing on : Satur-
day to team their wood to the. Gods-
rich' market, where itches 'been selling
for as: high as $5.00. per
former pedagogue of S.. S. -No. 2 was.
visiting jrarSicular friends in that vicin-
ity' bury. • He Was accustomed to stay.,
until the Wee small hours of the morn -
logs but report Says that.he' went one
better this; time and stayed• all night.
--La grippe is the cause of coneider-
able distress in the township. One of
Mr. Wm. Wakefield's horses is one :of.
the Iatett ytcttm&
• BiuCv$ef 0
Rev. W. J. West attended the E. L.
convention in p n Si Cardi a Iast week.
='�ed
-a;-Miss Ina Thomas halt r teturli
from to� oodei'ock,--••-Mr. W. Allison
and Miss Brandon of ' Belgrave spent
Sunday . with Mt., and Mrs. Garness,
—Mrs. J. . Diment visited. Brussels
friends last week.• -•--Revs.. W. J. West
exchanged puipitti `with Rev. Hall of
Belgrave Inst Sabbath. ---Mr, das. Bur-
gess wad In Lucknow on business last
week.. ---Mr. Robert Black, who has
beeen vey ill, we are glad to hear is
convalescent.. ---Mr. Will Duff •is on
the sick list, ----buil and Stewart lost
a valuable horse last week. ---We are
sorry to•hear of the serious illnebs of
'Mrs, H. 0 ?qgh of Olititon formerly
of Bluevale. --The directors of the
B nevale Oheese and Butter Co. will
hold a meeting on Ian. 25th, when the
the tenders for cheesemaker and other
offices will be opened.—A. numbers
from town attended the B. S. enter•
tainatent in Morris on Monday! night.'
Anniversary Services. '
The anniversary► services in conneet-
ion with the Ontario street Methodist
S. S. Will he held next Sunday. The
a. m. service will be fob' the children
who will occupy the teentre pews.1t
the afternoon there will be mese meet-
ing of scholar's, parents and frren�s,
short addresses and music. The pro
gram Monday evening Will be furnish-
ed almost entirely' by► the children,
Mr, . J. Grigg. is a Game fancier
and is acknowledged .to. have the finest •
collection in the county,_, "The Gaines,".
he says, "are to other fowl what . the
thoroughbred is, to the horse without
a pedigree," The •modern Exhibition
Caine is an altogether differ- ..
ent . bird 'from the . old'. English
Pit Game, It is not always. look..
ing ,for • a scrap, is larger, lays ,a fair
number. of eggs. and develop into a
goodtable fowl, The Games are sutipos
ed tobe the oldest known variety of fowl,
indeed it has been claimed that it was. a
Game cock which called impetuous.
_Peter •to-'repen to nee- on the. eye of the
Betrayal.
•Mr,' William. Carter of. Constance
has thirty-four ' entries at the . show, • .
but exclusive of what he will'win here ..
he bas so far in tbie winter's'campaiga
won one -hundred and fifty prizes.. •
This is a fine record, kwon on; 'merit.
Mr. Carter has . Polands,
Eouclans and White Leghorns on exhi=
'bitlon.''' He raises. Polande because
they area fancy fowl•and good layers.
The Hamburgs he breeds because .of
their splendid laying qualities. no oth-
•er'breed will lay as many eggs. in a.
year..The , Hoh}dan .. Mr. (Tarter de-
scribes as a neat fowl; a' good ' average:'.
layer, eggs large. Itis also one•oi. the
best table fowls,. Itis..the .' table fowl
of France : He,iaaaade:a.test of the ;lay'-...:•.
ing. qualities: of the Hamburgs . and
Leghorns and found that the former'.'•
earcetled:fer nhiinber.•,hut the eggs. are •
-Wit) heavy.
Mr.: S.
141 Appleby pl'ebyof Hallett has coops.
of Indian Games, Silver Wyandottes '
and White.Minorcas.' The Wyandot-
'tee are .rather his hobby, but he, did
well with his Gaines,. winning 3 firsts •
andl second, with four entries.
Mr, W. Doherty has on 'eahibition`a-=
number of fine • Black Mfnorcas,.'large ,
serviceable birds and good layers.
,. Mr. Jos:. Rattenbury favors the
-Andalusian a C I ----:
�sd-th'►nkstro-bread-ex e 9
them for iudustry: and the eggs are
a fine size. He 'has else Game
Bantams, which have .all: the good
points. Mr. R. R. Chown had a great
"display of canaries, • which ;rwas much
admired. He also exhibited Indian
Games G and Golden Hann -
n Iden .Spangled
burgs. Master Bert Daym ent entered.
his• White' Wyandottes and Master.,
Newton Davis pigeons, of .which hale
an, enthusiastic fancier anni.has a fine
stock •..,,,
Mr. Walter Taylor of Wing
ham is one of .•the old-timers. He
makes a specialty of .Leghorns and
•Lang
shahs and''has a. good exhibit.
Jas.H n an J#►. enderso d salso of.
Gray,
Wingham, are prominent exhibitors.
O. Lyons, L• ucknow, was the
Most extensive exhibitor of a d
tXi extensive thelot o
particularly Strong `.in Bentaitns
and Ooehins.
Mr. O. Ux Wilson, Seaforth; was the
only exhibitor of Doniiliicans, but had •
.iso coops of Rock' and Langshans. , -
Dr. Scott of. Seaforth makes a . speci-
alty of ..Botidabns and Andnlusians.
:•Mr, John Ward prefers- Rocks, while
Mr, .J,. Tyrerrhan>.has :Rocksl...Indien__...::
Gaines and Wyandottes. '
Therewere only three exhibitorsfrom.
Goderich, .. • E. Munro .3. Fisher
and 0. Campbell. • The • former
is a Hamburg fancier and the
latter of White Minorcas and Wyan-
dottes.
B. Medd of Oonstaanee has a full
string of White Minorcas, being about
the largest exhibitor of that breed,
• Sununerbili.
Following is the report of the Sum-.
merhili cheese factory t• -During the
season there were delivered ' at the
factory231,337pounds of%1ilit ; average
lbs of milk to lb. of cheese; 11.4
;
num!
begot lbs. of cheese made, 20,15 7.5 ,
average selling price, 7.65 cents total
value 'of cheese, '$x'10.63 ,. average
' price forr patrons per • lb. cheese, 5.19
cents,
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Grip. Got it ? Not yet Y o 11. ,get
it, •si you don't need to. skin your eyes
but try that on your 'onlone. Hold.
your head up, (till you get it) then hold
it anywhere or sell it to the clock
makdr at a discount.
Mr. andMiss Campbell of Winghani
are the guests of Miss Lowery, while
Miss Shepherd has returned from that
town atter a lengthy visit.
. Owing to the death of a relative the
Rev. E.B.'Smith Io�vvas unable to attend
this appointmentaabbath evening. o
At the Endea''+or meeting on Wed-
nesday evening officers were eleoted
for the corning term. Meetings. every
Wedu'asday evening,
Wei S. Watkin is: visiting at Mrs.
O. Farquhar's, while Miss LoWery paid. -
her brother, Mr. J. T. Lowery, a filmg
raft,
. Wright Bros. are getting in the wood
supply for the school.
Wood cutting is quote the go. T.
Mason, Se., had a successful wood:bee
,and gave the young folks a social hop
nn Thursday evening. Alt the partici. ,,.
pants are aatd to have enjoyed -them.
selves imtnenately.
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