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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1908-02-27, Page 1VOL. XXI. BLYTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1908. No. 28. _GREAT REDUCTIONS FURNITURE, CARPETS, RUGS, OIL CLOTHS, LINOLEUMS, ETC. 'ALKER. tk ROSThe S wqe land the fgoods dew ered Clinton offer or special thout r,xtrareductions he Marge as we have oue of royth wn rips for the d pu pose. expenses We guarpaid ntee you a saving of 20 par cent, which means $20 on the 51(0) pmehase, Msttros$e$, $3.00. Springs, $2.00. Cobbler Rockers, $2.00. Couches, $3.90. Carpets, 32c per yard. Rugs, all sizes, from $8.50 to $40.00. • UNDERTAKING We have tbtbeot equipment to Western Ontsrle, the beet rubber hearse outside of Toronto. No charge for the hearse and a uvIhg of NO on the outfit. Our 'phone number Is 28, Night or day any tall will recalve immediate attention, "IA NOS ANIS ORG-l'ires Ws handle the beet. General representatives for the Gourley, Winter & Looming. Your credit Is good, any terms you want, Be sure and hunt us up when you want anything Inoue ane. We will make it pay you. WALKER & ROSS, CLINTON The Big, Furniture Dealers and Undertakers, YOUR MONEY BACK IF YOU ARE NOT SATISFIED. 'Phone 28 An edvet'tlaement In Tug STANDARD PVC Out of Sight Mich ,'of our stock le out et lt Sight. ileac. Somengthings tike �t000 lnnoh space. Some thin t are only In casual demi �ld. We must keep thea Out of right, but they are right et hand if you wiat diem. Our stock of Drugs b'difet Requisites Mibcellaneous Articles 11 ri laitge se to oonei.tent with tlpebsese and novel. ty. Over -buying means stela $took. We don't ovet'bn3, but we can al. *Os epppply any demand for en Petiole that belongs to our line of bnsineee. W e astry a very large stook and make very low prices at the WHITE CITY DRUG STORE Dr. W. J. MILNE N. B. --Piave you tried our Bust•Up', Cure the grippe every trip. Norris. A wedding or two next week in Mor- ris, Don't forget Blyth Spring Show on Tuesday, March last, Joseph Parker and bride, of Schribor, are visiting friends and relatives at Sunshine, Mr, Love and Mr. Davidson, of Lend - bury, are visiting with Fred and Ed- win Armstrong this week. Miss Irene Clegg has been unable to get hone from Wingham for three weeks owing' to the blockade of the roads. The auction sale of James Moore, on the 8th line, last Thursday was one of the best in this part of the section. The sale will total nearly 81900. An 8 months old colt sold for $100, ••••••••• ••••••••••• ••••. • •• • • • 2 NOW OPEN • ENTERANY TIME •• • Winter Term In all departmente of • • the Central Ruttiness College, To. • vronto effete'splendld ohanoes for • spending a few months pleasantly • • and profitably. Twentyfive teach- • • ere. Catalogue tree, Write for It. • • W. H. Shaw, Pttneiest ; E. R. • • Shaw, Secretary, Yonge & Gerrard • • Streets, Toronto, • ••••••••• •••••••• •••••••i New Spring .. Suitings Our New Spring Suitings arc now in consisting of all the latest colorings in Worsteds and Tweeds. Come in and make your selection while the assortment is at its best 1f you do not want it for a few weeks, )stake your .choice and we will keep it for you. H lying a large out-of-town trade enables us to carry a much larger and better assorted stock than any store in town. Big buying means close selling. Men's Black and Blue Serge Suits, made-to- order at from $16 to $25 Men's Canadian and Scotch Tweed Suits at from $14 to $25 S. H.'GIDLE POPULAR CLOTHING HOUSE It is reported that Harry McArter, of this township, has purchased the Walter Innes 100•acre farm, 4th line, and will take possession on April let, The present tenant is Elijah Pease, Mr. McArter paid 83000 for the prop - arty. We wish him well on his new possession. Clinton. The action taken some time ago by four of our citizens, against the water• works by-law, came up at Osgoode Hall on Thnreday, W. Proudfoot, K. Co appeared for the town, and E. L. Dick- inson, K. C., for the appelants, The motion was dismissed with costs. We understand tont the parties concerned intend to appeal. A snow plow and three engines from Stratford last Thursday struck the derrick oar of an auxiliary train which had been repairing a disabled freight at the "Y" and had for some reason pulled out partly onto the stain line again. Tho plough was thrown out partly onto tho main line again. The plow was thrown some distance onto its side, and all three locomotives were ditched and jammed together. The death occurred on Wednesday afternoon of a weld -known and highly respected young lady of Clinton, Miss Mary A. Wessman, in her 2tst year, Her death was very sudden, though not unexpected, as she had beets ill for over a year with the dreaded white plague, and had been gradually de- clining, She was a popular young lady and had many friends here, and it is with the deepest regret that they hoar of her sudden domiee, The funeral took place on Friday to Clinton ceme- tery, Word was received here on Monday of the dea'h of Mrs. Wesley M. Wilson, of Winnipeg, which took place on Thursday after an iliness of nine days of pneumonia, The interment took place on Saturday in St, James cense- tory, Winnipeg, Mrs, Wilson will be remembered here es Mies Rose Nim - ons, sinter of \tri11 Nimona and niece of Mrs, Thomas Kearns, She was mar- ried in Clinton in September, 1005, and left at once for Winnipeg. Her hus- band and little daughter of four months survive her. It ie a coincident that Mrs. Wilson's mother also died in February and on the 13th day of that month, Ilorrla Counoll. The Council [net according to ad- journment on February litb. Mem- bers all present, the Reeve in the chair. Minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed. On motion of Conns. Shaw and Camp- bell, the Clerk was instructed to solicit toldersfor steel structures to replace the Somerville bridge, estimates on two 60.foot spans nil one 110 -foo span, the Council to choose between the two plats. Tenders to his opened at the Town Hall on March 30th at one o'clock p. m. The matter of the detachment of Si lot 20, con, 3, frau 8. 8, No. 8 and en- nexhng the same to S. S. No, 8 was taken up and no objection to the pro- posed change was made by any of the interested parties. It was moved by Coun. Taylor, sec- onded by Coen. MrCetcheon, thatithtr said lot Ise detached from S,;S. No,ht mud annexed to S. S. No, G,'+and that the Clerk he instructed to prepare a by -late confirming the same;—Carried, The Andito'e presented their report for the current year, and on motion of Coons. Campbell and Shaw, the same was accepted as satisfactory,. 2 -,rix Accounts were ordered to be paid as follows E. Livingston, plank $ 8 80 Municipal World, poll book and nomination forms 8 20 A, Cronyn, repairing culvert..,, 1 00 James Gipson, gravel 3 00 A, MacNab, grant to library..,5 00 P, McNabb, auditor's salary,.,8 00 R, Johnston, auditor's salary.,8 00 A. Young, cement 2 10 T. 8. Brandon, balance seism' and postage 52 GO On motion of Comm. Metincheon and Taylor, the Council then adjourn• ed to meet again on March 30th et ten o'clock a. nt. W. Clark, Clerk, Auburn. John \Nilson will erect n new house on his farm this comitsg summer, Miss Erma Symington left last week to attend the millinery openings in Toronto, We are glad to hear that Mrs, Dobie, who Isas been sick for some time, is slowly recovering. Mr. and Mrs. Clark, of Dungannon, are visiting relatives here at present, the former's mother being seriously i1., Mrs Walter Moore, of Goderich, is home taking care of her another, Mrs, Lawson, who is very iii, but we hope soon to hear of her recovery, Two C. P. R. surveyors were here last week surveying a road to the sta- tion, bat on account of the had weeth- or they were unable to finish their work, The property known as the Auburn )louse will be sold by public auction at one o'clock on Saturday, Meech 14th, The sale will he held at the Queen's Hotel, Blyth, A concert will be held in the Tem- perance Hall, Auburn, on Wednesday, March 18th, under the auspices of the Auburn Public Library, The library pea been in debt for a number of yea's and an extra effort is being made to remove the encumbrance, The err. gram comhtftee state that the best of talent is being enraged anti everything points to a profitable and pleasant evening. Watch next week's edition for news of"the program. The Auburn Rifle Association will hold a grand oyster supper and concert in theTemperance Halton Wednesday, March 4th, Supper will besereed from G to 8, after which a higleclassprogranm will be rendered by the following well- known talent :—Jos, Stalker and John Moore, of Blyth ; Robert Down. comic artist of Clinton ; Janes Redmond, of Westfield ; J. A. Sutherland and Harve McGee, of Auburn, and others Admission, 25 cents, BLYTH SPRING SHOW Tues,, March, 31st.. Write to Secretary Metcalf for Prize List Grow Ontario Wheat. Our formers should back up the mill. ere in their epleadid efforts to widen the market for Ontario blended flours, and thus educate the whole Canadian people up to the merits of Otstario wheat, The farmer is the one most interested in this work, because he will be most benefitted by an increase in the price of hie wheat, Yet he is the one who seems to be doing the least to bring about the desired end, \Vhen the slump came in Ontario wheat our millers began to exporitnent with the various varieties of Canadian grains. They spent thousands of dol- lars trying to liar) some combination in which Ontario wheat would be the most important part. It took years of careful and costly research to perfect the blended flours. But the results justified the trouble and expense, Blended flours, which contain On- tlrio wheat anti a little Western whet are bettor and better for pastry than any other. \Vint our fanners should do—and must do if higher prices for wheat al'e to be obtained—is to drop Western patent flours and use blended flours instead. 1f every fanner in Ontario would boy blended flosses thew wonitl be an enormous demand for thew bh sided ioure and a corresponding de - 11111 el for Ontario wheat, 'hen the price of Ontario wheat would go up ,n ehet o it belongs, and where it woidd pay It 11011dsona p, t tit to the learner. Pricey are nlweys rernhtted by de - tufted. When we think of thouelwds of farmers right here in oar own Prov- ince Who should hay blender) flours, end who are probably tieing Western peten1flour instead, it does seem as if there is such missionary work to be, done in edureting tin pimple nn to the Mu m'tonre'of (his subject. Everyone who las the best interests of the prole: ince at heart should make this a per - forret mat,sr, and see that every barrel Mid beg ='of ilour that comes into the house bears the trade nada of the Ontario Miller.' Association, i he 1 -;Mrd of rsn',q';hn n'a htnyigatly and hono'ebt%' sawing •to ,pat' Dtitario Maur 1.111, 1110 ',Lill plane Ir bane rejoyed. Easy to Mix This. list of the specitnens accompanied highly appreciated gift, What will appear very interesting to many people here is the article taken from a Now York daily paper, giving it simple prescription, as formulated by a noted authority, who claims that Ise has found n positive remedy to cute almost any ruse of backache or kidney or bladder derangement, in the following simple prescription, if taken before the stage of Bright's di - 0008e : Fluid Extract Dandelion, one half ounce ; Compound Ka'gon, 000 ounce ; Compound Syrup Sarsaparille, three ounces. Shake well in a bottle and take in teaspoonful doses after each meal and at bedtime. A well-known druggist here at home, when asked regarding this pre- scription, stated that the ingredients are all harmless, and can be obtained ata small cost from any good prescn'ip• Gen pharmacy, or tic mixture would be put u11 if asked to do so. He further stated that while this prescription is often prescribed in rhenmetic afllic- tions with splendid results, he could an no reason why it would not be a splendid remedy for kidney and uri- nary troubles and haekarla, as it has a moodier action upon the kidney struc- ture, cleansing these most important °'gats and helping there to sift and filter (tom the blood the foul acids and waste matter which cause sickness and suffering. Those of our readers who suffer can make no mistake in giving it m trial, Brussels. Nobody could bent the valentine J, 1e', Rowland received—a fine baby daughter. Miss Lena Baeke' purposes going to Cavalier, North Dakota, shortly to assist her brother, who has purchased a bakery and restaurant, Wm, ,Martin had the misfortune to fall on the tee a short aline ago is which injury was done one limb, 11't hope Ie will soon be 0. 0. it is not often he is on the "shelf," A. Strachan has engaged Misses Pit• chie, of Toronto, to take charge of Go dressmaking department in connectio with his more. The young ladies will assume control about the 2nd of March. They come highly recommended, Robert. '1'huell, has disposed of his residence, Tur'nberry street, now ten- anted by Dr, Field, to Mrs. liey's, 51,11line, Morris, for the sum of 81000, Mrs, Keys recently sold her 100'nme to her son, and will take lip residence in town, lilac Geraldine /\lcEtvon, who is at• tending the Ladies' College at 8 'Phomas, is Isere on a visit with her aunt, Mrs, Leckie, teoruiting from a recent illness, The visitor is a daugh- ter of W. A, McEwan, merchant, of Thessalol, Algoma, A skating rick for Brussels is among the probabilities. P. Amentand N. 1'. Gerry took a trip to Chesley a few dot s ago to see one tlhe'e. It is proposed to circulate a aobeet'iptiotl list and it sufficient money is in sight Mr. Anent will get out timber this wiete' to ge things in shape for building next sum- mer. The Brussels School Board has beets very fortunate in securing three com- plimentary packages of Cansdian min- erals and rooks. This cabinet is pre- sented by the Geological Survey, De- partment of ;Mines, Ottawa, a,rl con- tains 141 specimens, A text book on mineralogy and geology, to aid in toachiugithese sciences, old a printed the You always pay too much when you pay too little Paradoxical but trite. Particularly when buying Gro. ce'ies, Nearly every article of eatables can be adulterated, Many of them often are. 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