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ilteirke Relates Ws Experiellee
And Tell* Of Boers toad lieOlelefe
and of a "ChrlatMas Pinner,
Partaken Of Under 11, fitentle
AfriCall Ones.
The 'writer of the letter, from Which
the following is extracted, from South
' Africa le o roman of Moue. George
• oza Hugh E. Rorke, so well end favor-
ably icnoivti in Clinton, Med es One of
• two brodiers Who went out with the'
* first °intelligent. In addition to heipg
able to fight well Hillis:0 Henke writee
eutertani ng ere w. -
Comp Belmont, South Africa,
Dec. 39, 1800.
,M7 Dear Mother,— roe three weeks
• we have been lying in this benighted
• pleoe600 Milea north of Cape Uwe,
• vact within a. :jaw ranee of elpaclfentein,
where it.'elneit heave' fight lots been go.
Ing on. 'Olia Highland Brigade being
• hWto oat, up. And teeter not a shot has
been heed. We are e little ine diseour-
. 1 innsl OW, though,
that the
place duos tobentwely lack a pertain
14eeeet• weal further, I mut not say
t eto Oholeolios beep fired, for ,on
e patrol:tr•end outposts aid •the
tociey kopeesot this district, occasional
ehots are flredat vtandering Boers and
ocoosionel shots Are ftred at us. But
that is not the bottle each and every
oneof ba;rre been. Anitiousty looking
fete
- Ate
I
-;0•,';"
'O- r About two weeks ager there was it
duty to perform which was to patrol
einountectethrotigh the distant kopjes,
• Where the enelny was supposed to he
concealed .hod , We only
Jj had' thirty-three: available horses of'
the Royal Horse ,Areillery, eleven Of
the R. .11., A. men despatched for the
• duty,anikthey, called for twenty-two
viOnnteers to 1111 the bill, 1 volunteer-
ed with a lob of ethers awl as my usual
'Welt give, was one of the chosen ones.
Well, I mounted a great plunging.
horse. es you can well imagine it
'• would he, coiniug from the. finest
artillery corps in tlae British service,
and along Rath toy thirtyetwovinipan-
• tone -stetted on our exciting ride kat
at the stroke of midnight. WiloeoW"
oteeoe an hour or. wore_.,Votrinoon.
lights. now trolling, •R e walking to
afeedethoelehen-erfiend holes that are so
. Wok on the veldt, and so dangerous to
liorsenatm. Then came a halt. A
party of five cautiously Advanced upon
a light among the hills, which proved
•to be a large home with out -houses
• lyingobout it. It was temignizecl as a,
, piece where:the enemy bed made a
•
men vet to work to devour the remains
ot the uotortunitte chicken cut. off in
the very (Wen of life and the. soup.
,Thi e Wail followed by plum duif which
Wit e heel and flecitletlly scarce, one-
fouith pound per man. This ended the
dinner.
Toward e evening we began to feel
hungry, before title We hate succeede!1.
in training and holding in check our
Appetites but the day's dissipation had
cot this Oct the winds and we thought
of 'nothing else hut "eat and be happy.'
At dusk four of 115 slipped out of camp
end marched to a Boer house aboue
three and a half miles through the
kopjes, walked into the home and told
theenwe were hungry and wanted a
Lihristinae dinner. We then went out
on the piazza and smoked and talked
of All kinds of thinge to the four or Ove
Boers who stood around and did uot
know whether to believe us or no. One
of the fellows said that the detachment
of the BrItiste Itroay in Africa, now
was simply A patrol sent out, to take
notes of the Boer positions and time
after things were arranged the limey
would be brought into tha country to
Wipe it out of egistence. After creel -
mg a great deal of excitement among
the men we went inside the house to
partake of the oaeal that was being
prepared for us. Everything woe very
nice. I was elected president of the
'mess and everything was conducted
according to regulations. We had six
Kaffir and two Boer servants to wait
upon ue. Speeches were eongs
sung, toasts drunk, and in ali a good
time spent. When the health of the
Queen was proposed a dark look came
into the many Boer faces that sure
rounded ns hut it soon fled when the
glanced at the long revolvers we ems
carried in our belts. The Boer is a
coward when be is not behind A rook
with o rifle in his hand, and then he is
a brave man.
. To see the fun we drank to the health
of the British army, tbe Highland
Brigade, and. all kinds of things we
thought would make them mad, Then
sang "Soldiers of the Queen." "The
Maple Leaf," "Rule liritannieeeand "I
want to be a Soldier." Jriight just
state here that ib lune juice we
draok. Afthe -pehying about three
times for whet we ate we me& our
way tneoarrip. This is, indeed, a very
pecglear Christmas,
,•
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' AtIODERICH TOWNSHIP. -
...._
Mr, James Connolly was in Stratford
on Saturday attending a- meeting of
the executive of the recently arnalgae
mated Daley_ Association of Western
Ontario and Butter and Cheese Asso-
ciation. There are only five members
of the executive and Me. • Connolly's
standing in those circles is indicated
by his being chosen as one of the
qumtette.
Among those who attended the
gathering at Mr. Nixon Sturdy's last
week were : Major nod Mrs, Beek,
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Goldthorpe, the
Misses Mawan, Me. and Miss Biosett.,
Miss Strachan of Goderieh ; Mise
Annie Sturdy of Auburn; Mr. Clark
of Morden, Man. ; Mr, Geo Whitely,
ISeaforth ; Mr. and Miss Gould and
Mr. and Mrs. .Tanaes Connolly.
The residence of Reeve Churchill
was the scene. of o merry gathering
on Wednesday, night • of last week
when guests from all over the town.
ship assembled there. This is an
annual event to which. the young
, people look forward to for they always
have a, Most enjoyable time. On
'Wednesday eventing the commodious
home everflowed and the lads and
lassies, one and all, say they never
attended a frillier party, and voted
Reeve and Mrs. Churchill splendid
entertahaerte , •
Mr. Arthur Contelon has rented his
forty-three acre lot on the Bitylield
concosien to Mr, John 0. Elliott for a
term of three years.
Mr. William Weir has already fate
toted and made ready for shipment
some seventy-four .head of cattle this
winter.. The stock was of course
stabled early. Mr; Weir has stabling
.capacity for between sixty and seventy
'head and thoroughly understands how
to get a Knock ready for market.
The case of Cantelon ye
Connell was decided on Thursday of
lase week and the decision gives Mr.
Connell $311 for improvements made
upon the fartn over' which the arbitra-
tion arose. The arbitrators, , Messrs.
Churchill, Nesbitt and Connolly,
arrived at re hettlethent without any
undue deley, to the satisfaction of all
parties concerned. .
Rev. Mr. Rol of London is calling
upon a number of the members of the
English church in this township this
week in the interests of . the Diocesan
debt. • He was to have preached at
Summerhill, Holmesville and Middle -
ton's last Sunday but was prevented
•beethe storm which furiously raged.
Mr and Mrs. Henry Murphy enter-
tained a nutnber of their fi lends on
Friday night last. Among those pees.
ent were todozen mercy young people
from Clinton. A. party at the Murphy
homestead ie always a joyful event as
She host. hostess and family toe al-
ways unwealing in caring. for the com-
fort and enjoyment of then. guests.
Mr. Geo. Middleton had his new
pump fitted up last week and now
draws water from his 278 foot well in
which there 18 27 feet of water so that
he will now hays plenty of it. Messrs,
O. W. Stewart and Thos. Wiggington
fitted up the puinporid as they under-
stand thoroughly how to do it it is
working satisfactorily. They also fit.
ted up a pewee mill for .Mr, George
Leethwaite of near Goderich last week
and this week they go to Wingluern to
set up both a power and a pumping
WFMr.om the 'Feral anagh (Ireland) Times
vve-kee that Mr. W. O. Elliott's old
friend, Rev, Canon Tottenham, has
been promoted to the Deanery of Olog.
her. In commending the appointment
theTime says .• "The new Dean's train-
ing, energy, devoeion and good sense
qualifyhinti—apart from the social ad-
vantages of good birth itndfamilyrienk-
es, in every sense a worthy successor
of Dom Kennedy." There are a num-
ber of residents of this township who
knew the Dean and the family on the
Old Sod and all will share Mr. Elliott's
pleasure at his promotion: In writing
to Mr. Elliott recently Dean Tottenham
enclosed a copy of a prayer which woo
offered in all the Anglican churches,
It was as follows : "0 ;Lord God of
li te, dostfrom
behold all the dwellers hplon earth
look down upon the armies of our
people at this solemn tirne. Cover the
heads of our dear ones in the day of
battle., Grant to our command skill
and foresight ; to our soldiers and sail-
ors strength and courage ,; to all, the
humanity, as well as bravery, of Chris-
tain Warriore. Have compassion on
the leek, wounded, dying, both of our
country -men andthose who are now
in ernes against us. Grant to those
who minister to suffering the patient
watchfulness, the skilled and gentle
Welch, Venteh are the gift of Thy Christ.
To those who epecially care for the
multi of our soldiers and sailors give
grace lobe faithful and loving in their
ministeations. Comfort- the brokets.
hearted, orPhanii• and bereaved ones,
And give us in Thine own good tune a
blessed and fissured peace, that all
Christian nations tnay love one itnoth.
er, for His sake Who le our Peace,
evert the Prince of Peace, -Jesus Christ
Olir Lord. Amen."
There
was (1, party at Mr, Gilbert
Stair's on Friday night in addition to
those We have mentioned,
, For Goderich toWnehlp happenings
bete le no newmpaper just so good as
TEE Nirefe-ItitcOnn.
• -eo
St. 101016110.
Mimi Maud Wilson of GoderIch vialt-
ea hor sister, Nies Whore teacher of
St. Helen's *oboe!, ehis work
Mr. ood „MM. Bohigriscra Wood limp
odornid frau there etie its armee
by tale leo
-febodevreels
With
hpailuarters, The party of five again'
joinedMI and the order came to un-
osling rifles and prepare for a hurried
serroueding of the oleo. The excite:.
merle ran high in each of us, hut every -
tieing Wee dime in perfect silence. All
was ready ' end the orders followed;
• "Walk.march,"."Foot", "G-allop", and
•away we went up the little hill and
:beer the level Feta, it !)lack
. mos . of frothing and plunging
-,-- horses and their excited riders. In
' .two neioutes weettatedepteyed and 'sin-
. emended the piece sent there we sat
' bolt eiprigbt, in per saddles with rifles
, in band awaiting developments. It was
-the Orse time in my life I experienced
.hoensaeioo created by the uncertainty
of events, - Wel knew not but the next
next ten seconds might bring a shower
dtleullets inte our naidst, and death to
any one of us. .In ordinary life no
• dobe we, every one of its, would have
been a bit timid, hutin this life they
• dont seem ta care very much. My
'thoughts were of the excitement of the
impend how tucky we few were to get
into - it , A /few dismounted as we
covered the house with our rifles and
battered in the doom only to find one
s Veer iii charge, the rest having- fled be -
Lore we arrieed. Not much success—no
shag' .fired and flue arrest of one Boer.
• , Tbe -worst duty we have is out -post
On the kopjes, day and night, .aanid the
' cornsee' of' many Boers. killed • in the
battle of Belintint. You have no idea
, what it means. That, together with
• Hie rotten water we are supplied with,
• neakes ita little hard bot we do not
object., It is soldiering, I guess, but
not nearly eci nice as moonlight rides
'emcee ite thave previously described.,
The otherenoroing I had a Miserable
. task to perform. ' 1- was' in comuaand
-
of the examining guard and, after
. posting the sentry, had made myself
cotofortabie in my blanket in a little
•shanty to take a rest when word came
tiaatethe 'matey wanted me at the post.
ed inenaediately went to find the sentry
bad detained. quite aneintiocent loOkirig
•Dittch woman of about 27 years of age
and three little children. Our orders
Vine to take into custody any one
atteuipting to pass the Vest without a
/IC'pope. Of dowse the sentry -was doing
his dirty but did not -have the heart to
. : arrest elan benighted looking woman
• eateleher children so thought he would
• further his duty by imposing we with
- the miSerable job, Vinfen 1 asked the
_ woman, through a Kaffir interpreter,
where the Wan, going, she said she was
'
trying to get Otome with her children
having'beeil driven froin it during the,
battlnand her husband being killed,
' She sobbed Pitifully and I for once
. thoti ;Melee martial law was at times
Carried to exteemes. The poor child-
ren looked up at me as if for mercy. I
was, troubledand knew not wha.tto do.
I could hay6 easily let her pass and it
'Would never have bon known, but I
, knew that vette not my duty so I
quietly told her through the interpre-
ter, of course, t6 follow me and I would
strange things foe her. I placed her
In cho ge of the main- guard and that
i
• same y she eves brought before the
Celone and proved to be the -wife of
'the Boer leader and carrying messages,
/clomp& valuable capture and now I.
am well ,pIeAsecryitith myself' Mittel did
' sot take anything for granted nor let
enyeyttipathet get the better Of ray
judgment. 'No doubt she lerought the
ohildreo with het to avoid suspicion.
• We are continually taking prisoners
eareeand here hub tone of the doom-
. %standee are quite so interesting as those
. af that particular case.
. 1 must tell you of our Christmas,
:. What a Wonderful day it was. What
' , o Wonderful place the veldts of South
.t.
' different, It Was .84 experience of new
, A.friee are to speod. that beloved dep—
ot all times- so full of cheer iti our Oen
-adieu home, The Christmas was
• -* ourronndings but with a flavor of the
oh] cnstoras Oh yes! We did not,
forget the old enstOms. The decorat-
ing of tents with the parched shrub-
bery Of the veldt, the hanging up of
Stockinge. the tales of the Yulatide,
the visions of turkey and pinin pudding.
And we did not forget the proverbial
, mietletoe but lacked the essential
maidens to flavor the custern. • .
After everything had been prepared
for the Coining day we fell asleep to
drearaof those at home and the merry -
Making away Up In Canada. At day -
we oll ar080 and marched away
into the tounbry for a bath. I might
justremark here that this part of the
day VMS most enjoyable as we have
feW oppertunities of indulging in
things of this sorb, wehaving to merch
four miles to get water and being
unable to go. withont an escort of I
armed men 60, you see, such events are
Uttesearily quite infrequent.
• After reterninte to MOM We had A
• breakfiteb of coffee and bread, then
eame the preparatierie for the great -
festtval, and when tonapleted, such a
festival. Fruit was served flret vehich
• toMprieed one pineapple, one orange
• and mix ,peaehes iirr tent of fourteen
Men. %VA thought NOtneeehrit Of plate -
Ing hsief Of the Witt in told etoreeee for
Ifew leeets day but our greedy natures
WOW. mite Voiding in We detoured
eke- 'the whole lot. I hiul the fourteenth
pert of an orange ttild the mile of the
pineapple. You Nee when one is
accustomed.to the use of fruit, as we
all ere, toting cut off from the sem* *a
We a • y e
to owe when en opportunity to gratify
or 'desire pre:rents Wolf. This
unta forthe constimploon Mali the
Vt.
est the dinner. Om Teener -
,adpiirittea m ably
ME CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
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lievorerieweetaterieolasiet
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Whet unpleasant days Saturday and On Tuesday of last week E. J.
Sunday were. They were the worst of Morris abipped a ear load of fine horse*
the season. to Manitoba.
Mr ; G. N. Dons was so well 'helmet' Now they haie twerIV? otoves at the
with the ,abituery notes m your corm• station to give a little comfort to pas-
• pendent's columna that be sent over gangers, but 'the pros pad to stir the
and
News -Rums. 'position.
am and
tap irlstir•
obtained several copiee of Tsui authoritio up before they were put In
Mot Battle "Union lett on Thursday
a. Deli train to attend the Millinery op-
enings at London.
Saturday, I71.h inst., was celebrated all
oveothe Christian world by the W. O.
T. U. as the Heavenly Birthday of Wes
Pralifies Willard. The Memorial sere,
Om were held in the Drawing Boom of
Mrs. George Mackenzie of 13rock street
goals. Miss Sarah Harris prodded with
much efficiency at the organ. The lad -
lee all sang the %omit° hymns of their
great leader who • had gene beyond t
'' Leal Gently Light," the old Crusade
er's hymn, If flow firm a • foundation,"
eto. Mrs. Routiedge, Waterloo street,
Oster of She Prcsidont ot the ' W. 0.T.
U. gave an aocount of Frances Willard's
lastdays on earth with all her soulful
words and joy at meeting with her Say -
lour. This partebperlgoenged to the gectit-
Cle
o eson spent a
few minutes reading a tribute to gin
Jennie McArthur, latif Provincial Treas-
urer of the Dominion, while Mrs. Wet -
sonde 'readings were on Miss Letitia Yeo-
mans, so that a tribut oe vote eeliicl to each
of thosee three greet, leaders that after-
noon. Qoite eecollection was taken up
.e.o emafereadies beiug present which
shoe Outgo the Dominion and World
'W. C. T.U. work progresses here.
The old Lake is faithful to She poet-
ess. First we had a large bottle of leen-
esetung Mineral Water oat os and then
Caine along two bottles of prime porter
which Mrs. King, wife of one of the pro-
prietors of the brewery, sent us. It
was very kind of her and, vve fully ap-
preciate the gift. We have tried and
can heartily recommend it to invalids
for it is mild and void of that newness
or freshness that ale and porter Some -
.times have how local breweries. When
we oft Weat. on- our harbor promenade
last summer we often paseed this brew-
ery but we never thought then that we
would be glad of R bottle, of ita brew.
However, if we had not tasted it we
could not speak ot its goodness as a
stimulant. We hope Dr. Turnbull calls
upon us again heroes next week's issue
of Teta Morena:cone comes out, for he
ordered us to give up all wink for *week
but we promised bid' that we would
keep religiously quiet for two whole
dava and we keprour Promise but it was
hard work, and now on Saturday p.m.
we are sitting comfortably writiug away
and we know there is o danger of hm
t
coming in before Monday.
Mr.
. eir. Tipling of Tipling's grocery took
suddenly ill on Thursday last. He has
been suffering for toweled years from
dyspepsia but this attack seemed more
serious than any of the others. The Dr.
was called in and we are pleased to hear
that he is. progressing favorably. Mr.
Tipling is so faithful to business and so
sincere that he has made many friends
in business and out of it We trust he
will soon be himself again.
'Mr: J. Stewart Clark of Ayr, vice-
president and managing director of the
Grand Valley,Railway Company, whicb.
proposes to build an electric line from
ort Dover -deo GoderiO via Brantford,
Paris, Galt and Berlin, has been ad-
dressing councils and Boards of .Trade
all along the route. Ite says the com-
pany has behind it some of the ,biggest
capitalists in New York and London,'
Eng., including D. W. McNair, J. Ac-
ton Lomax, Charles .R. Stickles, Pr.
Sanger' of New York ; Hon. James
Roche,late of the Alaska Boundary
Commission, and O. McNair of She War-
saw Bank, Buffalo, and that the railway
is sure to be built. ehey intend to buy
every foot of their way, aod for the most
part to run across country, and should
le benecesoary to run parallel with a
highway, a strip of land in contiguous
fields will be purchased rather than
have any difficulty with municipalities
over a question of running privileges.
Part of the way has already been bought;
the company hes soured its charter for
as far as Berlin, from Port Dover, and
are now petitioning.the Dominion Gov-
ernment for the privilege of operating
ferries on Lakes Erie and lituren, con..
noting with the railway at the two
lake points mentioned. ,
Thirty girls are wanted at the init.
Ong factory,
Mr Holland: was taken to: the Guelph
Sanitarium on Tdity, 20th inst. Dr.
Turnbull told biro ib was his only chance
for receiving, proper treatment, that
they understood thoroughly all nerve
diseases, and Mr. Holland acquiesced.
Alter the paroxysm was over her. Hol-
land was always quite sane, and when
he felt the frenzy coming on he always
warned them to get Rolston:se,
Mrs. J. W, Smith of the East street
'bakery - and little Goldie, accompanied
by Mr. Smith's relative, Mrs; Scrioage-
eur and her little daughter Mary, all
left on Thursday's a. tn. train for Shorts-
ville, N. Y., where they will be the
guests fdr some time of Mr. Smith's
hinters, Mrs. Chitties Kenyon and Min
Smith of that floureshing American
town.
We hope the Goaerich township cor-
respondent remembers to note the
great dinner given bv Squire Nixon
Sturdy at his reoidence the other even-
iog.
There was an emergency meeting of
Maitland Lodge, Noe38, A.V. and A.M.,
on Tuesday evening.
To the evening of Friday last the W.
0. T. U. gave a reception to the Publid
school teachers. The reception WO'
held in the Oddiellows' hall; The Presi-
dent, Mrs. Watson, took the (shale at 8
p. rd. after the informal reception. The
meeting opened by all singing "All Hall
the Pdwef of Jesus' Name," Mr. Belcher'
leading with Mr.Simpson at the piano.
Rev. Mr. Acheson led in prayer, 'the
Proidentes address was on the work of
the *Union in Gorldricb, which she said
bed taken up sixteen departmente or
work and thee it was far tram being a
dead or do-nothing society, and gave an
wood invitation for others to come
and join the white ribbon band and help
n the great battlea e liquor
and eigareete traffic. Brown fol.
lowed with ft good temper/Me rally
song? "Sava Our Boy," and Miss Ma-
Vittie sang "The Little Bow of Blue."
Both singers were Well received, After
vvidoh Moe Thornley gave an addresson
Soientifie Temperanee in Schools. Mrs.
Gordon Wright. gave tt very Anise/opal
temperance address. Both ladle* were
well received end admired by all Xt.
Belabor sangeThrovr Out the Lffe Line,"
111 preient joining heartily in :the
chorus. wends ended the literary part
Of the entertainment, after which all
joined In singing the hiving." A hot*
ef young ladies and gentlemen served
She oompany to firit.olses refreshment&
The oontribution besket was quite a
novelty, handoomely deeorated and did
its work well, Mrs. 'Monde, and Mrs.
WHOA Were entertained ohne hare at
the reeldence of Mot, George AchritOn,
Milton street. The refuter meeting of
Um W. C. T. U. *AA held on Itoadey p.
m. at 230 in this Temporal:nes hull,
tett * number of Trim prwonie
epoefel woele fed 4ders otssObg
WO Maar by Krt. womb) ro*e.
te0060114
Airs. w. Rhyme intende erectin!
eroeity, to all a ancl her kindly `e't
The services of these engaged from
nton were very highly app reeidence on St. David's etreet at a in town nod oountry by bee soulful gen-
reelated. IffiltIttlIfillttlIMIMItIltlI! II? Ilflifil?11111tIIMIlllittIMIIM?
amounted to about S2L60,
We wonder if many pimple indulged
in penile's° making on Shrovetide this
week. They say pancalree made of
snow are delicious ; well they bsd the
snow.
Ib is sad id the extreme to lose one
good citizen by death, but in the death
of our esteemed citizen, Mrs. H. 'Y. At.
tr o gewoo arra so well known
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• MARCH 11 IMO
BAYFIELD LINE.
, Your correopondent Wa0 in arum last,
week In *toting that the Rev. Mr.
, Andrews of Varna was to preach on
Hayfield circuit last Sunday. How-
ever, he will preach mieolonary *ere
mons on the three appointments, next
Sabbath. Collectione and subscrlptioris
will be taken in behalf of, the Mission
ago fund.
Ur. Geo. liathwen, who • has been
very ill lately,. Is, we ate informed,
gradually Improving.
The entertainment in our school
house on Monday evening Was A de.
cided success. The school house was
filled to the doors • and all had the
pleasure of lietening to. good program
of three hours and a half in length.
New Arrivals
int Trade
early eate. 11 18 also eiigpeoted t at the manner of addralike, ess to ber servants anThe premeds
ti
fl. U. will erect a new station with
the o enin oi' to all the mechanialeond tradespeople
Pspring. with whom she had dealings for ,yeare,
• We are very sorry thot Mines Duptd it seems an irreparable loss, Mre. At -
and Donogh had to postpone their trill hut been enjoying very good health
Shrovetide entertainment, until a few woeks ago, when by accident
she sprained her ankle and required
The W.: C. le U. held a wellottelided the services of Misa Kathleen Ball, who
meeting on Friday efteenoon in the thought Mrs. Attrill had quite recover-
Temperanoehall, which was convened ed from it. But the pain bad presuni-
foothe coining of Mile Gordon Wright
Peovinoial Recording Secretary, and
Mrs. May R. Thornley, Provincial Presi-
dent. Mrs, Watson introduced Mrs,
Wright to the audience, and gave an in -
II, Y. Attoll purohased Ridgewood
teresting address to mothere on their
farm in 87h his family lived in Balti
influence. The meeting was called 1
A Mothers' electing. hire. Wright
naore. He spent. thousands of dollars
spoite for about, a hale hour..„ :Men mra.i il-trylogto-put down a shaft to mine
Thornley gave a very interestin talk 'state The homily came and remained
to tbe mothers. A.il enjoyed tbegmeet- here during the suwmer rnonths
Ing very anioh and hope in the future every year, until Mr, &Mill fell ill and
,did to have many more such gatherings. he ohcioe where he couldhe obtain
good naeattendance, but died
We were sorry to learn of the injury there a few years eve. Nes. Attrill had
eeceived by Ur. W. Postlewaite while aegood teem manager, Mr. Young, who
getting a pail of water. • , looked after the interests of Ridge -
The Kensington t.,,,otory had three wood tarrn as faithfully as when Mr. At -
holidays last week. The boiler bad to trill lived, so that the estate has flour -
be taken down and rebuilt. ished in grain and flecks, For Soule sea-
. • sons arter Mr. Attrill's death Mrs. At.
On Thursday last thewater of the I trill, Miss and Mr.' Ed. Attrill spent
Maitland began to rise and overflowed their winters in California, but the
the big island before evening, but the journey is long and the past two win t,ars
weather becounng much colder the edrs. Attrill remained in etown, Laat
rise was checked as Attrill's channel winter taking Mrs. Rees Price's hand -
became frozen up. • some residence on Quebec street and
this winter the finely furnished resi-
The entertainment given by G. C. I.
denoe ot' D. 0, Strachan, oolleotoe of
on Friday evening last was one Of the
.
very best of the season and we must say HM. custom's. The funeral, whioh
was privateetook place on Sunday p.m.,
the young lathes deserve as much hOnor
and credit as the cadets for their part Bev. Mark Turnbull officiiating at both
in the affair. Of course the peesenta
house andgrave, Tile floral tributes
lion °Utile Fenian Raid Medals to the were 'magnificent, including beautiful
crosses, one being a Maltese cross, and
, Veterans was a drawing card and we
some of violets, a large lovely anchor,
feel quite proud to sikY that we were
, . . u ch of c 1 b f
ably weakened her heart and when
symptoms of la, grippe appeared heart
failure set in, Her long, earnest life
ended et 10 pm. When the late Mr,
right in our putti▪ ng the . sum at b calas, buno o roses, crescent
h
tbat we expected would be that night's wreath and a very 'handsome asket of
The pallbearers - were Mr.
Thei:ueitp-tasolberutarecre vraleeawrnis!tinvvaaffis mie8.
Smith and Mr. Ernest Smith of London,
• .
with the Cadets as it was a pleaeure tor
the Veterans and profit to the, Cadets.
The house was packed and much
enthusiasm pievailed. The &et thing
on the program was the Grand opening
chortle by Cadets and Mariners with solo
"Soldiers of the Queen" by Mr James
norm:eon. 2nd Manual Eitercise,Cadets
andhiariners, 3rd Sword Drill, Cadets,
4112 Pane), March and Drill, "The Little
Japs," which was one of the grandest
presentations ever given by the 0, 1.
young ladies. There were about sixteen
young, each two wearing Javanese
costumes precisely alike., They carried
• fens and had had a very short time • in
which to prepare for that evening.
Lieut. D. B. Grant drilled them in this
• new exercise which IS quite creditable
to him, Henri Jordan accompanied
them all through it the piano. Every
one applauded "Tho little Japs." 5tb
on the program was a tableau "The
Order of tbe Red Cross" which looked
divine. Solo by Mr. IT. Johnston of
Toronto, "We're Britons none ehe less,"
was warmly applauded. 7t12 Dumb Bell
Exercieo by Cadets, very fine. 8th Tab-
leau "The Ancient Grenadiers." Thia
tableau sent the audience bato Unita of
laughter, The Ancient Grenadiers were
a number of young ladies in black
dresses with white muslin kerchiefs
Pinned, sitting, some of them with
• spectacles on andall knitting away. It
W58 as pretty as novel. Next came Mr.
Thompson's solo, ",be Absent Minded
• Beggar" with chorus IT the cadets. and
maidens. Then came the great itpd long
looked for event of the evening, "The
presentation of the Fenian Raid Medals
- to the veterans ot 1866,', We will
append their names to thio note. The
Veterans looked quite military and
termed a oreboent imon the platform.
Our member for Huron, R. Holmes, of
She Clinton New Era had the honor, Lite
first possibly. Two C. I. young ladies
'pinned the medal on each veteran and
gracefully they performed the pleasant
duty. They were Misses Queenie
„Robertson and Maud Wilson of Parson-
age. Captain Montgomery and one or
two others bowed their thanks, but the
others were too delighted and excited.
Long may they wear them. Then fol-
lowed the recitation "The Soldier's
Dream" beautifully given by Miss Irene
• Acheson. Then the beautiful solo by
Picooloraini "Star Tide" was sweetly
sung by Miss leeturah Brown who was
warmly applauded. Then followed
another very pathetic tableau "The
Soldier's Dream." Master Percy Tye
and his sister, , Elise, represented the
soldier and his wife and little Alma
Sturdy and little Master Mason the
Soldier's children In front Miss
Beatrice Garrow represented an angel
and before the angel lay a dead soldier.
'the text was the bayonet exercise by
the Cadets and they understand thew
work. The wand exercise follower; per.
formed very perrooly by the /tames..
Solo by Miss McVittie "Auld Robin
Gray " At the mid of with of the three
Verses the curtain was raised and the
three epochs in the courting of Auld
Robin Gray wad given. Mies McVittie
received *grand vote of applause. We
are not Certain but WO think ILES Blies
Tye and her brother Percy represented
the lovers. Cutlass drill he the
Marines and Quarter , Staff by the
Marines were truly well executed. The
sole "The Man Behind the Gun," by Mr.
Harry Johnston, was so well given that
having only sung a veree or two at first
le re urne en •'finished e cadet
joining in the chorus Then came the
Wind -lip Of the grandest event in the
lives Of the O. L pupils. Then ottme
three cheers for the ntedallists and
finished with singing "For they're all
jolly eood fellows% " Then, Mr. Mem
Newton, one of the veteran medalliate,
gave three cheers for the Queen and
?Nor Jordan was so entimeed that he
etruck up of his own mooed, God Save
the gneen,” Profesoor Simpson wont.
ponied Mist .Brown and Miss MoVite
tie and Henri Jordan prodded at the
piano for all the other Musictd wont
paniments. Then when everyone held
retired the hall was Ito warm and entitle
'eating the C. 1. yniabli and maidens
wound up with an impromptu dance.
Thu,' ended the preeetitation of the
Fenian "laid Medals to tbe voteless of
1866 On the night p15110 23rd Feb.,
1000, almost 84 years Teter than they
were won. Long may the veterans wear
them. NitMelt of Veterans presented
with Medals :
Stephen Andrews ' Mayor dorden
Major Beek JAMS* Metifeth
Sohn Brophy Alm Naystnith
John Currie Clem NRWton
Itobt, Campbell john Mitchell
John Ninnterton Cept. Montgomery
Rob t. Elliott Wm. Pennington
Palliel Ferguson Wm, Pod"!
Wm. Fraser F. Swath
Wm. Hareem dartleil Sheppard
Walter Mott John Walker
Romeo !torten (ill) Wm. Frmer.
Misu Skintinge, our talented *write -
verdant at flonlerloh, still oeneinaes In
poor health, all our enders will regret
to hear. leneolthatanding her filmes
Mrs hoe kept vp tree Work in a reseerk.
able mower and anyoes mien her
term sad thell-writtee otittesibtos watui:d
KW" Shit• 'wit *et *odor The
e
- and Mee rs. Philip Hoit, Charles Wid-
ilar, McDonatd and.Elliott of the
Bank of Montreal. !Vie friends from a
distance were, : ler. James Attrill, el-
dest son of the late Mrs. Attrill and his
daughter Helen who spent last winter
with her grendroother here, Mr. 'Thos.
Attrill, brother oi the late H. Y.Attrille
and Mr. and Miss Prindiville of Ch ioago.
Her daughter, &Ira' Wright of ()Miter-
nia could not reachbe- home in time
for her mother's funeral. The funeral
cortege bad a stormy drive to Maitland
cemetery where they laid She reinaina
of that good Christian lady by the aide
'oilier lite husband. All sympathy is
with the relatives in their tete bereave-
ment.
llarIock.
• (Intended goriest losual
Miss Lydia:Smith of Clinton and
Miss Jessie Jenkins of Goderich town-
ship were present at Mr. Robt Ferris'
pai ty.
BORIUPSS is booming in flarlock.
Mr. Wheatley has a full stock of groce.
Nies and dry goods.
Miss Annie- Knox loxes shortly to
attend the millineey opening in Toron-
to.
Mr, Wm. Ilerringtme is at present
very poorly • He is under the able
care of Dr. Milne of Moth. His rnany
friends hope for a speedy recovery.
• A very pleasant time was ova at
at Mr. Robb. Ferris, our genial coun-
cillor, on lege Friday evening vrben
about 75 young people h.ssenabled and
tripped the light fantastic, At a
seemly hour all returned' home, hoping
at 'at some future time to spend an-
other such a pleasant evening.
The Ofisses .Logan of Blyth are visit-
ing friends in this neighborhood,
Miss Belle Neilans leaves next week
for Pittsburg, Penn., where she has se-
cured a lucrative poeition in a large
store.. We wish her success. r
Brown's Seto Keester.
•
Thursday, March 1st, at, 1 p. m. en
lot 16, con. 2 Tockersmith, extensive
sale of farm farm stock and imple-
ments.—Mrs:John Sauna, proprietor;
Thomas Brown, auctioneer.
Friday, March 2nd at 1 p. m. at W.
Dine's residence in Harperhay, sale of
household furniture, horse, buggy,
harness and other articles..—W. Dino.
proprietor; Thomas 'Brown, auction-
eer.
Saturday, March 3rd, at 1 p. m. at
the Commercial hotel, Seaforeb, two
choice farms contening 200 acres, be-
ing lot 9, con. 1, also lot 9, con, 2 H. R.
S. Tuckersmith,—Oharles Wilson pro-
prietor ;Thomas Brown, auctioneer.
Wednesdey, March 14th, at 1 p.
on lot 28 Ooderich township, extensive
sale of • farm stock and implements
without reserve. --john McCartney,
proprietor; Thonete Brown, auctioneer.
Monday, March 55h, at 1 p. hi., 1o514
con 7, Hullett, inireseevol sale of farm
stoek and aiiplements,—Ben. Reid,
4.11
Porter's MU. Romespun Suitings in Grey, Browns and
Mrs. Hannister Of Detroit Is visiting
friends here.• '
Miss Kate McDougall who spent a
few days IuEdgwondvifle has return.
ed.
• Mr. O. Newton received his medal
for active service to the Fenian Raid.
Cam is quite it warrior. • Long naity he
wear the medal.
Miss "Aeon is visiting bar parents In
Ki
Mr. Thos leiggart is thinking of go.
ing out. West to the spring.
• Mr. John Beacom attended the con-
cert on the .Bayfteld (line on Monday
last,
ilullett:
Mr. Harry Warren of the 6th con-
cessime sold a fine mare to Dr. Black.,
well at Clinton on Wednesday. Mr.
Warren has yet six horses left He is
an Englishman and loves' a good horse.
He lost his hest steer the other day.
The cause of death is supposed to have
been that the animal drank too touch
cold water after being fed on pea meal,
Mr. JamesMann waa a very tick
man with appendicitis last week but
with Willful medical attendance ,onid
careful nursing he has pulled through
all right.
County Councillor Snell paid a visit
50 Godericii on Mondar.
Mr. Samuel Gliddon, who has lived
on the lith,concession for the past two
years, moves this week to the second
lot in 'the township, on the Huron
Road near Seaforth, .which he has
rented for it term of five years: Me.
Glidden and family will be missed on
-tbe 9th and the Huron Readers will
find themgood neighbors.
BUROCHBR BALLOT
A FAILURE
Ottawa, February 21 -4n 1885 tele
%ben Government purchased from Mr.
Durocher. of Ottawa. the patent right
to his ballot called by bib narne, which
has &ince been used in elections to the
Federal House. • The.present Govern-
ment has decided against a further use
of this ballot. In future the simple
Melte paper ballot will be used. It
will contain Mine hut horizontal lines
l(etween the names of the canclidatere
The vertical line dividing the name
from the spaceot the cross will be done
away with,and there will be two coun-
terfoile attached to the ballot. These
Will each bear the some number, and
one will be exhibited, so that the
Agents ef the candidates may see the
nurober. Upon the Wit ked ballot being
returned,the returning officer will tear
off the second counterfoil, vehich will
show whether the ballot was the one
Which was given the voter. ,
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAT
• Take Laxative 13romo Quinine Tab-
lets. All druggists refund the money
11 11 fails to cure. Se. D. W. Grove's
signature is on each box
•
CLINTON MARKET
REPORTSO38000
(Corrected every Wednesday afternoon)
Wheat. . . 0 64 to 0 64
BGaorolseeyWheat.. ,..... . . . . . 0 0,1 to 0 di
Oats.... ...... :.. .... 0 26 to 0 27
Peas . . 0 57 to 0 60
Rye.. , ... ... .' 0 40 to e 40
Potatoes per bushel 0 00 to 0 25
Butter loose in crock 0 17 to 0 18
Butter in tub... ..... .... 0 18 to 0 19
Eggs per doz , 010 to 0 17
Hay... 8 00 to 7 50
Dried apples per he . 0 05 to 0 0.5'
EvaporatorApples per cwt.° 40 to 0 40
Wool .012 to 0 13
Live Hogs per emit 400 to -4 03
Pork per cwt 5 00 to 6 00
Flour per cwt • 1 175 to 2 0(5
Bran per ton..... . .. .. .. 14 00 to 14 00
Shorts per ton .0. 16 00 50 16 00
Clubbing Offers.
The season for renewingsubscriptions
has come again and we preseht to
our patrons the following dubbing
rates. . •
'Weekly Mail and, Empire and News- el te
mimeo
Weekly Mali intere, lerivedtxdoon
Ace c00 o Canada and the World,
; *200
0 0
ramRlizycitnoraid and Weekly Star and NEWS.
Ivtontrea1 Viritness and News-riecone......,e$11:55
weekly. Globe and NEWs-REcoan $175
Weokly Spectator and Newa-the.coini.: —41 75
Ladies' Sournal (Monthly Magazine)and
NEW -It 13 Ill 05
ili
ti it
proprietor ; Thole. Brown,auctioneer. mealy see and Theersatinenin
Saturday, Mardi 3rd, at 2 and 7 oda, Daily Mews and NnevoRsconn
In store adjoining the Royal Hotel,
Seaforth, clearing sale of dry fowls
and groceeieso-H.Ortwein, proprietor
Thomas Brown, itin tioneer.
Friday, March 8th, at 1 p.m., on lot
29, con 9, McKillop, one mile east of
Cook's Cotton Root Comma
Is sucoessfully use: monthly by over
iteee Ladles, Safe, egteetual.gadies Ask
your dru gist for Costs Onies Reit
Winthrop, cleitring Bele of rem stock Hese. Take no 0 er.ns Ill /Mixtures pills and
arid implemen to—James Hart, pro. hifeetione Are dangerous. Prieif144-1.1reer
prietor ; Thomas Brown, auctioneer. - t Etnie•1,10 degrees stronger. per box. me.
Tuesday...1March 13th, al p.. tn., on i lir a, maned en receipt of price nd tiro S•cent
lot 8,, con. 9, E. R , S. Tuckersibitto , enpe The Cook Company Windsor, Ont.
N•Tros. land 0 sold sna recommended by all
meleeanytisn.—g Dsanietn?lidtaMtcmKetilta°re,kparOnfidriiinettirei ler° iMitibludeDNI40 80$1•11:dininCanCiliderato% by Sydney
I% OHMS Brenta, attetiolleer. licksen•Druggist
-°•%iseWE Elo"
Making Extensive Preparations
For a Big Spring Sale
AT WM TAYLOR & SON'S
.-iieeeorces*Peqe-tee.
Out Fehruery sale thus far Ms been a grand success. hiee have Yet
e limited eupply of Winter Goode which We will clear out REGARDLESS
OF COST. Every pole Intuit go, and the prices will move them. Also
:leveret lines of eteple goodie inclading Laden' Fine Oxfords, Gotta" Fine
Hants, Boyle and Ofris' School Boots—all good goods, but remnants of
broken lots and Moss. If you find your sive yon gels it heroin. Item
cannot jostles of the 'Mars we are offering naves Intl come and f or
yorireelf. Tr, Inyeetigade is to invert, We kilOW W•SA got Plows so* rights
therefore it's a pleasure to &wormer goods,
AT THR OLD REM -ABM
WM. I'letiabil
INSURANCE °MON AT TORN, h.
- Greens.
Beautiful designs in Black Crepons for Dress
Skirts. •
Silk Waists mule in the latest styles.
• Dress Trimmings
Silk Braid and Chiffon combinations in the,
• newest shades or Grey, Green. Fawn and
BrOW12.
Taffeta Silk with Gold, Braid and Chenille
Embroidered for Yokes.
Stock Collars in different shapes.
• Wash Goods
Silk Lawnslimported direct from New York,
for Waists or Dresses.
American Ginghams in neat Cheeks.
English Prints in a .choice range of patterns.
Table Linens with Napkins to match.
Lace Ou'rtains at all prices.
Chenille Curtains and Covers.
Silkolin.e in beautiful designs and colors.
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.Sattod4.y.: .and : Monday
• ATTRACTIONS
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The following list will be found exactly as represented
and wifl be'ready for you at 8 o'clock Saturday morning :
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Ladies' Linen Aprons at Mc • •
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• Ladles' Aprons, made of Al quality of Linen, some all wbite, others •
brown, witb fancy trimaiings,regular price for this apron would
• be 40c, just4 dozen in the lot, to go,Saturday or Monday, each 4 u •
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Ladies' Go -virus at 39e
Ladies' Gowns, made of good quality white cotton, trimmed yoke of
tucks and self frill, well made, would be cheap at 60c, Saturday
or Monday, choice for "
Ladiee Skirts at 59C
Ladies' Skirts, made of flue white cot( on,extra wide hem and tucked-
• Around bottom of skirt, well worth 85c, special for Saturday or
• Monday-.
90
590
Ladies' Drawers at 29c
Ladies' Drawers, made of good quality white cotton, nicely trimmed n
with embroidery, regular 45c value, Saturday or Monday, each.. AU'
itc White Cotton for 8Ne
86 inch White Cotton, fine soft finish, no starch, about 350 yards to
sell on Saturday or Monday at'
f•-•"" .. . ....... 11i11•...••
8/4c
85c Table Linpn for 690
1 end onto Table Linen, about, 20 yards, full 72 Inches wide, fine floral r
• design, our very best 85c value, to clear, on Saturday or Monday... U
750 -Table NaPkins for 50c
10 dozen only Table Napkins, 1615, floe white linen, floral designs cn
our regular price is 70c and 75c dozen, choice &Larder or Monday U Ue
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: 8 dozen only Ladies' and Men's Umbrellas, best Para. • :
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• gon Frame Covering of Gloria and atana Cloth, 'it
• if bought in regular way could not be sold for •
•
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• less tbari •$1.40 to $1.50 eachl for Saturday or:
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• Monday only, your choice for, ... • ... ,..... 990
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• Be sure and secure one of these Umbrellas o,
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Last of Furs
to only Fur Ruffs and Storm Collars, regulae prices of Which "were
*1.88 to *2.28, choice Saturday or Monda• y •—•.••
60o Fur Ruffs for 26c
3 only $6 Sable 1Zuffs or $8.96
990
$1.50 Wrappers for 980.
only Ladles' Wrappers, made -of good tinality Wrapperette, in
colors of ptuple and black, Week and white, pink and blue end
white, nut& Iri 1he neweat styles, our regular price woe Api.sci rift
• each, choice on Saturday or Illontlay, . 000
IffItlittifftiliffil!!tftt?tt!tttltitft WitfttftffifflitttfitttItIttltrit?
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