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GET READY;
AUje indications point to a gen-
eral election for the House of Com-
mons in November. That they nia,)
not be caught nappi,ng a convention
of South Hurorz .ConserVativa slrOuld
be called without delay.
A Liberal's Estiniate.
Among the strongest Men in the
Liberal party in North Wellington is
Mr. J. A. Halstead., a leading cid.
zen of Mount 'dartist. Mr.:11alitead
Record
at3rth. Northeast Stanley. Xiullett Township. °
On Friday M. and Mrs. Drummond
two of Or oldest resideats, left he
for Chatham" where they intend r
ng wi It some of their fetidly i
the .future.
Sacrament of the Lord's Supp
Mesers. Adam and Yeawiek Stew
-
re art, Jolla Mural:lane and William
e- Glenn visited the Toronto Fair Mai.
n week. They are !latest stock breeders,
the cattle and sheep which' they raine
yr having made this corner of the town-
's ship widely known, so that it was
to the live stook section of the Pair
rr that they :paid particular 'attendee.
Mr. Glenn also visited the f arm of
Y • Mr. Abraham ,Easton, a well-known
sheep breeder in Halton county, •ti,nd
5 hoaght two shearling‘ ewes and shear
-
I, ling MTh, They el:e fine,'eximals of
Y, the Leceister breed and cost a pretty
h 'sum, but as M. Glenn, always keeps
O his ilea up to a bigli staudard,quel-
e- ity not price Was the first considera-
tion.
was administered M St. A.ndrow
church on Sunday morning,.
Quite a. number attended the To
onto Fair from tido section, th
most of them returning on Saturda
night. •
On Monday afternoon the remain
of the late James McGill ot files
Wawanosh, who led on Saturea
were deposited. in the English elture
cemetery. There Was a very larg
, funeral, deceesed toeing highly r
spected r in the neighborhood.
Several of eur citizens took th
home seekers excursion to the West
on Tuesday.
On Sunday two cerloads of horse
from Montana were unlee.ded th
station and taken. te Mr. Joh
McMillan's farm to pasture, In ah-
. Mr. Thos. Murch has been re-engagr.
ed by the trustees of, U: S. S. No. 11
for next year at an WO/041W in Sal-
ary. Mr. Much is a SUeeeSaftil It
aud there is also that in his
life and bearing that ,conveys a les-
son to his pupils upon whom it lea-
ves a life king impression for good.
Mr, ,A,Ibert Morell's new traction
engiue broke through, si'culvert an the
fourth concession on Saturdoy. Those
, big 'engines are testing 'our culverts
and bridges.
Mrs, • M. .Jackson has been visiting
frienda in Toronto.
Mrs. T. Mason of 'Clinton visited
with friends in this vicinity ;last
week.
Mr. and Mrs John Nott of .• Blyth
spent Sunday at the former'e borne.
Threshing operations are M full
s miusgteen„ • swing and .1Viessrs.• 'nit ;Cole. )and M.
Bruce are kept busy,
• out two g weeks the owner, Mr„ Jan
Pierce,,' iatende disposing of 'them b
auction, .
Quite • a large number of our
eiti-
zens and farmers of the, surroundin
Country are taking in the siglits a
the London Fair this week. •
Mr. John Moffaat lia,d1o, sale of his
household effects en Saturday. Ile
intends making his home In the tut,
um in Toronto.
••
Mr. Bla.ke Horner and sister, Miss
Laura, visited at. Mr, Ed, Troyer's
on Sunday, ,
Mr. Fred. Berry of Stratford is
-visiting at the home Of Mr, Thos,
Smith.
Mr George •Pringle has purchased
' race horse frora Mr. Peter La-
e
moat of Zurich.
' We are sorry to hear ot the death
of Mrs. Wm. Parker (nee Miss Dolly
Parsons) fprmerly of this place, but
latterly of Mitten, North Dakota.
• Miss .Heywood of Clinton has been
visiting at Mr. Theo, Parqiihar's the
past week.• .
Those who Missed the World's
Fair, St, Louis, should take the next .
Auburn.
On Saturday. evening last another
of our cateerned • residents passed.
awey in the perton of Mr; Themas
Lawlor, aged sixty thue years.. He
suffered much and When the call came
lie was glad to go.' His wile \
eight children, live sons' „ and three
daugbters, mourn his •departure. The
oldest is. Mrs.. A. King of this vill-
age, Lee ;Andrew, who went West
over ' year ago, comes next. The
others are at home, •Mr. Lewis)].
was e .staunch .Orangeman and ac ed
as druinmer Joy his lodge at nnitil
12th 'processions: The fun.
which, took place to Ball's cemetery
on Monday. was a very large . One,
there being over one .hundred rigs
in the 'cortege. Rey, Mr, Sma,11 eon
ducted the service s at the 110040 and
a the graveside the Orangemen tool.
charge Under the 'direction of Mr,
John Wilford of Blyth. The brass
has been an actiVe 'worker in every1
campaign since , bontederatioo. In
the bard struggles • between Senator
McMullen and. Mr, Lionel '.Ciark- .
.was Mr. McMullea's 'chief/lieu:tenant,
and his shreWd, .practical,. business.;
sense and his resotireefulneas. ,:a 5
; of the 10ear O. L, attended
the •funeral and. played appropre
lymn2 as the body of thea deceasee
. . . • .
mother was , laid in its. last restai
place. The pallbearera‘ Were: D.j
Munro, • 1-1, Sturdy, J. Pe4g.ali 0.
Routledge, -M. Loelthart and $.' John -
.ton, • :
speaker, made .his•services invaluable, sr •
Mr. %-lalstead. is now .the .West ana .1
he .has been. giving • his: views on. tha • s
political situation in ..Orit.ario. '1, •
the Winnipeg .Trihune he 'said : .
..1Virt. McCrea and daughter; Ma it
eft ler their home. in the Soo a:,
pending a. few weeks visiting in lin:
neighb erheed. •• .
Mr: Wm. Tem of 061borne had
" It it undeniably Certain that
it will sbe a good thing: for Ontario
at large' When the Ross dover,a--.
ment, the Libail faction now in
colt struck and •kille$ 'by lightning x;
Sunday eVening. • .
Mr. Frank Ma,egel hap' the egntract
of repairing •the mill dam, ?ire ei
power, either gives up the ghost 8
voluntarily or is.. defeated on its •
meritts. Rotten with .'age and
dragged down beneath the waves.
of honesty in politinalryl,a, drown- '
ing weight or:.a huge set of un- .
scrupulous party hangers on, it is t
tinre it, Wag driven '--ciut Of power;
ind Succeeded by toinething which
would haVe• mere of the previnet- • L
al . than the personal Interests it
heart. You may raises -your 'eye-
brows in surprise When I tell you se,
that I am a Liberal •myself.. But •
1 have •the interests pro-' ,11
vinee at heart and I keep. both "
hands on the Union 'Jack. For 1st
these reasons, then I believe we:
• need a change in goverinteat
do** East. ' The 'party '„
support to the best Of my ability, "
is lying in a state .of .epnia,:as, far
as the interests. ef the people of •
Ontario are concerned,but '
must be admitted that they 'seem
very 'hula theii?' owe
wrests, or • the interests •
of eektain uniertmuleus. in-
dividuals who, inatead of .being '
• their life will be their death. ers
There is nothing more te it, and "
I speak as glainlyi as can. How
can a party which has had its "
own way for upwards ef, thirty
years, and which 1-6 hangieg " ;
by the skin of its .be ex-
pected to look after the • interests .1;,.;
of the people? Wearied by their
long existence they have clooed
their eyes and gone to sleep'. "The
necessity of a change is? very air -
parent and d� not' think it will
be long before there is a change,:'
ix hundred dollar job.. .• .
Mi and Mrs; . Cuenningt
•Rbeheiter, also Mr. MeMarehie
Valton spent a few days at .
li'ergeson's. • r
We are sorry to repOrt that
.0themings. had the misfortune
o !Die 'one of his eyes. A piece of
te1. got into it and he had to have
t taken out • . . • • r„,.
•
While IVIrs, D. 'Pattereen :tad Soli
onald were driving home from
hureh la;st • S anday s term tame ep,
114 raised tit° top of the bugy
. .
p , suddenly vir hien frign tzio... the
orse and: it bolted into the.. ditch,
psetting them. mit. 'The ;,%p Wa$
mathed hitt. otherwise • mi n 40
at done. • • • ' •
Latt Monday nigh , .ev. . t,.
foorei .seeretory of the Ler.d's r A.st
tnrauce ..gave an excellent' address
n Sabbath Day Observance.: • • A
ranch ' was organized' with "shoat
ighteen names,
Rev„ J.,L. Sinai" ,to preach for
Methodists next Sunday night.
Rev, Mr. Coupiand takes, Dr.
ook's work in Clinton while the Dr,
ondueto ,anniversary services, at
oenybrook next Sunday.
Dr, Irwin of ,Whighani was. down' to
he funeral of his uncle, the late.
has Lawlet,
Mr. ahfl *S..: Geo. ,l-lewett end
rs. Hewett Sr, returned home
onday after, attending „the TcMOSte
shibi ti on , ••
Alma. ,
On the evening of Tuesda,Y of next
week a !Owl supper will be held un-
der the auspices of Alma church.
The church not being large enough
to aceoremodate tne large erowd,whi-
ch it 15 expected will attend, it Will
take place at the residence ' Mr.
Thos. MeMiehael, in addition to re-
freshments for the inner man there
will also be a program of music,
etc.
Mr. Robert' J. Sprung left for the
West last Tuesday. morning. •
Mr. and •Mrs. Wrn. Mole tot Dungan-
non were in Auburn last Tuesday,
best and 'attend the Zurich iShow,
Among those who took in London
Fair this week were Messrs, Relit.
McAllister, Ralph Workman, Frank
Farquhar, Oosey Troyer, 0, E. Tro-
yer. Mr. and Mrs, Hill, Mr. and Mrs.
Chas. Trbyer, .Misses Agnes Coch-
rane an • . royet, •.
Mr: and Mrs. Rebt, Love visited
liayfield friend's Sunday.
Children's Day be held in the
Presbyterian church a • Week from
Elunday.
Mrs, James Jarrett returned home
trom Toronto last week. • ••
,
Mts. Peter Hogan of Detroit . is
vititing at the home Of kr. James
Hogan, Parr Line. • .
Mr, • Will, • Love %intends resuming
bia, studies in the Stratford Business
• College next week.
Mr, IR, F. Stelek visited Mr..: Geo.
Campbell over Sunday "•
Dar, G. Troyer, accomPanied by Mr. •
North •of Brucelield visited at the
•
Bond on Sunday. . g • • ,
Mr; John Cochrane,' had a atary:
suceessful raising last Tuesday, Mess-
rs."Peter Becker and George Pringht
ere doing the framing, which is •-a.
• ntee rk 'ti done -In
satisfactory manner: •
Mr. North of Bthcefield Visited fri:
.ends in 1.4is
•
(..."eon hunting is ow the order .of
the • day, , or -rather the night, . .
, 'Mrs. James S'pecifinat Of' 'awns
visited' friends here Friday z last.. . •
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Hudson attend-
ed. the Toronto . Exhibition • last
Mr. Wm: Jarrott purchased a val-
uable horse loin Mr. E. Dignan last
Week. .
The Saereitient Of the. Lord's Sup -
Per ..administered in the Presby.-
terian .chureli on Sabbath laSt.
Contines Mowing
• Prospectus.
N., Cantle is out with •a new pros-
pectus respecting his electric road in,
which in glowing terms he depicts
the great future of St. Josepho with
its deep water harbor and its won-
derful location, as the distributiag
point of this planitery system.—IIen-
1
Meeting of the
P eSbytery of Huron,
The Presbytery 'Of Iluren met in
the Thames' Reed church on. Sept,
The Rev. M. C. IVIeLennan was ap-
pointed moderator for the next six
months. W. , Mustard of Brumfield
was .received as a Student about • to
enter the Univereity ..:Toronto, in
preparatien for the ministry. A cone.
mittee .composee et the Rev. Messe
• Larkin and Martin was appointed to
draft a -fetter of congratulation to
Rev. M. Barr of Seaforth on his
• •
attaining • the Jubilee •of his ordinal -
tion to the ministry. Mr, McLennan
Submitted at report tfroni the.commi
tee on Sabbath •schools recommend -
jag that in. view of thetreduest of the
General Assemblyi all Sabbath schoo
is bo visited by do utations ftp ti
Presbytery • during the ensuing year.
'and. that J. Eigin Tom, I, p. S., be
requested to undertake as • rimeh :of
this Work as convenient. • This r
emninendation was 'carried. • Stand-
ing, committees fer the year were. ap-
:Pointed with the following ceriven.-
ers : Home Mission, J.. A. --Harrill- •
Hamil-
ton, :Church Life and. Work, J. .L,
; Sunday. school; M. 0, Me -
Lennart ; Finances Dr.. Stewart ;
Stud.ent, Dr. McLean ; Young ' Peo-
ple's • Societies,. D. Cartwell ; Aug -
Mentation, C. Fletcher ; Foreign Mis-
' sion, E. H. Savers '; Conference, P.
II •kin • A committee consisting
or Dr, McLean and Mess,t'S. McNeil
Fletcher, Marlin and Young was
.
appointed to 0o -operate With :the
Assembly's connidttee. on , Queen's
College Finances, , IVIr. Martin • re-,,
quested the. Presbytery -to relieve
him of.. the simply of Chiselhurst
Congregation: A committee was ap- •
pointed to ensaiiire into a rearrange-
ment of congregations so as to Se -
September 15th 1VO4
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Mrs. A. G.. 1Maesionald 'went is
Louden last Week and will visit th
Exhibition
• Air.. and Mrs. Connors are the .gues
ts of their relatives. the Misses Mae-
donald.
Mrs.. Charles Symons drove to
Bayileld Saturday to attend her
4neicels funeral. •
• iViiss Oliver returned to Detroit
after a Short visit 'with Airs, 0. Sy-
mons.
Mrs." Will. .Robinsou of Detroit was
the guest this. week ot her sister,
:1V1iss Crawford. he was .accompani-
. ed upon her visit by Mrs. Robinson
Sr.
Kr. Stanley •Whitenian, two sisters,
his wife and Miss. Deborali Halstead,
from Detroit, were the guests of the
latter'parents,. Mr. -and -Mrs. 'Henry
Halstead. •
Mr, Thomas. - Stinson arrived. with
. his little WM at .the residence .of Mr,
: Charles Symons before the death k.
' his wife. The reineins 'Were ,siecom-
:.paided to. Bayfield by a cortege.. 01
carriages • containing the friends .1 of
, the late much esteemed lady. Among
therelatives of the lady who went
dOW11 WereMr. - and Mrs. :43iggart'
father arid- Mother of the deeesisea,
Mr.. Thos. .Stinsen. and Buie see,
and Mr. Stinson Sr.., Mr. Synicals,
Miss Falconer . And 1Virs: James Reid.
Arnong the f1awv, p aced in the cas-
ket were a largo bunch - of lovely.
fioWerS tied With broad satin ribbon,
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la Goodin During the last fuer nanithe we havebeen basy selectiog
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ge, goode lura big fall trade. VVe do not e 0 11 One ourselves to Any .otie 4
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t wholesale bowie, but We buy foe s nit east wi . A • getUI
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•,,,. t h e best value, quality being the firia, consideratiou with lei, then a.
„? the price, "We obow opecial velum in the followieg lines :— • 44. -
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New Dress Goods, in all tbe letest desiiime at, close prices, in Mosul- • ,
eloths, volleo, venetianit, victunis, zabeimes,flaised goods,hetne. • ,t.'"
e. • spline, a I'm tires etc. • •
4. . colored trieze, hotneepuse vicuna, Venetian, het sey cloth, etc., :eel:
A . . New elantice, Jackets end Capes,. in all the new stylea in black and I
from $8,50 to $16'. - . ge.
. Y Itlissee" and Ohilitren's Coate a specialty, fruits $1,75 up
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•r• Out suistinery Department is le reit eeriest, where We ACM all the
latest novelties in 1.3arie ,siel Nesv 'Yawls, Millinery, Ready -to
Wear and Outieg Hats a specialty, from irni to $3.
.g. • laidiee leine Furs, in Elect' ie Sent, Astra elms: ited Oreeulend Seal ... •
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0. Jackets, ishei Caperinee, Rugs, Boise, Starts, Etc., its geeat 4
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.Newv4Wtriteltipperettes, in new pat teres, Worth 19, for 10e.
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*it Nosy Lilluienms, two and four yerste wide, at 87ic, 45c and 50e per ' ...*x:
square yard. * ,..•
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Newilt041s)te,ppeutisa,riiiin.gior2:aii.t, variety,. in Union, woun tepsstry stud nemp, • .t4.
e. . ...W.0 show great videos. in Lace Certeies.
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tribute of Mrs. Charles Symons, and •
casket boquets from Mrs. Jas. Reid.....444-64.4444.4.4K
n ss Edith alconer. Rev. Jas.
Anderson officiated at the residence
of- Mr. Charles Symons before the
f.tietsi,,iedreanleeleoft for. • Mrs. Stinsou's' tate
11415S Wilinie • TIOgUe, lath6 visited
-her .friends at Clinton aud who -wilt-
I!. •
le bore. was the guest', of , the' 1Vlisseo
Macdonald, hat ;returned. to her home
ia New York State,
Miss Margaret 1VIaedonald has re-
turned to her heme at Detroit. Miss
Mary •Macdonald aecempa,eted her sis-
ter buil returned on Tuesday.
Mrs. Reid haa sold Lakeview to the
ot McDowell who penis). to
this town about two yeara ago.
. Mrs. Cenningliame is very 111.
Miss Florence Williams has been
appointed teacher of the Central
school staff • •
:LW. Charlet Watson left for New
York on Saturday.
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. • Live Stock .Market.
• Toronto, Sept. 1.3th—The riin. • at
the: city •ea,ttle • inarket tOciai wits
66 ..'leads, with 884 head of cattle; •
2458 sheep and lambs.; 1.8.1hogs and
82' CalVeS; •The light °rim was • the
principal factor 'in ...keepirig priges.
bent steady-. ;While there r*as a good
market. for choice &dam.' cattle,
and, not enough of 'that 'clasa to sup-
ply the demand, the trade fer
oidin-
aiy eon -linen betcher eatile.wee slow,.
drover e , feeling, heweVer, that they.
coiddr..ellord : to wait until': prices• Ca-
me more • their • wey. " . • 1.:
• Eiport7-•Trade was. not particular-
ly brisk, only 'few bete offering.
The market,: hoivever, was Steady, to •
firm, one geodloaa of export selling
at $4,95: • 'A load of light export
sold:at $4.50. There is a little'
ter 'feelieg . •the, export market
since the ehd of the Chicago :Strike.
• . . eine a suitable connection for .Chis-
,
West.. Tuckersinith.
The township council .met in Sea -
forth on:September 3rd, all members
present.. , The diet bueieesi Was tin:
Passing, of accounts of which a large
number were presented, the Most im.i
portant being the sunt of $408 wlifti
was paid to the • Mestrs. & Co,:
of Mitchell for the ifOn Werk of th,
Xlarton 'and Turner bridges, and 8000
which was paid to Messrs- Nagle and
Looby - of Dublin for the abutinnts
of the, seine ;bridges as soon is they
make small change on the •vvbeel•
guards wnieh at •present are not 'ma-
te satisfactory to . the coupcii. *. The
county tate Will:be 1.3 gmills" on. . the
. • • '
eliturst. • The Pr6sliytery will next
nieet-im Carmel; 'church, "-Jensen, • , on.
the i'f3th. of Noveinber.
Kingsbridge.
M. W. Paisley. of Clinton has•
for the , pa,st three weeks been Meet:
intending .the w .k n the big'. h
Billy and Jack Branfield. Xettirne,
,
Inline to Clintors One day last Week,
both . astride one bietrele. The dia.: ' •
lance is twenty seven • miles and they
made fairly good time.
•
The range ca,ttle' froin the Northwest
are net now 'se likely to compete, in ,
the regular: export , trade and prices
in consequence . are a little firiner • in
-Chicago and in the lOeal market. •
Batchers-.--Triale. Was slow. for eSint-
inon to medium eettle, but a good
demaed for choice cattle 'and prices
firm • at .$4 and $4.30.
Stockert—flusiness a little quiet;
with light offernigs, but a fair • en-
qeiry, for good. feeders, 1,000 to .1400
pounds, at $3.60 to 0.80 ; stocker
buIts, 1,050 th 1,000 'wields, at. $2475
tO $3. ' • • •
Sheep and Laanbs—Lambs low-
er, but export ewes firm, with pros-
pects higher.' Lambs queted 84:25.
to 84:60 .; eicpeet ewes at .83.70 to
Hogs—tight run and Market lower.
at $5 to 85.25.
' Fall
dbilar and the township 'and general London
_school rate. will be 3.4 mills on the Exeter
dollar, which Will make the taxo' Mitchell
just a little higher than last year. Guelph
Mr. Rebell 1VIcLaren of the London Zurieli •
Road near 'Hensel' was appointed. Seaforth
collector of taxes, ..41,fat ord.
Goderich
Listowel ,
Wingliam
13ayfield
• Hay Township. . .Fordwieh .
At the last meeting of the toWn- Lucknow
Ship council it was de'Cided to ex- Brussels
tend the, coiered drain to the "Ur-, Blyth
ich Drain South" mid ordered thetas-: Dungannon
sessment' against the roads to be
charged to the police village of Zur-
VVest 'WavianOsh. (eh. The next meeting al. the ewe/.
The residence eif Mr. 'Thos. Miller
was, the seene of a pretty weddine,on
Wednesday of this week Whentbis. Slam
ghter Agnes beeame the bride of
James Webster of Ashfleld.
A large number of friends gathered
to witness the ceremony 'which was
performed by Rev, ,Mr. Whaley. TM
happy couple will take up housekeep-
ing on the groom's , farm on the 9t1,
con. of Ashfield, 1Vlay a, long life
and happiness be' theirs.
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cil I will be, held on'. October 3rd.
• On Tuesday evening of last week-,
the fine bank . barn belonging' to Mr.
John lVfousseaft of • the r 4th concession
was destroyed by fire, together with
the •season's crop. The loss ..to Mr.
Mousseau will be very heavy al-.
though both barn and contents 'were
insured. The fire is supposed to nave
been caused by the heating of damp
grain.
Tat Banker's
Constance. Automobile Destroyed.
Seaforth.
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Mr. Guy Jones, son of Mr. Robert
MeSSrS. R. 13. Stephenson and .rohn
rtendersen leave this .week for the
West.
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Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Pollard and W.
Cole visited friends Stapleton on
Sunday.
Miss Maud Paid spent a few days
in Toronto last week vieiting fri-
ends.
Me. 'James Stanley of Dakota at -
ter spending some time visitirid fri-
ends in and around our village re-
turned :to. his home in • the West on
Tuesday. -
Weart pleased to say that Mrs.
rtobt, Clark is now. improving nice-
ly alter a slight attack of typlu.
pneumonia.
Mrs. Thant, Button left on ;Thurs-
day for Stoultsille e,nd Toronto.
Quite ti‘ number tff -our citizens in-
tend %taking ,the London Pair this
• Jones, -returned Mat weeict
an absence .of three years in thellud-
'son .Bay distriet.. He reports the
.cetintry - to be Very good in spots
and heavily timbered- with pine.
'There - an immense- ritualitity ot
. timber being floated down the river
at this season of the year. The cold
season. sets in very :early there—ab-
out October -.and there will be very
little 'doing until next May, Mr.joie;
es was engaged in, turveying b 1 says
there • is Considerable mining Ring
done, • • • •
Alexander -Kerr me et tile
pioneers of McKilitip abS..
ed ',away atAisilionto on the ?th con.
'last week,(tt the age of 00 years.Mr,
Kerr had been failing for some time,
in fact ever since the demise of his
life partner Some nine Menthe pro-.
ViOtIS. . A large grown up family is
kit Well provided for
,ALIANIKEktgata- LA:L.11,1 IL •_••_41,A
. F. I. Kern of Exeter had the
Misfortune to have hia i automobile
- burned oil Sunday during Oils abaenee
• in Toronto, it/costs. 'Cantor Bros.
had the machine out in the ' country
nearPChiselhurst when !by some means
It caught fire froth thelfire box and
- was in a short time burned, there
bhing no friendly 'pond Of Water with
whieh to extinguieh the blaze. It
was totally destroyed but was par -
daily covered by insurance.
• MaitglOrOtiS COMpitri11011*
The Clinton New 'Era defends the
increase in the Dominion, expenditure
by a comparison with the outgo of
New York City. Does the NeW Era
consider it a suffieleat defenee to shovc
that the Reform Government 0
Canada has been lass extravagant th-
an the most corrupt and extrevagant
municipal governmeitt Anleriek
Worriy Sum
Fairs of 1904.
Sept. 9-17
Sept. 19
Sept. 2421
• Sept. 20-22
Sept 21-22
Sept. 22-23 •
Sept. 22723 .
Sept. 27-28
Sept, 28-23
Sept. 29-30
Sept. 29-30
Oct. 1
•Oct 4-6
Oct. 647
• Oct,..11-12
Oat. 13-14
Thei Stratford. Horse Show.
Everything indicates that the Stra,t-
- ford Horse Show will be a, great -sue -
cess. The days fixed are 23rd and
24th September, tent,. if weather is
favorable, a .treat is in ttore for the
public generally. The Stratford peo-
ple with commendable enterprise haVe
subscribed neerlye $1200 and the prize
list reaches 81500.
Summerhill.
The following shows the relative
standing of the pupils in U. S. S.
No. 4 for August, based .on attend -
Alice, punctuality, diligence and de-
meanor :
Fourth Class,—E ma, Jordan, An-
nie Challenger, 13 Draper, Bella,
rant Archer.
Ball, Gertie Oakes,
Sr. Tnird,—Myrtle eacom, Lizzie
Johnston, Asa Mair, Murray Dra,per.
Jr. Third,—Elsie Lobb, 011ie Lobb,
Mary Smith, Fern Beacom, Minnie
Plasm, Annie Ball, Stanley Challen-
ger,. Pred, Lobb, Howard Fergana,
Howerd Hill, Albert iVieLaughlin.
• Second Ctass,—james Lovett, A;;
nie Johnston, Elsie Partinhar, Entre(
Meriden.
Sr. Pad Second—Vera Lobb, Etta
IVIcriden, Eddie Lois Challen-
ger, Lynn Moir, Calvin Lovett.,
Sr. Part Second—Frank Lobb,Mag-
gie. Marione Buelah Nesbitt, t.helys
Draper.
Sr, Part IiIrst---Xlertie Beacom,. Sc -
cord IVielirien, Palmy Lovett.
Jr. Part First—jenny Miller, May
No. on roll 40, average attendaiice
30.—.J. II. LOWdry, Teacher.,
As -
Our Fall
Wa !paper
• Business \
promises. to be
• large owing to
the very late
and eold spring
—September is one of-
-the hest months 'of-
-gthe yene to have-
--yotte papering dofie.—
Our bre en t
and. prices ate
bound to 'please
you,
li paper trimmetl.free,
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Clinton,
1 GREAT CLEARING SALE
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* Clinton, We have the largest and best assorted' stock to.
Choose from, which .totiSt be reduced to . make room for
.our Immense Shipments of Fall Goods which are already
corning ia. . School commences next 'week. • The boys
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An Honest Bargain is our Pride:
4 . Come andsee what we are doing.
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Old Reliable
11.••—•To that first-class two story li, felt residente now ec-
• cnpied by W. H. Newconibe on Bat tenbUry Street, East.
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UNIMHtT4KING
E flay now safely predict the advent •
of Spring. You will require Furniture.
See us about it before buying.
Sewing- Machines
High grade, ttp-to.clate, made in
Canada, Ball -Bearing Machines.
One price to all.
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e - to -wear Mottoes very special, New Black Silk :
.• N w Goods - New Goods arriving every few day's, New Ready- 0
Blouses made in the very latest styles. An immense range of Fancy 0
Blonsings, all new patterns, see them 'and get your choice as they 0
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Boys School Pants now in stock, 0.180 several Minaret' yds
of Dress Goods,Prints and 0 th t
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bargains itt Snits for Men and Boys. -
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Ali& itx jaekii44,*".4.‘ hies been in tbe business centres for some tirne
aa [Jou'', selecting the very latest and lip -to -date novel'.
tfe$ in IVIiiiinery arid will be here agein after September 5th,
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Anyiquentity of Butter and tags taken in exclmnge for goods.
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Tell him the price of a trial subscription
To lst of January, 1905, is only 250,
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