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ROM The Editorial Pen
-The St, joint, N.I3„ Sun, a strong
Liberal newspaper, says': -"Premier
Whitney would seem to have good
grounds for confidence in the outcome
of the approaching provincial elec-
tions."
* * *
-Lest you forget, we pause to re-
mind you, dear reader, that one week
front Monthly next will be Noreirta-
tioo. Returning officer McQoillia re,
quires the Presence of the electore, in
the 'Town Hall, Wingbann from
twelve noon, until two o'elock, Afte
Wet will come the speethes by th
candidates.
dishonesty, The question for the elec.
ter to deeide is-Shoold Mr. Whitney
be allowed to go on aed perfect the
reforms introduced, and make other
necessary improvements, or would it
he better to throw overboard an hon.
est and efficient administration, in
order to accept Mr, McKay? Electors
should not forget that McKay Nees
a member of the old Ross administra.
tion, Re condoned all its bad deeds,
and neversonce lifted hie voice against
the corrept methods of winning elec-
t' tions, but apparently approveci of all
the corruption practised, as revealed
in the Courts ? Even Mcliay's own
election waftorrupt, and the trial was
about to begin, when it was stopped
by the dissolution of the Legislature,
' and thus the iniquity of that Noah
f Oyer election was not allowed to
*
-Nearly two million dollars have
been voted by the Ontario Govern
Anent to redoce municipal taxation
by giving the municipalities part o
the taxation derived from railways
and. bY increased school grants*
Every elector sheuld acknowledge this
efforts and give the Government hon.
est support by voting for A. H. Ales -
grove.
*
-The higher the character of men
nominated for the Legislature,. the
rnore creditable it is to the constituen-
cy, and the higher moral tone the
Legislatnre is likely to have. North
Huron has no reason to be. ashamed of
its candidates in this respect. The
Conservative candidate is Principal of
a Public School, the Liberal, an ex,
Warden of the county.
* * *
)14. -Sane leading Liberals in this rid-
ing think the run between Musgrove
and Currie will be very close. Others
' say the Conservative candidate Will
not have more than 50 majority.
Thank you, that is enough. Beside:it,
these admissions most effectively dis-
pose of the "gerrymander" cry, and.
also of the charge that the riding was
• "fixed" to give a large Conservative
majority.
*4*
-Increased grants to rural schools
has been a strong feature of the Whit-
ney Govermnent's progressive policy.
Here are figures for Huron county
In 1907 -under Whitney.... $14,317.00
in 190i -under Ross......... 5,038,000
Increase of grant ...... $ 0,270.00
Rgral schools have ben the gainers
by the Whitney Government's appli-
cation of inereased revenue to educa-
tional inaproirelnent.
* * *
-Referring, to statements of the
Liberal press and speakers, that the
boast of the Government in the mat-
ter of cheapened school books is not
warranted by facts and that when the
site
new books are issued it will be found
that they will cost more than did the
old ones, Premier Whitney is very
positive. "Next year," said he.
"there will have to be new text books
published, and. if these publishing
barons, who live in great houses, can-
not t.educe the pries of school books,
we will do it ourselves."
* 4*
-For the Best time in over thirty
years, the ballot boxes in an ()Atari°
election will be in. charge of Conserve,-
tives. The other fellows had them so
long, that they had begun to think
they owned the boxes, and could do as
they liked with their contents, and the
Court records show that they acted
accordingly. Let us hope that the
day of election crooks is past. A
clean election, an honest ballot, every
man's vote counted as he intended it
should be counted, are princitles that
must prevail.
*
-Here are the Educational grants
for Ontario, for the past five years,
includiug the grants to Schools :---•
1001-Uoder Ross .. ,..$ 019,800
1005- " Whitney ..-.. 1,1.31,790
1906- " 1,270,031
1607- .4 t 1,250.005
1008- 1,600,364
-y
Believing that nine -tenths of the chi! -
&en in Ontario depend. on the Poblie
Schools for their education, the Whit -
hey Government decided to give every
possible encouragetneut to the Public
Schools. Alrencly improvernent is
visible, and as the years pass, the wis-
dom of their action will be seen by
further progress.
* *
-Just as we had finished press work
of the Advattee last week, word reachi.
ed us, that Chief Justice Palconbriclge
had qoashed the Local Option by-law
of the township of Howlek, on the
ground that deputy -returning MU-
MS have to tight to vote and that a
sofficient number of theta voted to
affect the result. B. ven jtalges do not
agree on this point of maw, for in one
CaA0 at lout, the Chaucery Division
deekled that these offielals had, a right
to vote, and hence sustained the by-
law, The King's Bench Division, of
which ITustice Palconbridge is Chief,
has held that deputy -returning offieere
may not legally vote. Hence the pre,
sent decision, As the matter now
stands, the Chancery division holds
one opinion, and the King's Bench
, division holds another. The (potion
`sT evidently will have to go tO the
Coat of Appeal for their deeision,
before the point is finally tattled.
444
Premier Whitney bat given the
province over theete years of good,
alum government, free from graft and
become public. On these grounds
flion e, Whitney is infinitely preferable
to McKay. .A. vote for Mr. Musgrove
will mean that you approve of clean
election methods, and are prepared to
sustain Me. Whitney, who has so
reconstructed the law, as to make die -
creditable former practices in elec,
tions, as difficult as possible.
An interesting Letter.
A constant reader of the Advance,
and former resident of this vininity,
is now on board the United States
steamer "Stewart," with the U. S.
fleet on a tour round the world, and
sends us the following letter, from
San Prancisco, where the fleet is at
present.
On Sept. 21st 1907, President Roose-
velt of the United States, issued an
order for the Atlantic Fleet of the U.
S. Navy to prepare for a trip to San
Francisco, via South America and. to
be ready by Dec. 1st, assembling in
Hampton Roads on the Oth, and leav-
ing there on their long cruise of near-
ly 15,000 miles, and to arrive in San
Francisco not later than May 6th,
1908. . The itinary was carried out to
the letter, and proved to be very ose-
ful and educational in many ways,
among the Most important being that
of wear and. tear of machinery, and
the ships in general. On the battle-
ships arrival at Magclelena Bay, the
fall Target practice was carried tin,
.vhere some records were made that
will pass on for a long, long time
before they will even be equalled,
some of them being 19 hits ottt of 20
shots, in 30 seconds, won by the Cruis-
er Albany. Then the Louisiana made
9 hits from 10 shots in 21 seconds.
After target practice was over at Mag.
delena Bay, the ships left for short
stays all along the coast of California,
where all the officers and men were
entertained royally, but aside from all
this, what was the more important,
was arranging ports for the fleet to
coal and get stores at. The first stop
was at Trinidad, B. W. L, then at
Rio Janeiro, Brazil, at Punta Arenas
Chile, at Callao, Peru, and then Mag-
delena Bay. At the stone time the
second flotilla of Torpedo Boat
destroyers, is composed of the follow-
ing: -Whipple (?lag ship) Hall, Hop-
kins, Trureton, Lawrence and Stewart.
The writer is a, carpenter's mate on
the mast. named. The flotilla was com-
mended by Lieutenant Commander
Hutch I. Cone, with Lieut. Church
commanding the Whipple, Lieut. Mc -
Common of the Hull, Lieut. Howe of
the Hopkins, Lieut. Kerriek of the
Truxton, Ensign Priederick of the
Lawrence, and Lieut. flellwig of the
Stewart The flotilla left Norfolk
Navy Yard Virginia on Dec, 1st, 1001,
and arrived in San Juan, P. R., on the
8th. Leaving San Juert on the 12th,
we headed for Trinidad, where we left
on Xthae, day for Para, 13razil.
Para is one of the largest cities of
South America, having a population
of over 800,090, There was no shore)
liberty granted in that port, on ac-
count of smallpox and yellow fever.
Leaving Para; we headed for Pernam-
buco, Brazil, but one clay's steaming
out of Para the "Stewart," had the
misfortune to get suit water le her
boiler, and caused a delay of 00 hours.
On Our arrival et Pernambuco4 we
were three days behind our sc'hodule
time: but in leaving we Wt only eine
day behind time. On our arrival at
Rio Janeiro, we vvete 10 hours ahead
of time. Shore -leave for the men was
granted in this port, and all men Were
treated with the greatest respect by
out.. Soatlx Atiteriette cousins, Lefty -
log Rio, We were supposed to go to
Siontevideo, but instead the Arlon.
tine, Governmeet sent Out Torpedo
Boats to meet os and take us into
Buenos Ayres. In this pori, the men
v• ete treated to a grand ball and stip.
per, and also to theatre pactlee, vvhile
the officers were kept going all during
our stay there, making official calls
and attentliog tunetions et all kinds,
Leaving there, we headed for Ponta
&two, Chile, Whielt le the entrance
te the Straits of Magellan, On reach-
ing Lalachuana, Brazil, we found a
big transport busineswelone„ as we bad
net lose than 12 men deseet and Dud
passage on Tramp steamers to New
York, Alto we lett this port, we
headed for Callao, Per, which Is we
of Dm fittest °Mae it. bas been the
am Advance.
WINGILAMI ONT.t TITIMSDAY, MAY 21 1908.
writer's good fortune to see and visit.
Panama was our next visit, and one
that we all looked forward to, more
on account of seeing that great piece
of engineering, -the Panama canel.
On our arrival at Penansa, Admiral
Rousseau of the Canal Commission
had a speeial train to carry both men
and officers over the whele bed ef the
canal to Oolon, which. is 'the entrance
to the Canal on the Atlantic. On our
arrival at Colon, we were invited to
the where they had. punch
and, cigars. After a look around tbe
town, we were entertained at dinner
nt the Cristobal Hotel, and at 3.30 we
boarded our train for the return trip.
On nearing Oulebra, cut we bad the
pleasure of seeing great steam shovels
at work, taking out the earth, which
is loosened by large charges of dynes
mite. Ono charge of 18 tons of dyna-
mite was set off, while We, were
watching, and 'the report was like a
long, loud peal of thunder, while the
earth ilew up in the, air almost 300
feet. On the last night of our stay in
Panama, the Ancan Minstrel Troupe
gave an entertainment for the men of
the flotilla, aboitt SOO men attending.
The jekes were something old, but
nevertheless caused *many a hearty
laugh, by their being on our officers.
One joke worthy of !neaten was one
on the baseball team of the "Hop-
kins."' One lady minstrel, a monolo-
guist came in with a bundle of wash-
ing; she was looking for the man that
owned it, but' he was novvhere to be
found. She said he was as hard to
find as the men of the "Hopkins"
baseball team. The day after, the
"Stewart'a" team took $400 from them
in a. baseball game played for the
championship of the flotilla, when the
"Stesrts" team won the cup and also
the side bet of $409.
We left Panama, for Acapulco,
Mexico, arriving at Acapeloo two
days ahead of time, and were doomed
to lay there 9 days without shore
eave or having visitors abroad, which
made it very lonesome for everyone,
but all resting up for the hard work we
had in store for us at Magdelena, Bay,
Lower California, in the form of tar-
get practice, and torpedo practice.
Arriving at Ma,gclelena pay, we were
out on the range bright antl early the
ollowing day, when we started mak-
ng our runs, Having a fixed target
1x15 feet, with the bulls -eye 3x3 feet
or our six pounders, and targets 12x15
ea for our three inch guns, with
bulls -eye 2x2 feet, and firing at a dis-
ance 05 1000 yards and running 15 to
0 tniles an hour, the number of shots
made was 128 hits out of a possible
30, with Ensign Lightle lst pointer;
he writer. 2nd. pointer ; Taylor, plug -
man; Sgeurie, loader; Regan, lst
hellman ; Falvey, 2nd shellman,, and
finning, rarnmermati, making the
°cords for torpedo boat destroyers
ith 40 shots and 87 hits. Out tor-
edo practice was very successfol, as
ve fired 4 torpedos 4 times each and
eking a hit in the net every time.
t no time was our record in danger,
s one per centage was too high for
ny of the others to' overcome. On
nishing taiga practice, we left Mag.
elena Bay for San Diego, California.
he people there had made great pre-
arations for the flotilla's visit, also at
ante, Cruz, where we joined the bat-
eship fleet to all go Into San Penn -
into together. We arrived in San
.ancisco on the 6th day of May, with
verybody ready for the celebrations
n our honor, after making a vvorld-
reeking record, in that the battle -
hips made nearly 15,000 miles, and
eing in 50 per cent better condition
an when they left the Atlantic.
he flotilla had made Over 161000 mites
nd in nearly 80 per cent. better than
hen we left Norfolk, `Va.
,After spending two months in the
avy yard, here, vve are going to con -
nue our trip back to Norfolk, by
ay of the Suez Canal, where we are
xpected to arrive back on the lst day
December, 1908, or jest one year
om the time we left. Torpedo Boat
estroyers are of a very small eltu3s
boats, being about 240 feet long,
to 40 feet beam, and drawing from
to 10 feet of water with from 4 to 6
et above water, the tonnage being
ern 420 tons to 480 tons,
Hoping you find space for this in
tie valuable paper for the informa-
on of those interested Itt the strides
e Vetted States Navy is making to
ad the list of leading pouters en
ater, I remain.
W. I, W.
ORO hundred reettresets at very
close priees at Walker's, Buy at ones.
'Pon S.stnii tInna.P.-The frame of a
building 65 by 38 feet f wotild make a
good straw slied.-ifs DIMIS, Wing -
hem.
Cleating -out prices ten 13:aby carti
ages and Go-earts ab Walker's urni-
tore rooms.
8EUD CORN.—The .hese tally
Matttring varieties for gnalage or
green feed, for sale. -0. E. King,
US LOCAL htAkket.
Wileat•000/4041,1•060110f .....
OOe
OnitS4-1•0$0,0;$1,1040,4•04000460
JiartiOritO 0411,46. ........ 0.60e
,.,,.,..,.,,,,,18 to 80c
Mot", • •••• 6,14 $2.0 ter $8,25
Ray 44 • ........ • V/ $ I 6 V 6 $I0000
nattel**1411, ••••• 61*. IVO 0$11•20(../
ro.*.v141, . ...
Po atpee.,...........00to
Live 1„...$5.65
Political Meetings.
Meetings in the iuterests of the Con.
ervative candidate for North Huron
will be held as follows: Town Hall,
Morris, Friday, May 22, to be address-
ed by Mr. A. H. Musgrove, and jas.
Bowman ; Foresters' Hall, Delmore,
Satnrday, May 22nd, to be addressed
by Mr. Musgreve and others. Chair
taken at 3 o'clock, Come and hear
political matters dismissed.
Citizens' Band, Officers,
The Wingharn Citizens' Baud held
their annual meeting on Friday, 15th,
and elected the fallowing officers :-
President, A. Hingston ; Vice -Pres.,
E. Foxier; Secretary, N, Fry; Trees,
urer, H. Hinsoliffe ; Property commit.
tee -0, Baer, A. Green, R. Mundy,
The Band is better than ever, and
have received a lot of new music.
They will be able to give some good
open air concerts this sutmner, cone,
mencing on the 281h of this month,
weather permitting:. A number of
engagements have been booked al,
ready. The band stand has been re-
painted, and. sonic:anew uniforms are
ordered as a number of new players
have been secured.
Plasters? No Thanks.
Soine patent medicine firms are 'very
hind. Last week, one Arra (from
whom we never had any advertising)
kindly sent us a sample of a "plaster",
and were so benevolently inclined
that they actually offered to sell us
plasters by the yard. No thanks, the
plasters that "draw" on us so bard, we
have no use for at all. We have too
many "drawing" on us now. We
wouldn't naind buying a few yatds
however, if we could have the privi-
lege of applying them to some of the
fellows that owe us, if the firm will
guarantee that the said plasters will
"draw" successfully in the direction of
inducing those chaps to pay ns what
they- owe. That is the kind of plasters
we are looking for just now.
GIRLS WANTED.— For work on
pewee sewing machines in knitting
mill or on day work. Clean, steady
work and good wages. Apply -The
Watson Mfg, 00., Limited, Parts, Ont.
WM Camp In Goderich.
It -is now announced that the date
of the annual military camp for the
Western Ontario district, to be held
this year a,t Goaerich, has been chang-
ed from Tune 9 to Tune 10. This
change was made to afford the militia
°facials of the district sufficient time
to make the necessary arrangements
and also because of the Provincial
elections coming but, one day before.
The ground to be used for military
camp, consists of about 600 or 700
acres, which is more than twiee the
she of the grounds in. London. It is
situated across the river from the
town and along the lake shore. The
rifle range is about two miles from the
camp. The presence of the lake adds
greatly to the suitability of the
ground for camping purposes, and will
afford. the bathing facilities which are
lacking in the London camp grounds.
Centre Heron.
A well attended convention of Con-
servatives from the municipalities of
the new riding of Centre Huron was
held. in the town hall in Clinton on
Thursday last, for the purpose of or-
ganization, and the selection of a can-
didate for the Legislature. Mr. An-
drew Porter, son of the late Robert
Porter, a former M. P. for West
Huron, was unanimously selected Its a.
candidate without a bellot Wm.
Campbell, of Goderich, was selected as
secretary, and Mr. Broderick of Sea -
forth, as president of the riding asso-
ciation. David Cautelon, of Clinton;
BrodeeiCk, Seaforth, ands Rev.
Elliott, of Goderich, were alto nomin,
ated, but after Making sbort speeehes
all withdrew in favor of Mr. Porter.
Mr., Harry Bilber, M. P. of South
Huron, made a capital speech, and
dealt with the leading issuee of the
campaign in A. cobvinting manner,
and was heartily applaudedthrough.
out.
Burned Out.
Albert Stein, now of Aylesbury,
Sask., but formerly of East Wawa.
nosh, has been unfortunate this
-spring, on bis homestead. He had
just erected a house, when a prairie
fire swept over that district, butned
the home and every thing in it,
except his trunk, the only thing
saved. He salt the fire coming, and
saw the house Was hi -danger, azul was
within thirty rods of it, when the flee
overtook WM. He just had time to
break open the door and pull his
trunk out, and by that time his bed -
was on flee. He %yenta have lost
his life, had it not been that a pond of
water WAS near. Into this he tan, and
remained theta till the fire had swept
by, the ilemee raging ten feet high
around him. When the flee had pass-
ovet„ his, house arid its eontente
were gone. As Boon all seeding is
over, he will rebuild. A prairie ilre
travels very rapidly and often proves
very disastrOuS.
DR. OM% M. Es tendon, tee and
Oar Surgeon, Will be at MeKibboit'S
drag store, on Monday, May 23th.
Otttaraet, equint, failing eyesight,
nasal catarrh, dettfnese, head noises
eated and treatises properly. 'fitted.
ours --12 46 M. to 8 p. M.
Business Change.
Mr. Boyce of London le the pun,
chaser of J Bugg & Son's business.
Stock is being taken as we write this
Item . Mr. Bugg has, not yet decided
as to the future. In the meantime,
the Ad.yance welcomes 10, Boyce to
our town,
Woman's Missionary Meeting.
The annual meeting of W. M. S. of
the Wingham Methodist church was
held the first Tuesday of this ntetath•
and officers for the coming year elect-
ed. Reports were presented showing
emcees of the year just closed, there
being an increase in membership as
well as contributions. Two life mem-
bers were also received, Besides the
usual offerings, a box of clothing and
groceries valued at'$50,0Q Was sent to
the Shacktown Relief Fund, and a box
of fruit to the Deaconess' Home, To-
ronto, The ladies are to be congratu-
lated on their work, and under the
leadership of the new officers, the
coming year should be as successful
as the last.
Out -out prices en rockers and parlor
chairs, at NValker's. A. rocking chair
for $1.00.
Mr. Geo. Kew's Death.
There died in Niagara Falls, N. Ye
on Saturday last George, eldest son of
Mrs. Kew, of Wingham. Deceased
was well-known in the, vicinityof
Whiteehorch, where his father, the
late Mr. Kew, was G. T. R. agent for
many years. For the past nineteen
years, the deceased had, been in the
employ of the Lehigh *alley Ry. Co,
and was their agent at Niagara Falls.
His illness was of about four weelcsr
duration, and began in an attack of la
grippe,' followed by complications.
He was a member of the Methodist
°heath; and leaves a widow, three
daughters and two sons. He was 42
years of age; interment took place on
Tuesday, in Niagara Falls, Ont. His
aged mother, his brother Thomas, and
sister Lydia, all of Wingham, attend-
ed the funeral. Mrs, Wm. Field is
also a sister of the deceased.
liospftal Notes.
The wiaciorn of locating the Hospital
in a high, dry and airy situation is
evident:. ...There are at present eleven
patients in the Hospital... ,The new
superintendent, Miss 'Welch, is very
tnuch beloved by the patients, Her
exceeding kindneas to patients, and
courtesy to visitors are a pleasure to
witness, -.Little Hazel McOosh of
Listowel, who was operated on by Dr.
Kennedy last Saturday, is doing nice-
ly •Mrs. Patterson of Kincardine,
who has been it patient for nearly
three weeks, returned home this week.
..Miss Annie Rodgers is convalescing
rapidly, after a serious operation for
ulcer of the stomach-. . Miss Harris of
Wroxeter and. Miss Nethery of Blue -
vale are getting along very nicely....
-Mrs. M. W. Armstrong, who has
been in the hospital for several weeks,
is improving, and hopes to be able to
return to her 'home this week.
Portunate People.
Among those citizens who may con-
sider themselves fortunate, are those
who happened to reside on streets
along which the engineers plans laid
the waterworks mains. Next to
them, are the residents of Centre
street, for they had the mains laid in
front of their residences without any
expense to them. Other citizens can-
not obtain the.same water privileges
without paying for the cost of the
mains. In other words, all property -
owners pay their share of the eost of
the waterworks. A. few have special
advantages and can tap the mains
passing their doors. This seems to be
a most glaring case of unfairness, and
some 'method of recompense should be
devised, Why the residents of Centre
street should- have been specially
selected for waterworks favors, is poz-
zling some of those who live on less.
favored streets. On other streets, pri-
vote parties have been allowed to pipe
the watet to their homes, thus prac-
tically preventing a sufficient number
of signatures being seethed on that
street for properly laid mains. One
result of this, is that the waterworks
revenue will rethain at it minimum an
such streets, until there is a ehange itt
'the sYstetre
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1-0Sain GiLtule.-Cotrie CO the ging.
ham Mill for your feed, We have
Mattitoba Peed wheat, peas, eereen-
inge and mixed Shop, ranging from
$1.00 to $1.00 per hundred. Also
bran, shorts and low grade flour Con-
stantly on band at right prices. How-
son & Brotichtbalak,
Versohats
Mr. lanes of ppen spent a few
'clays last week at Mr. X. /Jettison's.
Mrs. L. G. binkley visited her eister,
Mrs. S. Hoclgon In Owen Soned last
week.
Dr. trwin retained on Saturday
last from n two weeks' trip to the
West.
141 and Mee., Percy Cali)e of Del-
genve :tont Sunday' with Mra. 0ar-
1141.4 parents, Mr. and Aire. Jas.
Welker,
Etneet Buchanan, Manager of the
Nova Scotia. Batik at Oxford, N.S., is
spendieg
it couple of weeks at hie
home here,
lo$•10
"IPTIM { IrsZlitZtttgll
local Items
, Weer .seers Shoee and Rubbers,
gibe rattle of the lawn mower is
once more heard in the land.
Mrs,"Thos„ Hill of Lower Town Is
recovering slowly from ber illness.
Mrs. Geo. King has been ID for the
past few weeks, and is still unable to
leave her room.
The street sprinkler made its first
apeaaance this year on Wednesday ;
it was needed,
Winghama's maple trees, that line
our residential streets, are putting on
their best green dress,
Rooms To Rams -Over D. M. Gor-
don's store, Apply to Dr. 'Mill.
WAXTED.—AR apprentice to learn
Photography. Apply to M. E. Zur-
brigg, Photographer.
Mr, I. 0. Leckie has a new baker,
and has put a horse and rig on the
road for his patrons. See his advt.
The Returning officer for North
Huron, Mr. McQuillin, is looking after
his duties faithfully and carefully.
The weather is fine this week ; farm-
ers look pleased, and townspeople are
getting their garden work done.
Sunday next will be May 24t1ts
Monday will be regarded as the holi-
day. Do your business on Saturday.
WANTED -Large quantities of eggs,
18c ;And. tub butter. -Geo, E. King.
Let your feet enjoy the 24th of May
in a pair of our comfortable Oxfords.
-W. T. Greer.
Rev. W. G. notvson and Mr, J'. Kerr
as delegate attended the District
meeting held in Brussels on Tuesday
aid Wednesday.
Our towniman, Mr. Chas. Reading,
who has been confined to his home
with illness for some time past, is, we
are sorry to say, no better.
The Little Eaton is offering seven
free trips to Toronto Fair, railway and
hotel bills all paid. See advt. this
week, and get into the race. •
BRING along your shoes; we do re-
pairing and wE Do IT =FRT. Lowest
priees. W. J. Greer. •
WA.NTED.-A prebationer for Wing -
ham General Hospital. Apply per-
sonally, or by letter to Mies J. E.
Welch, Superintendent,
Mr. Thomas Abram and son, lst line
of Morris, sold and. delivered to John
Louttit of 'Wingham, nearly nin'e hun-
dred dollars worth of cattle last week;
To -night (Wednesday) Mr. John
Joynt, President of North Huron Con-
servative Association, will address the
Borden Club in the Chisholm Hall.
In connection with the Epworth
Leagoe meeting next Monday evening
et lhaesrtle. will be an interestiug-debate by
members of Dr. Piece's young men's
Fon Saa.u.-The best grades of Man-
gle, Turnip and Carrot Seeds. -Geo.
E. King.
SALE OP COATS. -15 ladies' spring
coats, value up to $7,00 each -Satur-
day sale price $5.00 -at H. B. Isard
& Co.
A meeting of the Wingbam Rifle
Association will be held at 8 o'clock on
Friday evening, in F. VanStone's
office, for the purpccse of eleeting
officers for the ensuing 'year. All
interested please attend.
Mr, and Mrs. Zarbrigg keenly feel
the death of their little one, that had
gladdened their home for a few weeks,
Pneumonia, set in, and death quickly
followed on. Thursday. evening.
Fon SALE CLIDAP-One rubber -tired
buggy in good order and °tie wind. -
4. McLean.
Don't neglect your feet -get them
well dreesed for the 24th of May.
Call, 'n e. will be pleased to show you
the newest in Footwear.. -W. J. Greer.
The members of the Bowling Club
and Tennis Court ere requested to
meet the Shareholders on busrdess of
importance at 8 p.m., in Council
Olonnber, �n Tuesday, May 26t1m.
Well attended and successful meet-
ings were held by Mr. Musgrove dur-
ing the past few days at Clortie, Pord-
with, Bluevale, Belgrave, St Helens,
Port Albert, Kintail and Dungannon.
Sq far, We have not heard of any
meetings being held by Me. Currie,
the Liberal candidate. Ile is however
canvassing the riding thorcaghlY, ,
Big shipment of Victoria ebees for
ladies; react advt. on page 5.
Willis & Co.
WA'xietn.-100 tlibe of ehoice grasei
Butter ; any quantity of Elggs. High-
est prices paid either cash or trade. -
Geo, IL Ktng.
George, -;tt of Mr. Alex. Young of
town, hits been selected as tnanager of
the Vlekere 'Hardware Co., Port Wit-
liattl, and will begin his duties Sane
1st The Miters Co. is a large,
%vealtily corporation, itini the position
is a, resporteible one. the thin for
will* George has been travelling re.
commended hint for the position.
His Winghatin friends Wish him sue-
cese.
Special priees on all kiode of faint -
Lure jest nont,- at Walker's- Purniture
store.
Srarns.-4 full line of Mangold end
Tamil) Seed of the best reeommended
varlet -lea, will be found at IL AWde's
flour and feed store,
LAKOSIDO BASEBALL, MOUE,
The following is the schedule of
games arranged for this season. in
Which the Winglaem Baseball teem
will take part :-
Winghtirn at Kineardine,....May 20t1L
Goderich a,t Wingham........Tune 5th
Winghare at Lucknovv,.....june 12th
Kincardine at Wingham....June 19th
Wingham at Blyth... .. june 2,5th
Lueknow at Wingham, July ard
Wingliam at Gorieriell July 17th
Blyth itt Wingliana . July 24th
Goderich at Wingbants July 31st
Wingham at Kincardine,. ,Picnic Day
Kincardine at Wingham.... Aug. llth.
Wingham at Lucknow Aug. 14th
Blyth at Wingbarn. Aug. 20th
VVingham at Goderich. Aug. 28th
LucicnoW at Wingham.....Sept. 4th
Wingha,m at Blyth Sept. 14th
Belgrave.
Mrs. Rivers of 13rign is visiting
her son, Rev. G. W. Rivers.
Mr. and Mrs. G. 0. Hewer of Brig -
den are visiting at the parsonaee.
Miss Shed -den of Morris Sundayed
with Mrs, Wm. Geddes of this village.
Rev. and Mrs, T. E. Sawyer of A.sh-
field were guests at the parsonage on
Monday,
Mrs. Mayor and son of Winnipeg
visited at LA. Brandon's and Wm.
Wray's this week,
Mrs. Clark of' Guelph is at the bed-
side of her mother, Mrs. Dalgarno,
who is seriously ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. David of Clinton
visited some of their many friends in
Belgrave last week.
Mrs. 0. L, Pritchard of Wyoming,
who has been visiting her niece, Mrs.
Rivers, has returned home.
Armstrong & 0o. shipped it carload
of hogs on Tuesday, and Clegg & Co.
a carload on Wednesday; prme, $5.65
per 100,
Fred. Scandrett and John Isbister
both passed their exams., in Toronto,
very creditably at the School of Prac-
tical Science.
U.
Lonclrcon'ctlwuketilleds °Ulf elle"ervv°14ceCsoliege
nigit,
Penni cher& last Sunday.
ROV. V, Powell, of Ohesley, will con.
duct the services in $t. Paul's ClAtireht
Wingham, next Sunday,
Maitland. Presbytery met on Tues.
dayitt Teeswater. The W. 1", M. S.
held a, meeting ha connection there-
with.
Next Wednesday evening, 27t1t inst,
Rey. W. G. ,Hanna, of Mt. Forest,
will address a meeting of members of
all Wingham Churches, in the ltletlao,
dist church, on the work of the Lord's
Day
Rev. Mr, Martin, Presbyterian min-
ister of Exeter, tendered his resigna-
tion of his pastoral tharge, at the re-
cent meeting of Huron Presbytery.
He stated that he had reeehtly com-
pleted the 25th year of his pastorate
there, that the relationship between
himself and. the people during the
whole periOd had been of the most
pleasant description and that he was
now resigning for personal and domes.'
tic reasons only.
Mrs. B.‘Flynn will sell by private
sale, up till end of lune, all her house-
hold furniture. Call at her residence
on Minnie street.
Rev. G. W. Rivera attended the dise
trict meeting at Brussels on Tuesday
and Wednesday, and Rev. J.J. flastie
attended the Presbytery at Teeswater
on the same day.
Mr, I,. Williams,
hardware mer-
chant, is having a storage house and a
stable erected on his property, which
will be a great improvement. Mr.
Watson has the contract.
Mr. Putland and family have moved
to Ethel. Mr. and Mrs. Tisdale will
move into the house vacated by Mr.
Putland, and it is said Mr. Armstrong
will move on. to his farm adjoining the
village,
The executors' sale for the estate of
the late 'Mr. McCrae was a success.
The stook, implements and farm were
all sold. at good prices, John Arm-
strong, cattle dealer of Belgrave, was
the purchaser of the farm. Being a
good. grams farm, it will be very ser-
viceable to Mr. Armstrong,
Mr. Musgrove's meeting in the hall
here last Friday evening was well at-
tended. The addresses of Mr. Mus-
grove and Mr. Spotton were both
good. The questions of the day were
fairly and clearly dealt with, and the
audience, vvhicli consisted of Conser
vo,tives and Liberals, listened atten-
tively to the speakers. Belgrave audi-
ences are good listeners, especially
when they have good speakers. Mr.
Musgrove reports good success as he
goes through the riding.
Warning To Conservatives.
To the Editor of the Advance.
DEAR, Sin :-Those of our Conserva-
tive brethren, who have been reading
the Brussels Post, will no doubt have
noticed that that periodical is very
loud in its expressions of pretended
sympathy for Mr. Bowman, saying
that he, elr. Bowman, was not treated
fairly by his party, and that some
Conservatives have been heard to say
they did not intend to vote for Mr.
Musgrove. This We believe to be a
very cunning scheme on the part of
the Post, intended to get the Conser-
vatives of this riding divided in their
vote on the tlx of lune. and we hope
they will not be nils-lecl in this by any
such cunning tactics. Let us remem-
ber that its union there is strength,
and let every man who pretends to be
a Conservative, in this constituency,
turn out and vote for the one who has
been chosen by a delegated Conven-
tion as our candidate. We believe
that none of our party have anything
but respect for Ur. Bowman, but there
were the two men, and of the two
Mr. .111nAgroVe seemed to be the peo-
ple's choice. Had it been otherwise,
and Mr. Bowman had been chosen,
we are confident that Mr. Musgrove
would have been faithful to the prin-
ciples he believes to be right, and
would have clone all in his power to
see Mr. Bowman elected. The writer
of this article believes Me. Bowman
will be loyal to his brother, alt.. Mus-
grove, in this eannpaign.
The fact is, Mr. Bowman has not
been cast: npon the shelf by his party
as the Post would have es believe. OP
as these pessimists would. have Mr.
13owrnan think. Ile has not been
twice turned down as the editor of the
Post has by his own patty, Mr. Bow-
man's turn will come, arid then let
every tette Conservative stand by hint
as they should. It has been said t'all
things CORia to the man who waits,"
end we aro sure Mr. Bowman has not
lost faith in Conservative brethren by
this seeming disappointment for the
thrte His turn will come, rio doubt,
later on. Mr. 13oWman is (we have no
doubt.) very thankful foe the tender
oympathy thus extended by his Grit
Mende, but we do not believe him to
stand in any great need of such pity,
tendered by the Post, with the evident
object ill Vi07 of dividing OUP
II8 bOiVal* atid stand With un.
broken ranks on .Tune 8th.
Allow inc as it friend of Mr. Bow-
nuna to subscribe mytelf, aVI 1 really
atn, A MORRIS VOTRIL
µ
Matta.
Vanelekle-In Wingbant, May 13, to
Me, and Mre. Vansickle, it daughter.
OUND
For all who desire to increase
their FLESH and sTREivorg
enrich and purify the BLOOD,
invigorate the MIND and BODY,
in
FLAXSEED
EMULSION COMP.
a perfect remedy that will ao-
complish this and more. The
most sensitive and delicate can
take it, Unequalled as a SPRING
TONIC and for EXHAUSTION
and NERVOUS TROUBLES, For
BRONCHITIS, COUGHS, ETC„ is
superior to Cod Liver Oil Com-
pounds. $1.00 Bottle for
50 Cents.
"nor
J. Walton Mdibbon
DRUaUIST
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The Leading Shoe Store.
IT'S OXFORD
TIME.
There's a whole Summer's
comfort ahead for the Man or
Woman who buys Oxfords now.
Furthermore, they're the sty-
lish caper.
More Oxfords will be worn this
season than. ever before.
No matter what the price -no
matter what the style -we are
ready for you with the largest,
finest and swellest stook of Men's
and Women's Oxfords in town.
For Ladies and Misses we have
Oxfords at $1.25, $1.50 to $3 00.
For Men and Boys our prices
are $1.50, $2.00 to $4.00.
Plenty of styles at every' price
to select from.
See Thinn, and you'll see the
Oxford display of the town.
Buy Them, and you'll buy at
right prices.
.qco us for Trunks and Valises
W. J. GREER
ti
Cake, Bread
and a Wagon.
vasaimmiro*
During the Victoria Day eke.
brations treat yourself and your
visitors to the hest in baking.
Pare, well kneaded, weli 'raked,
well baked bread-delielout, plain
end, fancy sakes of all kinds.--
alwayS fresh -always the kind
),On are proud to offer visitors,'
NOTB.-In -order to serve /Ott
better, / have laatalled a hand-
some new waggon which will
call on you, as oftee as required,
Jo Co !ACME