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36T$ YEAR, NO. 37.
WINGRAM, ONT., TR (TIISDAY, MAY 13, I909.
SANCTUM PARAGRAPHS. + North Huron Telephone Ga.
Further progress may be reported
tide week. The Co. has put'chased the
G. N. W. through Whitechurch to
Lucknow, and a line across to St.
Augustine will be built forthwith.
The purchase of the Bell Telephone
line to Be ore isncompleted,
lm arl nearly
The operations of the Co. are being
welcomed by the farmers in every
direction. ^
-The article in a recent issue of the
Advance on "Dealing with home mer-
chants," seems to leave been appro,
priate, for merchants in other towns
have taken the article to their home
t int
papers for re-produc ion heir
columns.
« «*
-Our readers will have noted in the
minutes of Wingham Town Council
that the Mayor has been authorized to
secure some competent engineer to
report on "water for domestic pur-
poses." When this forthcoming re-
port has been received, and pigeon-
holed along with the two that have
preceded it, we shall surely have "tak-
en the matter into ouryserious consid-
eration" often enough, and spent
money enough in preliminaries to
warrant us in expecting some sub-
stantial resnits.
* **
-For a comparatively sober Iot,
Canadians do get away with a lot of
stuff stronger than water. The Latest
report, for the year ending 31st March,
1008, shows that the thirsty chaps
in this ,Dominion got away with over
47 million gallons. This means that
every thousand people in Canada con-
sumed, during the year, 889 gallons of
spirits, 5,812 gallons of beer, and 90
gallons of wine. These figures are a
slight increase over those of last year.
The cost of these gallons of liquid re-
freshment is estimated at nearly 77
million dollars.
* * *
-In the course of an inspiring ad-
dress .delivered at --Berlin recently, Mr.
R. S. Neville, of Toronto, paid the fol-
lowing eloquent tribute to what Great
Britain has done for Canada :-"As to
Canada, Great Britain conquered it
150 years ago at great cost of blood
and treasure, and has made it a free
gift to us, with all its revenues, for all
time to come. Gradually she has ex-
tended' its borders, fenced it about,
• n. empty,
held it out for though g p y,
against all the land -hungry nations of
the world, and guarded every vital in-
terest. In 125 years since the treaty
of 1783 we have had 122 years of peace,
and to -day we find ourselves in posses-
sion of one of the greatest countries
ever possessed by a people, with two
wide ocean frontiers, the greatest in-
land waterways in the world, a trans-
continental chain of organized pro-
vinces, and no one thing lacking re-
quisite for our national greatness.
History shows no parallel. It could
not have been accomplished by any
but the Mistress of the Sea, and only
by her through broad statesmanship,
splendid foresight, and skilful diplo-
macy unsurpassed in any ri'ge or in
any part of the world."
* * *
-At the Strathroy Teachers' As-
sociation, Dr. Sheard, Medical Health
of the
0
Officer for Toronto, in speaking in
fii
g
homework system for the student un-
der fourteen years of age, said --
"I am strongly opposed to it, for
it is criminal. The first offence
should be punished by a fine, and
the second by imprisonment."
It is a fact that there is too much
cram and crowd in the educational in-
stitutions of the present day. But the
teachers should not bear all the blame.
Parents demand'rapid progress. As a
rule, if the pupil fails, it is the teach-
er's fault (of course), and if the pupil
succeeds, it is (of course) due to the
pupil's cleverness. Pupils• are forced
into the race, in order that they may
"pass" out of one form into another,
where the rape is even more strenu-
ous. Teachers must of necessity add
impetus to the speed, because Trustee
Boards take their record in "passing
pupils" into account, when engaging
them and considering salary. Besides,
what teacher does not pride himself
on the large number "passed," and on
the "standing" of the School. So it
happens that children, with mental
powers not yet developed, are 'rushed'
to the injury (in some cases) of physi-
cal as well as mental powers.
* * *
Attempted Burglary.
On Monday night, Mr, Gurney was
aroused by a noise downstairs, and on
investigating, he found that some per-
son bad gained an entrance to his cel-
lar and was endeavoring to get up in-
to the residence part of the house,
He fired off a revolver, and then hast-
ened to arouse the neighbors,. but
when help arrived, felly prepared far
any emergency, the intruder had
gone.
Serious Accident.
A serious accident occurred on
Friday last to Mr. Christopher Jobb of
Turnberry. He had left his own home
to come to Wingham, and when near
what is known as Jobb's bridge, one
of the shafts of the buggy broke. This
frightened the horse and it broke the
other shaft then ran away, upsetting
the buggy, throwing Mr. Jobb under
it, with the result that one of his lege
was broken. A similar• accident hap.
pened to Mr. Jobb a .few years ago,
and he has since been lame as a result.
Unfortunately, it was the same limb
that was broken on Friday last, and
the accident will lay Mr. Jobb aside
again, just as the busy season is com-
mencing. When the trouble began
with the horse, .Mr. and Mrs. Under:
wood were just ahead of Me. Johh,
and they got out of their buggy, Mr.
Underwood going to Mr. Jobb's assist-
ance, while Mrs. Underwood held
their horse. When the runaway
horse reached. Mr. Underwood's horse, -
it took a hand in the 'race, and both
horses ran towards- Wingham, and
were caught near the brick -yard by
Mr. Arch. Trew.
A new floor at small cost. A half -
gallon can of Campbell's Floor Finish
xvil1 make your old Floor look as new.
This Finish comes in Transparent also
with stain combined, producing beauti-
ful imitations of natural woods. Rich-
ardson & Rae sell it.
PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD.
Wingham School Board held their
regular monthly meeting on Tuesday
evening ; all members present.
The Principal's monthly report for
April showed the average attendance
to have been :-1st Dept., 51 ; 2nd
Dept., 53 ; 3rd Dept., 50 ; 4th Dept.,
40 ; 5th Dept., 45 ; Oth Dept., 44 ; 7th
Dept., 45 ; total average, 331. The re-
port was adopted.
ACCOUNTS.
H. B. Elliott, advt. Times, Mail
and Globe $ 8.77
W. Taylor, work 2.50
J. F. Groves, clerical work • 1.00
T. Hall, advertising .... , : 1.00
Richardson & Rae, supplies 61
A. E. Lloyd, expense and phone1.75
W. G. Gray, teaming and freight 3.55
J. Client), work 50
S. G. Stewart 155
S. Glenn, lumber • 73.97
Geo. Mason, supplies 1908.9 21.27
These accounts all passed except
the last, which was pot certified to.
Two tenders were received for re.
modelling the steam heattlog 1 Alex.
Young $408.00 ; W. J._:Boyce, $595.00.
Architect Binning of Listowel, was
present. and after full consideration,
the tender of Alex. yonug was accep-
ted on motion of Lloyd and Pringle,
the work to be done by August 16th ;
75 per cent. to be paid on completion
of work, and the balance after suffi-
cient test.
-Rural mail delivery would be ret
boon to the farmers of Canada, but
the present so-called rural mail de-
livery is practically a farce. A rural
delivery along mail rontes is unfair
and partial. Possibly the expense is
too great to fully introduce the boon,
at the rate our public debt is now in,
pxgasing. About forty-si* million dol-
lars t re a;)fled to the debt last year,
and more must be added this year and
pe*t. Millions of this go to help cor-
s.';'-' porations, r s.ilways, pay bounties, etc.,
shill• enrich eapiraiists. What about
the colpmon people, the ordinary tax-
payer P Should they not be consid-
ered ? Or are they simply the source
o the bills for
who must foot
of supely,w
the other and more fortunate chaps ?
The editor of this paper is democratic
or socialistic (if !you like) enough to
think that the masses ought to get
some consideration. If the peeula-
tions of graft were stepped, and some
of the many millions given to favored
railway egrporations, Others for boun- i
ties, and for indemnities to the sleepy
4n4 xtseless old fossils snugly tur^ked
in for llto in the Renate -if these mil-
lions were diverted annually towards
rural Mail delivery, Canadian farmers
would soon have the benefits of a.rn,atl
delivery system worthy of the nesse.
It is not that the country cannot af-
ford it,but that our rnillions are di-
vertedinto the wrong channels. Is
that not trete P If so, what are you
going to do about it?
WINDHAM MARKETS.
Wheat -$L12.
Oats -46c to 40c.
Barley -55 cts.
Peas -85 cts. to
Hay -$8.00 to $9.00 per n.
Butter -5.18 cts.
Eggs -18 cts.
Potatoes -40c to 45c per bushel
Live Hogs -$7.40.
�er8o1la$
The Three Favors.
There's three things in life 'at I've
' allus aid
There's nuthin' on airth that kin beat
'em -
The two first are slices of home-made
bread.
An' the third is the stummick to eat
'em,
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Rev. M M. Goldberg Deceased.
Many in this section of country will
regret to hoar of the death of the
above-named clergyman, formerly
Rector of Lucknow, His last charge
was Eastwood, from which, he retired
nearly two years ago, Mr. Goldberg
was born in Warsaw, Poland, and re-
ceived his education in England, coin-
ing to,. Canada in 1880. He held
charges at Lucknow, Markdale and
Eastwood. For some time past he
had been in poor health and his death
was not unexpected.
Wrote Exam, In Bed.
The Bruce Times reports the follow-
ing :-About two weeks before the
recent dental examinations in Toron-
to, Russell McLean of Brant"under-
went an operation for appendicitis,
and was still bed -ridden when called
upon to write on his final year in
dentistry. Packing up the pillows
b'bhind him, be waded in and demon-
strated the kind of pluck that is raised
in Brant, by writing the entire exam-
ination in bed. What is of even more
consequence is the fact that he was
able to graduate near the top, while
no less than fourteen others of his
class were unable to get on the inside
of the pass mark.
Succeeding hi Hamilton.
Rev. R. E. Allen, of Hamlton, for-
merly Baptist pastor of Wingham, in
writing the editor of this paper pays
us the following compliment -"You
have a paper you may well be proud
of, clean up-to-date, and reliable."
The Advance is pleased to note from
the Canadian Baptist that Mr. Allen
is prospering in his work in Hamilton.
On Lord's Day, April 25, he adminis-
tered the ordinance of baptism to four-
teen young converts, scholars ^of the
intermediate classes of the Sunday
School. On May 2, he gave the right
hand of fellowship to fifteen new
members, making forty-six received
since Mr, Allen began his work there
in December last. The congregations
are said to be the largest in the his-
tory of the Church. Thepastor's
Wingham friends will be pleased to
hear of his success.
Rich. Howson was ]}orale fromlt Credi-
ton over Sunday,
Ed. tiradwin of Toronto, visite this
week with his parents.
Elliott Fleming of Brantford. spent
Sunday at his hone itx town.
Alex, Stewart of Seaforth spent
Sunday at his home near town.
Miss Lizzie
Plenty spent Sa
diy
with Mrs. Winfield iWitechurch.
Mrs. H. 11. Chisholm of Tomtit() is
visiting her sister, Mrs, It, Vanstone.
The Misses Ford of Lucknow spent
Saturday last with the Misses Gracey.
Miss Murray of Lucan was the guest
of Mier{ Laura 1M.ulvey dgrhig 0he.ligst
week:
A. Il, Musgrove, M. I;, A,r itas lxorge
from iib eter to spend 8}gndity with
his family, ...
Mrs, ter 'txson returned on Tuesday
evening after a Winter's sojourn in
California. tier mother, Mfrs. Pelton,
returned with her,
Ma. Zoo, Pattison returned last
week to her home in Port Elgin. Her
many Mende will be pleased to (earn
that she id recovering from her recent
illnee'e,
Tur Nics AND VALISES. -Big stock to
select from at lowest prices.��
W. J. GREER.
Kill The Burdocks.
The burdoek forest that are allowed
to flourish year after year on the
streets and in front or back yards of
this town are an eye sore to both resi-
dents
esi-
d n s and visitors. It is perhaps not
generally known that the burdock is
very easily eradicated. The large
leaves are the Lungs of its system,
while the** long roots forage in the
ground for the nourishment required
to supply the plant life. Take any
kind of a sharp tool -a long knife, a
spade or a spud -and cut the leaf part
off an inch or so below the ground. If
this operation is properly performed
the result will be dead burdocks. It
would only take a few minutes now
again to administer this treatment to
all the burdocks and other large
weeds within your jurisdiction, and
the improvement in appearance of the
premises will be sufficient to give
anyone perfect satisfaction for the ex-
penditure of tune and effort. Try it
this spring and summer,
Married In Arizona.
A very pretty wedding took place
on April 21st at the home of Mrs, Gar-
ret Ryan, Phcnnix, Arizona, when
Miss Laura Jean Sheppard Ifortnerly
of Wingham, and daughter of the late
Mrs. Jas. Raby) was united in• Mar-
riage to Mr. Leslie B. Gregory of Chi-
huahua, Mexico. The ceremony was
performed by the Rev. Mr. Atwood of
Pha:nix. The bride was gowned in a
princess dress of white French organ-
die, trimmed with hand embroidery
ani real i0ppc and carried an armful
of rases, The house was a bower of
yeses and swept peas. Immediately
after the ceremony, the wedding party
went fora long attta drive and then to
the Hotel AElagts where a special lun-
plicon was served. After luncheon a
reception was held at the home of
Mrs. H. U. Corson (a friend of the.
bride) of Tempo, a city across the river
from Pha.nix, at which there were
about two hundred guests present.
The reception over, the newly -wedded
their
couple left for home in
P
Mexico, which had been furnished
throughout by the' office force of the
San Toy Mining Co„ of which the
groom is cashiot. The bride's travel,
ling dress was a brown messalihe silk,
made empire, with long light tan coat
prra,ldeil in sante eploi', and hat to
match. The bride is 4 trained nurse,
and has been following her profession
in Mexieo for some time, .Her Wing -
ham friends will join in wishing her
an abundance of happiness in her near-
rled life.
•
11,R fOVAL---:Hiss Mae Westi dress-
maker, announces that she has re-
moved to earner 6f Minnie and Pat-
rick streets, where oho will be pleased
to meet her friends and serve her eus-
tomere as beforro
Kept In Good Trim.
A Winghamite was hi Clinton re-
contly, and called at the House of
Refuge. The new wing has been
furnished and occupied, and the ad-
ditions to the waterworks system are
a great improvement. Everything
sem t e' order, seems in the best of r s:r, Tho
rooms are clean, tidy and comfortable,
and while the order is strict, kindness
is the rule. There are nearly one
hundred inmates, and as some of
them are past the ninetieth milestone
of human life, the duty of caring for
them is no sinecure. Mr. and Mrs,
Match seem admirably adapted for
the position, sand their duties are
faithfully performed. Huron House
of Refuge is well managed, and its
inmates are apparently very comfort-
able and satisfied,
To Abate An Evil.
E. N. Lewis, M. P. for West Huron,
is certainly endeavoring to make
hirnself useful. His latest effort is to
give notice of the following resoln-
tion :-"W-hereas, the tramp evil is
feet becoming a nuisance to Canada,
and whereas, the present system of
herding all prisoners within stone
walls where they cannot have proper
occupations or any occupation with-
out interfering with organized labor
tends to making more vicious those
who might otherwise be reclaimed. -
Be it resolved that in the opinion of
this House the Government of Canada
should set apart 10,000 acres in north-
ern Ontario and 10,006 in northern
Quebec contiguous to each other as a
prison farm, where all offenders and
criminals, except those convicted of
the most heinous crimes, may be im-
prisoned on indeterminate sentences
at bard labor and kept there either at
farming, making roads or metal for
roads, or any other employment
which will not interfere with free
labor, until the inspector certifies that
the prisoner is able and willing to
earn his own living and it is proper to
give him a chance to do so.
Accepted Invitation.
Rev. W; L. Rutledge, B. A„ pastor
of First Methodist Church, London,
has written accepting the invitation
of Wingham Official Board, subject to
the decision of the Stationing com-
mittee, Mr. Rutledge was sent to his
present appointment on account of
the removal of the then pastor, Rev.
W. H. Graham, to Toronto, to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Rev.
Dr. Potts. At that time (two years
ago) Rev, R. Whiting had been
already invited to the First Church,
London, and it is expected thftt the
Stationing committee will approve of
that invitation. This will free Mr.
Rutledge from the First. Church,
where he has been receiving a salary
of $2,00Y, in his letter, he states, that
he will- consider it as much an honor
to serve the Master in Wingham, as
in the First Church, London. On
Tuesday of last week, at the annual
Convocation of Wesleyan Theological
College, Montreal, Mr. Rutledge was
created Doctor of Divinity, "in
absentia." Rev. Mr. Rutledge is espe-
cially pleased with the honor, because
it comes from the Wesleyan Theologi-
cal College, which is federated with
McGill University, whore his arts
course was taken. The matter was
altogether unknown to Mr. Rutledge
until a telegram from the principal,
Rev. Ds. Shaw, received earlier in the
week, informed him that the senate
had decided to confer the honor upon
him.
Successful. Anniversary.
Notwithstanding the unfavorable
weather of Sunday last, the anniver-
sary services of Wingham Methodist
Sunday School may be recorded suc-
cessful. Rev. A. Johnston of Wood-
stock was the speaker for the day, and
proved an able and acceptable supply.
In the morning he spoke more espe-
cially to the children, from Songs of
Solomon 2:1-"I am the Rose of Shar-
on and the Lily of the Valley," illgss
toting his remarks with a rose and a
lily. In the afternoon an interesting
session was held, and. Mr. Johnston
spoke more particularly to the work-
ers of the School, and in the evening
to the young people, especially to
the young men. Mr. Johnston Is a
young man of promise and was for-
merly a Wingham boy and attended
the Public School here. Hence his
visit here was of more interest on that
account, The music for the day was
in charge of Mr. J. A, Morton, who
reinforced the usual church h choir with
e
a number of the Sunday School sing-
ers, and the sacred song was a pleas-
ing and prominent feature of the day,
Che churdh was prettily deeorated for
the occasion. The School has well
developed under the superintendency
of Mr. Buchanan, ant is In a very
prosperotts condition, having 21 regu-
lar teachers and $ associate teachers
average attendance of teachers and
dithers, 2i. Any scholar absent thir-
teen weeks is removed from the roll,
and yet there are 445 on the roll, and
the average attendance for the year
has been 270. Por the last three
months, the aVerago bas been 800.
During the. year just closed, theSchool
raieed about we, of which $210 was
for missions. About forty members
of the School joined the Church dur-
Ing the year. The anniversary colied
1tians were $20,41
Death Of A Brother.
Mrs. F1eity received word on Wed-
nesday of the death of her brother,
Mra, Thos. Bildson of Alma, Mich.
Deceased was in his usual health until
about ten days ago when be was
stricken With paralysis. He formerly
resided inWalkerton Wa kerion and was '74 years
of age. Besides his wife, who has
been an invalid for a number of years,
he leaves four sons and one daughter,
also three sisters.
Baseball League.
.An organization meeting for the
Baseball League was held in Teeswat-
er on Thursday last. Delegates were
present from Teeswater, Harriston,
Walkerton and Wingham. Messrs.
1 i, Moore and P, Logue were the rep-
resentatives from Wingham. It was
decided to organize a League to be
known as "The Big Three," to be com-
posed of the following teams -Semis -
ton, Walkerton, Teeswater, and the
Western Foundry Nine of Wingham.
The following officers were elected :-
President, N. L. Schaub, Harriston ;
Vice -Pres., P. Logue, Wingham ; Sec.
Treas., Geo. Colvin, Teeswater. Ex-
ecutive -O. Smith of Walkerton, J. E.
Green and G. Colvin of Teeswater, and
E. Moo°re of Wingham. It was de-
cided to commence a double schedule
about June 1st, ending about August
13th. The Western Foundry has en-
tered a strong team and a good sea-
son's sport is looked for. New uni-
forms and outfits have been purchased
at considerable expense, and the en-
terprising Co. ;whose name the team
bears, will be pleased to see the locals
well patronized. Mr, P. Logue is
Manager of the team, Wilfred Fry,
Secretary, and Mr. Sinclair, Treasurer,
The following is the schedule of the
games :-
June 1-WinG'ham at Harriston
June 5-Harriston at Walkerton
June 8-Teeswater at Wingham
June 14- Walkerton at Teeswater
June 15-Wingham at Teeswater
Juno 18-Harriston at Wingham
June 21-Teeswater at Harriston
June 21 -Walkerton at Harriston
June 20-Wingham at Walkerton
July 5-Teeswater at Walkerton
July 8-Harriston at Teeswater
July 9 -Walkerton at Wingham
Daly 12-Teeswater at Walkerton
July 15-Wingham at Harriston
July I6-Walkertdh at Teeswater
July 20-Harriston at Walkerton
July 21-Teeswater at Wingham
July 23-Teeswater at Harriston
July 26-Wingham at Teeswater
July 30 -Walkerton at Wingham
Aug. 3-Harriston at Teeswater
Aug. 5-Wingham at Walkerton
Aug. 11-Harriston at Wingham
Aug. 13 -Walkerton at Harriston
A Golden Wedding.
A happy gathering, a family re-
union and Golden Wedding festivities,
were joyful events at the residence of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Breen, 'Patrick
street, on Monday last. This worthy
couple were born in the county of
Fermanagh, Ireland and were united
in the bonds of matrimony on May
10th, 1859. Six weeks later, they sail-
ed together for Canada, and settled
for nine years in the township of Dar-
lington. In 1868 they came to Turn-
ber•ry,where by frugality and indus-
try, they made a comfortable home
for their family, and where they re•
sided until they renioved to Wingharn
a little over five years ago. To them
were born three' daughters and six
sons. The daughters are -Mrs. John-
ston and Mrs. J. Fortune of Sault Ste
Marie, and Mrs. W. A. Mines of Turn -
berry. Tho sons are -R. J. of Turn -
berry, Wm. 3. of Grand Rapids, Mich.,
Chas. of Milwaukee, Thos. A. of Sault
Ste Mat•ie, David of Turnberry, and
Geo. H. of Dighton, Mich. The fami.
ly has not yet been broken into by
death and all were present to celebrate
the fiftieth anniversary of the wed
ding day, The gratitude of the family
for Providential mercies was fittingly
expressed by a religious service, con-
ducted at 5 p.m. by Rev. C. E. Jealiins,
Mrs. Breen met with an accident some
time ago, which considerably reduced
her activity, and the thoughtfulness
of the sons was evidenced by their
complete arrangements for the wed-
ding dinner at 0 p. m. at Kennedy's
restaurant, where a most appetizing
repast was furnished in Mr. and Mrs.
Kennedy's excellent style,and which
was enjoyed by about fifty guests.
After dinner, the evening- wits pleas-
antly spent in Mr. Kennedy's upstair
parlors, with vocal and instrumental
music. Among the presents were -A
gold headed cane fop Mr. Breen, - a
gold headed parasol for Mrs. l3reen, a
handsome cabinet of silver, a number
of $20 gold pieces, and other tokens of
filial affection. The following verse
s
were read to the parents
TO Mit. AND MRS. ROBERT BREEN.
MAX 10rrr, 18504000.
ltf S( r{OLppr7 WI1Di]INO DAY.
My 'wedding char
ixTty wkdding day of fifty golden years,
trange mixture of life's loves, and hopes, and
roars;
liow different is my view point an 1 gaze
All Si> cthe
that first weddinglday.. aye
My wedding day -
Stilt stands my chosen bridegroom by my side,
Still is the star Of lova our constant guide.
Our goodly Sonpne and daughters round ns stand;
rVhOiii this dear wedding all land.
My wedding day --
Oh, God is good to grant sueh wealth to me,
Such treasures of pure love,ens& bleasing't
While In the golden light ofifty year; ltrse;
Transfigured Rhinos all elution, trouble;, tears,
This holy wedding day.
My wedding dar-
t bow tny head in thenktnlness and praise
To the Ureal Leve who's' Jtept Lie all Our days,
"Still keep and guaCrrd u5 Oh Thou Mighty Ono,
Tillwepr Dray thiss treading
y. earth work
eel"
SUBSCRIPTION$1.60 o Bvsaoaais Rs a U,
"Local 'items
Drink Christie's. Teas.
Wear Greer's Shoes and Rubbers.
Pure Seeds.-,AwrE s, Wingham.
Read Willis & Co.'s advt. on page 8.
J, A, Van0amp, who has been in
the hospital with pneumonia, is re-
covering.
Provincial Constable Phippen es-
corted a man to the castle in Goderich
on Monday.
Mrs. Goy has had a cement foun-
dation placed under her residence.
Wm. Fryfogle did the work.
A Square Piano for sale. Apply to
Wm. Fessant.
The Advance regrets to report that
Mr. T. J. Elliott is not improving any,
but has been suffering more re-
cently.
Dr. Irwin, Treasurer of Wingham
Hospital, acknowledges the receipt of
812, as the result of the Theatorium
Benefit entertainment.
Three cab loads of teachers and
members of St. Paul's Sunday School
attended the S. S. Convention in Blyth
on Wednesday of this week.
Fon SALE. -A quantity of Seed
Oats, White Derby and Waverly, at
W. F. VanStone's farm.
A meeting of the Tennis Club will
be held in the Council Chamber at 8
o'clock on Friday evening. All inter-
ested are invited to be present.
Insurance companies haveannounc-
ed a reduction of 15c on the rate of
insurance. Plenty of room for it in
some cases without hurting them-
selves.
Mothine, said to prove death and
banishment to buffalo moths and ver-
min of that kind, is sold by S. W. Mc-
Kibben ; see advt. of Brown & Lee, on
page 5. •
FOR SALE OR To RENT. -A comfort-
able house on Victoria street. Apply'
to Wm. Snell.
North Huron License Commission-
ers met on Saturday and completed
their work. The Exchange Hotel
license, which had been left over, was
granted.
Thos. Johnston, of Proton Tp., owns
a cow which gave birth to four calves
the other day. All four were alive
and perfectly formed, but died shortly
afterwards.
A meeting of merchants and clerks
will be held in the Couueil room on
Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock to discuss
arranging an afternoon holiday once a
week during the summer months.
On Division Court day some person
took the wrong hat, taking a new
"Christie stiff" and leaving in its place
one marked T. F. on the inside band.
Please leave at Division Court office.
The annual excursion to the Model
Farm at Guelph, from Kincardine to
Henfryn inclusive, will be run this
year on Thursday, June 17th, by
special train. Tickets good to return
on Friday. - -
MONEY Losr.-In Wingham, May
11th. a sum of money. Suitable re-
ward if left at Advance office.
Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Hill returned
Iast week from` Toronto, where Mr.
Hill passed through an operation for
appendicitis. We are pleased to hear
that he is recovering nicely, with hope
of permanent cure.
Wallace McIntosh. Who has been an
employee in T. A. Mills' store for some
time, has accepted a position at Burk's
Falls. Mr. Mills has secured the ser-
vices of Oscar Sparrow, who will fill
the position vacated by Mr. McIntosh,
Walkerton has a citizen who seldom
pays his baker's, and never his print-
er's bills, and boasts there are more
writs issued against him, than would
paper a house. He doesn't do any
worrying over it, but leaves that to
the other fellow,
Mr. C. E. MacGregor, representative
of the International Corresponding
Schools, in the Stratford district, has
been advanced to the position of
Superintendent of the London, Brant-
ford and St. Thomas divisions, with -
headquarters itt London.
BUTTER AND 1 GGS.-- Bring along
your produce. Highest price paid in
for e Boots and Shoes.
W. J. Greer,
The Corporation of Wingham had
menw king this week orkin' t hi s in Lower
•
Town, opening up a drain to remove
water that was causing trouble to
residents there. The trouble is said to
be caused by improvements made at
the power house last summer.
The boys of Wingham Junction had
a game of baseball with Bluevale, on
the 8th, thescore being 0 to 1 in favor
of the Junction team. The return
game will be played on Friday even-
ing. Chas. Elliott was referee and did
good work ; he will also referee the
next game.
Two of the foundrynten were sum-
moned before Police Magistrate Mot-
ton on Monday on a charge of eatry-
Ing liquor to it fellow townsman who
is on the Indian list. They did not
appear to face the charge, so it is sup.
posed they found out how serious It
weer 1►iud'tnade themeels sr roti,
Chu,. cb l3eVDs
Rev, H. 11fcQuarrie (formerly of
Wingham) after several years of faith-
ful and successful service, has resigned
the pastorate of the Langton and
South Middleton churches ; the resig.
nation took effect at the end of
April.
tionRev, D, Penis's sermons of Sunday
last are highly space of by members
of St. Andrew's, Mr. Perrie bestows
mach thought and care upon the pre-
paration of his discourses, and as a re-
sult, they are full of interest and pro-
fit, and appreciated by bis congrega-
. .
Next Sunday evening, Rev. W.
L. Steeves of the Baptist Church, will
continue the series of sermons on
"The $even Cardinal Virtues ;" sub-
ject -"Courage ;" text, Prov, 28:1-
"The wicked flee when no man pur-
sueth, but the righteous are bold as a
lion,"
Invffed To Dungannon.
The Advance is informed that Rev,
W. A. Finlay of Whitechurch has ac-
cepted an invitation to Dungannon to
succeed Rev. W. A. Smith, who in-
tends going to Alberta. Mr. Finlay is
a good preacher, and earnest worker.
He has an excellent helper in the per-
son of Mrs. Finlay, who by her train-
ing as Deaconess renders efficient ser-
vice in Church work,
Annual S. S. Meeting.
The annual meeting of Wingham
Methodist Sunday School was held on
Thursday evening. The officers elect-
ed were :-Suppt., F. Buchanan ; Assis-
tants, John -Iter,, W. J. Howson ;
Secretary, Ira Parker; Assistant -Sec.,
E. H. Bird ; Librarian, John Haines
with Otto Diehl as assistant ; Treas.,
M. E. Zurbrigg ; Musical Director,
F. J. Hill ; Pianist, Miss M. Ham-
mond.
Reception Tendered.
The congregations of St. John's
Church, Brussels, and St. George's,
Walton, tendered their new rector
and his wife, Rev. and Mrs. Cameron,
a hearty reception last week. Ad-
dresses of welcome were given by A.
H. Monteith, who presided, Dr. Fei'ld,-
T. Newsome, J. Scarlett and others.
A pleasing feature was the presence of
tee former rector, Rev. Lang -Ford of
Listowel, who spoke highly of the new
rector. A choice program was ren-
dered and refreshments served, con-
cluding a most enjoyable evening.
Anglican Mission Campaign,
An extensive missionary campaign
throughout the Diocese of Huron com-
menced on Sunday last. The plan
bad been carefully prepared by which
every church in town and country
was' tobe visited and have a special
missionary service and preacher. Rev.
0. E. Jeakins, B. A., of St. Paul's
Church, Wingham, spoke in Clinton
in the forenoon and in Goderich in the
evening. Mr, R. W. Aliin of Toronto
was expected to address St. Paul's
congregation in Winghauo, but was
summoned to Montreal at the .latter
part of the week, and thus prevented
from coming. Mr. Ransford of Clin-
ton filled the vacancy, and spoke ac-
ceptablyto good-sized congregations,
considering the weather conditions.
COMMUNICATION.
To the Editor of the Advance
Concerning Mr. Bosman's claim of
overcharge in last week's issue of the
Advance, I would say that at the time
of engaging these care Mr. Bosman
was advised. that they would be billed
at 24,000 lbs., with rate of 39 cts. per
100 lbs., which would make the freight
on a car $93.60, if the car did not
weigh over 24,000 lbs., but at the same
time Mr. Bosman was advised that if
cars weighed over 24,000 lbs., they
would be charged for at the rate of
39 cents per 100 lbs. (24,000 lbs. being
the minimum weight of this class of
goods). On arrival at Palmerston and
being weighed on scale, one car was
found to weigh 65,300 lbs., this being
5,300 lbs. over the loading capacity of
the car, making 41,000 lbs. excess over
the minimum weight of 21,000 lbs. and
therefore at 30 cts, per 100 lbs., $'61.07
was charged additional. The other
car was found to weigh 56,600 lbs, or
32,600 lbs. excess over the minimum
weight of car, and at 30 cents per 100
Ibs., additional freight of $127.14 was
charged.
Yours truly,
W. Henry, G. T. R. Agt.
Wingham, May 9, 1909.
IMPORTANT TO PARMERS.
Two fine stallions are.on the road in
this vicinity for which posters have
been issued from this office so far.
SIR Rome -Owned by the Brydges
Bros., is a rich black, pure bred Scotch
Clydesdale, 10i hands high, and is well
known in this section of the country.
The good heavy -draft horse is always
a money maker, and there are none
too many on the market, Sir Robin
should fill the bill for farmers wanting
that kind of stock. At Lepard's hotel
every Friday night. See cards for
particulars, by calling at the Advance
office.
Grsa us -Those who favor the Per-
cheron, will find the imported Pereher-
on, Gervais, good stock to breed from.
He is a beautiful dapple grey of 1000
pounds. Tho is owned by J. 11. Ellis of
East Wawanosh, and will be at Lep-
aril's hotel, Wingham, every Tuesday
during the season. Gervais colts have
brought big money at three years, and
farttere on the look -out for Percheron
stock should see Gervais. Particulars
may bo learned from cards and folders
seen at the Advance office,
A. E. SMITH
BANKER
"i'V`INGtll;AlFl - ONTARIO
Notes discounted for Farmers,
Merchants or Sale Agents,
Money loaned to Fat niers for
purchase of 11>:at'eerx. Battle or hogs to
put on grass or teed for market,
Loans effected on Real Estate,
.x.owest rates going.
200 Doses For $1.00
fa cent a Dose)
RIVAL
HERB
TABLETS
The Great
Blood
Stomach
Liver and
Kidney Remedy
Try a box and be eon.
vinced. Put up in "red
tin box." Buy no other.
J. Walton MoKibbon
DRUGGIST
UQGIST
MACDO ALD BLOCS
AfalleUSWAMMUW01
Low Cut Shoos
If we fail to sell the larger
proportion of Women's Low Cut
Footwear sold in this vicinity this
season, the fault will not be with
our Shoes -that's certain.
We have chosen for our trade
the best Oxfords, Ties, Pumps
and Slippers the Country's Best
Makers produce.
SIIMIMMIWNWSIONMONCICOZO
We can quote prices and say
$1,50, $2, $2.50, $3, but what do
these prices signify until you see
the elegant Shoes they represent?
May we Shoe you, Madam ?
W. J. Greer
ed
Corn
Just received our supply
of Seed Corn from the
bast Corn growing country
on the Continent. Come in
and see the goods. You
can't beat -them
Early Bailey
.
Improved Leafio
g
Comonls
Early
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North Dakota
White Cap Ill
p Det
Etc Etc.
GEO. E. KING