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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1919-02-27, Page 51"P • site T,� .c• i' ' �.. A,r-+M ..s em^ ,•y . • .0;:,,,,4.1-- ` ,t, i !� �y Zr y 3e' !f �/r�•• • tJ {► 1 • ill arachute .rte .►► ` fir. The observation balloon is on fire r 1 llc man nitltit lump. \\ That must 1)e his•. feeling as he fastens the rope of the • •- r • l 1 1 �)�Il�i�jlt.t�.. ,l.ri�, takes "that desperate spring into the vast grey, V%11/011"V 1,,-'1 ,i, ncss.• Will the -parachute open,? �U the critical 110 �. - stand the test? moment t �� 111 r t 1. 'That is the question which pllr Misers have 1 ' cVel�thln�; they.l�u��. Clothes ---will, . c rile i, �. ,. , � -i to ask ., ;x\11 '• they stand the Weal'' l�00;1. --Will it prd��•ide the fot11'ishlllent?. `diily new .p.1•. 1 .l give -the news tau-iekly, fairly, in Czisib-com )i chc I](lc tl 11)111 it the organization enabling. it to do so`' To that question---ask`'e(1 of r1`1)e Toronto D i . 315 --Men Women Work to Mkj Tne Toronto Dai -•" ,x E Newspaper in Canada T'. •ce hundred and fifteen employes, exclusive of outside cr,rrevondents, roc,1', c- hiles weekly at the cashier's desk of The -Toronto Daily Star. •► ` '� `- The --aim of this treat organization is to see art( the w--rl-3's news s ''1 I t possible delay. The Toronto Dally Star prints news 'while it ' still \ � ry arl,�i ad•'�at�ately illuStr�1ted, skill reach� `'t�'1 � �,�` • �;'.-:'t• . ►'1. � . readers of The Tori ,� ' li t e Ire's �t �ssbl� Toronto Daily �t,<lr .in ,a11 hr' ,; , ;' .()7]'.tr:► ,� •i `'1 rraph wires►car-ry it into The Star Office, where it is set lip on twenty-four tv14'.41 f ��'' r;1, •' Credit pre; ;es with a capacity of 1,200 th3rtq-two-pa5'e papers per minute rave :E+,x;ciir`f t::f,,e t►, ' the ii:trlirsmalt.le �•r ! ,t t mo In a sin?; year $357,000 worth of white a irrtc► '1`h•' Toronto Daily 1t:rr, Fast Ino paper p^ssPuSr,th1•�►r::?► �t!c '�: , ;:�1• r.,. •,, illi, •,• • for ears rush the papers to the r•-i.relr�r; get "the news while it is still news." l 1the trains. and' r►r f•rr• ••►��,;r;•; r. t' 1� The Daily -Star endeavors to combine '•••'It sneli features of general informatuin as•will.make it a welcome visitor in were lri,n e—:t �;rr►r. ;,� ,•;: ;,+ !page. a pare especially devoted to women and their viewpoint, a page of bedtime stories for !:icicl los�.::d t:•;;;,.,;;, Lilts for mothers, and clean "cotnies'.''for everybody. fou �Intereslej Can't.Hel But 1� be The ToroDailyoto • Stagy° )'n•i cannot raid The Toronto Daily Star for a short while witltottt feeling that itt-is "the. parer you. tr•;itli of this is_shown sho n by the many people vho, sending in a trial -subscription for three inonl.!;s, ..:ril►tion for a year before even the three months' period, expires. Send in your subscription now We will mail The Toronto:Daily Star to yell- ea eh 'day ..at .t'.1t. 1.0!;,,,, it.r_ ► 1,' . 1 'or 1 month 25e ; for 3 months, for 6' >75c; months, $1.50; for 12 months, x:3.00. r Cut Off This Coulon and Mail it To -day To Publishers: Toronto Daily Star, Toronto: . Dear Sirs: Please enter me as a subscriber to The Toronto Daily Star for • . • ... 1;.iot 1 ; _ please find enclosed stamps or money order 'for. S • • • • . • Namand address in full Pira►.* writ* plainly-. and any whether Mr.. Mrs•. MN* or iter: A • The Toronto 'Daily St /OLD DAYS IN, MoRRI4. 'OW IP • We take the following from an ex- change: Some time ago while v o kmen were engaged in pulling down the foundation wall under a barn on the farm of W. M. Scott, Lot 7, Con. 9 Morris Twp., a bottle was found embedded in the mas- onry. Th , bottle was found to contain a piece of paper skid R u withdrawn Poo the bottle toad which proved to be • of much interest, as it recalled the good tld days gone by. On one aide. of the' paper was written the following: Town=' ship of Morris, lot 1, con. R This is to show sotne facts to those who may cc me after John S. Laidlaw and Agnes and their family, William, Jessie, Mary Scott, Agnes, Jane, Archibald, James Waldie and John Edward BlakeLaidlaw, first occupants of this lot of rand takf•n. Athe 25th day of September in the ar 184j Representatives' (1 the first seven i habitants of Morris laid the foundation of rites baro oe the s2ild day t worth?' of the lest. T, Gibeoo, member at Toronto in the leea1 Parliament. `1'hdtx,ttnetl of Morris is Patrick Kelly reeve, Jno. McCrae, Jar. Miller, and Wm. Jae. Johnston, Councillors." HELP YOURSELF WHILE HELPING THE COUNTRY "Sir Herbert Awes, who is chairman of the War Savings Comrnittee"of Can- ada, has issued a letter id which the fol. lowirfg para-graphe occurr: • "Do you realize that the sale of War Savings Stamps means less unemploy• urent in Canada, more returned solgiers este blised in ; positions, and a 'plucker retarn to ,pormal conditions? "The money raised by 'mans of the atampe will -all be spent in this country. It will help finance the constru^tion �t -public works;_ .provide_ credit forr--our Allies, so that they can, place with us orders for food stuffs and manufactured I lrruducta -and, -ire this-aud--many .other ways, it will help on the work of recon- I struct ion. "If you could make it easier for a re turned soldier to get a. job and be corn- tortably: re established in civilian life,. avotrhl you rot- readily \do,its "If .you could help finance the pur- chase of materials for re -building the homes in the devastated countries of our allies over seas, sculd you nut do it?., "All this and a. great deal more you will be taking part in if you help to wake a success pf the sale of War :Sav- iugs and Thrift staiips in Canada.'! • > The Eight Hour Day On Tuesday, Feb. 18th, the eight • be ur ,day came into effect on all the rail- way lines in Canada. -This has- been agitated by the labor men for several years and they have seen their efforts rewarded by the big railway corpora- . pora- •tions capitulating. The working hours of the section men are now from 7.30- a.m. till 4 30 p m. -And with no snow on the tracks this winter, ars;.°increase . of ::5 p.c. ,in their pay, and now 'shorter hours, they are finding a real joy in lav= ing. At the station the work will be divided int -6 shifts se that at train time there will always be a couple orthe staff. on'the job. Now watch George, Tom, Gavin, Jack and Reta put on flesh, es- pecially if the anticipated raise in pay cbmes along soon. Jim F_ ax's fatuous song: "For I've worked 8 hours this Day," has at last come true, so far as the railway, men are conceitned. Now we know one good reason why freight and passenger rates have been advanced. The public have to put up the cost of higher pay and shorter hours for rail- way Qfficiali .C.Lika .av-R -h e: of April 1444, in the -44th year of John Laldlaw's life and the 411th. -4-4g• Ines Lauliaw's Iife, who was married by Rev. John Ross, of 13rncefield, on the nth; slay of March, 1855, on the farm lot 7, con. 10, opposite this lot, then all bush, Agnes Waldie, tha bride Came from Hawick, 1{oxbt*rgsbire, and John S Ludlow from 'Kintail, ll.osshire, both Lowland Scotch to the back bone. The builder . of this wall is a cousin, Walter Scott, from Gelniscleugb, Selkirkshirt. On the ►opposite side of this paper is written the following :- Taere is a Reform isarliament now of over 100 majority, 114444-• "A.! -v- Mrliir,..ic ts' Prime Misist+er,- lion. J. A. McDonald having been de- feated for a 1' cific scandal and other sins. There is a contemplated union of the C:anada l'resbyterian cbflrch add the OId Kirk, lieu. Archibald minister 'of the Canada Presbyterian Chureh at Blyth, -placed there November 6th, 1806, and is beloved by all men, W. T. Hays, registrar at lilyttr, 1). B. McKinnon, postmaster at Myth, Patrick Kelly Mil- ler, sawmills at Myth, I)r. Wm. Sloan, of Blyth, aspirant to p%rliament and ABOUT INTEStMENTS To_ the Average Man --Some, one is • bound to get your spare lairs, 'to say nothing of your spare 2a t pieces. The question is—who w► 1 it l Will it be some one with a "geld brick," or sill it be the Government/which, in re- turn, will pay you good interest? That's the question. You know/that in the making of in - v !stments yonJ have made bad mistakes. You have pat hard earned money into things thatinever will and never could sive you a return. Mors _than -this,= you have lost your principal. You can't af- ford to do this any longer. You had b2ttrr let the- Government hive your spare dollars; it will even accept 25 cents from you. In buying War Savings Stamps you ler it . have the use of your money for five years, fur which it pays 41, pat cent. conpounded . half -yearly. .y Bruce County News %Valkerton merchants have agreed to close their stores at 10 o'clock Sat- urday.nights throughout the summer, commencing March 1st. -Conrad Schmidt, a well-to-do farmer of Carrick, recently' sold his 100 acre farm on the Elora -Road- for $9000 He will live retired in Mildmay. M .'Huh McDougall, of verton, wets in Toronto last eek attending the Annual Stock Sale of Messrs. Mer- cer & Currie, of Markdale. Included in the list were seven head purchased 'from, Mr. McDougall's herd which av eraged.$369, `one cow selling for over $900 and second highest in the entire list. Talk of a fine winter ! Who in for- mer years would have considered tak- ing an aueo tour in the middle of Feb- ruary ? The roads Wednesday were hi such,,good . condition for motoring that Agent :]eo. Sjnith that day' ran his little Ford on a business trip to Wa:kerton, Mildmay, Clifford, .Iiar- riston and thence hom3.--DCRHAM ItE;vrpw• Holyrood --Mpnday, Feb. 24 'IIE, TATE Mn. KENNY an illness of almost twelve months at the age of 80 •years. Mr. Michael Kenny one of the pioneer residents of con. 6, It ini ,ss, passed away on Wednesday of last ,week. The funeral was ,bell oti Friday to Holyrood'Cemetery, services being eonducted at the R. C. Church by llev. Father 'Caps, of Teeawater. F;)r a number of years Mr. Kenny had lived on the old homestead with his two sons, Dennis and Peter. The family ba&been sorely afflicted dnring the past year, Peter having taken 111 and died soddenly early last fall, so that the death of the father leaves Dennis alone on the farm. There are however, two dsughtera, Mrs. • YOUR REPUTATION AS. A COOK daPeuds in no small measure on the stove you (loop en and the • utensils you use. Many housewives ars benehtt ns advir e. because we have intik study of stoves. We � f be to explain the advantages of our tovva..:Fa-Service.aid kitchen. isfaction, you will ultimately install one of them in your ` ASK TO SEE THESE FAMOUS STOVES: DOHERTY HIGH OVEN ..RANGE - HAPPY ;THOUGHT 119t,NGE OTHELLO TREASURE --RANGE The Furn,fureBeaul,f er O-Cdar� Polish The Floor Preserver AMA We have a quantity of Second Hand _ . Belting in 2, 3, 4, and .5 inch widths. Get our prices before buying. • McLEOD & JOYNT The Store Where Your Money Goes Farthest Cream SeparatorsJustn fear old _prices. _ y _ e- fore they are all sold. New Williams Sewing Machines will do all kinds of sewing. They run light; are very durable. Gourlay-Winter-Leeming Pianos will give you satis- faction. Wa believe we can. save you some money on a piano -deal. �W.U. ANDREW, - LUCKNOW. 95 Per Cent. of the Highest Paid Shorthand Writers 'use Isaac Pitman Shorthand. If you want the BEST come to a school that teaches REAL SHORTHAND and where everything else is of a correspondingly high krade. SHORTHAND BOOKKORRING A}JD CIvri. SERVICR. Enter any time. Catalogue free. WINGHAM, ONT. The school that places its graduates in good positions. D. A. -McLachlin, President. A. Haviland, Principal. Wm. Gibbons, (Mary Jane) of West Wawanoeh, and Mts. Jos. Gibbons, '(Catherine) of Ralthwell, Man. The late. Mr. Kenny wase a native of • Caunty Wexford, Ireland, where bis father died While he was a mere lad. The widowed mother and children came to Canada in 1854. One of the boys went direct to California to take part in the gold dig- gings, and the femainder of the family came to Hastings County, Ont. In a few years young $iehael ironed Iris il broer in Caiifornoa, goinkby way of the Isthmus of Panama. In a few years he wale back to hip home in Hastings County and in 1889, just 50 years ago, he came to Kinloss and bought Lot 16, on the 6th Cort At this time he mar- ried Margaret I3renrnau. of Belvilie, and the young couple started life on the newly acquired farm. Cash was a scarce article in those days and Mr. Kenny re- membering -the goof pay in .California gold fields. returned to that state, at tlfe end of the first year on the farm. • This time he made the long trip around Cape Horn, sailing from New York.- Mrs. Kenny reinainekd on the farm. After two years in California he returned to the farm for eighteen months, and agitin went to Ca:ifornia, where he remained 2i year'. By this time he had realized his ambition to acquire money enough to pay for biletarm, maid -from that time • on he devoted himself to farming and home. life. Twenty-five years ago he .had the great misfortune to loose his partner' in life, Mrs. Kenny pulsing away in April 1893. The family have always .commanded a high mess re of respect in the community, and surviving members have received the sympathy of many friends thro ighout the trying years which has gone by. • 122 Its ASSAM quality gives it that rich flavor TEkis good tea Sold only in seated packages