The Lucknow Sentinel, 1917-05-31, Page 5•
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SOUTHERN DIALECT.
And tho *Ifanaiting f.l.Med Deer te
the Old Time Virinian.,
Southernere have told me that they
eain tog front what part of the aolitn
a person comes by his speed). Just min
northerner can dlatieguish he the IMMe
' nifills a New Engander, a New Yorker,
middle westerner and a Brooklynite;
I cannot preterit to have become au an.
thority upon southern dialect, but It Is
F10411 Le _Mil that the..11Pefinh of Neve_
Orleans is unlike that of Chailesto
and that of Charleston unlike that Or
Virginim. The English of Charleston
weenie to me to he about the purest
English egoism in this country. It hes
few traces Of whit wecall the eolith.
ein Recent resembling, other, the Pro.
nunclation of an Iiiehmati educated
rrombeYboed in Englikna. Yet retain-
• ing the faint krace Of a brogMs.
The eider .charecteristie of the
ginfan dialect is the famous and fas.
dilating looallinn which, Proreeaer
Alphonse Smith has,alled tile "vanish.
• in r" -a y sound which causes words
like 4'ear and "gardn" to he Pre
pounced "cyarl and 'g'arden." I am
tolid that in years' gone)* the "vanish.
Ing y" was common to all Virginian%
but though* it is still common enough
among members of the old generation,
and is used also by one young people
w-heorelcteeite
artlarly. IfeftehehineYg, yqOulinaligt;.,ere
lattee,
ean be no doubt that it is, in both
enses, ;vanishing anCthat not half
the Virginians of the preseut day pro-
metince "cigar", as "segYari""earPar as
"eya'pet""and "Carter" as "Clyahtab."
In Virginia and many otherparts of
the 4outh one bean; such words ois
"aunt" correctly pronounced with the
• broad a, and ouch words as "tube" and
"new" properly given the fun it sound
(instead of leobe" and "noo," as in
some parts of the north); but, on the
•othei band, whilethe south gives the
short o sound in such words as "log"
and "fog" it invariably calls a dog a
"dowg" "Your" -is commonly pr
nounced "yore," .fisre" as "shore" and
"to" as "toe," • '
The south also uses tbe word "carry"
in a way that atr1kes northerners Ile
• - - strange. 1f n .eoutherner offers to "car. •
Light Four $ill
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..Country Club II
(four -seater)
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?YIP* suoiot 40 (Mange *Rhone sake
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The Peak of Motor Car .Fshtons
Thia new Overland Country ClUb Light Four i� a dstinetVe..'
and smart car in the low.prieed car clas. , , •
The rich4 gray body, with bld: feiderS and trimmings in CO
off to pleasing adva.ntae byred wire *Idols that give
the right flash of brilliant color. _
The two comfortable front seat$ move fOrViiird back in,
dependently, and a spacious aisle between gives
to a roomy seat for two passengers in the rear.
For riding cornfOrt, the ()vetrand Country Club is areVelation.
Long, cantilever rear springe give ir the riding ease of almucli
heavier; bigger car.
It has ample poweri-aml it is economical of gasoline.
An easy car to handle, and completely equipped..
An unusual deMand for this model makes ik necessary to place
orders at once to secure sprngfieiVerY.
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• OVERLAND ALESC.`0,, Wingham, Ont.
L. Kennedy, Prop, Telephone i92
VVillys-Overland Limited, Toronto, Ont.
1i-1tand Overland Autoobiles, Comanesila Cam
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steblished 187
, Cabltal Authorized, $5,000,000
• capital Paid -tip, $3,000;000
Burghs*, - samo,coo
• Opportunity
does not come to you every day.
Neither -can -you count upon finding it
when :you want it. '
It is the part of wisdom to prepare for it and
be ready to grasp it when it comes.
Some capital. will probably -bp required.
Open a savings account in the Bank -of
. Hamiltonand begin tq save now.
-LUCKNOW BRANCH
• J A. Mamie, Manager.
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Ikea Mese
Specifications
MODEL M
! TotriuNG CAR
Fivepassengeraeft
hand drive; center
control; four-cylin- ,
• der motor cast en , . 4
plash lubricating. • The Car of. Comfort.
b lo c • drculating -
, gyatem; therm°. • , • - ,--- -.--- '''
gy 0 ho n cooling ' The 1917 Gray Dort is essentialjy
- systina,connecricut
inition. gravity comfortable car- '"
feed gasOlinesystem .:, .
in cowl; elective -cOmfortable because there is; plenty of
type tmnsinission;3 .. seat and leg room both, back and front. • - .•
speeds forward and . • •
reirerse,;. three- . • --comfortable too. because of its SO inch
•quarter floatingrear • - - full cantilever springswhich make it one *
xle, diinertAnal
an ng nd ex- of the easiest riding cavil on the market at
tPernal contracting any price. •
brakes. demount-
able- The price, 8910 Is within reach of most
folks. „See this carat our showrooms.
inch -tires; Non-
Skid -tread on rear;
50 -inch full canti-
lever springs inrear;
front send -elliptic;
stream line wi th
ample leg rckan in
bntbcompartmenti;
105inch wheelbase.
staidardeullpme
including ' electric
starter, electfic"
mentor. gigot rig
ban top, opeedostin r•
gasoline gsage. slants
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wkingineat
$910
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RAMO. CHATHAM
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BRuce': COUNTY NEWS 1
ry you" to the station or over his plan.
teflon, he does net mein that he in.
tends to transport you on his back, but
that be -Will take you. Ifhe.."carres.
you lb then& you 'will find that the
run Is what northernera call a creek,
11'tothe "branch" that 14 whatwe call
-a brook.-Jullan Streetin
The Conservative party of North
Bruce, as organized for proviribial pur
petle, -willold -&--conentionat-Wiar-
ton on June 28.
Fred Fiefo, of Brant Township, layt
week tlelivered 1000 bushels of wheat
to the Royal .111illing Co., Plumley, at
$2.90 per bushelf .
The Mildmay Gazette bad the ,foh
lowing: With the rapidly increasing
price of foodteffs, the temptation to
atettrseisinalalso to be growinggreater...
One dour townernen, early the ether
morning, espied a Man coining out of ,
his cellar, and gave Chase, . but the
burglar had too much Of a start and
got away in the darkness; FoUr loaves
of bread were miased.
•CARR 4X0 DR. CLAPP-A representa
tine gathering of eitiiens assembled at
the Forresters Hall, Mildmay, on a re-
cent evening, and presented to Dr. R,
E. Cliipp, a handeomegold headednane
suitably inscribed, and to Mrs! Clapp
a beautiful upholstered arm chair. A
suitableaddress, . expressing,the 'high.
esteem in which Dr; Clapp and his
family have always been held in the
yilloge, was read by .Principal Kidd,
whilw the presentation • was Made by
Dr. Doering. Mesrs. J. A, Johnston,'
Dr, Wilson and 011ts-es spoke of the
loss which -Mildmay -was sustaining in
• the removal of the family,. and 'cx.
possingevery good wish for their fut
ure happiness and prosperity.• • After
a residence of ever•thirtyrieven years
in that conemithity, as is new generally
knoWn,Dr. lapp haw given up.. his
prtaieetin Mhlm and moved to
Wakerton-
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IlRetil reports_
the fellow ing:
- Murdoch Melsenzik a bi 'buly fa.
mbr from near Glamis, whil return
ing from -Cargill --on May Sth, called in
and beat Up his neighbor, G orge T
Haines, fer stateinent41fiet-b e IStter,
had madeabout him in Cargill. Haines
laid a complaint against Me le be.
lure a- KincardeeTia., magiat ran
when Constable -Cllins cater) ,aeound
to: serve the paPers On the d fndant,
the latternegotited a Settlem nk by
giving Hames $3 to soothe his injured
feelings, as well as paSsing $2 to the
victim's wife, besides financing 11lithe
coste tif_the WOO, whih feeinired
total outlay of 812.70. After the settle.
inent, however, Mcstlenzie wee hailed
before Magistrate Joie. Tolton and
Robt. 'Richardson ,in WlIkerton on
Friday iast to answer for Ibis assault
upon Ranes, as well as to defend hm.
self against a. charge ledgekbyLicenke
Inspector White of heinettrunk in a
publid place. the trial; which lasted
all Friday afternoon and most of Mon.
day p,111.1 d'00010pOd into quite swear.
ing matAdi as to *bether McKenzie
was intoxicated or not. Lwyer-TClein,
who appeared for the prosectition, tried
to prove the crime en the defedant,
while Lawyer Maid) was equally zeal.
one in his egorts to clear his client,
The result of the wordy contest Wits
that Megenzie Wait acquitted of tho
booze Charge, while the magistrates
decided to refer the question tO Crown.
Attorney Piton towhether.theaCces. •
ed could he _punished for MI *Mat&
:that he VMS sueo,di *up hoe.,
GEORGIA OWNED A SLAVE..
The State Acquied a Negro Hero and
• Treated Him amorously.
A'he state of Georgia was at One ttme
the owner of a &live. .Whether inot
other state ever owned a slaveour•
slaves is not known, bat certainly it is
highly probable that no other state
• ever ownedke slave and 1, railread at.
ttip same time,-,and_;,werlred them to-
gether, an was the ease with the slave
owned by Georgia. :
The negro's name wee Ranson], later
'called Ransom Moutgoluery by reason
of the fact tbat hereto he was liequired
by the state he was ownedby a• Man
named H. B.' Y..isiontgemery.; He was
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purchased outright by the state through.
an act of -the legislature •or 1849 for
having saved the WOtern and Atlan-
tic- railroad brid'ge over the matte-
hoohee river from destruction by firet
and later was placed upon a, salary
under the supervision ot the ”principal'
engirii
lhoeerZ'. or the 761.9t.6171 d
and A aim
rai
ubsequently. when the •• warwas
oer. itantioni. Yew:, afreeWan, Was
again, remembered' by thestate.
though the state was praetietilly batik
runt. an act of the general assembly,
approved Aug. 3, .1808, authorized the.
ilpernitendeut or thestate road to pay
to Ransom from the, treasury. of the
road tbe twin of .$562.50 and also . to
provide. him with a , home during the
vest of hie life.. •
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CANADIAN SOLDIERS'
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• ESCAPE FROM GERMANY
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There will be many an interesting
story of heroic effort and hair:hreadth
WM. ALLIS
Agent, Lucknow.
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11113 PLOT THAT PAIL4
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MOTHER TELLS. HOW VINOL
- • = •(London -Advertiser) - - Madeller-DelicOelloyicirenr =
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tear Admiral Sims,in. command of • /stew York City. -.--“MY little boy was
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:bis ver weak, delidate iidition as &
Ainerican destroYer flotilla which result of gastritis and the mesa& and
recently reached. Britain, has notified
, Washiegt,on that Germany knew when
the flotilla left the United States, . and
for what port it was bound, and that
Isubmarines strewed 'the fsrhor Muth'
'with mines en the day previous to the
4arshios'..,arrival. This la a disquietieg
irePort or Washington. It means that
ladrman spiee are atill work, and
that they have some method of coin-
inunicating with Perlin directly. If it
is by cable, in some code that passed as
innoceet, it is tinte censors. in America
and Britain required an explanation of
the meaning of every cablegram which
might reach Germany.' If the mealiwof
tainiunission is by -god Wreless, the
American airthorities • must afilVe the
'puzle of its ideatiOrl.
Bat, tins most astonishing part of the
message is that the warships arrived safe.
blo details are given of how the dim.
tger was avoided, but it may be taken for
ranted that liritish vessels co-operated
in clearing away the mines or that they
piloted tbo visitors /safely, knowing of
the trap. Germany is not the only,
Countty with a secret Its,riee force gtv;
Itnitaible Strvic04
there seemed.no; hope of _saving his life.
The dikter prescribed cod liver oil, but
he Could not take it. I decided to try
Viiii-and with splendid results. lei
seemed to Agree with him so that now he
is it strong healthy Tnemaa.
PIVOKRALD; 1090 Park Ave., ICY.ity.
• We gmrantee Vinol, Which contains
beef and end liver peptones, iron, and,
Manganese' peritonates and • glypere.
phosphates; for run.downconditions.
DR. A. IR. SPEINCE • 'ElICKNOW
Culross Corners .
--"--Monday, May 28.
Mrs. Switzer spent Sunday with Mrs,
J. 'lodging.
Walter Draper spentSunday evening'
at Fred Thompson's. •
ilea A. 'Morrison, of Chicago, itivisit.
big her sister, Mrs. q.
Mr. Will Rougoin, of London: spent
the week with friends here.
Miss Pearl Turner visited With Rivers.
dale Mend on Saturday and Sunda.
Bethany N• ita well represented at thti
District Meeting in Teeswater on Wed.
nesday.
A number from here attensh d the
Anniversary seriices at,Soutit Xining
Sondq osithig.
-eekatoll--after,41344isi
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got there they were pleaeed, After they
crosees] the berder (it wee awl up in
the north of llllnd) they found it
potato deld and built a, fire to Vault Penni
potatoes, which tested good. Soon after
the Dutch found them end one mall
asked them into his barge to have sore
breakfast. lie lived oe the cansl
with other Dutch were very good to
thenidoing all they for their ceir.
fort by paying their way•to 'Rotterdam,
where they could get in touch with -the
British Consul, One old Dutch 104,Y4
when she found out *bo they were,
came out and 'gave them 050, that,ia
in our money.
"Ater Sininions go to England he
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Vent to the aulhOritiee and reported his •
ecape, and they questioned: him for
nearly two days. He add they had 38
pages of masers, and even after lie went
down Antethe seal), of England the
War 0%ce wrote him requesting that
he write out a full aecount of his expert
iences and -send it hi them, which he did,
and was then granted his discharge ansl
gent back to Canada,"
THE BUSY HARDWARE HOUSE
MAKE *UR STORE YOUR 11111111k0QUAIITIEIRIS
PHONE 66 FOR Priam:Yr DELIVERY
Perfection "
Verdun
-Monday, May 28.
Miss Ella Armstrong Sundayed with
her cousin, Nellie McMullen. • - -
Miss Irv& Gomel was the guest oflier
sister, Mrs. T. Courtney Sunday last.
Rev. C. M. Rutherford and sister, Mits
Christene, spenta few daysef this week
in London. ,
m,Mr _Lorenzo Reid and Miss Annie
McPherson were the guests of Mrs
Walter Walden Sunday lat..
Twoof our second concession boys
made their usual trip to Kincardine- on
Saturday night. • Quite s -long trip for
the little sorrel drver. •_
Don't forget the Farmers' Club open
meeting ore June...4thi __Mr. McKay,. of
Walkerton, 'Will give an address, and
other entertainment will be provided.
.AN , ALIBI •FOR. (ALDER.
• lie Joy :When He Found • •It :Was Not •
storylieW iihoa IbItIdat Se d'6•vaetn:6n0°!Ie.;21. I aw.
hat When Robert Louis 8 tetensOnli rat.
to Amerienthe went to tbe Whet
tlin Centurfrttben Scrilmer'si andvns riet.cordia Ily received.. in 188I
Richard 'Watson Gilder wrote to Tat..
..ott, Williams letterin whieh be give
Msidea °fine. occurrence: .
"I have no doubt that. Stevenson used
he expression 'fired out with refer-
neeto his experience in -our oid (slice.
Chat is term. be 'and i "used in talk.:
mg.:the thing over the -other .evening.
hid three delightfulvisite. in
!vein' byhis inVitatioa-two of,them
'• very long visite-and that tinging other
tnings 'wee -freely discussed:. I remem-
ter asking him Who it was that 'lired
him out' (In. Point of fact, of course
nobody fired him put.) He looked at me
' with •a quizzical. 'expressionand said;
I don't know but it was you. • Tee,' he
said,' think it Was you, now that 1
•lcieknt you: • '
„ said. !Oh, paha*, nowl Dr. pa
- hied was a large likeness et •
Might have been he'.
"No,' • he said, think it was you.'
Ilutid. 'See here. noW, When
..:was. this T
"Be said it was in Tiny. •
• ;41.-entid, It .ieight have -bei I
was In July, but of :what year?'
"1879: • •
" mid I, 'that lets litnout,'
And I -jumped lip with gieot .delight
for, YOU knoW, I waa1fl Butope
from Mardi, to2Prie,
tween You and me end the lamppost I
have no.ileubt I . would' have made the
'same answer to him as was made -
whatever that answer was
lEte-bronghtno neuangerlpt andim-
07 wanted to 'write for the ,magazine.
0,1 -werdirtirtlitrttitiVeralitid- tirrenflrfla
He desn't seem to remember the
it's alright
In buying an oil stove
one naturally wants
to get the best. This
stove has proven the
best yet. It saves oil.
No expense 'hut re-
pairs—no odor—ab-
solutely safe. A child can operate it. Come
in any time and we will demonstrate to you
the superior qualities of this stove over any
other make on the market.
We have a complete range of sizes and
styles. Our prices are the lowest possible.
We advise those who are goingiu get a
stove this season to buy now as the. prices
en -all -lines are -rapidly- advancing. -- We allow
thirty days' free trial.
For your garden you may need a New Shovel.,
Rake, Hoe or Garden Trowel. We b.ave a good
assortment to choose froin. Bicycles and Auto
Supplies. A fresh' car of ceritent just arrived.
Try our Incubator -Oil for sure lading
cL(TD t)YN-
The Store Where Your Money Goes Farthest
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hf)-Ywrrrlrreo.tmzi..,:•safzed,,,t..r
itibitilt iiemethIntralthough-he-doeen't
say so. Of course, any answer to such
'a vague and =introduced application
would have to be of the vaguest He
Said he was rather surprised at getting
• in, even,'as he had no letter :of Intro-
duction." • • .
-Later-Mr. wrote .to amithet„ _-
friend: •
"Never mind! Mrs. Stevenson, telhi
• me that if I bad. seen LOUIS I would
have turnetthl_molit.-Slur_says-h
looked the part, and every one did turn
him out! Was it a digor a compliffient
when shasald likewise that -I -remind,
ed her of hiiiii"-'Letters ot Bielarird, •
Watson Gilder."
ORAFONOLAS
up
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i•afonolas
and
eCOr
RECORDS
85c. up ' .
-*.-(Fit any matchilts)-
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o.'day Columbia 1_,eads "
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Wm. Allin - Agent Lucknow.
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prisoners from Germany. • •
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in an exchange welnd a Part, of the
storyof Pte. Simmons". escape, It is
told in a letter by a lady friend who had
the gtory-fi"biti &Mumps
mont had 'ehlsted lifitish Coluifibia
and was taken prisoner at Stjuhan,
e escape *es- rtorted, 011ie time;
but there, are details given bete which
are of inuet interest. Two unsuceessful
attenipta at escape1 were Made before
this ono, the story of which- is told es
fellows: • '•
'They -Were ftTiti, than one hundred
tildes from the Holland border, but they
had gone over quite a lot of it the other
time, di they knew what to expect in
the way of country to cross. They had
a lot of rivers and canal* to cross and
they swam them. All the food they
giit, was what they could find in the
fields they crossed andsthey had to eat
it rw. He told us that the food their
were given in Germany was not much
goods. and they were always, antleus_
get boxes from hoine. In fact., that is
what keeps many of our 'prisoners in
Germany alive. Re staterd that the
Russian prisoners in Genriany did not
get bxesfrom home and in consequence
they were in a bad plight. The British
give them all they can, but / guess it is
not Much they have to mire. According
to Simmons' versionit took them ga
Power of the President.
In tithe of war the president of the ,
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• TIMOTHY AND -CLOVER SEED
Red, Alsili, Alfalfa, Sweet and Mammoth Clover -.411 govern
ment standard grades. •
Deering Cuktivating •and Seeding, Maehines
ifARROWSlirse, brag, Cover and apriniToOth, • PLOWS—!
Walking and Two Wheeled stay. CULTIVATORT—Spring
and. Stiff Tooth. DRILLS—He, ;Disc and Fertilizer.
-Homestead- PertihzersThese fife -inanufaetura rout
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finideraii 415 large factories Iiiiciughalt the triltictifaiii and
are claimed to be the best brands of fertilizer made in America.
Order early mid seedre your supply- - •
-FOR SALE BY W.' O. ANDREW-
fruited States is actually a. dictator.
Thereis „nothing theoretical itheut hie
place or his.powere. -He is COMmander
in chief of the army and navy. The
thetalbOriii of his cabinet are responsible `
to him personally, not to congress.
None of them may be removed Without
consent except by linpeachment
moreover, he can suspend the writ of
habeas corPits andperforM all the oth,
er ftinctions of a dietatbr except eider
gtants Of Money, That is the only real
check npon his powers, and it is a
check:that can be exercised only at the
• peril of the nationr
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The 'Senora° Psalm.
Hew many peole-landsmen;
eVente-are aware that one of the
Psainds .18 often called the sailerei'•;
salm t
It hi, or course, Pintini e;
p 011, Wherein
occur the bean ul. and familiar wards
"They that go oittt to the sea hi ships;
that do bUSiness in greet waters -
these see the workts of the tord, end
his Wonders in the deop.”
'Th e Oahu id usually reed to part af
the simpie servkes Width take pliiee on
Sundays on ships Atriett, ror.tharteL
mutt ill kneel% ai the eallOrie Pettistio4
400 to 4* tf UAW, mut irkoo ms, 14440,44,940$14, . •
iliii-Ointmefit Possesses
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•Power to Heal theSkin4
Two Cates Which Prove the Extraordinary Healing
Power of Dr. Chase's Ointment
The use of. Dr. Chase's Otntment 18
wondetf tank satisfactory beeline* You
. Can actually see the results accom-
plished. It IA Surprising what ehange
eiln Tan brought Mb -Ont. in 4 SlillaO
night by this great healing ointment.
Mr-3orge-Davis, 110-14111.08- Mad seeraldottora_whomI-consulted °
said it was skin cancer, and that it.
nlanY peOle.."'
Mrs, W. W; Oliver, Pert George,
Annapolis Co., X. "/ am
going to tell you IllY experience with
Dr. Chase's Ointment. 'There I;Was
spotcame on my face something like
a mote, but it kept .getting worse,
street, Peterboro', Ont., writes; "AS
a healing ointment, t eonsider Df: *Mild bave to be tut orburned nut.
Ckase's the best obtainable.. I had a. intended .having this done, but chant -
targe running or tri my leg, and ed my mind when any brother record.
although 1 had tried all the preterit).mended De. Chae's Ointment, Dant%
tions of two doctors I was unable to had ilnialted 0116 box fie the oint.,
get any relief from the pain or to get merit this skin trouble bad gone, and
the sore healed. One day ray orua. has not bothorodiithleO. etitinet.
gist handed nio a sampiel box of Dr. Praise Dr. Chase% Ointment toe
..11iasess Ointment, and I uisiLitwith much, arid you are st, liberty to /Mb-
sueh good results that t deekred tO lish tilde letter."
give tlfe ointment a fair tril. Alto, Itf you have tiever used Dr. Olittstes
gether 1 useir four boxek and •6,111 Ointment dend tvi*eent Stamp fet
glad to be able to tly tho.t the POO a atilp16 har., and mention this pit.,
on my leg is entirely healed uP. per. .Price Mitt cents a bet ell
Sinee this oxecrioneo with Er. Chagos deilorsi or tdraelaisurie Vet* 00.41
giAt$444t. I mvsk asopoott it to yAttA, irgtoot40,