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The Exeter Advocate, 1923-12-20, Page 5, VILLAG:r Or. EXE, TER plANTING AND PRUNING OMINATION AND :.CTON I u 1 ce heaiehY' given diat• a nee tIng Lof the Ble,ctoes of the, Village • of Exeter will bet held jt TOWN HALL, EXETheR At 'the lunar o,f 12 o'clock on ,ON IVIONDAY, DECE1B.hRe31, 1923 For the purpose of _making and tie- etening nammations for the office of • Reeve and Councillors') One Member of the Public Utlilaties Commds,sipn. and three members for the Board of Education. And further notice it leneby given that in the event of mare andidates being proposed for any •'particular office tha,n required to be elected the proceedings will be ad- journed until Monday, January 7th; 1924, when nolls will be opened at 9, a.m., at the fallowing places, as, fix-, • ed by Village By4aw, va— Poll 1—Palling Booth, Mrs. E. A. Handfoed's Resielence„ Main Street; I). R. 0., E. Treble; Poll Clerk, S. Davis'. Poll Booth, Town Hall, Main Street; D.R..0., W. Johns; Poll Clerk, J. H, Grileve. Poll 3—Palling Bicoth, Mitchell's Of- fice, Main and Wellington streets ;YD. LO., G. Anderacia; Poll Clerk, A. Gambrill. 4, --Polling Booth, Month End Town Hall; D.R.O., F. Wittve,r; Poll Clerk, John Kydd. And all electors are hereby request- ed to take notice and govern them- selves accordingly. Jos Senior, Returning Officerl, Exeter, Dec. 11, 1923. ,• Notice to Creditors. NOTICE is heneby given pursuant to the Staines in that behalf, theall eireditors and persons having any claims against the estate of Jahn Graybdel, late of the Township of Hay, tin tha, County of Huron, gentle - main, deceased, who died on or about the 19th day of January, 1922, are re- quired to 1 os -ward the same, duly prov- en, to, the undersigned, the surviving Executor of the Estate, on or before the 31st (ley of December, 1923. And notice is fuethier given that after the saad date -the Executor will proceed to distribute the Estate, having re- gard only to those claims of which they shall then have had notice. Dated at Dashwood this 14th day of December, 1923. John W. Graybiel, Executor, • Da,shwood, Ont. PARKHILL—A wedding of local in- terest took place recently in Stratford when Annie Elia Clark of that city was married to Ezra Wesley Yorke of Toronto and formerly of Parkhill. -PARKHILL—Mrs. Cook, recently of Toronto, died on Wednesday at the home of her sinter, Mrs. W. R. Sibley. One 'ether sister,Mrs. R. Stooks, also resides in Parkhill. Mrs. Cook had been in poor health for some time. -- CLINTON—Last FrIclay Mr. Albert Bumb,all passed away at his home, af- ter a 'week's illness from pneumonia. Deceased was born an Goderich Tp, and tresided practically all his life on the 16th concession and farmed until he metired and moved to, Clinton some eight years ago. •CLINTON—A pretty wedding took place on Wednesday at high noon, wheat Miss Elda, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs Walter Mair of Clinton, was united in marria,gc to Mr.- John Mc- Ewen of Kancar et, and formerly of CLINTON—Charles Cole, who pass- ed away north of Clinton, had lived to the grsat age of 94 years. He was born Zin Peel County. When quite a yo.uints .boy he came to Huron county and spent the rest of hes iife in and around. tbe: -vicinity of Clinton LOOK AT THE LABEL. The, Adoocate is going to make a d,ateranissed effort to clean up the subscription list The labels were all marked up an. Nov. 29th. If, by any chance, your label is not, as it should he, let us know at once. We are go- ing to give all those who are years back this one chance to pay up, and then it will not be our fault if some ame asked to pay $2.00 per year, and pea -haps some costs. We know it ia simply neglect on the part of many— but we cannot live on neglect. For Sale • COAL HEATER, with even in beet 'shape, Nest $15` takes it. GAS ENGINE, Stiekney, 3 h.p., per- fect condition; cheap, GAS ENGINE, 2h.p., n good running order. Cheap .• DAISY CHURN, cep.60, lba, power Stare Shelving, 18 •ft. long -4 shelves • high. Buck Bas,ebturner, 'with elven $12. Range, ,R,eseveifn and „Warming; cabine 58.00. • •A,25 Mandolin, $10. • • New Eelt lined wood violin case, lock cheap - Cutter, Sp,eeclster, like new, Antique Walnut Furniture—Sett'e and n Arra Chair„ hair cloth, cheap. Set Single Hanntense ,also light collars, • harnets, and traces good. shape. Large. 1-Larnezls box. I..arge, Cask, •switable for storing meat or grata. Vacuum ,Cleatten Lawn Mower, both in good order and -eery cheap. HAVE YOU ANYTHING TO SELL WANTED Brooder, Buckeye preferred 1060 chicks. • -FoVatinferinetion „net •abenn ;articles apply.'•• ;•'• • - EZetr 10S. The Two , Great Essentials in A Handling Fruit Trees. Distances Recommended for planting • nano Not Prune Young'Trees too Heavily—ft Delays Grewth and Fruiting—ePractieal Suggestions. (oontribtited ty Oatstrio.Depoirtasent Agriculture, Toronto.) In conjunction with our recommen- dations on pruning gieert below we wish also to make certain recom- mendations as to distances of plant- ing to those growers who contem. plate setting out new orchards. In peaches, for example, we are of the opinion that, taking one variety with auother, eighteen feet apart eann way, or the equivalent should be the absolute minimum distance. Twenty feet would be a better distance. Con- siderably fewer trees to the acre can be setahut it is probable, though not proven, that just as much fruit to the acre will be harvested as if the -orchard were more densely planted. Then, toe, fewer trees means less capital outlay for nursery stock, tests' pruning, greater ease in orchard uperatio3as such as pruning, spray- ing, cultivation, harvesting, etc., less susceptibility to disease, and there - lore longer life for the trees, Inter - crops also can be grown for a greater length of time and with lees injury to the orchard trees. Distances Recommended for Planting. We would recommend the follow- ing general distances: Apples, 36 to 40 feet for standards, with tillers at 10 to 20 feet. Cherries, Sweet, 25 to 30 eet; Sour, 18 to 20 feet Peaches, 18 to 20 feet. Pears, 16 to 18 feet. Plums, 18 to 20:feet. Smaller growing varieties possibly closer. Consideration must of course be given to the variety being planted. Smaller growing varieties can be given the abeolute mirth:awn • dis- tances with larger growing varieties relatively farther apart; also, if the grower prefers, trees may be planted 16 x20 instead of 18 x 18, giving practically the same number of trees to the acre. Do Not Prune Young Tree Heavily. The practice usually advocated in Ontario for young trees, (whether apple, pear, peach or other fruit) until they come into bearing, haii been to give regular, fairly heavy an- nual dormant pruning on the theory that such pruning induces vigorous growth and makes for a larger, stronger tree. Experimental work in, England, in the United States and at this Station has shown conclusively, however, that the less pruning the young non- bearing tree is given, the largeni stronger tree it makes and the soon- er it comes into bearing. Growth is't only apparently induced by pruning. The long, thick, sappy growth in the young tree resulting from heavy pruning does not total as much, how- ever, as the normal growth and ex- tension of large and small branches in the unpruned tree. Careful meas- urements demonstrate this. Pruning Delays Growth and Fruiting. The reason for the unpruned or lightly pruned tree being larger than the tree receiving more severe treat- ment is in reality very simple and logical. The soil may contain an abundance of plant food, but this "raw" food must first go to the leaves and be there turned into "manufactured" food before the tree ean make use of it for further growth and fruitfulness. Pruning, by removing part of the posSiele leaf, area of the tree, reduces by just that much the ability of the tree to menu - facture .plant food, and hence inhibits growth. With reference to pruning delaying fruiting, it has lately been showa that before there can he fruitfulness there must be a partial storing up. of manufactured food in the branches, twigs and fruit spurs. This saoriug up of surplus food naturally takes place first in the unpruned tree with its greater leaf surface and the unpruned tree is therefore the first to come into tearing. Pruning Recommendations. Head back the young tree at plant- ing time as is, the spresent practice to counterbalance the root pruning incident to ttanspla.utiug. Limit subsequent pruning of the non-bear- ing tree to the removal of undesir- able branches and neon' then thinout too little rather than too much. Head back a branch' only when necessary to shape the tree and then head back 'Preferably to a side branch. Prune recogiuz' ing that light prun- ing for the peach would be moderate pruning for the appro. As the tree reaches maturity and bears heavily, heanier pruning will have to be given to maintain a proper supply of new growth.—. Palmer', Hort. Exp. Station, Vfneland Station. • -'ikeirtictiltural Hints. Binding- • tbe trunks and larger limbs of apple trees with grips of cloth has been practiced extensively for the 'control of the codling moth. This method consists of fasteaing a band of cloth around the trunk, from which .the loose bark has been re- moved. -.Usually a band madefrom burlap, folded to three' thicknesses 4 to 8 inches wide, is used. The cod- ling moth larvae, ur worms,, crawl beneath the band to form their co- coons .and should be destroyed by hand at Intervale of ten days. Out out old wood,andhhin the new growth of currants and gooseberries when the snow goes off. Too' much brush. and no cultivation make small, berries. . This is thentitne Mi:/ever hefor.. When evory, b4hkerUUgt.sto ba... '13tUde,iit, O agelCultirrandooneratteli.: taxmer is stadYint"tiiarlititing. ',The• banker muSt kb' Ira7 around that subjeaL A, SAFE INVEST.MhiNT . •••••••••••••••••••=6•••......,ft It is a peculliatrity about readers of .' that wonderful farm and farailY Rietr- nal, The Family Herald and ..We.eklY Stan of Montreal, that they, do not look • the $2,00- subsetiPttleats as, an: ex-.. Deluge, but ac; a !safe, inviestment Which Yields them huge dlvidends each year, They '4,1 etll you nd we do not doubt it, that ,each issue containS mon- ey -saving• -and teoney7Making ideai which. would pay the, Subscreption over and over. Considering the value and the nemark,able qualiqies of that great na,tiOnal journal, should be a difficult matter to find a single home where it is not knowri and read reg- ularly. ' And now,, heaped upon the phenome- nal value aineady eontained in the journal Itself, the pubillsiters of thV Family Herald and Weekly Star are giving fee,e to each Ilex subscriber who renew their subscraptions for another year, a most beautiful picture entit- led, "The Wonderful Herofne.," The reproduction of the original. master -4 piece in colors has been done to per- fection. in, :size the picture is 18x 24 inches., on tech, heavy paper. The life story of the Wanderifti Heroine has been printed in booklet form and a copy can be obtained, cost free, by any of our, readers' who send a pastel card to the, Family Herald 'and Weekly Star. IVIontreal. Dashwood Miss Marie Kraft spent a few days last week in Zurich. MT, Howard Schroeder, who spent the past few „months, ineth,e West, has returned home. - Mrs. L. Resta.tneyer, Sr., its.sieriously ill NM. and Mrs. R. Manes spent Sun- day in Centrals- nvf.r.i. Jacob Hartivai(b is visiting in Wind ;or. Trs Derste.in has returned to ber home in Saginaw, Mich, after spend- ing tim,e with relatives here. ales. Geo. Meaner and Mrs, D. S. Faust ame ,on the sick list. We hope for a speedy recoesery. Mr. and Mrs. Satnant Vincent are tting in Thedf,ard. McGillivray ------- The marriage took place at the Man- se, Plaza Craig, on Wednesday after- noon, at 2.30, of Miss Margaret daughter of Mrs. Ida, Leitch of McGil- livray, and Franklin Ernest, son of Eli Ho-dgins of Biddulph. The funeral of the late John Reid, wha died in Chicag.c, ist his 80th year took place from the home of his brother, Robt. Reid of Parkhals He was 'born in Ireland, and, came to Can- ada when 10 years of age. His par - eats 'alettled 4rs McGaivray and he spent most of his life .irs this town - slip. Several years ago he and Mrs. Reid moved to Parkhill and seen Years: ago he went to Chicago, He Ls eurvived by five children, Mrs. Jor- kip of. Chicago.. Urs.. Wilkie of Bo's - ton Feed of Washitngton and Jolla and James of McGillitvray. Hospital for Sick Childreti sesseaseinenteeneseesnaseseenesessensi neeennenenseestest WHETLE WILL 1/0/.1 Pk.,ND CH.F.I§TMES? • Ajoint of buffalo for the Canadian Christmas dinner may soon be- come as typical of the feast as turkey and roast beef have been for so long. A large number of surplus animals from the Dominion 'reserve in Al- berta are now being slaughtered for the Canadian market, and as soon as meat is available it will be placed on the menus of all Canadian Pacific dining cars and hotels. The test to which the buffalo meat will thus be put will definitely decide whether the herds can be commercialized or whe- ther sentiment alone justifies their preservation. Whalen • Mrs. Percy Paasmors and family spent a aew- days lest week with Mrs. A. Gunning. Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Gunning cele- brated the 29th anniversary at' their wedding day, .on Wednesday, Dec. 12. A good dinner at six p.m. was serv- ed to about thirty friends. ,Mr. Walter Gunning and sister, El - Van 'alive 'Ma and Mrs. Frank Squire, 'spent Saturday en London. Mr. and Mits. Orville Cann, Thames Road, spent Sunday viith Mr. and Mrs. George Squire. MT, Wil Hodgson and, Mr. Bruce Jones are instalibing radios in theh- h omes. Mr. and Mrs.' Nat. Ogden of Exeter spent Tuesday at the hom,e of Frank Squire. • A Christmas Tree and shaft pro- gram for the Sunday School wIU be given on Friday ,evenin,g, Dec. 21. OOL.LEGE ST.. TORONTO. • Pear Mr. liditon--' Racist discOveries in medical ;Science hare called attention to t4r, great seryice rendered by an up -to. date heepital through facilities pro'1 vided ter research. Probably fewi Wimens virork conducted under the; apapreciate the amount of auspices ot the Hospital for Sick Children. Yet it is enly by intensive", etuely of the causes of children's; gilseaaed that the hospital staff has been *Me to establish a world.' fitment; vaeard for cures. Statistics' 13how that the rate of infant mortal- Ity in. tisk Province has been steadily ilecraaning, until it is now among the Unrest in the world. What that means is that hundreds of Ontario Parents wire their children's lives to the researeit work in the laboratories in the Plostettal for Sick Children. • Althengia the ,doctors give their r,se vices freely, the bills for equip- . merit sadup annually to a good !many dem:ands of dollars. But in view at the results attained, I feel that, ace one of your readers will cavil at the money so spent, and I confidently yenture the hope that many of them at this Christmas sea- son will wish to enrol themselves in ' the Hospitars campaign on behalf of Ontaxicas childhood. To cora on this research work there to not one cent except what comes in front voluntary subscrip- tions. Pear the care of the children occupying hospital cots there are certain letatutory grants, but these represent sioarcely more than half what the Hospital needs,. Last year, for inetanee, the •Haispital do -eters looked atter an average of 253 in- patients and 192 out-patient e daily. Quite a °rimy of allirtg youngsters! And the expenditure — although whittled dawn to the minimum com- mensurate with efficiency — was $318,917. 'Me income to the extent of at least $100,000 depends upon the regard which the people of On- tario haye for the Hospital's work and the generosity with which they e express that regard. May I ask you, Mr. Editor, to point out to year readers that siace the eatablishment of the Hospital for Sick Children, at least four More • Ontario youngaters in every hundred • have ,sarrived the trials of child- hood? or with that -simple state- ment of fact brought to their atten- tion I feel sure that many of them will bestow their benediction upon • the work of the Hospital for Sick Children by sending some Christmas gift, aoserding to their meens, in care a Use Secretary -Treasurer, at 47 Collates Street, Toronto. Yours, `• INVINd •E:f ROBERTSON, irsiti. of Appeal Committee. :14rspital• Opened Its •• , Doors' lit 1275, 65,231 In-Patlents Treatsd 603,055 Mtendance8 • of out -Patients. , 1.41/14,41•0111•1.1M..111.• In -ell ;the cycle of the y.eair there is ttne that bnega. fat -haves togeth- er,as does the Yuletide, Though you were at the ends of the earth you would long to be liorne,forChrist- asid, if it were at all possible you would be. there. In, the long ago wh,o.n ttravelling facilities were, vary limited people journeyed tuanY weary miles and endured great hardships that they might be with friends and loved ones an Christmas Day. To- day it is co Oifferent The modern raft way enables you to cron the con- tinent in a few days in, comfort. Thhs year t' 're prorninen to he the usual heavy Christmas and Niew Year travel nartb, south, east and west, and ender tha,t you inlay reach your .des- tinatian comfortably and speedily as passible, Canadian National Railways are making preparations far in ad- vance. Anyone wishing to pan foie the travelling expenses of relatives oe feitends from anY esediat, need, only to place the money Int Mei hands of near- est ticket agent of the Rae.; our rep- ves,entative wijll dieliver the trans- portation free of charge to your friends at the other end in a flew hours. When travelling this Christmas go "Nat- ional Way." Greenway This is to be a busy week in'sour burg. 'Ilse members of the Angitigan church are. having their Christmas Conoert on Thursday evening, WO the members of Mine Mark's schael: s,ection ane having concert on Fri- day eventing: Then •otni Christmas night the members of the 'Wlethedist S. S. will. give their alumni ente,rtaineneat. The men of the Methodist Church had a bee on Tuesday aepasiring the sheds., Which' is it wedding bells or Christ- mas bells we hear ringing? Or is it both ? The ,ordineaw tan payer isn't bard -- oiled. He is me reily soaked. The woman whom every other yvo- inan,lakes-i the oalIe, zi The way to make Sure It is it drug store is tp step outside and look at the sign aga, • • There is too much effort to keep dirt off books ahcl not eriough to keep dirt out of them • The charge that red headed girIs are bow legged is nonsense. ,Coloring the hair doesn't bow, the le,gs, One way to conceal your Ignorance ts to tell your sopl,to look, it up him- self and then he well remember longer. hPainting is an art with some men and a habit With -some, weeniest. . A Farmer Who Gave-Wis Health for His Son .' John is it big framed, heavy-hande• d farmer, with a gentle voice and grey eye e that beam out hopefully at you from behind ateel-riromed apectacles. - John wanted his boy to be a doctor, SO he worked hard, early and late, cultivating- his rocky acres to save the money. He got run down, had two • or three attacks of the 'Flu—until he got so weak he couldn't work and after some fainting spells and en- foiced medical attention he learned the dire news --tuberculosis. If Mrs Jahn had been living probably he would have had better care and better food. He was received at the Muskoka Hospital for Consumptives and now With skilled rnedical and nursing attendance, and the wonderful air a Muskoka to bring health to the tired lungs, John is actually getting better, and he is an enthusiastic booster for the Hospital. He believes he is well enough now, so.fter ten Months, to go back to tto farm, but on the doctor's "advice" Is staying on to make sure thers w , be, no relapse. There is a 1st of los time to be made up on that farm, bat • raaybe he can still send his boy to' college. Contributions to aid Muskoka.1 pital in. its work may be selit to Ho W. A. Charlton, 228 College Stree Toronto. • • 0. K. Cider Mill Apple Butter Factory will run every day. Phone 115 Main Street, Exeter S. J. CANN WORLD PAYS FINE TRIBUTE TO A GREAT NATION BUILDER Passing of Lord Shaughnessy Calls Forth Expressions of Admiration and Respect For the Man of Far Vision and Unfaltering Determination, Whose Monument Is As Much in Canada's Greatness as in the Railroad He Helped to Build. On December 10th, at Montreal, Death stilled the keeomind which for forty-two years had been ever at the disposal of the Canadian Pacific Railway, the strong hand which for twenty years had held the lever of that gggantle machine, the gallant heart which had ever been attuned to the music of the giant company's locomotives. Taking away Lord Shaughnessy, he took away with him the last of the old guard of the great pioneers of Canada's pioneer trans -continental. The de- parture of this monumental man is significant of the changing times, a mark of the Dominion's passing into manhood. The details of Lord Shaughnessy's truly wonderful career have been re- capitulated so often of late that there is little need to run over them here. Born in 1853, at irillwaukee, of Irish ancestry, he studied for the law, felt the lure of great railway work, en- tered the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway as clerk at the age of sixteen, teed in ten years rose to the position of General Storekeeper. In 1882, when Sir William Van Horne took over the management of the Canadian Pacific Railway, he at once engaged the young man he hied known with the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, offering- hire the position of General Purchasing Agent. Two years later came the promotion to Assistant General Manager, in 1891 the Vice -Presidency, and in 1898 the Presidency. This position he held until 1918, -when he retired to accept the office of Chairman of the Board of Directors, which he retained to the moment of his death. Mean- while came many honours—in 1901, a Knight Bachelor, in 1907 a Knight Commander of the Victorian Order, in 1916 a Baron, and high appoint- ments in the many civil organize - tions i71 whicb he was interested. Lord Shaughnessy was a man of vision, of tremendeus energy, brill- - iant and baCiSiVE, a great executive, a great financier—alneest everything but a politician. • Canada will never realize the full extent of what it owes to the stead- fast faith, buoyant optimism, fore- • sight and sheer hard work- qf Lord Shaughnessy in his desire to build up Canada through the agency of the , vast company he headed. 'Lord Shanghness34 was un.surpasse.d as an administrator His discipline was strict but tempered with justice, Itindlinees and a keen senee of humor Which Made bis fellowees love him. His attitude towards Labour was well Imo,gen It was rightly said by the a company's .employeen that any dis- pute might safelg be bat to hird,•and his frequent pronouncements in fav- • our cif giving the 'workingman al great an , opportunity for self-tm- ' Prevenient and .enjoyntent as the em- • ploy& caused the., ernieloyer of the The late Right Honora,hle Lord Shaughnessy, First Baron Shaugh- nessy of Montreal and of Ashford, County Limerick, Ireland, E.C.T.O., old school to tremble. Finally, he was a great Canadian and a great believer in the British Empire. From all parts of the world have come stirring tributes to this leader among men. H. M. the King cabled Lady Shauglanessy as follows: "The Queen and I are grieved to hear of nourabereavement, in which we offer you our sincere satapathy. We shall always preserve the pleas- antest naemories of Lord Shaugh- nessy and of his nnfailing kindness and consideration, both to ourselves and to members of my family." H" .R. H. the Prince of Wales, His Excel- lency the Governor-General and the Hone W. H. Taft, ex -President and now Chief Justice of the Supreme" Court of the United States, stand gut among the thousands who also cabled or wired their tributes. Prom the Press came such appre- ciations as this. ptiblislaeci by the Tvlontreal Star: "Great builders are few and the British Empire counte herself fortunate itt the• long roll of brilliant servants who have spent themstelree unsparingly in her in- terests: . . . These builders are few, because in them are assembled many talents, great aspirations (often seeinIngly contradictory) q.nd idio- syncracies of ternpera.ment that, leavened with unselfishness, the noblest gift oe the gods, ,make up that indefinable quality Which the world, calls greatness. They are men; of f,ar vision and of the rugged dr.; • termination that refuses to be balked bye, irapening obstacles, with an iii finite canacity for work and:A Ite accomplishment; men Whe 'can dream great things and impress thei fellowhiforkets- with Ahe, reality and tee practicability of those dreams after dawn. "Lord Shaughnessy, whose passina aanada mourns today, was a man ca cilia calibre, and because of the in- zatigiale nature of that essence which ina.aes for greatness and crystallizes teaaarsidp, the record of his char- aeteristics, his gifts and his achieve- ments must leave much untold. Yet itt rhe gaalities that were revealed tc his mends and associates, in thea"'' firmness of purpose and the strength of enaraater displayed, in the ver3 ascent of the ladder of success, mina by rung, Lord Shaughnessy has be- queathed a heritage ta the youth ou Canada of splendid inspiration and tc tae men who nave 1r eu •careugh nt historic years with him he has left s glad remembrance. . . "1 have set up a monument more lasting than bronze" wrote the great Horace two thousand years ago. The words might be carved upon every ' line of railway of the system which Lord Shauglanessy- dial so much tc bring to greatness as an epitaph al his life. Himself of strict integrity, he carried tne principle of the strait - est code of ethics into the adminin tration of the road he loved so warmly and for Which he laboured es untiringly. . . The Empire mourns a great pro -consul." And this, from the Lonuoa ever the spokesman for the heart 01 that Empire: "The romance, magma - tion and fine courage of the Empire builder are blended in the life story of Lord Shaughnessy. Himself a native of the United States, he lived to become not only a citizen of the Dominion of Canada across the bor- der but most essentially a citizen. oi the British Empire, for his whole- hearted and efficient work was not merely dedicated to the service of his country. Under his administra- tion, the double track branched aud extended so as to carry new settlers every year into the farmlands of On tario, thrmigh the gateways- of the West into the wheat -fields of the prairies, and beyond the Rockies intc the valleys of British Columbia.' Is budding the greatness of the coni pany he served, he helped to build the greatness of his beloved countm and of the Empire as well. . 01 Lord Shaughneeey it may be salt that he was a living instance of the manner in. which Britain's overseer dominions assimilate the many ele, ments of which they are composed Ie came to Canada fronx a fereigx country as a servant; he remained ti be honoured by the Ring, to whore he ,gave sueh loyal allegiance, an to besitecognizecl universally amorts • his fellow -countrymen as the fire citizen of the Dominion." • The gap left in'the ranks of trill's. ' Christian gentlemen, by, the suddei and premature seepping of this atee r link with the old rallroed builders it . very laige. •