The Brussels Post, 1912-1-4, Page 1VOL. 4o NO. 27
BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, 5ANUARY 4, 1912
New Advertisements
If you—R. R. Brower'
Snap Shots—y'. R. Smith,
Oooting—Pro! Porenwond,
Notice—Wm. & B, A. Pryne,
Farm for ialo—Joseph Bolger.
Card of ahnlrlre—W, P. Printer.
Annual meeting—Agl. Society.
Bull font• aervioe—W m, A, Lamont.
Ahnle f bnetneaa—Pryne Milling Co,
R y puroltase-0 ,o, M. Mitchell,
istrict Cttt
Wroxeter
W. O. Currie spent Monday in Mt.
Forest,
S. Rasmussen returned from New
York on Saturday.
Miss Alice •e Haamilton returned to
New York nn Wednesday.
Thos. Brown was a visitor in Tor-
onto. over Now Year's Day.
Thos. Hemphill, of Hensall, spent a
few days in the village recently.
P Miss Rosie Smith, of Hamilton, is
spending a week with Miss Millie
Harris.
Robert 'Ireland, of R serown
is spending a few Months Sask.,
old friends ,here.
Fred. Davey was in Shelburne this
w1 week attendingthe funeral of his
lel; sister-in-law, Ms. W. Davey.
Jno. and Mr's, Rutherford, of Cal-
gary, former residents of the village,
are the guests of relatives here.
Gordon Willits returned from the
West on Saturday to spend the Win-
ter with his mother, Mrs. A. Willits,
Miss Helen Tipping, of New York,
and Miss Nova Tipping, of Cold water,
visited over the holiday with their
aunt, Mrs. W, M. Robinson.
Alex. and Mr's. MoKercher, of How-
ick, celebrated the 20th anniversary
of their marriage last Saturday by
entertaining a large number of their
friends.
are looking for an inv'ftst-
went that will bring you
large returns trite for
particulars about, Calgary
tied Athabaska ♦Landing.
Alberta farms all) for sale.
ER
R. BREWER
R Estate Broker
117 Boulevard N.
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Jun, Munro, of 'Milverton, is spend-
' iug a week at the home of his brothel',
Alex, Munro.
The Local Option By-law voted on,
Jan- 1st, was defeated by a small
majorityof 2 aw mei fraction votes,
Iiydr'n•eeotr'ie 13y -law was parried by
as very large nlafority.
The people of this eormnunity were
greatly startled last Saturday morn-
ing when they learned of the death
of John Hepburn, a respected resident
of Turnberry, Deceased had appar-
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previous day but 6 nig
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seized withan attack of apoplexy
from which he did not recover, pass-
ing away the following morning. ilr
is survived by a wife, an aged mother
who resides in the village and several
brothers, who share largely in the
sympathy of their many friends in
their sudden bereavement. Funeral
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took place to the Wroxeter eemet e
on 'Tuesday afternoon.
Cranbrook
Martin McDonald spent New Years.
n here.
his home
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friends t
I is visiting old'
Oranbrook this week.
Will. Forrest, of Detroit, spent
New Yeats at his home here.
Mrs. Dilling and Charlie arrived.
home from Ingersoll this week.
Ed. Fischer and wife returned to
Berlin also Ohfistena,and Christian.
Air. King, of Orediton, spent New
Years with his sister, Mrs. Chas. Seel.
Wilfrid and Gordon Cameron spent
the past week with relatives in St.
Marys.
Dr. Will. Cameron, of Palmerston,
ate his New T'ear's dinner at R. Tyer-
man's.
T. and Mrs. Baker and Miss Marie,
of Saginaw,"Mich., are visitors at the
home of Geo. Baker.
The people of this locality were
pleased to see the smiling face of Jas.
McLauchlin this week.
Miss Vino Alderson has returned to
London after spending part of the
vacation at her home here. `
One of the nld landmarks, a tree in
front oft the Lutheran church, was
felled to the ground this week by F.
Jeschke.
Next Sabbath afternoon Rev. Air.
Kettlewell, of Toronto, will speak in
the Methodist church. Be comes as a
representative of the Dominion
Alliance.
W. P. M. S.—The mintier meeting of
Knox Church Women's Foreign Mis-
sionary Society was held Dec. 270.
Contributions last year were $75.00.
Following are the office bearers for
this year :—President, Mrs. (Rev.) Mc-
Rae ; Vice -President. Mts. A. McDon-
ald ; Treasurer, Mr's. Wm. Cameron ;
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Secretary, Airs.
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K.
McDonald.
3leetings ars held the last Wednes-
day of each month.
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Year's dinner out of town were Rev.
I). 13. and Mrs, McRae, at Brussels ;
Mrs, A, McDonald, Misees Myrtle and
Lulu, Mhta McRae, Robert iuld
Alvuter AlcDontld nt 13lyta) ; 11,
Gorsalitz alt Ilenrryn ; F. Raddatz, at
Detroit,
Moncrief
Henry McKay has returned home
from the West.
J, Weisel] berg has set up a chopping
hili
stand, We wish
mill in the old �
success.
The annual meeting of Knox chgreh
4Joncrielf, will be held on the 10th of
January.
Miss Mina Peet, of Hamilton, is
visiting relatives and friends
in this
nei g ll borhood.
We are looking forward hopelally
to the opening of cur new anvil) in
the near Future.
A number from here attended a
social evening ttt Monkton and report
tan enjoyable time.
Jas. 0. and Mts. McKay gave a
party M;'iclay evening when an
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joyable time was spent.
Rev. R. A. Lundy was presented
with a Inad of oats by his congrega-
tion hers as a New Year's gift,
Miss Pearl Harrison has eeturtred to
Stratford, where she intends to com-
plete her course at the Business Col-
lege.
\Vlu. and Mrs. McKay, of Earl
Grey Bask., and daughter, Violet, are
visiting relatives and friends • in this
neighborhood,
Frank Harrison and friend, F.
Tilsou, of West Montrose Owes haute
for a social evening last week when
he meet quite a number Of old friends.
The annual meeting of this school.
section was held .Wednesday of last
week. Andrew Meehan was elected to
fill the place vacated by Henry 31c -
Naught, the retiring trustee,
Jamestown
Skating on the river is the chief en-
joyment here now.
Finlay Fraser was home frmn that
Dental College, Toronto, for the holi-
clays. Be is looking well.
Last Sabbath evening Rev. A, L.
Russell, B.. D., of Wroxeter, conduct-
ed the service it) Victoria Hall.
Dr. James Stt:achau left on Satur-
day afternoon for Fort William,
where lie will resume Ills dental
practice.
Miss ii at•garet Donald- was home
from Talento for a holiday visit with
her mother and other relatives on the
4th con, of Grey,
Alex,, and Mfrs. Bryant; also the
latter's brother, George Gallaher,
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New Years a
spent
Mrs. ' •ans.
Ed sold Alt Btt
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FIND Txiwit.—A very snecessfttl
Christmas Retort ainment washeldin
Victoria Hall on the evening of Dec.
21st. Though the weather was not
very favorable the crowd was large
and the prngl am all that cooltl be de-
sired. The bill of fare consisted of :—
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Chau mans address ; oho ns y the
Sunday School ; recitation, Robert
Ballingall; solo Dongald Streatham
recrLakin, Mary Miller ; cantata,
"Red Riding • Hond" ; recitation,
Bessie Moses ; song by boys, "The
Snow Bi igade ; recitation, 'nneldat
McDonald ; Night gown drill by 8
little girls ; Gaelic song, Thomas,
Strachan ; dialogue, "Aunt Prue add
Margaret" by Bessie Moses and
Berea Btyaans •; quartette, by girls;
recitation, Viola McLeod ; quartette,
by girls, "Tis love makes our Clit'ist-
uias so clear" ; sole, Dongald Strath.
an ; tambourine drill by 12 girls ;
chorus, "Drifting with the tide" ;
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Women's »lr'Lined and Fur Trimmed Coats
Woolen's, Misses' and Children's Winer Coats
men's Fur Trimmed Overcoats
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chorus, by Sunday 'School, "Kris
Kringle" ; recitation, Vernon Miller,
introducing Santa 1.)1/11:18, Then fol-
lowed the distributing of the numer-
ous gifts. The cantata, "Reit Riding
timid" was pretty at)td well acted :and
did credit to all taking part; as dill
Lite other n411111)(4'8 of the pt•ngetun,
The proceeds amounted to $24,50.
Molesworth
NoTns.—School re -opened Wednes-
day with ithe new teacher,. Miss
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MacDonald in L
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nonage school.—Roy and Alts, b'r'etst.r
an
e visiting at \Vm. Pr•aser's, —The
Mission i3ancl is invited over to Ethel
on the 1811i ins,.,—Miss Nettie Mitchell
has t•etur med to Nonoral at Stratford.—
Missee Peat.] and Roxie McKee, or
Peterboro', are renewing old acgnaint-
atces,—Ton Ontnruings and Miss Liz-
zie spent New Year's at 1 inker•ton.—
A farewell hop was given in the Hall
Tuesday night for Bert. Mitchell and
Ltobt Mnrt'eay who returned to Van-
couver of Wednesday, — Miss Lulu
1101-herford was visiting with Miss
Effie Glal 1 e
—'4 s•s Ida Mitchell is
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-visitingii Mende at SI.Marys.—James
s.—T
nes
Elliott took a load of horses West last
Tuesday.—Martin Calder Was visiting
in our burg.—A. and Alts. Doig and
Suss Mary Cummings were visiting in
Michigan the latter end of the week.—
Anlong visitor's froth the West are :—
Mrs. Robertson and daughter, Eva, of
British Columbia ; Will. and Mrs.
Campbell, of Cypress, Asan. ; Mrs.
Flugh Thomson, Mazeund, Satsk. ; and
Hugh t, Moose Jaw, Sask.—Thus,
McDonald left Tuesday to attend the
'Dairy School at Guelph.
Morris
One of the nicest little daughters In
the land will call Herb. Manning
.,papa.,,
John }•newly, Saginaw, Mich„ is a
visitor with his father, Thos. Healy,
7th con.
Rev. E. G. Powell, of Exeter, will
preach at the Jackson Outralt next
Sunday afternoon,
Al, and Mrs -Healy and family were
spending the Christmas holidays with
friends in Michigan.
James Bowman, M. P., will return
to Ottawa next week to resume his
parlitunentary duties.
New Commit will meet sett Mon-
day at 10.80 a. in. rand asalltue ofliee.
Every mister has to man with Council-
lor Thuell in the *ignore..
Miss Edna Watson, of Medicine
Bat, has returned to her home on the
51•h cot., to spend the \Winter. Cer-
tainly the West agrees with her.
Jas. D. Watson, of Kineardine,
spent OhrisLnnul with his brother, W.
e' willrela-
tives
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H. Watson. P
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Lives and friend Y
fore retutating, It is10 years since he
was here.
W. P. Watson, of Meringo, Sask.,
is visiting his parents, W. H. and
Mrs. Watson. 5th line. 13e has been
in Western Canada for the paast seven
years and Would 1 not
live iu Ontario
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now.
Geo. arid fira. Keown,of Lansing,
g,
Men., spent Christma
with W. I3.
Watson and family. tin's. Keown,
who is a daughter of the former, will
remain for a few weeks but Mr.
Kenton will rennet shortly.
Mitanu t—At Swan Lake, Man„
on 'Dec 13th, Miss Hattie McCall,
formerly of this township, was united
in marriage to Archie Thompson.
They are here on a visit with relatives
And friends and will extend their visit
to the groom s relatives in Lindsay
locality. before l'etm'ningto the West.
We wish Mr. and Mrs. Thompson
many years of happiness and success..
MRs. AMAxwslLL PAsst4s AWAY. —
Last Satnt'dity Mrs. Garret Maxwell,
of whose illness Tem POST spoke,
passed away to her reward in her
701 h year. Funeral took plane on Tues-
day to Belgt:ave cemetery. She is sur-
vived by her husband and an adult
family, one daughter being Mrs. Geo.
Kerr near Brussels. Mrs. Maxwell was
ageeat sufferer at times' but triumphed
over rill by a confident trust in her
Lord. She was greatly beloved.
Wednesday of last week the animal
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WWI held in the .r,
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gbh of t
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house tnS..S.Nn with Jas. Olai'lc in
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the Chair and B Watson acting as
secretary. The retiring trustee was
H. B. Alcock who was succeeded by
James Nichol. 52.40 was the price
given Robert Craig foe the wood sup-
ply. Thos. Clark will look after the
work of auditing and 'will also be o l e -
taker oi'the school. For the butte' he
receives $25. The Se'cr'etary of the
Board is James Kearney. Sebool
opened on Wednesday with Frank
13ryaaus, son of Wm. Bayans, 4th line,
in cotmnand. I3is salary will be $500.
Mr, Bryatnns has just passed the Olin-'
ton Model School and will give a gond
account of himself. No. 3 has them
all beaten for repeated changes in
teacher's we are sorry to say but we
hope for more permanency,
CUPID'S VICTORY.— In Deloraine,
Man., on Dec. 201h, the h ome of
the bride's parents, A. H. and Mrs.
Brown, was the scene of a very, pretty
wedding when their second daughter,
Miss'Graace, became the bride of Wm.
Ooomhes, of the same town. Rev.
Mr, Price,Methodist
minister
officiate
ed. The etite
bride loolaed eharrnlig
in a gown of fawn silly ttirmned with
beading anti the travelling ch'ess was
brown broadcloth with Batt to match,
Miss Elsie Br'otvn, sister of the beide,
acted as bridesmaid Mid WAS gowne
in ra'a silk John Gro 1u, es, brother
of the room was groomsman. nlSYnan - After
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congratulations the company sat down
to a. very sutnptots wedding break-
fast and afterwards the happy couple
amid showers of rice and confetti, left
on the morning tram for Toronto,
other
n Detroit and n
Walton, Chatham,
Eastern points, They are now vigil-.
Mg their uncle and aunt, Henry and
Mrs. Jankson, ,n ilo'ris township.
May Iheit' joys be Many and their
troubles few,
David Walker, of Parkhill, was,
.home for New Yeat'a with his patents;
Samuel tauci Airs, Walker.
Mise Minnie Endicott, of Lindsay,
is visiting the families of James
andDavis,h1'
Duncan t Lu s. Davis, , 4 11 me. She
is a relative and has been here before.
David Russell, of Calgary, spent
New Years with his parents, Jas. and
Airs, Russell, 5th line. He was elect-
ed Sec.-Treas.,if1 < the Alberta Travel-
lers Association and is a delegate to
the convention in Montreal,
Mrs L. Beam of Mount Plea a
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Brant Co.,wasa visibcr r G the home
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of Harvey y Beam 7th line. She is a
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sister-in-law. Miss Maggie Beam, of
Brantford, was also visiting aider the
parental roof.
The annual school meeting in S, S.
No, 6 was held as per statute, Jas.
Ireland mada jolly chairman. a
Walt-
er Yuill was re-elected titmice. 'The
wood contract was given to Alfred
Cochrane at $2.45 per cord and Ed-
ward Ellis supplies cedar at $1.50 per
cord. IVatt1 Sellars will look after
the fire lighting. Miss Mvrdie is the
teacher in No, 0 and is rendering good
service. 6
the 27th of
SCHOOLAIL''ETiNC,.—On
December the annual school Bteetin
of Union S. S, No. 3, East Wawanosi
was called to order by D. D. Stalker,
chairman of the School Board. W.
P. Hiallahaur was chosen chairman and
J. Dingwall, Secretary of this meet:
ing. By notion of F. D. Stalker,
seconded by 0. Johnston, the minu-
tes of last aunal meeting were adopt-
ed Its was the 'Trustees' report and
Auditor's report. J. 0. Powney was
appointed ratepayer's auditor for the
year 1912. The Inspector's report
cleated Febrnaty 16th and November
23111, 1011, were read by the Secretary.
and the: question of permanent im-
provement was discussed. The fire
insurance policy was satisfactory.
On motion of F. D. Stalker, seconded
by Thos. Noble, Win. Craig, the re-
tiring trustee, was re-elected: The
Trustees for next year are F. D.
Stalker, J. Curring and W. Craig.
Contract for cleaning school twice,
closets twice and cutting grass and
weeds in ,luly was let for $6.50 to R.
Nesbit. Lighting tires, sweeping and
dusting school also to pile wood in
woodshed in holidays was let to J. 0
Pommy fin' $25.
HYIIDNLoAL.—Wedding bells jingled
merrily at the home of James Jack-
son, 9th line, Wednesday of last week
when at 4 p.• m, the marriage cere-
moley was performed by Rev. J. H.
Ost:erbout, B. D., of Londesboro',
making Geo. Mains, of Auburn, and
Miss Florence Beatrice, youngest
daughter of the host and hostess,
husband d and wife. Weciding march waspby
laved Miss Maud Jackson
1 bride,as the wedding
party took their places under a -Christ-
mas bell and before a blank of flowers,
the bride being given away by her
feather. The ring bearer was little
Edna May Jackson, the bride's niece.
Bride wore a very beconing costutne
of silver gray silk and carried a briquet
white n n hita caruati ns and maids bait
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ferns. Abot t'30 guests were present;
the immediate relatives. After.
hearty congratulations a sumptuous
supper was served followed by toasts
spoken to by the. officiating _clergy-
man, J. Scarlett. McKilfnp ; W. Jack-
son, Blyth, and Mr. Hall, of Barrie
Guests were present from Summer,
hill, Belgrave, Blyth and. McKillop.
Wedding presents were nuinerous,
valuable and useful. Groom's gift to
the brine was a gold bracelet. bit'.
arid Mrs, Mains commence married
life with the best wishes of a wide
circle of relatives and friends.
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Ernest Rozell was visiting relatives
at Toronto over the holiday.
Miss Lottie Jackson has been visit-
inglter sister in New York State.
The new Council will meet next
Monday as per statute at the Town-
ship Hall at Ethel. '
Miss Elsie Clark, of Waskada, who
is a milliner, has been visiting at, Mrs.
thigh McKinnon's.
Miss Ella McKinnon, who was home
for the vacation :hLs returned to her
school at Nashville, Ori t:
Miss May Thomson and Mr. and
Miss No'thgraves, of Berlin, were
visitors at Joseph Engler's last week.
R. J. hoover. Oth con., was under
the doctor's care last week, suffering
from la grippe. He is improving' we
are pleased to report,
\ Ie etre sorry to hear that Alt•s.Oliv-
er Turnbull, 151.h con., has been both -
'eyed with t•heuntatism but we hope
she will soon be clear of it.
Duncan aitd 'Miss Ellie ;McCallum,
of I.]ullett, wet'e visitors with old
friends' and neighbors in Grey. The
latter is continuing her stay. They
are always welcome.
Don't forget the Auction sale of
farm stock, implements, &c., at Jos.
1, Welsh's next Tuesday afternoon.
He is givi ng np farming and has a lot
of fine stock including thoro' bred
Holstein cattle. List may be lead on
page 8 of this issue,
At the annual school meeting in S.
S. No. 1, Robert Miller, was re-elected
Trustee. John Davidson supplies 5
Coal
cord. O a
P woods,at 2,40 a
cords n
$
will be used during the colder menthe.
A sum of money was voted to the
Trustees for their services in - connec-
tion with the building of the new
school house. The building is a credit
to contractor Heney and to the Sec.
boo.
At ho borne of R. J. Hoover 9th
con., Wm. Fowler and son, Frank, of
Ed wanton, are visiting. The gentle-
men are bt•othersdn-law. It is 21
years since Mr. Fowler went West
front Weet Wawanosh. Ile recentlyy.
sold one of his farms, .100 acres, 2
miles out of .Edmonton for the snag
taint 01'1318.000. It will probably be
surveyed into pant kits. Mr. Fowler
is a great believer in the North
west and its fdtnre,
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Miss Bella Botz, llth eon., will take
a well deserved holiday and will visit
relatives and friends in Ktansas and
Vitginia. We don't know how Taints
will manage on the homestead with-
out his sister unless he can induce
some other body's sister to take
charge.
Ethel
Miss Edith Freeman, of Lucknow,
has been visiting old friends here,
At the F annual school meeting
David Dunbar was re-elected 'Trustee
for the next term.
We are sorry' to state that Juo. N.
Lamont is on the sick list but we hope
he will soon be all right.
A iettetfrout Alex. D. Lamont, of
Olds, Alta., says "We are having
lovely weather and fine wheeling."
Will. Brown is home from a holiday
visit with relatives and friends at To-
ronto, `Woodbridge and other points.
The cheese factory will hold its
annual meeting next Saturday after-
noon in the Township Hall. There
should be a large attendance.
On page 4 of Tsae'
POST may
be found
a ;i page allyl. of Geo. M. AIiGchell's.
He is offeriug great bargains for 10
days so you want to get after them
right away.
An effort is being made to establish
a Canadian Club to be run during the
Winter months for the musical and
literary itnproyemen
t of the com-
x art
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David Lamont,
son of Ars. Angus
us
Lamont, is here or
a holiday from the
West. Whether Dave will take one
of our fair maidens home with him or
nob remrius,to be seen.
. Next Sabbath the Dominion Al-
liance speakers will be in charge of the
services in the Methodist ohnrches on
Ethel circuit. Rev. Mr. Wren will
preach at Gorrie on that day.
Our old friend James Livingston, of
St. Marys, is here -011 a holiday visit
at his daughter, Mrs. W. Slemtnon.
Although 84 years of age Me. Living-
ston is remarkably spry. He is one
of the boys of the "Old -Brigade."
There was a rumor that the govern-
ment might make a change is the
post office here but your oorrespon
dent fails to be able to find any real
ground for the story. The business is
well looked after and the remunera-
tion small. A unpopular move'
could not well be desired.
The trustees of our school have en-
gaged Miss Edmiston, of Blyth, as
teacher of the Junior department fox'
1912 aba salary of $400. ' She was one
Of the successful students at the
Clinton Model School. Mrs. Edmes-
tnn will move to Ethel owing to; her
daughter's engagement. W6 wish the
school success.
Iter
IY apl,a
Stepper. 6ttb.
attended
$46.00.
The Walton Attu
their annual clas
evening. It w
sat- down to-
Abent 00 � d w a
dinner. After' which a ltd
toasts, speeches, songs and t
wet given.ort
'e Reports
of the
P
work were g • rgiven and officers
f
1 n
elected. trey. Ah'. Lundy y ad.trisel
are to be heartily congratulated.
STRUCK BY' LNGINr,.-Mm's..Mantel
McNabb, of Walton, Ont., while on
her way to London to take a .train for
Bad Axe, Michigan, where she intend- 4
ed holidaying. had to close call from,
being killed at Stratford last Saturday
afternoon. As she was crossing a set
of tracks to board the London train,
she was struck by a yard engine.
Fortunately she was struck in such a
manner as to be thrown clear of the
rails, or she would have been instantly ,
As it was
h the wheels.
killed beneath 1
she escaped with a severe shaking up.
She got on the train and was attended
oil her arrival at London by a local
physician. She was able to go to Bad
Axe later'in the evening.
A FINE WOMAN.—Tuesday of this
week a most estimable person passed
to her reward in the person of
John H. Swallow, in her 78th ye,'
She was born in Liverpool, Engle),
corning to Canada in her youth, ant
lived at Paris, Toronto and Pickering
before coming West to Morrie and
McKillop townships. Her maiden
name was Catharine A. McCoy and
her late husband died 9 years ago.
They lived in McKillop for over 40
years. Three sons (W. J., deceased ;
Walter M., on the homestead ; and
Carman, of Day Mills, Algoma) and
two daughters (Mrs. A. McNabb, of
Thornhill, Man. ; and 'prise Man, at
hone) constitnt �• the family. 's.
Swallow was o, f�:ly in bed for a few
days before her decease. She was
genial, kindly, the soul of hospitality
and enjoyed the respect of alt who
knew her. For marry yeti's she was a
faithful member of the Methodist
church. The funeral will take place.
Saturday afternoon at 1.30, service at
1 o'clock. Interment will be made in
the family plot, Brussels cemetery.
Election Day
BRUSSELS
Reeve -•-J. Leckie by acclamation.
1-
Poll 2 3
60-106
48 58
. Argent
P
A. O. Dames 49 52 57-158
Geo. Muldoon 46 48 34-128
A. McGuire 40 • 40 5'-13g9
7. Hewitt 34 36 39-109
S. Carter 21 20 83— 83
Walton
Mrs. McCrae, who' has been sick
since August, is able to;sit up again.
Mr. Hall, of Peterboto' spent his
Christmas holidays at R. H'. Fergu-
son's.
A. and Mrs,. Gardinerr spent a plea-
sant week with their' daughter at.
Springville,
A
rin ville Ont,
Among the holiday visitors were
Miss J. O. Rea and her nephew, Rea..
Small, of Stratford.
James A. Rea, of Melville. Sask., is
home and may continue his residence
here, which we hope he will decide to
do.
Our school re -opened on Wednesday
with a large attendance. Miss Camp-
bell is meeting with well deserved suc-
cess.
The New 'Year's elections passed off
quietly. Good capable men have been
elected to posts of responsibilityand
service.
Dr. Inechtel, . of Moose Jaw,' is
spending the holidays with his brother
here. He is very optimistic about the
neat West.
Duff's Presbyterian church will hold
their annual congregational meeting
on Tnesday evening, Jan. 9th
After
business the ladios will serve light
refreshments, it has been a good
year for Duff's.
The Bantling Committee are bray
securing materials for their neat/
church for 1912. They Will .soon ted-
vertiee for tenders for b
ildin .
payments Have
Nearly all of the 7.st pay
been path in to John Watt, Treasurer,
These are due Dec. 1911, Nov. 1012 and
Nov. 1018.
Messrs. Amenb, Dames,' McGuire and
Muldoon were elected.
Hydro -Electric was carried the vote
42 against; u 137 for and.4
showingg ,,
majority of 95. The pollin division '
record was 45 to 8 at No. 1 ; 48 to I8 at
No. 2 and 41 to 21 at No. 3. -
The Pryne By-law was defeated
are sorry to state. 173 votes tv
necessary to carry it and only
were polled. 50 people voted against
the By-law. We wonder what they
would suggest as an alternative ? By
pols the vote stood Nor 2. 47 to 16; No. 8, 3to21. to 11
MORRIS
Reeve— ' 1 2 3 4'. . 55,._li.
McCracken 16 27 90 30 471130-186
Shortreed. 79 65 39 35 32 '$4-284
11)laj. for Shortreed 98.
Couucillors—
Elston 27 18 43 39 61 36-134
Fraser 12 30 86 32 54 52-210
Laidlaw 89 75 33 41 17 13-2118
Procter,21 17 58 80 41 28-105
Thuell 44 65 ,46 46 ' 31 25-257f
Reeve, J. Shortreed. Councillor's:
Messrs. Laidlaw, Thuell, Elston and
Fraser.
McKILLOP
Reeve—
1 2 8 4
Jas. Cowan 43 73 49' 82-1
J. M. Goveulock 81 67 87 55-
Alex. Ross 6 19 54 34—
Maj. for Govenloek, 38
Councillors—
Joint Balfour 50 60 67 62-
Charles Case. 14 44 90
Conrad Erhart,115 79 74 54
John Goveulock, 82 92 56 71=
Wm. Knechtel18 60 61 57-2(
John M;Dowell50 91 34 54—
Thomas Purcell127 75 36 23-261
Reeve, J. M. Govenloek. Council-
lors, Messrs, Balfour, Eckat•t,;.Goven
lock and Purcell.
'rURNBk7ERY
Reeve—T. K. Powell ; 0ouneillors
John J. Moffatt, John Rutherfoi'
Arthur Wheeler, Joint McBurney.
MYTH
Reeve—Dr. Milne, 125; J. Cott, 84
iia,7 . for Milne 41. Council elected by
acclamation, Joseph Carter, W. I3.
McElroy and A. B. Carr. As one
more donncillor is required anothe
nomination will be necessary to
the seat.
STANLRY
Reeve—J, Glen, ; Councillors,
ver, Keys, 'Vineland and McKinla
at LLLnTT
Reeve—Jas. Leiper by 120 majt
Councillors—Jno• Barr J. Fin
W. J Miller and J. Tamblyn,
Last Tuesday's Globe said I..—
all occasional Presbyterian cont
tion in the Maritime Provinces exp
blit.: to Church bare Union, Y h .Town it1
s
gni.
ra
Mpg to tante such e
v R' h nt 1
lir. ardor
a ss ih
p t
of the iiuiou scheme as that of y
Andrew's church, London, where Ow
vote of the members was Soo for' ansl
Only fA against onion,