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the combinations and .reotopolists of First, ih has been proven that beets
the Morgan, Rockfeller and Carnegie , of the ,eery beet quality can be
stamp who are bleeding the people grown he this Province. Second, that
and they should be defeated, The sugar equal to any produced in the
Democrats having, even at this late 1 world cao be made from these beets
day espoused the righteous cause °, and thirdly that the cultivation of
,r conditions and
the money earner e and real wealth beets, under' prop
producers, -should be given an op- tillage, is, profitab e to the produc-
12 portunityto folfil their promiseser and farmer. It ias also been been
19 The people can not be worse treated 1 proven that there is, prectically, an
28 under them than they are now being unlineited demand for the finished
oppreseed through the present core product. Undertheme circumstances,
yupt and rotten combination in nothwithstanding, the initial diffi-
power. Let the Yankee show his 1 cultic old discouragements, the en -
love for real liberty by shattering terprise should, ultimately, become
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS the shackles which are being, bound profitable to the producer, the man-
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81I1 - The Spire -nirwcti ,he parentheses after each
ow", denotes the pegs of she pt sr MI whieh the
adveriisement will be found
IDS Hat-areig Siownrt-1.
Kew Goods -Dad Belleath-5
Spring Comirg-I V•Pear-6
Still they Conti -McKinnon &
Robbors-BWIJlfh Sen -t
Bulls for eale-J Nelferin-
ism for fisle-Chatli Mason -6
Auction Sale -Wm RI ick-
" -Jame B4r*-6
" " -Wee Sincialr-6
" " -Peter fils4thews--5
-Frank T
" " -Dent &Thon'peon-6
Jersey cow -0 A Dcedman-b
For Sale-, V Feer -8
House fertile's-Km John Dowoey,-6
Patrons Meeting -A A Cuthill -6
Mew Dress lifiterials-E Menai Co -8
It Pays -D ifet,senfan Co -6
Chain ftale-J. Bulgier-%
Catholic Order et Forteters--8
AMAMI Meeting -BS Philipe-b
House tot 8s1e-A 86-r bi -6 -11fill011411.1 Organs -O M RAldwin-8
Seeds -gemlike) & Kers1.4e-8
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Ur *non Oxpoolts.
SEAFORTEI, FRIDAY, Mar. 11, 1904.
=Le.
.There is nothing new or reliable
from the Japanese -Russian war.
Many'engagements are reported but
nothing is confirmed. A land con-
flict between the contending forces
is expected in a few days Russia
emus to be brine low, biding her
time.
The Parliaments.
.bout him and the easiestandSpeed- r ufacteter and the Province. The,
jest way he can do this ie by defeat- Government'would, therefore, be act-
ing the Republican party et the next ing in the general interests to con -
election. *very Canadian who has a tinue the nursing procees, although
vote in the,h:United States:should vote perhaps' sparingly, for a while long -
the Deractchatie ticket et the next ! er, with the hope that the infant
national election. may within a reasonable time gain
strength to steed alone. One of the
There. is ,one ;item of rxpenditure main difficulties thus far_is to pro -
upon which legislatore op both sides i cure raw materiai sufficient for the
enuirements of the mills: This,
_
of politics invariably agree. That is r --
however, is a difficulty which the
the item of seesional indemnity for farmers of the Province will soon
I members. Whee the estimates were , allay if the crops prove sufficiently
e . h
' being considered in the 'Legislature ; P
rofitablandwn they get to Am-
the other day, the oppo ition were
derstand the pie) er and most eco-
lio cultivation.
loudiand long in their d nunoiations nomical methods
of many proposed expen ituras but
t i the Ontario Leg -
no man had anything to say against The Opposition
Leg -
the proposition to inerease the pay islaturc will not 4rowsudden1y rich
of members from $600 to $1,000 per from the capital t ey will make out
'session. Although an increase of -
of their criticisms of the price paid
over one half may be considered by I
for the farm r ently purchased and
some a v-ery substantial increase,
yet it passed added to the gr unds of the London in silence, there being 1
insane asylum. It seems that the -
no watch dog of the -Provincial 1
I Government rete tly purcha.sed a
to object.. °Perhaps he was
farm of 230 acres, contiguous to the
land belonging; to the asylum and
which wasineede • for asylum pur-
poses. Thd paid or the farm $23,-
000, or within alf action of Ws per
acre. Theil had h d this farm rented
for several irearslf a r $300 a year, but
the lease had expi ed and the owner
would not reneW t le lease anchconse-
quently they had to purchase. The
Opposition mainta ned that the farm
is sandy and beg y and practioally
worthless for fa ii purposes and the
fact that the G ernment had been
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able to lease it fir $300 a year.is
-the best evidence that it bad been
purchased at do ble its value and
same eigdit months of the preceding 1 hence they heal uated that there
year, while intheordinary and cap- must be a good sized etheopian en
ital expenditures together, the in- the fence someWhere. On behalf cil
crease for the eight months is only the d-overnmeet iti was explained
$1,228,729. that the renal -was no criterion tis
to the value, ash 'owner had no uee
for it and the ental was simply
found money tol 1111. He was hold-
ing it for sp c lative purposes in
the view that tie growth and exten-
sion of the cit would ultimately
make it valuabl for building pur-
poses, as it had one, that it could
not be longer ( nted and that the
Government" ha either to purchaee
or abandon it. s the property was
needed for asyl m purposes and as
they could. not procure other suitable
s money they pur-
price named. This
ransaction has not
o be faulty in any
evidence has been
ow that the trans -
a straight -business
may not be choice
,' but land within
he business, part of
should not be con-
The Dominion Parliament opened
at Ottawa on Thursday with the us-
/
nal display and formalities. The new
Speaker was elected and the House
adjourned until Monday when the
motion adopting the address in re-
ply to the Speech from the Throne
/will likely be proceeded with. The
new Speaker is a French member
from Quebec.
The principal item of interest from
the Ontario Legislature, not refer-
red to elsewhere, is the hal submit-
ted to the Legislature on Tuesday
by ,the Premier, guaranteeing the
bonds of the Soo company to the
amount of $2,000,000, in order to as-
sist that company to get into; work -
order again. Judging from the
Speech of the leader of the _Oppos-
ition this bill will be bitterly opposed
by the Oppositian and will likely be
ihe occasion of a lengthy dischar
sion. It is one of 'those measures,
however, upon which it is scarcely
safe to express an (minion until an
opportunity is given to judge of
the security which the Province is
to receive to shield it from loss.
The Government bill for the amend-
ment of the Liquor License Act is
not likely to be brought down until
next week. The Government and
its supporters "held a caucus during
the week and this propoeed measure
was the main subject of discussion.
The situation may he judged from
the following which we take feom
the Globe. It eays: " The Premier,
it is understood, outlined to his fol-
lowers a radical temperance meas-
ure, providing for the abolition of
the bar throughout thei Province on
May 1st, 1905, and Government con-
trol of the ri3tail sale of liquor in
packages. This did not meet with
the approval -of the members. The
Premier then suggested as an alter-
native that the bringing into effect
of such a -law as that he had pre-
viously suggested should be left to
a vote in each of the individual mu-
nicipalities at the next munioipal
elections. It would be compulsory
to submit to the people of each mu-
nicipality two questions the
hotel license in the municipality be
abolished and shall liquor be sold in
packages under Government control/
The license law would at the same
time be made more stringent. The
last proposition was discussed until
adjournment, no decision being
reached. The matter will come up
at another caucus next week."
Editorial Notes and Comments.
The special committee of the Leg-
islature have had several sessions
and much discussion over the new
Assessment Act within the past two
weeks. They havealso made many
chaeges, although the principle up-
-On which the bill is based through-
out remains unchanged. When it is
reported to the Legislature and
-comes up in that body for serious
discussion, it is not unlikely that
some of the work of the commit-
tee will be undone. However, it is
hoped that the finiehed product will
he a, great improverhent, both in
method and results, to the law we
now have.
The old war horse of the Conserva-
tive party, Sir Charles Tupper, al-
though verging on four score and
five yearsis still possessed of lots
of vigor, vim and courage. He left
Montreal a few days ago for Heide'
en route for England, and in -the
course of an interview seid: "If on
my arrival in England I can do any-
thing to further the cause of Mr.
Chamberlain I will gladly put my
services at the disposal of the ex -
Colonial Secretary on the public
platform or in any other way to put
the Canadian point of view before
the electors of Great Britain." •
While the Democratic party of the
United States have adopted as their
battle cry for the next 'election " A
revision of the tariff and Reciproc-
ity, especially in trade. with Carereeei
the Republicans firmly adhere to the
old shibboleth, "Proteetion." This
was made perfectly clear a few days
arc° in a carefully delieered speech
by John Daizeil ,of Perinsylvania,one
of the " House triumvirate" who,
in defining the Republican policy de-
clared it to be opposition to all rec-
iprocity except in non -competing ar-
ticles and especial opposition to re-
ciprocity with Canada and a firm ad-
herence to the McKinley tariff. The
Republican party are bound hand and
foot by, and are the bond slaves of
McMordie were plain, practical and
to the paint and were listened to
with the olceaeet attention by the
meeting. They explained that while
political, the Union was not in any
sense partizan, the object being to
secure justice for the farming 00M-
munity in the legislation of the
country. All other callings are re-
presented by their organizationa
who are prepared at a moment's no -
'tic* to plae,e their demands aod de-
sires before the governing bodies!
of the country, and if possible use
their united strength to enforce ,
these demands ill -respective ofpartiz-
an considerations, and often to the
detriment of the agricultural inter-
ests which should IX) the largest,
strongest and most influential or-
ganization in the country. The1y al-
soLoutlined some of the disab lilies
and disadvantages under whicji the
farming interests labor, thelegis-
lation necessary to remedy these and
the steps necessary to be taken to
procure this legislation. They also
outlined what had already been ac-
complished by the Union and which
eould not have been accomplished ex-
cept through organized effort on
the part of a few farmers. If the
farmers were as fully represented in
their Union as the manufactprers,
they would be an irrestible Power
in the country and would have lit-
tle difficulty in securing such just
legislation as they require. But they
will never attain this object except
through united effort such ;is the
Union proposes. A hearty vote of
thanks was tendered the gentlemen'
for their excellent addresses. They
should do good in this community.
Treasury
chained hp and muzzled.
Judgiog-"from present figures the
Dominion Finance Minister will be
able to present an exceptionally' sat-
isfactory showing to Parliament at
the approaching .sessiont The sur-
plus of receipts over all ,the expen-
ditures for the eight months ending
February 29th, amounts to $7,917,-
i059. At the present ratio of increlse
the surplus at the end of the present
year shouldamount to ten million
dollars.The, improveme.nt in the re-
ceipts isr14,525,304 compared with the
I — -
There was. quite a sensation cre-
ated in political' and social oirclei in
Ottawa the other day on it becoming
known that Messrs. Prefontaine and
Brodeur, two members of the Do-
minion Government who had been
proposed for membership in the Rid-
eau Club had been black balled. The
'Rideau is the swell club of the Capi-
Lai City, the memberships of which
are supposed to be the pick of the
upper tendom. The rejected Minis-
ters however, need not worry ser-
iously as this slip will not impair
their ubefulness to the country nor
imperil the prospects of the Gove
ernment at the next eleption. It is
said the black bailers are known and
are a ,group of Tories, several of
whom are members. of the civil ser-
vice, who took this means of show-
ing their dislike for the Government
that employs them. If this is the
case, then Messrs. Prefontain and
Brodeur deserve their fate for har-
boring such animals in- the service.
_
The Goderich Signal seems to think
that Mr.. Peteri Ryan's silvery
tong1tied oratory and glib jokeseehen
retailed to a number of dumbermen
-who want to buy timber limIts and
who knew their own business a great
deal better. than Mr.. Ryan can tell
it to the, m, aTe cheap to the Province
at the fate oli$38 per minute. Weil,'
the Sighal may be right, but we don't
think -so. Mr. Ryan may have all the
giats, graces and knowledge the Sig-
nal says he ;has, but he is too dear
g man for the job and a very much
cheaper man could have been got
who would have done it just as
well. The Signal evidently fails to
understand wbat every person else,
who wants to, knows, viz., that it
was, the ' increased prices for lumi-
bet §that enabled Mr. Ryan to get
the high prices for the limits that
be did 'and not his superior know-
ledge, or his gifts of oratory and
joke making which were paid for
so dearly. I °
The organic union of the Presby-
terian, Methodist and Congregation-
al, churches, which has been under
consideration- by committees of each
denomination for a long time, was
discussed in, air informal way yester-
day at a -luncheon given by J. W.
Flavelle, at which were present from
the several denominations nathed,
many leading clergymen and laymen.
Dr. Cannan, Dr. Warden, Dr. Cavan
and Mr. O'Hara. for the variou.s
churches interested, expressed ap-
proval of• the movement, with prop-
er deliberation _and precaution, as did
also his honor, the Lieutenant -Gov-
ernor, Hamilton Cassels, Rev. J. A.
McDo'nald, Rev. Dr. Sutherland,
Chancellor" Burwash, Dr. Cleaver, C.
Massey, J. W. Flavelle, J. W. Pedley
and T. B. Hyde. The general opinion
was thatunity was most 'desirable
and practicable,' and, while it may
take time to accomplish, the people
of the various churches should be
consulted and, with the 'proper
phurch spirit kept ever in view, a
:t-welcoine coneummation arrived at.
To all of which we most fervently
say Amen. The sooner such a con-
summation is brought about the bet-
ter for all -concerned. Tt would ef-
fect an immense and much needed
saving- in men, talent, energy and
naoney, all of which are so much re-
quired at the present time to supply
the pressing .needs of this young and
rapidly growing country.
The beet sugar industry, from
which se much was expected a couple
of years ago, is not proving the
bonanza hoped for. Like all other
.tnd,ustries of the kind, it is having
its initial troubles. Four large fac-
tories were .started in Ontario and
about $200,000, mostly American
money, ,expended hi their 'construc-
tion. Already two of them have
been shut down and are hopelessly
bankrupt, and it is said the other
two Neill not be able to live through
another season, unless the Govern-
ment bounty which expires this year
is continued. Last -year the Govern-
ment paid out about $75,000 in boun-
ties on the sugar manufactured. The
.machinery, also, for the translation
of the beets into sugar is expensive
'both to instal and maintain and labor
has been found difficult to get and
dear. However, two or three things
ha ve been a bsolu t ely estehlished.
property for I
chased it for t
'version of the
yet been shown
respect and it
forthcoming to 3
action was no.;
one. The landl
for farm purpo
a mile or so of t
the city of Lond
sidered dear at 100 per acre.
D: :13:0700d,
Notes. -The rivival meetings which
have been carrcd on in the Evan-
gelical church f r the last few weeks
closed Thursd y night last. -Last
Thursday Was the regular business
meeting of the Young Peoples' AS-
sociation. The resignation of Mr.
Russel Bastardi president, was ac-
cepted. He is attending the Colleg-
iate and is, tiler fore, unable to at-
tend. Miss Jane Hall was elected
president and M ss Fanny Snell, eor-
responding seer tary, which posit-
ion Miss Hall v'a tiled to accept the
presidency. The society has a good
staff of efficera nd the work should
boom. -Miss M. . Jennison and a
M. Larkw-orthy isited at Miss Jen-
nison's home re r St. Joseph, over
Sunday. -.I. E. To , inspector of pub-
lic schools, viSi ed our school last
Friday. -Mr. Gel er spent Sunday at
his home in Hen all. -Mr. and Mrs.
James Snell took a trip to Crediton
on Sunday, -Mr. rnd Mrs. E. P. Pau-
lin were to Exe er Sunday evening
hearing Dr. Medd, of Hensall.-We
understand _that Messrs. S. Ireland
and R. I:famine:hi have bought ;the
Hoffman planing mills and the fac-
tory will soon beirunning again. The
factory is in goad hands and the new
firm will no de-abt give the public
/the best of Satisfaction, in work
which will be ;entrusted to them.
We wish the fit.. success. -Mise A.
Hay, of SlabtoW- , is in town visit-
ing her sister, rs. P. Fossal.-Miss
Phoebe Rickbei , of Zurich, visited
at Mr. Sol. Har y's over Sunday.
That School D fficulty.-A coeres-
pendent sends u.. the following: In
the case of Ha tleib vs. Geiger, a
version of which was given in this
department of The Expositor two
weeks ago, the- atementi contained
were misleading' and quite at earl,
ence with the faits of the case. The
magistrate did nit dismiss the case
when asked to a so by the counsel
for the defencheet, but said: "bad
he not seen thelllittle boy's bands a,
short time after he had received the
whipping and also the strap with
which the pun shment was admin-
istered, a three -obi rubber belt, one
and a quarter inches by 30 inches
long, and bette adapted to punish
a horse, he wo Id dismiss the case,
but in view of th e facts he would
reserve the case or further consid-
eration and as i4 was not clear on,
some legal point Iio would likely re-
fer the case to t e County Crown At-
torney and ask f r advice." This he
did. The reply fl the Crown Attor-
ney was to thi effect: that if the
magistrate wa atisfied that the
witnesses told t 4 truth, the whip-
ping was rather 'massive and would
therefore, be a essault. The sym-
pathy of those in the court was by
no means altoge Ier with the teach-
er, as was stated by your correspond-
ent, but various r marks were made
to the eontrar . The reason the
case was not so ner disposed of was
on account of the irregular mail
service, which as been a common
'occurrence this Winter and the con-
sequent delay in correspondence- be-
tween here and Goderich With the
Crown Attorney.,
Farmers' Meeting. -Messrs, R. B.
McLean and It bert McMordie, of
Kippee, addressa large meeting
of farmers and others in Mosier's
hall here, on Wdnesday evening,
the 4th inst. The meeting was held
in the interests df the Ontario Farm-
ers' Union. The meeting was presid-
ed over by Mr. Wm. Snider, who, in
his usual genial manner, introduc-
ed the speakers and explained the
objects sought her the Union. The
addresses of Metsrs. McLean and
Thames Road.
Notes. -Mr. Charles Davis wears a
smiling face over a son. -Mr. Wil-
bert Passmore is attending the busi-
ness college in Stratford. -Mr.' Bert
Rundle and sister, of St. Marys,
spent Sunday with friends oz the
boundary. -Master Woley Johns is
laid up with appendicitis. His many
friends hope for a speedy recovery. -
Mrs, Henry Horney and daughters
are moving to their house in town
this week. -Mr. William Stewart,jr.,
of the boundary, was married to Miss
Campbell, of Hibbert. The young
oouple have taken up their residence
on the farm adjoining his lath r's.-
Mr. Cephas Pymn is drawing sand
fcir a bank under his barn this com-
ing summer. Mr. Andrew Gi on is
also drawing sand for his new house.
3tfo3Killop.
North Endings. -Dr. Ryan, ef Sag-
inaw, Michigan, is home in attend-
ance on his Mother, Mrs. Jas. Ryan,
who was very low. We are pleas-
ed, however, to state that her con-
dition is improving. -Mr. Geo, 'Betts
is laid up with a sore leg. -Mr. F.
Roe, who sold his farm to his broth-
er Edgar, has moved to Bruseels to
reside. -Darling's steam press has
been running in this vicinity for
the past couples of weeks, wi h Mr.
Peter Gardiner at the hel .-The
welcome caw of the _crow isj again
heard, which is a sure 'indication
that spring is coming. -Mr. Alex.
Gardiner had a bee drawing pressed
hay to Brussels last week -On ac-
count of the storm on Thursplay of
last week, Mr, J. Stafford's sale had
to be postponed until Wednes ay of
this week. -Miss May Sparlin is on
the sick list.
Alma.
Notes. -Mr. Thomas Medic aebste,
attended the horse fair in oronto
last week. -Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Irwin
entertained a few of their friends
.and neighbors on the evening of ,the
1st of March, it being the , thirty
fifth anniversary of their marriage.
May they- live to enjoy, many more
happy years-t,egethen-Mr. and Mrs.
A. Scott were at home to a ew of
their friends laet Friday eve ing.-
A few of our young peOple sent a
very enjoyable evening one nifeht
last week at the home of Mr. elvin
Clark. -Our worthy pastor, R v. A.
E. Allin, has been absent thl past
week, owing to the death ofihis
mother. Some of the officia1j took
charge of his work here duriiig his
absenco.-Little Nellie MeMich el has
been confined to the house the last
few days with a severe cold. -Mr.
Frank Kettle called on his wipheva
Mr. Thos. Livingstone, jr., an Fri-
day last. -Miss Lizzie Cart r was
laid up for a few days last week
with a -very sore fade. We hiope to
soon see, her around again. -?r. and
Mrs.. A. Scott, of 8caforth,I spent
Sunday with Mit and Mrs. . Mc-
Michael.
momimmennimiirmor
St. Columban.
Notes„-Poistmaster Kuhlman has
resigned his poistion as teacher of
the Sealorth_ band. This is good
news for the fitte Columban orchestra
which will now become bettei- than
ever. Last year he devoted 411 his
evenings to the band but now he wilt
.become an active meMber of the lo-
cal orchestra. -Only one traie ever
became stalled within a milelof St.
Columban and that •was.becautee the
engineer cut off the steam tcio soon
on the grade west of the statipn and
then got stuck before he reached the
station. Owing to the false eport
sent to him, the trainmaster ordered
all trains to pass St. Columban at
top speed. The order remained
force during the month of February.
An investigation held last week,
proved the report absolutely false.
For the future all trains will stop
here. -Mr. E. Krauskoph, an old res-
ident of this vicinity, died last week
and was buried in Drysdale. -The
mail service between. -St. Columban
and Bmeoenethh.wood is to be re -arranged
this
Death of a Pionten-Mrs. Bernard
McCann, one of the first eettlers of
the Huron Road and almost' the last
survivors of the early pioneers,died
here last week. she was born in
-Limerick, Ireland, but left her na-
tive land as she was approaching to
womanhood. She came almost di-
rectly to Goderich, ottvering the dis-
tance between that 'hewn and Guelph
on foot, for trains and railroads were
scarce in those days. She remained
but a short time in the county town
which was then the centre of scathe
ment not only for what is now' Hur-
on county but for all the territory .
round about. Mrs. McCann married
her late hushaed in Goderich and
they took up their land on the Hur-
on road, east of Seaforth. The farm
AM owned by Mr. Heffernan on tbe
T
wasue kieorrsnimoi rt stihdecti rosf, 11thsewHasur:rtoind
so r coma e
half a mile east of this- in Ilibbert
township. Mrs. McCann had an un-
usual amount of perseverance and
endurance and these qualities car-
ried- her successfully through the
trials and hardships that beset the
first settlers. She lived for more
than sixty years in the immediate
neighborhood of her Inte residence,
•
and was known far and near for her
goodness, kindness and sound judg-
ment. Although past eighty she
was in full possession of her facul-
ties right, up to the end and was a
Storehouse of 'knowledge eoneerning
the, early history of the district.
While her senees of seeing and hear -
big were not as acute as they were
ii
t venty years ego, yet she had none
of the physical infirmities of old
age. She had years without being
old, she had a full measure of age
without the infirmities. Her life
was long and nseful, her end peace-
ful. She lived so that those who
met her were the better for having
known her. The funeral was large-
ly attended. Requiem mass was cel-
ebrated by Rev. Father Pinneonault,
Clinton, assisted by Father Noonan,
Dublin and Father Loiselle, Rev.
Father McKeown, pastor of the
church, preached an eloquent and
touching sermon. The full choir,
under the leadership of Mies Crotty,
rendered the solemn music of the re-
quiem mass, and at the offertory
sang very sweetly an appropriate
solo "Ileyond the Gates."
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' Staffs,
Notes. -Mr. and Mrs. David White,
who have been visiting relatives and
friends in the neighborhood for the
past two months, left for their home
in Hamiota, Manitoba, last week. -
Miss Maud Bryan, of Stratford,1 is
visiting friends in the village.--T,he
remains of the late Thomas George
Sellery were interred in the Biafra
cemetery on Wednesday of last week.
-Miss , Annie Byers, wbo has been
visiting friends in the village for the
past two weeks, has returned to her
home in Carlingford. -Mrs. Mark
Drake entertained a number of bei
friends on Wednesday evening of last
week. -Mrs. J. E. Drake visited rel-
atives and friends in Stratford this
wieek.-Miss Celia Campbell, of To-
ronto, is visiting at her home in the
village.
Death of An Old Residedt.-Thos.
Muir died at the residence of his
daughter, Mrs. John S. Bain, Mus-
kegon, Michigan, on February 2511e
from abscess of the lungs.. About
eleven years ago he suffered a se-
vere attack -of pneumonia from
which he never fully recovered, al-
though his health had been fairly
good until the last few months.
About four weeks ago an abscess in
the lungs broke and he gradually
failed until death relieved his suf-
ferings. Mr. Muir was born of Scot-
tish parente in the city of Albany,
New York, on March 8, 1830, remov-
ing when a small boy to Lanark,
Ontario, and there married Miss Ten-
et Hamilton on January 23, 1852, and
removed to the township of Hibbert,
then a wilderness, where he carri-
ed on the business of builder and
contractor and underwent all the
hardships of early pioneer life, re-
moving about sixteen years ago to
Detroit, where he ha.s made his home
ever since. Mr. and Mrs. Muir cel-
ebrated their -golden wedding in De-
troit two years ago. Mrs. Muir sur-
vives her husband. He also leaves
two daughters,- Mrs. Thos. Hislop,
wife of a Detroit lawyer, and Mrs.
Bain, of Muskegon, wife of a well
known business man of that city.
Mr. Muir was well and favorably
known in this part of the country
and his many friends here will regret
to hear of his death. He was a man
of kindly and cheerful disposition,
had many warm friends and was
highly respected by all who knew
him. He was a Preebyterian in re-
ligion and his whole life was one
worthy of emulation. The funeral
services were held at Muskegon on
Friday last and his remains brought
to Detroit and interred in Wood -
lawn cemetery.
Kippen.
D. Hay, Connntftsionor aro 0 invevAnopi.
mortgram And dee& drawn rim fjw- ey loaned
hi the lo vest rattle e intevst. 17404
Briefs. -Mr. John Moffatt, grain
buyer, of this village, has sold his
fifty acre farm on the 2iad concession
of Tuckeremith, to Mr. David Work-
man, for the sum of $3,100. Mr.
Moffatt has got a good price for his
farm and Mr. Workman hes seettred
an excellent farm. -Mr. Squireseerho
is the oldest resident of Kippen, be-
ing in his eighty-seventh year, is
not enjoying good health as his num-
erous friends will regret to learn.
He doe's not seem to be troubled with
any particular disease, but is simply
suffering from extreme weakness.no
doubt the result of a wearing out
constitution, However h is friends
hope that as the warm weather
comes he will improve. -Wheat has
now reached the dollar notch and our
farmers smile. The high priee is
causing a rush market, but SOID
will, no doubt, hold on with the* hope
of getting higher still, -The most se-
vere storm of this severe winter
struck us on Monday and completely
paralized railway traffic. We have
almost forgotten what a railway
train looks like. We have had no mail
from the outside world for about a
week and consequently no news
which deprives one of a good deal of
the pleasure of living. But spring,
balmy spring, will come and we will
soon forget the rigors and inconven-
iences of the winter. -Mr. Joseph Trp -
shall, who some time ago aold his
property in Kippen and removed to
Hensall, has grown tired of life in
1 hat siow going town and intends re-
turning ,to the bustle and aetivity of
Kippen. Efe has exchanged his prop-
erty in Hensel] with Mrs. James
Smillie for her property here. While
pleased to have Mr. and Mrs. Tipshall
back with us, we will all be sorry to
lose so good and kindly 'a lady as
Mrs. Smillie from our midst and who
has been such a highly esteemed re-
sident here for so many ye-qrs.-Mr,
john Bawden, of Centralia, has been
visiting his old friend Mr. Squires,
who is ill. ---Mr. and Mrs. R. Monteith
have been enjoying a holiday visiting
friende in the vicinity of Goderich.
-The Kipper), Lodge, Canadian Order
oT Foresters, intend having their an-
nual entertainment in the public, hall
here on the evening of Friday next,
March 18th, and it is not too much
to say that every effort is being
made by the energetic committee
having the arrangements in charge,
to make 11 one of the many good en-
tertainments that have been bold in
this place in recent years. Mr. R.
D. Cameron, High Vice Chief Renger,
of Lucknow, will deliver an address
on the general working of the Order
and the benefits to be derived from
illy in hi' TSbi p in it, MT. Cameron is
an eloquent speaker and has all the
facts and figures connected with 1it
woi kings of the order at his tongue's
end and will not only be able to de-
light his audience but will also give
t hem much valuable information. We
also find on tbe programme such
well known and favorite musicians
both vocal and instrumental as ?Kr.
Thomas and Miss V. Murdock, of
MARCH 110
.SEAFORTH S LEADING SHOE STORE.
You'll Need a
Pair of Rubbers.
4
There's Sure to be considerable slush and :Sloppy weather when all this
snow begins to move off in the next few weeks Those old Rubbers
you're wearing have done you good servioe, but they're getting leaky in
spots, and a leaky rubber is worse than useles.s, Better come in and
invest in a new pair, and guard -against wet feet and a bad cold. We
earry a eomplete stock of rubbers, ran4ing from the smallest size in
infants (No, 4), to the largest size in men's (No 13) Three firet-elass
brands for you to ehoose from—the Berlin, the Oanadian of Montreal,
and the Dainty Mode, any of v hieh will give you satisfactory wear.
As to prices, you will find ours the lowest at all times,
Women's Rubbers, 35e a pair upwards.
Men's Rubbers, 65c a pair upwards
211713BERN BOOTS
Are in demand these days. All sizes for men, women
children now in4444.444.14++++4.4
StOek. 4444.144.4÷4
R. WILLIS & SON, Seaforth,
Sole agents for the Slater Shoo for mete and h 44 Queen Quelity
'Unsaid.; the Dr. Cellery-Trott-Lan-
caeter company, of the same place;
Miss Woodley, Mr. James Crawford
and the popular cbmio singers Mr.
Brandt, while Mr. T. W. McLean will
give several selections frorn his
gramaphone. It will thus be seen
that no department has been over-
booked. If the weather is favorable
the audience will only be regulated
by the size of the hall, the doors of
which will be open at 7.30 and as the
programme is a lengthy one tbe_ert-
tertainment will commence sharp at
eight &clot*, so that those who de-
sire to get seats should meke it a
point t� come early.
11111=MIIMMINMMEIMMIlli
Beneath
Gladinsn & Stenbury, barrieters, at Hen-
sel! Tuesday, Thursday and 8aturdsys. 1882-tt
Shops For Sale. -The Hensall fouvdry
aod machine shops with the lands belonging to the
same, far sale cheap. For partleulare apply to
Robert Bell, &With. 18634f -
G, J. Sutherland, notary public, commis -
loner, conveyancer, the AM life insurenee agett
and isomer of marline Ifeenses. Deede, mortgages,
leaves and wills carefully drawn up 'wording to
law at reaeoriable rates. Private !Undo, Mao leap
oompanye at lowest rate of interest. DIM and
village properties for sale. Office at the Post Offine
1883 If
-The Sovereign Bank of Caned lieu
Balt, Ontario, Head Office, Toronto- Executive 01
flee. ?di:aerate. A gen/oral banking 1)m/iciest' trans-
acted. Savings bank department Speeial induct -
insigne offered in this department. 011e dollar opens
an account. Interest a/levied from date of depovit.
H. Arnold, Manager. 18864f
Briefs. -Mrs. Brandt and son, Roy
were in London this week on a visit.
-Mrs. Hope, of Carberry, Manitoba,
and her little daughter, who have
been visiting Mr. and MrS. William.
Buchanan, Mrs. Hope's parents, for
the past few raonths, left here last
week for their home in the west.
Owing to the snow blockade they
were obliged to drive to Seaforth to
get a train. -Rev. Mr. Horn, of El-
ora, was unable to preach in Cerenel
church on Sunday last owing to there
being, no trains. -Rev. Mr. Smith is
expected to preach on Sabbath next
March 13th. -G. 3. Sutherland, as
agent for Wm. Bubolz, of Seaforth„
has sold his dwelling on the London
road to Mr. H. R. Pfaff, of this
place -Mr. A. II. Carroll, M. P., of
South Brandon, Manitoba, was here
last week spending a few days with
'his brother-in-law, Mr. names Suth-
erland, -Miss Eliza Bell, of the Lon-
don road, bas returned from Kippen,
where she bad been visiting ber eons -
ins, -The friends of Mr. II. 3. D.
Cooke will be pleased to learn Olat-
he is recovering nicely from his very
serious illness. -We regret to re-
port that Mr. Walter Lancaster is
very ill, so much so that he will
have to go to one of the London hos-
pitalle-Miss Mary Hagan was in the
village on Tuesday on her way home
from Tilbury, to spend a week or so
with her parents on the Parr line.
Her friends were pleased to see her
lookieg so well. -The band concert
which was lo have...been held in Mil-
ler's opera house on the evening of
March 3rd, has been postponed on ac-
count of the very had roads, until
Monday evening, March 14th, when
an excellent programme will be giv-
en. The band is a great acquisition
to our village and their coneert
should be well patronized. -G. J.
Sutherland, as agent for Mr. True-
man Brintnell, has sold his dwelling
to Mine Sturgeon, of this village. -
Quite a number left here an Mon-
day to attend the spring assizes at
Goderich, there being some eases of
local interest and the trains not run-
ning through to Clinton they were
obliged to drive as far as that tOWD
in order to catch the train for God-
erich and the roads were eo bad that
they had to walk for three miles
south of Clinfon, but managed to ar-
Flee there in time. -The friends of
Mrs. jobn Jarrott, of the London
road, will be pleased to learn that
she is re,covering from blood poison-
ing. -Mrs, 11. Arnold is in London
this week visiting relatives -Miss
Dobea ty, who as here for a _couplo
of week; visiting her brother, Rev.
W. J. Doherty, of St. Paul's ebureh,
retureed to the city this week.-Tbe
storm blockade of last week pre-
venting the running of trains, pre-
vented your correspondent sending
his usual budget. -The friends of
Mrs. James White will regret to
learn that she is very low. -Mrs. D.
for wonen,
McLeod, of Detroit, is here vi
her mother, Mrs. White and 1
ootemenied by her son, Kenneth.
McMartin, of London, is also
visiting Mrs. White, her grand -meth -
n -Mr. Thomas Palmer has pur-
chased the confectionery busillOSS
of Mr. R. Speare.-Mr. and Mrs. Jas.
Dougall, who were here from the
west for several months nisiting re-
latives, have returned to their home
after a pleasant visit. -Mr. Lau°
Jackson, who is a member of the
police force in London, was home
during the past week spending a few
days with his parents. -Mr. Charles
Troyer, postmaster at Hills Green,
killed a fine coon with the butt end
of his whip while driving to rico-
sail, on Tuesday -last. It was a -fine
specimen. -Mrs, M. Sherry, who has
been very ill at Hamilton, is ime
proving. -Miss Susie Melville bas
returned from visiting 'her sister at
Cromarty, and Miss Ethel Colwen
from attending the millinery open-
ings at London. -Mr. Wm- Elder, of
Barrie, has sold his dwelling at the
west end of our village, to Mr, Then
Dick. -The competition among our
curlers for the fine, large turkey
presented by members of the Sea -
forth eurihtg club, resulted in Mr.
Alfred Scruton winning the eovee.
ed bird. It was his intention to
have it for supper provided the roads
were such as to permit the donors,
to drive over and participate,
Brussels.
Notes. -On Friday of last week,
Fletcher Roo moved to loon from-
MoKillop. He has purehaned a lipase
and lot on Turnherhy street from
A. McGuire. -Quite a number from
town attended the wedding at Ethel
on Weanesday of last week of Alex.
D. Lamont to' Miss Matey A. Slem-
1 mon.-Dan and Robert Fergusonex-
pect to return to the west next week
after a visit of several weeks here. -
They both have good situations in
Calgary. -Miss Paul Sample, of Re-
gina, was visiting at A. Couslers for
a few days this week. She bad come
east to attend the eity millinery op-
onings.-Will Reid, who has been em-
ployed with D. C. Ross for it number
of years has gone to Toronto. -H.
Delion, wife and family have been'
visiting at Elmira during the past
week. -Epworth League annivere
sary services were held in the Meth-
odist church last Sabbath, Rev, Ae
C. -Crews, of Toronto, general' secre-
tary of young people's work, deliv-
ering two exeellent addresses„ On
Monday evening Mr. Crews gavt* his
lecture, " The Bright Side of Lite,"
Which was very interesting and lis
toned to by a la.nge audience. -The
electric lights were turned on Mon-
day evening for the first time in two -
months, a supply of coal having been
borrowed. -The monthly Rom Fair,
which. was to have been heid en
Thursday of last week was postponed
owing to the very stormy weather,
and will take place on Friday of this
week, the Iltb football or-
ganization meeting will be held ha
the town hall on Friday evening of
this week. -A union service will he
'held in tho Methodist ohnrch next
Sabbath evening to celebrate the cen-
tinary of the British and Vertigo
Bible Society. Addresses will be de-
livered by Rev. Mr, Webb, of Brus-
sels; Rev. Mr. Hardie, of Lis -towel,
and Rev. Mr. Andrews, 'of Walter Smith received a second
stroke of paralysis on Saturday last,
we are sorry to say, and be is now_
in a very low condition. -Leslie
Kerr and D. McLauchlin were at
Stratford on Tuesday taking in the
hockey match between the boys of
that city and liEdland,-Messrs.
Hunter and Lowry, of town, have
received the contract for the fine,
brick residinme to be erected by Mr.
-James Lawrence, Parkdale Farm,
McKillop, during the coining sum-
mer. The contract price is upeeards
of $3,000. -At tbe time of writing)
Tuesday evening, Brussels hes not
had a train of any deseriptionesinvi
February 27th, and it is reported ti
that there are 300 men working Off
the railroad within five miles of
Brussehe Two engines have been
blocked here fer a week and a half.
It is expected the road will he -open
on Wednesday.
SPECIAL BARGAIN SA
er-crica\rs
On Saturday morning, January 2n4 we inaugurated our annusi
taking sale in onr four departments. We place on our tables for this sale
One hundred Men's Suits, all wool, splendidly tailored, regular $7.50$
sale price $4.75.
All -wool Underwear, shirt and drawers, regular $1, sale price 88c a suit
Fifty pieces imported Flannelette, 36 inches wide, regular 12ic, for 10c
per yard.
Lad*? Cashmere 13o' -e, regular 40c,for 25c a pair.
Fifty pairs Wool Blankets, largest made, regular $3.75, for $24.-95 a pair,
We -have no hesitation in Paying that we have the best '25c Japan tea in
, trade. Try it and be convinced.
Dinner and Tea Sets at special prices.
Come with the crowds to Gunn's.
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B. B. GUNN qaforth.
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