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GLH NUMBER 2519
1011.111.11111k "immimmoommilimmilr
reig Cli4bingCoi
pany
500
en's:
For
Fresh Spring Sellin
A specially large pure ase of
select new cloths and new
style suits just fresh from the
makers' finishing rooms,,
vor-
500 Men's Suits
at one purchase is a stock of
buying seldom indulgent in by
provincial town stores and as
a matter of fact we hesitated,
but after due consideration of
the extra fine quality of the
suits and the requirements of
our rapidlygrowing business
fully warranted the bi, , pur-
chase. These fine spas are
ready for your inspection. If
you . have a s '] . suit
y ri
P
thought—and most men have
—don't fail to see this i legant
assortment of=suits.
All sizes 33 to 46
breast
PRICES
•
slo.00 $4.00
S15.00
aimanmaskammeesswommissozsgH
SUilt
0 SI
ZLONG with the above mentioned cargo of men
We plunged on a bid lot of Boy Suits. We
take the whole lot to get the price Where we wanted i
are on our tabes ready for showing and we want
parents who have toys t, clothe to see what we have
before buying the boys' spring outfit. The lot -incl,.
low-priced as well as the medium priced and also a -
of the higher priced suits. So that, whatever your
price may be we can meet your wishes.
o.o.o,ea.eo.akr
Look at this :
1s,.
For Boys,
5 to 10 years of age
For. Boys,
$ to 1.6 years of age
SEAT
RTH, FRIDAY
FROM o A4aIo'S CAPITAL
To onto, ?March 20, .916
Public oven
has ..;made an
`taxi°. That .fit
rich; and pre
vine in wle
as Central
of the proidr.
canal and, w
and. Cobourg
North BaY
the territo y
Lake Ontar o,
has hithert
with its slut
that this a
outside of. t
and that it
rights alan
been alietia
vine . coal
! instances ti•�e
the federal
Iratet and n
place- Mos
eluded in
as the Seymo
by the Elects
i The Hydr
i
ton of Ont r
liner
ission--ha
years to glet
without su c1
of Central
been anxiout
the povernr he
power develo
province was
river and e.
During the lest two or thre
the provinc ,a s been urging
'minipn gov r nhent to take su
`as would a this power
for the use the Hydro c
Power 'comae', ion, and the I:
gove nment h:s been decidedlg
pathetic 'In t e matter: Ne gr
were underta +. n between th
vi•nce and the eymour interec
time ago: an • in ;the course 0
negotiations
Hyl o - . E
made a ''ca
various pro e
Elec :Mc Po e11 company.
F peo le had any idea tf the
progl^ess that as, being made in these
neg���000lllllittttttiations !til' it became apparent
i that the de i ion government was
disposed to t e drastic. actio if .the
private interests failed to make
Suitable term
the federal a
nes? became
minister of r
nouriced that
ed a woul
eelli g the le
ers. The r g
he t rown
t
they' would
prov nee.;
Al ost. cn
from Ottawa
by 0 Hoa
lands, fore t:
that the dal
company h s
province b y
companies, al
tract, with
pissing ..,P
panion ent r
Light and P
vinee thus. b
parties of h
ing the w t
rights, po e
lines, lona
tem and n:
IThe am u
these ante pi
vestigation c
oftheHyr
sio , is $8,35
taking- 'ov r
fuse pa
governmen
The con uj
tion mean t
able to sell
as far 'east
electric col
late steps t
Ontario man
for' which t
ernment I,o
ton. and i
months ,d
in the di'�trI
sh p of electric power
her giant .stride in On-
ide covers a wide • and
us area of. the pro -
designated roughly
io. ', It is t at part
tibutary to t e. Trent
ter ays, from enton
on Lake Onta to, to
dGco*gian =y. Into
betiveeri, Peterb•to and,
the Ontario gov rnment
ee4 barred fro • going
po er.: The re: = on; was
e the`' prov e lay
lage.ra . pow r zone
war developm .nts and
e Trent syste had
yern 'ago.; th pro- ,
get'them. In many I
igjts had bee let by •
Merit at , ominal
eveopn1ent has taken
these rights ere in -
jt are or were known
✓ enterprises, co trolled
1 ` z oyer Comps .
lectrlc Po re . i ey.
mmis-
--the governme t ante'
en endeavori g for
into this dlst,r t, but
s, although a number
t rio munleipalitl:'.s have
buy their pow r from
• Practically all the
ent in that pa t 'of the
Located along th Trent,
ri:trolled by a onoply.
years
the Do-
h steps
-callable
Electric
minion
sym-
�tlations
s pro-
ts some
t these
lie engineers I of the
cniesion,
of the
by the
ero
is
it
ver
i - ric Power corn
rel' 1 investigation
les controlled
Ei suits
had ' to
These
o urge
to offer
ides the
number
idea of
$2.50, X3.50 to X4.5
$3.50, $5 to $7.5
Odd Knickers 75C to 1.5
It's Time for
New Hat..
the
N selecting your hat hei e, we make it our busines
: �only fits you properly, but we take
that it _ not y
see also that the hat" iA an appropriate shape—the
,ought to wear. We will hat you correctly.
Prices : $1.50 $2 to
t6 se
pains t
hat yo
New Spring Caps 504 75c $
as the ne
be built.
being tat:
the cheap
the easter
A vigorous Campaign is being Carrie
on to . that ehd.
* rt 'w e
wl
At'
p
n
with the - provin+
horities did me
tear when the
ilways, J. D. B
f the t egotiatic
troduce legislat
sesito the private hold-
s would then r vert to
e Inference be ng
that
turned over o the
op of.. this st, tefnen+-,
c:
ormg; :the aero nc ,e m _ t
Ferguson, mi aster o,
( and mines in Ontario,
Power
e. That
an bus --
acting
eid, .an -
113 fail -
on can-
ith the Electra
been closed. B. it the
2 power
lley dis-
the Ni -
a com-
isel jh Bay
Che pro-
the pro-
includ-
•loprhent
smisslon
ng sys-
the rights of
in the Trent va
e exception of
✓ G:ompany anlI
the Nort
ere Company.
►• s �utright all
Seymour group
powers, dev
plants, tra,
ater and light
electric railway
a;tually rove ted in
es„ according t i the in-
ried on by ngineers'
Electric Power commis -
0001 and the pr•vince is
the! properties : t that
fbr them. in Ontario
.ur per cent. .onds.
mation • of this transa c-
at the province 1.111 be
power to mun ipalities
s Kingston. Th Hydro-
ssien will take immed-
supply all the Central
ipalities with t e -power
y have been ask ng. Gov-
er '.lines will r • ach Plc-
ston within th next six
the other mun clpallties
t will be served as' fast
lInes of transmission can
they same time steps are
to 'extend the phere of
Twee service ri ht up ho
iijoutidary of the province.
While x,11 this is being
of Torontie, it Adarn Beck
his .plans fo the ccnstructi
dro-radial r ilw,ays in the
of the p ov nce. His engin
just turn, d in to him plans
less than set, en of .these rat
if these ^ ii run from Tor
ward th o h Port Credit
and Ham lt. , connecting
Credit 'wi
Another
Hamilton
Grimsby
between
Port ,Colb
Dunnville
and rea,c
burg; an
with Gal
and Eleni
to °heel
ham and.
hydro e
with reg
Iand the
.to'go ah
as the tri
paign w'11
ous mantel
in the cas
ronto and ; on
like succi; .
one eas
s rushiz
hisofhy
wester
ers heir,
Pori n
lats. On
nto west
Oakvill
at Por
the Toronto -London line.
has been survyed fro
Ntagara Fails% throug
i St. Catharine
Catharines, W
e'; j another
ort
er
Nl
re
an
rt•
lrki
• anothe
!land an
sonnectin
MARCH 24, 191 6
right. But he ,says he wants more.
He is going after those persons,who
s f
undervalue. the estate a rich t'nen
in order to duck the �suCeession dutle 3
tax„ his method. beingthe addition
of one fourth to the ,tx.' He isj also
going after the Grand Trunk Pacific
railway for $300,000 a Year, whiclit Is
the rent the company is supposed to
be paying for running rights over the
Temiskaming and Northern Ontario
railway—the government line — ;bet
tween 'Cochrane _ and Nojrth Bay. The
company has not been rushing forward
with the money.
Furthermore, the pre
urer, gets after the peo
the movies and to other
tartainment sled forget
that there is a war gc
will tax all amusement
vincial trees -
pie who go to
forms of en -
for a while
ring on. He
tickets at, the.
rate of •one cent on ea h, but will
reserve the right to b ost the ax
r n in
This t
upto 25 cents. s. hi ill bring g T
much money, even at o e cent, an4 11
is, moreover, a tax w ich ,see.ns to
be justifiable, one that Is even like-
ly to stay Where the ,ot er war ta4Ces
have been lifted. Mr. fcGarry, also,
in the most casual man er, sticks lup
the daily tax on racetr ck9 from $530
to e1,250, and he leav s on the one
rail war rate which all tnunleipalities
collected last year an turned over
to the provincial trea3 ry.
Then there is one mo e tax, Intend-
ed partly as a revenue roducer, skid
partly as a•check upon the operations
of foreign insurance companies do4ng
a non -license business in Onta lo,
Thls tax was not included in be lyfc-
Garry budget, but it tieing provided
for in an amendment to the fire mar-
shall's act. It will antount to One
per cent. on all paymnts of fire
losses in Ontario by extra -Ontario
companies not licensed in the pro-
vince. The companies affected are
chiefly those ,with head offices in
New England, and which have been
doing some rate -cutting In Ontsrio
during the last few y a ss, to the
prejudice of companies 'operating 1n -
der provincial license and subject 1 to
provincial taxation. Prvision is also
made for checking up he local busi-
ness of these unlicens d compar4es
through returns made tc the fire soar -
shall by the insured.
From Scott Hays
The following - . very • interesting
letter from Mr. Scott Hays, to his
parents, Mr. and Mrs Thomas ; E.
Hays, of Seaforth, will be of ape lel
In terest to his friends h re. He is in he
trenches in Flanders. is letter is
dated February 28th, 1916 and is ` as
follows .1
Dear„ Parents,—Well
again back in supports
of five tren
days in the r
en
Just marched back this
my last letter I. think
snow. Well, we had it
a
day in the trenches n
practically every night and as we're
not allowed to take our boots tiff and
weren't allowed to have fire in our
particular part of the trench, it Was
by far my hardest experience so, far.
I was on a patrol all the time 1r a
practically disused` trench which had
been blown to pieces at one time or ' i•oviene v
another and which was damaged still ' star, you
further yesterday afternoon. Wce 1 A. A ten Fral
Were two hours off and two hqurs 1 •spoke of c
on all night and rlothfng to do In the westwrd. I I am pleased to' see old erything is -so silent except the con -
day time. We'd catch a little
in our two hours off but afterf if - sleep : and beloved Ontario, getting into the tinual crack of the rifles, and we
teen minutes we'd wake up with feet ranks of temperance with her local all know• that some one of use Is go -
feeling like icicles and then no more option and , Scott Act^ She has alp ing "west" (under) every time, we
sleep. But where there's "a will ready made dry nearly two-thirds of ? are in and perhaps a lot of us, but
there's a way, and after the first t her territory and 1 notice a. referee -still, thank God, we have always sou
couple of nights we ma e out all right .
dum will shortly be put before its 1 one to take our place and. keep. the
Of course, we don't ave' any Mian- electotis in favor of legislation for firing line , fully covered., I had the
ket3 in the trench b t have to use prohibition. Then we believe' Ontario good fortune the other night to wits
our great coat a3 one and make use will banish the bar from her garden ! nese a hea•yy bombardment `,some €1is3-
of any other things we can find, such f E 'en, urely thee. with so many tance from us in the dead'Rof the
as sandbags, etc. H Wever, it is y, night and although quite a `,distance
g ,away the roar of the guns ;ewes deaf,
milder today and I hank the cold n=en .�v
spell ,we •had is all t give us a dry Do- ening at times and the fia.s3hljh. of
1hopeso art w I got out miniotr from the Atlantic to Pacific the exploding shells lit up . the hole
sincerely y Y
letter while there an the encl�sed It has always been a surer s heavens, making a very speetaeular
I iso got a short me that n d has yet awful .sight, knowing as , we
letter from Aggie,
-.note froth Clarence Sc tt HP thinks so long in wakening up to the fact did from our position in the trench
that t pf that at every flush, men, yes, doze`rls
I am 3xh1 in Shorne iffe I it try sy A system of men were being hurled into eter
to write him tonight, a is back from ity to satisfy the mad.. ambitions o L
leave. I guess he ma
his time in London. ' e wast t dick oil consequence and common
that terrible inhuman brute called the
led to death to get b Kaiser.
f I cou
sere we are
after a stretch
ti e.
hes this
�n
afternoon. In
said! we lad
nearly every
hard
it froze �.
where they turn out approsxinately
That
bread a day. 00 loaves of r y
260 0 oa s b
is one million in four days, and
those
of course, they have severalof
and that's bread alone, One baker
won the D.C.M. for supplying an ixn-
all through this country with equip -
moment, when he was in greet diffi-
culties himself. Another thing you
wondered about wag the baths. Well,
they have bath houses (shacks, we
call them but they serve the purpose)
all ',though this eeuntry with
ment for heating the water, a
have all. kinds of :underclothlh
which has come from some ni
equip-
-Y
g, etc..
one. I
supose from the Government. They
will,? accommodate, as a rule, about
,forty men and parties are Made up
to go there from the varlou bat-
talions and regiments. Men and kept
there all the time to run them A. hat -
talion applies for its use the,
gets
say, two days. The various corn-
i pa
parries then send out their
forty, each party being allows
thirty minutes. You get you
get clean clothes and come aw,
ing like a real civilized being
old clothes are left there �tct be
mended and washed and isetipd to
another party in exchange for their
old ones. Its a dandy scheme and
elps out a lot 'but °dere,
February 29th.—Well 1 feel pretty
good now after last night's nest.
tiesof
d, say,
r bath,
ty ,feel•.
Your
the community on temperance, with
and recitation.
songspeech sec t
P
e
One sad experience has befallen us
since oiir last letter to you, viz -attic
the
death of Thy brother Sandy, which
occurred on February 19th, He was
the only brother I had in the West;
in fact her and I revere thh only mem-
bers of the family out here. I amiss
him very much—being 13 years older
than be. was like a father- to me:
I shall close this epistle and endeavor
to glean news for a future letter.
Yours sincerely,
JAMES S. DELGATY.
March 15th, 1916.
Life in the Trenches
The following letter was received
by Mr. Earl Van Egtnond, of town,
from his brother John, who has been
on the firing line for some months
in Belgium. The letter Is dated,' Bel
glum, February 22, 191.6, and Is as
follow$
Dear, Brother,—Just a few lines to
let yot all know that I am alive and
quite well y"et,. We are still pegging
away and keeping the Huns in their
place until the time comes to give
them their final drive forever, and
by all appearances here, It won't be
long now. We have been in the
trenches for sixteen days now, and
after five more we come out ,for •a
nm iD ° bit of a rest, but for how long, we
II l know not, as we are liable to be call -
Dear Expitor,—It is Just four ed upon to stand td arms any moment,
months sine 1 wrote my last public day or night, on active service. This
letter too yolar numerous readcra and last time in the trencher we.have
thinking th t they would be long- had a particularly hard time of It,
ing to hoer some more Manitbea news as the trenches are bad ,and the pos-
itionI decid d tol write a. March letter. €s very important, hence our
On lionday, 13th lost., Manitoba increased vigilance, being necessary
gave its electors the privilege of in order to guard against a surprised
passing their opinion on the liquor night attack from the Huns. Our
traffic. By a referendum, given us line is only twenty-five yards from
by Premier orris to test the opinion the Germans at this particular point
of the franahi3e holders of Manitoba, and when you look through the peri -
1 am 'glad to say ;the{ vote stood two scope you bet we never see very
much of Fritz, but just the same! he
in there ceaselessly watching us as we
are hitn as I had ample evidence the
other night on sentry. One of my
pals in the neat bay to mei. in the
dark of the night, poked his head'over
the •parapet and took a couple of
chance shots at Fritz and was just
.taking a third when one f Fritz'3
ity of Gilb 1 I with 20 bullets pierced his sktull and lifted
palling divi3 the whole top of his head off and
455 nay3, a i poor Kermick was dead ht s second
of the Act, (an explosive bullet). They pierce
Coining the your body and then explode when in-
gpolled side and sometimes cause a terrible
major! wound, but 3uch are the fort -Ines of
gtituen war. We have lost quite a number of
vines our risen, but no matter they go down
dry. 'art a good cause and for every one
On June
t we lose we try and get twd In red
systems will f turn. I tell you Earl, it is no -fun
strain
and is a
terrible, t
here nown
in
an
province 7
tail is kt 1 on the men, more so than.- you have
and then o any idea, I sincerely hope you never
liquor will have the experience of it. It Is at the
I was - for
ou
within the ,start it catches you;
cer-
In two striking episodes of the tainly near all In with nerves in the.
past year anitoba has shown a gen- first shelling, but- still . I would not
Cline princip�a for right. Last August give in although I was shaking like
eminent was given the a leaf after each shelling, but by
tearfully censored, while taking good care of myself and a dose
ch, the. liquor traffic has of choloridine once In a while I am
ally abolished from our all O.K., now wed I don't scare a d --
ell done! brave Manitoba. now if they fire .10,000,000 big guns
are in our fair Dominion tat a time as I am -hardened to it,but 1 saying the machine gun bough:
spot indeed from which it seems a strange feeling for every the contributions of the citizens of'
ourage point east•ard and one going into the trenches, for ev- Clinton had been received by . his"
inscribed with the word ``Clinton."
The Battalion wishes to again tha IC
the citizens- of Clinton for their d
donation. ' -
Gilbert Plains
to one in favor sof Provincial Pro-
hibitio , About 25,000 majority in
favor f a dry province. It dopa my
heart ood,1 ye 3 it rejoices me, to
know hat Manitoba Spoke so loudly
in fav of the Temperance Act, Only
two crhstituencies gave a majority in
favor of lic1uor,viz : North W1i nipeg
and St.. Bern face. Our own municipal -
rt P a1n3, w t sotne
one, polled 1080 yeas and
majority of 625 a favor
Beautiful Plain3, con -
bright town of Neepawa,
12ri7 yeas and 174 na s, a
y of 1083. This tette con-
y to es the lead in th Pro-
of ,se en to one in favor t of
he first, the bar license
be abolished rom our
re-
v
wholesale and
les
on w
s will a allowed to sell,
ly in limited portions. No
be sold as a beverage
Province of Manitoba.
corrup
hoist
DOW
been
go'
hnd
Ma
recti
McLEAN BROS., Publishgra
$1.00 a Year in .adyaUee
;knew them, not like a few W.C.T,U.
o sinsand faults are
hypocrites whose s n a
thisworld,'
never• found out in liut
u
just the same they will be founddut
when they hear God's buglers sound
the great fall -in for that last great
parade to eternity, when everybody
must and will be there to answer
Him where He calls the final roll—
none can escape. As that hymn runs,
"`When the roll is called up yondr,
Pll be there." When a man ,sees death
in every possible shape and form as
I have over here, and the fact theih
we are continually facing eternity, ev-
en while resting, makes one sit hp
,and think and view the things of this
life in quite a different light. I, ern
no saint—not by a long shot—but the
sights of this war are enough to mace
anyone change his Views in regar
to the pleasures of. this life. As
truly as one philosopher *hut it, "That
there is nothing in Ilfe, and the
hest we can get out of life :is death."
Therefore, if we have nothing to lothk
to after death 'it seems it would have
been better had we never been born
at all. Well I must soon close now,
as it fs' pretty cold where 1 '• am
writing—in a tar paper hut and quite
frosty, outside, and the only meats
of keepi'' g warm :is by working and
then more work. Our furlough h#.,
started, but when my turn cornea
do not know. But if, I live to -get it
1 will likely go to Old London Or
I may go to Paris. You must thank
th Red Cross people for the parcel
th y sent and although I do nett
know- who is running It, the lading
are certainly doing a good and part-
riotic work and making comforts fOr
many poor :soldiers in the trenches
who would otherwise have a gloomy
time out here and the ladies oft the
Red Cross are certainly deserving of
great thanks. So' now, hoping to hear
from you soon, and with love aril
best wishes to you all at home, Iasi
Your loving brother,
J. E. VAN EGsMOND,
l3elgiuI$.
Huron Notes
—Theernss Bone, a well-known resi-
dent of Brussels, passed away ca
Thursday last, after being confined
to his home for the past year and a
half from a. broken thigh caused by
falling downstairs. He was in his
80th year, • t
—Last Monday 'evening- at the elow
of the meeting for band practice is
Auburn. Mr. Dickinson was prese `t-
ed with a, get of cuff links and g
1 where he
He iias left the village,
held the position of Manager of the
Sterling Bank for the Mast two years,
and has gone to Toronto, where he
has secured a. position.
—Rev. Frank 0, Harper, of Willis
Church, Clinton, has been offered tate
chaplaincy ,of the- I.I7th be tt -lion new
being organized In Sancoe County. A
cohgregaticnal meeting will be heist
at an early date to' consider',, plats
for supply, . and if the consent''. of
Presbytery of Huron Is given,
Harper will be leaving to take'.
his duties at once.
—Major .Shaw, secretary of 'the
Clinton Machine Gua Committee, • last
week received a telegram from CO
Wilson, of the 33rd Battalion, Queb
e
r.
1
0
provi: es
ill
ere will be. 1 urn due u , and
i e to'
t t o lightened Cana B a h abeen
he resent license system is a
ate not to be tolerated.
e good use- of qthat brings into line such evil
=' - habits,e.
k again• any- expen e, not mentioning the disgrace
on cihilization and should have been
little b m ar -1
a
s on edge for way by
anada i Wake up ;to duty
ear readers, we have had
Severe winter in Manitoba.
nuary and February, the
thernhometer ranged as low as fifty
degr+es below zero. Truly it was
cold; the Worst I 'have felt Once corn-
ing West. ' However spring Is near -
e cold is abating. Notwlth
he cold season, however,
s have been unusually busy.
rnmense quantity I of grain
narket. The four large ale
:en taxed
the grain
for load -
ort Wil -
cit on the
nut grad -
led, and
is being
eat and
sped after
ntity is
Hers here
�ucb good
11 produce
the Own
inner dis•
-om town.
hoot there
move.' We
situated to
rural €nail
telephone
hand. Our mail delivery is
s per week Mondays, Wed -
nes ays nd Friday,! eo we get tnali
quite re ulsrly.;
✓ the Dominion; govern-
ive us the prohibition meaten
way as far as d gather from Say Earl, I had a lively' little( time
his letter. We had a le o b d abolished ons ago. Are we to a or chat, rather, with two of our old
ment yesterday afternoon Which low nation tion like Russia to pave the boys from home, the other day, who
surely kept our nery er stand taken in 1914 belong to the 1st Battalion. They
t d t ' were no other than Gordon Holman
and Jake Holmes, who came across
country from their camp to see zee.
I knew. Gordon alright, but could not
place Jake at first. They certainly
look well and fit for the " fray, here
and both fine boy3, you bet, but 1
could :*hot get over it about Jake being
so big and strong. Why, when I
used to be in Seaforth, Jake was, as
skint' as a rail and so delicate look-
ing, but believe me, he is now well
on the way to be as big and fine
looking a man as his' dad, Sam
Holmes. , for Mr. Holmes used to be
one of my customers when 1 'used to
deliver The Expositor around town
in the big willow basket strapped a-
round my Shoulder, when learning my
trade there. So M. Y. McLean is
dead, My, I was certainly surprised
when I heard that from Jake Hol> es,
but of course, I afterwards receiv-
ed The Expositor and read the whole
account of it. Old Seaforth and com-
munity certainly lost a real man,
when Mr. McLean passed away and
the a are few and very few who will
den' it. I tell you I have worked
for a quite a few men now and I
have never met a finer man or work-
ed for s better boss is my life, nor
do I ever expect to and 1 think a
man's own employees are best able
to !judge their employer. I see that
quite a number of the Seaforth boys
are enlisting and I am certainly glad
of that, for the old burg rens!! have
smile glory in this war, and, I think
now they will have a good share, as
a hunch of fine boys have already
enlisted, from there, and of course
there are bound to be more yet. 4
eftIen wish I bad Ed. Collie with me,
and Bert Allan, Bun Powell, Dave
Stc)ddart, M. Colbert and a few more
of the old "Jesse James" gang of Eg-
mondville, as 1 think we were one,
compared to these notorious bandits
by a few old taffy pullers around
re; but just the same, 1 think our
s were quite open, and everybody
about an hour. We weren't bored by
any means, anyway. My back felt
kind of queer of terw: rds with duck-
ing 30 quickly and so often, Which
of course does no go•
are away past befor
The artillery on both
ing to it and there
of a row. We were v
didn't have a single
seemed absolutely ma
when I saw the mes
the trenches in some
way some of the' dug
ed up. Some of the fe'lowe had pretty
narrow squeaks. I
the trenca outside •
in a small portion o
mediately ,in my view
over forty shells, sm.
bangs we call them)
Colborne, �r"'ort Eri , as many minutes. T
agora Fails via Bridge- sort • of immense bo
linking up Hamilto , call them since the
Ston Berlin, Waterio t somewhat) which w:
ether from OlwenBoma hundred pounds, whit
ssele, •Seafo th,- Woo - the whole time, an:
;on^ The w rk of the , out of the way. 0
eer1s has been eomplet , ! rather close to us,
to all these pro ped lin s ' enough to bury thre
mission is no prepared ' It is full of water n•
with cpnstruct on as soon citing while. it lasted
icl alities say so. A cam lived the monotony
eg n for gettin
lines in line, a
of the road b
on, and; pro
d as the shells
you hea
sides wer Bo-
as avery devil
ry lucky as we
asualty and it
venous tb me
they made+ of
parts and the
uts were j;ness-
•
Highest Prices for Butter aid Egj
Greig Clothiiig Cointan
SEAFURTH
ea a e •
The nN On ario taxes
tote taui a y very ang
burst f o t e. people Rr
to pay he a 'provinci:
las bee ble to show a
more art $2 0,000 en th
dancing, 4 spite the extra
outlays fn e n connectio•
war. Lillie al 'Oritics have
Sobee dat7 as to whether
ally is a ureitus,: except
f Ingeriiotts bbokkeeping,
Garry sap he ' has the
ea
the var
was dor
tween Ti
bably, wit
You asked how th
e I ,can explain that
tt Half the battalion g
h_ line. The other hal
ther back in .suppor
on working parties.
ries up our rations
have a kitchen dug
the rear- of the firin
r cook up the rations In fact, ; they
have several such dugouts. Tine ra-
tions: are, of course, brought up to
Y
our supports by tit Army pervice
e Corps, from the tra n. It is quite a
d . job feeding an ar y like tb 3 and
u- ; to explain as pouch as I know; would
er ' take'' pages and I _
o not seem
!shed o t-
o will h'a e
1 treasur
balance f
year's l-
and hea
with t
express
there ,ac
s a mat
ut Mr.
glance
was sittin in
ur dugout and
a field im-
there were
11 ones, (Whizz-,
burst in itbout
ey also hj,ve a
.b (sausag
resemble
ighs about
you can
of courseget
e that lnded
a,de a hole big
or four horses.
w. It west ex -
and rather re -
of things.
y feed us. Well
little I think,
es in the firing
is a little far -
a and go out
This half car-
t night ,and we
out, a lithe to
line where they
that
two
a teat
Wak
W
up
11,
a pretty
During Ja
ing ^ nd ti
standing
the fame:
Such' an
hauled to
tatters of lour town have b
to their utmost to handle
besides the various sidings
ing cars. The blocade at
aeioned cars to
led for weeks, i
are being forwar
surety' the grain
t much of the wt
barley w111 have to be sh11
such a vault qua
ter markets Fari
t grumble under
estets good for a
e
now moved frons
liam has :c
tracis lo<
ually they
slowly bu
moved, y
Seeding,
available
should nc
times. Mt
We hav
of Gilbert Plains to the L
tract, about eleven miles f
I'm engaed in teaching
and cons quently, needed to
are, how ver, conveniently
the sch$1 and have the.
box at 'our door and the
cites at .
thr a da
Daring' the temperance c paign, I
had the privilege of ad ressintg a
Ruthenian audience. thra h an in-
terpreter—a neva phase in my publio
career—hut nevertheless, a pleasant
experience wiiic1E met wi good re-
sults. A temperance rally the Tan-
ner
an.ner school on March 9th, was the
climax of the campaign,_ be chi dren
on't understand by magie with their stro
c. it half. For 1nsta e, I have work- while the addressee were Of excellent
11 ed at one bakery down at ohr base type. Truly, Tanner *distict up
—The Ladies Red Cross Soeiety of
lowing bales to ihe Red Crose bre.
at London since the ogranization of
this branch in November, 1915: ge
day shirts, 97 pairs socks, 12 at -
tress covers; money received fn. Red
Cross, Grant from Stephen Commit,
$15.50; Patriotic horicert, $92.13; the
young people3 Red Cross d nee OM
Red Cross Box seelel, $44.30; dona-
tions frorn friends, 16,25; Total a -
IL,
mount, $175.65 ; money paid out for
Red ,Cross $138.33; Balance on h nst
—The home of Mr. ind Mrs. JOS
Hopper, Srd line of Morris WaS ait
day March 8th, when their eldest
daughter, Frances Birderta, was
ed in marriage to Finlay McCallu
prosgerous young farmer of the
line. Rev. Mr. Parnably, chaplet
the \last, performed the cereino
the \presence of about fifty go
Afterethe ceremony those present
justice, to the dainty wedding.su
asid the remainder of the evening
spent in\ games and music. The
py couple -were the recipients of
71*
dif
wee
any
useful and costly presents testit lag
to the esteem in which they are
e -A very pretty wedding was soiem-
nized at the home of Mr. and iMrtet
Matheson, Goderich, on March kir,
when their only daughter, Katherine
Isabella, became the pride Leslih
0. W. Flick, of Colborne Townhhip.
The ceremony was performed by
T. Nash, of Hespeler. The bride, leaite.
ing on the arm of her father, carry-
ing a bouquet of bridal roses, enter-
ed the ;parlor to the strains of, .tir,P,
wedding march from ,Lohengrin,
ed by the bride's slater, Mies Apes
Flick. The bride was becomingly At-
tired in white silk peplin. Her; go-
ing -away Suit was of blue broadelotie
with hat / to match. After the eere-
mony they all sat down to a meat
elaborate t three -course dinner. !I'M
presente were both costly and num-,_
erous.
—Last Saturday Duncan Mere
an old and well known resident
the lith concession of Grey, .depertel
this life at the age of .88 years,
months and 20 days. While feell
about week. on Wednesday niglit
poorly 4at timeig be was only
he was operated on for cancer Of Mb
bowels, but Oo late to save hia
Mr McKenzie was born on the farm
on which -.he died and was marfled
Mils Margaret 3. Williamion. 18, Of
11 Years Ago, who, with one ds,u 'htegie
Gertrude, survives. Deceased w s
induetrious, thrifty going Ma ant
bis dernitte in deeply regretted. '1120
surviving brothers are Hector, Al
Daniell and ituidoeli-.. Mrs.
MeNlched, Of, Brussels, is A
'The funeral took place on mon4s,
last week to Brussels cemetery
A, ;dandy conducting Om