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FIFTIETH YEAR: I
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Snappy -clot
for Young Men
Our young men's suits were
tailored for us by specialists
ot acknowledged ability and
are as fine in material and
workmanship as they are
mart in cut. ," Nothing freak-
- nothing extreme — but
they show every desirable and
distinctive stye point of the
season, including a number of
special models tailored exclu-
sively for our trade and not
obtainable_elsewhere.
in
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S15
$18
Brown and 'grey ff-:mixtures,
plain greys, :hair lines, and
blue and grey stripe effects,
navy blues—the newer models
that follow closely the body's
natural line.
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Our.00od
Tailoring
The man who has his clothes
made to his order, generally
has his own ideas to (Nails.
If you ha;ie any pet notions
as to how you wish prevailing
styles adapted to your figure,
come here and i.t will be done t
garment is individually tailored
pert journeyman worker—not ir
shape is permanently worked in
garment holds its shape.
°SUITS... ........ ...$25
SPRING OVERCOATS
TROUSERS ... .$5
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$30 to $3
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Boys
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too well taci meet the requirenlents of a Stren
We're experts at clothing the boys with th
clothes they ought to wear. I Our boys' cl
made to our special order by expert make
made particularly good. The fabrics are
chosen and every detail of t e tailoring is
corre
be ma
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thing is
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• Carefully
bSolutely
Speciai Values n Boys' Sul• s
Sizes 8 to I 5 years 1
$4.00 $5.00 $6.00
Odd Knickers 75c, $11. to $1.5
Highest Prices tor Butter and
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the Ontario go inmate
lie; with discon erting spe
lines and may even cli
hest altitude Of the wat
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are limits to, its ap
enture. One radical ju
is Premier Hearst's mot
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journeyed he the Par
H, FRIDAY, MARCH 31,1916
McLEAS BROS., Publishers
$1.00 a Year in-Adv—A173
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etoratives fr.orn a wet province into collar and tie. As we came away i from
a dry one,anarticulirly unhealthy and the play -house, the District Judge,
6. -hazardous pursuit. In other word, in low ,shoes, black silk stockings,
with the Dominion and the province knee breeches, ruffled white shirt,
It combining against him, the only re- blaclk jacket, solemn face, big curly
wig and three cornered cocked hat, ter burned usually, possibly infected
as
w' juet leaving the quarterly sitting and often verminous or worn out.
of eupterne court, and entering his am 3ure our Canadian societiee are do -
carriage of state, with liveried at- Ing excellent work and will continue
to do no.
to
Please convey my very sincere
thanks for the parcel sent Me, to
your •society.
I Tennant
G.W. MANNING SMIT11,
Lieut. R.A.M.C.„
18th Stat Hospital, M.E.F.
ngs on their 4nnual sear
te, Nothing oing; th y
aot again. , n case there
riy doubt abotit It, Prem er
rubbed it in He has e -
!separate and distinct
, has been 3t4st a lit
leach shcceedi g occasion
a well-kno n Onta
ho was once accosted
suffragist wltb the and
The hand that rocks t
'3 the world."'
erhaps, of th
female deput
remier Hears'
need itself a
nd mothers. ,No em ty
f for them. They wan ed
ed upon ari equal foot' g
pso that they ight exerci e
$ famous
tion wh
a few d
a collect
s -
le
come back to hospital from the trench-
es or their camp with only the thing
they are Wearing, having lost their
kits or great coats or extra, ctothing.
The cloththey wear are much, beta
course of the fdrought-atriken resident*
Ontario Is to -go to Quebeenand
emulate the example of that faresneing
quadruped, the camel. He can go and
drink his fluids in the liberty4ving
Ptevince of Quebec, and then come
back, if he can find his way in eafety
under ,such circumstances'.
The human container will he the
ooly one tolerated by the new law,
Which leaves no hope at ail for/ any-
one living away from the Quebec bor-
der. Furthermore, it now lookas if
the Ontario prohibition law would ge
into effect without a referendum at
, all, on the under3tanding that after
Ice the war a vote ,shalt be taken on the
temlants, I' didn't have time to -have a
chat with 'him. Guilford IS a very
old town, with narrow cobbled roads
!whidh run up and down hill. Some of
the shops are Much like ours, while
others are real old and act as 'f they
dicirdt want to be disturbed. Off the
main street is the old ruined Castle
of Guilford. I took a roll through
Its grounds just at dusk ,and could'
have almOst imagined I was living
hundreds of years ago, as thd, snow
covered up everything thatmay have
Y que3tien of the restoration of the had a modern look, and towering up
nt licenSe system. • -The liquor trade over me wag' the old grey castle, its
e has Made a number of representationa upper walls in a state of decay" but
to the provincial government, the pro- the thick lower walls are intact
e-
on
re of politica control o
ch they m
They in
brnit a ref
the quest
emier Hea
Das under rvah
heir children
nernment to s
titi,e people oxi
Or women. P
elite, sympath tic and g
lisloccasion as elver. He c
the women on the pres
their case. Ide even •W
o say that th
'which they
te governmen
were a grea
• who were
of the franc
fie It -and th
tree for provo
ong the wom n themsel
a facer. T e women af-
at no women' organization
acitto he prop sed extens on,
ler Hearst wa ed a hand to -
letter tirnating t at
.stacks and staeks of. •er-
sives frorn a ti-st4frag1 te..
t than had to epa,rt without
tired a prond .e of any k nd.
Joh
MS
bor
ery
tes
esS
as
a
ex -
of
ter
tes
ent
uch
1
re were so
had the BY
. But he s
many worr
posed to
ise-his f
present
:Ing a cent
er
st
it -
on
st st
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pedals being that prohibition should
apply only to hoteds and not to shops
and that hotels be permitted tO sell
beer and wine, that a referendum+ pe
taken six 'months after the war, that
the •present system be extended for
six inonths to allow present stocks to
be disposed of, that the referen um
after the war be decided by a major-
ity oh a vote representing at least
forty per cent. of the names on the
votente lists, that no vote be taken. in
what are now dry territorina that
citieS and towns voting wet, be given
licenses irrespective of what the rest
of the pidvince does, that adetmate
.ne compensation •be provided for all li-
censes abolished.
le There were some other requests
m- along these same lines, and they were
id put before the government with some
en force, but with no apparent success.
le S Ilea st gave any assurance was that
e The only point upon which Premier
as• of compensahlion, and as to that his
though the rough stones have been
=clothed off by the weather. I would
have liked to have found out how old
it was and what had happeted there
long age, but as there wafl hoe one
around and I was getting hungry. I
left the old place for the streets bee
low, which are thronged v,dth soldiers
and munition works. It is at Guil-
ford that the large arsenal is situat-
ed; therefore at, night the town. is in
co/Opiate darkness, and onewmust keep
a cigarette going or be run down. I
got back to camp at one -thirty. missed
my breakfast but had a call otipork
and beans.
You talk about trench colored .suits
We who as yet play ,at ggingt tren-
ches1 find that trench co or includes
many different shades over 'here. Our
trenches in one place will be black,
in another yellow, ochre and orange.
I on't think Pm loneste or yet
ho esick, though take it from me,
Ca ada looks good to meo Was on a
0- annouraement was an adverse One. bombing cla.ss last week land had a
es. To entertain the proposal of eompen- • written examination Friday, at which
I slid well. I like bombing. Throwing
•big firecrackers is a cinch ,to hand-
linF grenades.
e 'suffrage p oposal w
Stifled in a lis of refo
by a• deputa ion of 1
deputation was a
tive one, incl ding deleg
Trades and abor cong
the Ontario Labor Ed
things, incl dingutrhgeed
ociation. The
the franchis • On sorn
sals the pr rne mini
action, but a to the V
n he •said th t the pre
he time for 1 troducing
gislation. Th t made N°
vas one mor when W. M.
mpmber fo South Bruce,
ol a bill in th legislature
e legislative franchise
larg
re
g t
se Sicais
man fro
Laberal '
helped
help as1
ierit to
goo' rimient. Premier
gain that th-re -was n
v-r'.8a,i demand for fe
that inahy women in
waet it.land that it would be taataie false. pretences, and perjurys Kelly
toodeed .with the franchise problem 1 is at present in Chicago, fighting
his meant a lot, because
•voters' lists are the
eh the federal electione
McDonald b 1 is a so
nual. Sevenwears ago
11 inado its b w under
of A. E. Fri , then rne
a, but it did it get very
Fripp afterw inks moved
t sphere of elleral pol
s always bee someone
bill back in all succee
and thiaatim it was
Bruce. r. Rowell, '
eader, who
r. McDonald
e could give
vercome the
satiOn, he said, would 'open the i way
for claims from all licensees, who in
recent year3 had been put out pi
busi-
ness by local option by-laws and by
application of the Canada Temnerance
Aet. So it's a dry outlook, the, liquor
people's only hope .being that the
laws will ,be made so draistic as to pro-
duce- a •reaction of public sentiment
after the war is over.
•
Manitoba Members Indicted
Sir Redmond Roblin, Hon. G. R.
Coldwell, Hon. J. 11. lflovviden,
Thos: Kelly Charged I
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, True bills against Sir Rodrnend Ro-
iln, Hon. George R. Coldlweli, Hon.
larrieseld. Howden and Thoma a Kelly
we61,%
re returned tco -i. Justice Pren-
dergast in the Assize Court at Win-
nipeg on TueedaY -afternoon, March
28th, by the grand Jury whieli has
been investigating for some ! weeks
charges, arising ?tut of the cionstruc-
to tion of the Manitoba Parliament Build-
;
the ings. I
ists
are
t of
a
the
ber
far,
into Rodmond and Messrs. ColdWell and
tics. Howden, two of his former cabinet
to Ministers, on ,charges of conspiracy to
In n defraud, of the corruption of witness -
the es and of attempting to , corrupt wit -
the. nesses. A true bill is •'a,lso found
9 a suffragist, lagainst Sir Redmond on a charge of
Jong, but ouch , the destruction of public delcuments,
ffic_ • and on another count of • the ate
the tempted destruction of public docu-
a.. ments. A true bill is found I against
une., , Thomas Kelly, contractor for the
ant, Ibuildings, who .is charged with theft,
d 'receiving and obtaining money • under
The Grand Jury recommended that
the trials be -held in June, and a date
•will be :set for argument, since', it -is
the expressed desire of the defence
•that, the charges be heard = immed-
iately.
True bills are found against Sir
was not s
ostility o
Hearst sal
strong or
ale suff
Ontario d
a .
when it Irnight result .n a divisi ii _ extradition to Canada.
thong the' women and' result
mentalltd to the spie did work
are narail doing for t e country.
H•arat :irce more intimated tha
pad- ist rs on the subject. '1 k
aiteld he "that many of the best
two in 4,be province even dome 0
•saarangadita, do oet want the vot ,
ppreceistlytarowns, atnoti_tdhahtve strong
That !settled it. Thzlieefielcalt;
out. Sir: Hearst made It (Ilea,. di
Ms year is concerned, a
s, there will be nothin
he question f allowin
t rocks the radle, wh
, not, to rule the world.
• • • •
th t�injnlon Govern
tylegisolvin.t1
hepr
dry, If
hreatened
and ther
ey neil ' not
i
less pia
will e ea
tario as t
In the
of all, the
prepared
ay, it will
Its constl
powers will permit: eeisioxis
judicial committee o the , I -Im
Privy Qbuncil, make t ose power
wide 4ttd far-reaching. Tile pr
can in e the sale, importation o
session of alcoholic beverages
and c ri enforce its laws to su h re- way. So three of us ma
spects with considerable sdccess. , and hid ourselves in an ou
The Prineip al weak spot is in pre-, a freight train game in, an
ventin 1 the importation of drinks from shelter, out of sight of
neighb ring wet provinces There is' •rraced to the waiting room
ntiadjointhin is sco e from the * depot proper, and here we
oba, to the ian to cross the tracks, b
Wet, just voted an overhead bridge and ge
two t
etri-
they
Mr.
wo- Sunday we have had. Was at kirk_
the this morning. Our own chaplain was
es- away and we had a stranger. He
re- was not up to much, however. Ex-
pected to be in London this week,
and but missed connection, but got to
hs so Guilford • instead, and will be up in
dai
the smoke next week, may be. - The
do -
tole atound here say we have snore
the snow than has been letiown of for
ther years. We aknjoy it for a change, as
, it affords us With some royal anjw
ball fights, and incidentally, with
ent snow shovelling, as we • clear the
n, it main walks and drives and Svteets off
e or the roofs of the huts.
the., We had a big time Friday night
are at the 46th dance at -Hasletnere, but
•is no it was an awful night, wet snow and
On- sleet and a hurricane bias :ing. Sat-
e as
urday afternoon e we got a date pass
y to for Haslemere, intending oing to
get Guilford, but on arriving at a,slem ere
reat , we found the motor bus ser 'ice was
gov- suspended on account of sn w, • and
to go the only way to go was y train.*
ake Now that seems easy, but it sure isati
ution no cinch. At the ston re place 1
the t the military police, who ex hie your
erial • pass and if all is well alio you to
very purchase your ticket, but you lhave.
vince no pass allowing you to 1 ave i the
pos- village, they turn you backnao it was
llegal, useless for us to go by t e, general
--adetour
house, till
under its
lice, we
rosafrom
ot a civil-
ofnuerantrekof-
der teover,
far as t
war 'yea
ing en -
hand th
or. pty
With
promisin supplementa
begins to look as if
Ontario will 'indeed, b
laws w are now
enacted and enforced
rea.3on t 'hope that t
tario w he as spiri
any in he world. It
aqquire Whisky in Or
a 'btricketful of water
Nubian esert. First
eanmen of; Ontario I
the limi , that 13 to
the pro ince as dry a
A Seaforth Soldier Abroad
Bramehott Camp, Feb. 27, 1916
A snowy Sunday, the firet White
The $150 Week].
i
The publisher of a we
paper finds that he ia
in rease the cost of the
$1.1O to $1.50 per annum.
df it h. the increase arks
te lab entering into the
du tion. White paper has
pr e. Metal has been a
price. Type that once could be pure
eh aed for 48 cents per ound to -day
to ts 98 •cents. The was has had ite
ef ect on all -trades, but few have
fe t it as heavily as the newspaper.
R veiving one dollar for a paper never
w s a paying proposition, but the i in-
er ase all along the i line now costs
the prodocer $1.74 for each, paper.The
falling profits from advertising leaves
a deficit to the producer and he is
e tnpelled to raise the price of the
w ekly newspapeit In Perth and Hut -
counties the raise will be to $1.50.
wever, all who pay their subscrip-
ns in advance and before the ist of
ly, 1916, will receive their paper at
O old rates of $1.00. After that it -Mr S. Carter, of Brussels, has dis-
11 be $1.50. Necessity pompels - the posed of his residence in that town.
•blisher to take this step which he to Mrs. Duncan McKenzie, of Grey
go. township, whose husband died a few
weeks ago. She and her daughter in-
th Dead tend leaving the farm and locating in
Brussels in the near future. Mr. Car-
ter will purchase another property if
he finds What sults him.
-Mr. R. Robinson, who has been in
charge of the public school 53.t St.
Helens, for the past two years, hay-
ing beard the oat' of his country, has
enlisted at Lucknow with the 160th.
Battalion. He gave t up his duties as
teacher on Friday of last week. Be-
fore leaving' he was presented with
a wrist watch by his pupils.
-Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gooier, of
Clhiton, had a narrow escape from as-
phytation on Sunday, night, owing to
a d feotive coal heating stove. For-
tunately Mr. Govier awoke and was
.able to get out of bed, and today 13
well enough to be around again, but
Mrs. Govier is still confined to her
bed Buffering from the effects of
the as.
-On Thursday, March 23rd, Mr.
a,nd Sirs. James Ireland, of Grey
township, celebrated the fiftieth anni-
versary of their wedding, being mar-
ried in Seaforth, on March 23rd 1866,
by Rev. William Gra,harn. The family
eonsists of eight children and nine-
teen grandchildren, all of whom were
at the celebration on Thursday with
the exception of one son who lives
Ln Saskatoon. -
-H. Belamy, the genial editor of
the Dungannon News, has answered
the call of his King and country. Ho
has .been strongly advocating the
need. of recruits and urging our duty
to the Empire through the weekly is-
.isues of bis paper, and finally, unable
to withstand the dictates of his
conscience, he resolved to set aside
minor duties end -respond to the ur-
gent call. ,
-Miss Ruby E., daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Fletcher Gliders, of Loyali
was united in marriage te Mr., James
Stevens, of Young, Sask., on Wednes-
day, Marcia 22nd. The occasion was
of s very quiet nature, -owing:to DI-
ness in the home. The Marriage cer-
emony WO performe 1 at the Presby-
terian manse in 0 rich, bY Rev.- G.
E. Ross, B.A.'B.D. The Young couple
• left for theiri horse dln the. West lad
week. ,
--The telephone disPute 'between the
Goderich TownshiP , 1 arid Colborne
• Systems has been retrived by the lat-
ter appealing to the Railway Board
to compel the Goderich township sys-
tem to give thein ahcess to Clinton.
• Goderich townihip coMmitsleriers tnade
what was considered; a very fair offer
a couple of year age when the matter
was up, but Colborne would not ac-
cept. The Railway Board will meet
i at Goderich on Marith 83.st, to take
evidence.
-There passed away in Blyth, on
Saturday night, March 18th, the eld-
est daughter of Mr
after an illness ex
years, The late
born in Blyth fifty
has lived there all
of a kind dispoalti
by all who btew h
kiy news-
ompelled ito
paper from
The reason
o many roa-
cost Of pr )-
advanced,in
vanced le
hIbitio
provin
to th
Queb
llncen.
on. I
yince
out 1
ardent souls have 1 oked
Ituatinn as a lifesaver.
long Opmes the Do triton
wieh complementa y bil
ina.*0 the smugglin of
to, fear on t
g Province of
catise Manila
one for a rigi
only one ds
e giving a w
eat there 1
which coati
e system and
might be di
Of Ontario to
duor from -
Mani
a ha
mea ure of pro- et, while we remained urt
trict n the whole and as our train was pulling, out, we
t rhadority. But made the dash, and were 'sobn lock -
the proviace ed in our compartment, w
ues te enjoy the with ourselves at slippin
Is likely to keep the , (Military Pol
la satisfied
one over
en thus
n arriving'
Huron Notes
-ha successor to the laic C.P.'Et.
Agcnt McKay, Monkton, Agent Pat-
terson, ot Auburn, hats been appoint-
ed.
-.Misses Jean Chidley and Jean
Scott, of Clinton, expect to lea.vd for
the 'West this week, Mies Chidley will
visit in Winnipeg and Miss Scott will
go to Swift Current to visit,
-Neil McNeil, who moved from Wal-
ton to Gerrie some time ago, has sold
his blacksmith ahop e,t the latter vil-
lage and bought a business at Del-
more, to which place he bas moved.
-While out in a sleighing party, on
Thursday night of 18,st week, Miss
Pearl Glazier • of Clinton, was badly
hurt when the aleigh upset. • It le
feared her spine Is seriously injured.
-Fred, the sorrel horse owned by
the late John Currie of Bru.ssels, and
used on the butcher 'delivery cart for
many a year, died thia week. He was
26 years 0.4 age and had been as tough
as whalebone.
-Mr. G. L. Parsons lhas been ntp-
pointed secretary -treasurer ahd man-
ager of the Goderich Elevator and
Transit Co.,Ltd., in succession to tbe
late W. 1.1. Horton. Mr. Parsons lat-
terly had been the virtual manager
and is well qualified for the pwition.
• -It hen been decided to go on with
•the moving and contemplated improve-
ments to the Ethel Methodist church:
(Iiihisea:peralorks.for veneering the building
has been purchased and a be is on
hand to get it (hauled before the snow
-Arrangement% are being made for
all the men( of the 161st to asaemble
in Clinton oni April ,6i th q day of the
Clinton spring fair, when untnouevres
will be•put on ,in thei morning of the
day and the ladies of the town
churcheS have promised to •entertain
the visiting -soldiers.
-Councillor W.J. Miller has rented
the grass farm on the 3rd concession,
of Hullett, owned by Miss Mary Johns-
ton of Clinton. This gives the worthy
councillor 250 acres to handle but it
is practically all under graas so he
will be hustling about shortly pick-
ing up cattle.
-Throughout the country, some of
the names oti the farmers mail boxes
are very indistinct and it would be
a very good idea if the farmers would
go over these again and make the
names readable. To have these names
at the gates Is very convenient for
the travelling public.
years she was an! actide member of
St. Andrew's church. Deceased leaves
to mourn her Ioss, besides her moth-
er, three sister and one brother: Mrs.
William McGowan, East Wawanosh;
Mrs. William Robertson, Wingham;
Miss Cassie and Mr. James McC. Dodds Li'
at home. 1
-.A. letter from- Sergt. Allingham,
formerly. of BrusSels, who has been
in the trenches doing his duty for the
Empire, nays he 'got a bullet in: his
'right hip and alao suffered a cern-
pound fracture of his right arm. He
/
is now in Belfast' hospital, Ireland.
His tnanY old friends here hope he
I--The marriage took place in Detroit
-will isomi be able to returri' to Can-
ada and that he may regain), as far
as possilde the use of his members.
on Wednesday o4 last week of Alias
Irene Matilda (Tillie) McCartney,
daughter of the late Mr, John Mc -
Mr. Robert Nay, f Soaris, Man. The
Cartney, of Godrich township, to
marriage wa3 of the quietest nature,
nono but immediate friend3 being
present, and Mr. and Mrs. Nay left
almost at once for their home at
Souris. Miss McCartney had been in
Detroit for the past couple of years
but previous to that was a resident
of Clinton.
-A charge against W. Bender, of
Zurich, and formerly proprietor of
Commercial Hote4 Hensall, for bring-
ing liquor illegally into a Canada
Tempearrice act c unty, also a second
rrcharge for stori g liquor illegally in
a Canada Temperance Act county,
were up' for trall in Clinton n Friday .
last before Police Magistrate An-
drews and adjonrned for one week.
This is 'about the sixth adjournmeet
of these cases Mid at none ot the
has Bender put in an appearance ex-
cept through his lawyer. Crown At-
torney *eager is prosecuting for In-
spector Torrance
- An enjoyable
held 4 the ho
Jonah SiMs, concession 3, Stephen, on
Monday ' night of last Week, when, a-
bout thirty of their neighbors azd.
friends gathered together to do hon-
or to Private S. W. Sims, and pre-
septed him with a handsome wrist
witch. Mr. Wilecin Anderson as the
chairman of the' evening, called on
Mr, Herma.n P e to read the ad -
le
dress and Mr. slie Richards, to
make the prese tation. Pte. Shot
was taken completely by surprise but
made a 'brief reply thanking th.era for
their kindness a d thoughtfulness, Lad
li
a-ssured! them he should 'always prize
his watch as it spoke of their goot
feelirg 'towards hima
-Wesley chureb, Clinton, held KO
sixty-sehond ann versary eelebratio*
on Suaday of I st week, when Reit.
Dr. Hicks, paster of Trintitr church,
Toronto, was the preacher of the day.
In the evening the congresation of
Ontario street church, very gra-cloua-
ly yrithdrelattetheir service and *Cable
down to worshid with the sister con-
gregation and as many from the
other cengregatinns of #wn, hiss
-came in every 4vailabie Vat in the
auditorium, gallery and school roma
were occupied, ntlany chairs having al-
so to be brought into use. The annual
congregational supper was served on
the following Monday evening, frost
heaf-past six in the lecture room, at -
tor which the pastor took the chair
and seyeral of the official members
spoke tisof the conditions prevailing 131.
their different departMents. Thera
was a igood attendance.
-LaSt Thursday evening, Robert
Austin) a hunter, while passing aiong
by Mitchell's biash, about tWo mile!
out a Whigham, was attracted hp
actionof his dog running in anti.
out of i the bush. Austin followed the
dog and found a soldier lying in tite "
snow almost 1 sensible and partk,
frozenj He gave the alarm to Major
Sinclair, of the 161st there, who rapid-,
ly carne to the rescue with •,a, trig,
taking the man to the hospital. it
was found that he was badly froze*,
especially Ms feet. He had lain at •
night and the day previous in the
bush. The full extent of his injurieg
are not yet knewn. The maxi's Mats
is Charles Beckes, a .1.1assian. He hal
been to Teeswater, and •on his walt
• home lost his Way. He had called at
a number of houses, asking the di-,
rection to Wingharn, but people, bat
tUrned him away, thinking he was a
Gormap spy.
-An old resident of Goderich, nasiiie
od away on, Wednesday of last week
after only a calple of days' illness Lia,
the p&.son of Godfrey Nicholson, 0
tlae Huron Road. Mr. Nicholson sett-
fered ;a stroke on Monday, butt up ts
that time had enjoyed fair health., IMfe
was born 79 years ago in what srati
Lower Canada, latt
is life-trimeteonthdiasbisavitprearwols-
ethnets so! bniarcte oftwrnthninissilisPkietch was ten
• years : of age they moved to the town-
ship Of Hay, which. at that time was
primitave forest. Here they hewed
out a home for themselves, erecting
a log house, land making such joie-
neys as were necessary by blazed trail -
through the foaest. Mr. Nicholson wan
thus en° of the pioneers of the town-
ship, and be ccintinued to reside there
some ten years • ago, when be removal
to Goderich. ''he deceased was twine
married. ,
I
-Almost seVen million dollars aro
-said. to be involved in the purchase -of
• omplete city blocks 1* .
ed by College, Yonge,
eraulay streets,
and the acquiring
ould- have taken long
Dr. It W. Bruce
Dr. R W. Bruce Smith, In.3pector
o Prisons and Public Charities for
Ontario, and a specialist in mental
diseases, and formerly a well known
,praotioner of Seaforth, passed away On
Tuesday, March 28th, at 271 Russel
ill Road, Toronto. Dr. 'Bruce Smith
a peered in many famous trials as an
expert Witness in most cases for the
Crown, and had an international repu-
tation a3 a medical man. He had
been Inspector of Prisons and Public
Charities since 1904. The son of the
late Rev. A. A. S. Smith, he was born
In Mitchell, Ont., and a4ter graduat-
ing a (medical man, practised for
fifteen years at Seaforth. He had
held appointments at the !Hamilton and
Brockville asylums, prior to his re-,
ceiYing the government office. He
Was a leader -In several Medical assoc-
iations, having been Vice-president of
the Canadit,n Medioal ASsociation and
• elation. He
• Master and
Besides his
three daugh-
the Ontsgici Medlcal Ass
Was alio a Masonic Pas
a Methoditt in religion.
widow he h survived by
ters, and also one brother. After a
private aervice in his home, on Thurs-
day and another in the Timothy' Ea-
ten Memorial Church, th funeral pro -
deeded to Mount Pleasa t cemetery.
. From Egypt
The following letter w
eently by the local Red
from Dr. G. W. Ma.nnin
orne years and up to
of the wax a well kno
end poptilag citizen of
letter is dated from th
Alexandria, Egypt, on
1916, and is as folio
The Secretary Red C
1 Seaforth.
1 Dear Madam -A parce
iram your Society reac
ay3 ago. It was Imalle
8th, 100, so you can
IS Somewka,t iloW. How
s received re -
Cross Society,
Smith, for
the outbreak
n practioner
a,yfield. Thi
Union Club,
ebruary 6th,
s Society,
sent 4-4 rne
ed me a *Law
on November
e parcel post
ver, it arriv-
ed in perfect condition, f011owing me
here frorn Lel-1=w land, where
the 1Sth Stationary 11 ;pita' - the
British unit I am .at led to was
stationed.
The Iseleiltion of thin • in the, ,ox
Was eXcellent as the th we all miss,
here are those little luxuries,
euch -las-chocolate, ca etc„ real
home 4igarettes and , that is
the brands we smoke. of coursea
are alWays needed, as rarely has
opporttmitg or yarn t rn with.
Things, that find s.r lwa.ys most
needed are Want& sui ox, hand-
kerchiefs, adeeping ca scarfs, fin-.
surprise pa,aty was
me of Mr. and Mrs.
gerlesS mitts, knitted or flannel ab-
dominal belts., soap, tobSeco and cigar-
retteT4 woolen vests, Underwear. 1
icult ior the prow making the trip sweeter.
uccee in barring at Guilford, we got seats for the useful to all the men!, whether sick,
refer now to the things that are moat
uebec, and man Y Royal theatre where they were put- convale.sceat or on tlutr. The matron
upon this , ting on a musical comedy, r'Sugar and , of our unit, e.lthough ery generou3ly
/
ut now, a- Spice". These cost one shIlling and supplied by the societ scorned al-,
Government 1 six pence, or about thirty cents. but i ways to used these gm. one can
which wiii with us, the thirty cents iS ecuiValent I readily understand this when 1 say
looholic re- to at least $1.50 in the aays of that so maw of the sick Sad wounded
t
1. James Dodds,
nding over eight
'as Dodds was
years E go, and
er life. She, vra,s
n and esteemed
r. For masy
then known a
spent most of
!dent- 'of Hay t
a
almo3 two
Toronto, boun
Hayter, and ,
being! effected
frontage property on the west sillh
of TOnge, between Hayter and Ger-
rard:1 It Is t le largest purchase jail
1.
business prope ty made in Toronto In
recent. years. The property between
college st. and Buchanan at Ois
Yonge st., has brought between 11,10
and 04,0.00 a foot frontage, which IS
almost doublei the assessment. • ite-
tvreen Buchanan and Hayter, sia
Yorige, the prices ranged frons
to 38000 a foelt frontage, whereas Ike
snaesisment ofthe properties on 'roam
between these istreets, averages albeit
$1,800 a foot. i All the ternintS. of pen -
chased properity are said to have ye-
ceive4 intimation that they to9st, be
prepared to sneate by the end- of tjae
present year.i
1