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SEAFORT1E, FRiDAY, JUNE 2, 1916
Frrom the Dominion lid Ontario
e Capital
he Canadian prime 'aster is en -
j ing a fear days' f hing in the
G *team •hille after a omewhat con.
te time session, of 1 P rilament. He
enjoys rishirtgi He is a hard wo-rk.
et arid givea to the tate the yery
het that is 1n him, but takes no great
pl asure in ilay1ng pa Wes. When a
re 'hour comes (to hi he stay a be
seen ion the Royal. Gol Club course,
over the Ottawa rive , or, as ip
the present @Lisa, ,whe in need. of a
feat day's restlii, ;he ,goe -with' two or
three friends to a fishi lodge among
th Gatinea,u .11111e otit reach of any
,and avii re tletters Ind their way
ony by rme ial messe ger twice a
w$k. 7,Vitia Tart ne layed golf at
MO ray Bay, 'anal tthe 11 a at Atlantic
Cit and Virginia Ho Springs he
kriawe well, (e ,
ome time during nth summer ...$1r
Rf
best inte dis visitin England. He
ta te,s a, dee 'jntere&t. 1 Imperial mat-
iti
sh uld have a• voice 1 peace and war.
teV, and, fir ly looney s that Canada
334t at rescrit he is :4concerned.
WI doling ,all he ca.n to assist an bring..
Ink the warto a, auc essful conclus-
iota. It is witia that i viewl thatnhe
gcles to Eniplandi - •
1 ne thing upon which Parliament
w a unit -the rer-e osal that $250,..
000,000 ehoul be 'voted for the wa,r. In
beth houses the vote
(a. y division Pt reor
o the rshel committe
parties•caamie into ,grIps
mobitsiness, o e oarticul
manufacture of fuses
States., Is n (under t
aray
s4En has aco ple of We
0 it, and, st en it will
ake a ire' rt.,
:Great pre sure is m
s apart and lake citie
ent aid, f the est
s ipbuilding industry i
a an shipp rs are als
ething ti be done
hie -flan ea ise�l. by t
,
ocean tonnage. This
cvssed several times
s ssion., rn view of it
ittee of he cabinet
;Pointed, to
this !direct'
• tcriff 'assist
get parties to ;make
ISonie have talked of
b' lt iShips that gave
ii,g indostrY to 5the m
b for'e the steel...made
Se, but there Is no II
being done. One %or t
Pay for st In ew boat j
the war ceaSed hundre
be rele,ased, or the
arid priceia would ta
put wargor, no wa
to have a Sitlipb til 'din
Probably now liS the
ifrl1:1niinion assistance.
to a me
o ea lata.6blisanlig oft ession tparliament
omi.
11 be ready with I
the provinces are
iassed a 'ball to .give
id to those .embarki
ry. But, as pie gener
lace there (in ta few
11ke1-th,irt Much avi
e contest is over.
There are few eau
•ably endowie4 with'
ities as Is .aa -da. It
ihar.bore, .extensive c
Ilwaterways, and a etr
!itween. feast and ewes
paths or commerce,
ia• great marine -natio
erchant marine
prosperous. i
How to secure trad
atter ,vvibleN is n
active latteOtion of
Last week a special
commi9-40n corcposed
inees men, and ;appoi
minion :governrrfent,
examine conditions t
Foster, the minister
merce, will 'leave at
where this an -tithe
gage his attention.
He is impressed,
anydne else, iby the
paring immediately ,
tions as theyt will
assed ,without
to the work the Ontario fees were away up and la,
the ,political coming I tourists had to buy licenses.
and part of the The nuinber will be doubled at least,
ely as to the under the la,rra,ngementtwhich has just
In the United been ootered into, and under orrhieh
e investigation motorists from NeW York and Michl.
gan will be permitted to come into On-
tario aed remain f
out being compel'
Of course, Onta
out of It, in .ad
orivileges from Ne
gan. The average
United. States, ispe,
tart°, •which Is no
Prohibition goes
Ontaria towns oh ,t
month, or three
In the, res ti of th
towns are Barrie
reason is that th
close te the Angtt
have ibeen. taken
vete of \ confidence In Mayor Church,
by war of Ishow(ing that It dad oust
questioni his patriotism, but his wore
ship 'did not Iclesite it. So harmony
reigigs again, and the provinca gets
the money,.
Motor 1 reciprocity between the prov-
ince of Ontarioland the State of Mich.
'gam went ritt4 effect this week, fol-
lowing eastablisluneat of a, slimilar ex-
change ;between Ontario and New York
which Went Into effect on the nine-
teeoth and which isaa,s duly celebrated
by NeW York and. °darter motorists,
meeting on the frentier. The recipe
rocal .arrangement with alichIgao was
delayed while gopl(rs of the Ontario act
and other documents, were being sent
to !th& Michigan atate officials rend
examined by them.
The irronorablel Finlay Macdiarrnid,
who has charge of these things, re..
ceived word that the Michigan ' peopie
(:s
had APprorved of the proposed re iproc-
ity And that there were no m re, ob..
'stades in the .way. Since then the.
necessary permits have been sent bathe
various border ooints between Oatarlo
and Michigan. and today cars are ease-
ing into 'Ontario and into Michigan
under the TleW arrangement. That is
what Ontario moteriets have ranted
and havP worked for ever ,since motor
touring hegan, or eather since the On-
tario fees became so heavy that
reciprocity WES 101# of the question.
Only 6,0po mOtoristS came into ,Ontarto
from the United. States last year when
commission. The commis-
ks' work ahead.
be tprepared, to
de by ,certain
for govern-
blishment of a
Canada. Cial-
anxious for
to relieve the
e shortage of
atter was dig-
uring the last
is, a- sub-com-
has been ap..
eee iwhat can be done sn
n. A bou ty as well as
nce will necessary to
ny investment3.1
reviving wood-
ueh ,a flourish..
ritime provinces
essels earne into
eilhood of this
* tripe would
st now but if
s of ships woold
erchant serviee,
e a tumble.
Canada ought
industry, and.
est time tied be-
efore the next
the committee
report. Sotne
not waiting; for
British Datum -
e legislature has
certain financial
g In the Indus -
1 election takes
week, it is .not
,he idone until
The finest of tailoring and fitti4. equal to he choicest
• made to measuref garments
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Fine Trousers $2.r, $3.50 to ‘5
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New Shirts'r-
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I We offer the largest liange of -fine niew--
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I shirts ever shown epforth, jive are a
• Shirt Store worth NNlit1e-- and rio matter
what your shirt requ*eii ts are it will
I be to your advantagel iee what this
506
to
store offers.
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Overalls Sm
of all the Best M
trie-a -so favor.
tural opportuni-
has fine 'natural
Aline and Inland
tegic position be..
on the world's
anada should be
. The Canadian
Lit be big and
'after the war is
w emgaglne the
the government.
travelling trade
of Canadian bus..
ted by the 1)o -
eft for Europe to
ere Sir George
trade and corm
once for England
matters will en-
v
erhaps ,more than
necessity of pre
ortrade condi-
• after1/4 the, war.
It sis understood that while away sot
George will take the
eetablishing the bure
information which
for Canada, as \sire
'Robert Borden will
Country .agaln. la 1Ju
'ale that T.,Chase..
a visit to 'France t
ministers of the ere
them. Sir uSarn
as .soon as the Mere
mission has comple
tion. Those who re
look after the variou
attend to recruiting.
In thla ;connection
that Sir Wilfrid L
Toronto for a few
Ing to the previn_ce
liver a series of r
The element in tha,
recruiting is igradu
the leader of the
to be able to do goo
altogether ahase w
taking part In th
American Legion ,r-
ing in, ;lumbers d ly.
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The war tax ru
The Toronto eity e
D... decision ite cont
cks Boys'
kerls Overalls
75c,151 to $05 50c -75c
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Highest Prices ft
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i T1,2,,- Greig Clotli it
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igs
410.0@i*40414,
r three weeks with...
41 to buy licenses.
lo will,get sornethieg
Won to (reelerocal
York and. Michi-
lotorist froth the
de $5 a dayin
On-
bcin- sneezed at.
Into effect in two
e fifteenth Of next
onths, sooner than
province.. The two
and Ailandaie. The
se two plaCes are
Pine Plains' which
er by the Diimittion
government for the •establishment of
a huge:i new pinta,
Camp Borden an
MI/Aster of Cana
The 'camp grou
acres. 'Of sandy lattt well watered soil
once covered by a 'great forest of pine.
It is being tcleared and (marked!, build-
ings ;erected ; and railway sidings
put In, and( the eXpectation Ls that by
the fir -at of next month 25,000 trooas
will be ton •the ground. for training.,
TY...19 is to be the largesti .an finest
of the ,military training camps in
Canada, not exce' tlag. the camp at
y ca,mp to be called
onor of the Prime
d comprise20,000
irat steps toward
u of commercial
been plann: d
y announced,. Sir
age .for the011.1
e. It Ls also pros_
agrain may pay
Is ,summer.Oth-r
n may accozpany
es is sure to go
th-Duff fuse con-
ed Its investiga-
• in at home. will
departments and
It rna3 be said
urier will vIsit
aye ,prior to his go-
of Quebec: to de..
erulting speeches
province against
Ily giving way and
opposition expects
• work in ellencing
e are opposed. to
war. The three
giments are grow.
ValLartier. It
that iS why !the
irston are going
rie L. Less ,than ten .mlles from (the
camp `and 'Pas nine saloons and two
liquor stores. Ten 'riles, under these
conditions, Is regarded as a ettort
istroir
Frop TWO Hur n Boys in England
No. 54108, rd Ple„toon, th Div.
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Cyclist. Clarden Camp,
be ,sober also, and
ars in Barrie and AL.
tit of hueince,. Bar..
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pus has subsided,
uncilhas reversed
st the right of the
province to collect one mill on the...dol-
lar from the mu
purposes. This has.
Ing reports from tw
the province the:3 t
terms of the .consti
tax. Tne rmernbera.
ceived ,tni$ opinion
lief, as affording
withdrawing, from
had nothing ,attra
ws becoming 'dell
panties for war
been done follow-
• legal expert§ that
e right under the
•ution to collect the
of the council re -
with obvious re.:
hem the means. of
poeltion which
tive about it and
more unco :.fort..
a
I Wiltsh
Dear Expositor :-
if yofl people, two
to ;publish is. few
able paper cancer
trip across Can
We were 4th
where we were
and ,vvere soon,
ready to leave
On TuesdaY,
entr,alned, for Ha
bout ten O'clock
morning- we Ewer
our destination,
ton in the afte
for a rittre rout
were very much t
our long Tide 1
mired the beau
passed through
quite a time tr
French people,
could' not esPeask
However, we r-
after 4 little
boar The boat a
„aercs the Atlantic. It was abouture thhagiMeat a mani wasAgoing
-ten
crclock on the 1.2 th, and after, a. wait
of About three d, ya ,got coaled•me.
When we ,got board, we "'found
out that the (tra t was the Olym-
e,;Eng. May 13, 1916
was just wondering
Id be 'kind, enough
lines in. ,your tvalu-
ng our voyage and
La. t
tered at Toronto,
training as cyclists
even orders to get
or overseas. ,
11 126th, vie Were
11 ax. We started a-
t night andt. in, the.
'it'll (speeding ,to
(e arrived at Mone -
noon and got off
march which . we
leased toi have after
the ar.ain., We ad-
ful scenery ,as we
e country. We had
Ing' to talk, tog the
ho in some places
a word of English-
'hed Halifax and
ening we 'got on
'itch was to take us
ismiosimireftali
Use
Lehigh
Valle
Hard Coat
p,
to locate a ttnan out here unless you
know just where he is bef•ore you -
start
to look for him. Of course if It NNT-efi,
a.
ID be •out here for month, as \some
of us have been, then perhaps eould
run across him but just the rnomtnt
a new (draft join, t.se, they becorne liable
m
to easuaities and. may be wounded at
at any time.
For in -stance, the last time 1m I
had some .N'.CrOrs., of a certain Bat-
talion breaking them in to their work.
I got them distributed among my
matoone and after a time made the
rounds to see how they were getting
along. I earne to one Sergeant and
asked (him °Well, how are you making
Iv' 4'0h 1 Pin having a fine time, a
just took five shots at Fritz, to __let
him know rids St. Patrick's !Day."
hadn't' been away from him long
before a eholl !bursa I heard a call
for "stretcher bearers eon the ,double"
arid goIng down I found the .s.arne
sergeant with a nice clean hole through
the calf of his leg. He just spent
twenty-five ,minutea In the trenches
and (should be in England by this
time. °Ohl' you lucky devil !," • We
don't waste any (sympathy on (anybody
who gets wounded unless it as very
serious for it (means two or three
months rest at least either in Eng-
land 131' Southern France, and that
seems something greatly to be desir-
ed after rnonthe out here. It seems
strange to us to hear of the 211th
Battalion being organized ifor overseas
service, and we wonder where they
are ,getting the men. Do you remem-
ber -how you, Ail told mu that it .was
•useless .for mei to ceme out to enlist
as the war would either be over or
we would be sent to do garrison duty
in England,. That was nearly twenty
months ago and 'I have done ie no
garrison duty yet and certainly don't
expect .to. I am ,glad to know, that
when I .get beck to Edmonton's -41 I
ever (do -I will lbe able! to get at train
to Spirit River and not h -aver to hike
from Grouard.
Will Ourely ewe some wonderful
changes both there and in Grand
Prairie City, from what I hear there
must be a. great rush of new comers,
I ,tion 'sitting up In my blankets and
having just given My ,clothes a there
ough going over for "seam squirrelerr
will be comfortable enough for a time,
to allow of a letter, beingt written te
you.
For lour n,
our Seaso' s Suppty
This is the proper time to
fill your bin
Let Us Quote rou
SNC. Ctuff and Sons
Seaforth
moimillillIMINE105111110
er.IT'16 iimiesewasismar
boats went by (us they all blew their
sirens to the cheers of the Can,adiams.
On Sund.ay, May 7th, we landed i and
were put on trains for Clivetions,
;What Amused the Canadians , mostly
was the trains. They :are so email to
what the Canadian train are, and are
made up tof short coaches with. small
compartments to accommodate eight
persons. We were ,giren, good wel.
come as we went down. through , the
centre of England. Everything was. so
pretty; trees were in ,bloom and fields
were (green, And. ;together with hedges
and >artificial canala, made it a fine
si.ght and worth seeing.
We haat a ',short stay at Birrningharn
and cOntinued our journey 'to Clive -
don, 'where we, are now encareped for
training for further overseas, which
we are all dooking forward to. Aero..planes are itol be seen. anal atinds
cif fine 'sights. Our C,B,MV is situated
In a valley, with hills surrouhding a..
bout three hundred (feet high. A bet..
ter place, we would not wish 'for. The
weather 'does not exactly .sult the
Canadians, being as .!t quite often
rains just when, it looked to be 'going
to turn out a fine day. On,a often
hears, "Wholki want to be here all
the thrie, andraloes the sun. shine here
at all," but we just millet and t, tell
them they ,aro tall jolly goo di fellows,
We are w.alting our leave novv, which
we shall soon get. i I don't think I
have (anymore to say at ,presents
Thanking you. At the same tline for
your kindness in publishing, We remain
1.1 YOtms truly#
able. Despite the legal -opinion given,
Mayor ,Church reta
that sthe impositio
ultra vines of 'the
the ,trouble Ls ave
positien on the p
deny his. worship
opinion.
• The council was
na his own view.
- of • the last is
province, but. as all
there is no
fls-
•rt of anybody to
the rig,ht _of ! his
pie, the fastest land largest transport
afloat.. After reVeryone was aboard
she 'moved out into midstre„ani, and
finished coaling. 0.n the 130th we had
a church parade and in. the, afternoon
we were given our lifebelte .and the
Olympic ste.arned out of the :harbor a-
bout; twelve o'clock. Aa (she gltded
out a the barber a faint cheer
can across thq water and, as , we
we looked. lacroes a little garrison of
soldiers were to 'be seen waving, their
cap ' to us. They were signallers on
i
the forte. ;who, signalled out their
goo luck Are we sailed ox r our i way
overseas.
prepared topass a
As. Cama,da, was dimly seen which
looked like milers behind us, up went
the estr,ains of Love Yo o Canadair!
and. all went ,down below to have their
first ocean meal,
Newfoundland was the last sighted
in the evening and, there was- . the
beautiful sunset, which -everyone
kno-ws, who hag se -en It, 1 ar sight
worth iseelngr ( Emergency parades
were called on the way over to see
how quickly (the troops could- get:,
ready an case ,Of a submarine attack,
d to wear our lifebeits
lowed to remove them
ne. ;were mounted on
n each iside and a four
ther end, Close wateh
the way tover and me
taken. We had some
and exercises to keep
ebergs were seen and
fish, but beyond that
was seen until we
on May 6th, We were
rs on board and quite
e sick. As we sailed
r an escort of des -
Ptes. F.C. Beer and H.W. Horton
The Hurons Leave for London
The ,farervell given to the boys of
the 161st will rang be, remembered by
the boys and also by the citizens t. of
Clinton and surrounding country, who
aresembk4 to the 'number of ahout 21000
to gheer the boys as they entrained
for the London camp at 9 o'clock
Tuesrim ,morning,
'The inhalers of ( the publie school
lined the streets, (and presentA each
of the soldiers with an orange and
the welmen. of the Patriotic Solety
provided 600 lunchmade up of sand-
wiches and. cake, .
The train was, made upp tw.o see-
tion.s., the Wingham company coining
In on the second section, and were
joined by the compa,ny under Capt.
TOwne.
On (Monday afternoon the Women's
Patriotic Society presented each of the
Clinton boys ;with 'a 'parcel of socka,
towel% and metal mirrors in, leather
oases, the presentation being made by
Mise Beatrice ,Greene, fpresident of the
young lales branch., and a farewell
address was made by Mrs, Allin, pres-
ident of he senior society.
After the presentation was made the
ladies were iheartily thanked by the
Colonel and "the boyar'
In the evening at 7.30 the whole bat-
-talion was on p,s,rade, and was halted
in front of tthe bandstand ,Where abort
addresses w.ere Made by W Byrdone,
president of the Huron County War
Auxiliary, Mayer Thompson and Rev.
Dr Rutledge.
Although the weather iwars somewhat
wet, an uninense ,crowal, had gathered
to leay farewell, tend on behalf of, the
officers gad itte 'men of the [161st Bat-
talion, Col. Combe responded with gen-
erous thaaks.
On the platform were meir.ber,s of
the town council, War AuXillary and
de.
firg.anized in Decem-
almost full strength
It Is hard to realize that it kis eapril
for the !weather 4s raw and cold (*With
many rainy days, and the blankets
seem to be the only warm place It
has blown la rale for three. days DOW
and an 'a draughty billet It's not
conductive to comfort. 'We would
rather be up -in the front line t tor
though we have casualties pretty
steadily we dont get any "working
parties, 1 .am sure that those of i.18
who ,come ,through the 'war will find
that four cleaneet memories will lie of.
the ;seeembigIy ternal grind ori fa-
tigues' ,don't bave tb go on any
of therrr, hut I have the painful jeh of
detailing. All the N.C.Ors, men and
when men oreatired out I find it hard
work having to order them out. It is
about four miles to the line from where
we are at 'present and ,walking four
miles to work, working all night an
;water And then walking four miles
home (1) again isn't an , undiluted
pleasure, / larn in great demand when
they get ba,ck ;far I get, three gallons
of rum every night for distribution
which gives each man a good, issue,
My Plumbers ,are (sadly broken up for
I have four parties to detail every
night and they get back at different
times, between 11,80, pan. and. 4 .a n' and
I have to roll out and get busy. Then
too the aforementioned 'Seam Squir-
rels" 'sewn to ;rd.* themselves le at
`night and even, after months of con-
stant association I cannot get accue-
tomed to them. Yotv know of course,
that they iare ta great plague, hut 1
dun.!t think anyone of you realize; how
the diomfort caused by them runs a
man down. They bothered us first in
Valcartier and though 1 don't think
any of the iFirst Contingent are still
with me, Pin awe some, of , their WI-
rect (descendants are. Except for the
time rwar4ton lea.ve, I have Lever been
free and event then a few livedid
my blankets and gave me a hearty
welccene when I .gcit back. We • get
bath,s, of course, though it be well oaer
three weeks (this trip since we have
had ,a *glance at any hat water.' Us-
ually we managed to gat to the baths
every eight or Oen rivet, 'but we have
moved to 411. silfferent part pf the line
now ,and IthInge are not very well
squared es yet. I think the last time
I wrote yout we had just come through
a very luteresting session along ,the
artillery line. It was, irather in the
nature of a tqarewell salute," for we
moved from that position, which we
had held all :winter, (shortly after-
wards.
We had ling (*weather for a few days
Just at .thatt-time and we really !enrol --
ad our march for by some unprecedent-
ed act or kindnes.s they carried our
packs. and blankets in motor lorries.
It was warrrt and bright, ;the roads
were 'dry and. ewe were glad to be
alive. We made the marear In two e2.sy
stages spending ca weeks at a billet
we occupied for time last January.
Just at that avint the land le rolling
and 'of all ,the land ewer have Oen; up
and dotwn. 'Ad (line that 1st the airily
portion that I 'cared for: Jost behind
the billet wail a ridge with( a road
running along ,the top from Which a
great view could be obtained. used
to wonaer •where 1 woe lat homewhere
on earth there Was a countrya where
the fields were all shapes and, size,
ewhere prantically all of it wa.s cul-
tivated and where ithe houses had red
tile loofa and where windmills (Dutch)
adorned the landscape in evert,. direc-
tion, .U1 fact, I was rather inclinsed
to believe that (the artist had; =drawn
on his Imagination, -but I realize now
that this is the country. Perhape
in ,a, thousand years more or lots the
Western Hemisphere will lea n to
farm ,along the same lines, tbuti as yet
we have nd conception of the labor and
care taken over here to get every-
thing off the land that they can
and. to avoid a11 wasteim we
do/fa even at that for the Peasant
clarta over here are anything bilis envi-
able. Thinie of building all you build-
ings ab,out a courtyard, in th centre
whiob La a pit, bottord ard sifks
We were order
and were not ca
Four machine
the boat, two
inch gun on e
was made •all
chances- were
physical drill
us fitTwo i
a. few strange
nothing more
sighted Ireland
'about five da
a number we
down the chai
troyere C2,11:1e to 'guard us against any
submarine attack. The same day we
we pulled into the harbcyr and remain,
ed for the night As the small ferry
board'
The 1 •t.
ber and 3 n
*
a Year In Advance
of brick, abou.t forty or (fifty, fer tf
square into which all manure at
refuse is a hunting ground. for eight'
or ten enormous pigs .and some very
ordinary looking hens. We. were un-
fortunate enough to he there , the
time they were placing the fertilizer
cn , the fieldo and we Were sorely
tempted to as. our gas helmets. The
women do most of the work, _Wing
t it early and late. At this particue
lar billet there were two rrfamaselleser
Blanche And Nlarie, big strapping girls
clamping around ih woeden shoes and
giving you the lanrreasion of mat-
treeet•s tid. In tb.e middle. One fea
tura of every house over here rs
tread mill for a. -dog, which re at..
tached, to a, churn. I suppose the St
wculd raise cain If they, hat.
such a society over here, but the i_dogs
are very keen ,cri the job and upon
being unchained from their kennel,
make a wild, run for the mill and. away
they go.
Huron Notes
-Lieut. Broder McTaggart, eldesst
son of Mr. and Mrs. G D. McTaggart,
cof Clinton, received promotion laet
week tof :the rank of captain.. He b
on the Intelligence staff of the ar-
tillery at the front.
-Pte. ,Frank „Who left Wing -
ham with the ifirst centinge,nt in. Au-
gast, 1914, Arrived; home on the noott
train on aro:1day and was given a
rousing reception by the soldiers aid.
townspeople,
-Mr Harry McAllister, section man.
on the Grand Trunk Railway at av lege.
ham, met with a painful accklent as
he wae coining htierie on th i handcar.
A ,wheelbarrow on the to. toppled off
and Mr. McAllister,, lin getting out of
its way, fell, 'breaking his left ankle.
Stockall, who has been in
charge of the Clinton Salvation Army
Corps for the past six weeks or ,so,.
has enlisted with the 161st Battalion
and. will don the khaki as soon rias
the Authorities have sent along eome-
one to take his place.
-Mrs. Turner of Cliethn had the-
nrierfortame to fall in her own room
-on Tueaday last and fractured her
hip.; As. she is over 80 years 00 age -
and haa just recovered from a
somewhat prolonged Illness this mie--
hap is the more regrettable,
-Dr. Gunn, of Clinton. who has
been engaged In surgical work •in
connection with the Sottish Nation-
al Red Cross Hospital, Glasgow, Scot-
land, for some time, has donned the
khaki and has been given charge Of
two wards in .the hospital. Miss 'VI -
bel Gunn is nursing in the same ipo,i-
pita14
-The itinerary of the autumn sit -
of the Supreme Court of Qn-
taria, was announced ;at Osg(rode Hail,
Toronto, last Ne-elt. The kelttinge with.
Jury will open tat the court, house„,
Goderich, on Tuesday, September 26..
The non -jury IsIttings .will be held be-
fore Sir Glenholm Falconbridge, com-
mencing, Tuesday, November 21st.
-At the annilal meeting of the Blue-
v,ale Women's. Institute %helkt last week,
the fallowing officers were elected:
President, Mrs Ed. Johnston, Vice-
pres'
, Mrs, az). D. King; secy-trea.s.
Mrs. (Rev.) 'Tate; ‘Asst. -Secy., Rise IS:
Collie; press (secretary, Mrs, J. Breck..
enridge ; branch directors, Mrs. Black,
Mrs, Henderson, and Mrs. leco ;
district director, Mrs. W. EL Fraser;
auditors, Mis's M Collie and Mrs,
Donald.
-Mrs, Thome Bamford, ,of Wests
ifeld; met with „a serious .accident on
Thursd,ay ;morning- last.' She bad
taken her little son to school and
when turning around, her horse be-
came frightened at is girl dreedi1.
red, who rap out of the -school-house..
This caused the horse to run away
and throw MPS. Bamford *out. She
w,as severely but not dangerously ...li-
jured.,
-Jacob Beichert, a blacksmith, of
Zurich, wo4.$ taken to London onThura-
410_y lerSt to St, Joseph's Hospital,
suffers -lag from a severely fraCtured
leg, the result a a. fall. Be was.
working on a ,scaffold at a nouee
raising itt the time of tha accident;
The scaffold gave way and he fell
heavily to the ground. The • fracture
was reduced tat tthe hcApite,1 by Dr.
Hadley ;Williams, and, ;he was report-
ed tx, kdoing Well.•
-Thirty ,reports received by the On-
tario Department of Agriculture from
this county with respect to the con-
dition of bees .show 1486 colonies re-
ported last fall and 1325 this spring;
winter loss 10 per cent; condition of
the bees, fair; crop prospects, fair
to good. Only two or Vane pther
counties in the province show a,
greater number of golonies than does.,
Huron. Middleacx has 2543, ,Sitticoe 1,-,
685, and Lanibton 1,353,
. ,following are the off:teem: of
the Epworth League, Bussels, for the
current term: Hon. Pre., Reg a;
Wren, ar.A.; preS„ Mr,s. Ira- Parker;
asst. pres., Miss Clara Hunter ; firat
vtee pres., Miss *Laura Ireatherdale;
and vice-pres., MISS Ella McCracken;
3rd. vice-pres., Miss Lizzie Downing;
4th vice-pres, Bert Lott; secretary,
Miss _Pearl 4Baelter; corresponding
secretary, Miss Ruby Plum; treas. 'Roy
McKay, organist, Rise .Winnie Longs,
assistant organist, Mies Martha Smith
auditor, Fred J. Wood.
-Monday night and Tuesday morn-•
ing it was noticed that horses driv-
ing cloae re the sidewalk near the
Bank tot Montreal, In Goderich, be...
CarriC very restless, making nervoos _
movements without any apparent
cause. It was found. that the ground_
was electrified, and •the damp grounri
and metallic slime of the horses we.
good conductors, , A short circuit
from the wire: ,which forrns the electric'
ormection between the fire alarm
and the pumping station is believed
tre be yesponeibie.
-While out drilling on the holiday
with his wife and three children, Mc.
Jamee Doherty. of 'Clinton met am.
automobile .near town, erof the hone
became unmanageabk and itIr
the ditch, throwing Abe eei..pa1tS-OUt
but fortunately' thepartyesealied-se
ious rnjury. The horse kicked
self free frcen the ;heiggy and tore
to town at ,a mad
o further ekaMage.
laIns of a sprained "
eisrs himself remarkab
the ahnost .neira.culaus eSC
family,
From the Front
The following extracts, aro taken
from letter,e written by a Grand
Prairie young soldier, who has been
for some !months at the front.
A "Very Light" la the Imethod ueed
to throw light on 'No Mn?'S Land"
during the night, It 'It rnade ex-
actly like a. shotgun shell, though
larger. being an inch in diameter,' as
a rule though, there are larger eines
used occasionally. They are discharg-
ed from a istol of corresponding cali-
bre at an ,angle of ,45 (lege and work
very much like a Botman Candle though
It burns longer anti with an intense
white light. It is a great sight at
night ,when things are 1lVe1y for 11:3
and down the line for miles the lights
are riaing and failing, with here and
there ,a redt one 02 a green one as
eignals, ;perhaps to the artillery or
perhaps for re -enforcement. This was
especially true during the long win-
ter nights, but new that the days are
getting longer and the nights clear-
er there ,aren't as many flares used.
Tile winter has' gone very swiftly
to rhe and 1 can hardly realize that
Spring is here again. Those of the
First Contingent who are still out
here eery 'the winter on Salisbury
Plain caused more discomrort thari the
one just passed through, personally,
I .can't quite (see it. Perhaps it seems
that way for present discomforts al-
ways seem ,greater (than thooe already
gone through. It is almoet impossible