The Huron Expositor, 1916-07-07, Page 11916
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the kir d that
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wear v?ell and
cost little. Eith
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styles—all pop-
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In stork. We are
particularly
strong in SILK
Gloves of qual-
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t ¢Linoleums in
iety of patterns.
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int inn stock there ar
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Designs Corse -and
KETS— Thorc ughly
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LITY-- Wo, en from
free front grease and
Tool Blankets at fi.00
ck . of both Grey and
-bite and blue and
narket. All sizes.
31.1 Blankets 2.5o a
Great value strong
f colors. Also big
:lettes. Prices i z
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apotans, Nainsooks,
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1 4 On ward Hospital Shi
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GREIg CLOTH conPANY
Summer
hitt
The excellence of our shirts,' and cur immense s h'irt
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Dear Father,
]l woo
!rive. in Imola; (antd, I
Li' now that twe ar
there! seemed
us ted we were s
iMme bat which bro
uif t and ,wf are ,ve
ng and tedlouts voy
its end. I earnestly
hat we may not b
Long,. and may be "In
so. that we may be
nd (soon. I ,am fee
tter ileal 1 slid, f
n deck. all the . time
y ,the cool breeze,
,ery nice on deck,
nce we turned the
oegher. 1 will trnai1
and, probably Thars
peen tel ;be ,sent by
hosretal instead ;of
las -!'rough the c.an,a
be sent to either of
ci tars there. I will
when iwer knldw ;what
kas +and if we are
Egypt or not, ;The ,
Ito pat me onto chick
boon on milk ,diet,
for five wuelee. Stil
m ach ,deal re for veg
in ,a, hot country a
condition I'm in. •
1 ;am ,g'dln.g to tr
description of the
(India. I suppose Mo
this •w,ay tb •or;over 1
this, but there ]see
slim chanee of me
on this side. Oar he
ed Bombay Harbor
-ening, May . 13th, Taft
age. from .the river
On Sunday ;morning
the docks( and after
unload the patients.
kept in bed for ia.
way ((do(wn I was se
cher case.? Members
Branch et the St.
Corps did] most of .
was rather good to
t}on:s ,a,nd bad ge s kt
our uniforms coming
tad,a. Our ',names, par
taken, ',and I was
blue tag with a red
sphere on ohe end
in the row of w
cases. SWe were gi
i apt orange each, a
water while waitin
I aanbulance cars. The
I clean by the India
company of Gurk
the cement floor
de. rs oto do somethi
fine lot Of fellows, f
the trtb hsi I hav e
"Johnny" G urkh,a t
We :,had ,a. fine ,dri
city to the new
Thomas Hospital j u
was int:n'ded for
oii ;seine kind, ,b u t
visa (hospital, as are
Governtnent building
to the top, third
big ward. and ,was s
able. ;in cotton pyja
with white pillow
High ceiling, lots
ent floor, ,electric
were a, treat after
Mesopotamia .and I
.the comfort of it all
diet of course, but
a really high tem
lio'w,e,1 extras such
en, tea, cocoa, brea
ves' . foot jelly,. ea.
and two bottles of
Really I 'could ha
longer. On ,the Su
goad to ;listen to
,a.gain ,after 'months
em, and I lean
tto watch that cr
castes, shades of
tenets and types o
joyed the novelty.
and Tuesday were
ing, for ;altho.igh
and ,aro"and the; ,w
arida-11 and watch
the roofs and • ecaff
est; oaf the time ,
folding is all (tied
safe( 4enoa-gh, but 1
sa d1 an,, and also to
brick ani, mortar
stairways up the s
er .unU,aUal - to Ue.,
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S ,.FORT
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on .the, :Tuesday
d ay
nearly, we11 were
the "111Us.". I was
,andi'I tela ;��rp?lrna
land 1ro4:T1 these; fats
Our (wia,nd w,ass love
`got the .benefit o
the fans too ,snood,
deed, Tor one (who'
e xha;u,stion' 'or `heA
Sisters 4a4d spot
I came :in ,as eit
a Canadian, and
to tine in many
was an American
ra.ngt ' to have
day night i}or ,s
expected IA leave
day and I certain
chance . ; I gat re
suit over the cot
my 4tempera+ture
dovetail II 'fat do
£rly English gent
rs ,qn ''twto fine':
ed ito sit beside
Where( We tall. ca
-Interest is us
trent (sights ars
Bomblay is a
paw, thrraugh
streets tare on
Temple,, where t
red Fire; then
t.h +Coe; of the 5:1)
with the ,dark
The trains are
type ads those u
the 1syistem seem
same, 'Such beau
big ba<nyans ° wit
up and around
ftnorn (the br,anc
ered ,rees 1 One
mass Yf purple fl
Oven leaf vtsibl
ftliotWers. Renally
1916.
t at efore )we far -
just ,want to tell;
• nearing Egypt
be ,no (r om for
nt back o the
ght us .d wn the
y glad th t this
age is rearing
hope ,an pra y
kept in Egypt
the way" there,
sent on t Eng -
ling ;so ewhat
o -r I can gel up
now, ,an 1 : 0:1 -
or It h been
although he sea
corner las been
this whn -
iay as , e ei.-
traln t some
;his boat taking
, •an•d wi1 likely
the two • argent
;d.r p yoa} a card •
Jo to ,beeme of
to be 1$ept In
octor is going
n diet, ,atsfI have
tlh extra] , now
I have net
tables or" moat
ct • in the tired
Bombay with the mass of flowers and
£otliage at -an gauge (f maybe 45 de -
greets, We passed some of the weal-
thy native houses iaptd ehe Mjutant
Gienera1 of Bombay's place, and on
the wonderful Malabar rHi11, ,t'vhere we
stepped. far a few minutes to view
the city and ,the harbor beneath us,
A vetanderful sight in ,the
wi ti t he hills away in the
and 't1 c :yho,Xe of the city ,a
your feet, Quite a large
iiactory smoke stacks ,away
left, ,while a ,vera fine l,00k1 ng (Hire-
•fd.0 .temple is built on the 441ope, of.
the hill. Near 'ut$ 4a,1so is (thee big, en-
closure and temple where the P.ar-
c.Rs dispose of their dead, and we
aaw ,the stone stairway the funeral
processions pass up, and were ,told
that the bodies have the bones brok-
en :quite small by some process and.
are ,then laid on gratings arid the
vultures pick the bodies to nieces in
+alio it three min\rtes, the boles fail-
ing tthrotigh the grating below, where
they are disposed of ,In -some mann, r.
A number of ;the ugly birds were
sitting in a1 troee close by waiting
for the next procession to clime .a-
(long. IW,e, ,saw a native climb a tree
and tap it for the,ew kouri (native
drink). It seemed to be a ;kind of
thick whitish fluid After going a
ehort rdistance we carne to a very
pretty bungalow, owned and 'lived in
by a 'friend Of our English gentle-
man. We ;stopped here for a rest
'•and had a lunch. Dainty cups of tea
to give you a PeTvert by native "boys"—for. they are
]sit I had. + to et911 called boys ilei matter what ,age—
ley will on dressed in white duck; `dainty sand-
Englan�d. before ! •v�lches of egg, ]aa and fruit, also
s to be r very cookies ,and a real iced layer ,cake.
ever 'peel g him Although I wa,s on milk diet 14sure
pital boa reach- did rSnjoy 'that lunch, for X11 wen
011 Sator ay ev- months lace we had china cups, 'lin-
er awee '1s voy,. ,'n cloths ,and napkins to see. I also
ta,stetd my firsts "mango," .a .d real-
ly enjoyed 'th efl(aa(vor .of he frult.
Beenbay mangoes are said Ito be far
superior to •tho .e grown inland.
Cigars, cigarettes and soda 'seater, or
whiskey and sada. Or those who
vvishe;d, but of ,tlourse; I wee still on
"nellk diet." A
and] is,aw some .e
in ouch loveltt
evening walk. TjThe Parsee are not
very ;dark, fine` tures and ;are weal-
thy and Lager o take their place
in tsock.ty. wee Came back by some of
the, big 'government buildings and the
play grounds, where the football and
polo 'matches are played,',and ;the .band,
stands and c s aroand them. It
for me
i as well
se aft er.
the experience, for I ate my , r,aw
�i
ga land drank
f.1et lights +out
iV1 e ;then fo un
bo go by the
brau,ght us dew
to t go Thursdayn
to 'go out 'with the Hospital wardboy
to sre the town and shops.;. He was
a fine young fellow and spoke English
splendidly, a Hindu :from Poona and
not ,suite twenty years old.` Baloo
R,amchander is his name.
Before going out with hjim as :he
Wag .not off (duty until 6.30,: three of
u,s went ':across the street: to .visit
the big Indi,a,n Hospital, where the
poor Gurkhas, Sikhs, Punjabis, etc.,
are suffering and being nursed back
to health and. ,strength, English and
Eurasian nurses there as well as in
our own tiospitatht Some wonderful(.
cures and. opera,tlons there,; for th,'.1
do have vitalitrp, ,and the 1 smiling
Gurkha fellows who have lest legs
and feet were in nearly every ward.
evening,
distance
Emost at
umber o
an the
down the Gulf.
we drew up to
]dinner b gan to
As I h. been
ew days on the
t off as 'stret-
of the Indian
ohn Ambulance
he unto. t=ing. It
,see the tid but-
t we wo .e oTi
across fr m Cau-
iculars, e c. were
abelled ith. a
roe en white
of it an s placed.
ting ss retcher
>en liana as and
a drink of soda
for th.: motor
]docks .ar kept
coolies nd ,
were si ting on
acting , f or -
g. -,.They are a
ne tares, a+i d of all
een, I 11 e th
e .heist think.
e 'up the • gh the
errard-F
t being
medical
now (bel
a number
I was
boor, into
n quite
las in a
white
f winder\
C111110 -
'Dish ed .
college.
g used
of big
aken up
a fine
omfort-
eal bed
• sheet,q.
s, curi-
e,and i ❑urse;,
the plains , of
lay and
I was
I did,
ratan I
s beef to
and but
fruit,
lemonade
e ;stayed
y evenln
he churc
w•ithoa't
art the
of
for, ,different cos-
Indians,
frit all.
spent qui
I could
or onto
work
beide -
with roe
oks odd '
eeee the
tiers ell
affolding
enjoyed,
on milk
of have
was al-
, chick-
er, 'cal-
tista.rd,
a ;day,
there
it w,a s.
bells
hearing
v,d.ndow
fferent)
and, en -
Monday
tip rtist-
.t up
ver. -
Len on
I re.stedl
he seal
s' and is
o ,a Can -
women
obing the
is rath-
billed f. E.gy
. 1
,some +,ho were
'up to
or Egt
nto Eng-
ere,too.
1, for we
eze, and
,fine In -
(heat
of the
soon as
rican or
_ry good
✓ ,`friend'
he Lar-
on Tuas-
e, as we
Wednes-
(ofe the
y flannel
ttho
over (100
an aeld-
eight oil
happen -
ding out
took !an
the dif-
be sen
marked
'be sent
it 14 hot
and
,any br
it very
offered
Ptroke.
d ane as
✓ an Am
'was v
Ye, for
dentist.
;go out
motor r
on the
:was 5
y -with
one,
ia
tars a
eman too
s, and
fine ride back ,ag.n
(the Parsee; (beauties
tresses out for the
,Was ,a most delightful driv.
and( ;I thanked ;t e •gentlemaf
aas 1 could. I ei.vas no .wor
ty and. we
businese
see Fire
p the Sac-
nlan,d By,
rY same'
land, and
dated. the
es of treee,
growing
and down
such flOw-
very little
had yelkrw
onde.rful to
rAens of
my •cup of cocoa ba-
by ,9.15.
d out that we were
Same boe.t ` which
:the Gulf and were
orning,. Fo I ,arran:gs-,
This buildin,g was intended for la,
museum land the inelde his be,autifullY1
hand, carved and pillars. of inerble with
a big fountain rtn "the ce,ntre rotunda.
Then we w,a,lted down te the sea
and ;saw the la,n, ng plate of Lord and
Lady CheiMetiord who had come to
take, tthe place tdrf Lord Hardinge, the
Viceroy of In,dia. We saw Green's
Place, where the "nig Times" ,ax,t,
And, where offleere and ,society have
some. of the "times of their lives"
of, Ienely officers itn (out etetions. (We
eaw, the big -hotel, supposed to be the
biggest in India and one of Ihe finest
in the, world, end 'then beck to meet
my Hindle friend at 6,30. We took
the, street car and tranefotired on to
to -get an Engliph note clea,nged, bet
weits too late, So was unable to pur-
chase any expensive souvenirs, _and
33400 and I then proceeded; to spe..nd
ail the rutpees I had in any pocketa
We_ visited the big marke and i it
it
buy and sell; ouch a. con g omeration.
•I ;bou;ght a courile of silk handkerchiefs
and (we had 4900e lemonade for, I was
warm lin my flannel hospital salt. ;Be-
lida, -had is, euit oe w,hite,' duck and,
hie khaki turhan and, ba
ate 'unique, pair; to be %visit
market, We Walked ;arou
the native quarter, met
beggar woman, bought postcards ;went
in 11)0 at native. tea. Atop and we had
a ;cup tot ttee, each and .a plabe of
4
mitive,,,biscults and the ‘w le cost me
three cents. I' saw A 11-121 LI Weddln g
proceasion, the •bride sea. ed do a
glaily idecked put horse and preceded
carrtinglAg benches. of electric lig,hts
immemommommi
Celebrate
1
in
Clinton
All
lodges in the district will
be there.
Dublin.
Mitchell ..
feet. Quite
a, .native
el through
Indian
will leave
7. 28
Return Special leaves Clinton
'FARE
Single fare w4h 10c added
who were so good to u,s. Go0 on board
rle
kr charge of the boat sent "Canada."
',the coolest one on the boat, tend I
took my own cot again.
Ther,e are. only fourteen of us in
this .wterd 'and tw,e, ,leave theee tans
goiOlg. We were taken out ' through'
the locks after ;six Voleck ttihat •.ev-
ln ithe 'distance and .went below \very
sorry to leave sInodis4, so soon, blt
very ".thafnkful 'indeed that I was per -1
mittedilto see ilsoiMuch as I had seen
off wonderful ,Bornb,a,,te
There 'are (three other R.A.M.C.
boas here 'of the 40th Field ,Ambie
England together 'and I 'would, like
bi be able to stay along (with one, a
fin. young Scotch fellow,( from Pais -I
ley, near Glasgow, (for 1fe is .a fine
type of character peed we are +good
Pals now. He WAS srecorsmended for
the (130.C.M. for ,workt lee the Peninsula.,
at Suviat Bay and as 71. with malaria,
another is marke-d the same and, Smith
is marked like rne, erileat Stroke."
If we catn. stay togqther, we ttnigha
ke,ep together and (be 'sent •aut eagaIn
unit, for it is unlikely noW for me,
teethe ;sent back to the 16th 0 .C. S.
still Cone never knows. i r
FRANK HABKIRK.
and followed )33( many m
lights as well. Another
reesicite, -was coming to m
wel did not see the meet
back again (and went ove
not very tar from the
had ithe best ,ice6crearn,
esince leaving Canada. I_e
mach' we had ea iseccind
(or it iwas home like.
6 -erne fine banks and bus
Cook's Plaree,' The Can
two are quite close to (
Wet got back, to the hospital (a little
n my pocket and tired ,out. so was
glad that skiter tiled kept my isupper
by 311Y 'bed ,1400. I had, ta "ttle bread
eind butter,' jelly end cup of cocoa,
I was Ifort‘ate too in getting 0.11,2
of their coins iup to a .half of a
!rupee, the smallest being 9, pie, in
our value 1-6, of a eentt. ext morning
we got _ree41 and. had, a ,other motor
ride ibo the' docks, a ter saying
carrying
mailer pro -I
t her, kat
g.
took a car
to a cafe
ospffal land
',had tasted:
upply of it,
here are
ness places;
The latter
P.S.—L4ided :Saturday ; came Ito
ilast night and am ln a general
hospital now this Sunday morning.
Harry Pethick.
Jack walker, John Dennison, V .r't
Ulky, Myrtle Reeve, Elva. Jeff.' r --;en.
Fanny Peterson, John Powell, Ci tr-
cnce Mei'', Dorothy Kerslake. Viol
r, Billy Sutherland, Willie Edgar.
Anna. St+ veneer'.
Fr-mt Sr. Primer to Jr. I.—Robert
Wilde, Dorothy Rboinson, Anna Seth-
crland. Clifford Toward, Nellie Gook.
Karl Ament, Eleanor Harri-es. Murray
Frost. Jack Crich, Jean ,Cluff, R0.8.3
'Wright. Lelia Marshall, Loaa PearSon,
Pill_v Barber, Margaret Thompson.
Thomson, Ida 1-11.11.SEQnt
From Jr. Primer to Sr. Primer. —
Arthur Carnochan, Bertha Grieve,
Gordon Rolph, 'Laura Mole, Earl
Peters.on, Nora Haren. Mary Hays
Glen Smith, Arthur .Edmunds, Elroy
Cluff, Charlotte Powell, Margaret
Daley. Frank Lamont, Ena Holmes,
Annie Hulley. Buzsell Holmes, Fr,,,d.
, The fallowing premodern based. on
the resalts of the finai tests given
In June en the standing ebtalneddura
ing the „year on the regolar -weekly
examinations are made now„ names bca
Frem Junior Fourth to Senior
commended—Gretta Dennison, Gordon
f ROOM IL(
From Sr. Third to Jr. Foerth —
Honore—Ruth Thompson, Rae 3ilurdie„
Wm. Greig„Beth Barton, Evnest Edge.
Pass—Frank Ra.nkin, Edison Wright,
Reid Edmund, Melville Spain, Ivan
Smillle, Mary Laing, Fergus Mackay,.
Kenneth Arnent, Myrtle _efask.er,,Wil
lie James, Frank Cutdrnore, Margaret
Griev,e, Florence Beattie„ Gerald
Stewart. Recommend,e4—Tillie Mur -
die, Hazel Muir.
From Jr. Third to Senior Third-
1/1-a,ry Bell, X.reslie Bristow Willie
Marriott, Gordon Willis, ittle Smith.
Torn Smith, Cla,ude Peterson, Abbie
Seta rteVrnmended--Mh9.rgAret
From Jr. Third to Senior Third—
tow. Bass—Gray Parker, Kathlyn
Rankin, Arnold Turnbull, Geo. Peter -I
son, Mary Stewart, Scott Cluff, Janet
Grieve, Allen Reid, Donald Kerolake,
Harold Peterson, ,Lulu Marriott, ilDon4
aid ivfacka,5r,' Florence Chesney. , ale -4
commended — Erie Stewiart, 'Nettie
From Sr, Second to Jae Third—Fred
Crich, Pearl Wright, Beatrice Frost.
Raiph Smith, Bessie Marshall, Lyle
Thornton. Recommended—Mary ;Web-,
From Sr. Second to Jr. Third—Ilona
ors—Fred J.a.ckson, 'Stogd111, Ev-
elyn Petenson, Eileen Toward, Graze
Petit -dela l-laroid, Frost, Marjorie ,BAck-
Ament, Keith Lamont, Evelyn Cud -4
more, Witilreal Smith. Pass e-- Elva
Grim -may, Georgine Reeves, Thelma
Johnstone, Vincent Paterson, .A.nnie
Brodie, Arthur Burrows, Ina, Lay -f
ton, Lucy Hawes, Eva Hulley, Hec-
tor Ha, ,ys Aiixander Powell, Walter
Scott. RsC:ommended—V.Uet Rankin.
From Jr. fr_cond to sitr. Second. —
Agnes Smith, 1)4sy Spain, ‘, Donna
Layton, Jean Stewart, Sidney Pull -I
main, Bessie Murdie, Gladys t:Virelsh,
lone ViItsie, Edgar BroWnlee, Freda
ROOM V
From Sr. I to Jr. II—Honore
Cook, E•dna Brown,- Margaret Casa
Verde, Baker, Wzgaret Grieve. Pass
—Margaret MeIntosh, Daisy Hamilton
illrodie, Scott Shade, Jimmie ,SteviK
01,uff,PotroUy NV"Rbstver, Helen Mar-'
115P9inmeh*d—Irene Paterson.,
From County of London War
Hospital, Epsom
Wk have been permitted to take the
&Rowing from on interesting letter
written by a young 'soldier who is
serving at the fron.4 on the Field
Ambalanct, Corps of a Western Batta-
It gis jast about three weeks _since
last wrote you, so in1tead of three
letters you will only get one, Various
thinge h,a,ve come to prevent my writa
lug and old Fritz Is the biggest •ofa
fender. However, there has been
something happening nearly every day
of elle three weeks. About May 25,
the section I am (in moved up the
line 'and took over three Aressing sta-
tioes. Thirty went to the station
furthest back, four more to another
further up ar_d the balance of about
thirty, keeludIng myoelf, went up to
the advance station, about two hun-
dred and fifty y,arde 'from the front
j'Are diel all our work, -or most
df, it. at right, starting at 8.45 with
our first bunch of patients. Eace
squad took two stretcher c,ases. There
were four squads each composed of
four mere tWe b.a,d, to carry the pa -
trolley where we loaded the
stretchers or -to a car like a railway
handcar, Of eduree, we had ;to push
the car. The track, I imagine, walla.
be. about a mile long and, tbe evay
went up and down wasn't s -ow. •We
kept -on enough clothes to cover us,
and even then I perspired enough
I iost verY mach. Oe, the first trip
Iwet had oer rations. and the mail to
bring back with oS, but when wefwere
just QUMIves came back about
seven. minutes.
There wastaneblg ridge on the track
gar4 paying on it most rOf the time.
At the foot of 'the hill, between; Where
we met the ambJances, and, the top
ithe ridge was (a. hedge and we
breath and then away we went over
the, hill and e-oested the. rest of the
three hindred yards to pur stopping
place at aboat 25 miles an lour. It
certairuy was exciting and we forget
ad labout the bullets. The aide of the
track wae of Allen holes and on
wet, elark nights we 'wictuigd go ‘"ker
Pliunk" up to the ;waist in mu,d,
Ina& four second trip at 11.30 and ,the
next at L30 a.m. ,We couklhaveclear-e
ed 108 stretchers cases la, night had
it been neceseary„ Every trip we
made over the track two geldes Wkre
eent down the communication trench
nolo:: a trlp every day down three.
rriles of communication tnenches :with
we:eking patients.; It was a pleasant
trip land beeped. to pass away the
time, tam getting rather Itired, so
had better tell yom how I came to
be wtOuntiedr
On Friday morning, June 2nd, at
eight o'clock, old. Fritz started to
boirribard our part of the _tine And-
keptitup for four and. a half hours,
About ;ration we got the order to re-
tire, and of course, tad to get our
Potticnito Oa, OD Aiong •witaii three of
the boys we etArted with two stretch-
ers, Before this their shells had
come itno the dressing station and
outside it -v/las r.othing but twins',
loaded:cur stretchers on, A trolley and
started, leJt were just going over
"'Said& Ridge," when kat law sheA
the; back of the track wad, a (piece of
the shell went right throafti my leg
Just below the knee, It grazed the
bone, but the cords and musdles are
pretty badly chewed 'ep. The boys
loaded Me ort Abe trick and. away we
wer-t, Two infantry chaps came
*mg after and one belped me while
tbc other carried ;zny fared. of the
stretcher, I got away to the hospital.
33dijOgre the next Niel and came
to Englandon the 7th oe June. Iam
having a fine time here and expect
to be .rpt inside A month, but don't
kr,* how, I will be for walking:T.0Yr
magazines and letter came. in fine,
and 1 had j../St sot into the Magazines
When old Fritz bakried, /tem along
the• rest of ray possessions, This Is
awfil excuse for a letter, but/when
r am filly convalescent, I will write.
McLEAN BROS., Publishers
$1.50 a Year in Advance
IrabaMalltEralFg.e.• ova..
strange tend. Ian glad to hear that
hrar from Vincent; I'll write
.o hirn to ti,4 y, Be fore I go any fere
tin r give you my account of one
of tht hig-gea: ba,tties on the British
fr /teat the third hartle of
Ter -e, threogh it from -=2,art
and having two rifiea blown to
atoms in nty hand, I weendn't tackle -
the third rifle bit used the m
bomb which w_ were given to Iter
made the charge. They ar, better
than e. hindred riftes in those cone;
tools indr.r machine gun and artliltery
On a dark. cold. vr3t. rainy night.
our battalion got the order to move
towards the front line. That was a-
bout t,n o'clock: We advanced to
within about 200 yards of th:
first Gru.mo.n trench under ',he, wont
fire of artillery and machine gens
ever witnessed, with casuattine there
we waited for the order to charge
which came in a, few minntes. We
charged like madmen throegh the
hellish explosions of shrapnel .and hig
shells of all ;descriptions. It was ay.*.
f hut tie- brave Canadiane never
faltered one Inch, bit forward
through mud knee deep into shelt
holee throegh -barbed wire, and
through the bush or rather swampy
bush, occupied. hy the Huns previoue-1
lye( ph.all never forget charging.
through the woods. It was h_ell,
de,ad comrades, dead Germans ani
eallen treeS and the cry of wounded
was fitrce. The stretcher bearers did
grat work that night helping the
wounded, oorne poor fellows were
burled .alive from the explosion of ther
shells but still lines of Highlanders -
advanced taking the three lines of
Ge,rman trenches with bayonet and
bombs. What was left of the Huree
were taken prisoners. I got sever,ai
eooveniers from them. One Gerinar)
stuck to his machine. gun until he was
dgred when !they eaw W6 hard v,ron the.
battle, but with a cost. After The
battle 1 *las In a party burying' our
,dead comrades, which was a e hearta
breaking -job, bet thank the Lord -I
came thrtolagh It saki and so <ILI
Blil Pinkney, bet a .lot ef our boys
of the; 34th, are on the rod Of dead:
heroes, poor fellows. Well brothpr, I
Most close this poor account of the
battle, I forgot to tell you, that the
charge made NM'S a run of over 900
yands,qelte a distance to fight for your
Life and: advaence ,bot eve did it. and.
showed the (Huns that could h.old
the na,ma Of Canada; but I must say
it JIB a igreat eight te:seet be Highland
tine of Canadians chaege the kfuns—
and the hest of them—but I thiink war
is near an end tri.o ail prisoners I spoke
to saki they were tired of it. Yota
tett 'mother fabout the battle for 11
is easter for yew to do it than me,,
,a/11 glad to say all the Catholics
received Cornmanion hefort:: the battle'.
I ho pethis letter passes the ceneor,
as I have pit . no information' in
it that hasn't been published in the
papers. I am in the machine gon
section.: I forgot to tell son, so a„d4
dress my letters to ma.chine sec -1
tion. Goodbye, dear 13rother, ani
God these you as He is the best in
time or nee&
A Seaforth Boy's Experiences in the
Third Battle of Ypres
The followlag very interesting leb-
(ter Is from Pte. Emmett A. Kelly.
thir41, son, of Mrs, R. K.eily, of Seaet
forth, anal WAS vrritte.n to his brothai
er, Kelly, ithe Stratford Post
°Meal, HIS Many friends here will
,gtaal. to know he has tome through
the battle safely; and iti:90 that Pte.
Innkne.,7, another Seaforth boy, was
rianders, June 19th. 1.916
Iffy Dear Brother,—Your totter . re-
Your brolther,
Breezcs,—Mrs. Knox, _ re. Kirk and
Miss Ivy McWhInney of Toronto are
the g •ests of -Mr. and Mrs. James
Liotowei spent the tFirst with
mother, Mrs. C. Brandon. — Mr. Jae.
Watlaee AlvInston spent the peel
week with his ,son-inela,w and daagiaa
ter, Mr. and Mrs Arm, St4rgeon.—
spent the holiday with his parents
Durigannon.—Miss c. Inaxter of
London le the guest of Miss Fergusone
—Mr. James Cameroe of the King
Edward school staff, Toronto, and his
wife are spending the onnure:r holt.
days with their parents, Mr. s.nd
Mrs. Thomas Cameron and Mr. aril
manager of the Sterling Bank at
home here.—Miss Magggie Parker of
LOndon is visiting her pa.rents, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Parker.—Mr. aret
Mrs: F. H. Heath and, thaughter,
Miss Deroty, recently spent a. feat
—Mrs, Percy Johnston and Mies Flo
Johnston are the :guests raft Mrs, Ed,
of Hills Green, spent Sunday with
Mr and Mrs. George E. Greenslade.
—Miss Garrett and Miss Motbershead.
of Washington, have arrived. and
will spend the summer at their cot -4
spent Dominion Day 'here. The day
was an, ideal one for a lakeside visit.
The only' ;thing in sports ,wta, a foor.-'
hall match between the old rivals.
Tucker -smith and Bayfleld, which ze-4
suited (nP goals being seor?.d.
E,ayfield has Ito ;organized. team this
year, the old team ;being broamn
and th,2 lboy,i who playedfdid well to
hold, thA. fast Tuckeromiih. team.
Mrs. Ed. Weston las 'received word
that her brother, Pte. Waltr.A.r John4
time ago is now la prieoner Ger-i
and famliy of Port' guron, motored. up
and spoilt A few days with, M.r. awl
raent of the Lord's 490 -Wer WAS dier.4
Sabb,a,th mornfing. Special music tor
the occasalon was rendered by !Mie,:-.;
Kate, Lyttle, of Goderich who ably
eang the solo entitled, °The Song
the Angels sing."—MrF. Tonnie and
daughters, Miss Majorie. -and Fergie,
of Windsor, Arrived last week av,*
will spend the summer at their
is with his battalion In tngland,—Tha
foilowing were Sunday vlsitorz jet Cie
Atilione: Hugh Melc,a.y -and volt,
3. McQueen, &rot, McQueen, strAt4