The Clinton News-Record, 1903-04-16, Page 1TRE CLINTON
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ACORD.
2-Ith Year
CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 16th, 1903.
Whole Number 1263
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$
$
$ Window Shades
$That neither fade, crack por curl, are the kind we
sell.
Mounted on genuine Hartshorn rollers and. complete
$ with brackets and pull.
I
Curtain Poles
A nice 6 foot pole with brass or wood fittings
only 25c
Better lines -at 40c, 50c, 75c to $1.50
$ W. COOPER 81. ' CO., cuisrrosl.
: Agents for O.P.R. Telegraph and Dominion Express.
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WALL PAPER
Department
Between You and I
Says the manager of our
wall paper department to a
new customer, we have, with-
out doubt the largest and
choiceststock to be found out-
side the cities.
We don't ask you to
take our word for it. See
the extensive racks all filled
to overflowing and the hun-
ji dreds of bundles waiting to
- be placed in position,
then look at our sample books and see the taste displayed
in the selection df the various sty es.
From 50c to 3c a roll is included• almost every var-
All Paper Trimmedi Free
lety of paper.
Hodgens Bros.
A
Good
Suit of
Clothes
Won't cost you a
4 cent more than it
should if you come
here Likely as
n o t you'll find
there's a saving in
our prices.
Every penny's
worth of the price
is in any and all
of these suits. The
materials are good,
the linings are good
and they are well
made. Men's Suits,
ready to put on
$6.00
$7.50
$10.00
Other prices, too,
and at each alown-
right good values.
The
Nobbiest
Hats
Authorized Capital $2,000,000
Paid up Oapital 1,288,000
4Itgserve 270,902
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For men ever
shown in Clinton
are the New "York
hats we opened up
last week. They
are right down to
t h e minute in
style. Come in
and see than.
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Hodgens Bros.
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ONE
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susiossammicomemariara
or more if you can, wilt dci to
open a Savings Bank Acedunt.
AS often as you can after, with
interest addedtwiee a year.
:i you will have a nest
egg for a bottle. -Oomein*
andltalk about, it. II,
THE VITNORAL,
The funeral of the late James Mc-
Caughey, which took place on 'fliera-
clay last, was very largely attended,
many relatives and friends being pres-
ent from a distance. The. floral tribut-
es were numerous, one of the largest
of them being from "Jimmy's" chums
to whom he had endeared himself
during life by his kindly nature. We
will long bear "Jimmy" in memory.
VESTRY MEETING.
The annual vestry meeting of St,
Paul's church was held as custmnary
in St. Paul's school house on Easter
Monday evening. The reports of the
clergyman, church -wardens and secre-
tary of the Sunday school were re-
ceived as well as a statement from the
Ladies' Guild. Messrs, W, Q Phillips
and T. D. Johnson were elected war-
dens for the ensuing year and Messrs,
W. Webb, F. Herman C. Johnson W.
Johnson, W. R.attenbU'
ry and H. Col-
elongli were appointed siclesinen.
1VIessrs. J. Rausford and S. G. Plum-
mer were elected lay delegates to the
Synod. The meeting adjourned for
two weeks in order that the books of
the treasurer may be audited and that
the usual business of the adjourned
meeting might be considered.
ANNIVERSARY SERVICES.
Anniversary services in connection
with the Ontario street Sunday school
will be held. on Sunday and • Monday
next.
Rev. M. J. 'Wilson of the' Nile will
preacli both a. in. and evening on
Sunday and in the afternoon an open
session of the sehool. .will be held to
Which all friends of the school are
invited. There will ,be a 'good, pro -
Vain of music by the orchestra, solos
by Mr,' Zeigler and others and ad,
dresses by Rev. Wilson and Mr. D.
l'IPliaerlY•
There will also be an excellent pro-
gram for Monday evening, including an
address by Rev. Wilson to whom a
call has been 'extended by the church
to become its pastor at the close of
the present Conference year.
•
C. C. I. AT .HOYIE,
The members of the C. C. T., literary
society were At Home to their fri-
ends in the asseinbly hall of the Col-
legiate, on Thursday evening loot and
nroeed• themselves excellent entertatn-
ers. The 'hall Wag beautifully' decorat/.
ed with Ininting,evetgreens and Chin-
ese lanterns and the Several cosy
corners were draped in the colors of
Toronto University, Normal College,
Alma ,College and other sirailat• insti-
tutions. ,The general scheme wascoin
posed of the Collegiate eolors, red
and blue. ' The programs, were very
pretty, heingdecorated by hand' 1.4
attractive. 'designs, •
Thc entertainment .provided Ives as
follows : • '
• • ,
Promenade, Music by, Miss L. Hoover
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The Sovereign Bank
of Canada.
14. T. RANCE, rIgr„
OLINT,ON.
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ENTERTAINMENT.
.111r. Spofford of New York will give
an entertainment in the town hall on
the evening of the 28th inst. IIa is
widely known as a clever cartoonist
and an enjoyable evening is assured
for those who attend, He will por-
tray 'Peculiar People.''.
IMPROVING TUE GROUNDS.
The park Comittee are considering a
few necessary, improvements in the
park grounds. The ground wili. be
leveled andput into condition for the
use of the ina.ny clubs interested il3
the Various ganies in town.- This is
. highly commendable . in the cbin'
mittee as we lose annually several
promising young inen Who proture and
accept situations in other towns be-
cause they are experts in one or
more df the manly sports. Lacroase,
baseball, football and golf players
are always in clemand. Keep the boys
at home and let them have • recrea-
tion that makes men of thou instead
of loafers.
.Conversation •
Promenade, Miss L. Jackson
Piano Duet, Misses M. (-oats
. • ' and I. Gunn.
• Promenade, F. Chant
Conversation
Promenade, Miss Torratice
Prcnnetiade, N. Laing
.A dainty , lunch was served and after
another promenade •short, pithy
.speeches were made by Mr. Houston,
Dr. 'Agnew, R. Holines, W. R. Lough,
and Chs Mustard. -
Mr. E. M. :McLean .acted as chait-
WE are selling
our stock of Tweeds
at 25 per cent. dis-
\ ,
count off our uStial
prices.
A. J Holloway.
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A PRESENTATION..
Mr. .011ie Courtisce, who has been in
the employ of Jaeltson Bros, and the
Jackson Mfg, Co. for two or three
years, has resigned kis position to •go
to the Northwest with the expecta-
tion that the change will benefit his
health... He . isan industrious and
trustworthy young rna.n, popular alike
with his employers and the 'employ-
es who, on • Tuesday, presented him
with an address. and •a gold watch
suitably inscribed. The address was
read -by Miss Kelly and the presenta-
tion made by. Miss Wilke.n. . ,
',the same evening a patty was given
his • honor at Mr.. W. Collyer's•
The occasion was • made the most of
wasenaiyab.e in all respects,
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S. 5, ANNIVERSARY.
WILL DO WELL
,lEASTER. SERVICES.The NewsRecord is peaSed to hear Ser1c0ashelin $
t. Joseph
King-
ston and that his jewelery store is the
wineolsit estu4pb-itiosl-ideadtein ibnustilineeswshionlecity.. e-int.on FAster Sunday. The altar
that Mr. P. B. Crews has now got 1 1
M. Crews is nothing if not progress-
ive and well merits the success which
we feel sure will. reward his efforts.
WILLIS CHURCH.
The monthly business meeting of the
C. E. was field last Monday evening.
After the Bible study had been taken
up the election of officers for the fol-
lowing six months took place, re -
suiting as follows :
President, Miss Hannah McKenzie
Vice, Charles Lindsay
Rec.-Secretary, Miss Katie Scott
Cor. -Secretary, Miss 11, 1VIcICenzie
Treasurer, Miss Lizzie Chidley
Convenors of Ccaninittees—Lookout,
W. Lindsay ;/ Prayer-nreeting, Miss
Maggie Dowser ; Social, km. (Rev.)
Stewart ; Musical, Miss N. McKenzie ;
9rganist, Miss Ida May. Ross ; As-
sistant, Miss Ida Lindsey,
A. Y. I'. A. MEETING.
The A. Y, P, A. of St, Paul's church
will meet from now forward on Wed-
nesday evenings instead of Tuesday as
heretofore, The meeting last evening
was of a social nature, consisting of
music by the A. Y. P. A. orchestra
and an illustrated lecture on wireless
telegraphy by Mr. Harry Brewer and
Mr. Gunne, 'lorry performed the ex-;
periments very sticeessfullY and show-
ed himself:quite expert with the wire -
les apparatus, . The .with
used
were large and expensive (the property
of Mr. Harry Brewer) and much of the
arranging and several, e the 'parts
.Were ,made by Harry himself. Th P ev-
ening was a successful one. • . .
PARAGRAPHS..
The collegiate Institute and Public
schools open next Monday.
Mr. Wilfred Stevenson has resigned
his position as book-keeper at the o.
1: to accept a similar post at London.
Fred. Stevenson of the ease room goes.
to the same city. Clifton Gifford , is
no* time -keeper at the,organ factory.
Mr. Chas. Mustard represented
Collegiate Institute football club at
the annual meeting of the • W. F, A.
on Good Friday. The meeting was
well attended and considerable interest
isbeing taken thisyear inthis branch
of sport.;.
The West Huron Teachers'
solation meets in Clinton on
Thursday and Friday, 1Vlay
21et and nod,' The ;pogrom for the
meeting will be annomiced later but
we understand ..sonie • of the local
teachers will take prontiftent parts. '
A Oopp SIIGGESTION.
The Chatham City cOuacil has acted
upon the Planet's suggestion:and pass-
ed a resolution, to ask each of the .e1c.-
triaydrs of the' city to . donate an en-
larged. photograph .of .hirnself to .the
city. These photographs Will be hung
up in the city, council chamber.
-The WiliS Of our Meeting cliatither.
*are
v very
resolution, atpresethese
t•, " "andsaid thees
rn
portraits will be e ornamental .as well
as serving a Might reel:ignition of the
.valtiable•services given by Chatham's
6X-rnayors''."
The above is in line with the sugges-
tion made by i the DennipiOn. 'fhe
walls of Ridgetown's handsome new
council • chamber look •very bare and
woUldbe improved by the suitably
framed Photographs of our ex -mayors,
-7,Ridgetawn Dominion, • • •
This is a, very good idea and might
be acted upon by out own town cowl -
611. .
GUN CLUB..MATC1-.1,
The anniversary services in 'Connec-
tion ' with Wesley ,Sunday- school,
which were held �n. Sunday, ,Tere suc-
cessful in every respect.. The aaditor-
iuni ha.cl been garbed for Easter. and
presented a beautiful appearance.
The •preacher was Rev: E. N. Baker .
of Stratford who delighted the large
congregations which .a.ttended allf the
.services, • .1.
The prograni in the afternoon was as
follows : • ' ' .
Seledtion, Infant -Class
' Secretary's Report, I,. E: Doherty
Anthein, 5 S. Clioir
• Solo, .Miss H. Doherty
Address, Reir. E. N. Baker
Solo, Norman Mira
Mr. Ziegler, whose sarvicee aro la
much .rcquest, rendered a solo at 'the
a, .m. 'service which charmed all who
heard it. ' •
The collections for the day amount -
e4 to -seventy five, dollars.; •
JOINED THE BENEDICTS.
gomg,AND: AWAY. AGAIN. •
• Mr.-C:.fl Wallis returtied on Sat,
iiiday last _front a fie weeks' .busitiesS
trip to the Northwest. While away
he disposed" of- three catloads • of hor-
ses: and the, resift" was so satisfactory
that he starts 'back • again today with
another carload,: It. was quick . work.
picking' up. a. carload in throe days
but When t. I/. undertakes anything
he .doesti't allow . the .grass to grow
under hisfeet. • • '
• The -competitiOn among the horse -
dealers; in the Northwest is very keen
and it has required . a shrewd head
this season to pull out .even. • , The
.raitchts of . Alberta and . Montana lieve
been heiivily .clrevvri upon andare
now .advancing priees • somewhat.
The ranchers haVe an eye to the 'tut -
ere and will not sell a, good breeding
.inate at any prite, Horses are also
being shiPp.ed in froin Iowa and Miu-.
nesota which .atesomewhat the sunlit'
class of stock as is raised in this
province but Nattier lighter ' in bone..
The duty on these American horses is
twenty per. tent: • . , • . .
,The Northwest, .says Mr.. Wallis, is
decidedly. booming, At ' Weyburne
Assa., where lie spent the most ofhis
time, • between eighty and ninety Par-
lcauls of settlers' cllecti- arrived • the.
• first week in April. The settlers .wore
eiostly from Minnesota, Iowa and
liakota, With '.soine from IViissoiiri.
(Inc settler from Missouri arrived at
1Veyberne witheight carle',ds of effects
ineludieg thirty limo, •./.
The land in the Oxbow district has
rime up iu price and now ratiges from
1;t2 to $20 an-Etcre or broken land.
Higher figuresare asked and in some
them boom prices, rather than actual
cases paicl, but Mr, Wallis considers
These ericans are, says Mr, Wal-
lis, first-class 'settlers. They are very
largely Canadians or- their descend-
ents told appear to be well .pleased t�
be tinder British laws and institutions
again. •
•Weyburee i a typical Western vil-
lage, Three' year ago it. eontained
tWo stores. whereas there are Itow
twelve with other places tif business
iii proportion.
There are, perhaps, too many men
businet:s throughout the Western
towns and villages, tut the competi-
tion is keen (Ind goods are sold at
prices not verymuch higher than
thi
ose prevailing n Ontario,
Mr, John McMurray and family,
formerly of Clinton, are located about
three miles from Weyburne and 'doing
W011. Ott the second week in April
they very nearly bade farewell to this
world of ups mid clowns t narrowly
escaping suffocation 'by coal gas. Mr.
McMurray awoke just in the nick of
time and aroused the other members
of the fainily, but even at this late
date they have scarcely pecOVercd ftpiti
the effeeta of the gas.
Captain H. B. Conibe, who has for
a nuniber of years, been. a • prominent
figure in Clinton business circles, has
at last fouiril•tinie i,o deNote to that
more' responsible phase of life—rnatri-
. • •
Mony. . •
A number. :of his gentlemen friends
assembled in the club rooms last Mon-
day evening to assure him of their
bestwishes for his 'happiness in dbub.
le harness. A very pleasant time was
spent in which speech and song were
was profusely and beautifully decorat-
endwurie.
with flowers. There was a largo
attendance of wortatippers and the
sermon. and musie were of an Easter
at
A NEW CITIZEN.
Mr. William Graham, who for over
thirty years was one of the best
known and most successful fanners iu
Stanley, has bought the Einurerton
residence and become a citNen of Clin-
ton, He some time since retired from
farrniug and a year ago moved to
Toronto, but tiring of life in that -
city he has returned to Huron and
taken ' up his abode in the nub there-
of. On behalf of our citizens in gener-
al The News -Record bids him wel-
come.
TOO MUCH RED TAPE,
A couple of weeks ago The News -
Record expressed the opinion that
Mr. William Coats, Inspector of the
House of Refuge, is a gentleman of
excellent judgmet to whom might
,very safely be entrusted duties at
present. performed by a large com-
mittee of the county council, drawn
from more or less distant parts of
the county. Are we wrong in believ-
ing Mr. Coats quite competent to de-
cide When a few rods of fencing are
required or a ten by: twelve outhouse
necessary ? If So, then out statement
that there is too much red • tape : was
incorrect. We are confident, however,
that we are right, and equally san-
guine that the taxpayers, Who Must
cpuaryred,
t11e- bill of -costs:. agree with us
that unneeessary expense ;is being in -
Very true the Brussels Post prefers
going on in the •old rut, but then the
good brother kerr is a member .of the
county council, likewise of • the visit-
ing committee and it was expected he
would treat the matter with his cus-
temery flippancy—a flippancy, that is
so close akin. to impertinence "that it
is at times • qttite impossible to dis-
tinguish one from the other. ..
.PERSONAL.
. .
Miss M. Fulton of town spent vaca.;
tion ather hen -ie., in Leadbury.
Miss Alice Whittingham is at present
visiting friends in ; Petroit, '
Dr. Thompson visited his father at
Granton on Good Friday, .
Misses Dutton, and Snell Of London
were Easter gitests of Mrs. . J.. -P:'
Doherty. • • ' • •
Miss Koenig of. Mt. Forest • was the
guest of Pearl Macdonald this
Mrs. Randall. of Paris spent the Eas-
ter holidays with.lier 4aughter,1MisS
Randall of the 'PaliCe;
:Mr. John Kennedy of Detroit wal • the
guest of his parents, M. and Mrs.
D. 11.- kennedy; Easter Siniclay. : • :
Messrs. George ;EaSt and George
,Randa, who went to. Stratford . to
take • -employment, have returned
home. • . .
Master Eddie sheppard, • who has been
in Toronto for -some time, is speud-
ing Easter Vacation under the par-
ental roof .in town. . •
'11,1rb.uraytid MrT
weres. sgiojelinsis'Sea.attlezattof
;.GL: ea.
J.
Stewart's yesterday, . They had been
visiting .1VIr. George Tyner of the
Base Line Whet is very ill, '
Mrs. Modoland of Stratford. and ''Mrs..
• Modoland bf .Woodstoelc were guests
.on• Friday. and. Saturday • last of
• 1VIrs., J. W. Reid: of town and Mt.
W. bailey of Hullett. •
Mrs. (Br.) Agnew, Mrs, J,* Houston
and others are_ in Toronto this week
,attending the MuSical festival in
that city. This production is. with-
out doubt the- best musical Orent 01
the year and hundreds o.4 'visitors
Will be in attendance from: all parts
,of the province Clinton. is repres-
ented in the performance by Miss
Manie Houston, • daughter of Princi-
.pal Houston ofthe Collegiate . who
sings in the chorus.. . •
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Treleaven. of
Anima° were in town for the ;holi-
days, Mr, Treleaven visited his
home in Lucknow .on Monday and
left for Toronto 'oit Tuesday to 'at-
tend the meeting of the Editcation-
al Association, Mrs. Treleaven went.
to TPronto yesterday aceoinnallied
yher
13J
•Mr. and Mrs. TreleaVen; look well
mbrothery Mr. ; . Gibbings.
by
ti.m
to enjoy life in their new
CAPTAIN COMBEi
•
prominent, but the feature of the
evening was the presentation to Cap-
tain Canape of a handsothe easy chair,
elegantly upholstered in leather. The
presentation was made, by. Captain
Shaw .in a neat speech and was fitt-
ingly replied to :by the guest oi the
evening.
Tho rankof the 4`01d Guard'I
bachelors are rapidly thinniug and
have been materially weakened by the
C0•14a1111$ deSertiou,
' The Clinton Gun Club visited the
Pastime Gun Club of Brantford on
Good Friday last and shot a friendly
team motch, 12 men -a side, 25 birds
per maw. The weather was all that
could be desired and the scores *ere
good. The Brantford elub holds the
ten -men team championship of Can-
ada so the boys made a good show-
ing being defeated by only 9 'b ir d s
In a. practiee match, io birds, govey,
Holmes and Morrish of Clio:ton and -
Mitchell of Brantford made straight
scores, '
Brantford Clinton
A 'DANGEROUS troy,
3,,ho foitmong; frnni tlic Toronto
Ilewf4 might have opplication
ten :
'The other day a ruing: lady walk-
ing up Beverly street was neatly die -
figured for life by a stone front a
catapult in the hands of.a boy. A visit
to a physician Was necessary :before a
cut in her face was stitched, so as to
allow of her going home, tile cata-
pult seems to be an ever-present and
• serious danger in Toronto this spring.
Citizeus can hardly walk three blocks
in any of the up -town districts with-
out seeing one or more of them being
used by boys who have sufficient years
to own some sense and deceney. TIlq
lads • ean run faster than any 1u9lice-
Matt and they keep out of•the officers'
way. But they do not keep out of
the citizens' way. Tim pebbles or
bullets, or whatever the missels are,
fly through the air wherever boys Con-
gregate.
The plietionietion of the Increased
popularity of the ,at ipalt is not
worth enquiring into ; but every toy
caught with one Itt Ids possession
shouldbe given a, practical exempli-
ficatioit of the exceediug quick restriniae
of the nervous system to a good- stiff
cane, well and vigorously applied to
the part of the huittati frame most
suited to the experitnent. TU. school
tettehersnoo, might da. a good deal
itt warning the boys against using
this cotitrivance. At thirty or tovtx
feet distant the eatapult May easily
bot a deadly 'weapon.'
Surnmerhayes 21Graham
Lewis 23 Ball
Westbroke 17 Ireland
Martin 18 Morrish
Wallace 25 Dodds
Boulton
Montgomery
Tremaine
Horseman
Hunter
Mitehell
Cnteliffe
20
23
23
22
20
18 Cooper • 00
H hn s 24
21 W. C0.11t01 11 14
2r
:78 tol%Ows:s 20
24 HoveY 24
2 E Cautelon 18
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248 236
THE EASTER CANTATA,
BA.1111:101.1:1,
Dr. Smith spent a couple of days in
Toronto the past week.
Mr. W. Robinson, .principal of the
Public school, and Miss Wright, as -P
sistant, spent their Easter holiday*
at their respective homes, the former
at Seaforth, the latter at Stratford;
Mr. Harvey Sperling spent Easter
with his parents at Qeorgetown.,
Mr, and Mrs. W. G. Johnston and
family and Mr. Robert Rouatt left
on Tuesday for Oxbow, A.ssa.
Johnston spent last ,summer in the:
West and returned last fall to move
his fainily out in the spring. lie took
with him a. car load of eitects. Mr1
Rouatt has gone to see the country,1
intending to return,
Quite a number of improvements arei
going on. in the village this spring,
Mr. Jame Fowlie is having • a new
verandah erected in front of his stoma
Mr. William Brandon is having a very/
handsome verandah put up in front
'of his shop which will add very much
to the appearance of the place. Mrs,
Elliott has had a number of improve-
ments added to the Albion hotel. Mr.1
John Whicldon intends putting a large,
addition to the evaporator., :
Mr. and Mrs, John Tough have been
visiting friends at Paris the past
week,
mr, and Mrs. James Eagleson of
Clinton paid a short visit to friends-
itt
the village on Good Friday,
The cantata given on Monday even-
ing by the 5. 5, of. Willis church was
one of the most pleasant and success-
ful entertainments of the season. The
attenda.rice was large, the supper has
not been excelled, while the program
afforded much pleasure to the large
audience. It was intended that Rev.
Dr. Stewart would preside but, un-
fortunately, he was unable to do Ao
and the chair was taken by IVIr, Jas.
.IIotiston who made ef very eapable
substitute.
Iti additioti to seven choruses, ren-
dered by school, choir and orchestra.,
wsS ns follows :
Graild Offertory Miss Vaud Goodwin
Lord's Prayer School
pliett and Chorus 111isS Jones and
GI.. Ziegler
Recitation Walter. . Stewart
Duett aud Chorus Miss Zink McRae
and Stewart 'Jackson
Recitation Miss Winnifred O'Neil
Solo and Chotus Miss Lily Coats
Chorus Primary Department
Recitation Miss .l'eatt Carling
Recitation Miss Jessie O'Neil
Solo and Chorus Stewart Jackson
Organ selections W, Glop Campbell
Vocal 'Solo I4i$4 tce4 Jackson
Ladies, Quarotto Misses JotiM
Jaekson, Randall, Spaldiug
Solo W. to. Spalding
Vocal solo, violin obligato
losses L. Coats, 1. .Tachson,
Vocal Solo Geo. 14. ZiegIq
BrucErrELD.
miss Maud Pinning of Clinton,who
was the guest of Miss Jessie Grainger,
has returned home.
Mrs. Graham and her daughter, Miss
Smith of ' Claude; are the guests of
their uncle', :Mr. Wm; Plews. •
We are sorry to hear that Miss Ber-
tnitiessGihson is confined to her•room by
We. Hugh Ross spent Easter with
Witinegithaluntai
friciiiadm
s. 8awers intend
visiting Mrs. Sowers' old hoine for a
couple of weeks in the near future.
• Miss Maud Wilson haS returned from
a pleasant visit to Hensall friends,
IVIiss Aggie Sewers is oh the sick
list. Hope soon to hear. of her com-
plete recovery.
Wedding bills are again ringing in
our midst, Miss Mina Burdge and Mr.
Von Chapthan having joined the noble
army of beneclicts. We wish them all
haPPiness.
Wcseo9 fu
face
are rJack
pleasedeinosaItosetelaagain
ltei
ilingn
our midst after his recent severe ill -
Misses Lottie and Mattd Robittson
spent Easter with liensall friends.
Mrs. Cannon of London is the guest
of her daughter, Mrs. (Dr.) Rogers.
Mrs. Taylor atid little daughter of
London are the guests of Mrs., Taylor's
mother, Mrs. Wolfe,
Mr, and Mrs, Cecil Simpson of
Staples were guests of friends here
(luting the holiday Season. All were
pleased to see them and to know they
of Mr. Peter Cameron of Stanley. The
All were sorry to hear ctik the death
aro propeon ju their licW
Vokesters of this place attended itt a.
body and conducted the funeral.
M. Jack itstaatiffenboufl*rWit)ifof Ilamilton gl
ai was
Shaking hands with old WOOS this
Mis Edith and M. Charlie Savers
0,to spoiditig thoik: vacation at hoine.
Miss Lottie Martin with her niecel
and ne.Pliew, Charles' and Qtieeny Mar
tin, were visiting friends in Tucker,
smith, on Good Friday. .
Dr. Atkinson of Detroit spent a' fe*,
clays in the village the 'past weelc:
Mr. Jacob Taylor of Clinton was in
the village on .Monday.
" Mts. Sturgeon and son of • Kin,
cardine were the guests of. Mr. , and
Mrs. Edwards a few days this wehk.
• Mr; 'William Mustard spent. Easter
at Brimfield with his parents.
Rev. Mr.. Miller. of. Varna will ocett,
py the pulpit of the Methodist church
on Sunday morning'. at ix a.in. .in thu•
interest of Missions, • . •
Mr i Albert tatting has moved into
Mr. Bailey's house on Victoria street,
:AIr. Ransom Fields has purchased
tire honse and lot :of Mr. . Thomas
Burnside and takes possessionthis-.
week:. Mr. Burnside has gone to Vat-.
11.1.. to reside:
't slijiit .niistakc appeared " in the
Goderich news of last week, •being .the
report of the wedding Of Miss Eva,
Pickett and Mr. ,Donald Campbell,
both of 'Goderich township. We beg '
to intOr01 t11.0 "correspondent that after,
ruminating- in our mind and exa.min,
ing the register w,e, find that Rev. PiI
C. Jennings did.not'olliciatempon that
joyous occasion., ..
.Mr. Wm. Boyce of Park Hill was a
guest at thnrectory during the Eas,
ter holidays. •
Service was held ia Trinity church
on. Good Friday. with a fair attend-'.:
once; ,
, .
, Service on Easter was held as an-
nounced in Trinity church a.nd, not-,
withstanding the threatening weather
there was a good. attendance. The
rector preached .from Rev. 21-4, Set- •
ting forth the fact of the teaching of
Easter and the, joy of those who will •
take part in the* first . resurrection, '
The offering is certainly a .credit to
the spirit of giving prevading the con,
gregation it being the largest offering
for Easterthat we can find in the
records of: the church and when We
consider that no appeal was made for
any special object it is a very grati-i
fying condition of affairs, On MOnday, .
evening the usual vestry meeting was
held and the electionof officers 'will be
given 'rin next weekl,a issue of The
News Record. The "following are some
af the gifts of scnne more members of
the congregation as an Offering fon
Easter :
From the choir, two handsome altril
.dishes of :burnished brass purchased
from Keith and Fitzsimons of Toron-
to and a pairof. embroidered • cloths
for the sante from Mrs. George Bates,
One new organ stool from the choir
purchased from. Mr. R. Peck.: ,
One year's supply of communion
wine from Mrs, Stilwell of the Sau-
bi.e0n14eile.
simall table or book rest for the
cominunion table .from Mr, Dan.... gar-
rison, Bayfield.
• One•hyuni board for churali, from
Mr. Win, Heard of the Sauble Line.
These with the largest offering ;on
record, in which the whole congregat-
ion took a share, should 1?e a matter
of satisfaction to the people and re-
veals some of the many things a con-
gregation can do when they reerenee
the name of the Recleenter and praise
Hini with, the gifts of their hands and
the fruit of their toil.
Mr. Geo. Parke is improving his
property by the addition of a new,
fence.,
ATISITalfa
Mr, and Mrs. 1.0 Wetlatiffer of Ras
-
tock are the guests of the Tatter's sis-
ter, Mrs, George Lemp,
Mrs, Thos, Anderson of the Soo is
visiting Iter mother, Mrs. Young,Who
is very sick at present.
Mrs. H. IVIogrich spent a few holi-
days at Mrs, Win. Youngblut's of
ttear Tavistock.
Mrs. Winer • Youngblit spent ‘a few
holidays at Zurich. •
Mr. Geo. Lamp took a business trip
down. to London last week.
Mr. I. Nicholson took a • businesa
trip to Toronto last week,
Mr. and Mrs, W. D. Wilson and
daughter Bertha from Bructfield apetit
a few days in our midst.
Mr. J'as. Carter visited his aunt at
Oakville last week.
Mr, Sohn Ladd is all Smiles. it's a
boy.
Will. lielwig spent Easter at home.
Miss Zella McDonald of London is
also visiting at home,
Mt. ISS. Jackson of the Soo is
back again.
Rev. Xt. and Mts. Hestia of Eiel.
grave were guests of Rev: T., Bt.
Coupland last Monday.