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SHOE STORE
Next door to Post Office it
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To avoid a spring cold,
you must keep your feet
dry, and that can be easily
done by buying a pair of
our Rubbers ; we have them
to fit all sizes and shapes of
Shoes, at all prices from 350
to $1,00.
A. full line of Trunks,
Valises, Suit Cases, Teles-
copes—prices the lowest.
Manna & Co's.
31ST YEAR, NO. 29.
WINOERAM, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1904.
➢OMINION BANK
Capital (paid up) $3,000,000
Reserve lana urofldiv d- $3,474,000
profits)
Farmers' Notes discounted.
Drafts sold on all points in Can-
ada, the United States and Europe:
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT.
Interest allowed on deposits of 91.00 and
and 31 t'December each principal 30th June
D. T. HEPBURN, Manager
R. Vaustone, Solicitor
A PRAYER.
A hint of softness in the air,
The answering note to Nature's prayer,
Spring's wondrous miracle to be—.
Let it be springtime, Lord, to me 1
Long have I dwelt in Winter's night,
When moon and stars withheld their
[light,
With raging winds and roaring sea—
Let it be springtime, Lord, to me I
I dream of lilies flecked with gold,
Of jasper cups from Nature's mold,
Of shimmering lights on land and sea—
Let it be springtime, Lord, to me
Across the chill of Winter's night,
There breaks a softness and -a. light,
Bowed at thy feet I cry to thee—
Let it be springtime, Lord, to me !
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Wear Greer's Shoes and Rubbers.
Mr. Hardisty moved out to his farm
this week.
Mr. Fred. A. Lewis, piano tuner, is
at the Queen's Hotel.
The sugar famine is over, a stock
having reached town this week.
Miss Daisy Fields has returned from
a much enjoyed visit to friends in
London.
Miss Ethel Millikin returned last
week after spending a few weeks in
Toronto.
W. F. VanStone has leased bis.200
acre farm near Whitechurch to Wm.
Hutchison.
WANTED.—Good general servant.
Apply to Mrs. Richard Vanetone,
VY irigham,
Miss Louie Ferguson and her sister
returned Iast week from a visit to
friends in Walkerton.
The Methodist church at Wroxeter
was struck by lightning on Wednes-
day evening, March 2nd,
Mrs, Carrick went tso Goderich last
week, where she has accepted.a post -
tion for an indefinite period.
J. C. Currie hat two carloads of
horses waiting shipment for some
time, but delayed by the storm,
Miss Seawright has returned to town
to take charge of Miss Boyd's milli-
nery parlors for another season.
One hundred pair of spring chickens
have reached Toronto market and
found purchasers at one dollar per
pair.
'Whore interested in the rjational
game will please meet at E. Moore's
Restaurant on Wednesday, 23rd, at
p. m.
Lgs'p.—A Fog terrier, answering to
the name of Turk. Reward tofind-
er,—Alex, Orr, Hotel Brunswick.
eeident of
Moffatt, I'r
Mr, ,john MoYf ,
Turnberry Agricultural Society, has
been very 111 with sciatica during the
past week.
Pupils of Miss Sara Moore of Lis-
towel, Will be pleased to hear that she
has returned from a three weeks' visit
tb Seaforth.
Miss May Code, daughter of Ooun.
Code of Mortis, has entered St. Jos-
eph's Hospital, London, to study for a
trained nurse.
The regular meeting of the rlaseliall
Club will be held at the Xing Edward
on 1+'riday evening, March 18th, at 8
pet, sharp. ---II. (J. Kent, See,
A piece 'of asbestos in its natural
state tray he seen in the office of
Mich. Holmes, It 1s very heavy and
practically indestructible by fire.
The 7utdor hockey tear went over
to Lutknow on Tuesday evening and
defeated tate 3'nniore of that torch by a
score of 0.7, One Juniors arei hustlers.
WANTED -1000 aenrdb of four feet
Wood for my own use hard or soft;
hl hest smash price paid on delieeryee
W« 11. GRIM.
W. II', VanStoue fortunately got
two cars of stock out and safely un-
loaded in Toronto during the lull be-
tween the atom's, and the next day
the road was blocked again.
About two weeks ago, there were
according to the G. T, district freight
agent, 600 cars of freight north of
Palmerston waiting to be taken south.
The last blockade increased the
number,
Mrs, McLean, of Shuter Street, bas
been ill for the past two weeks. Her
daughter. Miss,Aggie, was summoned
from Milwaukee and arrived on
Thursday last. At present, Mrs. Mc-
Lean is improving nicely.
The caretaker of the Bruce County
Hospital has resigned his position.
His reasons for doing so as given by
himself are—that he couldn't stand
being bossed by five women. He was
in receipt of $15 a month.
STORE To RENT.—flood store, in
good location in Wingham ; possession
immediate.—Apply to W. F. Van -
Stone.
Mrs. Gotby, who is staying with her
niece, Mrs. Amos Tipliug, is very ill,
and at the advanced age of 83, is not
expected to recover. Her daughters,
Mrs. Tilt of Doon, Mrs. J. McCreight
of Berlin, and Mrs, Rich. Anderson
are with her.
It calls up old time methods of. con-
veyance to hear people talking about
the Harriston and Orangeville, the
Clinton, and the Kincardine stages.
In the absence of trains, stages bring-
ing mails are welcome, even if they
do remind us of by -gone days.
The Wingham Barbers' Associa
tion have decided to raise the price of
hair cutting from 15 cts. to 20 cts. be-
ginning April 1st. The price of
children's hair cutting will remain at
15 cts. Other prices will remain as be-
fore and will all be strictly adhered
to.
SEED OATS.—The New Waverly is
now admitted to be the heaviest crop-
per and best strewed Oat. ever brought
to Canada. We have them at half
Seedmen's prices,—GEo, E. KING.
Reports from all along the lakes in-
dicate that the ice is heavier this sea-
son than ever before, and it is claimed
the opening of navigation will be re-
tarded. Comparisons with this and
last year indicates a varying thickness
of from 5 to 9 inches greater at all the
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principal ports.
The director of the meteorological
service at Toronto, otherwise known
as the weather man, states that of all
reports received Grey County reports
the heaviest aggregate snowfall this
season, Rocklyn having had 158
inches, Owen Sound 111 inches,
Meaford 106 inches. Bruce county
comes next with 123 inches at Saugeen
80 at Point Clark, 75 at Wiarton.
Rev. F. J. Oaten. formerly of Bel -
grave, mourns the death of his father,
Mr. Robert Oaten, an active worker in
the Methodist Church, and for over
fifty years a local preacher. He died
at his home in Toronto on Sunday,
February 28, after an illness of two
weeks, aged seventy-seven years. He
leaves a widow, two sons and four
daughters ; both sons are ministers.
WANTED.—Old iron, mixed rags,
rubbers, wool -pickings, all kinds of
feather and hides. Highest cash price
paid. — H. .Brown, Centre street,
Wingham, —23
Holidays of the year will fail as fol-
lows :--V;etoria Day on Tuesday ; Do-
minion on Friday; Labor Day on
Sept. 5th, and Christmas on Sunday.
Lent commenced on Feb. 17. This is
trifle earlier than Iast year and Eas-
ter Sunday will fall on April 3rd,
which is nine days earlier than last
year, Palm Sunday will fall an March
27th and Good Friday oh April let.
Miss M. Campbell, of Brussels, who
Was left a million dollars in mine pro-
perty by Mr. Coldosen of Mexico, has
gone to New York and Kansas City to
meet Mr. Coldosco's brother, who is
one of the mine owners. She expects
to arrive at some knowledge as to
what her million of mine property
will be worth in a year's time, when
it is to conte into her possession. We
wish Miss Campbell a pleasant and
successful trip.
Snow Bound.
Buyers of general purpose horses
expected at the Queen's hotel last
Wedhesday, delayed by storm, Look
for them next Wednesday.
Why Shed Tears.
It is said (and it is worth trying)
that if a small piece of bread is put up-
on the point of the knife While peel-
ing and cutting Onions ib will prevent
the tears from flowing from the eyes
of the person peeling the onions,
Three Yards Long.
Mrs. (Rev.) Gundy is in receipt of
letter from a friend in Japan that is a
curiosity. It is written on soft white
paper, eloper, to tissue paper, but the
odd fact dbotlt it, is that while the
letter is only the width of ordinary
letter paper, it is no lest than three
yards long, and to rolled up so that it
ts'read as it is unrolled.
Von St—Flrst-class
section of
land {n Manitoba, 4 nlles from !WM.
OM A bargain if sold At. onee. Ap-
ply to O. J. Maguire, R. E. A., Wing-
laain, Ont.
Watch For It,
That is, for the next concert under
the auspices of the Citizens' Band.
Date --Friday, March 25th, Program
in next issue.
Mismanagement,
There has been serious, and we
might say, inexcusable mismanage-
ment of the mall service during the
blockade. Common sense manage-
ment would have arranged for the
daily forwarding of mails by sleighs
from Orangeville and Clinton. Im-
portant business letters posted in To-
ronto Feb. 24th and. March 1st, only
reached Wingham March 14th, There
may be excuse for the delay of express
and freight, but for such a delay of
business correspondence, there is pone, bids.
because so lengthy a delay might have A Fraud.
been avoided by the postal authorities.
May 24th,
Wingham Fire Brigade has decided
to celebrate May 21th in first-class
style, One of the attractions promised
is the Band of the 48th .highlanders,
of Toronto. This alone is a treat.
Further announcements later.
Farms Leased.
W, G. King has feased both his
farms in Culross, one to Ed, King, the
other to Miles Moir. Mr. King in-
tends to leave this vicinity for a while
and lute decided to hold an auction
sale on lot ,33, con. 3 Cuirass, on Fri-
day, March 2,ith ; stock and imple-
ments: sale at one o'clock ; nine
months' credit. There is some good
stock, Jno. Purvis will take the
Come Gentle Spring.
The ramparts of snow and ice along
the sidewalk, near Zurbrigg's photo
gallery look like Russian defences in
the wilds of Siberia. Just take a walk
to the G. T. R. station, and a glance at
some of the tracks where ears are
standing, and you will have a faint
idea of what railways have to contend
with. Tracks are in some cases, filled
between and above the rails with solid
ice, which must be picked out inch by
inch. When this is done, the thaw of
one day fills the trenches again, and
the next night it is frozen level with
the top of the rails again, and the
work has to be done over again.
Wedded In Seaforth.
The home of Mr. Wm, Grieve, Sea -
forth, was the scene of an interesting
event on •Wednesday afternoon of last
week, when his second daughter, Miss
Agnes Scott Grieve, was united in
marriage to Mr. John E. Homuth, a
prosperous young farmer of Turn -
berry. The ceremony was performed
at four o'clock by Rev. F. H. Larkin
and was witnessed by only the rela-
tives and a few friends of the young
couple. The bride was gowned in
white organdie and was assisted by
her sister, Miss Margaret Grieve, who
wore white muslin. The groorn was
supported by his cousin, Mr. Alpert
Homuth, while the wedding march
was played by Miss Lizzie Homuth.
The esteem in which the bride is held
by her many friends was most fitting-
ly attested by the largo number of
handsome and useful presents she re-
ceived.—[Expositor. Mrs, Homuth's
friends in this nelgieborhood will wel-
come her back to Turnberry, where
for some time she taught school at
Holmes' school house.
Hits Them Hard.
The Kincardine Review says regard-
ing the blockade:—With the condi-
tions as at present Kincardine is run-
ning against rather a hard proposition.
The coal supply has run out and many
are taking down their coal stoves and
tulle burn wood, although it is a scarce
article, and $6 for a. small load is
about the regular price. No.kerosene,
gasoline or machine oil is to be had
and several of the grocers are almost
out of brown sugar, oatmeal; soda
biscuits and other commodities.
Even the hotels are becoming rather
discouraged, their commercial trade
having dropped off completely, not
one traveller being registered on their
books last week. No train has reach-
ed Kincardine since Saturday the 27th
February and on March 0th there was
as much doubt as to when one would
arrive as there its a week ago. Dnr-
this time no daily papers or mail mat-
ter (except those of local nature) were
received, in consequence the majority
of our citizens were in ignorance of
what was taking place in the outside
world. On Wednesday however the
mail bags (which had been accumulat-
ing in Wingham) were brought in by
sleigh and once more Kincardineites
are placed in touch with the current
topics of the day.
The Blockade.
If ever railways had trials and trihq-
lations, they have thegl this winter,
The G. T. R. got their line open on
Sunday, and that evening there were
eleven engines and several snow -plows
at the station here. Monday morn-
ing's train left for London, and that
setin and no
dayanother dorm
trains arrived until this afternoon
(Thursday.) Palmerston line was
closed until the same time. On the C.
P. . I2., matters are even worse. This
is March 17th and there has been no
train since February 27th. The road
was about clear on Monday, when the
drifts filled -in the cuts again, and the
work had to begin afresh. To day
(Thursday) the road is fairly clear
to Harriston ; between that place and
Mt. Forest 190 men are working. They
are ploughing the snow out with
teams, and turning up cakes of snow
as big as two men can lift. From
Orangeville, they have worked as far
itt this direction as I?<enflworth, so
that note the ltpe-Gletrrees MY only a
few miles apart, Nothing in the his-
tory of the 0.p. r, has equalled this
winter's storm record. Both G. T. 4.
and 0. Pa it. Owen Sonlnd lines have
been blocked. Last Friday the 0. B.
R, was only clear as far as Shelburne,
slid one thousand men along the
branch were fighting the drifts and
lee banks. Tito line to rtincardine
has been loeked up minesFebruary
lith and is still blocked. It is e:t-
pected that the C. 15. It, will be open
on Friday, orr'Saturday at the latest.
Wm. Armour informs us that some
rolls of butter he purchased and ship-
ped, were found on examination to
consist of a, layer of butter wrapped
around a core of heavy salt. The con-
sumer evidently struck a body of salt
without going very deep. The butter
was returned to Mr. Armour, but he
would like all disposed to defraud, to
take notice that they are treading on
very dangerous ground, Something
may happen if such a fraud is prac-
tised again.
A Pioneer Missionary.
Rev, Dr. McDougall of Calgary,
superintendent of Indian Missions in
the Northwest spent a few days in
Wingham last week. On Wednesday
evening, he gave an address that was
much appreciated, and being delayed
by blocked railways, he remained over
Sunday and gave two intensely in-
teresting addresses. Dr. McI)eugall
has been associated with Indian mis-
sion work since his boyhood, and
speaks several Indian dialects quite as
readily as he does English. His in-
teresting addresses are full of personal
experiences of adventure, danger,
privations, etc., in the estab]iehment
of missions in the far west. At one
time he was a thousand miles from a
postoffice, It would seem impossible
to listen to his recital of the effects of
Christianity upon the red men, with-
out being stimulated to greater effort
along missionary lines. Dr. Mc-
Dougall returns to the west in April.
His addresses were much enjoyed and
appreciated by old and young.
Removals.
There have been two business re-
movals this week in Wingham, which
our readers would do well to note.
John and Jas. H. Kerr have removed
from the Macdonald block to the store
they recently purchased from J. J.
Homuth. They have made numerous
changes in the interior, and expect
soon to have everything in good
shape, They will be pleased to wel-
come all their customers in their new
and commodious premises with en-
larged facilities for business. Mr.
Bean, of Toronto, a first-class dry -
goods clerk has been engaged to at-
tend more particularly to that branch
of the business, and customers of the
firm may rely on a continuance of the
courteous treatment that has been
chhracteristic of the past. Homuth
Bros. have removed their tailoring
and gent's furnishing stock to the
store in the Macdonald block vacated
by Messrs. Kerr. They also will soon
have their stock in order, and will be
pleased to have a call from ail their
old friends in their new stand, near
the postoflice. They carry a large
stock of material for suitings, and as
spring is near at hand, invite inspec-
tion of their stock and a continuance
of public patronage,
Appreciation.
Upon a very stormy evening, a cou-
ple of weeks ago, Whitechurch Pres-
byterian congregation (such as were
able on account of the storm) assem-
bled at the Manse, bringing with
them a load of one hundred bushels of
oats, some brat} and a little cash, as
an expression of their appreciation of
their pastor's services. The following
address was read t--
To Rev. G. M. Dunn.
D;An PAs7'A14,—We the members
and adherents of Whitechurch Pres-
byterian congregation meet with you
this evening to extend to yourself and
partner in life our warmest sympathy
and greeting. We wish to express
our heartfelt thanks for the great and
unselfish interest you ]tave taken in
.our spiritual and material welfare.
Sinee you came to labor amongst us
as our pastor and spiritual adviser,
you have shown marked zeal, energy,
devotion and untiring effort to extend
the cause of Christ in our congrega-
tion and district, We highly appre-
ciate the work yea have done and the
Cbrist•liko spirit you have manifested
in winning souls for the Master, whom
you so faithfully serve. We hope and
Watt that the loving tie that hinds us
together as pastor and people, may
long remain unbroken, and that your
large heart will be filled nvi(,h estatie
joy and heavenly delight, as you go
in and out amongst e:+, breaking to
q`s the Bread of Life. Please accept
the offering we present to you, not for
its intrinsic value, but for the loyal
hearts and truly genuine feeling for
you that prompts the givers. Wish-
ing you, Mrs, ilium ar;d family, peace,
prosperity and happiness in this life,
and LifeE•ternal when yotl cross the
Border Land.
Sighed on behalf of the eoingregation
11. Mclfay .i hn Smith
John Simpson Dan. Ross
Win. Dawson Adam Simpson
Dan. Martin John Leggatt.
After the reading of the address. the
ladies served refreshmeints, and the
rest of the evening was spent In musk.
singing and games. The eotinpany
dispersed, all having spent a very
pleasant twnd social osmium.
Pay Car Burned.
A. collision between a snow -plow
and the G. T, 11, Pay car, near Sea -
forth, caused the upsetting of the car,
which, took fire and was destroyed.
House Sold.
Mr, Rodwell has sold his house and
lot on the east corner of Shuler and
Victoria streets to Mr. Tompkins, re-
cently from Manitoba. Mrs, Tomp-
kins (formerly Mrs. J. Gregory) owned
the property a few years ago, but dis-
posed of it to the late Mr. Runciman,
Injured By Falls.
Mrs, Mooney met with an accident
on Friday last. She was walking on
the slippery sidewalk, and when near
Field's butcher shop she fell, breaking
one of her ribs....Qne day last week,
Mrs. Jonathan Pattison of East Wa-
wanosh, had a serious fall, with the
result of several fractured ribs,
The Assizes.
Barristers D. Holmes and J. A. Mor-
ton were in Goderich at the Assizes
last week. The former had charge of
the case Fluker vs. Kennedy, which
was not reached and was postponed.
J. A. Morton had the case of Warder
vs. Bell, for damages caused by the
explosion of a boiler in plaintiff's mill
at Bluevale. The Judge took the case
from the jury and after hearing the
evidence reserved decision. There
being no train service, the barristers
and jurymen from here bad to secure
livery to drive home.
Grand Chaplain.
The Grand Lodge of the Orange As-
sociation of Ontario West met in
Brantford last week. Among the of-
ficers elected was one of our own
citizens, Rev. W. Lowe, who. was
chosen Grand Chaplain, Mr. Lowe
will discharge his duties faithfully and
is congratulated on the honor bestow-
ed upon him. Other officers elected
are :—Grand Master, J. H. Scott,
Walkerton ; Deputy Grand Master,
E. T. Essery, London ; Associate Dep-
uty Grand Master, Harry Lovelock,
Toronto; Grand Secretary, Wm. Lee,
Toronto ; Deputy Grand Secretary,
W. M. Fitzgerald, Toronto ; Grand
Treasurer, E. F. Clarke. Toronto ;
Grand Lecturer, J. D. Banting, Cooks-
town ; Grand Auditors, John Hewitt,
Toronto, W. D. Taylor, Aurora; Grand
Director of Ceremonies, W, J. Thomp-
son, Mitchell.
Extending Business.
The following is part of a notice
given by one of the city papers of
Pasadena, California. of the business
eonducted by J. Herbert Hall, second
son of the editor of the Advance :—
Speaking of a new addition to the
working staff, the Pasadena News
says:—
"Mr. Hall already had the largest
corps of skilled workmen of any
jeweler in Pasadena and this last ad-
dition gives him very much the lead
in this as well as in o.,her respects.
His force now includes :—Harry Ken-
dall, watchmaker and superintendent
of work shop; E. 0. Smith, manufac-
turing jeweler and diamond setter ;
0. E. Fuller, watchmaker and en-
graver ; J. R. Jones, watchmaker and
jeweler ; Laurence E. Hovey, jeweler
and salesman ; L. C. Chaney, watch
and clock repairer ; Harold Ryerson,
apprentice. With this large force
Mr. Hall is enabled to give his optical
department, which he personally at-
tends to, more bate than formerly,
Mr. Hall's business has in four years
grown from the smallest to the larg-
est in Pasadena, and it is largely ow-
ing to the fact that he does not keep
in his employ any person he does not
know to be as conscientious and skill-
ed a workman as money will pro-
cure."
Address.
The Choir of the Methodist Church
is now in charge of Mr. 3. A. Morton..
On Friday evening last, the members
of the Choir expressed their apprecia-
tion of the faithfulness and efficiency
of Mr. Skilling, who has been. their
Leader for the past year, by present-
ing hint with the following address ;—
To Mr. Skilling,
DEAR Slit AND FRIEND,—As mem-
bers of the Choir of the Wingham
Methodist Church, we learn with re-
gret that the pleasant relations that
have existed between us as Choir and -
e i e
Leader, are about to be severed. We
cannot allow this our last practice to-
gether, to pass, without expressing,
in some slight degree at least, our ap-
preciation of your faithfulness and
efficiency as Choir Leader far the past
twelve mantles or more, Under your
careful tuition, the congregation has
noted improvement in the singing,
and have encouraged us with frequent
kind words. Your selections have
been appropriate, and the renderings
ender your direction in keeping with
the music and the occasion. Al-
though at a disadvantage by residence
at a distance, you have been faithful
in attendance, and your-truitnrin cour-
tesy has been apparent. We assure
you that yonr efficient leadership has
been appreciated. Allow us to express
sincere wishes far your future success
and prosperity. Signed—.Teta Cumin
The address vas signed by twenty -
Pout' members of the Choir. Mr,
Skilling replied in very Appropriate
words, and then invited the Choir to
ler, IKiuse's restaurant, where the
oysters and other edibles were served,
and a pleasant social time enjoyed.
Folz SALE,---Thkt beautiful, enm-
tnodiotis brick residence, on corner of
John and Shuler streets, owned by
['ugh Taylor; immediate possession
given. This timid fend a ready, buy-
er. Apply to 3M. Winker, at rani.
tore •Itore, Wftzghaln,
$1,00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
THE FACTOR' BY. -LAW.
Should the By-law, authorizing the
loan of $10,000 to Walker Se Clegg,
receive the approval of the property.
holders, there will be at once a bosh
of preparations for erecting the new
buildings. As the firm have received
notice to leave the premises of the
Canada Furniture Manufacturers in
July, Walker &: Clegg must put forth
every effort to have the new buildings
ready by that time. The nest- factory,
as now planned, will be large and eub-
ettantial, indicative of the permanence
in our town. We understand that the
firm is considering the advisability
now of making the building four
stories in height instead of three, and
it is likely that this may be decided on.
The plans are being prepared, so that
everything may be in readiness for
commencement as soon as the decision
of the qualified voters is known,
The enlargement and permanence
of this industry in our midst will mean
the circulation of a large sum of money
each month in our town. Take the
skilled workmen alone, of whom there
are to be fifty according to the agree-
ment, and reckon their wages at $2.25
per day for ten months of each year,
and this alone makes $29,250 ; but
there are twenty other employees be-
sides. Or if you take the average
wages, the figures vary but little,
hence it is safe to say that not less
(and probably more) than thirty thou-
sand dollars will be put into circula-
tion in our town by the enlargement
and continuance of this industry in
our midst. As thirty of the employees
must be householders, the expenditure
of the greater part, if not all the
wages, in town is almost a certainty.
There is another fact that must not
be lost sight of—thirty householders
less in town—might leave thirty houses
vacant that would otherwise be occu-
pied. This of itself would cause more
loss to property -holders in one month
than the increase of taxes would
amount to in several years, For in-
stance, suppose the rent of a house to
be $8 a mouth. When the annual re-
payment of $500 is taken into account,
there remains to be raised by the town
on account of this By-law, $700.09;
this means on our assessment this year
about one mill on the dollar, A house
renting at $8 a r_-nnth would probably
be assessed at $800 or $1000 at the out-
side. Take the latter figure and the
taxes created by this By-law world
amount in ten years to about $10,
only a little more than one month's
rent, Looking at it from this stand-
point, every property -holder interested
in keeping Wipgbam free from empty
houses, and sustaining present pro-
perty values should support the By-
law.
Married.
Two more of Wingham's young
people left the field of single blessed-
ness on Wednesday evening, Mar. 16,
and entered into matrimonial bonds.
At St. Paul's Rectory, Rev. W. Lowe
spoke the mystic words that hound
for "better or worse, till death do
them part," Mr. P. S. Fisher (son of
Postmaster Fisher) and Miss Lillian
Irene Graham, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. C. Graham, The happy couple
left by first train for Toronto. The
Advance hopes that the future may
have much happiness and but few
sorrows in store for the young couple.
Mrs. W. T. A.
Fishleigh is visiting
Mr. Fishleigh's parents in Chesley.
Wallace Stewart is home from To-
ronto on a visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Rich. Sharpe mourn
the loss of their Iittle daughter, Mag-
gie Ulilab, aged two years, seven
months. Her death took place on
Thursday, interment in Teeswater
cemetery on Friday.
Go to C. 3. Maguire, if you want to
buy a house in town,he has just what
you want.
1'
NOTE AND COMMENT.
--The Weekly Sun says : The Gov-
ernment's railway taxation policy in-
volves taking for the Government
money which belongs to the muaiet-
pahr,
es,
Every
Dtint
c'
pa1 Council i
n
Ontario should enter prompt and vig-
orous objection to the policy proposed.
ser
—It is held that members of the
Legislature have no legal right to the
passes they receive from the railway
companies. Any passes received by
members of the Legislature are re-
ceived as a matter of favor from the
railway company granting them, and
not as a matter of legal requirement.
Railways aro required by law to fur-
'nish passes to members of the Do-
minion Parliament, but they are under
no such compulsion as regards mem-
bers of Provincial Legislatures,
a3'
--The Pere Marquette Railway alone
paid kat year in the State of Michigan
taxes amounting to $670,000. This
was more than doable the taxes paid
by all the railways in Ontario. Can.
tub, is wonderfully beneficent towards
railways. With privileges, subsidies,
and merely nominal taxation, there is
no place We know of that it more fay-
orable for railways .to live, thrive and
have thele being, than this Canada of
ours (barring of eetirse such excep-
tluttal vtlnters as that ptelssnt),
IIILNK OF IIPJIIJON
WINOXFM.
CAPITAL PAID IIP $ 2,000,000.00
Rnsun'VE Furth 1,700,000.00
TOTAL ASSETS, .. , ... , , ., 21,90,596,54
BOARD OP DIRECTORS,
Hon. Wm, Gibson -.. President
Oeo. Roach John Proctor A. B. I,ee
John S. Hendrie Geo, Rutherford
J, Turnbull, Vice -Pros, and general Manalfer
H. S. Steven, Asst, Gen, -Manager
H. M. Watson, Inspector,
Deposits of 81 and upwards received, Tnt.
ereet allowed and oomputed on 30th November
and 31st May eaoh year, and added to principal
Special Deposits also received at currant
rates of interest.
W. CORBOULD, Agent
Dickinson at Holmes, Solicitors
Break McKIBBON'S
Up the LAXATIVE
Grippe COLD CURE
TABLETS
will do it
every time.
For breaking up and curing
a cold of any kind, they are
unequalled. 25c per Box.
Agent for Lowney's Chocolates
WALTON MoKIBBON
DRUGGIST
Next Door to Post Office.
Canadian Order Woodmen of
The World
CAMP NATIONAL 139
Hold their regular meetings ever' 2nd and
4th Friday each month. in Oddfellows'
Hall All Visitors welcome.
It. MAXWELL, C0. R. H. CrnowDsa, Clerk
COMFORT
This is the weather to
use a good Rubber hot
water Eottle ; we have a
full line and can satisfy
any person. Also have a
good stock of Atomizers
on hand.
A. L Hamilton
DRUGGIST
WING IIAM