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lit fates mua. TERMS -1.50 FERn ANNUIL OUR TOWN ANI) OOUNTY MIBT; TEE WORLD APTEIRWÂEDS. M. A. JAMES, Edito dPrpior NEw SFcRiEs. BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, MAY 7) 1902. VOLUME]XVI N.1 *Carpets . Curtainis* TRIP TO THE WEST INDIES. NOTES By THE WAY B HO.PATeRSON, E-sQ., BoWMANI-LLE On February ioth we left H1 alifax ia the good ship Oruro, Captý. SeeComn- mander. The moriningwa,;s co:d, gloomny and snow falling. Atrarul asg of three days, from the surige ff e t s of which the majority o f our fellojw- voyagers suffered more or less, we ar- rived at Bermuda. The Beýrm-udîa group of Islands is one of theodetpocssession- of the British crown, datingfrm 6î Though numerous, they ri e st, cover- ing an area of only 2o_ squapre ilsand -The Two> WILLIAM RICKARD, LIBERAL. Candidates. It is comparatively easy to advocate What cau be said about the qualifica- the diaimis of a political candidate like tions of Mr. W. IL Reid for parliament- William Rickard of Newcastle. We can ary honors? Comment bas been made on al aides ou his peculiar speech at the do so without any hesitation or mental Whitney meeting in this town reeently. reservation of any kind As is said by a Mr. Reid's own supporters sav hie was correspondent hie is an a' 1-round good very foolish to start his campaign by WEST DURHAM ELECTION, YOUNG ELECTOR'S SECOND LETTER. EDITOR STATSMAN,-What a tempest in ateapot my letter has caused! What do you think of that letter in reply in the News about Dr. Hillier attending some chap with the stomach ache, staying most of the night with him and charging hirm so littie? J arnwelt acquainted wjth one Dr. of our -village, whoý would flot take $ioo to allow such a letter to be publi sh- ed about him. It has been made fun of and laughed over hy every man who has read it. The opinion here is that it was the Dr's own production. Do you tlunk