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We are giving many citizens in town and country best of service, choice meats and at reason- able prices., Many deal exclusively at our shop., Let us fil your next meat order and convince you it is worth-while dealing with us. <Wilbert J. Du-%ùd ley Horsey Block Phone 225, buse 272 Bowmanville INSURANCE RATES Rates on dwellings in, Bowmanville have been Jreduced, Il you have flot full covering you Ishould do so as the cost is trifling compared to the Irisk. Nearly al1 the companies have increased rates on farm buildings. We can stili give you abso)lute security at the old rates. Don't pay more. We stand'behind every transaction and guar- antee perfect satisfaction. BOWMANVILLE REAL ESTATE We are siliing Bowmanville property. If you haeproperty to seil at reasonable prices list it w iuusv---We-wi1t advriit bth 1oca y and- in Toronto papers, at no expense to you, and only a small commission if we seil it. __Buers will save -time andi money- by consulting -qs anid ge&tîng the choice of our offerings. J. J. -MASO)N 8&kSON Real Estate and Insurance Brokers. Pixona 50 Bowmanvjlle k reL.ElGitàYS INote: At th~e MOtIrs ,Leaving Richmond the train went Club meeting in'the, Bungalow on on to Twickenham, where, on that March i4.th Mna. W. P. Hall, Brown eSaturday, a great Rugby match was St., read an.original poem expriessing Sbeing played between England and 1in a better way than anything we SFrance, at which'the -King George could say what the Club means ta was a spectator. T>k game ended the mothers of Bowmanville, we give in a draw. At Twickenham Junct- it here: ion we changed trains and proceeded1 Won't you corne into the White Shield along the side of the Thames, where Club,, house boats were being painte'd and And be one of its members of cheer? prepared for the summer, to Hamp- Better helong to the White Shield ton Court, the terminus. Here we band, exitered the grounds of the historic While we are travelling here. ,Pansion, known as 'Hampton Court'. Better take hold of the brighter Tt is an Elizabethan or rather Tudor things structure of wonderful dimensions, And then wîth a smile and sang, bujît by Cardinal Wolsley in the Greet the new membersethe old one reiga of Henry VIII, and was1 given brings by him to bis Royal Master as a so <p And help some mother along. whien hie himself f elt; the growing dis- favor of the King.- There are willing helpers who corne Thlere are three quadrangles and each week, three archways which in former Their time and their talents to share times would have been adequate Pro- To brighten the lives of the mothers tection against any foe and the who work cloisteqr connects the building with And make them f orget ahl their cane. its original buîlder's religlous vocat- Small are the dues and few the rules, ion, as Cardinal. The grounds look Yet the White Shield Club means out on the Thames and alfhough we more Sdid flot visit it, contain a vine wbich Than lever you drew from> a comrade- was p]anted ýby Queen Elizabeth and> ship bears wonderful bunches of grapes. In this old world before. We returned from Hampton, Court to Richmond once more, had fea there So better corne in wifh a happy heart Iand then proceeded by bus to Lon- And join this company don, reaching our'bof eh by 7 :30, too That live for the purPose of taking tired to do more than write a few let- part in the lounging room. In the old world'a jollity; Next day was Sunday and 1 de- For the White Shield Club is for cided that 1 must pay a visit to My mothers ail, cousin in 'Surrey, my father's broth- There's a word of cheer for you, er's son. We breakfasted and set Out And aý helping hand to gladly gîve for a look round before ctching our And friendship staunch and true. respective trains, for my cousin was goîng to spend the day at Beckenham wbile I was going to Reigate. t We made our way to Trafalgar Square with its Nelson Monument and unique Sequestrian Statue of Charles 7 l, and proceeded down Whitehall af- te lmsn h-Mltrog-h- Admiralty Arch on the right. 1 was interested to see Downing St., the officiai home of England's Prime Min- iser and present residence of Mr. Lloyd' George-a very insignificant -loolting street -barricaded at the en- france and guarded by two atalwart police officers. JJust below Downing Street, in the centre of the wîde roadway was the Cenotaph, London's simple memorial, to her fallen son-S. The base was,. -as tasual flower decked and the flags of theý Alliez fluttered in the breeze. At tthj end cf Whitehall we camne in systeU, are 1101 5îYeU a chance te increase, but ar'e rooted out and de- stroyed annually through the break- ing up of coitioni()s suitable to sucli pests by employing a suitable rota- tion system-L. Stevenson, sucre- tary Dept. of Agriculture. Toronto. Currants and Gooseberries. If a curraut or gooseberry planta- tion is properly cared for, at least. eight to ten crops may' be expected before it becomnes unprofittable be- cause of its age. Productive fields over twenty years old are flot un- common la some sections. Although the 'number of years a plantation will continue in good, bearinig con- dition depends to somne exteot upon location and soil, the most import- ant factor is the care, which it re- ceives. The period cf productîi eness of hoth currant and gooseberry plants la longer' in northern regions than toward the southeru limits of their culture and longer on heavy soil thani on sandy soil. In gardens where fthe availalile land islaimîitecl in extent, curiants and gouseberries may weli be plant- ed among the tree fruits and left there perinaiiently. The 'shade oft til trees protects the frulits fi ou sun scald, and tuec toila ge l usnaidy heaithier in s.,nc u .caýxuus than whcn grown wneux' tif la rexly ex- Posed to flic sun. A place witli good air drainage i- preferred forig 'b In s. l1w. danxp places nidew attacks liot1 fruit and follage more lcveieiy txx on higner sites wnere the air cirei- lation is botter. Currants, how-u cr, are seldom severr4y ,at,'ckLd by xx dcw. Therefore, whien the site is a sloping une, curranfs may lie planted on the lower parts aud gooseberries abcve.. As both fruits blossoni very early la the spring, neither should lie planted lu 10w pockefs wherc late spring trosts may kill flic flowers. gafed by muund.Iayers. Thelieîaut fromn which layvl*o&e to lie procured should be cut back heavily birre if begins f0 grow lu fli, spring.i'By -July if wiil have sent Ouf numerous vigorous shoots. If should tlienlie mounded with earfli laif way tu the tîps, of the shoots. Ey aufuma the shoots will have rooted. Those wîf h strong roots maY then lie cut Off and set in the nuLrsery, f0 lic gro-wn for one or two years before planfing in the 'field. If tu~e roots are n'ot weUj developed, if W01l le bef fer to leave the shoots attached to tlie prn gluit Lor a second year, Baker and Confectioner Bowmanville y We are now showing afull assortment ofHeir- X; loomn Plate in the Devonshire design, which is the perfection of beautv and ood taste. We cordially invite you, to corne in and examine this silverware -which must be exanuined and weighed to be fully appreciated. To grace your own table or for gifts, we recornrnend Heirloom Plate and shaUl be pleased to supply it -in assortments, in- che&t_ý c r bv the single piï-ce. Sold in Bowmanville by ALEX ELLIOT, Jeweler and Watchmaker