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ING ~~ Moprrn SLES PRICES AND AT Low NEY Emmis immedi HUBERT L. EBBELS Barrister, Port Perry orth Ontario Observer. de am mete Official of the People. th 18567 ) AN. 28, 1915 Jt isgeStimated that Holland is for po fewer than 1,200,000. Christabel Pankhurst says she is 'ready to go to war for Britdin. Let he go, Gallagher. in Quebec maple sugar and fhaple syrup bring in an annual revenue of two million dollars. *¢ Is conscription coming ?"' nerv- ously asks the Port Hope Times. There does not appear to be any call for it here. The war has touched Boston in a vital spot. Native beans have risen in price from eight to twelve cents a pound. Germany claims to have tio fewer than 533,274 prisoners. Of these .* 197,756 are French, 279,700 Rus sians and 19,374 British. A personal canvas of the United Kingdom brought promises from 225,000 physically qualified men to join the military forces. The artist who painted the picture $'Peace" for the peace palace at the "Hague is dead, and Andrew Car- negie himself is not feeling any too well. The Manitoba Grain Growers' 'Association has pledged its mem- 8 to give the product of an acre to "the Eatise of the Emil Franqui, a Belgian banker, * asserts that in his country there are still seven million people who are virtually entirely dependent for food ! on the Relief Commission. If this . statement is not gross exaggeration, | " means that practically every soul in Belgium is on the verge of star- wation and that all business is abso- lutely arrested. Montreal Gazette :--During the last calendar year exports from Great Britain fell of 95,000,000 compared with 1913, the imports dropping £71,000,000. Of the European nations engaged in the war Great Britain suffers least. in her foreign trade. The import and "export ledgers of merchants in France, Germany, Austria and Rus- sia must be a sight to make the owner weep. The city of Edmonton owns its water - system, its electric plant, jts telelephone, and its street rail- 'way services. The electric light service shows a surplus on the year's operation of $120,000; but the utilities are costing more than they produce; and the people" are jikely to be called upon to pay three The Guild, John's Pres- Perry, on Monday evenifig of the proceedi delivered by Miss"C tive of her tour through Egypt and the Holy Land. ©The occasion proved that her observing and de- | scriptive powers are of adigh order, for - she certal the topic which so an accomplish address was wove: with great skill verance, being cong justice to handled in manner. The d interwoven 5d 'eh mindia | esting manner, enjoyed and appreciated. by. the {arge and intelligent audience and the lady's efforts were "rapturously applauded, Auction SaLs.--The posters announc- ing that Mr. Robert McKee, lot 92, cou. 3, Cartwright iutenda selling by auction on the promises; on Friday, February 19th, all his steck of bh cattle, swine and farm im) 18,1 all be sold at Auction prices. This will be a good opportunity to stock up for spiing requirements. Mr. Jackson will be auctionver. Never was there a more sensible, convenient and econemical article of woman's dress devised than the shirt.waist. And now it appears, the half-wits_who fix the fashions, say it must go. But it will not go. The shirt-waist is one "article of clothing that is popular with all classes. Atorion Sats.<Mr. Matthew Me- Minn, lot 81, concession 8, Cartw t, having concluded to give up farming one of his fine farms. has instructed Mr. Jackson to sell his stock of Horses {Glydesdales Fora Stade Shorthorn s, and Yorkshire ne, toget with the farm implements, 1-3 the thet m on ednesday, February 10th, The fist includes a mumber of choice animals and the implements are all modern. Makea note of Mr. McMinn's Sale--time and be there prompt on tite, Mr. Bonar Law tell ofa British bat- talion which went fato thé trenches at fall sre, th, and after resistin the overwheming for of the enem during one of thie savage attacks, came 'put with only a fo f their vumber, and woderthe comm boy of nineteen, the senivr viving.. x 3 To iy Hr : BUSTARD Cal, db. 7, 1915. Editor of OBSERVER. Port Perry. d of a sue- Sir, -- Permit me through your columns to thank the ladies of Port Perry for their kindness, The receipt of woolen goods was appreciated. 1 speak on behalf of the boys as well as on my own behalf, Sincerely yours, E. D. WaLrace. Blackstock MASQUERADE CARNIVAL A Grand Masquerads Skating Carnival will be held at the Prin- cess Rink, Blackstock, on Friday, January 29. List of Events and Prizes :-- ™% Best Costumed Lady. .82.00 $1.00 Best Costumed Gebt,. 200 1.00 Best Costumed Gitl,.. 1.50 75 Best Costumed . 150 7% Race, Boysuadér s 1.00 Band in attenpa Admission-- Skaters 25c; Spectators 15c.-- W. Crawrorp, Mgr. atin: Baliyguf. BASKETSOCIAL, A Basket Social und pi Pres] Sowzn Ontario MAxs & B16 SwWxe¥ ix Prize List. © R of Port Perry did much very large exhibits of Clydesdale horses 10 make the Ottawa Winter Fair, held last week the grand sue. cess it praved to be. No fewer than thirty-two fine specimens of Young Clydesdales were on exhibi. tion from this district: Smith & Richardson: showed 16; R. M. Holtby" 4; ¥. Franklin 2; Alex. Vances, W.C. Patten 1; W. J. Henders 1; John Vipond 2; Geo, Cochrane 1; P. Christie 2; Ed. Darcy 1+ And what is still better all won prizes. The Soutars of which the wonderfully successful horseman, Me. W. J. Henders of Port Perry, has been chiefly instru getic pesse- | and foremost of the bunch, property of Mr: Henders magnificent prize record' he carri- ed off first prize in a big: feld. in the Amateur Class, and 3rd prize in the Open Class against eight aged horses--he was admired by. all, and suited everybody to a dem- onstration and 'was, before the Fair closed, purchased by W. H. Kelly, Esq., of the exteosive Lumber Co. of Buckingham, Que., and although that gentleman paid a big figure for him he is delighted with his pur chase, Frank Franklin's Soutar Buchlyvie (a two-year-old) won 1st in the Amateur. Class, and 4th in the Open Class: in a field of 14. Wallace Platten's Chatten Buchly- vie, a two-year-old won second in the Amateur Class and sth in the Open Class. Alex. Vance's Soutar Buchlyvie, a yearling, won 4th in the Open Class. P. Christie's Ivory Soutar, a yearling, won sth in the Open Class, ~ Mr. Platten, Scugog, was offered a big figure for his two- yegrold but declined the offer. r. R. M. Holtby of Manchester, ani] Mr. Ed. Darcy of Cartwright, 9-scored in the prize ring. "While the exhibitors--south of the ridges--in this County also captured a number of prizes, we ate not in possession of particulars therefore cannot credit them, Mr. R, M. Holtby glso exhibited exten. sively in Dairy Cattle and surpris- that important I The Berlin Tageblatt, a news- paper of the fiest 'rank, asks the Germap professors not to be so vainglorious. Professor Earnest Haeckel, the famous evolutionist, has been talking gliblyof the con-] quest of London and the annexa- tion by Germany of the greater part of the British Empire, together with large portions of France and Russian Poland. Uther men of learning though evidently of infirm judgment see the German flag fly- ing over Canada and Australia and Britain reduced to the level of Hol - land. The Tageblatt thinks this sort of bombast does harm Yo Ger- man interests and would like to have it moderated. Guelph, Jan. 25 --There will be no more skating at the Ontario Agricultural College skating rink for several days or perhaps weeks, for at a few minutes be- fore noon te-day almost the entire roof caved inand fell ina heap on the ice, Only about 20 fectat each end of the rink remains. 'Noone was hurt in the accident. In a recent speech Mr. Bonar Law said : "When we. look at everything connected with the war, . | especially everything connected with the mechanism of wat, we find how. German erator for the ensuir Yh past yesh thus { tion of the the congregatiohs for since the cost of | ed a5 per cent duri There are: only charges-in the esb mont, and Ashburn' of which receives 1h Augmentation Committe so b their ministers may give Ml minimum salary of bok This charges are making an efigrt b come selfsustaining. 7 Rev. Dr. Shearer of and Moral Reform Commitee gay an interesting address onthe works of the committee. a 1 Rev. Mr. McLeonan df Clat mont and Rev. Mr. Menzies Whitby lately inddcted ido th charges were introducediito Presbytery. i Rev. Mr. Lowry, of has been called and has the call to Bridgeburg. J. A Mc Clerk of E { Wea accep Prince A The service at largely atténded last Sun ing. Me. aud Mrs. J. W. late of Toronto, w the membership of: ing very highly. ship and } the fellowship of the are glad to have them and children, of been "spending a friends in the We are pleased Jove back again. rince Albert," We are softy to lose Savage and his family. Waellsley Savage is | Mr. J. Toms of visiting friends in Mt, Byam and fa 'ed into the house where post office was kept g introduction of th livery. ? Submarine Oa Months' 8 London, Jan. 2 Mail's. Copenhagen. says he learns from one of the new Geri marines has just