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DISTINGUISHED VISITORS --On Monday last Tue OBSERVER had a pleasant visit from two of | Cobourg's most distinguished and influential citizens, being mone other than Mayor Greer and Geo orth Otero Observer McLaughlin, Esq, County Jailer oo... |for Northumberland and Durbam, a {Ths Odell Paper ob the People.) native of Cartwright and for many The best way for some of the sol diers to get their jobs back after the Sir George Foster's statement to the House of Commons that the normal snpply of coal from the Unit- ed States will be available for Can- : Lo d 7. years one of its enterprising an founoeo wv 185 . {successful farmers, besides filling the most important municipal offices | the further honor of never being PORT PERRY, MAY 2, 3p i8 eee ere me # gentleman has lately been appointed Post Orrice Deraxruryr, | Superintendent of 'County Roads Canada, system for the Cotnties of North- Orrawa, April 16th, 1918.1 iherland and Durliam and has 2 With regard to the arcangement cq on a tour of inspection of roads instituted whereby correspondence! pronodnces them in splendid of a private and family nature can |. ndition, Cobourg, yes, Counties be forwarded from. individuals in| : of which these gentlemen are offici- Canada to persons in: enemy and |als, have every reason to be proud enemy occupied territory through! th ai {OT Cook & S fof them, they are both right men e medium o 108. Cook & Son, St Cail SLOW. NM Ll {and of the right stamp to fll public ) ba t S32.9L Lathenne ontrea {offices as they should be; they poss+ difficulty is being caused owing to] isons remiitticg. the chars for | 58 the ability, inlegrity, enteprise, pe 8 R {and determination to do justice to forwarding these letters (350) by their official duties, and are a credit postage stamps instead of by means 1 of a Postal Nate for 30 cents with to the counties in which they are domiciled, five cents in postage affixed thereto. sie y The attention to persons sending | FARM SOLD such correspondence is particularly| Mr. Jas. Ewen, having sold his] directed to this as in [uture where |fine farm situated adjacent to Sonya, | the charges are remitted by means{and is likewise giving up house- of postage stamps the letters will be keeping, has authorised Mr. Gibson returned to the senders. to sell all his personal effects con. R. M. CovrrER sisting of choice and first-class] High-Grade Cattle, Pure-| Deputy Postmaster General | | Horses, a. in [bred Household Furniture The aggregate of church membe &c. . This will be an exceptionally for the 167 denominations United States is 40,5 huge total is mac in the|important sale; - Mr. Ewen being This | competent all choice for he would hiefly of the | animals great denominatic nferior one on the far; Baptists (fifteen bodies), .6,44 Catholics {1hree be al groups, as,| nts" are" up-ic wrniture is modern a Lutherans (eighteen bo as good as new, and, 037; Methodists 782.018; Presbyt ies), 2,225.8 (twa bodies), 1,306,467 ; Episcopal {two bod Reformed (four 1 Eastern. Orthodox 490,500; Menor 66,542 ; Friend 263 Dunkards (four bodies), 138,-1 + Newmarket has decided to 363; United Brethren' {two bo 367,059; Adventists (sis ies) 569; Evangelical Ass bodies); 209,483 he fact that he for any animal of arti s dist, all will go at Auc This Great Sale takes 707 Disciples 'of Christ {on thela rotestant {tion Pr 66. place on Thursday, May gthi See 1,08 ti and read the mammoth Posters in lies) colors and dofi't fad to: attend th bodies) | Sale and obtain your cheice of th , &c , to be disposed of curfew. Girls under 1t undera4 will be ordered | Ev. [off the streets after pine o'cl angehical ' (ihree bodies), 62.900;| Poor benighted Newmarket turns Latter-Day Saints (two hundred 420,000. There ware 1 infant isters, and 226,609 churches, 50 t FORBIDDEN TO HOARD the remainder of their lives, th | FLOUR sound of a cow bell will almost de-~ |} Ottawa, April 28.-~1In order to "prevent hoarding and further io re. Perry tried the curfew lor a number duce wheat consumption in this of years to the tune of $80 a year country, so that Canada may send until it dlmost depleted its exche- | more fo the allies, where the cereal shortage is increasingly grave, the Canada Food Board on Saturday "Do you know there are time announced additional restrictions When jit is positively terrifying t on holdings and use of flour jentet a church," observed al t The order provides that no per Ithe Bis hop of Lincoln, ata dinner party. . "That Cannot be, madam," | quer, the result being nix, pon, with the exception of manu facturers of flour, bakers, confec- tioners,; wholesale or retail dealers | returned the bishop; "pray explain." "Why," said the lady, "it is when or persons living at a greater d tance than two m dealer, shall hold or have in froma licer ering the anthem and the or possession or under his control more flour, made wholly or in part from, t trying 16 drown the choir.", wheat, that is sufficient for his One of the guaintest and most | dinary requirements for a peri not exceeding fifteen days. {that reported to American audiences Anyone living ata distance great={ by Gipsy Smith. A little girl fold. ouching - "graces before meat" is er than two miles and less than five|ed her hands before her not' over- miles from a licensed dealer may| laden plate and said reverently :- bold or control flour made wholly |* Thank God and the English navy or in part 'from wheat up to an|for this meal." amount "sufficient for his ordinary | quirements for a period not e | ing 30 days. Anyone living at' more than five. and lessthan ten miles from a liv : The war bas wrought wonders; ed [among other marvels, it has made patch, or twin patches on the |seat of one's irowsers a badge of | {honour and distinction. *1 wear | halfsoled boots and halfsoled breeches and gladly recommend them," says United States Secretary McAdoo. censed dealer may have sufficient for | his ordinary requirements up to 6o days, while a person living more than 10 miles from such dealer may have sufficient for, his ordinary re: ; quirements for a 'period vp to 120] Lhe Winchester Press says:-- days. "When it comes to holding the line oy we A AOR a couple of women engaged in a PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH telephone conversation can beat a General Haig hands down." SUNDAY, 3 MAY sth. Mh Orillia Packet il! ometh." him aia your soldier Sh doitoften," Beaotifol i and Captain Best agreed with other One fay be more disposed fo|returned officers in saying that adopt a pig, the Midland Free Press nothing is more appreciated. last week sold one [c?| GOOD ROADS COMMITTEE 5 ELECT CHAIRMAN 7 : 3 Opn Friday altermnon last the Good CONSTIPATION Roads Advisory Committee of the To ona. of the most County Council held its first mect- ments of little ones and | Ng in the Court House here. The i b bronic [C ittee is composed of Messrs. for all time be-| Henry Heavener, Dean Ruadle, W ning can equal | F. Weir, H. Roach and Warren in gh Dearborn, These gentlemen have n named to act as advisors of the Superintendent, and, one might "hapelle, | say, controllers of the County Good gi Seisil hen Roads System, The Superinten- rs] dent will follow their instructions and will consult with them ib any ] he deems it Mr. Rundle was elected the pmittee, which TIL lof his native'township,- and he had | defeated at the polls, The former | 2p ridge. of live stock his | water and a supply of whole grain and a dust bath sl prive them of their senses, Port} become so troublesome that they _ 'there is a canon at the reading desk, | gun in thé pulpif| the bishop | arging his clergy, the choir was the most urgent appeal made ' by Captain Best. +Thisis something pig £1 -- "The Palace [everybody can do for the soldiers {ada next winter is reassuring, | Raccoon meat was served at a ban- iquet in Port Elgin lately. Why should the hixury of a banquet of 'possum be reserved for the lavored circles inthe Society of the Southern | States 2 The "coon is cleanly in its habits, dainty feeder, and its flesh is said to be sweet and toothsome. the problem of labor shortage on the farm aré the motor car and the | motor truck. Sales of both are] steadily increasing, and in many partsof Ontario have already reach ed large proportions, Miss Mary EB. Hallam, botn in Toronto, died in. Chicago last week, at the age of eighty. Uatil Within a few daysof her death Miss Hallam was regularly 'in Der place at the {lace counter of Marshall Field &| Co's big departmental store, where ghe had been uninterruptedly em ployed for forty-five years: Owen Sound manufacturers have clubbed together to cultivate farm lands adjacent to that town that] therwise would be left idle. Fac employes will be pit to work son it. That isenterpris atriotism that Fight be imi by the business men of all ities and towne, ---- -- [IMPORTANT POINTS IN HATCHING CHICKENS | During 'the Hatching seassn the! oultry hotise particularly the | | nest should be kept clean. Ciean| hould be acces to the sitters sitld be provided | If morethan one hatch is be- y taken off, cle out and disinfect | ratch and put io | resh litter. Dust the powder before put- stand again a day | ng (he nests with | It 'is a good plan to the dust 'bath a little dry or ground toba Be sure that the house is free | rom mites, These little: pests get into the cracks and corners of the milding and at night, "as the hens are | resting, they come out of their hid: li {ing place, get-on the hen's body and jit does not take very many of them | {to make a hen so uneasy. that she | cannot sit, In some cases the mite ctrally worry the hens to death, How ro Gar Rip or Mites | Clean out the house and thorough {ly sweep, not forgetting the wins dows, walls and ceiling. When {this is all swept out clean, use a garden hose, ora stiff brush andy' hot waler e that everything in the cracks and crevices is washed out. After this is done allow the { house to dry fora fora while and J everything then appears fo be san, tise a good disinfectant and te sure that the solution is forced { by the spray or brush right into the | cracks or crevices. 1f the nites] are bad, use boiling hot water fol. | owed by coal oil and a liquid lice | {killer or lice paint, Be sure that | this goes into the cracks and crev-| ices and when you have gone over | your house thoroughly according fo | the above treatment, in all prob-} , but it is' advisabie in the course spect for the mites and perhaps to repeat the dose once more. AB Bak Mr. and Mrs. Morton M. Gibson, late of Toronto, have taken up their residence in Whitby, on Hopkins street, where Mr, Scott formerly lived. Mr. Gibson is an Ontario and Do- minion Land Surveyor and Civil | Eogineer... He bad the unigue: ex] perience of making a trip to Hud- son's Bay last summer, and of sur- yeying some islands there. The journey to the Bay was made by cance from a point on the G. T. P about 200 miles west of Cochrane following various rivers to James Bay and thence to the Hudson. Mr. Gibson would pot care to live so far north, but thinks the district might make a good summer resort were it not for black flies, mosquit- oes and "bull dogs.' -- Gazettc- Chronicle. One might almost gather from .| reading some Ontario papers that the question of titles or no titles in Canada, overshadows in importance even the war, These papers might cease to be silly, and find something || more serious to worry about. As showing how in this cosairy, as one industry wanes another waxes, the Renfrew Mercury points that the nickel refinery to be erect. ed in the town of Aylmer, at a cost of a million dollars, will occupy a site which was once the site of a war is over, in the opinion of one (he Shirley Wome' newspaper, will be to marry the girls | be held at the hom who are holding them. Shirley, on Wednesd: at 2pm. A full ath | urgently requested. - to in a quiet, | bundreds - of every Catholic scription was the su and th= action of Among the helps towards solving ang political leaders w From course, the ed out { months, | pe ople were time in and laverloo {that 1 qu to the nursing 4 three or four days again to in | was terrified witha Bea The annual busi CLERGY OF IRELAN! ADMINISTER Dublin, April 31 Ireland to-day the co sist. the imposition of by all possible means hi | ed. The assemblies where {was taken The Bishop of Ross, {thtee thousand at Skibbereen; point: that the cofiscription order was not yet made, and would not be {made for. many weeks, 'pethaps and be declared that if the cool and determined it would never be made. A MOTHER'S Wo 1s Too Often Followad Nervous Debility apd Shattered Health spend so mutch Mothers as a riile looking after Whenever a mother {health failing and - becoming more than she cd ortably manage, whenever demands are made uponher Stee she should adopt the safe a expedient of enriching her 1 with Dr. Williams' ire especially valuable mother and the wo- mat worn out' with household ares. They renew «her blood supply, strengten her tired limbs, and drive away the héadathes and backaches that have made her They 'have restored thousands oF despondent | women to wood and bright spirits, and will® you as much as they for others These pills air trial, Mrs. W. F. Burns, Guelph, Ont., § "A few years ago had sa three children born which left "me so run dow nervous that I was not able my work. The last baby li & orry th | to, my weak condition plbiiv nerves. Our family doctor fi {eral months tried to build mo ability the mites will be exterminat-| but nothing seemed to bei | F-suffered agony 'with my fear that [two weks and the {loose my reason. from which 1 suffered woul me completely prostrated. one of these spells I went & doctor, who advised a scene. 1'went away fora fe but was discontented and be back home, so my hus and brought me home ag: days later my sister Same and asked me te 'try Fink Mis lgot, by the time [had he 8 was completely well, could own work without feelin fise; ! was like a new wo five years ago, an other children have come, an still enjoying perfect health." You can get Dr. | Pills from any dealer | by mail at 50 cents a box boxes for $2.50 from The Dr. liams' Medicine Co., Brockeil Ont. eho fh PORT PERRY MARKET! C ted week] & orrected weekly a Jioge & Lys Lytle, Grain and Fall Wheat ........ $2 ve Spring Wheat. a Wheat. . hy healers esse mars amecan a U8 i anes id Ha Alsike Clover...... 1 EE rel. 'eas esse Peas. Hema) oes Buckwhe, oe ir Cattle, per tb ...... Hogs, per 100 lbs... 1 Butter i vl. Cail large lumber concern. Eggs... aii were gener the churches, sometithes 2ir, sometimes in a hall, tice followed in many € priest' to read the tence by sentence, reciting after = him cases the pledge was raising of hands or the paper. The Bishops took part { finferior clergy in administesing the pledge, addressing the people, and generally warning them against iso~ lated and uticonsidered agtion, They | urged" obedience to the'frders of | the recognized leaders who act in le o-operation. yusehold work that 'they the absolute necessity for nd recreation upon which h depends, T t e is that soon they find their health breaking down. humdrum of household cares, quick= ly 'thin the 'blood and weaken the {nerves. . Then follow pains in the side" and back; swollen | limbs, palpitation, a constantly: tired 1fé cling and often an inclination to fretfulness. These symptoms are | the sign of poor blood, and are the inevitable penalty of overwork and over anxiety in thie care of | and the affairs of the househol houshold if you will Wed, Api MARRIED | [RICHARDSON - - HODGSON ~ On Wednesday, April 17th, 1918, at the Parsonage Scu, by the iW. i Send i Hodgson" of Scugog, to Clarence E, P. Richardson, of Kinsale. CANE E LOST last, about a mile North of Port The cane is the properly o CARD OF THANKS James Malcolm. Fropr April 2nd merges into | the Summer Term on July and in Shaw's Business Schools, Toronto. No vaca- tions. Enter any day Free Catalogue. W. H Shaw, Pres, Special Features Friday and SaturdayEv'gs Usual Admission 10 and 15 cents. BIS50.00 IM Growimg Field Crops THE Township of Cartwright ih that the Car hit "Agricul tural Society have a Field Crop Competition &f the usual time ihe coring harvest Tite CraPs SELECTED BEING "White Oats ard Potatoes at 'which the following Prizes will be offered, viz: $20, $15, $12, $10, $8, $6 & $4 Entries for. competition "in Oats must consist' of a field of mot less than five acres) and for sompeiition in Potatoes of a field of not less than one acre Competition is limited fo residents of the Township of Cartwright. Not less than ten entries nor more than twenty -five must be made, 'stich entries taking precedence as receiv. ed by the Secretary in event of more than twenty-five being y made. Secrefary not later than the igth day of May. 1918+--¢ach competitor being limited to one entry. Sociely. i ; non-members $2. N. H. MARLOW, President. ROBT. ' HIL Pi Secretary: SOMETHING NEW FOR THIS TOWN and Pressing House jany style. 222 3 Q NO NN 5323882 58328 oPee® Seal ws wv everythi i ld DYEING, SEANING D IESG USE, a Phones--Bell 65 -- Ind. 69. Off the train on n Saturday evening Petty, a Light Ebony Cane with gold handle on which is engraved the word * Margory" returned soldier. The finder will be suitable rewarded on leaving the lost article at THE 5 OpservER Office. Mrs. James Malcolm, Port Perry, wishes to thank many friends for much kifidhess and sympathy at the time of her sore bereavement in the passing of her husband, the late SPRING TERM They Must Not Look in Vain! found him in a shel to the lines--dcad. His brother ctept'out and He bore him back ' Are you not sorry you ven- " asked the commanding officer. because when I found him he looked up into my face, 'I knew you would come!" could more fittingly illustrate fhe work of the * brother .to the soldiers "--the Y. too great to be risked for io "sake of the physical, mental and spiritual welfare of those dauntless heroes Julien, Vimy Ridge, Everywhere he goes the Y.M.C.A: follows--faithful to the limit of its resouces. smiled and said M.C.A.l No a is Passchendaele | A. M. Roberts, Prop. Think of the inspiration to the Canadian soldiers in this tremendous Campaign of 1918 as they learn that the folks at home are heart and soul them, showing it by a magnificent response to the Red Triangle Fund appeal--the worth while way. PRIZES rT Help the Y.M.C.A. te increase its helpfulness. Zolp it as far as possible to medsure up to the bound- Help with your money; that mote and ever 'I knew you" would come!" ANE more soldiers can. say, Many 'people are located at points where one cannot get into touch with any canvasser working in aid of the Red Triangle Fund. If you are so situated Remit "by cheque, money order or registered letter to Thomas Bradshaw, National Triangle Fund, 120 Bay St, Toronto. Make your contribution as large as possibletbut whether large or small it will be Yelcpme,, ies I send your money disect. 3 % led 10 hold ERAN) A ¥iflacs WH Without Francis B, La vite in Harpers' says: "With only evil ways in which to spend money burning in their pock- ets, with nothing to relieve the dull monotony of idle evenings, many of the sold- iers began to got lonely and homesick, or to drift along dangerous paths, "It was not many days before officers began to send Larry calls for the Y.M.C.A.: "For God's scke come down before it's too late and do something for my men" = "Earn and Give" Campaign Serve your Country your labor and make a oh 10 the Red Triangle Fund from your earnings! What a fine chance to do a double service! Six thousand boys are asked to give $10 each. Of the total, $50,000 goes to help the soidicrs, tha balance for boys' work. Gifts must ba at least $10, the standard unit. A boy may subscribe more than $10 in $10 units, but not less. A beautifully efigraved certificate will be ven to each subscriber. sk your local YM.C A, re-~ presentative for pledge card and fuil information, or send ur contribution direct to dguarters. Yk National Council Young Mer' s Christian Association Headquarters: 120 Bay Street, Toronto John W. Ross, (Montreal) National Chairman of Red Triangle Fund Campaign G. A. Warburton, (Toronto) National Director of Red Triangle Entries must be walle with the Entrance Fee--Members of the "The Urbridge Dyeing, (leaning Will CALL every Monday at your Louse to get something in our line. We do Dying. Cleaning, Pressing and Repairing and we remodel] 'your Suit or Overcoat to No matter what bad shape your clothes look or how greasy they are e will fix them up for you at a very low price. We slg 8 id Yue or a ts to any style, we make up New s Furs 2 $35 wp. Don't nt forget Pure' Pare covers {does square f 'we call on Mondays. tt be every day at onr aa FOR ING PLANTING ting conditions TREES & PLANTS EED no further introduc~ the fact that we have 'Nursery Business Sixty and aré now pr epared y offer- rade trees and plans, ers at Rock Bo Sorin STARE SY CT i OY 0 51 0, 5 CIN BTN de i BN. Si FBR A I 18 € it 8 By iH Fund Campaign 5 AY 7 BM NES GN 4 CANT TELE 29