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ns, and preventing and go sen and makihg larger fowls, We sell sell ry Pratt' 's Poultry Regulator 25¢ Package 4 Ps ORVAL BYER Druggist and Optician, Port Perry "Those live 'Rural Mail Routes can now have a dsil paper, = Hou Ruea edition by placing your order with us. Lal and get Hes) 3 Port Perry PRICES RUN FROM $26. 00 T0 $650.00 Se ----------" wren nr ~ BIG RECTION ON MENS ~ PANTS , going to Sell 100 pairs of Men's Pants for 75: ON THE $1.00 learn, 'has there been such 3 At the outset the manag 'many thought the program vety: SINGLE cores co : No. 50 "Never i in the history of entertai [ nts in Port Perty, $0 far as we could ICCESS. secured as has attended the produc- cen Esther, nmittee. arranged for two nights, and abitious and that the second night might. be poorly attended. of that the third night was practic- ally sold by Saturday. night within 24 hours of the time it was decided to give an additional concert. More than that requests came in from many qiiarters to give the Cantata a fourth time; but the management decided that it would be better to "go. aut in a blaze of glory" than to run the risk of anything that looked like lessening interest. All winter the Choral Union have been, preparing for the event under the leadership of Mr. T. H. Follick, "About three. or four weeks ago Mr, H. G. Hutcheson was requested to become Stage Director, and those who know the difficulties are sutprised at the excellent results ob- tained in this part of the Cantata, which could be easily spolled were the dramatic and spectacular effect to be poor. The best feature of the whole performance is the willingness which everybody showed in contributing 10 the success of the undertaking. Every member of the Choral Union gave both time and money to help the pro ect along. We most of us enjoy being well dressed and the Cantata affords a splendid opportunity fcr the display of gorgeous and brilliantly colored costumes, Out of long forgotten-chests came finery which we of these serious days would almost be afraid to wear and the ladies whose parts demanded rich apparel filled the requirenicnts to their hearts desire. All "tion of the spectacular can © colors were to be seen, the effect being of unusual beauty. It is difficult to select any ladies' costumes for special mention as they were all beautiful and appropriate. 'The costume committee--Mrs. Geo Jackson, Mrs. J. Mc E Murray and Mrs. J. D, Berry had a difficult and very busy time, but they ought to be well pleased with the results. Many of the hired costumes had to be remadetalmost and someentirely discard- ed, including that of Zeresh(Mrs. Bamforth.) It is generally conceded that - the costume prepared in town for this character was one of the most beautiful in the number, Among the men there was less opportunity for brilliant costuming, but even with the limitations imposed by the Cantata the effect was striking, Aside from the King, Haman and Mordecai, one of the most outstand- ing figures was Harbonah, the King's chamberlain (F. W, McIntyre) who was strikingly Oriental in his picturesque turban and glittering jewels. Not many people were prepared to find so much talent in our town. When it became known that nearly twenty-five separate characters would have to be secured from the chorus and that nearly all of these would have to sing solo parts, there was some misgiving. But the characters were secured and all did their parts well, some with a wonderful sym- pathy and understanding. The educational value has been very great. A pleasing feature of Monday evcning's concert was the presentaticn of a gold locket to Mr, T. H. Follick, the conductor. The locket, which will be suitably inscribed, was a slight acknowledgement of the service rendered by Mr. Follick to the Choral Union and the town. The pre- sentafion was made by Rev. Mr. Murihead, who expressed the feelings which prompted the presentation in a few well chosen words. About forty children took part--boys and girls--and their pretty songs were always encored. The litile girls were dressed in most dainty fash- ion and with their garlands of flowers formed a beautiful picture. One of the best parts of this whole Cantata was this in which the children took part. As the Cantata is continuous, there was but little opportunity fer encor- es, but two were given, From the outside "The Beggar's Song," ren- dered by Mr. M. Letcher, was a favorite with the chorus, and when it was finally glven in public the audiences demanded encores which were given. The Propbetess had a most beautiful part, and on Monday evening the audience demanded an encore: CAST OF CHARACTERS Esther, (the Queen,) Mrs. David Archer. Ahasuerus, (the King,) Mr. Geo. Jackson, 1 _ Haman, The King's Counsellor, Dr. J. D Berry. Mordecai, The Jew, Uncle of Queen Esther; Rev. C. P. Muirhead. Zeresh, Haman's wife, Mrs, R. Bamforth, r, Miss L, M. Harris, Miss Alice Ford, Ni B. Vickery. McCaw. {make a hasty retreat. that in returning to get more from the The STANDARD BANK of CANAD STATEMENT From Report to Dorinn "Government, 31st Jan., By aie la 9791534593 wi fr H " NOTES Haman has been asked several times if he has "got on to the bang of the thing" yet. * * * Wm Doubt claimed he was a Jew but his statement was disputed as he wore a Persian Lamb beard. * * * Haman must have a rubber neck as he was Langed three nights in succesion and is still at large. * * One of the really clever bits of acting was the pleased look on the faces of the King and Haman as they drank the contents of those empty goblets. * * * It is understood that the management are determined to refuse all offers from the Foronto Theaters. - * * After witnessing the various models of bowing we are forced to the conclusion that Canadians are not a servile race. A large number of persons were unable to get even standieg room in the hall on Monday night. Burned to Death On Wednesday evemng, February 25th, Wm. Beverly was in Glen Major and started for home aout 10.3v in the evening. That is the last that was seen of him. 'Thursday morning a man driving along the road past the unfortunate man's house, which is about 1§ miles north west of Glen Major, noticed that the house had been recently burned. On meeting Wm Hopkins, a .eigh or, he told him what he had noticed. Mr. Hopkins ymmediately proceeded to the scene of the tragedy and found that the house and contents had been completely destroyed and -enty- some charred remains were leit Mr Hop- kins then drove about two miles to the 6th concession of Uxbridge, where two brothers, Luther and john Bevery and their mother lived, and after con- tinued his journey to inform another brother, I'homas Beverly, who lived on the 5th concession of Uxbridge. When these arrived on the scene oi the disaster investigation was made and only the charred bones of the skull and limbs were to. be found of the victim. A couple of loaves of bread, which he had apparently taken home the night before and also a trunk and some belongings were found a short distance from what was form- erly a door of the building. As no person saw the fiire it is im- possible to give the facts, It 1s supposed that after coming home he had put on a fire and later gone to bed. While asleep he had oeen aroused suddenly by finding his house in flames. He succeeded in getting his trunk, fur coat and some bread he had brought that night out, as these were lying close by the ashes of the fire. The fact that two pillows were thrown out and a part of a burnt quilt was found, would seem to confirm the supposition that he was compelled to It is surmised burning building he was overcome by the heat or caught by falling timber [and imprisoned in the flames. The remains were buried on Sat- urday last in Uxbridge cemetery. Uxbridge Journal The Jury's Verdict We find that Donald Grant and! quarter miles east of Whitby Junction station. We find that the engineer on No. 6 Mr George Teele, could not from his side of the engine see the said section= men at work on account of the boiler obstructing his view, and we find thas the fireman, who might have been busy with other duties, was not om the lookout, and thus the men were not seen. From the evidence it would™ we believe that had the fireman beer on the lookout he would have seem the sectionmen, and could have pre= vented the accident either by ringing the bell or stopping the train. Frony the evidence submitted we believe that.the accident was entirely due to. the train travelling on opposite track without proper notice to 'the section men. We hereby censure the Grand I'runk Railway Co. for not having sufficient lookouts for the engines of their trains, whilst passing through curved cuts, and not even on the straight track, for we find from evie dence that the engineer of the next train passed the next section gang without seeing them whilst on the straight track. This failure to be om the lookout seems to be especially true of this train crew of No. 6 whilst running as in the present case on the opposite track. We hereby submit that the company place a third man on each engine for the purpose of lookingout, more es- pecially when trains are running on the opposite track. We find from the evivence that no appliances, such as stretcher, etc., for affording aid to the injured, are car- ried on the passenger trains of the said railway at least none were carried on such trains as were at the scene of tue accident, and therefore submit to the Railway Commision that rail- ways be obliged to carry appliances for affording first aid to the injured. We further submit that the Rail- way Commission so amend Sec. 30; s. s. 9, of the Railway Act as to afford greater protection to sectionmen on the railway when trains are traveling on the opposing tracks. --Whitby Gazette Damages for Wife's Death An echo of the collapse of the i "Turnbull Store" in Peterboro' last Robert Ashby, section men on the August was contained yesterday in the 1 Grand Trunk Railway, came to their | Judgment of Mr. Justice Kelly, who | deaths by being. struck by the Grand _ | Trunk passenger train No. 6 running | 'lon the opposite track on the morning! " awarded' John Kelly of Norwood 8, 000 damages in his action against W, J¢ Johnston and John E, Belcher, con-. February 19, 1014, at or about the tractor and architect, for the death hour of 8,30 o'clock. "| Mrs. Kelly, who was killed in the cate 'the ace occured astrophe. te fi 2 b,.f, Toro The suit was for $20, 000