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tor to the country's best ollar. Spend it and spend jerstand who it is that rushes in \ust 'risk "the suggestion anyway. men be employed to edit the Gov- A eturn, stating that the Commission would be willing to answer any questions, and referred us to a 'couple of Commission Reports which they were kind enough to send, The Re- ? are excellently written by experts fot experts; but not easily under- ; stood by persons untrained in electrical terms. Evidently we have cut out a job for ourselves, and we invite the -gperation of our readers:in securing the information they desire on this important subject. Send in your requests for knowledge, and we will do our best to find out what we both don't know. This is a big subject, and most of us have 'much to learn along these lines. : "A suggestion has been made that the Commission be invited to give a demonstration at Port Perry Fall Fair, of the uses of electricity on the farm. This would be a splendid idea, and we trast an effort will be made in this direction. The uses of electricity on the farm are many, as many and more "than those'of the windmill or gasoline. What we have to do now is to "find out the machinary best adapted to electtical use, the method and comparative cost of operation. 1f some person would be good enough to supply us with informa- tion as to the cost of filling silos by present methods, we have data -at . 'hand to show the cost of similar work where electric. power is used. In > ois way the comparative cost can be shown, A Scrap of Paper + Austin Dobson, in London Daily Cnronicle. When the dead ol ware being buried, 3 trace of blood led the search- s. When the hand was forced rer as ive (beat utters » miss you so much.» I i you most moruing and n nT us i 1 L2Y.18 be good, 42 you told me,and fi Marguerite was. five years old, and the father had crawled away to his little child's simple message, and then death' came. Hardly the worst of us. © Here could have smiled; . Only the tremulous Words of a child. : Message | that has for stops = Reach Council The inaugural meeting of the Reach | of the local Board of Health and a Council for 1915 was held in the |Samtary Inspector for 1915. Mr. Frank township hall, Manchester, on Mon-! | awton was appointed a member of day the 11th inst, commencing: at 11 {the Board and Dr, G. L. Robson as o'clock, pursuant to the statutes, when Sanitary Inspector. the members elect to form the Coun- cil for the year 1915, with the excep- tion of Mr. Phoenix, were present and duly subscribed to their 'declarations of qualifications and of office, and settled down for the transaction. of the business of the township for the current year, CORRESPONDENCE AccouNTs PassED Sick Children's Hospital, $5 donation. H. Parsons, $90, printing for 1914. Theo. Fitchett, temporary aid $3. Geo. Smith, bonus, 123 rods wire fence, lot 10, con. 2, $31.25. Hy. Taylor, bonus, 28 ods wire fence, lot 9, con. 2, $4.20. : From E. A, Christie; N. C. Brown, ya Beare, balance of bonus, wire ence, lot 7, con; 11, 60c. Jno. W. Crozier, L. M. E. Harvey John Warren, cutting brush, co 13, and Chester Ashng, applications for div. 55, $19. 8 bd auditors. From 'R. A. Fitchett and John a La os Wire Ed. Hilson, bonus, 140 rods wire fence, lot 1, con. 3, $21. Wm. Tummonds, gravel, $5.50. EF. Bailey, excess of S. L. 1914, 6c, Dr. C. W, Henders, medical attend~ ance on one Mrs. Ruttle, indigent person, $15, Johnston, applications for assessor. From Wm. Phoenix, resigning the office of councillor to which he was elected for 1915. From W. H. Haris, solicitor, on | behalf of Mr. Smith, claiming damages to the amount of $15 for alleged | ol sa fence BY Pate. Municipal. World, subscription fos 1915, $5. From J. Ross Robertson, chairman W. J whe) delivisiog ballot ba of the Trust of the Sick Chilren's #5. ; a Seitvering ballos boxes, H. Parsons, extra printing re the Hydro-Electric vote, $100.00. Also $8 each to the Deputy Returning Officers for services during recent election and to pay poll clerks and rent of polling booths. The council adjourned to meet again on the 8th day of February at 11 am. Hospital, Toronto, soliciting donation for 1915. From Michael Quigley, resigning the office of sheep wvaluator and pound keeper. "On motion of Messrs: Weir and Stone the resignation of Mr. W. J. Phoenix, councillor elect for 1915, was accepted, On motion of Messrs. Goode and Stone the Reeve and Councillor Weir were appointed a committee to in- vestigate the alleged claim of Mr. Smith re damages to field and fence. EspiN--aAt Raglan on January Ist, Mr. Tyson Lee was appointed sheep | 1915, Hunnah Thomas, widow of the valuator in the place of Mr. Michael late Thomas Espin, aged 81 years Quigley, resigned. {and 2 months. Deceased spent most On motion of Messrs. Goode and of her life in Reach, until last spring, Weir a by-law was introduced and | she with the family moved to Raglan. carried through its several readings to; Though being afflicted with blindness appoint two auditors to audit the for a number of years she bore be' Treasurer's accounts with the corpor-|lot with Christian fortitude, never ation of Reach for the year ending complaining, She contracted pneu- the 31st day of December, 1914. monia from which she never fully re- 'Mr. Chester Asling and John W|covered. She leaves to mourn fhe Cozier received 'the appointment at; loss of a mother so worthy of thein $12 each. love and esteem four 'sons, . John, On motion of Messrs. Weir and] Alex. and Charles at home and George' Stone a by-law was. introduced and|in the North-west, and pers carried through its several readings to | Miss Jennie at home and Mas. appoint an assessor for 1015. Mr. | Fielding, Raglan. Mrs. Edware John Johnston received the appoint- [well is a sister of An ment at a salary of $100.00. sympathise with the mouraing ones in Messrs. Stone and Weir introduced their bereavement. Obituary prising a thorough a dy of in Steck, Feeds, and Feeding, Cu Fertilizers, F