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£sbrrt0tt ^ftirana. â-  "TBtt "W •• TRUTH BEFORE FAVOR." â€" " PEINCIPLEb NOT MEN." VOL XXlT, NO 1183 Fleetiertoii, Ont., Xliursday. May 2e 10O4 W. H. THUBSTON, ^""^"^ PBOruiETCH ! Stop a rioment 1 But that is not what our Watches do â€" they '• no on for- ever," like TuiinyscD'a Brook â€" with an occaaiuiii! cleaning We have the bpst value in W.-itches lobe found in Ontarii>. That is a hi^ statement, »nd if ynu di'n'f believe it come in and let us verify it. We nmke a -specialty of the popular and perfect HAMILTON MOVEMENT A big stock of this movement jaat to hmid. j extend our Hympathy to the sorrowing i family in this their hour of bereavement. Mr. Herbert Fawcett of CoUingwood visited it the paruntal home here recently. | Mr. Wai. Lawrence of Maxwell viaileJ his parents here on Sunday last. Miss 51.- Thompson and Miss Ina Mc- MuUen of Ceylon ara Yisiting hero at present. Mr. Les. Plewesan-IT. Kell of Kirk- ville vi.sited friends here last Sunday. Erno-st Buckingham visited at his homo in Fevertham on Sunday last. The shareholders of the E^st Grey Telephone Company will meet ia Mark- dale on Thursday, May 26. The regular monthly all-day meeting of An Artemesia Man Robbed Mr. John Porteous of tho gravel road east had an unpleasant expel ience in CoUinj^wooil last week, the story of which is thus told by the Enterprise ; At the friends ; Police Court yesterday niornii'g David McKechnie, jr., was tried oa a very ser- ious charge, th<i ofieuce being ane that is usually punished by a long term in prison. The charge was of forcibly robbing a man named Porteous of a purse contiiin- inz SC4, to which the prisoner pleaded " Not guilty." The evidence went to McFarland, Stafford & Co. s Big Store the Hoi ness Workers society will be held \ show that Porteous, who is an old man of CLOCKS In immensa vari- ety and at all prices. Our repairing department is thiiroushly equipped and good workmansliip guaranteed. W. A. Armstrong, xJeweller, F lesherton Stone SetUcuicut A phenomenon as rematkable as the Bpook in this neijliboihood two or three yeirs ag \ wan witnessed here a few d«ys ago* 111 (h3 northwest corner field of lot 5 ottflL-d by Mrs. J. Uazzard.is an old un- used weil iib.mt four or five feet deep, Htiuated a short distance ftom the line fence between lots i and 5 ^nd nob very far from the road. A few days a;;o iMr. Irwin xvas plowing in a held iii the op- jiosiie side of the road when his attention was attracted by a loud rumbling noise like that of a heavily lade-a wiaon over a toug'i roal. He looked in the direction from whence the s.iaai cam ?, and just then heard a loud report and saw tho wator iu the pond near tho well h-arled ten or twelve feet into the air, carrying with it mud and vails. Shortly after- wartl he wont over to investigate hut found notliing uiusual ex;oiJt the muddy water and rtoatini; debris. The field is low and for many yc-.irs has been pasture land. Tho hollow cnustituling ihe pond near the well w.-is aoi-iped out Bome years iiijo for tho convenience of watering cif-le. The 6re-b»ll or phos- phorescent lights which were so frequent- ly seen in the same locality two or thren years auo, and dubbed "the spook," emanated from some natural cauae and it istjuite po.ssible that natural s/as, petrol- eum or soma othur hidden treasure exists in the ueighborho"d, and uny at soino future p triod be develop >d with profit. Tho buds and loaves of fruit trees in this section are backward this sp<vsoii. Thi< in-iy, however, result iu a good ciup of fruit. Farmers have taken advantatie of the CO il wea'h r by putiinj; on an exit* push, Kti:l a few more days will elapse before s wling ia finished. Mr. C;unpboll,P. S. I., paid an ofBuial visit to our school last week, «nd was ftfiparently well ple.ised with the work being do-io by our estimable young teacher, Miss Small. Oar Sabbath sohool reopened on the first of tho p:esent moiitb, Mr. ,J. .J. riyiies,-( suporiiitt^ndont, but we have hwird of no ro-eloctiiiil of teachera. It is expected that the weekly prayurtneeang will c<intnjelice ni"Xt week. Mr. Wui. P.itterson has taken up liis residence in Fle-'heit-m aftor a continu- • 'U< ronideiicu of half a century on this lire. Mr. W. .1. Bi'attio ha.s purchased a yo'iris; an I siroTi!; heavy working horie at a « Hul tiii'i-e, which Ir.nvover U none too hi<;h should the noble aniiual prove tuba as uood as ho looks. Crdincry Corn Salves Contain Acids. But tho old reliable Pntn.im's Corn Extnictor is eiitltely voretahle in com- position ami d^es not cat or burn tho tloih. Il gr^doally lift.>i iliocorn, cusba «' ]Miin, and cures p--rmanently,; I'rice :ioc. at all diui^nist. Use only Putnam's. in Kimberley ou June 1 Mias Gertrude Ctesar and Miss Helen Hurd w^heeled to Markdale on Saturday. Miss RI. MoCort and Miss .Jolly took chargi of the service here in the Union church on Sunday evening last. Rev. Mr. Thoin of Fleaherton will preach in the Union church here on Wed- nesday evening next. â€" â€" .^ 1 « â-  I A Good Complexion Is a j->y to every woman's heart and man is vain enough not to despise it. Beiutiful complexion means pnre blood, or in other words a healthy body. Tens of thousands of women take Ferroz^ne because it's a splendid blood builder, keeps the system in perfect order and helps the complexion wonderfully. "I consider Ferrozone the test remedy to give you a clear ruddy coniplexion I know of " writes Miss Ada E. Bra-idon of Pembroke. " -My skin used t,j be sallow bub after taking a few boxes of Ferrozone a rosy tint was noticeable on my cheeks. I can reconinien'ijFerrozone as a tonic also," For good health and beauty use only Ferrozone. Price 50o. at dru;; [lists. Eugenia As usuuI^Eugauia is being favored w ith picnic pailies and a good 'share of holiday visi tors. A. McKechnie of Brampton and A. Bates of Toronto aro guests at tho Eu- geiiia House. Mr. John McDonald of King, brother of our estesmed postmaster, accompanied by his two children, are guests at the postoftico store. Mr, and Mrs. Joseph Fen wick of To- rjiito' with their two children, are guests at Mr, Henry Fenwick's. Miss Sarah Pedlar of Tornuto is viiit- ing her parents at Summer Hill, Eugenic. Mr, George Gordon and daughter. Miss Alice, have gone to visit friends ai: Ham- ilton, Shelburne and other places. Mr. Tudor has purchased the gallery droperfy whore he now lives. Miss Beatrice Walker is viaiting fives in Eriu. Mr. George Gibson of Erin has moved to the farm which be recently purchased. A cordial welcome is extended him. Thomas Betts celebrated the 24th by a barn raising. Mr. George Thompson is pvecing a wire fence around Mr. Munshaw's lot. We hope our council will let him the job of put'ing up some along our highways in spots where it drifts so badly iu winter. 76 years, arrived by train on Monday from his home in tho township of Arte- mesia ou a visit to some friends. Por- t3ou3 had not been in Colliugwood since the opening of the H. & N. W. railway and was innocent and unacquainted with the evil ways of ttiwu life. Ho went to tho Arlington hotel and enquired as to wheie he would find one Sherwood. Mc- Kechnie volunteered to show him the way and instead of doing to led him to the town park and forcibly relieved him of his pockotbock. all of which the old man graphically described. Porteous at once reponed the matter to Chief V»'ild and McKechnie was located. Cor- roboritive evidence was given by T. N. Brown who saw McKechnie proceeding towards the park with the old man, and by George Sweetn.an, who swore that McKechnie had given him S30 bo keep for him on Monday night. The prisoner testified that he had been drinking hard and did not know ho had taken the money. He withdrew his first plea and pleaded guilty. The magistrate dismissed the ciso on MjKjchaie paying back tho money taken and paying all costs. Our David Abroad The Thornbury Herald says : The gon ial and popular David Maddl of Ceylon . at one time a resident of Osprey lown- ihip and among the most popular iu tho municipality, drove ovar to Thornbury one day last week to call on a tew of his old friends. Mine host Lowe of tho Revere is a particular friend of David's and it was ak this popular hostelry that he put up while in town. For one up in the seventies Mr. Madill is remarkably rela- smart on foot, but according to Mr. Lowe his eyesight is somewhat impaired, A funny incident happened when he was leaving for home the following m.irning. Re put two bridles on one horse unknow- inoly and searched the stable in vain for the other bridle. Ue then went into the hotel and informed the proprietor that somebody had taken one of his bridles, A search was made by Mr. Lowe who discovered tho two bridles on tho one Tandelear horse. The story looks a wee bit fashy, but Mr. Lowe declares positively lh;it it Mr. Cook and sistfr of Rr)cklyn spent ' 13 true, and until Mr. Mtidill denies the Sunday at Mr. A Johnson's. | truthfulness of tho charge wo aro boun d Mr. Geo. Warliiig and wife spent a few days with Mr. W's cousin, Mr. .\lleD, 1 to accept Mr. Lowe's word. i Th<Te will be another municipal el-c- tion in tho to«n of Meafonl, as the M^i.stev-iti-Chambers unseated M.syor if Gleneli; tliii wetk Mr. Charlie llolley received a rather sovire shaking up on Satutdaj-. His team ran away, thi-o*ing him from the wagon, which ran over him. There ate M^i.stev-iti-Chambers unseated no hones broken, but he is considerably! John D, llamill and Councillors N. W. bruised. ; Sni>lor, W W. Stephen, Charl.;* Farter, .Miss Warling of Toronto spent a ai.d Edward Sewell. The applicathm was c uple of weeks at her father's, Mr. J. ! made bv William Mooie Warhug's. We are sorry to report Mr». J. Doland, M-^E?KDALE, 0>*TA1<I0 Grey County's BIGGEST and CHEAPEST STORE :--, RAIN COATS I We do an immense business in Raiu Uoats for Men sr.d Women and we tmn out mor« Rain Coats than perhaps any other store in this county. There is a rea-sou foi- this. We buy these garnienta direct from one of the best manufacturers in tha Dominion, a firm that is supposed to sell only to the wholesale trade, hut through a channel (which need not be explained iu detail here) w« were put on the wboles-ile or jobber's list. This accouiiis for the uvmy goo I values offered you at -ill tiine>iiat this store. Then again wc import only the finest Crareuette Coats for ladies direct from, an English manufacturer, which is also a big leverage in our favor. If you are an intending purchaser of a Rain Coat, either lady's or gents' it will pay you bo see oar values before buying. Men's $4,00 Rain Coats for $1.98 This week wo put on sale 100 .Men's Rain Coats, made from good heavy twill covert cloth, rich fawn shade, long lona?h R-iglan cut, plaid lining, velvet collar, deep cuff, etc., a stylish and ?ood wearing coal, and good value iu any store at §4.i)J.- " Move quick." They go on sale this week only !il.')S Other good velues for men at S2 48, $5.50, $G.50, 87.50 and §8.00. ol the Meaford Electric Light Works, and U o argument was that tho Mayor and f^)iir iihlerincn who has been ill for some time, no better. ' Imd borrowed miu'o monny for the niunic- Quito a uumhcr fi-o'u here have b len ijiality iu ItMX! than the s'auiui-s permit- Kiiuberlcy tr.l. The defendants c.mtendod that school outl3\s -should he dc'ucU-d, and, if 80, that the amount would be within ihe law. Tile blaster does not conoedo this, and so there art» now live vacancies on the Moafonl Council. T!ie five ineml''ers re- roturiied from [ signed shortly after the January election, she spout the and were re-eh-ctLd. Kio.a the pi-isent feelin-.i in Mt-aford, it is not iinprobahlo that ihi-y will l>e renominated for tho otfices from which they were removed. â- That Mr. Moore will repeat his action It hits people in a slender spot and remains to be seen. Acoordiiii to tho makes it mighty hard to brace up. Nor- statutes, the live are disqualified for two viliiie will take that kink out of our .spin- years. r.al column in short ; it soothes, that's i , , . v -»....., n why relief c^.ines so soon, Nerv.line pen- 1 A young Ud, teacher «..d t.. a smal etraten, that's why it cures. Five times boy iu an arithmetic cUvi:â€" "Johnny, if attending the Oioasley and Hunter moct- iii'js in .Murk lain, The toniperaino lodge hero initiated five more new mombfis on Friday night. There ara bet ween forty and lifty on the roll now. iVIay the good work go on Mis-i Edith Cullis lias tho Maiutoulin, where wiuter. „, . 1, â-  I n J ... . Cold Settles in the Back Weare (wrry tochronicl* the death of Mr. Ja«pcr Ferris, wh.ise death occurretl on Sunday last at the home of his d-tusih- ter, Mrs. Elijah Gilbert. Deceased had licen ailing for some time and it wag ex- l>ected ileath was approaching, as he was quite an aged man, b^ing 82 years of ago Mr. Ferris was Ixirn in filngland in 1822, stronger than ordinary remedies Nervihne your papa gave y mr mamma a ten dodar He was woll posted on the Scripturiw and can't fail to cure lame back, lumbago, j^jjj ^^^ ^ twenty dollar bill and a five loved to converse with others on roligiou, '^^^^^^-^fZ., b«To"'::. tS dollar bUl what would she hav. » "A fit. 7C Rress Ginghams for 5c We have still left about 500 yards Dross Ginghams in the plaid patterns. This cloth is worth 6c a yard at the mill to- day, but we secured a case some months ago before the sharp advance in cotron goods â€" instead of putting on a profit and .selling at their value to-day we give tho saving to our customers â€" only 5c ISC lurlcey Red Cotton for 5= 500 yards Turkey Red Cotton slightly soiled from sinoke^ and water (but nut burned) most of it will require washing before usinn, many yards of it b)voIy fin* texture 32 inches wide and well worth 15c a yard, others regular 10 and ISio qualiti-^a. They all go on sale bbis wee'k ab per yaid " oa 15c Dress Muslins tor 9c We have been selling stacks of Dress Mualms the past two weeks. Do you know why? We had about thirty pieces Dress Muslins worth 12i and loc on sale at 9o. To keep uo the iwsortment of colorings and patterns we have added twenty more pieces to the collection left. If you want a Muslin Oress oc Wai^t better seo this lot quick, all on sale your choice only q^ TORONTO FIRE GOODS /Oc amd 72 7.2e ^damaged Prints fof 2c We sold on Saturday last over 2000 yards of 10c and 12ic Print for 2c a y.tnl. These prints came through the big Toronto fire and damascd, some of them burned 2 to 3 inchoc on one end, others only slishtly scorched on selvage. We do not often dabble in damaged goods, but the prices tempted us on a coupla of lots of theno prints, as they are washing goods and are a big snap at the price. Just think of if Prints for aprons, quilts, etc., only 2c a yard. We put on aale next Friday ninrning 2000 yards more of this Print, a bett«r lot thaa the last, but it goes on sale at the same price, 2(XX) yards Print, your choice only 2o You can always bank on picking up lots of Hues in different departments in this big store that are only about half their regular value â€" many of the l)esfc bargains never find th«ir way into newspaper advertisements. They are sold up before we !;et a chance to advertise th«m, and in othur cases ths quantities are not large en<nii{h to risk putting them in print, but each week sees many new lines put on counters ab bargain prices for quick sellini;. .Any soods you see advertised are described as accu- rately as possible and no lines ever advertised that we have not got «v8rythin-g open and above board at this store. .AH goods marked in plain figures, anaoue price to all. McFAKLAND, STAFFOr^D & Co Special Inducements For Current Trade . . 10 Men's all-wool Tweed SuiU$7 and $8 for 5.00 12 Ladies' Fine Coats, $7.50 and SO.OO. for 5-00 .\ lanje as.sortnient of carpets, nrranging iu price from 25c. to 5-125 per yd .An extra uood stock of Horse Blankets on hand.and we are selling them at the lowest living nrice.s kn"wn. Also a full range of Men's Heavy Footwear, such us Fe't Boots, Heavy Rubbers, Moccasins, Ltg- giugo, etc. 20 Men's Heavy UUters.good v.-ilve at 8H 12 only Men's Pea Jackets,on sale at ;).iX> 20 xU wool Men's Sweaters, wortli Sl.OO fi.r ()5c. 50 yds. crash toweling, worth 8;. yd. for 7 C pr. gray wool Blankets, to clear out »t SLVOpit 12 Men's Cardigan J.-\ckofs, resf. SI. 50, for .1.1'.> Moil's Kid G'.oves, regular price tXV. and »1.00, for 60c. j'or pair A Reduction in Groceries 5 lbs good Japan lea for ?1.C0 5 lbs Ceylou Black tea 1.00 13 lbs. best selected rai.sina 1 .00 25 lbs. best T»iK>ica 1.0<> 25 Iks. frosh Figs l.Ctt go larg* bcvrssoap, r«g. ISJcfor 9c.;'r.bar subjects. In religion he was « Baptist. He will be greatly missed b/ all. We coiii ilcpu bpltK I WM the prompt re^ly. A nice assortment of Faucy Ulasswar* fo Chocse for Xmas Qlftt. . . . W, HOCKLEY Highest prices piiJ Fowl and Butter.. . , Proton StcilioD