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a- tsltmsdat march 11 102g the country teacher 4 who walks to school through drifts i of enow and breaks the road too dont you know whon it is twentytwo below tho country teach or who on u frosty wintor day denies horsolf that the childron nitty aiound the atove or furnace stay tho country toucher who slvts to untrained nilndtu fho liffht who helps to not an example of rlffht vol broneratlpna not in slffht the fcpontry tcuchcr who manages thirty with perfect ease who teaches them to say thank you and please anil acts of courteay like tbese tho country teacher who has to and our marys loat cap who- has to bottle our tommys scrap j and wlios to blame if thoy ffet the strap tho country teacher who is expected to lend h hand to tho institute or the mission band and behind each enterprise to stand the country teacher by one of them tho records of this old mlnuto look end with 1878 it is interesting to note tho representative citlxona who were oho eon to admlnlstor tho educa tional matters of tho community in tho earlier days men tho memory ofwftose lives is dear to many a home hero and ohjowhere still thoy were men of vision and had a large in terest in the rising- feneration- growing up in their homes i it is perhaps not unnaturn1 at this date nearly fifty years at tho closest that not a single one of this ion list of trustees is now llvlne most of them have died many years ago tho last one of the list to pass to his re ward was james matthews pont master who passed away last year neighborhood news fwn and country erin shamrock lodtfe o da no 474 no gathering another balo of aecond- hand clothing for the neighborhood workers toronto the auction of chattel on saturday last tho property of mr elijah war den was n big success everything hold well and a largo sum was realised mrs d a overland la able to be ii bout her home and is gaining weekly fashion hint the surveyors telescope how far can th surveyor 8 with the aid of tho tslaspofja a question commonly asked the topographical surveyor is how far can you see with the telescope of your transit the quutlon la really put in a rather bad form as with tlio nak ed eye translated by a telescope wo cap see stars in the sky wlalch are millions of miles from tho earui what is really meant is what la tlio far thest distance at which you con do- toot certain details with your teles cope for as is generally known the duty of a telescope is to make objects appear closer than they eally are thus if a tree one mile away is ob served through a telesoope magnifying xwonty times it will appear as if only onotwmtlcth of a mile distant this property enables the surveyor to read marks on bis roads which would otherwise to invisible to him the telescope of a surveying instru ment permits the instrument to be ac- curatoly pointed in a given direction in tlila way it performs the lame func- tlon as the eights of a rifle with far greater precision of course than would ever be possible with bare sights indeed before the invention of the teloscope astronomers and sur veyors had to employ bars fitted with eights to make their operations telescopes like people may bo good or bad it is necessary that tho surveyor he provided only with wood ones if he is to make accurate maps in connection with the work- of nap ping our dominion carried on by the topographical survey department of the interior physical testing labora- tory is maintained at ottawa where among other things the telescope of the old town 4heunreorsnremf6oftieforo they are accopted from the instrument makers the test la severe and tele scopes must rigidly meet the required specifications to pass by this means inferior instruments are at ones de tected and much expense and annoy ance is saved that would result from sending instruments with low grade telescopes into the held the old streols look familiar as i wander back today where my young teet used to stay the buildings old and crumbling were once- modern in their time to other eyes they are shabby but they seem not so in mine somehow a faded blory almost holy too it seems surrounds the little village where ive dreamed my ohllaish dreams its good to seo the old place alter wandering all these years but why the lonesome feeling and those softly falling tears there sweeps oer rae a sadness that i cannot quite explain it leaves me vainly yearning for the good old days again i watch tho little children romp and play and laugh and shout and x fool strangrelyaged with these younstor ones about where are tho dear old faces ot the folks i laved so well ah long ago theyvescattered where or whence i cannot tell dryeyed again i wander through the wide world up and down but when i dlo just take me to that little old home town for there im sure tho angels have reserved a placo for me knowing how much i love it its my old home town you seel cathcrlno elizabeth hanson school trustees eighty tears ago vast week i gave you some of my recollections of the school toasters at acton school for the post sixtythree years i believe you older folks would enjoy seolng a list of the school trustees of tho early days i am for tunately able to gro back for eighty years in securing the names of tbe trustees about fifty years ago mr charles sidney smith who had been secretary of the trustee board kindly gave me on old minute book which hod- been for a loner time in his custody he said it wasnt worth any- all instruoents intended to bejisodby ihlngtoanybodyttratljenoworsbot in these old mlnuto many items of interest may bo gleaned on october 20th 1851 this memo appears received this day from rev d frasor school superintendent for bsquealng 10 7s id john kofi gate treasurer moved by duncan kennedy second ed by alex grant that tho pnrontfl or guardians of each scholar shnll pay for each scholar sent to school llio sum of two ehillliusand sljc pencn jortluartetrih addition to thoallow- ence now granted on january 3rd 1852 jlachlan mc donald was onragod as teacher for the year at a salary of soventyflvo poundsrenrrency the following year john dewar was engaged as teacher at a salary of sixtyfive pounds currency mr dewar afterward completed hlsicourso at tho lav school was called to tbe bar and about 1865 was appointed county crown attorney of halton which office he held until his death in 1857 james broley was appointed teacher he afterwards became a methodist minister and later married maria matthews daughter ot the late abraham matthews in 1808 at tho annual meeting it was moved by capt allan seconded by p h oorrlglh that there be only one teacher employed during the year and that the monitorial system be adopted carried this was the year of the fenian raid the trustees must have been conserving flnanoos in view ot what might ocour and of which many wore fearful on july 10th 1887 this receipt ap pears received froiri p hcorri- glll treasurer the sum of 13 50 for six cords of beech and maple body wood ot 1260 per cord joseph al lan thp noxt year ttobert johnston sup plied i curds of wood at 3276 per cord in 1870 john mokep rpoolypd 1100 for four window rollers and 28 cents for fourteen yards of cord in november of that year rlohard hamilton completed his contract for the building of the now woodshed and closets and received 1180 for material and work- on the 3rd of january 1873 i find this interesting resolution which will nd doubt interest the teachers of tor days moved by w h storey seconded by joseph- uigby that miss ann jane bui be engaged us toucher of the in termediate department at a salary of two hundred dollars 120000 and miss harriet speight be engaged is teacher of the juvenile deportment at a salary of one hundred a eighty dollnrst18vtro htieneth rapidly following un opera tlon for appendicitis fit nm11 0 the first advertisement f in this day when millions of dol lars ore spent eaoh month for adver tising various products it is tntereif- ing to know that the art of publicity started in a very- simple manner back in ims appeared in a london publication known as the moderate a little advertisement which invealt- gators tell us is the first known one recorded for which money was charged it was the initial effort to interest others in something through printed word this little adver tisement was inserted by a man who bad lost a horse andread as follows reader thou art entreated to la- squire after a blackish and kind of pie bald nag very poor hist face feet and flank white and a little white tip on his tail he wasjsjojenfcoingrasi from johnhotlierham of barnet in hertfordshire whosoever will in quire find him out and bring of send tidings of him ball have what con- r tent they will forthelr pains this nrst advertisement brought re sults for in a t eif days the horse was ideated by a person several miles rfrom tho point wher the animal w 18efcaloc grant dhrirmmr las -uudem- the glory udoii spread ana hall thomas moore and jacob it was not long before vart ous tjbl- snyder raelrior ness houses was hatvtng 1 vertisements inserted in the msga- zlnes of the day however when the art of publicity llret started business men- thought it was a confession j allure to have their advertisements printed k w o as an english doctor sees it i dr charles porter medical officer of health for merlebone speaking on prohibition in america before an aud- tence in norwlck england declared a full months tour in which he investi gated methods of public health ad ministration convinced him of the benefits of prohibition in america dr porter said tbe customs officer rvho met him on the deck amelled very strongly of alcohol but because the hrjt individual he met in new york had been drinking did not convince him that prohibition was a failure you might as well say coat because bernard shaw ha written a play or two shakespeare wan a- failure he declared that everybody he nut in america had e kind word to say about prohibition the first thins they said he reported was we are joiygjadtpfee atbe saloons anyway ff i liked to have it x was welcome i didnt know then that id bo here for forty years after mr smith but ive boon spared through all the years and itjeluiliayspriaocl tho old book ot records and i am very glad indeed that i have the bopk emd am able to give the people of oda the names of the good mon and true who stood for educational opportunities for the boys and girls away back there from j845 onward 1845 john burns was chairman the names of tbe other members are not given r 1840 alexander grant chairman duncan kennedy sr thomas burn and robert swan 1847 malcolm kennedy chairman samuel smiths alex drant duncan kennedy and robert swan 1548 kenneth cameron chairman asa hall alex grant nndduncan kennedy 1840 james cameron chairman asa hall alex grsuit and duncan kennedy 1850 john holgato chairman james cameron asa hall ahd alex grant 1861 rufus adanja chairman angus kennedy john holgate and jarnes7cameron 18621 asa hall chairman jacob snyder- james cameron and angus kennedy v 1863 charles davidson chairman xjadhlan mcdonald jacob snyder and thomas moors sr this bdardevldently held offlqe for two years mr cnmijbel stoen happoned with a painful accident one day recently while drawing sawdust in some man ner the sleigh upset in tho mlxup ho sustained a badly sprained log and us a result is confined to his houec mr and mrs h f plnkey loth line entertained nearly one hundred of their friends and neighbors to social evening on thursday evening february 2 ft being their- seventh veddlng anniversary advocate georgetown on july 6th 1876 the following res olution is recorded moved by alex kennedy seconded by joseph iasby that c s smith be authorise to tander to mrr robert ldttlo and mr john foanord the thanks of tho school board for their valuable present to tbe school of an eightday clock carried atftbe annual meeting of tho board on january 3rd 1878 i find this rather interesting motion in view of the conditions prevailing today moved by c s smith seconded by itlchard hamilton that we gdve the euro of 3000 towards the replenishing of tho acton school library and that it be a condition that no works of notion ba purchased carried there i think you will ttgreo that hiave given you a pretty full column of information of doings in and about the old school and of the men who did jtem old new8 is no news when a large sort of a southern city jws burned there was great excite ment in all that part ot the state zhn yicksburg jackson meridian and memphis newspaper men hootso- ed to the scene only rn- the unburod office of a local weekly was there mr and mrs w wilson wero at humllton last week tondlng fho funer al of the late rev dr scanlon mrs morton of leicester england who is upending tho winterin ontario visited tho allsacti young for a few- days mr arthur oj who under- wont an operation at christie street hospital toronto last week is im proving nicely mlsa k jryan returned homo from toronto en monday and is great ly improved in health her tntuty frionds wcra pleased to see her down town on tueeday miss annie ryan returned homo from montreal on sunday where she was called last week on account of the serious illness of her nephow dalton ryan the sunday school classes of tmrs h p lawaon and mr ross cameron onjoyed a toboggan party on tuesday evening after which thoy were en tertained at the manse by rov and mrs maclean j an old georgetown boy in tho per son of isaac sullivant is now mayor of medicine hat he was cleotod by a good majority over his two oppo nents in thereeent municipal elections in that thriving western city mr bulllvant is a son of the late thomas bulllvant about 70 members of kncix church guild held a alolshing party to tho iiomc pf mr and mrs alex hume on tho 6th lino on monday evening do- llaioua refreshments and a good pro gramme combined to make a most en joyable evening mrs w n hutt southern pines n c has been a guest at tho homo of mrs h w kennedy during the woek mrs httt is the editor of the womens department of tho pro- srrosstve- farmer the most widely circulated farm journal in the united states herald as honoring her son perhaps the first person to bellovo in the genius of robert iauis steven son was his mother she wae de votedly attached to him throughout hlu life and realized his valuo to tho world long bqforo the world gave lilm a hearing it was her lot to mourn his death but she was comforted in her trouble by tho sympathy of two nations some time afterhls death n great memorial meeting was held in edin burgh tor his mother suys the author of stevensons kdlnburgh days it was a gala day- she start ed for music hall not too early feeling sure of a seat with a reserved ticket in her hand she had declined to sit on the platform and preferred to bo awarded medal by radio nothing smarter the cape model is one of the jnost delightful variations of the straight- line dress as pictured here t is developed in figured jersey trimmed with velvet the cape swings jaumlily from the shoulders and may be omit ted if ptdf erred buttons begin at the youthful little collar and extend all the way to the hem of the dress said hem extending onlyja few inches be low the knees- medium siae requires 4 yards 54inch materia with tyi yard 40uich satin for the lining of the cape baltinafad tho death of 2jr george f yemen in his 87th- year occurred at the borne of hlsdaughter mrs j g reed jmun- son alberta last month the deceas ed had been bund for tho past twelvo years but had been very patient under his affliction the lato mr ye men spent molt of his life on his form lot 3l con 8 in the townebip of esquesing in the year 1872 he married annie coke of erin who passed away in 1904 about 20 years ago i neighbor and friends were grieved to hear of his departure- to theodore sank a daughter wrs rev c franapton bessie of theodore and two sons john and peter predeceased him a few years ago tho latter had been stationed as a missionary amongst the foreign pop ulation at inslngerv sask at the time ot his death xho following sons and daughters suryive mrs j g reed munson alberta mrs t holiday of theodore sask george of alctsee sask mrs david giendlnning tor onto joseph of hespelcr and oatra peter cole of balllnafad residing on tho yemen hopacstead milton wises of chronic disease ejrom alcohol 1 sermon m harvard was informer nf medfeaj- caureruu 5f- thnt they conld not find oases of clrr- xtosib- of the liver to teach with tuberculosis particularly oftho liirtgs drtorter found to be diminish lng at a moat extraordinary rate irl the united states and he ion m that v prtloinatralcethtdaim6njhon very i largely to prohibition blr george palsh presiding said the people of great britain are watching prohibition in the united states with something more than interest bemev lng that ir america makes good in that nutter the movement wlllsprtead to sll other nations economy 1 k a now moid was being engaged i can you be left to run the whole -t- house in case of nsjeoir asked the l prospective omployer of the appllcant- 1 oh yes miiml ws the reply i am used to thatl v tand another thlnsr continued the l mistresq the maid 1 have must be very economical ym t y oh im vry muohthntwsy mum i my last mistress discharged me for that very reason moral what asked the lady in astonish- nam discharged you for being too epotjomicalt 4 ntlim answmed the applicant who by tbe way was not engaged y this tme i used to wear iter clothes r to ve v v 1868 jacob snyder chairman ab ram matthews asa hall and thomas atfoore 1867 rev john mclacnlan chair man dr mcgarvin abram matthews nd thomas moore 1868 jacob snyder chairman thomas marshall br mcgarvin and abram matthews 1868 duncan kennedy mr choir roan sidney smith or mcgarvin and thomas marshall 1880 capt william allan chair- man dr mcgorvh thomas davidson and tjiomaa moore 1881 capt wlhiam allan chair man charles t hill s b johnson and duncan kennedy 1882 john spelftut ciwirmad robert kennedy charles t hill sad s b johnson i83 william allan chairman dr mcgarvin robert kennedy and chas t hill 1864 charles symon chairman tiharloo t hill dr mooarvln and itobert kennedy 1861 asa hall chairman- james cameron charles symon and charles t hill ia66o nimlrman joint speiglit james caineron and charles symoo peace and contentment wjien the paper appeared tho next day it was eagerl scanned by jfebfl ii i- i 1 1 as s tlisk aiinuiblnn urn at knknaonniairl fiir yem arid vlsuors but no mention of tho fire was in it th place of honnr venh to a light between two deckhands en a river steamer rjqok ahere hiram saijd a aub- tctibario the editor when ore you- all gplsg t lvo us something about thsarey why henry rooiled the editor i dwt raokon say oyojng about t- bvtry mw woman chwd and dog in this town avows f therp was a are saw th flr d was at the arc and i reckon uiyp pfumb jired gt what vm printing la nw l4 0v is something nobody knowa anything about until he reads the paper and finds out r i gentle hints cjn the nsdjcalslile he found fewer lge7 t d clialrman charles symon john snriathf nr 1 and elsewhere 1868 asa hall chairman w h storey james cameron john speight w8 charles aymon cfj-i-n- fwlllhrm- grant tv h 9iory asa hall v j870 w h storey ohannj gharjeasymon wm gnmr arid asa htnll 1871 dr mcgarvin chairman w jt storey wm qninl and charles symon 1172 jbflf snyder chulrman dun can dennedy w tt storey william grant 1873john speight chairman w h storoy and william grant 374 bdward moore chairman john speight richard hamilton joseph istsby c 8 smllh alexander kpnnedy t in 1874 tho membership or the board was inorenned td six membera 1816 robert ulttle chairman ed ward moore alexander kennedy luehard hamilton joseph lnswy b c 3mltl v 1878 jbdward moore chairman alex kennedy richard hamilton joseph lasby c 8 smith and ell snyder 1877 alex konnedy chairman bdword moore horace j moll jill snyder c 3 bmlab odd josoiih las by 1878 james matthews ctiomrmdn horace j hall el snyder edward moore w ttstorey asd joheph tern- lr the school of experience charges most for us night courses tfo stolid work was ever dono by a buuj tookp fpr a spft placo msuiy i rog vw rr bot bod tung trying to t hut woy n tho honeymoon ave cant blame a man who isadv u dogs life ifljle growls it frequently rains ou the ustbfc otose-the- nrrjusmias carried off his umbrella ilesllovi matrorertfrwlnnlpegrwno liua been vlsltlnat his unole johnb armstrong murtin st returned homq last week 8t patileks day march 17th to the day of the nnnuol baxaur of knox church ladies aid the first carload of anthracite coal ta arrive in muton since the big oaal strike stopped shipments last fall was received last wednesday by messrs blaln hnnnunt it was chestnut slxe cerald t murdochs brick house on woodward ave has been sold to cf downs ot trafalgar mr murdoch rernovod to ford city about a month age the annual meotlne of john milton chapter i o d e- was held at the homo of mrs b b yates on friday last the following- offjeem were elect ed for the ensuing year hon regent mr rev j c willmott regent mrs m k oowlandi 1st vloerogont mrs ri ptolmoy 2nd viceregent mrs j p book secretary mrs j uccullum assistant secretory mrs 0 dawson treasurer mrs r m clements educational secretory mlas a blaln echoes secretary miss mof fat standard bearerwmr c b turner tlio mock parliament of the young peoples league of st puuua church milton v ifold on monday march 8 a bill to provide for the docponlng of tho waterways to he hcud of the qrofat jfkcs for oceaa traffic was in troduced by the pipmler hon o mochubt and euppcrted by the gov orrrrnopt mombern hon clarenco a simple v the audience the crowd was beyond her expecta tions mrs stevenson urrived to find every paswiiro blooked and a surging mass st the muln entrance clamoring for admittance sho feared that sho with them would be turned away hut as a for- lorn hope sho appoaledtct o-police- man t its nae use its fnhe said re set ve seats were laen an hour ago by folks that had nae tickets and thoy wnuldna gan out i must get an cried mrs stevon- son roused out of her usual calm ive a right to get in i am robert louis stevensons mother aye youve the best right- the polcemen replied and turning to the crowd he cried mak way there she maun get in shes ronbert louiss mltner people who had thought themselves packed too tlehtly to move somehow packed tighter and let mrs stevenson squeexe past breathless hustled and for once with her mantle and bonnet a little awy much agalnathcr will the crowd mshedjier to the platform there sho hastened to take a back seat and a few minutes later sho heard tho ora tor of the day lord rosebcry say with an emphasis which the audience well understood his mother is here cvs choice a fair arrangement no subje could bo m on which uncto israstua had not some- tbing to say and in many matters lio had a largo experience no suh 1 don approve ob duels he said to ono of the summer residents who doligbted in hearing huntalir oh yas suh ia fought a- duel once yas suh wid a trifling yaller man about a gal yas suh we war bound to marry do same one we fought dat duol out in de road sari in a lonely spot an we didnt experience no shotb on do pusson not either ob ua but we brought down a fine cow suh dat was watching de affair from a medder ovah do fence so gustos he paid fo tho cow suh an he done tuk do sal an is stayed single an kep clar ob duels de rest ob my life clearing auction sale cyrus fettlnslll made brooms for a living and esrn hosklns kept a in the town where both of them lived cy cante in with a load of brooms and teen dickering began ft ezra i want to sell you these here brooms all right cy ilf take them i dont want any store pay con tinued cy 1 want cash for thero after a thoughtful pause ezra said i tell you what til do cy hi give yotthulf cash end half trade cy pulled a straw out of one of tho brooms and looked at it as if for in spiration i guess thatll bp all right ho said at last after esra bad put the brooms in their place in the store he said heros your money cy now what do you want in trade cys shrewd glance swept over tho misceuaneous stock of the store well eara said he if its all tho same to you til take brooms for the first time in the historyot the world the awacrd of a medal fqr life-saving- was made over tho radio when on the night of feb ruary 17th sir benry thornton president of the canadian national bali ways speaking from cneo ottawa presented the medal of the royal bumane society to mrs k g polyblank wife of a civil engineer in fter service of the company mrs polyblank was in her home at obrien in tho northern part of quebec arovince and as sir henry thornton in ottawa reached the appropriate moment in his address the medal was banded to mrs polyblank who with a number of friends listened to the srlrtrrm through a receiving set installed in her home r i the deed for whlchvthe award was made took place til long lac ontariorinthe sumrneiroi 1925 mrs polyblank pluhjg overboard frora a motor boat to save the young child of friend who had slipped over tho side mrs polyblank swam to tho child maintaining it afloat divest- i ed herself of clinging clothing and calmly awaited the arrival of rescuers being praqticilly exhausted when reached n the photograph shows 2mrs polvblanle in iter homejturt after she- r ha been presented with tho medal i foolscap paper farm stock mptl mplsmsnts short- herns yorkshires oxfords 8ed grain and certified potatoes the opposition woe represented by jmif t- ipttriirn msirtiwar the other bill a tax r be levied on all unmarried men over 25 years of age sponsored by hon harold fay and hon elslo stewart was opposed by russel smith and w bousfleld miss mabel peddle tho progressive leader spoke from a progroaslve point of view champion burlington bo thomas has returned homo 4 pj jw rtu of pearly five years gh thy pijolflq cjast am tyestpff canada ftkpff manj ohniigtsb in his rrfd home town rev fred dyson who mteently rj- slgncd as pastor of the baptist churoh hortc lias received a unanimous call to the ftrst baptist church at essex ontario anot will assume his new du- ales at once onvvednesday night thieves gained entrance to mr george busha harness shop by removing a couple of pones of glass at the rear of the building the thief also endeavored to break into dingles butcher shop next door but wop unsuccessful itifrderi cottage pearl street was 3a44w 8eijrtoprrybirtherinr tt rruhpiialnlf sfajsjnntr in of it- italtrlw tho underaiffned havo been instruct- 0v by c 0 swackhameft to bdl by pubhq aucuon ot hla farpi lot 32 third lino eaqucslner l miles north of acton on tuesday march 10 at 12 30 oclock sharp tho following horsejs boy mare s years agrl- cutturhlby bilron creighton boy more 6 years agricultural by baron crslshton provyn more 8 years heavy hy n bwyfjorw 13 years heavy draft y sir waueri j3rolionriy en rn w rr colt got by bo wiitun shorxhorn8 the herd aire burnirfe sun1595j3 jilt 89th imp s167141 ufc at footj mary anne of lanacastcr gttth 182945 spring grove dorothy 175388 iiay iorothy 43rd 198645 jilt 30tli 173263 mary anne of lan caster 59th f92g39 jilt 31st 20640 lady dorothy 44th 208- 441 jilt 32nd 82af8 mary anno of lancaster uotti 212577 lody dorothy 45th 212676 vanity am 172632 colly nie lady 3 younff bulla 1 bed cow fresh 4 weeks red and white cow due time of salo jersey in anothei mans 8hoe3- in announcing the man chosen tq succeed tho late samuel oompers as head of the american federation ot xaborraiopular maarasine used the beadllne he fills gompera shoes it la to be hoped that atatomont will be verified but it 4a as yet too early to say for it la one thing to stand in a mans shoes aadanother to fill them you young people are getting ready to take places of honor and responal- biuty tbe present incumbents must ejvo them up and pass on the ranka at statemen inventors poets painters business ieadore and professionals men must he- recruited from your numhers already the blflt four of fhejffeneraja with the american expeditionary fvioes in tho world war have been retlted and their places taken fey other men as the years pass you will all find yourselves holdmnv positions ottiers had before you some of themfill entail heavy responsibilities in- tht case of sbme of you your succesw or failure will be vital to multitudes of your fellow men i make up your mind that you are not only going to stand in anothers shoa but that yob are goinff to fill tbera everyone knows what foolscap paper la but n6t evoryono knows why it wua so called an exchange ven tures to remark that nof one in u hundretl who dally use it can answer tho question the following will tell you how tho term originated when ollvei from well become pro tector after tlio execution of qbarles l he caused the stamps of tlio cap of liberty to bo placed upon tho paper used by l tho english x government soon after tho restoration of charles jlrbavl n occasion to write some of tills government paper was brought to him on looking ut it and discovering the htamp ho inquired tlio meaning of it and on doing told tie9ttrd- tace it away i hovo nothing to do with a fools cap tho term foolscap hni since boon appllod to certain size of writing puuer morning star he didnt know t a clergyman met a parlbldoner of dissolute hawta i was surprised but very pleased o eeo you at tho prayer meeting last night ho said t so thats whoro i was roplled tho wo purafasea sej at the store- just around the corner fresh every 7 mcuns tliat our packets ore put up ospoclauysor the season in wbloh they are sold wo do not ssnr out packet asocon tlmo when you buy a packet pf ferrys seeds you can be sure tnat the seeds wll bo of satisfactory vitality and will produce good result buy fellys seeds d m ferry 4v co 3 mi internal and external pains a are promptjy rolivd by db thomas cclectrscoil aatorstlb a testihonml that 81 inuaatnous otlaative ouaii 1 year teevs i if there is any of the tiog in a man the bristles will soon begin to show when ho travels r j a viiodern magaslne la a small body it reading matter surrounded by an saoaaa of advertisements- only msao ibossom and a veflf tfl mm at that with a bit of srlrs jtrther will make a tan dollar ftsi- whom did thev auspectt t an excursion party from a womans club had gqne to a rural part of the state km there was only one yen small lute lb the neighborhood some of tbe members liad to sleep in a neftrb farmnouae v everything was very simple al though- scrupulously clean and homo- like but there was naturnlly a lack of aoiine or thrflnxurlos of highpriced cttyn4a- ufimiai ssfpo and some of the ladles dlaoovsnad fat thero wero no jcfcya to tnslf feosas vff consulteo scrgeantanrriih tbat do4 woman was fjty fift- piisd why sho aajd wck dost uulfy lock our doom here and theres no oss here but yea but thon eh added as she icriitlnnsod ths lojldea caro- fnliy tlupptisr you know your own purtrpmt the livingston suvtr band of hamilton cave a high class musical programme at the benefit concert in njd otfjia burlington cltlseno bond in the town hall last wednesday evening on thursday lilghtchlckontljlovea pntdttvlsinoihe form of mr john a pettlt middle road and carried away about sixty chickens chlt flmlth was notified but as the thieves left no olue the- authorities havo very little to work on tho nelson protection society aro offering 110 for the capture ns conviction of the thieves ifvtff parliament opened at laague on prfy h the usual pomp and pjenile an de tails were carried out wthf luos batonoollared pages whll wtw unpl busy carrying telegrams elo- bv mr- somervllle acted as tiovernoroeners and delivered the bpeoch from the throne svhlcn was very interesting and brought forth much merriment times iloss segsworth proved to be a very efficient speaker of ifie bouse iteglnnlil fiherwood was clerk of the commons while albert oolman with his rnstlc untforni made a very good the uovortimont side was bonded by premier cecil wood whhe chris potherttlll was tho coder otjhf opneshlon ovrtd mlsa r v was icadortif the progress fat cow holfer year z calves yorkshires rnlrmount lass 36 103075 with h ilk this is a prisewinning sow thlrmouru xdxan 30th 110738 with s pigs 2 sows due march 0 3 sows due april 10 4 sows due in may 5 young sows bred herd sire 10 months bred by j k featherstoh 12 criunks- about 90 lbs oxfoitds 10 choice reg ewes and ihellocftalie 1 e iuj icowx 1g barred rock hens and 2 cockerels qbaijj and potaapobs 300 bus bifinor- yliits r w 1 1 n o x4 oats 40 c parley e bus mtswc siy mr- many good bills wero brought mtiy mf government and al- thnugtrt siaav tit tbpm mot defeat tho debate from ell aides wm yory-inter- i aetlgn and buin0rlsoaait g n piauk clark bns itiitcobhlsr loo bogs i9oye imdlements tafas8eyllaxria hinder f ft wood corn binder ooorlng mower 6 ft mstsseyharrls rake 10 ft cockshutt manure spread er mnsseyvhnrr in jaert drill- h llor totertsamflton cultivator 17 tooth blssell disc 1416 cockehutt corn cul tivator 2 row cockshutt riding plow beaver 2 furrow coclcshutt harrow 15 ft harrow 10- ft freury plow no 31 cockshutt plow no 5li steal roll er kleury turnip drill jwaois wagon ik in tire with box andlseat wagon 3 in tire bain sleighs top buggy cutter hand cutting boptr aot wsgon scales 0u0 lbs churn democrat hay rack turnip box grayel box stonoboat stock rack plg crate wagon tongue grindstone grain bagst forks shovels hoes neokyokes wllflelrwi s otla cream separator large alas hakness set braii mounted har- ncsni new sot brass mounted haroess complete sot plow harness set driv ing harness new set driving harness complete blankets robe tte no reserve a the proprietor is qivlng up yparmlntf tbbm8 all ugn of 110 0 and under cash over that amount tp months rrodu on approved joint notes durount for qush hay grain potatoes and fowl cash or catalogues apply to c b swockhnmer r r no i actonr r j kerr robt amos 1 auetloneera s3 noplace like home hi v mid pleasures and palaces though may wena i ndh the home merchant a much valued friend the mail orde catalogue wooes m ein vain f 01 to buy without seeing gives me a pain the homeurirelianrcreckt rivesieknowtf aji thewimiis oi lis vuhi iiiraua iiuuiyubvui tri nor rsluju friends and their wives his overalls wear like the buckskin of old his buttons aint brass if lie tells you theyre gold of jevery-cohhnuroty-he- the kids know the path to his heart j he boosts for the chapel the lodge and the school community uplift is ever his rule and even the football and bas ketball team looks kindly jm himjiii the athletic dreaijii id rather have jiiflat my elbow each day thu to deal witih some one furlongs away lets make the tiling mutual an stand by our friend theres no place like iiome for the money we spentf walt mason k j v i i ftftf rsw si f- ttt- i ta