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yksfeirtmi ^ ^ftiiana. TRUTH BEFORE FAVOE." â€" " PRINCIPLED MOT MEN.' •>, VOL. xxn, Nf 11?8 Fleshcrton, Ont., Xhursciay. April 23 i903 W. H. THURSTON, BDITOB PBOPBIETOB V For the Million We hnve an immense supply nf Watches j on li.uid including all tho bc^t makes such ; Mâ€" i • • Cb$ liamilton The Iwst watch mido "-o Jay. DUHBER-HAMPDEN NEW YORK STANDARD ELQIN. WALTHAn .... The above are all the best AmTican makes. Ill cheaper watiches we have Swiss watches in h >> vaiicty. Ynu can't inukti a mistake in coming here to select your watch. W. A. Armstrong. place here. A hearty welcome is extend- e>l to I hem. Mr. Jiihn Euylish, jr., lias moved to Adam Siiiitli's fariii on the 12th cun. Mr. Thus. HawkiiiH has t^ken up his residence on the H<>pps place. .Mrs. Edwin Larg-, who spent some time viciitii>|r her parents at the Eugeiiis H'liisB, lias isoiiH t • her homo at Sarnia. Mi.^s Norma McMuUeii of iho high cclioiil, Meaford , .spent Easter with her mother at E'i</eciia. Sir Oliver Howat Dead f-'.w Maxwell â- -, We aro plessed to rei>ort that Miss Einnear, who has been seriously ill, is favorably recovering. Mrs. John Kertoii is al«o recovering from her recent illness. A telegram from Buffalo last Friday re quest«d Mr. Robt. Heron to(;o and see his S'lD, Charlie, who, while recovering from an attack of inflammatory rheuma- tism, had taken a relapse. Mr. and Mrs. Heron both left Saturday morning Co see their sun in Buiialo. It is hoped that Charlie will soon be well again. Mr. Ed. Fleming Suudayed at home yesterday. Mr. Wayman Scutt spent Sunday with bii parents. Mr. and Mn. William/ Scutt desire through your paper to thank the many kind friends who have written them letters, and shown them so much sym- pathy in their sad bereavement throuijh the death of their much lamented daughter, Annie. Mr. Andrews, our school teacijer, has returned to his duties after takings week's VMcatioti. Vandcleur Miss M. Dounlaes spent Easter with friends in Proton. Mr. McCullyof St. Marys visited at John Boland's a short tune ago. Mr. John Shannon attende<l the fun- eral of his cousin at Mulmnr the week be- fore la-it. Mrs. De\ ins spent Easter week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Hutchison. Mr. M. Cou.sins of Weston also visited at the same place. Mr. Ben Buchanan spent a few days at his humu hijre last week. Miss Surah .lohnston, Epping, spent £aster with her parents. Mr. S. Douglas has secured work on a farm near Ilillaburg. Mrs Oatson, from Priceville, is visiting at S. tiilbert'A. Quite a number around hero have been tutving an attack of grippe. Eugenia Our people are discussiog railrond mat- ters at prcbuiit. They held a meeting the past week, appointing Mr. Peter Mun *ha>w as a delegate to rrpresent Euvtenia at Ottassa. As other places will be re- presented Eugenia must not pet behind in her own afiairs,but send the right man at this time. All aie very pleased tu have our p'p- ular youux leacbers back »fter chuir vaca- tion. The httlo folks over whom they preside are dolighrud to meet them auain. Mr. and Mrs. Sloan of Cbosley were visitors at Mr. Fenwiek's for a shori lime the P'Uit week. A great lire at Eu;jenia thiit weekt-(he re»u!t will be lots of gi<nd fresh lime next w««k. All will b« Rupplit^ who come. Mr.Samurl Osborne it rushinit basioes* ak hUshioKle mill at present. Ml. sad Mr*. Thomas McKee of Not- •awa Tilla|{e,hav« moved to Mr.M«ldruni's Sir Oliver -Mowat, Lieutenant Governor <if Ontario, passed away at the Govern- iiieiit hiiu.te on Sunday morning at the age of 83 years. Followina is a chronological synopsis of iniportani events in the de- ceased stjttej-nian's life : Born, Kingsti.n, July 22 1820. Bi'nan to study law 1837. Enlisted in force for suppression of rebellion 1837. CalUdtothebar 1841. Qanen's counsel 1846. Alderman in Toronto 1857 and 58. First elected to old Canadian parlia- ment 1857. Provincial secretary in Brown-Dorinn Government Auuust 1858. Postmaster-General in MacDoiiald- Dorion Government May 16. 1863. Postmaster-General in Codlilioii Gov- ernment June 30, 1874. Vice-Chancellor of Upper Canada November 14, 1864. Premier of Ontario October 31, 1872. Senator and Minister of Justice .July, 1897. Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario Nov- ember 18, 1897. The funeral took place to Mt. Pleasant cemetery yesterday. Honor Koits Honor roll of E i^unm public schiMil. Class 5â€" Daisy Smith, Charlie Smith. Class 4 sr. â€"Ida Usoorne, .\da Turner, Virgie McMuUen, Millie Mc.Mullen,Fred Smith. Cla8j"4 jr. â€" Alex. Fisher, Mabel Carr, Teiia V^illiams. Class 3 â€" {.Iwo'id Purvis, Lyda Genoe, Edna Williams, Carl Walker.Bertha Wil- li.'tms, Stanley Campbell. P. H . Bajx) bkow. JUMIOB DBPARTMBNT Sr. 2ndâ€" Selpna Hawkins, Clara Lati- mer, FVed Graham, Albert Sloan, Ruby Graham, Ettie Thonnpson. Jr. 2nd â€" Heroert Fisher, Jakie Sloan, Wefiley Plant, Katy Jamieson. Pt 2, sr.â€" Russel Parks, Walter Thomp- son. Renee Walker. Pt. 2, jr. â€" Russe McMuUen, Albert Williams. Pt. 1, sr. â€" Bbiie Armstrong, Freddie Plant, Wes. Armslror.g, Geo. Williams. May Parks. Willie Wilson. Pt. 1, jr â€" Laurie Fisher. A. F. RoBi^fsoN HcFARLAND, STAFFORD & CO. nARKDALE. ONT. Qrey Counfy's Biggest and Cheapest Store. .'â- ,. ^ Now Ready Mr. Fred Oliver, Meaford, was thrown nut of a rig at a C. P. R. crossing in Orangeville lasc fall. He sued the town and the company, but the ca8« has been settled out of court hy payment of $75 to Oliver, each of the defendants paying half, and their own costs. The Sugar Co. has settled with every farmer in full, and placed everything in good shape for busii.ess for another year. The canvassers report great success in securing acreauo so far, the majority of farmers beioi; anxious and willing to again grow beets. â€" Wiarton Canadian We have heard of unique express parcels, but the one sent fr<>m Shelburne 8talior4, on the expiess train, for the south, Monday evening last, certainly takes the cake. It was what you would call a horse of a parcel, both literally and and figuratively, and Ha destination is Brandon, Manitoba. The owner will just liave $43 expresa charges to pay, and it will fall to the express rompauy to see that the equine pulls through safe and sound. â€" Economist. Parson Sheldon, author of *'In His Steps," and a man who makes a speciality of believing in the inherent honesty of mankind, tells a good st<jry on himself. The other dsy a couple appeared at his house to be married. He performed the ceremony with due solemnity, and c.>n- gratulated the bride. Then lie olwerved the groom searcbinii through his pockets a bit humiliated and a.«ham«d. "I am afraid paison," ho said, "that I ain't got any money to pay you with." Then, after a moment of dei-p lhons;ht, looking cheerfully, he said, '"But I can't tell you how you csn lix your gas meter so it won't register. " llie Advance is requested to make note of the fact that the attempt which was made last year to secure colors fur the 3l8t reitiment, has not been abandon- ed, and another effort will be made to secure sufficeut subscriptions throiivhout the Country to cover the cost, which will probably be somewhere in the neighbor- hood of (200. Large subscriptiona are not expected. Smill sunis of 26 or 50c, with everybody taking a hand in, are more lo be desired. It is pointed oat that the 31st is the only r«ein)ent that d -es not own a set of colors, and the officers desire strongly that this st a should bo ramnved . Any donations lef^ at this office will be a«kuowIsdxed and forwaidsd to proper authoritUa. The price of cement has advanced re- cently, and a further advace appears certain in the near future. Cement which sold at $1.92 per barrel a year aeo, can- not be purchased for less than $2 36 to-day, a.id it is predicted by cement companies that within the next two weeks this price will have further increased by at least 20 per cent. The cause of the upward ten- dency is that the demand is fir in excess of the iupply. David Roberta of the 6th of Peel owns a cat called Thomat, of course, that has acquired a fume second only to Lord Roberts, the heroei of South Africa. Thomas, howeveirj did not have to sail to the land of the' itiacka to accomplish his deeds of hef'isni. He merely jumped into a. deep chop box in the stable and awaited the- aijcival of bis victims. Hav- ing found' oat that rats had the habit of jumping into this box every night for feed, the olJ cat popped in a little in ad- vance and as each rat took a header for its lunch Thomas despatched him and then rested until another came. In the niiirning when Mr. Iloberts went to the box thete was Tbomas lying across bis prey, 24 in number, trying to settle his nerves after the affray, by purring one of his sweetest melodies. As rigor mortis had already set in Mr. Roberts' only duty was to liberate the cat and inter the fallen. â€" Drayton .Advocate. At a etiiigofthe Thorold Board of Trade last month an in'aresting subject, which in son.e measure affect-s newspaper publishers, was threshed out. The ques- tion under rticussion wa-<, "What could be done to prevent the merch:ints of neighboring to >»iis and cities from cap- turing the trade of the locality ?" During the course of debate it cJtine to light that The Thnrold Po.'-t published 22 St.Cathar- ines advertisonieits and 18 Thorold ad- 1 vertisemoiits J. H. Tliomp on, the i editor, as in some measure placed on j defensive wheu he rose i.o speak. He had | been shown a paragraph in Hardwaie ' town i-ouiiiil â-  f Lachine in putting a tax and Metal, referring to the action of the oil outsid ' lU'.i nts and haiJ ho ii re- quested to advocate a siiuiliiir step in his p.p I Thi«, of course, o'.vinn to llio non support i>f the business men of his own town, be was unable lodn. In thin answer is t<> be f 'Und the great ai'uumcnt of put^ lishers for endeavoring to secure foreiifu advertising. ^^ 'leii, and oi.ly when, all the merchants of a lown are united in their euppo' t can the h)cal press be expect- ed to refuse out.-iide advertisements. Every department in our big store is now bristling with new goods and we are ready for the biggest kind of Spring trade. We regret that some of the Old Country imports were SO late in coming to hand this spring, but the fault wa.s not ours, and the ladies that have been patiently waiting will be amply repaid by securing the most handsome goods and best values ever ofifered in this store. A hop-skip-and-jump through some departments reveal these prices. They are suggestive of hundreds of others equal- ly as good. Dress Goods 10 shades in wool Covert Suiting (40 inches wide) comprising the new tints in grays, blues, browns, etc., special value at per yard 25 Two special falues in Black Gr6nadine,(44 inch wide) rich bright silky linish,in stripe and fancy floral design, equal in texture and tinish to what we have sold at one half more other seasons, extra value at 58c. and 89 Ten Dress Lengths of new handsome Flaked Suitings in all the new shades, a rich heavy cloth in bright satin tinish, very popular this season. They are good values at per suit length $4 90 and 5.00 All of the new shades in Flake Voile, handsome rich gauzv fabrics whijh give the new clinging effect to the skirts. This cloth is very popular and extra good value at the price, per yard 50 Wash Goods 25 patterns in 26 inch Gingham and Zepheyw, comprising plain tints and fancy stripe patterns in blues, pink.s, reds, grays, browns, etc., i<ood heavy weight aiid nice smooth tinish, the kind usually sold at lOo. Our price Oi 30 patterns in rich glossy sataews. full 32 inch wide, all the latest designs in stripes, splits and floral.s, handsome goods for summer dresses and the hrst value you will sea at this price, per yard jij 20 pieces in heavy twill sateen, navy and black ground with spot and stripe patterns,, easily Worth 15c. yard. Our price 12V 25 patterns in handsoini- colored muslins (imported direct) white ground with lovely floral designs ill new ci'lorin^js. Many of thein fancy cord and lace effect See these goods and compare them with what yon see other stores at 15c. and 20c. yard. Our price only iq Wo have now on display the largest range of dress muslins ever known in this store and they are already selling fast. Beautiful white and colored dimities, taped organ- dies, lace orga'idies, linen organdies, silk stripes, crepu de-chene, mercerised lawns, mercerised white brocades, mercerised sateens, etc., and all at prices lower than you have been accustomed to pay. Prices run from 8fi to tJOc per yard. IVfcFapland, « Stafford « Sc Co. W. HOCKLEY W. HOCKLEY Proton Station Hirty Days' I Bargain Sales. Ri dy-to-WM ' th g 10 Tweed Suits, regular $8.60 and $9.00for $6 00 5 Tweed Suits, regular $6.00 for. . . 4 60 Meu's Fur Caps, Bell coiu-v, oniy 6 l-jft for '. 1 40 6 only Ladies' Caperines, regular price 84 for 2 75 Great reduction in Ladies' Cloth Coats. \ large as-sortnient of .Men's Pea Jackets »nd Heavy Ul.sters at rock bottom pricrs Men's Heavy all-wool guernseys at p^r suit 89cts 100 pairs Ladies' all-wool hose, very heavy at per pair 25c, The Markets. i^arefallv Vorrer ed Gaol* Vl>«li Oats i{8 -o Peas 60 o Wheat eS to Barley to I Butter . 17 'h 1 Eggs fresh 19 -..• I Pork 7 60 , to I Ohi«)(eua p»r pair. ... 86 k> I Ducks per pair 40 to Tuckeys per lb 15 h: Oaeae pat lb 10*0 Hay e 00 to Poutuas bag 7ii w- 28 60 60 45 17 10 50 60 AC 16 10 i UO Groceries A Specialty 5 lbs. Choice Japan Tea 5 lbs. Choice Black Tea Go.d salmon per can 3 I lis. scl.Rjtisins 6 1I.S. fre.sh Figs 3 lbs. Curonation biscuits 2 cans Cr"aent Baking powder F'ake<i Peaa. par packet 3 Buttles Extiacts Goiid Granulated Sugar 24 lbs Bniwn Sn.jar, 31 lbs Trinidad Sugar, 28 lbs 3 pUiijs Prince of WaUg Toha-300. . 3 plugs Brier Tobacco Come and inspect Our stock of Caipets You will find the prices right and the goods first class. .» « .*!! *V"' ^''«'"'°8 72 in. wide, on sale at 48 oent« prr var.1. 12 Mens Card igans, regular $1.60 for $1.10 each. Laige N'.w Stock of Sterling- Boots and Slrioes. iu8 iH'ii^ mum ^ fox* Sex* vice I 111- uuiit.rsiRniHl ha. a S:>4 ela.s ttaor«Mcl»- Th. iinitrr«H!nMi ha* » »«. tboreaithbrad lir.'.i Si >;•- Horn ooll. « jri. iH. for ihrvi'c la â€" u_.-.. .- . ._ . . .. ..... . J, J Ul't ; tkvr'.tHthhrc^!* Jm.'ob TncMrvV Torli.biiit boar (or MtTk*. «â-  lol 14, fifth .Ml- MO'". •- R. L. Arwu.aia. I'darirmi rn ^i^ Minlita, Artaaasla. Tmmss •!. 'yll-o'i'i T. uii •! tor *r*aM, »3 (or Wa.B'MOni I