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"December 1D15 THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE ifcViaVi'ii !^! SLEIGHS â€" SLEIGHS > Be sure that you get your next sleigh at \ i MCTAVISM'S > There are none better and few will give < the same service. EXPORTING FISH. D. McTavish - - Flesherton. t ' t , m i m \ m » r» â€" » w »«»'» w w -'W - m- , w \ m \\ <m ^\ 'm p 9 ii w y w â€" »->'il ^ Do Some of Your Xnva;^ buy- ^ 3^ ing With me. % -y Here is a Concise List of Gift Suggestions. ^ Piod^eiB Knives and Forks, (sets) Cut Glass Cieam and Siiffar KCts Teaspoons in sets Diitter Knives Dessertspoons Table Spoons ('urvicg sets PiciileiForks \ Toilet sets \ Ik'rry setts ^ Teaspoons An Assortment of. Japanese and Englisli China and many otlur itii J useful and acceptable Christmas Gifts. Would be very pleased to havo you call. F. W. DUNCAN .\utoinobiIe Skates Cold .Meat Forks Shaving ISruslies Hockey .S'ticks Fo:ket Knives Razor Strops Berry Spoons Haby Spoons Silverware Razors . Pucks "^ Hardware Merchant X FLESHERTON, Phone'SO r 2 TT ONT. ^ The Advance Office, i^lesherton Office Positions Guaranteed tKr Ciill»da n r.e.i€lili^ Sclnml ipf liilMili "o* jy L">H ro iipens fur eiiiiilliiiciit fur lliu '3« f^ Winter Term nn Moiiilny, .Ian. 'A, vj{ 5? OWKN SOUND, ONT. "%. 07? I'liexcelletl cuiimbh of Htudv,l<iiaiii- ^j 5j^«s», HIiorlhiiMtl iind Typewiilini/. 3^ %<^ (,'ivil Ht-rvice iiNil I'rt'imratory. I'>'%0 J2 dividual iuttruoiion . K Xm'^v cmi- j2 3^ni'cti(>ii Willi till) liest hiiniiiess ^% %^ liiiiisoH whii employ our (jinduutes. ^^ I irajiiii'oa iiioHt tiicceissful. It. «?will |)iiy yon to invcMtij^.iLc. Full 26 inforiiiatiuii freu. ^ C. A. FLEMING, F. C. A., 3!^ I'riiioipal. %g Secrulnry. y^ ONTARIO |S Tlio I'lriiinioii (jr>vciiiiiieiit gimroiitouH ' liniitlum lo Norilioni IUi'>iiit>KS ('i>llo«<', Ohoii 811111111, uiudnalca wlm |iiisk tlio t'ivil ScMvitr KxaiiiiiiiitiiiiiK in May and i Ni)i-fiill)or .Silarii's SnOU to 812(M», Aniliilioiis ycjiiii^' men and woiiii'ii, liav> ing alti'iuli'd lJi;{li HcluHil fur a year or more, ouijlit oaKily to pass these cxiimin (ition», after lakinx our Cmnmoreial and iSlunoKiapliio Course fir six or I'ijjlit iiiuntliH. Write for particulais to Nurtli- eni liusineHH ('ollon«, t-- .\. Kleminj;, I'liiicipal, or (>. D. Fleming, SeerolArc. F«ll term opeiiinK Se^il, Int. For Service ;0. I). FI-KMINO OWEN SOUND - I For .sorvico on I )t 12, con. !t, (>iipr«y, I one purebred Short lioni Bull. Terms 191.50. Aim) one iniro lircd VcJikHhire Hour, Tei'iiis St.lH). All aiiMiiiiitA miiat he paid to V\{V.\) TVI.KIt, Maiiauer, or <i. H. MI'KKK, Proprietor. I (Sep. j House and Lot for Sale Bull For Service 1 , ~ "7 ^^ I Corner lot oppoNiteJ the PreHhylerian """* ' church, house contRin* ft rooms and bath, ThnrntighbrtJ Shorihorn Bull. " Hill looniHnt (rullari, comnnt cialorii iiiiiilo, re«t Governor," No. rtri4<»8, for Korvice i goodwoll mid stnllo. For (erm.s apply Qon lot 27, con 14 Arten^utia. Terms- j on prnmiaos. fl..T()lor i,M»dt!fi, e;i for thoroualihredn.il mo. â€"MRH. 1!. H. WRIGHT -ALKX. (.'AHJU'THKRS. I Flestuuton. Wcstein Cnnada is l-'iiuliiit; a Gool . Market for Produet. Notable developments are laUiug place this fall in tlic Uttberles u! Western Canada. The annouuce- ment Is made by tbe Grand Trunk I'aclUc autborities that wbitellsb It now being sbipped in car lots from Lesser Slave F>ake in Northern Al- berta to Chicago. The construction of the Edmontou, Uunvegan, and British Columbia Hallway northward from the main line of the G. T. P. has made this lake accessible, and io its waters are great numbers of Bsh. Two companies have been formed to carry on the lishing in the lake, and the Canadian Expreus (Company h being called upon to supply special refrigerator care to take the fish tc Edmonton and thence by way of the Grand Trunk Pacihc to Winnipeg and by connecting lines to Chicago. A great distributing point for fresh fish, the Chicago market states that it cac take all the whiteflsh that can be sent from Western Canada, and the trans- portation companies, it is expected, will have to enlarge their arrange- ments next year to meet the growing traffic. Chicago is also taking from Canada large quantities of fresh Prince Kupert halibut, and the fish- ing industry is very brisk at the new Pacific Coast port. Over fifteen mil- lion pounds of Ush handled in the month of August was Prince Rupert's record. While the salmon end of the industry was the largest part of the business, halibut showed up well, with 2,106,400 pounds landed at this port. The salmon pack for the month represented 12,999,700 pounds of fish, representing at a modest valua- tion well on for three-quarters of a million dollars. Of the salmon catch, 4,060 hundredweight was used fresh or shipped fresh. There was about 223 hundredweight that was mild cured, while the remainder was canned. In the canning process, 14 3,- 527 cases were taken care of during August. There were 14,000 pounds of cod taken and used fresh, and flounders represented 1,000 pounds. FARMING IN SCHOOLS CALX'S MAGNATK. CHILDREN'S FAIRS ARK I'ROVINCJI AN I»1MENSE SUCCESS. I BIG WHEAT FIELDS. Some of Canada'!* Huge Western Farms lireaking Records. A farmer in the Letb bridge dis- trict figured early in the harvesting season that a reasonable estimate of bis wheat crop would be 2,500 bush- els. After be bad finished threshing he found that he bad underestimated the total yield by 2,580 bushels. Campl>ell & Son, prominent farm- ers of the Burdett district, have se- cured an average of 53 bushels from U40 acres, and they have juat loaded several cars of the crop, at a price to them of 83 cents. Thomas Judson, the well-known Taber farmer, has a yield of 65 bush- els to the acre from 50 acres. Joe Jolin of Retlaw had an average of 60 from 20 acres. Grain yields in the .Magrath dis- trict are breaking all previous re-, cords. From the reports coming in it is almost certain that the entire wheat crop of the district will aver-' age better than forty bushels to the acre. i The l)e.st yields reporlod thus far come from the well-known John I. Chipuian farm Just south of .Magrath. •Mr. Chipinun's wheal averaged slightly better than sixty l)ushel.s per acre, while his lield of barley made the Hiilendid average of 7 5 bushels. Probably the most remarkable nop IhreHhed Is that of Emil Klilcrt's. .Mr. Elilert was hailed out la.sl July and was awarded 35 per cent, hail insurance. With the long .'<|)ell of ideal growiiiK weather fol- lowing this disaster the grain took on new life and even ripened before tile frosts came. Mr. Klilert has juyV finished threHhint; this crop and obtained a 4 5-l)ushel average. Mr. Ehlert thinks that his entire crop would have gone better than 70 bush- els per acio had it not suffered .so seriously from the hall, â€" The Lolh-j biidge Daily Heiald. ' Didn't (iet n Job. Ill the earlier nineties Sir Macken- zie Howell was Kedcral -Minister of Trade and Commerce. Altliou;-;h verging closely on to eighty years of age, he took a trip on horse back through the Itockies and the famous Koolenay country. Arriving at ItovelstoKo '.'lie afternoon, he and his parly were rather iii(>d, bedraggled, and Uls'iabille after their long jour- ney, ("loing into a newspaper oUice, Sir Niackenzie presented an appear- ance more like that of a 'tramp printer," than a Cabinet Minister. Greeting the proprietor, the veteran Parliamentarian said that he was an "old hand at the case," and inquired If there was any chance for a job. The publisher, not recognizing his visitor, remarked In a kindly tone that things were rather quiet just then and that ho had no vacancy. Sir Mackenzie thanked him, and walked out. That evening, on learning that a Cabinet Minister was In the city, the newspaper proprietor looked up the party at the hotel, and could scarcely believe his eyes when he discovered who the supposed "tramp printer" was. The former Premier regarded the occurrence as a good joke, and frequently recalls the inci- dent as one of the most amusing in hiu public career. - Tbo Bishop of Huron, The Bishop of Huron (U. Wil- liams), who brought in the report of the Prayer Book Hevision Committee to the recent Synod in Toronto, is an Old Countryman who was educated at (!)xford liniversity, but who has lived in this country for some twenty- eight years, and has labored all that period in the one Diocc»e of Huron. The bishop has, it is said, figured as one of the leading figures in a novel which at one time had some vogue in this country, and the scene of which It laid In Stratford. The bishop Is an Evangelical Churchman. It is thought that one day ho will succeed to the archbishopric of the Province, a post for which his organ- izing ability would admirably fit him. Toiwgsters Take u Keen Interest in Their Exhibits and Are Roused to a Generous Rivalry Which Re- acts Favorably Upon the Farming Industry â€" .4 Typical Fair at Cau- niugton, Ont. RURAL school fairs are no longer regarded as novel- ties; they now form a re- gular part of the work of the district representatives, says Gordon Furrow in The Toronto Globe. A few years ago when these fairs were in the experimental stage many of the . farmers, the school trustees, and even the agricultural representative thought that the idea was a little premature. "How could mere school children hope to success- fully conduct a fair when the major- ity of the regular ones were barely holding their own." The ordinary country fairs, par- ticularly this year, are losing some of their popularity. The reason for this is not hard to explain. Too many ex- hibitions are almost entirely de- voted to horse racing. This form of sport, while appealing to many, does not suit the farming community as a whole. Again, many fairs give too much encouragement to the "profes- sional prize winners" â€" that Is men or women who make collections of dif- ferent prize-winning fowl, fruit, live stock, or even quilts, or who take a certain racehorse and enter it at all the different fairs in the neighbor- hood, the result being that the bulk of the prize money of that particular section goes to only a few men. Too many fairs encourage fancy instead of utility breeding. Most of the farming in Ontario is mixed. The people are interested in cows that are kept for their milking or beef qualities, or both; in poultry that lay eggs and make good roast- ers, and in horses that work. The fairs, on the other hand, seem to have as many classes of exhibits as possible. Though only two or three breeds of cattle may be kept in the community, you will find classes for at least half a dozen. Poultry ex- hlt)lts show a surprising variety. Fancy fowl carry off more prizes than those strictly bred for utility purposes. It is not strange then to find the town fairs going back and the rural school fairs coming to the front. Rural school fairs wero established to encourage "l>ctter agriculture" among the children in the country Fchools, to teach the pupils the ad- wantages and disadvantages of dif- ferent grain and clover seeds, to show the results of better breeding of live stock arid the best methods of culti- vation of the soil. Have they done it? A trip to any of the school fairs would convince the most skeptical that they have. The method by which children of ten and twelve years have been taught what men of twenty are learning at agri- cultural colleges is very interesting. In the spring the District Uepre- Bentative visits the country schools. He gives them a general agricultural talk. Children are asked what ex- periments they wish to carry out. Some choose a few pounds of grain, some Uower seeds, and others decide to take a dozen "bred-to-lay" Barred Rock eggs. A few enterprising young farmers will train a colt or calf for the fair. This year pupils have also l.iken up the "war plot" idea. For this the pupil marks off a piece of ground one rod by two rods, and plants It in potatoes. The crop is either given direct to the Patriotic Fund, or the proceeds from the sale of it are handed over. The children do all the planting, cultivating, and harvesting of their plots. j Accurate reports are kept of all the W)rk. Are the children interested'.' JuBt watch them working in their plots and you will get the answer. According to the District Itepresenta- tlves, parents of the children state that "they cannot keep the boys and girls away fi ini their experiments. A few (lays ago the writer was an Interested visitor at the second an- nual Cannington Uural School Fair, held under the direction of District Itepresentative it. M. Tipper and A. W. Sirett. The fair was held in a little park on the outskirts of the vil- lage. About 10 o'clock children and parents began to arrive. From then till 2 in the afternoon the clerk was kept busy handling the entries. The attendance by that time had reached nearly five hundred. ' The tables in the tent were soon covered with a great variety of ex- 'hibits. Nearly a hundred plates of splendid apples tempted you as you I entered. In spite of the lateness of the season there was a remarkably 'good display of flowers. Old fash- ioned sewing by the girls was placed opposite their brothers' handi- work with the jackknife. A strict watch was kept over the table oi home cooking. Next to the wall or. each side was a school exhibit con Bisting of many varieties of fruits, Qowers and vegetables, arranged verj attractively. An excellent display ol carrots, mangels, and grain was also on hand. Outside a row of chicken coops housed some very fine birds. There was no fancy fowl here. Big healthy poultr: which would be a credit to any farmer were the attraction. One lad was busily engaged in showing how easily his Angus calf could he handled. Perhaps the facts that impressed the stranger most were the business- like way in which the children handled their exhibits and the in- tense interest they displayed over the results of the judging, 'rhe effect ot these fairs will have on these future agriculturists cannot be estimated. The stimulus alone, outside the last- ing effect they will have, makes the trouble and expenses of conducting these gathering well worth while. Martin N. To<ld Is President of Lake Erie and .Northern. The town â€" beg pardon, the city â€" of Gait has, among other human be- ing products which have done her no small credit, grown at least two not-, able railroad men. W. B. Lanigan, of the C. P. R., is a great big traflic chief out West. Rides in bis private car, and has any num- l)€r of alert servetors on the Iron Iload to whom he says: "do this,' and they do It; and "don't do this," and they obey Just as blithely and beautifully. Martin N. Todd, the other man, has kept the noiseless tenor of his way, without the newspaper or the maga- zine paying him much attention. Not that Mr. N. Todd, in bis chosen field of railway work, has not achieved things scoring as high as the thingf scored for W. B. Lanigan; but be- cause Todd is modest and unob- trusive and never ranked as a past- graduate spell-binder and born hum- orist, while Lanigan â€" But, no mat- ter. The other day they made Martin N. Todd General Manager of the Lake Erie and Northern Railway â€" a cor- poration whose enterprise is as yet in the constructive stage and embraces a line of railway from Port Dover on Lake Erie toâ€" well, north as far as it can reasonably go. For the time being. Gait is the terminal, or, if you take in the announced fusion with the Gait, Preston, and Hespler road, of which Mr. Todd is the administra- tive head, you get to Belir; or again, if you include the Canadian Pacific Railway, with which are directly af- filiated these electric lines, you get a stretch which the reader is invited to figure out for himself. At any rate, Mr. Todd has become the controlling genius of the amalga- mation, which affords a straightaway trolley system from the country town of Waterloo to a charming lakeside resort and natural harbor, and inci- dentally links this country closer up with the rich coal fields of our trans- Erie neighbors. The L. E. and N. is to be completed with a rush and elec- trified â€" so as to be in operation for freight and passengers by the oncom- ing fall and is expected to fill the proverbial long felt want and to be an all round winner. Mr. N. Todd is the son of a father who had big visions in all his under- takings, and of wbicji one was the swinging of Gait and Preston Street Railway, many years ago. The then primitive concern has developed into a fine substantial, profit-yielding ser- vice, the status of which may I>e8t be understood when it is known that the American Official Hallway Guide Sives the G. P. and H. rank among the steam railroads of the continent, an honor enjoyed by no other electric line in the country. President Todd has done well with the legacy of a progressive sire. The C. P, R. relationship of the road em- phasizes this. He must needs t>e a capable man and pusher for that is the only sort of men the great C. P. R. takes on its managerial list. TRICOLOR OF FRANCE. Firct Adopted In 1794, It Fell and Rom Aoain In 1830. The French have iilwnys favored thai colors of red. white and blue, and throughout thi ir history red banners, white plumes ;iud blue scarfs bava been largely used In connection with royalty and the arm.v. The French natlonnl flag, the tricolor, however, whiih combines the throe popular colors of France, is compara- tively modern. The flag was first adopted about 1794. A decree was is- sued which g.nve to nil flags a knot ot tricolor ribbons at the top of the staff, and later the red. white and blue de- sign was cho^^en for the national flag. Some years alter it was abolished for the white flag ot France made famous by Henry IV., and It was not until 1S30 that the tricolor came Info Its own again. Since then the flag has beeu the national banner ot France. j The divisions on the tricolor are not all the same size. The red occupies the largest space, the blue Is slightly smaller than the red, and the white is the narrowest stripe of the three. The space occupied by the colors has been scientifically worked out in order to make the flag visible at long distances, a necessary asset for naval purposes. The tricolor forms the base of nearly every flag connected with the army, navy and merchant service of France. The president's flag consists of the tri- color, with his Initials in gold worked into the white stripe.â€" London Stand- ard. S.AVED THE LEG. Sir Sum Hughe»' .Mulber Refused to Let U|H.-ratiou (io On. "Brother Jim left out the most in- teresting part of the story," said Sir Sam Hughes the other day, discuss- ing a story which appeared recently concerning the bravery with which he underwent an operation to his leg when a youngster. "Of course I was brave. I didnf know any better," remarked the Minister of Militia. "But the best part of the story was about mother. You know they were really going to cut off my leg, and the doctors kept the door of my room locked while they were preparing for the opera- tion. Presently there came a bang- ing and kicking at the door. It was mother. "Let me in! Let me inl' she was crying. The doctor, a gruff old surgeon, said to his assistant: "Don't take any notice of her.' But mother was so Insistent that at last the doctors were compelled to open the door to her. She came into the room, took one look at the case of surgical instruments, and then kick- ed them all over the rooiu. 'You're not going to cut my t)oy's leg off,' ahe exclaimed. I would rather see him in the little ciiurchyard yonder.' Mother had her way. The leg was al- lowed to stay." "Get-Uich-Quick Wallingford, who was he?" asked Sir Sam the other day of his staff when the conversation had turned to fiction. An officer un- dertook to enlighten the Minister of Militia. "I haven't read a story since I was a boy," exclaimed the general. "1 haven't had time siuce then. When I did read stories I always said to myself that if 1 couldnt' write a t)et- ter one thau that I deserved to be shot." Life Story in Teeth. Camp dentists can almost tell a re- cruit's life-stor:' from his teeth. A military dental clinic of six chairs has been in operation at Niagara for several months, and during that time the mouths of 3,000 patients have been looked into. And the general conclusion from this inspection Is that the Canadian-born as a whole have better teeth thau those born in the British Isles, that ot Canatllan teeth those of city boys are the best, and those of rural recruits are shock- ingly bad. A volunteer dentist who has made a name for himself as a bard worker left for his home recently. He Is Dr. J. Teetzel of Barbados. Dr. Teet- zel, who is a brother of Mr. Justice Teetzel, heard In Barbados that vol- unteer dentists were wanted, cabled he was coming, and without waiting for an answer set out fo" Toronto. October Rwpberrics. On October 12th Mrs. Pears, of 200 Kglinton avenue. Toronto, picked enough raspberries from bushea In her garden to make a piece, and the following day she got enough for a iae«l, . " - , - .< <" ' The Dog Team. Now the modus operandi of a dog leaui l.s as follows: The leader and wheel dog are the whole wojUs on the l):'.sls of 75 to S.".'!. The leader start* etji. he stops 'cm, lie picks the trail. I'c turns 'em. When he walks, the rest do: when lie gallops, they giiUop. All the wheel dog does is to guide f.ie nose of the sli-d, materially assisted by the driver. The rest of the team merely pull and yelp. From which follows that a good lead- er is a very desirable thing to have and a poor leader is worse I ban use- less. The driver, at the handlebars, is often thirty feet from the leader, the dogs being driven tandem and con- trolled by word of mouth and a whip.â€" Outing. Garlic and Milk. The o«lor and flavor of garlic Is due, like the odor of rotten eggs, to sul- l)hur compounds. Garlic is a member of the onion family, grows in pastures, cultivatetl fields and even tn the woods. Garlic is a bad pest on any farm, but Is exceptionally so on a dairy farm because of the strong flavor It gives to the milk. A temporary expedient is to keep the cows off the iufesteil pasture at least four hours before milkiug. This will greatly reduce the bad flavor. Theik if the milk stands nt least four hours, the flavor may disappear altogether.â€" Farm and l-"ireslde. A Terrific Conflict. Caller -By the way your husbainl Is- carrying mi in the ne.\t ro;>r.i lie must bo rehearsing one of liis liea\iest roles. .Vctor's Wile-Uear. no! He Is having a frightful nuMital struggle. He wants to have the baby's jilctures taken, and if wo do some of his own will have to- come down â€" Pittsliuigli i'ress. .r.diii Hearst, brothep of the premier of Ontario, passed iway at Sault Ste. Marie ^Saturday morninjr, foUowlns; an oper:viion tor apendieitis. Four Hanibura-American oflicials in New York were ssnt to prison tor Irans- i;re';'-in.; thi< laws of neutrality. Columbia Grafonolas Records, Needles, Catalogues The Columbia is the perfect talkiug micliino. Compare all others, then hear this and we aie not afraid of the- rcFult. We can sell machines oa easy terms to responsible people. All tlio best appointed city homes- have their parlor machines aud there- is uo reason why the farmer should not have tlio best music of the day i«> his home, including band music, vocat artists, and performers on all kinds of instrument?. You can have it ou a Columbia Orafouola, as perfect as tb& original, aud for much less than yott would pay for u (.'ouimon Organ* They lango from $20 up. The Perfect Columbift Is a marvel of recording instrn- mcuts and the Columbia reoi'irds, made in Canada, embrace thousands of selections from which to choose. W. H. Thurston Agent Flesherton