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the georgetown herald wtcpnkkday eveg jan snd 1918 to youth after pain what if this year liaa given grief that tome year moat bring what i it liart your joyous yoatfa crippled yoar laughters wing yoail ways knew it wae ooming coming to all to yoo they always eaid tbeir was suffering now it is borne come through even if you have blnnderod evpnityou have ainned still is the steadfast arch of the sky and the healing veil of the wind old jail horrors when imprisonment for debt was the law of the land torture for its victims poor wretch unmblm to pay th trl- fl thoy owxj wro flung into prt- on to 8tarv to death unlaw ra- oued by charity or thair creditor in the early part or the lust century tliere was started an earnest effort to entirely qlwiibu or ot leaijtto rptfulatq i the tools ef quality keen kutter tools are in every cose made of the beat steel obtainable and sj made ythofohly expert toolniakers fltwijjiibppt yvhotohwof jhesejlswih t tnd wsipfeilitjtrthb quality v ry o iz t v trapping yonx heart again onlyyoor jieart cap pity now where ii laughed and pesesd- jnow yojrefin benrl to ootujorf njen psjithhemirft ssjatj- ton shahhseirsuyopf taughter- 4 sfoij khub ifek jrorrontip 1bwyv ulftif orld jfoi brothernoj rjiaff sbqlisbnri i j gave flltvinoc and she soon got back her strength new castle indwthe measles left me run down no appetite could not rest at night and i took a severe cold which settled on my lungs so i was unable to keep about my house- wu mydoctor advised me ro lake vinol and six bottles restored my health so i do all ray housework in cluding washing vinol is the best medicine i ever used alice record 437 so nth st- new castle ind we guarantee this wonderful cod liver and iron tonic vinol for all weak rundown nervous conditions l v hourigan towu also qthe best ontario towns druggist george- druggist in all the sad story of the struggle for life is frequently revealed in these war times even in this welltodo province hard enough to be poor etul worse to be sick and poor the lot of the consumptive is a spe cially trying one only recently a family was discovered living in two email rooms over a store at one time hey had occupied a comfortable home trot the father took sick- and had to jive up work with the savings all pone they were forced to sell the fur- stture to buy food when the man 9tbs found to be a consumptive this was the opportunity of the muskoka tree hospital to bring relief so that not only would the stricken husband have a winning chance for life but more desirable still the wife and chil il dren should be removed from danger ahl- sane for it is now reported that the patient of contracting the disease under ful guidance the home was cleaned up and the family temporarily provided is doing well with every chancer of recovery this is the great work carried on by the muskoka free hospital which is jjiow appealing for help 1 contributions may be sent to w j gage chairman 84 spadina avenue toronto or geo a held secretary- treasurer 223 college st toronto auction of farm stock the 4 undo rsis ned been instructed by dunoan sinclair to sell by iublio auction at lot 2 9th line erin on thur8day jany 17h 1918 at 1 oclock tbe following horses bay mare 11 yrs in fosl ray horse 8 yrs pereheron bay horse yrs heavy 2 spring colts pereheron cstile ileraey cow a yrs due feb 12j dnrnam cow 7 yrs calf at foot durham cow 8 yrs calf at foot gray cow 7 yrs dun tany 26 part dnrnam cow 0 yrs milking well part durham cow 7 yrai 5 fat cowa 2 eara 4 ateers 1 yr old 4 hellers 1 yr old 9 spring calves 6 calves 6 moe old 6 young calves bull i yr can be registered pigs young sow due 1st january s bad beehflio inhuman role thajt for tbo smallest debt possible to con- tract though it were- liut a ceot in vk0thc bod of tup oebtor wbeth r 1 man or woman would iw hinicd by 1 therwditor htf cqsjrinjiqjau ivkacitsear rjiorv wrpiftwsdlhwsi h droggag teti4nf he flaensauchj on what- were triirjr uuixi jsjutoi sxtfpuv opccuteuhiii lueijiruon vvulls lhay wore vyjiinfguw tn a jute- hpnler ftjnri thai whivji awjftcil wfsocrlmlunls mofuesernjhud ttibjifos- forkers pnij coniterfrltofs jwrj mrinrrtifla of til kinds were feck clothed -imdvatedtor- at tbe expense o tho itnrei ifiiffor tire uiibniipyinqn wiiojo only offense van iik inability ta puyu trifling smn pra fewvcuts m hii iinivitihii nivs made tbo food lluulv the slirala rbal covered him tbo iiicdlolne be tookr- nay the very rag he wrapped nlmut bis sores were provided ir provided at all by bis friends by the public or by some huntauo society tbe room in which be was confined with scores of other offenders was ut terly without rurulture of any sort in it were neither beds nor tables nor chairs nor so much as a bench or stool he sat oil the floor ate off the floor and at night lay to sleep on it like a dog and tbls misery be endured until he died or his debt was paid or his creditor relenaed him against tbls at length humanity re volted and la 1701 a change for tbe better was ordered it was stipulated that tbe inspector should provide fuel and blankets for such debtors as by reason of their dire property conld not set them and should mako an al lowance of 7 ceuts a day for food and charge tbls against tbe creditors if any creditor refused to pay after ten days notice his debtor was to be dis charged for tweutytwo years tbe communl- ty aeeiuihl lu huvu thought that this mild concession na nil that humanity required for no further change was made until 1814 then was passed the bread net under which each pris oner whose debt did not exceed 10 was entitled to a discharge after on imprisonment of thirty days from documents presented to tbe senate of new york in 1817 it appears that the keeper of tbe debtors jail id new york oily cert 1 nod that during 1810 1084 debtors were confined and that upward of o0 were always in tbe prison the sheriff of the county cer tified that 1120 verd imprisoned for debt under so thai of tbexe 720 owed less tban 2r nud bnr orcry ono of them would huro starred to denth but for tlretmslstinipb tn tins hnnwhe is- cicty one mnn remained it wnn noted in tbo new york jnll for three years who was only indebted to tho extent of tin before death ended his nilnery and during tbo entire time as foil by the flunuine aoclety another unfortunate hail been imprisoned six yearn and was supported by cjiaxjtv in tho face of such striking evidence the legisla ture of new york slute relented and in 1817 forbade tbe imprisonment of debtors for sums less tlinii f25 this led the way mid state after state fol lowed vhcn thajitw stotcs in the west framed their constitutions they order ed that no one sbonld he imprisoned for debt tho old statute was anally stricken from the laws of the eastern states until totlny none of our states has a inwrequlrlim that a debt la punishable by imprisonment unless it lias been contracted under some fraud- ulent misrepresentation philadelphia press kutttr ttollndiy ken ktwrwchft v mtammv widget ht pspeitf wjlge wfcicli jyjwnis tjt hcul vfiiff its- or svorfcirtg- y tadae baxpeneirivady fororf icaan ktittef tnulemark oqvtfni a com- pkrto line oftdol and cutlery soli by w q anfcbonyy georgetown ia good and bad flour can a ways be had ii you hunt aronnd for it for the first earned best flour made you are sure of setting it with every sack of flonr s ld here bad flour can be had without go tag to jail lor it but not from as be happy and wise and buy our good flour robert noble jbimited jstotitv a t olsttcvirio the haunting charm of hawaiian music tfawailan masic hap a equation that grpwi luten tqthe atraiijr- aobblha plajntitenesa- of voioei the all- y butliuroannote of the hawaiian gilitar an4 tha rhythnis throbbing of the niee in these ooiumbm ooubledlsc m records iibtlsbs werci rbootbrbd and you will feel the weird enchantment of night in the south sea islands h2 85c i iossi 85c i 85c aims 10 lad 85c aloha oe tootarlu hawaiian cooapaar hawaiian medley too pakrn hawallaa raaapiar maunakea hur h- cktik taaar ud otuoa kaala rotmrtkvnnbaijlaaaadocuaa et hauauidabua hahailaalaaaadfnak on the beach at wadn fraok fm ulalau ouac l y hourigan georgetown iob the home of good groceries o i i 0 we wish you every happiness during the coining year hi i i rid t grenfell aiithor explorer missionary will speak written by ca and from dead gtnnxasn this is the story of two lettasa that will reach canada shortly they bare each two bullet holes in them unspoken evidence of one of the wwb tragedies and they contain the last messages of a soldier of an on tirio battalion to two women be lieved to bo bla mother and bis sweetheart this soldlor with others wos sent out to make a sortie from our trenches in tho st laurent sec tor of tho line it may have boon be- causo of a premonition that strange clairvoyance so often encountered at the front or in pursuance of a cus tom before going out that this sol dier wrote two lottorn leaving lthon unowned tpr aubralsuph loterj tourt cjmxpjrv bio arnfef j 1 jrfni ibfo oioncv jfettfj solawrs graivo- ojit anaes whoreboblndthe drmah front lrnev a- few days irter be was reported missing it was decided to extend one of ou posts jn bat area twohuh- drpd yards along tbe trench in which the bnemya poatf were located thar dangerous task- ws given to tiro qutig pfflcori otan ontario battalion fbdwimtyiperiji this- uttmi party fondtlieenemyttaoch otnongfr ly hfefd pot in dayjlcbt wlthortalxjr artillery fiflp they ftlcsfd 8 great- it superior frco aad wajt down the reach t djsmnce bn th tw requlfodintbe eoyreo fond of boyprat caurttoriatcaks5bcth f omcersyere wounded wbileone of tholr men was killed and six others were wounded tjio aqemy sustained offsualtlea remarkably high even in bombing warfare the official record shows that tbo bodies of thirty dead ger- nia were removed from that nart of the tronch retained many others wero seen la j of the trench bombed but cupled in the captured trench were found also severely wounded germans an officer and two men whan the offi cers clothing was searched as the custom is tho two letters written by tho soldier of the new ontario battalion the night before be was killed were found among the pris oners papers a bullet had gone through tbe centre of tbo enrolopea anotbor had clipped off a bit at the end but tbo addresses were still legible tbe two letters were sealed and have boon forwarded to tbe per sona to whom tboy wore addressed wltb a statement telling of bow they passed into tbe hands of tbe enomy and now were recovered after the wrltor had been laid in an unknown grave that he survived two bullet wounds in tbe breast is not consid ered possible tbe letters will be sad reading to the soldiers home folk s butcher main street the choicest beef in the town hall georgetown plss8 month tild terms io 00 and under cash over that amount 10 months aiedlt on applov- ed jolut notes 6 per cent per annum off for cash w a wilson benj petoh clerk auctioneer when death coole his sting there is a curious superstition in inmuicn hint if n dentli occurs in the house nil the witter in it is poisoned at once and must ho thrown away the reason glron boliik tbnt death cools his sting aftor destroying life in the first water he finds and as no one can tell death being invisible what jar be may chooso it is safest to throw it all sway careful people to save trouble orou carry all water out of tbe bouse immediately before a death is expected u i a m grandy the pure food store plione 73 i on january 31st 1918 keep this night free to hear this famous man fc m auction op 80 head of horse cattle sheep and pigs the undersigned he been instructed by d hilts to sell by fnblic auction at lot 16 con 6 west chlngnscousy nesr norvsl station tuesday january 8tb 1918 at 1 oclock the following i horses boy horse rliing4yrsbay mere rleing 4 yrsbay mare rls 8 yrs i bay gelrling 2 yrs blsck bsy gelding 2 yrs spring colt 7 months cattle holateln cow 6 yrs calf at side holstein cow 6 years calf at side 2 hobtein cows 4 years calf at side 4 hol stein heifers 8 year olda calf at side 2 holstein cows 0 yrs due time of ale 2 holstein cowero yrr duolpjany j 2bpl- stein cows7 yrs due in jaoy 4 hol stein cows 7 yrs due in feb boliieio beifsr due in febyi durbstn cow s yrs calf it side dnrbgro oow 4 years out t fide 2 durham cows 5yrs lpldnrhsra- j dne-itlnj- pi t asej2 durham cows b yrs due i ivi8orhmepfc yrsidb in feb vf3voows miimto febjilerasy sfirwrs ollatslde 0 yrs ton imitation marble if by auy chance you should happen to be admiring some very flno carved marble it would not strlko yon that tho so culled inn r bio mijjlit oaslly be saw dust wonderful imltntlona of valua ble woods and marbles bavo been made from sawdust and even oxperta bave boon deceived at first sight spirit too can be made from sawdust pretty close flenevleve do yon carry freds pic ture in your wrist wntobt mabello certainly 1 do woll my dear that comes pretty rinse to woarlng your heart on your ilcovo doesnt it st louis past- dispatch ft is leas pnln to lourn in youth tbsn 11 un ignorant in agek castoria for infante and children in if for 7vr 30 yart always bsra yjf vfls signature ot-fffavvilfsif- counter check books we are now prepared to furnish the best counter check books made to merchants and others who require same let us have your next order 1 t7i3 nicpnmrieuiyor r mtj fsitnjiitlrrsukrbodbyllci ifungthestomafiisimtdboweb castoria for infants and children mothers know that genuine castoria always ltheklypromauostto 1 neilher opiofnmorpwneoo imlneral not nakootm j m moore herald oifficc into and trailer ha flrntoiam won must be sold atiobbo hardwood floors cuot less than carpets it is jchigr to layh foalwusbjhfa v yfhat inpire7tje u iwt a lifotime arrj much easier to keep clean anfiheveiyreipectv yl exact cop of wrapper honey crop less this year last year the bees of ontario ap parently had a banner year but it cannot bo said of thorn this year ac cording to the department of agri culturo tbo houoy crop will be from onelb i id to onehalf of what it was last year though tbe yield will bo around what it was for the preceding two or throe yenrb last year tbe boney crop was 90 pounds per colony wbllo tbls year tho best that an bo expected is 516 per colony in ontario there are be tween 125000 and 150000 colonies of bees producing honny or in other words thf honey crop this year will bo between 0 376 000 and 7860000 pounds the reason given for tbo drop over lost years yield is that the season was wet during clover time and the backwardness of tho soason gener ally the western section of ontario la rnoro affected tban tbe eastern portion ono apiarist about 30 miles from toronto wbo bad 22000 pounds of bouoy last year has only 0000 this year tho ontario beekeepers associa tion report from 500 membors bears out tbo statement from the depart ment of agriculture the associa tion reports that the market has been bare of honey and owing to the in crease in the nocessarios of life it is expected the price of bonoy will be increased slightly tho prlcos recommended are best quality light extracted wbolosale 14 to 16 cents a pound retail 17 h to 20 cents a pound best quality comb wholesale 1326 a doaen no 1 comb wholesale 2 to 250 a dozen tlicso prices are being paid at the prikrrtt time in ontario and in the united slates where prices have ad vanced th surplus boney from the western states going direct to eu rope for the use of tbo ormlgs of the allies we have in stock a large amount of slabs in fourfoot lengths suitable lor ammer fast li portland cemeiic plonr fsed and provisions john ballantine iborgktown phonep ont specials choice fr mt call and hoo ua tbls week anjm some of oar choice goods a restivo fruit specialist main street georgetown m jsrhsftj thirty years t haw vk ity dili koi lot cjo there is in paris n highly esteem ed musichall nrpe called mlstln- guolt somotlnfi 1 canadian sol- ckcrs in prance the music ball where she is narlng and one night lite front row was oiled with canadian ufflcbrs mile mlstln- giiett lenned far over tbe footlights and offered them her heart a little golden heart with an eloctrlc wire connection everyone wbo touched it jumped and let go in a hurry until it came to tbe turn of one big artil leryman well down tbe lino he grasp id it firmly and held it- smil ing up at the lady wont you give mo hack my heart begged mile mlstinguolt oh please at last tho big fellow let go the bauble amid a tbunderof applause seo cried mile mlstlnguott turning to- the nudionce when theso follows take hold uf anything they dont easily lot go production of wood pulp of tho flvo provinces engaged in tho pulp industry three greatly in creased thoir production and two fell behind last year those which in creased in production wero quebec ontario and british columbia and those which showed decreases wars now brunswick and nprai scotia this change brlngabrittih columbia back into third plaoewhici jtq cupied in if 14 1 r c nixon aborqbtown substantially made eabness beotna pneumatio 0leaner for rental at 1 dollar per day- a good assortment 0 trunks and valises agent for page jfenot repairing promptly done nixons harness repair shop and in the latest and mosuptodate styles at reasonable prices puytvoiir iwtv s the iftl jwj ii w il jiiiam vssbbbbi igastqok nowon hand wsiifi wit ik mkobhiig and- jmitb frswp