THE LATE MRS. POLLEY SKETCH OF OLDEST RESIDENT OF AMHERST ISLAND Was Well-Known To Practically Ev- ery Person In the Township--Pass- ed Away While Sitting In Shar Knitting. 4 Stella, Feb. 1.--As before noted there passed away at Amherst Istand on'the 27th of Décember, 1915, the oldest resident iu the person of. Mrs, (Capt.) Thomas - Polley (formerly Miss Sarah Patterson). ninety years and six months old, hav- ing first seen the light of day on June 27th, 1825 on the old Patter- 80n homestead fronting on the beauti. ful Bay of Quinte. Her parents, Hugh and Mary Patterson, had come over froin Ireland and settled on thelr farm on the Island in the ear- | John Behan, Aged Twenty-three, a i Well-known Citizen. i | Pembroke, Ont., Feb, 2,--A trag- edy which has stirred deeply the sym- { | pathétic impulses of the community {occurred on Saturday afternoon, as a (result of which John Behan, one of | 1 men, died ip-the General Hospital, | { He had long been connected with the | Dowinion Express Company here,and {about three o'clock yesterday after- | noon he fell out of his sleigh at the | C. P. Rstation, s¥riking his head on | the we He was taken te Dr. Spar- | | moved to the hospital. . He was suf- {fering from a hemorrhage of the brain, and never regained consclous- | ness, death resulting at 7.30 this | morning. - He was a son of Mr. John | i Behan, was in his twenty-third year, ! and was married a year ago. He! {leaves with his young widow an in- PEMBROKE MAN KILLED, the best known of Pembroke's young | -- CLIPPED FROM "THE WHIG'S MANY BRIGHT EXCHANGES, In' Brief Form the Events In the Country About Kingston Are Told Full of Interest to Many. Mrs. Joseph 'Fournier, Brockville, died on Monday night. She was sev- enty-six vears of age Mrs. Emily Sumers, Watertown, N.Y., aged 78 years. died on Sunday. She wae ling's office, and from there was re-| The remains were huried at Cardizal, Ont. The marriage of Miss Fiske in Ren- frew for a little over a year, to Mr. O'Gorman, manager of the Dominion House, took place last week. The death occurred on Sunday at Jasper of Ambrose Olmstead, an old and highly respected resident, at the ly part of the 19th century and here! fant child, and is mourned also by his advanced age of eighty-eight years. the late Mrs. Polley was born. She was a life-long resident and was known te practically every person in the township as well as to many oth- ers scattered thronghout Ontario. She received her early education in what she termed "the new school" but which many years ago had van- ished from the landscape. On March 4th, 1851, she was mar- ried to the late Capt. Polley by the "Rav. George Carr, a minister of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, having as witnesses her sister Mrs. James Lindsay, Lucknow (who fis still liv- ing), and George Wright, long since déceased. Capt. Polley sailed the lakes for a total of twenty-two years and frequently Mrs. Polley and some of ber sisters would accompany him on his trips around the lake and east as far as Quebec City. Up until the last few years Mrs. Polley Te- mained in her usual good health' and was always in her pew in the little Methodist church on Sunday. Lat- terly, however her sense of recollee- tion .was 'slightly dimmed although | her \other physical faculties remain- parents and one brother. WERE DEPORTED. Wy -- Last _of the Suspects Gone to Chi- cago. Bélleville, Feb. Belleville has seen the last of the suspects who were arrested here some tithe agd as likely to be a source of Hanger to thé 80th Battalion. They have been deport- ed to the United States and taken in charge by secret service officials to be dealt with by the American Gov- ernment, At the request of the military au-} thorities the news of the arrests was | kept suppressed for some time. 4 | Col. Ketcheson of the 80th had his | { military police act with the local po-| lice department. The three men of | the quintette--Abe Silver or Frank, Ben Silver alias Frank, and William | Cohen, alias Fort--were arrested. The two women of the party were I not. The gang was wanted in Chicago | in connection with a robbery. ed te normal for one of her great | denise. Her daughter spoke to her as she sat in her chair knitting--a favarite pastime---and she answered quite cheerily but when spoken to on No sickness preceded her sudden five minutes later ft was found that | the Angel of Death had entered and Grandma Polley's work was done. Mrs. Polley had a number of chil- dren, five of whom survive, Mrs, S. K. Tugwell, Stella; Mrs. S. M. Smythe, Strathroy; Mrs. James Me- Math, Clinton; Thomas Polley, Cal- gary, and Mrs. Herbert Field, Mit- chell, She igalso survived by a num- ber of grandchildren and' great- grandchildren and also by two sis- ters, Mrs. James Lindsay, Lucknow and Mrs. R. G. Girvin, Hamilton. The funeral obsequies were con- ducted by the Rev, Dr. Porter, pas- tor of Stella Methodist Church, as sisted by Rev. James Cumberland, M.As of the Presbyterian Church. | The following acted as bearers: W.| H, Moutray, Capt. H. Saunders, 8, K. Tugwell, James McMath and H. G. Girvin, The remains were laid to rest be- Side her late husband in Glenwood Cemetery, Stella, on Dec, 30th, 1915 - tp 5 King-Little Wedding. Enterprise, Feb. 1.--A pretty wed- ding was solemnized at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Little, when their eldest daughter, Miss Catherine Selena, was united in matrimony to King, Enterprise, on Dec. 22nd. Rev. James G.* Robeson officiated. L#- hengrin's wedding march was played GOVERNMENT'S TASK lors Say. Perth, Feb. 2.--Lanark County Council in committee voted down the k proposition to grant $1,000 to the 130th Regiment to assist in pur- chase the field kitchens, ete. Later the matter was introdued into coun- cil and a vote taken which result- ed in a tie, The warden gave his casting vote in. favor of the grafit. Those in opposition wefe willing to do anything they could toward the winning of the war but felt it was the government's duty to give each reziment all necessary equipment and pay for it from" war laxes, |g iy Field Kitchens the Councils Died at Ninety-Seven. Belleville, Feb, 2. Mrs. Sarah Parsons, one of the oldest residents of this part of the country, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Wil- liam Kerr, on Tuesday, at the age of ninety-seven Years, Deceased was born in the County of Down, Ire- land, in 1819, and when young came to this country, residing continuously | in this section until the time of her | death. She was the widow of the late Richard Parsens, and is survived by one son and three daughters Mrs Parsons was an attendant at St. An- drew's Presbyterian Chureli. " Allen James, youngest son of Gideon, The Annual Meeting. Frankville, Ont,, Feb. 2. On Fri day last the annual meeting of the by Miss Sarah, sister of the bride. | Frankville Fair Association took The bride looked charming in a gown of rich sub-navy blue paillette silk and white shadow lace and trim- SM mings, and wore a bridal 'veil caught up with orange blossoms. Miss Ella Mae King, sister of the groom, was bridesmaid. She wore a dress of navy blue velvet and trimmings. Ar- chibald Little, brother of the bride, did honors for the groom. + After the ceremony and hearty congratula- tions, the party repaired to the din- ing room, where an eliborate wed- ding dinner awaited them. The bride's travelling dress was navy blue corded velvet and black velvet hat with white trimmings, and a black body lamb ceat and muff. The happy couple left for Tamworth, Havelock and other places On their return they were given a recep- tion ~ the bride's home by their many friends at Shannonville and the vicinity, The bride was the-recipi- ent of many useful presents. On their return to the groom's father's home 3 hearty reception also await- ed the Mr. and Mrs. King intend taking up farming near Enterprise. { place in Montgomery Hall. The as- | sociation has a litite over $300 in the bank and all debts paid. The elec- tion of officers for 1416 took place President Watson Davis 1st Viee-President-- Henry Moran | 2nd Viee-President--W. M. Han | ton Directors --John Seymour, GG. M Leverette, TT. Steacy, R. Handon, J. Davidson, Frank Mott," D. C. Ea ton, W. W. Brown, N. F. Jones " Successful Church Year. Renfrew, Feb, 2.--The annual business meeting of St Andrew's Church was held on Wednesday evening in the absence of the pas- tor, J. H. Walford, was voted chair- man Reports from the varieus de-, partments of church work.were read, all of which spoke of a successful year, with ' bright outlook for the coming year. Receipts for the gen- eral fund amounted * to $3,995.04, -whilst a further amount of $1,730.35 had been raised for missionary pur- | hoses, Ar AAA rr a a i : } George Mott, Athens, died Sunday at the residence of H. Putnam after an illness of a few days of pneume- nia Deceased was. sixty-two years Of age In one ward in Belleville 95 per cent. of the electors signed the peti tion for a dry Ontario. The average for the vity is between $0 and 85 per cent George Leury, an aged resident of Rawdon townghip, passed away on Jan. 24th, at the advanced age of eightyv-nine vears Death was due to heart failure. The marriage of Miss Madeline fiordon, youngest daughter of D. W. Gordon, Montreal, to John Lee, To- jronto, son of John Lee, Belleville, took place on Monday: Private Samuel Jackman, Brock- ville, with the 21st Battalion on the firing line in Belgium, is officially re- ported wounded. Pte. Jackman is a veteran of the Boer war. Mrs. 8. Brown, Brockville, an- (houncés the engagement of her daughter, Clara Irene, to Clifford E. Bissell, Brockville, the marriage to i take place quietly in March. The engagement of Miss Ethel | Margot Van Riper, daughter of Mrs. Mathanlie Van Riper, of Chicago, III, to Ralph Burton Britton, youngest son of C. E. Britton, Gananoque, has been announeed. On Sunday last the death took place at Bishop's Mills of a pioneer of Grenville vounty, 'when William Connell laid down the cares of this life. He wags seventy-seven years of age. The action of the King vs. Captain Chambers, Morristown, N.Y., charged with having in an altercation at the C. P. R. wharf, Brockville, on Jan. Sth last, stabbed a fellow sailor, Henry Carter, was heard on Monday South Renfrew Agricultural So- ciety has made a profit of about $1,- 000 on the year's business The so- ciety will erect a machinery hall at $3,000 fo hold night shows Before spring the society will put on a seed fair Joseph Major, Brockville, died) Tuesday, following an illness of a few days He was first taken ill with grippe nine days ago, and erysipelas and other compligations ensued, De- ceased was born at South Meuntain sixty-four years ago \ The members of the office staff of the Frost and Wood "Company, Smith's Falls, presented MN Helen Hyndman d Miss lda. lieach each with a beautiful leather lined club bag on their leaving the firm's em- i ploy to take up other work Death of Hugh Gay. Belleville, Feb. 2 Hugh Gay, a! well-known veoman of Sidney Town- ship, passed away Monday in his six- ty-fourth year Deceased had been all his life a resident of Sidney, where he was well and Tavorably known. In addition to his wife, one daughter, Mrs. R. G. Réllins, Belleville, sur- vive. Six brothers of the deceased are living - Helping the Cause. Smith's Falls, Feb 2 Messrs, John and James McGillivray sent a letter to' H. B. Wilson, the local trea- surer of the Canadian Patriotic Fund, enclosing $550 for that fund,r$500 from themselves and $25 each from their nephe John and Harty Coombs. This will make a fine start for the fund that is to be raised here next month Skated In Streets, Cornwall, Feb. 2 All day Mon- day Cornwall was held in the throe of ong Of the worst sleetstorms it has ever known, and tle'sidewalks were in such a slippery condition that several of the employees of the cotton mills skated to and from work, as did several] hundred school children, Seven Shillings for a | Week's Work. It was the erniser H.M.8. Cumber- 1 J sland which contributed not a little to Our success in the Cameroons, and the | story of its operations in that part of | the world, told in Blackwood's Maga: | | Sine, makes thrilling reading. There {1s also a lighter side to the story. _ Une amusing episode was the em- | loyment of thirty natives Kroo- men, as 'they are called in that part fof the world--who were engaged to |} {trims coal in the bunkers. These ymen, to quote Blackwood's, had {2 , be borne on the ship's books for pay |} | purposes. "Some had no names, and § | others-were blosed with patronymics | which baffled the Accountant Staff; hence they were made to select 'tal- | lies' for entries in the ship's ledger. | | Undoubtedly they were assisted by the sailors in their choice, which ac- books of such distinguished person- {ages as King George, Lloyd George, Hi Jack Friday, etc. To see King George | receive 7s. as a reward for a week's | labor was the source of undisguised Of great assistance was a natiy entered on the books as "King Bel." It appears that at the outbreak of the war the native King of the Camer- oons was imprisoned by the Germans for his failure to comply with some order issued which affected his pro perty: By some means he managed to communicate with the English authorities at Lagos, asking for help, for which offence he was hanged. With characteristic thoroughness, the Germans also hanged all the king's male relatives they could lay hands on. King Bell w uncle to the king who was hanged, and the Cumberland found him only too will< mirth of"both officers and men." oh i ing to join the English and help in| driving the Germans out; for he was heir to the throne, which he would occupy in due course. As soon as it was agreed fo take this monarch with them, runs the narrative in Blackwood's, he was sent on shore to collect a staff of guides, spies, and pilots from the na- tives who knew the country. The re- sult of his efforts, added another twenty to our ever-growing comple- ment, It is mentioned, too, that a special inducement to the Cameroon natives, whom it was desired to tempt to friendliness, vas the offer of tinned tripe, which formed part of the stores: It appealed specially to the native palate. An amusing incident occurred when an officer in charge of an armed boat was proceeding up a creek to act as guardship off a small town, at tha: time occupied by our troops His orders were to insure the friendliness of the tribe which inhabited the entrance to the creek and to prevent any news of the oper- ations getting through to the Ger- mans farther up. With this objeet in view, he invit- ed the chief of the tribe on board and regaled bh' a with the delicacy re- ferred to. : Its effect was the estab lishment of such mutual good-will that he insisted on presenting his host swith seven wives, an offer which, for diplomatic reasons, was accepted. \ Peerage in Pieces, Sreat Britain's prospective peerage in being rapidly wiped out. Of every 10,000 casvalties in Flaptlers and in Gallipoli one heir to a seat in the House of Lords ia reported killed. - Forty prospective wearers of the purple have already made "the great sacrifice'; have proved by théir ex amples that the aristocracy of Great. Britain, in {he supreme test, is not No other class in the . proportionately speaking, d so big Tr The House of Lords, three years ago distrusted Hy the nation, dist eredited by ithe politician®, humbled by the House of Commons, and threatened by the Cabinet, has, on the blood-staine ields of France and Turkey, won a new charter through the seH-sarrifice or 18 sons. Today the upper chamber is stronger in the affections of the people than it has been for many generatione But what a price to pay! Hardly a great family in the country is un- visited by the angel of death. The House of Lord: seems ¢rowded with peers who have te mourn the loss uf their first sons Men who previous to the war were three and four times removed in Suc- cession to titles are now' presump- tive of prospective peers. " England's low birthrate is bearing especially hard on the peerage a' this moment A score of peers have lost their only sons in fw terrible fight- ing. Evans' Romance. The marriage of Commander Evins, the famous second in com- mand of the Scott Expedition to the South Pole, to Miss Elsa Andvord, 1s the outcome of a charming reception in Christiania, when Lieut. Tryggve Gran, the ski expert to the expedi- | counts for the appearance in our Under the Auspices of the 146th Battalion, C. EF. et er et ar wr LIEUT..GOL. CHAS. LOY, p.C. In the Armories for 1 Week From Feb. 7th to Feb. 12th Sports, Band Concerts, Street Parades. Every phase of military life exhibited in Bazaar Booths. [EXCURSION RATES ON ALL RAILROADS ! No admission fee to any of the events. A DARING AIR FEAT. Lieut.-Col. Maitland Dropped 19,000 Feet in a Parachute. a Undoubtedly the most daring aer- onautieal feat onreeord 'was that per- formed by Lieut.-Col. E. M. Maitland, who commands the Airship Section of the Nawal Air Service, and who re- cently jumped from a balloon flying over London at a height of 10,000 feet, descending by parachute. Hith- erto, the record seems to have been held by that intrepid balloonist, Cap- tain Baldwin, who in 1887 claimed to have descended from a height of one mile (5,280 ft.) in just over three minutes. Colonel Maitland was fifteen min- utes coming down, and he confesses that the most trying t of the ex- perience for him was re the para- chute opened. He fg§l several hune dred feet dead weight, and the sus- pense "seemed like an eternity," but at last the parachute opened, and the descent continued steadily. The feat was the result of a dis- cussion which took place concerning a certain official project, a question arising as to whether a balldonist could make a safe descent from such a height. "Someone," said Lieut.- Colonel Maitland, '"'must make the experiment. I must know what will happen. I will take the jump myself, as there is only one person whom I | have the right to ask.' An extremely large parachute was used for the experiment, the descent safely accomplished, and thus the of- ficial query was satisfactorily solved. The experiment also demonstrated the fact that a parachute descent in no way interferes with the stability of an airship, so that a man could be landed after a long journey wiih re- ports while the airship continued its flight, This is by no means the first para- chute descent which Colonel Mait- land has made, for in October, 1913, he made a descent from the airship Delta at a height of 1,800 ft. C The airship on this ogeasion was travel- ing at twenty mils an hour, and the lieutenant-colonel fell 200 ft. before the parachute opened, but he landed safely in the Colne Reservoir at Al- dershot, Famous War Horses. One probable result of the intro- duction of mechanical vehicles into warfare will be the abolition.of the old custom of cherishing the memory of famous war horses When gen- erals conducted campaigns on horse- back, before the advent of ihe field motor-ear, their favorite chargers used to receive many honprs, When a statue of Lord Kitchener was erect- | ed at Caleutta, the famous soldier ar- ranged that the sculptor should pie- ! ture im mounted on a stone repro- duction of his famous horse Demo- crat, which . carried him through many important campaigns Wellington's famous charger, Cop- enhagen, when he died was buried) with full military honors. The Iron Duke's horse was a magnificent chestnut, and he carried his master many hundreds of miles in Spain, and at the battle of Toulouse. . "If he fell," said. the Duke,#" it was on | standing corn as I sat in the saddle." Creations. in Men's cuaranteed dyes fairly conservative lines "a lish. Worsteds and Lupo™ed Serges all new models made along Roney's, 127 Princess St. The Victrola Keeps The Children At Home:--and Happy Besides entertaining them it develops their J musica Stes. It not only makes home more attractive for them, - but. provides music and -entertain- ment for the entire The Vidtrola is a source of pleasure which every home can enjoy. There are Vietors and Vietrolas family. in great variety from $21 to $255. to be adopted in Canada to meet Papers bir Eo A a tion, introduced him to the belle of : apers brought down in Commond® . : A RG WANTS FREE y WHEAT present and future tremendous com- | go 8 payments under the head of Christiania, Miss Els Andvord, : : x \ : Come in and we'll gladly dem strate them, and mittments. He advocated the pa-|,,¢qrceen expenses of $1,478, expen- Jike most of her race, took a deep in- + | tionalization of currency and the in- terest in Pola> exploration, and knew The First Skaters. W.F. MCLEAN CHAMPIONS CAUSE OF WEST. , Whose Demanfi- Should Be Granted --Government Denies Vail. lancourt Has Resigned From Shell ; Committef.. Y, Ottawa, Feb. 3.---At the opening of the House yeste afternoon Sir Wilfrid Laurier asked Sir Robert Borden whether the report that Mr. Vaillancourt, president of the Banque d'Hochelaga, bad resigred from the Shell Commitiee were true. Sir Robert Borden replied that Presi- «dent Flavelle of the Shell Committee, had been in receipt of a letter from Mr. Vaillancourt, which gave a di- rect denial to the rumor. This let- ter said' that Mr. Vaillancourt had shnply gone South. for his health for a short period, W. F. McLean, M. P. for South York, declared that he believed that stitution of a system of re-discount- | ing such as existed in the United | States, where money had been made | cheap through this system. He fur- ther advocated national mortgage banks for the gdvance of money at long-term loans to the farmers on the national credit. Four per cent. | loans could thus be advanced to the! farmers on easy terms, for the im- | ! provement of their farms... Such a] | system had been worked out im Aus i | tralia and New Zealand apd such a 3 | gystem had regenerited Ireland. { Mr. Maclean declared that now | was the time to make a big loan iin the United States, Canada, he be-| | lieved, could secure money cheaper | there than any other nation could, 1 {a8 the United States.had absolute! } faith in Canada. coward to realize t he is still ina! | position to admit Tt i Good cheer in public sometimes . It may resice of self-confessed | ses of Sir Robert Borden to England, jand $3,982 for the state funera] of Sir Charles Tupper. Rev. Robert Hamilton tendered his resignation as pastor of St. Enoch'y Presbyterian Church, To- ronto, { mn conan SINE, = The New Goods Are Appearing February marks the begin. ning of spring business in the stores, The first. of the new goods begins to appear; the first sug- gostion of the advanced:bifles are seen. To the up-to-date woman this is an interesting shopping month. Often it is an index to her of what she will buy « little later on. 3 She likes to visit the stores the history of the various expedi- tions thoroughly. Naturally friend- ship sprang up between the two, and now they are to be married. This, by the way, 'willbe the gallant com- mander's second marriage. His first wife, whom he married when he was 23 End -she 20, died in 1913, after imine years of 'married life. No Need for Lunch. An English town council, after a protracted sitting, was - desirous of [adjourning for lunch. ; | The proposition was opposed by {the mayor, wha thought that if his tetlow officeholders felt the stimulus {of hunger the despagch of business {would be much facilitated. At last a {rather illiterate member got up and {oxelaimed: ry "1 ham astonished Tham surs | jprised, I har amazed, Mr. Mayor, lthat yourwill not let us go to Inneh." | | "And I am surprised." replied the imayor. "that a man whq has got so The first man or nation to skate is lost in the mists of antiquity. The Eskimos of the farthest north were found to be in possession of runmers carved from whalebone: when they wete first discovered. Skating is mentioned by a Danish historian about 1134 and Fitzsteph- en, in his History of London, says that in the 12th century voung men fastened the leg bones of animals under their feet by means of thongs, in.order to slide along the ice. A pair of these bone skates is now" in the British Museum. Londgners got the idea from Holland, probably via Lincolnshire, where skates have been used on the frozen fems from the very earliest times. A Jewish Corps. The Zion Mule . Travsport Corps has been formed in Alexandrih, com- posed of refugees from Palestine. Those who were of Russian nation- | ality expressed the desire to serve under the British flag, and the Brit- tell you about our system of easy terms. C. W. LINDSAY, LTD. Buy Pasteurized ; IN BOTTLES. Yau are sure it is perfectly safe. Phone 845 :: Price's : > iit. Milk J he demand olf the West for tree | changes to gloom at home. ; ' eat should be granted. Those! Tryink to keep from worrying is the newspaper advertis- || Want any lunch at all." Who desired it should kuow best what worries some people. ij] # or the helpful messaj ; T-- Res what was best for themselves, and | ~ There are times when a woman || that will assist her in form Capt. GR. G sistant adjut.| Oficers andqfhn will wear on their | Wasted and lost, big No ie i, vu bon, of the armed wae imagines War she otros v'uionod || Seats Symon. * POE Co 8, Coney setantaus "ip ile wi Token, The | Pp always ahabis vey Coad bat fn he dow an ie hest for the country as a whole. (Op-| A man sometimes makes money, | And the merchants knowing |.) Corporaticn Counscl, is to re. Tossed triamkles, or "Shield of Da- mind quarters. - wid other half. _ on applause). | | but money never makes the man. | his, crowd] their advertising { vid," in addition to the British en- Ready money is seldom ready ne trespassers-are often expon- ' n < ; ial turn to Toronto soon on furlough Ps i a ive Gf 1 * ; acted pelare at i <1 peent ang reded roerention ie i Te 3 {sign, and, in the camp the wor When yvon® want (0 borrow some five ax well as annoying. . Mucfean declared that & num Inng id needed roerentio ! ith notes of (he new. He was recently erated on in anl 8 p amp ds of on + 8 at & % h system of financing would have not waste of time.. l )! English hospital for appehdicitis, "1 command are spoken in Hebraw, a J on pirticulnely to jmueh 'ham' in his mouth should |" 1Foolishness often 'goes by the! Soldiers will be permitteN to as {took steps to form a battalion. In | Dame of generosity. sist in seeding operations this spring {ish military authorities immediately 'a very short time 500 had enlisted. Half trying a reform is much time and recalled to their training depots