THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1917. A TREMENDONS HARVEST | FRONTENAC FARMERS WORK- | ING LONG HOURS, Never in the History of Canada Has |" There Been Such a Tremendous Production of Everything on the Farm, } i the farmer of Frontenac Ic eunty is working harder than he | ever worked before to take off the greatest crop in history. IL has been a magnificent barvest and when the barns are full of the hay and straw and the threshing com- plete he will be able to rest and . {thank Providence for being generous { beyond the limit of all expectations | The fall wheat, waich is usually {eut just before the hay, has been Limited. 149-157 Brock Street. | wonderful. It will undoubtedly es A At AEN NA tablish a record and be remembered as 'the big crop of 1917.' The hay which followed grew rit | with fdeal weather until it derand- New and Rebuilt led every available man to take it All kinds, from $25.00 up. {off Much has been left, but this | will come into the barns little the worse for having stood in the fields Check Protectors, $10.00 and $27.50. Envelope Sealers, $3.60. a longer time than usual J.R.C. Dobbs & & Co. The potato crop has heen mendous. "Bugs and blight" 41 Olarence Street Kingston, Ont. To-day have come, but the farmers haye 'been able to fight them. The wonderful help of scientific advice, has been de- nionstrated here this season. The {Department of Agriculture advocat- ed the use of the Bordeaux formula i for fighting potato blight. Thou- | sands of farmers used it and saved | their crop. The only isolated cases | where potatoes have been damaged have beén where the farmers did {not take this advice. The help problem has been a big | one. The Government has heen do- ing its best to help the situation, all We areOptical | ibut the TaFMérs can take the tre-¢ credit for saving the crop under ad- verse conditions: They have helped each pther and worked long hours so that it might be saved. No better showing of co-operation has been made than that by the farmers of Frontenae County. til this is year. WEDDED LESS THAN YEAR YOUNG COUPLE AIR TROUBLES BEFORE COL. HUNTER. Wife Declared That Husband Threatened to Shoot Her When She Was About to Pack Up Her Belongings to Leave Home--De- cided to Part. Married less than a year, a young enuple who reside in the county had a quarrel and parted. The bride, who formerly lived in Toronto, has packed off to her relatives while huhby remains here. The case came to a head Tuesday afternoon, when the wife complained to Justice of the Peace George Hunter that her husband had threatened to shoot her if she got a man to come into the house to help her pack up her belongings. Relatives of the wife eame down from Toronto in an automobile to take her back to Toronto, but fol- lowing hubby's threats, a warrant was taken out for his arrest. Con- stable Ernest Clarke made the ar- roost, and. the accused, his wife and the latter's sister, with the officer of the law, made the trip to Mr. Hunter's office in the automobile. Col. Hunter tried to have the couple 're-united, and asked both to "forgive and forget," but his efforts proved in vain. The couple agreed to disagree and Mve apart, and the husband was told that he must not interfere with his wife in her taking away her belong- ings. He must also keep the peace. | dey or. Go. | Mrs. Robt. Gregg, Vennachar, On- INCIDENTS OF THE DAY LOCAY, NOTES ANI AND ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST, Happenings In the City and Vicinity ~--~What the Merchants Offer to the Readers of the Whig. H. Cunningham, piano tuner, 21 King street. Leave orders at McAul- ey's Book Store, There was a magnificent display | of northern lights playing across the sky on Tuesday night. Donald 'Hurd, Kingston, has turned after a week's visit friends in Brockville. Walter Grimwood, Victoria ftreet, left Tuesday for Winnipeg to help in the western harvesting. W. Swaine, plano and pipe organ tuner, 190 Clergy street W. Orders left at McAuley's or 'phone 54. Alverton H. Aseltine, with the National City Company, New York, is visiting his parents on Alfred street. The two story bungalow, No. 18 Markland street, has been sold to Frank Cauecio by E. W, Mullin & Son. Sergt.-Major James A. Jacquith and family, Brock street, will leave for Regina on Saturday next to re- side. Judge Lavell presided at Division Court on 'Tuesday. There were twenty-seven cases and eleven judg- ment summonses. The baseball boys who Went to Gouverneur, N.Y., on Tuesday were | defeated by a team from Syraucee by 5 to 4. The Kinigstonians were treated well, An inexperienced motorist created quite a sensation at Swift's wharf on Tuesday afternoon when he raced down with his car and nearly knock- | ed down several of the large crowd | of people. { The Minister of Justice will ser- re- with 9 | fously consider the proposition that the bonus of $100 per year to the prison guards be increased to $200. Guards were introduced to Hon. C. Doherty by W. F. Nickle, MP. Lawrence J. Welch has been ap- Standard Patterns There are many reasons for the great popularity of the STANDARD PA sons why they should give the niost satisfactory results. FIRST: Advanced style and variety. signed for use With the newest maiérials and accessories. SECOND: Correct measurements, sions -- a feature In which they are un THIRD: Superiority of fit. allowance, peculiar to the Standard Paiterns, drape and the line are always correct and graceful. FOURTH: dres: Simplicity of coastruction. No difficult dressmaking problems. FIFTH: TERNS, SIXTH: Economy of materials. important advantages. A FULL AND COMPLETE STOCK AT They always fit with a minimam of adjustment. ATTERNS -- many rea. Standard styles are always in advance of others, and are de. Standard Patterns correspond precisely with the given dimen- By reason of the seam they may be adjusted to any pe of figure. The This makes STANDARD PATTERNS the favorite with home Experience. There is more than a quarter-century of experience back of STANDARD PAT. Users of STANDARD PATTERNS count this as one of their most A A gn The College Book Store, 160-162 Princess St. Open Nights Time To Think About Children's School Phone 919 MantelClocks We are able to save you money on black enamelled mantel clocks, Our prices, due to opportune buying are practically the same as before the war started. These prices cannot last and the next shipments. will be much higher, \ Put a clock where you need it \tario, has sent to the Whig the fol-| Pointed accounting inspector at the --now. lowing short poem, written in mem- | Kingston Shipbuilding Company by Specialists IS BEST SOLVED BY COMING TO US, You are assured a thorough scientific. examination and ac- curate glasses at Asselstine's. Consult 1. ASSELSTINE DOS. King Street. 'STANDARD PATTERNS For Sale at COLLEGE BOOK STORE. At the Golden Lion Grocery [Fancy Clover HONEY Ons pound seekions, 55 outa Sieh, ain Prunes, nice i ey ... +++ 10c, 12%¢, 15¢. Ib. Evaporated Peaches, 8 Ibe for 28c. ses san sal. oe desble an fo in he | 3 igs Rin be ory of her late son, Pte, Charlie] the Naval Board in connection with Adam Gregg, of the 4th CM.R., re- eently killed in France. The poem | was composed by a chum, Pte. Geo. | Ollar; In sending it in to the Whig, | Mrs. Gregg writes that she was very proud of her boy who left to do his | bit. "He was a true Christian," she | writes, "and I thank God for that. Though the parting was sad, yet he was. noble. Had I another son of military age he could sign up." Here speaks the loyal Canadian mother, whe; though sorely tested, yet ex- presses the noblest of patriotic sen- timents. The poem follows: Dearest comrade, thou hast left ug; Here thy toss we deeply feel; But 'twas God that hath bereft us; He 'can &MW our, sorrows heal Chorus-- Peaceful be thy silent slumber, Peaceful in thy grave so low, Thou no more will Join our number; Thou no more our sorrows know. Comrade, thou wag't mild and lovely, Genithe as the summer breeze, Pleasint as the alr of évening As it floats among 'the trees. Yet again we hope to meet thee, When this day of strife is o'er, Then int Heaven with Joy we'll greet ee Over on the © piher shore. SCHOONER MARSH _ TD BE DISMANTLED The Donnelly Salvage and Wrecking Company Tug "Has Left For Wreck. The tug Frontenac of the Don- nelly Salvage and Wrecking Com- pany's fleel left on Wednesday morning for the scene of the wreck of the schooner George A. Marsh, which foundered several miles up the lake on August 9th. It is the Intention of the crew of the tug to dismantle the vessel suf- Ib. | ficiently so that it will not be a men- Ace to navigation. The spars will be taken off, and any loose material that can be reached by the divers will also be removed. neither the vessel or the cargo of 'sufficient value to have the boat lightered and raised the cargo of four hundred and fifty toms of con wilt be lett in n the vessel, { the building of the trawlers now un- der construction by the Company. The young son of Robert Kidd, | 39 Main street, was struck by a bicy- { cle on the walk on Tuesday evening. He was knocked to the ground and | taken to the General Hospital where { four stitches where put in a cut in his head. WAS SHORT IN HIS PAY So Youth Stole Wheel and Sold it to Second-Hand Dealer, The excuse a youth offered in the Police Court on Wednesday morning, for stealing a bicycle and selling it to 4 second-hand dealer was that he was short in his pay last week, and took this means of making up his loss so that his sister with whom he resides, would not know. Adjutant Smith, of 'thé Salvation Army, spoke on beha®f of the youth, and succeeded in getting him off on suspended sentence. The sister made good the loss to the second-hand dealer. 'Constable John Naylon lo- cated the boy and the wheel, A drunk, who gaye his name as Barnamoan, was fined, $10 and costs He got his liquor from Montreal, From the Niagara District. Baskets of peaches, plums, pears and blackberries arriving daily at Carnovsky's. Arriving om Day | Every day for the two weeks we ave received some new fi 1 hats for men, or: child- ren. lies who like to Clothes We have navy blue serges for dresses from B50c per yard up. We also show navy blue serges, 54 inches wide, suitable for ove! wear, at $2.00 per- yard. . nm HOSIERY FOR BOYS AND GIRLS Good heavy ribbed cotton stockings for boys at 25¢ and 30c per pair. Fine ribbed lisle and cotton stockings, for girls, at 25¢ and 35c per pair. --Now is the time to buy.-- Newman & Shaw, THE ALWAYS BUSY STORE "CORN SILOS We furnish all ma- terial for complete wood silo, including bands, lugs, doors, roof, etc., as may be uired. rder early before. the corn is ready to harvest and save the fodder while 'it is juicy. Circular on request. apd an nda chr a as a + -- MARRIED AT ITHACA, MICH. ---- pan. = Saturday afternoon, August 11th, at the residence of Dr. H~F. Kil born, brother ef the bride, Utace, Michigan, the marriage of Mabel, Sharbot Lake, to: Frederick 'Arm- Prices from $6.50 up, mma Smith Bros. Jewelers and Opticians. Issuers of Marrisge Licenses. poss BUILDRRS SUPPLIRN , ewes All kind of Fox Stoles suitable for Summer you foto J ance it will be to your interest to On consult us, ergy street west--a new dwel- ling, all modern, with hot water heating; newly decorated, at a rea sonable A frame dwelling on Pine Strest. with large stable, Accommodation for four horses, cement floor, for A new cement y with far. nace, electric Hght, B. and C., for $2,000, on easy terms. Place your sroety on our selling strong Herdman took place. Only} ate frisnds yore present. The | choose a hat