Daily British Whig (1850), 4 Sep 1924, p. 7

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THE DAILY BR ee ---- MONUMENTS a Monument, or having Letter. ing done in cemetery BEE 857 Frontenac St., Kingston "Phone 1417. Hard Wood Choice Body Hardwood. Boft Mixed Wood. Kindling and Slabs. (Chas. Bedore & Son 840. NELSON STREET Phome 17463. | ~ Dr. Waugh DENTIST A | | 108 Wellington st. Phone 256, The Canadian Daily Journals for 1925 Are now on sale R. Uglow & Co. FR || SEPTEMBER WEDDINGS You will have no trouble in selecting a Wedding Gift whether it be in Silverware, China or Glass As our stock is large and well assorted, and priced to suit every purse. Our invitation to look over our stock carries no ob- ligation to buy. I Kinnear & d'Esterre JEWELLERS 168 PRINCESS ST. dsm PHONES 2267F--938W, wa BRICK, STONE, PLASTERING AND TILE SETTING DOUGLAS & McILQUHAM CONTRACTORS ' JOBBING WORK A SPECIALTY. 400 ALBERT STREET FRENCH CHINA Just received a shipment of French direct from Limoges, where all good French China comes from. Our open stock patterns are now com- | plete, and we advise our many "open stock . customers" to match up their dinnerware at once, and avoid any disappointments. , It will be to the advantage of those not yet started on these beautiful patterns to come and see them before deciding on their High grade goods at the lowest possible prices. | 1] friend," explained Black, in return. "Rather gloomy affair, wasn't it?" ed'to clear--unusual s San The last of our Summer Shoes all reduc- values. Women's White Canvas Shoes, 'Women's Sandals. z 's Patent Strap Slippers. dals. Shoes for Boys and Girls, 8 Fine Shoes in all leath SHOE ers, Che oi ven | He'll Answer Your Questions, Some- how, If you're in doubt on etiquette, Or if you argue o'er a bet, If love pangs make you melancholy, Just write and tell your grief to Wally. | Still Unsettled. } Dear Wally: J Tell me, it is right ., To kiss a gentleman good night? rn do whichever way you say. | Yours very truly, Ethel May. Dear Ethel: On this mooted point Authorities are out of joint. Some praise the custom, some derid:; Bo let your conscience be your guide. Pass the Burk. Dear Wally: A boy friend of mine ( Has asked me out with him to dine. I cannot read a French menu, | | What shall I do? | Yours, Ima Skew. | {| Dear Ima: | Do not worry, dear. | When George, the waiter, wanders oh If you do I'll burn Rome, and I'm not joking, either. Truly yours, Nero. Dear Blackbeard: Yo Ho Ho, old timer! I haven't seén your dear o!d skuil and cross- bones for a long time, and hope that all is well with you. I have three ships now, and, by the way, I won- der if you will join me in a little venture this fall. We've been pikers, old dark whisk- ers! We've been a disgrace to Davy Jones' ancient order of pirates! Here's what we are going to do in a nutshell: In the future we will lay off these merchant ships, and will make our headquarters in Havana. I know where we -can buy 6,045 cases of rum for 1,205 pieces of eight. We'll bring the stuff to the States and our fortunes will be made! What say? Drop me a line, matey. As ever, your old skipper, Captain Kidd. Over the "Phone. 8he: "Dear, I am having trouble. You had better come!" He: "What's wrong, trouble?" She: "No, the horn won't blow." --Y. Linville. engine She Nabbed Him. Blubb: "Bilkins used to boast that his love for pretty girls was just a passing fancy, but I hear he's mar- ried, now." Dubb: "Yes; he lingered too long in passing the last one." ---John H. Ames. (Copyright 1924, Reproduction Forbidden.) | near, This on your escort you may spring: | "You order for us both, Old Thing." | Making Sure. Stella: "Anna Belle must be dread- fully in love with her husband. She | | 'Phones his office at least ten times | every day." | Grace: | being in love, dear. | suspicious." "That doesn't sound like I think she's --Mrs. Sydney Kuhn. | | Good Enough. | Mrs. Blackstone: "Does your hus- | band understand you, my dear?" | Mrs. Webster: "I think he begin- | ning to. He increased my allowance | last week." | --Frank Conrad. | What's Wrong With This Picture.§ Sitting Up With a Friend. The convivial Black was getting in at three in the morning, when his wife asked him where he had been. "Been sitting up all night with a pointedly commented his wife. "Not at all, dear," said Black, with a suspicion of a hiccough., "He and I sat up together." ----Charles C. Mullin. A husband is a husband, though he be ever so homely, Call the Doctor! Little Johnny on the floor Spilled some crude petroleum, Bridget skidded through the door, Now she's down with the linoleum. ~--Jay B. Iden, A Valid Complaint, Being a twin ain't so bad, said small Willie, if you don't have to be it with a girl: But since sis took to wearing a French bob and knickers, folks keep me mad all the time by asking which is the girl. : --Mrs. N. A. Garner. Everything Was Created for a. Pur. + pose, | Dogs were made .to bark and bite, Cats were made to yowl, Pikers in a poker game 'Were made to lose and 'howl. ~--J. Thompson. | be original and unpublished. Ac- | Readers are requested to contri bute. All humor: epigrams (or humorous t.ottoes), jokes, anec- ITISH WHI Thomas Hetherington, Stand- dotes, poetry, burlesques, satires, and brignt sayings of children, must cepted material will be pald for ut from $1.00 to $10.00 per contribution; from 25c. to $1.00 7p line for poetry according to the character and value of the contribution, as determined by the Ed.*or of "The Fun Shop." All manuscripts must be waltten on one side of the per only, should bear name of this newspapsr, and should be addressed to #un Shop Headquarters, 110 West 40th Street, New York City. Unaccepted contri. butions cannot be returned. GANANOQUE Sept. 4.--Miss Margaret Taylor of Kingston was the guest of Miss Han- ley this week. W. T. Sampson has gone to Walk- erville and Windsor for a few days. Miss Nellie McHardy is visiting Mrs. Harry Quinsey in Belleville. Dr. Royal Lee, New York, is in town. Frank Beerman Brown, who has spent the last three weeks at his bome here, returned to his school near Consecon, on Monday. Mr. Brown was successful in obtaining a teachers' elementary physical culture certificate at the Toronto summer school. Miss Anna Tapping has returiied to Oshawa after having spent her holidays with her parents here. Mrs. P. Pelow, Miss Alice and Lorraine Pelow, and Mr. and Mrs. McLean and children, Hamilton, motored to Kngston yesterday. Harold Bockley, of Oshawa, who has been with friends in town for the past couple of weeks, returned yesterday. : Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Abbott are remaining in town another week, and it is expected that Mr. George Abbott will join them before they leave for Hartford. Among those who motored to Kingston yesterday were Miss Jean Lutz, Mrs, R. J. Johnson, Mrs. F. H.-Lutz, Miss K. O'Neill, Mrs. Stdn- ley Shiels, Mrs. C. B. Abbott, Misses A. Shiels, Lenora Jackson, Myrtle Shiels, Anne Tulloch and Leiia Gib- son. Miss Madeline Meredith, daugh- ter of Prof. and Mrs. Meredith, is with friends in town for a short holiday. ; Frank Tapping and J. Hamilton are in Kingston for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Glen McLean and children of Hamilton are holidaying at Tremont Lodge. LENNOX COUNTY FAIR . A BIG ATTRACTION At Napanee Sept. 9-12--0ld Boys' Reunion Will Be Feature. Napanee, Sept. 4. --Those, who are interested in the Lennox Fair and the Lennox and Addington Old Boys' Re-union, which takes place at Napa- nee on Sept. 9th¥10th-11th-12th, and | Ted: "When you're in love your girl often has you guessing." Ned: "That's nothing to when you marry her and she has you guessing all the time." ak wk 1 really think it isn't fair The way some folks give soup the air. rs ne, UNPUBLISHED LETTERS OF FAM- OUS MEN. 3 The Jazz Music Co., Rome. Gentlemen: = ; Please send me by messenger the . . 3 who have not received a copy of the prize list, should secure one from the secretary before the supply is ex- hausted. It gives a very fair itiner- ary of what will oceur at the beau- tiful and commodious grounds dur- ing the four days of the exhibition. What is sure to be a great attrac- 'tion to the young folks in particular will be the Happyland Midway which will arrive in its own train of twenty cars. e Tuesday, Sept. 9th, opening day, is known as Children's day and public. school pupils of the town and county will meet at the A-mouries Celebration at the high school e v the Palace. On that night will be shown here the finest babies in the world, anyway that is what the mothers say about them and they ought to know. - There will be a splendid array of exhibits in all classes, horses, cattle, | sheep, pigs; all kinds and varieties | of farm produce; vegetables, fruit, flowers and plants, ladies' Janey | work, paintings, drawings and other | works of art; and so many other things well worthy of special men- tion, It is sald that over seven thousand dollars will be given in prizes and in addition to 'that there is a long list of special prizes given by eciti- zens and others. The management have put forth every effort to make the 1324 fair eclipse all previous exhibitions, and one that will be a source of enjoy- ment to the visiting Old Boys and Girls as well as to the old folks at home, The closing episode wiii be the community dance in the armouries on the night of Friday, Sept. 12th. Everybody welcome, come and have a good time, A WALL COLLAPSES: DESERONTO MAN HURT ard Bank Staff, Removed-- Active In Sporting Circles. Deseronto, Sept. 3.--Whilst at work recovering metal from a build- ing lately gutted by fire, Harvey Scriver was badly injured when a brick wall collapsed and fel! on him. J. Archer, who was with him, was also badly bruised. Mrs. Clinton Rendell, Mrs, H. Aylesworth, Mrs. Bert Brown and Ross Rendell, of Napanee Road, with Frank Loyst, of Adolpbustown, returned from a motor trip to To- ronto on- Monday night. Whilst in Toronto the party visited the exhibi- tion and Mrs. Clinton Rendell visit- ed her brother, Roy Thomas, at Highland Creek. Samuel Thomas visited his daugh- ter, Mrs. Clinton Rendell, Napanee Road, on Tuesday. Miss Laura Gowan, of Bank of Montreal, is enjoying a well-earned vacation and rest. Thomas Hetherington of the Stan- dard Bank, is leaving Deseronto to take up an important position else- wheré., His many friends and _ ac- quaintances will miss him greatly in all sporting circles, "Tom" being prominent in the baseball team and on all round athletics. Mr, and Mrs. Doonan and daugh- ter, of Hastings, and Mrs. Warner and daughter, Jane, of Huntsville, were holiday visitors at Mrs. Lil- lian Woodcock's. Mrs, Woodcock re- turned with them 'by motor after spending the past two weeks in Has- tings and Huntsville. Mrs. Cecil Penny, of Niagara Falls, N.Y., is visiting his grandmother, Mrs. Mandy Steele, and his aunt, Mrs, George Palmer, East Thomas street. Mr. Roy Joyce accepted a posi- tion at the C. N. R. Express office. Mre. Russell Connell and two children are visiting at Bovan's Mill street. Miss Mildred Joyce is clerking for John Lasko, in his restaurant on Main street, during Mr. Lasko's absence at the exhibition. Mr. Elliott, Jr., is visiting his father, on Edmund street. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Waterbury, and family and Mr. and Mrs. Thom- as Foster motored to Mohawk Grove on Monday and picniced on the bay shore. Miss Mary Cocliier, who has been holidaying in Chicago and sailing on the boat with her father from Montreal to Chicago, has returned to her home and resumed her stu- dies at the Deseronto High School. Hubert Howard and George Hop- ping are suffering from blood- poisoning. Mr. and Mrs. James Cole are in attendance at the Toronto exhibi- tion. Claud Sharpe, William * Allan, Willlam Thompson and Robert Hunt spent a few days this week at the Toronto exhibition. : Miss Helen Covert has motored to/ Oswego, N.Y., to spend a two weeks vacation. Before returning Miss Covert will visit friends and relatives in Rochester, N.Y. Miss Mildred Covert has return- ed home after spending a week in Belleville. 3 The Breeze family have returned to their home on East Main street, after spending the summer at Forest Mills. - Miss Estella Davie,' East Main street, has accepted a position at the Quinte Glass factory and will berin her duties at once. The Misses Helen and Ruth Hermiston have resumed their duties as teachers on the Deseronto high school] staff. Miss Hermiston has purchased a new Ford Coupe. Mr. and Mrs. Gale and family bave returned to Deseronto after camping throughout the holidays. Mr. Gale is the pri ~of' the Deseronto high school. ~ Jack HMI who has been attending Ironside College, Quebec, has re- sumed his duties at the Deseronto The Messrs. Naylors of Belle- ville are spending the week at Ir- win's Island and are canvassing the A number of people from Shan- nonville, Point Anne, Belleville, and ------------------------ There is no smoke without firs % Ladies' Patent and Highest Grade : Vici Kid Oxfords and Pumps Turn Soles, French Heels -- Bell and Smardon. formerly sold for some as high as $1 made by These Shoes $7.50, $9.00 and 2.00. We admit the styles have changed, yet these Shoes make the prettiest evening shoes money can buy. We must clear them immediately, so offer them to you at ONE DOLLAR It will pay you to buy 3 or 4 pairs. ABERNETHY'S SHOE STORE TTR Pe THE LEADING UNDERTAKER. | * PRODUCE ers | LIVE STOCK. Toronto, The exporters paid $7.50 to $7775 for heavy steers, and $6 and $6.25 for handy weights. These prices look about a quarter off last week. In the butcher line there was one little bunch of, steers at $6.75, and the bulk of the medium and good stuff was priced at $5.50 to $6.25. Common stuff was down to $3,75. Good cows ranged from $3.50 to $4.25. A few good heavy bulls sold from $3.75 to $4.35 with quite a few bolognas at $2.50 to $2.75. The butcher cattle quality was only fair, but the prices also were about a quarter of a dollar lower. There was 'a good stocker a feeder trade, with the supply con- sisting of Western cattle and the €peculators doing most of the buy- ing. ~ Stockers under 800 Ibs. ranged from $2.35 to $4.25, with feeders from $3.25 to $6. There was a strong calf trade with the price a half dollar higher. Choice sold atv$10 to $11, with medium to good at $6 to $9.50. A couple of loads of grassers went at from $4 to $5. The lamb 'market with the packers offering week's closing price of $12. salesmen held out until nearly noon, but finally accepted this price. There were a few odd sales of lambs up to $12.75. There was a good strong sheep trade choice at $7 to $7.50. Hogs were a quarter of a dollar lower at $9.75 f.0.b., $10.35 fed and $10.75 off car. dt Montreal Market, Cattle--Recéipts, 1,598. The cat- tle market was very unsettled. A few lots of the best steers were sold for $6.50 and prices for steers ranged from this price down to $3 with the bulk of sales between §4 and $5. There was a large percent- age of cows in the shipments. Good cows were $4. The majority of the cows brought from $2.25 to $3.25. At time of writing there was not much prospect of the cattle market being cleaned up to-day. Calf receipts, 645. Good veal cal- ves were in demand and brought from $7.50 to $8.50 and lots of medium quality from $6.50 to $7. Very few teal good veals were of- fered. Grass calves ranged from $3.50 to $4 with a few lots as low as $3.25. : Sheep receipts 6,100. A number of loads of good lambs were sold for $10 with an odd sale "up to opened slow last The KINGSTON'S BIGGEST HOME FURNISHERS THE HOME OF GOOD FURNITURE Looking into the future in buying Furniture, think of the years to come, In choosing your Furniture you want to be sure of Style, Quality and Price. Furniture that will give you the greatest amount of wear and plea- sure can be had at REID'S. Our store offers excellent store sere vice, JAMES REID "PHONE 147 FOR SERVICE $11. Common kind: were from $710 $8.60 and the medium lots around $9.25 to $9.50. Hog receipts, 3,630. A slightly easier feeling prevailed in the hog market. Government graded eelects were bid for at $11. Sales of buten- er hogs were made from $10 to $10.50. Sows ranged from $6 to $7, according to weight and finish. Winnipeg. Arrivals, 2,769 cattle, 225 calves, 1,158 Hogs and 104 sheep. Bidding on the cattle market was inclined to be slow, but there were indications that all butcher classes would sell about steady with last week's close. There was little trad- ing in the stocker and feeder class~ es, and the general trend of prices 'Was not apparent. Local packers were bidding $9 for thick smoothe, and good quality loads were expected to go a little higher. The sheep and lamb market held generally stéady. Best lambs, $9 to $9.50 and sheep, $4 to $5.50. ' ---- Chicago, Cattie--Receipts, 13,000; all classes active, unevenly higher, mostly 25 to 50 cents up, desirable yearlings, handyweight steers and desirable beef heifers showing more upturn in spots; best yearlings, $11; best matured steers, $10.55, aver age weight 1,281 pounds; fat cows largely 25¢ higher; moet beef hei fers 50c up; bulls and veal calves showing advance; best heavy bolo- gnas, $4.90 and above; vealery largely $13 to $13.50, some $14 to outsiders; western grass steers largely $6 to $6.75 to killers, shar. lng fed steers advance; stockers and feeders, dealers competing, pay~ ing $5 to $6.76; more Gesirable and weightier kind, $7 to $8: kind © at latter price averaging around 1 100 poynds. ¢ Hogs--Receipts, 42,000; mostly 10 to 15¢ higher; light lights and slaughter pigs slow, steady: top, $10.35; bulk good and echo 160 to 325-pound average, $9.8 to $10.30; better, 140 to 150- pound, largely $8.60 to $9.20; majority packing sows, $8.60 to $9.10; bulk desirable = strong-weight slaughter pigs, $7.50 to $1.75; estimated hold- over, 10,000. , Sheep--Receipts, 35,000; slow: fat native lambs, mostly 25¢ lower; westerntrs, 15 to 25c lower; somt- ing light; bulk native lambs, $13; few to city butchers, $13.65 to $13.75; culls mostly §9 to $9.50; bulk range lambs, $15 10 $13.50; some held higher: numerous loads westerns unsold; lots fat ewes, $4 to $5.75; feeding br Bossa sarly eales, 25 to ver; good fo. chojce feeding lambs, $12.60 to $12.75; mouthed breeding ewes, $6.75. sheep steady; odd _ full Fy

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