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Sam had left the post~ ' office at 9 o'clock that evening with a codfish under his arm. Coming across the hog all of a sudden, he had con- trasted salt cod with fresh pork, and his dormant ambition had been arous- Tna JERICHO P. 0. ’POSTMASTER PERKINS TELLS OF THE SAD CASE OF SAM HOPKINS. me We: Accused of Stealing a. Box and Was Convicted and Imprison~ ed For Itâ€"Thon the Neighbors Be- .gnn to Doubt His Guilt. [Copyright, 1902. by C. B. Lewis.] ERICHO folks don’t count much on Sam Hopkins. Sam was lazy and shirtless and fond of whis-_ ky, and it was suspected for a good many years that he stole most: of ’a‘ is vegetables. It was the general Opinion that he would some day land in jail. One day Ezra Taylor missed one of his hogs, {/6} $0 ma BIGGES . I ever ofl‘er‘ed ,N I ABEES, COATS KNIGHTS or'r'sr'rso MACCABEES T VALUE We have been very careful this sea- son in buying only the newest and ' nobbiest coats, consequently our stock is of the best and values not to be equalled elsewhere. \Ve have jackets as low as $2.50 and as high as $10. Our Jacket No. 805 is a beauty, made of all- wool Frieze, in gray and black, 28 in. long, also lined, with velvet collar. . price for this perfect-fitting coat is . .. . Our special 4.95 Jacket No. 811 (same as cut) is made of all- wool Frieze in grey and black, 28 in. long, pinner‘ost SOCIETIES. Diamond Tent No. 208. Meets in the True Blue hall in McArthur’s Block on the first and third Tuesday in each month. Cnas. Wise, Com. 0 W. Buneorns, R. K. W ANADIAN ORDER. OF ODDFELLOWS Trent Valley Lodge No. 71. Meet in the Orange hall on Francis street west on the first. and third Mondays in each month D. BROKENSIIIRE, N. G. J. '1‘. Thomson Jn., Se c. L O.L.No. 900. MEET IN THE ORANGE . hall on FrancisSt. West on the second Tuesday in every month. .7 \jgetting along all right, having gained and linedâ€"u. very popular style. Our special price is only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.65 Jacket No. 832, 40 in. long, all-wool Frieze, double yoke, lined, boll sleeve, slash pocket and velvet collar. We have this one in either box back or-srmi-fitiing, in black or Oxford grey. Regular $10. Our price .. 8,,03 J. J. NEVISON, W. M. F J. ALDOUS, Rec-Sec. Lâ€"_ NDEPENDENT ORDER of FORESTERS. Court Phoenix No. 182. Meet on the and after searching over most of North America a lot of fresh pork was found in Sam Hopkins’ house, and his wife 'confessed that Sam stole the hog. He didn’t have much to say about it him. :self, thinking as they couldn’t find the {hoofs and bristles he was safe from the law, but they went ahead and made out a case, and Sam was sent to prison for three years. Nobody had anything to say in his favor until he’d served two years on his term. He was ed. An appeal to a lazy man's appetite was better than a skyrocket to arouse him. He felt to pity Mrs. Hopkins in her misfortune, and it was just possible ‘fifteen pounds of fat and being lazier than ever, but his wife broke her leg, 41nd that set people to talking again. Ebenezer Holdfast was the first man to come out in a square told way. One YANADIAN HOME CIRCLES. RENE LON Falls Circle No. 127, meets in the True Blue hall in McArthur's Block the first Wednesday in every month. P. C. Bunasss, Leader. R. B. Svassran, Secretary. PRINTING. WI? WV. , ’ a ‘ F.AN . ., _ , . BILL HEADS, POSTERS. ~ . will the? 353.3335 «37* E that Sam was an innocent man, but it , 1““ MWQ‘W 0f 9’10}! month, in the True would do no great harm to let mm re. : , . _ , ‘ Blue hall in McArthur’s Block. main in prison a few month more. I -. . . ' ' .~. .r D. GOULD, Chief Ranger, Adiniron was small potatoes in that ‘ These are iusa a few of our styles. We have them cheap- Tans. Ausrnv, R. S. crowd. hOWever. The tide had turned er dearer longer or shorter, Will be pleased to Show them. m in Sam’s favor. and some of the last ’ ’ ’ ' CANADIAN ORDER OF FORESTERS speakers went so far as to declare that , 1"011910“ FWS LOdge N0 026. Meets the governor ought to be impeached it w M C A P E L L Hi the Orange Hall on Francis street west he did,” pardon .mm. Squar Taylor . I! on the first Thursday of each month. wrote out a petition, and the folks was (THEO' Joy! ChiefRflngel‘: tumbling over each other to sign it ' P'DEYMN’SW' when Lish Billings came in. Lish was also on that jury, and the chairman rose up and softly observed: “As Elisha Billings has just entered the room. we will wait for some re~ marks from him." ' “What about?” asks Lish. . “About the Sam Hopkins case. We have set the machinery in, motion to get his pardon, and I hope you will Wednesda r 1 , . “g? “121” if”? h l . b . NOTE HEADS, DODGERS, ' 2"“ °f ti 313::goiii’i3d3ebii°$i‘i§ “ s on n't 0 mac worryu a on “Ming 3111’s Block. Sam if I was you.” drawled Lish as he LETTER HEADS, SHIPPING R A. McDmmm W. M begéntmlm“? STATEMENTS. PROGRAMMES. E- storm. ‘ u w yno ’ - ~.â€",â€" . . N. ~_.__-_.- ' “Because he died four weeks ago: CIRCULARS, ELIâ€"52.113: ESTER“, GET; â€"j ‘ got too fat and lazy to drew his breath . RC HES. anzlqngerl" . - . M, gym t _ ETG., N .. WEDDING INVITATIONS, BAPTIST CHURCHâ€"QUEEN ST Rev. _ Benj. Davies, Minister. Preaching serVices every Sunday at 10 30 a. m. and 7 p. m. Bible Class and Sunday School at 2.30 p. m. Praise and raver se' ' I _ . -i\’l i‘hursday at 8 p. m. p ce on N MEMORIAL CARDS, , LADIES’ VISITING CARDS. We have lately added a stock of type and stationery w. o. Pesos, EDEN]!an SPOKE UP. _ A en, for for’printing Wedding Invitations, Calling Cards, etc., and METHOD,ST CHURCH _ COLBORNE might. as the usual crowd sat around , g . p, can turn out first class work at reasonable Pmces' Sheenâ€"Rev. John Garbult, Pastor. the stove in the postoflice waiting for _, . sundfl-V sel'V‘ce “'9 10.30 a- m- and 7 p. m. ’ :the mail, Ebenezer spoke up and said: DREAMS,‘;_ Sabbath School tit 2.30 p. m. Epvath “Boys. whoever stole Ezra Taylor's "-v'. come and see samp|es./ [Jljllg-lu' oi Christian Endeavor, Tuesday . hog must have had to drive it a mile PlANaS’ ‘ a.‘,lcunxf;:,gmngv§n9:1°°tk:z 35"“3'91' meeting on .and a half in the dark and rain. Then ,, “ . £5 ’3 ' .’ 1 ga . . , ’he had to kill and scald it and cut it __ SEVHNG "MLACHINES Francis street West, ' Gazette Office. M , :up and salt the meat.” _ ' d .- -’ _ ‘ , T-SANDRE)l ’3 CHURCHâ€"COLBORNE “Of course he did," replies three er an ' : tor SC- dH. Sitncilair, Pas- ‘four in chorus. MASSEY_HABBIS m: and 7 m g“, . gm uy u 0.30 a. m a , .' . I L d: , b h ‘ . . ‘Well, does any. man here believe - - a, 2 30””. m. " ‘3 c 001 (Vely Sundny I Christian Endeavor meeting rvery I‘uesday at 8 p. in. Prayer meeting every Thursday at 7.30 p. in. JAN (ALVATION ARMYâ€"BARRACKS ON Bond St. Westâ€"Capt Kivell 8; Lieut. Jago. ' that Sam Hopkins ever Went to all 'that trouble? Not by a jugfuli He was too durned lazy for that, as we all know. You couldn’t have hired him to drive a hog a mile for a five dollar shill." ' ‘ : “How did he get the fresh pork?" aasks Moses Turner. ‘ "'Dunno. He said he found it in the road, you remember. Sam might have got up enough ambition to carry home :a hundred pounds of meat he’d stum-p- ‘ "bled over in the road. It’s always been my opinion that we hustled Sam 8. lee- .‘tle too hard." "Can anything be done about it now ?" asks Aaron Scott as he hitches around on the head of a barrel in a conscience stricken way. “Can't say.” replies Ebenezer, "but ‘S’m geing to think it over. If Sam prkins didn’t steal that hog, and I don‘t see how any one can believe he (did. the governor ought to pardon hlm . out of prison. I don’t say we’d have the hand out to meet him and kill any faded calf. but it would ease some of our consciences a lcetle." ' That was the beginning, and the thing grew right along. When folks came to inke'Sam’s laziness into ac- count. they began to believe that there was something queer about the case, and after a timed: public meeting was called to get the :popular sentiment. Ebenezer Holdfast was made chair- ‘man. and he had a speech all ready. He‘d been hunting up his figures, and ' die had 'cm to hurl at ‘the meeting. He went clear back to the {days of the R0- anan empire and proved that no man 1300 lazy to wash his face once a 'month or to cut his toe 'nails once in aaix had ever been convicted of steal- ing a hog and working all night to slide the moat. Nobody who had lost 'h’resh pork on the highway had come sorward to say so. but maybe .he had dropped dead of heart disease or :for- gotten the circumstance. Ebenezer was followed by Marrow- :nt Johnson, who had made up "his mind to say something, whether it bit «be case or not. He went over one of ‘ 'liis Fourth of July orations and got; the audience to whooping, and then he wrung in part of a funeral address and Fans: Imsssrasnrs. We guarantee good} goods at. reasonable prices. ‘ _:. .3; ...'~ . LDGK Al" Wild. ' GROCERIES DEPARTMENT. We desire to call your attention to the following line of goods, just received: Choice Cleaned Currants; Choice Seeded Raisins, one pound packages (East Brand) ; Fine Filiated Currants ; Selected Valencia. Raisins; Sultana Raisins. A full stock of Crosse & Blackwell’s Peels; Soft-shell Almonds; Shelled Grenoble Wal- nuts; Shelled Almonds. CROCKERY DEPARTMENT " Toilet and Dinner Sets. For the next two weeks we will offer special value in these goods; also a large stock of Fancy Goods, Lamps etc. BOOT AND SHOE DEPARTMENT. A full line of the best goods and latest styles money can bu 7. - READY-MADE CLOTHING DEPARTMENT. Call and see our Men’s, Youths’ and Boys’ Suits, also a nice line of Ulsters and Overcoats. These are only a few of the lines of new goods just placed in stock. You are invited to take a1 close look through the stocks and compare prices whether you buy or not. Our 250. Tea is immense value. 51' OS. MGFARLAN'D. Call and see our instruments and maChines before buying. on Sundaysat ll a. m.,3 p.m. and7 30 p.m. “a M‘ ST. ALOYSIUS R. c. CHURCHâ€".LOUISA Streetâ€"Rev. Father O’Leary, Pastor. Services every alternate Sunday at 10.30 a. m. Sunday School every SundayatZ p. m N ST. JAMES’S CHURCHâ€"BOND STREET Rastâ€" Rev. R. MacNamera,‘ Pastor. Sci-Vice every Sunday at 10.30 a. m. and 7 p. in. Sunday School every Sunday at 2.30 p. in. Bible class ever Th ' at 7.30 o’clock. y ursany evening MN ' Seats fine in all churches. Everybody mmtedto attend. Strangers cordially welcomed- % MISCELLANEOUS, N» PUBLIC LIBRARYâ€"PATRICK KELLY, Librarian. Open daily Sunda " ed, from 10 o’clock a. m. till 10 pdnficcfdlf- exchanged on Tuesdays and Saturdays from 12 a.m. till 3 p. m and in the even' . . in f 7 to 9. Reading room in connection.g mm CST-OFFICE-F. J KERR, POS'I‘MASâ€" ter. Open daily, Sundays cvce _ . - led from 7.30 a. m. to 7 p. in. Mail going slbuth’ closes at 7.35 a. m. Mail going north closes at 11.23 a. in. Letters for registration must be posted halfan hour revi he _ . ou time for closing the mails. p B to t KN, NEWSPAPER LAW, 1. A postmaster is re Shop opposite Post-office, rename: FALLS. M AY ll), 1902. llllllllll lllli Ellllll is printed every Friday at. the office, corner May and Francis Streets. ._ SUBSCRIPTION : .,i_>'1_.,oo A YEAR, IN ADVANCE or oiic;cent per week will be added, as long as it remains unpaid. ~ Advertising Rates. 4, " Professional or business cards, 50 cents per line pcranuum. Casual advertisements, 3 cents per line for the first insertion, and :5 cents per line for every subsequent. inser- tion. Contracts by the year, half year or less, upon reasonable terms. JOB PRINTINéTxccuted neatly, cor- ectly and at moderate prices. E. D. HAND, Proprietor. ' quired to {V6 . by letter (retummg the Papergdoegoligi answer the law), when a subscriber do”, not take his paper out of th ' e 0 state the reasons for its not beinncglrctealfdiid Any neglect to do so makes the postmaster Sher for payment. , rs his paper disc - tinned he must pay all arrearages, or 258 publisher may continue to send it until payment is made, and collect th . . e w amount, whether it is taken From the chili: or not. There can be no legal discontinu- @Olfiflflflfiflflufluflnflmfl' NO CHiARGE. J. G. cKeggie & 00., (ESTABLISHED 1879.) BANKERS, FENELON FALLS, - ONT. Agents: TheBank of British North America. Step in and have your Watch regulated_ Scl'VlCe every Wednesda .y Thurs; day and Saturday evenings at 8 p.’m., and} got 'em to crying. and nobody noticed . that he left Sam Hopkins out of the matter altogether. When he hadn't any wind left, Levi Goodheart took his place. 'IJQ'Vl was on the jury that found Sam guilty. and .he was ‘free to say that the fresh pork had received more attention than Sam’s chronic laziness. ills had been experimenting a little. {He had tried to drive a hog a mile and an half. on a dark and rainy night, and he had madea miserable failure of it. .lt;genera1 np-to-date banking business transacted. Current accounts with merchants and business men opened on the usual terms, and careful attention given to the business of our customers. Deposits Received. Deposit Receipts andiSarings Bank books issued on account of the Rank of British North America, Toronto, and usual rate of interest allowed. No charge. And if it requires cleaning, or if any repair- ing is necessary, we will do it promptly at small cost, compatible with good work. Whether bought from us or not you will receive the same courtesy. bound‘to pay fori tinge Xutil the payment is made. . ny person who takes a a the post-office, whether directrbdpmt‘ohgln name or another, or whether he has subs scribed or not, is responsible for the pay - 4. If a subscriber orders his paper to stopped at a certain time, and the pube lishcr continues to send, the subscriber is- fit he takes it o post-ofiice. This proceeds upon theuggdutdd that a man must pay for what he uses. 5. The courts have decided that refusing to' take newspapers and ' ' periodicals from the post-oliicc, or_rcmoving and leaving them uncalled for is ' " ' ' 1H , , puma facze cvrde ot intentional fraud. ' a“ ' Britten Bros... Jewellers. snei’oi Kent Street. v -- ~LIHDSAY. At the end of twenty rods the hog had earned and bolted, and after two hours as snarl: shines where than 'H. .l. 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