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Fenelon Falls Gazette, 28 Aug 1903, p. 1

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. tlililii; The Bank of BREIESE‘E @503”! AMERISR’. Capital £1,000,000. Reserve £390,000. Fenelon Falls Branch. râ€"fl suns . reposits of $1 and over Received. Interest at 3 per cent. Eiscounted. E-E. A. BGBEflSON, Manager. 'orrrcn nouns : 10 a. m. to 3 pm. Saturdays, 9.30 to 12, and '7 to 8 p. m. Professional Cards. ,_.__.- . . ' LEGAL. .___.___________-_____‘__.__._._~ F. A. MCDlAltMll). ARRISTER, SOLICITOR,Etc., FENE- lon Falls. ‘Otfice, Colborne street, opposite Post-office. 3%“ Money to loan on real estn to at lowest current rates. '__________â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"-â€"â€"â€""-‘ McLAUGl-l LIN 85 PEEL. ARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, 8w. Money B to loan on real estate at lowest current rates. Office, Kent street, opposne Market, Lindsay. R. J. MCLAUGHLIN. J. A. PEEL __,____.â€"-â€"â€"-â€"-- G. H. HOPKINS. ARRISTER, 350. SOLICITOR FOR the Ontario Bonk. Money to loan at rms to suit the borrower. at South, Lindj B owest rates on to Offices : No.6, William Stre ay, Ont. '________.___'______.._â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"l STEWART & O’CONNOR, ARRISTERS, NOTARIES, 8m. MONEY B to loan at lowest current rates. Terms to suit borrowers. Oflice on corner of Kent and York streets, Lindsay. T. STEWART. L. V. O’CONNOR, B. A, MOO RE & JACKSON, ‘ ARRISTERS, SOLIUITORS, tire. Of- fice, William street, Lindsay. F. D. Moons. A. JACKSON in. EDICAL. _.-__,__.. . _. _______.____.‘ l on. 2;. n GRAHAM. â€"â€"u.n., c. n. M R. c. 5. Eng., M. 0.9. s s., UN'l‘., r. 'r. M. s.â€" HYSIUIAN. SURGEON 8r ACCOUGI-Iâ€" cur (Mich. Francis Street, Feuelou m. M WILSON. â€"â€":.t. v... n. o. P. s 5., Ontario,â€" I-lYSll‘llAI-i. SURGEON 8: ACCOUGH- cur. Ultimo. Colborue Street, Feuelon Lit: Falls. - - T - ___“~â€"-'-"’__,__â€"_. DENTAL. or. 3-, sums, DENTIST, ‘f"s‘l-li :alon Falls. Gl'fltluztlc of Toronto University and Royal (folloggt- of Dental Surgeons. ALL "=5:”~‘..\»,~"-;HES 0F DENTISTRY .(ftft‘l‘dlng to the latest improved in moderate prices. ’s store, 001- perfortnml : ltiwllli'll.“ OFFltT l“. :.---l lver Burgoyne orue snow: .' 9.3208, DENTIST, LINDSAY, .‘w. DI. Iii‘A-t'liiJS: ‘ - screw-0th without pain by gas (vital. i'z‘hiluitiry ad ministered by hint for‘27 years. He smiiém‘i lie gas under Dr. lilolton, of New York. originator of gas tor extract- ing tm ih. Dr. Colton writes Dr. Neelonds lint ln- has given the gas to 186,417 per- ons Without an accident from thp gas. Other pain o‘utunders used. A goon set (pf teeth ltl;-i:l'lr‘li for $10. 3%” Dr. Neelan 5 visits l-‘I-r ‘ltlll Falls (McArthur llouse) the third ’l‘m izéy of every month. ball early : ud SC 2'12: :zn appointment Asmn‘o-rltnd lady writes Dr. Neelnnds made her at succ- ssful fit after ' l.~ i;.--1 I mm ts of teeth made in Toronto havng :‘lylil se and elsewmcrc. T:x‘3nn.'r:&.‘.'. ra .31. .:. 1.. I :z.:nv; val-u; .s..=r..:.u. . . tax-uh: :l i l i i earnings of the laborers in all the man- 3 AND SHOES FOR THE CRITICAL BUYER. Call and examine them. They will meet your every requirement regarding style, quality and prices. W. L. RGBSQN- BOOT Who ’s Your Tailor P It you ask any particularly welLdressed man in Fenelon Falls or surrounding district, “who makes your clothes?” invariably he will tell you ‘ TOWNLEY.’ Be one of the number, and call and see what he is doing for the Spring and Summer. Ster and workmanship. RE YOU WRITE 7 » Lindsay, Rem ..... ...... 84.00 - ‘ ' i. For particulars. You W,” save . Clothing"............. ..... . 30.00 .4 ': _ money You can rely on what ........................ 3' you get, Light . . . . . ...............u.. Vorsl in which you deplored the ten- dency to “ race suicide.” notv.~papcrs lor roa<ons that will appear a teacher in one of our city SChoolS,whO to lose her place. 2183. teacher; and aside from that, the position of teacher ap- pears to be naturally incompatible with that of prolific motherhood. That. is - . ment of an . - one thing that tends toward I'racc , ykmd HOW could “.8? Few saves on a southern plantation ever~ suicide." which she lets me read; and that is the way I happened to see your letter to M rs. Van Vorst. that you appear to have overlooked one matter of great importance. to explain what I mean by reference to my own household. sists of my husband, myself, three chil- dren (between six and twelve years of age), and my but she is too old and feeble to work out for pay, so her support. comes out. of my husband’s wages. His prices are right, consistent with first-class He makes no other. 1 - ‘ _.~. ‘.-. and.» less than we would if we had anything; about the house to read. But in the winter, when darkness came early, I was sorry that the children had to go to school with lessons unlearned, which they might. have learned if there had been lamplight by which to study them. Light cost us on an average of throe- quarters of a cent a. dayâ€"$2 75 for the year. Last winter, because of getting mv feet wet while wearing unmeuded shoes and sitting in a. cold room, I was taken down with pneumonia, and was sick for a fortnight. As our house Sits down on the damp ground my mother has become afllicted with rheumatism. How- ever, Wc both got along without a doc- tor, or we would have had to add his bill to our other outlay. To sum up, the year’s expenses were as follows: Food ......$328.00 N'I‘ERE STED IN " llGSl Engagement fillings, Wedding Rings, iamond Rings. THE JEWELLER, Total $460.75 You see, the very best we could do, we expended a little more than my hus- band's earnings. And his work was not interrupted by sickness. There was no doctor’s bill for any of us. The furni- ture we bought the first year after our marriage, before we had any children, is wearing out, but we have bought none to replace it. My husband spent not. a cent for tobacco or intoxicating drinks; he walked to his work every morning. even through the rain, with- cut. spending a cent for street car tick». ets; we have not been to church this year, for we will not occupy anybodv else’s pew, nor the pauper pew, and sit; like a bump on a leg when the contribu- tion plate is pushed under our noseS' we have not gone out on picnics or ex: cursions, nor attended any entertain- RAUE SUICIDE. A Letter to President Roosevelt. President.â€"-â€"A month or two wrote a letter to Mrs. Van M r. no you I did not see t for some time, as we do not take any tereufter. But I have a sister who is s not married. as it is the understand- ing that a married woman is very likely worked harder, or had less in the way of amusement and recreation in the course of a. year than we. Dividing $459 by 6 gives $76 50 as the average annual expense for each member of our familyâ€"less than 21c. a day. Our county board of supervisors allows our sherifl’ 25 cents a. day for feeding prisoners in our county jail ' and the same allowance is inddc foi‘ panpers in the county alms houSc. It. seems to me that it is as much as I ought to be required to do, to support our familyâ€"food, rent, clothinv, fuel everythingâ€"och less than is paidnout for food alone for paupers and criminals. Our house rent cannot be crowded down a cent; the landlord must have his pay, and that in advance. no matter what else may happen. Most of the other items of expense, as you see are already at their lowest limit. If We expend anything for furniture, books newspapers, entertainments. preachers, doctors, luneruls or other incidentuls ii: must come out of our food bill. Fordn- stance, by eating only 3 cents Worth of Victuztls at breakfast this morninrr in» stead of 5, I saved 2 cents with which to buy the paper on which I. am writhw this letter. By eating a 3 cent dinner I suved 2 cents with which to buy a. My sister takes a monthly magazine, Permit me to suggest I will try Our family con- mother, 65 years of age. My mother is useful about the house, I read in that maunzine of my sister’s that the average nfacturing establishments of the United States, according to the last census, were less than $450 per year My husband earned a little more than that. His wages were $1.50 a day. He fortu~ nutcly was in excellent health, and Work- ed every day except Sundays and holi- duysâ€"â€"306 daysâ€"and his income was $459. I had our oldest daughter. as practice in arithmetic, as a matter of business training, and to see to it that we did not run in debt, keep an extiet account of our expenditures. They were as follows : The sum total paid out. for food osmfle sum, to ,.,. ,, materials was $328. That wasa frnc p " p m‘“ u' “‘0 Pen all“ ink I borrowed from a neighbor. 1 find in that magazine‘of my sister’s the Statement, deduced from the census. reports and the bulletins of the Labor Bureau. that more than twelve millions of the citizens of the United States- men, women and children, the families of laborersâ€"are living on a less amount per day than we. But to come back to my own family. You will observe that $78 50 is the average annual expense of each of us now, when there is no ex- tra medical attendance on account of the advent of another child into the household. That would certainly mean more than 325 additional. Now, Mr. President, I submit to your candid judgment whether it would no: he the height of follyâ€"worse that that criminal recklessnessâ€"for us to mukf‘ family arrangements that would neces- sarily invoch us in an expense nex’ year, and for indefinite years to come. of from $25 to $100 a year more that3 ~ we have any reason to expect my hus- band's income will he, even in case he keeps his health, and work remain: plentiful, and prosperity continues I" reign ? L tion less than 90 cents per dayâ€" l5cents for each of six persons, or not quite 5 cents a meal. I economized in every way to reduce the expenditure below that fienre, but could not. A pint cup of bread and milk for one of the children costs more than that. Our family occupies a three room house in the outskirts of the city. . Of course we are badly cramped for space. There must be a bed in each room. Fortunately we have not much other furniture We are always ina cluttered up condition,f'rom the fact that we have no cellar. I do not see how we eould get along with any smaller house. For this we pay $7 a monthâ€"$84 per year. Our clothing, including hats, shoes, everythingr for summer and winter, costs a total of $30; an average of not quite $4.50 each. I can not see how we‘could have got along for less. We have but one stove in the house-an old. broken concern that was second hand when we bought. it. In the winter my mother lies abed considerable of the time. to keep warm and give the rest of us a chance at the fire. I do not see how We could have been more economical than we Were in the use of fuel, but it cost us $16 during the year. Light costs us comparatively little. Sometimesâ€"- in summonâ€"we used none whatever, for several evenings in succes- Probubly we felt the deprivation (Mus. CY”). _ ‘ Washington, D_ C). CREMLLn. 0‘. . It the opponents of Socialism lgnoz‘u' it, it Will grow ; if they condemn it ' wtll grow. It is growing, anyhow I EXQU- . l . . 2 :4 e... '5' 3333"" 3?”. 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