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VOL. XXXVI. 1" W0 Desire To Thank You For your liberal patronage - during the year which is about to close. During ‘this time our greatest endeavor has been to give you value for your money, sell ‘you the best go'o'ds in the seVeral ‘lines we handle at as close a margin of profit as pos- sible, and deal fair in every transaction of business. By so doing ‘this year has been a . successful one ‘for’ ‘us, and -we sincerely hope it has been so with you. We wish you a joyous time during the Christmas season, and trust that ‘the coming year will be crowded with more prosperity and happiness for you. ; J. L. ARNOLD. We have purchased the Hardware Stock and goudvvill 0f Mr. Cooke and are new offering some goods at‘ greatly reduced prices. Five Dozen Clothes Pins Lantern Globes, each . . Horse Blankets, regular $1.45, now Brooms, regular 400., now . . Brooms, regular 300., now‘ . . Crosscut Saws, regular $3, now . . Axe Handles, regular 300.. now Double bitted Axes, were $1.15, now Best American Coal Oil . . Stove‘ Elbows, regular 200., now . . ,15 One only "Wood Cook, regular $30, now 25.00 One only Wood Cook, regular $28, now 23.00 One only Base Burner, reg. $38, now One only Base Burner, “ $32, now One only Base Burner, “ ' $36, now .30 _ .25 1.50 .15 .05 :20 28.00 30.00 FENELON- FALLS, 31.80~~~ THE 010 RELIABLE DRUG STORE A.J.GOULD, CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST. PHONE came“. An ' interesting Letter. The following interesting letter has been handed us by Mr. Walter Steven- son, who received it from his nephew, Mr. Sidney Oliver, who is one of a party of five appointed. by the New Zealand Government to make researches regard- ing the botany, zoology and geology of the Kermadec Islands. A large number of photographs are being taken. The men are located on Sunday Island, one of the group, about 700 miles from New Zealand. They have been there a little more than a year, and expect to have their work finished soon. Mr. Oliver is He was here on a visit about three years ago. His brother Reginald is also one of the part-y. ‘ Sunday Island, July 15s., 190s My Dear Uncle Walter,â€" It is six long months since we landed here, and the same time since we had communication with the outside world. I am just beginning to want to hear how things are. , This is an ideal place though, we are living on the fatof the land, and the minimum temperature is 60 degrees Fahr. I never wear a coat except at night when sleeping under a palm tree while goat hunting. There are fifteen different kinds of bananas grow here, also all the tropical fruits, oranges, taro, yams, etc., etc. There are any number of fish very casy' to catch. Wild goats are vcry good eating, and mutton birds take the cake. They are seldom equalled and never excelled. They are something like very tender chicken, only far more tasty. July 2nd.â€"-It is blowing a gale from the west to-day, the surf on the beach is very heavy, it's fairly booming. We are camped about a hundred yards in- land and there is a continual roar. Sun- day Island is about teu miles long by three broad and is an extinct volcano. The centre is one huge crater over two miles across, the rest is composed of the roughest country I have ever seen, just one mass of perpendicular cliffs. The crater ridge ranges in width from ten feet to as many yards, and all the spurs . leading from the center outward are much the same. Some are simply im- passable, others you can just manage to navigate at the risk of your neck. There are only about fifty acres of fiat land on the island, outside the crater, the bot- tom of which is fairly level but terribly cut up with deep gullies. There are two fair sized lakes in the crater, which con- tain the best drinking water on the is- land. Almost the whole place is covered with heavy tropical forest. Some of the tree ferns arc over seventy feet high. The commonest tree is the New Zealand Christmas tree. It comes into flower about two weeks before Xmas and is a mass of red bloom. Reggie is botanist, $36 a 72 Years in Business. a son of Mr. I-I. Oliver, of Bobcaygcon. \sllCanOl. have passed in sight since we ONTARIO,AFRIDAY, JANUARY IST, 1909. BANK 0F ‘ MWTREM, I-IEAD "OFFICE ESTABLISH ED 1811. CAPITAL - $14,400,000.00. ASSETS OVER $183,000,000. SAVINGS B AN Ii D ICPAIZTDIEN T. Deposits taken of $1 and upwards, which can be withdrawn on demand. ' M R. M. Hamilton, Mgr. Fenelon Falls Branch. INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT. ,. . ., _ _. M_,,,\._.;._;;_,t_fl“*“_.‘; “1%,, ‘M'.’::v~';“;_Â¥~, ;. F 1} . t. > - BION'PIK, ICAL. REST - 12,00°,OO0.00 and has all he can do to collect the num- erous kinds of plants. July 7.---We are expecting a man~ofâ€" war any day now, from New Zealand. They send one boat up here once a year to see that the place is still above water. The earthquakes are very heavy at times, and seem to be more common in the warm weather. There have been as many as thirteen shocks in one day, and after a bad shake the land slips are very dangerous. You can hear them coming down all over the place, and then things are a bit lively. There are several boil- ing springs in the crater and hot rocks and earth all over the place. After a‘ heavy rain these places are very distin- guishable by the steam Which rises in great columns. Taking things all round ‘the volcano is not quite extinct. The last eruption was about thirty years ago.‘ There is one family of White 19001316 live here; they have been here for twen- ty-eight years. They don’t seem to try and make any money out of the place, but just live on the fat of the land, in peace and quiet. They have a splendid garden with all the tropical fruits and vegetables imaginable. Great excite- ment was caused a day or two ago by a four masted schooner sailing right across the bay so close in that you could see the men moving about on the deck. We all thought she was going to anchor but we were doomed to be disappointed, for she went about ship and sailed aivay. Three other sailing boats and a came here. We have an oil launch with us which we use in fine weather for col- lecting bird's eggs from the outlying islands, of which there are several. One of the other chaps and I are building a small boat to use for fishing, as the launch is so heavy to pull up and down - thc beach. I have just been fixing some photos for you. They are mostly my own work. Some of them were taken by the others, and l have done all the print- ing, etc. You may look out for a lot more later on, as the chemicals on the island are very limited. We have five cameras and fifteen hundred odd plates, so there should be a fine assortment to choose from later on. I am thinking of Sr. Annanw's Guunon.-The Rev. J. C. Cameron, B. A., of Knox College, Tow onto, will occupy the pulpit of St. And-' rew‘s church here, and at Bury’s Green,‘ next Sunday. ' A Gsnnuous XMAS Orruarnc.â€"â€"-In 1-0-- sponse to a request by the pastor for a‘ $50 missionary Christmas offering, St. Andrew’s congregation last week con-:- tributed $60. ._ CU1:1.iNG.--The' curlers had-their first‘ game of the season 0n Monday evening.- The schedule games commence on Monn' day next, the 4th inst. The complete‘ schedule will be published next week. an Snow PLO\V.â€"-The new snow plow, ordered by the council at their last meet-- ing, has been received. It should prove much more satisfactory than the old one.- Bxsmrr Scene-Dent forget the bas- ket social to be held in the Orange hall, Fairbairn, under the auspices of L. O. i). 1410, on the evening of Friday, the Stir- inst. Good programme. See bills. Tnun BLUE M i-ZETING.â€"Thc regular‘ meeting of Empire L. T. B. Lodge No. 198 will be held on Wednesday, J an. 6th, instead 0f Friday, Jan. 1st. Installation- of ofiicers. Full attendance requested. New Lonon Rooms. â€" The recently organized Corona Lodge No. 398, 1.0.0.141, have leased the second floor in the Me» Arthur block over Hill's hardware store‘ and Gould's. drug store, and are havingr it transformed into a complete suite of' rooms for the use of their lodge. The premises are large, and when the work is done the local Independent Oddfcllows- will have a home of which they may be justly proud. ' ' ..â€"__r BORN. MOOREâ€"At Coboconk, on Saturday, December 19th, 1908, the wife of M r. John Moore of a son. TRUA.\'.~â€"-In the township of Somervillc, on ,Tuesday, ,])ccember 22nd, 1908, the wife of Mr. Edward Truax of a son (st-ill born.) M 00RE.â€"-â€"At Fenclon Falls, on Wedncs~ day, December 23rd, 1908, the wife of hi r. printing a lot about a month before ourl .‘ .fl. , . . £ . . time is up to depart, and tone them (“101°C M00180‘: adaughtoi. when I get home, as 1 have over three hundred half plate papers to play with. July8th.â€"â€"lt is a beautiful day, not a cloud in the sky, and quite ‘hot. It is the first nice day for some time past. It has been raining a good deal lately. We have had forty-two inches of rain for the six months we have been here, the maxi- mum temperature 95 degrees Fahr. in the shade and the minimum 52, DEYMAN.-â€"At Fenclon Falls, on Friday? December 25th, 1808, the wife of M r. Cecil Deyman of a daughter. BIARERJIED. (iII.LIS--â€"JUNKI.\’.â€"â€"A0 the residence oi’ the bride’s parents, by the Rev. I-I. \‘J. Foley, of Bobcaygcon, on Tuesday, Dc-r combcr 29th, 1908, Mr. William Gillis, of so you a , . . , - ' 1 i , ( v .~ 1 _ _. soc it lS never cold, and, as we are over X (.iulam, to Pmsy I‘ 1m encc, d mghtcv “f the shortest day, it is not likely to go much lower-â€"slightly diti'crent'from Fen- Mr. J. W. Junkin, of the same township. Jouxsrounâ€"An.\.us.-â€"At the residence 01011, when you come t0 compare them. of the bride's uncle, M r. Robert Sinclair, There is one thing I have forgotten to The highest point, Mon- tell you yet. 3'2 Cowan Avenue, Toronto, by the Rev. A. L. Geggic, on Wednesday, December monkai, is 17'2-3 feet above sea level, and 30th, 1908, Dr. Henry 'B. Johnstone, of only three miles across at the bottom, Fenclou Falls, to Mary Scott, daughter so you can guess he is rather steep. I of Mr. Charles W. Adams, of Coboconh. calculate Llew would have his work cut out to run the old tract-ion engine over the top. July 9th.-â€"We' had a great treat a week or so ago in the form of a green __ ..__.'__._ _...A_.“"__ ESTRAY COLT. Came on to the premises of the undcr~ turtle. He was nearly four feet 101w and signed, lOt 27, con. 7,1?01161011, on Decom- O? had to be eaten to stop him from going bcr 12th, 1908, one bay gelding Colt, with bad, and we did our best by gorging our- white marks, 2 3'01"‘3 01(10- T110 OWHQL' selves for nearly a week. It was simply can have him upon proving property and. splendilfcrousâ€"-the best tasted. to all, I remain Your alIectionate nephew, SID. R. OLIVER. Capital and Reserve Over $7,000,000. \ A Reserve FUnd | family is a snug sum of money in a strong Bank. is as necessary for a family as for a company. The best Reserve Fund for a Begin your Savings Account now in the Bank of British North America. Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received and Interest W. A. Bishop, Manager L. DEYMAN & SON! i i added every six months. [Fenelon Falls Branch, I have ever Well Olive Oil, with best love l908 paying charges. THOS. ISAAC, ~ Roscdale l’. O. Fenclon, Dec. 15th, 1908. ‘iii-3* We are showing some fine lines of Furniture at very reasonable prices. Gall and inspect.