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Wilkinson, W. AL; J. H. Wil- kinSon, Sec. AGENTS WANTED. Whole or part time; liberal terms ; outfit free. Over 500 acres in trees. Write at once. “The Fruit Tree Specialâ€" isltshn Thns,._l_l‘. Bowman & Son 00., Ltd, Flash . Ridge'i'illc, Ont. “be {Wmumwéww-H-nm' a: "vb"i*:'-Â¥w-‘¢ ‘ ’ ~41 V . ‘J'. E E E l i Christmas GroCeries. Are more fully prepared than in any previous holiday season to supply your needs in. Choice Groceries In Crockery and Glassware, Boots and Shoes, and Men’s Clothing we have better stocks than ever. l l l a -§'All Millinery, Ladies’ Coats :_ _l " .E EEEEDE ,EEEQDE W"? Sole Agents for the i g“ WWW-W We “it‘s-z Millifllffl'x-‘dléhfitihsfi sir-.335, ~z::..:~i "w :,-'.. :;.,:‘.â€"..;~' 5 r, y .3 '1 swan:-sameness J» €~ _ ."ajci‘fPE ’ - .. ., ...,-Nl-rs.mwatwnr . .19. - $35,246.49 ; r a system forthe transmission and distri- DECEMBER @EEI .4 Twelfth - M onth 1910 SA BREE! BEEEEI EEEEEE EEEEI EEEED *cnelon Falls Gazette F3 {3' G "'5 Friday, December 9, 1910 Post-Office Statistics. The report of the Postmaster General, for the year ended March 31st, 1910, gives the gross total revenue of the Fenelon Falls post-office as $3,045.60. The total amount of money orders issued is $25,657.19, and the total amount of money orders paid is $15,219.35. In Lindsay the figures are: Gross rev- enue, $16,048.53; money orders issued, money orders paid, $99,- 4529.79. Bobcaygeon's revenue for the year was $2,101.09; money orders issued, $21,688.29 ; money orders paid, $9,194.58. Coboconk revenue, $620.20; orders is- sued, $8,316.31; paid, $1,875.28. Kin- mount, $1,117.55; orders issued, $14,- 524.76; paid, $5,912.51. Minden, revenue, $955.27 ; orders issued, $13,737.08; paid: $6,835.21. Haliburton, $1,190.94 ; orders issued, $19,272.52 ; paid, $6,092.56. In nearly all places of about the same population as Fenelon Falls, the amount in money orders issued is considerably greater than the amount received from outside points. This is also the case in smaller villages. But in towns of the size of Lindsay the money orders issued are of much less value than the orders received. Toronto head office issued money orders to the value of $598,225, and received orders totalling $9,286,000. This gives some idea of where the money from the smaller places goes to. I V Queer Deal. The Square Deal, the official organ of the Tax Reformers, doesn’t give Victor Berger a square deal when it dubs him an “ opportunist." It’s a great deal more like a queer deal. Berger's beliefs put into practice would destroy the opportunity ffOr tax reform. Parcels Post. Winnipeg Telegram. It is very extraordinary that in European countries not considered by any means democratic, the people enjoy bution of parcels which gives three times the service at one-third of the cost of anything the people in this free and democratic country, where the will of the people is supposed to be law, can aecure. At some prehistoric time, prob- ably in the stone age, the transmission of letters was also probably in the hands of priyate monopoly, which extracted from it ' all that the business would stand. Would it not be just as sensible to turn over the business of letter carry- ing to the express companies, as to per- mit them to retain the monopoly of parcel carrying ? What is the diiIcrence in principle between a parcel and a letter that the Govermnent can success- fully organize the system for the distri- bution of the one‘ and be unable to do the same for the other ? -0 Curling and Skating. The cold snap that commenced on Thursday night of last week has been taken advantage of to make ice at the curling and skating rinks, and a good foundation has been put into both in- stitutions. Continued cold weather would see skating and curling in full swing in a very few days. Anchor ice in the power house pond put the elec- tric lights out of commission about half past eleven on Friday night, stopping operations at the curling rink, and on Tuesday the breaking of the pump at the rink occasioned a temporary delay or repairs. Mr. Fâ€" Lodge is care- taker of the curling rink this winter. Mr. Angus Fountain has the, skating rink leased for three years, and is busy getting it into shape. Prospects at present look good for a longer season than usual, the rinks not generally being open for business until within a day or two of Christmas. There has been good skating on the lake and canal since the freezeup. The thermometer went down to eight below zero on Tuesday night. One alleged prophet says that after December 15th the winter will be very mild, and the zero touches we have I had make some people hope he's right. Obituary, .. . At the home of her son, 'Mr. Henry McDermid, at Shelton, Washmton, there died on Nov. 18th, Martha Cluif, reliet of the late Duncan McDermid, who will be well remembered by a great many resi~ dents of Fenelon Falls. Martha Cluli was born on the Guern- sey Islands on March 23rd, 1816. .At the age of sixteen years she went With her parents to England, and twenty years later she was married to Duncan Hugh McDermid, and sailed for Canada shortly after. Arriving in Montreal they spent the winter there, and in thesprmg took up their residence in DanVIIIe, Quebec, where to them were born three children, two sons and one daughter. After spending sixteen years in Danvillc, they moved to Fenelon Falls, where Mr. Mc- Dermid died on June 9th, 1890. Mrs. McDermid then made her home with her son-in-law, Mr. Jos. McFarland, until some months after the death of her daughter, Mrs. McFarland, when she re- moved to her son’s home in Shelton, Washington State, where she passed away on November 18th, 1910, after two years illness. I In her youth she joined the Ep1sco- palian Church, but of later years she has been a member of the Methodist Church. She is survived by one son and a sister, Mrs. McLeod, who is ten years her junior, and lives in Martintown, Ont. Personal .â€" M r. and Mrs. J.'Montgomery were the guests of Mrs. P. C. Burgess on Thurs; day on their way to Thornbury, where Mr. Montgomery is in charge of a new chemical mill which has just been start- ed there. - . Mr. Francis 'Little, of Port Hope visited Mix-Hugh Sharpe and other rela- tives at the Falls this week. Mr. John Worsley has returned from the West, and is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eli Worsley, at the Falls. A Bankrupt Town. Orillia Packet. Not one of the five teachers in the public schools of Sturgeon Falls has for some time been paid any part of his salary, the school board has not a cent of money, the principal has resigned, . and the rest 'of the teachers will prob- ably follow his example. In these straits, which are shared to a considerable extent by the town itself, a deputation waited upon Sir James Whitney, the Hon. Dr. Pyne, the Hon. Frank Cochrane, and Hon. Dr. Reaume, a few days ago, to ask the Government to grant some relief, but when they left no light had shone upon, the serious situation. Sturgeon Falls has banked heavily on one big industry, the Imperial Pulp Mills, which it bonused a few years ago. That industry is in liquidation, and most of its school'taxes, amounting to over one-third of the total, have ceased to reach the school board. The receiver, Mr. W. R. Clarkson, of Toronto, the deputation asserted, has been “ hold- ing up the taxes,” althcugh the company has been in liquidation for some time past, and “this has resulted in para- lyzing the municipal machinery of the town.” Exams in Applied Science. The following questions were handed in to one of our exchanges, published in a town the citizens of which must be having trouble with the light service : 1.â€"-If one 16 0.1)., lamp plus five parallin candles equals one ordinary stable lantern, how many nights in a month can a street light be out without attract- ing notice ? 2â€"“ five men can remove three cords of wood in one day, how many men can replace the same in less time, how many horse power will be developed by the operation, 3nâ€"If a copper wire be produced ever so far both ways, and )1 equals revenue, and y equals power, show that x in- creases in inverse prOportion to y, and reduce the result to the lowest terms of brilliancy. 4 â€"â€"If coal oil be worth 25 cents per gallon, and twenty 16 c. p. lamps be worth less, what is the market price of spectacles ? -eâ€"vo Bury’s Green. Corrospondcnca of the Gazette. Mr. George Armstrong has finished the grain threshing and is now busy at the clover. The Presbyterians will hold their annual Christmas tree and entertain- ment on Friday, 16th inst. A good pro- gramme is being prepared. The young people enjoyed themselves at the parties given by Time. Patton and Mrs. Brown at Burnt River. Those who attended the Farmers' In- stitute meeting at Fenelon Falls report a good meeting and a large crowd. Miss Jessie Lamb is on the sick list. [Ier many friends hope for her recovery soon. The Verulam council will hold their last meeting for the year on the 15th of December. It is expected there will: be some new men in the field, and a” lively contest is looked for. 1-. The workmen who Were employed -by D. B. Thomas are looking for their pay, totalling about $100, and talk of putting a lien on the premises on which they worked.” ' Powles'. Corners. (Carrcspondencc of the Gaelic.) Mr. A. Rutherford will winter ten head of cattle and Mr. John Herron will take care of twchty head for Mr. W. E. Austin, of Fenelon Falls. Mr. N. Day is leaving quite a number in the care of Mr. Thos. Hill for the winter. ‘ A little baby girl has arrived in the home of Mr. John S. Brown. .111 this vicinity there is about seven or eight inches of snow, sufficient to to make good sleighng and the tempera- ture is favorable for the snow tr pzmlx. Some are doubtful whether it will stay. Ifit don’t go now it will next spring. The Dominion Alliance are in need of funds toenrry on the great work. in the office of the Dominion Alliance there are forty girls and nine men busy every day. They are opening up a way for hotel keepers to earn a respectable living without the bar. Just imagine two thousand men drunk in Toronto every day, by a careful estimation! What sorrow, pain and anguish there is in every barrel of whiskey. ST. ANDREWS CHURCH. Remember. the entertainment in the lecture room of St. Andrew‘s Church to- night, Dec. 9. Admission free.. . . .The subject of discourse in St. Andrew's Church on Sunday evening will be “Christian Science; or, Lessons from the Life of the lateyMrs. Eddy.” DUCKS DISAPPEARED. The thief who stole the bass and lungs from the Kawartha Hotel ice- bouse last summer, or somebody simi- larly inclined, has been operating in town lately. One of our local sports- men who had'a fine lot of wild ducks stored away for the winter went to look at them the other day and found that the whole bunch had disappeared, about forty of them altogether. BAPTIST BAZAAR. The Ladies’ Aid- of the Baptist Church will hold a bazaar on December 16th and'l7th, in the store lately occupied by- Mr. J. Robson as a bakeshop. Homemade cooking, candies. useful and ornamental articles, etc, will be on sale. Opens at 1 p. m. Tea served for 150. No adâ€" mission fee charged. ‘4’. Do not forget the St. James' Church: bazaar to-day. . Cashore 85 Aldous will hold one of their regular sales on the 17th, with a good list of stock, etc. See bills. Latest returns indicate that the elecâ€" tions in Great Britain will leave the parties in about the same relative posi- tions as they were before the contest. 11_____..‘;_.__. Mrs. Baker Eddy, founder of the Chris- tian Scientists, died on Sunday. The order-in-council requiring dogs in western Ontario to be muzzled ex- pired on Wednesday, and will not be renewed unless circumstances require it. 0.â€" Lindsay is to have a new open-air skating rink this winter, on Kent street. west. SPECIAL SERVICES. Robert M cI-Iard y, of evangelistic fame in three countries, is now conducting a, series of evangelistic services in the Methodist Church. These services will continue every night next week. Each service connnenclng at a quarter to eight with a. song service by a chorus choir, from new song book. On Sunday at the usual hour of service evangelist Mellardy will preach. Morn- ing subject, "A Bible Character;" even~ ing subject, “ Is There an Unpardonable Sin?” To those subjects everybody should listen. A. very kindly welcome will be extended toall. Seats all free. “llâ€"sply lilr. Cooke ‘ IgN, DICKSM'S HALL On Wednesday evening next, DEC; 16, AT 7.30. Come and hear the other side of: this important question. ALL ARE WELCOME-