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of the politicians? ” Now history re- peats itself, alas! We have Mr. Bobâ€" Iin now calling the editor of the Globe 11 skunk, apparently because be, Mr. Roblin, could show no ground for the charge he had made against Ir. Hacdonald. We have the Winni- peg Telegram describing Mr. E W. Thomson, formerly editor 6: The Youth’s Companion, as a mercenary d the pen,” and'alleging against him a number of foolish and ignorant falsehoods during his journalistic life Lâ€"uhoit, unscrupulous, an underling. Who will win the elections? That; tors while it is “abandoned to such is a “leading topic” of the day Mr. infamous defamers. ” Mr. Thomson Willison, of the Toronto News, tells Speaks for himself and his languageâ€" us in his highly eulogistic biography; provoked by the charges made against of Sir Wilfrid Laurier and his times: himâ€"â€"is his own His prediction, how- that the general election of 1878, when i ever, is interesting, and Mr. Borden the Mackenzie Government appealed may yet discover that his followers to the people, “was a violent and I have by their offensive conduct nau- hcd-tempered campaign.’ Many of: seated a lar number of decency- the prophets proved to be wrong andl loving electos who might otherwise “there were speeches made by men 'have been on his side. It is said that of very considerable standing that i “if you throw enough mud, some of are no credit to our political litera-' 1 it is sure to stick,” and that is often time. The press was too savage and true; but it must not be forgotten sanctimes venomous but on the that the thrower not seldom beiouls whole its tone was better than that himself Mr. Roblin’ s misguided be- of the politicians ” Now history re- haviour at least, cannot fail to harm peat: itself, alas! We have Mr. Bob- Conservative prospects. Looking at lin now calling the editor of the the situation in general, it is 3 fav- Glohe a skunk, apparently because orite exercise of Conservative speak he, Hr. Roblin, could show no ground ers to insist that the government holds for the charge he had made against power by the force of a solid Quebec. Ir. Macdonald. We have the Winni-E As a matter of fact, without taking peg Telegram describing M121, W. Quebec into the count, the govern- Thomson, formerly editor of The 'ment now holds a majority of twenty- Yath’s Companion, as a mercenary three in the English-speaking pro-j d the pen, and alleging against himivinces’,~,_and indeed, hasamajority in- : number of foolish and ignorant every province except Ontario. In Me during his journalistic lifei that province it gained thirty-nine! -â€"adroit, unscrupulous, an underling. ! seats to its opponents’ forth~scven in Under the heading “Which Will Win,” the Montreal Witness recently published this temperate review of the character of the contest and its probable results: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22nd, I908. The Weekly Free Press, ‘51 per year in advance; $1.25 if not so paid. Postage ’m United Statesâ€"Daily or Weekly, 500. The Daily Free Pressâ€"Delivered by carrier or by mail to town subscribo ers, 25c. per month. By mail to out- side points in Canada or the British Empire, $2 per year. THE LINDSAY 3 Ladies’ and Gents’ Clothing and Furnishings ; W'H' 'Hf’rb‘r"! *‘b'b’b‘l’b'b’b 'b"!*'b'b¥¥'l"b *‘b'b’b'b'b'b'b‘t'K 1‘ fi' Pnblihsed in Lindsay, Ont, by The Free Press Printing 00., Limited. 8. J. MOORE, Bus. Manager J. V. McNAULTY, Editor. Telephone 271. ”(the Jfree [prees 3.? %+$+¢.a.+% $3.5. 1% @5537». %%%%%%%%*%$% 'PW'F'F'F'P'P'P'P'I 'P'l‘ vzv-uvvn §Fifteen Days Reduction §Sale of Winter clothing * COMMENCING OCT. 19th. Q'L‘jbgfb'b'b'b'b'b'b'b 3 dozen Boys‘ Overcoats, regular price $5 to $6 for each ................... . 25 dozen Suits, sizes from 24 to 32. legulur $3.00 to $4.00 for ..................... Men’s Pea Jackets. regular price from $4.5{Hn$6.00fur... . .............. WHICH WILL WIN? regular 40c and 50c fvr ........ . Men’s Vests regular $1,50 for ...... 25 dozen Suits of Men’s Underwear reg 7.30 and $1.25 per garment for ......... . . . . . 10 dozen fleece-lined Shirts and Drawers. 25dozen Veckties, leguhu' 2250 mid‘ JSC for 5 dozen Knitted Shirts, regular price 750 to $1,00f01'......~.... ............- u’o. 5 dozen very heavy Shirts, regular $1.00 and$l. Zofor..... ...... ....... 5 dozen Flannel Shirts, reguiar $1.50 and $2-00for...... ..... ....... 3 dozen long Sox very heavy, regular 75c tocleau'.. ......... . . ..... 25 dozen Rubber Collars. z-egllhtl'1’5c for 5dozen Men’s Sweatexs, legular mice 7 and $1.00 for. . ........... . ........... 4 dozen extra beavv Sweaters. all colors, regular price $1.00 to $1.50 for ......... 2 dozen English Sweaters, all colors, reg- ular price 552,00 for ................... 4 dozen Boys’ Sweaters, regular price 500 to 75c for ....... . .................... 25 Men’s Suits, regular $10.00 to clear ...... 15 Men’s Suits. regular $12.00, to clear ...... 25 Jen’s Suits from $12.00 to $18.00 for Every article ofthis purchase is first-class Winter Clothing. The following are some of the articles which are offered for sale: Everybody will appreciate such Bargains at this time of year. I do not make sales every day, but when I do make one I give you the goods at the lowest possible figure. I Bought $1000 Worth of Goods Very Cheap and Want to Sell the Lot at Once FREE PRESS WEEKLY EDITION. Subscription Rates. PAGE FOUR. HOUZER, regular 250 and 35c fm- 19c ..... ....... ...u..---.-. irts, leguim- $1.50 and 95c "‘d D‘L‘f‘?’f‘.‘l“: 35c ‘:;.'f.°."c"'.'."'.'.::::: 1.00 :95;'?g;‘i4*;"i""i?.$é 3.90 ;,;,e;;;, gig; 1;??? 2.50 , r gular price 75c to 59 . ...... C regular pricie. 50c ' 45c ;, regular 9.30 for 19c W??? 6.50 $19.90.}? 7.50 b to $18.00 for 13 50 .............. o - regular price 75c 65c x- price fr??? 4.25 3, regular $1.00 79c rwear. reg 75c 69c Mr. Thomson closes by asserting that for Mr. Borden’ s apparent laxity 'he will be punished too heavily on election day, for he cannot conceive how his present parliamentary fol- I'lowing can be increased by the elec- tors while it is “abandoned to such {infamous 'defamers.” Mr. Thomson speaks for himself and his languageâ€" : provoked by the charges made against ihimâ€"is his own. His prediction, how- ever,» is interesting, and Mr. Borden may yet discover that his followers ;have by their offensive conduct nau- 89c :olors, x-eg- 1 ....... .25 sycophantish, discredited, vainâ€"and [all for what? Because Mr. Thomson in the Boston Transcript predicted the ’return of the Laurier government to power at the coming elections! On ’ his side, Mr. Thomson is not sparing of bitter retorts against the Telegram. and the militant Conservatives, say- ing: “Now, I declare it truly appears to me that your course in this case 'is precisely in accord with the main policy of controversy now being pur- sued by that element of the Federal Opposition which has lately, most unfortunately for the former fair pros- :pects of the whole body, apparently gained control. It is a policy of un- bridled, unscrupulous, mlignant, lying defamation of ministers, of officials,‘ and of that press which supports} jministers. Mr. R. L. Borden does noti . seem to me to like the line, for Mr. R. I 'L. Borden is a man of high characterl l and high instincts. He is only blame- §ab1e as he fails to rebuke his defama- 3 tory cohort. . . . .” Yet Mr. Bor-f Lden it must be said, has not himself ‘ ,of late disdained to use opprobrious. l language. “Evil chmmunications cor-é f rupt good manners.” A f regular 750 450 100 yards blenclud Cutton. Ngulur price 121-2c fur ........................ 90 P-‘t:,:ll '1“.r l‘ 1". "'}ol-.T...‘.‘T.‘.‘.’...f‘f‘f‘.f‘.‘..‘.".'f.‘°fi..f"f 12 1-2c Ladies’ Hand Rel-chiefs, reg 5c selling price 1 no 3for....... ....... ......,... Ladies’ Hose Suppmters, regular-m 9 fur Children‘s Hose. all colors, regular Ladies’ all- -\\()01 Underwear, leg 30c and 35c fur ................ V .......... .250 100 yards Unbleached Cotton. regular price 12 1-2c for ............................. 90 ldozen Ladies’ Tweed Coats, regul' u $12 for ................................ 8000 1 dozen Ladies’ g.reen In 0“ n and black reg $12. 00 to g’$1 :.) 00 for ............ 10. 50 One quar’tm dozen Ladies' fur-lined Coats with Sable collar and «any fine muskmb lin- 5 ings, legulax pliu: $75. 00 £01.. 4 dozen Ladies’ Skirts, wry fine Tweed. l 50 regular prica from $3.00 to $4.00 for. . o 2 dozen Skirts in grey. green. blue. black, 3 90 rear price from $6.00 to $7.00. to dear. . 2 dozen Children‘s Coats regular price from $5.00 to $6.00 for . . . . . . 3. 90 Ladies’ black Cashmere Hose, reg..oc Lac” and ,7 30(- fur ............................. 190 Ladies’ Undezwear, regal: 11 25c and 30c for 1 On Men’s Boots reduced :50 per cent. Men’s Caps, regular 500 to 75c, to clear fur 25 dnzen Meus Duck Shitts, regulm 50c fox .............................. .39c Mens Handkelchiefs, regular 5c. 3 f In‘ r‘s Handkerchiefs, ------------------ regular 5c. 3 f ................... 3 Caps, regular 50c to 75c, to clear far 25 C ........ .---.....¢...cv-.-. ton-00...... installation along a large number 0! son, an ted man. vies burned to rural mail delivery routes now beingideath in his house near here, with lit- established in. ail the Peovinws ’of tie grand-daughter. 188*: night. His Canada; and within a few days millwiie end-one grand-daughter escap- will be delivered to farmers in over ed. The children were twins. ‘ The Liberal Government having de- ‘vised an economical way of introduc- iing rural mail deliveryâ€"a plan that ‘ is cheap because is it an adaptation of existing mail routes to rural mail delivery and announced that it would be promptly'appliedâ€"the Conserva- tive campaigners said it was only '1 ectioneering crap-trap, a device to get votes. The mvernmea't that does things quicyly dispelled this idea. by proving for in infinedia'te inu‘odhc- tion of the system, and is going ahead installing the system as rapidly as possible; as rapidly as if there was no election contest, and over a wide area of Canada the system will be‘ in operation, and in hundreds of cases mral mail delivery will any] to the homes of the farmer's ‘itbe news of the return of the Liberal gov-! ernment to power on October m. An Ottawa despatch says that the Post Ofice Departuient is busily en- gaged in sending out mail boxes is; installation along a large number of, been most woefully out in their dictions? ; the last general election. From the {manner of Sir Wilfrid Laurier’s re- 'ception the Liberal workers in On- 'tario hope to break even with their Iopponentsâ€"but who knows? In Nova Scotia, the Conservative estimate ’concedes the government a majority 10f ten. New Brunswick is more of 'a fighting ground, with the issue, per- !haps, more doubtful. In the province Eof Quebec it is very generally 1thought that Sir Wilfrid Laurier is :secure. In Manitoba the Liberal in- terests have suffered through lack of leadership, and the organizers on the Ministerial side are said not to ex- pect more than five seats out of ten. In the recent Provincial elections in Saskatchewan the Liberals carried: two seats out of every three, and con-. 5 fidently expect to repeat their sue-f cess. Alberta also is strongly Liberal.‘ so far; while in British Columbia the ' government is said to stand to lose; two seats out of the seven. But who ; can say when statesmen and organiz- ers of the highest order, as intimately acquainted as it is possible to be with the ins and outs of the situation, have failed to read the signs and have RURAL MAIL DELIVERY. Mr. Gus: Prbme spent Monday ‘n Toronto. Mr. 61153 Frame is busily engaged in repainting the Win church. His Lilly Westlake, of Pe‘tciboro. spent Saturday md Sunday with her parents Irene. M188 Aida Campbell returned home Saturday. after sepnding a month in Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Campbell, of' spenvdingmefl few day's. among“ no: Eldon Station, called on friends here ‘quginmnees in our neighborhood. Thm’SdBY- I Mrs. Hugh Sharpe and daughter Miss H. Hun-en, 0f BRISOVCI', spent: Hazel, of Fenelon Falls. visited Thursday with friends in town. {friends in this village on Friday 3111 Mrs. Prouse. Miss Mninhood and . Saturday. Mr. Walters owed on friends inmJ Miss Pearl Pertin, of the L. c. I. wood Sunday. _ spent Sunday 3t home. Rev. Mr. McKee. of Ayn Ont. oo- We m sorry to say thatJIm. Wm. cupied the Presbyterian pulpit on , Hepburn. an. who bu been ill with Sunday. > pneumonia for the past week, is not 11* Be!“ Me. 0‘ Onkwood, u: out of danger. but under the skillful spending 0 (en d”! in town. ‘treatment of Dr. Gnhun, of Fenelon Mine Aldo Campbell returned home. Polls, we hope u, soon he” of her re-i Batu-flay. fitter sepnfing 1 month in] covery. ‘ l ening. Miss Lillian McIntyre. of Toronto, spent, the week end with friends here. Miss Mainhood, of Toronto, is she gu'est of Mrs. Gus.~ Prouse. DAVID HART. ] On Tuesday, Oct. 13, Mr. D. Hart! who lives at lot. 17, con. 13. Manversj l L?l\l\lLL L u‘ township, passed away. He was very; FENELON FALL highly respected and widely- known’ . W3 th h to th t , d l ‘ v « g \ “$ޤm§$$flfiJQm3$3$$$%$$$$3333$33$$$$3$33$3 friends. He leaves behind to mourn’. his loss four brothers Herman nf‘ . . . . - . - ’ ' V The Methochst Chou IS prepanng Lmdsay, John, m Peterboro, JosephnsoME BREEZY NOTES special music for their anniwrsary in Muskoka district, and Francis “1' FROM CAMERON BURGI _ ‘ W V , u the Northwest. The deceased gentle-i - sauces to In in]! on . 0\. l5 1. man was 58 vears of a e. e . . a. ‘ The funeral took pfiace from abe‘METHOD'STs PREPARING FOR ford has burn menu-d for a uaclnr - - - , There for next war. We feel sorry ‘Io o . n - family resxdence this afternoon, at .. ANNIVERSARY SERVICESâ€"IN .low the serviCcs of so successful a 33$! I i e -- ‘ We understand Miss Martha Langs- I o'clock, to Riverside cemetery. i TERESTING PERSONALS. {mam as Miss Camplwll. yen M, â€"â€"â€"+‘â€"â€"'â€" I . thaw every confidence in Miss Langs- WOODV'U-E- Oct? l9th.â€"Mr. Ed. Dunn and p. I ford, who conn-s to us highly rocmn- Bunsen To DEATH. Uxbridge. Oct. film: {nob G..TR. 11 o'clock train for Nor-land for inferment at the Pine Grove ceme- I tery. I as; ton took charge of the Federal Busi- ness College. The funeral took. place from the {family residence on Monday to the The child was 7 yeaqs, 8 months of age. He was born north of the town, and removed a few years ago with his parents to town, where Mr. Hous- Rev. Ham, m, C. E. Weeks and The young lad became illafter the 3g evening service on Sunday, Oct. 11th, 1 with cerebro-spinal mengitis, which‘ I“ was given as the cause of his death. {.9 ANDREW G. HOUSTON. At 12 o’clock Sunday. at the home of Mr. A. Houston, St. Patrick~st., east ward, there passed away. An- drew Houston, beloved son of Mr. and Mrs. Houston. The late Mr. Fraser was born in In- lverness, Scotland, and came to this country with his parents when five years of age. The family settled in the county of Glengarry, where several ibrothers and sisters still reside. About 1forty years ago he came to this dis- trict and opened up a blacksmithing and carriage business, which he car- ried on successfully until a few years ago, when he was appointed post- master of the village of Kirkfield. He was a fine specimen of manhood. open and kind-hearted, and one of the most popular and respected citizens of that neighborhood. He was a staunch Liberal and fought many a battle for his party. but never allow- ed politics to interfere with his iriend~ ships, and among 'the Conservatives were many of his warmest friends. In religion he was a Presbyterian, and his remains were interred in the Presbyterian cemetery at Balsover. l (Correspondence Free Press.) Sept. l9.â€"Mrs. Will Bowins enter- irled a number of friends Friday ev- ton; Miss Fraser, a graduate of Har- per's Hospital, Detroit, and Miss EVelyn at home. The iuneral of the late Alexander Fraser took place on Wednesday, Oct. 7th, from the family residence, and was largely attended. The deceased was 65 years of age, and leaves a widow and three daughters to mourn his loss, viz.: Mrs. Sangster, of Tren- ALEXANDER FASER. KIRKFI ELD. so sei'eral other routets in Saskatch- ewan, Manitoba, New Brunswick and Nova. Scotia.â€"Peterboro Examiner. 1" In addition to‘ihe malml do- livery route established last week !' between Hamilton and water the {following routes are now being or- gunned. und will be in openfion getaway: Brighton and Campbell- ‘ford, Kemptville and Merrickville, iBerlin and Cross Hill, Newmuket {and Sutton. Guelph and Erin. Pee-1 'ble‘s and Woodstock, Orangeville and Camilla, Chicoutimi and Saguenaylf ‘(Quebec), Cotswold and Palmer-atom jvia Teviotdale, Picton and Solmes-i ville, Woburn and Scarboro Junctiou,‘i Port Hope and Bewdley. Cobourg and; Harwood. Simcoe and Waterford,< Owen Sound and Balaclava, Co-f bonrg and Roseneath, Grafton and! Centreton, Aultsville and Bush Glen Rosenol and Highnd Park (Alberta),, Strathcona. and Agricola (Albertap’ Otter Point and Victoria (British Col-9 umbia), Charlottetown and Cherry, Valley (Prince Edward Island). Al-f forty diflerent counties. from Hali- fax to Vanco'nver: OBITUARY NOTICES THE WEEKLY 'FREE PRESS. 2t. m.-_â€"Chules J ack- vain. nan. was burned to Ed use near here, with lit- from am, last night. His iew “be grad-daughter escap- nen were twins. d I nvu I Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Naylor have imoved to Lindsay. They will be very ’much missed in our community. ' A number from here ere moking greet preparations to ‘30 deer hunting. We hope their labor will not be .‘n vein. ‘ l Elder J. Thompoox; hrs returned A number (mm here u‘e linking GRAHAM.â€"-In the township of Ver- gmt preparations to ‘30 deer hunting. ulun, on Sunday. Oct. 4th. 1908. the We hope their labor will not be .‘n wife of W .11. Graham, of a son. Vtin. WRIGHT.â€"â€"At Fenelon Fails, on Monday. Oct. 5th, 19%. the wite of Mr. P. J. Knight. of ¢ son. BOSSâ€"In Oshawa, on Oct. 15th, 1908. Mduninqurmidgy VFljomhere I Mr. Isaac Penin's little son was taken suddenly ill one day last week. Dr. Collison. of town. was summoned, md in a few days the boy was able to be about again. Miss Taylor. of Waubaushene. has returned to her home, after visiting relatives in this part. Miss Nettie Marsh, of Lindsay, is spending a few days among ac- quaintances in our neighborhood. Oct: MILâ€"Mr. Ed. Dunn and P. Perrin are home {or a few days now. Threshing will not be resumed until the ground freezes. and the farmers have ceased to plough. észgzzg TE‘gERRILL FENELON F FENELON FALLS. 333°61‘3'1’33'131333313311333???1 $953111" $3! goes north on his 8 tails and 2 heads, regular lprice 5.00, (m sale at... .. .. $3.95 Black Cuney Caper-Sues, regular price 3.00 and 3-50. on sale at ........................ $2.50 1" Cnperines of Black Coney or Astraclmn, rogu- lar price 5.00 and $6.00, on sale at $4.00. Capcrines of Mink Marmot, Astmchan or Oppn~ sjuELrggng; ”$8.100 to 9.00, on sale at. $5.95. Caperines [j The (‘onzsenatixe meetings in the tinterests of Col Sam Hughes, held ghere last Wednesday evening, was {well attended. Mr. Wesley Ander- Mon occupied the chair. The Speakers :were Mr. Geo. A. Jordan, Mr. S J. ‘Fox. M.P.P., Mr. Taylor Parkin for ithe Conservative side, and Mr. John Powles for the opposition. Each rif :tbe speakers was awarded a good hearing. and great enthusiasm was evinced throughout the meeting. Judging by the .pphuse that follow-1 ed, we would think that Col. Sun.‘ I‘Hughes’ supporters here will roll up n jbig majority for him on the m. ' BIRTHS. FINDLEY.â€"In the township of Som- erville. on Monday, Sept. 7th, 1908 the wife of Mr. J. E. Findley, of a. daughter. WRAY.â€"In the township of Verulam, on Tuesday. Sept. 15th. 1908. the wife of Mr. Thomas Wray. of a daughter. DONALDSON.â€"At Penelon Fdls, cn Sutundny. September 19th, 19%. to Kr. and Mrs. Thea. Donaldson. (laymenâ€"Elsie mi The Methodist choir is preparing special music for their anniversary services to be held on Nov. 151]). We understand Miss Martha Langs- Black Oppussum Mufl’s. regular price 5.00. on sale ...... .................. 31,.) “‘3 801mb teacher herv. 1 My having secured a .50th her home at Duluth. Mr. Lewis Fallis has roturnmi his long tour in the West. Mr lie saw much of Manitoba. 1m? thinks Manvers is good vnung him. Mr. Gees’ sale was very m- tended, but the thoroughbred My brought so good a W might be expected. £0 your correspondent recmnly is so clearly printed that I cu it without my spectacles." ' JANETVILLE. (Correspondence F rec P2. A political meeting in thv : of Mr. Thornton, COllSl’l'\'zH;\'v Mate for East Durham, \\‘;:~ the C. O. F. hall Friday mg: .was very well attended. TE: jing was addressed by Col. \\ IPort Hope, J. Preston, and 1 Ididate, Mr. Thornton. ‘ Mr. Hannah, of Vancnuxw. m‘l' ly was visiting his friends hwv. l and Mrs. Hannah had a wry Yum! ful trip, and coming by way La Superior ,they counted 130 0er V sels. Mr. Hannah at 0110 tinzv 2'!de could count 13 large grain urn"! vessels in a line, which he >;1\‘.~‘ u an inspiring sight, and such n.» \ch deepen the enthusiasm of :1 Ivy heated Canadian for his grmi he use. “The Gminary of the MM" “I like The Free Press." said gentleman more than 70 years uf 1: THURSDAY. OCTOBER .22nd The Epworth Leaguv am] \\‘ M intend to hold a chickm 1:: “J! in the ’Methodist church nu Fri evening. oct. 30. N0 (1011;)? .1 be a tip-top success. Mr. John Jacket has rpm.“ Wm. Johnson’s farm and i~ ‘:x~.\' the fall work. READ THE FREE PRE$5~ was very “141.3" enough I can re )nce lav“ in" 1w u 1‘ Ed Bufia 5'} com' ‘m datum pol buuhe ”n and M York CATTLE Toronto Tmto bulk bulls DOD. but