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A _ ieonducting _ {heir and Bakery business: ; all sale transactions will ly for Cash only. The y they sell need no perything is the best] 'the prices cannot fail 9 & : 'At the last: meeting of the Queen ity neil the Alderman decided to prohibit tobogganing in public parks of the city on Sundays. Of course tobogganing slides, of nec- essity, Biv always constructed in public parks, thence the useless [mess of suc legiclation, and any tickets and full informa- city inthe! wentieth century in "¥vaud_ Trunk Agent, or {introducing {ancient blue Jaws doe§ Sata, Onin, not 'speak gell for its intelligence eed progressiy +H | derived from the fre fences alongside are, easily discernible ! Capon many of the wors! ifs are ip places where if wire fences had been' built' the roads would now be in good condition instead of being a succession of pitch-holes, with snow three or four feet in depth. The township council is sometimes criticised for granting bonuses for wire fences, but the amount of money that fs expended for this purpose is a good invest - 4 EY Several sums from ONEY. soto sro.0om, have placed with me for immediate in- Vestmenit at Towest rate. HUBERT IL. EBBELS,/ Barrister, Port Perry. Nf THEE OBSERVER Has A Gogp CIRCULATION, and is constant] wing in favory It is the BEST rreroing Medinm in the County ; is the champion of the Agriculturists and of the mjore con- servative and practical class of peo- ment as it not only lowers the snow- shoveling bill of the township but it also gives the people better roads. 10, is not a favorite of gchemers, mers and cliques ; it is Oldest and Best Established--founded in 1857--the most original apd best in its local and general nets depart ment and is printed entirely in the place of publication --Port Perry. TERMS--$1 per annum in advance, if not paid in advance, $1.50 will be charged JOB PRINTING -- A THE MosT MODERN STVLES AND AT Low PRICES. EF It will be seen by Mr, Purdy's advertisement in another column that he purposes to continue in the Seed Business. He is noted for dealing in pure and reliable Seeds, being an expert judge, he sells only the best obtainable in the world's market. He is also prepared to pay the highest price for Alsike and Clover Seed, &c. IMPORTANT AucTiON SALE OF CrypespaLE Horses, REGISTERED AND HiGH GRADE SHORTHORN CAT TLE, PURE BRED Swing, anp Ue. T0-DATE IMPLEMENTS, &c.--Illustrat- ed mammoth posters are in press announcing and important Auction Sale of the property of Mr, Walter Wannamaker to take place on lot Election of Warden : i . l11, con. 12, Scugog, on Saturday, The Election of Warden being |, 1h February, he being about to the first order of business of the | ; ec for the West has authorized January Session of our County wy jackson to sell, without the 'Council, which assembled at Whitby jiohtest reserve all his Farm Stock, on §Tuesday, resulted in the elec- yn iements, &c. The list is an D, Brown, Esq., Reeve of extensive and important one and rah, who has ably represented |; des nine splendid Clydesdale that long seltled andhighly {pros- forges, a large number of register- perous township for the past twenty- o4 a54 high grade Shorthorn Cattle four years and he richly deserves pure bred Swine and up-to-date the preferment, although long in 1p jlements. Also a choice match- obtaining the spurs of Wardenship .4 (eam drivers that are much be is the stamp of map to wear them ,qnired. [n fact it is well known efficiently and will doubtless execute y+ Wir. Wannamaker would not the duties in a manner highly cred- keep a poor or inferior animal on itable alike to himself and this (}o farm, he is a splendid judge and banner County of which be DOW Lous a choice animal at a glance, is its most important officer. and would not waste time in feed- ing undesirable animals, the best are none too good for him and he will have no others. See the post- ers, make a note of time and place of sale, and don't fail to be present. AvucTioN SALE oF A FirsT-CLAsS Faru.--By the posters it will be seen that first-class farm in the 7th concession of the township of Clarke, will be sold on Wednesday, February 21st, at one o'clock at Coulter's Hotel in the Village of Pontypool. This is a grand oppor- tunity to secure a splendid farm at auction price, Full particulars may be obtained of Mr. H. L. Ebbels, Vendor's Solicitor, Mr. Jos. Baird will be auctioneer. IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE -- Mr. John Jac ison, Merchant and Postmas- ter, Seugog, having disposed of his | business to Mr. Jas. Gordon, Green- bank, bas decided to sell by Auetion, on | Friday, Jan 26, all his Farm [m- ery, Household Furni- er to accomplish authorized Mr. Geo, Jacksoo to sell the same on the premi- sea on that day "without the slightest reserve. The list is au extensive one 0) uable and desir. North Ontario Observer. (Tho Octal Paper of the People.) FOUNDED IN 1857. Only Paper Printed and Published in / Port Perry. A ET PORT PERRY, JAN. zs, 1912. re he Important Privilege The One Month's Short Course in Agriculture is one of the most im~ < portant features announced in our advertising columns of this issue. ' "All should read the advertisement, 'and all who can should take advant- age of the grand opportunity so © liberally offered. No young farmer living within a large radious of the . town of Whitby can afford to lose . the privilege; Don't fail to remem ber that the Course opens on Fri- day, February sth, and closes March 1st. "Phone or write to J. H. are, B.S.A., Whitby, and he will be pleased to give you all the further "information you may require, not 'mentioned in the advertisement. 'Ottawa, Jan. 23:--The question closer trade relations 'with' Aus. will be discussed in the , probably this week and ie subject of an announce- ich 'anyone fo pos- ; A to: artwright Agricultu wag held. heré to-da representation of members present, James Byers, Esq., presiding. The financial statement "of the Treasurer was presented, showing total receipts for the year to be $590, 35, total expenditure $614.86, leaving a balance due the Treasurer of $24. 51. On motion the state~ ment was received. The Society decided on holding Field'Crop Competition this year, White Oats being selected. The Society are asking for an expert Judge on horses for next fall fair. The following were elected as Officers and Directors for the pre- - | sent year, Honorary Directors + Senator Beith, J.C. Thornton, M.P., and Jas. Parr, Esq. + President-- John Wright: ios Pon versa Monty ' 'Secy.--Robt. Philp. Directors-- James Byers, James Coates, J. H. Devitt, M.L.A,, A. Devitt, R. J. Parr, Jno. Jobb, Fred Taylor, F. Marlow, Wesley Camp- bell. Auditors--Wm. Parr Jeffery. Fall Fair to be held on 26th and 27th of September. Rost. PriLe, Secy. > & i and S. RAGLAN. OYSTER SUPPER. The Annual Oyster Supper and Entertainment under the auspices of the Canadian Order of Foresters will be held at the Sons' Hall, Rag- lan, on the evening of Tuesday, February 6, 1912. Oysters will be served from 5 o'clock until all are served, after which the Myrtle Station Minstrels will give one of their famous and unique entertain- ments. Full particulars as to caste of characters and program will be found on 'other bills. Mr. R. B. Smith will occupy the chair. Tic. kets 40 cents each or 2 for 75 cents, Children 25 cents.--Ww. BRIGHT, Chief Ranger. J. J. HezzeLwoop, Secretary. Scugog Tuesday, Jan. gth, death entered the home of Mr. David Cherry, and' took away a kind 'and' loving mother who had reached a little more than 85 years fof age. She was born in Ireland and came to this country in the year 1861. « After some little time, she with her hus- band, Mr, Robt. Cherry, settled in Janetville, and she resided there till within a few years of the end, when she made her home with her child- ren. She was for many years a member of the Methodist Church and earnestly and sincerely looked and sought for a home in the "bet- ter country." About four years after the death of her first husband she was married to Mr. Wm. Jones who also passed away a few years ago. She had been 1n her usual health till within a short time of her death. Her pastor, Rev. J. W. Totten conducted a service in the house. ~ Interment took place 10 Janetville. Mr. Fred, Mawson, who has been spending some time with his sister, Mrs. George Jackson, has returned to Toronto. Mr. R. W. Hardy, who taught at the Foot School, is located in Utterson, a few miles north of Bracebridge. share of snow-drilts. Dr. Berry, who is attending Miss M. Clark, | has had some very difficult drives Many others had some very severe, : Pat London, Jan. 23. phecyas tothe probs military strategy, LL.D. ata meeti Colonial Institute. Mr. Maguire des Ocean as "the str mankind," and 'wa "United States and that nothing could ity but a race of mi with nations like G Japan it was word The yellow races, going 0 'long twas worth having. 3 Great Britain's tefritories i Pacific Ocean were, he | consid by no means safe, and The J ese might attack 'and defeat Americans any day." | HER DAUGHTER Stricken With Acute Rheuma: tism Recovery scarcely" * Expected. | Mrs. Dolina J Lawler, writing from Oxbow Sask, says 454] wok be lacking in gratitude iI didss write you and let you kiow of wonderful good your Dr Williams Pink Pills hava done for my daugh- ter, Belle Lawlor. Indeed I think L can safely say that theybave heen the means of saving her dife. For many years my home has been in Bruce Mines, Ont. Somethipg over a year ago my son and daughler, then in her sixteenth year, leff for the West. When leaving here njy dadgh- ter was in the best of healjh, butin the following spring she was strick en with what the doctor sa/d wal flammatory rheumatsm'ini its wip: form. After a few wceks'she able to get up, but her hands @i limbs were so swollen that she not dress herself, She contipp this way for some time, and'ithéa a second attack, worse than the set in, and my son teleg: aphid as she was very low. W hte {3 as getting ready to make the ao eighteen hundred miles I gol second message to come at they feared she could not Jive When I reached her I found even worse. than 1 expecte was so weak and emaciated | would not bate kpown bir, could daly s cak naw fp hands and fingers were a and ber limbs swollen to natural size. The docty been attending her two me she seemed steadily growing worse We did not dare to move her bbe for fear of her heart giving out: Bhe her d we she one would gasp for breath, and she ch who saw her thought it possi could get better, She she , pain that I used to go ; room and put my fingers to shut out her gaspin ing. I had koown urd liams' Pink Pills, a8 gradually see her sinking I told my son I was going to give her the Pills. He was opposed to my for he thought a'cliangé in cine might prove fatal, Hos it was finally decided to give Pills. ime:st some improvement andiglt 3 ing. From that time ons to gain steadily. Coma hands and fingers became. the swelling in the lim! and her heart beats began and the color returned and soon the cure : She is now as strong any girl of her age, an you would never thi ed through an illness fin none of. her friend * Scugog is having a good, liberal oe; ter, and you ma always wasmly: experiences with snow drifts, e ho! oo on Paper From Antlent vi Tablets and Monuments, i {Chinese men 'of letters are exceed: y fond of ancient records in thé pe of long scrolls of paper "rub- " from famous stone tablets and. dnuments. The Liu Li Chang sta- loners of Peking are extensive traders in these. They send Tey am on long trips to shrines or Af with the local people at the place of a | fioted monument to take paper rab- | eh , 0 issued thé policy ing the three surety com To takes the tis hich, streets. which' ) ihe the gard, The surety com <al e police 3 "hold-up and robbery pr icy," and receives $500 for the ris Seven Fishing Vessels In Ice. Curling, Nfid., Jan, 19.--While all pings from it. The usual rubbing 18 8 ¢he eighteen vessels of the Gloucester field of black where the face has been fishing fleet, which were imprisoned inked, the lettering cut into the mar- by ice at the Bay of Islands are be- ble remaining white on the paper rub lieved now to be clear of the ice fields | and well started on their ran home, in) -| Harris, died at Guelph. Mr. bing. To the foreigner in China rubbings from the tablets the one left by the Nestorian Christians at Sianfu, in Bhensi, about 600 A. D. and the Mo- hammedan tablet are especially inter esting. | Those from the tablets at the tem- ple of Confucius at his burial place, Chefoo, in Bhantung, are among the * collections of the Chinese man of edu- cation. So many rubbings have been taken from several of the tablets which bear line portraits of Confucius that the lines and the letters on the "| stone have become so faint that the government has prohibited further rubbings being taken.--New York Sun. Man More Liquid Than Solid. Every fiber and every cell that enters | into the formation of a living body is bathed in moisture, by which means || alone these ultimate elements are kept alive and are enabled to carry out their duties." Even the bones, which appeat to be the most solid of all, owe more than half their weight to the presence | | of fluid.© That our bodies contaln a | | Aarge amount of fluid is proved in a striking manner by the blisters which rise .after the infliction of a burm | i| Water, in'fact, plays a very important , dn the human anatomy, for it is. of digestion, tharehaw Nid the excretion of waste products gre 'cary ried out. To reduce the whole matter to figures and taking 154 pounds to be the total weight of an average full .| grown man, it is said that water alone | accounts for 109 pounds of the whole. | His System. "Do you count your chickens before | they are hatched?" asked the visitor. | "You bet I do!" says the dealer in | | mining stocks and promoter of town | | sites. "I not only count 'em before | they are hatched, but sell 'em before the eggs are laid."--Judge's Library. A want of sympathy leads to the grentest ignorance iu the intellect as well as in the heart. BRIEFS FROM THE WIRES. Mra. Harris, wife of Rev. James John, 8mith, a lea farmer and ex-councillor, died at Whitby. David Henson, a colored pan, was fonch by a train .at Ol am and W. J. Waters, was acquitted of the charge of mans! ter at Hamilton. His ile killed W. Boyce. | i fifty RE women (ag Ulster tles, and a:lot of damage was done. | rumor that China has offered . Mongolia to Russia in return oan of 100,000:000 taels, 18 offi-: denied, + A sted af arTe Mime bY ee Sean h of La Tugn es seven vessels of the fleet are still at Bonne Bay. The latter have little chance 'of getting clear until the Unit- ed Btateés revenue cutters Greshan and Androscoggin, which are on the way here, are able to smash a chan- nel through the ice pack. ins ty, Banker Morse Liberated. : Washington, Jan. 19.--President Tait yesterday commuted; to expire at once, the sentence of Morse, the New York banker servi a fifteen-year sentende in the feder: penitentiary at Atlanta. The commu- tation was granted because of Morse's physical condition, and on the recom. . - mendation of Attorney-General Wick. ersham . and Surgeon-General Torney of the army. Quebec Legislature Line-Up. Quebec, Jan. 19.--After a Rebate lasting eight days the speech from the throne was adopted by the House yesterday afternoon, the non-confi dence amendment of the Opposition being rejected by a strict party vote of 50 to 18. KITCHENER STORIES. of Lord Ying th on his was once intrusted with an impor' tant commission. There was a delay in executing it through his horse cast- ing a shoe. "Very sorry," was Kitch- ener's comment, "but I ¢annot rest my plan of campaign on a horse's shoe or an officer's carelessness." grim, laconic humor. "Keep the gun," | he 1s said to have wired to the war of- fice authorities, who were pressing a certain weapon upon him. "1 can throw stones anygelf." | .* To an officer who kept on reporting that as a result 6f his various brushes with the enemy "several Boers were seen to fall from their saddles" Lord Kitchener sent the polite inquiry, "1 hope when they fell they did not hurt themselves." He goes instantly to the essentials, "Sorry to report loss of five men Yioush explosion of apenas was | gist of a telegram from the front | "put into his hands one day. "Do you ' Svant any more Gynamite?" was his sible at a word from him. "Twelve Sous in which tv Spry 39 asaieh) You must do it in six." And the offic who had asked for the twelve hours did it in five. : THE OIL. IN A NUTMEG. 17 a Pin Prick Dossn't Draw It Then You've Set. a Woods: n Anisls, The pure. food expert at 8 pure £0 show in New York took up a nu me' jab titls pin Into the "Wateh meg here and there," see how from each | Bice Charles W. fon dan, peeforatine 008M livin sal. devil does he' my rp} ke?" is' given as the classic pstance of his attitude toward the weaker vessels, A favorite captain of He has a. vi "Werohanded? | Little Peter had disobeyed. his moth. er, and when, in a shocked voice, 'she called him 40 her he came running with tbe tears streaming over his fushed facey. o.oo "You won't," be sobbed, clinging te ber hand--*you. won't have to whis me, mummy, 'cause I'm cryin' ah ready"--Woman's Home Compamweh Nin ub ; A-Bad Case. ko The cynical man was staring throtgh | the window at the chesty man swing. ing down the street. "Does Ohesty know anything?" asked his compat "Ktiow. sbytiing!" std the cyniond man. "He doesn't even suspect any- thing."~New York Times. A vein ¥ Repentance. Borrow for sin is not repentance. Ree piece or title page.. It is the harbinger or aden to. i! 'Thirtean at Dinner. bat dinper 1s an old Norse 'was deemed nnlucky ber A making thirteen gnests, and Balddr, the brilliant god. was siain 'at A toh of LokY, who prevailed , & strong but blind god, the mistletos, at Bal: she: latter nod. letiing 55 ERA Men of cultufe are the trae apontied of equality. --Mutthew Atuoid.' - . : Tortoise Shell, The fingst of tortoise shel] is said to. be that which cofies\from the Indian archipelago, although mach of that obtained on the Florida coast is of the very best quality, says the Scientific American. There gre three rows of plates on the back of the animal eailed "blades" by. the fishermen.. In the central row are Ove plates and fn each of the others four plates, the latter Besides smal} plates 'around the edges of the shell, known as "feet" or "noses." The big- gest turtle does tiot furnish more than sixteen pounds of shell. Formerly the undershell was discarded as worthless. but now it is much esteemed for its delicacy of coloring. Sometimes imi: tation of tortoise shell is made of the horus of cows. % 3 p ev) - Distribution ot Seed Grain and Potatoes trom ig Dossinion Experimental Farms 1911-12. By instructions the Hon, Min- ister of Agriculture a distribbtion will bé 'made during the coming wiptar and spring of superior sorts of grain and patatoes to Canadian farmers. The samples for general distribulfon will" consist of spring wheat (5 lbs.), white oats (4 Ibs.), These will be sent out [rom Ottawa. A disiripution of potatoes fin 3 Ib. samples) will be carried on from atm 'at- Ottawa swpplyin, he, provinces of Ontario an | wasab t several of the experimental farms, pin Central Far he Pine. and the services were con the Rev, R. W, allen; M Church of the Ascension ic church she was a 'Member for over forty years, Among those present' at the foneral were, Mr. W..A. May, Creemore; Mr. Arthur Christian, Whitby ; Mics A. L Craig, Hamili ton; A.C. Tennyson and family, Manchester; W, Tennyson and wife, Manchester ; R. Harry, Prince Albert ; Misses Sexton and Dénni- son, and" other friends. The' pail bearers were : Messrs. Thos. Wids den, John Doubt, James Swany Albert Allin, James Forman, E. H. Purdy. : A of "DIED. Gerow---In Port Perry, on, Sature day, January 20th, Clira Mae, eldest daughter of My, and Mrs. T. B. Getow, of Winnipeg, aged 27 years, ; i Deceased spent her' pleasant, girlish days and developed into the amiable and bandsome young 'lady in our midst, and endeared herself to all her acquaintance by her love ing and amiable disposition, het gentle bearing and kindly manner. She was a. favorite wherever she went and was worthy of iit. . Cares ful training and good e J female amiability intertw the early fruits of genuipe piety . formed inf trex character a eombina- tion of ntuch promise ; but the *for= mer must bloom and the latter ripen in that land where. no blast can wither the. ome or blight the a flower shold be nipped by the chilled haod of death while yet in its morning bloom. The bereaved ones have the heartfelt sympathy of all in their affliction, i Burson--In Toronts; on Mond Janiaty _aand, 1913, Li rawn, widow of the late R. K.° Butson, age 50 years, t1 months = and 7 days. ke ¥ heb Deceased was born in the town-= 5 ship of Reach and had lived in this locality neatly all her life, At the time of het demiseshe was on a short. visit_in Toronto, 3he was a loving wile, an affectionate, estimable and exemplary mother, a devoted' and consistent member of 1he Presby- terian Church, a" sincefe christian' and amiable neighbor. *'Siie was deservedly 'esteemed by all barley (5 Ibs,), and field peas (31bs.). | y : by ail ac quainted with her, her many good qualities her most and mples will 'be seat: ie of other. 'All lament that so charming =