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North Ontario Observer (Port Perry), 22 Jul 1915, p. 2

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«| Be found and stands without a peer '| on points of superiority, and is con- m and France, Hon. Martin, Burrell, as 'of Agricultufé, jis proving 0k of the mést useful and Weatyére of the Gove le rove necessary," asks a ' ér, we reply that it has n known to put a different com- on things-- military and Army officers in the United States in many instances resigning ir commissiods in order to ac- posts with firms manufactur- munitions of war.' 'The British casualty lists show the proportion of killed to inded is 23.5 per cent., and that tly more than three per cent. thie wounded die. Tt takes more than a trifle to te the Montreal Gazette. Even & present inexpressibly horrible ir has failed to raise a_ ripple on placid surface of its supreme nt. Fhe Statesman boasts that Bow- ille gets more like New York every day. Unless brother mes has a care he may be exclud- from the Methodist Conference Mail 3--1If the perpans ucing Tealfur into America, . Dernburg can point with pride 'tb, the attempted murder of the Morgan family. . One of the latest fashion hints is "that men sHould dress in harmony th their wives. Some of the fem- outfits which assail ones optics Orillia streets would keep a onizing hubby hopping. --Oril- Packet. The farmer's Advocate has an 'article on "Openings for Canadian Fruit." The struggling mother of lve ld no doubt answer, ts very much but I'am not for any more openings." 'Bales of baby' clothes packed in gs, euch containing "an infants , and labelled "For the babies the Allies," have been. received the Women's Emergency Corps, dop, from the "Babies Kit : of Syduey Australia. . Inited' States Department iculture, which has been the loss from disease of during & period of thirty oat it has been fully loss that count. *| quiring his Hr Gent hag gone extensively i Shorthorn cattle, and h; educated in all that fection'in that the scientious and reliable in the decisis ons he vouchsafes, and is always prepared to back up substantially his judgments by scientific ; 'and practical authorities. . Unpretenti- ous and hackward, he never intrudes his opinion but at a glance takes in the situation and can whed Tequest- ed state worth and value in dollars and cents on the class of aglimals, the best, in which he deals. He states that all kind of crops in his locality are good. SiLos ARE Trumps --The demand for Concrete Silos is booming, Messrs. D. M. Jacksor & Son hav- ing already erected quite a number ani have many more booked to be completed this season. The weal- thy and prosperous little township of Cartwright is to the fore and many of the leading and most enter» prising farmers there are having silos constructed, while many more have this important acquisition to the farm under consideration. The senior member of the firm during the past five years, has built in_ this County and Victoria County very many and not one of which has cost a cent for repairs which dem- onstrates their superiority and that time bas no effect on their stability and owners of them would not part with them; Qn.any. consideration, and they have ~also; in eyery in- stance, proved money makers, be- sides keeping fodder lesome and nutritious thus keeping the stock in fine fettle during winter months. Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Thompson, of Whitby, announce thé engage- ment of their eldest: . daughter, Hazel Clemo, to Mr. Frank Phillips of Duval, Sask. The mariage will take place the second week in Aug- ust at the home of Mr. 'M. St. John, Arcola, Sask. Don't you wonder that the much lauded'German efficiency has never been able to invent or discover a substitute for sauerkraut ? Great Britain and the United States have huge factories turning out dyf.tuffs by the hundreds of tons. Why should either country be helplessly dependant on 'Ger many for dye stuffs ? : " Any fool can make monay ; it takes a genius to keep it." And yet, one could pick out, without travel ing outside the corpotation of Or- illia, people who can Rang on to money, like a darkey to awalermelon, ~ | but have never been suspected of an excess of talent, not tos Y genius-- Orillia Packet rods in good condition. ate two ways fot a 'woman to get 'whatshe wants. Either chaselitifor- all she is worth, or run from ftin the same -manher.! It depends on: the "Ng, dear} the novel is not on wll shelves of the Port Perry Public Library. 2 Io New York 'ape may pay as high'as $a fora 'seit' in a moving picture theatre, Mr; Samuel L. Rothapfe), maoag- ing ditector of the Riolto, the day is: comiog when as much as $3 will be charged. Ten cents, still does the trick in Port Perry. "What do you thibk of the new minister }" appears to be the 'mat ter of course question 'when "a change of pastors comes. Just now our Methodist friends are passing the query around. . To: how 'maony. 'people does it ocour to ask "What coin for a'share for various tholes i in the ground, no longer entertain any doubt as to where they stand io the tesucker" class. The astouishing thing is that so many. ordinarily sane men should be swept off their feet by so barefaced and shameless a swindle. One of the houses struck and severely damaged by lightning in the township of Brock last week was well "protected" by lightning Let us re- turn once more to the belief that lightning rods are a humbug. Entrance Results Howard Bamforth Cora Bowerman Mary Bowman Albert Brown Rosy Brent Bernice Buckler Roy Corbman Maud Corner Aleta Ferguson (honors) Greta Foster Marion Foster Myrtle Goode (honot's) Edna Gordon John Harris (honors) Cecil Jeffrey George Lambe George Moore John Moule (honors) Andiew McTaggart orma di = Winnett Nesbitt Clifford Platten Gertrude Phoenix Leslie Real Evelyn Switzer Francis Switzer (honors) Mildred Wallace Harold VanCamp Scholarships given by Port Perry School Board : 1st Aleta Ferguson, Port Perry 20d John Moule, Port Perry 3cd John Harris, Port Perry Raspberry Lore (By Peter McArthur) The meanest man in Carada has been discovered, but I dare not give you: his name or tell you where he lives, for like sil the mean men 1 now, he is very respectable, and moreover, he is well off and for that reason his neighbors look up to him. It would never do to cast a slur on 80 estimable a citizen, but let me tell jam. their _ blindness. Also moré to the healthy - my explanation. say whet he gels a e raspberry jam? «If you imugine, just use your: recull what you used to yum 1" of course: , With any learned professor that by the application of law, or some similar law; tatic exclamation. in time 'changed to 'yam, it was changed to Mj then in the "hurr nation to give up farming and k for philology. - The college § pro sors and dictionary makers n ir names from the 1 them'shown by the small b 1 you do not believe in my dfiva- tions just try any healthy bag. with strawberries and strawbe . jam and see how he will @eh' If he doesent say "Rah" and "Yap yum' he is not a nortnal boy. Germany's Opinion # the British. That at least some of |} leading lights in Germany are comfhencing to see 'something in the Jritish afs| J, ter all," is evident from he follows ing utterances by Harden, one of}O, the great literary refi of Germatty at this time and might be taken as a warning to not be too sure that|F, 'Old England's power is waning, and he? men are falling to decay. Here are some of Harnden'§ sen- tences i i "Any German who has saton a Swiss moutitain railway nextto a|Ji' Liverpool tailor got up like a Lotd; [Fe or bas regarded our comic papers as F. a fouat of wisdom, thinks he krovs R | Britain and the British, They have hucksters' souls, are deceitful and [RS cowardly, are unsociable, surly and splenet'c, never aspire to higher J J F. nt tile. signed as follows : n, 661 loads gravel £66.10 n, shoveling gravel, $15. 75. 4 | uly 6th, 1915, | Your 'welkome' letter to hand nd; but 1 dle ike t Hana, | there heat the 20th Ba "| Baud. We hav: we hope to all return as a edo there will be some. ! shown up were tance Ww. Te Espanola; Bunker (sis and] g four or five dirigibles flying. 11s ! tasted to cancel order |a great sight to seethem float in| the air. night in the log, and'he got a laud- ing place jast behind our camp, and twas not long before he" was a Une got Jost the 'other | prisouet ol wae, but he-proved 10 be| 32 113 rods wire fence $29 purely Eogzlish aud they released , 116 rods of wire fenee]!® and gave him guite a reception ext morning he left us and re- turned to Aldershot, a fhght of about ughlin, work dive 39 $4.80 400 miles fiom here. y 79 rods Wire ferice $19.75 ry 40 rods wire fence $10 Freehorn, wotk quarter line Ds wade, 124 loads of gravel 40. mer, 140 loads of gravel $14 o 21 rods wire fence $5.25 We have to fall in now to met our 'Batlalion, so will have to close. Yours truly, Harry, iin The Late George McMillan. The late George McMillan of sett, 39 rods wire fence $9.75 Brantford was a native of Port on, 42 rods of wire fence|Perry beinga son of the late John 0.50. 58 rods wire fence $14.50 Il, work div. 16 $11 rong, wotk con. 6 $38 y, work div. 14 $129.75 Jooper, '150 loads gravel $15 W: MeMilian, and had resided in the town of his nativity all -his life except the past year when he lived at Brantford For a short time prior to his death he had suffered severely from inflammatory theuma- ilton, 122 loads of gravel |tism, latterly however his heart be 20. came affecied which resulted in his Bruce, See, Treas. 5.5. No. 3|death. Mr. McMillan during hit . Venning, righning grader $25: long residence here dealt exiensive- ly in the purchdse and sale of horse: and was one of the best :posted things ; have minds only for sport, S.! Ferguson, 35 rodg wire fence men 1n Canada on the true value 0 foolery and money-making. That is|_ the popular view. "It is forgotten that the greatest he Jngdemn th ieories that bh: Re was cig in Eng and that all the peoples of Eu during the 19th century it is Sh speare's countrymen who have duced the richest and 'most vai literature. *'It is thought that the Briton a ridiculous figure because He sport and spends nearly as time over his golf and his as the German over his beer. really a fool because he is his country winning a ¢ match? Is not a game that m the body taut and strong of to the state ? "Get you to Hyde Park and] at the upright greybeards cant: by, hundreds strong, on shee ol groomed horses. The young and the old ladies in the: West | . W. Hooey, work di, . Beacock, se Pa $75 75. 'Demill, taking out 'stumps 1 816 bb, work div. 18 $33, Sadly ior IN. Marlow, 80 loads gravel $8 Marlow, shoveling gravel 1.20 Hanna, work div. 35 $22 Fordet, 88 loads gravel $8.80 i. Parr, 110 rods wire fence $27.50 . Wright, work div. 42 $8.75 ®. Wright, 35 rods wire fence §5.25 %. Brown, work Whitby boundary 8s Emerson, repairs to scraper and ied | picks $2 T. Bruce, work div. 19 $76 Trick, work Darlington bouns # dary $4.25 E. Beacock, 80 reds of wire g "fence $20 iJ: Proutt, work div. 43 $34 Devitt, 32 loads gravel $3.20 Devitt, work div. 27 $32.80 Women's Institute $10 you what he does. He hires the children in the neighborhood to pick raspberriés for him, and 18 part of the bargain that they must whistle all the time they are in the berry patch. As he is always within hearing heis :b'e in this way to rake sure that they do not eat any #| of "tlie. delicious berries they area course of health picking. Now what do you think of 8 man ike that? : lesson that only the strong 3 herit the earth, and has are wanted by men k The following Teta from Vernon |" t and Harry Nott were written last week: © Vawcartier Caup, July, 1915. fi This othe last eter you wil r re- ive from me in kin for Sagan, whee we sth. 1 cer 25] di $17.50 and J. Wallace, all of Brantford. horsts'and he made a grand suc. cess of his occupation and had' the confidence and respect of all with whit he did Dusioess. . His candid manner and kindly tion a e him poptilar wit? a and all sincerely regret his early demise: He is stirvived by hi widow and. child ; two brother: Messrs John and David McMillan of Port Perry, and two sisters, Mrs Arthur G, Dowson, Port Perry and Mrs, Isaac Watson of Toronto The foral tnbutes were beauti- RDER? for minittons asd eqiilpmen* for war aggre- gating $200,000,000 - have been placed fu Canada by Great Britain and the Allled Powers through the medium of tte Canadian Government and its assist- ance and advice te Canadian manu- tactures, The Shell Commission ereat- ed Ly the Government ih the early stages Of the "war bave made pos- sibl: Canada's participation in muni- tion supplies to the exteiit of $150, 000,000." - The tremendous business brought to this country was never realized until the following state: ment of it in detail was issued by Hon. -Senator Lougheed, acting Min- istec of MiMtia: Sir Georg: Perley's Work. Since the early weeks Of the war the Government has made very active SIR GEORGE PEKLEY. ful, the most magnificent display {' ever witnessed in this district." Basket of American Beauty roses from his wife. Harp, Mr.and Mrs. A. Dowson Crown, Mr. D. McMillan Gates Ajar, Mr. and Mrs. Watsor Horse Slice, Mr. and Mts. Nu ent. Spray, Mr, and Mrs J. MoMil an. Wreath, Misses Jean and Watson, Wreath, Mrs. Deshane. A number of sprays and wreaths from Brantford. Those from out of town who at tended the funeral were :-- Mr. }. Nugent and wife, Mr. G. Nugeni ang wife, Mr. P: Jones and wile, Mr. Miller and Mr. McMillan, all of St, Louis. D. McMilan, sr, D. McMillan, r, and pe -'{ wagons; 50,000 horse collars. A. LOVGREED, raistent efforts to obtain on be- HON, SENATOR 7. {to Cabwdian manufacturers on 120,000 shovels; $08,000 fir sleepers; 3.000 aluminum ~~ stoc' pots; 45,900 doses tetanus anti- | toxine; 8,000 crossing timbers; 6500,~ 000 water bottles; 11,624,924 pounds 'bacon; 15,888,673 -poupds cheese; 20,4468 tons flour; 7%,968 pounds - fowl: 177,286 tons of oats; 4,636,332 pounds of preserved meats; 3,120,000 pounds of driec vegetables; 2,000,< 000 bags of oats; 2.5600,000 boot laces; 103,145 greau coats; $00,000 Jackets; 500,000 trousers; 25,000 coats, sheepskin 1iBed 612,000 yards white flannel; 1,000,000 cap com~ cardigans; 100,~ 500,000 cotton drawers; 1,600,000 woollen drawers; 150,00 fingerless gloves; §0,000 pairs woollen mitts; 300,000 pairs leather mitts; 850,000 pairs worsted socks; £5,000 pairs lumbermen"s socks; 50,4 000 pairs long socks; 200,000 Wool« len underyests; 20,000 pairs rubber boots; 1,086,600 flannel shirts; 100 pairs shoe packs; 200 tons brass strips; 259 travelling kitchens; 2,000 Huge Russian Order, An order fron. the Russian Govern- ment for shells obtained by private ac- count of this order will, it is stated, probably reask from seven million to on ten ; i dolla a T. Anderson and wife, Stouf | balt of Canadian producers and man- There have pin i McMillan and wife, Uxbridge. 1. Watson and wife, Misses Jean and Annie Watson, Toronto. S. Anderson, G. Watson and wife, B. Watson, R. Watson, all o! Messrs. S Me . HcMlillan, A om and death" had a striking exemplifica. , |tionin the death of M ufscturers a reasonable propoftion of orders for imunitiops of war, stores and fo hi which are necessary for mai! the militaly opera- tions of large orders - and large pl

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