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Yours faithfully, 'THOS::E: SEDGWICK. iental Sir2et, r, London, E, ly, 1915. - Many more will rejoice af the res] turn of their fathers, sons'and bros thers, bearing their laugeh of vice tory with them, and they will bel anxious to record thelr thankfulness in no empty or common medsure,] In either case no better formicould be imagined than the institution off a TRAINING FARM ¢ TRIBUTING CENTRE, gspe for those who have fought jf th same War as those in whose Hono they are created. Fi Farm training in Engl only teach a lot that wou be unlearnt in Cahdda, stitution of such farms av ] in the Dominion would be of 'the greatest possible benefit to | ple at home and to the prosperity of} | Canada. fo The only Government paving als Training Farm for Imigrant§ is that of New South Wales, who i i Scugog Oouncil. pt on Saturday last, members sent, Minutes of last meet. e read" and adopted. motion of Mt. Geo. Sweet. (he Treasurer 'was instructed pay Messrs, Sharpe & Cook §5 "attending County Council re i motion of Mr, Geo. Sweet- he Treastirer was instructed Mr. Henry Demera $4 sters bill for shoveling snow. motions of Mr, Wm, Jeffery a iw was passed to ratse the fol: taxes :-- Township Purposes goo; County Rate $1,064.07; x $359 29; General School ; School Section No. 1 » No 3 #300. motion of Mr." Geo. Sweet: By-law was passed appoints Mr. J. W, Crozier Tax Collect a salary.of 323. motion of Mr. James Davey asurer was instructed to pay mutation tax due Div, 1. $5. lr. Chas. \Whimseit fcr work peo Pitt Town Farm give men the benefit of three montis' training in the rudiments ofjagricul- ture, fruit, poultry, shee, pigs, fing dairy and other forms of fming, The cost is about five shillings a head per week, after allowing fori the value of their labour, but 'the fi benefit to the State is a hundredfold}] s|greater. This affords the d an |i opporturity of recovering theif muscles and hardness hich uns S |avoidably become reduced: an the § voyage and of getting over |theit homesickness and the longsol ness of rural life before they fireise a ed. The distribution of the 1 i motion of Mr. James Davey 'reasurer was instructed to pay following Wills for gravel: 8. Oliver. Raymes 278 loads ' John. Platten 236. loads stanley Pogue 122 loads Crozier. 149 loads atkson 45 eo. Schell for 8 hours . Tuomas Granan, Clerk. me OSHAWA FAIR. The program Tor stock judging itis now made ap and gives a good iHfexhibit on both Tuesday and Wed- nesday, Sept 14th and 15th The stock at Oshawa 1s of the finest in he country and tHe 'Direclors see e|that the best available Judges are i |obtained. The Live Stock Exhibit | promises to be good, The patade § [of prize animals ou the 15th will show the pic attle of this district. 'The Park Commissioners have e grounds in perfect shape, The 8 nda "lot ~The see. a ed be done more carefull; ar large party had to be dispers few hours, and the train the personal inclinations'e |: On motion of Mr. Geo. Sweet: themselves, so that they man, Mr. James Davey was in- fit for 'the jobs they pre| l structed to sell the old timber from most suited for. the culverts rebuilt, The example of Mr, ki. On motion of Mr James Davey Wanaka, New Zeala | the Treasurer was instructed to pay parties of British lads® €{to Mr. Geo. Hood. Jr, $2040 for New Zealand farmers for putting in culvert and timber, S|years' course and with id | work, &c. wages throughout, is =| Oo motion of Mr. Wm. Jeffery ing imitated by tho fs | the Treasurer was instructed to pay in other Dominions, an g{ Mr. Frank Dowson for drawing that boys are more inte in gravel and plank for culvert $9.25. racehorses to keep in * Oo motion of Mr, James Davey expensive. the council adjourned until the 15th Those who cannot #1 day of December or on the call of boys can found = DE 3{ the Reeve. TRAINING CENTRES - ant women and girls, esp otal who are bereaved by the Wai the inmates would learn: knitting, cooking, bak serving, the care of; and bees, laundry wo domesticity. The col base and and as a ho 8 | migrantsin caseof a ho or sickness, Deeds are the only of memorial to those wi have helped to mould to make her what she i (2 of the horses and Prominent Figure Passes shown by the simple fact, which is to-day considered 'unwise to con: ceal; that the result of the activities ARTHUR JOHNSTON. DIES AT of our submasize i BROOKLIN ies us say--as very modest; " At the beginning of the war our Oa Sunday, August 22, death removed one of the most prominent iM ine, © Toront Mes, Turnbull, Winnipeg ; George in Buffalo, and. Fred in Toronto. - The funeral took place on Friday he warfare on coms 1... h ! merce is regarded in wide circles-- at 13 the family plot inthe Pine rove Cemetery, -Rev. Rogers dfficiating. 2 Deceased being a memlier of the W,: P, residents of the County, in the per- | submarines Inid Jow a series of war-| Masonic fraternity was buried. with son of Arthur Johnston, of Brook; ships, and now we hardly ever hear | Masonic honors, the members. of known from coast to coastas alot anything of that sort, so to speak, | Fidelity lodge conducting the. Eetes stock . breeder, - judge and public. at times, naval heto¥s of ihe sea- | mony. ; spirited gentleman. the public suffer an irreparable loss. | than the war, only it: is regrettable Mr. Johnston has been in feeble | thal is.not we alone who learn in it. health for some time and three | Toreproach the British with "poor weeks ago was stricken with par-|seamen", is worthy only of a child alysis. He. did not recover from | They nndetstand how to defend the effects, and on Sunday morning | themselves, again suffered a similar stroke, from [thought up.mauy measures of d. « which his death resulted. fence and safety It is made even The late Arthur Johnston was |more difficult for our submarmes to born in Ireland seventy-six years |Ret into the vicinity of the enemy ngo, and was the eldest son of a ships and to launch a torpedo. large family. ; Caledon, yar Orangeville, when harbor is nowadays a yanty, 1f, on deceased was but a boy, and the Ind the other hand, it is obliged to take received hls education there. He [0 s€a, hundreds of eyes equipped graduated from the Normal School with glasses gate out carefully from and came to Pickering Township, its railing for the danger announce where he taught school for some |'"8 Periscopes, and. an escort of time: : ) torpedo boats, madly crisscrossing Later he entered into partnership with David Burrell, and began the business of breeding and importing Shorthort cattle, Clydesdale horses, and Cotswold sheep. From the first his efforts met wjth success, and for a great many years his farm near Greenwood was the Mecca of breed- ers who wished to secure first class and reliable stock ik one of the the Dominion. an has more than 300 torpedo.boat submarine datiger. Thus the sub marine watfare is today verily not a simple matter, It requires fabulous | good ugk ta avoid the many. bi was; undoubtedly | pits, the: mines, the blocks nown stock men in| ape the snl AE He was authority | marine boat buntets, and sul carry and now they have{. His father settled in |iarge warship outside of a safe | ye through the water, surroud it. Brit-|ff\HE U In his death |shore. There.is no better sghool *ssoN--In Reach, 4th conenselbm, ly OT on Sat: day, August 29; 1015, Eliz th Davidson, beloved © wife of Jdmes Sisson, aged 65 years. Eee] Notice to High School ¥ Students | ORT PERRY High School opens September. 7th and pupils 3tten ling here can "secure board and accommodation with atl nier ces, 'only five ;- minttes waik west of the school don Queen Street, ~Terms moderate, Apply to Mxs, R. U. Irwin. Taluabe Residental Property For Sale 7 NDERSIGNED Offers Fot Sale a g-roomed Dwelling, destroyers and torpedo boats, more | electric "lighted, furnace, 3 hard= than 100 submarines, and hundreds | wood floors, brick well and cistern § of armed fishing vessels and" other | wood state of repair. escorting vessels that are all assign. {vorner of Cassimir and John Sts, . ed for insurance against the German | Port Perry. Apply to. the owner .. Situated on E. C. BURTON rey, on all matters pertaining to the bus- | out'a successful attack--The Giobe | thil Collie, year old, sheddi iness, and was in demand as a judge. He crossed the Atlantic 35 or 40 times in pursuit of = animals | wards. Germany thus far is not al dark on back where new hair is |i The United States attittide 'to [and around rump old hair is stills + ban, ing, an-wers tothe: name of: with which to improve and streng- jiogether inaptly illustrated in the | *'Sport". .A stifitble rew-rd willbe then his herds, and each time et foliowing story 3 An [nslunan was [given for information that will lead brought back with him" some of the | going along the road when an angry {to his recovery by leaving same. 'at: } best animal blood of the mother country. . oR Being widely: traveled, Mr. John< ston was well 'kilbwn in Engl and Scotland; and "the connection |the ground, as is: the custom of ihe thus. established enabled 'him to|animal when irritated, whereupon 'secure the finest results in his herds. | he smiled at the animal and said : He therefore made a great success |"1f it was aot for your bowing and of his business, scraping and'your humble apologies, Far several years he wasa direc. | you brute, faith 1 should think tnat tor of the Shorthorn Breeders' Ass. | you'd throw me over this fence on ociation, and was its President at| Purpose. one time. He took an aggive in- terest in uny movement that was in- |: tended" for the stock. | over a fence ering from his fall, upon looking up The London Daily Telegraph $m improvement of | The hour stiuck a year ago; and vi ired to high honors, but he unselfishly 4 jo Wghix to fulfil the | British world'state ; but alieady ir duties required of him. elected to the County Council to re- present the Township of Pickering during the days when representa- fives were appointed separatively from the Township Councils, and was a 'member of that body when tee She, Cousty House of Refuge was Dominions Ypres, in Galli- In politics he was a Conservative, Poli South, West Africa, What and was 'honored 'with a high place | of this myste in the counsels of the party although | do not ie never sought office. : Rewss a ) igi dians, Australians, New. Zealanders. South Africans, periorming fn the 1sm never excelled in the history of arms. That is no figure of speech. It is the bare truth about what nas one by the men of. the df saw the bull pawing and tearing up| Aug. 25, 1915. the world, has 'seen. It will seef As a public man, Mr. Johnston | much njore before the close of this| Harcontt. K.C., wondertul chapter inthe annals of | stricted He was | has marveled at the sight of Cana- | At The Swain Temps name of the Empire, deeds of hero | 'German mind is making | or bull rushed at him aod tgssed him Tur OBsgrver Office or with the i Toe Irishman recov-{ owner ; Wu, M. Raw, Green! buckinn Sale of ul Bstate of George Henry ~ Bradburn, deceased. of with the bation of BE. W. Se Oficial 1 Guard En ine uctioneer, joven Baird, A offer lor sale by - Public Auction, * Hotel. at the Village of BLACKSTOCK i the Township of Cartwright, On Saturday, September 4; 1915 All and Si . tract of Liter contain