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'HUTCHESON We write every kind of reliable Insurance, Mortgage Loans, and Real Estate WANTED--A few first mortgages on farm property. Several sums have been placed with us for immediate in- p--vestment in this class of security. - IF YOU DONT FEEL RIGHT and are not enjoying the brightness of these glorious days it must be because your body has not become adjusted to the __change from cold winter days to the. balmy air of spring. NYAL Spring Tonic Will Give You New Snap and Energy It is just what you need at this season of the year. It banishes that Spring-time lassitude that comes as a result of the change from the confinement of the winter months. It stimulates the appetite, gives new vitality to the indolent muscles, braces up the nerves and restores your enjoyment of your daily work. Price $1.00 PORT PERRY, ONTAR J ERY John Bright Dead John Bright, Live Stock Commis- sioner for Canada, died at Ottawa, on Sunday evening last after a brief ill- ness. He was an expert in his know- ledge of cattle, and a man of keen judgment in business matters. This fact was evidenced by his appoint- ment a number of years ago by the C. P. R. as appraiser of losses for a considerable district. The following extracts are taken from the account in Tuesday's Globe: "Mr. Bright's early life constituted a fitting education for the important position he was filling at the time of his death. His home, before going to Ottawa, was in a section which the Drydens, Davidsons, Millers, John- stons, and others have made famous as the chief centre of Ontario Short- horn and Clydesdale interests. In all matters connected with live stock im- provement and progressive agriculture generally, Mr. Bright, while living on the home acres, took an active part. In the Clydesdale Association and in the Dominion Shorthorn Breeders' Association he was President, and he served as live stock judge at fais all the way from Charlottetown to Van- couver. As Live Stock Commissioner he was even more active than he had been in! IN PORT PERRY AND SURROUNDING TOWNSHIPS. 10, WEDNESDAY, APRIL Interior Decoration of the Hous? Paper written by Mrs Jesse McClintock ~ of Manchester for the Utica ~ Women's Institute The home is the most vital thing in one's life and should possess the attention of every right-minded indi- vidual. Init are born and nurtured our best ideals which journey with us to the end of our days. Good taste in our homes is largely a matter of education and we will never have it until we learn to distin- guish between the beautiful and the ugly. Good taste has nothing to do with the amount of money spent, whether it is 10c. $10.00, or $1,000 the principies remain the same. Ex- travagance dees not produce beauty. Some of our richest people as well as our poorest have not yet learned the value of good taste. Simpheity and suitabtlity in decoration, and not the amount of money spent, is the found- ation of all good decoration. Interior decoration could be divided as follows: -- 1 Walls and ceiling 2 Floors 8 Furnishings and house decor- ations =~ The walls and ceiling may ve finish- SINGLE COPIES Eo. 25, 1917 No. 17 THE STANDARD BANK OF CANADA HEAD OFFICE - TORONTO This Bank offers every facility in the conduct of accounts, of manu- facturers, farmers and merchants. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT at every Branch. 235 PORT PERRY BRANCH H. G. HUTCHESON, EST'D 1873 4 Ford Touring Car $495.00 private life. He was the inspiration €d in a variety of materials,as matched behind the movement for co-operative lumber, wall board, beaver board, fibre wool marketing, which promises so board, in various finishes, but for the much for sheep husbandry; he gave majority of houses plaster is the cover- There is sure to be a shortage of these Sold only at cars so you had better get your order The NYAL QUALITY STORE ORVAL BYER IR Our New Boots and Shoes for Spring and pr Summer are all in now. ; When in need of anything in this line give us a call. We will try to please you both for price and quality. pa A full line of Groceries, Crockery, etc. always on hand, J. F. McCLINTOCK | OUR moTTO "Service and Quality" Ls n you need meat, you need choice 1 meat. Do you realize what this means to B «.; You? Cai and convince yourself or phon wl Bell 29. : ~ LG HALL MEAT MARKET, PORT PERRY ~ WePhave discontinued carrying a stock of Wall _Paper-- Simply to save you money. In order to e have overhead expenses and the ds to add to our selling price. We | pliments, and '| you can," he said. | cake?" taken for the establishment of the bacon industry on a really national scale, and he was, in the past few months, giving earnest attention to the promotion of 'community breed- ing" in horses by the establishment of Horse Breeders' Clubs, intended to develop breeding along well defined and uniform lines. Casualities Lance Corpl Edward Paige, Green- bank, gun shot wound in face. Pte G. G. Wilson, Cannington, wounded. Lieut Joliffe, formerly a student in Port Perry, killed in action. Sergt J. Roy Ferguson, Blackstock, gun shot wounds. Pte Roy Harris, Ashburn, wounded Pte Arthur Salvage, reported ill. Lieut W. K. Kift, Cannington, wounded for second time. Pte Augustus Raines, Port Perry, wounded. Pte Wm Martin, Sonya, wounded in side Brigadier-General James McBrien, D.S O., wounded. Pte H. McPhaden, Sunderland, wounded Pte. C. W. Ruttle, Cannington, wounded. Pte. H. V. Kent, Toronto, wounded Pte. G. Shaw, Sutton, wounded. Pte C. E. Cooper, Uxbridge, shell shock. Pte. Morley Honey, Port Perry, wounded. This is the second time Morley has been wounded. Word has just been received that Pte Murray Watson, has been killed in action. He was a son of Mr and Mrs T H Watson, of Toronto, former- ly of Seagrave Barn and Contents Burned A serious fire consumed the barns on the old James I Davidson farm at Ashburn on Friday evening of last week. Mr Walter Kerr one of the present proprietors, and his wife were visiting a neighbor during the time of the heavy thunderstorm. While they were absent the buildings were struck and fire destroyed about $20,000 worth of property. I'he losses includ-' ed 17 head of cattle and a number of horses. This stock was of first-class i Mr Kerr had been offeredy '1 $1200 for one of the horses and $700 fora calf. Itis said that the insur- | Knew Her Weakness ! A rosy-cheeked youngs in his best clothes entered < the village post office and carefully laid a huge slice of iced cake on the counter. "With my sister's, the bride's com- ill you eat as much as ' The postmistress smiled delight- ully, ; : "How very kind of the , bride to re- member me," she cried. "Did she know of my weakness for wedding ~ "She did," answered the youngster , and 'she thought she'd send t of it: this afl ust to force and direction to the steps being | ing of the walls and ceiling. These may be rough or smooth, and the nature of the decoration depends fo a great extent on the condition of the plaster. Smooth walls and ceilings look well painted for kitchens, bed- rooms and bathrooms but some one says"I do not like the bright cold ap- pearance of paint." That objection is past now--flat-toned paint has be- come so popular. These paints give | the touch desired soft, velvety appear- ance, sanitary and serviceable. ing they make an ideal background for pictures and furniture. Paper. is still the prevailing decor- ation. It can be used on almost any wall. Selecting paper is one of the most important parts of home decor-| ations and one can only touch on | general principles as no two rooms re- | quire the same treatment. The decor- | ation depends largely on the light, nature of the woodwork and floor, and the furniture to be used. There. are homes whose decorations shout at us like "bedlam let loose," and the proud possesser of all this! color riot hides her lack of taste by declaring "nature does it and nature never makes mistakes." Nature has earth, sky and sea in which to display her gorgeousness," man is limited by four walls. { If we would study nature we would see how the dull brown of the newly ploughed field blends with the green' of the trees in the wood beyond, how the shades of the sand and stones blend with the fresh young blades of grass. The blue of the sky and lake! are always at a distance and nature' uses this beautiful color very sparing-' ly in small spaces. Notice also how sparingly nature uses red, purple,' orange and yellow, justa touch at sunrise and sunset, here and there a mat of yellow buttercups or a cluster : of berries. If we would follow natures example and use quiet colors as a background and bright colors sparingly our decor- ations would be simple and more effective. The wall paper and woed work are a background for pictures, furniture and people. When one places paper ' They | can be easily washed. When used] with a drop ceiling and picture mould- | tone in early. 1 he intervening space filled holes and barbed wire, and the whole covered with about five inches of Snow. At six a.m. everything was quiet both in our line and theirs. Away to the east dawn was just beginning to break, while to the north, some seven or eight miles away, a sharp artillery bombardment had commenced. Sud- denly one of our machine guns barked and was answered immediately by one of Fritz's. A couple of German flares were sent up, but revealed nothing and for a few minutes more quiet reigned supreme. At 6.30 I started for the bay in the trench in which I knew my comrades were to congregate for the raid. Two had already arrived, and as 1 looked at them in the still fairly dark trench- es, I received a great surprise, for both were dressed frum head to foot in white, this was on account of the snow on the ground. In the next half hour ten more had joined them and all were talking in whispers of the plan of attack. At 6.55 still another white figure appeared in the trench coming toward our bay. This was the last of the party and the leader known as the "Mad Major." Good morning lads" he said in an under- "Everyone here?" on being an- on a wall with bright bunches of swered in the affirmative, he took his flowers at regular intervals or conspic- uous scroll, it is such a temptation to pipe from his mouth, knocked the ashes from it and looked at his watch "Time's up boys, everybody ready?" he asked. "All ready" was the an- These bright colors and patterns swer, "'over we go then" and so saying make quiet pictures look tame instead of bringing out their tints. Biscuit, buff, light tan, golden brown, grey, grey-green and olive shades make an ideal back-ground, for the walls and the ceiling should always be lighter and the wood-work darker except when white wood-work is used. their progress. from the Hun trenches they halted bebind a small ridge, until everyone had arrived. Then as one man they | rose and rushed through a gap in the he slipped over the parapet followed by one dozen silent white figures. Anxiously we spectators watched About thirty yards by shell foot in a . Li which jad been made just the , 2 _ day previous by our Stoke Guns. Al- ; A Trench Raid though it was already almost daylight Pomewacre in PI not a shot was fired and we saw the : > March 19th, 19 last man disappear into the German Editor Port Perry Star:-- trench, Suddenly a shot rang out The following is the description of followed by the report of a bomb and one raid out of many made by our then several more shots and bombs, battalion during the past winter upon Quite a commotion could, now be the Hun trenches. oa that I took heard in the enemies trench" After a 10 active part more than that of an ob- few minutes of this a Hun appeared, er Ts a climbing out of the trench and began Time 6,30 a.m. Scene--two lines to double toward ours. He had dis ches some seventy yards apart carded his rifle and equipment with a was beating it, as the safety. boys say, for In his haste he caught his hidden wire and fell head long, but he soon pickd himself up and with hands over his head ran to s crying "Kamerade, Kamerade mercy, no kill." He had scarcely reached our trench, when another came over at the same high rate of speed. Our boys were now so busily engaged in blowing up his posts and smashing up his trench, that they simply left. the prisoners to come across by themselves. In just exactly half an hour the first of our boys ap- peared on the enemie's parapet and in five minutes everyone was back in our own trenches. We had not had one casualty. Several Huns had been killed in the attack, many posts blown up and two prisoners taken. In fact everything they had gone after they obtained. We now knew in what shape this particular part of their trench was in. We knew what bat- talion of their troops was in front of us, and we succeeded in adding one more link to the chain of demorali- zation. Thus ended a very successfiil raid carried out in almost full day light. These raids have often been spoken of as being of very httle importance, but by this means alone are we able to learn of the state of the Hun trenches, what troops are opposing us and many other minor things which all help in the end, when things are what we call quiet. We always suc- ceed in keeping Fritz in a state of terror, as we have learned from many prisoners, for he does not know what hour of the: day or night a raiding party may jump .in upon him and either kill or take him prisoner, al- though the most of them have no great dislike to be taken prisoner. 1 don't know if this will be of any interest to you or not Mr Farmer, but if 50 and you have space in your pap- er it might prove so to some other of my friends in and near Port Perry. Yours truly, Sergt | Roy Ferguson Since receiving this letter his pars ents have been notified that on April