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A few firs arm property. ve been placed with us for immediate in: of security. © © x ll | Honey says: 4 ¥ | is certainly disgusting to a Canadian |opeu | | majority of E | | face of this result. a "I will say one thing for tbe Eng- lishman, he can handle it better than the average Canadian. 1n a little place hke Seaford, for instance, they have 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. 2 = 9 TT" 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 Sold only at | The NYAL QUALITY STORE ORVAL BYER about a dozen bars which are open to the public until 9 p m. They are open on Sunday as well, and to keep order among the troops, the Headquarters (detail a Battalion each week to picquet the village, and take care of the drunks. Here is what makes me sore. The duty of this picquet is not to prevent drunkenness, but to place themselves in front of the various saloons and pick up the disabled when they are thrown out at 9 p.m.--closing time. + A Canadian has absolutely no idea who can tell me that a country can't control crime by legislation will have some job on hand. Our Battalion, the 208rd, had no trouble in Canada with drunks, but have been in charge of a picquet my- self when we had to take care of men from our own Battalion. Also - SEED CORN -- Nearly all varieties | Highest Germinating Qualities ~~ and Lowest Prices Mangel, Turnip, and all other small Seeds For Sale By J. F. MeCLINTOCK Our Reg. Sergt. Major was brought home from Scotland under escort, and of course lost his position, Things like that get one's blood up. If you make any enquiries as to why the clergy take no- interest in closing the bars to troops, you find that the bishops rv wk of the Church of England are too much in- terested in the profits of the breweries to raise this objection. They need a few fellows like Caswell to get in and spoil the pudding. A Prisoner in Germany Pte. Charles Gibbard Venning, of Cartwright, who was reported missing, ' is now a prisoner in Lemberg. Busy Spring making things move, but prices are springing. : Sag aWhen "7 'meat. OUR MOTTO ~ "Service and Quality" you need meat, you need choice Do you realize what this means to you? Cail and convince yourself or phone Bell 29. | MEAT MARKET, PORT PERRY . {mth these necessities. As straw has been a waste product in the prairie the "Kldati money hoi igs Ider friend 'Rail ; 'to be able to turn this ly but 0 end way in yoary Debentures" has gone the way of all good debentures. Not only have we , paid $25,000 principal in eleven years at the out over $6400 interest on same. {growth into light and heat how to handle the drink and the man the country and the increased prices, ! | Bourd of Education is seriously con- | sidering the advisability of using the! | | 4 | over here they had one continual -§chools instead of paper. round of homing up for drunkennes, I in the school has been told to cut Nature may be a bit slow about, €leven years--1906-1916 inclusive. seems more discouraged than usual when he sees so much that needs do- COAL ing and finds he is given so little to -- pr ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1917 SINGLE COPIES Bo. ' y ° Corp. A. Brown" | me to his mother, Mrs. Corp. Allan Brown has written to Seagrave, Pte, Lee his sister, Mrs Moss Mark at Seagrave | x ¢ AR telling her that he is in the hospital | "Speaking of the liquor question, it at Worthing, Sussex England, with influenza, to Ww yun things of that He has been wounded three times Yous how they ! i ins of the and describes the way in which he eu bars; and lastly to see how the received his last wound as follows: - nglishmen uphold it in "I met three Germans, one had a rifle and bayonet, and the other two had revolvers. 'They spoke English' and ordered me to halt and put up my hands or they would fire--the bay- onet within ten inches of my face. | I had laid down my rife and walked this the other two Germans fired their revolvers at me--six. out of the seven bullets going through my clothing, 'and the seventh grazing my chin. ' But I had him beaten and finished him with his own rifle When I was through with my German the other two had disappeared. : School Slates | Owing to the shortage of paper in there will be curtailment in the public and high schools of St. Thomas. The old fashioned slates in the public Every child down on the amount of paper used, and it is quite likely that the pupils in the grammer classes will will not be allowed paper from now on. The last supplies obtained oy the school board cost the city double the amount expended in previous years. 1905 to 1916 Henry George in his Single Tax Classic "Progress and Poverty" en- deavars to show that for most people the latter goes hand in hand with the the bond that binds these Siamese Twins, and allow progress to go ahead. Well Henry George is dead and his critics say that his theory 1s following him to the grave. Port Perry has never tried out his scheme, but, in spite of some Poverty, it has made some Progress, and I thought your readers would like to look over the Occasionally thie Village Councillor of a panic regarding coal. : panic is really making matters worse ! because the brokers are taking advan- | are running up the price unnecessarily t hands of the miners to raise their own pushed up the freight rates. that there is no need for a panic. However, it 1s very evident that the Jote can expect to continue to pay bs ton for the better grades of hard $51,000 In view of these facts, it is interest-| At the close of 1916 we stood: ing to note that a machine is being| Floating Debt - Nil. perfected in the West which is to] Old Debentures - Nil. utilize straw, and convert it inte heat, power and light. It is said that twenty tons of straw will be sufficient to supply the average Western farmer provinces, it will be like Died of Blood Poisoni | Much. regret David | , of It is scarcely a matter of surprise 40 it With. that the public should bein something the answer seems to be Debentures-- Yet that the curse of Canadian public admin- tagé of the scare and are bidding Auditors' reports for 1905 and 1916 'against each other at the coal pits and should be a source of some consola- Of course, high wages in munition mind] and counsel continued patience factories made a good lever in the and war time economy. pay. Then, too, scarcity of labor has | Debt consisted of Notes and' Over- drafts in the Commerce and Western In spite of these f; is. | Banks, and sundry creditors. aon a printes Fit Ro thie Comms- payments remained of the old Deben- investigate the coal situation, issues a | tures, and twenty-eight payments on statement to the public to the effect | the Waterworks, as follows: have maintained themselves and paid on during the same period. The interest When feeling that way. | Progress and Poverty i former, but "Single Tax" would sever | E8T'D 18073 PORT PERRY BRANCH about fifteen feet when I grabbed the H. G. HUTCHESON, German's rifle and tussled with him until I got it from him. While doing' W. U & H. CARNE +E STANDARD BANK HEAD OFFICE - TORONTO TRUST FUNDS Our Savings Department gives you a guarantee of absolute security and interest at current rate. 239 $495.00 We have word that the factory is closing down in Toronto and have had cur last shipment. A few car left. Better Buy Now Port Perry Ontario li stration, However, 'a comparison of the ion to an alderman in this frame of At the end of 1905 the Floating Eleven Floating Debt --§10,660 ; Old Debentures-- 25,100 principal Waterworks Deb. 15,400 principal Waterworks Deb. ~~ - Consolidated Deb. - It is dasy to recognize our old friend Debt" of 1905, although lidated Debentures" The Electric Light and Waterworks and $6000 interest floating debt of 1905 as such, of that t Special Sale This Week my ie Of The Three Wonderworkers old, $oex fo apply, gives a beautiful and enduring -_Theimmaculate Enamel finish is"SATIN- * ETTE." Made since 1834, Satinette is still pusivalled for obtaining a perfect enamel This is the home-brightening season when the careful woodwork and gives it renewed beauty. For your one Perfect Floor Varnish. Easily applied. Dries dust-free hardens over night. Will 'white, or spot. Adds to the life of linoleum. Then there's "LACQUE We carry a full range of all these well kn S. ; housewife goes over worn floors use " ELASTICA" the in four to six hours and not mar, scratch Makes old floors like new. RET"'---the Dainty rator--for beautifying and preserving marred or scratched furniture. Very thatwill withstand repeated washings. SEE THEM THIS WEEK own line W. L. PARRISH PORT PERRY ~ ONTARIO, ~ "IN: CANADA