fos BUTTER WANTED! Iam prepared to buy any quan- tity of butter — must be without salt or coloring. Highest prices. S. Gleeckman, ~ Milverton t TFT TttT — Che “Ht Shines Far All.” Wi. P.NEUMEISTER [ + SKATES SHARPENED A GOOD JOB GUARANTEED Ld debs. Painter and Decorator © MILVERTON !Vok'XXI—No. 27 Milverton, Ontario, Perth Co., Thursday, January 8, 1914 Malcolm MacBeth, Editor and Publisher Head Office : TORONTO CAPITAL PAID UP RESERVE FUND & UNDIVIDED PROFITS pg) feo Bank $1,000,000,00 1,431,888.26 DRAFTS and MONEY ORDERS ‘Its thor ds ; Yhis goodly breadth of well-till’d lan A MODEL ny maze remitting mon Issued payable bth desired. The SAEBSE and CHEAPEST wey, Milverton & Millbank Branches: D, C. Brown, Mgr. Millbank Branch open every Monday, Wednesday and Friday ar Branches also at Stratford, Linwood, Elmira and Guelph ee que: nah Mo = | ferti és now ca of Mornington. we va: st ee f THE Srchuancl Bar OF CANADA sand ber While fish clow . in my savings “I will deposit $... } pay day,” Make This Your New Year Resolution account Milverton’s New School Building |: Beneath his axe. the purehased by with aacblenee clear. His children when -he ‘sleeps lea From fhe Backswoodsman— Susan- ody. BO years ago the broad alled the township Denver came. In his ti foll forest yiel °G. tween the Bank of ete and Pet- to fertile ; |rie’s Drag Store, ptldslpal “ine; a| tether of Mr, Wt Me is own right |ent village clerk rest in the’ ¢ he can Terran ive a of any kind, It was/a small square } structure with low ceiling 2 hre or four small winddéw In the cen- Around the. stove it without. backs. every HEAD OFFICE: Corner King and Bay Streets, Toronto GENERAL MANAGER: A. H. WALKER MONKTON BRANCH: F. W. ARMSTRONG, Manager Fresh Ph Koren MOHR’S GROCERY wou foe per Ib. HALIB SALMON. ui e WHITE FISH, frozen, per Ib . PICKLED HERRING per keg LABRADOR HERRING per. dozen.. $3.25 and a 88 id a new thet te r known ed) John Roth Peter Sere is new pail Mr member berta re are Then followes erth. Westman. now Be cababalct s ls SCHOOL BUILDING 1915 Mr Cartier ae Mr. G. Nethereott who is e of the largest phan hen f oar y Niaeteth nose ‘t Regina. mez Smith. now Inspector of ant ie schools Pe Mr. SS oe followed by nen' as fallow ‘by Mr. 7 fessor in a polrada University ie was ere 1871 the aes building which some vi 1872 was Kingst er: as Tollowed: Dy Mr. W.| Sharp-now pee of one of the atoo’ at ct One of the most up-to-date Village School Houses Bah OMe Recher ae cated in the Province, in the immer of 18° by ir, Weir Acheson who r anv years was in Crea etiea ty 4 he Marpres iene in oe here but is OF ARCHITECTURE AND CONVENIENCE Duuiie Wy Mphnan ean epee % an pore and capable teacher. He was/ by McCall and oO Be Although one assistant was requir- ed-im the sel ae since it Zit ol building 98 tat Mrs. Alex. Roe’s. addition has been le raed oe zu be S: $00! ring A AR fies tire ‘erounds has been provide: for bi oe * LOCAL NEWS + + -|The posts have beem planted and the wire wi retched in the spring. New sidewalks have been constructed |, Mr. P. J. Fa — A RPERY: New Year's new cle valle the school Day in ey jand grounds are now most up-to-date | Mr. N. A. Zimmermann spent 9 few and we believe will be regarded with |@4ys with friends at Clinton. eas by allt aR pESEE Mr, Paul Pugh was a visitor with A matter for congratulation is the pines me Jarvis over Sun ay. faet fiat the oe met ay all done by Albert Reis spent a couple of jocal_ men, ‘The last rm ass ‘with friends at Stratford was Mr. Jobn Boshart. of the Mi ton’ Planing Mill. “ Lintwit ae midt did the RaeOnTY nd brick work Mr. P. New er was the painter while the Aes ee ventilating was | ees we Miss Viola Long of Cranbrook. spent the holiday with her friend Miss Sites Mrs. John Schaefer spent done by Mr, Bert, Kris unday with Mr, and Mrs, Geo, Miller Milverton Station, Mr. Norman -MeGuine “spent New| Miss Florence Rothaermel Jett last Seare'nt his t Brussels. week for Swift Current. Sas ere Sir and Mrs. Irvine Woolner and she will likely Feside in, future family ‘spent the holiday. season at} Miss Apabel, Bini eaten soe Mildm 8 edwing after svending the Mr. and Drs. H, <R, Williams a as her home in Milverton, family of Landis. visitors| “Mr. Mr. Dan Ross. of ¢ Oreck. latter spending a week with friends in Mich, is-at resent visiting his sis- | Chesley. ter . W. Gallop. | Mr. Wm. Reis who has been resid- spent skatchewan for the past year ells 5 e on Friday last and will & teu -scorkt tn the village he- ion. and on w. and with So Btowart. of Notth Battle- iat Strate raed who is at present visiting tord {his Seon: Mrs. Dunean Stewart. 0 Mrs. Maleolm Masten vu Se Stretford’ spent New Year's with er ar 4 n the village. this week wit ‘ ital ee mi { r ae Si uid yee Henry ratford. an ™ A fr, and Mrs. Wm. Burgman elia Haro! Hy of “stator oe PME NA: Wingham spent a few hours on New’ Gropp rapa linda Schmidt. of Year's Sea Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Brunner spent Year's at Burgmann. home of Mr. Jas. W. Schmidt. A PIONEER SCHOOL HOUSE Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Reis + and Mrs. Wm. Calder. Mrs, lice ate their New Xear’s dinner at|Mewhiney of Dorking Arm- the home of Mr. and Mrs, C. Sch-|strong of Wroxeter. Mrs. windt near Poole. Robert Henry of Milverton Station. Mrs. Geo pale of Stratford.| spent New Year’ a of Monkton. | Mewhinev and Mr. HAMILTON IN BUSINESS OVER FORTY YEARS ‘Mbhathict from Statement to Government Sist OCTOBER 1913 : ASSETS 2 Lg ‘Cash, Cheques, Bank Balances, Etc.... ? Call ‘Loans... LIABILITIES Notes in Circulation... Deposits = (telah sky sal dese armimntl o 3,789,732 : Bs Loans and Discounts ... soseicesenenesy 29;600,179 “TQ THE SHAREHOLDERS: Real Estate, Buildings, Ete. is ele ameaere sei oe +S ‘ u 357,825 Total Assets... A safe depository for Savings or Trust Funds, Unexcelled Facilities for handling the Bank Accounts of farmers, business firms and merchants. a Milverton Ont. Branch P, J. FASKEN, Agent SCHOOL BLILDING 1896 chibald Keillor who is no age ant 2 & a 2 5 FE 5 Ed 8 a a Tea Pullarion nee Ros: minister of ae Methodist church. He was succeeded by Ros: In 8s NOW seeps chure 1870 ears is spending ice evening es the home pf his sor no I hall is a fine cramell eael the om an passes: a Rorgees eat ‘Di 3 followed by the many wears es — able| TI gather David | wi retired minister of the Pres- land from ‘i EN Rothwell. now a pro- for recreation for years has two large athe! for the bo; land girls divided by a soli uilding is seer throuchout od wash bow nated with Rabun from the tank u ntire building is fin- extendi bees en feat “50 feet in depth | and 6 feet in f| municipalities for the repeal of ‘3 to come. ng ft ich is eaves descends te -| ville” Marmor: ing which leads to oe foul air flue i in it resent 151 names#on ari line "ral Ste prospects of an es | sae oe eae yee cee Faster: in- ex- nder the children ample ground The beini above the ereriae annual records a the past coe years, The mean temperature degree less tian, the bizhest ote recorded. that jest. December 1876, when the mean temperature wari degrees. who was eeenlt Ae erated from ‘the asylum i ba: music for the merry thr ‘oo much enterprise displayed by Mr. Miller in erecting si m | The program’ which: Mt Mane provided consisted of dei ree- itations. and games. semi- humorous paper eae nfies Irish e conclus- lunch. — anes next held in the ba: inity Church: Topic? Reliziqus All are welcome. Local m was carried in sixteen unicipalities in ‘Monday’s. elections as follows; Albemarle Tp. m2. Brampton. Bastard Tp.. Valley Lanark. Lancaster Tp., Sete atil- 3 2 singh: socal mn was defeat- ed in 18 municipalities by the three- fifths clause. Local option was do feated by a aight majority places, There were contests it 15 local them were success- option but none of 3 Additional Local on Page 4 stream the forest Ln ee ue Can- | Next the walls were fo “ ‘ adian fur and other als. The |a little from the fl Pe On Baer at a cb aurea We pay Highest Prices for Farm Produce — |‘, settlers undoubted ies rare 9 CO ee eRe Lane bent Merlog Thevee ep! agsinted by a number of as of =| EE TT vam — viewed from to-dav’s Sandeen of life |at home to help porn the pees T mA a Miss Be Gardiner ne res oe ane i pa uate ee oe ‘ Lae will install the ae i AM H TRU a ensa i 5 t aily- on nN A camer. On: Augui | Dr~ ‘ Sil Uk AAA Ke] et, thew Zhad. mach, to | compensate] Mrchine ors penobes with their fect| (OTE the schoo! building erected (p|ditional subsoribers will Be eonnesied tor the ensulnk. term it —— absence of modern comforts and due dangling in the air for seven or ight | 1898 was destroyed by fire. In th a the ae i aa tt Ls 4 ae ie trate eae’ — uries. Their wants were few and alJ| hours each d In such a pl they |spring of 1913 the beard of trustees of aecsnvoo isan eer Se nm are as Ae sag 3 were on a social equality. were expected to be good and if they om the following were em: 4 z et J G HAMILTON The first settlers came in the late | failed t or fell off the bench |bers: R. J. Ranney chain Male _ ee macement fe ole eld- | call eo estore: y is - forties and in an incredibly short | through sheer weariness they were |coolm MacReth. secretary. Lou's Pfef — aug wr Noe in sation Sai, Pn Leis ball: whicl hed been ciastalted time all the land i the townshio| soundly rodded. Tt bi er F. W. Guenther. W. J. Spencer. pene ee i Fy ial jaw aes eee neh poche pan Renda Sole Agent for was taken up Im the early — fifties | many-years we and P. H. Bostendorff let the con- the clsek Je ot ete gar ag nt fate Gant ny. ‘Bs eM SR eK TATE, OF D. the! number.of ‘children in the settle-| fore parents tract of erecting @ new building to | rs rm yee re ussell. Stratford. arch- | His horses hoofs were almost on. the oe PORTLAND ments caused the community to cast | brought to Mr. John Roshart of the Milverton] i. ct op the school was in the village | track when he moticed the approach peter CEMENT about for means of edutating them |in si Ds ny how pune Mill Co. ‘ on Beidey Jest taming Wie field in |of the train. He just had time — to STANDARD ST. mans g, | In the fall and winter of 1852 it was|was an act of great cruelty. Inthe} ‘ne which was|ehection of the mew school building |awing off to one side when the train ANTHRICITE LIM ‘| decided to build a school at one iis mall ‘school toon Ls jay is ‘ruil ze eauee before it was taken off the hands of | dashed by Corners and in the spring ‘of Mess dled: a am aK! the contractor. He pronounces — the a log building was put up o} is nd. girls did not building 4 splendid one which re- ‘Additional raat on Page 4 now known known as Main BECEL: ie conditions as all were more oon es eek ni fleot oredik: rT, Bosh and were he upper floor cot a . the contractor. and Mr, Schmidt e cold or be- for the principal. a room for the poe saabecanteeatan: 2 Seed epee guppy eee he ate eteorological reoords at ‘Tor- Iton was followed by There are sufficient roomy halls and| it tor December indicate that une iss HHennesew and she by 3M Ar cloaie rooms and in the middle of cach ual warmth has orevaled. the aver- (REMOVAL SALE As I am moving my stock of Hard- ware, Tinware, Etc., into the store formerly occupied by H.M. Schaef- er, about the end of this month, I have... Nine Kitchen Ranges that ust be cleared out be- fee JANUARY 22nd, at Greatly Reduced: Prices. These stoves are all-new. If you as cheep again—FOR CASH ONLY. B. Kriesel Hardware Merchant Milverton, - Ontario ee Sacd og oe von ne a ‘ ‘ : Ss oes, San . ape ‘ a P ‘ ‘ : ‘ P ‘ ; ‘ ‘ ; ‘ ; Ae ten: at. ee ; ‘ ; ‘ oy .4 ‘ ; ‘ 2 2 2 2