Try Gray, Berule & Cn. Listowel's low price makers for ali Hnes of Dry Goods, Her, Vel. 18. No. 2. "ATWOOD, OnT., FRIDA 7 'FEBRUARY 8, 1907. D. G. Anderson, Pro: 4 $ The Late ™ ,Wittiam Shearer. Grey. Council | Minates. « * polet --- Ca ei: eae : ae ~-- and Miss Kathryn Bas ncipel conti! ofthe, of the to Ree . Wi r. Wm. r, Sr. @ pioneer| Evans of Tiverton, are visiting atthe | Of Elma met in the Agricultaral Clearing Out inter Goods and a leading farmer of the township | home of their ungle, J. Jackson, con. betprn ia date PUREE a of Elna, well Htnown in this town|6, Grey. Members present.--reeve; John Ham--- | at Reduced Prices... During the next 15 days we will en- deavor to clear out afew lines of Winter Goods at greatly reduced prices. To avoid carrying over some winfer lines which are quite seasenable we wi'loffer | them on sale regardless of profit. We have a few lines of Boys and Men's Overeoats and Men's Pants which we will sell very reasonable. Call and inspect the Goods and be convinced. Farm produce taken in exchange at highest market values, Geo. Lochhead wa ? | wh hooe J. M. Schinbein, ls Store should appeal to every keen cash buyer. We give you a comfortable warm and well lighted store, also our big assortment and close prices. Give us achance. Great doings this month of February. Stock taking going on and we are throwing out big bargains on our bar 'gain tables every day. * ; Listowel's Greatest Store. REMNANTS A table full of Remnants of dress goods from 25c and up- wards. FURS! FURS! All Furs going at first cost We have alot of nice Ast Jackets on land. 1 Persian lamb jack+ LININGS et. I fur lined coat. Men's 89c and 10c Cambric lining in fur lined coats. Men's coon gray, brown, drab, pink and coats and caps. gloves and Mitts. Blue reduced to 8c. 45c Lin- If you are loosing for a good enette reduced to 10c. lie pr garment cheap. Try us. Wrapaette reduced to 9c and UNDERWEAR 10c. 10 Quarter Flannelette blankets in white and gray for 25c Underwear for 21 cents 85 cents, 5c Act Muslin re- 50c Underwear for 43 cents duced to 10c. 24c art creton 7jc Underwear for 62 cents beautiful patterns for 19c. 1.00 Underwear for 83 cents Bargains in Groceries. J. M. Schinbein, £2 . M. Schinbein, 52°" ST Ga a ee SS ------ Bargains at Gray, Bernie & Company, Listowel's Cheapest Store. We must clear out every Overcoat, Fur coat, Furs of all descriptions during January Sale. Run over the following list and see what we have for you. 25 only Men's Tweed Overcoats, new and up-to-date. this is part of a clearing lot, goods worth up to $10.00. Your choice too clear $4.98 5 only Women's Astrachan Coats guaranteed goods Moose Head Brand, regular $35.00, to clear only $27.00. 2 only Bockaran Coats, Woman's, worth $45.00, to clear at only $35.00. 1 only Ladies' Bocharan Coat, Alaska Sable trimmed, girdle, best quality, worth regular $75.00 for January, sale only $62.00. only Men's dark brown calf coats, Russian lamb collars, this is the best brown calf coat on-the market, regular $27 50 too clear, r only $23.50. 3 only Black dog coats, in the best quality, lar $25, for only $19.00. 5 Sse 1 only Men's wornhat coat, colored, regular $35.00, for thi sale a $25.00 = ae ° 3 Galt made Rubber lined imitation Astrachan coats, for this sale $12.50. ae only Men's Coon coats, regular $50.00 for this sale only As we call stock on January 31st, we will not take any winter goods 'that price will move, it will pay you to see us, as all winter goods _ Bernie. & 'have marching orders. ness. e hat lived on the Some ster ad on ine Yad of Eima from the ortiest days@f the township until 'ouc four years .go, when he moved cavigg one of thé boys on Oi Brent vears he had had d deal et trouble with his eyes, his beat, seemed to be g ] (Se andoiiigement of his death come as xsurpeise to his many friends. le was abovttown as usual until 2 | weeks ago, #a8n-he-and-Mrs; Shear- er moved dowa to the home of their youngest soe William §., on the Brock farm, ibending to make this sheir home. Efe had hardly got down there when ke took to his bed. and jived only ab@at a week afterwards. The deceated, William Shearer, vas born at Rast Kilbride, Lanark- shire, Scotland, in the year 1833, and was in his G3sh year at the time of his death. -H¥:-came to Canada in the year 1856 with his brother John, who.is now a) resident of Listowel, and first werfto Blanford township. near where tw village of Bright now is. Twoofiiés uncles, James and John, were-wWready there and in the fall of that'same year the deceased same up with his uncle James to Ulma township and bought 200 acres on the'2nd. ¢@oncession which has since remained in the family and on which the deeeased lived until his removal to town. They bought the vlace from the late John Ritchie, who had settled on it and cleared a few'acres. J&mes stayed there that winter, boarding with the late Rob- e:t Tarnbullm the next farm west and WillinnZiliere ap, the, following February, dtiviig up from Oxford couaty with a yoke-of oxen. They se: to work and-cleared up the place und built themselves a comfortabie 1ome and soon were well-to-do far- mers. ln the year 1868 Mr. Shearer was married to Jean Boyd, the ceremony being performed by the late Mr. Ren- wick in the Elma Centre Presbyter- ian Church. Mrs. Shearer and their five children all survive: Thos. a far- mer in Elma; Edward, on the home- stead; William S., on the Brock farm, and two daughters, Kate, Mrs. John Dick, Listowel, and Agnes at home. Che deceased, William Shearer. was jue of the founders of the Presbyter- ian church at Elma Centre, now the Atwood church. He was for two years assessor of the township and for two years a member of the town- ship council, and, becoming very well known through theseoftices, held the confidence and respéct of all who were associated with him. He was for many years president ofthe Elma Farmers' Mutual Life Insurance Co., and under his management and that of the veteran ex-secretary Mr. Robt. Cleland, it soon became one of the most successful and reliable institu- tions of the kind in the province. He was one of the Jeading dairymen in the township, and for many years ran a private cheeze factory on his farm, manufacturing the milk from thelarge herds kept by himself and his uncle, and a considerable num- ber of other patrons as well. After the organization of the large joint stock company near Atwood he gave up his private dairy and identified himself with the newer concern. Af- ter serving in the township council a couple of years he was compelled to withdraw from public life on account of trouble with his eyes owing to the growth of acataract. He had during the last year much reccvered from his trouble, however, and with a nat- urally good constitution gave promise of some years of useful life. The funeral on Saturday afternoon was conducted by the Rev. J. 8. Har- die, at Fairview Cemetery, and was attended by an unustally large fol- lowing of friends from. town and country.-- Banner. 85% of headaches are the result of eye-strain. soa te oon ie will Last Sabbath afternoon Geo. Bate- man of Kthel, took the service at Union church as the pastor was un- able to be present. Ashin 100 acre farm, con. 14, has been leased for a term of years to J. Parish, of Hullett, who will move to it in early spring. He was a former resident of Grey. Small-pox is now in the vicinity. §. Holmes, of Trowbridge came home from Manitoh' 'ot feeling very well, and on consulb:,, = doctor it was fonnd that-he haa the-small-pox He was at once quarantined, and every precaution is being taken to prevent it spreading. MATRIMONIAL.--A quiet but pret- ty wedding took place at the home of Wm. and Mr. Telfer, of Grey town- ship, on Wednesday of last week, when their daughter, Miss Isabella, was united in marriage to Jas. Farqu- harson, of Morris township. Rev. Mr. McNab performed the ceremony. Only the immediate friends of the contracting parties were present. 'Mendelssohn's Wedding March was played by Miss Agnes Telfer, sister ofthe bride. The bride, who was unattended, looked pretty dressed in white taffeta cloth. After the usual congratulations all sat down to a bountiful repast prepared by the hos- tess. The happy couple were there- cipients of many handsome and use- ful presents, among which were a couple of wicker chairs from Duff's church choir of Walton, of which both were members. The evening was spent in music and social chat. The bride's travelling dress was red broadcloth with hat to match. ~ «Bthel..., - There are a lot of nice logs coming into 8. 8. Cole's yard. Small-pox is all the talk just now. Duke's school is closed for the pres- ent. Rev, Mr. Armstrong has hada hard job getting clear from his long con- tinued cold. John Imlay, of Wingham, was a welcome caller on old friends here during the past week, A 2 seated top carriage has» been added to the livery outfit of Jno. N. Lamont at Ethel. It will be utilized as a bus to the G. T. R. when wheel- ing is in vogue. Noxt Saturday afternoon Rev. Mr. Burnett, of Molesworth, wi!l preach at the preparatory service to the Com- munion of the following day in the Presbyterian Church here. The pas- tor will be in charge on Sunday. Friday afternoon and evening of this week the supplementary Far- mers' Institute meeting will be held in the township hall here. Speakers will be W F Kidd, of Simcoe, Miss Maddock, of Guelph, Thos. McMillan: and Thos. Bennett. A musical pro- gram will be given in the evening. In the debate of Dairying vs Feed- ing held here last Saturday evening, the latter won. Affirm <eure was sus- tained by J K Brown, J K Bakerand Robt. Barr. The negative was cham- pioned by Jas. Pearson, P A McAr- thur and S Campbell. Meeting was a good one. An instrumental was given by Mrs. A. Lamont; reading by Geo. Addy; speec!t. by R C Davies and instrumental by Alex. Lamont. The next debate will be on Feb. 9th on "Woman Suffrage." Captains are Geo. Addy for affirmative and Bert. Grimes for negative. CA BSTO RIA. Bears the Tae Kind Yoo Have Always Bought tm Lp idee A number of yoone Bee people of the Pres- byterian Church will meet at the Manse on Friday evening ar 7.30 pm. for the pu se of forming a class for the study ithe book entitled '"'From One to Twen- font. This book forms one of the ser- ies of Teachers' Training Handbooks to be used in Teachers' Training Clasees. It is edited 'b Rev Walter C Murray, M A: LL.D, proteseor of Philosophy in Dal- housie University, Halj he book contains much 'valuable information -- it is hoped to make the etudy of the ilton ; deputy ree uel Corry ; coun= cillors, Scott, Gielaed an and Buchanan. ; The minutes of last mecting were epesowed and signed by the reeve clerk. j An application for the "position of assessor was read from Thos. E Gibson. A number of other comimunientiouls Se read including one from Morphy bs Gar hew enclosing the taxed costs Mr, ------ counsel for David Bel Bell - ima said costs Rg to $10.72. "Mov yed by Samuel Corry Rebt. Buchanan, that the Poss "be sae rized to notify the G. N. W. Telegraph -- Co. in reference to dangerous holes left -- on the a highway _ after the of polea from #ame.--Larri Moved by Robt. Buchanan, by Samuel Lorry, that Thomas E, Gi = be appointed assessor for the township oF Elma for the year 1907 at a salary of ninety dollars. -- Carri Moved by Samuel Corry, seconded Wim. Cleland,.that By-Law No. 62) pointing Thos. E. Gibson, asseaeor of township of Elma fur 19U7 as now a pee third time be finally passed and the reeve: and clerk be authorized to sign the eame and attack the corporate seal thereto---- -- Carried. "g Moved by Robt. Buchanan, beter ps by Wm. Scott, that By-law No: 62: of township of Elma rescinding By-law No. 4il re statute labor as now read w third tine be finally passed. --Carried. Moved by Robt. buchanan, secon by Wm. Cleland, that By-law No. 622 Fe: the township uf Elma, setting forth the, number of days statute labor hh person in the township of Elma liable: thereto shal! perform as now w read a third -- time be finally passed.--Ca Moved by Robt. Buchanan, sees by Wm. Scott, that By-law No. o ons aE. the township of Elma, known as the 4th -- Concession Drain Lmprovement By-Law ~ 1W07 be provisionally adopted and that" the clerk be instructed to have the same -- printed and served on the parties assessed -- and that the first court of revivion be ~ held in the Agricultural hall, Atwood; on the fourth day of March, 187, at ten ~ o'clock a.m. for determining the appeals ~ (af any ) to the said court of revision.--= a ried. "Moved bY" Wm. Cleland, seconded Wm. Scott, that Mesers. Morph hew be paid the sum of $15u.72 ia Haverson taxed costs Bell va, kimg-- Carried. Moved by Robt. Buchanan, seconded by Win, Cleland, that owing, to circhme stances necessitating a possibly en : scheme in securing 2 proper outlet the time of the engineer to report on he Burnett Drain petition be extended w& ~ further period of six months, in com- pliance with the request of the engineer. -- -- Carried. Moved by Wm. Cleland, seconded by . Robt. Buchanan, that ordens be insted for the payment of the following accounts s viz :--Canadian Express Co., express on | Assessors rolis, 46¢ ; C. J. Wynn, 34 daye + assisting engineer Wilson per enginger's certificate, 6.10 ; Stratford Herald, adyer- tising tender Nicholson drain, BID G Stratford Herald, advertising tenders Par- tridge drain, 3.00; August MeFerlane, -- gravelling lot 3, con. 1/, 20.70; Jobn : Hamilton, cost soe Jax. Brown te ag house of refuge, 1 .00.--Carri Ne Moved by Robt. -Bue hanan, seconded -- by William Scott, that this council do -- now adjourn to meet again on March 4th, 19u7, at the hour of lu o'clock a.m. ine Rev. Ira R. "Hicks makes some weather predictions . for "Rebrasey which need arouse. no pleasurable anticipations. He says gies" cloudiness and marked storm condi- ~ 4 tions will-be the *order through all -- the opening days of February, but -- 3 these cUitditions will-.culminate in -- general storms of rain, sleet and snow, -- 4 on and touching the 3rd, 4th and 5th, High temperature, with lightning and ~ and thunder, will mark.these distur bances over central to southern parts -- of the country at first, but sudden 4 and severe' change to. bli wy storms and sleet and snow willstrike, ~ followed between the 4th and 7th by -- a severe cold: wave: for. February. Have your affairs.well: in. hand for -- these storms, and-for the cold wave -- to follow. A regular:storm mayen ; central on the 9th: Look-for® pro--- longed and greatly intensified' storm ~ period between the 7th. and 12th. From the 12th to the 15th northern sections will suffer from. blizzards, © sleet storms and blockades, and Pe. general cold wave will meet most" parts of the coumtry. The 12th is ~ the central day of a period of five to a seven days, in which many earth- quake shivers will be reported in ex- tremea of the globe. Sudden chan 'es from Someone temperator and ly electrical stgrms to page ud severe apd eck ate apd snow