aero ¥ : a" ra 4 . VOL. IV--No. 9 " MONKTON, ONT., FRIDAY, NOV. 15, 1912. 7 -- -- and Pro ee $0000000000000000006000000000000 $0005000000SO 0S OO96O 2 3 s 2 ° R4 Pa t ¢ 2 D4 3 3 3 @ =, 3 3 e i @ @ 3 9 @ @ ¢ 3 ? = Grand Showing of i NEW FALL GOODS Owing to the fact that our store has been more or less disturbed by the build- We have been handi- capped in showing our New Fall Goods However with the addition added we ing operations. hope to serve our trade to better advan- \ tage. oC > We have been very busy unpackin large shipments of new and_ up-to-date goods in all lines. Annual Fall Millinery Openings Dress and ready-to-wear hats show- ing all the latest styles and novelties. ' @ 3 @ @ 3 @ @ @ @ ¢ @ 2 @ : 4 @ ¢ @ 3 @ 54 > 4 @ @ 3 e @ 4 @ @ 2 @ Friday and Saturday October:4th and Sth e Sg 2 3 @ @ e 9 @ @ @ @ ® ® @ e ; ? 9 e e ¢ * ® @ 3 e @ e & C2 e @ °@ 4 @ ; . 2 @ ¢ & oO e o ¢ ® @ @ @ 2 @ @ @ e @ 6 e e @ e 2 @ @ ¢ @ & : C4 e 4 2 @ e @ @ @ ¢ & : 4 @ o &@ & ¢ S e @ e Ps e 4 3 e @ 2 C4 EVERYBODY IS CORDIALLY INVITED @ @ a4 @ 2 @ 2 4 @ @ 2 2 2 @ 3 ® WEBER & BETTGER $$OOSSSOHSSOSS OO OHDIOOOOH 9OOO9OSOOSOOFOO SO OHOHOOOED $ 4 > ¢ * 3 2 * 3 @ 3 & ; ; ° 3 @ o 64 2 @ 3 @ e @ & >4 3 4 3 3 3 @ : ; $ 4 ¢ é : @ 2 The Tavistock Gazette of last week lcountry in such large numbers The Monkton Times Monkton Ontario SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year. $1.00 ; six months, 50 cents; three mcnths 25 cznts inadvance. Subs-riptions not so paid, $1.50 per year CONTRACT ADVERTISING 3 Mos 'Mon 0.00 $16.00 $6.0 6.00 9.00 4.00 9.00 2.00 3.00 1.00 SPACE Year 6 Mos. ~column...$50.00 $3 Y%column.. 30.00 1 yy column.. 15.00 5,00 2.00 Eight cents per line for first tnusertion and four cents per line foreacn subsequent insertion will be charged for all transient - advertisements. _Advertisements without specific direc- tions will be inserted urtil forbidden and charged accordingly. MALCOLM MacBETH, Publisher and Proprietor Mrs. J. H. Marshall and daughter Hazel are at present visiting friends at Detroit. Mr, Chas. Broughton, of Toronto, spent a few days last week witb friends in the village. The Monkton cheese factory after a very successful season will wind up operations this week. Mrs. Wim. Mitchel! who has been visiting in Logam returned to Seattle Wash.. on Tuesday afternoon, Miss Frances Merryfield. of Strat- ford, spent from Saturday to Tuesday at her home in Monkton. Mr. Wm. Burgman. of Milverton, is at present employed with Mr. Nor- man "Ross repairing underwear. | "Mr. John Fjood left on Friday last for Ottawa where he intends spend- ing a few weeks visiting friends. Dr. A. F. MeKenzie has disposed of his farm to Mr. Thomas Campbell who will take possession im the spring. Mr. John Weir who was the last of the hunters to depart for the woods was the first to send home a deer. He secured a fine doe. Mr. Geo. Struthers who accompan- ied the Mitchell hunting party re- turned on Tuesday the party having secured their full compliment of game "Rev. J. D. Fergusson on Sunday last exchanged pulpits with Rey. Mr. Ritchie. of Cromarty. who preached | amniversary services at St. Paul's. Logan. Messrs. Hay Bros. are building a store room for flour and feed in con- nection with their elevator here. The addition will be 12x40 feet one story high Anniversary services will be held in Knox church on Sabbath 24th imst Rev. W. L.. H. Rowand. B.A, of Stratford. will preach morning and evening Mr. James Houston had his hand badly cut-im the centre of the palm on Monday morning through a jack- knife that ha was using slipping. It was with great diffieulty that the flow of blood was stopped. The "Budget if its provisions are carried out successfully is an attempt to meet the ever increasing responsi- bilities of the Chureh towards the emmigrants who are soaring into our Mr. J. P. Flanmery. ~f Auburn. who has established an agency of the McCormick Agricultural Mach- inery Co. here has secured the barn of Mr. John White for temporary quarters. It is the intention we nn- derstand of MY. Flannery to run a livery in conmiection. : One of the old residents of Logan departed this life on Sunday evening in the person of Mr. Peter Longeway. of Kennicott. who was im 'his 72nd vear. Mr. Longeway was a man held in much esteem by a wide circle -- of friends. He leaves to mourn his loss a grown-up family of six sons and three daughters. His remains were interred in the R.C. cemetery. Mitchell. on Tuesday morning. The forty-fourth annual report of the inspectors of prisons amd publie ter Sabbath 24th imst. the hour Please take notice' that on and af- of service in Knox church will be chan- ged from 7.30 p.m. to 7 p.m. ~The Turks captured- Constantinople im 1453, and 'have held it ever since. It has been 459 years too long. They eame from Asia. they have remained Asiatices. and back ta Asia they should be sent. -- : Mr. Armstrong. the imdependent Conservative candidate was elected by acclamation in Muskoka on Tues- day of last week. Mr. Lowe. the regular nominee of the -- convention retired from the contest. ~ The address delivered by Mr. Ar- thur Hawke before the St. Mary's Canadian Club last week a full re- port of which appears in the Strat- ford Daily Herald of Thursday last should be read by every Canadian and British subject. "Seventy-two geese were eaten the Orangemen's Supper at Ark- wright on November ist. Over three hundred people were present." Five. for each goose! We feel pleased to note that no one went home hungry.. --Kincardine Review. A petition has been circulated , through McKillop an& has been lar-, gely signed. asking the council to. submit a local option by-law te a vote of the people at the January. elections. There is only ome hotel) in McKillop..that at Dublin. The Government of Great Britain will likely 4t an early date bring for-, ward a measure to cheapen and 'de- centralize diyorce proceedings. Mag- isterial right te issue separation or- ders which now produce semi-divorce between thousands of families will be withdrawn. : 'The county executive of the Ep- worth League of the Methodist church met in Trinity Methodist ehurch. Stratford. on Thursday morning. Mr. R. B. Hamilton. of . Millbank. pre- siding. The principal business was the planning of work for the coming season, Mrs. A. F.. McKenzie left om Tues- day for Toronto om receipt of a tele- gram stating that her son Vir KG McKenzie who is attending Toronto University was about to undergo an operation for appendicitis: Dr. Mc- Kenzie who is in New York was also apprised of the fact and will likely be at the bedside of his son: when the operation takes place. A traveller whe was in 'town and spoke from past experience said that under present conditions it costs from $38 td $60 to gd ta Muskoka decr hunting. at the minimum, and then you have to take the chances of deer or no deer and also of getting "notted" yourself. Sordid man that fellow; he would sell the meat if he cot any. | At the wedding reception the young man remarked ;--"Wasn't it annoying the way the baby cried dur- ing the whole ceremony?" "It was simply dreadful." replied the prim little maid of honor. and when J get married I am going 'to have en- graved right in the corner of the inm- vitations. "No babies expected." | It was anmoumced at Berlin Tues- day that the post office department | at Ottawa has decided to establish a substation at the G.T.R. depot for the convenience of manufacturing concerns and residents in the north ward. It is expected that this sub- station will relieve the congestion at the local post office and obviate the} pecessity of erecting .an addition' to the present building. : fn looking over a Hay towmship, voters' list of 1892. some astonishing | changes are moted. In poll No. 3; comprising Zurich and vicinity there were 213 mames. Of are here now. 73 are dead and remainder are scattered into various parts of the country. The total nume | ber of mames on the list was 1042. | while the present list totals only 956. | "The rains of the last week: on top, of the already water-soaked ground | has resulted in almost completely sub: merging thousands of acres of land.| From the traim window. while trav- | eling between Milverton antl Strat-. ford end Milverton and Monkton one can observe almost an unbroken ex- panse pf water stretching away as, far as the eye can see om both sides | at | | | corn plant. shall be over 500 words. 'are to be sent to Alexander Fraser, 'smoked an North Easthope oni the 24th inst. in connection with the "Budget" of the Presbyterian church. , The impression has been received by many that letters on rural routes carry on a lo stamp the same as city drop letters. and an explanation may clear this point. All letters address- ed to patrons of rural mail routes must carry a 2c. postage stamp, the rate of: postage applicable being 2c. for each ounce or every fraction thereof. Rey. E. M. Groh. pastor of Imman- uel Evangelical church. Waterloo, died in the hospita® at Milwaukee while under the anaesthetic. where he had gone to be operated on for cancer. Mr. Groh was __ forty-five years of age and was regarded as one of the ablest men of the Evan- gelical church. The Tilbury Canning Co. is making a record this season, the pack aggre- gating probably 100,000 cases. as com- vared with only 40,000 last scason. This is largely made up of 25,000 cases of corn packed. this season by a new The tomato pack will aggregate 10,000 cases. as against 25,- 000 last year. and would have beep much larger except for mecessary shut-downs to can corn. The Ontario Historical. Society are offering three prizes to the value of $200 for the three best original his- torical essays on a subject relating to the Province of Ontario, The -- first prize is $100. the second $60 and the third $40. The competition is open to any person im the province who has lived here over a year. No essay The essays Toronto. Mr, T. H. Race received another hasty call last week. This time it was from the Canadian Pacific Rail- way asking him to go to England and deliver a course of lectures on Can- ada and its Resources. during the coming winter. They wish him to go to London as soon as. be can get ready. Mr. Race has accepted the offer and expects to leave for Mon- treal mext week. His @ experience with the "Made in Canada Train' last spring has made him' familiar with the resources of all sections of the Dominion amd his ability as a lecture will enable his audiences to appreciate them.--Mitchell Recorder The people of the United Statee are drinking more whiskey amd beer and smoking more cigars amd cigar-| ettes than ever before in their his- | tory. From July 1 to Oct. 1, 1912. more than 3,800,000,000 cigarettes were inerease of 1.000,000,000 over the cerresponding period of the previous year, The nation consumed | 33.150,000 gallons of whiskey during July. August and September. an in- crease of 450,000 gallons as compared with that quarter of 1911. while near- ly 1.950,000,000 cigars were smoked. A total of 19,800,000 barrels of beer were consumed during the three months which was 320,000 barrels more than in the same period of 1911. eee aoe SHORT STORIES RETOLD. NOT ON YOUR LIFE "T eame sir. in answer to your advertisement in last might's paper You said you wanted to employ a man who was a to'al stranger to fear "Are you a brave manf" "J am sir. I have given prooi of my courage in many parts of the world." "Yes." "I have faced bullets in Mexico and machetes in Cuba." these only 860» "T helped defend the missionaries the} against the Boxers. and I was pres- ent at the siege of Port Arthur ™ "Fine" ; "I have fought the infuriated wal- rus of Baffin Bay and the maddened bull elephant of Central Africa, and I went through the Armeniam mass- acre without losing my merve." "You seem to be the man' I want. Would you be willing to go out. on a field in front of 20,000 fair-minded.. sport-loving Americans and umpire a baseball game honestly. deciding against the home team when meces- sary?" Rev. J. D. Fergusson will preach in} ow often has lack 'of - YOUR OPPORTUNITY - funds withheld you from. asping an opportunity for profitable investment? } savings account provides the remedy. . f HEAD OFFIOE: Corner King and Bay Streets, Toronto _ MONKTON BRANGH: F. W. ARMSTRONG, Manager Capital Paid Up Reserve and Undivided Profits Total Assets $ 2,870,000 3,500,000 44,000,000 Besides offering an funds. Branches at : Atwood, Listowel, Milverton incentive to save. a Savings account affords safe and convenient method of keep- ing the accumulating dollars. Safe custody is of paramount im- portance--either for the hard-earned savings of the worker or for trust a The Bank of Hamilton invites your savings account whether large or small. Head Office HAMILTON and Mitchell Smee tere ae MORNINGTON COUNCIL. The council met at Newton. on Monday. Nov. 4th. at 10 o'clock with ey a ee present. The min- utes. 0 @ previo i re pet Bae Pics us meeting were Rev. Hugh Fergussén dnd Sheriff Magwood. officers of the Children's Aid and Humane Society, addressed the council presenting: the claims of the society amd gave a resume of the work done during the year. _ Orders were issued for the follow- ing amounts ;-- John Freeman $2.50. repairi : vert on sideroad lot 10, eae Fes: ob Yundt. 400.00. part payment of contract price for putting "in abut- ments for the Davidson bridge: John Davidson. 21.25, overseeing cement work for the Davidson bridge: Wm Taylor. 108.80, gravel contract Jot <9. con. 9; Jacob Yundt. 200.00, part pay ment of eontract price for abutments for the Dayidson bridge; Thomas Lannin, 5.00. gravel to pathmasters: Christian Albrecht. 5.00 filling two washouts and putting im culvert con. 9: Joseph ood, 10.00, repairing .ap- oroach to ge con. 13, putting! in culvert con, 14. and hauling gravel: Peter Snider, 3.00 putting 6-inch tile across the road at lot 2, con, 3; Wim Martin, 7.50, filling in culvert on con. 8° John 8. Reid. 5.40, gravelling on sideroad 15 and 16. con, 10,:° Alex Robinson. 16,00, building guard over the Lang drain and repairing the road on boundary west, com. 11; Jos- eph Reid. 3.00. repairing culvert sideroad lot. 10. con. 9; Alex. 5.00. repairing culvert, con, 7: E, © Knoblauch 23.40, cement tile to council; Thomas Quinn, 55.00, gravel contract on sideroad con. 12, lot 15,; Jacob Meyers. 4.75, rock elm plank to council; Wim. Baty, 15.30. gravel} on Jack, contract PERTH RURAL DEANERY The fiall meeting of "fhe Rural Deanery of Perth was opened 'Thurs- ; day morning in the St. James Sunday _ School at 10 o'clock with Rev. Rural Dean Taylor. of St. Marys, presiding. Those present from the city and the surrounding coumtry were; Revs. Revs, Rural Dean 'Taylor. of St. -- Marys,,.W. Ty Cluff, rector of St, James' churcle Stratford; J. W.. Hodgins. reetoy of St. Paul's church, Stratford; H. M. Lang-Ford, of Lis- towel; .F. T. Deacon. of Milverton; T. J. Charlton. of 'Mitehell; Mr. Pherrille. of Gebringville; G. Ww. Racey, of Kirkton; F. K. Hughes, of Millbank. Mr. Bird. of Kirkton was the only layman present. % The first business done was the appointment of Rev.Mr. Deacon as secretary. the former secretary, Rev. - H. B. Ashby, of Atwood, having! re- . signed. Communications, were then read and discussed, The business, of the morning was mainly in the form of recommendations. The most im- vortant were as follows; "That steps be taken to have family -- orayer practised in every house. "That steps be taken to investigate the parishes of Dublin. Crosshill anil Shipley as ta the advisability of hav- them disposed of. That: the duplex envelope system be introduced as extensively as pos- sible in the churches of the Dean- ery for the purpose of taking contri- butions, In the form of a resolution + it was moved and seconded that a plan be devised to fix the stipends of the clergymen at not less than $1,,000 per annum. The state of Religion and Morality in the Deanery was found ta be high- ly satisfactory. : 3 The secretary of the Deanery was directed to write Ganon Downie, B.D. regarding the Sunday School publica- ij oharities of the province, containing devotes nearly four columns to the | the report on the Hospital for Feeble passing of "The Eel", a horse that | winded, Orillia, and for Epileptios at con. 11, and on sideroad; Rev. Hugh Fergusson. 20.00, grant to Children's Aid Society; I. Askin. of the railway. The past season is "So that's the job is it?" replied iundoubtedly the wettest that. fhe old- the man of courage. as he broke into Do You Realize the money you can make selling fruit trees? The present demand for Nur- surery Stock is the greatest in the history of tho business. Everybody who has tthe and is planting or pre- oaring to plant. WE WANT NOW turf while it .dismisses with para~ graphs not exceeding, two inches citizens of the locality. We hope. however. that the loss to the com- munity was in the imverse ratio to the spece used in extolling each. For Fall and 'Winter months a réli- |= able man to \sell im Monkton and surrounding' district. Good pay. ex- elusive territory. and all the advan tages in representing an old estab- lished firm. Over 600 ores under cultivation. Established 85 years. Write PELHAN NURSERY CO.,TOR ONTO. ONTARIO. ----------_--_-- BSECHOSSO0GOSHS9G9OH09ESH9 0860C50O999S090S 000890900 30 % Discount on Coal Oil and Gasoline Stoves FOR SALE House and lot. good brick house. seven rooms, good well and splendid garden, good frame stable. Possess- ion given amy time. For further par- ticulars apply to A. CHALMERS. Monkton. i Big discount on Wire Fencing : A full fine of Stoves & Ranges Monkton E. BETTGER, 'Ontario had attained some distinction on the | eoacoeeesecsooeessesqoq0s0ss9eR008 SOSCSG0CS9S | in | ae aes - | the Woodstock hospital durin length the deaths of two prominent soar making 10 eas ae | | | i | | \ | | | | | | appearing l thief evidently jumped through fopen door to the ground taking i burden with him as in the morning |g or 10 chickens missing On Satur- | day might. Mr, Elias Weiss' hen pen} ' ating in the west ward has like | darkies developed a liking for "chick- | feathered immates | Thursday last Mrs. Lettmer was ar- |opening the door she heard someone Woodstock shows that from Perth | county two patients were admitted to! the its opening Six are remaining the residence At Orillia. 38 have been admiited since its opening. ten of whonr are remaining at the residence. | "The Royal George, the ©.N. R's. eplendidly equipped mail steamer went on the rocks 27 miles below Quebec on Wednesday afternoon of last week amd it is feared that she will become 4 complete wreck aa all efforts have failed to dislodge her. She, carried 901 passengers. According to mew regulations steerage passengers are pot allowed to disembark at night and the vessel was running at full speed through a thin fog in an effort to reach her dock and permit) all passengers to get off before darkness act in All the passengers were Sav- ed. Jonsiderable petty thieving has been repoited from different sections of the town of late. and at least owe of these thieves who has beem see the in | | en? and im conséquence several coops | in that ward haye been visited im the night and quite amumber of the removed. On oused by a great commotion in, the hen coop and. wemt to investigate. On miking a burried retreat up the lad- der to the loft. amd looking up she saw two big feet in long boots dis- into the darkness. The an a Mrs. Lettner found that there were | was visited and six thorobred Wyan- | dotte birds were stolen, these includ- | éd a rooster for which Mr. Weiss had | recently paid $3.00. His loss wil) | therefore be considerable. The mis- | creant, apparently, is well acquainted with the neighborhood. as he makes his raids whem there are but Jadies| to disturb him. Mr. Weiss has been) acting as night watch during the! illness of Mr, Swanston, and waa on duty when the» visit was paid to} his pen. Suspicions are strong against | "a certain resident of the west ward 'and be may 'yet find that stealing | mot a ve rofitable est residen: has any record of. | That hundreds of barrels of apples | throughout Oxford will go to waste, owing to so miich important work on: the part of the farmers, iy the opin- ion expressed at Ingersoll The price of the fruit) remains around the, dol- lar mark, but the farmers by ne means exert themselves to pick the | entire crop. and it is probable that large quantities of choice apples will | never be removed from the trees i A cnanky workman will destroy the | peace and harmony of a whole gang. . and any wstitution is better without | such a character. Half a mnute's ene | quiry at any industry will verify this | opinion. Only a few days ago. ad- ; ditional help was wanted by a cer-| tain concern, and the mame of avail: | able help was suggested. On hear- | ing this. a mumber of the employees | declared they would quit work if the | person suggested were employed. This | ig mo dream it is aw actual fact,and | the objectional workman may go Om | wondering why his services are so seldom required. | Clerk Lochhead. of Elma. reports that there waa filed with him on the Zist diay of October. 1912, a petition} by the natepayers of the Township of} Elma. to be presented to the munici- | pal council of Elma. praying for' the | submission to the electors of a by-law; prohibiting the selling of liquor com: | monly knowin' as the Local Option by-| law. which petition has over 25 _per| cent. of the mames of persons entit- | jed to vote appearing on the last re-, vised voters' list of said township; 'and therefore a vote will be taken oD said proposed by-law! on the 5th day | of Jamuary nxt. : Says an exchange; "A town that never has anything to do in a public way.is on the way to the cemetery. Any citizen who will do mothing for his town is helping to dig, its grave A man that curses the town furnish- es the coffin. The man who is so selfish as to have mo tima from his business to give to town affairs is making the shroud. The man who will not advertise . is driving the hearse. The man who is always pull-| ing back from any public enterprise throws boquets on-the -grave, | The man who is so stingy as to be howl- ing hard times can't afford to spend money preaches) the eer: sermon |i nd sings th a cold prespiration and a run for the door simultaneously. eeenet ; TOO LIBERAL A West Virginia judge arraigned aman forstealing a horse. denounced him as a persistent law-breaker. and then sentenced him to ten years' hard labor im the State prison. "Have you, anything .to say?" asked. when he was through. "No" said the sentenced one. "¢x- cept that it strikes me you are pretty darned liberal with other people's time?" he easese BIRDS OF A FEATHER A German Jew, who keeps a pawh- broker's shop in Montreal is im the habit of leaving -his daughter in eharge while he attends sales to pick up bargains. A Chinaman came in one day to buy a watch? The girl placed four" on the counter. and. while her back was turned John changed the places of the highest and lowest priced watches. He then said be would taka the cheapest one for which he paid and departed, It was pot until he was clear away that she discovered the fraud about which. op her father's return she told him with many tears. "Never mind, mine tear. ne said, "dose watches was all de same price. But vat a scoundrel] dot Shinaman must pe. dowd "he?" eeevos UP AGAINST THE JUDGE aes ey He was a Scottish advocate ami in 'his pleading he had several times pre- moudeced the word "anow'? for enough. ; "Mr.--" the judge remarked length. "in England] we~sound ough as 'uff'--'enuff' not 'enow'. "Vera weel, ma lord,' continued the self-possessed pleadér. 'of thus we have said enuff; and I come ma lord to the subdivision of the Yand in dis: pute. It was apportioned. ma lord. ito what in England would bo eall- ed pluffland--a pluffland being as much land as a pluffman can pluff in one day, and pluffmen--" . , But his lordship could mot. with- .~ and burst at the know | langu age ted | 2.60 assisting engineer on the Isley drain; Robert Welsh 4.00. grading on townline morth and overseeing grav- ; el contrac!; Wm. Watson, 2.25, grav- | elling and repairing bridge. con. 11; Donald Jack, 4.00. selecting jurors for the year 1913; Wm Waddell. 6.00; selecting jurors for the year 1913 and making lists for the Clerk of the | Peace; Thomas Dewar, 4.00, selecting | jurors for the year 1913; A, ©: Sieg ner, 10.50. gravel to pathmasters and, contractors; Henry W. Isley, 3.47.09 , sisting engineer on the Isley drain John Linseman, 1.25. repairing bridge townline north. half cost; Joseph Kocher, 2.50. post and plank to coun- cil; James Scott. 28.10, balance of | gravel contract on boundary west half cost; John Kuepf@r. 1.90 gravel to pathmasters: EB, D. Bolton. 95.00 surveying the Isley drain. Moved by Chas. Coote. seconded by George Gropp that this eouncil do! now adjourn to meet again om Mon- day. Dee. 2nd, at 10 a.m. Wm. Waddell, a pt Rt a BOOSTING | Help your town along by boosting!) Wear a bright and hopeful face, Do not be forever roosting somewhere near the wailing place. You ean't help your town by knocking. if ivs in a backward groove. but some optimis- tio talking does a lot to help things move. In the mud one town was t eking. evidently anchored there, for her people all were kicking. all were dishing up Gespair. ,All were groan- ing o'er their taxes. shedding tear- drops in a stream,,all had, hammers, clubs and axes. ready for each help- {ul scheme, So the village sat and rotted till a "booster landed there. Soon the trouble's seat *he spotted. saw the fungus in the air, and he jarred) the villoge croakers. stirred them "up to hump along. till the place was fill of jokers and the breeze was full of song. Citizens forsook the bewailing this and that. and the tim- id busimess rabbit hustled like a tig- er cat. and they all turned in ker- whooping singing forth the hamlet's praise. and that hamlet lately droop- ing. filled. its neighbors with amaze. Now this story. true as preaching. shows what one lone man can do, _ if instead of doleful screeching. he yells. here oa 4 imulate 1eg@- i Clerk. ; "Charlton. spent the week-end with habit of; tion. "The Empire," to the effect that in the opinion of the Deanery of Perth. it be more Oanadian. Mr. Fleming. from Baffin's gave an interesting address Land, on his 'work among the Eskimos. Rev. H. M, Lang-Ford read a paper ~ on missionary work in the diocese, and the duplex envelope system for ihe raising of missionary fumds. Rey. '. J, Charlton spoke on this paper and Rev. W. T. Cluff proposed that Rev. H. M. LangFord be missionary 'seeretary of the deanery to present the missionary report at a meeting -- to help the clergy with regards to the work, The concluding session was the evening when Rev, T. J. of Mitchell. gave a -very interesting address on "The attempt- held in 'ed Crucifixion of Christianity," . me ere Rn TIWNER Mr, Roy and&® Miss Theresa Walker friends in Monkton, : Mr, Edwin Fink returned home. j hast week from spending 'the summer in Biggar. Sask : y Mrs, T. Whitney attended the fun--- eral of Mrs. Patterson at Listowel on Wednesday, . ; Mr. and Mrs, J. Scott returnéd to" their home in Chicago after attenmd- ing the funeral of the latter's sister : Miss Edith Walker, 9. 4g 'Mrs. Hunter and sons Melyin and Jack visited Mrs. R, Henry. Milver- ton on Sunday. ee ae Mrs. Bell. of Tavistock, returned" home Monday after spending a few days with her 'sister Mrs. B, Klenck. © Mrs. J. Hartman visited her par. ents Mr.and Mrs. Cogk, of Stratford, last week. Pie aS ry "Miss Katie Rochm spent a _ few days last week with her friend Mrs, -- Ed, Ohm. of Shakespeare. © a % THROUGH PULLMAN SLEEPIN CAR TO OTTAWA VIA GRAN TRUNK RAILWAY The Grand Trunk Railway ope gh Pullman Sleeping Car (el lighted) to Ottawa, le 5 P.M. dail