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FLESHERTON. The Spring Hill Red Cross held a Very succcssiul pie nodal in No. 3 school houue on Friday even- ing. The receipts, which included the proceeds at three quilts sold, amounted to 335. Mr. Joe Biakely occupied the chair and a varied and very plessin program was rendered, in w 'ch Miss Wilson’s pupils took part. A_ short plot was well given by the Bed Crops workers. Mines Agnes and Mpnel Henderlon 0! thin village assisted «m 3he progrpn}: ‘0‘- I The town hall was tilled with interested spectators on Fridav evening to hear a liquor case sired belore Ma istrates McMullen and Mc’l'avish. ick Povenick of Ceylon, u on whose premises In- spector lbert and Constable Cook found some “wet goods,” was charged with keeping [or sale, but the evidence was not sufficient upon which to make a conviction and the ma istrates dismissed the case. Mr. enry of Markdale was counsel for the prosecutiofi and Ar. Tucker of Owen Sound for the delendant. There was a line display made I the spring millinery openings here last week. The show rooms were quite attractive with artisti- cally arranged goods and there were many new and stylish de- signs infiheadwear shown. ur-" --- â€"-â€" -â€" v _ fi Mu. Geo. Magee had a sale of household goods on Monday. pre- paratory to leaving for Ham.‘.ton, where Mr. Magee has a good no- 0.. 0: OAP M- .9 , ’l‘l... Hitch} llllll flu h0l‘:fl-‘ IT 3 Al! .7 .060006969666660066.6999... .6006.69.09.69996099999990 The Above are All Made from Sound and Whole Grains Speci 1| Reduction on F luur 11111119 em] in Quantities The People’s Mills on hand. Farnwrs and Stock Owners should lay in a. quan- tity of this Exvellent Conditioner for Spring and Sulnn'aer I’m-«ling. Nothing equals it for Young Pigs, Calves, Etc. Makes Milan l‘ows Milk and puts Horses in prime condition for St’t’tllngi in fact it makes everything go that it’s fed to; also (‘aldwvll's (lvlehratvd ('nlf Meal. I'Ix'wl whim; In Hur H w .11 luwvst prim-s I'm-(Huh. All km: ml hymn Imugh um! ‘nlti. JOHN McGOWAN TELEPHONE N0. 8 (Night or Day) April «1, 1m. Sovereign Flour Eclipse Flour Pastry Flour Rolled Oats Breakfast Cereal “'9 have a quantity of the celebrated Molassine Meal . The friends here of Mr. W H. Bunt 0! Owen Sound are sorry to learn of the misfortune which has .belallen his 15-year-old daughter. Florence, who. on Saturday last. while 'with others selling patriotic spapers at the fire hall fell down stairs and sustained a bad frac- ture of the hip bone at the socket. She was taken to the hospital. where the injury was attended to. “and where she will be confined for several weeks. Miss Florence was a clever student at the high school here and was pursuing her studies .at the Owen Sound Collegiate In- stitute for the coming exam. Mr. Bunt expected to move here this 7week, but may n_ow‘be delayed. . Rev. and Mrs. Dudgeon’s ecume- igation and friends deeply sympa- gthize with them in continaed 1!- !liction in their home. Their little sition. Auctioneer Kaiting wielded the hammer in 3_, lively manner. Mia- Amanda Stewart gave a birthday party to about twenty of her young lady and gentlemen friends on Friday evening. Born.-At Torohto, on March 28. to Mr. and Mrs. Robt J. Blackburn a 800. Mrs. (Dr.) Murray ,who has been 3 an invalid for a number of years,‘ and has borne her affliction with great patience, is at present in a . very weak condition, her vitality? having been depleted lately by Ia‘ grippe. Mrs. Murray’s numerOus' friends deeply sympathize with. her in her increased weakness and ' suffering. ; Bran, Shorts Middlings. Corn Chop Cracked Chicken Corn Crimped Oats for Horses Barley and Wheat Chop Mixed Chop fur Cash. All kinds n , IT 5 All. mat-IT“ ’R _Mr. W. A Armstrong was at 3 ‘fHamilton and Toronto over the Q week-end. ! Mr. and Mrs. Jake Thompson ,-‘were down from Markdale on Monday visiting the latter’s lbrotber, Mr. Samuel Irwin, who is laid up__With pcjafiqa.‘ ‘ The U. and D. club held a sale of home-made baking in their club room o_n Saturdgy._ Mrs. (Dr.) Carter entertained a few friends at an enjoyable tea on Friday evening. Mrs. Carter’s friends are pleased to see her re- "covered from illness which con- fined her to her home the past three months . daughter, Marjory, who has been very ill for five months, remains but little improved and their older daughter, Gladys, is now ill with tonailitis. Mr. Joe. Cornfield of Toronto. recently injured in an auto and street car collision, is yet confined to his home with a badly sprained foot but, we are pleased to learn, is improving. _ Prof. Lane of Victoria College, Toronto. preached a very thoughtful sermon in the Metho- dist church on Sunday morning in the interests of the educational work of the church. Dr. Fred Mur- ray of Toronto, sang with his usu- al pleasing effect at both morn- ing and evening services. Ivan, the six-'year-old mon of Dr. R. H Henderson of Toronto, had a narrow escape from death last week when struck by an auto- mobile on his way home from school. The injuries were chiefly a nasty cut in the face and a badly bruised foot. The brave little chap, our nepheW, is reported improvingP At the receent meeting of Or- angeville Presbytery, Rev. Mr. Mc- Vicar. pastor of Chalmer’s chm-.ch here, was appointed one of _,the commissioners to the general as- sembly. which meets at Winnipeg in June. _ Mr. and Mrs. Robt McGruther of Markdale were in town on Monday and called on some of their old friends. ' Mr. Robt. Best, who has been ii) for five months with heart trouble is. we are pleased to learn. slightly improved. Miss Maud Richardson has re- turned from five weeks’ visit with her brother, Major Richardson. and sister, in Toronto, Birthday greetings to Mrs. M. E Pye, mother of Mrs. (Dr.\ Carter, who celebrated her 87th birthdav on Sunday. The esteemed old lady, who is at present visiting her son at Clarksburg, is in possession of all her faculties and enjoying r9- markably good health for her ud- vunced years. Miss Jam‘kson, nurse, left on Monday for Porcmmine, where she was called tofa patient. Dr. Fred Murray of Toronto spent from Thursday till Mondm with his brother here. Mrs. (Rem) McVicar gave a good address at the Methodist Young People’s meeting on Mon- day evening. a ‘A * Pfes’.’ Fred McTavish and Everett Henry were home from Owen Sound over the W-eek end w191311;Vanâ€"Dusen has ireturned from three months’ visit at Ches- ley and Toronto. _ U‘qvv 1153.311: budééon made a short Visit to the city_last‘w_eel_t. We .3") pleaséd to feel the warm sun of spring, to see the snow nearly gone and the streets dry- ing rapidly. Our idea of true faith is that of a man who advertises for the return of a lost umbrellq. It“ 15 believed by some that the time will come when an honest man will command respect. v '1‘. .1 â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" _ T2911 3 girl that she. is “as pretty . as a picture” and she forgets that 3 comic valentines come under the; head of pictures. i -â€"-‘â€"â€"â€" If \\;iâ€"\:¢‘s Would contifiue to be sweethearts most husbands would forgqt to psy_th_ei1: cl_ub”dues. _LL_- Making any progress toward getting acquainted with thoae fashionable peopl_e_ ngxt dt_)0_r ? . ,‘I OW â€" I‘vl--' Just a little. Their cat imitod our cat over to a musicale lust nightâ€"About Town. MAKING HEADWAY. THE DUBm “You mean they're upset about me?" “We are all very much upset.” re- turned Margaret. more starch in her tone as she remembered not only Pen- rod’e suflerlngs. but a duty she had vowed herself to perform. “Margaret! You don’t”- “Bohert.” she said firmly and. also. With a rhetorical complexity whldl breed: a susplclon of rehearsal: “Bob- ert. for the present I can only look ht hand: of an unthinking little child a weapon which might be, and. indeed. was. the means of his undoing. Boys are not upon”- “But you saw me give him the doi- lar, and you didn't"- “Robert!” she checked him with in. creasing severity. “I am only n wom- an and not accustomed to thinking ev- erything out on the spur of the mo- ment. But I cannot change my mind --not now. at least." “And you think I'd better not come In tonight?" “I have not used the word ‘biame."' she interrupted. “But I must insist that for your carelessness toâ€"to wreak such havocâ€"cannot fail toâ€"to lessen my confidence in your powers of judg- ment. I cannot change my convictions in this matterâ€"not tonightâ€"and I can- not remain here another instant. The poor child may need me. Robert. good night.” “But Margaret," he urged plaintively. “how can you blame me for"â€" With chm dignity she withdrew. en- tered the house and returned to the sick room. leaving the young man in outer darkness to brood upon his crimeâ€"a nd upon Penrod. It in one way-when you gave that money to Penmd you put into the “Tonight!” she gasped. “Not for weeks! Papa would"- That sincere invalid became conva- lescent upon the third day. and a week elapsed, then, before he found an op- portunity to leave the house unaccom- paniedâ€"save by Duke. But at last he set forth and approached the Jones neighborhood in high spirits, pleasant- ly conscious of his pallor, hollow cheeks and other perquisites of illness provocative of interest. will, that Maurice Levy could have successfully eaten chocolate creams. licorice sticks. lemon drops. jaw break~ ers, peanum. waffles. lobster croquettes sardines. cinnamon draps. watermelon. pickles, popcorn, ice cream and sausage with raspberry lemonade and cider. Penrod had admitted to himself that Maurice could do it and afterward at- tend to business or pleasure without the slightest discomfort. and this was probably no more than a fair estimate of one of the great constitutions of all time. As a digester. Maurice Levy would have disappointed a Borgia. ‘ One thought troubled mm a time be- cause lt gave him a sense or inferiority to a rival. He believed. against his Fortunately, Maurice was still at At- lantic City. and now the oonvalescent’s heart leaped. In the distance he saw Marjorie comingâ€"in pink again; with a ravishing little parasol over her head. And alone! No Mitchy-Mitch was to mar this meeting. “How do you do. Marjorie?" he said in his best sickroom voice as she came near. To his pained amazement she pro- ceeded on her way. her nose at a cele- brated elevationâ€"an icy nose. She cut him dead. He threw his invalid’s airs to the winds and hastened after her. Penrod increased the feeblenesa of his steps; now and then leaning upon the fence as it for support. “Marjorle,” he pleaded. “what’s the matter? Are you mad? Honest. that day you said to come back next morn- ing and you’d be on the corner, I was sick. Honest, I was awful sick, Mar- jorie! I had to have the doctor”- “Doctorl” She whirled upon him. her lovely eyes blazing. “I guess we’ve had to have the doctor enough at our house. thanks to you, Mister Penrod Schofleld. Papa says you haven’t got near sense enough to come in out of the rain after what you did to poor little Mitchy-Mitch"- “What?" “Yes, and he’s sick in bed yet!" Mar- Jorie went on with unabated fury. “And papa says if he ever catches you in this part of town"â€" “You know well enough What you did to Mltcby-Mltvh?" she cried. “You gave him that great. blg. nasty two cent piece!" "\Veil. what of It?" “Kindly-Mitch swallowed It!" “What!" "And pupa says it he over just lays eyes on you 01100 In this neighbor- “What’d 1 do to Mitchyohditch?” gasped Penrod. Hut Pnnrml had slnl'lwl for hemp. ' In his embltton-d llvart there was In. creasing a l-ritil-m disapproval of me Creator's methods When he made pretty girls. thought l’eumd. wny couldn’t be have left out their llttle brothers! Eddie-Let’s sneak ’round . be- hind the barn and smoke a agar- ette. 7_ _ _ A, L btlc. Sammyâ€"TOO likely to get caught Ever since dad swore off New Year’s Day he’s been sneaking beâ€" hind there to smoke his ownâ€" She did not reply. He began plaintively. “Margaret. you “I’ve never seen pm: and mmma PEN ROD Continued from page 6. CATCHING ON TO DAD Contimwd npxt week {From the Land and waiting (or orders to take a more active part in the great European conflict. He is one of the Bentinck boys who answered his country’s call in the earlier stages of the recruiting, and has been overseas lor some time. 1his is the third 01 nis letleifl [ildl ap- peared in our columns. the last a iew weeks ago, having ”be“ written lrom the lsland u. Lem- mos. Though we met Pte. rilgnm before the war, our re- membrance of him is very indis- tinct, and we can claim no ae- uuawtanceship. He is well spoken 01 by those wno know him and from the general tone Ol his let- ters we consider him a young man of good morals, .and evident- ly a good observer of the things he sees around him. The lollowing is the gist of his letter from Alex- andria : “I take much pleasure in writ- ing to let you know where we are located at present. Well. we are in the land 01 milk and honey, and mummies and pyramids. and sphinx. It is a wonderlu'l comi- try, a country under proper rule that will develop very last. You would be surprised to know that I have seen some of the most magnificent buildings. largo tenement or apartment houses, ranging lrom three to bOVt‘u 5L0- ries, mostly of French design and architecture. They are very beau- tiful and there is also an CXCt‘Ut‘Ht electric railway system, 11 m a double track system, and gout! connections at tmnsmr points. The street c.1rs are double-dcclwd. gt We received a letter a few days ago from Pte. Geo. Pilgrim, who is now in Alexandria, Egypt, seems strange to have to go on top of the cars, but it is Very nice on top as you get all the hreeZe. and it is a great treat 10 get fresh air, even at this season, which is very warm. You can rule about seven miles lor one-him piastre lll Egyptian coin, it .uw- ouuts to a little more than [so cents in our money. it requirts a good many conductors to run thzs system, and then they don‘t get all the fares, as they are \‘t’l‘V slow. It is a good job they are for some of our British Tommie-s are more ol‘ten without mono, than with it. They only (lixiw (Wu dollars a month and that is \‘l'l')' ' ' country like this where you can spend so much in souvemrs and ad on. Alexandria consists of a very mixed population, almost excl-y nationality is represenwd. right down to a _C‘hinesc laundry. and ' --..- ”I UW‘I [U a ”‘5’..- ‘1‘ u -v-w -. a Jew peddler who goes around the. streets trying to beat some fellow and get twice as much (or his stuff as it is worth. I don’t think that tne customs of the lower class of the Egyptian race have changed one iota since tne time of Christ. They still wear [llv long skirts and turban. and they ride donkeys, the same as 22,000 years ago. They also sit in the market places with their goods wr sale and you also see tho- money changers. who are always ready to change your money [or you. and always cunning enough to (in you out of a few pieces it you don’t watch them. lcan tell you these Gypos need watching. or they World take yo.::' gold tel-1h While you are looking .4. them. But to take the Egyptians right through. they are not had fellows to get along with. They behem- there’s none like the British. and realize that the British are able ....0 .II comers. They are very sociable, ul- Wavs eager to learn our languug‘t and our Sports. It is very COHHCJI to watch a group of Gypo school children playing foot ball in their bare feet, and it’s wonderful how some of them can kick the ball as far as they do. They use use the side of their feet. so they \von’t hurt their toes. As to the policing of the city, they might have better rules and regulations. At present, this city is under mar- tial law, which is necessary on ac. count of the. tumult of soldiers that are massed here in case of the invasion of the Suez Canal. The pickets Walk the streets in large squads, headed by an officer. who is responsible for the con- duct of the soldiers who visit the city in the evenings. and take charge of all men after 9.30 pm, who have not a pass from their commanding officer to allow them to stay out till 11.30 p.m. As to sanitation, it is Very badly in need .. - â€"-nnA aqnifurv officer. It is D(llllt ‘‘‘‘‘ I", w of a good sanitary officer. It i~ so unsanitary that I would not mention some of its conditions. After six months on the Island of Lemnos, where I last Wrote from. and after the evacuation of the Dardanelles, when our Dar- danelles wounded were. all dis- charged from our llOSDitalS. We were ordered to pack up and pro- ceed to Alexandria. and I am very glad that we came to this historic Bible city. and to see and study the people of this country for a little While. We expect to pull out for Cairo shOrtly to take up a hospital near the pyramids and the ' lthX. and when I get there I will write you again about the \‘l-cinity in which we will take up our work. I must thank you for publishing my former (letter. as .it has brought me letters from a hum- ber of my old acquaintances 'in Bentinck. I have had excellent health. always able to eat and sleep, and have a swim once in a while, as we are only a few yards from the blue Mediterranean Sea. It is quite a pleasure on 1 hot day to be able to jump in and get cooled off. I think the have will min the sea when they go to Cairo, as only the river Nile runs through there. and we will have to look out for the crocndiles. Well. I must close, as I will otten without money Hoaturo of treiich work of the Sphinx 9y L60 so they to the might am to this see and councry l9m' ‘ !'~r from us. I saw mm last “’ tweak frequently. though we at" 90d not just so cochmem this wevk. t is *He looks very well and like. his “M i work. ’ The following extracts from .- ‘letter to Inspector Campbell (rum 0 Corp. Jack Wilson. who taught hp- {fore the war at Vickers and was ,one of the first to enlist, will be lintereuting to many readers. Me 'has had a wide eXperience and a lnumber of close calls. He tuuk part in the battles at Langemarck. iFestubert and St. Julien, at thv :latter of which he was wounded, “We ,out here, are sick of the war. What humane man or woman isn’t? But we are determined not to step till we have permanently put an end to the Kaiser”: dream of a place in the sun. “And now {or some items of our experiences here. We generally du six days in divisional reserve bil- lets and six days in the trenches. followed 1) .twelve days in real billets. '1‘ is is a very good air- rangement and the boys like it better than any, they have had yet. And of the six days in the trench- es one-half company spend three days in the front line and the other three in support trenches, from where working parties art- supplied nightly. These working parties may be employed in filling and laying sand bags. fixing up trenches. building new dugout.» making communication tl‘t‘nPiH'a. fixing the barbed wire entangle- ments: there is always plenty ”1 Work to be done. under the din-v- lion of. and in accordance with Hu- schemv laid down by the Engin- (‘On's “I have been on several wurkum parties in front of our trenches. It is not nearly so risky .‘us it suunrm as our trenches are 300 {H 400 \'.n- Is apart. though wnvrv wv \n'n wm‘king Would be about 200 yard- from the enemy. The enemy mu up ‘star’ 8111433 or ‘flakvs’. whim- light up quitt- a large arm: and show up ‘nu man‘s land’ dihtillt‘ll} At such mannmts \Vv rvmain sluâ€" tionary. If vic- are discuvvrt-d :1 machine gun opens fire and rlllm add to the rattle“ but 50 far we have not suffered much. Thru- have been some casualties. The ‘listening puats’ ar9_ anotlu': feature of trench work. i was In charge of one the last three nights we were in the trenches. The lis- tening post was a hole six fett long, three feet wide and anon. two t‘eet deep. With a luw parapet of sand bags. Anything conspicu- ous would arouse Fritz’s CUI‘IUBH} and would receive a few ‘whizz- bangs’, which would upset the post. ln this luxurious excavation a sentry group of three men keep a look-out, and they are on duty for two hours and off for tom. when they come back to tne trench. Then another spell on and four hours off complete the night s work. There is no ‘listening post' during the day, of course. I Was on duty with another corporal and we did two hours on and two oil. alternately. for the night. W'e tUuK our sentries out and relieved tht- old groups at the proper times “'0 spent our two hours of tint) at a barrier some 30 yards “will the listening post and 1.50 ut‘ so it; front of the trenches. 'l‘nere w.- were in reach of the sentries it they needed us. It is not a par- .ticularly attractiVe duty and the lot of a sentry on a Cold night. with snow fallng and a sharp wind blowing is not to he envied. We got hot cocoa twice and rum was issued a couple of “files. though I didn‘t bother with the latter. “Just now we are in billets on .t farm. I am in a pig-stye. but of Course it is clean. “'e banl our heads against the roof often. as .there is hardly room to stand 1erect. I have my washing on th 'l)razier at present. I have hem: “smoked out a cuuple of timer. hut giust now the smoke is bearanp. 'Each of us carry two anti-gas lhelmets and a pair of goggles ,and it is amusing to see some one iwrite you another utory soon. hOp- gthat some more of our Cana- diam will join the colors and lend a helping hand to ox erthmw the cowardly Hun. ” “I haven’t as much time (or writing as I could employ. but this evening I am free. I shall probably be on a working party to-night. A sixâ€"inch howitzer hat- tery quite near is firing and it is shaking the earth and all the buildings in this vicinity. It does make a noise. I spent the min-r week at a grenade school and en- ioyed the course very much.” The following letter from Coxâ€" floral Stedman, who enlisted lrnm this office last October, will he of interest to his many friends. He is evidently in good spirits. and lht‘ feeling he shows is unlfi' an index. we presume, to the general 5mm of the whole battalion. Stedman is an Englishman, and n he is going ’ome before going further. the next few months will be full of pleasant experiences. 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