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Ahtss s 3 peared lately and we will try to fill the bill. Good weather is anxiously wantea at this writing to finish lifting the turnâ€" ips. Threshing is over for another season. Mr Wallace tax collector for this part of the township nas completed his C uids l uw C OO CCA ETEEC UTC AUTEROTâ€" ity of having their Patent business transacted by Experts, Preliminary advice free, Charges moderate. Our Inventor‘s Adviser sent upon reâ€" nest. Marion& Marion, Reg‘d., New York Life &l‘. Montreal : and Washington, D.C.. U.S.A. We solicit the business of vhhnufactnrers, Engi'n:er:‘lud others who realize the advisabilâ€" Shar mlf Fessesbcccs aho athcs e i °0C Eie No budget from this place has apâ€" Rev. Mr Campbell has begun his New Gloves The International Stock Foods O1l Cake Whole and Ground Linssed at Parker‘s Spice «e British Horse and Cattle Spice «* Dry Murrain Powders 4* Heave Powder ** Cough Powder G. C. Condition Powder Umbrellas Superb Line of Ladies‘ and Children‘s Cloth Jackets at........ .........8$5, 7, 8 and 10 Ladies‘ Ruffs, Caperines, Gauntlets and Caps Children‘s Ruffs, Caperines and Caps. Men‘s Fur Caps and Mitts. _ What! You need a new Fur Coat! Comeright in ; here‘s where you will find the best selection and the lowest prices for the value given. We have sold a large number of Ladies‘ and Men‘s Fur Coats so far this season, and have now on hand 32 Ladies‘ Astrachan Fur Coats ranging in price.... §$25, 27, 28, 30, 35, 40 Also 2 Ladies‘ Astrachan Coats with Seal Collars............ ...... $50 FURS! FURS! FURS! THE LARGEST RANGE of WINTER CLOTHING 10 FHYF COUAK UL.««.««« ««¥ert «xÂ¥4%% o. 1 COOK COMS AL...... «.. vcss Stock Foods North East Normanby ROMPTLY SECURED PARKER‘S Drug Store in town. Fur Coats for Ladies Also Fur \ The People‘s Storc ROBT. BURNETT | <Coats for Men Nee i+ . L2 lce.. 444A Mrand Mrs Landels Marshall will go to the West next spring, his brother George having taken over the old home stead and will settle down to help keep it, ‘*Marshall‘s Corners ‘ long into the future. Mr Thos. Gadd is expecting his James home in the near future. Mr C. Ramage Durham, acéomfiaw ied Mr Wm. Johnston on Sunday, and «ttended service in Knox church. Review to Jan.1,‘07, $1 Mr Robt, Morice h«s rented his farm to Mr Forteney, of Ayton, for 5 years, the figure we believe, being $260 a year. If it be true, as we hear, that he and Mrs Morice will move to Ayton, this community will much regret the separacion. Mr T. Wallace has bought the Bowles‘ farm for $1700. . Mr Wallace will soon be our largest landholder. ited his father and other relatives here on Sunday. The old gentleman seems to have taken on a new lease of life in recent vear:. He is now nearly scven years over the four score, leans on the staff perhaps a little heavier but mentally is as freshas eyer. Rev Mr Campbell says he has row the honor of being the oldest man in the two conâ€" gregations. teacherâ€"training course, which was so successful last winter. The Sunday School in Knox church closed tour the winter on Sunday last. Revival meetings are being conductâ€" ed at the Varney Methodist church snd it is reported much good is being one. Mr Henry Petty who has been quite ill Iately is getting around again, Mr Jas. Watson lefc for Detroit over a week ago, where Mrs Watson had preceded him. ‘Their absence is a loss tothe community, especially to the church, where on Sumr:; last, tor the first time in over forty years, there was no Watson in the chnir, nor leadâ€" ing in the service of praise. Mrs. Watâ€" son has found a very efficient successor in Miss Thomasena Byers, and the choir is keeping up to the standard cf its best days. M Fowl, Builter and Eggs Wanted every day. Highest prices paid. +xx *++++e+ se++% P .0 .20,â€"90 c¢¥*‘se«sts +***s + Ȥ30 00 O0 «â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"# $ 4â€"_.__ New Clothing New Neckwear 1 will go 2 to 1, that he is endowed with more brains, more honesty, and more common sense than any of them. He is a man, if he sells you a pound of tea, he wants the price of it, if he sells you a fat steer, he wants every dollar that is in him, but he would sooner throw himself into his own mill dam, than stoop toanything mean or cowardâ€" ly for the purpose of cheating his fellowâ€" man out of a dollatr, I have hbeen intiâ€" mately acquainted with Mr McKechnie for nearly half a century, and if you aâ€" gain return hiin as Four director, which I am sure you will do, then you not only returo an honest man but a busiâ€" ness man, and one in every way adapâ€" ted for the position. They meet againâ€"He is in the midst of them, he telfs them as he has often told them before that the marl is here. Your manager, MrFarr, tells them it is not here, that he has been scouring the country in search of it, and has failed to find it, At the same time, he forgot to tell them, that he was scourâ€" ing the country, seeking for an article that he didn‘t want to find. The reâ€" sult, was, gentlemen, that Mr McK echâ€" nie was told just about as {;lain as word could speak it. that he knew nothing about marl, didn‘t know beans, and the other fellow knew it all. Itold you in my last letter, that marl or no marl, was the question, and a vital question it i8, as the whole fabric rests upon it. Those men knew that, and if they had had a little of the wisdom of Solomcn about them, they would have gone and examined the marl deposits for themâ€" selves, and if that was not convenient, they had plenty of money at their back, they could have hired a man (co have doneit for them. A few paitrty To the Stockholders of the National Portland Cement Co.. Ltd. History tells us that Napoleon, that great old warrior had the heaviest braius of any man ever known. I am not going to put Gilbert against old Napoleon Bonaparte but I will run bim against anything you have got on the board. I am not a betting man. but ‘The amount of business done and the large amount of money made you natarally would have supposed, would have brought a smile upon the face of every man connected with it, but no, your directors meet. and instead of a smile we find a frown. They say there will no dividend ever be paid unti. it comes from the rock cement. They say the marl is doue, the Lake is played out and the works are no more use here. â€" They will take them down and stick them up somewhere among the rocks. I really do not know where the rocks are butI supâ€" pose they are in the Rocky Mountains. But (Gilbert is there; he has got an eye upon them and he says to them, **Gentlemen, if you are going to scatter the stockholder‘s money among the rocks, Iam not. and as treasurer of the company Iwill not sign your cheques for any such purpose.‘‘ You see, Gentlemen, in this case, had it not been for Gilbert your money, instead of going into the bank as it has done to pay off your honest debts, would have been ‘wandering round the foot of the Rocky Monntains, seeking a place for those fellows to bestow their goods in. That leaves Gilbert cock of the roost ; the foe is vanquished bu not beaten by any means. Time rolls on, another meeting is called and those men like truee soldiers as they are, return again to the charge with their face to the ftoe. They say to one another , "Our provender is done, the Lake is played out. the great leyviathan is on the verge of staryation, there is no time to lose; let us gather our flat cars togetbher, our drays,, our carts and our wheelbarrows; and get her away to the Rocky mountains and get her placed amidst the rocks where she can eat and live.‘"‘ But Gilbert is there Gentlemen, Gilbert is there, that stumbling block! that thorn in the flesh! that good old standby ! _ The butt of the rifle is placed against the left shoulder, he is watching your inâ€" terests as a hungry dog would a bone and he cries out at the top of his voice and with all the energy he is possessed of and says ‘‘No, the great leviathan shall never go to the Rockv Mounâ€" tains, I will furnish grub enough to keep heralive: In Daurham she lives and in Durham she dies.‘"‘ Bully for you Gilbert, that‘s the way to talk to them. . A shors time ago I wrote you, I am going to try to do so again, and beâ€" fore striking out, I may just say genâ€" tlemen, that I am not a business man, neither am I an educated man, nor s good Penman. I h«ve been nearly cll my lifetime until a few years ago what you would call a hewer of wood and a drawer of water. â€" So I feel as it were a sort of presumption on my part to take it upon myself to address such a large and intelligent body of men as the stockholders ot the National Portland Cement Compeny and the only cause or reason I give for so doing is that I am striking or at least I am trying to strike a biow in defence of my own property. : This is afree country and we are VBMd of our freedom and our laws, e can‘t take our laws into our own hands and itis well that it is so, still there are two exceptions to that rule. A man can strike a blow in defence of his person and another in defence ol his froperty. That, Gentlemen, is what am doing and I want you all to join me in it, and when the blow is struck see that it falls with such torce as will make tyrants tremble. We have a property here, a very Yine one, and it has taken a fine lot of money to put it here and in putting it bere we have had many difficulties to encounter and any amount of swindling as well. It is now about tour years since we invested our money in it and up to the present time we have had no returns from it, even to the value of a farthing, but this year there is & change taking place tor the better. ol Another Open Letter. ONTARIO ARCHIVEsS TORONTO Aunother very important event which tianspired was the annual meeting of the Farmers Association. which was held at the bhome of Mr Richard Barber, As the weather on that night was very unfayorâ€" able, not many members wera present, howeyer the meeting was very spirited and a number of ways and meens devised for a more rupid growth in the fature. Mr Jas Moore, the acting President. for the past two years, refused to be :eâ€" elected, whcreupon Don. Mclivride was dollars would have paid the whole thing. But no, gentlemen, they at once jumped to the conclusien that Mr Farr had given them the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, . and upou that evidence and that eviâ€" dence alone, those men would dare to t«ahe it upon themselves to tear down an destroy that fine property: it made my Lighlana blood boil to think of it. That incident, gentlemen, were it nothing else, should place those men, in a position, unworthy of either your confidenee or support, and when the proper time comes give them to underâ€" stand that they have hbeen weighed in the balance and found wanting. That is the blow I have asked you to strike:â€"Strike it. . Whut has been the result of this? Six wmonths ago our stock was worth something. In the face of the large amount of business that has been done this year it would bave béen, gentlemen, like the coal smoke. towericg to the skies. Instead of that it is wallowing in the mire and you can say rhouti it as the old scotchâ€" mar said about the potatoes. An early frost bhad cut them down. he came into our house in the morning, ‘yesterday,‘ he said, *T had one of the finest looking fields of potatoes man ever looked upon, toâ€"day,,they are not worth an Oâ€"‘ We almost omitted uninientionally our beloved pastor Mr Campbell, who was in his usual happy mood and made a few picasing remarks. _ Proceeds in ‘the neighhborhoad of $18.00 The scholars all acquitted themselves very creditably and the choir (well to be honest)qulte siow, two of its bassers beâ€" ing uvablie to be present. But the star ot the evening was the genial and obliging Dr Browu, of Holstein, who in addition to his splendid lecture in the Jerry Mcâ€" Aulley mussions of New York, gave a conple of music selesiions. To be brief, the lectare was very interesting and upâ€" lifting and oune person told as that she could have listened to him all night and at the ciose a hearty vote of thauks was tendered him as well as to all the others who assisted in the programms so cheerâ€" fally... . w s Crx " Thcse who attended the S. 8. enter tainment in Knox Church on Friday night must have gone away brim full of â€" satisfaction. _ ‘The entertainment throughout was of a high orderx, sociaily fnuancially, and otherwise. Mr David Leith, the 8. 8, Supcrintendent occupicd the chair acceptably, Mr Ww Ramage, accompanied by his able assistaut, Mr W Isauc, aiways obliging aud ready to agsist. were present and gave a few selâ€" ections in good taste, which were apprecâ€" iated much by the audience judzing by the hearty encores. Mr James Watson excelled (if such is possible) in his singâ€" imy and the reason is easily explained, uaving experlonced the severe trials of a grass widower for the past two monthfll and now on the following morning to take the fast express for Detroit, there to be reâ€"uniied in the holy bonds of love, is it any wouder bis tuuing pipes did ring. lu my last letter I spoke of a deposit I bLad heard about, partly within the corpuration and about a gunshot from the track. Since then, I have scen it, and »1w convinced there is enough of it to feed the mill for éean ana years, The late Mr Neil McKechnie nad the suaume deposit analyzed before the works were here and it was pronounced a first class article, If the article is genuine, things are alright tor I can asâ€" sure you it is here in abundance, As for the much taiked of Wilder‘s Lake, the marlis still in it and I never hear it spoken of but it reminds me of my early days when 1 used to roam round this country. when it was a wilderness, I have no hestitation in mzing that I have known the Lake perhaps longer than any man living. I and my favorite dog stood ngon iits hanks when we were monarch of all we surveyed and no road or path of any kind about it. The following day after mcf ramble I was alright but my dog was dead. The porcupine was not in his mouth, but the quilis were all there, and if the mouths _ of certain of the of, ficials of the Durham Portland Ceâ€" ment Company bhad been stuffed with the same material, the cry would not have spread abroad throughout the length and breadth of the land that the great National Portland Cement works were going away to the Rocky Mountâ€" ains. When the proper time comes, gentleâ€" men, give those gentry to understand that there are better lobsters in the sea than ever came out of it. I remain, Gentlemen, Yours, Mr McKechnie was confident the marl was in abundance and was hound to have au exXamimation of the deposits He sent down to the works for the long auger to bore with, but evidenily Mr Farr thought to give the auger for that purpose would be working against the interests of the company. You would natarally suppose, gentleâ€" men, it would have heen quite the reâ€" verse of that, But it may he, they have formed a new company, with Mr Farr himself and the. directors. oppoâ€" nents being thrown out ; in that case, Mr Farr was perfectly justified in reâ€" fusiny the auger, seeing that it was rock bhe wanted. not marl. _ And if he don‘t find it here, he will find it about the Roceky Mountaims. Howeyer Gilbert got an auger of his own and with the sanction and assistâ€" ance of the council, set the two men to work and so far they have struck it rich. Bidiy had a fellow. He jilted her, she got maud. the Irish blood got up. She sat down and wrote him a letter. part of it ran as follows : * Mr Bryan, sur, this is the last lither ye‘ll get }:'om me biad cess to y2, and its writhing it I am, to tell ye that yer a lobster, and there‘s better lobsters in the sae, than iver came out of it." Blythe‘s Corners. RoBt. CoOcHRANKE, We are showing goods, we guaranâ€" tee to give perfect satisfaction. We invite you to have a look through our goods so as to convince you of the :.&u‘vu& %uggs ':l‘ We handle none but A. GORDON, Optician A poet‘s language for Description and a Gibson drawing as an illustration would not do justice to *"Quality Japan China." That is why we want you to come to our Store and ju«t see whit we have to offer. That is the aim und object af this advertisement. It‘s particularly hard with what you call **Quality Cut Glass"â€"such as we seliâ€"for "Quality" is something which must be seen to be appreciated. Mr Leith, brother of David Leith. was a visitor of the latter over SBunday. _ Mr Ramage, editor Review, was a welâ€" come visitor »t Knox Church, on Sunday. We would be badly cheated, if he did not yo homo with his pockets well filled with gems of truth aund spices gleamed f) om our popular pastor‘s sermon, one of a series of sermons on the Lord‘s prayer text * Forgiye ns our debts" and in which he excelled. _ We do hope and pray that some of our good frieuds in this locality, wili strive to make up their differences at once ere it be too late, for we munstall facknowledge that the tresâ€" passes of our fellowmen against us sink into oblivion, compared with our trespasâ€" ses against the Lord our God. Winter is CoOMING, ho! ho! Winter is Coming with Ice zN The wide bench sleighs next was disâ€" cussed and the feeling of the meeting favored the proposition, which we think ourselves would certainly be a greuy boom, when if ever, adopted. This week‘s budget. Mr Robt Morice has rented his farm to Mr John Fortwey for a term of 5 years at a good rental per year. Mr Morice bas not decided whore he wili locate for the tuture but we hope he will not be far remoyed from our locality far apart from being a " red hot grit" he is a"jolly good fellow, " 9 Coon Coatsâ€"The best of their kind in town as Men $ F ur Coats we were informed by a buyer of raw Furs,â€" 40 to $65. Dog and Calf skin Coats, 20 to $33. Men‘s and Boys‘ Uuderwear $XS:=::=::=:::"sosti‘"0 elected Pres. and RR Watson, See. Treas. The adoption of all the resolnâ€" tions of the Central Association, prassed at its annual meeting, neld in Toronto in Sept was immoved, seconded anud carried. The additiounl salary indemmities, of our Uttawa representatives was viewed as betug a huge piece of imposition imporel on the trust of the people and something that must not and will not be tolerated. Will our member pleare govern himeelf arcordiugly? 200 yards of 36 inch PRINT, worth 15c fOr...... ...... ...... ...« +1+++« 7 Ct§ 300 yards of 38 in FANCY WRAPPERETTE, worth 20c for....... .... 124 cts 2 only 5 yard ends BLACK (Heavy) DRESS GOODS, worth 1.25 for....90 cts 3 only 6 *+* ** +* **__ 85e for.... .60 cts Readyâ€"mades â€"â€" ALEX. RUSSELL Save Your ‘Are you ready for it? If not, you can be so by comâ€" ing to the Big Store. It is now brimful with 1 ~# Here are a New Winter GOOUS : few of them: Jewelry House Regrets Near Seal Jacket, Japanese mink trimming....... ... ... 50.00 Astrachan Jackets, sable collar and lapels......45.00, $50.00 Astrachan Jackets, plain, from...... ...... .... .. $28 to 37.50 A fine assortment of LADIES® RUFFS AND STOLES. THE BIC STORE SATURDAY BARGAINS : 8 cans PEAS for...... 3 cans CORN......... 5 pkgs Chinese Starch.. 7 Ibs RIGE..... . ..«..« 3 lbs Mixed BISCUITS. Fowl, Butter and Eggs Wanted Groceries for Saturday ... Ladies‘ Furs ... HOUSE OF QUALITY A few Men‘s Suits, were 11.00, for...... . .....6.00 These are bargains thaticannot be secured again. p,, °C in the following Countiesâ€" Brant, Eesex, EKigin, Grev, Haldimand, Huron, Kent, Lambton, Luncoln, Midâ€" dlesex, Norfolk, Ontario, Oxford, Peel, Perth, Bimcoe, Victoria, Waterloo Wellington, Weiland, Wentworth and }o:;bk‘.‘l Also mmg Bg:ilnen .Ilnd Reci; en roperties for e in rts 0 mm:lnce. gt yt::le have ‘n. F?:rm or property for . write for our terms of selling Real Estate. The Western Real Estate Exchange, Itd., London, Ontarie. Wx. W. Rastaor, Agent, Thistle, The undersigned will sell house and lot on West Bruce 8St, built in 1904, lo cated between Furniture and Cream Separator factories. 30 x 82 feet, 2} stories, double cellar, cement floor in one half., furnace in the other half, 9 rooms, modern and convenient, . Good well on premises, small barn with stone stable underneath, A bargain to quick buyer, Apply on the premises or to Wax. LEGGETTE, Box 92, Durham We have a large for Sale in the fol Brant, Eesex, Eigin, fl“mn. Kent. Lamk About 7 miles from Durham on the Garafraxa Road. â€" Title good. _ Possesâ€" sion at once, must be gold. Applv to Durham, Feb, 22, Thorough Bred Cattle an d Yorkshire Hogs. All registered Stock and likely ani mals, Apply to THos. Scarr & Soxe, Jan. 2, 1905, Rocky Saugeen P. O 100 Acre FARM for SAE given tor work this fall. wl;‘.ufi"mâ€";:: ion in March. Clear titlegiven, Apply to the proprietor. _ D, Granan, Priceville, or to A. R. Jacksox, Solicitor, Durham and from Pric;;!}l'l;.--“if-O.(;l‘t’l--i)o-;;:;;:(;ll.l given tor work this fall. _ Full possessâ€" Being lot No, 20 on 2nd Con, N. D. R. and 22 and 23, on the 3rd Con. N. D. K. Glenelg, containing 150 acres, more or less. 125 acres cleared, balance hardâ€" wood hbush. 1} milesfrom P. O. and school, church on property. Well watâ€" ered, wells and running -pfint Buildâ€" ings in good repair. _ Will sold on reasonable terms : 6 iniles from Durham Wantedâ€"Teacher for 1906 fir 8 8 No. 11, Egremont. _ State salary and referâ€" ences, Applications received up to Nov 30 Ly the undersigned. The undersigned offers his splendid property in Upper Town for sale. For particulars, apply to 3 TEACHER WANTED. HOUSE FOR SALE 4w FARM FPOR SALE FOR SALE. oo FOR SALE. FOR SALE. J A Swaxsrox, Yeovil P. 0. Joux RorERrTsOXN. number of Farms _ Apply to _ . P. TErrorp. l 2s Â¥"x