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ckets. 19, 1907 S 5C WL as they Reasons R B mauny at Ccof~ Acliraith arge stocks ol Mo _ â€"CAsSINXS ther ackets t closer 1e duvâ€" on sale @reatest Aa0 DT ELL ! W neck t the and LS ce )e A & 83 QYUAILLDa) â€" 41 W@AIULLUL \h EMEEQMEM&E&E@«WEESE@E& "@ New » en o _ Heimdrrermremmes mm en peekennen enxixnnnemnnenpmsrs The ilu n# 18 g able nary offe The Rev with illo tion to 1s traordina THE REVIEW, DURKHAM, ONT VOL. edgesâ€"fine goods and dainty patterns Children‘s ftancy picture handkerchiefs .. . . Men‘s hemstitched linen hand kerchiefs ... . Men‘s ‘‘Excelda‘" Handkerchiefs, new bort Men‘s ailk Handkerchiefs, plain or iritiale wtk DORUGKE.cccs. .. 1. ..,... .00 in Bds Are always an acceptable Christmas Gift. Lmdies Fancy Handkerchiefs, hemsts.ched and The season of cnewspaper barâ€" gains is on and once more we are able to make the extraordiâ€" nary offer of The Review & Weekly Gilobe TT -â€"vv-v.v-yflluflnon. hk s w# y a e e aa Fancy Tray Cloths, all pure linen ... .. Fancy Sideboard Covers, all pure linen Fancy Lanch Cloths, all pure linen .. .. Linens for Embroidery and drawn work Handsome Table Linens, lovely patterng.......... .i Bordered Table Cloths, pure linen, special...... ... Bordered Table Cloths, pure linen, â€"heavier, special Linen Pably Nupking.... ...... ...=~_ _ . ~"* *Pu2t! Lovely Linens for with illustrated magazine secâ€" tion to 1st Jan. 1909, for the exâ€" traordinary price of $1.25. en s Fancy L1es .........."...%.‘ ce ‘en’s Mu{fler 5 and Chest Protectors in great en‘s & Boys‘ Mits& Gloves is James Ireland $1.25 , NO. 52 Purhd The following item which we reâ€" ceived last week from the S0o, (Mich.) Times refers to Mr and Mrs Geo Lamb and daughter, formerly of Gienelg: "Mr. and Mrs, Geo, Lamb have isâ€" sued invitations to the marriage of their daughter, Minnie Lawson and Mr. Ernest Frederick William Weber. which will take place at their home, corner tenth Ave and Tweed St, Thurâ€" sday eyening, Dec. 26, at 7 o‘clock, Mr, Weber is proprietor of the 0o greenhouses and one of the the ci’i‘y’s most successful young imen. he bride elect is a popular young woman who for the past two years has been an attache to the city assessor‘s office. Mr, Weber is just completing a $6,000 residence on the hill, p four times a year on all Savings Bank deposits. Savings Bank Department in Connection with all Branches. mas, 1907. they have been able to send letters to Great Britain and all parts of the British Empire for two cents rer half ounce, they now can now send elters weighing up to one ounce for two ceats. _ It is no longer necessary to employ very thin paper to send a letter of moderate length to Great Britain or one of the colonies for two cents, and it will bring the standard of weight into conformity with that in use for dowmestic correspondence. MaxkEs Lir® RTH LivINnG.â€"Jerry from Kerry is a‘stapâ€"bang laugh proâ€". ducer. Can be said to bave been built 1 â€"hardly written. \ It is one of those stage productions that moyes along with the clock. Whkt created a laugh | last year would caude a tear lo.duy.’ It must be kept constantly abreast of | the times. +It requires quick. alert judgement n »wadays thcontract farce comedies. _ Laughs are discoveredâ€" seldom created in fare The comâ€" pany consists of clever cialty and | comedy artiets.â€"In fow g;nll. Saturâ€" day, 28 Dec. ‘07. Plan at McFarlane‘s. The Post Office Department in a statement to the press directs attenâ€" tion to the fact that the public should understand that, whereas since Christâ€" ___COMING IN FORCE.â€"At the January session of the county eouncil, a depu tation of printers will wait on the printing commuttee aod ask for an inâ€" crease in rates, Within the past three years labor and material bas advanced twenty per cent, but the printers are trotting along at the same old rates, and doing work for a wealthy corporâ€" ation at practically a loss. â€"Wiarton: Canadian, 1 THE STANDARD BANK DURHAM BRANCH * John Helly, Manager BRANCHLES ALSO A‘r MARRISTON AND PRICEVILLL. Sure '_I‘he Standard Bank pays interest miss seeing the funniest Irishâ€" the stage| upâ€"toâ€"date, Jerry Head Office â€" â€" â€" â€" Toronto Cure Veterinary Remedies #opce* DURHAM, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26 on a byâ€"law to to be paid on ESTABLISHED 18ta OF CANADA votes on Misses Jean Brown and Gertie Mcâ€" Comb contributed fine selections in the vocal line while Mr. J, P. Telford also gained great applause in a couple of ’stirrinq patriotic songs. In the line of elocution, Miss Margaret Hunter and ’ Mrs Stonehouse, the latter as an Indâ€" ian wife captiyated the audience, holdâ€" ing them breathlessly still at times. One of the most popular numbers was that of Messrs Armstrong, Rolphand Mcintyre in liyely. current medleys on sltringed instruments,. â€" Rev Mr. Farâ€" quharson and Inspector Campbell as chairmen of the book and magazine committees of the libraty, gave imâ€" promptu addresses showing the adâ€" vantages of uniting with the liprary tor assistance and education along these lines. I The next concert will be held some time about the middle of next montb. In opening, Mayor Calder who occuâ€" pied the chair, dealt briefly with the objects tor which the series of concerts was instituted and called upon Mrs, Newton who gave splendid satisfacâ€" tion throughout, for the opening inâ€" strumental, The Public Library made a fairly succeesful start in the first of the series of Winter concerts last Friday evening, _ As was generally supposed | the attendance was ratber disappoinâ€" ting but this was doubtless sccounted tor by the present busy season and the abundance of other concerts, soâ€" cials, etc. taking place at this time of the year. It not favore 1 with a large andience for their first entertainment, howâ€" ever, the quality of the selections enâ€" rtirely rendered by town talent was such as to ensure a full Library house and an equally fine it not superior proâ€" . gram on the next orcasion, _ We have town talent, which, even now. and in some cases with slightly more developâ€" ment would prove the equal of many city entertainers. â€" Added to this the laudable use of the proceedsâ€"the whole to bekept in town for the supâ€" port of a beneficial public institutionâ€" all should tend to draw all loval Durâ€" ham citizens to future entertainments of this nature,. D, of C0.â€"John MeDonald Lecturerâ€"Win. Ritchie Committeeâ€"Thos Dayvis, Wm, Watt, H. Willinms,. Wes torrey, Harry Du.2.c0%% E Burnett. Following are the officers elected in Durham L. O. L. No. 632 for 1908 ; W. M.â€"Wm. Legette D, M.â€"Geo, Moore Chaplainâ€"Thos. Stinson Lost DoG.â€"â€"Lost in Durham, 16:h, Dec, a Collie dog, drab or mouse color, white spot on head, long hair, large bushy tail, and answers to name of *Heck." Last seen about the Mic= daugh House. Any information conâ€" cerning him will greatly oblige. Dornoch P. 0. We are flooded with cuts and matter from the Hamilton Brewing Associaâ€" tion,. which would mean many dollars to us if published, We control this paper, however, and draw the line at some of the rot these plates contain. The Knechtel Furniture Co. of Hanâ€" over, have made arrangements with the C. P. R. to have a siding and log yard some distance west of Priceville, where we understand Wm. Conkey will manage the business for the aforeâ€" said company, This issue has facts from Owen Sound Midland and Holstein as to the workâ€" ing of Local Option, which are hard to get over. Those from Midiand come from a friend of Mr Farquharson and will well repay r:ai‘ng. Good times coming ! Don‘t you notice the days are getting longer? And we have had no real winter snap yet. Go see Jerry from Kerry. It is the greatest laughing treat of your lifeâ€" time. _ Don‘t mss it.â€"Town Hall, 28 Dec. Tickets at\McFarlane‘s. A Manifesto by bome of the business men of Mt. Forest agrainst Local Cpt on is receiving circulation andâ€"andâ€"con â€" tempt. Rev Mr Farquharson‘s letter ; on fl;:st page deals succinetly with the ‘ precious letter, Oysters served hot Btinson‘s. Rec, Sec.â€"W. J. Ritchie i. Sec{lâ€"â€"Ed. Kress Treas.â€"Robt, Adlam Public Library Concert. Election of Officers =â€"â€"â€"â€"4#4â€"___._._. Epxuxp J. Barry and cold at at Darling‘s .Drug Store. *So you think two mills will meoet it all," fl&id,-â€""NOW tell me bow much it costs you to keep this place up ?" "Costs?" he asked *"*Why it does not cos( me anything. ‘These men in there will have the drink even though they starye wife and children to pay for it, and all we have to do is to sit here in comfort and let them settle the bill," Feeling for these poor burden bearers ’ I asked him how much the men that drank in this town paid for it. He ’ thought for a momentand said "anyâ€" where from $40,000 to $80,000 for all thle hou-el:'al ul:' itownl.‘”.t cit 4 * ask m w ect. it would bave on business if all this money ‘ney haye no nmonoply of the drink trade and we shall have to make it all up in taxes, In Toronto th:‘y count every license worth $24000 and it selle for a lot here even if some of us do sit in this room and give nothing for it," eail1;" i) i.)3 5 . 1 en . 3 o is . "Oh !" be said. " but you i bhotels will be assessed for the!‘ ‘h‘a‘vg no monoply of _ _A look told me not to pursue the subject farther so I asked what all this had to do with local option anyway, "Oh!" he said, "" we are to lose a lot by local option." "Well" I said, "~I want to learn a lesson on finance. Could you tell me how much you will lose by local option ?" With a lirh as if he mourned an cnly son he sai & *It will be all of 2 mills l.n;way." "How do you make that out?" I asked, " In our town the license fee could all be mifi by a rate of just sixâ€"tenth of a Review. & UH AÂ¥ANA / esc w cuule i ie c 0 9 Cl CE it, just as you recommend your custo mers the farmers to do with the notels,‘ term. Again there was the sa ‘*You do not understand." know I am slow for I am The financier looked wise and said, "Oh ! you do not understand." Seeing bhe did not want to say more about the bridge, L asked him how they manâ€" aged to keep up the Model School and yet have all the $300 grant uniouched since in our town it took most of it to wl s1 Eues P 1 0 ' I expressed my sorrow but ventured to ask how it was that they did not raise the money for the bridge by borâ€" ro ving it and paying it in yearly inâ€" stalments. I assured him‘ that we were doing that in our town with a bridge that will cost nearly twice as much as theirs and that it would all be pard for by a rate of little more than half a mill. _ *What a comfortable place you have here and how cheap !" I said to the lordly man beside me. * Don‘t mention it" he says, *"you do not know what we have to bear." Our taxes here are awfulâ€"the rate is 26 mills and we have a bridge to build and interest to pay and we are losing the model school grant and they are to stop them from selling the drink here and we shall have to pay for this room and pay a rate of 32 mills besides." s crete lacts and names for his state. i Encouraged by ifl,}dm‘:h "h’?"'el‘l’.“.“ ’ments, That property was not injured usiness men may be less an infallib» : + o le I venture to approach the sub‘iect of | ?e lnltanfl lt)l: n;(g" ;‘:ldf recently tinances, at which shrine all this jmad $9000 ha n boug: or $7000 modern world worships. _ A hana | under License. _ He appealed to the touches me and in an instant I find myâ€" | best business and moral sense of Durâ€" self vntllx thetlord offtlfitn%w regime lfl ‘hnm to vote for the measure. the parlor of one o . Forest‘s well | s s s furnished hotels. It is delightful and | M( Fleming in .re;tf.;ghl:‘m.;.d it costs us nothing. . We drink of the COUvincing way poured into his audiâ€" pure city water, eat our own lunch and | ence facts and arguments to offset the save our money as all the lords of fiâ€" / stories coming from interested sources nance in town and country know so las to the failure. _A true test of all irei Poy to do. [From this: placeigood business wes that the product built and maintained all for our comâ€" | should be better than the raw material for tl lwe take alook at the outside l:easily' proved by Cement works, Furâ€" world, 1 /s a * n ture factories, etc., but the product **What a comfortable place you M + 4 * s bave here and how cheap !" I said to ;).fthe d’g"k tufilc‘ lth'tt l“ of :.he the lordly man beside me. * Don‘t | licensed bar, was p ainly of less value mention it" he says, ""you do not know ; than the rew material, and hence what we have to bear." Our taxes here | was bad business, _ He made clear we awfualâ€"the rate is 26 mills and we |he was not against hotels and notel have a bridge to build and interest to \keepers, as such, but sim ly against pay and we are losing the model school the tn.('le conducted in tgree little rant and they are to stop them from[ in th big buildings in this elling the drink here and we shall | Fooms ree hlgf g(: i lave to pay for this room and pay a ’tOW“- Just as t 1¢ farmer and others ‘ate of 32 mills besides." | suffer from parasites, so does society I expressed my sorrow but ventured and business suffer from the bar, the! o ask how it was that they did not | greatest parasite of all. alse the manerx frm thae hatas 12 i20"d ’ The first thing that strikes me on reading this manifesto is the change that the sudden elevyation to power has wrought on these lordly financiers, Of old time their speech was plain, their sentences short and their mesâ€" sage confined to facts, Now as if apâ€" ing the elaborate speech of some orator in the pulpit or on the rostrum, they start out With a sentence with no less than 161 words. This ponderous style site ill on plain men of business and what is worse it betrays them into the fat«al course of leaving the ancient . basis of fact on which they founded ; their throne, and turning into a reâ€" g:on where they depend on vague reâ€" I ports from unnamed places, on ancient‘ experiences with the Scott Act and on | opinions or Prejudices. Thus in fcr-, m:kinq‘ sjmpLe speech and plain fact 17 "a hy maain t anan m ie s anlhe es n o m o ‘hey tind themselves shorn of their locks and weak as other men This is the age of the business men, Priests, ministers, lawyers and kings, once renowned leaders, have all been | dethroved and the ancient sceptre has l descended to the rulers of the market and the kings of the stock exchange., Buch fear and awe does this new dynâ€" asty awaken that the whisper of its being opposed to local option was lisâ€" teped to with bated breath. _ Foes of the scheme were exuitant and some of its friends feared that if l‘;m minis ters of finance but blew upon it, it would fortbwith wither and die. _ At last the fated bour has come â€" The deâ€" cree signed by all the Jords of Mount Forest has gone forth and all that is left for us is to ask ; "After the deluge what ?" In the face of all the mysterious auâ€" thority of these sixty and six knights of the round table it um{ seem preâ€" sumpi.uous or even disloyal for a lone ‘ citizen of a neighbor town, of a rank held in small esteem by creation‘s modern lords, to say anything. much less to criticize the oracle, but someâ€" how there is a fire in my bones and come what will, it must have vent. Local Option and the Business Men. I_:.c: said. * but you forget that By REv. Wax. Farqunarsoxn assessed for less when Sie AEYL , , 1907 TORONTO Whey. Mr. Farqubarson read a letter from Mid.and which is summarized in this :sue Ahm@y vote of t‘llu::r was given to spesker an # choir who gave several fine selections, | _ Farmers still come Jong distances | and glad to do it for there was more | decency and comfort. _ He cauld point | to opponents converted to local option g to henevolence funds steadily decreasâ€" ing, totaxes more rromptly paid, to ; workmen brought from the edge of | Foverty to homes made hpp{. and ; lives made brighter by local option, _ _ ‘His experience in his Coll?e with 200 students v:‘n.s h&mil‘r. ormerly , ev winter he some transgress, | lu?’vlnter not one. The busines | failures of the last two years he showâ€" | ed had special reasons therefor. â€" One | of the signers of the Owen Sound doc» | ument was a member of a firm that | this fall built an addition three times | as large, and all the .iinen were antiâ€" | loeal ootion from the first. | ® Lo eE P Som MWEmed VUC for grand stand play, â€" On his own obâ€" servation and that of tA resturant keeper, not a local opticn man, there was not one drunk now for 50 under license. I _ The license inspecior declares there is no more illegal selling now than unâ€" | der license, a statement received with | great applause. _ The Chief of Police said that if he had arrested drunks unâ€" der license as he had dune under local | option, the jail would not haye held ‘ them. Drunkards were hidden before, E now they are filled up and turned out y O Wt iise atat t (A t ism anas w 4 | for $9000 had been bought for $7000 \under License,. _ He appealed to the | best business and moral sense of Durâ€" 1hnm to vote for the measure. l Monday last the town Hall was nearly filled, the occasion being the lecture by MrC, A. Fleming, of Owen Sound. The lecturer is a life time resident of the place, one of the heavâ€" iest taxâ€"payers, in touch with many of its industries, being president of the 0. S Iron Works, Principal of : the business College, Manager of the Building and Saving Society, and beâ€" ing greatly in demand as auditor, is conversant, as few can be, with the outer and inner business life of Owen Sound. The word of such a man goes a long way and to his advocacy in his paper the Sun, and his platform work the temperance cause owes much, ’ Mr John Brown was chairman and called on Mr C. Ramage as an old‘ friend of Mr Fleming‘s, for an introâ€" ductory word. Mr Wm Allan followâ€" ed in a vigorous speech gave evidence of the success of Local Option in Egâ€" remout giving emphatic deniai to slanders published in the Holstein Leade: from Mt Forest, and gave conâ€" crete facts and names for his stateâ€" | ments. That property was not injured he instanced the mill sold recently | : Was y e uo t o + C ShEmC t "itee Sound Facts from Owen Sound At this as in a vision the lordly man vanished and I was not in the hotel parlor at all but in m{ own study from which I urge you all in my own town of Durham to look at this subject in all its length and breadth and then ask yourself if there are not some things at this Christmas season that you prize more than a paltry two mills, He looked tor a moment as if balf dazed then turning on me a pitying glance he eaid, "I tell you it can‘t be done: you may stuff the people with dreams and fancies if you will, but mind you our motto is "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush," hn u.m c _ LCR EC CACHor, CHC draper and so forth? â€" What if a conâ€" siderable ru-t of it went to building comfortable houses and increasing the hsprine- of the people as well as raising the town‘s assessement ? What effect would it have on many broken hearted wives and mothers ? went to the HIVES baker, the butcher, the Last Chance to Get Your Guesses in The undenirned ill sell or exâ€" change for cattle or gheep, one heavy mare, supposed *n be jin foal to a good horse ; one road mard supposed to be in foal, one roadster mare rising three years old. _ Both sters are good quiet drivers, Arply at residence, half mile from Glascott P. 0. town line, Holland and Glenelg. Ah Tenders will b¢ received up to 2 uw‘clock on the J day of January 1908 (in enyelopes marked tender) tor the remodelling of Hampden Presbyâ€" terian Church, s and specifica~ tions can be seen ht Hampden P. 0. nfte‘r Jan. 1st . Lowest or any . B. Keeler & Sons Durham and Welland Dec. 17th. 1907. Hoping to be «b Township Mall M have a better OI:I ing Township an , I heul&y mfect(ully solicit your votes and influence for mze election, and in the event of it bein your pleasure to elect me as Reeve.‘i shall endeavor to do credit to you fut your choice, by faitbful and efficient serâ€" vice mour representative, and"us I have some experience in County and Township matters and also have been an interested obseryer of passing events, I trust to be able to discharge the duties of the office to the satisfacâ€" tion of all unbiased parties concerne 1. Hoping to be «ble to meet you at the Township Hall mination Day and have a better opportunity of discussâ€" ing Township an unty matters, I remain, Yourg respectfally, Axon, MoCvarg, lt yY C T Top Cliff, P. 0. To the Electprs of the Township of Hrenelg, Lndies and GentJemen : wAt the re?n t of a number of the ratepayers of the Township of Glenelg, I have decideq to contest for the Reeveship. I ) VC wowd furnish us a writeâ€"up for next week, Mrs. J. D. Roserrs. On 18th December in her 42nd year this well known and .alented {adv died at her home in Holstein after weary months of severe illness from a disease of a tubercular nature, leaving to the sorrowing husband the care of two little girls, one aged 8 yrs., the other 7 mos. She was the second daughter of the late Nelson Main, and was of a refined OChristian character. The Leader says ; "In vhe death of Mrs Roberts the village and community loses a kind and ohllfil:s neiihbor and friend, and the Methodist church cne of its most consistent and enthusiastic supporters." She was a niece of Mr. and Mrs Thos, Allan both of whom atâ€" tended the funeral oniFriday, There passed away on Monday, 23rd lDeeomlm-. one o{t{epioneend&o- tinck, and one of its widely known men in the person of Mr Arch «fcLean of the 2nd con. He was in his 78th zea.r and died after an illness of about weeks from dropey, â€" Besides his wiâ€" dow three sons will mourn the loss and cherish the memory of the deceased. The eons are Duncan, exâ€"Co, Commusâ€" sioner, Donald and Archie Malsolm, A sister Mrs, Arch, McGilliyray lives in the West. Deceased was a consisâ€" tent and warm supporter of the Bapâ€" tist church, and admired for his intir- rity and straightforward character, Ho was a native of Mull. Scotiand, and came to this township in 1852, and thus knew all the ups and downs of g‘loneer life. _ He is to be buried on hursday at Rocky Saugeen cemetery, Mrs. Livingstone, another old resiâ€" dent of Bentinck, died on the 2rd inst, â€" We have no farther particulars, and would be much obliged if gome Frinnd awnuld q2 aclo C Cl â€" be _ awarded on New Year‘s Day. Get your guesses in and win, The handsome prizes will Just one more week to guess the number of beans in the jar at Keeâ€" ler‘s. THE REVIEW, DUVRKHAM, ONT. Tell ; Your N Notice to CHAS RAMAGE, Parmrer arno Pupossacze. nearly 15 months ; or the batâ€" ance of umiycu. only 10 cente. Now is the time to act. Review to Jan. 1, 1909, $1.00 To new subscribers for next year, we give the balance of this year Free, thus making The _M. W. Bye Becy, of C P. 0. \ Sale or |Exchange. Election Card. Mr. Arou. McLEax Obituary ontractors. @&â€"+4â€" * Ont, e > 113