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m 3 ao I > : _ HA.H.MOCKLER C. A. FLEMINCG, Principdl, Owen Sound in Canada‘s luding school of Shortâ€" hand and Business. You Can Enter Any Time Motetint e ie iein c maerte veresrorneven, Wa g i 4 " THE PEOPLES STORE 4* 2k 4s = i DIES‘ WINTER COATS WALKERTON BUSINESS COLLEGE uio fuy: uy oys 'va A*me CA 2 M% ~Ny w > Al) w )2 C w s e YWP JA Ay > 3 PQ ,_9{,;3&.{‘ >§§¥/m .'1’.‘&4\ I'L&:{\ im B y3 x in mA l css » v*l OWEN sOUND, Ont without disadvantage to yourself nulsi:l Personal help system, Write ulm‘s. P Ne Trrrmetiloge Enter Any Time GEO. SPOTTON, Principal Fresh Groceries always on hand,often the Cheapest, always the best raduates argest, bu Our new Prints havejust arrived and a numker of Dress Goods. We have some fine patents, Kid and Dongola Blucher styles, in all sizes, To be sold at half price ; here is your chance to save money, these are all new coats and must be sold this winter â€" No trouble to show them. A few snaps on Men‘s winter Suits to be cleared out, to make room for our Spring Suits. en tested in th ‘ourses. Enter a for particulars. Selling? out the The Co:fiplete Assortment of a Large Shoe House Z2 > wOmMpI@te Assortment of a Large Shoe M * . is Sh (for Children, arjorie OC Common Sense last) In Patent Leather, â€" with dull tops and Bluc, Bals, Oxfords and Slippers In Tans and Chocolate, Box Calf and Dongola, Oxblood and bright red Dongola Kid and many others,â€"in short, You‘ll have to hurry. _ Big sale now samples of the Burton, Spence Co. So you see we cannot list them or give prices, but bring {the little feet along and you will be astonished at the great variety of styles. Thelot includes the celebrated M *: mds Sh (for Children, arjorie OC LCommon Sensé Tast) You can buy one pair just as cheaply as if you were a merchant, and bought $:000 worth of these Shoes direct from the manufacturers. ROBERT BURNETT Over Two Now they can have shoes just The styles are the latest, all being selected. We areTleavina tha Every Pair to be sold at Manufacturer‘s Price The First Lot has Arrived which consists 500 pair in all and scarcely two pairs alike choice Ladies‘ and Men‘s Shoes in the lot. Good News for the Kiddies H. H. Mockler while in ‘Toronto last week purchased the entire sets of traveller‘s samples of a prominent shoe manufacturer at so low a price that they are to be sold at wholesale prices. _ Of course there are far too many to bring to a small town to sell. The goods are in a store on }'yonge St., Toronto, and the greater portion will have to ‘be sold there. However Highest Prices for Butter and Eggs. th not been excelled. No e highest grade moder Western Ontario. Special Bargains on Furs DURHAM SHOPPERSâ€"GET FIRST CHOICE ul Boots and Shoes day it Extraordinary Shoe Purchase T1 pl Write for j y can have shoes just like their big brothers and sisters. z'c’thc latest, all being this season‘s samples and each pair We are leaving the original Wholesaler‘s tags on them. tâ€" ex per Banukrupt stock of Eurton, Spence & Co., ‘Toronto aF CROUP tre WESTERN CANADA on C. P. R. Special Trains from Toronto Apâ€" ril 20th and every 2nd Tuesday until September 21st. _ _ Low Round Trip Rates, Colonist and Tourist Sieeping Cars R. Macfariane, Agent, Durham For copy of Homeseekers Pn;phle!, and full information, apply to No change of cars going to HOMESEEXERS® â€" EXCURSIONS Hundred â€" Different Lines 52l diL A safe and pleas!nc‘;;m';:é which consists mainly of children‘s, about stopped in 20 minutes sure with Dr. Shoop‘s Croup _ Remedy, One tost will surely prove. No vomiting, no disâ€" on. . Complete range of Hosiery Wholesale prices prevail. 50c. Druggists. rates Mesers Martin, Thornblull, Celary, Dr Brownlee and Misses Thornhilt and (Gibson of Mt Forest, Misses Wilcox Munshaw and Messrs Seaiey and Mcâ€" Corquodale, of Flesherton, and Mr Will Hill of Markdale, were the outâ€" side guests at the Assembly in the Hall last Thursday nijght, Word bhas been received that Mrs Johnston, (nee Susie Culbertson) is very ill with a tumor in her head. Mrs Matthew Scott, who has been with her mother, Mrs Aljoe sr., all winter is gniug out West immediateâ€" ly to be with Mrs Johnston in her illâ€" ness, Mrs Hugh McKechnie, on the hill, who lately returned from & visit with Markdale relatives, Is ill with La Grippe just now. Miss Marion Gun was operated on last Wedneeday for appendicitis and is making progress towards recovery,. A most unusual feature was the presâ€" ence of a kind of sac, surrounding the appendix, Mr Roberts, of Cnllindwood, the new tailor and cutter at H. Burnett‘s, arrived last week. Mr R, M. McDonaid, of Woodstock, is the new clerk in the Traders Bank here, arriving Saturday, Mr L V: Coffey, of Tavistock, ar« rived last week to succeed W. C. Liv: ingstone as Standard Bank teller. Mr Arch. Davidson and aunt, Miss Beith, who have spent the winter at nis parents here, returned to Owen Sound last week., Miss Bertha apnrling left Monday morning for 8t Mary,s, where she has a good position as stenographer and cash‘er in a store there, We regret to hear that Mr. Thos. Swallow Sr., is bayving trouble with his one good eye. He went to Neuâ€" stadt, Tuesday to consult Dr Brown. Mr W, 0. Livingstoyg, teller of the Standard Bank, was promoted last week to the position of accountant at Tavistock, leaving Friday afternoon, We congratulate Will on his promoâ€" tion, but regret to lose him from tha town, in whose sports and social life he has eyer taken an active part, Miss Gertrude Backus left Monday for her school in Dundalk. Miss Lewis, Mt Forest, was the gueit of Mrs Arthur McClocklin last week. Master Caldwell Marshall spent fi_ul.fir holidays â€" with â€" Shelburne tiends. " Mr W.V, McKay, of the Traders Bank, receiyed information Thursday last that he was transferred to the head Toronto office, and left Friday to assume his new duties, He will be much missed in musical circles, and in the Presbyterian choir and Young People‘s wor«k, where his abilities, musical and otherwise, were willingly given and much appreciated. OstraxpER â€" EckuarDT. â€" At the Parsonage, Priceville, â€"Wednesday, April 14, 1900, by the Rev. H Berry, George Ostrander, Eeq., Proton, to «Miss Christena, daughter of Mr and Mrs, John Eckhardt, 8. Line, (Glenelg. e o ande arai tss 200 06 neainialeitie 1 in MARRIED . All wishing to learn, or for full particulars, see me at the Hahn House on Saturday, Apr. 17th, beâ€" tween 10 a. m. and 5 p. m. MISS L, PAUL, Graduate of the lfis'su Ellison Dressâ€"cutting School Berlin. Will teachâ€"at Durham from April i9 to May. 3rd. Hours from 8.30 a. m, to 5 p. m, An evening class will also be taught. Iu this class I will teach Shirt Waists, Sleeves and Sacques. Charge for this course $4.00, charge for full course $10.00, to be paid when through if satisfied, including one of the most perfect fitting charts in use, which I give free, Hon. A. G. MacKay, Leader of Ontario Liberals, is ‘‘making haste slowly." He has announced a Liberâ€" alConvention to be held in 1910, the date oeing Yluoed that much in adâ€" vance to allow of dissussion ount of which npoli:x may be evolved that will commend itself to the party and the counutry . I teach everything from the plainâ€" est shirt wais? the most elaborate toilet and show you how to put toâ€" gether not only the lining, but all the outer goods in Coats, Skirts, Waists, Sleeves, Wrappers, Children‘s Why spend months at a dressâ€"makâ€" ing shop, where you do nothing but hem, overcast, sew on hooks and eyes and then after you have served months there, what do you know about cutting ? Absolutely nothing. Come and try for a few days and see how you like it, as there 1s nothing to be paid in advance. You certainâ€" ly will not lose anything by trying. Consider what you will be able to save by making your own garments, ANEw NaGARA WONDER.â€"Niagâ€" ara River is in a fearful situation at present, the riyer bed for almost ten wiles being blocked with ice, continâ€" ually added to from Lake Erie and forcing into mountains 40 or 50 feet high and jammed to the bottom of the river, â€" This forms a dam which is flooding even Lewiston and the inâ€" habitants of Niagaraâ€"onâ€"theâ€"Lake, are all ready to flee, for the whole town is like to be submerged. Miss Edith Anderson, of Crawford, is visittng her cousin, Mrs Robt. Ledingham., Rheumatic poisons are quickly and surely driven out of the blood with Dr Shoop‘s Rhenomatic Remedyâ€"liqmnid or tablet form. ~Dr Shoop‘s booklet on Rhenmatism plainly and interestingly tells just how this is done Tell some sufferer of this book, or better still, write Dr Shoop, Racine, Wis. for the book and free test samples. Send no money. Just join with Dr Shoop and give some sufferer a pleasant surprise. Sold by MacFarlane & Co. Mr Fielding‘s lvu:fet was presented on Tuesday, Canada‘s surplus of revâ€" enue over ordinary expenditure is $1,500,000. Capital expenditure is alâ€" wost 50 million dollars 46 millions addâ€" ed to the debt during the year. These are large figures, but the public works bhave been on a vast scale. The inâ€" crease in population makes the ‘debt r hcad &'572. a reduction from 50.82 in 1: Mr Fielding predicts a great reduction in expeuditure in the present year. Miss Maggie Mcintosh returned home last week after visiting friends in and around Owen Sound. Learn Dressâ€"Making Morrtsox.â€"In Glenelg, Rockg Sauâ€" geen on April Oth, (Good Friday) to Mr and Mrs T. J. Morrison, a son. Mr Bert Montgomery, of the Queen City, spent Easter holidays with his brother George and other friends here. The Misses Honess are at present visiting with their aunt, Mrs J. Honâ€" ess, of Crawford. Mr Ireland and daughter Margaret visited friends in Kinghurst one day last week. A large number from our burg atâ€" tended the farewell party at Mrs Wm. Vasey‘s on Monday evening and reâ€" port to have had a very enjoyable time, Mr J. Smith, of Dornoch, has rentâ€" ed the farm owned by Mr McKechnie and moved onto it last week. Mr Alex. Smith, long ‘organizer for the Liberal party, has suggested a series of meetings at local points, with delegates trom adjacent counties, g:liminsry to the big meeting. ese district meetings he thinks should be at Port Arthur, Sudbury, Chatham, Hamilton, Gn:‘li)h. Orillia, Kingston and Ottawa, and should be held this year or early in the next. Thas the mind ot the party could be secured and the outlines of a gl-t- torm foreshadowed that would be broadly provincial in its character. Miss Sadie Corlett left last week for Chicago, after visiting for some months with her parents and friends in this burg, = Mr and Mrs Alex Campbell visited at the home of Mr and Mrs Thos. Flannigan one evening recently. Mr Moflat leaves this week for Owen Sound, where be intends enâ€" gineering on the boats. Aiter spending a pleasant holiday at her home here, Miss Margaret Shewell returned to Toronto Monday last. Miss Laura Truax has accepted a position as head milliner in Collingâ€" Coming Liberal Convention. Additional Locals. Welbeck In Two Weeks. BORN ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO mgere .'(rma Owen Mr Henry Byers visited friends near Owen Sound over Easter. Mrand Mrs A. George, of Walkâ€" erton, visited the latter‘s sister, Mrs M. W. Byers, on Easter. We regret to annonnce the death of Mrs Hyslop. an old and respected neighbor, on April 10, at the age of Preventic=â€"those Candy Cold Tablet, â€"wili safely and quickly check all colds and the Grip. Try them once and see. 48â€"25¢c. Sold by lIl.cFarllne & Co, Mr Hugh Patterson took the train at MceWilliams for the West on Tacéâ€" day morning, April 20th. We wish ‘‘ughie a pleasant trip and the bert of lock there. Miss Annie Lawrence, tearcher o! Wingham, pleasantly spent her holiâ€" days at her Earental home. Holiâ€" days are alright aren‘t they Tom ? Miss Lottie Britton, of Mulock, sd)cm the former part of this week at r Jas. Hopkins. Say didn‘t it rain on Sunday night Joe ? 82 _ Mrs Thos,. Nichol is not in the best of health, being bedfast at present. Miss Tena Eckhardt, youngest daughter of Mr John Eckbardt, was married at Priceville on Wednesday last to Mr Geo. Ostrander. We join with thissburg in heartiest congratuâ€" lations. Mr Wm. Aljoe, Jr., is engaged for the Spring work with Mr W. Edge, of Edge Hill. Miss McLeod, who visited at Mr Sealey‘s during Easter holidays, left on Tuesday to spend a few days with aelatires in London before re:urning ome. Mr Will Thompson, of the and con, spent Monday evening with Mr W. The Ritchie Bros. are busy making cement blocks for the church., Wedding Belis are ringing loudly Services are beins held in the schoolhouse now while the church is undergoing repairs. _ The managers of the Hopeville church are busy getting the macerial on the ground for the new manse. Miss Nellie Law rence left on Tharsâ€" day for Toronto. A sudden death at the bouse of NÂ¥r George Enell at townline, Egremont, on Baturday morning, 17th, Miss Annie Snel!, age 18 years, died with pleurisy after a few days‘ sickness. Funeral on Monday 19th. _ Miss Bunell was apparently a bealthy person. Bhe was a great favorite in the family and the community. The family has the sympathy of the neighbourhood in their bereavement. The churshes : Mr McLean, the student of the Esplin and Cedarville churches is recruiting up_these people and doing gocd work. Miss Emma Aljos is holidaying with her parents at present. _ Miss Mary Ball. of the sixteenth, is helping Mrs W. Sharp. $ In last week‘s report we stated that the Ladies‘ institute was in Mr Mcâ€" Arthur‘s when it should been mentionâ€" ed in the house of Rey. Mr Gibson. Mr _ Nassau Whitmore is engaged with Mr Robt, McFadden. A little giri came to stay with Mr and Mrs John R. Campbell last week. Mr Wm Campbell of 10th Con. and Mr John R. Campbell kad a business trip to Mount Forest last week. _ Boiling maple sap is now the order of the day. We hear of good runs of sap but no taffy pulls yet around here. A good many wood bees lately cutâ€" ting up some of the blown down timber. Contractor Peer of the Maitland bridge cannot do anything to it now as the water is high and flooded the low marshy lands for miles along the river. We are hearing news every day of some demage done ty the {Mo wind storm. _ J. McArdle is eaying that the wind has blown some ol’ his rail fence away so that he cannot find the rails. The wind must be blowing barder near the edge of these small yillages then out in the country, especially on these light dry cedar raile. Our spring work will be late here. We beat of very few that has started to plough yet except it is in some new land on dry sandy soil, Further Mr Thos. Young spent Easter at Poplar Place Hopeville. â€". 44â€" c WATCHMAKER JEWELER OPTICIAN ’a) 04L ~I4L+ ~PBL ~DBL > ~BDBL* ~DL> 2320 Commencing at 2 o‘clock, afternoon 7 o‘clock, evening Everything must be sold at this closingâ€"out, quitâ€"business Sale. _ No Reserve as &:e Proprietor is positiveâ€" ly leaving town. Saturday, April 24, D. McPHAIL, Auctioneer ALEX. RUSSELL, Proprietor ‘The undersigned has received instructions to sell by Public Auction, the HARDWARE STOCK OF ALEX. RUSSELL, on Saturday, April 24th, at 2 o‘clock p. m. and at 7 p. m. _ ‘This Stock consists of There will also be offered for sale by. Public Auction the balance of our Heavy Overcoats,, Furs, Crockery and Boots and Shoes. * Paints, Varnishes, Graniteware, Tinâ€" ware, Shovels, Forks, Screen Doors. Glass, Locks, Show cases & Counters R> Private Sales before and after these Auction Sales. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC Auction Sale P. G. A. WEBSTER edding Presents Special Orders Promptly Attended to AT THEâ€"BIG STORE Watches, Clocks, ’ J ewellery, Cut Glass 3 Silverware, China, Ebony Goods ! All Watches, Clocks, & Jewe! repaired same day as left in APRIL 22, 1909 Jewelery