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A I I fcTI A J Idle around the WIDEAWAKE RELIABLE FIND TO RECORD BETHEL CORNERS Owing to the severe on Sun day last there was no or Sun day School but Powell Was there brother started for the NorthWest on Mon day Mr and J spent a few days in the City last week Methodist Quartoly meet ing was well attended last Sabbath of this street have been attending the services by the sleigh loads the past two Little Miss Alice has been visiting at also Miss Eva at Baldwin the past week Mr is preparing move his house next week Mrs Rev Gregg is visiting at Mr J this week Mr J Graham was calling on friend this week BALDWIN BREEZES on- Sunday was not on band to feed his little flock though quite a number wore out Theyll have to wait till next Sunday What we in Baldwin a dross- maker a shoemaker and a harness- maker and also- bwo or three houses for wouldbe tenants Quito a have professed con version at the revivals hero Wo notice that very few appear to get the power Once in awhile the spirit moves one to let out a screech like an Indian but as a usual thing quiet reigns people seem now to look on this getting the pow to be a hurnbug tyhv do people seem so anxious to has to say They had best subscribe for the Era and then theyll get it all Oh those- country correspondents are awful If it wasnt for them the public wouldnt know the following A young about sixteen years of age was possessed of a hanker ing for so he tiptoed into Mr Charlie while the proprietor was absent at grub and stole three plugs of chewing and then slid caught my with his stolen sweets refused to prosecute So the Chief Police Bill friendly advice and let Mmgo A granny some tough woman accompanied by equally as feugh men weapon a bum out in tho Township to say a bottle or so of- thecal old stuff was a come addition to the party They made things lively for their host and hostess who were not a whit behind them Smut My goodness gracious if you want to hear smut go hear what granny has to say about the show Board of Health should order them fumigated with sulphur and cayenne They should be drummed out says the mayor The store in Baldwin is doing a Under the charge of the popular Mr Anson Jones it fair to capture many a Some folks are like an interrogation point They are everlastingly ing questions concerning the Breezes theyre all true of course they are What a Belhaven fair one says The Owl is too humbly to make a good scarecrow while the millers young man is really too handsome to live Umph Shes a good judge young lady who so narrowly escaped an upset at Baldwin last week may thank her good horse manship that averted a smashup Really our cant be depended on he gets too easily flustrated at the sight of a lovely lassie Bomb Suggestive The traveller sojourning in our midst would be struck by the names applied to different places Gum Swamp Jeru salem Little Hell Egypt Jericho for instance Grandpa Mortem has been feeling pretty blue lately but hopes to be better by and by Donald is awfully proud of the nice Httle lassie that arrived recently Shes a nine pounder It will probably be some time before we have another wedding to as our girls- seem very shy of putting their heads in the halter True some of them are awfully bur making quilts You may take that for what its worth only talking in my hat I know what those young ladies intentions and ex pectations are awful flood of water came down last week Goose Island was com pletely covered The millers dam is safe The Owl SHARON Mr commemorated his birthday last Friday at tho homo of his daughter Mrs B Irwin in company of a few rela tives Mr is still halo and hearty and has every Several years of this life yet Miss of Thombury is the guest of Mrs is spending a few days with friends in Toronto Miss Wesley of Yonge St and a lady friend spent Tuesday with Miss of The Willows Mrs Richard Bradford is guest of Mrs Mr Albert Tench is vory ill The Epworth League of Metho dist Church has collected and for warded to the Famine Fund Clara of Newmarket spent Saturday and Sunday with Miss On last Sunday afternoon Rev Mr of Albert preached a very eloquent anniversary sermon in Methodist Church Miss has been spending a few days with friends in Percy Eyre loft on Wednesday for the North- West Hall is seriously indis posed la having takoa a good hold upon him and settled on his lungs MOUNT ALBERT Rev Mr was out at villo on Sunday preaching anniversary sermons for Mr Leonard Robert Jones is home for a short time He has secured a position on coast A pretty small thing occurred while was going on in the Methodist on Sunday night John Porter left his overcoat hanging in tne anteroom and some person stole a pair of gloves out of the John says he pretty near knows who got them Mr has moved out to the fourth concession Scarlet fever is in tho villago Mrs Ianson invited a few friends to spend tho evening at her residence and a jolly good time they had PJ has great causo for regret in tho removal of Mr Abraham Old ham and family f That their high character and spirit have won for them tho respect and esteem of tho community was evidenced last Thursday evening when their friends and neighbors to the number of upwards of hundred gathered to express their sorrow at their removal and to wish them God speed in their new home Miss Anno who has been the efficient organist of the church was to her great surprise called upon to listen to an address giving expression to their appreciation of her services and was presented with a purse as a token of the general esteem in which she is held A well- worded address was also presented to Mr Oldham and family of which the following is a copy Mr and Oldham and family Dear Brother mem bers of the other friends are here assembled to ex press oar high appreciation of char and worth sense of loss In yonr removal and regret that happy bonds of christian fellowship are to be severed by your departure from lo cality From your yon have been associated with this has been spiritual home where for many happy years had sweet fellowship in the service of blessed Master Pre- is the memory of those services of united prayer When heaven came down souls to greet And glory crowned the mercy seat redone momenta when oar trusting souls borne npward on the wings of song could say My willing soul would stay in a frame as this And sit and sing herself away to everlast ing- bliss Happy when listening together to the heavenly message we realized that we were feasting together in banqueting house of Father and our King Pre- the memory of those meetings for fel lowship and testimony when we heard and told of the power and faithfulness of the and of oar Redeeming Lord Precious to the review of joyful gratitude when after some hard tagging we were able to meet financial obligations and yon and yours had a in the effort and in the joy For years almost without exception there have been some members of family at every service of every kind to give assistance and to share the We shall miss you in the songs of praise We shall you in the of prayer and the Sunday School from the inner circle of christian fellowship as well as from the social we shall miss yon Bat we shall as often as we think of you lift our hear in prayer that God may keep and lead on We rejoice to believe that you may go yoa will etill be found among those who love the Lord faithful in the ranks of His loyal soldiers and we that your brethren and Bisters In the old home churoh may have a warm place in yoor affections and in your pray- We desire to assure you of our heartfelt regard and our kindliest love for all We pray that the richest blessings of Gods Providence and grace may evermore be yours and that when you and we have one by one finished the appointed course here below an entrance may be minis- to us abundantly into the everlasting kingdom There we shall see His face And never never sin from the of His grace Drink endless pleasures fhv Signed in behalf of the church George Washington Pastor Graham Rep- John Crone Leader Elliott Oldham John Graham and Geo March 11th- Cyrus an Ottawa merchant who has disappeared was sentenced to a year in jail by Judge Ross for fraud March J a prominent farmer of Stamford was by a horse on Friday afternoon having both bones of the left leg broken below tho knee The many friends of and Randall gave them a royal surprise on Thursday evening last gathering numbered about and appeared to bo representative of whole neighborhood with a large sprinkling from Newmarkot ob ject was not only the spending of a under their hospitable roof but also to the united re gret of the whole community oc casioned by their giving up the old homestead and possibly leaving for other spheres of usefulness in other parts guests wore treated to that royal that the Randall family know well how to extend and the evening was spent in a most enjoyable manner heightened to some extent by the ample supply of good things provided by thcladies present the party dispersed the meeting called to order and Mr J acting as chairman called upon Mr Albert the former Superintendent of the Sunday School to read the following To Mitt and Mr Randall Dear We your many friends of Sunday and neighborhood have assembled this to to you oar deep regret at your deparuro from our It is not only because of gen- custom of this neighborhood on similar occasions that we are here but because we feel so deeply the we are about to sustain You Miss Randall will be great ly missed from Sunday where yon have so faithfully labored in the Idas cause and in which you always ready to boar your of the harden Your christ i an influence been widely felt that wo feel departure will leave a vacancy not easily filled Mr Randall the loss of your influence in those enterprises for the promotion and of good in the community will be keenly felt We shall miss your face in our gatherings in our Bun- day evening services and In all places and in which a helping hand wee audi- needed Will yon accept these tokens of friend ship in the spirit love in which they are given and value them not for their intrin sic worth but because they remind you that you are and will be missed at your old homo Be assured that yon have our heartiest good wishes for your future pros perity and happiness and may the God of love bring you at last to meet all your old friends in the home land where partings never come Signed on behalf of the Sunday School and neighborhood Eves A J March At the close of the reading of the ad dress Miss J presented Miss Randall with a handsome ladys com panion and Mr A Starr presented Mr Randall with an elegant gentle- rnaris companion the recipients ac cepting the same with that depth of feeling the spirit of giving so kindly evoked Short and feeling ad dresses were made by the Rev Isaac of field of Newmarket and Eves the present Superintendent of the Sunday School and while universal regret at their proposed departure was apparent in every face present the evening was spent in the happiest manner old and young joining to gether in having a general good time Mr Oetleys buggy has a new coat etc It is a regular razzle- dazzle now The organ at must have a severe attack of la grippe judging from the way the keys act Mr who for the past few weeks has been cutting wood has finished his contract of sixty cords Mr went off on the quiet Had you just given us an inkling of it Charley we would have informed the however we wish you all the joy imaginable Miss who been visiting at Sharon for the past week returned on Saturday Mr P Williams wag visiting up north Mrs is spending a few days at Mr Mr Dennis at Mr Starrs P off the sick list but slowly improving Some of the boys saying hurrah for the gold mines and we understand they making arrangements to leave shortly Our attendance was small last Sunday owing to the stormy weather Shortly after seven oclock on Mon day evening Mr house about a mile South of the village was discovered to be in flames Being early in the evening it was only a short time before a large of the immediate neighbors was present As the furniture was all down stairs it was saved not one article being burnt Nearly all the doors and windows were saved The fire originated from a defective stove pipe and started on roof The building was a log structure with a frame kitchen No insurance It was occupied by Mr Wright who intends moving to Messrs Robins buy ing a carload of horses for Boston market They intend shipping next week Mrs Morton presented her hus band with a daughter on Monday There appears to be an unusually largo number of farm hands seeking employment this Spring There is a great deal of talk the open lodge at Keswick next Saturday night and a goodly number from here purpose going It is so seldom we get a good free entertain ment now Mr and Mrs France Rose have re turned from their wedding tour Judging from the number of horse buyers in the country it must be a profitable business Mrs of is spending a few days with her daughter Mrs Morton A very large crowd was present at the North Free Methodist Church on Tuesday evening to hear an address by a lady missionary from China i YET is the expression of all who have tried CEYLON TEA Its many drinkers are unanimous in saying this Tea is most economical in In Lead Packets only or per lb From Leading Groceries Everywhere is OUR WAY THIS WEEK The Finest lot of ReadyMade Suits made for the Best City Trade which we are Offering at Half Price It will pay you to Examine these Goods See our Stock of Jobbing Wo always consider a wedding occasion of unusual interest and whenever one takes place in this vicinity or is of more than ordinary interest to any one in this we always like to have the pleasure of reading about it in the 5ra therefore I feel ray duty to let you know that one of our popular young men Mr Francis Rose was married last Wednesday at Hamilton to Miss Mary Gertrude eldest daughter of Joseph freight master of at that city The ceremony took place at the home of the brides par ents Ferguson Auenue and was performed by the Rev Mr Van Wick Methodist minister Miss Florence and Edith sisters of the bride acted as bridesmaids and Mr Albert took the duties of groomsman After the ceremony which took place at oclock the company to the number of about sat down to an excellent wedding breakfast The happy couple left for Toronto amid showers of old shoes and rice and arrived here on Thurs day evening The bride received a large number of handsome and useful presents which convinces us has many friends in the ambitious city We wish them all the happiness this world can bestow Chippy gnu for j Speaking of Are you Aware you can make Money by Dealing with us WHY Because we are Satisfied with Small Profits Now we can give you Pure Leaf Lard for cts lb lbs Fresh Rolled Oats for cts Mens Tweed Pants as low as cts Mens Tweed Vests for Mens Tweed Suits good 350 Mens Overcoats from 2 Boys Overcoats beginning at 50 cts Our Dress Goods Tweeds Clothing and all Winter Goods we will sell away below cost price Auction Sale Saturday Night Notico to A quantity of Canadian at per bushel JAMES HENRY IN AURORA For Sale Cheap or would Exchange for Farm Property Newmarket itsaw Five aorta In rear of lot 2nd Con of Whitchurch Comfortable good well and Apply to CLAYTON Newmarket P O Stem to portion of the North half of lot W let Concession of East St For particulars DAWSON Brunswick Ave Toronto Oats Bale he matter of the of the latt John Notice hereby piveo g claims estate of John Forester late of tho Township chapter 110 and pursuant that ier to section all creditors claims the John Forester of Whitchurch In the County of York Yeo man deceased who died or about the January at the Township of Whitchurch aforesaid are hereby required to Bend by poet prepaid or to deliver to Messrs Gibson St Toronto St Toronto solicitors for the executors or to the executors personally viz George Forester White Rose PO or John Forester Gonnley P on or before 12lb day of April a statement in writing of their full names and addressee and full particulars of their claims accounts or demaude and the nature of the securities if any held by them duly verified And notice hereby given that immediately after the said last named date the said executors will proceed to distribute the assets of the said deceased among the parties en titled thereto having regard only to those claims of which they shall then have notice and the said executors will not be liable for the said assets or any part thereof bo dis tributed to any person or persons of whose claim or claims th- the said date The stamp mill in connection with the the Kingston school of Mining is working- night and day shall not have notice at GIBSON 8NTJDER Toronto Toronto George Forest er and John Forester Dated at Toronto this day of March A u A quantity of Banner Oats good at per bushel Alio two pure bred Jersey Bulls fit for service WILLIS Lot on the Con Whitchurch Newmarket Valuable Farm to Bent Part of the farm of the late at George at Oak Ridges Apply on premises or to Messrs Stokes A few extra good young thorobred Berk Pigs for sale also some Hay and a quantity of good Pea Straw and other straw river in British Columbia com menced Tenders Want aii day of March to supply the Industrial Home for the County Groceries iSP P 1st of April Par ties wishing to tender for any of above obtain blank Homo and get necessary information in reference to what is required No tender necessarily accepted J a 2n0 Injector for looa quantities two wheelbarrows and one large pulley Apply to ELI Huron St Newmarket WANT The undersigned will be prepared to purchase Heavy Draft and Carriage Better Than Ever AND THE BEST r CEYLON TEA- in Lead Packets Never to Balk All Grocers Newmarket Markets a March barrel CO White Wheat per bushel Red Wheat perbushel Wheat per bushel Buckwheat Barley per bushel Oats per bushel Peas per bushel Rye per bushel 0 Bran per ton COCO Shorts per ton CO Butter roll per lb Butter tub per lb Potatoes per bag Applesperbbl Sheepskins v jo Woo per Hay per ton SCO CO 60 Geese per lb Chickens per pair CO Ducks per pair- Turkeys a a a on a a a a on a a CO a W a 120 a a OH a a HO a a a CO a a a At Loir of Apply to In Weighing from to pounds These Horses must be In Good Condi tion and from to 10 years old Will be at the following places without fail Eagle Hotel Newmarket Saturday do A Montreal Money to Loan At Six per cent on Farm Security by David Commissioner for taking Affidavits Real Conveyancer Issuer of Also Agent for following Queen of London and Liverpool England Montreal Gore Mutual in Match Fall Wheat per bushel a Spring Wheat per bushel Goose Wheat per bushel Buckwheat per bushel Si Barley per bushel OK Oats per bushel S3 Peas per bushel Rye per bushel a a a a a for Confederation Life Association Registry Comer of Mali fcMtot Oil Butter roll per lb Potatoes per bag Applwperbbl CO BhccpskiDs ICO Wool per lb Hay per ton CO Pork per Beef fore CO Beef bind CO 000 pair Oil on a