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ww 6 v vv hi I Life around the Hob WHAT COB- to KINO CITY A meeting held Hotel Friday evening April under the of King City Football Team Several members and inter ested friends were present and a good deal of business transacted The officers elect for Hie ensuing were Hon lion Davis Norman I 1st Vice- I 2nd Vice- I A Captain Rolling Coin J no McDonald Patterson A A J Crowley J Precious should like all neighboring Foot ball teams to lukf notice of our or ganization and would bo pleased to ar range for with at any time during this season PARK Although there is not much signs of activity here yet and the ice in the lake the scenery here is beginning to its beauty It is will be some groat iuiprovonioots here for the con venience and accommodation of the many quests that will likely visit this beautiful Iteaort this season Preparations begin at once for a gala Reopening on the Queen Eightieth The promises to be of unusual interest and excitement this year ROACHS POINT Mrs J Peter has been vaulting at homo past week At last the ice is showing signs of taking its departure Mr Sherman baa returned from the city whore he been on busi ness Mis Richie- of Toronto the guest of Mrs Tillett Mr Win is busy making preparation for his new barn Quite a largo bee last week pulling down the old one Wo understand Mr Ezra Tanner is going to work on the Electric By ex tension Miss Earlo spent Sunday at Mr J Smiths Our butcher Mr Geo Hamilton built a new slaughterhouse and intends starting business this week Mies Crittenden boon making extensive improvements on house by having a now foundation and collar built Mr Boyd has moved into the cottage lately occupied by Mr Hamil ton Bona Young Vies of this place have completed arrangements for the grandest Concert oyer in this of Township to bo hold iu Hall on Friday infit array of talent com prises following The Misses of King Miss of Grand Rapids Miobf Messrs J OBrien Geo Stone King Ci Lloyd R Andrews Auro ra and members of Club Mr P McCallum of King City will preside and no doubt the bouse will be packed LANDING Very pleasant weather this week and mud gradually drying up The sucker season was short this year They are getting scarce again The Royal ha had some improve- nienta this and a new coat of paint has brightened it up Mr Chapman has been poorly again this week Wo hope to soon Frank John J out again and Ritchie Kin will be no service in Christ Church this Friday Next Sunday Doing Sunday FINE GROCERS I in the month church will be at Two of our voung men Marshall and Geo have got employ ment on the Metropolitan exten sion Rumor has it that two of our boys were married on the sly Theyre perhaps of the noise our gets up Cards are out for Stations abandonment of and they say our Johnnie Taylor is think ing about it Won ban been received from the We extend our congratula lions to the young gentleman who had of the Metropolitan Railway Co that iu all probability the line will be extended as soon as possible to some point on the South shore of near Roach Point From this we take it the terminus will happy fortune to win the heart and of Mies one of Sharons most attractive young ladies We have known her from childhood and can only speak terms warm- out a doubt be at this Park as the est She will make a model excellent wharf would give the public a good connection to other points on tho lake Steamers and tin- tertirise Farmers have been delayed this year from seeding We need a good shower of rain now to take the frost out of the ground Mr struck town on Tuesday as Life Insurance Agent Wrought Iron Range salesman Mr Atkinson has disposed of several stoves around here Mr Duncan King is putting a now roof on his house also new chimneys With the acetylene gas and other up- todate improvements Mr King is bound to have things all right gave an At Home to several of friends on Tuesday evening last Miss Clara Agnew very ably took charge of the Christian Endeavor here on Sunday evening last Her remarks wore very appropriate and should be truths for us all to remember and practice singing was thoroughly enjoyed Mr J Davidson of To ronto University will take charge of the Endeavor next Sunday evening Master Everett Draper has been seriously ill the past few days Mr Walker Morton and wife visited friends in on Sunday The funeral of the late Mrs of was largely at tended A number of relatives and friends from here were in attendance Much sympathy is felt for the family in their most sad bereavement A very pretty wedding took place on Wednesday last at the home of Mrs- Mortonwhen Miss Eva May Morton and Mr C of were united in holy matri mony The ceremony was performed at oclock by Rev Powell after which the happy couple left for New market amid showers of rice and old boots We wish the couple many years of happiness Our merchants are putting In large new stocks for the coming season Mrs Cane of Newmarket President of the T presided over their regular meeting Several important questions were discussed Miss Ruth Jones has returned this year to labor in our midst The boys ate having great fun now catching suckers They are very abundant year We noticed The Joker here last week enquiring for a preacher Kind- suspicious wife May ho be worthy of her Another tenant was bounced last Week by the aid of considerable Bil lingsgate hacked up by terrorin spiring looks of a ferocious dog Wm Young of paid his sister Mrs Bon and Mrs Arnold a short but sweet visit last week He has been absent about fifteen years His sisters were pleasantly surprised If you will just possess your soul in patience you will shortly have the op portunity of inspecting the trimmest little yacht that ever danced on the waves of old Oh my aint she a beauty youll say An old dog would go into at the sight of her graceful bull Probably Mosey Ernes will give her a trial bye andbye Peter ewe had a lamb that started out in life with two tails When a man gets in a passion and rares and tares around like a crazy man dont he feel cheap when ho cools down and finds he was mad about The Tupperites must feel cheap over that Yukon investiga tion A Mount Albert gent paid our burg a visit last week He sports earrings If he had one in his nose and about on his fingers hed he like a Heathen Chinee The Old Mans remarks re hats struck a chord of sympathy with some of our good Free who are much opposed to gaudy adornment Fishing is in full swing in years bygone what sport fishing with light- jack and spear in Cooks bay especial ly when one got a forty pounder Among6t the votaries of lunge spear- of years ago were long John Fentou Wm Graham Joe John West Andrew Young Mi etc could spin some fishy yarns Golden Plover are around again They breed around here A handsome pair of loons are so journing at Emerald Lake Our crack shots are trying to secure them but theyre shy Wm in Toronto last week Tho visitors of whom we have any knowledge since last week are fol lowing Mrs Dr Watson at Mr Mrs Isaac Webster with friends in Newmarket Charles of Aurora at Mr Mrs G Pottage with friends in Bar rio M Murray and are try ing their hands on tne railroad Messrs Tatton and A Rams- don each got now drivers Look out for the ruts the roads are very bad One day last week while chopping Mr had the misfortune to cut his foot badly which will neces sitate a longtby rest On Sabbath last Elder of the Christian Church bis farewell sermon to a crowded house taking for his the verso of the chapter of Aots Much re gret is felt in this vicinity at the loss of an esteemed friend and spiritual ad visor The Elder if spared to return will be an ever welcome guest not on ly in his church but the community at largo We wish him Gods speed in his new field of labor and trust every effort may bo with success At a rag bee the other evening some of our young men displayed consider able activity with the needle Things are thin week AH the Iovh are on railroad Nellie Howard and gentleman friend ant visiting at Mr H Howards this Tho Joker gave a call on Satur day last He iu looking well Things looked rather warm at the north end on Monday afternoon last No one hurt Mr haw moved into hi residence at the north end which be recently purchased Empty houses are pretty scarce here Mostly all occupied QUEENS See our Large Stock of GARDEN FIELD SEEDS Dutch Set Onions Top Potato Onions See Our Uncle Sam Seed Potato SNAPS Lovely Oranges Large Choice Lemons doz Large Selected Bananas Heinzs Sweet Pickles in bulk 10c pint Choice Ham Roll Bacon special 10c lb COLLEGE CORNERS His Honor the Joker paid our burg a visit last week Hes K The The next monthly Gospel Temper ance meeting will be held in Hall on Monday May 1st commencing at p Mr Powell will give an address and a good musical program will be provided A cordial is extended to all Suit AURORA portable has moved again after cutting ft of lumber and ties at Ma jors but we expect the men back again inside of a month The draw strings which pull the inside curtains over the Owls eyesight must have been so con tracted that they would not work well last week consequently he could not distinguish truth from error as when he refers to John Henrys lecture at Brown bill he says that he announc ed the lecture before securing a build ing Now I want to say that that is charging him a piece of loose handed of which he is not guilty Evidently nothing is perfectly secure until you have it in your pos session but the of the build ing the Trustee with some assurances as to the evident willing ness of others ought to be enough announcement As to hie I suppose we must excuse him consider where it comes from and allow him to seek the of the swamp once more join will open the lacrosse season in an exhibition game with Between house and dooryard clean ing and setting poultry the ladies have their hands full Your scribe had a fine visit at Baldwin last week and enjoyed the hospitality of his friends likewise got acquainted with the Owl We saw mention in the Baldwin Breezes about a lad wanting to tan his daddy A similar tanned his mother It will be a wonder if he does not come to some bad end Miss Marion Sutherland of Poplar Grove is spending the summer months with Mrs J learning farm domestics Mrs Rye had a narrow escape from being drowned She was return ing homo when the horse and rig broke through the corduroy road and the horse got mired The attention of the Council is directed thereto Mrs Moore left for Maple last week Borne of our neighbors showed their regard and esteem by her ef fects to the said Poplar Grove is booming A fair one no doubt sings Theres a man sion being prepared for me Mr Sedore joined both the Masons and Oddfellows Our new school master is fetching some of the pupils to time Mr Bain who moved to St was paying friends at a visit The da are drying up fine Sev eral farmers have commenced seed ing Bain is visiting friends before going to work on the 2nd of King Mr- Win Deavitt and wife have moved into the house lately vacated by Mrs Moore Mr Nelson wishes he could get a shot at them things that infest the creeks and make such a horrible noise Quarterly Service began on Friday last and ended on Sunday eve Hughie Comer has received a sit on a farm Several farm yards around here can show some fine colts Mr Andrew Rose making pre parations for a wire fence The sap has run its last Poor season Mr J McMillan has now his full staff of men for- the summer These pleasant shiny days you can see a number basking in the sun Now then what about that ditch MOM in its flight will overtake if we dont a move on Mr Stiles and Mr got stuck with a load of hay last Satur day Suckers are drawing the attention of our young folks these evenings Bon fires are filling the with smoke We know of a person who has a collection of wild birds eggs of a unknown specie It must be an form- association and have decided to Mi Brown preached litre Sunday morning to thai preached two weeks ago on Ti timing the text being And In shall 1st verse and in all ihinge having promise of the life that now and of that which is come I hi Timothy I Mr Brown based his statements turn his faith on ihe promises of that it will 1 well with the righteous and that who lakes with him secures his own safety prosperity and length of days Instances wore given of the prosperity of the righteous from per sonal knowledge and medical testi mony proves that length of days are added to their lives Mr Brown stated that we do not believe the bible and surely not one of a hundred has the faith that Christ requires of his disciples We trust too much in and not sufficient in God The practical outcome of the sermon is take God with you in all your busi ness v Air Webber preached an ex cellent sermon in the evening A good choir and good congregations at both services Quarterly services will be held in Methodist Church next Sunday morning at am On Friday of last veek the remains of Mr Wright of were interred in the Ceme tery Mr Wright had been poorly all winter and for the last two weeks his death had been daily expected A man of quiet unassuming habits be loved and respected by all who knew him Funeral sermon in the Presby terian Church at Mt Pleasant was preached by Air Amos of Au rora Mr Wright with two brothers and two sisters came out from Scotland to this country some fifty years ago and took up farming accu mulating considerable property The lovely warm weather of the last week or two has melted a mass of ice in Cooks Bay yet some remains at time of writing Thej fields are drying rapidly and farmers are plough ing gardens are being worked orch ards trimmed houses cleaned and the birds preparing for nesting sure ly spring is here and winter to northern climes From Sharon northward Queen and Union Streets through Fast are like pavements hard and smooth as in jummer without the summers dust while in other town- ships teams are mired in mud The annual meeting of Public Library will be held Monday evening May 1st at oclock All are invited to bo present especially die members and those having the wel fare of the Library at heart Reports of the past year will be given and cers elected for the ensuing year A to plow sod good atom or man to York MUU Card of Thank convey my lor their the of toy MHS WIGHT Arthur Olive of Music Woo- THEORY Si Bees for Sale M Hives wintered In condition Mum be Bold wltbln two weeks Can be at tbe Manse Sutton Weal REV J Public Library Annual meeting of the Newmarket Public Library will be held In the Holiday Evening May let at oclock AH members are lo attend order M HUGHES Tenders Wanted Tenders will be received by the undenfKDed up to Slay for the building of an Addition to Poultry Building IS feet feet Moving and modelling Horse of the North York Agricultural Society and Also for building CO rods of Hoard Fence Tenders will be received for part or whole work For further Information and particulars Pl GEO Chairman of Building Com Manitoba Flour BEST Hud gam Pa FIELD SEEDS of all kind- Timothy Clover Carrot and Seeds of the BEST VARIETIES LIMB AND Portland Ontario J Cor Main and Huron NEWMARKET Two who took SI from a candidate for the police force representing that they hod influence and could use the money to bribe mem- of the Police Committee are to be prosecuted for defaming aldermen and officials Sew Souse to Street rooms Hard find soft water FRANK DUNCAN Girl Wanted For general work Wages per month is game on l shaving on Sunday KAVANAOH Industrial Home Seed Peas for Sale Examinations i if properly conducted test the of a student reasonably well The graduation of the Toronto all pass a strong Independent Examination conducted by Educators Association of Canada No whitewashing or grunting Diplomas In- f competent cAiidloate Our students are properly trained to pass these examina tions successfully and Business men ap- their standing Thats we many more applications for capable young men and women to nil enter College at any tune ere are no vacations to interfere with than supply J There J J wish particulars drop a to SHAW Principal J rard Sis Toronto iCSAK postal PROVINCE OF ONTARIO Tor of We St do hereby you to appear before us In our Barber Shop on or before last day or in this year and there to get your face cleanly shaved and your hair elegantly cut and dress ed for which wo have Her Majesty to demand a fee and furthermore shall do all matters and things to your us shall bo there and then declared Herein fall not at the peril of a bald bead All not attending to the above will be liable to lose hair and bo charged a sum nut exceeding 20 for a new wig under our and iAU Will have on Sale Friday Morning BANKRUPT STOCK of BOOTS SHOES Uptodate Goods in CHILDRENS MISSES and LADIES TORONTO JOBBING HOUSE Clearing Sale or BANKRUPT STOCKS I Having Bought the Stock of Estate at a Low Rate on the Dollar Great Bargains it the Next Weeks in order to clear out the Early R HKENYON SHARON LEHMANS DRUG STORE SPRING TIME Spring a Necessity SEED Ig You will find Our if a genuine Spring Medicine a bottle Little Liver Pills a box Herb Tea a box- All standard Patent Medicines fresh and guaranteed genuine kept in stock Fresh Seeds from Reliable Growers For Flower Garden Vegetable and Field Dispensing a Specialty Nig Bell Druggist Id Now and continually to the People any or fancy may have hare different they like but they are odd fellow if dont think loreJr and com- IhToaiioa lot of two Ml