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THE NEWMARKET ERA FRIDAY FEB C Manufacturer of all kinds of Also a large stock band promptly attended to JOHN MOORE GRAIN MERCHANT H TINSDALE MANAGER market price paid for a setda and Salt always T ROWLAND GRADUATE OF THE Ontario Veterinary College N ALBERT OFFICE AND I Next door North of Lloyds Drug Store money to Real Estate Private and Companies funds lowest rate DAVIDSON Conveyancer Notary Public etc Albert FURNITURE You can save money by buying your Furniture at the Jit t A STOCK THAN EVER OF Bedroom ad Suites and Parlor Tables Lounges and Chairs We are also agents for Pillow Sham celebrated Carpet Stretcher and Picture Framing a Specialty Goods delivered free of charge when ordered io quantity ALLAN a Geo Haigh Sons OK Collar Checks Horn Blanketing lied Blanketing Sheetings Cloths Flannels etc 0 FINK SELECTION Tweeds yeges Frieze Milton Grey Cheviots Always on band to choose SOLD OUT Mr has disposed of Ins bakery to Mr H has moved away Mr Ross will on business in future and MARKET There was a good attendance of buy ers and sellers on Tuesday Prices as follows butter to eggs IS to 30c chickens to geese to to lie ducks LADIES AID TEA The Ladies Aid of the Franklin Christian Church will give a tea at the residence of Mr Jean on Fri day evening inst All cordially invited A GOOD BOOK Mr J Grose whose advertise ment appears in another column has secured an agency for Life and Reign of Queen Victoria We wish him every success as the book should prove must popular GRAIN MARKET The following are the latest quota tions at the market here Fall wheat to spring wheat to small peas peas to bailey to oats white oats to rye buckwheat Corrected by John Moore BALDWIN BREEZES MUST UK SCARCE News items must be pretty hard to chase in Baldwin these days judging our friend the Owls ef forts to till space last week In paragraph he gives a list of all he little girls in his town he kind ly follow this up with a list the marriageable young 1 1 The kids will keep till make their debut In the let llem boowhoo elders a chance MISSIONARY MEETING The Ladies Missionary Auxiliary connection the Methodist church held their regular monthly meeting at the the home of Mrs Wallace on Mon day The usual program was carried out in addition to which of the ladies contributed readings bearing missionary topics A pleasant and profitable time was spent by those present and the ladies were to Mrs Wallace aud PERSONAL Mr Amos Wilson and daughter Miss of Newmarket were the guests of the Leek on Friday last A number of our young people joyed a pleasant sleigh ride to residence of Mr Walton Zephyr spent a veryTleasant evening We are always pleased to receive items for this column Please send in the names of your visitors Mr M of Zephyr was in town on Thursday and favored us with a call Mrs Dr who lias been pay ing an extended visit to her parents Mr and Mrs Last left for her home in Peterborough on Friday Mr A Miller of Baldwin has bills out some iare bargains the next days Rev Mr Cameron occupied the of the Presbyterian church on Sun day preached two eloquent Mr very kindly gave the hall free for the memorial service on Saturday Mr John Hunter was laid up for a couple of days the result of a fall on the sidewalk All our business places were closed on Saturday afternoon and those who had Hags raised them at halfmast Many of our young people have em braced the opportunity aflorded by the excellent sleighing we have been enjoy ing of visiting the carnivals in the neighboring villages The one at i Zephyr on Thursday evening last being particularly well patronized A scheme to start a Fire Brigade is now being talked of We certainly need other protection than that afford ed by insurance Readers of the Era can obtain the Daily Star for a year Call at this office are always obliged to those of our readers who send in news items They can help us materially by so do ing Albert South of lies a district in future to bo known as There is to be a skunk farm for the propagation of polecats valuable for their fur As it is present there is such a iHingcut odor in that locality that people politely hold their nose while passing by If the Toronto Hunt Club were up here they could have some big runs Foxes are uncommonly numerous Many have been bagged by local sports Leslie Miller is a little neighbor lad nearly six Every day he is out with his little axe chopping heedless of what the weather may lie He goes to the bush eighty rods distant chops a load and brings it home on his sleigh Hes a terror to chop Duncan King ana a good number of other patrons market must be holed up for the winter- as we see nothing- of Im in study to imagine when our cold snap will come its past due Wedding hells ringing in my ears still and right under my nose almost All the sensible men arc hustling in their wood during this favorable weather It is remarked by many a our that contrary to his usual custom young Samuel ia buckling info the wood chopping winter You need not seek far for the cause Hes got his eye on pretty Miss A smart gentleman Ira Young father of Richard and Wal lace Young Mrs Towilsuu and Mrs Will Arnold surprised them very much by popping in Saturday week after an absence of about twenty years He walked a good ten miles from to Wallaces carrying a big valise Though bordering on eighty years his hair retains the color of youth Pill quite out of humor with some of our sweetest young ladies They coax a poor love lorn chap on to the point of proposing then all of a sud den off they and all is up stump Theyd better wutch out or theyll be left on the hook altogether Some of them are approaching perilously near the brink of old J as Newburn failed to make- a deal J for the Winch property at Baldwin therefore Im glad to say well not Miss Lake of Sutton is making her lose ell cousin Miss Minnie Kay a short Canada i undergoing an epidemic of The commodious building while Uncle Sams territories Mr jr has been ill are suffering from saloon wreckers appendicitis but is now almost the auspices of May recovered fortune favor the fair Mr Clark is paying a prolonged Mr Will has ton moving a visit to his uncle Mr Alex Rutletfge house on the John farm I Some of know why party of our own instead of going of mine so Im going to keep the bag out of the neighborhood for oik Our League is progressing very favorably in spite of the many difficulties with which it has had to contend We hope to see more inter est taken in this organization Rev Dr Livingstone junior pastor of the Methodist Church here leaves us next week for Medical College pre vious to his return toSouth Africa He has however consented to give his popular lecture on the Boer War etc in the church here on Monday evening next There is no better way of coming informed on this matter than by hearing the and we hope the place will be crowded The Carnival on Tuesday evening was- a grand success The costumes although not many in number were all good The prizewinners were as follows Cents costume Morton as Ro- man Ladys Emma as A Bud Boys costume Ross as Louis Girls costume Edith Pegg as Italian Queen Comic costume Oscar Johnston as Clown The drill was just grand The girls wore dressed in white flannel some trimmed with red some with black others with blue flannel re presenting Miss Canada The boys re presented Johnny Canuck dressed with red sweaters and leggings All wore caps The different motions and showed the tireless energy of the tutor Mr J Power The pro prietor wishes to thank all who so For next Two wo will offer Special Bargains in balance of our Stock of Robes Furs Overcoats Blankets and Heavy Dress Goods order to make room for Spring Goods now beginning to arrive H D RAMSDEN ALBERT Winter and Snow And goods wo are selling now are Cot Sauus fixes Snocu Shovels Stoves of All Kinds Skates Sticks find Every thinq in the liine ALL AT SUMMERFELDTS ALBERT Mrs Geo Cuttle is suffering from an attack of Mr McDonald still remains very poorly Rev J of last Monday to see his mother willingly took part in the drill and is poorly He returned home on ho assisted with his preparations Mr Austrian is- over tireless in his en deavors to give people at large en joyment on the ice and this last Car- Wed A coroners case is iu progress here today Particulars later on The carnival last week was a grand success Everybody was delighted etc aie Balm of Cough Syrup For a General Powder for forDlilemper Arc IMPROVED Condition Powder We also carry ft full line of Patent Coagrovej Prescriptions and Family receive personal day or nlihl W LLOYD CHEMIST AND MEMOU1AL SERVICE A service was held I in tire town hall on Saturday after noon last was filled to its utmost capacity be fore the hour announced for the mcnceimnt of the service and a large number were unable to obtain admis sion Dr Forrest occupied the chair and in a few wellchosen words ex plained the object of the meeting and on the Rev K to of fer the opening prayer The union choirs then sang the hymn Cod our Help in Ages Past and the Rev Mr Cameron read a portion of Rev 21 After the hymn Je sus Mr J A Hopkins delivered a beautiful eulogy on the late Queen which held the large gathering spell bound Then followed the hymn Blest be the tie that binds and Mr Cameron followed with ah ad dress in which he dwell largely in the degeneracy of the times Nearer my Cod to Thee was then sung and Rev Mr I lager puid a high tribute to the departed Sovereign dwelling particu larly on her goodness and gentleness and the love which she inspired in the hearts of her subjects both young and old After singing the hymn A few more years shall roll Rev Mr Cam eron offered up an appropriate prayer and the meeting closed with Cod Save the King and the benediction HOLT nival proves that he is popular with all lovers of the sport Lots of snow now Some of the wood are complaining of much Always the way in this with music of the band things go to extremes were the prizewinners Best J is putting in a gentleman A best new furnace in the school this week dressed lady Miss Mann of Sutton There wus no school on Monday as he most comically boy Charles most comically dressed girl Walton barrel race first Chas second Clark Weir JudgesR jMt Albert Sutton and bridge were well represented had a couple of assistants rushing the work so as not to disturb the school Wight entertained a load of young folks from Aurora evening last Look out for the snow inspector He means business if he finds any Judge the young people want to know a lot more interesting things we cannot get up a about Will but hes an excellent friend of tied and not let thecal out to carry the news all over creation until such time as is proper Sinclair is in hard luck and deserves the pubie sympathy For upwards of four months they have ally by our young people How much shut in by a virulent type more profitable is an evening spent of diphtheria No tellin when Reduction i Sale We have a few Mens Heavy Overcoats i and Ladies Mantles J left alter the trade which we intend clearing out LESS THAN COST Come early and get first choice The following is the of the pupils of the Albert School for the month of January Senior Division V Class total Hayes Alice Slurry total Terry Thompson Cuyler Ross Shields Frank Rowland Guy Ramsdcn Rams- den Anson Arnold Stanley Oldham Jessie ill Scott Crone Frank Sibley Garfield Oldham Asa Jewell Jr Alex Wallace Edward A mot Toole Stanley Watts Pansy Ill Merle Jennings Roy Cook Roy Jewell 135 Porter Jr Geo Grose Harry Allan Spalding Florence Smart 771 Maud Mitchell Wesley TJteakcr Austin Mahon Alice Case Herb Sibley Myrtle Vandowater 403 French Vera Hogg Watts An nie teacher the League to those occupied in play ing cards dancing etc Miss Wesley tire popular teacher of our School had a short mem orial service in honor of the Queen on Friday afternoon Recitations suit able to occasion were given by some of the pupils and Mr J A Hopkins gave a brief interesting and instructive address to the children which was attentively listened to A pie social in connection with the League will probably be giv en before long Holt has some piemakers as well as plenty of pretty girls and could make tills form of entertainment very attractive Mr Henry has leased a farm near In West and has recently moved there We wish him every success in his now home I Report for Dec aim Jan Class Lizzie Charlie Kay Mabel John Case Esther Lepard Willie Mainprise RutledgeT Allie Case Byron Hopkins Robert Josephine Hall Sammy Albert Jr IN Bennett Travis Stella Ian- son Robbie Mainprlze Winnie Roy Laura Frank Alma Emerson Mathe- l Merlon Wat son Erne Case Peter Mitchell Albert Hodge Seth Mitchell The King and Deed Queen winiiii HReggic Willbce Bertha Ross Frank Gertie 238 Vera Dark Essie Jew ell Millard Sleeper Jas Kelvey 22 Jr 3G3 Leslie Frank 30C Floyd 253 Bert Malum Wrodcodc Herman Bar rett 210 John Smart Harold Hayes Myrtle Rear Myrtle Graham Grow Jessie Toole Oliver Promoted from I to Barrett Laura Brooks Hunter Watte Wherever the tongue is spok en the last two weeks have been mem orable for the sympathy and Interest evoked by Queens deatlj Of all the papers in America the Family Her ald Weekly Sturof Montreal rose most to occasion The Family Herald gives a full his tory of the whole Victorian Era in cluding the birth life reign death and funeral of Victoria most profusely interestingly illustrated The Family Herald is to he Congratulated and its subscribers felicitated on having a journal of such vast resources rautiue will be removed Morton is prolong ing his visit in Michigan indefinitely He is enjoying himself Hell come home kicking his heels no doubt helped our good friend Win Ami to celebrate his birthday on Friday 1st Our aged friend is enjoying tolerable health After the Owl and Squire Airdwere swapping songs The Owl got the best of deal It is reported that Uncle Sam and a wellknown worker a dicker a few Sundays ago Uncle Sam would be in his element no doubt the teacher will be able to give his class some valuable pointers A visit to Mrs addon a pleasant home found her like a Queen in the midst of a host of daugh ters Ill chalk her gale as this is an elegant spot to stride about grub time she being one of upper ten cooks Im much of the opinion the same as other chaps that shed be an elegant motherinlaw for those need ing such a commodity portable will be stationed on Sandy Crawfords farm some time in the spring One of our fair damsels lias a bear Boer for a Evidently she does not entertain any fear of a hugging Most girls do One of our well brought up young ladies every once in a while gets pos sessed with a mad desire to masquer ade in garments Several times she has narrowly escaped being stripped by indignant lads What a pity dame nature hadnt endowed her with the right to wear the breeches The Judge Quecnsville would please us If held weekly Instead of monthly court Sharon scribe also might better Geo has been suffering agonies for- a long time with dyspep sia Ho Is smiling and jolly now Miss Crittenden has gone to spend the balance of winter with rela tives in Muskoka The Owl BUCKLENS ARNICA SALVE Has worldwide fame for marvellous cures lotion Corns Ulcers Sores Mistakes will frequently occur com mitted either by the or the oversight of tiie writer whch so changes the sense of a sentence as make it appear ridiculous Allow me to point to a few iu last weeks issue 1st in the paragraph referring to Mr J E Firth it read who had a voice instead of has a line voice In the duett entitled Hunting lower it read limiting Lower In the lines page 5 entitled Attributes of Rum the first line of the sixth verse have read From the gospel I have received wounds The middle lino of verse should have commenced with if instead of it Some members of of Sutton attended third of Union last Thursday Mr Henry Berry and his daughter Mabel have returned home from having had a pleasant visit with friends Mrs Hill Mrs who have been on the sick list we are pleased to say are able to be around again Icemen at Jacksons Point are ele vating ice by steam power this sea son instead of by horse power as heretofore Mr John who has been con fined to the house with a lame hack is improving Almost afire at the residence of Mr Park but was fortunately seen in time and extinguished It started in tin Miss Flora who has been spending her holidays here with friends left last Saturday to attend the millinery openings previous to re turning loAUiston Mrs and Mr Johnston merchants had their draped in mourning out of respect for our late beloved Queen Memorial Service was held In St Jainou last Saturday The burial service for was read by the Rector Rev A Rutherford The pulpit reading desk were drap ed in black Hie Workmen attend ed tin service in a body wearing the badge of the Order All work was susjendcd here last Saturday and mentally at least we could follow our Sovereign to the tomb The tribute we can offer In memory of our late beloved Queen is to Imitate her In living a pure and virtuous The Dairy Association their meeting last Monday in Hall All the- old members of the Board to office Considerable took place as to the cheese factory would be run season but on account of A lack as to how much patronage could be secured no definite conclusion was arrived at Feb George McMillan and Clarence were taking horses to Station yesterday when McMillan had a miraculous escape from death As he was crossing the track a freight train struck and killed the horse he was riding himself escaping slight injuries Skates Axes Saws Meat Choppers Butter Scales and Leader Churns CHEAP AT ROWLANDS a A Great Book Queen Victoria her grand lire and glorious the new KljfKdwRrd a brief history of eluding al so our beloved Qui last work More from Journal of ft Life In tho 111 authors- Her Ma- Queen Dr Coulter a J no A Cooper editor The il y tine page only Illustrated with ui re than portraits and To be by World Co of Will call on you soon order any other book until you ace this one J GROSE Agent WE WILL OFFER Winter Clothing m AT REDUCED PRICES Call and our Stock rf M KELLER Alberts Fashionable Tailor TRY OUR OWN Emulsion of God Liver Oil WITH WILD CHERRY BARK Barn to Move On foundation want lug Job call on Lot 8 Con or Hist Qwlllluibury and leave estimate w2 TO FARMERS- An Improved Yorkshire Boar for east half of In con of Fast Gwillimbury will bo kept Terms rellablo person In every county to represent largo company of reputation soIlU year abio y per payable weekly per day and all expensed straight salary no commission satarv Saturday and expense advanced ouch week HOUSE Sit an remedy for Coughs Colds AND LUNG TROUBLE Wo keep leading makes of Truss- res properly fit and guarantee them Forrests Pharmacy MOUNT ALBERT OLD NEWSPAPERS FOR SALE AT THE ERA OFFICE had night an fire factory will run or not will de- It any otter salve upon what in the ointment or Ixilnj for Outs near future Rolls Sores lVlon Mrs M Kay teacher who been Tetter Salt Fever ill for tiie past week with lagrippe la Chapped Hands Skin now able to resume her duties again forPilro Cure Harper missionary guaranteed Only 25c at from Japan left week on his re- turn to that distant laird THE LEADING SHARON GENTLEMEN We are prepared to please you in New Suitings style workmanship and price Now is the time to order your New Fall Suit LADIES Our stock ol Staple Dry Goods is equal to anything you can buy elsewhere and just asj cheap See our new Dress Goods Groceries Always Fresh KENYON ii 1