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_-- .. .......- 1.--Ju uuuuu iur lily"! lnerve. It was terrible and could `not be described. ` There were three waves over- the top and waiting` till the barrage lifted and they were right on the Huns. Then `before they realized it one could see Fritziies by the hundred: some running and some never had a chance to run or even get on top of the ground. It. was an awful undertaking. If you could only see the position they had you could not imagine how they could he rootedout. I would like to see what the.Canad`ian papers said about it. All the other papers were filled about the'Canadians. We very seldom see a paper and never hear anything except what WP. Q90 9711"` hnon nu-unnr-I--A-~ " were in it Flt-om corp. J. MacKeniie was too much for my] \K'QQ fihln nnnl ,.,_--|.1 Class 5--Th0se who were mom in the years l889t0 1893, both inclusive, and are married, or are widowers who have a child or chiidren. y . . . .\4-- van. Class 6-Those who were born in the years 1883 to 1888, both inclusive, and are married, or are widowprs who have a child or 'children._ Class 7---Those who were born in the years 1876 to 1882, both `inclusive , and are unmarried, or are widowers who have no child- ren. Class 8--Those who were born in the years 1876 to 1882, both inclusive._and are married, or are! widowers who have a child or nhildren. ` , Glass 9-Those who were born ,in the years 1872 to 1875, both. inclusive, and are unmarried, or are widowers who have no child. -(VI--- II\ 111 u. u IvLLA\JvV\JLIJ vvuu uaVU uu uuuu. `Class 10-- Those who were born in the `years 1872 to 1875, both inclusive, and are married, .nvI l\I`Il\ I1fI.I`lt\I1VI\'lrI Ivvkax LA... .. ..L.:l.l 33 Years 8. S. Supt. Mr. Power has been a resident of Th0rnt.on for 56 years-ever since he was two years of age. He has attended Thornton Meth- odist Sunday School all his life, and for the last, 3.3 years has been its supe`rint.endent. On May 27, in recognition ofhis long service, a photo of_t.he ve.t,eran superintendent was hung in the schoolroomx ` .- V--- ---v-v..;--V, vIIsl\A ucsu J.LAu.I.|. I\;1A' nr are widowers whohave a child nr chilrlren. ' Thursday wholesale Prices. Fall Wheat .. .. .. $250-$255 Buckwheat .. .. .. .. .. $1.50 Peas .. .. ., .. .. $2.35-$2.65 Oats..............75-80c. Barley .. .. .. .. ..$1.10-$1.20 Rye.. .. .. $1.70-$1.75 Spring Chicken .. .. 200-22`. Old Fowl .. .. 16c.-18c. Ducks...._ . . . . . . ..15to18c. Turkey .`. .. .. ....'..28c_30c. Butter .. .. .. .. ..3O-331:. Eggs .. .. .. .. .. .. ..30-33.,:. Potatoes, bag .. . $3.50 Hay .. .....'.'$1'o'.0b-$12.0~) Wool, wasted, lb .. ..`6,0-62. Wool, gnwashed, lb. . . . 45-47:). Dan? 11:4-Inn tsuuvnrnzl uu. vvA\.LUVVULO uub IIGVU U.U UHIIU. Class 4 Those who ave at- tained the age of twenty years and were born not earlier than the year 1894, and are married, or are widowers who have a child. or children. ` usxvvlaultuug sue `kc)-L[[ ..V.,., _ _'., Beef Hides, cured . . 21c-2`2-.-.. _Beef Hides, green .. . . 20c..2:~:. Tallow, rendered, lb .. '.)c-Mc. Sheep Skins .. ....$2.50..$R 50 Horse Hides .. .. $5'.00-$7.-H) Horse Hair, lb .. . . . . ..353 Lamb Skins .. .. ..$1.00-$3..`.t.) Calf Skins, green .. .. .. 27m. Flour (Ontario) .. .. ._ $12.55 Flour (Manitobal .. .. $13.50 Bran, ton .. .. ..$38-$3 :? Shorts, ton.. .. .. .. $43-8/6 cleaned,` Altood` and i|epn:rod- Ilsa In. Illoxanunu V 58 Small Sh. Ia:-I-lo._ v..- vva.u:uvvu1.0 Hub IIGVU IJU Ullllu. Class 3 Those who were born in the year 1883 to 1888, both inclusive, and are unmarried, or are Widowers but have no child. (VIA.-... I. rrn__,, I -5` The 1917 wheat crop _in the United States is forecsted as 656,000,000 bushels; far helnw the average of the past ten years. ,_ .,--\, -v..uvv:L15 UL UUI. 0 Class 1---Th0se who have at.- tained the age of twenty years and were born not earlier than the year 1894, and are unmar- ried. 01' are widowers but have no child. \/nAAl\Ao Class 2--Th0se who were born. in the years 1889 to 1893, both inclusive, and are unmarried, or are `widowers but have no child. l"ln-an 0 7111..-..- (-A v -Irv Illi By the terrrivsv of the Military Service. Act of 1917, introduced by Premier` Borden on Monday afternoon, all men between the ages of 20 and 45 are declared to be soldiers and are liable for draft in the following order:-- (VIA..- 7"` --v, - V llliulahl-l\J\A nun g.-vuy. .v- Mrs. Wm. Speers IS visiting her daughter in Aurora. '1']..- `IT A ,0 AI, , 'I\,__-l.___L-_.:.._ P.S.-~Addresses of the boys will be the same meantime, as the letters will be forwarded from this battalion to France. I 1 t on to send a Royal Guard of Hon- or to, London to escort Queen Al-4 exandra, at a Canadian matinee, we had the honor of supplying the Guard and it contained a sprinkling of 157th boys. We; are going to reinforce the 75th Bu. in France, and I think we can be relied upon to maintain the great record which boys- who went ahead of us`uc-- complished, quite a number of them making the supreme sacri- ce. Great Britain is now a gigantic military machine and by the time the wheels are stopped I think the Prussians will rue" the day they resorted to the method of scattering their smo0th-ton'. ued barbarians around . the uni- verse to undermine the liberty of the world and supplant it with their own" kulture." We were sorry to read of ' Dr. McLeod`s death._ We shall never forget his speech at the Barrie Banquet on the eve of our departure overseas. It was men of his.stamp that put the British Empire on the high pedestal 011 which she stands to.- day and it issad to think that his commanding presence is more. In conclusion, all the boys are well and imbibed with the spirit of Robert Burns when he. wrote We will dram our dearest veins, but we shall be free. I am. etc., 643451 Corp.iJ. MacKenzie, Late B.- Coy. 157th Battalion PAD good_ the gallant. I10 Barrie Markets Which cla Are ' _[_= URS! 3S at-io) 1itoba'). . '. . . . . . .$1.00-$3.3<) . . $5'.00-$7.`H .....;35c .',. $1259 . . . .$38-$39 Page lno You In? f ._.'t::s'.=' f.$3s-s39 ; vw u-1.0.; kit. I Thornton friends extend deep- est. sympathy to Mrs. Alf. Ingham of Cookstown on the death of her, husband, who was buried last Sunday in the Union Cemetery here. Also to his sisters, Mrs. J. R. Grey and Mrs. Wm. Sharpe, Thornton, and Mrs. Hattie Smith, Barrie, and to his onlyhrother; John, of Thornton. John Grossley is visiting her daughter. Mrs. Walter Milli- .g_.-ran. in Toronto for a few days.._ rnI..-......;.`-. 1-...:.......x.. .....;._,_..1 _1__A I `tion. "ullnaxp u.- -4- --v._r- vu- Th.0s. Barlow ,7 G.T.R. agent, has returned home after spend- ing the past month in Vancouver` and other points west, atte/nding the G.T.R. Ass_ciati(m conven- - . A. ~Aan;u ;.va.n.-.1. uuu. nuu-vu Mrs. Wm; Wilson and little daughter of Parry Sound, also Miss Ella Sproule of Thessal-on are visiting" their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sproule. FIT]...-... `l').....IA.-. f` VIWTI ...-........l. AUVV vvuulxo VVIIJLI :11. 0 Forbes Sproule" of Theodore, Sask., is spending a A `few weeks with his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Sp:-oule. `II ..- 1Ir_.._ ` 117:]... .....J l:L1l.. Auunu. Au 1.; a..AuLLL Rev. F. J. Dunlop is in Toronto attending" Conference. - . Mrs. A. E. Ayerst, is spending a week with her sisters in Toronto. (V1A_,. `QCLLIII NJKAJ Llll. hill; IILIKAIAO Rev. and Mrs. Gilbert Horton and daughter, Mrs. Rupert Brown, of Believille, are visiting for a few weeks with Dr. Horton. r'l1I_L__I_,__ VlI.I\.`L\. vvl.l.lI IALIL olouunu 51.1. a-.vnv.-vv- Pleased to report Mrs. Simp-l son so much. improved as to be able to sit out for a short while each day on the ,verandah_. TI--. -....I `II -.. /`ill-.nn4 Unn`nn `Tuesday. sou uuul IAIJJ 0 Rev. T. J. Dew, Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Lowrie, Mrs. Jas. Lennox and Miss Hill attended the Aug. lican S. S Convention in Mono on mr_. __.u mt--- -r\____ _,__u p-_._ Tl-IORNTOINH & June 12-Bert. Dutcher`-` _.spent Monday and Tuesday in B-ramp- ton. A wxu - A fun `av..- Mrs. Geo. Plowman is here on a visit to Mrs. R. D. Henry. I"\.... T `l\___.I-__ 1;. Read th; Adlet Gdlumn. News from Neighboring Townships Thursday, Juiue 14, 1911} Red Cross Notes As` Told by "Our Correspondnfi of Stayner her friend, -u-.-.., -u -. ; J.l_'l.\Il1U _ Mrs. R. M. Ness and daughters, VVilda and-Bessie, are visiting rel- atives here. V ' 'MJ."A1eT v1\IVc*.Bc`)"n:a`.id;Ul;::1,;.U\)r.'e- turned after spending a couple of weeks in the Queen City. Mr... A.....1,...-~.. -4 n1-..__z- 2* .--_-v-V... .;. K/vvIJ slut Alusnv An aeroplane from Camp Bor- `den had to light in. J.. T. Jennet,t's eld, Monday evening. Something went wrong with the engine. About two hundred gathered in a sh rt time `to see the machine. ' ll`Jl.l. .na:. vva Wm.. Clark of Brentwood. spent Sunday with Robt. Holmes; IITAIL-.. 'l\1....I...\.. A4` mAw\1\vh'/s nunnl Walter Bishop of Toronto and his bride called on their many friends here last `week. Grenfel friends wish them much_joy and a. happy wedded life .toge`ther.o 'I"l\n /Vknlv: I"-lnnln nnn hl\`lq;11lY "' r]3i'aZ`7 1 :`iu3i{ a1~e'i;3faing a garden party at A. Ford's on Friday. T `Ill... (VI.-- `Il ..`l\__'.1._ 1.. --.:;..':-.._ -. --.u- vi. Ba_k'er .andohi.ldren of Toronto are v'isiting= ~ with ~Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hogan. . V . E. T. McC0nley[ and M155. R. M. Mcconkey motored t0,T0r0nt0 for a couple ofjdays last week. . _ ` n.;I\.lLA\AI.l ALA J.L'L LILl|l\J Miss Birdie Pa.t.tei'son is visit- ing in Aurora. ' | - ' `l'\_ - -- J `I '_..c .;.. .-a.\.a.A us Dr. and Mrs; Rogers motored t.0 Toronto last Sunday accom- panied by the olatt.er"s sister, Mrs. McDonald. - u.-u-vvw I Mr. 'VMI's. Chester Mconkey. and family of Toronto are here for a three weeks" visit. ' 'I\K..r. TI\L|qr\ T).-.....l,.__ L,_. __.A,, `nu; um unanuv vvuuuvx vlcuu. M195. J_0hn-Barclay has return. ed after visiting friends in T01`- onto and` Hamilton. ---- ---n . .IlI.Ia\III. aim; t:0W'IJep0I'-`i.. mat Do,;'.;id< Sutherland -is improving satisfac- torily after his operation in the R. V. Hospital Barrie. ' 9 mr..... 'r'r--...n.. C1 a..;; ._.u -u_,-1.: an: no ullltu UU DUO ULIG llJ(l:Ul.l.1LlUu N 0`rm an Coxworth purchased it new Chevrolet. car on Saturday. 13;... 7TV `I" 'I`\..__ II`. __...I `ll --- June 13.---Mrs.~ Andrew_ Hark- ins`: of New Lowell called on friends ' here last week. As Kasnnlny .5-vs uuns. `Mrs. Geo. Sadon is still very ill` at time of writing. A lV_-I_,_A,_, 7-1` `lll'_'_I'I._____.l'_ J` 4--. vvv no.---.a \ll vvn.AvnaDI A. Cochrane of Midhurst is do- ingthe stone work and -getting ready for the nevs'r barn at Wal- ton Bros.` . ` - -p-- 1 4. C\ 1 1 Miss Margaret "Johnston of [Toronto spent a few days with her mother, on the 7th line.` Dawn a--vv--u Vt: Ull\J I [III 1Asn.uo V - Miss Helen Leadley Vof Barrie was at her home for `the -week- end. - ` ` ` --_ .._ -. ,__ 4 _- 1! euu. i A Mrs. W. H. Gostick and Mrs; J. Day of MacTie1"_ visitd with Mrs. W. J. Knapp` and relatives of_t_hef9rI1:1_eI_'. _ _ A STROUD '. June i2---Mr. and Mrs. R. Mo.- Cullough and daughter, Mrs.*Dav_ id and Miss David of Toronto are spending a couple of,weeks with Mrs. Galloway. ' '|\Il'.. A...) 1|II'....- Til rn 111,11, 1 -.~~:u vv uvan. Miss Jessie Webb is visiting` friends in Toronto. V I Mn and Mrs. J; S. Wice spent last week in Toronto. ~ ._-g-.-u nu... u-nu `\.AklLIl.l LaILu_y- Mrs. Ambrose of Toronto is visiting relatives here . CH......`I-__ 'r-1:.____ .0 rn _ \p\4.I\4|\;u.7 . Mr. and Mrs. Brass and fam_ "ily of Lindsay visited `Mrs. Ellis -and Mrs. Cunnings on Tuesday. card of Thanks To all those who so kindly gave -their help and sympathy in -connection with her recent be- reavement, Mrs. W. J. Cunnings wishes to extend sincere thanks. L'I`_UIL6 |\JIuwu1v\;n.v uunu Stanley Latimer 0}` I 'I`omnt.0_ spent over Sunday with his par- ents,` Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Latimer. /`Il_,I A Mrs. Hugh S. Scott and child- ren of Gilbert Plains, Man.,saI-e visiting her sister,` "Mrs. Wm. |Patt'erson, thisweek. . I Cecil Ritchie is_ home from Camp Borden. -v ' `rm..- ra..- o'.....,.|..... :.. ..:.-n ......-- ` Chas. McBri_de is visiting friends at Eady. ` v-~-ug -1.4-\oIvlna1|UI.lllt V--Mrs. Matt. Robertson spent a few days last week in Toronto. - `l|tl',., A1,, Il"l\ II Wqiie C.P.R. steam shovel is still operating at the gravel pit. By "all 1-eporfts they will soon be lea- "ViI1Vg` Midhurst. ' __-c__.- 1 The Ladies Aid and VV. M. So- ciety [met in the Presbyterian Church on Thursday afternoon, June 7. After the regular month+ ly business was transacted, it was decided to have a picnic on July 2 in the _church grounds. This is a yearly congregational picnic. Everybody welcome. Miss Alice: Boyce of Barrie spent, the week-end with friends here. _/1 'o clock train for their new a.~, uu bllU 1'1't3b`UyLBI'l3.H l.VlanSe', when Mr. John Cameron and Miss Elizabeth Monteith of Mid- hur-st were joined in the holy bonds of matrimony. Rev. L. W.. Thom performedthe ceremony. The happy couple then motored to the G.P..R. station and took the" home in Orangeville. Congratu- lations. ' A Very place on Tuesday afternoon, June 12, at the Presbyterian Manse` V 9 urban Mn 1`r.I..... rnw - - vv auJ.u :1 xUu.ua u1c;1 t:. Master Lorn Barrett has re- turned home from the R. V. H., Barrie, much improved in health.` A vonv nnins ......I.u_-,,_ , - A. F. A. Malcomson, secretary- `treasurer Barrie Branch Canad- ian Red Cross Society; wishes to agknowledge with thanks receipt -Of $100.00 generously donated {by the ,Patriotic.. Society" of Ivy Orange Lodge. ___Z____J_ .1\EI:`S. VJ. Wallwin motored to Stayner on Tuesday to visit friends there. ` Thfnnlnn 'I'.~--- "` _,__,_,. vv \AIlr\JI' Mr. and Mrs- Geo. Smith and family of Oril-lia spent` the week- end withfriends here-. , T `Fred Roache of Toronto is 'the| guest of Mrs; Wm.oDunn. J. W. Hughe__s of Toronto spent! Sunday at J. Fra;nkcom s.t - C. Horton and `J. Handy have, purchased Fordycars. . ] .._..I II ,,', i\-[`i;svuf`l :J Iu?`.1-1`I"Jl0i'1_;`:).f Barrie is spending some holidays with Mrs. C. Wardy, 'June Morris..of onto is the guest of Mr: Fieldhouse this `week. Inlnlzsmlca s'_rA1'-Ion V GRENFEL nun:-|`uns'r rris..of 'I_'o'rQ of Mrs. A B. . The Juniors Recital The musicafe given by the jun- ior pupils of Miss Glaxton on Tuesday evening, June 12th in Trinity Parish Hall was of a very _interesting character. The num- bers in which Miss Isabell Turn- ,bull played the fairy tales" of Grasshopper Green and Old King Cole, five little girls singing with motions, and the duet of Miss Isagbell Duff and Miss Marian Me- Nabb, Bye Low with four little girls with their dollies carrying out` the motion, quite captivated the audience, while little Miss Isabell Turnhull in the playing of Sing Little Bird" impressed those present with her splendid rythm for such a little girl, Miss A Sarah Wallwin singing the words most. sweetly. The duet by Miss Barbara and Master Rowand Gal, derwood was ' played altogether from memory and was much ap- preciated. Misses Hazel Irish, Mabel McEachern. Mabel Keenan, Sarah Wallwin, Helen Ross, Mar- garet Wilkinson, Wilma Kennedy, Amy Bell, Lottie Fisher, -and Masters Charles McMartin rand "Fred .Billingsley each deserve mention as doing credit to their teacher and pleasing the audience in their style of playing. Al. Al... ..IA..... .1.` LI..- * _ A ~ _ `mama- W, J. Scott, the Ford dealer at Elmvale, who has disposed of about sixty cars to the farmers of that neighborhood this sea- son, held a successful Ford" picnic at Wasaga Beachlast Sat- urday. _About forty Ford owners assembled at Elmvale with their cars_, each carrying four or ve passengers, and proceeded to the popular summer resort at the mouth of the Nottawasaga River, where Mr. Scott- had everything arranged for a pleasant time for his numerous guests. ..u-uv _uun \J\A|aJo Gong:-atulations to. Mr.- West} Brooks and Miss Culbert, who were united in marriage last "Wednesday at Thornton; also tcr Miss Ethel Brooks and Mr.` Guth-` rie, who were married in Barrie. VIII ..- 1I7,,_ .-:n_-... June 7_ V- vnow v nuvso Canadians, is as follows:-- tcanadians ' On.e"o'fA his patriotic sonnets, As soon as morn has cleared the We see him hand in hand with `smiling day _ March up the rugged _ascent of his way; Nor does he seem of self to fear or reek. ` - When Danger growls, he goes on his own heck; Like Mars; his manly form in I - i idarksome deck, war s array He crosses parapet where bullets stray, To save a_ wounded comrade from the wreck. Who s that`? Tis legion, sir;-- his only name. a- The sons of Canada, aye one and an` Are. brave, bold heroes, yvhen it comes to ght: They care not for applause, re- ward, .or fame; i They dashed forth from their . ' homes at country s call, ' To do their duty and to die for right. --- v--u-n uuyav \J-I tanvu. 4;-qt . ~ At the ciose of the `programmer refreshments were served by the senior pupils. Mrs. Calderwood and Mrs. Wilkinson honoring} the "pupils by pouring c01t'ee.__ Nearly $20.00 was realized for the Red Cross from the recital. * --_ro.~a3'. Picnic gt. \__I\_rass_a___B8'f Volume III of Sonnets of a Recluse have just been issued by Very-Rev- Dean O Ma1ley. This volume brings the number of his published sonnets` up. to, three `hundred and adds still further to the literary reputation of the gifted cleric. Covering a wide range of subjects these verses are pleasing evidence of the versatil- ity, poetic fancy and literary skill of the writer. ` Thornton SOldieI7` \K`7i1lV0VV`:;S' Killed in Action, `May 9, 1947. "sonmE'r8 or A I`-IEOLUSE The Late Pe.: _.S. A. cross. 10 H 12 13,. 14 June 12.-A number from here.` motored to 'I`oront.o on Tuesday. Mrs. W. H. Davis spent a few days in. Toronto last week, N._..._' II? I" (V, , 'I"_... THE wl-:A1'H:n I '1.'ig' ,`B;lRI'_h Exhinllusn, nub` injrunnnf molililua Lowest. `Highest Rain 5; \ 70 0.52 5 61 ' 0.25 . 50 73 . _ 54' , 70 ' 49' 75 54` 77 5%. $3 0}-143* :W H. BU'f`TERY 0,43 May 1--I am sitting in one of the famous German dugouts, all alone. The rest of the fellows are out on working parties and will be out till 4 p.m. It is a lovely day and I would like to sit outside but the big Jack Johnsons are ying all around and it is bet- ter to `keep under cover when you have the chance. They are the boys that waken me. I opened my eyes, then st.ones and dirt started to y down the stairs and then I knew what was up. They make a terrible noise and when close enough put out one s can- dle. I was not long (up when three different fellows, two of our own and an engineer, came run- ning down. They had been in different parts of the trench and it had got too hot for them. One fellow was shaking like a leaf. .'I'he dugout is quite safe unless it is a direct hit, but it saves you from all flying-pieces and those big fellows send pieces from 300 to 500 yards. Their dugout was safe enough but it. was a German one and you `see the entrance faces Fritzie s big guns; if it would be quite safe. ~`This is a dandy dugout. I have charge of it. There areqabout eight. It is about 20 or 25 feet down and has four bunks lined with cloth all a- round-, quite nifty; two benches, 2 shelves and a table, and a good heating stove. Fritz has had a dandy time in here last winter, but didn t we give him` _a great chase quite a few miles`? We are in Othe support trenches, Fritz s old reserve on the brink of the Ridge, and from here there is a` most magnicent view. You can see formiles. You can see from here right up {to the front line, it is. all so level. You can see some ruined towns and a few miles'fur- ther towns that, have not been shelled yet. It is a great `sight. VVe can see our big shells land-- ing and -at night all in front is a sheet of flame`-from the smaller batteries 18 pounders and 60 s. In the day-time they are quiet lint at night they pound away like drummers. `Every morning about daybreak they put. up. a barrage and we can see it.plainl'y. It is a great but terrible sight. Tt would make you weep to listen and watch it. The barrage they put up when we took Vimy Ridge was something awful." -.Nothing could stand it. They `covered every line _from the front back; our own men waiting to-`make the ' `dash were shaking like children. , -The sight and the thunderand` were the other way around ey the thought of the thousands who ...._ .. -.V.... u,, V.,.o \&l|\.I at, one o`clock we will have a bath. Some bath. too, 21/, minu- ms; just a run through. But it freshens a fellow up anyway and a change of clothes does one good last. night I had a good sleep. Even had my socks off. the first. time for gfoodness knows when. but I have always watched my foe! and always had a change of socks ready but. since the weather has turned ne we will not have wot. feet. A T ' " May 7--Just landed last night from up the line for a little rest. It is now ahoutva month that we have been under shell fire, so we are glad to get. away from the noise of ,the guns, We shall -be here about five. or six days. We have had a clean-up this A.M. am my... n`nIAn'I- ...... ..-:II I........ A April` 20-eThis . has been an awful experience, such horrible sights and work: The only time V we get out of shell re "is when we are in a.dugout. I have had some close calls. I have seen . them getting it all around me and have helped" to fix up wounded` and helped carry them to the ' dressing station after the ad- vance. There were dead lying all around. _ Such sights! It was terrible at nights tripping over shell holes and dead. The dead- have to lie there till the officers get their papers and identifica- tion. '].`hen they are all fixed up and buried properly. Most of the Fritzies are buried by the prison- ers. When therst line and sec- ond went over our battalion had to rush up and dig a trench be- tween our front. line and Fril,z s. We lost quite a_ few men. Since then we have been right up` here making roads for big guns and other things. Fritz shells us all y the time, but the work has to be done. The mud is something awful. There has not been a day p this last month that it has not ' rained or snowed. I think we go V out tomorrow for a shave and wash, You would not know me . now if you met me. We are a tough looking bunch. -I L ;:\".1'. Mrs. Wright Spears left for the West `last Thursday. V - ' rv,...........;..u._1.:.,_- 4-. mt... ur,...i e1 a 4 1' LETTIZRS FROM SOLDIERS 5 ` Pte. T. M. Ness. who play:-d the` double B bass in the 157th Bn.l band, has been under -sheli re iv France for over a month and gives some of his experiences in recent letters to his wife. Since he has been in France he has met his three `brothers, Jack, Harvey and` Bob, who also are in khaki. Here are s-ome portions of his let- t.ers:-- ' From oss -v-.ruo a.;4uu gas shells galore; hundred yards from here he is trying to put out of business some of the batteries. He has thrown about 300 shells this last ten minutes; they make an awful noise coming through theair and sound like a thousand. When a dozen get after a fellow it makes him hit for a hole. They throw :6 llblllbllla about KIVUL three the dirt a hundredfeet or more in the air. Then there is the shrap_ nel: it is bad. Bursting up in the air and then scattering it can c-.atch a man quite a piece off. There is the whiz bang. it makes a noise like you say it. We call them, whiz bangs because they are so quick and are used a lot. There is the ying kind that go through the air like a squealing pig. Then there is the ying sh. the rum jar, and all sorts of names; some weigh 500 pounds. The barrage our fellows put up this morning made the earth rock. Fritz sent over a light shell this morning. N.-.--- A`... III... -1` It `I _._.A--. Dear Sir:-- I am enclosing} herewith a snapshot of the sink- ing of the tro-opship `Cameronia. which was of special interest to us, as she was the boat that suc-' cessfully dodged submarines and fought against rough weather and nally landed us in England last Fall. The English papers are loud in their praises of the heroism displayed by the crew, especially the rst officer (who lost his life) and the Captain s little message boy`, who refused to leave the ship and had even- tually to be taken by the collar and pitched into` the` Destroyer. This little Glasgow boy was a `great favourite of ours. We are all glad that.he came through un- hurt. Well, I may state that by the time you receivekthis note, practically the last of the 157th boys will be in France. We an- ticipated going as a Division, but the unexpected happened again, and at time of writing ,we are standing to.. The Barrie people will be pleased to know that B Coy. (Barrie) are going `together, the N.C.O s. showing a ne spirit by reverting tothe ranks so that wemight be able to go with the boys.. While here; we were treat- ed well by the 125th Bn. It was a case of the skeletons of pro- bably the two best battalions that ever came `across the Atlantic blended together. We got, along splendidly? togetherx and reached .a high standard of efficiency, this `being DI`0V.en_ by the `fact that when the Division was called up- `VVil.l_e_v Can'1p, S11rre_v. England. To the Editor of The Examiner. -_.,..- \.mnAJ ulllllb UAUUph VVIIGI; we see and hear ourselves. We hear lots ofstuff but never pay much attention to it. There were 800 doctors on our front the day _ of the charge, so you can imagine I the casualties they expected. We landed here Sunday night and we _ will likely have to do half our time in here and the other half _ in the front line. I think we are i in for ten days but we never can % tell. Sunday night" we were gasg- ed. Theysent over about 500 g s shells,` lots had their masks on three'0r four hours. Fritz sent I all kinds of gasses. Our dugout was too much on the wind side so we were lucky and did not get much. Men were falling all over. The first day I was on a working party but they took me off and put me on gas guard, so I am out all night but I can sleep in the day time.` I can sleep all right until the shells get right to the door, then the noise is terrific. It "makes one sit up and take notice. Sentry is a pretty good job only it is lonesome walking through the trenches and German graveyards. By-the_way. I had to bury a dead 9 Fritz today, his body was lying in keep stepping over him all night. round but we have them pretty. out of the way of a coal box. This n-no ohnlln l'V(\l/\vnI\u -L.,_..L AL--r- a trench that I patrol. I had to I '_l.'here are lots of them lying a- well covered. One soon gets used I to the dead here. I would walk . through a hundred dead to get 4 is a lovely day but there.is lots ] of noise. Fritz is putting -over ] I never saw the like of it. I was] standing-on a hill and it lit about: three mils from me and it made! alight as bright as day for about half Q rninute, It was a womlprful sight. an- \.nuI\L nnpun L11 LL\.AL`Jl.l.IvI 5 The W. A. of the Pr'esbytex'ian "Church appointed Mrs. Hutton and Mrs. McDonald as delegates to attend the Presbyterial G0n- vention in Stayner next week. A... .........._..`I_..\_ 1-_.__... l'VL_....__.. 13-...