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ck, Barrie 31.1 W. C. BOADWA_Y' 1% %OO%%OOOO$OOg V A HARD COAL CHARLIE GRAHAM, Manager PEERLESS FENCE? AT THE OLD PRICES i A I-IORSE RACES FIN-E LIVE TocK snow VARIED AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITS ELMVALE FAIR in Main Building on Evening of Second Day GLENROY TROUPE of Scottish Singers, Dancers and Pipers. Wee Sandy MacPhers0n, juvenile Harry Lauder, who won such praise` at Toronto Exhibition, is alone worth the price of admission. Walter Rowley, President. James McDermott, Secretary. Sept. 24--Prepara/tion Day. . Sept. '25---School Children's Day--Pa1'ade of children; athletic spTor1.:s`fo1' children and adults. ' Sept.-26--Live Stock Day, all classes. Everything in full swing. Admission to Grounds, 25 cents MONDAY, TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY that delighted all who saw them last year .$EPT- 31%; 35:35 THORNTON BRASS BAND LGLENROY TROUPE GRAND CONCERT One Block North of Carriage Factory Nights and Holidays, Telephone 313 Septerber 25 and 26 > P51 ge Fiv. nine large , bathroom he house vs t long and re has not er that M oom-and be kg. 78 uulu maul y Combin- has heated We have. ns of coal hegted our M31-ZR .20, [1923 SONABLE FUEL RUN ON A Dyer ONE 229 Fulbs wcfiud nnly .ND tion I-i.5oo;'67 ;As (:0. .SH 11113 BARRIE Limited Gas `QN d` Street ' BARRIE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1923 Nhs Mabel (,'~nl.nder returned from Torw rmln on Tuesday. Walter Teller, .lr.. spent a few (lays last week in Toronto. A , Mrs. Calander and sun Wesley visited f.'.en(ls in Toronto. _ I |..__... ........LA.. at rflnxvolnv-e nrtnntlnll Y.l1P menus In lornnm. A lurge number of Elmvalers attended the Barrie Fair this week. 1:... ur... I.'....I.. :1. ;-..m-.Ana u fmr rlnvs `W2!!! menus In U)l'0HlU. Mrs H. Clement is vi.sing with her nianghter. Mrs. Or-ton. Urillia. 7 Mrs. Hick.`-ins: of Niagam Falls. N.Y.. is vi. with hm" ~'i.-star. Mr:<..Jas. E. Beard- sall. u: - 121.. 1.\...I... ..m...-um! I-mmn after smxa. Mrs. Nowmavn and daughter. Helen. spent The wm=k-end with her mother. Mrs. M.i Vansicklo. u_ ._..J 11. 1: Tim... .....I unn nf Var. name rant nus ween. Mrs. Wm. Keely is .'~1)endmg a few days. with friends in Toronto. u_., n m.........4 :,. ..:_.3Hnn- u-Uh hr-rt -3311. Miss` Lily Locke returned home landing the sunnner in Windermere. knka. \I,, \Y._.._..... .....J rluunkonv Llnhxn \anmcK1o. ~ . Mr. and Mrs. H. Ken and son of Ker-' `wood. are visiting with the farmer's math or. Mrs. S. Korrp ' E. Pugsley of Queen's University,` King- -efnn. snent thn \ve-ek-end with his brothr. Rev. E. E. I ug'sley. . Mrs. Russ returned to '[`uro1_1m on Mon- I lay after snenrliixg the summer with her ,I,__._L;..-. \I.... `I7 L` 'T`L~vnnunI\ H1) alwr .~r'.)tuu1ug uxc auuuuu. _ nlnught.m'. Mrs. W. E. Thmnpson. \I.. ..;nl Mllu nnn \7r\M'h\vnnr{ R ywroomz ` wen St. mutant-('.1'. Nlrs. W. In. 1l1(YIllpAm. vi Mr. and Mrs._ Gen. Nnrthwnod and son of Hil.lsduk* and Mr. and Mrs. J. H. McCaw 0! Barrio spent Sunday at Mrs. S. Kerr's. Mr. and Mrt. Alex. Cullen. who have rwnn sick at their home here, were takem fsn Barrio Hrmwifal on Friday of the mast weck. , '51,, .....I \l.... l.!..T\.\m..nH unr` Naa Ma week. Mr. and Mrs. McDermntt and Miss Mcvl Dermot! of Tavistnck. Mr. and Mrs. T7. Scott nf Strathroy spent the weekend with Lhv farmer's laughtr. Mrs. C. Fraser 'l`14- ` l)...._.k.y6nu'.nn 'Qu..Am `Mln hm` I()l'mel`.x` nallgnu-1`. Lur.- 1' I GUI '1`}i(=`1 ms`byt(`.rian }~1n1da v .'. hml will "hold their annual Rally on_ Sunday next at 11 a.m.. when the pastor, Rev. R. M. Hanna. will deliver the address to the Sun- dajv Schnnl. n...:.-_ 4.. cl... nun}:-nu-guru anr\rint>[c -at Methodist church. ~ . The Knox Presbyterian Church will hold their anniversary services next Sundayrwhen the Rev. Dr. Strang. Superintendent oi Missions in Saskatchewan, wiril preach at '11 am. and 7.30 pan. A supper and con- -rert will be given on Monday night. ' rm... Anom nimmm Gm amvm-am-v services `nay vacuum. Owing to the anniversary services at Knox on Sunday next there will be no ser- vice in the Presbyterian Church on Sunday -evening. Union services will be held in the II ,4I, , J1-` _.L.._-L 'f'\'lfKllllE. LHIIUII a Methodist church. , I37--- 1)..--` 1"Pl'I Wlu U6 gncu uu muuua_y mg... The dates chosen for anmversary servxces wf the Methodist and Presbyterian churches are as follows :- Knox Presbyterian. Sept. `23; Elmvale Methodist. Oct. 14; Allenwood ' Methodist. Oct. '21; Elmvale Presbyterian. 13 n QL-...-.J D A A? "I`.-mnntn rinliv. E. B. Stewart. B.A.. of Toronto. deliv- ered an eloquent address in the Mt-hodist church on Sunday evening, in aid of the Ontario Branch of the Dominion Alliance. The speaker urged the importance of the co-operation of every prohibitionist in, the Province of Ontario if the liquor traffic is m be smashed entirely. ' ` R Elmvale Fair `Next Week `The Directors of the F195 Agricultural Society have done their utmost to make the fair, which willbe held `next Monday. Tues- day and` Wednesday, better than ever. A good show of cattle, and horses is promised and also good races. `Thornton band will furnish the music for the last two days, Everybody come and you will meet your friend: and also have a good time. -*- I Standing---V. Hayes, president; Victor SleSser,.ful1 back; Wilfred Cock wurn, . ahan, goal; Alvin Taylor, centre half-back; Edgar Gray, full back; James Patterson, manager. - ~ . 7 ` , - ` ` .\'eated-Ve1'ner Hickling, outside right wing; Alex. McArthuTr, inside ri_;ht w ward; Ray Slesser, inside left wing; Aubrey Slesser, outside right wing.` BONDS Fllcln. unu- choils of ,L._._-L_._ CllU0l TC" fllbv vvuu--nu Oats. 1-qt-~Archie Hoskin. s. "s. No. 18; Myrtle Cuswing, S.S. No. 10; George Eirick, ~S.S. No. 8; Wilson Turner, S.S; No. 2. Data, sheaf-M_v1-tle Cumming, No 10; Wil- --- m .... .. u,.- o. :2... l'd".Iv-it-.1:-_ No. 8. Bar-I sheaf--M_vx-tle Uummmg, no Lu; Hu- son Turner. No.` 2; Geo. Elrick. No. 8.ABar- ley, 1 qt.--F1-ancis Stone. No. 5; Burton Graham, No. 10. Barley, sheaf-Francis Stone, No. 5. ` Sweet corn-Melvin Boyce. No. 5; Ivan Hoskin, No. 18; Myrtle Drink- ell, No. 18; Winnifred -Richardson, No. 4 . and 8, Flea and Vespra; Velma'Terry, No. 5; Susie Drysdale, No. 8; . Malcolm Mc- Ginnis, No. 15. Ensilage ecorn-Gra`ham Whitton, No. 5; Willie Gauto,n,.No. 8; Ede : Inund Boyce, No, 5; Ha'_rve'y`l Drinkell,\No. Memorial Service at Waverley. .A LL- ........u-A School Fair Prize ~Winn9rs VIJAQQI EDGARFOOTBALL TEAM, C;HAMPlONS 0F THE QRO LEAGUE `nu after 11..- I Inc-r| PLANT E CITY DY TO OTHES Holders bf Ros Trophy, 1923 `man. No. 0; Lrene _Lawsuu, nu.I u, u(;.).z.6v; WC .ll.N.l'. Pt . 'h - l blgifnllll? tubeiis.-il)VIary 0Mlc%(ii\li1isTlsNo. O2 ; IiRob1. Bell, No. 5; Francis Hall, No. 6; .Edna,Boyce No. 5' Oscar Srigley. No. 53!, Norval Catthn. No. 10; Arthur Webster.l, `No. 4. Mangels--Margaret Thompson. No. ` `ii; ,Ch8este(x;1 Towns. GNo. 5;NCharii Gglnt-on. 3; . o. ; arence uest. o. ; arm 3 Stone. No. 6; Howard Bell. No. 7. Tur 1.; ii nips~1:IR.eta Gyilwgg. No:T5;,;Beiiice6Tll1)<)1iipil; son.` 0. 4; . argaret oner. 0. ; 8.V1(i Palmer. No. 12; Evelyn Rountree. N0." 5;] Laura Gilmour. No. 15. Beets--Ida Web-I 1. -. ' , ~ -. , H 2 `,{i..` "'n .; 'f.3.`*T";. .`.`. ..?"1;1.?i`. .;.* :~:%`1." .i`.'fIi ! 8; Helen McKriight, No. 5; Olga Archeng `No. 13; Alex. Andrew, No. 5. Carrots Orma Friel, No. 4 and 8; Albertine Cough- I gn. Noiv 6;_Jeia{nlMclA{3ight. NNo.1'>; grain; oyce... o. 5; een ams. o. .; 1n.g iRountree. No. 5; Annie Ritchie. No. 13".} ,Pa1'.;-tnips---Ruby Hart, No. 5; Harry Cox. 1N0. 5; Louise Gilmore, No.` 15; Ada Hos-1 kin". No. 18. 0nions--Margaret Toner. No.1 6; Darcy Gregg, No. 5; Jean Christie, No.| 5; George-Cox, No. 5; Hazel Rawson, No. 5; Mary Stewart. No. 6; Kitchener Man- ning`. No. 5. Tomatnes~-Earl Ritchie. No. 5; Margaret Rowat, No. 2,; Lloyd Hill. No. 15; Sam Boyce. No. 5; Nellie Langman. No. 17; Rex Manning. No. 5; Olive Cox.` i i ' No. 5. Asters-~\Luura Bunt. No. 5; Ag- nes Telfer. No. 5; Margaret Andrew. No. 5; Irene Knapp. No. 5; Ross Ritchie, No. , 5; Alex. Andrew. No. 5; Susie Drysdale. `N0. 8. Phlox---~R.eta Gregg, N0. 5: Fred , King. No.5; .Bernice Thompson. No. 7; Harry Cox. No. 5. _ Fr. Marigolds-4Margaret Andrew. No. 5; Marjorie Usher. No. 15, '|.\/Iahel McHoull_, No. 5; Lillian Lawson. No. Ixr:L.__ \l...;L:.. \T.. 1.':.'- ll....1nI L'l nnn`1n. I 5 I l Margaret Thompson. , Ganton. No. 8; Wilson Turner, No. 2; I Lorne. Drinkell. ' No. 15; Geo. Elrick, No. 8. Native woods-- .v1anm ;\'.l('nUll11_, nu. J; uuunu unwmm. nu. 5; Wilma Martin, No. 15;` Muriel Hough- ron. No. 5; Mae Swan. No. 2. Af. Mari- 9_:0ld.'~'v~-Irene Lawson.. No. 5; Doris Grigg. No. 5; Glenna Downey, N0. 15; Alex. An- drews. No. 5; Eva Hoskin. No. 18. Ver- benas.-Elsie`Cumming, No. 8; Gen. Cox, No. 5; Velma Usher. No`. 15. School lunch- Isabella Coburn, No`. 5; Velma Usher, No. 15; Anna Friel. No. 4 and 8; Dorothy Ar- cher. No. 13. - Salads-~Ina McQuarrie. No. 13; Mabel Shepp d. No. 10; Helen Adams, No. 13; Susie; rysdale, No. 8. Fudg%' Winnifred Richardson. No. 4 and 8; Ina 1 McQuarrie_. `No. 13; Mary Ritchie. No. 13; Isabella Coburn," No. 5. Spy apples-Doris Turner. N0. 2; Rex Manning. No. 5; Leonard McFadden. No. 7; Ambrose Lof- tus. No. 4 and 8; Bert Loftus.: No._4 and 8; Jean McKnight, No. 5; J. Coe. `No. 7. Russett apples~--Ina` McQuarrie. No. 13, Velma Beardsall, No. 5; Geo. Cox. No. 5; Evelyn White. No. 13; J. Coe.~ No. 7; Suz- ette Toner, ,No. 6; Nellic Langman. No.17. Snow apples---Lloyd Hill. No. 15; Velma Beardsall. N0. 5; Ina Beardsall. No. 5; Jean McKnight. No. 5; Coe. No. 7; Bertha Tubman. No. 15; Wilson Turner. No. 2. Collection of ,apples--,-J. Coe. No. 7; Anna Friel, Nos. 4 and 8; Russell Turn- er. No. 2; Velma Bebrdsall, No. 5; Mabel No. 18. -Collection of weeds-Gladys Brown. No. 5; Helen Stone. No. 8; Marjory Usher, No. 15; Helen Mc- Knight. No. 5; Myrtle Drinkell_.vNo.. 18; Edna Bowman. No. 18. Collection weed seeds ~-Velma Usher, No. 15; Louise Gilmore- Howard Stone. No. 8; Clarence Guest, No. 13; Orvil Snider, No. 2. Cockerel--Lewis Hockridge. No. 6; Winston Ellis. No. 5; Mildred Rowat, No. 2; Edna Bowman", No. t 18 Pullet--M_vrt.le lDrinkel1,'No. 18; Lewis t Archer, No. 13; Winston Ellis, No. 5;` Myrza Shanahan, No. 5. Pen-Wi1lie Wal- M lace, No. 10; Lewis Hockridge. No. 6; Lloyd Hill. No. 15; Muriel Houghton.`No. 5. Beef calf. pure bred-~Harvey Drinkill, No. 18; Francis. Coughlin, No. 9; Beef calf. grade-Lindley Brown. No. 5. Mutton lanrb-Ina McQuarrie, No. 13; Viola Cum- ming, No. 10. Draft colt-Ambrose Friel, Nos. 4 and"8; Archie Hoskin, No. 18. Ways of cooking apples--Mildred Rowat, No. 2; Ina Webster, No. 5; Mary Kirton. No. 15; Reta Wilson. No. 5. Branmuffins--Ina1j McQuarrie,. No. 13; Glenna Downey, No. 15; , Irene Knapp, No. 5; Margaret Andrew. No. 5. Apron mend---Helen Stone, No. 8; Is- . abelle Coburn, No. 5; Mildred Rowat, No. . 2; Margaret Thompson, No. 7." Dressed ; Doll-Louise -Gilmore. No. 15; Evelyn Rountree. No. 5. Clothespin bag--Nor- . ma Coughlin, No. 67 Louise Gilmore, No. . 15; Mildred Rowat, No. 2; Susie Drysdale. No. 8. Hemetitched handkerchicf--Mi1dred Rowat. No. 2; Isabelle Coburn. No. 5; No.` 7; Veronica I-Izwes, No. - '2. Knitted sweater--Iren-e Lawson, No. 5; Mildred Rowat. No. 2; Dorothy Archer, No. 13; Anna Friel, No. 4 and 8. Map of Simcoe--Helen Stone. No. 8; Howard Stone, No. 8; Velma Bowman, No. 18; Wilson Turner, No. 2.`, Insects- Geo.*`Elrick, No. 8.; Step-ladder--Stanley Jordan. No. 5;.Harold Bell, No. 7; Willie n_n:__:.. `M .-. 0 Wnnrlnn mnllal-_-Sf.nwm-1'. e t s e ( ( 1 t JOTUKD. NO. 0; .l1l$l'UM.1 Dtu, nu. I, vvuuc McGinnis. No. 2. Wooden mallet-.Stewart Palmer, No. 12; Russell Turner. No. 2; Frank Jordan. `No. 5. `Stock-loading rack --Willie MoGinnis. No- 2. 5-minute-ad- dress, boy-_. Leighton McGinnis.. No.` 15; Clifton Dean, No. 5. 5-minute address, .girI-tFranc_es Loftus, Nos. 4 and 8; Verona Rowat, No. 5.3 School parade--_S_.S. No._-1 .full Wilcd 1'ig`ht ha1f-V_back; Maurice Shan- _Gray, James Brown, left half-back; John (W. L.` S. in the Toronto Globe) ! I l A niile above New Lowell, where the! `cloud-capped Blue Mountains form that [western horizon of Sunnidale Valley, there iis still living one whose life history forms! la link between the Old South of Lee. Jacl<- Eson and Jeff Davis and pioneer days in iN{)1`th Siiiicoe. This is John Morgan. 8 col- ioured man. now in his 97tl'1'yeliI'. `Morgan 5 [father was born in slavery in `Ole Vir- iginny," but hehimself first saw the light of lday at Holland Landing. ,, 1-,,.L-_. -__...._ 9--. ..l.......... ....m ,...._, ... .-.......... .._ ..... .. . ' "For my father escape from slavery was! la compaumvely easy mung, Mr. Morgan` .'said,'when I saw him a few days ago.` l"L`..Lm u-u.- u `hark zlnntnr ' unrl m: Sllhl ter is `from )f Roache s .fu11y. It s zsaiu, wnen 1 saw mm a utw uuya u5u.i l"Father was a `herb doctor. and`as such] iwas allowed a good deal of freedom in going` `about. among ailing coloured people. fre- `quently being away from the home planta- ,tion for a day or two at a time. During-l lone of ihese absent periods he met in with` isome Qua_kers_. who asked him why he didl Inot go to a free country. Fatvher said he did not know there` was such a country, .but he, nevertheless, accepted the offer of lpransiiortatioii to Cincinnati, and he was well on his way to Canada before his ab- sence had aroused suspicion. I.`.... nulnn-p AL-nohn urea" nnr an nnev nnn-l `$61106 uau uruuscu auapwiuu. , ' I For others escape was not so easy. Den- nis Bowen, who died in Collingwood several; years ago, made two -attempts to attainl freedom before he finally succeeded. After` each failure and recapture he was tied up ltothe whipping post an_d whipped until the .blood ran, and he promised never to runl away again. Before his final attempt his` {wife baked enough corn-bread to last for [some days.` After they had got well on the way blood hounds were heard following the trail. [Fortunately for the runaways therel was a river in front, and, although it wasl two miles, wide, Dennis plunged in, carr_v-: ing his wife on his back. Shortly afterward; pursuers appeared on horseback and opened l fire on the fugitives. One bullet passe: through the fleshy part of .Bowen s leg, but! he kept on swimming, telling his \vife that they might better drown than go back to be whipped to death. flu unvnn eluunrv nlqnfnfinne lift: was UK` WHIPIJCU |.U UCHLU. On some slavery plantations life was not too hard; on others conditions were just about as bad as theybcould be. Once when a party of slaves were working in the train, one, clad only in a linen shirt, com- plained of h .-s back getting wet. `Come in- seeris wife. The man went in expecting to be given a dry "shirt. Instead of that a black snake whip was laid over his shoul- ders and he was soon warm if not dry. Anotherwho had stolen a sheep was tied to_ the whipping post and the first lash sliced away a nipple from his breast. A third, for lying. was whipped until he died. Tho unnfinn l-slnnlr uynn urn!-an fhqn filo | | to the shed and get dried, said the ovex ` one. Iylllg. \VU WILIPPCU Ullllll IIC lllUUo The auction block was worse than the whipping post. Children were sold away from their parents, and wives and husbands were parted. `Oneof the brothers of Rob- inson, aslave who later escaped to Canada, was sold for $1,000. Slaves who proved unruly were sold and sent to the mines. Many owners thought no more of selling their slaves than they thought of selling their cattle. It is no wonder so many` ne- groes took all the risks.of escape. Once in . the free States they found a regular channel of -transportation to Canada, but a risky They were sheltered in Quaker hous- es by day and hurried by night to the next station of refuge on the `underground rail- way leading to Canada. Two of father s ` brothers made their way to Malden by that '- route. Johnson and Robinson. the only ` two other ex-slaves who settled in this sec- ` tron, camem the same way. ' E. n 1," \1_ '|1-_.__.._7_ ,L-__ -_-_ _ ._-_.... `HUM, UaIlIC`llI IIIC LVDIIIU Way. So far Mr. Morgan s story was a repe- l't.ition of what he had heard from his fath- er and other former slaves. When he came to tell of the early days-in Ontario he could speak, for the most part. of what these eyes had seen and these ears heard. I4`.oI>knr nahnn fn `noun 1: n;nnn n` Ion!` llnu CCIl IIIIU IJHCDC VOID .IlCaI|I- Father, wishing to have a piece of land of his own, and hearing that land was cheap north of Lake Simcoe, moved up here when I_ was a very little shaver," Mr. Mor- gan stated. \ _ l TVA bhn Rh... Mnvxnfalna I-nnnlnrl unnr gnu alatcu. Did the Blue Mountains remind your ifather of the old home in Virginia? he lwas asked. - CURL--- ...2._LL 1...-.- .l....... 21` LL... 1...] 1...-.. Wu a5I\UU- They might have done if they had been visible," he said, but. they were not. The whole country was solid bush. with -the ex- l ception of our own little clearing and view was no wider than that across the yard where I live now. What did we have to eat`? -Whatever we could get. People talk of hard times today. They do not know the meanin of thejwords. For meat we sometimes had i venison from deer` killed in the woods by the few-who had guns. More frequently we had groundhogs, very nice meat; coons, `and 8?` s.s. No. 10, Elmvale P1-im.. s.s. No. 15. Flos Plan of farm---Margaret Brown. No. 5: Howard Stone. No 8; Clif ton Dean, No 5; Jack Ritchie. No. 5. Draw- ing of trees--Jean Kidd. No. 10; Ida Web- ster. No. 5; Isabella Coburn. No. 5; Helen McKnight, No. 5. Special sewing compe- tition--Flos,, No, 13; F108, No. 12; F103, No.5. 4thR. Unhitching and hitching, girls- Myrtle Langman, No. 17; Minnie McNeil, No. 12; May Kidd, No. 10. Un`hitching and hitching, boys--Joe O'Neil. No. 6; Reggie Archer, No. 13; Fred King, No. 5. ` wing; Jack Cockburn, centre for- lounge and THE BARRIE EXAMINER which made an excellent dish"; muskrat or`, porcupine. For bread we threshed whe-at with a flail, threw it in the air from a blanket to get rid of the chaff and then car?` tied it, a bushel at a time.'to Holland Land-._ ing (there were only two houses then where; Barrie is now) to be ground. Flour. shorts! and bran were all baked together. We had` mooney tea and `burr tea. the latter_very good, made from plants grown in the .5 woods. `For vegetables we had cow cabbage land leeks. l "Did I ever see any wolves. Why. bless I you, when Iwas a boy in Sunnidale they ' lwere more common than dogs are now. When a pack howled at night the dishes would rattle on the shelves in the cabin Once. when a little chap. I was sent in the [evening for our cows. which were pasturing linan abandoned clearing. When near the placevl saw what I took to [be a lot of `puppies. One ofithem caught hold of the iieg of my trousers, but I was not scared luntil I saw the mother wolf. Then I legged ' it for home. Father took down a gun given ihim by a man named Bingham at Holland {Landing and -went back with me to hunt |the old wolf. `The mother wolf andher brood had disappeared, but I caught sight iof the old he-wolf a few yards from the path! {bracing his hind legs for a spring. .Father [saw him, too, just in time, and the wolf `leaped as'high' as the ceiling of our house when shot. but he was already dead as he fell at our feet._ Father left me there. trembling. to watch the carcass while he lwent after the mate of the dead wolf. He ' got her, too, and the bounty paid for bothl helped out in theufamily larder. I 'l`L...... -_.*...- _ `_L -: 1;;-,, 1 .1 i lAn\JArr\a\.A uuu nu vun. nuunuj llll\.IISla D ' There were a lot of Indians here then` as- well. and they were still in a state of! savagery. Old Indians, unable to keep upi [with the young men, were killed off. Once; an old Indian came to our cabin, and. by` putting his hand first to his stomach and then to his mouth, indicated that he was] ,hungry. When mother gave him a piece of "bread some young Indians, who had fol- 1o_wed him in, snatched it from his mouth, lsaying. `He no good. They led the poor old fellow out to the McEachern place,` I about [four and a half miles east of here. landthere sank a tomahawk in his brain, `afterward burying h'im,with a bow and ar- row stuck in the ground at his head and feet." ` e to the New Lowell station it seemed almost impossible toirealize that so vast a change 1 had occurred" in one lifetime. The Blue Mountains showed up clearly against the setting sun; east, west, north and south were tilled fields which had replaced the `primeval forest. andesubstanti-al farm dwel- -lings the slab-roofed cabins of the pioneers. while in New Lowell itself the evening air, once riven by the howl of the wolf, was vi- `After hearing an this, as I walked back I brant with the music of children's voices. [And yet the man who told of days that are now but a nightmare of a time that is past still retains his mental and physical faculties unimpaired and bids fair to equal! the life span of his father, whose body lies] in New Lowell cemetery, with the words] Aged 1l0 Years above the grave. ' I In the Salvation Army Hall, Thursday.i| Sept. 27. at 8 p.m._. Ensign and Mrs. Cow-I gan. who are on furlough from the Mission! Field will give a_ lecture on the Salvation! Army work in India, and also dress in In-1 dian cmstunie. The Ensign is an old Barrie lS21lvntinn Army officer. Don7t fail to hearl lthese missionaries. Everybody welcome. l I I TELEPHONE 999 B3PTi9_I l!9_1I_$.!!!!DlYC0- YARDS FOOT OF VICTORIA ST. Special Viit of Missionaries r heating sys- The idea of air and hot and deserves .1011. Get in for delivery about Sept. 20th. Consequently, if the public will be good enough to exercise a little patience, be satised with a ton or two until severe weather sets in, -there will be sufficient fuel for everyone. i THE SALVATION ARMY WE HAVE ON HAND about 25,000 feet of Birch, Ash, Elm and `Basswood Lumber at, special, $22.00 ' ' per thousand, delivered Jstkthedthing for rough work, barn oors, etc. SHIPMENTS 0E FRESH MINED HARD COAL EXPECTED Cerrxent, Lime, `Plaster of Paris, Mortar Colors, Plasterer s Hair, Etc. ' Sand and Gravel Coal Miners Strike Settled If you have a Leaky Roof, try our Noleake For Asbestoline Mixtures -woo __ TRY OUR HARD'AND SOFT wooo SLABST A ` They 11 make the room c-heery on cold evenings. in_ Pea, Nut; Stove and Egg sizes son" com. or THE HIGHEST GRADE BUILDERS SUPPLIES |1fRAci'6iz