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or. such ce not." 1n any cement! ek fol- The following grants were ordered to be made, viz:-825 for repairing`Fin- 1ay a hill, $10 for repairing 5th 1i'ne opposite lot 10, J oe; McBride $15 to repair 12th con. line. In . C . .05 [M VESPRA COUNCIL. The Council met on 17th `June, as per adjournment. All the members present. A ' V __ --- - . .._ nova vnvvt HIV VI '1T{JUJuR `then closed. u-IV v-w-vs-I GEO. Snmm. J ` Clerk. Box 303` Ban-in I j'row1v Lo-rsi? I . -BARRIE East Mary Street, Lot 54. ALLANDALE. Lots 2, 3 and 4, West Baldwin Street. North Cumberland Street, Lots :7 and :8. Jacob : Terrace. Lots 1, 2, 3. 4, 5 and`7. . A coffins and "Gaskets of all kinds in stock or made` to order. Robes; Urape and all Funeral Requisites furnished. Orders_by Telegraph or otherwise promptly attended to. % G. O. DOLMAGE, Illa/nage_'r, froud. Music Issued the Firstlssue of Each Mdnfh to ` PEID UP SUBSCRIBFJRS GNLY. Steam Works and Shbwllloom; 05Iii|;i., Barrio UNPETAKEE 12 Pieces of Sheet Music v . .LU .lJ'll/ll/DUI) A):/117150, .l)u/l'I"(/Us lg A TELEPHONE 53. T mmmg@mmwmmg@mmmmmxLe /3/I C Affords endless amusement and delight. If you have one in your home you can entertain your family and friends with the very latest popular music. SONGS. MARCIIES, FUNNY STORlES,-- '_PP1Y at I'.AND KIN, . Advertising in The Advance % BRINGS YOU FACE TO FACE WITH A BUYING CIRCULATION. Cp`LI1_\/IBIA PHONOGRAPH co. THE NORTHEQENAADVANCE, NORTHERN ADVANCE FOR SALE. ALL [ nR%lD%E8--FROM $5 T0 $156 93 chambers street, New York. THE GRAPHOPHONE Th_e swern {circulation of a Local Newspaper is a `guarantee that your money is well and properly spent. It is the very best medium by `which you can reach your custom- ers, being a welcome visitor in every 1101116., N0 experi- ment in this kind. of advertisinv. lenge comparison. Can. you nd anything more certain than advertisingin a focal A paper. BARRI E AN D STROU D. ON $1.00. {fruit ADVANCE," Writ: for Special Catuogo No. 319 We have the `largest irculation in the district, ana chal- REPEATS THEM All. V Its repertoire is without limit. FOR ONE YEAR AND THE 123 Dunlap Street, B}m~ze. ; sales in his hands. 5 _at @`Orders left at T tended to. Advertise in%`fa%THE ADVANCE.` Ihe Old Reliable Am,-m;o,,ee,. - FARM s'rox %s__AALE$ :VALUATORIAND APPRAISER. HANDLES ALL S`I`{IIJ1::g)S OF AUCTIC 1'... THE?) ` llln-I-run-no-_.._ ___ L 17-39 ed per :1 rates kes. Ac FURANCE e their e then" do so ch ad- Pm, #1 { 0, Out. hr ac-- IIIL _` , Barrie !_ (30111- . $250. e such roperty ., etc., . npany vb GU This I / `dark. In .Enga, land for gold f ad 18 1'e5P`. Glas- crown and aistle and `In ed In Edinburgh 9* f at are "3 22. gow a lion Tampa In Irelvn lace of the Crown carat d _ _ roWned an gold has a harp .22; 20 ~ leathers dard t 5 . wra`s aonffr P1 ,33 used in dI1;%(1)?~I`f`(`)'r 18 carat:1%2'12 corn s head and 1.8` most Cases :15: and 9 carat? haslgn England. tiflfdard . S 011 Y` dwt. 5 . ver of 11 oZ- fwd pzassant, and if; the mark iS 9 mug a Britannia" 11 oz. and 10 d" ' Edinb . d . . _th1St1. an urgh a thistle and 3 0. Britain . 1ion - 1 gW `* nia, and In G 8.5 _ rampant . - (1 Q . * a.r;0 use Brltanma and a 1 nd a."0rwne-at In Ireaa n _'/L ,. rP IS used `N 1 1 -..- ..... ua. .a uwb. abunu-4 ";`}:;`;e:he new standard not being used` 1 told m be gures. in the gold stand- pure. e the` nufnber of carats of ' 3 in 24; so -that 18-.ca.ra.t.' 0,pm_ee&ns that there are 18` pa.r1.;'sV' gold to six of alloy. . _ [ The hall `inn-`In-. -1 4.1.- '_'_.--- ~-- w an; an auoy. . ' V he hall `marks of the assay `don. leopard s head; Bir-v . an anchor; Chester, a dag- three Wheat `sheaves; Shef- crown; Newca.stl'e,` threql Exeter. a. castle v with .tI;re}` -Edinburgh,` .5, " ` G1_as+;% . and, for the better un- b_FStanding of our marks, {may be rley described. There are: (1) The m-.Lker s mark, the initiadlsn f his name or firm; used since 1739. 1(2)`The standard mark. Eng- c`r`.d of 22 and 15 cam:-s. a. InV};':`(11 t _22 and respectively. mburgh thistle in rampant used in` crown. Ireland 22- 5 22. 2Ogo1d crowned and ,_-......, ;A\Jvvuv\;&, uc UU1-I` fessed that at the present time the laws as to hall mzirking are in a. Ve1`y,c1u1oLic condition, for they are SCz_1tt.-rvd tI1r<>1:_L;l1 statutes innumer- able, and "Are not sufficiently known to afford adequate protection. to the Purchaser. - Their history, too, 1S`n0t WT) C0n1}`1i111e11Lury to the_ craft. The Lion, for nearly three centuries the standard mark both for- gold and silver; but in 1845 the crown was substituted for 301d of both eighteen and twenty- two carats, in order -to prevent 3 Practice whi into vo me of guilding silverware-and sellmg 1t, as gold, and the fact is , the attention of the collec- tors of old plate. ' ' ` example, rema.ined~ for; ch had, it is said, come? . ...;n-us Alli The va.ridus hall 111DIiCatcd, f 0_PStanding our brley J {`l\ mu ~ v-J - in 11-TD is used for 11 Said: the sta.zrda' there mt `- . L3Ik'~ LL`LL1uu. -44.-1"" "*" ' `""' VVV n (lL`l.CCL'S[)l1l`l0llS- goods" by touch gltom, but the public certainly are not exports in assaying gold and sil-... V8,. Electrotyped copies, too, in which are reproduced, with a. marvel- lous cxactitude, almost every scratch upon the original, and even the min-ks left by the maker's hammer, as well a,s.the' hall marks themseljrus, arc cxtrciiicly diflicult of detection, even by the initiated. ` But more in- genjmis still is the deception prac- ticed by the transformation of old- ,fdshl0f1L'(l articles, and the transpo- sition of genuine marks from one ar- ticle to another. -The Beefeaters of the l` formerly Wore upon their arms largo silver badges bearing the anus of `three mounted cannon sur- rounded" with a scroll. In a t of econoiny those were conscated and sold, and, as the story runs, the pur- chascr of about a score of them, in- stead of consigning them to the melt- ing pot, or `disposing of them as curios, coi1\'01`t(=(l them into sconces, and pointed triumphantly to the hall marks as a guarantee for their an-[ tiquity. For anything we know to the contrary, these cheis-d oeuVre are still going the round of the market. They would. no doubt, be highly` valucd by tnztny people in the present rage for ormtmcnting reception rooms with an_tiqu{- silver. ` sew-tn of Old Laws." It is not perhaps generally known tlia`t,'altliougli it is permissible to add to zmy pivcu of silver a quantity which does not exceed one-third .of the whole, the change must bemade in such it manmgr that the original use i the `oi-tit-lo is not altered. _ A tan. ll, for t.-xaimple, may, it _is said, nave a lip attached, but not a spout: but tw doubt whether these statutory conditions are complied". with with any: great regularity. llhcn we 1'e111c111l.(*r the extreme se- verity of the old laws against fraud 1 ,1 , ' - - 01761" 8.808: uxc Ucxaua .,....... ....y_, .._- -- ......,.-...` alloy) British hall marks certainly possess a reputation .of their own which, in the main, `they deserve. They are not, it is true, infallible. Cases are constantly croppingup in which they have been so ingeniously imj1u1C(_l as to deceive any one but. a. connoisseur or a burglar. Against the counterfeiting of ancient/marks, of which there are examples enough nun.-n nvvnenrxfnd in +121; nun]. 0[ \\'1uLu LILVKU vvsv n4`-tmgsarlawnz uu.vu5u, and to spare preserved 1n the arch- ives of Lhe Goldsnnths _Companies. "there is, of course, little or} no pro- M11011. Experts, 1t has been said,- J .,.no nvxna-u'nnc~ rI`I\I\r`c<-`1\vv .\u...`l.. The British Lion, even in_his her- aldic form, conxmande on_e s respecg. if not one s .ad1nirat1o_n. Yet it is am-Gus that little or nothing should be known about the _regulations go'v-{V OI-njng-l1iII1, There 1s a, vague Idea e that the Lion and, for the ma.tter~ of liberally impressed upon both- gold silverware and electro-plated goals, are. a guara_.nte_e of something . or other, and Britlsl} housewives are content to count the1r spoons, `secure in the belief that they are of sterling\ ..__. -r `R:-{fish hall murky: not-fninlu and thaL,,n1ost of the other marks so ' nation 7 and'1reland-'l`he Maker : Mu-k, tug ,_ standard Mdrk, the Hall Mark, the Duty Mark. and the" Date .\lark- I`he Public Often` Much Puzzled Over Them All. 3 Marks Used in England, _s cotlaid,~. TH ' Purg `wm - IN THE MAIN .. .T'ON`. 1* .. - . . '.._`y" snvennv or some on) LAws.` 1 db \'a1'im1s ff: .'::.1l Marks. - vowvnnus (II VI KIVVI-lU\I 4 oz. .2 dwt. stand: .....1 ..-L Lu `an-u---nu." -V--- -_ .. V-~_ Glasgpw census. retuin Zjust} issued show a total of 7.60;329 popu1a.tion-.. En` "P9 in 9- 'd9d. ._. _-. L _e of V? The famine h_a.s depopulated India `to an alarming extent. The census . for 1901 shows a decrease since 1891 '01 one million, when- under normal ?conditions there should have been an increase of ,a.t leasteva million and a. half. In someielocalities the decrease ' ihaa been at the ratei of 4.5 per cent. The Pope (who at one tirfie was It -reigning monarch over the papal states)` is credited with receiving. no fewer than 20,000 letters and news- papers every day; The German Em- peror receives more than 700 letters a day. The Prince of Wales; before his accession to the throne as Ed-, ward iVII.*, was not very far behind that number, and as King he will in` vall probability exceed it. i Among presidents, the United States presi- dent stands at the head with 1,200 letters a day. the president of the French T republic comi-ngnext with "700 a day. - V ` ` Bishopstubbs of Oxford was a man who rendered distinguishedservice in the editorship of historical docu- ; ments, charters, chronicles, etc. His Select Charters and Constitutional ` History of England are the best 1 known of his works, but ' by his ; painstaking researches he placed an E immense amount of material at the I service of other historians. While there has been a general falling on! in the character of English literature of an imaginative kind, the workers in 3 history, biography and` the historical `essays `have held their ground` well, ` as the names of Gardner, Le_cky, Mor- I ley, Goldwin Smith, McCarthy, Har- rison,` Bryce and others indicate. . ' in-gs. - a '\"I V-I-U, ua.u.,u.la.l`K OI Birming- . Amid all these multitu~'dinous.`sym- bols, it is not to be wondered at that the public; should be a little confused as to their respective mean- And"as` all these have _under- gone many transformations, the his- tory of hall marks can almost claim to rank '_ aas a science. There can, however, be little -doubt that, though there are some objections to the compulsory assaying" and mark-` ing - of plate, it is to _the system which has been in vogue in this coun- try. for nearly six hundred years that the superior reputation of British gold and silver ware to that of, per-. haps, every other country in the world is mainly , `due. Our hall marks afford a guarantee of value, to which it is ' not to be wondered atithat considerable importance at- taches, since these goods may` be safely V regarded We doubt whether the assertion that no importance is attached to Bri- tish hall marks abroad is borne out by the facts; but if only sentimental reasons remain, these are enough to . in various ways, so as to ascertain give pause to any rash changes in a custom that can claim 0 high a prospective right. V The assaying of `the precious me- tals is a science which has been more exefctly practiced in this than in any other country. When a piece of plate is sent in to an assay oice, a little of the metal is scraiped off it, and this diet, as it is called, is tested its neness, which must correspond with that of` the standard plates kept by the Warden of the Standards _'at the Mint. r 'She_feld and Birming- ham have to send up their `.`diet boxes? to be proved by the Queen's Assay Master twice a year-a some- what invidious distinction, since the other assay ofces have only to do so as required.- From this it appears that the guardians of the standard of wrought plate of Birmingham and ~ of Sheffield have always labored un- der the disadvantages attaching to the reputation of those towns, and the fact serves to indicate the ne- cessity for retaining a system of guaran't`ee_: .,. . the `duty fmarkj: (5) the 7 date i letter for the `year- as an investment. V --r ...---v.- There are only" two standards oi .s__i1Ver -- the old-one of eleven oz. two pennyweights, .and that of eleven oz. and `ten pennyweights, in the pound Troy; so here there is_.not much room for fraud. But the laws of hall mark- ing, scattered as they are over a mul- titude of statutes, :are highly techni- cal, and not the least necessary re- form is their consoli-dation. This was urgently recommended by the com- mittee of 1856, and a bill for the purpose was prepared by the Com- , missioners of Inland Revenue in 1857; but although its necessity was ' again emphasized by the Select Com- mittee of 1879, no measure of the kind has ever been laid before Par- liament. But we need hardly insist` that the tendency of legislation should certainly notbe in favor of greater laxity. . There is much to say for the old demand` of the Gold- smiths Company for further powers ofenforcingf the law than the mere right to sue for penalties. Sales by auction now take place with practi- V cal impugnity, no matter how. spuri- , ous and debased the goods may "be, `F an-d there" V is evidence and to spare to showithat the general sense of the - trade and the public is in. favor of _ the preservation of the `old g'u-aran- 9 tees.-_-Pearson s Magazine. ' j the head` of the sot:erei'3fi 1; introduced _in 1784. - ` . ' % man` mu- - - mark; changed every"?fjrea:L1'5,:3-ivv e:;1t:r;`:gft|f(`;;::l'A 1 twenty_;six letters of`fthe' 'a_'.lph'{betf 'be- ing used in" rotation, and repeated j in dierentstyles of letters. In Lon- ; don the assay year commences on % 30th May, `and is indicated by_ ' one 1 of twenty letters of the alphabet, A to_ U, omitting the letter J. - Puzzles the` Public. ' As an example, we give a. Birming- ham: silver plate mark: (1) The ma.ker's initials; (2) the standard ! mark; .(8) the hall mark of Birming- i ham; the dutv marl ; lK\ +1.... . ...,- uu uuuu in J. I 15%. ' ;` " (5)' The date -oice has" .now its letter for mark; changed every 1 year; twer of-the dphab ing used in rotation,, re; different -styles In commenc indicated bx: Glasgow Sho' v. mug arowcp; , -.L_-.._ _ .!_"._A. .Q. The Daily Mail of Bipllon. `H-- WMEWII Two Standards `of Silver. Tho Igdun Famine. 9 , _,I A Bishop Stubbs, .........,. vrwuu. usaay i 3' letter or date P17 Iron... 4._...._A.__ A . -,i`s:.`-ac first year on record that not a. single death from; hy'1g-_Q- ax. . I!hi>i=+- ?h+a ben Lxemrtied; , .% . any In-VGnAA\A 0 The birth number 928,646, equal to 29.3 per thousand. There were ` 37,124, illegitimate children born; the deaths` numbered 581.709, equal to 18.3 per thousand. and` thero'woro' 2,844 suicides." ' fI'|`l_.!_. .- 1_I_.- A..-` _`-_..x __, . - n - --.---m- -a-wt-`Ct QUCVIIAGO Some` interesting points are found in the annual report of the Regis- trar-General of births, deaths and marriages of the United Kingdom, In 1899 the marriages. reached the highest number i_recorded' since 1-876, aggregating 262,884, or 16.5 per` thousand. V c , tan`); .4. _ The "King Over the Water." An interesting custom that recalls Ithe old poetic days and the covert {Way of drinking the health of the King' "over the Water,`isi found in ' use by the English royalties. When a member of the Royal Family comes to dinner it is a point of etiquette to provide none butthe illustrious" ]guest with a nger bowl at the end i of the banquet. The other diners are obliged to get along Without this convenience as" best they may. The reason is a curious one. In early q Georgian days one never knew who was loyal, says The London News. Every other man might be 0. Jacob- iteadn his heart. ` Now it was a piece of. Jacobite ritual whenever the toast of "The King wasdrunk, se- cretly to pass the goblet over any water that happenedto be near the drinker. . This was supposed to con- vert` the toast into that of The King Over the Water," the exiled Stuart `at Rome or St. Germaine. _On this becoming known the court insisted there should be no water within reach. of any guest; and .-the 1' prohibition still holds. wIr_ vacvav 6 Once, when the Council was dis- cussing the Sunday concert qes- -tion, a. late, member said: You make it obligatory that we`ought not to employ these men moreethan seven days a week;" and Sir John Hutton, who was protesting against any disturbance of present arrange- ments, followed with` this mixture: "The ink is hardly dry before you tlig this . thing up" to see if it is growingf In another discussion Col. Rotton told the Council that the Parks Committee, `inspecting Rutty s `house, unlike 'Baalam- wentato bless, but stayed to ,curse."~ Q; the committee numbered a few who "sit under eminent divines, the Council expressed surprise. I don't mean` to say that they actually swore and cursed-used bad i lan- guageyou know, observed the col- onel. "They went to praise, but stayed to blame. The whole place is in the most perfect state of di_laip- idation. Why, it w-ants` new; ce 1- in%s_,.`new oors, and a new roof." - ta- ut-J-uu .-. 1.-..-- ._.-..- : -vuuau (mu uspcu GHLQELU3. Instances of "slips" are plentiful. Mr. ; Cornwall, usually very careful, once ` told us that "40,000 people in Lon- don were living in one room. Dr. `Cooper was enlarging upon the dan- gerous occupation of lunatic attend- - ants when he observed quite serious- ly: -Some of the asylum attend- . ants have been killed, and not only _killed, but injured." ; Mr. Steadman averred that he did not believe `in visiting the sins of the father upon the parent; and Colonel Rotton, in the same discussion, laid down the principle that we`must. have slaughter houses, as we have not arrived at the state vghen we can eat live meat. May we never get there! ' I\....... ....`l_ __ 41. _ rt ,,, an -- _.---vv--; can `shut \4L_UUUI.\lLl u.uu"UU5 six years ago, declared that the tax- ation of site values was ripe for set- gtlement. If that was the `case six years ago," said Mr. Benn in a. E condition` of the fruit now?" _"Rot- [ten!"` came from all parts of the I speech on the subject, "what. is -the` -.avuuv\4A-IA\1|l-_I VJ auuu nu. czulueuc 1118.11 as Shakespeare ought to convert the Council." V _ - _ A ~ Mr; John Burns was once guilty of a. delightful ornithological mix- ture of_ metaphors when he told the Council that a. better time was com- ing, when Parliament ceases to be the .cuckoo nest for monopoly . pig- eons! ' vvuwo ., one 31 039111916 must sumce. Col. Rotton, in his election a.dd,.ess Hi? V7091`: an-n rInn`l.-.u.u-..I al.-1. A,I_, 4 , _,_ .._.V_... `:0 v-Av AI. uzu LJUVV I _ l`*UlI. ten! Council. - u 1! LA.) word, word ted as r word rtiona Parker onc. `quoted Shv.ks- peare to Show the wisdom of erect- ing statues to Chaucer and Milton, concluding` by observing: `Such a. statement by such an eminezit man an ghobnannnro nsumkb 4.- __-----4- V -.`,_-.1.-4, gsuu G; LLGVV lUU1- , .houe Wis,` therefore, pull- ied down. Once, when the Council [ was discussing the advisability of of-. ferjpg g_. reward of 1,000 for the | best.` smoke consumer for private grates, Si1_'_Ha.rry Pola_.nd,V by way of throwing ridicule up6n it, produc- ed the following letter which a. friend . of his received from a. man who gl- vertised that he would, for a. shil- ling, send particulars for the pre- vention of frozen cisterns: _~Dea.r Sir. -I hav had a great experience in these m ters.` If you remove your cistern `from a. cold part of the house to a. warm part it will not be froz- .n_ I l Just now L. C. C. electors are be- ! mg {asked to vote for candidates for 9a. variety of reasons, but no would- jbe member is seeking election on the ; 5 ground that he could 1ea.ven the de- ; I ba.tes with a. lambent light of humor 4 V and eloquence, says The London * {Daily Mail. .But in a. body like the- =London County Council, where duke _ and docker have taken tea. together, 3. and lords and labor members are .44..` cu... I.--` -3 ;_-,_:-_-.L -- ..__ -..- wuu uauuva. u.u:1._uuU.I.B UJCU `the ver3`r-`best of friends, there are- wonderful kinds of eloquence, all of which are not charming, but some of which are often amusing. Tnnfnnt-nu n#`qHn- ...... ..1.....4..-:.-1 Ir. . A Body` in which the Eloqupio I; Wain ` dorfnl. Not. Always Charming, But Sometimes Amnilng-Somo sample mu-sun Which Wm Make up . /' ' Reader Laugh--some Hixodr` V Metaphors. .IN_ LONDON -COUNTY COUNCIL. qibads LABGR Mmaen srr ~ qHs_s_K av JOWL .~ nnglsua Bren?-In Bacardi.` ' P I-Ii;ghest_ a.sh_pi-ids ' f.or"Endow:nen't Insurance olicnu,"::pn:l1na.b!e mpanies or. money loaned y . TH, E. 1} 12, taken from A. Gibson s assess I ment and added to oWm. Oz-ok s assess- ment at $150. Finlay and Peter Mc~ Anther were ordered to be placed on_ resident roll as joint tenants for lot W i E 1; 20, con- 9, at 8350, and that Angus Cameron be assessed for S 20 s. 22, 9th eon, in place of J. Ferguson. The N. 75 s.'E`;~ 3, con. 3, tabs taken of!` W. G:-soie e assessment and assessed to _ Gideon Shot-tread at $500. . `nu. . `n-__d u.;_ - -1__n ; ENDOWRENT INSURANCE POLICIES = ' At {he adjond Court of `Revision; H. H. Strathy s assessment was reduc- ed 3200 ,- H. Wy1e'a, $225 ; N. 70 g. The following accounts were ordered to be paid :--T. Beecroft, for special audit ordered by Provincial Auditor, $150 ; N. W. E. King, ad. Court of Revision, $1.75 ; S. Campbell, for work. done in J une, ]9(_)0, $2 ; A. O'Connor, stumping, $2.80; R. R. Brown, for gravel, $2.80. and A. Primrose, Coun- cilman, on acct, $10. V ' - Coutt-e-Oameron-`--Ord`ered that as. Russell be pathmaatet on sideline be- tween late 4 and 5` npposite lot 15. That Messrs. Finley and Coutts ex- amlnethe 8th con. sewer, andiexpend a- 'sum not exceeding $30 for` repairing `same, and thatvAlfrede Keely be engag- ed to run grader No. 2 at $1'.50 per day. ` Coutte -'-Finlay--Ordered that Capt. 1 Bird be authorized to procure cedar for ouivert on his road div. _ That tenders be received for ditching, etc., 7th con., north of Ferndale School to Hubbart road, and that tenders be received for building bridge and making approaches to same on 6th line opposite lot 8. Councilmen Finlay and Coutte were requested to oversee the said work. - 4 Coutts-Cameron-Ordered that this Council purchase for the use of the Township a wheel scraper. Councillor Primrose recorded his vote against the motion. A -, On motion of Coutts and Finlay,` Wm. J.V White, of Dalston, got the ap- pointment of Collector of rates foi the entrant year ata salary of $110. yeah;-arr; heir Yr.-evhey rem me. a :'.D`l.5'.M'` VFW` M-?". 3b8n`? 3r 59!! here; `tli._ have activeandzealcus workers in ` both Sabbath school and church. A8` "both teacher andsuperintendent, Mr. Roantree, has. left a. record behind him which is worthy of imitation. Mrs. Roantree during` her entire stay here, taught the infant class, lwhichfshe took the greatest of interest in, and she has had the pleasure of seeing some of her first scholars-, settled in their own homes. ` -We are all sorry to lose Mr. and Mrs. Roantree both as neighbors and church members, and we are_qnite sure their places willremain long vacant. A. few days before their leaving it was arranged. that they were to be surprised. Mr. M. J chnstonecalled them forward at church and read the an appropriate address. Mrs. Gauley and Mrs. Max well, representing the church presented them each with a beautiful and costly rocking chair, Misses Campbell and Huggins representing the. Sabbath school presented Mrs. Roantree with a handsome ladies table anda fancy am`. Mr. Roantree in replying to the address said that anything he had done for either church or school was done freely and because he liked to work for the Master and had been in the work from a boy. Mrs. Roantree replied by say` ing that their work meritted no such reward as they were then presented with, but anything they had done was done from a free and willing heart- She would always look back with both pride and pleasure on the happy times she spent in both church and Sabbath school in Brentwood. g `considerably. `The Clerkwaa requested to notify G. T. R. to have .a_ crossing made for the public on 9th (399: V . I e Lon- Secur-