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nds of ! AUGUST 0th--From Toronto to Ssrnia Tunnel.` inclusive, via. Stratrord. and all stations I S V South thereof in Ontario. 7 ' AUGUST 2v3Grd--From all stations North of. but not including Main Line. Toronto to Samia . Tunnel. via Stmtford ; all stations Toronto and North and East of Toronto [ v ` to Kingston and laenfrew AUGUST 28th-From all stations Toronto and East, and East of Orillia. and Scotia. Junction. AUGUST 50th- -From an stations Toronto to North Bay,inc1usive.and West thereof in Ontario. 'l`1:n (1-nnrl 'I\......I. n.....:a.. n..:a...... :. ..i_. .1. ..._i-_. __ 1 ,, _ , v _ __ ._._ _.-._--..--...-.. -v.......... u. nu. \-u uu-;,u-unuau cguuu H can Iouctuul ul Ul.llo :ll'l0. The Grand Trunk bacic Railway is the shortest andquickest route between Winnipeg- Saskatoon-Edmonton. Half-{cent mile to Winnipeg, plus $18 to destination in Eastern Canada. `GRAND _':RUNK RAILW Z{fYsTrf1Vi FARMLLABIJRERS EXDURSIUNS Single Fare fer Reund Trip Good going August 24 to September 9, inclusive. Return Limit September 10, 1912 Canadian National Exhibition FIVE POINTS 2 o ' m cH'l<':A'o-o' Plus half-cent mile from Winnipeg to destination, but not beyond MacLcod, Calgary or Edmonton. New Fast Express service between Winnipeg. Yorkton. Canora and Regina. `j g/VI T ' Special low rats :on certain dates ASK ANY GRAND TRUNK AGENT FOR FULL PARTICULARS Wolfenden & Crossland E` I\f\IlI'IIfI AND $10.00 79 WINNIPEG ""'f\ J 63 J. E. BILI.I.\'GSLEY. AGFNT, PHONE 6b JUST NORTH OF 0TTON S HARDWARE m.-:'rfJn'N1NG i*3}5S ` LEAFVES FOR PETERBOROUGH Last week Mr. N. N. "Clark, Prin- cipal of Meafovd Public School for the past thirteen years, left to take up his residence in Peterborough, where he has accepted the Principal- ship of the King Edward Wald School. . BARRIE. om". EER` T16; DWI}. us % paw. Tm-2 .\In.< I' I.\`l)EPE.\'Dl}NT MAN ON EAR`I`II. V ` w1l<`=I1fi4-lrls 1-n\'(_'1`(*(l' Wth a six-inch Pile Hf f. ,'l'(`(`ll rullcd away on. `one h`'d3 (.'ln\'4`!' and timothy hayelds 'hUs<*. un;:mr1(-ntml g`r0w,th since yes-' tcrduy he mnllm` almost recognize at 5i.[.'12lJ1L-4*, wm' on the other. In some holds the tvlulvr y01Ing'_c0x.11 .was just starting! t}1l~u1I;.rh the soil, 'T'marking;' W H?r\\'1: <~zu't}1 of? into regular "``""`T`?"~ :4":--<~::-,st,_a:1'red. at every cor- *`1'- lo -licking` of, the corn`-plaAnt-{ stnll noi.~:<.-s of spring`. Tr (`F11-041? mlclo-d. 11. i'hyt"Hn to the 80ft, ' MA V!) W A nh!71m- A-`i.-"A A 1n'i. tmt broug'l1t the A young f;u`1n<-1' tn tlw far gate, opening into the h'1'. plum-4| field. vwify Old pluwnmu. with four big` mules and a ]']n\\'. w:l.~' turning` over the chocol~a,be lmun in lUll. .'. nloist waves} As he pmwiml his employer at the. gate he rl(ll('}I;`!l `wt fzlrtller forward and (-1'u<~l hi~ lm1g' .whip over the mul- (-.-'. wlm .~'1n'uug' nmvard against the` ]>1`v.-'.~'il1}_" 4-u1]:n's with a quickened`. wp. 'l'h- t'm-nu-1' paused only ]ong_| t-nnngh In nwzl.~'1n`v with his eye the .-nnuum M" \\'M`]{ lmw and. to be sure all was m-H. P(3I`}l'.1)|.'.s' there was :8 nillllrlw lumtinxx ur .~4ugg`esnti0n, {hen lw ]):l.~`{`l] nn his i`0uI1dS. V` r him: \\'l1il- the ~ of's.0'ft .V0l1l1:.' T11iILu'.< gzrmving was like a 1iV' WE! *I>I`('.~`t-1m- ulmut him. . ' ~ ' dle:-4W%`A'% '8tmea1tin1<-, he. was 111 the sad davn -uvlullu However, <-xc('-Pt ` the V1 g ,5. and when x118};t+;(:..`,i.VI..1.e..T.'.;`aA~.:l--I-*"" 19 wife he w-0 """` nun. W. 7'" `.buv M int was dead t1red' and=c1ropv; 0 11. dreamless sleep `almost. as. 600 08 Ilia ' `M ' " .headt h 'W'l ;* MI `" ' " -PP!-w-%?v{:'~w; MA\IUFAOTURER'0F'.;;, - M"i"' Cmiaseo. :;:v.Q1`* R.IA.A.' _ i11g.z' 01' than In `NW ft-I Tllo furllwr felt a. good` deal 0f_ I-,lyu.~'1I1`(* in the ownership of these thinngs. siglxn` uf nu inwzml I-am-n1onarc_h9of- all-I-.~vnrw`_v cousciuusnesa. Perhaps a_ thmurlxt of lmw fax-. the grazing` oat- tlc \\'uuM ,L'n toward paying fozrthe Jww ":~i;zl1t_\'" entered into his satis- fau-tinn. |ut nut 11ecessari1y._Therdis' nmrv pm~tr).' than is suspected- by any but hi< intin1:1t(*s i11'the -make-up Of the am-1'u;:'o fz1I'1nc1', and he loves-* the lumtiful in ;\'z1tur(* without dream- H1 t:\H{il1;:' about it,Va,ny mo're IN` \\'nlIM publicly express `his ` 1 Us stra ightened shqoulde-rsT . 'uml l1ig'l1-held head were the outward A (-luau` brook sparkled its way in and out among` the gentle slopes, and .5~1(?ok. .~'lx-1-py uattle were peacefuuy g'ru7.ing' Inside: it. . A IIu1'.~'('. and master were alike feel jug` their outs us they id-rvew in great lu11g."f11l.~' of the pure, V fragrant air, 1`lu~ wood pasture was velvet-As,ward. ed; its trees xvere Very beautiful in 31-ir tv11d01' new green. ' es 111 hives. Ulxllox. .., Pggiii `toast, and: Sweet` -I ._ `__ . go :""_ lltw ` urn ; ho ta ,spu1'kling~ (.0396, with ` mbre 2 A real ('I`c2l.Il1; 11i~]1ju . ` g u - , . . I wxth cusp waf I I ~. _ Ay 1.-*`- "-. u\V`_-1 [L L o the })l1t(`h flhI10St BS dillmxr c<>'t`0 0"~P3"`With tha d9W." mm, .<-rvml with the richest " mid} 113111-115 unlike the city product as mm11ez1t is like its husk; new-laid J. ...`.l` .r.-..n.-.& ` .-....".J..'__ `_,;L AS 114' ` w viult-I `mm-uing in vcorn-planting?`:tjme.;__ A 4\\'(`'t()'_dO young :f&t'1`tAI16;V1`:`L.0:f_ ;Midd](, West, astride a.= good ,1 ,apri11g'i1y out Of mm the wood pasture just cntc-11 the kind of hud dwcllv 1' I . A. l. nhnnaf nyzu Tnnma. on. nIc`1'Lou_ fag mum-y cannot buy_ `for 7 .St1'a\wbe1'riesA--the: pick ? * (if , on nea- ess. the and nia. be ing \s In f1 :T[l'(l along: the hedgero.ws,. viuh-t~ um! spxviug-beauties smiled at him; the lark and the d[0ve, robin um] tho b1ack`bird,- Sang to 1'1 I tl-r \\'if'(~ mid ba`-bies.. mu. _ illltl (`][)V'()II ' ' ' V ' 5 iron; h` *5 Q own F raw 7714 S .S'a(urci'ay z enz}zg Post After dinner she washed the dish- es,_tended to the baby and put`him_ to for. his afternoon nap, did such odd jobs as churning, cutting out. of the kettle one hundred pounds or so of soap" and carrying it.to the drying. :roo'm~, picked and canned or preserved the stnawberries that had ripened since yeeterdpy, and in the L. v'ifiq.'iblet of time remaining between this work and the getting of supper she s A V the sewing. machine to its wildest imit in an eort to make, for herself --and; baby, garments that- she would,neve'i- have time to make unless she Asuch minutes as these,,39queemd out ocfppher busy days. _ At night when she_"* lay down t9 test every muscle and every neu"ve4 was tlfroubbing with fatigue, and her harried spirit was in no `condition to drop into healthful respose. She .was awakenec! half a dozgq times durin j the M ht"by_ the::E_rettii1g.of her chiil '1 `andrhudL.to soothe :it..;.t9_~ 8139? V-again` own 9% ' f in .. "M " wt *' Ya. DIIIS VV_WlI_0;_ J u . . H` ".__| ` After or fteen, %vears nbovv` % V : -%*% '1.` If it had~'- been wash day or ironing day, or if her `baby had been sick or cross, the `extra .work` these ~ circum- stances eultailed wou1d.h_a_ve_ . been performed ` by some means; She would have carried: the fretting child about in hef arms ` as she ,.wor1_sed ,-andlperhaps gone later usua . 7 r V V . , = S111; hl;i'IN11'e.d a spper. -Men `who work in the open must . have three hot meals` a-`day--they wi1l"te1l you -_so if you fak them, A - However, she had no time to re- `eet on any little added unpleasant- ness `in dtishvwashing. On with the ,workl- In and out of the hot suds and rinsing pan she put those dish-. es~-no sink to lighten the,labor- dried-, then put them away, mopped and tidied the kitchen, unendingly drew water and emptied gnwater, cleansed" the , vegetables, dressed chickens, made hot bread--noghandy bakery here-pmpared. dessert ' and coffee, and had another deliciousl meal smoking on the table bytwelve o clock, when her husband and the men trooped hungrily in from the elds.` ` - ' ' : i By this` time the dirty dishes were even more unpleasant to handle. than dirty dishes; `usually are. If you think `they should have been washed i-mxmnediately after bneakfast my ad-V vice-to you would) be not to criticize the routine followed by a farmer s wife unless you know .what you are .tulking about. ' If she were not an expert of the highest efciency at her own particular business she -could never do the amount of work that she does-. roars V_ Breakfast overjand the-milk'.strain-` ' ed and-`jP11~f; W8.3fy `ice-box overhauled 0 and other soiled d1shes_sta;>ked on the Ll- and look after the setting hens and incubator. This d on'e. she gathered fruit and vegetables for dinner. She hurrxedthrough this task with never a glance -at the tem-pting spring _ lalldscarpe; This was not because she was unappreciative. of its beauty, but because her whole mind was cen- treclon nishing th-is task before the baby should awake, and become v -alarmed at her absence. As she ~ neared the house and heard the une expected wail, s.-he -, quickened her ` pace into as much of a run 'asgthe_ brimming` buckets in her hands ` would allow.. Setting down her pails ' in the kitchen, she rushed up the stairs and snatched the crying infant from his cosy nest. kissing him, pet- ting him, and talking foolishness to the accompaniment of his delighted ,c;'urgles all the way down the steps. Such delights, however, must be short -lived. ` Hastily.--a.lw.a.ys. hastily --s-he bathed, dressed`, and fed him and put him down to play; then took up the rounds with a glance at the clock that sent her racing through bed-making, s-weeping, dusting, set- ting` to rights-.--and.Lhen' back to the hot kitchen. For the kitchen was hot even thus early in the season. i There is no such thing as gas in most farming districts, and` gasoline stoves are not-to be thought of in the preparation of a full meal for l1u.n- a gry farm-hands. iTha.t would be aslfi absurd as using, a sewing machine C oil can to `oil an automobile. p I V Sucli5._;.fsl__ee(p: iv.wis- '-n" least`. .bfjhis: -blessin`g`b;'e. :It jisfa-:4;orily`% by: healthful" exercise`: iii" the ~brighe-t Jsun-. shi11e~' and,_pure air,` taken .without a undue" haste or bfvworry. "T No wonder he awdke cheerful and optie Amistic, satised that the farmer is the moat independent `man on earth. The thought of another day s work before him was: altogether pleasant, for he loved the. farm and farming. His wife rose at four o clock that morning as usual, hurriedly `dressed, quickly builtithe kitchen re, and had breakfast on the table when the hands returned~ from feeding their teams and: milking. Remember the menu and you will understand that she worked with rapidity, ' 1-3__ 1 n ,---_ , avvU.O`-`O: vu etaxbles She gh his lgecause \vux.n:nd-:.._ --E 3L- wit the least bf his ;' only `induced by V. in the bright sun- 0 air, ' taken .W1thout gvr u-sou ..|;y|Av vv Mun`; -l\Jl, u-uu, All LGUU, live very mm: as .women in the same. station live in` town. -' It is the. ~prosp'e1-ous farme.r s -wife who is over- worked, and` in many -gcases she` is simuly.;_,~.p, ,drudg\9.` _% No wonder they` wish to.esoap from`. it all, to live in Town `where the incessant grind from `sunrise _-to bedtime, may be` for;-J ~gd_ ai;en.; ,If you `could `question `o1'1e} 3htIjdrd". airme19 --`_iW.iVe8'- who "hagY.e' giirr f9r_wwn, life. 5* isaiei "`>`,b:,,-`th~as_t`-I_ig,hty ?~L';<>ii'1d::i; . V-` Voyf uuu, vun. Aaus u.\.-A vntv wvlllall ;\7-.llCLlll' ly {works} ` The comparatively popr have few or no hired hands to feed, do not keep 30 elaborate a table, havefeweer chickens, put up little meat and have therefore no scan- making, they have much. less milk and {fruit to care - for, and-, in _faet, 1!..- ._-..._. .....-.'L- -- -.......--.. [Perhaps this picture is a little overdrawn on the side of the young farmer and the ease with which he accomplishes his work, but, on the other hand, itis. a very mildly-drawn portrayal of the slavish life of _the `average farmer's `wife. It is hard to nd a farmer s wife who does not` work. too hard; and the paradoxical thing`. about it all is that the higher the financial standing` of the has-A ba1_1d', the harder the woman general- ly ` works The Eooir 1.'........ :4-mun A. can. I-.'_...J.... 4.; uuuuu n no canny Uu ulU&b {_)I l:IleIn~ II Sne has `inuence enough over her hus~ band to drag him away by either fair `means or foul. And her innermost reasons are always the same reasons,` nomatber what line of argument she uses to convince him-~whe.ther` it is` that the children must be. better educated or given better `social ad- vantages, or that she fears his health can no longer stand the strain of farm `labour. ~ - T-hecreal reason for this exodus ought to furnish these unselsh pat- riots for` thought and start them `on a campaign for the amelioration of the condition. of wealthy farmers wives-. I amfquite convinced that in almost every case where such a far- vnnn vnnrrnn 4-.` L.\...._ LL .' -.....,, \_......... vvnnvAL' uuvu u, a.cu' mer moves to town th wife. is really i the cause of, his going. A woman of` any intelligence ,will not remain on` a big farm to-day under such q0ndi- tions as exist on most of them. if` she lnnzv I.i'\aI`1r\.Ir|4xn. ........-..L -- realized that she was as complete a slave as ever wore an iron collar, she loathed the farm an-dull it stood for to` her. 4 V ' `There seems "to be quite a shak- ing of heads, among` men deeply in_- terested in the .welfare of our` land about so many well-to-do farmerst moving to town and -leaving the highly important business of agri- culture to incompetent and! land- robbing tenants. ` , _ __ -. w--\4'oanI\aO 1 you V In sending up men to View the situation. `Mr, Chamberlaixrshows a great interest in -Owen Sound as a v-.-.._. -3...--unya; auipytifa` uuu -l:lCqUlI"' ed much data in connection with the building of, and! nancial outcome of a road. They got specic data, all in figures and facts regarding shipments and costs. -After viewing all conditions they left We-dnesdiay} .for Montreal and .will acquaint Mn. Chanmberlin with the situation as presented` to the.mselve`s. ~ l _----.u-wow `V sou:i sa5ir's:i Ferl ; some reason. or other the ` Meaford Railway proposition has jumped to` , something substantial. At the. first ~ of the week our town was visited by three representatives of the- Grand L Trunk Railway sent direct. we un- W derstand; `from President Qhamber- `lin of the -road to enquire into, and look over conditions with respect to the placing of a line from Owen . Sound to Meaford, either as an in- tegral part of their road or with a view of leasing a line built by the . municipalities. or by .a private com- panv and-' running it in covnnection with their system. The Sun` under-' stands this is their purpose in visit- irrg town. ` % The men are W. S. Wilson, R". J. ; S. 1Wheaston_. and` H. _M-.c.Dougull. i They interviewed the `Mayor and the other -principal shippers and acquir- s YTIUDI1 (lnfn I'II\I1Y\!\I|`-:1-xv` ---.'L1. LL _ 1 _ For Weeks past theafeasi-_. ' bility of building a railway be- i tween Meaford and Sound- has again : attention . ceremonies, only to be dropped, that . project. been engaging the of Owen Sounders. \This missing link, some 20 miles long, has! been proposed so often, and has even gone so far as the turning- of the ns-t sod _ with appropriate the .But the proposition will not down, and Owen Sound Board of Trade and -Council have" seriously d-iscussevd guaranteeing the and subscribing to the capital stock of a private company. The road, if peonle have lost eon-denoe in built, would mean -something to Bar- . rip. nsz. ma m-rm}.-I 41...... 1...--- J!..--A- _.-!1 bonds i , ......,u uwuu. -auuucuuug DU Dur- rie. as-.We would then have direct rail connection with the "largest town on the Georgian Bay, much freight WOUM . be carried over the line through Allandale. ' Iiiiixr Anvmca shipping point. The. men `are traf- fic experts and in their short stay were able to size: up the situation. The Grand'Trunk certainly is using an aggressive policy towards Owen; Sound. _ They have `improved _the freight service and such a. move as a ,Meaford railway proposition shows a further step. When interviewed '88 to the purpose of the visit these men paid` to Owen Sound Mr. J. E. Heyd. G.T.R. sta- tion agent wou.1dnot. give out any- thing. He only acknowledged that the visit had something to do with the Meaford Railway scheme. ' Bank of Commerce-M. Riddell $13.32, J. G. Gillespie $15.00, 1., Mills $5.85, I. Houston $6.39, J. Grover (Allandiale) $6.18. T These Balances under pres-ent con~ ' ditions revert to the banks, but it is understood that legislation .will be introduced through the new. -Bank Act by which they will revert to the people through the Government. l UIii;)ii\w_};a.'I;l;:-I-J\.v-7. McDonald; $10.20, Isalbel and `Susan Goddfellow` '(Craigville) $1.10, . Bank of Toronto---F. M. Thomas` $18.63, B. Brown $1*z.oo,W.s.Johnw ston $20.00, A. Pierce (Minesing) $49.75, Andrew, Burnham (Paisley) $300, Harold `Cooper $5.85. Chas. Arnold (-Creemore) $30.00, Silas Mill- , sap (Creemone) $1.45, C-has. Mether-.` al (Dunedin) $1.93, Rev. Jas. Hy` AtkinsH(Elmva 1e) $2.43. ..- -- Y-v,-avv vvvz ~l.llJ.Vo some of this mney was deposited5 at Barrie and neighboring towns, but the rightful owners cannot be located. The list shows that the fol- lowing people have -lbalanceshin `the! I local hanks: According to` a- report just issued . tawa, there is= ave very large sum of banks which has never been ' called for. The unclaimed balances, re-4 maining unpaid for veyea'.rs-, total $676,147 for 1911, as compared to $638,441 for .1910. S'ome'$3,659 in over $49,851 worth of drafts have never been met by the parties to .whom they were addressed, an in- crease of $10,000 over 1910. '1 By the Finance: Department at Oti- money [held by Canadian chartered unpaid dividends is recorded-, and `Many People From Barrie and Vicinity} Have Small Sums Coming? to Them.--May V ] `Revert % to Gov t. ' :1 aw gum BALANCES 4 mun-: BANKS i ARE `GROWING; HE Farmers of. Simcoe Count and articularl in the district . . Y P Y surrounding Barrie. are garnering the most bountiful crop for man ears-'-it is harvest time for him. Thresltmcr the Y Y . _ _ 0 golden grain has already commenced, and soon this grain will be turned into _m'oney---then, it. Will be harvest time for you, Mr. Merchant, if yougo after the farmers business half as diligently as the mighty` -octopus, `the city departmental store, does: Advertising. `you. do it in_telligent_ly, will pay you handsome returns on thelmoneyy you invest in it.` havc theV:r1-'1oneyto_s'pend this-fall. If you do not Vyquy` city rival-the mail order house-wiH get the big end of s ggsh trade and you will continue to wonder why. : fgoes -intb "the homes of ` over 1000 farmers ~12-igk1_1t..`a`t your door, besides as many more townspeople Messgg To Prospective Customers THE ADVANCE The Farmer His Harvest I i3vl_ack and grey Squirrels may run about -as they please in the County of Norfolk, for the next three years. `The Government has issued an order` under the Game and Fisheries Act prohibiting `the killing -of squirrels in the County until November 15, 101! n A. `mm 1915. SQUIRRELS SAFE IN NORFOLK ; O estl