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(H The b.a'11Agan'ie, which wwafs/V a real: live one; created _much. interest, _,in_5 i fact, so. exciting was the p_1ay,- thzitj {three umpires were neededito watch progress. ,Three `innings were _ play- ed, -after which; oicial `scorer Baughman declared the second team winners of the_shie1d presented by "Mr. A. `H. Felt. Following are the teams: .` . , - I The me1A1Ibers{ of the Maonie A.' Lodge, and especially. those tc/>_ yvhoe 1 lenergiesgits success is`?-attributable, 4 are .tc_> be co11grat_u1ated' fo'1-` the vexiy ' enjoyable outing- prdvjded ior their families on ,Wednesd'ay~1ast.. The Otd 1`1abee was well f=1.1ed on` both tgips, and several hours of real pleasure rewarded those who were ` fortunate`enough to be among the party. V 'MemBers of . the Cra.fAt and] _. Their Families. Enjoy .Out- A I . I ing A OF CUTTER % msamzc PICNIC SCHOOL GRANTS `The loss,it- is understood, is fully` covered _by ins`urance in a. number {of companis; The rm has a. large istock of *l`og`s on hand and will com- ` mence cutting again` almostat once.` An important notice has beenl `sent out by the Department of Education to the Inspectors of _1_ ub- Qlic Schools, limiting the amounts Eof the grants given under the "regu- ..latipns,toWards the salaries paidizor jiqualied teachers. Some years ago `- the Department made a regulation `*'ag1`eeing,_to pay 40 per cent. of the amount of __the salary paid to , teachers /in a-"excess $300 for a prin- cipal teacher and $200 for an as- isistant. This was amended in1912, 130 "as to include the excess of $350 for principals and $250 for assist- L 54:3. 0 An appropriation of $400,000; .vi*a~s seteaside by the department for! thislp-_11rpose,il,but it wa-s found at the end.;of `the year that the amount actualllipaid out- exceeded the ap-` `propriation by $66,000, and it was decided`; to again` `amend the regu- .la'tions,' i.go`\`that_ the grants would _n__o`t-_. _ ,excjeed7 the apporpriation of s`etf aside. for the purpose. d'epartment decided to pay` "<,'_pe1'centage. of f the `for 0 until i the .ap; :"g,. ic:..rti5PLl'lW93-l I10 exvendd; ` 1 Chew Bros. are {the heaviest losers. Other rms represented include the` Freeman "Lumber Company, Hettler {Lumber Oompany, Massey Lumber `Company, F. P. Potvin and several `small. Jiobbers I V!-V Uvv-H -an-vuv -w =-Nu -w y-~-w-w .'._{;The` `average Hsalaryn West Sim- i.Sf. *I1.';V 7b95We,n ' 3500- .i!~'11d..r- $500,; , 29; %figh,T`j.% {rural 81.&3".v being $700; ' 3l9wVst The8 e*=sa_1aries %AaIl3rV%;.%{;cIi:txbd%{%,un 1;} They left here at 11.30 and made the trip over forty miles in fty, ; minutes`. During the trip up several, 1` res were noticed back from the! railroad track. enspetctors Garvin and `Lisrngman ta pli for the 40 per cent., but 1fw'en' t e grants were paid out they `receiyed only` 28.8 per cent., being the amount. given out by the Depart- (ment to equalize each schoo: Some :_of L the trustees, of course, are raise "ing.,object/ienis, lahd the only} odurse V'fo`11`e11i`.t<)`;i'then_3;`e`i_s' to arrange . -for a " it -.'prese_\n_t_`ed. to ball the schicvolsf _. -..u -an.` \,u.unA\JJ.Avo The remen A who went up from} Barrie were: VV. Scott (in charge),! C. W; Carley, Jos. St. O.nge,,\Vm. -Johnston, Warren Johnston, _Geo. Rodgers, R.- VVo1fenden, W. Jones, \ ai1d C. AM. G. Smith. About midnight on 1\I0nday night, a `call ca.me- for the Barrie F ire Brigade to go to Midland, where the lumber; yard of Chew Bros. was .in,a1nes. Fifteen million feet .of tlmber .were' destroyed `before the `re was brought under contrpl. A call was made on all the suround-I ing towns for -assistance. Barrie! sentvten men with a1_1 engine and] `reel and a whole brigade went from! Peneta'n'g"uishene. \ , E Barrie Brigade Aids A Firemen [LARGE FIRE . }When taken to Elmvale for a prelilninary investigation before R. ~H. Middleton, J .P., on Friday they pleaded guilty. Crqwn Attorney Cotter` was present,and it was learn- {ed that the men had escaped from the O-ri-Ilia. Asylum several days lprevious. `Andrew Sissons, a guard from that institution, was given , charge of the pair of `horse fanciers t and took them back on Friday even- ing. _ I I . vs.`---5`;-_4y. uvw-vva_ 5|; . J At .Dan l Gallaghe;e,'_o11 the next 1' .1-ine,i they were more successful and . managed~ to. get away` `with a mare l and .abug'gy.r This beast had been 'dOi_ng`.` harvest Work, and had no _hind shoes on. .About midnight a dog attacked the pair and Mr. Manning saw them drive off with 'Galla~gher s outt. "He communi- cated: with Detective Beardsley and` on Thursday the two `men were captured nearthe gravel pit, _and the horse later discovered, entirely up, in a bush where they had abandoned it after driving all night. I, and; jumping ffom the buggy, they .$cagped~ icrofss a eld; ' 91 f`| `I1 `I .21, 1913 `cnntgnsou. "i'b".i=;"L1M1T1~:D IN MlDl.AND ..-..-,..-.. V V A The!` potato cr.op promises well, although small, but the continued drouth, has had the effect of killing -off many` of the p'1an_ts and entirely stopping the..growth of the tubers.- \JU1 - JILILGKJVLII. BL`: 3111 Maple Ave. Phone 28 I ALBERT BINGHAM S ; BODY FOUND ouvnv Uu. .LuCau'aJ, auu Luuuguu town. The funral will toke place to:-day (Thursday) at 4 p.m., when service will be held in Trinity Church. L \./\/.51 \a.nv.:J\.nAA..I.J.\JA.1Al..LJ \JL.I.l..J.lIJ\J.LJ. During the Pastor s absence the ;pulpit will be supplied as follows: iAug. 24th,, Mr. James Clarke,` of- All-avndale; Aug. 31st, Ensign Burry, of Ba_.rrie; Sept. 7th, The Rev. Wilson A. Pugsley, of Sandusky, Ohio; Sept. 14th, Mr. James Clarke. `of Allandale. All strangers and friends` heartily. welcomed. `- About one o clock yest_erday morn- `ing (Wednesday) re destroyed the Elmvale Flour Mills-. of G. Cope- .1_and- & Sons. This 1large mill was built twenty-ve years ago, and had .a `capacity of 150 barrels a day. i?_FE|a:aI% 1 The body of Albert - V. (Bert) }Bingh`am, who was drowned on July '16th from the steamer on its .Way to }Jackso'n s Point, was found on the #shore on Tuesday, and brought to x4......... VF]..- .l.`___.-`_--1 _;']1 L-`_ _,`l__- ` Gardeners are .\ve'l`co1ning the ap- .pearanpe- in this district of a bug known ? as the Soldier` Bug, which is saicl,_`;;t,o destroy thousands of pota- to in a day. This new- friend of the"Wpotat.o grower derives its namefnom its color, or rather `colors, for the appearance of -its body, which is almost as large as [thatof a;beet1e. is that of a soldier `in uniform. A gold band runs `around the body. and the gold breast {has -black dots like buttoyns of a` s0'ldier s tunic. Two liorifs and a fang, with the latter of .which the ,soldier bug stabs `the potato bug ?from under_neath, complete the soldier-like eqixipinentof this gaudy *newc0_mer. V ` rn1-_'\ ,. .- -`V `=- CONQREGATIONQ. `C-I-IURO_I`{ SOLDIER BUG Si51:ARs T `I JTHE POTATO BUG _ 226 271 'The By-law in Jan y, 1909, to `purchase\ the same property was de- feated by a vorte of 230 for, and. 590 against. LARGE FIRE AT ELMVALE A Friday !1"ast was a quiet election day for--the vote on the By-law to -raise "$10,000 for the Lount Park, which` was rejected by the electors. The two sides were pretty evenly divided,~ the vote standing as fol- ]l\1'IY. 0:. un V Lul\./\.l., lows :- Noyica TO cREDf'i3Es:%} DRateyayers Decide they Can- ,` V_ not Afford the Ex- penditure THE LOUNT % PARK WBYLAW DEFEATED At our fountain you - will find our pure cream ice cream served in many delightful ways. "Our fresh fruit combina- tions will tempt that jad- ed appetite. - If youvare not already a patron now is the time for sornethin better. :Brfson s Vcor. Elizabeth st. and 1 Ma.p1Ve A ve.__ Phone [$1.00 PER ANNUM IN ADVWC` amour cont: Th)!!! ctuu PURE CREAM ICE CREAM. 5:: 35 24 .43 40 39 1 Been received at the time of such dlntrlbulwiv M llll Take Notice than after suoh'lMt.;V-` mentionedaazc, the Execumr. wlllproceod,;t9~ Cgstributc` thu assets of the said docoasodvqmbll W Dames entitled thcretoand_tho.t he .V;VL `.- hot bclmble fur the said assets. to an W1 of whose claims notice shall no hI43; Med atliomric. .~\ug..14th 191J.AV . ,':=3'& _ ALEX UUW . 7 .. 7'-V V Sollcttorfor the Execlltor. Barrlg. O_I_1t 5 to save pena.1ty',.tl'l1f- ta.xes.inc1u all se*:2'n&"n.%.. u%. ` "* " an OFFICEECLOSED ALL on W3 ; mason uuamc THE 5."M`M.E-3;; MONTHS. - V ~ / El ifit is deposited inthe of Canada. When that urI>l'<)`.x_"_es.`egn_j:A need arises, or an opportunitytb` make an exceptionally profifdbl cash `deal it is worth much to -be_.able_4v_L your cash without delair, toget T . Meanwhile it is absolutely Safe is earning Interest all th:.timc-.2 ` ` Barrie Branch. l]ff*B'd`"aIvI-iko F. T. SHORT; 5 . Managg% Sunday; Next "Come and hear -Mr. Jame Wrninz 11.00 4 Bien Ind L n ,P.id`up(-`Llpit`;ll Re3er`ye F ' __ I di\'id:.-d Proms (933338 375.; _`; V . f - 9000,! Total Assets (over): 1.. YOU ,CAN% ALWAYS voun MONEY Pkompuyw 2'3. are r A llrvnnv }Congr_egat#ional Church! [;astA%a f\_.LL.s) 2 WEEKS LONGER SIMMONS & C0. of Furs Seems to bfei Appreciated '. . 1 FRANK. JACKSON A are interesting: in each 3tuge 0f7'. their dcvelopoment, Let pic tnres keep them as they a.1'o 'tO- duy. L'nu`e~cted grace andlin-V dividnality of the chlid. Make nnappointment for t-hen") to `in. . spoct our playroom. nmg 263 FOR` Take Advantage_ 81] An :- 'r9x;ie}' '6} '1;;r't;';;t:; .118`- age C1111/.1)REN CANADA; [ "I&$C PUBLIIHII .' ._.__._...--__ WHOLE :'No.:-49:55} .---y `.`The visitors were met at thesta-I tions by about fty automobiles and taken for a drive in the city. At _noon the party visited the mount-1 ain and had luncheon` at the Mount- ain iView hotel,` where amost de- Fiightful repast was served. _ After lu-ncheon, the party was given a _drive through the principal streets` and `districtsiof the .city,'inc1_u-ding in the trip an hour s visit to -their iu:d'ustria1 exposition at `the armor- ies. From the; armories the party visited. the Jockey club, where they viewed the military review,` after which they returned to the Mounta.i.f1 View hotels for dinner at 6.30 p.m._ In the evening the party was taken to the Cricketf grounds, where they enjoyed the big, military tattoo. _ O The vieitors tweremlvc;udv ttheir praises of the splendid Vmannere in which they had been -treated While ' the guests of the, Hamilton board of trade; and~exp`ressed the wish ,that they `would again `be fa`vored ,__ with. the opportunity of - visiting Ham- ilton. v_ 1 L " ..-` n .1 V` John Le11nbx,`_presi_dei1t` of -the[ Centennial committee,-. aecompanied' `the party" tonoonday luncheon_.` at i the M-oauntainv View hotel-, and 7in. a brief address -at the conclusion .o_f tluiicheon and"csigams, tendered . the visitors a" hearty :we'l-c"ome7 4to . the Cent_e,nnial and:. expressed the hope that` they would all have. 9, real tinfe and i come `again noon; and often. Mayor` A11afn5WaS :pr$en%' at the 6 `o cl_ Qck;dfiIIh'er' -a`11d_jin zifbrief -`gddrss His` p1easu;g%ae% mum; .;.;.::.4.....A;....l' f.T1"n'-`fre'-- +N0.TIC'E"_to the pub1i_c `in",ignt;r_a1 that my wife, A Annief _, McMillan ' 'Gosg,- ; . h_a's,' of % lffhxisr `99'1.V:*md W u-v-uv au. `vtlv. vusxuua I/UVVJLE VISIIJUU Ito. become the guests of _the Ham- ilton board duringientennial week. The, invitation .was accepted,.' and yesterday about two hundred prom- inent oitizens from Barrie, Ori11ia_, Midland, . Penetang, T C':`o11ipg'wood, Stayner, .-Meaford, T'horn'bury, Cree- ; more, Alliston, Tottenham, Beeton,'y `Georgetovgn, Ooookstown, `Milton, joodericla, 'Lis~toyve1, Guelph `and 'E'1mi-ra, arrived in Ihe clty via. I`! 7111') -,,J IN-`I51 ! a:i:1a: a:;a`a.i.1i:` `gt -1--cow can vulva: JLV'Wc ' . , - ` ' The Barrie del_egation_ "were. met_ _. at Milton by a deptttaon from` the Hami'l`ton Board "of, Trade, iinclud-. ing Mr.` A. '0. `Garden, when `made % special efforts to `entertain the dele- T ga_tio11 throughout the visit. On? ar- riving at H~ami__lton, the delegation was taken in charge `by the Hamil-r ton Board of Trade from the time they. landed' until the last item at T night. i The militari parade in the `afternoon at the grounds of the. [Jockey `Club was` a feature of spec- ial interest, After supper, there a were speeches on_.the *0lC0{tSl0l1, when Mr. James Vair spoke on belialf of - the Barrie Board of Trade. Autos 'then took the visitors to the Ath- letic Park, where there was a tattoo and reworks. I The Hamilton ? Spectator . thus re- ports the days proceedings-: e _A few months ago: the Hamilton "board of `trade took-` its annual trip. I to numerous nearby towns, a when President Howell, of the local board ` of trade, isvsuedya speci 'l invitation - to the presidents of .t_ e boards of {trade inwthe various tolwns; vigitedl ` IL- L-_..____ LIL- I [Barrie .B)fa`Ed.e ef iTrade- - Take` 1 Part "and Enjoy 'l'herr`|- ' selveshnmensely " X . Last Thursday jbout twenty mem- bers of the Barrie`_ Board. of Trade accepted` `the ~invitation of the 'Hami'1.ton. Bo:ard of . V-trade to pay them a return__ :j_vi_si't during ' the .week [of the Centennial eelebr'ati~on-, and the opinion expressed by each and every one-of the .` party is that they were right ' royally` entertained, and that they never had it better T time in their - lives. Nmmm CENTENNIAL , A GREAT N SUCCESS! i.cAh.,. M` 3 DROVE STAGE TO ALLAN- ' "DALE BEFORE RAILWAY I . Mr. Henry Howcroft, of Chicago, who: is paying a visit to his brother, Mr. Joseph Howcroft, is one of the former residents of Barrie who can -tell `of many interesting events of theearly days`. He `came here in 18C1, and well remembers when the water of the bay covered the spot `whelethe G.T.R. station now stands, `what ,was"kn'own as Po\vell s wharf lbeing` the main approach to ` the .toWn_ from . the water." Mr._ How- cifoftl drove the stage -between Bar- wrie_.and}All andal`e before." the rail- e_roaJd`came_'in here, ~ "and fin. l1863,'| `when -heiworked on the `_ `addition to `the. County jail-, he said there: ;Wer_e hut 7dl`eveII"`briek houses Barrie; "a1l;of~ which; eo'uld" be= counted, from theA',.jai1___yard.' ;; ' Thirty .years ,a_gq Mr. foweraoft If Barr-i`e,'~? and twenty- ~.a8 . `he; ,Wei1t._ t0 the i-Wi11d5 `?fC?it`3$1iwhwchl enterbd. iii jthe 011` '.;IjIe `-jea?m{' ` over [with fthe` ;`i;.*.::.-.:4~m.. 1-nfnfld" Correspond with The Vair Fruit Exchange, No." 11 O-hurcho St., To- ronto, and say. what you have to Mill," stating your lowest price. For any other information call on J as. V air: & Son, Barrie. V ! o Jas Vair -has 45 acres of apples ) growing and will sell his own apples on .the exchange; Toronto market a.lvf-ayso commands a. fair price. -LS6-1id' in your apples and I will do _thg`_*bcst~I c:_1n.for you. __-.. _-_-L My commission is 10 per cent. `Commence to ship on Saturday, ,- August 23rd. - ' ` J V` 1 _ _ . JAS. VAIR, ! 1"I..-__..1_L-.. well as receive consignments. ' Tile Exchange .w7i11 pu1"chaseT as` V ll.lU`Ul.l'\.l:U uv spend a few; eksfvisiting "in and .ax_m`1nd` Barrie :b`_eor:e his return. V Ship apples in good barrdls, cov- ered with canvas or` head them up. Put your own name -and address in! full on the barrel. If the fruit is! orchard run mark them No. :3. If graded ma`1"k_t>hein No. 1 or No._ 2. If you ship potatoes, put 90 pounds of potatoes in-new bags (preferable) gand sew the tops. `Take out the! small potatoes. Y0u...wi1l get asbet-1 _ . I ter prxce. V. , _} ` .;.`A"`$S0teh E4v__ening wasr gix76fi ` `S.- of ,_.the fG[e_nt1`a_1 Meth. y.`~M9nday~". vn'ing.` An` ` " " . ms i'en'dered;; . Sales reported daily .and remit-V1 tance daily. All goods sold by pub-I [lie action on the exchange to, the` Ll'1`ighes.t bidder. T _ ' ` R Solicits c o nsfg'nments}of Fruit and Vegetables in car lots cm "in _-"any quantity. ` (\_1_ M, . 1 I u" 1 THE VAIR FRUIT EXCIIANGE No: 11 CHURCH ST., TO- RONTO. % Uatpexiter had ``heen ailing for the pavsvtfthre years, and_ had spent several `winters in the `South! :to`eI_1dea'vor;to. regain her health. She- is .survived; by six Agsons. `and _-two daughters, 1~.s-folfl'ows: Thos. ` in British O'olumbia;. Charles in Ch-i-5 cago, Joseph in Memphis, Friank in` Barrie, Ed. in -Long Island`, and Harry in V\Vinnip:'eg`;~ Mrs. P; Healey in Barrie, and Mrs. Krampf -`in Little Rock, Ark. Mr. \ John _Nall-y ' of Hamilton` is a brother, and Mrs. John McDonald,. Lfrs.` Wm. Murphy and Mrs. Cairn Seaton of Barrie are sisters; . - Afuneral, ~wa-s _ Held to: St. ` Mary s A ch'u_rcl1 and cemetery on Thursday mofrning, ' . > N \J '_4" ."` a'111_e;fe` ha_mlet_ In. the woods to.` one` 1the`- `-nesttatnd most p1`o31)ei'ous A towns` `in? Canada. M-rs. ' AC-_7ar'penter, `whose ~ maiden, name-Twas Margaret ' Neillyl was born near ' POton~ '74! years `ago, and `came to Barrie mvitlr ltrails was` made in wagons, Michael ?Moar,e rand John He erg; being of her. father, the late Petart. Nally in 1848. ~ The Vytrip` "over the bush. the same party. - 1r 4-u `Jter,;, `at her` on 1 enet:_3.`z1Vg`.St., upyn Ai1"g_fV,t1~.-t.i12tl}, removes one {of the _{W.idow' ;9f: t1ie_1ate Lisepme Cai'pen-! `ofldest -residents of Btiftie, nd" one {Who has se11~ the towzi grow_f1`Om' a mmer_eha_m1et `izi. to one` `of the finest and p1'ospei'ous towns ` `in `Carpenter, whose name` was Margaret `IT `11 - 1QNEE'Ri1 PAS_-S EA.S. !1st, 1913,]? D l"lL`_'.- a .-. -vr--v W. 0, BOWMAN. A 1. -_L`-_,} `If--- -. \Ic .a..r\.r vv .u.--..v, I A15IiSt0;1, :Manager. I V --a.a.v, Proprietor. ' l T'II A `KT The children, also, he were .we1=Ll looked` after. During the day about one` thousand ice cream cones were distributed, to the supreme satis faction of the youngsters, many` of whom are looking forward to just such another` good` time in "the future. - A ! VV IGLIUILI auu .1. I LJUU5|LUU\lc ' 11-wo HORSE ` I THIEVES CAPTURED O_n Tuesday morning? _the death [occurred of 9. resident of Barrie for many years in the pe1fon of Mrs. 1.1. R. Cotter," the wife of the Cminty Crown Attorney. The deceased was a daughter of the Ilfate r George Lount, V the rst County Registrar, and} came with the family of rher father in.1846_ to Barrie, where she |-has resided almost ` continuously` since that time.~ Besides her `hus- ,band-,` , she leaves two ' daughters,, `Mrs. Barwiek `and: Mrs. S. Mac-` Donald, Hamilton; and _`grandchi-ldy gen. The -funere1.vfil1le,take i place this. (T-htirsday) aftem at 32 pm; Trinity .- JJI DILIULILI J- O \/CU` ILVAIIL, \-F`/`II `J'``5`\O ` Human Wheel` barrow -rTace--Chas. i.Warren and Morley-Black, ., D.` !WiSdom and T. Lougheed. ~ 1, s1J_-,, -1.-- _..-__- _.-..`l.l _ i5"`(>s1;`1f-`legged race--Gees.` Sloivl'eigh, Wm. Warde1l,- _T. Lougheed. _,,__ 1-_-'..-J ..-__ _E-__ L .._;-_ A I I gnu I V BIL MIN./L1, J. o .l.4v \.IaLA\/\u`\4Il Fou_r-legged race for boys--_-A.~ `Brunton, `F. Carnoll, Geo, Clark.` ! -,JL-_1. '|._,____ , _._- IV`... V \/ - vow. akoget Ielgn. V -.Girls under 16-Marie `Arnold, [June Edwards. . `T Boys under `12-WiIIie Craig, y Waltaer Stephens; - . 1 Girls under 12---Margaret Mc- Kinley, Mary C.urtis.~ . ` Ofcers of CIof1f'i_nthian-A._. H. `[ Felt, Ralph Johnston. 3 * T Past Masters--,A.5P; Wilkes, J. 'I.itt;3e. ` V ' ` .. A1 ` .-.1 - Boys under 8--eAlex._C1ark. z ` Girls under 8-.--Lottie Fisher. L A" 1 Married ladies-+Mrs. Wisdom, Mrs. ` '1\.Ii:1gay.` ` ` ,4- 1 __ __ n--. ' n1_;,.1.,:__1. ` A horse! My Kingdom for al `horse? `It is;. not recorded .Whether| the pain of youths _ uttered} these historic ~_Words as they entred -the stable of Mr. Houlihap, T, near Elms vale, on Wednesday, iiight. __of _ last vgeek, ,and:i V-stole j-therefrom:..,:a,L driver ,'_'.X"but tlief :'*`b_ig . ~ ` ~- o --,r.:- ',__*j `A: \.I'IfvI-9.10; `t,._v-.`.v..---_ About 11 2;; 1V\i[1".,fV`H?'>ulil.1z'zn s. son was r'etu\rn1ng`g from] -E1`m v.a..1;e, .9fIid,% 7Whi1e allfzle 9thrZL arm. .homuseuo1aA%'A* ' Bb$'s "I under 16A--Ge:0A. Clark, _Ra1Qh Urry. an `at '_ A `I1 ` U-UU. >UUs5`J; uu`u vuuly. _ _...._ "chances to` .grg_1tf.1`fy. thelr desnre .to otbtg1in- pgsgession` 3; ..;1ioble steei` L \ -ur ` 'v:~i-`J_`.C1.,-1; _'_. 9- 4. Tez`1.n1l2---.A.'l C".-H3011, F. Sneatll. M. R. Black, J. B. lB'ar1', `Geo. Law- rence, Albert/D'eeHart, -Claude Faux, Jlno. Mvingay, Peter Olark, pitcher; P. Wilkes,` Bert Humphrey, '1`-. Clarlc, Rovbt. McMillan, catcher. hard.-* to decide. _\Vith P.C'. Lambie ai1chore(l on one end of the rope and Mr. E. H. "Firman -on the other ` interest in the fun started at once. After much see-sawing. and some of `the contestants forgetting which ,side they were on, it was decided lto divide, the spoils equally. ` . The resu1ts~o.f"the races were as follows: ` ` K V 5 The`tug-of .-war was. an event Cziark. .Men+Allan - Brunton;._ P. `I - . 1 I Team 1-R.'_`H. Webb, Jno. Craig, W. A . Turner, H. C. Chan- nen, J as. McMillan, catcher; W.` B. Webb, _-Wm. Grreaves, W. Blogg, %-Ed. Wardell, V. Knight, H. H. Burns, E. H. F.irfnan, and F.-W.` Otton. pitcher. . .