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V 7- COMMERCE HOUSE F URNISHERS ICII - & son ni FIVE POINTS HARDWARE hmuu` (J: not . order > txrday a new directory 5 grand `have your Spring Necessities With Sheep-Shearing A Attachment '""'ia2 }S}fr}g" W` Every Farmer and Livery _ man should have one. Another interesting letter was re-I .ceived' "from -Pni~vate Thomas -Higv gins, one of 'Gra,ig1hurst s j `boys, `wiho is at_ -present -at the fronrt in IFA1,_-vance. Pte. Higgins says :- AH` :v\v|Annwu$ T J`... ._ L1, , I` ` ,4 I Saves Time and Money Horses do better work in v .Lzu1LlU IJUJO LC\.`Ull'(` "711 -papers. All are Well. I, m_vsoH'. am Working away at repairs at the Regimemtal Base. about three nlilos from the tnenches. Regards to all. _Yours.---W, s. ROBB. ._~ and thunder stories, Thom wen, none. After -hearing the 'rerdict of sever-alI of the men, a man, a, be fai-nlyi satfe, `must only keep down his D head in the trenches. The Ger- : mans have some remarkable shots, ; whatever may -be said to the con. la? tnary, thouzgh, generally, the (}c,-f. .!man esolidieris inferior to the Brit- : ish soldier with mhe rie. The most dangerous `time in trench work is in 2 going inand coming out. (`$1131. ' ties may also occur from :1 stiray 2'she1' falling in the tren-c-1w..< from - Gvrenades, and from the (mfilade % re_ of madhine guns, t}1o1i_L1}1 the ,form of our trenches pyneatly min~ imizes this danger. The Batt. is % doing so many day sV in the tr<'-m:h- Hes anda like number "out. The I; men get a bath and a clean .~'}1ift of .'clothes on coming owt. We are re we1'l fed, rough. but substantial, con- . sisting of Ibu'Ily `bee/f, cheese, bis- igcurit, jam, `butter, -tea and sugar, iwrith bacon, fresh_ meat and bread when -procurable. Rurm is ."~(`I'V0d !out to the men `in the troxrc-ks `Tobacco _'8.J1d citgzvrettes are smved out once a week. There is no kick .C'OmJiI1\g as rto rthe quantity of the lrations. You will want to know ourimpression of the country we `are. in.. We have seen no big cities. ;we have Ibeen in the country most of [the time. We are searing -it at its I I I ) .1 worst, with rain and mud, so that the impression gained now would most likely `be an unjust one. I overheard one man ' say, Is this the country We are g`ih-tirng for. If it belonged to me I would grim it away. That is -an exampf!-e of un- just -criticism owing` to weather mn- ditionsyubut summer days are noni- ing. The Barrie boys require lm-al irnmnna-u A1] A... "M11 T _.--_...u' of the 110 have: :' modem nient $9.51/J 25th, 1915 Dead Germans ` Accounts b" ay be opened at every" branch of The. Canadian Bank of to be operated by mail, and will receive thesame careful iatt%!'tio1'g: ;as is given to all other departments of the Bank s qnei may be deposited or withdrawn inethis way as satisfactorily as by a personal visit to the Bank. , ~ 324 JOHN AIRDQ Au t General BRJO1A!D'C LOT'H3S--4A Ibeaurbiful range -of val~1_th-e new s4h:ad`es in Sedan and Ohiifonj Broad- Iclohs. Piniees, per yd. .;..Q .. $1, 1.25, 1.50, 2.00 MEN -S EN~GLI1_S{H nished} |S'erges for; Ladies ; -Suits ,in Black and` Navy only. Prices,- -:per ..vd. .. .. $1.00 1-,ToT$2.75 GA'BERDVIN-E!S--v+A' large range -of -the `tones of Navy, Green, Siand, `Grey gian Blue. ,I 1-tioes, per yd}. $1, 1.2 rsmm. $15,000,000 nessavsruun, 313,500,000 ECONOMICAL INVESTMENTS Boys two-piece Norfolk - or doble brea.1st`ed_S.ui ts, al'_l A `A 22 to z8,price._; ........ ` L " ' " o a n ago:-ucogqu ungua--In-con-o pants, sizes 29 to_32_, p_:jice.,:._ ` -' doooorcn F or Companions} New Fabrics for Spring. BANKING BY MAIL oaiiums "am; eight` ne, besides a few ns, in `the we`:-swan of 2-, whose legs encased ' , BARRIE B_R_ANCH Easter is j ust around the corner and with it comes your Spring, Clothes Good , B1-`itish - Waterproofs for Men Made from double _texture- paramatta cloth. in A_.__ `_, _. - ---- -vv"lI_ _Ii I `\f" UP A nice range of these swagger suits for thefyounge men, snug of lapels, waist tting trousers, not as full in the hips ' as last see vests._ These are to be had` in all the new cloths for Springand Sizes`34`to38,_ prices .... .._ .... . ............. ..} ....... ......,....$l3.50, Iade from texture cloth in fawn `qshades, ~31! sizcsup to 46, price.s.....`....$5,00,`$7.50. `$10.00, in Navy and Black. . . . . .. 500, 75c,.85c. "df`~d;`-. `$23 `i``1. 1.25, 1.50] Boys i Suits NJ ' , . The lsgthtin-g is very` quniet here, that its as far as attacks are` con- cerned. The ,sni`p-ers. are eonstzantly `picking: at each other, and Is`hel1-s a-re isereeenrin-g over our heads all the time. Occasionally While working at ~ou-t_-trenIel_1es one of the Shrapnel bursts` close `by and then you -see may scu"r1-y "for cover, two or three more follow` in rapid `succession just` to -remind us that we can rest for -a few mor minutes. `Then ou-r artil- lery rep-lies as -a matter of courtesy. 0 `Our casualities have {been very- light so far as I `know. My oom- rp-any. lost ve men yesterday, sal-I by snipers. At present the Prus- .sian Guard uare confronting us. |T-his -accounts for every one who V in Jack Boots '15roatrude=dT' uncere- moniously from the foot of_ !his gu'hve', "fty feet behind us. In a ' ditch -nearby ntvfvoe more dead [Ger- .m1an.s* lay" side. `by side. `Broken ries -and -bayonets strew, `the ground and -teifl .3, -gruesome story` of the ght that took place .in fronst of this -wxoold a .-few days before Christmas) when many Highlanders and Ennisksi-1*1en;s fell, rouJtin~g_ the Germans from the tven-dhes we now I-oaocurpy. TL- LL`-;'.LL' -vvuv-.u LLVLLI. Uul. UU|l.\l'1Ul.' 1335;; D at the front. -"A111 of 'our readers are interested in our soldier "boys and their `let- ters are always read with in- terest. `Manuscript will .be` re- turned, if desired. T The Advance ,would like -to receive `and? publish inter- esting letters fr 111 our sold-iet: Ln..- .4. AL - 1' Letters From? the Front 7'. CROSS. VT Manager- AT. J. LIL `J3 LADt1_-Es `ll-l\I' LADIES BIJAUK `GI... /1 I "' Easter Neckwear for the Ladies The ` Newes.t_ Easter F-ads in Nedlaweair have just'1 to ` V ' Juuv vuuuv UU IUGILIU. Prices, each 35c, 50c OUR '|S'h0t {Silk Crepe Dechene Annih fox` 0? shoulggr with long . full V hips "as season and athclectic ;-new Summer. ...... ..;........-...,....s13.5o,$15.00, $13.00 dc froth` English Wotsteds an`d Tweeds, sizes ........... .. .......,......$7.5o, $10.00, s115;oo% with 1.5l<.>oIfIr; P",1t$,. s.i.z.es.; _...-_...\.; .n.r.L.4LAa\Jl.L.\., 'VY?.lLUJ.'.I1l `all Tang and Brown K1gVG~loves,- Sxzes 5 to 8, every pair _'g'waranmeed. Prices, .-per'- palr ouutt oooo coon ---- -- A111,] '@`lC'DF! GLOVES AND nosn-zmr 'l AIIIVITT -I\.1'\. n1 A 13- ----- ....vv-. ..-uu usuu. a-u.u. WWUUII 1,11 U116! trenches is about six inches deep` and our clothes `were, covered -with] it. -It is not so `bad when you get! in as the sand 5is piled} in front. and as long as you keep your head low you can rt get hit, but some- times they send a Shrapnel` shel-1, gull if that hits. you, it s Good-,| I I 'shel]s, but they were badly aim-ed ',and di& no diam-age. The trenches` are all right, only for the Water ti-ghut. They let us have four` - J on Saturday nsight (-February 20th) for the tttrenches, and .it took us an hour and a -half to -get mhere. `When we were nearing the trenches it was `pretty dlangenous, "as we could hvearr the "bullets whivzzing past -our ears.` ,but we got in safe, -after ' going ; through mud. and` water up to our ;knees. Tnhe mud and Wwter `in the` `trenches ig iybout six deep! .a.va. J-'\/VV u.-av Du VVU IULII UU'l' 'Dl1d'B`Ial ___-.-.. v\I unu \I'l uxuuv uuvvua Z1111! `now we are back to `our first, bill-et, for -a few days. We `left our [billet l\~r\ Q..i.....l-.._ ._.3..`LL /1.1 1 Ann \ \.uvvv\.I J. u xvux uwxy 401-11, 118 .|.'U1v1UW'-SI] Dear Mother-V--I reeerived yourr letter all 'O.K. and was -glad to ;hear from you -aga-in. `No dbusbrt you" `know `by this time -that we are in Franoe and doing a little of the thing that we (same there to do. We are billetted in a -liit-t)1e town near the rin-g.*1'ine, -and have been -in the` trenches for - 24 L hours. _We have rm-oyed to -two or three towns, and n.n-nr awn M... 1......-1- - .---_- c_-L a -11 Ll T Bmgler C1i o1~d5 Herrell writes] from somewhere in --France under d}a!be of Fdbruatry 25th, as follows: T , . nnnm -l``.l\4`]n1\n- -- - - - fBugler Herrell Writes Home} uuvyu A\JtJ\lDC U'Ul-ULC IJIIU K1111 OI in'g comes on. Sometimes it cold} at ni-ghrt-s that we cannot `when we get a -chance. . ;uuuu uu umms. WIf-}v1"-a:l"th1~ee 'Canu.cks' and regulars with me, ubesides :2 si-lent companions, the. we`:-: a German officer, e ` "pl by-75-Silzxiins 1 minimise Tammiesyow thiit ne fellows. and would _,ra'1-ely psni-`ping. _ In faet. they say? it is -.' quite safe to i walk around your.-trench" in: view of the Saxons, pa-o!v*.iding_ you don t meddle with them. They are the boys that fraternized with the e Brit- ish at LIO-hristmas time. "Rigvht -at this point they met in fnien-dship `'between their . lines` `and, traded ` cigarettes and cigars. Jhey readily thvarti presents Ia `t-angyet. A -We have `a "few days rest. We will appreciate -admit that the !Saxons are well `fed up with rthe war. But `friendship ceases ` when the Pa-ussian - Gu-asrdis come,;u.p to do their turns. Then everyone is out for game. All day: long the snipers" ries crack on both sides and the, machine guns bark intermittently at -anything been `here since last Sunday (this is Friday) and` hope to go back to our billets again next -Sunday -for '. it -for we will need it. I have had no` -sleep for two `nights. The sun is getting warm n0rWsoI'h:in-kIwill try to avail myself of a few min-,1 ntes repose before the_ cold of even-}, ' Ivrnn nnvsann -.. ~GLOV'E,S.7-- -... .1131 An ' %rHE% NORTHERN ADVANCE is 90: -sleep 'Sir--I_J #11 % ;19$H,rae1: of us Iat1.Y;- th1s,,.jl%' v:. V Feb, T19uh, 1915. ess you _will. have 1:- : Q ,__,_, .,....,....uu vu-J -out: '.l0I1g' marches and `carrying their pwdks. I see by the `Barrie papers that Capt. Mac- .donell is Icoming. over with -the _-Third Contingent `and that the [Town is to payxis salary when he Eis -away. The !boys `here hin-k t-he` j-fwar will be over Ibafore .the- `Third Yver gets to -the `ring line. [i oven._g'ot my -land} ?_Sou `Africa-n War.- .Give my vre- ` to all Vhe fmiends the:-e.,an4d *_;_: _any `of -them my ;addJ1-ess that care write; Your loving son_,-_-4Bdb. {His 00111-P1 ete-ad`dre ss__.is-: 10716," 1 g't.~ -Robti. ' E; |Smith.- British_" ,}_3'>edit.ionary. .']3`orce, 3 1st` Canadian. ._.._ ntmgent, 1st- Brigade, 441111 Bat- _ V- _ ., .. um; uca 1' LIICIII whistling and singing in their `trenc-hes. and one -shouted over -to. 3 `us: Canadians, how many of you ? -So they soon knew we were .there. 'I -have rred' a few -shots at them, 1- but you cannot tell What gdiamage `you do. The worst, of the lot are the `big tguns, which keep nti-n.g' night and day. They never seem "to cease. and rvvihile I am writing this their boomin'g; is" ringing in my `ears. We are ubilleted in a uharn, and I am Writing this` in the lot,| Lwhene ribomt 60- of us sleep and eat. "We will leave here for our turn in f the trenches in -a day or two, and % `will be thene. for four `_da,yS.,. Wand ` {then -go` `in billet for Ya restzagaing. I am still withf Captain [Rodgers `and ~Lieumton`ant Young` of .-Barrie, :and we are all weil. Some of -the men _ have lbeen [laid up with bad gfeert caused by -the long V marches 'ca=rrvin.r flan? .1.-. .... a.a.\l v .:.utJLU l.'urJ.L\..U '01] `all allllill-`.7.l`o I I During my twelve hours in the 5, .porsrt we were quite quiet and it be-3 ring at nnighit we were subject to -the` re of rbhe . snirpers only. From` time to time ttheir rolokets would shoot -over and light upour position but I soon '1-earned to duck -my head and the few shots that were 'd`iroectA- ed at us found no Ina:-Ik. ' T ~'I..`...`l. A.L__- IV q .n, ' Dear Father--I suppose you will think I have forgotten you, `but that is not the case, as I have written regularly to mother. I `Ihave, also, wriitten to several in Barrie. . -but [donlt seem to be able to get an `an [sqnter frorln hem. IJ wrote to one am arry amieson, 1 u lhave not haecl a line from _ei-ther of them." You might `ask them if they received mine. -as the mail `is very un-certain. Well, father, now for the little news I can give you; `I sulppose you *know {by now -the date lwe `left Salisbiiry. We embarked and had 21--four-day sail. -Arriving [in France, we had fority hours by mail, and a. four-mile march to bil- lets. After a (lay s rest, .when we could `hear the ring andt. roar of the `big guns. and even see the s'hel'ls bursting` (in fact, one struck a stable (`lose to _our billets -and `kill- vm] hm mmmx T ___M __L , , VSergeant Rdbert E. the Barrie` quota 1' France. writes to his John `Smith, Collier March 3rd,. as follows: T\,_,.__ 1.`_L1,-,, T _, n1\l\J -v..u..u.a _.-..uuJ vggplu uy vu. uuy_'U.L_ theiur trench-, which is only 100 yards [from 011-119, but we started ring at Ithem, and they soon disappeared when it got -too hot . for -them. Sun- day aftevmoon our -arrtixllery ah-el'1'ed` ra couple of houses and `barns which the Germans were using as observa- tion rshelters; -and it was --a -tneat to watch the places `being blown up. I m beginning to learn a . lot of French Ital`-k now, and W-i'm be able I get back. Love and best wishes for all at home.--4Bug1er '0. Herrell, lo. om 4th Batt., 1st Brligade, Gan- jadian Expiediti-onary Foroe, Ftranee. to talk "as much French as youwhen . gand mud. _ My feet w e V Wet and very cold, but as soon a I got ourt, I put -on dlrysocgks.-and was soon all origvht aga-`in. Earl-y -Suniciayt morn- {ing it was very foggy, dud some of -the Germans thouzght WB could not `see wthetm. _ They got up on top_ of go. D. D; IS MADE IN CANADA J v uua. ALIIIL \A.rUu 4.A.\:u\. LUV wuuwu D. D.D. Issowp. f Herbert Robertsomnruglst, Barrie ' _-A soanhaxgieomglyiimssoiit of oil` of Wntelgueen, and` ..01Jh.er calle& 13.1311). iP.resIcripg1:ion as now` 9. favonirte remedy `of . skin" spieci-alsts for all ` skin diseases. It penetrates the pores, gives _.-instant relief` from the most distressing itch. Its soonthiing oils` qusi-ekly. heal the inamed tissues. 1 ` ' _ Test its eoothilng efecrt. All [home 19. generous tial -botleffor only 250. -~C|oine uansdflet . us "tell you `albourt our money back guarantee offer to -free you from iyour distress. Ask also afboult 'I'\l'\'l\ >1 2- ,, 'w1.at% Doctors use . F or %Ecz.-ma Sergt; Smith Wants Letters ..I 1 00. .I..l..15g`1.l1D any: 3? At present I am on the ring} `line. `Our 'brigade is !hol-ding` a position in conjunction with a brie gade of British regtulars. The 90th are now taking their tu-rns in -the Itremehes. -I_ have just returned from twenty-four hours in the .trenches., twelve of which I spent from 6 p.m. last night -till 6 -a.m..this morning on`! duty at" an -advanced post. The main -trenches of the two armies are about ve `hundred yards apart at this point, ou-r-s being .in the edge of: ha i wood. The advance posts -are _1:hrovwn out about one hundredi yards, -in front of the main line of re trenches. They are manned by panties all the `time and offer the first resist.a'nc'e` to `an attack. _ L V 1h.-_:.. .. -__i- L---- Q _..c, ..,.;u 1.11. _l.aLlU 1'U.l|b,| 9199 1ere~ our _1n two, .and or `.da,ys,_ apd if \ -- ---A ` -Smith, with in Northern |.l'L UL.I\.Il LL father, . M1-.l G; J_'L__1` .n.nau.LL\J St., % dielif To the nAclvance--4II-ow are you all. Received` paper. Since Writ- ing last we have earnedi the name, of the `Round-about 4th. We did a few round-about movements, '-but -I believe we -are now `settled d`OW11| for a while. Most of the Batt. have `been in- the trenches. Like so1neIetters which Ihavve V-been senrt `home, mine won t contain any -blood 'Mareh 4th, 191'5. f I ULLIO aUUu'h EH16 uerman atrOGItleS.l Pte. 'GfI id|dIon of A-llvandae is trans-i femwe to -the ammumi-tzion wa-gwon of the Machine Gun `Section. VWe are at prwent 'bi-lleted in farm houses! and -are pretty comfortable. If pos-' Sihlg; 1-nnrp nnvrf 11'nnn.1r -1)------J'~ A-I ....u an. yu:uuy uuuuurwule. 1I sible, more next week. `Regards to all} Y-ouvrs--4W. -S. ROBE, S-ta 5 Qatar!!- _.-.-.. -...-.., vssvuall uuv xuwul 13 Built with us. If it wasn t for the artil-5 ~1ery re you wouldn t know -there! -was a war -on. The imhabitanvts? don t seem to take mudh notice, and` go about their" work as usual. One, thing noticeable is the absence of, all men -folk of a gvhting age. -'1_7he,v are ml ! at the fnon-t. By what? we hear fvroxn the natives it is too true atbouvtmthe German atrocities. 7D+n -(1-1!:,J..J.,... -1 A`n_,,1 tr - - ' Creighurst Boy Tells of Grue-E some Sights in Trenches.- . Other letters from our boys ` tonn- ` `Sergt. i-ng -England, -and! 40 hours on the train. On reaching the end of ourr : `train journey We marched four V miles am} billehted in the vi-llalge of l A. The Go. I am `-attached to l `billeted .in a school house. _ _[lhe; Germans had been _there in the` `earlier part of rbhe war. You could? i see the bullet holes in the wal1s.l; Ater -being there two days, We ; marched about_ 11 miles to the vil-f la-ge of . . The `trenches are '1 only abowt three miles off. A few 1 shells managed to drop rround about` without doing any damage of m`i'li- tary value. The Weather -here is ; improving. There has not `been much rain, though the mud is st.i`1`1i ....`4.L --.. T _f;_ ____- 14 Rations lgral In France Tl1eNew Stewart Ball-Bearing Horse-Clipping Machine Teliepia-;nef Co.:ALof I Canada % Horse `Clipper V $8.50 V each Our Wall Papers are all new and up- .to-date American Patterns. We have the largest stock to choose from. No old patterns--every roll new. In design and quality we can- not be beaten. When you need your parlor, dining room or bedroom papered call on us--we can please you in both style and price. Picture Mouldings kept in stock and made V to match all papers. PUR:E wvoom SERJGEIS `Per yd. .