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Tiliid dddédlifi Is netheralding special bargains for Xmas, as we do it all the year round. We are satis- fied with three square meals a day and a trip to the old country once in a lifetime. The rest we give to our customers. . . sacs essence cases it for Christmas and New Year’s, SKATE-S in abun- dance, and everything that is kept in a well ordered Hardware, Tin and Stove Shop. 00 69 iQSEPH Henna. .l. E’FdflLdHfl Edd EVENTS-Elm iii dildld'l'idds GdddERlEd. THE VERY dlihljdkd‘i’ Edd. \ , . ,,..,, ANOTHER HINT IN ANOTHER DIRECTIQN._ Readyumade Clothing at Gust, for Cash for 3d Days... -.- Every Article a Bargain, =- Pcrhctps You Wanda: A7ch Sleigh oreUctiter' on THE OLD one FIXED use, It you do, it will pay you to , visit S. S. GAINER’S NEVZCARRTAGE SETUP. All Kinds. Good Workmanship. Low Prices. Repairing and Repaliifilng Neatly and Promptly one. ' REMEMBER TH~E '-: ~ lltlll liner in llnnx’s Blacksmith Shop, Francis-Stilts". FENELON FALLS- I Furniture, . g. core, Sash, â€"-ANDâ€"â€"â€"- I . emmm’sgl FRANCIS ST. WEST, _~ - FENELON FALLS. ., THE “ IDEAL ” I Friday. DegemberQQnd; 18,933". ~EWMW_ WIND-MILLS. THOMAS ROBSON has secured the agency for the Goold, Shapley ll: Muir Co’s “Ideal” Pumping Wind Mills. The Freeport Journal contains the fol- lowing notice of these Mills: “The citizens of Freeport always , take pride in the progress of its citi- zens, and especially in the development of its industries, for much of our pros- perity depends on their success. We have a number of strong and enter- prising manufacturing concernsin this city, and among them the Stover manâ€" ufacturing company occupies a leading place. Their exhibit at the World’s Fair has been the centre of attraction in the windmill division all summer, and energetic MLJohn M. Irwin, super- - intendcnt of agencies, with able aSsis- tance, has had his hands full and his tongue more than ordinarily busy ex- plaining the merits of the Ideal Pumpâ€" ing Wind Mill and Ideal Junior Sec- tional Power Mill, and booking orders for them. Mr. Irwin reports business done with numerous foreign countries, and within the last few weeks the company has arranged with a live Canadian firm, Messrs. Gould, Shapley 8r Muir Co., (Ltd), of Bruntt‘ord, (lam ada, to manufacture and sell the Ideal; and Ideal Junior wind-mills, exclm sively in Canada. Mr. E. L. Gool’d, president, and Mr. John Muir, vice- president, were in the city recently arranging the details, and they report the prospects for business in Canada- us excellent. Mr. Muir, who, by the way, is a noted salesman, said some very complimentary things about the members of the Stover Manufacturing- company, and their, honorable way of doing business, also about the excel:- lencc of their goods, but we will not tell,morc for fear it might make the worthy members of that company blush. We can endorse all Mr. Muir. said about their business enterprise and integrity." ‘ The Feneion Ealis Gazette. / A, Merry, Christmas... We wish our readers, delinquents as wellvas paid-ups, a merry Christmas when incomes. and we hope that Santa ' Claus, regardless of hard times, (which oughtn’t to affect saints.) will fill the little stockings as full as ever, ____.___<.__+.. , .0‘... A”... The Nominations. 'J.he nominations of candidateshfor the offices. of" reeve, councillors... and: school trustees in Echelon Falls will be held this evening in Jordan’s hall, com- mencing at 7 o’clock, and the probability is that the attendance will be much larger than usual, as. there isatwidc difference of opinion in the villaee rc- speeting assessments and electric lights, which are the driestions upon which the present council must stand or fall. We were hall’ inclined to hold the Gazette back until after the nominations, but it would entailwqonsidenublc inconvenience upon us, establish a bad precedent, and would do but little good, as we could not possibly give more than a bare out- line of the proceedings, which will be of no interest to anybody but the village ratepayers, the riiajority of' whom will, we expect, be present. as the nomina- tions will, not; commence until. after business hours. ' 15:"â€" lAlleg‘Ved‘Gulje for Diphtheria. Diphtheria is the cause of:so._.,many deaths, especially amongst children, that every alleged cure for it, should be made as Widely known. as possible, in order that medical men and others may give it a,trial whenall the recognised remedies havebeeir tricdin vain; and it. is. impossible to. imagine a. much simpler, cheaperormiore easily obtained embrocation ,or lotion thancoaL oil, with which, it is said, a,F;rench physician saved. the .lific,_ot' achildâ€"upon whom" he,.experimented by permission ofbhcr parentsâ€"after all resources known to medical, science had failed and the little patient had ‘- been given up. The New York Indqmnt'lcnt, a high-class paper, evidently believes in the new cure, for it recommends it to parents and doctors, and gives the following instructions :â€"â€" “ Take a camel's hair brush or throat swab, and with it: apply a small quan« tity of kerosene to the white spots on the throat. Thelmcmbrane of diphthe- ria consists of a most rapidly-growing plant, ands-mung the other elements in petroleum ,is a large amount of sulphur, which is very inimical, to diphtheria, membrane. At once the membrane ap- eurs to become thinner, that is, ceases to grow, and that which has attained its growth breaks down under the soft- ening ol' the oil, and eventually disap- pears. The person applying the oil should be careful to stand a little to one side, so that, should the patient :cough, no particle of the expectoruted matter can get intothc eye of the ope- rator, as the human eye is of all culture mediums for diphtheria bacilli about , tirelmost favorable, There should not' be an excess of material on the brush, a; " ” Mb“;a,.'~’~'a.n£â€"_£m-L‘..__~ Miss Scott, of Lindsay,.went home» as a drop too much might strangle in yesterday morning. after a fortnight's the disabled condition of‘thc throat and larynx." Not Sorry for It. I 7 The Parkdale, (Toronto) Times says : “The financial sensation in town is the steady failure week by week of the large job printing offices. When the wrecks are cleared away the people will have to pay more for printing. Cheap. work Follows cheap prices in printing, and when Brouglydt Cnswcll attempted to do good work for low prices they had to assign. On the other hand, Imrie Sr. Graham, another firm of To- ronto job printers, in trying to make prices that would please the tender seeker on 50 cent jobs, also had to assign. Two. failures in fortnight. the printing business in :1 Prices are sadly demoraliz- ed, and under the present systeni_ol'ten-. ‘ daring there is little. likelihood“ cilia ' change for the better.” Why it is, we don’t know, but there seems to be more cutting of'prices in print ing than in any other business, especially on jobs fun-which tenders are asked, be they big or,littlc., At present there is a perfectly suicidal competition inLlnd- suy, and a paragraph in last week’s Watchman leads us to infer that the publisher isproud, rather than ashamed, of the fact. In Toronto it appears to be .just as bad, and it. is to be hoped that those who. forced their competitors to work at starvation rates will be amongst the first to become insolvent. The firm of Imrie &\Graham is so old a one that it shouldgbe prettywell ofilby this time, but we are not sorry for its downfall, for it has tried to demoralize business in all directions, the. store-keepers of even small villages having received its r~circulars offering to do. work at. prices that could not yield much more than imaginary profit, and at which the local printers could not possibly live. Village Council. Fenclon Falls, Decemberlbth, 1893: Council met pursuant to statute. Members present. J. A. Ellis, rceve, and councillors Arnold.- Brandon, Austin and Golden. Minutes of previous meeting "read1and-‘approvedn Moved by Mr. Brandon, seconded by ’Mr. Golden, That the securities furnish- ed by John Jordan, treasurer, namely, Win, Jordan, Sn, and ,Wmh‘Ellcry, _Sr., be acceptedâ€"Carried: Moved by Mr. Brandon, seconded by Mr. Austin, Thatthe . Misses Bell be paid six dollar's ($6) in in“ For two sheep killed by dogs in this municipality when afiidavits are filed .â€"-Carricd. Moved by Mr. Arnold, seconded by Mr. Austin,_’l‘hat‘the following accounts he paid {and the more give his order for the same: Dr. A. Wilson, medical at- tendance, board of health, $12 50; W. T. Junki,n,,for stationary, $2 20 ; Jqs- Heard, for hardware, 33 46; H; Austin, for sheep killed by dogs, when he files ai’fidavits, $4; Thomas Fell, relund of poll tax, $’;.â€"-Carricd., ' Moved by Mr. Arnold; seconded .by 'Mr. Austin, That the financial statement as prepared by the treasurer and recvc be acceptedâ€"Carried: Mr. Austin introduced a by-law to regulate a contract with the Royal Elec- tric. Co. of Montreal. Bit-law read-:three times and passed, Mr. Golden calling Forthe yoas and nays. Yeas, Austin, Ellis, Arnold .aud Bran- don. Nays, Golden.._ Moved by Mr. Arnold, seconded by Mia. Austin, that this council adjourn to meet at the cell of" the mereâ€"Carried. Echelon Falls, Deceinbor.20th,,1893. Council met at the call of the recve. Present, J. A. Ellis, reevo, and coon-fl cillors. Austin. Brandon, and Arnold. Minutes of last meeting read and ap‘ proved. Mr. Austin gives. notice that at, this -'mceti_ng of the council he will introduce ,a bylaw to authorize the. recve and treasurer to renew anotc in the Domin- ion Bank, Lindsay, for. the sum of‘ two hundred dollars for the term, ofttyo months, Bylaw read three times and .passcd._ Moved by Mr. Austin, seconded by 'l'VIr. Arnold, That the following accounts be paid and the recvc give his order ,for the same: T. Robson, 2 grates l'or drain, $1 ; H. Austin, 3 loads of wood l'or Mrs. h‘risby, 5-1 50; Reeve and clerk. ex- penses to Lindsay re,,voters’.vlis_ts,.5 Carried. * Moved by. Mr. Brandon, secoudcdtby, Mr. Austin, That this council adjourn to meet at the call ofitlie reeve.â€"C"d‘. Personals, ilIr..John Henry Holtng of Lindsay has been at the Falls since Monday, the. guest of Mr. Thos. Johnston. Harvey Haw, eldest son of MLEI- ward flaw of Toronto, is visiunz his relativts at; the E lls,.aud will rum-lie inlil Tuesday next, city visit to Miss Huaslipat the Falls. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Swnnton, of Toronto, came to the Falls by train on Wednesday last and returned to the next mornidg. Mr. Caleb Rose, foreman of' the. masons who built. the piers, etc., of the new railway bridge here. Was at tho. Falls from Wednesday afternoon until. yesterday morning. ' Mrs. John Jones, 812, received a. telcn'nm on Wednesday morning from. Midland. stating that her, son George, who has been living there for some con- siderable time, was very ill, and asking ~ her to come at once, and as soon as possible she was on the road, accomâ€" panied by henson, Thomas, for Lorne». "ville Junction. where they took the first train. A telegram has since been received; here saying that Mr._Jones’ condition has improved. A LOAD or».Hoos.~â€"â€"â€".On 'l‘uesdaylust.» Mr. Wm. Smitheram, ol' Fenelon, drosz into town with a big‘cugc containing no; fewer, than eighteen hogs, which he solrle to one of' Mr. George Mutthews’ sons,“ who took them, with others, to the pork- packery at l’eterboroutrh. We did not; “hearthe exact weight. of the aninmls,_ which were an, exceptionally line lot, but they averaged over 200 pounds , each. and, therefore, must have l'etchedz. more,.tlimi $200. 'Rununsrrsn Guano m. It. DALâ€"South, American RheumaticCure, for Rheumatism, and Neuralgiu, radically euros in one to.. three days. Its action upon the system is remarkable and mysterious. It removes at,‘ once the cause, and the disease immediately. disappears. The first dose greatly benefits, 7:} cents. Sold by W. R. Madill, druggist. 'l‘nn Paulinaâ€"We are glad to, be able to announce that the Nat-panes. Paper Company's pulp mill in this vil~.'. large, which was closed a short time ago, N pending business arrangements, is about; _ to resume operations, and the familiar. sound. of its whistle may be heard at , any moment. The company's sawmill, will, of course, remainidle until spi'ing,_ but the circular saw in the .pulp mil-l will- be setgoing, and shingle bolts and cedar .. ties as well as spruce wool have been _. advertised for. THE Reasonâ€"This week’s Gazette . contains somewhat less original matter . than usual, the reason of‘ which istbnt, since last Friday we have had two financial statementsâ€"one for Fcuelou _ Falls and the other for Somervillcâ€"lo. print, and they alone take for more , time than an ordinary week's jobwork.’ Some country papers are given a holiday; at Christmas, but we Would rather that}: the Gazette should make its oppcarancc, even though indebted almost entirely to .. the scissors and paste pot for its con- tents. ART SHOES.â€"A-rangc of handsome, new ,designs in slippers, made expressly for _. our Christmas trade. We always lead in, new goods. Send in orders for Westgate . OverstOckiugs. Cost little andycrywarin. The biggest variety .of .ovcrshoes and lum-__ bermcn’s-rubbcrs in .the county at lowest, prices. .Our sale of winter goods has been enormous. Store always crowded. Come. early. JOHNSON d: SISSON, “ ' Theellonster Shoe Store, 21’» ' Lindsay. .. 'l‘nn Gnarsrnss Srau â€"-We have . received the Christmas number of the . Montreal Star... The Art Supplements _ of the Christmas Star are perfectly bc~ . Witching and well worth Framing, while the Canadian wild flmversforma sup- . berb portfolio. to send .to friends or to decorate the _ home at the Christmas, season, the. . Christmas Star is grand, :and to find; that such u high class art publication is sold at so, small a figure as fil‘ty cents, isa revelation that is really amazing, The publishers, are Graham 8: 00., Montreal, who will send it: direct where'. it cannot _ be, pt‘,chrcd,tli1'ougli a news-= - dealer“ ‘ LA. GRIPPE.-â€"-â€" Exactly how many; persons, young. middle aged or old, are now suffering-from la grippe .in h‘pnelomFalls we .do notknow, but: a, goes-soften per cent. of the population, would not..be l'ar astray. Amongst the , number are the head : master of our. public schools and g two .ofl- the. lady. teachers. and a great, . numberof‘ chil- dren. being laid 2 up .also, the trustees ., closed the schools, on Tuesday last inâ€" stead of having them kept open until-3 Friday, thus. adding four days to the ., Christmas holidays. The complaint, though not ordinarily~ dangerous, is very. distressing when .at. its height, though we do not know that it is any worse than it used to be when known. by, its old name of influenza. lVANTEDâ€"Ar Snow -- PLOUGU. â€"- In another column will be Found a letter. from Mr. W. L. Hunter, a commercial traveller, complaining of the condition _, of our. sidewalks,-_whiclt; he says, is u,._ “ disgrace to the village.” , No partieu» . lar sidewalks are specified,but we think lie-must mean those on the cast and-,1 west sides of Colborne street north of' Louisa street, which are worse than any others, as they almost always are in.. Winter. The sidewalks on the busintss- portion of the street are generally “k: pt, tolerany clear of snow by the merchants; '\. As a Christmas prescn t;