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adCt‘> 1 ‘MMr. Bergey has followed farming all | In the first five years . E‘Nofiand it is altogether probable| had a partner, but when he is called from this vale twentyâ€"five years he h tears to the bourne from which. no | OWn hook. He is now returneth, he will be found in the engine and seventh se ess of that noblest of earthly avoâ€" | two clover machines. : He pever filled any public| with a Preston hore save that of school trustee, a | adopting steam in 188 ition he held with great credit to number of days he has and satisfaction to all cunâ€" | season, clover and gra ferned in the district for many years. 135, from July 22 to 1 "‘The Bergey home is reached by & The least number of d lane south from Bleam‘s road, beâ€" being this year, again situated about a mile and a half| and 96 1â€"2 two year west of Mannbeim, the family ‘ does a considerable . ce, and about three miles sawing. He keeps fi rly from Petersburg station. ' work horses, and in t . and Mrs. Bergey moved to this| and cattle is well up 1 in 1878 when his father purâ€" | according to the num it. ‘ Nathaniel worked it on | tivated. He is prepa until June 29, 1891, when he | cies in case of breaka; e the owner by purchase. It was | premises a well equi f ly purchased by his father , shop, which he is na Â¥Fred. ‘Betchen, but formerly | to turn to good accous several separate . tracts. | casion demands it. Near by on the adjoining farm lives In his domestic ‘athaniel‘s venerable parents, Jacob | Schmidt is also one 0 ind Sarah (Eby) Béergey. The venerâ€" |nn&ohrmm for the ble father, now in the 84th year (;f . has a wife who is no "C5p _ hoalih woadihl e ® hcapints ons veures t omater EVCE YLL . i8 eat 0 NC Preston, May 12, 1847. He has h twice married, being first united 'fl:&w his 22nd birthday, 123, , to Magdalena, daughter. late Joseph Snider, of Berlin. was born in that town December 1851, and died May 10th, 1880, in 290th year of her age. By this marâ€" there were four children, as folâ€" E: John Henry, born November ; Erwin E., September 10, ; William E., December 13, 1874; seph Harvey, August 28, 1877. bee sons are respectively oecupying rative positions in the Western KATHANIEL BERGEY: Pee TV n Aeen ds es tes, with the exception of Wilâ€" m, who bas for several years been ited in the Klondike country. The ter has had the pleasure of reading eral highly interesting letters to his her here and to his brother, Joseph "GL!::;BOY, at Sibley, Iowa, the n published in one of the Sagey Mr. Bergey‘s second marriago Was h Leah, danghter of the late Joshua Shantz, on June 16, 1881. The reâ€" of a jovial and friendly disâ€" ind it is no exaggeration to 'nuoolourhrmancan«l- with more perfect intelligence !‘n ts and questions of the day . Sergey was born in the village of whom are still living. By the marriages he is the father of fzn.r- children. With the e_xgeptio‘ â€" ‘ot ENeeeemtopii s M en o se ts ma E., all the members of the r family are at home. The mother born May 16, 1842. They are ut members of the Mennonite Here is one of the clever and wellâ€" | lown citizens of Wilmat township | fing in easy gnd comfortable circumâ€" ances, but who has climbed to thatâ€" by degrees and hard knocks. was not like many of his fellowâ€" born with a silver spoon in his guth, but was gifted with more than verage energy and a knack of knowâ€" ig how to profit by what he underâ€" ok to do. Having always been libâ€" fal and gencrous with his earnings has frequently been a matter of sutrâ€" Fise to skeptical neighbors how graduâ€" y he has prospered, and in the end aving accumulated sufficient of this | Mld’:'fiod- so that he and his indus | uu may live indeperdently in latter years of their earthly areer, and at the same time see their well provided for, notwithâ€" mding the fact that Mr. Schmidt ¢ a character that is stainless, 6 far as honorable business transacâ€" fons with his fellowmen are concerned. "Henty Schwidt was born in Meckâ€" , Germany, September 5, 1850, a son of the late Henry Alexanâ€" artwig Martin Schmidt, a wagon bzo.:ndo. Young Henry‘s w maiden name was Mary died when he fwas about five of age. His father M@atried a time. The stepmo*ther died of in 1873. In the fall othm :'l:e Schmidt famâ€" departed m their native land for Canada, taking a train from Mn Ooet e se Ses I age, is alone in this neighborhood ne {wyond the years of an octogenâ€" in. He located here some time in and is a direct descendant of .b hm â€"‘x;â€"m']'“_wwv y > writer hereby takes the privâ€" ) state that he never met with ich Bergey. progenitor of the Berâ€" family in America. For one of advanced years he is remarkably ive, moving about with‘nfln‘g elasâ€" e en nee ns ty than many men not half his age. | is one of the leading pillars in the nnonite church, having been idenâ€" d with that body since his youth. devoted and aged wife, who has red with him the joys and privaâ€" is of their married life for more n fifty years, is also remarkably ive for a person who has passed the h milestone on life‘s journey: Both ; now enjoying the material and ritual results of a life well spent ile in their prime. $20000 EC C SA CCIOL eraalll of this union were ten children loo County. Well Tilled L2 t sting Sketches of Successful Farmers in Waterâ€" semer to Hamburg, where they ; m vessol. They were clever ks on the Atlantic, not including week thoir ship was in :omnn- off Pnrl,l-lmx owing to sickness ard. After reaching Quebec they on to New Hamburg, and from h they finally moved to their residence in the it place being about two months. t mate o mad, «bhe seventeen acres of land, whi HENRY SCHMIDT. By Hiram Newcombe. umumu-«-flu his trade, until be retired in when he took up his home with Henry, g-l :hbh-nb Mll-. lot at oeccu; ‘Iu&mnfihm'mdm- 'r""" Here he lived until his demise, which occurred about fifteen years ago, Hannah Spactzel, she being a daughter of the late William Spaetzel, one of the prominent pioneers of Wilmot townshi She was born December 25»1“!‘ 8. ‘The results of their union Sophia, deceased, John, Laura and Edward at home. The family are members of the Lutheran church. The Schmidt farm was originally sixty acres, but other tracts have been added and now it comprises eighty acres. The original tract was proâ€" cured from the Canada Company by the late William Spaetzel wbout the year 1851. It is a fertile tract of land and has been vastly improvéd since Mr. Schmidt has owned it. One of the most valuable features is a~ powerful spring of pure cold water, and it is utilized to the best advantage for coolâ€" ing milk and supplying the cattle. Mr. and Mrs. Schmidt are amon« the many ndustrious tillers of the soil who on every Saturday of each week have something towards supplying the .wants of the county town‘s large army of consumers. They attend the market every Saturday, rain or shine, and most invariably find a vigorous demand for all their produce. _ _ _ * It is hardly probable that we will find a man in the county who has been a greater number of years engaged in threshing than Henry Schmidt. For a period of twentyâ€"nine years he has followed threshing after each harvest. In the first five years of that time he had a partnet, but during the past twentyâ€"five years he has been on hls own book. Heis now using his fifth engine and seventh separator, besides two clover machines. He first began with a Preston horseâ€"power, finally adopting steam in 1886. The highest number of days he has threshed in one season, clover and grain together, was 135, from July 22 to March 22, 1879. ‘The least number of days was 70, that bein% this year, against 90 last year, and 96 1â€"2 two years ago. He also |doeo a considerable amount of wood sawing. He keeps five head of good | work horses, and in the line of hogs avd cattle is well up with the avrn%o according to the number of acres culâ€" tivated. He is prepared for emergenâ€" cies in case of breakage, having on the premises a well equipped blacksmith ; shop, which he is naturally prepared | to turn to good account when the o¢â€" casion demands it. In his domestic rélations Mr. Schmidt is also one of our most fortuâ€" nate farmers for the reason that he« has a wife who is not afraid of hard work, and knows how to ooonomize‘ without resorting to miserly or selfish . principles. Their home is one of peace and plenty. and typical German hosâ€" pitality prevails within its sacred preâ€" eincts. Mr. Schmidt would not be taken for a native of Germany by one unacquainted with the facts on accouut of his efficient mastery of the English ilan;ma.ge. He has numerous friends, both among his fellowâ€"countrymen and those of opposite nationality. He is invariably equipped for a friendiz chat in either the German or Eng! language, and the visitor who calls at bis home will find in him a. generousâ€" hearted soul and interestingâ€" onterâ€" tainer. All those who have for years lived in the neighborhood of Mannheim will readily recognize this name, for Mr. Knechtel was conspicuously identified with that village when it was yet basking in the sunshine of prosperity. He was born in the province of Rhein, . # \»‘ @; | m sY ol | Healthy, happy girls often become languid and despondent, from no apparent cause, in the early days of their womanhood, They drag along, always lired, never hungry, breathless and wiih palpitating hearts after slight exercise, so that to merely walk up stairs is exhausting. Sometimes a short, dry cough leads to the fear that they are going into consumption. . Doctors tell them they are ansemicâ€"which means that they have too little blood. _ Are ion like that ? More Elo and ansemic people have been made bright, active and strong by Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills than any other medicine. M x oncas, Berthietr, n gâ€"â€"** T, liams‘ Pink Pilis. She was very feeble, her blood was and watâ€" ery, and she was troubled with headaches, rou-w.fla Q‘lll-]und The 1 bithiying as good hexitt? ne any Rirl of her age, anit we ave ind ‘ to give J;y o;'zan. to your grand -.Jufi... loth:s'wm make no misâ€" & take if they insist upon their young daughters taking Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills. Do not take anything that does not bear the full name "Dr. Williams® Pink Pills for Pale ‘eotlc." It is an experiment and a hazardous one to use a substitute, Sold ydldnbuot\vu paid at 50 cents a box or six buxes for #2.507by addressing the Dr. Williams‘ *Medicine Co., WBrockâ€" DANIEL L. KNECHTEL. «td »1 Healthy, . Happy Girls. maker. To this. 3 , K. * * 4 ° * s ‘ 1eâ€" s ® â€" oo s i ; S will, for 3 se saw C f \ L { operated by, A %r.’: f ated it -:’.:Eru .;...2: s p years. After he rem ‘to Boriin where fora year or two he was omâ€" = ind ployed in J. Y. Shant#W‘s facâ€" ; *= 20. 1847.: The birth results of this married Toman, w io line in Watmine lovnthip oo Jas. Albert, November 7,1860; Allan, born in Maunbeim, September 30, 1871; Wilâ€" lhmll-u-{hh:-b Mannbeim, Febâ€" ruary 29, Jacob, born in Mannâ€" heim, October 6, 1879; Laura Elma, born November 6, 1884. ‘The children are all grown up. In 1893 Mr. Knechtel discontinued m& M&nienl:dm ‘ mxas.mo'wu, lum-: owned by Wendel E. Shantz, Nylonhd about a half mile north Bleam‘s road and one mile west of Manunheim. Though it was his frst attempt at farming he has ‘been thoroughly sucâ€" cessful. But he was fortunate in havyâ€" ing a devoted and industrions wife | € who was inured to farm life, she | 4 having been reared to womanhood on P a farm. Mr. Kuochtel, however, is a gentleman possessed of considerable < practical intelligence and ripe experiâ€" | € ence, and for that reason is not handiâ€" | , capped in anything he undertakes. His mature mechanical knowledge in theline | 4 of earpontemfi and familiarity with | machinery is nrlondld assistance to | him as a farmer, for when a fence needs repairingâ€"or a building repaired, or a * new one erected, he is fully competent | « to perform the job without extrA A8â€" |, sistance from outside, unless it is reâ€" quired in the rdising of & large strucâ€" * ture. 6 Allan, the second eldest g#h, is also | eng:ged on the farm. He bas a wife and two children and liyes with the | parents in the family residence. Allan | is a stalwart young fellow and takes to |. farming very naturally, as he appears to understand it somewhat thoroughly. | ‘The fine, thriftyâ€"looking lot of hogs he | is feeding is amply sufficient to subâ€" stantiate the latter assertion. Horses and other animals about the premises show that they are kindly treated and well fed, and there appears to be an abundance of feed. What the writer was in particular pleased to observe while sojourning for a night at this hospitable home was the quiet harmony and kind courtesy predominating between parents and son and daughterâ€"inâ€"law, all living under the same roof. The little offâ€" | spring of the latter seoms to be the ti> that binds all in one indissoluble famâ€" | ily union, for the grandmother, a kind f | and generousâ€"hearted woman, tolerates | ‘ in these innocent little ones what some â€" irritable species of female would conâ€" , sider annoyance. But in this happy . ‘ family circle harsh words are conspicuâ€" | ously absent, and he who happens to: | enter within its racred precinets finds i | nothing to grate harshly upon one of | nervous temperament and humane inâ€" â€" | stincts. The parents are members of the Mennonite church and within . | their bome predomiuate true christian â€" | principles as taught by that fhith. My 4 visit to this place is one among those 1| I will fondly remember. The young o | people are members of the Lutheran i f church. * Drugs fresh and purcâ€"the best stanâ€" dard makes. Our closest attention and best care given when filling your doeâ€" tors prescriptions. i 22 _ Prices consistent .with the quality of drugs we supply: YARIETY AND LOW PRICES. Animmonse varicty of New Toilet Preparations continually in stockâ€" to choose from. We are noted for the variety and quality of our Perfumes. Do y M o en O o sns 7 The world‘s leading medicine, Paine‘s Celery Compound, the kind that cures, always in stock, fr(rh and genuinc. 8. Snyder, Druggist, ~Mrs Thomas Waters, a highly reâ€" spected resident of Hespeler, died sudâ€" denly on her way from church, on Wednesday night. Apoplexy was the cause of death. GUARANTEES TO PATRONS. Waterloo, Ont. The Molsons Bank. HEAD OFFICE, Paid up Capital . â€" . $2,000,000 Reserve Fund â€" $1,720,000 partsof the Dominion or any piace iN "! world Higheet rates of inter st allowed f6 money deposited in Savings Bank or spocia Ddrywm for 1809 shows that .74 was paid to patrons for milk; 658,051 Ibs ornm';:-n were dolluu; out of . which were made 59, 301 Ibe ohquam-ldm « tnn.:lh milk. The averagoe € price of cheose .tzs 9.087 conts per| _ 50 Pairs of mens‘ odd pants for goc. 100 Pairs men‘s $1.50 pants for $1.25. 50 Pairs boys‘ knicker pants, regular $1, 75 Pairs boys‘ 65¢ knickers for 50c. . 7 Only, boys‘ $2 two piece suits for $1.60. 9 Only, boys‘ $3.50 3 piece suits for $2.75. Boys‘ $3 overcoats for $2.40. . Boys‘ $5 overcoats 5o0r $4. ‘The financial statement of the Elmira ‘ _ We have had a great many sales, but for real good bargains this is the Greatest Sale ever advertised. Come expecting great bargains and you won‘t get disappointed. Store Next to Post_Office, A general banking b usinces done. Co, ns made, drafts issued payable in all Lbis Resainion ar any blace in th for 8oc. JACOB HESPELER, Manager Waterico Branch. w â€" io x MONTREAL Men‘s $12 overcbats , _ for Men‘s __ for $5. Men‘s $10 waterâ€" proof rain coat for $7.50. _ 3 Only, waterproof coats for $2.50. Men‘s $7 suits in single and double Men‘s fixz suits in . single or double breasted for $9. Men‘s $7.00 single pea jackets for Men‘s $10 ulsters for $7.50 Men‘s $7 ulsters for $5. CLEARING OUT SALE breasted for $5.50 ~â€" REDUCE The Meat of It G00D,TENDER and WHOLESOME John B. Fischer, meat is what they want. â€" As we slaughter nothing but the youngest and healthiest beeve our customers can always be sure of getting delicious roasts and tender steaks. Cured Hams a Speciality During the hot scason of the year people are naturally more particular about the meats they A .WeseLon & Co., Men‘s 50c underwear for 40c. v \ Men‘s 25¢ underwear for 20c. Men‘s $1.25 underwear for goc. Men‘s 50c caps for 40c. Men‘s 50c curi caps for 35¢. Dozen pair men‘s wool lined mits, covâ€" * ered ':l{h leather, real wa.rms'riving mits, worth 65¢, for 50c. Men‘s $1.25 kid or moca gloves or mits for $1. _ _ Men‘s 50c woolien gloves for 35c. Men‘s wool socks, 2 pairs for 25c. Men‘s $1 working :hxm for 75¢. Men‘s 75c working shirts for Goc. Men‘s 50c shirts for 40c. 5oc Neckties for 35c. 35¢ Neckties for 25c. 25¢ Neckties for 20c. Good collars, two for 25c. e trca®. INAS‘I‘ORE LIKE THIS at the end of six months‘ & & there is always an accumulation of many kindaof‘:mtuun mot sold as we expected. The quickest and surest way to sell them is to x" % This we have done on about two thousand pairs of boots, shoes and rubbers, and on about one hundred overcoats and ulsters, about three hundred suits of clothes for men boys and on all kinds of winter underwear and wool lined gloves. Some of the lines we tell you about below, 2 C Reaid e ba d en en EC Ne Cnk smm the rest y;u will leorn about if you come ‘THE PRICES. THE ONTARIO MUTUAL LIFE Assurance Co. W uomm( Hou _ n, .G., 18t s 2OE O e 15. . â€"__â€" s o Bnrnde of Conada." Hon. 9. 1. Garrow. 3 Decapes or Great Proaness. Men‘s $1.50 overshoes for $1.35. Men‘s $1.50 one buckle heavy for $1.25. *# â€" Pairs mon‘s $1.75 oil in, felt lined 3 waterproof Zhgess for gx.w. 50 Paif§s women‘s felt gaiters or lace shoes, regular $1, for 75¢. 60 Pairs women‘s 50cfelt slippers for 4§. Women‘s 75¢ felt slippers now Goc. PR Girls‘ 50c felt slippers for 40c. _ â€" Children‘s 50c slippers for 40c. . Children‘s 40¢ felt slippers for 30c. Baby shoes for 30c. * Several hundred pairs of odd sizes in shoes at oneâ€"half prices. $2 shoes i for Qx; $3 shoes for $x.3m These won‘t last long. Come and get a pair & yâ€"â€"â€"d *A cd./2/3 w i@ fi‘ ohnsass> Board of Direotors. MELVIN, BERLIN. . ol ole_ in Foroe + â€" 8 lfing > â€" â€" 12,041,91 +o w C# 23,703 984 u.l.'% rubbers M.P., 2nd Vicoâ€"Pres. *%