The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

MONKTON BRIEFS |: John Quinsey, a young man 29 years of age, who resided with his b coegiy tracted while wa! | sick cock, It was thougl ie was recovering but it see to affect ead, His* father slept with him but the young man rite his op- tunity and slipped commit: je deed salt destruction, When found his ly was danglin: om the car track near the (roof of the barn,--William Saunders aged 26, di at the home of his father, Henry Saunders, Con gan, on ago while thes: raining “ot isnt tian Parents.” ie will sing at Neto mn. evening, Feb,~ 2ist, ‘a social evenin| will be held in the Methodist church, ane will be * araneis 2 gee con- | ha: ting of songs and music also a Tabate will ost ee entitled “Resolv- it the has a better chance to succeed i! ‘ays on the fa: than if the goes to the city.” The af firmative will be taken by Mr. Ham- mond and Bettger. The ne- gative by ‘. al Elle- ott, AL ffering will be taken at the service. in to ent.— some frozen water pipes at the barn by burning straw fire getting a little stronger t! anticipated, he ara to get some Mi foot and = PRESS Robt. Armstrong, auctioneer m. | Listowel Rerae ae debate and con in —On Wednesday |a Sie Hee aon Matthews the RECN He T civgdt as: the ning last, notwithstanding the unfi orable weather, was a very ance good progr: was given eds amounted to a ie quite ill for se’ 3 of this week. —Gill is ha a pte bread ship- d in daily.—! fame: pet of ns N ee MORNINGTON Mr. Simon “Loney is visiting at his and Mrs, Hart and # d Carrie Roe speat a couple of days in . 6, on Friday A.C. athe negative. — } tric mear dolph Erskiae has ieee ane ATWOOD. Miss Annie Wynn is visiting with fiends vith | Mr. Richard Bowland, of Monkton, New /tecextly, received a letter his ere_he visited his sis-|60D. J- Rowland, of Shore Byrthe-Sea “Attar Erertiney, his son goes on to Jo! go Lon: d_ Toronto, where she will attend the millinery |88¥3 “J rou have plenty of openings.—Misses Sadie Stewart and | in old Canada but we do not what snow is ni) Jean MolIntosh, this country save for an occasional squall. The farmers are still of the 12th Con. spent the week‘end with friends in Thursday I saw a fellow plowing f &nd went over and had/a round e_ are taki dvantage of #W0 so you_see I have some interest the splendid ange shoctng these days. insfarming. i a x ie to get out = & up at au TCE eer Se time, | Nellie’ was right in my glory. They let oe y Friday ra Grannim, miners (ee ae poe “and Anble Here t th = utcher a bul Gud at his home Im Tenswater~ Oise \that weighed 2400 or 2500 pounds for Ruth Oliver haa been ill a unable va aces MREKst 5, He-aalc that tea ‘ope receive ‘or hit well again —Our pid fread the "oer: abouts 3400), schist sylll ies. yop eb ng i o! ee ver, 0 ein cpetel ee vein. {thing is very dear even tobacco, I y of the. village.—M ra ve got onto the English money sys- and litt! now. am very ces if fool- os now i. mey not have to'go to nt.—Mr. William Stev-|9F 7 weeksy yet but Swen” the. call lently given esent,—Miss| Victrola during the evening, SATS Mae He Told a Story Listowel Banner There was no topic a League tice lay night. Mr, Wilkin- | between Listowel and his home o: | the. third line of Wallace, as he was with, the result | Coming into town in a cutter. z . Eagar y to spend a) gg few days in Toronto and Hamilton.— | Although I Had A social evening will be church on ay, All the | Little Faith in Them" gf pbundreds who They ad He “7 cot fr Hiltey Woubie 1oF several yusrsr t bave we eee gost axl cr incon: Bidney “trouble ft. te : ero) aie i Beas ot | Eee ae bee went to’ McQool, They all seem to fo aithoagh bua bat itl eTSeanding the. climate so far -as| sath a them.” The es Fhoy tasty veri ough to geust since, have taken “foe: bonee ot cep warm.—A joint meeting of Court| end idee Loptiaaimatvomacoys osewood.. @ mp. Court Idlewi back, swollen joints, will be held on Saturday evening, ay mehaas ee ie Feb, 24th,—La gripe is prevalent. i Be rbert's i ici The young people of Kennicott held a faneo in Erskine’s hall onday e igi Messrs. Btruthers Bros. — ys Coffee at Gills for {onthe Mnbort beld under the auspi: Wo- suenis Putriotlo bucleey on, Friday ave: cat) ah aeninaeae a bor, or 6 boxes for, $2.50, ember our guarantee of satisfaction money back, “Address = 3 Osa Mate st, Buna se “MADE IN CANADA” The 1917 Ford Touring Car $495.00 F.0.B. FORD, ON ARIO HE standard automobile value of the world for high quality, mod- erate price and satisfactory service. The reasons for Ford superiority are . worth knowing and them. Ask the Foi you ought to know rd dealer to dem- onstrate the new model. MILVERTON GARAGE E. H. GROPP, Proprietor A x the direction’ of theie an ve Mi at the Epworth meeting was over and | Fe! Miss Parker with two very han very fortunate in escaping with severe shakin Muriel Petrie spent a few dave vist well so will close. Mid at the home of Gowan—Quite a gumber. from here} TEE ROAM ate, Headed the hockey mateh ins, ae Platoon Co. 6, 0.E.F. Arm: Tain: ‘England. THE COMING AUCTIONEER to be given on Thursday evenin a Methodist r his position with Mr. Zubrigg, of Listowel.—Miss Hannah Scott Pk taken a position in ee eueg SS cea IN rates In_loving remembrance Stever, who died Feb. 16th, rita It’s one long year ago t Since our dear Gordon passed away; We N. C. MERRICK LINwooD, - ~ ONTARIO Rev. d. |. Little A Meeting with d ch day we one bim Ae A Saagl ated ‘Success on St. Helen’s And ho ne to meet again, . —HIS PARENTS. Seta: not aoe missionary givings ha’ Mrs. John eee x Tavistock, |¢reased frot rt ner, spent the week-end with |ing to wipe off the debt on the manse ber friend, Miss Amy Shearer.—Miss |and the full amount of $465 has been ite and Mr. Norman Zimmerman, |subsoribed, leaving ureh pr of Milverton, spent Friday eventing at perty free of incumbrance. heimers.—Miss M, Alico| After extensive repairs the mana- woas bt ‘Detrott, is spending few |gers find that they have a balance @ frie! here.—Nurses | $265 on dar ing toward Chalmers and MeMillan returned home| the enlargement ofithe horse sheds in in To [the ear t i and $20 Mapa soy bee eee Walk 2 at Stratford One on U.S. ‘The North Perth County L.O.L. m Raga an Welnestay afternoon The situation betwen the United {of last week,J'There was a ver: e following officers were re-elected je acelamation; County master, Bro. fenriug action until some youths belig, a, J. Aen ite: 70, ~ Anadsloain Swank (uot th ff business i “hi re t a i |. Moore; freon Ee AY Alex. her threat works its purpose, .Ameri- Weat er! ead; D, of Br Jo a ipping. niga peacstsors the sea | Walker (sh Helis Bro, G. F. ‘Thomp- k | $01 Johnson and Bro. John fe. risk, | Alfred. trouble and expel ing it.| It ded to celebrate sats vent But Washington evidently thinks that cs betta. provided that the gates ise of a little more patience |were thrown open to all rae i ltnaasailable. will | the scuba without any. char aki} hi not be wasted. Wedding ng Stationery e Sun. office ue a splendid stock Se se? Canada’s s s Purpose ir Rol bert Borden, “Not for nave of battle, not for lust principles of Sliberty, ‘4 ‘ ‘ces that 1d. convert the world |? Peel ony {nto am armed camp, Yes, the two or three times as " Y | printers or ‘engraver ng 6 sough: fh Be eee peur Goethe pure ot See our samples. t|ment labelled “Choice Dairy Butter,” shrink fan but vit sre heart we |400 sheets to package for sale at Sua abide the event.” office for $1.00, Letter From Pte. Rowland | = |spending a fev ss and seven planes up at once 2S Sea found Bis Reine here very good to me especially my relatives with whom 10th LINE ELMA _ |L spent my leave of absence. I have |t Wedding bells are ringing.—Miss |been inoculated am nok feeling “Jaccepted a position as junior m $210 in 1915 to $500 in! ‘as resolved at the annual meet-|j, 6 as a mers entertained a few of their friends Est "Sched also o twenty-five gorda iS _|to a farewell party for their niece. |of good har = y large | pease Sse Packages of good American Parch- | Eve Miss Verna Tabbert has returned ey eg Hane ote spending a month unt, Miss Adam of thee: —Miss Libbie Coote i Listowel, 9 5 R Logel on Sunday,—W: 3 been re- ceived that Ptes, Stank a Barl Lavery, of the 118th Battalion have arrived safely in England.—What ight haye proved a serious accident happened last Thursday to Mr. Jos. ‘ae! In attempting to shut the granary Se ited réturn- ed home after spending some time in Kitehener.—Quite a number ‘rom here, spent one evening recently, at te home of Mr, A. Schiebel, of Hes- fer report a d time.— is Rose tta Klein, of Linwood, nae mt HAMPSTEAD Miss Beatrice McLean, ‘a St. Marys uest of oe te, Thos. Farrel appears A Ob, there’s such a vacant rty Ott we t tink we hear his footsteps Circuits ers see his smiling face key the We think we hear him saying now te those who know Rev. bn | St. Clements team on THorsday night To father and mother dear— ittle, former Mornington |to the tune of 5 to 2. Bi r yh do not call me back again Fee and field secretary of the |hoys don’t get discouraged it mig! T am so-happy here erth County Ten nee Alliance. |haye been worse.— hn MeDon- would readily anticipate, he has bad qld, formerly of this place, may now When we asunder parted a most successful year as pastor of| write M.D. to his name, he having It gave us inward a the Presbyterian ehurehes at St. Hel-| passed his’ final examinations at Me- But we shall still Te joined in heart |@ns and Has Gill University. Montreal, and. re- The circuit, w! i ceived hi year at hospital work where he has assist- ant in the ieee ral Hospital, Montreal, | before beginnin ractice, John's john eae) of Vermillion Alta ‘isiti jis mother, Mrs, Arch’ a McGillaw Conserve Niagara Falls Christian Science Monitor. cug Niagara Falls from the grasp of thd spoiler. 5 ———¢-——— A Save Investment an ineentive to to thrift and great e Government 0! nada has min Sy an. bare e or t ter financially may have the Seer hich = ie 80, tthe ertidiontes in dividual a fall “information call at THE MINISTER OF FINANGE i 2 REQUESTS YHE PEOPLE OF CANADA &@ BEGIN NOW am : TO SAVE MONEY FOR THE NEXT WAR LOAN : Jane 9, 1807 eed, S releaares DORKING .I.D. ATKIN, - NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY YOUR ‘Grass Seed. As prices will advance shortly. T purchase this seed some time go and the early buyer will get the bene! Red Clover $ 1 900 Timothy Ss $4700 Per Bushel . . —— | Per Bushel . . ss « eapsst A full range of POULTRY and STOCK Foops, REMEDIES and SUPPLIES always on hand, A carload of Western Oat Feed expected. Leave your order, Milverton 3 Never lose sight of quality, You haye a reputation to sustain, so have we. When you want the best value purchase nothing but the best goods. Our prices are low considering the quality cae workmanship. - FURNITURE For the parlor, hall and ree Right in ity ae ‘iish, & PICTURES, RUGS and LINOLEUM , bedroom ROBERT McMANE Furniture Dealer verton Funeral Director and Embalmer MONKTON’S POPULAR STORE TEAS! To be candid with our customers there is nothing in the grocery busi- - ness in such an interesting position as Black Teas The world is run- ning short on this variety. Diffi- y culty and the high cost of getting supplies and the increasing con- sumption is sending the prices sky high. The end of the advance is not by any means in sight. WHY PAY THE ADVANCE ON PACKAGE TEAS? We offer Golden Tip Black Tea at. y per Ib : He 40c 40c. Or our Own Special Blend Green and Black mixed at per 1b 40c or 3 Ibs. for. $1.05 We offer Kiji Green Japan Tea at perdb is...) OES We still have a lot of Specials left in Dry Goods at SALE PRICES, DE BRP ee es ae PARE OR EP tule a ee et ey a le adic A Eee. st) a EE mPOA oo ™