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How to Feel ‘Well Deine Middle Life Told by Three Women Who peo from Experience. and m. Frances the Rev. A. E. Doan an 1 the choir of the church West Sandling, England. Mail and Empire. assembled at their home and present- ay If the temperance forces of a ssful Saboaen? woman’s ed sbeus ith a t oe of ae eaten. tain ev ad a grand chance to pai as has dia ee Pinkham’s Vegetabl ie Compound. an them appret ad- fe naan of hi ‘ahelpful advice te qriting theLyais as oxpressing their Tearet 2 losing Mrs. Wm. M B. Pinkham Moaleine Co. Lynn, Mass. 8 uch lettersarereceived | {Torn the, Conte workers. ne aoe d answered by women only aud held in strict confidence te. Emerson Holmes writes a few Essa : > —_$_—___—— =|words to his father and, m mother to|-- Mr. Charles. Schafer;--fo f state that he is well. ; *I|Elma, but f WELLESLEY COUNCIL ELMA COUNCIL eae LON Moat alttiual inate Got |ot tes Weal: lereatei neue atousIne: Wellesley “Municipal Board met.} |The Municipo! Council of the Town: es an Bn ee inners were | Mee fod abi 6 ursuant on urnment, on Monday. | ship of Elma, met in the earinv cuted nine.of wu: ether from the old 110tb | quite indis: re and under the. eed lay of February, 1917, at| hall, Atwood, on Saturday. I saw Wilfred Patterson since I carne toes care at pres n the Township hall, Crosshill, at ten| Members present—Reeve. i oe : he likes it fine too’ We| The a. reoting of the Mait-|™ o’slock on the Scott; Deputy Reeve, Samuel smith: have had a little snow and enough | land Cheese Mata was haldich ane Il the members, excepting J. L.|Couneillors, Wm_ Coates, John Il- trost to keep ‘the ground nice. poets ay when ‘the offi 17 were McKay, who failed to overcome the man as, Vallance. PT Ae: euLahine sinan: Toone ee Geer Rika, Wise e he ae Mrs, 6 Joh ite an caaer at Spending eave meng ee is in Si Marys mule Tod iting at Mr. oe st nto: annual “at se, No. 20, or SO oi fe ‘in the hall on Priday, Feb. 23rd. ea frien onto on business. ortiss Moore, of New Hamburg, ts vis George Heinz Previous to the departure of Dir. ima, passed aw! y_ Frida: tier an ees of just a ae ae ot [fas thought that an the ain must Hs suffering mand deat loom of sadness Dear friend; remain Ww. I did all the time Twas ‘llacott ind “ithe rt Tindale bus’ . Since petaly one en a d has also He is. os present id rea ae ther, cent whil Mi: abi eat on ave eon ceased A deep vis oat cover the Mrs. Wives. an iends of members will be of arias community by. ‘the sad and su # Alina. spent | 2 , Wm. ~ Erskine, “of Atwood, re- |feit the iweckend at. her tone "Bye cently purchased fi oa herbert Bros.’ their hour of pee Cleve Hiles, of, the _ yelist a bandponie driv driver. ir. Harry Hogan, a ‘formes resident | 99 me ees Mr < John White recently Giavoged Logan, from nea ake, | tah: “of. Toronto, mrttened of hia driver to Mr. W. Miller, ofthe |ask, is visiting bis Aan the “funeral Oy the ate ne 14th. “Dhe Ladies’ Aid of Knox ‘church will Yeare ago. ble at ie “here twelve Mes. David Bell ta attending the hold a social in. the church on the "hi Aineie Horn returned to her |{neral of her mother, Mrs. Phillips srening. of Tuesday, Feb. 27t mn after posniing. a weeks [2 pee Tt ere yeicigena s attended lat hor ates ut elt e to report Ine; Welkers hig sale ,at Milverton 0 Rev. Sie Marshall Soe We last. West Sandling, Eng., Jan. 2¢th. |speedily ~ Weber is poauatis ‘tew | Mr. Thos. B. Hammond, Monktcx ‘Miss Nellie "Hamilton. visited friends | Mr. fo Weber is moving into his new house on Selb: a this | Well, pate kind of surprised ae attended the funeral of the late M ker will’ move) geriving 2m ot thanks Mints meting of the Liter ry § ty : e meeting of the Literary Societ ee F. Mantle, of McNaught, w! sal for the lovely letter you|which was held on Friday Pp The Change of Life is a most critical period of a Seostly bad: ia ies Draken hee oo [Rent men for It is good to, Rave, som & real ‘musical. treat. et pros 2 "woman's existence, and neglect of health at this time invites _ | ar recovered a8 ‘to be able fo, leave pee eR ED PS Bea consisted gntirely oo nee disease and in. Women everywhere should remember |°"yfr. “ana Sree Ay Holl ae we inc [Present situation as a soldier in the |small plaglet entitled; Mrs. Ruggles that there is no other remedy mae to medicine that will |werk-end with friends in Stratford aievines 6 tee Earle cameo et ready so O aiacesstull carry women through this trying period as dena nO ae an nome” (necessity of the Bible till I got face Jeheatra with fifteen or seve teen mem E. ich v 1 i young ladies to the I.0.0.F. “at home With deathy of nearly‘ eo. Bu [ber tra with fi r seventeen met i ~ ei an costul Lydia E. Pinkham’s eee ‘compound, made from [at Atwood, on Thursday last discover sree ater a in thelr, strange. costumes, 08 native roots and herbs. Read these letters:— Sree tee find forgotten to ut put on bis urdercoat was com: going into action “78. The next meeting which is to se Ftetohy Chagn hal ena tn bck pelled to wear /his overeoat until. a of Sos tate lone a ie had. he the “omic night, in, charge of Rp spete 50, e e and back. 1d me to his relief | hompson and Terry, Bhs, okt pains and I oath 4 garment a take the lies of = of the Bor “had their eyes opened to|intend to make all famous comedians feat dashes rls Bein with Air cate and the missing one. ad ar te teens eg eee future |take “care of “Borne a Mab nervous feelings. After dia, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rassman re- am goin Harvey Coghlin, of Listowel. Verte Compound I feel fice ‘anew. ae aan turned to Monkton on Tuesday after wee, diterent 3 ae ee he baie vthe spent. the yecend with ‘Mr. and ‘@ud aos more. ndi veral weeks with friend) 2 Win. Morrison in better health a8 seppbled d with |i lint, Mich Se eae ter to have someone fo help you. | Miss Ruth Oliver spent Saturday the aches and pains I had before I took your won- ik spent the week- -end |“ What a friend we have in Jesus, all lat her jon iar eaimercton | seesalrent it recommend ito my fend forl with | trends in St Ma our alls ae fa bear” Twas) fds | Baythe Fergusson, of Buhel cannot ae enou} —Mrs. |ARGARET GRASS- Mrs, Allan ‘uston Shee serious |°D My .dea' ed (or as it, appeared to/spent Saturday. with her friend, Miss | sagt 709 N. Hingeolt’s St, Philadephia illness we reported last week succumb |M® & the. tim a week or s0|Helen Lochhead : oe 3 oa ee rad thefuneral (98°. He spared me because He had) Mr, Perey Smith, who has been at verly, Mass.—*I took Lydia ed thas ok ook place to Elma Centre on Tuesda: more work for me to perform after | tending Oollege in Toron has re Veasapie © Sootpouts oor nefvoumess S08, “dyspensh i lan oe afestoon, the services being conduct: ecapened sae eremena 1 Ue is esis eg the University is clos- ing throug} found. it ve: e) a by Rev. ergusson. She ¢ e time. ed because of searci to other women who pater: asl did and, ecel t Soe her loss a husband {Hot merely for my own sake but oa Mr: : Daa litte son, the have recei and grown-up f: of five edné and |the Sake of sthose at hoine. We are 1 Palmer ston, visited with Mr. and results from i two daughters, ene Wilbert and |all getting along fine o ere Thos. Dickson last week. Roundy § a ly, Mass. Tia ae the ain cf Elma Joho, at | pouee. there ace tot ey temple’ ice Ware Gimer, sat " present Bs BEvery ae fete serasei-oad Wile, by sence) SUL they ere Mottinee slong aus der She Oat We jon atchewan; Mrs, 8 Ducklow, Elma |*6"™" gethe nt care (with her friends in wishing her 4 and Drs. H, Ackersville. of Z bern] net tor The: DHAREBE eee Sora eer eee < na; Merryfield: dr. apent efew | Wo ore ellseenk tor a: purpose Well,| Mrs, Duncan, of Brussels, visited aye “ae week with friends in Strat- raven ee this “time: |with her daughter, Mrs. sbit Ham- 5 ear from you again. 1 |itton, last Your loving friend Pte. Coutts, 654,832, rae Tield Past Office, Scalia {Guelph on saturday visiting his pring ae “ilar in Stratford last Cha: SESE A Temperance Opportunity abi bro: iH. Erskine, whe se ay Gunne: Hieht aria severly as be playing rere se} iss Viola Johnston, of B ee Hiles, Oy Ridgetown, | Mg?) Ne? cael MY F. 0. B. FORD, ONTARIO- t ‘The average man can easily seid Pet one, Iti the most inexpensive car 0 25 miles.on a gallon ot gasoline is an every day ‘oceurrenc nile ntly reported by Ford owners: Yearly repair erate of less than one do Tesco: usual. ‘The ear is Hight in weight, and tires give more mile- a Ford than on any ot) Ford for vous ‘and oné for your wite for the price of tne car at $1000, You can run both For at about me se as for one larger, heavier car. You a “used” Ford ata good price, You to nscept a bag reduction for a “used” larger Come in and see the new models. have Milverton Monkton E. H. GROPP, GOLIGHTLY BROS., N sustain, so have urchase nothing Psi the best’ goods. Our prices are low considering the quality and workmanship. FURNITURE For the parlor, dining-room, den, living- room, bedroom hall and library. Right in style and finish. Io ever lose sialiee ee quality. You have a reputation 10 hen you want the best value PICTURES, RUGS and LINOLEUM Furniture Dealer ROBERT McMANE Fe “al Di Milverton Endembalmer snow drifts, were present. J. Reidel, last, meeting ast iast the reeve, presided. ere read, approved and signed by|in Englan ie _ The tes of gis January ses-|the Reeve and Cle Mr, James Baillie of Jot 2, com. 11 oe atk fag sion were read and pred: Bills| Moved Coates—Ih — that |pima fon Mtonday oh 5th | jony i nd acc mere. laid -op, ¢ ets Je, |the treasurer’s sureties be accepted | hold a nf 22 dairy cows athe Passe a year ‘on liquor, also a c eet ee: hoe as follows ;—Himself in sum of | wi mad 2.00 o'clock, Robt c people Robertson, > $8,000 and’ Cyrus W. Harvey, Joho | Armstrong au he besnactee port of the Hosta for'dick, chide 1B Sowers Henderson Robb, Allan Boy | wrstrene “Methodist. Cireuit, — Feb imperative all whereupon Council decide MeMane, Thomas J. Hurst, and. Jos.| ase" Services at Monkton 11.00 0 ~ ch: acl 1abon tones grant the meee ok Bea ualigt: ele Mitchell; in the sum of $3,000 cach | Bethesda 2.30 p a. and Willow Grove ne b tena aa a okto4 the usual Sonusl grant: NS i auditors then, presented their pm *aubye The of uri ad- ove . Lackner, seconded by rt, i f ge easari : J. 1 Beteh that the Municipal Treas-| Moved. b Vallance—Smith — that dees aeant ‘the ne Hight gis a ‘ cheese during ice = Sak Ot ee r place to the credit of Slits |the auditor's report.as now read b . iS average price | Pt. the great liquor trade to go 08 Village of St. Clements the sum of |adopted and that the Clerk be in- a ein wt undisturbed? 15, and to the credit of Hawkes-|structed to have 150 copies of the | eryices will be Held vat ee ot Pe gust RE Whereas ey ey ville the eum of $150.05, being amount |Abstract Statement printed and that |{1'99 a.m, and 7.30 p.m. and E jetisent Ss SEE ees) Spee a sy, D y i s in_full as year 1916,—Carri uditors be paid sum of $15 each. | .¢° 9,90 Plan to be present fpiders aia recently, is now conval- arge Drove of Horse 5 ee Z etch, seconded foved by Vallance—Coates — that| yy, Holmes the other day re-|" Nira” “Alexander . ae ae : 8. Meyer that the following bile the Clerk be authorized to notify the | gcived the following lette from Pte eteos nea Fee On Friday last is ae ff Wal- will be paid and th | trustees of School Section No, 5, Elma, Wood en yples. the: Wer had horses a p Elma, | Fran! nnery, 0 is now in| ther for gome little time, we are glad | xe Cane ee nf sue orders in settlement thereof; D./and School Section No. 10, Elma, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, England tq xe pares ac the ral “hotel Stables ere Lishty, for opening winter road, $2; | that W. Angus Dickson, owner of lot ei a siet eport, is again om which they drove to Walkerton. These Howpltitfor Psick Children, grant, 19," con. 7, Elma, has he i an =<9—— were part of a me —Carri plication to have the said 0 the mumps ward cars they are shipping from the coun- toate ee in of By-law No, 788, |tached from B.S. No. 5 annexed |J¢° "tne. ‘hospital have bees | mms yw se Sa ty town this week by ©. the fo appoint Assessors for the East and |to 8.8, No. 10, and to attend the next of the hospital where ot ecks with |, Zhe Women's Tnstitnte’s sale of | West. ‘The starting of the arive. t0 hah our Municipality, fective of the Council in reference | two other fellows am now back in pase ies ave oe * e “market Walkerton caused quite a ae ee ais juced our Board to give the earnest | thereto. one of the gencral wards. My hip ve ar = oe , on Tuesday netted} strect: steeds : rought forth . Ratcliffe and Jobn|{z"an healed but the bone had beea |i S8du" fou a . yeang and fecling fresh ond Heitey iscussion that the As-|Roger briefly preneated chit, cistnia. 0 badly splintered and i s quite sore yet | TRF | sillccapes at: fhe: bonis jes: they emenged fant table to tthe North Halves of Public Libra asked for pie Shi a around with (af, Mrs, A ‘lan on Friday, |the street, and were sai mic ni ‘est Sections did not | assistance in maint ge same. oe of acratch very well but arch ag it up lively. By the time the animals luation with those| Moved by Coates—Illman — tha ec rant ery well but)" Toe harvesting is in order these |had travelled a mile or so over the tind it was found |grant of 8£0 be made to the Atwood |vil'be able to ge back to my.0l8 Job. 12%" sor trom were attended th Reavy, Toose. roads “much of their rein was too|Public Library and the su $1 De ae te est tor the infantry ‘number from here atten e fetes of gait had yaniened, The treat to pass over without an effort |be made to the Monkton Public|®Gain, 1 may be all right for the fly- |Pattiotic Dance at Gadshill on Tues-|bunch were halter led for a distance Peer SERN ae rrtees tha OMATTER EY Coaten:=Veil ghat | ine. Sond. where a tallow donk Deve Se aie oCiie wshoal sett a ee ae can Le ted Souneit die 7. ‘otdaha ker a Coates—Vallance — that} so much heayy marching orders. Wh: pson, of the school staff, jJeaders, Mr, Hank Irwin generale feided to appoint only two|the Collector's roll be accepted and| Samp are the-lads at over here? If|bas gone to her home in Listowel to drive, and, mounted on Assessors for the whole Township, one |that, the Collector be credited with /ehey are at West Sandling they, will Feoupernte, : + on {White charger, ‘looked the part of 2) om, and one ie West. re shite asa ia vo collect |have to be up and doing as they have] OT cit with tae present of|Napoleon of the horse trade, reupon the Council formed in-|not sufi le a encarie teal there watla strict Brigadier there. The British ai SE eet inie aipre. 1B jo) uaehlan’s delivery horse coul to'a Committee of the whole on By $1.00 a being uncolle able. and that Te nts ake trenton lg ese (Teach vend aaaitice snow poerds) tow thie: Ox kee een Bear ss i s a weather per- Se. |e wil e brea rig Pa Moved by’ CUR ay age eevee cee aha gba Janes of of salary in full as Col-| Fite" at least that i at the fel- Stratford, on Saturday. it was decided | niches in , the procession. Somebod: man Hiotee aie eneicdes | Mtated hy Batty Vaile that [10S ho came from there to this |Ct. cian school sometime ein the wanes ehonat to SO te ae ‘The following insertions were m Re aah na amet ared > Cole | Dowel eek: at a oe ere |e Par egatest sin aeihe tat etormiaive Just abaut: the te ae i lnpertions, wets made | Hugh: ict appointed Col- lat the war will be over this sumn- |r, of gntent tn growing. potatoce |Peega. Toavea were. due to spill. over the: WHE Tha Waeat Section with [th Pee LaLhate of fT gi00.09 (mer but 1 also believe that there will |W ye tee will aa the | tbe Seenerys 80 here was d salary of $100 and L. 8, Tiehty f set ars a eatery of #100! some heavy fighting yet but the cial will be held in the |drop in bakers’ products. “ 8, Lichty for |He to furnish satisfactory security. Germans are ot 0 strong in Jaen Clashan school on March 2nd under os =< the whole’ of the East Seotion, with a| 4 number of accounts were DFee lay they ust. say {the auspices of the Clachan Red Cross ak TANS al of . is salary includes jented and ordered to be paid. ~ {League and Women’s Institute, The it the toking of the oxnaus of the ebil-| “Moved. by Contes-tUlman | that etn reat artillery and ate | rroceeds will be devoted to patriotic Mee and aes, Pred Hoatetler were Rae dete Link Se Fate terra ree phecagriociearel “Hark ate] DRre Mek, tH famina and grit of "Oy Instit in greatly surprised on ning Yee Rat Ge cmt RRT Cait tenes oa” caress. Maoh Tobi cat | Ay, aries nen fae ote Fave with ), The Women's Institute will earn, [last when a host, of friends,” “att ed by the Reeve and Clerk and dated |ten Wolock, for general Township | Wks number: gt nce Hart, on ‘Tuesday. afternoon. |Courty-five in number, cam end February 5th, 1917, and Comittee re-| business and eppointing. path fetes Tuneral_service OE ee ee Fame Aart, ong will be given by |@ pleasant evening with them. ef ot singps end appointing rahtoater®| eh doo place ne the nome of her (Re, 27> Papers Va yl? |" Mtge Wagner, of, Milas Moved by F, Lackner, seconded by sae Guo GE I LocHEAD, Here, [brother, Mir, “Willem Hicks, on. trues: |BMiaee® 16. MeCalinm and AM MeGlt | ie the weekend. with her cousin. Bete, that By-law No, 738, a9 2 Clerk. Saay afternoon, Miss Hicks was a2. 4 ‘ht while some of |Miss Ameila Zued In be teed eo thind ne ‘and faithful. and ioyal Christian worker | ,0m Saturday (Bieit witts fm ere| Mx. Noah is wearing a brond ssed.—Carrie Feed Oat Gide Unit: |x| te Wiles cies ean church |(he flo Stratford they noticed that jsmile these days.—Its a girl. ove Dy J. a Meyer, ‘edodaded by for Seed and will be missed greatly, Rev, A|4oing ford ‘they that Jems these coe who. attended | the J.T. Petoh, that this Board grant the E, Doan had charge of the services. |fh¢ home 08 i Ed Finnegan on the |, roof the chosen six at the home ‘adien’ Institutes of Tinwoo Wel- tae The friends of Richard. Mar peeve eessce of the Pee te lof Mr. and Mra, Fred Bier were Miss Prnarinig pore areata ate Flour ind feed dealers who offer shall, of Atwood, welt known, in : e assistance of the, fi a ot ae Eee egmped, and be 820 ta be used in Hed Gross He sam) the ‘Feed grades of Western | oats | Monkton where he resided for a couple mt despite all thetx efforts the house [fis his SR a nas of et a should be very careful to oats far-|of years have learned wigh regret of Witch was a cement the pt Renin Ws and A, Oe sch, of -Milver- iors seeded wy |e USHA” He tad ats | egtestta egrt bel fa hae | OF estroved thou the contents Mestre Winn 4 cou: of weeks a ie mis~ f ‘ fe ea Par ee enn oe ert (ern al ee aba os aa Son Rater hi on Btep an Rthday of Moreh [otaouna sad not suiteble for milling | while recovering from the. effects of! [nferior Fruit Was Sent bittet ars 8 y of March) purposes, They usually give a very|the accident was seized by an attacl KATES : ri a epee bee: in thes tocation i reales low percentage of germination which ation kanes ae “he ne ee /RKING savaliae Township's Vital, Statis feed papi ae Ee oat toes’ of friends in in to send| Mr, Afired Basel, jot at, eee ties ie year 8 hoice fruit t on Teetintectaleca tx spent Monday with Mr, an years has given the general impres: choice frui a D feslatrea' by" the ingen, wee, dy Somat ait Wester outs vl 0° || AUNT Qed Pdi on aetsunt of soot deal Mts Fru 34 Hs te sek ing ae a8 sired ree inferior rule, Lance-Cor- | spent Thursday” vena. with Miran PETER F, SCHUMMER, Clerk, vatity jis so scarce this year that WINTER ral James MacVicar is one of the rae % pane Bt. Clements, Feb. 8th, 1917. fa abe eapectaliy warned 4 men to be disappointed and Miss Mac- a Mrs. J. afttenslen of Hes against using the ed grades for i Vicar, the sender of son, spent Suni mnday with Mr, and Mrs. ca Tid RTI T R Ss written to the dealer c John Ament. - WARTBURG *CStastern Canada. farmers are ad- : MMiy third-class apples were sent in| Misses Laura. Moser and Rosetta Masters Robert and Geopge Braden| Hse to Broce rown oats of iy gee es neg Pe See as ote wih vee e P) | Mi: ‘acVi i we ij rs, lex, oser, are okt rape te ee aunt, ayn ate | SEMCLAT em terhr lee au oy ru Cone ea | eo, Me Rapes, Ea sy obey tentford. pest ata eat notomnre tBat i Sunday with Mr, and Mrs. Wm. 100,000 bushels of No, 1 Canada West: ge ‘sg anki seed oats free from wild oats are MoWhinney is spending | son 4) o lswil } be rer ay sca Sap, ene: ee wl ity gash in his neck. ne: ES Ee mu d weKdie Raich are foul teh Ba Tabled Spice, gutire Butt om package for gale vat Su, 1.00, Z ay the Mill pend seeds. RETURN LIMIT MAY 31, 17. ¥ Liberal Stop-Overs Allowed _ For fulbinformation mae on b. CR. AcUnton Station, ‘Toronto, oe (shireoesented 5 = A Detroit paper states Shas singe the outbreak of war, 27,000 stalwart i ‘have found their | fom Mr, fein to Silverton a Eber a Ge ‘dime in Apel jinse! made < Lee Jo! ha 3. Mr ffie cnapetor for the p view astimates that ther are FEo00. Joaded freight ears in Bu falo freight yar rds which the railroads are unal (oO Move on account the |! cna ‘against. eastbound ia the deep snow and ice. Miles if ies 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- — hes ning short on this variety. Diffi- culty and the high cost of getting re supplies and the increasing con- _ sumption is sending the prices sky — high.- The end of the advance is ; nos by any means in eta Bet AREAS Bete We ak i Green some Tea per Ib. Or our Own Special Ble al ie and Black Wan atper Ib or 3 Ibs. t We still have a lot ok sSrecials left. in Dry Goods at SALE PRICES. | are are frozen to the r