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‘pox is familiar to thous- ipon thousands nok at Canada but in the aries. Collins, tt eater Tee .Y., who says he found Gin H Fi F ‘best medicine he had | Ro tars toll Gin Fils af Boe, Ye, a bon, or boxes for $2.50. Pills, without risking mon * National Drug & Chemical Co, of Canada, Limited _ Toronto, Ont. U. 8, Address—Na-Dru-0o, Inc., 202 Scain St, Buffalo, 1.Y, ane eee Anyone Freo sample will be maile MONKTON’S POPULAR STORE all food stuff people have been led to believe that merchants are taking ad- Wit the extreme advances in price of vantage in raising prices in the retail. ith the protection in price on nearly all staple groceries that people have been getting from their home merchants, they have had no op- portunity to realize what present wholesale prices on goods really are. Here are just a few lines of the many dif. ferent a that we are selling at Less Than the Wholesale Price of To-day. eee fe fag 2 Ibs. ate ins, 1s. on. Bulk Tea, L Corn Flakes, “ Shredded Wheat, 2 packages for roni, kag “ Valencia Rai 5 5 jeeded Raisins, per package. « ee less Raisins, e ‘ooking Figs, 3 lbs. 3 ior Bonen Coast Steak, 2 packages for, Siok er I Suiphar sie Urea rpilee Bon ps pee quart. rv gallon tin 1b. pail fo Bar, Di WEBER & BETTGER MONKTON BRIEFS|s a 406, Ib, at Gill's, | ilverta spread ¢ per loaf at Gill's | grocery store. ae ned his ice cream per- every week. Mr Andrew Terry pent Sunday visitin eas parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Ter: seasonable fruits every Saturday at reasonable prices. lor and will have Gity Dairy i ice cream But don't you b It smels of swetty fee’ Hive seen sum war, you bet your nek ! : zt Anonymous, | fas, Terry, of Atwood, spent|Deer Sur, a pal is t Vd ri | This he eer ayiahs cs thru moe Post 0 i ss in my © ot korse I kno Thet’s true sai ‘Ml rite a bool sui Gill will have lettuce, celery and all! 42d pe the wilds I sete the war On jist a sodger ‘The oe who kk ATWOOD. Miss rlene Coulter has returned |. ‘oro: s “where she ‘com- w. MoD., MPP, Chesley Enterprise. Sel Rete Ontario” Franehise Act is. now sister, Miss Alma V Epon ie Ae be years of age, every sol : pln’, homie, this week,—Miss Li Be y other 1 Ba as | \ jin Fordwich ‘this week atten left off the Municipal tist, will be put funeral of her niece, rd 01 li ich wi epared by ceived of the death of Mr. f penta seach County, ot separated nderson, ‘The re embers ai you want nuze brought to the vill lows: a jade of the County cleen and sweet, |Miss J onduot this. war Julia Bedore, o} umn, this just bcos! iting with Mrs, A. R. Jolly. |eist of Judge eee Surrogate. Courts, the Sheriff, and Terry.— a Miss Glerk of the Pea eatrice Baird, “ok Terao pied d with Mrs, W. in Bruce Conake, the paard will con lein, Judge aS "mn: Grei yaa , Sheriff J e ; B: 1. G. Ballantyne, This yal pate ee eee Wilton, of Brussels, spent |who will act: as enumerators for each . | municipality, of] The ‘new act has porns whatever | 7 ouse-cleaning is the order of the} Wun't comer to do with Muniotpal ¥ Ifa day here and the ladies are looking |p step a bayonet << a ott Jaok Stewart and le son, of | who becncoavee se toty cet off the Muni- for good wi +33 ‘Excep upon thare , |Guelph, are visiting with + and|oipal list he will haye’ only a Parlic Messrs. M, E. Bettger & Co, hay . Walter Thompson.—We are glad|mentary vote if put on by {he curchasei We acai Waianae: of ier gat you g we glum a wal to report that Mrs, Wm. Lambe, wholistrer, Part 8 of the Municipal list W. 8 Merryfield. Wen youself s been very ill, is recovering.—This | will entirely disappear. ‘There will be Mrs, Alex, Harris has returned from | With Raataad teeta bara pe weer ane aca cane cOslivennd so | snlys ee NRL coe ete Toronto and is spending a weekorso| You cannot stabb or fire Messrs. John Roger, Dr. Kidd and J.|oipal list; Part one for voters at Par- ith Mrs. John White. - 4 d Max Smith.—Mr, Jobn|liamentary and Municipal elections rs. Jas, Holmes is visiting her ee! set me thinkin’ a is howe: Vallance and family have moved to|part two for abse. who have votes Ho} and pe tees “St. F.| (1 kud_purt town and occupy the house on Main/at Municipal elections only. “lis Rowland of stratford, this wee Wen lnlinin’ over wal = trench St, formerly owned by Mr. George|printed in the local municipalities will : Mr a pe one A. me, and » Without the least of fee: or nT Ladies’ Aid of the Eng-|in uence, be much 6 ‘amily, wot. Stra uf esate ot Sanna lish church held a very successful tea|heretofore, as t with Sir. and Mrs, Norman pan fey, upon 8 Dep ae Se poiCasie otchometnane Vablog Litt non EEE epee Te Mr, Samuel ones of the uth con. has purchased and taken possession of the farm owned by se an rs. Jas. family motored to Atwood on Sunday and visited with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. o r, Jas, Holmes received word on Monday that his son, Em: been wounded in the arm on 1 § Mrs, | Frank Rowland, Moe, Tae Howient cat aie Kenzie, of Btratford, spent the week.|Wun morn the Huns hogan to fire And cen it up til noon, (nee Mi piece of armor alt end here, Miss Hope Rowland left on Mon-|1 tho’ day of last week for Toronto where Hed 1 ie ium mu tcl ti she has secured a position with the T, Eaton Anes ton has purchased che gr yicontaining 27 acres on the boundary west for $1075.00. Gorrie, where she nded the Mrs, Jas, Wallace, nd Mrs, Howard Holmes, of |, spent a few days visiting d Mrs. yan Holmes and Mr. Mii jahms and dau be aaa Muriel and Miss Helen Carson, Milverton, visited over aed with Mr, and Mrs. J, Rowlan Mr, John Illman "lett ae Monday for St. Thomas to visit his son, Nor- , of the 153rd Battalion, which leaves shortly for points east. ‘he xegular meeting of Court Rose wor LOE, will be held o: Friday evening, April 27th. change and a! . and Mrs, Peter Hailey, of To- arrived on Tuesday and are their honeymoon with the nding r’s mother, on the the 14th n, funeral of the late Robert Low, of Stratford, i inday night, took place on Tuesday. ‘irs. his place, is a nite: hea Ellacott delivered at Moakion’ ta “Mr, Nicholson a pla: which’ Hinhed teehee ae pee 700 Ibs. and for which he received the sum of $92.00, meeting of the Men's Patriotic Lcague will be held in. Erskine’s hall on Friday evening, April tat sight o'c HW members are re- se eeecate tae ta mn NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY YOUR ‘Grass Seed As prices eo advance shortly: ‘o and the early buyer will get the benefit. A large stk of Timothy, Alsike and Red Clover on hand. Get our prices before buying elsewhere. A full range of POULTRY and STOOK FOODS, REMEDIBS and SUPPLIES always on hand, 1 purchased this seed some time | I. D. ATKIN ~ Milverto Er, quested to attend. * in Schade is at SNe tere ily engaged in getting his factory fo: -ehape «for the ing season. He has neseed cle: Wyepubenk as, SeeHD maker. nd: Mrs, Fred Weisenbure re- chased from i ir, Or the | er erection of a up-to-date residence } i tr Patterson receive a telegram on Monday stating that his son, Wilfred, has been wounded in the ‘knee and also that his son, Tohn, d been yunded in the leg. mol man are at present. ich when finished will add great- ly; fo. the. appenrancs of the store. Toh! West to former's daughter, Mrs, award Millson, of ‘orget, Bask. ‘The farmers are busy of late with ently has ime oe as soon as pre- 601 Mr. Gar! fel Horn had the mis- while cutting wood Now is the Time to Have Your Horses Clipped- We have a full line of Hand Clippers in stock al from $1.50 to $2.75 per pair. ‘Also Stewart Machine Clippers at $7.7 each. ‘We have only six of these Clippers left, so you peaisaktan get yours at once. Painting Time is Also Here We handle hy celebrated Sherwin-Williams Co's. and Martin Senours 100 per cer Buy no substitutes. Grass Seeds of All Kinds A large stock of Clover and Timothy pas at prices to suit everybody. Frost Wire Fence and St. Marys Cement Place your order now and we will guarantee the price, . pure. These paints are the best by test Hardware Merchants, x BETTGER & CO WEST MONKTON # s of this tient is doing as well as. ca: pected under the Ln dele 8. aeone GADSHILL. é d Mrs, Brown and tw dren, of Stratford, spent Sunday at the home of Mr, and Mrs. F, Ella- oott,—Mr. rt, of Brunner, spent Friday at ‘the home of. Mr. and Mrs, uipp.—Miss EB. Doerr pent: a few days! Inst. week at, th of her ihe ae Henry Eck- iel Ropp, of Brunner, visited on Tuvs- da: id Mrs, 'b; » Mrs. wt Ropp,, of eeneRy ean ONEGAL Scott spent Sunday home here,—Mr. A, Tho oes spent roof. ko ied edt under the te Wilson dene ae h her niece, cement platform for T, Gill|t I < kd. it gant wpickd it up, an jumped fur joy, And dansed a Hiland fling. | It was the bottom of a pale, ee t I had chanse wd it in my seety thing, ekrapp tel erson, had | You'll laff to death wen I tel you |the front of ow I kaim thru a we meee int sum wounds, to lots of us it Ithed no mishap. ooo ot i en the Huns kaim rushin’ on %, aban T blecod ‘thet piece of tin. avel farm of the Wrost estate |For’ oe tis not It kep my kurridge in Miss Pearl Stewart ia at Pregent | in Sumbudy shouted out he wurd ret Thet we had to heral of the infant ohild of Mr, ae I genpe up from my thidin plaice And fel into the mire, Bs po aceesd, out, cad then I wishd Wos kased iside A poe almost id ne by os fhe kudn’t I jumpd out kwi It wasn't The jenril found fe kum to me, Ylepil, you're & jenril, that’s # tack, Al Vie. nd you'll get To hev thare pa And Aclookin out for Jist like a Tot Thay’re waitin’ But those w Wil want to cin ‘Uh ou ‘Tite no mos: pollotees tes ta funs ware ru: mi gun a8 jammd~thet aavelmy lite to stay. Kruspe If Pd get killed of korse you kno old driver, I kudn't draw no’ pay. Vv. “I've maid an order for pL uate evry man off aoe De tin.’ And now our chapps are buried in Thay kant ie um out to sho thareselves Foot sodgers, thay will ee rejoice ho epg te con arial .low; I’ve got new planns hall, Atwood, on Tuesday, the of April, bile All the directors were present 1, Grieve, | etladiat of the fess meeting | ned. meeting adjourned till Tues- So warm as cloth vi as al. i: kud; to cro: 8] thet all me klothes |he with ti live kollered me— ly, Mr. @ foo! shoot. r ‘And then the koward made a thrust |time. Dr. I kudn’t help but grin— ance and Mr. n |The sweetest sound I ever heard n he struck thet tin, da; ick and off I ran— jrelatives out about the tin, sex nots sent i of “ants for’ thare pant on Friday afternoon, | thereon, Tuesdays Mr. and Mrs, Watson G ‘iss Lena corte have left oe ties as the present municipal lists are their home in the Wei : R pson made a business trip to /in some newspaper in or near the Buffalo last week. ie te) WARTBURG couldn't recent , “Daisy Miss Haz Hymers.—Mr. the week-end with his PR Frank Johnston,—-Mr, ened to in Stratford.—M: ntly purchat May” fi Wm Quast, tenant on Mrs. W. Mr. a Bose farm, had the Sens Hydro Radial Line runs, it being dark to accomodate the larger see any distanc fal if sed a ey rom BRITTON. Smith, of Brunner. el Hymers spent Sunday the with her parents, Mr, and Mrs, Robt.| fniph Johnston. spent |piled ‘by Mr. whied |muntolpat “polling "sil will appear pte only qualification to be put on the list by the registrars is to be 21 a on leave.—Mr, irs. '| soldiers who “ent x to Bist » Nesbitt Hamilton have ae to. Mr. /lists regardless of hele age oe ’s. farm Brussels{The| ‘The chairthan of the hold sittings in the munielpalities. for hearing appeals. |The decision of thi revising officer shall be Yhe entire cost of ar ee will be loose a horse during the slestrigal borne ‘by the government, ‘3 sourse, these ists will- be prepared only ever, r years or whenever a bys See is cata The polling places will be arranged in every municipality yote, and this will have nothing t .Junder the new Franchise Bil) will not There is nothing Muni- ‘elepho: nt there off the beast, thus receiving a rath-|clpal Assessors from being appointed er ‘i i i atur-|will appoint registrars ith |their work in manner and not bring the Aot into i Of course, if he does there is redress, but it involves considerable trouble. ot seems one, but the actual ‘working ont of it will be the rea! pia UREA 16.000 Facts, About Cansda ‘com: Frank Yeleb as. Suat he year 1917 by the “i lsnadien faces Publishing Company, Price 25 cents. Katine r to-day Week in, er epee Het But wen the war is fae off Where al Tl hey sum moar to s fea 55 ae j 1s miles DIRECTORS’ MEETING Parsuant to adjournment, the Dir- ectors of the Elma Mutual Fire In those guraneg Co'y., met in the Agricultural ent ney ” away from ave week out, from morn to night, with full Pack and a Like Jacks and Jill, you climb the “Slope arms,” And ne you stagger to your Hut, the sergsant shouts, “Sump Fix bayo There’s an isolated, desolated spot T'd i you hear is, “Stan nd at ea anywhere, b like to mention, se 1 “Slope arms |” y Gad. “Quick march !” it’s a rum “un, ‘A chap lived there for fity years and never saw @ woman, There ate Tots af little “huts all dotted here and ther a live. inside, I've earal 4 Tiside the bats. here's RATS’ os bi Tth| bast aight a soldier saw one trying on his overcoa' offered maa a prayer, ig as any manny goa’ i in your ears, rifle, ills, of course that’s just a trifle, nets,” then “Present,” they fairly: put a through it Mr. Hlanee’s auction sale }day, the 1bth of May, 1017, mee } Be Ue ee Seaitnee nae ced nee oe HAMMOND, See | with tunics, boote and putteea off, you quickly yet. the ‘babit, Ghased.-a:xesidence tn Syhere’ capi ei) Ge gallop up and down the hills, just like a blooming rabbit, he will spend a well earned easier NC WOOD ifs ckward bend,” Arms upward stretch,” ‘Heels raise,” then “Ranke change plaées.” ime. 3 age Ross pictacay, of Brus-| Miss Clara Beat of Moprstisld, | And later they-make Pa “pat your kneecaps where your face is. sels, who was recently wounded injis visiting at Mr. Alex, Hammond's. Fra! has since of his wounds. |—Mrs, Robert Fleming, of Poole, spent Reve ae this wae over, ; we me Ks ee Kaiser Billy, Behe or online 3 Ralph Robs |a few dave last week with her daugh-| 72. ¥eend' mia down to. Shoreham there smoae: toe. Hata astleClay ertson, 0! lollingwood, and was wi ter, Mrs. Dunea lewar.—: san +s y a poowin Here ates, (SehmaE fo Tald up ‘With a slight at-| And I'll bet he won't be long before he droops and fades away. Mrs. Samuel Hiles Sr. and Mrs.|tack of pneumonia.—Seedin ne opera- i - < tions are the order of the day. BUT WE’RE NOT DOWNHEARTED YET. ee 2 thoroughly camavual i ; season is s for adding | ms the ore of the home | in the Furniture Rugs and = ae : e have a lot of new and —We havea large: assesant of Ru; hs Velvets, Shae and Tapes- try. We make order = size. by the y: +10 or 12 pieces of Linoleum. always on hand to select from —Picture Framing receives prompt attention. Baby Onvriages Go-Carts Express and Goaster Wagons. ROBERT McMANE Furniture Dealer Funeral Director and Embalmer (Chopped) $2.40 Per Cwt. Schumacher Feed $2.35 cwt. We also have WESTERN OATS at 85c Bushel. PFEFFER MILLING CO. why Rocks exibition and Utility ten Strain Pen 2 “headed by a (Gi cet Coker’ yh adi ce records to back him up mated. to hens. with good records. Re- peating or fur motto ie ia Square Deal.’ Eggs, $1.00 per 81.75 pe ED. HELM, Hesson P.O. Address —R. R. 1, BRITTON r. D. . MeLellan au a ceete Jast E with friends at Gothai ‘N. A. ZIMMERMAN THE DE LAVAL co MONTREAL Ret x ‘Tho following was issued in the form of a circular letter by the De Laval Dairy Supply Company Rend what they have to say about their Milverton agent, Mr. N. A, Zimmerman. PROMINENT STANDARDIZERS THE WAY TO SUCCESS IS WELL MARKED Years old, can remember back some q Those of us who are between forty and sixty tions to the time when a man by the several gen- name PETERBOR of Zimmerman, with tremendous staying power and good strong legs, became the champion bicycle rider of the world. He was some STANDARDIZ) himself, usually setting ont to~vin a piano or a house. nd lot every time he rode in a race, and by his STANDARDIZING he accumulated sufficient of this world’s goods to ensure his happiness ever after. We have a “Zimmerman” of our own, and while he has only been on thejob three years, he shows the “Zimmerman” strain of endurance by having STAN- DARDIZED the first year he had our contract and ee STANDARDIZING in 1915 and again this . Mr, Zimmeman's good old fighting Strain was ee a standing in his territory. You should have mn Mr. ae standardization figures climb, rinciple that the way to treat it—and he did he sonteaet previous to Ate nee aia Be -ivei ith « purpose, WINNIPEG ~ We are open. fokey. cream for churning and table use. WRITE FOR PRICES ‘The figures of yesterday nay low to-morrow. ye y charges and give prompt sorvices. Ask any shipper, The Toronto Creamery Co'y. ‘Limited TORONTO, Church St, Ont. Spring Si Styles Are In With Cloth and Trimmings, The goods on our shelves come from the best mills in "England and Scotland — | they are the real thing and will, not disappoint you. We purchased these goods” early so as to be provided Feed Wheat Before buying, we ask you to compare our values,