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

And they like it even more, because it helps 4 them to make money, by giving them the wood cemetery, Milverton, where in- terment will take place. Don’t forget. the Anniversary ser- o high respect of a large circle of iends. But like the ripe fruit, she tay fallen to the earth, in'a good old lyn Reid ote tga Reid 491*, Shel- don Henry 3: Jr. jek Pota 700—Mervin Henry 614, nee: Gray 538, Harold Robin- —_—— FORRESTER’S MAJORITY 273 HESSON Mr, and Mrs, George eho of] men’s Institute will be held on Thurs- Florence Myrtle, was united in mar- 1 , mre vaas St. Agatha, and Mr. and Mrs, C.'day evening at the home of Mrs. J. NN BRIEFS riage to Mr. Roy Gummow, of Wil- Morphy $ Majority 815 Mr. Joseph Veidenheimer.and Mr. Brenner, of Linwood, spent Christ! A, Fraser, at Shakespeare. There low Grove. The bride who was giv- . Emil mas with Mrs. J. Foerster. ae musical programme. ‘Miss Hanpah West-|en away by her father, looked charm- The official count of the vote in ‘are spending their Christmas vacation! yy. John Linseman and family and ith spent the week-end ae we “Chay welridge, cert Sunday |ing in a dress of ivory silk erepe de North Perth was given out by the re- with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. L./yy and Mrs. Patrick Doherty spent} i at the home of Mr. and Mrs, S. J.|chene, trimmed with gold embroid- turning officer at Stratford on Friday Veidenheimer. Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs, Martin of Basswood, a, ery and lace, and wore the custom- afternoon, which places Mr. Morphy’s. x Mr. R ussell Mittleholtz, of Kitch- Linseman, of Dor! Man., is at Peon s twining his moth- Ma¢ Adair is-spending the|ary veil and orange’ blossoms, and majority at 815. ener, is spending his holidays at his| “yy gna Mrs, Jos. Dorchester and Mag other friends. nolisays with friends in Milverton carried a bouquet of carnations and % home here. family, of London, are spending the| The school concert on Friday was /and_ vicini ferns, and wore the groom’s Following are the revised figures: Mr. Ignatius McDonald, of Kitch-| holidays with eS latter's mother,| quite a success and much credit is gular meeting of the Wo-|necklace of emeralds and pearls, The Stratford ener, is spending a few days with re-)yirs, J, Foe! ue the pupils for their enterprise. ee Patriotic Society will be held|ceremony took place udner an arcl es around our burg. | Mx. Jacob Ty; of Milton, ae ir, and Mrs. Ji Hart ‘spent jon Jan. 2nd, in Erskine’s hall, at 2.30|of wedding bells and roses and was Rankin. rie, Mr, Herbert Helm, iiss Osgoode, is|is spending a few months with rela-| Christmas at Win; sharp, instead of Jan. 4th. The rea-|performed by Rey. A. E. oe MA, , 1797 2665 ‘visiting at his home h tives around hei Mrs. D. Stewart and Miss Dorothy son for the change is that Pte: H.A.|B.D., of Monkton.” ‘The wedding Majority Morphy, 868. Miss Barbara Vollmer, of Toronto Mr. James Hanley, of Toronto, is Stewart spent. Christmas at Milver-|McNaught is to address the meeting, |march was played by Miss Ellie Ward North Eastho; is visiting her mother, Mrs. M. Voll-| spending the holidays under the par- and he must report in Guelph on Jan. |a friend of the bride. After the sign- se mer, for a few days. ental roof. ee rn—At North Easthope, on Sra, All ladies are requested to bejing of the register, all partook of a e Mr. Dennis Hanley is at present) “Wr. §, C, Knoblauch is wearing a|'Tuesday, Dec. 18th, to Mr. and Mrs. |present as the meeting promises to eth sumptuous repast in the dining- » on. the ‘sick list, We wish “him a|proad smile these days—it’s a: baby|Milton Fryfogel, a son. be of interest to all. room. The bride and groom left on 37 saeeey oath boy. SEEN sel Bate Poe Pais Harvey Snelling returned on|# wedding eps the bride travelling in > Wm. Borho is spending the Miss Priscillia Foerster, of London, CARTHAGE Monday night from France. He had |a dressfof Burgundy serge with black 15 halt at-his home in Formosa. {is spending a few days with her par- been through the battle of Vimy|plush coat and hat to match. The —_— — ir, Lawrence Kocher spent Friday ents, Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Foerster. Mrs, George Lines left on (Ridge, end was discharged on account |groom’s gift to, the pianist was a gold NELSON C. MERRICK 40176 in beatin ‘Miss Emelina Haid is spending a ee for Brussels, where they lof age and size. He says he will en-|Pendant set with emeralds and pearls, “The Auctioneer” Majority Rankin, 325. Miss Helen Stemmler and Master few days under the parental roof, Will spend a month with their “isha list again as soon.as he fe old enough, |After their return the young couple] Linwood, = - - ~ Ontario ¥ George, of Ean are spending a ter, Mrs. C. Klockman. Miss Alberta McNaught, who has|{Will reside on the groom’s farm, lot Milverton few days Misses Clara and Eva Askin, of heen visiting for some time in James-|16, con. 7, Logan. One of the pleas-|Wednesday, Jan. 2nd—Farm els | No, 1 96 Mr. and oe Toei Stemmler, HAMPSTEAD pues ee visiting under the par-/town, N.Y., returned home on Tues.|ant features was to have present at}. implements and household effects : Mr. Leo Helm, of Waterloo, spent ental roi day. the wedding the Seater of the} for Mr, John E. Crooks, east hf. of a few days under the parental roof. poe aeapinaath will be given in Mest 8. aie Herron and Samuel} Mr. Frank Quipp, who has been in |bride, Mr. rs, John Adair, of| Lot 4, Con. 10, Wellesley.—N, C.|_. e Christmas tree entertainment tho chureh m New Year's eve. Johnston attended the convention of |the West during the past eight years Monkton, who have been married 56) _ Merrick, auctioneer Biemarle Fis A OD, Get sua Pittiove charch caine |; Ac meibex fepin Lace attended tee United Fasmers in Toronto last week. lis home for a visit "lyears. The many beautiful Presents Claieone HO day evening was a grand success. [school concert in Gadshill on Thurs-| ‘sr. artin and family| Dairy butter wrappers for sate at recived by the bride spoke of the School R Mevietd Peay; ‘The funeral of the late Mrs. Fran-|day night and the dance after in the] aye aay the holiday with friends Gill’s in large Sand smal! packages, {high esteem in which she is S held in coo eports asters ibd BBe ARG og Querin took place on Wednesday |Forester’s hall. in Weston. Miss Florance Johnston is visiting |the community. The good wishes of Lao NRO Lansdowne SP ee to the R.C. cemetery here The teachers are spending the holi-|'" Miss Hazel Mayburry is at present friends in Stratton, all the friends follow the young| TH following is the Christmas re- Wedding bells are ringing but we |days at their homes in Listowel and] visiting friends in Stratford. Mr. Lorne Smith is visiting with|Couple to their new home. Pores Foe Now, Munna is moe Ae will hear them louder in a few days. |Strat Mr, Alex. Urquhart visited recent-|friends in Milverto Bishop Fallon, of London, receiv. |*mes #x¢ given in order of merit./ Majority Morphy, 820. din Vattanhelnien of Davia, Mr. add Use Peter McDonell ald ly with friends i in Toronto. The Sunday School concert in|ed word the other day that Father|, 5" 4th—Adeline Yost, Hazel Bia ‘Morabigtin ee ‘spent a few days with relatives {family ae Christmas in Tavistock. rs, Chas. Kerr spent /Knox church on Friday night was a|Thomas McCarthy, who for two years |¢°! i here The Christmas meeting of the Wo-|Sunday with friends at Mosrehela reat success. The church being fil- [has been overseas as chaplain for the | yo ie aoa etd 59 50 . - ed to capacity. Princess Pats, has been awarded St Scvarsentuber, Seipiatte GE Re Be sure and come to the fowl sup-|military cross for valor displayed in Bast pte R st 54 1 per and concert in Knox church next fe ves eee fcttis ot rae Sac sivks aed eeu Fi vc a > Monday. The Misses Dyke, of To-|chendaele. Father McCarthy is a i 3 “ ronto, come highly recommended by mais of ee Boe =H a son seek sone Neneh John Sch 41 1G De Bixbactricls principal of ‘Toron-|°f Mr. and Mes: Jeremiah Megarthy, |'90 "J oa see chiaa” Vohel "$22 saa to Conservatory School of Express-|Who reside near the village here. He|, =! a 822 88% : ion, eee sae comments are very |i8 @ graduate of St. Peter's, and a ea seqnally Vers eo Sawer Majority Morphy, 11. re: fatter priest of the Diocese of London. Ac. |/teuben Stecldy, Dave Schwartzen. wait siGadin Rosnouhakecae Wil: [conltig totie wat received by Bis. 7 St eae Pe oe Dey secs nae is spending the holidays at her/RoP Fallon, he remained on duty un me Se Boe erat Saal Rietta | Little's 28 85 : home. there: r particularly trying circumstance Joan’ 2 Ob Mrs, Robert MeChilough iat pres foie ee severely gassed daring Rage eae aig | Cowan 86 62: ent under the doctor's ca: oe tsizie which raged around Pass-|“" 1. “rthel Rec, Pom ane ue 8 28 30) Mr. Robert Smith, toriuerly of the | chendaele. i : 9) 86 (ae a ee witia Candler, Craig Riddell (ab- ia Sao Rok ee Stratford last week. MRS. ALVIN LUDINGTON Tn. ate mathaee Homies Tae aieG Pte. Harry MeNau i returned - ig aA ee Nave ovhere be had On fe ening “at ip 2 Se a te core Sehwarteentraer, Majority Morphy, 70. otettt 4 . just after 1c 7 ~ iC PRE eos om Pid nt sight in the western eee and that {more seme oa =: : : holiday fruit at reasonable prices, al- |{2Y Was gone forever, another of the TORS eRe Sete ae 21 98 soa lot of cooked ham that would be ie ORs speach pa Flovus ak tara ae 8270 passed calmly away to her ee aeceptable for Anniversary sup-| reward in the person of the late Mrs.|No. 9, Elma, for December. The <4 oe Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong Alvin Ludington, of Elma. As the {numbers indicate the rd decks per- 73 82 agent ie holiday with the myodes result of a more serious illness ofjcentage obtained on the examina- 33 99 “ parents at Sebringville. about two weeks duration, at the ripe|tions. Total 100, pass 60. 21 16 Mr. Russell Gill, of Eaton's staif, |°!d age of over four score years. The}. Sr. eae ee 48 128 a Toronto, spent Christmas at home ’|deceased was the eldest daughter of |G. Poalit 2 Brn be 35 < Miss Mabel and Mr. Jack Chalmers |*h® !ate Samuel Gill, of Elma, (and | ath 6. Cook pe Ee a Bey 698 q spent Christmas at their home here, |/#tterly of Mitchell). She was born |H. Holmes 6. Majority Morphy, 418. : Misses Annie and Janet,Sherwir, |i Dusland over eighty years ago, 2 8rd—E. Parkinson 81, J. Smith ‘ ‘ % an ne winland immigrated when quite young|75, ping 70, W. McLellan 50, Ellice = pre ee. over Ae holiday. =" | witty het: natents to: Waterldo: eauntyr(N: oes i v3 Cae 2 Ee Me Sager “iS Jafter which they moved to Oxford| Jr. ord, Debus 76, P, Schmidt Soubars 4 sp TB. eB Rare saevneiy toe catce d Mn, County to battle with the dense for-|72, C. Parkinson 57, A. Posliff 18. aes de : 4 os P A.R. Terry, Misses Clara and Caro. (°° that day and later to the! 2nd—0. Parkinson 94, B, Ray- Pereaah se abe ix e He oer Soe 1 cueen’s bush of Elma township. In |craft 90, L. Cook 87, T. Steckly 83, see es a 4 Bue Oe Olive: White, Mr AMON. arly sixtied she wad suarvied Soi. Sotietd IC Bellas 60, D. Zehr |No- 5 62 & 4 armers 1 e Peppler_and son, Jack, of Milverton. In, aivin Ludington, of Woodstock, /57, N. Posliff 47, P. Poslift 46, w.|No 6 + 28 az Miss Candace Smith met with alresiding in Monkton for some time, |Rayeraft 46, E. Posliff 30, M. Kuep- |No 7... 0 12 Se lie peal he ge iia but eventually settling on an unclear. |fer 26, Kinkora ©... ++ 108 2 e rough being knocked down by led farm on the 16th con, of Elma,| 1st—Total 156—S. Ohm 154, F. era ferane: y horse driven by some careless driver. |where by untiring, energetic industry |Reibling 136, B, Coxon *. out i 0 182 We are glad = report that her injur-|they were successful in making a com| Primer—K. Smith, T. Posliff and| Majority Rankin, 508, ies are not si fortable home for themselves {and |D. Schmidt (equal), E. Cook*, By Majo: 1 Mrs. Samuel Smith died Very sud-|family.. To them were born four|Parkinson, E. Raycra: denly at the home of her daughter, sons, only one (Harry on the home- E. Lillian Morley, teacher. Beate . 868 ae Serenaa, on sae stead) surviving, and one daughter, aoe * North Basthone : 825 ie _ lay las e had been in usual /Mrs, F. Nutkins, in whose careful and| ‘The following is the report of the | Mornington e health up to a few minutes before|sympathetie hands and charge the|standing of the. aie of 8S. No, 6, | Wallace 10 Th ki k b ] : death. She was minding the baby/aged mother spent the most of her Mornington, for the month of Dec. | Listowel 320 ey like it, because it is a rea UP~ [when she felt il and sent the boy to declining’ years. Mrs. Ludington waslember. Those. marked with aa’ (s) (Milverton ‘ if ae ages his wee me she ony possessed of a kindly disposition, was|were absent for one or more examin: i oo 418 lived a few minutes after Mrs. Ban-|q 1, - lations: ace’ to-the-minute newspaper. mn reached the house. The'|dalggus mpthes and 1 goed neuen |e Aouad MUO Le Baked — — funeral will take-place on Friday, Moghe, 313; ining. Meadow GOR, 34. a 872 1687 Majority Morphy, 815, market quotations while prices are still "hot." age and passed away calmly trusting |son’470 Bean 400—Bennie Hymers| Revised figures place William For- 3. rester’s majority over Dr. Steele in a recent election in South Perth at ie latest recapitulation of Bindi follows: i Steele. Forrester. b, 7 You get the live stock, grain, and produce market reports from Toronto, Montreal, Buffalo, Chicago, and Winni- peg from twelve hours to one full day ahead of your re- of Auburn, will preach on Sunday, and Misses Leila and Beatrice Dyke, of Toronto, will furnish the program at the concert. BF The following Christmas visitors mers. and also the aged husband, who is r.. Primer—Marjorie Robinson, Arthur Lan; dr. Primer—Willie Hymers. —Ida G. ceiving the same quotations in the next morning’ S papers. Currie, Teacher. Dor from Stratford called on friends here ot Walton, Interment taking ‘place cas i‘ fait emg ae a ee oe Mx jin Elma Centre cemetery. The following is the report of S.S. Ae ; and Mrs. owland, Mr. ; And you know how often you have said to yourself, ‘If Nis: ivind Gales No. 8, Mornington. Fullarto; br EB sa 2 DOMINION WIDE PROHIBITION.| jr, 4th—Geo. Diamond 72, Christ |F¥llarton ... - I had known earlier just, how the market was going, | ist Margaret Dodds, ot Witoxeter Kuepfer 72. beer rage adit * d ‘who has been gH her uncle and] After Monday, Dec. 81st, the im- SP Billo prises Cor 84, Ma: we hee: * 236 could have made money.’ aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Grant, for i Seacee 5 i 3 e 2 ad : 312 : portation of liquor into Canada will logy 79, Dorsthe Wacler e hes tome three weeks, has returned to |he prohibited and after April ae alll” Jy, 3rd—Lizzie aly 7. 4, Eli parineae 70 ra = s - er en shipments of liquor from wet pro-| aipre Noah Kuepfer 68, Ver- aT In addition toi its splendid market service, the Toronto d (Mies. Arthur Blair, of |vinees to dry trosineos in Garene ee joah Kuepfer 58, Ver-| 9) aes Daily Star’ gives you the most comprehensive-war and Detroit Sys enen ging the ligliday: kee. es forbidden, ‘This is the 1st—Gevenith Stever 87, Moses} Majority for Forrester, 273. general news service obtainable through any daily rm in Canada. _Then, too, there are pages to interest the women and the children, and a good comic cartoon series. * In fact the Toronto “Daily Star” is just such a newspaper as a farmer who is interested in the world news likes to read, and he eventually comes to regard it as the insep- arable companion of his leisure Ree Subscribe for it To-day — ‘The Price is $3.00.a year in advance. You may send this to the publisher of your local paper, to your:postmaster, or direct to THE TORONTO DAILY STAR - with their many friends in Ontar- = Mr. Thomas Gill, of Hensal, at- late Mrs. A. Ludington, on pagel last, Mr. James Hinks and Miieiiy; rafter sub year’s absence, are visiting their many friends and acquaintances in Ontario over the holidays. Mr, and enry Ronnenberg, of Elma, are ae) the holidays with friends in Detroit. Monkton Methodist. Circuit, Dec. 30th—Services at Monkto adequate church for the changing Id.” A memorial service for the late | Frank Cobb, who was killed in act- ion, will be held at Bethesda Meth- please accent this intimatio ‘The Christmas concert in the Meth- odist church was a ae success. A good crowd ood programme and splendid inspiration for our Sun- He School wi A very ee event: took place id Mrs. Joseph tended the funeral of his sister, the} eq ™->|Providence Journal was able to un- Prrrrriti ttt t ttt icial announcement by Sir Robert Borden on Saturday last. An order- in-council to this he has been pass- as a war mea: It is also ssamaiel that the manu- ‘acture in Canada, will be prohibited eG a date to be named later. The order effects all beverages containing more than 2% per cent. alcohol. WOULD BRIBE RATHOM John R. Rathom in a series of ad- dresses in Chicago last week, explain- ed the modus operandi by which the cover so much German duplicity. A bribe’ of $4,000,000 was offered a Journal reporter, Mr. Rathom said, with the assurance that there was “plenty more where the four million came from.” AUCTION SALES Tt will pay you ue severe vous eneaon, sales. hicl SOPESOLEPESOEEDSDE PB 8 z 4 Z ie 8 3 2 § Fa is % Ey 3 3 8 £ i ¢ 3. 3 B E Kuepfer’87, Margaret Kerr 82, Clara eres 78. Pri — Katie Kuepfer, aeailets Shaan Kerr. —B. L, Tanner, Teacher. Jonas KINGWOOD The concert held in S.S, No, 7 was ey well attended and was a decided The children acted the Christel holidays with her sis- ters in Kitchener. r. spent in the West. he Canadian Railway come ga aliens; one lating in the Dominion, has just com- pleted’ an important conference at Ottawa with the Dominion Railway increase of transportation facilities ‘or the movement of freight and muniions, are splendidly, eae spoke well for No oboe is spending |N' Gordon Hammond _ returned |N home last week after a couple years |No Complete aga for Mitchell and Logan follow " Mitchell MORNINGTON COUNCIL. Council met in Township hall, New- ton, on Satu turday, Dec. 15th, at 10 A numb pear in the Financial Statement. The- council then adjourned sine die— William Waddell, Clerk,