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+ | 4 en a a ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee i y é 'etek, a a ee ee ee ee ee ee a ee i if Ly eT ee ST Oe Ce en Qi) Q at.» . did inaugurate On Saturday Morning Nov. 28th and will continue all through DECEMB!:Ra Gigantic Clearing SALE # Or Dress Goods, Mantles, eee: Ready- made Clothing, Furs. Fur Coat s, Fur Capes, Overcoats, Carpets, Flannels, Flannelettes, Underwear, Boots and Shoes, Groceries, etc. Owing to the continued mild weather during the fall we find we have $5,000 too much stocktor this time of the year, and as we always take stock in January we have determined to unload a lot of goods during Decem- ber month. Now YOU public know what his means as we have a most desirable stock of = DRESS FABRICS - PRETTY JACKETS and STYLISH = MILLINERY as well as full lines of Staples, Groceries, etc., ete. 'a a aN ee ee ee ee oe a ee : 4 . ey This whole range of choice merchandise will be thrown upon the market and you may count upon a per- fect avalanche of bargains, such bargains as only the _PEOPLE'S CASH STORE can give you. We emphatically state here that no other } store in this locality isyna position to sell religple goods, T¢ U ee ee a a are I EN ae a ee ee ee ee art bey ¥ a oye 48 . that we will se them at during' t Sale. We will not attempt to publish a list of orice or & : the great bargains that will be on sale ; but simply » quote a few of the special lines that will be offered. DRESS DcPARTMENT. Vc . all te be sold at Inde yards 40 inch heavy Serge a goods, regular 25c the ridienlous price pet 'yard of 16 IZ only 7 yard dress lengths ranging from S5c to $1.35 per yd, wile at Mi 4 handsome -slrens patterns ranging from $6.75 to $0.50 each- eT <* all to be eae your choice new for 83.75. Groceries Ibs Cloths Ladies Mantles and Capes oO 75 Ready-wade mantles and ecapes to be cleared out at exactly half price, that means te you a 810.00 Jacket 8.00 _ Mantie eel aid ; 29 Bright Yellow piece 4 inch Bro. cade Mantle Cloth, rewu lar $4.25 te be seld now for $1.51. 9 pieces 4 inch mantle cloth ranging from $1.25 4.50, now to be sold at Sugar $1. 125 Ibs Redpath (irann- lated $1.00 35 cent Japan tea 25c. 50 30c. 6 bars Surprise soap 25¢ 6 bars Sweet Home soap 2c. 6 bars Richard's Pure | Soap 5c. 13 bars Electric soap 24 . 5 cans corn for 25c. _| 4 plugs tobacco for | 6 lbs Rice for 25e. toman cord, suicable for enpes, regular $4.50 pools now to be sold at $1.25 = per vard, SPECIALS. A sie suits made to order regular price $17.00, now $12.90, $10.25. 25. . Wor May Mt + on a Twee | suits made to order regular price 313. 50 for SW ocredls ofvin onl fancy annelettes 32 inches wide regular le now 5e, bu pies = devnuat ae rax worth 15 cents, now on sale at win isis ynly $2.00 per dozen. tt Ges Overcoats ranging from 34,50 to $8.00, your choice for le i ae Sale ee - ee a re ec ae Note==!"' Sale does not simply apply to the above mentioned, but means correspondingly low prices m Underwear, Gloves. Men's Furnishings, Laces, Ribbons,, Curtains, Carpets, Furs, Robes, etc. PLEASE take special notice that we are pre- pared to offer you good reliable goods and a good assortment to choose from. | Carson & McKee 4 THE vigil waiscaien + im" ee ee. le ea oe ee ee ae 8 Telephone #71, cy eee ete oe mel tent) Tae eee sae = a Pac ay ake 1, OO. 3 LAW INS: guest of Miss Campbell at Place. 4 lbs of beaf steak for Vandrick's, Wallace St. 2 Miss Jennie Green and Miss I Walter of Chesley spent Thanks day in town. ~ 'Rev. J. F. Parke of Clinton, @ Thanksgiving day in town, the ans Mr. J. A, Hacking. : Zinn & Greve have opened out ans fine stock of boots and shoes, a and overshoes, and are selling thet closest prices. Cash customers will fl to their advantage to buy from U8, 3 front store, south sue Main street, Ass & Gw Mrs. F. Grunxpy. and ~ Hazel, of Lucknow, wore the gnes Mrs. B. B. Sarvis for the p 5 days. % » 'Mn. Geo. Hess, collector of cust Stratford, spent a day or two in last week, the gnest of his son-in Mr. dubn Gabel. Mr. A. J. Campbell, manager: Canada Paper Co., was in town ye day attending the erred friend, Mr. A. G. Buastedo, Lorne Campbell. - Mn. A. F.. MacLaren, «M. P, . Mre. MacLaren of Stratford,ij among the invited guests at the weaal of Mr, G. Bastedo and Miss a Campbell yesterday. Ba r ic 24 Ibs best granulated sugar cor $ly H. MeDonaid's. . "Weare indebted to our old and townsman, Mr. John. Livingstt sen., now at Seattle, for copies *@ a Hawaiian Star and Pacific Comm ory Advertiser, published at Honoluligg} A Mass meeting of the ¥¥P¢ C. W. will be held-in -the By church, Friday evening, Dec- $x o'clock. Addresses will be <4 hive by Rev. Wm, Gooper a oung, Tnrere will be an entertainment held in the United Brethren church, Tuesday night, Dee. 29th, consisting dialogues, readings, recitations, songs, dnets and quartettes. Watch for further particulars. of solos, tic. a th at AL J. Beef roasts, $, 5 and Vandrick's, ri Tue Rev. Dn. Ports, the e ngnt General Secretary of the Methodist Edueational Society, will preach. gext Sunday morning and evering in jthe Methodist church in this town. Col- lections and subscriptions will be taken in aid of the Edueational feng. Fhe public cordially invited. A FIRE alurm was sounded off 'Mon- day evening, for which there was little or Lo cause. Ore of the mortar_boards at the English church ignited, aa while a workman, who had noticed St, was scattering the sparks, gomt one gave the alarm without waiting to as- certain whether there was a fire or not. Tur Elma Cheese and Butter Mfg. Co. will the fact of butter, on Friday first, the 4th iust., They will make one hundred single one pound prints, for the purpose of supplying those who wish to have a sample of it, at 20c. per Ib. Wm. LocuHeap, BoilingMeef 3 und 4c. a lb. ot A, J Van- drick's Tut Cantata to be produced by the children of Christ Church Sunday school ia the town hall on the evening of the 18th inst., bids fair to be a greater success than any of the school's Christmas entertainments in the past, which is saying a good deal. The children are practicing their various parts almost nightly, and uo effort is being spared to produce the Cantata of "St. Nicholas" in a manner that will be a credit to all who take part in it. Front quarters of beef at 3c. a Ib. at A. J. Vandrick's. Mr Joun M. Moran Not Dzav.-- The Stratford Herald is in receipt of aletter from Thomas E. Dudley, of St. Catharines, announcing that his brother-in-law, John M. Moran, f+rm- erly of Stratford, who was rep: ted frozen to death in Kansas, is -afe. The person who lost his life ia a Kansas blizzard was.a J. N. Morau, 72 years old. Mr. John M. Morea is but 53 years of age. The wvumerous friends of the former inspector of t| Alvin' Kriteer,/ Willie' Gibson, Vena 4 sgel) Charlotte. Karges, 4 y. luting the past week ev: idently reached eL Dautixa, Durrister, late rm of Datling & Blewett, has yrtle: McLaughlin, Edna Hay, Wesley att, Edwin Grabbe; Lloyd Thomp- D, Charles Witter. *~ Knox Cavrcr was 'atlea pith ladies and gentlemen yesterday afternoon, the occasion 'being-the wedding of Mr. A. G. Busteds, -nespanifentof the Bank of v 'and Miss Lorne elf; second,danghter of D. D. Sasactat Eaq.; ce and a very popular young lady of this town: Pe of the brilliant affairwill be' Gives 'next week. i } A Ministre Cauzen. At the Cen- gregational meeting of the Presbyter- Bae: church at Atwood, heldon Monday 'afternoon at 1.30 p- m., a wags decided to extend a call to which was fairly well attended. Mr. Fasken got 99 'votes while 19 voted against 'moderating ina call. It is Reel that Mr. Fasken will see his way clear to accept: * cag of saneage for 25c. at A a Van- f a blizzard which bas been sweep- ing over Dakota and Minnesota mtits candal appendage as far as this att of Ontario, seeing that the weath- rot. the pastfew days has-been genu- ee on extreme to be appreciated. We have to_thank the publishers, the Copp, Clark Co., fora copy of theindispensable Canadian Almunac for 1897. In addition to the regular de- partments, which are bronght up to date, aud the usunl mass of interesting statistics, etc., several new features are added, among which are a short His- tory of Canada, giving the main 'events in Canadian history. chronologically arranged, and an interesting article on the King's Loyalists. The Cansdian Almanac contams 354 pages and would be cheup at double the price, which is ouly 20c. Pork 5,6 aud Te. alb, at ALJ. Van drick's. A Cuaiup's Very Sap Deatu.--The three year old child of Mr. W. H. Armstrong of the Maryborough bound- ary, 8 few miles east of fhe town, met : the Fite! metenion, : 5 the time card, t TY passengers as thoogh not. ee will dur é nade retood : pweliy This will give eavollans arriy- ing in Palmerston from Toronto or 'other. points east or north by late traing an opportunity to reach Listowel the same nizht. . While the changing of the day express south and the even- ing traf north from Stratford to mix- : ed trains is not as satisfactory as the public would like, the alterations are oti the whoie more convenient for citizens ofthis townthan under the former arrangement. There are still no night trains out of Palmerston tor Sonthamp- ton, Wiarton or Kincardine. . 'Lhe changes improve the town mail service, giving two mails to Toronto via Pal- mereton, at 8.02 and 11.22 a. m., and for Stratford and south and west at 8.59 a. m. and 2.15 p. m. - The Toron- to mai] reaches' here at 12 o'clock, noon. 7 lbs, of Raisins for 25e. at A.J. Van- drick's, ConGreGationaL. ANNIVERSARY. -- Some 40 years ago the first in this section of country was otganized in the frame barn on the Climie farm, a mile westiof, Listowel, and shor tly afterwards was called as its first pastor the Rey. Mr. McGregor, father of the late Mra? Dr. Nichol. A church build- ing Was sodn erected on Raglan street, the frame now used by the Episcopai- ian body: ne: Sanday" school; this was for some:years the only public build- ing in the hamlet then known as Mapleton and was used by the different denominations until they erected churches for themselves. In Novem ber 1876 the red brick edifice in which the Congregational body now worships was opened. The 40th and 20th An- Wiversaries were therefore fittingly commemorated last Sundty and Mon- day. Rev. G. Trotter Carr of Stratford, oosupied the pulpit, and fo - houses very practieal discourses on "Church Pros: perity;' rh and "Westward ~Ho! or The Y a. ziyeth of a Gospel a: + cott. Rev. Mr. Carr gave a suitable address, "How Old Art Thou?" The choir sang "There Are Still Some Few Remsiniug Who Remind Us Of The Past,"""and then followed remarks by Postmaster Hacking, *'the patriarch of Listowel," Mr. John Climie, Mr. Wm. Smith, Mr. Brisbin, Mr. Ed. Stewart, Mr. D. D. Hay, and others, the hardships of their earlier Mr. W. E. Wakeford, ted two excellent solos tu recalling yenrs. the accom- paniment of Miss Anna Climie, These interesting services no doubt will long be remembered by the succeeding generations of Listowel's pioneers. ALL hnes of i ieconeiee at ruck bot- tom prices, at A Vandrick Svec ESSFGL EsTerTainwent.-- The with a very sad and sudden t ti of its young life on Thanksgiving day. The little fellow was playing on a horge-power in the yard, which an- other little fellow was giving him a ride on. larger happening along, gave the power a boost, the little fellow fell and was caught be- tween the large wheel and smaller cogs and was fatally crushed across the hip and lower part of the stomach. Medi- cal assistance was at once sent for, but the poor little fellow only lived about twenty minutes after the accident. The shocking occurrence evoked the sympathy of the community for the sorrowing parents, and the neighbors turned out in large numbers to the funeral on Saturday, to Fairview cemetery. ANOTHER CHANGE IN Time TaBLe. -- On Monday the G. T. BR. made anoth- er change inthe running of trains, which is somewhat of an improvement on the late time card, inasmuch as it gives @ morning conuection for Toron- to. Onthe Palmerston and Kincar- dine branch the trains now run as fol- lows: For Palmerston--Express 8.02 a.m.;mized8 p.m. For Kincardine --Mixed 8.02 a. m.; express 12 noon. On the Wiarton, Owen Sound and Port Dover division the trains now pass Listowelas under: Going north --Express 11.22 a. m.; mixed, arrives 1.50 p.m. and leaves at 2.35 p. m.; mixed 8.35 p. m. Going south--Ex- hoy when press 8.59 a. m.; mixed, arrives 1.50 p. m. and leaves 2.15 p. 'mn. The after- Y entertainment given by the Methodist church Sanday school on Thanksgiving evening was a great success. Everything had been done to mako the entertainment pleasing and successful, and the efforts ot the Super- intendent of the school, W. M. Bruce. aided by an energetic committer, were well rewarded, the floor of the church aod gallery being well filled by on ap- preciative audience. The eutertain- ment commenced with a few Nation Songs, a recitation and a quartette by the little girls and boys, occupying about fifteen minutes. ed their parts exceedingly well. second purt of the | of the rendering of an éxcellent and novel entertainment entitled the '*Arch of Fame." Mr. B. Rothwell jr., re- presented in an excellent way the part of the Universal King in his am- bition for glory and power ; while eight young men all tastefully attired in suitable costumes took the part of the ambitious Monarchs of different na- tions for a place in his Kingdom, each one in turn contributing a stone to- wards the erection of the Arch, and performing his part very creditably. Miss Carson as Queen of Great Britain was very tastefully and suitably dress- ed and attended by two small girls as pages, Pearl SchinLein and Edna Lee. Her appearance was the signal for the most enthusiastic plaudits "Jof the audicuce. Miss Hay ably represented Canada, and at the suggestion of the Queen was invited by the King to place Canada as a cupstone on the Arch, The inated eshanle far Sonth-Perth will feel grea' ty »huow that ue i pana ¢- | noon mixed going north returns as a regular freight at 9.40 p. ni., and al. and ufter pleading the cause of Christ-~ presided over hy His Worship Mayor ' basso, coutribn- j They perform. | ianity she received the Crows from the h¢nds of the King, and escorted Miss °° Brock before the Arch, who very effec- tively represénted the clains of Chrisie tinnity in the deliver of Si Sepia a most beantifol sad imprestive scene Was presented in "the tableaux, the "Soldiers of the Cross'? kneeling in the singing of the: hymn, 'All hail the power of Jesus' Name," while the Arch presented in blazing letters in the background, "Jesus, King of Kings and Lord of Lords." The programme was interspersed with recitations of & national character and tie singing of national anthems and national songs.' The rendering of the solo, 'Rule Brittania," by Miss Rothweil, was well received and deserves special mention. The entertainment is ackuowledged by all to have been the best of the kind ever given in town. The pro- ceeds were very satisfactory, amount. ing to $74.20. * The London Times, after com 3 ing on Gen. Weyler's failnre to the Cnban insurgents, says the -- cutlook in the island makes it impog- sible to exclude the possibility of somg kind of United Stajgs intervention. Dr. T. H. Halstead son of J. A. Halstead, of Mount Forest, was mar- ied a week or two ago to' Miss Palmer, one of the most charming young ladies of Syracuse. Dr. Halstead has been practising in Syracuse for some Sine and is doing well there. te W. R. Davis says he is not a candi- date for the mayoralty of Mitchell, He is out of municipal politics for the present, and would not accept the position if he got it by acclamation, Mr. Davis advocates the re-election of; Mr. Hord,'*'who has filled the* office' with ability and dignity:" . t ' } i WEDDING RINGS --AND-- WEDDING PRESENTS That certainly can't be beat-- at Gunthers. We cannot begin to name the many beautiful articles shown in our holiday display of Silverware, we can only ask all who contemplate the purchase of gifts to come in and see for themselves our splendid assortment of rich and appropriate presents, in beautiful China,Sterling Silver Novelties. Knives and Forks at special prices, Sil- | ver Cabinets and goods to or- der at the lowest possible price, inscription and engrav- ing free of charge. We are showing the very latest de- signs and most popular Styles in Bibles and Hymn Books of unquestioned merit and ex- cellence. The variety shown by usin Christmas Cards and Art Stationery. affords the widest range of selections and our prices are very lowindeed. Be sure to see the advantages we are offering this season in Silverware, Watches, Clocks and Jewelery. You will readily understand the wisdom of buying your presents and holiday 'goods at Gunther's Goldsmith's Hall by an early visit. Remember the place, Opposite the,Arlington Hotel, Near the Post office. The Telephone office, Listowel.