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In returning thanks for the very liberal patronage received at the old store, we beg to remind the public generally that we can now better serve them than at any previous time in our business history, and will be pleased to see them at the new stand. Ia_`t1 Ar peaw, `ap.-as `car: he. axes? w?q`I-.on.uu Lh? own a..Z e .e1'2.'i'y .'xa..`} gala? llales in ha hands. W41 IA ad: Tun AI-\IvAnvo~In `Q... '19: `IL MANUFACTURING Coxmcrxomms. FANCY BREAD AND CAKE BAKERS, Have Removed to their New Stura, E 127 Dunlap Street. OPPOSITE QUEEN'S HOTEL T. SIDSWORTH 6:. SON THE OLD RELIABLE AIIBTIUNEER G. R. FORD nmn. HANDLING. . .. poo,ooo. HANDLES ALL KINDS or AUCTION ` sums. - , derson ; Treasurer, Miss 15 . Henderson.` Mrs. W. Reive and Miss Ida Farie were_dppeinted to take charge of the litera:ure_ table at the earning Presby- teriellrneeting, The delegates to said riteejting arelie President, Mrs. Smith, e_eq5i .Mie~_J. Henderon. ,'.t'ho total" `or. " fiSr`the`year_were;`859." " % For a} limited time. ` I Bridge and Crown work a. special line in this oice and at popular rates. `V- I , , , -1,,-.__ __,II 1 _II I TRONIZ We have urchased and reopened the Barrie Steam Laun ry. 34 Bayeld street. with the latest modern aaliances for all classes of work. PAT- A HOME IN IDUSTRY, and have our ricall at X193: door. IWPECIAL ORDERS IIZI IIIZII 0lII`E! QIDIE IIAIT -.-`r------uu `-1 u-was v--`av.v-.-- ourri callat ourao3F.' ?~'Pn.cu1.'i'n" om. van 1) THE SAME DAY. 'ron_'rwNf_rv-sisvzlg vAns [Iver Saagers Drug Store, BARRIE, ONT. ` Is now open to the Public. The character of the services will be strictly up to date. The Fees Will Astonish You, FOR EXAMPLE. ___ ..- r..r_...- -_.--... No bogus pbst graduates will be allowed or em- ployed in this office. 7 Don't forget the place, over Seagers' Drug Store. Barrie. ISTEAM LAUNDRY! SETS OF TEETH FROM $5, "-N.:f!PA3*!F_&..3.'- CUT FLOWERS-Roses, Carnations, Violets, etc , fresh every day, Bouquets-Button- hole, Hand or Corsage. Funeral Tokens in any desi ns. VEGETAB ES-Celery, Crisp and Tender; Lettuce, Cabbage, Parsnips. Beets, Carrots, ` tc. SEI*DS-Flower Seeds, Vegetable seeds, Plants and Bulbs. WM. TAYLOR Sale! In I'll! nanas. er: left at Tan ADVANCE oice will be to`. 35' an R9 I` LUIXID .l. IILVIJ DDILLIDLVIIILV , Telephone :5. :55 Dunlop-St.. Barrie SEED STORE Entrance on Owen street, in front of the Post \~`u-4: nL6C 111E6a'oKsBEf:i| N nnnnvocrnlr I An: FARM STOCK SALES ates. CHINA HALL DUI\lN S BAKING s. ];)_.l_fJ_7IS. Of tableware is the. exception rather than the rule. If you would have your china` closet always look well. buy your . china from us We cannot insure against breakage, but we will guarantee to give you the best that can be had at any price. The heat does not break as easily as the other kind. ' IV&YTTI\&f1 I I III&III LARGEST SALE IN CANADA. (succ3ssoI2's TO 1:. s. LALLY.) FLORIST AND SEEDSMAN, Ill 1:. var nI1nlnn.Qf,_ 24 D'un1op-st..' Barrie.` BARRIE nonthly `rate monthly rate -` mper will rd 9n abdve % zarned out. GO TO THE NEW THE -AND- :2-IY The Vntario Permanent Building. and Loan Association Special Facilities ojfered `to Investors wmlBo'rrowers. IIIIUFIBSII V an |**.*`.`W vv-- urn y-vv- An investment safe as government securities and much more protable, realizing th_e investor an equiva- lent to :5 per cent. per annum. simple interest. For printed matter and further information call on (At oice of McCarthy, Peplr 8; MCarthy)' SEC. I monxc IQADDTI.` `I t'\f`AI nr\Anr\ -,.n opposrfn: BARBIE HOTEL. BARBIE- Razors and Scissors ground and set on short notice. jIZjII`T 1%: l8lI 311 Lot 54- east side Mary street. Apply to S. :6- 'was. LEY Aowmcz On`-`ion. / CHEAPER THAN GITY PRICES. 95 Dunlop-St., Ross Block, Barrie. J. 0 UL VER WELI/S Hanrcutting and Shaving Parlor` I23 .}llunl`ap" Street. O.H.LYON. wooos1'ocK, ONTARIO, Calls attention to the TENANT-Why pay rent. when, on sucli ell nonthl pa cuts. you can become you: own Inn - and 9 nu gun l-Inn 0`-|n:na !\` ranaunnp ab 0 onnnbhlu Evenings at residence, 67 Owen-St. BU|LD_|NG LOT FOR SALE. . (`VII Statements, Shipping Tags: Posters, .....- V. ---..v.... --.; , - vrlvl vv nIn\p\r2l BIA , gnaw!` TREAS. BARRIE LOCAL BOARD. 1:-tf Envelopes, Dodgers, ,Etc., Etc., Bill Heads, Letter Heads, Note Heads, E. DONNELL, I23 Dunlap Street. Murauc Dd Onr vonJn\J uvvna-jag I . ner The blow re1Tup'c3} their cousin `ms. the black 'bb ` f . , H onswere exchan 1 ielider, and they sat as Qallowem allrooxn. retusing to take the oor `Y0 -3- ' . `I. know we have just l.os` o.. dgggv glrgzverdegl each invitation %` to ever. until 1% o lcdlo!:t go P8 , 0 On the mu ' th W1ng night-%-I mt v$V`~ 1'y word .91 `this: `L . 'iisiire2? yo1;; V&.iAg;- tr.ue1'-;-ssth -:. ul'|lill Ll'll l\.'lilI.lVI: Ll U111 LICK` ulluslltul` 5 dutiful depths of sustained misery. Nor did 1 ring for the tea equilpage while she stayed. _'1`he sight of the social tea- pot and hissing kettle would, I felt, jar upon her nest sensibilities. Her pre- S('l1(`(` grew oppressive. Her gloomy s\\':lIillll;:S were voluminous and aggres- sive. A crepe veil depended from a crepe il()Il1l0t, a monstrous crepe butter- y st:l1'tv(l up from the back of her neck; her light cloth mantle was weight- ed with crepe trimming, the waist` of her gown was of crepe, and the skirt of some fushionabule, crepy stuff with a foot trimming` of English crepe. She hilt] lier :1ppointments-I could not dis- sociate her from them-sucked up the sun l`2l_\'s pouring throughlthe window be- hind her. and exhaled in return a steam of black dye that poisoned the air. Not a line of white relieved the picture, and the lifeless tones of her voice, the dull misery of eyes and expression. were in k(`(`]llIlg with the dense shadows. \\'hnn uhn hn nnno T v-vuunn Inn 4~`\n ht'l'[Hlly, ILL! [.116 UCHBC DlllI.UUWBo When she had gone, I rushed to the wimlows. threw them open and gasped for 1m>:1th. A fold of her crepe seem- ed to have fallen between me and the glndsonm earth, and to dim the blue of the summer heavens. Had the visit lasted ve minutes more, I must have burst into tears and grown hysterical. `Y ,,`I _,,__._-In ___J A-.. ;I__ ..__.._.._. ll) ('Uum'L'uuu wuu Lucia. "1 could not reconcile anymther course with my sense of what is due to her who has gone. She deserves. any and every mark of respect I can show her. and there is so little I can do for her now. i I prudently refrained from suggesting an dullht as to the benet derived b the d(`[):1I`1(*(1 relative from her daug ter s dutiful ahuxthe nf uuafninn rnimnv-17 Nnn u~nI\O any n g. nag ..~..--v-c-- WI`I`;1~1>f).i`l`5: f`o1"xnyself and for the guests` who are almost sure to take their tone from tho hostess spirits, the second cmm~1- of the afternoon was Miss Bar- bum Robb. She brought me a big bunch nf II-|utnv*f;I1I11a Iv-run haw nun: onran mun. L\UllU. DJLIC Ul'Uub'L||. ll-|C' a. U15 UUl1\-I-I of n:1.su11'tinms from her own garden. Such uz1.sturt.iums as ower for no other amateur horticulturist whom I know. Mnmon and pale brown, and buff and blood-I`0d, with leaves as large as the palm of my hand. I snatched at them :.u1d buried my face in the honeyed bit- ter of their wholesome hearts. Hl\1\l" :.. ...... 1...... :..I....`l..4.3..... -1 .-.-.n V jjage such d. mopertv etc.. etc., , and will per word, per word ountedv as 1: per word f insertions uulu uu.....-... \...---- .. ' Yet she was not a_ fool, nor even fool-. jsh. upon other subjects. The business that had brought her to me had to do with 21 benevolent enterprise. It was. so full of excellent sense, that. I exclalrn-' ed in honest_ adxmration as she con- (`l1l 1 represented, furthermore, that she was the ttest person to lz1y.it be- for~t11olma1'd of directors to whlch both or us lwlonged. She shuddered, as at a breath of icy Wind. --Ill. I nnnla] nnf fhinlz nf fhni-I T :3 UI'l.'uul UL ICJ wxuuo "Oh, I could not think of that! I will write nut my ideas on the subject and send them to the secretary, to be read at their next meeting, provided, of_ course, that my name is not mentloned in ('011Iw('ti0n with them. V --I ....nl;l nnf v-nnnnnnn nun. A6-kn-u nnlincn W: U]. uu'u' VVIIUIUSUIUE` uuurw. 0h!" in one long inhalation of spici- mu~'s and gratitude. Thank you! they take away the cre.py smell and the hor- THPQ " Lu AU 11 mrs." \\u -I A1713: V While the story, from which the mom-nL-r`s name was scrupulously with- held. was in tellirlg, four other women dmppwl in. Miss Barbara, as the only 0110 who had heard it all, led Off in the discussion: rink _ `_ __A__I L,!2-_._, I . . _ _ . _ ._-_. L. U1-`\_ UBBJUH; "'l`ho poor soul believes her sorrow to he SlllC'(`l`(~`, an.d it is, to some extent. PI`eSlllll:li)ly she loved her mother, and she misses her sadly. Nevertheless, the emotion which she now nurses and pa- rades is conventional sentimentality. At the holtoni of her heart she is afraid she will not feel sorry enough to satis- fy the (~xp<~ct.'1ti0ns of her critics, and. may fall short of the standard she has set up for herself as `the progler e 1111111: in the circumstances. watches her spirits as a trained nurse watches a patient s temperature. Set- tlod s:1dnv.ss is normal. A rise towards natural cheerfulness is repressed as an Nltllznily to the dead. In another year, dull jet will be indicated by Mrs." _Gr1;ndy, and lusterless silks will be the mdxces of mitigated grief. In three years` time the gloom or bereavem-nt Wlll shmln ..rr H..........1. ......... .....: I.--m-Am- -...c.~; or me house, heard of their cous- i11 s death in New Orlean. The news reached They D1`0m and the pl , aces and the beaux they had brightened fora week past. knewithem $3 mare for 24 hours. Then they '81)- are upon the verandahs. all three of them ' In white gowns with black :Ias n es and black n Dromenaded and cha 011}? then with another admirer friend. until creed) retired. after the blow tel _ 9 "'tS. 01` lavender. am: mhb them by the afternoon mail." ptly retired to their bedroom,. eck and wrist ribbons. The _; tted gayly, first wit ._ and, ten o'clock, when they \Q,33'T On the ` third even_I?l8', 1 upon their A.oius,in- onsvwereaexchn . I fling an} and a-s`a."`II' ..&.4.'."... I .-gals ume me gloom of bereavemvnt _W1ll slnulo UK through grey and lavend_er mto white. and so be decorously_<.'1s- missed with a return.to colors. The properties will have reef: `fully conservegi. and tho daughter s conscience be Void of otfense. She and her guild are un- conscious pouscuses, as truly the bond slaves of :1 senseless and cruel custom its the Ilindoo woman who is `suttee. I should have less patience with. the custom if so many who follow it blmdly_ 'f`{`j not good, sensible women. * `1h_erc is a comical side to it some- times. Mrs. Fay s jolely little laugheis _Deculi:u'lJy infnotimm `I mun . n.:.. a. . , - 50131.8. 1s 0011139! .slde ttle lau-'h 15 Ba) 11 n . . ' 1:. this is` ggctnlizlrlyy lllfCCt10l1S.. I `hm . - esses is `It cause the h-191113955 `t expr terly f Adiro three j V cous_- belles of the h9se rfi`.1..l:(.1..f "` ""' death in ``'``' . I was at the rec from 341119 _ ago when ndack Hotel some 10" ' -the. 0 Were. pretty slsters. Wh `do0rS- . . "You must thmk It ptrange that I have c:1_llL-d even on busmess. But my muml is one I _could not entrustto a servant, or explam by letter. Otherwise [should not be here. I have `gone no- wlu-re except once a Sunday to church since my m_other s death six Vmonum ago, Sun1et1mes_ I have no heart even fur clmrch s_erv1ce. _They recall too many 11:11`-rowu1g asso(_:1a}t1ons_. ' In m'~:mng the su_bJect she drew out 11 pn('I((`t hundkerchlet edged with -two gm-ft'l1l inches of black, as a precaution- ary mcztsure. She could not have stunclned :1 _dozen tears with the sheer liuvn cnmbrxc Qeutre. _ .-,.4. .- 1'..-` __ . _ _ _ _ _ __ 4_ ,1 t In every I bI.0.o . ` aned strictly on1!busi_'nes_ , lefahcdwcas made known to-,;me: xniael Thqety of ways, Before the Lu.1_l..;ng-_-1. vi draped in sable. catered the_.ab1-.`1ly.l' flaw 1 sat, I heard herlmpress upon ` maid who answered her}-mgA`ra;1pher 31 .th3,t she would_ detam`me- fora. d .'fw minutes, havmgcome on basis '9. she would not send `in her card nmihat she feared there nnght be -some bft,lkc as to her name," V `3fh`e card preceded her on the maid s W. A wide desert_ of inky bordering W". led a timid oasis of white in the. gffe of which I read her name. There was no room for the address. The` O.,m~ of card and name alluded to the omission, when the busxness had been, nttendL`(1t0- . V ' ..1 should be glad to" have you look in upon me so1net1_me, she was good ell0ll;._:`11 to say. We are st1ll.hv1ng at ;1,\\1-st ----th street. My address 18 not on my_ card because I am not `re- ceiving' this season. bexng In such deep rum". ` mglll... hl:=1d begun the conversation bv I]J0llI'luu5. She _ h_ad apolognzmg `d0or_s. V m1 mu Ocronnn ::_------------_ IN MOURQNING. begun t_he conversptlon `by . for settmg foot w1thin my`. 21, 1897.. l You have used the right word, Miss Robb. The dress which tells that a great storm had swept over one s life averts careless remarks that would be cruel, and is a lien upon the sympathy of the veriest stranger who has known sorrow for himself. And what is called theeutimental side of the question is not without weight.` When .I wasea girl of 14, I saw my sister die. It appened that, as we stood about her bed,. I was the only person present who had not on ablack or dark gown. I wore a ink lawn`. The incongruity 151.` the brig t~;color with the somber cast or my emotions and the awful scene left an impression upon._ my mind` that _was conviction. '-In sorrow. one `shrinks as instinctively from brilliant: colors and ornaments as from` gay society. The jar upon the`achin'g_ "heart. ~ The woun` - ed creature longs ~to`_'hide "its hnrf'ui a dark`, quiet corner, until" time and `die vine grace brink healing ._or. .strenztn_ to- endure and to; live." .. A__-a.I_-.. _..J .' I...`....._ `I.'....'I. I..HJ.|'.4.'l-`nyllrf enuure uuu Lu uvc. . Another and 9'. longer break. in the talk followed. Mrs. Blunt rallied for a new, % bugmientler. attack. -_ ` ' nun ennui In-.L._+hana Illlllf ha...-mmlnn-L ` out geuucr. uuucn. . _There may be-there must be--some-. thing_that_ _u "pears to human nature and the ner` a ections in what strikes me as heo.tlievnish,e or so great a multitude would not adopt the custom. "But-V wha_tj must be ~said of such` slavish subservx-u .ence to times and-sensons."such scrupu-- jlous observance of measurements. and shades. we lgpve` h9!,'d~.`;desctibed here to-day.?. T` r u... wxuuag. ":ui"aL `niiiii: I11-I, to-uayr .. : . 7 _ ,Mrs. Wi1lia_ms_, made answer: _ . % A t .t`heg-e as; u dieyence, betgve ., sent: , _moux-hing and? ht-mg "_merly mun-ning. A "--'.l1 he House Kite. ` ` UIIC KQIICILIEC II-I IJCL \a\III\Jl-UIIIIIO I had a `still more` disagreeable ex- perience late-lly, chimed in _Miss Robb. An old school-fellow whohves in Cin- cinnati ` called to see me in passing through the city. She was handsomely dressed, `but not insblack, and I did not at once notice that she was paler and more quiet than she used to be. So when she said, regretfully: `You may have heardthat I lost -both my daugh- ters last year-one in May, the other in September, I nswered gayly enough; `You couldn t ha e expected to` keep such pretty girls long. Who were the for- tunate men? ' ` BI... J.I........ ....J. L... L-...` 8- 1: magic... gflell uuu l.lUl`.l'Ul'u `Don't. Barbara ! I mean that both or {hem died! V I -v.:\uuuun\=o-ans aonuivwn III:-511" `nnuvn `Ann '.WilJiams spoke now` for the first 1 time. She buried her husband six years 1 ago, and has nevexf laid a.s_\ide_ her mourn- I V in:.'. x `:17--- I.-;._ ---....I .|.I... ._`...LL .......l 11:... prucu-.-mug was ll'l._'e8'l8I'.lDly-luI1!1y{' A _ I had marveled - with -secret amuse- ment, that Mrs; Blunt * had held--ner pence, even Atromg -good. ` `all this while She made up to:-`lost time now: ~ - "1 call it a travesty ot_ the most sacred feelingsot the human heart! ,Yet itis all or a piece with the barbarous unchr'is- tian custom or putt1ng_.our bodies into mourning for the- aictiont or our spirit! and souls. Atthevery best-when. ac cording to Miss Robb s charitable. judg- ment, those who shroud themselves in i unwholesome crepe and hideous bombe- zine are honestly grieving, and under the fond delusion that they are honor- \ mg the dead by risking health and sacri- cing becomingness-the practice is `re- diculous. When the etiquette of woe `is Dresorihp Pm +lm- .m-.... ....m..... ..a ......u.uuo. vv ueu we etiquette or W08 is prescribed by. the` same arbiter; of fashion who regulate the pitch or our bonnets, the length or our skirts and the width of our boot toes--thething _is de-. rading. The old Hebrew laws. which eclared` one unclean for a given period- atter he had touched a dead body, were more tolerable. and `were based upon sanitary principles. * There is no sense in` the dictum that one must not cross her neighbor's threshold tor so many years after she has closed `her husband's eyes; so many months after she has mourned a parent; so many weeksif an aunt has been taken; and, as with Mrs. Fay s chime of belles. may tone down-' or up--from sorrowful seclusion to social gayety in ve days after a cousin's than n. Cab!-|s Being morta_.l,o she had got her breath buck, and Mrs. `Fay s. contagious laugh rip led across the compulsory pause. met a friend yesterday, dressed in new and d black, although not in crepe. and as ed: `Are on in mourn- ing, my dear? -I had not eard that you have lost a friend. ; u 4! I..........u.9 -1..- ..-2_1 . :_:1_ u\..v_. l.U. DU, 1: 1.1111] ulucn. 1 UUII I} l.llUlll.'l.h The pos-ltwe woman was not to be diverted from the chase. Iefor one, refuse to gauge my sor- row by the enactments of the Grundyan congress. Such mourning as is adjudg- ed to be decent in this day entails ex.- pense, V labor and `thought, at 9. time nvhnn A4-111:1: n '11` nnn u-uvdal n A nvnnnnnn n, Tab'o'r"Eiui'_tifg13t"," a{t'"}i'"tii'e when other and unavoidable expenses nnomu I-nnnunw 111-\n.n nannln Al- vnnnnnfn WHCII UIJICK uuu ULIUVUIUGLE CA|JCl.lBUB press heavily upon people of` moderate means. and when attention to such at- fairs as shopping, fitting _and making up black is an agony. . When, as Mrs. Fay s witty friend put it, the blocking is not mourning, the obligation {becomes dispicable. From my point of view the nl-nnfinn in uvgv-no Olson onions on}! uillv LI V lllllll LLULII I had had time to think of many things while she, whom Barbara long ago nick- named the positive case, discoursed. Uppermost in my mind were two queries: Wh-at gives the reformer the patent right to assail intemperately what he chooses to brand as dogma. and preju- dice? And why do we conservatives submit meekly to such onslaughts? Be- cause belief in the Bible as the reveal- ed Word of God is almost 2000 years old, the skeptic s - fulmination against "bigotry and superstition is heard re- spectfully. The disciple of a new school. of medicines has free course `for his denunciation of the regular practitioner as poisoner and butcher, and should the old-school doctor recriminate he 13 branded as narrow and disco-urteous to a seeker after truth. Is the New World Athenian so wedded in turn to each new thing as "to take for granted, at the rst `blush or `opposition; that the wron ` must be with that which is establish 3 and conventional? V i x 1 I sunny- The custom of wearing mourning has the trecorixmendationz of convenience, at eas . t revents many mortifying gllillldes. this `tiny ricquaintanceh Mrs. o n, mi , w om vencountere at a drygoods counter this morning, had worn he c sil% soulg ngt] ave ope an 1 y a r. m1 should not siuffegidfrlomt the heat` this summer as ' e as year w en met him at the seashore. And-- after waiting for the general laugh to subside -you would have discerned nothing amusing in the death of a husband and rather. I had never heard or his de- mise, or, if I had, I had forgotten it. Mrs. Smith would have spared herself onus } exquisite pain and me a bad quarter of an hour, by signifyingn her apparel the changein her- condition. HT 1.-.: .. `-4211 ...nup.~.Inn.--nnnkln nu, QI l.l.lt.'u.l uncqs ~ . (`A mou_rmng gown would have been a protectnon to her,` anq also to her friends. _ I`...-a '7:Ilnona an-uxipn `uncut (An I-`\i\ gun`- have lost friend. _ * . `I haven't, she, said, _airily. `OnXy my husband's br_other whom I have nev- er seen. He died in Algiers ten days ago. So, I only black. I don't mourn. "- Thn nnc'*H'ivn nu-nnnn flvnc rum! 4-.` kn unsynuaunc. .l.`lUl.ll LII] LIUIHL UL VIEW LL: practice is werse than useless and silly. It is ,in ve. cases out of ten. 11 vulgar and vile sham that disgraces Christian civilization. .0 . .1: 1 - AI_',_, _.v. _v_.. ....--v--.--- In the present instance neither of the two women esent who were wearing mourning go. ents retorted upon Mrs. Blunt in kind. Perhaps , the tender thoughts of those who were gone. that came to each _with_ the daily putting on of the memorial raiment. were too sa- cred to be tossed from tongue to tongue. n 34- `Iran in Wvnhn` 3n 11 `Art: A. n 'l.l.l1l!l.l.E 1113113 Shethrew gut her hand in 9. gesture I cannot describe, it was so eloquent of grief and horror. 'T\nn l- 11:-I-scion" T mean 1-ha} hnih minutes utter theyaen-tered the ballroom. The gradations were artistio and MY. ing to the uninitiated. To me the who; proceeding was ir1`esistibly- funny." I had mnrvnlml with contact n-nu... ULCII LI} UV LUBBCLI Ll'Ulll` LUHEUC IU \cUI.I5'.LCo So, it was Dr. Wynne; in -a love or a gray-and-pink costume, whose calmly- judicial accents poulticed the pained si- lence -. succeeding the epithets vulgar and vxle. - unuu - u oronto, ` Waunausx-nmn-There is a great deal of sickness around here just now", a very unusual thing with us. Little Baby Wilson's life has been despair-ed of for the last few days, but hopes are now entertained for its recovery. Reine Wallace was taken suddenly ill Sunday night, and Mrs. Hall has been quite ill since Saturday. 1 Bum-P Mr. T. Maxwell owns se- ven little pigs which have lost their mother; hence Thomas has to. raise the little piggies with a .hottle.. . . .The Nottawasaga. council met at Avening on Saturday last to discuss matters con-n cerning the`, -loss of John Millsap s horse that was drowned in the river some time ago. Irv Inc: a .. u u Nnv1s--Farmers are busy taking up the potatoes. The crop is turning out about from . 76 to 100 bushels to the acre, with probably 7 5 per cent. of marketable taters. There is very little rot to `speak of. . . Henry J ermey has built and lled 9. silo lOxl6 feet,- end intends to build another next year. I V CoI.LINcwoon-The post_ A oice was removed on Monday, Alvlth inst., from the frame building on Huron street, which has done duty for twenty years, to the new brick building on Huron- tario street. A ' number of modern conveniences have been added to assist in the delivery and despatch of mails. .-._..Mr.~ Jos. Wm. Brophy, aged 19 years, died on Friday of last week . -. .. On "Wednesday, 13:1. inst., Mrs. Eliza Henry, a resident of -this `vicinity for nesriy. 40; yea?s...p-new over to the silent majority. -She was 73 years old. No'r'rAvrA-The Presbyterian church, utter being `extensively repaired,` was reopened -on "Sunday, 17th inst., by. Rev. Mr. Bethune, of Toronto. . . .Mr. John Holden, eldest son of _ Mr. and Mrs Jacob Holden, died recently. He was buried. on Sunday, 10th inst. Knmanmonl-Those who attended the Barrie Exhibition from here say it was the best ever held in Barrie. Moral: When the right` men get in the right place everything will go right. . . . .'1'he most of the farmers have taken out their potatoes and report a. fair average crop although the rot has made its appearance in many places. \ . . . .Our teacher. Mr. R. Little, is re- _j engaged for 1898. L Ono S'1`A 1`ION-Ml`. A. Cameron, of Aehburn,' is buying all the apples he can nd in Oro. He has brought here material enough to make 1500 barrels; and has converted Mr. S. McArthur s woodshed into a temporary` oooperage, where the barrels are manufactured by Mr. Sourrah, of V Myrtle, at the rate of sixty per day . . . .The prevalence of measles in this section has necessitated the closing of our chool for a time. VICTORIA HAnBOR-Friday morning another was added to the fast increas- ing list `of suicides, when an unmarried man about 50 i years of age. named Dan Docherty, committed suicide by cut- ting his throat with a razor. Mr. Doc- herty, who`iaa stone mason by trade, has lived in this vicinity for _a long time. No reason is known for the rash- act. For the past week he had been unwell, and acted strangely at times." CoLnwA_'mn-'-One of the oldest pioneers of this place died at Fesser- ton last Fri_dev.1_norning in` the person of (Mr. James Yomgng, aged_78 years. Mr. Young lied been (resident of this looality for over 5'JAye'a1'-s. -He was a.- nstivef _o_ .Du'Infreeshire,;7Sootls`.nii, in which place lives : sister of fhisgobout 931 of .'_. .5. gsmejof mas, p1syed- in _ residence.) of Mp. 0.'G. 'r!dUtTi`ii01afr95I!1 Gi if110.WI = T DRAPER-John Davieen, for making a false adavit to obtain-a marriage license, was committed by Mr. Johns to take his trial at next court ef oompe-ii tent jurisdiction at Bracebridge, but ; was hailed. himself in $100 and onei suretyiof $100. . ` om - . - n FARRIE comm unm-msmr nus. onrunnn at snioom Am: ms:-mar mxcamems A8 LOCAL` mnwa Aha oondenaeo V Into Interesting` Para- Branha tor Advance Readers Who , - `Like the Marrow of the Meat. A Snrmm--Mrs. William Robinson, of Sannidale, died on saturaay, 9:111 inch, and was buried on the following Monday. . . .Mr. Alex. Adair died on Wednesd-Yo the 13th inqtg at the age of 79 years, lobmontha. DU1;EDn;.-`-iMr. Oarveth, late men-3 ohant of our village, left on Tuesday with his family for Hanover, where he puxposes` entering business again. -. . .V Mr. John Carrnthere, who was so seri~ Ii ously hurt, is recovering. . illness, which was not thought at the I Torrmzc-nan -fter_ only a `few hours time to _be serious, Mrs. Msgnus Nel- % son, Tottenhsm, died of heart disease, a on Saturday about eleven o'clock. . An interesting action for damages is likely to occur from some parties having incorrectly asserted that certain teach- ers had no certicates of qualication. Lonwro --.- On Monday morning Messrs. Joseph and John `Kidd said farewell to their friends in Adjala and commenced a journey of many thou- sand miles in the pursuit of knowledge. The former goes to complete his studies in the Parisian schools of art. The latter will proceed to the eternal city to prepare for the sacred duties of the priesthood. . .The members of the beef-ring met at Mr. Miller Hamilton s on Friday night and arranged to the entire satisfaction of all business of the year. _ WYEBRIDGE-A farmer near here has fteen bushels of oockle seed, and he asked T. Hindle, principal. of -the school, if the seed had any value. Mr. Hindle made enquiries and received this reply from the Experimental Farm at Ottawa. :- I have hunted up all an- thorities and consulted millers here. They all agree that cockle seed is not safe to feed stock. It produces head- ache in human beings. I can t imagine how any one farmer could have as much as fteen bushels of this seed. Are your gures correct? Please send me his name and address. GRAVENHUR8T.-The other afternoon Mr. J. McEachern s little girl.` Minnie fell and broke her arm, both bones of the forearm being fractured. . . .Geo. Sopher, of Morrison, while chopping near Kosh-she Lake,the other afternoon,` out his right wrist very severely, and was in extreme danger of ' death through loss of blood. . . .Mr. James Scott, in the belief that this weather is too ne to last, is greatly enlarging his skating rink . . . . Chief Constable Archy - Sloan the other _ day received from J udae Mahaffy an appointment as con- stable for the Parry Sound District. -. Cnnnnonn---Mr. John Bulwer grew a. turnip weighing fteen pounds. . . . Mr. G. E. J. Brown and wife were serenaded by `the band on Wednesday evening. . . .The following are the new- ly elected oioers of Nitetis Lodge A. F. & A.M. :-W Bro. J. Hood, W.M.; Bro. D. Niddrie, S.W.; Bro. G. E. J. Brown, J.W. 3 Bro. A. H. Watson, Sec y; Bro. W. A. May, Trees; Bro. =W. `H. Hamilton, S.D.;` Bro._A. Earle, .l.D.; Bro. John Hamilton, `Steward; Bro. J. T. Mothers, I.G.; Bro. E. Blue- OBILLIA-.-An entirely novel enter- tainment was the Dolls exhibition, given in St. James school house last Thursday evening. . . .The attendance at the Public Schools .was larger last month thanin September, 1896. This improvement is due in part at least to the vigilance of Mr. Dreyer, Truant Ofcer. . . . ..'.l`he Dominion Bank is having time "locks placed `on all its vau1ts,Aat a cost of $300 each. One] was put upin the Orillia branch lasti week. It is so arranged that when the vault is looked. each evening, the com- bination cannot be worked by anyone until the time the clock is set to stop next morning..',. .The` new G. T. R.` "station is expectedto b'e ready.'for.occ_u-4 pation early nextmonth. g n K nun . '41! Q AI _ T. VMID_nh`rID.-G60. a Holly was oha-. varied on Wednesday night of last week. Samuel Archibald, at whose house the rmently married couple were staying,` has had warrants served on a number of A young men `and the case is to be tried at Penetang. on Saturday._ NOVA}:--A bear paid a visit to Mr.- Kippen s farm, east of here, on `Satur- day night, and helped himself to a good-` sized calf, carrying it off in the bush. about fty rods before `tearing it to pieces . . The congregation of St. Mary : `church are clearing of!` and fene- the ground where `they intend to build the parsonage. man, O.G. _ W. Bros. Wright nnd Ellis, `I of Alliston, Bro._ Sykes, :of Toronto, and Bro. Rev._ P. N. Jones, of Aven~` ing were present at the installation. 6;. I. GrY;ar..'1; o.G.Mu1uq,2; ELVS. French, 0;'N.'F.` `Gray, 2}; total, 5;. `II'-A _ IN)` T? I` , ,_, _I,__,`S Bn.41mo1u>.`--T-The following are the newly-elected ooera of the Goforth Miaatoin Band _:--President, Miss Den- ; Vioe-President. JMra. E. f.";."`` i`8r=s '-'-""'3 er, Miaaflm Knkeniiy. . . .`.m.e Anx- iliary of the F. MQ` S. hgve elected" the following. eicere Mrs. Smith; 1et_Vioe-Pres,-, Mia, J. Faring. - -... (A .-in xfahvioelrreg, Mrs; li.McIa0an ` ; `cording Seordtgry, Armunopgg