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1 Ul.l.Cuuuu auu ............. -. Various vacancies on High School and Collegiate Institute Boards were filled as- follows: Bradford--Robt. Stewart; Orillia-Franlc H. Horns- by; Penetang--Rev. John T. Kidd; Midland--]ohn Hanley. Messrs. G. K. -Mills, Isaac Day, Thos. McKee, J. A. Speers and John Knox were appointed a Board of Examiners for the year, " A~ L. 2.... .l.'4}\(LLlllll\.lD IV): 51:`, J v...` The County was found to be ,in- ldebted to Owen Sound C. I. for the fees of non-resident pupils and an order for the payment of $40.38 was accordingly made. --- -4--..-In :9` :n11_ 'dCCUlUlIl51y luau. .A similiar order was made in fav- lor of Orangeville H. S. for $22.62. The sum of $234.91 was voted to Bradford H. S., being the County ` grant. The petition. of the village of ;Coldwater, asking for incorporation,` was recommended to be granted. The salary of Inspector Mackay a (House of Refuge) was increased by the amount of $50 per annum. ` ` ` ---J_ L- LL.` Luc cuuyruus u; \y_,v 3.... .. ....... ,. ` A grant of $25 was made to the iHospxtal for Sick Children, Toronto. The usual grant of $10 _was voted to the Prisoners Aid Society. Alexandra, Victoria, St. John s and St. Mary s Industrial Schools will receive $16.25, $3o,72, $48.75 and $22.50 respectively. 5 r be. -:11..__.. r"..- `den and McDermott, the sum of $200 qaba-av 4 \-u .a~u-- . V- . `On resolution of Councillors Gar- was set apart for the purpose of pur- chasing new colors for the 35th Regt. The VVarden and Councillors Garden, Vair and McDermott will act as a committee in this matter. l Debentures of the Town of Barrie, amounting to $2o.ooo, [re Aerial Lad- der Company loan, will be guaran teed by the County. 41,- _`LL 1)....-L tL\.L| UJ \-Any \'v-_.-J The 8 companies of the 35th Regt., ;and the 3 companies of the 36th Regt. with headquarters within the County, will each receive a grant of $15 per company. ' ` -- ---:1 F` .... -2111- ant to R.8.0 all credito against nes Bambi! the 22nd on or bob nnnrl 11`! via 1' ""`"r-'4 Warden Barr and Councillor Moore will go as a deputation to iToronto on March 4th to attend 21 `conference to discuss matters con- cerning the prevention and spread | of tuberculosis, Chairman Jardine reported on the condition of the new Iock-up at [Victoria Harbor and advised the payment of $400, the County s grant. ,-_I 4--..` ~...\.-;1:.\n -uvno-A ya a A n w a - u \In 7-7-- -_-- _, , Tenders for coal and sumiliesuwere ;ordered to be advertised for, the` existing contracts expiring on Mch.` 131st next. The sum of $500, balance due on Edenvale bnd_ge contract, was ord- ered to be paxd to the contractors. ,,g 1- 11 11:4. ` VI`-\l IR) IJV r\Ql ww cu- ; Councillors Dundas and J. H. Mit- ichell were re-appointed to oversee the- repairs to Nicolston bridge and [West town-line bridge at Alliston. I 7-`, VV\-Db I\lIvan nu.-v ...._., _. It was recommended to pay Jose- iph Dumond the sum of $100 in full of his claim for damages sustained on account of non-repair of M_cKm- on bridge. `It 1\, _,___4._ \r_1.A.L..--.- 1 IJII Ullubwo ` Councillors McDermott, Matthews _and J. J. Mitchell, along with Chair- man Simpson, were re-appointed to supervisejhe completion of the ap- proaches to Edenvale bridge. `II , 111--.! C-....1n.. acct` PI KJCIDIIVD UV J-4\.|\.nnv\~-\, so---- Councillors, Wood, Scanlon and` lMcConkey were recommended as a[, committee to act in conjunction with a.comm1_ttee from York re Holland River bridge. A sub-committee composed of Chairman Simpson and Councillors Caldwell, Wood, Leach and Cunn- ingham will act between sessions, in cases of emergency, for the full committee on Roads and Bridges. Their spending powers, . are limited to $500. " I ` -- The appointment of Councillors [-McDermott and Goat as a commit-. tee to confer with the C. P. R. and the G."T. R. as to the building of any lines over County roads was re- commended. . Svignalo, Crossings `and Toronto Sta- tio n' Criticized, ` 1: U1 pun; late of `t y of Simoi London, Feb. 4.-'--Discussing the I Canhdian A railway _statistics The Fi- n_ncial'N_`e'ws -says the death roll in Cana is: ttrib1y% heavy 8951. exiti- ector s report was - pre-" found correct. Seventy- ; were shown to be con- _'tnst1tution at the present `CANADIAN RAILWAYS. Education. Roads and Bridges. Railyvays and Canals. Finance. Property. mes! in OH 01` may send by pt t 8.: Stew! 8 for the A aid Chariot lgninfin I` _ The` `lair`gesAt`V busine : 3 `tn the Dominion in ny 11 Life Insurance Com 0rd of the GREAT V3 for 1007. This usin_ess, Awhicp wgs is iusiness, `which was` for 1907. e _ _ done at a -1 e1;g'_rel3t1ve eost than 121 any other revxous year exceeded Q33 3l\l'\ Yo` may `share in the prosperity t- West by taking_out a policy the Great West 'L1fe. For par- ticulars see the District Agent, - ---v I Ari-mung`! systems of signals, also Toronto sta- tion, and offers advice regarding broken rails, expressing the opinion that the flimsy. method of laying thereofiis responsible. It concludes with the surprising statement that, ~A --- .6...-|4r fi; fhp i with the surprising SI.H.LC1uCu|. Lucu. '20 per cent. of the population of `Canada is dependent on the carrying trade, which only serves to emphz1~ size the necessity of_ very close sup- ervision and protection of one of the greatest of the country s assets. " T`-`in---`:..1 'I`;mpc Aicmissinq `ICGLCDB UL I. n A w y v - - - V-` The Financial Times, discussing the Canadian automobe trade, ad- `vises British makers to give` greater discount, ask 1es_s deposit and con- struct a car suitable for Canadian roads, when they should nd a ready ` .......1,... :.. +1-.9. hnmininn. ruaua, wucu Lu, ....\....,. - `market in the: Dominion. `SUIT OV1:JR TIMBER COMPANY 1 ` Shareholders Co. Sue fc VV (Ills! ct. Barrie January. 1 Alleging that the value of certain timber limits on Yeo Island, Geor- l . gian Bay-, recently operated by the North Bruce Timber Company, were incorrectly valued when that com- !` 5| 11-..--.` I-:I`\IVfA i IIICUIICLLIJ Vnluwu u v . . y - - . . . .._ pany was formed, `Messrs. Edward S. Piper, Henry Morgan, Geo. Bur- ry, Archibald Speers, all of _Toronto, 1 and Arthur D. Chisholm of Oakville, each of whom took $12,000 in shares in the company, brought action in the Non-Jury Assize in Toronto on Tuesday to obtain the return of their money from Mr. Wm. Thompson, a mill owner of `Chepstow, Bruce `-Co., who was interested in the formation its were represented to them as be- -of the company. They say the lim-` ing worth $58,000, whereas they al- lege they were purchased for a sum of $14,000, and a recent valuation disclosed that they are not worth more than $10,000 The company re- cently went into liquidation. The defendant denied any fraud in the` -.n\..v--.._ % matter. _POWDER MILLS DESTROYED: Nearly Every Window in Tweed` Shattered by Tremendous Deton- i ation-Felt 25 Miles Away. Tweed, Ont., Feb. 4-An explosion which broke nearly every window in town and caused scenes of excite- ment occurred a mile east from here shortly after 7 o'clock this morning, when the powder mills of the Ontar- io . Powder Company, comprising! from twelve to fteen buildings,were: destroyed. ' I -..1-. av ei low premuim rates." _ emarkably large prots pm `11 endowments maturing during the year. be" excellent investments, '``~ A----- ovurxc-4: `H9179 uu|1u5 mug, _,~..-. he" `w `h once more have yielded kn average for the year of over . Q _ __` | The men- in the works had only! been at their occupation a few min- utes when one of the big vats of nitric acid was observed to boil over. It ate its way into the floors and soon the wood caught re. For the ames to reach the nitro-glycerine mixer took only a few minutes,` A warning was shouted and the men ran for their lives, With an awful deafening roar the buildings were torn from their foundations, lifted up high in the heavens, and completely demolished. * ~~-`-`- at A nanin ucluuuaucu. There was considerable of a panic tin the town for a little while until some of the powder makers arrived on the run with the glad intelligence {that all had been saved. As it is, there will be considerable inconveni~ ,ence in town, if not suffering, as with all the windows broken and the thermometer much below zero it is impossible to keep the houses warm. Much perishable food stuff has been frozen in the stores, and rend- ered absolutely useless, the plate glassfronts having been smashed. Business is practically suspended,and "` `~- 3-- nnvnn (`avg 15115111855 13 pus;-yu.._, will be for some days. Railway Tickets of Gold. ` All the principal railway companies in England issue railway tickets, made entirely of` gold, which entitle the holder to travel has by any class of car and `train on any line and by any system in the British isles. They are the size of a orin, but oval in shape and "engraved with the particular way cornpany s coat of arms, with the LA1pIAv n TIQITIQ` N in` way company's coat. or uuua, wxuu ..... -holder s named beneath, and are `in- tended to be worn on watch chum. These tickets cannot be bought, but are presented by the directors to pen- -.....- .1... have earned the railway presented by me ulrecuuxn ..._ ,.... sons who have_ earned eomnanftl grautwdn. . P'e~1"Ee-1'x..ilnt'erest. Mrs. Gibson and children of To- "ronto, who. have been visiting at Ra pin ; and Mr. J. Sissons , L\1].6b"d.'6oo ZC LIIC` lJA:aI.An\.n. --- n. w. LA;nMA'N. Y-M -- cd- Dar! 's of the North Bruce! for Return of Money-. ancy o1led_ s, on 41 C 351 -v-- -_ - , Dunlop St., Barrie. the` only I .Dr. Sheepshanks Tells of some MI _ '- sionary Experiences Out West... _ Dr.` Sheepshanks, Bishop of Nor- wich, who recently presided over the- Church Congress at Norwich, lived a. life of the greatest hardship during his missionary career, which took him among gold miners and Red Indians, to the sacred cities of Mongolia, and to the innermost haunts of the M01`- mons at` Salt Lake City. At a paro- chial gathering he once referred as -n....... 4,. Hanan su-dnmrs times: "If; msuop, COOK AND census. 2---j-c- chial gatnermg ne Once ru.I.t:u.cu no follows to those arduous times: If: any lady here wants a lesson in sim- ple cookery~z-how to make apjacks or cook bacon--let her come to me and I" will teach her. It was said of a. certain king that he was t to be It king because he had blacked his own. boots, and taking that reasoning I - _._..- c`. 4.`-Iv. .-. Iahnvx than nnv boots, and takmg tnax. reitbuuxug, . am more. fit to` be a bishop than any one here. I will tell you why-~_he- `cause I have cobbled my own boots and mended my own breeches. and I have known, when a missionary, what it.is to; sleep `on the ground for mont~hs."at.a stretch without even 9.- blanket to lie upon. "l'\.. OI..........l.nnLa Bar} 1) nnnef. iTl`.{I_!`- 1 Dr. l'lepSn8.HKB- uuu u. uxuau .uu..- esting experience at the Caribom mines. when trying to raise funds to- build a church for the miners. #- used to ca.1lVdownto them at their work, asking for a subscription, anal: back would come :1 response in the shape of` gold-dust, screwed up in :1 piec: of paper. At the end of the journey the bishop had cr_~rtainl;.' taken up the rnost unique collec- tion on record. His screws of gold- dust were in due course credited to the account of the church hxzildinzg fund at the barn: of the <-.o} On another occasion :1 srnallpox rpidr-mic broke out in an Inrlism ::r-tilezm-mt and the future bis:`.1op turned pub1}c vaccinator. His lordship proved it suc<=.0ssf111 medicine-man. for the Irxlians whom he had v.-.'~.c;-':n:=.: vi. and "who took the smallpox, recovered, ` " -~~- ---`mu .-.\\uv\no. I,I\'h(` Rh{'Y]t V D VRCCIHQIOT. I135 luxurxnp xIX\)\\,\n .. lm vszcr;-':u:m :1r.< who While smxie who chanced I,0'bc absent from the camp, and so escaped the-. bis,hop"s Iancet. took the (iiscase and idied. The lazicet which was broken `into the arm of an Indian chief is still treasured at the picturesque i Palace at Norwich. V PR5 able if mnxet. LU ue upuu. Dr. Sheepshankshad a most. inter- _L1.... .-.aw\r.v:(nV'|lIn 21+ 1*."\0 ichief Justice F.itzpatrick s Address at Ottawa Club. Canada and Canadians, was the subject on which Hon. Sir Charles Fitzpatrick, K. C. M. 61., Chief Jus- tice oi the Supreme Courtpof Canada. rec;-111.11.` a.dd1'essed the Canadian Club at Ottawa. He contended the fea- ture of the twentieth century would be the way Canada would develop. To men who could recall the way the principles of government had advanc- ed since Confederation, that advance ment was of the greater interostirom the period when the King governed and the people were content to obey `there had been progress until the ` people governed and the King ' obeyed. The speaker devoted :1 * few moments to quoting statistics comparing Canada's growth relative- ` ly with that of the States, and said - Chxn` mi-..,. (`nn.'i(i.'c needed was men, ly WIIII M181: U1 tuc Llhuvvo, ....- ..,_,_ that what. Canada needed men to dig her tunnels and work in her mines. They had to remember that those knocking at their doors 1 now would be the voters of to-morrow and the legislators of the next genera- tion, for all must become Canadian citizens. '~ L--1-M mm Im urnc not on hand CIUZEUB. S1r Charles said he was not on to talk either jingoism or imp-'ria1- ism, but he thought that the time had arrived when Canada's loyalty to the British Empire should be un- questioned. rm... rrroni . maioritv of Canadians quesmonea. The great majority were neither imperialists < but were satised to be J jects. e;.. rmgrlpc hinted tha` Sir Charles hinted that lill` Dom- inion should be tilled up \\it'n men who, when looking for uplifting influ- ences, would cast their eyes towzirds the east. He hinted that statesrnen ` had now, in the immigration question, a momentous issue before them. He reviewed Canadian history and touch- ed on what Frontenac`, Montcalm `and others had done for such cities las Montreal, Three Rivers, Quebec, etc. Both England and France had given of their heart's blood to up- hold Canada, and now Canadians were a free united people, wanting only to remain forever under the one free ag of the world. INGENIOUS CIPHER. cAraAE;fm CABIADIANS. i The Letter That Brought Freedom to Sir John Trevanion. During the great rebellion Sir John Trevanion, a distinguished cavalier, was made prisoner and locked up in Colchester castle. Sir Charles Lucas and Sir George Lisle had just been made examples of as a warning to mallgnants, and Trevanion had ev- ery reason to expect a similar end. As he awaited his doom he was startled by the entrance of the jailer, who handed him a letter. May t do thee good," fellow. It has been well looked to be fore it was permitted to come to you." Slrlohn took the letter. and the jailer left him his lamp by which to read it. Worthle Sir John.--Hope, that is ye best comfort of ye amictyd. cannot much, I test run help you now. That I wolde say to you. is this only: if ever I may be able to reunite that I do owe you. stand not po `Tia not much 1 can do: but what I can do, bee thou verie into I wine. I knowe that, it dethe comes, it ordinary men fear it. it trfghts not you. accounting it tor a high honour, to have Inch 3 towards ot.your loyalty. Pray yet that you may be this see bitter may be, spares: Inns BU: .,...-- cup. We pray that you may be. I fear not that you will grudge any auiterings. Only if his submission you can turn them away. 'til the part-ot a wise man. Tell me. an it you can. to do for you any things that you woide have done. The ceneral goes back on Wednesday. Rest- ingo your servant to command.-R. '1`. Now, this letter was written accord- Killli U1 U1 : xvun/u_. ._... ion `e H515` '.I_,__ D `~`r~-- Y-f\1` `.130 Jt of ajority nperialists or jingoxsts, ted British sub- Kvc-ed % `price 01 W1 1!. p I pdminiau nu ah`? L avy and- 7- 50. 2.65 Irrolti For emu Inbn n9 9 H888 VVv V V I ' ' - _ 7 ; ;N4MooN A 0*; . :9 Irwin's great $52,000.00 ' stool} down. . We have thousand of H911; ' Goods which must be for d12lJt.Wh lasts. To ensure a speed Q arance will price them: without regardto cos day will bring its new price surprise . _-._L AIQA ceting wa the Mcth _ _- J ,._-. O 9 . N00 90vOO OOOOOQOOOOOOOOOOOOQOOQQOOO interest and prot. VVL. u no... \....1.._ I positively be entirely out as we are going out of business. Don t be de _e`ived by any reports to the con- trary. but take advanta of this Great Sale to supply your needs of this year A your pocket. This is`no a- Special Sale with afew lines marked down, bu ge ' 1'? 0 0 stock ever carried any store in Barrie. No reason- able offer will be` ref ' ed on (1 next. It will be money in ` ine clos'ing'out of the largest- Men s and Boys `Ovekecoats and Jackets. Children's` C\ats mgr! Skirts; Blankets, Flannels. Glbve...9nd*' Hosiery. Underwear. Lumber Rulzersa aixd Sax Larrigans, Etc. `C. j:-:: `Canada Now Depends on Oriental Forbearance With Regard to _ Asiatic Imrnigration. At 3 o'clock on YV`F"'"- ""'"` ing, January 2931 `he `Hse of Commons by a straisht Pafty Vote rejected the following m-9 .p" 1 1 -n _ _.I -.. ....gnnnl':0 IRD-V THE SURRENDER TO JAPAN Borden fespecting J39" anese treaty: ' ` "That the ratication of. the szggl treaty of 1906 was alm5t `mme " ately followed by 3 ETC inux` `_)f Japanese laborers into Canada; 9' LL:- -T_Tp\cul;D' Fine - rters es. Juyanlyav Jlowvaw-- ---v - That in the opmxon of thI_s HD0533; Canada should not "entef at? Wes accede to am U33`? which` epr mi- parliament of the 0""1 f "11 I ......a.:.... Int . G`-|: nnIII1`,1'V! parliament U1 ulc Lv--~-v- '- gration into thus country; That this House, while XP1'5$_`8 its profound tappreciatxon I _Of:;` the, friendly intentions and coI1I _t0119` assurances of the `Japanese igQ..\'9!'"_ ment, and while de_cla:*ing.1ts SI desire for the,-:-most: cordial At o clock on Wedflesday m""A _-u. -1... i'l-Inusp of We again .erpph ile L - .\..a..-1511? `f\C Horse Blaigets Circingli `C Tuzsriant GENUINE nonsn ; BARGAINS. only Strong Jute Lined full size N uanli .,......,., Heavy 06 Extra Heavy v- Kersey ; envy Keraey l'.. -o-n u at nI\m uenvy nerve` fastens at moulds}. Reg Same as abovqwith!2 Stay-oi $250. Now\. .. EXTRA LARGFLKERSEY. LULING our AT 6 mmmp s'r.. in FIVE POINTS. 3. am, :968. thousand Llolla `worth of Winter nust d t wh 9 -. he cold -weather are aspeed arance ' A V regard. to cos `-. its surprises .- add ` to your I .. - _A - _ FIVE POINTS HARDWARE STORE. `Ovegf coats Ladies and is a Woollens. .A.g_sn_l*" Underwe ar, Overshoes. - - - - - _ mu- sis'no an 5%} TV In: sl 1` ll Blvuu o oulde\t.W p'r-ice $2 15 Now . p_ with!2 Stay-on Circinglea attached. ulu L/HWIIVW hristiau and ns and M r1l)y Jlerid y em` her said 1:! istrator [WU _ of then! xtled them: of which! mm 1-luv-Jul: large $3111 3" e Blankets. izsealgkets. Reg. ' pe-fact that this stock must .d of ' '~*- 4--~ I-!--- ouf\0\ rice .85c. `I: 25c. lIE_ ' L-:;_ic;ra "s '.'s'b' ` the forbearance and aid government. _ `By Favor of Japan. Mr. Borden and other speakers showed, and the government could not deny, that the` present situation _is described in the above motion.` `Mr. Lemieux has returned from Japan with an arrangement of which the only `record is contained` in a letter from the Japanese foreign` minister, who makes the followmg statements 1. ~ L---A.-. `sol-QIIDDO1 Iangn Statemcllla . _ * Theexisting treaty between Japan and Canada absolutely guarantees to Japanese `subjects full liberty to enter, travel and reside in any part of the Dominion of Canada; It is. -not the intention_of the Jan- anese government to insist upon the complete enjoyment of these guar- anteed rights. The Japanese government has de- c-ided to restrict immigration and will meet the desires of tlie `Domin-. ,` ion go_vernment._a_s far as is __c'c_>mpat-. 4.1. ....n. or... gamut of the treaty an or any . ken of wt; received I ion government _as tar as gs u_m.,m.- ible with. the spirit of__the` t're'aty and ghe digmtyjof the state. . ` _ . ` . V I} is 'not`possib1_e for Japan" to ac- qmesre -further up _the,_ proposals mj`ad.e,byL_M1j.-`Lomngux. 3 `i*los` ` price $51 25. Now .98 H 31.50. -* $1.15 $2 50. $1.90 " $1.50. " $1.15 Fits around breast and . . . . . . . . . . ..$1.75 has Reg. price can In is steadily going BLANKET IIIllI'F . . . . . . . .200 . .A . . . . . .250 6| PI IVV ..;$2.10 NOW ---$190 of 3 foreign` % %maARu:, owr. ;Licensed i%AuLc}_ion eer ? Appraiser, Arbitrator, I-Etc`. FARM AND srobx saws. HANDLED son $5.00 AND UPWARDS. % Toronto,.Tuesday, Feb. 4th. l The run at the City Cattle Market this morning was exceedingly light, as only 12 cars were received. These represented 238 head of cattle, 22 ,sheep and lambs, and 115 hogs. The cattle were mostly a medium quality of butchers, with about a load and a half of "choice exporters. These lat- ter brought increased prices, one lit- tle lot selling as high as $5.35. Other grades of cattle were rm at former prices. Offerings were so light, ow- ing to the snow blockades on the railways and country roads, and the demand was so slight, that complete quotations for this market are im-. possible. Prices were nominally un- changed. I P, , cuaugcu. . Although few hogs were offered $5.15 was the highest price buyers {were willingpto pay for the choicest. This drop is general throughout the Province. -Grain-fed lambs also sold from IOC. to 25c..o& . Export sheep and bucks, `however, were firm at former prices. Quotations on Tuesday were - Export steers. choice........... s 4 90.... 5 25 " medium................. 450... 475 _ bulls ........... .. 375 440 Butchers , picked..... . ....... .. 500.... 5 J0 choiee ................ .. 4 50.... 485 mediumto 375 400 com.to me mm 300 3751 oows.choice............ 300.... 400 Common cows ........ 150.... 275 Canpers . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 75 12: ChoiceStockers................ 340.... 375 Li ht..Stockers.. 300.... 335 M chcows.choice 40 00. .. 5000 "_ medium . . . . 25 00.. . 35 00 2590.. 3500 (`alums ........ .. .. . 500... 600 uhnnn aw:-n .- 'liluvlzuun.-...-u-nu... I Sheep, ewes bucks and culls. H088. 881ect'........u-..... o - a . .. medium.ouoooo noononnuucooooncg common THE N.oR`1*H1:Rv ADVANCE obtain It is a refusal of some things that Mr. Lemieux asked. It grants as a favor airestriction of Japanese emigration to Canada so far as Jap- anese dignity and the spirit of the treaty allows, and the Japanese gov- ernment politely offers to consider labor conditions in -Canada in deal- ing with the matter. At present it is Japanese policy to keep the people at -home. Japan is -restricting or preventing emigration to the United States,~Mexico and all foreign coun- tries. This policy may or may not continue. Japan, like other `countries -- _..1..1J.r..6 4..--..l-ma.-.mc nf nnlirv and For the" `County or Simcoe. Japan, IIIKC ULIICI Luulntnnuo }is subject tochanges of policy and changes of government, but Canada has surrendered to Japan the right to say whether Japanese laborers and how many of them shall come to this country. A This is- the surrender which the Conservatives in A Parlia- ment have condemned and the gov- ernment majority has `approved. Fhan Feni INs'rRu`c'rIo'ris` `FOR PREPAR- \ING AND SEEDING LAWNS. The groulndsliouldl be well spaded ,] and thoroughly raked, so- that the soil is ne and free -from lumps. If a thick, heavy quickly,.seed should be sown at the % rate of seventy` pounds per acre; one` pound will 'cov..ei' about 15 x 15 `feet `(225 square feet); it takes nearly ' twice as mucphp se;d`to\ make a lawn as `it does for raising hay; quefntly. happens that, good .. results and um '.9b?3iFd-:_ on '..3l11,nt.. of tool I usmes .;dm$ After lS9W1*>e Wit sod is wanted ` it fre-- 1 m Tuesday 90. 450 . 1 60.... .. Llll1................. shoid .;T.'.I.I'.'..;'.. nOOIIIII Oubilll aroonoocuo--uououoovo nooo 5 35-nub 5m...._ 0 cocoon .o improved by `{ro1lir ag `after each cut- V ting;_ `The besttim`e` to" sprinkle is early evening. _ Lawns do best" if seeded in early spring or latter part of August; but when necessary to seed in midsummer it wivbe advan- tageous to mix with rye or cats to protect the tender grass from the 111001 } sun; coup: rv PARLIA- M1-3N1? IN SESSION On Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 22, the County Council proceeded `to take up the work of the session, the Warden-e1ect having been duly svgorn and the various standing com- mxttees havmg. been struck. House of Retuge. sented and one inmates were ; ned in theinstitution time. " O .I.-L' 4- o\p\nn The Inspector wasvpre-' ` IyIIIIg > It was recommended t1'1a4t' no _per- son outside the County be admttted as an inmate of the House. Entraiice examinations were ord- ered to be held at the following places for the current yar: Allis- ton, Angus, Beeton, Creemore, Cookstown, Elmvale, I-lillsdale, Penetanguishene, Lefroy, Stayner, Tottenham and Waubaushene. 71" o 04---! go `rs. `1L"sii ill Trac