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953%:-r nine ininates at th Coun- BO -V Uu:IJ as itis _. 9;.-4.; % '(*ou:ng{oBEf Messengezenusseu Day, the president of {ihe Creemore Rural .Schoo1Fair, exhibited a re-` xnark_aii1ef_ tuber _at the` show held in Cmemore " 1ast~ '-Saturday. This potato, which has in the win- dow atithe Agifciultural Office. here` }for the; phat -:fe`w,f: weighs `2'1bs.-A .i$_;- `%10% .1`dh.g._ and~ 1_.1 * - y ' V is? 7 ` 7&9; 9 `Canadian System a Farce Col. Steele thought that while British army was small, it -was more than the equal of any army in the world. for general eiciency. `Col. Steele said `that Canada had a voluntary military system that was a farce. `Nearly every regiment had to` take 50 per cent. of! new re- cruits each year, `which was un- fortunate "in .- highest degree. Oanad_ia1;s- _i_n time `of peaee seemed to prefer baseball to rie practice. - vvvu u vu\A.:G:r~`h 1.1. Jnugxulltl nan `had a million trained` men ready to rush to the continent the present plidlt of -Bebium would never have resulted and Germany would have been prevented from her lightning "99 ",`; `.`.. PW: ' The Canadian first contingent, while men of the finest type as re- physique ` and intelligence, {and though, theylcould be made in- `to good soldiers more quickly than most men, was not, in his opinion, [anything like ready to take the eld La8'&in8t ithetrained armies of Ger- ` -. .n_-. xfanf. Volunteef syuam Criticized He declaredhe wanted to em- phasize the importance of disci- pline. Col; Steele declared that the ' British volunteer system had 3101:` I `nl\A\u- um A------ c_.---~_. ---- C-Il"Il uauag I-JJCJ uau DU uv I was to appoint oicefs. The principle pof selecting oicers the Colonel did not consider satisfactory, general- ly, but in the case of a University Corps, the type of men composing it would -be to safeguard against } unwise Selection. ] Speaking at a meeting to em! {courage enslisting `held at Manitoba I001. `S. B. Steele, D.O.C. Military `District No. 10, and a former Oro [boy and member of the 35th Regt., said Canada` had never been pro- perly prepared "to meet any foe, Isince 1812`, when. every man knew` how to handle his musket. Now that need was upon Canadians ur- gently the first thing they had to_de mac 4-,. .........:..4. ...m--_-_ r'nI_-., - nie and he was taken back to Brae&ri@e next day. He elected ito be tried before Police Magistrate W. H. Spencer there, the first. wife appearing as chief witness against him. The punishment of one year in prison` created somewhat of a, sensation . in Bracebridge. where it` was thotght Rennie would be given pa much longer term. , _f__ r-_._v- .-vnv Int OIALCGV LUCK`! uu uc uutcc, 011 ,___,v.,. Vvu-.5 -.uLII L . Elizabeth St. In -the meantime wife No. 1,_'_w had been in`De,- trdit, learned of the second mar- triage and took a trip to Brace- cbridge, where she stated the facts_ to Chief McConnell. A wire wasi sent thepolice here to arrest` Ren-I 15;`: nv;;l LA ._...- A_l_- > I ! """"""' V About two months ago Rnnie `came to work in a Barrie store, and the couple todk moms over the Singer `Sewing Machine oice, on T4`.h`-mkar}. Q4 1.. AL --- " -.-_v-., V Lu 0 OLIUIL efime became engaged to her daugh- ter, `who but slightly over 20 years of age; Never suspecting that Rennie "had a wife, she was married 1;o`him last June, Rev. E. R. Young, B;A., of the Brace-bridge Methodist Church, performing the _ l ceremony. ' 11.---.. -V -' ` ;; v cu uugvuuer 8-I G`SmI1i1, Drayton, Moo reld, Brownsvle, Woodstock, Galt and Pgris. : T . ' ` A REMAR.KABLE' POTATO In `to He first ~ married ' Agnes Pearl Potter at Stir-ton,j the ceremony be- performed by Rev.` R. J. T1-eleaven, a Methodist minister. Until three years ago they V lived and since that time he is said to '-have sent_ her only a_ dress and $15. ,They hved together at (?.'lm.']l... T:....:n.. n_._A. -- Hugh Rennie, Who Married Had Been ' eMan-ied 10 Years Before At--B1-aae_ebridge on Friday, Hugh _E; Rennie, who was {arrested in Barrie 5: week previous, ' was, sen- tenced _-to one year in prison for ibigamy. Agtthetime of _his afresf RDhn;n 1-5115 nun...` A..-) ` - '0.NI.YONEYI-JAR FORBIGAMIST nsrgruna 2. I914 .VOLUl;I v1`T-EER } sYsTmi Canada's Duty Plain---Colonel les Lt. 1.4. A.LLu..l" in a short 'II..LA.1__ - i - vv -9.11111 IILI, V1. 11111 1 IV. auu. MO E. Dayfoot of Orillia Baptist uids ' Interment took place on Oct. 12th at Knox cemetery; Oro, -the services fbeiqg taken by Rev. An- drew Smith, of fBa1-tie. ani Rgv. nr_ *n-_..c- `L n H1- The late Mr. MC-Lean was -born near,Jarratt s_. in Oro, 76 years ago. For a nuniber of years he farmed in Medonte, near Eady. retiring in 1900 to live in Orillia. He had resided in Barrie for three years. His rst wife (Janet Currie of Oro) died in 1897. and three years latter he married Mrs. Elizabeth Gourlay Shirlow of `Con. 11, Innis- l, who survives `him. He had no children. Surviving brothers are "Dr. John, Orillia; Dr. Peter, Wood- -bridge. and Wm. C. McLean. Div- ision iCourt Clerk, Barrie, who has been very lifor several wee-153. `A--- J _ - ;;;;.d' ';;:a;a`"`q;:;;` ` c;';,:1i`&:;.,-.* ..g.* man and a faithful member of the 13% `.` `?**. g A I DEATH OF N-EIL Mc-LEAN Mr. Neil Mclieah. one of the old- er residents of 01-0 Township. and 1 the father of a family of three well.-known men. died at his home, Collier St.. o`n October 9th. rn1_- Li, 1: r ' The funeral -service was held in St. Luke s Church and the remains interred in Creemore cemetery on .Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 13th. fgii" hi':iif. ,,-- ...-..-._ .---vusu. a` vs.-i_v ulu man `Mr. Gowan enjoyedigood health up to afew month prior to his death. At`-the age of 19 hevemigrated from _Queen s County, Ireland, in 3 the year 1846, and settled in the vicinity of Bond Head. .Nine~years later he married Mary Jane Man- .ning, who survives him. Six years afterwards they moved to Nottawa- saga and procured the property where he lived up to the day of his death, being 53 years on the one farm. In addition to his wife, the. late -Mr. Gowan is survived by ve sons and three daughteisz W. J., of Barrie; Thomas. Frank, John -and Samuel, of Nottawasaga; Mrs. `John Shepard, Barrie; Mrs. J os. Cooky and Mrs. Arthur Perry. of Nottawasagm Mr. Gowan was a member of the C~l1urch England `Inna . xga o afnvuuv-.r.L (`A-- ~-----*=~-- In thedeath of Francis GOW8l1 onSunda_v morning. Oct. `11th,` at his home_on the fourth line south. in his 88th year, Nottawasaga lest one of the, oldest and most respect- ed of `its settlers, says The Crees gmore Star, Though a very` oh} man "D (1l\TI?l'lr| n-:A--- J I C `\'\ UIjCI IIIUIGIC QUU `under pa? and aches. They are not ' but weak, XJAZQJQQQ * *1-entT . .l'l'lC8i coho/-' -oS ,5-o-o-o-oI {$1.00 PER ANNUU IN ADVINCI |l3CI`IICXT. \/llkll\-LI JJJIAEIGLIVJ staunch Conservative $1.850 Send in your address` and we forward ( one of ov11rACatal4;>gu<':'.._ You ill ixd articles priced Vlowcr in this Cataloguethan in `the. Cata.l'og_ucs ghe.big,stores. ~ . Tu-e`e:d-`Suitings af soc, 60: d` ' - all colors in Checks and l?inaid:_$" goodwlth Fancy Suitings vat $1.00; j_25 and: :50. in in `popular shades. . A T W .v Fancy: Plaid Skirting. -bea tirul d ` L % inches wide, $ I.5o`to 2.90 yd. j J egg; Plalid Coatings, aifshadcs and ~q|iaVliti_<`-,_ '] ;a ` weights '56 inches, `$1.50, _, 1,75`, 1_9o,`2g: 2.90 and 3.65 ayard. f `L A ` " T -eed Suitinos at 25c and 35 `- 1` `}ancY check; 31.1 shades, ` - m A --- v-.--"V*.".".'* , - " 5.TPoPm.A1?`PRlES Reversibie coatings. $-1; -f$`p'er ya rd.%565inchsL , ma _ t, Navy Blucand Coatings at $1.50 in 3. thPP1`r shadqs" :6 inches wide. Y - Mason s APP-1,; Devlin tary service becomes necessary for puilic protection. Our Canadian and Imperial interests -are too. great, our whole -British fabric too vast, to depend upon a patriotism for defence which fails in the eu- preme, -hour.-_ Such has not proved I ""' -' r ` Here, as V. in Britain, the volun- tary system of defence is . on "its ittial . If it fails, compulsory mili- ;tary_ bpeomesnecesgary for no I What We Fight `For .. I I To us British and French suc- cess means everything. - It means safety for. our commerce on the seas of the world, .safety for our shores from the iron hedv of ruthless `in- vasion, safety of our." homes and families, security for the rights andl liberties of a free people, Vcontinued immunity from the alarms" and `perils, -in the nancial disasters and. personal xsuerings of war, protec-i tion for all those "cherished ideals ;` of which we boast so greatly, of a! Chrisfianityp and a civilization, which ' the -oppressive and hopeless German philosophy and militarism -would idestroy. "4 `. -. p ' I 5`This__ is not war---itis ha:-barism [and savagery let `loose-the Hun at the gates` of civilization. Let` us take warning and help to preserve our `liberties, our peaceful homes, -while `we have the -chance. -Let us; do, our continguents at once. duty and begin the training of new uu-`,9 uv VLUU uvn I.LL._I.G_aIJC111.l.% UUI shores, our commerce or . our `homes. Everything `our `duty, our } privilege, but `obligation ' in'_ the pnemises._ - - - :!lVL3_ , J --. - I I `' thought of the day A unite in be1iev- ; ing that while 'success is certain, yet the strength of the foe great, this resources many and his home def-gees ' ' \o-I-I-IJL\-\-I yvnvzsuh There 15, thanks __ 1--_ -,-,,' . CATALOGUE "Free `system on Ti-is! Points, {:1 al ~ Five Points Marble ?Shop 5a. ull Stock of Lines of %% cl JM\.arble .Monuments ed to Execute all : L WODKENDEN Sdotch Wool B_Iankt4 Gtey.Blaxikets at 291` %to the T. British Army. haxurev B1anLt now and Pants at $3.75. at. s ; Fall and Lur` 0111` i7v'f$"rS's fine "book or""ins{rTII,-'tio`277 5--Kansas City ournal. chicken apart, declared the bride, -Well, we tackled an automdbi-1 e auc_- said the young has-. bnnd."`We ougthtftobedbleto `handle a small job like `this. \1'nI_-__-1,, LL- 1_`-L _,p ...__A____L3-- _nu I "`B `."""" . ' i A booklet giving receipts for the use of apples is being issued by the department and over twenty thous- and. application for. copies of it have been received. Department of Trade and Core- merce - at Ottawa Says So. Ottawa. rOct. 16.--:The Depart- men-t `of Trade and Commerce nds [that it pays .to advertise. Recently in the Canadian, Press advertise- ments were published urging each Canadian home to buy a barrel of [apples in View of the domestic mar- I.ket_ -being glutted for lack of for- eig'n malrlfets. ' . `l_-_I_ -1. .___2__m _____f L, P, 11 May I once more respectfully and earnestly urge that active -en- listment, continuous training, re- newed `mobilization,-' be put into operation with a denite view 'to placing this Canadian army upon elds where _Canadian. liberty is just as truly beizg fought` for as \British.libe'rty was in the great bat- `les of the past upon land and 4.... 9) - - thecase in*Eng1and'as yet; and if the hund.red_ thousand volunteers reported in` Canada `by the ' -Militia Department some time ago as avail- .a`_b1e are rapitily prepared and sent 4.; 41... 1...`-.. :. __"n A-A I 7 :1 4 uyauga 91171.1(}; C-ll. auu "t-<;1 :h<;;rt>'nt, -it W111 not be the 1...... .:`I. W kz=2w.-h<:w so this INTRICATE PAY-S T0 ADVERTISE Ivhnl may last they will lwhite, at 5.00 and 6.50` f _this year, as all Vt`heTmi`Ils `tag on Blankets for the If-ts. good "size` -..$3-00. _4.oo ind 4.50-* } Suits,Awith bloomerj 9 to 33- L '" `*11'J UHIVCIDIUT, U11`: III`?!-IE3 'C 1f1U.f-}_1'e5 of Belgium indicate ` "W." V:'.'1-at. would. happen if the mblttPr<:{<} and fbrutalized lbut tri-. `flmpham -(yerman sodier . once. set t on British soil-and Jthen `on gt of Canada. ` . L0rd Kitchener and` the `_bes't 3-35; 2.50. 3.50 and +50. E... `m: couln-I or smcn: mo `n-1:" `A . St- C. Anidrew _ V .` wn.c1'tmu: or - Bug`gies,;Carrihgos,i Wuans Sleighs _ `Q31 hagm A :- f embroidery Tmy be cleaned it tamishes .-with a brush dip- iin burned 9 and. pulverized lfock . um...T T -. _ T. 2 -A - I.~\JA`JJL UL VIII; Iulasvvul is almost impossible, to- Ecribe. The destruction of the nes and universities, `the homes Int` r.1.....,1.--_. _r *n-1_2.-__ :_.1:--;.- 1-... _-w-v -..-- BAYFIELD .--__..n'_-_-1 -' .: vuuavva wax; lynx Vxubu 1.115001] V` WV! 7 as the longest eld battle the world has known. The terric ght at Mukden between the Russians and Japanese lasted ten days, Most of the great battles have "been over in a day, though Gettydburg continued days. `The duration I of some famous `aengagemdents has been as fo1Iows:-Waterloo, 8 hours; , Sedan (the 'big` mhting). 12; hours-; .Gravelotte, 9.. hours; Mars-la-fI`our', .-10 hours; Koeniggratz, 8 hours; I-Alma, 3} hours: Leipsic, 3 days. i2eI1"'?1ie `"Germ"" {ifs `luifi lZZ11i ! which began on the elsevatgth -day of September, will pass-Vin history t ....v4lL.. L..........; n_J.1 L..4.;I- n_- _-;1_1 awe -v_u `J ;.;uuu./nu. .|.L.IV LLLC U1'11uilbt7u) in J. M. Bothwell s stables in the] rear of Bothwell s and Sanders ? blocks and The Bank of Toronto.l The Advance of that date` says:l The roof of the Bank of Toronto! and .all the woodwork of the two upper ats were dwtroyed, and the dwelling house immediately north of the bank building, belonging 31-` so to the Bank of `Toronto, was totally destroyed. Had the. wind been blowing strongly from the northwest the whole block on [Dun-, lop St., from` Owen to Mulcaster, inevitably would have gone, , and," very likely, all buildings on the south side of the street from the old Gazette oiee to Sam. Cald- well s. The following had oica in ' the Burk `of Toronto Building: Messrs. Lount, - Dickinson & Mac- watt, barristers; T. R. Ferguson, i-barrister; W. D. B. Spry; Strathy |& Eaten, barristers; -`R. A. Douglas and Geo. Monkman. Mr. Watson A ll Jones, one of the remen, received Lseveie. injuries by . falling through "the roof of a. shed on which he jumped}? - g 5-..... _ ....v..,..-..J uuuuuuu that gutted the Bank of U'i`0:0l;:0`: The heading. reads: The Fire Fiend at Barrie--Bank of Toronto Gustted and Deluged---A Fire Trap "Cleaned , Out-*M`r. Mucklestons W Residence Entirely Destroyed.- Valuable Blooded Horse Burned.-- The Best Buildings in Town N ar-- rowly Escaped. The re originated} 3 T ' `II 1),.4L_..l`lL '-L_.L`I__ 3 .1 ' TheAdac ;>;',`()f<;toi>-e`;'v'.1`7,`1839, gives fa lengthy account org :1 _re| 4.1.-` __u__1 AL, 11 _._'._-v \I5nqn\AA4J.e, _uSed' as a Sunday School -and Mis- sion Church. - _ V A Some of our county exchanges 'are telling of 18 inchs of snow ?andso-o'ndownto10, 5 and3i % inches. The'_18-inch gauge evident- ly was a little out of order. ' The Preslbyterians of Allandale, assisted by their Barrie friends, are ;erecting a ne, brick-clad com- lmodious building, which will be, ......J. ._ .. o._...1. '0 *1 _ it Noah Groe `isgoing to keep the Begton Station Hotel_. V . uyxuxuu WCLLULLICIL IJIV news that men would be sent from! our shores quic7k`.ly and steadily un-l 3&1 100,;>,m Canadians were ghting] In Europe." he states in- his appeal. f`0ne contingent has gone, but that xsonly a beginning. The need for Inore men is great and u_rgent.- If If0l`(l Kl'U,`l1?_ner is to` get mil- lion men to ght auto_c_1-acx and de- fend. lily:-rty-lit will _s.tr9_.i_nV every nerve and -fibre of the -A British. NOD19 to get the men. : , ' | If England Fell " What `England would _si11?-- what n1i.=.ery the people. of '983I'e s "lm'i0late Isle would .see--- -what a catastrophe to human liber- l7 and life-_ in its highest. and Wbodinvent would follow. . upon - 8 . German invasion `of the United _R;'_J___ .' - -:1 . `I mu} board sidewalk is being ..1aid on Dunlop` St. T '4 I `I? 1 rs _,>-..... ....u.su.n, JJL- 1. 1. "has received the appointment of Resident -Medical Oicer to the ;'-Home for T . . '1` LONG-1*-Jstr The long struggle,` t1_1e Battle on ...'C2__..'l:__- -_'_ ._1`l-J V Items` of Cdlle The Advance of `A 17th.` 1889 T . :We have just learned Vyoung friend, Dr. A-. _P7 -1. ..- ._..--_'._.- J` apples $1.50 _to $2.00 and rst `class winter appla $2.25 to $2.50 barrel; .beef, hind quarter, -$6.00 to $6.50 awn; mutton, Sc 1b.; lamb,p9c';- pork, $6.50 to $7.00 cw1:.; tchickens, 40c pair; : turkey _10c` 11),; 6c 11).; -butter, 17 to 180 11).; ;eggs,`16 `to 17 -don; wood, $3.25 ...,...a ` - 0 0 [mews or ovum-2R line market _4was crowdedpon -gsatnrday, Oct. 12, 1889. One of thamain features was the large Quantity" of potatoes -which were disposed of to Messrs. `Brown and Caldwell, both of whom purch&`ed for shipping. Only a little grain found its . way to the Jnarket. The A following prices were. paid on the street: Wheat (new)i` 75r-_ fn Qnn `whoa? r,.!I.1\-an- L-_1-_. oi5o*s.n?'7]id Err. % :o1m_ 3L R_BS sewn `In making an app_ea1L _fo1-'_ naore; iolunteers. Col. the Hon. James Mason lays stress on `Canada s duty in the European war,- `and points out the absolute need 'of* 100,000 Canadian troops in the north of France A quick, decisive victory can only be gained 'by_' the side hav-. ing a preponderance`! of . ' material. he says. ~ _ _ Public opinion welcomed the ,_ _, . r , hnn-n 41..-. ._..._, -A--"1 W