--v -v- ---~~-- ""Y""T"' . `- '. _Mr. Lennox said: I gave _not_1c' he other -day_ that I proposed to. i ove an `amendment. tothis motion. J '1 he same question was before the` I ouse ayear ago and many I-Ion. `embers have been cons -ider1ng._the atter since, and have become ressed with the necessity ofa wild- 'r range of investigation before the ublic Accou.nts Committee. The ight hon. gentleman who leads the 'ouse (Sir Wilfrid Laurier) ` was ood enough then to say that the emarks ,1 addressed to the House `I ad so impressed him, and the pro}, ositjon lookedso reasonable, .._.that. e would life further time -to con-']. ider it. Upon that understanding,- he matter wa.s allowed to standi. ver. The right hon. gentleman and others have had _an opportunity. of, considering the question ` in the. : eantime, and I entertain the hope; that the Prime Minister will now,` n harmony with the. sugges_t.ion_i which he threw out last year, see t to let the amendment go through vithout a vote. What I am moving or is that instead of having only he. accounts for the last nancial} ear, ending March 31, referred to] the Public Acc.ounts.'Comm.ittee, we shall refer to it the accounts of last ear and the accounts ofpthe pre- ceding year as well, together with- he Au s "reports - fori those two `years; and I do so be~ arise, in my experience and that of{ tier hon. members, occasions arisei hen i.t is necessary to go back, urthe_r than one year. And .if;we eep in mind ` The Great Object to be Served, - amely, that the people should know, 'hat the people s representatives are! oing with the people s money, iti oes not seem at all unreasonable hat we should have at least-two K ears accounts referred to the Com-] = ittee. This is a reform, _and itis ne of a good `long list required` in - he Public Accounts `Committee. or instance, does it not seem that hen these accounts are the ac- ounts of the government and there 5 a majority of the committee sup-i or.t.itng the government. it would] '. more seemly, more. in accord ith the tness of things. and more ikely to let the people knowexactly` hat is being done bv the `govern- - ent, ,if we hada chairman selected )y the men who are mainly active `n invest.igatin.g our public -accounts. hie inc .fi1n no-anlvinn C;-(I'|nu....I 2.. L`..- ` L'l.Il\alI\rL- aIl\I LIILII D\V\ll LIIILLIILII. LL yis not often the good fortune of parents to .be able to gather under the parental roof all the members of their family after they have grown-up, married and have gone. in some cases, to. far distant homes. L 5-I-l:|l\\o .|..a stipation. Death of Mrs. Robt. Stewart. .;if;atV lasts 10` 'f~'.~-VBet ter% give :it-:va;f1yL'yvou}_ time ...than 3 gggd (. it- V fqqlislgly. 3 UI 113.115 \./d.L' vunc. FRANK VJ. CHENEY. he llll. rnvotl-an ullllll line. 73 el: toi EAS1 u '1uvt::9`LIgat1ng' _our public -accounts. Ffhiis is `the practlce followed in Eng- an . -7 , ------no -lovvvuvnns, DVIIIVBLIIIGQ. 7 The right hon. gentleman is very] loquent at times ..in `pointing to` ritisah precede-nt-`--when. it suits `him but when it does not suit him, he ollows it at a very respectful dis-` ance. What does the right hon;; entleman think of that as a precede-. nt? Would it not be apt to-give, he people a better chance of know- ng what the government: `is doimg? (]11`(`. `if nnt kn nninulol-A:-I LA nI:!I ",5 vvuau nu UVCll|'lllCl'lL '15 U.U'llI1g1' - {Would it not be calculated to give the people more condence in the] udit supposed to .take place in the! E ub1ic Accounts Committee? Well, [I will come again next -year, the rime"Ministe1_- will have time .to consider it in the meantime,` and` I hen I come next yea:-,wif we have. ot a general election in the mean--; ime, I shall appeal to the right hon.` `_ entleman, and if we have had a_ eneral election, I will appeal to the. \ on. leader of the opposition,,a`s to. hether it would` not befbefteryto` we this reform brought` about; j Fewer Men and` Better 3 T here. are other_ :Ai.impr'ovetnen':t_si' hat we ought to ehave;fone offth-je,p1`_ as suggested` last `year; e-that"'1_s,.l..;;*1n, egard to the enormou-s_;nutnbe1f-"?;of:; en we have on f :l`tha.t 'iici:_o;;1ft11'1 tte oes the right ghpn = the '-`Flt '-v --.--- w- --- -vv-vvv ------ ---- v---v v. cu-cu Some of the Liberals stayed._..from j over the Conservatives. ,That majorityf ---Edi,torial in Advancelof eDe.c".A 23nd; `I9'io..':; Mr. Warburton moved: That the 'ister,' '1' ublic accounts of the iscal .year'opoSsibl nding 31st March, 1910, and volumes.` done i: I ne and two of the AI1_ditO'l"_-GVV!`l.C!'a.1."s; we-hax Report of the same `period he refer- work? ted" to.` the Select Standing Co2 nIi1'it'- present tee on `Public Accounts. V` .. `for A ye If 1 the government wexje h Vqnest._th`ere _v'jro_u1d {be no:-;_eas_.o'\1: _._to7 r.,efuse-. the`, request of Mr. Lennox. Evi`-'_ dently the Premier `is fearful 'tht' s m"ethix_ig w illhVl3e fdithdh4b1'1t}_` "`f`Dr. Reid, of Grenville, hit the nail on the head when he s tatedlt_ha_t_,_if,_ jg iwilftid `Lauer .1 -efused .tO ajvmwi an, inquid;-ye into these expehditures A he must be in league with the't.hi,< -v ;'ahd robbers 'of7the nhblie- fin -`se. ' 5` ` V - C.....A At LL- T IL,._..I_ _A.____.I J`,,_-,. L`, J...... V uvv r----v--- The `reason for this .motion-.Vw_as th at'oecasionaily;ithereiisi.aii'.<}ifieofnp1eted eicpendi-tureit in oneV_o'f the an; nual reports. The next `year ` the __ expenditure will be `c__ontinue_d; -?:but "the 15y(hol".iter`n.?cannot, [be gone.-into because the previous ac-count cannot be referred to; T_a_ke=an ..1'ns`tance. Th'e_?Nationa.1 Transeonitinental rail-_ way. is costing the country many`mil1ions.' =Subseuentyinforniationkiiowsy that there has been _ a sus,- picious outlay more than a year Aago, and the P ui}Iie .Aecou1}ts`*Committe,e would, like to ..nd '-out ifthe people s money. was` -honestly spent, But the _Gover_;'1m'e`nt sgys` no. Only the accounts` o_f'*the. current year can be examined. - v " - ` - I ~ f "SIR -WILFRPD LAURIER"sems to bekv 'olo`si;jg'_hi.-.o.`o1d"9`adroiti1;;[j other day in opposing a motion bVy"~4o,H-aughto`njLiinox, `:,.A)_'`f'o..TSh,i_x`1_1_%c,Q,.eV,"fhaf should be_allowed to refer to a<:_cou_z`1ts_ii,n_ the _rA11ditor-G:n' :_i:;lr;l s">- -xfport_ year as at pres?-ht. ' `- " ' ` " - ` * n-L. -._ a. 1.1.2. _..-u_,_ ;__-_ u_ -..-"____:;`;__n,, u-_f :, -:..`.,-_4A,~'_-`~_ R1`EItf':v;; test ` ' le British Precedent, _ Sometimes; . ht... ._.',..LL 1. -_- Government Were _ A % v A H H M m..1>.--'n.a Necessity .for#Vnetm%w"ini %nese&rans%%:;j;.uaato%eceneraI'sReponV % % V ` bad breath-these are some stipatlon. The%%m:1d,3ens;bI_g,V% 52+ reliable rgmedy is ` V J ~ I . ' 3" V"-v-""". `--.`. . I E ' Organized Opposition - | `such as we have witnessed in thatl committee in the `last ten years. Sci lwe need not go back to 1896 in I search of an answer to my argument. It.may be said, why not come to` the.House `from time to , time as oc- casion arises? i `L An Hon. Member:---Hea.r, hear \ 'Mr. Lennox--The Hon. gentleman- ,_who says -hear", hear, may not bein ,the habit of attending the Public l Accounts acommittee, We cannot, come to the House when the occa-| sion arises, because we are _met.by the rule that.fo_rbids' discussion in the House upon _a matter ..penvding before~a committee; when wemovei in -thecommittee for enlarged pow-I ers, we are voted down; when. we move to have the matter`:-eferred to_ the House, we are met with" the statement that -unless we close the investigation, and therefore render our application to `the House use- less, we cannot refer it to the House. So we are .on the horns of` a dilem- ma, either to _ refer the matter - to the House and `have .nothing- to deal with,.or to take the measure of justice accorded by the committee, `which is no justice at all. Again, , I would not want to refer it tothe 1 House from time-to time for `another reason- Db the vmembers _of the` Government, when-` they talk about hastening the session, really mean .it? Do` they watgt short sessions? .If they do, why should we `have ap- Iplications from day today.` or week ito week, or `even, two or three in, a session, `which .will involve `half a. `day's discussion` when the :mat`ter I could be _settled at once ; by `allow-. ling sufficient latitude` to the Public` ., Acc9ur_1Its Committee. 4 -If'the _ Prime. {Minister would - I I ister`,"'rea:1ize that it is absdlutely jm-A: 5 possible eVver..A.tAo `have . ig.ient' `work . done in that comrrii_t'te'e so :lox_1'g' as` e_ wehave 82` nien sitpposed to djthe, ' I may` bef "told that ' `the, present method-has been followed years_ and sanctioned `by. the} r'Conservative par_ty.~ '.I- admit it, but Iwgo n_ot care abO_u_t that. We are : `lxvmg In a.pro'gress1ve age; but as_- [regards givmg the people - v A, I . - -v A an ' . . in - . - . Chance: to Look I __ at what. is being done, we are not. living under -"a progressive `govern-7 l; ment. `I am in-.fa'vor of agivmg tlhe'~ people`-a chance, through,..their,r,e,' presentatives, ,of auditing. the ,pub i li: accounts as fairly and fully as . the circumstances will admit. What might have been `a tolerable system in 1896, when our total expenditures` `did not exceed andhwhen Iabuses were rare, suggestions of dis-' `honesty rarer, -and proof of , dis-! `honesty rarer still, becomes an im! tolerable, system and a great V d_an-._ `get when` we , are `spending, accord- ing to"the estimates brought down, `with supplementary estimates `to be |added, no `less, perhaps, than $144,- 1ooo,ooo and when startl-in-g and cog- ` ent evidence ofvjdishonestv and graft. . Rassails from every side, What , might have been a fair and workable lsystem m_ 1896, when supporters of :the government vried with members half of the people, to drag to light any isolated case of dishonesty or wrong-doing that might have aris- en, becomes intolerable- when we of the opposition, as -auditors on be} have members `of the government assembling in the Public Accounts Committee and concurring in and sanctioning, if not conniving at, a system _of premediated and i yv---v `I unII\j SV \what takes place in that Public Ac-_ counts `Committee during one week,` he could do more `good than'he' has ever done in three sessions in the House of Commons, `by -reforming the methods -followed there. " Mem- bers .rea.hze that if an` imve-stAig`at`io_neI can be staved o till near the endsof the ' session, * it- wi,ll 1_1_otr ..be held at [ .31-1, and- `the fesult is._,;.tha`t '[_th`e; `m at_t_er as ta;lk1ed.J*oyt. C .,It 1;:1'>"}.` ehaipizsns; . that s: a . pghlxc wqgk bfeen . ii`{shje.d`. -_ - `----v--V r.-.--- `tile and/:so_`the Premier cou_ld onlj mustr a.majority'< is dwindling`steadily. "The -Premier seems `to have lost his up and; See." .A_ AI- '- the for L >` i;.:.'t.;-r Signicance . ;_of some of the payments begins to maniiest ifcse'lff. So if we are con-` ;-afronted with the rule that we:--can ; investigate only. the transactions of f a single -year`, we have perhaps to ,'plunge~into the middle_ of a. trans- ~,actio n that has.no `beginning and 1. that may have no ending at the time. f,We are bound by 't~his'artica.I' rule, `which never" had 5 its origin-'- in sound. principle,..and is utterly unrea- sonable, .vwhe,n_ |trransation`s_ are so" numerous and so gigantic as those that relate to `Canada-at the present time.- .I was going to say that_,_we have a.lo t of free traders-_ on the gather side of _the House. I~do not jknow whether we have any or, not. ! "Sir T nun-inc-:\lrn Ln...`-.. ..n...n A Wall Against ,thejPe_ople,' ;_to shut -the people outfrom a know- lledge of their transactions-, many of he1nblnefa;'iot;ls, dishonest, a]ndhindhe= ; ensr e, 1 t ey came to ig t--' e i and they have builded. a wall higher , than. Haarnan s gallows and thicker , [and stronger than the walls of - the i I.au'.'3cr .tower;_. andbehind that wall ; l_11.eI'c cower `such ' men as the double 1 named Leopold-Lazarus and the men of the North Atlantic. Trading.Com- pany, -of the Carbide `Companies, of the`.Sub-Tau-getGun Company, and of the R-obbins Irrigation -Company; and the Adarn`son s, and the `Bur- rows_an_d_the 'VVa'lberges, a d- the 1lcIears'_ons, an-dd tIl1e`hI[".o`:lg the erwms, an t in t e _ 0 "g6/S, and the Mc_Av.i.ty s. and the Gallo- wayherd-,_ia'll feeding, at` the public .t`x;ouh at the expnse %f`.the hpelople to 't is country. oeseto re rig t. on. gentleman want that kind of thing to continrue? `The 82 men who were appointed on- that committee a.re. 82 auditors appointed to look after the people s-money, to audit the public accounts, to get at the bot- tom.of'th`ing's.to nd out what has- `becn, done and Itto tell the epeoole. That ,is~cons.titutionally our po,s:ition.- I_-Iasit .been:"*-done`?-We on this `side owthe` House ,hav efstri.ven to do it arid haverbeen blocked and__ pt1event- c_d *b,v hop.... ._. gentlemen .. supporting ` my right "hon. ` . ' g ` A` A Stra-.ight: Challenge. ._I ' ,_wi'lli _.'aslc.' ,.1,h` . Prime .Minister,- '1 wil~l_'ask ,th e.h`on;'1g`e'n.tle1nen on._tl1e `other iside o_-`r'- A ,the:j .;;House,;.; _;to look Il>.ack. ,and:73ay' rwsma \. of _.th]emI, ` i `tlley can '5st.-: ;:}1'<.i`u <;>ti<:fn T %T *h9fh:n%%:$*Vai? F uu uu: uulcr sxue `now. Mr. Lennox-That is good. .We have some gentlemen one this side of the House who do, to a greater extent than the hon. members on that side of the House, realize what is the true meaning of the National Policy, and if that is what the First Minister means, I quite agree with him, But you have the men who were for years talking about pull- ing down walls and letting down bars and all that kind of thing, prin- cipally to let the . product-s of the`, United Sta-tes come in and overrun the`. markets of the Dominion of , Canada. What do you say to talk- ling down the `wall now, removing \these bars and letting the peopley :have a look in--the, people whose ]moneys are being spent? Would it mot be reasonable, is there any good reason why it should not be done? I have` heard the Right Hon. the Leader of the House (Sir Wil- frid Laurier) talk of :Haaman s gal- lows and its `immense height. He and his Governmen`t"in- the" Publicl `Accounts Committee have builded i .v------3..-v -V slaw ywvylu. ` . W .1`1:asV[being%thw conditi`on~ or wings, ;..-I gdew bgxtla case showing. the _n_c_gssity1_- f($r'~ ~ r_AOrm and for`? asking` thw ~ ef:1r_;..[ tp4`day; J x,` >-_ a . .a.n-d _p_5id fol:-~ in `the Sani.e- `n: year,%an"d it is not until an ace `runs into the second or third that. the gufes take on form- cblofan t-he . ngnuw wucunclr we na._ve any or not. `S1: Wllfnd Laur1er-We have some on -the ot!1er s1de now. '_ z jP_L1b1Vi.c" T`./Xcc`dun-tvs -Commifntee twoyears back instead of `one Paid `a Li4st_%f~soo1i5sn thing th!.. ' "l'L-Ll2-. _ Ylnllllnliu ne` Vnan_ciaV1r account third year` *o_f` 25. 5 head. 1 A =Creemor_e S_tarV--A farmer` who is` ,an enthusxastxc fnend of 'Creemore.' '_.B;ut_ter $208_.o8; eggs $47.84; oultry g-$72.38, makmg a total of $3 .30, or weekly cash market,` hands The Star the following gures for the pro- duce he sold for the pasit ten months: __nv_early $40 per month. The butter! averaged 22%c. per poud for the -ten, montths, and eggs 195/2c. per doz.l DAILY} sou salt. 3 VICEF0RBARRIE! Pelerlaoro Navigation _Co.' Will mi ~ ~ Line of Bbats on lak"Sincoe. % Touchsnaneayat The petition to Creemore < 'for the local option _repea.1 contained 70 names, but _< `votedffor it. ` ' ft in eve etal ? Jas. Knox, a resident of Stayner was granted a franchise for lighting the streets of `Stayner and sale of light to "private houses, at the recent mumcipal electnons. . ';1l`heVpros1`Jecttis of the VPeterb6r- cough? '_and Lake` Sinicoe Navigatin ..Co..1="Limi*ted; has 1.>een%. %i%ssi1ed. .LTThe* .C9ui8aqy' has. :.aqu`nred Ttlu: _;eet`. ;o f \.:,$}i:,7}, ,, _ _ . f=;.:.mliludmy:gthcastea _ g _, . tabee jN.airiga`tiO'i1i.`,;C,0-; I.-'.i7mi't~ :- m ` S Duatiqn and Fourth Classes gave a creditable presentatnon of The Mer- The students of Elmvzile Cont-in-` chant of Venice on Degzember 2Ist.[ rnnfsuuu auxua Dulllcu. ' _ he most disastrous re that has ever visited Alliston since 1891, hap- pened on Sunday morning, Jan. 1st, when the A'lliston Flour Mills.- owned by Parke:-`Bros. and operated by Mr. Geo. Parker, were complete- ly destroyed. The mill, - which was built in 1853, contained .a consider- able quantity of flour and other manufactured goods. aswell as about 3000 bushels of _w_heat. The total` loss is about $15,500, pary in- ;sured. .The origin of theere is a mystery. but it is thought an over- `heated boxing may have caused _it. lThe mill will, no doubt, be rebuilt, I las it is a ne site." i. k ~ ` ' I ; Mr. `W. B. Sanders, of Stayner, ;died suddenly. lasj Wednesday "even- Ving `while avttendmg to the furnace. A _c1ose _cg11. _ ` NOTE--This reasonable ; reform was voted down. To their credit be it `said some Liberalsbolted and the` Gov.ernmentwa.s only able to secure %a nmajprity of.24. V T ! Messrs. McGuire, `Sheath `and Rut- ?ledge were elected village trustbes of Elmvaleu ` ` _ I Ex-Mayor Wallace of Allistoni treated his colleagues and the town, officials to `an oysterv supper recently.` " ()'r-1`,e'"ni;}.1.tlast week T..M:_`.` T. A. Aitken discovered, a small maize in the oor under the fo_rge in his `foun- Generai sWreport for the yar ended 31st March 1909. gston Mills Burned. L A ...q:-una. J}... .-.L.._'... County N ews yA.s` -Gl'e_ane a ffromA Our Ext/zanges Council i l by-V-iaw only 64 I ! I `side of the new armoury fortunate.` -equipment escaped injury. The blaze which had broken out in the-north-east end of.the build- ing',' was discovered a few minutes before seven o clock and at the time was burning ercely, the dry pine woodwork of the interior nishings proving excellent ,fue1. -An alarm was quickly responded to by the re- men .and ere many of the citizens had made their way through the drizzling rain to the park thereg was out and the damage was done.` The loss on the building will not: be heavy, amounting probably to a! couple of hundred dollars. The! moseserious loss was suffered byl Capt. G. McLean's Company B of the; local militia, whose stores were in the armoury on the upper -storey. These are practically all destroyed, the heavy coats and vrnuchof the, other uniforms being totally de- stroyed, while some of the equip- ment was injured by smoke and water. -Company D and the Boys Brigade which occupied the west 1 were more` With the exception of a! number ' of drums- being slightly` damaged by smoke, their stores and Tn l",1 1` A ,,,j IO!` U}; LICUI-81611. nay, auu .vu,c V:- sa. In addition to.the tourist and {passenger traffic, which is already >large,`..;.the4x:e [is `an immefnse hmount of.-`-_e1ghtVAtb Vhangdle, which includes no only. m e'rcha-n.dise,_ but , 'a.ll,kinds bf fq ,_and;:minra1_ products. Mr, ` R _`f_` hp-recent1y~~be- sted in V th Co? -and -to: I on - vooannol --v E Stayner -`S'un--Am leasinge event: ttook place at the residence of M:-.. ?and Mrs. Ira Spicher, Sunnidale, ;when their family consisting of 'two "sons and ve daughters gathered `around the festive board with two: |.sons-in-law, two daughters-in-law and mag grand.-children. Those pres-I dry " and extinguished. it, as he ent were: .\Irs.A.- Naylor and daugh- thotight, with a pail of water. Late "CF59 .iVi3 and Margafet and 50" at night Mr. Aitken thbught he` Melville, of Owen Sound: Mrs. Alex. , . Ste henson and Miss Mazbel. Allis- should take another look to see that ton? M1-_ and Mrs. F. H. Stringer, everything was all right and dis- Port Dover; Mrs. F. J.` Hill and covered -that the re had re-kindled children, Hazel and Harry. Allan and was burning briskly. Had he dale; Mr. and Mrs. J. Pilkey and {not taken the precaution t_o reassure sons Charles and Bertie, Flos; Mr. himself the foundry would probably: and Mrs. Jos. Spicher and j children have been burned.--Alliston Herald.| Norman, Earl and Ottlean, and Mr. ' - ` land Mrs. W. E. Spicher and child- I - s - -` _ ren, May,` Gladys, Christina and New Far Bmldmg scrch d' Walter of~ Sunnid-ale. On the fol- _The new exhibition building in thel - - `town park at Collingwood had al i31(;1t?)rg;%; agat1?g:.yWa-Etgizier `thgi 3a"w escape fmm `de5"'t:in by! a. photo was taken,of Mr. aiid Mhrs. ire-n' Sunday evenmg , Spicher. and their seven children. It N ` Thp H1379 uyl-link I1-:24-I In-nlznn nuf in A4. ..a,... at... ....\..,I :,...a....-.. A ltrips between Orillia, Barrie, Jack-I son s Point, Beaverton, and Game-! Tbridge. At ` the `latter place, `con-` nection will be made for Bobcay-l geon, where_an_.oher steamer willl `run'tlu?0ugh to Peterborough -andl `Rice Lake daily. This delightful Watetjway, which is perhaps one of the &- xfnostl picturesquely delightful oxi Vtl1e continent, .. will . thus be jtllrown openjto toutistis. The early : c_n!npl'eti of _the 1` T;-ent_Va11ey. :ACgn_a1_. |:ias..r_1 ow ahssured-, .a`_rd~ when` 'fth1;s;: __1}.-; _` -acc_2.x`ni)li.shec_1H the Cpmpamyfs =`~t;e,a;1ns:rs ' wm, lcasve, ifehgeg daily tliel.`Georgxan_" -Bay; ean*d;-mc Iver- V ~-1.~;;.;--:.`.i.x;a:.:'.....-v'....;`. oh`. +m.'.;:.- :4.-.A . -- - --up --------3 twvg g-gyggg '." I The new town Collingwood narrow escape -destruction fire_ on evening. =' I FBI 1: 1' v`--r-_----- v..._...`,-., ___,___ T I Since the re Lt.-Co1.Bruce and Capts. Dugt}_i.dg and McLean pre- ~ pared ax;-eport of the loss and have; forwarded it to the Depar-tgnent at` O_ttawa.--Co11ingwood Bulletm. l A Family Re-Union. State of Ohio, City of Toledo, SS. . Lucas County. ! Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is senior partner of the rm of -F. J. Cheney & Co.. doing business in the City-of Toldeo. County and State aforesaid,` and that said rm will pay` the sum of ONE HUND- RED DOLLARS for. each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use `of Ha11 s Catarrh Cure. DDAKTV `T fLI'l4`T\TT4`V -Svorn" to be;c>-r-e` -1-11;` a1'1;l-_s1*1l>is7cxT-ib- ;ed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A.D. I886. (Seal) %.~ -F % j.A..w. GLEASON, ' W , N n+ni-1r pnhn I notary IUUHU. ' I Hal1 s x`Cata1'.rh Cure is, taken in~ ternally, `and acts directly `V on the `blood and mucous [surfaces of the .syste'rn. Send -for testimonials 1-ee. e _ ` F.i~ J-~.~Cheney & C0,, Tqledo, O, j;So1d- ;by'I`)`rug'gists,V V - ` Take. /Ha.]l s `.I~faxi;_i_1y;'\`B11`I~'{or,gcQn- i Bradford Witness-After weather- ling the storms and vicissitudes of {life for 82 years, Lucy U. Marsh, be- loved Wife `of Mr. Robert Stewart. isuccumbed -to a stroke of paralysis ton Tuesday, Dec. 27th. Owing to her advanced age and the ever- changing nature of our population, the deceased lady was personally ~known. to few besides her neighbors .and our older residents, but all who ever camein contact with her were '. impressed With` her kindly person- ality and her sterling Christian char- acter. .The deceased was first mar- .ried to -the late vEdward Bingham, their children being Messrs. Robert and -John `B. Bingham. Mrs. B. F. Kendal and Mrs. Monk, the latter ibeing? with her at the time of her death. Some time after the death of Mr..Bing-ham she was wedded to Mr. Stewart, and to the latter s child- ren shehas always been as their own mother. The funeral took place on Thursday to Mt. Pleasant ceme- pall-bearers were three grandsons. Charles, Walter and Roland `Kendal and three step-sons, Frank, James and George Stewart. Other out-of- town` friends were Mr. Jas. Dicker. Aurora; Mr. Ed. 'Shear.Allandale; and Mr- and .Mrs. A.` Garrett, .T0- ronto. The services were c0nducte(l by Revs. F. Smith and 1- .Burl_ `er, Mrs. Stewart being _a staunch ladherent of the Presbyterian church. very and was largely attended. The Fine {or} subaebu uni-Ir Dn-