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o _ Ib is nob my purpose in this letter to enter into details regarding the early days of Roseville ; but I will confine myself to giving sketches of those most prominently responsible for the life of the village at present. Eow the village originated and incidents conâ€" nected with the early days of this section in general, will form the subâ€" ject for a letter in the near future. WM. BEATIIE. The village contains only one mer cantile establishment, but it is apparâ€" ently adequate to supply all needs of the villagers and farmers in the immeâ€" diate vicinity. In this establishment is located the post office and the Bell Telephone. In the latter the village has communication with all important points. Mr. Wm. Beattie is the pro prictor and manager of this establishâ€" ment, and for one without competition, is very accommodating and obliging to all who visit his store for the purchase. of merchandise or have mail to receive and send. Like many others, he has had misfortunes to contend with, and especially in regard to precarious health, having on several occasions stood the test of painful and dilecate operations. But he is apparently still in the ring and his jovial disposition would indicate to the stranger not acquainted with the facts, that he is a pbysically sound man. In addition to bis mercantile business, Mr. Boattie is quite a poultry fancier, being a breeder of white Plymouth Rocks, light Brahâ€" mas, black Langshans and silverâ€"laced Wyandots. _ His light Brahmas are the finest lot of birds I have had the pleasure of inspecting for many a day. He has certainly a number of fine prize winners. Doring my visit he disposed of several pullets of the latter breed at & handsome figure to Mr. Wixon, travâ€" elling representative of the Masseyâ€" Harris Co. _ Mr. Beattieo has been in business here about nine years, having given up farming on account of ill bhealth,. He has purchased an incubator with a capacity of 100 eggs, and will try his luck hatching chicks by the wholesale. a palatialâ€"like appearance. A more practical system of farming hbas also been adopted, the land being in a higher state of cultivation and convenâ€" iently laid with good fences, etc. I doubt, taking everything into considerâ€" ation, if there is an agricultural section anywhere in the world to surpass this. I hope it will not be taken as an asserâ€" tion savoring of exaggeration when 1 say that, barring the greabt wheat belts of Manitoba and the Northwestern States, it will be difficult to find a section where such prolific yields of ‘wheat are obtained. In the production of fat cattle for export and thoroughâ€" breds it can easily compete with any portion of Ontario. It has been over thirty years since the time I last was in Roseville, but after locating the old landmarks I find that time has made but few changes, excepting those of the population. Many of those who were then in the prime of life bave since taken their departure from the scenes of their life work and are either living in otber localities or have joined the silent majority. Bub while the village has not made many conspicuous changes, vust improvement is prominently perâ€" ceptible in the farming community surrounding it. Old frame farm resiâ€" dences have been replaced by splendid brick structures, many of them having As your special correspondent has for the past few days been enjoyâ€" ing the hospitality of this venerable village he will forego, for the time being, his sketches of the village of Doon. While the latter aro not by any means concluded, their being much interesting historical data yeb to come, he has deemed ib advisable, for variety‘s sake, to give the readers of the CHRONICLE a few notes regarding this section. Its Live Business Men â€" Descripâ€" tion of the Magnificent Durham Herd otf Messrs Fried & Son â€" A Model Farm. D W, CLEMENS This gentleman is frequently called the "leader of the village." The term is indeed very applicavle in this case for hbe is mainly responsible for the business life of the village, and pays out many dollas annually for labor. e is thoroughly enterprising, and would be a prominent figure in a large town,. He has been operating his sawâ€" mill here about twelve years. In an ordinary season ha has turned out from a half to a million feet of lumber in a year. He does a large amount of cusâ€" tom sawing for the farmers throughout & wide section, and also deals extensiveâ€" ly in shingles. He employs on an average, from ten to twelve men, and has one of the best equipped saw mills in the country. Mr. Clemens was born here in 1857, and a more popular citi zen never lived in any community. He has contrived several very conâ€" venient additions to his saw mill for convenience‘s sake. Among these is an apparatus for raising circular saws and setting them in position for filing. Ib may also be added that Mr. Clemens is a worthy member of the township council, A shorb walk west of the village brought me to the fine twoâ€"hundredâ€" acre stock farm of the above well known firm. I was induced to visit this place by the flattering reports of the large herd of splendid thoroughbred and grade Durham cattle kepb and bred there and the numerous prizes awarded them in the face of compotiâ€" tion with some of the leading thoroughâ€" bred stock breeders in this country and the United States. Mr. Fried lives on the old homestead, where he was born, and has lived ever since. His son, Allen, lives on the adjoining farm forâ€" merly owned by the late Joseph Evans, once an old and familiar character in this reighborhood, The late Samuel ROSEVILLE, FRIED & son. Fried, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Bucks County, Pa., Aug. 5, 1804. In March, 1825, he, in company with others, walked to Canada, the trip requiring thirteon days. He settled on a farm near Blair, which is now a part of the old Wilkes‘ estabe. He removed, however, in a few years, to Blenheim township, Oxâ€" ford county, and settled on the farm now occupied by the son, and where he died, Nov. 3, 1876. The old barn is still in a good state of preservation. Messrs. Fried & Son have been in the cattle breeding business for quite a number of years, aund there are none in Ontario who have been more succesâ€" ful. _ For an admirer of splendid speciâ€" mens of the bovine family, it is a delightful and instructive pastime to visit their stables. While they have a large number, and nov an inferior one in the lot, I will merely allow space to mention several of. their specialties and prize winners : Blenheim Oherry (21,756) calved Jan. 5th, 1892, on the Fried farm, is a mountain of hide and tallow, weighing nearly 2,100 pounds. Sho was the winner of the prizs abt the Provincial Fat Stock Show at Brantford, and 1st prize at the Oxford F. 8. S., Ingersoll, 1897. I am informed from reliable authority that ib is the oldest bank barn in Blenâ€" heim township. It was erected during the dark days of the rebellicn in 1837 and a thrilling incident is connected with its consbruction. One of the workmen put up a small American flag upon the comb of the frame. It was an act that meant trouble for the perâ€" petrator, but it suddenly and mysterâ€" iously disappeared when several British officers came in search of the objectionâ€" able emblem, Roan Lilly, a remarkably handsoms creature was the winner of first prize abt the Provincial Fabt Stock Show, Brantford, 1897, and 1st prize at the Oxford Fat Stock Show, ‘Ingersoll, 1897. That Mr. Fried is thoroughly experâ€" ienced in feeding for the market, there is ample proof in the rapid increase in flesh made by "Lookâ€"Meâ€"Over." His weight on Jan. 1st was 1,030 pounds, and by the follo wing December he had gained 870 pounds. Honess Billy, a prize winner from tha ground up, won first premium at the Provincial Fat Stock Show, as a calf under one year old, and first prize at Oxford, LS.S., Ingersoll, 1897, as a yearâ€"old. Weight, 1,200 pounds. Oxford Rose (2,826), a most superb animal. She was easily awarded 1st prizo at the Guaelph Fat Stock Show as a twoâ€"yearâ€"old heifer, and Jubiles Sweepstakes, 1897. She tips the beam at 1,800 pounds. s 2 t Sbow Flake, pure white, and as perfect in shape and form &s an anim+1 could be, is going on two years. She weighs 1,500 pounds, and carried off 1st prize at the Provincial F.S.S, Brantford, 1897, and 1st prizo at the Oxford Fat Stock Show, Ingersol1,1897. She has thirteen 1st prizes to her credit. Lookâ€"MeOver won 1st priz> as a two yearâ€"old grade steer at the Provinâ€" cial Fat Stock Show, Brantford, 1897, and as a best steer, any age, and first Special Challenge Cup at Ingersoll, 1897.. This animal weighed 1,900, and at Brantford the Champion Fat Steer of the United States was beaten by him. Were I to take the space to describe propsrly each animal, in the large herd of grades and thoroughbreds now being fed and cared for at the three barns of Messrs. Fried & Son, it would monopolize the entire editioa of Ths Crroxicer _ Oa the lower farm occuâ€" pied by the son Allen, is a herd well worth the time to go and see. One thing in particular that attracted my attention on this occasion was the stable of splendid large horses in tha finest condition. Nine cases out of ten where the breeding of thoroughâ€" bred cattle is the leading feature, you will fiad the horss stable sadly neglected. . Carry, also a perfect beauty, won 2nd prize as a calf at the Guelph F.S.S , 1897. ~__JOHN H. THAMER, Just across the county line from Mr. Fried‘s farm is the magnificent 140â€"acre farm of Mr. Jesse Clemens, now leased by Mr. Thamer. Talk about your model and experimental farms as you like, but I must award the preâ€" mium to this place over any other I have yet visited in Waterloo county. Upon the premises is a splendid barn 63x100 feet, a straw shed 45 feot squsre, and a magnificent brick residence with all the latest modern improvements, while near by is the old original residence, and ths material is already on the ground for the erection of a wagon and machine shed, 35x45 fest. The barn is equipped with a large wind mill, the power of which is utilized in driving the machinery consisting of feed chopper, corn cutter and corn husker. The latter are all of the latest improved pattern, and to judge by the large amount of feed coosumed on this farm, they are indispensable, The facilities are ample for grinding all the feed necâ€" essary for the large herds kept on hand for fattening. Mr, Thamer has for some time been engaged in buying and fattening cattle for export. Just a short time prior to my visit he sent out & choice lotb consisting of thirtyâ€"two head to Boston for export, and has now on hand twenty seven head,. ‘The average weight of those shipped was 1,300 pounds each. En the lot on hand I noticed a fine twoâ€"yearâ€"old steer, that tips the beam at 1,500 pounds, and a Durham calf, six months old, that weighs 600 lbs. He hss also several fine Daurham cows that average from 1,300 to 1,400 los each. In my rounds through this stable I came across quite a freak of nature in the shape of & pure white Durham calf, that made its arrival but a few days previous. The dam of this beautifal little creature is a dark red heifer, and the sire a roan. I also noticed among the lot a fine thoroughâ€" They Are Dated Seven Centuries Before Mosesâ€"Poetical Record of the Flood Which Differs Somewhat From the Acâ€" count Given In Genesis. â€" IMPORTANCE OF THE TABLETS DIS COVERED BY PERE SCHELL. The announcement by Pere Scheil, the French Assyriologist who has given so much time to study of the collections in the museum at Constantinople, that he had discovered a Babylonian account of the deluge much older than Moses was so interesting to the Biblical stuâ€" dent that we asked the discoverer for an account of it. He kindly consented, and his accountâ€"the first published in America and, we think, in Europeâ€"will be of no little interest. Every Biblical scholar knows that the Hebrew account of the deluge found in Genesis has been paralleled by two Babylonian accountsâ€"one that of Beroâ€" sus, a Babylonian historian, whose narâ€" rative has been handed down to us by early Greek Christian writers, and the other that found on Assyrian tablets by George Smith. Both resemble and yst both differ from the Genesis story. Biblical critics have differed as to the age of the Biblical story, the more conâ€" servative holding that, being written by Moses, it is older than his time and was incorporated by him into the book of Genesis, while the newer school of critâ€" ics were until the discovery of the Telâ€" elâ€"Amarna tablets inclined to believe that the story Wwas borrowed from Ninâ€" eveh or Babylon at the time of the capâ€" tivity or not long before it, at which time the book of Genesis was written. The discovery by George Smith of a full postical account of the deluge on tablets in King Assurbanipal‘s library at Nineysh was of immense interest, but it did not assure us of the age of the deluge story among the inhabitants of the Euphrates valley, for it was on tabâ€" lets written in Assurbanipal‘s reign, that is scarce 600 years before Christ. To be sure, these were said to be copied from tablets in Babylonian libraries, but we did not know how old these original tablets were. Besides the delâ€" uge story was on the eleventh tablet in a long poem, compiled in 12 books, one for each month, in a quite artificial way, and might belong to a comparaâ€" tively late period of religious and litâ€" erary syncretism. The original Babyâ€" lonian tablets, from which the Assyrian copies were made, were much desired. Now Pere Soheil has made the disâ€" covery. To be surs, the record on the tablet does not amount to much, it is such a fragmentary bit, but it is large enough to make sure that the tablet conâ€" tained the story of the deluge, and, most fortunately, the most important part of all is preserved, the colophon, with the date. It is dated in the reign of Ammiâ€"zaduga, king of Babylon, and we know that he reigned about 2140 B. C. That is, we have here a precious bit of clay on which was written a postical story of the deluge, seven centuries beâ€" fore Moses and about the time of Isaac or Jacob. That is enough to makeâ€"the discovery memorable. We learn posiâ€" tively that the story of the deluge was familiar to the common people of Babyâ€" lonia, and therefore of all the east from Syria to Persia. While the fattening of cattle for export is a prominent feature of this farm, large crops of grain are also proâ€" duced, the yie!ld of wheat alone having been as large as from one thousand to eleven hundred bushels in a season. Mr. Thamer‘s cash receipts for cattle and grain in one week have reached the sum of $4,000. Professor Sayco has lately stated, misapprehending Pere Scheil‘s oral anâ€" nouncement, that the new text verbally agrees with that discovered by George Smith, showing the care and accuracy with which the document was preserved from generation to generation, with ‘"no change even in the form of a single word." This is not the fact. This is an entirely different redaction, and Pere Scheil suggests that different cities would have their different poetical ediâ€" tions of the story. This fragment beâ€" longs to the story current at Sippara, where the fragment was found, and we may suppose that the account given by Berosus was also from the Sippara ediâ€" tion, for Berosus tells us that Xisuthrus (Noah), before the flood, buried in Sipâ€" para the records of the world‘s antediâ€" luvian history. bred Jerssy cow, in which Mr. Thamer vakes considerable pride. Before I get through with this secâ€" tion I will give some people an idea what real farming is. My next letter will also contain reminiscences of early days here. Mar. 2411.â€"Farm stock, In plemements, etc. of Jacob C. Brox, one mile north <f the Town of Waterloo. Mar. 22xp.â€"Farm Stock â€"and Implements of A Steiner, 1 mile east of Elmira. Arr. 127g.â€"Real Estate and Chattels, fo the estate of the late David B. Eby, on the Market Square, Waterloo, Mar. 28rrx.â€"Livestock and implements of Elien Jane Zinn, 1$ nviles north west of Hawksville. Arric lith.â€"Real Estate fand chattels of the late Jonas Shantz, near the G. T. R station, village cf Baden, THE DELUGE STORY. The cunciform account discovered by George Smith seems to have originated in the city of Surippak. At any rate the Noah of that story came from the Surippal. There are in that account no such passages as we have in this new fragment, which shows that we have to do with another version, we do not know how old, for it is itself a copy from a partly effaced original. This text is in poetry. It proves that the poetic construction was fixed more than 2,000 years before Christ. Each line is divided into two hemistichs, as in Hebrew poetry. The fragment is large enough to show that it is a poem full of polytheistic and i»ythical details, of which the Genâ€" esis version has been thoroughly purged, giving us a tale purely monotheistic, absolutely ethical and fit to give reliâ€" gious instruction to an unscientific peoâ€" ple in the infancy of civilization. â€"New York Independent. Waterloo County Chronicle, Thursday March 24, 1898â€"Page 8 Josrpn Mtckus, Auctioneer. THE SALES. Toronto, March 22. â€"The receipts of grain on the street market toâ€"day were small ; wheat and barley were lower. . S Wheatâ€"Easier ; 250 bushels selling at 78c to 78%c for white ; 87c for red, and 84c for goose. Barleyâ€"Easier ; 200 bushels selling at 38c. Oatsâ€"Steady ; 500 bushels selling at 34c to 35¢. Peasâ€"Were rather easier ; one load selâ€" ling at 58c. â€"}O{ay and Strawâ€"Thereceipts were small, and the market is dull and unchanged at $8 to§9 50 for hay, axlt‘l $6 to $7 for straw. ”]“)“reâ€"sée_d"}i;és)-flâ€"'Thé receipts were small ; the demand was fair and the market was firmer at $6 to $6 15. _ _ _ â€" [ssc Whoeat, white..... Wheat, red ..... ... Wheat, goose .....> Buckwheat .......~. RyG _ sove l ce rorndnn ORE® .. slsn sceane nns Peag in..srinsaiaee Barley \............ HaAyZâ€".cciviincaorese SETRAW .. .siccee ks Dressed hogs.......> K@gs ....cco. ies css Butrer, Ib._ roll8.. .. Buiter, tubs, dairy Tarkeys .........0.. Potatoes, ....â€"«.~~« Cornâ€"Steady at 31c for Canada Yellow West. American is q=oted at 36%c here. Whoeat, white................$ 78 to _ 181 W beat, red â€"s.csisaneresievicn. 87 to â€" 0J Wheat, g0088 ...... 60e 296 ++ ++ 8t to _ 00 BUCKWRCAb .. ... k.k 66. l2 nn 9++ + 31 to â€" 87 RYC nvyâ€"s0 drivmaminnareres n coens 53 to 00 Ontg n o ie 3M to 33 Butchers‘ Cattleâ€"The demand was slow, but as there were light offerings everything was sold before the close, including a lew left over from last vweek. Prices were:â€" Common to medium,2?} to 3¢;good to choice, 31 to 34c; fancy, Sic.. Toronto, March 22nd.â€"There was a lightâ€" er run of stuff and prices held their own at the Toronto cattle markets toâ€"day. Receipts were 38 cars, including 100 sheep and lambs, 1,650 hogs, 20 cows and’ a.boutwl‘.). calves. s E\(por?u Cattleâ€"The demandZwas inactiye and prices were unchanged at 445. Stockers and Feed rsâ€"There vas a fair demand for Buffalo and light stockers sold at $3.30 to $3.40 per cwt. Some half fat feeders are wanted at $3.40 to $3.65 per cwb. Sheep and Lambsâ€"There‘was a very light rur and the market was firm,. Shipping sheep and ewes sold at 3} to 3%c per lb., bucks 3¢ per Ib. Lambs were active at $5 to $5.40 per ewt. y _ > Calvesâ€"There were very few offered and prices were unchanged at $2to $8 each. Choice vca‘s are wanted. Milch Cows and Springersâ€"Dairymen are inquiring for newlyâ€"calved cows and wellâ€"forward springers. Prices toâ€"day were $25 to $40, but some choice brought $45. Hogsâ€"The offerings were fairly heavy, but jre»s were steady at $4.90 for choice singers, $4.65 for light, $4.50 for thick fat, $3 to $3 25 for sows and $2 for stags. WATEKLGOO MARKET®S. Waterloo, March 23, 1898. Wheat, .Ol4 ..vrlz....cocsssarsrrrs.8 (8E10. 84 Whest: new 2 ma en re ies ies crive in c BB 86 Wheat, old ....... Wheat, new......... Straight Flour.... .. Ocean oc ravine Middlings........ .« BIANâ€"â€".â€"â€".eresind+ Shorb8. ... â€"ncerccobe ORbEC L a oi reaaiirnh n PCRSâ€"\:.ocrcranrrnd ce HggS....croraacerene ButbOR ...â€"2 .+ im zen Hay per ton........ Potatoes por bus ... HSHMSâ€"â€".â€"rre enc r+ Shoulders perlb.... LATQ... c2sccrs ns Dried Apples....... Apples. per bbJ.... BIRTHS Smmpsonâ€"At Galt, Mar. 19th, the wife of E. H. Simpson, of a son, SrEvexsonâ€"At Gait, Mar. 18th, the wife of Wm. Stevenson, of a daugliter. ScnpE®.â€"At Berlin, Mar. 16th, the wife of Geo. Schlee, of a son. Warrinaâ€"At Berlin, Mar. 15th, the wife cf M.A. Whiting, of a s n. Brarowsk1â€"At Berlin, Mar. 7th, the wile of John Bialowski, of a daughter. Vorstnâ€"At St. Clements, Mar. 13th, wife of Peter Voisin, of a daughter. BuckiEyâ€"At Heidelberg, Mar. 14th, wife of John Buckley, of a son. 5 RosErtsoxâ€"In Woolwich, Mar. 10th, the wife of David Robertson, of a daughter. DEvitrâ€"Near West Montrose, Mar. 8th, the wife of A. W. Devitt, of a daughter. Suovurrrsâ€"At Chesterfield, Mar, 12th, the wife of Frank Shoultis, of a son. Drypprâ€"At Galt, Mar. 13th,the wile offR. S, Dryden, of a son. Scortâ€"At Galt, Mar. 13th, the wife of Jas. Scott, of a dau hter. CreEssâ€"In Mornington, Mar. Sth, the wife of August Cress of a daughter. MARRIAGES BarprHoromrwâ€"Worrrâ€"At Doon, _ Mar. 16th, by Rev. R. yvon Pirch of Berlin, Emma Matilda Wolff of Doon, to Thomas Charles Bartholomew, cf Strasburg. Brorâ€"Mirorrâ€"At Tavistork, Mr. Bell, son of \V m. C. Bell, 11th line, East Zorra, to Miss Miller, daughter of the late John N. M ller, 9th line, East Zorra. HicorsrAnpâ€"Biszrâ€"In Wilnot, Mar.15th, Chas. Hildebrand to Lydia Bier, of Wilâ€" mot. CrErar â€"HExxELLâ€" At S ratford, â€" Mar. 15th, Peter A.Crerar to Mary Henkell, both of South Kasthope. Prerrerâ€"SourEmmERâ€"In East Zorra, Mar. 9th, Conrad Pfeffer of Tavistock,to Annie Schlemmer, of East Zorra. Riskâ€"Doverntyâ€"At Galt, Mar. 16th, John Risk of Chesterfield, to Janet Doughty,of Galt. Suvrnyâ€"BAaxErâ€"At Galt, Mar. 16th, Theodore Fred Shurly to Mabel Viola Baker, both of Galt. Horsrtâ€"MartNâ€"At St. Jacobs, Mar.15th, David Horst to Mary Martin, both of St. Jacobs. Satorponrâ€"HEtusserRâ€"At Stratford, Mar. 3rd, Chas. Satchell, of Downie, to Nancy Heiusser, of Sonth Easthope, Crooxsianksâ€"Brownâ€"At Linwood, Mar. 23rd, Simon Crookshanks to Sara Brown, both of Linwood. Epyâ€"At Rosedale, Mar. 17th, Henry V. Eby, in his 74th year. Bexxixarzrâ€"At Winterbourne, Mar.llth, Lena Wissler, wife of Andrew Benninger, aged 25 years. Scirwosrkâ€"At,Berlin, Mar.11th,Mary Auna, wifa of A. Schwobe, aged 60 yeers. Scrartprâ€"At Berlin, Mar. 12th, Mrs. Emâ€" merenzia Schmidt, aged 71 years and 6 months. CogERâ€"â€"At Stayner, Mar, 3rd, Gordon Lesâ€" lie, son of Rev. P. Coter, aged 1 year 2 months and 25 days. Sommrtprâ€"In Woolwich, Mar, l1th, infant son of John H. Schmidt, aged about 5 months. ScHariptâ€"In Woolwich, Mar. 9th, son of John Schmidt, aged about 2 years. Riszkâ€"In Wilmot, Mar. 10th, Aggie Risk, aged 21 years, 7 months and 2 days. SxyprER.â€"Near Bloomingdale, March 22nd Henry Snider, aged 61 years, 8 mos and 10 days. The funeral will take place on Friday, March 25th, at 9 a.m, at the house. Huserâ€"At_ Linwood, Mar. 20th, Master John Huber,youngest son of Mrs. (widow) Huber of Linwood. GInerrczâ€"At Berlin, Mar. 21st, the inâ€" fantson ot John B. Gingrich, aged 2 days. TovcHsBourxâ€"In Blandford, Mar. 12th, Mrg, Mary Touchhourn, aged 78 years, MAREKET REPORTS FARBMERS MARKET LIVE STOCK. DEATHS aiss«. 260 _ 200 es :270 270 ces â€" 15 80 s« 60 65 s ) 70 8 00 6 00 6 00 12 17 11 F10 50 200 2 50 10 15 to to 10 9 50 7 00 6 15 13 18 16 12 784 0J 00 3T 00 C0 00 the the 00 10 16 (0 12 10 10 loss of energy which leads finally to conâ€" sumption is not always very rapid, but if it isn‘t stopped it will presently begin to saw its way into the most vital part of the body, the lungs. There would be very little consumption if every family would keep Dr. Pierce‘s Golden Medical Discovâ€" ety in the house, and use it whenever feelâ€" ing "out of sorts." _ It keeps the entire body in such a high condition of health and forcefulness that wasting diseases have no chance to get a footâ€"hold. A teaspoonâ€" ful or two before meals, in a little water, gives the digestive organism power to asâ€" similate the bloodâ€"making, nerveâ€"toning, strength â€" building properties of the food. It enables the liver and excretory system to clear the cireulation of bilious poisons and remove all waste matter from the body. It replaces worn out tissue with hard musâ€" cular flesh, and changes weakness and debility into active power and nerve force. ‘The originator of this great Discovery." R. V. Pierce, M. D., is chief consulting physician to the great Invalids‘ Hotel and Surgical Institute of Buffalo, N. Y., at the head of a staff of nearly a score of eminent associate physicians and surgeons. He has acquired, in his over thirty years of active practice, a reputation second to no living physician in the treatment of obstinate, chronic diseases. His prescriptions must not be confounded with the numerous "boom‘‘ remedies, ‘"extracts,"‘ ‘"comâ€" pounds," and ‘"sarsaparillas," which a profitâ€"seeking druggist is often ready to urge as a substitute. Dr. Pierce‘s mediâ€" cines are the product of wide experience and deep study. Any one may consult him by mail free of charge. TryIng the Pew. ‘"One of the things we have to conâ€" tend with,""‘ said a trustee of a promiâ€" nent church, ‘‘is the woman who wants to ‘try‘ a pew before renting it. Now, we have no desire to force any one to sit where sho dvesn‘t want to, or still more to sit in an undesirable pew, and we are always willing that a newcomer should test for hersolf the desirability of any pew before she decides to rent it; but when it comes to half a dozen ‘tests‘ of the same pew, only to declare that she doesn‘t like it, and followed by a half dozen more ‘tests,"‘ each of half a dozen different locations, it is tiresome, to say the least, and one becomes suspicious of the woman‘s intentions. Yet that is what, wellâ€"more women than I should vare to name make a practice of doing. ‘‘They will come here, and with the greatest show of interest and enthusiasm will consult some one in authority about taking a pew. Before deciding upon one they wish to ‘try‘ it, however, and by the process above described they go on and ‘try‘ others. Such women sometimes succeed in thus getting a free sitting in the church for a whole year, after which they rarely appear. Whethâ€" er their religious enthusiasm dies out or whether they are afraid of having adâ€" mission refused them upon the old basis I don‘t know, but a year is usually their limit. _ What becomes of them? _ Well, my private conviction is that they‘re off ‘working‘ some other church as they have ‘worked‘ us, irrespective of dogma, creed or sect.. All churches that mainâ€" tain a pew rental system suffer from this most unscrupulous method of getâ€" ting religion free.‘‘â€"New York Sun. The Beecher Absentmindedness. In her early married life Mrs. Stows wrote to her husband, ‘‘The absence of mind and forgetfulness that so often vexes you is a physical infirmity with "Tho 0. P R. has made a | big cut from Winnipeg east, me.‘‘ These words are very pathetic, illustrating, as they do, the stress of those years when mind and body were so sadly overtaxed. This absentmindedâ€" ness was one of her traits all through life and recalls an anecdote of Mrs. Stowe. One day, long after she had written "Uncle Tom‘s Cabin,‘"‘ she passed through a ferry gate and was going on her way, apparently unconscious of her surroundings, when a gentle voice said to her, ‘‘You have forgotten to pay your fare, madam.‘‘ She looked around, to meet a kindly face, as the gentleman uncovered his head before her, while his reverence for the author of "Uncle Tom‘s Cabin‘"‘ and his chivalry toward all women illumined his face. Shoe lookâ€" ed at him a moment and smiled radiâ€" antly as she laid down the fare. "I am a Beecher,"‘ she said, and with that transfiguring smile still upon her face she passed on and was lost in the crowd. What thoughts came to her as she spoke those words we may never know, but she spoke them with a simplicity that was absolutely sublime and seemed to compress in its hidden meanings the history of a mighty race. She lived many years after that, but something of the eternal calm of this absentmindedâ€" ness seemed to be always about her and a part of her existence long before she passed into the other life.â€"New York Tribune. A Boston street scene is described by The Herald of that city. The particiâ€" pants were a young woman, a horse and a St. Bernard dog. The dog, as will be seen, had the leading part. The young woman, with a handful of letters, approached a letter box post, to which some one bhad very improperly hitched a horse. As the woman stepped forward the horse put his ears down and suapped at her. Speaking to him was of no av:.:‘. and for a minute the woman looked anâ€" noyed. â€" Then she looked around, put a silver whistle to her lips and blow a shrill blast. A moment later a big, shaggy, buff and white St. Bernard came lumbering along with many demâ€" onstrations of good nature. She pâ€"inted to the horse. ‘"‘Hold him, Don,‘‘ she said. The dog jumped at the horse, seized in his powerful jaws the nearcst rein close by the bit and by main strength held the animal‘s bhead dovn. The young lady stepped up to the post, deâ€" liberately. looked over her letters and slipped them into _ the box one by one, while the horse was strivicg with all his might to release himself. Then she stepped back and said, "That‘ll do, Don!" and resumed her promenade. The St. Bernard releacd the rein, cleverly dodged a blow frcim the horse‘s fore foot, avoided a bite aimed at his back, gave a farewoell bark at his disâ€" comfited antagonist and lumbered on after his mistress. Useful Dog. The carriage of a buzzâ€"saw doesn‘t move very fast, but ifâ€"a man stays on it long enough he will presently be sawn asunder.. The proâ€" cess of gradual bodily decline and Auction Sale The undersigned bhas received instructions to sell by Public Auction in the Township of Wellesley, on the farm (f John Zinn, or better known as the Wilkinson farm,1} miles norihâ€" west of Hawksville, on commencing af 1 o‘clock p.m. sharp, the fol lowing valuable proporty : _ € LIVE STO_cKâ€"Horâ€"e, 11 years old ; mare 8 years old ; span of greys. 3 and four years old (well matched); colt, 2 yeu‘s o‘d (driver); 4 cows in calf ; thoroughbred Holstein with pedigres : Guernsey Heiter, 2ycars old, in Jalf; grade Jersey Heifer. 2 years old in calf ; Jersey Cow i bred.in call; steer, i munths «ld; steer, 11 months cld ; grade Holstein heifer. 7 mon hs old ; grade Holstein, 9 months old ; 2 Guern=ey Heifers, 11 months old ; grade Jersey Heifer. 2 years 0ld, in calf ; 2 Sows ; 6 pigs, 2 moi.ths 0‘d ; 2 geese and about 50 chickens. Farmstock and Implements MONDAY,MARCH 28th, 1 898, CA 4 RGUNU ND OERZUOIZACT UMIURUTC. IMPLEMZENT3, _ RTC.â€" Binder, (new); mower (new); Per Harvester. combined Seed Drlll ; new Disk Harrow,new flay Rake, 2 new Ploughs,1 new Harrow, new Wagon. Buegy, 3 seated carriage, Cuiter, new Bob S‘cigh, Hay rack, facning mil, straw knife. pig rack, 2 scts team Hainess, set â€"ingle harness, about 80 sap buckets. new washing machine, milk can, rneckyoke, whiffle trces, chains. Cow chains, box stove, 600 bushels Oats rnd 50 bushels peas. __ es on TERMSâ€"All sums of $5 and under. Cash : over that amount 12 1 onths‘ credit on approved. joint notes. Chickens, geese and grain, Cash. J. H. RAUPPEL, ELLEN JANE ZINN NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the matter of the Estate of Paul Fink, Deceased, Â¥ olice is hereby given that a‘l versons hayâ€" ing claims against the eâ€"tate of Paul Fink, late of the Town of Waterlo», in the County of Waterion, gentleman. deceased. who died on or about the Tth day of Deceinbcr, 1897, lare reâ€" quired on or betcrethe to file with George A. Clare of the village of Preston, Manufactu:er, or George Fink of the said village of Pr. ston, Bookkeeper, the exâ€" ecutors of the last will and t«stamenc of th» said Paul Fink, deceased, full particulars and proufs of thei cl.ims, and of the secmities (if an}) held by them. m $ After said ia t mentioned date the executors will preoced to distribute the e tare ot the said deceased among the pariies entitied thereâ€" to having regard only to the claims of wh ch notice shall hiye been rece:ved ard they will n‘t be resporsible for the said cstate or any patt thereof to any perfon or persons of whose claims notice shall not then h«veibecn received. GEORGE a, CLARE GEORGE FINK e § Execuors Estate of Paul Fi k. NQTICETO CREDITOR S In the Estate of Aaron Kraft, Deceased. NOTICK is hereby given that all persons baving claims against the estate of Aaro Kraft, lite of the ‘Jown of Waterlco in the County of Waterloo, Muller, deccased, who died on ot about the twentyâ€"second day Of Deâ€" cember, 1807, are rquired on or b fore the twenty.niath day of March, 1898, to deliver to William S ider of the ta d Town of Waterlon, Miller, one of the executors of the said estat<, their names and addresses, with full particâ€" ulars and proofs of their cla ms, and of the securities, (if any) held by them ; and after said las: mentio~ed date the execut=rs will preceed to distribute the asse‘s of the said deâ€" ceased among the p rties enlitled thereio, havyâ€" ing regard only to the claims of which notice sball have been received, and will not be reâ€" sponsible for the said assets or any pirty thereâ€" of to any person of whose claim notice shall not have been reccived. Fifteenth Day of April, 1898, Waterloo, March 15th, 1893 Executors { Waterloo, March 8ih, 1898 Valuable House and The undersigned offers for Sale his valuable property, on Chu:ch St. South, Rerlin, conâ€"istâ€" ing of {j acre ofland. 20n itis a 2 sory hous> 20xi0f armranged for two fomilies, g od bank barn 26x28 feet, hard and soft water and a 19; ot choicefrui; trees, Wili be sold at a bargain. One half of the purchase money, Cash ; balance may remain on mortgage at 6 per cent. for a term of years. For further particulars apply at this office or on the pr. m‘ses to Eight roomed brick house on corner of Eby and Alma strects near the Post Ollice, Berlin. Hard and soft water. Apply on th« premiscs, or byzle:ttcr to G. A. McIntyre. Berlin, Ont. 12â€"46 Covnty or WATERLO().} NOTICE is hereby To Wit : given, that the Coaurt of Oye: anâ€"l Terminer ard General Gaol Delivery and Assize and Nisi Prius for the seid County, will be holden AT THE COURT HOUSE In THE TOWN OF BERLILN AT ONE CCLOCK, P.M. Of which all Justices of the Peace, Coroners, Constables, Gaolers, and all others concerned are required to take notice ard attend to do agd perform a‘l dutes which appertain to them. M,. SPRINGER, Shoriff. Sherift‘s Office, Berlin, } 16th March, 1898. 12â€"5t Berlin March 21st. 1693 MONDAY, MAY 2nd, 1898 Spring Assizes ! Durability and Eeonomy Every article in our bigarray of Jewelry and watches is backed by our full guarantee. When you buy here the exact quality and value of your purchase is freely explained to you. You know precisely what you are buying and you know that if your purchase isn‘t sati<factory we stand ready to return every cent of your money. 1(36 Heller Bros. The Great Watch and Ring House Store Near the Post Qffice, Berlin For Sale FOR SALE Clerk k. Proprietress JOS. MICKU®S, Auctloneer, JA MESC. HAIGHT, Bulictior for WILLIAM SNIDER s { E. W. B. SNIDER HEXRY RETT, Lot, in Berlin, Berlin. 12â€"2mo. 11â€"4t 9â€"3t. the farm of Jacob C. Brox, one mile noith of the Town of Waterlc0, on at one c‘clock p. m., the following valuable properiy: â€" _ ore s 3 e THURSDAY, MARCH 24th, 1898, ~__ sTOCK.â€"One matched team, 6 years old ; 1 bay Horse, 12 years old ;1 Câ€"l6.3 yaurs old : 1 Horse, 6 years old : 3 Cows (1 fresh); 1 Cow to calve in April; 1 Jersey Cow to caive about time of sale ; 1 Jersey Heifer, 1 year old ; 1 fab Heifer ; 5 pigs, $ months old ; abou 40 chirkens. Auction Sale IMPLENMEAT3, EToâ€"2 lumber wagons (gaod), democrat, top buggy (nearly new) open buggy, 2 bob sleigh., cutter, Patterso» binder, mow.r, seed drill (comvined). spring tooth harrow, 2 ploughs, iron harrow, 3 furrow gan plough, scufflcr, hay rake, hay rack, woos rack, grain cradle, straw cutter (zen), 2 tanâ€" ning milis, (one new), circular saw, 2 cro 8 cut eaws, grind stone. wheel barrow, 2 sets team harness, 3 set: single harneâ€"s (one new), & lot of chains, 2 horse bl«nkets, 2 buff.Jo robes, scalding trough, sausage grinder and stuffer, Waterous engine in gooc renning order (It horse power), champion separator (33x145 new) waler tank, d iving belt 120 feet lo.g, be.t 80 feet long, belt 70 feet long, a 1. t of other belrâ€" ings, 2 crow bars, Maple Leaf chopper. (new), forks, shovels.â€"rakes. scythes, dwuble trees, ueckyoke, about 1 ton chopped oais, $ ton chopped barley, 1500 lbs. chopped oats and wheat, furnace stove, coal stov«, box stovre with pipes, milk cans, milk box. butter box for market use, cider baircls, churn, crocks, pails, iron ketile ard a lot of Other articles too »numâ€" er. us to mention. Noreserve as the farm fis sold TERMS OF SALE.â€"All sums of $10 and‘ undr, Cash; over that amount 12 months credit on app. oved joint notes. 5 per ceut. dis= count allowed on all caâ€"h payments of creditb amounts. Hifer, pigs, chickens. grain and chops, Uash. JOHN RUPPEL, Clerk 10 â€"26 Jus Auction Sale 7HERE will be offered for sale on the farm of the Jate klias Martin, 3 1â€"2 miles northâ€"west of Waterl0o, on the St, Jacobs road, n â€" OF â€" Farm Stock andImplements WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16th 1898 commencing at 10 o‘clock a. m.. the following valuabie property, viz ; A ~TOCKâ€"1 sorrel Team, tising 11 and 12 years old ; 1 Bay Horse. rising a years ; 1 Colt, rising 3 years old ; 4 cows supposed to be in calf , i heifer, supposed to be in calf; 1 fresh Cow ; 1 Cow with calf at side;6 Caly s, about a monthso‘d ; 4 yearling Calves ; 3 Steers ard 1 weifer, rising 4 S're;{f-rsr’:‘ 5 Store pl‘é:j'ZaTnB&h; old ; 10 Store Pigs, 7 weeks old ;3 Bro d Sows. supp. Sed to be in p‘g ; 8 Ewcs, 1 Ram and 40 IMPLEDENTS, &c,â€"Waterloo Imp oved Chicf Thresher and Horse Power, nearly new ; 1 Bevel Jick, 1 Graiu Choprer, 1Cutting Box, 1 Favning Mil, 1 Brantford Binder, 1 Bran‘fo: d Mower with i fo. cut 1 Pea Harves er, 1 S ed Drill, 2 Spring Tooth Culrivaters, I Dise Harrow, 3 Yankee Plows, 1 Wt rloo No. 4 Plough, 2 twoâ€"furrow Gang Ploughs (L new), 1 threeâ€"furrow ‘Gang Plough, 2 Wo den Harrows, 4 Sets Donbl: trees and 3 Neck Yokes, 1lron Hairow, 1 Land Roller, 1 Seraper LSton: B at.2 Turnip ~licers, and Tur. ip Pulper, aod Scuffler, lMay Rake, H+y Loader, Hay Fork Rope, 2 Lumter Waggons,. 2 pair Bob Sleighs, Lung Sleigh, Cutter, Upen Buggy. Who: iâ€" barrow, Drag Saw, 2 Hâ€"y Racks, 2 Wood Racks, 2 sets(Gravel Planks. 2 setis Team Earness, 2 sets Plough Harness, <ingle Harness, 5 Leading Chains, Churns _ Log Lifter Grind Stone. 2 Crowbars. Sledge, Stonâ€" Hammâ€" er, Pick, Lraining Tcols, Copper Kettle, 3 ITron Kettles, Comking Stove, 3 parlor stoves, 3 Shot Guns, Carpentors‘ Tools, Working Bench, 10 Milk Cans, Lard Can, 6 Tubs. 2 empry C:der Barrels, 4 barres Cider Vinegar, Count: er scale weighing 2140 lbs, Klour Chest, Sausag > Grinder, Causage Stuffer, 6 Chairs, spinning Wheel. Reel, 3 Beds complete, 2 Crossâ€"cut Saws, 4 Horse Blankets, Kobe, Grain Cradies, Scythes, Forks, Shovels, a number of Grain Ba :s and a yvariety of other articles too numerâ€" ous to mention. l.unch at Nâ€"en. Hens TERMSâ€"All ums of $10 and under, Cash ; over that amount 12 mouths‘ credit on a.pprowd’ joint notes security ; 5 per cent. discount for caâ€"hon oll credit amwunts. Store pizs and hen§ cash; Everything will be sold without reserve. JOSEPH MICKUS, Auctionâ€"er. lafinlclelop e abolnndilsdos Mesd t . i t e e d d eA . P on c 0 Thord are also two lous i1 the 1.wn of Waterlooon E b stieee on which is a gocd Lwoâ€"story brick bouse, weli furnished, a firstâ€" claas frame b.rn w d a flowit g well. . 3 THE UNDERSIGNED executor of thee:tate of the late David B. Kby will offer for sale on the Market square, Waterlso, on TUESDAY, APRIL 12th, 1898 RsAL EsTATEâ€"A pâ€"reel cf :12 acres, of vhich 3 acres is cove ed with g od_ ccd=r, beâ€" bween liuiomelhardt aod Erbsvil e; also n par!ilfi'l uf‘i acres of whicl_) 2} acres is g/ od c. dar. TEEMs FOR CHATIELS, â€"all sums of $10 and under, Cash; ov r th t amount six months‘ credit on good security. _____ _ _ Real Estate and Chattels Market Day, the following chattels and real esiate belonging to the estate : s REAL ES tATs.â€"Ccodar L ts, Half Cash ; balance in 6 months ; House and Lots at Watâ€" erlooâ€"1â€"2 Ca h; balance to be paid in two cqual yearly instalments with intercst at a per ceut. _ _ For further particulars apply to the undorâ€" sigoud, Beriin P.V,, Ont. JCS. MICKUS, â€" MENNQ E. SHANTZ. CHATTE S.â€"1L Horse, 10 yrars old ; top buggy, cutter, sing‘e harne s, buffalo rbe, wheel bairow, bur au, bed, sewing machiue and fsundry uther er.ic.es too numerous to mo. Hon. IN the Village of St Jacobs the h use and lo. of Henty Gildner, A good stuble on the premises. For particulars as to terms etc Apply to f S Executor‘s Sale THERE will be sold by Public Auction on Mâ€"tf. Farm Stock, Implements etc. THE undersigned offers for sale two lets belonging to the festate of the late Thomas Trussler,viz : Ist Lot at Roseville containing 1 acre of land on which is asframe house in good condition, frame barn, with spring creek running across the cOraer, 4 2nd a Lob at Trusscler‘s Saw Mill on the Huron Road, containing 1 acre, on which is & house and barn, For terms and other particulars apply at [A, TRUSSLER. Executor, . .: Mannhcim, February 15th. 1898, TAVERN, SHOP AND WHOLESALE LICENSES To all persons requiring license; for the year ending 30th Aprii 18§9, notice is hereby given that application must be made bcfore the tfirst day of April, 1898. to Renjumin Devitt, Secreâ€" tary of the Board of License Commissioners, where all necessary inforim«tion will be given By ordercf th» Board, BENJAMIN D@VITT. : â€"== â€"_â€"â€"__â€" Inspectorand Secretary, Waterloo, Feb. 25th, 1898, WANTED : Farmors‘ sons or other indust rious persons of fair education to whom $60 & month would be an inducement. I could algq engage a few ladios at their own homes, T. H. LWENSCOTT, _ Waterloo, March 1st, 1898 Fine Square Piano, Will be sold choap. Apply at once to MRS. THEO BELLINGER, B Waterlog, 8â€"3t Lots For Sale FPFOR SALBE FPOR SALE 110R US, Auctionâ€"er. ANCS W BR § MINNO s, Bo Wazan } Exectitore. Auciioneer. SL, JACOBC. BROX lerk. Proprietor JOSEPH MICKUS, Auctivneer. â€"«QHPâ€"â€" â€"â€"QR â€"â€" Joskre MickUs, Auctioneer, Waterloo Mannheim, Onft, 8, Tâ€"â€"1f 3 Executor. 9 â€"2mos. 9â€"It