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THI FLI8HIBTOH iD71IfCB BANKING OFFICE OF GEQ. MITCHELL A Kenoral bankinij biiHinesn transacted Draft. i-t'.:u<l and uheqaefc catii'<l at usual ratou. Honey always avAiUblt for legimat'i IJIIMU..H" uturyrise. otto* two doori uorth of Hicbard- >u t Go'.:. Vicinity Chips. Character Itlc8 of th Pant Week Carefully Culled for Ike Canon*. ft >.v trial HtK'.' among luetilt will be rJurje.l '-t tltr rntr <,f JOc per line far 4<-A i>L,#rti<in. A reduction ictll be maile <>H contract* fur 100 line* or oner. For Tin jidvame. taos A melody tfubliuio and deep To-day through all creation ring*; For hippy h.uirt m.iUi t-> k.-*p Tiia blrtbday of tin King of KiDtfi : H* brings all precious gift* combined A u.l if God's gift to all maul We bail tlie day tbat DOW appear* And shotlH oti i :ii Ui its ^eotal rays ; It conies to dry thu uioimu*r'H tear* A n 1 tune all buarts to grateful pralbe. \v l.o gave Hi* eon tbat wu might live \Vitb H m will fi-cely all thing') five. The I'cht tnat sboua on Bethlehem Aud nll.l each watcher'* heart with awe. While tidmirs gweet were brought to them And they the woudrona visiou saw That light doth uow all land* enfold Ami wen through it tho Kiug behold. Whenever Christ man bells are heard. May grateful ftelinge rise and lire; Majr all who bear the Sariour's word Like Him delight to freely Rive. So shall this season's welcome voice Make all earth's woary one* rejoice. C'olborup, Dee., 1H35. T. WATSON. A merry Christmas to our render*. Freeh apple cider fur sale at R. Pedler's. Mr. B. Hislnp visited the parental liuiiic at Th.. minify n Sunday last. Kreah oyatent and Grangers now on hand fur Christ mas trade at Baruhouse's. A snr.ili tlii.-i tri|vi-il Mr. Win. Doris' clothesline on Thursday night of liut week. Our towtubip fathers were eloquent on Monday, a* the lengthy oiinutri in this iaue pro re. Her. S. H. EwarUs will occupy the pulpt of the Mvthiidist church un Sun- day tnornini! next. KemeniVwr the S.ilibatli Sch<iul euter- tainment at the Station <>u Friday even* iii<*. to-morrow. In thu Fiiullay manslaughter c.-utu at < wn Pound the jury dinagiaoj. The came will come up again in June. Mr. T. Chiidvtt places big card in this i.Hue. He ia revly to d<> buainoM in cii- vp} aucing, drawing deeda, will*, leases, mortgagee, ate. All knuts of rubbera, overshoes, men's tmoU, ladies' Oxford*. Children's ahoe*, etc.. going very cheap At Clayton V Call ami sew them. Meaford businessmen havu ubncribd the full five hundred dolltrs tow.irtls the jiroposed Port Perry airl Kincardine electric railway. An Chris! HIM CHIIH-H on Wednesday of next week The Advance will bu printed un Tliurs 'ay if the in. mU- i of the staff should survive the febtivitiea. We m i;l. eu-il noticing lii.it week tbe receipt of a new jMipor which li.-ia made it-ii appearance in Chatiworth, called the r.iiim-r It is not overly full of adiur- tisiiig, but presents a neat typhovraphical appearance and the matter is newsy. Singers public speakers, actora auction- eers, teachers, pronchers, and all who are liable to over tax and irritate the focal organs, find, in Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, a wfe, certain, and sptedy relief- A timely dove of this preparation ha* preveutod many a throat trouble. The annual teameeting of the Methodiat Churck at Kiinberly will be held on New Yean Eve., Dtc, 31st. Thu. is always an exceptionally pleasant entertainment and should be nc eiceptioo to the rule this year. See bilU for particulars. The taxes) in this township have come i i wll tin i fall, notwithstanding the cry of hard tiuu-s. All the collocturs are well advanced with their receipts, and Mr. HUir returned his roll on Saturday as fully paid. A genuine gh.nt storjr has yet to be a* tested; but not so a genuine blood purifier. Over and over again it has been proved that Ayer's Sarsajiarilla stand* alone among n:ediciues as the most retia hie tonic-alterative in pharmacy. It aloud alons at the World's Fair ' ' The Nurt.heru Presbyterian ia a new church paper just isauuJ in Collingwood by the Rov D. 1. McCrae, Ph D., t 50 cents per UIIMUIII. It aims at paying pecial attention to the church news of rhia northern dittrict and news of lh church in general. It should meet with a hearty reception. The Meaford RDM! Sunday school will hold their anniversary on Friday, Dec. 27th. In addition to the usual program we have secured the service* of Mis* Annie Richardson, elocutionist, of To* rontn. Tea served from five to seven, program ooramencinu at ei^ht o'clock. J. I. Graham, Sup ; \V. Verity, Sec. Fleshertoii Hkaters have had ice galore for the pant couple of weeks. Mr. Will Howard hits made an open air rink on Fleshcr's pond, (with an anteroom con- taining Htove, etc. He keeps this in ttrst c'itss condition, charmim oly five cents. The rink is well latmni/ml. Mr. C. MoMiur started n second rink but has, we l.elievr, abandoned it. There was ii'. thins; in it for two. Mr. Neil M -Kimum of Priceville de- sires us to express his regret at the up punrance in these columns laHt week of a letter signed ''Priceville Citizen," believiiig that it did not benefit Mian Brown's interests. At the same time he acknowledges the kindly motive which prompted it, but believes it to have been ill advised and would, he believes, have been better left out We have decided not to copy in full the minutes of County Council on this occasion. There was little business of special interest trauiacted, simply a wind- ing up of the yeat's afla.ii a, and our columns can be rilled with more interest- ing matter. The Council sat from Tues- day until Saturday. It was decid- ed to memorialist* the Legislature with a view to extending the juridiction of division courts. If the council would memorialise themselves with a view tci curtailing the numbers of their meetings and to confine themselves toa three days' session the people would rejoice. The Advance la< week inadvertently called Mr. James Elliot of Fevenham aasesor fr the township of Ospray, when the fact of the matter is he is collector for that township, blf. Elliot dropped in on Thursday lust with blood in his eye to deny our charge not that he considered there was anything derogatory in the duties of a'sesor, but he natural y fet-la jealous of his good nsmo in the position he has so ably filled for the past fifteen years. Mr. E. wan not. however, hard lo pacify, slid after an hour's genial chat decided to lut the matter drop. We here- by make the amende honorable. Streamers have been issued for the Kli-nli.Tti.il Presbyterian Sabbath school anniversary. Rer. John Wells, M. A., the pastor, will preach the anniversary sermon on Sabbath morning next. The annual entertainment will I c held on Christmas evening when a more than usually entertaining time is expected. The children are putting forth great efforts in tl.e practicuH in order to supply Ml musi.:, recitations, etc. Miss. \nniu A Richardson, teacher of elocution in the Tonmte College of Music, has been en- gaged for thu occasion. Do nut neglect to attend this entertainment. See bills for particulars. One of the largest funerals ever hold at Sulom waf that of Sunday afternoon iut, when the remains of the late Mrs, John Jsmieson were laid at rent after a [onjj and pninful illness from thai dread disease, cancer. She was callud to her rest Saturday morning. Her affliction was borne with Christian fortitude. Her pastor, tin- Rev. Mr. Bitlfour, says that or the last five month* he visited her every week, yet she still welcomed him with a smile. Although it wss a sore trial to her to part from a kind and de- voted husband and leave an aged mother, and seven small children without a nother's oare>, yet she meokly said, Author, thy wi I be done. Unto thy heavenly care I leave my little ones, knowing that thoii wilt care for them, as thy promises ncvet fsil. Shn died at the early age of 3ti josm. Mrs. Jsmieson was of a kind and loving disposition, a loving wife, a devoted mother, snd it true and faithful friend. Her lervnved wmily has the sincere sympathy of a!l the community in their sore bereave- ment. COM. A Great Production. A marvellously great paper is the Family Herald and Weekly Star of M..ir - real. It ia a newiipapor, a magaaii*, a stockbreeders' journal, farsaers' n- cyclopaed a, a dairyman's guide, a house companion. Too much cannot be said in praise of the Family Herald and Weekly Star. It is a great paper, a great nation- al enterprise, creditable to the Dominion snd highly satisfactory to the subscribers, who find it one of the few investment* that returns immense dividends to the ubechbur. PERSONALS. Mr. John Hudson, treasurer of the Osprey Farmers! Milling Company, was a welcome caller on Saturday. Mr. Hud- son says the mill is doinp well this winter Mr. Duncan Mclnnes of Mclntyre, tax collector for Osprey township, was scalier at this office on Monday. Mr. Mclimos is a jolly Scotchman and welcome where- ver he ^IH:S. Mr. Ed Strain hasreturned home from Collingwood collegiate institute. Miss Bcecroft returned last week from Ciiokstown, where she nan been engiL-t-d att milliner. Mr. Bert Armstrong returned this week from mi-del ichool at Toronto Junction. We are glad to learn th tt Miss Lizzie Park is recovering from s severe il!no*s of e.-en weeks duration. MISH Louibe Nicholsou of Toronto is visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Nicholson, of the 4th line. Millinery. Something special for the hard times. .Mrs. Trimble has a large table of stylixhly i imnuil felt hats in asaortod colors, and for this and next week she will sell them at uOc apiece. Just think of it ! GOc for a nice hat '. No one need go bareheaded. Next dour to R. Trimble's .store. The Spence Case Again. 7u the Editor of The DEAR Sm, --Will you kindly allow mo space in your paper to answer Wm. Fetch's letter which appeared in the fth issue ' W. Petch said he would tell the readers of The Advance the truth in this matter. Now he did not tell the truth or anything in particular, as far as I can . All his letter aimed at was to uiiil the mother's fe-.-lnr.jH. There is no principal in any man who would wil- fully and maliciously wound any mother's lieait as he did. Now W. Petch seems to think when a boy is 18 years old he is no- body's child. I think that if he was 40 years old he was her child all the same. I never encouraged the boy in any way nor yet backed him up in any wrouitdo- init, and I said so in my letter. W. Petch said that I must be ignorant of the Facts or else dellbeiaiely told a falsehood about the hue and c->st. I told the truth in my letter and I duty W. Petch r any one to say that it was not tru for that was the amount tha mother fi.id to iho giHtrHtc. W. IVtch .iiid .1 was false, but he did nut ssy what the amount, was I will tell y<.n what he meant by that. He wanted fl.50 more for witness fees, but tin- magistrate, would hot give it to him. I did not intend to mention th.-tt p.irt of the i-ttals it he had not contra- die ed inc. He spoaks about Christianity. I do not profess tu bu 11 christ-iau, but I i. ever wsui taught to use the Sabbath ss W. I'm rli sa)s he did. I never earned tin! liolluiN oil i hit S.bi.iith day. He thought he woiilu t'o that when he woulu lint be .'illowi-il t.i work. Ami 1 never was a snake in the ^nss, and I never Set traps and w.-it, l.t-.i my victims go into them. Now, W. IV , Ii. }ou .ini I WHS liohonest. 1 HIO not writing fir credit for mjHe'f an W. IVfi Ii m il"inir, I am writing in '.eluilf f tin -wi little vhiliin M who caiiii"! In Ip tin iiinrlvon. 1 wunt you to tak* tluit l.i.ik lii-li re tluru is Hiiy u. 'ie >..inl -ili. mi it. I li.ive ni'! i_n; to ti my iinmo in full litcuisc Detect. vj Pdlch miys o. S. K. B. Mi Ciutliy wss sent to lointeiuittry i- r eight M.HS by Judue .ii.T at HMiniltoii f..r lugliwa)- robbery. Iw thn.o |uils got six yeais each. CH18LKTT fluslierton HUtion 'oetmaoitor. CoiuniisDiouor in H. C. .ir.ni reyancer ; i]oiln, mortgages, looses anil wills drawn. Chargos moderate. Buoluess letter! itU'ii. doIO To the Electors f*o th' Electort of the Tmenthip f Arte mtsitt. I.ADian AMD USNTI.HMSN.--I have now repre- sented von an reova to tba best of mv ability, or the pasttureo yon*. If I have givuu satis- aotiou In that capacity (and 1 have yot to hoar jf anv complaint) 1 would ask your support for the couiloi >rer. Tiin.tiiuv.ii will see your way cloaj tu a continued oouflJeuoe, I ruiiiitin. adies aud gfotleronn. Tour obediout uor'ant Jons HnuMi To the Electors To the E'-do t of the TuvnaJitp of Artt LAi>ins and OBNTLKMRN, -lu oomplianoewitli be request of a number of vatopayem 1 have decided to run for the ofrlon of Itoeve of the Towuabip of A teiunnlit fi.r the yea>r 1HJ6. Should you oe fit to elect inn ( will attend to youi biiHinoas to the best of m.v ability. Your vote and linhionce rospeotfully solicited. Yours turlj. Titoar Waiesrr. 4 Boot and Slioe * Dealer . HAS ON HAND A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF Rubbers, : Overshoes, : Boots, : Slippers : and : Seasonable : Goods. Selling Very Cheap Custom Work to Order Repairing Promptly Attended to !n!reTlHnMfgtft!raOtrrjiMirOi^^ bOb a ftBLrl o TJ Lic^uiciation. Sale Still Continues You can save from 10% to 33$% by purchasing your supplies from me. I HIII not ottering u few odds and ends at special prices, but my whole stock of Dry Goodt, Hoot*, Shoes, etc. Call and see Our gray Flannel bargains Our gray Cotton bargains Our Blanket bargains * * ^QROCERIES Our Dress (I nods bargains Our Tweed bargnins Our Underclothing banpiius A few men s and boys' Overcoats, also a few ladies' Mantles left, equsly as good as thoso sold. Boys' clothing bargains. Don't miss those goods A dollar saved is a dollar made.. ^j Our stock is now fresh. Wo keep the best selected Raisins, best Cur- P rents, best Canned Goods, best Teas, Japan and Black ; beat Oat and u Wheat Meals. Como in and we will give you the best bargains. ^y I Wo wi.sh you all a merry Christmas and happy New Year. '/) The Snow Season . . Now that the season of snow ia here we wish the public to know that we have a stock of Cutters and Sleigh < on hand that for quality, style and price defy competition. Great bargains lor cnsh at the first prize carriage Carriage Maker Don't Read This If you do uot wish to read of \Vo are all business. When you come to our store to do your buying and do not find it necettBary to wait several hour*, before getting that which you wish, owing to tbe rush, yon may congratu- late yourself. Customers are coming for many miles aud go borne witb tbe determination to again return. Win do they come from or about the Falls, Priceville, Fleaberton to Duudalk 1 Because they learn to know that they must look after their own interests or be tbe ono who pays 40 to 100 per cent, on every I worth of goods they buy. The day is past when surli profit can bu had. Would you not rather drive a few miles further and get goods at prices that will surprise you, than to go to the store near to you and pay old time profit ? If you would not, then you are au ex- ception. We bavo uot space to give you prices and we doubt you would belivcvo them did we do so, for so many times have yon been deceived through advertisements. Seeing id believing, come and see. Callioun's - Tlie Patron Store E Are not only looking gay but every one who patronizes it aud every one connected with it are gay tliis month. The mi-try, merry Christmas month. Everything special. Tim largest, best aborted stock of . . FURNITURE AND FANCY NIC NACKS . . We bevo over been able to show and don't you forget it, we are cutting special prices on a very special stock. This is the iiiDiii.li for Bedroom Furniture and we have it in great variety. Newest designs in oak and walnut finish suites, come in aud see them very pretty and not expensive. Out- lines of Hedslends, Springs, Matresses, Cotts. Cradles, Cribs, Bed Lounges, Wasbtands, Dressing Cases, Clothes Presses, Chairs, in fact every necessity, convenience or luxury for the bedroom is here at BOCK BOTTOM PKICES. I'ii-t nr- Framing nntl Undertaking as I' nal. J. E. MOORE: