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August 17 1910 THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE THE STANDARD BANK OF CANADA ^ -f HEAD ornce - toromto Efficient and Prompt Service in every Department 213 ..T D ,.7. SAVINGS BANK at all Branches. FLESHERTON BRANCH GEO. MITCHELL. .vUnng.r. Trains 'follows : . Going Scuth -7.53 a. m. 4.27 p.m. The mails are C. p. R. Time Table. leave Fleshercun Station as Going North 12.01 D.m. 9.13p. m. osed at Flesherton aa ollows : For the north«t 10.40 a.ai.and .'7 p.m. ; and the afternoou mail south at 3.40 o'clock. For morning train south mail close at 9 p. m. the previous ev'g. VICINITY CHIPS Dr. Fred Murray of Tor int ', wis in •town ovei- the week end. Miaa Ret<k Buskin in spending a weeL 'With relativeij in Owen Sound. Miss Mirzuerite Hutton of Durham was the fmeut of Miss Etda Kars'edt for a few days las*, week. Dr. and Mrs. R. Henderson ard â-  children of Toronto motored up in Saturday and will remain a week. Miss Susie McClocklin of Durham viaited Her aunt, Mrs. Mark Wilson, the past week. We have had • week of cool weather -to otfset the hot. In fact, it nearly touched the frost line. Mrs. W. H. Thurston is spending a fortnight with her daughter, Mr?. N. H. 'Durraot, Mitchell. Misses Olive and Pearl Henderson uf 'To'.onto arti spendirg a holiday at ihe parental home here. Masters Kenneth and Bruce Tburatoo, who have been visiting their aunt and uncle, returned to Toronto on Friiay. Miss Amanda McTavish took a mot^r trip to Owen Sound and through South- ern Ontario during the past week. Miss Bel', who taught school here a few years ai;o, and who has lately l>een teaching in Edmonton, visited Ficsherton friend* during the past week. Mrs. D. McKillop returned last week after an extended visit.with ner daughter at North Bay. Master Kmerson Thomp- son, Ker grandchild, returned with her. The Buy Scouts have bean camping at Fleshers pond durins; the past week, and on Sunday iiiurning had church parade to the Baptist church, where Rev. McDonald spoke for their edidcation. Watson Bids. of the O.D.R.,complfted haying last week, haviug secured 13'2 loads of petfectly saved hay. An aeio- plane could not fall from the sky in this district without hitting hay. Pte. Norman McDonald if the 1 2.1th Wentworth Batt., visited his uncle. Mr. Mark Wil.son. during the pa.tt week. He left with his battalion on Monday for the Eist. The Grey County Convention of the Women's Institute willibe ht-ld in the Union Hall, Kiniberley, on Wednesday, Auuujt 23, 191(). Morning seasinn â€" 10.30. .Afternoon session â€" 2.00 o'clicK. Rev. Mr. Dudgeon supplied in Mark- -dale Sunday, and a ynung man took the services here. Thesj services were held lu the basement owing to certain im- provements goin;i; on. Mi.vs Mabel Plewis of Markda'e has b.<en engaged as choir leader ind or^dn- iitt iu the idelhodist church, and enteied up'iii her duties Sunday. Mia.s Plewis held this po>ition a few ye^irs ago. but resigned. Mr. M. K. Richardsuti. a charter member of Prince Arthur Lud^e, has received a distinct honor from the Urand Lodge in the title of Very Worshipful Brother, which has been cimferred upon him. The lodge appreciates the worthy hciior to one of its members. We hare been flooded witn correspond, cnce this week and have been unable to get it all iu type. J. W. Hartman of Thornbury, whom we mentioned last week as having been thrown out of a buggy in » runaway, has since succumbed to his injuries and Mrs. Hartman is in a critical condition, Mr. James Stinaon, on Tuesday, sold within A fraction of six hundred dtllars Apology Prioeville, Mrs. Daniel White, K.R. 3, Out. Dear Madam: -We hereby apologize to you for tnything that we may have said reflecting on your character in connection wi'h having a search warrant iseued for hens that were stolen, aud we are sorry for «ame having occurred. Dated at Markdale this 4th day of Ausust, lUW. Isaac Pinkertc'D â-  > her E. X Pinkerton. mark Clinton Editor Dead Clinton, August 13.â€" W. J. Mitchell, editor and proprietor of the Clincon News-Record, died suddenly in Victoria Hoapitat, London, to-day. He has suffered for some time from throat trouble, and it was only ou Wednesday lastthathe went to London for treatment, but the end came unexpectedly this worth of livestock on the market here morning owing ti. the giving way of a I blood vessel. Ha was in the prime of at He thinks the farmers have no need to i complain of prices, and The Advance iigrees with hini' Levi t'outts met with a serious mishap at Rock Mills one day last week which will incapacititd him for soma time. While working, a Irg fell on him, break ing his leii between the knee and ankle. He was taken to his home at Ceyluu for repairi. At the meetinv of Prince Lodge, A. F. & A. M., on Friday evening .i resolution was .'idop'ed conveying the sympathy of th« lodge to Mrs. W. J. McFarland .lod f.imily in their bereavement by the recent death of Mr. McFarland. who was one of the charter members and a Pimt Masters <'f the lodite, with which he had been connected for twenty- five years. A citizen of Ceylon was up before Magistratos McMullen and McTavish Monday evening charged with damaging the dignity of the aw by swallowing too much tanglefoot whereby he became slightly olf e<iuilibriuni. Several people swore to the effect that his balance was not exactly accurate, pointing to a too free use of that which inebriatet. and the 111 tgistratcs had ni> optii.n but to tack on a tine of twenty and cost.". Mita Gladys Dudgeon got into diffi- culty line day last week while picking i berries when she ran into a colony of I bumble bees who resented her intrusion on their feeding ground. They employed ! unfair weapons, with the result that Gladys' face presented a »ad!y demora- lized condition, and her arm w;i8 very sore. Her introduction to the business end of a healthy colony of bumble bees was most painful and she will cirry the memory of it for some time. life, unmarried, and bis relutioua live Hanover. For about 20 years ha has conducted the News-Record, which is acknowledged to be one of the cleanest and best locil papers in Ontario. Be was i \J4 a prominent Conservative and a member of the A.F. A .\.M. Society. At one time Mr. Mi'chell was proprietor of the Durham Chronicle. A Bad Soldier T. A. Blakeley, Rt. Wor. Bro., »i.d past D.D.G..M., has presented Prince Arthur Lod^e with a nice photograph of him.self in regal.vi. This picture i.s now on view in the picture gallery of Prince Arthur Lodge, along wiih other past masters. The result of the Junior Matriculation exauiiiiatidiis wa.^ publi.shed on Sutur- day, from which we Iciiru that three candidates from Fleshertou high school paa.seil their full matriculation, viz , Ina V. Laidlaw. D. McVicar and D. E. Wilson. Miss L.iiUlaw is a Liou.s Heiid i pupil and also focures the medal for highest mur'iis in thirJ form. Sh.- wai ' an industriou.s student and- no* naps her reward. The Adv iiico tonJors her co'JgratuUtiiin;'. Two other piipilt pus- i ed their partial matric. L. M. Dudgeon \ c»ranaeville. . and Arile Wright. ' Owen Sound. The Guns Were Buried .\ letter was received last week giving further particulars of the action in which Lieuc . A. M. Thurston if Flesherton | was killed in Flanders ou June 2*> last. I The letter was written by a young ,)iin I wbo was in cIo.se touch with him f-jr i some months. The young man who I writes is only 17 yoarj of ige and eulist- ea early in the war, when only 1-j years of age. lu his letter th s young soldier writes ; "I always went with hiiii io the trenches as his servmt for about four mouths, but left him when I g"t my leave. On the night be was killed we were ordered to bombard the German frou', line. Lieut. Thurston wis in command, and wa.s observing. He came dowu to the gun and gave the raige.inJ then went back to observe. He had just left the gun when a Geriniii lieuch mortar shell Liudei and buried the gun crew. All gune were out of action whtii ha was killed, and nobody knew any- thing had happened to hiiu. O^e of the boys f'lund him and his servant lying in the trench. They had been killed iii.s'antly. 'You c*nnot realize what a night it was before the guns went out of action. It was sii hot that the chargis were blow- ing up in the guns. He was never more happy than when we were fighting. Once when wa were in a b.id hole last winter, he just threw oil' hi.s coat and went to ic wiih ihe boys, and ho always msJe the Huns stop tirst. Hi) battery was the lighting battery, and everybody knew about the Battery. Harry King, a memuer of the 153rd Battalion, who is off on funough was on Saturday arrested at Braniptou on sus- picion of having stolen a valuable horse and bug'.iy which he endeavrred to sell to Albert Kee, a livery proprietor in that town for 87'>. The outfit belonged to Sam White, liveryman, of Orangeville, from whom King hart hired it on Friday afternoon. The Brampton liveryman, suspecting the horse and rig offered him was Mr. White's, telephoned hun of his suspicions, and King s arrest folloned. The prisoner was brought before P. M. Pattullo in Orangeville on Monday after- noon and pleaded guilty. He is but tivhteeu years i>f age, and was committed to Mimico Industiial S;bool at the age >'f eleven as incorri- gible.having been award of the Children's Aid Society in the cnunty of Brant. He has been parolled five times, and escaped once and his record is described -is being bad. He enlisted with the llU Battalion at Oakville in June, but deserted, ai.d siibsenuently enli-^ted with the l.'i3rd Battalion at Mount forest. The Magistrate decided to adjourn the cise one week and n"t'fy the militari' aulhoriltes. It not wanted by them. King will be sent to tha Jail Farm for the full term of two years. -Shel- burne Free Press. F. G. KARSTEDT, KARSTEDT BROS, li FLESHERTON - PRICEVILLE BINDER TWINE, HAYFORK ROPE, ETC. There is a known abortage iu B.'uder Twine owing to the quantity of rope being used. The Early Buyer is the safe one . Have ns place your order so that we can keep it for you. We carry ihe Brantford Cordage Co's. Gilt Edge and Gold Leaf brands. There are none belter. Why patch that old rope and risk your life? Get anew one! Either British or Pure Manilla. ^TRUNKS, SUITCASES, VALISES, ETC ^^ Holiday Season is at hand. Also the time for Humeseekers' and Harvesters' Excursions. You'll need a new Trunk or Suitcase. A large stock in anticipation ot big business has been secured. Preserving Time There isa need for new Gem Jars. Rubber Rings, Top.^, Preserving Kettles and Preserving Sugars at this season of the year. Lei us supply » jnr needs at rock bottom prices. There is no better Sugar used for preserving than "Dominion CrystaL" Get it now. Screen Doors and Window^s This is Fly Time. And they are bail. Get a new Screen Door or "Window to keep them out. We have a full range ol Screen Doors in all the sizes. You'll be sure to get a tit. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ HIGHEST PRICES PAID FOR ALL KINDS (~)F FARM PRODUCE. F. G. KARSTEDT A younij man, who ounht to enlist, received a deserved rebuke frmn a jounu lady he was calling on lately. The yuung lady was kuittini; a (air of n»\ and the youuB man iu order to make conversation remarked that it was r.iee to see her knit- ting socks for the soldiers at the front. These socks are not for a soldier, he was told. Then when he eniiuired, he was ti'ld they were to be presented to himself as soon as completed, "to ke^p y^ur cold feet warm. ' Gave Circus With Car OWEN SCL'ND. ONTARIO. gT For3i) years lh« ^Uiudard gl institution of bu'^mess eduoa- 0^\ tion. Thorough training for J? every business pursuit. Actual jjp [^; V.j^.i^><g>>^-r.^-^-^-'^- ^ -^ ^' \.>lL'-*l--:.^-^.^''-:2r V".<C ^a.''^' .«>. .^ JfM M KNTEK .ANY DAY SH^ Fall Term Begins ^ MONDAY, SEPT SAVE YOUR TIME Harvest time is a bu.>y time and every ilay l)st to the Farmer by broken an<i worn out Machinery means considenible delay and loss to him. Tiien for ([uiw'k repairs antl adjustments we are ready to look after your renuirements as usual with lines of Word has been received in Meaford of tha death of Howard Telford, a nephew of Mrs. (Dr.) Bennet and Mrs. | r,^ R. B. Gray, of Meaford, wiio was killed | >^ in action, somewhere in France, ^" \ ^) a complete line of Repairs in the foUowin July i9ih. ,y^ Machinery:â€" MASSEY-H.^RRI3. COCKSMLTT, FROST & WOOD. N0XO>. AND PETER MA.IILTON. We also have the agency for the well known Frost & Wood Binders. â€" Phoneâ€" No. 9 â€" D. McTavish :-:-: Flesherton practice in Business Preparatory the year. KNTEK reijuired duties. Steni'iiraphy aud Courses opnn all y a? it yyy>!>yyy^yyy>iK\ Illuetrated Catalogue and tiill particulars on application to C 4. FLEMING. Principal, Lyman Chapman, a farmer of Williams. broui;lit nis neighbor to Strathroy. Thurs- day, an I while CbSfmian wu in a store ou Front street, the car and the neighbor put on an interesting performance which ended in the wretck of the car James McQueen, the neighbor, had no experience with cars, so that when he acciden'-.Uy stepped on the self-startii^ lever he did not know what the cun.'-e- ipieiice would be. The c»r had bfen left iu hi^h gear and when the engine stalled it almost lifted the car oti the road at a speed appioaching 20 miles an hour. McCjueen could not stop the car, but hung to the whetl, cotk-screwing at hi^h , JUST PLACED IN speed through the stnet. Finally the machine skidded and crashed throuith the front d or of James North- cott's residence, knocking out the dcor frame. Several windows aUo were broken in the house. The car was alincHt a o mipleto wreck but Mr. Mctjiieen ctoaped. New Furniture STOCK Latest and Most Up-to-date : Ml, Miimi, Springs, Ctiairs, \ AND OTHER NECESSITIES i for J Houseturnishingsi W. H. BUNT I Undertaker AND Embal I HARDWARE I • "- ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Glasses and Putty Locks and Hinges Nails and Bolts Salt and Cement Ranges and Heaters Crockery, etc. Highest prices paid for produce R W. DUNCAN AND mbalmer Fall Fair Dates The following is a list of the dates of Fall Fairs in this vicinity. Cut this list out and and paste it iu your hat. if you are ioteiidinj; to visit any of them : â€" Chatswonh Sept. 2S & 29 Chesley Sept. X!) & 20 Clarksburg Sept. 19 & 20 C.dlinKwood Sept. 20 2:? Duiid ilk Oct 12 * l;J Durham Sept. 28 & 2'.> Feversliam FLESHERTON.. HanoVrr HoUt in ,. M iikda'e Meatiiid I .Oct. ;?* 4 ..Sept. 2S,v2'.* .Sept. 14 v^- If) .Sept. 2»; a- 27 . ..O.'t. IK* II ..Sopl. 2S & 'J'» ..Sept 10 & 20 ...Sept. 12-14 Money Not Everything We often compare the wages paid I upon this continent with those paid lu Europe, and think that when we havej dime this we have deiuonstra'ed very clearly that the working man is much better I'lr on this aide of the AiUntic. But a Pittsburgh Pe'giau puts a new [ phase on the matter He sajs : "Iu| BdUlum 1 had my tittle home in the' country, ^lUrroundeJ by green fields, and everything w.is pleasant. In Belgium I my children lespecteii the.r [..tents, ' kissed thts hand? of my wife and myself, .•ind addiessed us as 'father' :ind 'mother.' I had my friends. We had our fete days, and life was pleasiur. In this country 1 receive three times the wa;e. I live ina dark Hat in the duty ci'y i f Pittsburgh. Xake imlice that all persons are herc- My ehiuiren tie it me with comti mpt by forhiilJen trespassing on, or dumping fiey call mv wife 'inoiu' and me 'pi.p.' 1 any rubbish on, or taking, 8>nJ. gravel. . r " 1 1 . 1 . . .1 oaith or Other matter I'll Park lot known hive my friend.^, but 1 must meet hem "^"'_, " , , , ., „, , , ' IS the Heoher SJind pit, in He<herton, in s iloons reeking of t-cer and liquors; ei.ntainiiw about two .acres, as all persons my sole amusements is limited to movin;|f trispis^iog ^r cionmifiov; .my nn'e m- pictures; I have none of the pKasarc.s of I cm^ving anything therefrom, on any i-t ,1,,. f ..„ I _:n , u -I. . n 1 â-  •• D-'tt uf the HeshiT estate in aud life thercFure 1 will go back to US eium. ' > f, i . \- n -n u * "- h'"'"- : eround He.shertoii v illagc, will be pros- Evidenly wj have still somnhiug lu ..n-utod ace .iriin- t • la-v.~ W^tv. Money is n t everything in the DK. T. S. sPROULE, life of men. July Uxeca;or for the Estate Hardware Merchant FLESHEKTON, Phone 30 r 2 ONT. Picture Framin.4 anJ Lpholstering i Office and Showroom : Richardson's Block (Over the Postoffice) FLESHERTON ^^ _^___^^_^ ,^-^_â€" ^â€" ^.^-_ ' Public Notice School Children's Eyes. MASSEY HARRIS IMPLEMENTS This fanii'us make of iiiiplemeuts is well known nil over the cimntry and their own nood work is the best recom- mendatii<n they can receive. If ycu require niiythini! in the line of Binders, .Mowers. Seed Drills. Cultivators. Pulp- ii.s, Pl'iw.s, Sleigh;!. Wacuons, Cream ., , I i. J t â-  Soparatiirs. Harrows, llullers. Cutting through neglected eyestrain Bo.-ie8, Ensilage Cutters. Gasoline eo in ChildhOOa. The eyes of :gine8, SawIng outfit*, etc, give us » child should be ! '•â- ''•'"'â- â€¢-• 'o '|U<'t« pnces. Many lives have been minea every ^^^ examined. We have made , . ,.» TTuT a special study of this branch ^'^^^ ^5/^ . of optics, and guarantee satisfaction. Consultation free. ; W. A. Armstrong:. , - Agent Flesherton Boar for Service The undersigned his a Ihorioiuhbred Y.'rk.^hire H. ar for service on lot 11, con. ,>. Osj.rey. Terms fi.OO. â€" FREDSPOFF.\RD. '