The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

iKr MIC to About HUNDRED PAIRS TO CHOOSE FROM fl JEWELLERY i I 563 BE sa jj The leading County Paper as well as the Oldest and copies each Circulation during r TERMS per annum if In advance to United States No paper soot out of North York- unless Haying enlarged our Department this year and worth equipment we bio better prepared than ever TO FIT The Proper aSse Gradual Optician JACKSON Editor and Proprietor R JACKSON AssistantEditor A K ARCH vol no Single Copios 3 each mam WORK IN INDIA on all Winter Goods mentioned below a Stoves coal or wood Horse Blankets Jute Jersey and all wool Lined and Gloves Skates Shin Pads Heckey Gloves Sleigh Bells team open and string Childrens Sleighs Axes Logging Chains A HARDWA The place to buy and Varnlshas PHONE NEWMARKET End Lumber Yard m with re to in of There J Doggone It I have let that Coal Order go again today First thing in the morning I must phone P Pearson for a ton of his fa mous Coal He Is tho only selling agent for that Coal In Newmarket and It Is certainly the best Carter it Alfred Bishop Harvey Ontario St J L Murphy P Pearson -J- I if COLD WINDER WEATHER THE BEST C A THIS IS OBTAINED ALWAYS AT W H EVES Order by Phone 22 or Manning Ed Nelson Miller or any irreg- that is INCORPORATED 1355 BANK or to faov of si it tbett ft I crossed ftdvio idicuTedi and iclory- eyes on ever see always few titan depart- tainj to id noble take the Uadain of Capital and Reserved Joint Savings Accounts In the BANK TORONTO are proving to be a very convenience to many of our With accounts either of two persons o tho oasehold rosy deposit or withdraw money Interest is paid on all balances twice year In the event of of either p arty he survivor may At an early hour one morning last week Mr Whitehead was attacked by a couple of thugs and robbed near his own door He was confined his ted from the Rev Dr General Super intendent Methodist Church had left for trip through Western Canada in the general interests of the Church Rev Dr A has re signed his position as Field the Dominion Alliance after a ser vice- of five years The Board Control Instructed Solicitor Johnston to oppos tho application of the Toronto for an amendment to bill extending the time in which they will be permitted to build a railway from Toronto to Whitby and Lake Pcugog According to the agreement the Company when granted a charter in was to have commenced work within two yeans was found guilty of conspiracy before Chief Justice last week sentence was de terred pending the outcome of some points in dispute The charge of high treason has yet to be heard The ol Ontario re ceived instructions from the Premier of the Dominion last regarding the correct method of addressing cor respondence Intended for overseas troops at the fronts Tho should give name and ran number Canadian Expeditionary Forces General PostOffice Eng land The words To be Forward ed should also on V en elope When the graduate nurses met at the General Hospital last week Col Dr 1 A Roberts outlined the de velopment of Nursing or ganization since the South African war For the new hospital of the University of Toronto eightysix nurses are needed Out of hundred applicants Mj George P the well known bank er was appointed secretary of the Diocese Toronto The executive committee of the had great difficulty in coming to a decision end it the deciding vote of the Bishop which elected Mr Toronto Hamilton are making progress along temperance lines The number con In Toron to tor W14 decreased 1J6 in Hamilton 38 as compared with IDQ year Local option is com- has given intimation of his acceptance the formally the and Good Roads Convention which meets in the on the of March s also expected that Premier Hearst will he present on hehalf of the Ontario Government Henry Lasher charged with keeping a house who was under a a by his wife when his cisc was called the Court last weet it transpired that he aid his wile cleared to the States The Ice jam tlic Don last week just before Fridays cold turn in the weather came near the temporary bridge in connection- with the construction of street viaduct The lee had to he dynamit ed John cattle for the Ontario Government the formerly held by Mr lame- was at the yards a few days Among his purchases butcher cattle lis at JC85 five lbs at and a Witcher a Over of the 1 Grounds were ill on of week hut no very serious cases outside those from mmitngltls at An junction to a dicinc company from her hour a half and the interest kept up until the end when few pictures of the crucifixion made a great im pression and prepared them for an other visit We sold nine Gospels all wo had and gave away over two dred- leaflets for which there was a About two ago I took two J crowd scOihg who could get one first men with Calcutta and met They had a dozen eggs cooked for me two more at Station M rao miles out as the work in those drink and other fruits A blessed day Letter from It of King Tp We our journey in a crowded train over twenty miles from Calcutta Then we engaged 3rd class car riage with two horses a larger than donkeys to us two miles to the Mela or country fair as it is not a religious Mela tract given to the station master when arriving was the means of stir ring up his curios whole as we were leaving which I have sent to him Another afternoon and evening was spent at where we put our cur tain on the sldo of a main road and ONLY A OAR TICKET On a busy crowded corner a fair Toronto street- A Salvation Army Captain And a small boy chanced to meet were waiting- lor a street car And amid and roar The childish questions wandered the topic the war mm So the Captain told- his stories ne means oj A1 yoU ask rot Great Britains gallant struggle or a standard policy for hail Insur ance has been felt Tho farmers of Saskatchewan unanimously endorsed the Patrio tic Acre scheme at the Saskatch ewan Grain Growers Association convention held at This scheme aims to in the province give flu sro- of one acre for patriotic sur- I poses This cast us each our under a tree at the roots of which R tickets 3rd class fifteen cents for forty miles over rouh road Wo were very the place The seemed short be cause of the interesting- sights The crowd had not assembled it being but p m- so we inspected the twits and contents which were tor sale The Shopkeepers of Calcutta make great profit at these were three gods and a pot ot water and soma food This was not my arr ran am careful not to interfere with their worship but the natives of the village found the place- While showing the pictures an orthodox Hindu objected to our being under their sacred tree but a dozen voices of Hindus soon silenced him There was worship Arid her victory on the sea He told him of the money It would take for such a fray And ho said ho was collecting For the War Fund every day Now what is your donation For a cause so just and good V say mister was the answer give a million if could Well lea ther know what the people want to the Gods that night but not ten expect to buy Fruit vegetables and groceries candles me its hardware crockery etc the first thing did was to buy nut I think I could live on one a dav lor sometime before starving there is so much focd and drink i them Yet at home I hated the sight of cocoa nut but you feet from thorn wore seen the pictures of the Glorious Saviour and Ills work The people became cold as It was damp and a cold wind a change of fifty degrees from midday makes a difference blowing and they began to leave so showed only two more pictures then they settled down to balk vou dont know what nut stayed twenty to really is especially dobs green hear tho passionate appeal full of watr cool to accept Christ while The native men started to sell Hoffmans- head of the Crucified saw and Scriptures as the people came from trains and villages and when they tried to make srort of them the books began to sell I do think op position and persecution is the life of Christianity as well as of trade got on fire when a young mas said the Gospel was only selling at ball a cent each Marks Gospel and soon showed him the difference in value between it and along the road from the village the two pictures be bought of Kali two others Three boys and gods for twelve cents We walked two and a half miles see a picture of Christ on Cross We sold ten hooks and they lingered In large groups for another half hour I am sure there were about four hun dred people almost all men as there was no place for women Many of the girls from our Girls school came with fathers or brothers Then I took a walk with my Col- about two and a halt miles and had Then in every grimy pocket Went the finders of the lad But a single street car ticket Was the only thing he had So he gave it to the Captain With the words Ill never Its all have so mister You just take it and Ill walk That night War Committee Met to make returns and tell How every loyal citizen Was glad its funds to swell They told of cheques in plenty That the wealthy freely gave And how patriotic girls Sent all that they had saved 50 YEARS AGO From Era March On Street on the Mr Thomas Pearson eldest son of Nathaniel Pearson Est aged years On Street on tho mat Mr Alfred Rogers aged years Between the North York Ag So ciety Board and Newmarket Council a decision is about reached to pur- exhibition and play grounds- near Ihg or ham Woollen Factory An excellent meeting of the Farm ers was held last Saturday Two hotel licences were granted by the Council of Holland Landing for the current year Mr is being engaged by the Grammar School Board as suc cessor to Principal Marling resigned Mr Chas I Aurora has a double column advertisement of sis store in todays paper Then the Captain rose and smiling Told about the little lad And- he showed car ticket That was ALU the youngster had What a spirit for Canadians- What a motto Ill never Its so mister You just it and Ill walk a crowd and then sang Bengal songs and had some and a Tew Gospels sold By this time the people were coming in great numbers from all roads Having got an idea of various roads and from what quarter most people were I stationed toys on these roads stood for over an hour with the hot sun on my back picking out looking men aS passed though dis couraged was amused at tut soon found anxious men examining his books He Poorest ol our twice as many as any that day and was home oer joyed dockets full of coopers- I sold fifteen not by talking English It is dis tressing to that at least threi- you accost with a book can not rertl- I alter often found manv had a brother or friend who could read and persuaded to take a honk to them and explained There were all side shows The mid at the pictures and were taking home two books telling the Gospel story to another village As we returned I told the story of the two disciples of and bow Christ came and talked with them then I said let us talk with Him tonight as He journeys with us I like to bo and talk to where no other so I prayed and we claimed the people who had a mental picture Christ for the first time for His kingdom got the burden ot his Hindu brothers on his heart in a very special way and many a tear drop fell on that road as we journeyed back to out village But best of all He truly walked with us We could not help but say as did those two disciples Did not our hearts burn within us when He talked with us by way Thru we put my camp cot in a mud hut and a mosquito net over it and his mat on the mud floor A tent or or mud hut where Jesus is tis heaven there When tired sleep comes and no thought Is taken of the dwelling place wolf to hoveled outside the window- but an and guarded our sleep and a new one of the i brought to Calcutta Will wo go attain Well there arc plenty standing invitations and no calling cards required to introduce yourself TheDr of the village and his son are enquiring into the Christ life Pray for lohn and Was a war fund ever honored With an offering half so grand As that street car ticket given By that young Britons hand Midst the cheers of this great gath ering Came a voice from out the din Let us auction off the ticket With a hundred Ill begin Two hundred from the gallery Three hundred from below Four hundred from the platform Oh the bidding wasnt slow And it leapt with and dashes That would make your heart strings thrill Till at last the street car ticket Brought thousanddollar Thank God for such a country That will fightif tight it must God for such a people That will give their I withdraw the mosey Branches In Ontario Quebec the West BRANCH A LIST Ell Manager ACTUAL RESULTS the actual results of prohibit In West Virginia are most encouraging a testimonial td of the final cV ri Ceiling Pino Hardwood Flooring Maplo Oak etc Columns NO BETTER J LUMBER ever grew than that we Have IN FOR YOU DRY AND Lumber Lath Posts Designs in Doors Material and Trim Oak Ash Cypress Georgia Pine etc goods properly SOUND AND NEATLY DRESSED Thft Kind Thats RATED BEST BUY a paid her It the Toronto Hallway Co In satisfaction damage Is in an action entered at Hall by Mrs May Wright against a Toronto company of Middlearch was elected Master and 1 of Arthur secretary of ho Do minion Grange at the annual mcetlu last The Indians Hurricane Hills Be- servc the Home Msson Commission of the church to place the inbstonwor oh reserve In the of whose Mcenio the former I dead An impressive In connec tion with the special con at when soldirsidrits their decrees Without damna tions Mr Brury the United Farmers of an eloquent for a snr tlon the basic of at the convention last Police have rcu-Ft-d- it Brwrhl lie dlftaenrd hoe in Nov ember last Ms fear he been the victim foul play One day last oard Control used the pruning with them have it sorts of Toronto inhibition disgusting as it is is lame compared to what you sec here we are whtc we are in our work known at home is thlnua that tabes our lifes blood Yet everything and every word of worth Is connected with their religion Oh I their religion Is the mot hen of tlHr literature is ours hut what it were Iron world it tend to Improve under lawlessness Hundreds vounr were poisoned that day at the Mela What did they yet Amen thousands of Measure dark sin Cursed creatures we only sold two hundred posrels a work The President The Citizens 0- four and Tired aim I at Hank of says I am somewhat overcome with the sun we personally acquainted with a returned homo that every hum of former drinking men who might Mind soil The I have been reformtnl since prohibition workers In general counted the ol and are now aggressive citi- compared with a former j Religious Mela where thV sold one Gospels and trip to the mouth of the river at a three I have yet to hear the days the- flve thou- man speak of the prohibition sand hundred Goiptls and cot except to say that it Is a great over pice Hindu to business and ft great help in We watch tor all such fairs and many other festt-als- have some M Snyder of the Dank loots You Mount says Our tank has no the work and suffering opened up approximately three fcUa- is in placing th- In new accounts since the if heir Inst ear we in this July a very largo per cent of which alone sold tel from of the scriptures On work- formerly spent their for sells from to hundred toxicants month hut he Is a none other lie In ac Ha eck bad a fine to own of and end the ot The men were nesting as 0 prominent bankers and went elds at P men we we meeting up me to And thank God for the children With the spirit Ill never balk its all hate Empire Vou just tale it and Ill Gertrude Cornish Knight J REQINA 25 YEARS AGO From Era Kyle March The Altar At the parsonage ton by Rev on the lilt Mr Peter Keir to Flora all of At Richmond Hill Rev on the Mr Frank Moodr to Miss Sarah Wade all Kiag Township Vincent on the by Rev W Hill A at the parsonage Newmarket Mr Simon of to Miss Mary V lucent of Hast Todays Era contains of columns ot proceedings at the In quest on the death of A Smith merchant We notice Sheriff Widdifield High tones and Detective Rogers of the Gity were among the officials at the inquiry A diagram of the cellar where the was found is Under auspices of the the Jones Family pave an entertain ment in Town Hall on Wednesday evening last From six to degrees below zero yesterday Mr Joseph Millard will erect a brick building opposite the Royal Ho tel tae coming spring Mm f5i Mr Robert He horses during the price of and to Winnipeg purchased week at an average shipped tho animals are Mr Amos Wright President of the Homo National Sutton real salesman till dark John the rts to talk Mr John Rbul of Trust says The is finding its way into the accounts And so I could go life of inn testimony of numbers busness at p men all of whom arc delighted with of the the log of the It scorns strange how slow rcopje are in out that money won people and the curious gather- booth and beer Rut I am almost S to warncws ant all loyal to at the taxpayers yvh cannot five last man I had cocoa nuts that burdened with taxes plenty and two sick rcole to help to support the paupers and criminals ohn a rdan thorh there take care of the wrecks caused not a Christian In the dstrlct He by the liquor traffic was along his on a Mohammedans shoulder like brother Ths be is gettnne into An escaped lunatic from the thelrhejTts He had the m arrange asylum at London Oct i womVn a the people of Richmond Hill ana vi cinity quite- a scare week before by nutting roues between trees and hanging saris yards of cotton a dress thus got over two hundred women who could attend no other meeting In all we bad and you would wonder where rnany he was recaptured Children FOR FLETCHERS 4 To provide whatever increased venue is required to meet existing conditions out of other by raising the protective tariff is the suggestion made to the government by the Canadian Council of Agricul ture representing the organized farm ers of Canada supplemented by a tax on The tax approved as a temporary measure The government was asked to leave feed grain on the free list owing to the present high trice of feed The council would not the granting of the application of the railways for Increased freight rates from Fort east which they claimed would result in lower prices to the grain producers Other recommendations to the Council of Agriculture were that an expert commission he appointed inquire into the chilled meat exportation that a recommendation he made to the Grain Commission to request the government to amend the Grain Act by a suitsection providing that the charge for wiling grain shall he to such regulation as the hoard of grain deemed pro per that the supervision and control of the weighing of rain all eastern transfer elevators he under the direc tion of the- commission A comprehensive cooperating gardening scheme Is worked out by a number of business men who see in the present situation a great opportunity to supply garden in ah advantageous market A of meetings with a view of increasing the Interest of the and production campaign Is now being carried on in Saskatchewan with considerable success The farm ers of the West are showing great interest In tho movements Alto gether twentyone more meetings will be held before the program mapped out has completed A real estate deal of magni tude tooV ftlace In when Mrs pur chased four lots on Oeler street at a cost of A uniform police inregard to boil insurance throughout the province Saskatchewan which is to go into effect over the whole grain row- area Western Canada was do elded upon at the annual meeting the SasVatcnewan Hall Insurance Bureau recently homestead the torn on Union Mr George Peg of Sett has bought the old place where he was St East The TombIn Town on the John Gibson acd years arid months Shier At on the Win Shier aged years A memorable was at last week when the the of T organiza tion celebrated Us formation Grand Division were pre sent Addresses were delivered by Messrs J M Manning and G Ross of Toronto Mrs I Burke of Toronto has taken up residence with her father Mr I at Holland Mrs President the Ladies Aid of the Church entertained the members last afternoon Mrs Lee other of Mrs is here on a visit Mrs Lee was also at the same family circle over Sunday lb Reeve Jones Whitchurch was in Town on Friday Mrs J Madex left for on Friday to spend a few days with her sister Mrs Roche Mr Fred and wife of To- spent the weekend Town Mr Lloyd of Toronto in Town over Sunday Mr lames whp has been visiting friends In returned home on Saturday The Orange Bill the Commons this week Feb Herbert Whan a P brakesman was arrested here today by Constable Holding on charg ing him with the theft of several cheques from the P at London He lsalleged to have passed two of the cheques on merchants at West Toronto A train leaves New nosed the teacher traveling forty- an hour It Is followed thirty j minutes later by a train traveling miles an hour At what point will the second train run into first The class seemed at a loss tbat Is all was standing in waving fair hand Well said end of mm as a tJS 6f7l Sr 1 mm Lr m mm- rear car madam ARCHIVES OF