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mm Li ftisa J 4 I vJvV- ft i MOUNT ALBERT J V J fc c5i 4 Albert J I lvL- 1 J i 1 i i a Mr bought house and lot belonging to late Mrs or JJ0Q The household of IbftJ lute Mre Mnrr wore eold by pub- on Tuesday Mr is town in business for the Domin ion Miss Moore who is University in is suffering from a injured knob the result of ladies will you Iry to make Hie socks us near the given in the Hod Cross Book as possible The riieasuremcnis of ere Length from top of ftock bot tom of lieal in Length of foot ii in Length 5f ribbing in of to conVmfmeemeni of in The Womens Institute sent the containing pairs of Day Seeks SO Day Shirts 12 Pillow Covers Sur gical Jacket some Scarves and valued I also of Rooks were dis tributed among our boys who are soon going overseas The wish very kindly Ino Albert Telephone Co for their generous donation of for lied Cross purposes Tin Rod Cross Box in the Post Office containing the envelopes for the month of February amounted Too much praise cannot bo given those ladies who canvassed the village and country distributing these envelopes Special mention must given Mrs Moore and Mrs Duncan Stokes in collecting the gentlemen in their district J i Morton of Britain who Conducting at the Kesviek assisted by the Pastor 3Q Sharon The Ladies Aid will Wednesday afternoon meet next On Saturday evening Mar the Ladies Aid of Meth odist Church hold a St Pal- ricks Day Oyster Supper from to oclock in Smiths Hall at After the supper short program win be given In the fi Hall beginning at o clock come and have wood time MOUNT The tiirls Mission Hand met at the home of Mrs Donald Dav idson on Saturday afternoon This was a very successful meet ing alter which was served a de licious tea followed by a few de lightful selections from the Vic- There will be evening service in life Mt Pleasant Church next Sunday evening on the of March at The usual meeting of lite Young Peoples was held in the Church on the evening of the first of March and an excel lent topic was given by Ml Atkinson After this they chose leaders for the membership con lest which is to follow The top ic this week is to He given by Miss Vera Taylor FOR FLETCHERS A That Desirable House end with Frame Stable belonging lo Miss Victoria Scott in the Vil lage of Tor partic ulars apply to it P P Out OF -THANKS- Scott of return his sincere thanks lo the neighbors and friends who were SO kind and during the illness and death of his beloved wife end also in connection with the at the home of Mrs Fair Everybody welcome Mrs Miss Mary spool a day in Toronto last week Ada Crone is spending a few days with friends in Toronto Miss Margaret Parr of Thistle- town spent a lew days with rela tives in the village Mr njid Mrs of Hamilton spent a few days with Mrs Merlon Shaw to Mr A Wilson able lo be around again Quite a crowd attended the Cross at Hope Master Parr Sun day with Mr Hill Prank still takes his usual trip south Landing Correction In last weeks items it was staled that Mr Wright was the Asylum it should have read the Reception Hospital on Ave Toron to On Tuesday evening o clock Amsterdam Schord House was discovered lo he enveloped in flames ami before any person arrived on the scene the tire had made such headway thai it was impossible to save the building which was burned lo the ground Cause of lire unknown Insur ance on building and contents The building cannot be re placed for less than Miss Minnie of is visiting her Mrs Thompson Miss Jennie Tiffin of Toronto is visiting Mrs J The Red Cross Conceit Wed nesday evening was largely lended ami the program which was furnished by the ladies of Sharon was highly appreciated by all Mrs J Shields of Toronto spent Saturday last at her broth ers Mr las Aril Mr Wight and Mr Chas left on Tuesday for Toronto to attend this sessions as Court Constables Mr of spent Monday and Tuesday at home here Mr Morning of Toronto made a Hying visit here on Tues day last Atkinson attended IhespV meeting of Presbytery in To ronto on and Tuesday The March meeting Iho will he the home of MjfS Jus on Thursday ftfterniKin at of the meet ing will be given by the gutes and Miss Marion will sing A very pretty wedding was solemnized on Wednesduy Pel at oclock at Iho home of Mr Lev when Miss Ida Wcddclwas united in marriage Mr Norman lives Leaning on the arm of her brother the entered the drawingroom the strains of Lohengrins Wedding March looking charming in a gown of buff silk crepe do oh one and car rying a of yellow roses and asparagus fern lied Iho nuptial knot and Miss Gladys Jlolfry of Newmarket played the Wedding March A tor Iho coroinony about forty guests sat down to partake the dainty repast The many useful and beautiful gifts show very high esteem which the bride and groom arc held Amid cheers and showers of Confetti the happy couple left Sharon on the evening car for a short trip to Niagara the bride travelling in a navy blue serge suit and satin hat On their re turn they will take up their new life on the farm now occupied by Mrs M Cain just north of Their many friends extend lo Ihijin hearty good wishes for a happy and prosperous life Keswick i 1 florrltt The following loiters were re ceived from Jack Lewis and Signaller Gordon Kemp acknow ledging the boxes received from members of lie Hound lo Win Class of the Methodist Prance Class Methodist Sunday School A very agreeable surprise In the shape of a parcel from the class awaited mo when I arrived in last night ft was in excellent condition and was thoroughly appreciated both by myself and who shared the eatables Please accept my most sincere thanks and hope for a speedy return that may thank you all personally With wishes for lite wel fare of the class I am Yours sincerely lack Lewis Crowboro Suss ex Feb 3rd Dear Miss Just received your lovely parcel this afternoon and I hard ly need tell you enjoyed il very much Please convey lo I he members of the Bound Win Class my hearty thanks for it and wishes for a prosperous new year Very sincerely Gordon Kemp The following loiters were re ceived by Mr Win Marrilt from his son in France Somewhere in Jan ilttU Dear Home Polks- Just a few linos lo say all is well on this side of Hie pond We have about live inches of snow and from appearance of country you would almost think you were Canada They never use sleighs here as snow is mostly soft and not enough a time to make good sleighing will he quite slop py for a day or so when it thaws It has been too slippery to go on the roads with horses now have corks on some of them Thecojks Ihoy put on screw into and you can take them out if it that you do not need them The roads are so hard here that the shoes wear down very quickly The hronoh roads are the best I have ever seen They are wide well rounded hard just like pavement and Ihoy mostly have a row of trees along the sides of the road The sure travel on the country roads Motor cars are used a lot back of the lines Lots of the staff officers never travel any other way hut in motor cars although the staff officers have horses Armstrong from Newmarket is groom for a Captain in our fide I had a little accident the oth er day when I was taking a phone up the lino I was riding and had the phone strapped on my hack was a little slippery but not loo bad and the horse had no I had been Up the line before lhal morning and had no trouble I turned out lo pass traffic man and was coming up on high road again when quick as a flash the horse lost her fooling and her four feet went out from I managed yesterday the written in the holidays also box with gloves apples candies guest- I have you I am in my ankle I have been In for about a week I am having a good lime It id thing serious nothing- to worry about take time so what I need is patience I hobble around a little with Iho aid of a cane I am in a Rest The follows here ore not very sick very sick eases and the odsly wounded are sent farther back The complaints here are colds bronchitis slight wounds and trench feet etc There would not be over or bed cases out of the forty patients The of patients is changing ev ery day fellows being sent back lo IholrAtnUs sick ones sent lo Casually Sta tion others to Corps Host Sta tion We are in a long hut with a cement floor running down the centre and hoard floors on the Our beds are slrelchors placed on trestles about two feet off the floor They are not what you would call comfortable You get cramped and have to roll over This displaces the which before i t hi Now WALL PAPERS rom to roll QHnRWUiWliMAKO on Raw and Rolled Oil and Always on Hand I Paint Co to White Wash oo to Zoo A LIMITED SUPPLY OP HARDWARE I Wo pleased to you with IVhllo For Your Decorations CALL A I Royal Dei in cur window very flno PIECE i IV have rays If bad gone there be would have found One chap is hero suffering from shell shock He acts very funny shakes and twitches The other night he asked the chap next to to strike a match The fel low struck the match and one suffering from shell shock nearly blankets fell off his stretcher thinking it yon had nicely lucked in was a shell I think he has a turning in have been clean case alright Some chaps dying experiments so as lo lino Iry to put ft best way to put blankets on so- act shell shock Ihoy will stay lucked iu half do- have got back to cently is an art in it be- there was nothing Novo me I ha a very thorn plan last night and I think I will use it permanently The hut is not built for cold weather such as have had since I came in We have had regular Canadian weather this past week The snow is powdery and never softens up during the day days are clear and iK Wo have two box stoves in the room and you have to he within the doctors and I guess some when wrong with alright in cookers are a great rig They will certainly come fine at times Harry brought Winning of Barbara Worth the first time ho came down am at the Hospital I enjoyed reading it very much and did nothing but read and eat for a couple of days I also received some pa pers from Vera Warrinor so I have lots of reading I have been reading bo much lhal I have been putting off writing but when Sunday comes I do not sleep easy until I have written borne Well He brought Era Journal radius of len feet of the stove Leans and Colliers with him feel the heat sometimes I I sleep with clothes on and have four blankets and then am not loo warm especially if I kick around and roll We gel very good heller than I got with the section was surprised as I bad heard dif ferently and that was one rea son why I did not want go lo Hospital The lied Cross fellows are very nice loo The Convales cents have to do fatigues My sore foot exempts from all these I just have to walk to far end and gel mymeals I have my I will try lo write again before next Sunday I would like to drop in some night arid see just how all are looking Well I hope before next this bloody conflict will be over and everybody will be home t a Sutton West Miss spent the week end In the city with friends Mr Will Percy who has been in for some time returned home on Friday last Mr Cross was home for the weekend The lied Cross Tea on Tuesday was very well attended Proceeds The Ladies Aid of Knox Church held their meeting at the Mrs Croier on Thursday Miss lean left on Monday for Newmarket where she has accepted a position with Co Mrs J of spent a few days in town this week lie ready for the girls with the waste Saturday Mar Please tie papers in bundles and keep rags and papers separate Sec Girls Patriotic League of Haviland- It a very ni Cd and This In Quality Price is vhioh etui pur CLOVER AND Quality and I Direct Importer U FOR VILLAGE FARM OR HOME I Your thing you except your LET FOR Phone Studio One the New the same company thai has made for autirnoiiihllis the standard of Hi lroakfasl about 30 Ihon fold my blankPla and shave road VM on on Lot acres being the at Quar ter of in the 3rd of about mile of station First class grain farm good buildings running stream fences in good order Full plowing done and between and acres of wheal sown Possession 1st of April yor further particulars apply to WOOD LOT About acres part Lot con mile to Ml About acres heavily wood ed Spruce and Cedar DAVIDSON Mount Albert IOULYHY Plioae A PUTNAM Breeder of v h- its LiiiiiiiS Anew for heavy Egg Piu- lb 4w6 That was some snowstorm Monday Mr Longford had a run away lasl week and injured one of his colts Better hitch up right I time A meeting in Ihe interest of the Homo was held at Mr T Tuesday evening Mr English of was at Hope Sunday That serenade at Mr Crowd was the right kind as they presented Mr and Mrs with a beautiful Mantle Clock Mr made a suitable reply and all enjoyed it till Ihe wee small hours Mr Thomas Hall of Aurora visited his brother Mr Mark Hall on Friday to see Mr Hall back lo Church again after his recent so- illness Mr and Mr spent Saturday at Cedar Mr and Mrs Oscar visited Mr and Mrs Longford on Sunday Miss Maud and Mr Fair- barn spent Sunday evening at Mr A Dykes The annual Quilling at this week and hurrah for a good time We have been there before and know what to expect Sharon given at Hope In aid of the Hod Cross Fund was a splendid one Those who stayed at home missed a treat The ladies of Hope treated the Sharon people to a nice lunch Proceeds Borne crowd on the TueVJ day night Send the Km Our school closed down Tuesday until coal arrives- when is it coming Owing lo the basement not be ing quite ready the Methodist Red Cross Tea was postponed un til next Wednesday afternoon A great improvement has been made and the finishing touches were put on by ladies and ladies men who by the way have sure ly proved themselves scrubbers Mrs A Waile entertained some little irls to lea Tuesday evening in honor ofjittle Mari on birthday Mr Marshall of Toron to was up over Sunday visiting relatives and friends Have you your man for the summer yet is the common ques tion among the men nail the sunshine We will soon be hearing ail the canaries and sparrows singing Down that long trail with you The Presbyterian Ladies Aid met on Tuesday afternoon and packed or boxes for our sol dier hoys each containing toilet writing and tobacco supplies gum coffee candles load pencils and pairs of socks We are sure we would broad if we wore there see them opened Z J After a seasons trial of day light saving the French Chamber of Deputies has passed a bill to make the principle permanent The clocks of France will be an nually put forward an hour on the first Sunday in April and back again on the first Sunday in October Mar Fire which started at tins morn- destroyed Ihe fine planing of tho Wilson Manufacturing Company entailing a loss of oyer largely covered by in surance Two residences also fell a prey to the flames The Wilson Company have een one of Ihe leading industries of for nearly thirty and have sold their products all over Can ada They had all the orders on hand they could handle Fifty Mi are thrown out of employ ment Harry lo get clear of the stirrups but Ihe weight of the phono didnt let me get clear of the horse She fell on my foot and gave it a wrench It been swollen since has not been very pain ful as long as I keep it still If it had been a bad sprain chances are I would have got a I am having it rather easy sleeping eating reading writing talking and keeping the lire go ing I can hobble around on one foot Harry yaw from Sutton He is with engineers He expects to get a from rupture His brother has been transferred to Division Signals in England We are having lots of shredded wheat these days a package We received parcel with cook er II works line we do not need now as we have a fire There have been of limes when we Id have used it and bore will be more Mid it works fine but I doubt very much if you can heal of Water with one tin of canned heat I finished reading Tin Yes- It makes you think more than bis other hooks It is what you would call semi heavy reading I enjoyed it very much Harry was in his afternoon He has taken a couple of inns up for us lately at nights to an or play chess until when we gel dinner Supports lights out at f should have men tioned lhal Ihe Dr around about 10 in the morning and at night He goes around the ward with orderly lolls what he wants done and generally the Orderlies out his orders Sometimes Ihe Dr dresses particular eases Six have looked at my ankle two at a forward station and four here Their treatment varies very much First doctor says put bandage on Next one says put on tight bandage No 3 says is just as well without any bandage No has liniment and bandage nothing about it being light I forget about No No takes adhesive lape and straps my leg up He put six long pieces on thai reach to just be low the knee then others are around my foot and ankle and leg was put on this morning It will he a painful few minutes when they lake it off They hold my foot in place nd it certainly is quite a support Den Summers was dowp with Harry yesterday Hen said could walk the legs off him ry is certainly looking the pic- lure of health He was down lo see me once before It is about six miles lo come He had lo fol low me up and all he knew was lhat I was left at forward Hos pital I very nearly went to CCS first night I was in so as to DelcoLIghl has been developed by Cranking Lighting and Ignition world At last a thoroughly practical efficient and economical isolated lighting homes it combines in one compact unit the current and lids the specially designed highly efficient batteries constitutes the plant has a parity of to lights and will also furnftli for small machines such as washing machine vacuum cleaner pump sewing machine and so forth It is so simple that it child can operate starts on the turning of a switch trouble and stops proof when naileries an full it is practically iii for I not complete with elterles ready to run Is f nearest Hallway WHITE PO SI OR Pi Mount Albert Spring i On Tuesday Into Sum July 3rd He Catalogue Toronto 393- Alexander charged lions utterances t Harris ton the coming fcT rrr in Franco Jan Dear Folks Homo brought letters down IJHOSE WHO FROM TIME TO TIME HAVE FUNDS REQUIRING INVESTMENT MAY PURCHASE III IvU IN MULTIPLE THEREOF I HI iry la li3 roU of of fit Ml t of lha of A In iw j i wi of or for par cent will to tnlad Oil Of fur thb i bond nd livilr employ oyster supper am day evening and Mr company with Vancouver lives wei when Hope was was an llioro were II holed and Iwci in their forced lit I frfa tot Hem id to may cured Hli lyiH most re Hulls Blood on the r- Jtl- i ding for a liiipiyeiii l otibe it i SjRSSs