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THI PLlSHItTOI ADVAffCI I5;inkiri- Oillce oi QEO V MITCHELL " " II I. Ml Kit 10' >,j tusine trauKacted Draft iflii'il it usual rat**. Money alwaya availnl.lu for leel.liatl l)UMn Offlc* two iluon uortU ut IticliarJ Mm ft Co i. Vicinity Chips. Ui:u-a. t , i- ; ; - of the Past Week Carefully fulled for the Curious. B uiuft* '.<.< <tinis>i<i locals trill b chai ( / /"c j>r fiit* /</ ocA iit.*i (,'jii. .1 r'/i-fiH trt'M be M<t'/< ; Iu0line*or over Seventeen skipi i >f be d.r sale. Applj to S. Gilbert, YanJe!tmr. At.y I'lmiti'y <if loll c.uiiinj; 3<>ne at t'.e FU .vierlon Woollen Mi:!i. Nuaati* faction, iio pay Xi UN A HERMANN. Stfiyner turf aw-cMMon hold their annual meet IM T i -'.ly. June 4. W tliank the in.n.aj.uieul for a e-'i. [>l.mCn tary ticket. "'i S;,Ui"ii to"'ill tr.sni nr mi \Ve.lnesdiiy of Ust week, with the f'llowia/oHic.?r* : Harry Yirrs, cap t4iu ; \Viu. Liwrt-noe, vice pres'Jent; Win. Stewart, ec. ; Win. Heint.'-..il,treai. Seethe *k Bindh chine and Aiiieri'-iu > I M wir (die hvat luownr irtli) on ei'.iiM ! n ne.-uly opjxisite Tim Advance IM I. \'\V. Aladill .i^enis. Also a^cnu for Sylvester Bros. mac!. Mr. McAr.lay, the obliging K' x-^i driver betw>. n FUsberton St.tt. on, Price- vide and l)ur'u.t::i, U.M-I".- Ins busii- L*rd in th : ' i-.-'jo. ill 1 lr.u m>od accni- nn>d*ti>'ii !:! iiblic aud is deserving '.runage. Mr. I: ' ' I':TS .: u t -t with a painful accidi lit i y having hu liaud '.T. i ';-! ': -eoiia chain and a larjje stum' K ^..ttiu^ out of 1 Unit* well 1 Uukcii, - very painful. M .-. <".r.,. W rovroll Corner*, was n ciili Thu \Vat- , ,ii HiiK p ni>K at tlia Corncrj a II. ah and il<ior fac t.,ry. 1.1 K ..itiuns last week. T!i y h.iv< ,', f contact f..r the k <: I'u ru. - block in Frictvi.lt 1 . Tiic ban.l jj-i. . xcveiit niuiic on tlio w|d:tro S .' i iy cv.-inii^. \\'B uu<li.ratjii'l tluit ':-y rrcoive'l tie nl.r.v', MI. t. -"mi :i '.'5 cents. The baud b..j .1:11,. '..ict t'.iis a- a sort of ciH-"Uta^< ".i .it for <jthri3 t" coinu up w;tli their iiiiten. l.'l course ' mites are <juile a.t -<ri :. i* .till be preached in the Ku^i-iii'i Mi-thul at church by the llev. Mr liirt!i-y, < t Fncaville, uii Sal) Uitli next, and uu tl. f<>l!oAiu^ Monday tvuuinjj a tea and fiiiritainmuiit will bo XiviMi. A ^'"xl tune :s expected. Usual charge* of admission to the tea. See bills for ht of The Dolinoatur for June contains a UrjiC variety i-f retwliUK nutter suiiahle fur the Lulu*, in iddiuon to the latent faah'uns, including aiticies <m Travelling by Saaad Land, Ru*e ami Violet Cul- ture, Sunioier Foods and Diseases. \\o- uian as an Artist, and manyothvra of im- portance. The Delineator Publishing Co., Toronto. 91 per annum. Mr. A. T. Wilgress sold the darks- bunt Ketiector some time ago aud JIM now entirely severed hu coni.ectioii with it. We do ii'jt know what Mr. Wilgress purpose's doing or where he U, but the iU-Hector contained last week a long "obituary" notice of hU sererauce. We scarcely kimvr whether the notice re- ferred in was sarciuin or the ebullition of a geniiiuely sorrowing heart. At all evetitswc fuel lonesome ourslve,aiid it is with regret ihit we announce Mr. \Vil- greaa' departure from the journalistic Held of this county. Although we had an occasional "spat" with him we always entertained the kindliest feelings toward* the gentleman. May he prosper, wlicre- erer he is. Morse Wanted. Horse wai.u-d in exchange fr village 1'ioperty. Must, be ijuite u 1 **! drier aiiii wjrker and snund. A 1'U^y and !.*rue. may be taken also. Apply to J. \\hitten, The Twenty-Fourth. Her Majesty'* bir;hday on FiiJay lat characteii/.td by uatlier ot tin- nil i-t *!acioi v kii.d. Tiieie werv, of coiir-i 1 . no apoi'ts of any kind in town, and the young people were obliged to go away ir->i.i ii uu l" '-pi-iiil their money. A d'Zun i v .-.> viMU-d Slielluine and en- joyed iiino yood hi rw iacii g there. Numbers also d ru>e i>\or to Eui{tiiia to view tin- instu; beiutit* of that place > Miiethiiij of wh'ch |n-o|>|i' never seem t>) til it i) so romantic, you know, some- !i;;t vf a l'V.r's p^.aihse. One trio met with an HccuUlit >-y llu> bit.ikmu u.'Wii of au aie of tiiuir tugg\,bu: aiiived h. me in m>id *hap in itiiol-.cr ru. Till!) was the only aco.dunl ot Uiu Jay ill it luve to chioiucle. Tljt I'resbytetian garden i^rty at the renidence of Mr. Stewart, west back line, was well attended aud netted suiuu twenty -rive dollar*. Good ice creniu at Henderson's new parlor, Sproule'a block, orery uftenioon aud erening. PER50NAL5. K you ara rUitiuii away from bom* lat m know it. If you ha\a viaiton froui a dlitauea at jro'ir placo toll u* uf it. It 1* a mistake to be ahy about doiuv thi* becauaa f rt upd* ara always auxioun to know of auub uiovaiutmt*, and (ha pel OUA! corner i* now oua of the recouis* depaiuueott of avery well royulatod utws- Miss Ella McKee is risitiug fr;eudi in Owen Sound. Miss Mary McKee, of Nottawa, is rU- itiug with leisure* in thia vicinity. Mr. and Mra. II inif,,r !, ef Tornntn, wo-e the guuat.s of the letter's brother, ill'. N. Henderson, f >r a few days during tho past week. Maater Eruenon Heu- derson accompanied them. Mr. and Mra. A. B. Fawcetr, of To- roi.to Junction, visited the former'* par- ents iu town for a few days during the week. Mr. tnd Mrx. John Reid, who moved from Fleshertou to Chicago a couple uf years ago, have returned and intend tak- ing up their abode among iu once more. Mr. Marshall Furcyth, of Mason <& isel:, Toronto, pianor, waa a caller on Tuesday. air. and Mra. II. E. Glendinuinj of (The Herald) Dundalk, wheeled over on bycicles after four o'clock la.it Thursday evening, took tea with Principal Irwin ail' I returned homo before dark. They are b<itli enthu.->i.uue wheeleis, and wo dope they will make their visits amou^ i.nirt) freijue'ir. The Advance prxtfers then) the fieedoni of its sanctum and ex- changes whenever they condescend to r it with tlicir All About a Hen. A friend of ours lias a hen a good.iu- uirioUH hen which ba* t.-ik n a whole vummer's contract ti supply chicken*. . v ho u a regular aui- -. i>i'fcathert'd incubator ami it.- |uncs no attention. She L-iid a i;ener- >ui supply of eyfft for herself and then n to hatch. Smile of her ruter hens, too buy ind ihii'tle4> t" make tiests for lieinsfli'ei, undeitook to supply a few lore e<;us for thu induatriousone toha'cb, and they kept up tho deposit u'it 1 hou 1 was completely surrounded with n - chit:ki.ii*. Then th cluck - ens Legan to make their appcarauct 1 , UK! her owner deprived her f theai as fast, a> they came ou', whilu the l.i/.y hen , tept perai.iti.ii in supplying her with more e^s. At present it is one f the greatei-t cxhil>ili.>i s of chicTTcn lialch- uii( ever Keen, and thu l->-'u's owner l - lit ve* tii.it hlie ha< a i."" d solid suiiiinei 's woik ahead of her. She has riseii t > tin- importance of the occ.ivon and "je'->' away like grim death dy in and day out. Shoiil.l her o nvitmin stand the strain tier owner expects to make a small for- tune out of broilers this coming fall. Osprey Council. Osprey Council met as a court of re- vision at Maxwell on Monday. There were only tour appeal*, ami uo ihan.-cs were uiade except m one case, where Mr. John Winters' assessment was reduced ay 100. The council had a very buy day of it and were kept busy until dark. This council has a habit, of itivmx a good lay's work for a good day's pay. They lold eight meeting* in the yenr aud do ully a* iu ach business as many council* do by twelve meeting, thereby saving somewhere in the neighborhood of fifty do. Ian to the township. The habits of thirty-four years alu hard t-> ovcrciu.>, and "father" (iaiuey baa Dot overcome tlifiu. Hu was pretent as an interested p-imtoroti this occasion to see how Mr. ['rest, u ^rsceil the position which the ex- reeve rose above last Ontario lctinn . Judi;in 4 { by the ineriy twinkle iu his eye and iieneral air of satisfaction everything waa all light. Mr. Allan, tho now mem ->er. KH e.t evidence of making a good council or. He has yean in his fsvor, is rood l<>ok inc. has a general appearance of intelligence about him, and why shojld.i't le make a good councillor t Council- or Spectn is a weighty uian in debate or myway you ha\o a mind to take him. We advised him lust ye-ir to buy a*bicycle ut he does not riJe one as yvt, aud cou s._i|iientlj ia uot unite an willowy and supple as he would have been had he "l.owed our advice. Still, we must con- >v. tha'. he look* hourly and his inuMical auctioneer voice has not failed him. to whicn statement let all who have sales to conduct secure proof by engaging hrln. I'lie minutes of the council Kill sppour icxt week. BOAR FOR_SERVICE. ThnroiiKlibrad Rerlioblro Boar for ervlc on ot ]!. .IM! ion wi.Ht. Artouiobia. TQIIUII *1. i <.> oaii t>a wan br applying to tliu i>iu- ' , r luah-irtun Station. STRAYED. SlraveJ from lot So. 'i, cou. 4. Ruphraala, ou :<. liuli uf Vla>. i. ne kiuall i.i/u.1. nmy \n s inlol til^M 11 1,-ti.l- UKtoln.4 whcieabvutil will bu|t)iaiik(iillv lar ivaU. JAMKS STfiar, 1'. O. >1UCKVILLB AND UfBHAX STAi Durham staga laataa Flesbartoo Station at 1> KIII. ut, in.-, i.fc'i |- 10 1'iiceullu stauu aav* the aiuw plaia at !--., retiuuiiu >it 1 t.. r ai- tPiicevilleauiiit)turD..>Ocauti>. Dm >i. V fui n rio M. 7"H>. lug!* fare. Liven 1 iu euu- vvUju, <Ji Jor may bo left ,it either uotal. .A. AieCAl ~^Y 1'rop. SMALL FARM FOR SALE. Conliluiiig forty-two acra of good land l-art ia|,:,' Imiii. with o mrnrtablc Dilck UOUM and po.).l Una iiamu uaru. nituaUxl i of a mile aoutji of Klcahui tob. Tarws raaaouabla. Apply ai tbli oflka or at J. K. Ii4smnviti.il & Co'i Furniture Store, fla&Uartou W t V T a? 1 1 K * 1 m< "> ln T0ur litric* to ' A 1> I d J/ rapretaut tli Fonthill Nursar- in of Canada. Over TOO acrav. The largeat in Shu Dominion. Poaitioti permanent. (Salary or comuiiaiiiou to nti.t man. \\ith tho lucreaiini{ <iuniiiil fur fruit a poai* tiou with as aa wleiuiau will pay yc u uetuir than eutfaKiriK in farm work. Sana UH your appllaaUoa aud wa will ubuw you bow to earn guod mouay. Sc'uool taachen! iu jnt the tliiiiR for you during tha auiuuiur. \V i ite for particulars. STCNK A WKLL1NUTON, Toi ut, Out. NOTICE. TU public ia prohibited from Billing on lot 24 in the 13th coucoiiiioii iu the township of Artomu.ia, ami u ic>( Jt iii tba nth COHCUMI ou of tile aaiua ton'uaiiip. art alao on lot No. i and tba Muth half of lot No J in tha 5th mrrnastnn iu the towne^jip of RupUrav.i&. Person* diare- aotici will bu iiroaocutad. !* r H HlSLOP I S JOHN WtBKH | JAMXS Rtyn i. f JAMB* HILL I 3 WARNING. 1 harabv wavrn tha public against a aota drawu by uia in favor of Juauph Hadga- row for the mini of twenty dollan. a* I have not recaivad value for tn lama, and will uot pay It. THOMA* AITI III>ON. STOCK FOR SALE. "everal milch cows anrl a lot of young IWjrk- blro pigt fur aalo. Api>ly to \V B. DTSOH. KlathaituD P. 0. HOUND CAME ASTRAY Came to thu prvmtiwtt of t'.-- uu ) W. 13th con.. Artei'ii-ia. ou or I init.. one honud. The owner is > pruva property, pay expoueo and tak oauiaawav. H.i.KNOK. uiai-.O. Court of Revision The flrt sitting of the Court of Kowiion of thu township of ArteiiieM.i for tba yoar MM will >> M > Tuwn I! i Mon.U. Hit. th.nl .lav f -I'v f as SM tkaxir at lau o'clock in t. A.J peraoiiH intcmsteil will take uoticu aud vciu tl2<uualvas accordiufily. W. J.HKLI Ck-rk of kaiil Court. FleauartOD, IU; Oud. 1*ML Nails Away Down The 1 uiKlin^ seav>n is at h.iml, and 1 h:ive dt-cule-d to supply any luamity of nail* at the loweitt prices everseeu. Read tile I !;<.* iii; .(U.-tjiiotis : .'! iu-.-li cut imU, *~2.^:> | . i- 100 lounds. 4 ..... . *-' 20 ...... 5 II M II fti. 15 O M II 6 M it if c 10 t M ii Shingle nails $"2. 04 M Wire nails, 3 in. 3.00 ...... Gni'c. er Tools. II >, .... 25 eta. and up. Spades . . (50 et . Shovels, square snd round 00 cts. Kakes garden . . 40 eta. and up. Manure forks, 4 prn; . 00 cU. Miscellaneous. Aiiucaled wire, No. 11, K .40 per 100 Ib. No. 12, f-' 5o Barb wire . . . 93.40 , Cable tru*8 wire . $4.7."> it plyers . . 50 Daisy churns, No. 3 . $3.50 Creamery cans . . 73 Factory cans, 25 gal., broad hoop . f3 75 Milk pans, pails, fly screen*, window curtainM, and everything in the hardware line at equally low <iuttioiiH to rush IHHIIICSS. Call in and ee. me. I want U> make your acquaintnuc. Flesherton Hardware Emporium. F, E, Karstelt 5o,ooo Ibs. WOOL WANTED -AT THE which the liiiihest jxis^ibU' pi-c will >e paid in i-;iih or trade in all kind* of oollen or union uoods such .is tvruedx, annells, full cloth, blankets aud all mils of yarns, etc. CUSTOM WORK Will be promptly attended to in all its irnnchos. Spinning, nil] carding, weav- ig, fulling, dyeing, etc , etc. GIVE US A CALL. Nuhn & Hermann BOOTS & SHOES Just received t Clayton's. A large stock of Women'* Men 'sand Children'! Summer Footwear Also the heauiiT grades in Men's and B->y's wear. Call and ex- amine our stuck. Pricu anil <|iinlity do the rest Citatum work aud repaiiin^! receive prompt attention at CLAYTOX'S Get Buggies and Carts .FROH D. BLAIR B ASKERVILLB & CO. ^ NOTED KUR THE S Finest, Cheapest and best K. pi A^SDKTMENT TO BE FOUND. R V I L L E O In every line ot our Business We Carry a COMPLETE AND CHOICE STOCK \VE II\VE ,\ LVIUiE STM'K To HE CLEAI;KI ci T K>K XK>V SI-KIN.; <;ia>s. \\HSN\I-S \KEI-LK\TIKI L UNDERTAKING.^ KM KIVKSi.ri: IlEST ATTENTTnS & 8 FURNITURE The Flesherton Furniture Ware rooms AND UNDERTAKING ESTABLISHMENT Ar amuminn aoniatliina of their old time) appearance and I iniiieiis activity. With return of Mi'iiiner we h.ivo the pleasure of welcomiuK. the ruiurnuf nir old and many new custotnuni. \Vs shall endeavor to show our appre- ciation of your continued coabuMife by ever stivnmg every nerve to serve y-m iu our best style with our best voods at lowes* poaaible prioe*. Our one price caxh syatem in a decided succeaa. SPECIALTIES FOR MAY: iv.k K.-.lr .OMI Suite-, Plush Parlor Suit**a and o.l 1 Fancy Chain*. We have two new Organs in s'ock, and as w ara ^iv- ing up t !i: branch will sell thwn at a decided bargain. Will give time on these. JC Mf\t\t** Furoiturw Dler- and Un- d iTllMJrC, dtrtaket. {>lruuj's Block. A Letter to the Public it**4tt. t444t Owing to a rush of .business, during the day the goods: in our two stores are thrown iu heaps of confusion. Having a large staff of cxpivicncid . salesmen in our stora- we are able to handle a large amount of btimupH*. yet owing tu the treruetidoiM trade from i distance many liava to wait, and while doiu so wonder how uch iu turn is waited upon in such a satisfactory manner. We sell our customers goods (quality takeu into oousideratiou i at [inccs that those goods cannot be procured at in other stores. Many may claim to sell cheap and they uia\y consider they are don- but it ia only olioa^ in comparison to the price tly ont'e ier -ivoil for tlie s nil') class of goods, uot cheap whui our prices fcr.lhe same inalilic* are takeu into account.- Some mny think Tatrous and Patron stores arc things of tho past bat they have only to come to C.ilhn:i's to be convinced that they arc mHtofc^ they will" see the largest number of peoplo composed of our best an I wealfiP" iest class as well as many uot so fortunate in worldly goodsi, but vii'.'i .i'i-t, as much brain power, all ininghnj together saving djlhu-s and, ce:U3 by dajkiin ; iuthe 'S PATRON STORE. We invite you to call and know that we are classed \vkh All are welccrae. the fortmost stores in the province. produce. CALHOUN'S,. The highest rn:od pn 1 Iji ut DUNDAI.K.