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-^irm fh^iftxion Xi^antt. TRUTH BEFORE FAVOR." â€" " PRINCIPLES NOT MEN; VOL. X7I, so 822 FLBSfilBTON, ONT., THDBSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1896 W. fl. THURSTON, ^'"â„¢?,^PR.ctc r I'm 5LOW I'm FAST.. OR I< an exprei^sion often Iii-aid when a mnn lnuks at Iiii watch. He'l! not be sluw <t (mI if lie carries one nf A^lll^trl'lll;*Il wiit'-he.i, but be will be just on time alway*. Our liiitf of gihid time keej ers is eiteiisive, all at reasiuu- able pri.m. SILVERWARE .\ Iiirne en S't'n'iient of beautifully df»:,?ae<l Tilverwaro just t'.i huad. for the (jualiiy of these goixls the piices are exceed iiiijlv l.i», iu f;ict th.< chiiipest that we ha»o ever nhovni V- u tii.iy nut have another such achauce to buy giiod R.lvcrwaie at ao I<iw a prce. Examine tbeai. jf J'ull and Weil jfssoriod StoeA Uhrouykoui Give us Your Repairing to do W. Ji. Armstrong, (3ur ^MzinQZ^ ^irectoTY If CULLOIJOH & TOUMO, BauXcra, Markilale. do a general baokinc bat- tnasa. Uonoy loaned at a raasouable rate. Call on ns. A 8. VANDCSKN. J. P. Clurk Jili Oiv Court, Co Gray Issuer of Marriage Licenses. Coimuissioner in H. C. ot Justice, Aaclionear, sto, KLKSHBaTOM P. O. TkEBTS COLLECTED. The andersigned is prepared to andertake tbo collection cf all kinds of debts. Notes bought, accounts collected, etc' B. N. HENDBKSON • ri.«ta»»TON TCHlSIiKTT • FlosbertoD Station Postmaster, Coininissiouor iu H. C. J., Con- veyaucer ; iIoihIs. mortgages, leasee and wills drawn. Money to Unit at 4} per ccnt.and up- wards. Debts coilectod. Charges moderate. n J. SPROULE. Postuiaster, Kleeherton, Commissioner in B. a,, LieeiiBcd /uctioneer, Conveyancer, A â-  praiser and Mouoy Lender, Beal Bstata aud Insuiaiice Agcal. Di^ds, Mortgages. Leas,!S, aad W Ills drawu up and Valuatious luado on sbortost notice. Auction sales attende<l to in any pait of the County. Money to loau at low •et rates of iuteifst. Collections •ttundod to with proui"tue»» aud despatch Charges low. Agent for the Douiiuion bteauiship Company. et>eai> tickets from Fleshortou to Liverpool, ttlasgow, Lioiidon or any of the British ports l>artie!> intou.liug to visit England, Scotland or Ireland, will pieaso ask rates l>o(ore purctaasing titatr tickets olsowliore j^ociiif?. AO.V.W.â€" meets every first and third Mou day in each mouth, iu their lodge room Strain's Hlock. Fleehorton, at 8 p.m. W. .Walker, M.W.; W.J. Bellamy. Uusncler W. Irwin Uucorder. Visiting Bretberu invited. ROYAL TK.MPLAR8 OF TEMl»KRANCE. â€"Regular Council meets every first and Ih'rd Tubs lav eveniug in each monvh. In Sproule's block at 8 p. u>. Select ilfgree iuauraucv) meets •nonthly, the Wednesday preceding tbo £2nd of eacb niontb. SONS OF TtlMPERAXCK.â€" This society meets in Dr. Christoo' Hall first Wed nesday In eacb mouth at 8 p.m. Visiting bretbrreu invited. Insurauce iu conueotion. UF. B. A., meet in their ball, Christoe's Block ever> second Tbnrsda) in each month. I. O, Brown, W, M., T. Clayton, 8e«- rotary. TJBINCRABTHDB LODGE, No SSS, A F * K^ AM, meet iu the Masocic Hall, Strain's â- ^ Block, Fleeberton, every Friday on or before the full moon. Oeo. Mltcbell, W M. W J Bellam} , secretary - TlUFPBBIX LODOK, No w 4^^B>^ ^ " 186, 1 O O F, meets in ^^^^^B*f^ ('Isytons Hall every Tues ^fl^^^^^MBtf day eveuing at B o'clock. ^Vj^^^^^ Visiting brethren cordially ^•^#S>^ lnTit«d •^^ ^ VTM ll0OBa.BM Jcntijitta. J F. MABSHALL, I<.D.S.,U.D.». Doatisl Visit* MarkJals the 1st and Ard Wednesday of each mouth, rieahertuaâ€" Each trip on the day (...stwing. r Q. CAltPBCIX, I, D S, DD S, Dental Surgeon, Uarkdale. OfHcaover McCullougb ik Yoang'a bank. Hours â€" S.X a.3i. to p. m. Visits Flesberton the second and fourth rbnrsday oleach mootb. Offlee at aiuusbaw's hotel. 11 HENDERSON D D 8. M D S. Dentist of Toronto (gold mofialist) will viiiit Flesharton profession a ly the tlrst Weilnesday of each moutb aud Uaudalk the day following (Tboisday.) Wm\' pUOST <fc BATSON Barristers, Solicitors, Coaveyancars, etc. OtBcs â€" Next to pos office. Sproiila's block Flfesberton.every Thursday aotll further notice. C. A. BATSON J. W. FBOST LL. B. N. B. â€"Owen Souad office. Frost's block Foulett St. East. 1 UCA8 A WRIGHT, Barristers, Ho'icitors, Conveyancers, etc.. Owen Sound, Ont. - - Markdale, Out. W. H. WniOH-r. 1. B. Luras. N. B.â€" Flesberton office, Uttcbell'a Bank every Wednesday. TUCKER & P.\TTFRSON. ^ K.inistet a. solicitors, etc. MoUl'h's Bank, Owen Koand. Harry G. Tucker Geo. W. Patterson MACKAT A HATTON Barristers, Solicitors, etc. OfllcPBâ€" 3C Pouleite St Owen Sound ; and Main St. Uuudalk, every Saturday. N.lt.â€" Alwa^i. in attendance at Flesberton aud Dundalk Division Courts. A. 0. MacKay, M. A.. W.J. Hatton County Crovn Attorney. ^Irdiral MR BUTTON MDCM, MPPJtS Out, Pricwille OBlce next door to Brown's store; rebideuce onedoor west o' Methodist church, Kiuross st. Office days. Tuesdays and Saturday D R CARTER M C P A S Ont., Physician, Surgeon, etc Flesberton oBlce â€" Strains b!ock. Residenceâ€" Munsbaw'a Hotel JOHN A SCOTT M B Member CoUcgoPbyaio.ift Surgeons ,Cntsi I Graduate in Medioius ot Torof i University Fellowsbip Diploma, Post Giailuate Medical School and Hospital. Chicajco. D isoasea ot eye ear, nose and tbroat specially treated. Rest- dance, Maxwall. visits Faveiabam Tbun-iikvs It J P OTTEWELL Veterinary Surgeon. Graduate of Ootario Veterinary College. . Reeideuoeâ€" Maxt door Wufct ot Mooi«'iplaDlnsfact«r7. Badwlors' Sale at Euffcnla Oh pray, have yon beard ot the wonderful sale To come off at Eugeuia, without any fail 7 Of bachelors there ate .-.ome forty or more To be sold off by auction at Mr. Hogg's store. There are some of them young, aud none of them old. And without resorve bid »tvij man most ba Boltl, For a railroad wa want to this place without fail. And a bouus we'U raise from this bachelors' sale. The seller will OKrcb them in ranks through the town. To show them off well as they prance np a:.d down. There won't be a bachelor there on tlfat day But will And bome bweet maiden to take him - away. The auctioneer be will do his part well .\od all their good qualities nicely he'll tall. Whila the maiden*, with wonder, will view the whole clan And whisper with glee aa they pick oat a man. Now.maidens, prepare: get your money on band; There will be bargaius going I do understand. It > on don't like yooi choice when yon take him away Then you may dispose of him soma other day. On the day of the sale, whan the auctioneer comes With the blare of the trumpeta and roll ot the drums, Eugenia has never beheld snob a show \i will be those meek bachelors all in a row. PAacToca Eugenia. SEE THE NEW Pa.x*lox* Game From o»ir oura Cvrreapondtn News is rather scarce at preaent. Wa hare not even the excitement of a buru- iuncbiuiney tu euliyeti ua. j We h;ive liad some on the tick list the past week. Mrs. Meldrum was sick for I a few days but ia now better, aud Mrs. Uaiina's baby, which was dantreroitsiy ill with cuiii^estiou of the luD){8, ia uoar j ; out of danger. ! Born, â€" to Mr. and Mrs. James Carson, I jon Nov. I9lh, ason. Mr. Kennedy, who was so seriously j hart by his horse running away sometime ! ago, still remains in a very precariotu Oimditioii, althou)ih some better. Than ksijivin^ day passed uf 7ery quiet- ly at Eugenia. Some of the boys ;!Ot up a scrub hunt. What that is beats me to know, but I have not heard of thatn i catchii.y anything except a cold. I j„y^ Stationery, and Ornamental Mr. Herb. Johnston of Flesberton Goods in GREAT QUANTITIES. Call spent Sunday with his mother. ' i" «nd see them nght away. TheM Mr. Charles Stewart of Flesberton waa ', 8"^ *" cheaper than ever, the guest uf his sister, Mrs. Jake j Williams, on Sunday laaL i Miss Mima Meldrum of Fleahertuo, AND MANY OTHERS WHICH HAVE JUST BEEN RECEIVED. QUANTITIES <JF NEW GOODS JUST OPENED OUT THIS WEEK. The Automatic BUTTON Is the finest thing out for bachelor*. No ne«dle or sowing required. Maxwell f rom oNr ottni ConetpdMeiit. Mr. Fred Field, from Sprucedale, is visiting frif nda here. Mr. J. Littlo, from Proton Station, visited our burg lately. There was service in St. Mary's church oD Thanksgiving evening. Mr. Tlios. Hamblin, from Durham, gave us a calll recently. We are glad to hear that Mrs. Robert Heixm is recovering, after a very severe illness. Mr. AiUm Kinnear, 19 years old fell fr in a dredge at Albany and sustained internal injuriet< that keniiinatud fatally. He was brouiiht to Maxwell on Monday evening aud his body was iiitorred in the Pr. sbyterian otiuetery on Wednesday afternoon. Mrs Radley, fixmi Toronto, is visiting her friends in this vicinity Flesherton Station Fromour ow eorrttputideut. Thanksgivin>; Day pas.sed off quietly here. Mr. Bert .\rni8trong of Flesberton preached a very edifyinit sermon here on S:ibba'li innrnio-,'. We will b-- p'c.ised to listen to Mr. .\rinstrona whenever he may bo permi'trd to speak to us. Our Sabbath school children ard busy piepartiig fi r tlio entertaiiiinent which will come off in a shoit time. Mr. A. Wliiitiikor had a wixvl bee on Tuesday, and in the evening a party aa.- gi.eii tu t'lu yiiuii>{ fi-lks. Mr. W. WilcMX h^d a little child badly burned <>n Monday. Mr. an I .Mrs. Wansborough visited the Queen Ciiy last week. Mr. McGill, station ajfent, hiid a very pleasant visit from his brother laat week. Vandelenr From uur oti^i Correipimdtnt. Mr. J. B. ftu^hanan left la^t Thursday morning foi Orc'Jiou tu visit his brother Samuel, who i.s vory ill. Miss Aijiies Jones visited at Mr K. J. Wai'ling'sa shoit time ago. W» are ^lad t» learn that Mr. Joliu Shannoit hu secured a first iHaas certitioAto lhr<'ut;h an appeal. Mr. William Thompson had a very successful woikI bee last Thursday, also a very pleasant party at night. Mrs. Oeorv'e Warling priMenteil her husband with a boy on Wednesday of last week. Mr. llert Armstrong very ably filled the pulpit here iu the absence of uur pastor on Sabbath last. (^ Wm. Shaw, Jessopville, died from the l*9ttut«o{ aktok by ahonHs , W. E. RICHARDSON DRUQQIST Honor Sells. acciiinpanied by Mi.sa Sarah Moorehouae, spent Tliankgiviiig day at Eugenia. Winter seems to be putting in its claim now for a lengthy vuiit. Better I Honor Roll of MaxweU school for the so, aa the roads were almost impaaaaliie ^o^i, „£ >'ovember. *'"' '"""^- Com. â- CUssâ€" Mabel Strachan, Willie The Rev . Mr. Crozicr of Grand Valley Schei has pruiwhed in the hall here the past ' Sabbaths 'â-  ' ' ^ two Sabbaths to large enngreitatioua. Every ouf was much pleased with bis prcachini;, be is to earnest and explains the G<«pel 30 plainly that a chUd can understand. Miss Minnie Carr ha« gone to Toronto to spend the winter. Slie will be greatly missed in the choir and among the you us; people, with whom the was a general favurite. Misa Ada Sloan has been sick but is now better. Miss Hill of CoUiugwoed has been visitiui; at Mr. Thomas Bradbury's for »oms liiae. €oauty and UL^trict IV Class â€" John Morrison, L. Bruwn- ridge, A McCallum. Ill CUssâ€" S. Legate, W. Legate, Louis Kerton. II CLtas, Sr.â€" Chester Long, Richard Heron, A. D. Deavitt. II Class, Jr.â€" Alex. MoEachnie, Flo renco Meek, Thornton Pallister. Pt. II Class â€" Daisy Ferguson, Russel Morrison, B. McCallum. Sr. I Ckss- H-rbie CUrk, Carrie Pal- lister, Lome Meek. Jr. I Chias- -Thomas Beatty, Sheridaia Huilsoct, Oliver Brownridge. W. McWhwskt. Teacher. Over twenty sheep have been killed by dogs ill Luther township lately. Joseph Hunter, aged 18, nf east Garafraxa, was accidentally and fatally shot while huntini; near Waldemar. The diphtheria epidemic iu Wiarton is .ibatlng. Collingwood township will have Road Insiructer Caiuphell, C. E., deliver a lecture i>n road making in the township hall, Ravenna, in December. The night tiain up cxi Saturday ran uverainun at Wnodbiidgo named Duncau MeGeachie. postmaster at Elder's Mills, killiii!; him in.ilaiitly. MeGeachie at- tcntpteJ to cross iu front of the moving train. The Nun hern Exhibition (Walkerton) people eill not pty a cent of their prize money this yc^r. It would appear that they have been running a kind uf a con- lideiice ^aine from which those swindled have no redress. Some one h.is written the fnlluwinif, which, unfortunately, is liable to be true anywhere : Never jud^e a person by his outward appearance. A shabby old coat mHyenwmp a aewsf.tper publisher, while a m.-tn wuiiriiiit a hii;h plu^ but and sport- ing a i^old headed cano may be a delinquent subscriber. The law in regard to selling cigarettes or tolwicco ill any form to boys u.ider eii<hteeii years of Age reads as follows : " .Any iHT'joii who, cither directly or in^ directly sells or Hives or furnishes to a minor under eis;hteen years, cisarettess, cigars or tobacco in any form, shall on siiininary conviction thereof before a jusiico of the peace be subject to a penalty of not less than $10 or more tb.aii $20with or without costs of pro- secution, or to imprisonment with er without hard labor, for any time D(>t exceediiit( thirty days." Some lads evidently under 18 years of ago seems to be able to secure the various prepsra- tious of ths '*W««d," Kimberley public schiiol. Report fut Novemlier. Names iu order of merit. Cla«8 5 sr.â€" GiHi. F..then{ill. ftlabel McAuslao, C. Uurd,E. Coun. J. Gilbert, Annie Scott, E. Uurd, L. Graham. ChuisS jr.â€" Jesse BeU, W. Graham, K. Abervrombie, N. Abercrombie. Class 4 â€" Dora Mundle, M. Kni'tt. M . Wallace, M Bell.J. Gilbert, P. .Carruthers, Geo. Kaott, Eva Latter. Class3â€" Eihel Fawcett, H. Bell, J. Magee, E. Hard, B. Knott L. Fawcett, Saul Fawcett. S. Fawcett, W. Rear, J . Wickens, Ezra Fawcett, C. Stewart, Lei!* Latter, F. Stewart. Gbo. E. Pbstlamd, Principal. Election Card To tli^ Electors nf ilu Cofnty CouneU-, Divison Vt>: 5, County of Orty. L.4DIXS AND GbNTLB.MBN, In accordance with the expressed wishes of a number of rstepayers I have decided to run as a candidate for the County Council for this division for the year '97 and "98. My long residence in ths coumy of over 40 years, ligether with ten years of municipal eiperieiice, in- cluding three years iu the CouuiyCouncrl places me in a position to coiupreheud tbe matter fully. Should you honor luo with your c^mtidencv, I $ihall dischari^e my duty to the best of my ability. Yiur vote aud interest rcs[>ecrfully solicitciK Yourj truly, TuoRp Wrioht. Flesberton, No, 23, 'iw. The Wiarton Canadian says : Several nowspitpers have been publishing an it;.»ni to the effect that Mr. A. Mei;raw, late of the Canadian, has sold his mining claim for ♦50.000. Who originated the item is not known, but whoever it was had no foundation whatever for the item. Mr. Megraw has not sold out and at the present time is not inclined to. His 'claim is a most valuable one and an assay of the ore has shown $107 in gold au4 92.51 in »ilvw to the to*.