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December 16 1009 THEFLESHERTONA VANCE F T.HILL & Co., « Harkdale Making Big larations For Christmas Shoppers Prcpi This week we are preparing for the Christmas trade. New lines of Christmas Goods are steadily arriving from day to day, and in a few days our store will have taken on its Christmas garb. Our efforts have been put forth to give you the biggest value we have ever offered in many lines. This Week it will Pay you to buy Millinery We hare decidtd to offtir our entire stock of Trimtned Millinery at prices that barely cover the cost of tho good( and are this season's styles, and new goodi. Buy your new hat now. 82.00 and $2.50 Hats for $1.75 82.76 and $3.00 Hats for «2.00 83.25 and $4.00 Hats for S2.50 84.00 and 84 50 Hats for 83.00 85 00 and 86.00 Hate fur t3-75 ^ Thexe pricrs next two weeks only. Christmas Suggestions for Christmas Boxes In the following we h«Te a very large and tasty assortment and popularly priced, at prices yuu feel like {myinf;: fancy dre&t belts', gold handled ))ara8i>ls in a variety < f styles, fancy 'kerchiefs in silk, linen and lawn, ladies' fnncy nett and silk waitts, b'lxed frillinits, fancy collars, brooches and cmuhK, f^ncy neckwear, ilippersof all kinds, fancy u^ and plain, mufflers, furs and fancy china. Many other little nick nacks not possible to mention. Custom Weaving The undersigned is now prepared to do all kinds of Weaving on the Shortest Notice Plain, Twilled or Saiinett. Ruga and Bammocks a Bpeoialty. Hit and niiaa iat{8 and culcure<l warp found, 20o a yard, striop- ed rags extra. Office, 5th door north of bank on T/ydeuhaai Street. Wm. LEE:^, â€" Flesherton, Ont. Our Clubbing List The following prices are for strictly paid in advance subscriptinns only. We have no accounts with other papem. Fleaherton Advance 9 1 00 Youths Companion 1 75 Toronto World, daily 2 00 Toronto Daily News 1 80 Weekly Globe 80 Mail-Empire ..... .... 76 Family Herald & bear 80 Toronto Star 1 30 Farmer Sun . . 80 Farmers Advooata 1 30 Weekly Witoeee 75 SatnrdayNinht 1 56 Home Journal 66 Poultry News 15 m mim. Carefully Corrected Each Week Wheat 1 OO'to ] 00 Oats 34 to :U Peas .... 85 to 85 Barley 45 to 50 Hay 12 00 to 14 00 Butter 22 to 22 Eiigs, fresh 24 'o 25 Potatoes per bag 40 to 40 Geese 10 to 10 Ducks 10 to 10 Ohickons 10 to 10 Turkeys -. 15 to 16 THE^ /lecl)crton !^^t3anc<♦! and the elections will be fought out with this as the chief factor. We notice an article in The Mea- 1 ^""^ *^'»8t ? We cannot think that ford Express sugjiesting the propriety U^ieie ever wab any school book trust Doting the past year the imports to i of y(,„ug j^^igg p^^p^gj^g jj jj^^ y^^jg | in the first jplaoe. The province of G reat Britain have considerably exceeded ( Qjg^ gjjQ^ ^jjgjgjjg „£ doing 80. No Ontario got its books printed at a ...uâ„¢., -. .u^ office. c«llin|wood street, the exports, and this shows a dram on j „ou, ' rate far below the cost of publication, ].1*hert<m. SubBcniaionpnâ„¢ 1^1, «rannum. tho coui.lry that must be stopped or the ^®^ It 8 up to yOU! , ^ . .' wh'fn paid in advance: $l.5J when not 8<i iwud. . ..,• ,. . , . . Aflpr all it'n nrnrtli wliila An in<le|>endent newspaper, Tnuraday at th " " published every AdvertiHisp ratex on appHcatiun l.tJOO weekly. "W. M. Ttiurston CirculatiuD result will be disastroun. Industrial con I ditions are in a bad way throughout the | Kditor. United Kingdom, and tho country has- A Montreal Judge has sentenced a "â- ~^"~~~~^~~~~~"^^~^^^~~"^~ I become so congested that an abnormal school teacher ior striking children POWERS THAT BEâ€" AND WILL BE outpouring uf population to the colonies : under her charge. Time was when I has reaulted, with small or no relief. our convictions were decidedly on a An interesting drama is beini? enacted | while these are the actual conditions, j par with this judge'sâ€" but time bas softened these views slightly. in the old land in which the main actors i hundred of thoujands of unimproved are suff.agetles and politici.ina. The : a„e8 are ^eld by the nobility as game ladies, God bless 'em, want votes, and j presertea and ppcrting areasâ€" held from the men don't want them to have the de- 1 feudal times as gifts from the crown, sired "say "in things of public import. Iceland ia at the present time freeing The politicians are the poarers that l)e. j herself from this octopus, owing to the while the women are positive that they i ^jg^ legislation of Mr. Gladstone, and are the powers that will be. By their Lhe English people will have to aolve the vehement actions and insistence we are game probh-m. The time is not far away inclined to believe that time will see them ^hen this matter will have to be faced in possessed of their bauble, the ballot. | England, but the House of Lords will What wide sweeping difference the ballot I first have to bo disjwsed of before a solu- in the hands of women would make is tiun can be airived at. There are so many drones in the English hive that it is difficult to keep the larder supplied, and when the British elector has had his largely problematical and not for us to prophesy. » The EiigHsh women have for a long time attempted to aecure the ballot by { ejcs properly opened he will do as the peaceful methods, but this is not the way honey bee docs, drive out the dronea or of man. When he desires reform there annihilate them if they refuse to go. must needs be a tremendous upheaval i â€" and much disturbanceâ€" therefore he was ' From tl:e above it will he seen that indisposed to forward this immense rofor- the United Kingdom has problems of mation of a long-established cuBt<^>ro until laucb magnitude on hand that the whole more developments would develop. They civilized world will rub its eyes, sit up •re developing all right. When the gen- and take note of the events transpiring tie women could not attain their desire by! in nur mother country. So great is the moderate inudcs of piocfdure, they got. interest that inetropoTitan newspapers busy and are making themselves so ob- throughout tho world are sending special noxious that I hey will be given the ballot correspondents to clironicio events aa to pacify them and to rid the lawniakers they would to a great war of a perfect nuifance. Let us hope it will come before tragedy results. We are not prepared to defend the militant altitude of these members of the ({eniler sex, but we must admit that theyhsvegreatprovocalionfortheiractions. They have been denied the right of Brit- ish citizens to petition the premier. Be- ing dete rmined at tho outset, this oppo- sition has the same effect as " aio 'em " bas to a well I red collie dog, they simply become more vehement iu their demands and 6ght all the harder. The unrest among the fair sex is spreading and slight ripples are to be seen on tho political sea on this conti- nent. BOOZE DEFENDED (?) IN STAYNER Under the heading "Staynor" a rattle brained writer has a 2 column article against local optior, m the last issue of the Collingwood Messenger. The writer shows very plainly that he is ignorant of tho subject which he attempts to handle, and it is surprising that a self respecting newspaper would alh.w such stuflf in its columns. An exchange speaks of "bailed" hay iu a recent issue. We could not learn why the bay was imprisoned, and bail demanded. Perhaps its "mown" was disturbing the peace. It is haytful to pursue the question further. Do you grass-p the point? ? In Fort William poisoned whiskey has been sold, and a man has died as a result, while several hare been seriously affected by their potationu. This Mhiskey appears to be like ordi- nary whiskey, only more so. It will kill a man at any time if given half a chance. The pity is that it is given, in many oases, a great big chance. The tales of suffering and death that have reached us during the past week from tho icy waters of our inland lakes is something terrible. There should be something done to lessen this awful harvest of death, even to the extent of prohibiting vessels from sailing afttr Dec. 1. Familiarity with the water, as with other things, 'breeds contempt and carelessness. In our latitude wind and waves are not to be flouted at this season of the year. Is it not remarkable the ills that attend the great? Count Zeppelin of ballooning fame, had a tumor exttacted from his neck, and in- stantly papers of two continents are simply because they bore the trade- mark of an immense mail order de- partmental store. We doubt the wisdom of this act, from the printer's standpoint, for while the books are cheaper for the users, yet a false idea of the price of printed matter is creat- ed, which will form a lever for the man of "Jewish" tendencies to " J«w" down the prices of the printer, even below a living wage â€" and dear knows, they are near enough that even now. o o It is The Toronto World that points to tho inconsistency of the grand-stand play of Uncle Bammy â€" he of spread-eagleism. Two Ameri- cans of doubtful reputation are usher- ed into the Great Beyond in a for- eign land, and straightway the eagle's scream bursts forth, and retribution must be made. Suppose a man of like reputation were to meet a like fate in the United States, as occurs daily, the governments, federal or state, would pay not the slightest attention to the case. Nor do they appear to pay any attention to many other ills (of more serious import than the killing of a couple of useless men) which exist in the States to-day. Uncle Samuel would ceitainly pre- serve a better attitude were ho to have a thorough housecleauing at home before ho begins to "butt in" elsewhere. o o The matter of militarism in our schools comes in for some hard knocks from The Weekly Sun. We believe that The Sun is a trifle hysterical over military matters, aa the very mention of such a thiug excites that worthy journal to a high pitch of fuming frenzy. It fears that militarism in schools will form a warring spirit iu the breast of the youths of our land that will have an uudesired effect when, in the natural course of events, the youth becumea a man. We don't believe any such thing. Mili- tary drill will turn the loea out, , weeps. Dut let ten thousand die in \ draw shoulders back, and swell out -f disintegration should g,y^jg ^^^ ^^^ ^^^j^ gg j, ^^ jji^ oi,e8t even till the buttons come The writer stales that all Stsyner has left is a grist mill and the farming trade. I °'i'^°°''''''^g ^*g"0 rumors as to his All other industries have long since left. 'physical condition. Suppose the in- Thia leaving process, we understand, has fant son of His Highness the Great There are many among the peo- taken place ur.der a license aysliin. The H igh Muck-a-Muck of Jubub has a ple'a representatives in Canada » ho favor j taxes have also been raised under license, 'pimple on his nose the world the idea of giving the franchise tn women according to the erratic writer. That but the time when tho thing will be ac- 1 such a procpsa complished is still below the horizon. . take place under license would to an or 1 dinsry heinir be sufficient reason for its While there is a oerUin degree of the ^"'"^ f,T "'"^ ""^- "^^^ '""«''"P''nd annually between 112,000 and 815,000 it CHRISTMAS GOODS AT BOYDS' Do you realize that Christmas is near at hand ? We have taken time by the loieelock and carefully made an estimate ol your requirements, and are prepared to sell you Chi isnr.us goods of good qual- ity very cheap; to assist you in making a choice we outline some of our stock as below. Furs Fur Caps 1.50 to 9.00 Fur Ruffs 1.50 to 15.00 Ladiea' Muffs .... 3.60 to 12.00 Fur-lin'd Jackets 22.50 to 60.00 Men's Coats .... 15.00 to 60 00 Woollen Goods Ladies Gloves 25 to 50 Clouds, white and coloured .... 25 to 55 Shawls 55 to 1.50 Sweater Coats 2.26 to 3.00 Mufflers 25 to 5r> Ice Wool Soaifs ... 1.10 to 1.35 Crockery Dinner Setts .... 7.50 to 28.00 Tea Setts .375 to 7.60 WaterSetU 1 50 to 2 00 Glaas Setts 1.00 to 2.25 Jardineres 25 to 1.00 Bedroom Setts 1.50 to 4.0O Parlor Lamps ....1.5U to 3 50 Berry Bowls 26 to 2.50 Pitchers from 5 to 2.50 Men's & Ladies' Gloves Ladies Kid Gloves 1.00 to 1 75 Meu's Glovea 75 tc 1.85 Linens, Novelties Side Board Scarfs . .25 to 1.60 Tray Cloths 15 to 1.00 Pillow Shsras, each.. 50 to 1.50 Table Napkins perdoz85 to 3.75 Drawn \Vork Novel- ties 15 to 150 Table Cloths 1.00 to 3.00 Handkerchiefs Fancy Eniby Hai.dkfs 5 to 25 Hem 8( itched " 25 to 75 Fancy Silk " 15 to 30 Gents Silk Mufflers. 25 to 1.75 Men'd Neckwear. ... 25 to 60 Ladies' fancy silk col- lars 25 to 1.00 Fancy Slippers In Felt, Carpet, Vtlvet and Leathfr Children's 25 to 46 Misses 25 to 45 Women's 39 to 1.75 Men's 50 to 1.75 Table Cutlery Silvei Knives and Forks, per duz 5.75 Silver Forks, per doz 1.00 to 5.00 Steel Knives and Forks 1.35 to 4.00 Silver Knives, celluloid handle 2.50 to 5.00 Silver Tea Spoons, per dox 90 to 4.00 Dessert Spoons, per doz 1.60 to 5.50 Silver Plate Table Spoons 1.60 to 6.00 Carving Setis 2.00 to 4.60 Reliance Plate Sugar Shells, each 50 to 75 Berry Spoons, plate 1.60 to 2.60 Cold Meat Forks , 1.25 to 1.50 Christmas Goods k The People's Store, Eugenia Do not fail to come and have a look at our slock for Christmas. We have spared no pains whatever in decorating and arranging all the linos of goods for the holiday tiade. New designs just arrived in all pretty shades of dress goodsâ€" the best qualities ycu can possibly Ret for your money. Dainty trinmiings to match every shade. Pretty new waistings in silks, wools, delaines, etc. Do you need a new coat. This is your opportunity tn get the right thing at the liftht price. \N e have aome of the very beat values ever offarod. Ladies' 6ue beaver cloth, sample coata in brown, gret>n, navy and black, triuiminjis of silk braid, satin buttons, etc., semi and tiuht-titting. Dq not buy until you lirat see all these lines. Men's fine black beaver shell, rubber interlined overcoats, Alaska sable collars, at a price that will make you smile. Boys' and men's ready- made clothing always the best. A full range of print, flaunellette, flannel and woollen foods in all the different lines. Ribbons and fnucy goods a specialty. Frilling with 7 frills to a box ac 30c, beautiful assortment just in. Millineryâ€" Millineiyâ€" Now is tho time to buy. All millinery reduced to half price to clear up the season's atock. Voilitgs all selling at 22c per yard until done. CHRISTMAS GIFTS Beautiful oatterns m Japanese, Ger.Tnan and h«nd -painted china. Cut, present aiiu opalescent glassware in everything you want. Collars, ties' neckwear of all descriptions, kid gloves, driving mitts, fancy beltsâ€" in fact, everything to choose from to select your Christmas gifts for children and grown-ups. See our display of fancy handkerchiefs from 2 for 5c up to 60c, kirnona handkerchiefs for making fancy aprons etc at 15o each! TOYS IN ABUNDANCE HERE Everything in toys from ^ upâ€" full rango to meet the fancy of every child. BeautiEj^ift booke for the older ones- Christmas cards and ^^â- Â» postals from 3 for 5c, up to lOo. Our Chriarm^K^fcals i« candies and nuts just in. Fresh fruits of all kiuds^Re very best. Groceries all fresh and clean. Do not fail to call and see us tba other side. ludicroua in the situation outlined above, there are other elements at work that have a still more serious import, and added to those already mentioned make up a whole budget of trouble for the British poopU, the outcome of which it is very d.thcult to foresee. For a long time there have been mutteringg through- out the United Kingdom against the House of Lords as a useless appendage to the letiislalive power. The House of Lords have done many things to make themselves unpopular with the common people, but a rt'cent event puts the climax ou their inii|uity as viewed by the great body of eleoiors, who think tho hii;her body exists Jonly to safeguard its own interests, and recent events go to bear out this theory. When the fjfirda rejec- ted tho budget it whs on tho around that f affected taxation in a way thai, unduly is said, in various ways. If this be so, how much must tho boozers of that de- moralized town spend to make it possible? It could brt no sni'ill amount, and there must be a lieaii of poveity in that burg. Weare wondering why the lettei was not published in the Staynor Sun. It is Su3h IE) life. The annual winter exodus is taking place from the western proviuoes. The intense cold is admittedly a factor in this migration. Of course the cold is not so noticeable there as iu Ontario â€" but the frozen ears and noses are more so. We trust that none of our an easy guess ih»t the editor of that jour- '"^^'^^ '^aderB will take exception to nal had too much sense to print it. I this publicity, for it ia a strange rr [country tliat baa no drawbacks, Doesn't Owen Sound seem grand, and it speaks well for the rffveiiue- with its " onety-oneth east Third j producing capacity of the western provinces that such inorcasiiig num- bers are in a position financially to indulge m the jaunt to the warmer, if damper, Ontario air. "How Canada Busted tlie School Avenoo?" The rumor that Plfeshenon will vote on a lube railway franchise iu January is without fonndation. coo Tho Globe sugseats that Canadians off. All the boy wants is au attractive excuse for straightening up, and if playing soldier would do this, then let him play, for it is to his great advantage to accomplish these things. Good manly training such as this will prove of ^vastly greater benefit to him than to leave him with empty hands aud head to congregate with others of kindred miuds in tho vacant lot or behind the old barn to pufi' cigarettes ur lose his pennies ou poker aud ciaps. Let him play soldier all he oau. Let him acquire a straight; in<inly bearing that will bo au asset tlirougii life. should settle the polar controversy by i Hook Trust " is a headline in a recent discriminated against the wealthy. They j sending a Canadian to get it. Yes, number of the Nows.of the Hoo,Mich., threw down the gauntlet on this ground | why don't we ? Did Canada ever "bust" any school J. 13. PAXTON PAINTKU - rAPEIi llANGKR UiKii I'ttintiiig and liigh-cluas Utcurating A Siicdalty. Office at . . . KtKSHERTON, ONT J. E. LARGE, Eugenia. FINE TAILORING I Lave opened up a tailoring establishment two doors soutb,of Armstrong's jewellery store, and am prepared to give satisfaction IN FIT WORKMANSHIP AND PRICE A CALL IS SOLICITED. F. A. BAKER, ^,K Flesherton t - Wanted NOW! FOR FLESHERTON And Buri-ounding di.stricta fcir Kail and Win- tor months, an enecKCtic, relialile aKent to take orders for iinrsery stuck Good Pay Weekly, Outfit Free KXCLUaiVE TKKRITOHY. 600 ACRES UNDKRl.lJ/riVATIUN. We guarantee til deliver stock in ffixid condition and U)! to Contract ?ri \\ e can show yon that there i " .nil in re|ire»enf,iu({ a well-knew • i-..efiiinht this time. EptabliKhed n r thirty years. Write for iiurticulatB. Pelham Nursery Co. TOKONTO, ONT. feVllO Ceylon Meat Market All kinds of fresh and Rinoked meats, hesd cheese, Kausaise, always on hand Cash paid lor hides. J. HcCLOCKLIN I»XJ1VII> MAHlING NVoodfiii pumps munufaotured through- outTaud rcp.ira promptly and satisfac- torily attended to. â- * •'â-  *i'i t for the three best iron pump tx.-.ntactutors in Ontario, A card dropped U> me at Ceylon P. O. will Imvu my prompt iittention. JAMES A. McL AN CURRIES CORNER, Ceylon P.O.