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MAKfii n 1910 T H E 1- I, ]-: 8 II E K T N A 1) V A N C E '1^^'- -r- â-¼â€¢ .â- â-¼; -^ -V^r V^ •â-¼â-  '-v -r^ V V-" -â-¼ "^ "T" V "*'~^^Vi^'a F. T. HILL & Co. » Harkdaie Our Great February Graniteware Sale Selling Graniteware at such ridiculously low prices only happens but once a year. We do this because February is the quietest business month we have in the year, and in order to keep our business thoroughly alive we put on our great February Graniteware Sale. The goods are made l)y the McChiry Mfg. Co., of London, one of the best makers in Canada, and the prices ^represent the closest possible selling prices, only made po.ssible by the immense quantity we buy, which makes it impos- sible for competition to meet oiu' prices. So we say to you : buy your Ganite- ware now and make big saving.s. These prices for the month of February only. Graniteware Tea Pots, all sizes, at exactly half price. CA Granite Tea Pots 2jc Gruiiite Tea Pots fur . ...12ic. aoc " " "... l«c. 60c " " "... . . . .250. TiJf 'â-  '• "... :t8c. Granite Cott'ee Pots 2r)c Granite CoHeo Pots fi)r . . . .12.\c. 35o " " " ....iSc. tJOc " " '• ....25c. 7.").' •• " " ....:;s.'. The following lines are included in this great sale at correspondingly low prices: Preserving Kettles, all sizes; Berlin Kettle.'^, Watei- Pails, Spiders, Sugar liowls, Rice Boilers, Puclding Pans, Koast Pans, Bowls, in fact everything you can think of. i i S g5g ! g ! ;jSK ggggggg g| S g 5 g gJ^ ti '• CHILDHOOD has blighted many llvaa because the pain caused thereby produces an aversion to study. Th» backward child toe oftcq Meomss th» unsuecMsful man. W. A. Armstrong, Jeweler & Optician III[MIIRK[U. Carefully Corrected PJach Week Wlieat 1 00 to ] 00 (lats 30 I o :10 Peas 80 t(i 80 I'.n'ey 40 to .")0 Hay 12 CO to 14 00 lUitlor 22 to 22 Kcfis, fiosh .... 24 'o 25 I'Dtaloes por lias; 40 to 40 Oueso 12 to 12 Ducks ... 12 to 12 Chickfiis 10 to 10 Tuikoys 18 to 18 THrJT^--^- |We think anyone U fonlUh to buy theri- cniiiitry would answer every requiif- aiiil presumably Cuidoi- Chailio more 'f\^(ahi^t'^nn ^ htinnr <* "'^" "" ""' '^*^' '"" '*"" *""''â-  ""** "'^1'^ ^^'â- '^ *""" '"'yuemly 'is c1ior.iily at home. [ meut. A (lucslions o serious us this j^lVdllLVlUIl .<AVVUIII.V man could stand all the atl'^irs planned in j fji.t still the ones who are moie to blame isiionkl UOt be settled offhand by any An indeiH-ndeiit ii.tt.si,aiK-r, |.ul.li^li«i every '''" '"'°"'' '*" '""''* "'"" " ••' "'"^ f"''"""- lare those who MilTer most -the merchants , government without giving the people Tiiuntday at the oHier, Colliii)fw<..,d .Street, | Why " royalty " i.s «<> iiitennely iiopiilar 'who do not adveitise their L'ooils that the ", „„.. «i „„.„„,. „„ nnnm-Hin ! r v nf Flesherton. .SuWripli-.n inice M iHrann.mi, ' . , ,: ,.•'â- ' .,•,.•.•.' .• , . i, . i â- , I wllO pay tllC piper ail OppOltUnity 01 ivl.«n paid in advuLcp; ^\.M wtu-n m.t «. paid. *"'' f nn-idians may be tiid to it.s scarcity; prospective luiyers may be able to decide Advertisinir rati-s (â- ![ applicatiiiii. Ciiculatiuii and a rare specimen of monkey would wisely between Toronto and local stores. , . \ rt â-  >. cause about aH much interest. If we had iTho T. Eaton Co. is condntliiijj a great W. I-I. Xliuraton - Kclltor r â-  , , i i t r â-  i i t r i . n n II. a few lords, and such like, livinn in oiir school for merohants all over Canada, but â€"^â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"^^-^â€"â€"â€"â€"^â€"â€" „iiJ.,t a coiitenipl born of familiarity 'those who realize it are all too few. The A NEW ASSESSMENT 1'1{()F<).S.\L , would surely arise ; but such is not (ho, day htm come when the merchant must • â€" â€" jcase;and so wemustbe hi;;hly hono(ii)red adverliatt or a'luff the cobwebs to cover A proposition Ij now before the Ontario aud de-elii;hted when inie consents tojliis stock, anil the bij; Tonmto stores arc ; good in prize-flghtnig. It 13 a dis Jcxprcssiiig their opinion. As a matter of fact tlic gpveruiuent knows very well wli at that opiuion would be. o This journal will never see ary li. Le(!islatt)rG to further amend the Assess- {patronize us fur a while. uient Act by makin'^ it optional with n.u- j j,, K„gi„„,,. where most of ihc " big nicipalities as to whether ornot they wiir^^,„„ „f t,,„ ^n,,,!,^ „i,f, „ diflrt-renl assea-sland values higher in proportion ^^^^^j^ ^^ affairs is found. There are so than nnprovements, incladinR business j^,^„y Lord*., Kails, and so forth, han.,Mo« a«es«inet..s,.-ircomes and sahries, the ,^^^^j,,j „,^^ ^^,,,^ ,^^^. ,,„u„a t., i.o nuis- .diftja-ence in rales to bo determined 'O' j„nce. in npito of their titles, and when the iTitiicipahty. (If all the anomalies „,^.y ,,^^„„,3 se.iou.ly di.sliked amonp in our .ociul sy.stem the assessment I'iw i^,,^;^ ^,,j,^.,j,,^, the tiilo will lu.t stave olf has been llio worst. ^\ hen a ^'"''"'^'' trouble purchases sn unimproved piece of prop- erty he is supposed t. pay on an assess-! Our late visitor, Condor Charlie as he went of actual value. He goes to workj'* "f^"' ^^Vl'''!. >» payiof; the i.enally ol and expends I couple of thousand i„ a garrulous old age. He holds a po.Hition clBttimgand erecting buildingi, perhaps !«'l''c'> ''emends that he keep his month hoittnrir.tr money for the purpose, when "''"t ! '"* ''O «''''""^ '" ^''''K'-l 'i -â- ''f ^''^c- immediately tip goes his taxes accordingly aud he is forced actually to pay two rates of inturcHt on the investment â€" one called taxes. Ill this way a prcniiuni is put ii[)ou unproductive land and onlerpriso ia (•"""' lelardud. In the villai/ea and towns it -.i-orks the same way. The proposed law aims to do away with ibis condition of atfairs and 'place the hiulier proportion of taxes where they cmght to be, im unpro- ductive and Hpeculative iirwporty, while iiiiprovcnients thereon arc encouraged. Whil» we think there has been too .- tnuch nonsensical tinkering with our inu- tion time, anyway ; and so if signs do not fail he is in danger of tinding liiinstlf in in unciimfortable position, where he will be retiied from his ofbce without a peii- iid wilh a iiieagro portion of the honor which should follow a successful public life. THE FIRST THAW il *-.»- Those who like 1(1 pliiver through the winter, and hug tlie roaring stove, mak- ing believe that the arctic weather we MomellniPH encounter is not <mo of the iiicipal lows by ambitious inombers of the'c|,„rm, „f Canada's winter, had their in- Legislature, yet wo believe that here is'ningsthis week. (Wo write 'had" bu- Komeihing that should bo wulcjiiicd â€" a causo there is no ti.llini? how lone, it will forward step in the -right direction. The in,t,) Sunday brought a brand of weatlior irlca is to leave It with the elictors them- HpiinfrliUe in its mildiiucs, and it was a •olve» an to whether Ihey will adopt the i relief after the rigorouH winter almos- Byatoin or discard it. Wo would like toj |,|,gyj, „f ,j^u j„.g(,oji„^ in„„ii,,_ •see the Oovernmeiit give the people an There is a rare joy in the Hist thaw. opportunity to teat aoniething of the^,,^^ ,^j^ j^ ,,^,^jy. ,,^3 ^^^^^ mel.s and •"""• drops from the overhanging eives, .some- ^jy««h) on tliia subject we wish abo to limes to the discomfort of the unwary remark that the biuineKa assessment as passerby, lint do not the signs say that embodied in the last revised Asnessnient 1 King Winter is 1 jsing bis gri|) on lliinKs 'I Act (a a decided hardship in many in- , An indelinable someihing says that the ebincaa and a protest sgainst its continu- j,,.asi is preparing to ^•r()W again. The aitou in the present form is juslillable. „„p i„ beginning to gather alniigth in ^ere ato email business propositions in On, tiniest <.f rootlels and willrise 10 ihn this country which do very little more ,rcry|tipN of fthe twigs and cause the ItiMlineas per oonnin than what they are niiintle of leaves to unfoldâ€" all in its own HOttially aaaeasod for- widows or cripples ;^ood/ime. «rho try to eke out a living for ihom-) The thaw will devolope a cold ; that is «lr««â€" but who roust pay taxes on a coitain, but we ignore i^. 'Twould be (hintasum busiacsa asseasraent ot $100 as j wrong to spoil the joy of the spring day w«Ua« on the properly they occupy, dropped into the winter this way by Tbia ia not only hardship, but has a unneeeHsary ahivorings tivor winds which \tll tendeoey to throw individuals on charity, beiaait they cannot afTord to ooiilinue iheir btMineaa in a amall way. With have yet to blow. Anyway, [the snows that will fall before spring comes are not terrible ogres besetting the future. They lu law amended aa above such a condi- Ure willing to make friends if you only li(ii\^of. affairs would be eliminated. I| ia lime for a cliange in the Assesa- nmet them part way. And the spring will be made more beautiful by the meni- nieot Act. Two hundred and ninety ory of the white blaiik(«t which will then ^'">!»U»lcipalilie« have pmiiioncd in favor of 'have mys teriously faded away -ih(i neaaure ahova n-Mined. ARE WE "DOWN" ON EATON8? BVKN LOBDS HAVE LIMITATIONS, dcmonsirating this fact by a .systematic {gnsling and useless line of sport (with cam|iaign of adverlisin:;. apologies to sport) aud should bo â€" • â€" frowned down, kicked out, or dispos- Tlio muzzling edict does not apply 'ed of in some way. But in spite of to the dogs of certain FIcshertoniaDs! tlii.s one must admire the nerve of such a man as Battling Nelson, who took a terrible puniahin!; at the hands â€" it would seem. 000 In Clialhain tliey combine crudo oil and gas to make gasoline. In Toronto skim milk and water are mi.ved and produce cream. 000 Tlio newspapers are thrusting the cost of living before our eyes, while the pulpit dins into our oars the cost of of liisopponeut last week, and yet was game to the end . Many men would want to run after tlie first fiunoh, but Nelson took all that wascoiniug his way, and his face was faiily battered to a pulp before the fight was slopped. Such an exhibition is disgusting in the extreme, but all the disgust cannot qutnch an admiration of tlie spirit of dyingâ€" and there we are, between two ti,e boxer who lakes his puuislnuent fires, as it were. 000 The present mad dog scare will result in the decease of a lot of u8oles3 dogs. At least it would were it not for the fact that it is always the other follo\v"s dog which is useless. 000 Wo read in a Saskatchewan paper that nil the good horses have not gone west, and it tells of a team being sold for a good price llierc. Now, if Sttskatshownn is not the "west" what is it, will someone please tell ? 000 Why in creation doesn't the C.P.R, with a fine disregai-d for pain, and with a pUick worthy of a better cause. 000 A newspaper lays the blame on tlie driver when his hovso becomes fright^ cned by an auto.'uobilo. It is claimed that the fear of the driver is com- muuieatcd to the horseâ€" aud then an accident. Quite touching, isn't it? The farmer is driving along the dusty thoroughfare, when suddenly he is filled with terror by . the appearance of an automobile in tiie distauce. Then his terror is transmitted along the reins (as the message over a tele» phono wire) and the gentle horse participates in his driver's fears. eiiuip its freight trains with steering Were it not for the driver the hovso apparatus, that they might keep to would never think of runoiug away. Nearly every week thero Oh, bosh ! Would it not bo well for We wore asked by a reader this week jKii«n he viaitad Canada last fall Lord j what we have tieasured up against the larles Beresford w*i met with u rousing 'T. Eaton Co. In reply we would say : jraMption. Those who owned dress ' IKiiU pulled wirea t6 meet him, and those 1^ who w»r« of the submerged tenth and Wiul.l not work wirea, leized every oppor- tunity to gasc open-mouthed at him a »eal, live lordl Everybody vas happy, "Abaolulely nothing." Wo have a great big estoein for the enterprise which inakua such an i(Daieu,so business possible and protilable. If they can honestly "grt IhebusinesN (and they do) I hey have a perfect right to. the track, is a runoff on Ihia line, with conse- quent delay to the mails. - 000 Our article in these columus several weeks ago ro price-cutting appears tc have hit a mark, for last week an valr.d exchange "went off" in a hysterical spasm. We do not poao as an information bureau, and so will not attempt a reply to any of the irrolevaut questions aakod. No, friend, two wrongs never yet made a right. Lot the other fellow run on the rocks if he insists; but just paddle your own canoe. It ia the wisest course, and will win out in the end. Any actions (such as price-cutting) Mhicli work ngaiuii the welfare of i the craft will always concern us, dear 1 Ileviuw. , 000 I The Advance ia strongly in sym- pathy with the Conservative attitude { at Ottawa regarding the building of ' war vessels. It ia a shame that this country should bo saddled with an immciifloly cosily navy for all time to i come at the pre.iput ^unctm-e of its history, when a couple of good war vessels pvesouted to the mother the driver to drop the linos wlicu a devil wagon appears on the horizon aud let old Bess amble along on her own hook '? It is a clever theory sine enough, but is a litt le wide of the mark. HOMES For Settlers IN MANITOBA SASKATCHEWAN ALBERTA How Made and How Reached low SETTLERS' RATES Selllais with Livs Stock and Ellects Special Trains l«ivo Toronto lO.lOp.m.Taesdsys duiine MARCH and Af^ll. ^ COLONIST CARS ON ALLTKAINS In which Bertha are Fre« Apply t» niwrsst Agsnt for oory ol "Sstt'trs* Quids," "iVestern Canada." TourIM Cars," or writ* R. L. Thomtwon, D.P.A.. C.P.R.. Toronto. Settlers and FomiHfss wilhoul Livo Rioclt should usu Rejiitar Trains lO.tO p.Di. daily WINNIPEG ILYER 5a hour<i to Winnipeg Throujh Tourist Can J. and W.BOYD nierebants Flesberton « Ontario ,1 This week we aio tihowins all il^e ne* spi- n;,' unods, the newest and most popular goods aTailabli', iiiclutlin^' tl;e newest dress goods in the market in fancy stripes and culor*, iia\> brown, olive (freen and the e.xtiM now shades in amethyht and vieux rise ; also ginghams, zephyrs, linens, fouhuds and Indian liead suitiiii{<!. Also prints, muslins, etc. Our regular lino of prints, extra <iualiii at 12i cents, and our apecial lit 10 cents. BOOTS AND SHOES la this department we have added the Slater shoe, which needs no ad- vC vcrtfsing, having gained ^ for itself a reputation sec- - ond to none. Satisfaction guaranteed or jour money refunded. ' The Seal or Certainty ' ;: SLATER f OoODVtAI»,V%l.T â- iCWH ' The Sua. or Certaimty ' SLATER SHOE COOOVZAR.WEI.T dUTM TITTTDT? A TX f'>rthe no« -nv^ing uood.', new prints, â- *"*; *^ J-VJ-Vxa. J_J. (jiiiijliauis, duck8, linens, suitiiiKS and vcstings. ^ Ailhoush cottun fjotnls of nil kinds have tiilion A I5Ui ADVANCE ill price I think wi'caii j;ive you better vahios than you tot List ye.tr, as wo prdcuivd oiir.s before the advance. We have the very latest in Imots .vnd .shws for the spriii:^ and ar very re»8onablo prices. "TJITyDQ Vou needn't wait to t-et fins lit spiins; prices, you â- *â-  '-' •*-»''>^ can get thorn here now. This is your chance to get a cheap f or or fur ct.xt. If you are interested ciill ami ask to see tlieui. Ill all winter good.s we «ive yoii a real iMrgain as we want to iiiako ruoi!) for more aprini; j>irods. The very freshest aiul best groceries idways on hand. CLOVER SEEDS f^rthl'TiSai-^^ some of Sle.il Biijtg's firat quality clever and grass seed. We have it on hand now. Jas. ^attison a ylon J. B. F»ATTON r.VTNTKR â€" PAPKH HANOKR .Sijrn Painting und llighchuis Decorating .\ Sjiecialty. tltJice at , . . .ILESIIKRION, ONT Custom Weaving I The undersigned is now prepjiired to do ; all kinds of Custom Weaving. Plain, t Twilled and Satinetlo, I Carpets, ru{!s and Hammocks a j Specialty. The hiKk lesidoncpcf Jhihos IWlur, i \,-, , 1 m- t, „, , ... „ J „, . 1 I .. ';"" »>iu Ml*-* Hags, Colored Wiui.found, near Hoiieywitoil, w.is di;.slr<>ye«l hv ire. '.>.>. , \, . . -ri , 11 1 r m-^L . '• -«^fvntsp(.r yiinl, Striped rn-s extr». Tlio Uiiildiiig wa.s insured for $500 Hud ' >. j < v „ v .. . i?;!t)o on c.mtfiit.s. Win. LEES, Flesherton, Ont JUi mi. â- idG -j«mi