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Bingle Subscription, $2 ; Two Subscribtions, $3.50; Four Subscribtions, $6. i SPECIAL INDULCEMENTS TO RAISERS OF LARGER CLUBS. Which will be mailed Free, and compare them With any other rural weekly ; it will not take long to sce the difference, Address The ONLY Agricultural NEW paper. Does such a difference as that juâ€"tify you in Contenting yourself with some oth:r paper inâ€" stead of having the best? LUTHER, TUCKER & SON, And Horse powerâ€"Clippers, Ground and Repaired at the Berlin Bicycle Repair Co‘s Queen St. South. + & s We are now busy grinding clippers from all parts of the country and we guarantee to rind your old clippers to cut equal to if not Eetter than the best new clippers manufacâ€" luredâ€"simply because we understand exâ€" actly what is required and have tho latest improved clipper grinder on the market. We charge 50c a pair and guarantee our work sa-tis%actory. Special attention . given to oustomers from a distance. Clipp®"sground While You. Wait. C. L. HENDERSON ® : 9 BERLIN. ALL COUNTRY RESIDENTS It will be scon that the difference between the cost ofthe COUNTRY GENTLENAN and that of the other agricultural weeklics (none of which even attempts to cover the agricultural news of the day) may readily be reduced, by making up a emall club, to Freoe tiil Jan I to New Subscribers for 1899 Country Gentleman ofall kinds a specialty. All meats delivered promfi)tly and customers treated with courtesy. A call solicited, and satisfaction guaranteed. SEND F R SPECIMEN COPIES, C TL T PP °B 1831 Mr. Lenhard is making preparations for gupplying cuâ€"tomers with strictly fresh and first class moats during the hot summer months. Clvil & Mechanical Engineers, Graduates of the Polytechnic School of Engineering, Bachelors in Applied Sciences, Laval University, Members Patent Law Association, American Water Works Association, New England Water Works Assoc. P, Q. Surveyors Association, Assoc. Member Can. Bociety of Civil Engineers. 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Send us a rough sketch or model of your invention or improvement and we wilftell you free our opinion as to whether it is probably patentable. We make a specialty of applications rejected in other hands. Highest references furnished. ; zo Gâ€"eâ€"Câ€"e o+ Oâ€"W_“_Hâ€"(M' -afi'fi_â€"_â€" _<~"â€"°__ en mremers <nazens= ECCC OOCCE 22020 o2 â€" e eprameacommace repcoumr aemany pcome s on 54 e imore ces m on C e iopeenene dn e se enc n gren on o dn eb on n n n e e 0C go2 0C Ed 0 CC OA D IICL OE L200 000. ie raaearen emegaran B Fe nme Vroms ts amcoral msYol fareramar Â¥iim mt Yoll eraae io: ues P > 00â€" m 600 o ooo _0 >â€"Gâ€"0â€"0â€"0â€"0 0â€"0â€"â€"0â€"oâ€"câ€"0â€" 6 oo n o , on on m v o s e o is <~ Man, Womaun or Child, who, after trying Less Than a Cent a Week ! Write for Particulars on this Point. MRS. J. LENHARD, McLachlan Buggies Snyder‘s Drug Store, LENHARD‘S MEAT MARKET. WHO WISH TO KEEP UP WITH THE TIMES Opposite Alexander House Waterloo No Cure! No Pay ! SMOK BE T. & B. MYRTLE CUT. "COOL AND MoIst. See T. & B. in gilt on each plug A. C. THOMAN INDISPENSABLE TO HORSE & TOILET The one price store in the County Waterloo. Ont. YORK LIFE B‘LD‘G., MONTREAL OAN. Six(yâ€"Ninth Year, TT ET F] Albany, N. Y. 12â€"6t Loo 0 Câ€"oâ€"0â€"e oo es Barlin, Ont 1899 etc., Dr. Milton Youmans of St. Catharâ€" ines, Cied last week from swallowing a pieco of glass while he was parbaking of apple sauce at his supper. The glass had got into the sugar and into the +pple sauce unnoticed, and was not noticed by him until it had entered bis throat. The doctor caught his throatb firmly with his fingers and preâ€" vented the glass from getting any furthâ€" er down, and then he succeeded in working ib slowly out. The edges <of the piecs were sharp and the operation of exbracting ib lacerated the throat badly. His condition grew gradually worse, and although several physicians were called in the sufferer passed away shortly after miduight. He was sixtyâ€" one years old and had practised his proâ€" fession for many years. _ _ _ James Fiyno, who pleaded guilty at Stratford to the charge of assaulting ard robbing Wm. Atkinson, a farmer, living near St. Marys, has been sentâ€" enced to twelve months in Central Priâ€" son. Ike Dalmage, who was Flynn‘s companion on the occasion, pleaded guilty and will be sentenced in a faw days. Daniel Kunarr, an employee of Kautâ€" man‘s mil), Berlin, had his leg frightfalâ€" ly fractured on Wednesday afternoon last. _ He was unhitching a horse when the animal made & dash for liberty and Kuarr‘s leg was caught in the wheel and twisted until the bone snapped. Miss Edlith Tye, cf the Orange, New Jersey, training school for nurses, is bolidaying for a month at her home in Haysyille. She passed her first yoar‘s examination very successfully, getting 94 marks, and stood second on the list in a class of 25 lady nurses. Rev. Mr, Snowden, of Milverton,has been elcted president of the Morningâ€" ton Sabbath School Association, and will represent the associafion at the county convention to be held in L‘sâ€" bowel next yesr. The funeral of Samael Crumback of Perry‘s Corners took place to the Roseâ€" ville Cometery and was largely attendâ€" ed last Toursday. The deceased was one of Blenheim‘s pioneers and & man of sterling integrity. The Grand Trunk and Oanadian Pacâ€" ific railway:s have notified shippers that on November 10.b, grain rates from wesst to eest will be advancsd one and oneâ€"half cents per hundred pounds. Early last Friday mornirg two tramps entered the house of Gsorge Wittig near Stratford and made away with bread, butter and a pail of millk. At the point of a revolver they d:â€"mandâ€" ed money but did not succeed in findâ€" ing any. Jeames A Davidson was instantly killed at the C P R crossing at Guelph while driving into the city Jast Thursâ€" day evening. The C. P. R. train from Toronto struck him, instantly killing him. The twelveâ€"yearâ€"old son of William Souliere of Comber was unloading furnâ€" iture at the home of his parents when the horses started, throwing young Souliere from the waggon and killing Among the hunters who have gone to Muskoka is one John Gofften, of Wroxeter, Haron Oo., who is 82 years old. John Large, of O:apgeville, nakes a good second and is in his 75 h year. The Hamburg Felb Manufacturing Co. is making preparations for an adâ€" dition to their fectory to give them more spacs for their rapidly increasing business. Marion Brown, the notorious "peg leg" and alleged murderer of Police Constable Toohey, of London, was comâ€" mitted to siand his trial on the charge of murder. John O to, Huron Road, grows large turnips. Oae brought to the Independent Office weighed 174 pounds and measured 2 f:eb 10 inches in cirâ€" cumference, E zsar Mann was convicted at Mon‘~ breal f r the murder of bis motherâ€"inâ€" law on June 1l11th last and sentenced to be hanged on the 16sh of Decembsr. Miss Sasie Merner, daughter of Senator Mserrer, New Hamburg, is seriously ill with fever. Mr. Jobhn Smitb, on ths 8.h con., Puslinach, Brock Road, lort a mare three years old, worth $150, on Saburday night, from lockjaw. The man who committed suicide at the Michigan Exchange Hotel, Detroit, on Sunday afternoon has been identi fed as Fred Kennedy, a cigarmaker, of London. 0. Bridges, formerly conduccor on the Galt and E mira railway, died at Foronto a week ago Siturday. Isaac Eby, of Blears Road, bought the property of Heary Gies, New Hamâ€" burg, and will move to the village. Rov. Blunck, pastor of the Milverton and Rostock Lutheran churches, who bas been on & visit to the Fatherland, returned last week. Barj:min Watkins_of Brampton, was instantly killed in a runaway accident,. Mr. Ewing, principal of tho Milverâ€" ton public echool, has resigncd and will engage in the study of law. The corner stone of Sbratfora‘s new city hall was laid last week by Masyor O‘Donoghue. Joseph Brenneman is retiring from farming and will move to New Hamâ€" burg. Mrs. Jacob Gies, formerly of Bsrlin, died at Port E‘gin last Friday. COUNTY AN3 3ISTRICT News of the Waterloo County District Gleaned From Exchanges. ‘Confound you an‘ your old shop !‘ shouted the man who had backed up agaioss the fresh paint. ‘Didn‘t you see the sign ‘Fresh Paint‘?‘ aaked the fish dealer. ‘Of course I did ; but I‘ve seen so many signs hung up here anâ€" nouncing something fresh that I didn‘t Lelisvelt,"â€" _ _ 0o o o_ Guslph Mercury : Mr. M.J. O‘Donoâ€" hue, who for the past four years and a half has been excise officer in the Inâ€" land Roevenue cffice here, left this evening for Berlin, where he has been pormanently located on the Berlin Rovâ€" enue Survey, _ Berlin is one of the most important individual surveys in Western Oatario, the monthly receipts netting close on to $7,000. From this ib will be seen that Mr. O‘Donohue‘s appointment is a very important one, but he is well qua‘ificd to fill the posiâ€" tion. Daring the time that he has been in Guelph he has proved himself very efficient, and has won for himseif many friends outside of those with whom his daily duties brought him in contact. _ His many friends wish him success. Mr. O‘Donohue enters on his duties on the 17th November. Waterloo County Chronicle, Thursday, N ovem“bersifi,,1898râ€"Pag'e 3 Dr, Agnew‘s Ointment gave the quickest relief and surest cure. These are gems of truth picked from testiâ€" mony which is given every day to this greatest of healers. It has never been matched in curative qualities in any and every kind of skin diseasoâ€"eczema, tetter, skin eruptions, blind, bleeding, itching or ulcerating piles, scalds,bur as, old sores, etc , etc.â€"and it‘s 35 cents a box. Sold by E. M. Devitt. Louis Weicker, a wellâ€"toâ€"do farmer of the 17th line of Eist Zorra, died very suddenly on Sibbath afternoon, Ost. 301b, from an attack of erysipolas. Ho had been in Tavistock jast a fow days before. I% is said that he had gone oub too soon after the attack and the disease went to the brain. Hs ato breakfast with the femily on Sibbath mornivng, and died between thres and four o‘clock in the afternoon. He was in the 49 h year of his ege and was highly respected. _ He leaves a wife and nine children, consisting of three sons and six daughters, to mourn his comparatively early and eadden death. The eldest daughter is Mrs. Chas, Ruland of South Easthope. When Baby Had Sceald Headâ€" When Mother Had Salt Rheum When Father Had Piles. Mrs. WinsLow‘s SooTthinc SyEUP has been uâ€"ed by millions of mothers for their children whileteething. If disturbed at night and brokeg of your rest by a sick child suffering and cryinn with pain of Cutting Teeth send at once and %et a bottle of ‘"Mrs. Winslow‘s Soothing Syrup" for Children Teething. _It will relieve the poor little sufferer immediately.. Depend upon it mothers there is no mistake about it. It cures Diatrhcea, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, cures Wind Colic, softens the Gums,reduces Inâ€" fammation, and gives tone and energy to the wholesystem. "Mrs. Winslow‘s Soothing Syrup {orchildren teething is pleasant to the taste and is the prescription of one of the oldest and best female physicians and nurses in the United Yates. Price twentyâ€"five cents a bottle. Sold by all druggists throughout the world. Besure and ask for " M RS. W INSLOW‘s SO0THING SÂ¥RUP SEEGMILLER Â¥S SEEGMILLER, Ssegmiller vs. Ssegmiiler was then disposed of. Mrs.Oathsrine Seegmiller through her son, brought an action against her stepâ€"son, Fred Ssegâ€" miller, claiming she should ba allowed out of the estate of her late husband, for which the defendant was executor, $200 annually for ber keep. The deâ€" cision of his Lordship awards her $120 a year, and advises her to live onrâ€"third of the time with her son and two daughters respectively, the persons keeping ber to be paid extra during illâ€" ness, and physicians fees to be paid out of the estate, EP. Olement for plaintiff; Millar and Sims, defendant. The first cass on the docket was Anthony Wunder vs. B jiwain Spar. I+ was an action for balance due on a contract. Both parties reside in New Hamburg. J, P. Maybee, Stratford, for plaintiff, and W. Miller, N=w Ham burg, for defendant. This was not gone into at all, the matter being mutâ€" ually reforred for argument to Local Master, J J A Wicr. GU)HRIE VS C P R. Tue plaintiffs are D. and John Guth rie of Ayr, who are asking that the C P. R.Co., open up a road which they have closed in, or render them compenâ€" sation for the land. (Guthrie cams inâ€" to pcessessions of the land about 1877 and in 1897 a road leading under the Oredib Valley Railroad bridge, was slosed by the Company. The road‘s solicitors contend they hed the legal right to do so and refuse to give Gutkâ€" rie any compensaticn nor re open the road. Both sides bad a large number of witnesses. among them for the plainâ€" tiff being Egineer Jennings of Toronâ€" to, the former City Ergineer. Messre, Shepley, Gathrie and Watt conducted the case for Guthrie, and Messrs Arâ€" mour and MacMurchy forthe O P. R Aft r hearing the evidence, the Ohanâ€" cellor reserved jrdgment until sfver argument of the case by the counsel, which took placa in Toronto last Satur day. A quiet wedding took place abt Preceâ€" toa on Nov. 2ad, whan Mr. Wia. Sherâ€" wood cf Barlingtor, was married to Miss Ada Weidenbammer, of Breslau. The young couple left on a wedding tour for eastern points, and on their reâ€" turn will take up their abode at Burlâ€" ington. _ May bappiness and prosperity attend the newly wedded couple through life‘s journey. The non jury sittings of the High Conrt of Justico were held on Tuesday of last week, Chancellor Boyd presidâ€" ing., Eudden Death in East Zorra. EHERWOOD â€"WEIDEN HAMMER Appointed to Berlin. WEDDING BELLS. Non Jury Sittings. For Over Fifty Years WUNDER VS. SPAR The Tllinois State Supreme Court has desided that the Pullman Uar Comâ€" pany was holding $10,000,000 worth of lands and improvements in several cities illegally and in violation of its charter,. The suit was begun three years ago by Attorneyâ€"General Maâ€" loney, who charged that the company was dealing in real estate, loaning money and conducting municipal enterâ€" prises in violation of its charter. The charter gave the company the right only to manufacture cars. In accordâ€" ance with this decision the Company will dispose of the model city of Pallâ€" man and its other real estate holdings The value of this property is placed at $10,.000,000. m prerele ate Can: L Hankâ€" Our BC "i:'awNG“-'.n"E"s'fiafl"'fliu%fl? CATES helped. w‘uod posltionaFAt & other school can students qualify for en Iat e fnte picaTes; | We Wi PS r w senlalstoy m ecer. s thail en folfp bosond beginning. _ FORQNIAPBT a week studeots get n&"i.u’r...“. The case will not likely be beard now before the spring sitting of the court, in February. Last {e:r our attendance more ;‘n‘:i‘; A‘ year it has gor «Heeqflgflmm of legmma&w'ée at Te ta years to date (Jan. 1. 189. Our EB We understand & bond has been filed for $400 for the prosecution of the appeal, with Mr. George H. Stevens and Mr. Joseph Sauder as sureties. Galt Reporter:â€"The town has been served with a notice of appeal to the Court of Appeal by Mr. John 0. Oaldâ€" well, proprietor of the Central hotel, from the decision of Judge Rose in his recent suit against the town. The people of Plattsville are sgitatâ€" ing for a better mail service. Only one mail arrives there daily at presont,and in consequence a great deal of money is spent in telephoning and telegraphing which would not be necessary were there better mail service.. The Esho suggests thao ‘f a mail clerk were putb on the express which leaves Stratford at 4 35, botter facilitioes woul!d be affordâ€" ed and a movement is now on foot to circulate a petition in Tavistock, Bright, Drumbo, and Plattsville, asking the postoffice department to grant this boon. If the leadiog men in these places sign the petition and ib be presâ€" ented by our member, Mr, Somerville, there is no reason why the request should not be granted. In the meanâ€" time, everyons interested should sign the patition and have it pushed along." Record:â€"Withoat any fuss or feathâ€" ers the Ling Tanning Company has erected a number of mammoth buildâ€" ings this year as additbions to what was before a fine plant. Nt only do the new buildings eclipse any others in town in s:iz>3 but they are also being equaipped with the most modern maâ€" chinery, power and light generators and appliances. When ready this proâ€" gressive firm will increaso its staff largely.. Borlin has every reason to be proud of its possession and the firm‘s growth and success. & New Hope for the Dyspeptic.â€" Dr. Von Stan‘s Pineapple Tablets are the Dyspeptic‘s baven of rest and cure. They conta n no injurious drug or narcetic, won‘s hurt the most delicate and sensitive stomâ€" ach, aid digestion, stop fermentation of the food, good for the blood, good for the nerves, good for the brain, make flesh inâ€" crease, cure the stomach. 35 cents. Colliecgwood, November 3,â€"Shortly after three o‘clock this morning, fire broke out in the Graod Trunk Rail way freight sheds here, and the buildâ€" ing and wharf are now & total wreck. The Great Northern Transib Company‘s steamer Pacific, Oapt. R. Foote, was also burned. The fire is supposed to have started by a live wire. The flames spread so rapidly that ib was imâ€" possible to save the steamer. Taoe Pacific was valued at $55,000. She was insured for $25,000 in different companies. There was a large quantity of goods in the freight shed. The Grand Trunk C:mpany‘s loss will be in the neighborhood of $50,000. An old pbysician retired from practice, had placed in his hands by an East India missionâ€" ary the fo mula of a simple veg«table remcdy for the speedy and permanent cure cf Con:â€" sumprion, Bronchitis Catarrh, Asthma and all "br.at and Lung Affections; also a positive and radical cure jor Nervons Debiiy and all Nervous ( ownpiaints. Having tosted its wonâ€" derful curtive powers in thousands of cises, and desiring to relieve human sufl"erix:%. I will seod free cf«harge this recipe to all who wish it in German, French or Hnglish, with full diâ€" rections for preparing and using. Sei t by mail, by addre:sing, wi h stamp. naming this paper. W. Aa. Novss, 820 Powers‘ Blâ€"ck, Rochester, Col. George E Waring, Jr., who died in New York, Oct. 29, from yellow fever contrected while etudying the sanitary (or wnisnitary) condition cf Havana for the U S. goveroment was for a long time â€"ratber prominent in the agricultural world. He was a conâ€" tributor to the Country Gentleman at leasb from 1868 till 1882 ; was one of the founders cf the American Jersoy Cattle Ciub, and secretery of that organization for the firsb thirteen years of its existence ; wroto several useful booksâ€""The E ements of Agriculture,‘" ‘"The Handyâ€"Book of Husbandry," "Draining for Profit and for Health," "Earth Closet," and perhaps others ; and as manager, first of Horace Greely‘s place at Chappaqus, N. Y , and afterwards of an establishment called "O;den fFarm," near Newport, R. I., attracted considerab‘e attention by the methods be pursued and his fraukness in acknowledging failure as fully as in recording success. â€" Heo was in the 66 h year of bis ego, having been born in Winchester County, N. Â¥. on the 436 of July, 1833. Better Mail Service Wanted. Bad Fire at Collingwood Mr. Caldwell Appoals. Pullman To Be Sold. U A Big Establishment, CoxsSUMPTION CURED, COURSES: .. NORMALAPOMMERCI PEX SANSHIP.MUSI YPEWRITL cuiToRE. aBK sa XRENCH, Lan . LOUTS, MICH..(Gi8)a veam. Obituary. C last. of ou LQ E' mmml% for n three EEPING and SHORTHARNDGRAD: * Tiem privaiely from ue getPaga toow and board. over the year NOLtSH, YaICcaL [REEK Npmuhis At the very first sign of failing health take Scott‘s Emulsion of Codâ€"liver Oil with Hypophosphites. It gives the boay power to resist the germs of consumpâ€" tion. f If there is a history of weak lungs in the family, this fight must be constant and vigorous. You must strike the disâ€" ease, or it will strike you. I was pale and weakly for years, Miller‘s Compound Iron Pills; brought about a change. Many Deaths Among U. S. Troops in the Philippines. San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 2.â€"The Associated Press has received the folâ€" lowing correspondence, dated Manila, Octobsr 8th:â€""The health of the troops ab present is far from being good. Ab Cavite the conditions are rery bad. There have been 40 deaths there since September 1st, mostly from typhoid fever, The hospital accommoâ€" dations are inadequate. _ The supply of medicines was exhausted at one time, and for days there was nothing mediâ€" cinal to administer to the pationts. In Manilla the conditions are better. The average number of sick in the hospitals, in addition to the number of men reâ€" lieved from duty by order of the physiâ€" cians, is 800. The new cases reported to the hospitals daily average about 40. There have been 12 cases of smallpox among the soldiers so far, six of which have proven fatal, There is no way but to fight them. The germs of consumpâ€" tion are everywhere. THE INDEPENDENT. CHANGE OF FORM. REDUCTION IN PRICE. Semiâ€"Centennial Year THE INDEPENDENT in its new form w :ll print 3,640 pages of reading matter pir year at a cost to sub.cribers of $200, while the prominent magaâ€" zimes, which se‘l for $4 00 a year, print only about 2,000 pages. The subscriber to THE INDEPENDENT gets 82 per cent more of equally good reajing matter at oneâ€"half the cost | THE INDEPENDENT emphasizes its Fiftieth Year by changing its form to that of a Magaxine, and by reducing its annual subscription price from $3 00 to $200; single copies from ten to five cents or at that rate for any part of a year. SEND POSTAL CARD FOR FREE SPECIMEN COPY THE INDEPENDENT, 180 Fulton St, N.Y. It will maintain its reputation as the Leading Woeekly Newspaper of the World. Positively cured by these Little Pills. They also relieve Dis:ress fhom Dyspepsia, Indigestion and Too Hearty Fating. A perâ€" fect vemedy for Dizziness, N«usea, Drowsiâ€" ness, Bad Taste in the Mouth, toated Tongue Pain in the Side, TORPID L1VER. They Regulate the Bowels, Purely Vegetable. SICK HEADACHE §$m.d Pill substitution the fraud of the day. See you get Carter‘s, Ask for Carters, Insist and demand Carter‘s Little Liver Pills. TYPHOLID AND SMAIJI.LPOX. Only $2.00 per year, goc. and §1.00, all druggists. Small Price. New York. Small Rose, Interest allowed on sums of Four Dollare and upwards in Drafts Issued on all Principal Points CGapital, $2,000,000 Rest,$1,500,009 A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS The Molsons Bauk Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received, and current rates of interest allowed. Interest added to the principal twice ayear, at the end of May and November. MONEY ORDERS Special Attention Given to the Collection of Commercial Paper and Farmers‘ Sales Notes. ESTABLISMED 1867, HEAD OFFICE, TORONTO o %P;PTAL (PAID UP) SIX MILLION DOLLARS RES o > 2 & s = A General Banking Business Transacted. Farmers‘ Notes Discounted. _ Drafts Issued Payable at all Points in Canada,including the Yukon District, and the Principal Cities in the United States, Great Britain, France, Bermuda, &c. ] THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE May be procured at lowest rates for any sum up to fifty dollars, payab‘e at point in Canada outside of the Yukon Territory. Total Assets 31ist Dacember ‘96 $334,083. THE MERCANTILE FIRE HED OFFICE, = = W SUBSCRIBED CAPITAL > DEPOSIT WITH DOMINION GOVT All Policiles Guaranteed by The LONDON & LANCASHIRE FIRE INS, CO® with Assets of $15,000,000, W, A SIMS, President, JOHN SHUH, Viceâ€"Presiden JAMES LOCKIE, Managing Director; T A GALE, EInspector, Economical Mutual Firo Ins, (o. JoHN FENNELL Grorexr Laxnga _ |â€" HugoKRANZ GOOTGO LADZ ..=â€".¢@<++r+1sr«@scrrrge««««.» BorHn W H Bowlby, Q C......................... Borlin FI. SHYUCL LÂ¥\ . 0+ s sssrsessrersse ssar«ss« BOPHn H, KHQH sÂ¥ rrnarcxssrearsevcsasssece«« ces BOPHD J+ A, MACKIO ...+ ... .1 +ss ssrserrevees«s . BePHp H. L, JANZONL++++ess@«ar«0sssrrseess +s« «»xBOFID L.J. Br@ItR&UDb. . ... .....0se+ k ++ ++ ... ... .. Beplin P.8. Lautenschlager ...................... Borlin Pa JACODE 212 cÂ¥rr e cnrsramrasercraaverearsâ€" POTORLE Hon. S; Merner .................. New Hamburg C. PAbDBE â€"./..2.;¢/2â€"v.rversiscersres«r«s.Hegpelor Frank Turner, C.E...................... Toronto Geo, Pattinsong..........................Preston Jos. E. Seagram, M.P................ Waterloo WATERLOO MUTUAL THE SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT Total Net Assets Amount at Risk BOARD OF DIRECTORS. John Fennoll 7....â€":¢@«sss0rrsrsvsse3ee" GOOTGO LBDG â€"Â¥sa¢escrerrssarscsarganss W H Bowlby, Q C...â€"0..swsissc.ra>... Fry SNYAOCIQS: : .+. .e vesevessarass dnc H, KnoHl â€"Areerveaeerene reasiveaneaeaeaiaee 48Â¥ Highest current rates on special deposi 2 JACORB HIESPELER OFFICERS : George Randall, President. John Shuh, Viceâ€"President, Frank Haight Managor, John Killer Inspector.| W. A. Raymo, Inspector,. Mes«rs. Bowlby & Clement, Solicitors Berlin BUCKSHRRQUGH & OJ Y, Agents HEAD OQOFFICE, MONTREAL. BOARD OF DIRKECTORS Geo. Randall, Ksq., Waterlo John Shuh, Keq., 1t . 8. Snyder EKsq., Waterloo William Snider, Esq., " Geo, Diebel,Esq., 0 J. L. Wideman, Ksq., St. Jacobs. John Allchin, Keq., New Hamburg Allan Bowman, Esq., Proston, P. K. Shante, Preston, Thomas Gowdy, Esq., Guelph, James Livingstone, Esq., M. P., Baden Thomas Cowan, Esq., Galb. FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY INCORPORATED IN 1863. Mutual and Cash Systems. It is not enough to have rubbers keep out the wet. If the fit be not perfect they will draw the feet. It costs money to employ skilled pattern maâ€" kers, in order to turn out rubâ€" bers in all the latest shoe shapes, but the Granby Rubber Co. do it and the result is that are known to be right upâ€"toâ€"date. ‘The thick ball and heel make them last twice as long; while the thin rubâ€" ber used in the other parts makes the whole very light. Insist on seeing the Granby Trade Mark on the sole. Granby Rubbers =Overshoes Solid Comfort. TRANSACTED, OP. BERLIN. GRANBY RUBBERS WEAR LIKE IRON. W ATERLOO BRANC vav s s e es waln bee e nb n w en t t 6 6n s e en en n e na‘e x4 s s se a w e e se 6e 0k ne n «snn n e en n en n n na n e e e e se nn en en n en en n nb w e n se s en e e se n n e snn en n w en en n aa n rr n en e n e es SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT INSURANCE COMPANY. 26.2..... ... .« Berlin WALKER, GexErRAt MaxacEr. INCORPORATED 1875. President Viceâ€"Pres â€" Manager #$280,171 $13,084,410 Notes discounted at lowest current rates. Drafts bought and sold. Farmers‘ Sale Notes collected. Advances made to responsible Farmers on their own names at lowest current rate of discount. Collections promptly attended to. Highest current rate of intersst paid on Savings Bank Deposits and Deposit Re:â€" ceipts, and compounded halfâ€"yearly. Blank note forms supplied free of char; A General Banking business tmmte(i& The Traders Bank PMRA FEANCH T. R. EARL, superintendent. GEO, WEGEVAST, J.H. WEBB,M.D., Manager Medical Director C.M. Taylor, 1st Viceâ€"Pres.; A. {Hoskin, g. C., 2nd Viceâ€"Pres.; B. M. Britton, Q. C., M. Pa4 Francis C. Bruce ; J. Kerr Fisken, B. A.; Sic Wilfrid Laurier, G. C. M. G.; K. P, Clement ; XV.J. Kidd, B.A.; Geo. A,. Somerville; James Janmes InxnEs, M.P., _ Cnr. KUnmPF, Esq., President. Viceâ€"President THoS. HILLIARD, Mgr. Director,. (1) 1877 (2) 1887 (3) 1897 In No. of Lives Assured â€" â€" â€" 8.2 perent In Cash Premiums _ â€" * as * * In Number of Policies = = . KG " 9 In Amount Assured 3. 0e 10.5 _ t In Interest Receipts =â€" â€" ~~ 160 _ In Assets â€" ces 19.0 +* «t In Surplus over all Liabilities â€" 42.2 " No Company anywhere is Bafor, sounder, more equitable or more favorable to the assured in all its arrangements than the Dominion Life, Call on its agent when thinking of putting o more Life Assurance. The Dominion Life has made handsome gains in every essential feature during 1897. _ Head Office Authorized Capital Gov‘t. Deposit at Ottawa Subscribed Capital ‘ Paid up Capital s Dominion Life Assurance Ontario Mutual Life A. W. ROBARTS, Manager. WATERLOO, ONTARIO. Milestones Showing Wondrous growth The Granby Lined Rubber is Warm, Dry and Comfortableâ€"made in all the shoe shapes, of the very best material. Norman T. Hillary 3T7....$ 55,820..... $ 110,210 387. ...$352,9025..... $1,089,500 397....$819,980..... $3.741,400 Policies in force over $22,000,000 DIRECTORS ROBERT MELVIN, President. COMPAN Y ASSURANCE CO, It Has Gained OFFICERS . ._. THE ... :; . THE ... Incorns W. H. RIDDELL, = $200,000 00 50,079 78 Waterloo, Ont any banking * $1,000,000 $6,000,000 1,000,000 AssEers wise s 8:6 «« 6 10' 5 «« «t 16.5 «€ J Secretary, §257,600