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lectric s a) caperines with 6 tails were §8 for . ... . «. 80 wi¢ geal caperines, long front y Ior-llofur.‘.‘.’.....‘l tri¢ seal caperines, ‘scalloped m‘kh tail trimming, 'e;oo 6g6 wic seal and ony :caperit %fiom........’........ 1 > seal with tippet trimmin & TOQ for...........~.. ; 1 * seal with sable colh: ~BIG BARGAINS IN . . . «_ ~ _ This big Fur Sale commenced Monday ’ be eontinued for one week only, Come i i &s they aro sure to go at those ‘prices _ | show you them whether you bay or not. Se Berlin. &gi}n with sable collar . 0P fGr.:..... ... i.: ... I $ _<â€"rm _T 2 TD t § =â€" Betause these goods are bighâ€"class and because the tively lowâ€"1s the reason this FucBale is pi?&o be want to reduce our stock, and we‘re golgg to do it in , regardless of loss in profits. Read the following. â€" MA MMAAAAMMAAMAAA w next to the Post Office, Get Our Prices and Save Money. P. Hymmen, (."aprri nes The A. 0. Boehmer Co., »wwwwwwmo Weigh Scales Are Higher | In Price. Phone 14, ifa turer of the Klondike Hot Water Boiler. oo sn rrknes ie is ny 000 and Jony caperine .. Ve k ad ing and wotooli !!)itz% that salea will go on as if ing } . Housebold â€" â€" «/10 )b s * â€" Rven Balance .>â€" j10 " _ In â€" Iron Pipé,. Valves Plumbing, Heafibg â€"anc _ .Platform, 600 and 1 lba. . f And siy! We‘ve a price on a 2,000 Ib. platform scale that will you wonder how it can be made for the i x y â€" Waterioo County‘s Greatest Store. J. Fennell & Son, Hardware from the maker to y‘s NoObject A. Weseloh & Co., _ k only. Come early and secure a c those ‘prices _ We shall be please buay or not. See our show window. 10 50 17 00 â€"_ _ _* _"~ Hing St., BERLIN PHONE 149. »4€ C 3€ Because we are bound to carry not & single winter snit or overcoat over into next season. These prices will clear them and with a rush this week. ‘ Men‘s $12 overcoats for........... .. .. $5.98 ‘Men‘a $10 suite for............<.>>}.â€"> 498 fill WIOL §0% IORe..2 +...s0zasrcsa sls )0 i1 wool mite and gloves for ...... .... _â€"19 Boys‘ $4 overcoats L9 ..............>> 1 98 Boy®‘ $5 SUIt® fOP........ .066 06 0066 +# 8.98 Children‘s togues for,................. +410 800 pair of women‘s, girls‘, boys‘ and and children‘s shoes at.......... .... 98 1 Stone Martin ruff with 8 tails \ worth $18 00 for... ... ... .. .. . $14 50 1 Mick ruff. with :10 tails worth 18 00%or ..... .....«..«... .... h 00 2 Sable ruffe with 2 heads and 6 | _ Mails, were 1200 for ........ ... 9 ® 2 Sable ruffs worth 900 for ...... ‘ 2 Black Cony ruffs, 2 heads and 6 ves > and Fittings, and . Gas Fixtures. Uvercoats and Suits. F‘urs. Limited. be a success. in the right F. BERLIN. The K. O. T. M. Lodge has rented Mr. A. Steiss‘ hu,d'dkfl on King street, and will oceupy up» stairs as their future hall, the lowâ€" , 5o | er_rooms will be comfortably . furâ€" nished fiuz‘ as a privateâ€"reading room the members. ‘The first i 50| meeting was held in the new hall on \ Monday night when several new q op| members received their initiation. 1 0¢ Although the weather being. very stormy on Saturday afternoon, the } Hahn estate sale was well aitended 8 00| and prices were good. Shilling f crocks sold for 15 cents and many charge of the Hahn sale on Satâ€" urday, spent Sunday with friends in town and also paig our publicâ€"school a friendly visit on Monday, of which he was a teacher for a period of 11 years. s We are glad to chronicle that Mr. C. S. Smith is able again to attend to his business after being laid up [ 108 six Wwotkes â€" ~â€"_ : < Your correspondent has been silent for a couple of weeks so will have to gather up some news, and . not have you thinking our village had got lost in the storm. It is all here yet and well supplied with snow. Per onal.â€"Mr. and Mrs. N. Shantz visited friends in Berlin on Saturday and Sunday.â€"A. Stricker spent last week at his home in Moorefield...â€" Mrs. H. Rhodes and family and Mrs. John Manser leave for Sault Ste. Marie on Tuesday, where they . inâ€" tend to make their future hom?. Bus hâ€"Lenhard.â€"A pretty wedding took place in the local R. C. Church at 9 o‘clock Monday, Feb. 10. . The contracting . parties . were Alex. Busch, one of our most popular young men and Miss Mary Lenhard of Wellesley. The ceremony . wWas periormed by the Rev. Father Lenâ€" rd of Galt, a cousin of the bride. groom . was ably @ssisted _ by Nessrs. Edward Heckler and . John Busch, _ both of St. Clements. _ The bride was handsomely supported . by the Misses Kate Busch, Buffalo, and Barbara Lenkard of Wellesley. Aiâ€" ter service the party repaired to the home of the bride‘s grandfather, Mr. Peter Lenhard, St. Clements, where a sumptuous wedding breakfast was partaken of and where the many and costly gifts showed the high esteem %he contracting parties are held. We wish Mr. and Mrs. Busch a . happy married life. Briéfs.â€"Don‘t forget the Farmers‘ Institute meeting _ at Schneider‘s‘ Hall, Saturday, Feb. 15.â€"Jack the peeper was at his work again soms« days _ ago.â€"Sammy Waechter â€" and Joe Benninger, Bruce Co., are spendâ€" ing a few weeks in this vicinity. â€"â€" Jos. C. Stumpi, accompanied _ by friends, . renewed acquaintances . in town Saturday.â€"The gâ€"yearâ€"old daughter of Anthony Boehm was lbuhd here on Tuesday.â€"Don‘t miss au. mastianâ€"Watarlao hockery match the Berlinâ€"Waterioo hockey ‘Thursday night. Briefs.â€"Mr. Morris F. Ertel of Deâ€" troit is visiting at J. Hahn‘s.â€"R. McCallum was confined to his house last week with quinsy.â€"E. G. Winn spent a few days in Listowel last week.â€"M. T. Bechtel, V. S., has moved to Elmira. What our burg wants now is â€" another veterinary . The C. O. O. F. held their annual oyster supper Friday evening . at Forwell‘s hotel: This order now moved to Elmira. What our burg wants now is â€" another veterinary . The C. O. O. F. held their anpnual oyster supper Friday evening . at Forwell‘s hotel: This order now has 40 members. â€" Quarterly . serâ€" vices were conducted in the Methoâ€" dist Church Sunday morning. ‘The attendance was not large owing to the drifted roads. Personal.â€"Miss _ Maggic Mitchell spent a few days last week in El mira with her sister, Mrs. Jackson. â€"Washington ‘Elsley of Kingsville and his mother of Galt called on sequaintances in the vicinity last week. â€"â€" James Burnett of Eramosa called on relatives in the viecinitg last week. â€"Mrs. Heary Hamilton who has been suffering from a severe attack of sciatica ~is recovering. Mrs. L. Smith who has been visiting relatives ht oo cisr. ns Liied. day.â€"Mrs. William Waltoh is spendâ€" ,g.mfifihlm near Elora. Briefs.â€"â€"Mr. Boal, teacher of the uchoo!l ab West Montrose has rented x s. D. McKay‘s residence, Main streci.â€"The Y. M. C. A. held â€" its meeting Friday evening last. Notâ€" withstanding the heavy snow drifts :‘-’: was well flled. ‘The subâ€" was "Resoived, {M Trusts = Combines are & «chool at West Montrose, has rented MEIDELBURG ST. CLEMENTS CROSSHILL .« OistRICT. . : AND WINTERBOURNE HAWKSVILLE ONTARIO, . Veitch and J. A negative side. Th : in favor of . th Mr. and Mrg. Joon Werner Portage visited old Elmira last woek. & # ‘The people of St. Paul‘s Lutheran Church have decided to. their church decorated and to & lggomn organ. _ ‘The cost will be about $1,400. . The contract {or the painting has been let to Mr. Mickie of <Elora,‘ the contract price being $350. ; f Revival services have been _ conâ€" ducted in the Evangelical Church here <for some time. Rev. L.â€". K. Eidt of Listowel assisted the local minister on several evenings. The people of Elmira have no need to go â€"hungry. sesides the local baker, a Waterloo baker sends in bread regularly. â€" sollie Hahn keeps it for sale here and also peddles it around town. s The farm of the late Ludwig Weiss, 2; miles southwest of Elmira, will be sold by auction at the Ziliax House on Monday next. .. Mr. W. O. Robertson, Brickmaker, has made an assignment to Mr. John H. Ruppel. A meeting of creditors took place on Wednesday: â€" _ Rev. A. R. Schulz attended a conâ€" ference in Wiarton on Wednesday and ‘Thursday of this week. _ _ â€" _ Mr. S. Laschinger and Mr. T. Wisâ€" mer have been on the sick list for « couple of weeks.. Both are imâ€" proving. Fatal Accident.â€"A sad fatality ocâ€" curred at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Medard Martin, a couple of _ miles north <of Elmira, on Friday last. Mrs. Martin went out to hang up the washing for a few minutes, leavâ€" ing ber little child, ‘about a . year old, sitting on a high chair. â€" When she eame in the child was dead. One report says that it slipped off ‘the thair and was strangled to death by the strap with which it was tied, and another report says death was probably due to heart failure, as the child was found resting its head on the table, not Raving slipped off the chair at all. In any case the death came as a great shock to the parâ€" ents. ' Monthly Market. â€" The February ‘ market was held on Monday. Deâ€" spite the cold weatherthe‘ attendance was large and merchants report havâ€" ing done a good business. A young man named Brohtman got himself inâ€" to trouble by using insulting _ lanâ€" guage towards two colored _ gentleâ€" man. Constable Bowman took him ‘he(ore a magistrate and made him settle to the tune of $4.75. Remarks on the weather . here would be superfluous. ‘Read . any county paper for information on the subject: Mr. R. C. Tye of Stratiord was in town last week. Mr. W. Brodrecht paid a visit to London last week in the interests of the Hamburg Manufacturing Comâ€" pany. ‘ A meeting of the South Waterloo Farmers‘ Institute was held last Wednesday afternoon and evening in Haysville. An excellent programme was given and a large crowd _ was presenit. Miss Winter weat to Berlin â€" last Friday where she was very pleasantâ€" ly entertained by her friend, Miss Ada Kolb. _ Miss Kathleen Hamiltor of Catharines is home for a {ew with her mother. _ _ â€" The Reading Circle met for the first time this year at the home of Miss Clara Groff. The book to be studied is Kidd‘s Social Evolution. An interesting time is expected for the ensuing months. A new shoe. store is to be opened here next month by Mr. J E. Witâ€" mer. The stand is next to that of Ernst & Cressman. t > Another case of smallpox has deâ€" veloped in â€" this locality. Mr. Rosenberger, a few miles wests> Haysville, is the victim. It i8 very mild form. * _ A sleigh load of young fellow! went to Tavistock to see the hockey match between that country village and Stratford, and incidentally . to get a line on Tavistock‘s play. Hamâ€" burg plays Tavistock next Tlnlndl, night and an exceedingly warm titke is expected. ‘The two teams afe 6ld rivals and although Tavistoo® every advantage of rink, A and above all, crowd, a 5008 gan may be expected. «. mE VY Last Monday was literM@y night with the Epworth u$‘ and _ the subject was ‘"An _ evering (with Tennyson." It was so®@thing 6f an innovation here but #AS a decided success and a large Pappreciative audience . attended. ¢~ lasspel read a‘paper on the L.ife of Tennyâ€" son and In Memorium was dealt with by Miss B Selections . by the choir | @R@ gemse,/ from Tennyson program C3 â€" delightâ€" ed. As the bo pudâ€" ding, "It tastes morish." Farm Sold.â€"Poter s&d.);p:.s di posed of his fine farm to m . M ler_ for $8,700. â€" The former .B# s chased a farm in the cor@ om | the town ol Waterloo mad will m there in the near future, 1 Wagler will take po of * farm vacated by o & O ‘The Storm.â€"A & storm N\ PI vented our stage from migh, 1 usual trip in the specified Â¥im Monday, as all the roads C aded. _ A of men had » at work Tue to make tm *\ KUVIRA NEW HAMBURG. WELLESLEY\ orm of â€" St. a few days ‘and _ the ng . with I.g.cl an & ided â€" Relw 7 ~UnBHHInW "aknonrk / d inr the Aushices af The Public ast 4 i inhys: altogether satislactory "t0 f lic.â€"Henry Miller has cha > fine dwelling house in , e ther he moved his family on.. Mo day .â€"George â€" Farwell and Boegel of St. Clements have chased a stallion from John son. We did not learn the price. / Personal.â€"Adam Ratz of~â€"Tavisâ€" tock was visiting bere forâ€"a few days last week.â€"Mr. and Mrs. . M. Schaub were visiting at ville the past week, wi€ * Scxoor Report For Tusz Mo JAKUARY. j (Too late for last issue Form V.â€"Lorne Tremain. * e Form IV., St.â€"Willie Tilt, £ Ada Stauffer, Maud Dennstedt. â€"Form IV., Jr.â€"Reta. ..Arm3trong Harry Kinzie, Jos. Beck. % Form 1II; Sr.â€"Lloyd T Clemens, Kate Wismer, yon, Ervin Zeller. ho Form III, Jr.â€"Isaiah K Kenyon, Clarence Rudy; weitzer, Max Beattie, hannes. : Form II, A.â€"Nettie ‘ Sipes, Claretta Zeller, ley, Ezra Schweitzer, weitzer. Form IH, B.â€"Marion Keffyon, Earl Frosch. Form II, C.â€"Leon Clentens, Willie Wismer, Leonâ€" Frosch, Alrru Binkâ€" ley, Clayton Rudy, { lte Kuempel. Part Al.â€"Eu To , Oscar Kuempel, Mina Eby, Wismer. Part 1.â€"Howard _ Minnie Part 1.â€"Howard Eby, Georgina Fis hannes, Erne Kim Sadie Clemens, Chi let Hagey. , Mr. Peter Shupe | intends organizing a sing «here on Friday evening, the 7 . He inâ€" vites all lovers of: ~to be preâ€" sent. P B > During the storm â€"@ Monday â€" Mr. Tilt‘s windmill on farm fell to the ground. . They} ~however, "It‘s an ill wind ; blows nobody any good." Briefs.â€"CG. Lik# hias been very.busy sawing wood f@Pusbme of our citiâ€" zens. He saw@d 6B cords for J. W. Wingefelder in °8/ hours. Who can beat that?â€"D. L,fKastner has sold his 180 acre WarmÂ¥ north of the vilâ€" lage to Andrew ing for $4,500. â€"The snow storm} of the past week delayed‘ the .@®@ARil four days. The main roads &te @il blockaded. Personal . â€"M [qud Schlotzhauer who has een, visiting her sister, Mrs. Mantzâ€" OffTavistock, returned home Saturdaygâ€"=H. Maurer _ and Chas. Bavumb@eK/ spent Saturday and Sunday â€" w ;5 iends in Heidelberg and Waterlooâ€"RMr. H. Weitzel spent a few days with friends in Auburn. â€"Mr. and Mrg. Mantz spent a few days with fti@@i@@Nin the village. â€" Mrs. Daniel S@lotrhauer had a ragâ€" tee Wednesdayge=J. C. Schenck and family moved io their new home in Kubryville Rriday.â€"We regret to reâ€" port the ilinegis of Mrs. Siebert. We are j now enjoying the tail end of a ct map. © The winter up to a week k&go was simply delightâ€" ul. The nosphere was so . clear thadithe~EKOCky Mountains, 135 miles distant, . iWFere cleariy: visible every ay; : The imométer. ranged | from M qvery b« was satisfied witk ATbORI® Awinter." The fact _ of it‘s ifC,,f ler is the pleasantâ€" ." . seagon O this 1 of God‘s footâ€" y t Stool. Fall M @@herally _ fine, but soring â€" is OM fity cold and disâ€" Stool. Fall al spring â€" is ; m ' agreeable. . the mercury to 40 \on several ~00ca 8, â€" We ant unprecedented inâ€" flux of im from the Westetn States in the . ‘Bome place the figures.. as 100,000, and still "there room for moreâ€"the more the mertier. : ___» Unless.all sign® ie second anâ€" nual QOntario ales to be held in Ottawa Om uary 12th, and in ‘Gueiph Febr 8th, . will prove a pronounced: . . The inâ€" spedtors appointed the farms of all breeders who ‘had entered stock, have now completed their work. Only afimals of good quality and in good thrifty condition that are likely to prove profitable to purâ€" chasers bave been accepted. Among the latest entries are two fine young (Guetnsey â€" bulls from the herd â€" of . Sydney Fisher of Knowiton, .. which is without doubt the largest and best herd of Guernseys in Canada at present. Both conâ€" butors to the sales and prospecâ€" tive buyers will feel rfi! of the oltm“ of plan, when 6 that the innovation is such men as Hon. S. z. Â¥on: John Deyden. A. Johs. _ato. : Cat of the sales is invited â€" LIVE 8 BLAIR ish . concert the Public ening was L as seemingly ory "to the é‘\».l eta: » Cash S oyd â€" T ¢ aiah K ,"j.-;{ u udy; Austin Set tie, Miljon Jo m "( tie Cogigg, ~Allen ler, 4 %m- tzer, Wosley Schâ€" | ion Ki:n. Earl n Cle , Willie 4 ich, Al!erta Binkâ€" Charlie Kuempel. e Kehyon, Oscar 1 y, ~Gréeie Wismer. ". Reoach, Minnic o( good s ~§‘~:r Joâ€"|| Waterlo n pe “' n Rudy, ] arl e, Beck , Vioâ€" ] f 5 â€" L2or _0 plin intends ‘ kool chere on ‘ e Tth inst. He inâ€" ] l "to be preâ€" m â€"g "hday Mr. n the farm fell to o sBSE L mwravar II plockaded . Maud Schlotzhauer igiting her sister, i(m past week the to 40 de‘rn*low @ns. but we Survivâ€" tg) LES J Thousands of Rolis Mmmn}bmbnmudmhdm < e both by way of style and prices they were sold at. With * s of $3 E‘.ui.a ::}:.m :nuuam':xuy for the ...f. Xxfl 3 at that particalar time? Why not start now and give them a & ime and they will execute their work more neatly if not more ther, select your paper now and get first choice. We cannot here go tails, besides, descriptiong would fail to carry any idea of the assortment of magnificent goods we are able to show you now. Call and see them. __ â€"__ 44r Mr. Obristian Timts, a firstâ€"class decorator, formerly with Messrs. Vetter Bros. , will hang papers for us. Orders can be left at our store. . . °_ "House cleaning time" you say, will see some new on your | ou 33! that P-*::r angere ave !lmp!v at their "“.m},!! ";‘:g As the season is fast advancing we will from now on sell the balsnee of our stock at Bargains that will interest you if you will call and examine qunality with prices. . NOTE THE FOLLOWING FOR A FEW EXAMPLES MEN‘S OVERCOATS AND SUIT S Men‘s Oyercoats, regular price $7, _ $7 50 and $8.50, now a t i 2 HTHBQ,I8 . @00 3485 + Youths‘ _ » n m £.00, 00 _ _ 290 n n m n a 6 50, 7 ) _ _8 w Men‘s heavy double breasted nnu.regnlg’ ?’.\50. $ '{.‘oo and $ '{go.m THE STAR CLOTHING HOUSE "Sign Gold Star" A Proposition Last Saturday we had a special sale of winter goods and a good of yonmokndnnugzoflt. We having the-ulonboma.“ coming Saturday, only on a much scale. We don‘t ask you to buy i yo don'tmedt.bognoz-. Goods bought that are of no use to you are dear at any price,. Read this list over carefully and if something strikes your eye that mougmwhwyonwnlbowdeometommdmu. Winter Mitts Horse Blankets. Blankets regular $4 _now gl_g. 18 Cl clearat w 2000â€"7 feet long, 6 inches and upward in diameter .1000_8 « « 6 «6 «6 «e w s logs EP NOR Cw s 10c each or 3 for 2c. Persian Lamb caps, regular $7 _ now Logs Wanted Heavy Winter Mitts. Now For Bargains! Just a Word to You. Horse Clippers. “â€"1 always sold at 1.85 Pine, Hemlock, Tamarack, Cedar B.fl'wdl ‘amarack, Maple, Red Oal edar Soft Elm, White C asswood, â€"â€" _ Rock Elm, Cherry. I WILLALSO REQUIRE + 3000 CEDAR POSTS. Chas. Kreutziger. «t “ umln.mg') sure and get my prices before disposing of your There are only 17 hay forks left. _ Get one at 280 Axes. regular 75¢ now 60. «â€" $1.40 ©$1.05 M. Weiche! & Son, 28 and 25, South Side King St., BEKRLIN M. WILDFANG, SMYTH BROS.,â€" â€"._ Chjldren‘s Slsighs With Box. Reghlar $4 now $ % Single bell with strap, in cantie for team, _heater, 14« fire pot, no oven, regular l“.n-fl‘ Gongs String Bells We have only one left. . Iv‘ea Preston Lanterns. ‘The balance of our 75¢ lanterns at 60¢. Snow Shovels. Regular 80 and 35¢, now 2Z5c. 10, King St., BERLIN. Y t P El 11 Sleigh Belis. White Oak, ky