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Mrs. Ebel received a gold _ watch \ chain from her husband. Those presâ€" "ent were: Misses Alice _ and Essic w Latsch, Misses Grace and Clara Detâ€" ‘ weller, Misses Nella and Beatrice i’l‘lchlell, Cornelia Jansen â€" and Ella ‘ Crichow, Centreville, Messts. Walter / _wAd Ed. Jansen, Harvey Bricknell, \~ Fred Buck, Harry Lewis, _ Centreâ€" _ wille; Alton Sharmen, Freeport; Mesâ€" }, Milton Latsch, Harry Lang, Misâ€" ‘ges Elma and Edith Grishow, Berlin; [ and Mr. Weslcy Stengel, of Preston. ‘MHer many friends â€" wish her â€" many happy returns. @>.‘The annual school pichic will _ be _ ‘held on Wednesday afternoon, _ June / 80th, in Victoria Park, Berlin.â€" Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Latsch were the _ gue of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Ebel ‘on: Sunday.â€"Mr. John E. Dippel and ‘ som called on F. Latsch on Sunday. . News .‘ Mrs. Jacob Ebel Womored on Friâ€" @ay evening.â€"The beautiful homme of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Ebcl was made merry for a few hours in honor _ of her 32nd birthday. After â€" partaking ®f a sumptuous supper the â€" cvening was spent in music, singing, etc. ~ Don‘t miss Watcrloo‘s big eelebraâ€" tion on July 1st. 5 s â€" Died at Centrevilic.â€"The deatk of Mr. Solomon Becker took place at the home of his mother on Saturâ€" ‘@ay morning at 5 u‘clock, after an &- of about six months of tuberâ€" @©ulosis. ‘The funcral will ke held on Wuesday afternoon at 23 o‘clock at éA house and from there to Frceâ€" port church and _ cometery. _ Mr. T was 30 years, 5 months and 2 kys ol age, â€" and was a _ charter ‘¥ of the Order Canadian Home "Don‘t miss ~Waterioo‘s Wig cclebraâ€" on on July ist. . ‘ News Notes.â€"This is fine growing ther at proscnt. The few frosts had in this viemity di@â€"nst" in > the croys â€" very _ muck tnâ€": and BÂ¥ angels . are growing y Our _ roadmaster repaired roads in this vicinity and _ a®t i m.. . good shape. â€" Mr. N. Oesch and wite visited friends libank and Topping for a few ys. â€"Two automobiles passed ovâ€" this . road on Sunday evening. â€" ts JpséPbsburg school was closcd on WJune 2@nd\ior the summer bolidays.â€" < ‘ h Steinmann intonds to move m ‘:ll\lo Mr. Irvin Snyder‘s .. Andrew Gropp‘s in orâ€" ént some timter. â€" The farâ€" \ were busy at road work last and the roads aro now . in ‘ ® 26 J he f\“:v,". P E‘ ‘t miss Waterloo‘s big â€" celebraâ€" ~July Ast. ' s Notes.â€"On Friday evening the ~ Club assembles at JupPp‘® nd. a most interesting â€"debate ‘is what we make it‘ will be Em‘ of â€" discussion. â€" The ice _of the contending speakers is muiple guarantee that an interestâ€" and . instructive debate will be a. â€"â€"Crops in the vicinity of West are progressing very favorâ€" â€"_ ADVERTISERS wEst MONTROSE fuagks‘s JOSEPHSBURG uie Bean, PrC CENTREVILLE rates reasonable and| (Qyay i arlrtny wooss * Shang«s . \:: 1st not be on application 2500 .persons. who ‘The !mw was held at the ‘ ol Waterloo Township‘s ular| Cfirk. Mr. George Tilt, is -5‘5 old Christian Schneidâ€" er homestead. It»was an ideal spot for an event of thisâ€"Kind, The old home and its surroundings ‘neverâ€"preâ€" sented a moTe beautiful appearance, surrounded as it is by beautiful hills, green ;l“. and shady trees, while in the valley the Mn’m creek . was sparkling in the sunl gh‘? It .. was easily reached by team or train, e8â€" pecially the latter as the Galt branck of the G.T.R. passes through the farm. The G.T.R. Company provided a splendid service throughout *the day and it is estimated carried _ nearly 2000 passengers between Elmira and Doon. The Centennial Committce was orâ€" ganized early in May with Mr. E. W. B. Smider, exâ€"M. P. P., of _ St. Jacobs as President, and Mr. Isidor B. Snider, of Berlin, as Secâ€" retary. After selecting the old Schâ€" neider Homestead as the scene _ for the Reunion the great task of. the committee was to ascertain the whereabouts of the descendants of Christian, Joseph and Jacob Schneiâ€" der, three brothers, who came from Penasylvania in 1806 and setticd in Waterloo County, _ Christian near Doon, Joseph in Berlin and Jacob near Bloomingdale. It was found that there were nearly 2400 descendants scattered throughout the â€" continent, but the great majority were in Watâ€" erloo County. An interesting feature of the proâ€" gramme was the music provided for ; the occasion. _ The 29th Regiment | orchestra furnished excellent . music. 'Thc congregational songs throughout the day were led by Mr. Peter Shupe.‘ In the afternoon a few very suitable: , selections were sung, one called ‘"Our. i Cottage Home,"" being a solo _ and _chorus. The solo was sung by Petar Shupe and chorus by Olive L. Troxel, Ada Brubacher, sopranos; Della May Snider and Annie Troxcl, altos; Ira ‘Snyd(-r and J. Hubert Sherk, bass, ‘andPeter Shupe tenor. The Wlending wof the _ voices and good . expression | made this a very effective mumber. i‘‘The Old Oaken Bucket" and â€"Wandâ€" erinz Back. to the Old _ Home," were â€" sung. by a male quarâ€" tette, composed of _ Messrs. _ John Bruegeman, M. S. Hallman, tenors, and Wm. Snyder and Ira _ Snyder, basses, both of which were exceptionâ€" .ally'wcll rendered. Invitations were sent out, _ nearly 2400 of them, and on Monday _ Over 1700 acceptances had been received, while several hundred came â€" without informfing the Committee. . Relatives were present from Kansas, _ Missouri, Illinois, Dakota, New York, Michiâ€" gan, Ohic, Alberta, _ Saskatehewan, Manitoba and all parts of Ontario, and a special train was required #e comvey the Sekmciéers from Elmiva, St. Jacéb»w, Waterloo and Berlin to the scene of the celcbration. It was wertainly a remarkable gathcring. To handle this immense crowd was another problem, especially the feedâ€" ing. _ The Watecloo County people were requested to bring their baskets filled with good things, while coffee, lemonade and milk by the gallorn was provided by the committee. In addiâ€" tion Caterer J. W. Davey served free lench to the visitors without | baskâ€" cts and everybody was fed. . Eighty gallons of ice cream was provided and it soon disappeared when 2,000 . peoâ€" ple partook of the eoolish refrecthâ€" ment. | President E. W. B. Snider, exâ€"M.P. .P., presided, and the morning . proâ€" gramme was cenducted in the Gerâ€" man language. The feature of the ‘ morning was the reading ®y _ Rev. ! Noah Stauffer of Psalm ciii from the ‘old" fAmily Bible, printed in Switzerâ€" land in 1560, and which is in a good state of preservation. It came into possession of the Schrcider family in 1564, and contains the genealogy . of the family from that date to _ the lprmM. Not without emotion did that great throng of the descendants of ; the three brothers who a century ago ’tn& d to the northern solitudes to make themsecives a new home, _ heat i the words: "As for man, his days are as the grass; ‘as a flower of the fiek no;*mflm. " the wind i aver INTERESTING . HISTORY Gathered at Old Homestead near Doon on Ti ticipated in Days‘ Proceedings. How They Were Fod Musical Programme The Old Family Bible IN The sbairman then called upon Mr. Isudor B. Snmyder, Secretary, who read letters of regret from the folâ€" lowing _ who are scattered far and wide in Canada and U. S. A. From George W. Bowman, Philadelphia, a great grandson of Jacob Schneider; M. S. Bowman, Riverside, Cal.; A. S. Bowman, _ Province of Alberta; Jacob Bricker, aged 91, _ Waterloo Lottie C. Springer, Santi%go, Cal. Chris. Eby, Colorado; Auston Clem ens, Bain, B. C. In giving you a history _ ef the Schneiders, I might just say that I will confine myself to those Schneiâ€" ders from whom we have a record, ta 3 CHRISTIAN SCH NEIDER HOMESTEAD. «ccone of the great Reâ€"unica near . Doon on Tucsday, June 22nd in the first place up to the time that our forefathers came to â€" Canâ€" ada. The first record that we have got is reported in the oid Family Bible that some of you have seen toâ€" day which was printed in »1580 in Canton Berne, Switzerland, and was bought ‘by our forefather, Hannes Schneider in 1564, so that the old Bible has been in the hands of and has passed from generation .to genâ€" eration, from 1564 to the present time. Seme people, I notice, were enquiring as to who was the ownet of this Bible. I might say that the late Mr. Ezra Eby ascertained that such a Bible was somewhere to be found and investigated the matter and finally discovered it somewhere near Heidelberg, the . owner _ then being Mrs. Ernst, grandaughter _ . of Jacdb Schncider. 1 discovered _ that such‘ a relie â€" was to be possessed, made enquiries and finally bought it and am the owner of it toâ€"day and wish to keep it as a family heirloom â€"not for myself, but for all the cousâ€" ins and everybody éonnected. The first one recorded is Hannes Schncider, torn im _ Canton Berne, Switzerland 1534 during the reformaâ€" tion time, it appears. He must hive heen a Nonâ€"conformist; and later on they were just what we call _ toâ€"day Mennonites; during Monso Simon‘s time were convinced he was right and followed his ideas and have been following that religious course to the present time. â€" The fourth generation, Jacob Schâ€" reider, born 1624, also in _ Canton Berne, witzerland. He was the first one that started to emig@@tc Spiers, Heidelbegg, Germany, 1853, and _ in 1672 he moved to Â¥.weiâ€"Brucken near Strasburg, Germany. . _ < © _ _ Whe third generation was _ Peter Echneider, born in Cagton â€" ‘Berne, 1590, and according to *epoM#"* died there. * The fAfth generation, *Jacob Schnciâ€". 181 different : der, was born 1663 . at Spiers neat through marti udhnu; After his father‘s death «an enormous in 1695, he and his brotber moved 14 £years. 1 had : The second generation was _ Jaco» Schneider, born in Canton Berne, Switzerland, T561 and died in Switâ€" zetland. Afternoon Programme Chairman‘s Address OF THE SCHNEIDER FAMILY :on.”.': ?mum'::: he vw i A Uoult h“ He m: :‘ lve y, Paâ€" o ceived the old Bible homm\' and his father reported that the Bible was purchased by Hannes Schneider, his grandfather‘s | grandlather, in 1564, The authority we have _ got so far as what is recorded® in the old Bible. ur 30000 Â¥ OBC AZCCEYs ‘The seventh wmum}. Juobug.‘ Schneider, . Was )? in Holland x w at the % 9 years he came m- ‘his parents, residing in " ter County and,. so far as is known, was buried in either Lanâ€" caster or Franklin County. It . is not definitely rePorted in the â€" old Bible.. . Amofigst the numerous family _ of this Jacob B. Schnéider . were â€"botn in Penusylvania, Christien 1158, Jaâ€" vrob, 1764, (who reports having ° 1Cc cetved the, old Bible from his father) and Joseph 1772.. These were the three Old PIOMUUTT: our forefathers that came to Canâ€" ada. The brothers emigrated _ then with their families in 1806 to 1807, They arrived in Canada, all told, with a population of 27. ; Christian, 1806, with his wife Eliâ€" zabeth Erb, with their nineâ€" children, total eleven, locating and erecting here the present remaining 2 storey loz house. Jacob and wife Maty Erb arrived the same year with eight children. They moved to "Oxbow" farm near Bloomingdale, which is toâ€" day in the hands of descendants. ~ Joseph Schneider and wile_Barbary Eby arrived in 1807 with fout | chilâ€" dren, or a total of six, making _ A total of 27 persons in . the three families. 'W‘c"i;ve not given you a record of all those that we have discovered as being Schneider descendants, but our Secretary, Mr. Isidor Snider, I think, can do so. He informs me there are about 2500 of 18 years and _ over, descendants of the three families, and children below that age, about 2000, making a total of about 4500. Don‘t run away with the idea that <these all properly belong to the Schneider family, because there were interâ€"marâ€" riages in outside families. About oneâ€" half of them belong to the Schneider family in a ditect way. There has been an enormous increase. I _ hope we will not carry away the idea beâ€" cause we are numerous we are great. We c lives. The three brothers, breaking up their homes in Pennsylvania leaving behind their intimate friends, bore the hardships of the slow and _ tireâ€" some journey, were of course . inciâ€" dents that befell all the carly pionâ€" cers. I will not dwell on that . but leave it to other szeakers. Christian locating and hewing out kis home in the then wilderness, â€" where we are toâ€"day gathered, and can view one remaining monument â€" the old homestead. Jacob located near ~Bloomingdale. He investigated the conditions of Waterloo County in 1805 and was so well pleased that he induced others, as well as Christian, his brother, to join . him in 1806, to make their homes in Canada, and his _ brother Joseph following in 1807. He located at Berlin, where later his son Joseph and now his grandson Samvucl still reside. The Schneicer name was _ changed by nearly all the grandchildren _ of the three brothers into Snyder and Snider. 1 know ef only two â€"Schaciâ€" ders, David and Samuel Schneider, who stuck to the original Schneider name, and I think it is a pity that we Schneiders had to droj the origthal name. We could just as well «all ourselves Schnetders as Snyders. The old people changed and we folâ€" lowed suit. I might sayâ€" that 1 noâ€" ticed in a report that my _ friend, Mr. John S. Wideman handed to me, of the U. S. Census. taken in 1791 of the State of Pennsylvania, the enumerators therein were spelling the name Schneider in no less than . sixâ€" teen different . ways!â€" Wo\"\ than here! I find with Christian sa.-(a&r'- descendants thére are no less an 181 different names now . intermixed through martiages into other families ied an only be great by living good number, all within 100 vmmeoxw. small meat grinder, , level, 5 cords green furnace wood, about 5 _ cords of dry furnace wood, also 5 cords of green .solt wood, 2 china . dinner setts, a quantity of carthenware and glassware, â€" 3 wuu. 2 lamps, 1 small spinning 1, A large: spinâ€" ning wheel, . some carpets,= set of draining tools, 2 old Bibles : History of â€"Waterloo, mfl English dictionary,â€"Guan‘s y Doctor, . a mumber of other books, map of Watâ€"| »« °_ * C erloo County, map of the Dominion lrus & S'lk of Canada, and unmflwr SOPQ l * " Ctonal porate. __â€" | ; India‘s latest production, natur» > FFAL RETXxTE: al only, 27 inches wide at 75¢. : _ 5 acres of cedar swamp, part of lot Â¥+ 7 m w No. 57, G.C.T., situated about $ | on onmnnnnnnnniemninirepemeen impmmmemmmmmmmmmn miles northeast of. Elmira. ; TERMS OF SALE. Shantung g All sums of $10 and under, cash; over that amount six months credit|. NAtural, f:;d"' “:i 1‘;‘: on approved joint notes, or 4 per cent | FOS@, car dinal per annum discount for cash payâ€" «oL «is .. sA Orrscn s vyiktth ments of credit amounts. HENRY S. BAUMAN, & mexsos mmoms, |Linen Suitings GEORGE HOFFMAN, oi i im ogat on Tiem dCY Ecce t To .l G. G. CLASS, _ H. W. ZILLIAX, There will be offered for sale on the premises of the late Andrew Cunâ€" ningham, 24 miles west of Hawkesâ€" ville and 24 miles east ol Limwood on & or Real Estate, Stock and Impleâ€" ments. Horsesâ€"Heavy draught brood mare 5 years old with colt 4 weeks _ old, general purpose brood mare 8 years old with colt 7 weeks old; heavy draught bay gelding 4 years old by Lord Charming; heavy draught . bay gelding 2 years old by Lord Charmâ€" ing;â€"bay gelding 2 years old by Damo King. Cattleâ€"8 milch cows (7 fresh anh 1 farrow); 2 heifers 3 years old in calf; 3 heifers 1‘ year old. P Pigsâ€"Brood sow, 6 pigs about 3 months old. Poultryâ€"25 hens and 3 geese. Implementsâ€"Massey Harris binder, Massey Harris mower, Elmira _ hay loader, hay rake, Massey Harris 13â€" hoe drill; Massey Harris cultivator with seed box, Diamond harrow; scufâ€" fier, land roller, 2 plows, wagon, sleigh, hayrake, . Chatham _ fanning mill, stock scale (capacity 2000 lbs.) cutting box, Maple Leaf 10 _ plate grinder, circular saw with jack, root pulper, turnip drill, buggy, incubator and brooder, (Chatham); bench and vise, cream separator (Unceda), iron kettle, forks, shovels, hoes, chains and other articles too numerous to mention. A quantity of mixed grain. Termsâ€"All sums of $10.00 and unâ€" der cash, over that amount 6 months credit will be given on approved seâ€" curity, or 4 per cent. pet annum | off for cash. â€" the following property Farmâ€"The farm consists of 100 acres more or less, is situated on the gravel road between Hawkesville and Linwood, and is known as one of the best in the vicinity. On it are good buildings, an artesianâ€"well and power mill; the farm is well underdrained and well fenced,. There are 14 acres of bush, eo-nh%:uch rock â€" elm and white ask. are on _ the farm about 10 acres of good fali wheat and 30 acres of spring crop. The balance is in hay and pasture, all but 15 acres fresh seeded down in clover and timothy this spring. The farm will be sold with or without crop, on easy terms. A porâ€" tion of the purchase money may teâ€" meain on first mortgage if desirable. Further particulars _ will be â€" made known on day of sale. Sale to commence at 1 o‘clock p, m. sharp. @4â€"2t 24â€"2t. names mixed up with the _ original Schnciders only 100 years ago .IT‘wo Woodstock .Colleginte â€"teachers have resigned. They â€"are Mt, R, A. Patterson, mathomatical master, and ‘The descendants now reside in six Canadian Provinces and in seventeen of the States of the American Union, so that we are beginning to _ get scattered pretty well. To be continued in next week‘s issue. Visit your frinds in Detroit on Saturday, July 24th, Weekby Chronmiâ€" cleâ€"Telegraph excursion for $2.05 reâ€" tirm, good for 3 days. TWO TEACHERS RESIGN Auction Sale Wednesday, July 7th, 1909 Auctioneer wWM. CUNNINGHAM, JOHN MeKAY, W. BULMER, teacher of . juniot Executors Executors Clerk Tussore and Shan w.u:djfimmmphth."‘ ot© . these goods ve them on sale together immens | .. range of WABH Poo e o : i\ .. aealbemen. . We have an immense range of linen suitings in all the leading eolors, plain and â€" fancy {stripes, checks and fancy weave>, at 25¢, 850 and 40¢. â€" â€" , Very best finish,free from dressâ€"| °*‘ ~~ _ " . * * "" T C C . ing. _ This is a very popular maâ€" ® i t:fid because its just the weight| A**° * W ‘h°"i"8’ of white for eummer,, dresses, skirts and | Wash materials cuitable for sumâ€" eoats at 155, 208 and 25e. mer wear at 100 to 50e. . â€" Indian Head S. B. Bricker &CGo. Indi ucgm' Ls * u‘fol' mfi%& Suiting Phe The best English makes, a large range of stripes, checks and plain and dresses at 12}c, 150 to 20c. Galated Fine Harvard weaves, very~deâ€" s‘rable for girls‘ school dresses, b‘ouses <and morning‘ sacques at 12 1â€"20, 15¢ to 208 _ . White Fabrics Suiting Mss uds