qjj> With which is incorporated ^The Huntingdbr^-Staar'' Vol. XL, No. 2. 4BB0TSF0RD. B, C. FRIDAY, OCTOBER'22,. 1915 ?^M$>8 '.',���������' $1.00 per Year Ladies' Vests and Drawers, each. .50c, 60c, $1.25 Children's Vests, each 60c, 65c and 75c Women's Natural WojoI, Penman's "95" Vests and Drawers, per suit ,.. $2.50 Men's Heavy Ribbed Underwear, per suit.... .; $2.00 and $3.00 Floor Matting, per yard 20c Flannelettes���������Special values at, per yard ......12 1-2c and 15c i Boots and Shoes A new line of good, strong Boots and Shoes for Men, Women and Children at right prices.- Abbotsford, B. "C. A CONTRIBUTION TO CANADIAN PATRIOTIC FUND ASSISTS RECRUITING AND HELPS THE EMPIRE Last year's contributions to the Canadian Patriotic Fund are now about exhausted British Columbia will be asked to contribute-about $600,000 during the coming year, most of which has to be subscribed for yet. British Columbia and the Yukon have contributed over 21,- 000 soldiers, and there must necessarily be a large number of dependents left behind, who must be helped Increased need this year requires a new . appeal for funds. .Canadians did their duty last year. They will do it again this year. If you cannot go to the front, you can help to support the families of those who have gone. British Columbia stands first in the provincial rate of enlistment in Canada. The fund is a national one as much as the army; just as every man when he enlists becomes a member of the army at large, so a contribution to the Patriotic Fund becomes part of the national fund. The needs of localities are met by the Canadian Patriotic Fund regardless of contributions from districts. The committee does not sit in judgment on any man who does not wear the khaki. Those who stay at home, however, are asked to contribute as much as possible, so tliat the soldiers' wives and children may be properly mainteained while the breadwinners are fighting for the defence of the Empire and of our-homes. At,this crisis, every Loyal British Subject is willing' to do his share. Sometimes we hear the assertion that the Government of Canada should do the work now being carried on by the Canadian Patriotic Fund. Usually, those who advance this idea are not able to suggest how this might be done, nor do they appear to have foreseen the results. The Canadian Government cannot discriminate between families. The Government Separation Allowance is given without favor, alike to the wife of the millionaire and to that of the poor man���������the same sum to each. The wife in the former case has no claim because of need, while in the latter case the separation allowance alone is not sufficient to support the family, even on the most economical scale. Hence, the Patriotic Fund, acting with discrimination, considering the special circumstances of each case, brings up each family'e income to a reasonable level of subsistence, thus building on the foundation which the Government has laid. If the government supported all the soldiers' families, the majority of Canadian "stay-at-homes" would be deprived of the privilege of taking part.in the war. LKTTI?/' FKOM KXCiLANO (I l<'rom fhe.Frascc -Valley''Record) - Througlr;',he kindness of a resident of Mission.'Oily Hie Feasor Valley Record is ,1'orinilted to publish the following- i f'.vtcrestiig - letter from a. resident of'^lie' 01d('i:ancl: ''Dear ���������'������'iv'\���������Yours to hand, With repardto your friends,:T very much regret to'say thai they have been..un': able to -coing'and "visit us. We made every prciiaValion/and would have gi~ von them a/riighl good time, but after waiting expectantly for some few weeks, a lotto arrived J'roni Mr. Ca-' thonvood,'7',miouncjng 'their iniined-* into departure for Prance. ��������� 300 of tho battali'on, he 'says, never had their leave*' but the colonel has promised them-that they shall havo first turn when\leave is granted from-tlie "front." ��������� This means that they will get anything from four to seven days' leave and passage home to,.England when thoy have had a- spell of active serviced/in the fielcl. ' We, were sorry, but Wilder;- tlie -'Circumstances I did the d>il'y-thing possible. Some of them aro English born, with friends in Uiis .country. To all of them I had 'written extending .hospitality whe'riever-'desired; but Flo's nephew and:'Mr. Stokes are not perhaps quite so fortunate in. having relatives close bp as the" others, and to them .I have sent, asking Uiem to my house as their-home, should then consider us-las their own-people, and want "one at anytime, or when ihey are lucky enough.to get their 'leaves' There is also, the possibility of tlieir getting , wo.uni1ed,_ and \coming over here'-to"ho'spitaT. "Yon"may 'tell their people fronv-nie that if such' should be tho case, we will do all- wc can for- them and look after their interests as far as we can. 'Always ' povided they write.and lot,us know. The- lists of killed are published, but the wounded are left to communicate with' friends themselves, so far as the daily papers are concerned. Of course the "War, Office publishes all casualties, but- ordinary people do not see their lists. A call from one of your 'boys', however, shall receive -prompt attention. The percentage of recovery from wounds you will be glad to learn is-extremely high. "Well, the 'bear's' paws are beginning to gel another "grip, and ' the world .should now De able to realize that Bruin is a long, long way from being done with. His supply of munitions is daily increasing; the assumption of command by the Tsar, who the Russ. regaraa as his'father, was a big move on .the psychological side, and has had an exhilarating effect all along the lino; and now lh3 German forces are being checked and thrown back everywhere. The towns evacuated in the retirement are being retaken: for the past week or so every Petrograd official has told of victory; the daily haul of German prisoners runs to thousands; the number ot cauiiGn. machine guns,, and other munitions captured or found abandoned grows apace; while the toll of Austro-Gennan human casualties is simply apaliing. Tho Russians, loo have lost fearfully in human material. II is not too much lo say that hundreds of thousands��������� aye, millions w'.ll, never come out of this clash alive; and- many millions more will .bear wilh thorn to the grave evidences of the effects of Prussian ambition. ForThe presont, the Russian armies have extricated themselves from the difficulties into 'which they were plunged by the failure and -shortage of artillery and ammunition, and the strategy of the Grand Duke Nicholas has received its justification.- The removal of the: Grand Duke to the direction of affairs in the Caucasus'is no reflection whatever upon his generalship but a bigger, man is wanted there just now, and his taking hoild of the teins there is alia part of the -game. Meanwhile,, the Russian, winter is upon its first lap, and its pace wili :',x-,-'., ���������r;5HC-'!''-.J' V'*:*' -'��������� ���������** ���������?-".���������'*-1*^' ��������� gfow.q linker, 'and:-faster and, it^nmyj- Wl'llae Yfiat.^the^un-'pf.-.the/Ge^nan''" invasion will-set ev<jn more rapidly. than was anticipated. The advance on I he western theatre has begun 'toor .'wid ere1 this letter' reaches you, the miliary situation all." -round may' have undergone ^a welcome change. ��������� "Since my last letter to you I have been under-fire from Zeppelins. The grveat raid on London which 'occurred' about a fortnight since will live in the memory "of Cockneys as one of the remarkable happenings in connection with the war. The actual damage done was- comparatively speaking, quite a'negligeable quantity. The casualties were officially returned at just over a hundred���������of which-some 20 old were fatal. 'Yet for a time'at least the city was undoubtedly in great danger, though the crowds in street and on housetops would suggest a Lord Mayor's :Day. Funk of a transient nature existed in places; but curiosity was the feature most prevalent. Crowds surged a- bout for an hour or so, watchng the performance���������and Mr. Zepp. was distinctly a 'star' turn. Floating a- bove the city at an altitude of about 2 yz miles, ,the sausage-shaped mon- strocily, whose length is some 400 ft. looked somewhat like a' little steel- handled waistcoat-pocket penknife,, splendidly lit up by powerful searchlights,'it formed a.grand target for tho small anti-aircraft guns which up till then the city possessed. If any more Zeppelins reach London they will find the guns quite capable of reaching them wherever they go. This form of. airship "is certainly/a .weapon ' to be reckoned with. : It can riso rapidly and almost perpendicularly; it can envelope itself with clouds caused by steam ,or smoke from 'fog bombs,' it can travel at over CO miles per hour; and it can so rapidly alter its position as to make range-finding a very difficult'matter. Three Z-epps. visited the metropolis; on this occasion and scattered bombs yet although small shells burst all a- round them, only one appears to have been damaged, and that very slightly ���������in the propeller. Though'the airship is only 2 or 3 miles up, the guns vr:'ng at it may be miles afay. This accounts for the fact that most of the shells fall short. When the Zepp was over Leyton a month or. so ago; tho guns were polling at it from -Woo'ieh���������nearly 1 0 miles away per- 1 aps. tut heavier guns of much' g re ale* range are now installed, and ii' they come again, they will probably l-a-r-' a warm time. On (In night -.ii qi.i'.?M.:'oii, I left Liverpool 'jtrc-'fit st-.iticn i'or Yvalthamstow by the last train that left the great terminus :'or .PERSONALS Mr A. morning C. for " Mr. A. C. Ryall and Wavd left here Sunday Butto,..Mon...' ��������� - -. ��������� . Mr.-JJohn McLean spent Sunday in - Vancouver. ' -. ; - ' Mr. and Airs. A. Johnson .left-Sunday''evening for .New . Westminster, where Mr Johnson is'-on the jury for - the fall, assizes: Mr. J. Sanderson-.is taking charge of the barber, shop till their return. "'".���������, Mr. Leslie Trethewey of Vancouver was. visiting his parents hece'; last week. . -' . ��������� ���������- ?��������������������������� .-'- . ������ Mr.-arid Mrs. Bert'Clark;, arid, Mr. and Mrs:'McMenemy were visitors, to Clayburn on Sunday. - .- *-��������� Miss Thomas spent the week end in Vancouver. ��������� ' Miss Gertrude Fuller, who lias been spending the summer at her . home here has returned to Spokane, Wash. Mr. Wm. Campbell, the jeweler, ' has moved his shop into the room adjacent to " Mr. A. M. King's 'butcher shop. i ��������� ' Miss Mable Bell'is visiting. Mrs. Miller in Clayburn. Miss Florence McPhee spent 'the, week end with friends in Sumas. Miss Colleta Dennison of Vancou- , ver was a visiitor in town last weeek. Schol Trustees Trethewey "and Par- ton have resigned and cri October 23 a mooting of the Abbotsford school district will be held dn the school house at which two new trustees will be elected. Two parents with children* will- probably* Iwill b.e,. elected., as trustes as pa'terits are usually more -ntsrested' in the work of a school. What is the matter with-being up to date and have a lady school trustee? Trafalgar Day was* obse'ved on Tr.ursday 21st by' public meetings at Alexandria Hall, "\bbotsford: St. Paul's church, Huntingdon; 'and in the school house, Kilgard". Offerings' were made for1 the relief of sick and Avounded saileis and soldiers-at ihe- various, seats of we-r;. and - patriotic addresses, readings and music formed interesting programmes. Miss E. M. Praeger, certificated Maternity Nurse from ".Queen Charlotte's Hospital", Lon- . don, England. Address general Delivery, Mission ' City. . great my distrilt for many hours. Just he- fore running into the Clapton tunnel, 1 saw the searchlights which ave always kept ready suddenly flash into the sky, seeming to converge at a point immediately over our heads. Simultaneously a tremendous crash of explosion and flash of red on my light announced the' fact that the train was# under bombardment from above. A* second more and we entered the tunnel. It is not more than y2 mile long, and in less than a minute we were out of it and in Clapton station.' By this time a gun close by was gelling lo work. From Clapton lo the first Walthamstow station is a- bout a 5 minutes run across Hackney Marshes. By craning our heads out of the ..window we could see the Zepp- above us and the shells bursting all around it. It was fairly low down then, but planing rapidly. The excitement on board the ' train ��������� was great.' It rivalled a football match. Rapidly as the train was moving, men got on footboards and hung out of windows ^yelling and shouting. 'That's got her'���������'No, it ain't'���������'An- ��������� other shot boys'���������'Plank it into her' ���������'Bring her down'���������'Very near that time'��������� etc., etc., emerged from a mass of indescribable^ noise, yelling cheering, and general 'hell for leather.' The searchlight gave us a.lovely "We have '"���������> interesting letter fi'om Private J. Kirkbride which. will ap- l.ear next issue; tlie "Letter from London" has pvo\cu so interesting that we have taken it from thev Prater Valley Record <or our readers. Mr. and Mrs. D. Emery ave the proud'possessor of a new home having purchased the >property\untiL re- ��������� cently owned by P. Huckerby. The Ladies' Aid will give a lowe:en supper on Thursday lhr> in Alexandria Hall from 5 to S. Hal- 3Sth Mr. and Mrs. Percy Wilson spent the week end in New Westminster as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ellis. Mr. Alder -is moving his family' to Vancouver next week and rented his house to Mr. Davidson. Loyal talk .'Will-, not-beat .Germany.- Men and money will- Ion surelycannot cheer for tlie -boys, whenthey come home unless you fight or "pay. Subscribe to the Patriotic Fund and help its work in every w.'iy you can. The accounts and books of every Branch are audited by the Auditor-General of Canada. "naiiT or pay" "GOD SAVE THE KING" Miss Forester wilt return about the 20th of the "month.'.Inquire from Mrs. Boyd. - view for about 3. minutes���������then the airship, finding the shells getting too near to be pleasant, enveloped her self in smoke and fog and planed up out of sight. In ten seconds she was lost completely���������so far as our view was concerned. But her course can easily be traced by the bombs. And It is interesting to know that, she never hit one single target she 'aimed' at. The incendiary, etc. bombs intended for the Bank of England fell in Wood Street Cheapside 200 yards away, and the only serious fire of tlie night was the result. AH other fires were extinguished immediately; but this one cleared out half a dozen warehouses and took some hours' attention on the part of the fire brigade. St Paul's had a let-off, and, in fact, no public buildings were damaged at all. The poor, as usual, suffer- (Continued on Page Two) THE ABBOTSFORD POST, ABBOTSFOltp, B. C. m THE ABBOTSFORD POST. Published Every Friday by The Post Publishing Company A weekly Journal devoted to the interests of Abbotsford and district Advertising rates made known on application Our iShibboleth���������Neither for nor. agin' the Government J. A. BATES, - - Editor and Proprietor FRIDAI, OCTOBER 22, 1910 r -��������� The Dominion government has appointed a commission to inquire into certain economic conditions in Canada, named by a recent order-in-council. It is not our privilege to know just what the economic conditions are; but we are of the opinion that there are numerous matters that should be named in the list, and "that pne of them, is why every year thousands and thousands of dollars worth of fruit are allowed to go to waste in the province and particularly in the Fraser Valley for want of a market to dispose of them. For the reason that there are thousands of people in our own province and elsewhere who every year do not have enough of fruit and vegetables except at very high prices, and possibly not then, surely it is an economic condition well worthy of inquiry into it eft'oas ihe grower and the consumer, and the long train of business men and others. In two weeks travel through the.Fraser Valley this fall we have it from the lips of the dominion representative for New . Westminster riding that he saw 'enough fruit going to waste to. , feed all the poor families of British Columbia all next winter.' Surely this is a condition that'needs investigation. Were this fruit marketed at a fair figure' it would be the means of solving a very big problem for the people of the province in supplying fruit" where it is required and in bringing to. the growers returns, lor their labor. There is certainly no economy in waste and conditions are not right when this fruit is going to'waste and at the same time friut being imported into the country for consumption with good money going to enrich the growers f a freign country while the growers of our.own country���������the Fraser Valley���������could supply at least a part of the demand. It is economy f a kind that cannot be called one of the 'get-rich-quick' schemes. There is another phase of this that also requires attention; and that is the fact that the growers of our disrict and other districts do not receive a fair compensation' for what they are able to market. What an awful howl there would be from the far- mrs of the North-Western' prairies if they could not market their grain at the regular market price! The complaint���������th'- bi& kick- was made years ago and conditions along this line were im- pro-ved for them���������the elevators were built. The government came hurrying to their assistance as they did to assist the lead industry, and later in the zinc industry. Remorse is the poison of life, aiid repentance" its cure. Let no one overload you with favors; you will find them an insufferable burden. No condition so low but may'have hopes, and none sojiigh but may have fears. . * '. A promise is a just debt which should always, be paid, for. honor and honesty are its security. LETTER FROM ENGLAND (UoMtinucd from Pa<je One) ed the niost. More wounds were caused by our own guns .than by the bombs. Shrapnel falling .accounted for many minor hurts. Most of the deaths were caused by bombs in two cases falling almost directly on motor busses. One such, in the wide road fronting Liverpool Street and Broad .Street stations, together with its human freight, was completely wiped out. The greatest damage to property is in glass. Thousands upon thousands of windows were blown out, and as the price of window glass has gone up by 200 per cent, the loss to some people is a serious matter. The government now insure you for a small premium, but they will not pay out anything unless you have insured. Taken altogether, I think Zeppeilins are not a very successful .method of warfare. The cold clear' moonless nights of the early part of September furnished ideal conditions for Zeppelin attacks, and raids occurred nightly over the eastern counties; but* the sum totalof their effectiveness is very disappointing to German hopes. They are enormous y expensive to construct and many of them havn been lost in one way or another. I know of a plate where German submarines are to be seen- which have been 'captured.' Their Toss has never been 'gazetted.' They simply never 'came back.' And���������whisper it softly���������P can 'put my hands' on one or two'Zepps., which' are in the same category. Nothing is published, but they don't ol>l go back. 'Not by no means', as SamWeller would say. AH the same it's just as well they didn't succeed in hitting the train I was in though one poor devil was wounded - 'Why will Europe, after the war be like Tapioca? Because it will be that from which Prussic Acid has been extracted. rRlHlK|MT������[Mi E3E3iQE]DEaE!QQDlE3E3BrJ]E J. H. JONES Funeral Director BanmnHseaBEjEBaBaQODBQE ''. For the best job printing patronize the Abbolsforl Post. It is the only paper published for Abbotsford. . Furnisher- of Funeral Supplies Phone Connection. Mission City | TOQU8-SUMAS BOARD OF TRAD President, Chas. Hill-Tout Secretary, S. A. Morley of Abbotsford, B. C. Meeting Held First Monday of Each Month Write the secretary regarding manufacturing sites with unexcelled shipping facilities,arid cheap power or information regarding the farm and fruit lands of wJ-he district, and industries already established, ���������, A WASH IS A JOY when one's bath room is rendered luxurious by our ornamental and open work plumbing. It's an artistic triumph. Have the bath room a joy. Let your plumbing ar- "rangements be as santitary as the latest developments of the art will permit., We'll show you the way. - , WM. ROBERTS Plumbing: Shop Old Creamery Bldfr Abbotsford when the organization is perfected. A fellow can stand a lot when the money begins to roll in thicl^ and fast. Others organize and,get along, and thoroughly good organization assists to minimize troubles of a trifling nature. Never will the fruit industry be satisfactory until such time as the growers are assured a certain price for what they grow and pack for the market. In the interests of the province investigation should be made into any condition that allows waste when want is one of the predominating features of our cities. Here, is -a fine chance for our politicians to make good. British Columbia is a fine country to live in, and with improve ed conditions along the fruit marketing, to prevent waste it would be still better There are a number of things that should be remedied by the provincial government before they ask the votes of the citizens of this district next spring. Now is the time to fix them all up and get a solid vote. Promises have come along long enough and apparently the Board of Trade is not yet tired of asking for at a recent meeting the members by resolutions asked for the same old thing in the same old way and from the same members of the power that be at Victoria. Some of the things that Mission requires are: A Small Debts' Court with a presiding magistrate. Another magistrate or two to preside over the small cases that require attention. Annual or semi-annual court of revision for the voters' list. A court of revision for the complaints of assessments on the townsite. Of course the Board.of Trade does not believe that our local member is to blame for these requirements not being granted as he has time and time again at the request of the Board asked for them but the Board is still waiting for results. There is hope: the Rural Light Act is now working. An exchange says: "President Wilson is going to marry a- gain. and here we have been under the impression he was too proud to fight." Awful remarks! r>���������+ +t��������� ~���������~ +-u;���������~ +^���������+ ��������� 3 ��������� ��������� ��������� by a piece of shell of a bomb. The But the one thing that is required is organization among the greatest harm the Zeppelins do is growers of the Fraser Valley. -Don't bother about not being Ithe frightening of poor women who 'able to get along' with certain others; that will come- intime!are perhaps in, a weak or 'nervy' condition owing to one thing or another. These people wiil persist in leaving their houses and going into the open. Inside is, on the whole, far safer. But when one considers the vast population arid size of~the metropolitan area (probably over 10, millions and 7u0 square miles) the total result'of their activities is a mere flea-bite. If it were not so tragic it would be laughable. And yet, though its effect is beneath contempt, and its miliary value has hitherto been absolutely nil, one cannot shut one's eyes to tlie fact that it has caused a lor. of. wicked mischief and suffering. A, few men have been killed and wounded���������one I believe a soldier; but it is the innocents-���������the women and children���������who have suffered most. And always poor people. I know of two deaths in this neighborhood (one a benevolent old lady and the other the little neice of a friend) from fright alone. Many women in delicate health" have been seriously affected, their nerves totally unstrung through the visits of these abominable engines of warfare. The logic of German 'frigntfulness' is a remarkable phenomenon. This frights ening of the poorer classes is deliberately aimed at with a view to creating a stop-the-war opinion a- mong the laboring people. Germany for a long time past has seen, doom staring her in the face, unless she could side-track the issue. '. So long as England was determirfed to see the thing through, Germany's chance of victory was hopeless���������defeat was only a matter of time. But if the people of England could be roused in any way���������by fright, cajolery.tair promises, labour troubles, or any other means���������and the British Government compelled by them to withdraw from the struggle, then Germany would be left master of the situation. So non- combatants have to suffer. It is ail part and parcel of a plan of campaign which Germany has embarked upon in order to create a state of public opinion of which she can take advantage. It is very cunning���������but then madmen are sometimes cunning. But that such damnable practices should result in eventual victory would seem to wreck one's faith in Eternal Justice. It will never be I am glad to say so far as I am able to judge, the only effect Zeppelins have produced on the future intentions of the people of this part is to I make them set their teeth, more than ever determined to break the power for evil of such a devlish cult. Wherever Zepps. go. men rush to join the army. 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Our prices for this kind of work is cheaper than in the cities, and the quality of paper and ink is just as good. No rent to pay is part of the secret.' BATES, The Printer JOB DEPARTMENT The Home of Good Printing at Suitable Prices PUBLICATION PRINTING We have unrivaled facilities for execu- ing all kinds of Printing, as is attested by the large amount of Printing we have ��������� handled in the last seven years. Quality of work unsurpassed, and delivery in time assured. BATES, The Printer JOB DEPARTMENT The Home of Good Printing at Suitable Prices a 9 icity ���������- r roves Hub Square Mission City PRINTER AND PUBLISHER * y03l*-vr yjy������*-r������*l "'Jiff* V w<i. iu .Ji ���������V".', "> .'���������l/.Lj THE-ABBOTSFORD POST, ABBOTSFORD, B. C. THK HULL GATES OF SOISSONS '" (Published by Request of Mr. J. L. Sanson, Abbotsford) My name is Darno, the poet, you have heard "One Comedie Ffancaise," Perchance it has happened, mon ami, yon know of my unworthy lays, Aii! Then you ninst mess how my lingers; are itchfng to talk to a pen, Fori was at Soissons and saw it, The Death of the Twelve Englishmen. My leg? nialbeursement, 1 left it behind on the Banks of the Aisne, Regret! I would pay with the other to witness their valour again; A trifle indeed, I assure you, to give for the honour to tell, How that handful of British, undaunted, went into the Gateway of Hell. Let me draw you a plan of the battle, here we French,'and your. Engineers stood, Over there a 'detachment of German sharpshooters, lay hid in a wood; 'A mitrailleuse battery planted on top of this well chosen ridge, Held the road for the Prussians, and covered the direct approach to" tho west .bridge. s,-p It was madness to dare the dense murder that spewed from those ghastly machines, osnoilit?.!}ini v ibum avoujj urao oisntu s^t 01 poounp aAT3t{ oi*>\ osoin ^Iuq Ten we count;���������te n who ventured unquail'Mng, ten there were, but ten are means, But the bridge to the Aisne was a menace, our safety demanded its fall, Engineer���������Volunteers���������In a body the Royals stood out at the call. * " "* i Death at best was the fate of the mission, to their glory not one was dismayed, ,- ' A party was chosen, and seven survived, till the powder was laid; And then fled with their fuzes unlighted, another detachment���������again A sortie was made���������&U too vainly���������the bridge still commanded the Aisne. We were fighting two foes, Time and Prussia���������the moments were worth more than' troops, , We must blow up the bridge; a lone soldier darts out from the Royals and swoops For the fuze: Fate seems wtfth us, and we cheer him, he answers, our hopes are reborn, A ball rips his visor, his khaki shows red, where another has torn. Will, he live? Will he last? Will he make it? He'.as, and so near the goal, A second he dies: then a third one: a fourth���������still the Germans take toll. A fifth, magnifique; it is magic; how does he escape them? he may��������� Yes he does; See the match glows; a riile rngs out from the wood and says, "Nay". Six, seven, eight, nine take their places, six, seven, eight, nine brave their hail, Six, seven, eight, nine,,how we count them, but the sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth fail, A tenth, sacre nom: but these English aire soldiers, they know how to try, (He fumbles the place where his jaw was) They show too how heroes can'die no more. Yet another salutes, and superbly essays, where the ten failed before, God of battles look down and protect him! Lord his heart is as Thine let him live. But the mitrailleuse splutters and stutters, and riddles him into a sieve. Men, I thought of my sins, and sat waiting tlie charge that he could not withstand, And I thought of my beautiful Paris., and gave a last look at the land,' At France���������ma belle France���������in her glory of blue sky and green field and wood, Death with honour���������but never surrender���������and to die with such- men, it is good. How About Your A FIRM IS OFTEN JUDGED BY ITS STATIONERY. WHY HAVE CHEAP PRINTING WHEN WHEN YOU CAN GET NEAT PRINTING DONE ON GOOD PAPER AT THIS office, almost as cheap as plain paper. bring in y;ur orders for Letter. Heads, Envelopes, 11 Head's, Statements, evoices, Labels, etc. AS THIS PLANT IS THE ONLY UP-TO-DATE PLANT IN THE DISTRICT ORDERS CAN BE FILLED WHETHER BIG OR SMALL, AND AT PRICES AS REASONABLE AS IN THE CITIES JUST AS GOOD AS WORK TOO. IF YOU HAVE A LARGE ster or IT CAN BE DONE AT THIS OFFICE ON SHORT NOTICE. HAVE THE FRASER VALLEY RECORD TO YOUR FRIENDS. $1.00 Per Year. SENT Printer and Publisher MISSION COY, B. G. A. M. KING BUTCHER Pork, Mutton, ?teef, Veal, Pork Sausages, Wieners and Balogna always on hand. Fish every Thursday tyjfflpuj uunMamxmsmimimiBffiff, ABBOTSFORD, B. C: ���������nanaanaaBHMKoaMi Strictly first-class in every respect. The bar is stocked with the best of wines, liquor and cigars, RATES, $1.50 TO $2.00 PER DAY PROPRIETORS A. J, HENDERSON & SONS :esB0 They are forming,.the bugles are blaring���������They will cross,in a foment and ---then When out of the line of the-Royals (Your island mon ami breeds men) Burst a private, a tawny haired giant, it was hopeless, but "ceil" how he ran Bon Dier, please remember the pattern, and make many more on his plan. No cheer from our ranks, and the Germans they halted in wonderment too, See he reaches the bridge, Ah! he lights it; I am dreaming,'it cannot be true, Screams of rage, fusillade;���������they have killed him, too late though���������the good work is done, By the valour of twelve English martyrs the Hell-gate of Soissons is yon. Wr. Zeigler and IVTr. MuKinnon are painting the Autnier store and it wiil look fine w-iea the work is completed. PRIVATE GREETING CARDS FOR CHRISTMAS Fresh Groceries and Fresh Bread Our stock of groceries are always fresh from the wholesaler. Our bread is delivered right from the baker's oven. That's the reason our business is being built up with satisfied customers. When you want Flour, Groceries or Bread, see : ALBERT LEE, Grocer and Baker ABBOTSFORD, T- - - - - - B.C. A pleasant and inexpensive way to remember your circle of friends and acquaintances at the Christmas season is to mail them Private Christmas Greeting Cards. We feave some Magnificent? Samples at this office to choose, from. The price is no more than you would pay for the ordinary Christmas Cards and in addition to this you have your choice of the wording and also your name printed on the card as well: Call at the Fraser Valley Record Office at any time and look over these samples and note the reasonable prices. Last year we did quite a business, and a great many pleased customers sent out their own Private Greeting Cards. It is desired that all orders be received as quickly as possible in order to insure early and prompt delivery. Now is a good time. All English made Cards. FRASER VALLEY RECORD Hub Square - Mission City Mr. Weir is making important improvements to tne drug store and has laid in a complete stock of drugs, books, etc. The Ladies' Aid met at the home of Mrs. Fraser on Wednesday. The W. A. held a bag social on Friday evening the i2nd. Sunday School Teacher���������What lo you suppose Jonah thought when he found himself inside the whale? Small Mission Boy���������I guess he did think he had went to sleep in a folding bed and it had closed up. "Our Willie got meritorious commendation at school last week."-.... "Well, weH- Ain't it awful the number of strange diseases "that's ketched by school children." The Key tc the If you art> looking? .'or a situation a ClaselfWd' Want Ad. lo the (toy which will unlock tho door to tho, - private offlco of tho butlneea rnan. Ho la too buoy to, Intorvlow all ' promtacuoua calloro, but you cart catch his attention and secure an appointment by a "Situation Wanted" ad. ������ <a ' OvpHkUl in k, B W lkC<rl| FOR SALK���������One of the west Husiucss Sites in the busy city of Abbotsford. Apply to Ii. C. FRASER, Suswap Ave., Salmon Arm, R. C. "HOUGH ON RATS" clears out Rats Mice, otc. Don't Die in the House, *.:ific and 25c, at Drug and Country 'Stores. LIQUOR ACT, 1010 (Section 41) Notice is hereby given that on the first day of December next, application' will be made to the Superintendent of Provincial Police for renewal of the hotel licence to sell liquor by retail in the hotel known as the Abbotsford Hotel, situate at. Abbotsford, in the Province of Vritish Columbia.. Dated this 17th day of September, 1915.. A. J. HENDERSON, Applicant. For Rent- -A five roomed house. Apply to Mrs. Milstead. HUGH McBRIDE General Blacksmith And Korseshoer Carriage and Repair Work of all Kinds Automobile Repair Work Satisfaction Guaranteed ��������� Next to Alexandria Hotel HUNTINGDON B. C. Robson Bros. Poultry Tonic ���������and��������� Lice Powder Abbotsford Feed Store , exan Farmers' and Travelers trade solicited. Newly Furnished Thoroughly Modern M- MURPHY, PROPRIETOR HUNTINGDON, B C. n il 5tS !8S / I.
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Title | The Abbotsford Post |
Publisher | Abbotsford, B.C. : J.A. Bates |
Date Issued | 1915-10-22 |
Description | The Abbotsford Post was published in Abbotsford, in the Fraser Valley region of southwestern British Columbia. The Post was published and edited by John Alexander Bates, and it was the first paper targeted specifically at the Abbotsford area. The paper has since been bought and sold a number of times, and continues to be published to this day under the title of the Abbotsford News. |
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Abbotsford (B.C.) |
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FileFormat | application/pdf |
Language | English |
Notes | Print Run: 1910-1924 Frequency: Weekly |
Identifier | Abbotsford_Post_1915_10_22 |
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BC Historical Newspapers |
Source | Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives. |
Date Available | 2011-10-05 |
Provider | Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library |
Rights | Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Digitization Centre: http://digitize.library.ubc.ca/ |
AIPUUID | 409b67c4-f07e-40bb-8520-b121cbc96af9 |
DOI | 10.14288/1.0169000 |
Latitude | 49.052222 |
Longitude | -122.329167 |
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