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Perth Courier -  December 24 , 1835

Notice - To all those in arrears in their subscription to the County of Lanark Agricultural Society , are requested to pay the same to Mr. Robert Boyle, Treasurer, on or before the 1st of February, 1836 .  For convenience of members at a distance, they may pay to the nearest Director, a list of which is subjoined . All those unpaid at the above period will have no benefits in the Seed Corn &c, which is intended to get without delay, Those in Perth and vicinity may pay into Henry Glass, squire.

                    List of Directors.

Donald Fraser, Esquire, President,

Mr. Robert Boyle, Treasurer,

Mr. William Lambie, Secretary,

Matthew Leech, Esq.                Mr. Robert Stead,

John  Hall, Esq.                        Mr. Edw. Bellamy,

John McIntyre, Esq.                 Mr. D. Shipman,

Henry  Glass, Esq.                    J. Hutchison, Esq.,

George Tenent, Esq.                 Mr. J. McLaren,

Mr. J. W. Gemmell,                  Mr. John Angus,

Mr. Robert Craig,                    Eben. Wilson, Esq.,

Mr. John McLaren,                  Mr. J. Balderson,

Mr. J. McLaughlin.

Lanark , December 10 ,  1835 .

Perth Courier Friday,  March   23 , 1923

Milotte  -  After a brief illness from influenza which developed into pleura-pneumonia, Mr. Frank Milotte died at his home in Dalhousie Township on Monday, March 5th . The late Mr. Milotte was born in Lanark on the French Hill nearly 68 years ago and was the only son of Adorater and Sophia Milotte, who came to Lanark from Montreal in 1845. He attended the Lanark Grammar School as a boy for many years and worked in the woollen mills for Boyd Caldwell Co. He moved to Dalhousie about 30 years ago where he had engaged in farming ever since. In 1878 he married Elizabeth Ranger of Darling who predeceased him in February, 1916. Out of a family of nine five are dead, Eddie, Arthur,  Robert, Joseph, and Matilda. The surviving members are, Frank, Fred, and William of Lanark, and Sophia, Mrs. A. Kramer, Champion, Alberta , besides Veronica an adopted daughter. Two sisters also survive Mrs. Melvina Stead and Mrs. D. Arnoldi of Lanark. The funeral took place at 10:30 Tuesday morning to the Roman Catholic Church MacDonald's Corners. Funeral mass was celebrated by Rev.  Father Carey of Lanark and interment made in the cemetery there . The pallbearers were Messrs: Frank, Fred and William Milotte, Duncan Ferguson, James Warrington and Hugh McDonald.

Posted: 23 Feb, 2003.