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But she never let on, only may 'him a bit: but, land, she never | J years, till one day I done a bit not bein' a game I was onto. 'was all touch an' go--mostly go. 'couldn't understand her--goin' his teeth an' let' fly with his But Mag she'd just go on mindin' n movin' out of the way. = Well, her up one day when she was ible bite in the neck. ¢ never seen such a changes as come over old Mag after that. The bite swelled up an' we had the awfullest timé to do anythin' with her. She felt mean and cranky, an' fust thing we knowed, Mag "ud : been bitin' the Other critters, : Ma was ina great stew, an' we called i in a vet, an' had Mag's neck 1, Janced. ; After that the old mare got all right again, an' we got rid of : 'the critter that done. alkthe. harm... Then there was peace a at Tompkins's ' once more. 1 don't know just how. the Great Physician" is ago' to fix us up © 50's we'll be feelin' right again, an' pot be a wantin' to see thousands an' thousands of Germans killed. 't know how he's goin' to fix it so's the Germans un au hatin' us ke pizen, an' wantin' to kill us an' smash of us. But 1 wish it ud happen like fury before the war comes to ats--there won't be munch left of rent vay again, EAD OFFicy TORONTO invaluable assistance in collect- ing drafts, etc. Branches also t Blackst Ne ation" 0k, Fo PORT PERRY BRANCH Manager. H. G. HUTCHESON, Scugog Letter Dear Mr. Editor-- I write to let you know that Scugog is still on the map. Judging by the way we've been neglected of late in the Star, our distant friends might suppose that the Germans had cap tured us. But we're all here with our hats on. This is no backwoods corners--not by a long way. Why, the other day Will Graham had a sale of farm stock and implements and cleaned up some ten thousand dollars. = You couldn't do that on a desert Island. « That bit of snow that fell on Mon- day brought one piece of comfort --it reminded us that the day will come when the snow will fill up the ruts and rough spots on that bit of road between Scugog bridge and Ham's Hill. It reminds me of what an ile "an aan "* ' ected | Car Ferry from Pwr | bo OucoRY to connect with Raulways wn New !tork State Neorthumb Map of Proposed Hydro-Eiectric Radial Railway THiS 'map, WAR SITUATION Briefly stated the war situation may be summed up as follows: The Allies are apparently succeeding in putting the Germans on the defen- sive, and are driving them out of Northern France. Of Servia and Aus- © tria we hear little or nothing. Officially Italy. and Turkey are out of the ht, but the whitlpool of war is gradually drawing them in. 'We quote these little pen piclures of the fall of Antwerp from The « of London, England: st glimpse we had of the contingent of 200 of the British i; brigade - was in the gathering dusk at Vieux Dieu, just outside ¢ entferiched between Awosedouhis that were belch- yf a en darkness. its death throes. which we 'are able to publish through the courtesy of the Whitby Gazette, shows the proposed : route of the Hydro- -Eleguric Radial Railway. The dotted lines show the route. TE said when someone was | complaining about the flies the other day--"You give me six weeks, and I'll kill them all off." = Just so, in a couple of months the snow will fill up the ruts and holes that the Council haven't fixed. Snow is; like charity, it covers a multitude of sins, During the winter some of us "will have to figure out how that bit of road can be fixed next Spring, There's a chance for a great speech for some aspiring councillor on Nomination Day. We lost a good citizen when Will Graham moved away, and I hope you people in Port Perry will treat him right and keep him' busy. hi We have been looking longingly across the lake to see if that pier of yours is coming out to meet us. But it does not yet appear. That man Parry is doing a great job with cement blocks over in your town. He's putting up a garage for Mr. Beesley on the old Frise place, and it is going to be a credit to the There was a thankoffering service at the Head Church a little while ago. The preacher didn't have any trouble to show why we should be thankful. All he had to do was to run down the list of blessings, and we had to admit that we enjoyed pretty much all of them. Centre Church choir came up and gave us a lift with the singing, and we're glad they did, for they helped to brighten the service, and it's good to see their smiling faces anyway, although when it comes to good nature, it's hard to get ahead of Isaac Rodman. I always think of Sunny Jim, when I think of him, A thankoffering of nearly fifty dollars was made at that service, It is wonderful how Rev. JW, 'lotten keeps up in health and spirits. Everybody was glad to see our old pastor again, for he carries about with him a kindly spirit that makes and keeps friends. Things down at Pettit's are closed up--the summer season is over. No more is the stillness of the morning broken by the departure of Brock's motor boat, and the bird choir sings on without the aid of Hutcheson's gramaphone, Well, I guess I'd better draw this letter to a close, or you'll be putting the whole thing in the W.P.B. I'm going to write whenever I get time, and IT know you'll give me space whenever you can. Yours truly, Job Blackie. Our Share of the Second Contingent Six of the boys in this district left on Tuesday for Oshawa where the Ontario County volunteers are mobil- izing for the Second Contingent. The group was made up as follows: Basil Mills, adopted son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Mills, Port Perry, aged 26, 5 ft 9 in. Basil has had seven yeats' training in the Canadian Militia Of late he has been employed by the Standard Oil Company at Jamestown North Dakota. W. I. Eagling a young English- man from Prine Albert with six years: training in the British army, he is 26- years old. Bert W. Middleton an Englishman: with 5 years training in the British army, he is 22 years of age and stands 5ft 6 inches. He has been working: for C. Honey just north of Port Perry Edward Harvey, age 21, a young Englishman who has been working for Nelson Whitfield, north of Port Perry. He has had 4 years training in the British army at Norwich: Earl Beadle, son of Mr.. and Mrs. I. Beadle, who has been living on the Whiteway farm near Seagrave. Earl is 25 years of age and stands 6 ft. 1 inch, he has been 1 year with the militia where attained the rank of sergeant, he was the 3 years with the Toronto police force. 'Wm Andrus, age 18, stands 6 ft. {1 inch, has a fine physique and has had 2 years training'in the Canadian | militia, eldest son of Mrs. D. >- ules | of Borelia. :