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li- 888 ll) D. JAOHON Clerk Division Court. Notary Public. Land Vslnstor Insnrsnee Axon Commissioner, etc. Money tolend. Money invented for parties Farms bought. and sold. 00 RYANOBR ETC. A senor}! nancinl business transacted. ‘IOHN QUEEN, ORCHARDVILLE, has e resumed his old business, and is prepar edto loan any amount of money on real estate. Old mortgages paid 03 on the mostliberalterms. Fire and Lif Insur ancesefl'ectedin the best Stock Companies at 'lowest rates. Correspondence to Orchardvill P. 0., or a call solicited AMES CARSON, Durham, Licensed Anetxoneer for the County of Grey Lend \ aluator, Bailid' ot the 2nd Division Court Sale. and ell other matters promptly attended toâ€"higheet reference: furnished ! required. ' UGH MacKAY, Durham, Land Valn acor and Licensed Auctioneer for the County of Grey. Sdea promptly attended to and- note: cashed. RESIDENCEâ€")Iiddaugh House. Office hoursâ€"0 mm. to 6 p.m. Will be at the Commercial Hotel. Priceville, first and third Wednesdays in each month. Money to loan at. lowest rates. Easy terms Lucas, Wright 8: Batsnn, ' ARRISTER. SOLICITOR etc. Office Upper Town. Durham. Collection and Agenci'ipromptly attended to. Searches made at the egistry Uthce. AMES BROWN, Issuer of Marriage Licenses, Durham, Ont. Will be at the Commercial Hotel. Prioevme, first Wednesday in each month. ARRISTER. Solicitor. etc. Office over C L. Grant’s «tore. Lowar Town. Any amount of money to loan at. 5 per. cent. >11 (mm property. OHMâ€"Flt“ door east of the Dur- ham Pharmacy, Calder's Block. _'R~esinenée.â€"Fi'rst aoor west of the Post. Office. Durham. I. 1;. LUCAS, )IARKDALE. w. HAVRIGHT, OWEN SOUND. c. A. BATSUN, DURHAM. Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, Scotland. 0f- tice and Residence, opgposite Temperance Hall, Holstein. DR. JAMIESON, Durham. ' ndeu In :11 ptinciptl points in On- A‘etu'io, Quebec, Manitoba, United Bates and England. Durham Agency. A general Banking business transact»- ed. Drafts issued and collections made on all points. Deposits received and in- teract allowed at current rates. Diseases of EYE, EAR. NOSE And THROAT. NE US’I‘ADT, ONT. 3ARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, N 0 TA 1%] 15.5, C (.L\' V EYA N C- ERS, ETC. 'Office and Residence a short diatanm eest of McAllister’s Hotel, Lambtun Street, Lower Town. Office hours from 12 to 2 o’clock. interest allowed on Savings Bank do- posits of $1 and upwards. Prom t. attention and every facility aflo - ed customers living at a distance. J. KELLY. Axent. Standatd Bank of Eanada n. A.’ L. BROWN. ‘1‘. BROWN. DR. '1‘. G. HOLT, L. D. S. G. LEFROY McGAUL. [load (Mice, Toronto. SAVINGS BANK. ll Authorized . p . ._ . U I; Egal Dzrectory. Miscellaneous. Medical Directorv. J. P. TELFORD. DENTIST. ed, while most are reported as checked and many as badly checked. In this mat- __ ter the paint stands pie-eminently at the head. lly far the greater part of the wounds treated with paint are I'Cllurted as not checked, nearly all the rest as slightly checked, only three as checked and one as badly checked. \Vax and coal tar are about on a parity in ‘91-“. matter, both being decidedly ben- eficial though neither is equal to paint. Shellac and pine tar also rank about own. the pine tar having alittle the ad- ,C. vantage. Both succeed in preventing d checking in a measure, but not to any ‘3 great e.\tent. It will be seen, there- fore that while an application of any sortanay not be worth while so far as healing is concerned, and may indeed evenhnnder it, as in the case of oral tar. it is of decided value in prevent-i } ing wounds from checking. This is; doubtless as important as the matteri 01 healing. for the checks readily serve l as starting places for decay, whichi may Ul time destroy the life of the,i tree. 3 . It was noticed in the pruning done’ in January and February. when theI weather was cold, that these woundsF which were not treated with any ap-i ' plication very soon began to check] while all the applications prevented: this for a time. The shellac soon Ix:- gan to crack and drop off and the wood would then check in the spots thus exposed. The wax showed some ten- dency to do likewise, though not so much. The bark was commonly found to have died back for one-fourth of an inch or more, except where wax or? shellac had been used. In these casesI it seemed to be healthy and sound en~ l trey to the edge. As to durability, C (‘V O l there is still a different ranking of the various applications. The coal tar seems to have stayed on :ietter than any of the others. This may not. how- ever,indicate any particular advan- « “139. It colors the wound. and that 1 color remains. but perhaps without 1 very much body to serve as a protec- ' tion to the wood itself. Next to this comes the paint. which stayed nearly as well as the coal tar, and this in turn followed by the grafting wax, which proved to be fairly durable. Both shel- lac and pine tar failed utterly in this regard. In no case are either of them reported as staying well. In nearly every case they were all gone. or near- ly gone, in June, 1897. Of course the iquestion of durability is not an im- portant one, provided the results may be obtained without it. If the wound heals well and does not check. it mat- ters little whether the application stays well or not. but in general it will be found that if the application does not stay the wound is likely to crack open. Taking all things together. nothing seems to be better for cover- ing the wounds made in pruning than common lead paint. which is closely followed by grafting wax. The wax is superior to paint in the matter of healing, but does not last as well and is not so convenient to apply, although in warm weather when it works well there is little trouble in this regard. r Coal tar is useful in preventing the ii wood from checking, but appears to be a positive hindrance to healing so that. in spite of the fact that it stay: well. there is little to recom- mend it. . Pine tartlis nouaiifcll to (113;:- in . being apparen y " 0 " magnul while it helps only slightly in the matter of chech‘gnco and. dog- not [not well. therefore 1t hon nothxm to mused it. Shellac in out!“ It ‘ n"n-mmk~A‘MHA‘â€"H_._AA- zbr¢ncbr¢o L L ., S".- w. l Slim} A .‘ is little evidence that it {8:701‘8 it, the slight variation being no more than would naturally occur between two sets of wounds treated in the same way. Those treated with pine tar seem not to have healed quite so well as those untreated. although the differ- ence was not great. L‘tal tar, how- eVer, seems to have been a pt...sitive hin- drance to the healing process, not one wound having Leen reported as heal- ing extremely well. while the majority are reported as healing only iairly well. When we come to the matter of checking, conditions are different. Al~ though untreated wounds heal as well as any, except those covered with wax, we find that they check worst of all. Only two wounds of those left without an application of any kind, in our ex- periments are reported as not check- in aiding the wound to heal, though most of the others did not hinder the Process. Agreater proportion of the wounds treated with wax are reported as healing extremely well than of any others, while but few.are reported as hea'ing slightly, the majority healing either well, very well, or extremely well. Those treated with shellac did not seem to have healed quite as well as; those left untreatédfiifzit doés'h'dt' glnder the pyoress‘gf healing, and the_re - I:LLI used were liquid grafting wax, shellac varnish, white lead paint, pine tar and Coal tar, the other wounds being left with no application whatever. The com- parison of the different applications is much more reliable than that between different times of pruning, for each tree received the same number of applica- tions of each kind, so that the tree Which was weak and feeble, where wounds would not readily heal. would leave the same impression upon the re- sults in one case as in another. Toin- corporate all the observations made up- on this point would be as uninteresting as useless. Wax is the only application which appears to possess any advantage VWVWMMWNM/WVWM A bulletin recently issued gives some results in the treatment of pruning wounds on trees. It says: Having done the pruning, and made the wounds. how shall we treat them? Shall they be covered with an application of any sort? This is almost universally re- recommended, especially when the wounds are large. In order to test this question, six different methods of treatment were carried through, all being used at each of the times when the pruning was done. The applications AGRICULTURAL 'TREATING PRUNING \VOUNDS. THE DURHAM CHRONICLE. December 16, 1897 ma A correspondent of Nature tells a remarkable story of a dog. which hav- ing, through an accident, lost both legs on the right-hand side, has learned to walk and to run on its two remaining legs. Enough remains of the right foreleg to serve as an occasional map, but when running the dog touches the ground only with the two left legs. With these it hope rapidly along, and having been a trained sheep-dog be- fore the accident. it manages to herd its flock as it did when it had all its ARE THE PULLETS LAYING? \Vith a season where obstacles of al- most every form have been encoun- tered. the farmer who has hens, few or many, must be looking very ear- nestly for eggs. Are the pullets lay- .ing’l If not, what is the trouble. If early hatched and now five months old they should be shelling out eggs worth two cents each in the market. If they fail of their duty something is wrong and to find what that is and remove it. IS the first duty of the far- mer. Is it an overfat condition .or a. tendency to fat forming? Is it that the birds are lousy or the nests filthy? Is it because of lack either of food or exercise? Assuming that the birds are from four and one-half to five months old one of these questions will proba- bly touch the seat of the difficulty. Attend to the pullets ,and they will attend to you. Get the machinery for egg building into operation at the ear- liest possible moment and keep it busy until April. Then the year's ac- count will balance itself in a fair man- ner and the secret of successful poul- try keeping be solved. -_ ‘-v v“ . lis always a dangerous fence. A large percenitage of all injury to stock is idone in old fences, where the wires have become loosened or detached and the slack condition offers a tempta- tion to stock. \Ve cannot be too care- ful in keeping the ends of wires fas- tened where stock will not run into them. There is a general practice of stretching a wire along an old rail fence as a support to broken posts and to keep stock from rubbing against it. We know of no better and cheap- er way to reinforce an old fence. Be careful. however, if horses have access to it that it is not left too long. If it is partially fallen down they will attempt to cross it and the chances are they will be injured. several years and will also present a better appearance. We once knew a man who was always fixing his old fences and never rebuilding. Almost every post had a prop against it and the neighbors said that whenever the wind changed Mr. Blank was out changing the preps along his fences. We must all have some old fences, and of necessity must do more or less patching at times: but it has been our exmrience that the most satisfactory ‘way isto make a business of pulling off the wires and straightening up the posts, renewing any that may lge bro- ken off. Then the work is done for sometime. In repairing board or rail fences the sound posts can be settled to their places, new ones put in, and then the boards renailed. A poor fence swaying in the wind, loosens the wires and sags the fence on either side, and. again ,a broken spot is always a temp- tation to stock. They are always sure to find the weak places, and th3 hole is certain to be larger before they leave it. This is especially true of yard fences where we use boards and nails. Then we would say, let prompt- ness in repairing any weakness or break be the second principle upon which we work. Third, he thorough. An old fence is a hard custzimer to deal with. As a rule it is best to use radical measures where a fence needs more than a mere strengthening in some weak part. When a fence gets in a dilapidated condition it is economy to tear it out at once and rebuild. Most of the old material can be used again and the fence in- stead of being patched for a year or -- â€"-v vauDU 'V‘L‘ SWO w ‘V- 6 time and the repairing will be confin- ed to renewing an occasional post or mending a. broken wire. But Where poorly built there is a. ceaseless de- mand in restretching the wires and bracing the posts anew. Needed re~ pairs should be attended to promptIY- A broken post, is no support, but by Fences must be fixed up 3810118 as wood decays or wire and boards break, and we would suggest a few princ1- ples which we find practicable in do- ing the work: First, begin the work when building in the first place. Wire {8 supplanting all other kinds of fenc- mg fpr field divisions. When prepar- LV built,‘a._wire fence will last a. long #:m- .The fence question is one of those persistent problems that will not down. In fact. the problem is sure to come up every time the fence goes down. If the farmer could arrange to have all the posts of any particular line of fence rot off at the same time. or all the boards to spring loose at once, the question M'Ollld be much simplified. It would then be a ques- tion of rebuilding, and easily solved. But when it comes to fixing up the weak places and rebuilding a spot here and there with a new post in one place and a mended wire or renewed board in another, the problem be- comes more complicated and vexatious. \Ve are tempted to follow a system of patching, promising ourselves that the mending will last for a year or two and the doctored spots will last as long as the rest of the fence. when we will have a new one. wound in healing. nor. to any appre- eiable extent. prevents it from check- mg. A DOG ON T\VO LEGS. FIXING UP THE FENCES. IN G., J. McKECllNlE N ., G. J. McKechnie. in their cause without striking a blow themselves. HArrived. at Arta. Clem- ent Harris found himself drafted into a company of about sixty An'dartes. each of whom was furnished with a woollen cloak, a cap, rifle and Allanian shoes and twenty draelmnas in money. Some of the men struck for more mon- ey, but their clamor was silenced with the retort “You have a rich English- man with you, he will pay for all your food. “From Arta. Harris went to Louros and was hurt in the foot en- deavori-ng to put out the flames in a burning town. From Louros he march- Early on the morrow the Greek of- ficer who had ’been his staunchest friend appropriated his bicycle. anotho er his camera, and another his great coat; and whilst they fought the hat- tle of words in Corfu they allowed their English friend to THE CALL CAME SOON and early in April Clement Harris, with about threescore Corfiotes. deter- mined to cross to Arta to join the army there being formed for the in- vasion of the Epirus. In good English fashion, the campaign was to commence Lwith a dinner; and on the evening of his departure young Harris entertain- ed some twenty patriots at his hotel. The steamer was in the harbor. His modest and very amateur fighting kit was packed. his baggage was left in charge of the hotelkeeper. and toasts were freely pledged to the “Freedom of Epirus and Confusion to Turkey." As the evening wore on the head of the party went down to the steamer then lying in the harbor that was to take them across to Arta, and, returning. said she was so crowded, so dirty, and l uncomfortable, that they had better wait until another steamer should ar- rive. The young Harrow boy retorted that he had made up his mind to go that night. and go 'he would! so, shoul- dering his pack he bade his Grreek friends adieu and embarked for Arta. had not yet been declared when he threw in his lot with the cowards of Corfu. He became an enrolled mem- ber of the Amdartes, and undel took to acne against; the Turks when called upon. llc. Fought While Ills Greek (‘unnrnlrs Run Away. 2 The following story, related by acor- respondent, in a letter from Athens, 'dated Oct. 17, is worth reading: Last autumn, .he writes, a talented English lad of good family and good fortune ! determined to spend the winter at Cor- :fu. {He had already, though barely out ,of his teens made a name for himself l in musical circles; he had earned the friendship of the great ones of the earth; he was a welcome guest in the house of the Dowager German Empress and of our own Princess of Wales. His compositions were the theme of com- mon conversation, and the world wast opening brightly for young Clement Harris. 'An enthusiast in all he und- ertook, he soon fell a victim to the wiles of the Ethnika Hetaeria. Before spring broke he had forgotten the hatred of Greek he had imbibed at Harrow, and was full of Greek wrongs and anxious for Greek freedom. War SH ED HIS BLOOD We take this Opportunity of thanking our customers for past patronage, and we are convinced that the new system will merit a continuance of the same. WeibegftoZinform'jour customers and the public generally that we have adopted the Cash System, which means Cash or its Equiv- alent, and that our motto will be “ Large Sales and Small Profits.” Adopted by Nail Kegâ€"Say, that young Jack Plaine is :1 pretty smooth fellow. Plankâ€"Yes, but there’s something about him that goes against my grain, and that chum of his; Gim Let, bore. me terribly. ’ed over the hills to Penlopeg‘adiaM'here with half a dozen Andartes, all that ’remained of the sixty who had left: Ar- ta, he held a knoll to the right of the old masonry fort. Here he fought as many a Harrow boy has fought before him. and as many another will fight in the days to come. and when the re- tire sounded, and his five unwounded comrades sneaked away, young Harris stayed until a friendly bullet ended a career full of promise and laid low a lad who knew not how to fly. There were seventy Greek prisoners taken by the Turks that day. The brave Corfi- otes of the 10th Regiment knew how to save their skins. but they let their English comrade die without an effort Its Local News is Complete The Chronicle Contains . . Gim LetL-ch, you 1001; board. THE JOB : : DEPARTFIENT '3? A” advertise newts, to ensure insertion in cumm week. should be brought m not Lust than ththV morning. mac tor U‘I‘ mxt inscniuu; 3 LC..[\ Pu R‘TES . . . iine each subsequent mseruou» miumm measum Prm‘esaional cards, mt exceeding one int-h, $4.00 per .annum. 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