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EJ. J. Hunter, SOME get butt. when we ask them \co pay up. They haveom sympathy if it hurts any more than it daes for us to lie ounof'o‘ur money. \VB regret that Mr. 'l‘hos. Milligan is still far from well. but, now that he is able to be driven out we. hope the balmy air of spring wili soon restore him to his accustomed health. .L.\s‘r Norxm.â€"-Ail pan-ties; indebted to Wm. Laidlaw please call and settle at once by cash or note as accounts are being placed in otlgex hands for collection. - 2 the World’s inhabitants die every year. This is about. 90 a minute or three every two seconds. Tue Furnitme lacton is now obliged to wcxk oxer time to catch up with the ordels. Considexable' gqods were shipped last week THE Farm implement. manufac- turers have agreed not to exhibit any of their m'achiues at the Toronto Exhibition or Fall Fairs this year. MR. J. G. WlLsox’s Horse Bills showing route to be taken by Gascon this season have just been issued from this office. MESSRS. Brunt, Wilson and Nedi- gar shipped a. car load of cattle and a curload ol' hogs from this Station on Monday 1213:. $58 the beautiful new silk blouses at J. A. Manuel’s. You can laxe one made in 4 days, just the same. Lec nshave your Older. Lucas, Wright Batsonâ€" Barristers etc.. at Middaugh House every Mon- day 10 a. m. and 4.30 p. m. convey- ancing-money to loan. etc. MR. Tues. GADD. of Jz‘oxWaz-ren, Man. says he misses Tm; 0311:031ch when it doesn’t. reach him in time. IT is estimated th Tun Priccyille tannery had a nar- .o.v escape Irom fire last \\ eek. See Pxiceville Conespondezzsc. THE I. O. O. I“. here voted $10.00 towards the reiief of brethren sufi'er- ing from the OttaWu-Hull Fire. CASH for eggs and bu B32 Store. V01. 34--‘--No. 1 732. ‘ mam~smmv v ..v.:..... 5.. 1.? . ..... . :7... .1 fr... d O é 9 f $ t Gig-w a. a.“ m‘mi CASH for wool at J. A. Hunter’s. to the store, and sell in early market. Year sneer year goes on. and still we are here to pay you Cash or Trade for W001. Mushroom reliable firm where you get honest weight and LOCAL NEWS. Vz'ANTED *-‘- AT «~â€" R 2a tp “.0 Liv 93. it! The Big Store. 50,000,000 of .xtcer a t The A Kansas paper is responsible for _the folio“ ing :-â€"â€".1 man who was too economical to take this paper sent his little boy to borrow the copy taken by his neighbor. In his haste a boy ran over a $42 stand of bees, and in 10 minutes looked like a warty sum- mer squash. His cries reached his father, who ran to his assismnce, and failing to notice the barbed wire fence, ran into that. making that down. cutting. a handful of flesh from his anatomy and ruining a $4 pair of pants. The old cow took ad- vantage of the gap in the fence and got into the cornfield and killed her- self eating green corn. 'Hearing the racket the wife ran. upsetting a. four gallon churn full of rich cream into a basket. of kitténs,’ drowning the whole flock. In the hurry she drop~ ‘ped a $7 pair of false teeth. The }-:l)aby, left alone, crawled through the Tcrt am into. the parlor, ruining a brand new 3'20 carpet. During the ex- citement the oldest daughter ran away with the hired man, the dog‘ broke up 11 setting hens and the calves got out and chewed the tails off four fine shirts. also given of Generals Merritt, ti . McArthur, King, Hale, Funston, Lawton, Miller, \Vheaton, Overshiuc and. the world known Admiral Dewey. The names of all the officers and members of the Co. are printed in the centre with a record of the events since they left Camp Mea'lc Bar, on the 17th of July lass. The card was issued Fe 3'. :22nd, and up to that date only two deaths are recorded. Frank Irwin. son of Ye Editor, \\ hose name appears amongst the full priv- ates sent it to us. He’s neither a cook nor a corporal yet. The parcel left Cebu March 19th and reoched us Monday being a little over two we admit is the most. profitable gen- exal purpose dog for a town. Our local cotem will say this is “ad nauseum,” but he doesn’t know everything, and besides all the peo- ple don’t- know Latin. Those who get their sheep worried needn’t call any more to see our dog. He’s too innocent to tackle a job like that. The last man that looked at him went away without. suspicion. He’sa yellow (log, (we don’t mean the man) with a very abbrevxated continuation. considerable voice and the next- best to a wooden dog, which THE following local ad. appears in one of our exchanges, and is certain- ly a wonderful mixture for a busi- ness man to dish up to his customers. It says :â€""This weekâ€"Oranges and Lemons, Hams, I’usecn Powder, Cream Silk Gloves, White Spot .\l us- lin, Ladies Vests in all prices from 56. up, etc. I 'a. THE Committee appointed to pro- mote the Cement industry met Mon- day night, and decided to place themselves in communication with a number of promoters before mak- ng application for the charter. 'l‘he 'i‘hoxâ€"ubui-y Herald has entered its eighth year and is :1. bright, healthy lump of a. boy,‘ ‘newfiy in matter, neat in general make up and liberally patronized by the advertis- ing public. gaged in the erection of what be a handsome residence on street, near the school. MAYOR LAIDLAW has plans Specifications out and is now THE latest; attack on the Bible is made by a Minneapolis man, who al- leges that it says altogether too much about St. Paul, and nothing that he can find about Minneapolis. WE go to press too early to give any particulars about the Empire Day demonstration, taking place by the school children. teachers and parents, this (Wednesday) afternoon. ULIXTOX still hangs fire on the Granolithic sidewalk question, and an indignation meeting is talked of if the Council doesn’t get: a move on. Tm; Sun \\ 111 be eclipsed next Mon- day moxniug, May 28th, the gleatest obscu: acion occurring about 9 o’clock. J. A. HUNTER pays cash for wool butter and eggs. Du. BURD’S oflice is now in the Calder Block, over the Medical Hall. HIGHEST price paid for wool in cash or trade, at. S. SCott’S. Tm: Big Store means J. ter’s CASH for wool, at A. S. Hunter’s TRY our 250. tea.â€"-S. Scott en- will Mill a n d Hun- MILLIGAN.~IH Mry If). to Mr. :1 daughter. flat; will be fitted for a dwellin Mr. 3‘ . and family. We have vet learned what, will be done the remainder, nor has it yet, decided so far as we know. Thi: dition will add much to the app ance of the town and Mr. Mcln is deserving of credit, for t e e} prise he shows in Spendinglii ml for the benefit of the town. contract is not, yet let, but plans specifications are readv- - THE new McIntyre block is under way. The old store is moved out on the street and the excavation for the new building is being made with considerable. Speed by Mr. Mitchell, who has the contract. ‘ The new block which is a completion of the store now occupied by J. A. Hunter and the Standard Bank, will have‘a frontage of Garafraxa. street of 53 ft., and extending back on Lambton street- a depth of 126 feet. It will be divided into six 8 ' A little incident; worth publishing took place Tuesdr-iy in connection with the Burnett case against the town. A certain lady was summoned to give evidence in behalf of the town, but before leaving home she demanded a dollar for attendance and absolntvly refused to go without it. As'soon, however, as the money was paid she handed it or r to Mayor Laidlaw to apply on charity specify- ing to whom it was to be given. W'e commend the action, and the public! can readily see that the demand wasl not actuated by greed AN Excursion to Guelph and the Model Farm, under the auspices of the South Grey Farmers’ Institzute, is now beingr extensively advertised for June 19th, and we have no doubt the event will be largely patronized. The rates. though a 'iittle higher than last year, are exceedingly low, the return trip costing only $1.15 for adults from Durham, Varney, Hol- stein, Hanover andieustadt, $1.10} from Ayton and Alsfeldt and $1.05 from Mt. Forest. Children 5'5 and 600." See Bills. Big Storv, school children rejoiced on Empire Day in being each the sole possessor of a good sized Union Jack flag mounted ’on a hardwood stick Three hundred of them were denoted by Mr. H. to the school. and waving in the'hnnds of three hundred happy little children, who knows where the patriotic influence may end ‘9 ’ " 'lmwm.” the Iiheralitv of our en- ‘f trupxisiug ..1,J. H Hunter, of the ‘1) fl A MEETING of the Liberal Conserv- ative Association of South Grey will be held here on Saturday, June 9th, to select a candidate to contest: the constituency at the coming Dominion Election. AllConservatives, wheth- er delegates or not, are cordially invited to be present. A number of good speakers are expected. Mu. C. P. 310mm, the cloth agent, is still in the neighborhood doing business mnongst the farmers. In a few days more his license will expire and then we’ll see his smiling face no more, unless some of those. wlgqhave been doing business with him renew his license out of the generosity of their hearts and other ' l q"- _ 4_ (Lppro ri; ' "W “JD 15 ‘92 by 1;) feet. 5 uexte .occasmns. It: a beauty]. W 7 a mane article and evervsc} .e would like I: . 1001 snnilarly provid do see 9 . THE School Board is helping to in- culate patriotism in the rising gener- ation, having purchased a handsome new Union Jack Flag to be used on the school house on public holidays Aria) A‘1-F‘“ . Dunn»; COURT was held he1e on Tuesdav last, Judge Cxeasor presid- ing. The dockecx 'as small and unim- poxtant showing 118 the judge told us that me haxe \ery little litigation. The case between Burnett and the town was again opened up, but judgment \\ as iese1ved. :‘N’ interesting obituarv notice of Mr. Timothy Ryan, whose death oc- cured last week, is given by our Traverstou correspondent. The sinn- gle remark “Tim was bound to pay his debts,” made by one of our busi- noss men, expresses a great deal. HAVE \ on a De LzuéT’Grédm Sop ar- ator. If not xou shouldn t sleep ptill you get one {10111 l‘1ank Livingston, Agenfit D111}1:1111.T1'3 cm {01 a week. \‘."00LLE.\' yam, blankets and Lweeds always on hand at right prices, at S. Scott’s. _,£P COURTS OF hmlsmx â€"Glene1g on Saturdax’ nexr. Durham on Monday. See ads - CASH for : tamily. \Ve have not (I what, will be done with der, nor has it yet, been far as we know. This ad- add much to the appear- Bentinck, on 'l‘qefday, '. and Mrs. Job :1 Mxllxgan, BORN. Durham, Ont, Thursday, May 24, 1966 O the appear- Mr. McIntyre A. S. Hunter’s We appreciate your remarks. dear reader. but you seem to be putting it on too thick for a'modesj; editor to live through it. However, since there’s no tafiy about it we’jl survive. “ I take pleasure ,in saying that I, for one at a distance, quite approve of your latest enterprise in the way of newspaper photographic work. Leaving all .flattery aside, you de- serve credit for the smart and natty appearance of THE CHRONICLE to-day in comparison with the ‘day you be- came proprietor and Editor. As you‘ know, these remarks are given unso- licited and there can be no object in my giving vent to' them. did I not mean what I say', etc.” . Tuesday. We never count on doing more than our duty, and if our efforts in doing so are appreciated. and subscriptions paid up, we feel highly gratified. Please pardon us for giving a sentence or two from the letter referred to. He says : â€" An appreciative reader of THE CHRONICLE in the Western States, nearly takes the wind out of us in a congratulatory letter' we received “ 16 .. 49 “ 6:: H 17 u 4." so 69 .. ls -‘ 43 .. 5: ‘- 19 u 35 H 60 Rainfal for week, 0.3. Hours sunshine, 24.2. General direction the wind, easterly and northerly. If yum hair is falling out. a call and trv our remedies. A full line of cigars and ways 011 hand. Bows to the Public. and is pre- pared to sell at. right prices. . Razors guaranteed satisfactory or money refunded. A full stock of hair and face toilets. Our dandruff '1‘emedies axe working: wonders. Don’t fail to try them if you are in neeri. M r. W. H._ Arrowsmith, of Pomona, asks Flaneur in lasts weeks Mail and and Empire for the remainder of the following skit, on the Old Narrow - atge Railway, runningr from Toron- to to Ouen Sound. Persons who travelled over the road then will bear testimony that. the lines contain as much truth as poetry :â€" UN the inside of this issue will be seen an important article on Binder Twine, and a general prospectus of the new BinderTwine industry about to be established at Walkerton. This is something that every farmer is interesced in, and with a Board of Directors whom they know and a joint stock company made up of themselvesit seems almost incredi- ble to think .of -:;be opportunity be- ing allowed to slip. Application may be made for any number of ten. dot. lar shares by returning the Cupon properly filled .to this office in the enclosed enveIOpe. Smoke “Tommy the Barber” cigars Will leave for Niagara June 12th. Will drill Saturday evenings, May 26th and June 52ml. Recruits want- ed. CAPT. O. M. SNIDER, Co. No. 4,, 313t Bat. May I had a dr mm the other night. When evvrything was still: I (11' ‘mxnt I saw the narrow gauge. A-creeping round a hill. A tea-kettle st unned on in front, “'ith a wheelbarrow in tow. W'hilc the )M’l-SSPHQ’OPS got nut and ’1‘was so infernal sluw. ON the inside of this issue wi For week ending May 19th, 1900. TEMPERATURE. QUEEN VICTORIA. ‘ â€"_ May She Defend Our Laws. Tdmmy The Barber Says It Isn’t Tafl'y. Weather Bulletin. Slow and Rough Too. Imp ortant to Farmer b. No. 4 Company. out and walked, Min. pipes a1- give us 80 8! of of Raising a building with jack screws is a Slow way of getting to heaven. Street corner cnckiing may adver- tise a fakir, but printers’ ink is the proper thing fora legitimate busi- ness man. When some people talk of "being buried in thought, the idea of a very shallow grave bobs up before the mind. Editor Mitchell and Mr. P. Linn, of Hanover, were in town on Thurs- day last, and gave us a brief call. Brer Mitchell thinks our new press is capable of doing the very finest class of work if properly handled. We are always pleased to have him call and give us awfew pointers. Mrs. J. H. Noble, of Minnesota, and Miss Melix’ldaGrasby. of Scarboro, are visiting their mother, Mrs. Isaac Critteuden, and Other friends around Varney. Miss Carrie Williams, of Aberdeen, has returned home after Spending two or three pleasant weeks among friends near shelburne. Mr. Ireland, Merchant Tailor of Williamsford, was in town Saturday to visit his brother, Mr. Jas. Ireland, of Ireland Go. here. Miss Susie Achinnon went on a wheeling trip to Ha11iston,:ii1d will be p1')esent at her cousin 5 “edding 011 the; 3rd 111e1.e M. Geo Dixon, of Fmenell, spent afew days visiting fliends in town and Edge Hill. unss Emma McLean, of Toronto, formerly of THE CHRONICLE Staff, is v131ting at the parental home. Mrs. Sutherland, who has been re- siding in Stratford some time; has again taken up her abode in Durham. Miss Mary and Aggie Calder‘ of Calderwood, were guests of their brother, Mr. Calder, over Sunday. County Attorney McKay, of Owen Sound, attended the Division Court here Tuesday. Miss Emma McLean formerly of THE Cnnm Mr. J. S. Wils in town Tuesday. Hité ’ancLMisses. PERSONAL. »-. COD Ow‘ \Vilson, of Louise. was 74V ' ram... raw”; 05‘). ago 9“. 4;, ‘2‘? Gentlemen WI H : a». {go The Busy Store on The Busy Corner. This Week LADIES driving into town will find am member of the firm willing to find txing places for theix horses. Summer Corsets, â€"â€" â€"â€" at 35c and 500. Ladies’ Summer Vests. at 50 to 25¢. Ladies’ Taffeta Silk Gloves, at 250 to 500. we ”wouvenlcnce our customers were put to while we were moving they stood by the Busy Store. and we are heartily thankful to them. The move is at last an accomplished fact and our new quarters are much more comfortable than expected. Come in and see us. Thq mconvenicnce our o HUNTERiéé’ “79 have a number small sizes in Ladics’ Oxfords and Boots, laced or but- toned. 2:}, 3. 3;. 4-. All at, wholesale prices. At GRHNT’S Hats and Underwear are always pleased. who see our Tweeds, $1.00 Per Year. quned Boots, Shoes. prices .