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in winter) the time. dug up I every day obtain fish- 3, the clip- 9 near by yard, and Drv ashes c pan {01' kt! through at as [know I may say 0 give the this year. as rofitable in- tense meth- , housing, ultry man that he can the average p a hund- nhoum mean I do not no resident of a keep 20 or 25 Ear profit of , r profit of ‘0! course, he k of his house ‘ suitable hen and] scratch Vu‘luw luvs-u. Allan Park, 3 his week. ' well finished. l rum hc-ro at-g Mrs. ”PUI‘RP ; spect. at the hum? » Agents (or t . Jac-klin. 0" n WM ",9 of 3 Portland Camel: his part. and} w . . (‘Ctl’d by a“ t 031 Oil Still I ralytic stroke ; and Be per gal. instant «hath. ow that Mrs. covered from pagaged with heading, Id tour young Id, to Ralph I! W. Edwarda this Week, Mr. Ii: farm to Mr. . one year. :ton. and iam- Ebenozer. We mm from our I! Mr. Btitton nithing busi- rlraxa Street with tonsilitis. to Dornoch to bf Mr. Simpson. than" of the (fuming home, In: tackked the horse in the become un- a let the con- ues to Mr. T. ce'n'ed serious . Mcfir vorin! sold his {arm novcr. for a- rn gets this mg ha: daâ€" nd cheapa butane it yougct. > the ahoeman. lrom a kick | he sustained while driving Durham. It nor. Dam. who t" is tho «e Polish. rubs. with OLISH "0 Stan 0d Of wome- em work. dishwthat m 31h out to hold kick in .‘Slllt. I, he I the fonld up the Weald you restore your ~‘ beauty. bring back til. ‘1 blown to you: cheeks? Try. 0! and you will b9 amazed ho" 1y they will perform M tions. Pig Pills are 1 MC” remedy for Constipation. 25¢. a box or the bozo! h For ale st all drug “can. C Durban by mu. I GO" Hardware and Furnitu CARPENTERS TOOLSâ€"j This store responds tom‘ possible hardware need “if. hv any chance we b...‘{ the precise article you way in stock. it. can be M by first express. We h”. anticipated the growing “- mand for carpenter’l tools d the right. sort nod with tho CINE of building mm lower than usual, M should be lively activity thh spring in the building lino. Anyone thinking of him will do well to call on no and get prices. We gm“. all our tools. Now with the spring conc- tbe need for sap bucket- 8M spikes. \Ve sell them a lowest prices. We still handle the “Wilk- inaon Plow” repairs, all num- bers in stock. In the furniture line I. haveawell 50le stock to choose {mumâ€"well undo sud well finished. Call and in. spect. Real drop from revolt! prices. No marking up fll‘ and then marking down M make: the prices look like Mr gains. Uur goods will be a” sold at. Real Bargains for ten days. beginning Sat- urd 1y, December ll kcmVuullen Sheeting. Frill”. Firmvwlfltes. Mom's and W (um and (“0V8 and i had d ut hvr articles. Real bargains in fresh M Currants. R a i s i n s, M Hmnges. etc. Real W.“ :‘hnive (irnceries. Agents tor the Nathan] Portland Cement. Reauly-mzule Suits, Ready- made Pants. Overalls, W and Men's ['nderwear. Dbl- Real ..... Bargains Frank Lenahan and Company (‘naloilstill selling fit 150 S. SCOTT WOMAN! Fig Pills April 7, Wanted â€"Good general servant. Apply at once to Mrs E. A.‘Bowe. Durham. 2 Mrs Jacob Kreu advertises for sale a number 0! household arti- cles. See ad. on page 4. Mr G. W. Clark, of the Wood- stock College Band, will preach in the Baptist church here on Sunday next. morning and evening Leslie Broa’ planing mill in Mt. Forest‘ was ocmpletely gutted by fire last Thursday morning The cause is unknown The mill was partially insured The subject of discourse next Sunday morning in the Methodist church will be “Lessons from the bank of Ruth.” and in the evening “How to keep the Sabbath” We are pleased to learn of Miss Dick‘s enterprise. The millinery business is evidently ,prospering under her management, and now she is branching out in other direc- tinnS. having recently invested a thousand dollars in preference shares in Durham Furniture Com- pany stock The company is in a prosperous condition, and the stock is good sbuying Thadeus W Tyler, the original of Longfellow’s poem, “The Village Blacksmith.” died at Lynn, Mass, on Sunday last. He was seventy- six years '02 lage‘ and died from an attack of pneumonia Tyler was a y mag. unmarlied man. .When the pmm was writteni'iand he did not exact}? fit the description of 'the smith who went to ‘church on Sun-- day and listened to his daughter’s Voice singing in the village choir what opposed to H. H. Miller’s anti-betting bill, recently defeated in the House of Commons Out of this grew a wordy alteroartion in the House between Mr. Miller and the Minister. The matter was wir- ed somewhat hotly for a time, but they kissed each other, and are again friends. The action of Mr. Ayleswm‘th in bringing about the defeat of the Bill, has led the News carieaturist to picture Mr. Ayles- Worth as betting “.five 'to two” that the Newmarket Canal will have water in it. Live hogs are down to $910. It would be a good act for the thn council to repair sidewalks win-re they show signs of going I: wreck. “A stitch in time saves pine." is an adage that might be acted upon here With economical n-mnltB. When a piece of wall: lecomes irregular, or gets out of shape. it is not only unsightly, but dangerous, and in the event of ac- cident. a costly lawsuit may be the result. A few days’ work now wmld be a help to the unemploy- ed. and 'the money would be well went. This paper is not a chronic Er‘umbler. but claims the right to call attention to public matters. and suggest necessary improve- ments. The sidewalks can’t be repaired too soon. The Board of License Commis- sirmers for South Grey met Mon- (1M in Durham to consider the Question of granting licenses for the turret": year, but owing to ir- I‘vguiarities on the part 01 some 1.: the licensees during the Past. the Board decided not to grant licenses to any of the applicants at the present time. but to give them all a three months’ exten- sinn. If during the probationary period. there shall arise any irreg- ularities or justifiable complaints. further extensions will ndt be Eranted to guilty parties, nor will licenses be insued. The Comm-i8- Sioners are W. A. Goodfellow, Dun- dalk. A A. ,Catt‘on, Durham. and Albert Weinert.. Nenstadt, all good substantial men, from whom-no Inch circumstance“. it’- up to hotel Men in license W10 ”M houses in order, had to in!“ Hon. A B. Aylesworth is someâ€" A o VOL. 43â€"I0. 2247. NEWS AROUN D TOWN The Chronicle is $1.00 a sir I There was quite a fall of snow {on 'Monday last, but it was so ne_lwater s-o-aked that it did not re- er’s main long in its .fleecy whiteness ted The warm weather we had towards _ of the last of March would be more i in seasonable for the latter part of April In 1907 we had a heavy and , airâ€"d fall of snow on the ‘27th of May but ; The real summer weather this year are]may be long enough in coming u" ' but we musn’t borrow trouble At the spring show in Mildmay,’ held .on April 7th. Edward Boy, of. Orchard obtained three prizes two firsts and one seconfi Lost â€"On Sunday or Monday, a diamond ring. Liberal reWard will be given on returning same to this office, or to {R C. Banks, Chemist. National Portland Cement Co. A. R. Muma, .who started a shoe shop here a Jew months ago, has closed up and left town. He couldn’t make it \go. He' didn’t know how to advertise.â€"Walker- ton Herald. We have added a number of new pattern hats to our already large stock, and invite those who have not yet selected their spring or summer hat to call and see our display â€"Miss Dick Rev Mr. Collins. of Exeter, will preach in'Trinity church a week from next Sunday, April 24th bo'th morning and evening and in St Paul’s church Egremont, in the afternoon Mr. Collins is known as one of the best ministers in Huron Diocese, and 'a large con- gregation should greet him on his first appearance here Stanley Williams‘ the flight-year- old son of 'Wes Williams, now in the 'West‘ and who is staying with his grandparents, Mr and Mrs. B. Williams‘ lfell off the fence on Tuesday noon and broke his left arm up near the elbow. Dr. Jam- ieson was called and set the in- jured member. and’ the little fellow is now doing as Well as can be expected. under the circumstances 3 Mr Neil McLean, who came to! ’town recently, is building a new: stable, and being inside the “wide”, ,fire limits 'of Durham, he’ll be ob-‘ [liged to have it i‘I‘on-clad, in ac-' icordance with the fire by-law \Vei .believe in using proper precau-‘ tions against fire, but the utterf :disregard of the fire by-law since ,it was first passed, makes one feel ; dubious as to the serious intentions :of municipal councils We have a' fFire By-law for Durham, whichl éhas likely been “signed, sealed and ’ i engrossed in the By-law book,” but ‘ ithat seems to be about all there isI l . g it‘o it. That notable by-law overl Ewhich the council wrangled and ‘ iangled for a whole year, has been ; iviolated right along, under thei : noses of the town fathers, and with i I , . vone or two exceptions, there has !been no action taken We say it? Without fear of -a successful con-i tradiction that :it is a disgrace. .for the town council of Durham to 'permit of some violations that] i have been made in the not tar dis-‘ ltant past We have fire traps‘ right in the business part of the‘ ! town, and so far as we know there 3 iwas no objection made to them' i being put there Why then should , ,it even be hinted that the council' ‘is going to discriminate against a Eman in an outlying district, where, {there is very little danger of; other property being destroyed.9 even should fire occur in the build- ' ing under construction We be-i . lieve, as we have said, in the coun- , ’ cil protecting town property, but? . we want to see them treat every. ' man alike From the .fact that vio- ' lationa have been made right along l and no objections made by the l council, it seems to us that the by- l law should be considered null and It isn’t necessary to tell our Glenelg readers that this is John McDonald. who writes from Top Cliff and Pricevdlle‘ as the humor takes him. He has been Assessor for a number of years, and knows every nook and corner in the township, of which he has been a lifelong resident He's the histori- ographer of the locality in which he lives ,and delights in telling of the early days, when Buck and Bright were used as a means of quick transportation to and from the township of Glenelg, which to him‘ and to every loyal resident formed the hub, of the universe. Mr. McDonald is not as young as ‘ Mr Samuel McC'omb left a week ago for Disley, 'S'ask he used to be. but he has a great amount of vitality, and from his clear: legible style of writing, a person judging from that source alone might easily mistake him for a boy, but he’s over twenty-one years of age. and has fully devel- oped into manhood. We appreci- ate his contributions very much. and we know our readers are de- lighted With his budlge'ts, which are not confined to news alone, but to opinions and judgments as Well. He’s a typical Scotchman, and can “spoke” the Gaelic. and write it, too.‘ as well 'as he can the English. He’s a truthful writer, 'and if er- rors occur, they are not intention- al. This is a great virtue in a corresprondent. M'r Earl V'ollet is working in To- ronto Mr. G L. Hughes Was in town over Sunday. Mr. W. F. Dunn returned Tues- day from Toronto. Mrs John Pettigrew, of Holstein, visited Mrs Thos. McAnulty on Saturday. Mr David McCrie and daughter. left for Swift Current, Sask, on Tuesday. Miss Birdrie Crawford is home from Toronto Mr Geo. Lepard. of Hopeville, was in town Saturday and gave us a call Miss Belle Grierson spent Sunday with .her parents‘ Mr and Mrs. B. Griersvon. at Aberdeen Mr Frank MacKay has gone to Raven Lake. .to work in the cement plant there Mr Will Ma‘cK-ay lelt last week for Brockville. where he has se- cured a position Mr. and Mrs. Herb. Chittick, of Lamlash. visited Mr. and Mrs. Robt Smith on Sunday last. MES Reviere‘ who Waited for two weeks with Mr. and Mrs. '1‘. Daniel, returned to her home in‘ Hamilton on Saturday morning. Mr T1103. Meenagh left for Field- ing‘ Sask, Tuesday, taking a car load of effects His family will follow shortly. Mr. L. R-oberts‘ who has been employed in Burnett’s tailor Ihop for the past lew months, left on. Wednesday for Flint .Mich i OUR CORRESPONDENTS. Wednesday 10' run: .lucn | Davis’ Menthol Salve is a handy Miss Amy Kelly returned on pleasant and efficacious household Tuesday night from Toronto. remedy (or insect and mosquito where she has been visiting rela- bites and stings. skin diseases, pile. tives and friends. etc» 'li'y it. 35c. pu- tin. . . MR. JOHN MCDONALD. Dunn“, on1.,Tuuns0Av, APRIL 14, mo. PERSONAL. Year, 50c for 6 Months, or we a Month. CHRONICLES OF THE KHAN. SHE WON’T TELL. So women can’t keep secrete. If there is no popular belief that that ought to go to the scrap heap it is that. There is not a woman lying dead on her couch toqnightt. with her poor hands folded over the heart that will never beat again‘ but ha'th taken secrets with her that will never be known -â€" never. never, never. The-re is not a woman lyrinz dead to-nigh't‘ anywhere, who if she had told all she knew, Wouldn’t have sent a gust through these streets that ”would have distressed many a window and rattled’ many a door. Supposing she came to (life again just for a moment, she would smile in our faces and say: “Don’t be alarmed,â€"I won’t tell.” She has taken her secrets to the grave with her, she has kept them sacred through all her lirfe‘ and I honestly believe she would lie at the Judgment rather than tell! Good gird! And yet they say that a womam can’t keep a secret! Stand at the office door and watch the women pas-s \byâ€"smiiling, chatting, bright. Each and every one of them has a secret that you couldn’t chop out of her with an axe. But she is deadâ€"deadâ€"and some of ua can breathe freely, Phoebe has dropped Tommy Teepleâ€"you will never know Why. She will never tell. And while we are bragging that no woman can keep a secret, half of us don’t realize that if the 'wom- an were to telll all they kmew about us We would be in the discard. Theme is ecarceay a woman in this old townâ€"I care not whether she 'be odd or young, plain or beautifulâ€"Who couldn’t make trouble if she told. But she won’t te‘lL She keeps her secrets Well‘ far the best of reasons, some of them sflight. perhaps. The reason is not as deep as a Well, or as‘wide as a church doormat, but it is enough. neighborhood that you could keep Caller.â€"So your sister and her fiancee are very close-mouthed over their engagement? Little Ethel. â€" Close-mouthed! You ought to see them together! A Kid’: Intervention. YOUR NEW SPRING HAT S. F. MORLOCK J. 8: J. HUNTER TIE "I" STORE 0! TI! [08' COIIEI If you haven’t already chosen it, see our natty styles in suit hats, which are sure to please. For a Dress Hat we have a large assortment of fancy tur- bans and larger hats which are strictly up-to-d ate. Every week while our rush is on we are receiving shipments of the newest straw shapes. Leave your order early in the week to avoid the Saturday rush. PRODUCE TAKEN AS CASH