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n9 is Leap Year. and the news- Mer are beginning to say funny L3. 111.009 about the women. the chm Miss Gertie McCcmb was mete! the recipient of an idére§§ and handsome purse of gold on Mon- day evening. by the manbe?and adherents of the Baptist hurch at their annual business meeting. as an expression of appreciation of her services as organist. Although 1 Miss MeCombe was very greatlyf surprised. she retained her equi-t fibrin!!! sufficiently to make an: appropriate and neat reph The: statement presented by the (teas-.3 met, Mr. F. Search. showed that, bylaw is said to haxe been passed by 9116 of the largest majorities evé“ given in a place the size of Lucknow, the population of which is only about ten or eleven hundred. The township of Kinloss c'arried the bylaw by a 10:3 of 829 against 127. or 129 votes more %)MHda\ was blustery Ed a lot of snow fell . {ficulet totravel. exer We Bats about the w -â€"â€"Montreal Star. A. family of thir perm arrived in New iteamer Ryndam, fro. 79nd the papers are mIUI'E.- 1661) E} VOL 44â€"â€" H0. 2332. rm 5 S Manta f Wag doing. Roads blocked T's-fins me. Snowed in. 01:19 and tral exchax NEWS AROUN D TOWN as and It trusts everyone, gets Yor trusting, mistrussed for and if it busts for trust- rom D9 SD: I‘IC 128 says )1 store at. Allan «9er yes. ~ and to many m 1:th the is the country news- a Baptist (hufch 991 business mcet'mg. th‘ of appreciation of th‘ rganist. Althoughgto was very greatly [ ee; "etained her equiâ€" to tlv to make an I“ “'31 1311 Id Our New Story, .“The Secret of Paul Farley” Com OPSf 11“. -‘v-‘. 13y waiti “'38 (231‘ ee~fift1is apers mos that Umo de at 1F illag‘ teen. named York on the n Rotterdam. full of chest- Dam family. OVE (D the mor ma kin decisive 111 eachm U155 st legal The assed 13ti ggest town (13 v YOU! ltf ll m it uesday to the electric chair, it is erstood that a petition may Le ad_e'* to Governor Foss .to have his “fence commuted -to life im in sonment. His electrocution is - for some time during the week 6f May 19th next. no fig hinki Walk erton negie Librar enough ’to 5 than we have Mr. A. J. Harris. of the Ontario Agricultural College, will be at the Poultry Exhibition and deliver t ' lectures on Thursday, January at 2.30 and 8 p.111. The members of the town coun- cil for 1912 were sworn in on Mon- day last. Swearing .in. or out. isn’t much of a novelty to that bunch. The stage to Chatsworth start- ed out Tuesday morn-sing. but was forced to turn back. owing to the heavy condition of the roads. on Sunday last. and interment took x place on Tuesday. 2 x Mrs. McKinnon. near Crancmd. a sister of Mr. Neil McLean. died The Grand Trunk got in Tuesday ' 1: night at 430 Wednesday morning. fx This is English as she is spoke. x 15 'per «cent. off all furniture for the next thirty dayB.--F. Lenahan Maid wanted.â€" Mrs. Wm. Black. -A.pply at once to 7 MUM Th 000. YVE meet with ev ry. “The C10 ” Ire. according to Lg. Though s-e om HOIOI‘ select has voted on , the donatim allowed guilty S€ ' to our Way of sentenced oh tric chair, it is )etition may he 033 .to have his 3m crime erm Cook IStE tter Dr im- ' A quiet but pretty Wedding took ’ place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L'R. E. Heughan here this Thursday 'at high noon when their eldest daughter, Annie E.,’ was united in marriage to Mr. Ralph Vernon Vanderburgh. of Brandon, Man, Rev. John- Watt. a former school- mate 0f ‘the bride, officiating. The bride, who- entered the drawina- room on the arm of her fatheriwas prettily attired m Wih te duch- ess *fi‘fin uith pear‘ trimmings. and carried a bouduct of cream bridal romes. The Wedding march was played by Miss Marion Heu- bill's'l 33‘ 1th e $27.0“ storm. to attend Knox church. and administer the sacrament. He expresses pleasure over the progress towards recov- ery. of Bert. Barber, who recently met with an accident. He refers to the prolonged silence of the Varney scribe. and tells of a meedng of the Grange. at which R. J. Ball M..,P T‘hos. Mc\1ece, Jqs Watson, and Rich Barber were the speakers, the subject under discussion being about rural mail delivery, which Mr. Ball is trying to bring about. x . , I . x m SECRET or . x PAUL FARLEY. x X I Pauline J er‘voa'es ‘had taken . a man’s pant in. a local play x and decided. (to, carry it ’as far as possible into actual life. She assumed the name of Paul Farley, and became private secretary to a prom- inent mam. While in the dis- charge of these duties, she became acquainted with ‘ a . fascinating Widow, Mrs. Wych-erley, who immediately set ‘her charms to Work to capture Paul, and eventu- ally, at the point of the pis- tol. made “him” promise to marry her. “He” got out of the predicament successfully however, in a very spectac- ular manner, as a perusal of the story will show. To ev- ery reader of _the -Chronicle_ . , . ""‘"'“"' xxxukxa’wxmkwxx www.mxv. HHxHHWV-‘AHHM'MMMKHKHKHM‘AHHHH \X 9’3 Sit The Burks Falls Arrow says: “A vagrant, who was awaiting trial at the Burk Falls jail made good :his escape «on Saturday morning last. and still enjoy-s his freedom,,des- oite th’. most strenuous efforts of his jailer to recapture him.” Does t' 9 An ow imagine that a vagrant w v-lci live in Burks Falls. even if aliowcd his freedom? x marry her. “He” got out of however, in a very spectac- ular manner, as a perusal of the story will show. To ev- ery reader of the Chronicle we commend this story. The s first instalment appeared x last week. Read it. x XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX KKK ‘ O f ‘ rmxmxx wwxxx “NH 2: x the predicament successfully x ' x VANDERBURGHâ€"HEUGHAN We have a bl Irma SECRET or . 2,“. PAUL FARLEY. Pauline JervoéS'had taken a man’s pant inia local play and decided. to .. carry it 'as far as pessiblae into actual life. She assumed the name of Paul Farley, and became private secretary to a prom- inent mam. ‘Wha’le in the dis- charge of these duties, she became acquainted with ' a fascinating Widow, Mrs. Wycherley, who immediately set ‘her charms to Work to capture Paul, and eventu- ally, at the point of the pis- tol. made “him” promise to marry her. “He” got out of the predicament successfully however, in a very spectac- ular manner. as a perusal of the story will show. To ev- ery reader of the Chronicle we commend this story. The’ first instalment appeared last Week. Read it. XKXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXX 7M 'h-a Burks Falls Arrow says: “A most big {rant who was awaiting trial 7‘ ~31 {awfully awful, and we me. 2: Well, we never did like hockey X o _ " v_ . . . .x anyway. Asa. game, It seems x too rough, and when your " “own X . . .- . ., , . _. 2: team getsg‘oeaten, it’s Simply "a x horrid old game that nobody x i . x ishould play. But when your own x 3 team gets massacredâ€"and on their 2:: ~ _ x ,own fi‘shpond at thatâ€"it’sxfit too .I ‘ -' i' 7 .4» ” again y -‘ gto ihear that word “hon gunstil this anul headac we have ~Tcontracted is totally ured. It éwas Owen Sound that u d it and they made a good job of it. .es- necially in the last half. when they rolled up ten goals-and the locals fgot none. For awhile. they came :so fast that the Durham goal ten- ; :d-er thought they Were shooting at x him with a peash-o-oter. But such )2 is politicsâ€"and sport. You’ve got 1: to keep out of the game, or take your medicine, but it‘s mightyihard 'to swallow a dose that sounds al- as William Jennings A .fikfi’xfii/‘WH‘A 81;Bryen‘s silver policy. orma’nby was”. ou’r; mussaav, JANUARY HASH our Wish es his mum ll \\ we’ll as “'8 W If \V S )‘I not 1t HG 1e IE S'u "from one to three goals behind at the end at the first period only to come back strong and win out in the final stage. Outside of .the last half. it was a fairly Even game. the score at half 'time' standing; 3 to 1; With Though beaten, the locals were by no means disgraced. . Entirely "out of condition, and not having had even one full team practice, they couldn’t stand the pace, and faded away in the last haIfâ€"that part of the. game in which they came back strong in former years. In fact, in nearly all of their «hard- est games, the Durhams have been )l nzst 13 em twice OWEN SOUND DID IT. th m- 2.8T. ,Wir inter J.J. H Heavy 8001:3511: greatly red ucedj prices Overshoes, Oneâ€"buckle, e Boys’ One-buckle,,812és Men’s One-buckle; regulan Men’s Two-buckle Snap Proof " Men’s All First=class Goods, but Stock ME] Be Reduced At Once SA L E CLEARAN C E . Ca,“ and you mill sea the most up) to- (1: MG \I‘anfl in to“ n p‘ t ete just no w Our Mantles are always popular, being weil‘bfiiiored they have a, smart, dressy appearafioe, a n d t h e i r Large, meek 0 Our Stock is very Leather Tops,’ regular $2.75 and $3.00,! reduced/[tof$§§go, , all sizes OF EPOWIDQ m: a! U1 redUéed 153 $130: reduced to $2.13