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single instance of an inn being named after him. He was there-. fore providing himself with a; goodly supply of the Dickens; stamps. which were struck off i. ’ connection with these centenary; celebrations. and his intention? was to affix one of the stamps to; ex ery inn which possesses Dicken-; sian associations. throughout Eng-F land. so. that each might bear thei Sign Of the “Dickens Head." | THE INNS THAT SURVIVE. 3 Though the desecrating hand of the vandalisti-c “improver” is never idle. many old inns which have been immortalized by Dickens remain. to the present day um! touched and unspoiled. and their! number is probably greater than is commonly supposed. The majority however. have eithq entirely dis- appeared, or have been altered beyond recognition. Others have been convented into private resi-l dences. and one or two, such as the Golden Cross. at Charing Cross survive only in name, the present licensed premises not even occupy- ing the original site. man, 1 single En glis: I CU I‘i The old Golden Cross. which was “Our lVIu-tual F the chief coaching-house in the, . “ «Zle drags the h: Wes-t Eflld of London. as the Bull! . . . .burn on 'th the and Mouth was in the CltY, stood! further west. on the spot where! All old .W' one of Landseer’s famous lionsiw‘h'ofse 519:!) 13 keeps guard at the south-eusterntha 13 the CI‘i corner of the Nelson column iniu's at 'StI‘OO‘d, Teafalgar square. It was fromgUnCO'mmeI‘Clal this famous old inn. it will he rec-E'hOUSB at “711101 ollected. that the famous PickWick-I and itinerant ‘31 ians set out on their historic jourâ€"ET’he sign is na ney. “Pickwick" has been arrtlyzman hroflhersg desrriled by Chas. G. Harper 3g!after embracing "a Very Odessy of inns and tray-HS supposed 1‘0 el' :1.) fewer than fifty-five tav-lt'he many reli; . . I ° . r erxs 111 London and the ProvmcesiSIEs’DEd t0 attr. he‘. 15?: mentioned in its pages. So ; t'hiI‘SiF Wayfé great however. have been thegshrine. changes of the past seventy yearsl Standing on that only a dozen now remain. isto'nes. George - , g . . In 1 (-ndcn the sole survivors are; and lm‘posmg the ,-,:.lleiied Old George innâ€"call-ilgflore's "U119 l) eci by Drckens the White Hartâ€"inlhumbler I'lVal l the Borough High Street. Whereit'he picture. Alderbury is S Sum Weller was “boots”: 05-. borne'sâ€"ncw styled the Adelphi red brick built Hatelâ€"iu John Street. Adelphi, asâ€" ’00 be tlhe O'I‘i W21 1 the flight of Emilvisniff's ‘h‘Ofllse. A-t Canterbu sociated ‘Vardle and Snodgrass. and the Gnrge and Vulture. in St. Mich- inn. Witlhred tj ael's Alley. Lombard street. now iectinlg upper- better known as Thomas’. Restau- to be the 0] rant. At all the establishments. patronize-d by Lickmis Was a frequent vxmtor. Deadlock Arm “'HERE BIBS. BQARDELL W.§S {has been iden ARRESTED. ndes Arms art ] ‘White Horse Cellars. in Pi'cca-griverside, bel'c dilly. where Mr. Pickwick waitedis‘hip and LORD1 for the coach to Bath. has had a’ situation was similar ear. erience to the Golden “Great Expec Cross. During the coaching age. site {01‘ the im the original inn was removed from ! Magwibcsh sta the site of the present Ritz Hotel ‘ mer W35 end no the corner of Albemarle street, the GOWViCt C Where it was replaced in 1884 by No man pm the present Albemarle Hotel. The -cyc1-01pedic ] well-known Spaniard’s inn. on inns than Cl Hampstead Heath, whose rustic possible, from arbors are the favorite resort of which was .tgt amorous couples on bank holidays, the house wk is thriving as it'was in the days carried ,0.“ m of Mrs. Bandell’s arrest. high honor 1 At Rochester are still to be George Inn,‘ loan-d hhe “Brifi. and “Wright’s," in his priva' where they charged you more if “the very hi you dined at a friends than if put Up at.” you dined in the coffee room. from the gm b0” the Geo At Coblham we find the old Lea- tlher Battle (to which the amorous handsome at Tunlham resorted) still very much ' f . THE DURHAM CHRUMCLE DICKENS’ CENTER ARY CELEBRATION DURHAM. JANUARY 2.". 'en alive, and turning the advertise- ment given to it by the novelist to excellent account. Various ad- ditions have been made to the house in which the Dickens room, with its collection of relics. is a centre of interest. Beneath the Swinging sign of the Leather '4'. ”NW" Edi”)? and Prop'r'etfir "IL-LA I‘D, vvâ€"â€"â€" 7 centre of interest. Beneath the Swinging sign of the Leather FOUR. ‘1 es Di Dickens. he pointed has done more for e could .no II 1911 Of all the inns mentioned by: Dickens in his other novels, by far ; the most interesting is the May-g pole, in reality the King's Head, at; Chigwell, on the borders of Ep-g ping Forest. endeared to all’ readers of “Barnaby Budge.” The Coach and Horses inn at Petersfield. where Nicolas Nickleby by and Smike stayed on their long tramp from London to Portsmouth, ‘ and the Coach and Horses at Isle-l wortlh, mentioned in “Oliverl( “Twist,” wthen Bill Sykes and Oliver were on their way to (com- 2 mit a burglary at Clhertsey, are ' in similarly good preservation. ii The Blue Dragon, at which Martin ‘1 Chuzzlewit and Mary put up, is a ‘1 icomposite creation, combining-,1 fifeatures of the George, at Ames- Ebury, which is eight miles to the lnortlh of Salisbury, and of the 'Green Dragon at Alderbury, flhree miles to the south; both of which still flourish. The Three Jolly iBargemen, of “Great Expecta- tions,” is supposed to be the Horseshoe and Castle, a little ‘boarded inn at Cooling, and the {Red Lion at Henley claims to be 'the up-river inn mentioned in “Our Mutual Friend,” where Liz-‘ lzie drags [the half-conscious Wray- ’ I:burn on to the lawn. ‘ An old weather-boarded inn. iWhose sign is of unknowm antiq- uity, is the Crispin and Crispjan-' ,us at Strood, mentioned in “The EUnlc-ommercial Traveller” as a {house at which tramping tinkers l and itinerant clock-makers put up. thhe sign is named after two Ro- Zman brothers, who were martyred after embracing Christianity, and' dis supposed r0 have been one oil , the many religious inn-signs de-} !signed to attract the custom of .gt'hirsty wayfarers to Becket’s l Standing on a raised bank of istones. George is a substantial ', and imposing old hostelry, and -iignores --tlhe pretensions of its 1! humbler rival to have any share in e‘t'rhe picture. Half a mile from .! Alderbury is St. Mary’s Grange, a Li. red brick building, locally reputed _ to be the original of Mr. Peck- v i sniff’s lhonlse. kl “A r on the same occasion, and the Sar- acen’s Head, now styled ithe Pomâ€" fre-t Arms, at Towcester, Where Sam W'eller prevailed upon Mr. Pickwick to remain for the night, after a long,“ 'Wet drive from C ovemtry. “1511LLU1L. “v a---“ 1v unaltered. These are the Bell. high at Berkeley Heath, on the road between Bristol and Glou- cester. Where Mr. Pickwick and his companions had lunch on their journey to Birmingham; the pic- turesque 01d Hop Pole, at TeWkes-r ‘nurv. where they stopped to dine from flattering. Yet, such is the lMetcaMe. irony of time and circumstance‘the3 Collinngoodâ€"S. R. McKnight. house Dickens so roundly attacked harm; .McLeIman. V is now eager in all its advertise-g Derbyâ€"John Leask ments to quote the Dickensian 9.5-; Egrem'omté J sh Ph' ‘ sociations, and the adventures of g Roberts ' o n 1133. John D Mr. Pickwick in the double bedded . - room (now identified as No. 36), Euphrasiaâ€"W, T. Ellis, R. A. and the elderly lady in curl papers Rennie. have attracted more visitors than‘ Glenelgâ€"Wm. Weir, the unfavorable notice has turned; Hollandâ€"Wm, Hampton. Robert away. . Howey. THE S.ARA.CEN‘S HE.‘XD. , ; Keppelâ€"John JOhI'lfS'tOn. Three more inns associated with' Normanbvâ€" Andrew Cohenk R J “Pickwick” are Well worthy 0f Sihiel. ' ‘ w ' ' ' t1 , they remain ractical- meiddfieriif 'fhese are Ithe Bell. “0513.1'93'“J0hn Th0m50n~ ITwill at Berkeley Heath, on the high i’*;::1::):- Joseph C‘ooffeilaw ‘L â€" ~ wk ‘1' .1 l . road l‘evtween Bristol and Glou- J . SaraYVflkâ€"J-O .5111 1:: a L al‘t.el‘. cester. where Mr. Pickwick and his their St. Vincentâ€"R. Abercromhie. T, .. .___L-.... mm mp- S. Cunningham. 1y At Canterbury is an antiquated inn. wi'tlhred tile roof, and proâ€" jecting upper storey, which claims to be the original “little inn” patronized by Mr. Micawber. The Deadlock Arms. of “Bleak House,” has been identified with the San- des Arms at Rockimgham. By the uiversi-de, below Gravesend, is the {Ship and Lobster. whose dismal ' situation was chosen by Dickens in “Great Expectations,” as afitting site for the inn at which Pip and EMagwitoh stayed, when the for- ‘mer was endeavolring to smuggle the convict out of the country. No man possessed a more en- cyclopedic knowledge of English inns than Charles Dickens. Is it possible, fro-m his writings, to say which was the ium of his choiceâ€" txh-e house which, above all others, carried off the palm? It is. This :high honor he bestowed on the George Inn, Grantham, referred to in his private correspondence as “the very best inn I have ever‘; put up at.” After this encomium! from the great novelist, it is “mp! to” the George to do something handsome at the approaching cen- hree more inn-s assoicia' :kwick” are Well WOI to” the George to do something Mpg, Baird and Mrs. Queen, while handsome at the approaching cen- visiting relatives in Holstein a te‘nary (by Way of honoring the fommigfht ago, were taken very ill memory of its illustrious patron. and are under the doctor’s care. - .â€"_...â€"â€"â€"- We are pleased to say both are ununcnc nc nncv r'nnmrrv recovering. MEMBERS OF GREY COUNTY‘ COUNCIL The County Council of Grey is holding its first meeting for 1912 The fiollowimg are the members who comprise the Council, which is made up of ‘the Reeves and Deputy-Reeves of the different municiplaities; ' Artemesiaâ€"T.R. McKenzie, Don- Be'mtimckâ€"Alex. Wilson" Henry ‘OWen Sound-JR. Cihrismie, John McQu‘aker, D.J. Kennedy. J.T. Mc- Innis. Meafordâ€"Robert Ag‘nve'W. D Ozbie. Syde'nrhamâ€"J-o-hzi Burns Day. IN HUMANITY’S INTEREST. From the Mount Forest Rep. The W. C. T. U... of Mount Forest on learning of Dr. Sproule‘s action. as Speaker of ~t1he House of Com- mons. in banishing wine and intox- icating liquors of all kinds from his banq ueting tables. wrote him a letter of commendation. The fol- lowing reply was recently receiv- ed:â€" Mrs. J. Thompson Allen. Cor Sec. W. C. T. U.. Mount Forest. Ont. Dear Madam,â€"On behalf of Mrs. Sproule and myself, I thank you and the W.C.T. Uni-om you repre- sent for expressions of pleasure and approval of our decision to refrain from the use of intoxicat- ing liquors at all social functions in the Speaker’s chambers. 'We did it believing it to be in the interest of humanity and temperâ€" ance to do so, but we are pleased to know that the act is appreciat- ed by those who have the temper- gansce cause at heart. and the good lof humanity as well. Yours truly. CORNER CONCERNS Mrs Herb. Wilkinson. nee Sadie McFadden. who is down from Ed- monton spending the winter with he: parents, spent last week vis- iting Conestogo and Berlin friends. Durham~â€"Wm. Calder. T‘hror‘nburyâ€"Robert Best. Hanowerâ€"Dr. Mei-unis, Ca'haltsworthâ€"Wm. Brees-e. jr. Du'ndalkâ€"S. Bell. M arkdaleâ€"A. J aeck son . Neu-stadtâ€"D. Lippert. Shall-ow Lakeâ€"A; E. Cordingly. Mrs. Jas. Allan, and son, of W inn-meg, are spending the winter with the Allan family. Mr. wmd Mrs. Wm. ‘ llan are re- joicing over their first-born, a fine. bouncing boy, who arrived on Sunday, {the 14th inst. Mr. John Lawrence, we are pleased to report, is able to be out to the fireside again, after his accident of a badly broken leg. Mr. Hugh Pattersom treated the lighthea'rts of this part to asocial dance last Wednesday night. Mr. Joe Lenin'ox, W|hile cleaning out his horse stable on Wednesday mowing, axccirden-tly gave a horse a poke in lime flank with the hoe handle and the home, by way of retaliation. gave him akick which made (him feel so feeble as to rcail in (the «doctor but he is fast reâ€" covering. Mr. Tom Wilson is a hus»t.1er..He will sao‘on have his 50 000 feet of savwlogs delivered at the Durham Furniture ‘00., despite the stormy. bad weather. Mr. 'S. T. Cflhzvpma-n was re-el- ected trustee at the annual scheool meeting. There were a few horrses dis- posed of {here last week. Mr. Wm. Mardhall sold a mare for $250: Jas. Lawrence, 21 team for $410: and Fred Noble a colt for $190. In giving a word of advice to? young ladies who are after leap‘ year victories, We would say get after those chaps who are doing; their own cooking, for a favor- able reply. To interfere with a young fellOW’s private life would be u'nPardon-able, except, for illus- |tratiou1 of our (point, so we will give what is ”not exactly an every- day occurrence, but what happen- ed a Week ago, and such experi- ences are, in fact, too frequent in ibaohelou' life. A. fellow rose early House of Commons Speaker’s Chambers. Dec. 30th 1911. ust K19 ges. Joseph THE DURHAM CHRONICLE. T. S. SPROULE. Ch?s. P for the day’s work. led his horse hay. ‘then prepared his own meal. but before partaking of it. returnâ€" ed to give the beast :1 pail of water. A stray dog happened in. and on reaching for a warm breakfast, upset the table. and broke everything thereon that was breakable. ate all the good things. and was buried to the neck in the potato pot after the last morsel. when he returned. Now. don‘t you suppose. if a girl made :a pro- posal. and had no other aualifir'aâ€" tiom than that she could chase away a strange dong. her case Iwoul-d be considered. QQSFSRS HAD g :3 E5? All. HOPE The doctors gave me up to die as the stomach trouble produced heart weak- ness and I was frequently unconscious. I received the Last Rites Of The Church. At this time, a lady strongly urged me to try ‘F ruit-a-tives’. When I had taken one box, I was much better and after three boxes, I was practically well again, and had gained 20 pounds. I have taken 13 boxes in all and now weigh 150 pounds and am well.” Madame ARTHUR TOURANGEAU. “Fruit-a-tives” is the only medicine in the world made of intensified fruit juices ancl alwaysrcures Indigestion. -_. A...:-1 mail delivery and telephbne cons ve'niennce could do, and the time? is not far distant when we must; have both, and they should be; worked to pay. Farmers on. Wed-s nesday drove out to the towns to} get a daily paper to ascertain the condition of markets. Then m? nyi .of them telephoned the local huyâ€" : ers for prices, and as a result the; delivery at Holstein on Thursdayi 50c. g7 wboit, 6 for $2.50, 61‘ trial size, 25c. At all dealers, or from Fruiv a-tives Limited, Ottawa. Last week we had some slight evidence on? the good that rural to Mr. J'ohm Brown, was the larg- est ever seen there. The Bank of Montreal brought up the usual amount of money, as they had been directed to., but they soon had to send a despa-tch for a double supply. VVheln We .get those co.“- Ve-nienlces, it will bring close com- petition, and 15 or 20 cents per hundred difference of a few miles will not be heard of, as farâ€" mers are all anxious to {have the t-op price, and dont mind d1ivi1ng two or tlhree miles fuither to get it. especially in winter. The price paid that day was $6.30. Mrs. John Bailey and baby are spending a few days with her pale-mats. Mr. and Mrs. McFadden, at Durham. Miss Blamncfhe "her sister, Mrs. cemtly. Miss M'antxha Torry, of Durham. spent a few days in this vicinity. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. McCulLoch and family, and Mr. and .Mrs. A. W. Hunt, Sumd’ayed wiflh Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Lindsay, of Glenelg. , .Mr. Harry Re-ay Sape’nnt Sunday last With friends at Hutton Hill. 1 Mr. Joe Vi‘ckers, of Saskatche- wan is {home and intends to remain f or the Winter. } M . ‘Manitoba, and rs buying some horses to take With him when he \ 'returns take it to the west. A few from here \togk. in the A few from here took in the path at Wm. Cuff’s Friday last. M1. Hem-y Reay’s little daughâ€" ter Vera, who has been seriously ill for some time, is not improving vezy rapidly. Master Bertie Hunt has had a verv severe attack of tonsilitis for the past three weeks. 10c upon 2‘ RE A PIERRE iiizae” d '>y several doctors and lid me no good. During t of mv illness, I was so bed onlv go pounds, and In (1' me thing 1 ate. VICKERS RE, (2., May 9, 1910. recovery as nothing I was for eleven - . 361.1112: from Chronic saved my Life 1011 EXCELLENT CONNECTIONS FOR THE SUNNY SOUTH. To meet the demand of southern travel which generally takes place this season of the year. the C PR. pleased to inform the public of thep excellent connection made at Detroit with the Pere Marquette for Jacksonville and other south- ern points. ‘ R. chfarl-ane, Dunhwm Agent. Passengers can leave Toronto on the C.P.R. fast train at 4.30 .p.m. arrive Detroit 10.25 p.m..‘an»d con- nect with the Pere Marquette train leaving same depot at 10.45 ‘ Excellent oonngctiocms can also be made to Florida Via Buffalo. COMMON SENSE OF UNION. .' It is hard for John Smith today! to see any difference between the! religious tenets of Methodists! Congregationalism. and Presbyfl terians, who have ceased to en- gage in foolish quarrels over non-essentials. Amid if John Smith can see no acute diversity in opin- ion. he asks what is the use in having three churches in a small town, rpaying three p’reachers small salaries, and always engaged in frenzied finance to make end-s .meet. W‘hergin lies the benefit of having three church plants when one would do? Why not join forâ€" ces so that instead of three weak churches, or one strong “amid tWo mil Don’t go on using some preparz posed to cure evemthing and thing. Our CHILBLAiN Ct Chillflains and to cure chilbla Some people in order to keen DE Iron mxdle-asa Castings :ma' genera} Rppaivina. Feed hoilers. Steam fitters supplies. Engines and 'I‘tijmeheus, gush and, Doors, Planing and Gwenemi Wood \Vzn-k. Dru Whml you- can CHILBLAINS give you instant reli SMITH BROS” TH E DURHAM FOUNDRY If you not szrtisfactom some preparation th let, and a.- we 3-. J. A ‘§‘€*~I“}°+°’ri~+°é° 6 O uarant DHDIBEBE weak congregations. there may ibe one united church, Where a swell-paid. self-respecting minister -may preach to a vigorous. selfâ€" :resp'e-cting: congregationâ€"Winni- ipeg Telegram. 3 Miss Florence Wilson. of Dur- §ham. spent Sunday with her (mother at Allan Park. Mr. R. C. Banks. of Raven L is visitihg friends in town. Reeve Calder is in Owen So attending the County Coumcil Messrs. Jobs-n Brown and Archie Hunter. of Hanover were present at Mr. Kennedy’s funeral. Mrs Adamso'n, o-f Walkerton at- tended the funeral of the late Rob- ert Kennedy. 'Mrs. Archie Hunter. of Hanover. visited her sister. Mrs. Thomas M. Reid. on Saturday last. Mrs. Bradshaw Jamiesozn will re- ceive wiflh Mrs. Jamiesom, “bon- accord,” Friday, February 2nd. Major McGillivray, of the Salva- tion Army, London, was in town Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Ro‘bt. Watt return- ed last week, after visiting with Hep worth and Tara relatives. Mr. and 7M'1'.s. Hey. of Lumsden. Sask.. ‘arrived home on their honeymoon on Friday evening last. Miss Lizzie Lauder returned to Toronto Tuesday, after visiting friends here for «the past couple of months. ‘ Mr. and Mrs. Chris. Reay, and two children, visited on Sunday Mr. R. P. Legate, of Cadogan, Alberta, was in town last week, and gave the Chronicle a pleasant call. Mr. Legate, with three of his sons, have been West about four years, but Mrs. Legate and the remaining members of the family, are still living at Ceylon. Since going West, Mr. Legate has been doing well. and gives the country a good name. _ DURHAM, ONT. with Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Wil- RE eef. '11} £11 January 25th, 1912, re m ed \' PERSONAL. Du rham of Raven Lake. in town. in Owen SO und