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been U0 099 \‘mxf for Thanksgiving; VOL. 46â€"N0. 2432 Prtime OI he Holstein fair was held on ;»sday and Wednesday. The ather was ideal, and the attend- re and exhébits were up to all >ectations. A Mr. J. R. Gun has decided to :ev. Mr .Ward. of‘ Varney, had: large and attentive audience in _VIethodist church Sunday night, he told the storyr of his life‘ um the cradle to the pulpit. Hei wsented many sad pictures and; M of many thrilling experiences. : is; an Englishman, and knowS :x-eat deal of slum conditions ll slum life. Better’days were awed in with his conversion. 1 now he’ gives every evidence a devoted Christian worker. \lr. (fillies and Mr. Ireland, two ~t.tlf'mPn from Bad Axe, Mich, ._ in town Tuesday . looking ..,. Hm nrosnects for reviving g bargains in slightly dam- 1 gnods at Macrarl’ane’a. Sl’ kw remains of Mr. Francis mn. whose accidental death at :irm We referred to last Week. re interred on Friday last at St. m. Quebec, about thirty miles m Montreal, Mr. Limin attend- the funerallrom here, and Was -«)n1pzmied home by his sorrow- - «laughter. and infant baby girl. [wnplc Hf thn Mvth?1 -?1 hm! :1 social M'vningz,1 xe'wht Lmt. An interest-fl mm Hf rm'itatinns anda‘ ‘.;1~- first given. after" '..u'i:|ti()n was made by 11', m2: ('Olltt'st. for which a; ""mwnlatvs W218 given the! . ' 1p 4 prize. The hand-‘ ~Y. ~ ‘.\'t’-;'t‘ of all sorts: them wasi t:.~ 1 shakeqthe low shake, and tr. 110- that was no shake at 3‘1; \hw. W. A. Glass Was theo “H.141: having gone through the C"!‘1‘:1.m1j; about fifty times in. ten 21111.11...» :md had the names r9-‘ ing about a hundred, sat down to a tempting IuDChOOn pI‘OVided bY. the 11111199. It was a pumpkm 1’“ social. and although other things ‘7‘"? sandwiched in, the pumpkin I”? was the mechanism-tin! "ad“ '0!) the bill of (are. The “00)“! "f Was only ten can“, lid " N EWS AROUND TOWN Dominion of Canada, not the as we announced by mistake ll Mr. J R. Gun has town shortlv. the .y for the Grand transferred to was duly installer office on Tuesday next meeting of the South Teachers’ Convention will be n Hanover on Thursday and '. the 16th and 17th of Octo- furniture factory is working me. to keep up with the rush ilk LV )luce between In‘ and the north end lk. 14 karat gold, 11‘] settings. A 1' be given finder 0 this office. he prospects Maciarlane will give you damaged goods almost at n price. it’s October '20, has been as Thanksgiving Dav in (m tie [)1]! arafra xa 3n the has decided to the town tiCket and Trunk has to Mr. Calder. alled into his day last. 1, five or reward of on return- Sundav cement street 1022 For the Lostâ€"On Sunday evening, a brown éweater coat and a light grey overcoat light weight. Finder will be rewarded by leaving at Whitmore’s barber shop. The trial of Arthur Brooks at Owen Sound last Thursday, was adjourned till the 16th of October. We thank Mr. Binnie. the effici- ent secretary of the South Grey fair, who saved the local press a lot of work by furnishing a com- plete list of the prizes awarded. To-morrow, Friday, is the big (lav at the Priceville fair. From present indications the Weather will be fine,.and a large attend- ance will be there. Priceville al- Ways has a good local exhibition. Communion services will be held in the Presbyterian church on Sun- day morning, October 5. Services preparatory on Friday evening, at 8 p.m. Rev. D. C. Farquharson, of St. George. son of D. R. Farqu- harson. collector of customs, of (Jhatham. will preach on Friday, and at both services on Sunday. The Ebenezer Methodist church. ‘Vickers. are having their anniâ€" ‘versarv on October 1‘2. Rev. G. Kendall. of Dromore,.wi1l preach morning and evening. On Monday night follmning there is to be a supper and concert. Among the speakers for the occasion are Revs. G. Kendall J. W Cooley, and R. J. 8511, M. P. The Varney Methodist church; observed Harvest Home Sunday: and Monday. Rev. W. W. Prud-; ham Was the preacher both morn-2 ing and evening. On Monday ev-' ening supper was served in the; hall and an interesting program; followed in the church. Rev. G.‘ Kendall. of Dromore, and Mr. Wm.: Allan gave the addresses of the; evening. Rev. W. W. Prudham- presided. . 7 . . ‘ The Methodist churches of the; Mount Forest District are having, a campaign for missions. It opens? next Sunday by an exchange of 1pulpits. Rev. B. H. Rogers, of iArthur, will preach in Durham 'both morning and. evening. Rev. W. W. Prudham will preach in ,Arthur. We understand the Meth- iodist church in Durham doubled fits contributions for'missions last 'year, and hopes to do stillbetter this year. Mr. J. S. Drysdale. while in town Monday and Tuesday was talking up a new industry, and if he can get reasonable encouragement he would like to locate here. We al- ways favor any kind of product- ive industry that will give Pmp10y- ment to the people. What he pro- noses, through a manufacturing concern. would cover the much felt want of a good general foundry in ‘thistown. At this stage, we The early mor'ning slumbers of 1 a goodly number of Durham’s I front street residents were dis- . turbed on Tuesday morning bv . _ who, from tWry to four o’clock, serenaded the populace residing in the immediate vicin- itv of the town square. Where he came from nobody knows. and where he Went to. nobody cares. {though if he Went to every place ihe was consigned by the angry gsleepcrs. he’ll have a busy and .hot time before he gets all his {calls made. There was a comical iside to the situation. too. Stand- iing there all alone, this night- ;warbler with the Jean de Reske .' iag on sang everything from .“‘Rock of Ages” to “Everybody‘s .‘Doing It.” with a vaudeville l stunt on the side at intervals. He '!had a voice like a road scraper B and it is reported that one lady, I on hearing the packet, woke. up a obiection to listening to it almost I tn! M0. lying awake at three o’-‘ ’â€"°‘°°k*“‘h‘ml. “alto ‘ '-â€"-n ‘h 'a Hiram Walker serenade i nicest thing imaginable, an All Kinds of Commercial Printing Caruso to isn’t the we chronicle the death of Mrs Thomas Nichol, who died at Hampden on Tuesday. the 23rd of September, at the age of 55 years. OBITUARY MRS. THOMAS NICHOL. The old pioneers are passing away, one by one, and this week: Deceased, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Henderson, was born in Dumfrieshire, Scotland. She was married in the old land, and came to this country in 1852 with her husband and two children, and located for a time at Paris. In 1854 the family moved to Norman- bv where she resided till the time of her death. She “as prede- ceased by her husband about 225 years. The family consisted of eight, sons and two daughters. John. in? the States: James, in British (.‘ol-' umbia: Jane, Mrs. Greig. in Sas-i katchewan; \Viliiam, in Manitoba: Thomas, in Durham; George. in Manitoba; David, in Montana and Robert, in Hanover. A son, Rich- ard, died in 1896, and a daughter. Bessie, in 1894. Interment took place to Hamp- den cemetery on Thursday 1"lSt. GEORGE CAMPBELL. last at the age of 74 years : months. ' - The deceased was born in the Isle of Mum-Scotland, in Novem- ber, 11838. When a boy he came with his parents to Canada and lived with them for a time in the township of Mariposa. He next came to Bentinck and settled on a farm near Aberdeen, where 11? lived continuously for 60 years. He was one of the hardy. pioneers of the township, an industrious Work- er and honest and straight in all his dealings. His word was al- ways to be relied on. and there was no dissimulation in his character. \ He chose Miss Gilchrist as a life partner, and to them were born five sons and three daughters: Peter, at Zealandia, Sask., Neil. (.‘xeorge and. Dugald, in North. Da- kota: Dan., in Montana: Mary. Mrs. John Morrison. in town; Mar- garet, Mrs. Donald Morrison, at Oakville, Man.: and Isabella, Mrs. Wm. Ledingham. in British (‘01- umbia. He was a good. kind father and husband, and highly reSpected by all Who knew 'him. He was handy with tools, and this helped him often in the early days when skill- ed workmen were not easily found. He made many of his own imple- ments. and was his own carpenter in the many small jobs around the Ut’ \\ C11 llluswx“ --__ pity to Spoil two houses. a thing did really occur. we con- -gratulate the man who got left. \ '-â€".â€"-â€" Recipes h‘s aged widow and the If mph eight children already referred to t he leaves om brother. Donald who “sides in Michigan. interment. took place in Durham (:L‘mctery on .Monoday afternoonflz The business man who does not Mr. Donald Gilchrist, of Tara, and advertise judiciously is not doing Elrll'S. Wm. Campbell, of Port Elgin, justice to himself or to the public. nrother and Sister respectively of the widow, and Alexander lil- christ, a nephew from Glamis. that we 311 W county of Bruce. were present at piciously “'1‘?“ a the funeral, as well as a large up With a dress that 00‘“ number of friends from Bentinck. than 32-93- and the Dornoch and Rocky Sang Mr. Wm. Paylor, who was in- geen congregations. The services iured a couple of weeks ago in were conducted by Rev. Mr. Ste\'- town when thrown out 0! his bug- PDSOD’ 0t DOPDOCh: and Dr. Farqu- gy, still feels the effects in one 01 harson, 0‘ Durham. ’his arms. Mrs. Paylor. who was For the past few months of his shaken up at the ‘same life the deceased had been living again quite well. in town with his daughter, Mrs.| Methuselah was in good humor. John Morrison, who rendered all “A voung newspaper man called the assistance in her power to re- on rue to -diay,” he said, “and ask- lieve his sufferings. ‘ed to what I attributed m3 long -‘ ‘LJ ' We are so liberal in this world ant to snicker sus- poor girl shows more horn DURHAM. 0N1. THURSDAY OCTOBER 2,1913 The races at the fair here seem to have given good satisfaction to the visitors, from many uiA whom we have heard several com-e plimentary remarks. The follow-I ing is the result: ‘ Q to the visitors, Irom many u. whom we have heard several com: Arrangements are hemg mam. Dlimentary remarks. The follow- through “)9 Bell Telephone ("‘m" ing is the result: iparry to give weather forecasts to . , , 1 0 arm . â€" Chimes Boy, Pilgrim, Meaford 2111 ereological department at Toron- Comet, Acton, Chesley...... 1323to will furnish the forecaststo the Hague B., Scott, Durham ...... 3232 telephone company, Whicb will Time: 2.24%, 233*, 2.30, 2.23. wire them by 10 an. to all agents be available There will THE HORSE RACES Many offer sympathy in time of trouble. but bare, bald sympathy is a cheap commodity and doesn’t go tar in replacing a stock of burned goods. The Hobbs Manu- facturing Company. of London on hearing of Mr. Black’s loss a couple of weeks ago. were not slow in offering sympathy of a MAYOR BLACK IS OFFERED SUBSTANTIAL SYMPATHY mnr humble Now Bmy. what rmu “#1 How is your insurancp. an! are the companies using: yo1 We can help. Net ut: know need a few thousand to at: and pay off any of your (10? us know what you want. 5 having friends if you don‘t them. How much do you at lo=e anyway? Best wishes. and don't loce From Tom curred at Varney. three miles south of Durham. recently. Dur- bride eI‘Oped with the groomsman and they ,were married next day. The lady owns a $4.000 farm in that vicinity.” The above paragraph nu: on” going the rounds of the papers fun the past four or five weeks. and; although we made enquiry ,from‘ residents in and around Varney.' we have not been able to verifv the report. We do not think there is a particle of truth in the yarn. and how or where it originated. we are unable to say. Such things might happen, and some- times do. A woman with a $4.0in farm might attract an unscrupu- lous man, but after all we don't think the game would be worth the chase. A man who runs after a woman just because she happens to have a few dollars. is hardly wvorth bothering with. and a 'fickle-minded woman such as the one above referred to isn‘t :whit better. Such a couple would 1“. “'9" mated. and it would be a a Woman just because s] to have a few dollars worth bothering with fickle-minded woman 5 one above referred to whit better. Such a co be well mated, and it ‘ Methuselah was in good humor. “A young newspaper man called ion me to-d‘ay," he said, “and ask- :ed to what I attributed my long .life. I told him I answered the {same question 500 years ago. an ‘advised him to look up the files of his paper.”(â€"Cle\°eland Plain Dealer. piciously when a poor gir up with a dress that cos than $2.98. Mr. Wm. Paylor, who was in- ‘mred a couple of Weeks ago in! town When throWn out of his bugâ€". 2y, still feels the eflects in one of his arms. ,‘Mrs. Paylor. who was shaken up at the 'same time, is again quite Well. V'V'VWVV'V" _ _A.__. WHO ARE THE ELOPERS? above paragraph nas new the rounds of the papers for st four or five weeks, and gh we made enquiry from Its in and around Varney. .ve not been able to verifv companies using you. help. dot u: know If vrm few thnuqanr‘l to start up f any of your debts. let 'hat you want. No use mds if you don‘t use ’ much do you stand to V are being made b has been Try The Chrpnicle ”0. “'9 an": hOW Tf vi New Mantles New Dress Fabrics New Silks Women’s Silk Finish Luster Thread Hose, fine weight, spliced Heel and Toe, Hermsdorf dye in Black, Tan and White, special price 35c, 3 pairifor - - Women’s Silk Hose in Fine gauze weight, Black only - - - Boys’ Extra Heavy Ribbed Cotton *, Made to Wear, Price - - Women’s Good Quality Plain Cotton 7. Special Price 2 pair for - - J. J. Hunter Are now being ex- hibited here in great profusions of tasteful styles, including all the latest seasonable n<_)velties :15 confirm- ed for this season, by the leadingpmducers ()f‘the world’s F3911- 1011. while assortments are at their best. :A LL EAR LY. $1.00 PER YEAR