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said the third bachelor. ' anothor drink, “is a human carrot that ”table lamination for donkey-P-Nov York al' umnâ€" roses withbut thurns. She ends with show But scratches.” pd bachelor, patting his reflective-1y. said: I a girl who bu the bring man to the height. In!!! order 001th )3! m \V We H if it! ZPS who flirts. Lz‘st haohelor. )m button 01 his stomach is any!!! IMO aitinz bel- cnpm :a. Na utteri‘ rippe. nmlzu \\' \\ D 310 1116 1t for the rest will have him in the Dies. He 11: Mr. Patton. the new Reeve. made a good start on Monday and if he can manage to keep up the pace for the rest of the year. the people ’3?! have no regrets for placing him in the position he now occu- tviP‘i, He had no previous municip- ,,1 .-~(v)9ri('nf?0. and‘. to place him in the reeve’s chair is not the usual mode of procedure. For a num- lrm‘ of years back many 01 the ratepayers have Wished him to accent a position as Mayor or Reeve, but on former occasions he failed to give his consent. The position he holds is not the result of municipal aspirations on his part. He is regarded as a good careful business man, but he never seemed available for a municipal position. He is now in olfiee and on Monday night he started off well. We feel he has a heavy le- gacy on his hands, but he is equal to the task. His conduct so far has demonstrated that there are peOple with no’municipal ambitions who are eligible for the positions. He didn’t seek the position, the position sought him ngg mzauAM cunnmm LET US BE MORE BRITISH At every turn we take we are reminded of Germany’s determin- ation for War. Our taxes are high- er. because of Germany’s ambition, and nearly everything We buy is higher for the same cause. The advance in cost is not for a day or two, nor yet for a year or two. When the war is over the lingo dam incurred will still hang over us for years to come. This and sur-oooding generations will con- timw to boar tho burden of Gov- mzmv’s ambition for world power. firm. A. G. McKay. of Edmonton. was taken to the hospital Monday Ins". and operated on for quinsey. Mr. Thos. Armstrong, an enginâ€" eer at the cement plant has secured a position at Hag-ersville. and will report early next Week. Home wind this Iorenoon has rip- meed some of the roofing (off the tended to in time. Wm. Marks, Toronto, for stealing a jug o! whiskey and selling it to wfldtiers was sentenced to 30 days Germany herself will feel the efforts of her folly, and not only the belligerent nations, but the whole world is, and will be, affec- ted by the awful turmoil. And after the war, What? That the allies are going to win is believed to he a certainty by all civilized nations of the world, but how long it will take is a ques- tion that cannot yet he answered. What then? Are the allied nations now at war with Germanv likely to re-establish trade with the enemy as: it existed before the war. Are Germans: to he allowed 'to enter Hm-m'm subjects on British soil. who are loyal to British institu-o ii'lll‘w, will likely be accorded the wow privileges they enjoyed be- fore the war. We want no further influx ot' population from Germany we have had enough of that, and to populate our broad areas now waiting for honest settlement We have enough of our 0WD people to come in and possess the land. The English. the Irish, and the Scotch have the first claims. and should be first considered. We want a population we can trust, and one effect of the present conflict will have a tendency to cement into a closer union of the existing ele- ments of the British people. What then? Are the allied nations now at war with Germanv likely to re-establish trade with the enemy as it existed before the war. Are Germans to be allowed to enter Pritish possessions and enjoy Brit- ish freedom, and British liberties as the}: have hitherto enjoyed thPm Let us be as British as possible and keep out the ‘antagonistic lor- eign element and barbarians of all kinds. [or theft, and $300 or another three months for selling without a license. Rev. B. C. Kerr, of Flesherton. has enlisted with the 147th Grey Battalion. Be is the third Baptist minister to join the battalion. Rev. Mr. Mullowney and Rev. Mr. Proudloot having joined some Fire broke out in the Union Station, Toronto, Monday after- noon, causing damage to the ex- tent of $10,000. It started in the 7th story in the file room, and as DURHAM. JANUARY IRWIN. Editor and Proprlet a cigarette but: '1' 13, 1916 Lieut. Cecil Wolfe writing trom Salonica, on the 15th of Decem- ber, gives an account of his first experiences in a real war, and as he says himself, he came in contact with some things he will never forget. Cecil has been a faithful correspondent, and up to a few weeks ago kept his parents well informed of his whereabouts, and what he was doing. The tame- ness of his military life has been changed, and a taste of real war has given him a better idea of his overseas mission. The letter reads as follows;â€" “I supposeyou have been wait- ing anxiously for a letter from me since you received my last letter, which I believe I wrote on December 2nd, As it was written from lHasanti, in Servia, which is now in the hands of the Bulgarians l have had “no chance or means of writing a letter since as it would have no way to reach the base, and we have been continually on the move, until now or rather last night when we arrived in Salon- ica, and very glad we were the get here. I will try to give you as good an account of what happen- ed as I possibly can, which V you will understand, better if I :draw you a rude map on the next page. I wrote my last letter from Hasa nti' which you will see marked on my rude map, and at the time Iwrote it our guns and ( men (were en- trenched where I have marked the En lish line. The Bulgarians attacke between Tartali and D'edelli, which are two villages, and captured eight bf our field guns, forcing ,us 10/ fall back through the gorge in the mount- ains to Causti, where we entrench- ed and erected new batteries. This gorge runs between two moun- tains, and has a road cut through it out of the solid rock with a drop of about two hundred feet. The road there is only wide enough for two limbers to pass at once, and in the confusion of the re- treat, men and horses and :wagr gons were pushed over the ledge down the awful drop. We had! this road already mined so that after the last were OVer it was blown up but to no avail, as the lBulgarians found a road over the mountains to the .right and shelled us out of Causti, and the loraes retreated to Hasanti. \Ve hrd no orders to move back until they started to shell Hasanti, which we had{ to hold at all costs as it afforded the French the only line of retreat along a road lead- ing to Doiran. When it got too hot at Hasanti we received orders to fall back to Doiran station with our waggons and animals and ship all waggons, harness and all kit with the exception of one blanket anzl one waterproof sheet per man, and use our ani‘nals as lack ani- mtxls for ammunition. That mom- in”; I had the great misfortune to have my horse die with acute lar- nygitis. which she had been suf- fering from for two days, so I was forwed to ride a mule, but lucky for me, I commandeered a .horse which was roaming riderless on the .‘o-zclside on the way to Doiran with only a bridle on. and shifted my saddle from my sixteen hand mule to him. He turned out not too had but rather rough to ride. When we reached Doiran station we shipped our waggons kits, etc on the train. and' strapped our blankets on the saddles and load- ed our mules with ammunition and made camp near the station We had only one \ ehicle with us, which \\ as a two wheeled cart for the dortors’ medical chests For this \\ o kept six 11111163 and harness with two spare mules in case of acci- dents There we spent three days waiting for orders, with the Bul- garians getting nearer all the time. and our guns gradually fall- ing back I made my bed at night between the shafts of the cart with my horse tied right beside me On the third night. “hi h chanced to be Saturday, I rolled up in mv blanket between 1hn shafts at nine o’clock to be, :.-:lened at ten by the startling‘ news that the Bulgars had reached Doiran a \illage only two miles a“ 11 from us and we were to get ()1 t z t once It didn’t take us long to roll our blankets, strap them on saddles. and slip the saddles on the horses and get mounted, but we found that the aroad was chok- ed and blocked with troops, and we could only move a few feet at '1 time. until not .having gone 1 mile, we were. ordered off the road to let a couple of batteries of artillery go past [to take 111) a 1 osition to cover our move back We were comnelled to sit on our horses till it broke daylight be- Mm \VP nonild imove on, not knOW- inc: how soon the Pnigqrs wouH ott'wk under cover of the dark. To make it all'worse it was hitterlv “0‘6. and the waitinq and uncer- t'vinov was nwfm. hnd «v.9 all look- ed eagerly for the first sia'n of down. As soon as it Was light we were ordered to move off but ordering and doing Were two difâ€" ferent things as the road was inmmed with ammunition limbers. animals, men. etre. so that moving: was almost imoossible. and will the time the guns roared hehind. At hat we. not started and met our first diffieultv in fording a river which we got the cut across safe- iv and the animals too with the execution of two‘ back mules, who rot sweat or! their flees and 10st the ammunition of! the rack and- flies. Wemoved on from there to,‘Vilindnr when the artiiierv took no huh positions an‘d then no ital-ted on our trek to‘ Solomon. I cannot duct-the (any our march SCENE OF NEW ACTIVITIES IN THE EAST The accompanying map shOWs the scene of Operations wherethe Russians have launched a new offensive. Czarnowitz, capital of Fukcwina; Lemberg and Czartorysk on the Kovel-Sarny railroad sector, are the chief points now bitterly contested. the form of a volume, but when I get home I can tell you about! i; in detail, as it .is something that will live in my memory as long as I live. It was a grand exper-. ience, but one which you don’t care to have repeated. We passed through a country which was practically roadless, and we had stirring times fordingr rivers and finding ways through the mountains, sleeping only when darkness came and up and away with the first. signs of dawn. T0 Messrs. J. H. Coleridge, of To- ronto, and T. Coleridge, of London, were in the village attending the funeral of their sister, Selina, who died in the hospital, Toronto, on Tuesday. The remains were brought to Holstein Tuesday even- ing to the home *«of her brother, Daniel, the funeral taking place to Amos cemetery, Wednesday, the Rev. T. H. Ibbott officiating. I live. It was a grand exper- ience, but one which you don’t care to have repeated. We passed through a country which was practically roadless, and we had stirring times fo-rding: rivers and finding ways through the mountains, sleeping only when darkness came and up and away with the first signs of dawn. To eat we had bully beef and biscuits sometimes with Water and other times with tea, if we could find water to make it. We arrived in Salonica last night :and made camp and I had my clothes off for the first time in a week and a halh and went to ~bed in a tent, feeling that I could sleep for weeks. I think this will conclude my [epistle for this time. as I Want to get it away for fear I miss the mail. ' epistle for this time. as I want to get it away for fear I miss the mail. ' I am feeling very fine andhope you are all well at home. I wish vo-u and my friends a very very Happy New Year.” At a recent meeting of the exe- cutive of the patriotic society here it was decided toipublish the names 01 all who contributed to the luild. Should there be others who contribute before the first of rem-nary, their names will also be listed. CHRISTMAS IN THE TRENCHES It is a pleasure for us to hear from our boys at the front, and we were more than pleased a few days ago to receive a personal letter from Pte. John Weir, who is ‘somewhere in Belgium.” We take the liberty of giving it a place in our columns, and feel sure that many of our readers will be glad to learn how he and his com- panions .enjoyed their Christmas festivities. The Percy he speaks of is Percy Bryon. The following is the letter;â€" “Dear Editorâ€"Here we are again, just getting over a very much enjoyed Christmas dinner. 1 am writing this by the -light of a candle, as it is about 6.30 in the evening. The weather has been nice to-day and the sun was shin-s ing until this evening, when it started to rain again. And. so you have good sleighing in Canada just now. I would appreciate enough snow to keep us out of the mud for a few days, but nothing doing: it is all rain here. We have just come out of the trenches in tim: for Christmas, and although our relief were going to spend the day in the mud and slush. They were all in good spirits, living in hopes of better times to come, when there will be no need to gel to the trenches. However, as. we passed them by in the darkness it waS. “Merry Christmas J ads.” on all sides. We arrived in billets safe and sound; the tea was served up and we got our issue of rum, then rolled up in our blankets for the night. --- I A‘ ‘l Meanwhile around the cook house there is .a great activity, weparing the fowl for the event- ful dinner next day. At 1.30 the fowl was in readiness, one bird to every five men, and then the plum pudding followed. We are not hurt very much by‘ getting too many good things to eat, so we took advantage of the opportunity In the afternoon we were issued with apples, oranges, and nuts, etc. and between meals, when we were spoiling for something. to do. " Viv w'vâ€"â€"â€"-° _ we went through some physical torture as we used; to call it while training. All the same I would en- joy it very much to get out in a nice field at daybreak . and go But most of the fields around here would be rather warm with hot led for any of these games. Well. Mr. Irwin, I must thank you for sending me the Chronicle. On ac- count of the congestion at the base I do not get it vary regularly, but that does not matter it will reach :me in time, and it is very interest- ing. Well, as news is getting scarce. 11 must draw thisnto s SEEI'Pex-cy and’ I are both in good health, and making the belt of everything u it com.” ‘ - \.} I R V’s/Jinn" A ,y 6’ 0012, < a? 3' / v'":-~-'=:~. I / Jaasg/ 75w .. age ride, as this letter wguld take ‘rfi’J 5 i an fl H w 5 One of our citizens undertook a few days ago to correct another young citizen lor irregularities in conduct, resulting in the defendant wing sent up for trial at OWen bound, the case to be heard next June. it is understood other complications are arising which the court will be called upon to We have recently had a letter h-o'm Lieut. Andrew Seimur, m which he states that he has been xemoved to Salonica. The change 1mm the arid sands of Egypt to almost freezing point cause: some comment. Muxshal Burrows, of Blverx 19“ has leased Samuel Seaman’s farm and takes possession the lat of MW 11 0 SL‘L‘Cleo Mr. Frank Hunt has moved tn the residences lately vacated by Mr. '1‘. 0. Cornell. Three big January thaws in th: figs} reg days i_§ going some. Miss Jennie Hoeflin, of the Pcterbo-ro Hospital nurse std“. who has spent a couple of frolic- some weeks’ holidays at the par- ental home, hied away to her duties again on Saturday la_st. The salrament of the Lord’s Bu}.- per was dispensed in Knox church on Sunday lagt. Mr. Wm. Allan, er. was unable to- attend the event for the first time we know of, and upon making enquiries, were informed he wan sick with the grippe. We were aLmost going to say, but guess we had better not that Knox church would have their annual meeting on Tuesday, Jan- uary 18t_h. Miss Mamie Mountain, accompan- ied by a nephew of OUI‘B\ from Caybey, Alta" Mr. Wm. McIlVride, son of the late (And. McIlvride, w exe welcome callers at our home on Friday l_.ast _ ’ i We got upset off a load of hay on ’Friday last, and lit square on our nose on the ice. We did some tall “kicking” that time all right. At the annual Grange meeting. held a fortnight ago, Mr. James Milton was elected Worthy Mas- ter, Harry Wilkinson, Overseer. Lecturer, Thos.McNiece. Secretary, Wm. Grant. Recording Sec., M. Leeson. Treasurer, Geo. M. Leeson. Teacher Mr. Geo. McKee, our boarder, has secured a boarding place with Mr.Gro-in. It will be much more convenient for him. ”$65233; nice-vâ€"jggushed the prOud mother. “And what will he be _ “Your son will be a very dia- ting uiahed man if he live: long onovgb!” she murmured in deep, mygterjoun tenets. 3 AI - _._,-__‘ tent. One of the attractions of the Chl rch fete was a fortune teller’a 'v--" A lady took her ten year old. ned hair, freckled son inside. The woman of wisdom bent over the crystal ball. BLYTH’S CORNERS A TRUE PROPHET HOLSTEIN Toronto emu Mal-kn 333ndy choice steel-3.. ”57.50 to$ Butchers’, good 7.00 3d do. medium ......... 6.50 3 3 3 3 3 common 5.75 Hedifers, choice 7.15 (1-0 good ........ 6.50 do. medium ........ 5.25 Butcher cow,s choice” .6.25 do. good ............ 5.75 do. medium ......... 5.25 Butcher bulls. c11oice..6..25 do. medium ......... 5.50 do. bologna 4. 00 3,Feeders 900 to 1,100 lbs. 6. ()0 3 do. bulls ........... 5C) Stockers, 753 to 900 1318.600 3 do. 11101... 650 to 760 5. 53 3 do. light ............ 4.75 3Oonners ............... 3. 00 3 Cutters ................ 4. 00 3M1lkers, ch icc. each. .80. 00 mazmmfimulTGa°~lO1Q*IQ4~IO-I pâ€"d O A A P.% '7! uuuuu VII), cUU“ oeooooo doVV do. medium ......... 6.50 do. common . . . . . . ' Heifers, Cllt)dL-e o o o o o e e .07 16 do. good ........ 6. 60 do. medium ........ 5 . 25 Butcher cows, choice... 6.25 do. good ............ 5.7 do. medium ......... 5.25 Butcher bulls. choice... 6.25 do. medium ......... 5.50 do. bolog; 1a 4.00 Feeders, 900 to 1,100 lbs 6.00 do. bulls ........... 5.0:) SWCkeIS. of»; 10 900 11.6.6.03 do. men. 650 to 760 5.53 do. light ............ 4.75 Canners ............... 3.00 Cutters ................ 4.00 Milkers, choice. each. ..S0.00 do. medium ........ 05.00 Swingers .............. 50.00 Calves, veal, good 9.00 do. medium ......... 8.00 do. common ....... 6.00 do grass ........... 4 50 Spring lambs, cwt ...... 10 50 ! 1‘!!le ............ 4.75 Yearling sheep ........ 8.00 Sheep, ewes, light ...... 7. 00 do. heavy and bucks. 6. 00 Cllll .................. 3. 00 Ron, fed and watered. 9. 50 do. light and heavy. 9. 00 do. t.o.b. country.... 9.15 Bowl. fed and watered. 7.00 E7 it: w Ag‘ Mnitoba wheatâ€"In store at Fort Mlliam, No. 1 northern, $1.18; No. 2, $1._1_5%; No.3 31.12%. ‘ Manitoba oatsâ€"In store at Fort William, No. 2 C.W., 433,10; N0. 3 .W.. 41%c; No. 1 extra feed, 413340; 0. 1 feed, 4094c. American cornâ€"New, No. ?, 911,90 Ontario wheatâ€"No. 2 winter. por Ctr lot, $1.04 to $1.06; slightly swam. d and tough. according to sample. $1 0 $1.04; sprouted or sznuuy and .lough. according to sample, We to 98v. Feed wheat. 800 to 85c. Toronto wholc sale houses are quot- !lng to the trade as follows: Beet. torequarters . . .8 9 .50 to $10 .60 do. hindquartors .. 18.00 do. carcases,choico 11 00 ‘ do. common 9.00 [Vealm common, cwt... 7.00 I do. medium 9.00 i do. prime 12.00 {Heavy hogs” 10. 60 1 Shop hogs .......... ..1.2 50 Q Mutton heavy 10. 00 14.00 11.75 10.00 9’. 00 11.00 14.00 11.00 13.00 12.00 Toronto Fruits and Vegetables Wholesalers sell to the trade as 1 follows. I 3 JPlnespples cue ....... $3. 60 to $0. 00 'Orsnges, Valencls ...... 4. 76 6.60 'Lomons ........... 3.60 4.60 “Grapes keg ...... 6.00 3.00 } Grapefruit, Florida . . . . 3. 76 4.00 Ilees, per cwt. 1.60 0.00 Bananas, bunch ..... .. 1.10 1.26 lOnions, bag 75 lbs ...... 1.76 3.26 Ontario catsâ€"No. 3 wh 40c; commercial cats, 38¢ Peasâ€"No. 2, 'aample peas. $1 to sample. Barleyâ€"Falting. 01:! 62c; No. 2 feed, 53c to Buckwheatâ€"760 to 7:3 Ryeâ€"No. 1, 8M: to 7°C to 800, according to Manitoba flourâ€"Firs Jute bags. $6.80; so Manitoba flourâ€"First. {Floats in jute bags, $6.80; seconds. $6.220; strong bakers‘, $6.10, in join bags. Ontario flourâ€"New winner, $4.60 to 84.80, according to sample. seaboard. or Toronto Heights. in ‘azs. Millteed~Carloads, per ton, deli u r- ed. Montreal freignts: brat $223; Ihorts. $25; middlings, $1. 6; good Med flour, bag, $1.60. Eggsâ€" Special (cart’s) newlaid. Extras (selects) atozage No. 1 straight storage.. No. 2 .................. Toronto wholesale prices to the trade: Poultry Old fowl, lb. Chickens . . .. Turkeys . . . . Ducks . . . . . . Geese ...... Butterâ€"- Creamery prints, tresh.. .36 .37 Creamery, solids .33 35 Dairy prints ........... .28 .33 Bckers' ............... .24 .25 CheesenLarge, 19c; twins. 1934c. Honeywl-kawheat, barrels, 6%c to N; tins, 7c to Sc; clover, 60-lb. tins, 120; do. 10-1b. tins, 1254c; do. 5-“). tins, 1259c; comb honey. No. 1, per dozen, $3.00; do.. No. 2. per dozen. 82.40. W {SPEC do. light Lambs tleâ€"Receipts 6.;000 market Beeves. 36.60 to 66.365 VI 6 heifers, $3.20 to 68.;40 m, .50 to $10. 50. Ho‘sâ€"Receipts, 38.000; Ina-ht My; “311666.40 to 06.66; mixed. .6.“ to $7.05; haw. $6.55 to 67.;05 nth. 86. 60 to 8610:9130. “.50 to .;60 bulk of salon. 86.60 to “”00 Sheepâ€"Receipts. 30.000; what m; native, 81 to ".68; but». no”. 38 to $10.76. Toronto Grain Markets Wholesale Prod Dressed Meat. 25 8c llc 16c 11c 10c per car 5 to $1.75, Live 11c 12c 18c 14c 12c 3 9.60 to $10.50 13.00 14.00 11.00 11.75 9.00 10.00 dUCO k te. 30001" 45 to 9.5 Dressed 12c 16c 24c 16c 17c 15c 20c 28c 20c 19c 1001") 80.00 ‘smn 390 to 10.50 9.00 7.00 5.50 11 8c 90 11.00 14.00 11.00 13.00 12.00 14.00 19.60 00 C0 10 25 10 . “Fruit-Hm ‘ Womam l0 00 ' 6 ‘ ‘FRUIT- fruit medicine for the use of a and gentle ac TIVES, " the “mom “FRUIT- In sex ere a of leifatm, 1.4;. gestion, f'loat: . Sack Headaches, An In TheBack, eamlg’ia. or a Gm ‘Fmit-a-tives” is inn- and enrich the blood ncth und vigor. 0112.60, trial sin I“. t poctpdd by Fult- A: a tonic. lmble to put wd build up 500 a box, At dealers or And the d I are growing longer. Miss Mary out and her brOther. Jimmy, net ed home last Thurs- day, after nding a week with kindred in rham, and a week with relativ near Hanover. Miss Myrl McClocklin and Min: Edwards, rned to their humus on Saturda‘ .vening. Mr. J. J. “rt Visited Mrs. John son, of So Unck unv last week. Mr. Robe illness puss tedly on 83 3.30 at the Mr. Jim Bu la gripp-e a He was ill and chatte afternoon I. Deceased \\' England, so and his bn Illinois and About clew to Ontario. I‘iod made humv With kindrwl :1 mm of mm. imr‘lligonr-v. \n-ll- osossvd a widv fund '. nhlainwl by lmw‘ s. Tho flmrml tunh 'dny ”Hm-mum from ion. whore {my l2. :1 most pm‘sunsixw ' Sr-nurso. after which " plane in tho 83m” irolhm‘ Rir‘hard. and ', Wm. Banks. Thv luwn mom kind uring his illness and mm them is strong. drove long distanr‘m :â€"Mr. Jim Banks. fro-m River : Mr. and Mrs. John Bankl. from ulmur. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Wilson rom Hanover. and a rind mud.» here. Hr \‘s ' than 'ordin. road. and l of informm and from ll place on M ”19 home t S. Mo-yer g: and earnest interment t plot with 11' his sister, relatiVos ha and attentu ‘ the bond l ' The followi to be pres number fro urham. The sytmp y of the mmmunitv goes out to e narrowing ones. Mr. Jim Banks Who the home. _ Oh» but 5094313113 in left alone ‘ DURHAM MARKET January, 13, 1916 omi‘nESE MEN-2 AVERSTON .” Now Known as Best Medicine years 352%. I! having rt visited his siste son, of South Be: n9 ith 3105mm05 ’ .105w “'0 \d