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50c Tl‘lCS ma- fork- : that '. VVe g the .ngeis :ome theV ‘Vice make double 1re get- erfect must R YEAR M++++++++ ‘h‘a'. '- ur stu- LUE 111$ OUT ""W‘ .AAAMAAAA 06 II] Rev. Robt. Rogers of Arthur preached on the Holstein circuit last Sabbath. His discourse in the morning W38 01) the subject of “human sympathy,” and, in the evening “the new birth.” Mrs. Fawcett of Toronto is the guest at the parsonage thin The teachers are attending the mm‘ention at Dundalk this Week. The patriotic society of this Viv cinity is still active. It is now a little over a year since it was organized. A reorganization meetâ€" ing will be held. in the hall next Thursday evening. A good pro- gram is being provided. The ser- vices of Pte. Hugh Fleming of London have been secured. Pte. Fleming has been twice wounded, and can give an interesting ac- cnunt of his experiences. No charge will be made, but a silver Collfction will be taken to defray e .\' he uses. Misses Clara Nelson and Mina Edwards and her brother, Joe, Spent the first of the Week with Mr. and Mrs. W. J. McFadden at Wild er’s Lake. One of the most helpful, active and clever young fellows ever reared in this neighborhood leaves on Tuesday of this Week for De- troit, where a lucrative position awaits him. R. T. Cook has been a good son, a most obliging neigh- bor, a ready and Willing Sunday school, Epworth League and church worker, and a most pro- gressive youth. Tom will be sorely missed, in the social circle as Well. The old neighborhood wishes him every success Mr. JOhu Waddell paid a fly- ing visit to the burg Saturday. Mr. A. R. Hurshey has been a little incapacitated for a few days, as has also J.M. Matthews. Mrs. Ibbott Went to Arthur on Tuesday to visit friends. Mr. De Guerre of Guelph visited over Sunday with his daughter. Miss Libbie Hamilton is seriously ill at present and but little hOpes are entertained of_her recovery. Our Canadian boys are certainly doing their bit at the front. We noticed in the Honor Roll the name of Forbes Amos, who had. been recently Wounded, but since has diei of his Wounds. Forbes was born in the village. but en- listed with Chatham Battalion. Bo”: h are recovering. __ Mrs. J. B. Hunt Has so far r».- covered as to be able to go out nearly every day. Threshing is nearly all done, corn all housed, potatoes in their little cellar bins, the apple crOp half plucked, and this Week will see the mangel necks twisted. ’Tis fun to be a farmer and. be kept on the igmp. __ - __ A.â€" --. humorous reading, a rousing Latriotic selection was sung by the younger members, the monthly eullection added to the funds for ted Cross supplies. Mrs. McNally and Miss Ena furnished a dainty lunch at the close. Mr. and Mrs. Fred McClock-lin and Miss Zeta of Holstein, motor- ed up to the old McClocklin home- stead on Sunday and attended Zion’s service. Though in her 80th year, Grandma McClocklin, since New Year’s, has knit 50 pairs of Sucks for the soldier boys, and takes a care and pride in seeing that every sock is free from any knots or loose ends . “I take as much pleasure in knitting them," :hb’ says, “as I used. to do for my awn boys.” And the dark brown eyes of the dear old mother grow moist and tender as she smooths out her work. . ‘ Last budget night We were too tired to write. The O’Neil Bros. were. threshing our harvest crop and kept the big blower piling the straw up so fast that when eve came we were glad! to roll in with- out penning a Word. They clean- ziznssage. The Women’s Institute met at the home of Mrs. John McNally on Thursday and a very profitable afternoon was spent. Miss Mary McArthur had a thoughtful paper Inspector Campbell'paid an of- ficial visit to our school Tuesday, and we presume found things progressing favorably finder Miss Ritchie’s instructions. \ u] up 12 barns in the week. There were a lot of items we would like In have recorded, too. Here are some of them in brief: Mr. Lorne IvlcNally of Stratford Spent the Week end at the old home; Mr. :2 :22} Mrs. R. McFadden and Master R22 rrgie of Rob Roy visited the Martin homestead; Mr. and Mrs. T. Cook and Mr. and Mrs. T. H. \X 11- s 111 of WIarkd 119, Mr. and Mrs. D. H 1n‘.1l*on and MT. and Mrs. W. J. McFadden of Egremont, were the guests of Mr. and. Mrs. W.J. Cook: Mrs. Jas. Lavelle of Stratford visâ€" in-d the O’Neil farm, and with the members of the family motored up to Owen Sound to visit kindred. Zion’s re-Opening and thanksgivâ€" ing service was one of the brightâ€" est and best days in its history. 'tev. E. S. Moyer had a sple ndid We had the pleasure of the com- pany of R. J. Ball. MP... his son, Milton. Mr. Telfond of Hanover, and Mr. H. Brigham of Allan Park. for a .1 hour or two the evening of Markdale fair, and a jollv quar- tette they proved. wrx “Why I am profid I ain_ a Canadmn,” Miss Jennie Cook gave 4.. ‘W D xuauul. Ll V1.19 A thanksgiving service will be conducted in St. Paul’s church on Sunday, the collection to go for PAGE RIGHT. CORNER CONCERNS. TRAVERSTON. HOLSTEIN. missionary purposes. At a congregational meeting held in St. Paul’s church last Week it was resolved. that the envelope system of raising church funds be adopted. The grain threshing is about completed for this fall, but the sweet clover, of which there is considerable here, has to be done vet. Mr. Patterson has threshed his, and. has over 300 bushels, and Mr. Jacques, when finished, will have much more. Our 8. S. entertainment will be held. on the evening of November lst. An excellent program is be- ing pr spared, and We expect it to be a great success. Admission 15c. or_25c_. a cguple. Thanksgiving day was spent by some of our citizens in the swamp hunting rabbits, While others took advantage of the children being home from school to hunt potatoes and, by the way, potatoes are not very plentiful. Some have very little more than they planted. Mr. Fred. Noble has Pratt Bros. drilling 3 Well for him. It was tried before by others, Who gave it up, but the effort this time will be successful, We imagine. Miss Maggie Firth is spending this week With her sister, Mrs. Thos. Moore of McWilliams. Messrs. E. Greenwooi and Victor Williams Spent the beginning of the Week in Orchard. Miss Mary McFadden is visiting frieLis in Mt. Forest. Miss Lawson of Owen Sound and Miss Smith of Allenford were the guests of Miss Valerie Edge on Sunday. Mr. 21nd Mrs. Jas. Atkinson of Toronto were visiting Mr. and Mrs. Adam Anderson. The Bell Telephone Co. men have been making some changes in our line. Messrs. Weir, Alice and Jos. Atkinson have been transfer- red to line 95, while two new sub- scribers are to be added to line 98. These are Messrs. Thos. Ritchie and Arthur Edge, who have the wins into their homes, and expect to have the instruments installed in a few days. The Edge Hill beefring conclud ed another very successful season at their annual meeting held in Mr Ector’s house on Thursday evening. The average for the season just closed was 435 lbs. ., and the quality of the beef was the very best. The ring was organized again for 1917 and. is to commence the second week in June. The offi- cers elected for 1917 were: Pres« ident. Wm. Weir; secy.-treas., C.H Moffat; inspectors, F. Staples and E. Greenwood; auditors, Jos. Mt» Nallv and T. Glencross; butcher. Thos. Turnbull. ‘ Mr.“ W. H. Hemphill and. brother have returned from a month’s visit with friends in the west. Mrs. F. ‘G. Karstedt has been ill for a week With pneumonia, but her friends are pleased to learn she is now on the mend. Mrs. Andrew Bentham of Toron- to. visitefl. the past few days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. Qgigg, aha} other relatives. Rev. A. McVicarq attended the annual meeting of the Presbyter- iansygod in Toronto last Week. After a brief illness, Dr. Thos. Carter passed; away at his late home here on Monday morning. For a month he had; not been Well and, on Saturday morning was *Mi‘: Ed. J amieson of Porcupine visited over the Week end with his mother here. Mr. Will Teeter, Miss J ear; Tee- ter, Miss L. A. Teeter and. Mr. and Mrs. John Flynn attended the. Erin fair and. visited friends for a few days.__ The annual convention of the East Grey Teachers’ Association was held in Flesherton high school on Thursday and Friday and was largely attended, there being 86 members present. Rev. J. 'W. Stewart of Owen Sid. preached edifying sermons at the anniversary services in the Metho- dist church on Sunday. Splendid music was given _by the choir. M'r. Thos. Bentham. Mr. John Stewart, Mrs. W. Wilcock, Mrs. G. Cairns and Mrs. Mark Stewart mo- tor ad. to Silver Creek, N.Y., to Vis- it relatives there. Mrs. D. Strachan is spending week with friends in the_ city. Rev. :1. WV. Stewart of Owen Sd. was the guest of Mr. M. K. Rich-- ardso-n over the Week end. Word. has been received that Mrs. (Rev.) Thom, ill With typhoid fever in Barrie hospital, is im- proving. an ex-teacher, presided, and in his address, lofty in tone, pointed out to the teachers their privil- eges and responsibilities in the education and training of the young. In closing, the National An_them_ W_a_s heartily sung. \Irs. D. McLeod. of this place re- ceiV e3 official Word last Week that her son, Herb” at the front, had been wounded. Harry Frost, for- merly in The Advance office here, is also reported Wounded. Rev. G. W. Rose of Corbetton, who is always appreciated. here, supplied the Presbyterian pulpit on Sunday, in exchange With Mr. McVicar, Who conducted anniver- sary services at Corbetton. The teachers’ concert on Thursâ€" day evening was a great success and the proceeds were in behalf of the Red Cross. The program was patriotic in character, and. highly pleasing. As on former occasions Mr. Elwood Genoa, elocutionist. :m'i Miss Hulse, Violinist, delighted the audience, and were recalled in every number. Local talent as- sisted With piano duets by Misses Boyd and Buskin, Véocal duet by Mrs. Blackburn and Miss Trimble, solos by Miss Wilson, and choruses by the Boy Scouts. all receiving hearty encores. Mr. R.J. Ball, M.P., FLESHERTON. EDGE HILL. is spending a Black is White my own good tine. I think you would better sit down.” He looked at her fixedly for a mo- ment, as if striving to materialize a thought that lay somewhere in the back of his mind. He was vaguely conscious of an impression that he could unravel all this seeming mystery without a suggestion from her it given the time to concentrate his mind on the vague. hazy suggestion that tor- mented his memory. He sat down opposite her. and rest- ed his arms on the table. The lines about his mouth were rigid. uncompro- mining, but there was a look of wonder in his eyes. “To explain mysteries, that‘s it, of course. You are looking. What do you see? Are you not sure that You looked into my eyes long, long 380? Are there not moments when my V0109 ls familiar to you, when it speaks to you out ofâ€"” She leaned forward in her chair, the better to watch the changing expres- sion in his eyes as she progressed with her story. Her hands were clenched tightly under the table's edge. Lre not here to mystify each other but He sat up, rigid as a block of stone. “Yes, by heaven, I have felt it all along. Today I was convinced that the unbelievable had happened. I saw something thatâ€"" He stopped short, his lips parted. She waved her hand in the direction of the Buddha. “Have you never petiw-v tioned your too solid friend over there to unravel the mystery for you? In the Quiet of certain lonely, speculative: hours have you not wondered Where you had seen me beforeâ€"long, 10118 ' before the night in London? In all the years that you have been trying to. convince yourself that Frederic is not? your son, has there not been the vision; Ofâ€"” ' “If not Matilde, then who am I. pray?” she demanded. He sank back, frowning. “It cannot be possible. I would know her a thou- sand years from now. You cannot trick me into believingâ€" But, in God’s name, who are you?” He leaned forward again, clutching the edge of the table. “By heaven, I sometimes think you are a ghost come to haunt “You are looking into my eyesâ€"as you have looked a hundred times," she said after a moment. “There is some- thing in them that has puzzled you since the night when you looked into them across that great ballroom in London. You have always felt that they were not new to you, that you have had them constantly in front of you for ages. Do you remember when you first saw me, James Brood?" “What are you saying to me? Are YOU trying to tell me that you are Ma- tilde ?” The govcrnment aeroplane fac- tory and training school, to be lo- cated at Toronto Will cost about a million dollars. He stared, and his eyes widened. “1 never saw you in my life until that night in London, 1â€"" a The 160th (Bruce) Battalion left London Sunday for the east. seized with a paralytic stroke, Wthh resulted. in his death. The funeral will take place here on Wednesday afternoon. The Dr. was for many years a resident of this place, and. will be greatly missed. Many friends deeply sym- pathize with Mrs. Carter in her "Look closely. Isn’t there something more than doubt in your mind as you look into them now?” "I confess that I have always been puzzled byâ€"by something I cannot un- derstand inâ€" But all this leads to nothing,” ho broke off harshly. "We North Bay plans to raise $25,000 for the Red Cross. Mr. A. Munshaw received word on Friday of the death of his sis- ter‘ Mrs. Elizabeth White, ,Who died at her late home in Toronto, aged, 85 years. The funeral took place to Thornhill on Monday. me, to torture me. What trick, what magic is behind all this? Has her soul, her spirit, her actual being found edging place in you, and have you been sent to curse me forâ€"” She rose half-“3) wt 01’ her chair, leaning 1'arther across the table. “Yes James Brood, I repre: 1.11: 111-1; spirit of Matilde Valeska, 11‘ you will have it so. Not sent to curse you, but 1".ve you. That’s the pity of it all. 1 swear to you that it is the spirit of Bie‘ilde that urges me to 10': e you 21121 1:.«7 re you now. It is the spirit of 112 11.11;; 111.1: stands between 11-11 son 83151-93111 1311: it is not Matilde who comronts you here and now, you “121) be sure of that. Matilde loved you. She! lovcs you nor. even in her grave You ‘1'1'11111’363‘ he able to escape 1.37.1 that v: on: erful love of hers. If here haxe been 111 nes â€"and heaven knees there were many, I knowâ€"when I appeared to iove you for myself, I swear to you that 1 was moved by the spirit of Matilde. 1â€"1 am as much mystified, as greatly pt, :. zled as yourself. I came here to hat-3 you, and I have loved youâ€"yes there were moments when I actually ioved you.” The 186th (Kent) Battalion is the first to leave Camp Borden for winter quarters, leaving Sunday for Chathamu. loss. Her voice died away into a whisper. For many seconds they sat looking into each cther's eyes, neither 3:.- sessing the power to break the strange spell of silence that had fallen upon them. Continued next week THE DURHAM. dHRONICLE. Rev. E. S. Moy er and family are visiting friends this week in the vici1-ity of Hensall. Mr. and. Mrs. Grafton, son and daughter, motored from Barrie and were the guests of Mrs. Mc- Auley fer a few days. Miss Florence McCoskery re- turned. home last Friday, after a month’s absence with friends in Toronto and Buffalo. Mrs. (Rem) Herbert, (nee Frankie Highes), is now on her way to En- gland. to join her husband. who is chaplain of an overseas battalion. Mr. W. C. Rean of Toronto. pro- vincial Liberal organizer, was here Monday at the Liberal convention. Mr. and Mrs. Scott, and Mrs. Kirkpatrick, of Toronto, Mrs. Grier of Holstein, and. Mrs. Halli- .day of Mt. Forest, were guests of Mrs. S. Scott over Sunday. Mrs. Beggs and daughter, Mis‘s Kearney, are spending a few days with friends at Chatham. Mr. Frank Vickers of Renfrew was in town Monday. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Hunter reâ€" turn-ed last Week from the west, where they have spent the past couple of months visiting friends and relatives. Flesh erton. Mrs. Simone and Mrs. Collings. two sisters, from St. Lawrence o? it. +++¢++¢¢é++++¢é+%%+#+++¢é$é+++$é+++++§ééé+++++%++++$ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++§++++++++++ Summer is Over and Winter is Coming Now is the Time to Think of YourNew Fallflat Lambton Street PERSONAL TRY 'I'KV THE Paris Millinery Parlor This year our stock is larger than ever before. Owing to careful and import buying we are able to offer you Fall Millinery this season cheaper than we have been able to sell it for years. MRS. T. H. MCCLOCKLIN One Door West of Standard Bank county, New York, are guests of their uncle, Mr. Chas. Brown. It is now about 22 years since Mr. Brow: last met them. HAYâ€"In Durhamg on September 27, to Mr. and. Mrs. E. A. Bay, a daughter. BORN. “0““0000000000006006666 October 19, 1916.