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Bentinck Red Cross workers met in Mulock schoul-house on Saturday September 1st. to ship supplies made by the various branches at the township. 147 pairs socks, 4/1 denim shirts and 1 stretcher cap were sent as field comforts; 28 suits pyjamas and 42 pillow slips were sent as hospital supplies. The valâ€" ue of the goods was estimated $246.50. The next shipment township supplies will be made Saturday, September 29th. The Baptist church here is hold- ing anniversary services the last Sunday in the month. September 30. Rev. E. J. Mcl‘lwen 0f VViartnn will be the preacher. We Wish to extend 11111' sincere sympathy tu Mr.- und Mrs. 1111111 Cl..1utts and family. whu recein-il the sad news that thoir $011. Pte. James 1’ units. was killed in uctiun 011 August 15th. Bram Jimmx 1211utts has given his precinus life that the [1001118 111' this country might i1» The svlmol is again opened, tlliu Miss Binnie, ot' Bunessun, is taking charge hr a couple of weeks, owing; to our present teacher being unwell Miss Bella Park went to Owen Sound last Monday. to spend a white at the Business College. Mr. and Mrs. John Laidlaw have returned to their home at Pittsburg. A number of the people have tak- en in the Toronto Exhibition and report a splendid time. L ,_ ”2.. The people with cars are begin- ning to think they are behind the times when eight aeroplanes are seen in one day flying across. Mr. Norman Willis, While. cross- ing Sharp’s bridge with his heavy engine, broke a number of logs. [t is supposed to be fixed. but instead of the logs being broken the nerd time we think it will be the engine that will suffer. The harvesting is mostly done now in our vicinity. and a lot are through sowing their fall wheat. The next job is the threshing. which may start any time. fr Improved the Proverb. “Yes,” said the millionaire, "I not only made hay while the sun shone, but I made it from the grass that grew under other people’s feet.” . . Heard on the Train. “I spent some of my salary to- day. I think even a married man has the right to do that, don’t you?" :‘_Well, there’s a great deal to be said on that subject.” “That‘s so, and believe me, there. win he as soon as I get home." We also keep a well selected stock of Groceries. Fruits in season ’ ++++é+++++++++++++++MM++++++++$ Visit Henderson’s Bakery for DAINTY CAKES, COOKIES, ETC. :°}|‘D QUALITY BREAD T. HENDERSON The Home of MULOCK. HAMPDEN. gain uptémwl, {mu UH The Rev. A. E. Burrows of Youngsâ€" town, Ohio, was here for a few days about the first of the month. He preached in the Methodist church on Sabbath evening, Rev. W. Hunt conducting the devotional exercises. These are two Holstein boys, and we are naturally proud of them. T. J. Stevenson and W. J. Sharp made a business trip to Owen Sound on the lst inst. J. Orchard and wife, and A. R. Hershey and wife, have gone to London to attend the Western Fair. There was quite a ripple of et- ciement in the village last Friday afternoon. Peculiar sounds were heard and ah of a sudden an aero- plane hovered in sight, and having run out of gasoline. the avia‘tOr landed in D. Allan‘s field. Soon the whole village was out to see the machine. The aviator was quite generous and explained many parts of the machine. About four o’clock the machine rose again and headed. for Toronto at a rate of about 50 miles an hour. This is the first machine of the kind to appear here Mr. A. Diebel of Mildmay visited his brother here on Friday last. Two weeks more, and the Egre- mont Fall Fair will have come and gone for 1917. - -. -_.L.- We understand that representaâ€" tives from the village will go to Owen Sound next Friday to attend a meeting in the interests of good roads.. â€" A Ed. Haas. has gone to Toronto. where he has secured a situation. We understand Mrs. Pettigrew ) and family purpose moving to the, city in the near future. Mr. and Mrs. Lowery, 0f Orton, were guests at the parsonage on. Sunday. val-v“ â€"__ The harvest in this vicinity has mostly been gathered and threshing now is the order of the dayâ€"and a bumper crop it is. Geo. Hostetter, traveller for the Acme Glove 00., Montreal, has again taken his regular ground and left Wednesday on his first trip of the $838011. H. C. Duff, Grey County: Swec! clover came to the assistance of Mr. Doran. of Meaford, who has been trying to grow a crop for the past. few Vears on a sand-hill. Ever)"- thing,r lrom oats t0 buckwheat t.‘ liuit trees haVe refused to thrive until ho. soVV ed this clover. Now he has a thick stand and no weeds. 'l‘lw mm's and horses like the hay There seems lately to have been a falling off in interest in the serving and cutting work of the Patriotic society. The society would much appreciate the renewal of activity in this very important branch of their work. us \wll as the cummon red. He is planning to use this crop in other pnOI' fields as a soil builder and hay yiolden-«\Veekly Sun. A woman came into the general store with a jar of butter, says an exchange. She desired to exchange, it for another jar of butter. In churning. she explained, She discov- med :1 mouse in the churn. "It didn‘t injure the butter,” she said to the storekeeper, “and to anY- 1111e \\ ho did not know the circum- st: 1111 11s it Would taste all right.” Taking the Woman at her Word, the merchant carried her jar into the back room. transferred her but- 11111 to another jar, and the gratified customer took back her onn mouse butter with a thousand thanks for the accommodation. ‘U n. w “v I lni 1+).â€" examination in six months tin1+:.-â€"Cassell’s Saturday Journal. In These Our Times. He {1,>it,t.0r1y}â€"-So I’m rejected, an Shepâ€"Yes; but you may come SWEET CLOVER IN GREY. Ignorance is Bliss. HOLSTBIN. Thanksgiving Day will be observ- ed on Munday, October 8th. Hanovm‘ tax rate is 29 mills Cl! the duuar. Markdale Presbyterians presente‘l Mrs. P11912111, widow Of their lab;- pilSLnI', with an address and purse. of money. Mrs. Phelan and family will reside in Toronto. A report from Ingersoll says a larger acreage than usual will be sown in fall Wheat. Messrs. W'. R. Cox, W'. J. Babb, J. “’anamaker, and a couple of other citizens. spent :‘L day last week in thv hmw'ost. field. helping farmers who wow-n shunâ€"handed. -\ big campaign to raise $5,000.00 to aid the Italian Red Cross was started in Kitcl'mmr this morning. Every shup, house and factory is to be. canvassed to-day and to-rnorrow and on Saturday the Daughters of the Empire will conduct a flag day. Mr. H. .l‘. Shrtees, of the hydro cmnmissinn, was in town this Week inspecting the local hydro plant and also the new power line running to the Rob Roy Cereal Mills Companv plant. He found everything in good shape. One of our young citizens was re-- ported married on Monday morning, again on Tuesday morning, and a- gain on Wednesday morning. He says he doesn’t know anything about, it, and we are sure we don’t. We have a stock of ground feed wheat. on hand that we are ofi‘ering for the next few days at $40 per ton, sacks included. If you need feed, buy now, as we have only a limited quantity to offer at this priceâ€"The Rob Roy Cereal Mills Company, Limited. Division court was held here yes- terdny. The tax notices are out, calling for the first instalment, which is due on the 15th inst. Accompany- ing the notices is a slip saying that if the first instalment is not paid by the 15th of October both instalments then heconuzchua and five per cenL will be added for collection. It i» an Open secret that some who can well afford to pay their taxes do not always cash up on time. We’ll be making enquiry about some of them later. Irene Meyer. daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Moyer, had a narrow escape from serious accident last Saturday when crossing the street at the res- idence of Mrs. N. W. Campbell. Sl‘e stepped out from behind a wagon which was passing, and in front 0." an oncoming car. The driver of the car swung his machine around suf- ficiently to miss the child with the wheel, with the result that only the lender struck her and knocked he; daw.n Beyond a few scratches and bruises she is none the worse, by it was a narrow escape. Almost Human. “What makes that hen of yours cackle so loudly,” inquired Jenkins of his neighbor. “Why, they \e just laid the cor- ner-stone 101' the new workingmen’ 5 club across the road, and shes try- ing to make the neighbors think she A Break. Member S.P.C.A. (to brutal driva er) â€"-No, my friend, I won’t shut up. Your poor horse, unfortunately, cannot speak like Balaam’s ass, but. I would have you know, sir, that I can.” Only Twenty Years Ago. (Peterborough Review.) Ladies wore bustles. Operations were rare. Nobody swatted the fly. Nobody had seen a silo. Nobody had appendicitis. Nobody sprayed orchards. Crean was five cents a pint. Most young men’had ‘livery bills.‘ Canteloupes were muskmelons. You never heard of a “tin Lizzie" Advertisers did not tell the truth. Nobody cared for the price of gas- oline. Farmers came to town for their mail. The hired girl drew one-fifty a week. . The butcher “threw m” a chunk of liver. Folks said pneumatic tires were a joke. Publishing a country newspaper was not a business but a pastime. Jules Verne was the only convert. to the submarine. Ritchie .-â€"In Bentinck, on Thurs- day, September 6th, to Mr. and Mrs. Bert Ritchie, a son (Herbert Ewen). You stuck tubes in your ears to hear a phonograph, and it cost. a dime. NEWS AROUND TOWN. TIE DURHAM CHRONICLE. Misses Doris \Vhiteford and Itiav Byers are attending the Hanover High school. and Miss Julia Burns and John Mather are starting in the first form in Durham High school, along with the Misses E. Young. 1. Marshall, E. McLean. B. Mather. who are in attendance 1n the different forms. Miss W. Binnie is filling the place of our new teachei Miss Hagerdom of Paisley, who is under the weath- er at present. Mrs. David Gilmour, Mrs. Robin-- son, Mrs. J. Young, and Mr. Clarence. Rt'bbi‘DSOn were Visitors at Tt'n‘nnto Exhibition last week. Misses Janet and Katie Kerr left on Saturday last for a two wee-ks” visit With relatives in London and Sarnia. Miss Isabella Marshall visited with her cousin, Mrs. Atkins, of TO- 10110), and took in the exhibilim: while there. ‘ Miss Fiddis. 01‘ Chicago, visited with her sister. Mrs. T. Youn", re- cently. Miss Sarah Fulton left last. week to resume her teaching duties at Markdale. ' Mr. Norman J. Kerr, and Mr. John G. Kerr, of Ifxbridge, formerly of Hampden, spent the week-end with their aunt in Toronto and visited the exhibition on Labor Day. Harvest is almost completed, and some have sown their fall wheat. Miss Nellie Burns has secured a school in Muskoka. Mrs. Jas. Byers and her sister, Miss Nellie Anderson, are spending,r a few .days in London, visiting their brother, James, and-also taking in the fair. Bankruptcy Brewing. An alien, wishing to be natural- ized, applied to the clerk of the of- fice, who requested him to fill out a blank, which he handed him. The first three lines of the blank ran as follows: Name? Born? Business? The answers follow: Name, Jacob Levinsky. Born, Yes. Business. Rottenâ€"Exchange. Of Course. “Jones has invented a machine to lay the dust.” “His object being to raise it, I “J ””15”" Ul’""‘“‘“" .5. ., 4- SUPPOSG- WW WW HAMPDBN. 3 Ar. and Mrs. ‘Mistele of Durham {visited with Mr. and Mrs. w. J. Mc- éFadden a week ago Sunday, and at- Et...onded. St. Paul‘s church. The for- §mvr sang :1 solo in a way that. mad» Eus‘ all realize that he must be :1 great source of strength to flu» church he attends. Baptism Sunday had a large atâ€" tendance at St. Paul‘s, and it is ex- ported that Harvest ’l‘hanlisgix'im.r next Sunday will also see the church well filled. Harvest is new a, thing of the past. and the threshing machine is busy on the line. Rain is yielding WP”. and squ clover, of which there is (mnsi‘lei'ahle hero, is 3183 turning nut well. “1111. and swvni. cinver, Of which! Miss Susie NichOi Spent a {1111. “111111 is (:1111:=itlei'aig>ln hero, is alsoinight at the old home, Visiting ilur mining 11111 “.1311 imoihor and brothers rnnnwing 11¢- (1111‘ tmchnzz Miss Edith E,dge has 1q1111iniances with old friends am 11111-111 home. since Monday, owing to visiting some of the 511131195 111‘ 13 the death 01' 1101‘ mother. The sec- ChildilOOd dm'". ti1111 sympathizos with her in her. Miss Martha Shaw is 111111112 {1111111 sad imroavnmnnt. E'liuronto. spending a pleasant hula- Mr. Lnrne Allan sold his hand-- some. driver to Mr. Allingham, of Holstein. and mn'ahased another from Mr. Harding. (2f Shelburne. Mrs. Jon 1-;1'0wn and two young bays, of Durham, are Spending .1 few days at, the old home. Mr. Wilfrid Barbour left a week ago, {,0 take charge of a school near New Liskem‘d. FREE EYE TESTING; cofiNER CONCERNS. The Ladies’ Aid meet at. our 1‘0 10 L115 Wednesda", and if W0 hang around the 1101139 3 bit we a m likely have a stack of news for ”u:- noxt budget. The Blyth’s Corners man, in speaking (if the bumper crop of this year, says we did a very wise thin: in eroding tho weather-cock to {mar-ast such tlii iigs. If ho has in- finance with the “name? man. .p in any way helped with the produo- tion. we are glad to see him in Slllfh good humor about it. From 11124 oft-expressed opinion that OVQr production was not good for H“) farniors, we feared he might m feeling a bit sore. Miss Martha Shaw is 1101119 fl‘nm Tmonto. spending a pleasant huh- day around the old home. Sheâ€"We got cheated in that. par- rot. It won't, say a word. and tin dealer said it was a knowing bird. Heâ€"Hm! That's Why it says nothing. September 13. 1917.. Proof of Wisdom. For sale.-â€"T\m smal bur-1 either coal < )1‘ “1 John Lloyd. F. A. Graham, eyesi -â€"At the Central Dru: Miss Hunter 01' 0mm iting with nor cousin. Pagan, for :1 f 9w days Miss resumn pils 0n Meals day in door to Fruit! Fruit? pears, tomatm.N week.â€"Beggs’ s An apprentim the dressmaking Graham. «over Mr Car loud plums and at Buchun‘: Music will be pm: by the Mt. FUI‘PSL f the best in Ontario \Vanted.â€"â€"-â€"A gmu‘ 1‘ small family in Tom ges. Apply at once Barclay, Durham. Ambrvnt ices wantod ~linery.â€"Apply m I over Begfls’ store. Don't forget the Prit will be held on the m October. The 5th wi day. Don‘t forget to cal big display of fall In Paris Millinery Parlc day, September 18th, H. McClocklin. A concert will be 11 er church. Glonelg. nu 'ing, the 28th of Septex for Red Cross. Goo Admission 250. VOL. 50â€"N0. 2638 Mrs, John children roturnm Barrie on 8,3th with her parent. Nicholas. Pagan. f season consists York styles, ; Open for busir September 18L MeClocklin. Despoudent oxer Ll his wife and son, wh a few months of each year ago, Austin W: 36 years of age, com: by shooing himself w barrelled shot- gun. '1 inquest. servo mm the Centr: the secom help to purchaser at the 53 owned by the late In bell. It is a 1912 m‘ bolstered, always ta] 0:, and in good condi ly. We tender our 1) Miss Edna Reid on he cently at Tisdale, SE was a daughter of t Reid, and went west of years ago. 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