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BILLS are out announcing the regu- lar Annual Excursion to the Model Farm of the South Grey Farmers’ Institute. The event comes off on the . Sch of June this year which is earlier than usual. but should suit the farmers :whose thne will then be slack if it is’ to . be slack at all during the summer season. The fares are low as usual and lunch is supplied at the farm free as on former occasions. This is a cheap outing and apart from the knowledge farmers will gain by seeing ,and hearing, the change for a day or two will do them good. Farmers do not have many holidays and it seems these annual trips might be taken act} vantage of with pleasure and profit to 1 many of'them. See advertisement in! this issue and note that the train' leaves earlier than usual. THE weather so far has lvs-z‘n very cold for the time of year, and farmers are beginninsz to feel serious over the prospects. The fall wheat in some lo- calities has been injured by the frost and the yield may not be up tn the average. OOt ‘West they have about the same conditions, and it is highly probable the harvest of the present year will hardly come up to that of‘ last year. A crop failure in the westl is a very serioue set back, but it is al- most too soon yet to predict evil re- sults. From now on is the growing time and everything may be all right yet. THE Colonial Conference is discuss- ing a. fast service on the Atlantic with fast train connections between the east and west. This, with an improv- ed and faster Pacific service will bring the different parts of the British Em- pire, including Australia, in closer touch with one another. Hitherto the fast- Atlantic boats come by way of New York, though the distanCe from Liverpool to Halifax is shorter by about eight hundred miles. Sir W'll‘ frid Lnurivr i4 said to be much inter- ested in the proposed schem :9. THE Initiation team of Grey Lodge, No. 169, I. O. 0. F., paid Garnet Lodge, Mt. Forest. a fraternal visit on Tuesday night. They report a very pleasant time. The following were present. J. A. Sirrs, \V. Sirrs. A. H. J acksOn. H. H. Mockler. Thos. Lyons. Pete Matheson, Chas. Ritchie, John Ritchie, Wm. Ritchie, Allan Bell. John Lang, G. L. Hughes, R. Hughes, Dr. Grant, A. E. McFadden, Thos. Tucker, Joe Brown. \\. S. Hunter, \V. Laid- Jr John 001V 1119, \V. (. Vollett. John Murdock, E. D. McClocklin, \V. John» ston, J. Johnston. ure. This is a second afi‘liction which friends here will regret to learn they though will rejoice that there were no fatal results. E LSE\\' HERE we gne a stunt clip- pin" fmm a Toumto paper announc- ins; the misfortune that befell two of the Phildl°en of Mrs. \Vm. “Fells, a resident of this town about fuur or five years ago. Shortly after Mrs. W'ells and family left hele she had the sad misfoxtune to lose hex husband v. be had been ailing from consump- tion fo: some time before their depart- Domxmx DAY will be a. big day with the Sons of Scotland who pur- pose holding another celebration. For some years past they have had successful gatherings and while they continue to he profitable as well as pleasant we may expect then) to he continued every year. It is about the only Statutory holiday in the year when Durham has doings and on that: accountit is almost sure to be well patronized. WE have just learned of the sudden and unexpected death of Mr. J. H. Bliss of Detroit, son-in-law of Mrs- Mighton of this town. Particulars have not been received, a telegram announcing his death on \Vednesday last being the only information to hand. GASOLINE Engines of the Fairbanks- Morse make, were installed this week by Mr. J. A. Darling and Mr George Stinson, the farmer to run an Ice Cream freezer and the latter a, Dough mixer. THE Ritchies are busy at the founda- tion of Mr. M. Ryan’s new buck resi- deuce being erected near the Station. OUR Fleehertbn correspondent re- ports a. miraculouc escape from drown~ ing of a six-year-nld boy. MONEY found. on page 2. See classified ads. VOL. NEWS AROUND TOWN 1% ' THE town of Clinton had a serious fire on Monday last when the Thresher \Vorks, the Rattenbury hotel, Dr. Evan’s house and stables and other buildings were destroyed or damaged. The loss of the Thresher Works is es- timated at $30,000 and the total loss sustained by the town would be much higher than it was were it not for the timely assistance of the Stratford and i Blyth Fire Brigades. The town, likel many other small towns has not a good system of waterworks and it isl estimated Monday’s fire was sufficient to iinstal a good plant. It is now ; : hinted that the town will not now lose 1' much‘time in voting for this necessary , protection. These big fires aIWays set one thinking and Durham is not ”1.; ing wisely in putting off too long the l establishment of a better means of! fighting .the big fire that is sure to come sooner or later. It takes a. good scorching to bring some people to theirsenses. We hope the town and Council will act wiselyin this matter before the evil day comes. (3 Pennsylvania, as they were in the din' ing car at the time of the accident. l ON a. train returning from Los Ang~ eles to New York an accident occurred . in which twenty-right were killed and 'ascore were injured. It was an ex- curson returning from the Imperial Council of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrmers. The train was running north at fifty miles an hour on the Southern Pacific when the locomotive struck a. defective switch at the sand~ swept siding at Honda, near the Pa- cific Ocean, along which the railroad runs for a. hundred miles north of Santa Barbara. The majority of the killed and injured were from Reading n , NEARLY everybody has read of Lax- ative Brmno Quinine Tablets which are so extensively advertised to “cure a cold in one day.” Many have tried them and found them effective in help- ing to relieve the trouble. These and other preparations have been put up by the Paris Medicine 00., of St. Louis Mo. and London England. Our read- ers will now be pleased to learn that they have just completed a fully equipped Canadian Branch Laboratory and office in the city of Toronto where they will manufacture Quinine Tablet-Q. Pazo Ointment and DP. POPtelJS Ahf;uoh‘-:n YT _ . 1' A.- the Bromo 1 THOMPSON. the G. T. R. Engineer, was tried last week in Guelph and found guilty of negligence, which re- sulted in a railway wreck last Septem- ber near Hespeler and killed three train hands. Judge Riddell made some very hard oharges, and as a warning to others sentenced him to three years in the Provincial Peniten- tiary. The evidence went to show that he was overworked, but that he had made no complaints nor had he demanded his right for eight hours rest after sixteen hours work. FOR the past two years the Metho- dist church has had an excursion to Niagara Falls and it was announced; L a year ago that they intended to make: it an annual affair. About the first Friday in July seemed to them to be the most suitable time and this year they purpose taking the trip about the same time. As the tickets will be good i to remain over Sunday it will give’ visitors an excellent opportunity to see one of nature’s greatest wonders and to visit the immense power devel-" opement now in operation fined”. This was the feeling; of over a. hundred and fifty of the Youth: and London Hampers were engaged to furnish the music and the night was spent very pleasantly till the small hours of the morning had grown to quite a size. . is. 9.‘ 1 J5 Mr. S. Pawson. of the Cement Works had his collar bone broken last week by a fall from his bicycle. He is not likely to be very active for some time. THERE are no preparations for 3 Victoria Day Demqnstration in Dur- ham. Markdale is advertising'attm- tions for that day. OVER sixty cases of small-pox are reported in the township of Anderton, County of Essex. GARDENER Lang invites visitors to his green house. “ON with the dance. let joy be uncon- wm manufacture the Bromo :ine Tablets, Pazo Ointment and Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil. Farmers Buy cme 00., of St. Louis England. Our read- !eased to learn that completed a. fully the town, like >owns has not. a. rworks and it is fire was sufficient money. To our mind this shows a , spirit of dishonesty that is altogether too common. The man who finds money and puts it in his pocket with- out making an effort to find the owner is not regarded as a thief, but we fail ’to see that he is much of an improve- ment on the thief 'species. A purse was handed us this week by a person who has more than once proved his honesty in this direction, and a person whom we are thus forced to respect. lbecanse of his henesty. The namel o I l I i will be given later, but at present we! intend to withhold it. We want read- ers to consult our “Classified Adver- tisements” every week. Articles that are lost or found, strayed or stolen ‘ may come to the notice of interested; parties and save a great deal of trouble l at very little cost. If you want to buy, sell or rent a. farm, buy, sell or rent a house, buy or sell anyarticle of ‘ live stock, you may put an ad. in this; department and it is almost sure to bring good results. ‘ Don’t expect us to advertise for nothing. ' .. ' ‘~' \VE must congratulate Mr. Lyall Ireland. who recently succeeded in passing with honors his third year examination in mechanical drawing and electrical engineering. Lyall is a son of Mr. James Ireland, of this town, and if successful next time he will graduate as a B. A. Sc. We are al- ways glad to report the success of our' young townszuen. and We hope Mr. Ireland may find his business suffic- iently lucrative to pay for the money and energy he is putting into it. From his early days this young man had a natural taste for drawing, and we feel confident his work is in the right dir- ection, as it is strictly in line With his natural inclinations. l ['1‘ doesn’t pay to fool with the elec- tric lights. Four young fellows in Ogdenshnrg lowered an are light last week. One of them touched it and died in a few minutes from the shock. W'e understand that some of our lights have been lowered by town Slum-ties, but they didn’t handle it so as to give us the pleasure of writing their obitu- aries. [u all seriousness it is» very dangerous and foolhardy thing for any one to attempt, and for personal safety we warn all to let the lights alone. They may not appear very; strong at times, but there’s alwaysl power enough in the current to do damage. We understand he is engaged by the Mission Board at a much lower salary than he could command in other pur- suits, hut his heart inclines him to- wards the evangelistic work in which he has been engaged for some time. \VE learn from those who have been attending the revival services here during the past week or so that Rev. Mr. Torrie is having good results and is inspiring confidence into the large audiences who attend his meetings. He seems to be very unassumingin his appearance. and is not in the business for the money that comes out of it. We understand he is engaged by the f NEWS was received here this Monday, 1 morning, of the sudden and unexpect- ed death of Mr. Andrew Hamilton, who was found dead in his bedroom in Mt. Forest. “Andy” was known here for a number of years and highly esteemed as a good decent citizen, who enjoyed a joke and would do no harm : to any one. He had never much to say about. himself, and his history is not very well known. He sold fruit trees for many years, and generally made his honie in Durham. v__‘_-â€" VJ uv.‘d vvuu UIJCII' of Dromoresvnnd he and his falugily have moved in this week. For the last month or two Mr. Snell and family have been living up town waiting for an opportunity to buy. We welcome them as citizens. THE Leggette property on Bruce St. has been purchased by Mr. John Snell, 1N Durham Methodist Church on Monday, May 20th, the members and friends of the Junior League will give ieet invitation extended to all our par- ents and to every friend of the little people. WHILE washing his feet in the St. Lawrence River at Montreal, near the Victoria Bridge, an unknown 'man slipped in and was drowned. The body was not recovered. Mn. JOHN Hossm, Sheriff of the County of Perth. died on the 4th in- stant at his home in Stfitford. Mr. H. Tyerman, Medieal Student, of Toronto, is visiting friends in town. He completed one of his examinations last week, bub’the results will not be published for some time. Mr. Fred McOlocklin left, Tuesday morning for Sudbury, where he in- tends to engage in the butchering business, and perhaps move there in the course of a month. Mr. A. E. Downey, of Swan Lake, Man., made a. flying visit to see his sisteIâ€"in-law, M13. Dan Gleenwood. Mr. Downey was attending his moth- er s funel 31 new Toronto. Mr. George Williams, of Owen Sound, visited last week with his mother, Mrs. Christopher \Villiams, and other relatives and friends in town. Dr. and Mrs. Jamie-son, Mr. R. H. McVVilliams and Mr. Wu). Laidlaw left the latter part of last week for a trip to Southern California. Mr. H. Lehigh and Mrs. John Scott, of T01 onto, were visiting their sisters- i11-law,Mrs. Carter and Mrs. J. W. Scott, 111 town last; week. Mr. John Sutherland and his daugh- ter. Miss Gertrude, of Fort William, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. \V. B. Voliet. sts Mockler left; on Monday morn‘ ing for a month’s visit; with friends in Kewatin and Winnipeg. Mr. S. Hunter, of Kewatin, spent Sunday in town with his sister-in-law, Mrs. Mockler. ‘ Mrs. Pennington. of Palmerston, is visiting friends in town fora. couple of weeks. Mr. and Mrs. John Cameron and daughter, of Toronto, are in town at presen t. Mr. Ed. Leavens is renewing ac- quaintances m town at present. Rev. Mr. Fanquharson 18 in Toronto attending a meeting of the Synod. Mrs. Vair of Gait is visiting her daughter Mrs. (D;.) Gun. Miss Lillian Horn, of Lucknow, is visiting friends in to_wn. Mr. John Kelly, was in Mt. Forest, Saturday. Mr. Thos. Livingston was in London Saturday last. . PERSONAL . S. F. MORLOCK This is a department that we have always paid special attention to, and our stock this Spring is one to be proud of, We have a very wide range in boys two and three piece suits and childrens fancy Norfolk and Buster Brown Styles. We have almost any kind of a suit you want in Fine Tweed and Fine English W orsteds of the very newest patterns which are particular well tailored in the very latest cut at prices all the way from $7.50 to $15.00. We never had such a. large assortment of Men’s Boys and Childrens suits as we have this Spring. MEN’S AND YOUNG MEN’S suns If you will inspect our stock and note Style Fashion, Material, Price of our Clothi Linings, Workmanship and 119;, you will see that it is almost Imposible for ps to_improve on them. “T... .. ___- BOY’S AND CHILDREN’S SUITS SOLE AGENT FOR PROGRESS BRAND. CASH AND ONE PRICE. FOR $1.00 PER YEAR