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"lhe fall exhibition was xepmted fairlx good there being a short- age. however, in some of the classes In live stock horses and‘ sheep were w ell up to the mark. ‘ but for some reason there “"819 not as many cattle as on manv; former occasions. Pigs. too wiere; short in numbers. perhaps ouing to the difficulty in handling. .It§ was thought by the directors that1 better prizes in these classes \\ ould have a beneficial effect in widening the usefulness of the? annual fair. The inside depart-' ments, including roots. fruit, lad-1 ies‘ work dairy work and cooking were all fair. but could be muchi improved. I in: the awards the decisions ap- pear to have given general satis- faction. Thc sccrctm'y presented the directors’ rcport. which Shou'cd the your to he :1 successful onc. There were 17 competitors in the field crop competition. The crops exhibited were all pronounced ex- cellent by the judge. and although difficulty was experienced in mak- ?The following officers Were el- ected: On more than one occasion The Chronicle has advocated the pur- chase of a team, and the hiring of a good man by the year. Such team and man. if accommodated near the fire hall. might often save. in case of a single fire. enough property to pay his year- lv wages twice oVer. There are lots of jobs for him to do. He could get out the fire engine when needed. He could water the streets. He could run a snow plough in winter. He could draw travel and do lots of other jobS. L'nder the direction of the Board of Works he would have plenty to (to. and the expense would be a good investment. It was decided not to have a seed fair or spring stalliOn show, but a majority of the meeting decided in favor of a field crOp competition in oats. It was also decided to apply for departmental judges. AGRICL'LTURAL SOCIETY HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING The annual \meeting 0f the South Urn-y Agricultural Society was held in tlu- town hall here on \Vednosâ€" tiny afternoon of last week. President. W. Calder: Hon. Pres.. Dr. D. Jamieson: lst Vice Pres., D. Edge; 2nd Vice-Pres“ J. H. Hun- ter; Secretary. George Binnie; Directors, A. Park, J. Mather, W. Ramage J. M. Lawrence, W. Weir, W Ritchie, J. W. Blyth, R. Barber, T. Petty: Auditors, Peter Ramage, Thos. Lauder: Delegates to the Provincial Association. W. Calder, G. Binnie. - er a man’s self-respect. and also to lower him in the opinion of the nomxlace and render his work leSS effective. We believe that one of the first charges on the town treasury should he an adequate provision for the machinery of government and proper law en- forcement. Gil," a constable a fair salary. a free lance and good moral support. and if he. fails then to do his duty get somebody that will do it. To supplement :1 poor salar" bv adding on a few small jobs with the meagre emoluments that go with them has a tendency to low-e -â€"-<(- w---_ ,,‘_- - ()111 opinion is that the consta- rel.1t1\ es ole s position should he mmt inde- -__..........._. 111-11111111 and dignified than the offici- generally is. It should be PERSONAL Eis business to enforce the ortrie \I F l W . I l r. 0' " ‘ . Ii :111d uphold the morals of the tow:n '11 _ “d‘o ’8” , 1?;th 0f Chlfidgg 1 1i\t here lue-Sday to V181t hls and he should he faixly \\ ell paid: parents. Mr. and Mrs Oliver Wiv- , . h for his s.-r\'ices. The pay simuldigins. “1.11 sufficient to make it worth his?" Mrs Din Mc ~Xuiiffe 1nd he1 5.8 y A ‘ _‘ 1.- \Vhilt' to take an interest in the ter. Mrs. John Henry of Shallow work and do it right. With theiLakE‘ SD91"; 0"91' Sunday With Mt. fair remuneration he should 211- Forest friends, ways deserve and get the mor 11: M15. Hinde, .813, of Hall-Pistol] is of the council and com- on an extended visit with her daughter. M’rs. W. H. Hartlev. at the. rectory. ' .~LIp}»OI't :nunity. and under such conditions as these the rig’ht kind of man; sill not be long in office before :13 Miss Jean Brown of Toronto is visiting her palents Mr. and Mrs. ‘11:!1kvd impzox ement will be se 1n Adam b".Bi()\vn in the welfare of the toxxn The idea they are trying to de- \‘tflop may have worked well in some places. but we have always had grave doubts about the ability of :my one man to do a dozen diff‘vm-nt jobs. and do them all Well. The council is advertising for applicants to fill the different town offices. Their idea is to combine :1 number of the hitherto separate offices and give them to one m:.m at a fairly ,remunerative salary. and have him Spend all. or nearly all. his time in the ser- vice of the town. DURHAM. JANUARY 29. 1914. ‘HE DURHAM CHRONICLE " a, :‘RWI’N E Ito: 1nd Pronrl'etor. T0 COMBINE THE JOBS 1 John SV'mons. of Kimberley. charged VV'ith stealing sheep “as :tried before Judge Sutherland. ffound guilty. and sentenced to 'nine months in the county jail. I Mr. Leon: 11d Betts a resident of ‘ Artemesia. about two miles east of Flesherton died on Wednesday. JanuarV W14 at the age of 95 V'ears He was always a hard worker. :and an old man nearlv 30 Vears ago when We first knew him. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lindsav of St Paul Minn. are visiting his biother, Robert, and other 1913- 5ti\ es in this locality. He is still the Same genial “Joe.” and pro- motions don t Jeem to hurt him a bit. Edgar Simpson. :27 years of age murdered his father and mother and then committed suicide. ~near Orangeville. on Tuesday last. Mrs. E .A. Goodwin. (nee Mae MacKenziei held her post nuptial reception on Thursday of last week. The bride looked charming in a gown of coral charmeuse with trimming-s of shadow lace and seal and carried a sheaf of roses. Mrs. Goodwin. Sr.. of Hamilton. re- ceived with her. gownued in mauve duchesse satin with lace and jet trimmings. and was assisted in the drawing room by Mrs. Calder of Durham and Miss Ainley of Tor- onto. Mrs. Laud-er and Mrs. Thompson presided at the table. which was beautifully decorated in pink and white was assisted in the dining room by Miss Begley of Blyth and Miss MacKenzie of Comher. Lord Strathcona’s property is es- timated at eighty millions, and he has only one daughter to inherit it. A step-son has been left out. but the man. now nearly 60 years of age, has intimated that he will take no action in. the matter. We are pleased to learn that Sir James Whitney is improving rap- idly in the Toronto General H05- pital. There are no assurances. however, that he will be ever again able to engage actively in his parliamentary duties. The following from a distance were present at the late Walter Dunn‘s funeral on Sunday: Mrs. Hugh Ross. her son. Mr. Arthur Ross. and Mr. James Smallacombe. sister-in-law. nephew and brother- in-law reSpectively of Mrs. Dunn. from Columbus, Ontario; also Mrs. Dunn’s sister. .Miss Janet Ross, of Port Granby; and Mr. and Mrs. Parnell. of Toronto. and Mr. and Mrs. Murray. of Ethel, sons-in-law and daughters of the deceased. WILL GET ,A TASTE OF HIS OWN MEDICINE. Magistrate Watt intends to put a stop to wife-beating in Guelph. On 'Wednesday of last week tWO cases were disposed of. In one case an old man named Charles Dempsey was given ' a heavy fine or go to jail. The other instance was John Mitchell, a young Scotchman, who has as- saulted his wife several times. 'He was convicted .and sentenced to '10 days in the county jail and .to receive five lashes with the “cat.” This will be the first application {of the “cat” in Guelph. '1 Mr. J. J. Morrison. secretary of the Dominion Grange, has been in Vurney. and other places in Eg- remont. Normanby and Bentinck organizing farmers’ societies. He gave us a brief call yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. C. Cooper and fam- iilv.f1‘om Saskatchewan, are visitâ€" ing at the 01d home. and othei relativ eS. M1'S .VI. Goodwin Of Hamilton. Miss Constance Ainley of Toxonto. MiSS Begley of Blyth, and Mrs. L. Thompson of Ridgetown. spent Sundm with Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Goodw 111. 1? The annual meeting of the Pres- byterian church was held last fweek, tea being served in the basement, when afterwards the ,'business part was proceeded with. Messrs. A. Park, J. Cooper and W. Marshall. building committee, gave in their report that the debt had been wholly cleared off, much to .the satisfaction of the congrega- tion. Mr. Booth 'W'ilson. and cousin. Miss Eva Dizzell. 0f HOpeVille. are visiting with Mr. and Mrs. H. Allen. Mrs. Hinde, Six, of qu'i'iston. is on an .t-xtended visit with her daughtcr. M'rs. W. H. Hartley. at the rectory. Mr. Crthhers iléft for Welland, accompanied by his son and daughter. Bornâ€"T0 Mr. and Mrs. \Vm. Henderson, :1 son. A number of Knox young people spent a very pleasant evening at the home of Mr. James Kerr. MRS GOODWIN'S RECEPTION Mrs. A. Six, nee Margaret- Mearns, from Stettler, Altaz, is spending a couple of months with her mother and friends here. The Y.M'.C.A. purpose holding a box [social on the 13th of Febru- ary: More anon. Hampden line is now complete with phones with the exception of one or two. Mrs. Thos. Derby was the last to have it installed. HAMPDEN; Lindsayâ€"McMillanâ€"That the clerk be paid $10 for preparing cognci} minutes for publicationâ€"C. Peartâ€"Youngâ€"That T, Nichol be paid $5 for two trips to Mc- Gillivray bridge With the engineer and one trip to Markdale, and that the clerk be paid $1 for trip to Mzu'kdal'erâ€"Carried. Further payments‘were made as follows: Chas. Ramage Son. printing, $39.25: Bell Telephone Lindsayâ€"McMillanâ€"That Jas, E1- lison be paid $4.75 for gravel tak- en out {of his pit by Thos. Melosh. -â€"-Carri.ed. McMillanâ€"Lindsayâ€"That the treasurer be paid $5 and the reeve $2 for preparing the financial statementâ€"Carried. Lindusayâ€"McM'illanâ€"Thati Edwfir'in Littlejohn be paid $1.50 for work performed on Smyth’s hi11.â€"Car. McMillanâ€"Youngâ€"That By-laws 5+1. 542 and 543. appointing audit- ors. local Board of Health and an axsseesor respectively be now read a thlrd tun-e, signed. sealed and engrqssed on ‘By-law bookâ€"Car. __. _- Lindsayâ€"McMillanâ€"’l‘hat R. '1‘. Edwards .and .W. J. Ritchie be au- ditors for 51914 at a Salary of $12 eachâ€"Carried. ine Iiewn'-el-:e(ted council fm the township of Glenelg met Jan- uary 12 as net statute. Members present: Thos. Nichol. Esq. Reeve: Rolmt Lindsav J. A. Mc- Millan Geo. E. Peait and Joseph Youn" Esqs.. (ouncillois. Each member m made the. necessary de- clarations and took his seat. the reeve in the chair. Several com- muni'ations .and accounts having been read. .By-laws 541. auditors, 542. local Board of Health. and 5431 assessor. were introduced and read! a first .and second time. ’GLENELG COUNCIL. The newly-elected council No other medicine I could get was so good and I took lots of different reme- dies before I found out how good “Fruit- a-tives" were. I keep “Fruit-a-tives” on hand all the ’ime. and am never without them. I even take them with me when I go motoring, so I can have them handy. “I“mit-a-tives” are worthy of every good word I can say about them. The fact hat they cured me of Files, was some- thing to be everlastingly thankful for” GEORGE LAUR. soc a box, 6 for $2.50, trial size, 250. At all dealers or sent on receipt of price by I’mit-a-tives Limited, Ottawa. ‘ Now I am free of all these diseases and enjoying perfect health, and able to work whenever I like. Five years ago, I started taking “Fruit-a-tives”. I took two every night and they worked wonders for me. Avon, ONT., May 14th. 1913. 3 "I am younger since I have been ‘ taking “Fruit-a-tives”. I was Uoubled y very badly with Piles, Constipation and i Stomach Disorder, but I found “Fruit- ! a-tives” was the panacea for the whole 3 three. ! fREE or m _â€" mm DISEASES “Fmit- a- fives” Brought Him Perfect Health THE DURHAM CHRONICLE. Turkeys ..... (+8959 ....... Ducks ....... (thickens. Roosters. . . . Hens. . . . . . .. '1‘ m'kovs .. . . . Ducks H. Chickens ..... Ruosters . . }{tnws_ ‘ O (39., Aquggtegly tax, etc., 34; Mun- icifial' World'. seven copies for council, and supplies, $12. 86; Dov tax, refunds Where there are no dogs, 66. The reexfe and Mr. McMillan were appomted to make a settle- ment with E. Sullivan and Dan. McLachlin, be Water trough o‘ppo- site lot 24, concession 5. The reeve was appointed adeleâ€" gate to attend the meeting of the Highway Commission at Guelph on the ‘z20th__of _January. The council adjourned to Febru- arv 7 at {10 a.m. Leave Toronto 10.20 PM, DAILY Conmarhnenr Library ()‘hSE‘l'VflLiOh Car, Standard Sleeping (‘:-1r. Tourist Sir-oping (‘zua Dining Car. First Class Coaches. (702(mist Cur «m both Trains. Full szrtii-ulars frum any (ERR. Agent. 01' write M. G. Murphy, District Passenger Agent, Toronto R. Macfarlane. Town Agent, E. A, Hay Stutiun Agent, For VAN COUVE R TO THE WEST For WINNIPEG 4m-â€" California. Florida and the Sunny South MARKET REPORT LIVE POULTRY RETURN TICKETS AT LOW RATES WINTER TOURS DRESSED FOWL THE LOGICAL ROUTE The plantain-eater, the hippo- potamus, the Agama lizard, the AfriCan elephant, and the chim- panzee are found on 'Liberian stamps. The tiger stalks on the one-cent Malay,.and the giraffe peers out of the ten-cent Nyassa. and “on the hundred-cent Nyassa two camels mod on their way. ‘The apterixâ€"a. sort of shOrt- legged emuâ€"stands on the nu:- penny New Zealand, .and the pan- ther crouches on the green five- cent stamp of the French Congo. ' To North Borneo . belongs the There is a whole zoo on post-! age stamps, for those who care to, look for them. A few years ago’ a'most the only postage stamps; creatures were .the parrot. or the: “ouetzal,” on the Guatemalan. stamps. the dog’s head on, the; black Newfoundland, the cod on; the yellow two-cent Newfoundland; and the swan on the Western Ans-g tralian stamps. But nowadays you' can get a whole menagerie it; you look about. §§§§§§§§§§ OOOOQQOQQOOOQOOOQQOOOOOQOQOOQOOOO95609909Q ANIMAL POSTAGE STAMPS. ! ..1\\xg «5‘. \«x «x.. ‘3‘“.H4, ~, . vvv$vvvv$vvÂ¥$vvvv3Â¥63 $25.00 per ton (_\ Bags Returned) The Quality of Our Flours are Never Questioned PHONE 53' $14.00 per ton for Cash One Hundred Tons of Good Hay (1U (kn-loads) The balance of a 3001‘011 purchase at A SNAP IN HAY BALED STRAW FRED J. WELSH GOOD CLEAN FEED ( Wheat, Oats and Barley) One Hundred Tons of DURHAM MILLS largest philatelic zoo.= On its stamps you will find _'the Argus pheasant, the crocodile, the wild boar, the rhinoceros, the 01:. t emu, the.hornbill, and the tam. mm 8 096'le York Bunch Once. 625 F St... Wuhtnzton. D. C. A Eanvdsomely' flingintEJâ€"vvcedy' : LI ' fl. cnlation ofMany scientific Journal. T53: Canada. 813...) a you. 905% md. 80" _.I _‘_‘J‘â€"‘A_ -v-__ - cm vrâ€" - “nu“ 50m. ”(1015. 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