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mar3. The bills Will be out in due time, and further particUIaxs will be angounced in futuré is- sues of this paper. Keep the Hate open. i The Renfrew Machinery Com- Dany. of which Mr. Frank Vic-kers is manager, held their fifth an- nual banquet of agents and trav- ellers, who were guests of the company in Renfrew, from Tues- day to Friday, January 12 to 15. The itinerary .was arranged, and the fifty or more visiting guests had a most profitable and enjoyâ€" able outing. The business had shown progress from the begin- ning, and the outlook for 1915 was brighter than ever before. The forenoon Grand Trunk train from Palmerston, br:i iging u!) tlu moxning pa per-s. is not“ :due till 11. 35. and doesnt usuall‘}r arriVe before that time. The 13“; r C.P~ R. train from Toronto is “Wyatt 122.06. It also carries His Maiestf'y’s mails, and it seems to us that the Toronto morning paper: would arrive more regularly if sent over that road. Owing to failure to make connections our morning papexs are occasionally late in reaching us and if they arrival of the night train. 1' MI. W'm. Scarf’s sale of ifarm stock and implements will". be hem on Friday, the 19th of Feb- charge All are tend. will meeting at the home of Ramage on Thursday, I 4. at 2p.m. Rev. Mr. Mo give an address on “Irclm call to be answered by a tjon'from an Irish poet, or months 11 \V 01‘ thusiasti Rev. B. Newnham of Varnvy will occupy the pulpit of the Methodist church on Sunday morning. January 31. Any person wishing to do knit- ting! for the soldiers may gall 0n Miss Laura MacKenzio for a sun- plv of yarn. I Entries close February 4 ,qu- Dufferin Poultry Show. Orangeâ€" Ville, February 10 and 11. Prize lists ready. ILA. Dorrance. Secy. Dufferin County Poultry szow Orangevme. February 10 and 11, 1915. Prize lists ready. H. A. ,Dorrance, Secretary. Don’t forget that Scarf‘s sale is fixed for February 19. A lot of good stock will be diSposod of, W 31 The poultry Show prize list is given on page :2. The interest is growing lapidly and each suc ceeding year is better than its predecessors. Cutters for sale.â€"Several differ- ent styles. to be cleared at cost Rabb 8: Cox, Durham Anyone requiring ice for the coming summer. kindlv call up Durham Mills, Phone 58. 2 Buy Herbaguen for your stock. It will pay you. To be had at Grant's. For sales-A small wood heater. Apply to Wm. Keller. Varnev 2 ‘ The County Council is in session this week at Owen Sound. M'r. Geo Yiirs is again engaged as leader of the Durham Band. 1V£ an Irish story. An Irish tea be served, for which a ’ge of ten cents will e made. are cordially invited to at- VOL. 48â€"-NO. 2501 N EWS AROUN D 1rh am brzmc stitute will rcoats hold irls the W0- al’ )I‘ Mrs Frank Edward John Buzzer: ithe eldest son of his parents. and ’when Frank Edward John got (:11 :enough he decided to supply tut- fmissing rib. and the nuptial knot was tied in England on the NH: 'of December, 1861. To Mr. and ,Mrs. Frank Edward John Buncc - Was born a son. He was named after his iFrank Edward John, , father, and on the 19th of Decent- \‘. 11> fber, 1885, he, too, entered the :band of benedicts Their eldest ison. Frank Edward John. has ibeen a resident here for the -past few months, and like his ’father, and grandfather. of the same name. all of whom were eldâ€" est sons. he decided that he ‘ought to have a wife, and joined I heart and hand with Miss McAnUI- lty on the 19th of December 1914. Curious to relate, the last named Frank Edw‘ard John Bunce had no knowledge of the date on which his father and grandfather were married, and became cogni- zant of the fact only a ,day or two ago, on receiving a letter from his mother, who still resides in England We are at present un- able to follow up the matrimonial coincidences any further. but would suggest that the 19th of December be perpetuated as the wedding day of the next Frank Edward John Bunce who happens to be an eldest son and below-- ldened with the same historic .-l -v;-v v "\.kl\l ‘VJU\_. fizzlt as it may, Durham is out. Plans and specifirations are mil for the. new High School building. and tenders will soon be asked. lhe building will be about 50x65 two storeys and a basement. and from the. appearance of the archi- tect‘s work. it will be a good substantial structure but, it seems to us, it will not be highly orna- mental. Ornament is not essential. however, and in no case should it overshadow the usefulness of an educational or other structure. Under present conditions. we think the present is about as good a time as any to go. on with the work. It will be a good thing to furnish work for some of the un- employed. Mr. Duncan MacKenzie’s driver did an aerial stunt in front of Me- Lachlan‘s grocery on Monday morning, and after gracefully gliding across the road, nearly went. through the post office window, thereby disturbing the equilibrium of that popular domi- cile. As an aeroplane, he Was not much of a success, for while he seemed to rise all right at the rear, the other end stuck to the ground. Practice, however, they say, makes perfect, and. he may Yet succeed in soaring.‘ The line getting caught under his hind- most hirsute appendage was the cause of the trouble. No damage was done- - ' I Over 50 ladies Were present, and listened to a most interesting 11d- (lress on "Woman’s Opportunities" given by Miss Susie Campbell of Toronto. Miss Campbell is a most pleasing speaker. She gave warm praise to the Women’s Institutes for what they had done for the Red Cross, and other charitable work, and also impressed her hearers with the great need of continuing this work. Size spoke of many other possibilities that the women of toâ€"day have. Mr. Chas Parrott, a native of this town, but a resident of '. oronto for the past six or seven years, died on the 22nd inst. af- ter one day’s illness from periton- itis. He was a comparativcly young man, about 40 years of age. and leaves a Widow and two children He was a member of A Special meeting of the W0- men‘s Institute Was held in the Library, Durham, on January ‘20. The speaker at the Epworth League in the Methodist church on Monday evening was Mr. Wm. Laidlaw. He gave a very inter- esting and helpful talk on The Duties and responsibilities of Cit- izenship. A round table conference followed. during which questions r<‘-1:'1tin_£r to citizenshin Were dis- Anyone requiring .ice for the ,coming summer. kindlv call no gDurham Mills Phone 58. “ -.â€"-. A. glance at our market report will Show an increase in the uric-es of wheat and oats. These have been gradually mounting up and will go still higher if the war continues for anv great length of time. Entries close February 4. for Dufferin Poultry Show. Owing-oi ville, February 10 and 11. Priz<> lists ready. HA. Dorrance. Set-7c. A Card.-â€"â€"We the undersigned. herebv agree to sell a package of five standard size 5c. boxes of Silver Tip Silent Matches for 20c. Qualitv’ guaranteedâ€"Alex. Mc- Lachlan, J. J. Hunter. 12 17 6m Constable Arrowsmith will have the telephone installed in his house in a few days. If you want Dufferin County Poultry Show. Orangeville, February 10 and 11 1915. Prize lists ready. H. A. Dorranca, Se'cretary. W. Scarf, near town. will have an auction sale of. Shorsr s, 30 head of cattle, sheep and hog-s, on February 19. Ten months’ credit. him Harry ‘Kress, Who Was hurt by an accident on the hill a couple of weeks ago, is able to get around. with ‘the help of crutches. 9 Independent Order of Oddfol- us here ' in a hurry. call up 65 to citizenship _Were dis- aim I.“ say, makes perfect, and. he may vet succeed in soaring.‘ The line getting caught under his hind- most hirsute appendage was the cause of the trouble. No damage was done. satisfied the players s‘ems to have run foul of the Rep’s hockev ‘thxt who savs otherwise. Be that as it may, Durham is out. Plans and specifications are on! for the new High School building. and tenders will soon be asked. ihe building Will be about 50x65 two storeys and a basement, and from the appearance of the archi- tect‘s work. it will be a good substantial structure but, it seems to us, it will not be highly orna- mental. Ornament is not essential. however, and in no case should it overshadow the usefulness of an educational or other structure. Under present conditions. We think the present is about as good a time as any to go; on with the work. It will be a good thing to furnish Work for some of the un- employed. Durham’s junior Northern Leaguers were put out of the running at Mount Forest by a score of 7-3. From the appear- :mce of a coupl: of the local :‘rlayex‘s, the game must have been a freeâ€"for-vall. Mulvey Cowan was z'ci‘croe, and while he evidentlv and dating on the Same dm' serves our purpose better since the changes in the mail service and the introduction of the rural rfmteS. Both of us had our misfortunes. and our journey over the sea ' oi life wasn’t always smooth; ‘both of us were knocked down, but we knew enough to get up again and make a fresh start. Neither of us became millionaires; in fact our combined wealth would scarccly reach a million, but we’ll get through all right, at least we hope to. Many a young person who is‘building castles to-day in his imagination, will fare no better than .we did. and some of them may do even worse. The dreams of youth are seldom real- ized. In .the buoyance of tin: youthful dream most young peo- ple see the bright side only. and forget the shadows that lie be- yond them. A girl with a pair of natural rosy cheeks and a couple of dimples can get nearly any old thing she wants. The law now requires that but- ter wrappers be printed. If v'ou leave your orders at The Chronicle office the work will be dune prop.â€" urly and promptly. The Chronicle is printed and dated Thursdays. Formerly it was printed on (Wednesdays and dated Thursdays. We find that printing We s'tuaied, boarded and slept together and when the seesicm was me: we went our several ways. Things changed as time went on. Our youthful dreams faded fast, and before We ' had time to realize the situation we were bumped up against the actu- al affairs of real life to {ighi for an existence. in many cases against unscrupulous eUmIJi’iii'?’-'5- a pleasing and never ending phantasmagoria of delight. The future had no sorrows in store for us. We were young and happy. and our aspirations were all turn- ed toward the proverbial cloud with the silver lining. and the silver lining was all we saw. We studied. boarded and slept Mr. R J. Johnston, of Par‘sland. Alberta. gave us a call on Satur- day last. It was early in 1878 when we first met him as a raw young student at Collingwood High school. We were both raw then, and the big world was standing out before us. Our vis- ions of hope were large and our views of the future consisted of DURHAM, ONT... THURSDAY, J \NUARY 28. "NS LOOKING EBACKWARD Sc‘y 5litz, and accompunio I 1 v 51,\ oral other smnil'n' c1uisors set out on their W01k of destruction. Sooner than thev desired or ex- pected, they were sighted bv Vice-Admiral Beattie. the hero of athe Heligoland attack _ DR. E.’ OLDHAM', Surgeon 3ls-t Regiment~ Will be at the Hahn House, Durham, on Friday, Janu- ary 29, 1915, at 10 a.m., for the purpose of examining recruits for the Third Contingent. Recruiting Officers will also be present at the above time. The Germans realized the situa- tion; it is a number of real Brit- ish battleships and British armqw- ed cruisers thev were running 111) against. It Wasn’t a few helpless women and children. Discretion being the better part of valor. they turned and fled. They were followed by the British flcet; the Bluecher was sent to t. 1e bottom and some of the other cruisers es- caped a similar fate after arun for their lives. and getting within the mined region, where further pursuit was dangerous to the purâ€" suers. The British fleet has still control of the seas and the Ger- mans by their failure will be more cautious in their subsequent at- tempts at a treacherous bom- bardment towns on the British coast. 'i'aei.‘ success of a month ago. when Scarborough. Hartlenoi-l- Whitbv and other unfortified places were attacked, and they succeeded in getting away uninjured. was still fresh in their memories. and the killing of a few more defenceless women and children would gratiiv their greed for butchery. The British navy, too. hasn‘t forgotten the Scarborough mur- der. and, alive to their own inâ€" terests. and their own protection, they were Watching the mourâ€" ments of the enemy. '1 he iQIJuecha-r. with four other of Germany’s best. ships” including the Moltke and The German navy, tired of ‘:_;r: ing at anchor behind the Germ ma fortifications have recently.) “ ho“ cl signs of acti‘itv, and on Sun day they decided on anoth-cr mm} bdrdment of the unnrutcctw On the present selection bv which Mr. Calder was elected Without opposition, we have to thank every member equallv Other probable aspirants have been named for the position. Mr. (.‘ordingley of Hepu'orth would stand a good chance for elec- tion had he pressed his claim. but we understand he generously withdrew from the contest, an} even in case of any other candi- date in the field. he would he a summrter of Mr. Calder We admire the spirit of‘tlie man who can look With pleasure on the success of another, anl for .1 time is willing to lay down his laudable ambitions. .‘-l.r Cog-gig- lrsy, and others like him. will yet. hen-'0 their turn, and when the proper time comes they deserve to be supported. With the e}:- ziiration of the present year we expect to see Mr. Cal‘ler step down willingly from the throne of honor, continue his arm-l: as a common member. and make room for someone else. He serves the honor for (me your hit. for one year only. "1(_" we deserve. That We didn’t get it sooner is not the fault of the present members, and any appar- ent fault we may find is not to be directed toward those who now manage the affairs of the county. We aongrat‘ulate Mr. Calder on his appointment to the Warden- ship. and We congratulate the town in having the honor come this way. It’s time we had it. and we don’t think for a moment we are getting anything more than CALDER IS WARDEN A. E. BALL.‘ '. Officer Commanding D. 00., 3lst Regt. WC.“ (NIX ntatix'e. mpr .l I ++M+MM¢M++§++++++++++++W++WW .1.