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EGREMONI‘ COUNCIL Council met July 2.3m pursuant to adjnurmxmnt. Members all present. Minutes of last meeting read and con- firmed. Mr. hastings waited on coun- cil, claiming danmges to the amount of .‘20 to buggy and harness in an ac- cident on 0.8. Road. Robbâ€"Fergusonâ€"that we instruct the clerk to write to clerk of Norman- by Township in rezuard to matter. Mr. Hastings agreeing to accept $18 in View of settlementâ€"Carried. The Reeve reported meeting the Commissioner from Proton re the water grieveance on Egremont and Proton town line opposite Con. 14, and agreed to put in a. culvert on town line Robb-Gordonâ€"That the Reeve’s reg pert be adopted and he receive $2.03 Aug. Canadian National 13 The “Red Front” H AR DWA R E Farm under Cultivation Millions in Livestock Government Exhibits WAR TROPHIES “Around the World Baggage" Model Military Camp Destruction of Battleships Battles of the Air Belgian Art Treasures Cratore’s Famous Band Biggest Cat and Dog Show Field Grain Competition Greater Poultry Show Acres of Manufactures $150,000 REDUCED RAILWAY RATES FROM ALL POINTS Try Black August '5, 1915. Military Display MARCH OF THE ALLIES “PATRIOTIC YEAR” Naval Spectacle REVIEW OF THE FLEET Our stock of Cutlery is the largest and best assorted in town; Table and Pocket Cutlery, Cabinet anl Cased Goods, Razors and Scissors. Ask for one of our 200 leaders in pocket knives. the best value We have ever had. If you are going to travel and need bag~ gage see our north window. We carry everything from a steamer trunk to a lumberjacks’ turkey. See our assortment and you are sure of finding" Just What You Want. Try a can of 0111' Fly- way. It; sends the 'iies to the other fel- 10W. One Thousand and One New Things to See He Has It THRILLING MAMMOTH )5 runs AND ATTRACTIONS $150,000 Resolved that the following accounts he paidâ€"James Hamilton sheep killed 17.00. John Sinclair inspecting sheep 1.00. George Libby sheep killed 8.32, John Caulfield sheep injured 2.00, Geo. VVoolis sheep killed 47.32, John Dur- rant inspecting sheep 5.25. Allan Mc- Dougall inspecting sheep 75c, Steve Seaman Commutation money expend- ed 750. A. P. Mayer Commutation money 3.00. “"111. Smith cr0p destx-Oy- ed load through fields 1,00, Thos. Keith Cl'np destroyed road through fields 1.00, Geo. Hurgrave, Commutation money expended 6.00, Jas. Hunt for tile 23.50, Samuel Lamont taking John Lamont to House of Refuge 1.50, U. Ramage Son for Printing 65.40, King Edward Sunitorium re Herb. McLean for month of July 31.00. Councillors Pay Sheet 15.00, John Mchth. use of council room 2.00. Gravel accounts amounting to 21.13.52. Rnbbâ€"Gordonâ€"That we new ad- journ to meet on September lst to receive applications forAssessox-,strike the rates and general businessâ€"Car. DAVID ALLAN, Clerk. “I Fergusonâ€"Robbâ€"That Commis- sioner Gox don’s report be adopted and he receive $3.00 commissioners fees.â€" Carried. Commissioner Robb reported road jobsâ€" Walter Horsburgb, Pathmaster to the amount of $49.00, James Hun- ter. Pathmaster to the amount of $18.00. A. McMillen, drawing tile, dig_g_i_n_g_dit-ch and putting in tile $6.75, -~‘ - ..o o Commissioner J.A. Ferguson report- ed road jobs-«J ohn Eccles. Pathnmster tn the amount of $36.00, W". J. Parris. Pathmaster to the amount of $31.50, Geo. Allis. Pathmaster to the amount of $17.00. Chas. Lewis; Puthmaster to the amount of $1.50. Alex. Henderson, to the amount of 75c. Chas. McQueen, to the amount or $6.75. Alex Hender- son. contract repairing bridge $10.00. \V. J. Eccles, digging ditch $12.00, Thos. \Vatson, putting in culvet $4.00. Geo. Banston. Pathmaster to the amount of $6.00, Geo. Aitkins. Path- master to the amount of $6.75. \\'. Aberdeen, operating grader $9.25. “7. Fergusonâ€"Gordonâ€"-That Com- missioner J. A. Ferguson’s report be adopted and he receive $10.00 commis- sioners fees.â€"Carried. Commleaioner Gordon reported road jobs, Donald McQueen, Pathmaster the amount: of $3§.UO, repairs to Gardiner’siBridge amount. to $23.50, railing at culvert on 0.5. Roadioppos- ite John Hastings, timber and labor $2.00. David Holiday 2 men show-ding gravel $3.00. w: ‘â€" . tile $3.50, L. B. Nicholson, plank for bridge 80c, J. Caulfield repairing 500. Dan O'Connell. 52 rds. wire fence 313,00. _ A special meeting of council was held Saturday evening July Slst. members all present. VV’V. Fergusonâ€" Gordonâ€"That Com- missioner Robb’s report be adopted and he receive $2.00 commissioners Commissioners fees.â€"Carried. J. A. F ergusonâ€"Robbâ€"That we in- struct. Commissioner W. Ferguson to look after _water greiveance at Gore A H Concession 22;.re communication from Anthony Lawrence.â€"â€"Carried. Gordonâ€"~J.A. Fergusonâ€"That Com- missioner W; Ferguson’s report be adopted and he receive $9.00 commis- sioners feesâ€"Carried. fleaâ€"Carried. Commissioner \V. Ferguson report- ed road jobsâ€"Nelson McGuire. Path- master to the amount of $25.50, Thos. Harrison. Pathmaster to {the amount of $7.75, George Hargrave, Pathmaster to the amount of $35.00, D. McCannel, Pathmaster to the amount :of $14.00, James Tucker. Pathmaster to the amount, of 37.50, J. J. Wilton, Path~ J, M. Lawrence. putting in culvert $16.00. David HOpkins, ~10 rds. wire fence. $7.00. “7. J. \Vilson, 100 rds. wire fence $251K), Archie Allan. 52rds. wire fence $12.00. master to the amount of $45.75, “’11). Aberdeen. operating grader $17.60 Robbâ€"Gordonâ€"That by-law of the Municipal C(_»rporotion of the Town- ship of Egremdnt be now read a first and second timeâ€"Carried. S. A. Ferguson ~â€"\V. F ergusona That By-law No. 304 of the Municipal Corporation of the Township of Egre- mnnt to take the vote of the ratepayers of the Police \‘illageof Holstein enti- tled to vote on money by~laws, on a question to be submitted as to Whether the said ratepayers are in favor of :1 supply of Electric Power from the Hydro Electric Power Commission of Ontario be now read a third time, signed, sealed and engrossed in By- law book.»C-arried. Gordonâ€"J. A. Fergusonâ€"That By- law of the Municipal Corporation of the Township of Egremont to author- ize the borrowing of the sum of $3000 by the issue and sale of debentures to provide for the cost of a. plant to dis- tribute electric power to be supplied by the Hydro Electric Commission of Ontario, at the Police Village of H01- stein in the Township of Egremont, be now read a. first and second time,â€" Carried. The Hampden garden party will be held on Mr Wm. Little‘s lawn on Friday ev ening7 August 20. All are invited. _ - . \ 2 DAVI D ALLAN. Clerk. Devil Ships and Fire Ships. Two warlike contrivances of ancient days were devil ships and fire ships. A devil ship is a ship that has been filled with explosives, which discharge either by means of a fuse, or clock- work, or when the ship hits another ship or obstacle. They were employ- ed as long ago as 1585 by the Dutch, when the Prince 0: Parma besieged Antwerp. In those days they were sent down the river to explode against a wooden bridge built by the defenders of Belgium‘s most important city. The fire ships were usually filled with dry wood smothered in pitch, oil and other inflammable material. and when fired were sent drifting against any defense work or ships of the enemy.â€"-London Opinion. Freak: of Language. A peculiar kind of blundering known as “folk etymology” is responsible for some of the queerest freaks of lan- guage. An easy example will make this clear. Our American word “car- ryall” for a kind of vehicle is not a compound of “carry” and “all,” but a slight distortion of the French “carri- ole,” a diminutive car. The change was made in obedience to the univer- sal tendency to assimilate the unknown to the known, to make words mean something by associating them with others which they resemble in sound. Often there is no etymological relation between the words associated, as when sparrowgrass is made out of asparagus. This particular corruption was once in such good colloquial use that Walker, the lexicographer, wrote, “Sparrow- grass is so general that asparagus has an air or stifiness and pedantry.” Movies Taken For Ghosts. According to a missionary. the first display of moving pictures in the prov- ince of Szechuan, China, 2,000 miles up the Yangtze, caused a mob disturbance of alarming proportions. born again. Now, you may revive a partially drowned body or a partially frozen body. The regenerate soul s lire often weakens and wanes until the flame almost flickers out. But it there be the least spark of life left it can be fanned into a flame, and, like the apparently dead cinder in the smithy’s forge. that spark‘ will touch others and kindle a flame that will en- thuse a church, a city or even a nation. A revival of religion, then, must 1031‘ cally begin with the church. Such is the divine order.â€"â€"Christian Herald. When the bodiless, yet vigorous shadows began to move silently across the screen in the visible but imma- terial simulation or life murmurs arose, soon increasing to shouts and uproar, that foreign devils had pos- sessed the locality and were in league with the spirits of the dead. Actual destruction and perhaps bloodshed was prevented only by the clubbed guns or the native soldiery. Later, when the pictures were explained. the natives became ardent fans. The first feature films shown in Szechuan caused the outburst of superstitious rage-Photo- play Magazine. Old English Fairs. Fairs and feasts were formerly.held in churchyards in honor of the saint to whom the church was dedicated. In consequence of these popular gathv erings being much abused they had to be suppressed in The thirteenth year of the reign of King Edward 111., as appears by the following extract. quot- ed by Spelman: “And the Kynge com- mandeth and forbiddeth that from henceforth neither fairs and markets shall be kept in churchyards for the honour of the Church. Given at West- minister, the VIII of Octobre, the XIII yeare of Kynge Edwarde’s reigns”â€" London Mail. What a Revival Is. The word “revival” is often given a meaning which primarily does not be. long to it. Many emphasize the con- version of sinners as the essential ele ment in revival work, but that is the secondary meaning of the word. Es- sentially “revival” means the quicken- ing of God’s people. You cannot re- vive a dead man. The unregenerate sinner is spiritually dead. He must be Lightning. Lightning appears in three formsâ€" zigzag and sharply defined at the edges, in sheets of light. illuminating a whole cloud. which seems to open and reveal the light Within it. and in the form of tire balls. The duration of the first two kinds scarcely continues the then- sandth part of a second, but the globu- lar lightning moves much more slowly, remaining visible for several seconds. The Boob. "Yes.” said the young lady, “I spent the entire evening telling him that he had a terrible reputation for kissing girls against their will." “And what did he do ‘3” “He sat there like a boob and de- nied it.”â€"Kansas City Journal. Bad Situation. “1 think I‘ll have to get rid of Fido,” poutod the great emotional actress. “Why, the ki-yi is getting all kinds of mention in the papers.” “That’s it. 1 am not receiving as many press notices as my dog.”â€"Lou- isville Courier-Journal. Trouble. Trouble doesn‘t make people patient. It merely weighs them down and crushes them so they cannot complain, which is a semblance of patience.â€" Deseret News. - Poor Pay. Bossâ€"Has that fellow Everbroke paid you anything on account yet? Conectorâ€"Only a compflment on my persistence, sinâ€"Boston W TEE DURHAM CHRONICLE. “r; ' 5. MAN AND WIFE BEAT UP A BRAMPTON MAN On Saturday night on Queen Street. West, close by his home, Harry Bar- rett had an encounter with James Bailey and his Amazonian wife, as a. consequence of which Harry is in bed with his right leg' broken in two places between the knee and .ankle. Bailey was in the police court on Monday and was let go on his own bail and that of T. W'. Duggan. manager of Dales. for $1000. Baily is a rose gro“ er and with his wife arrived here about seven years ago supposedly from the States. The account of the afiair that we hear from Harry’s friends is that when near his home on Saturday night he was met by Bailey on the sidewalk. The latter aCcused Harry of calling his (Bailey‘s) two boys berry thieves. A quarrel ensued and the two men got into a fight and Bailey, who must have been getting the worst of it, for his wife, who until this mo- ment had not been visible. came from behind a howthorn tree and joined her husband. This Mrs. Bailey is said to be quite the biggest women in town in height. weight and muscular de- velopment. What they did to him is not very clear to Harry, but when Dave, his brother and Councilor Worth. and perhaps others had per- suaded theBailey’s to let up,Harry was found with a broken leg. a badly cut forehead and many bruisesâ€"Bramp- ton Banner. Every branch of was activity to be seen in Europe today will be vividly portrayed at; the Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto. Aeroplanes will land at the Military Camp after taking ohsecvztcions in mid-air ; miniature battleships will be blown up in the lake ; there will be bridge, and shelter- ed trench building, armored cars, hos- pital autos, field ambulances with stretcher bearer sections. field dressing stations, field bakeries and cookeries, ammunition corps. observation masts. etc. The camp will be occupied by several hundred officers and men now >+§+§§§++§+§§§§§§ §§§§§§+§§§§§§§§§§OOOOQQQ“§§§+§§§¢§§§ «wwowo“wowowowooo MILITARY CAMP AT THE EXHIBITION Every branch of war activity to be vividly portrayed at Toronto Fair training for over-sew; service at Niag- ara and other camps for the infantry, «avalry and artillery units. .r ,- g .. I-. "1 .+++++++¢$%+++4++4+:v+4444444444:v44 4+4 Ladies and Gentlemen Ladies’ and Gent’s Tailor DURHAM - ONTARIO If you’ve not already ordered your now is the time to do it. while our stock is complete. Fit and Satis- faction Guaranteed. 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