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Jugt as we were settling down toa feeling of satisfaction, and ready, in part, to accept the ex- planation, we '11!) against asnag. and our faith vanished into thin air. There, right before our eyes in Monday’s News and Monday's Star was a large advertisement five columns wide and about 18 inches deep, saying. in big type, “George Lawrence has reduced price of Bread t0 5 Cents.” " Mr. Lorne Allan went to Saskga- toon, Sask., last Week, to help with the harvest and renew old acquaintances. as well as visit relatives. Mrs. Henry Dennett will leave for the western country in a few day s, to see her daughter In mg Now it may be argued that Mr Lawrence has lots of money and can buy his flour in large quanti- ties. He may have the very beét facilities and all the rest of it. but no bread-eater can come to a reasonable conclusion that he should pay four cents a loaf more in Durham than he has to pay in Toronto. This may be an exceptional case in TorontO. and 12 cents may he charged by the other bakers, but we may all rest assured that Mr. Lawrence is not a wholesale philanthmpist‘ and isn’t urging and pleading with all the bread-eaters in the big city of Toronto to come out and share his wealtn We read the remainder of the advertisement and found he was selling 3”). loaves at 10 cents, and 1321b. loaves at 5 cents. To come down to something practical, the only solution of the difficulty lies in the bakers reduc- ing prices to at least 12 cents for a 31b. loaf, and an agitation for enforcement of the law in regard to standard Weights in other places What's the use of the gov- ernment making a law and hav- ing it generally ignored? These explanations seemed reas- onable at first sight, and we felt inclined to accept them as an ex- planation to “Bread-Eater's" en.- uuiriesâ€"but we couldn't under- stand why bakers in other towns were allowed to make their bread under the legal weight, and we don't understand it yet. \Ve think all should be compelled to give standard weight, and then there would be no difficulty in making comparisons \Ve don’t pretend to interfere in any way with the prices fixed by the individual bakers. but we stand for a legal standard loaf. and that loaf made by every baker throughout the province Then there can be no unfair compari- sons. and every baker will stanrl Miss McKechnie of Aberdeen has been spending the past fort- night with her friend. Miss Wil- son. The tenâ€"cent price in Holstein has been explained in this way: The bakers allow the dealers a couple of cents a loaf for hand- ling their bread. and in order to get trade the Holstein dealers are selling their 2351b. loaves at actual cost . ‘ CORNER CONCERNS. VVe have onhrzl coupk?(fi un- pleasant happenings to report this week. Mr. Jas. Eden had a lamb badly worried a few nights ago and. although it may not die, is left stripped of its fleece for the cold weather, and is also badly bitten all over its body, especially about the neck. The other was a charivari. Both seem much like the work of mischievous. idle. Young pups “'e said when the letter was given to us that the situation was unfair to Durham if the statement contained in it were true and the loaves all the same weight. Since then the bakers tell us that in )It. Forest and several other places they are making only a two-and- a-half pound loaf, while here thev are making bread of the legal standard weight of three pounds Here the bakers change 14 cents but "Bread-Eater“ says it is sold at 1'2 cents in Mt. Forest and Tor- onto. and at 10 cents in Holstein The difference in the weight, pro- vided 2321‘?) loaves are used. would account for the difference between the 12 and 14-cent prices chargg- ed elsewhere Last week a letter appeared in our columns asking for informa- tion regarding the bread prices here. in comparison With prices in Mt. Forest, Holstein. Toronto and other places. IHE DURHAM CHRONICLE DURHAM; SEPTEMBER '2. 1915. an equal footing of fair play W IRWlN, Editor and Proprietor THE PRICE OF BREAD V~ Mrs. John Henry of Shallow Lake returns home this Tuesday, after spending the past couple of months administering to her par- ents’ comforts. School reopens this Wednesday. with Mr. Percy Ross of Holstein as teacher. We hope he will take charge successfully. Mrs. Peter Black returned home a week ago from St. Marys. She reports very bad harvesting, as much of the grain is sitting in several inches of water. Mrs. Glenholm, after spending a month with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Black, returned to her home in Toronto on Monday. Our item concerning Rev. Mr. Morris being on' a well-earned holiday in our last budget, got into a bad mix-up when it got to town. We trust it would be no Sign that he. would get into any bzul mix-up when he went to Del- aware. but that he would have a fine time and return home this week much benefited by the out- ing. in Saskatchewan who, a few days ago received some injuries while tying up a young calf that had got loose. We trust the injuries may not be serious. We congratulate Mr. W'm. Gor- don and Miss May Hahn, who join- ed heart and hand last Wednesday and welcome them to our neigh- borhood. They will have a nice cosy home, and only need The Chronicle’s weekly visit now to help make it happy. The last meeting of the Ladies: Aid was pruductive of good work sewing for the Red Cross Society. The. next meeting is to be helil at the home of Mrs. Barbour, and possibly even a greater attend- ance. as the harvest will be finish- ed. It is to be the third \Vednes- day in September. Mr. Rubt. Mea‘d's home has been lively all summer with visitors. but it is back .to the old way of going again, as Miss Mabel and Mrs. McDougall, the last of the bunch, left last week to their dif- ferent duties. A book agent recently told us that he liked a fellow to soon make up his mind whether or not he intended to buy, and not try to learn his book off by heart on the pretence of going to buy. and fin- ally say. “No. I guess I’ll not order to-day." The agent who came alonga week ago and had us called back when we had got half way to the'field after con- siderable delay from horses sick with distemper, and binder got balky, grain breaking down and shelling, etc.. to tell us he was a book agent, and asking us to look over the merits of his book, won’t honestly accuse us of occupving too much of his time. Harvesting has been a slow job this your. from unfavorable wea- ther and tangled grain. The cut- ting is about done, and with good weather we should soon be through. A number of the neighbors of Mrs. John Wells turned out last week with binders and cut her harvest. The scene, we presume. was like what is western farms. often seen on Mrs. Wm. Allan, Jr., is in a rath- er precarious condition. having given birth on Friday to a still- born child. Mrs. Thos. Tucker and her little twin boy is doing nicely, but a name for children in this time of war. is hard to choose. .It seems a big job to pick out which is going to be the most famous general. Britannia: I’ll take all you have to sell, Mr. Canuck. A DEMAND EQUAL TO THE SUPPLY g " A Reply to "Bread-Eater” To “Bread-Eater.” ‘ Dear Sir.â€" Re your letter to The Chron- icle of August :26, .as to the price Poi bread. I see you have looked it upâ€"perhaps right. I am not _prepared to dispute the price, as I know of one town a little larg- er than Durham that has all three 11’sriees that you mention. But I .would advise 3'ou to go a little faither and find out the \\ eight and then see \3 ho is pa31n0' the lmost for their bread. So far as I know, Durham is getting cheaper bread than an3 place charging sless than 14 cents per loaf, and not dearer than in any town I know of. 1 l l l l “Next I heard him In the dining room again. He evidently stumbled against something, for I heard it drop on the floor. By this time 1 had made up my mind that either I must get the burglar or he would get me. “Here’s a pretty how-dado," ex- cmmed the prisonerâ€"“locked up on a charge of burglary, insanity or both. For heaven's sake. get me out at this before my fiancee hears of it. I would not have it get into the papers for a mflllon!” “Well. you see. I’m to be married tomorrow, and last night 1 gave my bachelor friends a supper. We broke up at 2 o'clock this morning. and 1 went home. Nobody got full, and I was sober as a Judge. 1 live in a row or ten store front houses, an alike as peas in a pod. My house is the sixth from one end or the how and the fifth from the'other end. A lawyer. having been sent for to call at the city jail at 10 o’clock 1n the morning to see a prisoner, found a young man in evening dress very much cast down. “The light was turned low in the hall. I heard something moving in the parlor. Remembering that the front door hadn’t been locked, it occurred to me that a burglar might have come in. What I heard sounded exactly like some one trying to tread softly. My fiancee lives on one side of the city, and I live on the other side. Being used to walking home nights after visiting her, I have become used to carrying a re- volver in my hip pocket as a protec~ tion against footpads. 0n hearing the sounds in the parlor I drew the weap- on and cocked it. Then i went into the room. “I couldn’t see anything, but 1 disc tinctly heard somebody in the adjoin- ing room in the rear. I listened and heard him go into the kitchen Step- ping out into the hall, I went back to the kitchen myself and listened at the door. All was still for awhile; then I heard the fellow scurry across the “I didn’t know exactly what to do. My mother is in poor health. and I feared to give an alarm on her ac- count. Besides, the telephone booth was upstairs, and 1t 1 went to it the burglar would probably get away with the plunder. While I was deliberating I heard a tin pan tumble down In the kitchen. It made a big racket, and I dreaded lest my mother should be awakened, for 11' she learned that there was a burglar 1n the house she would “What’s the trouble?” asked the law- How He Shot LETTER TO THE EDITOR ByWEREITRCLARKE Yours truly, H. N. BURNETT, THE DURHAM' CHRONICLE. Baker. FORSYTH-Mc-COMBE â€"In Durham on September 1, at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr and Mrs S. F. McCombe, by Rev, Mr Wylie, Mr. Fred. Forsyth B S.A., to Miss Rita L. McCombe. The. above Society will hold an exhibition of Flowers in the Town Hall, Durham, on Thursday, 89p- tember 9. Doors open from 3 to 10 o‘clock, p.m.. A musical pro- gram will be provided. MRS. J.S. MCILRAITH, President. CHRIS FIRTH, Secretary. lmo JAMIESON.â€"In Durham, on Au- gust 27, to Dr. and Mrs. D. B. Jamieson, a daughter. PICKEN.â€"In Bentinck, on August 27, to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Picken, a daughter. ALLANâ€"In Egremont, on August 27, to Mr. and :Mrs. Wm. Allan, a son (stillborn). “When the police came the man up- stairs called down to them to run in any one they might find there. I tried to explain to the police what had hap- pened. showing them the opening through which I had fired at the min- ror. Some of them thought me a house breaker, who had been caught red-1 handed; others took me for a lunatic Anyway they arrested me. and her: I am." Happfly the athomey secured bat! and succeeded to bushing the matte: up. The next evening his client we: married without his bride knowing 01 the episode following his bachelor din- “What I learned was that there was no living thing in the room except a cat crouching in a corner. Directly opposite the opening between the din. ing room and kitchen stood a sideboard topped by a mirror. The mirror was shattered. I had put a bullet through it flying to kill my own image. :reat Scott! I had never seen htm before! “I had got into the wrong house. “The man, seemg me standing with a smoking revolver in my hand. ran back upstairs. and I heard him can for the police. “What should I do? “I wanted to get out, but knew that would be worse for me in the end than standing my ground. i heard nothing from the burglarâ€"not even a moan. While waiting for the police 1 deter- mined to go into the dining room. light the gas and learn the worst. “Gathering courage. I stood at the aperture and looked into the dining room. There he was, sure enough. Both of us raised our weapons. It was a matter of life and death which fired first. I pulled the trigger, and there was a loud report. “I supposed 1 had killed the burglar. for the range was very short. and I aimed straight at him. There was nothing for me to do but await the in- evltable rousing of the household. [ heard footsteps above and voices; then down came a man in his nightshirt. “Every house in the block is built alike, and there is a square opening in all between the kitchen and the dining room through which to pass dishes. I approached this opening with dread. because it the burglar was in the din- ing room he could see me through it and make short work of me. go Into nyswnmr “I opened the kitchen door softly and looked in, but it was so dark that i couldn’t see anything. I heard a scratching. however, that made me suspect the noises might have been made by some animal. But as we didn’t have any dOg or cat I didn’t take much stock in this theory. “Not hearing any further noise. 1 went cautiously into the kitchen. After standing in the middle or the floor awhile listening for a new sound I made up my mind to light a gas jet and take the consequences, whatever they might be. DURHAM HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY MARRIED has returned to her duties. after a two weeks’ vacation. Mrs. Carruthers of Welland is spending :a few days with rela tives around here. and took in the Hampden garden party. Intended for last week. Mr. and Mrs Alex. Cooper and family are at present visiting the former’s mother. MrS. Cooper ‘MiSS Rebecca Park of Cincinnati We must congratulate two of our industrious farmers. in the persons of Alex. Grierson and Archie Park on their success in the field crop competition in oats Mr. Grierson received lst. and Mr. Park 2nd Mr. Griers-ou has only exhibited twice, and reached the top of the ladder each time. Mr. “Park has exhibited three times and has received lst. 2nd and 3rd. F. B Switzer was judge. We understand thatâ€"this section has engaged Miss Mitchell of Tara as teacher. Well, now, we must not forget our garden party, which was one of the most successful gatherings held in Hanover for a long time. Although the farmers were busy at their grain, still a great many felt it their duty to be present and make it a success. We under- stand the ball game between South Bentinck and Hampden was a tie. The program was not great for length, but was of good quality. Rev Mr. McLean was chairman. Mr Wilson of Hanover, who has a brother on the firing line, gave a very interesting speech, which was much appreci~ ated. Mr Derby of Hanover also gave a short speech. Mr Cooper, Misses Purvis, the Whiteford and Cunningham children, Mr. Milli- gan and Mr. Park also rendered solos, which were much appreciat- ed by one and all, and Messrs Purvis and Hamlet favored the audience with a mouth organ se- lection, while Mr. Hamlet rattled the bones. This was enjoyed bv all. Mr Hamlet has since enlisted, and is now in training for a sol~ dier. Miss McAuley, one of Dur- Fall \Vlieat ............ $1 10 to $1 10 Swing \Vlieat .......... 1 lg to Milling Outs ........... . 5.3 to Feed Oats ............... '3.3 to Peas .................... 1 50 to Barley ..... . ............ ($5 to Hay ..................... 1'2. 00 t0 Butter.................. 21m Eggs .................... 18 to Potatoes, per bag ....... 45 to Diied Apples ......... . 3 to 110111 p91 cwt .......... 3 5” to Oatmeal, per sack ...... 3 30 to (‘hop pet C\\t .......... 150 to Live Hogs, per C\\t ..... 8 (it) to Hides, per lb 13 L0 Sheepskins .............. 3.3 to \Vool .................... Tallow ................. . 3 to Lard ............. . ...... 14 to 1 In {)0 50 W. J. REID, President SINGLE FARE OVER ALL RAILWAVS West of Prizes increased this year by $3,000.00. Excellent Program anttrac- tions Twice Daily. Western Fair E22530“ MARKET REPORT Tor-onto, and Fare and One-Third from outside points DURHAM. SEPTEMBER :2. 1915 D. A. MCLACHLAN, President. Music by the Best Available Bands ANOTHER CLASS ENTERS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 A MOUNT FOREST /7 $30§000.00 in Prizes Jam: ...... ...... U ts ......... ...... ‘1‘ 0.000.000.00060015 0000.....0 ...... h 00000000.00000o0012 (I .... ........... . 1 , per bag....... 4 pples ..... . nc“m .......... 00 ,per sack”..... 3 5 r C\vt ..... ..... 1 5 gs. per cwt.... S (i ifl‘lb............ ] Ills-0000000000000 '3 '00....0....... Prize Lists, Entry Forms and all information from the Secretary This College is connected with and give same course as Elliott; Business College, Toronto and Stratford Business College. Graduates all in positions. Enter next Tiles- day and qualify for good situation. Catalogue free on request. \ Many ambitious young people entered our classes on Monday last. Several are taking our Civil Sei'vi-Qe course. positions for graduates who pass Examina- tion in this course being guaranteed by Dominion Gov- ernment, at not less than $500 per annum. HA MPDEN. and Attractions MQUN'LFQBESI ou't ent, and gave much enjoyed piano V instrumentals. Then came the lysupper. After the supper a great :‘imanytho-ought for the good of ' l their health they had better play 3 . a few games, after which all de- Eparted for their different homes. 'quite satisfied with the evening's fenjoyment. The proceeds of the evening amounted to $60.75 Many thanks to all who helped make the night a success, and it is t.) be hoped that many a poor suf- ,_ ferer or tired soldier may be ,"3 refreshed with the little help we .- can send them. A vote of thank: was given Mr. antl Mrs. Little for In their lawn. J Two Speed Events Daily. Fireworks Every Night. New Steel Grandstand. Midway Better Than Ever. HER DREAMS CAME IRUE Misses Rebecca and Bessie Park and Mr. George Park spent the xx 991: end with relatives at Price- Ville. A great many from around hum attended the garden party on Dr. Jamieson’s lawn and heard Cwl. Currie tell of his exnerience at Langemarck. We must say we 0:;- ioyed it very much, and hope that before long this time of war and bloodshed will be wiped gut and peace and joy reign supreme. A neighbor advised me to try ‘Fruit- a-tives’. I did so and to the surprise of my doctor, I began to improve and 126 aa’: v'sca’ me logo on wit/z ‘Fru z't-a-tz'zrcs’ .. I continued this medicine and all my Indigestion and (V‘onstipation was relieved. I consider that I owe my life to ‘F ruit-a-t’ives’ and I want to sayto those who suffer from Indigestion, Constipation or Headaches. try ‘I’ruit- a-tives’. Cz'z'e tlzis lozlcbrfrm'l m-‘dia'ne afair c/zam‘e and you will get well the same as I did”. MELLE. C. GAUDREA 110011011 l’.(.3., Jan. 141b, 191.7. “I Suff'u‘ed for many )‘(211‘5 “1:11 lc’rrible 1 71d Ike’s/ion and (bizsfz'pw’z'mz. I became thin and miserable. I 11ml frequent dizzy spells and 1100111110, 50 run down that I never thought 1 would get well again. DOC. abox, 6 forQ 5'... .50, trial size, 2x3. At all dealers or sent postpaid by Fruit-a-tivcs Limited, Ottawa. nams best musicians, was: pres- ---J _, Life Unbearable from Indigestion Health Restored by “Fruit-aâ€"tives” G. M. H E N RY; Principal. A- M. HUNT, Secretary September 10th -- 18th 1915 ( 01 I\E GAI'DRI ISAC September ‘2, 1915.