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Gun, Cecil McNally, William Falk- ingham, Gordon Cameron, Jim Farquharson, ‘Dr. John doohrane. Each box containedâ€"pair of socks, fruit cake, Home made candy, milk chocolate, shortbread, chewing gum, tobaccO, cigars, note-paper, envelopes, lead pencil. Mr. Robert Bay, of the second concession of Bentinck, had. the misfortune to have his barn and contents destroyed by fire a Week or so ago. It seems frOm What we 1353mm; Mr. Hay was in the barn at the time, and: while forking feed from the mow the lantern explo- ded and set fire to the straw. He endeavored to extinguish the blaze and thought he had dOne so. but the flames brOke out again and were soon beyond his control. The barn was a good frame struc- ture 40 by 60 feet, and his season‘s crop, recently threshed was also destroyed. The ‘loss will be a heavy one, as Mr. Hay, We under- stand, had a comparatively lig‘nt The Simcoe Poultry Company of Paisley, wants a car load of live poultry, and buyers will be at the Great Trunk station here all day Tuesday, December 7th, and up to 11 a.m. Wednesday, December 8th, and at Holstein Wednesday af- ternoon, December 8th and Thurs- day forenoon December 9th. See their advertisements for kinds wanted and prices paid. The Ladies Aid of the Presbyter- ian church. Durham. this Week sent a box of Christmas cheer to each of our soldier boys now serving their country at the front ;â€"Davi‘i Bothwick, John Weir, Andrew Smith, Stanley McNally, J. D. Ken.‘ nedy, E. -L. Knight, Milton Mills, Percy Bryon, Cecil Wolfe, Cecil A box-social under. the aus- pices of the Red Cross will be held in S. S. ‘no. ten, Bentinck, or. Friday evening, December tenth. A good patriotic programme is being provided and suitable ac- commadation for horses. Admiss- ion 25c. Ladies with boxes free 2 The Zion Branch of the Women’s Institute will meet at the home of Mrs. W. J. Cook, on Thursday, De- cem‘ner 9th at 2 13.111. Good and helpful papers will be given. Come prepared to answer roll call with a question. All ladies are invicea to attend. If any of our readers have old razors we would like to have them handed in so as to make an- othrer.shioment. The soldiers need them and appreciate a good old one more than an inferior new one. We have about a dozen not yet ac- knowledged through our columns. Let us have a few more so that On Wednesday, December 8th. Dorenwood’s of Toronto, Canada’s foremost hair-goods designers and manufacturers will display and d?- monstrate a sample stock of la- dies quality hair-goods and gentle- men’s toupees and wigs at the Hahn House, Durham. A free :le- monstraticn of any style is avali- able to anyone interested. we can send them away and then tell who gave them to us. A box social in aid of Red Cross work will be held at 8.8., No. 3., Bentin-ck, Vickers School. on Fri- day evening, December 10th:. A good program has been arranged for. Admission 15c and 10c. Lati- ies bringing boxes free. We regret to learn of the ill- ness of Mrs. T. H. Lawrence, of Vickers, who 'was taken to the hospital at Owen Sound on Satur- day last. She expects to remain there for a few weeks to be treated for rheumatism. Bring all kinds of raw hides, furs and sheepskins to Levine’s, at. Durham. He pays the highest cash prices. A list of subscribers to the pa. triotic fund at Priceville will ap‘ pear next week. Christmas photographs.» â€" Make your appointment now. " Fifteen photographs with every dozen You could not make ,a better Christmas giftâ€"F. W. Kelsey. VOL. 48â€"NO. 2545 NEWS AROUND TOWN i"! v-wl 51;!) LV “asymvub Uu uuuuay 165% .Ill , } He was born in Ipswich, England, Mr. Crawford Harrison’s auto when; on the first of January, 1834, his vâ€"o’- the machine slewed, ran into alparents being both Irish. In youth stone pile and had two wheels he received a good. public school smashed The occupants were 313:9ducation, but in his early teens thrown out but fortunately no one he joined the British Army and was injured beyond a few scratches served in the Crimea and in India. How they escaped unhurt is .1 About 1860 he came to Canada miracle, Mr. Alice is over 90 yea1s and settled for a time near To- of age and Mr. Scott is not par! ronto. 0n the outbreak of the ticularly young We understand it Fenian Raid he offered his serVic as was Miss Watt’s first; ride in an 1111- and assisted in quelling the insur- to, and if so the experience wiil'rection near the American frontie1, not carry 'with it very pleasant. and in the vicinity of Ridgeway. memories. A. bad piece of rod!Th1is was in June 1866, and in Sep- was the cause of the trouble. tember of the same year he was We disapprove of copying from our local exchanges Without giving credit, but we confess we see no harm in copying council minutes, an impropriety for which the Flesherton Advance blames our local contem. Editorial matter and local Write-ups should al~ ways be credited, but some never think of extending such coutesy. We regard it as journalistic thie- very. Wm. J. Halliday, son of Mr. and Mrs. Halliday, near Orchard, died of typhoud in the hospital at Wey- burn, Sask. It was thought the remains would be brought for in- terment. Notice to that effect was wired here, and preparations were made for the burial. Neither the parents nor undertaker here were able to get in touch- with the hos- pital or other authorities at W'ey- burn, and it is only from an item in the Weyburn Review reaching this office on Monday, it was lear- ned of the burial at Weyburn iast Wednesday. He was 28 years Of age. i The Monthly Meeting of the Dornoch Branch of the Women’s Institute will meet at the home of Mrs. Alexander on Wednesday, De- cember 8th., at 2.30 p.m. Members and friends are reminded to bring- to this meeting a pound or pounds of anything for the Child- ren’s Aid of Owen Sound. Visitors always welcome. Messrs. R. Aljoe sr., S. Scott, Mrs. Matthew Scott, Misses Annie A1- ioe and Nettie Watt were taking a trip to Egremont on Sunday last in Mr. Crawford Harrisdn’s auto when Mrs. Begg and Son are circulat-i ing advertis' g matter by which for the next wo weeks, they agree to give three per cent of all cash sales to the patriotic fund. This is a generous move, and all who. make cash purchases there will have the satisfaction of knowing that part of their outlay Will help the boys at the front. We regret to learn of the death yesterday, of Mr. C. C. James, of 'Priceville. Photographs for Christmas.â€" Please fifteen of your friends at Christmas with a photograph of yourself or family. Three extra photos with each dozen. Work fin- ished in black and white, or sepia. Make your appointment nowâ€"F. W. Kelsey. Rural Dean, R. Herbert, rector of the Anglican church, Preston, is to be chaplain of the 11th South 'Wat- erloo Battalion now being raisefl by Lieut. Col. Clark, at Galt. Mrs. Herbert, better known here as Miss Frankie Hughes, was a Dur- ham girl, and the departure of her husband for the front will be another connecting link betweecn us and the Great War. . The famous Japenese and made in Canada toys at The Variety Store. Mr. R. J. Johnston, our old room mate of long ago, writing from Parkland, Alberta, is quite jubil- ant over the good crOps. Thanks for remittance. A sale of home made baking will be held in the store recently occu- pied by Saunders and Aitchison. on Saturday. December 18th. Lun- ches in the afternoon and supper in the evening will also be given. The sale will be under the auspices of the Durham Baptist Sunday School. and a hearty invitation is extended to all to be present. To- tal proceeds in aid of Red Cross. ‘ g The deceased was a highly es- teemed resident, honest and up- !right in all his dealings with all .men, and a friend to all with 'w'hiom he came in contact. Though 1we have no personal knowledge of the deceased gentleman we have always heard him well spoken of We join the community in ex- pressing sympathy for the widow and sOrrowing members of the ifamily. ' In religion he was a devoted Catholic, and the remains were laid to rest this morning in St. John’s i-cemetery. OBITUARY PETER O’NEIL. ‘ Mr. Peter O’Neil, one of the ear- ‘ly settlers of Glenelg to whom we ireferred last week as being ser- iously ill, and not expected to re- 'cover passed away Tuesday morn- inc: in the presence of an the mem- ibers of his family. Mr. Robert Wade. a Well-known resident of Bentinck died on Satur- day last at the hospital in Owen Sound. For some time he has been in failing health and recovery was not expected. The deceased was born in the County of Wexford Ireland about 80 years ago, and at 18 years of came to this country and settled in the township of Glenelg, Where he remained to the time of his death. HYMENEAL HOYâ€"FAWCETT A. quiet but pretty wedding was sclemnized at thb. parsonage, Nia- 2am-on-the-Lake on Wednesday NOV. 10th}. when Rev. Dr. McArthur united in marriage Vera Addison, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Fawcett, Niagara, to Mr. Melville James Hay, of Varney, Ont. The bride looked dainty in her travelling suit of naVy blue serge, with Beaver ‘hat and white plumes. After the ceremony the bridal party returned‘ to the home of the bride’s parents, on Queen street, where a wedding supper awaited them, after which the avening was spent in song and music. The bride received many presents, showing the high esteem in which she is held by her many friends. Forty-six years ago he was married to Catherine Doyle, of Paris, and to them Were born a family of seven, three sons anfl fourjaughters. Mrs. James Lena- 'h'an and Mrs. James Carter, of CW- en. Sound, Mrs. James Lavelle. of Stratford; Michael, of Delisle, Sask., and Leo, John and Alfred at home, all of Whom with the sor- rowing Widow were present at his deathbed. . On Wednesday, November, 24th., at the home of the bride, Holstein. a very pretty wedding was solem- n-izetl, when Miss J'ean Grant Mut- ch.. eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Mutch. was united in marriage to Mr. Wm. John Crispin. Dr. Marsh officiating. Promptly at five o’clock the bridal party entered the tastefully decorated parlor and took their place under an arch of evergreens from which was suspended alarge white bell. The bride. who was tastefully attired in white brocaâ€" ded silk and carried a bouquet of American ‘Beauty roses, was given away by her father. ’ After the ceremony, the guests. numbering about fifty sat down to a sumptuous repast. The young couple were the recipients of many beautiful gifts. They left for a short trip to Hamilton and points east. DURHAM, ONT. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 2. [915 ROBERT WADE We have known the deceased lfor the past eighteen years and in business transactions We always found him honest and; upright. He was a good stOry-teller, and manv ;a listener he entertained with his stranger-than-fiction tales of inci» fdents in his own experience. For a man over eighty years 'he was exceedingly smart on foot, and this memory and othzr faculties seemed quite unimpaired. Creeping paralysis is given as the immediate icause of death. cial uses. Take for example a 25 watt Tungsten lamp. This is one that consumes 25 watts an hour. A kill- owatt is a thousand. watts, and for the consumption of a thous- and watts a charge for one killo- watt hour will be made. GOing back again to the 25 watt lamp it will be seen that 40 such lamps in use for one hour will consume 1,000 watts. That is. fOrty 25 watt lamps in one hour will incur 'the cost of one killowatt hour; which accord- ing to the foregoing schedule is 4%0. and 'pmportion of floor space for domestic purpose .or 9c. with- out floor space charge for commer- in the town of Durham, for domes- ;tivc, commercial and power con- Vsumption as indicated. . To' give an idea of a killowatt hour the ofllowing concrete illus- tratlon may be of serVice;- 0.3c. per killowatt-hiour for all remaining consumption. Prompt payment; discount, 10 per cent. 2.5.6. per killowatt-Lh'our for all ad'datlonal consumption up to the next 50-hoi1rs monthly use; ani. Prompt payment; discount. 10 per cent. Consumption Ratesâ€"3.8a. per kil- lowatt-hour for the first 50- hours monthly use of the load. Consumption Rates4455 per km- owatt-hour for the first 40-killo- Watt-hours per month on 1,000 sq. feet of floor area, and 3 killowatt hours per month for each addition- al 100 -square feet or floor area charge, and 2%c. per killowatt hour for all remaining consumption. Prompt payment discount, 10 per cent. * ‘ Minimum service charge on 1,000 square feet. Maximum service charge on 3.000 square"feet. 455a per killowatt-hour for all additional consumption up to the next 70-hours monthly use; and. 0.9c. per killowatt-Ihour for remaining consumption. POWER Service Rateâ€"$1.00 per month per horse -power of convnectefl load of maximum demand. COMMERCIAL LIGHTING 9c. per killowatt-hour for the first 30 hours monthly use, of in- stalled capacity. About 1870 the deceased came with his Wife and! family to Ben- tinck, and has ever since been a continuous resident of the town- shsip Where he accumulated four or five hundred acres of land and was in comfortable circumstances. Over fifty years ago he joined the Oransgemen, and! to the time of his death had- a Warm feeling for the society, though for some years he has not been an active mem- ber. In politics he was Con-serva- tive and in religion ihe was an Ep- isc0palean. The remains were taken from Owen Sound Saturday to the old homestead, and. interment took place yesterday at Latona ceme- tery. ’ Of a family of ten children sev- en are still living, as follows; Ro- bert J'. at St. Mary’s. Mrs. J. D Ewen and Stephen, at Lumsden. Sask., William ‘G., John and Dan in Bentinck, and Mrs. Thomas Vessie at Bethune, Sask. DOMESTIC LIGHTING Service Rateâ€"3c. per 100 square feet of floor area'. married in Toronto to a Miss Mc- Cartney, who rdued about seven years ago. THE COST TO USERS OF ELECTRICITY l a-«mua-Mm; $+++++¢++++¢+++$+++++++++++*+++++++++++++++++++++++L f'V'VWVVWWW'mV" V'V'VVYYVVWWWW‘VW“! We are very fortunate in being able to offer you some excellent values in Cashmere Hose at the old prices. As we all know, these goods have advanced enormously the last month or so, and some lines you cannot; buy at any money. They are off the market. WE are offering Great Values in Men’s Underwear for the next two weeks. . They are perfect goods, only slightly soiled, and we are sell- ing them at a sacrifice. Regular 80c. garments each, for We have also a fine stock of Ladies’ and )hildren’s Underwear. All sizes, at old prices. S. F. MORLOCK Our Mantle trade is booming this Season. Bigger and better than ever. PER SUIT $1.00 PER YEAR .'