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I. “For one thing, there are far too many white-collared men who are afraid to lose a little honest sweat. but who yet exact a fat living from the grime of the toiler. Men and women were crying for bread while countless acres that, would produce food for all were lying idle. The re- wards of industry were not equally distributed. Too many parasites were living on the men who are real- ly producing the. wealth of this country.“ (Flosherton Advance.) Wyhon Premier John Oliver was East recently hp spoke at Hamilton beforn tho Canadian Club, and during tho course of his remarks said : There is a lot of truth in this theory. Young: men want to get away from the country and don the white. collar, and there are none to take their plares. (Ian it. be that. we are paying too much attention to education and not. enough to the manual side of life? In order to gain physical perfection and guard against degeneration we build gym- nasiums and swimming: baths, sta- diums for sports, make new jobs for the graduates of our colleges and universities, and taxes in a multi- tude of ways have to he raised to support these while the farming community is supposed to raise suf- ficient produce to keep the white collarhrigade tit and strong so that it may excel in athletics and the pro- fessions. The toil on the soil does not produce an attractive return. and with educational facilities so con- venient and returns more assured, it is no wonder so many try to get away from the plow handles to the pen and pencil. But the time will come, if conditions do not alter soon, when things must change or the re- sult wil; be disastrous to our com- munity life. The town was visited last week by Mr. W‘. Bronmall of Philademhia, a gentleman who is engaged there in the mmml'arturv of cream separ- ators. His mission here was to spy out the land with :1 View of starting an industry in Canada. Mr. George Thompson of the fur- niture factory was married last week in Flesherton to Miss Tena McLean of this town. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Jenkins. from German, Manitoba, are visiting their mother and sister, Mrs. Stonoouse and Mrs. James Hepburn. For quality printing try our job denartmmwf An interesting letter was received this week from Mr. R. S. McGowan, who left recently for Roekmart, Georgia. Like all good boys who go away from Durham, he wants The Chronicle for the hnme‘news. At the adjourned annual meeting of the Presbyterian Church held on Thursday last it was gratifying to learn that the entire church debt incurred three years ago for enlargâ€" ing, renovating and re-seating, was now reduced to $50. During the meeting the ladies in behalf of the congregation presented Rev. Mr. Farquharson with a cheque for $100 accompanied by an address. On Frriflay of last week Glenelg lost an old esident in the person 0: Christina McLellan, relict of the late Duncan McIntyre. She was 86 years of age and was born in North Uist, Scotland, in £817. The sur- viving members of the family are: Norman, in town; Archie, at Bad Axe, Mich. Mrs. Paterson at Flint, Michigan, Angus in California, and Mrs. Hartwell and Mrs. Cole on the old homestead. Interment was made in Durham cemetery on Sunday at- ternoon. We regret to announce the death of Mr. Thomas Buswn on Monday last. He was in his 50th year, a good business man, and the essence of honor in all his dealings. Owing to an immense rush of job work and the sickness of Mr. Archie McDougall, our chiet shop-man, we haven’t had time for careful proof- reading for the past couple of months. We regret. to learn' of the illness of Mrs. Thomas Scarf, for whom there is no hope for recovery. TWENTY YEARS AGO Better Stock TOO MANY WHITE COLLARS ho- ‘l'ho Chronicle m. of Fobruary 19, 1903. mAL_Assn1's oven mount-mans umuom R the same expenditure of time, energy am: feed, you get bigger teams on pure-bred cattle than on scrub stock. If you need financial help to @wgveyour stock. consult the local Manager 05 THE DURHAM CHRONICLE STANDARD 881716. In WM' Sonia - 'l'lll Mrs. Eaton, whose maiden name was Frances N. Ball, was born in the town of Adair, County Limerick, Ireland, and came to Canada with her parents when a girl of is years of age, being five weeks and three days in making the voyage. The family settled near Bradford, County of Simcoe, where Mr. Ball, who was a carriage maker by occupation, worked at his trade for a time. They lived there about four years, when they moved to Euphrasia, taking up land near Epping, where they cleared and where they experienced all the privations and vicissitudes of pion~ eer life. About five years after this Mr. Ball died, but the family con- tinued to work the land until they had it in a fair state of cultivation. Enphrasia was then pretty much bush. The Ball family came with a team of horses to Nottawasaga, and . from there to Euphrasia with a yoke of oxen along what is still known as éthe old mail road. Prior to this Mr. ' Ball had erected a shanty on the 200 acres of land which he had taken up. There was no such place as Meatord at that time, the early settlers simp- ly referring to what is now the town as “the road to the lake.” When Mrs. Eaton came to Euphrasia there were not more than twelve or fifteen buildings in Meaford, probably six or seven of these being places of business. Chantler's grist mill was a small concern which supplied grist for the few settlers within reason- able reach of it. The late D. L. Lay- ton kept a small store on the bay shore road for a man named Jack- son. who was a member of Parlia- ment. Stephen conducted a public inn on the main street, while D. L. l’urdy had a general store on the fourth line. near where the late William ("libson‘s house now stands. The land now covered by the town hall was then a cedar swamp near which a never-failing Spring of water gushed from the ground. Far- ther south on the .ith line was a sun]! ct‘ioperage and also a shoe re- pair shOp. Mrs. Eaton said there was no travelled road from their place to Meaford and it. was the cus- tom of those making: the trip with horses or oxen to carry an axe for the purpose of cutting small sapâ€" lings and removing other obstacles alone the way. They thought noth- ing.r then of walking ten or twelve miles with a bushel of grain or a basket of butter or eggs. The young: ladies of to-day. Mrs. Eaton humor- onsly remarked. would not think of covering that distance without a horse and buggy or an automobile. In this connection Mrs. Eaton told how at the age of 21 years she walkâ€" ed from her home to a little log house on the gravel road. a distance. of seVelllet'll miles. in order to he married to her deceased husband. Mr. Francis Eaton. whose death she was called upon to mourn twelve years ago. The preacher who per- formed the marriage ceremony walked all the way from Owen Sound. There was no ordained min- ister in Meaford at that time. But- ter then sold at. 12 cents a pound. eggs at, 8 cents a dozen, wheat went at no eents a bushel and dressed pork sold in Collingwood at. $3 per lum- dred. 'l‘ea, however, was away tip in price. selling at $1.25 a bound and ditl'icult to get at that. But the ear- ly pioneers had to accommodate themselves to circumstances. Mrs. Eaton observed. Their first table, she. said, was hewn out of a log. while their first chairs were made from small trees by Mr. Ball, who was naturally handy with tools. Money was scarce at that time. Bus- iness was transacted almost entirelr by means of trade. and money wasI hard to get. As an instance of thisl Mrs. Eaton told how her husband worked for the late Squire Carr for a whqle month splitting rails and logging for the sum of seven dollars, six dollars of which he had to pay for a bag of flour, leaving him only LORD In!!!” WM me II REIGN OP rm 30mins To have lived 'in the reign of five British sovereigns and to be the rep- resentative of a family of five gener- ations is the prnud privilege of Mrs. Frances Eaton. Mealord’s “grand old lady," and its oldest and most notable resident. Mrs. Eaton was 95 years of age last June. $1; one dollar to spend on the 12th 0! July. In order to attend worship. Mrs. Eaton said, they had to walk from Epping to Griersville every other Sunday. The distance was five miles but she said she gladly walked it. in order to hear the Gospel proclaimed. In fact any one seeing Mrs. Eaton could still outdo lots of younger per- sons in walking as she appears to be as bright. and active as any woman of 50 or 60 years of age. Mrs. Eaton has mingled freely with her friends and neighbors, all of whom hold her in the highest es- teem. Their family consisted of 12 children, ten sons and two daughters. Mrs. Eaton has 35 grandchildren. 28 great-grandchildren, and one greatâ€"great-grandchild. She and her husband celebrated their golden wedding 23 years ago and their dia- mond wedding H years ago. RBLIGIOII LID COFFEE The editor of the Smith’s Falls News finds himself entirely out of accord with the plan, contemplated by some Toronto churches. of serv- ing coffee and cake during a social hour after the close of the regular church service. and he. warms up and delivers thus : “When churches and ministers of the gospel have to resort. to such means to attract young men, the church had better lock its doors and the preacher take to farming. Reli- gion, we mean church religion, is be- coming such a farce that it. is hard for good and true men and women to continue to identify themselves with it. True religion on the teachings of Jesus Christ cannot be found fault with because'of the cowardly hypo- crites who pretend to be its expo- nents and representatives, but the modern church is to he found fault with because it allows such hypo- crites to control it. Prominence in church work to-day means a ready talker, plenty of gall and a fair showing of wealth. If Ulle has these requisites he has no trouble in se- curing the leading positions in the church. They may be the worst kind of “grafters.” political trick- sters and robbers of the widow and their unsuspecting friends; they may have contributml Iargs sums to the church out of the funds of those who have trusted them with their sav- ings; it makes no difference so long as they put up a respectable front. talk well. and continue to contribute. liberally. The observing:r young meh of toâ€"day see all this, they under- stand it. all. . . . 'l‘rue. earn- est. simple. Gospel preaching and true. as well as trusted men as church otl‘icials will do more to at- tract. young men to the church than all the cake and coffee ever manu- facturtz-d. AN INTERESTING CASE WILL BE TRIED AT WIARTOII (\Viartnn Canadian-Eclm.‘ Like ulhm‘ citizens, Slwrill‘ Jm‘myn attended the Fall Fair last fall. lie was thorn with his car and was m'nssing nwr tho l‘aCP-Il‘aPk who" a sgmmling or raving «we-m was un. HP slapped. then a Slllky driven by Ammlt. camo alum: and (hm-v was a vnllision. The Sheriff is being sued fur $1320 bvcausn of allvgml dnmagus In the sulky. etc. The defense, we understand. will take tho grnuml that it was not spending: in Hub ring: at. all. but lmrsn raving. whivh is nut alluwvd an a Fair gruunol at 1!”. The case will he decidedly interesting. Since going- to Meatord with her husband and family 36 years ago HARDING’S HARDWARD SOLD IN DURHAM AT mum: mom to aa mamm- mua or man The people of Woodwidge are In be commended for adopting‘ someâ€" thing out of the ordinary in the way of a memorial to the sons of that town who fell in the Great War. A distinct denature has been made (mm the prnctice senenlly follow- ed the country over of erecting a public stetue. monument of grave-- sh ne. Nor has the other plan been adopted 0! erecting u a memorial to the fallen a public building. quite perceptibly contrived to be more convenient to the living than com- memorative of the dead. With what has been done anywhere in honor or the fallen nobody desires to be crit- ical, {or everywhere the wish has- been to express the respect and pride- of the community in the men who. fought and fell for their country. The Woodbridge peeple, however. hsve hit upon something distinctive in the way of a memorial. It is to be a Scotch watch-tower, 60 feet high and it feet wide st the bus. The base will be 28 feet square and 12 feet high, resembling a samephnp gus. and the top of the tower will be surmounted by a beacon which cm be lighted on suitable occasions. This tower will stand on a hill above the town and will be seen from afar. It will he built entirely of field stone hauled to the spot for the purpose by residents of the country round about. The whole thing has been iinely conceived. PAILED TO APPEAR IN COURT; $300 All) 00313 [INBBD (Walkerton Herand and Times.) Mr. Charles McKinnon. who came here from Prim-Ville a number at years ago and has since been em- ployed as a farm laborer in this sec- tion, was summoned to appear he- tore County Magistrate McNab in the Town Hall here at one o‘clock on Tuesday afternoon to answer to a eharge laid by License Inspector White of Walkertou of having liquor in other than a private dwelling, but for some reason best. known to him- self failed to put in an appearance. His absence being taken as a proof of guilt. the Magistrate imposed a tine of $300 or in default of payment the accused to spend four months in the county hastile. It appears that Mc- Kinnon‘s actions have been under surx'eillance for some time and it. is alleged that a sealer of houteh was left by him at a farmer‘s house in Saugeen Township which led up to the above eharge being laid. and it was expected eharges against others alleged to be implicated in illicit liquor tratlil in this section would ir ise out. of the midence given in this case. 'PHUCSANDS of Canadians have tried 'l‘.R.(?.’s and found they do drive out rheumatism, and all similar pains. T.R.(‘.’s reach the seat of pain, for their medicinal pow- der is carried in the Mood. $1.00 at your druggist’s. Free sample 'l‘em ple- ton (‘0., Toronto. Canada’s sum My la hi. I‘m. rm I3. I.» T.R.C.’s ' From Pain (0 Eaae with T.R.C.'s.” Sold in Durham by 8. IICBETH. luauuhnq.