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Mr. John Dickson treated his neighbors and friends to a party last fiiday night. A very pleasnnt time It looks as if Spring had come at last. Some in this vicinity have started ploughing while others are busy cutting wood. Mr. Johns had the misfortune to lose a horse last. week. Mr. Bert. Dickson and bride; After congratulations and the serving of a very dainty lunch, the remainder of the evening was pleasantly spent in games and music. The bride receiv- ed many beautiful and use-fut pres- Mrs. Lorne Smith of Mount Forest visited a few days with her sister, Mrs. William Derby, Jr., recently. Quite a number ot-the young folks of this place and the surrounding country enjoyed themselves at our new neighbor’s, on Friday night. A very pleasant time was spent at the home of Mr. W. Dickson, where a reception was given in honor of The evening was spent in dancing and games. Ploughing is the order of the day. It will make late seeding on heavy Miss Bertha Honess uf Crawford spent Sunday with her sister. Mrs. Hugh Macdonald. Mr. David Smith of Durham visit- Pd friends on the line. (Our own correspondent.) Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Langrill visited with Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Hriprscm iast wepk. Mr. William Cook is assisting Mr. S. PutherbOUgh with ihv spring work. Mr. Flon'hor Mt'Loan 0f Holstvin spent Sunday with his parmxls. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McLean. Mr. Archiv MrLcran had a wood bee last Friday. with Mr. Jnhn Mc- Donald’s outfit. Mr. Duncan McLean has nngago-d Mr. 'l‘ran‘ord fur the. summvr mnnths. Mr. Hugh Macdouald sold a [nurse last wm-k tn Milton Svhmwrmuun nf Lamlash. Th0 {armors are busy at the pluw- mg “1950 I‘m:- clays. Tho» l'nzuls‘ mm m gcmd shapv again. S. S. Nu, H) is ('lnsml at. [mt-sum Imâ€" (‘anw Hm [mellow and some- 01' Um childm‘n ax'v dcm‘n with ”w mvaslvs. .\h'. Dougall Clark of tho' Bucky mill \‘isilml his muthvr. Mrs. J. D. Clark. 011 Sunday. Mrs. D. Lamb smut Saturday with how frio-nds. Miss Laura Mchnzio and Mrs. \\‘. M‘c-Hmvan. in Durham. It was a great shock to the com- munity whvn it was learned that Mrs. Ed. Miildlvton had passe-d away at tlw homo of how son Waltm' at Atwrnnthy. Sask. Tho romains are expeotmi to arriw in Durham on Thursday night and the tune-rat will be held from the home or her son, Albort, on Friday afternoon. Much sympathy is fol! for the. family and t'rionds as sh» waé of such a chow- ful disposition. The ynung [NPUpiO' are hulclillg a debate in thp schoolâ€"house nnxt Fri- day night. (0ur mvn’ cnrrespâ€"oudent.) Miss Mamiv (Il’utvhlvy slumt a ”W days with Iwr hrntlwr. Jim. at [Mr- nuch . Mr. and Mrs. .lanu-s Ludingham and olaughh-r Elsiv. spun! a day I'v- contly with Mr. and Mrs. Lzmchio Mclman. Mr. Clinton Main has so far ro- cm'nrml frnm his rvcent SPVPI‘O' acci- dent as to hp able to (Iriw tn the filings“. Hp still usns Hw cruh'lu-s. [NHLâ€"J)" 'I‘m-sclay. 3M}! ,illsL. MP. Rolwrt “vans. mm! 7’: yvars‘. Thu largo plat» glass to tho uno- bmkvn in tho from bank, arrivml last mwk aml placed in positinn soon. Mr. R. Christin is ahlo‘ tn kw nut again :tflm- his snmvwhal sm'iuus illnpss. The report is current that the streets are to be oiled again this yvar. This is a step in the right dire-Minn as it, pruved a gro-al surâ€" Cvss last year. Mr. J. F. Mchn is fixing up the McCabe shup and purposes owning a mram‘» in th» south end. John Mc- Kt‘lllio- is to bo- his assistant Mr. “C .\.,:\.bb§l. who has i'hai'gn of ”H? Crvampry this season. ai'rile hm'e frt m his home at Porl Elgin on Monday md'is making a trip throfigh llu- 'l‘nwnship. Mr. William Nelson acrumpanipd him. Dr. Ellis \wm to Toronto this wwk in the interests of tho Hydro in the village. Mré. Ed. Rae was taken suddmxly ill on Sunday last. 01: Monday Drs. McLellan and Snealh held a cummi- tation and i! was decided to remove hrr tn the Mnunt Forest Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Ali'x. Aitknn. 912. have returnml to their homo and arv nhw qiute well again. ' PAGE EIGHT South Bentinck (Our own correspondent.) Rocky Saugeen u-plat P u! “u“ will 1w At the Presbyterian Quild meeting last week the latter part of the pro- gram consisted of community singing led by Mrs. Fowler, and old-time songs were heartily sung and en- joyed.\ ‘ Mr. and Mrs. George Mitchell’s lit- tle two-year-old grandson, Robin Goldsborough was bitten in the face last week by their dog with which he was playing. Assisted by Dr. Mur- ray, Dr. Bibby stitched 'the wound in the eyelid and the bright. little fellow is over his fright and doing nicely. rtvrs are tPaching in the city and his son is farming in Alberta. Mr. Mc- lmnald and family like \‘ancouwr and Hi» usual linp climate there, but Hm imig. cold winter just passed was an umiinasant eXperionce. Mr. J. R. Dillon of Markdale has secured the contract for the erection of the new school in the Orange Val- ley on the site of the building des- troyed by fire last fall. The hydro committee here haw been advised from the head office, Toronto, that a rebate of $740 would be credited to this \ illage on account of m ercharge in its account. Mr. Fred Brown and Mr. George Best had wood-cutting bees last weekand in the evening a large. company of young people of the neighborhmm were entertained at. an enjoyable party at each home. Mrs. (Dr, Murray entertained a large number of ladies in town at very enjoyable afternoon teas given on Thursday and Friday last in hon- or of her sister, Mrs. (Rem) Reymer, visiting her. Mrs. Reymer returns to her home at Beachville on Wed- nesday. \‘nncouwr, fm'mm'ly highly I'vspvct- mt i'nsidvnts of this plan». Mr. Mc- Dunahl “as for a number 01 wars in business hvro in the firm 0! Mc- Donald 8: Ex an»: and lator conducted ttn- business himself. For several yvars he has’bven living at Vanmu- w-i'. titling a good position with the (LNJt. at. Port Mann. His two daugh- (Our own cmrespondent.) AHM- a lung silvnvv we aw plvasml at I'PPt'iVillg a very inlm'vsting lvttm‘ t’rnm Mr. and Mrs. B. Mchnald Hf gnu-Ming. 'I‘Im pastm'. Rm: Mr. Sil- Ian's. hmk a fainting: slwll during tho smwim- and fvll tn the flnm'. but, snnn I'Pcmm'ml. Hp said it was llw first limv Hn- like- has! c-wr happmu-d in him during his lung c-x'pm'imwv as a ministvl'. Ho- said Hu- tim'tm' MM him nut tn pl'vavh last Sunday as lw had a bad ('nlcl. We hulw Hm good km. gvntlmnan will liw mmv the \an'sw of his 5'va nf \W‘aknvss. We» aunmlm chmch at Rocky Sumo'vn vo'stvulay and szm mum old l1'io 1111s Hn'm' \xlm gaw us 31 WNW} .\;~‘.s'o'.~'.~'nl' Mnm'v is wurking' his way tm‘s'm'tls tho' [thrill of (ilvnvlg this \\‘N'k and \w- hnpv hr will haw guod .h')‘ t'uads tn trzn'o-l. hut our vXpD-l‘i- mm- nf knnwing thv kimt nt' wads to wmtvnct with tnwards ttw north ”1' Hlvnvlg rvmimts him that he will haw tn \Vach' through m'arly knoc- ttm-p in watt-r on Runs. 12 and 13 in thv big swamp. who?» ot‘tt'n “'6' had tn “min. and through ttw kimhwss of a m-arh)‘ lady vxchangmt our wet stnvkiugs for dry onus. But pm'haps lwl'nrp our gum] Assvssm- will 3:01 that far ”10- watvvs will have sub- Sitlml. Mr. -W. Moore has had his W» wm'v sum-y to hva‘r Hf tlw dmlh nt' Jnhn McL-nchlin. sun of the lam .luhn McLavhlin. Durham Road. “W's! of Pl'it‘M'iH“. and hruthvr in Mrs. Nivlml and Miss MvLachlin. (Inn. 3. F..H.R.. (Elvnvlg. .lnlln Mt"â€" l.:whlin was burn at lmt "Li. (Jun. '1. SJHL “Inna-Lu. [In “1:11ch bo- :lhnut 5.3 3mm of aw. [in [HBVPS t’mu' Sis- tvrs in ”Marin and MW in .\ert. He- diml in thv Status snnwwhvrv. 'l'his Munolzly morning. ”10 23ml of April. has a linv appnax'anco and it is lu lw lmpml lhal svmling opera- linns will lw on this wm'k. Somv \wrv pllmghing llu- laltvl' part of Past \ka. (Our own correspondent.) Dject.--\ the residence 0! his no. phe“ and niece. Mr. and Mrs. 001m McLean, Seuth Line. Artemesia, on Monday. ~the 16th April. Sara Mc- Laehlnn. relic‘tet‘ the late Dougald Metinrml‘ek. at the age of 91 years. Mrs. \tetkn‘miek was one of the old pmneers uf the Durham Road. Glen- elg. Henl‘ Prim-ville. where she came wIth heI‘ mrents ever 73' years ago twhen the rufuts were all bush and 'had te he guided by blazes 0n the Ftrees by the surveyors. MI'S. Me- tlernIII-k is the last nt‘ the McLachlan family whn settled early on the Dur- ham head. She was united in mar- name In Mr. [Inugaht McCormick in met. Mr. \3h-thrmiek died four years- age and Mrs. .‘IletIIII'miek was tendon-i) 'areII t‘eI' by Mr. and Mrs. IZIIIIII McLean ever since. The fun- eral on Wednesday was largely atâ€" tended to the old cemetery. The Rev. Mr. Mathesen, Mrs. McCor- nIEek's eh! pastnr. preached the fun- eral sermen. The I‘IallJIeareI's were .~I\ «It the elIleIs «It the Presbyterian t hIIII h. Priceville and South Flesherton -‘,‘o ‘i Miss Hat-tio (jolt! of Toronto is vis- iting her sister, Mrs. Chas. Stewart. Miss Mamir- Mc'l‘avish was :1. week and visitor with friends in Markdale. Miss 'l‘ena Henderson has returned to her former position in F. H. W. Hickling‘s store. 'l‘lw I‘vlatiws here nf Mrs. Samuel Hemlvrsnn nf 'l'nronto sympathize with lwr in hvr illness nf the past, two months. Mr. W. .l. Hcmlm‘sun, who had al- most. rocowrmi from the effects of tlw flu. is again confined to his bed this wpok. Mr. .lzmws Watson, wlm was ln't‘vughl Up at Mnunt Zinn and spent tlw firs! llall‘ul' his llfv in Artvmvsia climl nu l’I'ialay lasl al llis lalv lmmo at llvsc-runln. uw‘t’l 7-1 yc'al's. llis ln'nllu-r. .lnsuph nl' Muunl Zinn. lol'l 3m Saturday lu nth-ml tlu- funm'al. MI'. JHSO‘lih lilinlnll and nllu‘l‘ rvla- llws lu'rv m-cvix'ml \Vnml last wm'k lllal his ln'nllm- .lnlm. lllw himself, bcrvft nl' his wil‘v a few munllls agt'), was. ill in llu- hospital at Edmonton. Mr. Alox. Findlay 0f Osprny movâ€" ml Ull Munday tn his farm near this \‘illagv lmuglll I‘f‘i'L‘Htlfi' from. Mr. Brawn. A fmv I'i'ivnds from how at- tvndmi a l'armwll party at Mr. Find- lay‘s UM immv UH Friday night. last. Sum:- mw visitml Mr. Charles Stmvart‘s syrup-making oamp on Sllm'lay. boiling down his stuck 0f sap and damaging: Iris evaporator. MP. Avvry HIIwka purchasod tho. Val‘alll lul IIn l'JIIlliIIgwImIl street, lll‘Xl ln lhv llllll'lll‘l' slmp on which lu- [HUDHSI‘S ('H’ltlllg a (“o-slurev building l,III' a music-shun and p110â€" tIIgIaIIlI gallI-I). lhl‘ Sill‘ is good and a Iww lIIII‘lIliIIg Ull which some wm-k may lw (10110 this summer will gI'I'ally impruw lhe simml. Mrs. W. 'l'rimhlr, whu shows slight imprmrmmt in her ilhwss. was sat'rly mmmt last work to hrr nrw apartment ~m Clayton‘s Black. Hrr sister, M rs. Curtis. who has been with how fur a month. loaves this mmk t’ur hrr home at Wayne. Mich. Rev. F. G. Fowler had a successful salo on Saturday. There was a gnod 0mm! and Auclimwor Kaitting gut, brisk bidding. Mr. Pun-tor Board bought. the pinnn and Mr. Bert Magoo Hm autamohilv. We are indebted to Stoxs'tar West. Backline gcmm-ous trvat of new I sent to us on Saturday. Mr. Everett Henry of town has inâ€" wstml in a Hun new Chevrolet car. Miss Annie Wi'nters of Osprey ac- By a commulcatlun fmm Miss ll'em- Wilson. nurse in (ireystone Park Hospital. va York. wv are plvasml t0 Imam slw and her sister. Miss Avmla. in training. aw both wall. but busy and working hard. M v. John Wright. \‘iilage Assessor, is now on his annual rounds here. and we learn 90m» increases in as- sessmvnt arv being made. Mr. James F fisher moved last week to the Baptist parsonage vacated by Mr. Gilchrist. \ With fine weafher and improved roads there were good congrega- tions at the churchés on Sunday». At the evening service in“ the Methodist Church a male choir rendered _,two numbers and led the singing heartâ€" ily. bus repainted and otherwise im- proved. The motor busses to the depot took the place of the horse carriages the middle of last week and Mr. Fawcett puthis jitney on the Portlaw mail rqgte. Fevevsham mail also came inAby mptor bus. THE DURHAM CHRONICLE . Morlock Sons’ Mrs. John for a very n‘aple syrup "'0.â€" The oldâ€"fashioned girl who didn’t. know which suitor to take now has a daughter who doesn’t knOw ‘which one to take first. ada may like to know it, even in Spite of the fact that the Minister of Finance is said to be thinking of re- ducing the high tax on cigarettes. “WOMBN SMOKING LESS” (Kingston Standald ‘ That is a curious heading-«“10- men Smoking Lessuand “1* iathei womlm what “omen, and men too. would have thought of it. only a very few years ago. But it «toes not apph to Canada. though it max be true here tor all \\ e knoxx. I‘he fact is stated by The Manchester Guard- ‘lan as implying to the Motherland. .This- paper says that women there are smoking less than they have done for years. and many of the younger girls do not. take to it at all. It is said this is not an economy! note. as cigarettes of many brands are. cheaper than they have been for a long while. It began to be whis- pered that tobacco has a tendencv to promote the growth of hair on the face, and the \er) thought was enough to make scores mm) the cig- arette habit. That is the secret of the dropping of the habit, and per- haps some women and girls in Can- iOWEN SOUND WILL OPPOSB NEW PROVINCIAL SCHEME (Ow e11 Sound Sun-Times, Owen Sound will send a deputa- tion to Toronto to ente1 an objection to the bill no“ hefo1e the House. b) \\ hich the pr0\ ince \\ ould assume all the cost of the prmincial higlm ays except such p01tions as mould he uithin the submhan area 01 anv city. A telegram “as, 111111111111! from Guelph asking for this action. and Mayor Harris wired Guelph 011 Mon- day morning promising help. It. is preposed to ask the Legislatme to assume all the cost and not to force 1it_ies that me alream paying l111a\- ily to suburban roads to be taxed this additiOnal amount. The bill would p1obabl) come up in the house on We1l11esda\.'l‘l1e Council in session 1111”]1111sda} night will [11 ohably appoint a number of rel'1re-. senlaliws. A christening took place at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. {\lc'l‘avish nu Tuesday when their littlv son. Frudvrick Daniel, was baptized by the family paslm', Rev. lr‘. H. Fowler. Mrs. W i” Bentham 0f Wefl Tor- onto is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Crossley this week‘. Under the auspices of the Tuxis Square a splendid entertainment was given in the Methodist Church on Monday evening when Capt. Rev. A. D. Robb of Toronto gave his dra- matic recital of Ben Hur to'a deeply interested audience. Capt. Robb possesses rare dramatic powers and related the story in a vivid and fas- cinating manner. \It was a treat en- joyed by all and at the close the au- dience gave the speaker a very hear- ty token of appreciation. Edgar Sprott gave a concise and neat ad- dress explaining the TUxis Square, a pleasing Hawaiian trio was given by Wes. Armstrong. Frank Hunt. and Fred Large; the (1.6.1.11 sang a pretty number and Miss Alecia M it- chell gave a well rendered solo. Rev. Mr. ()ke presided. Proceeds 9.335. Capt. Robb was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Armstrong. companied Miss Hazel Phillips nnd called on old friends here on Satur- day. \ Mrs. Charlie Crossley of Toronto is visiting her mother, Mrs. Boyd. Mrs. Buthven of Alliston returned home on Thursday last after spend; ing three months with her brothei, Mr. F. Cairns, here. “My husband sun'm-ml for the past year and four mmilhs with sciatica, lumbago and i'hnumatism. He had terriblp pains acmss the back, just over tho kicliivys so that at limos hr could hardly get around. He was constanllv taking: laxatiws. his an- pvtitv “as mismahlp and wry sel- dom «lid 1w got a i'vstful night. Noth- ing: hvlpnd him iimil m0 weeks ago Wonderful Results from Two Weeks Treatment Tortured cruelly by sciatica. rheuâ€" matism and lumbago, Mr. F. Burrcll of 509 Ottawa Awnur. London. like any other workingman. was forced to hido his sufferings and carry on with his daily toil. Ho had a family to support. Little did any our, ex; cept his wifr. realize the etl‘ort it was costing him as ho left his home vach morning with only grim deter- mination lmtwrrn him and a break- down. A yoar and four months ho carried on. without a rhange. though modicinv aftc-r quirine was tried. Than Mrs. Bnrroll heard of Dreco. Lot [101‘ toll you of tho wondm'ful rvsnlts jt arhimwt in two short weeks : Ir. Bumll Sulorod Unto“ Agony Pmm Sciatica. Bhounatiim and Luminamâ€"Dx‘bm the Only Rom- ody that. Helped lim.â€"Rapidly Regaining qumtl Activity. WWWâ€"w [ hoard of Draco and pounded him to uy it. Non he is like a new mm. The mine in his buck and limbs are almost gone, his bowels are like clock“ ork and he sleeps like a tired child. No other remedy has eser gone to the bottom of his troubles like Dreco. It has worked wonders and gladly do we praise it." Men and women of all ages and conditions can once again know the joy of a springy. pain-free. healthy body by allowing Dreeo, the natural herb and root, remedy. to time up and regulate their whole system. [is gentle action gives immediate relief to the most obstinate eases of stom- ach. liver. kidney and intestinal dis. orders. Draco is being spooinlly introduc- ed in Durham by lcl‘uldon's Dru Too many people run lwhind keep- ing in front. Any wnman mm makv an ass of a man; but only the giflmi few can make] a man of an ass. A SAFE PREDICT“). (Raleigh Ni-ws and (lhsonvrf. Prosidonl Harding is I'vlil‘osenlvd as saying that ”m'mmmic issues will play a lamp part in tlw campaign next. year.“ t’lvrtainly. The. people are oagm‘ far a vhamm lu swat the high tariff and tlw mnquunnt high cost at living. Store, and is sold by a good unfitâ€"e; everywhere. M.Ml.m.