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h Renewals are now In Order. He who lends money :Without se- curity, borrows trouble. Unless a mam is chicken-hearted he’s seldom hen-peeked. Sunday .last V the Women to Easter bonnets. A man is always willing to pay What he owes,â€"if it is a grudge. The next horse fair Will be held The next horse fair Will be new here on April 18th. This is likely to be the last of the season. The Sunday school Durham’s horse fairs are so Well known that a Brockville buyer Wrote Postmaster Smith inquiring as. to the date of the next one‘ and requesting him to “Wire” if it “‘35 to be held this week, He: will The death occurred in Normanby near Ayton, on Monday of last week, of Mr. Patrick Morris, aged 68 years. He was a brother of Mr. James Morris, and Miss Anne Morris, of this place, who attend- ed the funeral, which took place Two weeks ago, we referred to Dr. D. B. Jamieson as the newly- appointed Captain of No. 4 Co., Blst Battalion, With Dr. N. T. Mac- laurin as Lieutenant. We have been told the statement was not true. and asked to correct it. We enquired into the matter and learn that the appointments named have been made, and Will be Gazetted perhaps before this issue .is in the hands of our readers. If we made a mistake, we would certainly be willing to rectify it, but otherwise we object. « ‘ On Thursday last, Mr. Robert Smith unloaded a 25 horse power gasoline tractor, and guided it down to the old foundry, where he spent some time in learning how to handle it. It works well, and with no mishaps, should give good satisfaction. He tried it on a grain crusher and got excellent reâ€" sults. It was made by the Inter- national Harvester Company. and is the kind used in the west for threshing and ploughing. We understand Mr. Smith will take it with him when he leaves for there in the course of a week or two. roused Some of the citizens, who were soon on the spot. The building is installed throughout with automatic sprinklers, and there was soon sufficient heat to set them to .Work, and for the first time they demonstrated their use- fulness and put the fire out in short order. Under the thorough system of - fire protection, barring accidents by freezing, which must always be guarded against, it is almost impossible for fire to make much headway, even in the most inflflimable portion. of the build- m2. ‘ ‘ Aboul two o’clock Sunday morn- ing. a small blaze started in the furnace 100m at the furniture fac- tory, and the sound of the Whistle On Monday morning, a quiet' wedding took place at Trinity church, when Miss Mary F. McLel- “Ian became the Wife of Mr. Geo. Pinney As the early rays of the} morning sun began to gleami through the chaste memorial Wins dow in the chancel of the church, the beautiful and solemn marriage service of the Church of England was rendered by Rev. 'W. H. Hart- ley. Only a few friends Were present to Witness the ceremony, which,,in that sacred place, and at that quiet hour, was very impres- sive. The bride and groom are both well and favorably known here, and will continue to be citizens of our town. May happi- ness and prosperity accompany thm through life. \ Pure Maple Syrup at Grant’s. V0 s to be held this We on hand next week. NEWS AROUN D TOWN L. 44â€"N0. 2345. s a grudge ' The Ontario Educational Associa- 1' will be heldition is holding its annual conven- This is likel3§ tion this Week in Toronto. season. iInspector Campbell, .P1incipal [ A,llan Miss Gun and Mr. C. Ram- bad day for Jage, are in attendance from here LL Wanted.â€"Two apprentices to learn dressmaking. Apply to Mrs. Graham, over the post-office. The successful tenderer for the cart-taking of the school, was Mr. Thos. Daniel, last year’s caretaker, who gets a rise in salary. The Borden-Bourassa alliance turns out to be a combination of seven Nationalists and seventeen Liberals, against the Borden Gov- ernment on a Nationalist issue, incited by a campaign promoted by Messrs. Bourassa and .La'vergne. â€"Kincardine Review, The April meeting of the Wom- en’s Institute was held at the home of Mrs. Chas. Ritchie, Glenelg, on Thursday of last week, when about thirty ladies were present. The meeting opened with the singing of one verse of the Maple Leaf. followed by the reading of the minutes of the past month. “A good program was also rendered. Three papers, two on“‘Cleanliness about the House,” by Mrs. S. Patterson, and Mrs. J. Blyth, and one on “Building Brains” by Miss Bella McGirr, were read, after which lunch was served, and another successful meeting brought to a close. The next meeting is to be held on May 16th. at the home of Mrs. Thos. McGirr. This is the business meeting of the year for the election of officers, and the joining of new members, On Friday, March 29th, My s \1 11v McCormick widow of ti is late John McCormick. died 'li am home near Glenroaden, after an illness of a few months. being confined to her bed only about A month before her death. Deceased who was in her 80th year, was ° :1 daughter of the late Malcolm Mcl- Quarry, Bentinck. She was born in the Island of Islay, in October 183- . and in the following year came to Canada with per parents who settled in the township of King, in the county of York. In the early forties they moved to the township of Bentinck, and in 1352. she married the late John McCormick, who died about 39 Years ago. From the time of her marriage up to the time of her death, she lived on the same farm in Glenelg, near the Glenroaden mills. Their marriage resulted in an issue of ten children, of whom five are still living, as follows: Mrs. Wm. Arbuthnott, Longburn. Man,: Mrs. Albert Neil, Amaranth, Man; John, in Saskatchewan, Mal- colm and Angus, on the old home- stead. In addition, Margaret B. McKillop, a granddaughter, re- mains on the homestead, Deceased was a life-long member of Burns’ Presbyterian church, Rocky Sau- geen. The funeral service was conducted at the home, church and grave, by Rev. John /Little, of North Mornington, an old friend and former pastor of the deceased. He was assisted by the present pastor, Rev. Mr. Stevenson. The *deceased was a hardy type of womanhood, and m the early days endured all the hardships and trials incident to early pioneer life. . ‘ \ John McGowan’s dam seemed in ;imminent danger, and immediate ,action to save it fromvdestruction :Was at once resorted to. The flood ,gates were cut away, as far and as fast as possible, but the channel ; was still too narrow. and the water 'rose rapidly, ,piling itself up : against the dam, and in. many in- fstances overflowing its banks. It fseemed as if the side of the dam imight break, and a mighty tor- {rent of water rush down through Ithe centre of the town, as it did lsome years ago, When many of the gcellars were flooded, and the istreets in the neighborhood of |th~e Chronicle office were consider- :ably submerged, siVigilance on :the part of a number of Willing jworkers prevented such a mishap [but the rushing waters were play- } in g havoc elsewhere. Sunday was an anxious day in Durham. The Winter, it is known, has been very cold and steady, with considerable snowfall, and a‘ lighter than usual mid-Winter thaw, The result was that much snow lay on the ground, and the expectations "were ,that "a big flood would follow a rapid melt- ing of the accumulated snow, LAMBTON ST. BRIDGE SWEPT AWAY ON SUNDAY Thursday, Friday and Saturday last were fine spring days, and the snow yielded rapidly to the influence of Old Sol. .Reports of big floods from ,qther parts of Canada and the United States came in last Week, and our turn was Soon looked for.- Our expect- ations were not disappointed, and Saturday night the river here be- gan to rise in ear-nest. On Sunday morning the waters. were very high and the dams and bridges in the corporation were in for a test of strength. At the McGowan Milling Comp- any’s dam, a number of workers were engaged to prevent a wash- out at the north end of the cement work. The big pond was filled to overflowing, and a sheet of water said to be four feet in thickness. passed over to the cement apron below. The C.P.R. bridge, a few yards lower down, was sure to be in danger, especially if the ice and floating logs should pass over the dam, and form angbstruction 'at the upper side. efikers as if it were being under- mined, but so far no harm has ap- Darently resulted. The {new steel bridge built across Lambton street in 1904 was the Weak point. evi- dently and about half-past three o ’clock in the afternoon, gave Wav suddenly, and gradually dropped into the Waters. It was thought by many when the Lambton street bridge was built. that a proper foundation for the west abutment had not been found. It was evidently the weak point in the structure, and the town Will again be called on to make a big outlay that a little care might have averted, The bridge cost the town over $6000, and the reconstruction, or repairs, Whichever we may call it, will run tirely new bridge. Nothing in the form of a definite announcement has been made regarding What the council intends doing in the mat- ter. but a new bridge of some kind will have to be erected at once. The cement bridge erected across; Garafraxa street about four years; ago, had an appearance to on-l Fortunately there Was no one on it at the time. A feW minutes later the children from the Methodist Qunday school would have been pa ssing over it, and many lives might have been lost *had the acci- dent occurred at that particular moment. Below this~a few rods the McKechnie dam Was fighting a hard battle, but it won out, .and has stood the test of another freshet. \ Other towns dovm the river suf- fered as much, or more, than W6 did. Walkerton was three feet under water, and the (CPR. bridge was carried aWaY; Paisley resi- dents were also under Water, and some had to be rescued in boats. In Southampton over $75‘000 dam- was done, and two concfete brid- ges were swept away. In fact, it here to the mouth of the Saugeen, DURHAM. 0NT., THURSDAY. APRIL 11,1912. need the Money. Out Clubbing Rates the lowest f The sooner the fire-fighters are {in readiness the better, TWO min- !utes in the early stages of .a blaze {may be worth hours later on, and 5the town should make the Work as leasy as possible for the firemen to Ido their best work as soon after :the accident as possible. The great {success of the city fire brigades is gbecause of their ability to get to {work almost immediately, and the .mcu We can help our little con-i j cerns to be like the larger and bet-= lter equipped ones, the better it: {will be, and much property will be: ,saved ~' 1 1 Again the keeping up of the [Water supply is an important thing IIt is highly probable we have lplenty of Water at this moment Ibut What about a month ago? 5Were the water tanks then full. land were they in a position to lget at them easily and Without de- My ‘2 Will they be all full next ’July and August ‘2 In short -are ythe3 kept full and easily accessible lthe \\ hole year round? and similar reports are coming in from almost every river in W’est- ern Ontario. ' Though fortunately there was no serious damage done at the fur- niture factory blaze on Sunday morning, it is well, under all occa- sions of fire to have every fireâ€" fighting appliance .in readiness, every avenue open. and everything necessary as easily accessible as possible - . x That many: of the citiZens, and? some of the'lécal volunteer fire'. brigade did not hear the sound: of! either whistle or bell on the night' in question, shows necessity ,for action on the part of the town, andl something should be done at once by the council before the time comes when We may look back with regret for trifling carelessness or a trifling oversight On prev- ious occasions, this paper has ad- vocated the use of a siren whistle with voice and volume altogether different from the train and fac- tory whistles, to which the public have become so accustomed, and are liable to pay but little or no attention Such whistle should be loud enough to wake the dead, met- aphorically speaking, and should be used only in cases of emer- gency. It could easily be attached to the factory boiler of the furni- ture cOmpany, or any other con- cern where steam is kept up con- stantly, The annual Easter Vestry meet- ing of Trinity church Wash-81d on Monday evening last. The treas- urer-‘s report showed a balance of over $70 on hand, in the new pew fund account. There was. however, a considerable shortage in the general fund, which will be wiped out when all pledges have been fulfilled. It was decided to hold an adjourned vestry meeting on April 29th, and in the meantime it is hoped all {arrears will be paid in. A committee was appointed to enquire into the 'various details relative to putting a basement under the church. and will report at the adjourned meeting. The following officers were either elected or re-elected: \Wardens, John Kelly and Joseph Atkinson: Sidesmen, James Lloyd, Ed. Kress, Wm. Scarf, A. Alexander, A. Crutchley, Thos. Scarf: U'szhers. Anson Lloyd, and Eric Kelly: Ves- try -Cler'k, James Lloyd: Repre- sentative to Symod, Jos. Atkinson. DURHAM SHOULD HAVE A FIRE WHISTLE Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dagg of! Kincardine, celebrated the 64th anniversary of their wedding day, They are 93 and 90 years old, res- pectively, and Were married in the village of Lucan. r This is a vital problem; it is not one to “think” about; it is one to “act” on, and to act on nrm‘. Next month or next year, may be too late, and fill us all with a lingering regret. How often We hear of fires in larger towns and cities causing great destruction because of frozen pipes, or other’misfortunes. We hope that Durham may be along time Without a fire, but we hope too, the town will always be ready for the emergency when it comes. §§§z§§z§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§+ Ozz¢§§§§§§§§§§¢§§§§§§§i 'c Hm” vQOQWWNM WWW“ Charming Millinery Models J. J. HUNTER H U R R A H ! ! ?Tis Spring and House Cleaning time. 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