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The following letter in the T01.- onto World from A. D. Davit‘ son. is of present interest. follow as it does the recent attack on the Canadian Minister of )1? 13th 1“. "mm M the. Toronto dailies as by some of the Toronto dailies :15. well as individuals: “I have read the statements in? some of the he“ spapers as to} \\ hat Ma or-Ge neral Huvhts s :11an in his speech to the Canad; m (111‘: '3 in London. on Wednesd :13». No-- vember 25. I sat alongside of; him at this luncheon and over-; heard every word he uttered. Ii have also read Maiorâ€"General; Hughes’ denial {of the statementsl attributed to him1 and I fully’ corroborate him in this denial Eel never uttered a word of criticism; of Earl Kitchener or the mm e-1 ment of our tr00ps. but mentioned the anxiety We all felt until the report of their safe arrival at Plymouth. In my speech at London, made on the evening of that same day. I told about being present at Salisbury Plains with Field-Mar- shall. the late Lord Roberts. when be inspected the Canadian tr00ps, and how‘ at a banquet in London a few days afterwards in a soeech made before more than one hund- red menâ€"some of them officers of éHE [332833.15 CHRUNIE‘LE the Canadian forces, other 301-! diers. sailors and prominent! statesmen of Englandâ€"Lord Robâ€"i erts said: “General'Hug'hes. I con- gratulate you on the splendid ap- pearance of your men. both as to. their bearinO‘ and equipment and; you. sir. haxe made a next ice-I 0rd for the time taken to mobilize; an army in the short Space of Six: weeks. and you till me,that the shoes had to be made for the men and that the cloth {mm which the uniforms were mad: was woven afte' the d:.-<;l:1:':xtim1 of Warâ€"it’s Simply I'ennn'kaiilc. l mav tell you that the reg: 1:11: armies of England and Franco re- quired one month to mobilize. It's a splendid achievement.” This statement, coming from the highest military authority in the empire should make us feel that we have a real soldier at the head of the militia affairs of Canada. The minister should have the hearty and loyal support of every Canadian. as .our strength and usefulness depends on unanimity of purpose. This is no time to try to destroy a man’s usefulness. Some of the papers say Hughes “talks too much”: during the American civil war U. S. Grant. one of the greatest generals of that time. was continually malign- ed and criticised by a large por- tion of the press and many of the politicians. A committee waited on President Lincoln to have Grant removed for drunkenness. The president, in one of his character- istic replies. said: “I wish I knew where he gets his whiskey and I would order a supply for even" brigadier-general.” Hughes may “talk too much,” but like Grant’s whiskey, it is calculated to -do more good to our cause than the many attacks that are made upon him. Every loyal Canadian should give his full support to our army, which cannot be done bv unwarranted attacks on its offi- cial head.” A pamphlet has been issued f giving an idea as to the extent of agricultural operations in the County of Grey. It contains alist of the breeders of pure bred stock. There may be some names omitted ] but if so‘. the names omitted should be sent to the Secretary 1 of the Board of Agriculture. 1 There is .a feeling amongst the '- cattle men of the County of Grey 5 that an auction sale of pure bred 3 cattle should be held in the Counâ€" ty. To this sale should be con- tributed only first class animals. and the sale should be held at some point near the centre of of the County. Already one man has signified his intention of con- t.ibuting six animals if the sale is held. The- advantage would be that if a good number of animals were offered for sale at one time and place it would'bring in buyers from a distance, and thus bigger and better prices would result. It would be a good way to get rid of our surplus stock. What do .the breeders think about this ? Are there any in favor of the 1‘Ian? If there are a goodly number m favor of the plan, and a good few animals contributed, the Grey County Board of Agriculture Will make all arrangements for . con- A COUNTY SALE OF CATTLE BEL R. ii. No. 2, Ll‘ILJ-J “Au“... u--v .. to everyone‘ and the members of the Committee made it very evi- dent that they had no idea Whatâ€"- ever that Mr. Ball’s charges were true or well founded. ‘- v- Mrs. George Wilson. a member of the/Committee, and one of whose sons is at Salisbury Plains with our first contingent. said the error was entirelv the result of an oversight of .her vounger son. who is a stenographer in Mr. Miller’s office. She said her, son had told her twice that the mistake was whollv his, that she knew her son had Spoken truth- fuliv, that he had made a gentle- man’s 'anolog‘y, which she tho-ugm ought to be accepted, Another lady member of the Committee. whose husband is a C()I‘18£,‘I‘\'zlii“'c and voted against Mr. Miller at the last Dominion filtration. said she disliked a (}ULII'X'\1 but that 'sho could not keen silent lest Mr. "Milim' interpret her silence to mean that she believed he had filonc as had been charged and Ithaf cuflh “‘le nflf the (31158. She mean that she believed he had ltlone as had been charged and it‘nzxt such Was not the case. She ‘sakl that in their home when the math-2' had first been mentioned it'nev all thought it was an unin- ‘tentional blunder and that MI“. Miller would not have done such a thing as had been suggested and that when the explanation of Mr. Wilson, Mr. Miller’s steno- grapher. had appeared in the local paper thev had said that would surely be satisfactory to everybodv. The explanation of Mr. Wilson, to which this lady re- ferred. was a letter which ap- peared in the Hanover Post of ; November 12 - u-l "0.I___'_ LETTER TO THE EDITOR} .‘U'KIIIVVL a. Notwithstanding Mr. Miller’s: very prompt efforts to correct bv, letter and telegram. the omission made and notwithstanding Mr.} Wilson’s explanatory letter. Mr.j Ball. a Week later. wrote thei Toronto and London nAeWspapers a' letter that Mr. Miller well toldi him on Monday evening were. un- der the circumstances, contempt-' ible and dishoporah‘es. - -_. .l lbvvoc -- vâ€"-'__..V_ _ fian' a week met: wmte the ‘ twâ€"owhi‘lls it was struck h a t of Toronto and London neWspapers i win d that 11 it clear a; “:3 h. a letter that Mr. Miller well told him on Monday evening were. un-' “On! Baxter was on it and Mer- der the circumstances, contemnt- ably bruised, She thought at how Joe. ible and dishonorable, when he was wounded in Pickett: If the omission of the report of _ gnu-39 at Gettysburg, m up advent the $100 sgbscriptwfi, 31f £4118 $331111 :, on an he was driven back with the Furniture 0.. in w to r. . a .‘m b a murderous an i M'.P.. is the largest. stochsholder. 5 h cruelty tozether she gmdihg‘lfi: did Mr. Ball any.1n]urv, either in ' a l at what w’ind there was on the a business wayor politicallv as he claims. the has surelv had re- , 189 “(19 Of a hill “(3111‘ the ocean to dress in the much greater oublici- l the top and found herself in the corner tv afforded. first bv notices of ; of a stone wall, where she was perfect- correction made bv the news-My protected and with her eyes just papers _ by Mr. Miller’s request i above it saw one of the biggest storms and again bYdthe , lettetrs . will? 1 that have evervisited the Atlantic coast. .hav-e appeare ‘ this let er me u "- She did not have writing materials I . ’ b t ed. but Ml“ Ball 5 own 5“ sequen 5 with her, for she would not have been diets have done him tenfOld zreat- ‘ able to use them. but she htd a fine er injury for which there can bet - . . .r -1... .A : mnmnm om: ufnflkofl it with numerous DI. LL11“. J -vâ€" - no redress and his attempts to take advantage .of what was ob- viously a simple though unfor- tunate mistake. to endeavor to iniure Mr. Miller have indeed proved to be a veritable boom- erang and certainly have not cre- ated a favorable impression or raised Mr. Ball in public esteem. â€"A°_- L.‘ 1“ UV“ 0'--- â€"".__ i trust that in coinmon justice to Mr. Miller you will be good enough t_o_:give place to this lvzifiéi" and I .uvtwâ€" wwv- Yours truly. DR. A. B. TAYLOR, A member of the Hanover Patriotic Committee. Hanover, November 28, 191-1. Editor’s Noteâ€"In the above the latter to the Hanover Post refer- red to by ’M‘r. Taylor is omitted. Its addition does not strengthen m--- 1L0 auwunvau â€"--~ __ nor its omission Weaken Dr. Tay- lor’s contribution. It is merely a. repetition of the paragraph re- ferring to Mrs. Wilson’s state- ment. and is of no value to the general sense of the letter. W. I“. Thés. .Firth, Lindsay... Aaron Vollett, Durham.......-. J. C. Capper, Mason City ...... ”wood-0M BELGIAN RELIEF FUND ~' There is a town in Florida that some years ago was the same of a rivalry between two newspapers. The field was bareiy large enough for one jour- nal. the (Shrugmw. wmvu had uwupied it ever Sim-é Jun Baxter established it iux‘ing the lust ('eutllry. When Bax- ter died his sun. Captain Joe. Jr.. Par- tied it on. Kim the mptnin had been in the Confederate army during the war beIWeeu the states and received a wound than had nippled him for life. The girl be mad iett behind him. how- aver. was true In Him and married him in a hospital utter the smrender. $14 50. The truth is that the place was be- ginning to fill up with northern visitors during the winter. and the more peo- ple the more chance for a newspaper. But the special inducement was that Joe’s physical handicap kept him from getting about to gather in the news. and Stringer calculated to get ahead of him in this respect every time. Be- sides. Springer. having been connected with a New Orleans paper. believed he knew better how to cater to city peo- ple than did Baxter. D I__‘ .-A VOV yup“.- ‘vâ€"vâ€" So the Gazette was established and. being the more enterprising of the two papers. got most of the new subscrib- _!J-_‘.‘_ Reporting a ' Hurricane r'*r "" ers and advertisers, the old residents standing by the Chronicle. But the new was more valuable than the old. and the former was constantly eating into the latter till it looked as if the Baxters would soon have to discontin- ue their pa per. One morning Molly Baxter, after hav- lng cleaned up the breakfast disbes_and sent the children to school. reported at the office to find Joe very gloomy. “The weather bureau reports a hur- ricane coming up from the West In- dies and says that it will probably reach our coast today. If it should be here I ought to go to the coast and write a description of it. But I can feel the storm in my wound now, and it takes all the starch out of me. Stringer will be there and will write it up with all the grandiloquence of which he is capable." “You stay where you are. I know how bad weather ah'ects you. I’ll do what work is to be done here between now and 11 o’clock. go home and get the dinner ready for you and the chil- innitâ€"11d I will'mko {he 8 o’clock train for the coast." As the afternoon train neared its to» min] on tho cont on 91-13. havoc! ly protected and with her eyes just above it saw one of the biggest storms that have ever visited the Atlantic coast. She did not have writing materials with her, for she would not have been able to use them. but she had a fine memory and stacked it with numerous details. She saw the waves envelop the town below, its shrieking citizens climb the hills. one ship riding at an- chor buried by a huge billovv and then lifted over a dock and landed up among the houses. These and many more things as terrible she saw and cram. II med them all down in the storehouse of her memory. When she had got enough the problem was to get back home with it. About dusk the wind went down inland enough to admit of a vehicle not be- ing blown over. and. hiring a farmerto take her in his wagon. she reached the Chronicle office about 11 o’clock. where she found her husband anxiously wait- ing for her. Assured of her safety. he gave her copy paper and a pencil and prepared to set up what she wrote. At 2 o’clock the next morning she had finished her description and helped him set up the last column. When the Chronicle and the Gazette came out those who read the Chroni- cle account remarked. “What a big storm that was!" Those who read the Gazette said. "That storm has given Stringer a chance to spread himself.” A correspondent of a northern paper who had not seen the storm. but saw Molly Baxter‘s accmmt of it. telegraph- ed it verbatim to his paper. A mes. sage (-21 me hark: Saar \ uuu' :- “\\ ho wrote that description of the hnrnmne?" The reply stated that it was written by Mrs. Baxter. wife of the owner of the â€"- Chronicle The next mail brought Mnlly Baxter an offer of $3.000 a year as sponial correspondent for a northern newspa- per to cowr suvb places as would in- tnrps‘t the nurthorn public. She am-ept- ed it. but she and Joe kept the Chroni- cle. for Molly‘s storm work turned the tide against Springer. and be sold out to mm for a song. By F. A. METCHEL TEE DURHAM CHRONICLE. f: #9000900000000990004??? 9:09 OOOOO‘OQEOOOOOO 00¢ v§§§§§§§§§§§§§+§§§§§§§§§00* §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ §§+§9§ Don’t be the man wiho put the sit in city. Building good houses builds a .g-ood town. Save a little money and save a lot of Worry. A nice front porch has prevent- ed many an old maid. When someone plans to help your town, plan to help the plan. The best plans a man can have for the future are houseâ€"plans. yNNOUNEEMENT Funny how hard coal or bar-:1 “ wood will soften a hard winter. If you really love your homo town, don’t flirt with the mail order houses. Don’t spend all your time toll- ing What you could do if you had some. A good way to make the \x orll better is to begin with the home town A good town Will do more to keep the boys at home than good advice. If you think a cow can’t laugh with ioyl let the lumber dealer sell you a silo. A town is like a girl; it’s a Wonder What a little fixing up will do for it. Opportunity knocks once at each man’s door; better be at home when. it comes. Mr. Jae. DarlingP of Nelson, is visiting his father here. Mr. and Mrs. Shirley McIntyre and child‘ of Edmonton, arrived last week from the west, and will visit here for a short time with their parents. Miss Leona Fagan Went to Barrie last Tuesday morning hav- ing received a message the pre- vious day. «announcing the dan- gerous illness of her little niece Been Sibbald, who died the day after her arrival there. Bedroom pillows should be for} use. m. '. a rest for a tired headw So they are best ma 1e out oil washable material. A pretty cush» m". i? made of White linen. with a large butterfly in the centre worked in coronation braid. The edge shcz'd have a plain two- inch nom. Dots on the butterfly wings may be worked in tinv eve- lets: India cottons in the blue and white patterns are excellent for bar} usage. They Wash and never {ale When making up an em- broiueled pillow place a thick 1 sheet of cotton wadding: under the ‘cove'. Both the appearance and 'the feel of the cua'hion are im- l proved. Tallow ......... Turkeys .............. HOME TOWN TALKS Ducks ............... Chickens ..... . ...... RoosmrS...... .. Hens ................ “THE COW/ARE)” POpular Prices 250 and 350 MARKET REPORT gag”; ...... ¢ ......... 151:0 DRESSED POULTRY MARKET The A. Y. P. A. PLAYERS mmmmce a, SI”Ci?‘) EXU‘H' Engaa‘ement, under The :mspices of the local :ied vmss qrnrxfirgf for the evening: of 1111111111111-111g' 11111 111111 (Truss 911111111111 :111111’9 51111011 111111 11111111111111?t11u1'11'12111 :1 1111111113 111 11 151111.41 [11111 Regiment 11111111 11) 11.11111 (111111111 111111 111139 12101113: \‘1 111'. T1111, 141119113 11111 be (“awful by Four P1111015 of (‘ IRL GUIDES BEDROOM PILLOWS. DURHAM DEC. 3. 1914 uhwu U 1m “in appear in a W] 99 \(1 M ‘ui‘imx (Joined) Dmam. encixim PERSONAL Plan at Macfarlane’s Drug Store 15 00 to 24 to wwww mmws 3317 45m 11 to 13 to ‘ DARKIES’ CORNERS. " Rev. S. M'. Whaley visited Wed-1 inesday last on Durham Road east. 'and held a prayer meeting at the home of Mrs. J. Bell which was Iwell attended. ' Mr. and Mrs. A. Lawrence snent an evening last week at Mrs. C. .Ritchie’s. ‘ Mrs. Neil McMillan and Mrs. McLeod, Swinton Park, visited at Mrs. Flora McLean’s and Mr. «Neil McCannel’s. Lambton St. â€"--_ -v-v_ Mr. 'Thos. McGirr has finished his round as tax collector for at:â€" other year. Mr. Matthew Hooper was 0;:- o'ag‘ed threshing su ec-t elm e. 1‘ â€" cently for Mr Wm. Jar um. which turned out excellent. Sorry to report the (103131 Mr. Allan McKinnon. Du1-;111~1 Road. â€"‘v"7fi Mr. Samuel Patterson bought another of Mr. Jas. Patmn‘s farms. west of Dornoch. ¢++¢¢¢o+o+ooo¢++§¢+¢¢+v+¢o$9oooo+¢¢¢¢¢ooo+o+ooooo+¢¢ $0 wowoo‘¢§¢§§”ommooo+§§¢¢¢¢oooo¢ooomo¢m+¢§ THE Blflflfl i8 IHE STREAM 0? BE “FRUiT-A-TWES” PBBKHES These Wonderful Tablets, Made of Fruit Juices, Are The Best Of All Tonic: To Purify And Enrich The Blood. ‘STRETCHING LACE CURTAINS. I Lam-.1 derinp: curtains was for- inn-r1} a dreaded task, because of .th‘: chificulty experienced in ad- fiusr'rg the stretchcrs. One day I lthought to use a dry, soiled cur- ;t‘g'a by which to set the frames. :1 the; Washed the curtains in Tim usual manner, with strotchcrs {ready' they were soon out. and $31. the desired size Pure, rich blood can flow only in a clean body. Now, a clean body is one' in which the waste matter is regularly and naturally eliminated from- the system. The blood cannot be pure when the skin action is weak, when the stomach does .not digest the food properly, when the bowels do not move regularly, when the kidneys are strained or overworked. Pure blood is the result of perfect health and harmony of stomach, liver, bowels, kidneys and skin. “Frnit-n~tiveo”, by their wonderful action on 111 theoe orgms. keeps the whole system a cleun as Nature in- tended our bodies to be clean. “Fmit-n-tives ” tones up, invigo- rates, strengthens, purifies, cleans and gives pure, rich, clean blood that is, -. .1 truth, the stream of life. “Fruit-aotim” is sold by all dealers at 500. a box, 6 for $2.50 trial size 25c. or sent postpaid on receipt of price by Fruit-a-tives Limited, Otta Wa. re Blood 13 Absolutely Necessary To Ream-n December 3, 1914.