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Continuous grain creases the produetivit: I: ttuc. lurgrly to m. nuanmv ot tho fresh l The lawman» ot matter in the Coll may be summed up as follows: It this tteration, retain. moisture, prevents baking. provide condillonn Mutable for traeteria, und- deeompost. "on of IO“ panlelea. supplies plum lood. deepens Boil layer. prevent: loachlnx, Vishnu: and drifting. Every opportunity to return to the loll Vegetable mallow of any sort would be (ah-n advantage of by all farmers having any rvslwcl for the soil of their tield, If you have Grain to sel or call us up. We are in the market for anv quantity of Milling Oats, Feed Oats, Barley, Peas and Mixed Grain. “ill pay highest prices. We have full lines of the following Terms Cash Business Hours S a m toc, Home Spun. allshades, ter Ladies' Suits and Skirts and Children'. Dunn. White and Striped Fla-Mlle“. from . . . . . .22c to Mc according to width and quality. Grey flannel, Me Klnkl Flattneilette, real good quality. . . . . ... . . .. 35c Skirting Flannellettc.................... 30cto35c Towellinx. Sheeting, Pillow Cotton, Prints, liinghams Now that the Christmas rush is over, you will have timo to do a little sewing before the busy time in Spring. We also carry a lot ol Stamped Goods Green, Black or Mixed Tea in bulk, 6 bars Peerless Laundry Soap for.... 4 bars Dincman's Laundry Soup for 3 pkgs Cornfuk" 'o....................... Vetelable Matter, ROB ROY MILLS, Limited ROB ROY MILLS, Limited We have a stock of Ground Feed on hand that we are selling cheap while it lasts. us grain cropping Productivity of soils. . J ARNILL, such as Centre pieces, Cushions, Table runners and all thades of artsy] rope and cotton floss to work them. Grain Wanted THE' NEEDS OF FARMERS l V Furs n Grocery Specials sells. This ducing In DRY GOODS w w _ __ -_ "-Nmee%rtextaeia.ic. It No Town Delivery p m. Telephone day No t Night S) HoUtein Branch: W. A. REID, BANK f8 MONTREAL save shelling peas by using the following method: Wash. and put the twain-lied peas in a stewpan. Boil ten or tttteen minutes; stir thorough- ly with a tore, then pour them into a colander, saving the water. Plck out the empty pods, put the peas in the strained won-r, and return all to the tire. Season as usual. You will have saved the sweetness from the pods and much valuable time. to them personal and mix. I uer m me sou mat ls Ctistutttat to' chemical and baeteriat action. With.. ' out chemical and bacterial action in ,1 the soil the [coding of plants would i be dittleult.--L. Stevenson. Toronto. I The result is that this institution, w lished in all parts of the Dominion, organized to handle the accounts of want to buy feed, Save shelling Peas, _ V '-""'"%."_.v. 23.3.1311 _ "a-a-us-As, -u%-ura- Established our min}. Holstein .. td/cs-curse:?,','-"')," . " -- r. _.suaft.:uie, 3" f; M . "w. :1?wa - I, .L L(tvlic)7dc.i. " h. 1 \ " l I _.--L ‘1 _--I nstitution, with its branches estab. , Dominion, is well equipped and accents of farmers and to extend thoroughly experienced banking 7 r... -._ u... " «we ... -u-araa.-uaiiicasaa ...45c lb .'... Me ..... Me ..... Me TEN . , d; - . .-:?”CZ2;.‘~'LEJ . . ts, in order to render thoroughly vice to the farmers of Canada their particular problems and '. Manager. :mm in is worth while. First prize is $itr, 7 prizes in all amounting to $275.00, ‘Any of the Directors or Sec'y Trans. (will give any information required. 'wr, would also solicit your member- [ ship for the ensuing your. r Mr. A. Hunter was again elected . President with the following staff of officers: Mr H A Lamont, lst View ‘ President: R A Nicholson, 2nd Vic" Prvsident: Directors-Messrs H Cow- ‘an. R. Sim, A. Stewart. V. Adams. l: H Grout. W. Reid, c. Schenk, N. [Guide-1‘. J. Rico. Honorary Directors :~C 1tt'tlillivray, W. Hunter. R. Alt Him], A. Haas, W J McDougall. The I President was eUwtvd to attend tho alv‘alrs Convention at Toronto. Date; got noxt year's Show. Sept. 25,26. ( Thry also docidnd to again enter ', the combined tleld crop and threshou i312mm competition. Give this a trial. No doubt many outline of the Free be held in Holstein 30th. Every young himm-ll' of this om The annual meeting of the Presby- itrlan church was held Thursday (were l ing last and was fairly well attendee.. iWhlle there is not a great large bay lance our. everything was settled up ‘to the satisfaction of all, having at- jmost reached their allocation in Mir; sinus. All organizations are :tppar ‘ently prosperous and the ladies are taking: the lead. Sickness appears to be about the only thing that at. feels the attendance and it does not come empty handed either. Messrs,. G. Aitken and E. Reid were the retir- ing managers which was iillcd by Messrs N. Dodds and W. Nelson. It was decided to re-deeorate the church which was left with the managers. The annual meeting of Exremont Agricultural Society was held on Jan. 17. They have had a good year tirian. cially and otherwise. Their prize list is increasing yearly as is also the number of entries in exhibits. Con. iderable was spent in shingiinx and otherwise repairing the Hall and stilt a little remains in the Treasury. We never accused Miss Davidson or Miss McKenzie of being boisterous, but I tell you when they are laid up with the cold. things appear quiet. However We wish them both speedy recovery and able to take their ac- customed places in the school rooms. The young people of th Presbyter ian church purpose putting on a play in the Hall. notice ot which will be given later. Mr George Hostetler returned from the West last week. Mr Jno Leith, con 14, has sold hm farm to Mr Roy MeGillivray. Mr. Leith intends moving into the village if he can secure a suitable place. Reeve MeEachern and Deputy Reeve Calder are attending County Councn in Owen Sound this week. Mr David Allan is having Hydro installed in his home at present. Do not forget the illustrated let: ln the Presbyterian church on Friday evening by Prof. Anderson of London entitled "with camera and note boot: in India" It is under the auspices ot the Community Circle. Mr and Mrs W. A. Reid attended the funeral of his mother, near Otta- wa. last week, returning Saturday. The school has been closed for a few days on account ot colds contract. ed by teachers and pupils. @LSTEIN LEADER LOCAL no PERSONAL: t many have rvcvivod an the Free Short Cottnws to Holstein, commencing Jan y young man should man this opportunity. It wilt I This tumm, which represents chef tremendous progress in public raver" 1922. can be umbuted only to m: which "BALADA" has nude during! mummy Nth qtutity 1,754,929 lbl INCREASE for SALADA Don‘t forget the U. P. o. meeting at Yeovil Monday night Jan. 29ttr At the last meeting a motion was passed unnnlmously. authorizing the Secretary to charge 8 per cent inter. est on all overdue accounts. so come, and my. Anyone wanting need coral or clover seed, kindly attend. ! Some of our young people attended the carnival In Mt. Forest on Friday evening while others went to (no Hopovllle ball. Messrs Wes. -Hauidar, Literrtreen, and Thos. Watson, are hulllng sweet clover in this vicinity. Roy McCrillivray has purchased John Lvith's farm. We hear Mr Lelm intends residing in Holstein. Mrs N. Long and Billy have gone to Toronto for a few Weeks. Mr and Mrs Bert Haru of Toronto are visiting her brother, Mr Alfred Haas this week. Mr and Mrs Prank Hopkins; were rvcvnt visitors at her parental home in Varney. l Miss Agnes MacPhaJl,' M. P., was the guest ot her aunt, Mrs Jas, Hen. derson last week, during the intorluao between her mac-tings at Holstein and Pricovllle. schools have been somewhat depleted the last week. Mrs T. Keith, accompanied by her daughter Annie of Toronto, recently visited her daughter Mrs Bronchard, mar Drayton. Quite a number are sunning from the .'lt'FPrt' colds or la grippo in vogue just now. Owing to this and the storms, which drifted the roads, our Mrs John Wells of North Egremont while visiting Mrs James Lewis, took suddenly ill with an attack of the mt, having the Dr. in attendance. but is now able to return to her home and Wtrll on the way to recovery. A number ot' the Conttrpttation of St. Paul's Church gathered at tlw home of Mr Earl Matthews on Friday waning, where Itev. and Mrs Hartty Were prvsonu-d with a purse ot money bvioro their departure from Durham and vicinity Mr Huber Alles was engaged for a “wk or two with Mr James Eden, gating up a good supply or wood. Mr Frank Love and family have been quite lll with an attack of grippe or tlu, being under the care of the doctor for the past week. Mrs James McLaughlin of Durham is spending a few days with her daughter. Mrs Walter Ferguson, Mr Fe-rguson being indispotsed for a few days with a mild attack of the Ilu. Miss Jean Kerr is spending the win. ter with Mr and Mrs J. F'irth, EdgoHiil Mr and Mrs Ed Lindsay visited re cvntly with the iatter's mother, Mrs James Allan. Some of the roads here are still in a blocked condition. owing to the re. cent storms. The benefits of the wire fences are fully appreciated in this casc. Mrs John K. Wells, we are glad to know, is 'ttstile/y recovered to re turn to her own home from Mr Jas. Lewis', whore she was taken suddenly ill while on a Halt. We u'vre pleased also to mtwt with Mr and Mrs Robt. Reid of Webb, Sash, who are home on a two mos. Hail to their parents. a visit to his parents. Mr and" Mrs Jas B. Tucker, of the 20th con. Mr Jas. Henry Tucker, after many years absvnce in the West, where he runs a jvwvllry business, is home on In fairness to all who attended the meeting, I makn this explanation. Sincerely, Canada's status was the subject of discussion. In Canada a nation in a commonwealth of nations out colony? When England is at war, is Canada at war? Or is Canada at war only when the. Parliament ot Canada so decides ? It the Turkish situation brings war, should we enter it? were the questions asked. Every oppor- tunity was given anyone, including the writer to the Review, to fully ex- press themselves on the subject. The question of Canada breaking from Britain was not brought up. only has short time until you will be buying the bullock for stall feeding instead ot Four father. Do you know the good points? It ls just possible such a course will mean the differ. ence- between success or {allure in such undertakings. There are Cour- sea for ludles also. Mr. C. Ramage. _ Durham, Ont. I was very much surprised that the correspondent for the Review had so misinterpreted the discussion in Hor stein. Dear Sir THE DURHAM REVIEW ALLAN'S CORNERS NORTH EGREMONT ,._-.- -_e.___e. I’ll\ Luann, our have been somewhat depleted RE CANADA'S STATUS Letters to the Editor is YEOVIL Ceylon. Ont., Jan. 22, 1923 AGNES C. MacPHAlL -0. lnum or our party went the rounds , of the two long Haas ot cots and tttrm ( ed out the blue light when assured i thnt all were well and safely In bed. i Then in I. surprisingly short time all- l once ttetled down for "Early to boa i nnd early to rise" won the motto ot, the Hughes potty all don; the way. I Returning from the Continent we took me from Diem to New Haw At the Lyceo Louis le Grand, in- get better acquainted with the mem. bers of our party for about forty hut. ies slept in each of three dormitories and our twelve gentlemen occupied another. Every evening by nine or nine thirty, we were all in our dormi- tory, ready to hear what everyone, else had Been, or to see what others" had bought. At ten the lights were turned otr (by some one of our party) I except the blue nittht4itrht, then the- The only social function we at. tended after leaving London was a reception held for us by Commission- er Roi and Madame Roi at their home at Avenue du Bois. Both Monsieur and Madame Roi are Canadians, the latter being a daughter of Rev. Geo McDougali. The Pantheon is a sort of patriotic Art Gallery. one of its walls being covered with socncs from the life ot Joan of Arc. Another scction has pictures from the llfe of St. Denis, the Patron Saint of France and a third pictures the lite story of St. Genevieve, tho patron saint of Paris. Victor Hugo is bltriod in the crypt.: The Panthcon is said to be built on' the site of St Genevieve's home. t _ 7 av..- u..v- N, l .\l"ll‘ I sive. The Orange Grove consists of , 1400 trees. earh of which was origin ally set in a silver tub but those have been put to other use. lit'erzreen hedges outlined t‘1l('ll level of the sun. i ken Gardens and wide flights of stone steps led from one to another. in the 'open-alr ball room an artificial water- fall completely screened the orches- [tra from the ttoor. Beyond was a beautiful park with long avenues rau- iating from the Sunken Gardens tike' spokes of a wheel. 92 fountains are in the grounds and it costs 50,000' francs an hour to run them, so they are all allowed to play for one hour the first Sunday afternoon in each month, then the whole power is turn.; ed on to the Neptune Fountain which plays for an hour longer. In: the Park are many statues of Greek gods and goddesses. ', l ___ __.. -..... v. .....v rors Is the room in which the Armis. tice was signed, Nov. 16, 1919 and the table and pen used are now in Mane Antoinette's room. The gardens Were planned by the samo man who de- signed those at Hampton Court but are much grander and more Exten- ..t., m. .A Three National Galleries or Mu. seums are in Paris, the Louvre, Lux, emburg Galleries and Cluny Museum. The Louvre is to Paris what the Bri. tish Museum is to London. It con. tains twelve miles at pictures and statuary and in the limited time at our disposal, were able to see only a few rooms. We were fortunate how. ever in seeing The Winged Victory. which once stood on guard at the en- trance to the Temple of Olympia, also the Venus de Milo and Apollo, and ,7 - --e .. ”nub- lar blocks in a cobble storm pavement.' Tlteso mark the site of tho Guillotine‘ In the Revolution Days the Relorm School was a prison and it was but a little way from the gate to the guillo-j tine. l a -. ...‘ an... deeds of the Kings of France. Oppos- ite the Reform School in the entrance to a narrow street are five rectangu- I.... I.l_-IA4 P, . . . From Genera we went to Psris. crossing the frontier st Bellegsrds. For seversl hours our route seemed to lie between two ridges of the Mountains. A good rosd lsy beneath us on the right and from it the ground sloped steeply up to bare perpendicu. lar rocks which in msny plsces re- sembled castles or fortresses. Here and there a. great arched doorway in the rock. reminded one of the Pied Pipers' Retreat. On one sharp point ot rock a black eagle with shoulders raised on a white marble tree stub. peered down into the valley below and made one wonder what he saw. The Journey took about thirteen hours to Paris and Ftame's coaches met us and conveyed us to the Lycee Louis le Grand, the University of France, where we stayed by special invita- tatlon as the Head Masters wished to honour the Canadians. The Univer. sity is in the Rue St. Jacques, not for from Notre Dame Cathedral, so we attended service there on Sunday morning. After service we were re.- ther shocked to see people washing their clothes in the River Seine. al- most in the shadow of Notre Dame. Later in the day we lost ourselves for a few minutes but found the Bird Market where hundreds of birds,--- pretty and otherwise- were altered for sale, also cages. bird foods, lis- ards, cats, puppies, turtles and snakes. Paris is full of statues, col. umns. monuments, arches and build. ings with rows of great pillars. In the Place de in Bastile where the ill tamed prison once Mood is a tall col- umn made from the guns which were found there when it was destroyed. In Place de la Concorde is the Egyp- tian Obelisk covered with hierottly. phics. The Vendome Column com/ ttu'lttoi'ittts Napoleon's victories. and several arches tell stories of tho great Conclusion ot Miss M. Leeson’s Interesting Travelogue Travelling in Europe mree aortmtorles We pregame Ali .lemen ofSuNedinother" start yeah 'li/n/ei,,.",',',',','.,,',; political Wind-bugs what everyone', other chance to a! see what mineral"t rid ot the " the lights were" poisonous an. of w at; P5059000” NOTICE To FAIIERO. The Durham U. P. o. [Ave am Miochuon will ship Moek from Dttr. lnn. on Man. Sluneu m re - to ttire three - Moo. J... Lanna“. In”. M. m -- - ‘ get rid ot the you”: got] poisonous 313. of which For: Down-t pnruculnrly uny- plenuml supply. [ Miss; Florence Mclh'lide spent the :Wt'ek end in the old house at home and returned again to her studies on Monday to Mt Forest High Schoot. Mr Wm. Wallace left on Manda) 'morning last for Guelph where he intends to take a couple weeks short course. but we won't say whether its matrimonial bliss. or some of the oth- er equally important short courses handed out at the College. , Judging from the half hearted way? our hens are doing hlluinmn ---- orin and is expected home shorlly. Some or our residents are more or loss ludisposed with In grippe or ttu. Mr Henry Damn] being among them. It must be severe when Henrv slows: Congratulations to Mr and Mm 97 Piece Mum rs, ‘Kenneth Park who joined heart and ral baruidesign, tt hand in holy matrimony on Wvcnes day of last week and will be Perrntr All sto;'kpattern, neat residents on the groom's father; replaced. Call and farm, Mr Thos. Park in this locality. They are (mt-lien: We are pleased to report Miss hh. speth myth who has been in Lindsay Hospital with the fever since a We” The VARIET before Xmas, " recovering satisfact- orily and is oxnnmml ha...“ ..:..._.-, coming Tho storm on Friday night last til. led in the roads badly east and West. A lot of farmers in this locality an being forcibly reminded "that you never miss the water till the Well runs dry." Many wells are now dry that have never boen so bvrore. It sure Its a serious handicap. Knoxiu-s purpnsn having tluir an- nual congregational meeting on Pri. day evening. Feb. 2nd. ,, i. .. .nu .vugaugu Were 3 fur from the stations. vehicles met us .und took us and our bags directly tltere, or came to our hotels to take us to the station. On trains 're had ik‘St'rVL'd cumin-s or enough cmnput‘t~ int-ms Wt'i‘t' reserved for all our par- ty. On boats we travelled first class. All tram-Hing and hotel acommodation were included in our prepaid fare and only the outings We took privately, cost us extra and the t-ntry fees char- ged for admission to buildings. Pass- ports were examined both entering and leaving each country, and baggagv had to be examined at every point ot entry. Customs (mic-era Were easily tttttistied so that was no great hart:- ship. And We found the trip under Dr. Huxhes' guardianship Well worth the price. t __ "_"""" .... - _ The homeward Journey In rather rougher than We had going over. The I boat pitched conalderobly end most or 'l the passengers were eottttned to thetr stateroom nearly all the way to the Strait of Belle me. There were tees bergs n-plenty ma a real storm before we reached the Strut but the sun shone on Canada every day And All day from there on. Cape and the t Shick Shocks hnd a familiar look and we viewed Quebec from a different angle. This time the old Fort was in the foreground. Sunday noon WP were in dock there, immigration or; cers coming on board and all third class passengers landed. During the initernoon We passed Three Rivers and at a small village on the south shore saw an old swine of Madelienv. tlhe heroine of Vercheros. We had I seen a great deal but one of the rot-hes that gave us most pleasure was the glorious sunset that quiet Hurtday Melting on the Ht. Lawrence. ( We watched it in silence until the crimson and gold changed to shades of amethyst and blue and the blue taded into gray. Then the stars ('itlilt‘ out and the lights along the shore re» minded us we Were near to Montreat. So we went back to our staterooms to make tlntsl preparations, tor lane inn. Once on land there was a com. motion until baggage was examined and rechecked, then a drive to the C P R station. another night journey which ended at Toronto in the morn- ing and we parted with the lust of our fellow tratellers there. On all of our Journeys from place to place. we carried our own bags on and off trains. " our lodgings were (Lu. not.“ -' . to hear our own language spoken round us again. A quiet Sunday in London was followed by a few days" shopping. then our party Wtut broken up, for we were no return to Canada by ttve or six ditteront steamers. Thirty two ot us took a night train to Liverpool which we reached " 6 n m and at 10 a m we went on the tender which took us out to the Cassandra, which had come from Ginger for us. en and all felt u it We were "home mun." Southern England looked Tof to us and certainly it was good presume Pttriitynent Bot on BLYTHS CORNERS nggr as Crrstal-. I. raduetod in - cup. The - dollclom an" TEA in the world. JUST TRY " La! for Guelph where he ' take a couple wwks short 1 We won't say whether in . l bliss. or some of the our A yesterday lnd the .vear'tt litheringr a; yhict! Ferguson um »-w w“ "ow ury tliat 34 piece Dinner Svrvirv m so before. It sure lb (Floral Row: design).. imp. 'pose having thvir Mr 34 pies" Uinnrrh'rn l, p ional meeting on Pri. ChluaL‘ups &titsitct, eb. 2nd. as to Mr and Mrs 97 Piece Uinnrrb‘d. flo- Who Joined heart and ral bnnu'detritrn,rtgiise, matrimony on “341nm. The absolute purity of will be gm... .1; . welt View! and GREEN TEA have a 'U','. . ll‘sn-n ' I " h, w . if. . P ould,’ Ar 'ly'il? e vlex. _ mm}: N; rm * H, old t Lt In- Ind * I In t M, d :1" t Su 1 - , Dr. ',Cl,i,l. Dinner Set ,"..it,1:r'l. Specials The VARIETY STORE a” nqun yiluernr-'thrytat: replaced. Call and HT there Ft They are txcellent value. iv . 0‘0‘0900 " -.. -Gr M'"",',';"" Liver t C L. Grant t W100 "'".......,., $1 " Heavy Groy Cotton “30c " taumw Glows " prr pair from........ Ne to 01.75 Men's Glow-s 6 per pair from .......31.so to $1.“ Sunneld'a Woollen Blurb-ts It per our ........6utm Br. um 8pm $tett Liver Farm For Sale 100 Acres lot M, con. 7, tov ot Remind, County of (in-y miles from Provincial Highws miles from Durham, 10 mum Hanover. Bank barn. H by fi a fairly good house. Schou Church a quarter of tt mile. Navy Blue Surge " inches I] Buy your Ginghams and Chambrays Now l. R. Eaton & Sons. Limited, or 0mm. hove openings for one each of the following : Dry Kiln Operator tone with good experience on Grand Rapids Kiln preferred.) Benn! Operator (no filing). listener Mun (one with o-xpon‘uuw on Yates No. 81 Preferred.) Drum Sander Operator (onn numb!» of adjusting and caring for Haul: ine and obtaining lust t'esydlte t Bench (‘arpt-mrr (om. an!» lo “Ink from detail dehus and do r-MJ work.) There is a prrmuanl job i. Huh case for a good man. ”LENDID FARMS FOR SALE Lots I Ind 2 of H. 2 and p, w ly on the Provincial Hiehwas in lirsl urdville. 200 acres in a good Huh. 'rt, cultivation. Good Wtetor, good Inirl bones and a good hank barn, hint, and outbuildings. A school an rum ' one gnu-tor or mite from church and none: " mos of full Wheat in n, I. .wuc. up w or lull Wheat in 60 acre- plowod. Will m-ll ram gather or singly on eutiy turmS ply to "Ida MECHANICS WANTED k Patterns-- ths FARM HELP Fir I or . mile. A. McGlLLIVRM Chatswu '. 25. ttres T. FINDER. R R NO. I, Ha l2.50 I3 29 4 28.50 [I] I072 T 603/ H an Ap to {meter}. If _ " u-ly an tlo. old yea-s. Mn: 4 '"a -tttr asetUrd "I M: Ema-pun VOL. XL