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as Mgga3ffi TmS AyyfljjBB J Mrs Capt Aubrey class gave entertainment in her homo on to ft number of poor children Town and sent each home with Christmas gifts According to on 3rd of Thursday of public School Hoard of have extended the holidays for the teachers Town to Monday the ear Mall Post Office had the largest mail lo handle this thai over passed through outgoing and In coming On Saturday and Mon day nights it was nino oclock fore the was distributed and It look till nearly noon on Christmas Day On Monday crowd had lo lino up for mailing pared and wail their turn At such limes another be opened and also for delivery of mail April loft her Mitchell i W To the before coming ago Girls and Wanted Cane A Sons Co are advertising for and Women to lake the places men who They are ho short of help that the only thing they could do was to try girls and wo men and they find that there are many operations that they can do JuslOR as boys and men There are other linos of work in Canada whore girls and women are at present time doing heavier and more exacting work There is no need for idle and while the cost of living is high the opportunities for re munerative work are greater than before the War Can Help The coal situation still looks serious and if the supply does not improve within the next two Jor three weeks wo are of the opinion that the several church- on in Town should form soma basis of amalgamation of ser vices so as lo use church only for all meetings of half a doen This suggestion comes lo us from the Port Hope Guide which had the following para graph Iwo weeks It required over three tons of coal lo heat the Churches last Sunday and any one of the churches could easily have accommodated the worshippers With scanty supply of fuel we are now experiencing and families are suf fering this stale of affairs should not he Surely the churches will make move to assist in lime of distress As an illustration of the need of in own we might just mention that one of our denier cot in a ear of tons day last week and was obliged dis tribute it to meat pressing demands When fuel if is a shame for the churches lo be wasting if called Christmas sleighing was footing a great pastime for the people on niasDay Wo Metropolitan did a bis business oh Tuesday and oars were Into Two or three ran together some Next Tuesday is a public holi day also Now Years Pay An auto was stalled in front of Kin night and bud to slay till morning Go easy on Town water The supply is golling short Dont leave your open Mortgage of Town proper morning Public Library will on Jan 2nd at pm The purlers are golling read for business fit very door The year leave moment before new haste la ready wen to come Die floats at for a space- Succeed to oil alio honors of Ho y iXX A greeting we would greetfng will greet That may no more a cause of or homes to Or mourning still defend starving- In an- With die none to pity or cry I n in on in Almost CO Years Old of the oldest residents died suddenly Thursday night of last- week the person of Mr John who was In bis year His death was due to an accident which occurred the previous Ho got out of bed in the ark and his feel slipped from under him resulting in Hie break ing of his thigh The shock was so great that he rapidly sank Deceased was born in Toronto in and had a distinct recol lection when Win Lyon Macken zie was Mayor He came to over fiO yoars ago and Was employed in the tannery of bis Mr Win Wall is which was located on ground now occupied- by blacksmith shop at the ear of Sutherlands store He married Miss Annie who predeceased years ago the past 12 yeais he has retired with his son and daughter Mr Kred and Kiss Gertrude The r surviving members of the fam ily arc Mr Frank of Miss Miss of Minneapolis Mrs Minnie of Now York and Mrs Hose Now Glasgow Nova Scotia Mr was in business for a number of years after the tannery was destroyed by fire was a lifelong Conservative The funeral look niece on Sun day and was conducted by If nionias There was a large The nailhearers were Messrs A Ed Ill A Watson Caas and Afiwng those from a distance the daughters from Minnea polis and New York Mr Edward nephew from Toronto Messrs Thos and Harry Phil Morgan Phillips Miss Hawkins of Toronto Mr ftnd remains were interred at Cemetery If you must worry worry things you cant help You work over the others Eighty thousand persons nave in -Auetria- unwary since the beginning of the war activities and propaganda according eslirnatcH recently in There was only a small market on Saturday last and slrango to say there was a decline in prices as will bo seen by the following figures paid Eggs per Duller per lb to Dressed Chickens per 20c Dressed Ducks per lb Dressed Geese lb Dressed Turkeys lb Apples Onions peck 45c Celery bunch Live Chickens lb and Old Hens lb five Ducks lb Live Pigeons pair Rabbits pair 4050o Hides per lb Calf Skins per lo Sheepskins lo Tallow Large congregations last Sun day splendid sermons and inspir ing music Morning text They worshipped Him The pastor declared thai the great men of modern history were only great as they Incarnated the life of Christ In Jesus we have Hie highest embodiment of he living God Evening subject Gods Choice of a Mother The pas tor dwelt on the value of good parentage and condemned with no uncertain sound the users of cigarettes with their physiologic al of imbecile children Ho exalted the parents of he Lord Jesus and their care for His childhood producing a life of high and lofty and he fulfilment of prophecy in being a Saviour of the World and voices were in Choir in the morning and the solo by Mrs Whyle was most beautiful There were in he Choir in the evening Next Sunday evening the Pastor will speak on Lessons from ho late elections lo the Church of Christ hear Oh Thou Who In space Who Thy throne of Ma jesty Look down upon world from place- bless Thy children In extrem ely Who dwell an on the same old earth Where Christ lived on lis went forth Wilt Thou within their grieving hearts abide And give l he Hi courage In their distress in their vast tribulation walk beside The brokenhearted ones who suf fer loss made the And from their great rest in peace A quiet wedding wan soloumiz- December at the homo I Of dear ones who have of Mr and Mrs J Anderson Newmarket Out when their only daughter Cora became the of Harold Ottawa ceremony was porformed by Thomas of he Church In pres ence of Immediate relatives and wedding was rendered by Mr Tho bride who was given In marriage by her father was unattended and woro a suit of midnight blue broad cloth with velvet hat to mutch and black wolf furs After a dainty luncheon Mr Mrs Wall left for Buffalo and other points and later will reside at James St Ottawa To meet again beyond in placid Joy Naught to disturb their spirit peace In Hereafter things to learn as their employ That constitutes the Joys on shore No death to sever and no lo rack Or- cruel war earths harmony to wreck r I f What storms of woe convulse the mail soul hocked by the beating surges of the mind I That fash to foam the whirlpool the goal And leaves had wreckage of lost lives behind I Where cruelly exhausts its wiles That hue In darkest places and Win And roll the may the newborn year lo each heart The hope thai brings fruition by and by When the clouds and fear departs And as a iniBt the shadows away n light effulgent will disperse clouds oer the bills of naught en shrouds p Hill ooo PEAT TAKE THE OF the the of ifti it and that it hie beyond my 1 know of ho man all my vast men whom I loved better whoni I confidence My walk with path and my comparatively enough to- hind to through all eternity His upright characteristic to the of noble character For me moot man if only oh Ihe streets to shako hands vilb him made mo fool stronger to fight the battles of life for it al ways made me feci that I had been in the presence- of one of best men His brief vis its lo homo always left a Influence upon me and ev ery time it seemed that his man tle in some mysterious way in part The anxiety he showed in paying off the parsonage debt and keeping the church out of debt proved bat his heart was deeply inter ested in the Lords work- This good man Impressed rne hat his profession was modest but his possession leaped from an hon est earthly heart to throne of I shall never forget our parting when he gave his- hand hade goodbye Just then were no words spoken but turning his hack lie burst into tears and said I hate to see you go It has always touched me and put beyond self control to see a man cry but this time I be came speechless and we separat ed never to meet again on earths battlefield Farewell farewell Well did we love yon but Hod loved you more Ho hath called you to that bright and happy shore and as soon as I reach home I shall set out in search to clasp that dear old hand of yours again Were it In power of speech I would try to speak words of comfort to bis dear faithful good wife his daughter Maud and the rest of the family but I recognize that feeble words are scarcely worthy to bo uttered In this mo ment hut I would say that with nil my heart I weep with you and while you have lost a good hus band and a father heaven has received a good man and to the church of which he was treasurer and deoeon and a loved member I bid you follow his counsel and life Kirkland Christian Church Newmarket I la of Wo parry and at can You from to pair on ROW 19 VERY i There of cold Boots and RMftt men and wirtifiNiy Jril3 On was Win iot OUR STOCK now A I ft Gift to end to fi I Atkiiisoii Co I Meat end Quantity of Cobalt Dqo Mr A A Cole mining engineer for the and Railway has been the possibilities of utilizing the large peat bods south of Cochrane as a source of fuel supply tor the north country Samples were taken this Summer and sent laboratories of the Mines at Ottawa with the result thai the deposits were found to have suffi cient merit lo warrant further investi gation Late In October Mr a Government peat expert made a com plete survey of the peat bogs in the vicinity of Cochrane and Is of the opinion that they will make The question of peat fuel manufac ture in Ontario has received consider able attention from lime to time and an investigation was made in for the Ontario Mines Department by Mr If Gaiter and the results were Since that date experiments have been conducted on a commercial basis at Alfred and also by Mr Alex In an effort to produce a fuel that would successfully compete with coal The success however lias not been great In the case of Mr a consid erable quantity of peat in the shape Of round cubes about six inches In cir cumference and six Inches long were manufactured where quite a number of the of Hie town used the- product and found it highly the chief drawback being the excessive heat produced and large of ashes remaining However lire intervening in operations at the plant three different occasions the attempt lo In large quantities was abandoned In the process for the treat ment of the peat pulp the moisture was eliminated by pressure which was used lo form lie block of peat the operation being performed by a of blocks and dies 11 seems highly probable when the success attained European countries for using peal as a fuel taken into consideration that the Dominion of Canada will ultimately evolve a pro cess use the bush deposits or this substance which are to be found In various of the country for the conseivaUon of their fuel supply London Deo 8 residing near was terri bly hurt when his shotgun was blown to pieces after he had fired a he bid made ilia hand was blown off and be sustained other In- Ho was brought to St Josephs Hospital here weak from tow of blood and blood Another Aurora soldier Harper Heath has been reported admitted lo a casualty clearing station on Dec with gunshot wounds in he knee He is the only son a widowed mother Mrs Elizabeth Heath Aurora Two daughters are liv ing Pie Heath at Ihe lime of leaving for France was employed in the shoe factory of his native town He is about twenty years of age Mr John of Aurora has been appointed a justice of the peace for the County of York Mr and Mrs Powell and Jean accompanied the Mor- ley family borne from church on Sunday Mr and Mrs spent Saturday in Ihe city Mr Hacking of Trenton and Mr J Milliken of Midland spent over the holiday Mrs M Hack ings Mr and- family were at Mr Geo Prestons Sun day afternoon Mr Walter Talbot has jusl ar rived borne from Ihe West and called on the Miller family ono day last week The Concert last Friday noon at the school under the au spices of the pupils was well giv en and a good crowd was present Last Saturday afternoon a con cert and Tree was given by he of the Church They enjoyed themselves lo their hearts con- lent Last Thursday evening Mrs Powell gave a wedding tea in hon or of Mr and Mrs Torn Ihe and groom of the day Those present were Mr Fred Judge Ihe groomsman Miss Elsie Madill bridesmaid Mr Boy leyi Miss Atkinson Mrs Mr Powell and Miss Snider Later in the evening the young couple left mid showers of confetti and congrat ulations for a trip afterwards re siding at King Toronto King Council The above at Suttons oh Saturday Dee Slh Owing to the fall session of the County Council the Reeve and DeputyReeve were absent Councillor Carnbpcll elected to the chair The following bills passed Hoover- reps bridge no yds gravel World stationery JO If cement tile Hoys ton coal J Alfred Lloyd plank and lumber Wells reps to road and bridge Jenkins office disburse ments Geo Archibald reps lo culvert V A linage lum ber P Elmer Stone- house street lighting W hardware P V Jos Kitchen hard ware Maurice Den nis reps to road Resolutions That the following sheep be paid Smith Fred J Dew Dew That the Treasurer refund to labor the same having been per formed Thai Wiles be paid 3300 re bridge opposite lot con and re bridge on side line between lots and con That Treasurer receive from Fred Skinner for beech tree sold on con That valuators be paid as follows lleaeoek Shaw Oliver Fred Dew That the Treasurer receive for cement sold lo King City Cemetery Company Council adjourned to meet at Arm strongs hotel King City on Satur day Dec The meeting of King Town ship Council for was held at King City on Deo Members all present Hills ordered paid as follows Courtney new bridge Win reps to culvert J OBrien Geo Verner CO yds gravel G T cedar John re pairs lo road Resolutions McCabeKaake That Miss for gravel for and also for gravel for tile That Albert be appointed overseer in lieu of John Cain resigned McCulcheonKaake That be Fred Sheardown for right of way through his farm to gravel pit Campbell- That the follow ing dog taxes be refunded Win Rolling McCobeKaafce That the pay the following for notices lo ratepay ers Enterprise 8175 New market Era and World That the collectors and McMur- chy be paid on salary mat me mem bers of Council be each paid the sums opposite their respective names for services for the current year W J Weils A Campbell J Kaake and A MeCulcheon 890 That Ibis resolu tion shall be notice to the several gra vel pit owners to meet the Council the first regular meeting of with a view of having a fair and equitable arrangement respecting the purchase of gravel for township purposes Council adjourned lo meet at Am- fctrongs to tne on Monday Deo at oclock A PAID FUND rim every farmer to L I BRANCH M SMYTH Manage HA yr7 I to to tho Country on ft rfesstre e- call up Lot us you In a COVERED BUGGY CARRIAGE OR Prompt Service Charges A Prop Calls on Phono Promptly to v A IT 1200 1075 Cutter New Turkeys lb Ducks lb Fall Wheal bush Goose Wheat bush Oats hush Bar ley bush Timothy Hay inn Mixed Hay Ion Live Markets Top prices paid in Toronto week Export Heavy Butcher Steers Good Killers Choice Cows Medium Cows Springers Milkers ISO- Choice Veals Medium Calves Common Calves Spring Lambs Yearlings Sheep Hogs off cars i fca 1 I I Butler lb 4043 83 1900 1000 eSrf r 16 Aht Sail GOODS I fl And will continue til Hew and of our down 05 Barley bush 1 Bran a Shorts ton to Wr Mi- you We eIIIna kod for Lett you buy fend Iff I OP iMO mm