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A.F. A. Malcomson R.H.C. Malcomson M. E. Paddison iameron & Ellis EVERYTHING IN FUEL '|`his is to express to our fricmls cvcr_vwhcrc um` up- p1`cL`i2l1in11 for past fIlV()I'.\` mud to wish them MURR:A; Ri~:J{1~foU)s:iV1gr. We wish to extend to our customers our sincere thanks for the patronage given us during the year. We wish you all a Very Merry Christmas and Prosperous New Year '|`u \/Visll Yuu (} (`.l1cm' |m`1}1c(Znu11i11}{ Year and }h)_\/ lnrliuch'I`<)n1m'mvv ls thc Simfcrc \/Vish ml` 373$ and thc Nvw \'c;u` \\'i1.l lw hcn` .\mH. M.1\ lhv .\'c;1wI1l\nM munx f.{Iru\ Ilmirlgs liar zlli ml win. H. R. PALMER 1 lo Uulllup ouccn ! Phone 531 : BARRIE = House Phone 790 Dodge and Plymouth l\-..I.... lJ\JIJ5n nu I -J -..u..`.. ul Dealer Elizabeth St, Barrie` IT IS CHRlSTMAS TIME Telephgnel 730 , Succcss and (Zhrist1n:1s wish. /efY 'Phone 577 // '+;* *` 5 T`: Bun-:2 -a`1"1c`l\;K`i1 :1Hw'11h Zllh OUR WISH SINCERE MGRAEETINGS I III MERRY CHRISTMAS A; Momm iv15'1`QV1`Fi ' ; TA TION nunmnc ")1 Sole7 Agent Hecla Furnaces 118 Dunlop Street r--)1 _ DADDIT | anu paululn gnonmrzrzn 5 R FDVICE (Il.\crr\3 C|m5tnms~ cting rm \\'i.~`hcs l.\` ;md1hc cu All Iilkt` lhc ~pm`Iunit_\` Im" um- . "5 '1{_ Mf?M., Itma - 5:? PE mfg; ' I113 A B1] tr.` I'll `E/'/Ea 1- w`\`*{'w\n`h \\\,-`J o'`\L ' N 5 '9'`\ III In. A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS .<.'1il<)I`s, nntl lhq-ir h-:1vh>r. ];u't[1|vs (`;\I'li(-I`, (ht: li_=m\ :r(-r of ('nn;1 The huh umnpzluly that kept that first (`hristmus in (':m:1rL'1 \\'cr(: pcnncnl up in :1 _=m;1H and rmlely huilt fort on the outskirts of the forest, with trnr1x1m1t s;1\`:1g<:s for neighbors, and still worse, with u mzllignant disease raging among the numnhors of the little hand and famine knovkim; at the door. - -~ ~ .._,, .. .,. ,.r :H=r-n\-r-r\' whirh rs! hmuszht him to the little hand and iauune mum nuns ... ...- ..-e.. Jacques Cartier was on the voyage of discovery which first brought the St. Lawrence Valley in the early summer of 1535` He had passed up the river as far as Hochelaga, where Montreal now stands, but when autumn came on he returned to his vessels, moored in the St. Charles river, which ows into the St. Lawrence just below the cliff on which Champlain, seventy- three years later, foumletl the city of Quebec. 3 C 1 I v -. Here a fort was built enclosed by :1 palisade, and in it Cartier decided to pass the winter, of the severity of which the l-'renchmen had no knowledge. One can readily imagine that it was with grave anxiety gradually turning into fear as Deceniber wore on, that Cartier and his men saw the river solidly bridged by ice and the drifts of snow rising about the sides of their ships and the palisadc of their fort. . I\ 7- ,_ -4..__....,a .1... ..:.:n= nf H19 lnrlinns became less frequent and tlu-n they \'holl_\' ceased. The Frenchn thvn mmv .1 tinlc when they faced alone :1 _: .-\ m.\`.ignnnt nseasc known as the sour -- . . . .,,_,A,|__ pahsadc 01 tncnr mu. As December advanced the visits of the Indians frequent .; Iuu \'v.`g\'t:\hlv l1Ar< ,1 L. . . nu. n. . had bu u,...,v.. life let u, nu: Lummucu mu .5 duds of game known to this part of ti :.'u`lvot. a laxryer of Paris, by profession Instr. and sonwwhat of an advcntur` Royal and 1wc;1n1c .1 11, . :omp;my at Port Kin) at I UIL |\u_uu uuu -v-.\...... . ed by the colonists. He wrote an ort Royal, telling about the :11: Successor to Hubbard's Hardware \":|lk'n "" HRIZIZ huntlrctl and ninety-seven ye21rsha\'e passed since white men rs: kept (`hristmasin ("anmL1. Aml that first (fanzlrlizul (`hristmns was not a merry one. On the contrary. it was passed under mntlitiuns of severe hardship and within the .\'0fc;1l;unity:1ntlloath. .\\'as kept h_\` :\ snmlllrnml ofl1nrcl_\'l`rm1<`h lozulcr, rt` i V nmcn wcrc left to themselves, and 1 great czxlamit ` o- ...,...o- nf 0'.-..=1\ j LET'S MAKE UP unuu i\;\N_\' organizerl there doubt the n1Tu*cr rI*I.. . I ,... uuu-4; -..-\, ..x The cm! at Qucbev, governed 11 passed awnj um lllvr. .. Sc-p(en1l:0r 1 the British n succeezlerl ta In the elrl there was still 21 French army commamlccl by Montralnfs lieuten- ant, the spirited and clever De Levis, who pruxrlptlyfollectecl all the available lorces and set out to retrieve the disaster inllicte by \\"olfe s victory. HARRY A. _SMlTH Perhaps the state of affairs at Quebec when Christmas came, could scarcely be callerl :1 siege, for in a strict sense the city ....... ....s ....a :nun:Cnr` nlrhnnah lnnze Cil||C|l Sl(`gC, IUI HI :1 Ul.||LL scum; nu. \.u._. was not yet invested, although large French forces were near at hand, and the British did not dare venture far from their fortications. Early in the spring Dc Levis closed in upon the city, and with the hope of driving him away, Murray made .1 sortie in force, but was defeated in the battle of Eh I3-ri1trr'a Iillum iuhhittg and of the plenty that ahonnrlerl rhnrjng the -xthrcrs and men at Port Royal kept :1 merry (`hristnu fnluny was short-li\'er|, and ('hzm1pl;1in next appears i `. \\'hiL`.h he fouxnletl in 1008, and with one brief im the (`()l<)n}' of New France until Christmas Day. 14 ':\_\ in 21 small chamber of the fort he hm] built. in it It .\ft0r ` HRISTM.-\S and plum pud- wling are synonomous. This day of festivity would lack ,. r-_ u Inn)` ) the C masrzs saw Quebec l)cslcge ('hristmns of 17.39, unrl that ' \\'nllc s victory and (loath on the Plains of 1\lnrz1ham, on 17.39, Qnelnm: was SllI'l`Cn(lClC(l, aml pns. was tnkon l>_\' y, led by (lcncrul .\l\Irrz1Y, one of \\'ullc's Brigzuliers, \\'hn hurl e commantl. 3 \\ XI \\C|L' IL lllll. 1 ncd English plu off the (`hristn To (mo zmd All ()l llx SlN(`.l-{R113 01 (Ht) supersuuoua ucanc Lu tlplrx;-Aux; nu. ayuug um >o1l.\ul, who were supposed to inhabit the trees dnd .. The Druids adorned their open temples with boughs. The Romans decorated their homes on : occasions with branches of laurel, the emblem of r, or ivy, sacred to Bacchus. HI C|'|| Llll. vunnuuu nu- I, from a recipe han(l< The 13 ingredients 1 Jre they were sufcien A {link St. Foy aml mn1pellwI to seek safety once more hehiml the walls nl Que- hec. Soon after a British tleet arrived, wl1r.`n De Levis l1nrricdl_\' raised the siege and retreated to Montreal, \\'lu.`rc, in the following Septc-mlxcr, \"mI(lrcuil surrendered (`anavla to Amherst. ;~u,,,-,...H, n.... 177: r.......l \_ Elllltlzl ll) I\lllII(ZlB\.. Christmas Day, 177:"), found Carleton shut up in Quebec, by Montgomery zuul Arnold, the latter planning their assault of six (lays later, which emlml in failure and cost Montgomery his life. i I Years passed, the War of the American Revolution came to an end. Canada was divided into two provinces, and that lrrzwe, but rather imperious, old soldier, (`ol- onel john Graves Simcoe, was Sent to organize the first government of Upper (`anz1da. He chose Newark, now called Niagara, as his capital, and there, ii1tl1e111itlIi1i11()l 1792, he met his first parliiunent. A few years later the seat of tiovernment was removed to 'l`0ront0, where many years before, the lrench had lmilt :1 little lnrt to protect the trad- ing post against the lnrlians. 'I`l... ur|n\n mt tho nlmro \\' Q l1(')\V lug puru ugunum mu; ...-m...... The n;1meu{ the plzun: was now chnngexl to York, in mnsirlemtion and compliment to the Duke of York's victories in Flanders." The town was laid out on an mnhitious Scale nnrl on the {rum street nu lot was to he sold unless the purtrlmscr bound himself In errert thereon a lnlilding 47 feet witlc, two storeys me n mom! -u~m\nHnu In nun---nub .. .\..- high, and cnnstructt. an zlpprovod plan. summer when Simcot went over fmm A 'cw; their rcsirlcnrc [her Llllll, nu fashion. 92.. ......u.\. VI winner at Y0 there was not A .A-<| V I'|\'I . IA nu` Druggi`s_f l`0lN'|`.\` II [l1(`| e \\'.'lS nut Lilnc unuuu nu:-,u I.\J erect :1 suitable d\\'cHing, he had his <*:1n\';1s house brought over from Nc\\'ark. This rcmurkzihle struc- ture Simcoc had purclmscd several years before in i.0nt1on from the estate of thc celebrated navigator, Captain Jamcs (Wink, who first brought a ship to the shores of Brit- -nul u-hm \\':I: L-ilhnl in lbll \.UIunnu.L, unu n . natives of the Sanrlwi UIUHKIIL :1 Bill ! LU llll. . ish Co'un1hi;1,:m<] whr r .I,, C-_.l. mith Eruihiam urjng wix _v (`hristm:1s. ) uuu nu . ently ne.` dccid fork, H QIIILLUL` um nuuu-_v >m N(:\\';xrk.;1nrl took up we there. living for a \\ igwun1 after Indian interruption 1 1t--),- ...l..... nun unnu- x Islands. A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year by my grand- hopped many u _)L\I| V V onling I .uu I he 1 he 1 the that E Firlh & Moan: (Elli/\NlTil /\Nl ) I )YEl< S 109 Dunlop Street 1 l 9 3. I : Phone 229 (l|3crr\2 I3ti~.`~tn1a~:~ g wuwmww A. E. SMITH and Staff To OUR CUSTOMERS AND FRIENDS A HAPPY CHRISTMAS '|`() OUR MANY l"l< H .N1)S /\Nl) P/\TR()NS A Merry Christmas and a Successful New Year *7?-"C$.3`$"".1 HARRY J. TWISS A. `F. EMPKE THE FINAL TOUCH ()u1'(Zh1`is1m;1s w hc cmnplctc it" w; didn'ttz1kct}1i.x` chzmcc 1()wi.\`l1_\*n1l. (mrnln }`ricm1s:111d } :m` thc l c\`1 H1 thc Sun sm1 sl > zmd :1 New YL-:11` fillml tr <)vc1'H(>wi11;;` with (mud (Ihccr, IIUZIIH`. l m.x'pc1'ity:111d :11] thatgm-s|(111;1kc up; .s'1u`cc.\`.\`l`111yc:11`. 1 Acccpt this \vish-~ It's sincere and true- Frmn g:r:1tcfu1 us And `.111 for ynu--- llcnllh and Wealth Thc \\-'h<>1C your Hlrnll}{l\ 813;Jo}'slT { BARRIE. THE wmcnr CLEANERS AND DHYERS -. .-...--- ,....,,_, May thc11<>1id:1_y SC2l'.\`(>l1f-\"1'L`L`\ :11] v\ 1111 zlhuxldzulcc of joy and h:1ppi11cs\`, ; m1`11isl1 the 1}1ix1}\".\`<>1 life worth whilc. Fur the cunning };c:1r, l mspc1'ity to 2111, is nur w BRYS_Q__l S BREAQ_1FI). u 1 I\v<\1lIr\l l\(` N\lN S AN!) l ;(3YS' WEAR Thafs our sincere wish 5 3 to all our friends I and patrons. 1