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1 Theispeaker urged his hearers to strengthen the `hands of those to whom they rightly looked forvguid- ance; and leadership in these matters, by uniting with them and placing themselves in ~ the forefront of the conietw to preserve the -free. exercise of religion and maintain .invio1-ate `the constitutional laws of the Dominion. The following are the oicers elect-I `ed:`-+- - ' W.M.-C. Horseld. D.M. --'W. Armitage. ` (.`-.'-1aplain-R. Buchanan. Rec.-Sec:-V-Leo. Cooper. LF`i_n.v-Sec.--C. Partridge. '!`rcas .-- J. Applebyk V D.C.j--N. AG:-ose. ' - , 1.`.-erfurer--'-John Smith.-' T `_ - Comnii.tbee-W. O. , Partridge, A. Pratt, VJ. Hurst, Chas. Robertson, John; Gordon. > n ~ 'l`o~deny the validity of a marriage ,cr2m':2`ac'ted`Vbetween any two people. [in the presence of a legally qualied ,person was an interference with the! social life of the nation which could no: be tolerated by any'loya.1 'ci+3- ,zen. It `wags the duty of every Or- langeman to ,resist with all his power] such encroachments ' upon the civil and `religious liberties, of the `people [of Canada. ' ' ` ' It seemed to him that the anxiety was-not so much to preserve the French language as to maintain and .ix1crease teaching `of the inuence of the Roman Church, which the .Papacy so- persistenely att_empted.. The_ Ne !'.l`emei'e decree` was but anothr evi-. dence of this endeavor, Its` eifect; W}l_S to subordinate` the laws of! the `nation to the edict of a ford jthe prisoner -of the Vatican. eignauthority and that `authority A _ ,_.v.....-` r-'-.'.yv--v- :TheT`>?aim object. got}; .e'very...;GanI-5;-_( ; .;`adib}i1"who.had*;the* welfare .`;.; of" ' thee Dominion, at ihefart and `who professed` loyalty` [to `the .Emp`ir'eT_.must. be ;_ to -b};jild'~up:.a strong,"v ii'-ile,_ and united" (nation,.and in Atfl_1is- building there. smust. be; an rassimilation` into the young national life of all `the-`diverse elements which were m._aking Canada their `future "home, so that" as the ivarious nationalities .and... languages jwexe absorbed in one vigorous. Can- adian nation there should be one and only one language spoken-inthe na-t tion, That it was perfectly feasible {to achieve this ,1'e811'1t_ was shown by- the' ;_facil_ity exhibited_ `byf nations other than ,F\fench-and. "indeed not excluding those of French origin-`-to master the .English language,. amply evidenced by Italians, _Germa_ns, Scan- dinavians and others, who reached_ .our shores. : It seemed a monstrous thing that while 'the English language ?was being_mo'r-e and more-` made the -subject. of study. and the vehicle of supply and commercialism by foreign-` nations, both In ijurope and the far East, e'or-tswere beingvmakle to pre'- `vent-its acquisition by- a section of tha inhabitants of Canada. f mo. the T35. E. R}.,,J 1igginf`tn- :'cou1_{sg' of ;his_` remarks said that the Or`ang9~1Orde"t was face tb face; with twovery important q.ues_tions,. Aone_ .a'i fecti:_1g._the w_ho1e Doininioni V and` the_ `qther._more pgrticularlyv the Province T o,`D_n.ta`rio, .'viz., the Ne '1`e'mere" Dgcre jand Bilingual Schools. TIN. L V I iiaxzfesi`. . T 1o"`V`f.`L`:f.V" >thje "var?" .V_i`t'_i1s -of n-aii)n;11f.'ex`:tnee -mid `1'15,ifog tes"sV,\` `and if. not checked it`? will_ b in;pos.ibl" e" t0 `e'stin_1ate"_ fty "years .hence}th vfa_r. 1jeaching -eifect` the Acontihuanc` `of the present system _wil1"h a've`on the Englishjgnnguage in the Province. Surely the "answer can [be but disaster. j 613191-KL THE dnnrsnns L % ; L. H :. ' nonmxnr snorrnns. U :a"&,>rge .]3,__.Sta_if;-V -nu .s..us\.u Jud-vuau. -Luau JQUUU-ID VVULU of special interestuand the chorus-, in costume Hard. `Times, - Ecreated great enthusiasm. Solos were given by_ `Miss Es1_ie: Rayner` .and Miss Bryson,;duetts by `Miss:Doris- Turner and TMiss- DeGeer, .Master "Douglas and" Miss .Margie- _Kin'g, Miss Bryson and Miss D-eGeer,v the ~Misses. Graham, and b`y -`Miss Pearl Sweeney `and Miss _C;amp`bell`, and;recitgtion's~ by 3 `Miss ;Eileen ~=~..Landeon, ,`.Miss` eS.t'elv1a -Gove, Mis-s.Pear1 Whit-e, Miss" Dorothy Wil- son, Miss "_Hubbe1{t,;Miss .Au'dr/ey Mar-; itin .and.?7Miss.` `Lo_1'1`;1e`- ,St orey.`. _"'1'he di-alogixes,-9. % ".4 `Ann? . Jemima "s . `Money-u; and How ,1;h e xstony--;Grw A were .u11:-pf .good moral` t.ea ._ch ` ' `opened ;Wi$h * titl:e c1- Annual Entertainment Vlfas Largely , Attended and Programme .Was Appreciated. The annual entertaivnment by the Sunday School of the C__entral Meth- odist Churchon Friday evening last was a splendid success. .T1e attend-. ance was large and {the programme was appreciated. The . . Pantomime Nearer My God to Thee, the tableaux Rock of Ages, The Sunburst ~Fairies, . `the' United Workmen, The Prize Baby Show, - "."The' Rain Bow,._ Topsy-turvy, and Three Little. Toad.Stools , wege - ...__ -.-:-1 2-- |BRUCE-PENFIELD--At the home '1 _of Mr. Thomas Bruce, Tecumseth, ~ on Wednesday, Dec; 5th, by Rev. ' O. J. Nurse,` B.A., of Beeton, Miss Elizabeth Peneld T to Mr. \Vm. Bruce, Jr., both of Tecumseth. .GRAHAM---IDOTWNEY-`-`5At " `the: home ".1:-of {the bride s parents, V` Mr. and "~.Mrs. Wm. Downey, Essa , on Wed- T 1.1 noaow -nan I-2&1. I-.u"Dn- A ENJOYABLB TIME ron Tenn. . TEAL METHODIST scnomns REID.-In Penet:n-1;," on Tuesdey, De- cember 12th, Dixon Reid, of the 7t_h line, Innisl, aged` 78 years; "HAMLIN -- At Victoria Memorial 2 Hospital, Toronto, on _Wednesday, December 13th, Rose. Mary Hamlin, `I widow of. late M..'J. Hamlin of A1`l.....:l..`l.. .....2: 2n _---- 'BOYLE%DURRANT -- At the. par- sonage, Mary St., by*the Rev. Dr. Booth on Dec. 16th, 1911, -Mr. Arthur Edward Boyles to Miss] `Mary Elizabeth Durrant, both ofl Churchill. , A_ I JENNETT-c_1B\r:' At the Pap} ' 11 . - nt\I-In-stun/\ I ' 1f.____ (11. 15' \/-A-`VJ - LU I-LIU J. U1- f"vsi<)`1;zV1-g-e,". '11 . e1\1 .'a`;y VSt.,` Barrie, on- .j."`Wedm,1_esday, December 20th,-by the" `;'7Re\*. ' Dr. Booth, ,-Mr. V Thomas` James :Je'_11,n'ettA of Holly, ' to. Miss Emily ;;Christina Crowe of Baxter. = ,`vHEESMAN--_-ANDRE\VS -- At West [ Hill. on Tuesday, December 12th, by :-the Rev. H._ D. Cameron, Jessie, youngest daughter of `Mrs. M. An- drews, to Ernest C. C'he'esman,'both of Barrie. L ` This week is a bumper week in `the! Post Oice here and tP.M. NI-nds and: his staff are kept `` on th move to cope with the `Christmgsrush. _' -av.-.--as I `IV VVIJVJ `JIJ. `V I.1esda3;,' .])ec. 6th, by Rev. A. J. 'dison, Miss Ethel` Downey. to Elmer; 5 0. Graham of Tossorontio. . `?;si%s1i,T`2r:*; cember .13th, ` _-Charles Lowe, McMILLAN-_--In DOHERTY-At the Royal j Victoria` `Hospital, on Tuesday, Decemberi _ 12th to Mr.` and Mrs. George'Doh-| , ~erty, Ward VI; :2 daughter. - } IIDATTAII 1`, -in ` CRAVVFORD-V-In Afllandale, on` Thurs- .."day, D'eceAmb er "14th, to '_M!'. and Mrs. Albert Crawford, Essa St., a . (Lughter, M nut-xv---_.___ . , SMITH--A-InV Barrie, on Sunday, De-_! cember 17th, to Mr. and Mrs. T. A.i Smith, " E]izabe\th _St., a daughter. POOLE--.-In 1Al]a'nda1e, on D`ece'-mbehi 11+? 4-.. M . .....:"u'.... rrr... 1'---1- _ The `death took `place on _We`r3'nes- day, `Dec. ~ 13th',""-"Vof Mrs. Hainlin, widow of the late Mr. M. J. Hamlin (for many years postmaster at Allan: d_ale), at th'e.,Victor-ia. Memorial Hos- pital, jTor`onto.: _-Deceasedf had` - gone to the Toronto hospital'.some weeks ago `for treatment, and;gradual1y' sank until .the end .came`1ast Wednesday. The funeral was-.hel6. on Saturday morning to St. Mary s `Church and cemetery. Mrs. Hamlin. is survived by two daughters, Mrs. C. Hinds and Miss}-Iam1in' and Dr. Hamlin of `Arthur St... Toronto. -_-_... --uupv-vvo Dr. J Wm- V"TB11l<=:_x-ve_1:o1r' bf Barri,` `now lives retired, was with his, bl'Q- 'ther at the time of `his death. 1 Ani other-, br.othe_r,~ > Dz,-v Herbert ABre:L'e.to'nV di ed`two years ago in the West". /. ' . ",3i1!'!1;i} .Z"'.f Iiegsemli ooBieret9n,oo , o m '31- re ton'~* of -Town. -'-I2eceas,e . ho a 51% yam 1 389;`;-ihAoAWs~. Gv51iIliin4~_` bury on ._ th`eg.Vfarm?`1i_ow ,'.~Qupid"by . Mr.--o.JamesvBanfing, and `he . was _th` Vwh-om- ?becameV o_ medical` practitioners. Dr;' Brereton was 3' stricken with par- youngest `of ; three b1:othrs, .;_-all? of `alysis ve" da'y before hi death; He o had practiced. in Bthany fo? many years and ' was o well gnd` favorably widow and th1;ee sons survive. .`- known throughout ..tlIe .-disti'ict. kH`iS . Iv auv vv L - Allandalej Ta'g`e:l7v5$)m.}?e;;-sf v........ - unllalualc, Uu. 1J'UUU!uUCI' 11th, tol;zIr. an_d'_Mrs.'Wm. Poole, a` 19071, ' I Mm-h intefest isbV.ein`gV tgkep in that (zomrert that the young ladiee,are,1_:~a_v: ing on Thursday night in aid of. 11.9 Y.M.C.A. A large crowd is V_exp._J.c`-`3-J, Mrs. Hamlin. BORN. _ Rule 10-'l`hat vineatlte Z e;7ent' 'none _of the 'ofcial, referees being avail- able, the_ competing teams select one agreeable. to both. In cases of dis- agreement, the referee togbe appoint- fechby the b]_'resAident.-- . A L _ { .. Beh_iI1(]. and aboverthe. `gig mirror in the Grand Cen_t1'-al._ Hotel, Co11ing- I wogd; 't\h_e Chief of .Pdlice and his Aas s`iat'anhts found stored} 10.S~bott1es of whiskey,` and. a `charge of" keeping fori ;,1so1*" i2`1H[ *s;i L1oca1 option district has ,h"ee_n; 1j"9`g`i"ste1`d".:_,:;.gaii1s.t % the. lessee of '-.5 2 . ` ` * It is_._.nq`,13ri1 to /bejpoor._ Only the A;!ih }:can;}AaEor %%La1>pear =99%L: ; 3 A .everafter, was the invariable end- They married: and'~`]i ved happily ing--of the love stories . Qf a few years. :ago. NoW_. the usualhprocedure is to apply for _a_ divorce. The last issu` 'o -`T-hje CanadaA.(_}g'zette' ~ contains no 1ss:thanV thirteenf`a'pp1ications. for divorce. Ottawaxis not.` Reno, but it .:g_rn'ws`..m `1ike_ it_ ea_1h_ _year. ~ I luv uauu U.) ULIG .I.J4lUU|._lIu1VCo *" I"Ru1e _8-"-,'Th/at each .team ah `the s.s. be represented by one` team only. ' 'l\_-1 - -In In! 1 0` Mr. Frank Heard, who.has; been in the ral estate businBss,in"-Wi333iP.3iA a returned home on over Christmas W1th- [1115 ~ -1- family. -- ` `Ru1e.7--That games postponed on account of soft ice or for other su"1- cxiexl reasons, ,be_ played off on dates to_be xed by the Executive. `D.-.1- o"7m1.....L ........L 4.-.... :1. .a.1_- can i Rule 3-Th'at xlotice of T ixV1a;L>(ii;1;y;" c'o play a seehefIu1ed- game be led three `days before scheduhd date of such game.. Failure-to do this consvtitutes a `default, and games defaulted count as a loss to the defaultingteam. 1'I,_`l_ H I!!! A V Ruie 5.--That' an 0. H. A. players` who.11ave- played more'than one game be ineligible to play in the League. 11__1-- Rule 4-'1`hat before any addition! is made to the oicial list of players, the same must be submitted` to the Se least one week before; such players can piay in the League` games.` , - . i :5 - _ :- . -- A __ V - ~ I Rule 3--That a _list of players be! filed with _the`Secretary a week be- fore the beginning of the season. 'I\ H A III 1 - - RULES FOR S. S. L HOCKEY LEAGUE! Rule` 1-That every player in Sunday` School- League be a bona member of a Sunday School in town of Barrie. . 1-; u .. _.. TheL follpwing rules werve_ adoptedi after some discussion, in which all. took `part, rules 1, 5, and 6 being re-E spongjblexf for disp1aying some differ- ences of opinion. ' - ~ ' I i1 Rule 2-That no player he allowedi `to play in two separate -teams in thei `Sunday School League. , ETSARJEANT & KING, &Icn:-:-:L:-:aEII:-'=.=Jt:-EIEIr:-='-:I GETTING _Both stoic; will" be dpen on Friday and Saturd-ay evenings. ` _ Come to the Christmas values. "per `pair fr0m'...... . Men's `\-Vhitc Dress Vests '. Mn s Fancy House Coats. VMen's Lounging Robes. . Men's Fine Unmbrellas from . . . . $l.00-tt:\}5_.(;(; Men's Fancy I-Ia_1%f Hose, cashmere. .35c and 50c Men's Gloves in great variety, Fowne's make. per from . . . . . . . . . . . . .75c to $3.75 Men's :\-Vhite ' . . . . . . . . . . ; . . .$2.00' Fancy Coats . . . .$5.00 to $9.00 . . . .$8.00 to $12.00 Men's Initial I fish Linien 'H2ini1l<-erchievf':ii1iaixizy T ' `boxes, half dozen in box. . . . . .. . . . . . .$l.50 Initial Silk Handkerchiefs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50c \50 dozen Men's and Boys Excelda Hiandken chiefs, a big assortment of fancy borders. . . ...... ..2for25c vww, v:,YQI3 Cuf f Links in--cases . .`. . . .' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75c 'KnTit Silk Mufflers, Reefer style, grey. navy, ., green, ca_rdina1'and3ack. .$l.50 and $1.75 \Vuo1and Faqcy` Silk Neck Mufers ........ .. g . . .~; . ; . . .. 50c, 75c, $1.00 and $1.25 `I 9 fn;Ow'nn - Sets Ar'mIet and` Garters, T ` Vhoxes; . . . . . . 50c, 75c, $1.00, $1. TI3i'1ces in fancy Abxegs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "77 Men's Ngck Ties in fancy boxes. . . ;NE2;PENs1vE GIFTS FOR YOUR MEN FRIENDS :: " The annual sleigh:-ide - and tea, `bf: Burton Ave. Methodist S.S. -Wilrbe. held on Wednesday, Dec. 27th.`_ A concert will follow the tea. A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL! . . . .\ :. .s oc; 75{:,'$i.'d6['$iIE},' $1156 9 If` I rrno . . 75;"$1.'d6,'i .2; 1".6 ....;.....3s;,`soe,'&se;si:5 the_ 1 de ' the E S_tella--`.`Yes;M I don t biieve you -..cou11 .; if; yqgrof an mu- '1)` H "- 4- #N`w = Yzk-`-~ ' I 7} L A Stickler. A` - / Minnie--`_`H_e 'is`- always,` `hanging _._'- -'=,.". `;*'+om,_ _____ He nally` made her believe the error was unintentional, and she settled on the spot for what she owed. Since then the young man sends` out .'bills of gbout twice -their proper size [fto's.1ow' creditors and he says it. [brings them in every time and in- variably. mad all over'at` his' attempt .'t'o.Ccheat them.`.1'-Ie says you can .,e'ven} n_1ake_ a deadbeat wrathful by _idu'nnin`g~` for ` a. .,_la'rgerT `amount tfi:h`an:,he- v`Aowes. 1' i - T W Mr. Joseph Arm.strong 19--319 around again, after Vhls-_-/900159: the recent wreck at B";.".,--tV}-=(, &-'. Arm.~'tron;: leftthe H5P1..ta1`.; ' dab morning`. W " Ir Kansas Merchant Finds His New ,Method of Dunning a Success. 'A young merchant in Smith Center, Kan., has found a way to make slow paying customers dig up. For a long time he sent out monthly duns urging ,.pr'ompt settlement, but little. if any attention was paid to them. Getting `impatient he sent an enlarged, bill` to ' an old lady who had been owing him Vth-1-tee or four months and the effect was almost magical. She came in snorting the- next .- day with the -bi11"in her ham} and the way she ..Iwent after the young man fortrying "5to=nniswindle `her brought the blushesto his cheeks. A ' .f ai-n bound to put a`st:>p to this` petty thieving` in this Towh, said the Magistrate as he handed out the Christmas box of ve `months in the _.Central. And Jas. Winters, Esq., will pass the time away at Central while the rest of us are left to shovel" the snow, and he will not require a watch,` except the guard who paces `the walls with loaded rie. STOLE WATCH--WILL 4 1 Now BE WATCHED I At_11 _o clock on Friday morning |P.C. Sweeney was notied that |Joseph Schell, a hostler at the Vespra illotel, was minus his watch, and- at 112.30 the same day, the "officer had lWinters behind the bars charged with {the theft of thettimepiece. The theft .is'said to have been committed while the two men were examining the watch in the stables, and _Winters, after decamping with the other s property, is said to have disposedof the jewelry for $1.50, the proceeds lbeing spent for the foaming suds. R 111' _, I 1 A L That James Winters will winter__ in !the Central Prison was the chilly in- :formation handed out _to the aforesaid James by P.M. Radenhurst on Satur- day morning. It all happened this I way. PEOPLE` PAID BILLS__ QUICKLY _Store for best ,. in fancy I an an: u-A LIMITED ` Mr. Art Overa,'gwho A. -Ehas .b.v9,11f; business in Regina foryth6JP33t':`yj99?{i returned on Saturdayjto. Christmzls season with _hiS;..';Wi' Mr. Harry Gartner has accepted 3 ]m.~'JiIi(m with the Canadian Express Cnmp.':n_v and is runnin`g.._fr,om Tolfon-4 to on No. 67. W ' Mr. Carl Marshall left Of; We dne S? tin) evening for a. trip to New York and other American cities. "He' may,- locate them permanently.` I The Ulezmers Band of the Math-3 odist (`hum-11 met at the home of;.M.rs. Baytvnnux, Caroline St., on _Th1`1rsd eveuiu;_r. . ~Mr. Warren Johnston of Barrie` is Working for the- Canadia Ex{$res`sj Comp::n_v, running from A11andal e` to I\Ie-z:1'o1-cl. MES. Hutton, Ca,rol-i;1;_.St., has r': turzzml to her home, after` `being in` the R. Y. Hospital for an_opravti9n.-, The Y.M.C.A. has ben doing. a bi-g business this week selling `Christmas -.S`tI:!11ys for the Gra.venh1'1rst Sanata`r-` O 1111]]. \. Mr. Atlrol 1\{Earsh;n11 Ts.AparfyL . hunters were successful in_ baiggi thi1'ty rabbits on Wednesday last, . 1!... 'lT,_LJ__.. fl- Cong'rat11Iations to Mr. Chas; Lb;' on the arrival of a. young baggage?-' man on l`hur~sday night. ._ -- `II ' < _ " `rel The pay car came in at'2 p.m.'on Tuesday in charge of Cbhductm` McMillan. ' A Mrs. Moorev returned ` after a very pleasant l1oliday3wit`h' relatives in Toronto. '_ . ` V H ' Mrs. Joseph Day left on -Thursgy} morning tospend a` couple _of `days in. Toronto. ' ' " ' ' _,... v['l\Iv1'. Joseph Bone has T ` >"'m' 10 Alf, Purchased a Imieua renS<-n1_ led Sp. from My, lpeti-an V1`:Ir.vJ0lm Bundy has pu !`ch'I1smeE.~`:tii_e" dz;ir_y business of Mr. Albert .M'c`LVe`_anT,V v%[`ed Dalton has return` 1;vo employ of the G.T.R. as gall boy. 1_,_? - tion on the G.T.R..- `and Friday in the'Queen City. , _ ` Mr, Geo. Wilson return.ev< 1.Al1:a,%s:tAw:1`e".e1x{ : to Hamilton. . . Mr. Reynolds has accptcd a pV(_)s`i-` \. ` Mrs. Wm.` Hunt speht, Mr. 'I`h0s. Bradford has` resumedts his run after a. 1nonth holidgiys. n I 'l\ 11, I , `-1 9 so 9 ,oo' 12 on 1050 15 so Moooooooooooooooooog A L A 1` @ 11 -C j I CO1`. ' .' :oooooobuooobboobooi Perfum Sachet. `Powders, Soaps, V TOi1D.Wfr:.;: etc. The quality is ne in-_evfy;; instance and the pack` es very. `artistic. These beautt ul "g1ftg}` are sure to please and they cost` 1ittle--25c to $3.00.? a .0: the perfume ihdutryfzy (JIIUUD LIVIII U1;_g`~.."".`v;. -{1i'8t; " the. very thin s ,for, ,d_ Christmas gifts or _wife,;m'j ' sister or sweetheart. i . 1 and see 7 Pogfrgrgmesn and other, '0111. R` gcles we have asse_ b1e . out choosing. The. .choice$t;:_ 9:e*tE3.:1`;,`i$,E, `3?u&332?$%.%%t ~ 4' .- 1` . UP-'ro'._[)g%[~iEN 22V35 17foo #17 oo Specialty 1 Dow East of Barrie KCROSSL THE? Robrt9n FROM` j 'fm: DRUGGISTV ng '43`-nu man`! ' I was safe from that__danger {for the moment, but I fearedh the brake beams. They are fastened in the centre with steel rods, ~..e'nd..I `knew that if I were caught by the epdeof the bolts Itwould be killedi --I`fec/Iged. to the side of ` the "track to escape them. I felt `the wheels of `the ten- der and_ cars-`scraping, my arms. I-- crouchefi down as c`lqx_se]toh the ground as I could! to ._escape theme _ .W.hen the `first. trucks paesedv dverj i-there wag so'n_1,e.spaer before 'th/e__c;1:ear dues .caii1e. Then _ 1:. _yel1ed.ff; Three ; .cnr.e JW1 5:715. _:f0~?`-.A3I97.;;PQSQW h , . . 7 ezineeet $13 P81110118 ` VAEVUULHB vu 111.0 g`!'0.un& 'W~pieces. Howe-_,v_.qer,. I i..wasj.. on1; -brju_is ed; 1 j .j . :,lJ1u . In L.V_fvJayv :3fb`1'-med, .. an asaogigtiopi * 1sA r,_- bwegls, 5 tlgei I felt the engine cnt.w1in`g up on me, a.nd I could do nothing. I thought` the ash box would. catch me and grind me. It caught on ` my coat and I was shoved along on the track. ~My face was being .ground in` the cinders, but I` `was powerless. ..I `was dragged __some.A feet, . when my-`aheagd dropped` down into a." hollow. a"n'd " `the -coat gave way, releasing r mo; 1-ogn :-the ,fa_sh box. ' ;.[`heexperiencVe [of Robert Higgins, '-the bridge constructor of. the Grand Trunk, who, in Va myment o_f'~c`are- lessness, was kno.c'ke`d' down by a. loc- omotive at, Sarnia, reads like the yellow-est of romaritic _ction. .. vuf '530 ;n i Almost `a whol train passed` his body. He livedVto tell the and a viv_id `sto1fy` it is : ' ' _ - .- Anthem?- T .nw1 O Com to ~my Hea, Thane Aw.L.... | There is. one man. in Canda who was actually mu over-'by_ a railroad train and not killed! Indeed, `his injuries were. so slight thatfhe re~ marked, almost cheenfully: ' ll`l' _ -My arm hurts worst,` but it will be better, `I hope, in` a few days. V ` BURTON .,;f:VENUE METI-I`JDIS'1' Spe'c il Christmas music will be_ given at both morning and. evening services, Sunday, vDec. 24th,". as fol? 1ows-:--' T _ , _ V Anthem--From 'G 9r}High _ _... I Open.i;1V.gi,.1. i'a:3ye.1": ' ; Hymn. l Anthem--` ` Like UV`-V|:I>J _ u o o n n n o ow` nunuxuau -Closing Prayer. ' _ Services 11 am. and 7 p.m. 7 All are cordially invited. Seats free. In` `vacant A `- Iva VIVIAI Little, J. `Marlin and A. Dyer. Con'1mittee J. S. Brhton, A._ Lesson . . " '- Anthemb and "Hymn -Behold, I Bring You Glad Tidings. . . . " . ..;.f.... Churchill q.._...._.._ 1._ - -g- A 1-`._,_L__, . ' ' W.M.- --Thomas` Campbell. . D.M.-Wni. Rusk.` K _ Rec.-Sec.---Wm. Carson. Fin.-Sec..-4C. Srigley. Treas.-George Leslie. ' ,Chap`1ain--[S. Hall. j D. of C.--Fred Lougheed. brook.` Lecturers--Bros. Allan` anti. VI: -11-: 3.00 I The annual meeting of V Allandalei L.0.L. was -.a pleasant social affair, lover forty members `enjoying-_. the oyster supper seyved at the~..eonclu- sion of\ the election of ofce-rs. .The following brethren will guide the destinies" of the lodge for the ensuing year:- - e ' ! .w----n. _.-` _ _ __ 7-...._-- -v vvooouluo ' I I Grand Trunk " e'mploye`s," throughl the 'di_. e-rent Brotherhoods will, it is "nude-rstood,, ask.Judge...M,abee and his Board of Commissioners to `change the system `of ..pa'ying `them; The Statement 'Of' the `men "is not that they lfc-(.-mplain of being paid by ch;que,h . but that if they are `not around -when. the `pay car gmakes. its appearance they must. wait anoth-err month foxy their..ppy. The`men.who `are_ on Ad'u_ty - especially may. e miles awa.y.for in- vicinity; They think that the pay `cheques of. such men should be left i Vstance, when the pay car is in their . at a central oice, say the superin- jtendent s< Voice. | .--gqqnsvo . -v ., . - :7 . `vii[ -; .aa,ttoa:ed:._ove,%t.t I-one Distance-At = ~I,i_ fx1d,s.{a2y;V Dec. 15.:--5-1?nt;,.` PenjIi'ose;;4at.c`ar-.j pente-r'.,;m-et_ withgg` h_o_rrib1e_ ' death. Thurs- day, evening, wpgn. he w}a_ stmok by the { f.'J.`;R. yejy whi-l '_ crossing} ;th-oftAiron bridge.r _I`rid_ayt `morning " workmen picked up` `parts of the dismembered 5 body all along the. track, while, a`1eg- whs `a`Is'o foupd on the C`-.P.R. tracks below, and hisocoat a. half mile out in} the country. It is- assumed that, owing .to a` heavy '-snowstorm that night, he did not hear the`_train__.' He was struck by a train two winters go, a'nc1'seriously 1nju1_'ed. . ' 5 :`%VxpressT:eomm%ins; ,.;'riaiief=*;"bigvgprepaxatihs , o_r' %f.;rh?andlingvV` `.er'n' ' Division; any} are - ;ru_nning* two; "ex"? _p"i"ess cars on eirryv train. to vM`eafoi-dz, and doubling ~the'ir` "car" space; between Toronto and North `Bay. _Thei`r-. ear staffs &r.e"doub1e'-what they `have pre- .Yious.1y'been at the Christmas season,? -their .c1u1stVmas ,,1'.'1".ad_9',.-f_`.lo\`re 1' 1:116" N`9r;t.__h`-j ,3, 1y 111' i W9 =7 1:3*1't`1.3f% $1.? 4: ..3"i..1`1 i`i11`?".V'7"f *hi`5`=?' ;amf;;1y in A we Wiestan j ix: `7 tg;e., `fpi,ug. vacuum; \.I \J\ruL Lord Jesus El? -Ighvasoa pom WAN`; T0 WAIT. 1..o.',L. HAD ovs-mas. 1*. NORMAN, , Choir` Zi\igsi:;`: I AND 13.19.`:-571:0 TELL 11-| Silver Lamps. . . . . . . . . ; . . _Barnby -v vv "'J onHig1i..; ...-. . . . 4 Turner. A over tale, VVU f7 50 A-- 1101' I .S1u"Ege,} surge, Tsuvrge, . _ _- ` ; . V `Thru the` "crowded stores, O,_why!' `D6 -they -put it, cif Tti11 the' l_a_Vsfc- few 1 , * hours _ , . _ _ `Bg'o1_'e they gc (to buy. ` _`_(1an-I-an P .q+,g*H-`A, '0, well forsthe weary-eyed` clerk 1 V `As she `waits-A on the trade allay! 0,. well for the `late night hours ` % * `Ere _'th_e_ `buyers '-go away ! "And ',the merry crowds go. on .."1`Ahru{-,the.. many stores, and" leave The most", of` t"heir# gifts un`pou`ght r` Till the night` of ' Christmas vE_ve_. ! `According to `the Labour Depart- men't s strike rtord, there Were thir- teen trade disp -es in existence dur- ing November, being -three more than in, October and` six more than in No - vember, 1910, Forty-one rms and nearly twelve th-ousand employees, were involved and the loss in work- ing days amounted to approximately one hundred and forty thousand. The termination, 'however, of the coal miners? strike. `in Alberta.` a.nd East-' ern, British Coulmbiaand the speedy settlement of the longshoremen s strike at "Montreal i enables it to be said that the situation has `improved somewhat since October. The only important strike which began during the month was one; oft cotton mill. operatives at -Magog, `Que. -`Th-ere wereonly six strikes unsettled at the close of _ the month. S,i`1rg sure, surge. A '-Th u the; crowded stores, runt` .' g........ .4 L1... rx1....:..4. UNIV \JI\IVV\4I I3Il\IL\/D, \I WKIIJ I VV-1`1z`a.1`:v.`a.Ag1ing of tie Christmas shop- " nets _ , ' . ' ' g ' Are out o2'1the'i`r N yearly gpre_,e. V ' [Moan "sigma m ~. NOVEMBER | BUT srnm-:.j1oN IMPROVING.