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mggggggggggggggfi@m wgggggggggggggggm .Â¥ Nok t Gi C i. 12. EiL. cA i. t td wgggggggfigggfifim w ~ South Porcupine _ Schumacher 19 Pine Street South _‘ 605 ""w TRAAA i5 9n uin um ue u9 w enc c n c on o en C ~ HEAD OFFICE AND YARD BRANCH OFFICE Timmins, Ont.â€"Phone 117 _ Kirkland Lakeâ€"Phone 393 With our best wishes we are sending to our customers, old and. new our season‘s greetings and thanking you for past favours we include the old saying "A Merry Christmas and a . Prosperous New Year." JOHN W. FOGG, LIMITED O "Bells of Yule"â€"ye golden bells Chime from your frosty towers A joyous Christmas canticle For unforgotten hours. Our entire organization joins us in extending to you our sincere wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. and s 4A A 4a Timmins A e _ s Music of the Bells o # _ at Christmastide The Quaint Story of the Boy that Fcound Music at Christmas Time, When the Belis Rang. In the December of The Canâ€" adian, the monthly jom'n al issued by the Ontario School for the Deaf at Belleville, there is the following quaint Christmas story, of two boys, a Christ= mas gift, and the gift of music:â€" The Christmas Belis In a land far away there was a beauâ€" tiful church,. Three bells hung high in the tower. They were wonderful bells, There was a great bell that went Clang! Clang! Clang! There was the iristma on aComme ‘ial Basi 19 New York mmdm Indicates Resulits that May be Exâ€" pected in Raising Christmas lege of Forestry at Syracuse University indicates some of the results that may be expected in raising Christmas trees on commercial basis. The trees in this plantation are Norâ€" way spruce, planted three feet apart an land rather badly exhausted from centinuous planting of corn and potaâ€" toes. .'l'he soil is sandy loam. â€"The THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO. In the December issue of The Canâ€" adian, the monthly jJournal issued by the Ontario School for the Deaf at Belleville, there is the following quaint Christmas story, of two boys, Christ= mas gift, and the gift of music:â€" The Christmas Belis In a land far away there was a beauâ€" tiful church,. Three bells hung high in the tower. They were wonderful bells, Thore was a great bell that went said it was the wind. Others thought falries touched the bells. The people loved to hear the bells ring. They sat very still in the beautiâ€" ful church.. They listened for the muâ€" sic of the bells How happy they were when they heard them ring! But one Christmas eve the people waited and waited. The bells did not ring. Then how sad they were! Christmas came again and the peoâ€" ple listened for the bells. But the bells did ncot ring. Again it was Christmas. "The bells did not ring. Every Christmas eve the people went to the beautiful church. They listened for the music of the bells.â€" The bells did not ring. .One Christmas eve two little boys were playing in the snow. They were Pedro and Little Brother. Little Brother said, "O, Pedro, can‘t we go to the church tonight? (Perâ€" haps the bells will ring." And Pedro answered, "Yes, Little Brother, we will go.n s "-I'hey started for the church, The snow was falling fast, but they trudged along. weu io _ A low cry was heard. What could it be? Little Brother was afraid. He asked, "What is that, Pedro?" Pedro said, "I will go and see." He ran across the road, and what do you think he found? In the snow was a little dog. It was cold and hungry. Pedro took the poor little thing in his arms. He tucked it under his jacket to keep it warm. "vÂ¥ou go to the church, Little Broâ€" ther, I shall take the dog home.. It must have food or it will die," he said. "Oh, Pedro, I don‘t want to go alone." "But you will go, won‘t you dear? You will carry this money to the altar for me? I have saved all my pennies. I changed them for this bright dollar." "Yes, Pedro, I will go." Little Brother took the silver dollar and walked to the church alone. He walked slowly in and took seat, All the people sat listening for the bells. The priest was there in his snowâ€"white rcbes. He said, "Bring yoor gifts to the altar." 3 ho <* e ns Little Brother ran from the church. Pedro had warmed and fed the little dog. He was coming to meet Little Brother. Little Brother ran to meet Pedro. He said, "Oh, Pedro, the bells! I wish you had heard the bells!" "I did hear them, Little Brother. Their sound came over the snow to me. It was the sweetest sound I ever The king brought golden crown. All the people listened but the bells did not ring. The queen gave her jJewels. The people listened but the belis did not ring. Rich men laid money on the altar. Still the bells did not ring. He went slowly up to the altar, and laid Pedro‘s dollar on the very edge. And listen! The Bells! The great bell â€"went Clang! Clang! Clangz! The middle sized bell went Cling! iCling! Cling! and the little bell went; Ring! Ring! Ring! The waitâ€" ing people were very happy. L0# heard." M Years woent by. Pedro ibecame great musician. People wondered at his music. They said, "We never have heard such music before," and Pedro answered, "Ah, but you never neard the Christmas bells as I heard them Dreams which one dreams on Christâ€" mas Day are said to come true, for then "no fairy takes, nor witch has poWer > Little Brother thosught, can I go up there with this one little dollar? Yes, I told Pedro I would go, and I mus T2 "Put a pinch of salt on the fire and put an egg in the henhouse," runs country saying concerning Christmas Day, then you will never lack of friends and your hens will lay all the year round. C 4 0 L long ag9." Some Odd Superstitions About the Christmastide To eat herrings, fresh or salted on Christmas Day for a first meal is to bring good luck. You will then have money in your pocket all the year round. se SW C Do not look in the mirror on Christâ€" mas Eve, or youy may seg_gl_lqsta. Day is supposed to be fated tQ See ghosts. Nothing planted or sowWn on Christmas Day will die; money reâ€" ceived on Christmas Day brings luck all the year. Our custom of exchanging gifts is probably allied to. this superâ€" stition. In the Isle of Man, Christmas Eve is called the Eve of Mary, and a strange carol, "The Carol of Evil Women," used to be sung in the churches, folâ€" lowed by the "Child Carol." a w c 22# second and third years the plantation was cultivated, losses did not exceed 10 per cent.: These were due to drought and poor soil, certain small areas being quite stony. There was no loss from insect#or disease. The stock used hat years before being set out in the planâ€" tation. It is not necessary, however, to use fiveâ€"yearâ€"old trees in establishâ€" ing Christmasâ€"tree plantations. Trees that have grown two years in a seed bed, then transplanted and allowed to remain two years in the transplant bed are ideal for this sort of â€"enterprise. Threeâ€"yearâ€"old trees that have been transplanted ~year may do very well, but the fourâ€"yearâ€"old tree is preferred. then and grown (three The plantation has been in existence eight years. During the last four years the tallest trees, some of them twelve feet, averaged an annual heightâ€"growth of, approximately two ‘srfd oneâ€"half feet, but threeâ€"quarters of the trees are between six and eight feet; these are more symmetrically formed ‘and are ‘the size most frequently found in the market. Profits obtainable from Christmas tree plantations may. come first from potted trees after the trses have been in the plantation two or three years. Trees for ornamental purposes may be sold from time to time. For the Christmas market, trees seven and eight years old bring fifty to seventyâ€"five cents apliece and sometimes more. Holly Used as a Symbol Back in the Fifth Century Christmas tree plantations should be located within reach of a good market and the owner must expect to protect the plantation during the season when Christmas trees are being cut and sold. As far ‘back as the fifth century Christmas invested holly branches with a symbolism that helped to keep sacred memories alive. The crimson berries symbolized the blood shed on Calvary by the Founder of the Christian religâ€" ion: the prickly leaves held rememâ€" brances of ‘the Crown of Thorns and the ‘bitterness of the holly bark was symbolic of the draught of. which -c.‘hfist partook while huncing on: the Once. in fact, there was a custom of making decoction from the bark, and, drinking it in the midst of. the Christmas celebrations so, thatâ€"in the words of an old writerâ€"‘"Ye shall not forget the Cross as ye rejoice in the Manger. ‘The oldest belief connected with holly in that it was the "burning bush" referred to in the Old Testament. To show hoiw tradition grows, it was not long before the simple symbolism of the prickly leaves passed into beâ€" lief that the Crown of Thorns was itâ€" self formed of twisted holly branches. From that sprang another belietâ€"that it was not until after Calvary that holly berries were red, ‘The change came, it was sald, because the green berries on the branches used for the Grown of Thorns were covered with It was the eve of Christmas ‘The snow lay deep and white, I sat beside my window, And looked into the night; I heard the church bells ringing, I saw the bright stars shine, And childhood came again to me With all its dreams divine. ( Then as I listened to the bells, ‘ And watched the skies afar, Out of the Hast majestical ‘There rose radiant star; And every other star grew pale Before that heavenly glow, It seemed to bid me follow And I could not choose but go. Street to street it let me, By many a mansion fair, It shone through dingy casements On many a garret bare; - From highway on to highway, ‘Through alleys dark and cold, And where it shone, the darkness â€" Was fooded all with gold. Sad hearts forgot their sorrow, Royal hearts grew soft and: mild, And weary little children f Turned in their sleep and smiled; While many a homeless wanderer Uplifted penitent eyes, Seeming to see a home at last Beyond ‘those starry skies And then the gates rolled backward, I stood where angels trod; It was the Star of Bethlehem That led me up to God. The Star of Bethlehem uies v ; ) is + m sA S it > ‘" # wgt@t@l@gggfi@ggt@gflggfiw § mggggggfigggggggfiw 25% Pine Street North : GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS 112 Pine Street South : f â€" : 92 Third Avenue Phone 207 Wishing all our customers and friends sincere good wishes for Christmas and all the Coming Year and hoping that health, wealth and happiness be yours May Christmas be the merriest, The happiest of days, So you‘ll be very richly blest In many happy ways. FRANK FELDMAN LADIES‘ AND CHILDREN‘S WEAR 2 00z