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n ut se * PAGE TWO Plan now for your garden. It is your patriotic duty to produce. If you C ~ j can‘t 6 (2 mAll you . [WVE can The cure for heartache is to be found in occupations which take us away from our petty selfâ€"regardings or selfâ€"pityings, our morbid broodâ€" ings, and which connect our life with other lives and with other affairs, or merge our individual interest in the larger whole.â€"Charles G. Ames. _ An order has just been passed at Oitawa whereby any soldier who has seé‘ved for six months, a portion of which has been overseas, and is honâ€" orably discharged from service, is to receive a grant of three months‘ pay and allowances of the rank which he holds when honorably discharged. Nurses will participate in the grant upon the same terms as soldiers. The grant includes separation allowance, as well as pay. The object of the extra pay is to keep the soldier in funds during a period in which he may be expected by reasonable efforts to find employâ€" ment and be reâ€"absorbed into the industrial or business life of the comâ€" munity. You gave your â€"son, your only son, . that splendid manly ladâ€" But I have given the love, the home, : the sons I might have had; For he‘s lying far in Flanders, and my heart is with him there, Beneath the little wooden eross, who P taught me first to care! RETURNED SOLDIERS TO BE GIVEN EXTRA PAY Oh, yes, the world is pleasant, and I may in time forget, At least they tell me others do; perhaps I mayâ€"and yet Sometimes I cringe with agony and longing for him here Who died in farâ€"off Flanders in the springtime of the year! You have known the happy comradeâ€" ship at home and fireside, With little children at your kneeâ€" to me, alas, deniedâ€" For he‘s lying far in Flanders whom I held my prince, my all, Yet I smiled and said goodâ€"bye when he responded to the call. And I shall never know o‘ nights, and undivided bliss Of the cradleâ€"song, the cuddling head, the drowsy baby kissâ€" For Ae‘s far on some warâ€"haunted plain, who taught me first to careâ€" I shall never wake to baby fingers tangling in my hair. You have known the bliss of motherâ€" hoodâ€"have felt the clinging hands And kissed the rosy finger tips, obeyâ€" < ing the demands Of love that is both joy and pain â€" that gives, nor asks again; Love that is likest to God‘s love in all this world. of men. THE LITTLE CROSS IN FLANDERS It is essential for the safety of the nation and for the maintenance of the Empire to Great Britain that we Canadians, if we are to live up to the standard of true and loyal subjects, put fox%h every effort to increase production of food supplies this year. Millions â€"of men, the flower of our nation, the fatherhood of the coming generation, are fighting in far away Flanders for liberty. If they are goâ€" ing to come off victorious in this giâ€" gantic struggle and if the lives of those who have paid the supreme sacâ€" rifice are to count for anything, we, the people of Canada, must stand behind them. ~â€"We must send them the staff of life for both man and beast. The fields of France, Russia and Belâ€" gium cannot produce as in previous years. In the first place all her able bodied men are away fighting, and willing as women may be, when it comes to land cultivation and harvest, she is handicapped by lack of strength to make it yield to the fullest degree. secondly, fertile fields of toâ€"day may be a battle ground toâ€"morrow or so torn up by bursting shell and trampâ€" ing of feet as to make vegetation for this year at least an impossibility. The Canadian farmer earnestly bendâ€" ing his energies to increase the food supply for home and foreign. consumpâ€" tion is doing his share in this giganâ€" tic struggle of the Empire. Even the man with his small garden plot can help. By growing vegetables for his own use he lessens the drain on the home market, thereby giving the largâ€" er grower an opportunity of shipping his supplies to foreign shores. Reâ€" member little drops of water makes the mighty ocean, so you in your small corner and I in mine by dropâ€" ping our mite of seed into fertile ground can help produce a harvest which will feed an armyâ€"of men who. are steadily marching on to victory.‘ CANADA‘s â€"â€"Nina Moore Jamieson OPPORTUNITY In other words, the business man who advertises is the one who will get the public‘s ear and the public‘s business.â€"Bulletin. a lot of very poorly addressed <offiâ€" cers‘ mail, so this may appeal to all ranks. To the mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, and sweethearts of the boys overseasâ€"May I ask you when you are writing to your boy be sure and put his rightâ€"address on, as follows: His rank, private, or whatever it may be, officers as well, next his regimen, tal number, then his company, A, B, C or D, which ever it is, and if room, his platoon number, which runs up to 16 inclusive; then the nurnberq of his battalion, and when you send him a parcel or box always enclose his address and yours inside in case the wrapper gets torn off, and always put his address on as many times as posâ€" sible andâ€"as plainly as it can be. Rank,regimental number, company, platoon, and battalion number: The reason\I am sending this is because I have handled the 116th Battalion mail for three months before it went to France, and I can tell you, it puts a postman to a great deal of inconvenâ€" ience looking these letters up in the nominal roll to find who they belong to, especially when drafts have been sent out to France and other units. This unit was fourteen hundred strong when it went away and when there isâ€"a large Canadian mail in it makes a lot of work to handle it in about three hours, as the boys look for it to be ready for noon. I have handled s Would you kindly insert these few lines in your most valuable paper for the benefit of the boys overseas? Times & Guide, Weston Sip:â€" 6 Reg. No. 776001, 116th Details, C.E.E., Witley Camp, Surrey, England. % Mar. 9, 1917. kitchen is so nice! I love to smell the ginger an‘ differâ€" ent kinds of spice; I like to go an‘ stay there; and I kind of hang about; (Sometimes I get a cookie, someâ€" times I go without!) But if I‘m very quiet an‘ do. _ not tease, you know, My mother‘s sure to let me have a bit of cookie dough, An‘ then, I make a cookieâ€"man. It is such lots of fun, Although he‘s very hard an‘ black when all his bakin‘s done; Most nobody will eat him! It‘s strange, but it is true, He never tastes at all_ at all as mother‘s cookies do! â€"Congregationalist. When mother‘s bakin‘ cookies the There are two equipments necessary for every farm homeâ€"one for work and one for living. Too often the equipment for work receives all the attention. We are influenced by our surroundings more than we realize or are willing to admit. Many of our young people drift from their rural homes to the city in an endeavor to find a more congenial atmosphere, }and because home lacks the common 1c0mforts. Every farmer owes to his family and himself the best that he can provide in the way of making home and its surroundings beautiâ€" ful and attractive in order that the fullest and richest life possible may be enjoyed by all. This can be done with very little expense, as trees can be secured from the neighboring woods that will give as good satisfacâ€" tion as those bought from the nurserâ€" ges. Fruit trees, and especially grape vines, may be utilized in planting for shade or in making a rustic arbotr, thereby serving the double purpose of beautifying the grounds and proâ€" viding an abundance of fresh fruit for home consumption. . Many of the wild flowers will with a little cultiâ€" vation give an abundance of bloom. All kinds of perennials and flowering shrubs do well with but little care after once started, increasing with each year‘s growth, so that with a small beginning one may soon have a place of beauty. Home improvements do not take so _ much money, but it does take time and interest. Encourâ€" age the boys and girls to plant things and give them a little spare time from regular farm work to attend to the lawn and flower beds, also allow a few hours for recreation, providing room for a croquet lawn, tennis court, or even a small bowling green, and you will find more of the young peoâ€" ple willing to become tillers of the soil. LACK OF HOME ATTRACTIONS SEND BOYS & GIRLS TO TOWN MOTHER‘S COOKIES sOLDIER‘S LETTER Yours truly, PTE. S. F. DERRY We claim for ourselves " equally as good work and better prices than city firms." Are we getting your work? If not we ask you is it fair? We are serving this community through the columns of, our paper and believe we are deserving of your patronage provided our service is equal to our city competitors. We say it is and desire a chance to prove it. Give us a trial with your next order. The Stamp of APPROV AL has been placed upon our JOB PRINTING it was a surprise to Lieutenantâ€"Colonel Lydon when, on the morning of NMarch 31st, he was summoned to the office of Lord Shaughnessy, President of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and was appointed to assist on the reâ€" organizing staff of the First Aid Branch of the company, with office in the department of Mr. George Bury, Viceâ€"President. This means considerable advancement.. It is a happy coincidence that two splendid recognitions came at the same time to crown a long life‘s worthy labour. i "I did not seek any promotion," said Lieutenantâ€"Colonel Lydon. "I was content to work as I had been working, but I had a letter from Majorâ€" General E. W. Wilson, deted March 26 of this year, telling me that I have been made & Lieutenantâ€"Colonel on the retired list.‘" He then produced letter from Majorâ€"General W. EK. Hodgins, of the Adjutantâ€"General‘s Office; Oftawa, which stated that the promotion was: "A recognition of your lo‘ng,l faithful and valuable services to the militia, and which @re much appreciâ€" ated by us older mer, who know what you have done‘" i Besides having such a distinguished military career Lieutenantâ€"Colonel I vdon has a good railway record. He has been in the General Ticket Deâ€" partment of the Canadian Pacific Reailway for thirtyâ€"five years, and he has watched the company develop and spread its branches all over the world. The veteram railroad man under review was at the opening of the first reneral office at Place d‘Armes, and during his conmection with the C. P. R. Las become widely known and deservedly popular with the public. In December, 1866, be left the regular army and became adjutantâ€"inâ€" structor of the 28th Perth Battalion, serving two years with this unit. In those days the employees of military age on the railway to which he was atâ€" tached, were volunteers under military control. He was an energetic organizer amongst them. Later he came to Montreal and reâ€"organized the ‘"5th Royals," and was their adjutantâ€"instructor for many years,. The "5th Royals" was the parent of the present 5th Royal Higlanders. 1 1889 Lieutenantâ€"Colonel Lydon broke new territory and organized two com panies of Scotch Highland Cadets. This undertaking was most successful for the companies gradually increased until there are now eight of them formed into one unit known as the Highland Cadet battalion. "These my children," proceeded the veteran. ‘"We gave eighty to the South African War, and to the present conflict we gave between four hundred and five hundred. â€"I am still commander of the cadets." Having spoken of the wonderful developâ€" s o § ment of the Dominion during the last half s 5 C century Lieutenantâ€"Colonel Lydon went on x T h 5% to say that in 1866, when the Fenians raided ale» Cmm C Canada he was amongst those who went to .$ /z n * meet them. "I remember the time well," he MR said, ‘"for the hardest march of my life was that which brought us into touch with the inâ€" FRED. L. LYDON, vaders. We marched thirtyâ€"four miles in a $ day. At Ridgeway and Fort Erie we captured quite a number of the Fenians, who were badly organized and did not offer a vigorous resistance." "We Irish are shy to talk about our experiences," said Lieutenantâ€"Colonel Lydon in an interview, "but I may say that it was in my blood to be a soldier. In 1854, when I was only fifteen years of age, I began service in England with the Dorset Militia. At the time of the Indian Mutiny I yolunteered for service in the King‘s Royal Rifles, remaining in this regiment from 1857 until 1866. I had not an opportunity of doing duty at the Inâ€" dian Mutiny. When the King‘s Own Rifies were coming to Canada in 1861 I came with them, arriving on the 12th July. Afterwards I spent two years in Quebec, two in Montreal, and a little while in London, Ontario." Born at Bermuda, West Indies, in 1838, the ‘son of a father who came of a Galway, Ireâ€" ;land, family, Lieutenantâ€"Colonel Lydon has ‘had an interesting career. It is no wonder that his special outlet for activities lies in the military field; his father was a soldier, and on the paternal side also his grandfather fought as a private under the Duke of Wellington when Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo in 1815; on the maternal side his grandfather was soldier military secretary to the "Iron Duke," and also took his part in the overthrow of Napoleon. Both grandfathers fought through the Peninsula War. Will you be wakened tonight by the i\ _ k@ < dreaded sound of a croupy coughâ€"and â€"( [ C 2), x } see the little sufferer gasp and _choke without S â€"â€"â€"=< being able to help? Notif you have theold, reliable +/ _ ; Chamberlain‘s Cough Remedy at hand. It gives reliefatonce. It liquifies the dangerous, choking phlegm so it is easily. expelled. It heals up thesore, coughâ€"racked throat and prevents further attacks. For Croup, Whooping Oough, Bronchitis, as well assimple coughs and colds, Chamberlain‘s Cough Remedy is a safe and reliable medicine. Give it at the very first symptom. Keep Chamberlain‘s at kand. All Druggists, 25c and 50c. HIRTYâ€"FIVE years work with the Canaâ€" l dian Pacific Railway Company and sixtyâ€"two years service in the military forces of the British Empire have brought recognition and honour to Fred. L. Lydon, for the wellâ€"known veteran has been adâ€" vanced by the big transportation system, and he has been made a Lieutenantâ€"Colonel by the military authorities. Veteran Soldier KHKonored &\ cay Z 141.( (bÂ¥trticcss THE TIMES & GUIDE, WESTORN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25TH, 1917 S 20 IF YOU CANT GO THE CANADA LUMBER CO., L TD. CHAS. DANKERT, Supt. With concrete floor and low side wall, just above floor line. Beaded and matched ceiling and Invincible sheathing to under window line. Than a Place to House Your Car . Let Your Garage be More Plans and bills of material free. Estimated cost complete $360.00. We will supply the Iumber and mill work for $160.00. LET IT ADD TO THE SURROUNDINGS OF YOR HOME Phones: Junction 2921, Weston 175 THIS GARAGE IS 12 FT. x 18 FT. CHURCH STREET, WESTON YOU CAN GROW WM. BARRATT, Manager. &