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WEDNESDAY, DEC. THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. i -- a | i { FOR-- e-- ap ite PROBS:-- Thursday, snow or rain. COUGHS, : P COLDS and ASTHMA We Bell and Recommend DR. HICKEY'S SPEEDY REMEDY. L. T. Best DRUGGIST | pom i You Often Wish To Know the Time! Store Hours: 9 to 5.30 O'clock Except Saturday : § Our Great Year End v In some room of your home i where there is no clock. |. Rumor persists in London that the engagement of the Duke | iof York to Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, daughter of the Earl of | Strathmore and St. Kingborne, will soon be announced. The King is said te favor delaying the announcement." Let us show you a timepiece that will not only give you ac- curate time, but also the plea- sure of an excellent appear- ance. 4 VISITORS AT ODESSA. | AT DUFFERIN SCHOOL, Dominion Meat Store Opp. XM.CA. TO-MORROW'S SPECIALS: Creamery Butter ...... Balada Tea ...cccvvecee Idpton's TeB .ecvessese Peas, 2 for .... Corn, 2 for Pure Lard 'Hamburg Steak ........ Pork Sausages .. . Pot Roast Over Roast Qx Tails .. PROMPT DELIVERY -e cess ssacemem and' prires:-- " hime Clocks, Mahogany Ivory Clocks, Phone 1268J. Alarm Clocks, 426 60c b65c 25¢ 26c 180 10¢ 20¢ 10e 12¢ «a 130 All guaranteed Clocks, Blackwood Clocks, Grandfather Clocks, Bedroom Clocks, We have Clocks of all styles SMITH BROS. Jewelers, . Limited. Established 1848, King St. PIANO TUNING Plano Tuning, Repairing and Player Plano Adjusting. H. Butcher, PHONE 1819w. 27 Norman Pine ' Street. DR. H. C. MABEE 79 WILLIAM STREET Pbone 286 "Christmas Is Over" Let's "Clean Up" For New Year's | Rocker Dustless Ash Sifters Special Price . . Eureka Vacuum Cleaners Special Price . . EE Ty PE #5500 Each Copper Bottom Wash Boilers (hand made) Special Price . . Carpet Sweepers--Japanned, Special Price . . YS ngs $3.25 Each re sng 36,00 Each Dust Pans. Special Price . .. .-25¢ Each Brooms ..... v. .. 7. i..un. 55¢ Each We also carry in stock a very complete line of Bathroom Fittings. Our Electric Heaters, Irons and Toasters and the justly famous McClary's Electric Ranges, Can't Be Beat. {Large Number In The Village For ! Christmas. Odessa, Dec. 26.----Among the {Christmas visitors were Charley |Hamm, Toromto, with his parents, {Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Hamm; Alber | Slater, Toronte, at Austin Fraser's: (Albert Judge, Smithville, with kis parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Judge; Biss Bernia Henderson, Sunbury, {with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Henderson; Max Kenyon, Kingston, is spending a week at his home. Mr iand Mre. M{lMn, Toromto, and Mr and Mrs. Alexander Bell, Oshawa, {with Mt. and Mrs. H. D." Davy. Miss {Nellie Burnett, Kingston, with her {paremts, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Burn- jett. | Mr. and Mrs. ISaac Fraser left to {spend Christmas and the winter months with their daughter, Mrs. (Scott, Montreal, School closed last | Friday and the out-of-town teachers {left! for their homes. Miss Ridley iand Miss White, Toronto, and Robert Farl, and Edward Earl, Smithville. | "Mr. and Mrs. H.-J. Smith, left Sat- urday to spend the coming week 'with Mr. and Mrs. George Baker, | Detroit. Mr. and Mrs. George Watts, are spending a few days with Mr, and { Mrs. George Ettinger, Kingston, Mr and Mrs. Robert Hamm, and famfly, {spent Thursday, the guests of. Mr. {and Mrs. Bristol, Bath, | Mrs. Ben Emmons has returned {from spending a week in the King- ston General Hospital. Mrs. Thomas Ciddy is recovering nicely from an operation for appendicitis dn the | lotel Dieu Hospital, Kingston, Mrs. [Roy Emmons, who has undergone lan operation for appendicitis in {Kingston General Hospital, will be jahle to return home in a few days. A baby girl arrived last week to | make her home with Mr. and Mrs | Harry Foster, v | J. H. Babcock. and eons, are re f cetving orders for wiring and lighting by electricity, most of the businesg {places on Main street. Mr. Babcock {has installed a power plant in con- {nection with his garage and has his presidenes beautifully lighted. It looky as if the houses may all have eleét: ric lights in the near future. dhs Fred Sproule, Toronto, visited 'tifs parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Sproule. Mrs. Bramer, Syracuss, N.Y., is visiting her uncle, George Burnett, . Bhre------ Elginburg Girl Break Arm. Elginburg," Dec. 26. --The Christ- mas tree event om Friday night in the church was well attended. A number of young people from here went to the entertainment at Glen- vale. On Tuesday evening, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bearance entertained about thirty of their friends. Miss Edna Fitzpatrick left on Saturday for her home in RueseM. Mrs. Charl- es Irvine has been suffering with a severe cold. Alexander Pringle is visiting W. E. Cordukes. Ber* Tolls is grinding feed. Marjorte Silver had the misfortune to fall on Satur- The Closing Entertalnment--Pres- | entation to the Teachet, The closing - entertainment for Dufferin school, Pittsburg, was heid | in Wesley Methodist | Thursday evening, Dec. 21st, and | | every one present pronounced fit a ! decided success.' The chairman, J."B. | Quinn, in his opening address com- [ pitmented the Home and Schoo! | Club for thelr many good works dur, { ing the past year. The children in | their different choruses, dialogues church on} | and ercitations showed remark-| {able talent and reflected great | | credit upon their teacher, Misa! O'Meara, for the splendid man- ner in which they were trained. Ex- cellent vocal'solos were rendered by Mrs. Chester Cowan, A. J. Cowan, J. C. Germain and J. McLaughlin. Those from a distance who contrib- uted to the evening's enjoyment were Mrs. R. O. Patterson, Mr. and Mrs. G. V. Franklin, Kingson. A very pleasing and Interesting part of the programme was when Master Franklin Cowan came for: ward and ably read the following address: "We, the children of your school, do not wish this joyful Christmas season to pass without telling you how happy we are to he your pupils. Dear Miss O'Meara, we | know we are often not as good as| you would like us to be: we are of- ten not as- good as we ourselves would like to be, and we are very sorry because of it, But now, dear teacher, if you will only accept this little present which we with our little savings and great big love, | have purchased for you we will know that all our faults are forgiven and we shall try, try oh! so hard, to do everything you wish us to do next term and to be good little boys and girls." Signed--Pupils of 8.8. No. 7, Pittsburg. Master Wilfrid Quinn then pre- sented Miss O'Meara with a beauti- f4! hand painted cocoa-set from the &cHool children, and a magnificent | mahogany tray from the executive of the home and school club. Miss O'Meara although greatly surprised at being made the recipl- ent of such gifts, replied 'thanking the donors in her usual clever man- ner. Santa Claus then arrived sc very real, and the beautiful Christ- mas tree was stripped of its load-of gifts and a most enjoyable evening was brought to a close by the sing- ing of the National Anghem. To Bé Buried at Arden. Croes Lake, Dec. 25!--We have lots of snow for good sleighing and the farmers ar busy hauling pulp- wood and cord wood to Ardendale station. Percy Gaylord has a gang of men in the bush cutting logs. The sad mews of the death of Joseph Mil- ler came .as a great shock to his many friends at this place. Mr, Mil- Jer leff this place a few years ago to make his home in the west, The re- Sale! Goes merrily along with unprecedented value-giving in all departments of this busy shopping centre. For to-morrow we have planned a day of extraordinary economy for thrifty shoppers--one that should put this great . """ . 3 sale."over the top" in a royal manner. THURSDAY Treble Discount Stamps mains will be brought to Arden cemetery for interment. Edward Wilkes nas left this place day and break her right arm. Mr. and Mrs. H. Bearance and Janghter spent Ohristmas with Mr. and Mrs, McKelvey & Birch, Limited Steam Fitters and Plumbers, Jobbers of Plumbers' and Gas-Fitters' Supplies, Stoves, Shelf, Heavy and House Furnishing Hardware, Tools, Ofls, Beat Supplies, Sheet Metal and Tin Work; KElectrie work; Painting and Pager Hanging. Special work of all kinds undertaken. A. Sills, Sydenham. the Whig on January second. Begin at the beginning. The honor way may be a lttle Stock Taking We a re clearing out a number of odd "pieces in Living-room Chairs, fields, Den Tables, Odd Parlor Chairs and Time Parlor Tables. : It will pay you to avail yourself of this opportunity and make your home attrac- tive at a specially low cost. ~~ Chester- Phonographs, Hoover Vacuums, Victor Records, Player Pianos and Rolls. longer, but you are sure to reach a safe destination. Sunday, or even the so-called un- lucky day Friday, are equally good for helpful acts. To those naturally Inclined that way it does not take very much to excite an argument. The man without money generally knows what the expression, "going it alone" means, " | TT 2 | The tug "G. R. Gray," first {ed tug "Reliance," : Marie, "If Winter Comes," the novel that} has tset the world talking, starts in| to spend the winter at Winsley with his wife. John.Gallop is at present looking after Mr. Wilkes' farm. A, son has come to brighten the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Vanderwateor. Dead Creek. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gaylord, a son. A large] moose deer was seen prowling near | W. R. Baker's farm. "If Winter Comes" A. S. M. Hut- chinson wrote it: everybody wants to read it. Start it at the beginning with the 'first instalment in the Whig on Januaryhsecond. Better let the other feliow have the last word than to continue the non-sensical argument. rescue ship to reach the wreck-, which went on the recks near Sanit Ste. . prices. take this opportunity of inviting your active participation. » ; 3 : "\ You Save 15% On all regular cash purchases made here to-morrow. Every department has many special attractions to offér at very in- teresting prices--plus the added saving of Triple Stamps. A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY For those with New Year's Gifts in view, as well as the shrewd house-keeper who generally has to wait for January sales to procure her household requirements at special sale We are looking forward to a busy day to-morrow and \ ~ - Limited | s