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Bones "Maybe but ain't t ve, you fellers--gra Tay- ra till evenin' over this hard | ba Fs : t would you give in money, cash tha 'worked for so, To Rt rox in the airy stories you b'lieved tol long ago? What What: would id youge! your past for? How much would close the gh That brought ron. mem'ries treasures, of days 'When them| | Bank maintains a stat in your local- ity which is organized to especially deal with the financial problems of your particular commercial commun- ity; call and see the manager of the Standard Bank. : det Stations nery and Corr w have some real nice ee nim At the recent session of the County Council the annual grant of $175.00 was made to the Agricultural De- f astment of the Port Perry High ; Ford City Is introducing a "Stop" by-law to be effective at railroad 'crossings, making it compulsory for motorists to stop before crossing a railroad track. Prevention is best. There is no sive, Jor, the dead. "of Oshawa, has resigned his iter and accepted a callto Georgetown. New rates have been presented by | 7 ydro-Commission for Pickering, which is to be' placed in the rural class. charge of "$1.83, 'after which -there would be a charge of 6 cents per kw. "for the first ten hours, and 2 'cents thereafter. As regards power, this 'would be dealt 'with afterwards, ments would be made considered 50 Pata that a residents have already. the Council. was: real x a Santy? "Member the nights before? Eras eh you listened hearin' the old folks snore, 'Hearin' the wind '8-whistlin' up in the chimney flue," - 'There in the pl "Member the C 'Wasn't they filled with glories? where Santy somehow would oe 1a through? stmas mornin's ? "Member the stockin's, What? Nothin' that cost a lot, But, 'cause old Santy brought 'em, wonderful things, you bet! "Member just how you loved him? Some of us love him yet. 9 Christmas without a Santy? Puddin' without the plums, Think of the m illion youngsters waitin' the day he comes, Countin' the hours and minutes, thinkin' they hear his sleigh. Jest as their daddies heard it, back in another day. Nothin' but lyin' nonsense, wicked to spread around? Then I'm a wicked liar, long's I'm above the und. Long as I've got a roof-tree, while ther's a chimney flue, Santy shall come, ho my home. CHARLES LANG GETS THREE YEARS. Chas. Laing who was found guilty ! of the theft of bonds to the extent of $11,650 from the warehouse of Hogg & Lytle, Port Perry, appeared for sentence and was given a term of three years in Kingston Penitentiary by Judge Ruddy. The case took up most of the second day's sitting at the Court of General Sessions for the 'County of Ontario. Witnesses for Crown gave evidence, the most important evidence of the case was given by 'Constable Taylor, of Whitby, who has been gathering evidence against the Primer, giving all the details from st clue and following up same, which led to the arrest. The owner of the stolen Cad- ila¢c car, a Mr. Brick, of Toronto, swore that his car was stolen from his garage between the hours of 11.30 _at night on October 10th and of the next morning, and he never again saw it until October 24. These dates correspond with the time Laing was proved to have been the driver of the same car. For the defense, W. C. Pollard, called Mrs. Evelyn Laing, of Toronto, mother of the prisoner, who in her evidence swore that her son, Charles Laing, had been at home each even- ing of the month of October, but in cross examination by Court Crown- |, Attorney J. F. Grierson, she was not so sure as to minor movements of her gon, A 2 060 " PRESENT CANE TO COUNTY WARDEN. As a token of the high esteem in which he was held by his fellow councillors, Warden George A. Me- Millan was made the recipient of a gold headed cane at the closing of the session of the County Council on Thursday evening last. Warden, Me- Millan has signified that he will not be a candidate for the office of War- den next year, the new Warden to be appointed at the January sitting of _ The presentation was made by In- | spector R. A. Hutchison, B.A; Public School Inspector, for South' Ontario. On behalf of the Council Mr. Hutchi- sons referred to the many years of How is it, folks with you? --Joseph C. Lincoln. Here is an aerial machine that is far more economical of fuel--that is, of energy--than the best airplane yet invented. The to-and-fro motion of the bird's wings, appear to be an uneconomical way of applying power, since all the force required to bring the wing forward for the beginning of the stroke is not only wasted, but more than wasted, as it largely in- creases. the. air friction and retards the speed. On the other hand, the screw propeller of the airplane has no lost motion, Yet less than two ounces of fuel in the shape of body fat suf fices to force the bird at high rate of speed over that 2,400 mile course. The routes and habits of the.mi- gratory birds of this continent are a fascinating field for research and many mysteries still remain to be solved, ' No one knows, for instance, where the chimney swift spends his five-months winter vacation. The The -11;000-mile - track -of the -aretic tern has never been indicated. The land bird with the longest mi- gratory route is probably the night- hawk which flies north to Yukon and south to Argentina, 7,000 miles away. The blackpoll warblers that nest in Alaska Winter in Northern South America at least 5,000 miles away The scarlet tanager migrates from Canada to Peru and the bobolink that nests in New 'England winters in 'Brazil. 3 However, the water birds and espe- cially the shore birds group cover the longest migration routes = Nineteen species of shore birds breed north of the Arctic Circle, everyone of which visits South America in the winter, six of them penetrating to Patagonia, a migration route more than 8,000 miles in length. The arctic tern in the champion migrant. It breeds as far north as it can find land on which to build its nest and winters as far south as there is open water to furnish it food. A distance of at least 11,000 miles in- ERED ED West Indies and the great waste" stretches of water. = The different courses taken by the birds to get around or over this intervening re- gion are almost as numerous as the bird families that traverse them, but there are several outstanding routes. Birds often seem eccentric in choice of route and many do not take the shortest line. The fifty species from New England that winter in South America instead of making the direct trip over the Atlantic, a flight of 2,000 miles, follow the coast of Florida and take a somewhat longer route by island or mainland to South America. The main route of the migratory birds is straight across the Gulf of Mexico. A larger or smaller per centage of nearly 'all the: species bound for South Ameriéa take this course, regardless of the long flight across the Gulf. Millions of birds cross at the widest part necessitating a single flight of from 500 to 700 miles. To the .westward a short Ayater.route is used by some warblers and a few other species. Route No 1 is a thousand miles shorter than the main migration avenues; but it is not employed by any land bird. Nevertheless it is a favorite south-bound route for water birds, especially the golden plover, tn (ni PRINCE ALBERT Anniversary Services, conducted by the Pastor, will be held in Prospect Church on Sunday next, at 2.30 and 7 pm. Services at the other ap- pointments will be withdrawn. Rev. W. H. Dafoe, of Bethany, con- ducted Missionaty services on the circuit last Sunday. Prince Albert church anniversary will be observed on Sunday, January 4th. Services conducted by Rev. A, R. Delve, of Brooklin. S(O r-- HOCKEY. The following "Pro" League games are scheduled for the next week, Saturday, Dec. 20--Montreal at Hamilton, Ottawa at Canadiens. Monday, Dec. 22--St. Pats at Boston. Tuesday, Dec, 28rd--Montreal at Ottawa, Boston at Canadiens. Thursday, Dec. 26th--St. Pats at Hamilton. tervenes, the round trip exceeding |. 22,000 miles. Some birds migrate by day, but 'most of them make their flights by night. Day migrants include ducks and geese (which also migrate by pigt hawks, swallows | and the wight swift, STANDARD BANK PF PORT PERRY BRANCH--H. G. Hutcheson, Manager | Branches also at Blackstock, Little Britain, Nestleton Station, Sunderland nection with the Seagrave Sunday School will be held evening of Friday, Decembér Admission, adults 26c., « 0» : The Yellow School is holding annual Christmas Concert : schoolhouse, on Friday night, Dee. 19th. Admission 26¢. and 1be. erybody welcome, ; ok» 8CUGOG COUNCIL ] Scugog Council met on-Monday last with all members present. Minutes of last meeting read and approved. The following were present with sheep bills, as set by the valuators: Ernest Hance, $18., Middleton Collins $17, Russell, Carter, 1 lamb and one sheep, $20. All were ordered paid. Mr. John Pearse was granted $10, for services as sheep valuator, A grant of $20.00 was made to the Reach, Port Perry and Scugog Agri- cultural Society. . On. motion of Clarence Hood the taxes on the Methodist Church were order struck off the collectors roll. Dr. D. Archep's bill as member of the Local Board of Health, for at. tending the Provincial Health Board, at Toronto, 8 days, $47.00. Mr. George Jackson was paid $10, as School Attendance Officer. An 'order was granted for $1.15 to George Sweetman, for window glass and Registrar fees. On motion of Mr. Frank Dowson, the Reeve and Councillors ' were granted $12.00 each for services dur- ing the past year, The members of the local board of health were granted $2.00 each. ° Mr. Ben. Pettitt's bill for $1.00 re- pairing culvert was passed. Owing to the increase in the work of the Clerk-Treasurer, he was this year granted $160. for his servides. The Collector of Taxes was given until the next meeting to complete his Roll. Council adjourned. Thomas Graham, Clerk, man) sons W. A. Hare, Eyesight Specialist, at McKee's Jewelry Store, on Thurs- day, December 18th. 3 in great variety,' bought expressly for the Holiday Season. Fresh Fruit Sapef iaivie ens for 25c. mons, rdozen |: «x r.806, pose Ee