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tows fT Doss AutaSiron: azors woing. at 760. each while they [or : Will do the rest. ew Pines GGS! EGGS! our share of t in annot do it un- less you are "little extra care 1d expense in pil bins Try a bag of Blatchfor I Doul eal and note the results, It vt is refyting netessary for is also neces- the'rapid production of Thi you feed Oyster Shell and Grit. We ave th lem all Eggs are a price now. Are you getting profits t d "is. apeal Yn 112 piece dinner set, Kingston. tien for $30.0 ce for all Kinds. of Clover e sample of your seed. EGGS! Merry Me rry Christmas time - Nothing can take the place of Christmas. Children love it; ~. old folk enjoy it. It is an institutiont crowned with the love of _ centuries. * It is'more than a holiday: it is greater than a festival. ~ It typifies all that is best in the spirit of Christianity. Christmas thrives best at home; where the people love one another: It is the home feast, the merry time of youth, gay with the expectancy of Santa Claus, rich with the appreciation of gifts received and given: 'We always spend more money than we should spend at - Christmas ; but Christ spent His all for us, and so we with Dickens "Honor Christmas in our hearts, and try to keep it all the year." Modern life in big cities does not. find it easy to be friendly and hospitable, to 'welcome to 'our "heartstones" friends and" * neighbours, with a place for the poor, and a thought for the - hungry. Nothing but the Christmas spirit 'can make this un- affected friendliness possible. The kindness of Christmas is the kindness of Christ, and no truly Christian land can live without this evidence of sincerity, and 80 we still quote and live the lines of Phoebe Cary-- For. little children everywhere, A joyous season still we make, * We bring our precious gifts to them 'Even for the dear child Jesus' sake. . What a delight it is to find folk who are "merry" whose eyes twinkle, whose laughter has no malice, who are unaffectedly happy. Joy is in them a foundation of abundant life which flows out in kindness towards-ethers, which does not know jealously, or envy, nor feel the slights of others. Let us have a "Merry Christmas--Happy to be alive in a time of 'such wonderful richness; glad to enjoy the greatness of a world that is like a new and unexplored treasure house, ~ Without the flash of the auto, the lightning of electric power, or the wizardry of the radio, our fathers and mothers enjoyed themselves thoroughly. Holly and mistletoe and colored paper chains, converted many a shabby home into a castle of pleasure. How carefully our stockings were hung, how eagerly we poured out their freight of wealth on the bed covers early--very early-- on Christmas morning. What a fortune--an orange, some nuts and candies, a jack knife or a doll, a. tiu trumpet that must be tried at once. My but we.were proud i in those days to think that Santa had remembered us. 'Somehow we were ready for break- fast at last after we had scampered all over the house, and ad- mired the sparkling Christmas tree that had grown in the dining room over night. After breakfast we heard again the glorious story of the coming of Christ; and it was all very real to us, We could see the Babe in the manger--each of us forming our owne picture. We saw the startled Shepherds, and heard the angels singing and over the sands followed the footsteps of the stately wise men as the star led them to the lowly spot where Jesus lay, and where they bowed in reverence as they presented their gifts. Now the housework must be done up, amid laughter and ex- clamations. Then tame the great -moment--the Christmas tree -gave up its wonderful fruit of mittens, and sleighs, and gloves, and skates--handkerchiefs, and those other things we had been longing to possess. « Did we get everything we wanted? We did » not. But we were so surprised and delighted to receive so much that we did want, that disappointment was forgotten in the joy of possession. Next a clearance was made of the house. The skates or Shewglioks had to be tried. The finery had to be paraded. And ve all, mother had to. be left in undisturbed possession of the "The big girls andertook that work of art, laying the table for Christmas 'dinner. Long before dinner was ready-every young- . was back again--hungry as a bear. Dinner. at Jast--snowy cloth, shining. dishes, bright decora- nt faces. A moment's hush while the blessing : : aa gg then "dad" has to perform his task. You Know his gles with all eyes focussed on the goose. What a capacity there is for food when we enjoy it--probably we should eat our- t of house and home if we had Christmas every day in . For once everybody Jag 2 I they 'want--sometimes os DDD A Merry Christmas' And ZA Happy New Year H. G. Hutcheson N. R. Shortreed L. T. Huller G. J. Stuttatord Ralph Miller STAN DARD BANK PORT PERRY BRANCH HY aD Ee talienciii Manager Branches also at Blafkstock, Little Britain, Nestleton Station, Sunderland Rod i ee Te a eR YS weg prs Port Perry Christmas Fair , There was a good turnout at the Port Perry Christmas Fair. The streets of the town have a very different appearance to that of a few years ago." At that time everything was more leisurely. Horses -the.rule.instead of being the exception. Zhe streets were lined with cedar trees, and there were big evergreen arches at each end of the main block on the front street. But the arrival of the automobile did away with this time-honored setting. The ever- green arches obstructed the view, and the autos would pop around the corner.in a -dangerous fashion. . a So the arches- disappeared, and the" decorative: | romince was ended. Nowadoys at ten o'clock few of the farmers Save arrived, but an hour later the streets are filled with autos, and the market building with choice fowl. ; As ever, turkeys lead the van--the envy of the poor, and the luxury of the rich. But the 2 he chickens ran them a close second this year, and we believe that some raised by Messrs. David and Robt. Jackson, commanded as high a price as turkeys. The other exhibits of butter, eggs, horges, ete. were good, but not too plentiful, Next year, in all probability, larger prize will be * given for displays of poultry. It might be a good idea, too, to adopt Whitby' 8 idea, and hold a motor, show. . > x The prize list follows: . Draft Team--1 John McMillan, 2[ Pair of Geese--1 Miss Cora Crosier James Stark. 2-Mrs.-Ni Taylor; 8 'Mrs: Fi Crosier. Agricultural Teameel Leith Byers," Display of Ducks=--1 Mrs. Robert 2 J. Heron & Son. Jackson Gents' Outfit--1 Géo. McMillan, 2| Pair Ducks Mrs Norman Taylor, Geo. Cochrane, 3 Robt. Vernon. 2 Mrs. Robert Jackson, 8 Mrs. R, J. Roadster, open--1 Geo. McMillan, | Crozier. 2 Geo. Cochrane, 3 W. J. Henders. Display of Chickens--1 Mrs. Robt. Carriage Class--1 Robert Vernon, | Jackson, 2 Mrs. D. M. Jackson. 2 Christy Bros., 3 Geo. McMillan, «Pair of Chickens--1 Mrs D. M. Roadster, farmers--1 Geo. Coch-| Jackson, 2 Mrs. Robt. Jackson. rane, 2 Robt, Vernon, 3 W. J. Henders Butter, 10 hs--1 Mrs, Jas. Nesbitt, Lady Driven--1 Robt. Vernon, 2 Miss } 2 Mrs, Jas, Parr, 3 Mrs. Robt. Jack May Cockburn. 'Ison,' 4 Mrs R; J. Percy, 5 Mrs Turkey. Male--1 Mrs. I. O!Neill, 2} G. Real, 8 Mrs. I. O'Neill Mrs. F. Crosier, 3 Mrs, R. Jackson, | 12 Brown FEggs--1 Mrs. Austin - Turkey Male, 1925--1 Mrs. Jack Franklin, 2 Mrs. I. O'Neill, 3 Mrs. J. Rldreds = E Display of Soret Mrs, Robert 12. Fees, White--1 Miss L. J. Jackson. . Cawker, 2 Mrs. Crosier, 3 T. Caesar. om & ring out your story, 1a; ides the King of Glory; The Prince of Peace to dwell, ame is called Emmanuel. - steeples high and hoary, : bm tee your wondrous story: cotaeth still in lowly guise confounds the wisdom of the wise. him in the 'humble nn gy heavy laden found aily task and common it