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THE STRATFORD MIRROR The Fletcher Johnston Press Phone. '115 123 Ontario St. TOF a Rubber Stamp Service Automatic Daters . Ink and Ink Pads PLACE YOUR ORDERS WITH Stencils Stratford, Ont. New 'V' Campaign a Nazi officiaes have been fighting the British "V" campaign by adopt. ing the letter to indicate German | "Viktoria" rather than British | **Victory.'? Here the symbol is be | ing lettered on a German train. First - Hand View SRO Flere is Sen. «sheodore Green of Rhode Island, garbed as a tank warrior of the U. S. army. He is making a personal study. of the war games in the South. TESTED RECIPES Sent direct to The Stratford Mirror from the Dominion Department of Agriculture. LAST CALL FOR PRESERVING! Have you cast rather despairing glances at your fruit cupboard shelves recently, and wondered just how you could fill them to capacity before win- ter sets in? The Consumer Section Marketing Service, Dominion Department of Ag- riculture, has prepared some recipes that will help in filling those shelves with a tempting array. We are sure that you will feel a glow of pride in knowing that you will be able to serve delicious Canadian fruits in such tasty forms all winter. Peach Butter Peal and stone the peaches. Cook in as small amount of water as pos- sible until they are reduced to a pulp. Rub through a colander. Add one- half as much sugar as pulp and cook the mixture until it is thick and clear. Constant stirring near the last will be necessary to prevent burning. 'Pack into clean, hot jars, and seal at once. Pear Butter Treat as for peach butter except that the pears need not be peeled and cored, but cooked and run through a sieve. A few whole cloves cooked with the pears adds flavour to the butter. Medley Fruit Conserve 2 pounds peaches 2 pounds quinces 1% pounds pears 1% pound tart apples 1 lemon 4% pounds sugar Wash and prepare fruit. Pass through food chopper and weigh. To each pound of fruit allow three-quar- ters of a pound of sugar. Put fruit and sugar in alternate layers in a bowl and let stand overnight. Next morning place in a preserving kettle, with the juice, pulp and lemon rind. Boil until mixture becomes thick. Pack into sterilized jars and seal at 'once. Damson Plum Jam Wash the fruit and cut in half, re- moving the pits. Break a few pits Buy Up-To-The-Minute Clothes In This Modern Store With aeam +) £ and add kernels to the fruit. Poura little water over the plums and heat slowly to boiling point. Cook gently for one-half hour. Measure and add an equal quantity of sugar. Boil gently until jam is thick and pour into sterilized containers. Seal at once: Harvest Jelly %} gallon crab or snow apples 5 quinces 1 quart cranberries Sugar Wash apples and quinces and re- move stem and blossom ends. Cut in quarters, cover with cold water and cook till tender. Wash _ cranberries and cook in one quart water till ten- der. Pour apples, quinces and cran- berries, into jelly bag and let drain overnight. In the morning, measure the juice, and for each cup of juice add one cup of sugar. Boil juice for five minutes before adding sugar, then boil for ten minutes or until syrup sheets off spoon. Remove the scum, pour into sterilized glasses, and seal. Ginger Pears 4 pounds pears 4 pounds sugar 3%, cup water 2 lemons 2 ounces preserved ginger Select firm pears; wipe, quarter, core and peel; cut in pieces. Add water, sugar and grated rind of 1 lemon. Simmer until pears are amber in colour and syrup is thick; add lemon juice and ginger cut in small pieces; cook 10 minutes. Bottle and seal. Sleeping residents of a neighbor- hood in Binghamton, New York, were irritated at 6 o'clock the other morn- ing by the noisy honking of someone's ear horn. However, the first, person to inves- tigate called the fire department, in- stead of the police. A short-circuit caused the prolonged noise from @ car in a garage. But it also started a fire. "Is you de judge of reprobates?" "Well, Madam, I am _ the probate judge, if that is what you mean." "Yassuh, dat's it, Ah spects. Well, Mistuh Judge, it's lak dis -- mah hus- ban' has done died detested, and lef' me with seven little infidels, and Ah wants to be appointed as de execu tioner." ed Therels No Substitute For Skill and Experience ! AT ROGER'S STUDIO You are sure of these qualifica- tions. 22 years in the Classic City Our work is always first-class. 83 Downie St. Phone 1096m -- nd Why Not Have the Best Radio Reception ? For Expert Service Call Dale's Radio Service All Makes--All Work Guaranteed 208 Nile St. Strattord | animal THE STRATFO RD MIRROR SIX INCH SERMON REV. ROBERT H. HARPER * God Our Heavenly Father. | Lesson for October 5: Genesis 1: | 28; Matthew 6: 24-33. . Golden Text: Matthew 6: 9. Studying in the fourth quarter Some Great Christian Teachings," we logically begin with the lesson of "God Our Heavenly Father," whose creative work may lead us to realize that he is indeed the di- vine Father of us all. Through the things of nature Jesus teaches a lesson of trust in : the heavenly Father. The migra- ition of birds is. a marvel of the commonplace.~ Certain birds may be feeding one day in Labrador, the following day they are gone. Winging their way across the seas, they reappear in South America. ;Somehow they know where their inext meal will be spread. So an {American poet drew the old lesson ;Of faith in his "Lines to a Water- ifowl."" Recently the writer drove |by a pond where the lotus, '"'re- | splendent in beauty, lifted its gold- en crown" in the sunlight. Clothed more richly than Solomon, in all his purple-and-golden splendor, it bids us know that God will clothe us. Let us, then, bia carewell to over- anxiety.. Do not worry about the morrow. It will never come. - It is always today. And you have enough to engage your time and ef- fort now. Observe that Jesus does not de- mand a choice between spiritual things and needful material things. What he demands is that each shall be given the proper place. "Seek lye first the kingdom of God." And every man who can look up and sincerely say, "Our Father," should: be prepared to seek the things of God first--fully trusting that the ;needful things of the every-day will /be.given him. ' | | i j | ! Special... For Men's Work Boots BILTRITE CORD SOLES WILL NOT SLIP! EXTRA LONG WEARING For Service, Satisfaction and Money-Back Gnarantee Superior Shoe Repair J. J. DuaCHARME We Call For and Deliver Phone 941 113 Ontario St. _ READ THE MIRROR "ADS? Fay Bushey reversed the usual pro- eedure and brought the fire to the firemen in Alpena, Michigan. Rusher smelled smoke as he wns driving through town and suspected that his car was afire. 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