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Tlmrsday, Janary is beyonldbprice, but our ser- vices and glassps thqt save your; sightare supplied at reasonable - __...!..L-...L charges.-- Chargs consistent with good yvorl; "and individual- ly designed, made, fitted aid Vagljustd. :3 R . ,, coon EYESIGHT ~ 29' ELIZABETH swam All wofk do >6:Vr1'thc.:T' premises.` sign V l t, vast and white. : could recognize." E changed the whole E- naxs life. Although` ------I . klnn 5, 1922. Now it is easy I0_!`- muse win: an; ...,.. greatestiwealthy to abuse men of wealth. It is a he days= tenr-ptation for the man ,fWll0 feels himself ,xtended- hampered and hindered at every turn by ed their; with his` We He had 3, ables hi g10,i0us_ the other is alwa emselves `righteous indignation of the critic is only. Now he sour grapes. He would trade He died 11 sinner if he could. xificence,` Nevertheless the fact `remains that the llow-men 1 vision of wealth for wee.lth's sake, the l worship of money for money's sake; is one of disil- l of the most degrading that can grip 9. Im- l6 young? man soul.` It can squeeze the soul dry -of Id grand- [ every drop of the milk of -human kindness who did` and leave it a mere mummified", leathery, ld never` thing. {it only to be burned. i'I`here is! g Uzzih nothing which gives less satisfaction in the . ____, . I i I 1-y chance at they-man an to luxurivate in ysdenie `the acid of places with the tie ,. `his limited` means, to take a pot (shot at ` whose means en-' t the comforts which . d. Very often the , i 1 1 \v-Vy_... 3, ETC. reusing to be driven away .-by the Blue ed friends Jays. It was noticed that the chicadees ms to 9], fed alongwithr the woodpeckers; out_ ap- ` `cm come peared to be in mortal fear ofathe Jays. 1 a stand at It is interesting to note the -movements. ` I(l0W8. On too, of the birds as `regards the weather; lison weigh- On mild days the chicadees are quite quar- : :ured. Ten relsome with each other. whileon severe, t and Canada cold days several will feed together and 1 later Blue appear to enjoy each" other s company. away; one | Previous to -a_. storm the birds willjeed un- ieckers had` til quite late; in fact, lamps `were lighted yed a meal, on'd1i1erent (zccfasiane whcgxnhirds were -still Ii. at t e,etan ee ing. s .a morning 0 "*- a fine day they will appear `at; dayhrealc, '-' " -with the yexception of the woodpeckers, - who always appear from about 10 am. to nu... .. 'I.n#nIu .1: .nnh- nf whiha,-hreasteil `U *7 _ A NEW YEAR VISION V! A king was dead. He` was. the greatest; king the Jews had `known since the days` of David and Solomon. He had extended" their boundaries. He had increased theiri wealth. He had dazzled them with hisf personal charm and splendor. had; reigned for fifty years, so long, so.glorious- I 1y that they could not think` of themselves] or their country without him. .Now he` was dead. And such\a. death! ' died - I-..-.. l'.`H`+u mamas nf kinzlv magnificence,` l I 3 I E) { end | I l I 2 - Russell ll twenty-.five cents `to stand the shot himself. 3 nieinher on the some t `once refused to give any - I "Every nian s hand` 1 act -with has been ` l t. on to say l I Jay Gould once said, that I have come in cont against me. And he wen that he was not surprised, for he had tried to shove, down every man I ever met.` Sage died at ninety, worth $70,000.- Of him his banker. Morosini said. q 1 l "000. that he never knew him to give one cent"; to a benevolent oibject` A glutton in his appetite when he could get l1lS,l'!1eBlR free. ;. he made it a rule never to pay more than` for a meal =wl1en -he had; A well-known l long since deceased. A contribution to the church of which he -was -a prominent, hat. he could not afford it. Yet when cornered -by the;husi- ,__.. .-..... Jan nunxrnund hil. he acknOW- A Canadian Senator, not end I afford it. Yet wnen cox-nereu -u, Luv _O,lLA\`I. Eness man who` canvassed him. aoknow- i` led-ged that he had made net profits ofl` over $1,000,000 that year. T - A V : Wasted -andiulliin rags, his eturved . soul went And opullen-tly pampered hegrew old And stood with loaded hands and" heart fore'spent-_- A beggar with a millio-n bits of gold." - It is this sordid -meanness on the part of\ those who haveniade money their, ideal. ;l which helps us ever and anon to get :3. ,' noble vision, 9. vision of service, service of God and of 'humanit.y. To give a lift to ,; one who -is down; to give hope to one who isgdiscou-raged; -to give a new chance to one ,1 who has sinned; to give \h:xncl to-`make -L- -1. ........u .. 1n.+1m nlmm For men and *who give ~g-nnnu to-`make this old world a -better place for men women and little children to live in! * -` - -Tr -.--.Jn. ...1.:1.. ;,..._ ` W- )Yll(3Il mm uwu-. Ulllluxvu Irv ..... .--., Is that not. a. vision worth while for` the New Year? T To stand at its opening "gateway and say: God willing, I have a. wlidle year before me with out an .-blot on lite pages: I have twelve months, ~fifty- 'g.two ,w.eekVs',\ three hundred and sixty-five days to live`-and work and do good. God helging me, I'll do it ! T-hatfs my vision." WHO always -appear IXPOIII uuuuu LU nan. w .2 _p.m. .Lately a pair of white-breasted nuthatohes have joined the group and -are among the early. and late rfeeders. Then there are others that visit the stands reg- ular-ly for .food. Among them we notice the deer or woods mouse, Ibut the most interesting night visitors are the flying equirrele. Usually about 7 p.m. a bang `against thewvindow sath announces their arrival as they 1)Ia.ne from o. tr.ee\close by; to:`the feeding stand. They waste _- 'a.:_- .....A .`l.nmy:na "ham! dnwnward. d0.Wn $119 TCGQHIE Sg. Lucy wuuuu lp no time and, hanging head downwards, D holding fast by the claws of their hind feet, .3 theyjstart feedin g.~ They appear to have 3 no fear of the light of thenlaxmp which ; shines out on the stand or -of persons wetch- ; ing them through the window. An ermine t often comes to feed for a few minutes, or -1 perhaps to lay in wait for the woods mice or`;.the.squirrels.r One evening it was no- -iticed that the ying squirrel `had.-suddenly drawn itself into sha:ne't_o spring.QIt `wait-` 1 e ed. .In emoment an` ermine ran. up the `pole on_ which the stand is_ placed. Just . `as the ermine reached the opposite side of V the fl3&!l_dathO squirrel mode` 9. spring and ipla`,ne`cl.overrto` thertrnnksof a tree,` up the. `-;li.Q`&:3`1f:rl_in!6ment later we heard it croq- gins-%hat..moL.6festh9. .9`u.mp.. safe-..; It. wit u `:m1Iring"\to__4ee' .the`.s:h-rvjrka `hf-Tthe ermine` ` 1t,e.`quarry___gone.~ en the for those who are not." .I....;... nnnn nf nmmhh. 00ll1d. saw the -men standing mere, gave ulc um... E. snort. of alarm and all three animals dis- sake, -appeared in dierent directions. l ke; This first experience of this unusual call ;rip put me alert. A moment later there was ml a clash of antlers. We stole for-ward. 3 ; There in a. slight ravine and` right on the C j, leathery , trail, with antlers locked, both pushing is I for every ounce of strength in their bodies, ion were two as fine bucks as ever were seen `in the northern forests. I` had seen them` \ "-_. - many times before on opposite sides of `the: um S hand lake. One animal was `possibly older anal? perhaps twenty pounds heavier than his ` ,had opponent, also h2w1ng_a wider set of 9121- 1 ver'met_v tiers. The younger animal had equally_`-us ' 1 $70,000., 1 large and strong. ,mtlers that stood "up 1 rosin} saitrhigher and with points straighter to the ` .:-,.... Rank and fnrw:ir(l along ilbout 4 S` 1 dead. And sucn "a upuuu - 1.16 ........ a leper. Fifty years of kingly magnificence and then_thrust out. from his -fellow-men` a leper! ' 1.. n...+ hmn nf disenchantment, disil-} |might explain'~that_ thereTisT 9. roof `owiex-_ the feed stand which is nbthing more than `-`a pole-./eut in the woods and. a 'few shoxgt st-out brabches left on. `A hol is~n1a`:_c. through the piece of rough m'at wh'1ch' is then pfaced upon one of the bganches.__' `such 9. manner ha,t._ it <;anb'e seen -just outside the wintforw. Q . _ rm.~_. :. .... ....mm whvulmv -more homes outside the window. ._ g. There is no reason whyj`: y -more could not have a. feed stalm for the birds; The cruis from the table -would be suffic- ient food to `be placed thereon. _A friend` who spent a- day with me recently said, ~ Now I know why you chaps don t "get lonesome, jo lly good idea!` Up goes 2. stand when I reach ho1ueL `- {and quietly, Just. out on a mum aynuw -...%.. 5 came upon a trail that led through a gfowth lof white birch and cherfy `and an] under- lgrouwth of hazel and young spruce. It`was ; Ian "ideal :p'l-ace. for _deer, of which there. ` were many always present.` its it was nee; g lto the rangers cannp. which meant plfotec-"5 `Con from wolves.` Silently we moved along ; `the trail. There was a peculiar rdaringi |sn0rt that caused us to listen. . . . V -...... L.-..c.-..-n am-I nnlv mftie. had 0 c *2 '1 l'aft;er_ a long hard tramp, lnuvungv Blpvuy `, ar_1dL quietly, just out o a clear spac_e Ewe ! ...,..... .....m' g mm that led through growth Z \ lII|. urn: u-- M Returning to camp recentiy, lg wearr I after long hard tramp,` moving slowly I _...J '.....:..n.. :..=+ nut n a clear suace iwel lsnort that caused to -usmen. . I `Yes, once before, and only once, had tthatfcall been heard by myself, in a deep lpiece of black spruce swamp. . On that occasion my companion, a ho had been born and xuised in` the north woods. could- n t explain what it was or what. it Fmeant. '1 We decided toifind out. It fell to my lot < `to go into the swzmip. On going. any <;om- ! . ` paninn ha_.n(lexl me the rifle. saying, ` You - will have to useit." Creeping through the laurel scrub for some distance, I came M ; close to the unusual sound and a unoment l:te_. .2-aw a fine doe standing on a small knoll and sznv her -make the call. At the 1 same moment a. fine buck came rushing '4 through the swamp and joined the doe. I Both animals aniv me and ran out of the 5 swamp. close to where my companions were ~'vsta'nding. Here al=0 czune unothev: buck 3 and in a moment an. battle was on. `The doe saw the standing there, gave the usual 47..-... .r ..i........ and all three animals t higher and with points smugme. u. ..... - 7; front. Back and forward along `about ct !twenty feet. of the trail theyipushed each tl l,"ot.her in this part of the contest. The tg ;ihea\'ier animul s weight was telling upon B `the other. -which appeared to realize its `idisudvantnge and with a quick spring to ,0 the side -would unlock the antlers and try 5 to get under the guard of the older animal. 1; which, however. -met each attack-squarely t for some time, until the larger zinimal miss-_ g, ed its footing. In a flush the youngedbiick -' ,_ charged with its antlers under -and behind C ,f'l the shoulder and hurled its enemy right 1- over a. fairly large pine log. breaking off S twocherry trees fully one and a half inch- ' t` `l es thick as it went over on` its back: `By : E the time the younger animal had jumped _ oveii `the logto renew the attack the older buck had got ptirtially to its `feet and made , alunge forward, catching the yo_unger buck 4 1 "in the flank. For :1 few 'novn_ents `t looked` ,f as if it was a bundle of deer rolled intot L a heap. .Both were `bleeding ibagdly and both mranagedto get totheir feet and into their : 39 first position of pushing each other. Again to I weight told and about three minutes later ,0`. over went the younger buck down a. led-ge 39 of about six feet of rock. The older ani- ke | znul followed, _t_u`rning, -it scented, a complete -._4. L..L nnnnnu-o'rl ll 5 el \\ Vi U1 zmuuuu mg; -u.\... V . . . . . _. z_,,, _ turning, -it .-omersault. For a moment both appeared st-upid. `Then the younger one caught the! human scent. .In an instant both were ulert and like a flash disappeared into thel thickets withflags flipping as though noth- = L - .1-'._..........A I-IIIU KB lb W A pu. u us: ing had bccurred. 7 `Inna:-n man the 0. mg, had "occurred, Where was the coy female nvhose `call had icafused this disturbance? Gone no doubt with another admirer. We often see the two veterans. The -older one was seen fa` couple of days ago, paving the leaves up out\of the snow and threshing a bunch of scrub ma. lewith its -antlers. A doe and P . T. . . . .-..- :........ cfnnr` mntolnnz-his antics f_rom a leper: . In that hour of disenchantment, l( 1u3ionn1ent with wordly glory, one youngll man saw a vision of One greater and er than 29. carthlygking, of One did a not die, of in glory which would nevtorl fade away. In theyear t-hat.king Uzziah 5 died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne. I high and lifted up, and his train filled? the temple." No face. only the sight Of a sweepy garment, With a heni that I recognize. That vision of God the 1-_ coursegof that young man's Although Ihimself of noble. perhaps -of royal,-blood. he no longer was fascinated by royalty. A greater Monarch claimed his. `allegiance. When that`-nionarch called for volunteers, the young man answered, "Here I am, send` -M In Hm light of that vision, Isaiah,'_ scrub maple w1m_ us ':}1Il1c1a. .. ,..,., _. tiwq fawns stood watching-his antics {rt 9. distance. evidently` u.mused--or were th taking a. lesson in woodland etiquette? ---MA-RK ROBINS( Algonquin Park`. lbs 1`: wr-.. AV(Not From Our Regular Correspondent) . On Friday evening, Dec. If}. the members of the Knock Baseball Club . assembled at the `home of "Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Graham to convey to Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Webb iness and prosperity. An address was read by Lottie Cochrane and Wilda Martin pre- sented Lena. with -8.-`half-dozen knives and forks and a. meat fork. in Old Colony pat- tern. In reply the recipient exprewsd her thanks in a few wpll chosen words.` p'l'lhe remainder of the evening was spent in ` games and music, after which a dainty lunch was served. The address was as fol- 1ows:- \ ' Dear Lena:.--We, the members of Knock Baseball ,Club, take this opportunity to meet with you, to Wish yommuch happiness inyour neivlsphere of life. We realize that _ ..-.... coali 1|`-nan n l their best wishes for a life of much ha.ppi- -meet WIFE you_ W vueu ;u_u~-u...v.. .....,.,.---_-V new sphere of life. We your marriage will eligh-tly sever your close connection with us, but we hope, that you and your husband will be often among us. We -have always found you ready and willi ing to -aid in every possible way, in any undertaking of Knock `nyoung people,_ and . always entered our sports with enthusiasm, Now, as you have started` on a different path of life, we sincerely hope that the pathway will be smooth and we know that any` diflicultnes you `-may encounter. w'r1l_- be r And now we ask you to accept thislittle remembrance as a slight token of the es- |_ teem in whicheyou are held. Signed on be- .'.`;half of the Knock Baseball (Club. THE BIATTLE; . I=A31fs AND Ifmcszs ' salt will remove `egg Tstainsrom sil- KNOCK` vootuana eblqutnw : ~-_MA-RK ROBINSON ` 1 HUB auu mtics from - {hey _.--A.A... 0 Womaxfs Mgfe Costly 115` 49; lnnisfil P1u`gHat Ma-i1 Delivery Unique. . ` Cleaning. Pressing - Dyeing % 1 Repairing. .1, Remodeling % Barrie folks engaged their leisure` hours in joy `rides in the year 1849. Those rides werenot on the hurricane` deck of the stage coach s_chooner.{ They`were on the music,-filled decks of a Lake Simcoe-Kempenfeldt Bay steamer. I a an -n_,,,_:. u`nA'.... .....-.4-N n nnuvencna I Shtgalllux . The Barrie Magnet, a newspaper" `of those ,days,` tells ~.\of one of them. Some contrasts with modern methods ;are apparent in the arrangement. `The Magnet notice reads: . . un...\+` Tm~.n-`I-rl-nn ha: kindlv con-l I ~ 1`ne Captf Laughton Magigyu. uuucc Lcuuos ` M has kindly con- 4 sented to run the steamer Beaver on 1 I1 . a pleasure excursion, July 19. 1 l l ; L , steamboat now, however, -the people` ' n In our day it's the people who do s the consenting on the drdinary ex- `C cursion. Considering there is nogl ( ( might still regard such an opportunity . as arjoy-ride. On the trip mentioned i _ vthe Holland Landing band `volunteer-I 4 t ed its services. That souhds cheap -!enough. Tickets were five shillingsgf .l 1 for men and seven shillings six pence for women. Why women were charg-1: ed more than men perhaps some of? our great grandmothers who wore hoop skirts and puffed a clay pipe; can explain. Meals were one shilling` three pence. Imagine a meal on an; eitursion steamer today for 30 cents, if you can? The voyage was` to Georgina and Orillia, round the` beautiful Lake Couchiching and` re-E turn. - - 1-..... :.........u.....' 1.-nan rnnnnfftli PIONEER JOY RIDES h MIGHT TICKLE NOW 1: turn." Some long forgotten lore recently`. scanned gives the impression that the K pioneers had their own troubles re-1 garding road building for stage coaches, which in comparison make! -our present-day task seem like a hol-` fday job. _ 1 1... wozn .. #o+1~n'~n nf ctmre travel` iday JOD. V , 5 In 1850 a feature of stage travelir was the multitude of taverns. alonglx {the wayside. Presumably they were!1 " all equipped with the cup that clears[ * tains to greet the Wayfarer between _ Barrie and`Penetang'. ' with but small funds to"aid.the good- . work, and sometimes none at all. today of past regrets and futureii fears, for there .were 63 of themic between Toronto and Barrie,.nor did1 one need to turn down an empty`: cup' on the way farther, because ' there were 37 thirst-quenching "oun- Roads that were little more than trails in some instances were labor- ed on by each succeeding generation. -~_-:.... ..1......4- 19937 'l"lnn:_ Mc- [ 0' !j\n2u--..:...__ _. __ , __ } gethods _ ement, on the stage route between Barrie 7 and Orillia. . y con-` `The first issue of the Barrie Mag- wem oninet (Aug. '6, 1847), contained a >, . `notice of the establishment of a new who stage line between Barrie and Pene- try tang, a distance of 35 miles, by J. no Morrison, who also had _a tavern. at ,,`I _ i (`V-nut\:lIL I1`I`+ I-nnxxrn QQ ance at .l"ul.'I.'l.C CVCL__y u_Avnnuu.J ....--- - ' Friday on arrival of the Steamer `Beaver? Imagine Milady of the ' modern Sedancushion comfort tackl- ving one of those jolting caravans. 3'Perhaps she d rather read about it. ; ` Those were the days of John McWatt, nzthe first county clerk in Simcoe, 0' 1843-52. John . Strathy succeeded s him (1852-57). - 1:~....1.. .....+ nmann fanilitipg were un- l -:-_i- route . The He wore his whiskers like a fur stole net -contained A a border under his chin from ear to a new ear, with no mustache. J. Aemilius stage 1 Irving, first Warden of Simcoe Dis- of trict, 1843, was clean shaven, as was `Morrison, at also Capt. Elmes Steele, M.P. for `Craighurst, known as Morri_son s Simcoe, 1841-44 and Sir James R. ' Corners, probably because it was an Gowan, County Judge, 1843-83. `ideal P19-Ce 01 the Whhhg t0 get Odd experiences were many in -IC01`he1'ed- M1`1`iSh 5 ad reads those pioneer days. In addition to `Comfortable coaches are in attend- `the appenation of ugowmoren, the ;; ance at Barrie GVBITY M01153)? and village of Duntroon was known as =iF1`id3Y Scotch Corners. Near this place -1B9-V31`- the late Rev. Dr. Burns, Presbyterian E" mi,`,iste',., was Once Vmistaken for a ing ioltingj c}"aVfnS- bear and had a gun levelled at him. - u .1 .1 -,, ,_-_ .. l\I1 -:+ N _ _ ` ._ _ VAL -_`J `AL Archibald Pass` was one of Simcoe county's pione`er.'_ doctors--- 1835-61. 4 Jvwvuw I fascinate _I:_... t.` `tth `:Pho`n'e`65. A" - Or Baled Hay and /S'tr_aw `Laying Mash .T Salt Bone _Mea1, Beef Scrap Oyster Shell ' Oilcake Meal 1PO'TAT>0ES_,w5-bag lots or over,` $1.00 bag .1 AM IN -'.rm:-MAiu FOR APPLES, POTATOESIVPEAS, BEANS _AND ONIONS, BALTED HAY AND STRAW. `plus as :- I-7 1- . ._ _ OPPOSITE BR4soN's CANDY STORE u _____.`l L- -___ _....L 4;: t\ Orders deIiver_;-l- ` A Wheat,-6ats, Cdr _ '- -sta_F1our,j"Go1d Medgx Five Roses Flour Oatmeail` aal . Pastry Flour (Fisher s) ucaj. auu uuu -a bu... -... .....--_ -._ Dressed in bearskin coat and cap\ and fur gauntlets, the minister was: driving through a snowstorm when a something went awry with his horse's: V `harness. He got out to go to a cabin * for a piece of rope. The ground was ' so slippery he couldn't keep his feet I and" he was obliged to get down on all`. ~ ; fours to proceed. At that moment the. J. woman-of the cabin spied him. She criedto her husband, Mac, get your gun quick. Here s a bear! The man rushed out with the gun and was. taking aim when he became conscious V , of the mistake, and burst out with . ' a loud` guifaw, Tut, woman, that ' E - 3-- 1'\- D`II*I\lS /` 3. 1Uu.u guuavv, .. bear is Dr. Burns. I ` Kindly remember your scription. If it has not please renew n_ow. . _____.._..._ Winnipeg-Calgaryevancouver , `Canadian Pacific Vancouver Exp1;ess-. U vpllllt Us blown: th-at the -visioi young people. Passengers for Western Canada will nd the Vancouver Express", leaving Toron- ' to 10 pm. daily, :1 most convenient. train, `t stopping at and connecting for all principal )3! * . . . . noun a CANAD;il PACIFIC Examiner 311' been renewa RAJ LWAY , 'i(\3?3 . v%w%v%awwQ$w%%vQ 5 ~% mm NATURESTUDY COLUMN 5 Goons CALLED FOR AND Daux cw: US A TRIAL V % 1 '*L7YIn-xv-V.. FOOD STANDS FOR_IB|RDS, ETC. i Shortage of food for-our feathered * has prompted a number; of -persons to place Y food where the different Ibirds can and feed. The writer placed each _of his camp kitchen windows. ` each stand a. rough piece_of venison ing five or six? pounds was secured. minutes -afterwards chicadees and jays were busy; thirty minutes Jays were dr1vmg~ other birds one] hour later two Hairy Woodpeckers had} found the stands arid had enjoyed meal,{