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stouffville december 18th 1924 blacksmitmng notice speciaxi prices we are now setting shoes for 30c or new shoes at 60c each ah gen eral work done at lowest prices we excel in good workmanship m hill rear shaws store choprixg at goibilkv p a farmer is opening a chop ping mill in the ruler factory at gormley farmers bring along your grist ufo notice we expect a car of nut coal next week leave your order now als subscribe for the farmers sun with your secretary for 1925 d h rusnell secretary a 10000 guaranteed offer 80h cents a day deposited in the crown life bank will give in event of death by ac cident your wife and kiddies 10000 inside of 48 hours will give in event of death from natural causes your wife and kid dies 5000 will give back if you live for 20 years all the money you deposi ted with a good rate of interest as well if you were laid up over 3 months through sickness or accident the crown life bank will make your payments for you wmle you are laid off the crown life insurance is a step towards the ideal of brotherhood by which men provide for the widow fatherless and aged let me talk this matter over with you bethesda miss anna steckley antl miss webb spent saturday in toronto mr c bollender hi moved to the house lately vacated fey mr russell pike sorry that mr daniel sherrick who has been ill for some time is not improving the white gift service- of our sunday school will be held in the church on friday evening dec 19th a good program is provided all are welcome mrs p curtis of muskoka district who has been visiting friends in this locality has returned to her home the public school entertainment will be held on monday evening dec 22nd a good program is being provided flow many seeds in the pumpkinr p extensive credit sale try a guess at porter geo e phone 17903 baker stouffville your guess on the pumpkin may be the lucky one you are not too late yet con test closes 43rd dec night the seeds will then be counted and winners name announced santa claus says porters for good candies and oranges she will say that you used good judgment if you buy her a box of moirs xxx chocolates christmas mixture at 15c per pound niee chocolates at 30c pound see our highclass confec tions in dainty boxes christmas toys christmas greeting cards christmas decorations bells birds lanterns etc porters phone 198 christmas jewelry i have selected this year a much finer and larger stopk of of the latest and newest creation in the jewelry line including diamonds from 1000 to 5000 stone set rings from 125 to 15 ladies brooches from 75c to 12 cuff links from 50c to 700 extra fine pearls gold clasp 500 string ladies wrist watches 5 to 25 gents watches from 230 up also scarf pins watch chains fobs pencils fountain pens stone set bracelets beads of all kinds clocks white ivory cut glass ij if we havent what you want can get it in 24 hours christ- mas presents laid aside on small deposit come in and i look our stock over no trouble to show goods adam r yake optometrist watchmaker and jeweler 2 doors west of railway tracks phone 159 stouffville masseyharris farm implements repairs buy a masseyharris kerosene engine to do your hard work this winter- also place your orders early for mach ines for next year and help to reduce prices by so doing a full line of repairs always on hand we have second hand goods to sell at reasonable prices vk ton spring wagon steel tire buggy oliver riding plow 3hp mas seyharris engine 6-in- vessoft grinder nearly new cockshutt riding plow 4hp engine 12hp engine peter hamilton cuttingbox with carriers set of slings and 60 ft of track good as new we give credit terms on all goods- p h0lden agent phone 184 stouffville purebred and grade cows holstein and ayrshires horses fordson tractor power milker im plements etc the property of mrs elizabeth smith will be sold by public auction at lot 33 con 10 markham half mile south stouffville on tuesday december 23rd1924 thorobred cattle holstein heifer 3 yrs calf by side holstein heifer 3 yrs full flow holstein cow 4 yrs full flow holstin heifer 2 yrs flow holstein heifer 2 yrs full flow holstein cow 6 yrs- bred may 1st holstein cow 9 yrs bred nov 20 full flow ayrshire cow 6 yrs calf by side ayrshire cow 5 yrs full flow holstein grade cattle cow 6yrs full flow heifer 3 yrs calf by side cow 6 yrs full flow cow g calf by side cow 6 fresh cow 7 full flow cow 6 full flow bred sept 20 cow 6 bred aug 10 heifer 3 bred dec 9 full flow cow 4 full flow cow 7 bred nov 1 full flow cow 7 bred may 12 cow 6 bred may 14 cow 6 bred may 26 cow 4 bred may 14 cow 6 bred may 0 cow 6 bred may 20 cow sbred may 13 cow 8 bred june 15 heifer 14 months holstein bull 2 years old other grade cattle ayrshire cow 6 ealf by side ayrshire cow 7 full flow red and white cow 8 bred may 22 black cow 8 bred june 22 brindle cow due june 13 horses bay clyde mare imp brown gelding rising 6 hd brown gelding gp bay mare 7 gp bay horse 3 gp hogs etc yorkshire sow bred dec 1st 10 young pigs 10 wksold collie dog year old seed feed etc 40 feet ensilage 40 tons alfalfa bay 700 bus man golds quantity grass seeds power slachinery j deere stiff tooth cultivator tractor lift and po wer hitch nearly new tandem disc harrow mh nearly new 3hp imc engine ph pulper and pul ley new line shaft pulleys hang ers belting power milker hinmau 2 unit for 20 cows ccam separator new viking goo lbs maple leaf 8 grinder harness 2 sets heavy breeching harness one near new driving har ness third horse harness horse blankets collars haimes lines implements m h binder 7 ft sc and truck mh corn binder neiw mh mower 5 ft mh culti vator 13 tooth mh drill 13 disc no 8 corn cultivator and discs single sulkey plow j deere single plow ph 21 set 5 section harrows vehicles bain truck wagon new bain steel wheel truck bain sloop sleighs and bunks speight sloops democrat 16 foot hay rack 14 foot hay rack light bottom wagon box set springs miscellaneous 18 new milk cans platform scales 4000 lbs stone boat bag truck wheel barrows 40 feet hose and reel chains forks pulleys doubletrees and 4horse trees grain bags corn planter and hundreds of other articlec sale starts at 10 sharp lunch at noon credit for 11 mos the farm will he offered at same time terms on apppilcation harmon jones manager fwsilversides auctioneer mongolia mr a graham of markham visi ted with mr and mrs k g tarr one day last week harmon jones sale here on the 23rd promises to eclipse anything in this section in size mr and mrs wm hopkins visited with the latters parents mrs and mrtheo madlll last thursday after noon mr and mrs j brown and family have moved to the stb concession of pickering we are sorry to part with old neighbors success to them glasgow our farmers are tajcing advantage of the sleighing jos forsyth spent the week end with friends at hamilton master orval woods of richmond hill is spending sometime at mr f slacks mr and mrs l hopkins of brougham spent sunday at mr f slacks mrs jos alsop sr is visiting her aunt mrs mcguire of uxbridge who is quite ill the pupils of our school ara busy preparing for theirannual christmas tree and entertainment mrs wm drewery visited her daughter mrs c armstrong at claremont on friday last stouffville christmas xarket is slated for next monday which ac counts for the local poultry pens be ing plucked of their best birds goodwood murison was in toronto last claremont the cold stormy weather on sun day kept a good lot of the fair wea ther christians away from church clark and mrs rawson and little boy motored from the city sunday and visited a number of their rela tives mr and mrs j d johnston of to ronto came out sunday on account of the serious illness of the latters uncle mr j s farmer miss mabel edwards made a fly ing visit to see her sister on sun day she arrived on the morning train and returned on the evening train frank sodan who has purchased the lemon house commenced on a fine day to build an addition to the kitchen but will wait for more good weather cockerels for sale if you are interested in barred plymouth rock cockerels of choice j oac bred to lay strain we have i them r f klinck rr 2 gorm- i ley telephone s 4011 45n a woriderf ul allpurpose flour so say thousands of housewives who use quaker flour for all their baking its even texture and never-varying- baking qualities make it the delight of all who use it quaker flour 3k the samealwatjs the best ligtivlargei whiter loaves better pastry our expertbok for baking b a number of recipes you write toay flend themto ee ms itoibutorsstoufftlle stiver bros- uxbridge v tei wan week rev c c otten was in toronto this week mrs pegmall of london visited at wm whittletons stan otten of aurora was home over the week end andrew morgason of toronto was in town for a few days mrsjas cairns and mrs gbrown in toronto last week miss olive ottewell of toronto home over the week end miss nola farrow and wm porter were in toronto last week miss maggie duncan of brougham is spending a week with jier aunt miss isabella murison mr reid has installed a radio set purchased from the gold harperco he says it works fine robert barker and family have left our town and gone to sandyhook just north of uxbridge frank middleton is home for over the holidays after spending the sum mer near brougham remember the baptist sunday school christmas tree and entertain ment on christmas night it pro mises to be good the busiest man in town on mon day was our tax collector who star ted business before daylight and was going strong all day archie storry is again laid up with his foot that was crushed a couple of years ago he had to go to the toronto hospital again we are sorry to report that rev mr legate has been ill for over a week with a very bad cold which settled on his jungs and he is con fined to his bed but he is improv ing by all reports no one has died in the camp near huntsville where f middleton is cooking and all seem to be working hard and gettng up early 1 guess fred isnt a bad cook after all were wedding bells ringing or were they not i rather think not it was only a young couple of our community away for a weeks holi day they are both back and down to business as usual miss e pugh like the summer birds has left town for the winter stewart thompson of torontowas called to his motherinlaws mrs j miiddleton on account of the illness or his 14 months old boy who is very bad with the whooping cough now is the time for entertainments so arrange your business and dates accordingly and dont forget the en tertainment at the godwood meth- odsit church on friday night also a good entertainment and box social at miss mckenzies school on the second monday dec 22 where an other good time is being prepared a very pleasant evening was spent at the home of miss jessie todd last friday evening when about 30 of our young people gathered to cele brate the 22nd birthday of miss irene tindall the evening was spent in games and contests some very beautiful presents were receiv ed by miss tindall and all left iri the small hours of the morning well pleased withthe evening spent there passed away at kearney on dec 8th mrs abraham shaver aged 74 years 2 days formerly miss long the remains were brought to goodwood to mrs jos coopers sr a cousin of the deceased they re mained there until thursday the funeral was conducted by the rev c c otten who preached a very touching sermon mrs shaver will be sadly missed by her many friends as she was of a cheerful nature she spent her girlhood days in goodwood and vicinity the flowers were beautiful in loving memory of the departed the pall bearers were messrs t dowswell b stewart p vanhorne a haynes i wagg and j ashenhurst those of the family left to mourn her loss are the bus- band three sons and one daughter mrs thos stoner and frank shaver of kearney normtan shaver of tor onto arthur shaver and wife of to ronto- also many other relatives and friends from stouffville and to ronto attended the funeral the in terment took place at goodwood cemetery farmers i fresh pork 1 deliver weekly in stouffville fresh pork any cut also nice sau sage telephone your require ments to jos- b reesor pfione 6209 43p pigs for sale number young pigs 6 and 7 wks old arthur williams phone 212s for sals 3 holstein cows 2 fresh and one due jan 4 bw jewitt unionville rr 1 phone 3611 42n for sale 1428 avery tractor 2s46 dick er grain thresher osbawa clover huller mccormack deering ensilage cutter mus be sold at once price right chester brumwell stouff ville phone 9221 wanted now live geese and fat hens required good prices sam golden at pen- nooks livery to rent four acres of excellent vegetable land in stouffville belonging to mrs wm harding oast end good stable and abundant fruit trees phocej 6707 poultry live and dressed also domestic rabbitts we pay highest market price geo l rosser phone 3708 stouffville i wells drilled wells drilled and repaired quick sand a specialty terms moderate and good workmanship having had 30 years experience for informa tion apply e j cable toronto or delos graham cedar valley p phone 9208 stouffville your christmas shopping the best gifts are expressions of love sacrifice and prudence and bring satisfaction that is enduring will love and prudence prompt you to make the little sacri fice required to remove for all time the menace that hangs over your unguarded household the mutual life has policies to cover every need it pays to do your shopping early while you have strength to shop and prices are right i am pleased to announce that the present generous dividend scale of the mutual life of new york is to be still further increased in 1925 policies issued in 1924 in the twenty payment life plan will draw a dividend in 1925 amountng to 20 of the premium while ordinary life policies will draw 23 this marks the fifth annual increase since 1920 it spells a wholesome condition in the company and steadily decreasing costs to our policyholders dividends in 1923 amounted to 3120 of the years premium receipts of 10583283700 assets nearly 700000000 no stockholders policies unexcelled v full postmortem dividends annual dividends double indemnity and increasing disability benefits provided dont leave the future to chance h o klinck district manager the standard bank of canada sends greetings to one and all at this happy christ mas time the standard bank op canada stouffville branch a c burkholder manager subbranch at goodwood cream the best and safest investment for this winter is to add one or two dairy cows to yourberd and for best results ship your cream to us the best market prices paid and in addition one cent per lb- of butterfat avove the ordinary market prices and buttermilk free for cream thai is delivered to the cream ery by the patrons this arrangement for cream delivered by the farmers takes effect on december 1st we close at 6 pm except saturdays open saturday evenings stouffville creamery co phone 18602 agents for the delaval separators swifts oarage stouffville and claremont big sale of firestone fabric ties firsts guar anteed 795 while- they last a large stock of parts and accessories always on hand get your skid chains from us we fit them to your wheels batteries repaired and recharged and stored for win- ter- get a heater on your ford and be warm phone 195