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stouffville december 2nd 1926 i start your hens hto winter egg production with marmill laying mash sold formerly under the ok brand and bow better than ever a mash which is all peed contains less thaa 450 fibre and guaranteed to contain no oat hulls or other fibreous fillers which are of no feeding value you may be offered a cheaper mash of inferior quality but remember you cannot fool the hen a trial order will convince you manufactured by markham flour milis markham ont for sale by 8 w hastings 8touffvillk brown bros unionvjwjk send for our free booklet profitable poultry feeding 1 prompt delivery telephone lumber and building material storm sash and storm doors this is the time of the year to prepare for the winter so consider these two im portant items a good supply of rough and dressed lumoer on hand all average sizes in stock we sell brantford roofing stouffville planing mill stouffer schell phone 194 stouffville masseyharrisandford agency now is the time to see us about a fordson tractor and all kinds of tractor machines if you are intending buying a quebec sulky plow order now as we expect to run short on these plows and only those who order early wih be able to get one we have a number of second hand machines and cars on hand which we will sell very reasonable to make a clean up before the end of the season we have 6 ford touring cars 1 1924 model coupe 8 ton trucks 1 1926 ford roadster only run 6 weeks sell at a bargain if you live in the claremont district see mr thos- scott he is re presenting us there d holden agent phone 184ox stouffville living a life to the best advantage superior groceries specials this week peerless shortening lb 13c lemon and orange peel per lb 25c grape fruit 3 for 23c quaker oats per package r 25c shelled walnuts per lb 58c shelled almonds 59c bowes almond icing i lb tin 42c icing sugar 2 lbs for 19c neilsons chocolates and ice cream a w scott at a recent meeting of the altona womens institute mrs earl drew- ery gave the following paper on living an advantageous life and it is here printed in order that all may ponder on the truths written we take it lor granted that liv ing a life to the best of ones ad vantage means making a success of ones life in the particular circum stances in which he finds hniself but what we may ask constitutes success in life is it the achievement of selfish ambitions for wealth or glory for ourselves what is success it isnt the size of your pile in the bank nor the number of acres you own it isnt the question of prestige nor rank nor of sinew of muscle nor bone it isnt the servants that come at your call it isnt the things you possess whether many or little or nothing at all its service that measures success the greatest man who ever lived gave his disciples this definition of greatness let him among you who would be great be as a ser vant he himself came to serve and was ever forgetful of self in lov ing service to others hone was too small or too poo to receive his kindly ministrations it is evident that poverty is no obstacle to greatness while wealth of money or talents give opportuni ties for wider service and greater usefulness all are expected to make the best possible use of the talents given them be they many or few so if we would live lives to our own best advantage we must fol low in his footsteps who has taught us to forget self and live for others for he that would save his own life shall lose it and he that loseth it for others shall save it we may divide a lifetime into three periods 1 the period of infancy and ado lescence 2 the period of middle age or maturity 3 the period of old age or de cline over the first period that of in fancy we can exercise little control it is not ours to choose the sphere of life to which we are born bumt is our duty to make the most of our environment some start with every advantage on their side to help them make the most of them selves others are handicapped from the beginning but how for- tunate are we who have been born in a christian country of godfear ing parents this first period of life might be called the habitforming period a great responsibility rests with the parents to see that habits are estab lished which will be a help to the child in later life it is the duty of the parents to develop the nature of the child in a fourfold sense physically mentally socially and spiritually the first essential is to guard well the health of the child without good health he will be greatly handicapped in the struggle to suc cessful citizenship the child should be taught to form health habits such as cleanliness of the body daily care of the teeth the importance of fresh airland sunshine and simple nourishing food special emphasis slashing prices at the goodwood economical and general store in order to sell out our stock is going fine we have waited on cus tomers from as far outh as uhionville and daily we are opening new goods that we had stocked in our store room so there are new bargains all the time come when you can we will be ready extra help makes shoping pleasant even in the crowds dry goods groceries hardware below wholesale prices l note when the goods are gone or nearly so we will close our doors for good in goodwood this is your chance goodwood economical general store h borinsky prop phone 5921 should be placed on establishing habits of temperance not only in eating and drinking but in work and pleasure recreation and sleep the training of the mind is left largely in the hands of teachers who have been trained to that end the parents should give the best educa tion they can afford to fit them for their life work but of greater im portance is it to instill in their minds a love of learning then they will make an effort to educate them selves h g wells a greateng- hsh writer and thinker in an article in a recent number of a current magazine claims that in course of time the higher seats of learning will be abolished that youth from the age of fifteen or sixteen should be educated by coming into contact with the realities of life i do not wish to underestimate the value of the higher institutions of learning but merely to say that it is possible to become an educated man without a university degree it is important to find out in what direction the childs talents he if it is not clearly evident and to train him for a vocation for which he is naturally adapted so that he will love his work and make a suc cess of it it is a mistake to edu cate a boy to become a doctor or a lawyer when what he wants is to be a farmer neither is it wise for a farmer to train all his sons to be farmers if they are not naturally so inclined the social side of the childs na ture must be developed by bringing him into contact with people so that he can give a good account of him self when he is thrown on his own resources he must learn to choose good companytto reject the bad and cultivate the good he must learn the value of teamwork in life how to accept failure and defeat as a good sport many of these lessons he learns on the play ground later he applies them in the school of life the spiritual side of his nature must not be neglected if he is taught as a child to reverence gods word and things that are holy he will not depart from the right way when he grows to mans estate the second period of life is that of maturity or middle age it is the men and women of this period who bear the heat and burden of the day they must keep the wheels of indus try turning must make the laws and bring up the rising generation to take their places later on now we ask again how can we grow to years of understanding and responsibility make a success of the business of living with our equip ment perhaps we may say i am only a busy farmers wife with a bunch of children what can i do for the betterment of mankind we may dream dreams of the splendid things we would like to do but day after day there are ihe same common place chores to do they seem to lead nowhere and to accomplish little the dishes must be washed the beds made and the same round of trivial duties must be gone through day after day year in and year out but drudgery has been called the gray angel of success we find that in any calling in life the man who makes good is the man who attends conscientiously to the small details commonplace tasks may be com pared to a rough scaffolding around the beautiful permanent building which we call character when the work is done the scaffolding will be removed and the finished build ing will be beautiful to behold so the trivial round the common task are necessary to help us gain strength patience and courage let us live up to the highest and noblest and best that is in us each day and not worry about the trou bles tomorrow may bring after all we can live only one minute at a time an old man once remarked i have lived a long time and had a great many troubles the most of which never happened it is said that ruskin kept in his desk a slab of stone on which was inscribed the word today if we use today rightly we shall be pleasing the master who has told us not to be anxious about the fu ture life comes to us in small sections we can only live shining lives by keeping in the sunshine each day as it comes perhaps the greatest opportunity for service any of us can have is the privilege of making pur home happy and attractive what a world of meaning may bo contained in that word home it should mean so much more than just a place to eat and sleep or to hang up ones hat when there is no place else to go in a contest for the best definition of home the following received a prize home a world of care shut out a world of love shut in our homes may bo very humble and contain little but the bare nec essities of life but the mother should be the queen in that home she can make it the brightest cheer iest spot on earth to the boys and girls she can make the few short yearsspent there so pleasant that they will bo a happy memory through the long years to come when home has become but a mem ory a wonderful privilege it is for us to be entrusted with the care and up bringing of the future vitlzens and lawmakers of this country the farreaching effects of our influence on these men and women of tomor row cannot be overestimated it is hard to see in a bunch of noisy children the mothers and fathers of the future perhaps outstanding men in their professions little did the mother of lincoln or gladstone fcresee what the future held for their illustrious sons how many a great man has said all that i am my mother made me so let us inspire our children with noble am bitions and lofty ideals of service let us give our families not alone the work of our hands but let us give ourselves as well for it is possible for a housekeeper to have spotless rooms and wellcooked meals and yet to fail in the more im portant work of being a mother she may be far too busy to havo a game with the children or a walk with her husband if visitors are spend ing the evening she may be willing to lay aside her work for a few hours but she thinks it a waste of time to cultivate the friendship of her own family while father and mother are so taken up with busi ness that they have no time for family life the children may be drifting into bad company or read ing trashy books faithfulness in work should never crowd out oppor tunities of fellowship with other souls nor should it be allowed to stand in the way of the rest and re creation which are needed to keep body and soul vigorous not only homemakers but all of us can find every dayways of show ing our love in service there may be those about us who are lonely and discouraged and need cheering or there may be those who are too feeble to go out and mingle with others who would appreciate a little cheer and sympathy 1 if we think we cannot do much we can at least try to be cheerful always a certain writer has said the most trifling act which is marked by usefulness to others is nobler in gods sight than the most brilliant accomplish ment of genius let me repeat a story i read some time ago whioh illustrates this point so well it was called the miners dream one time there was a boy whose dream it was to write a great book but his mother was a poor widow and he had a number of younger brothers and sisters so he had to work very hard as a miner to keep them all and he had no time to realize his dream at last a bro ther grew old enough to earn and the boy thought that now he would be able to begin the book but soon after the brother had started work an accident occurred in the mine and he was crippled for life after some years the mother died and the boy who was now a man thought that at last he would be free to write his book just then a married sister lost her husband who left her with four little children to provide for the brother loofethe children to his own home and became a father to them when they were all grownup and lie was old and grey ho thought that at last he would have the leisure to work on his book one day when he was walking along the street he saw a child in danger of being run over he hurried to the rescue was knocked down and so badly hurt that there was no hope of big recov ery when he came to die his great regret was that he had never writ ten his book suddenly ah angel appeared to him bearing a- volume in his hand the angel said here is thy book many shall read it and be the better for it when the man looked at the volume he saw the title was the story of a noble life it was a record of his own life all the kind things he had done all he had given up and borne for the sake of others then he was satis fied mrs earl drewery swifts garage now is the time to have your battery looked after not after it gets frozen have tests made often now that the weather is getting cold drive in and have your oil changed if your motor turns over too stiff batteries called for and de livered in town try us for everything in bat teries and accessories radio swifts garage phone 195 mrs john watt wife of one of the long established merchants of of uxbridgedled last week sale register wednesday dec 8th auction sale of 40 highgrade shorthorn cattle reg yorkshire hogssheep- horses hay grain fowl imple ments etc at east half lot 32 con 4 uxbrldge the property of fred j jones lunch served at 1130 sale at 12 oclock wf marquis auctioneer wednesday dec 15th at lot 3 con 7 whitchurch extensive sale of farm stockimplementsetc the property of stanley w hast ings no reserve sale at 12 noon f w silversides auctioneer card of thanks mr dg scott and son alex wish to thank through this medium all those who have made such kind en quires and for floral tributes ets during the bereavement through which they have just passed strayed came into my premises on or about the 16th of novembef two geese at lot 32 con 7 mark- ham j l grove for sale six young cattle be tween 700 and 800 lbs also 25 white leghorn pullets ready to- lay phone 9012 pigs for salenumber of suck ers read to wean and chunks up to 80 lbs john spence phone 2913 41 for sale firstclass dry hard wood all body wood 4ft lengths 1250 cord delivered in stouff ville leave orders at a e weldons store or reynolds pratt lemonville 43 pigs for sale 6 weeks old also- 50 rods stump fence arthur carruthers lot 32 con 8 pick ering phone 1503 claremont wanted live poultry at highest prices also feathers wool junk and hides and a quantity of apples and potatoes telephone ben rexlin no 7821 ballantrae tfo tribune is in need of a corres pondent at ballantra copt of paper weekly and stationery free a christmas tree and kntertnin- ment will be held in the united church ballantrre on wednesday evening dec 22nd dialogues re citations choruses and other items on the program vandorf miss fopte our teacher in the public school was sick last week her brother took charge of the school for three days but was unable to continue the work on account of writing on examinations for the end of the week there had been no school wo hope to hear of miss footes recovery soon the sale of farm stock and imple ments on th farm of mr j walker on wednesday afternoon last was very successful in every way a good crowd of buyers nice weather though cold and prices good on nearly everything exceptionally good on the cattle the family are mov- wanted live poultry best prices paid for fat hen3 sam golden phone pennocks livery wanted girl for general house work electric conveniences apply stating wages to box 263 mark- ham farm for sale 50 acres more or less being n e- corner lot 6 rear con 8 whitchurch fair buildings and brick house good land 1 miles from stouffville apply owner on premises who is giving up on account of 1h health e j c morris 41 farm for sale 100 acres more or less lot 8 rear con 7 baker hill 16 acres bush and pasture balande under cultivation well watered good stock farm large barn stone stabling brick house fall plowing done apply owner h b barnes rlngwood on pre mises phone 216 stouffville 36 ed to auroraon thursday which is do we as mothers realize what i ou oss an auroras gain farmers i am paying highest cash price for hides wool and junk also i have a big variety of im plements wagons plows etc for sale at bargain prices h herman phone 102 stouffville notice of application for dlvirco notice is hereby given that george allan swift of tho city of toronto in the county of york in the pro vince of ontario clerk will apply to the parliament of canada at the next session thereof for a bill of divorce from his wife agnes swift of the city of montreal in tho pro vince of quebec on the grounds of adultery and desertion dated at toronto this 27th day of november ad 1926 gcorcc allan swift by his solicitor a j sncath hamilton trust building 57 queen st west 44 toronto ontario canada