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Driver Lorne House, 26th aBttery, "Ith Brigade, Westenhanger, Kent., England: Wishes to thank the ladies of the Women‘s Institute of Grimsby, for their kind remembrance in sendâ€" ing him,a Christmas package, which was greatly appreciated, especially coming, as it did, from his home town, which makes a fellow feel . as though he is not forgotten by his friends at home. He received the Ladies® Christâ€" mas Box in good shape and is very thankful to them for it. Lieut. G. A.‘Russell Ross,‘ has ; i Pleasant Memories of Grimâ€" sby brought back by sight of Lincoln‘s Gift. I received a very pleasant and mos‘ welcome surprise tonight, in the reâ€" ceipt of the parcel from the Women‘s Institute. You have my very heartfelt an‘ most sincere thanks for this "sign‘ that the Women of the dear old towr of Grimsby have not forgotten me 01 the other brave lads who came awa) to uphold the Flag of the Empire when duty first called. Mrs. L. A. Wade, Grimsby, Ont., Can. Dear Mrs. Wade, My appreciation is such that 1 cannot find sufficient words to exâ€" press it but you may rest assured I will remember the kindness _ of the ladies and am looking eagerly forâ€" ward to the day when I will be able to thank each one of you personally for the part you have played in helpâ€" ing to cheer up the boys on active service. \Aaut Aibcethat "dvdiatictacacsâ€"â€" We raptegn rrA cite, P o One was a man with only one leg and the other was _ a %llld ,@fi@n from Welland, one of: e% ‘who went to Valcartier â€" with us sixteen months ago. . _( ... .~> hfi y3 d .7 shook him by the hand and . we chatted for a minute. He told me that : was a good thing that they had moâ€" tor ambulances, because he had been ba 'yi,ga,ssed and could not walk any distance without great pain. _ He had hardly uttered that remark when the motor ambulance that had brought him from the hospital, turned round right in front of us and I notiâ€" eed a shining brass plate on the front just below the windâ€"shield. _ On the plate was written "Presented to the Canadian Red Cross Society . from the County of Lincoln," or words to that effect.â€" I don‘t think I ever felt the nearness of home so much as just then' & WE UE EUboctietatnk in crm Lo dn bccctc t h amtetive lfi emincty 3.A . Although late, please . accept the season‘s greetings. _ May ‘Grimsby in general and The Woman‘s Institute in particular, have a prosperous and successful New Year. â€" Kindest regards to everybody. Yours very sincerely, f ,.G. A. Russell Ross., A little incident happened the other week which was interesting.> I was doing some â€" ~work in the â€" Orderly Room when a big motor ambulance drove up and stopped at the door, I was called out and two men were in it, reporting from Hospital. LIUK e ‘ Let anyone who is so optimistic or indolent, that he or she will not both er helping, jJust take that little incidâ€" ent and they will see that the people at home are not working in vain and that the boys rom Grimsby, whether in the trenches, or billets, Or in camp., are real proud of the town they come from and the people in it LINGOLN COUNTY AMBULANGE SAVES LIFE OF A 2ND DR It certainly feels good to think that we are remembered by the folks at home and I would like to assure the ladies that, as the little odds and ends, as chocolates, tobacco, gum, etc., were taken out of the box, it brought back nothing but hapy thoughts of the past and future hope, the biggest being that we should soon be back in dear old Grimsby. s During the past sixteen months the ladies of Grimsby have ranked secâ€" ond to none in the way they have set to and worked to make the boys comâ€" fortable and help along the good cause. They are certainly doing their "bit" alright. A 2 The Independent. ~â€" Dear Sirs,â€" * Please allow â€" me through your paper to thank the ladies of Grimsby for al their kindness in sending the Xmas parcel, which I received the other day. ° ie TAE TINDEPENDENT s SEASON‘S GREETINGS THANKS FOR THE LADIES P A G Ever sincerely yours, J. A. M. Livingston, Lieut., 48th H. of C., 1lith. Can. Res. Battn., Fast Sanding, Thirtyâ€"first Year. In Reserve Trenches, Belgium, PDec. 22, 191( 15th Can. Battn, Kent, Jan. 1, 1916 Lieut. Well, one day we were downr town snd sure enough there was old Santa Claus, with his loug white locks and little pony. driving the streets of Pasâ€" adena, amongst such lovely scenes as these, ard I said sure it must be Amasg time, for Santa Claus row is Lere. So on the the 23rd of Decemâ€" ber, we took in a }. S. entertainment at the First Methodist Chureca, We were told to gc early if we wanted a good seat, so we were on the job about an bhour before time, and it was well we were, for space was limited, I will have to be brief and cut out a good deal. They had a good orchesâ€" tra of ten or more instruments which lispensed music to us As the large church was filling, and before time for opening a seat could scarce â€" be found. Tae opening service was fine. A collection instead of a fes at the door, was ther taken up for the Xmas Poor Fund, Then the schcol, by classes, brought forth their offerâ€" ing. It was a beautiful sight to: see the scores of little tots file up the aisle anm:| lay their offering down beâ€" side the Xmas tree, Christmas is esâ€" sertially the children‘s day, ard here the children showed their right good will for such as were not blessed as they, with Xnag gifts, Then filed up the other classes, according to their 1ge, and laid their offering or a space ions platform, at the front. Then pile upon pile thcir gifts were iaid, till tiny mountains rose, and teachers had to lay them back where they should have repose. Many and varied were the gifts,. One class gave a "Rose," the value of which $16, being made of paper money . The dollar tills formâ€" ing the pe‘als of the rose. A great nuiny were cash offerings. A large box and barrel or two, were placed in one 0f the lobbies to ‘deposit the large gifts, such as sacks of flour, reasts, s.tasgh, etc, A few cays azo I saw the chrrca bullctin, ard it said the Xmas offering on the night n December 2%ra, amounted to $400, $2"0 in »ash, and $150 in provisions, for the city pror, that they might have a joyous \Xmas, along with their m‘te fiured fellow citizens,. 1 thought it was finec.> Their paster told us on Xmas Sunday that th:y raised in the‘r church over $2,000 a vear and Our stay in San Francisco was seyâ€" en days. ‘The most of the days were busy days of sight seeing, from mornâ€" ing until after the shades of night bad gathereqa round the scenes so tair. On the Sabbath we attended Divine service in one of the leading churches. morpning and evening. We left ‘Frisco at 8 o‘clock am., on the 6th of December, reached Pasadena at the midnight hour. In the pleasâ€" ant days thet followed we found as We motored about town that Pasaâ€" dera (the veautiful) as I have styled it, was a pretty little city of some 13,000 inhabitants, with streets: so clean, so beautiful, and fair ‘twould make one wish that he wer: there from summer round till spring. The vrity is made up largely of very pretty %uaint bungalo houses, many of them ne story, tastefully gottén up and surrounded by beautifal trees, shrubs 1 ‘}a%nowers, in lawns of velvet green, as beautifu! as\may be seen this side of the broag Atlantic. Their streets are loveiy. ‘They use for shade nere t Jmllgenons to thisg climate. . I wish some of them would grow with as. â€" I will mention some of them that [ (think beantiful. There are several kinds of palnmis ard some are very large, being more than nine or ten feet in «iresmicrence, and 50 to 60 1=et high. Then there are «maller vaâ€" rieties used. (The pei per tree is large ly used and very & aceful and pretty. It has long droopits bra~ hes, with <mall rarrow. Jeat â€" The Iilack, the Yelow Accasia tree, Campho:, Monâ€" goiia, Live Cak, Evergréen, and Umâ€" brella ‘Tree, with purple filower, are amongst the shade trees used. Seme of the people have beautiful flowerâ€" beds, on the boulevard, next to the street, which lends enchantment â€" to the view. Well, it was difficult for us to realâ€" ize that it was winter, and the Yule Tide close at hard, as Xmas days Grew near. We looked out on the ‘awns so fresh and green, with roses «nd flowers all around about us. Then there were tne orange trees, so beauâ€" tiful with yellow fruit; while tomaâ€" toes, onions and strawberrics in the garden grew, In giving to the readers of the INâ€" DEPENDENT a few pages from my diary, from time to time, as 1 was reâ€" quested to do by some of its patrons before I Jeft home, I will take up the subject of Travel. my stay in teowns and cities enroute to California, and my experiences, sights and scenes at the Great Panama Iuternational Exâ€" position, at San Francisco., * 4s the Xmas season is just waning from our view, and while its scenss are fresh and fair, I think I will make it the subject of my first letter. Business at a Standstill while People Join in Snowâ€"ball Fight and enjoy it. Pasedena, Cal., Jan., 1916 To Editor, Independent:â€" CALIFORNIA PEOPLE HARDLY KNOW WHAT T0 MAKE OF SNOW STDRM (Continued on Page 8) ~DBAGOON MAN GRIMSBY, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1916 In all the annals of exploration of the American continent it would be difficult t, find more thrilling and fascinating adventures than taose of the early French explorers, or more impressive ministrations than those of the Jesuit and Recollet friars who always acco:npanied them on their journeys.. Delving into the musty and fragmentary records of a period twoâ€" and a quarter centuries ago, and with access to the naratives of Fathâ€" erg Hennepin, La Motte, ang others, the wonder grows that so small a kand of imen and zealots, brave and fearless though they were, and in the face of hidden dangers and among hostile so much of the settlement and mission work; and that it all should bhave resuvited so little for the flag of France. Far above the stirring events of that epoch ang of the utmost human interest, is the story of the building fitting out, aud voyage of the "Grifâ€" fon." which was the first vessel ever to unfold sails to the winds of the great Inlanga Seas. Built in the dense wilderness vnder great difficuties, it was the child of,one man‘s boundless ambitionâ€"an unconquerable craving or discovery â€"to bring to the knowâ€" ledge of the world the unknown. To seek a direct northwest passage to China and Japan, through whcih the ships of France might entend their trade with the far distant â€" lands, which was the highest ambition of Rene Cavelier de la Salle, whose name, of all others, that shed lustre upon the Frerch discovyery in Ameriâ€" ca, ranks with Champlain. His other ambitions of creating a monopoly of lrade in furs with the Indians, and of conquest were quite subordinate to his destre for discovery, but were necessary for his purpose, and the "Griffin" was an essential link in his scheme.‘ The building of Frontenact and the incidaerts of his career for a few years prior to the building of the vessel nave so intimate and importâ€" SHE WAS THE, FIRST SAILING VESSEL ON THE GREAT LAKES y THE ROMANTIG STORY OF THE Idea of the Builder was to Seek a Northwest Passage to China _ and Japan so That Frence Might Extend her Trade to Those Empiresâ€"Great Difficulties Experiencedâ€" Disâ€" covery of Great Niagara Fallsâ€"Adventures Among Hostile Tribes of Indiansâ€"The Great Fur Trade. He should receive the V.C., D.S.0., and all the rest of the trimmings for he has at least succeeded in waking the Hydro Commission out of its Rip Van Winkle Condition. GRIMSBY HAS A HERO The Hydro may be able to tell fairy tales to some of the Rube vilâ€" lages in this Province andâ€"get away with it, but they are barking up the wrong tree when they start to "kid" GRIMSBY.>~ » _ _ . Ee The Council flvill'not considex‘éhf_ recommendétions put â€" forth by the Hydro for a minute, but insté -;"Sml go to Toronto and â€" interview them and if i:hey cannot get an;’:ati faction, will take the matter before Premier Hearst. f ( ® That man is Supt. Bromley and his great work was in suceeding in waking the Hydro Electric Commissgion out of its Rip Van Winkle condiâ€" tion. A 3 There is one man in GRIMSBY who is a real hero, and he has never seen the battlefields of Europe at that. He is entitled to the Vâ€"C., the D. $.0. and all the rest of the decorations for his bravery and noble acts. RECOMMENDATIONS ARE NOT SATISFACTORY BUILDING OF THE SHIP GRIFFIN IN SUPT. BROMLEY As early as 1660, the inhabitant: of Quebec had been told by the Indâ€" ians of a mighty river, the greai river, the "Father of Waters," mejesâ€" tically floviing from the unexploret solitudes of the vast wilderness in the great Northwest, far away intc the unknown regions of the south. Ten years later the reâ€"discovery an exploration of the Mississippi by Faâ€" ther Marquette and others gave new impulse to the ambitions of La Salle When the event became known in the eastern provinces he at once laid plans for the establishment of~ a series of military posts and trading stztions alon gthe whole chain of the Great Laes, and intended eventually to extend them to important points on the Mississippi and its tributaries. It was his further aim to plant the flag of France and to declare under the domination of the king the whole country drained by these waters. At this time many people believed that the great river flowed into the Paciâ€" fic, thus giving a direct route to the western ocean. The sublime plan ‘ of. La Salle, which could only be carried into exeâ€" cution by the continuous work of many years, met with the cordial apâ€" proval of Count Frontenac, the Govâ€" ernorâ€"General of â€" Canada, and he gave the gigantic scheme his full support. s o id m In 1673 an expedition had started from Quebéc comprising four hundâ€" ted men, including the Indian guides, in one hwidred and twenty canoes and two flatâ€"bottom boats, and led by Frontenac himself, to establish a fort at Cataraqui near the outlet of Lake Ontario. La Salle had been sent ahead to cail ‘a council of Indian chiefs of the Five Nations called Iroâ€" quois, and had been so successful in creating friendly relations with them that when the expedition â€" arrived ant a relation to that event, as to form an integral part of its history Continued on page 3 FORMER WELL KNOWN BEAMSâ€" ‘ VILLE RESIDENT PASSES AWAY GLUB‘S PLUM PUDDING ARRIVED IN l TrEicnts 0n Caristins OM Mr, Osborne had lived in Toronto since 1982 and during that time _ he had occupied many important posiâ€" tions, having been president of the Verity Plow Company, and a director of the Imperial Bank, North American Life Assurance Company, Western Assurance Company, and the Canada Landed and National Investment Com pany. He was also for some years â€" a director of the Richelieu +& Ontario Navigation Company. Mr. Osborne was _ twice married. His first wife was a daughter of the late Mr. J. S Henry, of Beamsville. There were four sons of this marriâ€" age, one of whom died in infancy. His eldest son, John Woodburn, graduated from the Royal Military College in 1895, received a commission from the Scottish Rifles, went with his regiâ€" ment to South Africa, and was killed in daction on January 24, 1900, in the assault on Spion Kop: His second son is Lieutâ€"Col, Henry C. Osborne, who is on the headquarters staff of the see ond division. The remaining son is Major J. Ewart Osborne, 48th Highlan ders, and 15th Overseas Battalion, who was wounded and taken prisoner at the Battle of St. Julien,. In 1888 Mr. Osborne married â€" Miss Isabel Blanche Killmaster, youngest daughter of the late B. Killmaster, of Port Rowan. There are two childâ€" ren of this marriage, one daughter, Isabel Margaret, and one son, John Graham. For some years Mr. Osborne bhad lived at Hinton Firs, Bourneâ€" mouth, England, where Mrs. Osborne and her two children now are. J. B. Osborne, and mother having both come from Ayrshire. His boyâ€" hood was spent in Beamsville until he was 15 years of age, when he reâ€" turned to Scotland to school. On. his returnâ€" he: matriculated at _ Toronto University, but subsequently decided onâ€"a business career. After some years spent in mercanâ€" tile business in Beamsville he joined in the foundation â€" of A. Harris, Son & Co., Ltd., manufacturers of agriculâ€" tural implements at Brantford: From 1882 Mr. Osborne was Viceâ€"President of the company, and when in 1892 it was merged with the Massey Manuâ€" facturing Company, he became Viceâ€" Toronto, Jan. 15.â€"In the death at Bournemouth, England, yesterday of Mr. James Kéerr Osborne, one who was a prominent figure in the busiâ€" ness and social â€" life of Toronto has been removed. The cable announceâ€" ment of the death contained a few particulars, but the summons _ was sudden; as Mr. Osborne had not been ill, although of late he had developed alarming heart symptoms. The late Mr. Osborne was a true Canadian and an ardent Imperalist Himself a member of the active militia in his early days, it was his expressed deâ€" sire that his sons should do their "bit" for the Empire when the need came. One boy gave gave his life for the Empire in South Africa, a second is a prisoner in Germany after being wounded at the Battle of St. Julien, and a third, Lieut.â€"Col. H. C. Osborne, is on the headquarters staff at the Exhibition Camp. President of the Masseyâ€"Harris Comâ€" pany, Limited. This position he held till recently, when â€" he retired from active business. Mr. Osborne was a resident â€" of Brantford fo/r twenty years, and durâ€" ing that period was president of the Brantford oBard of Trade and a direc tor _ of the Brantford Savings and Loan Society, and also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Collegiâ€" ate Institute. On his departure to take up lfM#s residence in Toronto he was tendered a banquet and address by his fellowâ€"citizens. M In his earlier days he was a memâ€" ber of the active militia, beginning in the ranks, and serving as lieutenant of the 19th Lincoln Regiment in the Fenian Raid of 1866, retiring from the service with the rank of major. In religion Mr. Osborne was a Presâ€" byterian, a member ‘of the Zion Church, Brantford, and new St. Anâ€" drew‘s Toronto:â€" Mr. Osborne was always an admirâ€" er of legitimate sports, and was a member of a number of leading clubs of Toronto, including the York Club, Toronto Club, Hunt Club, Jocâ€" key Club, etc. ‘In addition to his immediate family he is survived by his stepmother, Mrs. J. B. Osborne, Beamsville, and three halfâ€"brothers. Messrs . J. Plunkett Osborne, Colin Osborne and Edward Osborne, of Beamsville and Hamilton. James Kerr Osborne was born in Beamsville, Ont., July 27, 1848, â€" of Scoich_p&_:.renta.ge, his father, the late Mr. J. K. Osborne, one of the Men who made the Masseyâ€" Harris Co.â€"Born in Beamsville in ‘43. LIVER LOGIC The liver is one of the largest and most important organs of the body. If the liver is not right the whole system â€" is thrown out of order. Parke‘s Liver Cure is the great liver adjuster. It restores the liver to norâ€" mal healthy action. 40c and 75¢ per bottle. Parke & Parke, Market Square, Hamilto® o $1.00 Per Year in Advance We‘re going out tomorrow night to Brigade Reservee huts on Hill 63 and expect to have a fairly decent Christâ€" mas. Have a fine spread for our men and I sure hope Fritz doesn‘t straffe enough to stop the festivities. Byâ€" the looks of â€"higsâ€"explosives . toâ€" day he was landing right where we‘re going, but I am not sure. This is some paper I received last night in a parcel from the Women‘s Institute of the Burg, containing a pair of socks, handkerchiefs, gum, toâ€" bacco, chocolate, paper and envelopes, and a small pudding and a box of fags. And very nice too. I am sending by registered parcel}, a book I got from Miss Collins, Mr§. Winter‘s granddaughter, for Christâ€" mas. It‘s right good and you‘ll enjoy it very much, I imagine. Keep it for Am going to turn in right soon, as my writing arm is getting tired and I have a beast of a headache: At least I will have if I write much longer. Best love to all, ART. I was in charge of a working party this morning and nearly froze and came home at lunch time nearly drenâ€" ched through. Putting up a new line of. dugouts for the Reserve Company and when they‘re finished its going to be some billet I‘m telling: Spent all afternoon addressing our Regimental and Company> Christmas cards and I‘m right near fogged out. They‘re a bit late, but. I reckon the folks they‘re going to won‘t mind, After raining all last night the sun honored us by his presence this morn ing for just long enough to make. us believe it was going to be a good night for our relief. And yet, being tired and wet ant muddy as they all are, the men are as happy as larks. Most every tent . is like a music hall and _ some of them have minature rivers running through them at that. A It hardly seems possible that toâ€" morrow is Christmas and I pray Go@g I won‘t have to spend another under the same conditions. And tonight I received Indepenâ€" dents of Nov. 24 and Decâ€" 1, a plum pudding from the club and some cigâ€" arettes from Miss Shelford, whom 1 met at Weymouth. 3 C a bit to our left, a few days ago. We were back in the huts and of course didn‘t get much, but enough to make us rub our eyes and think somebody was grating horseâ€"radish right under our noses. 4 It has been a miserable day, raining and sunny at intervals and quite cold. But after lunch it commenced rainâ€" ing and has kept at it off and on ever since and it was a "hell" of a trip out so I hear. I came out about 2.30 â€" with some guard reliefs and â€" the Co‘y billeting party and when the outfit arrived about 7.30 I had all our beds made down, a nice cheerful fire going andt a good hot dinner ready to throw on the table. Lord God, this dump‘ is one miserâ€" able swamp and its a wonder to me how the duce the boys are going to stick it out the rest of the winter. There isn‘t a spot on the whole hillâ€" side where the mud is not wthin an inch or so of our knees and just like soup. One has to go poking along with a stick just like a blind man, for fear of going into a,hole up to his hips. However, I suppose we‘ll have fair time, so why worry. f My Christmas wasn‘t so rotten after all and my mail made it all the happier. â€" paat #ia eA It was a fairly warm day but of cours the knee deep mud all over: the place made things pretty awful, but it was dry overhead and the men had a good day. o Nothing much doing today except a goodish bit of straffing on Frit‘s part and a right sharp retaliation by our guns. Dearest People, Dear People: I monkeyed ‘round and called _ on HH.H Q. and the other Companies and at 1.30 attended our Company dinner and gave ‘em a little lecture. We‘ “had I don‘t think I told you we had felt the gas attack they tried to put over C1A buvv IRC 7 CCC DT a two hundred pound hog for them with all kinds of vegetables and nuts and oranges and they sure did dig in to that grub right hard. We pulled off our dinner at 6.30 and while there weren‘t many Savoy fixâ€" ings, we sure had a real meal. Tomaâ€" to soup, pork and apple sauce and a huge pudding with right good brandy (Continued on page 8) . Dearest People,â€" It hardly seemed like Christ mas and Lieut. Livingston hopes the Boys will never see another like it. 15th Batt. Men were on duty all through the Holiday Week, being relieved . the day after New Years. SOME DINNER Brigade Reserve Huts, Christmas Eve. EI G H T All Home P A G E S Dec. 26, 1915 Dec. 23, 1915