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f THE STYLE them at Watson Tie Pins Etc JACKSON Editor and JACKSON AasistantEdltory Single Copies 3 each I h aus wa8 never In Bettor 8hape to supply Sensible Use ful Articles for Gifts the Kind People Appre ciate io Year Round We will bo Pleased to have You and Inspect YOU WILL BE Under No to I Wo have a Largo of Toys Games Engines Electric and Banks Doll Carriages Skates Tact an Immonso Assortment of Novelties to Please Kiddles I DONT FAIL TO OUR WINDOWS I Electric I A Outfits to Kent f Tho that Soils Good Paints and Varnish PHONE NEWMARKET Lumber Yard I It I I lot that Goal Ordor go again today First thing In tho morning must phono P for a ton of his fa mous Goal Ho to tho only selling for that Goal In Newmarket and it Is cortalnly the best P Pearson Carters Alfred Bishop St MoOordlok Ontario St J Murphy ORDER NOW BEFORE THE Prices Too BEST MANITOBA FLOUR BEST RELIANCE FLOUR BEST PASTRY FLOUR Also get Your Coal Bin Filled THE PRICES BE ADVANCED SOON WH EVES Order Phone 22 or Carters Ben Manning Church Nelson Miller or the is tho MiiiW horses owned by the corporation to MajorGeneral each horses cost each School teachers Toronto have s Masse Hall was crowded last Thursday evening to Win J the now Salvation Army Commissioner to Canada Greetings were received from all parte Twelve men were dismissed from active service camp at Grounds last week for refusing to bo inoculated with antityphoid Douglas Cameron Lieuten ant Governor Manitoba who in city last week a short visit says that conditions in that Province and throughout west generally exceedingly hopeful Toronto Good I Yes that sounds all right hut In the Jail presents other side light The citys percentage of Toronto Hallway receipts for November show ed a as compared with month last year who was arrested on charge of snatching a from Miss Mason was sent to prison for three months When third contingent Is formed Dominion will have men Into active equipped for war this City contributed to the Red Cross Fund Old Santa Is planning to visit soldier hoys at the Exhibition Park on eve commanding ofliccr has feocn already interviewed Judging from the penny saving bank accounts of Ontario the kiddies do not seem to be particularly af fected the war Mrs A Watts this City re ceived word last week that her hus band has been recommended for the Victoria Cross A dramatic incident took place in the County Court Friday when a juryman named Joshua Manning from Maple collated during the trial of tho vs Toronto St case He soon revived right and was allowed to return to bis home A sixteen years old youth oh a bi cycle collided with an automobile on Friday night at the corner of Elm St and was so injured that he died before reaching the Hospital Two new streets are to be opened through Mount Pleasant Cemetery at a cost of 0C0 force at Exhibition Park will soon reach the 10000 mark A I pleaded guilty in the Sessions on Friday to having defraud ed I a hank teller out of and was sentenced to three months in jail The sentence was re duced because partial restitution had been made An idea of the magnitude of the correspondent of the London Chronicle whites as follows A French- engineer metliat thegcound is minetlvand fitiimbcd one of the electric wires during a- night attack and then spent three searching and cutting any other wires could find and tracing the ends of thcirj to batteries in licnohes While doing this he got shot In the neck the bul let going through the Ipbe of his Jcft ear He expressed great ad miration the way In which the Merman engineers did theii work In state of good had found what he an parlor of trenches quite a big ro nil with Umber baulks and full of engin eering requisites wireless purls etc A well- placed charge soon reduoedthis to ruins as the trench though temporarily by Germans was hot in a good position to he held by come in from all sources of Hie marvellous pre parations made by the Germans to a long stay in hose trenches officers quarters es pecially being quite luxurious They evidently do expect to he driven out just yet Fortytwo have just been brought In to the place where I am tem porarily located and one of them a man of about who many years in London and who one of the guards at the concen tration camp for prisoners of Germany told me about the bi weekly bulletin which was issued to prisoners at a price of Ave cen times the proceeds being suppos ed to go to the Cross Fund It printed in four guagcts and recorded the fall and destruction of Paris the of London and the sudden dentil of the Czar of Russia hearing of a great German vic tory in Poland After the first few issues the circulation drop ped to zero HOW THE WAS Vancouver Dec Nichols and ol the oil tanker Cordelia which arrived in port to day from San Francisco have just been transferred to that vessel after having lost their ship the Klsinor which six weeks ago was reported to teen sunk oil the coast of by the German Leip zig Chief Engineer Nichols Wis the following interesting story of the sinking of the On morning of September at a searchlight played on us and a shot was fired across our bows This was a warning to stop and we work carried on in the public Schools promptly did so Half an hour after of Toronto way he gained from the the shot was fired we were hoarded fact that the account for by two and ten men of the teaching during the month of was addition to there was paid out for occasion al Herman cruiser Leipzig all They searched the for oils and coal and before leaving told us to get our boats ready with a few INCORPORATED I BANK Deposits Men on Salary Everyman earning a salary open a Savings Account the best of methods for saving small and of developing the habit of The of To ronto Deposits of and upwards Interest is added to halfyearly on the Dally Balance Branches In Ontario Quebec and the West NEWMARKET BRANCH P A LISTER Manager Two burglars were caught in clothes as we could carry as they a Queen Street store late tended to sink the steamer We were Friday night They had robbed nine- then about sixty miles the land teen cash registers before At a we sighted another rested and the money found on them steamer on the horizon and at noon With view of promoting greater the order to stop The vessel cooperation between Federal and proved to be the Marie German Provincial Good Associations transport with coal from China for arrangements are now being made for the Leipzig As we stopped we were holding a joint Conference in March again boarded by an armed crew out They gave us orders to get into our Old time thumps has among the University students Over COOOO newspapers are now appearing at daily or weekly inter vals in the various quarters of the globe Of these considerably over onehalf are printed in the language A farmer in West put his dog on a neighbors calf which boats and pull for the Marie- On the Marie they had posted a guard of one a signal man and nine marines heavily armed and they close guard over us day and night It was from the Marie that we witnessed the sinking of the good ship In all it took twelve 1 fit I Sash Doors in Veneered THE VERY BEST Bite Material and Trim in Georgia properly kiln dried HE WM CANE SONS NO BETTER LUMBER EVER GREW THAN THAT WE HAVE IN STORE FOR YOU DRY AND SOUND AND NEATLY BUY got among his herd on the highway explosive shells do the work The J The calf ran against a fence and broke our ship was at p its neck The question now is who tuen a mass bears the loss but she sank on a even keel and as J M of Owen Sound has stately as ever donated a month to the Proceeded to the Galapa gos Islands and arrived at of the islands on September as after the end of the month we found sail boats to carry us children in Canadian homes lover the six miles which sep- addressing the Overseas Club us from the mainland coast last week Col aroused the I patriotic feeling of soldiers whet he I- A bank account isnt always the declared I should like to see the yardstick with which to allies do as the Romans did with a an value Carthage smash the works If the people would be gulled al right down to the level of the ter from the prss ground break them all to pieces and there can be very Utile sympathy for sow the site of it with salt them in their troubles A few Weeks I On searching the premises occupied ago a gang of canvassers overran the by Ed White and Arthur Williams country a number of two burglars arretted last the to fall in with their scheme Some found thousands of dollars we learn signed what were supposed worth of stolen goods which required to be harmless orders and now it a freight van to bring the same to turns out if rumors are correct that detective headquarters The stolen ths thoughtless signatures resulted property Included a huge pile of Jewel- in monetary There s at silverware fur coats opera danger in dealing with pi j passes ornaments and other goods whom you know nothing and The Kind various description many of the agreements contain In the Assise Court last wee clauses that may later cause judgment by default wai given trouble It is better to against Louts deal with the home merchants and if traveller His home is Id Hamilton wrongs occur you know where to and the was Mlta Gertie for redress Peddlers round the Jacobs a Toronto who country paying board and hire wed him for damage for are not charity and the buy- breach of promise of marriage A invariably pay the Is to the amount- Durham RATED is with mingled remembered la the of pleasure and regret Ilrattimo that such an that lion a valedictory has been tonight I attempted in connection with our feel because once more am Commencement brought in touch with the High It is now years since the which has meant so much going fourth form first came to to mo regret my pros this School And without doubt here lonlght as live years have been happy an or our school for the and for all of Well Signifies thai my relation- do we remember the day which ship to her as a student is at an ushered -In- the beginning of our end Regret also for the fact that High School career No warning the staff chose one so bells advised that it was lent as I for the position of vale- nine oclock No indeed For I realize fully how We had passed this childish land- Incapable I a in of doing Justice to mark Dressed in our second aged the task which Is before me My sole hope is that iny shortcom ings be overlooked when it bests we inarched primly into the second form where an awe-in- spiring group awaited our miss years months is is the title of a new paper issued at Village It fa a lit- and Era free postage his bow to lira readers and announces a large stock of Christmas presents or little folks as well as grown ups Andrew Henderson also has and New Years goods suitable for gifts Jr and Win Trent likewise hove large stocks now read for the holiday trade Mr V Donne announces thai he I slaughter wo as fine head or cattle for his Christmas cus- torners as were ever offered in Newmarket The animals were Whitchurch he new order for of births marriages and deaths for Ontario into ope ration on and after the 1st of January All clergymen and doctors of this locality have received notice accordingly Very little stir over municipal matters in Newmarket but Aurora is getting keyed up to a high pitch There are two tickets in the field On one ticket are the names of Ashton Lepper It If and J Andrews and on the oth er Messrs GJias Doan It P win M Lepper and flKH 1 t ffwi I If 1 S 1 1 1 J f I 1 I i Never before had we had to to High SchooJ Vet we had pro- face all at such a thus far and were of teachers and members or the to progress For many the board We almost feared for conclusion of their third year our safety Rift their kindly re- into the Upper School And marks soon removed our fears just here let me advise every and we were made to feel that dent who finds it at all possible we were a very important part of to enter fourth form For the Our first few weeks although three years means much passed almost as in a dream We It any student the two extra were initialed into the mysteries of Algebra Geometry Latin French and so many other new subjects that our minds were almost unbalanced Home of us failed dismally when we tried to discover the value of in the equation And it was only after many determined struggles that we were able prove conclusively that the sides opposite the equal angles of an Triangle are equal Yet for some Mathematics was easy but it was in the realms of Sci ence they fell and came short of he glory How we did strug gle for our mark Many were years spent in ihe Upper School means infinitely more It is here that one comes to most truly ap preciate the endeavors of the teachers to promote the wclfaiO of the students It is here one gels better to know the teacher- and finally it is here that one comes to more fully realize the things that are best worth while The fourth form is usually re as a privileged form This has in my experience been true An our only regret is that per haps may have abused privileges When a number of students have a few hours five from classes and do not feci tin hours we spent chasing bugs studiously inclined the natural and collecting flowers many inclination is usually toward mis- ion the hours spent in learning chief Many an hour have we a few things about our collee- spent endeavoring to hang the Hut of small avail For old man If I remember correct- when we saw that black hook and a favorite word was drunk pencil our minds became a per- In this local option town of ours feci blank How many legs does no one ever thought of such a a spider have anyway who word Another form of eould tell how many petals a hut- was to assist each others lercup is supposed to have books out of the window I re- Down comes the pencil Our call one episode of Ibis kind mark is lost for that day Hope with great clearness It was 1 deferred makelh the heart sick damp slippery morning and I am confident that many hearts while admiring the beauties of were sick after our Science Class Pickering College one of the stu- came that dents inadvertently pushed a gotten day when we tried our first young gentlemans hooks out f term exams and I the window Now in order to most of us succeeded in gelling a recover his books Pearson few marks many even high mean the young gentleman had marks Hut our school life was to climb a high damp and slip- not all lessons and exams far pery hoard fence Perhaps he front it All work and no play realized the graceful figure he makes Jack a dull hoy Our would be apt to out At any teachers encouraged us- to take when he came to the fence and part in the Lit and we were all discovered an admiring audience anxious to assist in any way we of all the fourth form wailing at could when the Commencement the windows to applaud his prow- came For that Commencement ess he informed his audience marked the year that our that he had just met the and honoured teacher pal in the Hall on his way to visit Mr J- had been the fourth form and he advised among us in his official us all to lake our seats We very city We wished him then and promptly acted upon his advice we still wish him continued pros- One minute passed two three and health to long someone made a wild dash his duties this historic for the window only to see the school Our physical natures young gentleman with his too were developed by sports property standing on the we indulged in The athletic so- ground beside the fence which stood to us for all that was best and cleanest in the world of sport Wo our victories but more than til our sports taught us to take defeat bravely Ad this is per haps one of the moat important lessons we can ever learn- To take defeat with a smile Our first three years at passed all too quickly and at end of our third year wo were face to those horrors departmental exams and Junior Teachers seemed a far cry indeed from the days when we tried our entrance he had successfully climbed a most seraphic smile lighting up his features and the query trem bling on his lips Well did yo see the principal i make bold to prophesy for this man the career of a lawyer Perhaps because I have scribed a few pastimes of our hours I may have led you to believe that life in the fourth form was one continual joke Well I Had better correht that wrong impression immediately For work was to be done and was done by all of us Upper School Continued on Page YEARS AGO Front Era Kyle Dec 13 1889 The Altar HowellCoryell On the of Nov al Ihe residence of the brides mother St Pan- Minn Maria fourth daughter of the late Abram Coryell of Out to Mr Howell of St Paul WilsonMilne At the Method ist Parsonage Newmarket Rev W Hill B A on the Mr II Wilson to Miss Milneboth of East WilliamsSrigley At the resi dence of the brides parents on the by Geo Hum of King Mr James Williams of Toronto to Miss Edith of Newmarket The Tomb Weddel In East on the Amy widow of Weddel aged years and months Funeral service con ducted by Elder Mr Eli of Saul I Marie is in his week Miss Florence Lee has been vis iting Willi Mrs J A Mr and Mrs J gave a euchre parly on Tuesday evening to the Tennis Club Brum here last Friday to attend a series of Sales at Hamilton Mr I Wilson of Keswick called at this office on Friday lo renew his subscription to the Era He is one of the oldest subscrib ers on the office books having been taking the Era ever since was first published Mrs Benny of St George has entirely recovered from her re cent illness Mr Querrie of Aurora loader of the Battalion Hand removed Newmarket last week Mr Luke Gibbons has been chosen President of the Farmer- Club Water was pumped into the new reservoir on Wednesday The immense quantity of grain reaching Newmarket last week filled the station storehouse The inmates at the Industrial Home are looking forward with joyful anticipations for the com ing of Christmas They always are remembered citizens of and Aurora Here are the market prices of last Saturday to per Pork to Turkeys lb Geese Ducks Chickens lo inc Potatoes 0c to a bag and Apples hag RATIONS FOR MONTHS i Dec list the booty captured by Japan at the stronghold in China was made by amir headquarters today rifles guns 30 field guns all needing repair a small amount of ammunition in tons of auto mobiles and provisions sunicirnt to toed persons for three in oaths All ships ia the harbor It Is an nounced ARCHIVES OF ONTARIO TARnwrn