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vis a- I Si rvr ivwc v i PL Ci A rfu F la ft Good Tim to Have YOUR EYES We have the Knowledge A Equipment to give you SATISFACTION I r Watson Graduate Optician i Sv mm J mm Hi tes I The leading Paper as well as the Oldest copies each Regular Priest on aLl dEWEUERY v JACKSON Editor and Proprietor Copies a k I V r v r I f Se Iflltt York Township reelected viLs and Deputies by acclama tion also reelected its fteeve but politics is THE MEW YEAR To all our Customers and Friends we wish a Happy and y Prosperous and heartily thank our Customers for their generous support In the past Sarah Copper her mornings worlC- as soon asi possible iand Just clean white apron for white She took to seiept best with the knitted trimming four i this minute and for alt been any money left to be buried with Wicked Yes but we any of us know its like be a Thacher and on the town Maybe all be wicked In your mercies It while she was gone Way from the window that her New Years caller came It was shrunk- 50 AGO a warm contest in About We dates are nominated for Aidernien trim in the City Cameron and Aid Dunn were elected by acclamation to the Hoard of Control Five candi- dates are contesting for the other two seaits A A INT HOUSE 28 NEWMARKET r South End Lumber Yard I The Bin is Nearly Empty Order of Coal IN P W Pearson Order from Carters Bishop John Murphy Office Phone 56 Ti INCORPORATED BANK Paidup Capital J Reserved Funds Business Accounts Via of Toronto the of ample and complete facilities as sure of the Busk of Toronto a per fect service in Quebec and toe West BRANCH P A Manager Will be pleasantly spent If you burn Yog all a merry and EVES COAL HAPPY NEW YEAR I W H EVES Order by Phono or from Jerry Harrington zle or Ben Mannlnq J J MB OK ALL KINDS LATH it ETC 8A8H MOULDINGS 7 AND TRIM Inside Trim fit Our Drykllns and Will Not Shrink AfUr It Put V- A NEWMARKET It is now stated that the It and Engineinen settled their differences Dr Boyle of Trinity is the new head of Kings- College the Church of England University for the Province of Nova Scotia Attracted to the bedroom of two lodgers named Stock and Barbery by the smell of gas- escaping from a stove in their room on Trafalgar Ave both were found dead on Christmas Eve A distinctive badge for Rejected men is now suggested hy recruit men at the Hippodrome No less than men shared the dinner which Mas provided by Toronto supporters of the A Two hundred ladies vol unteered assistant to wail on tables Annie the Ihrceinoiiths old baby of Mrs J Planning Ave was in cot yesterday morning by having too many blankets lucked about lier Canadian soldiers sent Greetings from the battle front to the Toronto camp The announcement was greeted with cheers The Toronto Star Santa Clans Fund in aid of the poor of the city and especially to kiddies reached about this year Thousands of hearts were made glad through this generous con tribution of citizens to a charity No less than men were employed on Monday removing snow from the streets iugs of the City Of these about are extra men also men carts and teams under diJ of Street Commissioner Wilson were at similar work Tliis gives an idea of the extent of liie storm According to data given the City Council on Monday the Court of Revision held sessions dur ing the appeals allowed and reduced assessments The years increase oLasscssmenl amounted of employes of the Queens Hotel have enlisted One has been killed one wounded four limes and a third is reported It seems almost incredible bill it is true nevertheless that forty Thousand letters from the Isles reached this city on Christ mas Day- and were delivered also Tile post office staff had a busy day worked all night Christmas The 7ith Hag is the title of ft journal published the battalion at the camp It is stated on excellent author ity that Christmas shopping in Toronto broke all former records People apparently had money to spend and the confidence to spend it More Western farmers were in the city for Christmas shop ping than many years in both Toronto ami Hamilton cities have been making fraudulent appeals to cit izens The police are now get tin after them all right It is proposed to raise the fees of nonresident school pupils to double sum now paid Old Knox College may be utiliz ed as a convalescent home for re turned disabled soldiers t Controller Thompson and Neil denounced certain interfer ences in municipal affairs In Several Wards the contest for mu nicipal honors is being hotly Christmas poultry and espe cially turkeys sold much higher than usual this week Fancy per lb for a bird then add the cost of vegetables and a plum pudding and see how it scores Know on Wednesday of last week stalled three hours during that evening The Board of Trade Is opposing Hecks Hydro ByLaw pro position K was found guilty of conspiracy In the Sessions Court last Thursday In ad dressing the Jury Judge jf you read the evidence In a novel you would not believe Sentence deferred until dose of Sessions on ones apron was cor for the big house the street I wonder if Cynthia will put to receive in thought Sarah Cooper was little per son and enjoyed her little wit ticisms when there was j one else enjoy them The notion- of stately Mis J Henry Boardcast New Years calls in a little white apron no matter how its edging was worth sailing en cowering figure and- it what want to say is Maria came hurry ins up the walk with Thacher aint coming the town back glances over its shoulders while I have room and It did not on my pantry shelf Shes coming Sarah Cooer from her havent seen Pliny yet and started at the sight J know Pliny have to that met her eyes A drop of melt- chicken again butter spilled over her hand arU When carac at burned l whole little house he she was with good warm j smells and a wife in its me Hide me hide with four inched deep me quick at the door but the verge on Haoov Year Pliny You the toterin vere ffroanei came home just -oiiV- have a place to hide in be- chickens to turn Rut wait fore- thev come I shall topple weve had a New over the edge Sally Years caller The selectmen coming to and l From Era Kyle Dec f carry to the given her the spare over- 7 iill used to be simple- and room and the seat nearest the stove minded enough even after she mar ried J menry John Henry he was then plain lohn Henry Hut turned both of their heads getting f6 well oft guess its liable to Probably it would turn mine and Plinys I guess it would Pliny it would not be safe for us to get rich She looked around tic bare little noting all the patched pfaces in the carpet and the crafty makeshifts poverty Per haps after all it not he nec essary to mention it to Pliny Then she drew up the corners of her mouth and went to of watch ing for calVers They would be coming along any lime by there would he a little stream of them inflowing and outflowing And would come in carriages old Dr Truro and young Horace and the man that hired Pliny He might call litre laughed the Utile woman ft would on ly he showing proper respect to Plinys wife and my best Then they came saw them through the to set in as long as the front window I just had time to Pt er knife and run out of the back door over here Sally Cooper you get up your knees and look at me When Be was togethrrj you uster be making believe the whole time row you make belie e you was me and they was coming to take you to the poor- house Make believe your heart was broke Make believe youd rather lay she fork on to he a Year to Maria Pliny pi He sat down on one of the wooden a little be wildered the suddenness of it all Sarah Hooper sat down too on the same Pliny good man she said softly toiichina his rough cheek fold vour hands a die an with her small foylnfc fingers Set would wasnt as as youre a mind ilow you would only money left to bury you with- to and net to It I want you The shrill excited voice came to face Ive told sudden stop but the lowcelled little Pliny This morning made seemed to ring with it still I received New Years calls It rang in Sarah Coopers ears She receled not closed her eyes or swayed I didnt know was going to dreamily in rocking char but she have one had made believe it all There- had not take Pliny Cooper long been time standing there facing the to become used to anything Sally little weird wiVJ figure of her New proposed He presently gone some time When he came clumsily into the outer room He Years caller Maria Thafchcr caught the shrunken shoulders strong- he kissed Sally first gentle hands and pushed the little Shes in her I figure before her into the other room you lay down there on that sofy and rest you Dont think about he all on Hi wonder selectmen and pdorhouses again and how It Would feel to receive New Years call Im going to shut- my eyes mate believe Sarah Cooper when had been little Sally ami fiom there on had been addicted making be lieve Pliny said it was her besett ing sin but he d mean it In Pliny Coopers eyes Sally had no sins She had made believe her dolls were alive and her bits of china rfmmcd cups and She had made that she had been to college and could speak and read eleven languages She had made be lieve Pliny was handsome and learn ed and rkhf She had always made believe like a little child and she enjoyed herself doing it The sweet est he most sacred thing she had ever mails believe was a little white spread cradle fl a little head dent ing the pillow Ill Now leaned back and began to rock gently that was part of It Her eyes were closed Im just putting Oh my best bombazine she said dreamily Cynthias over Mrs J mean and asked me to come across and receive with her I need you she says your just the one Now Im receiving Now I bauds with the Year madam he flays and The same to you I says Theres a lot more coming in the door The room is getting pretty crowd ed Why here comes in a swallow coat to call oa me I That woke up the dreamer Her eyes flew open and she began to laugh Softly to herself I cant make believe that she cried I gross thats a good place to stop at And she went back to watrhlng at the window Sev- door of the big house pro bably she had some while she day dreamed and served her right hut she settled down to the watch ing determined to miss no more Cooper was poor There was no making believe that alter the fact He hadnt faculty peo ple said poor I Hut he wasnt In debt Sometimes his little wife counted up the pros In favor of Pliny on her fingers that al- vays came first He wasnt In debt summer home there a spare room It there was a row of pies on pantry shelf And the little wife con- was only oh New Years day that she had her little wistful longings to be rich and that was be cause she across the from Cynthia Hroadstreeta big house and was so farsighted She might pulled down her shades course but didnt dont you Worry Ill sec to every thing Hut theyll me here I wish youd hide me Sally shrilled the broken voice Im nat going to hide you Maria calmly youre going to lay right there in plain sight I guess youve got as good a right to stay out in the open as anybody Now you drop of a little of sleep will you sight good- tell you Ill sec to everything She was gone instantly before the excit ed voice could wail again And she had closed the door behind her Halfway across tie kitchen she encountered men They stood awkwardly in hand and at her Goodmorn Mrs Cooper Goodmorning Sally the old man trotted her On his knees We come right In alter wed a couple times calculated you didnt hear Why Mr Why Silas Walk right in The Utile fun wrinkles were in Sarah Cooper i eyes I wish both of you a New Year It was real neighborly in you to call on me hut you a mbKake In the door dont re ceive New Years calls in the kit- then wait Mrs Cooper inter posed the voungcr man nervously An explanation Is needful We arc out this morning capacities to perform painful Oh does it hurt smiled the little hostess widkedly I never made Years call myself but I didnt suppose It hur Sally laughed Uncle Silas you jrst your fooling Were In solemn lit aint a pleasant to take a poor Inno cent soul to the town house Besides Silas no but would object You piece of mischief You alat growcdup since I trotted ye on my into my whiskers let me go to with it Hut ser ious Sally were looking for poor last end of her rope and been body knows how long Poor Maria Sally serious enough now loos all wore out hut as if shed a resting place at last I rover saw pcacfaller smile than Then Pliny Cooper plain and faculty- made beau tiful sjiecch as w ever made SalH he said the Lord with you at Married At by on the of Dec Mr James to Miss Ellen Cooper of Whit- church On the by Brown at the Manse Mr of Newmarket to So phia Dennis of Whitchurch On inst by Rev S A at Newmarket Mr Neil McDrian of Grey Tp to Mies Elizabeth Chapman of Holland Landing Mr Jias Woodcock is now run the Royal Hotel The Hotel Bus meets all passenger trains Newmarket paid its Municipal Officers as follows this year Inspector and Collector 5jSQ Clerk and Treasurer Assessor Hell Ringer Rent of Council Room 21 Selectors of Jurors each After paying all the years ex penses the Treasurer reported between and on hand Aurora Council instructed its Reeve to take action against a couple of Justices of the Peace who to the Village Treasurer ccrlain fines belonging to the corporation Mr will have a Ball and at the Hotel the of the of January East Society annual meeting will place at Sharon on he 2nd Saturday in January at oclock pm Rising Sun Lodge A P A Aurora dedicated their now Hall on Wednesday last Aurora Methodist Church will bold a lea party next Wednes day evening If I y i a Yea to be room poor soul Itll come hard THE END OF THE OLD YEAR the silence and the darkness at the dying of year I a counting all my jewels with a and a tear All the joys and soiijows that remain unto me here With the darkness and the aching far away from me Through the shadows of the future that my vision cannot see In my hand I hold my jewels hut I know not what they be In tic darkness now at midnight all my jewels seem the same And the diamond Is ray less aid opal hath no flame I can feel each hidden prism but cannot name its name Thus I sit amid the darkness and the silence of myears Softly stringing in the darkness all the jewels of years Though the sapphires seem like ashes and no opal flame appears Hut know that all are jewels the better gift to be So I clasp them in the darkm- and I wait till I can see When the presence of the morning shall reveal the gift to me A NEW YEAR8 GREETING HAT shall I say to you dear That vou have not heard be fore In years that long are past From those you loved of vore i only pray Cod you Throughout the coming rear I May Ids mercy and love ever shield you Mid sorrow and trials here You have heard the words before dear From other lips than mine I had seen your face dear Or clasped your hand mine a Thacher to go but took care of an have a warm and victualssomething I brm lo 4 pulled them up time over there she And youre Jiavinga time over here Sarin Cooper You know going to be home all the ternoop and therell for dinner and tute my dear aint had lately towns got to interfere Pleasant or not pleasant Its a of duty Yes duty Mrs Cooper the younger selectman with import ant stress on the word failed to find Miss Thayer at her place and bo came here to inquire for her- Yes shes here Shes laying on my sofy and I hope to shes dropped of and- cant hear us talking Her heart is broken Uncle Silas Mr 6ul I And have taken her time The dead and distant years With all that was so dear to you The smiles the joy the te God bless and keep you safe Again you hear that prayer Hut oh 1 the words call up dear Far other days that were YEARS MO Era lyle Dec The Altar At the residence the brides father by Rev J On the 23rd Mr Geo Wat son of to Miss Louisa Jo sephine daughter of Mr p Clubine of Thornhill At the residence of the brides father by Rev Elder on the Mill Mr lo Miss Alice Traviss both of J At the residence of brides father by Rev McKay on inst Mr Wm John Wight to Miss Jane Stephenson all of North Talk about big market but last Saturdays market takes the cake It is acknowledged on all sldeslo have been largest ever hold in Newmarket From oclock till noon the tennis poured Into Town from all directions As early as nine oclock all the tables were mini and the passages through lhe premises so Hied with people that it was difficult for buyers or visitors to pass through There were turkeys pairs of chickens and offered in the poultry lino alone with butter and eggs galore The A O W elected the fol lowing officers at lhe last meet ing Master Workman Foreman J II Collins Recorder Win Receiver Jackson I I Outside Watch J Buck it Ex Dr Trustee A B Davidson j receiver Financier- W W Traviss Inside Watch I to Grand Lodge I Irwin The Ladles Aid Bazaar for the sale of dolls last was grand success Last Wednesday evening Mr Win Bond was driving along- Eagle Street at a good speed when suddenly something fell Not- long after Mr Bond was aeon coming around corner at 1 old Federal Bank leading his- horse to which was attached two wheels of the more Last Friday night ahbld wo man named Mrs who was In condition left her homo on Andrev Street through a window during the midnight hour and wandered all own in search- of home Doric A A elected J Hoi- t M r I