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Mount I MAiUUiT lo Years being bo hold an Thursday Deo and Jan 3rd oh Tuesday Iho j cliia4rWABtbN5KnT I Ml of I MolhodiaC be bold lb j church on Christmas night will he an pro gram of Choruses Dialogues Drills by school SERIOUSLY lib Mr John A Mctzgttr driver on rural mail route between Mil Albert and Sharon won with stroke- on Tuesday the corner of Mho and foil from the rig lie was driven lo his and medical aid summoned i SuttqfcWesfc A V USED FOR SOFTENING WATER FOR SOFT SOAP FULL DIRECTIONS WITH EACH CAM i Queensville The in coinoc lion with the lrosbylorjun Sab bath last Sabbath was en joyed especially he Inspiring dross by Mr of Toronto Mrs Mow Atkinson attended the meeting of tho To- Special Christmas Will Presbyterian Womens bo held In the oh on Friday Dec Master Edward Bur- surprise Parly of Man hoy soprano of Toronto wil lho the choir j Manse Tea was Hi a privilege of bearing served and a social lime spent and at the Childrens Day Service will bo pleased at the Atkinson and family lake him again Loft I A InVMIolifgan valued house and three lots in ton vacant lifts in household goods horse buggy and promissory notes mortgages 8025 and up Isaac Kenton But Doo and whoso will niado July with a dated days the test ators death have boon filed for probate today widow Mrs Surah J receives lho In residue On death a brother at Indian receives five- ninths and fiis sisters Christine of Saskatchewan and Mary of City Mich each I The mooting- of the league on was very taken by Miss Mil 1 giving a reading It was de- j Aided that next weeks meeting of the League Should be cancelled It The lied Cross and sent a box of supplies containing day shirts IB trenofa 30 pairs sooks pair bod flocks personal property bags suits pyjamas sent direct overseas to our boys el the front 0 pairs socks 5 trench caps the whole valued at There is still and yarn to knit please do not idle and many thanks to those who help on with the good from has the Miss Leila Sloan is home for the holidays Mrs who visiting her daughter city returned home Monday Dan Cook spent several days last week with her sister Mrs I Cook at Mr and Mrs Russell spent be end in Toronto Miss Jessie is homo the Institute Ouelph for a few days Nettie Ross spent Sun day at her home in town I Miss Elizabeth Davidson of AH von Ohio is visiting her brother Mrs C Davidson Miss Pearl Walls and friend from Newmarket visited ill MP John Welts on Sunday lho opportunity of thanking members for the kind remem brance Miss Atkinson of Toron to University is enjoying Hie hol iday season at her home A Xmas Tree Entertainment will bo bold In Presbyterian Church on Friday evening Dec program will consist of two parts Part I Songs and Exorcises by the chijo- Ten A Play Santa Hans and the Magic pol There will be a Tree for alt who wish lo use it A Sleigh ride for lie scholars of the School is arranged for oclock and lea at six oclock The School extend a cordial invitation lo all to be present at their con cert in bo Church at oclock Mr J Cowieson spent last at Winter Fair and reports a grand Fair We were very much pleased to hear of hose gelling their ex emption who were recalled We ox poet Ibe rink will be open on Saturday night Hurrah hoys Messrs Mackenzie Hay Waits and Harold spent over Sunday under the parental roof is looking forward lo the holidays which will he here next week Miss Grace Cowieson spent over Sunday at Keswick with her friend Miss Varna Miss Council of Keswick has a music class of some Wintfti The young people In lho North ern part of the Co of are highly favored In having the Annual Winter Course in Agri culture Village of Sutton from Hie of January lo the of February This course has been of great advantage ev ery place that it has boon opened and wo wouldbe greatly disap pointed if lho young men of this vicinity failed- to lake advantage of it Wo would advise them lo write Mr at Newmar ket and get full particulars is also proposed to open a Domestic Science Course for young ladies from Jan to Fob We have no doubt but that this courso will bo a grout benefit to all who and they will turn out in largo numbers I eventually found some and hur ried back the ship with thein From this po1nV there nothing loft of the city People who were not in the explo sion burned to people loft living ibis district Is very very small Considering the we were away from yds we got of very All port holes slacks woro badly damaged and all wooden partitions and decks worKsniashofJn Our witbomv of sovon lo atoms will not ho any usoot mo giving you many more details ps you can learn all that through the press and I fcm quite sure that they cannot exaggerate of Hie whole affair bit However It one ah Idea nt what boys In Franco doing daily although I have are in Agriculture boon lold as much damage dono In a day as Ihero was on that terrible day In the history of Halifax and Dartmouth Dec Mind my back and hip injured way and have strained my side a little think I have been practically laid up ever hobbling around as host I can However I am not complaining when I think of lho thousands who need medical attention more than I do have since been doing some clerical work Well mother as Is time for another rneal I must close Hoping Ibis finds you all well Very best love to all Norman is a the Keswick Mr soon be Sorry to hear of Hayes illness but lie may around again Say watch out for motor with a side car on fever mind she has only goneto the Oily for a while Oct you eyes open Wes or will have and all a ftuiz sawing order of the day Oh say wonder horse and those big bells Ask slowly while I bang it con he the that We arc glad the weather little milder on account of scarcity of coal OOO -6- JUST LIKE A WOMAN A wellknown judge had a hab it of slipping his watch under bib pillow when be went to bed One night somehow i slipped down and as the judge was restless it worked its Way the fool of Hie bed After a bit he awoke and bis foot touched it It felt very cold and he was scared and jumped from his bed and shouted My gracious Maria I Theres a toad or something under lho cov ers I touched it my fool His wife gave a loud scream and was on the floor in a mo ment Now dont go waking the neighbors up said the Judge You get the broom or something and well fix il quick The broom was given him Now turn down the covers Put a it No more motor rides Ibis year Oh wellj a culler will do I wonder what the fellow on the fourth thought of the watch Brown Hill alongside the shove in and The service on Sunday morn ing was well attended J no Potter of occupied the pulpit He is certainly an A Those who didnt hear him missed a treat wood is the order of the day around this burg We all wish Mr John King a Prosperous season up north preaching period There stir on Monday over tbeeloctioii Quite a few are taking in reviv als at Holt farewell I Sleeping A milliondollar pulp and pa per plant is to be established at in connection with a scbenic which will give Ibe Province of Ontario a revenue of 500000 bucket of water bed so as we can drown il Maria fixed the bucket and re moved Hie covers After three or four good hangs they pushed it Into the bucket and then they took lo Ibe lo investigate When the judge saw it was bis watch ho said I might have known Its just like you wo men to go screeching anil fussing about nothing utterly ruin ed now London Mail MUST TAKE OUT A roan Steer with some red strayed frOmXot West St Ibe fore part of Reward for Information leading to its recovery i W Holland Landing Ottawa Dec On and after Jan 1st it will be illegal for any person other than a fisherman retailer to deal in Canadian fish to any amount excepting lbs in any one month without first obtaining a license from the Food Copi roller A- regulation lo Ibis effect which has been signed by Mr brings under the li cense system all persons conduct ing a wholesale fish business fees of from upwards dependent upon the volume of business have been prescribed AH licensed dealers will he required to monthly reports to office of the Food Controller C ASTORIA For and Cbildttu The Anniversary- Services of the Methodist Church will bo Ladies Day A lady speaker Mrs Aikonbead is to lake morn ing and evening service on he of January Letter from Halifax The following loiter was writ- ton by Norman son of Mr Headway of to his parents Norman is in ibe Navy and was on lho at the lime of Urn explosion in Hal ifax As bo- was born and raised in Button many of his friends will be interested in what he has to say The letter reads Sunday Eve Dec J Dear Mother and all Ibe rest Well mother I suppose Ibis is Sunday at home but not hero I was called away lben lo do some work or something It is now Monday afternoon Work continued all day yester day here They were digging up all day in the pouring rain and sleet it was a terrible day heard of a baby years old yes Icrday they found alive buried in the ruins of a house I dont see it could possibly live through the cold nights We had our first bit of winter the day after the explosion I managed to gel a telegram away lo you on Friday I knew you would be anxious to know bow I made out whether dead or alive As a matter of fact pos sibly see bow I escaped it The so far reports 13 killed and IS missing of the killed were lying just beside me Some were blown overboard and drowned The water was covered after the explosion with hats caps coals and all kinds of things The explosion made a huge wave about feet high which moved the several feel away from dock This made it im possible for anyone to get ashore until they fixed up a temporary I slid over side on a rope and dropped into a small lifeboat and crawled to the pier I then made for the city to see if I could help I arrived on the main street just in front of here I discovered a man siltink on a chair by the road with a quill drawn over his head Poor chap be had his leg nearly blown off and his face cut and disfigur ed beyond recognition He was apparently a railroad engineer fireman Another chap and I started to carry him up to the Naval Hospital on the chair but when we bad gone about yds another came to our assist ance with a stretcher the three of us we carried him to hospital but wnro completely exhausted when we there as it is all up We arrived there to find the hospital in ruins but they were taking people away in waggons and automobiles The nurses there and Dr Rous seau deserve V The nurses were running around giving aid wherever they could while blood streamed down their faces from cuts around their eyes and foreheads Dr Rousseau who attended mo while I was there came back lo hospital from helping tho poor citizens along the street Ho had evidently left the two sisters to look after the he went to help the citizens He came hack com pletely red with his own from head to foot He wa cut throat but he gave lit tle heed to lliat When he came back wo got him sealed in a brok en chair Just as ho collapsed from DREAD He had kepi the country store for twenty years The sign read P Johns but be Was Undo Charley lo everybody It was the only store at lho village cross roads and ho prospered in a mod est way After bad accounts were deducted bis profits were small but ho vas able to support bis family comfortably They had a pretty little cotlago with some trees in lot kept some pigs a cow and a and buggy They had enough and were content that and their good name Then the old man look his nephew as partner They built an addition to the store and bought a big bill of now goods It put them in debt quite heavily but heir trade increased and at the end of three years the farmers had brought in their wheat they had enough lo pay all their debts and a thousand dollars over The nephew took the money three thousand dollars in all and went lo Si Louis to pay off the debts and buy now goods for the fall and winter trade The goods came promptly liul the nephew did not return He was called South ho wrote One afternoon a few days later the old man received a letter from the wholesale house expressing surprise thai he bad not remitted for past due account and stating that unless such remit tance by tenth Ihcy would draw on him for full amount the new bill included The supper bell rang three times before the old man stirred As he down the walk his wife saw there was something the matter and mot him in the yard We are ruined ho said in a lifeless tone banding her the letter Oh no not ruined You can raise it cant you she asked hopefully nephew and how soon the old man would bo wondered ho would then do living- the poorest and most inah in lho had not spoken Bomcthihg to be done men Ho Could hardly control his voice Itll he a low down Undo Charley be sold out What can wo Jones Wy X exactly what we can do continued Todd but let mo what hes done for mo When I bore I didnt have a- red cent and he trusted mdfor a whole living and novor asked mo- for it once I couldnt pay him but I got ashamed and wouldnt lake any more Well the next fall when took fovor thcro was not one thing in the lo go on I tell you wo In mighty shape and didnt know what in world would become of us until Olio evening Mr Johns came over and brought the doctor He says Doc and I just thought wed drop In And while the vas fixin up some medicine ho called my vifo to one an Todd you send one of the boys down to the store and gel what you need and can pay for it when he gets well No one spoke for time Now see hero continued Todd a mighty poor man but Bill says ho will give me a hundred dollars for my hay mare and Im going lo sell her and give money lo Uncle Charley io help pay off that debt Several others volunteered to help I dont think said Thai it would be best to give the money He wouldnt feci right about it you know It aint so much the loss of the money he can make thai back in three or four years but Its just taken all lho stiffening out of the old man and hes lost all heart If wo could fix it some way so be I could go on with the store and see some way lo pay out it would be just the boost he needs Say dont you suppose Adams would loan him the money asked one Ob Adams would loan it lo him quick enough if he could gel security but how Is he going to gel it said Willis In my life said but Ill be one to go on old man Johns nolo for three thousand And so said every man there A note was made out ana put initio bands of The word vas quickly passed around and for two or three days men kept coming In at all hours lo sign that note He lent me fifty dollars when THE ANNUAL WINTER COURSE f ROHM I i i From SUTTON Jan to Feb A DOMESTIC SCIENCE COURSE dais From For Vouno Jan to Feb For Information Apply to J Newmarket NOTICEBARGAINS BARGAINS at stoke I have a quantity of Womens an High Grade and Shoos Boots Hub bora Panto and Sweaters well as a largo quantity or Etc The Point is Sell Cheap Fairbanks at Bargains Ho I certainly cant how long all will I buy and coll quickly I urge you to mo an EARLY BY COMING GEN STORE OS DRY PSA GO ETC Phono l I hard up said one iJaased No be replied listlessly Surety there will ho some way- fooled out she urged There is no way out he said hopelessly as he sank into a chair He looked very old and on his gentle face was blank weariness No there is no way out he replied in a monotonous tone That money was all I could raise it was everything I have made in twenty years Hut surely our neighbors will help us raise it You have al ways been good to them encour aged bis wife trying lo cover her own anxiety No said the old man bitter ly people never lend money or go on your nolo because you have been good to hem The next day he made the only effort that seemed to offer any hope Ho lo Adams the money lender of the community and offered lo mortgage every thing No said Adams Your isnt worth il isnt in my line anyway Oct good men who own land on your note and can lot you have what you need old man went home a for lorn figure bent gray hopeless and sat down lo wait dully for Ihe end They sal in the shade in front of he blacksmith shop It an informal gathering of farmers who on hearing lho news ridden In to learn particulars Too bad for Charlie I said a farmer digging at tbo grass beside him hi Too bad and they all shook heads Hes been a great Jielp In this loss of blood have beard another ii There never lived a more l went into the dispensary man added a third- get some bandages and found And hen they talked of how place all smashed up However had always distrusted the He helped Tom get through school when I too poor to help said a father who was now well to do After working all day the lime he came over lo my house and sal up wilh me when I was down with the slow fever said a neighbor Fifteen years ago remarked prosperous young man as be came to sign tbo paper I was loo worthless lo kill Hut Uncle culled me into the store one day and persuaded me to go to school got me some bonks and sold me clothes on credit No body thought he would ever gel a cent for it I want to put my name on that note said a poor widow I know its no worlh anything but I want it there Nobody knows Mr how kind Uncle ley has been lo us The winter after Jim died Lizzie wenl up io store one day almost bare- to have her help him count some eggs and hen gave her a pair of shoes Hes done lots of things like thai Hes always so jolly and wholesouled you help but feel thai he is interested in you and wants you to he happy was anothers tribute There were but four more days of grace The old in I bis chair as if shrinking from be coming blow The whimsical humor lhc independence the courage were all gone He was a poor hopeless old man down never to rise again Two or Ihree farmers came In and sat on the edge of the porch Ho tried to be sociable but made a pitiful failure of it Others came in and then more until there wero two or three dozen seated on the porch Tho old man knew they had come to sympa thize with him hut he could not bring up the subject of his loss There was an awkward half- hour in which nobody talked of the important At last nudged Todd and urged him to speak Todd shifted his position once or twice up awkwardly and Blood before Johns trying to apeak but words struck in his throat Then bo fumbled in his pocket drew out a paper held it out to tho oth er man and managed to say Maybe itll help you old man looked at It was a nolo for three thousand dollars due in three years all ready for bis signature Below was the name of almost every man in lho community as securi ty Tho old man tried lo speak but could only call Mary Hi wife came and if I Then you know Its m a If Its Anything Its a ASK Terms If You Wish OFFICE 10 Weal Local Agent thoi Pub Hot on I com i Lot nldc alio woe in j is I jcol Thank ma I cani said slipped down beside her husband Ibe old man a sob in bis with her arm around his voice The tears were running j but they know down her face as she turned to- Looks sorter like rain over in ward the men They were all the west said Todd Guess wed looking away j belter be going boys cant either she said as she 3wJ If you trying io keep house without Dusty you me not taking advantage of modem methods Get some your work but let Gold Dust do all the part of the task All you need to do to direct it There are millions of women in Canada today who wouldnt up i looked at the Move- use of for anything thoao women all wrong If youwant to get light buy a package fSM Dot today join the millions happy housewives who the DUST TWINS do THE i0HANV J At to a of to to