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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1935-12-5, Page 6_ • =le ON MOP 4 4.14t jakmistem 45-ThDrada7, December Mb. lgSI- • We, • E SIGNAW". -7111perc-444ercec •-1i;. , -A 44,41,1-1. ,r, xt. ei-,seasfr •• .7t.klatvi•M.lr GODERICH, - The Little Brown,River �f Far Away By Esther MacallatIS • Somewhere in the land of half-for- gotten years. SI Arena trickles between through gold -ringed eyes at the likeriede of dragontliee ekimming over Its eurTiOe-; 'Cedar Trees stretch over It, lacy branches to entail' the air wltb their aroma. Suppose that we call this stream the little brown river of '1t -Nu A GIFT FOR ANYONE A Sowings Account at The Royol Bonk is a Christmas gift that is olwoys appreciated. You con open an Account in anyone's name -a child, o friend, on employ'and present it in a post book with special Christmas cover. Arronge this now at any office of The Royal Sank, for any amount. THE ROYAL. -13- Z., OF CANADA - GOOERICN MANCH • I. D. EASTMAN, atatiotrar 171103111 GODERICH BRIDGE CUM At the weekly d upl Ica te bridge tournament, held Monday evening. the following were 'sincere: North and 8outh-let, Mr. J. H. Taylor and Mr. N. C. Lansway, pins 27%; 2ad, Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Patterkin. plus ard, Mr* J. A. Graham Mooney. plus 10. East and West -11t, Mrs. Jas. Hume and Mrs. J. R. Wheeler. pins 19; and, Mre. J. H. Taylor and Mrs. N. C. Ln' away. plus 7el: 3rd, Mrs. J. M. John- ston and Mrs. P F. Carey, plus 2. STEPS :MIMI the first steps to coetestmeat is to learn not to be- grudge other people the things they hare became you cannot have dem. ValteRICZNIMITNEVITNEIZNEViCITNEWITNEX What about a WASHER for Mother's Christmas Present? 4•1 SEE OUR DE FOREST C.ROSLET and SALLE MODELS DO AWAY WITH THE MIDWAY OF WASH -DAY LATEST SAFETY DEVICES. BALLOON BUBB= ROLLERS. EMIT WHEN IN tras. PORCELAIN FINISH Thom Washers are fully guaranteed and our Company stands behind its guarantee .PRICED FRO $65.10 UP I -We give Free Demonstration in your owni home - SE THEM AND TRY THEM The De Forest Crosley Store J. CUTHBERTSON NEXT DRENNAN'S POOL ROON-THE SQUARE VOCIVIMUTNEITNIIIMIIPtritglittlfliniN11fttit Toe and -I UM never been them because we are young. Life, as we are living at, is full enough fur us, but some day when we are very old, aud our hair bar turned to white, we abet fulloos the trail and roam through the pasture where cattle graze and down the crooked sheep path un- til we stand stariug into the murky -depths of the little brown ther. There admit we live again in the days which are gone, never to return, except on She wing* of remenibranee. Therm altall we laugh again at the old jokes and play at tile old games aud hold our hearts which cry out again with the old pain and agony For the little river of which 1 speak is Mem- ory, tbe mystic, shadowed haunt ut those who are very old. **But," you say, "we, too, bare mem- ory, have we not? Surely one does not have to be old to dwell for brief hour* In what used tea bin" Brief hours. We alviays come back again to today, maybe gladdened or maybe saddened by what we have !wen, but we did sot Nada the little river or we could not have returned. Seldom is bere a winter night -when we do not pull up our chairs around the stove and, with the old cat sprawled on the couch beside us and the basket of Spies at our feet. talk with ever-growing zest of the time we explored the old barn across the way, or the day we rode our sleighs down the big hill and into the creek. or the winter that the trough overflowed and we spent hours eliding down the bumpy ice In an empty wooden box. And. oh. the beauty of those night* in summer when we spread rugs on the lawn. and, with the moon floating like a golden penny in a purple sea, and the fragrance of prairie roses hurting our hearts, we dream of the years when /WIDOW to us meant bak- ing mud•plee under the cherry tree, or programs on the kitchen roof, or rid - Odrillor Fere Melts 71. Trip Bargain 4E-xcuitsioti °CENT 'A MILE 11...A from GODERICH MD ALL ADJACENT CIL& STATIONS FRI. DEC. 13 to NaPan.e. Kinvion. GtInannOnaa Brockville. Prescott, Morriabarg, Cornwell. Uxbridge. Peterboro, Campbeliford, Newmarket, AllandeleArriceenebriagetsleg, Collingwood,Meaford,Berrie,Orillia,Midland,Grammhure, North airy-, Parryterand, Sudbury. All teems in New Ontario on line of Temiakiming & Northern Ontario Rly.; Nipising Central Rly. ; Kapuskeeing. Louglec Hkrdrock, Geraldton, Jellicoe. SAT. DEC. 14 to TORONTO "'I° b) Brabtfbrd. Chathalik Cheesy, Clinton, Durbin". Exeter, Fergus, Guderich, Guelph, Hamilton, Hanover, Harriston, Ingersoll, Kincardine, Kitchener, London, Listowel ;71itchell, Ni Falls, Owen Sound, Paisley, Palmerston, Paris, Port ' Eit. Ca St. Marys, Sarnia, Southampton, Stratford, titre , Walkerton. Wiarton, 'Wingham, Woodstock and SAT. DEC. 14 krjb4=1:11"I'' "b"••• "" 11'1' ,k Ticket Agent. A.4 surrest Ageut •f Canadian National Railway for leaflet and fug istformardOis Elucatiortel All-Expeouse Tour to Torento-Saturre. Me. 14. • VISIT ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM: PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS, ate. 01 special interest to teachers mod arge*Ill of Public sad High &hoofs. - Parent, and eurediaos aro welters For Fars, Renee biferinanna, Ticket, reroute norret As-". „01/ Sr< Fia.INI6 itrr corripleer hum CANADIAN NATIONAL • Ing homelso tee load of hay after It wee bulk But the mxt /ley we shall have for- imetteeWn`inikl, UV. It /11rif1r It I WU little hofse-is amrierfriat and its selvee teroo Farur- Away. aud pains. That wh7 ne re young can't go o 1 think that we have all noticed bow old people de -ll in the past. At every chance they get they evade the present and burry back to gloat again over the things they used to do and The assembly gave good heed to the sayand talk aliout the people whom &Along us hair not listened to grand - of his youth; And If we have never Lessem Tepte-litsrs Ireeihine ate IA* ma's tale' er old Uncle Bob's storied S. S. LESSON FOR DEC. 15, 1935 wept. thee rejoiced; boly aot because th y had erections given them. After they had Isow in tears. shall reap in Joy" They for boly mirth; "tbey that mourning' waikel way thwy wawa to know. now mons to walk in Thy ways. Amen. algae: obbillleaturreorhatinvde heist leaeaysotrybeyairrod wut Leasese1 Ged.pbmagb_ura 7:11; e the fat to eat, and the sweet to drink, About two yeare ago we were obliged to spend a night at a rowning-bouse in Toronto, sad the following day Grate* and I were waiting for dad W come the "grandpa" of the house envietil• hi Ma old craned voice and with an accent which we could scarcely understated he talked on and on about 'the of reentry." the fields of merry England, the great fox hunts and the time be saw the Queen What to him was the whirl of Toronto traMc, the screaming of tbe radio, the hun- dred sights and sounds of this great Canadian city? For was he not dwelling by the side of his own little brown river far across the sea! Hundreds ltally wend their way to its beloved banks. sometime* they go alone, hitt when two old friends meet before a crackling are then "B1117 'a Bob"go hand in band. Ob for the goes to watch them AD they ptay! What ghosts of freckly -nosed urehieemateb4rdlie among the broken stalks of mint! What blue-eyed maid- ens must gather marigolds into woven baskets! What spectre dogs must gambol through tbe reeds. and what shoals of Rimy trout glide through the deep. dart waters! Them same day when grandpa is too tired from playing leapfrog to bother calling to Rover to COMe Sons.. be will slide witltput a meressor of regret into the-Nig--swinemire hole" and begin the lostkilleng journey down the tittle brown ?tier to the gates of paradise. (The foregoing was Mita idacMath's entry In The Globe'll "Circle of Young Canada" annual (vastest and was awarded fret prize.) Sunday Afternoon • • • By IBABEL HAMILTON Goderich, O'Hare" • , '1"4"PWCZtrugwIng griptILilk sif Buy the Best Ted 1111 1111 • ioczffly ippeir,' 11 -TS tho-taia; 'Ila thy Savierlar, hear His wird; Jesus speaks, and speaks to thee ainner intent thea rmAyER-Wm. Cowper titzakw • • • TOR, Help us, our Father, to give diligent heed to Thy word, that our minds woe thing,: and by liberal things be enlightened and our wills In- lined i shall he stand" t Isaiah 32:8). "ROLLEIP" POIL LARGE Myth Besidest Ebert USN Ombee ' Pollee In Police are Wrestles 83.000 tbeft that wets perpetrated at e borne Joie)* on Sunday evening. Althougb the police withheld detain* of the tbeft, it wits hinted Coulter wsa "rolled" in tbe kitchen eif his own home. Hi is said to have carried the large amount of money in his trousers pocket. and County Constable J. Berineont 01 Proeinetal Constable P. "McCoys Goderich, and Constable J. Cowan, of Illytb, are investigating. Irani - W.M.S. but at the bogie of Mrs. Evora *bolts on Wednesday. Delves with the word of God. and at - es Isabel Fox was in London on tend on the means of knowledge and Satirday. grace. All who can hear with under- Alb.- WM Red, of Perla, spent the here with his mother, Mrs. Mae •ret useorosoft Who - tom smut the week -eel at home et her ant. ltrs."1/10*-- Mr. ei Mrs. Alta Hes have been nufnleg into their home tier, during tbs past week. a few week In Lockno* with ilisetrikinar Annie MeQuold spent Mrs. Patiethem. Mr. /thy' Pollock spent the week- end wail Mends In Toronto. Mr. Maleoli Rees hod charge of the store. Mr. Andrew Ferric hats been very 111 at the Mate of Mr. and Mr*. Ben IdeClenaghan during the past week. Miss Berle Wilson. RN., has been called ID to nurse him. Mime (Mee Terrill and Miss Myrtle Beecroft returned from Toronto last Thursday. Mr. John Boyle finished his seses'e threshing at Toesday last. Mite .1. emenson returued from De- troit on Saturate after *Pending the Oast two weeks with Mot. Newey tbere. 8.8.No 14 is holding its sebool concert on Thursday, December 19; Fordyce school concert is on Decem- ber rf, and the United church is bold - lag lb concert on leridae, DeCeMber 13. --Born-on Sunday, December in Tetuwater, Mt Mr. and Mrs. Walter McKenzie. a Guelph, a son. gre Andrew McKenzie, of Guelph. Was operated on for appendicitis, and Mr. Frank McKenzie, who Is attending O.A.C. at Guelph. fell and broke his right arm. 'above (be wrist. These young men...sops of Mr. and Mrs. An- gus MeKerreile, of Cutter', were in the hospital tosiber. Mr. Jaiek7nglis, son of Mr. and Mee. That.' Inglis. of West Wawanosh, put a mesh to • cap tried in setting off dynamite, on Friday last, when at school. and blew the epds off the fin- gery on his left hand. He was taken Winglies hospital, when it wae found neeeseary to amputate all of the affected lagers and thumb at the find Joint. minh 8:1-3, 6, S, and much good company. but because Golden Teal -Fad= 119:1L 'of the teaching fowl became they un- -For Ezra bad prepared Ids heart derstood the words spoken to then. to Peek the law of the Lord, aid to do Bibles and ministers are the Joy of it. and to tench In tin"' statute, it0 God's Isrsel. The better we under - Judgments." Kana came up out of stand the word of Odd, the more eone Babylon thirteen years before Nellie fort we shall find in it; for tbe dark • miah came, yet we have recorded is ems of trouble arises from tie dark today's lesson a piece of good sera nese of ignorante.-(Henry's Bible) which be did, that might have been • • • done before but was not, till Nehemiah WORLD HIMIONS came, weo, though he was not ab a The MIAs ha tiesitish irdimestlee scholar, nor such a divine, as Firlt. A well-known preacher expressed nor such a scribe in the law of his the opinion recently that in oar fat - God, yet was a man of more lively ac- °red (vestry moo people would be tire spirit. His seal set Errs's able to MN respectably an examine - learning to work, and then great non on the personality and teachings things were done --"And all the of our Lord. lie would have bees people gathered themselves together right. I thought. if his remark had as one man into the street that etas applied to Scotia's(' _in the eighteenth before the water -gate; and they stake teat ur y . In Carola Oman's Dew novel. unto 1Wra the scribe. to bring the "Over tbe Water.' Flora Macdonald, book of tbe law of Moses, which the who saved tbe young Chevalier. is Lord bad commanded to Israel. Susi presented as a lover of the Bible. Ezra the priest brought the law be- That was the only book in Flora's fore the congregation, botb of men and lbasket as she set out on her journey women, and all that could hear with !from Skye to Edinburgh. As she !understanding. upon the first day of !waited ta the Glasgow quayside for the seventh month. And he read ' the Edinburgh diligeuee "she heartened therein. And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood." .We Mee Isere an account or a solemn religiose Messably, and tbe good work that was dam Ils that assembly. to thi-liiiWia 41614 -Pad tAiFirlItleattoi a- Use 111111sell. it-Wildrin-that day that tbe alter isms set up. and they befall to offer their burnt -offerings was certainly an apposite measege. after their return out of captivity. The eorde are from the Book of Divine favors had reeled upon them Ember, end it can noteco, enc. been by mere ebance that Flora's Word of Light was found in the Old Testa- ment is my own first whool, the women and children all bay. souls to head of wbkh was a Welsh lady with save and require to acquaint them- I astonishing gifts as a teacher, the pu- pils were expected to cosansit to mem- ory whole chapters from the BMW an part of the thermal religious laetrile - standing must be Sealilad_ilip In the I Hoe- Ilia lencipal PettOas were exercises of religion. kmersed by boort, though nose of us The people invited Sera 4. 5. their minister. His call was very clear. God gave him ability and authority, and then the people gave hiss omen- tunIty and invitation. We reed in connection with Christ's appearance la the aynagogue at Nazareth (bit ' He closed the boot, and be gave it again to the minister, and sat lows. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on blur herself by doing something which had been doue in Scotland alma the first Bibles were put into Scottish handle. it was caned 'searching for Iltbt.' She opened the Bible at ran- deall-afiled lialfTfOrellieller 00 to a pear Bird readt-lit-i--perieb, I pe- tite' which. if ilot meetly seothisg, tellers. The successful Ave are Peter Scott for Reeve, and Mews. L. Ruddy, D. Beecroft, R. Redmond ono H. Black for councillors. Miss Madeline Walden returned es Thursday from Windsor, where alio had spout the past montb with Mr Meter, Mri. Iteg. Yenning. and they voluntarily assembled to- getber to acknowledge God's goodness. Whole families were there. Men, LONDESBORO LONtERBORO, Dec. 8 -The White Gift Sunday will be held by the Sun- day sebool of the United chureb on December 1501. The annual Christmas tree enter- tainment will be held on Christmas Eve, December hith, ID the community hall. Mrs. Fred Thompson is spending thiss week with Toronto and London friends. Miss Mitchell is at present helplag as clerk in Percy )tannings .tors Mr. John Melville is quite M. His many friends wish his speedy recov- ery. Mrs. Gordon and daugbter. froht Toronto. are visiting at the home of Mr. -W1114eCamphell---bis week. - Rev. A. W. Gardiner attended Pres- bytery on Tuesday. - Qalte a number from here attended the Collegiate Institute commence- ment in 'Clinton on Friday evening. WHITECHURCH WPDTECHURCH, Dee, S. -Wenn. Henry tiodkIn. Roland Orrin end Gordon Godkin motored to Toronto on Tuesday last and attended the Roysi Winter Fair. I Mre. Win. Young. of Langside. spent Lae. deck ,with tier daughter, Mrs. IMiddle Moore. The W.M.S. of the tutted church is bidding ith anneal 'meets* and THE GREATEST FOOD VALUES IN GODERICH!! ' r„ a Raisins with seeds 2 lbs. 25c New Currants 2 lbs. 27c Lemon and Orange Peal Ib. 21c Citron Peel lb. 33c Glace Cherries 1/4-1b. 13c Pitted Dates . The. 26c Shelled Almonds. 1/2 -lb. 23c Mixed Nuts 2 lbs. 37c USE HILLCREST A real Inv, price for this quality SHORTENING HANDY AMMONIA "rge Pkg. SC Fancy Red °oboe SALMON Unie,orn or Golden Net I/2 lb tin 15c -1 -Ib. tin 25c 2 Pir-iinbis NpFirimitury Finest Quality Sultana BRIGHT JUIBIT • • • " 2-11A 23c • • Raisins M" Finest Quality XXX DAM 8 Ilts. 19 SOAP CHIPS 3 '- 25c PASTRY FLOUR 7-1b. bag 23c 24 -Ib. bag 59c SUPERIOR BARING POWDER 8 -os. tin 14c; 16 -os. tin 23c 11cLarenisorig JELLY Sc 1 SUPERIOR STORES J. Calvin Cott, Phone 116 or 216 J. J. McEwen, Phone 46 The great need bar is tee MEC lqesu, independence allg. entaliale•- Roger W. liabson. r.----014GUARANTEID a 4713.. CENTIFIUCASTTES A legs/ Investment for Trent Funds 1100. end Upwards Accepted for Terms of 5 Yews. Unconditionolly Guaramend TH STERLING TRUSTS CORPORATION' TORONTO • 4 Abele& 41.--rst. Livingstoeee who at the age of nine was required to memorise and repeut the 119th Psalm. It was Do sums teat for the boy to learn 176 difficult verses. He recited the Psalm to Ids Suede, school test:her on two succardwe even- ings with one, See errors. Ilse prise was a ?bee lnataneeet. I have sever met &aerobe who In altar ilk regretted the tint spent (Luke 4101. lo in the case of Enza, either is reading or in amemorising the lie stood upon a pulpit of wood that 1111eriptutes. The British nation de - the eyes of the bearers might be upon bim and thus Hie better engage their attention. He reed from morning us - til mid-day. "And Ears opened the book le the Bleat of all the people; and wben be opened It all the people stood up." Here we see bow both minister and people conducted tbem- selves. In Ecciesiames 5:1. 2 we read, "Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more reedy to bear, than to give the sacrifice01 fools: for they consider not that they do evil. Be not rash wtth thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter anything before Cod : for God Is In heaven, and thou !won earth: therefore let thy words be few." So here we have Mara Wasting the people in reverent worship. He blessed the Lord aa the great Qod, gave honor to Him. by praising His perfectios, sad praying for His favor; and the people. In token or their concurrenee with him. both in prayers and In praises. said. "Amen, AllIelf," and lifted up their bands, in token of their desire being townrd God, and all their° ex- pectation from 111m; they also bowed their bead*, In token of their reverence of Him and subjection to Illm, All of which la as example for UR SO that we too may adore God, and address ourselves to Him The law was not only read ; It was expounded so that the people had • sense of its true meaning and applica- tion to their own lives. They were edited, "So they read In the book, In the law of God, dietinctly, end Pre the muse, and canned them to under- stand the reeding." It was a large ausiensbly and PO Ezra had thirteen associates. Home think that he ate pointed them to read when be was weary; others that several ministers were rending and expounding at shine titbst•nee from each other. Tht brople gave willing attention to who- ever was resorling---the earn of all the people were net° the book of the law." The word of (10d commands attention, and deserves it. If through careleasnem we let much alip in hear- ing. there is clanger that through for- getfulness, we *hall let all IOW after h"Thrienile.ffeet that the reeding and ex- ponnding of the law had on the people is peen In verve* 9-12. They were troubled; they wept to think bow they had offended God. Then tbe min Istorst anal Nehemiah la mentioned es being among them, endeavored to pa city and comfort then by teilleg them the day was holy. and therefore wan to he celebrated with Joy and Oreille. sot as if it were a day on whka *Inlet their souls. "Wm day is bey unto the lewd ynnr Pert mourn not. Dor weep." They erimmeneed OHM "te pat on the garment," of proles, inateed of the Writ a hes viewei.- They encouraged them to ilia nItatat their toy by feasting; bet wltb ebarity towards the pew-, nod a 1101/11 should make na honntitni It Milt sot be a oared sonseel Jor, he 5011 and spiritual. 'TM ilherati tr. serves Us becalled the People of tbeBook. Book. The 11.6th Psalm includes • verse wbleh In all centuries might have explessed the ideals ce our race: "Thy teed:monies have I claimed as woo impallage for ever; for why, they are the very Joy of mine heart" - Loess 11 The British Weekly. MAFEKING , Dee. J. C. Stetbers and family, at Latadoe. meet the week -end with Mr. ISM Mrs. 'Henry Horton. Mrs. Rich. Johnston 'is visiting with her daughter, Mn. Hiram Moffat, DIS100 My.. Wm. Blake is spending a few days in Lucknow. Mr. Elmer Johnston has returned home from Bright, where be had bent the summer. A number from Blaim's attended the Locknow United church Jubilee 'pr. vices. WESTFIELD WESTFIELD, Dec. 8 -M r. and Mn. W. A. Campbell and family Tigard on Saturday with Mr. Everett Hoover. of Brussels. Mr. and Mre. Reg. Jeallbg and children, of Windeor. were Week -end visitor* at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. Walden. Mester Donald Carnelian ba* me - covered from the accident which me marred Ina Tuesday while visiting Me aunt. Mrs. Richard Gardiner, of Ash- field. Ile was bitten by a dog, Inflict- ing a wound below the eye whleh re- quired several stitches to clew. East Wawannah held It. election yesterday. There were three candi- dates for Reeve and seven for coun- 3 1 1 1 oclicotsoci with ingredients of Vicks VopoRub VICKS COUGH DROP Ns ether ahem era give yes the hese- Ilea of M. W. LOCKS Shoes, Memos two esker oboes are deeigmed and Wes se Dr. Loehe's peressal apecilleatitssa. Orighaely developed file Ye owa pod - pets, to assist is the foot twarreedems Inaugurated at his famota elide in Williamsburg. Canada. me an odsl abitribarters is ibis ratty 101(55. M. W. Look Shoes. mil believe them to be timbal* enbeipele foot weer the km ever beim mill& Geo. 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