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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1925-12-9, Page 6an ad J. ,icT. TERTERMS l �`.A,S �c st iano feori $37$ 00 up TO SUIT ALL I.)o mit wrlste} time solving pilfzles but -get in touch with the old established and reliable firm mid get full value for your mut't-y, Mason o nRisch 97 Ontario St. Phone 171 Stratford TRACING, GENIUS Murat was an innkeeper's son. Handel's father was a country doe.. tor. Napoleon was the son of a humble citizen,. Itolin's father was a knife -maker Virgil's father was a porter. Homer was a farmer's son. Lucian was a sculptor's son. Pope's father was a merchant. Milton was the son of a copyist. Mozart's father was a book -binder. Charles Lamb was a servant's on. The father of Cowley was a groc- er. Goethe's father was -a tailor, Schumann's father was a book- seller. Shakespeare's father was a wool merchant. Oliver Cromwell's father wee a brewer. Giotto, the artist, was a peasant's son. Power's. the sculptor, was a farm- er's boy. Wagner's lather was a clerk in. a police court. Dr. Doddridge was thy son of an oil dealer. • Schubert's father was a school- master. Marshal Ney was a cooper's son. Dickens' father was a poor clerk in the navy pay office. Martin Luther's father was a peasant and a woodsman. Cardinal Woolsey's father was a butcher. yu., 4.i PROMISCUOUS CORNER (By D. R.) Two men in a town in Ontario -were sentenced to 60 days for, sell- ing bad eggs. It seemed only justice that they should have to bear the yolk. ' Wife: "You need a 1new starter 1 to get you up m the morning." Hubby: "Not while I have a , crank like you to get me going." t ,t • Housekeeper:: ""1 ordered a dozen eggs to -day, Mr. Tightfist, and you only sent me, 11." Grocer: "Well, ma'am, you see, the twelfth, egg was bad, and I didn't think you'd want it" • .p + pay ine what you owe me," Owen Mutch: "Let's see, your name is Zimmerman, isn't it? Sorry old men, but I'm paying off all.my creditors in alphabetical order;". "Aro these eggs fresh?" asked the customer, "Yes," said the merchant, "the farmer from whom I bought them says that his hens don't lay any oth- er kind," which is surely a hen- couraging fact. The wife of a lawyer in West Vir- ginia has been married three times. Her maiden name was. Partridge. her first husband was Robin, her second husband Sparrow, and the third one a Quail. There are two young .Rob - Ins, one Sparrow, and three Quails In the family, One grandmother was a Swan and another a Jay, but he's dead now and a • bird of Paradise. They live on hawk Avenue,: Eagle- ville, Canary Island, and the fellow who wrote this is a Lyre and a 81em- ber of the family. Lives of gr. •.t ni. ' all remind. us We can c?a ere at stunts as well,' And departir, leave behind us Anecdote, we didn't tell. HOCKEY P.-TORIAL BOOK OF CHAMPIONS The editor of The Post has receiv- ed a copy of the Hockey Pictorial, 1926 edition, which is now oh sale at all newatands, and which is at once the handsomest and most coni- piete publication ever produced in the world for any single sport. It is a marvel in artistryand industry of achievement, It, is Impossible to speak too Highly of it. The book represents years of ef- fort. typographically and pictorially, it is a "masterp:ace," From cover to cover it is embellished with group pictures of championship teams from 1888 to 1925, in fact the history of Canada's Great National Winter Sport is told in pictures. Old-timers will be interested in the handsome halftones of the teams who were prominent a generation - ago, while the younger enthusiasts will enjoy the reproductions of the more recent winners. The book is not only lavishly it lustrated, but is literally crammed welt much interesting infornibtion regarding individuals, clubs and eagues throughout the country. Local hockey fans will also find very' interesting group pictures of he United States Amateur Hockey Association Champions, who are practically made up of former well lc 1' nown Canadian players, The book, which is published by George King, 84 Victoria St., Tor- onto, a well known Toronto sports- man, is a credit to the game and its ublisher. Grocer: "Now that you've come in, for a little money I hope you'll Haw Does Your Label Read? Dec. 26. 6 Eloquent White Space is the ADVERTISING space enterpris- ing merchants use in THE EOST'to'tell the good folks of this conlmunityrabout their stores and their goods. Good ADVERTISING is moving eloquence, too. It brings new customers to your store. It builds.' good will. It creates new business, moves goods and *sakes bigger profits possible. ADVERTISING is a llitrd-working ally `,that should be oo•o,,erating with every merchant. Why pot investigate .its rnerits, Ask us about it, ;