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It carne upon the midnight clear,
That glorious song of old,
From angelsbending neat, the earth
To touch their harps of gold;
"Peace on the earth, good will,to men,
l?roni heaven's a11-greicious Ding;
The world in solemn stillness lay
To hear the angels sing.
,Still through ,the cloven 'skies they come
Wit • peaceful wings unfurled,
And still their heavenly music floats
O'er all the weary World;
Above its sad and lowly plains
They bend on hovering wing,
And ever o'er its Babel `sounds
The blessed 'angels sing.
Yet 'With the woes of sin and strife,
'The world hath suffered long;
Beneath the angel -strain have rolled
Two ,thousand years of wrong;
And man, at war with pian,:hearstnot
The love -song which they bring:
0 hash the noise; ye 'nen of strife,
And hear the angels sing!
THE CLINTO
'cin it is the happy Christina: YETI
Ab e• most • joyous of "€,il th4
season, „Ole, joyous
year; when,.' home is the centre
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ward which each;tot
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EWS-RECORIIf
iN Mu.l'rgdlY aM 1N, IIADE
L' $5,' WAS DORN NEAR
CLINI'ON
school t e' young
Sir William
Otter Now Resident of
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in t m
loon and maidens 'who: are out ) olorlto V/ews ' World 1 ]obit s
world, beginninb their, own careers,' Sortanel>,, `1'horirlXtc" on Peace
Pact's of No VSee, View of Distill-
guished Veteran.
Lire sons abd de fighters who have:
borne, perhaps, and ,little children. of
their own; all turn their eyes home-
ward 'and :when the Christmas feast
is spread the happiest circle is the
fullest( one,'; the one in which there,.
are the fewest vacancies,
1: like the old English bustom of
Balking the Christmas time the hap-
py, bospitahle time of the year, when
the doors
not only the family but anl*lonely,
homeless one is taken into the glad-
some Christmas circle, It is well that
in this age, which many believe is
,gowmg too' materialistic, we should
have such an institution as Christmas
a time for thinking•.,. 6f others, a time
when both heartstrings and pdrse-
loosened, h giving be
of it. The awe of
h birth-
day
probably g ,
r e) the patron saint of Russia
d . 'll
are flung wide` open and
strings are' w en
comes, knot a duty, but a pleasurel
and when giving happiness, and
spreading sunshine is the business of
the day.:
Of eourse, I am well aware that we
,should have a deeper joy, than( the
lucre joy, of having a good time at the
Cliristmas season. -We should have a
deep consciousness' of the boon it wad
to the world when the Christ child:
was born. And, surely, few of us' fail
tce how (the soul in reverence before+
that lloly Child; few go thrdugh this
blessed season :without a feeling of
humility and ,exaltation at the marvtel
our childhood':-
when we''listened,'to the 'wondhrous•
story and our young hearts Swelled-
with love for the Christ,who eame to
earth as a. little ababe—returns, and
anew we come with our gifts, for Hit
dear sake. Aniil1 do believe' that we,
c41n truly, honour Hire by making
ethers happy at Christmas time. Let
us widen the circle as moth as we,
can and spread: out the happiness as
far as possible,
It is well,'as some families are
taught, that the children should learn
to give as well ds receive on Christ-
mas Day. They should early have the
privilege of experiencing the keen
joy which comes from giving happi-
ness to. others They will enjoy then!
own gifts the better if they have
also shared in the happiness of giv-
ing.
"Do you know," .asks Fred Wil-
liams in The'Mail and Empire, "Any
little girl' or little bey whose it -
day happens to fall upon this date?
(Dee. 0th). If you do, she or he will
1 be delighted, or at least in-
terested,'t9 be told that this is also
the •birthday of Santa Claus,!
For, despite 'what the elder boys
and girls may say, there was a Santa
Claus, but hhs name' was Saint Nich-
olas. }Ie was born about 342 at Ly-'
cia, Asia Minor, and became Arch-
bishop of Myra. Buried in his cath-
edral'at ]%lyra, his supposed remains
were re -interred in 1807 in the church
of San Nicholas:Bari, Italy, 'where.
they are visited annually by thous-
ands of pilgrims. Ile is (or was until
the inauguration. of the Bolshevik:
reghne) i of
seafarers, travellers, those evertakeil
by sudden danger, and, espeoia y, of
the children, who probably first turn.
ed 'Saint Nicholas' into `Santa Clans.
It is interesting to be told that
there are more churches dedicated
to him in England than to any other
saint (370 in all), in addition to the
cathedral at Newcastle and a chapel
in York Minster, whilst probably
none of the saints have: been a great-
er favorite with artists than good old
Nicholas, he being the • subject of
paintings by Titian, Lorenzo Lotto,
Raphe] and other artists. As to the
legends about St Nicholas, they are
as innumerable as the stories told
by fond parents about Santa Claus,
and goodness knows they are numer-
ous enough, to suit ,any saint."
REBEKAII
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FROM A WELL ASSORTED STOCK
Bon Bon Boxes'from 25c to $5.00, Candy Canes, Stockings arid other
Novelties as well as the usual Creams and Mixed Candy and Bulk
Chocolates.
See our home-made Mixed Candy, good and pure, Ib. 20c, 2 for 35e
ORANGES 25c to $1.00 per ddzen . . MiIXED NUTS 25c
PLUM PUDDINGS
Our own make from old English Recipe 40c per lb.
CHRISTMAS BAITING
Christmas cake of the best quality in light and dark cake.
All sizes or by the pound
Also Short bread, Puffed Paste, Cream Puffs. r'
Almond Paste, ready for use 500 per lb.
Bartliff & Crich.
PIIONE 1
General Sir William Otter, an old
.Clinton boy, . and a roan with a
distinguished career, last week cele-
brated his 85th birthday.
The occasion found hint in the en-
joyrnent of comfortable health. The
general has come'through not only the
strenuous campaigns of the North-
West'and oC South Africa, but also
through the more extended 'battle of.
life, with colors':f,lying.
When interviewed recently in the
light of hes approaching anniversary
he showed no disposition to liresume
on his wide experience or life to be'-
come oracular. To him has come the
mellowness which is the, fruit of a
quiet enjoyment, of life, and he be-
trayed no eagerness to sacrifice it
for a belated re-entry into the realm
of 'controversy. Even a topic so di-
rectly within his realm of interest
SS the trend towards peace bit the
world could not induce him to cern-
mrt birhself to comment.' His only
albservati'on upon the Kellogg 'peace
pacts and such,and=War movements,
•was tbiat he might 'have thoughts
upon : the value of , such arrange-
ments, but that thoughts "were no
use."
Sir .William 'Otter's birthday" re-
calls a career of outstanding sue-
cesses which commenced near Clin-
ton,
on,riecember 3, 1843. 'Following
an education received at the Goder-
ich Grammar Scheel, the Toronto
Model School, Upper Canada College
and the Military School, Toronto, he
embarked upon the,'military profes-
sion in which" he attained such dis-
tinction. His services Were varied.
It included not only such local in-
cidents as the Pilgraniage Riots' in
Toronto. in 1885, and the Grand
Trunk Railway riots in Belleville in
1877, but' also the more spectacular
march of the Battleford Column
across the prairies in the Reil (Re-
bellion, when 190 miles were cover-
ed in five days and a half.
It was in South Africa, however,
that Sir William achieved his great-
est fame. He commanded the Royal
Canadian Regiment there and was
wounded in the Transvaal engage-
ment, besides being twice mentioned
in .despatches.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, who wed then
Prime Minister, thanked hint per-
sonally in a cable message for 'his
excellent }work,' and this distinction
Was climaxed within a few days by
a more signal honour when, on pass-
ing through London, he was person-
ally thanked by Queen Victoira, to
whom he and his men were -present
ed. Upon his return to Toronto he
was acocrded a berg's reception and
was presented with a sword of hon-
our by the veterans of '66 andwith a
servicit of plate by the women of
Toronto,
Sir William Otter's honors did' not
end -with his South African esrvice.
He continued to hike a prominent
part in the country's military organ-
iaation,'occupying many of the most
important commands. In June, 1912,
he was invested as Knight Com-
mander of the Bath by the King.
He is living a retired life at the
Alexandra Palace Apartments on
University avenue. He is still a
familiar Wand honored figure, how-
ever, at military gatherings.
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WALT O', . The play, "The: Three
Pegs," which was ,presented in the
Worlcmon's hall, Walton, recently,
was largely attended. ' The play ;was,
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the Governor-Gene/a1 at Ottawa. The
laiational Anthem was sung and the
benediction was pronounced by the
W. R. ALP Secretary.
AN EGG A DAX
Canadians eat 356 eggs per :per-
son in a year, or neatly an egg a
day, in ,the United -States, the eon
surnption o1' eggs is 207 eggs per
capita:, in Belgium 213, France, 1.33,
Germany, 117, and in Great Britain
110. Canada has invariably taken
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1IENSALL: A fine "At -Heine"
was held under the auspices of Hen -
sail Lodge, No, 223,J. O. 0. F., in the
town hall recently, on which •occasion
the spacious lodge was fillet] and a
most enjoyable social time,was spent
The first part of the evening took
the order of a splendidconcert, giv-
en by the McCulloch troupe d£ Lon-
don.' This was their second appear-
ance, in the village in less than two
months time, and their fine musical.
and dramatic numbers were much
enjoyed, every number calling Lor an
encore, - .,
HENSALL; A short -meeting of
the village council was held on 'Mon-
day week, butowing to the illness of
the cleric, no important business was
transacted. The Reeve stated that
the'lecal. hydro commission had re-
ceived word from the Ontario hydro
commission that they were preparing
estimates for a new feed wire to be
run up ;from Exeter, to take ogre of
the increase on the local hydrosys-
tern. The Reeve stated that the
whole system Here was practically ye -
built, andthe local eomnlission was
satisfied that with' a new .feed wire
wire
from. Exeter, 'splendid service. could
he given, but' until that was done,
there'vi%ould'he donse;disatisfaetion.
School Teacher Attacked
MEETING OF PRESBYTERY
51ot •so very long: ago; henry was
very anxious. to go Intoone ofthe
professione,,,so in order to mak4
enough money to keep up with hie
expenses, lie took up sehooi"teachtng;
well; teaching isn't so easy now -a,
days as it used to be, and Stenry had
to wotk doubly hard' to do his day's
vate atudiexleoMae thssn with
thhe had
to etiare some of h15 slender earnings
to bete keep his widowed lnothpt'r
Tile father died some fifteen years a -go
fl•o11r,-tuberculosis, "and, In time, and
long before 1,ls• goal was reached,
1•1Onry, too, had outworn his slender
reserve of strength. Now he has had
to give up 1'is. ponitien as N. teacher,
and' lila lite', ambition, end enter the
Muskoka
kaL long Hospital 10i betorehiiin. It
may be many :months before the ex-
perienced medical attention and n1115-
lna• 110 IS getting at tbls ln,,titntien,
the last hope or so many unfortun
nits lllce� him.: will do their part,and
pot flim on lois trot main f Wouldn't
yon.tike tb help in tli10 worl'Y 0
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OF THE UNITED CHURCH
The Presbytery. of Huron, of the
United Church of Canada, met in're-
gular session in Victoria street United
church, Gederieh, on Tuesday last,
with Rev. R, 11. Barnby, S.T.D., of
Blyth, in the chair, Owing to the
lateness of the season and the condi-
tion of the roads the attendance was
trot quite as large as usual.
The Presbytery listened with inter-
est to a number of consitteee re-
ports, all of which called the chs}ych
to a deeper consecration of itself to
the work before it, and to a more
faithful following of Jesus Christ in
every department of life,. The for-
eignmissionary committee e'niphat
ized the . work of missionary educe
tion and urgedall ministers and lead-
ers to aequaint themselves with the
report of the recent Jerusalem Mis-
sionary.
is-sionary• Conerenee. r
The life and work committee pre-
sented a very, able and pertinent re-
port. Among other things this report
said (1) that a protest is due against
any lowering of our standards of in-
dividual and social life; (2) that many,
families are making, a serious mis-
take "in ,not creating the wholesome
restraints and gracious culture that
belong to religious exercises and
worship in the home;" (3) that there
ought to be a far more faithful sup-
port of the Sunday school than, these
is; (4) that "there is, an inixnedlate
need 301 gatherings of small anc(
largo groups f. or prayer and the kind
of thing•vthat Bunyan saw, of ,sere
women of Bedford`talking• together of
the deep things of God;" (5) that all
communicants' be utged to be loyal to
the spirit and program of Jesus; and
(6) that ministers and eon gregations,
consider seriously, the threatened
dearth of candidates for the ministry.
The secretary was instructed to have
this report printed and distributed Id
all the ministers in the Presbytery
that it might be read from the pill -
Miss Clara McGowan, of Blyth, a
'member o1 the extentive of the Pres-
hyiery's Young People's Union, ad-
dressed the Presbyter;,., making an elo-
quent plea for the help and co-
op-eration of the ministers in the work
the Young 'People's Union is seeking
to do, Mx. • Wm, Blade of deafoeth.
also addressed the Presbytery on be-
half of the Laymen's Association. rte
called upon (he laymen to take a deep-
er interest in the work: and welfare
01, the church. Rev. J. M. Ceiling of
Grand Bend; presented cleiu'ly the
wn'rk that ought to be done this win-
ter along
in-ter'_,llong the lines of religious ,edu-
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ictal program waS presented betwe'on
acts by- Mrs 11.:i .'' Radford, Charles
Boyd and the string orchestra of
Blyth, consisting pl' Miss Grace Shore
treed, Herbert ']Kirkby and Me'. and
a The proceeds of
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tho evening' amounted to fort 'dol.
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