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SEAFORTH, Friday, December 20.
Christmas Weather Wanted
The weather, to date, has been
neither good nor bad. Just indiffer-
ent.
There has been rain and there has
been snow, and a mixture of the
two, and we have had some sleigh-
ing.
Of course sleighing does not count
as it did a few years ago, but all the
same, a little sleighing is a good
thing. It makes it look like Christ-
mas at any rate.
And that is what we need—some-
thing to remind us that Christmas
is only a few days away. To make
us get busy, and make it a real
Christmas.
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A Much Needed Organization
A despatch in the Toronto Globe
on Monday said: "With a view to
eliminate chicken thefts, poultry men
from points throughout, Wentworth,
Waterloo, Halton, Perth and Wel-
lington Counties, at a meeting held
in Guelph, decided to adopt the tat-
tooing system, and steps will be tak-
en to get organized. The scheme
calls for the registration of tattoo
marks with the Ontario Department
of Agriculture and then with the
Provincial police."
There has been great need of just
such an organization for some time.
For many years the farmers' poultry
was comparatively safe in summer
as well as winter. There were, of
course, occasional raids by weasels,
foxes and even dogs, but such raids
were localized and few and far be-
tween at that. The poultry house
did not need to be kept under lock
and key.
But times have changed. With the
conning of the car and truck, roads
were improved and pavements laid.
And chickens, geese and ducks, not
tc mention turkeys, have become
worth real money on the town and
city markets.
With the increase in value has
come an increase in production.
Where every farmer used to keep a
small flock for his own use, now
many farmers keep hundreds of
birds, and mostly for the market.
And, because they are market birds,
they are better birds than they used
to be. Improved in breed, in size,
and quality.
When such a flock is sttolen, it
means a real monetary loss to the
farmer. And they are being stolen
with increasing regularity. Call it a
racket, or anything you please, theft
of poultry from the Ontario farmers
has become big business within the
past year or two.
Nor is this poultry racket confined
to any one particular district or any
one particular part of the Province.
The farmers on the farthest back
concessions, as well as the farmers
near the towns and cities, have suf-
fered, and in many instances, suf-
fered more than once.
Practise makes perfect. The chick-
en thieves are practically soundless
and particularly proficient in the
handling of fowl and cars and trucks
can cruise a long way in a night. A
flock of poultry from Huron County
that went to roost with the sun, may
easily find itself in Toronto or same
other large city by the time the sun
gets up' again.
And once there, positive indenti-
fcati.on keeps the police practically
powerless, They may investigate
and even suspect, but the law de-
mands proof, and that in most such
ca' is a different thing altogether.
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the tOntalio far ers would be doing
a very 'wise thing if they give such
an organization as has been mention-
ed, their very strongest backing and
co-gperation.
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We Wonder
Three separate newspaper items
published within the past week have
made us wonder, a little, if the black
depression and extremely hard times
that have existed for the past five
years, and through which the aver-
age taxpayer has been striving des-
perately to keep his head above wa-
ter,/ have finally lifted their wings
and flown away.
Whether unemployment and un-
employment relief h a v e become
things of the past. Things forgot-
ten.
From an American paper we learn
that twentk thousand people paid
$128,000 to see a prize fight in New
York last Friday night.
We wonder if there were any un-
employed among that twenty thou-
sand, or any relief money in that
$128,000.
Coming nearer home, we learn
that sixteen thousand people attend-
ed a hockey match in the Maple Leaf
Gardens in Toronto on Saturday
night.
We wonder if there was any relief
money spent to „see that hockey
game.
And coming still nearer home, we
learn that the town council received
a cheque for $251.00 last week, as its
share of the beer profits for the past
year.
We wonder if there was any relief
money, any tax money, in that
cheque.
There might be other instances,
but just those three are enough to
Make the average taxpayers think,
and wonder a little, too.
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An UnfortunateChoice ofWords
In speaking editorially of the re-
cent cancellation of Quebec power
contracts by the Hepburn Govern-
ment, the Toronto Mail and Empire
says:
"We presume that never before in
the history of any British commun-
ity, in modern times at any rate, has
such an outrage been committed
against bona fide investors. Mr. Hep-
burn and Mr. Roebuck will be for-
gotten figures long before Ontario
recovers its financial reputation to
the point where it stood before these
radical demagogues were elevated to
office by,a fortuitous combination of
unfortunate circumstances."
As far as Mr. Hepburn and Mr.
Roebuck are concerned, the Mail may
be right. Again, it may be wrong.
History, with these two gentlemen's
assistance, of course, will decide that
question.
But when The Mail speaks of "a
fortuitous combination of unfortun-
ate circumstances," 'we are a little in-
clined to the belief that it used an
unfortunate combination of words.
Fortuitous is a word that the dic-
tionary exgrekses in other words as
"accidental." Was there anything
"accidental" about the granting of
those power contracts to Quebec
power •interests, by the late Fergu-
son and Henry Governments?
Was not the granting of these pow-
er contracts by those former govern-
ments one of the "unfortunate cir-
cumstances"—for the Mail and its
friends—that led to the election of
Mr. Hepburn a year and a half ago?
If there was any "outrage" com-
mitted, as the Mail claims, did not
that outrage consist in committing
the Hydro by these contracts to pay,
for some hundreds of millions of dol-
lars for power it could not use, rather
than in cancelling them, because the
Hydro system was unable to carry
the load and remain a solvent sys-
tem?
That, we take it, is the country
viewpoint at any rate. And, as long
as Mr. Hepburn keeps himself and
his Government from committing
themselves to any similar combina-
tion of unfortunate circumstances,
neither he nor Mr. Roebuck have
anything to fear from The Mail or
its opinion, from the country, dr
from history.•
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From The Huron Expositor of
December 23, 1910
On Friday' night of Past week,
shortly after midnight as 011ie Walk-
er and Will Cardiff, of Hulled, were
coming have from the oyster supper
a 'Samuel Snell's, they discovered'
'Mrs. D. Li'vingstone'•s house on fire.
Mrs. Levinestone had a closer call
from being evereome with smoke.
While going to church on Sunday
night last, Mer. T. Mellis, Kipper, had
an unpleasant mishap. It was very
dark and Mr. Mellis collided with the
barb -wire fence which caught him
across the forehead.
Mr. James MoGregor, of Kippers,
sold a fine 4 -year-old gelding to go to
Winnipeg for which he received the
handsoane sum of $'290.
The congregation of the 'German
Church at Crediton have drawn away
about 1,900 cement blocks whioh they
'purchased from Mr. Peter Whitlock,
Usborne, with which they will build
a large shed.
A young son of Mr. Thos. Baker,
v. -'no is employed in The Bell Engine
Work, had so'me of his fingers tak-
en off in one of the machines on
Thursday.
Mr. Melvin Scott, of Listowel, son
of Mr. and Mrs .Arch. .Scott, Sea
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forth, has presented to First Pres-
byterian Church two handsome cab-
inets for displaying the numbers of
the psalms and hymns in the service
of song.
The big beef which Mr. H. W. Col-
quth•oun has in his store for the guess-
ing contest, was ,purchased from Mr.
P. Feeney, of Hibbert.
Mrs. B. Cleary, Tuokersinith, breaks
the reeord for fowl raising this year,
having sold $122 worth.
Armour Dundas, of Leadtbury, has..
taken the contract of cutting seventy-
five cords of wood for John J. Mc -
Gavin.
Mr. William Aikenheadr, of Bruce -
field, had the misfortune be have a
young mare die this week. The ani-
mal was worth $250.
Mr. Wm. Moise, of Zurich, who has
been in the Molsons Bank in Zurich,
has been transferred to Toronto.
The anniversary services in Cavan
Presbyterian Church, Winthrop, were
very successful. Reel. Whaley, of
Zorra„ preached able and eloquent
sermons. On Monday evening a
)bountiful supper was served and the
following appeared on the program:
Miss Emily Ruffles, Professor Clark,
the Maple Leaf orchestra frown Sea -
forth, Mr. George Murdie, McKillop,
arnd 'Miss Shipley, of Clinton. Con-
gratulations are clue to the worthy
pastor,, Rev. D. Carswell. The total
proceeds amounted to over $250.
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From The Huron Expositor of
December 25, 1885
One day last week a team of
horse's belonging to 'Mr. F. C. Rogers,
of Brussels,. drew 60 barrels of salt
in one i'olad from the salt works io
the station at Brussels. It weighed
nine tens.
Messrs. Rennie and Urquhart, en-
terprising grain and flour merchants
of Hensall, have been shipping away
of late a large quantity of flour to
the Old 'Country market.
Miss Grace Elder, of •Seaf'orth, and
Mr. George Anderson, of Egmlond-
ville; have, returned from Toronto,
where they have been putting in a
term at the Normal 'School.
A young 'hrse belonging to Mr.
Alex. 'Davidson created a slight com-
mbtion on Main Street, Seaforth, on
Tuesday forenoon. Ile became fright-
ened and upset the vehicle and ran
away. However he was captured but
the cutter was 'badly demolished.
Mr. James Weir has leased the Roy-
al Hotel, Seaforth, to Ms. William
Pinkney.
Mr. W. H. Campbell returned to
Seaforth on Saturday last from a
hunting expedition to Muskoka, bring-
ing 12 deer with 'him.
Before the close of the Seaforth
public school for the Christmas holi-
days, Mr. McFaul, the principal, was
presented 'by the pupils of his de-
partment with a Ibeautitful silver
epergne, and Miss A. Cowan's pup-
ils presented her with a handsome'ly
bound volume of Coleridge's works.
Mr. Thomas Neilands, who has car-
ried the mails between Seatforth and
Harlock for the past 12 years, has
again been awarded the contract for
the next four years.
Messrs. Scott and Bell, of Wing-
` ham, have disposed of their s'awimill
in that town to 'McLean & Son.
Mr. John Stewart, who fives' near
Molesworth, had the misfortune to.
get his hand caught in the belt of a
threshing machine one day last week
and. had to have three fingers taken
off
Mr. Thos. Davidson, of the 12th
concession of . Mc1Killbp, has been
treasurer of the Grange in that dis-
trict ever since its establishment
some eight years ago, and has miss-
ed only one 'meeting. He is 70 years
old.
One day last week the mail train
on the Teeswater ,branch of the Can-
adian Pacific Railway was thrown o1
the track a mile east of Fordwich,
owing tb the 'breaking of an axle of
one of the box cars. ,
Wh'ge engaged in making sausage
recently at the holme of Mr. Robert
Murray, Howiek, his son, John, ,ggot
his fingers in the machine and i)r.
Ross, of Clifford, had to cut one or
two of them off next morning.
At the last meeting of the Varna
Loyal Orange Lodge, No. 1035, the
following officers were elected for the
current year: W.M., Bro. W. Rath -
well; D.iM., James' Reid; Chaplain, R.
MCMnurray; Rec. See., John Torrance;
F.S., L. Beatty; Treas., Chas. Fos-
ter; let -Com.; B. Warwick.
Market perces this week are as
follows: Fall 'wheat, 82c; spring
wheat, 80e; oats, 30e; peas, 58c; pets_
toes, 40c; wood, $3.50; flour, 2.40 per
owt.
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you, . evye.4 .know tlba+# Yulatide
fe,stiv i'tiea• are much older :than Christ-
mas? Long before the Ch.•ist;ae era,
Scand•inavlialn folk celebrated' 'Yul''r.'de
as the. turning of the year Vide
means noise or clamour; the Yule log
'would be dragged into the house by
the men of the family, and before be-
ing set alight each person had to sit
est ...de it and sing a song, after wl:':'h
each was given a Mug of spiced ale
and a slice of cake.
!With the festive season our mind,
we got thinking ah'out ancient Christ-
mas custo•mem, :s'o many of which have
disappearyed. Years ago, to York
Cathedral the townspeople wuuid
bring 'mistletoe at Christmas ' iine,
and while the pele.st laid it upon the
altar, there Would be loud 'pleas) from
the people for pardon to all prison-
ers. Beggars and released evil -doers
wwld be fed and treated kindly by
cvcrybo'd'y.
The Puritans attempted to a'bolis'h
all Christmas resells, but this was
more than Bri+tishe•rs would stomach.
Mistletoe, now a Christmas symbol,
was famous long before the first
Christmas. The ancient Druids called
the plant Alit -(Healer and the original
idea was that if two enemies met by
accident unldehr the mlh,'tletoe their
enmity w'ou'ld Imlysteriousdy evaporate
and give place to friendship, at least
dor. one year.
l The Ixfi$lt Ile o lid is lorely fol-
lowed jta,liph ply. Every ctbne s4ome-
l'baclY '1‘"ifif901 weeder the pliant a berry
ohlonild be p1uoked, so that a sway
with, slay, eight berries, bestows its
benign 'magic over only eight kisses.
T,h°e legend has it that any maid who
fails to •.gett 'herself kissed under the
mistletoe •at Christmas wilds remain
un'marri'ed, du'rinig the flonbwing year.
Mistletoe was lsupp'oaed to possess
another alchemic property; if the
Newt was grown on oak, one was ea-
albled to see anldl converse with absent
friends.
In day's when people took life at a
slower teampb, Christmas festivities
fasted from Hall'owe'en Until Candle-
mas Day (February 2nd), with extra
special revels between Christmas Eve
and Twelfth Night (J'anuary Oth).
The prevailing spirit over • the
Chri'stm'asi season of !old times is ex-
presisied in this 15th century exhor-
tation:
"At Christmas be merry and thank
God for All,
And feast thi pore neighbour, the
great with the mai,
Yea, al the yeee long have an eie to
the pore,
And God shall sende luck to kepe op-
en thy' door'."
JUST A SMILE OR TWO
Amos: "So you've got back from
the big city, have yon, iH'iram? What
difference did you find between the
city and the country?"
Hiram: '"They hain't much •differ-
ence after all. In the country you
go to 'bed feeling all in and get up
feeling fine, and in the city you go
to 'bed feeling fine and getting up
feeling all in." .-Fern'ie Free Press.
"What's the shape of the earth?"
asked the teacher, calling suddenly
on Wee Wullie.
'"Round," said 'Wee Wullie.
"How do you know it's round?"
asked the teacher.
"Well," says Wullie, "it's square
then; I d'nna want my argument
aboot .it.Dundas Star.
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
• (B7 Isabel lin nThton, Goderricb, Ont.) '®
Thy 'so'verei'gn grace to all extends
'immense and unconfined;
From age to age it never ends;
Pt reaches all mankind.
, Sinim," began the ghost. "I reign
over millions of yellow people, yet I
em a Most unhappy man. My par-
ents are dead; so ils my wife and only
child. Where they have goose I know
not, fon' .hough I am called the Son
of Heaven, I am ignorant Whether
'Heaven' is an actual place or merely
a high-sounding woad. As my loved
+•nes kept appearing to mne in my
dreams I consnnited all the wise mem
in my kingdom, seeking to learn if
they were still alive, but only receiv-
ed evasive ans'wers'. At East, however,
one of the sages, an old ,blind; man
whispered to rne, "'King • Gaspard,
mount upon your horse anal set but
for the south-west. A star hitherto
unknown is soon to appear. Let
.that star (guide you. It will 'head you
to the cradlbe of a god and Where a you
'shall be comforted.' I have travers-
ed Asia for two years. Lately the
star appeared to ,mle. Every night I
have fixed mny eyes upon it, and fol-
lowed it, and ilt liras. led me to where
we are."
"My name is Balthasar," said the
kingly old man in the turban, "and
our brother here, Melchior, Emperor
of India, came to the capital of my
kingdom little over a month ago. He
inherits the spirit of bus sovereign
ancestor, Asoka, and the horrors of
war fill 'h'im with disgust. Seeking
among his priesthood one who could
impart to him the secret of inner
rest, a holy man said to him in dy-
ing, 'Ido not possess it, nor shall I,
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until 'have paslsed through cycles of
're -birth. There is abc t to be born,
however, a god of gcoodwi'12 upon the
cbmfirtes of Asia. Depart at once for
Throughout the world its breadth is
known,
Sb wide, it never passed by one,
Or it had passed by me.
Come quickly, gracious Lord, and
take
;Possession of Thine awn,
My longing heart voudhsafe to make
Thine everlasting throne. Amen.
—Charles Wesley.
S. S. LESSON FOR DECEMBER 22
Lesson Topio—Christmas Lesson.
Lesson Psage—St.'Matithew 2:1-12.
Golden Text—St, Matthew 1:21.
On a nrid-winter day in the :last
year bf the reign of Herod the Great,
a strange company encamped on ,the
western shone of the Dead 'Sea. It
was' composed entirely of men, with
flat faces, prominent cheek -'bones and,
akin almost the calor bf saffron. Their
eyes slanting sidewise wetre almbnd-
(shaped, while a 'pl'ai'ted queue of jet-
dolleok hair descended halfway down
their backs. Arriving that afternoon
'and quickly unloading their horses
and mules, they had proceeded to er-
ect their ,tent's. In one of these, fur-
meis'hed with rich carpets and cushions
and 'larger than the rest;, stood their
dommander, a giant of a man. with
an enormous black moustache that
hung down as far as his breast. His
followers referred to themselves' as
sons of 'Si,nim, but spoke or him as
the Son of Heaven, and the slighte
indication of his will was instant
obeyed.
As the sun sank the men cbuai
them'se'lves mound the fires cobkin
their supper, and darkness fell whi
it was 'beieg eaten. Immediately t
meal was 'av'er the camp became a
ti•vie with preparations for departur
The mules were laden, and only th,
great tent with the purple pennon r
maned to be struck, when, in 'tic
far, far distance, towards the waste
of Arabia, there appeared a ,multitud;
of vacillating lights moving north
wards along the borders of .the Sa
Sea: As they.drew nearer `the sawn
of'music 'aid voices came floating o
the air, and db became apparent the
what was approaching was a vas
cortege of brown -skinned men, seat
ed on the backs of elephants an
'carrying in their hands huge flam'in
torches with threw monstrous sir
chows on the sand. Wlhen- a short d'is
tame team the eaceaanpm'ent w•h'
the giant new stood surrounded b
his followers the proeession came to
a ,alt. Right in front of it was a
colbssal white elephant with an iv
ory tower harnessed to its 'back, in
which sat a young man of (bronze
tint, dressed in a robe of ruby -calor
ed si& s'pairkling with precious stones
He ha,illed the one whom he d'ivin
to be'the (leader of the company that
eon:frontedi him, but perceiving That
his language was not understood, he
turned and called' out something to
`those who were ,behind ;hire, His
words were passed from mouth to
mouth, away to the rear, and after
the companies (had s'to'od facing each
other far a few minute; half a doz-
er men seated on camels and drone -
denies came riding thubug'h the
throng. On one of these animals
was a majestic old man with a green
turban stud'de'd with diamonds', to
wham all on each side of him did
'obeisance as the made his way to the
front. Addressing the 'Si.nuanese in
their awn la.n'guage, he was at toYree
courteously responded tb by their
chief, who invited hitn an'd' the young
man in the ivory howdalh' to come to
his tent and accept of 'hits hospitality.
Food was partaken of by all thiole
as the 'sign and seal of a 'brtotherrly
covenant, and then, reclining on o rsh..
lona around a ,brasier, ,the rtnavellierts
began to relate 'hotw they had eone
to encounter each other beside this
Syrian sea.
"IVI'y name is 'Gaspard, King 'sof
it the west. On your way you shall
y meet with thosd wih'o will point you
red' to a fir, which shall lead you to tbds
god who is destined to be the Prince
rle of Peace.
he "1'he Emrperbr 'arrived in Babylon,
e- my capital, when all' our astrol'ogees,
ewere exoited over a new and brilliant
star that had appeared in the west -
e_ ern sky, for they held that it was the
e certain ,presage ,of the birth of a new
'gp'd. Fro,mi my youth I have sought
°to 'discover the divine essence which
I am persuaded, underlies what is
It material, but all my researches have
d been in 'vain. Impressed by what
the 'astrologers acid my august visi-
t for said, I decided to accompany him,
tt .n the hope that what has been so
long ,hidden from me may be reveal.
cl ed. We have come over the d'esertis
g and the mountains following the
star,-� To -night we saw fist moving
a- - slawlly toward's Hine west, and as our
ere attendants are ready to depart I
pitpoise that we rise alai follow it
until' it fa'dels lout of the sky."
Mi that nagiht ,the three !kings jour-
_ n'eyed over the arid' hills of Judea
'an'd slept .nexttday in a valley south
of Jerusalem. When evening canine
the star shone with such extraordin-
ary •bridlian'cethat they felt they moist
• e be neartih,eir journey's end. , Follow-
ing over
the plaints, and passing'by
sheph'erds out in the'tolpen, keeping
watch oveer their flocks, they came to
the outskirts 'of a village where stood
a tumble-down building, upon the roof
of which streamed down three golden
rays of light from the mysterious
star. The three kings dislmtormted
and followed by their (attendants,
carrying costly presents, kno'c'ked at
the door. at was opened, disclosing
a stable with an infant sleeping ins a
mangeer on a heap of straw. A yo(ung
woman clad' in white salt at the head
of the crib. An ox was on the right
of it, and an meds an the left, their
breath, warming the 'tiny 'baby. It
was . a cold, draughty stable, and a
'humble cradle, but the kings redag-
rite in it the 'God whom they sought,
and falling on their knees they bow-
ed with their foreheads to the
ground before the h;o]y child Josue.
(Balthasar was the first to offer his
gifts—a salves* oene,er from wihic'h, there
curled the smoke of fragrant frankin-
cense',
"0 Wonderful One," he said, 'tithe
eyes of my mind are darkened so
that I have no insight. 'Grant unto
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Indian is Fined For Shooting Deer,
For shooting a deer illegally, ire-
'su'ma'biy in MiclGillivray Township on
Tuesday of lash week, Stanley Cloud,
Kettle Point Indian, paid $20 and
costs in Magistrate Woodr'!ew's court
in Sarnia on Thursday. 'Cloud had
the dead .deer in a car When picked
up by 'Game 'Overseer W. -4,„ Pem-
berton in Lamlbtan County just
acrose the Milidlesex-Lamlbton coun-
ty Jine,,-Baceter Times Advocate.
Warden Treats County Councillors
On Thursday aftern'gon Warden
Sweecze'r gave each •member of the
council, county officials and press re-
porters, a 'h'u'ge 'bunch of celery grown
on his farm. 'The gift was greatly
appreciated This was, the second
donation of produce to which, kthe,
members were treated. Reeve Car-
diff brought samples of his apples for
their enjoyment.—
Appointed Coroner
Dr. William T. Banting, of Lucaan,
has been •appointed• coroner, in an
announcement made by Attorney -
General Ro,elbuck.-
Face Injuries Sustained
When the car driven `by Mr. E.
French, with Mrs, French, Mr: and
Mrs. Wesley Leake, and Mrs. Norman
,Park as passengers, was struck by a
truck driven by 'Clarence Krauskopf,
just west of Se'brin'gville ors Thurs-
day, 'Mrs. Norman Park sustained
painful cuts about the face, the
others escaping injury. As the truck
touched the car, it swerved off the
highway and turned over in the ditch
the top of the sedan being torn off.
—Mitchell Advocate.
Stove Blown To Pieces
On Sunday morning while two oc-
cupaats of the home of --Mrs. Porteous
were still in bed and another had
gone downstairs and was working
around, the stove in the kitchen ex-
plo'ded.and. ,.pieces wee hurled--aibout....-.
the room. It is thought that there
wad something the ,matter with the
water front an'd upon ,becoming over-
heated the accident occurred. For-
tunately no one was near the s'tov'e at
the time and no other damage re-
sulted—Mitchell Advocate.
Eye Injured While Running Lathe
,On Monday morning Mr. Edward.
Ruston, mechanic in the .Stott Barr
garage, narrowly escaped halving- the
sight of his nigiflt eye desti+oyed, Mr.
Ruston was running a lathe when a
wrench flew up, striking him. just
above the eyeball. Dr. W. E. Pride
ham attended him, the wound requir-
ing five stitches. The eye is badly"
swollen and Mr iRusitbn was not on
duty for a few days., --Mitchell Advo-
cate.
A Bayfield Girl Who Couldn't Be -
Stu m ped
e-Stumped
Here's a girl who made ipossi'ble•
the seemingly impossible! At least
that is what ,Principal Jahn S. Wren
of Humberside Collegiate asserts.
Miss Bernice Seeds took her high
school course without French and
Latin. 'She wanted to be a. zrurse..
When she applied she was told that
a new rule required an 'applicant to,
have matriculation. Back she went
to Mr. Wren on March 6th of this
year. "Can I take Latin and Frenebu
in three months?" she asked. "Wihy,.
that's impossible," said the surpris-
ed principal. "Well, I'm going to do
the impossible," said the determined
Bernice. So 'Mr. Wren securest as a:
tutor for her Mrs. Edna S. '•Ca'm'eron,
a supply teacher ,at Humberside. They
went to work. When the matruictnla.-
tion examinations carne in June, Miss
Seeds took first-class honors in Latin
authors, first class honorsin Latin
composition, a pass in French com-
position, and second class honors in
French authors. "I never heard of.
anything like it in my life," said Mr_
Wren to The 'Star. "That's the nev-
er -say -die spirit." Mies Seeds went
back, applied again as al nurse stud-
ent, an'd was accepted. At the Humt-
berside commencement the principal
handed her het d'iplomna and she was
presented with bouquets of flowers
amidst the applause of the school -
She is the daughter of Mrs, A. R.
Seeds, Bayfield, the niece of Mrs. C..
0. Brinier of 'Oriole Parkway, and is•
nineteen years of age.—Toronto Star..
me grace, I 'beseech Thee, tb see Good:
in all things and ail 'things in 'Grad."
The infant slept and made ne re-
sponse, but from 'heaven there fell a
voice sayinlg,, "The Lord shall be un-
to thee ,an everlas'birrg lirghit. Bleesees
are the pure .in heaait; for they shall
see Gold."
Gaspard ,Moak from the 'hands of
his attendant a golden bowl full to
the brim with odbniferona, •mynah, and
placing in ,berfore the manger, said,
"0 Lord of Life, have pity upon me
as I iborw before Thee in my sorrow'
and perplexity, asking if I s•hal'I see,
again in another world the faces of
those I love,"
'The infant slumbered and from the,
heights celestial voices answered:
"Lave is srtrrongee- than death. Thou
shalt see 'them again and thy (Heart.
Stall rejoice. Ble'ss'ed are they that
nrlousn: for they 'shall be comforted."'
Meliahuer dela before the crib a.
richly carved 'box of ebony encrusted
with jewels., Then, joining his hands
•
he said':
"0 Prime of Peace, my heart is
sad and finds no rest. The world lis,
full of the..isbun'dls bf war and the
crines of 'men who seek each other's
blood. Shall the strife of radicals
never Cease? Shall hatred have no -
end?" 1'4.4414
The infant srt'irred in his sleep, and'
a, voice a�es'pionded: +
"They .shall beat their swords into -
plow -shares anif' their sp'e'ars into
pruning-lrbb'Ica, neither shall they
learn war any more. Blessed are the
peacemakers: for they shell be call-
ed the children at' God."
The kings lifted their eyes above,
from whenoe the voice came, and sud-
denly saw ,the roof 'open, and the
skies filled with a multitude of the
heavenly host, praising 'Gerd, and say-
ing, Glory to 'God in the highest,
and on earth peace, good will to.
men.."
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