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The Huron Expositor, 1922-12-08, Page 14 The Xmas Store Supreme Hundreds of Appropriate, Economic Answers to the Great Annual Question - C What Shall I -Give? You will get the happy solution to your Christmas perplexities here. We have prepared a feast of Useful and Sensible Gifts for Man, Woman, Child and -Baby-Gifts that the recipient will value for their usefulness, their sensibility and their quality; Gifts that the giver will give with confidence in its appropriateness in its usefulness, in its look- ing and living up to that high standard of quality for which this stor2 is famous. Take a pencil and paper, look over the suggestions below, make out your list, come to this Store and your Christmas troubles are settled at very reasonable prices. For Men and Boys Neck Ties 50c to $1.25 Shirts .. $1.35 to $3.00 Handkerchiefs 10c- to 75c Umprellas $1.50 to $3.00 Mufflers 75c to $3.00 Bath Robes $12.00 to $14.50 Braces 25c to 75c Smoking Jackets .....$5.00 to $10.00 Gloves $1.50 to $3.00 Pyjamas $2.50 to $5.00 Fancy Sox 50c to $1.25 Night Gowns $1.50 to $3.00 Garters .....25c to 50c Sweater Coats .......$1.75 to $8.00 Armbands 15c to 50c Caps " ,$1.25 to $2.25 For Women and Girls Silk Underwear $1.50 to $4.00 Boudoir maps 25c to $1.50 Purses .25e to $5.00 Novelties 50c to $1.50 Collars 50c to $2.00 Centre Pieces 15c "to $4.00 Dresser Covers $1.00 - to $4.00 Lunch Cloths $1.25 to $3.50 Baby's Silk Robes $3.50 Stpd. Wool Blankets $2.50 Bootees . 50c to $1.00 Infantees 50c Bibs 30c. to 75c Embroidered Dresses, Pillow Cases, Etc. Gloves ..... 75c to $3.75 Handkerchiefs 5c to $2.25 Silk Scarfs $2.75 to $3.75 Fancy Towels $1.50 to $3.00 Bath Mats $2.25 to $3.00 Linen Table Cloths$5.00 to $15.00 Bed Spread $3.00 to $8.00 Comforters ... $4.75 to $16.50 Stewart Bros, Seaforth • ,0 p, 4 B 1� Rgmondville \ 8 � 2, 1 IYar Expositor';-*' y ,i I ani gojng t9 ate r sedans' find, a, few things the back ta' me during a few day.'s'f) �} in thee �outifiy. a #tris oyer , °'j s r agg�oi'- also a.little,.about time-' outing.. itself. " I left.Egmondville at 1 <SMonday morning' in October 'of i year and started south,• not kdo :,. exactly where I might go. Wh' got out about half a mile from village, Mr. O'Brien, the grocer r Staffer, caught up to me with , end unlike a great many a }divers, he. stopped to give me a ride ' (Soof these days when my Ste alt i imd out' or order and )S feel sofit" ad mean enough to _Jaye hopes tf#..,, ng any- thing like justice in the of lame basting the yellow cep' 1r to driv era 'who are too smaiii if ,; elfish to stop and pick up thriakid' om they overtake on the road 41; I' express my opinion of them e t e I may be able to get some of,? j,'- names and numbers.) Mr ,A'Iiien not only picked me up, but offered'to"take me any place I wished to. go'ether down the sixth or the eighth ceoncessions, so I decided to ask him to 4;jimp me off at Miles McMillans g to on the Sixth concession of Uibbert'and about two miles east of the ohne, be- tween Tuckersmitth and, ert. In a very short time we a at. Mc. Millan's gate. After thai ld tg Mr. O'- Brien for the ride, I went up to the house. Mrs. McMillan, whom I used to know as Mary Hastings, one of the jolliest girls of Hibbert;: met me at the door. I told her *rho I was and she gave me- a most hearty wel- come, such da her people and the peo- ple of her nationality know how to give. I then went out to the field to see Miles, and although r had not seen him for over thirty years, he looked very much the same and called me by name. He, too, gave me a hearty welcome, and left his work to go back to the house with use where we spent the next two hours talking over old times, the people we used to know, and the days when Paul' Boa, Angus McDonald and Miles McMillan threshed along the sixth, eighth and tenth concessions of Hibbert and Tuckersmith. As we talked of those who were the older people in my boy• hood days, I was surprised how few of them are left, and you may also be surprised to know That on the sixth concession from Miles McMillan west to Jim Gemmell's, or'nearly five miles, the only ones now living on the line are Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wright, both of whom are standing it well and looking well. Then there is„.Mr, and Mrs. Wm. Hudson, now liffaili Hen- sall; Mrs. Win, Murray, now living on the fourth concession, and Wm. Scott, living in Egmondville. Some one may say what about Pete DeCoursey, of Dublin, Mr. and Mrs. John Love and Pat McIver, of the village of Egmond- ville, and Mrs. Wm. McNaughton, of Seaforth, and I would say sure, they are all living and looking fine, but they are mere boys and girls, the sons and daughters of some of those whom we remember as the early set•. tiers. After spending two hours most de- lightfully, discussing many things and expressing our opinion that the old time threshing machines fed by hand "HE HU B.f ":TRADE •MARK" A Paramount Picture. GLORIOUS GLORIA in forty - glorious gowns! The most Waning display of fashion ever brought to the screen! As beautiful , as a Paris fashion show- es exciting as a :Mexican revolution, A drama of human hearts and struggling souls, skipping from society's splendors to Mexico's slums- and telling a pee- sionate tale of love and sacrifice. See Abe fight with the wildcat in. the Lost Forest! . See Gloria on horseback leap aver the twenty -foot precipice, with a hundred bandits in pursuit! See the thrilling fight on the stairs! ,--ALSO A 2 Reel Special "MAN VERSUS BEAST" ADULTS, 20 CENTS. CHILDREN, 10 CENTS. fire got so hot that the end of the house took fire. When the alarm of fire was given there was quite a coin, motion. Paul Boa, who was playing the violin, laid the instrument down on a bench and went over and look- ed down the stairway, but instead of going down, he jumped and landed on the stairs about half way down and the stairs went down with him. Some of the people got quite excited with the house on fire and no way to get down but jump; however, some of the cooler heads got partners for a dance and Billy Metherall picked' up the violin and the music and dancing started right away, and a panic was averted. There were lots of just as willing hands downstairs to extin- guish the fire as there had been to build it up, and it did not. take long with lots of snow and water. But there is still a sad story to tell, for in less than two weeks, or to be exact about it, on December 11th, 1890, Joe Connolly, one of the finest young men of Hibbert township, died in the house near by, death being caused by a kick from a horse. But now to proceed a little farther west I passed William Burke's and turned in to see Jim Morris, whom I had not seen for a long time. I met Jim out near the barn and had a • fine talk about old times, after which we went into the house where Mrs. Morris gave me a hearty welcome and made my short stay very pleasant. Before leaving we partook of some mild liquid refreshments for which Mrs. Morris apologized, best that the lawn permit. I was ver a. mild drink, thus saving me the trouble of refusing, as I have yet my first glass of whiskey to drink. To you who do not know Mrs, Jim Mor- ris I want to tell you something about her. She was Lizzie Long and' deserves a lot of credit for the part she has played on life's stage. When her mother died in July, 1875, she was a very young girl; I do not think she could have• -been more than 12 or 13 years of age, if she was that, but young as she was she was left a large part of the care and bringing up of the younger members of the family. One sister was just a baby and her youngest brother, William, who died in California just a few months ago, was a very small boy. by experts, such as Angus McDon- She did her work well, and when you aid, 'Paul Boa and several others of see her next time, shake her hand the same calibre, could devour just and say well done, thou good and as much grain and empty a barn just faithful girl. There were several ng it was the o/-Ihe land would glad that it was as fast as the modern self -feeders, Mrs. McMillan announced that din- ner was ready, and believe me it was a fine dinner. But just as usual, ow- ing to a physical weakness or some- thing of that kind, after I had been eating for about half an hour I com- menced to loose my appetite, and much as I regretted to do so I had tot stop. Then thanking them for their , kindness and hospitality I bade my hest and hostess good-bye, and if not expressing it, certainly hoping that they may live long and enjoy life. Mrs. Mike Coyne and One of her- sons ersons were the first to give us an auto ride when we came here last fall, and I would have been glad to call on them just across the road but did not do so that day. However, I called on them since and found that they have a fine family of six boys and six girls living, and I have been told that there are seven of their family' dead. It seems to me. that if Theo. Roosefelt had known of Mike's family he would have shown some appreciation of their service to the world in doing their part to prevent race suicide. As I went west from McMillan's, the first farm I came to was where Joe Connolly once lived. There are no buildings on the place now; but about ten apple trees mark the place where the old log house once stood. As i passed by I remembered being at a dance in that old log house just about. 32 years ago now; the G'bnnolly's were not living in the log house as there was another house on the farm at that time. The dance was upstairs in the log house, where there was a very good floor. Some of those who did not eAre.to dance sat around the open fireplace downstairs and kept a roaring fire going. Most of the men around 'the fire were smoking pipes, perhaps some were meerschaum pipes, but I rather think more of them were mere sham pipes. How- ever, the c19 -•d of smoke from the pipes was just about as dense as front the fireplace. The stairway was at the same end+of the house and landed upstairs just about directly over the fireplace. Although we went to the dance with buggies, the night was quite cold with some snow on the -ground. During the night the Great News For Xmas It is almost ten years since we could speak of price reduc- tions in a general way. But this Christmas we are able to do so. Our fall buying has re- vealed to us that we can sell, in some cases, for 80 per cent. less than we could a year ago. This means that shopping at this Store will mean a larger purchasing power for your Dollar than you have known in recent years. Added to this we have a greater variety of Xmas Goods and Novelties. Every- one is a "Gifts That Last" Quality. Altogether this will simplify your shopping problems and make this a very economical place to do your Xmas Shop- ping. And, remember, every article we sell is Positively Guaranteed, Fred S. Savauge Jeweler & Optician SEAFORTH - ONT. Phones: Business 194. Residence 10. others on the same line who deserve a great deal of credit for playing a similar part in life. Do we give these people due credit, and do we recognize their real worth to the com- munity in which they live and to the world at large? It tries the patience of many a mother to bring up her own family, but what about those who undertake the care and bringing up of the children of others who have been deprived of the care and atten- tion of one or both parents. The man or woman, who by effort, earn- estness and enthusiasm can shape, direct and influence the lives of the young in the home or in the com- munity, and swing them into line with right and high ideals, can wag the world, for just as the families are, so will the communities be and just as the, communities are, so will JACK MINER HUNTER and NATURALIST will Lecture in . STRAND THEATRE, SEAFORTH on WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13th at 8 p.m. Under Auspices of Boy Scouts. Admission 35c and 25c. li ,tey 'DOSS'4 e.. white• 'mage is *peeIt $B 'e driving whit* Wlare. buggy,: .but. in a •%feint wog ti :, much like the wagons # Fulton .,and' Thomas,' Mile moudville, • made , bub ° smaller''aril ., lighter, Another thing that belong t,: ed to the equipment and always* along was the -little -brown .jug,. aphid usually took . its place in the- front corner of the wagon' box.Tile jug did not always "have to be exaniine4 on the way 'to towfi; but on •the 1%);, turn trip it had to be examined sev- eral times between Seaforth and hiome to make sure that the contents were not deteriorating. Strange as it may,"' seem, the more the jug was examined. the More the occupants of the little ' wagon seemed to sway backwards end forwards as well as to the right and left as they sat in the spring" seat. However, I never knew of them fall- ing out or being badly hurt. I have been told that on one occasion the wagon reach became uncoupled on the way home and let the front end of the wagon box drop down on the road. The white mare and the front wheels kept going until Charlie was pulled out of 'his seat and out on to the hard gravel road, But he was by no means dismayed/he simply climb- ed aboard the front bolster and he and the white mare proceeded on their homeward way, leaving Biddy to guard the remainder of their jaunting car. I rather think that Mr. Barr would have a ride for his life, for that white mare was no old plug but a fat sleek chunk that could step out at a lively pace, especially, on the way home and still faster if it was getting late. I did not hear whether the little jug was seized and went with the- first section, or kept its usual place in the front corner of the box. Now, as I looked' south across the road from where the red school once stood, there is nothing to mark the place where Long's once lived. There is a frame building farther -back on the farm which may have been mov- ed from the corner, but the buildings at the corner are all gone. I remem- ber a very fine team Jim Long had. They were bays with white faces and white feet. Jim had taught this team to chew tobacco. He would oc- casionally stop the team for a rest and give them a taste of tobacco, then ease the collars up and wipe the dirt and sweat from the horses shoulders and see that no sores were starting. Jim knew how to care for his horses. I do not think that many of the teamsters of to -day give their horses as much care and attention as Jim Long did. However, I am not advocating teaching horses to chew tobacco, for it seems to me it is bad enough for the lower animals to chew tobacco without disgracing re- spectable horses with the dirty stuff. Just across the sideroad from Jim Long's old place 1 saw nothing' to mark the place where Tommy Lern- er lived, hip there are some apple trees where Tommy's father lived. I do not know whether one of these apple tree:: is the one from which Mr. Lamer fell and was so badly hurt, that he died within a few days_ I do not know the date of Mr. Lurn- er's death, but itwas about forty years ago. Some people may think that I was trying to imitate Mr. Lerner when the ladder I was stand- jing on fell over and let the ground cone up and hit me in the neck while pulling apples in Egmondville a few weeks ago, but it was no imitation. nor was it a reproduction for Lie moving picture people. Right across the road from Lerner's, only an orchard marks the place wlier • T'...• DeCoursey once lived. I called to see Matt Coyne. and although many years had passed since we had met before, when he saw me he came right up with his welcoming hand stretched out and called me by name just as readily as he would have done 30 years ago. Matt is very little changed, and I found him the same happy-go-lucky fellow that he always was, and his wife and family are equally cheerful and happy. I have been back to see them once since that time and had my dinner, which I very much enjoyed. After leaving Matt T could not help crossing the road and calling on Pat. Morris. Pat was preparing to kill a pig. hut he had lots of time to take me into the house where, for the first time, I met• his wife. I enjoyed a very pleasant half-hour with them as well as par- taking of another temperance drink. We are still six mil••,- from Egmond- ville and T have no hopes of making the rest, of the trip to -night, as it is now time to go to bed, so will have to leave to some other time the story of the rest of my day's outing. I will now say good-bye to my many friends whom I may not see in the near future, for we expect to start for California in a short time. I want to thank all the people here for their kindness and hospitality, all the good things we hay had to eat, the many delightful da ' and evenings we have spent with you , pleasant gatherings we babe attend- ed during the last fifteen months. Best wishes to you all. -J. A. L. tainn 1 Efntshs its, MASS MEETING in METHODIST CHURCH, SEAFORTH on SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9th AT 8 p.m - to hear addresses from Delegates who were at "The World's Temperance Convention" held in Toronto, when the following will address the meeting: - Miss Agnes Slack, of England, ex -President of the World, W. C. T. U.; Rev. C. W. Crooke, Superintendent of the Florida Anti - Saloon League of United States; Mr. Farmatieff, of Bulgaria, and Mr. Sylvester Broderick, Sierra Leone, West Central Africa. EVERY ONE WELCOME. tainn 1 Efntshs its,