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THE BUILDERS could not destroy our fixed purPose to proceed on oun course as,,a na- Ry Lt.Col. Charles R. McCullough tion. At the most menacing time (Continued from'page 8) the national spirit manifested itself in varions forma -of these we are bitious youthhood wbo could hardly prviîeged to express one in our Can- toierate tâihse slow procesges 1bY adian Club Mevement wbich la not which.the ahip of state finds herseif, Bo much a protest against lossa of finds heiÏ course. forges ahead, fair national entity thro' annexation as weather and foui. Young Canadians an active educative force te eniarge a-plenty saw ' Oppotunity' and seiz- the -spirit and understanding of the ~ed hier even if she pnesented herseif Canadian people. ýadequately pay for wýith ail lier gold Wehv nligcvtatyi- in aothn lnd nd te GeatRe-itative, love for native land in Can-1 public îmported what shie can neyer ada-we need more of the arts of -a type of manhood that bas enrich - ed and stnengtbened the fabnie of other lands. 'Behind us lie a thons- lircitizenry. and years of struggle for liberty and pregres. Behind the Russian But ail born beneatb the Mapfle 'lie a thousand years of mystery, Tree; didn't go. Even arnong the music and tragedy. We want his yeung men there remained a geodiy music not bis'tragedy, inheritance of the strain that sticks lDrWatbe xpsesm aad dneams dreains. These migbt id Dr. Wattsoetepessm have-had some diflicultY in enunciat- mda h oet ing in clear termis the f oundation of "Seize upon Truth, wbene'er 'tis thein belief in Canada and match- found, ig their faith in hier future great.. On Christian or on beathen gnound, he,3s against the cold facts and fig- The plant 's divine where'er it grows ures set ont se masterfully by the Reject the prickles and assume the oeiastermind of the leader of the Rose" greup for Continental Union. We have in Canada mischief-mak- ens who have done incalculable hanin Why be a poor man when to-mor- te that essentiai nnîty witbout wbich row as by the toucb of Midas you no country can make true national right be a rich one? Hecouldn't progress., answer coherenfly, but he knew. Forgetting the spirit olf men wbo, Goldwin Smith imight say and write differing politicaliy, nacially, de- "'Dakota and the other new states omntionalîy, yef-fui rudo wereful of anaianfarmrs;thepractical agreement to unite and give great American cîties were full of the scattered and ofttimes unfniend- Canadien' clenks and men of bus- jly British Amer'icai Provinces a coin- iness". True. But the case fors mon name and a common purpose the Canadian is changed to-day- -these fomeatens of ill-wiil diligent- hîs justification lies in the fnct that ly apply theinselves to the damnable the newer provinces carved out of job of dividiag txvo people whom the illimitable waste of the North Confederation bad joined togethen. West Tenitories have attnacted, are, The ilonourable George Brown in attracting and wiii continue to at-I the Confedenation Debates of Feb- tract. great numbers of American ruary 1865 said: farmers to its rich black breast and! "We are endeavouring to adjust the industnial cities* of this great harmon.iously greater difficulties than Canada of ours have attracted, are have plunged other countries into al ttatgand will, attract many the hQrrors of civil wan. thoutisands of captaînis of enterprîse We' are striving te do peacefully and their cobots 'of skilled work- and satisfnctonily what Holland and men. Notwithstanding which, we Belginin, aften years of strif e, werc %hall neyer ceuseto regret tbe loss, unable to nccomplish. 1 most precious. of those eanier years. We are seeking, by calm discus- The activities of the aanexationist, sion, te settie questions that Aus- then, provided the spur to bring into tralin and Hlungary, that Denmark action fonces lying at the very beant and Germany, that Russia and Po- and soul of nationality. Hene and land could oniy crush by the mron heel there throughout the Canada of the of armed force. eighties and nineties young men We are seeking te do, withont for- were neacting, obsenving and tan- eign intervention, that which,.deiuged vassýing pro and con the gneat quest- in blood the sunny plains of Italy. ion of thein country's destiny. We are trying to settie foreven Handly a youth at coilege who dîd issues handly less momentous than not take aides on the momentous those that bave reat the ncigbboun- question. It is net, therefore, at ing Repnblic and are now exposing it ail surprising that coincidentiy ai- te ail tbe bornons of Civil War". naost at Hamilton, at Montneai, littie Let us of the Canadian Clubs- gnronps of young.men sbould seek by let ail men and wo'aen of good-will association te give some outwnrd in Canada reprove, on any every oc- fonin to the inwnnd feelings that casion the man, on company of men %tirned thein. 'One gnoup expnessed that seeks te sow tares la the fair' itself in the Canadian Club Move- fields'ef Canada, ment, the other- la '-he Canadian Too often a section of the press National LeagueY 0Of these two the instead of premoting faith and han- Canadian Club" continues unto this mony ainong oun peopie, bas pro- day, bas spread frein Hamilton to voked fnith and barmony among oun Halifax on the one hand, te Victoria people, bas provoked tbem te anger en the othen, bimmed over into net and engaged them la interprovinciài a few of those cities of the land that stnif e. At that aient felow-the was destined te annex us, found its party plitician-bas had ne ceai- -way te the veny beant of the Em- puaction of conscience in trading up- pire, dnopped itself la one of the on tbe11l-wilî thus eageadered. . West Indian Islands, feund a baven But aften ail public opinion is la Shanghai and hopes te find a wel-1 more pewerful and mncb more trust- comne habitat in ýeveny quarter of thel worthy than an unprincipled editer globe te wbich oun stîli adventurous or a charactenless politician. countrymen betake tbemselves. Let us more and more help te This then is -the movement bagua i make wbolesome public opinion by on that 6th of December aight in menas of these clubs and otherwise. the yaar 1892-thinty years ago- John Ruskin la an address te when five natve bora Canadians workingmen, many years ago, said: ,came together at 36 James Street, "it is useless te put yQnr beads South, in une city of Hamilton and together if yen -ca't put yeur heants 'ý hicb became an institution under togethen. the f ollowing deciaratony resolution "Shonîden te shoulder, ight band moved by the speaker and seceaded te ightbnnd among yourselves and by, bis co-wonken (W. Sanford Evans ne wrong hand te ýanybody else, and M. A.,) and unanimonsiy adopted You'll wia tbe wenld yet". et a representative public meeting Ia the samne stri-in and natioaally pre, sided over by James Ferres in rathen than relatiag te a class oun Halmilton on the evening of Feb- ewnarry Straton of Nexv Bruns- ruary the first, 1893: wick: ("R.") "Recogaiziag the deep im-. "Shall we net ail be one race shap-~ portance te Canada of the cultivation ing an-d welding the Nation? of a spirit of patriotism la the heants Is net our Conntry tee broad for of ber peoplea (and particuiarly of the scbisms that shake petty lands? the yenng men upea whom. will rest Yen, we shal jein in our might the duties of the future), and la and keep sacr-ed our firm Fedoration, view of the fact that only under the Shonîdar te shoulden nrrnyed, stimulus of an active patniotisin hearts open te hearts, liands te haîs any nation' bacomie great, it isbandrs". in the opinion of this meeting, a fit Wban old Reine wns passing and proper time te take definite tbnongh the grentest cisis in bier steps, bowever, humble, te deepen history-when ahl faitb la the future and widen regard of Canadians for of the commonwealth seemad ded- the land of thein binth on adoption, oea patrietic statesman had confer- n ite increase theïri interest in red upon hlm the higbêst bonoun la mrittens affecting the weifare of their the gift of the State "Because bie ceuntry. Be it therefore resolved had net'despaired of the Common- tbat tbi3 meeting proceed te the on- wealth'". ganizaion of n sociaty ýo be known Ia the white ligbt of sacrifice, of as TheUCnadian Club, having fer its the pnst few yeans thene is î~ittle objees the encouragemn fteroi after ah f or the profession of fo t&'"g ofn patiet aofi the ineo t pennetemr an ing' monanad vwmea tFe mLaas thrm Ilintnan etand Gu n simple, open e:ganizatioa, frequenti whatsoever other race able te con- oppertunituîes of hearing and meet- tribute te our national upbuilding. ing men of high mentality aad exat' Can nayene gninsay the magnifi- ed spinit whose messsages would fiad jno otiuins- h hree ready resont lu the minds andaad intitutions. of, Eagland made by heants of themr listeners and se opd those Normans of thé long ago? erate te the lastiag welfare and se-1 They we re la their day, the'dominant curity of Canada as a whola. 1 ones until la the precesses incident 'Manifest Destiny' tbreatened but 1 1(Centînued on page 11) BOWMANVILLE. DEC. ý218t, 1922. PEARL WEDDING Mr. and Mrs. John Stacey, Pleasantly Surprised. A genine surprise was givea Mn. and Mrs. John C. Stacey on Thurs- day eveaing, Decamnber 14, when abeut seventy relatives and neigh- bons and sbop mates visited thaIrý home on Liberty Street, the occasion! being the tbirtietb anniversary of1 their wedding day. Aften ail had get comfortably settled and the bostý andi hostes§ assured tha'r the uncer-! emonions invasion of the ir home wns: a friendly oe, Mn. William Painton stated the object of thein visit and called on Mrs. John Allia to rend thîs address: Bewinnnville. Dec. lst.,' 1922 Mr, and Mrs. John Stacey, Bowmanville, Ont. Dear Friends:-We, a numb~er of1 your fniends have assemnbled bore at yonn coinfentable home te spen.d a f ew happy heurs together. Thoughi we come unbidden, wve believe we are, nevertheless, welceme. We ail jein' i -wisbiag yen both maay happyý years together and the best of health, As a tokon of our good-will and on bebaîf of ail present, accept these few pieces of china,,with Our beant-I iest good wishes and may yen long Il 0 1-fluse a~l~ nd ,ov thm In aften yeans, when yeu review (e ni el)woenmns the happy associations of thz days ,naes.- of earlier days pnevoked that are past, may this evening be mnch laughton among the guests. remembened as enae of the bright Speeches of' congratulation waee spots, la the desire of ail yonr friands made by many of tbe gentlemen and presant. ladies, after which refreshments were Sigaecl on bebaîf of youn many senved and a very happy and eajoy- friands., able eveamag spent wîtb the bride List of Cnests-Mr. and Mrsý Wm. and groo f 30 years ago. Painton, Misses Elizabeth and Carnie Painton, Mn. and Mrs. Wm. Wnera'sIea FutanPe' Mn. and Mrs. H. Moyse, Mrà. A. H. ' aterNihols'. elFunnPn Scobeli, Mn. and Mrs. J. Morris,,Mr tn icol' and Mrs. Sid Morris and famîily3 Mrs. When Hollowny's Cern Remover is D. Grigg and Ruth, Mn. and Mns. J, applied te a cern it kilîs the reots Mutea M.and Mns. T. Bottreil, and the cailosity comas eut without Mr.,. and MnsLL. W. Bennett, Mr. and injuny te the flesh. i qI Mrs. J. Darch and family, Mr. and; SATISFIES EVERY NEEDÎ Mrs. J. Lane, Mr. an.d Mrs. A. à. ____ Stacey, Miss M. Webber and sisters,l No other journal caters so intim- Mr. an.d Mrs. H1. Pearn, Mr. and ately and minutely to the needs of Mrs. W. Pearn., Mr~. and Mrs. W. the agriculturist and country dweller Johnston, Mr. and Mrs. W. Maynard as does The Family Herald and Mr. and Mrs, John Bale. Oshawa, Weekly star of Montreal. From Mr. and Mrs. N. S. Plummer and his medicai to bis religions needs, family, Mrs. J. McDougall, Mr. and from the health of his stock to the Mrs. W. Oke and family, Mrs. Thos. capabilitieà of bis machinery, from1 Tapson, Mrs. M. Wright, Mrs. J. T. his ladies' embroidery to their pick- Gould, Mr. and Mrs. Jos. LaBelle, les, fromn the minerais on thle land Mr. and Mrs. GG Gillispie, Mr. and to the fish in his brooks, from the Mrs. J. T. Hooper, Mr. and Mrs. C. books of his leisure hours to the Richards. Miss Carrne Knight, Miss amusement of biis children, from bis M. Cleverdon, Mr. and Mrs. J. individual cares to his public dut- Reeves, Oshawa, Mn. and Mrs. S. ies, he finds companionship, help aiid Candier, Mrs. L. Smith, I oronLý guidance ln the saine old journal Mr. Harry Smitb, 'tononto, Mrs. John which delighted his fathens and is Allin, Mr. and Mrs, Jim Byers, -Mn. the' joy of, bis chldren to-day. H1e iHubertý Stacey, Mr. and Mrs. W.! cannot afford to be without The Wloods, Mr. Thos. Stacey, Mr. and, Family Herald at any price. The Mrs. Wm. Pinch, Mrs. Dan Smith, cost of a yean's subscription is, only ait. txwOdollars. At the proper time Misses Ethel Webber, Marjorie and Dorotby Wise mothers who know the vin- Plummer uncovered on the table a tues of Mother Graves' Wormi Ex- lovely two-storey wedding cake and terminator always bave it at hand, a beautiful combined dinner and tea because it proves its value. set ofEnglish China. Little Miss Free "PRub-Up" pictures in 8-page Helen Ste cey presented hier grand- Book of Magie witb Sunday's Hen- mother vi. *.h a handsome bouquet of aid and Examiner, Chicago's best carnations. Newspaper, At Nichols', Mr. Stacey acknowledged the gifts -_________________ and kind words of the company sol nicely conveyed la the address. Let- ters of congratulation vere read by' the chairman from Mr. and Mrsl John Bale and family of Oshawa, and from Mns. Dani Smith, Gait. DomiionStores Ltd. CA DIES KALL 23c lb MD-IED NUTS, 19c lb Todhïunter!s Nib 9plounid Better than the usual Buds Neat Box < Xmas Cake 39c lb Dalton's Grape Wiùe 49e IFancy Mixed IChocolates 35e lb Olives, quart jar 59 Xmas Stocékîngs lOc« Cranberries 25c NEW LAID EéG58DOE RIGHT FROM THE FARM