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; throat, Pleasant, Antiseptic ick relief. Price 26c a box. ~ ORVAL BYER "See our stock ofr - SWEATER COATS ™ "UN DERWEAR BOOTS & SHOES PRICES RIGHT J. F. McCLINTOCK Port Perry - } When you noel: meat, ou need choice "meat. - Do you realize w lis means to ou? Ca and convince yourself or phcae : Bell 2. : I PERRY nment givin the folks look round the houses they s wimnii n folks wanted ter git d 4s wouldn't know anythin oh stay there once in a while, "business ter close Saturday folks a chance ter git their e. That there forced good, tha Perhaps yer won't pa me. 'some ho know anythin about the war except ¢ that perk's gone up so high that poor folks can't buy it, and some farmers darsent ais 10 more pigs ther that scared the price'll come down, Speakin of folks what don't know theres a war on, minds me of Jud Billings" ~~ Jud hadn't never been ter the City--always reckoned he was too bard up ter afford ter spend any money that way But he sold a load of peas and he got $3.50 a bushel for 'em and Jud felt rich fer once in his life So he took the Grand Trunk "flyer" ot Port and went ter the City ter dee the sights. One of his wife's cousin's brothers (what was chief elervater boy in one of those big sky scrapers, and had the buttons ter prove it) took Jud round some, and they had a great time talkin about the folks back home But yer kin talk yerself dry even if yer speakin of yer wife's rela- shuns; and at last this feller says ter Jud: "It's a terrible war ain't it?" "What war?" ays Jud. Then his wiles cousin's brother says "Ain't yer heard of the war. -_over in Europe? Why the hull world's mixed up in it." "Yer dou't tell mel" says Jud, "They've got a fine day for it, ain't they?" =, There's some folks as had otter be took out ter the Front and showed a few things. There's the folks as don't know nothin about the war. They're too stingy ter take a paper and read it. They'd starve immortal souls, sooner'n they'd spend a few dollars. Fact is they mon't never know they has souls till Peter shows them the little shrivelled up - things, and they'lt say: + "When saw we THEE an Pangered? We never knowed YOU was therel!" They're the kind of folks what reckons theirselves "good perviders" L and they is so fur as their stummicks and their backs goes. Then there's the folks what's "plumb disgusted" with the way the war's bein carried on, Why if they had the runnin of 1t, the bull thing "ud be over by this time, and we'd be able ter eat German sosige in Berlin if we wanted to. (I aint real parshal ter German sosige myself) They fergits that its them and folks like them that maks the job of winnin the war a sight harder'n it orter be. They puts me in mind of Joe Burridge and his mule team. Joe was a great worker and a pretty good manager, but he wasn't what yer might call real careful with his hossflesh, so he lost a couple of critters. ~ Bout that time a feller happened along with a team of mules. The first day after Burridge bought the critters they did a great day's work, and Joe got blowin ter the neighbors as how he'd struck luck, but he'd spoke a mite too soon, fer-the very next mornin' one of them mules took a sudden dislike ter the plow-and kicked the outfit ter smithereens. After that them mules ud have spells of kickin reg'lar. It didn't matter how well Joe planned, them mules could kick the stuffin out of * the best schemes he ever had. Joe had ter git rid of them mules. "Seems ter me that the only folks that orter have a say in ruanin things is the folks that's showed that they's willin ter do sumthin ter help There'd be a purty howderyerdo among the grafters and boodlers if I had my way. If I catched a feller sellin his vote I'd see that he didn't get no chance ter vote at the next elecshun, and the feller what tried ter buy the vote 'ud be punished the same way. Folks what's too religus, or too disgusted with politiks, or too lazy ter walk ter the' polls ter vote, all these folks "ud have their votes took "away from. And then you'd see these same folks in a great uproar bout the shameful way they'd been treated -- we never miss the water till the well runs dry. The country could all.be goin ter the bow-wows, and they wouldn't do a thing ter help make things better, except ter turn up their noses ~~ and tell yer that politics is a dirty. bizoess. * When the pigpen gits dirty the best thing ter do is ter clean in it out, ~ and them as has such keen noses should know when the job wants doin s00ner'n the rest of us. 'The trouble with folks like them is sumhow TRUST FUNDS Our Savings Department gives you i a guarantee EST'D 1073 H. G. HUTCHESON, interest at current rate. PORT PERRY BRANCH of absolute security and 239 Manager. FIRE INS Stock Insurance, -Accident Insurance, HAROLD Ww. Motor Insurance, URANCE Life Insurance Plate Glass Insurance EMMERSON (Office One House North of the Catholic Church) PORT PERRY, ONTARIO Phone 151 "In the Field, France" We received a card from Lieut-: Col Sam Sharpe and his officers which was one of the most acceptable gifts that could have been sent The card, which 1s in the form of a New Years Greeting, is beautifully designed and contains information of great interest to the people at home. i I'he card 1s inscribed as follows: "To wish you A Happy New Year | from Lieut-Colonel Sam Sharpe, | M.P,, and Officers of the 116th! (Ontario County)- Canadion Infantry! Bn. Anniversary of Battalion's ar- rival in France, February 11th, 1918. The card contained the following in- formation; Present Officers-- Lieut-Col Sam Sharpe M.P. Commanding Officer Major G. R. Pearkes, Second in Command Major H. V. Gould, Adjutant Capt. A. F. Hind, Assist. Adjutant Capt. N. E. Fairhead, Quarter- master Capt T A Briggs, Medical Officer Capt. A B Cote, Chaplain Lieut K L Wallace, Paymaster Lieut M. R Jacobi, 9th Can. Inf. . Brigade Bombing Officer Lt J A Proctor, Scout Officer Lt J A Hughes, M. C. Bombing Officer Lt L V Sutton, Lewis Gun Officer Lt T A Irwin, Signalling Officer Lt. H. E. Patterson, Transport Officer M.C, "A" Company Lieut. D Richie, O. C. F W Ott, 2nd in Command A H Dixon G E Haygarth G W Morgan HK Wood R W Biggar "B" Company Major E PS Allen, O. C. Lieut. J A Gibson, 2nd Command W E Shier " A L MacDonald " GM Leslie " W A Dunlop " WAOr "C" Company Capt H E Ruwald, O.C. Lieut, R L Yorke, 2nd Command > sozeuEess Lik A) ; sg! : <omaH f Lieut. M Crabtree, M. C. G E Walls W R Barton G Gardner E P Palmer V V Coombs F Guy "T H Youngman R Blandy 3 W Davis S Henry M Cockburn, RG A R G Atkinson, R G A In Canada Major H S Cameron Major C A V. McCormack Major H P Cooke Major A W McConnel} Capt James Moore, M.D, Capt D C Sinclair Capt John Garbutt, C S Lieut. M H Roach " RI Blain " CLS Newton " CC Wimperley " J F Precious " WM E Chester Now serving in France with other units Major R B Smith and Lieut C G Cowan, 6th Bn Can Railway Troops Lieut H H Hyland, 54th Canada Inf Bn. Capt A C Macfarlane, 1st CI BD France and Belgium, 1917-1918 Battles in which the Battalion took part Vimy Ridge April 9, 1917 Vimy Village, April 14 to May, 1917 Avion, May to August, 19i7 Avion Raid, Joy 22 and 23, 1017 Lens, August 22 to September 4, 1917 Mericourt, ertaie] 15 to 26, 1917 Ypres and Passchendaele, October 22 to November 19, [917 Lens-Loos, December 20 to 22, 1917 Jerseys are a poor man's cow because they are the most eco- nomical butter ,producers--and the rich man's cow because there are no others that pro- duce the quality, Prisoner's Personal Parcel The British War Office has a plan by which parcels may be sent to the prisoners of war once in 3 months. The plarfrequires the use of a cou~ pon which may be obtained from the Prisoners of War Department, Cana- dian Red Cross Society, 14 Cockspur Street, London S.W. 1. If prisoner belongs to Imperial Forces, coupons are obtainable from Prisoners of War Committee, 4 Thurloe Place, London S. W. 7. Parcels should not weigh more than 11 nor less than 8 pounds. Parcels may contain no other arti« cles except the following: Pipe Sponge Pencils Tooth Powder Pomade Shaving Brush Safety Razor Tooth Brushes Housewife Hobnails - Combs Hair Brushes ipe Lights Candies (8 ozs) Bootlaces mohair) Health Salts Insecticide Chess Checkers