f k ‘ 9 OES » tems tlose te the eofi. “Thursday, Jan. 22nd, 19250 F you wish to your banker draw through his local his receipt fot an This is only one of | the numerousways in which the Bank { of Montreal can ; be of service to its Let Your Banker Collect It party in another section, you can have © or for a given time. This will be presented Pe \payment from you. When your draft is paid it is turned over to the payer. It is ” "4 Bank Where Small Accounts Are Welcome” BANK OF MONTREAL _Established over 100 years “Total Assets in excess of $700,000,000 collect a debt from a a draft on him at sight banker as request for account paid. Listowel Hortictiltural Society GROWING FERNS IN THE HOUSE Few plants are more satisfactory for the living room window Ferns,’ particularly the Sword Ferns (Nephrolepis) of the Boston tyne The newer varieties of the Sword Fern, with plumy and crinkied fo:- iage are particularly handsome, al- thongh most of them have a ten! . ence to revert to the common type as they grow older. This tendency is increased by the use of rich, tena ceous soil, and the application of fertilizers. The lacy texture of the e . ‘ vears if the soft tin and cannot be rubbe out. Punch holes and wire * wre fuse wire, guuge about 20. Cupper wire is good but the labels more easily., Time or material may be saved by using abbreviations us ‘sin.’ for single. “‘db.”” double, etc I also add x for fair, xx for good and [xxx for extra: quality of — fle r } These labels can be made as fast as thoug h pasteboard were used. I 1+ el Dahlias on the stems while in bloom an@ transfer the labels to root clumps when storing. Perhaps sheet lead, would giye the same results bu' Q porosssott g a liberal amount of sana and@mo manure, The more | persue and open the soil is; the bett All these Ferns like the morning shaded to a great extent, but on tne other ‘hand, =e Mery are harder and more enduri A moist atmos- phere ts difficult s obtain in a liv- ing room, but such a a encourane the strong growth “When Fern Seared of of « "torial and to a living they find am, selves in an waticaly different __en- Vironment. There is usually an a- ‘bundance of moisture in a green- house, which is lacking in the mod- ern home. For that reason it is ad- visable, when possible, to buy Ferns in the late summer, when the win- @ows in the home can be kept open and before ‘the fires are lighted. Then the plants ‘become gradually inured to their new situation. If plants ars let them Tr transferred} Sng fixture as ‘possible. These plants need fresh air, which should be ad-| jy, mitted to the room every day if pos- ible, except when the weather fs ex- tremely cold. At the same time, the outside air showtti not be allowed to Plow divzectly upon the plants. Water should be given‘in modera- fon. It is best to let the ‘fairly dry and then water them until} soil ts saturated. Water musi never stami in the saucers under the; plants. Ferns often die when pets “re stand in jardiniercs just ise this @anger is overlooked Sotwe fromds are always maturing nd geing by. When they Lng Lo 8 remove them by cutting If cate at he comsnon type appear when a lacy they. too hould be taken off. Sprinkling the} foliage is sometimes good a owid be done ouly when the weather ts clouwly. The sun should, never be allowed to shine upon Fern Jemves when they.are wet In houses. where furnaces are wa ed. the Ferns are likely to hereome ‘ very dusty, and should be cleansed ‘by sponging them or by invertins them if they are not teo large and igping them in a tnb of water. This pthod of dipping the plants; Baek: used when ther bec infest- le or meaty bugs, but the made ptacle should contain suds ivory soap or whale oil aa a3 ater in which Ferns are eas always be tepid. “ Mosscul- ' LABELS FOR DAHLIA CLUMPS (Horticulture) Dea :—A correspondent in a 5 caer wees asks for a way to label Mas during winter, This is my an atmosphere} them-] vj_ plants. get! po pure tin keeps bright Frank D. the Price. "Toronto, Ont. ata A speaker on horticulture sunlight. grown in a sunnyY| meeting of the Ontario Fruit Grow window have a somewhat paleT/ers’ Association said fruit trees green color than those which are}should be pruned, sprayed, cultivat- ed and fertilized. How many with or- echards are ¢arrying out these ‘four rules? TEN GOLDEN RULES 1. Honor the Chief. There must be a ‘head to pttisk Argeesg 2. Have confi. be afraid of criticism—criticize your- self often. 6 Be £ and rejoiee .in the other fellow's success—study His methods. 7. Do mot be misled ‘by dislikes. Acid ruins the finest fatmic. &. Be enthusiastic abont your work— it {s contagious. 9. not have the potion that success means money-making. 10. Be fai least one decent act emery day in the year.—The og.” “' ‘Learn how to wkape up your s' work—tearn how to carry it ™m ur @sye ork. Do this each day of your life. ou go alomg, study waye of bet-+ ter planning yeur work, study wapr of atihering to your plan-more effect+ MINISTER OFFERED JOB AS A SECOND-HAND 34AN An amusing true story is told of! the Rev. H. M. ar minister of; ol Bxnch’s an Church, in nto and well eben throughouz ithe “dominion, Af the tims the inci {dent happened Mr. Pearson was a;3- sistant to the Rev. . Cochrane o-} fan Che of College Street Liageor er Chemch, ‘ eae urch — a summer sone pe i and appealed iy halls. chairs, ¢tc., @ip furnish the camy. e| Pearson undertook %o collect ithesa things. ing on mn old s and borrowing a car, he started off on his .| collecting roun ©n Manning avenue ‘he went firrto a | hons e where jhe had been promised |a ceair, but en coming out with it he was left speechless by a hail frem an Anglican-clergyman ving in mn | Ralewmpteaee who said. “I haw |; some Turniture 1 would peg lad t | dispose of; come into my sates and pmake me an ae otter for “And now w its agree al There's a palgue of t op gg _— % and the ciaeante ure tha nlesy {checked at once, they will pomme as and caterpfilar..A repert to a eek of agriculture from down round Okotoks, says the farmers around there are about eaten out of iae-and home. The ra aro Priced than gophers and as hungr+ bears. Th eat fast, often and to a long ‘| Do not send any onilers outeof town o-.|Speat the week-end in ase visit- j por we both lose money. W Engine Whistle Responsive. | To Musical Touch > ENGINEER MAKES STEAM PIPES EMIT TUNES HEARD FOR TEN MILES—HYMNS PLAYED ON SUNDAY. Bill Wardoff, the musical engin- eer, plays tunes is 1] ti whistle. e amuse himself and the countryside by Piayine his favor- i melodies on his‘ organ,” writes a s cecial correspond- ent from Philadelphia to The Chr ante ian Science Monitor. Any quiet day ir you happen te be travelling across New Jersey on the ite Horse pike, that speedway to the sea between Philadelphia and Atlantic City, u may hear Bill @ a lone minstrel he thunders over the Jersey flats, playing, at al- most any time of day, but particular- ly towards sunset. Then, as he nears the Camden roundhouse and the en of, the run, he breaks into hig, favor- ite. ‘Home Sweet “whistling Bill” is forty-five; rud- dy faced, and likes nothing etter than a good joke. He lives at 220 Virginia Avenue, Audubon, N.J. For twenty-one years he has piloted a fore he learned to coax tunes from a brass-lunged steam valve Bill playing the violin and piano. he fills in) on the Audubon band was Often brass Ananias's Calling For a long time the Reading Rai!- way officials did not fel enthusiastic over Bill's transportation tunes From time to time they issued order: forbidding him to play. But the or- ders fail to silence BiN. Quiet for a few days he soon would be heard a- gain a as the country folks began to wonde 1@ Was on a diferent run. In ancient days the minstrels fol- lowed their calling for the coins that were tossed their way, as well as for the love of music. Not so Wardof! He enjoys playing because it gives others pleasure to hear such an un- Musical thing as a steam locomotive “trying to only one den branch fora time wi play’ tunes. And Bill's u that can.’ “Tt only requires an gar for music and a little patience.” 6uid Wardoff. “Tt too e some ti get the hang of it, but by Keeping at it I fin- ally, was able to toot out a tune. Now —lI"hardly evér whistle without pus - ting a sharp or flat in somewhere.” Wardoff laughed. He laughs in a ular with his fellow workmen, he is the best known engineeron the divis- ion , ¢ and a Marine d to ube on the (Cape May “During the war ¥d go by :the marines’ barracks early in the morning and usually I'd give them a tune. d out a sort of reveille for them too. They liked my ‘Home Sweet Home’ and gave me a cheer eVery time I played it The engineer looked;at his fire- man. Charles “Shorty Reeve. “Shall I tell you about that marine that went home, Shorty?" he. asked. There was a young chap in the barracks down there whose parents locomotive engine on the Reading/}jved in West Philadelphia.’ War- Himes. ; “7 doff began. ‘He used to get leave It isn't just his locomotive sire" | every Saturday and run up to Phils. j that Bill, Wardoff plays. Long he-/delphia, but after washing up at home he would dash out and spend his whole twenty-féur hours with the boys. It nearly broke his mother’s heart, but week after week he kept it up “One frosty morning I came by and here was the chap on sentry duty. It was a bitter cold day. 1] reached up for the eh and started in on ‘Home Sweet Hom “When his relief man cAme up he j found the marine crumpled up in the isnow, crying. W when he got back j to headquarters the Kid went right to the commandaut and asked for a twenty- four hours’ leave He told the ty-eight,’ did. éaid the fetter, and the boy And the kid packed his kit ana giving off melodious hymns or some of the best known ani at “i School children, villa ck laborers and all the isolr ted. ‘dwellers on small New Jersey farms have learned to wait fot the sound, of his whistle. His run is go @rranged that he turns from Atlattic City in the dusk of the evening “All i single tube steam valve,"’ fellow enginemen declare. “As to those or- ders stopping him—the trouble comes of Bill's having too many im- jtators. Every engineer on the Cam- he uses is the whistle rone on } went straight home where he spent every minute of the time with his agen and mother. After that he was real son when he got home on 5 A “T found ont the story some time after the war was over and the fath- er Tooked me out at Audubon. He ;}thanked me and brought along a | be antiful lamp for the |; what my | January little tine did that morning. “Whistling “Bill's” notes can bu} heard for nearly ten miles on a quier inight. Often on Sunday morning Bill plays a hymn while chugging past a j chure b. “Is My Name Written There?" is a favorite of his cora Items of Local Interest Five weeks yet till March. Tell the coal bin Listowel is almost in the centre of the path of the total‘eclipse of the sun on Saturday The effect of the logge period with bag a thaw is ae ener to be shown number 0 shaDow wells on Pest County cs. The iris was chosen as Stratford's civic Mower at the annux! meeting ef the Horticultural! Society held last wee See oar clubbing list in columaza and renew all your papers through this office. We can save you money and trou If you want to sell your farm o1: if you ars havingzan Auction have any article you want to sell, try an adwertisement in e Banner,| the paper with the cisegiation. f Mr. FL Zilliiax, who was iM with; appendicitis during the holidays,’ a went to Lemdon yesterday to coneult'||¢ a specialist.—-Walkkerton Telescope, Let us @o your printing in 1925. before getting our prices an# sample. o serve you. "The Banner, ‘phone 61. byways will be numbemed and anark- eti with signs Wrs. James, Hood, ‘Lista wel, ing friends and partiularly her brother-in-law, Mr. Chas. Hood, who is lying seriousty il) ead pneumon- ia.—.Drayton Advwocat Bry advertised goods. Whe mer- chant always stands behind his aédi- vertisement. Shop where yeu are ip- vited to shop. It generally «costs leas to buy :advertised goods and you ale ways get the quality. All Ceunty Councils meet gor or- ee on Tuesday, January 27th. 2 p.m. exceptoing those which have pote a by- Seog to have the ——4 at:7 p.m. on the fourth Tues- In Owen Sound public dances must clore at midnight according to a by- law passed by the city council. Lodges and other oreene en op erating under charte where personal individual invitations are issued are excepte Reavely Listowel save and besides w nd has net been feeling wéll of oak [ehleke tthe Listowel It is stated that glans. are under} Very awkward p work ent way in the Departmem of Highways,| vefore they get ererying ‘righuy -< whereby every road in Ontaria, even| tested. It us to thoped th. he to the back township /highways and/ firet ftil they could claim a title clear to Savage was op with the itnessing | chance to view it from a high -win ow or even the room of their build- ings should not miss the opportun- ity. Tf the morning happens to be fine ‘hm ought to be » show worth ser ing. A Lanark county Tarmer is in the hospital. He did What many farmers do nearly every day they come to town. Whitecdriving heme in a cigar and the funres from a tan of coal roil standimg m front of the pg! caught fire und severely burn- him before he could stop ths Cost’ éf Prince's Tour— The Prince ef Whale's tow in South-and West Africa and the Ar- gentime next year is expected to coat sometiiing leas than 50,000. At the Momest treaswry officials are work on the estimates of cost, which bok be submitted ‘to Parliamemt in ‘Entertained to Chitken Su The Maple Leaf Institute enter- Eazt Branch to a ickemypie supper jant Thursday ev- cening. The ‘was spent in {zames aad co amd a sor: pro- stm was Eg All -weport a pleas mnt soctal t Moch to 'be Adjustei— Chureh Union ts alivzhe talk sew aud theretis surely grins A be seme will soon gbve way te brotherly kind- mens and happy realimetian. WwW Be For Perth— All Houses of Refuge will be eas- ier to finance in future because it a good law and will save this county aerety stances im this country if wnly knew enough to keep their pet perty in their own right and tith on mansions in the skies. Bays Purebred Bull— Mr. W. D Gray, of Benj sew re- cently pagentnes fro nt & son Ontario month’s old show bull. His sire js by son of Avondale Pontiac Echo and the noted 1736-Ib. P Se larigin of The. Editor— local §* his cutter he struck a match fo lighv! \ ilence That Is ot Golden HE. merchant who fails to a lot of golden sales ‘slip past his store. ,* “sneak up’ lets This lost business goes either to his competitor down street or, by the mail order route, to the big city stores. People are often surprised to find that the goods they bowght “unsight unseen” from a catalogue ‘can be seen and examined in the local store! Tell your buying public what you have. AD- ‘VERTISING in ‘‘The Listowel Banner” invite the whole community to your store. And--- will Most Folks Shop Where They Are Invited To Shop _ 2 —_— | A little boy. Sas requested to write | an Samer the. @ther day and “The! ‘Newspapers’ was his subject. Here} is ‘the ponies “I don't ; know ! newspa to) I don't "thine God mag either. He} whit got 2 to say ‘bout them. and the editor ain't - tthe Bible. 1 think the editer is one of the missing , links yor hear about, and stayed in-| to the ‘brush amtil -after the fluid | then stepped out and wrote it up and} here vever since. I don rt or he ever tiles. I newer saw ai e, and never heard of one} on: getting’ licked. Qur-paper #s.a mighty poor ‘un. The-editor goes without | iun@erclathes all winter, don’t wear | and Joseph of Waterloo; Bella. of S>. Ciena. Clara, of South Bend, Ind., eaves T paw ain't pail his sub- scription 4n five years and dion't ex- Big Hawk roses B poi ‘Beld fast 4 ‘her ey a ot veieh the: “tira had seized in @ farm -yard - ville ag carried 50 feet ry "mito the air, fought its enemy so strenuously Chet ‘the ‘haw apparently uninjured, scurried “away sate’ te 6 incident ocurred sev- | eral dinys Persons ‘who w @trong marine glasses the battle mit-air say the hawk circled above yards severe] times at a con ‘height. Then it dropped to earth Tike a plummet, sinking its claws ‘tmto the-eat’s fur. But the tead more than the bird could carry and ft rese with difficulty. Observers Ba ag hone 72. You Can the children sere with your order for Groceries and-feel confident that every detail of your order will receive the ‘same careful attention as if you selected the goods your- self, personally, Send. OUR GROCERIES are fresh and we carry.a wide variety of the best qualities in pure food and table delicacies. R. A. Climie Quality Grocer, Listowel. eee ons pes ars | ee ne eg ® e . | ‘ hawk game up the battle and released © Peter jenhardt. populer hotel: ‘ ‘ Linwood Hotel Keeper Dies— | Keeper of the King Edward Hotel. i | Linwood, Med suddenly Saturday! morning, January 17th. Acute indi | gestion is given as the canse of||§ death. Mr. Lenhardt was ill only ous! | day. For ten years he had been prop- 1} | rietor of the Linwood hotel and had || a large circle of friends. Mr. Len-!' hardt, who was In his 61st year, was born in St. Clements xnd was wel)! known throughout th¢ district. He, is survived by his widow, six daugh- ':§) ters and four sons, Mrs. Leo. Eisen- menger, of Linwood; Edgar. of Do- troit; Alfred, of Detroit; Lizzie of| London; Annie, of London, Harry, |f) re nd Hel at home. There are also || fares beothars and one sister, Ed- mond, at Grdte, Sask.; Lenhardt, ot!) Bean's window on Wallace To the give sufficient wall paper to pap Have You Guessed? There are Still Two Days to Put in Your Guess in BEAN’S WALLPAPER .CONTEST Guess the number of single roMs ot Kind. the one gnessing .neares) wallpaper in N. L, Street" and deposit your answer. No Need To Buy Anything. No Catch of Any Open To All. to the correct number we will er the average room (12 x 12). \ CONTEST CLOSES SATURDAY NIGHT 7 ccs