‘articles credite’. The Man ner doean't i, se e r ery and distillery stocks chang- harids in Toronto alone at an ad- ance of $3,825,000. One hotel in Toronto announced improvements} D : to be made at a cust of $165,- SAVE OUR STOMACHS @ gastronomic defen f the ton ah being launched with on the ‘Well meaning chefs and ment commit . To the business man or public servant whose duties fompel his attendance at numerous} nquets, luncheons and dinners. ach pupnemive board wrings ne bul in tortu i Simple og ‘is the best. fare eh a ponvention should not be made a Onyention should fala night for cooks ani hotel keep- } butchering taste and Pespone ake their Roman holida "The Toronto Club“set a good ex- imple when they dined the Govern- General the other day. here rere. four moderate courses only: soup, fish, a small steak and = ice fream. Portions were small, tastily epered and delicately ‘served, but fe usual accompaniments of indi- stible horrors, that feast the eye mc upset the inner man, were miss- Vthe smaller the dinner, the big- ® menu ceems to be the new der ‘of things. It i¢ time to call for rey upon our stomachs. A feas’ ‘ ¥ be 4@ feast without being a Lucul- an orgy and a banquet need not be acre. ANOTHER MOVE FOR’ TEMPER- : ANCE / : (London Free Press) The. movement made recently by citizens of Ontario, to rid them- ves of a harmful and unworkable Pn favor of one which, if given -co-operation of those who defeat- ad I the old law—the Ontario Temper- mice Act—will help to free the pro mce of a stigma which threatened p increzse annually, should be fol- fwed up by another movement in Wor of temperance. ® he movement to which reference made is one that the doctors of erta hope scon to get under way. With iUdoerratesion : and aid of the ernment of their province, Al- ; me doctors design to institute a : mpaign which will put them E totich with all the unfortunatee ho have fallen victims of the drug bit, and the hope of these doctors th | they may induce those who are ticts to help themselves to cure. ic avernment tabulation of all those Mmitted to the habit and those in anger of becoming addicts would en- ble the doctors 16 use persuasive anc entive measures in one set of and curative measures in the mer. POntario, happily, is not. in the same tressful position concerning the valence of the drug habit as are er parts of the country, but ar mcs of prevention would h help save Hh general and individual misery W Why not emulate immediately the Bmple of our sister province? WHY BOYS GO WRONG y boys go wrong’ S been sing by 444 boys whr , f ht to kn ey are inmates o mira veformatory, and gave the Mowing answers to the question o/ caused their downfall: Bad associations, 35 per cent. masy money, 13 per k of funds, cen L to 6 entertain girls, uor, 11 per cent, ck of-discipline, 9 per éent. k of vie * 7 per cent. Poolrooms, 6 per c ness, 6 per cant pornet gangs, 4 per cent.. 4 gambling, 4 per cent. és ‘this summary bad associations B credited as hae most potent force Pipl age et youth, Easy mon- k are prom- those commonly regarded buting factors and may agent ¥ community d ‘associations’? ‘is a rather hensve term and may be said lude voy of the other reas- these boys as having about thelr moral defegtion. ms, of a low order, corner a "and gambling, might all ed under ‘bad associations,’’ ¥ boys find encouragement for ir wild instincte. siden the} Th Hon. Dr. J: on | treasurer of ~|the past and an aaa vigor at our dinner tables, our teeth “tho ‘le nt “Toronto this pe that ae interest- will zee aga Bn so enideae tendenc lea to expenditure on statement Issued this week by | D. cate. 2 Fagg dara cae reflection ot the ove r-expe’ ing, which is an advantage not to be sneeder at. If the government can accelerate its econémiés “ds in the past expenditures were accelerated, ; venkat ry in reducing taxation may be made gnop TRETH vs. FINE MANNERS AKitchener Record) . If we would. just forget ‘that we are perfect ladies and gentlemen and crunch our food londly and with would last years longer and give less woe while we have them. This from a prominent dental re The doctor explains - that t nothing for the teeth atte a6. ‘good ri . it is with most eae gureins ments. One might have some argu- m through the rn peas ficulties of enfore the present. Ontario. developed large | mien, hie Tips courses for | pots Satine: it ideas in public services five or ; } re ties years ago and them by the simple brctugr ig of borrowing the money | _ the bills; viet ft many posterity: say the motto, ent as to when the present gener- ie; ation leaves off and posterity Sogia F but it is certain that the people of/; today are paying for he extravagan-| 4, inspected him eritioaly eas ore ces of only five years or so ago. following subjects and then with Progress is beifg mai Expendi-| srinary. Science obra ar forward cee. Siubked. ‘the titbit ‘tures have been cut; very. ‘lightly, iti wield Crops Fruit Growing Dairy- from his fingers and away. is , ant <a Laxpayers are aernes ing. ‘Poultry, f : Not fading the. experien ne 6o. terri- more for the money they are spen . ble, t rd. came k again, Courses. in Household Peterioa and dud with. 2 vewabiiad’ “ith ahother Home. Nursing for the young women wood. Lady instrvctors will with the following subjetts: Sewing. Laundry, Houseplanning, Foods. oy Cookiwg, Home Nursing, First A This is an opportunity gg aenetr not be missed by all those possibly attend. Ropiitations te oat: tend this course should be forward- ed to the Dept. of Agriculture, Strat- ford at an early date. | HereandThere | 1436s onne-picking, toast celery-cracking and all the various ms of mastication upon which Btiquet with a capital EB frowns. Which will win, good teeth or. fine Seynenss It will be a ‘brave man or oman pact dares say the former shall be f | ithe Gharches | balvary Evangelical Rev. M. L. Wing, Pastor Sunday, December 26th The Pas- trospect—God ‘0 a.m—Public eee tor. Subject: our Sun and ghield: ‘ia a.m.—Bible School. p.m.—Evening Worship. The Pas- a Subject: “God's Way With wee Ma coaday 8 Meeting Class. Ned, 8 p.m.—Watchnight and Quarterly Conference. jan. 2, 10 a.m.—Communion service p.m.—E. L. C. 2k. and Teacher Training Services Baptist Rev. Harry W. Jackson, Pastor Sunday, December 26th The fourth Eastern International Dog .Derby ‘to be sheld from Quebec city February 21, 22 and 28, prom- ~ ises to be the most keenly contested ever held. It is expected that over 20.teams will be entered for the race. . Christmas’ tree shipments from Quebec to the United States ran to 450,000 over Canadian Pacific lines last year, and present expectation is that this number will be equalled at least this, year. Revenue to farmers of the province from this source ran to $100,000 last year. Four carloads of ‘silver foxes, valued at $750,000, have left Prince Edward Island in one shipment for Western States: Wyoming, Utah, Colerado, Oregon and Wash- ington. Viewed as a livestock ship- A number of prize winners were” among the pack. og teams will be used this win- ter by the Hudsoni#*Bay-Marland organization to prosecute oil .de- velopment work in the RibsYone field in Nerth-eastern Alberta. This -is the area where the quest for oil started following a favorable report by Dr. G. S. Hume, head of the Do- minion Geological Survey. {0 a.m.—-Bible School. 11 a.m.—A Christmas Messa 7 p.m.—Last Sunday in year. Unto our God. Christmas anthems both services. No meetings during the week. Seage. “Praise and carols at United Church Listowel _ Sunday Dec. 2th, ,1926 - A.M. — Subject: “OH RIST CROWDED OUT." Anthem “Christians Awake,” . Maunder the Inn” pron: Mrs. | ry. a Trio “No Room {i Mrs. VonZuben,. Bennett, Mrs. 6.30 to 7—Carol Singing. P.M.—Subject: “THE: ILDUMIN- ATED STAR SERVICE.” Antlem “Nazareth” Gounod Solo Miss Scott a Male Quartette Fic nay’ of ‘Bethle- lem Mess: Bl eccmorey Zu rbrigg. oO. La Finkbeiner, E B. F. Finkbeine: ‘acho ‘Choir. The Church With The Open Door P. F. Hoadley, E. F. Armstrong Organist. Minister. EE Interesting Prices Clipped From. 1901 Bee The following er clipped from the Atwood Bee of 1901, may prove ‘nteresting caning and will show a comparison of prices between , twen- present t de-| ty ure years ago and tim, a bse Ballantyne shipped a ar of o Palmerston and a car of cat- week. He paid $% ec. a pound for the hogs. Peas, 63c to 64¢. Barley, 35c¢ to 38e. Plour, per ent. o2, vob to $2.0, Butter, per 1b. per dozen, 188: | ‘Christmas ‘travel over the Cana- dian Pacific routes to the Old Coun- try has been heavier this year than ever before experienced. . Special trains.have been run from. Winnipeg Crrectly to the ship’s side at Saint John, N.B. The westerners credit this heavy movement to England for Christmas to the excellent. con- ditions that prevail throughout the ~ west. The hundred settler families from the British Isles brought out by the . Scottish Immigrant Aid Society to form the Clan Donald Colony are | doing splendidly,~ according to a field supervisor’s feport just sub- mitted. When they landed at their destination they found farms, houses, barns and equipment ready so that no time was lost-in pre- liminaries. Turkish Swbaeee,. grown in Al- berta, ia better than that grown in Turkey or Greece, according to 2 Mr. Baker here, who grew 1,000 pounds as an experiment this season. He an out three-quarters of an acre to ten varieties of tobacco seed. The crop was harvested ripe before the coming of frost;-and of the ten varieties Turkish, White Barley and Orinoco thrived best. , Nearly 1,050 overseas vessels en- tered the Harbor of Montreal and over 350 coastal vessels docked there in the season just closed. This makes . awery favorable showing compared with the 2,255 overseas and 215 Cramp ema eat ic gp ‘son. During period of open navigation over 118,850,000 ‘bushels of grain were Shipped from the port and flour shipments totalled 2,090,- 600 barrels. 3 tu I i “ ‘ Perth Rounky Branch of}’ Dapait t OF rs for young Stoop’ weight Footer tempting e eae bit of peannt. etc. . and then etraightened up birds like you ion.” 3 ment, it is said to-be a record one, te at Listo ithe first Satie A.D. The ae pig- speedily followed the example. at's more than they'd do for; any of psc "gad one of the boys. g man gave the pigeons |capable, ¢ ane. Mr. and Mrs. W. Karges visited rg a with se nie Mrs. P. Bprn- et Miss Nora Allingham spent t Sun- day with friends on ithe elghth line. - Pee 4 TROWBRIDGE ‘ e+ Public School, program a cue ut | tations, dialogues ge Music was pre- ut | sdated by “the pupils. ‘An. attractive a large beautifully. dec- Santa Claus children with usual merriment, o ‘presenting each pupil with a ‘present from the ‘tree. The qoncert “was Hylan 4 attended and greatly en yed lopresent. The excellent Sondision ofthe school speaks well for the teacher, Mr...Carson Allen. |who has shown himself to be a most energetic and fatpstaking The 'young ‘man. Not Sa in the schoo about halt a his, stock of peanuts hes t orn. “That's all I can spare you this time,’ he said; starting away A middle-aged man who had been watching, the performance with éon- copter interest, tapped him on the shoulde “Young man,” he e3id, “are you ‘ooking or a job? If so, I have one Mr. Allen» gho ient ‘but among nes bo tes neonle ir the church where he =a taken place as a leader éection is very. fortunate in baviig ‘the servicer of so sterling a character... Schoo) clo: oe gta Thursday for hom ount’ Forest where die will ivond for you. Anyone who can coax the pponsted the door man of a hotel in ome to an American guest. “Yes ‘our—lItalian, French, English and \mercian.” he same,” protested the “Not at all,” replied the ‘Gap. ad § 4 ’ ahould talk like this: ‘Oh, I sa rhat extraordinary shocking wreath: y we're having. I dare say there’ I! ‘e a ‘bit of it ahead.’ But when y you, ber up “I was just getting ready t : ‘For the love o’ Mike! Some day, in't it? Guess: this is the second, ood, all Fight,’ a ie Sac i dela siaiaaie HESSON henente Oe ote ho ae ernenlen contents EEEET Marie i spent”™ last’ Mr. Antony Stemmier is spending jto few weeks in Miss Rosena Velimer “visited over he week-end with friends in Strat- ‘ord. “The ares white Arctic owl which, ir. E.-C. Knoblauch captured some’ ‘eeks ans longed again for the wild | ‘fe and made = escape through a! vindow. in. the rn last Sunday. Miss Florence yelteghelner has re urned home after spending the past | ‘ew eps in. London. and Mrs. ‘Thos Linseman | ind danghier Dorothy, ‘visited Sun lay at the home of Mr. Jno. Linse- nan. BANNER > ADS. PAY: | has a good disposi | this pcg Charing Cross and now excuse AND ) AMERICAN it DIFFER i i Mr ’ “I speak Your languages,"’ proudly; ys, “But English and PS sre/ Come and hear him n Englishmen should come up now. | tebhebd rf N fies Lo + {spending pa holiday eaSeedente A Meret ‘Christmas to all the read~' r | ine Christmas - cation : Rev. H. Mre, Wrieht lose week po their ive Lew atisask, on where they will spend the holi- | days. gin the absence of Mr. Wright. Carmen Armstrong, son of Rey. i Armstrong,. Listowel, and | student in Victoria Fa ag wil) Shave charge of the Sunday servicer eb and evening. Mr. .Arm strong is a good earnest preacher. — i ae i ee ee + | SIXTH LINE WALLACE oe ae a sfesfonfesfoofonfoo]eelerletesleotecfeateetedeobeeterls drole fester’ Mr. nnd Mrs. Gordon Walter lef * | eaturdey to spend a couple of day: with friends in Kitchener Miss Flora Krotz of "trcran viii itt. is spending the holiday at thr home of her oe rents, Mr. and Mre . B. Krotz Bender of Ayton, 1 with Red par ents, Mr. a HH. Mr. Earl Pletch of Naverville, r is spending _, holiday with hir parents, Rev d Mrs. L. H. Pletch Rev. and quark. a H. Leibold me = and Mrs. Ezra Rheiber of Ay- Mr. Ezra Dippel on Friday last. | WHY NOT THINK? ‘It's a Uttle thing to do, Just to think, ‘Anyone, no matter who, Ought to think, | Take a little time each day _' From the minutes thrown away, Spare it from par work or play, Stop and thin i Those who find Chemsetves in jail, o not think, Half the trouble that we see, Trouble brewed for you and me, | Probably would bever “be If we'd think tance Un | RADIO HINTS ON HEALTH R In a radio talk broa aes from jtation- WGY recently, "Dr. *feiffer, Direstbe of the Division: of! tocial Hygiene of the New York vartment of Health facusend the: ‘auses and treatment of ruptures He! ‘ure to keep away m ed ipecialists who ad that nat they van cure hernias by a bloodless oper- Pfeiffer are ott. ‘y and often worthless. “The condition familiarly known 1s ‘rupture’ and in i wenrenie circles | , 1s ‘hernia,’ said . Pfeiffer, “ha held the front tine & medical litera- ure from time immemorial. History seveals that some 0 greatest men in medicine — ha’ en ex- ‘ensively upon this sub; To ol ‘ime surgéons it fo Sie single exception to the bigs: that the abdo- nen must ,not d to allevi- ate disease. It has a ys n - subject of popul 24 in sympathetic magic which con- in curetah a Natt iad an ash tree and #6 late as 1895 such trees were describ- ed as existing in certain parts of England and in this country. This treitment ie about as useless as os whose of their successes without operation or ; “Celeus,. a Roman } ician of efined hern- ja or rupture as “the pro trusion of; 1. lodp or knuckle of bs tea gta or tis- Cee ‘dvises those who suffer with oe | Gi ite in 1789 deecrtee the folk ve pm child with hernia | hc , jority of cases there "Das been a ten- | de ency or predisposition ecintin ng ‘from birth due to an incomplete de- | velopment in the vicinity of one of i the many openings of the body. If >| reauires but an abnormal increase pressure against these rulnerabir balk a euch as heavy weight lifting straining, “ie. to cause a bulging through one of the potential open jings. Males are three times as liable to rupture as fem “ed “Ruptures are re ganiad ag quite| 5 pees injuries. In the Navy, they more frequent than strains abe. dislocations, bruises or burns There is no particular factor in mod- ern Navy life to account for this, 6o they are probably as esters in civi° life. Hernia being known as one Yithe common injuries has an import ant medico-le, aspect. While it te admitted that rupture resulting from a direct exernal injury is Tare, yet State labor ‘boards often grant com- pensation for rupture which occurs English, se of Appeals and igor al of the ds a from infancy. Five per cent o do horses mals, but they do not persist beyond infancy. repair or cure. ateording to where the umbilical, etc. “The main danger }) eration est bee Egos fately and o per Fectiting ae net at bh ‘anst many hernias if not alt gould : day at the home PEEPETERELEEE EEA FF EET TITS | Vines Sieh hace ane eee aR eee af paca | 3 eisteaass Srreerretrteorreterteress 1 A very fine olga tere . | ment was net iat Fa Friday the - and “dalighted the} use. when the vonto yrill Hes 3 the Hyal aipek. prob- tems the annua eg ala oT which ee was ka TGronto, will give 2 ie 3e-| with) ‘tends teat er rt Wether invited to this a Don’t forget the date. It will be 00 ese and W.N. Allingham were isttors near Milverton one day last eek. ham M r. M. be hee Tuesday, Wednesday, Sriday, Jan. ft Mr. The concert held in the school o nm) cert A oy evening was a decided suc- + e tario ‘ag the delegate to 6t you are a member or ra. 8. J. Miller of Milverton Te business “i A. Newton and son William spent Sunday with Mrs. Wm, Alling- Brenner was a business efedebeeeedeteteteec ested cedebebeeebete bet VANDRICK'S ses REGIS- : : eeteelobatetetetetoletebeteblehdes Dec. 28th., | 1926—For Thos A. Barnett, lot 35, con. 1 Wallace, farm stock, implementa. hay, grain and household goods. [| Sale at one o'clock sharp. Dec, 29, ‘26—For Warl Moore, lot 37, con. 1 Minto, 3% miles west of Palmerston, on tow line, farm stock, implements oda grain. Sale at one o'clock sharp. 7, 1927, Fair Day Vandrick’s auction rooms, Rte wel. furniture, * household goads, cutters, harness, robes, etc, Sal- ds * , attended the funeral of the late] known.| at two o’clock sharp. =, | PRINCESS THEATRE F riday aad Sat- urday “Quo | Vi allis” |] Regular _ Prices Matinee Christmas ice at 3 o'clock ve Admission to matinee: Children 10c plus tax Adults 25¢ plus tax We extend best wishes for a | Very Merry Christmas | j your 'oyal co-operation during the past year. May Christmas be replete with happiness, health and prosperity, - ¥ and wish to thank you for { | dT Russel 4 Photcgrapher - Listowel To Greet You: With hearty Good Wishes for a igalg and ape Christ- while the person {fs at his work. The fants have a hernia from birth as do , and some other ani- Greetings May Christmas bring you BRS ks That gives you greatest pleasure And everything you wish for most Be yours in fullest measure. the cand polate of atticlency a man with hernia is only about 25 per cent ef- ficient unless oprcates. upon for 8 ures he zaet -eurs, for example inqutti), Tamir of hernia a a ¥