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We thank Mr. John Barbour, o: Fernlee, Manitoulin Island, for re newal of his subscription. He was . resident of Varney until recently when he left to live with his sister u" 'flhfi niimim- hv’sn inn-oar, I .- joying the comforts of a good home and good health, and rejoices over the return of the, Union Gov- ernment candidate, for whom he voted. He has been taking The Chronicle and its predecessor, The Standard, for “over 60 years. and ’TVe thank Mr. John Barbour, of Fernlee, Manitoulin Island, for re- newal of his subscription. He was a resident of Varney until recently, when he left to live with his sister, Mrs. John Rumley, who moved to the Island about 35 years ago, and has done well. Mr. Barbour is en- The idea of harmony in any town is a good one. but the harmony forced upon a community through loss of business is liable to be re- garded with suspicion. Though the Citizens League in Kitchener won out by a large majority in the last election contest~ the odium produc- ed by the anti-British factiOn has not yet. died away. and it will be some time before it does. That ele- ment will now be in a position to see the folly of its conduct. and may endeavor to heal the wounds by a patriotic effort. That there are many good patriotic citizens in Kitchener we are not going to de- ny, but we are equally willing to ‘beliexe the disloyal element show- ed poor sense and poor judgment in giving way to their feelings as they did. When they find themselt es so sadly in the minority they may wish to mitigate the evil by pour- ing oil on the' troubled waters. This is war-time, and it deesnt do to even harbor feelings of disloyalty. A movement is on foot by the Citiâ€" zen’s League to get in a council, by acclamation. that will meet the wishes of all. The same Citizen’s League is- of the Opinion that the money spent for an election might be better spent for patriotic pur- poses, and would eliminate the friction of the past two years. They talk of the advisability of a “get together“ movement, by which the Opposing parties may be more harmonious. The citizens of Kitchener are aware now that a lack of harmony as shown by the two contending elements is likely to be disastrous. PBRHAPS THEY SEE THEIR ERROR “The price of the commodity is not going to relieve the butter situ- ation a great deal, unless it is cheaper than it is now. The mar- garine is selling at from 350. to 370. a pound. though it was two pounds for a shilling in England. If butter amps much more. the margarine will also take a drOp, when it will be more within the reach of those who really need it as a fat yielder in their diet." "Oleomargarine is now on sale in almost every grocery store in town and its sales are large. Almost ev- eryone wants to try it, at least, and many housewives are experimenting with it in «(Viking as well aS- for table use. It is excellent for the former purpose, giving a fine, short pastry, and being very satisfactory in cakes. As to being used as a substitute for butter on bread or biscuits, it all depends on the taste of the user. Those who have used it in England, state that the kind procurable here is not nearly so: easy to eat as that which was in: use overseas, and those who really! like what is procurablo here are few. benefit to the consumers, if the gathering, - . would he 11 pr1ce keeps up as 1t has so far. The prices charged are only a few cents George 360 a pound below the price of the gen- ‘ isking Mr uine article, and while this condi- the guest 0 tion lasts, the consumers will pre-‘ chair in a" fer to pay the extra cost and get called on Gt real butter instead of the new com~f .',address a1 pound. If in any way the price can 1 presented 1 be controlled so as to place .it on! taining son the market at a price commensurate being made with its real value compared with; m. McCa the price of real butter, its intr0“itaken by su duction may serve a good nut-nose- mm I“ o-“ Oleomargarine is now for sale in Canada as a substitute for butter. It is doubtful if the introduction of the substitute will be of material Thursday, December 27th, 1917. W m,mmm« PAGE 6. They- want the war to cease That. they may fight among themâ€" Considering the Russians, ‘this Christmas of 1917. Allow us, also, 'to extend to you and Mrs. Mo- Cabe and family our best Wishes for a right Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.â€"Signed on behalf of Rural Route No. 1: Geo. Hooper, W. A. Lawrence, Wm. McFadden, Thos. Tucker, Andrew Henry, Thos. E. Brown, Gordon Geddes. As a small token of our apprecia- tion, we would ask you to accept from us this purse, and we trust that this small present may find favor in your eyes amid the glitter of the various things that Santa Claus may have in store for you You have not only been 'a most faithful and efficient mail courier, but in CV ery possible way you have obliged us. You have carried our express parcels and store parcels, until your patience and your cheer- fulness has been the subject of much thought and conversation, and we have often marvelled at the exâ€" tent of your endurance. The little company then wended their way home. feeling a worthy act had been done and a very plea- sant evening had been spent at the home of Mr. and Mrs. McCabe. The following is the address: Dear Mr. McCabe,-â€"We, the people of Rural Route No. 1, Varney, feel that we cannot permit this joyous season of Christmas to pass again without endeavoring to extend to you in some small measure our ap- preciation of your services to us during the five years in which you have carried our mail. The rest of the evening was spent in chat and song and recitation, until the small hours of the morn- ing, when all joined in singing “God he with you till we meet again” and “God save the King.” Messrs. G. Geddes, A. Henry, G. Hooper. T. Tucker and W. A. Law- rence all spoke of the pleasure it had given them to take part in so worthy a cause. All spoke of the great advantage it was to the whole community to have a man so kind and obliging as Mr. McCabe carry- ing their mail. By command of the chairman. all rose and sang. “For he’s a jolly, good fellow.” l The chairman then Spoke. at some Elength. He regretted very much lthat for the fourth time at this joy- jous Christmas season the dark {cloud of war still hangs over our lEmpire. but hoped. and trusted and prayed that the cloud will ere long be raised. and the dawn of a more iglorious day shine in upon us. But inotwithstanding the gloom. we had {every reason to rejoice in this :season of the year. It was a fitting gtime to remember little acts of ‘kindness. It was a fitting time to remember Mr. McCabe, who was a man of deeds of kindness. No obligement was too great for him to; perform. Oh would that all our? ipublic men had at least a little of [the same spirit of Mr. McCabe. The chairman then called on Mr. T. Brown, who said he never liked ’the job of going round collecting. But this time it was more of a pleasure, as the people responded so freely, which made the work a pleasure instead of a burden. And maim and kill ‘in’ peace. the route, and the best they had in store was given him and his faith- ful ponies. This was of great bene- fit and satisfaction to him. He thanked the people again, from the bottom of his heart. the Zlat, a small company, repre- senting the people of Rural Route No. 1,Varney, found their way to that little village and practically took possession of the home of Mr. HAIL comm 30mm. On Friday evening of last week, The Russian Dpsire. Hanover, 0nt., Dec. 21, 1917 To the Electors of the House of Commons, South-East Grey: As I am unable to see you all perâ€" sonally, through the press I beg to extend to all supporters of Union Government in South-East Grey my most hearty thanks for their loyal- ty, their influence and their votes for Union Government and myself. The most vital issues that have ever presented themselves to the people of Canada have just been decided by you. . Canada’ 3 continuance in the war as part of the British Em- .pire, the sending 0f~ help to the ‘men at the front, her trade and other relations to the Allies, have .all been settled by this election. The peOple of Canada have spoken and their approval .of the policy of Sir Robert Borden is unmistakable. Personally, I thank you. ladies and gentlemen, Tor your most hearty support. I shall endeavor to do my duty by the nation and by the peo- ple. - ‘ Mrs. Andrew Picken, and Miss Joan. left . Saturday morning in spond the Christmas holidays with friends at Millbank. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Backus ar- rived a week ago to visit for. a con-- p19 of weeks with Mr. and Mrs. John Backus. Mr. Alderson “Carson. of Preston, is visiting over the holiday with his uncle, Mr. Wm. Carson. Mossrs. Wm. Boglo and Elmer Fm roturned Saturday night from a four days’ stay. in Toronto. as dole- gates of Varnoy Grange. SHS N0. 1 Red Cross meet again this week at. the home of the Pres.- ident, Mrs. Tho-s. McAlister. floraâ€"0n December 21st. to Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Marshall. :1 son. NORTH-EAST NORMANBY. Among the holiday visitors we mmce Miss M. Backus of Collins:â€" Wnnd. Miss M. McAlister and Misses Rose and Jean Maidment, 0f Toron- t0..1\liss Lizotta Birr, of Kite-honor, Miss Noila Marshall. of Conn. and Miss Ella Barber of Dornoch. We wish the editor and readers a happy and pm‘rsperous New Year. Sorry to report Miss Annie W hit,- mm‘e under the doctor’s care. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. HOpkins enter- tained Mr. and Mrs. Herb. Allen, Mr. and Mrs. Rob. Whitmore' and M‘.. and Mrs. G. ankins, to dinner, m Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. John McGirr spent, Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Noble. Bantinck. The annual public school meeting passed all quietly. as usual, Mr. A. Aljne being re-elected as secretary and trustee. - Mr. Murray Ritchie had attach- monts put on his Ford car so that it can be used for cutting feed. wood, etc. Mr. Roy Lawrence, with his gasoâ€" line outfit, cut a nice pile of wood fol; MP. John McGirI‘ Friday last. 311-. John Bell. of near Holstein, is Spending his holidays at his home. Pine Hill. ' MI.:111d‘-\hs.\\'illV10010,0ftm\11 spout Thursday evening With st C. itchie. Miss Minnie Andrews is enjoying her holidays at her home in tho, burg. Mrs. John McGirr visited las week in 'Pm‘mltn. $777 53 About 55100 “orth of goods are on hand to mako up. The following work was (lump: 294 pairs socks, 138' day shirts, “7 hospital shirts, 2113 towels, 58 suits pyjamas, 72 pillow cases and 12 pillow ticks filled with fenthers.â€"â€"Mrs. C. Ritchie, Sec-y. Lhréad, 01.0.. . . . . . . . ... . $632 85 Balance on hand .......... 144 68 Expenses: Yam goods. buttons, tape, Receipts: Collction of teas ........ Box Social ............ I.‘ m eiling of Honor Roll Mrs. Arthur McClocklin LThe annual meeting was held last jFriday at Mrs. Robt. McFadden’s. ionicers-being-elected, and a general routine of business gone through. Eight shirts were cut, and one made also 18 towels hemmed, eight pairs of socks turned in, and a collection of $2.16 taken up. There was pack- ed and sent away 12 pairs socks, 12 day shirts, 24 pillow cases, 18 towâ€" els and 44 vermin suits. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Wm. Weir an January 4. The"; following is a report of the year’s: work. from December 29th, 1916 to; December 2lst, 1917: have had a most successful year. CARD OP THANKS. Ygurs mos} sincerely, DARKIBS’ CORNERS. workers or No. 9’ Evgry year 'the wayward girl $ 112 08 321 15 306 00 Was Going for the Doctor. . An Irishman employed in a large factm‘y had taken a day off without permission and seemed likely to lose his job in consequence. When ask- ed by the foreman the next day why he had not turned up the day before he replied: “I was so ill, sir, that I could not come to work to save me life." “How was it, then, Pat, that I saw you pass the factory on your bicycle during the morning?” asked the foreman. Pat was slightly tak- en back, then regaining his pres- ence of mind, he replied: “Sure, sir, that must have been when I was going for the doctor.” "Above all. the runaway girl who has gone back to the shelter. of her own home must not be blamed and constantly reminded of her miSstep. ’Such blame drives girls to a second mistake. Some families can’t fore get. and therein lies the girl’s per- manent} downfall. Here, again, it is the mother‘s duty to protect .her daughter. When a. mother joins in the blame against her own daughter she is only blaming herself. "Yes. the remedy for the way- ward girl." declareleIiss Luther,‘ with deep conviction. “is to put the respt'insibilit..y on her home. on her 1mrents. and, above, all. on heri mother.” ; “Treat your girl as an individual! Respect her individuality and there will be less difficulty about her fitting into the home and less dan- ger 01' her straying. "Knew yuur girl! There is the solution of the wayward girl prob- lem. A mother should spend her time knowing her child, for no one can know it, better than she, who has given it her life, her flesh, and blend, and her desires. When a woman makes no effort to under- stand her ehild, she is a failure as a mother; “Nothing can supplant the home. \11 the institutions and the orphan asvlums in the place cannot fill its place. because in them the child is not under normal conditions, and they do not appeal to it. If the child is costantly unhappy. hogring to get away, then the home does not serve its end. The hand that rocks the cradle. is, of a truth, the hand that rules the world, that sets the world in its childhood, right or wrong, and all the institutions in the world can‘t get away from that. I “The home came before the girl. iHer life is formed by it and it is to blame if she goes astray. Many a home is not adapted to the girl who is becoming restless and wayward, although that particular home may have succeeded with other sons and daughters. In each case the mother, is remiss that she doesn’t see the difference in her children. Instead of trying to adjust her home to that child’s peculiar needs she may ask helplessly: ‘Why doesn’t this child fit in like ‘the others?’ So the girl drifts. and her mother, lost in won- der or grief, doesn’t rise to her res- possibility. . Often she leaves the duty, When the girl is far gone, to the social worker or the probation otl‘icer.” says Miss Luther. to the life of young people,” says Miss Luther, but in reclaiming the wayward girl Mi’ss' Luther would set the home right, put the respon- sibility on it, on the parents, espo- ci’ally the mother. problem grows worse. Every year the‘ runaway girl is younger. The cause of this condition lies in the girl’s home. In 90 per cent. of way- ward girl cases the fault can be traced to her own home. Miss Mar- garet Luther, who makes these statements, is eminently fitted to know her ground, through years of experience as head of 3 Florence Crittenden Home. “I would not ar- raign the home, it is indispensihle There has been a tendency, how- ever, to adulterate butter with Glen-- l Regarding the healthfulness of oleomargarine, considerable work has been done. The Massachusetts State Board of Health reports show that there can be no objection on this count, and Dr. Harvey Wiley, for many years chief chemist of the !United States Bureau of Chemistry, and still well known as an author- ity on foods, declares that “oleo- margarine, when made under prep- er sanitary conditions, from sani- tary raw materials, is a wholesome and nutritious article of diet, and ean usually be sold at a lower price than butter." These, then. the oleo-oil. the “neutral,” and usually one of the ivegetah'le oils, such as cottonseed, peanut. 0r .vsame. are mixed with the necessary quantities of milk, cream or butter, With or Without coloring matter, and churned in the same way as cream is in the pre- paration of butter. The product is cooled. drained. worked. salted, and packed in much the same way as. butter. In the linited States, the manufacture of oleomargarine can onlv take place under the superâ€" ‘ \ision of officials of the Internal] Revenue “Neutral” is made by melting leaf lard and allowing it, to “grain” by standing at a tux-mwrature favorable for the crystallimtinn 0f the steam ine in coarse grains. In the process of manufacture the beef fat is cut into small pieces and then rendered at the lowest practi- cal temperature in water-jacketed kettles. The scum is taken ofl' from the top, and the scraps’ settle to the bottom of the kettle. The liquid fat is then drawn off and allow ed to cool, when it becomes viscous. In order to extract the oil, this mass is transferred in cloths to hydraulic presses and subjected to a great pressure. The solid portion which is left is known to the trade as lard substitutes. The oleo-oil used in the prepa1 atmn of butter substi- tutes is a clear. amberâ€"colored liq- uid and, when 1‘1 osh is entirely free from any disagreeable odor or taste. It is a mixture of olein and palmitin; { Oleomargarine is the name appli- Eed to any fatty substance which is gprepared to be used in the same manner as butter. In 1870 the French chemist, Mege-Mouries, un- der the patronage of Napoleon III., prepared a substance called “mar- garine” for the use of the navy. Butter substitutes are usually made from refined oleo-oil, churned with “neutral” lard, milk and sometimes butter. THE “FOOD VALUE GP “01.30." $fi>޴$fi fig; ”SWIM FRflI $2; SWIACN WWW :i' [Peas ................ 3 50 @ 3 7:, 'Barley ...................... 1 :30 ' Hay ............ $9 00 to 10 00 Blithe? ...................... 3;": Eggs ....................... an LiVe hogs .................. 17 :34! Hides ....................... 16 Sheepskins ............ i 00 m 4- an Lard ........................ ‘37: Chickens .................... ‘20 Ducks ....................... 20 Geese .............. - ........ 2“ \V 11031. Oats . margarine. or to color .margarine. and then sell it for butter, and this tendency among unscrupulous makâ€" kers of this food product has been the cause of much legislation in different countries, designed to pro- tect the dairy interests. In 1886 the United States Congress passed a law imposing a tax of one-fourth of a cent a pound on all oleomargarine jand special taxes on makers and dealers. If the product is colored in imitation of butter, the tax imâ€" posed is ten cents a pound. In 1913 the revenue from this latter souree was 531.259.9637. Peanut oil and so- same oil are, as. stated above, comâ€" mon Constituents of margarine. In Germany the law requires that. max-- garine shall contain ten per rent. «:1 the latter nil in order that the ad- ulteration of butterfly the. addition of margarine may he more easily detected. In }reat Britain. main garine may not contain more than ten per cent. butter. nor more than 17 per cent. of water. hum the outlet, they did me good. Aflertltefird box, I felt I mgdfing ulland I can truthfully say that ‘Trult-sotlvea” is the only medicine thtthelpedme”. LOUIS LABRIE. I Rev. A. G. Jansen will popular lecture nn Hull. $011001 lmuse. SS. NH. 1. Thursday owning. Dent-(1M. I". l“. llunh“ M. I hnd frequent 1212:1175)th end when I took food, felt wretched and sleepy. I sufl'emd from Rhea mtim dreadfully, with pans in my buck and joints, and my hands swollen. A fiend ndvised “Fruit-a-tives” and horn the «bet, they did me good. After the find 60:, I felt I mgdting well end I an truthfully say that felt WW Ml Ill 8mm TI Take “Ema-mos” DURHAM MARKET Thursday, ficcemiér‘ 2M. 1917. .Correctod December 27th. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO F3551. 20 ‘20 90 q 35 ~$ 0"? 1}" n1} Mr. E. W. Hunt~ of Vi< ered to Hewson Bros. 86 wheat during the past. f‘ Mr. Wm. Lawronco m: turn Of a fully paid-Up the north division of E mount. collected was $5: On Monday, Mr. Philip an Old country hnneysm leaf and ready to bloom Mr. Robt. Morico, an a the Normanby reevoshi on as a competent and didate. Miss Bull. Hf thv teaching stufl'. F; Slu‘nd days with 1101' {HH'G‘IHS MP. Jnhn K01? \Vns m an msy chair. tho BOOK of Praise, with 1 couy of Mrs. vaun. his pupils uf >18. NH. Campy ‘mr. ~â€"'Hw honor hnsinwmi un was a ymm; lwirws Dec. 2011:. Mr. Frank Sixivlds for 11w purvhuw Bros. farm. SOUTH- EAST Bl Th4“ P1041 (1'11<< <02 was 110M 1:151 “Wk :1‘ Mrs. \V. PUHX. 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Earl Mead, a Toronto, also How are spending the home here. A young girl m: to play in public. time there. are.dis in the kitchen y< away from the pi It fan‘t so much ther‘or- not you c or work fur vour 1 question xx h ether afiord not to. Mr. Percy Bari last Friday, aftee months in St. Ma 20 YEARS December 'I‘Hmds‘ (1 win” it. the“ 3: His \Iij and f \w wk (of md snfi all M l".