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The Sunday School Christmas tree entertainment of Mulock Baptist ehurch will be held on Friday even- mg. Decembe‘r'23. The regular meeting of the Y. P- U. was held as usual on Tuesday evening with Mr. George Brown, Vice-president. in the chair. The Seripture lesson was given by Ulva McDonald and a reading entitled “William Carry” by Edith Vickers. The topic on India was splendidly dealt with by Loletta Mighton and John McDonald. John McLean, a little laddie of about 8 years, sang a solo. and a recitation given by Mr. Archie McLean entitled “One of the Heroes” was well given. The meeting closed with a hymn and all repeating the Lord’s Prayer. ,1] mL---..- -â€" Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Sharpe en- tertained a few of their 'friends on Friday evening of last week to a fowl supper, all enjoying the even- ing immensely. ' Mrs. D. A. McDonald, Misses Irene and Kate McDonald, Lamlash, vis- ited one day last week at the home of Mr. A. C. McDonald. Mrs. Bailey. Sr., is at present vis- iting her daughter, Mrs. Clark Torry. \I_- â€"vâ€"â€" The many friends here of Mr. Wilbert, (ih'eenwooigl of Zion are pleased to know he is well on the way to recovery after his recent operation for appendicitis. Messrs. Thos. Hopkins and F red. Torry were in Toronto last week as delegates from the 10031 clubs to m; Alwx Mdrton and. little danghtm smut a few days In T0~ rontn with “(‘1' parents. Rocky Saugeen (Our “Own Correspondent) Miss [slay )ICKO‘CIIDiB spent evening with her friend Miss r; Lam nice. 3115.11111111311 3113011311113 spent an evening with M15. A. Thompson. The vulmg 110011111 am 1111311211111; for tho annual t )‘lnistmas tree, to 1113 held in 1.1113. chmch on Decembel :38. Mr. Earl Yessie has treatml his family to :1 Ford car. Latona (Our Own Correspondent) Mr-Juhn and Miss Jessie Leding- ham l'c'rtnmml home after Visiting with t‘rimuls in Hamilton. Mr. Bert Marscellcs, who has been 13141 up for a couple of weeks IS able to be about again. - Mr. and Mrs. \‘VVin. Dat'gavol are visiting in tgwn _thls week. M11. and 311's. 51111301111113 11111111- tained :1 large 1111mbm1 “minesdax e\1111i11;.: in honor nt 11111 sist1’11'..\liss Eva Traflord “hose ma1“1ia'.1,e took placv in (£11111pl1 «>11 “13111111511213. A 30011 1111111 was 11111011111]. Mr. Linlin Bay has the contract of taking out a bush purchased by the Durham Furniture factory and is busy 'at it at presg‘nt. PAGE 8. V Several are taking the opportun- it\ «)1 tlw Stuwt l‘aix in (Men Sound «:11 “mlnvsdm and T_hmsday to sell their t0\\l béfoxe Chlistmas. Mr. Mike Smith is at, present with frlmiiis in (Ilizliswiu'ih. Municipal [mlitics are) being free- ly discussmi and thew is likMy in be a his: turnout. at. the Nominations whivh we vxpwt will 1w hold tho Friday lwt'o-ro Christmas. uwing' E0 the lust, 'xlnruiu: being Christmas day. _ M1 .111511111 1(11111'1111ha1l 2). 511a“- cutting 111111 11111. 11181 1)! 11111 “119k. News is soai'cn this \\ (wk. hut hnw could it. in) utht‘mvise with exem- hoax shut in with small pox. a1- thOuLk'h ”H w swms to he nnthingx Verx serious abnut iilt' :iisanP Corner Concerns (Our Own. Correspondent) Mrs. )lill'qml Mulllwws is still in Owen Sound hospital. not. having recux'mwl u,- spmulilfi' as was pro- dictml. Miss Black 1‘vlm'nml to her llOmh last Friday. thv school having been closml on account of cases of mumps she». lwl'sell' having been aft‘octwl. Tllm'o-l'm‘c the schnol concert had to be puslpmwd until the new year. New. 12 schml has bl‘f‘ll closed on account 01' an outbreak of small pox (Our Own Correspondent) m the. local c-Onventlon. an amine and many homvs aw plzwml undm' quarantnw and Varcmatum :9 3:011- et'al. 1‘1’11..l11!111 T 2111111111 has 1:111111 1111‘ 111 his eight 111111111151111;113:1111111111 w: 11. Mr. 8111111 1111 P1111111 51111 21111 is 111m 1 1: 0111 111111, cutting 1mm}. Thom) has 11111111 111-11111. 11011111111; for U111. past wool; in 11111 F1111! cat's. 511111115: 1.11111 scraping 11119111 to 111‘ 1'1121111’ 1’111‘ 11111 1111“ Fwd. 11' '11'111'1111 118121111 quarantine m~ will try 1119.11 hacktn1111-111111-1r1111i1111 tn :1111‘11111! 1111151111115 1111111111“ (0222' Own Correspondent) .‘131 :111'.‘l1‘.<.1’0tm' Mutvh. me’il. visitvfl with Mr. and 311's. Ciamln \Vithzv 11:3: H11“ iwg‘ining' 01' ”w Wka. The 3'2"]er is much mildew again he Iourtn 01 tun: me .LU,UUU ton cargo Steamers under construction in the Old Country for the Atlantic service of the Canadian Pacific was launched recently from the yards of Messrs. Barclay, Curle and Co., Glasgow. With appropriate ceremonies and in the presence of a large gathering of Canadian Pacific Officials, the new ship was christened the “Beaverhill” by Miss Mavis Gillies, (inset) daughter of Captain James Gillies, general manager of the Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd. When these new steamers are delivered, the Canadian Pacific cargo fleet will be augmented by five of the highest type of express cargo steamers and capable of maintaining a speed of 14 knots an hour, which is regarded as exceptional for cargo steamers. The marked growth of ocean trade between Great Britain and Canada via the St. Lawrence route, has prompted the Canadian Pacific to augment their freight service to this extent. These vessels will be used to maintain a weekly service between Canadian ports and those in Great Britain and on the Continent. _ :Thâ€"e new freighter, like her sister .ships the Beaverburn, Beaverdale, Beaverford and Beaverbrae, is 520 feet 1n length 61 and a half feet 1n width with a deadweight carrying capacity of approximately 10,000 tons and load draft of 27 feet; but should a need arise as much as 13,000 tons may be carried on the maximum load draft. The ships will be driven by twin screw. .xoress Cargo Steamers F or C. , P. Calderwood Mint tho ( and Friday. Mossrs. Chris Kaufman and T. D. MvMullvn c'h‘llm‘nml their cattle 1113?. WOPk. 311'. 111111 Mrs. .(f101'1'1011 Reihl and .\11'. 111111 311's. l‘1'311k‘L111111011LHan: 1.15111'. 31111111 S111111111 with the 11111' 111% 1":1111111. ;\l'.1 1.1.) Miller. 1311'. 111111 Mrs. Adam Feick visited :1! .1111111 11111101115 1'11Le1itlx. \liss P111111 Smith 51111111 Sunday 11111111111111 \\itl1 11111 11101111. Miss Lil- 112111 1111152111'1111111'. 3111.111111 Mrs. H1311). Holden. H1am- 1111111. 5911111 11 “111111;. 1115 1:10:1ti111. \\i111 11111 11111111' < 11111'111115..\11'. H1111!â€" .11 1111111111112 111 Hamilton 1111 ] 1'i1la\ 311'. Thondmn and Miss Adelinv 11111-k111' s; 1111! Sundax \\ 1111 11111111 sis- 11-1'. 311's 1' 11115 Kaufman tho cold wind on Thursday THE DURHAM CERONjICLE . Quebec is the. oldest, the most picturesgue and the largest of all the'provinces of the Canadian Cons federation. Here nature spent lav- ishly its treasures. If -you come. to admire its landscape, this portion of Canada will make a strong appeal to your imagination; at the econ- omic poiid of 'view; its natural re- sources are immense and offer great advantages to industries; its trade ranks near the top; its harbors are well equipped and amongst the most frequented Of North America. Quebec’s area covers 703,653 square miles. About ,half of this area. or 351,780 square miles belong to the UnguvaTerritory annexed in 1912. The .actual area of the old and new Quebec is more than three times the area of France and of Germany and also three times the area of Spain. - The area and variety of fertile lands, prosperous cities, natural wealth, forests, water powers just in the process of being tamed and representiig millions of potential hiiirse-power, all these exceptional advantages constitute for the Pro- vince of Quebec the promise of a bright future. “11,111. IULKlLL This land was first discovered by Jacques Cartier in 1534. this distin- guished captain taking possession ot the country in the name of France. in erecting a cross bearing the coat- ofâ€"aims 01 his own coun- try. on the shores of Bay of (:asne. l'ntil 1763 this part 01' the country was known under the name of New France; from 18/11 to 1867 it was called Lower Canada and since, tLmit‘ederation in 1867. its name is (Quebec. (in hundreds and hundreds of miles north. south. east and west. the Quebec 011‘11111try shows with pride the “l1;.1bit,ant" everywhere 1-1'1eiiig'nized by certain essential elraracteristics. practising the same farming methods. possessing about THE STORY, OF QUEBEC .(]] WWW? the same amount 01 weaiw, um same _1ndependence, the game large families, the same cordiaht and ga'yety, the same language of rance and remaining faithful to the R0- man Cathqlic» _be1_ief. . UHWV‘AV av v..â€" vâ€" ‘Quebec is the province of histor- ical monuments; its annals are full of great deeds which have a special appeal for visitors of every country in the world, and also for the pop- ulation of all the other provinces of the Dominion. The tradition that trees and flowers blossomed on Christmas night 18 first quoted from an Arab- ian geographer of the tenth cen- tury. In the thirteenth centurv, in France, candles were seen on flow- ering trees. In England, Joseph of Arimathea’s rod blossomed at Glas- tonbury and elsewhere. When Sept. 3 became Sept. 14. in 1752, two thou- sand persons wanted to see if the Quainton thorn would blow on Christmas. New Style; as it’did not, they refused to keep the New Style festival. .“ -Vâ€"â€"rvâ€"v . The practice of using greenery in Christmas decorations was forbidâ€" den by Archbishop Martin of Brag-:3. but, it. seems to have continued with little interruption to the present time. The first definite mention of a Christmas tree was at. Strasbourg. in 1605. It. was introduced into England as 1840 by the Prince Con- sort. and into France about the same time by Princess Helena of Mecklenburg. Read The Chronicle Ads. on Page same amount 0‘1: wealth, the ‘â€"‘A CHRISTMAS LEGENDS The ancient Druids went mm sotemn precession to keep the an- nual cutting’ of the mistletoe. It was supposed to keep away \VHCHGS. and the people, accomingly. 1M 1.; large sums for a piece of it. 10 hang arounQ the neck es a charm. '1‘] “317; is an oldâ€"fash_10ned Slippy-53mm” that t0 110“ 3 91309 01' Il'nstluto.. km the hand will not only enable um. In see hosts, but WIH l'mw tin-m m Speio Acqordlng to U‘ZldiHHn, H1” maid not kissed beneath Hm “mm- toe will go anotheb year “mm” :2 husband. And this same miSHMm» is supposed to be aValluhlu a,- an PL cuse for kissing .th fair sex 05“. so long as the llttle white 1.0”“;s lest. One berry must be wmm-pd f”? ‘-1_ - A..- e‘ach ‘kiss. In the old days, nU math-1- how great enemies men were. i!’ va met under the mistletoe. thm ill-1.1,; ped their enmity. and greetinl mm, other as friends. Nor would Hm- take up arms against. uni-h ”um. until the dawn of the nut .1113; Thus came the custom of carrying home sprigs of mistlehw and imnz- ing it in the doorway. and it” um enemy came they could not www.- the house beneath the nus-Hm...» Without l.)4_.‘.C0millg friends. Plum this came our cusfnm 01' gnu-1m: people with sprays of mistIQMa Mary Ann: “ inhhiv. «inIH. ‘ wish you \wmf a limp bird-41$ up m_tihe s_k\"?" Buhbie: Naw. I‘d heap rntlm an elephant, an squ water 4. my nose." Thursday, Doc’ember 15, 1927 HISTLETOB MAGIC :1 ‘n '1 _ DES. JAMI: (Wire and r QIH'O "Its! Hf Launhbm Sit‘m ham. Uii‘zcvl 310.11: {'(‘xve'm Plush Lilnllu! N am 1 Iii‘ [Mimi :1 (”Til‘i‘ flaunt.» site (‘hi 9 to 1‘ a (Sunday " 1.0 hr excu GONNA“. BIOt'k. I) ‘23. Grad” Hunm out“. Snrgv all 1 Blue}; (m Um“! day. 1. open «*3 Flo c'. c. Middleb' 1m 01:; C. G. AND LO' ‘_ 7, (JUN tannin: 100 : cuim'almn. i :‘(HlVDHlo‘llX l was {UP 3 fr stnnv fmmd to hlnlcp V :wtnr tzmks to 10! 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