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y weekly North bum Without Aid of premiums The leading County Paper as well as Oldest No paper sent out of North York unless paid in advance IkrHmii Town and lo5V in friendly THOSE WHO BUY THOSE SELL I JACKSON Editor and Proprietor NEWMARKET OUT DEC Will a ana prosperous year Taking the Hills I On High A New Years Story for Young she a bird at the wheel of his fathers car turned to his uncle proudly Thats a stiff grade and long but she look easily on high flic hoy uncle a motor enthusiast himself was eagerly responsive to Lems interest discussed lie various details of the new cur us they hummed along the pleasant country highway was well informed concerning all the fine points of the machine he drove and very ready to dwell on them at length But after all tin crowning feature of he car with him ap parently wus the ease with which it made hills high gear She certainly does the trick neatly ex claimed his uncle admirably as the car bore Ihcm swiftly up another grade But not all the credit belongs to the machine he added as he laid a hand on shoulder A good share of it belongs to lilie man at the wheel hem grinned appreciatively as he gave the wheel a dexterous twist to avoid a rut This matter of taking hills on high reflect uncle involves more than one real ize until one looks into the subject First of all before you ever took the machine out of the garage you made ready for these hills You saw that you were supplied with oil that there was plenty of gasoline you filled yur grease cups you made it your business to attend Ho various other details every one of which is a factor in the smooth running of the car Atten tion to these things increases- the efficiency llic machine nodded his head in vigorous assent Youre just right there uncle he declared frankly I was busy with the car quite a while this morning satisfying myself that ev- was in order Then another thing went on his uncle earnestly when you see the hill looming up ahead of you von just make ready to climb it Its a sort of challenge to you to the car you arc handling and you put forth every effort make that hill in a manner that will reflect on your machine- You did all you could to in sure effective climbing back in the garage with hills back in your mind Now with the hill right before you you threw on your ex- Ira power and you made the hill on high 1 1 I i I In making hill thought perhaps questioning glance Yes returned the thoughtfully I hadnt just thought about all the preparation that entered into it The car slipped through a wooded stretch curved out into the open again and sped along a road that bordered a loitering stream Pres ently uncle turned totbeboy with a ques tion Jus why do you wont to quit high school Loin A quick flush came into the boys face Study was hard for Lem He couldnt get things 1iiickly like some of friends did To learn any book facts he had just to buckle down to business ami grind For a minute Lem was silent Finally he said Why study is awful hard work for me uncle and it looks it will get harder all the time So because il looks like difficult climbing ahead you are going to quit The note THE OLD YEAR AST NIGHT when all the village Was lying and still With starlight in the valley With moonlight on the bill I wakened from my dreaming And hushed my heart to hear The old clock in the steeple Toil out the dying year They say that when the angels The blessed new year bring The souls that wake to listen Can hear them softly sing The same melodious anthem Of peace and love on earth That told of Judabs shepherds The dear Redeemers No sound came through the But wailing there I thought Of all the gifts and blessings The year me bad brought And something sang within me happy heart today Remember all who sorrow And wipe their tears away Stf in that solemn morning Tho years at right hand Where dawn in light unshadowed When first my feet shall stand The words of benediction Thy home shall be Thy deeds of love and mercy Have all been done to me A NEW YEARS RESOLVE OU sir are very much wanted today and we want you to play he part of a Quit this wasting of Ihue you have mistakes and let the man red come out and cos Just try again for there is a new chain with every new day and you are very much needed You need not be dazzlingly brilliant or or iginal We dont need these half so much as we need earnest men and wo men who ring true and are as You are needed at this the dawn of the New Year and the call for real citizens who can be neither bought nor bullied is very loud You need not be handsome or of fine figure We handsome people with stunning Years Ago Sunday School had the year slipping by and it will be gone And what Here little w Most of us are marking ever wop by marking time On all is hungry for a man The field of law cries give us a man and when Ih steps out he is at once recognized and battle The churches scan for a man They look through the college halls and wonder will he come- Is there some one who through the force of bis manhood rather than by his sup knowledge of Greek and Hebrew will stir the world Are you a writer Then we long for you for we are weary of heroes and heroines and arch villians plot and counterplot We are waiting for the book that well live that will tell us of the natural story of this age If you are a writer and have the message we want you whoever you are wherever you come from We want men who can glorify moan jobs with honest labor Men who if necessary con be happy cleaning the streets driving a wagon selling a pair of boots or do ing the thousand and one things incident to our daily round four corners village town or city is all eves for the man Are the one theyare looking for Dont let the meanness of your disapproval in his uncles voice cut enthrall you You are more than your lilya knife He twisted in bis job let your feelings nail you lo the seal continued ins uncle in derisive floor You are made to mount and must tone if you didnt intend to play Overcome and be the man Your faltering play with Why uncle looked up in surprise what do you mean he asked mean just this my hoy kindly hand fume down on s shoulder there are hills ahead on lifes road just as there were hills the way we took this morning And Lem you will never take those hills on high unless you muke ready for them just as you made readv for these this morning In fact youre facing one of lifes hills right now this matter of study being difficult for you And what are you doing you are whimpering at the foot of it that its too steep you machine You are decreasing your your lack of courage and will instead of pulling on all tho power you can and pushing up till hill on high And just as you made ready the Irip this morning while you were still in tin garage by attending lo all the details of you machine so now through your high school training are making ready fo climb credit hills that are ahead of you along the wind road of life Its your preparation time Make the most of it so that you won lie daunted when the steep grades appear The fact thai vouve made all possible gives confidence in your ability lo climb and with the addition of the extra power you can reasonably hope to make lifes hills on high Gel the idea hoy The mans eyes searched the boys face earnestly Yes uncle voice was very quiet here was a quality of grim it Im going lo give myself a lips your awkward gait your lack of ignorance of the books all these or you to defeat and win Gome out this New Year no matter walk of life you may be found in and be a man e need you and need you badly from the crowd NEW YEAR BELLS Of all sounds of all bells most solemn and touching is the peal which rings out the old foundation I never hear it without a gathering up of To mk thm look mind to a concentration of all images that iun have been diffused over the past twelve-month- I begin to know the work of that regretted time as when a peVson dies Charles Lamb St Thomas Dec Provincial Constable his wife and three children ere instantly killed shortly before oclock tmt when their oar was struck by a Mich ran Central passenger train at Watford wont he my fault if I fail lo lake lifes hills on high Shake I said his uncle briefly and as Lem reached out disengaged hand and lifted his eyes ran Id v bis uncle caught a glint of deter mination in their depths that satisfied him Thats fine Now Year resolution Dont it his uncle said j