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     Hie widow. 
     
    
   
   
    
     fell ' 
     
     And when Wre hot. drink strong 
     
     or-net stsii. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     cu-gginly more philosophy. in old 
     
     churchyerds than among those who 
     
     no threatening to kill themselves 
     
     with their own knives and forks. 
     
     not to mention the glass. and many 
     
     ,5 epitaph has a tribute to a gay 
     
    
   
   
    
     died, in 1764. of e fever contracted 
     
     by drinking smell beer when he 
     
     was hot. A 
     
    
   
   
    
     Here sleeps in pesos I  
     
     Grenadier . . 
     
     who caught his death by drinking 
     
    
   
   
    
          
     
    
   
   
    
     cold smell Beer. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     q"5l.:roz the ousintset is in Wi.n- soldiers be wise from his untimely 
     
    
   
   
    
     i The Oheitenhssn ' Ive had its 
     
     dancers. too: 
     
     Here lie I. and my three daughters. 
     
    
   
   
    
     . waters. 
     
    

    
     Had we stuck to Epsom Salts, 
     
     We'd not be lying in these vaults. 
     
     And eating can be as risky as 
     
     drinking. Witness the inscription st 
     
     Berkswell, Werwiolsshire. The stone 
     
     has carved upon the outlines of 21 
     
     eggs, is eshers of bacon and 2 
     
     loevu, representing the food con- 
     
     sumed et one sitting by Clement 
     
     Docker in 1175 to retain his title 
     
     -of local champion eater. He died 
     
    
   
   
    
     with A Touch of Advertising 
     
    
   
   
    
     In those robust days the mourn- 
     
     ers saw a silver lining to every cloud 
     
     and a. possible advertisement as is 
     
     proved by this inscription on the 
     
     stone or the late "landlord of the 
     
     Lion." at Upton-on-Severn. 
     
    

    
     His'son keeps on the business still. 
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
    
   
   
    
     Christmas to you, from all MERRY CHRISTMAS 
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
    
   
   
    
     of us. 
     
     lll9ll0l-30ll'3 ; Matthews Meat Market 
     
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     Alberton H” . on 
     
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     We send you all where- 
     
     ever you happen to be 
     
     I - good wishes for Christ- M ' I ch ' ' 
     
     , ay o gorous rs- 
     
     mas and thanks for your mostlme be yours and 
     
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     J. A. NOONAN E. A. McOliE 
     
     Allserten Alberton 
     
     ga sIIInl&Ii 
     
    
   
   
    
     Santa's saying Merry 
     
     Christmas to you -and 
     
     in this greeting we loin 
     
     him too. 
     
    
   
   
    
     MYRIONS SERVIOE STATION' 
     
    
   
   
    
     d unto the heavenly will. 
     
     is a somewhat similar 
     
    
   
   
    
     I touch of advertising imparted to a 
     
    
   
   
    
     stone by the young widow of Jared 
     
     Bates. who died in New England 
     
    
   
   
    
     I ! WlIlll ” 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     II we go 
     
     Sincere " 
     
     2 
     
     Best Wisher , 
     
     For A F 
     
     ERRY CHRI T 
     
     MERRY CHRISTMAS M and S MAS ohmplon. 
     
     AM: HAPPY NEW YEAR 
     
     HAPPY NEW 'YEAR WEEKS iiAliIii and 
     
     csnrsmws 75'-E"-W" 
     
     Jewellery Store Sales I Service 
     
     To All Allaertan 
     
     it 
     
     an There 
     
     - 
     
     Wishing 3.: I 
     
     You ' 
     
     And 
     
     Yours 
     
     , A 
     
     We want to loin in the 
     
     chorus. Here's a Merry ll Very 
     
    
   
   
    
     May the lay of the holi- 
     
     day season be with you 
     
     every day of the year. 
     
    
   
   
    
     SiIea's Restaurant 
     
     Allserton 
     
    
   
   
    
     . llihhhlthltlthi-ltlitlhihhirlz-I..x 
     
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     Under your Yule tree, we 
     
     all hope you find happi- 
     
     ness for the season to 
     
     come. Merry Christmas. 
     
    
   
   
    
     OEOROE DIINDAR 
     
    
   
   
    
     General Grocery Store 
     
     Montrese 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     The best gifts of all are 
     
     good wishes received 
     
     and to swell your happy 
     
     list we add ours, too. 
     
    
   
   
    
     4-ll DRESS SNOP 
     
    
   
   
    
     Allaerton 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     Irving and Irving Plus Oasolinee 
     
     Tignislt 
     
     II3I I 
     
     if H Illa! 
     
     We're hurrying with-Santa 
     
     to tell you of our greet-. 
     
     ings to all our friends. 
     
     We're saying, "A very 
     
     Merry Christmas to you.i' 
     
     E. w. TiiiiliEli. , 
     
     ' "Your Massey-Harris Dealer" - O'Leery 
     
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     WIIIIIHU i 
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
         
     
         
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     Tis an old holiday cus- 
     
      tom we follow with great 
     
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     wsrussows anus stuns 
     
    
   
   
    
     Uleory I 
     
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     lay and that's to wish 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
     everyone of you Yuletide 
     
    
   
   
    
     ' :,m'-Ks re. happiness. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
       
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
      s 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     We're painting the town 
     
     with our good wishes for 
     
     a Merry Christrnos to all 
     
    
   
   
    
     Killed by drinking Oheitenhsm  
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     prodigious vitality. 
     
     Here lieth the remains of Tiiomse 
     
    
   
   
    
     woodhen. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The most amiable and excellent of 
     
    
   
   
    
     Buried, lB'iO. 
     
    

    
     Fair enough! The plot of many 
     
     I but-selling "Western" has less 
     
     in it than that. 
     
    

    
     (Copyright: N. F. L.) 
     
    
   
   
    
     in 1800. Beneath the formal an- 
     
     nouncement. the inscription runs: 
     
     "I-lis widow. aged 24. lives at '1 Elm 
     
     Street. has every qualification for 
     
     a good wife. and yearns to be com- 
     
     forted." Those were stirring days. 
     
     Sometimes the very earnestness of 
     
     the inscribers produces I. rich. un- 
     
     conscious humour. lib: instance, on 
     
     the tomb of the lady at Yarmouth 
     
     who was "cut of: in blooming yuthe. 
     
     we can but pity." She was 74. 
     
    

    
     In Bath Abbey is a memorial to 
     
     "one of the most valuable Women 
     
     that ever lived. whose principal 
     
     happiness consisted. (Aitho' she 
     
     was of some rank) in a real and 
     
     unbounded Affection and Tender- 
     
     nws fol her Husband and Children." 
     
    
   
   
    
     "Altho' she was of some rank” is 
     
    
   
   
    
     . a delight. Almost as good as Mrs. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Maria Boyle, who "painted in Wat- 
     
     er Colours and was First Cousin to 
     
     the Earl of cork. 
     
    
   
   
    
     A EXIT wrm A rsounissrl 
     
    
   
   
    
     If they didn't all come with the 
     
     Conqueror. they certainly went out 
     
     with a flourish. 
     
    

    
     In Rlpon Cathedral is an in- 
     
     scription to Bryan Tunstall, s most 
     
     expert angler, "until death, envious 
     
     of his Merit. threw out his line. 
     
     hookld himy and landed him here.” 
     
    

    
     In Cheshire is-the even more 
     
    

    
     laconic record that 
     
    
   
   
    
     Beneath this stone. a lump of clay 
     
    
   
   
    
     Lies Uncle Percy Daniels. 
     
     Too early in the month of May 
     
     He cast his winter ilennels. 
     
     Well. we all have to take the 
     
     plunge some time: the thing is to 
     
     be ready. Someone at Whitby 
     
     wasn't, (or a tombstone reads; 
     
     Sudden and unexpected was the 
     
     en , 
     
     Of esteemed and beloved 
     
     friend. . 
     
     He gave to all his friends A sud- 
     
     den shock. 
     
     By one day failing 
     
     land dock. 
     
     At Pudsey is an epitaph to Jos- 
     
     eph Blackburn which concludes: 
     
    
   
   
    
     The moon gave light. he took 
     
    
   
   
    
     into Sunder- 
     
    
   
   
    
     sight. 
     
     Through the top pane I lost my 
     
     life. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Actually. the gallant was court- 
     
     ing. and climbed on a window-sill 
     
     the better to converse with his 
     
     darling in the room above. Father 
     
     saw a figure outside the ground 
     
     floor window. presumably decided 
     
     it was an intruder, and plunged his 
     
     sword through the pane and the 
     
     proposer. 
     
    
   
   
    
     FROM WATERL00 TO KANSAS 
     
    
   
   
    
     A chancy business. life. Yet, even 
     
     handicapped, there is still room for 
     
     mirth. or perhaps the word in this 
     
     instance should be psdicapped. for 
     
    
   
   
    
     May the happy days in 
     
     your life be as many as 
     
     the flakes that cover this 
     
     landscape. Season's 
     
     Greetings to you and you 
     
     and you. 
     
    
   
   
    
     llARDY'S MEN'S and 
     
     BOYS' WEAR 
     
    
   
   
    
     Allserton 
     
    
   
   
    
     n.-.ss.-x .. 
     
    
   
   
    
          
     
    
   
   
    
     Tile;-.rg . 
     
    
   
   
    
     dttisiln 
     
    
   
   
    
     May your holiday tree 
     
     he laden with the good 
     
     wishes w e send your 
     
     w a y. A Merry Christ- 
     
     mas fram us ails 
     
    
   
   
    
     ALDERTON OO-OP 
     
     ASSOOIATION LTD. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     W. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ttiitrvir-kzsl 
     
    
   
   
    
     x. 
     
    
   
   
    
     our friends. 
     
    
   
   
    
     lichen E. caenlieii 
     
    
   
   
    
     Dealer in Cattle I Hogs 
     
     Aliserten 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     A wish of good chedr from 
     
     stlntol and us. Thanks for your 
     
    
   
   
    
     '0Y6l patrpnege and Merry 
     
    
   
   
    
     Christmas: 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
     .llATTllEVlS 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
            
     
         
     
       
     
         
     
             
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     MERRY CHRISTMAS" 
     
    
   
   
    
     - and a wish that goes 
     
     on and on that all may 
     
     be well on this holiday 
     
     and then throughout the 
     
    
   
   
    
     year. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ..Jdies's lent. Store 
     
     , V 0a.." ,' . 
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     LO'LEARY OLOTNIN 
     
    
   
   
    
     Be filled with Health and Happiness 
     
    
   
   
    
     J.  DON OAMPBELL & STAFF 
     
    
   
   
    
     Allaerten 
     
    
   
   
    
     MERRY CHRISTMAS 
     
     and may the 
     
     NEW YEAR 
     
    
   
   
    
     7 
     
    
   
   
    
     Our sincere appreciation 
     
     and thonks for your wel- 
     
     come lpatronage in the 
     
     past year. A very Merry 
     
    
   
   
    
     Christmas. 
     
    
   
   
    
     a a roorwm 
     
    
   
   
    
     ..-r 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     the inscription is one which ap- 
     
     peared at Waterloo over the leg of 
     
     the Marquis of Anglesea: 
     
     Here rests-and let no 
     
     knave 
     
     Presume to smear and laugh. 
     
     To learn that mouldering in the 
     
     grave 
     
     is laid-a British call. 
     
    
   
   
    
     A leg anld foot. to speak more 
     
     plain. 
     
    

    
     Rest here of one commanding. 
     
    

    
     Who though his wits he may re- 
     
    
   
   
    
     BB ucy 
     
    
   
   
    
     Our wish to you on this 
     
     Christmas day is like the 
     
     evergreen, always there 
     
     and never fading. A gay 
     
     Yule to you. 
     
    
   
   
    
     FOLEY'S STORE 
     
    
   
   
    
     All-serton 
     
    
   
   
    
     -sum- ...- -1 
     
    
   
   
    
     Greetings 
     
     And 
     
    

    
     Best Wishes 
     
     For A 
     
    

    
     MERRY CHRISTMAS 
     
    

    
     From 
     
    
   
   
    
     DEANlS OANDY-BAR 
     
     Located at 
     
     Carpenter's Jewellery 
     
     Store 
     
     Alberton 
     
    
   
   
    
     an-us: 
     
    
   
   
    
     Along with Santa's 
     
    
   
   
    
     lolly 
     
     greeting - w e extend 
     
     ours for the Merriest 
     
    
   
   
    
     Christmas everl 
     
    
   
   
    
     KEITH PRATT 
     
    
   
   
    
     Bloomfield 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     . Our greetings to you and 
     
     l Yours glitter with best 
     
     ' wishes for the merriest of 
     
     Yule festivities. 
     
    
   
   
    
     i:aIiaglIan's Variety 
     
     and Fashion Sites 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Greeting 
     
    

    
     7 You 
     
    

    
     ' At Christmas. 
     
    

    
     HILLSIDE RESTAURANT 
     
    

    
     and TOURIST HOME 
     
     Albertan 
     
    
   
   
    
     tain, 
     
     Lost. half his understanding. L Alb"”" 
     
     And now in England. just as gay " R TR 
     
     ! 
     
     : 1 
     
     5 May this 
     
     Christmas 
     
     Give you 
     
     Gifts of Joy 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     And Happiness 
     
     "Merry Christmas” 
     
    
   
   
    
     N. D. OORBETT 
     
    
   
   
    
     gAlbe rton 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Let the bells ring out and 
     
     the carolers shout - a 
     
     joyous holiday season be 
     
     yours, from us, to you 
     
    
   
   
    
     REVILO DAIRY 
     
    
   
   
    
     John R. Oliver 
     
     Alberton 
     
    
   
   
    
     4 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Here's wishing you a lot 
     
     of Christmas cheer and 
     
     also, a very happy New 
     
     Year. 
     
    
   
   
    
          
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Greetings 
     
     . - 
     
    
   
   
    
     uj 
     
    
   
   
    
     E. O. OAIIDETTE and SONS 
     
    
   
   
    
     Tignish 
     
    
   
   
    
     sT'"""' 
     
     TX 
     
     The I sweetest thing Mon 
     
     Christmas Day is not the 
     
     t, candy stick, but the greet- 
     
     ing true friends send. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Merry Christmas to you. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Mvnicws ALliEiii'0ii 
     
     LIMITED 
     
    
   
   
    
     Aiberton 
     
    
   
   
    
     a 
     
    
   
   
    
     cam 
     
    
   
   
    
     SEASON'S GREETINGS 
     
    
   
   
    
     GORDON-'S GARAGE 
     
    
   
   
    
     Allserton 
     
     Irving Oil Products 
     
    
   
   
    
     -and to all of our friends 
     
     and patrons the hope that 
     
     we may continue to serve 
     
     you for many a Christ- 
     
     mos to come. 
     
    
   
   
    
     To 
     
     Christmas 
     
     gNew Yeari 
     
    
   
   
    
     wish you a 
     
    
   
   
    
     Merry 
     
    
   
   
    
     and a glad 
     
    
   
   
    
     ..Custem Grinding and.. 
     
     Mixing. Purina Feeds 
     
    
   
   
    
     Ofleary 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     co-op'Moao Market- 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     TIONISII OD-OFERATINE ASSOCIATION LTD. 
     
     Ce-Op""lsse" Service Station - Ce-Op Drug Store 
     
    
   
   
    
     A message from all of us 
     
     to all of you . . . May this 
     
     be the merriest of Christ- 
     
     mases for you, filled with 
     
    
   
   
    
     lay and good cheer. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Christmas bells ring 
     
     out our message of loy' 
     
     for the 
     
    
   
   
    
     cue greetings 
     
    
   
   
    
     coming year. 
     
    
   
   
    
     NEIR FRASER 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Matthews Feed Sonics ' 
     
    
   
   
    
     Ce-OpOeneraI8teve 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
     General Store 
     
     ' Allserten South 
     
     l 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     LLOYD'S RESTAURANT ' 
     
    
   
   
    
     O'Leary 
     
    
   
   
    
     O'LEARY FARMERS OO-OPERATIVE 
     
    
   
   
    
     ASSOCIATION LIIMTD 
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
         
     
         
     
          
     
       
     
         
     
        
     
        
     
        
     
          
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Our wish to you on this 
     
     Cl. "111: day. The merri- 
     
    

    
     Merry Christmases 
     
     to you and to all those 
     
    
   
   
    
     you hold most dear. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Our employees all loin us 
     
     in wishing you and your 
     
     family the happiest of 
     
     Christmas seasons and a 
     
    
   
   
    
     prosperous year. 
     
    
   
   
    
     WEE. 
     
    
   
   
    
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