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“If thou worked at that which is before thee, following right reason, seriously, vigorously, calmly, without allowing any thing else to distract thee, but keeping thy divine part pure as if thou shouldst be bound to give it back immediate- ly,â€"if thou holdest to this, expecting nothing, fearing nothing, but satisfied with thy present activity according to nature, and with heroic truth in every word and sound which thou utterest, thou wilt live happy. And there is no man who is able to prevent this.” Nothing new has been said about the right Way to be happy for at least nineteen hundred years. But some ideas have been set in type which deserve time, ink and good paper to again bring to public attention. Marcus Antonfizs, grandfather of Mark Antony, was a Roman lawyer and orator. As an orator he was said to be the equal of the great speakers of Greece. He wrote the following, receipe for happiness: , But though everyone at the sale looked at the worn little wedge no one boughtâ€"the price was too high. So the devil still owns itâ€"and still uses it for discouragement can ruin the hardiest nature and break down the finest efforts to improve. Safety lies only along the route of courage. Apart from the rest lay a harmless looking, wedge shaped toolâ€"much worn and priced mu'ch higher than any of the others. Some asked the Devil what it was. “That’s discouragement,” was the reply. “Why is it priced so high?” “Because,” replied the Devil, “it is more useful in my work than any of the others. I can pry open and get inside a man’s consciousness with that when I can’t get near him with any of the othersâ€"and once inside I can use him in whatever suits me best. It is much worn because I have used it on nearly everyone and very few know it belongs to me.” Once upon a time the Devil announced that he was going out of business and would offer his tools for sale to anyone who would pay the price. On the night of the sale the implements were all displayed, and all but one were attractively labelled. They were malice, hatred, envy, jea- lousy, deceit and others, all laid out in shining rows, each marked with its price. One of the first problems to engage the attention of the Markham and Vaughan Township councils should be the construction of sidewalks on Yonge Street. The safety of human lives demand that action be taken at once to elimin- ate this great hazard for all who use Yonge Street whether as motorists or pedestrians. OPTIMISTIC NOTE . An optimistic note sounded at the majority of nomi- nation meetings this year was the announcement that there was in 1935 an improvement in the payment of taxes. Col- lection of taxes has been one of the most difficult problems of municipal government and it is an encouraging sign of better times that in 1935 in the mayjority of municipalities more people were able to pay their taxes on time, than in 1934. The annual municipal elections have come and gone and it is very evident that the annual nomination meeting has lost none of its attraction with the passing of the years. In the majority of communities the nomination meeting was well attended this year and in most cases candidates for municipal office Were greeted by crowded halls. That rate- payers are anxious to be informed on municipal business is evidenced by the fact that year after year ratepayers in large numbers gather at the township centre to listen to a review of the public business of the year. It all tends to bear out the contention which we have often advanced that there is no branch of public government more closely scrut- inized than the work of the municipal council. This direct interest and the closeness of contact between the municipal administrators and the people is the main reason we be- lieve for the fact that of all governments the people get best service from municipal representatives. Long may the annual nomination meeting remain an institution in our community life. New starts will be made by millions to conquer their bad habits and establish new ones which will help them lead more victorious lives. Everyone will feel better in 1936 as certain economic forces now at work which are not likely to be blocked by the political pow-wows will create more jobs and a greater sense of security. Weather will still be the main topic of conversation and we will have plenty of it whether we like it or not. Youth will take heart as those in control of jobs will realize that the greatest crimes against the civilization of the future are committed by those who block employment and give beginners in life a warped idea of what it is all about. . Economists and practical business men will more and more see that neither knows it all and that\theory must ever be curtailed by practical knowledge and new practical methods brought into being by the trying of new theories â€"as in ages past. Apples will continue to be symbol of man’s fall but men will resolve anew to make every fall fruitful of new know- lecllge with which to consciously make something of them- se ves. Right thinking will hold a higher place in man’s esteem. While holding fast to what is good in his heritage from the past man in 1936 will honor his own ability to think in order that he may leave an. honorable heritage ‘of his own aggressive effort for other men to revere in the years ahead as coming from the wisdom of antiquity. J. Eachem Smith, Manager Member Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Subscription $1.50 per year â€" To the United States $2.00 Covering Canada’s Beet Suburban District Advertising Rates on. Application. TELEPHONE 9. SIDEWALKS NEEDED 0N YONGE STREET YOU CAN’T HELP BEING HAPPY,â€"IF Established 1878 AN INDEPENDENT WEEKLY PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT RICHMOND HILL THE LIBERAL PRINTING CO., LTD. A NEW YEAR PROPHECY IN ACROSTIC PAGE TWO THURSDAY, JANUARY 9th, 1936 NOMINATION MEETINGS THE DEVIL’E WEDGE THE LIBERAL MONSTER CARNIVAL, Richmomi Hill Arena, Friday, January 10th, under auspices of the Hockey Club. N0 BARGAIN “What did you pay for this car?” asked the garage man who had been asked to overhaul it. “Well, as a mat- ter of fact, a friend gave it to me.” “Man, you’ve been swindled.” ' Hope giveth unto us Another year Adventurous To follow the climbing good By thorn and beast withstood, The heights of brotherhood, Through dim to clear. God giveth us Another Year, All luminous , With Him, our shining Force 0f life’s bewildered course Still Chorioteer. Christ giveth unto us Another year Of burd-enous Tasks blessed for His sake, World’s pity to awake, To bind up hearts that break Beside us here. Love giveth unto us Another year Of marvelous Ointment for weary feet, A shadow in the heat, Home welcomes and hearth-sweet Communion dear. I â€" Another Year â€" Earth giveth unto us Another year Miraculous Her beauty to behold, New dawn of rose and gold New starlgihts‘ to enfold Our dreaming sphere. Questions concerning Health, ad- dressed to the Canadian Medlchl‘As- sociation, 184 College Street, Toronto, will be answered personally by letter. A regular check-up, through' a periodic health examination, is most desirable. In this way, you may secure the advice you need on how to keep well, from your family doctor. Advice can help only when it‘is fol. lowed. An intelligent person accepts advice which guides him along the road to health, and‘so avoids the misery and expense of the unneces- sary detours for disease. Is some soâ€"called accidental disease or premature old are going to cut short your years? If so, it is likely a reflection upon your intelligence be- cause it will be the result mainly of your own carelessness. It is difficult to believe that any intelligent man would rot help to maintain a public health department to protect himself from disease, or that he would live in such a manner as to endanger his own life and happiness. It is not an accident that so many people do not enjoy good health and die before they need to. Exceptions to the rule do not alter the general truth that those who live wisely en-i joy more years of health than do those who ignore the simple rules of} healthy living. Neglect of the body} means an early wearin'r out. Personal health cannot be bought; it is rewardI of sane living. I There is nothing- mysterious about safe water, pure milk, the prevention of diphtheria or the education of mothers in the care of their children. These are some of the recognized public health procedures which bring disease under control and raise the standard of health when trained workers, with sufficient money, put them into practice for the benefit of the public. There is nothing accidental about much of the sickness and many of the deaths which occur every day. The comparative freedom from disease which some places enjoy as compared to other similar places, is not acciâ€" dental. Within limitations, any com- munity may enjoy the measure of protection against disease for which it is both Willing and able to pay. When a man crosses the street against a red light or runs his motor in a garage with the doors closed. what may follow, in either case, is hardly the result of an accident, be- cause it would have been .prevented by reasonable care. \ a ‘fl/‘ ‘ A :6 E 1;, x x ‘ 1‘! ‘ EM a, 1111/ //m‘ â€"Katherine lee Bates THE LIBERAL, RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO l “Scouting develops a reliable and 11‘ a , efficient citizen. In these panicky most L days Scouts will be neededâ€"men who may are prepared and can meet unex- Wto pected difficulties with stability of cton’ mind and resou’rcefulness.”â€"Lorcl foL ‘ Somers, {former Governor and Chief tents I Scout for Victoria, Australia. The moment you feel the slighm distress in your eyes or notice a dim- ning of your vision consult 163-167 Yonge St.. Toronto. up stairs. opp. Simmons. Phone Elgin 4820. BROTHERTON’S - BOOKINC Steamshlp OFFICE Pirates and Passport: Secured All enquiries confident' We look after your wants right from your home. Phone Willowdale 63.! Office Stop 6. Yonge St.. Lansing J. F. BURR Mill 139 Phones Res. 74 Yong. St. Saturday: Had a quarl with Jane. She cum over to are house and I had the raddio radldioing. Jane rimarked sed she a gentlemun is a man that shuts off the sport brodéast When a ladie cums in. I replide is that so & then sed a Iadie is a dame it took 2 yrs. (to lern to talk & never lerns not 2 talk 2 mptch & then the argyment started. PRODUCING MEN OF STABILITY ROOFING. EAVESTROUGHING CHIMNEYS BUILT & REPAIRED CONCRETE WOR‘K SEPTIC TANKS INSTALLED FURNACES BARN & STABLE EQUIPMENT MILK COOLERS Thursday: Pa gets things offly bawled up in what he writes for the noosepaper on witch he rites for. Of lately he has ritten that there was a fine worm dinner and in a nother itum sed they was strickley fresh aigs for sail at a anteek store. Friday: As it was a rainen this 13. in. afternoon Slim Jeters sed to Unkel Hen that his better 1/2 was out in down town & he was wurried. Never mind sed my unkel shele step into a store & Slim sed that is wot is wurryin me. Wednesday: Us kidse has got 1 on Blisters. His parence tuk him down in Dixey whair it was warm for Santy Clos & Blisters seen what he thot was a sérkes .&,‘ crolled un- der the tent & their seen that it was a relidges rev1vel. Canadian Pacific, Cunard and Anchor-Donaldson lines at Lowest Rates. Tuesday: Lige Grubbs give his Iittel sun a billie gote for Xmas. I dident find it out no sooner or I wood of went over thair sooner. But I doant think I like goteses. Enny- how not this 1. He sorta packs a dissagreeable cent. romancic & called her swt. hrt- Howje no my hrt. is swt. she sed. Aint that dame dum? SLATS’ DIARY Sunday: The preecher at are chirch Ixeeched along sermen on care in driven fouls and 3tc. Pa wanted to ‘tondens it for the woosepaper by say- In the preecher sed it takes a 1000 tight nuts to hold a car to gather but onley I tight nut at the whele to tare it a part. But the editur wodent let him. Its about what the preacher sed tho. We carry concentrates, also full lines for Mashes. We have attractive prices on Oil Cake Meal, Gluten Meal, also Bran and Shorts. F. E. LUKE & SON Your Eyes THE MILL Special Sailingsfi to the Homeland by; R. H. KANE ROSS FAR‘QUHAR Monday: Walk- en home from chirch with Jane last evning I got Phone 92" 'WWWWWWW wawmmm THURSDAY, JANUARY 9th, 1936