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 j^R. RUDYARD KIPLING recently wrote a 
 ^W • poem ill which he called the fair Dominion 
 of Canada '' Our Lady of the Snows." This well- 
 meant, but ill-advised expression, has been severely 
 criticised in the Colonial papers. One country 
 editor concludes his remarks with a suggestion that 
 " Kipling should be spanked with a 8nowshoe." 
 Others have put their views into verse, as follows : — 
 
 CANADA TO KIPLTNG. 
 
 The title is pretty, I grant you, 
 
 And I know you meant to be kind, 
 But I wish you could hit on another 
 
 Less risky, if you don't mind. 
 Of course, as implying my " whiteness," 
 
 I modestly murmur " It goes," 
 But I fear few will give that meaning 
 
 To " Our Lady of the Snows." 
 
 You see, there's a prevalent notion — 
 
 Which does me a grievous wrong — > 
 That my climate is almost Arctic, 
 
 And my winters ten months long. 
 Perhaps that is your idea, 
 
 For it's widespread, goodness knows ! 
 And this phrase will make it more so — 
 
 '• Our Lady of the Snows." —J. W. Bengough. 
 
 
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 "OUR LADY OF THE SNOWS.' 
 
 A poet sung of a nation in words that were kindly meant, 
 And his song on etiiereal pulses throughout the Empire went, 
 It breathed the Imperial spirit at which the bosom glows, 
 But he slurred the land that he fain had praised, as " Our 
 Lady of the Snows." 
 
 She has lands unknown to summer, but she keeps them for a 
 
 park 
 For Biich as find little Europe too small for ambition's mark. 
 She keeps them to pleasure Nansen, for a Franklin to repose, 
 But they lie remote from the marts and home of '"Our Lady 
 
 of the Snows." 
 
 True, she has somewhere, sometime, winters when keen winds 
 
 bite, 
 And in the frosty heavens gleams the auroral light. 
 When in the drifted forest she counts the ringing blows 
 Of the axe that reaps a harvest for " Our Lady of the Snows." 
 
 But while the sturdy Briton still shivers in east winds, 
 The winter flees and the rivers no more the ice king binds, 
 And blossom calls upon blossom, & each its fair form shows. 
 In the land that is called by Kipling *' Our Lady of the Snows." 
 
 She has woods of pine and maple, where England might be 
 
 lost ; 
 She has ports that are ever open to ships that are tempest 
 
 tossed ; 
 She has fields of wheat unbounded, where the whole horizon 
 
 glows. 
 And the hot sun laughs to hear her styled " Our Lady of 
 
 the Snows." 
 
 She has vineyards hanging heavy with clustering purple 
 and white, 
 
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And the velvet peach in its swaying nest fills the gardener 
 with delight. 
 
 She can pluck, if she will, at Yuletide, in the lialmy air, 
 the rose. 
 
 And the people smile when they hear her called " Our Ladv 
 of the Snows." ^ 
 
 The wire that brought that message on lightning under the 
 sea 
 
 Had been too short to bear it to her furthest boundary. 
 Not by a flippant phrasing of catchword verse or prose. 
 Can the truth be told of the vast domain of " Our Lady of 
 the Snows." —Arthur Weir, in •' Montreal Star." 
 
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 dfanabian ^robucts. 
 
 ESIDES an immense Export trade in Flour, 
 
 5^6 Cheese, Butter, Eggs, and Canned Fish, all of 
 which are well-known iji England, Canada grows a 
 large quantity of Fruit. Canadian Apples are now 
 very much appreciated, and her Peaches, Plums, 
 Pears, and Berries are equiuly nice. Not only so, 
 but a large trade is now being done in Canned 
 Tomatoes, Peas, French Beans, and other vegetables 
 —indeed, there seems no hmit to the possibilities of 
 development in this direction. Canadian Beef, 
 Mutton, Bacon, Hams, and Poultry are so like 
 English, being fed as on our own English farms, that 
 very few know the difference. And wdiy should they 
 care ? Are not our Canadian brothers as British as 
 we are, and then- produce equal to our own ? 
 
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 riai'icr—lH not this Fruit lovely, children .' The flavor is 
 almost like fresh gathered. 
 
 CIiriHijif^—Yes, I know how that is. These are from my 
 dear old Canada. I see they are the " Hiss Canada " Brand. 
 You know mother used to bottle Fruit in Toronto like this. 
 Who wants Jam when we can get Fruit ^ 
 
 Iroir — These Peaches arr nice I 
 
 rifirirr—Yes, dear. Father says our Canadian Peaches are 
 luscious ; they are not quite so large as those grown in 
 California, but of a richer flavour. 
 
 lliulolph — I like Apples, I do. 
 
 Christine—Ah ! we know how to grow beautiful Apples 
 in Canada. Father gays the farmers take nearly as much 
 care of their Fruit trees as most mothers do of their babies. 
 Only fancy, they bind paper round the trunk of the trees 
 and put tar on to keep the insects from the fruit. 
 
 ^ I,','nr—YQ^, these are nice. " Miss Canada " is just the 
 right name for them. 
 
 Clay tec — Do you know our Canadian friends are now 
 " canning " and " bottling " all kinds of Berries, Plums, 
 and Pears to send over here, so we shall be able to have 
 fresh fruit very nearly all the year round. 
 
 Christine — Yes, and Tomatoes, Peas, and other vegetables. 
 
 7?v'w^'— What do you think .' Father says he used to have 
 Pumpkin Pie when he was a boy down in the South of 
 England, and he has asked the " Miss Canada " people 
 to " can " Pumpkins, and we are to have Pumpkin Pie 
 whenever we like. 
 
 Uudolph — I want some Pumpkin Pie, please Tassie ? 
 
 Clarice — You must wait till it is made, boy ; but you may 
 try this Pine Apple, children. How nice to have it sliced 
 up so thin ! 
 
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 ^7/;vV//if— Yes, and it is lovely. 
 
 (luvire—l^ it not very kind of our Canadian friends to 
 make everything ready for use .' Ladies have not to work so 
 hard in Canada as they do in England. 
 
 7;r,< /'—Perhaps the English ladies won't work so hard 
 soon. We must show them how easy it is to get up a nice 
 tea without much work. 
 
 lludoljth—l could make pumpkin pies & cakes, too. I could. 
 
 Irene— ^o could I. boy, if I had some of our lovely 
 White Canadian Flour and a cake of that Yeast that 
 comes from Canada. What do they call it .' 
 
 r/r/;v/'#— The Flour, dear, is called The Imperial Prize 
 Medal •' Prairie Hen "' Brand, and the Yeast the " Victoria." 
 It is a round cake and makes lovely bread, but we don't 
 use Yeast to make pie crust. I expect vou could both eat 
 the pies and cakes best. Perhaps mother will teach you 
 how to make them some day. One does not want pies if 
 we have lovely fruit like this, and a can of Canadian Lunch 
 Tongue or Compreaaed Beef. You know Father says the 
 Canadians do not boil all the nature out of their Beef 
 before '• canning " it. like some people do. 
 
 rhri-s'tifw—l like Tongue. I don't think you can have 
 too much of " Miss Canada's " tongue. 
 
 ^7ari>^'— Father says we may some day have Venison and 
 Rabbits in cans from North America. Won't that be 
 splendid .' I know a Canadian dish that is easily made and 
 very nice. You need a little Maccaroni, some Cheese, and a 
 Can of Tomatoes. Father says every housekeeper should keep 
 an Imperial Prize Medal Cheddar Cheese, called "Canadian 
 Stilton," and a can of Tomatoes in the house, as well as a 
 little Maooaroni. You just boil some Maccaroni and put 
 it into a buttered dish, then add a can of Tomatoes, mix 
 w^ell, season with pepper and salt, then add a little grated 
 cheese and put it into the oven until a crust is formed. 
 
Rudolph — I like Macwoni and Tomatoes, I do ! ! 
 
 It' fur — We will make some for our next Christmat; party. 
 
 Clarice — Some people are afraid to use canned Toma- 
 toes, because they say there is something about the tins 
 injurious to health, but I don't think so 
 
 In' tic — These Peaches don't taste injurious, any way ! 
 
 Chrixtinr — Why can't they use something else instead cf 
 tins? 
 
 Clarice — So they can, only it costs more uioney. Father 
 says they are going to ship over such a lot of Peaches 
 and Plums and other goodies next season in bottles. 
 
 Rudolph — 1 like "j^oodic^" all the time I 
 
 Itrtie—^o do I ! and I lik^^ Fruit in glass bottlr- instead 
 of tins. What does it matte/ about costing more .' 
 
 Christine — I don't care if the Fruit is sent over in tins so 
 long as it can be served in these dear little glass difthes. 
 Let us call them •' Miss Canada " dishes. This is like we 
 use in Canada. Who would mix up Fruit with bread and 
 butter on their plates, when they can get nice little dishes 
 like this for about a penny each ? 
 
 Rudolph — I eat my Fruit with a spoon. Isn't it nice ] 
 
 Irene — What a pity that so many empty tin cans are 
 thrown away ? 
 
 Clarice — The cans should not be thrown away. I know 
 what they ought to do with them. Save them up and send 
 them to General Booth for the poor people who have no work 
 to do to make them into toys. Now, children, Avez.rous fiui ! 
 
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 IpHE Bass was on his way to choir practice — rehearsal 
 ^T^ they call it now— with a big sheaf of Easter music 
 under his arm. The streets were almost deaertei, and it was 
 wet and cold. There was a little snow on the ground, and 
 the electric lights swayed two and fro in the wind and 
 made uneven, undulating circles of brightness on the 
 pavement. 
 
 The Bass had nearb reached the Cathedral when he 
 became aware of a small attendant shadow that kept closely 
 a"-; his heels. He turned sharply. The shadow stopped and 
 whimpered, with a knuckle to its eyes. 
 
 '" Go away," said the Bass sternly, " I haven't any 
 change." 
 
 " Chinge !" squeaked the shadow wrathfuUy. " I'm an 
 Hinglishman, I am. Who arsked you fer ehinge I Car'n a 
 gent tike an evenin' promenade without bein' insulted ? 
 Keep your chinge— keep it fer yer supper." 
 
 " Well, what do you want ?" said the Bass, amused, for the 
 rags that decked the scarecrow flew loosely in the wind and 
 gave him an elfish look. 
 
 "^ You can go arn now," said the battered little thing ; " I 
 ain't got no more use fer you." 
 
 " I don't see " began the Bans, rather bewildered. 
 
 " I don't mind informin' yer," interrupted the other with 
 an air of generosity, " as you an' yer umbreller makes a 
 werry respectable buffer for the wind." Them slim ones is 
 no sorter satisfaction ; gimme a big cove with a pair o' 
 shoulders, an' I declare it's like walkin' down a bloomin' 
 conservatory," and he shivered as a sudden blast nearly bore 
 him off his sticks of legs. 
 
 •' Are you cold then ? " asked the Bass, pitvingly. 
 
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 "Am I cold? Am I a jibberin' ice-'ouse floatin' in an 
 Arctic sea ?" 
 
 The Bass was feeling in his pockets for some coppers, 
 which were not forthcoming. 
 
 " Look here," he said suddenly, " come into the cathedral 
 with me ; it's warm in there atleast." 
 
 The scarecrow came nearer and put one shaking hand on 
 the young man's cuff. 
 
 " Sy, will the bloke tackle the ivories ? Will he ply .'" 
 
 " Why, yes, it's practice night ; I dare say you can* stay if 
 you promise to be quiet." 
 
 " Sure, Mike ; forge ahead !" and the two went on. 
 
 The cathedral was dimly lighted ; the Gothic arches looked 
 dim, and distant, and mysterious, ^he few lights in the 
 chancel only served to emphasize its dimensions, and the 
 organ was muttering out a pedal prelude that echoed some- 
 where in the darkness like the lost voice of the Base. 
 
 The young man settled his charge near a register and went 
 off with his music to join the choir. 
 
 " He is risen !" 
 
 As the soft staccato notes floated down to him, the boy 
 clasped his blue hands and drew a long breath of mingled 
 ecstftcy and bronchitis. 
 
 " Alleluia ! Alleluia '" 
 
 He stood up and, drawn by the music, slipped up the aisle, 
 nearer and nearer the source of those exquisite sounds. The 
 Bass turned and saw him on the chancel steps and signalled 
 to him to go back, and he crept away into the darkness 
 again. When the practice was over the boy had fled. 
 
 After this he always lay in wait for the Bass and accom 
 panied him to the Cathedral, sometimes carrying his music. 
 
 " Sy, couldn't I sing with them other fellers .'" he asked 
 one night. 
 
 "I'm afraid not,' said the Bass kindly. 
 
 " Couldn't the cove wot slings the stoppers make me 
 sing "' 
 
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 " No, I don't think he could." 
 
 " Well, look ahere, there's one plice too many in that 
 choir act ; couldn't I wear a white flapper an' sit in it ?" 
 
 '' Too bad, boy ;" there's a new chorister coming for 
 Easter and the seat will be filled up. The boy sig-hed and 
 said no more." 
 
 Easter morninff dawned fair and clear. The great church 
 was buried in flowers and the air was heavy with their per- 
 fume. The Bass felt a new reverence as he took his place 
 among the white blossoms in the stalls. He wished that 
 the boy had been there to see and hear, for the new chorister 
 had not come and the seat was empty after all. 
 
 And now it was time for the Boy*s Anthem, and the rest 
 of the choir sat down. 
 
 " He is risen, He is risen .-" 
 
 The Bass rubbed his eyes. Directly before him stood 
 what had been the empty seat, empty no longer— for there, 
 resplendent in a fresh, white " flapper," stood the boy sing- 
 ing his heart out. 
 
 " The night is gone, the dawn is here ! " 
 
 Their eyes met, and the Bass leaned back with a sick 
 feeling of unreality, his leaf fluttering from his hand. The 
 lad nodded to him, his voice rose higher and higher— clearer 
 and sweeter— up— up— quivered a moment against the very 
 gate of heaven— and stopped. Again the Bass leaned for- 
 ward, but the stall was empty." 
 
 •' You were asleep all through the boy's anthem," said the 
 Bass's chum as they went home together. 
 
 " Perhaps I was," replied the Bass gravely, for be said to 
 himself, 
 
 " If the boy comes again, it must have been a dream ; if 
 not 
 
 But the boy never came. 
 Toronto, April, 1897. 
 
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 gpUST before a vlinner given in honour of a Colonial 
 ^:, magnate, a young dandy, whose chief claim to distinc- 
 tion seemed to be the height of his collar and an eyeglass, 
 addressing a stranger, said : — 
 
 " Beastly nuisance, isn't it ? Spoke to that fellah over 
 there— took him for a gentleman— and found he had a 
 ribbon on his coat. Some blessed head waiter, I suppose .*" 
 
 " Oh, no," replied the other, " that is the guest of the 
 evening." 
 
 '• Hang it all, now, is it ?" said the other. " Look here, 
 old fellow ; as you know everybody, would you mind sitting 
 next me at dinner and telling me who everyone is ?" 
 
 " I should like to very much," replied the other; "but, 
 you see, I can't — I"m the blessed head waiter ! " 
 
 '• Uncle, which breed of chickens is the best?" " Well, 
 sah, de white ones is the easiest found, an' de dahk ones is 
 the easiest hid after yo' gits 'em." 
 
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 They were at a picnic. " You see," he explained, as he 
 showed her the wishbone of a chicken at luncheon. " you 
 take hold here and I'll take hold here. Then we must both 
 make a wish and pull : and, when it breaks, the one who has 
 the larger part of it will have his or her wish gratified." 
 " But I don't know what to wish for," she protested. " Oh, 
 you can think of something," he said. " No,, I can't," she 
 replied ; " I can't think of anything I want very much." 
 '•Well, I'll wish for you," he exclaimed. " Will you, 
 really .'" she asked. '• Yes." " Well, then, there's no use 
 fooling with the old wishbone." she interrupted, with a glad 
 smile ; " you can have me." If you would avoid such serious 
 consequences when providing for a pic-nic, take "Miss 
 Canada" Brand of Boneless Chicken II 
 
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 <igranaba^s ca'omelicst <S5it?, 
 
 Snn^mescb Smiling {Toronto. 
 gXTllACTS of a Report l»y Mr. Becklks 
 "^ WiLLSON, Travelliu''' Correspondent of the 
 London Daily Mall : — 
 
 TORONTO— pearl of cities ! of matchless women and 
 pallid men— of buxom streets and dainty architecture— at 
 once the most English and the most American of Canadian 
 cities. 
 
 Toronto is the most beautiful city in North America. It 
 is as artistic as Boston without Boston's compression : it is 
 as clean and open as Philadelphia without Philadelphia's 
 diffusion. Its public and private buildings— its "sky 
 scrapers" have an architectural unity which Chicago and 
 New York cannot boast ; and Toronto has done what no 
 other city of 200,000 inhabitants has done— more than 
 doubled its population in ten years. 
 
 Yet Toronto is a gay city. I know no other word to 
 express it. It bears no marks of wear, of use, of crime, of 
 passion, of poverty. It is a city without Hlums and without 
 noise. Toronto contains one church for every eight hundred 
 of her inhabitants, .vhich I am given to understand is a 
 greater percentage of churches than any other city in the 
 world possesses. 
 
 At seven o'clock on Saturday night the saloons and bar- 
 rooms close— and yet no riot ensues. "Robbing the poor 
 man of his beer " is no shibboleth in a place where rich and 
 poor alike drink water. 
 
 Toronto is the centre, commercially, religiously, and 
 educationally, as well as politically, of the opulent province 
 of Ontario. 
 
 The women of Toronto are the prettiest and best dressed 
 
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 on the American continent. The apparently eternal sun- 
 shine with which the city is bathed tempts them out of 
 doors, and it is as much as an average wayfarer can do to 
 make his way through the throngs of pedestrians which fill 
 Kinar and Queen and Yonge Streets. 
 
 Aprnjws of sunshine, I should like to present Londoners 
 with a few figures dealing with this commodity. I have 
 been told fchat the total number of sunshiny days last year 
 in London was (U. In Toronto it was hU\. The number of 
 hours of sunshine in Milan in the month of March was 21)3 ; 
 in Toronto it was 361), rising in June to 470. The average 
 number of cloudy days per month is less than five, and for 
 several years there have been none at all in June, July and 
 August. As to the temperature of the winter of 1896, 
 Londoners would be surprised to hear that in January last 
 not a fleck of snow was to be seen. The Riviera could not 
 do better than that. 
 
 A wealthy young English lawyer is said to have spent two 
 days and nights over one case, and at the end of that time 
 could not tell which side he was on. It was a case of cham- 
 pagne. Toronto lawyers take fruit ! ! 
 
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 pOT many years since, leading statesmen of botli 
 
 ^^ parties in England were earnestly enquiring 
 liow to federate the British Empire. And Imperial 
 Federation, based largely upon kinship and senti- 
 ment, was inaugurated as ''a iirst step." Colonial 
 branches of the League followed with considerable 
 success. Having served its purpose, the League died 
 a natural death. But the sentiment lives, and 
 grows stronger daily. The recent Jubilee demon- 
 strations confirmed this fact beyond a doubt. 
 
 Tlie^ Colonial tariff against tlie Mother Country 
 and Foreigner alike has been misunderstood in 
 England. There can be no doubt about the 
 recent action of Canada's present government — 
 whose photograph hangs on the walls beside the 
 Queen of our great and world-wide Empire in the 
 picture with the Children at Tea given herewith. 
 Led by the wise and far-seeing statesman and silver- 
 toiigued orator, Sir Wilfred Laurier, Canada has set 
 the Empire a noble example by admitting British 
 merchandise into the Dominion at a much lower 
 duty than from foreign nations wlio sliut out Britisli 
 goods by hostile tariffs. '' Miss Canada " has often 
 been woo'ed by her neighbours, but prefers indepen- 
 dence under her Queen mother. For her loyalty 
 
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 love, and devotion slie only asks a preference for her 
 products, which she guarantees shall be the best 
 she can produce. W.S. 
 
 THE IMPERIAL PRODDCE COHPANY, 
 
 Limited, 
 
 TORONTO, CANADA, 
 
 WERE AWARDED 
 
 (HIGHEST AWARD GIVEN), 
 
 FOR 
 
 'Mmperial" Canadiar) Cheese, Bacon, Butter, 
 Eggs, Lard, Canned Fruit, Vegetables, &c., 
 
 AT THE 
 
 British & Colonial Exhibition, Manchester, 
 
 SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER, 1894, 
 AND THE 
 
 GOLD MEDAL 
 
 AT THE 
 
 Industrial Exhibition, Manchester, 1895. 
 
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 PRIZE COMPETITIONS. 
 
 — — i: — ~ 
 Five Guineas will be given to the Young Lady or Gen- 
 tleman, under the age of 21 years, who writes the Best 
 Essay or Poem upon the following subject : — 
 
 ** Is Canada a Land of Sunshine or Snov/ ? " 
 
 Five Guineas will be given to the Young Lady or Gen 
 tleman, under the age of 21 years, who writes the Best 
 Essay or Poem upon the following subject : — 
 
 '* How is Canada important to the British Empire 
 both from a political and domestic standpoint ?" 
 
 Each Essay must be written upon a single sheet of Note- 
 paper bearing the name of the writer, with full address and 
 age, and be sent to " The Ixnperial Produce Company. 
 Ltd.," care of " Toronto," Newsham Park, Liverpool, by post 
 (prepaid), not later tJian 14th December next, along with 
 six of •• Miss Canada " or other Trade Marks, cut from 
 
 " Miss Canada " Canned Goods Labels. 
 
 ,, ,, Butter, Bacon, or Ham Labels. 
 
 Imperial Prize Medal Stilton Cheese Labels. 
 Canadian Victc-ia Yeast Labels. 
 Imperial " Prairie Hen " Flour or Oatmeal Labels. 
 
 No Essays (or Poems) will be returned, but will be the 
 property of the Company. If printed, no names will be 
 published except those of the prize winners, whose con- 
 tributions will appear in the '• London Grocers' Gazette " 
 and •• Manchester Grocers' Journal "' in their first issue in 
 January, under the name or nnm-di-plvmr of contributor. 
 Competitors are not limited to a single effort on either sub- 
 ject, providing the necessary labels are sent with each con- 
 tribution. 
 
 P. Byrne, Esq., agent for the Ontario Government, and 
 A. F. Jury, Esq., Canadian Government Agent, Liverpool, 
 have consented to act as Judq-es, whose decision will be final. 
 
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"iqiSS CANADA" LUXURIES, 
 
 Suitable for Rich and Poor. 
 
 TORONTO PACKING COMPANY'S 
 
 Choice liuncb Tongue. Choice Compressed Corned Beef 
 Boiled Beef, Hoast Beef. 
 
 Boiled Mutton, I^oast JIutton. 
 Turkey, Duck, Chicken, Goose. 
 
 Baked Pork and Beans. 
 
 - :>• Lobster, Salmon. 
 
 '^, 
 
 " Victoria "/Bi'and Pure Canadian Yeast, in I^ound 
 Tablets^ the Easiest to Use and the Best. 
 
 Impet^fal Prize JWedal Stilton Cheese; 
 
 JAM Cure4 ^vp^ ^^^ Bacon, Actual to home cut^^ed, 
 each in crothrand labelled '' ]!Siss Canada " Brand. 
 
 '' }9i3s Cai^ada ''Creamery Butter in lib. Holls. 
 
 Imperial ** Prairie Hen'' Brand Canadian flour 
 
 and Oatmeal. 
 
 THE IMPERIAL PRODUCE Co., Ltd., 
 TORONTO, CANADA. 
 
 Sold Wholesale by J^*^ ding Merchants, and Retail by 
 all First-Class Family (jrocers and Italian Warehousemen. 
 
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 Juscious Fruits 
 
 of Sunny Canaddr 
 
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 PRS>flBH) frPOT OP WITH GREAT CflRE £Y 
 
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