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vf t f- fpps pvr ygbtspay jamojiry jb 1933 the acton free press aok nva visitors to and from 1mm daring the past week an gleaned ly the free piew miss kutb gibson spent the weekerst wlthmends in oueiph imiim helen qatrander spent the weee end with jtpends i totosontq 7 ti onto for over the tfeetedl gait for fiver- in wea7- r mr map stewartdf toronto visited acton friends over the weekend miss margaret macdonaw b a- was tkoijle jtroin torbntoioi tto wehbht s davidson spent thoweek end y otauelpn r ri lenterrii 3 to fcaf jamwbemotan hornfij in the- death of james robertson at hta home saturday nlglit after a linger ingillness hornby and dfitworiuwelast an esteemed cklsenti beceasedwho was in his seventyflrst year was a presby terian a conservative and 4 member of st jojalr iliodge ajv fc ahl jmtqn helsurvlved by his ww5wttaree sons mr e j moor was some from tor- laxjija one daughter john f acton stuirt j and barry hornby atfd mrs hftrry m pettit of freeman the funeral was held o mesday afternoon under ailces j and interment was made in evergreen cemeteny milton r mra charles koblnspn of kenhworthr- survived by foursonbionias of-ojen- vimilwdanghter miss emma robin- ion tost week mr prank nlckes of kitchener spent the weekend is the home of mr and 3tta- george soperr miss helen shea of toronto visited at v the home of mr and mrs wb mlddle- mjroraiew j mrs f a atoannfchesley visited -this- week at- the nome of her mother mrs iwm johnstone mrs h d davl of mitchell and mrs gjatotjiimb- of toron spentthe lisfe weekend at the parental home here jmtas clarice- ijvingstone of toronto spent uie weekend with- her grand- parents mr and mrs george eoper one of our venerable citizens mr joa holmes has been rather poorly the last week or so but is little brighter today mr and mrs melvlnj3oper wdf of gtielph spent sunday at the home of his parents mr and mrs george soper messrs c m and rm charters of the brampton conservator made ths pan phess a brief call whenin acton on tuesday- t mr and mrs beruand conovex and mlssconover of erindale visited at the home of mrs robert bennett andmisa mtz bennett on sunday mrs g g robertson and xtoyd of everton and mr and mrs george young townllne visited with mr and mrak- norman jrobertson on sunday friends will be starry to learn that mr malcolm mclean is 8tlll in a very critical condition and has as yet not to return home from thohos- pltal in toronto r gbgbhrown caradoc township george brown- lifelong resident of cjiadoownshlp mudlesexj rgbunty died while visttv to his daughter niagara falls last tuesday aged 88 years he was a member of toe ijnlted ohurch mount brydges ontajrlol he is cob george of acton burley of saskat- for many days after that the minister chewan sask and norman of strath- rqy hd ave aughtersi mrs harrison oxley of st thomas- mrs jennie brown pf dunnville mrs masglliot london and hogg of detroit mich- i robert ooxe the funeral of the lite robert coxe was held bst friday afternoon from the- funeral parlors of johnstone te rurnley and was attedledl by many friends and neighbors mr coxe wlio was in his seventysecond year passed awaytsfcosephsrho5pitalaueiphr on wednesdayof last weefcjrs coxe predeceased httn some years ago a family of three sons and one daughter remain to revere his memory the turieral service was conducted by rev h l bennie m a of knox church arid interment was irwde in falrvlew cemetery acton mrs james hottitngeb fergus the funeral pf the late mrs james hollingcr who passed away in fergus nnimfimlby ytn tvio vrnpjvf mrs d wheeler mill street acton yesterday afternon the service was cohducted by her pastor rev itr matheson of puslinch assistedb rev h l- bennie of acton jlrs hol- llnger was 79 years of aget rjiterment was made in erin cemetery she leaves to revere her memory two slaughters mrs j kroesch of niagara falls n y pnd mrs d mcdonald of puslinch f and one son- duncan of niagara falls n y among tthose from a distance attendlngfja funeral were mrs j kroesch mr duncan holllnger and mrs ford of niagara falls n y mrs mc donald of puslinch and friends j from oueiph arid puslinch the thorn had attained a hebjh of four feet and in another year arouid be a smautrfc tltwas ainenace to the garden there was nothing for it but an axe low hanging branches every branch equipped with its full quota of tnorns and every thorn ifully two indies in length- combined to maktne- tastt unattractive however tlnji nilnlster went down flat on the ground and wrig gled under the miniature treejwlth a hand axe since then he has readii the- books that thethorn ls one of the toughest of woods he learned it that morning by actual experience the minister had one old and two yoting dogs while he was under the thorn the two halfgrown dogs full of pla y seelng their iriastebi in r strarjge posture supposed apparently that it was seme klnd of gaine heedless- of thorns albeit with many a yelp o pain the dogscrawled under the tree far enough lap ttio mans face and to jnaul him with ttielr clumsy paws the more the parson protested tho more the pupspaw- ed him wflh r clothes torn jind his haiidsscratched he- emerged lesblvedrtp let some6ne else chop yown the tre provinc of otabio ixan an- t0cep for txgi gronp of seearliy tibnaes insures widest paablluio dtotribation fotr r thvlaroo fhteenyear bonds obtafnableln neaamlna- tiona as low as f 500 wondered vyhy the good lord toad creat ed the spiny nuisances of the crataegus farnhy surely they served no good pur pose put later that summer he learned that even teewlld thorn has its uses while working in the garden one momr l heub lils pointer dog looking fctently into the sky there he saw a huge chicken hawk in hot- ipursutt of a mocking bird twice the bird chang ed iltscourse but thenawk was the more agile and gained ground both times almost in the claws of its pursuer the mocking bird changed its course again- it doubled back toward tshemea- dowv turned head downward anjl with ita wings plosed dropped in a riose dive straight down into the branches of a large thorn tree the bird pant ing from the exertion was salely enr sconced-not- eveii scratched by the thorns and thehawk checking its dive with desperate haste made sullenly off it had learned perhaps by experl- enqe that since it was so mich larger it coujd not safely hazard the thorns on the closely knit- branches so the minister learned that even the thorrhaslteuses met a farmer who permits several thorn trees to grow on his farm having ob served that tey are a haven of refuge for song birds and that mocking birds delight to build their nests in these trees not being fighting birds the song- steiu lise trie thorns as their armored homes their sweet melodies are the farmers reward for cultivating the thorn trees the provincial treasurer of ontario bias made arrangements with a compre hensive group of security dealere and several banks for the raising of 350q0- 000 of this dffering 20oqo00tls being issued in the formof 15year debentures while thetoatoidei 6f the isstio will- run for arperiod- of 3 years this choice of maturity will it is anticipated meet the varying requirements of investoxsr the 18year bonds are being offered yjfj4i50 whuehfloaller amount of 3year debentures is being offered to yieldk6 v- v this offering has been- looked forward tpiwfth a considerable degree of interest sinije the statement made by premier henry two or three weeks ago with re- gird to prospective anqlng psr province j sjncetne turn of the year two im portant financial operallons have been oarried out successfully during the first week of- january the province of new brunswick sold 5062000 of debenture which wre issued to j refund certain mairlnb obligations i and to iover the cost of- constructing roiads apd public buildings the new brunswick issue was followed by one to raise 15000000 for the city of montreal the montreal bonds issued to yield 8 andaiet with a satisfactory reception when of fered last tuesday the city of montreal needed the money partly to meet matur ing obligations and partly for defraying the cost of construction of certain im portant public works part prsuch works hslng for thft illrfnf mbrpplyrnfnt thlsflnanclng by- the province of on tario represents the third important piece of- flnancihg since the turn of thei year thesettaeeieces of flnancing beeft forequarters represent the first issues to be made by carcasses choice important public bodies since the early do medium summer of 1931 with the exception ofthe 2 holwt national servlceloap whch was brought ijght hogs cwt rl out in the closing- months of the year i abattoir hogs the satisfactory recerjoftn accorded the mutton cwt issues or new brunswick land the city of imbs montreal doubtless influenced the gov ernments decision to market its bonds market reports j1aiky products qqdutloni to shipper these are toronto quotations bntter-r- creamery no 1 pasteurized 19 to 00 do second 18 to 0o above prlcesrfdr- goods delivered tor onto 7 qaouuons to rtn trade better preamery no 1 pasteurized s3 to 00 22ft to 00 da sfecoikl churning cteam fob country point spemal l 20 to 0 no 1 19 to00 no 2 16 tooo podltry and eggs e quotations to opun try shippers deliv ered t freshextras 17 do first j 1 pullets extras 11- chrionfresh extras 25 do firsts i 20 do fseponds k- 16 to 00 to 15 to 00 to 00 toflo to to part of the education some arte nsa tlon few successes are won without preliminary failures no child ever learned to walk without falling no boy every learned to ppeli without making mistakes- the dlnrehcetbetween- the successful and failures is ohiefly this ithat4he latter accept jdefeatas final thejornier jegard it as a part of their education- ti he should have died at the 1 dead- sea 1 dressed to 18 to 17 to13 to 17 to 16- to 14 to 16 to 15 to18 to 00 ovk three days three days make up our life-pyester- day tomorrow and today the trouble is that yesterday and tomorrow take up far too- touch of our thought and today is despised and almost elbowed out yttoday4sournnlyrealday tf only we had yosterdayback we say that ball wblcndowled us out had only tobe jmet hi this way or that and there would have been a boundary and many more too we can see it clearly when it is too late- but the score of that match is closed now and yesterday cries out j let me go when you had m you will not see me again itjspleasaht to p3ss- thej hours in gordon thompson guelph thejuneral of the late gordon thomp son youngest son of the late josephtjid mrs thompson was held from his mutli h i tnta stree guelph on monday afternoon he was in his seventeenth year early last week he contracted a bad cold but it was not- and seyeralather tasks at anyone i- 1 1 dreams of tomorrow and so we nil to- niprrow with the task and duties which helong to the present but tomorrow neveif comes jt is like a mirage in the desert which never be- comes real tomorrow mockstust and aays youte a fine simpleton towaste your time looking at me j am out of your reach and shall be for ever you wtu always hear of rnev you wili never reach me there is tbbll tday- that at least is ours yet we think little of it while it is with us we like to dream what we might have done and what ve hope to do but the one day for deeds is today it was the word ofthe master of aa goodmen that we must do the work given us to do while it is day when the day ends it is a completed story noltto be reopened it is vain to expect that we shall catch up in some tomor row the distance which should have been covered today the days march must 3je covered in the day it is not byour dreams of tomorrow or our imaginary triumphs- of yestev- day that we can give solid substance to our dreams we can lay foundations deep and firm on which castles can toe- built as high in the air as we like there isa- witty man in america who calls himself safed thesafe and this is ills wisdom edison achieved success by knowing when it was time to get out of bed if thou wouldst be successful in life rise early meet the morning with a smile go at the days work with vigor but without wasteful haste use thy brains considered serious until wednesday when oneumonlaset in andh p away on friday morning gordon will be greatly missed in the community and homeforthoughonlylnhls youth he always had a smue for everybody he also was one of the guelph- mercury boys a wealth of floral tributes bore testimony to the esteem in which he was held aadld also the large concourse of friends who called at the home on sun day and also attended the funeral on monday the revdr mcajulyraycpn- ducted the service messrs wm and john thompson of acton are uncles of the deceased friends irom acton who attended the funeral at guelph on mon day were mr and mrs wm thompson messrs john and arthur thompson and l mcmillan mr and mrs j anderson messrs wm and fred anderson ross burt mr and mrs h mosaics mr and mrs gw masalesmrsfred crewson mr and mrs r davidson mr and mrs f denny mr and mrs g wesley murray and miss velma and mr and mrs h mccutcheon hamilton mrs vance bertha winni- and thy conscience as well as thine hands reg man mrs wcheyne mae hilla- mrs james ryder a former esteemed resident of acton passed away on sunday in the person of mrs james ryder who died at the home of her soninlaw mr w cheyne lot 25 concession 4 erin township al though in her elghtynrst year and in gradually falling health mrs ryder was able to be about until within a few days of her death the deceased was born in erin township oftmanuary 17 1851 and before her marriage was frances sophia martin a daughter of the late thomas martin over fortysix years ago her husband predeceased her and with motherly care she raised the family of small children with which she was felt when the family had all grown to manhood and womanhood she disposed of the home in acton on west mill street and for the past twenty yeara has visited among the homes of ner chlldren staying in each i home for a short period of the family three sons and four daughters remain to revere her memory they are fred in brock- vllle edward in acton and nelson in and feet take reasonable care of thy health do a deedof kindness for some one every day trust god and do thy dirty r this lit- the right programme but it does not belong to yesterday and it s burg mrs bell maude toronto and mrs robert elgle laura of toronto two brothers and one sister also remain jacobmartin in vancquvefcjjc pajlor er martin in toronto and mrs george thurstqnschenectady n y tb all of not concerned with tomorrow there i thesethe sympathy of friends in the is rid overtime allowed in the business old home community goes out mrs of kfe let us do what we slave to do ryder was a member of thejpresbyteriari xoday j church and the funeral on tuesday 7thlstlmer security dealers in ontario anticipate a large volume of enquiries from within the prbvincefor the loan as at the time of the offering of the new brunswick and montreal issues it was found that quite a number of investors stated that they were waiting for the issue to be made by their own province as announc ed by the prime- minister several weeks ago prior to the war the province was a borrower in the london mlarket the high general level for securities at that time enabling the 6virioe to ftorrowafa very low rate of interest in march 1906 the province issued 1200000 or approximately 6000000 3 regis tered stock at a price of 9850 and sub sequently put out 4 registered stock at a premium in varying amounts during the years 1909 i9li- 1912 and 1913 to a total of approximately 7000000 due to th v7ar and conditions arising there- dabbling in law briefly selling automo- from thill uiaikel has become tempor- his own mind recentlya young girt gave as her rea son for refusing to allow a certain young man to drift along in a friendship with her the very good reason- that the youth had never seen the importance of know ing his own mind he was of a good family wellbred charming and clean in lifebut he was a drifter he- had tried -r- t nrkjbfr f his father of which he might have been successful but he was never sure that he really wanted tido the particular line in which he was engrossed there really isnt any necessity for rrsrtomakea7thoiceuntuive trleda great many things he explained good- naturedly dad has plenty of money to keep me going till i find the right thing so ill just keep on trying his parents were worried over his indecfslon and his friends tried to explain that he was match ing a grave mistake but he could nprklarbe proportion of- the wealth and seelt thatway he- was sorry when pretty ruth kindly but frankly declin- mv lh in a week he was consoled with another girl who was not worried about his tendency to roam from task to task he is still hunting the right work and the girl he married shows the effects of his wanderings from place to plade dads money gave out long ago and the poor untrained youth is still at the foot of every task he tries to take up the habit of not knowing his own mind which a- thoughtful young girl pointed but to him as his greatest drawback is still witrl him any young girl who draws the line at indecision is a wise maiden for living from plilar to post to use an odd expresslon-can- never be happy life making a bad matter worse the excuses we make often prejudice our case frequently the friend who could readily forgive our failure finds it difficult to overlook our excuses for the same some people are always try ing to excuse themselves by putting the bin me on some one else and this adds tft the offense instead of lessening it some of the least admirable traits of character crop out in our excuses the next time you start to excuse yourself for something stop to do a little thinking are you going to try to make some one else responsible for that which was really your fault if your excuse shows cowardice a reluctance to standby your guns an inability to en dure criticism it probably will make ycur listeners think worse of you than they did before in the grtat majority of cases excuses only make a bad mat te- worse afternoon in the absence of her pastor was conducted by rev mr spence of orton united church assisted by rsv h l bennie- of knox church acton interment was made in churchill ceme tery quotations to retail trade r qaotauops to shippers vmtttff alive chickens- over 6 lb v 12 over 41bsr-v- 11 over 2 lbs 10 hens- over5 lbs ii 14 do 4 to 5 lbs 1 do 3 to 4 lbs 10 do 3tcr 3 jbs 11 roosters over 4 lbs 11 ducklings over 4 lbs 10 guinea fowl- over 2 lbs 16 quotations- above indicate the general market range in value to eggs and poultry on delivery basis wholesale vegetables vegetables at wholesale houses are quoted potatoes new bag to 45 lomestier ihj dbssebmeats wholesale dealers m dressedc meats duote the following prices to the trade- 700 to 900 1100 to 1200 950 to 1050 1000 to 1300 400 to 500 700 to 750 700 to 800 500 to 800 1600 1 1600 hides and wooir toronto dealers in hide and wool quoting thefdhowing prices to shippers city hides green 3c bulls and brands 2c country hides green 2 do cured 8 to 3c calf green sc country calf cured 4c city veal kip 3c country veal kip 2o do cured- 2 to 3c country grasser kip 3c to 4c horsehlde no 1 135 no 2 85c no 3 50c horsehalrj 23o pound wool flat free of rejecjsile pound rejects 5c tallow solid barrels no 1 1 to lc cakes 1 34 to 2o pound grain quotations grain dealers on the toronto board of trade are making the following quota tions cif bayport no t northrn685 r sr no 2 northern 62c nor3northem 394c hay and straw 2 timothy in extra no car loads 1200 to 0000 no 3 timothy 1000 to 1100 opt straw 650 to 750 wheat sttaw 650 to 000 all straw must be goodoengur potatoes ontario potatoes in bags 30c to 3tc prices are carlot delivered on trackr and via truck respectively toronto current live stock prices heavy beel steers arlly closed to the province fornew issues but issues mlade in london and still outstanding nave a wide popularity wlthbritlsh investors during the period since the war the american market has readily absorbed butc s tns issues made in that market thecredit d w 8 of the province bias ranked so favorably in new york that its bonds during the past decade have commanded unusually high prices the lmporiapt reason probably forthe favorable credit position of the province is the fact tfiatsuclt do- common heifers choice do fair to good do common butcher cows good do medium canners and cutters baby beef bulls good do bolognas and population of the entire dominion is centred in ontarib approximately i stottek onethird of the population an sub- ispri stantlally more tkan of the wealth of the dominion is according to recent estimates centred in this pro vince tiowtotblastnroung love she darling father has gone bank rupt r he i always expected he would find a way of separating us gregory theatre frtdaytjanuary 29 i llke your nerve u a gy and amusing ro mantic drama starring douglas fairbanks jr arid lorettayoung comedy lure of hollywood novelty crossroads monkey whoopee saturday january 30 border law western starring b jones comedy kid the killer car toon swengarllc fox movie tone news silverware night table knives will bo given away this week vaudeville mcglll 6c co entertainers monday february 1 five star final good entertainment starring edward robinson chapter 10 of the vanishing legion car- toon red men ten no tales 7 w- calves good apd choice do medium do grassers sheep lambs choice do culls riy do bucks hogs bacon fob do off cars- do off trucks 450 550 475 325 525 450 300 300 250 25 600 325 150 450 300 3000 soo 3o0 100 650 450 450 425 485 450 600 575 525 450 575 550 400 375 325 200 800 425 275 475- 460 6000 eoo 350 wft 725 500 475 460 wofrth the price friendship is more than a sentiment more than a kindly feeling it is big enough to force us to do acts that we imay not feel like doing it is strong enough to make us teadj to sacrifice for its sake if a friend is sick we will find time to go to see him andlf it is neces- sarywejrill aid in caring for him if a friend is away we will find time to write him friends do not avoid one in trouble bscause his sober face and dis couraged words are rather depressing his grler is theirs they try to lighten his load by shouldering a part of it many young folk use the word friend in a rather meaningless way as if some one to whom fpu were introduced at a social a week ago could really be a friend itl pays to remember that friend ship does not come cheap that it costs and is worth the price how do you regard your mistakes travelled all overthe world went rup the rhine i suppose climbed it to the top saw the liorf of st mark jfedjt j z and vlsitejt the bjackbea fuled niy fountain pen there eh have your eyees 7 examlnefi ff p b eobinsonr 0 eyesight specialist who will befltdrfiuchan7 ans- office eveiy other sthursday aftrnoori i next vi8it thipsday feb 4th eyes e3tamdjed gliasbbs fitted phone dr buchanan any time for an appointment 1- pricffisreasonable jsj ft n highway grocer 28c 15c 12c 15c 28c 51c 9c rosebtwwbwejetmixelvigk 38 oz jarfor 45c large- cffianges per dozen small oranges per dozen redpath granulated sugar 5 lbs for 1cfngsugar 2 lbs for r sliced pineapple no 2 tin for gratenutsliifir- packet fancy cakes jer lb cr toddy large tin for 1- glover leaplpjnk saqvton v for nensons corn starch per packet creamery- butter per tb 2v 24c i2c 24c highway grocer young street w nesbitt proprietor phone j89 to the most of us regard our mistakes as pits some of them are shallow although deep enough to trip us others are so deep that when we tumble in the chances are against our ever getting out a recent magazine quoted somebody as saying that hi- mistakes have been schoolbooks and that he has learned from them nearly nil he knows the consequences of a mistake arc sel dom pleasant it makes s lot of differ ence however whether we regard the mistake as an unrelieved catastrophe or as a hard lesson set down for our mas- tery on november 10th last when we announced th we werere from busine we had a given a twomon option to a responsiblentrntoterftotir building from ps tfiewembersfrrernrhave been here several times conferring with us but we have just received notice from them that they will not be able to take over our at tfeepresent time this means that we will have to continue in business ourselves as it would be utterly impos sible flor- us to leave a building with the size and location of ours ithoufa tenant we can positively say tjhartwe acted in good faith when we advertised a retiringfrombusiness sale there is one thing we have done we have given the public splendid value for their money during the j scores of our customers have expressed to us their regret at our retirement from business and we trust that this announcement will be good news for them and for all our old customers we intend the hear future to carry the same high class mer- chandise that we have been in the habit of stocking and needless to say this merchandise will be sold at rock bottom prices we hope to have the con tinued patronage of all pur old customers as well as numerous new ones ir i i d e macdonald bros ltd guelph ontario our motto quality and service for better business in 1932- advertise more fwv suss