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thursday dfegkubkr 13th 1mb the acton free pjess paor klxvxh chbibthas ohdik8 church cwm axe rlnfeltf the nnttfo flinging acrou the world alar telling the atory unrtlmmcd in glory of wise men vnd star sach year ea fleeting thtelr thn repeating the hells peal forth again bringing the cheer in melodies clear peace and good will to men down the long ages children and sages suu hall tho song you ulna divine love revealing he brings help and healing jesus our saviour and king eateuo swayze twentv yeaus ago from the lane of the fvee pretw of thanday december 16th 1815 messrs ernest black and jack chap man former acton boys have enlisted in toronto masalcs main street opened new dairy business on monday it will be known as cloverdale dairy corp roy hurd of tho 29th battery quelph leaves to day for england with the special draft of fifty five men under lieut hugh black sergt wilfred coles has been appoint ed recruiting officer for acton and georgetown for tho now haltonduffer ln battalion tho post office deportment has do clded to lssuo stamp of the valilo of three cents obviating the necessity of putting two stamps on letters pte john sahll of the 4th battalion haa returned to acton for few months before reporting again for service tie was wounded in tho engagement at olvenchy prance at the board of fl th resignation of miss mary masalcs was accepted with regret and miss muriel flcury of markham who had applied fo the position when tho board last ad vertised for teachers was engaged her duties to commence the first of january acton municipal council appointed number of citizens to act with tho council whenever the occasion arises to give suitable public reception to tho soldiers returning from the war as several soldiers have already returned without an official reception it was decided to have public reception in tho town ilall for these on tuesday janu ary th bo un unw1n in acton on monday decem ber 13th 1015 to mr and mn nicluird unwln win jeani in 1irnui on uday november 31st 1115 to mr and mrs hilton jcatui son 1iki mclean at hk home lot 10 lint line erin on kruu dc mher 10th 1015 neil mclean in his 57th year lakti in coruitoun on thur day dtcombcr jnd 1015 mary jane baker wife of rhomoa lake aged ul ytars no alllu ciatiov lje eljiintmatf msssne from stngrr 3ffarm written especially for the free press by mrs clarke he lost time luiik my voice ftll upon tho mm tit of lam how rpkndldl did you get much uppluuii7 none at nil how unfortunatel you ucrc broad cojtlng perhaps oh no jut clnjfliil in cornfield jus suuti no don uant to buy that horc lie looka ati though lie had mean dla position dat am nothln baxc ho jut got that fronirunnin in sulky races iv vilokouyiov how enn gu stand thee small apart nnntxj oh evcrjthinff is in proportion we lven hu condlnwd milk calubt iil lorlst want to say it with flow era about throo doin rajui ray how about fix don uaiit to cay toi much nothing to it young hcte auklru la rqiii abaht nay in you re in love with er arry li that right garni donl tiki no notice of erl greetings grc lno send to one and al to big folk and to those just very small may christmas bo the best day in the yar day of peace and happiness and cheer there nothing new to say nor do we need better chrutmati wish than this read jiappy christmas and glad now year may joy bo yours und sorrows dts appear now my little folk you know by this time that when the christmas number of tnr pftek pbcs comes along there is going to be some kind of story for you and sure bnough there ki one again this year and it is called bad mixup now that is rattier funny title for chrktrmut story kn it but you just walt and you 11 sea it couldn be colled anything else at all you know some little boy and klrlu at christmas time hang their tockings by tho mantlcpleco and some at the foot of their bed while others leave word for santa claus to put their presents on tho clwlstnws tree then you know there aru lot of grown up people who think ibanta has enough to do to look after the boys and girls and so they justrputr other the christmas tree and give poor old santa rest and that was how it always was in prcddy brown hoube preddy mummy and daddy and aunt betty and tmcta dan were very busy the night before christmas trimming the chrlsunai tree wrapplngup parcels whispering to each other which of course would be very rude at any other time but christmas and tliey were laughing every now and then and nobody was taking very much notice of sue year old preddy and his fouryear old siiter peggy so preddy and peggy got under tlu table and uerv playing wltli their letter blocks preddy was learning to spell and ho could read names like daddy and mummy and grand dad and peggy presently they got tired of their blocks and sat on the lioor rar the chrl tmiu tree and looked and looked at all the pretty trimmings and funny rhnucd package they jeemed so very good and quiet and mummy wo jh glad because all the rownups had till lot of uark to il aunts uncle cou in and grand paintr were all coming next day to iend chrltmar with them chrl tinil morninr and such locly lip fat tocklnu redely and peggy uere ju wild uitli duight and played imppllj all the morning and at dinner time thny utrc both no well behaved that grant ma sild they uvre the oodei children he ccr kneu to tell you the truth they uln io bu trying to ce how much they could eat that they did not have time to be naughty and th cimc the christmas tree uiicil dan circled up like inti clni and preddy big lter jean who ua nurly tuelve took the presents from sinta and handed them around the lir one to get parcel uib grind dntl and tveryone crowded around to iee what grind dad had got now nou he chuckud hope tin ltapiir ol bedhocki to keep my feet warm at nltht but hen iil opened the box it ircty razor kit with love from lther that was preddy mother whuts till uhat thl muttered grind dad extremely annoved becau grand dad you ee had long grey whb krjs and could never ifety raor lie ji he cut his beard oir but now eierjom wil looking at lutddvldjddvyaholaat bujv lry bl parcel and what do you think he ot vacuum cleaner ah ha ha ah hi ha hou everybody hatched now wv know who going to nhnili thci might avo give er clip or two over ie ear but that all there is in it ih tvdahlt yes daddy answered preddy un applly wliat tar wanted to ml if could cad tio names why dldn you put th back again where they came from trled to but got them kinda mix ed 111 auy you did old son laughed daddy well its christmas day so wc will forgive you tills time but leavo puree 11 ulone in tl future wo don wont mix up like that again jbo preddy was forgiven and after the present were ficrted out vcryono vos happy because they ull got just exactly what they had been wishing for but it was rather bad mix up wasn it art of early indians indians in central america used anaesthetics long before columbus made lu voyage of discovery and were ac quainted with the fundamentals of mathematics lung before white men irarned them according to mr orcgory muson american explorer and archacol ogfst how many americans realise mr mason asked that tho toltccs built pyramid three times aa great in buli tho lurgest in kgypt that th po ru viulii mude tupeitrie1 finer than any of uropc and tliit tho mayans invmted ro goo yiars hi fore tlm lllndus wlilch euns that the mayans were abl to multiply and divide 000 years lefe re 1uropcons could tlio red nklnti lmtlvs of yucatan whom cortcz nlh larbarlanb were better astronomlri than fcu rope aim and hud calendar fur luoru accurate than tlio one columbus ofl using and in some ways even upcrlor to thi caio uv uso today snkkzing iumovk4 blindnls shori time ago an eighty fourye ir blu man named grlswold of duluei lexas xneczed llwn ho looked about ut vastly different world than he remem red fifty yearj before he went blind ihe aged pencil ficller liad pain in lib hiud he took inuit for uie ahi ihe inuff brought on tile sneeze und no saw mi electric fan in his room startled at the device he tumbled back in hl bed and called tho landlord can sec shouted and look the flbwers on th wallpaper the new world on which he gud is not without its complications grit uldtsottniiarnea no longer blind ha faces revocation of his city licens ijcrmitting um to rcl pencils on the streete moral ifl wall btrlts guard kew york city has developed stand ing army of 000 super efficient men to guard the millions of pounds of money locked in tho vaults of wall street all ail deadly marksmen with six shooters machine guns shot guns rifles tear gas lombe and other weapons imed in tho modi ru war against gangsters large part of their lives is kd in underground bivouacs which are equipped with res ti urants and sleeping quarters target ii ngut drilling grounds thera are 14 000 men and women hi wall street holding pluol pi rmlts but thk vaults ave other meatui of protection besides the guards some when tampered with an automatically flooded while others throw olf polon gases ono vault it li ild har un arrangement to scald aw it truder with hot ateam stjee mlstruji sarah sec plder webb in tliat corner to what do you attrl lute that muld io tplder ma am its here westinghouse world cruis ers just arrived tkc new westinpjhouxe world cruiser models with tlie simplified yet precision operation of the sensational air pilot youve never seen anything like it before its so simple to operate yet so accurate and positive its like having radio expert tunc the set for youl because of it you are aurc of getting the full efficiency of performance built into the set hy westinghouse engineers well be proud to demonstrate such performance to you come to morrow rrihshman acton men live moral life either from regard to tlie divine being or from regard to the opinion of the people in the world and when moral lifu is prac tlced out of regard to the divine being it lt spiritual life both appear alike in their outwnrd form but in their hi ward incy arc completely dllfcrent the on saver man but the other doco not for he that leads moral life out of icgard to the divine being li led by him but he who does so from regard to the opinion or people in tlie world is led by himelf swedenborg iictgtgtgtgtg j4i ii mi is bew whui ou cilled up my wife nnrt told hir would bt detulmd at the olllei and would not him until viry tt what did fa ih 11 cm puul tm cm unoi ma trt ie luked mr md mr fnuth tt dlnm it nun mary but think at liv tlu quirhr of an lu ur ii ur iury well mi un in relluloiu miilf but uiii huts ruber over coin it an oil fur ll mm uu illor the aoldur tli ii in iman tin lumberman tht out il tor ilw and all ulm aiv ix paud to hfcjury md tlu il nunu ulll ttud dr ih miu chetrle oil true and faithful frl ud uw pain tlh colds diw woundij mi twin lumbugti und oveleeiim rhvuillutbtlll it bi teelleilt lhrrfir it uiotrld huves pce til all iionit mcdlehus and be um mgt tliouu tukeii on journey but ju thin thu were all rtarted to hnir grnndmn ui the very idea ii iiuultl and there ua grandma jiilr of 11 colon ilk lockings grandma who had never om anything but black cuhimre ttock ii all her life just then peeg uireu lurxlf on the klckiui and rrtimlng don mt te poon vv mt to leep dil and jilt picked up tin lulfa ih il hi id ju un pi id tin tht in re tli ii iil mauni mieh uat tt ir irtlt and lid it tun iu and nr mi hid th kind pr ml lu or lu ud lly al ixript lredd hi wie rli lly pi und nirr undid ullh all in th ih 5111 ut uint fir thl duidy ke ji xv to th ubtl ill ppid iryini to ir wint muni uld siv did kn did ipd am miu id th in right lueddj ild iuuv rddi did what uskrd duldj lutddy pit ikk un luiddy tili tickets oir ulst liltht but lu put tin in buk again sh udded iijally not want hik little brutlnr into troubl and tin iv ry mi und rdnod jut uhat had hupp el ild mit lu ro tuld duddy did ou toiuh thas lub blanket hung over he arm editor dear sir sco by the paper that tho iloa pltal for sick children in loronto in now sending out iu annual ap peal for funds to enable it to carry on succcifully for tho next twelve months ibis brinlfl back to my mind the last time had occauon to be in that institution an incident impressed lt very vividly on my mind dc wilder ltd sad faced woman preceded mo down tho low wido stone stairs leidlng to thu front door of tho hospital blanket hung over her arm yes said to myself that sllnlfles only one tiling she has just left her ctilld hero for treatment tho poor tiling wondered lf should try to com fort her or lf nny thin mijht say would only make her feel wortc overtook her us debated just lit time to steady her as una stumbled on the last step lt cam naturally enough that we should drop on hall bench nnd there seeing my sympathy sho brought forth her desperately tragic otory in broken sentences it was wash day she had just stepped out ot uio kitchen into tho dining room to take off tho table cloth that the had decided at die lnct minute to add to tlie wasn there was sound of some heavy object striking the floor swish of folllnf water childish scream of frlghtnndpain lnpht6ecnd brij ht eunny morning had become nithlrnnra of unbelievable horror her three year old child had pulled over her hupe pot of boiling water her little body was terribly scald cel licr fac hnd cuped will she live wilt alio live sobbed tho distracted mother touching tho blanket oh har arm sho said can take thla blanket homo that wo brought her in hutthavdntonehve her myniabyr with strom era want to hold her in my own arms and cootho her poor frlihtined llttlo one hesitated as to whether nhoul tell her of my hospital experience but although terriblo for mo at tho timo know tt was nothing com pared with hers however tlioui ht it would help so forced biclt my tears and holding tier hand in mine told her how very good the nurrei and doctor had been to my small on when tirouuht him to them ot tho ago of uven with brolftn leg to mend they will be so tender with the baby and nothing will na left undone assured her nol only to save the littlo lif but to prevent ui iv scarrim wo left lh haipl tu nit titer and parting at the corner she tlnfhked me tlncerely for my sympathy tliink hud man 0lid to comfort her little at least hach day for weeks telephoned the ho pital to earn how tlid child wus tor many ilnys its life hung by tlirad but they would not ht it go at last one morning was jryfully told it would rocover have since hnd the treat pita uro of kci itil tills iltu oiii who is nov happy lauuhlng ichool girl itili la my mt mbrance of th hospital for sick children in loronto yts in indliu tha hospital my ulrt of money todaythd largest ran spare and do tut others will do to too fur tliink it is worthy of help front weryone mollllut ojt itofjll time tables niqun nati0naw4iiways at aotow golsi eut dolly except sunday dally except sunday dolly except sunday sunday only 1007 am eojpu the chicago filer that paaae hero at ds eastbound stop at georgetown at 40 goto west daily except sunday 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