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i the acton free press ms fakjr mvi 1- 2 the dominion bay visitors 1 little items of social interest concerning actonians and their visitor during the week i i ii i a k i miss grace loots is visiting in de- troit miss uraija mcdonald la visiting with toronto friends mr stan coy gait spent the week end visiting here master jack ccdnay la visiting k tiyes in toronto mr oeorge soper of gait was borne for the weekend miss vera landsborough is holidaying at her borne in ouelph mis annie someryllle is borne from toronto lor too nbudays r mr w d forbes of toronto visited acton friends over the holiday miss frances hurst is home trom richards landing lor the holidays f tuh vera hurst of toronto schools staff is holidaying at ber home here miss violet grossman of toronto spent the weekend atherhome here mr jas stringer f terra cotta visited with mr and mrs c mckeown miss xtora wood is visiting with her grandmother mrs j l warren in tor onto mr allen campbell of johnstown n y- called on friends in the old home town mrs win johnstone is visiting at weston with mrs f- a mclean this week mrttprank cookoftorojtoipenf the weekend and holiday with acton friends miss isabel lantz and miss metcalf ouelph spent sunday at the formers borne here mr and mrs c s gamble of buffalo spent the holiday with his father and sister here mr and mrs h e sutcliffe and shir ley of detroit visited at mr and mrs g h lantz mr and mrs a cook of aurora spent dominion pay with mr and mrs e h vincent mr andmrs john gibson and miss ruth spent the holiday and weekend j in bracebrldge j miss ti- and miss shaw and miss uellie hall left on a motor trip to northern ontario miss m farrington principal of the iontinuatldn sc isspending the mr and mrs crosby and mrs good win of ouelph visited at the home of mr end mrs wm landaborough on dominion day mr and mrs albert bjownot kitch ener spent a fety hours sunday evening with his parents on their way borne from toronto mr robert mcpherson of hartney man called on aoton relatives on sun day prior to returning home in the west the following day mr and mrs it j mckeohnle elmer donald and flora jean of jamestown n y visited with mr and mrs george soper this past week mr orvllle burns walkerton miss vera sutcliffe owen sound and miss l sutcliffe chesley visited at mr g h lantzs on sunday p mrs m x traynar and mrs simok oreilly of owen sound spent a few days with their mother mrs mulholland and family church street mr and mrs chas irwin of roches ter n y and master donald hynds of toronto visited on the holiday t with mr and mrs r j mcfherson mr and mrs george osborne and miss irene of rensselear n y visited at the home of ber parents mr and mrs wm williams over the holiday mr and mrs ray gamble and buddy and mr and mrs t baker and tommy of detroit spent ithe weekend with mrs e f gamble and mr arthur gamble i mrs j m mcdonald who has been in st josephs hospital guelph the past four or five weeks was able to return home this week and is improving nicely brownridge family reunion nearly two hundred held gathering on dominion day at fara in esqueslng township on friday july 1 dominion day des cendants of the brownridge family held their sixth family reunion on the farm of mr thomas j brownridge lot 4 seventh concession of esquesing in hal ton county an event which dsheld every five years relatives to the number of 183 gather ed from toronto hamilton niagara falls buffalo brampton georgetown milton burlington and surrounding points undaunted by a rainy day which at first threatened to seriously interfere with the enjoyment of the occasion- they were eveanally favored by generous smiles from old sol and a good time was had by everyone the barn suitably decorated with bunting served as a meeting place where old family friendships were -re- epesh extras iboset 21 newed a large marquee was erected oryresh firsts loose 19 the lawn meals were served by fresh seconds 16 bolidays at woodstock mr andmrs colin- monie of detroit spenttheweekendatthehomeofmr and mts john harvey mr tbosa sutton and mr mark sutton of johnstown n y visited acton friends this week mrs george wallace and miss dorothy wallace of toronto are visiting her sister mrs b g arnold misses e lake and m shaw of tor onto teaching staff vuftted miss nellie ball a few days last week mr and mrs slbbet and children of onmto past week with mrs f a smith and miss smith i mr imri nrra far brown of kltch mr and mrs harley brlgnall and family mrs alex cariyle and miss evelyn reed of toronto spent the week end at the home of mr and mrs j h reed j miss q bowslaugh and miss h barns of the o a c suelphand miss dora lambert of whitby spent saturday at mr and mrs e n lamberts brock avenue 0 mr and mrs r j mckechnle and family mrs george soper and miss myrtle visited at the home of mr and mrs j f livingston in guelph on saturday sir donald mann and mr john gor don of toronto came to attend church at the old home church knox presby terian on sunday morning and called on acton friends mftfind mrs jas mephersongordon helen and doreen of govan sask visited his brother mr r j mcphersonr this week and will spend a few weeks visiting friend in the e w ener spent the holidays with his parents mr- and mrst g h brown mr and mrs john chapman and iamilyof montreal are holidaying at the bimeor mrs algle and marion and george mokenna of worcester mass ate visit ing with mr and mrs a mason mr and mrs edwin landsborough and lamily of guelph spent dominion day at the home of his parents here miss alma conway b a of st clements school toronto is at home with her father mr c a conway mtsh p moore and mr e j moore enjoyed motor trip to new york state and watkina glen over the weekend mr and mrs jas doble jr and master jlmmie of waterloo visited this week at the home of her parents here mr and mrs fred campbell and mr cunyard of toronto spent sunday with mr a a wordenand miss worden mr and mrs f j browning of tor onto spent the weekend visiting at the borne of their sister and brother here mr and mrs j ws of toronto spent the weekend holiday with her parents mr and mrs j j kennedy mr john h worden of feng spent the holiday with his brotheiand sister mr a a worden and miss d worden ft mr and mrs fred babcock and miss eunice of milton spent sunday at the home of mr and mrs wm lands- toorough mr and mrs frank reld and douglas nof buffalo n y spent the weekend t the borne of her parents mr and mrs john harvey mr bd huffman who spent a week at his home here returned to pontiac mich on monday accompanied by mr thos morton who is spending a week with hlsson charles morton at detroit mich mr alex stewart of almada sask arrlvaun acton this week and is visit ing with his sisters mrs john watkins mrs steele and mrs david wlllamson it is eighteen years since mr stewart left for the west mrand mrs h roy wansbrough of toronto mr and mrs frank day and fam of r mr and mrs gor- dorr-mackay-aria- muriel of tor onto mr and mrs allan smith and family of acton ail spent the holiday at their mothers home with mrs rh wansbrough lake avenue the table committee under the chair manship of mrs j c irvln of weston the timehonored barnyyard gold tour nament horseshoe pitching drew a field of over 30 entries after some very close contests in which ringers and leaners were jiot infrequent the final round brought together the team of wm o irvln toronto paired with herbert wheeler of belgrave and earl brown ridge toronto paired with goldie wheeler son of herbert wheeler the experience of years however proved too much for the younger pair and the first naned team won by a score of 21 to 13 an interesting programme of races wns run off in the afternoon with the fol lowing prize winners dizzy izzy race for boys 14 and under lloyd brownridge onelegged race for girls 14 and under betty arthurs potato race open to boys lloyd brownridge peanut race open to girls mrs b brigden transfer race for mixed couples earl arthurs and dorothy brownridge lucky spot race for men wm w brownridge georgetown egg boiling race for women mrs fred arthurs buffalo sir waiter raleigh race for mixed couples betty arthur and wyatt irvin blind horse race for mixed couples clarence and dorothy brownridee a keenly tontested sof tball game was played between the toronto maple leaf lets under captain albert j spry of toronto and the elsewhere all stara under capt fred j arthurs buffalo with roland jarvis milton as umpire the information leaked out after the game that the score was 9 to 8 in favor of the leaflets this is disputed by the all stars and a group of auditors are now engaged in trying to verify the cor rectness of this information a new feature which proved of con siderable interest was a large chart market reports dairy pboducts qoatattau l 8hlppeni these are toronto quotations butt- creamery no i pasteurized 16w to 00 do second 15 to 00 above prices for goods delivered tor onto quotations to retail trade bntter creamery no 1 pasteurized 18 to 19 do second i7h to 18 churning cream fob country pomta special 16 to 17 no 1 15 to 16 nob 12 to 13 poultry and eggs jegga quotations to country shippers deliv ered f fresh extras 17 to 00 do firsts 15 to 00 do seconds iv 13to00 quotations to retail trade carton fresh extras 23 to 00 in theory husband and wife were seated in the garden in the dusk of a summer even ing he was doing most of the talking very interesting she said when he finally concluded im glad to find youre so interested and impressed dear by these explan ations about- banking and economics he told her presently yes darling she replied it seems wonderful tthat anybody could know as much as you about money without hav ing any of it wine invents nothing it only tattles it lets out all secrets schiller ri ttis weeks specials pattersons to 00 to 00 to 00 12 10 9 8 6 dressed to 00 to 00 to 00 to15 to- 13 to 11 to 10 to 00 to 00 to q0 to 00 quotations to shippers poultry alive spring broilers rocks over 3 lbs each 13 rocks over 2 to 3 lbs 11 rocks over 1 to 2 lbs 9 leghornb 3 cents less hens over 5 lbs do 4 to 5 lbs do 3s to 4 lbs do over 3 to 3 lbs old roosters lb spring ducklings white over 5 lbs each 12 over 4 to 5 ibb each 10 colored ducks 3 cents less pigeons per pair 15 quotations above indicate the general market range in value to eggs and poultry on delivery basis dressed meats wholesale dealers in dressed meats quote the following prices to the trade beef forequarters 700 to 800 do hindquarters jsoo to 1600 carcasses choice 1100 to 1200 do medium 1000 to 1050 calves choice veal 700 to 900 do medium i 500 to 700 heavy hogs cwt 450 to 500 light hogs cwt 650 to 700 abattoir hogs 700 to 750 mutton 400 to 700 lambs spring 1400 to 1800 hides and wool toronto dealers in bide and wool quoting the following prices to shippers city hides green lc culls and brands c country bides green lc do cured lic to hie calf green 2c country calf green lc do cured 1 to 2c city veal kip 2c country veal kip lc do cured lc to 2c country grassers kip lc horsehides no 1 75c no 2 60c no 3 40c tallow no 1 solids lv4c to 194 c pound cakes lc to 2c lb wool flat rejects included 4c lb horsehair 16c lb mens work shirts wool sox 5 pair for 100 w mr cooper- wan and main streets ttt1 at beef cuts choice rib roasts per lb 17c thick rib roasts lb 15c 18c shoulder roasts lb 13c and 14c rib boil per lb 8c stewing beef per lb 9c to lie smoked and cured meats smoked hams whole or half per lb 16c and mo side bacon by the piece lb 14o smoked pottage rolls by the piece per lb 16o pickled cottage rolls by the piece per lb 15c extra special homemade sausage m tbsfor lard s for peas corn or- tomatoes 2u tb o cans for 25c 18c 23c pattersons meat shop we deliver promptly phone 178 if you expect to sell you must advertise 1 weekend visitors at mr and mrs w j halls were mr and mrs w j dabble arid family of cleveland ohio mr and mrs alex dobble hamilton miss beatrice lane limehouse mr and mrs f h dobble master gordon of toronto mr and mrs e hall and family of kitchener mr a cross toronto miss marjorie cross dolly varden mr and mrs wm arnold and mr versvme and mrs floyd 7 w sj visited this week with mr arnolds nephews here mans seven mistakes mans imperfections lead him to make many mlstakesin jtfe and the pointing out of these frailties has engaged the attention of philosophers and reformers of all ages a recent writer enumerates what he considers to be the seven great est mistakes of man as follows 1 the delusion that individual ad vancement is made by crushing others down 2 the tendency to worry about things that can not be changed or corrected 3 insisting that a thing is impossible because we ourselves can not accomplish it i 4 refusing to set aside trivial prefer ences in order that important things may be accomplished 5 neglecting development and refine ment of themindby notj acquiring the habit of reading 6 attempting to compel other persons to believe and live as we do 7 the failure to establish the habit of saving money mother knows pierre is perfectly wonderful to me mother he gives me everything i ask for v mother that merely shows my dear cjbild that you are not asking enough displaying the family tree prepared by wilfrid f irvin toronto this show ed the lines of descent of all the des cendants of thomas brownridge and elizawardwho homes teaded thisvery farm 110 or more years ago a great deal of additional interesting informa tion with regard to the family history was forthcoming from those present to augment that already on- record thomas brownridge the original head of this family in canada came from yorkshire england in 1819 and started clearing operations on the farm he married eliza ward whose family lived near islington ontario about 1822 they had a family of seven sons and one daughter when eliza brownridge died hi 1842 at the age of 37 years she was followed in death by her husband in 1850 aged 60 years and by his un married brother william in 1863 aged 87yearsr-ah-three- ateburiedlnamttle family cemetery on the farm not many yards from where their descendants re- united on this occasion theorlglrial passed down from generation to generation and has been owned by some member of the brownridge clan for 110 years part of the present home was built by the origin al owner in 1842 and is therefore 90 years old it superseded the original log cabin which was jthe first ancestral home of the family in canada the eight children of thomas brownridge and his wife have over 280 descendants making a total of nearly 300 descendants of the original family including 12 chil dren in the sixth generation the oldest living descendant present on this occasion was wm brownridge of frultlands ontario who is seventy- seven the youngest descendant present was margaret cxsabel crozler of george town just three weeks old toward the close of the afternoon tha following officers were elected for the next fiveyear period honorary prpslflent mr thomas j brownridge the homestead president mr fredxj arthurs buf falo- vicepresident mr foster brown ridge milton secretary miss emma- brownridge toronto convener of table committee mrs john r brownridge toronto convener of sports committee mr jehu guthrie toronto hat and straw no 2 timothy baled ton 1200 to 0000 no 3 timothy 900 to 1100 timothy lower grades 600 to 900 straw wheat baled ton 800 to 000 do ryerton r7r77 900 to 000 do oat baled ton 700 to 750 all straw must be good length grain quota grain dealers on the toronto board of trade are making the following quota tions 1 jianitoba wheatrno 1 hard 60c no 1 northern 58cno 2 northern 54c no 3 51c no 4- 49o c1xbay ports ontario grain wheat 40c to 44c barley 35c to 40c oats 29c to 33c rye 45c buckwheat 45c corn 42c to 45c current live stock prices heavy beef steers 600 650 butcher steers choice 575 625 do fair to good 500 550 do common 450 heifers choice 550 do fair to good 450 butcher cows good 325 dd medium 275 canners and cutters 50 baby beef 700 bulls good 300 do bolognas 200 feeds good 400 stockers 300 springers 2000 calvesgoodandcboice 5j0 do medium 450 do grassers 300 350 sheep 150 200 bambs choice 750 hogs fob 425 475 600 500 375 300 150 750 375 250 450 400 5000 600 merely a question adams curse i suppose you play golf no replied mr curox i cant say that i play it but i am still working at it wiles of the profession patient the size of your bill makes my blood boll doctor that will be 5 more for sterilizing your system her suitor dont you trust me sir her fapates indeed but will the landlord and the butcher the grocer and the gas company do the same gregory theatre friday july 8 secret- success mystery story starring william collier jr una merkel and zasu pitts gang comedy the pooch novelty wltyh eddie biizzell blonde pressure saturday july 9 the big shot the story of an ambitious young ster in a small town who fights for success starring eddie quillan comedy shopping with wifle novelty what a life fox news silverware night rii monday july11 plunder a british picture chapter 9 of the lightning warrior com edy bridge wives dlnnerware night coming i business and pleasure with will rogers the whip is in your hand when our grandmothers went out shopping they were prepared to match their wits against the shopkeepers his was the whiprhand prices were any thin the dealer had to pay plus a profit and his profits were as elastic as his neces- sity or opportunity our grandmothers had a very fine knowledge of silks eottons and woollens they used their eyes and fingers in buy ing they tasted and sniffed at foodstuffs our grandfathers knew an intimate lot about woods stains and veneers they knew leathers and machinery and cutleryr they had to today you can s with assurance by designating this brand of this and that brand of that and hardly bother to check the price oti the bill when it comes you can send a twelveyearold to market with a note and never have a doubt of kind quality or price if you buy advertised goods i advertising has established stand ards established values and established confidence advertising forces fairdeal ing and honest merchandise it puts the whip in your hand i do you read the advertisements ij when you ask for a product by name as a result of advertising do not accept a substitute substitutes are offered not as a service to you but for other reasons j i ft r-