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v lie i k i is-v- ohfe artdtt 3t jrtjsb tiiijjtflnay hkptbmijen i ill to my son po you know ihiit your soul of my soul la a part thai yiiu aocm to he ober and core of my heart none other can pain mo ob you dear can do nona other ran pleas roe or pralo mo as you itomembor tho world will bo quick with il bbunn if sliadow or stein over darken your like mo tii or like son la assaying ao true tho world will judge largely of mother by you bo youm then the task if task it ahall bo to force tha proud world to do bom ago to i no ilo euro it will soy when ita verdict youve won she reaped aa abo sowed t lo this la hor ion selected tills old man of the big clock toweb bummer 1 aimoat over september la hero and vacation has come to a close have you enjoyed it and do you wish it waa longer or ban you had enough did you go to mualcoka or to visit frienda in tho city or to rusticate in tho country or to pick fruit on tho fruit farm or have you ben having a real food easy time at bomot for myself whan i waa young i waa too busy to take many holidays lteally it wasnt much the fashion ror holidays in tho old ucoee i used to so nohlng for a day or two with mike hpelghl and charlie thompson up to the grand river or out ahootlng wild pigeons and black squirrels with ed ward nlckiln or bob watson or some other of the sporting men but never a month away from home for ma enjoyed ataxys corn beef and cabbage and those blesaod buckwheat pancakes to well to live on boarding house baah and soggy doughnuts and black while junketing- away from home for the fun of being away ive had lota of leisure the last few years but homes a good enough phase for old folks anyway its quite a bother for alary to go with me and laoe my boot and button on my rubberlne collar and tie that nice black string bow you always see me wear if i waa away from home if youve been away for holidays wasnt it good to got home again and take up the old life once moret after all honeatly font the beat part of the holiday really the getting borne again afountalns and woods and waters dtios and earner resorts and parks are wonderfully- fine places to visit once in while and the change is as good aa a rest but alter all borne la the place that means the moat to all of us all work and no play may mke jack a duu boy but ail play and no work would be the worse tor any of us and wti wouldnt turn out my good timber for councilors or schol trustees or ladles aid presidents or womens institute directors- speaking about holidays i find some of our boys of today just aa ready to tall the truth aa old george wash lngton la reputed to bare beenl j tenyearold son of one of oor homes a boy of great eplrit but with no superabundance of atrebgtb secured bis dads permission td join a com pany party organised by half a dozen ot bis school mates in saying good bye the father placed one restriction now my boy said be i dont wish you to go out in your cousin bob canoe lie and those other lads are quite used to the water but you are not and you ha vent as yet learned to alt still anywhere tonil be with them but a short time and with the other amusements youll have you can sfsard to let the canoe ah this vlalt so that your mother will worrying all the while youre away tho boy promptly gave the desired promise on his return be waa moat enthusiastic with regard to the plea sures he bad enjoyed didnt nllnd not canoeing a bit father said be the only time the uaed the canoe anyway was the last day to go over to the other shore out i remembered my promise and i weant going to break it at the last minute so but getting down to facts ive bean having a holiday myself not a very long one ita true but still its about as much as a man of my age can in ive been to the exhibition for a day with my wife used to be i went quite often to the fair but some way or other the last few years x bavent been there but x wire took it all in this year we went down on the early radial thrift and took right to the exhibition and then we started right in at the eight we made up our minds we were going to have our moneys worth if we were done out for a week after first of all we headed ajrtralghi for the war trophies as wa had beard how great they were we bought a catalogue and puaaled and figured over numbers on the things and got them in the book it was ail tight but we didnt have much time to look at the things be cause it took us so long finding- oat what they were when we got all through there we were getting hungry and so we went and got a seat and ate the biggest half of our lunch that we bad been carrying around all morn tog in the afternoon we tramped through buildings cattle pens horse sheds and up and down the midway i got load- ed down with advertising matter and saw so much that ray eyea were bleary and then to cap matters off wa bought a couple of coney island apple this waa the climax to a full after noon and with a tooth broken off my plate and red taffy in my whiskers wj got in line for the grand stand per formance about rive oclock we finally got billeted in our setfts and finished our lunch enjoyed the scenery and were given a closeup of airplanes ive never had much of a notion of them things and ive a blamed sight leas now they stood on their bead and flew oh the aide and tooped the loop and dear knows what else and uary sat beside m and had tt over and over again that theyd be killed and 1 sure thought they would be too 1nally they start ed the performance and i tried to watch um whole three rings and i saw a hanged much that i doot know all 1 did see i enjoyed every bit of it and especially the singing and the bands an 3 the marching in of the soldiers of the allies i havent s as much in a day for long enough it about done us both up for- few days but its worth the energy by the time wed got borne about two oclock in the morning wed had enough for awhile but if i was younger id be getung ready for peyt year right away but expect that acton fall fair will be about the limit that 1 can count on regularly nqw thousands of cords he bought and piled there arid when spring came he sold it to the grand trunk aa the necraaary fuel for tholr wood burning locomotives hansom supplied tens ot thousands of cords of beech and mapfe to the railway people and made lots of money out of it too it was half the summers job for the a rand trunk wood gang to cut up this wood and it kept iartdy kelly and luke ohellly and bam laird hustling in their day curding itho wood for the train engines t but all wost the wood piles over this block and mown as far aa wlflum tenneya residence was commons in those day- here tho old country men of leisure played cricket and many a ana game they hod then came base ball with the old lively base bails and the runs thoy ma do big scores were the diide or the players those times- one time about forty dvo or fifty years ago the nil pesperandumm of acton persuaded george freemans big team of maple leaf of guelph to come down and have a match they came they saw thijy conquered but what a match the score was 137 to is in favor of tho visitors oeorge sleeman and billy stanley of ouelph still talk about that game bill smith wa tb pitcher an1 charlie uaddook catcher for the uapla leaf it was tho week after ouelph had played the phllodel dbla yellaw blockings and got uokpd and in looking around for some out aide club to even up on the nil des- peranduma were chosen the maple leafs played the big clubs in those days and they often won out too the acorerj work won rather prlml live the official deputed for that work had no modern acoro book in which to record bits bases balls fouls runs strike outs etc it would have taken a sheet as big aa the side of a barn the scorer came to the game nicely planed or whittled square piece of clear pine when a run vu made for one team it wasieatly notch ed on one aide and whin the other fellows scored it was noached oh the other for a game llkd that with the maple leafs tho scorers tally stick bad to be about four foot long all public run ct ions the commons it waa no c were drilled by cai and lieut jim crelchton waa a british- soldier of uv discipline every man had to toe the scratch once dave ligbtheart wantl the attenuon to the captains l uona he should capl allan to him took his rifle from hi after minute instructions banged dave over the shoulders with the gun and ejaculated now will yon mind your self and do it a i tell you the twentyfourth of hay good queen victorias birthday was always a great day in acton aimoat invar ably there were bur celebrations which brought in the folks from all the countryside and all the men from the smith and the saint helena mills there was always a big programme generally arranged by charlie byroon and of course scottish contests pre dominated callthumplana were in variably popular and they were ex ceedingly well planned costumed and instructed general skludjemadjnkba- rnddlebumjutnb their doughty com manderinchief was always on deck to the a of the average small boy and the terror of the lltue girls the old commons has mn some great doings the first fireworks ever seen in acton were let off here the orange parades used the commons aa the rallying- centre on the 12th of july it was here that bev mr jeffries grand master dave lindsay and other i o i big guns rehearsed all about the douum of king willie the battle of the boyne and the walla of derry it waa to this point that john kenney hr the chaplain always carried the lodge bible and it wan to this gather ing point the lads and lsssns assemb led with their orange rosettes and blue ribbons eventually the lots of the commons were sold mr little built his man ion on the finest elevation james brown bought the corner lots and put in coal and boy scales alex smith bulltalui a nouse and a machine ware- rooms and tho sheds opposite the bell hotel were removed from the street to the rear behind the barn a little over eixty years ago the grand trunk came through and built their station and yards eaat of the co i am told that mrs thomas kbbge main street who la on of our earliest living residents said the other day in referring to the old maos r why i can remember away bank of what he writes for u the grand trunk yards was a big berry patch when i was a girl and i often picked berries there cd they were good berries too this olp man the humorist some women are not as bad asthey are palntad why don the tallest iran in the crowd always get in front 7 fame is a plant that cannot be forced in a hot bouse the race la not always to tho swift the fastest colors are those that wont run a true philosopher never argues he mentally concludes his opponent fa a fool and lets it go at that all the inconveniences tbia is an uptodate city vsor tea indeed we even have a street car strike rwy so often as usual first farmer how do you find your new hired man kxryr second vwmer i look in the shad of the tee nearest his w t wanted to know a worn in asked me today re marked a lawyer tf she could get a divorce because her husband la cigarette fiend what did you tell herf t told her she might and then she inquired how many coupons it would lake f oem 9 of knowledge f last week we travelled along mill street on the north aide up to ouelph street beside the orand trunk rail way sixty years ago yes fifty and perhaps pot much more than forty years ago the block bounded by mill wilbur church and guelpbyqtreets was the commons it waa the only park or recreation ground that acton bad on ouelph street yea right on the street hansom adams piled wood all winter and on down westward over fallows street and on to the pre- beardaore kacreauoa park w35rk a naturestudy and biology teacher somewhere in canada sends the fol lowing casket of jewels culled from her pupus regarding their obsevations and conclusion in the domain of natural organic matter is when you have something the matter with your or- gaiuu five derloea by which seeds are scattered ar wind water explosion torn up taken out and thrown away z tbapcnltannnf enlaesnt atsjqial of them bring disease others destroy food suck the blood spoil the flowers ly eggs and bill babies the grasshopper when he waus be either jump or hop the law of a grasshopper trove east andwest a larva is an unfinished anlnl the flower la to show what a plant can do 1919 tuesday and wednesday september 23nt and 24th 1919 actonfallfair open to the world many special attractions new revised and enlarged prize lfal splendid fair night concert on second nlgt with special features trials of speed with good panes the prize list hogs class 17oerk8hirea sec 1 dart bow two years and i boar one year over boar under six months bow two years and over bow one year sow under six months boar and two sow cla0a 18 yorkshires best boar two years and over boar one yei boar under six months sow two yearn and over sow one year class 19 tam worths best boar two years and over boar one year boar under six months sow two years and over sow one year sow under mix month boar and two sow jl oo tl 00 1 co 1 00 2 00 1 00 1 oo 1 00 00 1 04 3 00 1 00 3 04 1 00 0 11 00 1 oo 1 00 s 00 1 00 1 oo 1 oo x 00 1 00 x 04 1 00 x 00 x 00 x 00 si oo x 00 1 00 x 00 1 00 x 00 100 x 00 1 00 x 00 1 oo x 00 i 00 poultry class 20 1 best orphlngton cock 8 c while leghorn cock cockerel pullet brown leghorn cock hen cockerel pullet white wyandotte cock hen any other wyandotte cock hen cockerel j pullet minorca cock cockerel pullet beat barred plymouth rock cock hen cockerel pullet cockerel pullet any other kind not menuoned cock hen cockerel pullet bantam cock hon itouen ducks old male old female young female pekln ducks old male young female indian runner ducks old male old female young male young female female turkey male grain class 31 best one bushel white winter wheat red winter wheat s3 00 x 00 spring wheat marquis x 00 spring wheat any other variety x 00 large pea x 00 white oat x 00 black oat x 00 barley six rowed x 00 dlan corn 10 co i sweet corn display of ave stalks ensilage corn half peck white bean half peck beans spy other kind si 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 oo so xs 15 o collection a rain in shaf not less than three collection a rain 1 bushel each not less than four varieties u- roots vbgktablbs and fhuit class tz c best bushel early iuisioee any variety 1 late botatoes correctly named any variety bu long lied carrots w short horn carrots swede turnip heaviest turnip any variety other turnips parsnip long bad mangold wurtaol yellow mangold wuruel ugar beet sugar mangold table beets loug bed table beet turnip three head of cabbage white red ceury cauliflower two pumpkin squash table six onion whit two citron 1 m n s t m t m tt tl h 70 m vour bunches radishes collection vegetables 10 or more varieties of each arrangement considered 7 contlnimd nxt wk ftiifil ci-fe- watlrjri iv j 3yi the same family when mis armntronn found that her train would not atari for mora than naif un hour she went ova the little tearoom in a corner of the depot and g la nod through the morn ing paper as sho walled the filling of her order then as tho dishes were plaed befnro ir wlm silently bowed her head for a mooiint a very short fnoment- th action would scarcely have been noticed by s casual observer with mia armstrong the slmplo habit was a real port of her llfo her very self as the soft rhythm of her breathing or the soul light in her clear gray eyes bhe was fastening her gloves and gathering up her belongings when a timid hand touched her arm she turned to meet a pair of frightened girlish eye honest eyes i i beg your pardon but rosy i may i speak to you a minuter tbey went out into a quiet corner of tho other room mlsa armstrong train steamed out of tho station and the clock hoiid made another mtdi circle but she hod forgotten forgot ten herself altogether in her coxa for this eh lid who had bought eter con hilonol bhe was in very real trouble i seemed hhe had corao to the rity under a mlsreprcsentauon she knew no one there she had trusted one per son to her shame and borrow aha wan afraid even to speak to anybody else she sobbed her story out on miss armstrongs shoulder those who looked as if they might have told me tho truth seemed so hurried or looked so cold i couldnt but when i saw ton ask a blessing i 1 just wanted to put my hood in your lap and cry all the trouble out of my heart it reniurwtod me of homo when i had a home ong ago before i had to live out- i knew you must be good i knew i could trust you it seemed almost as though we must both have belonged to the some family mis armstrongs eyes llrxl she bent and klued the troubled face we do dear sho ald and i thank god lie sent you to me fgsmmmmiummiiriiimiriiiaam to have the children sound and healthy is the first care of a mother they cannot be healthy if troubled with warms use mother graves worm exterminator j n oneills garage carriage works have ready for sale one used ford touring car one used light ford truck both in firstclass con dition also a few good ued buggies and wagons a large stock of cockshutt and fleury plows chatham fanning mills kitchen cabinets white sewing machines dealer in dodge bros motor cars for the acton and georgetown districts carriage rubber tires put on jn georgetown j1 frsmm if you buy out of town and i buy but of town what will become t the dollar you spend in acton will come home to gf free press uyathome c sorrmcrjl bead these articles with care thry niiy prenrnt nonylhhqr yout itindmv and ttanjc the people whose adf mctcw they are your nvsoiere and will treat you right f siov- iioo the money you spend with them stays in circulation in acicle is of excep tional value you will always find it profitable to consult u when desiring dry good clothing boots and shoes llneoleums oilcloths and groceries our aim 1 to anticipate your desires in acton molean a mills our aim is to 811 you dry goods mens fumlalng and groceries the auallty and price of which will keep your money in acton we con oompeto with anyone anywhere and strongly urge com parison d c russell the penstar store is criterion for durity and wholeeomeaeas in patent formulas we carry as well choice perfumery toilet articles vlctrola our spring wall paper sale is now on nd very special bar gains are offered a t brown merchants must bit backfire g speight mill street jw -arfurfl- lo secure your patronage by fair price and honest deaungl we endorse this campaign buy in acton tt pays w landadqjtouqh can beat mail order houses at their own game if tbey wiu do it advertising only weapon catalogue concerns spend hundreds of thous ands of dollars annually to create demand for their merchandise consult us first wbao buying hardware we carry a complete stock of shsir and heavy hardware silverware cutlery oranitaware etc- and can convince the most critical our prices and quality are right james symon order your coal mow belay under present condition invariably mean an advance in the price nut stove and furnace coal now on hand wa carry groceries a well s c hill nvwbuy furniture from a catalogue it all looks good in pictures when buying from us you see tho article before you buy opd our beat ad loo and service 1 your undertaking in connection johnstone a co bargain in ladles silkqeeced stockings at 3c bob longs overall at j1m a shipment or bob longn men wearing shirt a utpctod thh week shoe repairing a speciality e k cook make up that order for groceries bring it to ua we con compete in service quality and price with anyone anywhere we carry a well a fuu line of bry good nelson a co w havf said it before and wb y tt again tou can buy to better advantage in acton than in toronto see u when you require anything in general merchandise we will not be undersold l stark han w that warm weather i approaching you will require refreslvneut our drinks are loe- cold and lnvlgoratlng our ice cream la dauciuuarour candle fresh and wholesome h wiles our lars buslne connection in acton 1 ample proof that our ies vegetable and provisions or otihsbcai quality ws soil uu oloee margins and solicit tho privilege of supplying your homo moenery a evans contemplating building t it s let us estimate on your re- qlrernent we prepare plan make estimate and take contracta fur any kind of building wo would suggest ordering neat winter coal now f j- b mokcnztc fair datln and low phoea ara building up our business we carry a full line ot groceries nd provision and our prion will re lieve the necessity of further aoarch our quality and prloe will stand nparlson mr s j modouoall tho forest nuutr and the pralrio farmer have learned that the must fight with fire- thoy know that when the llconumlng forea or prairie fire are swvephit toward them their only hope of safety lies in the bockore by kindling and carefully controlling a flro of their own they force the bigger fire to burn itself out finding no further fuel on which to feed the merchant of the smalt citioct and towns are learning that in waging their fight for existence thoy must adopt the tactics of the men of the west the great nutll order house of the clue are the con sumlng names which threaten tu wipe out the retail merchant of the small town unless tlio latter realising their danger take step to re move the menace the retail morchuittj as u whole are beginning lo reallm that they must nghtnra with nro and that to save themselves they must build u buck tire advertising is tho woapun with which the moll order houses con duct their warfare on the retail mirchaut of tho small cities and towns the mall order bouses du iholr advortlnlng through their own catalogues and through certain publications wiilth ure known as moil order adver tising mediums a big mall urdvr houue sixuids hundred of thousands of dollars merely un thu pcrparullou and publication of it bulky catalogues business built upon advertising the calsloguu housos ulf hint in i thousand upon thousands of dollar 111 advertising in thu mull oritur publlcatlun which look for thelr clruulatlon to tho people ur thu small towns and the rural districts advertising in sum of theso mediums coats as much a from 940 to 786 fur a itiglu inch vel the tnall order house and it prod table to pay these high rates their business ui built upon advertising and if worn denied the use of tlta mall fur their advertising for their business wuuld bo destroyed in advertising thu local inorciaul find the only weapon with which thny con beat thti mall inl house at their own game this does not mean hocessarlly only liavtpupr udvartlaliue although that 1 a l a gun in the bait cry employed by thu successful merchant in hi bat us for trada advertising i a word auid it cover a big field there 1 tio longer to b found the luin who tloa not believe in advertising every merchant be moves in advertising or aonie twrt the placing of a display in a show window is advertising tbo only difference between that kind of advaitlalng and advertising in u nawspaper is that where the one roaches dosens the other rehc hundreds attractive window displays are of course on important adjunct of any retail store they erve their iiuruose but uil purpose is only to attract the attention of those who may bo passing by the storv thorn are olhor form of advertising such as personal solicitation but luiuiod matter must always continue lu be the chief reliance of litanhuitts i uttraclltig customer to their store j advertising begets confidence the boy lug public bus luunied i hut thu store which takes the people into its ooutldcuou through lis udvuitlulng is tho una in which it may expect to get the lvsl bargains and tho must satisfactory treat ment it knows that thu store which advertise consistently and regu larly lias tha best and muut uptoiluo blocks bouuus this stare sells its goods raore rapidly tlmn um ono which does not advertise and there fore i not forced tu carry uvct old slock from cue season to another- tho public knots that tho atom which advertise can place lower prices uu its goods iwauso it turns uvu it slock uftener than the store which does not advertise and therefore does not have it capital tied up in flowuiuvuig merchandiser the mall order hounu dues hot got it business by merely letting the public luiow it hu dry good or hardware or groceries ur soma other commodity to selt n creates u demand for its goods by placing in lis catalogue attractive pictures and dotalled descriptions of the article which it ha tq sell tbo lure of the mail order catalogue lis in the fart that the merit or alleged tttcillu of the merchandise offered ore placed before the pruspectivo purchaser lu tho must graphic manner the local retail merchant tui the saute opportunity to do this that tha mall order imusti luut and can do it much more sttoctively than the mall order house can th retail uiorchuiit can talk tu the people uf his community through his homo uuwruhtper and that is something which the mall ordnr house as a rule cannot do fur the local newspaper through a sense 4j- loyalty tu their cummunltlo and their home mer chant will not ucwept the advertising with whlrh the mall order houses would flood them tf lhy hud ttjo opportunity when you buy shoe from ua you are surgi bag the beet selection in acton prices are much lower than city prices our guarantee la behb everything we sell i kenney brq our bread la baked bight here in acton and we guil onto tt wholceomencoa we eoll a well your patronage for boa made cakes pastry etc we aim satisfy m edwards a c this campalon meets with our approval and our hearty sudor n tan paftomore a our personal rhtre are centredf cton thlm meat is dosea of success endorse samj ryoer owat 1 i am local twbulor for the ft automobile on supply you 1 tronuine for- jz at reawnabltricea a tuck of ur jway- on hadtl your next ta a ww 1 hand ford m- a coxe manufscture end ht all kind 0 ruru estimate fur yi repairing furniture hospital ry bumnwr compiolo lib outfits lightweight fancy socks wssh tie will be closed front august for holidays etc w co never buy jewellery from cat all jewelluiy looks good in when buying from uio you article and as well yuu liavj 1 bsnont of my servloe advliia and l sona guarantee geo hync neat tims vou require boot unoe llubbei- rtc lot v endeavor to moot your reuulrumuit my stock 1 complete my uunluy of the best toy price utu iu itepairing dona w williaft old you ever step to conulr- that it cost over klvetim hollar a your tu deliver ihi- the stores to the aitoti tho consumer puyx for 1 your own parcels and get uf tbo saving casli jrnory chesteh consult ms first vhon you royi msuta of any kind tor lu lor nations j guar an tee you vice i carry dut fri- 7 ra oclock t jf h