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2hje arfcm 3te imm thursday may 21 1925 vacation will come itfi mighty nice that nine times nino malio eightono forpvor butoh i know u place thats flne for buthln in tho river a plavo a hundred tlmfca its cool ah any spot in thlu whole school itavcrjrlntercatiil6uridw bight furlongs mafto a mthv and in a little wcok or ao ill prove it barefoot style ill stride those furlongs say nnd free 1 nor euro how many tlicro may be thoso noble streams the rhone the nile thejlhinc the amazon theyre great of course but all tho whllo i keep remembering one where minnows dart from june to june and where im going fishing soon geography arithmetic and an tho books nro- splendid but you will see me shut them quick when school at last is ended and range them in a solemn row and give ono jolly whboprand go nancy byrd turner no surrender j3rown i want to go to college as much as ovcrbut t am afraid there are tboaiany obstacles in tho way lhhavo to jjlvo up ro- gret was evident in the young mans face as he spoke wojlv replied the minister i never expected to hear that from you it cant be that x have beeri mistaken in the opinion i have formed of you tj remember the pluck your father show ed at your age how ho fought his way grimly through difficulties that you will never have to moet i have taken pride in believing that you too would rcfusoto be beacon after you had en tered the fight tho boy answered sullenly if you are beaten its only common eons to admit it doctor brown got up from his desk to speak more forcibly jack graham never say you are beaten you can never bo beaten until you give up and bay so at the battle of waterloo the english were beaten by every test of warfare long before the end of the bat tle but they kept on fighting until they gained what they fought for and so can ybul the only defeat possible for men is to stop fighting do you mean to say that a man with enough spirit can never bo downed jacks tone showed that ho thought lie had reduced his rectors argument to absurdity i mean exactly that replied the minister quickly there was once a man who wanted to be an orator but every on laughed at hfin when ho tried to speak so great was his lm pediment you have heard whero demosthenes determination carried him you have seen that mpnstroualy strong man soridow as a child ho was weaker than- most children i read the- other day of a blind man who can repair the most intricate automobiles more skillfully than most mechicswithcdjightjsauitdo thoughts of home you think of helen keller born deaf and dumb and bllndgut off from al most every means of communication with the world and yet today seeing and hearing and creating more than most of us with all our senses 7 do not talk to me about obstacles i all of them together are little grains of dust in comparison with what that glr had to meet the thing for yon to decide jack is whether you are going to be a man or webor you are going to quit and admit that you are beaten a man enters every fight to stay until he wins or dies no real men can do anything else the boys mouth set more firmly his fists were clenched but a cheer ful smile began- to light- his face t am going to trample those insignificant obstacles under my heel he said oh y who bear our name in roaring i c 1 or plant it on the prairies lono and wide what dream of this blue vale to you is dearest when homeward turn your thoughts at eventide perhaps you think of her in the sweet spring weather j clasped by her happy acids to tonder graln- through a green mist you seo tho tree- lined river and hear the robins singing in tho fain or you may picture her in still october some calm gray afternoon when life t is peace when pno by one the wagons homo- ward thunder and up the hill drift snowwhite flocks of geese when evening folds the landscape in her bosom and cshs the happy children from their play when llttleralns come whispering and healing and wash jthp stains and sins of earth away s but theres a dream of tier that i would cherish if life should bear me far from scenes i know tis when oer the hill nnd vale and winding river descends the benediction of the snow then all harsh forms are touched with grace and beauty and nought remains but what is pure and fair and oer these clustered roofs some brooding spirit of love and peace pervades tho even- faint and far off the sounds of daylight dwindle the blacksmiths tdrge flares out with ruddyglow the old v til a go of cton whether it was jvint voicing their need of a holi day tjthemuster or juht for tho furiof making a ntviifje pethapn a little of both i dont know in those- days holidays wero not u plentiful iih they are now hauler wiu our 11 rat break after christmas and tho i now year and thou only muhiy and monday now there 1m a week or more tho fact in that days devoted lo hchoolaiul study seem to lie juht stmt periods between long rests- that bring to mind refer ft in- column homo time ago tho attempt to force tho master to slve more than the law allowed at ascertain lime lthlnk tho old man of the tllg clock tower can give somo vivid dotaihi an to tho succeias attending this move- raorit and i dont recall that that method to win a holiday was eyer re peatcd in connection with the date queenh birthday i feel ltlce recall lnr something of the lusting impression her personality loft on so many of us canadians thoso who are still to the fore will testify to the fact that she won staunch loyalty not alono from her station as a queen but from her high ideals as a woman a mother and a christian aii regards her ideals as to conduct in tho life of those to whom she extended her friendship she has been charged with being cruel in the punishment she inflected on thotfewhi did not come up to what she asked tor andexpccedr the good old quaftri exerted especially among tho younger jbtrntt complaints heard every day it would seem as if some steadying hand 13 needed at tho present time queen elizabeth pood queen bess left her name on the annals of english history more from tho famous names that ap peared under her reign than from any thing notable that she left either as to character or intellect the fact re mains that sho was one of the vainest of women that british history has recorder but queen victoria left a record that i hope will never be erased and shall remain one of tho brightest and may the name the victorian ago bo a pattern for wise statesmen i- dont think i will transgress again to tho length 1 have here and i hope my readers will pardon mo for i have written as my feelings to the mojnory of a good woman has moved me and i think the reading of tho few verses following may show that she was just an ordinary tjody although queen weekly fashion hint bill morning when the children were off to school at last mrs bristow dropped into chair and cried she knew that she had boen cross the boys subdued voices and elsies halfhurt half- frlghtoned eyes pierced her memory but she hod told them so many times not tofrolic over the milk pitcher and then to have it upset on a clean table- cloth and phil had- been absorbed and indifferent and even molly usual jkjw- affect inn nfiyhnrt gone off wlthj out running back for a second good bye as she usually did girls did not know what tho wore doing whon they married if she had ever dreamed at air the endless strain and worry it was bill morning that was the trouble everj month- mrs bristow worried over bill mornlns for days be fore it was the endless strain of trying to make one dollar do the work of threes phil said some times that it was as hard for him as for her but she would like to have phil change places with her for one month to earn the money a definite stated sunt was one thing tqrnalce thqtgumcov orthencedstdfa growing family was a very different thing the postmans whistle sounded out side mrs bristow sat waiting rigidly in a moment rosle came in with the letters rosle was young and pink- cheeked and had a lover she handed mrs bristow the letters with a beam ing smile the mall maam she announced gayly and then she ran downstair dinging as she went mrs bristow opened the letters they were all bills but one milkman butch or grocer telephone gas ice mrs bristow added them up as usual the total was nearly five dollars more than she had counted upon and this was living this end lessjllfe- sapping strain i ob how tired she was of it all i then suddenly sho discovered that i one envelope a- small onorhad slip ped to the floor she picked it up wonderlngly it looked like mollys writing at least it could not be any bill for it was on note paper prob ably pome one asking for a contribu tion to something she opened tho envelope and drew out the note- dearest mother it read jtjs bih morning and i know how trouble ome bills are ive watched your face so if theyre hard this morning please dcarcst-rvarffgo- with a nelv dress i can easily i dont need it a hit your loving daughter molly mollys mother readthe nolo through twice then softly laid her tsos against the unformed writing as if anything counted compered with a utile daugh ter like that how ungrateful she had been how ujigktefulj l debtor must carry lantern no of the many quaint customs common among the chinese is thus explained by nora wain in a recent magazine article it was in the village of the workers in the noonday sun where i spent two months in the household of the wong family that i first saw a man go about m broad daylight with a lighted lantern is sing the flsh dealer crayt i asked a friend oh that is only tho custom was tho reply ut means that ho- has not been nble to pay his debs and he must carry a lighted lantern every where until he has dono so chinese now year began yesterday but for him the new year has not dawned it in fltlll midnight of the old yeir ho may exchange no new year greetings until iio has settled up his old acconnts and ibis frlonds cannot gfoot him thla mill wheel stops the waters hush and whisper the last sweet bolls ring homo across the snow and up and down the home lights beam and beckon oh should i wander far oer land and sea those rays of lovo would guide my roving bplrltt and light me home dear little town to thee by clayton duff i thb landmarks are passing when took astrell up main street last week onp bright afternoon my at tention was attracted by activities on the old lawn of dr shook now owned by william johnstone the undertaker there i saw mr johnstone and crewoon mclaughlin son of my old friend hugh mclaughlin busily en gaged in cutting down one of tho big trees which stood beside the walk about- halfway up tho walk i notloed that its mate on tho other side of the walk had already been felled it was a surprise to me and naturally caused a pans of grief bocaubo the passing of these fine old spruces seem ed to me like losing two faithful and substantial old friends i had known them intimately for between sixty and i seventy years i suppose the owner j thought they had surylvcd their use- andtbeautyi perhaps thoyhnd some of the lower branches were de void of life but they were all fresh and green at the top well theyre gone and what a va cancy they leavo and what a flood of memorlos their removal has brought to me think of it between seventy and eighty years since those spruces were planted i thlnki can imagine dl shook planting those trees and little dan by his side holding each up straight while his father spread out the roots and tendrils and carefully sprinkled in tho earth and then tamp ed it flnnlydownabout thcbaplingjj tltafthey were well planted was oinplyj evidenced by tho girth attained and the fact that they had a healthy growth through all the years 1 fancy the time when dr shook moved from acton and samuel smith and family chose this place for their home some of us can remember when miss sarah the elder daughter was the assistant to mr little and when she taught little minds to shoot ideas along educational lines then we remember the smiths re- mpval to guelph and william sharp and family coming from toronto to tako their places with his wife and daughter and three stirring boys mr sharp was in the lumbering business and was interested in the mills at st helena and the sharps removed back to torontoand dr mcqaryln and family gave up their first home whore mrs george hynds now lives and jnpyed in here in the shadow of those spruasa and it was from here that dr lowry commenced his successful practice in acton then one night the old houso burned down and the mcoarvlns and dr lowry lost neurly all their possess- ions and then before the year was over rh snyder the carpenter re built for dr mcgarvin a bigger and better house on tho foundations of the ota then among successive tenant of this hoinv under the spruces were both mr- walter nd mr alfred beardmorc both families yore jncreased during j their residence there i hplteye mr i torrance beardmore first en w jbe jlght of day in this home- nnd always speaks of acton ashlo birthplace and the long lino of doctors who occupied this home followed dr uron- dr auld dr springer dr macdonald und dr nelson mr and mrs william johnstone made tholr home here for quite u num ber of years and they havo hallowed memories of this old house uml-a- the spruoes my how i have rambled but thats the way with old folks ill always miss the big spruces perhaps som others of our olderly citizens ww also yours heminlflcently the old man she noddit to me i am mifan auld body livin up in deeside in a twaroomed bithooslo wlo a toofa beside wle md coo all my grumphy im as happy as abee but pm far proodcr noo since she noddlt to me im riao sao for pasj wot tniayo trig and haler can plant twa three tawtles an look after ma kali and when obr queen passes im oot and sec if by luck she micht notice and noddlt to me but ive aye been unlucky and the bluc3 were nye won till last week the time o her vesset came avon i waved my bit apron asbriskos1could dae and the queen laughed kindly an poddlt to mo myson sleeps in egypt tis nae use to fret and yet when i think ot l like ta greet sho may feel for my sorrow shes a mother ye see and maybe shell ken ot when she noddlt to me yours fashions flair for plaids to expres th last word in chic a trpcfolwiiid be dvvelbpcdin plaid flan nel this model belted only at the buttons- straight down the front and ditto the back are stitched bands of plain flannel trimmed with buttons which may correspond either with the color of tho background or the plaid the closing is at the loft shoulder a twopiece collar furnishing the neck medium size requires 2 yards plaid and m yard plain 54 inch flannel acton england news items evnntand rvfy similar to our own daily life the following interesting local items wero gleaned from the columns of the acton hngliiud i0xprehh of may 1 th kiihi acton muhfcal and dram atic society cloned the season by giving a run if three nlghth to the wrong number on saturday afterno alio wo nectioii of the acton labour party held ifc wellatteluled rutmnage sale at the priory schools a summons against thomas parker myrtloroad acton for assaulting john h hobbo was dismissed at the acton police court op wednesday- mrs f c andrews has not main tained her progress toward recovery and she is still under the constant care of her doctor a special meeting of the acton town council was held on wednesday night to appoint a borouglt engineer ut a salary of 1000 per annum the annual local horse parade or ganized- by tho r sp c a will take place by perminuion of the town coun cil in acton park an july 5 it will be followed by the usual childrens fote the rev w light assistant priest at st michael and ah angels bed- fprdpark leaving acton this month to visit his son who is farming in canada nnd he will bo away about three months plans for the new school woro a education commltteo peaches or punkin3 a recital in the trenches when tho battle lines extend con tinuously for three or four hundred miles almost anything may happen somewhere along tho way the fol lowing incident is one thing that hap pened according to a letter from a soldier in belgium that is printed in the tribune it was a miserable night a heavy rain had flued thotrenches suddenly out of the darkness came a voice 1 was a welsh ballad called hob dor dando and it was a flne tenor voice it was the cheeriest sound i bad ever heard at the end a round of applnuec came down the trenches but imagine our surprise to hear clapping for more in iffnod ieghflh from th r trench thereupon- the welshman gave mentra gwen meantime we realized that not a shot had been fired by thther aide dur ing tho singing wo had forgotton a1 about war so a bargain was struck with tho germans that if tho welsh man would sing another song neither side would are any more until day light the third song was hen wlad fy nhadau it was probably the first time that the stirring welsv an thorn j every member of the aid society with one exception had had some com plaint to make about tho dry season the blackberries drying up the toma toes rotting from sunburn the sweet corn failing to fill out or the scarcity of potatoes in fact a famine might have seemed- inevitable to one who had listened to the gloomy talk finally the president of the society turned to a small woman who had been quilting away cheorfully but siteiitly through tho afternoon the one exception to tho faultfinders hasnt tho drought hurt your fruit at nil mrs bennett she asked oh yes tnlno is just like all the rest was the calnflrcply j and dont you ever worry over any thing the president asked almost impatiently mrs bennett stopped quilting lall her thimble down and looking round the group of women at tho qult an swered ill tell- you what cured me of worrying i used to fret over over- thing and one sprlngwhen it was re ported that a late frost had wiled nil the fruit i sat down to imvo a good cry for our peachtrees had bloomed beautif ullyyand jlhadbecn so proud of the abundant crop i was sure we wero to have is jt hap that myzaunt martha came in just then and asked mo what the trouble was i told her child whats the ubo of fretting over it youll not starve ive lived eighty years arid the worlds crop of provisions has never failed ycl if wo dont have peaches well have pun- kins i have lived half as many years now as aunt martha had lived then and ive found her philosophy sound in tmltc of all the late frosts and droughts i dont believe any one of us has ever suffered for food tho little wqman glanced with a smllo round the circle of plump woll- fed women and then taking up her thimble went to quilting again they j all laughed rathertsheeplahly and the- president said thoughtfully w j id never thought of it that way but it is true peaches or punkins ill try to remember thal jnaraso gems of thought how indeed while two american ladles wore staying in london recently ada the pretty daughter of their landlady be came engaged the fortunate suitors social station it was explained was considerably above his fiances t first tho household bubbled with pride and happiness but soon the sympath etic americans became aware of a dis turbing element it was the letter h hada my girl mrs knight would lally ploadraomomborjialbects hed dicatlonl remember is hemtneut huncle remember his haunt lady uliter ell never bo able to old hup is eftd hlf you dont coe hup to their hexpectatloitb whatll they say hit mrs halbert owe dont andlo er iiaftches like a lady bought hespecl- ally whatll they say hlf you miscall your own usband upon her advice poor ada obedient ly practised over and over again mr und mrs halbort owe mr andjmri halbert owe but not to tho anxio 4ras ever heart on thisdlsniftphmw hi cant elp hit ada protested at iwith christianity camo a new civlll zatlon and a hew order of ideas tastes were cultivated manners re fined views broadened and nature spiritualized azarias itis the province of tho church notl ily to offer salvation in the future but to teach men how they ought to live in tho present life f c mont- fort the truo epic of our times is not arms and the mun but tools arid tho man an infinitely wider kind of epic carlyle i am always content with what hap pens or i know that what god chooses is hotter than what i choosot eplctotufe j length in tears my hears haint hedi cated liko halbcrts hlsay owe but ow am i to know whether im sayiris owo or owe hada was the reply delivered with much dignity hiil hadmltforhargu- menthim caroless with haltches my self but my- hears can jo trusted you keep- on saying owe or l now then owe owol owe owe echoed ada ow was that the first owe and tho second owe was owe pronounced her parent very judicially but the third owe was owol nothing to suit when all sins arc olefin us and go upon crutches covotbusricss does but than lis fnher cradle rpecker the firpss 1 v only ladder high enough to touch heavens threshold o i board man do what thou dost as if tho earth were heaven andthy last day the day of judgmenl c klngsley an ounce of contentment is worth a pound of sadness to servo god with fuller an exchange says advertlso- jjnen4smaygoitjupjoad as nonadycry tlttoru sny butvefytlmavomnke a mlflianff n ap odyerisoment the ipk doesnt get dry nn ljo papci before wel hear about it mentsare reud yeif he adyertfao- thb old mal the big clock tower dear friend i wonder if you huve ever hoard this fearful threat tho 2th of may is the queens birthday if you dont give us a holiday well an riinviway as yelled not sarig by a gang of tho i school boys in tho far gone days lii hlilllllllllhv keatngs kills a bumn ittokill a preacher complimented bishop william burt one day on hla good dis position you never growl about anything he said no matter what kind of a meal is set before you you eat it cheerfully if you arc feeling poorly you conceal it how did you manage to acquire such a fine habit of good- humored tolerance and resignation maybe tho remark of a child i once overheard helped me to learn to com plain us llttlo aa possible said dr burt vwhlle i was studying at wllbrahnm academy i spent a few days with this chllcrv father a good man but a chronic growler wo were all sitting in tho parlour one night when the question of food arose the child a little girl told cleverly what each member of the family liked best finally it came to the fathers turn to bo described as his favorite dish tand what do t like nancy he said laughingly you said tho little girl slowly well ypu like mpsjt anything that we haypnt got w jswssssssdtibsk aubnjittcd to the at its meeting on thursday evening in last week they showed u neat- looking building for tho accorrimodn- t ion of 200 juniors and infants a large crowd of wellpleased friends saw the annual- gymnastic- display of the acton wcaloyan church boys club which took place in the church assembly hall on wednesday night the law is hurd occasionally we dont make the law said the chair man at acton police court on mon- day to an applicant wjio was in formed that he could not take out a aumraons for abuse insldo the house st martins hall acton on thurs day evening last week was tho scene of a successful variety entertainment and a display by pupils of mlsu owells bluebird school of dancing every school in acton has now its savings association and the youngsters instead of buying- sweets marbles and tops are adding copper to copper hi tho sure nnd certain hope of becoming creditors of the state and interest re ceivers thet mayor of acton miss s m smee hue been nominated with pro mise of support by chiswlck wlllei- den and other neighboring districts for a seat on the executive- of tho as sociation of education committees much sympathy has been shown by numerous friends with mr d a davles and co shopflttera and decora tors 6 porw-cntwator- parade horn- lane acton in the death of his wife mrs lucy helen davles atrtho ago of fortyseven that aauit of clothes cost 7 10a i and a pair of boots 6 in siberia was disclosed by fieldmajor edwards in anecturoonthd salvation armys work in siberia given in the acton salva tion army hall on monday evening tho happy idea of having oj matinoe at the crown theatre on behalf of the pensions fund v of tho acton phllan throplc society was successfully real ized on wednesday afternoon whon a crowded and representative audlencs assembled a largo party of tho old friends of his bachelorhood days gathered at the rod lion hotel on saturday night o colobrato with a parting dinner tho coming marriage of mr e m brough a chief claims manager in the service of the i ms r coy 39 hereford- road acton muclf regret is felt in socialist circles in acton arid shepherds bush at the untimely death of reuben tipping son of mr arid mrs tipping 17 hnyderi park east acton an ardent young socialist nnd a promising pupil of the actonshepherds bush social sunday school the engagement is announced of miss edles lawronco 32 myrtloroad acton to mr herbert walter butcher of 2 acacia road acton mr butcher was the gold medallist of tho auction eers and estate agents institute in 1922 mr j s mcnlsh chatsworth-gar- dens acton leftengland thiswjook for the united states and canada his bunijas engagements willjtake him as far its british coturiibm rind ho whtj be away three months this will make he seventh time that mr mcnlnh has made tho grand tour in north america tho following commences the pro- grammofor the opening of st snvlours church and institute oakroad acton next tuesday 3 p m princess mary will arrive at the iristuujicy arid bo re ceived by the mayor of acton nnd sir hnrry brjttnln nn1 conducted to the lobby of the institute aueged-xojiave-workedn- horse 1n highroad chiswlck while it was lame on the offforoleg joseph ash a wood dealer of brookflodroad acion wai charged at acton police court on fri day in last week with cruelty ash said he did not notice any inmenebs and the case was romanded for a veterinary hurgeond report that bigger boys had sent them to get the goods was the statement made to- a policeman by two tenyearold boys living in colvilleroad acton who were charged at acton police court on monday with stealing three pocket- knives arid a puitele of the value of 2s qo from woolworths stores nt acton on thursday evening last week a collision occurred iri bfttli near parkroadnorfjv between a bltyclo ridden by mrs eva lillian buchmnn 29 ablngorroad bedford park arid a motorcycle mrs buch- man was conveyed to ac tori hospital suffering frqm fracture of the right collar bone in presenting the annual accounts at the easter vestry at st thomass fchurch acton vale onthursday even ing last wookmr c winter church- wardon pointed out that although the exponscs wero heavier than tho pre- ylous year partly owing to tho engage ment of a wcokly verger in ylew of the thefts that had occurred at the church tho balanco was about the same the peoples eaotcr offering to their parish priest had increased an alleged attempted robbery from ti warehouse in actonlane known an the morton works on sunday was described to the acton magistrates on monday when charles white grocers assistant of- carlyloroad and three boys under nlxtoqn who gavo hddreiiries at south ealing wore charged with being concorncd tugother in breaking into tho premises with intent to commlji a felony though the arrangements are sajd to preclude anything in the nature of a civic welcome such as that which was nccordodto tho prince of wales on his visit to the same spot about this time last year the informal public greeting to princess mary when she crosses the acton border next tuesday afternoon to open the v new deaf and dumb church and inatuuto in old oakroad is ukoly to bo nono tho less hearty a certain liveliness gave more thn the- usual spice of interest to tho annual meeting of the acton conservative- hn unionist acifloclationwhieh was held at tho priory constltutlonnl club on fslduy night und lasted until nearly eleven oclock thfe liveliness was due chiefly to somo discontent in tho northwent and south east wards with rogard to details in procedure fatted cmvefjqjcb 1 a particularly fine of sheep awaiting a train 2 western steers with j hjjier- porrt manager of the market tif tho centre background 3 western steers in route for england awaiting their train at tho pacific east end cattle market 4 these splendid hogs wouldnt feel so corrtorited if they knew how close they were to an abattoir these fourfooted emigrants are on their way to europe they belong to thcljliyestock producers of canada nnd hove been taken lodgings for the night at the canadian pacific east end market montreal before continu ing their long journey from winnipeg to glasgow tho extent and the variety of the activities of this market its value to the community nnd indeed the fact that it exists at all is not nearjy as widely known as it should be except among those farmers drovers butch ers buyers and exporters who make use of its manifold conveniences the market has been in operation on its present site for 12 years it has accommodation for 300ft head of cat tle j10ft- head of sheep lambs and calves 1800 hogs and can provide sleeping quarters board and valet ser vice for a total of 14000 animals at a time its exports sheds said to be tho finest in canada have 30 modern light airy pens in which 1000 tran sient guests may bo housed without crowding or difficulty the establishment has facilities for handling branding exporting killing and chilling cattle sheep lambs calves hogs milch cows bulla and horses there is in tho market grounds a modern nnd well equipped abattoir where local purchasers may havo their stock killed quickly anj efficiently incidentally tho stock com ing from the western farms and ship ped to england or sold locally is al most invariably of superb quality be ing equal to the finest stock in the world catyo is sold on v tho market four days a week auction sales of horses are held once a week roping and brandlngrtnkes place weekly and tho slaughtering 13 a daily occurrence the market in all it branches is owned and opciied by the canadian pacific railway and ia ftoyernnjent inspected j h pierpont the niapager says that the present consignment of which only a few nro shown nbovv in ono of tho finest that bus ever passed through his hands somo of them afd- show cattle bound for wembley and the others less fortunato win prob ably be converted into the roaat beef of old england and grace- tho tabloa of london leods and manchtehter etc the consignment consists of- 28 western steers all fine fat follows o which j p kennedy president of tn livestock producers of canada w justly proud owing to soihs slight damage being donos by are to the vessels on which thoy wro to travel tholr departure has been clayed few days in the meantime they nro living on the fat of tho land phllnsn- phlcally enjoying the comforts of th present without concernhnp iheriibolyep too much with the uncortaintleq of the futuro 1 n how pat knew mike was working diligently in- bin potato patch whon ho saw tho post man coming up tho road bringing a blackedged envelope mike became uneasy and showed it hope its not bad news said the postman it is that said mike looking at tho address its upset i am entirely my brother pats dead i can tell by hia handwriting no wonder she was late a little girl on arriving lato at school for the third time was scolded by her teacher and told to write a composition on punctuality after a strenuous quarter of an hour she produced j the following punctuality is -knowing- where to make stops it pays to use senour marb1eite floor finish frothing like it for hardwood floors ft trears like iron write to hood office monftwj for froo booklet home paintic maqe easy soldsv wdfalbot acton ontario what your toijbn would ba without a good newspaper no matter how good your other es tablishments and improvements were they would accomplish for your town about ten per cent of what they do now were there not a good newspaper to tell the world and to further every move to wards progress the acton free press aims to be such a newspaper and is proud to be ranked by those who are qualified to jknow as one of the best weeklies in ontario our subscription rate of 200 a year makes the free press less than 4 cents per edpy to subscribers it is to your advaii- tage to subscribe for the free press now if you are not already a subscriber to re new your subscription or have it sent to a friend as the most appreciated gift that 200 will buy the acton free press prints the news m 1 -v-l-j- wmkmmudks