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wkdotsdiy dboeubva si 1030 the acton free press paok rrvu the christmas visitors in acton homes and thoje who spent the holiday in other pblnta vfeiunjr with friends mlu clara b lanu wbb home from mr ross allan was home from tor onto mr stanley coy oalt visited acton friends mr laird mcdonald was home from detroit mr btewart malcolm wan here from toronto mr stanley mackle was home from toronto was home from mr melvln dron hamilton mrs elizabeth mjujmi spent holidays in detroit mr and mrs i d forbes were here from detroit mr kusene macphorson from toronto mr and mrs thos mochrlo were here from brampton mr james rons of toronto visited with acton friends mr david talt was home from tor onto for the holiday mr and mrs o h drown spent the woekend in toronto mr george jljntlnfl was homo from aurora for christmas mr and mrs li o johnstone sunday in oeorgotown mr telford kennoy was home from hamilton for christmas miss oladys ifurfman was here from toronto for the holiday mr and mrs fedwln landsborouffh vera and jean of otielph miss ruby clark has been home from toronto for the holidays mr c a conway spent christmas with his son at lluntsvllle mr ilaruuotenncdy ofdoliolt spent christmas at his homo here mr and mrs i if baxter of toronto vlsltod at mr j a mowats dr h p mowat of toronto hpent christinas at his home here dr e j henderson of aurora spent christmas at hu homo horc mr ed huftman of pontlac michigan is holidaying at his home hero mrl haro sutc of detroit were hero for the holiday miss alice orowdcmi of toronto spent part of the christmas holidays with miss nellie e hail miss muriel mccomb numelntrainmir iv ot jeocn e sioepitalottetpnj for the holiday mr and mrs thos creber and teddy are spending couple of weeks with relatives in toronto mr mervln held returned home after pending a few days with his cousin mr wumcr davidson mr and mrs m o overholt of tor onto spent christmas at the home of mr and mrs r l johnston master donald croft and jessie croft of dodorlch visited their grandmother mrs potcr mcdonald this week misses wllla oiid mary vannorman cluslph ai- spondlng uu huudays with their cousin miss oracle lants mr and mrs john s moore of dun- das sant the day with mrs james moore and other relatives in town mr and mrs m is collier and musters ijilllo and kclwood of toronto wore holiday visitors at mrse f colliers mr nliid mrs ernest hear and family of toronto spent christmas at the home of his sister mr and mrs jodwct mr and mrs ilugh mccutchoon spent a plcanant christmas at the home of mr and mrs tliomas jlamshaw toronto mr and mrs oeo j cole and mr e rcawlck spent christmas at the home or mr and mrs wra cole eden milts mr and mrs frank browning and mlsa- ettlo dills of toronto spent christmas with their slstor and brother hero mr and mrs j wilson of toronto spent the christmas holiday at tho homo of her parents mr and mrs j j ken nedy mr and mrs u a arnold and uevcrley spent christmas in georgetown with mrs arnolds parents mr and mrs wm rarbor mr h k johnstone and miss doris ware will ills mother mrs wm john- ntono and other acton relatives for christmas mr and mrs jolin stewart or and mr and mrs j j stewart and son jack spent christmas with mr and mrs r j collard toronto mrs r e kelson of toronto city engineer ii b nlcldln mrs nlcklin and mary of ouelph spent christmas with mroa b nloklln miss helen coxa of university of toronto is homo for tho vacation mr donald vannorman ouelpli visit ed at mr and mrs o h lantss mr david u smith of toronto vuitud acton friends on christmas mr angus kennedy of gait spent christmas with the homo folks hero mus rlanche saunders of rockwoqd spent a few days with friends in town mlsfl holcji mcdonald toronto spent the holidays at her home here mrs a m mackenzie of montreal visited her sister mrs r a arnold miss alma conway of toronto u visit- ins ith her fathur mr o a conway mr arnold mcdonald of oshawa spent a fow hours with acton relatives mr and mrs j g lindsay and isabel spent ohrlstma with friends in toronto mr and mrs katmawln spent christ mas with mr and mrs j vance tor onto mis3rxarvtmto7wasg mrs c o speight and miss speight last week miss mary e macpherson was homo from geneva n y for tho christmas holiday miss peterson of aurora spent christ mas at tho homo of mr and mrs i jlgglns mus mabel howie of st catharines spent a day or two tills week with acton friends mrs robert garvin and miss margaret garvin spent christmas with relatives in toronto j mr and mrs u s russell and family of ookvlllop spent christmas with acton relatives y mr and mrs jack chapman of tor onto spent the holiday with acton relatives mrs j l warren of toronto spent christmas at the homo of mr arid mrs john wood miss emma robinson spent christmas holidays under the home roof tree at ken ii worth miss jessie mowat of dundas and miss marie mowati of toronto are home for the holidays mrandmeatwvvfnitilns niwl ffnrl two iiawkeye yakn spinners a reader who was pleased whh tho whopper that have been appearing in recent numbors of tho companion is reminded of a couple of yarn spinners hockey happenings of the week continued from pago one other than in self dofonse tho fans who were wellknown oharcatere in and j wonted more koala u oblige them and round waterloo iowa years ago ono hod been a soldier in the j civil war ho wrilcs and always saw with eyes that magnified several diameters lack ing the usual reticence of soldiers ho was full of yarns about marvelous ex periences that ho had witnessed or pasa- of lils rushing to a bomb with a short burning fuse that had fallen on tho high bonk of a river and throwing it into the water thus saving ills own life and tho lives of his comrades at put the game jiaf cly away another ono was scored in tho final period it was done by greer on a pass from salmon the gondols really on in earnest now and every fan has an opportunity tojilzo up ills favorites actuna forward una la faster this year salmon walters and i0l and when tile other lino oomes on there are a bunch of different tricks to handle huffman was responsible for two of tho goals fred kcntnor seems to fit in bent at centre although ho can also another time when it vu neoery to u f vly arblo cm break up a lot of play ho always pops mr george agnow of detroit and mr and mrs m gregg and family of toronto spent christmas with mr and mm george abaw mr and mrs harlcy rrlgnoll and family and miss m johnston of toronto spent christmas at the homo of mr and mm james h reed mr and mrs a t mann and mr and mrs wesley murray and velma upont christmas with mr and mrs john moffat richmond hill mrs j roll and trvjivot of toronto spent christmas with mr and mrs a w mosaics mauler lome masales re turned with them for a visit mr and mrs tluimau savugo of win nipeg are spending a few weeks with mr suviiuos parents mr and mrs john v savnge and other relatives here mr and mnl i o king and dorothy bpent chrliitman with mr and mm g p dutchbum and family at paris mra king uud dorothy remained for a few dnys mr and mm r j ramnhaw olid mrs wm uuklkboroughi and mf charles ijuuljihoxqugh nttitmlrd thn funeral af- the lato johnmasoii in georgetown on saturday mr and mrs raymond ijjyna of tor onto and mr clarenco anderson of atielph spent christina holidays at tho home or their parents mr and mrs august anderson mra g c campbell and miks luena campbell or georgetown and mr and mrn john miller of millers corners fipentyichrlfllman day at mra e i colliers rrock avenue mkh kathleen kelly nurse in train ing at st joorphn hospital ouelpli sjient christmas day at her home here she had as iter guest miss mcgrath who is also of the st josephs statf mr and mrs it l davidson and wllmor spent christmas with their brother mr and mrs w j held toronto mr wlllroso held- of montreal also spent the day with ills parenut rev j w iuut mra mcleod and misses marjorltr and elkaboth of toronto wero with mr and mrs j c matthews and mr and mrs r j kerr for christmas mrs mcleod will remojn for a week or mr g d herbaugh left on sunday to accept a position at enqicolt n v where ho was employed prior to his engagement in acton tho removal of mr and mrs herbaugh and family from acton will ho ttgrettrlliyuuimany pent sunday in toronto wth mr and mrs j bell retreat from a superior force ho did his share in saving tho amunltlon by pick ing up a fourbushel bag of shot and hastening away wltfli ttl ijr was so heavy that ho sank to his knees m tho solid ground at each step but fortun ately he succeeded in reaching a place of safety without his weighty burdona falling into the hands of tho enemy one of his pot ways of proving his voracity was to turn to his mother at the end of a yum and inquire in all earnestness aint that no mother she always loyally answered yes ho was a former and when in town one day with his wflo was talking crops with my father it was still early sum mer yot in his aeal to uphold the won derful fertility of tile noil on his farm and his own forehondediiens as a former ho remarked enthusiastically that he had watermelons tttiat long and he measur ed off on indefinite length of two feet or more o mr d interrupted his wife in gmtlo tones you mean tho vines are that long another groat storyteller who lived in town had a wlfo wliom ho had nick named isnlppy and to whom he ms- ferred lnconvnmatlon with others by that nlcknomo only snippy couldnt de cide how nho wanted a certain piece of work done and her husband who him self had a snippy rapldflro way of speaking remarked one day snippy in a puckersnudgn as to how she want it dona ho was a groat hunter and fisherman and in spinning a hunting yam ho told of finding a long row of ducks roosting on tho top wire of a fence ho had only one bullet for his gun and was himself in n puckonuiudge utow to got the greatest number of those ducks with his bullet finally ho tied a tine wlro to it and put it into the gun taking careful aim at tho lino of heads ho fired and found that ho had strung one hundred and fifty ducks on his wire jack miners religion everybody hi canada knows jack minor the famo of his bird sanctuary tias gone far and wldo every spring hundreds of wild geese and ducks coll li se ills comfortable homo friends who have formed their acquaint anceship during their residence in acton on tho shore of lako erie where they remain for a few weeks before continu ing thlr journey to tho far north these visitors are hospitably entertained and fed uml there is oxcollent proof that they remember tho kindness of their host for many of hugo como sconon after sea son jack miner iovei boys as well as birds ho likoo to mlnglo with them and min ister to their happiness ho lias a clans of boys in tlio methoduit sunday school but ho lntereits himself in tlio lads of the whole neighborhood for he believes tliat they neeil aoniethlng- more than religious instruction on sunday ho knows that growing boys must have some sort of rccroatlon and believes that it should bo provided for them under favor able conditions to encourage good clean sport ho lias net apart about three acres of tho best land on his farni on u baseball ground to be uiod by tho young men and boys of tho neighborhood and on tills land ho has hullt a clubhouso for tlio hoys with a cook ntovo a flreplaco and a bathroom there in a iitory about jack miner that is worth repeating a year or two ago he called upon his pastor with tlio re quest thnt his name be taken off tho churchroll m-iot-nt-to-be-a-titentbek- of tho church ho wild wluit has happened to make you say that tuiked tho preacher well replied mr minor its liko thin yesterday afternoon x had a bit or difference with a man who came to my tile yard and noma warm words fol lowed to be perfectly frank about it i got quite angry iuid eamo within an inch of striking him i dont think any man who gets into a temper like that should belong to tlio church wliat was it said the dominie tliat actually kept you from hitting tlio othor man when you felt so much like it wliy tho fact tliat i was a inembor of tho church restrained mo i know it wouldnt do for a church member and a sundayschool teacher to uso physical force really now wasnt that splendid replied tho pastor your church mem bership was worth something wasnt it it kept you from engaging in a disgrace rul fight and yot you want to give it up i see the point exclaimed miner you donh noed to say another word lot my home stay on tlio record those who know him hope tliat his name will long remain there certainly his influence will abide for many a year in tjho community where his kindness and brotherly love have been so beauti fully manifested up disastrously for tho opponents and ho can shoot from any angle tho inseparable twins gibbons and oroer on defence oro just as much a terror to tho opponlng team as over thoy pair off in tho same effective way cook seeming to know just what tho other is going to do they are just the some big favorites with tho fans as last year holloway in goal plays tho same steady game ho necma to handle the easy ones a bit carelessly sometimes for comfort bht when it comes to real action at keep ing them out rill is there trainer ecclcuhalls work of tho past weeks allow ed to advantage in the hoys condition tho burlington boys are no mean op ponents thoy play nice combination and tholr forward line works well thoy are not as effective on defence as the locals but they are a team who will glva a good account of themselves right through tho season they are not out of tho running by any means by losing their first gomo the following is the llnoup rurllngton sanderson and smith goal lee and law defence nlcliolson and p ranks right wing wardoll and r ranks left wing connolly and o thomas centre acton salmon centre j kentner left wing walters right wing gibbons and qreor defence holloway ttoal ubs huffman arblo and frod kontner referee jnck utirrell rmmpton xn the game in georgetown last night between oakvllle and georgetown tlio oakvlllo team defeated georgetown by tt score of 33 owing to milton not pat ting a team in tho intermediate series brampton did not play last night on imduy night acton intermediates play at oakvllle and brampton will meet burlington in the lattor town in tho intermediate sorlci neort tuesday night brampton will play in tho arena in acton and oakvllle will play at biilrllngton georgetown misses both these dates as they wora schoduled to play with milton tlun tho junlora meet milton on iprlday jilght in tho arena in acton this is an exchange of dates with milton and takca tlio place of tlio game that should have been played there on monday night it la bo arranged an tho condition of tho loo in mlltoii doe not allow of carrying on tho schedule tho georgetown juniors are scheduled to moot the acton juniors hero on thursday january fl how they stand now market reports dairy products i quotations to shippers these are toronto quotations i i mutter creamery no 1 pasteurized 30 to 304 do second 20 to 29h 1 above prices for goods delivered tor onto quotation to retail trade- i rulier creamery no 1 pasteurised 32 to s3 do second 30 to 31 churning cream t ob country points ftpprlal 2fl to 30 28 to 20 no 2 25 to 26 roijltry and egos eti presh extras 30 to 40 da nrnt 35 to 30 do second 25 to 28 quotation to retail trad carton fresh extras 40 to 48 fresh extras j44 to 4b do firsts 40 to 42 do second 28 t 30 acton 1 oakvllle 1 brampton 0 ororgotown o rurllngton 0 i while you were reading this henry ford made ten dollars watch your diamond none of our poaaeaiuous are so core litly treated oi tlio diamond although thoiui beautiful stones are tho most con centrated of all forma of wealth tho ownem of diamonds arc proverbially no- irllgont in giving them tho care which will keep thorn at their best and proper ly safeguard thorn against loss tlio owner of an automobile luui lila car ex amined at regular intervals it seldom necurn to m owners of diamonds oven of very valuablo pieces to toko tho same precaution to prauorvo tho maximum brilliancy of iv diamond it should bo cleaned regu larly many people think tho atones can bo properly cleaned by rubbing with an ordinary brunh or ploco of oloui1 the cleaning of w rare a pleco of property an tho diamond slunild only bo entrusted to a jowelor prom experience wltli dif ferent gomu and their nettings the jewel er obviously will be ablo to do tlio work tar more aktlirully tlian tlio average owner since the beauty of diamonds do ponils upon their brilliancy it is poor judgment to neglect having thum examin ed at regular intervals tho wifely of tho diamond is threat ened by wearing uiemjjfor long periods without liavlng them hifipcctod tlio netting may become weakened from or dinary wear tho attempts of tho av- orug owner of diamonds to brush thorn up also tends to loosen tho stones the jeweller examine each sotting with a magnifying glass ami can detect at a blanco if the stone is becoming loose countless ntonca have been lost by tho failure of their owners to toko the nhnpla precaution to havo tholr gems cleaned and examined by competent jeweller tait optical co 110 wyndham stryot gueuh quotation to shipper poultry- allvo dressed spring chickens 2v43u lbs 10 to 15 2214 lbs ib to 25 heavy chlrkena 4- ib i jia to 21 over 5 lbs 10 to 25 patted hens over 5 lbs 17 to 22 do 4 to 6 lbs 14 to 20 do 314 lbs n to 18 old roodters over 5 lbs 11 to 18 young turkeys over 12 lbs 20 to 38 do 1012 lbs 00 to 24 do b10 lb 00 to 22 ducks over 5 lbs 10 to 10 do 45 lbs 13 to 18 quotations above indicate tho general market range hi value hi eggs and poultry on delivery basis wholphalk vrgktahlpfi vegetables at wholesale houses are quoted j domesile potatoes per bog loo to 115 dreshkd mkats wholesale dealer in dressed meats quote the following prices to the trade beef forequarters cwt doo to 1200 dp hlndquarter 1300 to 1800 garcasscs choice 1u00 to 15 am do medium 1300 to 1400 calves choice veal 1700 to 2000 heavy hogs cwt 1200 to 1500 mllht hogs owt 1500 to 1600 abattoir hog lfiooto lfl60 mutton cwt boo to 000 spring lombn 1000 to 3000 1iidks and wool toronto wholesale dealers in hides and wool are quoting price to country ship pers as follows city hides green 4a pet lb bulls and grands 3o per lb country hides green 3c per lb cured 3 144e per lb calfskins green 7c veal kips 5a per lb calfskins cured 8tta per lb horse hides no 1 and 2 175 no 3 80o horse hair 30o per lb wool flat rate froo of rejects tla per ib grain quotations grnln dealers on the toronto board of trade are making tho following quota tions for car lou no 1 northern 5714c no 3 northern gsuc no 3 northern nominal no 4 northern nominal no 5 northern nominal hay and straw extra no 2 timothy in car louds 1450 to 1500 no 3 timothy in car loads 1300 to 1400 no 3 timothy 1200 to 1250 wheat straw 1000 to 0000 out straw i 0g0 to 1000 potatokh j ontario potatoes in bulk 70c in bogs 10c new brunswick potatoes in bulk 00c bags 100 prlnco hdward island potatoes in bag 110 j cattlk maukut quotations choice heavy steers 000 to 750 butcher steers choice 700 750 do fair to good 535 700 do common 450 650 butcher heifers- cliolco v50 do fair to good 600 700 do common 500 000 do cahnera and cutters 180 3d0 butcher bulla light choice 4 50 500 do heavy 400 450 do bologna 300 375 cowu good 450 boo baby beef 800 1080 feeders choice 500 038 do fair to good 450 500 btockow choice 580 000 calves good to choice 1100 1200 do medium 700 050 do grussaru 400 floo springers 7000 0000 milkers 0000 8000 1 lamba owes per cwt 0 00 025 jluck limbs 700 725 uhtiop yearlings 850 floo do choice 400 500 i do cullfi 180 380 ifogfi bacon fob 075 1000 abrightnew year as the old year drawi to a close wo tako this opportunity of ex pressing our appreciation ofrjtho patronage extended during 1030 ond wishing all a happy and prospcrotrsnetiryetn james symon hahdwark mill street acton gregory theatre tiimthday and pitlday january 1 and z the storm 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