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j iji iiv vli tii ntkfriitkriitm i r-r- msamstuaem thobhday january 2a 1031 the acton fj4er hre8 paoe thru reeling off the greatest values of the year friday saturday 9c sale reliable clothiers season clearance sale mens underwear mens fleece lined underwear shirts or drawers sale price each mens fleece lined combinations sale prieo only mens pure wool heavy weight shirts or qa drawers siiio price each ifijc mens pure wool heavy weight combinations siilejvjco 59c 129 199 the people of acum and vicinity have hhiiwn their appreciation of our efforta to give outstanding vnlucfl in clolhinjr- they kealucd the valueh offered and were quick to take advantage ljuit week we are goinff to show our appreciation f thirt patronajje by slnuhinff further the prices in thia slock of highgrado clothing more and hiimer vhiuch are offered thin week read every lum they tell the story rent anil bargains fob the ladies ladies all wool stockings salo price per pair g9c ladies silk and wool stockings sale price ladies fulc fashioned stockings silk to the top all shades and sizes sale price per pair ladies silk bloomers or vests sale prico ladies silk brassiers salo price ladies pure linen handkerchiefs sale prico ladies pure linen handkerchiefs sale prico i whenyon seo the ioodw your appreciation ofuirvaiu wilhw cveng renter fj s shirts pyjamas ties etc mens forsyth shirts all sires and pat terns sale price each mensworic shirts kitchen make sale prico 99c mens pyjamas sale price per suit 119 mens ties sale prico 39c 49c g9c all our mens silk mufflers must go clenrinj at each mnnslratnekneltsritirbircldcr sale price 169 mm 39c 3 3 for for 49c 89c 4dc 49c 49c 39c ladies coats 1199 e for the boys outfit r h wc have only 4 ladies coats left from our stock 5 and they must jo this week at h hub is a real buy formerly sold at 2505 they aro extra at quality broadcloth lined with silk nndhave fur collars and h cuffs come and et your choice they wont last long m 5 your most see these to appreciate the values boys w1ndi3reakers all tuc mado of mackinaw cloth sale prico boys tweed bloqmers sale price per pair boys long pants sale price per pair boys leather aviation caps with joggles sale price each boys cloth aviation caps sale prico each 159 99c 149 99i 59c b j i- mens furnishings mens t1pperary suspenders salo price per pair mens silkgarters salo price per pair all our mens work glove and milts are re duced from 25 to 35 per cent of the regular prico 39c 19c s mens socks mens wool socks salo price mens silk and cotton socks sale prico mens english botany wool socks tmg sale price per pair uc mens worsted socks qr m salo price per pair 0c mens caps 29c mubbbhhxbbtubbta s overalls smocks mens tweed caps all shudeb jind mzcs sale price each mens leather caps sulu price each mens heavy cloth cap with ear laps sale price 99c 119 119 mens overalls kitchens make black or blue sale price mens heavy weight overalls kitchens make black or blue for mens smocks snlo prico 119 and 1g9 boys blue overalls sale price 89c 119 169 e friday and satur day are the rig days reliable clothiers mill street acton next door to carrolls satikfaclion guaranteed or money cheerfully refunded 1 ffihr 3frrr llrrhh shnr tnni the family jar by ira rich kent uro a hundred wjien mr and mm lawrence not wondor a bit if there ill trefetheii returned from their and twenty pieces ms honeymoon journey to toko up their honcymon residence- in what is the prettiest as well an the nmnllait cottage in par vales they brought with them a largo lump of curiosity ono fifth of it was ilawrenecs olid the other four flftlis ar gertrudes and it luul ill had its origin kc roj two years lator hint impassioned in quiry wo still unanswered even the coming of uio tiny lawrence junior could not thrust wholly into tlui background tho lntoroit of tho perennial question on tlui other hand tho prciico of that young man decidedly complicated tho situation for although ho wan very nmnll ho took up an astonishing amount of rotim anil aunt mariettas gift had not left bo much as that in tho othcr- wlno happiest cottage in far vales 1 tim jar became a peripatetic it start ed in the front lull then it abodu for a month in tho tiny parlor till a tea curnu ulontf and wo held only by trund- ihitf tlo porcelain nionur hito tho laundry somehow lawrence foruot to fetch it out or itn iecluilon there for ioveral weelcn until hln wlfo active i gertrude came from monitarhuaottn and hand and felt for tho oloctrlcllrht hail what lawrenoo called an inarowlna nwltcli conscience so tho jar rumalnrd and their hatred of it waited with every on- counter iy tho third of november hi tho third year of their married mo thu master- pieco of the chines pottericii and aunt marietta eeiuronity had travelled in itn orbit to thn little land in tf on thu front jitalrfl on the way to bed gertrude who wiu rerhopji hli hand waa not altotfotlior nteady at njiy rntu he did not find the nwltch immediately aii ho fumbled ho heard a clatter iwlow an of rattlinrj crorltery a fccnunbllner then tho slam of the ciojilnr front door itji all right oertnide hou tfofio whoever ho hi and lie turned on tho lttrhfji ililooknd at tho empty landing then broken when wo found it couldnt bo mended werent wo lawrcnco7 and we ahull trcomire thin hit of it all our livefl a idendv httlo body hud rqueczed pimt ined over the rail and aiirvoyod tho it i wont be nhiit out of my own i scenu below front itulni by that thlnff alio declared nor i nald ijvwrence dubiouily in fact i think thafu a trlflo low if this it a iniulntf content put mine down ut r mad lt to lhrh hundred and eventyflve to r u ftny iokr u clnc lmlti lawrence dont be abnur1 and you thn wirn morc ivuxtlnv tlmo too oo ntralght and ufa try it in tho other oonior this uw iwmmer i want u unpack tlmo fiald gertrudo laiwrenco with tho letter from lawrences aunt every darlfiig pbcftofmiatdlmrfltit c oiy fab mfurlettnwhlch had renchndthemnt tomilht zt tl1 i carried the pedestal acroin lake placid livwrenco pounded hu nneni a boo1 t httlo room and tuiwed tho jar after jt luul been written at prankfnrt oil dwil and tho box a llttlo more hn tore lt tlwi maine where aunt marietta had for u dbtreviink hole in tho kneo of hti now oh thata loo had i oant posnlbly aomfl unknown mason been npentllna a trouiern und aot hlmaelf very hot and tfit to the piano if it ntjuidn there i nionth and whence nho had dispatched muuy und red in tho face and ill-temp- didnt think it wan roln to come out her wedding alft to lier neplier ored iawrenre wai a w -it- niilt in far idll tinvntoyai tmelr mrtiara that lawrence tiunely beuiok hlinnelf to the back itulrway and fo evaded the kmir mlffht lw taken an evidence of tho humiliation to which he had iiunk jjut then lawrenco wan not hlundor at twelve oclock on tho evening of that third of november tho entire trefithen family down to lawrcnco junior klleu the maid and uowiy tho almoiit torlobenheu kitten ta named boaauio ijiwreiiimhalddlhj wan moclr turtle were all bound anlcep an hour later there wiui a furtlvo fumbllnu at tho pantry window untur ten et in the manner of piuitry windows tho liiuh ulld upward to admit a tall well i an that jarred him name ho chuckled hln bad pun went unnoticed der- tiudo wan too divided between conlllctlnc emotion of alarm and hysterical relief to chide htm they wont down toficthrr tho bojr of i silver ntlll repoied by tho door tho tmrglur hud foruotten it and tho floor of thu tiny hall wiui covered nlmply mnearedabaldluwiflnno wlthohlnein porrtilidn chlpn and fratnnnnti lawrence inughod attain s dont look no dliniayed oortrudo tlinrn innt u poudbti chance to mimd itl oh lawrinco how nui you npeak llko uetlve llur that seemed to hnvo on tliatl qortmdo cliuiped her hundn trnlo- ahun tbmt ut j w- andl read tlw letter as my forty yutf uiun never intended for tnijtlllmr lt wav and iawrenco dutirully years experlenco with tho transatlantic wltu hoxca of that nine in kitchens of that with llttlo crace undid his work but service makes mr perfectly surtrthat the package wont reach america till at leant ten days after uio agent nay it will t hava saved you a brat deal of needlean bother by haviiik my elft seht straight from tho frankfort pottery oh lawr ence its some of those beautiful thin cups im perfectly sure sighed gertrude happily to your new homo at kr vales where you will probably find it when you arrive i tiopa that lt will fit into some oonitir of your happy lives there and bo each day a pleasant reminder of your old aunts affection gertrudes eyes b lowed with tho rapac ity of tho gifthungry brldo perhaps its a teasft dont you think so lawrence your aunt mari etta has a whole lot of money luuuit she bhe wouldnt stop at a set of cups of course isnt tliat beautiful lawr- enoa a whole teaset of prankfort porecelalnl just think of itl sure enough there tho package stood impressive with foreign marks and labels and tho mora impresalvemn that it nued the little kitchen of the httlo house very uncomfortably full lawrence gamed at the bulk in some dismay but his wlfos imagination was wldo enough to take it jn without a gulp oh lawrence 1 she clapped her ibands ecstatically in the pantry there holoonlnth kitchen x knew ras doing aunt marietta an injustice its a dinnerset of course it is unt mar sieuof frankfort pomelaln dlnneraei ilo an ho strukulod hti wlfo continued to dhcumi the contents of tho mybterlous crate arent wc- lucky to got such a wonderful present lawrence i i simply cant wait to see itl at thin lawrence only bruited and stniuirled homo mora oh lflwrencii alio continued i dont honestly think weve got enough their room for all these lovely cups cant you build in an extra shelf in that bluuk tpace by the cupboard in tho kit chen lawrence said im never even going to get this old crate opcnl ii ut he opened the comi nevertheless for ho was pemlsteiit as well an stout tho lttit or tho straw and wrappmg was cleared away i then gertrude sat down in a hysterical llttlo heap on the pantry floor while thn dishevelled husband glared at tho testimonial of his aunt mariettas affection ihxtr generous rich aunt marietta who lived in a vast mansion md could never remember tliat not everybody nine did the name who bought and gave carelessly and extravagantly but oh so affectionately i 4 shades of the caips tils teaset the dinnerset i aunt mariettas wedding gift was an ornamental porcelain jar of most florid chinese pattern wide and bulgy and on its pedestal rully six feet high i gertrude laughed then she sobbed then she did both at the same time great scats panted her husband where are wo ggjnjt to putul its each day a plcamint reminder iint it he quoted im going to pub lish a map of tho traveln of tint thing wha for it would only bo a solid block mesa of unoj nlulifd his wife doipulrlngly i cbstulnly liellevc there lnt nn inrh of ipace in the jiouiji out side the pantry tliat it hannt sometime ponied over tlwrwv tlui coal cellar left told ijiwrcnre hopefully nn dear weve got to stand it per- maji well have a bigger liouno mmnetlmo and then therell be room for lt hut lawrences income was not large ami the bigger house was a remote prmpoct meanwhile tho trefothen fnnlly tui oertnido said lived in the romtirs round aunt mariettas jar lawrence und gertrude grew to liato the shuiy bulk hie baby was frightened by it and cried at sight of it tho horrid old thing said gertrude bitterly i wish lt would got itself broken its an awful example to people who buy woddlng presents i bnllnve ill try lt in the diningroom for a while x shall slihply go craxy if i have to look at lt any mora in tho hall lawrence arose with a groan uid pre pared to take up his burden ive carried that blooming slippery monstrosity a thousand miles if x have a foot ho complained im gwrtgto smash lt aunt marietta or no aunt marietta ferliaps he would actually have done iljmliianjrtbctororiii5wifojjaul whereabout of tho iuver and a iuro dis crimination in thu light of his electric torch between plate and mlld he wan u bunlnesuliko periion quito contrary to tho apparently eiitablhhed ciiitomn of burglars he wasted no tlmo hunting for food or drink ho did not go near the refrigerator and his visit to the sideboard was a brief one with the silver stowed safely in a dark bag and placed by the front door tho big loftfooted visitor felt for tho stair rail and went up close to tho j wall in long swift steps with k paune after earh ad van re he was in the middle of one of these long vteps when he reached the landing tho pedestal which bare aunt mari ettas wedding gift wan poised on tho edge to allow roonj for the bulky jar the prowlers foot struck it hard uo recoiled instinctively thu jar rocked on iti base ho slppet on tile stair it tottered on the verge he put out a helpless clutching hand it leaned ro- lentleijily toward him then he underneath and it above tluiy went down thump i ilumpl thud umashl crush the trefethan family down to iawr- tlica junior llen thn maid and hoasy thn almost tortoise shell kitten were on thn instant much widen nwako than they had previously been sound asloop lawrence and the kitten reached tho hall attho same moment iawrcnce leaned over tho banbitum and tho kitten peered throughthem the kitten may have seen something but lawrence did not ueshl tted -ids- revolver- tohlalelt wrm w i u might all have been killed oh tho poor poor jur after wed nald ijich things about it it saved our uvcnl lawrence stopped chuckling and stared at her openmouthed then luj could not hilp it he laughed and tiled to keep from doing h and only laughed thu more until he dually chocked and had to be pouudod on the back lawrence jlkii a man wan too much relieved by tho flight of tho burglar to grlovo for one momuut over tho loss of thu chlnrso atrocity vet when hn qjime out of hln coughing tit he found gertrudo grieving bitterly and like a wise man ho arranged hln features into an expression of oom passionate sym pathy how could you laugh when its rillnnd our beautiful jarl you know it was beautiful lawronre and if it hadnt been ui big lt couldnt have saved un and it wan your aunt mariettas wedding prosent tool olil oh and gertrude jut down hi the very midst of thu frag- mnntii and wnptl today one of the chief ornaments of tho trefethcu parlor is a figured and really quite handiimo bit of porcelain some four inches iquare mounted like a tile in the chlmtioy breast it is all that is left of tho ohlneso jar gertrudo never wearies of telling lis story and with each recital tho faults of aunt mariettas gift sink farther and farther into oblivion and its virtues glow brighter it was really tho most beautiful thing you ever saw she concludes earneatly andalnhisifcearfuy w tltkatlng viitg witnkhh tknokltly people who have suffered undur cross- examination in court wiu read with pleasure of a witness who wan so far rrom fearing lawyers that tho lawyen weim raper afraid of him this was tho lute juuiet ooodwln untlerson prominent cltluen of connecticut tliln is ono of hlu appearaiiccil ou tho stand at a tlmo when oxoovonior waller wan at tho capital advocating a charter for a now corporation in hartford mr nnttmion won ono of the witnesses sum moned by the opposition dut mr bat tenoiijj combative qualities were no well known that even the lawyer who side ho favored ventured to ask hut twv questions you have lived many years in hart ford mrrbattnnuin i have do you favor tho granting of thlii charter i do not that wlu do mr battorson oentlo men you can question thu witnoui oumumi wu up and tho expectation of a battle royal was general kveryboily know tliat tho governor won quick an a flash and also that mr battorson wan able to keep up hln end of a dlnciuwloii with anybody tim oxgovernor suavely opened with mr battorson you say you have lived many years in hartford yes tilr replied mr battorson well sir nald oovomor waller i truit you may live bore many yearn more that la all sir in that graceful fashion mr battorson wail gently shoved off tho stand and not hoard at all your uamti medicine ihrmi among thn standard household remodles that should always bo on hand in your homo medicine chest none li more important than dr thomas eeloctrlo oh its manifold ii of ulnesn in relieving pain and healing sickness is known by many thousands throughout tho land always use dr thomas kelectrlo oil for re lieving rheumatic and sciatic pains treat ing sore throats and chests coughs burtis scalds cuts bruises and sprains no jokk after all the englishman must have his flense of humor or is tho following which appeared hi tho bystander of london pathetic rather than humorous the man having surrendered his seat 1 beg your pardon 1 tho airi i dldrit speak tho meri sorry im num i thought youth37thankyou kom liauuv k to itl kb d il poooclicr dats an flno a goose as i evoh loo bruddah williams wluur did yo git such a flno goose mftw well now pajuon when yo preach a ipeshul wnnon i never axes you whar yo got it i hopes yo will show mo do natno consideration a colored parson called upon one of hln flock mid foilnd tho object of his viilt out hi thij hack yard working among hln hen coops ho noticed with burprlso that there were no chickens wliy iirudder johnson ho askod where aro your chickens huh grunted jalurion vitliout look ing up lanno fool niggah loft do do open and dey all went homo a new minliter preached last month inu lorniitnchiurch uistermonwaa rloquentf anil flowery and hi his prayer lie seemed to cover tho whole category or human wants llne prayer that a deacon sold nfterwardn to tho colored janitor lilt slioly was boss said they jani tor i t t t ihlngi our old preacher didnt oven know ho had i i j i mali bredron shouted parian pot- luck yo wrfiit f ho ready to jump when yn healis gabriel blow dat horn vo goodness nakol murmured llrother qhnpfion am he acamhv in er autyiiiolnjol u a negro preacher walked hi to tlie 0nlco of a ncstfjpaper in itocky mount m o and said mbita ki1u they in fartysoven inemboru of my congregation which sub scribe to your paper do tliat entitle mo to have a ehueh notice hi yo baddy ixmio sit down and write said tho editor i thank you and this la the notice tlui minister wrote moun morlali baptist church uio llev john obadiah pastor preaching morning and evening in tho promulga tion or tho aospel three hooks la neces sary tho btbln tho hymnbook and the kckot4ook coinq tomorrow and brlntf nil three just cause judge stonily well whats your exc for speeding sixty wiitm an hourf victim i had just heard that the ladles of my wires church were giving a rummage sale and i was hurrying home to aaelnyouutr pair of tremens judge oaaw dismissed